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Thank you to Kim for submitting this review. It has encouraged so many guests to come to our park, secure in the knowledge that they will experience exactly what we advertise. Immaculate grounds and facilities, peace, quiet, relaxation and consideration for others.
I have just spent 5 days on this site.
Lights out at 10pm so if you want to sit outside on your holiday after this time not allowed, even told off 1 night, we were 3 couples 47yrs – 56yrs.
Being treat like naughty school children spoilt my time there.
Children not really catered for, 1 grass area.
Queing for a shower, not enough for all the units on site.
Grass cutting and strimmjng grounds constantly.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your comments on our park, particularly the immaculate grounds and facilities which we work very hard to provide for our valued customers. While we certainly do not want our beautiful park to feel like a boot camp, we do have standard park rules which we do enforce.
Rules for dog owners are clear and concise and are there to avoid any doubt or confusion as to the responsibilities of pet ownership on our park. This ensures pet owners and non-pet owners alike can enjoy their time with us.
We do not usually accept group bookings of three or more units however the person booking the pitch for you reassured us that you were not noisy. They were advised at the time of booking that this was a very quiet park and of the rules for quiet time as well as receiving a booking confirmation which also detailed this. Some guests do not realise how much sound travels at night and how loud even a quiet conversation is when conducted either outside or in an awning (particularly when someone is trying to sleep in a nearby unit). This very occasionally warrants a gentle reminder.
As a five star park there are very specific ratios to abide to in the provision of sanitary facilities which we fall well within and therefore the statement regarding the showers is factually incorrect. Obviously during school holidays and Bank Holidays the park is full and there are busier times for using these facilities.
Each caravan park is different with each person wanting different things from their holiday and we are sorry that our park did not prove suitable for you. We advertise and provide an immaculate park for those who desire a quiet relaxing break. We have guidelines for all our customers which request courtesy and consideration towards others to enable this vision to be achieved. As a result we very much enjoy welcoming the vast majority of our guests back year after year which is testament to in our other reviews.


We are excited to offer our upstairs function room with private entrance, bar and toilets for hire. With high ceilings and pale blue walls this space is extremely versatile and can be tailored to meet your unique needs.
In the past we have held a number of different events, from birthday parties for all ages to wedding receptions and celebrations of all kinds. Boasting a capacity of 70 people standing and 40 seated, we are confident that we can provide a setting for you to hold the perfect event.
The private bar has a fantastic selection of spirits, bottled beer and a comprehensive wine list. We also have the ability to provide food in the form of anything from a hot or cold buffet to a formal three-course-meal.
The function room with use of the bar is free to hire with a £500 minimum spend. Sole of use of the room is available from just £20 per hour with no minimum spend. We also have the option to organize a pre-paid menu including both food and drink, which would be worked out with a member of our management team and our head chef prior to the event.


Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was charged by the English Football Association (FA) on Wednesday over comments he made about the referee after his side`s 1-1 draw with West Ham United in the Premier League on Feb. 4.
The German manager said referee Kevin Friend`s performance was affected by the decision to allow Sadio Mane`s opening goal, which should have been ruled out for offside.
West Ham equalised through Michail Antonio`s goal before the interval but Klopp said Friend "did not want to open the gap any more" in the second half.
"It was a tough game. Apparently our goal was offside and maybe the referee knew that in the second half. It's a point and a fair point," Klopp said after the match at the London Stadium.


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Earlier this week - Fox News made the decision to air the gruesome unedited video of a Jordanian pilot being burned alive by ISIS.
In making that decision - Fox News became ISIS` new best friend.
Bobby Brown has been under a lot of stress after doctors advised him to end life support for his daughter Bobbi Kristina, and the famed R&B singer was taxed even further during his birthday.


Direction (Q. 1 - 5): Study the following information to answer these questions.
Seven professors A, B, C, D, E, F and G are engaged in evaluation of answer papers in three different subjects English, Mathematics and History. At least two persons evaluate the papers in each subject. Each of the evaluators stay in different buildings P, Q, R, S, T, V & W nor necessarily in the same order.
A evaluates English papers only with E and stays in building R. D stays in building W and does not evaluate maths papers. The one who stays in building V evaluates History papers. B and C do not evaluate the papers in the same subject. Those who evaluate English papers do not stay in building Q. F stays in building P but does evaluated History Papers. G evaluates same papers as F. C stays in building T.
Who stays in building V ?
Which of the following combinations of subject, Person and buildings is definitely correct ?
Which of the following groups of persons evaluate the Mathematics paper ?
Papers in which subject are evaluated by D ?
E stays in which building ?
Direction (Q. 6 - 10): In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the bottom should come after the problem figures on the top, if the sequences were continued.


I love muffins when they are baked in the oven, but there is nothing appetizing about the muffin top that hangs over my favorite pair of denims.
I'm sure you have experienced that extra love handle or two at one point in your life, so I will get right to the point and share some of my tips on managing that muffin top!
1. Eat clean to Stay Lean. That means making healthier choices like foods low in refined sugars and processed grains; too much of these foods can throw off your insulin levels which can contribute to increased belly fat. Opt for lean proteins, healthy fats, veggies, fruits and whole grains.
2. Bottoms Up. Most of us are guilty of not staying as hydrated as we should. When we don't drink enough H2O we actually retain existing water! The main cause of bloating and water retention is in fact dehydration.
And we all know even a little extra bloating and water retention can mean not fitting in your regular pants … this ultimately results in the infamous muffin top. So mamas, time to drink up!
3. Move it to Lose it! Cardiovascular and resistance training are key to keeping that muffin top at bay. Get moving every day even for if it's for 15 minutes. Psst … don't just focus on your abdominal area!
A ton of sit-ups or oblique exercises won't make the muffin top disappear. Instead focus on full-body workouts that get your heart rate up!
4. Neflix and Chill. Did you know that stress causes you to release a hormone called cortisol? This hormone causes your body to release excess levels of blood sugar, which can be stored as fat if not used up accordingly.
This will not help solve the muffin top madness, so relax, meditate, and do some yoga instead.
5. Size Matters! We're talking about clothes here. When wearing bottoms that fit you properly, any excess fat won't be forced out of place to create the undesirable muffin top. Get your proper size and steer clear of low-rise options if possible.
There are a lot of reasons for wanting to lose the muffin top and most of them are aesthetic and reasons of vanity. Of course we want to look good, but our health is the most important.
On a serious note, excess belly fat (aka the muffin top) is also linked to aliments such as heart disease, type II diabetes, hypertension, liver disease and gout. Bottom line, avoid the muffin top at all costs and work each day at trying to be your healthiest and happiest self!
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Lord Adair Turner thinks he can convince policymakers around the world to embrace a renewable energy transition. Turner is no stranger to the workings of government. A member of the House of Lords, he was formerly chairman of the U.K.'s financial services regulator, its pension commission, and its national committee on climate change.


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Q: Problems populating 3D cell array in MATLAB I am trying to populate a 3D cell array. Here is the code:
D = cell(M,N,1);

for i = 1:M
    for j=1:N
       for k = 1:L
           D{i}{j}(1+length(D{i}{j})) = 1;   % error here
       end
    end
end

I get the error Cell contents reference from a non-cell array object even though the following within the command window works fine:
D{i}{j}(1+length(D{i}{j})) = 1;

A: I believe the problem is how you are indexing your cell array D.  The syntax is
D{i,j,k}

not
D{i}{j}{k}

The line giving an error should therefore be written
D{i,j,1 + length(D{i,j})} = 1;

For more information see Access Data in a Cell Array.

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Q: Como puedo detener un hilo cuando cierro un Form Tengo un hilo en bucle para checar la base de datos cada cierto tiempo, se inicia cuando el Form se carga, y quiero que el hilo se detenga cuando el Form se cierre, lo estuve probando con impresión de números pero no logro detener el hilo.
Thread Imprimir;

private void Form2_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Imprimir = new Thread(Loop);
    Imprimir.Start();
}

public void Loop()
{
    int X = 1;
    while(true)
    {
        if (!IsDisposed) //Mi intento de detener el hilo al cerrar el Form
            Console.WriteLine(X + " " + IsDisposed.ToString()); //Para ver si se detiene el Hilo
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Roto");
            break;
        }
        X++;
        Thread.Sleep(2000);
    }
}

Por cierto, el form no es el principal.

A: La operación que pretendes realizar debieras de hacerla en el evento FormClosing:
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
    Console.WriteLine(">> * Closing Form * <<");
    // Abortamos la ejecución del hilo
    Imprimir.Abort();
}

Esto hará que la acción pretendida (detener el hilo) se produzca antes del cierre del formulario.


Gahanna Area Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on.Event Description: Mayor Tom Kneeland will begiving an update on the State of our City!
FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) expects to invest about $397 million in 2018 on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects to help enhance reliability for the more than one million customers in the Ohio Edison service territory.
The EACC is delighted to welcome Corporate Small Partner member The Rudolf.
Mark A. Klein brings to the Board extensive experience in the financial institution industry. He was appointed Chairman, President and CEO of the Board of Directors of SB Financial Group, Inc. in 2015.
The forum is managed by an elected committee that includes representatives from acquiring/processing companies, global payments networks, industry suppliers, card issuers, merchants and regional debit networks.
CANTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: NEW EVENT - Stark Forum: Inspiring Our Future!
The Canton Regional Chamber, along with our ystark! and Leadership Stark County departments, are bringing a new quarterly event to our business community on March 6, 2018:Stark Forum: Inspiring Our Future presented by AultCare.
Cincy Chat, HYPE (Harnessing Young Professional Energy) speaker series, gives young professionals access to the region's top leaders, movers and shakers in an unplugged format.
Today, Vantiv, now Worldpay, Inc. (NYSE: WP), announced the release of DataEdge for Financial Institutions (FIs), a data insights and analytics tool powered by Worldpay's Vivid Data Engine™.
This event held in early March combines the Chamber's annual meeting with a much-anticipated awards ceremony.
Join us at Norman's Niche from 5 to 7 pm on Wednesday, February 28 for the first in a series of Chamber networking events.
GARRETTSVILLE-HIRAM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With Family-Friendly Fun!
O'Henry, O'Malley, O'My! Grab your friends and neighbors, and follow the road to Garrettsville on Saturday, March 17th for a fun-filled St. Patrick's Day you won't soon forget. And that's no blarney!
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been presented the prestigious Tire Technology International Award for Innovation and Excellence in the category of "Environmental Achievement of the Year" during the 2018 Tire Technology Expo in Hannover, Germany.
FINDLAY HANCOCK COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Hancock Adult & Youth Leadership Accepting Applications!
Get ahead. Get involved! The Hancock Leaderhip and Hancock Youth Leadership programs are now accepting applications for the Class of 2019!
Worldpay Inc., formerly Vantiv, will share financial results from its fourth quarter and all of 2017 during a conference call at 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
Cincinnati's regional businesses have told us that they need a workforce-ready pool of talent, both now and in the future.
Join us for a chance to meet area business and community leaders.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) recently announced that the Company will participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2018 Global Agriculture and Materials Conference on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, FL.


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The Fuel cutaway chinstrap retails for $59 USD. It can be added to new Fuel orders by clicking the "configure" button. Or the cutaway chinstrap can be ordered separately and installed on existing Fuel helmets in a few simple steps. For more information and to order, visit flycookie.com.


Cosmic Guest House Hong Kong - Mirador Mansion - Do you have dormitory beds? How can I reserve it?
Do you have dormitory beds? How can I reserve it?
The price for dormitory range from HKD$60/person/nigh to HKD$70/person/night. Please be aware that, dormitory is not available for booking. It is often occupied by guest paying on day-by-day basis. Therefore it is hard to predict it's vacancy. They are on first-come-first-serve basis. We would suggest you to come at around 11am or noon when most people are checking out. It is the time that we will most likely have rooms available for you. Alternately, you may consider booking Single Ensuite (1 Double Bed) for the first night.


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Modern Panic X - A Decade Of Panic
Rebellious, visceral, non-conformist, confrontational and revelatory.
Modern Panic comes to Truman Brewery from 8th - 17th November to celebrate its momentous tenth anniversary of surreal, controversial and provocative art.
For the past decade this annual exhibition has spearheaded and given a voice to artists whose work does not fit traditional galleries. Its ethos embodies how art should elicit a response, cause a reaction and be transformative, by challenging audiences with its disruptive energy, through a variety of mediums; including fine art, sculpture, photography, live art, film and artist talks
Modern Panic is a riotous celebration of the subversive, featuring over 70 artists exploring the human psyche through pop surrealism, dark art, magic realism and more, for these most uncertain of times.
"Art that reflects contemporary society and explores where the moral compass of the viewer lies in these volatile times" - James Elphick, Modern Panic Curator
"There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it" - H.R. Giger, Artist
H.R. Giger's concept art developed the Alien sci-fi film franchise, with his fascinating surrealistic biomechanical creations. An otherworldly synthesis of horror and grotesque merged with flesh and machine. Brian Froud is a prolific artist exploring the fantasy realm, famed for his work as conceptual and costume designer for The Dark Crystal (film & new Netflix series). Roger Ballen's otherworldly and surrealistic photographic works visually explore the human psyche.
Lucy Sparrow transforms familiar items from everyday life into surreal hand stitched felt-object caricatures.
Ralph Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures and for his collaboration and friendship with writer Hunter S. Thompson. Paul Toupet's mysterious sculptures evoke a playful or disquieting vision of lost childhood. Gaston Ugalde is the "Andean Warhol" of the South American art world, presenting his collage work with coca leaf (the raw material for the manufacture of the drug cocaine).
Rising stars to look out for:
Barbora Balek is a Czech Republic artist whose powerful political sculptural work explores human identity and socio-political issues. Brontis Jodorowsky, from actor to artist, premiering deeply poetic archetypal art from the realms of the subconscious. Yuri Zupancic intimate and minute work painted with a single hair on to microchip canvases.
Liam Brandon Murray's 'wearable sculptures' are exquisitely layered haute couture filled with iconographical references. Sonia Tibacov creates bizarrely beautiful weird and wonderful renaissance-era style creature portraiture. Alex Rose's dark humour infuses his living breathing hyper-realistic sculptures.
Modern Panic X
Curated by James Elphick
Barbora Balek | Roger Ballen | Aiyla Beau
Ruby Bird | Marc Blackie | Gergely Bukovinszki
Isobel Cortese | Fred Fabre | Brian Froud
Kevin Gavaghan | H.R. Giger | Laury Guintrand
Ella Guru | Evelyn Jean | Brontis Jodorowsky
Anais Lalange | Evan Lovejoy | Vort Man
Jess Mitchell | Nika Moss | Liam Brandon Murray
Holly Nerreter | Lindsay Pickett | Chris Richford
Alex Rose | Lucy Sparrow | Ralph Steadman
Peter Sulo | Sonia Tibacov | Martin Tomsky
Paul Toupet | Gaston Ugalde | Yannick Unfricht
Hel Vesper | Pamela Walker | Baba Lou Webb
Andris Wood | xsullo | Yuri Zupancic
For more information please visit :
www.guerrillazoo.com/modern-panic-10
More artists to be announced!
All art is available to purchase at the gallery's pop-up shop.
For sales enquiries please contact shop@guerrillazoo.com
WHAT: Modern Panic X
WHERE: Truman Brewery, F Block S4 (2nd Floor), Ely's Yard, 15 Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR
WHEN: Sat 9th Nov - Sun 17th Nov, 11 - 7pm daily
TICKETS : £5 (+bf) | www.guerrillazoo.com/tickets
WEBSITE: www.guerrillazoo.com/modern-panic-10
RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/404661786827168
Notes : For mature audiences only, unless accompanied by a responsible adult or guardian.
Trailer for Alejandro Jodorowsky's new film La Danze de la Realidad
It's been a long wait, 23 years in fact since cult film maker Alejandro Jodorowsky made his last film. The Danza de la Realidad is his much anticipated return to the silver screen. For those unable to hope across to Cannes for the première screenings, here is the theatrical trailer from Pathè films. We are very excited about this new film which stars Brontis Jodorowsky, who we featured in The Gorilla theatre production, also Cristobal Jodorowsky and Adan Jodorowsky, with costume design by Pascal Montandon. We have some very exciting Jodorowsky news coming soon, so stay tuned...!!!
Cannes 2013: Chile's onetime cult king still the wizard of weird
Director Alejandro Jodorowsky says that although his first film since 1990, 'The Dance of Reality,' may unnerve even his fans, at 84 he still has more movies to make.
By Dennis Lim, Special to the Los Angeles Times - May 16, 2013
CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970, sealed his place in the annals of cult cinema.
Jodorowsky last made a comeback in 1989 with the Oedipal melodrama "Santa Sangre," about a serial killer operating under the spell of his armless mother. When that project was announced at the Cannes Film Festival, a journalist wondered if a decade-long break from filmmaking had left Jodorowsky rusty. He responded: "A rusty knife is twice as deadly."
Deadlier than ever, presumably, after an even longer absence, Jodorowsky, 84, has returned to directing with "The Dance of Reality," his first movie since 1990's "The Rainbow Thief" (a work-for-hire with Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif that he has since disowned). Billed as a work of "imaginary autobiography," "The Dance of Reality" is among the most eagerly anticipated titles in this year's Director's Fortnight section at Cannes, which is also screening "Jodorowsky's Dune," a documentary by Frank Pavich about Jodorowksy's fabled, doomed attempt in the mid-1970s to turn Frank Herbert's classic science-fiction novel into a big-screen space opera.
"Every one of my pictures is different — I die and I'm reborn with each one," Jodorowsky said last week by Skype from Nice, where he was on vacation, preparing for the Cannes maelstrom. Even over a spotty connection, the bearded Jodorowsky, with his shock of white hair and gleaming row of improbably perfect teeth, registered as larger than life. An expansive if rambling conversationalist, he apologized several times for his faltering English and his penchant for digressive rants. After one vigorous diatribe — on the evils of money — he said, with a smile: "You know, you are speaking with a crazy person."
On the subject of his new film, which will have its first screening May 18 (along with Pavich's documentary), Jodorowsky declined to get into specifics. "I am like a mother with a son in my belly," he said. "I don't want to think about it before the baby is born."
Jodorowsky described "The Dance of Reality," which he shot in his hometown of Tocopilla in the Chilean desert, as "psychological time travel," an attempt to give poetic yet concrete form to the first chapters of his colorful life.
Born to Russian Jewish émigrés in 1929, Jodorowsky studied theater and worked as a circus clown and puppeteer in Santiago. In postwar Paris he performed mime with Marcel Marceau and fell in with the surrealists. He then moved to Mexico, where he mounted dozens of plays inspired by Antonin Artaud's theater of cruelty. Back in Paris, where he has lived since the 1980s, he cultivated multiple sidelines: writing comic books, studying the tarot and developing a therapeutic method known as psychomagic, rooted in both psychoanalysis and shamanism.
Psychomagic is the guiding philosophy of "The Dance of Reality," a kind of home movie writ large. Jodorowsky's wife, Pascale Montandon, was the costume designer, and three of his sons appear in it, including Brontis (who in "El Topo" portrayed the son of the title character, a gunslinger known as "the mole" and played by Alejandro Jodorowsky). In the new film, Brontis, now 50, plays Jodorowsky's Stalin-lookalike father, whom the director described as "a very terrible father, a very hard man, but he had his reasons."
"Before we started, I said to the crew, 'I am trying to heal my soul,'" Jodorowsky said. "But it's not an egocentric, narcissistic picture. Poetry doesn't speak about history. It speaks about interior life, universal problems."
"The Dance of Reality" came about when Jodorowsky reconnected with the producer Michel Seydoux through Pavich's film on "Dune." They had not spoken in years, each nursing his wounds from the abortive project, which was to have starred Orson Welles and Mick Jagger and featured a Pink Floyd score. David Lynch eventually brought Herbert's book to the screen in 1984, but Jodorowsky's unmade version has exerted its own influence — not least thanks to his would-be collaborators, who included artist H.R. Giger, cartoonist Jean "Moebius" Giraud and screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, all of whom worked on Ridley Scott's "Alien."
Nicolas Winding Refn, a fan of Jodorowsky's who dedicated "Drive" to him (and is back in Cannes this year with "Only God Forgives"), appears in the documentary to make the provocative suggestion that had Jodorowsky's "Dune" been made — and been a hit instead of "Star Wars" — it could have changed the course of mainstream cinema.
Unrealized projects loom over Jodorowsky's career, among them an "El Topo" sequel and a gangster film, "King Shot," that was to have starred Nick Nolte and Marilyn Manson. The money men inevitably pulled out for the same reasons, Jodorowsky said: "They're afraid, they think it's too surrealist, too weird."
Jodorowsky, by his admission, is not his own best salesman. For "The Dance of Reality," he said, "I told the producer, 'I want to make a picture to lose money.' I am tired of all that money. Movies are an art, not a business."
Jodorowsky once argued that "head" movies should not merely simulate psychedelic visions — they should supplant the need for drugs. These days his musings on the power of cinema have a more spiritual bent. "I ask to movies everything I can ask to a sacred book: Bible, Koran, Torah," he said.
"Movies were the hope of human culture. The Surrealists thought it was the real new art of the century, but now it's the worst. The first illness is the producer, and the second illness is stars. They kill the art, the big, big egos who believe in nothing." He's also no fan of digital technology, which creates "scientific images, very clear, with color like a painting," he said. "You see a tiger in a film and you have no emotion because you know it is not real. You admire the technique but you don't believe there is any danger."
In the Jodorowsky universe, to make art is to risk something, whether it be safety, sanity or ridicule. He shot "Santa Sangre" in actual slums and red-light districts, working with real-life criminals. On the new film, the production had to contend with extreme pollution from the local copper mines. "Everything is poison there," he said. "After two months we were all ill."
A onetime emblem of the counterculture, Jodorowsky is now, in his way, an elder statesman. "Fando y Lis" (1967), his violent first film, prompted a riot at its Acapulco premiere, but "El Topo" and the even more outrageous "Holy Mountain" (1973), both newly restored, have found appreciative younger audiences; the Museum of Modern Art in New York presented a retrospective of his work two years ago.
To hear him tell it, though, Jodorowsky's troublemaking days may not be behind him. "Wait until you see my new picture — maybe that will destroy everything," he said with a laugh. "I believe 100% in what I did, but this film is not similar to the past. It's a step into nothingness."
An autobiographical work by an octogenarian, "The Dance of Reality" begs to be read as a culminating work, but Jodorowksy refuses to think of it as a swan song. "People are prejudiced about my age," he said. "They think you become an idiot. But to have more years is to become more wise. They say I am old, but to me 84 is young. I think I can make four or five more pictures. I am not in a hurry."
SOURCE : http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-alejandro-jodorowsky-dance-reality-cannes-20130519,0,7499538.story
Watch Brontis Jodorowsky In The Trailer For TÁU
Brontis Jodorowsky, actor and son of the infamous Alejandro Jodorowsky, performed with us back in 2009 at the Leicester Square Theatre with his acclaimed Kafka inspired The Gorilla (written by Alejandro and performed by Brontis) is starring a new feature film, Táu, a debut from director Daniel Castro Zimbron.
A man travels to the desert of Wirikuta and confronts his deepest pain.
We have the trailer for your perusal, and it seems as though that one-line synopsis is fairly accurate. The film is making its rounds on the festival circuit, having just played at Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico.
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Tau, directed by Daniel Castro and starring Brontis Jodorowsky, Mariana Gonzalez and Julio Cruz, was the opening film of the Mexican feature film competition at the International Film Festival of Morelia.
At a press conference, the director said: "It speaks of loss, of a circle which the character can not leave, it goes round and round. It is represented in different ways for example, the snake is eating itself, in the peyote and the way the sun (tau means sun in Huichol) cycles. It addresses how the character comes to a point and returns to the same place, it's a circle that turns into an endless spiral. "
Another important theme within the film is a reflection of the struggle going on in the Amazon rainforest, echoed in the slogan for the film : " Wirikuta is very threatened by mining companies and I am convinced that it is a sacred place, which is felt when one is there, it is important preservation" .
In Tau, a biologist Gustavo, travels to the desert in search of Wirikuta plants to study. His stay is surrounded by strange events until one night he is attacked and losses all belongings. When it seems that all is lost, Ana, his deceased wife, appears. What begins as a hallucination gradually becomes a reality. Gustavo confronts his past and present with the help of an old Huichol who live in the desert.
The director poses the concept that through repetition can lead to a change or transformation.
'The joke is being, when one goes around and cannot get out of that circle that is submerged, it is like being lost internally and spinning endlessly until he passes through the circle.'
The actor Brontis Jodorowsky says "It's a metaphor for our existence. During our life we as protagonists repeat certain things, repetition is cyclically... what interested me about this film is the presence of the Huichol and not translating his words, because the protagonist enters the desert trying to shed his mindset, by studying nature and cacti, when that is not the solution but his mind bursts, which is achieved when the Huichol helps take him out of that plane of existence."
Castro said: "Shooting in the desert was an amazing experience and we treated it with all the respect in the world, taking into account the worldview of the Huichol people... the lighting was important, because the bet was not use no focus: the entire film is made with sunlight to play the desert, in fact, we did a ceremony to ask permission to shoot there desert."
Brontis added: "We believe the desert is one of our fellow film crew, we can not translate the work there, but we all know that we had the experience of being in a very special area that allowed us to film this story, we were not the typical crew who would usually devastate and litter the area. "
- What liberates or enslaves both consumption of peyote, as the idea of the shaman Don Juan Matus?
Castro added: "The use of peyote in this movie is a release, it is the method to exit and take the next step. For me is a medicinal plant and has a mystique that every human being should consume a once in a lifetime, but always the right people, with respect or cut without devastation."
Brontis intervened again: "The only word in Spanish that says the Huichol is medicine guru. Peyote eating experience is of no use, the important thing is how it is done and with who. "
The film Tau will be released next year. Keep an eye out for it!
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With $13.1 million, Wayin will expand internationally and encourage women in tech
by Christine Schmidt
Wayin, a three-year-old social intelligence and display company, announced a $13.1 million round today to expand up (as in the number of services the company offers) and expand out (by recruiting more women to get involved in tech), president and CEO Elaine Wood said.
Wayin's January acquisition of Argentina-based Comenta TV and a future contract with Tumblr, which will help to display users' interactions with clients' brands, are just two ways Wayin is expanding as it moves forward.
"We are a full, live-cycle management solution for social [media engagement] and the money is spent on building out that platform even more. Comenta TV really filled out the fourth leg of our display so that would be online, mobile and in-venue, and now TV," Wood said, highlighting future plans as "building out the enterprise-grade solution [with the analytics capabilities] and our international presence and solutions. We have a very strong team in Japan, in Hong Kong, in Latin America. We're using some of this money to go big in Europe and other markets."
In this round, major investors included U.S. Venture Partners, Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, TV producer Burt Sugarman and his wife TV personality Mary Hart, and Michael Meldman of the Discovery Land Co.
"I'm very proud to say it's the same shareholders who came forward for Series C in the past—they doubled down on us," Wood said.
In addition, Wood also hopes to encourage women of all generations to get involved in technology and digital companies. As a mom who returned to the workforce after working from home, Wood said she realized the difference in focus that being a mother can bring to a company, as well as the importance of getting younger girls interested in tech companies early on.
"Part of it is just the diversity in helping not only the start-up but encouraging other women to be part of start-ups and leadership in startups," Wood said.
She said she is already informally involved with efforts to bring more women into tech, though she hopes Wayin will help support those efforts in a more tangible way, pointing out that 30 percent of the company's employees are women compared to having just one woman on the team over a year ago.
"It's amazing to me the small number of women in tech fields that are graduating from college," she said. "We're getting very involved with CU Boulder and CSU and recruiting and going back and helping and mentoring at the universities to let women know it's a viable career choice and it's fun."
Wayin was founded in Denver by Scott McNealy in 2011 as a company originally focused on second-screen engagement. It pivoted about a year and a half ago to concentrate on incorporating consumer engagement from established social media networks and displaying the data in one place on a social media hub on the client's website for all users to view and interact with. Wayin's list of more than 100 clients includes the Denver Broncos, the Weather Channel, and Emory University, and the company has almost 50 total employees.
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Sonoma County has completed a first of its kind test of its emergency alert and warning mechanisms in the wake of wildfires that destroyed more than 5,000 structures and killed dozens of people nearly one year ago.
The exercise was carried out by the Sonoma County Division of Emergency Management with help from local police agencies and the public on September 10 and 12. The goal was to identify specific strengths and weaknesses of each available tool —SoCoAlert, the federal Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA), and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) — to improve efficacy of the emergency alert system in the future. Findings were based on public survey results from thousands of participants.
One of the main discoveries involved inherent weaknesses in the federal WEA which need to be addressed. Among other things, the survey results showed that the two main mobile carriers in the area, AT&T and Verizon, have distinct methods and algorithms for distributing WEAs which causes significant issues for alert delivery.
As a result of the tests' publicity, the number of subscribers to SoCoAlert increased 38%. There were 36,314 registered phone numbers as of September 3. By September 25, that number had swelled to 50,167.
A copy of Sonoma County's report on the alert and warning exercise can be viewed on the Sonoma County website. Click here to a read the county's press release.


hardly able to be felt as a single unit.
as though by a whim.
gaining momentum as it stirs.
which forever puzzles those who ponder.
while applying the final strokes?
for the insect moved on to the metal door.
only to alight on me.
only nestling comfortably on my shirt.
I smiled slightly and went back to my newspaper.
noticed that my passenger was gone.
became lost in the inner world.
I felt some irritation on the back of my neck.
Unconsciously, I reached to scratch it.
and pulled my hand away.
I grimaced at the painful irony.
in the crush of the crowd.
to the place it had left so many times before.
as they rushed by so quickly.
All colors below are a single whole.
And cities now peeking out of a haze.
'Neath birds of all feathers that sing or scree.
That bring forth the fauna, the fruits and the grains.
Yet still teem with life for those who live there.
Set to protect the sheltered olive swards.
That beckon with friendly, nut-colored smiles.
To stand beneath colors that know no defeat.
That all on this land are one single soul.
Will never to conquest or despair be bent.
They may never escape, but their minds are still free.
Or make them seek now what in death they'll embrace.
Their gazes more steely, nor dryer their palms.
And will be again, for their hearts will endure.
Like roses, their insides are pristine and fresh.
Remember that their time may yet come again.
May soon find it's time to pay its back dues.
like a history book in verse.
nor pain beneath the ground.
and count the stolen days.
but for the live one.


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Manufacturers Plan 1,000+ New Jobs in Indiana on National Manufacturing Day Including Locally
In honor of National Manufacturing Day this past Friday, 22 companies announced plans to locate in or expand in Indiana, together committing to invest more than $154 million in their Hoosier operations and create up to 1,090 new jobs over the next several years. VANAIR, a provider of mobile power solutions, has invested more than $1.5 million to expand its state-of-the-art technology and innovation center, growing its campus to two buildings in Michigan City to accommodate the operations of Minnesota-based Goodall Mfg., which the company purchased in January 2017. Goodall Mfg., which is a leader in jump-starting equipment, officially moved its operations to Indiana on July 1, 2018, bringing its broad range of jump starters, air compressors, AC generators and heavy duty cable and clamp products. The company, which already employs more than 140 associates at its Michigan City complex, plans to create 25 new positions by the end of 2023.
October 8th, 2018|Local News|


If you're a part of large global enterprise's marketing group, and you feel the need for a reliable outside resource to help create digital assets when you need them, we can help.
There are often three common challenges that large corporate marketing teams face.
When your internal team is already at capacity, we can help support your team. Plus we can help think through enterprise-level efficiencies (like the work we did for Sherwin-Williams).
Through our live video production and motion graphics, we can help with your company's video needs especially when it's not cost effective to run those projects through a large (and high priced) advertising agency.
We can help take overlooked manual or redundant operations and make them more efficient and cost effective through a custom software application. The warranty website we created for Uniflex is a good example.


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Q: MKMapView night mode like in iOS7 Apple Maps? Is there an easy way to enable night mode on a MKMapView like the Apple Maps apps does when the sun is down ?
I didn't find such a thing the MapKit documentation.

A: Unfortunately it is a private api:
//add this above the interface of the class you want to try it on
@interface MKMapView ()
   -(void) _setShowsNightMode:(BOOL)yesOrNo;
@end

//call this in your viewDidLoad or somewhere else appropriate
[self.mapView _setShowsNightMode:YES];

We should file a radar for apple to open this up to everyone. It could be a safety issue for people using maps in third party apps while driving. Your app will be rejected if you try and submit it to the app store using this.

A: No, you'd have to use a third-party library like Mapbox iOS SDK or MBXMapKit.


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In Session Soundcheck 2006
There may be few real gentlemen left in the world, but Soundcheck can definitively say that R&B superstar Ne-Yo is one of them. This live concert performance shows a day with the singer as he prepares for the release of his third solo album, 'Year of the Gentleman.' And, not surprisingly, Ne-Yo delivers a focused, star-studded set that proves this performer belongs on the stage just as much as he does behind the scenes. With energetic live performances Ne-Yo charms the audience with all time favorite hits like So Sick, Stay and Time.
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Band In Seattle - Katie Kate Episode 303
Katie Kate
With raw emotion and smooth flow, Katie Kate transcends genres and expectations more than most artists in Seattle. You might be surprised to know that she has classical flute and piano training because her music is anything but classic. Hip-hop, electronica, and pop make this New York native a force to be reckoned with. With a team of Seattle's finest and most prolific musicians backing her up – Cookie Snake, Lena Machina, and DJ Radjaw, Katie Kate is making a name for herself in Seattle's blossoming hip-hop scene.
Keyshia Cole grew up listening to her mentor Tupac Shakur and Mary J. Blige as her greatest musical inspirations. In this intimate live performance we get the chance to go behind the curtains and enjoy the most appreciated songs performed live.
In Session 2002
The Roots perform an intimate In Session featuring their hit, The Next Movement.
Broke Reprised
Broke* begins with the question, "Is it possible for an artist to break?" Following on-the-verge artist Will Gray through the recording of his debut album, "Honeysuckle Wine" (featuring production oversight by Grammy Award-winning producer, T Bone Burnett), Broke* chronicles the stories of artists and executives searching for ways to thrive in the face of today's music industry challenges. The film digs beneath the clichés and standard story lines to reveal an industry struggling to find a new identity and an artist who's simply trying to establish one. Featuring candid interviews with industry insiders and intimate profiles of some of the brightest emerging musical talent in the country. With appearances from John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Isaac Slade of The Fray, Seth Godin, and Buddy Miller. The question Broke* asks evolves throughout the film, as does Will's definition of "breaking." After Will's passing in 2013, his team worked to tell the rest of his story, sharing his journey as an artist. Can a new act be "broken" and what does "breaking" mean to the industry, the artist, and the fan?
Wishbeard And Tangerine
Wishbeard is a four piece band that creates dreamy post punk music. Led by guitarist/vocalist Bryn Santillan, the band is filled out with Brighton on Bass, Erin on Keyboard and Jude on Drums. Together they create warm sonic soundscapes of lush synth washes and effected guitar punctuated by a rhythm section that will inspire your dreams.
Tangerine is made up of sisters Marika on vocals and guitar and Miro on drums along with Toby, lead guitar and Ryan on bass. This close knit foursome has been described as "lovely… gorgeous, and gold flecked." They're also known for fusing 60's inspired west coast pop with a twinge of R&B.
Loberace: Live in Vegas
CeeLo Green's "Loberace – Live In Vegas" is an electrifying, musical journey into the colourful world of CeeLo's brainchild, "Loberace" filmed live at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. It's packed to the rafters with girls, glamour and glitz, with CeeLo Green as the ringmaster of this technicolor circus. There are classic songs, provocative dance routines and a breathtaking array of costumes. This is the ultimate Las Vegas all-singing, all-dancing spectacular!
Tbasa And Fly Moon Royalty
TBASA's unique name comes from simplifying his real name: Tim Basaraba. And it fits the unique style that earned him the description of "Idaho weird" before Napoleon Dynamite. Tim releases one album a year and finds expression through a tight combination of DJ, songwriter and vocalist. Here he adds performances by Hope Simpson and Jordan Vazquez with back up vocals and long-time friend Matt Stegner, vocalist and guitar.
In Fly Moon Royalty, soulful vocalist Adra Boo and DJ/Producer/Emcee Action J bleed with all the heart and soul of blues and R&B – combined with modern day electronica and hip hop. Backed up by vocalists Caela Bailey and Taryn Dorsey and 4 dancers led by Xaviera Vandermay, they create an audio and visual treat.
Troubadours is the story of four musical artists finding success, but nobody really knowing about it. Diego, Alvaro, Lorenzo and Julio all share the same town, an other-worldly and enigmatic city that protects them for days on end. Troubadours is a reflection on art and fame, unafraid of reaching into its insanity. It finds the adequate rhythm to portray the drives of different persons who have left everything behind them, and now keep forging ahead irrevocably. The magic to be found a gaze, the concealed beauty of an ordinary town or the sheer greatness of the insignificant are the overarching notions and ideas of this film.
On 14th October 1940, a star was born. 75 years to the day the birthday boy performed a very special concert at the iconic Royal Albert Hall to celebrate this momentous occasion.
This amazing live performance will allow you to relive this spectacular night over and over again and enjoy Cliff doing what he loves best, performing his many, many hits and favourite classics spanning his amazing career in front of his incredible fans. Get ready to share your own congratulations with Sir Cliff Richard as he entertains you (along with some Very Special Guests) on this truly unique evening.
Episode 1: Fuck Art Let's Dance
London Calling The Untold Story Of British Pop Music
"Fuck art let's dance!" proclaimed the famous slogan on a post-punk T-shirt, expressing the rebellious musical spirit that thrived in art colleges at the time. Ironically it was precisely this spirit that had led to British art colleges contributing to pop music culture on a scale unmatched elsewhere. The new role of art schools as a social melting pot in the 1960s, and their policy that everyone had to study a broad-based arts curriculum before being allowed to specialise, resulted in a new cultural playground where musical passions and fresh ideas flourished. Every British pop band contained at least one art school graduate and many, from Roxy Music and Wire to Franz Ferdinand, formed entirely at art school. Pete Townshend's legendary Union Jack jacket - often misinterpreted as patriotism - was a pure pop art statement, deconstructing the national flag as fashion, and the band's clever conceptual collection The Who Sell Out was the result of manager Kit Lambert "encouraging my art school ambitions". Even scruffy rebels like The Sex Pistols owed their aesthetic to art college graduates Malcolm McLaren and Jamie Reid's love of the Situationist and Dadaist movements, and every band that hadn't met at art college boasted an art college graduate, or found itself steered, styled, sloganised, photographed and reported on by their like. This opening episode examines the reasons behind this phenomenon, and asks if this uniquely British impulse has run its course.
Live at Tabernacle 2008
Ludacris performs live at The Tabernacle in 2008. The show, in support of his sixth studio album, Release Therapy, which won Best Rap Album for the 2007 Grammy Awards, features performances of "Money Maker," "What's Your Fantasy" and "Runaway Love".
PausePlay Interview
Alessia Cara invited us to hang out at the Corona Theater to talk about her album "Know-It-All" and what life is like after signing with DefJam Records.
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Fly Moon Royalty
Band in Seattle: Season 3 Concert 5B
Chimurenga Renaissance
Chimurenga means "revolutionary struggle" in the Shona language of Zimbabwe, and knowing that, the music of Chimurenga Renaissance resonates even more. This duo blends their native Zimbabwean culture with mainstream American hip-hop for a combination that is truly inspiring.
A Beautiful Soul
Deitrick Haddon
R & B superstar Andre Stephens (Deitrick Haddon) is on top of the world. He has success, fame and fortune but spiritually he has lost his way. However, his "perfect" world is shattered when his entourage is brutally attacked, leaving Andre and his best friend Chris Johnson (Robert Ri'chard) clinging to life. As his very existence hangs in the balance, Andre goes on a spiritual journey in a place that is neither on Earth nor in Heaven where he is given an opportunity to reevaluate his life, his faith and discover a beautiful soul.
Band in Seattle - 203 Episode
Grynch And Romaro
Grynch is part of a vibrant Seattle hip hop community in which he has collaborated with the likes of Sol, Blue Scholars and Macklemore. Grynch has a very natural flow that he has been honing since the young age of 10, which is part of the reason he is so well established. Backed by his DJ, DJ Nphared, this is a show you must see.
Romaro Franceswa is one of the Northwest's youngest hip hop artists with an unlimited upside. Coming from a family of two parents that are Pastors, Romaro provides a view on the world that's multi-faceted. His DJ, BeanOne, is a true talent in the Seattle hip hop community. Together they make some amazing tunes and keep the audience engaged.
'People' is the culmination of whatever is after... coming home, having a meal with family and friends old and new... the everyday that frames the season. Recorded live in Sydney, Australia, UNITED have kept it simple returning to where it all began. It is about people. People you're doing life with. People you're representing. It's about people we are called to reach. Loving our neighbor as ourselves. Where people are united, God commands a blessing, and that's what UNITED, and in particular this project, is purposed to do... To bring people together from all walks of life and different circumstances giving everyone a song to sing. This project is for people. Unapologetically returning back to their roots, UNITED demonstrates their utter reliance on God and the fact that we are called to look at life through an uncomplicated lens of loving people. Includes latest new songs from UNITED, 'As You Find Me,' 'Whole Heart (Hold Me Now)' and 'Good Grace.'
Live at the Wireless Festival 2014
Iggy Azalea takes over the stage at Live at the Wireless Festival in this electrifying live experience.
Katharine McPhee (with a little help from her friends David Foster, Eric Benet, and Frederic Yonnet) performs selections from her fifth studio album, I Fall In Love Too Easily.
Sessions Live
Keri Hilson performs live at the intimate In Session Soundcheck in 2009. The show, in support of her album In A Perfect World; features performances of Knock You Down, Slow Dance and Energy. The session concludes with an interview with Hilson.
Live at The Oxford Art Factory
Li was born in Ystad, Skåne, in Sweden, in 1986 and was raised by artistic parents; her mother was a photographer, her father is a musician. Here she performs at The Oxford Art Factory, in Sydney, Australia, on January 5, 2009.
Live at House of Blues Chicago 2008
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known by his stage name Nas is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer, actor and entrepreneur. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums and has sold over 25 million records worldwide. This live concert recording at the House of Blues in Chicago consists of outstanding performances of hits like Street Dreams, If I Ruled the World, Get down, Freeze, Got Yourself A Gun, Made You Look and many more.
Niall Horan first rose to fame in 2010 when he auditioned as a solo artist on the British X factor. His X Factor journey led him on a path that would see him become a member of the boy band One Direction. He quickly established himself as a fan favourite as One Direction started to become a global phenomena. As One direction started to become global superstars, it was Harry Styles who was expected to become the bands leading man, but as their popularity grew, it was apparent that the boy from Ireland was by far the most popular member, especially in the USA. As One Direction establish their name as the biggest boy band of all time, we invite you to follow the story of their leading man: Niall Horan.
Live from Paris
The first-ever live concert album from multiplatinum-selling, Grammy®-winning, critically acclaimed Seal, 'Live in Paris' features his spectacular performance at the Olympia Bruno Coquatrix on July 6, 2004. 'Live in Paris' is the ultimate in-concert experience of the pop, dance, urban, and adult contemporary superstar featuring classics "Kiss From A Rose," "Crazy" and "Love's Divine."
And So It Goes / Credits
Live at Yankee Stadium


Species-habitat relationships are a central tenant to ecological theory and are critical in species management. Yet, despite a long-standing tradition of utilizing species-habitat relationships in both theoretical and applied ecology, there remains to be no clear predictors of how species relate to habitat. In order to further our understanding of the habitat selection process, we must begin to comprehend what spatial scales species form habitat decisions and what potential behavioral or life-history predictors underlie the scale of habitat decisions. During 2010-2012, I conducted point counts for grassland birds across Nebraska and assessed habitat relationships over multiple spatial scales to construct predictive species distribution models. Results indicated that landscape scale habitat variables drastically constrained or, alternatively, facilitated the positive effects of local land management for Ring-necked Pheasants. Hierarchical theory suggests that ecological processes function concurrently over multiple spatial scales and not all scales may be appropriate in determining species occurrence. I predicted that the spatial scale in which a species forms habitat decisions would correlate with body size, a predictor of life-history expression, if the scale is a function of how the species interacts with its environment. I tested this hypothesis on 10 obligate grassland bird species in Nebraska, USA. For seven species, I found evidence of a characteristic habitat selection scale, but no relationship to body mass. To quantify local habitat quality, a predictor of species occurrence, I assessed the precision of five methods of measuring plant structure using ground-based imagery and processing techniques. I recorded standing herbaceous cover using digital imagery at two locations in a mixed-grass prairie. I compared the precision of the digital imagery vegetation analysis (DIVA) methods and quantified variability within each technique using the coefficient of variation. Vertical herbaceous cover estimates varied among DIVA techniques but the precision of four of the five techniques was consistently high. Overall, DIVA techniques are sufficient for measuring standing herbaceous cover and can adequately reduce measurement error associated with multiple observers.


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If a child was struck by lightning, that meant the gods accepted the sacrifice.
Dagmara SochaIncas considered children to be pure, thus making them the ideal human sacrifice to offer the gods.
New research on the remains of a handful of Inca child sacrifice victims has given scientists more clues as to how this sacrificial practice was carried out, and even more information about the children themselves.
Newsweek reports that researchers believe the victims' bodies were purposefully left on stone platforms high at the top of a volcano so that they could be struck by lightning. Whether or not a sacrificed child was hit by lightning would let the Incas know if the sacrifice was accepted by the gods.
"According to the Incas, a person struck by lightning received great honor — a god expressed interest in that person," said Dagmara Socha, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Warsaw. She spoke with PAP, a science news outlet run by the Polish government.
For this study, researchers examined the remains of six children found on two volcanoes in Peru, Ampato and Pichu Pichu. The remains were first discovered decades ago by Dr. Johan Reinhard and are in varying states of preservation. In order to examine the valuable specimens without causing more damage, the scientists used advanced x-ray imaging and 3D modeling.
Dagmara SochaSkull of a boy sacrificed at the Ampato volcano in Peru, showing signs of a lightning strike.
Socha and her study co-author, Rudi Chavez Perea, the director of the Museo Santuarios Andinos of the Catholic University of Santa Maria in Arequipa in Peru, found several clues that hinted at the lightning strikes endured by the children's bodies.
Some the remains, which were sacrificed some 500 years ago, had burn marks on their soft tissue and their clothing. The stone platforms where their bodies were left also showed signs of being struck repeatedly while the soil around the sacrificial sites appeared to have crystallized from the impact of the bolts.
Socha and Perea also found some clues as to where these children came from.
One female victim, dubbed "Lightning Girl" by scientists, showed a deliberately elongated head which was a common practice among Incas living in the coastal areas, not those in the high mountains.
There were also irregularities in the girl's tooth enamel structure, which indicate that she was either starved or experienced a great deal of stress at one point, likely when she was about three years old.
"I suppose it was then that the girl was taken away from her parents and brought to Cuzco, the capital of the Inca empire, where the girl was being prepared for three years to be sacrificed at the top of the volcano," Socha hypothesized.
Peruvian Ministry of CultureIn 2016, archaeologists discovered 17 graves of children who had been sacrificed by the Incas in Peru.
Previous research which examined hair samples from the child victims suggests they were chosen many years in advance, and were "fattened up" before their deaths.
The isotope analysis of these hair samples also indicated that the children were drugged with alcohol and coca plants — from which cocaine is derived — before they were killed. Researchers believe it helped sedate them.
One of the mummified child victims, known by researchers as the "Llullaillaco Maiden," was found with a lump of chewed coca leaves in her mouth.
The Incas believed it to be a great honor for a family to have a child taken as a sacrifice. But how were the children chosen? Archaeologists aren't entirely sure but, according to Socha, "they certainly had to have some exceptional traits, such as beauty or ancestry."
Next, the team plans to conduct more analyses on the children's remains, which are kept in cold storage at the Museo Sancturios Andinos. They plan to study tooth samples so they can determine the victims' diets and places of origin, which, hopefully, will shed more light on these lost lives.
Now, read the story of Roy Sullivan, the man who got struck by lightning seven times and lived, and learn about the Inca "princess" mummy that was returned to Bolivia after 129 years.
Couple Claims Eight-Year-Old Dwarf They Adopted Was Really An Adult Sociopath


A youth charity which encourages young people from poor socioeconomic backgrounds to challenge educational inequality through volunteering.
The charity is seeking an experienced Development Manager to grow its incomes from trusts, foundations and statutory funders. You will work closely with the Development Director with a focus on prospect research, pipeline and the development of relationships with potential prospects. You will lead on developing a trust, foundations and statutory fundraising strategy, meeting all reporting requirements.
You will have sound experience in trusts and foundations with the creative ability to set strategic direction in this area. This will be complemented by strong interpersonal, relationship building and presentational skills. Furthermore, you will have excellent writing skills with the ability to present arguments and write accurate reports. Finally, you will good financial acumen and are able to use spreadsheets to monitor budgets.
You will receive a generous salary of up to £40k, 5% employer pension contributions, 25 days' annual leave plus two paid volunteer days and extra Christmas break holidays.


ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Wild centre Mikko Koivu has been chosen as team captain for the season.
The 26-year-old Koivu has become arguably the Wild's best all-around player. General manager Chuck Fletcher and head coach Todd Richards announced the selection Tuesday, after evaluating the team's leadership over the last two weeks.
In the past, the Wild chose a different captain each month. Koivu was picked four times last season. Fletcher and Richards decided to rotate alternate captains for every game.
Also Tuesday, newly acquired right wing Chuck Kobasew skated with the team for the first time.


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You started with a [hello world](../00helloworld/about.md), that's an example you can use on all platforms.
It's from the [Haxe Generic API](http://api.haxe.org/), available for all platforms. Now let's look at the ServerSide specific API, which is located in the package [`php`](http://api.haxe.org/php/).

This will use the `php.Lib.print` function that prints some raw string (without adding debug information). It will print the parameters sent by the browser.

There is also a lot of useful functionality available in the Web class.
Read up on that here: [http://api.haxe.org/php/Web.html](http://api.haxe.org/php/Web.html)

__Note that the `php` package tries to mimic as far as possible the `neko` one. This allows for easy switching between the two platforms__

Source: <http://old.haxe.org/doc/start/php#web-api>

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I am a member of the MassUMA Working Group, a committee which is exploring the possible adoption of the Uniform Mediation Act here in the Commonwealth.
We would be very interested in hearing from mediators in states which have adopted the UMA as to how it has affected your practice (if at all). We are especially interested in learning how it has impacted your description of the process to parties and/or their representatives, including privilege and exceptions to confidentiality. For example, do you hand out a copy of the statute to your clients? Provide a synopsis orally or in writing? Or simply ignore it? Has the UMA affected your practice in any other significant way?
All responses would be warmly received (and, of course, kept confidential!). By the way, you can see what our working group has accomplished so far and where we're headed by visiting our web site at http://www.massuma.com/.
Please feel free of course to pass our request on to colleagues--the more widely we can disseminate this request, the more complete our investigation will be. Please e-mail your information to massuma@adrblogs.com.
Thank you for any assistance you can give us--it will be greatly appreciated by all.


Bears and wolves and moose, oh my! Images from a recent Spring trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
Click on the image to join us, Magic Mike the flawed wildlife guide and lots of wild animals in our Wild Wyoming Gallery.
Visit the wild African outback. Join us on on Maasai-owned conservancies and great National Reserves of Kenya.
Click on the image to join to see a survey of five galleries from our Safari Collection.
Who knew that Great Blue Herons nested in colonies or that you could find one on a lake in North Georgia? Up close images of giant, prehistoric looking birds and an single interloper.
Dinosaurs did not disappear, they took flight. Click on the image to view the images from our Jurassic Cove Gallery.
Grown men playing with antique rifles and cannon or a serious, but joyful, reenactment intended to bring history to life? You decide but only after looking at these images from the 2018 reenactment of the 1860s Battle of Aiken.
Click on the image to see our A Civil War Gallery.


The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State recently announced new vacancies for state boards, councils and committees, including one public member vacancy for the Minnesota Board of Teaching.
Citizens in Greater Minnesota are encouraged to apply and serve. Application forms for the Board of Teaching are available online and must be submitted by March 27.
Primary Mission: To assure that Minnesota students are served by licensed teachers who are equipped to deliver effective instruction and meet the instructional needs of all learners.
Restrictions to Membership: The board consists of 11 members including six classroom teachers and one school administrator who must be fully licensed for the position he or she holds and have at least five years teaching experience in Minnesota; one higher education representative who must be a faculty member preparing teachers; and three members of the public, two of whom must be present or former members of school boards.
Meeting Information: Monthly meetings are held on the second Friday of each month in Roseville.


The Notice of Race and Entry Application for Terra Nova Trading Key West 2004 are now available for America's premiere annual regatta scheduled to take place 19-23 January.
Invited classes include Corsair 28R, Farr 40, IMS, J/105, J/109, J/29, J/80, Melges 24, MORC, Mumm 30, PHRF, Swan 45, Open Swan and T-10. Entry packages will arrive in mailboxes in August. All entry documents, planning information and past results are posted on the event web site at the address below.
In recent years the event has matured into the international winter destination for the world's racing sailors, including an unequalled gathering of grand prix racing talent. The past three fleets averaged more than 300 boats with 50 of those entries hailing from 21 different countries, boosting the prestige for the International Team Competition---and the reputation of the Italians who have won it four of the last five years.
But the world-class crowd doesn't overshadow the weekend sailors who haul their boats from every corner of the country. Last January Richard BERGMANN's California crew, sailing the J/105 Zuni Bear, won the Terra Nova Trading Trophy as Boat of the Week and the Mount Gay Rum Boat of the Day award for winning Race 5 in midweek.
In 2004 the competition will expand even more when the Swan 45 class makes its Key West debut. The renowned yacht manufacturer, based in Pietersaari, Finland, is producing a racer-cruiser line with a standard carbon fibre rig. Nine are already committed to compete for the new Nautor Trophy that will go to the top performing Swan.


"Let's go." Kevin told Lee softly, not taking his eyes off the beautiful lady beside him. If he blinked or looked away for one millisecond, he might wake up from this dream.
The car stopped in front of Kevin's home. Kevin took Leena by her hand and walked in hurriedly. He even forgot to get her suitcase from the car. When they got inside, there was nobody in the living room. Kevin lifted her off her feet and carried her upstairs and went straight to the bedroom before Leena could say a word. He did it so quickly, looking so serious. Leena felt a bit worried. She wondered whether he was angry because of her sudden and unannounced visit.
"Is that you, Kevin?" Shannon heard something in the living room and walked out to see who had possibly come in. But nobody was there when she took a look at the stairs. Did she hear it wrong? Maybe no one came back at all. At that moment, Kevin and Leena stood frozen behind the stairs and did not make a sound. Kevin put a finger over her lips to signal her to stay quiet. It took all her strength and self control to keep from laughing. They remained like that, hardly breathing, until Shannon went back to her room. They then hurriedly but silently went to theirs.
The moment they entered the bedroom and closed the door, Kevin pressed his lips onto Leena's with shameless passion. He kissed her on the lips wildly without any skills nor style. Leena never had such an experience. She had no other choice. She was forced to take his crazy kiss and tried to kiss him back.
"Ouch! It hurts!" Leena could not help but let out a yelp in pain, when he bit her on the lip way too heavily.
"I see! That made sense. Then what are you waiting for? Aren't you uncomfortable in that? Take those off and get in the shower. I'm going downstairs to get you some food. You can eat here in the bedroom." Kevin tried to say it as nicely as possible but looked visibly annoyed as could be seen from his face. So he made that suggestion to save time and hit two birds with one stone.
"But, I should go and greet Mom and Dad first! I don't want them to think that I'm a disrespectful daughter-in-law." It was already rude for them to rush upstairs. Should she not go downstairs to greet her parents-in-law as a sign of courtesy? She might be considered to be ill-mannered if she did not.
"It's fine. Just take a shower first! They might feel strange if they see you like that. I'll tell them you are here, and you can explain it to them yourself later when you're done," Kevin looked at her with an amused expression on his face. Did his cute wife finally realize how rude their behavior was just now? But he did not plan to help her with it. She needed to learn to deal with it by herself. It was a lesson for her to some degree.


This is a technical support bulletin for customers who have a Pulse Instruments PI-2005 Pattern Generator or PI-1100x Instrument Mainframe shipped between April and November of 2001.
2.1. The built-in networking function of the PI-2005 and PI-11008 is factory-configured to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. If the DHCP lease period has expired, and the instrument has been disconnected from the network, the embedded operating system of the instrument will generate an error and prevent essential services from starting up normally before the Pulse Instruments embedded applications request them.
2.2. If the instrument's networking function has been configured to join a Windows NT domain, the problem will be exacerbated by repeated attempts to contact the domain controller, resulting in periodic displays of the DHCP error.
3.1. If you wish to use or continue to use the networking function of the PI-2005 or PI-1100x, please ensure that the network port is connected to a live node on your company network. If your network does not use a DHCP server, manually assign a valid IP address to the unit based on your company's internal networking policies.
3.1.3. If the Domain or Workgroup does not match your company's network settings, click the Change button and enter a new workgroup or domain name.
Click OK to close this dialog box, and then restart the instrument.
3.2.2. Click the Hardware Profiles tab, then select the Original Configuration item and click the Properties button.
On the Network tab, check the checkbox for the Network Disabled Configuration.
Click OK on this and the subsequent dialog box, and then restart the instrument.
3.2.3. If you wish to re-enable the networking function at a later time, please un-do the above procedure and then see the section 3.1, above, for instructions on configuring the networking settings.
For further information, please email support@pulseinstruments.com or call the factory at (310) 515-5330 and ask for technical support.


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namespace System.ServiceModel.Syndication
{
    internal static class App10Constants
    {
        public const string Accept = "accept";
        public const string Categories = "categories";
        public const string Collection = "collection";
        public const string Fixed = "fixed";
        public const string Href = "href";
        public const string Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2007/app";
        public const string Prefix = "app";
        public const string Service = "service";
        public const string Workspace = "workspace";
    }
}


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package com.pdomingo.data_structures.interfaces;

/**
 * FIFO (First In First Out) positional group of elements
 * @param <T> type
 */
public interface Queue<T> extends Collection<T> {

	/**
	 * Inserst a new item at the last position of the queue
	 * @param item
	 */
	void enqueue(T item);

	/**
	 * Inserts one by one each object of the iterable at the last
	 * position of the queue
	 * @param items
	 */
	void enqueueAll(Iterable<T> items);

	/**
	 * Extracts the first (most time being stored) element of the queue
	 * @return the element
	 */
	T dequeue();

	/**
	 * Gets the first (most time being stored) element of the queue
	 * @return the element
	 */
	T peek();
}


For indie authors, producing content in addition to your actual books is an important component of a successful marketing strategy. But in maintaining an active online author platform, it can be all too easy to run out of ideas for fresh, engaging content.
If you already have a blog, multiple social media accounts and an author newsletter (which we think you should!), after a while, you'll probably find yourself in search of new types of content to create for your audience.
And that's exactly why we're here today: to talk you through five alternative types of content to help freshen up your content strategy and provide interest and value to readers.
We'll teach you how to use your existing platforms and channels to leverage exciting new content formats, all in the name of keeping your indie author brand active and strong.
Podcasts have seen an explosion in popularity in recent years. Much like audiobooks, podcasts are a popular format because they allow the listener to consume content while they go about their daily business – chores, work, driving, exercising, etc.
It might surprise you to learn that this can be a viable content format for indie authors. You might have assumed that podcasting is best left to the 'professional podcasters' – the likes of Serial and Stuff You Should Know.
All you actually need to do is create short, clear snippets of audio content that your audience will find interesting, entertaining, useful, or all three. You don't even have to upload them to a podcast-specific platform like Apple Podcasts – you can simply post the audio files on your website or include them as part of your author newsletter.
You can virtually talk about anything you like in your podcasts! Your writing process, your book production stages, what you've been reading lately... Basically, you can treat podcast episodes like audio blog posts, using the same sort of content you might usually post on your blog, just in a different format.
Let's take a look at an indie author example.
Bestselling author and Writer's Edit Founding Editor, Helen Scheuerer, updates her readers via mini podcasts on her blog. In each short episode, Helen chats about where she's currently at with her writing and publishing, as well as discussing other aspects of the indie author life.
Podcast content like this is a great way to freshen up and diversify your author content strategy. Plus, since you're literally speaking directly to your readers (and listeners), it provides them with a more personal insight into you as a person and an author.
These days, video content is bigger than ever in the book community. There have never been more book bloggers (or, we should say, 'booktubers') on YouTube, and videos have made their way into the content strategies of many authors, too.
Vlogging (or video blogging) is exactly what it sounds like: a version of blogging, in video rather than written format. It's another step up from the podcasts we were just talking about; this time, your audience is seeing your face as well as hearing your voice.
This makes vlogging a little more of a personal endeavour. Many readers appreciate the opportunity to have that extra personal connection to an author whose books they are interested in. However, we understand that this option might not be preferable to every author.
Many writers tend to be the introverted type who prefer to stay behind the computer screen, rather than being featured on it! And that's fine. If vlogging takes you a little too far out of your comfort zone, you don't have to do it.
If you are interested in vlogging, though, the video world is your oyster. You can upload videos to a YouTube channel or directly to your author website/Facebook page, or even just take advantage of more casual video functions like Facebook Live or Instagram Stories.
In your videos, as in your podcasts and blog posts, you can really talk about whatever you like: your books, your writing process, your workspace, your general life. Just keep in mind at all times that you're running a professional platform, and that anything you post should be in keeping with your author brand.
Many authors who choose to make videos have seen great success. Hugely popular YA author John Green, alongside his brother Hank, has hosted a vlog for over 10 years – and with over three million subscribers, it's safe to say their channel is pretty successful!
Indie authors can be big in the vlogging world, too. Authors like Jenna Moreci have made vlogging a big part of their author platform and brand, and have seen it pay off.
If you're game, you can open yourself up to reader curiosity through a live Q&A session.
Static Q&As or FAQs are fairly common on author websites and blogs, but a live Q&A can shake things up a little and add some interactive excitement to your online presence.
You can do this in front of the screen, using a feature like Facebook Live or a live video on Instagram, or behind it, using something like Instagram's 'Questions' function.
In mid-2018, 'Questions' for Instagram Stories were launched. This feature allows you to post an 'Ask me a question' sticker on your Story, which followers can respond directly to with their question. You can then choose to post questions and their replies as separate posts on your Story.
Authors who aren't super comfortable answering questions on the spot on camera might prefer to utilise this function to host a Q&A session that's still technically 'live', but that gives you a little more control over your response time and the questions you choose to answer.
Whichever medium you choose to deliver your Q&A, it's a good idea to do some prep beforehand to make the process a little easier for both you and your audience.
Perhaps you'd like to narrow down questions to a specific topic area, such as the writing process, your writing routine or your publishing journey so far; make sure you specify this to your audience before the Q&A begins.
You should also specify any areas that you won't be answering questions in regards to – for example, spoilers for upcoming books, or questions about your personal life.
You might also like to follow up your live Q&A by transcribing/collating all the questions and answers into a static blog post. That way, readers who missed out on experiencing it live can still check out the results of the session.
You don't necessarily need to use an entirely new medium to shake up your author content strategy. Sometimes all it takes is revamping your existing channels with some fresh content.
Take your blog, for example. You might currently be posting a weekly or monthly update about your writing; sharing news and announcements as they occur; promoting your books; and/or posting sporadically about anything that comes to mind.
All of this, of course, is absolutely fine. But if you're running out of content for new posts, and feeling like your blog could do with a bit of a refresher, why not try revamping your blog schedule with some regular themed posts?
This can be as simple as having set times where you post about a single theme. For example, one week of each month might be self-publishing-themed, where you discuss the steps of your indie author journey; another could be writing advice themed, where you share helpful tips for your readers; and so on.
However you choose to go about it, the themed-post approach can provide inspiration and a useful structure for your blogging, and introduce some all-important variety to your platform.
We've talked before about why indie authors need to guest blog. But if you'd like to shake up your own author content, it's also a good idea to reverse the process and invite guest bloggers to contribute posts for your author blog.
Guest posts provide interest and a point of difference for your blog, and have the added benefit of helping you form genuine connections and relationships with others in the industry.
If you're invited to contribute a guest post to someone else's blog, you can ask if they'd be interested in returning the favour for you, and vice versa – if someone writes a post for your blog, offer to write one for theirs, too.
Try reaching out to some fellow indie authors, book bloggers and other people in the writing/publishing sphere to see if they'd be interested in posting on your blog. You can also post on your website and social media letting people know that you're open to guest post pitches.
There's one warning we'll provide for this type of content, though: don't be tempted to accept any offer of a guest post just for the sake of it.
You should only accept quality guest posts for your blog – posts that are well-written, that fit in well with your own author brand, and that will provide your readers with content of value or interest.
Have you used any of these types of content before, or do you plan to in future? Have you seen any other fresh forms of content you think indie authors should try out?


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Yeah, I broke it. I'm waiting for my host to fix it but it might not be back until tomorrow.


Laura Bottomley has been a mentor and supporter of students from underrepresented groups since 1991 beginning at Duke University and continuing in 1997 at North Carolina State University. Dr. Bottomley holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and is Director of K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs and campus Women in Engineering Program. Dr. Bottomley has created a mentoring pipeline that can serve as a national model for K-12 outreach and support of underrepresented students at all levels. Dr. Bottomley initiated science curriculum reform for all elementary schools in Wake County, North Carolina. She conceived of and leads the statewide "Engineering on the Road Program". Through a tiered-mentoring process, and with the help of undergraduate engineering students, she provides hands-on engineering activities to 25,000 students annually.


The six month ban on shared mobility devices in Beverly Hills, mainly aimed at Bird and Lime saturating local streets with scooters, expired this month without a new ordinance council members were hoping for to regulate the devices.
Citing a lack of cooperation from the scooter companies over the past six months, the City Council approved a one-year extension to its shared mobility device ban at its Dec. 11 meeting. The ban could be shortened if council members establish a pilot program.
The scooters, which started appearing on city streets about a year ago and are accessible through smartphone apps, have been popular with tourists who use them to explore the local area, and residents who use them to avoid their cars for short trips. But city councils, police departments and local residents have been concerned about riders zipping down public rights of way at up to 15 mph without helmets, and then leaving the devices in the middle of sidewalks. Bird and Lime advise riders to stay off sidewalks unless local law allows them to, but riders have commonly used sidewalks.
A representative from electric scooter company Spin said the company would be willing to work with the city on a regulatory framework. Councilwoman Lili Bosse said the city hoped to collaborate with Lime and Bird on a set of regulations over the last six months. Only Bird showed a willingness to work with the city, but not until the six-month ban was coming to an end, council members said.
"It's a little disappointing the other vendors have not approached us, the two largest ones, during this entire time," Councilman Robert Wunderlich said.
Councilman John Mirisch was the only vote against the 12-month ban. He said a ban wouldn't solve anything, but Bird and Lime's business model of circumventing local government is "not the way things can or should work." It's important, he added, for the city to reach an agreement with the shared mobility companies that includes data sharing, revenue sharing and terms of liability.
Bird filed a lawsuit to challenge the city's ban that results in fines issued to the companies for leaving the scooters out in public, and also allows Beverly Hills police to issue citations to riders. As of the end of November, Beverly Hills police have impounded 1,864 scooters, according to Lt. Elisabeth Albanese, department spokeswoman. No citations have been issued to riders.
The city of West Hollywood banned scooter companies from leaving scooters in public rights of way throughout the city. That ban has resulted in 16 citations issued to electric scooter companies, according to West Hollywood's Code Compliance Division. Under the city's enforcement policy, one citation can include multiple scooters. Pilot programs implemented in Los Angeles and Santa Monica include dockless bicycles and electric scooters.
Representatives from Bird and Lime did not respond to requests for comment before press time.


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Indigo Shire has a great deal to offer young people.
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Each year, we offer a several grants to benefit our residents.
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We manage halls, community centres. libraries and more.
We manage projects, roads, street lights, assets and Buller Gas.
Everything you need to know about environmental health and food inspections.
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Ultimate Frisbee is known for its 'Spirit of the Game'. Ultimate's self-officiated nature demands a strong spirit of sportsmanship and respect. The following description is from the official Ultimate Rules established by USA Ultimate:
Ultimate Frisbee has traditionally relied upon a spirit of sportsmanship which places the responsibility for fair play on the player. Highly competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of the bond of mutual respect between players, adherence to the agreed upon rules of the game, or the basic joy of play. Protection of these vital elements serves to eliminate adverse conduct from the Ultimate field. Such actions as taunting of opposing players, dangerous aggression, intentional fouling, or other 'win-at-all-costs' behavior are contrary to the spirit of the game and must be avoided by all players.
Ultimate is unique in that it is refereed by the players themselves, even at World Championship level, according to a code of conduct known as "the Spirit of the Game". This places the responsibility for fair play on the players themselves. In that respect, playing Ultimate is a completely different experience to playing other sports. And believe it or not, Ultimate's system of self-refereeing works. Beautifully.
Many tournaments give awards for the most spirited team, as voted for by all the teams taking part in the tournament.