You've got them in your sites, that thick black haired back, its bulging traps. Arms like mountains churning the highways below, the deep rumble of its voicebox pulling your throat through your gut. Beads of sweat sting the corners of your eyes, as greased hair tangles its way into the wet of your mouth.
You pull the slingshot back. A creak in the fissures of its wooden frame. Ears pricked, it turns to face you, the baying smile knowing, ravenous. Never satisfied. The last words you hear, "I AM AMAZON AND I AM GOD." Before blackness, and you wake up panting, your bed sheets drenched.
Ok, so perhaps taking on Amazon is a little more than just wishful thinking, but when it comes to slaying the giants of your industry don't count yourself out of the fight before it's even begun. With your small size and big brains, you can create a strategy to get your act together and pull some business your way.
You see, the good thing about being so small is that you can stalk your prey practically unnoticed. And even if you are seen, you're not seen as a threat.
Find out where your competition's customers are hanging out; where they are having discussions, making purchases, forming opinions and be there. Take as much information in as you can about what the customers are saying, what their wants and needs are, and then differentiate yourself.
Show that you can offer a more agile, custom solution to their needs. Demonstrate the added value you can offer. Use the fact that you're small and driven to your advantage. Customers will respond.
Following on, the beauty of being a small business, with a small team, is that the decision makers at the top are not going to be far removed (if at all) from the actual customers that drive the business.
This means that you can make marketing, product and business decisions based on your clients' needs far more effectively, and more precisely target your customer base. Just be sure that you transfer this hands-on knowledge through to your marketing materials; whether it's the on-page copywriting your advertising, social, wherever. Give your customers something identifiable, real and genuine.
Or as we call them nowadays, micro-influencer. Getting yourself a brand advocate, recognisable specifically to your customer base will go a HUGE way towards earning trust.
This needn't be a celebrity, but could be bloggers influential in your niche, reviewers or those with a strong social media presence. The important point is that you don't just try and connect with anyone. Instead, you want to focus on building a rapport with people whose ideas align with yours.
Why is this important? Because consumers are savvy and they know what businesses are up to. If you're paying any old guy to plug your product, they're going to figure it out, and likely will distance themselves from your brand. Getting someone with a genuine passion for your products to communicate this is, well, just so damn good for your reputation.
The best thing about big businesses is that they are slow and sluggish when it comes to change. If you've ever played Dark Souls, you know that you can practically roll right out of the way of any attack, and sneak around their back before they've even realised what's going on. Whereas you there, nimble on your toes, are perfectly poised to jab away at their back.
Though this is more than simply marketing speak, this is the way to understand the strengths of your business. By approaching the market with the mindset that you can affect change, and be there to seize opportunity when it comes you will ensure that you're always ready for it when it arrives. Without getting too hippy-dippy (especially after a Dark Souls reference), you need to be mindful and aware of your position. Realise your potential by being realistic, opportunistic and persistent.


When you climb to the Castle of Guerini you will find two churches. St. George's Glykafli, built in 1790 with wooden temple and the Lady of the Castle (Annunciation), built in the mid 18th century woodcut iconostasis, dressed with gold leaf and a sculpture-headed eagle on the floor.
They will give you a sense of contrast with the landscape of the castle and the blue domes will cause your eyes. From afar and during your stay on the island stands out the domes conjuring images that you will enjoy.


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TALKERS | December 18, 2012
WGN, Chicago Revamps Program Schedule; Milt Rosenberg Out After 39 Years. The 87-year-old host of "Extension 720" will do his last program for Tribune's WGN, Chicago on Thursday evening. In announcing its new programming schedule set to take effect on January 2, the station is eliminating Milt Rosenberg's "Extension 720" program that
began in 1973. New to the schedule will be a late evening show featuring former WLS-AM night host Turi Ryder who'll
broadcast from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am. Other changes include a later start for Jonathon Brandmeier's morning show – 6:00 am to 10:00 am – and a split shift for midday personality Mike McConnell who'll host the 10:00 am to 12:00 noon slot and the 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm slot. In between, the station adds "The Noon Show" hosted by author Carol Roth. Roth is a business strategist and former investment banker who frequently contributes to the topics of business and entrepreneurship on Fox News, MSNBC, Fox Business, and WGN TV. As for Rosenberg, he tells Time Out Chicago's Robert Feder he has no hard feelings toward the people at WGN, "It's certainly amicable as far as my relations with the people I deal with. There's been no particular bad feeling, no insults, no shouting." And Rosenberg indicates he'll seek other opportunities to continue his radio career, perhaps with other spoken-word stations in the market.
Consolidation Hits the Ratings Industry; Nielsen to Acquire Arbitron. Consolidation is not for radio stations only. Today, Nielsen Holdings N.V. announces it will begin the process of buying Arbitron Inc. through the acquisition of the outstanding common stock of Arbitron for $48 per share in cash, representing a premium of approximately 26% to Arbitron's closing price on December 17, 2012. Nielsen has a financing commitment for the total transaction amount. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both companies and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory review. Nielsen had tried to compete with Arbitron in the radio ratings business in the United States in the past but shut down that effort after minimal success gaining enough subscribers to make the project profitable. Clearly, Nielsen sees value in the radio ratings business as Nielsen chief executive officer David Calhoun states, "U.S. consumers spend almost two hours a day with radio. It is and will continue to be a vibrant and important advertising medium. Arbitron will help Nielsen better solve for unmeasured areas of media consumption, including streaming audio and out-of-home. The high level of engagement with radio and TV among rapidly growing multicultural audiences makes this central to Nielsen's priorities." With cross-platform marketing becoming so important Nielsen sees this acquisition as completing a part of that puzzle for marketers in the U.S. In a statement, Nielsen says – with Arbitron assets – it intends to further expand its "Watch" segment's audience measurement across screens and forms of listening. "These integrated, innovative capabilities will enable broader measurement of consumer media behavior in more markets around the world," says Steve Hasker, Nielsen president of Global Media Products and Advertiser Solutions. "We will also bring local clients greater visibility to empower more precise advertising placement and campaign effectiveness."
KKLA, Los Angeles Host Frank Pastore Dies After Motorcycle Accident. The 55-year-old former MLB pitcher and talk host on Salem Communications' Christian talk outlet KKLA, Los Angeles died after going into cardiac arrest on Monday, December 17. He had been in a coma for several weeks after being involved in a motorcycle accident on the 210 freeway near Los Angeles. Salem Communications president David Santrella issued the following statement: "Frank has been an integral part of KKLA for nine years as our afternoon talk host and, in many ways, as a Salem ambassador to the Christian community in Southern California. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gina Pastore, their family and the KKLA family at this time."
Beasley's WQAM, Miami Inks Joe Rose to Contract Extension. Morning drive sports talk host Joe Rose – The Big Dog – signs a contract extension with Beasley Broadcasting to remain in the AM drive seat on WQAM for the next three years. The former Miami Dolphins tight end joined WQAM's morning show in 1992. He also serves as color commentator for the Dolphins radio broadcasts as well as sports anchor for WTVJ-TV, Miami "NBC 6." Beasley Miami VP/GM Joe Bell states, "Joe Rose is the gold standard for athletes who become broadcasters. He had a seven-year NFL career, but as good as he was, his broadcast career has eclipsed what he accomplished in the NFL. Joe is an easy listen…he's the guy next door that you can talk sports with over the backyard fence. He has become the face of WQAM and we're proud and excited to have him on board through 2015."
TALKERS Presents Massive Four Month News/Talk Radio PPM Overview. As a follow up to yesterday's (12/17) analysis by Mike Kinosian about how the non-stop, dramatic events of the past six weeks have presented radio, in general, and news/talk radio,
specifically, with the challenge and opportunity to process an enormous amount of compelling material, TALKERS presents a PPM overview of some 140 stations leading up to and including this period. Reflecting on the format's extremely dramatic November (2012) survey, where more than seven of 10 stations in our large sample were either up or steady (6+), compared to their October stats. Stations qualified to appear in this multi-faceted recap by ranking within the top 20 (6+) in any of Arbitron's 48 PPM-measured markets (November 2012). Talk has the distinction of being the lone format to have at least one station in the top 20 of all 48 PPM markets. To see the survey please click here.
Rick Ucchino Named Sports Anchor at Blue Chip's Soon-to-Be Sports WCFN, Cincinnati. When Blue Chip Broadcasting's WCFN, Cincinnati flips to sports on January 2, local sports talk personality Rick Ucchino will serve as the station's full-time sports anchor. WCFN will air the CBS Sports Radio Network programming when the new radio network debuts. Whether the station will carry all of the network programming is unknown at this time. Ucchino currently serves at Christian Broadcasting System's crosstown WQRT "Real Talk 1160" hosting the afternoon drive program. In a Facebook announcement, Ucchino says, "As some of you might know, MOJO 100.3 is flipping to an all new CBS Sports station starting January 2nd. And I am happy to announce that I have officially accepted an offer to become their full-time morning sports anchor! I am grateful for the opportunities 'Real Talk 1160' has given me over the years but I am excited for the next chapter of my career!"
Doug Meehan Exits WTKK, Boston for TV Gig. It's tempting to read into WTKK, Boston afternoon drive host Doug Meehan's departure from the station as being related to rumors Greater Media plans to flip the station from talk to a music format in the near future, but there's no indication that's the case. Meehan, who took over the PM drive slot in 2011 and served as a TV traffic reporter and general assignment reporter at Fox 25 in Boston prior to that, is leaving the station to pursue a "major-market television opportunity" that he'll announce soon. While Greater Media has been registering domain names that could indicate a flip to any number of music – or even sports – formats, the company has simply stated it is always considering programming options for its stations.
NBC/Dial Global Lays Out Weekend Schedule. The new NBC Sports Radio network announces its weekend programming schedule that affiliate stations will air beginning Saturday, January 5. The Dial Global–NBC Sports Group initiative is already offering "The Safety Blitz with Rodney Harrison" and now announces the rest of the weekend lineup. It includes the following talent: Brian Webber of NFL Network's "NFL AM" morning show, Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports, and Clay Travis, NBC Sports contributor and owner/contributor of OutKicktheCoverage.com. Also suiting up for the NBC Sports Radio weekends team is Newy Scruggs, sports director and on-air personality at NBC-5 Dallas/Ft. Worth and formerly of 105.3 The Fan, Dallas; Jason Page, recently withESPN Radio New York, among other stops, and Anita Marks, part ofthe New York Giants TV/Radio broadcast team and formerly of SportsRadio 105.7 The Fan, Baltimore. Plus, NBC Sports Radio update anchor Jon Stashower, formerly of ESPN Radio, adds a Sunday morning show and NBC Sports' Rob Simmelkjaer will also host a weekend show. Other contributors to the programming will include: Hines Ward, Stan Van Gundy, Michelle Beadle, Amani Toomer, and Doug Flutie. The network has already launched late night and overnight shows and says it will launch the rest of its weekday 6:00 am to 7:00 pm lineup on Monday, April 1, 2013.
Gow-Yahoo! to Offer Bob Costas Programs. The Gow Broadcasting-operated Yahoo! Sports Radio network is offering affiliate stations two programs featuring Bob Costas. The first is a weekly "Costas Coast to Coast" program culled from the archives of the syndicated radio show that aired from 1986 to 1996. Yahoo! Sports Radio CEO David Gow states, "Bob is universally regarded as one of the top sports journalists. The 'Costas Coast-to-Coast' shows offer timeless content delivered in Bob's inimitable style. We are thrilled to offer these very special programs to our growing number of affiliate radio stations." The second program is a vignette titled "Stars and Stories" and is best-of content from his interviews over the years. Gow has secured the licensing of this programming via Olympia Networks.
Odds & Sods. Content aggregator TuneIn offers the 24 college bowl games being played this season and being broadcast by ESPN Radio…..WFED, Washington, DC morning drive host Francis Rose sits in for WYD Media nationally syndicated talk host Michael Smerconish on his program on December 24 and 31.
KIRO-FM, Seattle Raises $500,000-Plus for Local Foster Kids. During its 24th Annual Holiday Magic Radiothon, Bonneville's KIRO-FM helped raise more than $500,000 to assist foster children in the Treehouse program. The money raised will help provide each child in the program with one significant holiday gift along with support for programs and services throughout the year. Treehouse serves 6,000 foster kids each year through programs that help them succeed in school, fulfill key material needs, and provide important childhood experiences every child deserves. Bonneville Seattle VP/market manager Carl Gardner says, "The KIRO Radio community has stepped up once again We're so grateful to have listeners and partners who care and stand ready to help wherever there's a need." Pictured here are PM drive hosts Ron and Don manning the radiothon mics on Wednesday, December 12.
Newtown Massacre, U.S. Gun Laws, 'Fiscal Cliff' Battle, Syria/Egypt Instability, and NFL Action Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (12/17). The aftermath of the Newtown school massacre; debate over gun laws in the United States; the political fight in Washington over solving the "fiscal cliff" problem; continued violence and instability in Syria and Egypt; and the weekend's NFL action were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio across the country, according to ongoing research from TALKERS.
TALKERS | August 24, 2012
Cincinnati Talk Host and Attorney Eric Deters Resigns from WQRT. According to Cincinnati.com's John Kiesewetter, Cincinnati talk show host Eric Deters quit his program at Christian Broadcasting System's "Real Talk 1160" on Wednesday saying, "I do not have any respect for Rob Williams' programming ability at all. I'm not going to put myself in a stressful situation… I'm going to tell the truth. There's not a phony bone in my body." Williams is the operations manager/program director for the station and Deters didn't want to answer to him. Previously he had been answering to station manager Bob Herrion and Herrion requested the change. Deters says he did not like Williams' suggestion for his back-up – former "Warm 98" jock Dean Miuccio – and suggested others to Williams. Deters is quoted by Kiesewetter saying, "I don't mind taking direction. I talk to Willie (Bill Cunningham, his mentor at WLW in 2010-2011) almost every single day. I listen to Willie. I know what I'm doing, and I'm not going to let someone dictate to me…I resigned. I was willing to pull the resignation this morning if they changed their mind, but they wouldn't. I think they're making a huge mistake." WQRT has since made Miuccio the permanent morning host. Deters, a practicing attorney in the area, had served as Cunningham's back-up at crosstown WLW and hosted a weekend program there until May of 2011 when he was let go for posting a video blog that included a racial joke.
NBC Gives Rodney Harrison Weekend Sports Talk Radio Show. Rodney Harrison is part of NBC TV's "Football Night in America" but he'll cut his sports talk radio teeth on the new NBC Sports/Dial Global venture beginning September 8 with his weekly two-hour "Safety Blitz with Rodney Harrison" show. NBC Sports Radio debuts soon and Dial Global says it has about 100 affiliates on board for the sports radio network's launch. NBC Sports Ventures and International SVP Rob Simmelkjaer says, "With the launch of NBC Sports Radio just 12 days away, we are thrilled to add Rodney Harrison to our growing list of talented sports radio personalities. We anticipate Rodney's transition to radio to be as seamless as his transition was from the football field to television, where he went from being one of the fiercest competitors in the game to one of the most respected voices in the space. He is the latest in what we expect to be many NBC Sports television personalities who will join our radio team."
Powerful News/Talk Programming Panel Set for New Media Seminar in Los Angeles. A dynamic panel discussion featuring a strong lineup of Western states-based programmers has been set for the forthcoming New Media Seminar 2012 in Los Angeles on Thursday, October 11 at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood being presented by TALKERS in association with the Los Angeles Press Club. Titled "The State of Local News/Talk Radio," the panel includes Robin Bertolucci, PD of KFI/KTLK, Los Angeles; Skip Essick, PD of KMJ-AM/FM, Fresno; Andy Ludlum, PD of KNX, Los Angeles; Garret Lewis, PD/morning host of KNST, Tucson; John McMullen, OM/PD Desert Radio Group, Palm Springs; David Sniff, PD of KFMB, San Diego; and Chuck Tyler, PD of KRLA/KKLA, Los Angeles. It will be moderated by TALKERS VP/executive editor Kevin Casey. The New Media Seminar agenda is being set with a total of 60 speakers planned to examine the key issues facing the talk radio/media industries. Its agenda will continue to be posted and updated on Talkers.com. It is expected to be an early sellout. To assure registration, attendees are advised to sign up now. Registration is a recession-era low $99 which includes everything. Because it is open only to working media there will be no online registration – only by telephone. For registration and sponsorship information call 413-565-5413.
CBS Sports Radio Unveils Talent for Hourly Features. As CBS Sports Radio gradually brings sports talk radio content to the air in advance of its round-the-clock format debut in January, it will begin airing hourly CBS Sports Minutes on September 4 near the top of the hour. Talent include: WFAN, New York morning host Boomer Esiason; sports writer and author John Feinstein; network talk host and analyst Doug Gottlieb; and KNBR, San Francisco talk host Tom Tolbert. CBS Radio says the features will air 90 affiliates including stations in the top 10 markets – all of which are CBS O&Os except Cumulus Media's KNBR.
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Names Bob Morgan VP and Market Manager for Rochester. Bob Morgan is very familiar with the Rochester market having managed the CBS Radio cluster there from 1994-1999. Most recently he's served as SVP of broadcast for American Tower Corporation in Boston. Clear Channel SVP of operations Kevin LeGrett says of Morgan, "Bob is an experienced broadcaster who knows the Rochester market. He is well respected throughout the area, both within our industry and by our clients. Bob will bring superb leadership skills, passion and expertise to our team. We are excited to have him on board." Clear Channel operates seven radio stations in Rochester including news/talk WHAM; Sports 1280 WHTK, 95.1 The Brew, 106-7 KISS FM, 100.5 The DRIVE, Oldies 107.3 and 102.3 Sunny FM.
Talk Host Alan Colmes Publishes New Book. Fox News Radio and television personality Alan Colmes has written a new book coming out next week (just in time for the election) titled Thank the Liberals…for Saving America (and Why You Should) (Hay House 2012) and will be hitting the radio trail doing interviews. In the book Colmes claims, "America was born liberal — the Declaration of Independence puts forth a liberal mission statement, and the Constitution lays out a liberal framework for how the business of our nation is to be conducted. At the time, America was, in fact, beyond liberal … and America has become progressively more liberal." He declares that you are a liberal, even though you may not know it, and further, you should be thankful for it. We're so immersed in the concept, we might not recognize it, but "try telling someone who escaped from Saddam Hussein's Iraq that America isn't a very liberal place to be." Although most people only know Alan Colmes (syndicated nightly by Fox News Radio) as a serious political talker who gained national prominence during a dozen-year run as co-host of Fox News Channel's recently ended "Hannity and Colmes" program – his early broadcasting background was as a hilarious morning and late night music DJ. To arrange an interview call David Kass at 212-725-7707.
WEEI/NESN Radio Telethon Raises More Than $3.3 Million for Cancer Charity. The 11th Annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon took place over two days this week and helped top last year's total of $3.3 million raised for cancer care and research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. The event is heavily centered around Entercom's WEEI, Boston and its network stations in New England but donations came in from all 50 states. WEEI VP of programming Jason Wolfe says, "Each year the Radio-Telethon brings us stories of incredible courage and ground-breaking research that continue to show us why the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber are so special and this year was no exception. These two days were as emotional as any we've experienced and we are so proud to have been a part of another huge success that will provide the necessary funds to bring new and better treatments to so many who need it."
Odds & Sods. CBS Radio's KNX, Los Angeles presents Social Media Summit for Small Business at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on September 14 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The full-day conference will feature more than a dozen speakers who will outline best practices and present case studies to help business owners and entrepreneurs strategize and monetize using popular and up-and-coming social media platforms. It will include pros from Google/YouTube, Facebook, foursquare and Citrix Online…..WSOY, Decatur, Illinois prepares for 11th Annual WSOY Community Food Drive. You can see WSOY morning host Brian Byers (second from right) at this press conference at a local Kroger store as they announced the coming food drive to take place at the store on October 5. Last year the station collected more than 640,000 lbs. of food and is shooting to exceed 650,000 this year. Food and cash donations go to Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army. But last year, because of the wonderful generosity of the community, donations were also given to the Good Samaritan Inn, Oasis Day Center, Northeast Community Fund and the Judy Mason Thanksgiving Basket Project. Amazing accomplishment for a station in market 268!
Radio Row at RNC in Tampa. Sure the halls are empty now but this area of the Tampa Times Convention Center will be teeming with talk hosts, reporters, guests, politicians and more on Monday as the Republican National Convention gets underway (weather permitting). RNC radio director Andy Polesovsky tells TALKERS magazine, "With a fantastic view of Tampa Bay, floor-to-ceiling windows providing abundant natural light, and located in the middle of a high-traffic area, the 2012 Radio Row could not be better situated. The freedom of guests, surrogates, hosts, and producers to traverse the convention center will allow more spontaneous interviews with top guests and Republican officials than ever before. Working closely with the Romney Campaign, the Surrogate Operations Department of the Convention is fully prepared and will be ready to respond to requests on the fly. Providing briefed, knowledgeable guests on time is the Radio Convention Team's #1 goal. To help with this task, all the volunteers working on Radio Row – which will be staffed nearly 24 hours a day – have experience booking guests and, more importantly, many have worked on Radio Row in past conventions.
It's a Gas, Gas, Gas! WLAC, Nashville-based syndicated talk host Steve Gill recently visited the Wilson County Fair in Lebanon, Tennessee with his friend Gas Can Man who is getting ready to travel the country providing people with gas at $1.84 per gallon – the price it was on January 20, 2009, the day before Barack Obama took office. Gill is pictured here with fair worker Holly who provided him with fried green tomatoes and sweet tea.
Coming Republican and Democratic Conventions and the Tropical Storm Threat Land Atop the Talkers TenTM for the Week of August 20 – 24. The approaching political conventions and the threat that Tropical Storm Isaac will postpone the Republican National Convention were the most talked about stories on news/talk radio this week. Following close behind at #2 was the debate over the Medicare cuts in the 2010 Affordable Care Act. At #3 was the Todd Akins controversy and Israel-Iran tensions followed at #4. The Talkers TenTM is a chart of the most-talked-about stories and people on news/talk radio across America during the week and is published every Friday at Talkers.com. To view this week's entire chart, click here.
Fisher House Christmas Show "The Gift" Available for Holiday Programming. The three-hour spoken-word special "The Gift," produced by the Fisher House Foundation, is available for stations to carry around the holiday season. The program is hosted by veteran newsman and war correspondent Greg Jarrett. The program tells the powerful and uplifting stories of wounded warriors and veterans who, with the help of their loved ones, have overcome tremendous obstacles to reclaim their lives. The show helps raise awareness and funds for the non-profit Fisher House, which provides no-cost housing and other support to the families of wounded warriors while their loved ones recover at military and VA hospitals. For more information or to sign up for "The Gift," contact Randall Bloomquist at Bloomquist Media or Ron Rivlin at Cumulus Media Networks.
TALKERS Weekly Affiliate Roundup. Radio America's Peter Schiff program show is added to WESR-AM, Norfolk; WWPR-AM, Bradenton, Florida; KEUN-AM, Lafayette, Louisiana; WARK, Hagerstown, Maryland; and KLCN, Blytheville, Arkansas…..The Wall Street Journal Radio Network's "The Daily Wrap from The Wall Street Journal" with Michael Castner is picked up by KRDO, AM/FM, Colorado Spring; WLTT, Wilmington, North Carolina; and WGMD in Salisbury, Maryland.…..Kate Delaney's "America Tonight" adds WEGP, Presque Isle, Maine to its affiliate roster…..Dave Ferguson's "Beyond the Cheers" feature is added to the program schedule at KFIV, Modesto; KKRN, Bella Vista, California; and non-commercial WFSK, Nashville…..Shannon Rose's "Mr. Hollywood" feature joins the programming at KRMS, Osage Beach, Missouri.

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In a pretty funny win for the scurvy crew at the Pirate Bay the charge of Assisting Copyright Infringement has been thrown out.
It has been commented on that RIAA, the MPAA and most of the lawmakers and interpreters around the world do not really understand the technology and way that P2P and Torrent works. This lack of knowledge is often seen as a hindrance and has been used by the copyright police to go after file sharers.
Today that lack of knowledge worked against them. While trying to tie several torrent files to the Pirate Bay tracking servers, Fredrik Neij had to point out that the prosecution was not quite correct. The evidence used did not show Pirate Bay trackers being used and the Prosecution failed to explain DHT (Distributed Hash Table) which can be used for trackerless torrents.
The defense says this is an amazing win for their side (Peter Sunde called it "Epic Winning" on Twitter) while the prosecution is working hard to downplay this critical mistake on their part.


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Schools of Medicine and Engineering, University celebrate grand opening of Chesterfield Building – new hub for biomedical research
Ties between Duke University and the City of Durham are stronger than ever with the opening of a new translational research building in the Brightleaf District.
The Chesterfield Building, located at 701 West Main Street, was built in 1948 as a cigarette factory for the Liggett & Myers tobacco company. Now, it is a sparkling glass gateway for scientists, clinicians, and entrepreneurs to meet and collaborate.
Duke University's School of Medicine will have a powerful presence in The Chesterfield, with numerous units calling the building home, including the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, the Robertson Research Lab, part of the Marcus Center for Cellular Therapies, and Children's Health and Discovery Initiative – with others to join them in the future.
On the third floor of the building, Arthur Moseley, PhD, director of the Duke Proteomic and Metabolomics Shared Resource in the Center for Genomic and Computation Biology, manages this resource to provide a wide variety of proteomic and metabolomic analyses to support the research of Duke investigators. Liquid chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometry, is the key technology used for qualitative and quantitative analyses.
On the fifth floor, approximately 50 staff members from the CTSI will continue their mission of building research infrastructure for Duke investigators and breaking down the traditional barriers that keep health innovations from reaching communities.
"We connect Duke investigators to funding, project management, datasets, and other critical resources to move their ideas from the lab to the real world," said Ebony Boulware, MD, vice dean for translational sciences in the School of Medicine. "CTSI is excited to be part of the diverse life sciences community at the Chesterfield alongside Duke faculty and student researchers."
More than 200 people attended the Chesterfield Building for Life Science Research Grand Opening, held May 8, 2018 at the new space. Duke University Provost Sally Kornbluth, PhD; Mary Klotman, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine; Ravi V. Bellamkonda,PhD, Vinik Dean of Engineering; and Scott Selig, associate vice president for capital assets, spoke at the event. Durham resident and rapper Joshua Gunn delivered a poem that chronicled the history of the building and expressed optimism about its exciting new purpose.
From left, Ravi V. Bellamkonda, PhD, Vinik Dean of the School of Engineering; Scott Selig, Duke AVP for Capital Assetts; Sally Kornbluth, PhD, University Provost; Mary Klotman, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine.
Scientists whose work is especially translational—or ripe for connection to consumer markets—were chosen as some of the building's first tenants. The idea is that co-habitation with local businesses—which include digital storage software firm Nutanix, LaunchBio, a nonprofit that supports life sciences-based entrepreneurs, and innovative coworking space BioLab—could lead to breakthrough ideas and products.
"It's exciting to be co-located in this state-of-the-art facility with neighbors like the Pratt School of Engineering and Launchbio – both of whom share the vision of innovation and progress and embrace the concepts of partnership and collaboration," said Klotman.
The new Marcus Center for Cellular Cures, a collaboration between the School of Medicine and Duke Engineering, was just launched and will bring together physicians and faculty across medicine and engineering at Duke to develop cellular and biological therapies for autism, cerebral palsy, stroke, and related brain disorders.
Also in the building is a new Bioengineering Research Initiative to Develop Global Entrepreneurs, known as BRiDGE, led by Ashutosh Chilkoti, PhD, chair of Duke's Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering. The initiative seeks to connect Duke faculty and students with bioengineering startups, which will include Qatch Technologies, Restor 3D, Deep Blue Medical Advances, and others.
"The Chesterfield shows the depth of the collaboration between Duke and Durham, and between Duke Medicine and Engineering, and it is also symbolic of the incredible growth happening in Duke Engineering right now," said Ravi V. Bellamkonda, Vinik Dean of Engineering. "The Chesterfield will be a place where Duke engineers work with our colleagues in medicine and the Durham community on challenges like developing new approaches to human disease, making quantum computing a reality and creating new technology to bring clean water and sanitation solutions to billions worldwide."
"The Chesterfield Building makes real a vision of how working together, thinking outside the box, and looking for new ways, new people, and new companies to partner with will be the formula for progress and success we can all share in the future," said Klotman.
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Bartolomeo Carducci (1560 - 1610) foi um pintor italiano, mais conhecido como Carducho, uma corruptela em espanhol para seu nome.

Nasceu em Florença, onde estudou escultura e arquitetura com Bartolomeo Ammanati e pintura com Federico Zuccari. Ajudou Zuccari e Giorgio Vasari na decoração da Catedral de Florença. Foi para a Espanha, onde ajudou na decoração do teto da Biblioteca do El Escorial e também ajudou na produção dos afrescos que adornam o claustro do palácio. Seu irmão, Vincenzio Carducci, também ajudou na pintura e o sucedeu nas encomendas para o Rei Filipe III de Espanha.

Morreu na Espanha, onde estão a maioria de suas obras.

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 Pintura da Renascença Italiana

Pintores da Itália do século XVI
Pintores da Itália do século XVII
Arquitetos da Itália do século XVI
Arquitetos da Itália do século XVII
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Q: Extends CI native library into a package I'm developing a php application using CodeIgniter2, this application resides in:
/public_html/community/
 -application
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This application has its own My_Session library (extending from native CI_Session library). Well, everything goes fine here. But, I want to create a Portal/Frontpage at the root directory, for this porpusee I have installed another CI2 application:
/public_html/
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What I have tried to do is "share" the Session library from community to root using the method $this->load->add_package_path() from Loader class, as below:
$this->load->add_package_path('/public_html/community/application/');
$this->load->library('Session');

The problem here is that the Loader class load the Session library from the root system instead package library (community/application/libraries). Did you know how can I deal with it? or if you know a another way to share the Session Library.
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Here is where my session library resides:
/public_html/community/application/libraries/My_Session.php

A: Well, I got with help of this topic: Session sharing between two CodeIgniter Applications. And the final snipped is:

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*Add the application package
$this->add_package_path('/public_html/community/application/');

*Load the Session library from Root CI application
$this->library('session');

*Load the library from the application package (community).
The magic here is that this class extends from Session class previously
loaded at point 2.
$this->library('MY_Session', '', 'csession'); //rename the object to avoid name conflict
Now, in my root application controllers I can do:
$this->csession->custom_method();

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Photo Essay: My Rainy Day Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
I had the opportunity to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau during my press trip to Poland with Poland Travel.
Forever let this place be a cry of despair and a warning to humanity.
I first learned about the Holocaust by reading The Diary of Anne Frank during elementary school. At that time I had stacks of diaries that I poured my secrets into and guarded with my life. So I could relate to the comfort that Anne found through the process of writing her thoughts down, as well as her teenage confusion, optimism and desires. I read everything I could about her, her family and what ultimately caused their deaths. I even dressed like her to give an oral book report for reading class.
When I had the opportunity more than 25 years later to visit the place where she briefly lived before she met her untimely end, I was profoundly grateful. The damp, gray and rainy morning I spent at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum this spring affected me like few other experiences have in my life.
What it's like to visit Auschwitz-Birkineau
The first part of the tour was spent at Auschwitz, the original camp in the complex. It is mostly comprised of perfectly spaced two-story brick buildings that, except for the barbed wire that surrounds them, don't look much different than those you find in up-and-coming warehouse districts in many cities. For about 90 minutes we were funneled single file through several of the buildings at a pretty quick pace, stopping briefly to view the most important displays.
The only sound was our guide's low, monotone voice in our headphones regaling the horrors of what once took place where we were standing – where Jewish men, women and children, alongside other prisoners like Poles and Gypsies, were stripped of their clothing and possessions, forced to endure painful medical experiences, herded into "showers" and cremated.
Birkenau, where we went next, is set further out of town on a vast open field. I felt like the walls were closing in on me at Auschwitz, but at Birkenau, I could take deep breaths of the fresh air, see the dark clouds above me and feel the cool wind on my face. It's also where the scale of the "Final Solution" hit me – standing in the middle of the camp, you can't see the entire perimeter.
We didn't have headphones for that part of the tour, and we were able to walk at a more leisurely pace. We followed our guide down the path that runs from the entrance alongside railroad tracks, as he pointed out the small brick buildings to our left and the chimneys that dotted the landscape to the right, stretching all the way out to the horizon. Our first stop was the cattle car that sits on the tracks, a replica of the ones that once stopped at that very spot to unload hundreds of hungry, thirsty and exhausted women and children at what was very likely their final home. At the end of the path is piles of rubble – remnants of the gas chamber and crematorium – as well as the complex's memorial.
As our tour was drawing to a close, there was a deluge of rain, so I ran back to the cover of the entrance gate. Standing there I took a final look around in attempt to let it all sink in. A few months later, I'm still processing all that I saw and felt that day while walking on such sacred ground, so I haven't shared much about my visit. Words just don't seem to do it justice. For now, I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Photos
The gate to Auschwitz I declares, "Work sets you free." The Auschwitz complex was actually divided up into three individual camps – Auschwitz I, a concentration camp; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, an extermination camp; and Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a work camp.
At its height of operation, the Auschwitz complex covered 15 square miles (40 square kilometers) and, in addition to the three main camps, there were 40 branch camps spread throughout the surrounding area.
Approximately 1.3 million people were deported to the Auschwitz complex between 1940 and 1945. Only a small fraction of their names and photos are on display.
This kitchenware was brought by prisoners deported to Auschwitz and confiscated along with other personal belongings upon arrival. I also saw piles of suitcases, shoes and glasses.
Elie Wiesel and his father stayed in the Block 17 barracks for three weeks before being sent to work in the factories at Auschwitz III. Today the building houses exhibits on prisoners sent to Auschwitz from Yugoslavia and Austria.
This beam was used for mass hangings.
About 20,000 prisoners were executed here at the "Black Wall."
This is the outside of the gas chamber; the chimney has been reconstructed. I walked through the interior, which is comprised of two rooms, a "shower" room and crematorium, but I did not take any photos out of respect.
Birkenau Extermination Camp Photos
Deportees were taken to Birkenau in cattle cars like this one. (Rocks are a sign of respect and remembrance.)
The guard tower overlooks where the women and children's barracks once stood. They were made of wood, so only the chimneys remain. Note the railroad track for the cattle cars.
These are the boys barracks, located on the other side of the railroad tracks.
Roughly seven boys slept in each of these "bunks."
These are the remains of the gas chamber and crematorium. They were destroyed by the Nazis at the end of the war to cover evidence of their crimes.
The International Monument is in remembrance of the approximately 1.1 million children, women and men who were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
looking back from the Monument to the entrance
How to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau is in Oświęcim, a one-hour drive from Krakow. Our visit there lasted about three hours – roughly 90 minutes at each camp. We had to stay with our guide the entire time, so there was no opportunity to explore on our own. Individuals and groups must make a reservation at the Visit Auschwitz website.
Thank you to Poland Travel for organizing this once-in-a-lifetime trip for me and hosting me throughout my stay in Warsaw and Krakow. All opinions are my own.
Read more about my trip to Poland:
LOT Polish Airlines Review: A Flight of Firsts
How to Spend 48 Hours in Warsaw
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Dhara says:
Very moving post. I have read many books that recount life at these camps; seeing the photos brought to life the darkness of these places. Never again!
Brianne Miers says:
I appreciate your comment, Dhara. I, too, had read many books and still wasn't prepared for what I saw. It's so important to learn about these tragedies and keep the victims' stories alive.


Brazilian keratin hair-straightening treatments will leave your hair looking straight, lush and frizz-free. But the treatments are not inexpensive and they only last for about six weeks.
So how can you make the most from your investment by protecting your keratin treated hair from harmful effects of the summer's sun?
Use a hydrating shampoo and conditioner to keep your hair looking great and to give it the full body you want. Many of the hair products available at the salon where you got your keratin treatments are specifically designed to be used to maintain that great, straight look you love.
These products include such things as soy and corn protein, natural ingredients that are healthy for your hair. But they don't include potentially harmful ingredients such as harsh sulfates, parabens, or sodium chloride, which can weigh down your hair.
In the same way that you use sunscreen to protect your skin from the sun's harmful UVA and UVB rays, use hair products that create a shield between the sun and your hair. This can help prevent highlighted hair from becoming too light or looking fried. It also can keep dark hair from becoming red or brassy-looking.
Many of these products are leave-in conditioners that are applied to damp hair.
It's harder for the sun to penetrate your hair when it is wet than it is when it is dry. When you get to the pool or beach, spritz your hair with a little water before going into the water.
This also helps prevent your hair from absorbing the chlorinated water found in swimming pools or the salt in the ocean water.
Hair is at its most fragile when it's wet. So after swimming, don't rip a brush through your hair.
Instead, spray in a little detangler, then use a wide-tooth comb to minimize breakage and get the look you want.


If you have small children in the house, when using doors, be careful, because children often "shadow" their parents from one room to the next. It's easy for them to get caught or for their little fingers to get pinched in closing doors, particularly bi-fold doors or those with multiple sets of hinges. It's also easy for them to open doors once they learn how their parents do it.
Simple locks such as these can keep small kids out of unsafe areas. Always place locks within reach of older kids in case of emergency.


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Summary and Findings from the Regional Convening for Afghan Women's Human Rights, Europe and Central Asia
Date: Friday, 23 December 2022
A regional convening on Afghan women's human rights brought together 37 Afghan women and youth with 14 women experts from Central Asia and other regional leaders advocating for women's rights and an inclusive Afghanistan. This summary report presents challenges for Afghan women, priorities and practical actions for Central Asia to take to advance women's rights in Afghanistan, and "Asks" to representatives of the international community.
Gender Statistics 2021
Gender Statistics 2021 presents gender data on population, marriage, political life, occupations, labour force, poverty, family life, education, disability, violence and safety.
Gender-related killings of women and girls: Improving data to improve responses to femicide/feminicide
Date: Monday, 28 November 2022
With the aim of galvanizing global action against this all-too-pervasive crime, UNODC and UN Women have joined forces to produce this research paper on the global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls in the private sphere in 2021.
Global gendered impacts of the Ukraine crisis on energy access and food security and nutrition
Date: Friday, 23 September 2022
The war in Ukraine has had devasting impact on women and girls worldwide, widening gender gaps, and increasing rates of food insecurity, malnutrition and energy poverty. The ensuing cost-of-living crisis has acutely threatened women's livelihoods, health, and wellbeing and stymied progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
CSW66 in Europe and Central Asia: Integrating gender equality into climate action
UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECA RO) supported partners in the region by convening a series of subregional consultations to examine achievements, challenges, and gaps as well as actions to aintegrate gender equality into climate change policies both at the local and regional level. For this purpose, UN Women ECA RO partnered with the Government of Turkemnistan in organizing virtual sub-regional consultations for Central Asia and with the Government of Serbia, for the subregional consultations for the Western Balkan countries and Turkey in February 2022.
Road Map Third Regional Forum: Ending Violence against Women in the Western Balkans and Turkey "Integrated Policies, Inclusive Partnerships"
Date: Monday, 31 January 2022
During the Third Regional Forum on Ending Violence against Women in the Western Balkans and Turkey, representatives from governments, regional institutions and civil society from the Western Balkans and Turkey adopted a road map to advance work with perpetrators, leverage data through establishing femicide watches, promote social norms that favour equality, and make necessary amendments in laws, policies and budgets to provide fully funded, sustainable and high-quality services for survivors of violence.
Gender Equality Index of the Republic of Serbia 2021: Digitalization, future of work and gender equality
To measure gender equality in the country, UN Women joined forces with the Coordination Body for Gender Equality, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, and SeCons, to calculate and analyze trends in six key domains: labor, money, knowledge, time, power, health, as well two satellite domains: cross-inequalities and violence against women.
Assessing the Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 in Uzbekistan: What Data are Available?
Date: Thursday, 30 September 2021
This brief summarizes the key findings of the assessment, which looked into the availability of data that can be used to evaluate the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Uzbekistan. It showcases available data and key data gaps in five thematic areas, and highlights the need for more and better gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data to guide the development of a gender-responsive approach for effective mitigation and recovery efforts.
Results of the work with media on prevention of violence against women and girls 2016-2021 Compendium
The Compendium covers the work of the UN Women Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past five years in working with the media, assessing their needs and capacities, and strengthening their role in preventing violence against women and girls and domestic violence.
Gender Gap in the STEM Fields and Proposed Intervention Programmes
Date: Monday, 31 May 2021
This report showcases the findings of a research on attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of primary and secondary school students, university students and teachers towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It provides insight into young men and women's preferences and choices in terms of education and careers, and based on those, it proposes interventions to nudge girls into STEM.
16 Days of Activism: Turn off violence against women and girls
Date: Wednesday, 28 April 2021
This publication summarizes the activities and results of the UN Women Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 Days of Activism campaign in 2020, "Turn off violence against women and girls", which had the aim to increase awareness regarding the impact and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls victims of violence.
Regional guidelines for risk assessment and risk management to prevent the recurrence and escalation of violence against women in the Western Balkans and Turkey
The "Regional Guidelines for Risk Assessment and Risk Management to Prevent the Recurrence and Escalation of Violence Against Women" are designed to inform and support relevant authorities tasked with dealing with cases of violence against women, including institutions in the chain of protection of women from violence, when creating measures and policies to prevent violence against women and its escalation. The guidelines were developed by the Center of Women's Rights, based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, within the UN Women's regional programme on ending violence against women in the Western Balkans and Turkey "Implementing Norms, Changing Minds," funded by the European Union.
The practical guide to gender analysis of legislation and draft regulations
Date: Tuesday, 1 December 2020
"The practical guide to gender analysis of legislation and draft regulations" offers a single approach to gender analysis, based on the relevant international standards and leading foreign and national cases in ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men. It aims to provide effective tools and practical advice that may be useful at every stage of the gender legal analysis.
From insights to action: Gender equality in the wake of COVID-19
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, shrinking working hours, increased care burdens, and heightened violence have exacerbated the challenges that women and girls face. Unless action is taken, by 2021 around 435 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty, including 47 million pushed into poverty as a result of COVID-19. This publication presents the latest evidence on the multiple impacts of the pandemic on women and girls.


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Basic information about the company and its activities
Cherrypick Games was founded by a team of the games industry veterans, with vast experience in creating and selling games for all leading platforms. Our team shares a passion for games and a commitment to developing products of the highest quality. To produce the best Free2Play games is our mission.
The first title produced by us, Touchdown Hero, has been downloaded more than 3.3 million times and has proven to be a hit among players. Our other well-known productions include Auctioneer, with 1.8 million downloads in the first week of release, and Must Deliver, which has so far been downloaded 1.6 million times. Since 2014, Cherrypick Games has published 16 titles for mobile, and more are still to come. Our largest title, My Hospital, took the global market by storm and has gained 7.7 million users since its premiere at the end of January 2017. The total number of Cherrypick Games downloads is in excess of 20 million, and that's just the beginning!
Our mission is to create the highest quality games, ideally suited to player's needs and maintaining an easy and accessible style. Our goal is to become an internationally renowned publisher. We aim to produce the highest quality products, packed with the latest monetization techniques and player engagement.
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Jayme Closs' parents were killed because they were 'barrier' to her kidnapping, sheriff says
Posted 1:12 PM, January 13, 2019, by CNN Wire
Investigators believe the man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs killed her parents to clear the way for him to abduct her, a sheriff said Saturday.
Jake Patterson, 21, is accused of shooting and killing Jayme's parents before abducting the 13-year-old at her northwestern Wisconsin home on October 15. That led to an intense search that ended Thursday when she was found alive — and Patterson was arrested — about 70 miles from her home.
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald has said he believes Patterson went to the Closs home outside Barron with the intention of taking Jayme.
"We believe Jayme was the target, and he (Patterson) was getting rid of possible barriers to taking her," Fitzgerald told CNN's Jean Casarez on Saturday.
What's unclear, however, is how and why Patterson — from the remote community of Gordon two counties from Barron — allegedly chose Jayme for kidnapping.
Sheriff says Jayme Closs is a hero after she freed herself from captivity and sought help
The sheriff calls it "a very well-planned out attack." As an example, Fitzgerald has said Patterson shaved his head to avoid leaving any hair as evidence during the assault.
But the sheriff has also said there's no evidence that Patterson knew the Closses or had previous contact with them.
"There doesn't seem to be any connection between Mr. Patterson and the Closs family at all," including by social media, Fitzgerald said Saturday.
Nearly three years ago, Patterson worked for one day at the same meat products facility where Jayme's parents worked — the Jennie-O Turkey Store plant in Barron — the company's president said. Patterson quit, saying he was moving from the area, according to the company.
Authorities have said they don't believe Patterson crossed paths with Jayme's parents there. Investigators are trying to determine whether he worked at another job in the area.
A mysterious call and the search
Police found James Closs, 56, and Denise Closs, 46, shot dead in their home three months ago. Jayme was nowhere to be found.
Wisconsin man arrested in teen's abduction, parents' deaths
Shortly before 1 a.m. on October 15, 911 dispatchers got a call on which they could hear a lot of yelling, but no one talked to the dispatcher. When the dispatcher called back, a voicemail greeting indicated the phone belonged to Denise Closs, the dispatch log reads.
Police arrived to find the door kicked in, Jayme missing and her parents dead.
For months, thousands of people joined search parties as investigators received thousands of tips. The FBI offered a cash reward for information on her whereabouts, and authorities urged hunters in the area to be on the lookout for clues.
Three months later, a miraculous escape
Jayme, who'd been missing for 87 days, was found Thursday outside the rural community of Gordon, where Fitzgerald said Patterson was holding her against her will in his home.
Jeanne Nutter, who has a cabin in the Gordon area, was walking her dog on an isolated road around 4 p.m. when she saw Jayme out in the cold around dusk. Nutter said Jayme did not have a coat or gloves.
Jayme Closs helped lead authorities to the man accused of kidnapping her and killing her parents
"I'm lost and I don't know where I am, and I need help," Jayme told Nutter, the woman told CNN affiliate WCCO.
Nutter and Jayme went to the closest house, the home of Kristin and Peter Kasinskas.
"She said to us that, 'This person killed my parents and took me,'" Kasinskas told CNN's Poppy Harlow. "She said that this person usually hides her or hides her when others are near, or when he has to leave the household. She did not go into detail about how she got out of the house or anything like that."
They called 911, and Jayme provided a description of Patterson's vehicle. Ten minutes after Jayme was found, Patterson was pulled over and arrested.
"While I don't know how she escaped at this time, we believe that the suspect was out looking for her when law enforcement made contact with him," Fitzgerald said Friday.
Patterson was not at home when Jayme escaped, the sheriff added.
Patterson was being held Saturday in Barron County's jail on preliminary charges of intentional homicide and kidnapping. He is due to have an initial court appearance on Monday.
Reunion and recovery
Jayme was taken to a hospital in Minnesota after she was found, her aunt, Sue Allard, said.
She was released from the hospital Friday and reunited with relatives in Barron, Wisconsin, and with her dog, Molly.
Jayme "had a pretty good night sleep," her aunt Jennifer Smith posted Saturday to Facebook.
"It was great to know she was next to me all night," and "what a great feeling to have her home," Smith's post reads.
What investigators are looking for now
Investigators believe Patterson acted alone, but they have many questions about how Patterson allegedly kept Jayme there, Fitzgerald said Saturday.
Patterson was unemployed, and though he lived at the remote Gordon home, he didn't own it, Fitzgerald said. The sheriff added that he didn't know who owned the property.
A document found through a deed search on Douglas County's website shows a mortgage for the property, held by a different person with Patterson's last name, was paid off. CNN's attempts to reach that person for comment weren't immediately successful.
The sheriff also said Friday that it appeared Patterson "concealed her from other people … his friends." The sheriff hasn't elaborated.
Fitzgerald said Saturday that investigators will try to determine, among other things, how Jayme escaped and the conditions in which she was held.
"We're looking for receipts, and where the suspect may have been (besides the Gordon home) over the last 88 days," Fitzgerald said. "Did she go with him to the store? Did he buy clothes for her? Did he buy food?"
Fitzgerald has called Jayme a hero.
"Jayme was the champion that finally said enough is enough," he told CNN's "Anderson Cooper Full Circle" Friday, "We can't be more proud of Jayme."
Man gets life sentence for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs, killing her parents
Jayme Closs' full statement at her kidnapper's sentencing: 'I was brave. He was not'
Police: Mother, boyfriend beat 7-year-old, tied him up in infested basement
Sheriff: Carnival worker from Virginia killed women and teen
Suspected home intruder who got hit with a machete and escaped from the hospital has been caught
Man charged with killing pregnant woman, near full-term baby
Woman accused of torturing several of her 15 children, boiling their puppies
Rabbi injured in synagogue shooting that left 1 dead, several hurt was from Brooklyn
A woman was trying to shoot someone in a road rage incident, police say, but shot her husband instead
Police investigating possible link between California synagogue shooting suspect and nearby mosque fire


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Jubilee Hills is a posh suburban neighbourhood in west Hyderabad. It is one of the most expensive commercial and residential locations in India with prime land prices fetching up to Rs. 200,000 per square yard. The suburb is sandwiched between the wealthy commercial district of Banjara Hills and is located within two kilometers of Hyderabad's IT central hub of HITEC City. The natural terrain is mostly rocky and settlements here are of relatively new construction.
To its south-east is the KBR National Park, the erstwhile Chiran palace, which is one of the largest urban national parks in India covering an area of 1.58 km2. The idea of Jubilee Hills came about in 1963. In 1967 IAS Officer and Padma Shri award winner, Challagalla Narasimham was asked to become the President and "help proper development of the colony". At that point of time, Jubilee Hills was a hilly terrain without development. Mr. C Narasimham's family happens to be the first family to have built and occupied the house in Jubilee Hills, making them the first residents. By 1980, 350 houses were built in the area which started the subsequent exponential growth of the area.
Jubilee Hills is home to the Telugu Film Industry Hub of Film Nagar and some of its renowned studios such as Ramanaidu Studios, Padmalaya Studios and Annapurna Studios are located here. It is also home to most of the Telugu movie industry's actors, business tycoons and leading politicians. Jubilee Hills is the political heart of Hyderabad as well as the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The honorable Chief Minister KCR resides here as well.
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Zach Lipscomb - "Get Out"
"Get Out" is song about getting out of the matrix!
Zach Lipscomb is a hip hop artist and music producer from Sacramento, California. He started writing rhymes at an early age to mimmick his favorite battle artists such as Cassidy and Fabolous.
He became serious about his craft after he wrote and produced his first song "Stay Strong". The song showcased his maturity and growth as an artist and human being who is privy to the matrix we all conform too.
Persistently honing his production and lyrical skills over the last decade, he released his first indie album - Nexus - on September 12th 2017.
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Medieval Iceland: A Timeline
A look at the events and history of Iceland between the ninth and fifteenth centuries.
Iceland's history begins with its exploration and settlement, with a unique type of nation forming. By the mid-thirteenth century it would suffer its own civil war and then come under the control of Norway (and later Denmark). During the later Middle Ages, Iceland would be hit hard by natural disasters and plague.
Early-ninth century – a few Irish monks are the only inhabitants of Iceland
860 – a Norse sailor named Naddoðr gets lost while sailing to the Faroe Islands. He lands in Iceland and explores the territory for a short time before sailing back to the Faroes. He names the land Snæland (Snowland).
860s – a Swedish Viking named Garðarr Svavarsson was sailing to the Hebrides when a storm blew his ship off course. He arrived in Iceland and circumnavigated the island before returning east. He named the island 'Garðarshólmi'.
c.868 – Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarsson leads an expedition to Iceland and explores it. He is the first to name the island 'Iceland'.
c.874 – Ingólfr Arnarson becomes the first permanent settler in Iceland, establishing himself at Reykjavík. He had been exiled from Norway after being convicted of murder.
Axe, awrrows and fish hooks found in the area for the first settlement, now displayed at Reykjavík 871 +/-2 Museum/ Photo by Szilas / Wikimedia Commons
884 – Þórólfur Mostráskegg settles in Iceland and builds a Norse temple
c.895 – Auðr Ketilsdóttir, also called Aud the Deep-Minded, settles in Iceland after her husband, Olaf the White, King of Dublin, is killed. Her history is told in several Icelandic sagas.
Late-ninth century – between 4,300 and 24,000 people settle in Iceland, mostly coming from Norway. In the words of Ari Þorgilsson, "Wise people have also said that after sixty years, Iceland was fully settled, so that there was no more left."
920 – Auðr Ketilsdóttir dies while attending the wedding feast of her youngest son.
930 – The Icelandic Commonwealth is founded with the establishment of the Icelandic parliament, known as the AlÞing, at Þingvellir.
934 (or 939) – Katla, a large volcano in southern Iceland, has a major eruption which affects global temperatures for several years. Iceland's history includes many recorded volcanic eruptions.
981 – Þorvaldr Konráðsson, also known as Thorvald the Far Traveller, leads a mission to convert Iceland to Christianity.
c.995 – Egil Skallagrímsson, an Icelandic warrior who is the subject of Egil's Saga, dies in Mosfellsbær.
1000 – Iceland adopts Christianity as the official religion during a meeting of the AlÞing. Some Norse pagan religious practices are allowed to remain, including private worship.
1011 – Njáll Þorgeirsson and his family are killed when their home is burned down during a feud. His story is recounted in Njáls saga.
c.1030-1040 – Grettir Ásmundarson, also known as Grettir the Strong, dies in Iceland. The story of this famous Icelandic outlaw is told in Grettis saga.
Grettir in an illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript – Wikimedia Commons
1056 – Skálholt becomes the first diocese in Iceland, with Ísleifur Gissurarson becoming the first bishop.
1104 – The volcano Hekla erupts, resulting in the devastation in parts of southern Iceland.
1106 – Hólar, located in the north of Iceland, becomes the country's second diocese. Jón Ögmundsson becomes its first bishop – he is canonized as a saint in 1202.
1112 – The first monastery in Iceland is founded at Þingeyraklaustur. It is not formally established until 1133.
1117 – The Grágás, Iceland's law code, is put into writing.
1122 – Ari Þorgilsson begins to write the historical work Íslendingabók (Book of Icelanders).
1186 – Iceland's first woman's monastery, Kirkjubæjar Abbey, is established.
1208 – Battle of Víðines – Kolbeinn Tumason leads 400 men to Holar, residence of Bishop Guðmundur Arason, who is protected by 300 men. After a short battle, Kolbeinn is killed by a stone and his force flees. Bishop Arason is forced to abandon his bishopric the next year.
1215 – Snorri Sturluson becomes lawspeaker of the AlÞing, serving until 1218.
1221 – Battle of Breiðabólstaðir – Björn Þorvaldsson and 70 men defend a farm against an attack by Loftur biskupssonur (Loft the Bishop's son) and his 100 men. Björn is killed and his side is defeated.
1222 – Snorri Sturluson again becomes lawspeaker, serving until 1232. It was during this period he was considered the most powerful figure in Iceland.
1237 – Battle of Bær – Sturla Sighvatsson raises an army of 720 men and defeats Thorlief Thorðarson and his force of nearly 400 men.
1238 – Battle of Ørlygsstaðir – Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson and Gizurr Þorvaldsson raise a force of 1700 men to attack Sturla Sighvatsson and his father Sighvatr Sturluson. The latter two are defeated and executed.
1241 – Gizurr Þorvaldsson attacks Snorri Sturluson at his home in Reykholt; Snorri is killed.
1244 – Battle of Flóabardagi – naval battle fought in Húnaflói Bay between Þórður kakali Sighvatsson and Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson.
1246 – Battle of Haugsnes – Þórður kakali Sighvatsson wins the bloodiest battle in Iceland's history, defeating and killing Brandur Kolbeinsson. About 110 people were killed.
The site of the Battle of Haugsnes. 1100 boulders have been arranged in battle order, each representing a combatant. Photo by Navaro / Wikimedia Commons
1253 – The Flugumýri Arson, where Eyjólfur Þorsteinsson and his followers attack Gizurr Þorvaldsson's home during a wedding celebration. Twenty-five people were killed in the attack.
1255 – Battle of Þverá – Eyjólfur Þorsteinsson is defeated and killed by a coalition of several chieftains.
1258 – King Haakon IV of Norway appoints Gizurr Þorvaldsson as Jarl of Iceland. Gizurr works to bring all of Iceland under Norwegian rule.
1262-1264 – Icelanders agree to become subjects of the King of Norway, ending the Icelandic Commonwealth.
1281 – New law code, known as Jónsbók, compiled by Jón Einarsson. It further established Norwegian rule over Iceland.
1311 – Volcano at Katla erupts – this leads to crop failures the following year.
1362 – The largest ash eruption in Icelandic history takes place at Knappafellsjökull. This was a major environmental disaster with several communities destroyed, while some ash reaches Western Europe. The volcano is renamed Öræfajökull.
A view of Öræfajökull = photo by Alexandre Godreau / Wikimedia Commons
1380 – Olaf II, King of Denmark, becomes the King of Norway and ruler of Iceland. From then on, Iceland will be under Danish rule until 1944.
1397 – Denmark, Sweden and Norway all become part of the Kalmar Union. Iceland is automatically included in this state.
1402–1404 – Plague strikes the country for the first time. It is estimated to have killed more than one-half of the population.
1408-1409 – First records of English merchants coming to Iceland to trade and fish, although this probably began earlier. This century would see English, German and other merchants coming to Iceland despite efforts from the Danish crown to stop this.
1425 – The Danish governor of Iceland is captured by English merchants and taken to England.
1433 – Jöns Gerekesson, Bishop of Skálholt, is murdered by drowning after a dispute with two Icelandic chieftains.
1467 – Björn Þorleifsson, the governor of Iceland, is murdered by English merchants. This would help spark a war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League against England from 1468 to 1473.
1470 – Hanseatic League merchants begin sailing to Iceland, with most of their trading being done at the port of Hafnarfjörður.
1490 – Denmark and England make an agreement to allow Englishmen to fish and trade in Iceland freely.
1494-1495 – Plague returns to Iceland, causing a mortality similar to the first episode.
See also: Medieval Scandinavia: The Rise and Fall of the Icelandic Commonwealth
See also: Norse arrival on Iceland led to extinction of its walrus population, study finds
What Imported Viking Age and Medieval Artifacts Can Tell Us about Trade and Exchange in Mývatn, Iceland
The mystery of plague in medieval Iceland
Saint-Making in Early Iceland
The Icelandic Althing: Dawn of Parliamentary Democracy
The use and the abuse of history, national heritage and nationalism
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using Xunit;

namespace FlexProviders.Tests.Integration.Raven.Membership
{
    public class ChangePasswordTests : IntegrationTest
    {
        [Fact]
        public void Can_Change_Password()
        {
            var username = "sallen";
            var password = "12345678";
            var user = new User { Username = username, Password = password };
            MembershipProvider.CreateAccount(user);

            var firstEncodedPassword = Verifier.Query<User>().Single(u => u.Username == "sallen").Password;
            MembershipProvider.ChangePassword(username, password, "foo");
            var secondEncodedPassword = Verifier.Query<User>().Single(u => u.Username == "sallen").Password;

            Assert.NotEqual(firstEncodedPassword, secondEncodedPassword);
        }
    }
}

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A halter neck Martine dress by Beauty Night is made from transparent tulle and lovely stretch fabric. Horizontal satin ribbon stripes provides the Martine dress with fabulous midriff detail! The dress comes with matching thong included and arrives packaged in an organza bag and Beauty Night gift box!


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Isaac Thomas Thornycroft (Egyesült Királyság, Nagy-London, Brentford, 1881. november 22. – Egyesült Királyság, Hampshire, Basingstoke, 1955. június 6.) olimpiai bajnok motorcsónak versenyző.

Az 1908. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon vett részt, mint motorcsónak versenyző. Két versenyszámban indult: B-kategória 60 lábas és C-kategória 6,5-8 méteres versenyben. Mind a kettőben aranyérmes lett Bernard Redwood és John Field-Richards csapattársaival együtt.

Tovább vitte a családi vállalkozást, a jacht építést, amit az apja, Sir John Isaac Thornycroft alapított John I. Thornycroft & Company néven.

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Perhaps it should come as a surprise that copyrighted data are protected in law more rigorously than personal data in Europe.
In data protection law, there is a "legitimate interest" exception: if you are processing personal data because you have a "legitimate interest" in doing so, and if this does not undermine the rights of the individuals whose data are being processed, then this is permitted.
So, what about when you have a legitimate interest in making a copy of a copyrighted work? In Europe, no "legitimate interest" exception to copyright rules exists. Nothing that is even similar to a legitimate interest exception exists in European copyright law. This is in contrast with the US, which has a flexible "fair use" exception. EU law harmonises the rule that absolutely every unauthorised copy of a copyrighted file infringes copyright, unless it falls within the scope of limited, narrow and very specific exceptions, only one of which is obligatory.
At the request of civil society, including EDRi, and in an attempt to make the rules surrounding copyright clearer for people, the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has prepared a "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) document, to explain key points of copyright law for each of the 28 EU Member States. The results are interesting, laying bare the chaos of copyright law in Europe.
The FAQ's analysis of streaming in Ireland is particularly interesting. The experts that prepared the report say that there is no specific rule in Ireland prohibiting the accessing of an unauthorised streaming site. However, it is prohibited to make a "substantial" copy of content without authorisation. When you view a streaming video, a temporary copy of the content appears on your computer. Therefore, it is possible that this copy could be considered to be "substantial" by a Court and this would then be a breach of copyright.
But if the temporary copy that a viewer's computer generates when accessing a streaming service might be considered to be a "substantial" copy under Irish law, surely this has consequences for authorised streaming services like Netflix? Yes. However, the good news is that the EUIPO copyright experts argue that, insofar as the copy made by an Irish user's computer or TV might not be a "substantial" copy, then accessing streaming services "could be legal in the context of a licensing arrangement".
Accessing unauthorised sites might be legal. Accessing (and paying for) licensed services might be illegal. Or both might be legal. Or both might be illegal. And nothing in the EU's new Copyright Directive will change this. And the EU wonders why infringements are so widespread.


With the huge amount of data available to us every day, a well-built and designed dashboard report is one of the best ways to interpret and communicate large quantities of information. Using new Modern Excel tools, learn how to synthesise information into a logical framework, summarise it into a meaningful format, and then display the summary into easy-to-read tables and graphs using Excel or Power BI.
Any version of Excel released from Excel 2010 onward is referred to as "Modern Excel" because it introduced new tools such as Power Pivot, Power Query and Power BI. The introduction of these tools was the most exciting thing to happen in the Excel world since the PivotTable! Many of us struggle to make sense of all the data that is available in this information age and with such a deluge of reports and statistics which don't mean anything or can't be made sense of, it's no wonder that data is often misinterpreted or not communicated at all.
Understanding how Modern Excel tools can help analyse data and create dashboards to communicate your message is a critical skill for Excel users today.
The course material includes extensive use of Excel and participants will gain the maximum benefit from this course if they are already competent spreadsheet users. It is designed for users who do use Excel on a regular basis and are comfortable with using its tools and functions.
This course is aimed at managers and other professionals who need to create dashboards and other reports in order to analyse interpret and present information. It is expected that students should have had some exposure to business, finance and reporting principles. This course builds on students' existing knowledge of Excel tools and functions and incorporates these into complex and dynamic reports and dashboards.
This course is available as a one-day public workshop in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, or in-house at your company. Each participant receives a USB loaded with examples and templates. Students are encouraged to share their own experiences with the class, and are welcome to bring examples of their own data or reports to discuss during the course.
At each step during the course, participants build and practice each formula, tool and technique and will build their own dashboards to take away for future use.
What's new in Excel 2019 / Excel 365?
With the huge amount of data available to us every day, a well-built and designed dashboard report is one of the best ways to interpret and communicate large quantities of information. Learn how to synthesise information into a logical framework, summarise it into a meaningful format, and then display the summary into easy-to-read tables and graphs using Excel or Power BI.


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12.18.12 November 17, 2015
David Beckham's future is unclear, but Football Manager will sort it out
by Teddy Papes
David Beckham, of bending fame, has departed our beloved world of soccer for the more glorious world of football — by which I mean he is going to back Europe.
As much as fans will be wondering where his next tenure will be, Beckham is surely anxious over his decision. What happens if he goes to PSG? Barcelona? At a top team he may get benched if he can't match the best young players, but at a poor team he might be a waste. If he can't manage to gauge these many possible futures, he can always turn to Football Manager, which did a bunch of simulations to show what his future could look like at various clubs.
Here he is at QPR:
QPR Head coach Harry Redknapp has said he'd like Beckham to lead QPR out of the bottom of the standings of the Premier League. During Redknapp's time as head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, he attempted to get Becks on loan transfer from the LA Galaxy. In the simulation, Beckham helps QPR remain in the Premier League, averaging a rating of 7.38. Redknapp changes his formation in the second season to a diamond 4-4-2, making Beckham useless and giving him very few minutes on the pitch. By the end of the simulation, Beckham is unhappy at QPR and wants out of the team.
But what about Monaco?
Monaco is currently in France's Ligue 2 division. Beckham would undoubtedly be the best player in the club. He averages 7.89 in 17 appearances and creates 11 assists for his team-mates, easily bringing Monaco the Ligue 2 title. Once ascending to Ligue 1, Beckham would remain a key player. Though they wouldn't win the cup, they'd finish with the 10th spot, averaging a rating of 7.58 across 27 appearances. By the end of the simulation, Beckham becames a fan favorite at the club.
This reminds of a piece Samuel Arbeson, lover of italics, wrote for Wired a few weeks ago. I thought some of his premises were innacurate, but it was thought provoking nonetheless.
Imagine cutting the athletes out of the game altogether, and instead watching computer-simulated sports. I'm not just talking about virtual games like Madden NFL 18 (e.g., what it could be five years from now). Computer graphics – and the requisite algorithms – have progressed to the point where we could have a lifelike video of the simulation, never worry about replays, and see the action from angles unimaginable in today's real-life games.
Well, think for a moment about what actually gets people excited about sports. Is it the game itself … or the outcomes of the game? If the latter is true, do we really need the game to be "real" to enjoy the post-game analysis? This is where computer modeling has us covered, whether a gambler, a stats-monger, or simply someone who loves rattling off key player stats.
Football Manager and other sports games do this to a certain extent. They still rely on player ability (though rather than on a field its on a screen), but there is a ton of simulation taking place and this can be extremely fun to witness and interact with. Beckham's Football Manager simulations are just one example of the potential insight sports games can provide us. These algorithims will only get better as time goes on and may be providing more insight and demanding more attention than we anticipate.
Teddy Papes
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