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Tiché lodi – Mezi námi
11 November 2020, 2:00
Folk & Country Other
Milan Tesař
Tiché lodi ('Silent Ships') is not a band, but a project of the guitarist and singer René Müller, who lives in Brno. While he recorded his previous album Časy vody ('Times of Water' – 2015) working together with Roman Cipísek Cerman, his former colleague from the band Hynkovy zámky ('Hynek's Locks'), Müller is now appearing all by himself on the new album – as writer of the music and lyrics, guitarist and singer, or – in his case more precisely – narrator.
It is his vocal expression in particular that can be described as a melodic recitation rather than singing, which is characteristic of Tiché lodi. At the first listening, the songs will bring to mind other artists who work with this position at least in a certain part of their works: Vladimír Václavek, Jan Šoltis from the group Betula Pendula, and above all Oldřich Janota. In some moments, including the introductory song Chytali jsme sníh ('We Caught the Snow'), René Müller is getting close to him with both the diction and poetics of the lyrics. Müller himself would have to answer the question of whether it is more admitted plagiarism, a subconscious inspiration, or a virtue out of necessity (he does not want to, or even cannot, sing "normally"). However, let's try to look at his new album as a work recorded according to a certain canon, and thus completely legitimate within the genre.
The important thing is that the album Silent Ships is not a multiple infusion of Janota, Václavek or anyone else, but a set of songs with a strong message and lyrics that are worth reading even without the musical component. René Müller presents small stories over about fifty minutes, which could form, for example, a good book of short stories. At the same time, the plot layer of the texts does not lag behind the lyrical elements, suggestive descriptions of the landscape with a great sense of detail. An example of this is the introductory song Chytali jsme sníh: "Ráno už sníh zavál / i Bolatický mlýn / všude bylo bílo / zůstalo pár divných skvrn." ("In the morning, the snow had already covered / even the Bolatice mill / it was white everywhere / there were just a few peculiar stains left.") Müller uses rhyme and assonance in his lyrics, but he is at his best in free verse; one of the strongest moments is the existential miniature Co bude ('What Will Happen') with the conclusion: "Co bude, až tady nebudu / Kdo popel vynese / světnici vyvětrá?" ("What will happen when I'm no longer here / Who will take out the ashes / And air the room?"). On the other hand, an attempt at phonetic alliteration at the end of the verse sometimes sounds too mechanical ("ve vedlejší místnosti / […] / že se dalo krájeti" ("in the next room / […] / that it could be chopped"), but fortunately the suggestive mood of the song usually does not suffer from that.
The album contains both some miniatures, in which two or three minutes are enough to sketch a story and invoke an atmosphere (Bylo slyšet ['It Could Be Heard']), as well as several more extensive compositions, such as the nine-minute piece Když prší z nebe ('When It Rains from the Sky'), in which various forms and moods alternate. The almost six-minute song Malý kluk ('The Little Boy') also has a more articulated structure, and once again both musically and concerning the "action".
We could get things over with the musical component of the album by stating that René Müller accompanies himself on guitar; however, that would not do him justice. The album Mezi námi ('Between the Two of Us') stands far from the traditional concept of a singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar. René Müller paints such a background to his recitations with surfaces that it hardly matters whether he renders them on an electric guitar enriched with sound effects, or on a keyboard or an electronic instrument. After all, the tones that resound in the song Hvězda ('The Star') are relatively distant from the classical idea of the guitar. In some other places, the tones of the strings are better distinguishable, but their repetitive character and sound blurriness correspond perfectly to the selected vocal expression.
There is also one more detail that is worth attention. The album Mezi námi ('Between the Two of Us') was released at the same time as the new album Potom ('After') by the singer-songwriter and musician Jan Fic. In spite of the fact that René Müller has a completely different expression, the way of working with the guitar and the style of writing lyrics, we may find interesting "social" parallels on both of the two records. For Fic, it means "somrák, kdysi taky něčí táta ('a hobo, once also someone's dad')" who "dopil víno, co se nevešlo do flašky od coly" ('finished drinking his wine, which did not fit in a coke bottle') and beside him there is the narrator who maybe "ráno zase přijde k snídani" ('will come home for breakfast again in the morning'). For Müller, this means "schoulená žena" ('a huddled woman') who "hledala své štěstí na kraji světla / jak raněné zvíře houpe se v bocích / v klíně má chlapa co se jí hnusí / Co taky dělat, když pryč je už měsíc / doma má děti co nakrmit musí" ('had looked for her happiness at the edge of the light / like a wounded animal she's swinging her hips / has a guy in her lap that makes her sick / What shall she do after all when he's been gone for a month already / at home she has kids she has to feed'). Who knows if the heroes of these two strong socially oriented lyrics are not wandering around Brno together.
Tiché lodi – Mezi námi; Indies Happy Trails 2020, 11 tracks, total playing time 52:21
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A rich bouquet of songs by Jiří Plocek that never fade
Traditional Other
Marie Hvozdecká
The poetic title Květy nevadnoucí (Flowers Never Fading) hides the most recent publishing achievement of Jiří Plocek. This compilation CD celebrates a quarter of a century since the establishment of the Moravian folklore series in his GNOSIS BRNO publishing house, which released fourteen albums created between 1995 and 2005. And they are not just ordinary albums. Jiří Plocek's enthusiasm and feeling for song is indisputable, but there is much more coming from the recordings – for example, it is the enthusiasm of the singers themselves, which Jiří Plocek fuelled during the recording sessions, while letting them play and sing according to their own will and mood. I must also emphasise the choice of performers themselves. The names have really become iconic by now – František Okénka, Zdeněk Kašpar, Karel Rajmic, Vlasta Grycová, Jiřina Miklošková and many others. Unfortunately, some of them have already departed from this world. Others, which we hear on the album as gifted children, are already rising to become another generations of singers – which is the case of Tomáš Beníček. I'm intentionally mentioning the singers, but the album itself also has a high musical quality. However, all the songs are performed by exceptional performers. This also gives them uniqueness in the spirit of a living folk tradition. more
Nevermore & Kosmonaut – XCR-9
Rock Folk & Country Other
Two years after the monothematic album Bleděmodré město (Pale Blue City), for which the Brno-based group Nevermore & Kosmonaut received a nomination for the genre-specific Anděl Award, the band released a new album with a mysterious name XCR-9. The subheading Písně do rakety (Songs for a Space Shuttle) reveal more. While on the last album we walked through the streets of the city of Brno together with Michal Šimíček and his band, this time the singer-songwriter, who has been using the nickname Kosmonaut for years, is taking us on a fictitious journey into space. more
From campfires to inspiration by John Coltrane
Jazz Folk & Country
The album Folk Swings of the Brno-based B-Side Band is being vividly discussed on social networks. Can a big band take the liberty of to playing the "sacred" songs of Czech folk? And what if these compositions are sung along with the band directly by their authors such as Jaromír Nohavica, Vlasta Redl or Slávek Janoušek? However, while the above might have been able to have their say concerning the arrangements, Karel Kryl, Zuzana Navarová or Wabi Ryvola could no longer make any comments regarding the makeovers of their songs… We talked to Petr Kovařík and Pavel Zlámal, members of the orchestra, about how the album was created, why Ryvola's song 'Tereza' sounds like a Cuban dance, and why 'Podvod' ('Scam') by Honza Nedvěd is played only as an instrumental piece. The two guys have actually created new arrangements for widely famed as well as less well-known folk songs, which now appear on this album. more
Tiché lodi ('Silent Ships') is not a band, but a project of the guitarist and singer René Müller, who lives in Brno. While he recorded his previous album Časy vody ('Times of Water' – 2015) working together with Roman Cipísek Cerman, his former colleague from the band Hynkovy zámky ('Hynek's Locks'), Müller is now appearing all by himself on the new album – as writer of the music and lyrics, guitarist and singer, or – in his case more precisely – narrator. more
Jan Fic – Potom
Until recently, this Brno singer with the shortest given and family names was the leader of the blues band The Weathermakers. He also led the ephemeral "tramping" group The Honzíci. However, the main thing that he attracts attention with – in addition to the guitars and other instruments that he produces under the brand Red Bird – is his original solo production. After the mature debut Město [The City] (2018), he has now made himself heard with a new album entitled Potom [After]. In the lyrics he goes down to the core again, being able to transform his personal problems into timeless stories and extraordinary poetic expressions. And even though he abandoned the blues form in most of his songs, the recording, in which Martin Kyšperský once again participated as a producer, has a blues nature by its very essence. more
Budoár staré dámy – Kostřičky
Rock Other
Those who were captivated by the introductory distinctive song with surrealistic lyrics Z ježatých hor [From the Spiky Mountains] on the previous album of the Brno group Budoár Staré dámy [Boudoir of an Old Lady] (Sůl [Salt], 2017), can rejoice. The collaboration with the contemporary poet Lubor Kasal that began only three years ago has now resulted in an entire album of his texts set to music. However, the songs on the new album Kostřičky [Little Skeletons] have one more characteristic in common: the production and arrangement contribution by the multi-instrumentalist Tomáš Vtípil. more
Unofficially official conclusion of the Janáček Brno festival
Lukáš Pavlica
The Janáček Brno 2020 International Festival promptly replaced yesterday's Hungarian performance of the opera Salome by Richard Strauss. Instead of the guest appearance, the National Theatre Brno offered a concert programme under the simple name Orchestra of the Janáček Opera. After a long time, the audience could see the musicians who normally remain hidden inside the orchestra pit. In addition to the orchestra, which was conducted by Robert Kružík, the violinist Josef Špaček and the pianist Miroslav Sekera also appeared. The programme clearly consisted only of the works by Leoš Janáček, and since the originally planned performances can no longer be staged in the ever-tightening quarantine environment, the evening at the Janáček Theatre meant a farewell to the festival as such. The last live concert of the Janáček Brno 2020 festival is today's performance of the Brno Philharmonic in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Old Brno. more
The Josef Suk Piano Quartet enchants Brno audience
Dominika Volfová
Sunday afternoon was marked by another concert of the Janáček Brno 2020 festival. Chamber music performed by the Josef Suk Piano Quartet was given space in the Mozart Hall of Reduta. This ensemble (young both in the year of its founding and its age composition) prepared a truly beautiful and diverse programme for its visit to Brno, and presented it to the audience with adequate commitment. more
The Janáček Brno 2020 festival was launched with Destiny directed by Carsen
Classical Music Opera
Despite the unpredictability of the coronavirus situation, the Janáček Brno 2020 festival opened yesterday at the Janáček Theatre in Brno. The gala opening of the festival featured a premiere of the opera Destiny by Leoš Janáček directed by Robert Carsen, one of today's praised opera directors. In fact, Brno audiences had the opportunity to get acquainted with his directing visions of Janáček's operas already in the past; Carsen's concepts for The Makropulos Affair and Katya Kabanova rank among the best that have appeared on the stage of the National Theatre in Brno in recent years. However, the production of Destiny at this year's Janáček's festival is even more exceptional, as this time the director created it directly for the Brno opera house. The costumes were designed by Annemarie Woods, while the stage design was created by Radu Boruzescu. Philip Sheffield (old Živný) and Enrico Casari (young Živný) played the roles of the composer Živný; his fateful love Míla Válková was portrayed by Alžběta Poláčková and her mother by Natascha Petrinsky. Peter Račko performed the role of Dr. Suda, Jan Šťáva was the painter Lhotský and Lukáš Bařák gave his voice to the character of Konečný. The music production is the work of Marko Ivanović, who also conducted the premiere yesterday.Destiny is often described as a problematic opera with a confused story and an imperfect libretto. more
Valášek Bids Farewell
Let us hope that Sunday's concert to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the great music band of the Brno-based Valášek Children's Ethnographic Ensemble (Dětský národopisný soubor Valášek) will not be the last event that ever-changing government regulations will allow. And even if that, God forbid, was the case, it would be a dignified farewell. more
Martina Komínková and a Touch of Beauty
The newly built church in Brno Lesná suburb provided inspiration for the flautist Martina Komínková for her album Resonance. The CD cover art features photos of the church ceiling, which glitters with all the colours of the rainbow. The album itself is colourful in a similar way; the musician uses several different types of flute on it. more
An operatic production of Ferdy the Ant, who can do anything and knows everything
For the end of this summer, the National Theatre Brno prepared a children's opera, written by the composer Evžen Zámečník under the title Ferdy the Ant (original Czech title: Ferda Mravenec), based on the story by Ondřej Sekora. The stories of an optimistic ant who "can do anything and knows everything" and doesn't turn his nose up at "work of all kinds", however, are actually not appearing at the Janáček Theatre for first time. Zámečník's work in eight scenes won the hearts of the Brno audiences between the years 1977 and 1986 with astounding success; it helped bring a number of children to opera – the most refined form of musical theatre. Today, these already adult musicians, actors, directors, lighting technicians and many others have decided to pay tribute to the composer, who also carried out a lot of "work of all kinds" for Brno's musical life. more
The Torso of Horňácké Festivities Was Divided into Two Successful Musical Events
Dance Traditional Other
Helena Bretfeldová
The municipal council of Velká nad Veličkou decided already in mid-April that this year's Horňácké Festivities (original name: Horňácké slavnosti) would not take place on the traditional dates around the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, and their scope, previously meant to be of three to five days, would also be modified. Obviously, it was impossible to foresee the development of lockdown measures towards the third week of July, but musicians from the Horňácko district tried to come up with at least a partial alternative solution in order to maintain continuity. Eventually, two concerts were officially held on two consecutive Saturdays: On 18 July, live broadcast of a public radio recording of Czech Radio Brno under the title Hrajte že ně, hrajte aneb Horňácké trochu jinak (Play for Me, or Horňácké Festivities in a Slightly Different Fashion) took place at the Culture House in Velká nad Veličkou. A week later, at a sports complex in Javorník, a traditional competition for "the biggest expert on Horňácko peasant songs" was held under the auspices of the Horňácko Dulcimer Band of Libor Sup. Needless to say, both events have found their spectators and listeners. more
Kulturní úderka – Black Metall
The Brno-based rock band Kulturní úderka (which translates loosely as "Culture Brigade"), led by singer and guitarist Štěpán Dokoupil, did not keep its fans waiting for too long this time. While there was a fifteen-year break between their first and second albums, the new album Black Metall was released less than two years after the previous album Sarajevská Katarzija (Sarajevo Catharsis). The name of the new album must be handled with care. Úderka has never had anything to do with black metal as a music genre. And once again, we are treated not to metal, but to relatively raw rock, which in some moments is pleasantly softened by the keyboard of Omer Blentič, or the trumpet of their guest artist Jan Kozelek. more
Conferencing from the Comfort of Home: Meeting in an Online Environment
Classical Music Opera Other
Cultural life has endeavoured to move into a sterile and "life-safe" social networking environment in an unequal struggle against the viral phantasm and government lockdown regulations. In the darkest months, music institutions competed with one another in staging recordings of memorable concerts, and major opera houses broadcast to the world those of their performances that gained the most success from spectators. more
Brno as a European centre of world music, headed by Milan Tesař
8 December 2020, 2:00
Brno Music Friendly City
After almost thirty years, Brno has replaced the German capital Berlin as the main centre of the European panel of radio music publicists World Music Charts Europe (WMCE). From Berlin public radio, where the founder of this platform, Johannes Theurer, worked until 30 November 2020, the centre of WMCE's activities is moving to the Brno headquarters of Radio Proglas. Milan Tesař, one of its two current Czech members and head of the music section of Proglas, became the new secretary of the panel starting from 1 December. more
A concert from the "Barbara Maria Willi presents…" series will take place online. Josef Špaček will appear as a guest artist
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Angels' Saturday: An Advent online concert by Martina Komínková
The Brno-based flautist and music teacher Martina Komínková is preparing the streaming of her solo concert, which will also feature her original work from the new CD Resonance. more
NdB director Martin Glaser has been elected to lead the prestigious Opera Europa organisation
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The Czech Ensemble Baroque Quintet is preparing an ANTI-VIR-tual concert
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Cultural Newsletter of the Department of Culture of the Brno City Municipality
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The Brno Cultural Newsletter provides an overview of events and changes that concern theatres, clubs, festivals and cultural events in Brno in the coming period. more
Chick Corea, GoGo Penguin and others are coming to celebrate the 20th anniversary of JazzFestBrno
Jazz Clubbing For kids Other
The JazzFestBrno festival has announced the first names of performers for the coming anniversary year. The 20th season of this international festival will start in March and its programme so far boasts names such as Chick Corea, Vicente Amigo, Cécile McLorin Salvant and the GoGo Penguin trio. more
Latest: Jana Šrejma Kačírková wins a Thalia Award
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Cotatcha Orchestra present another single from the new album. Lenka Dusilová sings along with them
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The Brno-based big band Cotatcha Orchestra has now released its second single called Billy's Pilgrimage, with Lenka Dusilová appearing as a guest singer. The single is part of the upcoming album Bigbandová elektronika / Bigband Electronics, which will be released on the American label Parma Recordings as soon as tomorrow. more
Bonjour Brno: You can watch Ira Mimosa's concert online today
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Langer lines map out the pattern of forces within the skin but nobody knew what caused them. Until now.
The mechanical properties of skin are important factors in everything from forensic science to razor blade design. And yet studies that have actually measured these properties are few and far between, most research in this area being done on synthetic or animal skin.
Today, Aisling Nı Annaidh at University College Dublin in Ireland and a few pals right this wrong with a detailed analysis of the mechanical properties of 56 pieces of skin removed from dead humans. In the process, these guys have settled a debate about the nature of skin strength that has puzzled anatomists since the 19th century.
The first detailed study of skin strength was carried out in the 1860s by Karl Langer, an Austrian anatomist working in Vienna. He mapped the natural lines of tension within skin by puncturing the skin on a cadaver with a circular tool and then measuring the shape of the resulting hole.
The tension within the skin makes these holes elliptical in a direction parallel to the tension. Consequently, a simple measurement of the orientation of these ellipses allowed Langer to map out lines of force in the skin over the entire body. Today, these lines are known as Langer lines.
But Langer lines raise an important question. Are they simply the result of forces that arise when the skin is attached to the body or is there some anatomical reason for the pattern, some structure in the skin that causes the forces to align in this way?
One line of thinking is that collagen fibres become aligned in certain directions and these therefore determine the direction of the Langer lines. But nobody has ever compared the structure of collagen fibres to the direction of Langer lines.
Until now. Annaidh and co took 56 samples of skins from the backs of cadavers donated to medical science. They then measured the tensile strength of this skin and worked out the structure of collagen fibres within it using a collagen staining technique.
Finally, they compared the pattern of collagen fibres to the generally accepted map of Langer lines.
Their conclusion is straightforward. "There is a definite correlation between the orientation of Langer Lines and the preferred orientation of collagen fibres," say Annaidh and co.
That conclusion and the other mechanical properties that the team measured will be useful in various fields such as cosmetics, surgical simulation, forensic pathology and impact biomechanics.
And this not being the type of experiment that is done very often, the results will no doubt be used for decades to come.


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Andorra competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

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Andorra sent one competitor to the Olympic Games in Judo.

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Andorra sent two competitors to the Olympic games in swimming.

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"Thanks to Atreus, our company was making a profit again after just one year."
Horst Schneider, formerly CEO of TÜV SÜD AG
Atreus Case Studies
Restructuring of a subsidiary of technical inspection company TÜV SÜD
Since its foundation as an independent company, TÜV SÜD Automotive had never achieved break-even, with earnings falling steadily over the years. The company had to be strategically restructured and led into profitability.
Atreus quickly introduced loss-stopping and profit-making measures. They succeeded in reorganizing TÜV SÜD Automotive and taking all necessary steps to get the company on a growth course.
Interview with Horst Schneider, formerly CEO of TÜV SÜD AG
When did you approach Atreus?
After a series of attempts with internal and external directors had failed and a major management consultancy had also proved unable to get the company on track, we called Atreus and appointed their experienced expert from the industry to the top executive position in our company on an interim basis.
"We appointed the Atreus manager to the top of the management board, to thoroughly examine the company and achieve the turnaround."
What tasks awaited Atreus?
The objective was clearly defined: TÜV SÜD Automotive had to be restructured and led to sustainable profitability. We gave the new Managing Director full responsibility for the national and international business and, in doing so, gave him a free hand in his choice of measures. We left the analysis and evaluation up to him and then jointly discussed the goals and their realization.
What skills did the Atreus manager bring to the table?
As an engineer, he was ideally qualified for our business as a technical testing company. But what impressed us most of all was his extensive business management know-how and proven expertise in managing national and international companies. He has restructuring and change-management experience, and his outstanding communication skills were an enormous help in our critical situation.
"We had to find our way to profitability."
Horst Schneider
"The foundations were laid for most of the measures within the first three to four months. The Atreus manager proceeded with great purpose and quickly gained the trust of colleagues and the Group."
"Atreus assessed which products could be safely abandoned without having a negative domino effect on other products."
How did the new managing director proceed?
He gained an impression of the profit and loss influences in the company within a very short time. I was particularly impressed by the fact that his analysis was not restricted to evaluating numbers or product result reports. From the outset, he included the statements and assessments of his management staff, employees and staff council in his considerations. This meant that he very quickly achieved his first results. He knew which products had a positive prognosis and which didn't.
What measures were implemented?
All products were discussed and evaluated in workshops, based on the market situation and their development potential. With those facts in hand, the first reorganization step was taken with the difficult decision to discontinue certain products. This had consequences for more than 20% of the staff. Although we took pains to move employees to other open positions within the group and parted with temporary staff first, some jobs sadly had to be cut within the framework of a redundancy plan.
What was the lever for success?
First of all, the interim manager freed the company from loss-making products and the costs they brought with them. This also applied to machines and buildings. Another item for adjustment was running costs. Here, the Atreus manager put together a cost-cutting plan and saved large amounts in a very short time, without any restrictions for the staff. He then established a central purchasing function with the corresponding processes. This cost-cutting alone resulted in seven-figure savings on operating costs.
"The Atreus Manager succeeded in reaching an agreement with the staff council and avoiding redundancies."

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If you search in Google Spain "Infogr.am" the first result that appears is ¿Qué es Infogram? (What is Infogr.am?).
The lack in data visualisation and data analysis in my country might be something odd for other journalists, but leading to the difficulties that Spaniards have to accessing to certain type of information (that should be public to everyone) makes understandable that the use of tools like Infogr.am isn't a common practice.
But thanks to the abilities that I´ve been achieving in my MA in Online journalism at Birmingham City University I´m now able to share some of my knowledge about Infogr.am with all my Spanish followers.
That´s why I´ve decided to create a post in both languages, English and Spanish, to help my compatriots to overpass their lack of language.
Once that you open Infogr.am you will see that it is such as easy and intuitive website.
So, after creating your own account (clicking in get started) you will be able to make simple but useful graphs that will help you to illustrate articles, researches, and surveys.
In the main page, starting from the left, you will see a button that says infographic or report, that shows some good example of graphs that you can copy for your own use.
Then, if you click on charts and graphs it will provide you with a wide range of design for bar graphs, pie charts… that you experiment with.
For example, if you want to create a a bar graph you will have to click on one of the three examples on the screen. Then, double click on the images and it will open a second screen where you will be able to change all variables necessary to apply your own data.
Here you can add as many rows and columns as you desire.
To conclude, the buttons on the top left of the screen can be used to make visual changes in your graph. From left to right we have switch rows and columns, play controls (to make graphs like a video), grid (to include grids), fixed grid, values (to make visible the values in the graph), show values outside and legend.
To be honest there isn't necessary much more explanation because is really easy to use, and from the beginning Infogr.am has been my first choice for data visualisation. There are also available other maps and charts with a better design and with the possibility of downloading it, but just available in the premium version.
However, you can share your graphs simply clicking the share button and selecting one of the many options in the web, for social media or websites.
If you will like to upload a graph into your personal web you just have to go to embedded and copy the code generated for fixed, and copy that in the HTML version of your [age.
I hope had help with this few easy steps to all those that seen in data visualisation and analysis a must for journalism.
Si buscas en Google España "Infogr.am" el primer resultado que aparece es "¿Qué es Infogr.am?".
El desconocimiento en visualización y analisis de datos en nuestro país puede ser visto como algo peculiar entre otros periodistas, pero el hecho de que los españoles tenemos serias dificultades para acceder a una gran cantidad de información ( que entre otras cosas debería ser pública para todos) hace entendible que herramientas como Infogr.am no supongan una práctica común.
Pero gracias a las habilidades que he estoy adquiriendo durante mi master en Online Journalism soy capaz ahora de compartir mis conocimientos con todos mis seguidores españoles.
Por eso he decidido hacer un post en dos idiomas, Ingles y Espanol, para ayudar a mis compatriotas a superar su handicap con los idiomas.
Tras crear tu cuenta podrás realizar simples pero utiles gráficas que te ayudaran a ilustrar mejor cualquier artículo, investigación o analisis.
En la página principal, una vez que te has registrado pinchando get started en verás que el primer botón empezando por la izquierda indica infographic or report ( infográfia o reportaje) y muestra algunos ejemplo desarrollados the graficas que puedes copiar para tu propio uso.
Luego, si vas al siguiente botón que dice charts and graphs ( gráficos) tendrás toda una serie de diferentes diseños the gráficos de barras, tartas, lineales, interactivos que puedes usar para crear tu propia gráfica.
Por ejemplo, si quisieras crear un gráfico de columnas solo tendrías que pulsar uno de los tres ejemplos y se te mostraría en pantalla. Entonces solo tienes que pinchar dos veces sobre la imagen y se abrirá una segunda pantalla con la que será capaz de cambiar todas las variables necesarias para aplicarlo a los datos que tu tienes.
Puedes crear tantas columnas como quieras ( no se limita a 20 como en la foto) y lo mismo con las variables ( más alla de J).
Por último, los botones que aparecen en la parte superior izquierda de la pantalla representan cambios visuales que puedes emplear en tu gráfica. De izquierda a derecha tenemos switch rows and collums (para intercambiar filas y columnas), play control (para creal una gráfica en movimiento), grid (para incluir una rejilla de fondo), values (para dejar fijos los valores de cada columna) y legend (para mostrar o no la leyenda para la gráfica).
Realmente no necesita mucha explicación debido a que es muy intuitivo, y desde mis inicios en el mundo de los datos me ha sido de tremenda ayuda. Tambien estan disponibles mapas y gráficos con mejor diseño y con la posivilidad de descargarlos, pero solo aptos para la versión premium.
Sin embargo, puedes compartir tus gráficos simplemente dándole al botón the share y seleccionando las muchas opciones que te facilita, para compartir en redes sociales o en la web.
Si lo que quieres es añadir to gráfica en tu págica web solo tienes que ir a embed y copiar el códico generado para fixed, y copiarlo en la versión HTML de tu web.
These facts coincide with reports recently published that shows how race and religious hate crimes in Wales and England rose just one month after the referendum.
This information, released by the National Police Chiefs Council, shows an increase of 42% on these incidents in the last year: from 3,886 crimes logged in July 2015 to 5,468 in July this year.
Tussi Alonso, a Spanish student at the University of Birmingham, has been involved in these kinds of attacks.
"The other day I was taking money from a cash machine, and at the same time I was speaking by phone with a Spanish friend. And suddenly two guys behind me start to tell me `move on f***ing Spanish´. I pretended that I didn´t listen and I left. I was scared, I´ve never thought before to move here that people will behave like that".
Foreigners residing in Birmingham have revealed an increase in verbal racist attacks since June 21st the UK voted to leave the European Union.
"The other day I was taking money from a cash machine, and at the same time I was speaking by phone with a Spanish friend. And suddenly two guys behind me start to tell me `move on f***ing Spanish´. I pretended that I didn´t listen and I left. I was scared, I´ve never thought before to move here that people will behave like that.
Another foreign resident, who has not wanted to reveal identity nor nationality, has admitted how he was public humiliated just one day before the referendum, when he was working in a well-known clothes shop in the center.
Other incidents mentioned include being insulted on the street or deny their entrance to a pub or bar after showing where they come from.
Some associations like Stand Up to Racism or Socialist Worker Party" have been protesting against this situation, claiming for political solutions.
Birmingham was one of the cities where residents voted to leave with a 50.4%, with the proportion voting to leave being even higher in some of the poorest areas of the West Midlands, like Dudley, with a 68% .
In the case of suffering or being the witness of a hate attack, West Midlands Police count with an advice center , with all the procedure that you will need to follow if you want to report any of these aggressions.
All bargain lovers are invited another year to the famous Vintage Weigh & Pay event that will take place at of St Martin´s church in the Bull Ring on Saturday 8th October.
This shopping event, where you pay for the weight and not for an item, is the brainchild of two big Sheffield names, Lou Lou's Vintage Fair and the local vintage store Mooch Vintage.
The Vintage Weigh & Pay will offer all Brummies extremely cheap vintage clothing from the 1960s to the 1980s at only £15 per kilo ( and you can pay by cash or card). The doors of St Martin will open from 11 am to 5 PM, paying in the entrance just £1,50. But for those that do not want to miss the chance to take as many clothes as they can there is an early bird entrance at 10 AM for £3 only.
A group of reporters, researchers, and data analysts has become a referent in investigative and data journalism in South America developing the team Convoca, revealing scandals and government abuses in a national and international scale, like the well-known Panama Papers.
Their work, since Convoca was founded one year and a half ago in Perú, has been recognised with some important awards like the 2016 Journalistic Excellence Award, granted by the Inter-American Press Association (SIP) and the Data Journalism Awards 2016.
This is even more impressive knowing how low develop is this kind of journalism on this continent, due to, in the words of one of the founders of Convoca, Aramis Castro: " some people are afraid to throw themselves into polemic topics or related to the government".
But Convoca is showing how important is investigative journalism for their country and for the rest of the world, helping to launch recently the first Ibero-American Manual of Data Journalism.
The global non-profit movement Amnesty International (AI) has decided to focus their effort these last months of the year in a campaign to remember the fifth anniversary of one of the most important political and social moments of this century: the Arab Spring.
The protests that started in Tunisia and spread rapidly to Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Syria in 2011 was an event without precedent in the history of these arab countries that helped to restructure some of their government.
But the sad reality is that after this five year the situation in these countries is still between violence and war.
For that reason, AI has seen necessary to remember the need to help to protect their basic rights, with a campaign that, for four months, It will try to pressure the government of this countries to stop attacking civil people or incarcerate someone for express their opinions.
Birmingham has been the witness of one of the biggest national demonstration in the last period. Many organisations, headed by THE PEOPLES ASSAMBY, were calling yesterday to protest against the government´s policies in front of Birmingham city council in Victoria square, at the same time that it was taking place the Conservative Party Conference 2016 just half mile away from there.
The demonstration started, followed by a strong police presence, at 11.30, where activists, participants, students and members of dozen of groups took part in a massive speech in the middle of the square, focus on the Brexit, education, NHS, cuts, and austerity lead it to their policies and immigration affairs.
This event finished past midday in Millenium Point at Birmingham City University after that all the protesters marched through the city center chanting "TORIES OUT".
Monday september 26th, after 276 days without goverment in Spain the week start with the results of the regional elections in Galicia and Basque Country and a surprising announcement from the leader of the main left party in Spain (PSOE), Pedro Sanchéz.
The elections left a result more than expected in both regions: in Galicia the candidate from the conservative party (Partido Popular) Alberto Núñez Feijóo won again with and absolute mayority and in the Basque Country Iñigo Urkull from the nationalist party PNV place himself in a better position than four years ago, but still he will have to pact with other party if he want to be president again.
The only surprise of this elections, although for many political analistysts it was not a surprise, was the lost of votes from PSOE.
In each region they have lost four seats in the parlament and in the Basque Country the have been one of the parties less voted, behind the new left party, leaded by the carismatic Pablo Iglesias, PODEMOS.
As way to analyse the reason of these results Pedro Sánchez convened this morning all his team in a Ejecutive Comision of PSOE in their headquarters in Madrid.But what nobody was expected was that will lead to a future deep change for the party: Pedro Sázchez announced a new Federal Congress for the party to choose a new leader next october 23rd (article in spanish).
This decisition just show how the imposivility for the PSOE to form a goverment and do not leave other parties to do it just has increase the internal crisis that started almost one year ago.
Some voices from the party have criticised this desition from Pedro Sáchez, in a period where Spain is still without goverment and if after october nobody is able yo form a goverment we will go for first time in our history to a thirds elections.
Tweet from @EduMadina (PSOE): "Deep electoral sinking. They have to assume responsabilities and change the dirention of PSOE.A congress now will bring as to new elections".
But the continuous deterioration of the candidate Sánchez and his negative to accept another goverment by Mariano Rajoy (PP), and with his party colleagues reproaching his attitude, leave in the horizon a likely outlook with a new candidate from PSOE and the shawdow of a new elections in Christmas day.
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Do you want to add dark mode to your WordPress admin dashboard? A dark mode color scheme makes it easier to work during late hours by reducing white light emitting from the screen. In this article, we will show you how to easily add dark mode to your WordPress admin dashboard.
What is Dark Mode and Why Use it in WordPress?
If you often work late at night, then the bright screen light of your computer causes strain on the eyes. Many apps, websites, and even operating systems come with a dark mode color scheme as an alternative.
Popular websites like YouTube also offer a dark color scheme. This allows users to watch videos late at night with a more comfortable viewing experience.
WordPress comes with admin color schemes, but none of the default color schemes reduce white light coming from your screen.
Luckily, there is a plugin that solves that.
Let's take a look at how to easily add dark mode to your WordPress admin area for a more enjoyable user experience during late hours.
The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Dark Mode plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to visit Users » Your Profile page and check the box next to the 'Dark Mode' option.
Your WordPress admin area will now switch to the dark mode.
Since 'Dark Mode' is not an admin color scheme, you can easily use it in combination with an existing WordPress admin color scheme.
At the time of writing this article, the plugin was not compatible with the upcoming Gutenberg editor. However, when writing posts using the new editor, the plugin switches back to the regular admin colors.
It is expected to work with the new editor in an upcoming version. Meanwhile, you can switch to the classic WordPress editor for a consistent dark mode experience.
We hope this article helped you add the dark mode to your WordPress admin dashboard. You may also want to see our guide on the history of WordPress to see the evolution of WordPress interfaces.
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River and Rail Relations Sputter Along, Safety Cited as a Concern
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Following the approval of the City of Los Angeles' Locally Preferred Plan to revitalize 11 miles of the L.A. River, one important question comes to mind--Will the City finally be able to buy Piggyback Yard? And the answer is no. The refusal of Union Pacific to sell the land deprives the LPP of 113 acres of land, the largest parcel for development along the River. This issue is indicative of the history between river and rail stakeholders, which has been rocky and has left little room for discussion and cooperation. As river revitalization efforts move forward, rail companies and public agencies continue to plan major initiatives that could impede its progress, but could also provide opportunities for river and rail interests to cooperate on projects and move towards improving relations.
The differing goals of the two groups has been polarizing--one of which is to move goods and passengers while contributing greatly to the economy, and the other is creating an urban oasis in a time of increasing environmental degradation. A report released earlier this year by the Urban Land Institute of Los Angeles called for the need for cooperation amongst rail and river stakeholders. The report, "Paths to Partnership: Nurturing L.A.'s River and Rail Vitality", recommends an independent third party bring the stakeholders together during the complex process of river redevelopment.
"The report served as the mechanism that brought the groups together to meet each other. I know there have been hurt feelings in relation to projects that were ongoing, so I think it was a positive sign that they came," said Jonathan Nettler, Director at ULI, referring to a luncheon involving stakeholders that happened shortly after the release of the report. "It was great having everybody talking very abstractly about lofty goals, but to build the real relationships necessary and to solve the complex challenges brought about by river revitalization, it was necessary to get people working together on concrete projects."
The relationship between stakeholders has been rocky, but despite Union Pacific's refusal to sell Piggyback Yard, there is hope for smoother future collaborations. | KCET.
According to the Southern California Association of Governments, port traffic is expected to triple by 2035 and will rely on Southern California's freight rail system to transport products to other parts of the state and country. Metrolink, Amtrak, Union Pacific, Metro Rail, and BNSF Railway are all operating trains or performing maintenance in Los Angeles, most of which is concentrated near Union Station in Downtown. One concern that has been echoed amongst rail stakeholders is the issue of public safety near its active rail lines, said Lupe Valdez, Director of Public Relations at Union Pacific.
"The focus for Union Pacific for any activity that happens adjacent to our property, is to ensure that the public is safe. I think there may be an opportunity for stakeholders to work together as these plans progress and as the L.A. River becomes a destination, to ensure that the infrastructure creates safety barriers to make sure that people don't find themselves at places that they shouldn't be, like railroad tracks," said Valdez. She believes that UP's new local presence can help improve relations. "Until ten years ago there wasn't really that local presence and that's made a huge difference, having individuals that can participate and work with different groups especially with the City of Los Angeles and other stakeholders of the L.A. River."
Despite efforts echoed by many rail companies to ensure public safety, advocates have spoken out against many rail development projects near the river. Friends of the Los Angeles River Board of Directors have voted unanimously to push for an alternate route that would take the High Speed Rail away from the river. They believe it would further cut off local communities' access to the river as well as make the goal of a continuous greenway along the river harder to attain. River advocates and environmentalists have also spoken out against the Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery Rail Project to expand rail track for the delivery of crude oil along the river. They say the trains' highly combustible cargo--which are commonly referred to as "bomb trains"--puts the river and local communities at risk of explosions and oil spills.
The safety of pedestrians near the rail is a primary concern for both rail and river parties though studies show that safe corridors along the rails is possible. | KCET.
"The rails have been opposed to any public use of their land. The Piggyback Yard has been there since the late 19th century and we think they've come far enough into the 21st century. We think its time to retire that old franchise and turn the land over to the public," said Lewis Macadams of FoLAR. "The approval of the LPP was the beginning of a long term change from an industrial central city [...] re-industrializing part of the city is not a winning proposition. The future is for people is to live and recreate in the central city."
Southern California residents are all too familiar with train accidents, where more than four accidents have happened in the past year. In February, a Metrolink commuter train hit a truck in Oxnard, leaving more than 50 people injured. Although ensuring public safety near active rails is an important facet of it's operations, it's not always guaranteed, which could pose safety risks for the city's Greenway 2020 plan to create a continuous non-motorized transportation corridor along the 32 miles of river within city limits and to incorporate recreational trails along all 51 miles of the river by 2020. The report provides case studies where public safety near active rails was not compromised and proved to be a successful collaboration between rail companies and trail advocates. A recent study by the Rails to Trails Conservancy identified more than 161 trails located near active rail lines throughout the U.S.
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The report provides an overview of rail plans which includes:
Metro/Amtrak
Metro's $350 million Southern California Interconnecter Project would install four sections of track to allow Amtrak and Metrolink trains to run south through Union Station, where they currently dead-end. Metro may add one or two stations to the Red or Purple Line in the Arts District off of Santa Fe Avenue along the banks of the river. Possible sites for stations include 6th Street and 4th Street.
The company has no plans of selling the LATC site (Piggyback Yard). Valdez has echoed UP's previous comments regarding LATC by saying that although they do not plan on selling the parcel for a long time, maybe 25 years from now, if UP no longer needs the parcel, they will be open to negotiations with the city. The report states the company is planning on a $100 million modernization project to the rail yard with an emphasis on future growth.
A number of alternatives to connect Los Angeles to Sylmar, and on to Palmdale, are under consideration. A March 2011 supplemental alternative analysis included engineering options for five subsections, including Los Angeles' Union Station, between Union Station and the Metrolink Central Maintenance Facility (CMF) at Taylor Yard and between Metrolink CMF and State Route 2. The segment between Union Station and Metrolink CMF has brought up concerns that the construction would impact the Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard. The segment between Metrolink CMF and SR2 has also raised concern over the impact construction would have on Rio de Los Angeles State Park, which would entail a bored tunnel beneath the park and partially covered trench that would follow the San Fernando road.
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
Not listed in the report is the proposed Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery project which would expand the rail track for the delivery of crude oil by 6,915 feet east on the Union Pacific rail mainline. Advocates argue that the trains pose major risks to the communities and environment that they pass through. The trains are proposed to pass through Downtown along the L.A. River.
The report recommends that rail and river interests in Los Angeles choose a project that can be used as a case study to "promote collaboration and comprehensive engagement." ULI will be holding a meeting next month, hosted by the Southern California Association of Governments, that will bring together rail and river stakeholders, as well as city representatives, to discuss projects that are in development and that can be adopted as a pilot for collaboration.
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On Sept. 28, the students toured Synoptics, a division of Northrup Grumman. Synoptics is one of the few manufacturers in the world of crystals used in solid-state lasers. Dr. Kevin Stevens, Director of Research & Development at Synoptics, who is also an advisor to the CCCC LPT program, conducted the tour. He showed the students all of the processes used to make the special crystals, explaining the science and technology used in each process. The students came away from the tour excited to actually see laser crystal rods made as they had studied in classroom lectures and labs.
On Sept. 29, the students toured the Optics Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Scott Williams, Assistant Director of the Center, who is an advisor to the CCCC LPT program, conducted the tour. He showed the students various research labs, pointing out and discussing some advanced photonics applications.
CCCC students on the tour were Darin Anderson, Richard Dickens, Cody Flowers, Michael Kropp, Brandon Pasley Disher, and Jamal Robinson, from Harnett County; Seth Kuenzler and Derrick Kuhl, from Lee County; and Nickolas Jorgenson, from Cumberland County. Also on the tour was CCCC Laser and Photonics Technology Lead Instructor Gary Beasley. During the tours, they were able to observe some of the latest technology in the laser and photonics industry. In addition, students were able to get answers to some very difficult technical questions that arose during the tours - making for a great learning experience.


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Drone crashed into Seattle's Space Needle on New Year's Eve
Video shows drone diving full-speed at topmost platform, full of NYE pyrotechnics.
Sam Machkovech - Jan 12, 2017 12:30 am UTC
DJI Inspire 1 drone crashes into Seattle's Space Needle (forward to 2-minute mark for collision)
Video footage confirms that a drone aircraft flew directly at and crashed into the Space Needle's utmost viewing platform on New Year's Eve. The craft, which was subsequently recovered by the staff, was handed over to the Seattle Police Department on Tuesday.
Space Needle representative Dave Mandapat has provided Ars Technica video recovered from the drone, a camera-mounted DJI Inspire 1. The three-minute clip, which includes a few fade-to-black edits, shows the perspective of a craft ascending from an area east of the Seattle Center district (without identifying footage of a takeoff or origin point), then hovering above and around the Space Needle's top platform while pyrotechnic experts arranged and worked on the tower's annual New Year's fireworks show.
Roughly two minutes into the video, the drone shifts perspective to aim its camera view directly at the tower's topmost platform, at which point it apparently flies at an incredibly high speed until ramming into a spotlight. The collision took place mere feet away from both the pyrotechnic experts and their various arrays of electronics and fireworks equipment.
Mandapat tells Ars that Needle staffers did not report the incident immediately due to the workload of putting on a New Year's Eve fireworks show, which was subsequently followed by staffers taking time off for the New Year's holiday. Mandapat says the staff contacted the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, January 9, whose officials instructed Space Needle staffers to file a police report the following day. Seattle Police Detective Mark Jamieson has forwarded that report to Ars, which confirms that the drone is currently "placed in evidence" at the Seattle Police Department.
"I'm not sure if this [case] will be assigned for [SPD] followup or not," Jamieson says to Ars. "It may just be the FAA that handles this. There was no reported damage or injuries, fortunately."
Drone collides with Seattle Ferris wheel, busts through plastic table
Mandapat confirms that the recovered drone did not contain footage of its exact takeoff moment, though he estimates that the takeoff happened at one of the hotels near the tourist-friendly Space Needle on Seattle's Taylor Avenue. "They must have been 700 to 800 feet above the ground to get that shot," Mandapat says.
Announced plans for a national drone registry, which might help mitigate incidents such as this one, have not received a formal follow-up since statements made by the FAA in October of last year. Seattle in particular has faced multiple drone-related crashes in recent history.
This article has been updated to correct a quote about the suspected height of the drone.
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Sam Machkovech Sam has written about the combined worlds of arts and tech since his first syndicated column launched in 1996. He can regularly be found wearing a mask in Seattle, WA.
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