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Light in Guiné-Bissau
FRES Guiné-Bissau was founded in 2011 and provides Solar Home System and mini-grid services to households and small businesses.
The local company office is located in the city of Gabú in the eponymous province in the east of Guinea-Bissau, bordering on Senegal and Guinea. Because of its success in providing rural communities with access to electricity, even the capital of Bissau is looking at Gabú as an example.
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Access to electricity in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa, has 1.9 million inhabitants with a surface area of 36,125 km². It is one of the poorest countries in the world. Guinea-Bissau holds the 177th position on the most recent Human Development Index of the UNDP.
15% of the nation's people has access to electricity, but at irregular intervals.
Guinea Bissau is plagued by political instability, poverty, corruption and drug trafficking. The most recent military coup was in 2012. The political situation remains unstable with nine coups or attempted coups since independence from Portugal in 1974. National elections were held in November 2019, though due to no candidate acquiring the 50% required majority, runoffs will be held before the end of the year.
In 2017, FRES Guiné-Bissau took its first solar powered mini-grid into operation near the village of Contuboel. It currently supplies 450 households, businesses, schools and health centres with clean energy, and enables public lighting. In the near future the solar plant might be expanded to benefit even more citizens. The setting up of the mini-grid in Contuboel was possible thanks to the collaboration between FRES, the European Commission and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).
Shareholders 100% FRES
Products and services SHS and a solar powered mini-grid
Number of customers 4,480
Number of energy shops 11
Number of employees 35
Management FRES Guinea-Bissau
Archives Fernandez General Manager
Coen de Ronde Chairman
Symon Miedema Board Member
Michiel Leunis Board Member
The mini-grid near Contuboel provides electricity for approx. 450 customers. © Nicolas Réméné for FRES


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Start taking classes at Mindcore Pilates Studio and other studios!
Mindcore Pilates Studio is a brand new studio in Calgary featuring Classical Pilates, Yoga, and Barre. They wish to stimulate your health and inspire your fitness journey, in a community aligned with your values. Pilates is a system of physical and mental conditioning that can enhance your physical strength, flexibility and coordination as well as reduce stress, improve mental focus and well-being. They offer Pilates equipment classes - Reformer, Wunda Chair, Wall Tower, as well as Pilates Mat, 2-hour free parking, playroom. They are a team of skilled and friendly instructors!
Please wear anything comfortable that allows you a full range of motion. Pilates classes are held barefoot or with grid socks, they have some available for purchase in the studio. Also bring your best disposition to take advantage of this excellent method.
Mindcore Pilates Studio is located at 231, 6707 Elbow Drive SW in Calgary, AB T2V 0E4. The building is well known as Mayfair Place. Mindcore Pilates is located in the commercial part of the building, second floor.
Karina can be quite rude. She also doesn't demonstrate exercises and has a thick accent so it can be difficult to follow what she wants you to do. Parking continues to be an issue at this location.
Thanks for your feedback! It was never the intention to be rude. Just wanted you to understand that Safety is our priority. Unfortunately, you didnt want to take the Pilates Intro Workshop class which is a request for those who are new to our studio. It would have been easier and smoother for both. Coming 15min late to a group class and for the first time to the studio hardly can be smooth. Parking can be an issue in the morning since there are many medical offices in the building, however planning arriving about 10 min earlier to the class it should be fine. I Apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Karina was friendly and helpful. The class was split between reformer and tower - nice to have variety and be exposed to different apparatuses. I found the class too easy but would try this studio again. I struggled to find parking outside and in the parkade (weekday at 10am), so factor that into your travel plans.


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A full kitchen, marble countertops, motorized TV and a hidden supercar garage – This is not a home but a villa on wheels – Take a closer look at this $2 million motorhome from Germany.
Germany-based motorhome specialist Volkner is known for building some of the most luxurious land yachts. Over the years, we've seen some amazing creations by the company, including the recently revealed new Mobil Performance S. The highlight of the $7.7 million luxury RV is its underbelly garage that has enough space to fit a Bugatti Chiron. Now, how crazy is that! Recently, Beverly-Hills-based YouTube influencer Enes Yilmazer got a chance to check out another version of the new Mobil Performance S. He decided to give us a tour of both inside and outside of the luxury giving us a closer look at details we might have missed while looking at the official pictures.
This version of the Volkner Mobil Performance S is priced at $2 million, which is substantially cheaper than the one we saw a few months back. However, it still gets the RV's most striking feature – the secret garage. The customer who ordered this motorhome wanted a garage that can fit his Mini. But as you can see from the pictures, the underbelly garage can also fit a Porsche 911, which is pretty wide and long. The H-shaped steel frame of the RV opens enough space in the belly to accommodate a normal-sized car. On the press of a button, a hydraulically operated steel floor plate slides out which can be used for parking the car.
On the inside, the Mobil Performance S feels more like a luxury villa on wheels thanks to the beautifully appointed interior. Just about everything inside the cabin can be customized according to the customer, including things like real wood accents, marble countertops, two 40-inch displays, a separate bath/shower, and a full kitchen. The two captains' chairs at the front are not only heated and cooled but also feature a massaging function. They can also rotate 360-degree. The lounge area is just behind the front seats and it can quickly be transformed into a workspace. Right at the back is the main sleeping area which has a double bed, mirrors, plenty of cabinets, awning windows, and starlight. The vehicle has storage for an 800-lt fresh water tank, a 600-lt blackwater tank, and a 300-lt toilet tank. The RV is powered by a Volvo-sourced diesel engine that produces 460 hp, while the 2,400 kW solar panels mounted on the roof supplement the power supply.
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This superb hotel is situated at the heart of the tourist hub of Puerto de la Cruz. The hotel enjoys a prime setting at the north of the welcoming island of Tenerife just 150 metres from the sprawling Playa Jardin Beach. Guests will find themselves just 500 metres from the Plaza del Charco and the small fishing port of Puerto de la Cruz, while just 1 km from the hotel lies the world famous Loro Parque. Within walking distance from the hotel sits the seawater pools of Lagos de Martianez and the Playa Martianez beach. Guests are greeted by warm hospitality, excellent service, exemplary facilities and impeccable attention to detail. This modern hotel offers a choice of leisure and recreational facilities for guests' enjoyment, to ensure that the entertainment needs of each individual are fully catered to.


Today the New Mexico Department of Health announced the first laboratory-confirmed influenza case of the season in a 94-year-old man from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized. Last year, the first case of influenza was also reported in mid-September.
Remember that to avoid catching the flu or passing it on to others, everyone should wash their hands frequently, cover their mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, and stay home when ill.
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Biografia

McCarthy è nata a Toronto il 1º gennaio 1956. La sua prima apparizione sul palco è stata all'Elgin Theatre di Toronto in Peter Pan a 6 anni. In seguito ha frequentato l'Università di Victoria e ha trascorso un anno a studiare con l'influente insegnante di recitazione Uta Hagen nel suo HB Studio a New York.

McCarthy è stata sposata con l'attore Peter Donaldson, fino alla morte di quest'ultimo avvenuta l'8 gennaio 2011 per un cancro: hanno avuto due figlie, Drew e Mackenzie Donaldson, quest'ultima impegnata nel mondo dello spettacolo come produttrice.

Sheila McCarthy è portavoce dell'associazione canadese "The Quilt Project", che si occupa di supporto per le famiglie colpite da cancro al seno.

Ha cominciato la sua carriera come attrice televisiva nel suo paese di origine: il suo primo ruolo importante al cinema è stato quello di protagonista nel film A Nest of Singing Birds, per il quale ha ricevuto una nomination al Gemini Award per la migliore attrice protagonista in un film drammatico. Nello stesso anno, ha vinto il Genie Award come migliore attrice per il film Ho sentito le sirene cantare, film molto popolare in Canada, e diventato istantaneamente un classico. McCarthy è una delle attrici canadesi più premiate, avendo vinto due Genie Awards (per il cinema), due Gemini Awards (per la televisione) e due Dora Awards (per il teatro), oltre a numerose nomination.

È anche un'esperta doppiatrice, avendo interpretato le voci dei personaggi in Free Willy, Il fantastico mondo di Richard Scarry, La storia infinita e Bad Dog - Un cane che più cane non c'è.

A teatro, McCarthy ha recitato in La piccola bottega degli orrori, Amleto, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes e Lettere d'amore.

Filmografia

Cinema
A Nest of Singing Birds, regia di Eric Till (1987)
Ho sentito le sirene cantare (I've Heard the Mermaids Singing), regia di Patricia Rozema (1987)
Gandahar, regia di René Laloux (1988)
58 minuti per morire - Die Harder (Die Hard 2), regia di Renny Harlin (1990)
Uno sconosciuto alla porta (Pacific Heights), regia di John Schlesinger (1990)
White Room, regia di Patricia Rozema (1990)
La strada per il paradiso (Paradise), regia di Mary Agnes Donoghue (1991)
A scuola di ballo (Stepping Out), regia di Lewis Gilbert (1991)
Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...), film corale (1991)
The Lotus Eaters, regia di Paul Shapiro (1993)
Arresti familiari (House Arrest), regia di Harry Winer (1996)
Due cuori e una cucina (Rare Birds), regia di Sturla Gunnarsson (2001)
Duct Tape Forever, regia di Eric Till (2002)
Quanto è difficile essere teenager!  (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen), regia di Sara Sugarman (2004)
The Day After Tomorrow - L'alba del giorno dopo (The Day After Tomorrow), regia di Roland Emmerich (2004)
La diva Julia - Being Julia (Being Julia), regia di István Szabó (2004)
Geraldine's Fortune, regia di John N. Smith (2004)
Bailey's Billion$, regia di David Devine (2005)
Breakfast with Scot, regia di Laurie Lynd (2007)
The Stone Angel, regia di Kari Skogland (2007)
Year of the Carnivore, regia di Sook-Yin Lee (2009)
A Fighting Man, regia di Damian Lee (2014)
Anything for Jackson, regia di Justin G. Dyck (2020)
Women Talking - Il diritto di scegliere (Women Talking), regia di Sarah Polley (2022)

Televisione
Hangin' In - sitcom, 1 episodio (1982)
The Littlest Hobo - serie televisiva, 2 episodi (1984)
Emily of New Moon - serie televisiva, 47 episodi (1998-2000)
Royal Canadian Air Farce - serie televisiva, 1 episodio (2001)
La piccola moschea nella prateria (Little Mosque on the Prairie) - serie televisiva, 91 episodi (2007-2012)
I misteri di Murdoch (Murdoch Mysteries) – serie TV, episodio 6x11 (2013)
Saving Hope - serie televisiva, 1 episodio (2014)
Orphan Black - serie televisiva, 1 episodio (2015)
The Umbrella Academy - serie televisiva, 10 episodi (2019)

Riconoscimenti
Gemini Awards
1988 – candidatura per la miglior attrice protagonista in una serie drammatica per A Nest of Singing Birds
1988 – candidature per la miglior guest star in una serie televisiva per Mount Royal
1993 – miglior attrice protagonista per The Lotus Eaters
1998 – miglior attrice protagonista in una serie televisiva per Emily of New Moon
1999 – candidatura per la miglior attrice protagonista in una serie televisiva per Emily of New Moon
2000 – miglior attrice protagonista in una serie per bambini per Sesame Park
2000 – candidatura per la miglior attrice non protagonista in una serie drammatica per The City

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Altri progetti

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Never Enough History
Have The Valet Bring My Zepplin Up.
The Empire State Building is perhaps the iconic skyscraper. It has stood the test of time as a classic piece of art deco architecture, and has continued to dominate the city's skyline ever since its completion. Recently, the Empire State Building has gotten an update. There has been a new antenna put on and most notably are the new LED lights that illuminate the New York Skyline every night. So it got me thinking, what is something most people don't know about the Empire State Building. I could talk about the Astoria Hotel, which once stood where the Empire State Building sits now, the beautiful five story lobby, how a B-25 crashed into the building in 1945, that the building has been visited by numerous celebrities since 1931 including Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Pope Pius XII, Fidel Castro and Queen Elisabeth II to name a few, or that at the cornerstone laying, only one man in New York City declined to go, Walter P. Chrysler. But then I thought, I need something better and bigger. So I looked to the higher floors of the building, and did you know, when the Empire State Building was completed, it was fully equipped with a zeppelin mooring station, aka a parking spot for a blimp.
The idea of making it possible for zeppelins, blimps, dirigibles or whatever you like to call them docking at the Empire State Building came in 1929. The theory came from the investors who backed the building and were, well looking for more investors and money, a 1250 foot and 2 inch building doesn't come cheap you know. They even had an image produced of the US Navy's airship Los Angeles docked on the antenna (shown above), using the 1929 version of Photoshop. Now the building itself was originally supposed to be only 1050 feet high, but the idea of docking a blimp forced the designers to add an addition 200 feet, also they really wanted to dwarf the Chrysler Building, which in my opinion is a much better building, but that's another story. The idea was also brought up thinking trans Atlantic travelers would be much happier "landing" at the Empire State Building, hop in an elevator and be on the city streets in just a few minutes, instead of landing in New Jersey. the funny thing though is, no zeppelin, blimp or dirigible company even asked for this, and the market for those traveling across the Atlantic on airships was still just a small number, as travel by sea was more affordable. So you really have to ask, why even bother?
BIG DREAMS! That's why even bother! It's New York City at the onset of the Great Depression and if anywhere in the US was not going to be affected by poverty it was going to be New York. We all know this not to be completely true, but the Empire State Building was a huge deal back in 1930. It was setting a president for which all future skyscrapers would be measured to, so of course it needed a dock for airships. But here is what really happened. I think it was a grand dream of the designers and an even bigger venture by the owners to do something not only different but unique and that would generate tons of cash for the building. The idea of people flying into New York, getting out and being in their hotel, or business meeting or whatever they were doing there in a matter a minutes was an idea that would change the construction of buildings forever. But sadly it would never happen, and mainly because the dominating airship companies found it to be not practical. Dr. Hugo Eckner, of Graf Zeppelin the world leader in airship travel at the time, pointed out numerous flaws and found that trying to connect to a building would be impossible. So the dream of zeppelins landing at the Empire State Building was dead...or was it?
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We all know that when American's have an idea we stick to it, I mean Americans invented the light bulb, the Colt Revolver, the internet, the rainy day cigarette holder, the curved barrel machine gun and the Slap Chop. So certainly they could figure out how to attach a zeppelin to a building. They never did. They made several attempts but nothing ever proved to be successful. The Naval Airship J-4, the Goodyear Blimp, the airship Columbia and several other tried. The most success came from a smaller blimp owned privately which connected for only 3 minutes and unloaded no passengers or goods. The problem was, first, the winds. Wind gusts at the top of the Empire State Building reach between 40 and 50 MPH. Second, it takes more than a few ropes to hold a blimp in place. Third, no airship company wanted it. And lastly, it was too dangerous, I mean we all know what happened to the Hindenburg, now imaging that, over New York City, not a good idea. In theory docking an airship there may be one of the coolest ideas in history. But it would never happen.
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The idea of getting off on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building, walking on a small ramp to the observation deck that gives you a sensation of being pushed off the building, doesn't sound like something people would sign up for. I know I'd need to be blindfolded and guided off with a safety harness on in order to do something like that. But I don't think that is what stopped the venture from happening. I think it was just viewed as impractical by the airship companies and simply easier to land in a field than to risk attaching to a building. Today building engineers look back at the daring idea and see that it was possible, with a little tweaking. The idea was a grand one and is pretty sad to see that it never came to be. Today we are left with some doctored photos and some records of what could have been. The Empire State Building has always been viewed as before it's time and the idea of docking a blimp to it just adds to the buildings legacy and the allure of the Empire State Building. A mooring station would have paved the way for the city of tomorrow, well a city of tomorrow in the 1930s sense, but image the impact it would have had on the Big Apple today.
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Attention modulates the mismatch negativity evoked by feature conjunctions
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Chernyshev B. V., Sayfulina Ksenia E., Chernysheva E. G., Lazarev I. E.
Feature binding is an essential aspect of sensory perception, since most realistic objects can be identified only by grasping conjunctions of multiple features and their patterns. Psychophysiological mechanisms of this phenomenon are still under debate; importantly, mutually exclusive points of view exist concerning the role of attention in feature binding. The current study aimed at testing the hypothesis that mismatch negativity (MMN) to specific feature conjunctions may depend upon attention. Two experiments were conducted in the auditory and visual modalities respectively. Within each experiment, we used four stimuli that differed in two distinctive features, with two feature conjunctions designated as standards, and two feature conjunctions designated as deviants. Features used in the auditory modality were tone pitch and location; Gabor grating orientation and spatial frequency were used in the visual modality. Attentional modulation involved four conditions: selective attention to targets, selective ignoring of nontargets, nonselective attention within a given modality, and deviation of attention to a task in a different modality. The basic finding was that MMN was evident only in conditions of within-modality attention. MMN was reduced or abolished in response to ignored feature conjunctions, as well as in conditions of the cross-modal distraction of attention. Thus, contrary to previous studies of MMN under feature conjunctions, our data show that the preattentive stage of feature conjunction processing requires a proper top-down attentional influence.
Supported by Russian Foundation for Humanities, project No 15-06-10742.
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57th Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting (October 11-15, 2017, Vienna, Austria)
Vol. 54. Wien: Psychophysiology, 2017.
Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Abstract
Yakovlev A. U., Utochkin I. S. Vol. 19. Iss. 10. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2019.
It has been shown that multiple objects can be efficiently represented as ensemble summary statistics, such as the average. Recently, Kanaya et al. (2018) demonstrated the amplification effect in the perception of average. Their participants judged the mean size or temporal frequency of ensembles, and they tended to exaggerate their estimates, especially larger set sizes. Kanaya et al. explained it by non-exhaustive sampling mechanism favoring ~sqrt(N) most salient items, which are either largest or most frequently ones. But how do the rest of elements contribute to ensemble perception? In our study, we used orientation averaging (which does not have any inevitably salient values) and manipulated the salience of individual items via size. Participants had to adjust the average orientation of 4, 8, or 16 triangles. We measured systematic biases, like Kanaya et al. (2018), and SD of errors that are known to correlate with the physical ensemble range. In Experiment 1, most clockwise elements could be bigger, counterclockwise, middle, or all elements were same-size. We found strong clockwise and counterclockwise biases in the corresponding conditions. The biases increased with set size replicating Kanaya et al. (2018). But we found no SD difference between the conditions suggesting that all items were somehow taken into account. In Experiment 2, we compared distributions with same ranges (full-sets) but salient elements being middle or extreme (most clockwise and counterclockwise). We used distribution with only middle elements or only extremes as controls (half-sets). We found that SD in the full-sets were greater than in the middle half-sets and smaller than in the extreme half-sets suggesting that all items were taken into account. We also found that SD in the extreme full-sets were greater than in the middle full-sets in large set size. We conclude that both exhaustive and amplification types of sampling work in averaging.
The capacity of fine vision of individual object is limited by the "bottleneck" of attention and working memory. Still, at every moment we see large collections of objects. What exactly happens to individual representations when the observer attempts to distribute attention between multiple objects? One view is that a fixed number of objects are represented with good fidelity while others are represented with poor fidelity. Another theory is that attention is evenly distributed among all objects but fidelity decreases as set size grows. This debate is one in the core of a theory of summary representation of multiple objects (Alvarez, 2011; Myczek & Simons, 2008). Here we directly tested how the capacity and fidelity change with set size. Participants were briefly shown sets of 1, 2, 4, or 8 circles of various sizes. Then, one of the circles increased or decreased in size by 2- 20% (change step 2%). The change was synchronized with a global background flash masking the local transient caused by the circle change. Observers had to respond whether they had seen an increment or decrement in any of the circles (2AFC). These manipulations rely on an assumption that one needs attention to the stimulus to spot a change (Rensink et al., 1997). Psychometric functions were fit using normal cumulative density functions. We found that the set size affects the probability of correct response at which the function reaches a plateau: the larger was a set size, the lower was such probability. The standard deviations of the functions typically associated with fidelity were relatively similar across set sizes within each observer. We conclude, therefore, that, when observers perceive multiple objects during a short time, they focus attention on a limited sample of items represented with the same fidelity, rather than evenly distribute it among all the objects.
The reference frame for Inhibition of return is the full hemifield
Malevich T., Rybina E., Ivtushok E. I. et al. In bk.: 41st European Conference on Visual Perception ECVP 2018. Sage, 2019. P. 25-25.
As a foraging facilitator, Inhibition of return (IOR) must be coded in spatiotopic coordinates. Early reports confirmed this suggestion but these results have been recently challenged. The present study was designed to examine the reference frame of IOR and to test whether retinotopic IOR might be a part of the spatiotopic IOR gradient. We conducted four experiments with spatiotopically and retinotopically cued coordinates and an intervening saccade between the cue and target presentations. We alternated the response modality (manual and saccadic) and the cue-target spatial distance (fixed and contiguous). Our data showed evidence for an independent source of retinotopic IOR neither at discrete locations nor as a gradient; moreover, we observed the spread of IOR across the whole validly cued hemifield. We propose that these results indicate a strategy to attend and then inhibit the entire cued hemifield.
Consciousness as Inner Sensation: Crusius and Kant
Indregard Jonas Jervell. ERGO-AN OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY. 2018. Vol. 5. No. 7. P. 173-201.
What is it that makes a mental state conscious? Recent commentators have proposed that for Kant, consciousness results from differentiation: A mental state is conscious insofar as it is distinguished, by means of our conceptual capacities, from other states or things. I argue instead that Kant's conception of state consciousness is sensory: A mental state is conscious insofar as it is accompanied by an inner sensation. Interpreting state consciousness as inner sensation reveals an underappreciated influence of Crusius on Kant's view, solves some long-standing puzzles concerning Kant's difficult doctrine of self-affection, and sheds light on his theory of inner experience.
The effect of attentional load on crowding
Dulyan L. G., Utochkin I. S. PSYCHOLOGY. WP BRP. Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2018
Attention and structural choice in sentence production
Myachykov A., Pokhoday M., Tomlin R. In bk.: Oxford handbook of Psycholinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Ch. 2. P. 1-24.
The world that we perceive and describe changes constantly. If we believe our descriptions of the world to be accurate and consistent, we must assume that the content and the structure of our individual sentences accurately and consistently reflect the world's constantly changing nature. If so, a comprehensive production system must model the sentence generation process taking into account this basic assumption: Words, their linear arrangement, and the structures they are inserted in must somehow reflect the corresponding parameters of the observed and described event. This system must include representation of salience as one integral component resulting in interplay that involves constant, regular, and automatic mappings between elements of a visual scene, their varying salience, and the structural arrangement of the sentence constituents and the grammatical relations between them. In this interplay, perceptual input contributes initially to this mapping process by providing information for further conceptual and linguistic encoding. Importantly, this information is not processed in an unconstrained fashion; instead, it is systematically filtered, selected, and relayed based on a regular interface between the aspects of attention and their corresponding counterparts in the conceptual and linguistic structures. Bottom-up and top-down features of this interface include noticeability, importance, or relevance. As a result, linguistic output reflects the event's conceptual organization including the attentional state of the speaker in a regular way. This mapping between attentional focus and structural choice is a part of a more complex mapping mechanism that we will refer to as Cognition-Language Interface or CLI. Specifically, this Chapter will consider theoretical and empirical knowledge about the complex interplay between the speaker's attentional state and the structural choices they make during sentence production.
Event-related Potentials as Correlates of Attentional Resource Allocation in Dependence on Individual Differences
Chernyshev B. V., Lazarev I. E., Chernysheva E. G. et al. Psychology. PSY. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 01.
The nature of interrelations of brain event-related potentials to behavioral measures and temperament dimensions was studied in the situation of attention under the auditory oddball paradigm. Several components of event-related potentials were found to be related to Extraversion, Mobility, Ergonicity and Emotionality. The results are discussed within the framework of the resource model of attention. New putative internal dimensions of temperament are suggested. The data obtained lay the foundation for further psychophysiological studies of attention in the context of individual differences.
Towards a Formal Theory of a Distractor in Attentional Tasks
Utochkin I. S. Psychology. PSY. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 2.
The distractive effects on attentional task performance in different paradigms are analyzed in this paper. I demonstrate how distractors may negatively affect (interference effect), positively (redundancy effect) or neutrally (null effect). Distractor effects described in literature are classified in accordance with their hypothetical source. The general rule of the theory is also introduced. It contains the formal prediction of the particular distractor effect, based on entropy and redundancy measures from the mathematical theory of communication (Shannon, 1948). Single- vs dual-process frameworks are considered for hypothetical mechanisms which underpin the distractor effects. Distractor profiles (DPs) are also introduced for the formalization and simple visualization of experimental data concerning the distractor effects. Typical shapes of DPs and their interpretations are discussed with examples from three frequently cited experiments. Finally, the paper introduces hierarchical hypothesis that states the level-fashion modulating interrelations between distractor effects of different classes.
Парадоксы зрительного внимания. Эффекты перцептивных задач
Фаликман М. В. М.: Издательский дом ЯСК, 2018.
The Monetary Incentive Delay (MID) Task Induces Changes in Sensory Processing: ERP Evidence
Krugliakova E., Gorin A., Fedele T. et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2019. Vol. 13. No. 382. P. 1-12.
Numerous cognitive studies have demonstrated experience-induced plasticity in the primary sensory cortex, indicating that repeated decisions could modulate sensory processing. In this context, we investigated whether an auditory version of the monetary incentive delay (MID) task could change the neural processing of the incentive cues that code expected monetary outcomes. To study sensory plasticity, we presented the incentive cues as deviants during oddball sessions recorded before and after training in the two MID task sessions. We found that after 2 days of training in the MID task, incentive cues evoked a larger P3a (compared with the baseline condition), indicating there was an enhancement of the involuntary attention to the stimuli that predict rewards. At the individual level, the training-induced change of mismatch-related negativity was correlated with the amplitude of the feedback-related negativity (FRN) recorded during the first MID task session. Our results show that the MID task evokes plasticity changes in the auditory system associated with better passive discrimination of incentive cues and with enhanced involuntary attention switching towards these cues. Thus, the sensory processing of incentive cues is dynamically modulated by previous outcomes.
Power and temporal dynamics of alpha oscillations at rest differentiate cognitive performance involving sustained and phasic cognitive control.
Mahjoory K., Cesnaite E., Hohlefeld F. et al. Neuroimage. 2019. Vol. 188. P. 135-144.
Resting state neuronal activity in EEG/MEG recordings is primarily characterized by the presence of alpha oscillations (approx. 8-12 Hz). However, their functional significance and link to cognitive task performance remains elusive. We investigated resting state neuronal activity and its relation to task performance by assessing traditional measures of alpha activity (power and individual alpha peak frequency) and dynamic properties of the signal measured by long-range temporal correlations (LRTC). Multichannel EEG was recorded at rest in 82 healthy male adults and compared to their cognitive performance, measured by tests involving executive functions, working memory, short- and long-term memory demands. Our results showed that attention-span scores positively correlated with alpha power at rest, with corresponding neuronal sources located primarily in the left-hemispheric anterior cingulate cortex, parietal regions, and bilateral suplementary motor areas. Furthermore, better working memory performance was related to increased LRTC of alpha oscillations at rest in the right hemispheric fronto-parietal, temporal, and occipital regions. Our findings suggest that resting state neuronal activity may reflect properties of brain networks that are functionally relevant for cognitive task performance. While alpha power measured at rest might relate to tasks that employ sustained inhibitory control, LRTC are suggested to reflect the capacity of neuronal networks to perform tasks that require phasic attention and quick adaptation to changing task demands.
"Вот розмарин: это для памяти": к вопросу о плацебо-эффектах в тестах рабочей памяти и внимания
Кривых П. О., Фаликман М. В. В кн.: Когнитивная наука в Москве: новые исследования. Материалы конференции 19 июня 2019 г.. М.: Буки Веди, 2019. С. 269-273.
A placebo effect occurs when the outcome of a participant's expectations change caused by either tablet intake or cognitive training. Placebo effects can cause improvement in cognitive test results including attention and working memory tests. Research shows that attention is used to maintain information in working memory. This study tested the hypothesis that placebo intake can affect attention span and cause temporary improvement of working memory as compared with a control group, if the participants in the experimental group are told they are taking a memory-improving pill. We analyzed how placebo affects working memory and attention and whether these effects are related. Trend level differences were found at the repeated performance of the Bourdon test: the experimental group had a tendency for improvement while the control group tended toward deterioration. No other significant differences were found, probably due to the small sample size.


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Written for general readers of all religious backgrounds, Reason and Wonder introduces some of the most fruitful discussions now taking place between leading thinkers in science and theology.
This fascinating book includes accounts of key points of convergence in areas such as astrophysics, biology, mathematics, neuroscience and psychology, and ends with a stimulating set of questions for group discussion or personal reflection.
David Wilkinson – The Origin and End of the Universe – a Challenge for Christianity?
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Tenoch Huerta Feels Namor Would Beat Aquaman In A Fight, Loves Comparisons With Jason Momoa
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Tenoch Huerta talks about the comparisons between Namor and Jason Momoa's Aquaman. Read on!
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Tenoch Huerta Reveals If Namor Could Take Jason Momoa's Aquaman(Photo Credit –Still From Movie)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actor Tenoch Huerta, aka Namor, has been drawing comparisons to Jason Momoa's Aquaman from DCEU, and he feels honoured. But when it comes to a fight between the two, even the actor knows who will win. The recent MCU flick is making a lot of noise.
Fans are loving the movie and flooding into the theatres to watch it. That is why the Ryan Coogler directorial has already made $678 million at the global box office. Besides being successful at the box office, Wakanda Forever has also received immense praise from fans and critics alike.
Tenoch Huerta's Namor is one such character who the fans won't stop talking about. He has been compared to Jason Momoa's Aquaman, as both are underwater heroes. Now, the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actor has addressed these comparisons and revealed who he thinks would win in a fight between the two.
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While speaking with Rolling Stone, Tenoch Huerta said "[I'm] honored to be compared with that guy. He's (Jason Momoa) a wonderful actor, a fantastic human being. He's a Hollywood movie star, and they are comparing me with him. It's like, 'Oh my, God, Mom! Mom! They are talking about me and Jason!' It's fantastic! I love it," the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actor said.
The Namor actor then talked about how different his character is from Aquaman. "But, yeah, talking about the characters, I think they are totally different. It's like trying to compare Shazam and Superman, or, I don't know, Thanos and another villain just because they are villains, you know? For me, it's like, okay, they are two superheroes, they come from the water, and that's it."
The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actor Tenoch Huerta simply said, "Yeah," when asked if Namor could take Jason Momoa's Aquaman in a fight.
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78% of Ukrainians are stressed out over quarantine – especially women
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2020/12/09 - 15:56 • People of Ukraine
Edited by: Michael Garrood
The COVID-19 lockdown in Ukraine is stressing everyone out. But especially women and young people, a recent poll found.
The new Ukrainian poling platform Gradus Research has conducted a comprehensive study of social stress during quarantine. Since May 2020, the company has been monitoring the stress level of Ukrainian citizens in the new realities on a monthly basis. Overall, social stress became two to three times more frequent in 2020. The poll discovered that sex, age, and financial status are important factors that determine how stressful the experience of lockdown is.
Gradus is a new platform for conducting quick sociological polls using a special mobile application. Surveys are conducted in accordance with sociological standards among verified respondents of the Gradus panel. The technology enables conducting representative national questionnaires in the space of several hours. The platform automatically renders results according to the respondents' age, gender, size of settlement, and region to make the results representative.
The measurement of the level of stress was conducted according to a questionnaire with a scale consisting of 10 questions to determine how stressful people consider their lives. The questionnaire was designed by Oleksandr Vynogradov, member of the Gradus Advisory Board and PhD of Psychological Sciences at Kyiv National University.
The poll determined the very high level of social stress reported by the respondents according to their 10 answers – 78% out of 100%. It was at its highest in June, with 81% of respondents feeling stressed due to lockdown or other governmental restrictions and remains almost unchanged today.
Overall, women and young people between 18 and 24 have the highest level of social stress. For them, the lockdown or closure of various public, educational, and trade spaces was the most depriving factor.
Compared to men, women feel social stress almost 10% more strongly due to the situation with quarantine restrictions and COVID-19.
Social stress during quarantine by gender. Source: Gradus
Among different age groups, young people aged 18-24 also have an 8% higher level of social stress: it was recorded in the answers of 86% of young respondents. Such results are primarily related to financial issues, job losses, family problems.
"Since May, we have seen that women and young people experience more stress than other groups. In addition to the fact that women are usually more sensitive, and young people are experiencing their first full-scale crisis, there is another important factor that increases stress in these groups. The fact is that the corona crisis is also a crisis of socialization. Restrictions in personal communication with peers (for young people) and in communication in principle (for women) are a significant limitation of positive emotions – and therefore a serious factor increasing stress. Unfortunately, until the fears of infection are removed, I think this situation will persist," said Yevhenia Blyzniuk, CEO & Founder of Gradus Research.
What are the strongest fears?
Paradoxically, the fear of being infected was the highest (about 50%) in January-February 2020, when there were as yet no COVID-19 cases detected in Ukraine, but media reports about the pandemic were generating panic. In some cases, it led to protests against the planned evacuation of Ukrainians from China – the manifestation of foolishness created by Russian-related media reports and posts in social networks, looking from today's perspective.
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Since May, when many real coronavirus cases were detected in Ukraine, fear of the illness has declined and has been stable at about 20%. At the same time, the self-evaluated probability to contract COVID-19 increased.
Thus people became much less afraid when facing the actual illness than when watching and listening distant media reports from other countries.
The share of people who were afraid of becoming ill and who thought they may become ill. January-May 2020. Source of data: Gradus, graph – Vox.Ukraine.
Yet this trend does not apply to the fear that close relatives may become ill, which was and remains the main fear related to the pandemic. Since May has it declined very slightly, from 69% to 63% of respondents reporting they are afraid of their relatives becoming ill.
What people fear during the quarantine. Source: Gradus. Translated by Euromaidanpress
The second and third most frequent fears are an absence that they will receive adequate medical help, as well as that the economic situation will deteriorate.
When asked to compare what is scariest for them – the virus or the possible income decline – respondents tended to put the virus first at the beginning of the pandemic, while later it was fears related to the economic situation that strongly prevailed. It was observed in the last month though that the fear of the virus itself had again increased, likely due to the high number of new cases reported in Ukraine. As of today, people are equally frightened of the virus and falling incomes.
Regarding government measures aimed at preventing the spread of the virus, people are rather skeptical. Although at first the majority partially supported the government's actions, the dynamic was radically negative. As shown in the graph below, currently 40% of respondents consider government restrictions as rather ineffective and another quarter of respondents radically oppose government actions.
How effective do you consider the COVID-related actions of the government? Source: Gradus. Translated by Euromaidanpress
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On September 26, 2017, The Atlantic Council hosted the first Transatlantic Forum on Strategic Communications (StratCom) in Washington, DC.
State and non-state actors seek to influence Western democracies through targeted disinformation campaigns tailored to the digital world. Policymakers across the Atlantic have recognized the threats to national security posed by radical groups and foreign governments that seek to undermine liberal democratic values and destabilize transatlantic cooperation. In response to this growing threat, the Atlantic Council hosted the first StratCom in Washington, DC, to bring together key stakeholders, researchers, government officials, and members of civil society from the transatlantic community.
The conference featured three high level panels on: Social Media and Radicalization: The Challenge of ISIS and Other Non-State Actors, Straight Out of the Kremlin's Toolkit: Strategies of State Actors, and Transatlantic Response to Disinformation: Paving a Way Forward.


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South Africa to Get Pair of Opel Vehicles in 2015
September 5, 2014 • Staff • Bookmark +
The new Opel ADAM and Opel Mokka will be introduced to South Africa for sale in 2015. It will be part of a product and export launch by Opel, which will see the German brand introduce 27 new vehicles and 17 engines in applicable markets by 2018.
Opel ADAM Photo: Opel
"As part of the ongoing Opel brand and product offensive in South Africa, we are excited to announce the introduction of two all new Opel vehicles into the South African market in 2015. The ADAM and Mokka continue the Opel brand's German heritage which is reflected in their exciting design, engaging driving experience and practical innovations," says Peter Küspert, vice president Sales and Aftersales Opel Group. "The Opel ADAM and Mokka were shown to the South African public at last year's Johannesburg International Motor Show, where we experienced overwhelmingly positive reactions from consumers and the media."
Opel has seen a resurgence in South Africa with Opel vehicle sales up 54 percent in the first seven months of 2014, according to the automaker. The company said it plans to increase its footprint by introducing competitive and exciting new products in key market segments.
Opel Mokka Photo: Opel
Available for sale in the second quarter of 2015, the new Mokka range will offer a mix of exciting derivatives specifically designed to suit the varied needs of the South African compact SUV consumer and will be competitively priced while offering high levels of equipment and specification from the entry level up, according to the automaker. The Mokka also brings an exciting and engaging driving experience, German engineering and innovative technology to the growing sub-compact SUV segment.
Engines, specifications and model derivatives will be confirmed closer to the time of launch.
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A firm believer in the intelligence of dogs, I was nevertheless impressed when Biman, a four-year-old Alsatian, got behind Anthony Thanasayan's wheelchair to push it up the slope.
"Biman, come here,'' said Anthony, gesturing to his left. Biman seemed reluctant to let his master traverse the slope himself, but he obeyed, padding to Anthony's side.
"I didn't have to teach him to push the wheelchair. It was all Biman's idea,'' said Anthony, adding that we often underestimate how innovative dogs can be.
Regular readers of Anthony's weekly Wheel Power column in Section 2 would be familiar with his dogs Biman, Vai (a Rottweiler) and Soolam (a Golden Retriever). They are often amazed at the intelligence and efficiency of the dogs who do nearly everything for Anthony. They wake him up, pick up after him, push his wheelchair, and even help with the laundry.
Biman pushing Anthony's wheelchair. This action was Biman's own idea. With dogs like his, it is not difficult to guess Anthony's affection for them.
"They are like my brothers. They are not judgmental about my condition--to them, I'm normal. And they can make me laugh like I've never laughed before. I'm addicted to them,'' said Anthony, 40, his eyes lighting up as he looked down with deep affection upon his canine companions.
Owning a dog was a dream come true for Anthony. As a teenager, he had a mongrel but he wasn't allowed to take care of it.
When Anthony decided to get Vai four years ago, he ran into the same obstacles. Friends and family members discouraged him, saying that a dog would be an added burden. "How are you going to feed it and walk it?'' they asked.
Together with Andrew, Anthony visited a pet store to get an Alsatian, but what greeted him was a lone Rottweiler pup. Anthony had his reservations about Rottweilers, but changed his mind when the puppy broke out of the box he was put in, and started jumping and licking him. The Rottweiler pup reminded Anthony of himself.
"Nobody was going to box me up and tell me that I couldn't do things. Like the disabled, the Rottweiler is much misunderstood. There is so much awareness that needs to be raised,'' said Anthony.
"Nobody had allowed me to care for another. I was always told I needed care. But the dogs gave me a chance. By loving them, I learnt to love myself. Look at me now--I have three dogs and they are my responsibility alone,'' said a beaming Anthony. Man's best assistant Anthony's only regret is that he did not get his dogs earlier.
"Life could have started earlier. I would've been less shy, more sure of myself, more positive about life. In five years, my dogs have done more for me than what any therapist could ever do in a lifetime,'' said Anthony.
The dogs have also helped Anthony overcome bouts of depression and even improved his health.
Anthony did not realize the full potential of his dogs until he attended a lecture one day. One of the lecturers who was paralyzed from the neck down had a Golden Retriever with him.
"I was thinking, why did the man bring his dog along? Doesn't he know it's a lecture hall?'' recalled Anthony.
Halfway through the lecture, the man suddenly dropped his laser indicator. Anthony was shocked--and greatly impressed--when the dog retrieved it for him.
"We need service dogs in Malaysia so badly,'' Anthony had thought. But a US-trained service dog costs about RM25,000. It was then that Anthony thought of training his dogs to become service dogs. He got on the Internet and made friends with disabled Americans who had dogs and asked them for tips. He also invested in books on dogs. Anthony then started training his dogs three times a day, keeping the training periods short but consistent. Within three to four days, the dogs were responding to his training. With a growing sense of excitement, Anthony began training his dogs to assist him in daily chores. The rest, they say, is history.
The dogs can also sniff out sores on Anthony's body, alerting him to a wound so that he can treat it before it festers. Amazingly, Thanasayan did not train the dogs to do that. "It is something they do naturally,'' he said.
While the dogs may intimidate those who would otherwise find Anthony easy prey, they can be great ice-breakers, too. On many occasions, they have helped Anthony make friends with total strangers.
To Anthony, his dogs are more than pets. "These are my assistants, companions for life. We have a close bond. We understand everything about each other.'' They have given him a new mission: to see trained dogs giving the disabled a new lease of life, enabling them to take control of their lives again. It is with this intention that Anthony started Bivai Dogs, a school to train service dogs for the disabled.
For a start, Anthony had to dig deep into his pockets. But he hopes enough funds will come in to help him build a proper centre complete with staff and helpers. Anthony's dream is that American trainers would come to the centre and teach locals to be dog trainers.
For logistic purposes, Anthony hopes to start with one dog, preferably a Golden Retriever which is easier to work with and is people-friendly. The owner and his dog will need to come in once a week. The dog will be trained to come when it is called, be with its owner at all times and assist with basic chores and activities.
The disabled person will also be trained to look after the dog. "That is important as it is very therapeutic to look after them,'' said Anthony.
There is a golden rule, though: the dog must be allowed to sleep in the owner's room, not in a cage. Of course, the owner would have to be a dog lover.
"The dog is going to be a life-long assistant. It's not an animal or a pet. It's a companion, and this is going to be a partnership,'' said Anthony. Anthony pointed out that not all dogs can become service dogs. And not all dogs can perform similar functions with the same level of efficiency. Pedigrees are easiest to work with as they have fixed behaviour patterns.
Anthony looks forward to the day when trained service dogs are allowed freely in public. Even now there are outlets that happily accommodate his dogs. Anthony's dogs have been with him to mamak stalls, restaurants, supermarkets, the church and even a swimming pool.
Anthony and the Rotary Club of Sentul have put together a 15-minute documentary about his life with the dogs to help raise public awareness of the need for service dogs. The documentary tape--which will be available soon--shows how Anthony's dogs assist him in various chores and how they benefit the disabled.
Through the documentary, Anthony hopes to share his life-changing experiences with others who need them.
Yes, miracles happen all the time to those who believe.


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Aug 26, 2020 • Press
CM.com becomes primary sponsor of Dutch Circuit Zandvoort and starts digital transformation
Zandvoort, 26 August 2020 - CM.com commits itself as primary sponsor of Circuit Zandvoort. The partnership stems from the successful cooperation that CM.com started with the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix. Both partners of Dutch heritage share a similar vision for the future of sports and leisure events where the need for innovation has become more relevant than ever before. The tools of CM.com result, for all ticketholders of Circuit Zandvoort, in an even better experience and are used simultaneously to guide the event visitor in the best way possible before, during and after the event. Moreover, the tools of CM.com offer better protection against various safety risks.
Jun 20, 2020 • Press
CM.com brings Conversational Commerce to the Middle East
Dubai is the 10th office in the CM.com network and the second in the MEA Region - the first being opened in South Africa. The Dubai office will be managed by Wael Ali Maksoud, Regional Director MEA at CM.com. CM.com's Dubai office is opening with two staff members and has plans to double in the upcoming months. The new office will service CM.com's clients in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt, and the rest of the region.
May 26, 2020 • Press
CM.com takes Conversational Commerce to the next level through the acquisition of leading Conversational AI provider CX Company
CM.com, a global Conversational Commerce platform, strengthens its customer offering through the acquisition of CX Company, a European (cloud-based) digital conversation platform designed to automatically engage customers in a personalized manner via virtual assistants, intelligent chatbots, and conversational artificial intelligence (AI). The transaction comprises a consideration of € 15.5 million (excluding a capped earn-out). Upon closing, the acquisition will be immediately accretive to EBITDA.
Feb 27, 2020 • Press
CM.com Acquires International Ticketing Company Global Ticket
CM.com, the worldwide Conversational Commerce platform, is acquiring international ticketing company Global Ticket.
Jan 07, 2020 • Press
CM.com opens Southeast Asia hub in Singapore
CM.com, a global Conversational Commerce platform that provides enterprises full-scale CPaaS services with integrated payment solutions, opened a regional office for its Southeast Asian market in Singapore.
CM.com supports communication in the connected vehicle
CM.com, a leading conversational commerce provider headquartered in the Netherlands, today announced its collaboration with the BMW Group. The company will provide the infrastructure for sending automated SMS messages as part of the car manufacturer's ConnectedDrive services globally.
CM.com expands its offering with the introduction of Apple Business Chat
Clients of CM.com are now able to use Apple Business Chat, a new way for customers to communicate directly with companies using the Messages app on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. CM.com is a Conversational Commerce platform that connects enterprises and brands to the mobile phones of billions of consumers globally. The company provides mobile messaging channels combined with a Customer Data Platform and other platform features.
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Hellinikon Project
Visit Greece by Giannis Antetokounmpo
Greece – a 365 Day Destination
Incredible Crete
Το Θαύμα των Ελλήνων
USCIRF Statement on Hagia Sophia
Ode To Lesvos
IMF apologises for the immolation of Greece
The IMF Report – Crises in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal
Money Power & Wall Street
European Views of the EU
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Hellenic, Armenian, Assyrian GENOCIDE
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Nature of Agriculture
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Antikythira Mechanism
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HEC Fundraising 2015
Initial Proposal
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By Thanos Voudouris, November 8, 2017 11:00 AM
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Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame from Olympia, Greece
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IOC President says Games at Rio, Brazil, 2016 'will be a message of hope in troubled times'
The Olympic flame for the Olympic Games Rio 2016 was lit today in Ancient Olympia, Greece, during a ceremony organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC).
Olympic.org writes: "The lighting marks the symbolic start of the Olympic Torch Relay, which will see the flame travel for six days and 2,235km around Greece before being officially presented to the organisers of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 on 27 April at the Panathenaic Stadium, site of the first modern Olympic Games Athens 1896."
The IOC President spoke of the power of the Olympic flame in promoting peace and spreading the Olympic values.
"These Olympic Games will be a message of hope in troubled times – and the flame will carry this message into all corners of Brazil and, indeed, all the world," said President Bach. "In these difficult days that Brazil is facing, the flame is a timeless reminder that we are all part of the same humanity. The flame is an ancient symbol of peace and harmony, a symbol of the power of humanity to come together despite our differences. This will be the greatest legacy of the Olympic Games for Brazil and for the world.
He continued: "The torch relay will spread the message of our shared humanity to all people of the beautiful country of Brazil, a nation that is built on the idea that its strength comes from uniting all of its cultural richness. Brazil is unique in its diversity. Let the celebration of the XXXI Olympiad give reason to all the people of this vast and wonderful country to show the world the true meaning of unity in diversity."
Source: Olympic.org
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Olympic Games of 1896 – The 1st Olympiad
By Thanos Voudouris, April 6, 2016 1:57 PM
Today, April 6th, marks the 120th anniversary of the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens, Greece, between 6 and 15 April 1896.
The first Olympiad hosted 250 male athletes from 14 nations who competed in 9 different sports in 43 events. Competition took place in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, where 80,000 spectators were packing the stadium to watch the different events – athletics, gymnastics, weightlifting and wrestling.
Crown prince Constantine opened the Olympic Games.
"Most noteworthy was the Marathon – it had the greatest number of international athletes ever," commented Google. "Equally noteworthy was its winner, Spiridon 'Spiro' Louis, the only Greek champion in the athletics division, and a national hero for the host country. His monumental victory on that historic day continues to inspire Greek pride."
IOC/Allsport writes: "It was the culmination of a triumph for the Greek hosts that one of their countrymen in running from the village of Marathon along the coast from Athens should achieve victory."
After Doodle 4 Google in 2013, Google has done it again by celebrating the 120th anniversary of the first modern Olympic Games with "Doodles" designed by Olivia Huynh and they show four different scenes from the event. Each doodle can be seen below and by refreshing the google homepage.
Google Doodles (click each image to enlarge)
We thank Google for raising the awareness for this important date, as well other historic events.
The Olympic Games are traced all the way back to 776 BC. The Games were dedicated to Olympian God, Zeus. The Olympics took place in the same place in Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece, every four years and so, this period became known as an 'Olympiad'.
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FIFA World Cup Brasil
By Thanos Voudouris, January 27, 2014 11:28 AM
Greece is getting ready for the World Cup!
The Greek team shocked the sports world by winning Euro 2004 defeating Portugal (on their soil). We hope to accomplish the same feat 10 years later at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Mark your calendar, 14 June 2014 first match against the powerful Colombia.
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Located in Ponte Vedra, Florida, Nocatee is the third best-selling community in America. It's a new home, master-planned community with something for just about all home buyers. From starter homes to homes for large families, Nocatee has it all.
The community is more than just a place to live. Nocatee offers a lifestyle full of activities and events. It's a welcoming neighborhood with affordable new homes and plenty of things to do.
Covering most of the northeastern corner of St. Johns County, Nocatee provides a master-planned community with a number of smaller neighborhoods throughout. When fully completed, the community will provide around 12,000 homes, more than 1 million square feet of retail space, nine public schools and over 4 million square feet of office space. Nearly two-thirds of the lands will even be placed in preservation.
In 2015, Nocatee was named as the third best-selling master-planned community in the entire country. Homes sold in 2015 totaled 1,105 throughout Nocatee.
A variety of home sizes and styles are found throughout Nocatee. Each individual neighborhood has its own feel. The community is full of luxury estates, town homes, village homes and even some neo-traditional homes. There are even some condominiums offered throughout.
Homes range in price starting around $230K and going up to as much as $1.5 million. Most homes are priced between $450K and $500K.
Each of these individual communities offers something a little bit different.
Nocatee offers plenty of things to do with the Nocatee Town Center, Nocatee Splash Water Park, Nocatee Community Park and plenty of other amenities. The location makes it easy to enjoy beautiful beaches and some of the top golfing in the entire state of Florida. In addition, excellent shopping and dining are found nearby.
The Nocatee Town Center provides plenty of shopping, dining and entertainment for residents to enjoy. It's anchored by a Publix store and includes many other options, such as the M Shack, Coastal Wine Market, Starbucks and more. Many new businesses are scheduled to open in the town center throughout 2017, as well.
Along with the town center, Nocatee offers an interactive splash water park, which includes the highest water slide tower in Northeast Florida, a lazy river, zip line, lagoon pool and so much more. The park covers eight acres and includes a two-story clubhouse with a fitness center and meeting rooms.
Residents also enjoy the community park with a fenced dog park. Tennis courts are found within the park and plenty of grass fields are used for other outdoor activities.
Nocatee already provides a number of great amenities to the residents. However, they will be expanding the amenities to include a large spray playground opening in 2018. The expansion will also include a food court, bar and large deck. In addition, the community expects to add a new event field this summer.
Nocatee provides one of the most popular master-planned communities in the Jacksonville area. With an incredible range of housing options throughout the smaller communities, it's the perfect place for many buyers to call home. Living in Nocatee provides easy access to some of the best amenities in the entire Northeastern section of Florida. It's a convenient location found in one of the most prestigious areas of Jacksonville.


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Coconut Dodge Revitalised Review (PS Vita)
Hot on the heels of Futurlab's Velocity getting a Vita native version, comes the re-jigged Coconut Dodge. The company's first mini, it's not as complex or intense as Velocity but that doesn't mean that it should be over looked.
The game has been given clean graphical makeover with the beach background and crab now looking sharper than ever. As the game is played in pretty much the same area there wasn't much more that needed doing. Everything is bright and vibrant and it certainly looks the part.
At its heart, Coconut Dodge is a maze game. You have your little crab at the bottom of the screen and must move it left and right to avoid falling coconuts while grabbing diamonds, gold and other shiny objects. Finish the maze and you move onto the next, more devious one. You can change the speed you move at for later mazes but that's about it.
The mazes get faster and more complex as you go and you are soon caught in the motion of zooming left and right trying to pick up higher scoring jewels while avoiding falling objects. While this is going on beach balls bounce in from the sides. Bouncing these balls the required number of times makes them pop which gives bonus points or slowx down the maze.
Every now and then you will also be able to pick up a Viking helmet which allows you to break coconuts for a limited period. There are thirty mazes in total with them all needing to be completed in a single sitting to beat the game. To do this you have three lives, once these are lost it's back to the beginning.
This can be a pain as once you have sampled the madness of the later levels the slow early stages are a real drag. Some kind of turbo button to speed up the mazes falling (perhaps for extra points), would have really been appreciated to add something to the initial stages. Some kind of combo scoring system would have also added to the risk reward nature of the game to encourage you try and get the most dangerous low scoring treasure.
There are also a few different things to play around with in 'more modes' section. Here you can try to master any maze you have previously beaten in an attempt to get a perfect score. There's also a keepy-uppy game where you try to keep a beach ball bouncing as long as possible and a hard core mode which only gives you one life to see how long you can last.
The final mode is labelled 'impossible', here everything is in shadow so it makes it very difficult to see what is coins and what is coconuts. You also only get one life and this provides the ultimate challenge for seasoned players.
Overall, Coconut Dodge is a good fun game but the sort of game you will likely play in short bursts. It hasn't got great depth in terms of its scoring system but it's a fun way to spend some time when you have a few minutes spare. It's certainly worth its asking price and will likely become a fair few Vita player new obsession. It comes recommended for people looking for some bite sized fun to while away their time and remains a bright and breezy game that contains a lot of charm.
Labels: Coconut Dodge, Futurlab, Playstation Vita, PS Vita, Retro 101, Retro Gaming, Retro101uk
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An avid admirer of Brit's mugs, I'm ready for my drink. Winter, on the other hand, can wait. Check out the entire Paper & Clay shop, which includes pretty pitchers, plates and bowls, here.
Married couple, Emily and Brad Weckesser combine their talents to create these pretty pieces. Brad brings woodworking and potter skills to the table while Emily adds her talent in painting, color and design.
They've chosen a speckled white color scheme for this collection, which I really love, but Emily and Brad are more than happy to customize the glaze, or even add personalized words or phrases of your choice.
One of my favorite posts this year featured artisan, Jeanette Zeis. She creates the prettiest pieces of pottery, adding her trademark pastel colors and detail. Jeanette has been kind enough to offer the salt cellar for this week's Holiday Sweetstakes giveaway. It's available in a variety of colors, just look on her site to see them all. And leave a comment to win! This Friday, December 9 at 5pm, the winner will be picked via random.org and notified via email. So don't forget to leave your email address in the comment section.
One of the newest items on Jeanette's site this year are these lovely oversized teacups and saucers with scalloped stitching. As Jeanette says, these would make an "adorable addition to any kitchen cabinet or tea party." See the teacup sets here.
If you live in Atlanta, be sure to check out Jeanette's Open House this Saturday, December 10 from 12pm-9pm at 658 Angier Ave NE, Atlanta 30308. Live pottery and screen printing demos will take place at 3 and 6pm. Featured artists will be Jeanette Zeis and Kenn Twofour. Thanks Jeanette!
Jeanette Zeis makes her living as a full time potter. And when you see the quality and detail of each piece, you can understand why. I love the style of her salt cellar that is so sweetly feminine.
Jeanette uses stoneware, a durable white clay that is reminiscent of porcelain but a bit easier to work with. She thinks of her pottery as "clean, bright and utilitarian with a welcoming feel."
Jeanette loves the focus of attention that her craft demands. As she explains, 'It's such a tactile medium, you have to be fully involved in it and give it all your focus."
Her favorite items (and mine too) are her cake stands, which took much time and care to perfect. All her pedestals showcase the attentive detail that each piece demands as well as her signature scalloping or ruffles along the edges.
Her best sellers are her oh so lovely berry bowls and cupcake stands. These stands are really fun as I like how they celebrate the lone cupcake.
Another signature of Jeanette's work is her color palette which showcases pastels and the softer shades. Each handcrafted piece takes much care and time to produce. Adding firing, glazing and drying time, it takes an average of 12 days to create each ceramic item that is as functional as it is pretty.
Inspiration is key for any artist. I liked her wall of art and illustrations and took a few pics as she told me how she is inspired by patterns and colors found in daily life -whether that's architectural detailing in a nearby building or the way someone's colors work in their outfit.


Tera Sanders: struggling artist, successful waitress.
Since I just love to doodle... I thought I would make a separate area for my other drawings. Hey some of your best work comes from doodles.
Second Wind. The story about a girl, a VW and the search for a life.
Fresh out of the package!


When you're in recovery, you try to commit to a life of sobriety. You change your old ways, especially your attitude. You may also need to change your friends, even move to a different city, if that's what it takes. The things with recovery is, a change must indeed happen so that it's harder for you to go back to your life when you were in active addiction.
However, it's not as easy as it sounds. In fact, there are people who go in and out of rehabs. They experience multiple relapses. This is because rehabilitation, or addiction treatment, doesn't offer an overnight solution. It's a combination of many different factors, but most importantly, your attitude or mindset towards your very own unique recovery journey.
To help you get on the right path in your recovery journey so that you can have lasting and even life-long recovery, here are 7 pillars you may want to consider.
1. Courage. Being courageous doesn't mean you don't fear anything. It means you are scared, but you do it anyway because it's what should be done. It's facing yourself in the mirror and acknowledging your faults and weaknesses, that you need help, that you can't do it alone.
2. Vulnerability. Your greatest growths can stem when you allow yourself to be weak, when you open yourself up to the possibilities of life. This doesn't mean you're incapable, but that you give yourself more room to grow as you fortify your strengths.
3. Positive mindset. This starts from being grateful even for the littlest things. Have an attitude of gratitude and you can turn any negative experience into a positive and enriching one.
4. Choosing your battles. There will be situations and people that may discourage you from your commitment to your recovery. Don't waste your energy on these. Be smart about where you spend your time, emotions, and energy on.
6. Self-love. Take care of yourself. Be healthy, learn new things, fall in love with new hobbies and interests, and just do what's best for you. Stop listening to negativity and surround yourself with people and things that help make you grow.
7. Faith. There are things in life that you can control–you can only control how you react to them. For everything else, you have to have faith. You con't have to belong to a religion to do this. Just believing that there is a higher power and that there are things that you can't control is enough to help put things in perspective for you.
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Дайнис Озолс (, род. 11 сентября 1966 года в Смилтене) — советский и латвийский велогонщик, бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 1992 года.

Дайнис Озолс завоевал бронзовую медаль в групповой гонке на 194 км на Олимпийских играх 1992 года, уступив на финише итальянцу Фабио Казартелли и голландцу Эрику Деккеру.

Участвовал также в Олимпийских играх 1996 и 2000 годов.

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Бронзовые призёры летних Олимпийских игр 1992 года
Велогонщики на летних Олимпийских играх 1992 года
Велогонщики на летних Олимпийских играх 1996 года
Велогонщики на летних Олимпийских играх 2000 года