We, as gentlemen, have to be be mas creativo than the ladies because we don't have as many opciones. Expressing yourself through style has become more acceptable in recent years and in cultura popular!. The rough and rugged manly-man look has changed. Being a bit more svelte and crisp is now the trend and the norm.
What's become very popular worldwide has been the reemergence of facial hair,more specifically, beards! Beards have always been mysterious. The trend and acceptance was largely grouped by ethnicity and generation. Many European-Americans, especially the baby-boomers, were not fans of beards. In the African-American culture, beards have largely been aceptado provided that they were well-maintained. Whether a mustache or a goat's tee…a chin-strap or a full beard, most blacks care not as long as it's manicured. What's interestante to note is that to assimilate into mainstream culture, many blacks would adopt the facial hair philosophy of their anglo contemporaries.
If you fast-forward to current times, the acceptance of the beard (the full beard) has grown significantly. In-fact, it's even gaining ground in el mundo professional. Now I'm not suggesting that you go to an interview as a full on mountain man, but once you've landed the job and know the culture, a beard is not automatically out of the question anymore. The key to this transición is maintenance.
So this begs the question, "How do you properly maintain a beard?" Maintenance begins with your comfort level and the desired outcome of the beard. If you are trying to hide or take the atenición away from un otro parte of your face, then certain lengths are great. If you are trying to create a rugged look that is acceptable in all environments, there are styles that can achieve this tambien!
The shadow or 5 o'clock shadow is a way to wear a beard that will be accepted in all environments. The key to this looks is to keep it light and low with a clean edge along the jawline, side-burns, and cheeks. Light neck hair is allowable but keep in in check as many professionals will frown upon it. Shadows are an irreverent way to remain masuclino and daring at the same time. Whether with a suit or at the game, a shadow fits todos looks.
The goatee is un favorito of mine. It's best on the gents with strong/pronounced jaw lines. There are diferente variation of the goatee. Some are long and drop below the chin. Others are light and add just a bit of edge to a look. It usually very popular with the younger señores, pero the goatee adds an welcomed element of youthfulness to the more seasoned señores.
The chin strap, sometimes called the chin curtain, is another common style. It's a good style for los señores that are beginning their journey to the Kingdom of the Beard. It connects the side burn with the jawline and helps to outline the face. This can give the appearance of a pronounced jawline.
There are dozens of variations of the the beard. The key is to make sure you have the face to wear them. Grow what your father gave you and have fun trying them out. Make sure that your beard is suited for your environment. Unfortunately vivimos (we live) in a world that judges, so err on the side of caution and use wisdom. If you don't have such profesional restrictions, then try them all. Below is a guide that will help you.
Recuerdo señores, fashion and style is about comfort and self-image. Do what makes you feel good. After all, confidence is the most important part of your wardrobe!
Zara is the quintessential brand. They've received some heat from designers for not being original, pero me encanta, nonetheless. The brand keeps their pieces edgy yet timeless. The best thing is the affordability for the quality. Yo quiero everyone to have the ability to be fashionable and with Zara's precios, todos are able!
I've said it once and I will say it again! I. LOVE. LEVIS!!
With over 14 diferente fits and different designs in each fit, the variety is enormous. My personal favs are the 501's (shrink to fit) and the 511's. I'm a tall lean guy so those fit me the best!
What may be most impressive about Levis is the price! I've never seen a pair that were more than $90.00! And at the discount stores such as Ross, Marshall's, TJ Maxx, etc. they are a fraction of the regular price!
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The items in this box retail for $112, but again, $28 is all you pay! I'm geeking over this!!
There are dozens, and I mean DOZENS of custom cobblers that make exquisite footwear for Señores pero at a premium price! What's most enjoyable about JD Fisk is the price for the quality! These shoes will rival some of the stronger brands such at Magnanni, Allen Edmunds, and the like. Plus, la compania siempre keep up with the trends! See for yourself.
Another shoe that crept it's way in my corazón back in high school is the Adidas ZXZ sneaker.
Señores, I want to be honest with you. I don't know how many variations of this sneaker Adidas has. And. That Excites. Me!
This is the ultimate urban sneaker. It can be paired with chinos, khakis, jeans, shorts, and workout gear!
Again, there are many other brands that I adore such as Diesel, Hudson Jeans,Mek, 14th & Union, Herschel, Tallia Orange, Thomas Dean y mucho mas! My one criterion is affordability. Breaking the bank is not always a necessity when it comes to style. You just have to be diligent in your pursuit of her…if you love her as I do!
Remember, style leaves and impression but fashion leaves a legacy!
I am inextricably linked to my faith. It comes across in every aspect of mi vida!!! Let's not get it twisted either, my faith being CHRISTIANITY!!! With that being said, as I'm sure you've gathered, I am also inextricably linked to fashion! Sela. Who we are should be evident in whatever we do. Los Señores abajo rep Faith and Fashion…Christ and clothes ever so flawlessly.
Class and style in an industry that often lacks both!!
One of my closest friends and dopest musicians in the game!
All praises for the suit and the award!
Before there were shoes…there were feet!
I think we can all agree that there are few thing worse than seeing a perfectly tailored suit, or a crisp pair of Levi's (the premier jean, because of quality and variety) partnered with a pair of shoes that are hardly worth the leather that they're made of. It cannot be over-stressed that shoes make the outfit! This truism has reigned supreme throughout all of fashion eternity. However, before there were shoes, there were feet!
Señores, I want to affirm that pedicures are our friends! We "fashioneurs" will go to odd lengths to keep our sneakers clean, buff and polish our wing tips, and tan our leather but our feet go neglected. I guarantee that she doesn't want to be stabbed in the ankles when you roll over to kiss her goodnight. Señores, it shouldn't look like you're always wearing white ankle socks 'cuz you're ashy! I mean, c'mon, sandals with no pedicure is like Jordan in a Lakers uniform…it just doesn't make sense!
Maybe the word pedicure gives you some trepidation…makes you uneasy, so instead, lets call it a "Papi-cure" or a "Power-cure"! Either way, daily we make tough decisions as men. This is one that needs to be made as well…TRUST ME!
Señores, there are no excuses…just try it.


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Julianna Andrasi is honored to have received the title of Miss Michigan Petite 2020. Although this is her first time competing in a pageant, she is ecstatic to grace the national stage in March of 2021. She is currently working towards earning her Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and finds delight in all things academic. A major passion of hers is raising awareness for criminal justice reform, specifically involving wrongful convictions. Julianna is currently in the process of writing her first book, Education Over Incarceration, which she hopes will help shed light on the injustices that the United States faces with wrongful convictions.
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New Delhi: India-focussed funds have seen the biggest outflow of $262 million in the Asia-Pacific region during the past couple of weeks, even as net redemption from all offshore Asian funds was low compared to the equity market meltdown earlier in March this year and May-June 2006.
The offshore country funds are those in which residents of foreign countries park their money and those funds in turn invest in stocks with exposure to the target countries -- thus giving the investors an indirect exposure to these market.
Net outflows from all offshore Asian funds were just $74 million in past two weeks when the markets were in turmoil -- $73.5 million in the first week of August followed by just $0.1 million in the second week, according to global brokerage house Citigroup.
When unwinding of yen carry trade hit Asian equities in March 2007, huge redemption of $4.5 billion was seen in three weeks, while outflow amid May-June market correction last year was $4.9 billion over a six-week period.
The current market fall has caught investors by surprise and they have yet to react, Citigroup analyst Elaine Chu wrote in a research note. "We would not be surprised to see more redemptions when Asian markets rebound in response to the Fed's discount rate cut last Friday," Chu said.
Money was withdrawn the most from India country funds, followed by China funds ($200 million) and Singapore funds ($159 million).
In the week ended August 15 also, India registered the biggest outflow at $122.6 dollars, followed by $51.3 million in Malaysia and $36.8 million in China.
However, for the past one month and year-to-date periods, outflow from China funds were higher than India.
China-focussed funds saw highest outflow of $496.1 million in the four-week period and $3.6 billion so far in 2007, followed by $265.5 million and $1.96 billion respectively from India funds.
In the first seven and half months of 2006, China had seen the highest inflow of $3.7 billion, followed by $1.4 billion to India funds.
South Korea and Hong Kong equity funds were the only two categories reporting consecutive weeks of inflows month-to-date while outflows from Taiwan funds earlier were short-lived.
Citigroup said, however, that foreign investors were net sellers in the Korea market KSE reported net sell by all foreigners at $3.5 billion in the two weeks ended August 15, with anecdotic evidence suggesting that hedge funds were the major sellers.
Local institutions and individuals, however, supported the market, driving Korea's benchmark Kospi index to outperform the broader Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan, markets.
Foreign interest in Indonesian stocks remains intact despite the country's benchmark JCI index being the worst performer in Asia so far in August, while overseas investors continued to sell to local investors in India, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.
India's benchmark index had lost more than 1,350 points since the beginning of this month, before a recovery witnessed on the bourses on 20 August. FIIs have sold shares worth a net of more than $1.3 billion (Rs5,400 crore) so far this month, while domestic mutual funds have been net buyers of shares worth about $200 million (Rs811 crore).


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The state of being lost or clueless arethe best ways to describe what you experience the first time you log in to a massive multiplayer online game. You are overwhelmed with the icons and the different game mechanisms while the lore of the world unfolds all around you. You are supposed to learn at least two dozen skills that you have to constantly use and memorize the order of their usage, you have to compare different talents to choose the best, you have to learn how the market of the game operates, how to make money, how to get from A to B and a seemingly endless list of other things.
They say it takes at least twenty hours of gameplay to grasp the mechanism of the game. I would not argue otherwise, granted that we are talking about playing with no help or guidance, relying on what the game tells you, learning from the other people and from your own mistakes. You will slowly explore and figure out how every aspect of the game works, how to succeed playing solo and in groups and how to actually start achieving bigger victories, such as the skill of beating other players or the bosses of the game.
1 Learning the Basics
2 Mastering the Class
3 Navigating Through the Market
Learning the Basics
The Elder's Scrolls Online is no different. You need many hours to grasp the concept of the game and get used to its mechanism, you will need another many hours to learn your class and how it interacts with the world around you, and again, to learn the skills ofmaking money and being able to purchase the necessary items and gear requires anenormousinvestment of time and effort. The game is marvelous, the storyline commands your attention and you want to know how it continues and ends, but it is very hard to progress when you don't really know what you are doing most of the time.
Or at least this was my experience. This is why there is tremendous value in products such as ESO Mastery Guide, which alleviates these issues and makes the gameplay into a much more enjoyable online experience. Developed by professional players, using ESO Mastery Guide is like having 0/24 access to someone who is a veteran of the game and knows every aspect of it in and out so that you can focus on those aspect of the gameplay that you enjoy the most, whether it is PvE, PvP, the storyline or any other, and you don't have to be in the mindset of constantly analyzing and trying to understand the game's tiniest details.
ESO Mastery Guide offers you a leveling path that significantly reduces the time it takes to reach the end-game and the game's core content. Without the guide, it would take on average at least 120+ hours, but you can easily level yourself up to 50 within 40 to50 hours. It does not require you to mindlessly slay animals for endless hours, it merely is a questing route that yields the most experience per hour out of all possibilities.
Mastering the Class
As you may know, you can choose from three different roles and master itonce you reach the end-game content. The role of the DPS is to deal the most damage to the enemy. His effectiveness is measured in how much damage he deals every second, and that number is highly increased by having the right gear and most importantly, the optimized set of talents, stats, champion pointsor enchants. The role of the Tank is to force the enemies to attack him, take damage and use his spells to survive.
Of course, the more enemies he can pull and the more damage he can endure, the better he is. The third role is the healer, who uses healing spells to restore the health of his allies. The tank and the healer may also increase their effectiveness by having the right set of talents, enchants and stats.
But the case of all MMO games is that people are always experimenting with different talent buildsto see which is the most effective or which is the most fun to play. And since the average player doesn't want to delve into the underlying, complex theories behind each build, it is almost impossible to find the best build for himself. ESO Mastery Guide offers the best build for all the three roles to maximize your performance in PvP or in dungeons and helps you master your class by understanding the most effective rotation of the spells you have to use.
Navigating Through the Market
In order to progress even more, you will need to acquire gear, and for that you need gold. But to make gold you have to know what to sell – what is valuable for other players – and how to get it with profit. Making gold is usually the most nuanced part of every MMO and because of this, the vast majority of players are poor. They do not take the time to learn the art of craftsmanship, and they won't be able to purchase the best equipment. ESO Mastery Guide will show you how to make gold from the very beginning of your adventure, so that your pocket will be filled by the time you reach level 50.
They offer multiple ways of making money, from teaching you how to buy cheap and sell it back while charging more, what items to farm and gather, how to utilize your crafting professions and many other ways, some of them are completely unknown.
The most reliable and sustainable source of income are the crafting professions. But in order to craft and sell items, you need to level them by crafting more and more powerful items, you have to acquire the materials required for crafting the items, and you have to findthecrafting stations you can use to craft the most unique and rare equipment. All of this is explained in great detail in the guide.
As you can see, and as I have said in the beginning, these games have the most complex universe with an infinite list of objectives to spend your time with. Without guidance, it is completely impossible to achieve the highest tierof the ESO experience.
The more you learn about the game, the higher you climb, the more skilled partners you will play with and the more fun you will have by becoming the most powerful player. ESO Mastery Guide is the mostcomprehensive guide that includes every bit of information you need to succeed in every aspect of the game starting from the first login to killing the final boss and completing the best-in-slot equipment set to join the ranks of the most accomplised Elder's Scrolls Online players.
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– Access to the most effective and useful online gaming techniques so that you can guarantee win each time.
– Multiple ways of making money through gaming.
– Learn the art of craftsmen ship and boost your success score in no time.
– Guaranteed results if you completely follow the tips and tricks as advised by the author.
The guide is limited to ESO gaming techniques and does not contain sufficient information regarding each aspect of earning through gaming.
Summary: Eso Mastery Guides are available free of cost solution to help people get success while playing various MMO games. With solutions such as PvP, DPS, Tanking and healing, you can achieve your goals within no time. So if you want to get ultimate ESO experience, this guide can help you in great ways.
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A crowd drags about. There are cows, otherwise known as bulls, walking.
What are they gonna do here?
Otherwise known as BULLS
They will slaughter, they will slaughter.
Whom? you? whom? us?
Cows, in times of cholera don't drink the kvass
and everything will be marvelous.
Cows, otherwise known as bulls, quietly depart.
Appears the tsar. The tsar appears. It grows dark in the eyes.
Now, priceless crowd,
gather round.
Here by this pillory
a theater of law shall be.
The executioner will execute,
there is neither Greek nor Jew.
Everyone come contemplate,
attend and don't scintillate.
Come muffle the condemned's moaning
with shouting, with howling, with guffawing.
Bonjour executioner,
walk I tell you in a whisper.
There are all sorts of people:
laborer people, idler people,
eating people, dark blue people,
dapple feeble purple people,
stooped people, grouped people
and people parallelepiped like a steeple.
Yet all of us poor folk once alone
weep knowing that we have no soul.
It's damaging to self-esteem
to think that you are just steam.
That you die and oops there isn't any you.
Behold my tears.
Mine also.
Behold our tears.
Ours also.
A horrible weeping took place on the square. Everybody suddenly felt very afraid.
Enter Ef and the Maiden.
What dummy likes to go to executions
may make a heady contribution.
Look strumpet at the scaffold
but don't tread on my tail, okay?
Beginning now will occur.
The crowd like London-town roared	.
It seized Ef by the hands-and-feet,
and dragging him onto the scaffold
it finished off his vital organ
and knocked him with a vein and feather
and added just a spot of tin
and then with an ax of rope
it chopped off his top.
He passed away.
He's in a bad way.
Tell me what's his name.
Here is my palace. I should like to go in
and have a drink with my friends by the fire.
IMAGINARY MAIDEN, vanishing:
His last name is Fomine.
Ah what horror. This is for the last time.
The executioner exits running.
Here is the execution scene from God May Be Around, a play-poem Vvedensky composed in 1931. Up to this scene, its protagonist is named Ef—the name of the letter F but also the first syllable of the word for "ether," which Vvedensky used to high on in the late 20s. Losing his head to an "ax of rope," Ef for the rest of the piece appears under the name of Fomine.
I am adding a few notes to help read the translation.
Kvass is a traditional drink made from bread.
The Tsar speaks in a nonmetrical rhymed verse associated with Russian jesters and carnival hawkers.
The Greek nor Jew line parodies the Apostle Paul in Galatians 3.28 and elsewhere.
The lines about all sorts of people parody an old folk poetic formula, where the rhyming second line contrasts two kinds of people. In the 1920s the formula reappears in Soviet propaganda. For example, Mayakovsky's visit to New York in 1925 left him with the firm conviction that "there are different kinds of Americans: some of them are proletarian, and some of them are bourgeois."
Theater of law. The first large-scale show trials took place in 1928 (the Shakhty case) and 1930 (the Industrial Party case). Note that the poem conflates the "theater of law" (more literally, "the spectacle of a law trial") with the execution: any deliberative step is skipped over. Speaking to friends after his release in 1933, Vvedensky again calls the court of law "bad theater. Strange," he continues, "why does a human being in danger of death have to take part in a show. Apparently he not only has to, but wants to, otherwise the trial wouldn't work out." He and Druskin then discuss absurd examples of non-cooperative defendants (Lipavsky, Conversations, see my translation of this section in Little Star, 2 (2011): 167).
What dummy likes to go to executions paraphrases the proverb "The pitcher that often goes to the well is broken at last," which exists in many European languages.
Alexander Vvedensky, translated by Eugene Ostashevsky
Eugene Ostashevsky is the editor and main translator of Alexander Vvedensky's An Invitation for Me to Think, as well as of OBERIU: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism. He is also the author of Enter Morris, Pursued by Ironies and other fine works of literature.
Alexander Vvedensky (1904-1941) was the cofounder, with Daniil Kharms, of OBERIU, an avant-garde group briefly active in 1920s Leningrad, USSR. Successful in his day job as children's writer but unable to disseminate his "real" poetry under the Soviet regime, Vvedensky died in incarceration. He was first published in Russia in the 1990s. His linguistic experiments and directness in confronting existential issues are responsible for the tremendous influence he wields over Russian experimental writing and art today. Vvedensky's first selection of poetry in English, An Invitation for Me to Think, translated by Eugene Ostashevsky and Matvei Yankelevich, has just been released by NYRB Poets.


Moving through life and jumping hurdles is a part of everyone's journey. And mine is no exception. The biggest lesson that I have learned along the way is that my own inner beliefs and self talk have more impact and influence on me than those filtering in from the outside. Pastor Brian Edmond, Senior Pastor of Macedonia Pittsburgh, my home church, spoke recently about living from the inside out. What resides on the inside should influence what is manifested on the outside, not the other way around. Very powerful indeed, especially when you have triumphed over the negative self talk that resides in your head, most of which —believe it or not— is rooted in past experiences.


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If You Want to See the Future of TV, Watch the Tour de France
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
Early in the Tour de France this year, a horrible crash forced six riders to abandon—including one, Fabian Cancellara, who finished the day with two broken vertebrae. NBC reported that 400,000 people had streamed the day's racing through its app. GoPro footage of the aftermath, shot by a mechanic, quickly blew up too.
Ten years ago, it would have been hard to imagine watching such a gnarly moment from the chest of a team mechanic. It would have been even harder to imagine watching it live from a smartphone while lying on the couch. Cycling is a niche sport in the US, and the rhythm of its biggest race—five hours a day for 21 days!—isn't exactly suited for network TV. Yet oddly enough, what once made it a stinker for traditional TV is exactly what makes it an ideal place for companies like NBC and GoPro to experiment with the future of how people watch sports.
Streaming Everywhere
This year's tour is currently speeding into Alps and into its final days. It's been a dramatic one: A staccato of crashes in the early stages. Acts of kindness as well as simmering dramas within the teams. The French media's accusations of doping on the UK's Team Sky, which has dominated the race, and the apparent hacking of leader Chris Froome's training data. And a zillion other micro-narratives that wind their way through this long, brutal race.
If you want to watch the full race every day—and you should, since cycling is the kind of sport that gets more and more compelling in direct relation to how much you watch—you have several options. If you don't pay for a premium cable package that includes NBC Sports, you could find a way around foreign stations that stream online, or download one of several tracking apps online. But if you don't mind paying, NBC offers two products that let you stream the race live, every day, on any device, without a cable contract: $20 gets you access to NBC's Tour de France Live app for iOS or Android, or $30 for a Tour de France web app for desktop (the pricing drops as the tour continues).
Paying $30 for access to a streaming channel that only lasts for three weeks may seem ludicrous—it is pretty ludicrous!—but the app is solid. You can watch every stage live, but you can also replay them after the fact. There are no commercials. You can track Nairo Quintana using its GPS tracking feature, or follow him, Froome, and Contador as they duke it out on a climb up an elevation chart or course map. And you can do these things on all of your devices. This kind of data-rich development is slowly coming to other sports, too—the MLB introduced a system called Statcast last year tied to its regular programming.
Streaming from a phone.
But most importantly, NBC's is a pretty damn reliable and high-def stream. You could watch Daniel Teklehaimanot become the first African to wear the King of the Mountains jersey while sitting on the bus. You could watch Tony Martin struggle with a broken collarbone, being pushed over the line by his teammates, streaming to your Chromecast. Whether or not you're a fan of the way NBC covers the tour—obviously, in an ideal world this content wouldn't be tied to a network with exclusive broadcast rights—they've got the delivery down pat.
As Jack Jackson, NBC Sports Group's VP of Product Development, told me recently, it takes the better part of a year to develop a reliable, consistent app. They work with a called Tour Tracker, a platform that produces the live streams for most of pro cycling's grand tours, which helps with the interface of the app itself. It's a bit like the relationship HBO has with MLB Advanced, which it contracted to handle its à la carte streaming service HBO Go after one too many users complained about their True Detective stream dropping out—except in reverse, since NBC handles the streaming tech.
A view of the desktop app.
When it comes to streaming TV, experienced developers and designers are almost required for older networks looking to make the jump. "It's really helped us refine the interface put things in the right place and make the experience kind of slick and make sure its comprehensive," says Jackson. Every year, the network alters the app to keep up with the way the form factors are changing—this year, it was the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
Of course, NBC's app isn't without flaws: For example, the app doesn't remember where you left off if you navigate away. Not everyone loves NBC's resident commentators, Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, either—though this year, the network has drop-in cameos from the beloved and newly-retired Jens Voigt.
Tracking options in the mobile app.
The video itself comes mainly from the tour's own remarkable tech infrastructure, which includes wireless video cameras borne on the back of motorbikes that zip between breakaways and the peloton, helicopters that hover above the route—which then transmit it to nearby planes. Wade Wallace's fantastic look into the bizarre and complicated tech infrastructure behind the broadcast explains:
Images from motorcycle and helicopter cameras are transmitted via VHF links to relay helicopters flying at ~600 meters altitude. The signal is then [retransmitted] to aircraft flying at 3000-8000 meters (dependent on weather).
Once the signal is sent to the helicopters and aircraft they are then relayed onto intermediate points sitting along the course (trucks which relay the signal onwards).
Traditionally, NBC would then edit, commentate, and broadcast that footage on NBC Sports. Allowing users to stream its broadcast without a cable contract—aka à la carte television or over-the-top TV—is something that most broadcast networks have been very hesitant to embrace. Yet the numbers on the app prove it's worth taking seriously: NBC says viewership is up by 32 percent compared to last year.
The tour app, then, may be a model for other over-the-top streaming apps—perhaps for much larger events. I asked Rick Cordella, NBC Sports' Senior VP, if the tour app could be a testing ground for similar apps for other, more high-profile sports events. "Absolutely," he responded, adding that NBC is experimenting with adding extra features and video in event-specific TV apps. "Each event or sport offers its own unique opportunity and we evaluate them individually."
One day, you might be able to stream all of a specific Olympic sport. Or maybe we'll finally be able to stream women's pro racing (I know I'd pay). The unbundling of cable TV might end up being expensive for users, but having access to niche events and channels would make it worth it.
Riding on the Handlebars
GoPro, which is the tour's official camera partner, started equipping riders' bikes with cameras for the first time last year, giving us our first comprehensive look at what life is like inside the peloton. Pro cycling is a deeply social and team-based sport, and seeing those crucial moments from a helicopter, or even from a motorcycle, isn't ideal—POV video makes much more sense.
Throwing an elbow during a sprint.
This year, every stage includes at least eight different riders equipped with GoPros—they change on a day-to-day basis—which record the entire stage and deliver the video back to GoPro's team. Every evening, the company uploads a supercut of the most interesting moments from the day. You get to see the hardest sprints, the smartest tactics, and most dramatic moments from inside of the peloton.
You'll also see moments that broadcasters don't catch: Riders messing around before the start. Peter Sagan taking a selfie with a fan. Having a coke during a small moment of recovery. Communicating, struggling, and making jokes.
A crash during a rainy stage.
For fans, these are the moments that are really exciting; they provide context, a glimpse of culture and rapport, and ultimately make the actual race that much more interesting. For sponsors, they're another way to get their logos in front of viewers' eyes. That's a model that GoPro is very interested in owning across all kinds of sports and events: Earlier this year, the company started experimenting with streaming live video for the first time from the helmets of X Games athletes, and did the same for parts of the NHL's All-Star Game.
GoPro has big plans for live streaming from the handlebars of tour riders, too. A report on the plans by Caley Fretz of Velo News a few weeks ago cited GoPro as saying that it plans to stream live from "every single bike in the Tour de France peloton" within two years.
Highlights from GoPro's first seven stages.
The company tested that idea this year during the neutral roll-out of the tour's second stage, before the racing had officially started—a moment to test a live stream from riders' cameras. And while it was just a test, it likely won't be long before live video from riders' bikes finds its way onto our screens every day. It's just another example of how emerging technology has transformed the way a sport operates.
In some ways, GoPro and NBC are using the Tour de France in the same way: As a lab for future events. It's the ideal testing ground for experiments, since it's long enough to fix glitches and tweak code, but short enough that any one pricing model won't have the long-term impact of, say, an a la carte streaming option for an entire season of a sport. It's also small enough in the US that the network infrastructure required to support it isn't a huge resource suck, the way streaming the NBA finals online, or the final episode of Game of Thrones, might be.
It's a race that dates back to before television even existed—but it's also a glimpse into the future of the business.
Contact the author at kelsey@Gizmodo.com.
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Big Ears streaming sets from Mike Watt, Marc Ribot, Lonnie Holley & more
Meanwhile, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog is also doing an in person performance in Brooklyn.
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog prep new EP, playing free outdoor Brooklyn show tonight
Ceramic Dog are playing the St. Ann's Warehouse rooftop for the "Get Back" series.
watch Joan Jett cover T. Rex's "Jeepster" w/ Marc Ribot, Jim White & Doveman
This cover is from the upcoming Hal Willner-produced Marc Bolan tribute album that also features Nick Cave, Beth Orton, U2 & Elton John, Devendra Banhart, Lucinda Williams, Father John Misty, and more.
stream Nick Cave's "Cosmic Dancer" from Hal Willner-produced T. Rex tribute album
The album also features covers by Joan Jett, Devendra Banhart, Lucinda Williams, Father John Misty, Peaches, Beth Orton, King Khan, U2 (ft. Elton John), David Johansen, and more.
John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Beth Orton, Mekons & more sign petition for "basic fairness in the digital marketplace"
John Zorn, Beth Orton, Bill Frisell, Mekons, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, Laurie Anderson, Panda Bear, and more musicians have signed a petition from Music Workers Alliance that aims to help artists who are all struggling during the coronavirus pandemic and calls for "basic fairness in the digital marketplace"...
read Tom Waits & Marc Ribot's tributes to Hal Willner
"If you took a cross section of Hal's heart… you would see the rings of a wise old tree,' Tom writes.
32 videos of Hal Willner's '80s series 'Night Music' that display his gift for weird, amazing collaborations
We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons...
Bikini Kill, Fugazi, Neutral Milk Hotel & more sign open letter to expand unemployment during COVID-19
"While all workers are suffering right now, musicians, touring workers, DJs and other gig economy workers are particularly hurt because we are ineligible for unemployment, paid sick leave, or other benefits under our current system."
What's going on Saturday?
Saturday options include Blood Incantation, Ween, Mick Trouble, 'Live from Here', Sheer Terror, Ceramic Dog and more.
What's going on Wednesday?
Tonight's NYC-area shows include GZA, Tim & Eric, GosT, iLE, Marc Ribot and more.


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Varying safety standards at US swimming pools studied to try to prevent more teenage deaths
Published on 2 December 2012, 10:39 PM Last Update: 7 year(s) ago	by Bonobo
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Safety Standards Vary For Child Swim Classes From: http://articles.courant.com/2012-12-01/health/hc-student-drownings-20121201_1_pool-safety-swim-lesson-marcum-asiamah
Four deaths in Conneticut in recent years lead to scrutiny
December 01, 2012|By ALAINE GRIFFIN, agriffin@courant.com, The Hartford Courant
Safety standards in children's swim classes vary throughout Connecticut, from the stringent requirements that direct state-licensed organizations to the more vague guidelines used in public schools, a Courant review has found.
The lack of uniformity in safety policies — and the extent of their enforcement — is coming under intense scrutiny following the drowning of a Manchester High School student last week and three other recent deaths of children in pools across Connecticut.
Malvrick Donkor drowned in the Manchester High School pool during gym class… (Courtesy www.MHSRedline.com)
The Nov. 21 death of Manchester High freshman Malvrick Donkor, 14, during a swim class — the second drowning at a Connecticut school this year — prompted school officials throughout the state this week to revisit their swimming safety policies and review them with staff members.
As part of the internal investigation into Donkor's death, Interim Superintendent Richard Kisiel said Friday that the town is reviewing its own swimming pool safety policies. He declined to discuss details about the events leading up to Donkor's death.
"Part of our internal investigation is looking into whether all of the procedures we need to follow are in place," Kisiel said.
Kisiel said he favors the idea of a uniform swim-safety policy statewide following Donkor's death and the drowning last January of 15-year-old Marcum Asiamah during a swim class at East Hartford High School.
"I think it would clarify things," Kisiel said. "I'm surprised our legislators haven't put together some legislative packet following what happened in East Hartford. I know it's something I plan on talking about. If that's what we've got to do to ensure the safety of our kids, we should do it."
Swimming pool safety policies are expected to take center stage in legal action taken by family members of some of the drowning victims. In East Hartford, police explored the possibility of making an arrest. No criminal charges have been filed.
Swimming activities at child care programs and camps licensed by the state are regulated by the state Department of Public Health, which sets such specific mandates as staff-to-child ratios in swim classes and in programs for infants to school-age children.
But the thousands of children who swim at schools and private swim programs across the state are not protected by those same rules. School districts, in collaboration with local health districts and often using input from American Red Cross national guidelines, are left to police themselves when it comes to pool safety.
Unlicensed private swim programs also create their own rules.
Many school districts and private programs have comprehensive and strict safety rules which, in most cases, are taken from the Red Cross guidelines. But exact rules and their implementation can vary. For example, student-to-staff ratios, a key component in swim-lesson safety, are widely inconsistent even in programs within the same town.
"I took a look at the [state] statutes and was surprised at how little there is, pools in general, pools in schools," said Vincent A. Mustaro, senior staff associate for policy services at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education. "Especially when we have so many other things that are chapter-and-verse."
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John McCain's political course may strike some observers as mystifying. Instead of doing what Republican candidates are supposed to do before the general race, securing their base by moving rightward, McCain has generally done the opposite. This may be hard to notice if one watches FOX, whose pundits have been reassuring us that "€œMcCain is mending his fences with the conservative base."€ Save for his talk about making Bush's tax cuts permanent, McCain has not been tending to such fences. That is, unless one looks upon more government programs for student loans, a speech in Memphis expressing McCain's deep regret for not having rallied to the Martin Luther King national holiday soon enough, and menacing threats to the anti-democratic regime in Teheran as gestures intended to satisfy the Republican Right. Of course here the Right refers to the neoconservative media and to such unlikely Republican news interpreters as Geraldo Rivera and Dick Morris. These are the "€œconservative"€ voters whom McCain seems to be satisfying. If there are others, I am still looking for them.
McCain or any other Republican politician is facing a declining electoral base, as Professor Alan Abramowitz of Emory University proves in an essay, "€œThe Incredible Shrinking Republican Base in Real Clear Politics. Most Republican voters are white, married Christians, and the number of those who fall into this category has sunk since the 1950s from over 80% to less than 50%. Those who do not belong to this once dominant group and those who do but who have also attended elite universities tend to be on the social left. Presumably those who are not or no longer part of the Republican base are the ones McCain is trying to lure. That may be why he plunged headlong in 1980 and again in 1988 into heated local debates in South Carolina by calling for the removal of the Stars and Bars from all public buildings. The Republican candidate has tried even harder to reach out to blacks by apologizing to civil rights groups for not having been in step with them in the 1980s. Last year McCain opposed his own party's measures in Arizona (which passed in a referendum) to control the influx of illegals; and because of this move he enjoyed a favorable press not only among Latino advocates but also in the New York Times.
The problem here is that elections have to be waged in the short run; and McCain's, or his advisors"€™, attempt to chart a leftwing course for the GOP on the basis of shifting demographic trends may be ruinous for the fall election. No matter how ostentatiously Mac displays his sackcloth and ashes before civil rights official, he is not likely to crack the black Democratic vote, that is, go much beyond the 8 to 10% of black voters that Bush picked up in 2000 and 2004. McCain may do better among Latinos, but if he faces Hillary, someone who enjoys immense Latino favor, McCain might not even win as many Latino votes (about 40%) as Bush did in 2004. He can also fall into what I described in my last column, as no man's land, the indeterminate zone between the two national parties, where the candidate does not take votes away from the moderate Left but also fails to energize the Republicans"€™ conservative base.
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Порт Де Бомбес ( ,  , що означає «Ворота бомб»), спочатку званий Porta dei Cannoni (що означає «Ворота гармат»), — це декоративні арочні ворота у Флоріані, Мальта. Спочатку вони були побудовані в 1721 році як вдосконалена брама у фосебреї флоріанських ліній, і вона була збільшена при будівництві другої арки в 1868 році. Відтоді вали з обох боків зруйновані, і брама виглядає як тріумфальна арка.

Історія

Будівництво лінії Флоріани розпочалося в 1636 році, але роботи йшли повільно. Були завершені лише на початку 18 століття. Порт Бомб був побудований у 1720–21 року, будувався за проектом французького архітектора Шарля Франсуа де Мондіон. Ворота спочатку мали одну арку, і служили для зовнішнього входу. Спочатку вона була захищена люнетом. З приходом англійців в 19-му столітті, була додана друга. Раніше біля воріт був підйомний міст, який перекидався через рів, але при будівництві автомобільної дороги рів засипали. На фасаді зображено герб одного з магістрів Мальтійського ордена.

Порт де Бомбес був захоплений французькими солдатами під час французького вторгнення на Мальту в червні 1798 р.
У цей момент мальтійські повстанці відкрили вогонь у його напрямку, щоб кинути виклик окупантам.
У середині 19 століття британський уряд розширив ворота, додавши другу арку для розміщення більш інтенсивного руху в районі Гранд-Харбор. Це збільшення було розроблено архітектором Кол. Е. В. Данфорда з Королівських інженерів і загалом коштувало 900 фунтів. Друга брама була урочисто відкрита 17 серпня 1868 року, під час губернаторства сера Патріка Гранта.

На початку 20 століття частина орнаментів в арках була вилучена, щоб могли проїхати трамваї через браму. Згодом люнет біля воріт був знесений, щоб звільнити місце для нової дороги. Вали по обидва боки від воріт були знесені в 1930-х роках, щоб впоратися зі збільшенням обсягу руху. Ці зміни призвели до того, що брама стала схожою на тріумфальну арку .

Ворота були відновлені в період з вересня 2002 року по березень 2003 року по ціні Lm 55000. Реставраційні роботи також передбачали встановлення системи освітлення. Брама була зневажена в травні 2005 року, але пошкодження було очищено протягом декількох днів. Поліція вважає, що ворота є небезпекою для проїжджаючих транспортних засобів. 24 жовтня 2012 року її було пошкоджено. Однак через кілька днів пошкоджену частину воріт було відремонтовано.
Брама та решта ліній Флоріани були включені до Списку старожитностей 1925 р. Це національний пам'ятник 1 класу, внесений до Національної інвентаризації культурних цінностей Мальтійських островів.

Архітектура

Порт Бомбес був побудований у стилі бароко. Брама спочатку мала єдину арку, але друга арка зліва — добудова 19 століття. Кожен арочний вхід оточений різьбленими гарматами, що дало воротам оригінальну назву Porta dei Cannoni, а кожна гармата має рельєф герба. Чотири гармати, що утворювали частину оригінальних воріт, містять герб Великого магістра Рамона Переллоса і Роккафула, тоді як дві гармати на другій арці мають королівський герб Сполученого Королівства. Брама має карниз над рядом різьблених мальтійських хрестів. Над карнизом розташовані ешемони з гербами ордена Святого Іоанна, великого магістра Переллоса та Великої Британії, а також дві мармурові таблички з латинськими написами. На табличці праворуч від брами написано:

На табличці з лівого боку написано:

Безпосередньо біля брами є два стовпи з кам'яними кулями, виконані як великі водоноски з ручками та носиком. Вони на мальтійській мові відомі як Бомблу і дали воротам сучасну назву Порта Бомбес.
Порт де Бомбес — одна з лише двох воріт на Мальті, на яких зображені артилерійські вироби в натуральну величину, інша — Брама Святої Олени, була побудована в 1736 році.

У популярній культурі

 Браму можна побачити у фільмі 2016 року 13 годин: таємні солдати Бенгази .

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 Закон «Порти де Бомб» (збереження) Ch. 74, Закони Мальти
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Споруди, збудовані 1721
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Ali Abdelaziz says Khabib wants atleast $50 Million for his next fight
Last month Khabib Nurmagomedov (27-0) successfully defended his UFC lightweight championship against Conor McGregor (21-4) via fourth-round submission in the main event of UFC 229 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Khabib later jumped cage and plunged towards Conor's teammates without considering the consequences and he said that he did to defend his family, his religion. He later also said that he doesn't care about money like Conor McGregor, he cares about his legacy.
While it is very admirable of Khabib and if he wanted to maintain his legacy, he would be out there chasing a fight with lightweight contender Tony Ferguson. But instead, Khabib posted about wanting to fight Floyd Mayweather in a Boxing ring and an MMA super fight with Georges St-Pierre.
Now Khabib's manager, Ali Abdelaziz, has confirmed that they are looking for the biggest money fight possible for Khabib's next fight.
"Ben Askren, Woodley, none of these guys can touch Khabib," Abdelaziz told TMZ Sports recently. "Especially if they're scared to get tired and these guys, they get tired. Now, I'm not even worried about Tyron or Ben Askren, I'm worrying about somebody bringing $50M to $100M to the table and none of these guys can bring $200,000 to the table."
Conor McGregor is rumored to have made around $50 Million for the UFC 229 main event with a base pay of $3 Million, whereas it's unclear about how much Khabib might have made counting the PPV cut, but his base pay was $2 Million, out of which $1 Million is being withheld by NSAC.
"Listen, the guy we just fought said he made $50M," Abdelaziz said. "I think, as a global superstar, Khabib bypass him. You have a guy meeting with Putin and Erdoğan and the other guy selling liquor on the corner store. It's not even in the f**king same planet. Good for him. Whatever. It's none of our business, he does what he does. We try to go to Africa, we try to do different things. It's not even close.
"At the end of the day, maybe a whole bunch of money gets on the table, maybe the rematch. I don't know. Maybe we'll give a rematch to the guy we just killed. . . Whatever's gonna bring Khabib money. This is now my job. It's not Khabib's job. Khabib created legacy, 11 years, 27 fights. Right now, money talks, bulls**t walks. That's it."
Abdelaziz says Nurmagomedov will head to Africa for a charitable works project building wells and schools in impoverished areas. After he returns, he will chase for the big money fights.
"We're gonna give $1M to get wells and help with schools," concluded Abdelaziz. "He's gonna go to Africa probably end of this year, beginning of next year, and this is the most important thing. Khabib wants to touch lives.
"Khabib can retire now. He's rich. . . But if somebody's gonna put big paycheck on the table and we can get it done, I don't care about number one contender, number ten contender. Khabib was number one contender for five years! Conor jumped him, Eddie jumped him, a lot of people jumped him. Right now, it's about the paycheck."
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