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This colorful lark is a grassland favorite, beloved as much for its sweet flute-like song as for its bright colors. A black crescent over yellow underparts makes the plumage resemble a vest. Meadowlarks have rounded wings and a short tail; the white outer tail feathers can often be seen when the bird is in flight and help distinguish them from other grassland birds. They forage on the ground, eating a variety of insects.
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On the run from unjust court-martial back home, a young British soldier gets robbed and shot on Copacabana Beach. The bullet in Jake's head should have killed him but, miraculously, it saves him from a previously undetected brain aneurysm that soon would have killed him.
Jake doesn't believe in fate, nor does he feel he owes anything to anybody, but he does hate injustice, and the favela kid that fired the bullet is a victim of injustice. Named Vilson, the teenage kid is in a corner with corrupt cops and a sadistic drug-lord after his blood.
Jake was at his best in combat, he is not so great at being a civilian. His career was destroyed by a compulsion to fly in the face of authority, and Brazil was meant to be a clean break. But anger is never far from the surface, and it drives him into Vilson's brutal world, intent on getting him out. If he can just save Vilson, maybe he can finally purge some of his own demons.
With a turf war erupting between drug gangs and corrupt cops for control of Vilson's favela, fear stalks every narrow alleyway. And anyone dragged up to the notorious Burning Hill had better hope they're dead before they get there.
But it's not just fear that shapes life in the favela, belief is also powerful, able to both save and destroy. When Jake rescues Vilson from execution on the Burning Hill and spirits him away from the favela, Vilson is convinced that he is finally on the path to his destiny, having clung to a promise made to him in childhood. When it turns to dust he becomes someone else, something else. From timid kid to vengeful killer, he becomes known as the Ghost when he returns to the superstitious favela.
Jake refuses to give up on a kid seemingly beyond saving and, in a final conflict on the Burning Hill, he is faced with a choice that could push him to the dark edges of society forever.
The Burning Hill is about the power of belief and one man's compulsion to get justice at any cost.
The idea for the story came from a robbery the author saw when he lived in Brazil that had a link with the massacre of street children outside a Rio church years earlier. What played out in the aftermath of the robbery on live TV news was an embodiment of the desperation of life at the bottom of the heap, and shocked a society inured to everyday violence.
The story also explores how the fusion of religions like Candomblé and Umbanda with Catholicism can create powerful beliefs.
The author now lives on the south coast of England with his Brazilian wife, two boys and an excitable dog. His next novel is about a cult, set in Guyana, where he previously worked in the sugar industry.
It's been a busy few weeks. We had a great launch party at Waterstones on Tottenham Court Road. And last Friday, 29 March, The Burning Hill got a great review in the i paper - please see image below. Exciting times.
Hoping that you received my heads-up email from a week or so ago about the launch party. I've since sorted some details with Waterstones and can now confirm that it will be from 2pm to 5:30pm on Saturday, 9 March, at the Tottenham Court Road Waterstones in London.
Happy New Year! Just a quick heads-up to let you know that I've finally managed to fix a date with Waterstones for the launch party at Tottenham Court Road Waterstones in London for Saturday, 9 March, likely from 6pm to 9pm. I'll send more details when I've firmed up next week.
The Burning Hill is released today, 13 Dec. Exciting! I hope you've all received your copy by now. If your pledge included a digital copy, I believe you should have received an email from Unbound with an instruction on how to download - please let me know if you haven't managed to get hold of your digital copy yet.
I have started to see signs on Facebook, Whatsapp, and other available platforms, of the book landing on doormats. Loving the photos. Thank you for your support and for your patience.
I'd love to see more pics on social media of you opening the book or reading, if that's your thing - but only if it is your thing, obviously.
You may have received an email from Unbound this week announcing that your copy of The Burning Hill will be dropping through your letterbox soon. Exciting, eh?
I'm sorry to have kept you on tenterhooks, I haven't been in touch for a while as was waiting on some things that got held up in the production process and we haven't been certain about the launch date.
Just wanted to let you know that The Burning Hill is available to read for free on Pigeonhole only until 24 June.
So, I have come to the end of the structural edit and have had a great experience with my editor, Craig Taylor. Thorough, frank and always bang on the money with his comments, Craig has also been very positive about my book, and I'm looking forward to cracking on with the copy edit now.
After reaching 100% funding I revisited the manuscript and spent a couple of months going through and rewriting chunks and tidying up. It was basic stuff rather than polishing as I knew it would get picked apart in the structural edit.
If you know of anyone interested in a cracking thriller set in Brazil, I'd really appreciate you putting it out there on Twitter, Facebook etc. As ever, pledges start from as little as £10.
As always, people can pledge for a copy from as little as £10.
I trust the summer is turning out well for you, even if the UK weather has not been so fabulous lately.
After the baking weather in the UK, we're back down to 18°C - same as Rio today.
On The Burning Hill front, I've had some promotional postcards made as per the photo below.
So, it's been a fairly potty week since the Pitch Party on Monday evening and I've only just managed to catch my breath.
Partnering with Waterstone's, Unbound are running their second pledge party at Waterstone's in Gower St, London, next Monday, 22 May at 6:30pm, and I've been picked as one of 8 authors to do a pitch!
Crowdfunding has been an interesting process so far. There have been weeks where loads of activity have resulted in not very much, and then along comes a run of pledges (a case of waiting for buses, the Brits might say). I have now made it to 63% funded and I'm very grateful to all supporters.
A quick update - The Burning Hill is now 45% funded. Many thanks to those who have pledged this week.
I'm getting great feedback on the video on my book page with the excerpt read by my friend, James Langton. If you haven't looked/listened, please take a few minutes and, if you like it (as I'm sure you will!) please share on FaceBook, Twitter, email etc.
These people are helping to fund The Burning Hill.


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Recording, mixing, editing: A Day In The Life, Lovely Rita
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Engineer: Geoff Emerick
This session began with the creation of a stereo mix for 'A Day In The Life', followed by the recording of a new Sgt Pepper song, 'Lovely Rita'.
Three stereo mixes of 'A Day In The Life' were made, numbered 10-12. An edit of the best, number 12, and the final chord – known as edit piece nine – was then made, and the song was complete.
The lyrics for 'Lovely Rita' were still unfinished when Paul McCartney brought it into the studio on this day. This didn't stop The Beatles from recording the backing track, however, which they did in eight takes.
Acoustic guitars played by John Lennon and George Harrison were taped onto tracks one and two of the four-track tape; track three had Ringo Starr; and McCartney's piano was recorded onto track four. The final attempt – take eight – was the best, and necessitated a reduction mix before more overdubs could be added.
The reduction mix was labelled take nine. It was made with the tape running at a speed slower than normal, resulting in the song being raised up a tone.
The final addition was a bass guitar part, played by McCartney. The session finished at 3.45am on the morning of 24 February 1967.
Recording, mixing: A Day In The Life
Recording: Lovely Rita
2016: New organisation aims to maximise Beatles tourism in Liverpool
1969: Editing: I Want You (She's So Heavy)
1965: The Beatles begin filming Help! in the Bahamas
1965: Mixing: Yes It Is, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, If You've Got Trouble, Tell Me What You See, I Need You, Another Girl, Ticket To Ride, You Like Me Too Much, The Night Before, You're Going To Lose That Girl, That Means A Lot
1964: Television: Big Night Out
1963: Live: Granada Cinema, Mansfield
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1961: Stuart Sutcliffe is interviewed for a teaching diploma at Liverpool College of Art


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Weihermühle ist ein Ortsteil der oberschwäbischen Stadt Mindelheim im Landkreis Unterallgäu und war Teilort der ehemals selbstständigen Gemeinde Gernstall.

Geographie
Der Einödhof Weihermühle liegt westlich des Unggenrieder Weihers und nördlich von Unggenried. Von Mindelheim aus liegt er etwa zwei Kilometer westlich und ist über die B 18 an die Stadt angeschlossen.

Geschichte
Erstmals ist die Mühle im Jahre 1616 urkundlich fassbar. Bei einem Dammbruch in den Jahren 1808/1809 wurde die halbe Mühle durch die Wasserströmung mitgerissen, wobei der Sohn des Müllers ertrank. Die Mühle wurde später wieder aufgebaut.

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Ліонелло Манфредонія (, * 27 листопада 1956, Рим) — колишній італійський футболіст, півзахисник, захисник. По завершенні ігрової кар'єри — спортивний функціонер, працював у низці італійських футбольних клубів як спортивний директор.

Як гравець насамперед відомий виступами за клуби «Лаціо» та «Ювентус», а також національну збірну Італії.

Чемпіон Італії. Володар Міжконтинентального кубка.

Клубна кар'єра
Вихованець футбольної школи клубу «Лаціо». Дорослу футбольну кар'єру розпочав 1975 року в основній команді того ж клубу, в якій провів десять сезонів, взявши участь у 201 матчі чемпіонату.  Більшість часу, проведеного у складі «Лаціо», був основним гравцем команди.

Протягом 1985—1987 років захищав кольори команди клубу «Ювентус». За цей час виборов титул чемпіона Італії.

Завершив професійну ігрову кар'єру у клубі «Рома», за команду якого виступав протягом 1987—1989 років.

Виступи за збірні
Протягом 1976–1978 років  залучався до складу молодіжної збірної Італії. На молодіжному рівні зіграв у 9 офіційних матчах.

1977 року дебютував в офіційних матчах у складі національної збірної Італії. Протягом кар'єри у національній команді, яка тривала усього 2 роки, провів у формі головної команди країни 4 матчі. У складі збірної був учасником чемпіонату світу 1978 року в Аргентині, під час якого перебував у резерві і жодного разу на поле не виходив.

Титули і досягнення
  Чемпіон Італії (1):
«Ювентус»:  1985–86
Володар Міжконтинентального кубка (1):
«Ювентус»:  1985

Італійські футболісти
Футболісти «Лаціо»
Футболісти «Ювентуса»
Футболісти «Роми»
Уродженці Рима


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Nigers riksvapen tillkom 1962 och där ser man solen, omgiven av ett buffelhuvud och hirsplantor som symbol för landets jordbruk och boskapsskötsel. Spjutet och de korsade tuaregsvärden anspelar på folkets militära tapperhet i det mäktiga rike som före kolonisation fanns i detta området.

Riksvapen i Afrika
Nigers nationalsymboler
Heraldiska vapen med solar
Heraldiska vapen med nötkreatur
Heraldiska vapen med svärd
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A szamoai papagájamandina   (Erythrura cyaneovirens) vagy (Amblynura cyaneovirens) a madarak osztályának a verébalakúak (Passeriformes) rendjébe, ezen belül a díszpintyfélék (Estrildidae) családjába tartozó faj.

Rendszerezése
A fajt Titian Ramsay Peale amerikai ornitológus írta le 1848-ban, a Geospiza nembe  Geospiza cyaneovirens néven.

Alfajai
Erythrura cyaneovirens cyaneovirens (Peale, 1848)
Erythrura cyaneovirens gaughrani duPont, 1972

Előfordulása
Csendes-óceán délnyugati részén, Szamoa  és Vanuatu területén honos. Természetes élőhelyei a szubtrópusi és trópusi síkvidéki esőerdők és száraz gyepek, valamint ültetvények, legelők és szántóföldek. Állandó, nem vonuló faj.

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Természetvédelmi helyzete
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A Guide to Growing Your Business With Live Video Marketing
Video content is the future.
Video is the preferred content format for almost everyone using the Web. This is only going to increase in the coming years. Yet, it's still in its infancy (in some ways) which places you in an advantageous position.
Getting on board with live streaming — now — satisfies both content AND video marketing endeavors.
If you're truly interested in video, live events, and the future of marketing then tune in. We're getting into the strategies that make live video marketing worth its while. So, follow along and be part of the future of the Web and business..
Why Live Video Marketing?
The market and generational shift in video consumption is already taking place.
Viewers are turning away from traditional TV. The shift is even faster among Millenials and Gen Z. Platforms like Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, IG, and Periscope are all seeing their userbase grow.
The pandemic of 2020 certainly had an influence on the shift to online video and modern platforms, too. During this same time, live streaming, subscription services, and VTubers are on a dramatic rise in popularity. If anything, it's apparent that in recent years we have accelerated cord-cutting and our online media consumption.
On the marketing forefront, holding someone's attention is harder than ever. However, we humans are social creatures and we outright crave social interaction. Live-streamed events are a modern solution to this need for social interaction and entertainment. It's also filling the gaps created by society's drift toward isolation.
We're watching more live videos than ever before. We're also deeply engaged with content through the format. And, we're feeling connected and part of a larger community. This is powerful when it comes to marketing and branding.
Getting Setup for Live Video Streaming
Live streaming is for everyone. That's the fun of it all.
Getting setup for live streaming can take a simplistic route. A smartphone and platform account is the only real barrier to entry. Of course, you're welcome to invest in quality streaming equipment and pump up the production value.
Upper-level production goes one further with high-quality production platforms. Our broadcast software, for example, offers an all-in-one platform for top-tier live streaming production. This software and equipment, along with interesting video subjects, redefines production and opportunities through the medium.
Choosing the Best Live Streaming Platforms
There are several opportunities to host live streaming events. Ones we like include:
There are platforms — such as our Studio — that offer seamless live streaming capabilities. Combined with the right setup, you'll have the best opportunity to reach an audience.
Not all live streaming platforms are the same and that's because of the audience. It may take trial and error, or a bit of deep research, but you'll want to find where YOUR audience is. So, the "best" live streaming platform is the one where the eyeballs are — not where you're trying to corral them.
Streaming Your First Live Show/Event
We've covered the details of starting off with live streaming already. That's the easy stuff.
What's worth pointing out, in the context of this blog's topic, is the value of your first live show/event.
The first live-streamed show/event is a huge milestone and learning opportunity. That's why it's worth bringing on someone to monitor the community and engagement during the event. Through live note-taking, this first foray with live streaming provides much-needed data to refine your presentation.
Data collected from the first event can include:
There are several video marketing KPIs you can account for when collecting data. Though it may not all make sense now, these insights will shape many of your efforts moving forward. From personal presentation to titles, links, and call-outs, the first live stream is a turning point for your success so absorb as much as you can.
Live Video Marketing Strategies & Tactics
Strategies are much like finding your groove with production and platforms. There's no "best" strategy for live streaming, every stream is unique by way of live interaction. There are many external factors playing into campaigns. That said, there are things that improve live video marketing efforts.
The following strategies and tactics are sure to be worth their while:
You tend to become absorbed into a brand when you love it.
This obsession can lead to a desire to see what's happening behind-the-scenes. The voyeur-ish fascination with knowing how the organization functions. And, to have a way to interact with favorite people beyond the mainline channels.
Behind-the-scene live video marketing is great for three things:
It adds a ton of personality to the brand
It lets you hype and "drip" offers to the community
It helps with making the brand be more inclusive
You're removing barriers between the brand and it's community. Even the mundane stuff can be an exciting piece of content with the right personalities. Plus, highlights and clips from these videos transform into PR pieces with ease!
Flights, hotels, meals, and more. Add on event tickets and all the extras and these items get expensive when traveling. The thrill of being at a live event physically is hard to replicate. But, we can get pretty darn close through high-quality live-streamed events.
Let's not beat around the bush either: it's not like anyone is traveling at the moment anyway.
Live events aren't restricted by physical locations nor are they hampered by budgets. An organization can take savings from renting out spaces and put it toward talent and production. This means an even better experience for those tuning in. With this comes a better reputation in the industry and market — the type of fame that drives success.
Brainstorm a live event for your organization. Maybe it will be:
Community meetups
Music & arts event
With a touch of event planning and creativity, you can make something great!
Ask Me Anything / Q&A
Reddit's AMA (ask me anything) format is insanely popular. This format spilled over to other areas of the Web. Live streaming, as one could imagine, is the perfect platform to do an AMA. It's also perfect for structured Q&As with the community.
There are two ways to explore this with ease:
Announce you're doing an AMA and go in blind
Take in questions (beforehand) for a slight scripted stream
The AMA format is still the better of the two because it's off the cuff. The presentation is inviting and relaxed. It can also go for as long as you want (given you keep receiving questions).
The Q&A format is a little better for corporate types. The touch of moderation isn't as welcoming but it does keep the stream focused. This lets you nail the big questions vs going off on tangents.
Here's a little bonus:
Each one of those questions reveals info about the community. You can use that as feedback or with content creation. Pick out the questions that had tons of engagement. Then replicate that in the whole marketing campaign.
Got a new product or service about to hit the market? Why not make an event of it?!
Live streaming the launch of a new offer builds a ton of hype. You can use this moment to answer questions from would-be buyers. You can also use the opportunity to pitch offers and take payments for them!
This is like going back to the old days of live TV shopping.
Live selling and streaming eCommerce capabilities are big things now. Give it a try, see how it works for your brand. This may become the new standard for each new product and service launch!
Take the concepts of doing an AMA/Q&A and direct it to someone interesting.
Viola! You've got live streaming interviews.
Live interviews are raw. They offer a glimpse behind the mask of interesting characters. It may seem off-putting to some but a lot of people love the authenticity. It feels like you're making a genuine connection with those on the screen.
Do this:
Find a few influential individuals in your industry. Reach out and pitch them on the idea of a live video interview. Set up the platform and announce the date. Go live and start having fun!
Repeat this a dozen times with people across your network. Take those recordings and turn them into content for the blog, too. That there is a double win for content marketing!
It's hard to go back to pre-recorded video after you've experienced live streaming.
The constant engagement is exciting. Being able to interact with audiences in real-time creates a personal-touch environment, virtually.
There's also less stress when live streaming. You aren't toiling away at scripts and editing. You get to jump right into whatever topic and adapt to how the community reacts.
Ultimately, you get to develop a genuine personality. One that feels real to viewers because it's not all scripted. This, right here, is what connects you to the audience. They now feel part of that greater community and following.
You're the star! The content creator is king.
Because people are so enthralled with your business — they'll tune in for whatever you've got in mind!
Amplifying Live Streaming Video Marketing Efforts
Getting started with live streaming isn't a huge challenge. As noted, anyone with a smartphone and account can start broadcasting. The real challenge comes when you use the format for video marketing.
We understand the challenges content creators and event organizers have with live streaming.
That's why we launched Shoflo.
Shoflo aims to take care of the backend of your live streams and events.
Our tools include production agendas, teleprompting, and live streaming support. All the things you need to produce a great event. Yet, simple to use tools that won't get in the way of production.
We'd love for you to explore what we have for your live video marketing efforts.
Let's collaborate and make something truly great. Let our live streaming software help your start streaming like a pro. Schedule a demo and connect with our Product Specialists to see Shoflo in action.
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By 2020, customer experience will matter more than price and product in determining consumer purchases. A strong and sobering fact for most companies. Thanks to the rise of the digital world, customers now have more choices when it comes to brand selection. Following a bad experience with a company, consumers are able to go online and spread the word about their poor experience. And this experience soon leads the way in which other consumers will make their purchase decisions. Because of this, many forward-thinking businesses are focused on cultivating an environment leading to positive customer experiences.
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NEW YORK (March 15, 2013) – Jeffrey Nichols, Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital (www.roslandcapital.com), had the following comments on the current gold market situation and outlook:
Gold bears have been a gleeful group of late, pointing to the decline in gold exchange-traded fund holdings as evidence of investor disinterest and citing the market's rather lackluster performance over the past year and a half along as evidence the decade-long bull market has run its course.
Yes, gold has retreated some 20 percent from its September 2011 all-time high (near $1,924 an ounce) to its subsequent low (just over $1,520).
Yes, Gold ETFs have seen some substantial and high-profile withdrawals in recent weeks.
But these developments in no way diminish my belief that the bull market in gold has plenty of life ahead with the yellow metal's price doubling (or more) from recent levels in the next few years.
Historically, cyclical upswings in stocks, bonds and commodities have often been measured in decades and bull markets typically end with a rapid advance to record heights followed by a swift and resounding crash. This looks more like equity markets today while gold's appreciation over the past decade has been a measured advance and its recent performance bears no resemblance to a bursting bubble or a mania run its course.
For all the attention in the financial press, the nearly 10-percent decline in gold ETF holdings from their all-time high in December really tells us very little.
First, it is quite possible that some of these sales were from institutional investors choosing to buy and hold the real thing, directly and under their own control, rather than hold a piece of paper representing ownership but not directly accessible by ETF investors.
Second, many hedge funds and institutional investors are driven by the need to perform well in short term – and simply could not resist jumping on Wall Street's bandwagon where profits in the next month or quarter looked more attractive to them. Once gold again shows some real life (and it will), those who jumped ship will get back onboard, expecting gold to deliver relatively attractive short-term gains.
Third, gold sold by ETFs has to go somewhere – and where it's been going is of great importance. On the other side of the market have been central banks, buying for the very long term and unlikely to re-sell anytime soon, perhaps not for decades or longer. It's as if the gold has been permanently removed from the marketplace and indefinitely unavailable to meet future demand – not just from ETF investors but also from investors and jewelry buyers of every stripe. This means that prices will have to rise much more than might be expected as more buyers compete for a smaller supply of available metal.
In fact, central banks are likely to continue building their gold holdings in the months and years ahead –so that available supply, what I call "free float," will continue to shrink as gold moves from weak to strong hands.
Ironically, America's former cold-war rivals – Russia and China – have been the biggest and most persistent central-bank buyers, followed by a diverse group of newly industrialized and emerging economy nations including Mexico, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and others.
Both Russia and China see central-bank gold accumulation as an important step toward playing more important roles in the evolving global economic and political order – while ending America's dominance in the world monetary system.
Moreover, for those central banks under-weighted in gold and over-weighted in dollars and euros, their motivation has been to diversify their official reserve assets and reduce their exposure to the U.S. and European currencies. With America unable to address its Federal budget deficit and limit its mounting sovereign debt and with economic policy on both sides of the Atlantic in disarray, central banks around the world have a strong incentive to buy and hold gold as a currency hedge and insurance policy.
Gold bears have also been quick to point to the recent strength of the U.S. dollar in world currency markets and the record highs on Wall Street as further confirmation that gold is past its prime.
In my view, the appearance of dollar strength does not reflect a healthy currency. The U.S. dollar is merely the least unattractive contestant in a beauty pageant of ugliness. As such, flight capital seeking a safe haven has been gravitating to dollar-denominated U.S. Treasury debt.
Nor is the record-breaking streak on Wall Street a sign of a healthy economy. It is a consequence of the Fed's super-accommodative monetary policy and the need for many investors to register positive returns in a near-zero interest-rate environment.
But, when the dollar looks less attractive as a safe haven and big gains on equities look less certain to investors, gold will once again be the leading beneficiary of the Fed's easy-money policies.
To arrange an interview with Jeffrey Nichols or Rosland Capital's CEO Marin Aleksov, please contact Carrie Simons at Triple 7 Public Relations (310.571.8217 | carrie@triple7pr.com).
About Rosland Capital
Rosland Capital LLC is a leading precious metal asset firm based in Santa Monica, California that buys, sells, and trades all the popular forms of gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other precious metals. Founded in 2008, Rosland Capital strives to educate the public on the benefits of investing in gold bullion, numismatic gold coins, silver coins, platinum, palladium, and other precious metals. Rosland also helps people who wish to protect their wealth by including a gold or precious metal-backed IRA in their asset portfolio. Click here for more information.
About Jeffrey Nichols
Jeffrey Nichols, Managing Director of American Precious Metals Advisors and Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital, has been a leading precious metals economist for over 25 years. His clients have included central banks, mining companies, national mints, investment funds, trading firms, jewelry manufacturers and others with an interest in precious metals markets.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer stars in the last video posted to Major League Baseball's TikTok account before the league locked out the players Thursday morning. The clip, viewed over 400,000 times, shows the final out from Scherzer's first no-hitter in 2015 with Washington, followed by teammates dousing the three-time Cy Young Award winner […]
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The clock ticked down Wednesday toward the expiration of Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement at 11:59 p.m. EST and a likely management lockout ending the sport's labor peace at 9,740 days over 26 1/2 years. After successfully reaching four consecutive agreements without a stoppage, players and owners have appeared headed […]
Brewers sign Tellez plus 2 catchers, non-tender Vogelbach
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have signed first baseman Rowdy Tellez and catchers Pedro Severino and Brett Sullivan to one-year contracts while non-tendering first baseman Daniel Vogelbach. Vogelbach, an All-Star in 2019 while playing for Seattle, hit .219 with a .349 on-base percentage, nine homers and 24 RBIs in 93 games this past season. […]
AP source: Avisail Garcia leaving Brewers, agrees to 4-year contract with Miami
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MIAMI (AP) — Free agent outfielder Avisail Garcia has agreed to sign with the Miami Marlins, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday. Garcia's deal will pay $53 million over four seasons, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. The […]
Cleveland officially changes MLB baseball team's name to Guardians
CLEVELAND (AP) — A new era of big-league baseball in Cleveland is about to start. The Guardians will be off and running. The hitting and fielding comes in a few months. The new mascot is a representation of iconic artwork that's stood in downtown since 1932. The giant Art Deco figures are carved in the […]


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Canada Must Revaluate Approach to Trade in Response to Changing US Trade Policy
CANADA - The Chair of Manitoba Pork says changing US trade policy will force Canada to revaluate its approach to trade, according to Bruce Cochrane.
Canada-US Trade under the Donald Trump administration and plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement was the focus of the "What's in it for US Eh" seminar hosted earlier this week by the World Trade Centre Winnipeg.
George Matheson, the Chair of Manitoba Pork, says considering the changing US attitude, moving forward Canada will need to shift its focus to bilateral trade.
It was a major disappointment that the Trans-Pacific Partnership could not be ratified by the US.
They were the main player, them and Japan, so without the US in the picture it's not going to happen so just unilateral trade agreements will have to take place.
We've always had significant trade with Japan.
China, Korea, Viet Nam, I see a great deal of opportunity there continued with Mexico.
We would like to it have been all encompassing with the many nations involved in the TPP but we will just have to take alternate avenues.
Mr Trump is a businessman.
I can't help but think he knows that trade to and from the United States is important.
I don't think he's going to be too quick to change trade deals and be protectionist when it comes to US trade.
Mr Matheson says NAFTA has worked well, with the odd exception such as COOL which is no longer in place, so renegotiating that deal is cause for concern.
He notes Mexico is very much a part of NAFTA and the US exports a significant amount of pork into Mexico so, if that relationship is jeopardized, it will affect the movement of pork out of the U.S. and, because Canadian selling prices for pork are based on the US price, anything that affects the movement of US pork will immediately impact Canadian prices.
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Patent troll targets crowdfunding startups — Innovation Act could stop that
Reblog from Venturebeat
On Thursday, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) re-introduced the Innovation Act, a bipartisan bill targeted at fixing the out-of-control patent troll problem.
This comes not a moment too soon, as patent trolls have begun to target one of the newest areas of innovation and job creation: the crowdfunding industry.
AlphaCap Ventures, an entity that claims to offer "strategic, operations, and financial advisory services in the United States" and whose website resolves to nothing, has so far sued at least 10 companies engaged in some form of crowdfunding. They accuse each company of infringing upon multiple patents (you can see one here) that allegedly cover the very basic workings of managing customer information as it relates to private equity and debt markets.
On its face, the AlphaCap cases look sadly typical. There's no evidence that AlphaCap has its own crowdfunding platform. Instead it appears to be using its patents as a tool of extortion against those who are actually creating something valuable for our economy.
Crowdfunding platforms have become an important part of the innovation economy, giving entrepreneurs unprecedented access to the capital they need to grow a business or launch a project. They're also beginning to democratize finance: Women are nearly four times more successful when crowdfunding than when raising funds through traditional means like venture capital.
Unfortunately, many of these platforms are small and young — the most popular targets for patent trolls. In fact, 55 percent of troll suits are filed against companies with revenues of less than $10 million.
Fortunately, the Innovation Act gives the startup community a chance to fight back against trolls. This bill won't stop patent holders from filing legitimate lawsuits, but it will give those unfairly targeted by trolls important tools to fight back. Among other things, it will require more transparency, shift costs of discovery — one of the most expensive costs of litigation — and shift legal fees when plaintiffs bring particularly baseless suits.
As the Innovation Act makes its way through Congress, it's sure to meet opposition from some of the same powerful special interests groups, namely trial lawyers and pharmaceutical companies, who thwarted previous attempts at patent reform as recently as last spring. That's why both startups and individuals who care about innovation need to make our voices heard in the weeks ahead. We need to send a message to members of both parties: Move quickly to support and pass this critical legislation.
Companies like AlphaCap have every legal right to own patents and file infringement actions based on those patents — that won't change with passage of patent reform. What will change is that defendants will be emboldened to fight back, righting a system that has been lopsided for too many years. After all, the patent system is meant to incentivize innovation, not hinder it.
Julie Samuels is executive director of Engine, a nonprofit that supports the growth of technology entrepreneurship through economic research, policy analysis, and advocacy on local and national issues.
D.J. Paul is member of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies, and the co-chair of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA). He is the founder of DJP&Co., a consulting firm within the investment crowdfunding space.
If you, or someone you know, need help with any Intellectual Property issue, from filing a patent, trademark or copyright, or just advice regarding how best to protect your ideas and your brand, please contact me for a free 30 minute consultation at or call (213) 785-8070 and ask for Norman.


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GeoMax X-PAD Office Fusion is a new concept of software for processing all types of geospatial data with real integration of different information. Experience easy import of data, calculations, adjustments, scan registration and management of the clouds, points, measurements, surfaces and images, topographical utilities and drawing functions all in one application.
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The search for "ethical" porn
"Is there such a thing as ethical porn, and if so, how can we find it?" That's the question asked by Ethan Fixell in an essay for the Daily Dot entitled, "Why You Should Support 'Ethical' Porn." Fixell writes that he gave up pornography for 30 days in an effort to determine how much control it had over his life. Porn had such a grip that, despite his month-long hiatus, he was unable to give up porn use altogether. But that got him thinking...
"What if, rather than restricting ourselves from all adult content, we could demand a higher level of quality from the industry?" he asks. "What if there was a way to seek out porn only made by enthusiastic performers under 'healthy' working conditions, the same way we seek out organically raised, grass-fed steak?"
Thus, he set off on a phantom search for ethical porn.
He concludes that, "as is the case in any industry," there are a "handful of sleazy filmmakers who prey on inexperienced performers." Luckily, "the majority of porn content is produced by responsible and capable performers and producers, under safe, professional, and consensual circumstances."
What a relief.
But how to tell them apart? Fixell came up with a few pointers for others whose consciences twinge every time their loins stir.
He suggested only paying for pornography from the largest studios, assuming their actions must be above-board. He notes that "subscription websites" feature "interviews with [their] performers before and after each scene, ensuring that all activities were consensual."
Porn addicts users could also binge-watch their favorite performers, he suggested. They regularly grant interviews discussing how much they enjoy their life in front of the camera.
"Perhaps the best thing a viewer can do for his favorite porn star is to subscribe directly to their website, instead of watching their content on a tube site," he said – referring to the free, YouTube-like outlets that stream pornography for free. Such sites have severely undercut the porn industry's profit margin.
Following his helpful advice, he reassures his readers, "There's no reason to feel guilty about watching [porn], or to try and give it up."
Apparently, he is not the only one concerned with the prospect that the person he is lusting over may be less than enthusiastic about her filmed exploitation. His article got more than 3,100 Facebook shares in just a few days.
But Fixell's counsels – which coincidentally have the effect of filling the porn industry's coffers with cash – ignore the fact that there is no corner of the pornographic industry that does not demean and dehumanize women, no segment that is free of his expressed concerns.
But don't believe me; ask the pornstars and former pornstars themselves.
The Duke porn star Miriam Weeks, who performs under the name "Belle Knox," has said publicly that her work left her feeling empowered. But she is not always so consistent.
"I'm so used to being on the lookout for scammers, people who are going to try pimp me out or traffic me. I think my experiences have aged me. I don't have the mind of an eighteen-year-old. I have the emotional baggage of someone much, much older than me," she said.
Weeks first experienced some doubt about her story when an online video emerged showing her being strangled, slapped, and verbally humiliated. Although she said she was "comfortable" with the limits, she understood that "maybe some of the women" who performed for that site "weren't role-playing, as I was."
In fact, women have little choice about their roles or what will happen on the set, she and others have acknowledged. Women show up expecting one kind of scene only to be told a much different fate awaits them. If they turn it down, they must pay the producers a kill-fee (in Weeks' case, $300), and she would never be able to work for that company again. So, in the case of the video showing her being abused mentioned above, she consented. But it's hardly without ethical issues.
True, most pornstars say they enjoy having sex on camera – because women who are paid to have sex usually verbally flatter their customers. "I lied to the cameras," revealed Jan Villarubia, a former pornstar who performed under the name Elizabeth Rollings. "I lied to the fans, 'I love what I do. I love what I do.' Because that's how you make money."
At the risk of bursting Fixell's bubble, there is no sexual shangri-la in which teeming gangs of nymphettes long to sexually service every anonymous man who approaches them. For the women tasked with portraying such a fantasy, the degrading nature of the work soon takes its toll.
Brittni Ruiz, who used to be "Jenna Presley," said she turned to drugs "to be able to do the scenes, because I was so robotic. I was like a rubber Barbie doll. I had no emotions. I was plastic." She used cocaine and heroin before she began violent, self-destructive behaviors such as "cutting" – slashing her skin with knives as a form of stress-release.
Others need drugs to get through the scenes. Vanessa Belmond, formerly pornstar "Alexa Cruz," told the crew of Date My Pornstar that the sexual situations she filmed were so dangerous she had to take painkillers to get through them.
That physical pain may last for life. Fixell never confronts the reality that virtually every pornstar will have an endless series of STD infections because of the work he and other "ethical porn" enthusiasts consume. Belmond said she had multiple STDs, and contracted one her first day on the set. Villarubia said she caught herpes on the job. And all porn industry shooting has been temporarily halted a handful of times in recent months as performers worry they have passed on AIDS/HIV. Yet porn consumers, and producers, object when performers use condoms to minimize the risk.
How does Fixell feel that these women will end up with the pain of a venereal disease because they chose to provide his product-of-choice?
What of the fact that nearly all of these women are reliving their own sexual abuse, and many are runaways, taking the next logical step after prostitution, or trying to get drug money?
These young women will be stigmatized and often unable to work in other careers because of a choice they made for the sake of a quick buck at age 18, 19, or 20. (Most women shoot only a handful of scenes before exiting the industry.)
Does Fixell really believe that women would consent to be choked, beaten, and humiliated in a medium that can be accessed around the world and that will be preserved forever if they saw any other viable way to make a living?
No "ethical porn" can exist, because pornography is by its very nature exploitative and artificial. It portrays the outer shell of sexuality – the deepest connection between two human beings – without conferring the emotional closeness itself to its viewers or practitioners. Even the biological imperative that scientists credit with giving us the sex drive – the will to procreate – speaks of a longing for something that transcends the boundaries of any one person's existence.
Instead of looking at images of people engaged in an imitation of love, why not search for love itself? Rather than sit in front of flickering images of exploited women, why not attempt to establish an emotional relationship with a woman or man that produces love, marriage, and, perhaps in time, children? "Against such, there is no law."
This post was written by Ben Johnson. You can find his post here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-phantom-search-for-ethical-porn
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