Some Democratic lawmakers boycotted the Republican's remarks, still disturbed by the allegations of suppression during the contest against Stacey Abrams.
Georgia Gov.-elect Brian Kemp struck a conciliatory tone on Tuesday in his first major speech since defeating Democrat Stacey Abrams in the state's contentious and racially charged gubernatorial election, saying "it's time to put politics behind us."
"It's time to shed the labels and work together as Georgians. It's time to stand up for our communities, our families and our Georgia values," said Kemp, who also previously served as Georgia secretary of state.
Kemp was speaking to a group of state lawmakers at the Biennial Institute for Georgia Legislators at the University of Georgia in Athens. He laid out his agenda for when he is sworn in as the state's governor next month, including bolstering small businesses, lowering unemployment, pumping resources into the state's rural areas and creating a task force to address drug trafficking and gangs in the state.
"Georgia is a distribution hub for drug cartels," Kemp said. "They are trafficking meth, illegal drugs, and fear."
Kemp did not address improving the election system after he was accused by Abrams of overseeing a "rotten and rigged system" during the campaign.
Abrams, who was running to become the nation's first black female governor, claimed in her speech ending her candidacy last month that Kemp had been "deliberate and intentional" in acting to suppress votes while overseeing the state's election system.
"Democracy failed in Georgia," Abrams said of the contest, which was marred by allegations of voter-roll purging and suppression largely affecting African-Americans. "This time, the mistakes clearly altered the outcome."
Kemp's speech to lawmakers was boycotted by some Democratic lawmakers, such as state Rep. Sandra Scott, who urged other party members to do the same, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Democratic State Rep. Renitta Shannon also did not attend Kemp's address, telling told Atlanta's NPR affiliate that Kemp ran "a campaign of hate against half of Georgia, targeting voters of color."


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Debutants Madagascar hold Guinea in Nations Cup
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Rank outsiders Madagascar drew 2-2 with Guinea in their first-ever match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday after taking a shock second-half lead in the second surprise of the day at the tournament.
Guinea took a first-half lead with a superbly-taken goal by Sory Kaba in the 34th minute of the Group B game.
But the Malagasy stunned their opponents with goals from Anicet Abel and Carolus Andriamatsinoro early in the second half before Francois Kamano spared Guinea's blushed by equalising with a penalty in the 66th minute.
Early in the day, Uganda stunned Democratic Republic of Congo with a 2-0 win in Group A while Nigeria needed a late goal to beat Burundi, another team making their debut at the tournament.
Nigeria top the group with three points, followed by Guinea and Madagascar on one and Burundi on none.
Guinea midfielder Naby Keita, who suffered an abductor injury with Liverpool in May, started on the bench but was brought on in the second half.
"If Mohamed Salah doesn't play for Egypt or Sadio Mane doesn't play for Senegal, that makes a difference, you have to be realistic," said Guinea coach Paul Put, adding that Keita decided he could not start.
"It's not my fault, it's Naby's decision and we have to respect his decision."
Guinea dominated the first half and broke the deadlock in the 34th minute. Amadou Diawara lofted a through ball over the Malagasy defence into the path of Kaba, who lobbed the ball over goalkeeper Melvin Adrien, spun around and slipped the ball into the empty net.
But the West Africans were stunned by two quick goals early in the second half.
Abel rose at the near post to head in a corner in the 49th minute before Andriamatsinoro ran on to a long ball and fired past Aly Keita to put the underdogs ahead six minutes later.
That prompted Guinea to bring on Keita and they almost immediately equalised.
Ibrahima Traore charged into the area and went to ground, the referee judged that he had been fouled and Francois Kamano calmly converted the penalty.
(Reporting by Brian Homewood; editing by Tony Lawrence and Ed Osmond)
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Tamales for Jesus
A soul-cleansing carwash find. Plus, the all-day breakfast goes mobile.
By John Birdsall
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Mary Gutierrez is on a mission. Every day but Sunday — the Lord's day — she fires up her wood grill and smoker in a nameless Oakland carwash lot at MacArthur Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Way to hawk tamales for Jesus.
Actually, Gutierrez (originally from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) operates her food stand to help support her family via sales of smoky, chewy-skinned grilled chicken (pollo al carbon), ribs with barbecue sauce that she buys at Costco, and the tangy fish ceviche she spoons onto crisp, commercially fried tortillas. But her delicious tamales — those belong to God alone.
Gutierrez is a member of the Iglesias del Dios Vivo, Church of the Living God. Every week, female volunteers at Light of the World San Francisco, the church's congregation in Rodeo, make about a thousand tamales. Church members are free to take and sell them, with the understanding that proceeds are to be donated back to the church.
I stumbled on Gutierrez' stand a couple weeks ago and thought the chicken tamales ($5 for two) were some of the best I'd had recently: a relatively thin sheath of masa surrounding a shredded mass of nicely seasoned chicken, even better with a few spoonfuls of Gutierrez' own tart, slushy tomatillo salsa. She told me to come back the following Friday, when she'd have pork tamales. But when I drove past the lot she wasn't there.
Then, last week, she was. Again, no pork, but the chicken tamales were as good as before. A bonus, as I waited for Gutierrez to warm them in her smoker: Her teenage son, Luis, showed me the Iglesias del Dios Vivo prayer book, with its photos of elaborate churches in Guadalajara and Mexico City — a form of evangelizing, sure, but a gentle one. Or maybe he was just showing me where my five bucks would end up. Still, the tamales themselves did a better job of evangelizing than a gilded heap of spires ever could. Praise Him — with a mouthful of chicken and salsa.
Look for Gutierrez' stand to be open Monday through Saturday, from about 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. If you don't see her? Don't give up.
Truck-stop Eggs
The latest upscale food vendor to roll out of the East Bay is dispensing pancakes and fried egg sandwiches. Earlier this month, Alameda-based Nick's Wheely Good Breakfast Truck pulled up to a soft launch in Emeryville, then debuted a regular Sunday slot out front of Berkeley's Acme Bar, helping the Bloody Mary and Ramos fizz regulars get something solid in their stomachs.
Nick Bernard, 22, kitchen veteran of San Francisco's Anchor & Hope and San Rafael's Sage Catering, worked for eight months to get Nick's Wheely on the street after having a mini epiphany about the absence of an all-hours breakfast truck in the Bay Area. His initial plan was to roll it out in San Francisco, except the permit process there sort of kicked his ass.
Earlier this year, Bernard applied with SF's public works for five spots (two near AT&T Park, two in Potrero Hill, one in the Embarcadero), but the glacial pace of the approval process made him rethink. "I got redirected to the East Bay," Bernard told What the Fork.
Only problem with a breakfast truck is that most food truck traffic happens at lunch, or at night. So until he can attract regulars lining up for oatmeal or triple-layer French toast before work, Bernard's been hitting Emeryville for lunch, and appeared at last week's Bites on Broadway at Oakland Tech.
The bacon- and arugula-filled cheddar biscuit sandwich ($3) I tried last week was delicious, thanks mostly to the tender, craggy-surfaced biscuit itself. An order of whipped cream-topped strawberry shortcake French toast ($6) was configured like bread pudding, baked in custard — massive enough to sober the most hammered Sunday-morning drinker at Acme. No wonder they call breakfast the most important meal of the day — no matter what time you have it.
More Breakfast
Soft-opening this week in Adams Point: Kitchen 388, which is starting off as a daily breakfast and lunch place, in the old Zoey's Bistro space at 388 Grand Avenue. The owner: Joseph Dunbar, who operated a boutique catering company in Berkeley before becoming a private chef. (Full disclosure: I once worked for Joseph Dunbar Catering, back when I earned my living in chef's whites.) An early draft of Dunbar's opening menu showed a breakfast sandwich, house-made pastries (including pop tarts) from ex-Noe Valley Bakery pastry chef Alicia Toyooka, lunchtime salads and sandwiches (pulled pork, grilled chicken), and coffee from Four Barrel in San Francisco. If you never made it to Zoey's, the high-ceilinged space is cool, with multiple skylights and open kitchen line. No table service, and since the seating capacity is just under 25, there'll be an equal emphasis on takeout. And consider: Given that Bar 389 is just across the street, Oakland could be witnessing the birth of a new destination microhood.
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Bab al- Majles neighborhood in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: Yoav Gross, B'Tselem, 23 Feb. 2016.
Restrictions on movement in Bab al-Majles in Jerusalem's Old City place neighborhood in chokehold
Bab al- Majles is a neighborhood in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem. Once a rich cultural and social hub, a major route crossed by Muslim worshippers on their way to al-Aqsa Mosque, the neighborhood has been under a chokehold since the police put up a checkpoint at its entrance in the summer of 2014, imposing severe access restrictions, which severely harmed residents' lives and livelihoods. This is collective punishment of the entire neighborhood. Israel must remove the checkpoints and allow residents to resume their normal lives.
Image from the photo blog.
Photo blog: The neighborhood of Bab al-Majles in Jerusalem's Old City
Yoav Gross, Director of B'Tselem's Video Department, visited Bab al-Majles with Mus'ab 'Abbas, our field researcher in East Jerusalem. He took pictures of what life is like under the severe restrictions imposed on the neighborhood.
Home of Halabi family in Surda, before and after demolition. Photo by Iyad Hadad, B'Tselem
Israel demolished three homes in January in punitive actions, leaving 18 persons homeless; 29 demolitions carried out since Oct. 2015
Since the start of 2016, Israel has demolished three homes as collective punishment for attacks against Israeli civilians committed by family members. This left 18 persons homeless, including seven minors. Security forces have also surveyed dozens of homes slated for future demolition. Despite the extreme nature of this act and the clear position of jurists that it is illegal, the HCJ repeatedly approves the demolitions. Demolishing or sealing homes is a draconian, vindictive action targeting entire families not suspected of any offense.
Construction work for expansion of Gilo in 2011. Photo by Baz Ratner, Reuthers, 16 Jan. 2011
"The [Green] Line is long gone": Gilo to be expanded, creating annexable bloc that includes Cremisan Valley and extends to Har Gilo
On 16 Dec. 2015 approval to deposit a plan for review was given for a plan to build 891 residential units south of the neighborhood of Gilo, which is on West Bank land unilaterally annexed to Jerusalem. The southward expansion lays the groundwork for annexation by creating a contiguous bloc between Gilo and the settlement of Har Gilo. The Cremisan Valley, an area under the plan that serves Palestinians as a vital source of income and for recreation, will apparently become a free public space for the residents of Gilo and Har Gilo. This belies the security justification for the barrier's route accepted by the High Court, and exemplifies Israel's annexationist policy.
Palestinian children from Shu'fat refugee camp walk towards an Israeli checkpoint on their way to schools in other parts of East Jerusalem
Netanyahu's Transfer Initiative: Nothing New, Just a Step Up
B'Tselem Executive Director El-Ad in an op-ed in +972 Magazine: Netanyahu recently proposed that Israel revoke the residency status of tens of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem who live beyond the Separation Barrier. This appalling idea will merely continue what is already in motion: years of 'quiet transfer' and a decade of isolating the Palestinian neighborhoods east of the Separation Barrier
Ruins of home of Shaker Ja'abis, his wife and their four children, destroyed in the demolition of his brother's home, one flight up. Photo by 'Amer 'Aruri, B'Tselem, 6 October 2015.
An Organized Barbarity Called 'Demolishing Terrorists' Homes'
B'Tselem Executive Director El-Ad in an op-ed in Israeli daily Haaretz: The political and legal systems have been thrown into turmoil by Supreme Court Justice Vogelman scheduling an emergency hearing on demolition of the homes of the families of Palestinian perpetrators of attacks. Yet all party to this round of legal-administrative brutality can breathe easy: demolitions were sanctioned, are sanctioned, will be sanctioned by the court. Then, a family – which no one claims is guilty of any wrongdoing – will find its home reduced to a pile of rubble, or poured full of concrete.
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Strict movement restrictions in East Jerusalem are prohibited collective punishment of Palestinians
Since 14 Oct. 2015, security forces have implemented the closure policy approved by the Israeli cabinet. Thirty-five checkpoints and concrete roadblocks have been placed at entrances to villages and neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and on internal roads, severely disrupting the lives of some 300,000 Palestinian residents. This constitutes the prohibited collective punishment of a population that lives under occupation and suffers ongoing violation of its rights. The vast majority of this population is not involved in attacks against Israelis.
Emergency personnel at site of this morning's shooting attack on a bus. Photo by Ronen Zvulun, Reuters, 13 October 2015
In view of mounting violence, B'Tselem expresses its deep shock at the contempt for human life and strongly condmens it; while individuals are responsible for their own actions, the government bears responsibility for the reality of the Occupation
The Occupation is now in its 49th year. Recent weeks have seen dozens of horrific attacks on Israelis by Palestinians. Israeli government officials have been calling explicitly to "shoot to kill"; hundreds of Palestinians have been injured and several killed in demonstrations. B'Tselem reiterates its condemnation of attacks against civilians. The government sees the current violence as an eruption of hatred that occurred in a vacuum, while rejecting any responsibility of its own for the situation. Yet recent events cannot be viewed in isolation from the ongoing oppression of 4 million people.
The ruins of the Abu al-Jamal family home in East Jerusalem. Photo by 'Amer 'Aruri, B'Tselem, 7 October 2015
Demolition of attackers' family homes – government policy of vengeance against innocents continues with High Court approval
Authorities Oct. 6 demolition of two flats and sealing of another in East Jerusalem as collective punishment for attacks by occupant's relatives left 13, including 7 children, homeless. Most did not live in the units slated for demolition. A policy of demolition attackers' family homes is collective punishment - prohibited under IHL. Despite widely held legal experts' opinion that this radical measure is unlawful, the HCJ repeatedly approves it. Demolishing or sealing a home is a draconian measure targeting entire families who have done nothing and are suspected of nothing.
Sniper firing 0.22 bullets at stone throwers, a-Nabi Saleh, 5.12.2014, Photo: Haim Schwarczenberg
Allowing the use of live ammunition against stone-throwers in East Jerusalem will have lethal consequences
Israeli PM is reportedly seeking clearance to use live fire against stone-throwers in East Jerusalem after an incident in which a Jerusalem resident was killed following suspected stone-throwing. The move would allow police to use potentially lethal Two-Two bullets. A police plan to use assault dogs and collective punishment against East Jerusalem residents was reportedly approved. The authorities must keep the peace and protect residents, but their approach unlawfully and immorally ignores deep-seated discrimination and human rights abuses in East Jerusalem, while using increasingly violent measures against residents there.


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Arbor Biosciences meets the growing demand for cell-free protein expression platforms, enabling a range of applications and opening the door to further discovery. Image: Bacteriophage T4. Credit: David Gregory & Debbie Marshall. CC BY
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Fiona Mischel
Not too long ago, cell-free technology—expressing proteins without the aid of living cells—may have seemed like science fiction. But in just a short time, cell-free expression systems have gone from a niche lab tool to industrial research and development pipelines. As its rapid growth continues, cell-free looks to become the new standard in synthetic biology.
Cell-free technology is a powerful system for several reasons. With cell-free, proteins can be produced in a test tube—completely skipping the laborious process of using plasmids, lysing the cells, and purifying the mixture. The hassle of living cells (which are much pickier about their living conditions than test tubes and pipettes) is also avoided. Most critically, cell-free platforms lend themselves well to high-throughput screening, a necessity in the fast-paced, big data world of modern bioengineering.
The cell-free platform
Arbor Biosciences is a leader in cell-free space. When Dr. Evelyn Eggenstein (Division Manager, Synthetic Biology) and Matthew Hymes (Marketing Director) spoke with SynBioBeta earlier this year, the discussion focused on the technology's availability and ease-of-use. When the two spoke with SynBioBeta again this month, it was clear Arbor Biosciences has quickly moved beyond proof-of-concept and is now working into the mainstream.
Describing how the technology has grown, Eggenstein says, "We were able to work with customers on the industrial side who decided to implement cell-free technology through their R&D pipeline for screening purposes. [Customers have to] screen a lot of constructs in parallel in a pretty short time. [Cell-free enables them] to go quickly from design to having the protein in hand."
To meet the growing demand for cell-free systems, Arbor Biosciences is adding bulk offerings of their master mix. Previously, the company offered 24 or 96 reaction kits for pilot studies, but that was not nearly enough for many customers. Now, 5-25 mL of their myTXTL master mixes are available for high-throughput applications, though larger orders are possible. These bulk options create the ability to screen thousands of constructs at the same time. But it's not only the number of reactions or rapid screening that make cell-free platforms like Arbor Biosciences' so exciting. Like any good biology system, a single component must work seamlessly with the whole.
As the synthetic biology ecosystem grows, synergies between biotech companies become critical. One example is the Arzeda-backed platform collaboration between TeselaGen, Twist Bioscience, and Labcyte. Cell-free expression implemented in this integrated platform, accelerates the design-build-test cycle and data feedback loop. Optimization is essential as the speed of biotech innovation increases. "The convergence of all these next-generation technologies…, especially with AI and machine learning, has really accelerated the science," says Hymes.
From proteins to building metabolic processes
As cell-free technology grows, so too do its possible applications, from simply producing a single protein up to the most complex scenario of generating bacteriophages.
The possibilities, laid out in escalating order of complexity, start with protein or enzyme engineering– where a single protein molecule is optimized to enhance its performance, and production yield or improve its biochemical characteristics. The next evolution in cell-free technology is to create antibody fragments, or other complex proteins which require a variety of chaperones and related elements for proper folding prior to use in downstream applications.
These early knowledge gains give rise to establishing and designing full metabolic processes, through optimizing multiple enzymes and their interactions, in a single system. Metabolic process applications range from cannabinoids (requiring 3-6 enzymes) to biofuels (utilizing 8 or more enzymes).
"Not only could you be using a cell-free platform to optimize each enzyme, you could also utilize cell-free expression to analyze an entire metabolic process," says Hymes. This can lead to metabolically produced assays and ultimately, bacteriophages. "Knowing bacteriophages, with up to 300 genes in a genome, can be expressed in cell-free systems seems to imply there is no limit to how complex a final process can be generated in the system," says Hymes.
Cell-free systems are proving its worth; Hymes says the technology has moved from innovators to early adopters and is growing quickly. Of course, it's impossible to know just when the technology will be fully mainstream, but Hymes and Eggenstein have high hopes for 2020. Both point to the fact cell-free technology has gone from having one session at a synthetic biology conference to having its own, dedicated, three-day conference. "That's a big step in the technology development," says Hymes.
Act locally, think globally
Where does this development eventually lead?
The possibilities are seemingly endless. Industries across a range of sectors are looking for enzyme applications, from food and agriculture to soaps and cosmetics. Biofuels, of course, are another critical function as the world rushes to divest itself from hydrocarbons. There is also tremendous potential in diagnostics and therapeutics. Indeed, cell-free is already being used in paper-based forms like a pH strips to test water for viruses or to study the gut microbiome-host interaction for disease diagnostics.
Eggenstein doesn't just see the industrial potential—she believes cell-free can help shape the next generation of scientists. "It's so much easier than using E.coli in the classroom," says Eggenstein. Because cell-free systems aren't alive, they don't need special equipment, media, or any sort of cellular maturation phase. This enables synthetic biology experiments to be implemented into curricula of high schools and universities/colleges much more efficiently. "You really just need a simple pipette. Sometimes, you don't even need an incubator—you can just do [experiments] on the bench," says Eggenstein.
Synthetic biology looks to play a critical role in addressing our growing global crises, from food shortages to climate change. But as warming accelerates, our ability to research and develop new technologies must keep pace. Cell-free technology can increase the ease and speed of discovery and better prepare the next generation of scientists for the challenges ahead.
Fiona Mischel is a medical, environmental, and humanitarian tech writer. She frequently covers CRISPR research, sustainable agriculture, and biotech for space travel. She is passionate to show how scientific innovations can combat our climate crisis and positively impact communities worldwide. Her work has appeared in Overture Global and she is a consultant for Healthline and Livestrong.


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Lochness, pubblicato il 29 ottobre 1993, è un album della cantante italiana Mina. Commercializzato anche in vinile nel formato di doppio Lp.

Il disco
Dopo il Mostro di langhiana memoria (Sorelle Lumière), Mina si rifà ad un altro mostro famoso, quello di Lochness. La copertina, ancora una volta, mostra una rielaborazione del volto della cantante «coperto da un'inquietante mascheratura in metallo dorato, mentre una fila di bulloni coordinati le avvitano la fronte e le mascelle». In questo album - soprattutto nel primo disco (e forse in volontaria contrapposizione con l'immagine cyborg della copertina) - Mina «sembra optare per un riflessivo understatement, fatto di nuances e di interiorità pudica, che gli arrangiamenti [di Massimiliano] Pani raccolgono e assecondano con vigile senso del chiaroscuro ed eleganza forbita». «Sembra quasi vederla seduta nella penombra di un night club, appoggiata al pianoforte, mentre le spazzole accarezzano i piatti della batteria [e] lei intona qualche classico della canzone americana come Everything Happens to Me». «In qualche caso, il mostro compie qualche piccolo prodigio, come nel medley che lega Body and Soul a Non so dir (ti voglio bene) [e Nuages]. [...] Mina li canta in modo superbo, da grande vocalista jazz quale sa essere». «L'atmosfera si fa ancora più crepuscolare e malinconica quando [...] canta Joana Francesa» - che Chico Buarque ha dedicato a Jeanne Moreau - e struggente nella riesecuzione di due tanghi, Nostalgias, reso celebre da Carlos Gardel, e Adoro di Manzanero Canché. Se Parlami d'amore Mariù si trasforma in un «umbratile delirio sensuale», Love Me è «trattata con le atmosfere e i colori dell'epoca di Elvis Presley». In chiusura, una trilogia pop: una «volitiva versione» di La notte (La nuit) di Adamo, una «struggente» Teorema di Marco Ferradini e Herbert Pagani, «che rimane a tutt'oggi uno dei migliori pezzi della tradizione italiana» e Con il nastro rosa della coppia Battisti-Mogol, eseguita qui con «ironia un po' ribalda».

Il secondo disco si apre con «l'unica idea di stupefazione» che è Sì, l'amore, «dove fra sospiri e qualche ansimare erotico il testo è tutto nel titolo reiterato all'infinito, con grandissime esposizioni vocali», per proseguire con la jazzata L'irriducibile e il lento e rarefatto Stile libero, «brano di rara intensità che trasmette un'incredibile serenità». Se avessi tempo, scritto da Massimo Bizzarri e Riccardo Cocciante, «pregnante allusione continua a tutte le occasioni perse in un rapporto sentimentale [...], ci riporta alle atmosfere di Bugiardo e incosciente». Curiosa è Om mani peme hum, «ballata dall'ampio respiro» grazie al giusto equilibrio di chitarre acustiche, fiati, percussioni e coro e il cui titolo non è altro che un mantra buddista. Il secondo disco si chiude con una canzone-scioglilingua in cui aleggia il "fantasma" di Battisti, Sì che non sei tu, scritta dagli Audio2  (autori anche di Raso, «sontuosa e minesca ballata d'effetto»), seguita da Ti accompagnerò - «canzone sentimentale che è difficile da raccontare, tanto è densa di mille bagliori che illuminano l'anima di una donna innamorata» - e da una ninna nanna al contrario, Ninna pà.

Tracce
Disco 1 / CD 1

Disco 2 / CD 2

Versioni Tracce
 Everything happens to me:
 versione del '64, vedi Mina
 Nostalgias:
versione del '98, vedi Nostalgias

Formazione
 Mina – voce
 Danilo Rea – pianoforte, tastiera, Fender Rhodes, fisarmonica
 Massimo Moriconi – basso, contrabbasso
 Angel "Pato" Garcia – chitarra classica
 Aldo Banfi – sintetizzatore
 Andrea Braido – chitarra
 Leonardo De Amicis – tastiera
 Paolo Gianolio – chitarra acustica, basso, chitarra elettrica
 Massimiliano Pani – tastiera, cori
 Francesco Puglisi – basso
 Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti – batteria
 Paolo Carta – chitarra
 Massimo Bozzi – tastiera, cori, chitarra
 Ellade Bandini – batteria
 Franco Serafini – sintetizzatore
 Candelo Cabezas - percussioni
 Pedro Pedrozo – arpa
 Fernando Brusco – tromba
 Mauro Parodi – trombone
 Claudio Wally Allifranchini – sax alto, flauto
 Giancarlo Porro – sassofono tenore, sassofono baritono, clarinetto
 Samuele Cerri, Emanuela Cortesi, Simonetta Robbiani, Moreno Ferrara – cori

Classifiche

Classifiche settimanali

Classifiche di fine anno

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Album al numero uno in Italia

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Samoa is in fact two separate and very different countries. Independent Samoa has the most tourist appeal. There are two main islands, both with stunning secluded beaches and coastal views, some lovely waterfalls and lots of traditional fishing villages. This is a great destination to learn about Polynesian culture and immerse yourself in the local way of life. The capital town of Apia also has its own charming appeal.
Neighbouring American Samoa, just 100km to the south east, shares an identical culture and language but was taken over by America in 1899 and remains a US territory. Although its traditional culture and lifestyle has been eroded on the outside, the people are still very much Polynesians at heart. The main island of Tutuila has a stunning coastline and fantastic and very assessible rainforest from the coast to the high mountain peaks. The island, along with the smaller islands of the Manu'a Group further east, also boasts some of the finest archaelogical sites in Polynesia.
Apia, on the island of 'Upolu, is the capital of Samoa and the only place in Samoa that you could call a city and really mean it. For all of its modern details, such as banks and burger outlets, it still retains the picturesque charm of its history. All the traders, beachcombers, pirates, whalers, and fallen missionaries who have washed up on the shores of Apia still seem to be present in Apia's slightly rundown air and the old pula trees shading the streets. From the centre of town, Apia's neat villages spread west along the level coastal area and climb up the gentle slopes towards the hills and into the valleys.
Just 4km (2.5mi) from Beach Road in Apia is Vailima, the beautifully restored home of Robert Louis Stevenson now operating as a museum. There is enough memorabilia here to entertain for an entire morning but of even greater interest is RL Stevenson's tombstone at the back of Vailima and up a steep incline. His gravesite looks out over the township, the white fringe of reef and the distant horizon. After he died the people of Upolu worked 24 hours non-stop to hack a path to the top of the hill so that the body of their beloved tusitala ('storyteller') could be buried the next day with full ceremonial privileges.
The south coast of 'Upolu is a string of sparkling palm-fringed beaches where you can lie back and enjoy an idyllic beachcomber's lifestyle. First up is the aptly named Return to Paradise Beach, made famous by Gary Cooper in the film of the same name. It's not an ideal swimming beach, but then again it's not an ideal film. The pounding surf and shallow reefs make swimming a hazard, but it's a wonderfully scenic spot for a picnic.
The next beach is Matareva, a series of safe coves and shallow rock pools that make for great snorkelling. Further east are Salamuma Beach and Aganoa Black Sand Beach and this is where you'll find the best swimming areas, while at the end of the bay are more snorkelling reefs. If you keep going around the coast you'll eventually get to the easternmost tip of 'Upolu and here you'll find the reefs of the Aleipata district. This is one of the most breathtaking areas of Samoa with reefs of a brilliant turquoise blue and some of the loveliest swimming beaches around. As with all swimming in Samoa, be sure to ask locals first before diving in, and don't be surprised if you're asked to pay a 'custom' (a small fee for the use of a village's resources).
The Papasee'a Sliding Rock is a 5m (16ft) slide down a waterfall straight into a jungle pool. It's like Disneyland's Jungle Boy and Water World combined. The slide, over real rock rather than faux rock, sometimes has even the most hardened adventurer a little faint hearted but there are a number of smaller slides to choose from if the big one looks too daunting.
Savai'i is one of the largest islands in Polynesia but one of its least populated. It's an untouched and pristine island showing few western influences and the people of Savai'i have maintained a way of life even more traditional than 'Upolu. There are any number of first-class beaches on Savai'i and the places that aren't good for swimming are perfect for snorkelling. If you get sick of the beaches, the reefs, and the laid-back life of a beachcomber, the interior of Savai'i is just as interesting.
The Tafua PeninsulaRainforest Preserve is one of the most beautiful and accessible stands of rainforest with, rugged stretches of lava coast studded with caves and lava blowholes. The Matavanu lava fields, formed when the volcano spewed and belched molten lava for nearly six years back in the early 1900s, is now an impressive moonscape, and a walk around the crater of the volcano is a must for archeological buffs. The other rainforest on Savai'i is the Falealupo Preserve, which has a canopy walkway to the top of a stately banyan tree. For a few extra tala you can eat and sleep up there too.
In southern Savai'i, don't even think about missing the Alofaaga Blowholes at Taga. Not just another set of blowholes, there's little to equal them anywhere else in the world. Olemoe Falls, also in the south, is a lovely jungle waterfall that plunges into the crystalline waters of a deep blue pool, which is marvellous for swimming and diving.
You can get to Savai'i by plane, with flights from Fagali'i Airport in Apia, landing at Ma'ota Airport on the southeast of the island, or by a boat that runs between Mulifanua Wharf on 'Upolu and Salelologa on Savai'i.


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Who is Pattinson's wife?
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Born Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson 13 May 1986 London, England
Partner(s) Suki Waterhouse (2018–present)
Also, Are Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner still friends?
It's been seven years since they starred together on hit tween movie franchise Twilight, but Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are still great friends! The former co-stars, who played Bella and Jacob in the vampire series were pictured together at Taylor's 27th birthday celebration.
in the same way, Did Kristen Stewart have a baby?
She was your typical tot with a "black eye and big belly" before becoming Kristen Stewart's Twilight daughter. Prior to being discovered by Hollywood and becoming Kristen Stewart's Twilight daughter, baby Mackenzie Foy was just like any other toddler — waddling around the yard at her family's home.
likewise, Did Suki and Rob break up? "Rob likes to have fun when he has breaks in-between filming and him and Suki have a great time together," the source added. At the end of the month, a Daily Mail report claimed that the couple had split.
Did Kristen and Rob date?
Twilight costars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, who dated for more than three years before breaking up in 2013, were the It couple of the late aughts, but they avoided addressing their relationship in public or to the press at the time.
Who else auditioned for Bella Swan?
3. Some actresses who would go on to become major stars (and some would also become faces of their own respective franchises) who auditioned for Bella Swan included Emily Browning (Meyer's early first choice), Michelle Trachtenberg, Lily Collins and Jennifer Lawrence.
Did Pattinson hate Twilight?
He said during a Moviefone interview around the time of the Breaking Dawn Part 2 release that he would "mindlessly hate [Twilight] without having seen anything" if he hadn't been involved in the movies. …
Who is Edward Pattinson dating?
Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse's nearly three-year romance is still going strong, a year into the coronavirus pandemic. The very private couple was photographed out in Notting Hill yesterday holding hands. Both were dressed casually and neither wore masks.
How did Alice become a vampire?
Alice's early history is vague, as she remembers nothing about her human life and woke up alone as a vampire. … Alice was transformed by an old vampire who worked at the asylum to protect her from James, a tracker vampire who was hunting her.
Is Bella Swan pretty?
The main character of the saga, Bella Swan, is described in the books as a lonely young woman with no taste for fashion. Still, she is said to be attractive, but in a rather strange, mysterious way. Her hair is straight and sleek, her eyes are widely spaced apart, and her lips are too thick for her thin jawline.
Why was Victoria recast in Twilight?
Twilight was her first big film, and came back to play Victoria in New Moon, but was replaced with Bryce Dallas Howard in Eclipse. Summit Entertainment revealed the change in late 2009, attributing it to scheduling conflicts. Howard had previously turned down the role as she thought it was "too small of a part".
Did Pattinson regret Twilight?
Pattinson, who starred in the sparkly vampire adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, has made little secret of the fact that he despised the "weird" story – saying in one infamous 2011 interview that if he hadn't been working on it he would "mindlessly hate it."
Did Kristen and Robert Pattinson date in real life?
Twilight costars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, who dated for more than three years before breaking up in 2013, were the It couple of the late aughts, but they avoided addressing their relationship in public or to the press at the time. (Perhaps their joint Harper's BAZAAR cover in 2009 was a rare exception.)
Did Pattinson make Bella's lullaby?
Pattinson didn't write "Bella's Lullaby," on piano though; that's composed by Carter Burwell, who did the Twilight score.
Who is Robert Pattinson dating now 2021?
The couple have been dating for three years
Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse prefer to fly under the radar but the duo made a rare appearance together for a very special reason recently.
Was Edward a virgin?
So goes Twilight, Stephenie Meyer's story about 17-year-old Bella Swan falling into reciprocated love with her Biology class partner, the brooding vampire Edward Cullen. Described as devastatingly beautiful, Edward has a sense of chivalry and virtue so strong he has remained a virgin his whole 108 year life.
Why are the Cullens so rich?
The secret is his long-term planning. Carlisle Cullen earned his wealth through compound interest and several shrewd long-term investments with significant help from Alice, whose precognitive abilities allowed the family to predict changes in the stock market and invest accordingly.
Who turned Carlisle into a vampire?
Carlisle's adoptive son: Emmett Cullen. Emmett Cullen is Carlisle's youngest adoptive son and the last vampire created by him. Rosalie found him being mauled to death by a bear in 1935, and carried him over 100 miles back to Carlisle and asked him to turn him into a vampire.
Why did Renesmee bite Bella?
Bella was dying from giving birth to Renesmee because her body could not take the trauma of the baby being ripped from her body. This is why Edward stood by ready to inject Bella's heart with his own venom and why immediately bit her in as many places as he could, to keep her from dying.
Is Edward Cullen a virgin?
Why is Bella the strongest vampire?
Human Bella might have been the weakest person at the beginning of the series, but because her character is wish-fulfillment personified, she becomes the strongest once she's turned into a vampire. … When she's using her shield, anyone within its radius is safe from another vampire's psychic effects.
Why is Bella wearing a wig in Eclipse?
Kristen Stewart famously wore a wig while shooting Eclipse because she'd cut her hair to film The Runaways. Robert Pattinson, on the other hand, had to wear an orange wig for reshoots of Breaking Dawn – Part 2 because he'd cut his after the original shoot wrapped for good.
Who plays Renesmee in Midnight Sun?
Twilight Renesmee Cullen Actress Now Mackenzie Foy.
Why is Twilight hated?
The reasons why the Twilight movies got so much hate vary: some are not ok with what Meyer did to vampires (giving them sparkly skin, for starters) and werewolves (who turn into wolves at their own will), and others found their lack of plot to be annoying.
How old is Bella in Twilight?
Bella, who first appears in Twilight, is a young 17-year-old human girl, who moves from her mother's home in Phoenix, Arizona, to live with her father, Charlie Swan, a police chief, in her birthplace of Forks, Washington.
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NEW YORK DOLLS REUNITE WITH GUNS N'ROSES GUITARIST:
In a season of unlikely musical reunions, add another seemingly inexplicable entry to the list: Those punk pioneers the New York Dolls have made plans to reconvene.
The group, which in the early- to mid-1970s combined glam looks with proto-punk attack, has accepted an invitation to perform in June at London's "Meltdown" festival after an invitation from the event's artistic director for this year, legendary British singer Morrissey.
"He called and said that he was the president of his local New York Dolls fan club as a kid," said Darren Hill of Ten Pin Management, who, in his role as singer David Johansen's manager, brought the band's surviving members together.
Johansen will be joined by original rhythm guitarist Sylvain Sylvain and bassist Arthur Kane, as well as former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin (standing in for the deceased Johnny Thunders) and Libertines drummer Gary Powell (assuming a similar role for the late Jerry Nolan). Hill hinted at the possibility that other guests might join the band, including Chrissy Hynde and members of Primal Scream.
Hill said there was a possibility of future performances, but characterized that speculation as premature.
"They have not been in the same room for years," Hill said, though he added, "There has been absolutely no animosity in our discussions."
Tom Kielty courtesy of Boston Globe


Day one of SMX advanced concluded with an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session with Google's Webmaster Trends Analyst, Gary Illyes. Gary has become something of a lightening rod for SEOs over the past couple of years and is frequently subjected to grillings from the SEO industry on the changes and updates Google is making to ranking signals, search results pages and new technologies. Danny Sullivan, Founding Editor of both Search Engine Land and Marketing Land, was on hand to pose some pretty tough questions, and he certainly kept Gary on his toes throughout.
Whilst the session was titled "Ask Me Anything", the answers were on occasion less than forthcoming. This is hardly surprising given the backlash Gary and Google have faced, after previous promises of updates and new features have failed to materialise. In fact when quizzed on when the next Penguin update can be expected, Gary refused to offer so much as a speculation of when we can expect the update, let alone a specific date, describing his previous indications on the subject as being "bad for business" when anticipated release dates failed to be met.
Despite his reluctance to talk about anything to do with the Penguin update, other than to say it will be released only when it's ready, he was far more open on other subjects, particularly that of Rank Brain, the artificial intelligence, machine-learning element of Google's algorithm that was released in 2015.
It would be fair to say we didn't get a full and frank explanation of what Rank Brain is and exactly how it works, but then you'd foolish to expect such openness from Google. However, the key theme Gary wanted to get across was that Rank Brain is a core part of Google's algorithm, focused on enhancing the relevancy it offers to ensure users get the best results. Rank Brain was a common theme with a number of other speakers keen to have their say on what they felt Rank Brain is and how it impacted rankings.
Gary offered no major announcements regarding algorithm changes or updates, aside from the aforementioned stance on Penguin. There were, however, a few snippets that could be gleamed from the questions put to him that offered smaller insights to how Google is changing and adapting, including some snippets on Panda, https vs http and tabbed content.
Despite his caginess on some subjects, Gary was happy to offer more direct answers on some of the questions posed to him by the audience and offered a peek into some up coming developments that we'll hopefully see coming soon.
And what were his key recommendations for what SEOs should be focusing on? Speed, speed and speed. Users are getting less and less patient and have a new expectation of how quickly a page should load, so ensure your site satisfies that user need. And pay close attention to Accelerated Mobile Pages, as well as the emergence of Chatbots, which are an area the Google thinks will be huge for the world of search.


Maddy and Kenny are a super adorable couple. They have three dogs and wanted to include them in part of their engagement session. We took them to Bonneyville Mill and used them in some save the date ideas as well as some great family photos! They were awesome dogs and we got some great shots!
The second part of their engagement session was in Nappannee at The Farmhouse Weddings. What an amazing venue. They are planning their wedding there in September 2017. I am very excited to capture their big day!!
I hope you both love these photos. Thank you for choosing me to capture your wedding and engagement.


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Studio Ghibli Movies: The Ultimate Guide
by Newslinkin staff
Studio Ghibli movies are widely regarded as some of the most beautiful and imaginative animated films of all time. They explore everything from coming-of-age, to environmentalism, to the importance of family.
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Entering the rich and wonderful world of Hayao Miyazaki's movies on your own can be scary for many. If you've finally decided to take the plunge, here are some tips on how to do it right.
On Instagram, you come face to face with Chihiro and Totoro. Your friends can't stop bragging about their crying fits to the Tomb of the Fireflies soundtrack, and your sister excitedly tells you about Hauru, an emotionally unavailable and seductive wizard. On the other hand, you wonder why everyone is making such a big deal out of it. Studio Ghibli has been delighting fans of all ages for over thirty years with its array of Japanese animated features and shorts. It is headed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, surrounded by his trusted duo of collaborators, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki. From its inception, the Tokyo-based company has been the object of a cult following. Since then, it has become a mainstream success, breaking records, making Oscar history and winning over critics and movie fans with a rich catalog of more than 24 films and TV series.
Ask any fan and they will tell you how much the Ghibli movie changed their lives and point out the incredible attention to detail. But watching a few clips of English dubbed films on YouTube won't capture the essence of the thing: it takes time and dedication. Below is a guide to the Ghibli films that will bring you properly into the world of Miyazaki.
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Studio Ghibli's films are the epitome of Japanese culture. If you can, watch them in their original, authentic Japanese version, with subtitles. Because as another legendary Asian director once said, "once you get past the subtitle barrier," it will open the door to many more amazing films.
Do you want witches, wizards and magic?
Good news for you, because Studio Ghibli is all about magic: witches, magicians, spirits and strange metamorphoses populate the animated films. And it goes without saying that Miyazaki and his team of directors and scriptwriters don't skimp on the effects, almost all of which are the result of hard work and high investment. The studio's biggest and most successful production, Chihiro's Journey, is brimming with magic, spirituality and the complications that go with it – much like Alice in Wonderland, but with more depth and maturity.
In this movie, a little girl named Chihiro gets trapped in the spirit world and is forced to watch her parents get turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba. Alone, lost and scared (who wouldn't be), she finds work at a wellness center for spirits and is forced to make big decisions with the help of her new spirit friends.
When it comes to witches and wizards, Kiki the little witch is also an obvious choice from the Ghibli catalog. With her broomstick, black cat and magical powers, young Kiki give it her all. She leaves the comfort of her home to make a place for herself in the world but ends up fighting to survive while doing what she loves. Eventually, however, exhaustion takes over, and Kiki loses her magical powers. She then discovers the importance of taking care of herself to reconnect with her inner-self. The perfect guide for the depressed broke millennial in you. Recommended films: Chihiro's Journey, Kiki the Little Witch, The Castle in the Sky, The Walking Castle, Aya and the Witch.
Timing: watch when you're babysitting young witches in the making, on Halloween, or just on a chill Saturday night.
You love nature and ecology?
Miyazaki's love and respect for the environment are no secret. For him, environmentalism is also about power, and this message shines through in several of Studio Ghibli's masterpieces: Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Pom Poko and, of course, My Neighbor Totoro. "We never subordinate the natural setting to the characters," Miyazaki once said in an interview with the Japanese press. "That's because we think the world is a wonderful place… That the weather, the time, the sunlight, the plants, the water and the wind that make up the landscape are beautiful elements. We strive as much as possible to incorporate them into our work."
A world shrouded in toxic jungles and dominated by giant mutant insects is the setting for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Miyazaki's famous post-apocalyptic tale where life teems and threatens survival of humanity, then on the brink of extinction.
Chihiro's Journey addresses environmental issues such as water pollution and the abuse of the land through its rivers submerged by human waste. And finally, Princess Mononoke can be seen as a survivalist tale that takes place in a beautiful yet dark world where humans are at war with each other and with the environment.
Trees, meadows, clear rivers and streams: My Neighbor Totoro is full of scenes highlighting the beauty of nature. This beloved children's film tells the story of sisters Satsuki and Mei. They discover the thrill of adventure when they move to the country with their father while their mother is in the hospital. Along the way, they meet a group of forest spirits and befriend the greatest of them all: Totoro, who controls the elements.
Recommended films: Chihiro's Journey, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Pom Poko, The Red Turtle, The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Timing: to watch when you need a wave of optimism, suffer from eco-anxiety, or just want to take advantage of a rainy day.
What you should see if you like: Avatar, Pocahontas, Okja, The Adventures of Zak and Crysta in the FernGully Rainforest
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Want something a little wacky?
One of the great things about Ghibli films is their ability to make you want to be a kid again. Like My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo on the Cliff is a light and playful – almost absurd, one might say – film: a goldfish princess falls madly in love with a human boy named Sosuke. No one blinks when she ends up endangering her darling's village while expressing her desire to stay with him forever. A delightful tale in the same vein as The Little Mermaid, but much wackier.
In The Kingdom of Cats, Haru, a shy high school girl, finds herself transformed into a cat after saving one from the throes of traffic. The rescued animal is none other than Lune, Prince of the Cat Kingdom (yes, yes), and the new couple gets married. We'll tell you right now: there's no need to try to understand this movie. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the antics of Muta, a big, cheeky cat who turns out to be Renaldo Moon, the notorious criminal who is said to have devoured all the fish in a lake at once.
Recommended films: Cat Kingdom, Pom Poko, Ponyo on the Cliff, Porco Rosso.
Timing: to watch when you feel like being playful, keep kids or need a break from the stress and monotony of everyday life.
What you should see if you like: The Aristochats, cats, films from the Cats & Dogs franchise.
Need badass, independent female characters?
Miyazaki set himself apart directly by creating strong, engaging female protagonists through young heroines who decide their own lives. "I wanted to make a film, especially for my friends' little girls," Miyazaki once said, referring to his masterpiece The Voyage of Chihiro, which centers on a girl who must overcome incredible hardship and stress to help her parents.
The witch Kiki, the young she-wolf from Princess Mononoke and the silver-haired Sophie from The Moving Castle are other examples of iconic Ghibli heroines.
In Memories of Marnie, Anna is sent by her adoptive parents to a town lost in the middle of the swamp. There she meets the mysterious Marnie and the two girls spend the summer together. While Anna deals with her depression. Marnie struggles with her secrets. It's a rare Ghibli approach, dealing here with notions of abandonment, emotional loss and brokenness, brilliantly portrayed as the girls' friendship unravels before our eyes.
But perhaps the most underrated heroine in all of Ghibli's films is Takeo, a single Tokyoite in her twenties who finds love and solace in the countryside. A powerful ode to the nostalgia and beauty of childhood, Only a Night is a transformative experience that any woman can relate to.
Its final scene (to a cover of Bette Midler's The Rose by Japanese singer Miyako Harumi) may well be the greatest and most touching farewell to childhood and innocence ever filmed.
Recommended films: Princess Mononoke, Chihiro's Journey, Kiki the Little Witch, The Moving Castle, One Night Only, Memories of Marnie.
Timing: to watch when you are with friends or need a boost of confidence in your own abilities.
What to see if you like: Anastasia, The Four Daughters of Dr. March, Lady Bird, Moana, To All the Boys I've Loved, Captain Marvel.
Are you ready for a dive into history?
Touted as the darkest and most difficult Ghibli to watch, Tomb of the Fireflies has also been proclaimed as "one of the greatest war films ever made." The film tells of the horror of war and the heartbreak that accompanies this tragedy. Directed by the late Isao Takahata, it follows two starving orphans and their desperate struggle to survive during the final months of World War II
Another strong contender in this category is The Wind Rises, Miyazaki's bittersweet and moving biopic about Japanese aircraft designer Jiro
Horikoshi. Horikoshi was the chief engineer of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the fighter plane that the Japanese military would use during World War II, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. In true biopic fashion, the film combines Horikoshi's childlike desire to create the perfect aircraft with a story of disappointed love.
In one of the many episodic scenes, Miyazaki manages to recreate the Kanto earthquake (1923), which caused a huge loss of life and was considered the worst natural disaster in Japan at the time. The pain, chaos and devastation are captured and depicted brilliantly in a four-second sequence, which Miyazaki revealed took thirteen months to animate.
The story of a first love set in post-war Yokohama in Poppy Hill will give you butterflies in your stomach. At 16, the cautious young Umi looks after her family at a hilltop boarding house, where she raises navy signal flags daily to wish ships passing through the harbor below a safe journey. She falls in love with her smart, dashing classmate Shun, but a family secret from the war threatens to drive them apart. The story is set in a modernizing Japan immersed in the preparations for the 1964 Summer Olympics, whose picturesque nostalgia is captured in true Ghibli style.
Don't miss the scene where "Sukiyaki", the iconic Japanese hit from 1963, is played, which wonderfully evokes sadness and loss.
Recommended films: Tomb of the Fireflies, The Wind Rises, Poppy Hill.
Timing: when you feel morally strong enough.
To see if you like: When the wind blows, The Iron Giant, Persepolis, Parvana, A childhood in Afghanistan (even if these Ghibli ones are really incomparable…)
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Hometown: Orlando, Florida	Current Label: Roadrunner Records	Websites: Official Website
Band Members: Matt Heafy - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Corey Beaulieu - Guitar, Vocals
Paolo Gregoletto - Bass, Vocals
Nick Augusto - Drums
Trivium Bio:
As the years fly by at breath-stealing speed, the aim of every self-respecting metal band must surely be to stake a claim for immortality; to carve their name with pride into metal's metaphorical Mount Rushmore. In the modern era, as countless new (and not so new) bands jostle for position at the front of the grid, it becomes ever harder to pick the wheat from the chaff, the weak from the strong. But amid such a swarm of mediocrity, the greatest bands always rise effortlessly to the top, building in confidence and momentum with each incremental step forward, learning from their mistakes, gaining nourishment and focus from their triumphs and growing, with gathering speed, into something that truly matters. It's 2008 and Trivium fit that description perfectly. One listen to their jaw-dropping new album, the mighty Shogun, will be all the convincing you need that their time has arrived.
"We wrote this album exactly the way we all wanted to," says frontman Matt Heafy. "We really did our own thing this time. When people check it out, they'll realize that we're not an exclusive band. We're not doing this for one specific kind of person. If you want to come to a show and rock out, that's what we're here for. We're just four normal guys who just happen to be able to play metal for lots of cool people around the world."
The Trivium story began in earnest with the release of their Roadrunner debut, 2005's Ascendancy album; the perfect way to introduce the band – Heafy, guitarist Corey Beaulieu, bassist Paolo Gregoletto and drummer Travis Smith - to a newly revitalized global metal scene. The album exhibited great depth and musicality, and immediately set the band apart from the pack, turning them into one of the most widely hailed bands the genre had produced in years.
In the US, Europe, Japan and Australia – and particularly in the UK, where Trivium shot from nowhere to conquering the annual Download Festival at Castle Donington and becoming a major headlining act - Heafy and co. were making major waves, touring relentlessly around the globe and building up a huge international fan base.
Released in the autumn of 2006 - a mere 18 months after its predecessor – Trivium's second Roadrunner release The Crusade was a massive milestone; a bold, and adventurous move that both consolidated their reputation as metal's fastest rising young band and proved that unlike their peers, Trivium were more than happy to take a few risks in order to further nurture their art.
Buoyed by critical acclaim, a hugely positive response from the fans and a seemingly never-ending stream of high profile tours, including a successful cross-Europe joint as special guests to Iron Maiden and a triumphant stint on the Ozzfest tour in the US, Trivium quickly threw themselves into the writing process for Shogun, spending many on-the-road hours honing and refining their newest material in anticipation of hitting the studio, this time with renowned producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters/Stone Sour/Death Angel).
"We were writing on tour for a year straight," says Heafy. "When we were on the Black Crusade tour in Australia, I showed the Machine Head guys the songs. I respect Robb Flynn such an incredible amount as a musician and a person and I wanted to know what he thought. He called me up and gave me a really good talk about demoing and revisiting songs and all that, so we went back to the rehearsal studio and completely re-wrote everything. Then we sent the stuff to Nick, and then between us we picked the 13 best songs. We went to Franklin, Tennessee, where we lived for eight weeks, and recorded at Sound Kitchen Studios. It's a legendary country music studio where Willie Nelson recorded. Everyone was amazing and so nice, so it was a great working environment for us."
There is a moment for every great band when everything comes together and a definitive musical identity emerges. For Trivium, this is it. The collaboration with Raskulinecz has taken Trivium to new compositional and technical levels, while the album's brutal, bone-shattering production means that they've never sounded heavier or more powerful. With lashings of vicious riffs that celebrate the band's love of death, black and thrash metal, alongside the most incisive and memorable melodies the quartet have ever written, Shogun is a monstrous achievement that promises to have the cynics and naysayers choking on their toast.
"It was all very natural," explains Heafy. "We didn't care what was going to come out, and that's why it sounds this way. We all still love extremely heavy music with the brutality and no melody, but we also love stuff that's incredibly melodic and simple and memorable, so that explains the two extremes. We like to have everything. Vocally we tried everything from the lowest note I can sing to the highest note, from the lowest growl to the highest scream, and everything in between. We wanted to try it all. That was the whole concept behind the record. No limits!"
Although Shogun is not a concept album in the traditional sense, the influence of Heafy's own Japanese background – its warrior culture, its strong sense of pride – is present through every last second of these powerful, emotive metal anthems. Both opener "Kirisute Gomen" and the album's mighty 12-minute title track are perfect examples of this, as Heafy explains. " 'Kirisute Gomen" was an ancient Samurai code that basically meant that if you angered a Samurai or pissed them off, they'd have to chop your head off," states Heafy. "It was like the martial law of the Samurai. The title of the album came to me when we were on our second tour of Japan, and I was on a bus tour and they were talking about how the Shogun were the highest ranking military generals. It was the coolest name I'd ever heard before, so I knew I'd use it for something some day. When we started writing this music and I heard how epic it all was, I said to the guys 'I've had this title in my head for ages, how do you think it'd work as the title of the album?' and they loved it too. The definition of the word just commands strength and it feels powerful, so it was perfect."
Alongside tales of ancient Japan, the album also delves into the brain-boggling world of ancient Greek mythology, with songs like "Torn Between Scylla And Charybdis" and "Of Prometheus And The Crucifix" revelling in the imagery and drama of symbolic sagas first told many thousands of years ago.
"When you look at something like religion, people seem to take those stories as true events that really happened," states Heafy. "With mythology, everyone knew these were stories created, and used them as ways to help live their lives better or to help them to cope with things. So I've used those myths as a tool to help further develop the lyrics."
Trivium have been threatening to make that final leap from established contenders to full-on metal heroes for the last few years, and with Shogun, their fourth and manifestly best album to date, they have clearly mastered the metal arts and are ready to step into the arena with the genre's greats. From the bludgeoning bombast of "Kirisute Gomen" through to the hook-laden savagery of "Down From The Sky" and "Into The Mouth Of Hell We March", and on to the towering steel-plated genius of "Shogun" itself, this is truly Trivium's defining album and the first stone-cold classic of their career. With over 800 live shows under their belt to date, Florida's finest are ready to hit the road again and this time they have both the songs and the self-belief to take on all-comers.
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Netflix Titles Expiring in March 2015
by Kasey Moore @kasey__moore on February 24, 2015, 3:46 pm EST
It's the worst post of the month now on What's on Netflix where we reveal the titles which will be expiring throughout the month of March 2015 on Netflix in the USA. We'll give you a list of all the casualties from the library towards the bottom of the article. But first we're going to go through all of the titles you can't afford to miss before they leave Netflix. There's some great movies and TV series leaving which will be sure to make a few people sad. All we can hope is the new titles coming in March compensate us.
First of all we cannot forget about the ponies. It seems that Hasbro is completely pulling out My Little Pony after a number of titles left last month. Three series of the Friendship is Magic seasons will be leaving on March 15th. Also leaving for the younger generations is Phineas and Ferb. The Disney Channel show will be making its departure later in the month.
In terms of movies we'll be seeing the removal of the Disney 2003 remake of Freaky Friday which saw Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reprise the roles of Anna and Tess Coleman. For the more serious movie goers among you you'll be disappointed to see the older Robocop movies being removed in place of reboot which isn't great. Thanks Netflix.
Finally horror movie fans will want to get in a final viewing of the classic The Blair Witch Project which will be making its departure on March 1st.
3 Ninjas: Kick Back (1994)
Anaconda (1997)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Brokedown Palace (1999)
Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (1981)
Desperado (1995)
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Emma (1996)
Evita (1996)
Fireproof (2008)
Freaky Friday (2003)
Girlfight (2000)
Jackass: Number Two (2006)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Old Yeller (1957)
Ordinary People (1980)
Out of Time (2003)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
RoboCop 2 (1990)
Saving Silverman (2001)
Seven (1995)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
The Baby Sitters Club (1995)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Graduate (1967)
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Uptown Girls (2003)
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
Night Vision (2011)
Aftershock (2012)
Butterfly Swords (1993)
Cherry Bomb (2011)
Strange Frame (Strange Frame: Love & Sax) (2012)
Welcome to Pine Hill (2012)
The Grey (2012)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Aesop's Theater (2007)
Charlie Chaplin Collection (1914)
Crusade in the Pacific : America at War (1951)
TED Talks: Trust Me (2013)
The Adventures of Chuck & Friends (2010-2011)
Jem and the Holograms (1985-1988)
Littlest Pet Shop (2012-2013)
My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic (2010 – 2013)
Pound Puppies (2010-2013)
Transformers Prime (2010-2013)
Transformers: Rescue Bots (2011-2014)
Busytown Mysteries (Hurray for Huckle!) (2007)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
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Ben 10: Season 1-3
Childrens Hospital: Season 1-2
Codename: Kids Next Door: Season 4-6
Cow and Chicken: Season 2
Dexter's Laboratory: Season 3-4
Dude, What Would Happen?: Season 2
Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy: Season 3-4
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Season 2
Johnny Bravo: Season 2
Regular Show: Season 1-4
Robot Chicken: Season 1-2
Samurai Jack: Season 2
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it has been faithfully remitting all revenues accruing to it to the Federation Account.
The Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, gave the clarification on Thursday to members of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) who were at the Headquarters of the corporation in Abuja on an oversight visit.
According to a statement by spokesman of the corporation Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, Dr. Baru said allegations of non-remittance of funds had become a recurrent decimal over the years, occasioned in part, to the nature of the corporation's operations which involved credit lines requiring constant audit and reconciliation.
"While the process of audit and reconciliation of accounts is on, a lot of accusations of short payments and non-remittances are usually traded, we endeavour to keep our cool on these allegations because we know that we remit whatever is due to the Federation Account" he explained.
Dr. Baru stated that such allegations usually arose from disagreements over expenses borne by the corporation on behalf of the federal government.
On efforts by the NNPC to ensure that Joint Venture (JV) and Production Sharing Contract (PSC) partners do not run excessive bills at the expense of the nation, the GMD explained that apart from the establishment of an Efficiency Unit in the corporation to ensure value for money across all operations, NNPC had also done a lot in renegotiating contracts as well as benchmarking costs in keeping with international best practices, adding that the effort had yielded significant results in terms of reduction in the cost of crude oil production per barrel in the industry.
Also responding to a question on why the PSC agreements had not been reviewed for a long time despite clauses in the agreements that stipulate periodic review, Dr. Baru disclosed that a Presidential approval had been secured and that a committee would be set up soon to carry out the review.
He, however, disclosed that in the absence of a comprehensive review, NNPC had looked at projects on a project-by-project basis and raised observations which some of the partners had taken permission to present before their managements.
Speaking earlier, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Senator Omotayo Alasoadura, who led members of the committee on the oversight visit, said the committee would like to have a month-by-month crude oil production figures for the past two years and crude prices for the period.


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1. CBA takes the retail path 2. Norris seeks release from Air New Zealand contract 3. Retail versus the rest 4. A manager and not a banker Get Crikey FREE to your inbox every weekday morning with the Crikey Worm. Email Sign up By subscribing you are agreeing to our terms and conditions 5. CBA's politics […]
1. CBA takes the retail path
2. Norris seeks release from Air New Zealand contract
3. Retail versus the rest
4. A manager and not a banker
5. CBA's politics informs selection of Norris
6. Murray drove timing of CEO handover
7. ASB model vindicated by Norris' promotion
8. Shareholder returns eclipse customer service
9. The kiwi connection
CBA takes the retail path
Two themes seem to explain Commonwealth Bank's selection of Ralph Norris as managing director.
One is retail marketing, a topic the bank cited among the reasons for his selection.
The second is CBA's internal politics, a topic rarely aired.
Norris joins CBA from Air New Zealand, where he is seeking a release from his contract.
He was the manager who sold Auckland Savings Bank to Commonwealth Bank in 1991, and went to work with help and capital from his new owner, and devised sales methods and management practices that pushed ASB from a distant fifth to rank second or third in New Zealand's banking market. Norris quit ASB in 2001, and took on the job of chief executive of Air New Zealand in 2002.
The bank line is that Norris managed first the resuscitation of a sleepy mutual bank, and then an airline traumatised in the same industry dislocation that killed Ansett.
If the interpretation that CBA plans to emphasise retail financial services over the rest is right, then the appointment of Norris raises a couple of quick conclusions.
One is that CBA customers will have to expect more product advocacy when they ring up, or visit, the bank.
The other is that it's a strategy likely to reduce the capital needs of the business, which should mean the bank hands capital back to its shareholders more often than it goes asking.
At this early stage, this newsletter's take on Norris appointment is not only that it is surprising, but that Norris lacks one of the key credentials for the job, which is banking experience.
Questions not asked at today's briefing include: what's the most money you've lent anybody? How much capital has ever been at risk on this bloke's say so? How much oversight did Norris receive from headquarters when growing ASB Bank?
Also not asked adequately of John Schubert, chair of CBA today were: why this bloke, why an external, what's the reason. Why is that no internal candidate made the grade? What's this appointment all about?
There's talk of teamwork and values and – of course – cultural change. What does everybody who uses that phrase really mean?
It looks to this newsletter that CBA gets as chief executive a compromise candidate, some who is an internal motivator and also good at meetings, when the joint could be about to run by a real, live banker.
Norris seeks release from Air New Zealand contract
There is no fixed term to Norris' contract.
He gets $1.9 million annual base payment, another $1.9 million annual at risk payment, and another $3.8 million worth of long-term incentive payments, paid in shares.
Norris won't start until Air New Zealand let him go, or in six months, which ever comes sooner. Norris said there was flexibility in his contract, and you'd have to expect Norris to start soon.
David Murray will hang around, Pentagon style, checking on the plans and analyses and options paper ready for the arrival of Norris, who when he gets there, will have a smorgasbord of options to choose from.
Retail versus the rest
Don't expect Norris to spend too much time on the theorising and gaming, as it's easy to see which option the board prefers. In their selection of Norris, and the reasons advanced, CBA's prime growth plan is to try harder at flogging insurance and investment products to the masses.
This strategy has appeal, but at some point all banks, including CBA, are going to hit a peak in their market share, where the public supposed to buy this stuff doesn't want it.
The CBA vision is to push on and promote products that haven't proved easy to sell, which might be for good reasons. Those reasons include unsuitable products, awkward sales channels, a "sold rather than bought" mentality, and a major over estimation of the willingness of anyone without savings or insurance to reduce their spending.
Never mind. CBA's board have a vision, and Norris is their point man for leading everybody on.
Assuming savings continues to migrate to market-linked investments on which CBA can earn periodic fees, the emerging shift in strategy ought to consume less capital than one that involved more actual banking.
A manager and not a banker
This fear may be misplaced, but you'd have to wonder how much more of a push CBA plans to make in investment banking – the bank's most notable achievement of the Murray era. And what kind of offshore growth strategy does the board now have in mind?
Norris doesn't really have the background: he's a trustee bank executive engaged to run one of the world's top sixty banks.
This bloke's a performer, clearly, and the board and the search firm will mostly be supportive of the decision. But it's got to be said: there are essential banking credentials for the job of running a big bank, and it's worrying that Norris doesn't seem to have them.
What's gotten the board enthusiastic for Norris over the genuinely internal options is that he built a sales culture on a rusted-out banking model once before, and can be relied on to do it again.
One of the terms used more than once in today's briefing was "turnaround", but, as always, what are the messages the protagonists are sending? Perhaps that there is some deep seated problem in need of vital management, a task beyond the internal choices for the job as CBA's CEO.
CBA's politics informs selection of Norris
There is one more theme worth reading into the board's decision.
The selection of a halfway house candidate – an executive both internal and external to Commonwealth Bank – raises questions about what was on the mind of board members? In the choice between internal and external candidates, they compromised.
This newsletter's interpretation is that CBA's destructive internal politics partly explain the board's selection: they heard the cry for change and went looking.
This cry, which fuelled the Gail Kelly speculation with such gusto, emanates from the behaviour of David Murray for much of his 13 years at the helm, and the loud complaints from victims and friends of victims at the ways of the chief executive.
As to whether Kelly was in the running, who knows. But the argument advanced in yesterday's newsletter about Kelly's lack of credentials applies equally to Norris.
CBA – surely – does not need an external chief executive. The place has flaws, but in the context of the bank's profit and share price and business in general, things are going well.
In these circumstances, aspiring chief executives from within the ranks expect to get picked, so why didn't it happen?
And then there's the earlier question of the meaning of "cultural change". The bank 's chair and incoming CEO seem to imply that the issues stretch from the top tier, throughout middle management and into the now de-unionised labour force. The caveat is that everybody's doing wonderfully well so far, but would all and sundry try harder.
The alternative explanation is that the cultural change John Schubert and Ralph Norris are talking about is really required at the top.
This newsletter yesterday argued that sexism within the management culture as the top challenge facing the incoming CEO.
To that's let's add another: whatever it is about the bank that denied advancement to one of David Murray's direct reports on this occasion has got to get fixed.
Murray drove timing of CEO handover
Commonwealth Bank's board chair, John Schubert, explained the timing of David Murray's retirement was worked out between him and the board, with the timing in the end dictated by the need to have a new chief executive in place to formulate the bank's strategic plan for the period after that covered by the "Which new bank" plan, that covers the period up to 2006.
Schubert said that Murray recommended, "bringing in a new CEO ahead at the completion of the Which new bank program would give the new CEO a chance to develop a strategy for the next value creation phase of Commonwealth Bank," and that "the board supported that view."
Schubert said the board wanted to "maintain the momentum and not allow the transition process to interfere with the bank's competitive position … We are well on track to achieve all the objectives within the [stated] time frames [and] the emphasis of the next 12 months will remain on delivery."
Which new bank, Schubert said, "was dramatically changing the way CBA is able to compete and very important in putting in place a solid platform."
As for the selection of Norris, Schubert said he, Norris, had "a proven track record of success in this industry, in cultural transformation and customer service … in people and team development and business growth."
Schubert praised Norris' "outstanding work at ASB [Auckland Savings Bank] from 1991 to 2001 … CBA is still reaping the benefits of the very positive legacy he left behind.
"At ASB and Air New Zealand, Ralph has demonstrated great vision, and at ASB an ability to motivate strong teams and instil a positive culture and values."
Schubert's key messages included words like teams, culture and values, and there was little talk of banking.
Asked to explain the board's search process, and why the CBA board preferred an outsider over the internal candidates, Schubert said "I'm not going to go into a lot of detail," and didn't go into any.
As to the preference for an outside person, Schubert said, "We had a number of internal candidates … tremendous quality people."
Asked to elaborate on the timing of the handover, Schubert said this was "carefully planned to ensure that with the momentum we have on with Which new bank, that will continue and Ralph is a person who will ensure that will continue."
David Murray squeezed in the clarification that it's the chief executive who takes the plan to the board and not the other way around.
Murray also fielded the question on public perceptions about CBA's profits and his and Norris's pay packets. Murray used the line about the 50 per cent reduction in net interest margins over all these years, and didn't respond on the issue of fees.
ASB model vindicated by Norris' promotion
Ralph Norris, CBA's incoming chief executive, said at the briefing that, "having witnessed Which new bank as an outsider …I had no doubt that program was delivering.
"No organisation can achieve a truly solid base for competition and future growth without tackling the underlying culture. For me, customer service is really the only true differentiating factor that any organisation can have. If you can get it right with your customers and get it right with your staff, you well on the way to get it right for shareholders. Which new bank does precisely that.
"I'm really appreciative of David's timing and strategic consideration in the timing of this handover."
Asked to comment on the significance to CBA's business in Australia of the Which new bank program, Norris said, "I feel somewhat vindicated that those particular options [that is, ASB's sales management] have been selected."
Shareholder returns eclipse customer service
CBA's new management team managed to stay on message about the importance of customer service for about half an hour in this morning's briefing, but wandered back to more typical point of such briefings, which is that the object of all this endeavour is the share price.
Asked about the significance to CBA of the relative rate of economic growth in Australia and the cyclical decline in property prices, Norris said, "I think the issue as far a the [property] market is concerned, we all know the market goes in cycles. In the period ahead, it's not as propitious as more recent times. My job is to make sure … we are going to perform better than the market. That's how we'll be measured.
"We have to perform better than our competitors. We'll endeavour to beat the market."
The kiwi connection
Another dimension to the selection of Norris is the opportunity it may bring to explore an alternative way forward for the harmonisation and ultimately unification of banking systems in Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand's bank regulators caught Aussie banks on the hop at the time of ANZ Bank's takeover of National Bank of New Zealand. Most involved assumed NBNZ could be run at lower costs on ANZ's infrastructure in Australia. Then the Reserve Bank of New Zealand turned around and schemed up a new set of rules supposed to quarantine a New Zealand subsidiary from the failure of an Australian parent.
A lot of bank investment at the moment is geared toward compliance with a project in which many do not believe. Most bank boards and managers must hope that all is not lost, and that banks can manage their trans-Tasman banking businesses the way they prefer.
The savings from this one political decision would be worth quite a bit to all four big banks, and if Norris could carry that off, he'd make a few friends.
The New Zealand position on containing bank failures to one side of the Tasman seems unworldly. It's just hard to imagine how, in a real banking crisis, CBA would quarantine ASB Bank from Commonwealth Bank.
Are they not, after all, one and the same entity?
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As the low Interest Rates environment persists and equity returns narrowing in European capital markets, private debt investment funds are gaining traction with institutional investors looking for higher domestic yields and mid-term duration.
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Despite a gradual loss of interest in the wake of the last financial crisis, copulas, when wielded with care, still prove to be well suited to reflect tail default events. Be it based on a mono-factorial or multi-factorial approach, copula based Credit VaR provide an in depth view of the risk of default and joint default in a loan portfolio. They allow for Monte Carlo simulations and the construction of a full distribution of estimated credit losses over different holding periods, for instance 6 or 12 months. Model parameters such as default intensities / probabilities, recovery rates and defaults correlations can be implied from market prices or estimated from historical realizations. Stress testing could be performed through parametric shocks on default probabilities or recovery rates for instance, or through the estimation of model parameters during historical stressed periods (e.g. 2007-2008, 2011, etc.).
Liquidity risk should not be overlooked as well, for which proximity with market participants is key to assess potential asset liquidity and appetite for a particular asset. Design of liquidity matrices based on number of recent transactions, number of broker quotes and quoted spreads, ranking of the debt instrument and size of the position held, are quite common in the industry. For investor liquidity analyses, please refer to our previous pulse (hyperlink to add).
No doubt debt funds will continue to increase in number and assets. Risk managers must follow this trend and embrace appropriate risk measurement and monitoring techniques.
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The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra was founded by Daniel Barenboim and the late Edward Said. It consists of young, highly talented Israeli and Arabian musicians and was founded to increase the dialogue between young people in the Middle East and represent the peaceful collaboration of the two cultures. In standard comparable to the most established orchestras, it combines tonal beauty and transparency with youthful expressiveness, passion and exuberance. This technically brilliant and incredibly enthusiastic orchestra brings out all levels of Beethoven's 9th symphony and we listen to Beethoven at his very best: exuberant, emotional, lucid, tender, clear, triumphant... simply magnificent! Needless to say, Daniel Barenboim conducts excellently and outstanding singers Angela Denoke, Waltraud Meier, Burkhard Fritz and Rene Pape contribute tremendously to this unforgettable concert. The standing ovations are well deserved!


Have renovated my distributor completely, but while assembling the parts I simply cannot get things in place.
Trying to push down the contact-plate down to the adjustment rings/washers above the mechanical adjustment mechanism.
Whatever I do the screw holes (to lock the contact plats) lack at least a millimeter. What am I doing wrong?
This probably isn't the problem, but are you sure that your screws for the condenser do not extend into the case? If they do, they can interfere with the posts that hold the ends of the springs. I was advising a 220S owner who had this situation and he actually broke a gear tooth in the the distributor drive when the distributor locked up. Short of that, you will damage those pins for sure.
I would think that this might be an issue with your weights and whether the cam plate's pins are engaging them properly.
The problem was exactly this, the pin didn't engage properly.
I checked this several times, but wasn't really aware the pin should go so deep. Always learning something!


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Gambling Commission Regulatory Changes
Responsible Gambling - What do the UKGC changes really mean?
Posted by Jake Chody, Product Marketing on June 24 2022
Failings in consistency around customers' responsible gambling experience is one of the key issues to resolve for upcoming regulatory changes, according to global strategic advisory business Regulus Partners.
"Standardisation [is required] around processes that operators take to identify customers who may be vulnerable and the levels at which various different interactions have to take place," said Dan Waugh, Partner at the influential firm, in the latest episode of Tune Into Data, hosted by Future Anthem's Head of Data, Ed Mitchell.
Acknowledging the highly complex nature of responsible gambling, Waugh also cited a need to strike a balance that gives the Gambling Commission assurances on operator behaviour and avoids stifling the necessary innovation that allows the processes to be constantly improved.
Operators must take the initiative – or face the consequences
An operator-led strategy and approach to regulation is a must for Bally's – as well as a collective raising of standards to align with Bally's and other leading sportsbook and casino brands that are already demonstrating they are serious and proactive about bringing positive change.
"Different operators have different risk appetites and indeed an appetite for safer gambling. There are a number of operators that are very proactive in this area and are leading the way, they're investing huge amounts of capital to try and create the best solutions, but then you have some operators that are just not investing enough and not really meeting the standards that the Gambling Commission requires," said Kevin Clegg, VP of Environmental Social Governance at Bally's.
"Some operators are just quite simply too slow to react and to respond. It's difficult for those operators that are proactive, they are investing huge amounts of money to try and minimise harm. Unfortunately, there is a lag in some of the operators which means that the Gambling Commission has to take the action that it's taking right now," he added.
And further inaction could lead to a 'dystopian' level of state monitoring, commented Waugh.
"We have got to be really careful here because we have seen a number of proposals which would see the data come into a central repository where the state monitors the behaviour of online gambling consumers and then the state takes the decision about what happens. I think that is incredibly dystopian," he said.
Responsible gambling has 'got to be cultural'
Waugh warned that these are the types of possibilities if the industry fails to take leadership – and Clegg underlined how responsible gambling needs true buy-in from across an organisation.
He explained how processes are not easy to set up, while operators need to constantly review and improve them by listening to guidance, looking at where fines and censures have taken place and working with expert third-party partners to ensure best practice.
"If you want to get away with the minimum you can do, then you are going to find you are behind the 8-ball and you're going to have a lot of work to do to catch up," he said.
"It's got to be cultural; it's got to be important to you, it's got to be important to your employees and you have to take it really seriously.
If it's something that you aren't constantly reviewing and constantly developing, you'll be foul of the Gambling Commission guidance and – indeed – it's what our customers expect of us now. They expect to be taken care of, they expect us to be proactive in this area. Our stakeholders expect that as well. Any company that underestimates how external stakeholders feel about their performance in this area are making a big mistake."
Against the backdrop of the much-anticipated Government white paper and review of the 2005 Gambling Act to ensure gambling regulation is fit for the digital age, other themes discussed by the panel include:How companies can prepare for changes in legislation and what to expect
Interpreting guidance from the Gambling Commission
Improving the customer experience to minimise harm
Real-time monitoring and interventions
Timescales for technological implementation
Learnings from enforcement cases
Get ready for the change, speak to one of our customer experience specialists today to learn how you get compliant (and beyond) in 4 weeks!


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Melt butter in a large skillet. Add onions and stir constantly over medium heat for 1 minute. Crush garlic and add to onions. Add beans and toss lightly over medium heat until coated with butter.
Meanwhile, toast sesame seeds in a 350 degree oven for about 5 minutes, being careful not to burn.
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