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She was a member of the Steering Committee for the evaluation of IFFIm (the International Finance Facility for Immunisation), and the first CEO of an international NGO focusing on maternal and child health in Afghanistan, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She also served on the Board of Trustees of a charity and was Governor of a primary school and a Further and Higher Education college in West London.
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My favourite champion is Fizz.
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E:Fizz hops into the air, landing gracefully upon his spear and becoming untargetable. From this position, Fizz can either slam the ground or choose to jump again before smashing back down.
R:Fizz tosses a fish in a direction that attaches to any champion that touches it, slowing the target. After a short delay, a shark erupts from the ground, knocking up the target and knocking any nearby enemies aside. All enemies hit are dealt magic damage and slowed.


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Kulomet typ 97 byl standardním pevně instalovaným leteckým kulometem puškové ráže užívaným letadly Japonského císařského námořnictva během druhé světové války. Nebyl nijak konstrukčně spřízněn s lehkým kulometem typ 97 užívaným ve stejném období pozemními silami Japonské císařské armády.

Konstrukce
Typ 97 byl podobný armádnímu kulometu typ 89, který byl také licenční variantou kulometu Vickers Class E. Lišily se však použitím munice s mírně odlišnými délkami nábojnice, která nebyla vzájemně zaměnitelná.

Byl velmi vhodný pro synchronizaci, a byl užíván například jako výzbroj instalovaná nad motorovým krytem letounu A6M Zero.

Nasazení
Typ 97 vstoupil do služby v roce 1937, a byl užíván například v letounech Nakadžima B6N, Jokosuka K5Y, Jokosuka D4Y, Aiči D3A, Aiči E16A, Kawaniši E7K, Kawaniši N1K a jeho pozemní odvozené varianty N1K-J, Micubiši J2M, Micubiši F1M2 a zejména u Micubiši A6M a jeho plovákové odvozené verze Nakadžima A6M2-N.

Reference

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Isengard var ett power metal-band från Vikingstad som bildades 1988 och var aktivt fram till 2001. Bandet återförenades igen 2011 och släppte EP:n Sail Into Orion år 2013, men splittrades på nytt 2016.

Medlemmar
Senaste medlemmar
Uffe Tillman – trummor
Fredrik Broman – basgitarr
Ronnie Andréson – gitarr , sång
Peter Högberg – sång
Helena Åström – sång
PeO Lövholm – keyboard

Tidigare medlemmar
Janne "Goat" Tillman – basgitarr
 Anders "Gurra" Gustavsson – sång
 Tony "Odin" Ulvan – sång
 Tommy Adolfsson – sång
 Linus Melchiorsen – sång
 Morgan J. Johansson – sång

Diskografi
Demo
Atomic Winter (1992)

Studioalbum
Feel No Fear (1994)
Enter the Dragon Empire (1996)
Crownless Majesty (2001)

EP
Under the Dragons Wing (1995)
Sail into Orion (2013)

Externa länkar
Metal-archives: Isengard

Svenska metalgrupper
Musikgrupper bildade 1988
Musikgrupper från Linköping
Svenska power metal-grupper


This payment and debit-card processing leader standardized on Google's G Suite, but struggled to achieve PCI compliance for its auditors.
With a mix of regular employees and contractors, managed and BYOD mobiles and laptops, as well as a geographically distributed work force proved challenging when it came to achieving PCI compliance, the compliance team wanted to restrict contractors to browser access and only on the corporate network, whilst allowing regular employees full access on managed devices and corporate networks, but restricted access on BYOD.
Bitglass delivered a complete solution out of the box. The Bitglass Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution included SAML single sign-on, so the customer terminated its contract with Okta and configured Bitglass to be the identity provider for G Suite. Installing the Bitglass AD sync agent automatically provisioned users on Bitglass mirroring user groups and privileges. Configuring WYSWIG access-control policies on the Bitglass console enforced the rules that were required for compliance. And Bitglass's unique AJAX-VM technology meant that no agents or configuration or spoofed certificates were required on either managed or unmanaged laptops. Users simply logged into G Suite and were automatically redirected via the Bitglass proxy service. Best of all, the Bitglass solution is a SaaS offering in itself so no software is required. High-availability fail-over and geographic load balancing.


WHAT DOES DRUMS LESSONS IS ALL ABOUT?
Drums is part of the percussion instrumentation. Drums set minimun requiremet is seven pieces. You could get a junior set if student is under 8 years of age. You could get a regular size of set of drums after 9 years of age and up.
Playing drums is one of the most challenging instruments due to the variaty of instruments to play at the same time. It is not an instrument for everybody.
WHAT IF MY CHILD WANTS TO LEARN DRUMS BUT WE PREFFER OTHER MORE QUITE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?
That is one of the dilemas I find in my students sometimes. I reccomend two things. One to get the student an electronic drums set. Only the sutudent can hear the instrument with headphones or if you have an acustic drum set already, then you could sound proof the room and also fill out each drum with stuff to bring the volume down.
IS THERE BOOKS TO FOLLOW IN THE DRUMS LESSONS?
Definately, most instruments have books to make the learning process much easier to learn. We use several music books such as Alfred or Essential Elements along with Alfred Music Theory. Eventually after the student gets the hung around, he/she could start playing by ear and try to follow music from the radio or music he/she enjoys...It is always important the drums coach opinion.


These strips are so versatile they'll be your go to substitute for most chicken dishes you love to cook.
For a more tender, saucier product, add one tablespoon of vegetable oil and ½ cup of water OR ½ a cup of your favourite vegetable stock. Stir fry in a pan until the sauce reduces down and thickens and the product is well coated and heated through.
If you're cooking without a sauce, add a tablespoon of cooking oil and half a cup of water while cooking to ensure that the meat is kept tender. Heat for four minutes for crispy strips, but don't overdo it, or they'll get tough.
The traditional lemon & thyme blend has a mild savoury flavour ideal for salads, sandwiches, pasta, pizza, kebabs, dippers, stir fry and risotto.


Thus if the animals grazed in a common area, the cowboys or shepherds could identify their animals because of the branding. There were obvious disadvantages to this system, one of them being that it was a painful process for the animal itself. After branding, the actual identification of the animals was done manually. The only advantage was, that there was little room for dispute with another animal owner or ranch owner about the rightful ownership of a particular animal.


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What the unlikely rise of Atelier Ryza 2 says about PC gaming in 2021
JRPGs or bust
Feature by Kat Bailey Contributor
This is The Limit Break, a fortnightly column in which Kat Bailey explores all things RPG.
If you had asked me to pick which RPG series would unexpectedly break out on PC back in 2019, I doubt I would have picked Atelier Ryza. Gust's long-running series about cherubic anime girls doing alchemy had long been a kind of background radiation in the RPG space — always there, but barely noticeable. There was little to suggest that Atelier Ryza would suddenly become something resembling an actual hit, easily breaking series sales records while consistently selling out on online storefronts.
But that's pretty much what's happened. When it arrived in Japan in 2018, it quickly sold more than 150,000 units, generating buzz among fans both at home and abroad. It soon followed suit in North America, where it leapt up the sales charts on Steam among endless "Thicc Thighs Save Lives" memes. True, it was a fairly modest success in the grand scheme of things — selling a few hundred thousand units won't make your game the next Among Us — but it was enough to turn some heads, including my own.
Now Atelier Ryza 2 is here, and it's already popping up on Steam's list of bestsellers. It has a long way to go before it matches the popularity of Persona 4 Golden, let alone Genshin Impact, but at long last Atelier appears to be a series on the rise.
So how did Atelier Ryza get to this point? Well, Gust deserve no small amount of credit for the large improvements made to the Atelier formula. But it has also been the beneficiary of various trends that have taken shape over the past decade or so. Specifically, Japanese RPGs have developed a real audience on PC, and Atelier Ryza is particularly well-positioned to thrive in such an environment.
For evidence of how Japanese games have found a comfortable home on Steam, you need look no further than Dragon Quest XI, which saw a worldwide release on PC alongside the PlayStation 4 version in 2018 — something that would have been completely unheard of just a few years earlier (indeed, Dragon Quest VIII still hasn't made it to PC).
As Japanese publishers have adopted an international outlook, their attention has necessarily fallen on platforms like Steam, home to a large — and up until recently, untapped — audience of enthusiasts. This has in turn enhanced their visibility, giving rise to thriving mod communities like the ones enjoyed by the western peers. Seriously, have you seen the mods for Final Fantasy IX? They're really, really good.
Still, even by the standards of Japanese RPGs, the Atelier games are niche, comparing more readily with the racy Akiba's Trip than genre stalwarts like Final Fantasy. The series has been around a surprisingly long time, with roots going back to the late 90s, when Atelier Marie first debuted on the PlayStation, later to be ported to the Sega Saturn and PC. Atelier Marie established the formula that would carry the series for the next 20 years: a charming cast, a deep crafting system, and low-stakes adventuring. Gust would go on cranking out Atelier games for the next 20 years or so, happy to cultivate a tiny but dedicated fandom on platforms like the PlayStation Vita.
When Atelier Ryza appeared on the scene in 2019, it retained this basic core, but substantially expanded its scope. Its graphics were noticeably better than those of its predecessors, featuring a bright colour palette reminiscent of Nintendo's The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, and more recently, Genshin Impact. Its systems were also upgraded, with a revamped crafting system resembling something like a skill tree, and a much faster combat system. Even the key art looked better. Just compare it to Atelier Lulua, which looks like it's advertising a mobile game by comparison.
And - sighs - yes, the memes had an impact as well. When Dengeki PlayStation revealed that character designer Toridamono was fixated on getting Ryza's thighs right, the internet quickly responded.
The result: an all-time peak of around 4,000 concurrent users according to Steam Charts. For comparison, its immediate predecessor, Atelier Lulua, peaked at about 511 concurrent users. Not too shabby.
Reflecting on the series' newfound success in the west in an interview with Nintendo Life, producer Junzo Hosoi mostly attributed Ryza's breakout to the faster-paced battle system, which is a hybrid of turn-based strategy and real-time inputs.
Atelier has benefited from certain trends beyond the scope of the series itself.
He's not wrong. Like the rest of Atelier Ryza, the battle system is both more streamlined and more attractive, instantly grabbing the eye with a sense of style that was decidedly absent in previous games. The sequel goes still further by introducing chain attacks, resulting in the battle system being even flashier for the second go-around.
But beyond even these meaningful improvements, Atelier has benefited from certain trends beyond the scope of the series itself. Among them, parent company Koei Tecmo has taken a noticeable step forward in quality, finding success with a range of titles, including the Atelier series and Nioh, Team Ninja's answer to Dark Souls. Atelier Ryza has also surely benefited from the continued mainstreaming of anime, which has helped even fairly esoteric action games like Nier: Automata to find mass audiences.
Then there are the technological advantages of the PC itself, which are evident in Atelier Ryza being able to run at 4K 60FPS while the Switch and PS4 versions are locked to lower framerates. As a result, Atelier Ryza looks and feels much better on PC, putting it in line with other recent releases like Monster Hunter: World. It's aided by Koei Tecmo getting progressively more comfortable with developing for PC, resulting in better and more polished ports than the sometimes ramshackle efforts of the past (though Atelier Ryza still had its share of tearing issues and other visual glitches at launch).
All of this feels remarkable in light of the fact that Steam wasn't even readily available in Japan as recently as 2011, when the platform and the bulk of its games were still presented in English. Even just a few years ago, magazines like Weekly Famitsu were reluctant to cover digital games, preferring instead to focus on traditional console releases. It's taken a dramatic shift in mindset among Japanese publishers to get to this point. Even now, Japanese publishers seem kind of shocked when one of their games manages to break out on PC.
So while Atelier Ryza is hardly the first Japanese RPG to succeed on Steam, it does represent an ongoing sea change for the genre. In the early 2000s, popular developers like BioWare began migrating to consoles, leading to speculation that the PC was doomed as a gaming platform. Now JRPGs are moving the other direction. You could almost say that the genre has come full circle, closing the loop that began when Yuji Horii borrowed from Ultima and Wizardry to create Dragon Quest. That can only mean good things for Atelier Ryza and games like it, showing that confident, well-made JRPGs can have a bright future on PC, no matter how niche their history.
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Kat Bailey is an independent journalist and former Editor in Chief of USgamer. She is also the host of Axe of the Blood God, a podcast devoted to exploring RPGs in all their forms,. You can follow her on Twitter at @the_katbot, where she spends most of her time complaining about West Ham United.
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package org.assertj.core.error;

import org.assertj.core.internal.*;

/**
 * Creates an error message indicating that an assertion that verifies that a value is not in a group of values (e.g. an array or
 * collection) failed.
 *
 * @author Yvonne Wang
 * @author Joel Costigliola
 */
public class ShouldNotBeIn extends BasicErrorMessageFactory {

  /**
   * Creates a new {@link ShouldNotBeIn}.
   * @param actual the actual value in the failed assertion.
   * @param values the group of values where {@code actual} is expected to be in.
   * @param comparisonStrategy the {@link ComparisonStrategy} used to evaluate assertion.
   * @return the created {@code ErrorMessageFactory}.
   */
  public static ErrorMessageFactory shouldNotBeIn(Object actual, Object values, ComparisonStrategy comparisonStrategy) {
    return new ShouldNotBeIn(actual, values, comparisonStrategy);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new {@link ShouldNotBeIn}.
   * @param actual the actual value in the failed assertion.
   * @param values the group of values where {@code actual} is expected to be in.
   * @return the created {@code ErrorMessageFactory}.
   */
  public static ErrorMessageFactory shouldNotBeIn(Object actual, Object values) {
    return new ShouldNotBeIn(actual, values, StandardComparisonStrategy.instance());
  }

  private ShouldNotBeIn(Object actual, Object values, ComparisonStrategy comparisonStrategy) {
    super("%nExpecting:%n <%s>%nnot to be in:%n <%s>%n%s", actual, values, comparisonStrategy);
  }

}

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Light up your life with the Luci Color Essence Mini Trio of solar-powered lights in colors like violet, sky, coral and mint ($44.95, mpowerd.com). With each purchase, a community somewhere around the world will have access to a Luci light.
These Baby Stuffed Elephants are made by artisans in Laos using natural dyes ($24–$40, stfrank.com); Peace Coasters are created in the same traditional weaving technique of the Agaseke and handmade by women of Rwanda, providing them with socioeconomic opportunity to rebuild their communities and support their families.
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Tokyo (Japan). Early morning at the Tsukiji Fish Market, in the hearth of Tokyo. Hundreds of people gather here to buy the best fish coming from every corner of the world. But the most important one, Tuna fish, has a specially dedicated auction with a very organised procedure. Frozen fishes are laid down on the floor, and the incredibly hot and humid air (it was summer) creates a sort of fog's layer just above them. Bidders check every single tuna in order to prepare their best offer when the auctioneer – from the heigh of his stool – starts the negotiation few minutes after.


EXCLUSIVE: Bill Lawrence has sold a second comedy project this season, landing a second straight pilot production commitment. Fox has nabbed the single-camera comedy, which Lawrence will write, direct and executive produce. Inspired by Lawrence's real-life experiences, it centers on a father-son relationship. This marks the first pilot script Lawrence will write solo since Scrubs. Two weeks ago, he and Greg Malins received a pilot production commitment from CBS for a multi-camera workplace comedy they will co-write together. Both projects hail from Warner Bros TV, where Lawrence is under a rich, long-term deal that started in June. The Fox deal reunites ICM-repped Lawrence with the network's entertainment president Kevin Reilly, who was in the same position at NBC for some of Scrubs' run on the network.


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Economic recovery hampered by coronavirus – Geingob – The Namibian
Economic recovery hampered by coronavirus - Geingob - The Namibian
Africa-Press – Namibia. President Hage Geingob says the novel coronavirus has changed the government's "well laid-out plans" of economic recovery.
In his New Year message, Geingob said plans to recover the slumping economy were under way. He said these measures were aimed at ensuring fiscal sustainability and in turn implemented the biggest expenditure cuts since independence. "As a consequence of a slowing economy, a number of big and small businesses were negatively affected. Having staved off this testing period, we were anticipating the beginning of a phase of rebuilding in 2020. Regrettably, the arrival of an uninvited and unwelcome guest, Covid-19, changed the well-laid-out plans of recovery," the president said."Subsequently, jobs have been lost; a number of businesses have reduced their capacities or have closed down completely and this has led to tremendous suffering for our people, at a social, economic and psychological level," Geingob added.He noted that the Bank of Namibia has estimated an annualised real GDP contraction of 7,3%, while the deficit is estimated to balloon to beyond 10% of GDP. Geingob added: "This level of economic recession is like nothing we have faced as a nation since independence in 1990. It is unprecedented. Covid-19 has had a seismic effect, not only on our local economy, but on the global economy as a whole."
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Scott Stinson: Marc Gasol trade shows Raptors are firmly in win-now mode
The pitch to Kawhi Leonard relied on a long playoff run, but it was looking like they might have a hell of a time getting out of the second round
Scott Stinson
ATLANTA — For a fevered few minutes there on Thursday afternoon, it looked like the NBA trade deadline music would stop and Masai Ujiri would still be looking for a chair.
The Philadelphia 76ers had already added Tobias Harris earlier in the week, giving them a terrific starting five if not much of a bench at all. And then a little after midday the Milwaukee Bucks jumped in, pilfering sweet-shooting big man Nikola Mirotic from the New Orleans Pelicans for roster flotsam and draft picks, an addition that will make the East-leading Bucks even more of a handful than the Toronto Raptors have already found them to be.
It was flop-sweats time for Raptors fans and, even if they might not admit, for Ujiri and GM Bobby Webster and everyone else in the Toronto front office. They had built a team that at the start of this season looked very much like an Eastern Conference contender, perhaps even a title contender if things broke correctly, and now here they were stuck watching everyone else around them getting better. When so much of the sales pitch to pending free agent Kawhi Leonard relied on the Raptors having a long playoff run this spring — well, that and the extra US$50-million they can offer him — it was starting to look like the team might have a hell of a time trying to get out of the second round again.
It was starting to look like the team might have a hell of a time trying to get out of the second round again
They still might. But the Raptors' own prospects were also significantly improved on Thursday with the trade with Memphis for centre Marc Gasol, a move that sent centre Jonas Valanciunas, guards Delon Wright and C.J. Miles, and a second-round draft pick for five years from now to the Grizzlies.
"He's really excited to be here and this is, I think, exciting for us going forward as we move to all of us trying to achieve a dream of contending for a championship in the NBA," Ujiri, the team president, said in Toronto late Thursday night.
It was, at a stroke, a trade that signalled a couple of things: that the Raptors are in win-now mode as much as they have ever been, but also that Ujiri and company aren't so desperate to load up for this coming playoff run that they were willing to part with assets that they know they need to keep if things don't work out as they hope over the next four months or so. They retained their two prized young forwards, Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby, both of whom would be expected to be the centrepieces of a rebuild effort should the Raptors' fortunes go pear-shaped sometime between April and July.
Toronto Raptors' Jonas Valanciunas (17) reacts after scoring against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez
In parting ways with Valanciunas, the Raptors lose a genuinely likeable big man, a guy who had become a franchise great somewhat by virtue of having been a long-serving member of the team during the best era in its history. But he was never an All-Star, and as much as he improved his game over the years he was rarely on the court in crunch time. They also lose Wright and Miles, the former a talented guy who does all the little things right but struggled to find a defined role on a deep team, and the latter a mercenary shooter who has unfortunately struggled this season to shoot. Oh, and that 2024 draft pick, by which time we could all be knee deep in rising seas, so whatever.
All of which is to say, the Raptors lost two guys who hadn't been key pieces all season and one in Valanciunas who was replaced by someone who is significantly better at the same position. Gasol, while at 34 is eight years older than the big Lithuanian, is a three-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA, and a former Defensive Player of the Year. He scores, he rebounds, he passes, he even shoots threes. He's the best centre the Raptors have ever had, just like that. In landing him, Toronto went from a team that was being passed as it stood still to striding aggressively back into the Eastern Conference race, otherwise known as the fight to be pantsed by the Golden State Warriors in the Finals.
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After the Raptors were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs last season, there was a point this summer in which it appeared a new coach would be the only significant change to the group that kept getting punched right in the face by LeBron James and his Infinity Glove in the post-season. But three of the four Raptors who played the most minutes against the Cavs last May — DeMar DeRozan, Miles, and Valanciunas — are now all gone. Four more players from that 13-man roster are also now all former Raptors: Wright, Jakob Poeltl, Lorenzo Brown and Bebe Nogueira. While everyone wondered what Ujiri would do after another embarrassing playoff exit, we now have our answer: He blew it up. It may have taken a little time, but he has turned over more than half the roster, plus the coaching staff, of the best Raptors team that its fans had ever known.
Asked Thursday morning in Atlanta if he expected his roster to change, head coach Nick Nurse said: "I don't think so, but what do I know?" Either not much, or that was an excellent poker face he displayed.
After Thursday night's game, in which an undermanned Raptors squad eventually overcame a young Hawks team, Nurse said he was excited to see what Gasol would mean to his roster. But he also said he was sorry to lose the players that were shipped out. The coach was unusually soft-spoken after the win, and said it had been a tough day. As an assistant he had worked closely with Valanciunas over many years, often travelling overseas in the summer to see him. "I'll miss him," Nurse said. "I miss him already." It's a fun game, professional sports, but a hard business.
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So, you're running a freelance business – whether you're a plumber, a roofer, an IT specialist, an editor … and you want to make more money. Of course you do. How do you do it? Short of putting all of your prices up (which is something you can often do), here's what I see as the best ways to make more money in your freelance business.
Organise your admin – streamline your admin processes, organise yourself so that your systems tell you what to do next and automate your invoicing, OR outsource your accounts, invoicing or all of your admin to someone expert in the task.
In every line of work, there's general work (replacing roofs) and there's specialised work (matching slates, doing repair work, conservation). Find what specialities match your skills, and you'll find that the more specialised the work, the higher your rates can be.
Do be careful – make sure that you really are an expert before you go charging extra for expert services. Prospective clients will want to see evidence of your ability if they're going to pay you more, so write down your experience on your marketing materials and collect some testimonials.
Having worked with overseas students' dissertations and thesis, I diversified into working with translators who are translating from their native language into English. It's still non-native English, and I'm still making it sound like native English, but I'm working for professional organisations, so the student discount need no longer apply.
My handyman, Terry, extended his range of services when he made me some window screens and realised there are lots of people out there who need such things. Another string to his bow – and something he can do when it's raining and he can't paint the outsides of people's houses.
You can see that by matching the industry's rates first of all, then streamlining your processes and simultaneously specialising and diversifying, you can up your rates of pay while working the same hours. Do you have any experiences to share about how you have made more money out of your business as it's developed?
Great post Liz – putting up rates is so hard in the current climate – so we think really carefully about what rates we start new clients on. Once the bar is set it's hard to raise it without resistance. We should be paid what we are worth though – and we are often worth more than we think.
Yes, indeed – putting up prices is a last straw, I think, but there are plenty of other ways to optimise income. And, yes, once you're up and running, starting new clients on the right rate is key.
Thank you for your comment, Wendy – I'm glad you found it both sensible and encouraging. And I'd say that three out of four isn't bad at all!


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They were variously characterised as part of a garage rock, submit-punk or new wave revival. Because the bands came from throughout the globe, cited numerous influences (from traditional blues, through New Wave to grunge), and adopted differing kinds of costume, their unity as a style has been disputed. There had been makes an attempt to revive storage rock and elements of punk in the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties and by 2000 scenes had grown up in several nations. The early emo scene operated as an underground, with short-lived bands releasing small-run vinyl information on tiny impartial labels. Emo broke into mainstream tradition within the early 2000s with the platinum-promoting success of Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American and Dashboard Confessional's The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most .
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During 1991 and 1992, other grunge albums corresponding to Pearl Jam's Ten, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger and Alice in Chains' Dirt, together with the Temple of the Dog album featuring members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, turned among the one hundred top-selling albums. Major document labels signed many of the remaining grunge bands in Seattle, whereas a second inflow of acts moved to the town within the hope of success. However, with the death of Kurt Cobain and the subsequent break-up of Nirvana in 1994, touring problems for Pearl Jam and the departure of Alice in Chains' lead singer Layne Staley in 1998, the style started to say no, partly to be overshadowed by Britpop and more business sounding submit-grunge.
Often they labored via the most important labels and got here to incorporate numerous influences from jangle pop, pop-punk, alternative metallic or exhausting rock. The term post-grunge initially was meant to be pejorative, suggesting that they were simply musically by-product, or a cynical response to an "genuine" rock movement.
The new emo had a way more mainstream sound than in the Nineteen Nineties and a far higher enchantment amongst adolescents than its earlier incarnations. At the identical time, use of the time period emo expanded past the musical style, changing into related to style, a hairstyle and any music that expressed emotion. By 2003 publish-hardcore bands had additionally caught the eye of major labels and started to take pleasure in mainstream success in the album charts.[citation wanted] A number of these bands have been seen as a more aggressive offshoot of emo and given the customarily imprecise label of screamo. The time period post-grunge was coined for the era of bands that adopted the emergence into the mainstream and subsequent hiatus of the Seattle grunge bands. Post-grunge bands emulated their attitudes and music, but with a more radio-pleasant commercially oriented sound.
Punk music provided the inspiration for some California-based bands on unbiased labels in the early Nineties, including Rancid, Pennywise, Weezer and Green Day.
Many countries have developed an extensive native indie scene, flourishing with bands with enough popularity to survive contained in the respective country, but virtually unknown outdoors them.
Later pop-punk bands, together with All Time Low, 5 Seconds Of Summer, the All-American Rejects and Fall Out Boy, had a sound that has been described as nearer to Eighties hardcore, while still achieving industrial success.
Pop-punk tends to use energy-pop melodies and chord changes with speedy punk tempos and loud guitars.
The origins of Nineties pop punk can be seen within the more song-oriented bands of the 1970s punk movement like Buzzcocks and the Clash, commercially profitable new wave acts such as the Jam and the Undertones, and the extra hardcore-influenced parts of alternative rock in the 1980s.
The first wave of British submit-punk included Gang of Four, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division, who placed less emphasis on art than their US counterparts and extra on the darkish emotional qualities of their music. Bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, the Cure, and the Sisters of Mercy, moved more and more in this course to discovered Gothic rock, which had turn out to be the premise of a major sub-tradition by the early Nineteen Eighties. Similar emotional territory was pursued by Australian acts like the Birthday Party and Nick Cave. Members of Bauhaus and Joy Division explored new stylistic territory as Love and Rockets and New Order respectively.
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Originally, grunge bands that emerged when grunge was mainstream and were suspected of emulating the grunge sound had been pejoratively labelled as publish-grunge. From 1994, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's new band, the Foo Fighters, helped popularize the genre and define its parameters. Bands corresponding to Green River, Soundgarden, Melvins and Skin Yard pioneered the style, with Mudhoney becoming the most profitable by the top of the decade. Grunge remained largely a local phenomenon until 1991, when Nirvana's album Nevermind turned an enormous success, containing the anthemic track "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
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Q: Crear una carpeta "general" node_modules para React Native tengo muchos "mini" proyectos que estoy realizando en un curso de React Native. Me gustaría  que todos los proyectos en el package.json indicar la ruta de la carpeta donde estén TODOS, o lo que es lo mismo: una carpeta "general" para node_modules.
Uno de los problemas que se me presenta es con EXPO y su package.json que tendría que cambiar "_where" cada vez, ¿cierto?
¿Es posible?
De no ser posible... ¿Se podría reducir considerablemente el tamaño de la carpeta node_modules?
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What Mysteries does Pyramid Conceal? Part.II
The most magnificent pyramid standing today the only surviving structure of the seven wonders of the ancient world is the pyramid at Giza, built during the reign of Cheops, the Greek name for King Khufu. At the time of its construction, the pyramid rose some 482 feed, covered 13 acres, and weighed at least 6.5 million tons. Napoleon calculated that the material from which it was built over 2300000 blocks would form a wall around France 10 feet high and one foot wide. The grand scale of the Cheops pyramid is matched by its precise design.
Each side of its base measures some 776 feet, and the sides vary by only 7.9 inches; the pyramid's stones are placed so accurately that it's impossible to fit a sheet of paper between them. The sides of the pyramid run with an error of a little more than 4 degrees, almost exactly from north to south and from east to west.
In the 19th century, as archeologists mapped out the pyramids, the wonder induced by these details encouraged a whole new pseudo scientific discipline. "Pyramidology" sought to discover the "Pyramid inch," a standard unit that allowed the Egyptians to build with such uncanny precision. Standard such as pi, the mass and circumference of the earth, and the distance of earth to sun were suggested. Others proposed the theory that the pyramids were great stone texts, in which details of the entire history of the world had been encoded. Pyramidologists stretched to even greater imaginative lengths to explain how these stone marvels were constructed.
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What Mysteries does Pyramid Conceal? Part.I
Even today, almost five thousand years after its completion, the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt is a technical masterpiece. But its builders left no plans that might explain how it came to be built. It is still not completely clear why the pyramid was erected. With so few answers available, it seems that the great Pyramid will be surrounded by mystery forever.
On the west bank of the Nile stand the astonishing Pyramids. The very shape of the pyramid, with its sturdy, earthbound base and its apex reaching for the heavens, articulates the combination of technical skill and spiritual commitment that their construction required.
The golden age of construction in Egypt occurred during the Fourth Dynasty, from 2868 to 2613 BC. For the most part, the pyramids were meant to serve as burial chambers for Pharaohs and other high officials. The foundation of the Egyptian monarchy relied on the immortality of the Pharaoh, and thus was predicted on a devout belief in an afterlife.
The pyramid not only glorified the pharaoh but served as a sort of antechamber in which he would wait until he entered the next world. The Egyptians perfected the art of embalming to preserve the buried body, and often stocked the pyramids with royal amenities the pharaoh would want with him in the afterlife. In one tomb, for example, archeologists found some 40,000 stone vessels, enough to satisfy even the most regal of mummies as well as a retinue of servants, often buried close by the pharaoh.
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One of the most effective methods of creative thinking is brainstorming. This technique was developed in 1948 by Alex Osborne, who defined four rules:
1) Everything can be said, since nothing will be evaluated;
2) The more ideas expressed, the better, as in the old Chinese proverb: "to catch many fish you should cast many lines';
3) No idea is too exotic, too bizarre or too trivial;
4) Any combinations, deviations and improvements on the ideas presented are desirable.
The decisive thing with this technique is not to find exactly the right answer there can be many answers to problems but to unleash new ideas that have previously not seen considered. Every idea put on the table acts as an incentive for other group members to find a new idea themselves. The most important and most difficult rule for such as communal gathering of ideas is : no criticism! This would immediately stifle the creativity and collective thinking of the people involved in the brains storming. Also, the ideas presented need not be explained or even defended. They must only be taken down spontaneously and in rapid sequence; then, at a later stage, they can be evaluated by the entire team to find out if they are of use or not.
Here is an example: while searching for a zip replacement for space suits, NASA designers employed a particularly open technique of idea association. One participant would pick a word or term at random from the dictionary for example, rain forest. During the brainstorming session that followed, he had the image of walking through a rain forest with thorns getting stuck on his clothes. For the astronauts, the result was a type of fasteners in which thousands of thorn like fibers hooks into one another. The material was named Velcro, and today it is a household name.
When conversing with your inner adviser, you can think freely how you wish to proceed. This may appear strange to you at first, but if you try, you will soon get used to it.
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The Mystery of the sunken city of Atlantis Part.II
In the decade that followed, more theories bubbled to the surface, placing Atlantis everywhere from Tibet to the Amazon basin to the Bahamas. But the most plausible account situated the island in the vicinity of Greece.
Modern day seismologists and volcanologists have scoured the historical record to find an event of such cataclysmic proportions that it could literally destroy an entire civilization, and the promising match occurred in an island in the Aegean Sea. Some 3500 years ago, a tremendous explosion rocked the island of Kalliste, now known as Satorini, the southern most of Cyclades Islands. The eruption had a force of 500 to 1000 atomic bombs and deposited ash over an area greater than 300000 square miles. Kalliste was an outpost of the larger island of Crete, which was then at the height of its decadence. In fact, archeologists have excavated the ruins of magnificent cities that seem to match the ones described by Plato in his dialogues. The eruption on Kalliste created tidal waves that quickly spread to Crete, destroying many of its ports, including its magnificent capital, Knossos –in its time, the largest city in the eastern Mediterranean. Crete never recovered and soon waned in power- interestingly, a trajectory of rise and fall quiet similar to that of Atlantis.
So how did the legend emerge? In the dialogues, Critias claims he heard the tale from his great grandfather, who traces the story back to Egypt. Egyptians were not themselves a seafaring people, but they did trade extensively with Cretans and had no doubt heard tales of Crete's grandeur. After the eruption, when the Cretan ships suddenly disappeared, it might have seemed to Egyptians as if Crete simply vanished. Ti is quite possible that over time, the idea amassed the barnacles of narrative embellishment and was transformed into the legend of the Lost City of Atlantis.
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The Mystery of the sunken city of Atlantis Part.I
The Mystery of the sunken city of Atlantis, lost and glittering somewhere on the ocean floor, has fascinated people for centuries. But few realize that the source of the legend isn't some crackpot dreamer but the father of Western thought, Plato, the Greek philosopher. Indeed, the only references to the Atlantis from antiquity occur in two of Plato's dialogues: Critias and Timaeus. In them, Plato describes a vast island paradise, rich in metals and dotted with luxurious gardens, that existed somewhere off the coast of the Straits of Gibraltar. The city, which had conquered the surrounding regions with its mighty navy, was protected by Poseidon, the god of the sea. However, when the island's inhabitants became corrupt and began to worship other gods, Poseidon punished them with "a single day and night misfortune in which the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea".
Plato reveled in allegories and fables, and some scholars- including Plato's student, Aristotle- have speculated that the legend of Atlantis was merely a philosophical device, a way to highlight the dangers of national conceit. But some historians believe otherwise, and have searched antiquity for signs of an actual even that might correspond to this devastating cataclysm. The search reached a peak of intensity during the 15th century, the age of European exploration; any newly discovered territory was a candidate to be the Lost city. In fact when America was first discovered, many considered it Atlantis-although there was no evidence that the new world was ever submerged in water.
In fact, the United States itself has harbored more than its share of Atlantis fanatics. Congress man Ignatius Donnelly published his best selling Atlantis: The Antediluvian World in 1882, which posited that Atlantis was an island continent that existed between the Old and New worlds. Donnelly claimed that the existence of Atlantis explained the similarities between the pre Columbian civilizations of America and ancient Egyptian culture, including the building of pyramids and the 365 day years. Both cultures originated on Atlantis, said Donnelly, and moved to their respective continents when the island was submerged.
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The Bay of Pigs Aftermath and Operation Mongoose
Among the covert operations that the CIA arranged during the 20th century, Operation Mongoose must take the prize for peculiarity. Begun by an administration in the grip of cold war paranoia, the aim of the operation was to disrupt, defame and to ultimately depose Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba.
Castro came to power in 1959 with the promise that he would reform the 1940 constitution and undertake moderate reforms. But he had grander plans. He nationalized Cuba's private commerce and industry institute massive land reforms and take over American agricultural estates. American officials were deeply disturbed. Enlivened by Cold war rhetoric and ideology, they had come to see the insidious spread of Communism as their main postwar concern. Castro's Cuba was the first communist regime in the Western Hemisphere, and it was feared that he might wield influence over other Latin American Countries. In 1960, Castro signed a trade agreement with the Soviet Union, confirming all the worst American fears. In January 1961, the United States broke diplomatic ties with Cuba.
The controversy that ensued after the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion convinced the Kennedy administration that covert acts were a far more manageable means of eroding Castro's power than invasions, and Operation Mongoose was inaugurated. The operation was headed up by Brigadier General Edward G. Lansdale, who was famous for his propaganda warfare tactics in the Philippines. A firm believer in psychological operations (what the CIA term is PSYOP), his initial contributions to the cause were inspired. The propose operations included such as schemes as convincing the Cuban people that Castro was the anti Christ, and equally bizarre activities.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 Operation Mongoose was dismantled, but it put no end to the group's shenanigans. The CIA continued their PSYOP planning, and in 1963, Lt. Colonel James Patchell conceived of a new plan to topple Castro – the invention of a mythical anti Castro rebel, whoem Patchell decided to call 'The Fighting Friend'. Patchell believed that as the imaginary friend's fame grew, other anti Castro rebels would be drawn to his cause, and eventually, when victory was certain, one of them would claim his identity.
None of the ideas were enacted. Anti Castro radio was the main form of covert action practiced by the United States. But these broadcasts failed to foment anything close to an uprising, perhaps because of their cryptic messages. During the Bay of Pigs invasion, the American based Radio free Cuba repeatedly issued this rousing call to arms: "The fish will rise very soon."
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The Ten Lost Tribes Part.III
Europeans claimed the "natives "had Semitic features and that their language bore some phonetic similarities to Hebrew. Too, a traveler returning from South America told the rabbi in Amsterdam that the Indians in Peru practiced Jewish rituals. And after seeing his first American native, William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, declared, "I imagine myself in the Jewish Quarter of London.'
The implicit claim was that the lost tribes had somehow managed to cross the Atlantic and to pass their culture on to the native population. Similar claims linking a cultural, religious, or ethnic group to the lost tribes have been made by the Mormons, the Afghans, the Falashas of Ethiopia, the Tatars, and even by the Britons.
The most likely explanation behind the disappearance of the ten tribes is that after their exile from Israel at the hands of the Assyrians, the people of the Kingdom of Israel simply assimilated into the nearby regional cultures. This vanishing is perhaps less dramatic than an ancient crossing of the Atlantic, but in the grand view of history, just fascinating.
One of the most imaginative stories about the ten lost tribes was advanced by Eldad ha – Dan, a 9th century Jewish traveler. He claimed to have seen the lost tribes beyond the River of Sambatyon, the legendary "Sabbath River." The river was an impassable torrent of stones, which ceased only on the Sabbath. Since for Jews, travel is proscribed on the Sabbath, the lost tribes were forever guarded behind the river. Throughout the ages, historians have sought out the location of this magical river. The Jewish historian Josephus claimed it was in Syria, and Pliny asserted it was in Judea; others searched for it in India, Africa, china, Japan and Spain. Like the Lost Ten Tribes, to this day it has never been found.
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The Ten Lost Tribes Part.II
In 732 BC, The Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III conquered Damascus. In 722 – 721 BC, his successors, Shalmaneser V and Sargon II, defeated the northern kingdom of Israel, sending its people into exile. And then they vanished from the pages of history, seemingly without a trace. The Kingdom of Judah reminded intact.
Although these Jews were exiled by the Babylonians in 586 BC, they were allowed to return ti their homeland by the Persian ruler Cyrus, who conquered Babylon in 539 BC. The known history of the Jews after this point is essentially that of the Kingdom of Judah, home to only two of the original twelve tribes.
The first hint of the lost tribes' whereabouts appears in the Bible (II Kings 17:6), placing them in upper Mesopotamia. Josephus, the Jewish historian, believed they were dispersed even farther- "beyond the Euphrates." According to another Greek text written at around the same time, the tries set off for a place called "Azareth." But this name has not been attached to any known locations; and it is likely that it merely a corruptions of the Hebrew phrase erez aharet, meaning "another place."
Historically, interest in the whereabout of the ten lost tribes has revived at times of disaster, when the Jewish people were in need of an inspiring legend. During the Crusades, while the Jews were suffering terrible persecution, they took hoe on the prophecy that promised the entire House of Israel would soon be reunited. New and unfamiliar land shave also frequently been suggested as they location of the lost tribes. For instance, when the New World was discovered, many explorers thought that the native people of the America where descended from one or more of the tribes.
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The Ten Lost Tribes Part.I
The exile of the ten lost tribes of Israel and their unexplained disappearance is a story shrouded in mystery, not to mention historical significance. Until recent times, the history of the Jewish people was by and large a tale of wandering and displacement. Exiled from one land or driven by famine or persecution from another, the Jews became a diasporic nation, settling in lands throughout the world but with a steady, vigilant eye cast toward Zion. Such an uprooted culture finds great solace in stories- especially those that feature redemption, reunification, and a return to its ancestral homeland.
The legend of the ten lost tribes is perhaps the most poignant of these stories, a tale of the loss of more than three quarter of the Jewish people and of the hope that someday they will be found. In fact, the story is based more on this hoe than on any historical truth. The ten tries of Israel were indeed 'lost' but the secret of their disappearance is much more mundane than the fantastic tales traditionally associate with them.
The story begins with the reign of King Solomon and of his prodigal son Rehoboam, whose rule was so odious that is split Israel into two hostile kingdoms. Ten of the original twelve tribes descendants of Jacob's sons, moved north, while the remaining two, Benjamin and Judah, established the southern kingdom of Judah. For the next 200 years, the two kingdoms squabbled and fought each other, paving the way for an enterprising king to conquer the region.
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The Misquoted quotes of American History Part. II
"You can fool all the people…"
"You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time" may ring true, but it's doubtful that Lincoln said it. He is supposed to have made the remark in September, 1858, in Clinton, Illinois. Lincoln was running for the Senate against Stephen Douglas, but no mention of the quote appeared in the local newspapers. A few individuals who alleged they heard the speech said they had heard him say something similar in response to a survey by the Chicago Tribune and the Brooklyn Eagle, but this was 50 years after the speech was given.
"…Of the people, by the people…"
"Government of the People, by the people, for the People shall not perish form the Earth," said Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address. But this thought was expressed in at least two prior speeches. Unitarian minister and abolitionist Theodore Parker said: "[Government] becomes more and more of all, by of all and for all." In Daniel Webster's words, it went this way: "the people's government made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people."
In the throes of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt told the American people, 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' But similar statements have been attributed to other equally distinguished people and sources. A similar quote is found in the Bible, which says "Be not afraid of sudden fear." "Closer to FDR's idea is Montaigne's "The thing I fear most is fear." Francis Bacon's "Nothing is terrible except fear itself" is also a note worth precedent, as it the Duke of Wellington's "The only thing I am afraid of is fear" and Henry David Thoreau's "nothing is so much to be feared as fear."
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The Misquoted quotes of American History Part. I
American history is steeped in famous quotations, with certain noted phrases inspiring great pride in many a patriot's heart whenever they are red or uttered. Every one recalls the words of John F. Kennedy when he proclaimed, "Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country." However, many historical quotations are not so much remembered as mangled, misquoted, or misremembered. What is more, the more famous the quote, the more likely it was said by someone else.
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death". Patrick Henry's famous line is often quoted. But there's no definitive proof that these were his words. The quote was attributed to Henry by William Wirt, his first biographer, who created so many factoids in his book that historians constantly ask the question" Is it fact or is it Wirt?' We do know, however, that in 1765, when Henry was accused of treason, he uttered the words "If this be the treason make the most of it." His reply, more courageous than any other speech given that year in response to the reviled stamp Act, caused a sensation. If the quote didn't find a place in the history, it is probably because Henry apologized for his strong words.
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Nathan Hale is attributed with saying "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." just before he was hanged by the British at the young age of 21. But according to the journal of Captain Frederick Mackenzie, a British officer who was with Hale at his death, Hale's last words actually were: "It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief."
"The mass of Mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs…"
Thomas Jefferson is purported to have originated this metaphorical paean to the democratic spirit: "The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately by the grace of God." In fact, Jefferson must have based the remark on a speech mad by 17th century English politician Richard Rumbold. In a famous speech delivered on a scaffold in 1685, just before he was hanged, Rumbold told the assembled that he did not "believe that providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.'
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The Universal Music Group roster includes star artists such as Lady Gaga, above, and Taylor Swift. Photo: Adrees Latif/Reuters
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (PSTH), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), said on Monday morning it is set to take a 10% stake in Universal Music Group (UMG), a share worth approximately $4bn (£2.9bn).
The agreement is with UMG's majority owner, French media conglomerate Vivendi, which is set to complete a listing of UMG on the Euronext Amsterdam. Shares representing 10% of the music heavyweight will be distributed to Pershing shareholders.
Tontine became the biggest ever SPAC when it raised $4bn in an initial public offering (IPO) last summer, with Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square committing a minimum of an additional $1bn.
It did so to take a company public. Yet Universal is already in the process of being listed in Amsterdam by its French parent Vivendi, and it will not rely on Tontine to go public, as most companies do in their SPAC deals.
Vivendi's listing on the Euronext will see 60% of the company floated on the exchange, and will complete by 27 September at the latest.
The distribution of the company will be 10% owned by Vivendi, 10% by PSTH, 60% on the stock exchange and 20% by a consortium led by Tencent.
In a filing to its investors, PSTH said UMG, which represents artists such as Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, presents a number of competitive advantages and strategic attributes. These include an iconic world-class management team, global consumer adoption of streaming and the growth associated with that market, and a significant fixed‐cost expense base allowing for long‐term margin expansion, it said.
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The filing also stated: "During the course of our negotiations with Vivendi, it became clear that various tax, legal and other strategic considerations precluded Vivendi from entering into a 'traditional' de-SPAC merger transaction, and from selling more than 10% of UMG.
"Even with the additional complexity, time, legal, and other costs that these constraints created, we were convinced that the opportunity to acquire such an extraordinary business was the best option for our shareholders."
The unusual deal puts a lid on a worldwide hunt for a suitable target by Pershing CEO Bill Ackman, who previously flirted with holiday rentals company Airbnb and Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab Holdings as targets.
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How is the ASC Master organized?
What will I do during these 2 years?
Is the whole programme in English?
Are there other language requirements?
Where can I find more practical information about the ASC partner institutions?
What are the funding opportunities ?
What is the procedure for on-line application?
When do I have to send my hardcopies?
What does certified / authenticated documents mean ?
What if I don't hold a BSc at the time of application?
What proof of my English level do I need to provide?
Is there a specific form for recommendation letters?
I don't have a passport, what should I do?
What is the validity period of applications and selection results?
How is the ASC Master Programme organized?
ASC Master Course is a two-year (4 semesters) progamme. Each semester (30 credits) must be completed to obtain ASC Master Diploma.
The third semester comprehends theoretical courses (20 credits) and a Project Case Study (10 credits).
The fourth semester is dedicated to the research project & master thesis (30 credits).
The Project Case Study and Master Thesis can be linked (same lab, same topic).
Students need to arrive in Lille at the end of August. The program begins in the first week of September in University Lille1.
Is the whole program in English?
YES, in all ASC partner institutions.
Apart from English, are there OTHER language requirements?
NO, you will attend an intensive French course ("survival kit") upon arrival in Lille, and you will have to decide if you wish to pursue with an extensive course during the first year (both free of charge).
Each ASC institution will provide the same kind of opportunity, in their own national language, not necessarily organized in the same way.
Is Mobility inside the ASC network MANDATORY?
The ASC Master's course is a joint Master's program and mobility is therefore a mandatory component of the program, and one of its features of interest.
Within the ASC Master, students must study in at least 2 different universities of the Consortium.
Your choice must be based on your own scientific preferences and specific topics offered at each university.
Think about the location where you wish to do your Master Thesis. Namely if you wish to do it in Lille: you should then make sure you spend the second and/or third semester at another institution.
Check the academic calendars, they vary at each place; make sure there will be no overlapping.
Instruction language is English at all Universities.
You will have the opportunity to meet the ASC coordinators of the partner universities in Lille shortly after your arrival, in October. They will present their institutions and specificities to help you confirm/make your choice.
Where can I find practical information about ASC partner INSTITUTIONS?
Information about the academic calendar, housing, laboratories… can be found here.
Am I a Programme or Partner country applicant ?
Students applications will be considered for Partner or Programme Country scholarships, according to their nationality (see details), AND to the following rule: students with a Partner Country citizenship who are residents or have carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any Programme Country are considered as Programme Country students.
Students with a double nationality (of a Partner and of a Programme Country) must specify the nationality under which they submit their scholarship application (the above mentioned rule will apply).
A few ASC Consortium grants are offered, and are announced before the opening of the application session.
Erasmus+ mobility grants are available for each mobility period. Region Hauts de France offers mobility scholarships on a regular basis for the second year of the master spent in any of the consortium's institutions. Students spending the second year of the programme in the University of Bologna can apply for the « Toso Montanari » scholarship.
Tuition fee waivers are possible upon request on the basis of academic excellence and social needs.
Pre-requisite level: Eurobachelor in Chemistry or equivalent degree (BSc in Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry). Students with a BSc in Pharmacy have enrolled and successfully completed the ASC master's course in the past, although they may have had to catch up in some fields of chemistry. The selection board carefully screens the academic background of each applicant (content and level) to ensure all selected students will have all chances of success.
And of course, students from all over the world are welcome into our European programme.
Please bear in mind that the assessors are spread out all over Europe and only evaluate the on-line version of your application. The common language of the jury is English, which means that ALL documents must be either originally in English or accompanied by a certified translation into English (this also applies to French students). You will find more details about the selection criteria and application calendar here.
It will open on October 15th and close on February 28th, midnight, Brussels time.
First stage: you will enter your personal data and create your account (e-mail address and password). You will not be able to change this part anymore.
Second stage: It is divided into several items or parts. To prevent you from losing data in case of connection problems you can save after entering data in each item. You will then be able to modify each part untill you proceed to submission.
Motivation letter: we advise you write it first in your computer and copy paste it in the online application to avoid losing data in case of problems with your internet connection.
When you have carefully completed and checked each part you will proceed to submission and access the third stage. You won't be able to access stage 2 anymore.
Third stage: you have to download your application form and save it in your computer AND upload all requested documents into the platform.
You will then have to click on « complete your submission » before the deadline.
Please note that you will not be able to login and access your application file any more after this last action.
When do I send my HARDCOPIES?
The paper version will only be requested for students who are selected for admission. It will have to reach Lille within 10 days of the provisional selection decision we will send you by e-mail. It is required for verification and validation of on-line material. In case of a problem with the authentication/certification of your documents, the admission decision will be cancelled. The content of your on-line application and postal package should be the same: send certified copies of all the original documents you have uploaded, along with the pdf application file you have printed and signed.
What do certified / authenticated documents mean?
You can scan your original documents (namely degrees), but you shall always keep the original document. The copies you will send by post must be certified "true to the original" by your university or other official body. When your documents have been translated into English (if not issued in English directly by your university) they must be done by sworn translators or officially authenticated by your university.
Please bear in mind that, even if you have received a provisional admission decision by email, we will reject your application if you do not comply with these rules.
All students will be tested upon arrival before starting the language classes.
What about the recommendation letters?
There is no specific format. The letters, in English, need to be on official letterheads, signed and stamped and show the full contact details and position of the referee.
Content: the referees will evaluate the candidate's suitability for the "Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry" Master's program. The candidate should have already fully briefed the referee about the program.
An electronic version of the recommendation letters will be uploaded when possible or sent to us by the referee. Hardcopies will be included in your application package with all other documents.
Please enter 'no passport' in the relevant field while applying on-line. But note that admission into ASC Master Course won't be possible if we don't receive a copy of your passport by post before March 31st.
In this case you will provide a copy of your national identity card as proof of your identity at application stage.
Non-EU students must also be aware that in case they are admitted to the program, they will need to quickly start their visa application (an average of 2 to 3 months is necessary to get a visa), and a passport will be requested to file the visa application.
After you have completed all parts of the application procedure, uploaded the requested documents, and submitted your file, you will not be able to access it anymore. The eligibility of your application will be checked by the administrative team and you will receive an email to inform you if your file has been validated for the next step: evaluation by the selection board.
Your application is valid only for the current call, even if you are selected and cannot attend: you will have to apply again for the next call (keep a copy of you application documents). In such situation, if you have sent hardcopies of your supporting documents the year before, we may be able to use the same hardcopies for the next call, upon specific request sent to master-ASC@univ-lille1.fr.
In any case you need to repeat the online application.


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Tottenham vs Man City live stream: how to watch today's Champions League quarter-final online from anywhere
With four English teams left in this year's UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, it was pretty inevitable that a couple would meet in the last eight stage. After the draw pitted Spurs and Manchester City against one another, we began salivating. And we'll make sure that you don't miss out on a Tottenham vs Man City live stream – regardless of where in the world you are.
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Rules on Terror Suspects Change for FBI
By Danny Fenster
New rules have been outlined by the Obama administration regarding when the FBI, as opposed to the military, can retain custody of al-Qaida terrorism suspects who are not U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement agents, reports the Associated Press.
The new rules from the White House came about from a December agreement amongst congressmen and the Obama administration seeking broader military control and reduced civilian court rule for terrorism suspects, according to the AP.
Non-US citizen members of al-Qaida involved in planning or attempting to target US or coalition forces require military custody, according to the new law. The president maintains the ability to waive that provision, however.
To read more click here.
Posted: February 29th, 2012 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: al-Qaida, FBI, Obama, Obama administration, terrorism, war on terror
FBI Continues Insider Trading Investigations Using Stable of Informants
There's apparently no shortage of snitches on Wall Street.
The FBI said Monday that it plans to continue investigating alleged insider trading using its current "stable of informants" for the next five years, reports ValueWalk.com.
The FBI has been running "Perfect Hedge" since 2009, an operation that has resulted in charges against numerous traders, executives and research consultants.
David Chaves, a FBI supervisory special agent, securities and commodities fraud investigations, said on Monday, 'We have cooperators set up for years to come," FBI agent David Chaves said Monday, according to the news website.
He said some of the witnesses included traders who were busted and are looking to get reduced sentences.
To date, 59 of the 64 people arrested have been convicted or pleaded guilty , according to ValueWalk.com.
Motions Alleging ATF Racism Given More Time
A Wichita federal judge has granted more time for motions related to charges that a federal firearms sting was racially motivated, reports LJWorld.com.
Defense lawyers are seeking to drop charges against black defendants charged in the ATF investigation, claiming the charges were racially motivated. At least 43 of 51 defendants in the case are black.
The government claims the race arguments against the suspects are bogus.
Posted: February 29th, 2012 under News Story.
Tags: ATF, civil rights, race, racism, wichita
FBI Changes Mind; Will Keep La Crosse, Wisc. Office Open
The FBI has backed off a little on its plans and will keep open its La Crosse, Wisc. office, U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl announced Tuesday.
Kohl had been fighting to get the FBI's plan to close half of its office in the western district of Wisconsin.
The original plan called for the closure of Kenosha, Wausau and La Crosse offices to save money.
"Local law enforcement officials convinced us that having an FBI presence in western Wisconsin is a crucial layer in their efforts to fight drug trafficking, gang violence and other serious criminal enterprises," Kohl said in a statement. "While I support streamlining operations, we have to consider whether distance challenges in our state would compromise the FBI's mission and risk neglecting some of our rural communities. I'm gratified that Director Mueller and Attorney General Holder kept an open mind to our concerns and reevaluated their plans."
Tags: FBI, la crosse, sen. herb kohl, Wisconsin
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Ex-Detroit Treasurer Indicted for Taking Bribes in Case that Cost Pension Funds $84 Million
DETROIT — In this cash-strapped city on the brink of financial collapse, seeing public corruption run wild is tough.
On Tuesday, the feds struck back, indicting the city's former treasurer Jeffrey Beasley for taking bribes and kickbacks in return for approving more than $200 million in investments for two city of Detroit pension funds that lost $84 million from investments associated with the bribes.
Interestingly, Beasley is the former appointee and frat brother of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is already under indictment for public corruption.
The indictment against Beasley alleges that he conspired with others to personally enrich himself and his co-conspirators between 2006 and 2008 by accepting bribes in the form of cash, travel, meals, golf clubs, drinks, gambling money, hotel stays, entertainment, Las Vegas concert tickets, massages, limousine service, private plane flights, and other things of value.
Authorities said that the bribes came from people who had business before the General Retirement System and the Police and Fire Retirement.
The indictment alleges that Beasley personally received more than $100,000 in cash from people having business before the two pension funds. Another part of the scheme included demands by Beasley and others that individuals having business before the pension funds contribute tens of thousands of dollars to the Kilpatrick Civic Fund in order to receive approval for their investment requests.
"Employees of the City of Detroit are entitled to honest services from the trustees of their pension funds. We will prosecute public officials who abuse their positions of trust to personally enrich themselves at the expense of the people they were intended to serve," said U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said in a statement.
Detroit's top FBI agent Andrew Arena added: "This is another example of a once trusted public official abusing their power for personal gain. The FBI remains dedicated to rooting out this type of corruption and reminding public officials they serve the citizens not themselves."
Tags: civic fund, jeffrey beasley, Kwame Kilpatrick
ATF to Ditch the Blackberry
By Bye Blackberry.
Daid Saleh Rauf of Politico reports that ATF plans to ditch the Blackberry phone "largely in favor of the iPhone."
"We're going to delete the BlackBerry from the mix," Rick Holgate, ATF's chief information officer, said in an interview, according to Politico.
Tags: ATF, blackberry, rick holgate
Mich. Sen. Office Receives Letter with White Powder
The FBI announced on Monday that US Senator Carl Levin's downtown Detroit office was evacuated after an employee came across a letter filled with a "suspicious white powder," reports the Detroit News. The powder was later determined to be harmless.
Levin's office, located in the McNamara Federal Building, has since been reopened, according to the Detroit News. The senator was in Washington when the letter and the powder were discovered.
The Michigan senator is the latest across the nation to receive letters with the powder over the last week, though none have yet proved to be dangerous.
Tags: anthrax, carl levin, Detroit, FBI, Michigan, white powder


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On behalf of Ferguson Cohen LLP | Dec 14, 2018 | Probate Litigation
If someone needs to use the court system, it can sometimes feel like the courthouse is a prison. There are so many details that need attention for cases that seem like they should be simple. But this confinement can be close to literal if someone is subject to actions brought by a controlling or harassing person.
When does litigation become excessive?
A recent case in a Connecticut family court involved two judges agreeing that a series of 56 legal actions brought by the father of a woman's 4-year-old son rose to the level of harassment over four years. The legal concept of lawsuits brought to maintain control over a person's life is called "vexatious litigation."
What are the laws against vexatious litigation?
Several states, including Massachusetts, have passed laws against stacks of harassing lawsuits since the 1990s. The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence is advocating for a similar law in the Constitution State, on the basis that spousal abuse may extend into vexatious litigation. State court rules in the Connecticut Practice Book already forbid the practice.
How does this apply to probate law?
Relatives and other people snubbed by last wills and testaments may press an argument for a bequest from a person's estate based on specific claims. If these claims become vague or continuous after a probate court has ruled on an issue, the defendant of those claims may build a case against vexatious litigation.
How can I fight vexatious litigation?
An attorney is always a good idea during probate proceedings and other legal actions. Consider a lawyer if it is likely you will need to spend time in a probate court.
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