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Start for the HIMOINSA Team in Dakar 2015
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The Spanish team appeared before thousands of fans in the Plaza de Mayo square of Buenos Aires at the symbolic start line for Dakar.
Having undergone the technical and administrative scrutineering the day before and setting up at the Tecnópolis, where adoring fans visited during the days prior to the race, the HIMOINSA Team was presented on the podium ramp of the symbolic start line of Dakar in the Plaza de Mayo square of Buenos Aires. The presentations began at around 3:15pm, local time, following a performance of the Argentine national anthem. The first rider up was Chilean Paula Gálvez, who finished back of the pack in the quads category last year. The next category presented was motorcycles, which included the HIMOINSA Team riders. Rosa Romero and Antonio Gimeno were the first on the ramp, with riders presented in reverse order to their finish last year or reverse order of their race number. "The fans are really psyched. They love it and know the names of all the participants. It's great to be here and enjoy it" said Rosa Romero to Argentine national TV, which aired the entire event live. Later it was Granada-born Miguel Puertas' turn. Tomorrow he will start Dakar for the 11th time, with a chance to finish his 10th Dakar. The drivers and riders paraded along the first 34 kilometres (17 kilometres each way) of the race from Tecnópolis to Plaza de Mayo square. From Villa Martelli to Casa Rosada, thousands of spectators lined the streets of Buenos Aires to cheer on the riders as if it were a national holiday. "Every time we arrange a start in Buenos Aires it's a huge success. A real spectacle" said race director Etienne Lavigne.
After the technical and administrative checks, the start list for tomorrow has been finalised. 406 vehicles will begin the race, of which 161 are motorcycles. To illustrate the magnitude of Dakar, one only need look at the numbers: 53 nationalities represented in the race, more than 720 competitors between riders, drivers, co-pilots and mechanics, 9,000 km to be covered before returning to the podium and, on another note, 80,000 meals served in the bivouac over the 14 days of competition.
Stage 1 (Buenos Aires – Villa Carlos Paz)
The first stage, first dangers and first feelings on HIMOINSA Team's debut in Dakar 2015 covers 838km, from Buenos Aires to Villa Carlos Paz, with 175km of timed sections. This stage should be quick for the motorcycles vying for the overall classification, with a special section almost entirely off-road and three control points at 15km, 69km and 163km. The vehicles will follow old route nine, now a motorway, before exiting at Baradero for the special section to San Nicolás and then returning to the link section until they reach Villa Carlos Paz. The bivouac will be set up on the banks of lake San Roque. The first motorcycle will start at 5:15am Spanish time, with the timed section expected to begin for the first participant at around 7:50am. We wish our three riders the best of luck in the first stage.


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On the Christmas Eve edition of TSN Radio's Leafs Lunch (Reader beware: I grew up in Ontario, Canada and I still listen to Canadian Sports Radio, so I might reference their shows quite a bit. Not for nothing, however; Leafs Lunch is the best two hours in sports radio. Period.) New York Islanders' forward Ryan Strome discussed his plans for the holiday break, as the Islanders got to enjoy a nice 5-day break from game action. The most interesting thing that Strome said, to paraphrase, was that since the NHL season is so long, it is important for NHL players to completely get away from the game—don't think about it, don't train for it—otherwise players will burn themselves out.
I 100% agree, but this is a bit of a spicy meatball to put out there for most fans of any professional sport. When a pro athlete says they need a break from the game, some fans—especially fans who wished they played in the Pros—get a little ornery that someone who gets paid so well to play a game everyone loves could have the nerve to say it gets "tough" at times.
Now look, just because Strome said it's nice to get a break doesn't mean he isn't in love with the game. In fact, from everything I've heard about Strome, this guy lives and breathes the game. But, for as much money as NHLers earn, and as much as they love the game and have fun doing it, it's important for fans to remember that it is still their job, and jobs get stressful.
Right? I mean, you have a job. You might love your job. You might not love it as much as you would if you were playing in a professional sport, but you love it none-the-less. Does that mean you don't get stressed ever? Does that mean you don't have mornings where you wake up and say, boy, I could use a break?
The same thing goes for NHL players. The season gets stressful. Players get tired. Anything that you spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week focusing on is going to take a toll on your mind and body. There's just no getting around it. As an NHLer, you have to find—and take advantage of—any break you can during the season.
Strome's comments reminded me of Eliotte Friedman's December 22nd edition of 30 Thoughts (side note: If you haven't read my take on Friedman's 30 thoughts, please take a gander here). In the article, Friedman noted an NHL coach's theory on the Anaheim Ducks' struggles this season.
They [the Ducks] knew they were going to be judged solely on playoff performance, and thought they were good enough to coast and get there
Now, if Strome's comments could be viewed as a spicy meatball, then this thought by the Ducks, if true, is a meatball infused with ghost peppers. Fans do not like to hear or see the word coast anywhere near a description of their team's efforts. To be fair to Anaheim, no one on the organization has admitted this, but they wouldn't even if it were true; however, on face value, this is a pretty fair assessment of the Ducks.
Last week I wrote on the curious case of Sidney Crosby's season, but even more curious has been last season's Western Conference's runner up out in Anaheim. The Ducks were a team that A LOT of people predicted to win their division and the Western Conference, and even the Stanley Cup, but as of December 28, 2015 the Ducks sit last place in their conference.
Last place?! Are you kidding me? How are the Ducks last place?
The coasting theory does make a lot of sense. We see this in other sports all the time. The Cleveland Cavaliers (nee Miami Heat) with LeBron James try to reserve the King's energy for the playoffs. Greg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs have been resting their best players for years to keep them fresh for the playoffs. The biggest difference between the Spurs, and any LeBron James team, and the Ducks is that the Spurs and Cavs are still good teams, even with their stars taking a break.
When the Spurs rest Tim Duncan, the rest of the players pick up the slack. When LeBron James takes a night off…well, the Cavs lose, but then James plays the next 3 games and the Cavs win. It's not exactly coasting. On the ice in Anaheim, if they thought they could utilize this strategy and hold their position at the top of their Conference, they did not take into account that $#!+ happens.
Yes, $#!+ happens and you always have to account for it. The $#!+ happening to the Ducks? Their best players are having tough years. Real tough. Corey Perry, the 2010-2011 Hart Memorial and Maurice "Rocket" Richard trophies winner, had 602 points in 722 NHL games going into this season, a .83 point per game pace. This season, he's at .68 points per game with just 23 points in 34 games. Ryan Getzlaf had 678 points in 710 games going into 2015-2016, .95 points per game, but only 22 points in 30 games this season, .73 ppg. No team can get by with their best players underachieving like that, let alone a team trying to coast. If the Ducks thought they were going to cruise into the postseason, there's no way they thought it could be done with their top dogs playing like puppies.
Why are Perry and Getzlaf underachieving so much? Well here is my wild accusation.
As much as the coasting theory makes sense, knowing everything I know about Getzlaf I have a real tough time believing that he would mail it in. This dude is a salty individual, man. He doesn't take dinner lightly, let alone his profession. So what happened? Well, just as I suspect Sidney Crosby had a distaste for his (now former) coach, I think the Ducks are a little fed up with Bruce Boudreau. The funny thing about it all, I think it's because Getzlaf and the Ducks are more serious than their coach.
Now, that is not in anyway, by any means, to suggest that Boudreau doesn't take the NHL seriously. He does and he's a fantastic coach. I just don't think his personality meshes with the culture of the Anaheim Ducks.
Fabulous swearing ability aside, I believe Bruce Boudreau to be a happy-go-lucky type of guy. The kind of coach that will say, "shake it off," nine times before he finally has to lose it on the tenth. The issue with this kind of tactic is that, if your team isn't happy-go-lucky along with the coach, by the time the coach actually gets mad, the team has already tuned him out. Getzlaf, who is the Captain of the Ducks and has set the culture of the team, is pissed off before he wakes up; he can't wait for the tenth time.
After an unceremonious exit from the Western Conference Finals and a slow start to the season, maybe Getzlaf and the Ducks have gotten sick of the shake-it-offs; are mad at the "loss for answers" excuse, and have tuned out ole Brucey. Problem is, even if Boudreau were to have a good ole fashioned swearing fit, I'm not sure the Ducks will respond. In the NHL, if you get into a rut, it's real hard to dig your way out of it, especially if there's a disconnect between the team's coach and its stars.


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Is Angela Merkel the next Maggie Thatcher?
Gerhard Schröder came to Washington last week for what's likely to be his final visit as German chancellor. This May, after his Social Democratic Party (known in Germany by the initials SPD) was trounced in state elections, Schröder decided to call voters to the national polls in September, a year earlier than necessary, a move some commentators derided as political suicide. Since the SPD's conservative rival, the Christian Democratic Union, regularly pulls in nearly twice the SPD's approval ratings (the SPD is stuck in the 20s), it's hard to find anyone who expects Schröder to be in office come October.
As if being a self-made lame duck weren't bad enough, Schröder has quickly been eclipsed in the press by the CDU's chair and candidate for chancellor, Angela Merkel. The first woman to run for Germany's top job, Merkel is drawing rave comparisons with Margaret Thatcher. According to newspapers and magazines and across the conservative blogosphere, she's Germany's own "eiserne Mädchen" ("Iron Lady") who will slice through the country's sclerotic welfare state, bringing the fresh air of free-market reforms to the once-powerful economy. "On paper, Merkel is the ideal candidate," wrote the Weekly Standard. Britain's Daily Mail wrote that "Germany's so-called Iron Lady and the original model have much in common," including backgrounds in science and a zeal for reform. And then there's this, from historian Götz Aly in the Wall Street Journal: "If Angela Merkel succeeds … the Federal Republic should see changes more radical than any since 1949."
Not so fast. Biographies aside, Merkel is no Thatcher. Not only does Germany's political structure prevent the chancellor from taking on a strong leadership role, but voters are favoring her party largely because they are fed up with Schröder—not because they are sick of the welfare state. What's more, Merkel lacks both unified CDU support and the charisma to rally the public behind her reforms, both of which were key elements to Thatcher's success. And in any case, there's little evidence that her party's reform package will be much harsher than Schröder's current agenda. "Merkel will not be an eiserne Kanzlerin, nor a Margaret Thatcher, nor a radical reformer," says Peter Lösche, a political scientist at the University of Göttingen. So, what to take away from the current Merkelmania? Simply that it's one more example of how quick conservatives are to portray foreign leaders as capitalist revolutionaries—whether or not they are.
As Schröder and his predecessors can attest, it's tough to be chancellor. Compared with Britain or France, Germany's political structure gives much more power to the states and quasi-public institutions—such as unions—at the expense of the chancellor, who, as in Britain, is chosen not by direct election but by the winning party. But whereas in Britain and elsewhere the party with a plurality of votes can still form the government (known as "first-past-the-post"), Germany requires an absolute majority before a party can take power, meaning that the power of the leading party is usually diluted by its need to form a coalition with smaller parties. * Thus, the chancellor is at the mercy of myriad factions and local power centers, any of whom can upset a risky reform package. "She is no Thatcher, because Thatcherism requires first-past-the-post voting, which magnifies the edge of the ruling party," says Josef Joffe, editor and publisher of the weekly paper Die Zeit. "Germany is a corporatist construction, with power finely balanced among society's forces. It is consensus-bound and thus veto-driven."
This might not matter if the CDU had a true mandate for reform. But that won't be the case. Germans generally recognize the need for some reform, and Schröder's unpopularity stems less from his agenda (which includes things like cutting jobless benefits) than it does from his failure to convince voters that the pain is worth it—unemployment, for example, is higher now than when he took office seven years ago. But while voters want new leadership, they don't necessarily want more reform. While the CDU nets 44 percent (to the SPD's 26 percent) in recent polls, a growing number are also throwing their lot with the newly founded Left Party, a combination of SPD defectors and former Communists promising to maintain the status quo. In other words, Merkel will win, but she can't assume a carte blanche for change.
Voter schizophrenia is exacerbating tensions within the CDU, which is actually an alliance between the more free-market-oriented Christian Democrats, from which Merkel hails, and the more economically liberal Bavarian Christian Social Union. On the surface, the debate is over the extent of CDU reforms, but it is also a proxy for a personal war over Merkel herself. She rose to power by aggressively knocking off established party members, and after a series of political blunders (most notably her vigorous opposition to Turkish membership in the European Union, which drew loud protest from minority voters), Merkel has come under attack from opponents bent on payback. Until Schröder's election call, in fact, her star was on the wane; in December she won her third election as party chair by the slimmest margin of her career. (Many political observers in Germany speculate that Schröder engineered an early election in part to force the CDU to go with Merkel rather than give the party time to replace her with a stronger candidate.) As recently as February, the Times of London declared that "Angela Merkel's chances of becoming chancellor are fading." A weak administration is hardly the best vehicle for pushing through painful reforms.
Of course, politicians—including Thatcher—have upended conventional wisdom before. Surely Merkel can, too? But that presumes Merkel wants to be a Thatcher in the first place. She doesn't. Though the CDU's official reform package won't be announced for a few weeks, details leaked to the Financial Times challenge her free-market-radical image: An increase in the value-added tax to cover health care, a continuation of Schröder's labor reforms (including making it easier for companies to fire employees), and tax-code simplification are the key points. "Merkel's reforms will be a little bit more aggressive than Schröder's, but the bottom line will be continuity," says Lösche.
While it would be unfair to dismiss Merkel's free-market bona fides completely at this point, it's clear that her near-canonization by European and American conservatives shows how readily they gloss over the details in their search for like-minded pols the world over. Such myopia is the result of forgetting that terms like "conservative" and "market reforms" mean different things in different contexts. Washington Times columnists, for example, embraced Jacques Chirac when he became president in 1995, not realizing that although he may be a conservative in France, he's still well to the left of the GOP. And so it goes for Merkel. As they say in Germany, "Es ist immer die alte Leier"—it's always the same old story.


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Here's a unique and outstanding 70s pop album. The lead instrument is a pedal steel guitar, played with more imagination than anywhere other than the Misunderstood's studio recordings, often with some nice fuzzy distortion. It rarely sounds "country." The songs are strong pop/rock, with Beach Boys-style harmony vocals on the softer songs, and tougher (but still melodic) singing on the rockers. Other than the opening "song" (three minutes of a guy fiddling with a radio dial), everything here is memorable, and no two songs sound alike. My pick hits are the powerful "Loser," with a stunning steel guitar solo, and the long album-closer "New York City," but this is consistent enough that any given listener could feel equally strong about any two others. This is exactly the kind of band a daring major label executive would have struck gold with in the 60s, but nobody would dare to touch in the 70s. -- Aaron Milenski
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Be sure to check out Rocky's book, Out on Foot: Nightly Patrols and Ghostly Tales of A U.S. Border Patrol Agent.
"The Seer" - The trouble began in Sri Lanka, when Chandra's aunt woke up one day and couldn't move her arms or legs. The doctors had no answers, but a mysterious priest led the family on a quest to find the truth beyond medical science.
There are good reasons in some places that the signs warn to stay on the path. On Spooked we ignore the warnings, jump the fence, peek through the keyhole and open up the dark closet.
S1E2 Stories:
"Time Warp Saloon" - The neon sign blinks at the roadhouse bar. The jukebox plays an old tune as the bartender shouts, "Last Call." Just one more. Why not? What could it hurt?
This story came to Spooked from Jim Harold's Campfire Podcast, hosted by Jim Harold, check it out at JimHarold.com.
"Love Letters" - Mark Spencer lived in the haunted house with the ghost of Ladell - and we are eternally grateful that he stuck around long enough to bring us his story.
There are times when you are supposedly all alone. And then you see her, him or it out of the corner of your eye… watching.
S1E1 Stories:
"Houdini's Promise" - Can a pact between two brothers survive death?
"The Night Mother" - It's the middle of the night. You're not even 15, and you're home alone with your little brother. You're waiting for your mom to come home. What would happen if she didn't make it?
Janet Larkin actually had several more encounters with the supernatural. Check out her book Surrounded By Ghosts.
"Voice In The Woods" - When the voice says "Stop" you stay perfectly still. And when the voice says "Run!" you had better run.


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Greatness is something that should be appreciated when it happens, and a player joining the 3,000 hit club is greatness. Although there are MLB players with more hits than Ichiro Suzuki, Dave McCullough explains why he is the new hit king and puts his career in perspective using the legend's own words.
Pete Rose, before he was a disgraced cheater, was a pretty darned good ballplayer. He was exceptional at putting the bat on the ball and hustling all over the field – skills that led him to the top of the all-time leaderboard in hits.
"In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some are personal failures, others are losses to the pitcher. You just get beat. In those personal failures, I felt I could have done better." – Source: Baseball Digest (November 2002 Issue)
Officially, as of Sunday, August 7th, Ichiro Suzuki became the 30th player in major league history to record 3,000 hits. Ichiro's incredible hand-eye coordination and blazing speed have allowed him to reach this statistical milestone in just 16 major league seasons. But Ichiro also played nine seasons in Japan – where he amassed 1,278 hits. Add them together and baseball has a new all-time Hit King.
Rose's record is 4,256 (Ty Cobb's original mark was 4,191, it is now 4,189) – Ichiro now has 4,278 professional hits. Both Rose and Cobb played 24 seasons in the majors; Ichiro is currently in his 25th professional season. But despite the recent spate of high profile retirements, Ichiro is on-record as having no intention of calling it quits quite yet:
Q: When do you think you will retire?
A: I want to keep playing until I am at least 50.
Ichiro has set – and will keep adding to – the professional baseball record for hits. MLB purists are probably fuming, but no, I'm not suggesting Ichiro displace Rose (or Cobb, depending on how strict your purity test is) atop the official Major League Baseball record lists. MLB records are necessarily different than professional baseball records. No one, not even Ichiro, argues that Japanese League baseball is the equal to Major League Baseball. The statistics compiled in the J-League are comparable to those compiled by AAA minor league players. No one is arguing that Chris Marerro's minor league stats should be considered equal to anyone's big league stats. So put down your pitchforks, purists.
But what Ichiro has done is an accomplishment worth celebrating, and recognizing. Ichiro was by far the best player in the J-League and won an MVP (and Rookie of the Year) in his MLB debut season. He owns the single-season record for hits, having stroked 262 in 2004. He had more than 200 hits in each of his first ten MLB seasons. He made his big league debut at age 27; Cobb had 1,600 of his hits before age 27. Rose had 899. Ichiro's 1,278 before age 27 in the J-League is a reasonable number, even if they came against somewhat lesser competition.
"I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was with the major league team that came to Japan in 1996, just before he became a superstar. I'm anxious to see how much he's improved. And I'm anxious to see how much I've improved against him." Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Report (February 21, 2000)
Ichiro, the modern Hit King, is a marvel. His ability to put his bat on the ball is special; in his prime he was among the most frightening hitters in the game. The tales about his batting practice exploits (video) are the stuff of legend. He might be the best "quote" of any major league player in his era; his thoughts on Cleveland are definitive. He is among the select group of iconic players that fans bought tickets just so they could see him play; not only is he a wizard with the bat, but also on defense. This is the stuff dreams are made of:
Ichiro might be the coolest player of his generation. A baseball fan can look at Ichiro in silhouette and know his batting stance, his whip-crack thin frame, his intense focus at the plate – he is a fundamental treasure trove for coaches and fans alike. Want to do it "the right way"? Do it like Ichiro. Run hard out of the box on contact. Charge every ground ball. Plant-and-release your throw with your hips pointed at the target. Give the same effort up 10 runs as down 10.
"I'm not a big guy and hopefully kids could look at me and see that I'm not muscular and not physically imposing, that I'm just a regular guy. So if somebody with a regular body can get into the record books, kids can look at that. That would make me happy." Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Report (August 14, 2004)
For fans of a certain vintage, Rose was the ultimate ballplayer. Aaron was a better hitter, Koufax might have been the most dominant player ever – but Rose was the paragon of competitiveness, of effort, of hustle. For a generation of fans, Rose showed how to play the game the right way. Rose was a deserving Hit King because he played everyday, with the same intensity. Which makes his betrayal and downfall with fans even harder – but I digress.
Ichiro is the ultimate ballplayer. He was brilliant in the field – seriously, go watch that video again – and soon, he is the best ever (sorry Mr. Cobb) at putting his bat on the ball. He was a metronome of consistency and professionalism. For the past quarter century, baseball fans in Japan and America have been blessed to watch Ichiro Suzuki play baseball. According to Ichiro, we'll be watching him for a few more years yet – I hope so. I want to pay to see him play one more time, in person. There's no one quite like the Hit King.
"I didn't know I hit that way (.625 with runners in scoring position). Maybe not knowing is my secret. If I chased numbers, maybe I wouldn't have as good results." Source: Seattle Times (May 16, 2001)
P.S. Four years from now, Japan will host the Olympics and baseball is scheduled to return to the Games. Is there any doubt about who will light the flame as a symbol of the spirit of what is best about sporting competition? It'll be the Hit King, Ichiro Suzuki – and boy, has he earned it. All hail the Hit King!
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Do you know how does it work? It's based on a blockchain that's a ledger for transactions that's resistant to altering and tampering data. How's that possible? It is quite simple in principle, but very complex to achieve. It creates a record that's saved on a blockchain at any time you create a transaction with Bitcoin. There are plenty of computers spread around the globe known as jelqing which maintain a blockchain's copy and are on the network with some nodes making sure that each and every copy of the ledger is date. So as you can tell the whole idea is nothing difficult to understand, but it is quite complicated to achieve.
By devoting their power it is essential for individuals to share. This system is decentralised that ensures that nobody can change the ledger steal Bitcoins and to cheat the network. Well yes, in fact it can end up being very useful so let's have a look at the examples. You could have heard about banks. Fundamentally they'd like to utilize it for the purpose Bitcoin utilize it – to make sure the safety of transactions and accelerate the procedure for international and interbank money exchanges. You will find test being carried by about 40 institutions. Is your art enterprise. Creating a public ledger of Possession for artwork could seriously restrain selling stolen art, since the ownership would always be simple to find and transferable only by your rightful owner. If you think it would not work, well it actually does work already with diamonds because of the work of a Business called Everledger. Any business\/institution that revolves around any kind of ledgers, records or rights of ownership could benefit from applying a version of this idea designed to suit their needs.


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Southwest Tech offers Adult Basic Education courses, GED/HSED preparation, career planning services, and many other programming options at several outreach sites throughout Southwest Wisconsin. Many services are free of charge!
Adult Education Outreach Classes
For more information about all classes, call the instructors at the numbers listed or call Adult Education Secretary, Phone: 608.822.2632 or Adult Education Case Manager, 608.822.2649.


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After not wearing lashes for a few weeks, I decided to get creative w my makeup & add top and bottom lashes today. Though it sounds like a lot of lash- a couple colleagues and a personal client all commented that they looked quite natural even up close. The secret? Choose lashes with a very thin 'invisible' stip and apply them as close to the natural lash line as possible.
This image was taken on reverse camera with my iPhone 5 (no filter so excuse the shine on my nose), and no flash after wearing my makeup for a good 6 hours.
I used Kiss trio individual lashes 'x-short' on the bottom and Eyelure Naturalites 'lengthening' strip lashes on top secured with Lashgrip 'dark' lash glue.
&&& for the less daring, here are a few tips to remember when applying false lashes.
1. First tight line the top lash line w a black waterproof pencil and soften the eyeliner with a flat eye brush. This will help to camouflage the false lashes whether you choose individuals or strip eyelashes.
2. Curl lashes (if you have Asian lashes like mine this is essential!). Plump lashes with a primer – my favorite is Lash Maximizer by Dior, scroll down a few posts to read my review. Top eyelashes off with a couple coats of mascara before placing false eyelashes to prevent spider eyes.
3. Typically, a minimal amount of lash glue will do the trick. Apply a thin layer of glue onto the strip then wait 20 seconds for the glue to get tacky. Applying lashes when glue is too wet will make a big sticky mess!
4. I only use tweezers when applying individual lashes because I find it easier to use my own fingers. Do what feels more comfortable as long as the lash strip is directly on the lash line with no space between natural and faux lash lines.
5. Finish by pinching natural and false lashes together and curl once more if necessary.
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#Ziks #Alimony #Fathers #Jail #Sentence #Imprisonment #Prison #Unpaid #ChildSupport #BasicCourtInPodgorica
In the last five and a half years, due to non-payment of alimony, 110 Montenegrin citizens ended up in jail. Currently, there are seven men behind bars for this reason, reports Dnevne Novine daily. This year alone, the Basic Court in Podgorica established 38 such cases.
Pursuant to statistics, the average time period of failing to pay alimony mostly covered the period from four to six months, for which prison sentences ranged from 30 days to four months, DN learned from the state penitentiary (ZIKS) department of public relations.
Out of the aforementioned 38 cases, 21 are still pending before the court, while in two cases, the accused were already found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
"In the first case, the defendant was found guilty of the criminal offense and sentenced to imprisonment of 40 days, and is required to pay the injured party, through the legal representative, the child's mother, the sum of 3.550 euros", said Anja Krkeljić, spokeswoman for the Basic Court.
This amount, as she explained, refers to unpaid alimony payments from January 21, 2012 to February 21, 2016.
"In the second case, the defendant was found guilty of the criminal offense and sentenced to imprisonment of 30 days, and is required to pay the amount of 3.522.60 euros", added Krkeljić, explaining this is for the unpaid alimony for the period from June 1, 2010 to November 15, 2010 and December 12, 2012 to June 7, 2015.
Source: Cafe Del Montenegro


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Short bio
Stefano Messelodi was born in Arco (Italy) in 1961. He graduated in computer science from the University of Milan (Italy). Since 1986 he is working in FBK (ITC-irst), Trento, Italy, where he coordinated the Technologies of Vision research unit till 2012. His research interests include text localization in scene, semantic image labelling and dynamic scene understanding. He served as a reviewer for several journals and conferences. He is a member of IEEE Society and International Association for Pattern Recognition.
He currently coordinates the research unit TeV.
Research interests
people re-identification text localization in scene document image analysis traffic analysis
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Conci, N.; De Natale, F.G.B.; Messelodi, S.; Modena, C.M.; Verza, M.; Fioravanti, R.,IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2),IEEE,2016, (IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2),Trento, Italy,12/09/2016 - 15/09/2016)
Hu, Tao; Messelodi, Stefano; Lanz, Oswald,in «COMPUTER VISION AND IMAGE UNDERSTANDING»,vol. 134,2015, pp. 89 -104
Lecca, Michela; Messelodi, Stefano; Serapioni, Raul Paolo,in «JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL IMAGING AND VISION»,vol. 53,n. 2,2015, pp. 233 -249
Messelodi, Stefano; Modena, Carla Maria,in «IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING»,vol. 44,2015, pp. 44 -58
Messelodi, Stefano; Modena, Carla Maria; Porzi, Lorenzo; Chippendale, Paul,i-Street: Detection, identification, augmentation of street plates in a touristic mobile application,Image Analysis and Processing — ICIAP 2015,Springer International Publishing,vol.9280,2015, pp. 194-204, (18th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing,Genoa, Italy,September 7-11, 2015)
Hu T.; Messelodi S.; Lanz O.,Dynamic Task Decomposition for Probabilistic Tracking in Complex Scenes,Proc. ICPR'14,2014, (International Conference on Pattern Recognition,Stockholm, Sweden,24-28 August 2014)
Hu T.; Messelodi S.; Lanz O.,Wide-area Multi-camera Multi-object Tracking with Dynamic Task Decomposition,Proc. ICDSC'14,2014, (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras,Venezia, Italy,4-7 November 2014)
Chippendale P.; Tomaselli V.; D'Alto V.; Urlini G.; Modena C.M.; Messelodi S.; Strano M.; Alce G.; Hermodsson K.; Razafimahazo M.; Michel T.; Farinella G.,ECCV 2014 Workshops,Springer,vol.8927,2014, pp. 375-390, (Second Workshop on Assistive Computer Vision and Robotics - ACVR at ECCV,Zurich, Switzerland,September)
Aravecchia M.; Messelodi S.,Gaussian Process for RSS-based Localisation,Proceedings of IEEE 10th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications,2014, pp. 654-659, (IEEE 10th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob),Larnaca, Cyprus,8-10 October, 2014)
S. Messelodi; C.M. Modena,in «MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS»,vol. 63,n. 2,2013, pp. 521 -545


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By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A tornado swept over Brasília on Tuesday, April 11th, as Brazil's Supreme Court Justice, Edson Fachin, ordered investigations into 42 federal representatives, 24 senators, three state governors and eight Temer cabinet members for corruption.
All of the public officials were named by former Odebrecht executives in their plea-bargaining agreements with the federal prosecutors office (MPF) in relation to the mega-corruption scandal known as Operação Lava Jato (Carwash Operation).
Included in the list are both presidents of Congress, Rodrigo Maia, of the Chamber of Deputies and Eunicio Oliveira, leader of the Senate.
Among the senators to be investigated are Romero Jucá, President of President Temer's PMDB party and Aecio Neves, former presidential candidate and president of the PSDB party.
According to the documents released, Neves was named in testimonies made by at least five executives, including former Odebrecht CEO, Marcelo Odebrecht. In the complaints filed the MPF), the senator is accused of active and passive corruption and money laundering.
Two inquiries were opened to investigate exclusively Romero Jucá. In one of them, prosecutors maintain that the congressman received R$4 million to help Odebrecht's interests in Congress.
Also to be investigated are some of President Temer's closest aides, like Secretary General of the Presidency, Wellington Moreira Franco, and Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha.
According to the testimonies by the 77 former Odebrecht executives, the construction company paid from hundreds of thousands to millions of reais for political campaigns of these officials as well as outright bribes for contract advantages and beneficial legislation.
Agriculture Minister, Blairo Maggi, for example was said to have received R$12 million for his gubernatorial campaign in Mato Grosso state, while Odebrecht gave Moreira Franco over R$4 million for benefits in the concession of airports in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Goias.
All officials involved, who spoke to local media on Tuesday or released press statements about the investigations, said they had done nothing wrong and all of their campaign contributions were within the established laws.
In a press release, senator Aecio Neves noted the importance of the end of the secrecy of the content in the plea-bargainings. According to the senator, with the disclosure 'it will be possible to unmask the lies and demonstrate the absolute correctness of my conduct,' concluded the official.
Romero Jucá said that he always was and always will be available to render any information to the Courts. "In my election campaigns, I have always acted within the legislation and had all of my bills approved," said the congressman in a statement to the press.
Agriculture Minister, Blairo Maggi, stated through an aide he would not comment on the information released on Tuesday, noting that there was 'zero possibility of (his) involvement in any irregularities'.
Even known 'enemies' inside Congress joined together to predict the dismissal of the accusations. "A public man knows that he can be investigated, but that can not mean a prior conviction or a certificate that any irregularities have been committed," said PMDB leader in the Senate, Renan Calheiros to reporters.
PT (Workers Party senator Lindbergh Farias agreed, stating that the investigations would clarify the facts. "As on other occasions, I am convinced that a dismissal (of charges) will be the only possible outcome for this process. Again, justice will be done," said the Congressman said in a press statement.


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Win tickets to see English National Opera's Aida
14 August 2017, 06:00
We've got five pairs of tickets for English National Opera's new production of Verdi's timeless classic Aida.
Giuseppe Verdi
28 September – 2 December 2017
English National Opera at the London Coliseum
We have five pairs of tickets to give away! To be in with a chance of winning a pair, correctly answer the question below.
Aida must choose between the man she loves and the homeland she longs for. Betrayal is the only option.
Aida is a timeless story of duty, love and betrayal amid the clash of war. This is opera on a grand scale, in which ENO's award-winning Chorus and Orchestra will demonstrate their full power.
Following his recent Akhnaten for ENO, Improbable's Olivier Award-winning director Phelim McDermott stages this distinctive new production. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Verdi's score which contrasts swaggering military marches with tender lyricism. Aida is sung in English, with surtitles projected above the stage.
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ClearVR Software Development Kit
ClearVR SDK contain the elements to allow content distributors to integrate ClearVR low latency high fidelity streaming intelligence into their players. It has a features listed below.
- Easy integration of 360ᵒ or 2D ClearVR tiled streaming solution into existing applications.
- Existing partners have been able to integrate the SDK in less than a day.
- Choice of high-level API for fast integration and low-level API for detailed customization.
- High-level and low-level API's can also be mixed for combination of easy integration and fine-grained control.
- Extensive Application Programming Interface (API) documentation.
- Reference Source Code of ClearVR integration in a streaming application.
- Android Marshmallow 6.0 or higher, including devices like Oculus Go
- Unity and native OpenGL are supported
- PC (Oculus/Vive) supported.
- iOS Q3 2018.
- Web client on the roadmap
- 8kp30 monoscopic source or 4kp30 stereoscopic source on Android and PC devices that decode HEVC 4kp30.
- Higher resolutions supported on more powerful devices.
- Multi-layer on the roadmap, allowing zooming without resolution loss.
Bandwidth: Typical bandwidth use of ClearVR streaming, depending on source content:
- 4k source (monoscopic): ~5 Mbit/s.
- 8k source (monoscopic): ~15Mbit/s.
- Stereo or TBE ambisonic carried in (HE-)AAC.
- Other formats on request.
- Scales with your business.
- Price per minute ClearVR streaming (4k/6k/8k).
- Affordable fixed yearly license fee for the technology.