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It is very evident that Apple took recourse to the public cloud services of Google due to limitations in its home capability. Often collaborations are effected to tide over some sort of shortcoming in a particular area and this is how best to view the whole affair.
There is nothing to point that the facility offered by Google is anything other than a courtesy extended by the parent company to a member of the public and never as an enterprise solution. Thus it is in order to argue that operational aspects of Google were never divulged to Apple in any manner. It is best a stop-gap situation that is bound to pass as Apple puts its house in order.
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A key factor that has been proven in the episode is the quality of the cloud that is being deployed by Google. There are other operators like Microsoft and even Amazon the more recent entrant to the cloud arena but it speaks volumes of the capability of Google to have been the chosen one.
The future would depend a whole lot on the ability of companies to offer robust cloud services to the clients. Something that started out as a fad in the past decade, has taken on mainstream income capability for most of the serious operators of the cloud services.
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Most people don't set out to be bad managers, and yet there are many out there. This is because bad management is often a byproduct of bad habits, not inherently bad people. These habits develop over time due to a lack of training, stress, and insufficient feedback to recognize problems. When left unchecked, they can lead to employees quitting as well as morale and productivity plummeting for those remaining.
Recognizing a problem is the first step to resolving it, so consider these 7 deadly sins of bad management a warning sign for you to consider which bad habits you or your colleagues may be falling into.
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1) Inconsistency
One of the easiest ways for politics to creep into an organization is for employees to feel like their leaders are inconsistent. It's also a common way for team members to have a growing resentment for their manager.
Do you treat your team members the same? Do you follow through on the promises and commitments you make? Do you hold everyone to the same standards? Are there standards? You cannot have excellence on your team without consistency in the caliber of work that's accepted, how people are treated, and the messaging delivered to your team.
How to atone for this sin: Write things down, stay organized, and over-communicate your expectations to everyone. Create lightweight frameworks and processes for yourself so that you can apply them to what you do in a consistent way.
2) Forgetfulness
The sibling of inconsistency is forgetfulness. If you forget the commitments and promises you make, your word will not be valued by your team or your peers. This can lead to people not taking your statements seriously and poison the well for communication on your team; too often, when resentment strikes, people will gossip about the issues to one another instead of confronting them directly.
If you can't stay organized, you'll commit this sin over and over again. When you're stressed and under pressure, it's most important you deliver for your team, but it's also the easiest time to become forgetful.
How to atone for this sin: Lightweight frameworks and processes can again help you. You can lean on them when you get busy and have one less thing to keep straight in your mind. The more you get out of your short term memory to remember to do, the less you'll likely forget.
The right tools like Todoist for tasks, Pivotal Tracker for product management can be a game-changer for your memory and consistency.
3) Selfishness
In sports we call them primadonnas. In the workplace, it's often called someone "playing politics." Either way, it's when people put themselves ahead of others, take credit for all of a team's triumphs, and blame others for their failures.
In the short term, these people can advance ahead of others, possibly even looking like a star, but it always ends up collapsing. The culture is poisoned as others resent the person and get frustrated by their lack of recognition for their contributions and being blamed for someone else's failing.
Do you put your career ahead of your team members's? Do you take more credit than you deserve for work your team did? Have you ever thrown some of them "under the bus" for mistakes you were a part of? Humble leaders elevate their teams and share the credit like a good quarterback thanking their offensive line and the rest of the team after a big win.
How to atone for this sin: A great leader serves their people. Share the credit and accept the blame. When your people succeed, you will as well. Embrace that and you'll go farther than being cutthroat and selfish.
4) Being One-size-fits-all
With just a little effort you'll find some people will respond to your initial management style and approach. Unfortunately, if you never grow beyond a single style that a handful of people respond to, you will struggle to have a great team. Great teams are built on a diversity of views, personalities, and skills, which you cannot manage with a one-size-fits-all approach.
What works for your extroverts, won't work for your introverts. What your creative team members respond to, won't usually excite your deeply analytical team members. What your wily veterans are comfortable with can be alienating to newcomers, while what excites young workers may be patronizing or boring to your older team members.
If you use one-size-fits-all management, you'll also spend a lot of time looking for replacements as you alienate and fail to get the most out of everyone. This costs you significant recruiting time as well as lots of lost productivity.
How to atone for this sin: Get to know your team and learn what each person responds to. Tailor your management, coaching, and engagement to what gets the most out of them. An extrovert may be perfect to run a group meeting, while an introvert may relish the opportunity to prepare in advance for a discussion and share more ideas privately.
5) Complacency
I ran cross country in high school and I remember my coach used to tell us, "If you're not passing, you're getting passed." It only took me once getting narrowly passed at the end of a race to never forget that (it stings to be the first finisher to not receive a medal). I have since learned this is as true for running as it is true in business, especially in increasingly competitive, global markets.
If your team isn't improving on the work they've always done, the business is at risk of falling behind in the market. If your people aren't growing, then they're likely getting bored, frustrated, or even looking for opportunities outside work to grow. The responsibility for both kinds of growth falls on managers.
How to atone for this sin: Don't rest on your laurels. Your best people always want new challenges, and can help bring out the best in the rest of your team by setting the pace. Help them by taking the time to set new goals for how the team can grow in both their contributions to the business and in their career growth.
6) Opaqueness
When you lead a team, you have access to more information than your team as you're in meetings and discussions they are not. You are part of planning they may not be included in as well. If you don't share some of the information they should know, you hurt them.
Do you share critical information with your team? Do you share information when they ask? Holding out on them will hurt their ability to do their job and the ability to feel that their work has value. Vagueness undermines accountability.
How to atone for this sin: Help people feel the impact of their work and share the wins and losses. We're all adults here. Treat your team like it, and trust them with the kind of information that will help them feel connected to the company. You'll be amazed how they can respond to a challenge with a little positivity from you and a feeling of meaning to their work.
7) Silence
Do you give your team praise when they deserve it? Do you give them constructive criticism so they can improve? Withholding praise is an easy way to lose your best employees. When you fail to praise deserving team members you miss out on a simple action that has been found to increase productivity and revenue 10% to 20%.
Good people want to know how they're doing and your weak team members will test how far they can coast without being noticed. Neither are good for the results of you and your team.
How to atone for this sin: Set a standard and praise those that meet or exceed it and give feedback when team members come up short. Bad news is better than silence. You won't have a standard to hold your team to without feedback on how they perform against it.
These sins are easy for any manager to fall into. With a little effort and an embrace of servant leadership, you'll be well on your way to avoiding them and the many other habits that lead to bad management.


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Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors' Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure trove, others find themselves drawing a blank at the end of the month due to the breakneck pace needed to keep up to date with what's been released. Which brings us to this Heavy Blog PSA: a weekly roundup of new albums which pares down the week's releases to only our highest recommendations. Here you'll find full album/single streams, pre-order links and, most importantly, a collection of albums that could very well earn a spot on your year-end list. Enjoy!
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Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime (Tishoumaren, blues rock)
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See Also: Georgia Anne Muldrow – VWETO III (instrumental hip-hop, wonky) | Jazzy, funky hip-hop with Flying Lotus vibes, while also pulling from the traditions of ground-breaking black women like Alice Coltrane and Erykah Badu.
Monster Magnet – A Better Dystopia (psych rock, stoner rock)
While I didn't really know them before they put out Powertrip back in 1998, when I first heard it, it perfectly synced up with everything that my drunk high school self had been getting into over the few years prior: all of that great mid-'90s stoner rock, and '70s progressive rock. I was already obsessed with Kyuss and Fu Manchu, scouring the early world wide web for whatever low quality MP3 I could find from all these bands from all over the globe.
Suddenly, it was on my TV, with some crazy videos, and an album that never let up! I worked my way backwards in their discography and become quite obsessed with everything they put out. Then I found out the loose connections to some of the grunge scene, and that Dave Wyndorf (evil Dave Grohl?) had been around since the '70s playing in punk bands for years before MM. It was all interesting, and they opened the doors to some wilder '70s stuff like Hawkwind and Grand Funk, at the same time as I was discovering progressive rock through Rush, Yes, King Crimson and more.
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A Better Dystopia is a covers album, and a peak into Dave's formative years with a mixture of psych and proto-metal from the late '60s and early '70s. Some names I recognize and have been a long fan of, like Hawkwind, Jerusalem, and Dust, while some I haven't even heard of: The Macabre, Poo-bah, Josephus, etc. These 13 cuts should give a glimpse into the bands that helped shape the Monster Magnet sound, and hopefully have you digging through the individual artists back catalog for some lost sounds you never knew you missed out on!
Last Week's Biggest Surprise: Per Wiberg – All Is Well In The Land Of The Living But For The Rest Of Us . . . Lights Out (prog rock, hard rock)
Tooth and Claw – Dream of Ascension (hardcore, metalcore)
This is one of those weeks where I could have picked almost anything to highlight here, but even with all the amazing and often complex music out this week, the album that has my heart right this second is one of the more straight forward.
Tooth and Claw are a metallic hardcore supergroup, made up of members of Earth Crisis, Die Young, Magnitude and Sect, among others, and they sound every as formidable and ferocious as that line-up suggests. There are a few twists and turns thrown in, in the form of modern, Napalm Death-style industrialisms and more than a hint of Obituary worship in both the vocals and the riffing (see "Torn in Half"). For the most part, however, Tooth and Claw play it straight(edge), delivering one of the most vicious and solid metallic hardcore outings since their respective pedigree's heyday. You're gonna want to clear some room for this one.
Last Week's Most Unforgivably Overlooked Albums: Panopticon – …And Again into the Light and Project Roenwolfe – Edge of Saturn; this is some serious AOTY level shit right here.
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VOLA – Witness (prog metal, prog rock)
If you're new to VOLA, they play a highly polished blend of electro-pop and djenty progressive metal. The Danish group draw from artists like Leprous and Agent Fresco, especially in the vocal department, but bring more of a groove oriented song-writing approach accented by plenty of synths and trip-hop influence.
Their sophomore album Applause of a Distant Crowd was a slightly polarizing album, as it leaned further into the pop and electronica aspects of their sound while traversing a more mid-tempo and relaxed atmosphere compared to the more urgent and striking Inmazes.
Witness, in many ways is a continuation of that sound, however back in more prominence is the thick, meaty guitar tones and general heaviness that Applause often shied away from. What results is a brilliant, constantly shifting contrast of light and dark, or the accessible and in-accessible. While this is almost becoming a predictable trope of some of the biggest bands in the scene of late (Loathe, Spiritbox, etc.), VOLA's approach still feels authentic and exciting, and finds a better balance to let both shine at the same time. It's also more daring than their previous endeavors, including a guest feature from hip-hop project SHAHMEN on "These Black Claws" and some of their heaviest riffs to date on "Stone Leader Falling Down". Overall, the soaring vocals are as as buttery smooth as ever, and their juxtaposition with the chunkier grooves on Witness is still the main selling point here.
This should be the album that converts them from promising up-and-comers, to integral part of the current progressive metal/rock scene. If you were a fan of either of their last albums, there's a good chance this will end up on your album of the year list, and it should just as easily seduce plenty of new fans.
See Also: Kaonashi – Dear Lemon House, You Ruined Me: Senior Year (metalcore, post-hardcore)
Last Week's Best Surprise: Black Yen – Satori (post-black metal, doom metal)
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The only real equality in the world is time. We each get 24 hours a day. The rest of equality notions are lies, headfakes, just opiates for the masses — except for time.
Time is an absolute and nobody gets one more minute in an hour than all of us do. When it comes to time, you are as rich as Elon Musk.
Which beings me to the subject of how we use our time and the friction that life imposes on us and thereby shoplifts our time.
What have you learned, Big Red Car?
Here are some things I have learned as a CEO for 33 years, an Army officer for 5 years, and a CEO coach for 9 years:
1. Work expands to fill the available time. You may be tasked to write something — strategic plan, speech, essay, presentation, Nobel Peace Prize recommendation, your own obituary — and if you have three days to finish it, you will edit that baby 87 times.
Conversely, if you have a deadline in an hour, you will not waste a minute.
2. We all make perfect the mortal enemy of good enough, striving for a level of perfection that is unrealistic, unappreciated, of very questionable value, and which consumes gobs of time. See #1 above.
3. The ratio between noise and signal is at an all time high.
Turn on your computer to work on a spreadsheet and you will waste an hour checking your email, the news, and social media before you get down to work; and, when you do your razor sharp edge will be dulled by the sixteen emails to which you responded and the nine comments or Tweets you had to make.
Let's find the guy who invented texting and chat with that son-of-a-bitch.
You will rush through the work you really intended to do and all the angst that you absorbed from the email, news, and social media will make your work of inferior quality.
4. We are all in a bloody hurry because we are all so damn busy that we arrive late, leave early for the next meeting, are constantly exhausted, dread the things we should enjoy, and are not really present in our lives.
We overschedule ourselves. We waste oodles of time in unnecessary meetings. We engage in Death by Zoom, the younger brother of Death by Power Point.
Luckily, it also makes us feel guilty. Where would we be without the guilt, eh?
5. CEOs, a subspecies of the human race, directly equate busy with productive like it were a cryptocurrency as if you could not be a competent CEO if you weren't stretched thin, overbooked, overcaffeinated, and stressed to the breaking point.
It is like a bloody campaign ribbon, proof that you are in the game.
6. CEOs want to be "liked" and thus are slow to use the word "NO" and allow others to use them in a way that consumes their life force.
Here's the money line — all of the above have now become a mental health issue. We are not supposed to talk about mental health when it comes to ourselves, because we are "normal" and not sick. [My mother used to say there are no normal people; you just don't know them very well. Everybody is nuts.]
So what is a CEO supposed to do, Big Red Car?
Yes, we need an action plan, don't we? Here are some actionable ideas:
1. Very first thing — you have to acknowledge there is a problem. If there is no problem, then drive on. Bravo and good on you!
I will see you, clueless, at the hospital when you drop in for a mental breakdown and to have your headspace and timing adjusted (headspace and timing have to do with how you setup a .50 caliber machine gun, but you knew that, right?).
2. Compartmentalize your life — work, family, religion, recreation, exercise, education — and acknowledge that such compartments compete for your time, but you also need a balance amongst all of them.
Define that balance. I don't care how you do it as long as you do it. Not a bad idea to review it from time to time.
Your compartments may be different and look bigger in a rear view mirror. They are uniquely yours. Own them.
This is not intended to be pollyanna advice, but rather to be what happens IRL. If you are raising money for your startup then, of course, your priorities will be different. Just know which compartments you are working in, why, for how long, and when it will change.
3. Manage time because if you don't it will own you body and soul. This requires a time management system.
Good God, it's 2021; nobody should have to tell a CEO to manage time.
Part of managing time is to schedule some "me" time and "open" space.
The me time is essential — get a massage, color your roots, get a bikini wax, call your mother. The open space is a shock absorber to allow you to ebb and flow with the tidal currents of your life. Open space will be consumed.
4. Prioritize. Take your To Do List and assign an A, B, C to every task. Immediately delete all the Cs. CEOs do not do Cs.
You are an A type CEO. Focus on those things that are uniquely yours and that you are the right person to do.
Delegate all the Bs.
5. Delegate. The very best CEOs are extraordinary delegators.
Stop – this is a skill like being able to ski the black diamonds or being able to fly an airplane or to tie the monkeys paw/fist knot. You must work on it to master it.
In fact, I think the best CEOs are those who come to work only having to watch the instruments because they have delegated EVERYTHING. In my business career, I got to that state twice – both times at the 8-10 years level of experience as a CEO in that endeavor.
6. If you can afford it, get an assistant. Think of this assistant as being an extension of your brain and ensure they expand your compartments, expand your bandwidth, and inject discipline into the process.
Someone with the courage to nag you a bit is good.
7. Use your brain. A great CEO is naturally thoughtful, intellectually curious, and a critical thinker. Develop your own definition of each of these things. Know what they mean to you. Develop them.
Read an hour a day about your profession or industry. It will be transformational.
8. Develop a system of stress relief — swimming was always my favorite. I used to swim at Barton Springs in Austin By God Texas.
I swam a mile a day for two summers, not missing a single day during a period of intense stress. I would arrive at Barton Springs wound like a coil spring and go home as placid as a limp al dente Pappardelle noodle.
Barton Springs is very cold — 65F in the summer time — and I was driving a 1966 GTO convertible at that time. I'd freeze driving home with the top down even when it was 100F outside and set the AC at 80F when I got home. Huge stress reliever.
9. Get a mentor or a CEO coach. Do not leave it all inside — talk it out.
Join an organization like Young Presidents Organization, the Alternative Board, Vista.
10. Tip toe into therapy with an online counseling source — look at eCounseling.com and find places like Calmerry, Online-Therapy.com, TalkSpace, amwell, betterhelp, FaithfulCounseling (Christian), Cerebral, Pride (LGBT), and Health/Sapiens.
Get an assessment, find the right counselor, and use Zoom to conduct face-to-face counseling sessions. It will cost less than $150/month (likely what you spend on lattes) and you will make no long term commitment. Might try more than one.
I have heard very good things about Cerebral.
11. Learn to say NO! Make NO your default answer. Sounds like a small idea, but it is a bruiser of an idea.
12. Work on your immune system. One of the problems with the entire pace of CEO life is that it is exhausting physically which translates to it being a drag on your immune system. Eat right, exercise, and focus on your immune system.
With the Wuhan China Virus this is more important than ever before.
I have purposely limited this list to a dozen because I don't want to create any more noise in your head.
Bottom line it, Big Red Car
OK, dear reader, here it is:
I was always a 6:00 AM in the office kind of guy. Worked on Saturday mornings, might work on a Sunday morning, hard worker. Very pleased with myself.
If I had never worked on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday for my entire business career the outcomes would have been the exact same.
Why you ask? Go look at #1 above. Work expands to fill the available time.
I was pretty damn good at most of the mechanical action points above, but I was always guilty of checking, double-checking, and re-checking things when I should have let them go.
Bonus tip: Read the Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. Trust me, this is a game changer for you.
Turn off the noise and the signal will become louder and clearer. Good hunting.
But, hey, what the Hell do I really know anyway? I'm just a Big Red Car. Can you hear me?


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Simone Biles and Kelly Rowland wow in pantsuits and we wonder if they planned this because it's so perfect
Gone are the days when pantsuits were just for the corporate office, because ladies there has been a resurgence! Simone Biles and Kelly Rowland wowed in pantsuits at the The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Women In Entertainment Breakfast and now more than ever we are on the hunt for the perfect fashionable pantsuit. In the eyes of Biles and Rowland why wear a boring black pantsuit, when you can rock autumn toned power suits!
On Wednesday women (and men) traveled to Milk Studios in Los Angeles to celebrate The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 at the 25th annual THR Women in Entertainment breakfast presented by Lifetime. We were expecting the room to be filled with accomplished, super fashionable woman, but we have to say Simone Biles and Kelly Rowland stunned with their choice of attire. We don't know what it is about a pantsuit but it showcases so much power, so we were overjoyed when we saw these three put a spin on such an iconic look.
Simone Biles choose an autumn toned pumpkin pantsuit. If you're wondering where you can get this suit we've got you covered, and it actually is a pretty inexpensive price for how luxurious it looks. Marienbad NYC, is a company that curates work-to-play fashion pieces for woman who are looking to be economically conscious. The single button ponte blazer and the heavy weight ponte leggings with self fabric side inserts will have you totally set for any events that you will be attending. If you're not feeling as daring to rock the pumpkin color don't fret, the suit also comes in black, charcoal and heathered navy.
Kelly Rowland choose to go a bit of a differnt route with a cleavage baring emerald green linen suit from Akris Spring/Summer 2017 collection and a lovely baby pink cashmere coat by Ports 1961. Ade Samuel (her stylist) killed this outfit. It's giving us major Tess Mcgill vibes for sure!
Brb, we are on our way to scour every store online for the perfect power suit. You know how the saying goes: This one time I saw Simone Biles and Kelly Rowland wearing autumn toned power suits, so I went out and brought autumn toned power suits!


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Niels Heusinkveld – More Spreadsheets – Combined Slip and Grip Explained
Spreadsheet time ones more.
Niels Heusinkveld is on a roll. In this episode he takes a deeper dive into tire slip, mainly looking at combined slip where you brake AND turn, or turn AND accelerate.
Tire slip curves you may have seen don't apply in these situations. We ignore many many many things such as tire load, camber, temperature, pressure, but still discuss the main phenomenon of what happens when the tire slips in such a way that it provides a mix of cornering and acceleration or braking forces.
Heusinkveld Engineering is a Dutch company that offers a broad array of products and services to the real and virtual racing scene. From advanced vehicle simulation software to simulator hardware. Sim Racers might also know Niels Heusinkveld as the main physics creator for the Automobilista racing simulator by Reiza Studios.
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Christopher R Nolan
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Christopher Robert Nolan was born on Tuesday 2nd July 1968 in Marlborough Wiltshire by parents Clyde and Cecily (Barnes) but was raised in Poole Dorset along with his older sister Sarah. Christopher loved music and sport as a boy, particularly cricket. Chris joined the Royal Marines Band Service on 3rd September 1984, becoming a brother of 3/84 New Entry Troop, under the command of troop DI Sgt George Webster. Chris studied as a tenor saxophone & violin player guided by instructor BCpl Brian Starr. His talents earned him 'The Freestone Trophy' in 1986 for his achievement in dance band, he was also awarded a Special Merit for violin. Chris married Sarah Langley in 1987 and they produced a son Aaron the following year, however their marriage didn't last long and the couple separated. Chris lived in High Street Deal and formed a new relationship with girlfriend Janine.. In addition to his love of cricket, Chris enjoyed golf and was also a keen swimmer. As a member of Staff Band, Chris would have been involved with many of the Massed Bands engagements including Mountbatten's, Beating Retreats and Royal Tournaments. The highlight of his time in the band was the 1988 trip to Australia to perform at the Royal Agricultural Sydney Show. Chris
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Investors who want to capitalize on the struggles of large-cap technology stocks should remain patient, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday, citing technical analysis from Carolyn Boroden.
"The big tech stocks have been hammered from their highs, but the charts, as interpreted by Carolyn Boroden, suggest it probably isn't safe to start bottom fishing, even if those charts begin to improve a bit," the "Mad Money" host said. "Amazon and Alphabet simply aren't in buy-the-dips situations."
To illustrate the point, Cramer presented a chart from Boroden — a technical analyst whose work is often discussed on the program — that shows Alphabet shares below their 200-day and 50-day moving averages.
Carolyn Boroden's latest technical analysis on shares of Alphabet.
Mad Money with Jim Cramer
"It's got a general pattern of lower lows and lower highs," Cramer said, which is a "very, very negative" sign for technical analysts. "The five-day exponential moving average is below the 13-day," he added, noting that is Boroden's "personal sell signal."
In general, Cramer said Boroden believes Alphabet — along with other tech giants with downtrodden stocks this year — will not be able to return overnight to bullish trading patterns that defined 2020 and much of last year, too.
"Of course, she thinks it's possible we could get some oversold rallies here," Cramer said. However, he added, "the stock has a lot of resistance on the way up, though. You've got a bunch of ceilings running from $88 to $93. … Given the lack of anything bullish in this chart, Boroden wouldn't bet on Alphabet breaking through this ceiling."
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Physical gold is one of the best forms of long-term wealth protection, making it an ideal choice for a Best Gold IRA rollover. It's perfect for your heirs, as it will last longer than any currency they may use in the future. Physical gold is not subject to the risks associated with paper assets. It cannot be hacked or erased, making it a safe and secure investment. Neither that nor the fact that an ETF is physically backed bring a person closer to owning gold.
Gold values represent physical gold, but you don't have the right to exchange them for real metal. Owning stocks in a gold mining company or a gold ETF exposes you to the gold industry and, since gold doesn't necessarily move in conjunction with the stock market, it can help to further diversify your shares. I like to think of physical gold and silver as financial insurance against inflation, which provides the ability to "set a specific rate". Gold futures are more liquid than physical gold and have no management fees, although brokerage firms may charge a trading fee (also called a commission) per contract.
If you decide that investing in physical gold is right for you, here are some things to keep in mind. The popularity of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) underscores the ease with which people can enter the gold market without actually owning physical gold. However, physical investors in gold must also predict when they will want to sell their gold. Compared to paper stocks, physical gold gives investors the ability to physically hold the investment over which they have full control at all times.
Gold-traded funds or mutual funds have more liquidity than those that hold physical gold and offer a level of diversification that is not offered by a single stock. Unfortunately, some investors don't realize until they make their first purchase that the spot price isn't what you actually pay for physical gold. Investors are encouraged to consider creating physical gold positions as a long-term investment, possibly even to save for retirement. Investors must clearly understand that buying physical metals is not the only way to expose themselves to the gold market.
While owning gold sounds great and can even be considered responsible during a stock market crash, investing in gold comes with some unique challenges and doesn't always turn out the way you might expect.


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HERD International in collaboration with Nepal Press Institute recently organized a two-day Health Journalism Workshop for journalists affiliated with national and regional media on 27-28 February 2023 in Kathmandu. The workshop aimed to equip journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and report health-related issues including the multisectoral issues on urban health accurately and effectively.
The workshop featured a range of sessions, including discussions on health systems, the burden of disease and health services, experience sharing of health journalists, mass communication and health journalism, urban health journalism, women's issues in urban health, technical skills in health reporting among others. Following the workshop, the participants also discussed media output planning from their respective media. The sessions were led by renowned health experts and journalists who shared their expertise and experience with the participants.
The workshop was designed to discuss possible issues of reporting and ways to present evidence-based stories related on urban health. The participants expressed that the media plays a critical role in shaping public opinion and policy, and that the identification of issues and presentation of reports might have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people.
Participants of the workshop expressed the workshop provided them with valuable insights and knowledge on reporting on health-related issues.
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The College is currently searching for its next vice president for student life. This is an important position at the College—one that will help shape the student experience at Lafayette for years to come. The search committee has identified finalists who will be on campus throughout this week.
There are two opportunities for faculty and staff to meet with the candidates, including both Zoom and in-person options:
To register, please contact Monica Saylor at email@example.com. Details regarding the session, candidate materials, and a feedback form will be shared with registrants prior to each interview day.


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- Marvel reveals initial gay Captain America
- Wonder to Introduce Gay Captain America Later On This Year
- Wonder Comic books to present gay Captain America in new collection
- Heroes Star Validates He's Gay After Being Outed In Speech
- Gay rugby gamer Mark Bingham was a hero of 9/11
- Gay American Heroes
- Gay American battle hero with Purple Heart that didn't inform unless asked
- Gay American Heroes Foundation
- 'Heroes' Celebrity Thomas Dekker Appears as Gay After Being Outed by Showrunner
- Marvel Reveals First Gay Teenager Captain America
- Heroes actor Thomas Dekker was 'outed' as a gay guy by TV manufacturer Bryan Fuller
- Cuban states freely gay player would certainly clean up
- Heroes officer exposes gay story was axed after disagreement with actor
- Marvel World goes varied with gay, transgender and also deaf heroes
- Chlou00e9 Zhao Spoke to Marvel Regarding Not Censoring Gay 'Eternals' Characters Abroad: 'Fingers Crossed'
Wonder Exposes First Gay 'Captain America' in New Comic Series
New character Aaron Fischer is "a honestly gay individual who appreciates Captain America and also battles against evil to assist those who are practically undetectable to culture," musician says
Marvel revealed that the very first gay Captain America in the superhero's 80-year history will be disclosed in a forthcoming problem.
In the minimal collection The United States of Captain America, Steve Rogers (the original Captain America) as well as various other personalities that wore the costume take place a road trip throughout the united state to discover his stolen guard. Along the way, they come across "everyday people from all walks of life who have actually used up the mantle of Captain America to defend their neighborhoods," Marvel said.
One of those everyday people is the brand-new character Aaron Fischer, a.k.a. Captain America of the Railways, "a brave teenager who tipped up to shield fellow runaways and the unhoused." Fischer will certainly additionally end up being the first LGBTQ character in the comics' history to bring the mantle of Captain America.
The restricted series' artist Jan Bazaldua claimed in a declaration, "As a transgender person, I enjoy to be able to present a freely gay individual that appreciates Captain America as well as battles versus wicked to aid those who are practically unnoticeable to society. While I was attracting him, I assumed, well, Cap battles versus super-powerful beings as well as saves the world usually, however Aaron aids those who stroll alone in the road with problems that they face on a daily basis."
" Aaron is inspired by heroes of the queer community: activists, leaders and everyday folks promoting a much better life," author Joshua Trujillo, that penciled Fischer's debut issue, included. "He stands for the oppressed and also the forgotten. I hope his debut story resonates with viewers as well as aids influence the next generation of heroes."
The first concern of The United States of Captain America, including Fischer, will certainly hit shelves in June, which likewise marks Satisfaction Month.
Marvel didn't unveil its initial gay personality until 1992 with Northstar. In the decades that adhered to, a lot more LGBTQ characters have shown up in the comic world, consisting of the X-Men hero Iceman in 2022.
Marvel reveals initial gay Captain America
Aaron Fischer, a gay teen, will certainly take on the mantle in The USA of Captain America, marking the personality's 80th wedding anniversary
A teenager that "mean the oppressed, and the forgotten" is to end up being the very first LGBTQ personality to handle the mantle of Captain America.
Wonder Comic books is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the US hero with the launch of a new series, The USA of Captain America, in which the incumbent Steve Rogers will join former Captain Americas when his shield goes missing out on. The heroes will take a road trip across the US to discover the guard, as well as will fulfill individuals from "all walks of life" that have taken on the mantle of Captain America to defend their areas. Aaron Fischer, a gay teenager, will certainly be the very first, in the brand-new limited collection, released in June.
Marvel explained Fischer, that will be the "Captain America of the Railways", as "a courageous teenager who stepped up to safeguard fellow runaways as well as the unhoused", with his debut timed to coincide with Pride Month in the US.
" Aaron is inspired by heroes of the queer community: activists, leaders, and everyday individuals promoting a better life," said the series writer Josh Trujillo. "He represents the oppressed, as well as the failed to remember.
I hope his launching story reverberates with viewers, and also aids influence the future generation of heroes."
Musician Jan Bazaldua said she had actually "actually delighted in" creating Fischer. "As a transgender person, I enjoy to be able to present a honestly gay individual who appreciates Captain America as well as battles versus bad to help those who are practically undetectable to society," stated Bazaldua. "While I was drawing him, I assumed, well, Cap fights against super-powerful beings as well as conserves the globe often, but Aaron assists those who walk alone in the street with issues that they encounter everyday."
But in recent years, Marvel has actually moved to expand its cast of superheroes. Hulkling and also Wiccan of the Youthful Avengers were exposed to be dating in 2010. In 2012 Northstar ultimately wed his long time companion in Marvel's first same-sex wedding event, a decade after DC superheroes Beauty and Midnighter married in a 2002 concern of The Authority. And also in 2022, Iceman, one of the initial X-Men created by Stan Lee as well as Jack Kirby back in 1963, appeared as gay.
u2022 This short article was modified on 19 March 2022 to remedy the pronoun utilized by artist Jan Bazaldua.
Wonder to Introduce Gay Captain America Later On This Year
This year, Marvel is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the very first Avenger with a new restricted collection. Author Christopher Catwell and musician Dale Eaglesham are teaming for The USA of Captain America, a new limited series where Captain America's shield has been stolen. Steve Rogers teams up with Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes, and also John Walker (who have each been Captain America at some point) to go on a cross-country road trip to find it. As they make their means around the nation, they satisfy a number of heroes who were inspired to become regional Captains America for their own areas.
The very first problem of The United States of Captain America has them meeting the Captain America of the Railways, Aaron Fischer, who is gay. He's introduced in a benefit story composed by author Josh Trujillo and also shown by Jan Bazaldua.
" Aaron is influenced by heroes of the queer community: activists, leaders, and day-to-day individuals pushing for a better life," Trujillo stated in a launch. "He stands for the oppressed, and also the neglected.
I wish his debut tale resonates with visitors, and assists motivate the next generation of heroes."
Bazaldua is grateful for the possibility to have actually assisted create the character. "I truly appreciated making him, and also as a transgender person, I am happy to be able to present a freely gay person who admires Captain America and fights against wicked to aid those who are practically unnoticeable to society."
Bazaldua included, "while I was attracting him, I thought, well, Cap battles against super-powerful beings as well as saves the world usually, but Aaron assists those who stroll alone in the street with issues that they encounter on a daily basis. I really hope individuals like completion outcome!"
Each problem will introduce a new neighborhood Captain America, displaying the variety of the nation as well as individuals that step up to be heroes. Fischer's concern will launch June 2.
Wonder Comic books to present gay Captain America in new collection
Wonder Comics is celebrating the 80th anniversary of Captain America with a gay teen superhero.
The posting business said in a press release that its latest hero, Aaron Fischer, is making his launching on June 2. He'll be featured in a new minimal series labelled "The USA of Captain America."
The series will certainly feature the original Captain America Steve Rogers partnering with Captain Americas of the past– including Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson as well as John Walker– traveling across America to discover his stolen shield.
As they take place their journey, they will discover "day-to-day individuals from all walks of life" that have occupied the mantle of Captain America to defend their areas.
The groundbreaking brand-new series is being written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Dale Eaglesham, that will certainly join a different set every problem.
The very first, co-written by Josh Trujillo with art by Jan Bazaldua, is honoring Pride Month with the launching of Aaron Fischer.
"Aaron is inspired by heroes of the queer area: activists, leaders, and day-to-day people pushing for a far better life," according to Trujillo. "He stands for the oppressed, and the failed to remember."
Fischer, as created by Bazaldua, has a mask similar to Captain America's, and also a white celebrity published on his overalls.
"I want to give thanks to Editor Alanna Smith and also Joshua Trujillo very much for asking me to create Aaron," Bazaldua stated in a statement. "I really took pleasure in developing him, and as a transgender person, I more than happy to be able to offer a freely gay person who admires Captain America and also battles against evil to assist those who are virtually unseen to culture."
The artist additionally kept in mind that, while Captain America "battles against super-powerful beings and saves the world usually, Aaron assists those who stroll alone in the road with issues that they encounter everyday."
Fischer, the "courageous teen that tipped up to safeguard fellow runaways as well as the unhoused," was described by Wonder in a news release as its "new LGBTQ hero."
Replying To a Twitter individual who asked if anybody understood if he was transgender or a cisgender gay man– "because the launch says he is LGBTQ, which is not exactly just how that functions"– Smith cleared up that he is a "gay cisgender man."
"You're right that the launch can have been much more specific concerning that," the editor created.
Each new issue of "The USA of Captain America" will feature a new hero, who will highlight exactly how daily people can also be heroes.
Heroes Star Validates He's Gay After Being Outed In Speech
A star understood for his work with Heroes and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has openly appeared as gay– though his hand might have been forced somewhat.
Thomas Dekker, who played Zach on the Bryan Fuller-produced sci-fi drama Heroes, has uploaded an essay on Instagram confirming his sexual preference as well as recent marital relationship. As The Hollywood Reporter kept in mind, the essay acknowledged recommendations to his sexuality Fuller made in his acceptance speech at the LGBTQ celebration Outfest on July 6.
Richer, who is currently the creator as well as exec producer of American Gods, supposedly mentioned collaborating with a star on Heroes whom he declares didn't wish to play a gay personality.
" I had a brief job on Heroes where the gay personality was 'hetwashed' after the actor's monitoring threatened to draw him from the show if he– the character, not the actor– were gay," Richer is priced quote as stating. "The character became straight and the star came out as gay."
Richer did not name Dekker, however the 29-year-old star felt forced to react. Though he did not especially deal with Fuller's insurance claims concerning his Heroes personality, he did allude to his very own journey in the direction of approval of his sexuality.
" My sexual preference once more came into question this week when a prominent gay male made use of a honors approval speech to 'out' me," he created. "While he did not discuss me by name, the specific information of his reference made it simple for the public as well as media to link the dots. While it is an odd circumstance, I thank him because it presents a prime opportunity for me to openly state that I am undoubtedly a man who happily loves other males. As a matter of fact, this April, I married my partner and also I might not be better.
" I have never lied to journalism concerning the fluidness of my sexuality yet this guy asserting that I appeared is not real. Due to the fact that I have not 'officially' up until this moment. I simply reject to be burglarized of the glorious delight that comes from me. To state the words myself. 'I'm gay.' Those words are a badge of honor that nobody can take.
" Sexuality and that you like is a deeply individual and challenging thing," he proceeded. "For several of us, it takes some time to cultivate, discover, as well as conclude. It is not something anybody should ever repent of and also definitely not something any person need to be hurried right into.
" I concur with numerous who believe it is a vital responsibility for LGBTQ persons with a system to find out. It has the power to transform minds, difficulty beliefs, as well as make others really feel comprehended and supported. It can strengthen the progression of our neighborhood as well as help deactivate those that discriminate against us. It is an endure, powerful, and also vital thing to do however it is likewise a deeply individual choice.
One that ought to just be made when you are ready.
" If we are to stand strong in the gay area, our objective ought to be assistance, not exemption; love, not pity. I pick not to look back on the past with a remorseful heart but rather concentrate on the future with an enthusiastic one. A future where myself as well as all others can do not hesitate to express their true selves with honor and dignity.
" I welcome you, any one of you, with open arms, compassion, confidence as well as perseverance," he concluded. "For all of you who have sustained me, prior to and also currently, I thank you from the bottom of my recently established heart. Take pride in that you are. Despite for how long it takes."
The essay was met messages of assistance from fans and buddies, including Dekker's Enter the Dangerous Mind costar Nikki Reed.
" For numerous factors you have an item of my heart, as well as what you just wrote only adds to it," the starlet created. "T, your voice is effective, due to the fact that it is honest, and since it comes from an area deeply rooted in love. I am so pleased to call you my good friend, and also I know a lot of really feel the method I do. Thank you for being you. I love you."
Gay rugby gamer Mark Bingham was a hero of 9/11
Bingham passed away on Sept. 11, 2001, as one of the passengers who stormed a cockpit manned by hijackers.
Mark Bingham was a guest on Trip 93, which was commandeered by Al Qaeda hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001, that tried to fly the aircraft into the U.S. Capitol. Together with various other passengers, Bingham stormed the cockpit and lowered the plane over Shanksville, Pa.
" I get on a trip from Newark to San Francisco," his mother Alice Hoagland (that passed away a year ago) said her kid told her, in a 2011 meeting. "3 guys aboard have taken over the aircraft. They state they have a bomb. You think me, do not you, Mommy?" The line went dead and also Bingham's last words to his mama was that her enjoyed her.
After his fatality, Bingham's sexual orientation ended up being recognized worldwide. A honestly gay guy, he was a rugby player was a hero and also he was eulogized days later by U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and John McCain.
Outsports founders Cyd Zeigler Jr. as well as Jim Buzinski both recognized Bingham from flag football when our L.A. team played his from San Francisco. He was a cozy, friendly, competitive and perky man who took wonderful satisfaction in damaging down stereotypes about gays in sports. He was also a blast to hang out with on and off the field.
Below is an e-mail Bingham wrote after his San Francisco Haze gay rugby team was accepted right into a straight The golden state organization:
" When I started playing rugby at the age of 16, I constantly thought that my rate of interest in various other individuals would certainly be a taboo– completely undesirable to the people on my team– as well as to individuals I was knocking the spunk out of on the various other group. I liked the game, but KNEW I would require to maintain my sexuality a secret permanently. I feared complete being rejected.
As we functioned and also sweated as well as ran and also chatted with each other this year, I lastly really felt approved as a gay man as well as a rugby player. My two irreconcilable worlds collaborated.
We require to work tougher. We need to get better. We have the chance to be role models for various other gay people that intended to play sports, but never really felt sufficient or solid enough. Extra importantly, we have the opportunity to reveal the various other groups in the organization that we are like they are. Excellent rugby gamers. Excellent partiers. Great sports. Excellent men.
Gay guys weren't always wallflowers waiting on the sideline. We have the opportunity to allow these other athletes understand that gay guys were around all along– on their little league groups, in their classes, being their pals.
This is an excellent chance to change a lot of individuals's minds, and to reach a team that could never have had to know or find out about gay people. Allow's go make some new lecastella.info win a couple of video games. Congratulations, my brothers in rugby.
Bingham's interest for rugby has been memorialized in the Bingham Cup tournament, held every 2 years. "Hero" is a word thrown around extremely loosely, however Bingham was the extremely interpretation of one.
Gay American Heroes
The objective of the Gay American Heroes Structure is to taketheir traveling memorial to communities throughout the United States to honor the lives of LGBT people who have been murdered as a result of hate criminal offenses based on their sexual preference andgender identification.
This will certainly likewise help to educate the public abouthate criminal offenses in addition to influence compassion and acceptance ofall people.
The objective of the Gay American Heroes Structure is to taketheir taking a trip memorial to areas throughout the United States to honor the lives of LGBT people who have actually been killed as a result of hate criminal activities based upon their sexual preference andgender identification. This will likewise assist to enlighten the general public abouthate crimes along with inspire empathy and also acceptance ofall individuals.
Gay American battle hero with Purple Heart that didn't inform unless asked
In life, Major Alan G Rogers was an American patriot, committed to the United States Military in which he had actually offered for 18 of his 40 years. His death this year, from a roadside bomb, which took the number of American losses in Iraq to more than 4,000, burglarized the solution of an exceptional military knowledge police officer and also denied his good friends of a person they all described as a fantastic listener as well as a profoundly religious male.
Significant Rogers was also gay. He had not been asked and, at the very least to many colleagues, he really did not tell, however the story of his battle to balance two competing aspects of his life has relocated to the heart of the debate concerning gay armed forces service.
Alan Rogers, increased by adoptive parents in New York and also Florida, signed up with the US Military to serve in the 1991 Gulf Battle, as well as later on had trips of South Korea and Iraq in advance of the 2003 intrusion. He used military sponsorship programs to pursue academic research studies, ultimately ending up being a biometrics professional on project at the Government prior to his last excursion of task in Iraq. He was additionally a Baptist preacher as well as is remembered as a wise counsellor to good friends as well as men under his command.
Major Rogers' story has been adopted by gay-rights advocates. A person on a computer system inside the Pentagon was briefly able to transform a Wikipedia profile of Significant Rogers to omit his sexuality, sparking a fight over whether it related to notifications of his long solution as well as his best sacrifice.
" Alan was a true soldier as well as loved serving his nation," his good friend Tony Smith bore in mind. "As well as he was also a gay man. Alan was not a person who hid his sexual preference. He really did not wear it on his sleeve, but he didn't hide it under a cloak either."
" I assume the momentum is there currently for modification," says Denny Meyer, editor of The Gay Military Times, an online e-newsletter that advocates an abolition of don't ask, don't tell. His as well as various other entrance hall groups have actually embraced the story of Major Rogers to motivate supporters to contact politicians and also promote modification. "Rightnow we have generals and also admirals who have served 20 or thirty years who have actually come out. Gay people have been offering in America's militaries because the Change– but Major Rogers is the initial recognized homosexual to have actually been killed."
At home in Washington, he was treasurer of the funding's phase of American Professionals for Equal Civil liberties, which campaigns to allow gays to serve openly, and also he created a scholastic thesis dividing don't ask, don't inform. However when close friends mentioned his sexuality in neighborhood paper records after his death, it came as a surprise to previous coworkers in the Pentagon.
Cathy Long, his cousin, has signed up with some military employees to express displeasure that Major Rogers's story has been taken on by gay-rights campaigners. Activists, though, state that it is specifically by highlighting the sacrifices of gay servicemen as well as women that they will be able eventually to win the battle to be accorded the very same rights to be open concerning their sexuality as straight coworkers.
Last week's hearing before your house of Representatives Armed Services Employee Sub-committee was gone to by Eric Alva, an Iraq veteran with a Purple Heart who was the first US soldier to be hurt throughout the invasion. While he affirmed in favour of reversing do not ask, do not inform, the hearing was a lot more significant for the tips of Elaine Donnelly, head of the Centre for Armed Force Readiness, that claimed any kind of adjustment would possibly raise the incidence of HIV among service members– as well as the succeeding ructions among legislators, who rounded on her.
Although lots of US allies allow gays and lesbians to serve freely, and also the UK has actually allowed it considering that 2000, leading Government officials continue to be opposed. Senator John McCain says he is opposed because it will harm spirits, but his opponent for the presidency, Barack Obama, claims he supports the repeal of do not ask, don't tell.
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'Heroes' Celebrity Thomas Dekker Appears as Gay After Being Outed by Showrunner
Heroes star Thomas Dekker appeared as gay on Thursday after being indirectly outed by American Gods showrunner Bryan Richer at Outfest earlier this month.
The actor, who played Zach on the NBC show that ended in February 2010, came out on Instagram with a statement after his "sexual preference once again came into question today when a popular gay male utilized a honors approval speech to 'out' me."
Dekker created that" [while] it is an odd scenario, I thank him because it provides a prime chance for me to openly state that I am indeed a man who happily loves other guys." He likewise exposed that he had actually wed his husband in April.
At the LGBT festival Outfest on July 6, Fuller got the Achievement Award and also in his approval speech discussed the moments in his profession personalities were "hetwashed"– that is, transformed from homo- to heterosexual.
" I had a short job on Heroes where the gay personality was 'hetwashed' after the actor's monitoring endangered to pull him from the show if he– the personality, not the actor– were gay. The character became straight and also the actor came out as gay," Fuller stated in an oblique reference to Dekker.
At the time, Dekker had not publicly claimed he was gay, however had actually validated the inquiries bordering Heroes' Zach sexuality in a blog post as well as had actually told Out publication that he was open to connections with men and women.
Marvel Reveals First Gay Teenager Captain America
The new personality, Aaron Fischer, represents the first LGBTQ personality to pick up Cap's guard in the comic's 80-year history.
Fischer is referred to as "the Captain America of the Railways– a brave teenager who stepped up to shield fellow runaways and also the unhoused. Marvel Comic books is proud to honor Pride Month with the increase of this new LGBTQ hero."
The restricted series is labelled The United States of Captain America and also complies with "Steve Rogers coordinating with Captain Americas of the past– Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson as well as John Walker– on a trip across America to discover his taken guard. Throughout the group's trip, they'll find everyday individuals from all walks of life who've occupied the mantle of Captain America to protect their neighborhoods." The collection is created by Christopher Cantwell with art by Dale Eaglesham.
" Aaron is inspired by heroes of the queer area: activists, leaders and also everyday folks promoting a better life," said writer Joshua Trujillo, that pens the debut issue introducing Fischer. "He stands for the oppressed as well as the neglected. I wish his debut story resonates with readers and assists inspire the next generation of heroes."
" I want to thank editor Alanna Smith as well as Joshua Trujillo quite for asking me to create Aaron," included Jan Bazaldua, who attracts the problem. "I truly appreciated developing him and as a transgender person, I enjoy to be able to provide an openly gay person who admires Captain America as well as battles versus wicked to help those that are practically unnoticeable to culture. While I was drawing him, I assumed, well, Cap battles against super-powerful beings and also saves the globe generally, however Aaron helps those that stroll alone in the street with troubles that they encounter everyday. I really hope individuals like completion outcome!"
The various other brand-new Captains will certainly be introduced at a later date. The USA of Captain America hits stores June 2.
Heroes actor Thomas Dekker was 'outed' as a gay guy by TV manufacturer Bryan Fuller
Bryan Richer, that collaborated with him on Heroes, was accepting an award at an LGBT festival in LA when he mentioned the 29-year-old.
He claimed one supervisor had not wanted Thomas Dekker to be a gay personality on Heroes, which individuals linked to him.
The star posted on Instagram after the celebration, thanking Bryan Fuller for giving him a chance ahead out.
He composed: "It is an odd situation, I thank him because it provides a prime chance for me to openly claim that I am certainly a male who proudly loves various other guys."
In his acceptance speech for the Achievement Award at the LGBT celebration Outfest last Thursday, Bryan Richer mentioned times in his profession when personalities were changed from gay to straight, something known as "hetwashing".
In his speech he said: "I had a quick job on Heroes where the gay character was hetwashed after the star's administration endangered to draw him from the show if he – the personality, not the actor – were gay.
He had not openly stated he was gay at the time, but has actually recently verified his sexuality in Out Magazine.
His statement on Instagram reads: "My sexual preference once more entered inquiry this week when a famous gay man made use of a honors acceptance speech to 'out' me.
Bryan Fuller is behind series like Hannibal, American Gods and Celebrity Expedition: Exploration
" While he did not mention me by name, the explicit details of his reference made it simple for the general public and media to link the dots.
" While it is a strange situation, I thank him because it offers a prime opportunity for me to publicly state that I am without a doubt a man who proudly likes various other guys.
" I merely decline to be robbed of the marvelous joy that belongs to me. To state the words myself. "I'm gay".
" Those words are a badge of honour that no-one can take. Sexuality and that you enjoy is a deeply personal and complex point."
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Cuban states freely gay player would certainly clean up
Mark Cuban might be the Mavericks owner, but he assumes an openly gay NBA gamer would certainly be a route blazer, and also a rich one at that.
" From an advertising and marketing viewpoint, if you're a player that takes place to be gay and you want to be exceptionally abundant, then you must come out, due to the fact that it would be the best point that ever took place to you from an advertising and marketing and a recommendation perspective," Cuban told the Ft Well worth Star-Telegram for Monday's edition. "You would be an outright hero to much more Americans than you can ever before possibly be as an athlete, and that'll place cash in your pocket.
" On the other hand, if you're the idiot who condemns somebody since they're gay, then you're mosting likely to be rejected, you're mosting likely to be picketed as well as you're going to ruin whatever marketing endorsements you have."
Cuban was reacting to the announcement by previous NBA gamer John Amaechi that he is gay. The debatable Mavs proprietor applauded Amaechi.
" When you do something that the entire globe believes is difficult as well as you stand up as well as just be who you are and handle that trouble factor, you're an American hero regardless of what," Cuban told the paper. "That's what the American spirit's all about, going versus the grain and also standing up for that you are, even if it's not a popular position."
Heroes officer exposes gay story was axed after disagreement with actor
Former Heroes exec Bryan Fuller has actually exposed that the program was forced to ditch a gay storyline as a result of a behind-the-scenes fight.
The cult superhero television series ran for 4 seasons between 2006 and 2010, introducing the occupation of Zachary Quinto in addition to a host of various other celebrities.
Bryan Richer, that worked as an executive manufacturer on the program, revealed at Outfest this week that he planned a gay storyline for Heroes.
The out officer, who is best understood for his work on Celebrity Trip, exposed the story was by force axed after a disagreement.
He claimed: "The gay personality was het-washed after the actor's administration endangered to pull him from the show if [the character] were gay."
While Fuller did not name the details actor, his remarks associate a dispute from the program's initial run in 2006.
At the time, the show had actually consistently hinted that Zach (Thomas Dekker), a youth friend of show lead Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere), was gay.
Nonetheless, the plotline ended abruptly as Zach was clarified to be right, before being quickly drawn up of the program.
At the time, Heroes designer Tim Kring meant conflict, telling gay blog AfterElton: "It was absolutely not our intent to confuse the concern of Zach's personality being gay. We have way too much respect for our audience to do that purposefully.
" Nonetheless, it has merely end up being too made complex behind the scenes to push this problem additionally with this particular personality.
" We wish that we might have managed points better on our end. But making a television program is often a very inaccurate service."
In a 2007 post, he declared: "I, neither my monitoring have actually ever had any type of sort of problem with producing a gay personality. To me acting is about being prepared to play all kinds of functions as well as it is an honor as well as an obstacle to represent ANYTHING that comes my way.
" What transpired on Heroes is something even more complicated than any person being "worried" to make Zach homosexual."
He continued: "The character that I created initially of the show, a procedure I take really seriously, was based upon Zach being an outcast that had a burning love for Claire, a crush that attracted him to her and also effected every ounce of his self-confidence around her.
" I produced the character that way since it was WRITTEN IN THE ORIGINAL manuscript that he loved Claire.
" I was not notified in the beginning of the collection, of any kind of planned personality arc, since I was informed there had not been one.
" What ensued later on was a mix of miscommunication, complication, surprise as well as last minute desicions, not a knee jerk response from me or my team."
The actor firmly insisted that "me leaving Heroes has absolutely nothing to do with this gay conflict", and that he had been cast in the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
The show did later include a lesbian storyline, with Claire experimenting with her sexuality.
Marvel World goes varied with gay, transgender and also deaf heroes
Disney is readied to unveil the very first transgender superhero in its fictional Wonder world.
The studio, home to the extremely effective Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy franchises, claimed it would certainly likewise introduce its very first deaf and also Asian American heroes, reported the BBC.
It comes as the studio gets ready for the release of The Eternals in November this year, which is stated to feature Wonder's very first gay character. The deaf personality will also star in The Eternals.
Nonetheless, some analysts on-line implicated the brand of tokenism as well as 'lip solution', while asserting the addition such characters was a money grab.
Others invited the relocation with open arms, hailing the studio's attempts to represent minorities.
The Wonder Cinematic World's first trans celebrity is set to hit screens "very soon", said president Kevin Fiege throughout a question and also answer session with followers at the New York Movie Academy. In response to a query on whether there would be much more LGBT depiction in upcoming movies, he informed the target market capturing was already underway.
Comics and also tech internet site Nerds Worldwide reported the trans personality was likely to feature in Shang-Chi and also the Tale of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Insanity, Loki, Hawkeye, or Thor: Love as well as Thunder. It added that Thor is the just of these in Wonder Comic type to feature a transgender superhero character– a wingless angel named Sera.
Meanwhile, Marvel has big plans to build on the storming success of Black Panther. The flick gather $1.34 bn (EUR1.2 bn) at the box office, and the 2nd highest grossing film of 2022 after Avengers: Infinity Battle, which starred Black Panther's title character.
Capitalising on the appeal of the primarily black cast, Wonder is now readied to release a majority Eastern movie, referred to as Shang-Chi and the Tale of the Ten Rings.
Chlou00e9 Zhao Spoke to Marvel Regarding Not Censoring Gay 'Eternals' Characters Abroad: 'Fingers Crossed'
Chlou00e9 Zhao is enthusiastic that countries overseas will certainly not censor her approaching Wonder Cinematic World tentpole "Eternals," which features the MCU's first openly gay hero in Brian Tyree Henry's Phastos. In a meeting today with IndieWire's Eric Kohn (more of that conversation to find closer to the movie's release), the "Nomadland" Oscar winner had the complying with to state regarding prospective censorship of her film's gay moments: "I don't recognize all the information, however I do believe discussions were had and also there's a big desire from Wonder and myself– we talked about this– to not transform the cut of the flick. Fingers went across."
According to Zhao, introducing the MCU's first openly gay superhero was currently "created right into the story" before she signed on as director. "The means Phastos' story plays out in the film is that he's somebody that only sees mankind all at once and thinks that innovation's mosting likely to fix the issue. Clearly, he lost faith in us for some extremely challenging things that we've done. And then he needed to stop looking at us in its entirety as well as take a look at someone he loves, as well as one youngster, to gain back the face of mankind. It's like us switching on the news and also believing it's completely helpless and then going home, considering our enthusiast and our kid as well as going like, 'Well, actually this deserves defending.'"


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Fraunhofer IDMT's automatic Speech and Music Detection licensed by German public Broadcasters
Until now, reporting and accounting of musical content used in TV shows, spots, intro sequences and as background music in talk-shows and TV interviews was only based on rough estimates. Given that these estimates have a critical impact on the remuneration of the right holders, Fraunhofer IDMT has developed a new technology that allows automatic and efficient detection of speech and music content in the daily or weekly TV broadcasts. The public German TV broadcasters ARD and ZDF now rely on Fraunhofer IDMT's music and speech detection technology to analyze their channels in the German Broadcasting Archive.
Fraunhofer IDMT´s automatic music and speech detection is an efficient and reliable solution to detect all TV spots with musical content. The method is based on a universal algorithm for classifying audio signals, which has been trained using machine learning techniques. It can be used to divide files and broadcast streams reliably and statistically accurately into segments 'with music' and 'without music'.
The results of such analysis can be used by the licensing department to determine segments 'with music' in the TV program that do not have a precise track report. A request for the missing track report can be then made to the corresponding editorial department.
Steffen Holly, head of business unit Media Management & Delivery at Fraunhofer IDMT, proudly explains: "This is an important advance and the right step towards fairer remuneration for involved musicians and rights holders".
At this year´s IBC in Amsterdam being on September 11 until 15, Fraunhofer IDMT will present this new software tool for automatic music and speech detection in hall 8 booth 8.B80.
Fraunhofer IDMT will also present its technologies for the automatic A/V analysis that enable efficient management of digital media content for broadcasters and archives.
With the automatic Quality Control (QC), errors and quality issues in A/V material can be detected at any stage of the production process.
The Video Segment Matching software automatically detects video content or parts of videos used in the production process. The automatic detection is possible even if the content has been manipulated or transcoded. This saves time, allows quick and easy reuse of the material (such as in online media libraries), and facilitates the accurate accounting of copyright protected content.
Recording devices and editing steps leave characteristic traces in audio material. IDMT shows at the IBC its Audio Forensics Tools to detect editing and tampering processes.
The automatic Annotation Tools detect individual shots, movements in video files, recording devices used or transcodings and provide this as additional information for the analyzed file.
Fraunhofer IDMT will also present its Actor Recognition technology that allows to identify individuals such as actors, celebrities, moderators, or athletes in video content.
Come to the Fraunhofer IDMT booth and experience how efficient management of digital media content can be achieved with our automated analysis technologies.
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