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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 20:27
How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch?
If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, perhaps from a viral pandemic or catastrophic asteroid impact, what would be the one book you would want to press into the hands of the postapocalyptic survivors? What crucial knowledge would they need to survive in the immediate aftermath and to rebuild civilization as quickly as possible—a guide for rebooting the world?
Human knowledge is collective, distributed across the population. It has built on itself for centuries, becoming vast and increasingly specialized. Most of us are ignorant about the fundamental principles of the civilization that supports us, happily utilizing the latest—or even the most basic—technology without having the slightest idea of why it works or how it came to be. If you had to go back to absolute basics, like some sort of postcataclysmic Robinson Crusoe, would you know how to re-create an internal combustion engine, put together a microscope, get metals out of rock, accurately tell time, weave fibers into clothing, or even how to produce food for yourself?
Regarded as one of the brightest young scientists of his generation, Lewis Dartnell proposes that the key to preserving civilization in an apocalyptic scenario is to provide a quickstart guide, adapted to cataclysmic circumstances. The Knowledge describes many of the modern technologies we employ, but first it explains the fundamentals upon which they are built. Every piece of technology rests on an enormous support network of other technologies, all interlinked and mutually dependent. You can't hope to build a radio, for example, without understanding how to acquire the raw materials it requires, as well as generate the electricity needed to run it. But Dartnell doesn't just provide specific information for starting over; he also reveals the greatest invention of them all—the phenomenal knowledge-generating machine that is the scientific method itself. This would allow survivors to learn technological advances not explicitly explored in The Knowledge as well as things we have yet to discover.
The Knowledge is a brilliantly original guide to the fundamentals of science and how it built our modern world as well as a thought experiment about the very idea of scientific knowledge itself.
David Suzuki's Green Guide [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 20:13
Everyone knows that the planet is in trouble, but is there a solution? This timely book identifies the most effective ways individuals can be more green in four key areas: home, travel, food, and consumerism. It also describes how citizens can ensure that governments take the actions necessary to make sustainable lifestyles the norm instead of the exception.
Environmental lawyer David Boyd and celebrated ecologist David Suzuki provide vital tips for choosing a home, creating a healthy indoor environment, and decreasing energy and water use — and utility bills. They discuss what readers can do to drive and fly less, profile the most environmentally friendly transportation choices, and explain how to purchase carbon credits, among other suggestions. In addition, they offer simple changes individuals can make in their diet to eat fresher, tastier, healthier food. Included too is invaluable advice about how to buy fewer things and avoid toxic consumer products.
The Spirit of Zoroastrianism [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 20:08
Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions, though it is not among the best understood. Originating with Iranian tribes living in Central Asia in the second millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism was the official religion of the Iranian empires until Islam superseded it in the seventh century AD. Centered on the worship of Ahura Mazda, the All-knowing Ruler, Zoroastrianism follows the practices and rituals set out by the prophet Zarathustra, according to the indigenous tradition.
As one of the world's great religions, Zoroastrianism has a heritage rich in texts and cultic practices. The texts are often markedly difficult to translate, but in this volume, Prods Oktor Skjærvø, professor of ancient Iranian languages and culture at Harvard, provides modern and accurate translations of Zoroastrian texts that have been selected to provide an overview of Zoroastrian beliefs and practices. In a comprehensive introduction to these sacred texts, Skjærvø outlines the history and essence of Zoroastrianism and discusses the major themes of this the first fully representative selection of Zoroastrian texts to be made available in English for over a century.
Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 20:04
In this fascinating and masterful work of research, Gus Russo finally unmasks the hidden secrets that have surrounded the Kennedy assassination for 35 years.
Russo's book is packed with never-before-seen documents and photographs, and never-before-known information––the result of tireless research and exhaustive interviews with countless key players in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations.
When the Warren Commission released the statement that "Oswald acted alone with no clear motive," it was clearly an inadequate explanation. For years, this conclusion, combined with official silence on the topic, encouraged professional doubters, or "Kennedy researchers," to wonder if the government itself had some complicity in the crime.
But these skeptics were asking the wrong question.
The question never asked was not WHO killed JFK, but WHY he was killed. And the answer to this question is the reason for over thirty years of government coverups.
In Live by the Sword, Gus Russo attacks this very question. Guiding the reader through the labyrinth of information and intrigue, he explores the assassination in context, explaining the atmosphere of the times as well as the actions that led, inexorably, to the defining moment of this generation.
This background prepares you for the stunning realization that is the core of this book: The Kennedys' relentless pursuit of Castro and Cuba backfired in tragedy on that terrible day in November 1963.
Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas to Life [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 19:58
From award-winning musician turned communications expert Peter Himmelman, science-based techniques and simple exercises to get unstuck and unlock your creative potential.
Do you want to stop procrastinating? Would you love to be more creative? Is there an idea you've dreamt of making a reality? Whether it's learning ragtime piano, losing 30 pounds, or starting an organic jellybean company, Himmelman's unique, inspiring methods will give you the tools and confidence you need to harness your fear and take steps to make your goals a reality.
Using practices mined from his years as a successful musician, Himmelman shows you how to open your mind and unite left AND right-brained thinking through powerful and deceptively easy exercises that will enable you to:
- Create more fearlessly, whether it's an ad campaign, a song, or a new business
- Communicate more effectively
- Finish projects that have stayed in the "bits and pieces" phase forever
- Make your ideas take shape in the real world
The perfect tool for anyone in a mental rut, Let Me Out will force you to stop listening to the negative thoughts that hold you back and achieve the professional and personal success you deserve.
The Ripple Effect: How Better Sex Can Lead to a Better Life [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 19:50
Finally. The thinking woman's guide to great sex.
Bookshelves sag under the weight of guides and manuals that tell readers that their sex lives will be transformed if only they are limber enough to hoist leg A into position B. Many women have found that transformation underwhelming to say the least.
Sex is physical. But as best-selling author and television commentator Dr. Gail Saltz writes, "Seeing sex in only physical terms is an old-fashioned and ineffective approach that is based on a fundamental misunderstanding, like treating tuberculosis with breathing exercises, which we did before we knew that tuberculosis was caused by a bacterium. We know better now."
With a dose of good humor, Dr. Saltz explains how women can approach their sexuality from the inside out and create a ripple effect that will change how they think, feel, and behave in every aspect of life.
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity [Audiobook]
12 January 2017, 08:01
2006 | MP3@320 kbps + EPUB | 1 hrs 47 mins | 247.71MB
Musical verse accompanies a milkman and his cranky kitty as they make their morning rounds. The milkman knows his hometown; he knows who needs ice cream for a birthday party, who just broke a leg, and who has a new baby. He even helps return a lost dog that's hiding along his route. This pitch-perfect, retro read-aloud's gentle sensibility is ideally matched with beautiful art that powerfully evokes an era of classic illustration.
The Malaria Project: The U.S. Government's Secret Mission to Find a Miracle Cure [Audiobook]
12 January 2017, 07:22
2014 | MP3@64 kbps + EPUB | 16 hrs 39 mins | 457.72MB
A fascinating and shocking historical exposé, The Malaria Project is the story of America's secret mission to combat malaria during World War II - a campaign modeled after a German project which tested experimental drugs on men gone mad from syphilis.
American war planners, foreseeing the tactical need for a malaria drug, recreated the German model, then grew it tenfold. Quickly becoming the biggest and most important medical initiative of the war, the project tasked dozens of the country's top research scientists and university labs to find a treatment to remedy half a million U.S. troops incapacitated by malaria.
Spearheading the new U.S. effort was Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, whose persistent drive and curiosity led him to become one of the most innovative thinkers in solving the malaria problem. He recruited private corporations and the nation's best chemists out of Harvard and Johns Hopkins to make novel compounds that skilled technicians tested on birds. Giants in the field of clinical research, including the future NIH director James Shannon, then tested the drugs on mental health patients and convicted criminals - including infamous murderer Nathan Leopold.
By 1943, a dozen strains of malaria brought home in the veins of sick soldiers were injected into these human guinea pigs for drug studies. After hundreds of trials and many deaths, they found their "magic bullet", but not in a U.S. laboratory. America 's best weapon against malaria, still used today, was captured in battle from the Nazis. Called chloroquine, it went on to save more lives than any other drug in history.
Karen M. Masterson, a journalist turned malaria researcher, uncovers the complete story behind this dark tale of science, medicine, and war. Illuminating, riveting and surprising, The Malaria Project captures the ethical perils of seeking treatments for disease while ignoring the human condition.
Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility (and How You Can Too) [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 07:18
Expert advice from Coca-Cola's Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Learn how the world's largest beverage brand uses design to grow its business by combining the advantages of a large-scale company with the agility of a nimble startup.
Every company needs both scale and agility to win. From a fledging startup in Nepal, to a century-old multinational in New York, scale and agility are two qualities that are essential to every company's success. Start-ups understand agility. They know just when to pivot to stay alive. But what they haven't mastered yet is how to stabilize their business model so they can move to the next stage and become full-fledged companies. And well-established companies know scale. They are successful because they know how to leverage size with a high degree of effectiveness and efficiency. But what worries them most is staying competitive in a world of increasing uncertainty and change, complicated by upstarts searching for ways to disrupt the industry. So what is the key to creating the kind of scale and agility necessary to stay competitive in this day and age? The answer is design.
In Design to Grow, a Coca-Cola senior executive shares both the successes and failures of one of the world's largest companies as it learns to use design to be both agile and big. In this rare and unprecedented behind-the-scenes look, David Butler and senior Fast Company editor, Linda Tischler, use plain language and easy-to-understand case studies to show how this works at Coca-Cola—and how other companies can use the same approach to grow their business. This book is a must-read for managers inside large corporations as well as entrepreneurs just getting started.
Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 07:14
Lucid dreaming—waking up and becoming fully conscious in your dreams—has intrigued legions of those seeking to explore their vast inner worlds. Yet for many, "getting lucid" for the first time can be elusive. And for those who have, there are few resources that show us how to use this extraordinary state for the greater goal of awakening to all of reality, day or night.
With Dream Yoga, Andrew Holecek brings us a practical guide for meditators, seasoned dream travelers wanting to go deeper, and total beginners eager to experience lucidity for the first time.
Here, you'll join this expert teacher of dream work and meditation to learn:
- How to awaken in your dreams naturally by using modern scientific principles with the insights and practices of Tibetan dream and sleep yoga
- Proven guidance to overcome common obstacles, enhance dream recall, focus and amplify awareness while dreaming, work with nightmares safely, resolve emotional blockages, and glean wisdom from your dreams
- A wealth of practices and tips that have helped thousands enjoy successful dream-time exploration
- Essential Buddhist teachings and tools for navigating the many realms of sleep (dreaming is just one of them)
- Direct insights into the continuation of consciousness beyond the physical body and death
- How to bring your skills together to engage with the hundreds of thousands of dream opportunities that most of us forget or dismiss
Have you ever wondered what happens when you sleep and dream? Desired to wake up in your dreams and have the time of your life? Or wanted to use your sleep hours to fully explore these dimensions, heal, and evolve? Dream Yoga answers these questions—not academically but directly—by showing you how to access this profound universe for yourself.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things [Audiobook]
12 January 2017, 07:09
2015 | MP3@64 kbps + EPUB | 8 hrs 20 mins | 229.87MB
In Furiously Happy, number-one New York Times best-selling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea.
But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.
As Jenny says:
"Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invite a herd of kangaroos into their house. Two is the limit. I speak from personal experience. My husband says that none is the new limit. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos.
"Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked-up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that it becomes the new normal. Like John Hughes wrote in The Breakfast Club, 'We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it.' Except go back and cross out the word 'hiding.'"
Furiously Happy is about "taking those moments when things are fine and making them amazing, because those moments are what make us who we are, and they're the same moments we take into battle with us when our brains declare war on our very existence. It's the difference between "surviving life" and "living life". It's the difference between "taking a shower" and "teaching your monkey butler how to shampoo your hair." It's the difference between being "sane" and being "furiously happy."
Lawson is beloved around the world for her inimitable humor and honesty, and in Furiously Happy, she is at her snort-inducing funniest. This is a book about embracing everything that makes us who we are - the beautiful and the flawed - and then using it to find joy in fantastic and outrageous ways. Because as Jenny's mom says, "Maybe 'crazy' isn't so bad after all." Sometimes crazy is just right.
The audiobook contains a bonus chapter only available to listeners.
Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed [Audiobook]
12 January 2017, 06:56
2016 | MP3@32 kbps + EPUB | 7 hrs 51 mins | 108.37MB
From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world.
Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet it has been said that if you're not shocked by it, you don't understand it. But is quantum physics really so unknowable? Is reality really so strange? And just how can cats be half alive and half dead at the same time?
Our journey into the quantum begins with nature's own conjuring trick, in which we discover that atoms - contrary to the rules of everyday experience - can exist in two locations at once. To understand this we travel back to the dawn of the 20th century and witness the birth of quantum theory, which over the next 100 years was to overthrow so many of our deeply held notions about the nature of our universe.
Scientists and philosophers have been left grappling with its implications ever since.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide [Audiobook]
12 January 2017, 06:50
2016 | M4B@64 kbps + EPUB | 6 hrs 5 mins | 166.48MB
As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as 'black rage', historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in the Washington Post showing that this was, instead, 'white rage at work. With so much attention on the flames,' she wrote, 'everyone had ignored the kindling.'
Since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time African Americans have made advances towards full participation in our democracy, white reaction has fueled a deliberate and relentless rollback of their gains. The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with the Black Codes and Jim Crow; the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision was met with the shutting down of public schools throughout the South while taxpayer dollars financed segregated white private schools; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 triggered a coded but powerful response, the so-called Southern Strategy and the War on Drugs that disenfranchised millions of African Americans while propelling presidents Nixon and Reagan into the White House.
Carefully linking these and other historical flashpoints when social progress for African Americans was countered by deliberate and cleverly crafted opposition, Anderson pulls back the veil that has long covered actions made in the name of protecting democracy, fiscal responsibility, or protection against fraud, rendering visible the long lineage of white rage.
Compelling and dramatic in the unimpeachable history it relates, White Rage will add an important new dimension to the national conversation about race in America.
A Brief History of Everyone who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 06:20
This is a story about you.
It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration and a lot of sex.
Since scientists first read the human genome in 2001 it has been subject to all sorts of claims, counterclaims and myths. In fact, as Adam Rutherford explains, our genomes should be read not as instruction manuals, but as epic poems. DNA determines far less than we have been led to believe about us as individuals, but vastly more about us as a species.
In this captivating journey through the expanding landscape of genetics, Adam Rutherford reveals what our genes now tell us about history, and what history tells us about our genes. From Neanderthals to murder, from redheads to race, dead kings to plague, evolution to epigenetics, this is a demystifying and illuminating new portrait of who we are and how we came to be.
Simple Thinking: How to remove complexity from life and work [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 06:14
Simple behaviours that unclutter your mind and help you realise your true potential
Awaken your passion and tap into your inner greatness as you remove the metaphorical clutter from your life with Simple Thinking. You'll learn how to expand your mind and understand your true potential through the power of thinking simply, while stripping back the jargon and digging to the core of any obstacle in your way.
Let's be honest, life is full of unnecessary complexity and it's left most of us confused, angry and disenfranchised. This book will help you to remove the baggage, cut through the clutter and begin your smooth path to success.
Learn how to:
- Live and act with resiliency, authenticity and passion
- Learn to trust your instincts again and see the world through new eyes
- Recalibrate your thoughts, behaviours and actions
- Declutter your mind, streamline your day and be successful at life
Simple wisdom, simply shared, is personal development unplugged – and when you begin peeling back the layers to expose the heart of the problem, you become well-equipped to devise a simpler, yet more effective solution. Simple Thinking will help you in achieving this state of clarity and confidence.
The Don Giovanni Moment: Essays on the Legacy of an Opera [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 06:10
Mozart's Don Giovanni is an operatic masterpiece full of iconic and mythical tensions that still resonate today. The work redefines the terms of power, seduction, and morality, and the resulting conflict between the aesthetic and the ethical is deeply rooted in the Enlightenment and romanticism.
The Don Giovanni Moment is the first book to examine the aesthetic and moral legacy of Mozart's opera in the literature, philosophy, and culture of the nineteenth century. The prominent scholars in this collection address the opera's impact on the philosophical visions of Kierkegaard, Goethe, and Williams and its influence on the literary and dramatic works of Pushkin, Hoffmann, Mörike, Byron, Wagner, Strauss, and Shaw. Through a close and careful analysis of Don Giovanni's literary and philosophical reception and its many appropriations, rewritings, and retellings, these contributors treat the opera as a vantage point from which theory and philosophy can reconsider romanticism's central themes.
As lively and passionate as the opera itself, these essays continue the spirited debate over the meaning and character of Don Giovanni and its powerful legacy. Together they prove that Mozart's brilliant artistic achievement is as potent and relevant today as when it was first performed two centuries ago.
Biology: How Life Works, 2nd Edition [PDF]
12 January 2017, 06:01
Biology: How Life Works was written in response to recent and exciting changes in biology, education, and technology with the goal of helping students to think like biologists. The text, visual program, and assessments were developed together to provide students with the best resources to gain an understanding of modern biology.
Content is selected carefully, is integrated to illustrate the connections between concepts, and follows six themes that are crucial to biology: the scientific method, chemical and physical principles, cells, evolution, ecological systems, and human impact.
The second edition continues this approach, but includes expanded coverage of ecology, new in-class activities to assist instructors in active teaching, new pedagogical support for visual synthesis maps, and expanded and improved assessment.
How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, 6th Edition [PDF]
12 January 2017, 05:57
How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, Binder Ready Version, 6th Edition provides an accessible introduction to physics for the non-science student. Like the previous editions it employs everyday objects, with which students are familiar, in case studies to explain the most essential physics concepts of day-to-day life. Lou Bloomfield takes seemingly highly complex devices and strips away the complexity to show how at their heart are simple physics ideas. Once these concepts are understood, they can be used to understand the behavior of many devices encountered in everyday life.
Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 05:51
It's a jungle...in here! Behind our stress, clutter, and confusion is an infinitely spacious place one might call stillness or joy. This is our natural state of being, but we usually don't experience it, because we are caught in a web of material possessions, desires, and fears.
Our clutter, writes Vogt, a longtime space clearing expert, "becomes like another member of the family that we feed, house, and lug around." She shows us that it's not our stuff, but the holding on to it that creates a force field of "stuck-ness" that clouds our perceptions and paralyzes our lives. Clutter is not just the junk spilling out of the closet. It is any thing or thought that prevents us from experiencing who we truly are. Clearing is not a tedious exercise of throwing away, but a gentle journey of letting go - one small step, drawer, or moment at a time.
With all-new nourishing lessons in slowing down, simplifying, and self-care, Your Spacious Self shows you how to clear your home, quiet the mind, and restore your spirit, in ways that feel good and last a lifetime. Included are daily tips and meditations, a weekly worksheet, guidelines for starting and maintaining a clearing support group - perfect for book groups and support groups.
Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute Tips for Decluttering and Refreshing Your Home and Your Life [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 05:47
Get rid of the clutter — and keep it away! Organizing expert Donna Smallin shows you how to enjoy the happy, healthy, and inviting home you long for with hundreds of time-saving, clutter-busting tips. Smallin's simple and manageable approach helps you focus on the things that will make the biggest difference in the least amount of time. Clear away the clutter once and for all, and discover the peace of mind that has been hiding underneath.
The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 05:42
Embrace Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) and become happier with this definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of comfort, togetherness, and well-being.
Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, is Hygge. Loosely translated, Hygge—pronounced Hoo-ga—is a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. "Hygge is about an atmosphere and an experience," Wiking explains. "It is about being with the people we love. A feeling of home. A feeling that we are safe."
Hygge is the sensation you get when you're cuddled up on a sofa, in cozy socks under a soft throw, during a storm. It's that feeling when you're sharing comfort food and easy conversation with loved ones at a candlelit table. It is the warmth of morning light shining just right on a crisp blue-sky day.
The Little Book of Hygge introduces you to this cornerstone of Danish life, and offers advice and ideas on incorporating it into your own life, such as:
- Get comfy. Take a break.
- Be here now. Turn off the phones.
- Turn down the lights. Bring out the candles.
- Build relationships. Spend time with your tribe.
- Give yourself a break from the demands of healthy living. Cake is most definitely Hygge.
- Live life today, like there is no coffee tomorrow.
From picking the right lighting to organizing a Hygge get-together to dressing hygge, Wiking shows you how to experience more joy and contentment the Danish way.
The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 05:36
If talent is the leading indicator of whether a business is up or down, a success or a failure (and it is) . . . do you know how to accurately judge raw human talent? Understand a person's unique combination of traits? Develop that talent? Convert what supposedly are "soft" subjective judgments about people into objective criteria that are as specific, verifiable, and concrete as the contents of a financial statement?
The talent masters do. They put people before numbers for the simple reason that it is talent that delivers the numbers. Success comes from those who are able to extract meaning from events and the forces affecting a business, and are able to look at the world and assess the risks to take and the risks to avoid.
The Talent Masters itself stems from a unique combination of talent: During a forty-year career at General Electric, Bill Conaty worked closely with CEOs Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt to build that company's worldrenowned talent machine. Ram Charan is the legendary advisor to companies around the world. Together they use their unparalleled experience and insight to write the definitive book on talent—a breakthrough in how to take a business to the next level:
- Secrets of the masters. The specifics on how companies regarded as world-class—GE, P&G, Hindustan Unilever (and others)—base their stellar performance decade after decade on their systems for finding and nurturing leadership talent.
- Intimate and systemic. Why deep knowledge and intimacy with your talent and a systemic rhythm of reviews are the foundation for creating a steady, selfrenewing stream of leaders for all levels of an organization—from first-line supervisors to the CEO.
- The competency that lasts. Financial results, market share, brand, and legacy products all have a half-life that seems to grow shorter by the year. Talent is the only competency that endures.
- What to do Monday morning. The Talent Masters tool kit provides the specific guidelines for assessing and improving your company's talent mastery capabilities.
Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire [EPUB]
12 January 2017, 03:11
How will Russia redraw post-Soviet borders? In the wake of recent Russian expansionism, political risk expert Agnia Grigas illustrates how—for more than two decades—Moscow has consistently used its compatriots in bordering nations for its territorial ambitions. Demonstrating how this policy has been implemented in Ukraine and Georgia, Grigas provides cutting-edge analysis of the nature of Vladimir Putin's foreign policy and compatriot protection to warn that Moldova, Kazakhstan, the Baltic States, and others are also at risk.
The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals [TTC Video]
12 January 2017, 00:09
Course No 9313 | WMV, WMV3, 640x480 | WMA, 128 kbps, 2 Ch | 24x30 mins + PDF Guidebook | 10.9GB
The gift of storytelling may be one of life's most powerful—and envied—skills. A story well told can make us laugh, weep, swell with pride, or rise with indignation. A story poorly told can be not just boring or uncomfortable, but positively painful to experience. Humans seem to be fundamentally hard-wired for stories—they're how we record both the monumental events of life and the small, everyday moments.
The oral storytelling tradition is as old as language itself. Throughout history, stories have primarily existed in the verbal realm, preserving and passing knowledge across generations before being canonized in print. This was true of the ancient epics, and it's true today. Your family history, your company's history, the stories you tell that define and shape your identity—these are all stored in your mind and shared through your actions and words.
And being a gifted storyteller has its advantages: A well-crafted narrative can keep the people, values, and life lessons you hold dear alive and give you the power to influence your children, your employees, and others.
There are many reasons we relate and respond to stories. We're often drawn to
- what or whom the story represents;
- how the story reflects a core part of who we are (or who we want to be); and
- what the story could be—because we don't like the reality of what the story is.
So how do you tell stories that stick—in your own mind and in the minds of your family, friends, colleagues, and clients?
That's precisely what you'll learn in The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals, an enthralling course that reveals the tried-and-true methods experienced storytellers use to develop and tell engaging, entertaining, and memorable tales. In 24 lectures, Professor Hannah B. Harvey demonstrates how to master the art form's basic principles with the same witty, dynamic energy that has made her an internationally recognized professional storyteller and award-winning educator.
Even if you never plan to set foot on a stage, knowing what a professional storyteller does in the process of crafting and delivering a tale allows you to enhance the stories you tell everyday—to your children at bedtime, in your conversational anecdotes, and in your presentations at work. Teachers, lawyers, clergy, coaches, parents, and anyone who wants to understand the power of stories to capture hearts and minds will benefit from the lessons presented in this course.
Find Your Own Story
Professor Harvey calls the act of creating a story performance an "alchemical process" that involves an interconnected cycle of talking, writing, imaging, playing, and rehearsing.
You'll begin your exploration of this layered chain of events by breaking down storytelling's secret underpinnings and examining the dynamic relationship between you, the story, and the audience, known as "the storytelling triangle."
This course introduces you to practical methods for building dynamic tension and capturing—then maintaining—your audience's attention. You'll acquire tips and techniques for finding, selecting, and preparing stories, whether they're based on your own experiences, time-honored folk tales, or beloved family yarns.
You may be surprised to discover how many small, virtually imperceptible decisions go into the telling of a good story, right down to the way you emphasize certain words. For example, a far richer picture is painted when you say "the door creeeeeeeeaked open," instead of stating "the door creaked open." That's because the former enhances "sensorium," allowing the audience to fully visualize what you're describing.
You'll also learn to
- choose expressive language;
- craft compelling characters;
- refine your narrator's point of view;
- shape your story's plot, structure, and emotional arc;
- develop imagery, vocal cues, and intonation; and
- use body language to connect with your audience.
And there's so much more. Professor Harvey instructs you on ways to make the past feel present, to take "on and off ramps" to gracefully enter and exit stories, and to employ devices such as repetition and audience participation to lure back listeners you've started to lose.
Beyond Happily Ever After
Part how-to workshop, part intellectual study of the history of narrative, The Art of Storytelling investigates the hidden meanings of various genres from the hero's journey to the fairy tale. You'll examine classic story structures, archetypal characters, and why certain stories, such as Cinderella, have endured across time and cultures.
In studying the psychology of fairy tales you'll discover that, although they were never intended for children, their characters and situations serve as a mirror in which children see themselves reflected. As you dissect the familiar story of Little Red Riding Hood to examine the themes of temptation, heroism, good, and evil, you'll realize how real the fantasy world can seem for children and the many ways fairy tales fulfill children's needs.
Fairy tales offer children reassurance that
- their feelings are valid;
- although they struggle with contradictory desires, it will all turn out OK in the end; and
- if they "enter the woods," they can overcome the temptations that the woods represents.
Practice Makes (Almost) Perfect
Many lectures feature exercises that literally get you moving to develop your stories and make them more enjoyable for you to tell and your audience to hear. Although journaling and scripting are part of the process, at no point will you be expected to memorize your stories word for word. The professor's interactive activities and "side coaching" sessions are designed to make you comfortable enough with your story to tell it naturally and make impromptu changes as needed.
For the uninitiated, some exercises may seem outside your comfort zone, but you'll soon find that Professor Harvey's warm-ups, activities, and rehearsal ideas are an effective way to harness performance anxiety and get prepared to be playful and spontaneous.
While you may not do this preliminary work when telling stories at a party, doing the exercises ahead of time will help tremendously when you're thinking on your feet.
In taking this course, you'll learn that storytelling is less about the telling than it is about listening to what your particular audience needs, and reacting in the moment by adapting your language, body gestures, and voice to accommodate the changing dynamics and atmosphere.
You'll even learn what to do if the unexpected occurs while telling a story to a roomful of kids or giving a presentation (such as sirens blaring outside). Lectures addressing the practical considerations of using props, PowerPoint, and microphones in various scenarios are as informative for performers as they are for business professionals.
An Unforgettable Experience
An absolute treat for the heart and mind, this course is complemented by clips of accomplished storytellers practicing their craft at festivals, as well as Professor Harvey's own personal tales about growing up in Appalachia, which range from the heartfelt to the downright hilarious.
An exceptionally captivating lecturer, she brings her unique perspective as a scholar-artist to this endeavor, grabbing hold of your attention from the start and never letting go—which is exactly what you'll learn to do with your own audience by the end of this course.
Whether you seek to sharpen your abilities in the boardroom, the classroom, or simply around the water cooler, The Art of Storytelling has the answer. The context may change, but the methods remain the same.


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Every year, mobile media becomes more mainstream and popular than the last. This type of media, from mobile websites to apps and games, has also seen both its accessibility and demand sharply increase, creating a large and distinct market all its own. Billions of dollars in production, advertising, and development are spent each year to supply our many devices with new and interesting content. As a result of this massive market, the mobile app development industry is constantly growing and adapting to shifting conditions and needs. To keep pace with the increasing number of mobile devices and users, a huge number of startups and well-known tech companies are consistently putting out new programming languages, frameworks, platforms, and services in what seems like a never-ending stream.
In the mobile market, the first major device on the scene was the smartphone. Tablets soon began to gain popularity, and then came phablets. Now the mobile world is square in the middle of smartwatches, IoT devices, and even VR headsets. Each of these device types requires its own development methods, strategies, and related services — a daunting task for any developer. Additionally, different app types, user types, and use cases require different development, design, and launch approaches. It's clear that these devices are an increasingly significant part of our lives, and the data shows that today they are also the most critical means of media consumption. Knowing this, the development community must work hard to keep pace, innovating and creating new apps and software experiences across this broad spectrum of devices and operating systems.
Today there are around 1.6 billion users of mobile devices, and by 2018, this number is predicted to grow by 3x or more. Whether you're a mobile app developer or just an iPhone enthusiast, it's a good idea to stay in touch with the latest news and trends from the mobile industry. That's why as 2015 comes to a close, We've put together this list of five important mobile development trends we think it's important to keep your eye on.
1. Swift Is Now Open Source
Last year, Apple introduced a new programming language called Swift for iOS devices. Even more notably, on December 3rd 2015, they made it open source. This means that any developer can now look inside the code language and make improvements or changes. Putting Swift out there in the open-source community is a major step towards improving the development of iOS apps and really bringing the Swift language to the developer masses. But why open source a programming language? Isn't the Apple iOS brand strong enough already? Well, the key motivation for making Swift open source is that by opening it up, Apple hopes to further its plans to make Swift the dominant programming language in mobile development for the next decade. Before Swift was released, iOS developers had to use Objective-C for iOS apps — a more than 25-year-old programming language. Swift, in addition to having Apple's full support, provides some significant improvements over its predecessor:
- Faster performance in applications
- More efficient coding practices
- Better protection for common errors
- and now, it's open source…
Although Apple will take the lead in keeping Swift modern, other independent developers will invest in learning and be able to contribute to the growth of Swift, helping it shape (and cement) its future. While many first time iOS developers are starting out with Swift, Obj-C is likely to stick around for a while. Many programmers know how to use it and may prefer to stick to what they know and understand. That being said, Apple has clearly pegged Swift as their programming language of the future.
2. Growth of IoT and Wearable Tech
"The future is in the Internet of Things!" For the last few years, we've all heard the constant drumbeat that change is nigh, and the IoT is the next big thing. So is this new, interconnected network of things, or "physical objects equipped with electronics, software, sensors and network connectivity which enables these components to collect, analyse and share data," actually getting any traction? 2015 provided the answer and it's a resounding: Yes. This year we saw major brands make big investments in IoT consumer technology and in creating ways for mobile developers to get involved.
For example, Amazon launched AWS IoT which is a suite of services built to easily and securely connect devices to the cloud and is equipped to scale to billions of devices and trillions of messages. Amazon has also made one of the biggest splashes in consumer IoT technology space with its Dash button. The Dash button is an attachable internet connected "button" that can be connected to your Amazon account, allowing you to order "more of anything" with just a press. Finding ways to integrate real life buttons like the Dash into mobile applications beyond just the Amazon app is something mobile developers should consider in 2016.
Google, never to be left out when innovation is happening, launched Brillo in 2015. This suite of products is aimed at bringing the simplicity and speed of software development to hardware for IoT through an embedded OS, core services, developer kit, and developer console. We've also seen the growth of a large marketplace for B2B and industrial IoT products in manufacturing, as reported by Manufacturing Business Technology. These new products and associated services will monitor and track goods in transit, measure freshness in farming and produce, and track production efficiency in plants.
This year also saw great growth and acceptance for wearable technology with the launch of the Apple Watch, several new Android smartwatches, and the continued wide-scale market growth and adoption of Fitbit wearable products. More and more, people are connecting these wearable devices to their smartphones and using their many applications, such as HealthKit by Apple, to monitor and impact their health and fitness.
But what about mobile apps? Mobile developers must consider the IoT and wearable devices in their development process, or in some cases even consider making them a centerpiece of their plans. Fitness applications are a great example. Now the opportunities for tracking and measurement using a smartphone's accelerometer, GPS, and proximity functions combined with the sensors of wearable technology can finally give users a much more accurate and reliable experience than just a few years ago. Beyond the realms of fitness and health, applications that integrate with IoT and wearables while providing productivity and lifestyle enhancements will be the next big horizon for mobile developers to focus on in 2016.
3. Enterprise Apps
We've already discussed how interconnected our world has become, and nowhere is this more strongly felt than in the space of enterprise application development. Enterprise applications are the business apps used internally by millions of businesses around the world to power their many different teams and departments. These are apps you'll never see on the App Store but often have thousands of daily users; apps that frequently process millions of dollars of business. What makes enterprise apps and their development unique is that the employees inside the enterprises need to be able to use these applications to communicate anywhere and anytime with a range of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices — not just with a single platform. These applications need to be able to tap into and manipulate both legacy and newly built databases. Here are some examples of how enterprise apps are providing a unique opportunity for businesses to improve through the use of mobile applications:
1) Increasing sales team productivity through CRM, sales, and marketing dashboard apps.
2) Reducing maintenance costs through better internal monitoring and error reporting apps.
3) Facilitating project management collaboration between teams, divisions, and departments through internal messaging apps.
4) Connecting employees around the world to engender team unity or optimize system process chains through social, email, and GPS integration apps.
These are just a few examples of mobile application uses inside enterprises. Ultimately, the biggest issue in enterprise app development is how to actually build them. IBM and Apple recently teamed up to try and find ways to bring more Enterprise class applications to the App Store. Having these two major tech players publicly addressing and serving the enterprise app space should indicate just how big of an opportunity there is here.
Currently, one key problem is the shortage of skilled mobile developers necessary to work inside of these enterprises, so many businesses turn to expensive outsourcing contracts or try mobile development platforms like Xamarin. Outsourcing is a big expense, and ultimately isn't very sustainable for most businesses. Mobile app development platforms that automate the programming of applications are the key for enterprises who need to solve more problems, build more custom applications that fit their own needs, and draw on the skills of their existing workforce.
In 2015, many enterprises turned to development platforms to best make use of the agile, lean, and skilled workforce they already have, and through these products have achieved shorter life-cycles and feedback cycles. But there are many enterprises who are yet to try these products and who continue to either outsource development or have not yet fully embraced enterprise application building. In 2016, we'll continue to see the need and importance of enterprise app development rise, as well as the surrounding products and services being created to meet this need.
4. The Rise of Hybrid Apps
If you have an iPhone or Android device, chances are you have a mix of mostly native applications with a few hybrid mobile apps on your phone. Essentially, hybrid applications are mobile websites packaged to look and behave like native apps. These apps are built with a combination of web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and usually have a "wrapper" technology that allows them to engage with a mobile device. Many people found some big advantages in building hybrid apps that made them quite popular this year. The biggest and most critical is accessibility.
Hybrid apps can be built by a web developer comfortable in HTML5 and JavaScript. This has allowed a whole population of designers and web developers to build mobile apps this year, and that is a good thing. Building a hybrid app allows for one single code base to deploy to multiple devices and platforms. A few more perks of hybrid apps include their ability to be installed on devices, to be submitted to app stores, and have access device capabilities such as the accelerometer, camera, contacts, and more. Some of the popular hybrid app tools include Ionic, Sencha, and PhoneGap Build.
It should be noted that there are many factors involved with deciding what type of app to build, and in 2016 the importance of having a native app experience will grow. So before you jump right into building a hybrid app, be sure to check out a full post discussing Native, Web and Hybrid apps here.
5. Mobile Gaming
The US and global market for mobile games continues to grow, and mobile game development remains a hot area for getting hired right now. Digi- capital predicts that mobile gaming will generate more revenue than online games or console software (not console hardware & software combined) in 2015, which is a major shift in the market. This year, in this relatively new area of mobile devices, we still saw mobile games take $3 of every $10 spent by gamers on software. 2015 also saw one of the biggest mobile gaming acquisition/mergers with Activision Blizzard buying King Digital, the company behind Candy Crush, for nearly $6B. That's more than three times the amount that Lenovo paid for IBM's PC division when they purchased the entire iconic ThinkPad line and associated assets. According to research firm Newzoo, mobile games sales are expected to grow by as much as 21% in 2016 to reach nearly $21 billion, so it's not hard to understand why many mobile developers are turning their creative focus towards building mobile games.
All of this market data is critical for the mobile developers of the world to consider as they decide their plans for the future: where they want to work and what type of projects they want to work on. One critical issue facing the mobile gaming developer community is how to handle user acquisition and app marketing. One cool company helping mobile game developers capitalize on their early successes to reach more users is Pollen VC, which solves issues involved in the so-called "funding gap" between developers earning and securing App Store revenues and funding early user acquisition efforts.
Important Mobile Development Trends We Can Expect in 2016
After everything that we've covered in this article, you can start to see what trends will make mobile app development fun and exciting in 2016.
Here are a few things to look out for next year:
- Improved advertising and purchasing functionality in apps in response to AdBlock tech.
- Increased focus on security in apps and platforms after recent loophole discoveries.
- Substantial growth of the Internet of Things and wearable integrations.
- More cross-platform and automated app development platforms.
- More focus and development of internal-use enterprise apps.
- Better services providing integration with cloud technologies.
- Increased importance placed on compelling user experiences.
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Travel is my greatest passion. As much as I fancy myself as a vintage gal, I have no regrets about the ease of travel in the modern age. Recently I have used this to my advantage by flying to China and inter-railing around central Europe. However vintage is still a big part of my identity, not the stereotypical backpacker look of baggy pants and tie dye t-shirts. (Although I can appreciate that baggy pants in particular become a necessity when climbing volcanoes and lounging around on bumpy 8 hour bus rides.)
So back at the start of April I embarked on a 7 week adventure around Asia taking in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. An intensive session that I wouldn't change for the world, well apart from getting on the flight home! My Mum's first query when I said I was heading off with my backpack again was, but what will you wear? Only a few weeks previous I had had a clear out… I was missing scruff clothes from my life! I wanted to travel on my own terms, vintage style and all, whilst respecting cultures and religions. I found that vintage looks actually lend themselves to this and without further ado I would like to share my method for keeping it retro with a backpack.
My first and most controversial rule would be… ditch the vintage. I know, I know, that goes against the introduction, what In Retrospect stands for and just about any reader's ethos; however let me just set a scene. Having climbed Mt Ijen and visited the sulphur mines, I stunk. Not just a grim trekking smell, but of sulphur. If you don't know what this smell is like I can confirm that it attacks the senses and to really put it into perspective, for the entirety of my trek I wore a gasmask. So a pretty horrific smell. I have washed the layers and layers of clothes I wore on that trip 3 times and I still get a whiff of my trip.


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Xad has been known as a Scientist, He now works as an irken medic on The Massive. We cannot really see into his past, Except for the fact he has a fondness for Creation. His Wits are only matched by his confidence in the irken empire. However, Despite Xad's Loyalty to the irken empire he despises the current tallest leading over the empire. Beliving that they abuse their power for a main reason of Making Zim's mission impossible.
"My Tallest, I request a mission to assist And other irlens on their conquests. Clearly some are unable to pull them off themselves" - Xad's Attempt to find a better mission.
All of Xad's Medical Supplies Come From his PAK, Supplies of which resemble human medical devices, Simply "fit" for an irken to handle. He wears a metalic Mask So germs can't be breathed in, And an optical assist device scanning in Infared, X-Ray, And Ultrasonic Waves to help with diagnosis. Attached to this device a communication antenna is used to keep in contact with other medics.
Xad rather work in a controlled setting (ie Hospitals, Or offices), However he will never turn down a call for help. However.. He may get a tad sarcastic when annoyed...
"Well, I Suppose Life begins in a flash of light… Nothing that any human would understand.. But I'll do my best.
I Suppose we should go along with time. As an infant our futures are decided for us. Normally by the color of our PAK. However I was an oddity from the start. As soon as I became conscious for the first time I Felt the rush.. The rush of excitement you get when you know FOR A FACT that you're bound to do good. Remember how I stated our futures are determined by the color of our PAKs? Well, Mine was bright green the color that indicates I will be helping the irken empire from the inside out. Green Representing Life Sciences. As soon as we are born, and we awake for the first time we are off on or own journey. Our PAKs deliver a great deal of information to us immediately. But there is still much to learn.
Our education was never Simple.. One new thing after another, This may seem quite obvious, but you must understand, some of us were not even capable of walking.. Never mind operate some of the irken empire's greatest machinery. I Had friends growing up, Blu and Nar. We never really had much to talk about, mainly because the three of us had such different schedule. We did find comfort in our teachers. As we didn't have parents. This education went on for about 6 years (60 in human years). During this time our jobs were simple work with medics diagnosing Illness and Injury, and Creating the supplies to assist them. A rather long period of time where very few people needed medical attention went by. So I needed to put myself to use. I Designed an optic implant that will assist the medics. I remember my teacher smiling at me and saying "Kid, You will help a lot of irkens some day." I didn't realize this foreshadowed the rest of my life until now.. Once I "Graduated" They had me working on the field assisting field medics during a battle.
Times were tough, Seeing so much carnage and not being able to help, Many died during this time and felt helpless. As if I Could do nothing.. Until one day the worst possible fate.. At our base we had an urgent SOS about 5 Miles out. The Scientists, and Medics rushed out of the base, But the damage was more than we could ever have imagined. Hundreds of irken soldiers Injured or even killed on the field. The sight of this traumatised me. I wanted to call for backup but a teammate reassured me that we would solve this. I had to take his word, As we were doing our job assisting the medics I heard a terrifying scream of pain, I rushed over to see my teacher near lifeless on the ground. I Crouched down holding him in my arms, trying to hold back the tears that wanted to flood by. "Xad" he said weakly with fear and desperation. "Go on, Go on and do great things like I Know you will." I Sat there petrified. Knowing his injuries were to severe even for the medical teams. All I could do was reassure him that he'd be fine, but this was in vain, my teacher was drying there in my arms. I could no longer hold back the tears and I was crying then and there. 'Don't cry" he muttered, "Remember Your own future is in YOUR hands." he states with his dying breath, He stops breathing, and his heart stops beating. I sat there in shock.. Not realizing what had just happened. Coming to terms with what had just happened seemed like an eternity. Finally, sobbing I let out a scream that would be heard a mile away, I had never felt such pain in my life, Pain, Like my insides were being torn apart. I had passed out from such shock, Little did i realize my PAK's green colors turned white. My Present and future had changed from there on. And that day i had vowed to myself. I would save my people, I couldn't allow anyone else to endure the horrors i've just felt. I woke, and found myself back at base. My friends surrounded me and the first thing i heard was my friend blu, she just said "Xad, We're so sorry." Then a quiet voice said from the background "Xad, You need to stay positive your new future is calling" It was Tallest Miyuki. Confused I asked "what do you mean NEW future" Blu pointed at my PAK, Now shining the white colors of an irken medic. My eyes widened as i thought to myself "this is not true" Miyuki smiled at me and said "It's time, Go back to the massive and begin your medical training, from here on you will be a Doctor, Either on the Massive, Or assisting invaders in need.
Training Was constant, And much harder than i'd ever anticipated it to be. My new teachers were strict, but kind. I Felt lonely.. None of my friends were around ever. They were on missions. Another 6 years went by, with the red medical cross on my mask, i vowed to serve the irken medical forces until the day i die. I had finally found joy in myself. Like this was meant to be. Operation Impending Doom came soom. I was 14. I was busy at work on the massive, when I heard news that tallest miyuki was killed. Of course i was upset, but i thought to myself "Whoever did this needs help just as much as I believe". I was not mad at zim at all, As a matter a fact i pitied the young Irken. 2 New tallest's were picked the next day.. Red and Purple. I have not heard from Zim since he was evaluated after miyuki's death, I asked red where he had gone to. He looked at me with a smug grin, "he was banished to foodcourtia." "DONT LIE TO ME" I shouted "THE TALLEST WOULD NEVER BANISH AN IRKEN FOR THAT, ZIM CLEARLY NEEDS HELP NOT A DISIPLINE!" Purple, looking irritated "Xad, We were there, We saw what happened." I was furious.. "You couldn't see his thoughts…" as i stormed off. Not long after Operation Impending doom 2 occurred, I was congratulating the new irken invaders. They had so much to learn, and accomplish. I heard zim calling to wait. The young irken unfairly banished had returned. Perhaps the tallest finally understood, he could be helped.. No.. They sent him off to the outer reaches of the galaxy in contempt. And sent invader skoodge, the smallest, youngest, invader to a planet of slaughtering rats. I was disgusted. And to this day I still am.. I will be putting my request in for a mission to assist invaders zim, and skoodge ASAP. Until then I bid you farewell. Irken Doctor Xad, Signing off. *footsteps imply xad walking off*


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The island also served for the slave trade. Cape Verde was uninhabited until the first Portuguese colonization. In 1456, on the island of Boa Vista, the Venetian seafarer serving the Portuguese Alvise Cadamosto. Largest part of the archipelago was uncovered and given the name António de Noli. This man was also the first gubernator of the islands.
The first settlement began in 1461 with the construction of a military base on the island of Santiago. In 1496, the archipelago officially became part of the Portuguese colonial empire.
Since the discovery, the islands have been an important stop on their way to India. In the years 1500-1620, Santiago Island was the main transporter of slaves exported from West Africa. At that time, the population was Portuguese and African slaves.
In the following period, the importance of Cape Verde in this economic area has fallen. Another flow of slave trade occurred in the 18th century, connected with the supply of slaves to the English colonies of North America. In the same century, the coast was the center of whaling hunters. The end of the 18th century is linked to the economic decline of the islands. At that time emigration of the population began in the US and Brazil.
In the 19th century, the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente became a suitable place to replenish supplies and coal for whaling and transatlantic ships. The economic importance of Cape Verde has increased. After the opening of the Suez Canal, the significance of the islands as a transit port was extinguished altogether. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many people left the country. The economic crisis has practically remained unresolved today.
Between 1773 and 1866, there were three famines in Cape Verde, each costing about 40% of the population.
In the 20th century, a wave of nationalism and grew to activating the African Party of Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), these events led in 1951 to change the status of a colony to an overseas province. And after the Carnation Revolution (1974) in Portugal, Cape Verde succeeded in proclaiming independence on 5 July 1975. The first president of the independent state was Aristides Pereira, who was also the highest representative of the African Independence Party of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.
The planned union with Guinea Bissau, after the local coup in November 1980 did not materialize, in January 1981 the name was changed to the African Party of Independence of Cape Verde Independence Party.
After the visit of Pope John Paul II. in Cape Verde, the Catholic opposition oscillates to demand democratic change, and in February 1990 the Cape Verde regime announced the transition to pluralism and a multi-party system was introduced. The Democratic Movement (MpD) won the first pluralist elections held in January 1991.
Also, the presidential candidate of this party, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, won the lead. Both the party and the president had the upper hand of the two parliamentary term. In the 2001 elections, the African Independence Party of Cape Verde won with its presidential candidate Pedro Pires for 10 years, confirming its win in the next elections in February 2006.


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Who is Daryl Morey?
Daryl Morey is what Billy Beane was to the Oakland Athletics, a MIT graduate who believed in taking a mathematical based approach to decision making. His journey to become the General Manager of the Houston Rockets didn't come without an uncanny set of events where he learned that people's opinions are laced with biases, heuristics and stereotypes. Morey always wanted to help basketball teams win, but no one really let him do that. While studying in university, he would write letters to convince basketball organizations to hire him for entry level jobs. "I didn't have, like, any way to penetrate organized sports, 1" he said. "So I decided at that point that I had to be rich. If I was rich I could just buy a team and run it1". He later enrolled into business school and landed a job at a consulting firm. As luck would have it, the consulting firm Morey worked for secured a new client, the Boston Celtics to help them with data analytics. It was at this time Morey left his consulting job to join the Bostin Celtics, where he was asked to help with the NBA Draft. As any sports fan would unequivocally agree, the draft is perhaps the most difficult task to undertake given its ability to expose the human mind's weakness to emotion.
Now that Morey joined the Celtics to use his statistically based approach to decision making, he was immediately given the opportunity to draft in the 2003 NBA Draft. The Celtics wanted to experiment with their 56th pick – a late round pick in which players usually turn out to be nothing more than a bench warmer or a dunk contest participant. Morey used his statistical model to pick Brandon Hunter, a power forward from Ohio University. Not only was he the first player in the NBA to be picked by an algorithm, but he ended up becoming a pretty good international player. In 2007, Morey accepted a job offer from the Houston Rockets who were looking for a new general manager that closely resembled Billy Beane. Not surprisingly, the owner and executives faced plenty of criticism for risking Morey with potentially a more experienced, well-rounded general manger. Morey proved all the naysayers why he deserved this position, however. He helped the Houston Rockets achieve the third-best record in the NBA from 2007 to 2018 and made them a playoff contending team by drafting players such as Clint Capela (pick 25, 2014), Chandler Parsons (pick 38, 2011), Aaron Brooks (pick 26, 2007), Patrick Patterson (pick 14, 2010) and Marcus Morris (pick 14, 2011).
Andrea Bargnani's 2006 NBA Draft
As a religious basketball fan, I'm less fascinated by watching the Warriors and Cavs play in the finals for the fourth consecutive year and more fascinated by watching the NBA Draft. Watching the NBA Draft is like watching the Bachelor, a highly emotional feeling that questions predictability and human decision making. I remember watching the heart-breaking 2006 NBA Draft when the Toronto Raptors selected Andrea Bargnani first overall. "Dirk Nowitzki like shooter, Chris Webber like passer, Paul Gasol like potential" were comparisons that helped ease my pain, though it didn't take long for that pain to reoccur after his dismal first year coupled with an injury that looked more like a disinterested 7-foot tease. What was going on in Bryan Colangelo's mind? I suspect the optics of his decision was more influenced by the figment of his own imagination than it was about an accurate interpretation of data analytics. When scouting Bargnani, for example, Colangelo overvalued the story that he was creating in his mind (21 year old with height and skill, a 21 year old who could turn out to be like Dirk Nowitzki, a 21 year old who could bring a different perspective to the Raptors). It seems to me that this is the quintessential example of what not to do, and therefore why Morey created his statistical model. I'm not suggesting one is better than the other because both approaches do have flaws, just like both approaches do have benefits, and it's for this reason why I think you need to have a combination of human instinct and statistical modeling to draft successfully. The statistical approach should be very carefully interpreted, however.
Interpretation of statistics
Imagine for a second that you played for the Toronto Raptors. In your first game you scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Nick Nurse wanted to test the water and so he played you for 40 minutes. Everyone immediately believed that the water tested well because those stats look impressive for a player who hadn't played in the NBA before. A knowledgeable basketball critic, however, would ask, how many points, rebounds, steals, etc., did you get per minute? This critic understands that there's a substantial difference between scoring 20 points in 40 minutes and scoring 20 points in 20 minutes. In the former, what we know is that you can score 20 points in 40 minutes and still hurt your team. In fact you can be the reason why your team lost (think about JR Smith's blunder in the finals, let's assume he scored 20 points in 40 minutes). In the latter, we can make a sensible prediction that you scored a point per minute. To score a point per minute means that your efficiency rating is very high which therefore minimizes the chances of causing harm to your team. This is how Morey interprets stats using his model. He goes as far as collecting data that hadn't ever been collected before. That is, not just basketball data but data about players' lives. For example, did it help a player to have two parents in his life? Did a left-handed player have an advantage? Did players with strong college coaches tend to do better? Does it matter how much a player can bench press? While Morey continues to face a lot of criticism for his emphasis on analytics he certainly produces results. His strategy is no different than stock market traders and political organizations that strive to make predictions. I hope the Raptors use Daryl Morey's statistical model in future drafts considering how poorly they drafted players historically.
By Vinu Selvaratnam
The views expressed in this article are my own and do not represent any institution.
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GFW/Impact Wrestling announced on Monday that GFW AMPED footage will be part of the next "One Night Only" PPV series on August 11 featuring previously unreleased footage of Global Force Wrestling's initial TV tapings taped nearly two years ago.
The poster advertises former UFC and now Bellator MMA star Chael Sonnen, former TNA star and current NXT Champion Bobby Roode, newly signed WWE talent Mickie James, P.J. Black (former WWE star Justin Gabriel), Nick "Magnus" Aldis, Sonjay Dutt, Jeff and Karen Jarrett and more as part of this "Anthology Part 1" series.
It was announced via press release last week that Anthem and Impact Wrestling had officially acquired Global Force Wrestling including the company's small library. GFW held TV tapings for the AMPED series back in July, August and October of 2015. Around 16 hours of footage was filmed, but was never released to the public.
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JMA is a Christian spoken word artist from Estonia, the second-least Christian country in Europe. He recently released a video for his song "A Haunted House," which is the debut single for his upcoming album, Restored Ruins, releasing June 14th. "A Haunted House" talks about how relationships are often seen as something to be burned down rather than fixed when they start to fall apart. JMA's hope is to bring healing and hope in peoples' relationships through this song and album.
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The Last Candle
It's a story about a room which was full of light. Four burning candles have been lighting this room with their flames; they were silent. Suddenly the first one breaks her silence and introduced herself – I'm peace. Nobody can keep me burning. I'll die. She extinguished within a while. Then the second starts talking and introduced her as belief. Since there's no peace, I'm valueless. Therefore, I'm going out. As soon as the second candle turns off its flame, the third candle opens his mouth, I'm love. Peace and belief aren't burning. So, I don't have the strength to stand here. People usually find me insignificant when peace and belief are absent in their lives. They are even forgetting the values of their dearest people. By the end of her speech, the third candle has extinguished herself.
A child entered the room within a while. He puts a question towards those candles – why you guys aren't doing your duties? You should have done that until the end of the fire. Then the baby starts crying. The fourth candle opens the mouth and consoles the crying kid. You shouldn't be afraid as long as I'm alive. You can light up those candles with my flame. I'm hope. The innocent child has lighted up all other candles with the help of the fourth candle. Peace, faith, and love have joined with hope. It turned the room brighter. Despite an imaginary story, it's giving us a beautiful message
The flame of hope should never be snuff out of life, even though the life is dark; full of frustration, sorrow, and problems. It's dominant enough to return back the peace, belief, and love, anytime. We shouldn't lose hope anytime, at any situation.


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Flow cytometric analysis of K-562 cells using Bmi1 (D20B7) XP® Rabbit mAb (PE Conjugate) (solid line) compared to concentration-matched Rabbit (DA1E) mAb IgG XP® Isotype Control (PE Conjugate) #5742 (dashed line).
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TORONTO — Canadians shopping for new vehicles appear to have steered automotive gross sales in 2011 to their finest yr because the final recession. Moreover the closure of plants of Renault (France) and Volkswagen (Germany) within the coronary heart of Belgium has made clear that the country of origin helps the opportunistic move of the multinational to avoid wasting jobs in their own nation. The history of the automobile trade, and the auto markets themselves, started with the extensive-unfold use of gasoline-powered inside combustion engines within the 1880's. In a span of 20 years starting in the 1970s, South Korea's automotive business rose from a small authorities-managed parochial business to a significant place on this planet market. This time it is the Ford plant in Genk, the place 4500 employees will lose their jobs.
It is supposed that to maintain employment the governments of those international locations had given monetary help to GM. In response to the unions, the crisis was additionally used to switch production capability to a decrease wage nation like South Korea. It had been assumed that automotive facilities could possibly be readily converted for plane production, but this proved tougher than anticipated. On the end of World Warfare II the American car business had intact amenities, somewhat enlarged by building for army needs. Consequently, the American automotive business was impacted more heavily than their abroad rivals.
At the finish of World Struggle I, Ford was the colossus, dominating the automotive scene with the Mannequin T not only in the United States but also via department vegetation throughout the world. Obviously, customers shouldn't be complacent about tire safety issues which continue to plague the tire trade in the form of tread separation dangers. Skyrocketing gasoline prices have compelled automotive manufacturers to appreciate the necessity for gas-efficient vehicles, and to meet that demand. Earlier than an efficient evaluation of the U.S. automotive business could also be carried out, it is important to outline the key elements of the business itself. This evaluation is lacking in the current trade data.Uganda's geo-strategic location is potential for future automotive production base, manufacturing, meeting and supplier base in the region. Clement met with auto industry executives, unions and academics in Toronto on Friday to discuss the state of country's automotive trade.
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KOLKATA, India — Among the vehicles that would make a Western visitor think they had time-traveled to a golden age of motorized transport are the Hindustan Ambassador, the Tata buses and the Royal Enfield motorbikes.
First, I should clarify that the photo above is not the iconic Royal Enfield steed, but rather the Rajdoot 350 — an Indian-produced Yamaha motorcycle powered by a two-stroke engine. But the driver — whose name I've unfortunately forgotten — was so happy to have his photo taken that I couldn't resist featuring it. (Plus, his motorcycle reminded me of my own 1965 Honda CB-160, a motorbike for a simpler time.)
In Kolkata, nearly everywhere there was traffic, at least a few Royal Enfield motorbikes could be found. They caught me eye because they're what a classic ride looks like. The Royal Enfield — the shape and the sound — was the image that comes to mind when one thinks "motorcycle." (Just look at it.)
A single round headlamp, chrome accents precisely where they should be, and a bulbous, teardrop-shaped fuel tank completed a classic aesthetic. Marlon Brando would be at home astride a Royal Enfield Classic 500 in "The Wild One." It might not be the best model for shuttling a family of five across the city, though.
During a 2015 trip to New Delhi during Republic Day, U.S. President Barack Obama observed motorcycle daredevils perform acrobatic feats on Royal Enfield bikes and lamented that he couldn't take one for a spin.
"The Secret Service doesn't let me ride motorcycles, especially not on my head," he said.
Established in 1893 as a British manufacturer, Royal Enfield licensed its Bullet 350 for domestic production in Chennai during the mid-1950s.
While the original company shut its U.K. operations in 1971, its Indian brethren, now owned by Eicher Motors, has continued to produce motorbikes full-throttle, even establishing a dealerships in Britain and the United States, even as Triumph and Harley-Davidson have arrived on the subcontinent.
At the beginning of 2015, Royal Enfield surpassed Harley-Davidson in global sales — and there's little reason to think they'll slow down anytime soon.


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Patagonia - the province of wonders that borders Argentina and Chile. While you may visit for the view, you will stay for the experience, as there is so much to see and even more to learn.
The Patagonian province stretches across the land on the Chile-Argentina border including with it the southern part of the Andes mountains meeting up with the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and through the west to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
The beauty of the area is historical, to say the least. Ancient mountain ranges, glacier lakes, and forests that have been there for thousands of years are a testament to the glory of nature. Add to that the paintings that have been displayed on the cave walls for over 10,000 years and you get a feeling of how the people of South America once lived, and how they treasured the land and all its gifts.
The wildlife in the area fluctuates with the land, which is not always forgiving. Most of the time, however, it isn't unusual to see the elephant seals on the coasts or catch a glimpse of the whales as they return to breed and give birth. There are penguins at the glacier lakes and through the plains, you may come across the indigenous llamas know as guanacos.
When visiting Patagonia, it's all about the land and its inhabitants. There is ample opportunity for stunning photography, and the city of Ushuaia offers a world of culture and knowledge that is certain to leave you spellbound.


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Текст песни с переводом слов R. Kelly «The Chase» из альбома «R.» (1995).
The Chase
This is Player Hater One reporting from PHD base. Over.
This is PHD base, go ahead Hater One.
Yeah, we have our talent in sight
How would you have us proceed? Over.
Hater One, this is your Captain Player Hater
What is the talentЎЇs position?
Well sir, due to the heavy rains up here
ItЎЇs hard to tell what the talent is carrying. Over.
Well, I suggest you try real hard, Hater One. Over.
Uh, yes sir, well it looks like
HeЎЇs carrying something square like, sir. Over.
What do you mean square like? Over.
I donЎЇt know sir, a CD of some sort
With glowing lettering. Over.
Hater One, I want you to look very carefully on that disc
And tell me what the letterings are.
Oh my God, this is big, sir
Talk to me, Hater.
";Kelly V-I-P";. I repeat, ";Kelly V-I-P";, sir. Over
HeЎЇs right captain, this is big
Only if we allow him to reach his destination.
WeЎЇre waiting on an order, sir. Sir?
Hater One, this is your captain
I order you to take the talent out.
Do not, I repeat, do not under any circustances
Let this disc be heard. Over
Roger that sir, all systems go.
Minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
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