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Got a New PC? 11 Things to Do Right Away

Windows 10 PCs need some adjustment before they're ready for everyday use. Here's what to install, what to delete, and how to make sure your new investment is safe and secure.

Did you grab a new computer on Prime Day or have one on your holiday wish list?

I wish I could say you're ready to go, but out of the box, no computer is perfect; Windows 10 PCs need some adjustment before they're ready for everyday use.

You need to make your new system safe and personalize it with your own preferences. There are programs on the drive to get rid of and other software you should add immediately. If you haven't yet been introduced to Windows 10, or it's been a while since you've set up a new PC, we'll walk you through it. If your new baby is a Mac, you've got a much shorter to-do list.

First Start

Sign in with Microsoft

After you've made the basic initial connections (power, plus monitor, keyboard, and mouse as needed), Windows 10 will ask you to do various things, like setting your language, time zone, and clock and calendar. Microsoft will push you to create a login—preferably by creating or using an existing Microsoft account—the same you'd use for accessing things like your Xbox, Skype, OneDrive, Office on the Web, etc.—essentially any service Microsoft provides. The upside is that by using that, you can sync your wallpapers and settings among all the Windows PCs you own. It's linking your PC to the cloud.

You may not want that. So instead consider creating a local accountlocal account. This isn't as easy as it should be, but the secret is to disconnect from the internet when setting up Windows 10.

You may also want multiple accounts on the PC for use by the kids or other family. You don't have to set that up now, you can do that anytime. Here's how.

De-Bloat the System

De-bloat the System

Big-name system vendors typically install software on their consumer PCs at the factory. These "extras" go by many names: bundleware, begware, bloatware, shovelware, and perhaps the most accurate, crapware. That's because a lot of it is just that: useless crap. Vendors install it under the guise of helping you out, but mostly they do it to get money from the software makers. The major system builders are reducing the amount of extra software (or at least making sure it doesn't appear all over your system), but there is a long way to go. You're pretty much guaranteed to find extra pre-loaded software on a retail-bought consumer system, less so on a business-oriented one.

Here's how to rid your PC of crapware, but on a new PC, it boils down to this: if it's got a lot of extra garbage-software on it, use the built-in Windows 10 Fresh Start toolWindows 10 Fresh Start tool first to reset the operating system back to the basics. It will hopefully be free of all the extras (except the Microsoft-supplied stuff, but you can uninstall most of that).

Don't confuse crapware with trialware—a trial version of software you might actually want that is active for a limited time. It might be worth keeping, especially if it's a free trial of a solid security product, which leads us to...

Activate Shields

Activate Shields

You should really pay to protect your system from malware. Our current Editors' Choice security packagessecurity packages include familiar names like Bitdefender Internet Security and Norton 360 Deluxe, which include more than anti-malware tools, like firewall, antispam tools for your email, even parental controls to keep the kids who are online inline.

If you don't want to pay, you still need protection. There are plenty of decent free antivirus programsfree antivirus programs to be had. Our current recommendation is Kaspersky Security Cloud Free. While the Microsoft Windows Defender Security Center antivirus that is built in to Windows 10 has made big strides in the last few years, it's still better to get a third-party antivirus that does more. (When you install the third-party antivirus, Windows Defender goes dormant, and only comes back to life if it detects that other antivirus isn't running. Because running multiple antivirus products isn't always good for Windows.)

It used to be that you really needed some personal firewall software to protect your PC from illicit access via the internet. You may even get one as part of a security suite. But that said, we don't really think you need an extra firewall these days. The firewall integrated in Windows 10 does the trick, along with the firewall you have likely running on your home networking router.

Download Updates

At some point, your PC will tell you there are Windows updates available, probably about five minutes after you successfully boot up. Grab those updates. Check for them via Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. Windows 10 gets a major update twice a year, and you may be behind depending on when Windows 10 was installed on your computer. You may have quite a few updates—big updates—to download. Let this process run its course. Walk away, eat some leftovers, watch an Adam Sandler movie. It's going to take a while, and the Sandler flick will seem to last forever.

When the downloads are done, run Windows Update again. At this stage, updates tend to beget updates. Three times should be sufficient. By now, you should have a truly pristine Windows 10 system.

Delay updates by seven days if they're getting to be a bit much. Or set the active hours that updates happen in the background, so they only happen overnight or weekends.

Set Up Recovery

Setup Recovery

After something catastrophic happens, some techies used to prefer to reinstall an OS. That's not something you do in Windows 10—there aren't 30 floppy discs to insert anymore, though you could buy it on a USB drive, I suppose. Instead, you'd use the Recovery utility to get a fresh start, which requires all those uninstalls and updates again. Instead, back up your pristine Windows 10 system right now, so you can restore everything quickly after a disaster.

Here's the step-by-step on how to create a recovery drivecreate a recovery drive for future use, plus the steps on using that drive for a full restore. Depending on the system, Windows will either ask you to hook up an external USB drive or use a local drive partition for backup purposes. Or if you're old-school, insert writeable DVDs (assuming you have a disc drive).

Windows can also help you create a System ImageSystem Image, which can help recover your base-line system in case it won't boot up. You can find it by typing Control Panel\System and Security\Backup and Restore (Windows 7) into Windows Explorer (yes, it says Windows 7, don't panic). Making an image is like taking a snapshot-in-time of your current system—restoring from it won't bring back your files and programs, which is why we recommend doing it now, at the beginning of your new PC's life.

Transfer Files

Transfer Files

Windows used to make it simple to move files from your old computer to the new one with the Windows Easy Transfer utility. But that's not in Windows 10, so Microsoft recommends that you use Laplink's PCmover Express. You can use the free version, but to move your old programs over, you need the $19.95 commercial version.

You can always use old-school sneaker-net—copy files from the old PC to a USB drive, then copy them over to your new machine—but if you've got a lot of files, this could take a while. Your fastest alternative is actually to use your home networkyour home network to transfer files.

The easiest method, however, is to already have all your old PC files backed up in the cloud with a cloud storage and file-sharing servicecloud storage and file-sharing service like Dropbox, IDrive (an Editors' Choice), or Microsoft OneDrive (which is an Editors' Choice and integrated with Windows). Run it on all your PCs to back up all your files, then install it on a new PC and all the files across all your devices will appear. Once it's installed and files are transferred, you've also got your file backup system in place, so it's a win/win.

Pick Out a Better Browser

Pick a Browser

You have your choice of web browserweb browser and shouldn't settle. At the very least, that means forgetting Internet Explorer ever existed.

Windows 10 comes with Edge as its pre-installed primary web browser. In fact, you can't uninstall Edge, because, Microsoft claims, too many things rely on having at least one browser installed. Edge now uses the same underlying system as Google Chrome, so you know that web pages will most likely render the way they're supposed too, plus you can use all the Google Chrome extensions. You can always install Chrome, like almost 70 percent of people do.

Mozilla Firefox remains a favorite of ours. When it comes to extensibility and supporting standards, Firefox wrote the book. You could go your whole life using a plain, vanilla browser and never change a thing, but once you add on a few key extensions, you'll wonder how you ever lived like that.

Microsoft Internet Explorer—IE to its few friends—still comes with every copy of Windows 10 because some workplaces require it. Microsoft hopes that'll change. Someday. That's the price of success.

Place Your Programs

Place Your Programs

We can't decide for you what software is most necessary for your needs. We can say generically that no PC is complete without at least an office suite, a photo-editing tool, and a web browser (see above). There are free alternatives for almost any program you might need, many of which are web-based so you can use them right in the browser. See our no-cost favorites in The Best Free SoftwareThe Best Free Software.

If you want the same setup as your previous machine, check the Program Files folder on the C: drive of your old Windows PC. Make a list of the programs there. You'll also want to carry over the settings and log-in info all your communications like emails and direct messages.

Two other key pieces of software to consider: a VPNVPN to keep your internet traffic private; and a password managerpassword manager to help you keep track of the hundreds of credentials you'll need to log in at services across the web and on your PC.

Some software is limited to a certain number of machines. For example, iTunes will only play songs you've bought online on up to five PCs (and seriously, you should update to a music streaming subscription). Anyway, check that the software is de-authorized on your old PC if you won't be using it there ever again.

Tune-Up Time

Tune-Up Time

On the right hardware, Windows 10 is impressively fast, but tweaks always help performance.

In the past, Windows could benefit a lot from using third-party tune-up software. You can still find plenty of that—Iolo System MechanicIolo System Mechanic remains our Editors' Choice in that regard. You can do one click and have it optimize a lot.

That said, many of the tools you need to optimize Windows 10 are built right in. They just lack that one-click option to make it all work. You can read all about the best options in How to Tune Up Your Windows 10 PC for Free. That includes using the disk defragmenter, freeing up extra drive space, setting what apps launch at startup, and more.

We also have 12 Tips to Speed Up Windows 10, with hardware options like adding more RAM (max it out!) and upgrading to a solid-state drive if you haven't put one in that new PC.

Maybe the best tip in the lot: type adjust appearance in the search on the Windows taskbar. In the Performance Options that pops up, turn off animations, fades, shadows, etc. by clicking Adjust for best performance at the top. Windows may not look as pretty, but it'll be a bit faster.

Review Extra Hardware

Extra Hardware

Getting a new PC is the perfect opportunity to reassess the hardware peripherals attached to your old PC. Before you start plugging things from your Windows 7 machine into that snazzy Windows 10 system, consider carefully. Do you really need that ancient flatbed scanner now that the pictures you take are all on the phone? Old USB hubs, ink-jet printers, and low-capacity portable hard drives could probably all stand a refresh if not outright dumping.

Old hardware moved to a new PC means you need the latest drivers—that's the software that lets peripherals work well with Windows. If you're hooking up old hardware, even if Windows recognizes it and all seems well, it behooves you to seek out the latest, greatest drivers. You can use a utility like Iobit Driver Booster or DriverPack Solution to assist in that.

Not everything new is automatically good: That mouse and keyboard that came with your new desktop PC system should be considered suspect. PC vendors aren't known for including highly ergonomic or well-built input devices. Consider instead the something from our collection of best wireless keyboards, or best mechanical keyboards. For those still new to the work-at-home world, consider an ergonomic keyboard and mouse, even if your new PC is a laptop, especially one you don't move around much. Your wrists will thank you later.

Register Everything

It's no guarantee of great technical support, but if you register your PC with the manufacturer, as well as register the software and peripherals with their respective creators, you stand a better chance of being recognized when the time does come to call for help—and that time will come. Getting a vendor to honor a warranty frequently depends on knowing when you bought or received the product. It's smart to be registered in case there's a recall—you don't want to be the only person walking around with a laptop battery that might catch on fire, do you?

It's also smart to purchase your new PC with a credit card that offers its own extended warranty option, because the extended warranty from the reseller is typically not worth it.

Registering online is relatively painless. One downside is that registration can also put your name on endless mailing lists, so if that bothers you, deselect that option when signing up or create a special email address you can use to filter them. For example, Gmail users can stick a random period in the first part of their address (such as and it will still come to the account, but you can filter messages sent to it into special folders.

What to Do With Your Old PC

Old PCs

You can probably put your old PC to some kind of good use. Turn it into something new (a Linux workstation! A home server! A hotspot!), give it to someone in need, or recycle it (if you trust recyclers anymore). There are a slew of options; we list several in 15 Great Uses for an Old PC.

No matter what, sanitize that hard drive before you pass it on. At the very least, format the drive(s) before recycling the old PC. If you're sending it off with Windows 10, do the full factory reset to the original, out-of-the-box settings. If you're extra paranoid, formatting isn't enough to be 100 percent certain your old data on a drive is completely unrecoverable. Specialty software like Darik's Boot and Nuke or Active@ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser will do the job for free, but the job can take hours.

There's always the Swiss cheese option: Take the drive out to the workshop and drill holes through it. Bullet holes will accomplish the same thing, but that's overkill, even for your data.

Joel Santo Domingo contributed to this story.

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Course Trailer: UK Mediation Returns to Gibraltar

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Later this year, UK Mediation will return to Gibraltar to deliver our externally-accredited training course, the Interpersonal Mediation Practitioner’s Certificate (IMPC).

Delivered in collaboration with CAB Gibraltar, the training will take place between Monday 7th – Friday 11th June, and we look forward to seeing old friends and new faces upon our return.

This course has now been postponed until 18th-22nd October 2021.

Find out more about the course here.

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UNCW Signs Guaranteed Admissions Agreement with James Sprunt Community College

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

James Sprunt Community College recently signed a Guaranteed Admissions Agreement with UNC Wilmington, building upon the Bilateral Articulation Agreement that was already in place.

“This is just one more way that we can show students the commitment that exists between our college and UNCW,” said Kenneth Boham, president of James Sprunt Community College. “Students can come to James Sprunt to complete their first two years and transfer seamlessly to UNCW to receive their bachelor’s degree, that is what this agreement assures.”

This new agreement is an additional way to facilitate a smooth transition for transfer students at James Sprunt who are seeking a four-year degree at UNCW. In addition to the agreement that was signed, UNCW has also employed a transfer student success advisor that will be serving our institution to help students complete the admissions process and understand the requirements necessary to pursue a degree at UNCW.

“Community colleges exist to open doors and create new opportunities,” said Boham. “The savings that students can realize by beginning at a community college and transferring are outstanding, and we are continuing to work to ensure that students have a positive experience once they transfer to another institution, whether that be UNCW, the University of Mount Olive, East Carolina University or any of the 17 member institutions in the University of North Carolina System.”

The agreement was signed by Jose V. Sartarelli, the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Kenneth Boham, the president of James Sprunt Community College on Friday, November 30, 2018.

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The Essentials of – Breaking Down the Basics

Why Water Cremation is the Ideal Choice

Despite the many differences between living organisms, their end which is death is similar. For most people, thinking about death is very uncomfortable. This is because talking of death reminds people of the loss that it comes with and also the pain associated with it. despite all that, thinking about the things that will happen to you in the event of your death is also important. You are the one that will leave the instructions to your loved ones about how to handle your body. Many people just go for the burial option. This method of handling a dead boy is not as good for the body as one would think. That is why most people are choosing cremation. The best way to handle dead bodies is by water cremation. Aquamation is the name of this process. Not a lot of people know about aquamation. The inner workings of aquamation are talked about here.

To start with, aquamation is not as futuristic as it sounds. It is a method that was thought of very many years ago. You should note that just some few years ago an actual aquamation was made. It is, therefore, every easy to get to buy an aquamation. It is important to know as much as you can about aquamation.

In the aquamation machine, the natural decomposition process will be induced. You should expect that the decomposition process which has been mimicked in the aquamation machine will be happening at an accelerated speed. The pace of the decomposition of the body makes sure that the decomposition does not take longer than a few hours. A piece of cloth with natural fibers is what will be used to cover the body prior to being placed in the water cremation machine.

The moment that the aquamation is done, the remains which are in liquid form by them will be disposed of. For most places, they turn to the sewage system to dispose of the liquid remains of a body. The bones that remain after all that will then be crushed into a powder. You can then choose to either stay with the ashes or to throw them away.

The benefits that water cremation has are so many. When you use aquamation, the space that will end up being use dot do it is very minimal. There is another very big advantage of aquamation being air friendly. On the other hand, flame cremates will definitely pollute the air. Using flame cremation will eventually require to use a very high volume of energy while using aquamation will not require nearly as much.


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A Supreme brand move

There are two things you may or may not be familiar with, reader: Supreme, a cult streetwear brand, and Farmland, a pork producer.

What happened next may or may not surprise you: Supreme released a hat with a logo that bears striking resemblance to that of Farmland’s. But rather than get litigious, Farmland decided to have some fun with it:

There’s even a full Instagram lookbook that’s as magical as you can imagine, with grumpy farmers all decked out in streetwear.

And the campaign (done with help from agency Doner) is paying off in engagement, with their usual 10 interactions per post jumping up to thousands of likes and retweets and hundreds of replies.

That’s a hearty helping of brand awareness along with some feel-good news in a world that often feels far too empty of it.

We’re moving Campaigns We Love to a monthly feature. Hat tip for this one goes to AdAge. Got a great campaign we missed? Tell us about it on Twitter @UnionMetrics!


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I like that SPARK helped me find an awesome connection at Chuck Bailey. I had so much fun and liked helping out. I am good with people so it was fun for me to go and connect. They were really good to me. I love the online calls! I feel a lot better about group settings now because of SPARK. I like that the SPARK Staff are amazing to me and cheer me up.

My advice is to try your best and enjoy your life- just like me!

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Dead Weight: A Zombie Apocalypse in America’s Dairyland!

I had the pleasure yesterday of watching ‘Dead Weight‘ a great little indie horror gem all the way from my home state of Wisconsin. I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect from this one and to be honest, I haven’t really seen too much in the way of cinema coming out of “America’s Dairyland”. I’d have to say that Dead Weight is much less of a horror movie than it is a drama set in an apocalyptic wasteland.

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I could draw some comparisons obviously to The Walking Dead, as I’m fairly certain that writers and directors Adam Bartlett and John Pata are big fans (I’ve heard the DVD will feature artwork by original Walking Dead artist Tony Moore!) but this plays out as something much more than a mere carbon copy. Sure the story revolves around a small band of survivors of some sort of viral outbreak traveling a barren landscape and yeah they meet some ultra sketchy people along the way. What we are really witnessing is one man’s psychological breakdown as he desperately travels by foot to reunite with his lover in a small northern Wisconsin city.

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The movie shows flashbacks of Charlie (Joe Belknap) and his girlfriend Samantha (Mary Lindberg) before tragedy struck while at the same time following him on his journey to reunite with her after these events. I really loved the contrast between the warm colorful flashbacks and the cold, grey, dismal look of Charlie’s journey in the aftermath. Who would’ve known that Wisconsin would make such a convincing setting for a zombie wasteland?

The film really looks great too, the locations chosen really give you a feeling of dread and isolation which makes it that much more tense when other survivors enter the equation. What also grabbed me was the tightly woven story, which I might add has it’s fair share of twists and turns, something I truly appreciate in my cinematic viewing when done effectively. The short explanation for what may have caused this tragedy was also an interesting addition to the plot as it unfolded.

Dead Weight is pretty light on the violence and we barely see a “zombie” in sight anywhere throughout the movie. To me that’s great, as I’m quite honestly pretty burnt out on the zombie genre at this point. It seems people are still cranking out zombie movies by the boatloads these days, jam packed with, shoddy gore, CG blood and weak ass plot lines. That’s exactly why Dead Weight succeeds, its unique character study plays out quite differently than most zombie flicks.

Without giving too much away, I’d say this is a pretty true to life tale of how people might actually act in this type of situation. Sometimes there are no real heroes and people act simply off of their own emotions and selfish motivations, making the idea of a situation like this much more hopeless and bleak. Something this movie did a great job of portraying. That’s not to say the movie was flawless, the flashbacks were well put together but I really wasn’t fully convinced of the love and emotion Charlie and Samantha had for each other. In fact the two of them together felt a bit off at points. It would have been nice to really feel exactly what made Charlie go against all odds to try and reunite with her.

Plain and simple Dead Weight is a great slice of cinema from Wisconsin! An intriguing story and solid acting by all involved. This was a true independent film and the first for Adam Bartlett and John Pata. I was truly impressed that they pulled off a horror drama, I consider it quite daring as most people on a small budget in this genre go for the tired “over the top” zombie comedy. So kudos for putting some real heart and emotion into a memorable zombie film. That alone is an incredibly tough thing to accomplish in the sea of undead movies flowing onto the shelves these days! I’m pumped to see what these guys do next, I’d say they’re going to be putting the cheese state on the map of movie making in a big way in the near future….

Dead Weight will be released nationally on DVD and VOD January 21st, 2014. Look for it here soon on Netflix too. Check out the trailer:


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Sweet allysum and wet stone.

LET’S LOOK AT a bit of this and a tad of that, if you please.

The monsoon began a bit late this year, and it’s still getting its sea legs, so to speak. We like it when the rain starts, even though we dislike it by September when it’s outlived its welcome, and the mud is growing old.

A quite noticeable result of rainfall is the blooming of sweet alyssum, a ground cover that looks like snowfall. From January to June, it’s brown and appears dead, but give it a couple of days of rain, and this is what happens. Sweet,  huh?

In other news, City Hall opened our two main plazas downtown a few weeks back because it thought the incidence of Kung Flu was winding down. That lasted about a week until the plazas were taped off again, and that’s how it remains today.

When will this end? I’ve not experienced such a lousy year since 1995 when my last wife dumped me, and then 1997 when a romance with a lovely Latina ended by mutual insanity. You can read about that here if you wish.

lampI enjoy décor, and I like to take photos. Here is one I took yesterday when I found myself in the bedroom, looking at the scene, and with camera in hand. I’m so good at décor that you’d think I’d be gay, but I’m not.

I bought this lamp in the first few months after I moved to the mountaintop from the nearby state capital almost 20 years ago. It’s made locally, woven from a reed found in the area, if memory serves.

The lamp is almost two feet high.

It’s one of the few pieces of furniture we brought to the Hacienda from the two-story rental closer to downtown where I lived previously, two and a half years — one and a half solo and one more with my child bride.

Speaking of the state capital, we’ll be driving there today for a shopping expedition, a weekly event that gets us out of the house, and we might even eat lasagna.

Eye of the camera

PULLING INTO the Hacienda Wednesday evening, I saw this sky over the sex motel next door, so I took a shot. I always tote the small Fujifilm camera in my man bag.

The bigger, better Canon is far heavier and usually stays at home.

And minutes before that shot, as I was rounding a corner on the neighborhood plaza, I stopped and photographed the distant mountains past the high railroad track.

A few days ago, I was on the big plaza downtown, sitting at the coffee shop. Just across from me was this girl. She’s one of a pretty trio that sometimes sits there blabbing and laughing for hours and drinking beer, but she was alone that day.

A few minutes after I photographed her, one of the others appeared, the one who looks like Salma Hayek, and joined her. The one in the photo pulled out a cigarette and stuck it into a holder, all Hollywood-like. They do that. Pretty girls but silly.

It’s fun to take pictures.

Photographic memories

I’VE LABORED the last few days switching photos from one internet provider (SlickPic) to another (Flickr). There were over 500 shots, so it took quite a while, especially since I passed some of them through a service that gussied them up.

I reduced the 500+ to 425 but only 248 are visible to the public. You can see them here.

When my second wife kicked me to the curb in 1995, I left behind almost all photos taken during the 19 years I spent with her. And when I moved to Mexico in 2000, I culled even further. Most photos I have now were shot since I moved south.

But not all.

There are lots, and almost all are digital, i.e. online, nowhere else. One reason I moved to Flickr, which is far better than it used to be, is that it’s free (up to a point), and the photos will not vanish one year when I fail to pay. That could happen when I’m dead, and I want my child bride to have access to them.

During this process I came across some photos I’d not noticed in years, and I’m going to show a few to you. The first was taken in Mexico City in the 1970s. I was sitting with a French friend I’ve known since we met in the Air Force in 1963. He is a legal immigrant.

Atop the Torre Latinoamericana in Mexico City.

That’s me on the left, of course. I weighed about 225 pounds. Nowadays, I weigh about 165, making me rather skinny at 6′-3″ tall. I prefer the adjectives svelte, lean or trim. Skinny doesn’t sound good. I trimmed down around 1980 with a bit of effort.

Felipe in drag.

And here I am beardless, a bit earlier than the above photo. I’m in the French Quarter of New Orleans, an extra in a movie titled Octoroon. The movie won no Oscars. Quite the contrary. It went straight to drive-ins. I was only in the first scene, walking down a sidewalk.

Oddly, I’ve always wanted to be an actor, and would have done theater work in New Orleans or Houston except for the fact that my newspaper career always had me working evenings, and that’s when theaters present plays. I never had a chance.

Thwarted by fate. I coulda been somebody!

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After a fully successful career in the medical field, Tony decided to give a chance to his hobby, photography! Starting with landscapes and street photography he found his path to glamour! Read his story and know the steps! He is Antonio Girlando.

Can you tell me a little about you?

My name is Antonio Girlando, I’m 58 years old and I live in Catania in Sicily. I have a medicine degree and after more than 25 years in operations room I decided to dedicate most of my time in photography.

How and when did you get into your profession?

Photography has been always my hobby, since my first camera, an instant Polaroid. First I was a street and landscape photographer but one day, about 6 years ago, I was invited to a model sharing and I started to study portrait, glamour and nude photography.

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Photography is the way to express my fantasies and my personal view of the world.

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When I was a little boy I spent a lot of my time reading Marvel Comics and drawing Marvel Characters, following comics artists like John Romita and John Buscema, then also erotic comics of Crepax and Milo Manara, so these are my inspirations but also classic painters like Caravaggio, Raffaello and Michelangelo. Among the photographers my main inspiration are David Hamilton from the past and Dan Hecho from nowadays
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Most of the times I plain the pictures but sometimes I get inspiration by the place or something I find in the location.

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I use only Fuji because I like the Fuji colors, the vintage look of the camera and the old style position of the dials like my first analog camera, the Yashica fx-3 super 2000, that I still use, my favorite lens is Fuji XF90 F2.

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Study from the great photographers and try to create a personal style.

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Review: Keystone by Dannika Dark

Release Date: January 15, 2017
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Crossbreed Book #1
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With over 1 million books sold, USA Today Bestseller Dannika Dark introduces her next addictive series…

Raven Black hunts evildoers for fun, but her vigilante justice isn’t the only reason she’s hiding from the law. Half Vampire, half Mage, she’s spent years living as a rogue to stay alive. When a Russian Shifter offers her a job in his covert organization hunting outlaws, dignity and a respectable career are finally within her grasp. The catch? Her new partner is Christian Poe - a smug, handsome Vampire whom she’d rather stake than go on a stakeout with.

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I had only read one of Danikka Dark's previous books and really enjoyed it, but for some reason I have not jumped into anything else of hers. When she reached out to me to see if I would be interested in reviewing her new book KEYSTONE, I looked it up and decided it sounded interesting enough that I wanted to give it a try. I wasn't aware that the Crossbreed series is a spin-off of the Mageri series until after I was done reading it, but I didn't feel like I was missing anything, so if you are new to Dannika Dark's books, I say jump right in.

Raven comes off tough, independent, bad-ass and confident, but you quickly realize she is really lonely, has plenty of flaws and she has a vulnerable side to her as well. When she has the chance to join Keystone, she is both apprehensive and excited. Her time there is anything but smooth and proving herself to be part of the team is harder than she expected. Raven is the main character, but let me tell you, all the other characters are just as entertaining and part of the story as her. Each team member brings their own unique skill set to the team and without one, the others couldn't do everything that they do. I loved watching them work together and I really felt that they were a family.

There isn't really any romance in KEYSTONE, but there is a connection that I wish would have been explored more. Raven and Christian had a love-hate relationship that could totally be a hot romance if they were allowed to explore things. I have to say that them not being able to and Raven not wanting to in the end really bummed me out. On the other hand, this character came off as a really big asshole sometimes and a man slut on top of that, so maybe it's a good thing? I guess we will find out in future books.

I will totally be reading more of the Crossbreed series. I enjoyed everything from the characters to the world and the story line. I look forward to watching them all grow and I think I might jump into some of Dannika's backlist books as well.

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INDIANAPOLIS, February 22, 2021 – The final Nastia Liukin Cup Series event took place over the weekend, setting the 36-gymnast field for the 12th annual iteration of the event. The 2021 Nastia Liukin Cup will be held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis and will air live on Friday, February 26 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

This year’s Cup Series consisted of 12 participating invitationals with 18 junior and 18 senior USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program Level 10 athletes earning the opportunity to compete for the 2021 Nastia Liukin Cup title in their respective divisions. Seventeen states are represented in the field, which includes 6 gymnasts who have participated in past Nastia Liukin Cups.

  • Amari Celestine, Wildomar, Calif., SCEGA, 2018
  • Mackenzie Estep, Auburn, Wash., Ascend. 2019
  • CJ Keuneke, Denver, Colo., Active Athletics, 2019
  • Amber Lowe, Kennesaw, Ga., Atlanta North Stars, 2019
  • Nikki Smith, West Bloomfield, Mich., Euro Stars, 2020
  • Tory Vetter, Columbus, Ohio, Universal Gymnast, 2018

The Nastia Liukin Cup showcases up-and-coming gymnasts and was launched in 2010 by 2008 Olympic all-around champion and 14-time Olympic and World medalist Nastia Liukin. Gymnasts who compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup will receive a Nastia Liukin-designed leotard and warm-up from GK Elite and will have the opportunity to meet Liukin onsite at the event.

Last weekend’s qualifiers are listed below.

  • Jaycie Phelps Midwest Showdown, French Lick, Ind.: Nikki Smith, West Bloomfield, Mich./Euro Stars, senior, and Gabby VanFrayen, Lewis Center, Ohio/Gym X-treme, junior

The full 2021 Nastia Liukin Cup field is listed below alphabetically by state. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the event will not be open for public attendance.

Alex Theodorou, Phoenix, Ariz., Desert Lights, senior

Amari Celestine, Wildomar, Calif., SCEGA, senior
Chloe LaCoursiere, San Diego, Calif., Coastal Gymnastics, senior
Madelyn Williams, Vacaville, Calif., Dream Xtreme Gymnastics, senior

Lilly Hudson, Fleming Island, Fla., Florida Elite, senior
Moorea Linker, Odessa, Fla., LaFleur’s, senior

Amber Lowe, Kennesaw, Ga., Atlanta North Stars, senior

Nikki Smith, West Bloomfield, Mich., Euro Stars, senior

Lexi Zeiss, Omaha, Neb., Omaha Gymnastics Academy, senior

New Jersey:
Hannah Loyim, Mountain Lakes, N.J., North Stars Gymnastics Academy, senior
Jocelyn Moore, Hillborough, N.J., Gymland/Arena Gymnastics, senior

New York:
Miranda Smith, New Hartford, N.Y., Valley Gymnastics Training Center, senior

Tory Vetter, Columbus, Ohio, Universal Gymnasts, senior

Sloane Blakely, Frisco, Texas, WOGA, senior
Kylie Coen, Fort Worth, Texas, Empire Gymnastics Academy, senior
Morgan Price, Coppell, Texas, Texas Dreams, senior
Leah Smith, Spring, Texas, World Champions Centre, senior
Bryce Wilson, Pearland, Texas, Pearland Elite, senior

CJ Keuneke, Denver, Colo., Active Athletics, junior

Nina Ballou, Boca Raton, Fla., American Twisters, junior
Danielle Ferris, St. Augustine, Fla., Florida Elite, junior

Madelyn Dorbin, Lilburn, Ga., Georgia Elite, junior

Lauren Harkins, Fishers, Ind., Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center, junior
Bailey Stroud, New Palestine, Ind., Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center, junior

Azaraya Ra-Akbar, Columbia, Md., World Class Gymnastics, junior
Ruth Whaley, Annapolis, Md., Win-Win Gymnastics, junior

Olivia Orengo, Rogers, Minn., Twin City Twisters, junior

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Abby Bednar, Waxhaw, N.C., Perfect Balance, junior

Gabby VanFrayen, Lewis Center, Ohio, Gym X-treme, junior

Baylie Belman, Allen, Texas, Metroplex, junior
Kamila Pawlak, Melissa, Texas, Metroplex, junior
Piper Slocum, The Woodlands, Texas, Discover Gymnastics, junior
Alicia Zhou, San Antonio, Texas, Love Gymnastics, junior

Lillian Jennejohn, Provo, Utah, All American, junior
Avery Neff, South Jordan, Utah, Olympus Gymnastics, junior

Mackenzie Estep, Auburn, Wash., Ascend, junior

Background information

  • Nastia Liukin. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Liukin’s total of five medals tied the U.S. gymnastics record for most medals in one Olympic Games. Liukin’s Olympic medals are: gold – all-around; silver – team, balance beam and uneven bars; and bronze – floor exercise. Liukin was the third of five U.S. women to win the Olympic all-around crown. She also won nine World medals in her career. In 2018, she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, and in 2019, she was named to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. Liukin has graced many magazine covers and appeared on various shows, including “Gossip Girl,” “Make It or Break It,” and the feature film, “Stick It.” Liukin was a contestant in the 2015 spring edition of “Dancing with the Stars” and was the grand marshal for the 2015 Indianapolis 500. She currently serves as a gymnastics analyst for NBC Sports and is a founder of Grander, a global community for the next generation of female athletes that provides access to the people who inspire, resources to help achieve dreams, and communities of like-minded people with similar ambitions. Liukin was coached by her father, Valeri, who has four Olympic medals from 1988 including two gold.
  • Indiana Sports Corp. Founded in 1979 as the nation’s first sports commission, Indiana Sports Corp is a not-for-profit organization focused on bringing premier sporting events to Indiana to drive economic vitality, facilitate a vibrant community with civic pride and garner positive media attention. Because of this, Indiana Sports Corp is able to provide positive, sports-related opportunities for youth in the community. For more information, please visit
  • USA Gymnastics. Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States, encompassing seven disciplines: women’s gymnastics, men’s gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, gymnastics for all (a.k.a. group gymnastics) and, most recently, parkour. USA Gymnastics sets the rules and policies that govern the sport of gymnastics, including selecting and training the U.S. Gymnastics Teams for the Olympics and World Championships; promoting and developing gymnastics on the grassroots and national levels, as well as a safe, empowered and positive training environment; and serving as a resource and educational center for the more than 200,000 members, clubs, fans and gymnasts throughout the United States. The organization is deeply committed to creating a culture that encourages and supports its athletes and focuses on its highest priority: the safety and well-being of athletes and our community.


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Reality TV shows like "Deadliest Catch" and "Ice Road Truckers" bring more visibility to the future of this region, according to Derek Moscato.

Using emojis to help shape the nation's image is a playful, but not frivolous approach to foreign policy. Finland is a highly educated country where tech is an important industry. The selection of emojis appears to be a way to highlight Finland's values and Arctic presence, while also demonstrating its tech expertise.

In addition to the various groups of indigenous people who reside in the Arctic, eight countries Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Canada, and the United States have claimed interest in the Arctic. Diplomacy between the different groups is required for cooperation and organization in the complicated region. Due to its importance in environmental security, sizable natural resource reserves, and remote location, the Arctic incentivizes cooperation through science diplomacy.

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Experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies discuss Russian ambitions and policy options for Russo-American Arctic relations.

China’s “resource-diplomacy” strategy, promoting closer ties with Arctic states, aims to boost trade, commerce and scientific cooperation, evidenced by what The Diplomat called “China’s pivot north and Russia’s pivot east.”

By all rights, Iceland -- a remote Arctic island inhabited by just 320,000 people -- should be a forgotten backwater. And for most of its history, it was. But in recent decades, the former Danish colony has begun to attract outsized attention from abroad. After its banks were fully privatized in 2003, foreign money poured into the financial sector, which grew to almost ten times the size of national GDP before bursting in a matter of days in October 2008.

Iceland wants to turn itself into a hub for business in the Arctic and strike more trade accords on its own after scrapping talks to join the European Union, its foreign minister said. “The focus of Iceland’s foreign policy is on the Arctic,” Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson said in an Oct. 25 interview in Reykjavik. The island will work for deeper cooperation within the Arctic Council and seek to provide a base in the region to help support trade with China, Singapore and South Korea, among others, he said.


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The leucine-rich repeat: a versatile binding motif

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Leucine-rich repeats are short sequence motifs present in a number of proteins with diverse functions and cellular locations. All proteins containing these repeats are thought to be involved in protein-protein interactions. The crystal structure of ribonuclease inhibitor protein has revealed that leucine-rich repeats correspond to β-α structural units. These units are arranged so that they form a parallel β-sheet with one surface exposed to solvent, so that the protein acquires an unusual, non-globular shape. These two features may be responsible for the protein-binding functions of proteins containing leucine-rich repeats.

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JournalTrends in biochemical sciences
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Selling Points: Although open for lunch and dinner throughout the remainder of the week, Sunday brunch is one of this vegan café’s most notable features. The following excerpt from a write-up I did last year for Inweekly’s Best of the Coast awards sums up my sentiments toward this rave-worthy hole in the wall: “Multi-course weekly spectaculars, tempeh anyway you could dream it up, made to order cashew cheese to take home with you—and that’s only the half of it. Over the course of the past decade, Jen Knight-Shoemaker, owner of End of the Line Café has transformed her coffee shop into a full-fledged, bright, shining, organic, locally-sourced, powerhouse of a vegan restaurant, coffee bar and art space. Yes, it really is quite a mouthful! And a tasty one at that.” Owner Knight-Shoemaker also contributed to a cover story I wrote for the paper last November during World Vegan Month, titled “V is for Vegan.”

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Python input() Function

Python Input Function

The input() function in Python makes it very easy to get input from users of your application. The input function is built in just like the print function and its use is quite common. When you call the input function(), you can think of it as an expression that evaluates to whatever the user typed in at the prompt. This always gets returned as a string so if you want to use numbers as input, you will need to handle that by using the int() function. we’ll see several examples of how to use this function here.

The input() Function

  • Takes in a prompt
  • Displays prompt on the screen
  • The user can type a response to the prompt
  • Returns user input as a string

User Name As Input

One of the classic examples of the input function in Python is getting the name of the user of your application. So let’s go ahead and do that now we can write some code that will prompt the user for their name and store that result in a ‘name’ variable. Here we go:

python input jupyter notebook

The snippet above is actually something called a Jupyter Notebook, which is a really interesting tool to use for Python programming. By using Jupyter Notebook in this example, it makes it really easy to see what the prompt looks like when calling that input() function. We can type some characters into the prompt for our name. Then, we can add the code to print() that variable.

input string jupyter python

We might want to make that output just a little more interesting. In the following Jupyter Cell, we can concatenate some additional text with the result stored in the name variable to make the output a little more pleasing.

python concatenate with print

Using input() In A Loop

You might find a case where you want to prompt the user for some input more than once. In that case, you can use the input function inside of a loop. The loop will continue to prompt the user for some input until a specific condition is met. In this next example, we are going to ask the user what are some names that they like. The logic for this is put inside of a while loop. Inside the while loop, we can use the if-else construct to determine if we are going to print out the name or break out of the loop.

python input inside loop

Using input() With Numbers

In order for your program to be useful, you might need to accept input in the form of numbers from your user. Let’s look at a simple example that uses the input function to get 2 numbers from the user. The goal of this program is to record those two values, add them together, and print out the result for the user. Let’s try this now.

python input number as string

Wait a second. What happened here? Our program asked the user for the first number. We typed in the number 5. The program then asked the user for the second number. We typed in the value of four. Then the program prints out a message that the sum of five and four is 54. That doesn’t seem correct, does it? Let’s try this again with a small adjustment.

int() and str()

Before we look at the code that is going to fix the bug that the above example has, let’s talk about two new utility functions in Python. These are the int() function and the str() function. These functions allow you to transform a data type between an integer and a string. Y’all need to do this because it is quite possible to add numbers together in Python, and it is also possible to add strings together in Python. What you cannot do is to add integers and strings to each other. So this next example is a refactor of the program making use of both the int() and str() functions so that we get the output we would expect.

python input int str

input() with Loop, int(), and str()

In this example, we will make use of the input function inside of a while loop in Python. The program will ask the user for a number or they can type the letter Q to quit the program. While the condition is true inside of the loop the program will convert the number that the user typed from decimal to binary format. For each number the user types, the program will print out the binary equivalent.

python input loop int str

Show Me A Dog!

We have one more program to go over that makes perfect use of the input() function. This program is going to ask a user if they would like to see a dog. I mean, who doesn’t want to see a Dog, right?! So what we can do is have the user simply type the letter ‘y’ if they want to see a dog, and ‘n’ if they do not. We’ll put this inside of a loop so that you can keep looking at dogs for as long as you like. We needed to add some special modules from IPython.display such as display and HTML in order for images to display inside of our Jupyter notebook. Let’s see this in action.

ipython display html

python show me a dog

Python input() Function Summary

Python input() is a built-in function used to read a string from the user’s keyboard. The input() function returns the string typed in by the user in the standard input. When you call this input() function, the Python Interpreter waits for user input from the keyboard. When the user enters types in some data, each character is echoed to the output. This helps the user as feedback of what value is being inputted. After you enter the value and hit Return or Enter key, the string that is typed in by you until this last enter key is returned by the input() function.


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SUNDAY, April 28, 2019 – This web site launched just over three years ago and during that time much has evolved at Vertical Perspectives Photography. We intentionally cast a wide net with our aspirations and over the past three years we have completed two collector’s edition large format photographic monographs, dozens of photo shoots for two more upcoming books, fourteen major photography trips, local photography guiding, numerous presentations, as well as editorial work, including features and covers. After opening the Alpenhaus Gallery last year we made substantial changes in the ways we sell our fine art prints, expanded our giclée printing services and reconfigured how we conduct our workshops. As a result of listening carefully to our customers we have made a lot of adjustments to the ways we deliver our products and services. Over the next several months we will be gradually updating and restructuring this web site to reflect those changes.


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Masaya is one of the smallest, yet most populated departments in the country. The picturesque, small cities of its territory feature several attractions such as cultural manifestations, a strong indigenous heritage and many natural destinations.

Due to its folkloric expressions, the capital city is an important cultural destination. Dance, music, street theater and colorful processions are some of its attractions. Also, Masaya has a nice urban center with interesting sites and diverse lodging facilities. A fortress, a pier, several restaurants, hotels, bars and craft shops are part of the offer.

The Mayasa Volcano National Park and the Masaya Lagoon are two major natural attractions. The volcano is formed by three craters, two of them are extinct and the other one remains active, constantly spewing smoke. A vast territory, which still preserves its flora and fauna, surrounds this volcano. Unfortunately, the neighboring lagoon is currently polluted, but people can visit and find petroglyphs on its shores. Some are even brave enough to take a swim.

In the Southwestern side of the department lies the largest volcanic lagoon in the country: Apoyo. The lagoon still preserves some forest on its slopes and features several summer and rural houses, as well as restaurants and hotels offering fun activities like diving, swimming and kayaking. Apoyo is also a natural reserve shared by the municipalities of Masaya and Granada, both of them with several viewpoints.

On the other hand, the charming cities of Catarina and San Juan de Oriente are frequently known as the "Bewitched Villages". The first one is famous for its many nurseries located within its urban center. There are two viewpoints in this area. One of them is in the city and includes craft shops and restaurants. The other one is situated in Diriomito and has some eateries and a paragliding ramp. San Juan de Oriente, the other bewitched village, is a land of artisans. Multiple studios and craft shops, filled with many, many colors and shapes can be found in this area.

Catarina and San Juan de Oriente are also part of the 'Meseta de los Pueblos', along with three other municipalities: Niquinohomo, Nandasmo and Masatepe. Niquinohomo is known for its traditional dances and Nandasmo for its furniture factories. Masatepe has a renowned traditional dish called 'Sopa de Mondongo', and a coastline on the Masaya Lagoon with natural areas suitable for a good hike.

Masaya has one last municipality: Nindirí. This territory has an interesting museum, a rural area called 'La Concha' and the remote lagoon of Charco de Tisma, which preserves many wetlands and is home to seabirds.

  • Masaya

    The cultural attractions are the most important in this municipality. There is a great handicrafts production in the area, many folkloric manifestations such as traditional dances and picturesque processions. Its center is the dinamic city of Masaya, where visitors can find hotels, restaurants and several interesting sites like markets, crafts workshops, old churches and a fortress. Walls with petroglyphs, the Masaya Lagoon and a portion of the Apoyo Lagoon Natural Reserve are other attractions located in the outskirts of the city.

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    Its urban center is the charming city of Catarina, adorned by several nurseries and a magnificent viewspot. In the city, you will find art workshops and the 'Villa de Artesanías's with lots of shops at the entrance of the urban center. Another attraction are the forest one can find on the slopes and coasts of the Apoyo Lagoon Natural Reserve. Culture is also a highlight here. Massive, picturesque and cheerful processions are held during the festivities in honor of San Silvestre.

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  • La Concepción

    Two neighboring urban centers and rural surroundings are part of this municipality of cool weather, several hills and small valleys, which is also known as 'La Concha'. La Concepción and the nearby town of San Juan de La Concepción are the urban centers. The major religious festivities are held from February 8th to 9th, in honor of the 'Virgen de Monserrat'. An interesting site, which is shared with other municipalities, is the El Ventarron Hill, from where visitors have beautiful panoramic views of the Masaya Volcano National Park.

  • Masatepe

    This municipality has many attractions: art workshops that produce wooden and natural fiber furniture, and restaurants with the famous 'Sopa de Mondongo'. Outside the urban area visitors will find the Venecia viewpoint and other sites from where one has acess to the Masaya Lagoon, as well as panoramic views of the Masaya Volcano National Park. Its center is the small city of Masatepe, which was a church with an image of the Black Christ.

  • Nandasmo

    The main attraction of this municipality --wich center is the town of Nandasmo-- are the crafts workshops where wooden furniture, leather objects and flowepots are produced. There is a nice viewpoint from wich you can see the Masaya Lagoon and Volcano. The rural area has some coasts in the Masaya Lagoon. The religious festivities are celebrated from January 14th to 22nd, in honor of the images of 'El Dulce Nombre de Jesús' and 'Divino Pastor'.

  • Nindirí

    The major attraction of this municipality is the monumental Masaya Volcano National Park, which is a large preserved area with three craters and its own ecosystem. The urban center is the city of Nindiri, where tourists will find old buildings, and interesting museum with pre-Columbian pieces and fossils.

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  • Niquinohomo

    The center of this municipality is the city of Niquinohomo. There are many eateries on the highway and inside the territory. The central park is very quiet, where visitors will find the antique and quite charming Santa Ana Church. The religious festivities, in honor of Santa Ana, are held on July 25th and 26th, with processions, parties and traditional dances. The municipality is also known for being the birthplace of the national heroe Augusto C. Sandino.

  • San Juan de Oriente

    Crafts workshops are the major attractions of the municipality of San Juan de Oriente, where tourists can find pottery and ceramics. Throughout the village, tourists will find several shops offering decorative art pieces, either with bright or sober colors. The religious festivities of the municipality are held from July 23rd to 26th, and include the traditional dance of 'Los Chinegros'. The summit, slopes and coasts of the Apoyo Lagoon Natural Reserve are also an attraction.

  • Tisma

    The center of this rural municipality is the small town of Tisma. There are some colonial buildings, the majority of them churches. The town is known for its hammock producers and a traditional sweet called "requesón". Its major attraction is the Tisma Lagoon, also known as 'Charco de Tisma', which still preserves its wildlife (herons, birds and fish). La Puntita beach is another interesting spot, located 2 kilometers away from town.


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Skál is the old Norse word for "Cheers" and was said by our ancestors the Vikings, when drinking and raising a toast.

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Created out of an obsession for designer/art toys and collectables, Hong Kong based company Toy2r continues to break down the boundaries between product design, art and graphics.

Raymond Choy founded the company in 1995 where he took his dream of a once owned toy store known as ‘Toy R’ (short for Toy Raymond), which held countless quantities of limited edition toy collectables, and turned it into a internationally recognized company amongst the first to explore the potential of the designer/art toy movement. Ultimately, instilling contemporary art into the vinyl toy market we all know and love today.

Toy2r is a multi-faceted company whose logo was taken from their most loved and cherished mascot, the ‘Toyer.’ In 2001 Raymond released the skull-headed figure alongside what was to become the most ubiquitous toy canvas in the world, the Qee keychain figure.

Toy2r takes great pride in our determination to not only innovate but inspire artists’, designers’ and the world’s generation of youth alike. Their main objective is to provide limited/collectable designer/art toys at an affordable price, based on the coolest designs for the current international market.

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When Josie's ex-husband Michael walks back into her life to expand their flower business, his estranged wife Laura seems determined to make Josie's life a living hell. Tensions boil over when Laura breaks into Josie's house and Michael is forced to kill her out of self-defense. Only after Josie's eyewitness testimony gets Michael off the hook for murder, does Josie realize that the entire series of events was staged by Michael as an elaborate ploy to murder Laura.

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Madhuri Dixit Nene Actress, Biography, Age, Birthday, Photos

Actor Name  Madhuri Dixit Nene
Birthdate 15 May 1967
Age 53
Hometown  Bombay
Current City  Mumbai, India
Profession  Actress, Model, Dancer, Producer, Television,  Personality
Qualification  Degree in Micro-Biology
Family Father- Late Shankar Dixit
Mother- Snehlata Dixit
Brother- Ajit Dixit
Sister- Rupa Dixit, Bharati Dixit
Marital Status  Married
Husband/Spouse Shriram Madhav Nene (Doctor – Cardiovascular surgeon, m. 1999)

Unknown Facts –

  • Does Madhuri Dixit smoke? : No
  • Does Madhuri Dixit drink alcohol? : No
  • Madhuri was born to a middle-class Marathi-Brahmin family.
  • She started learning dance at the age of 3 and received many awards for her Kathak dance in her younger days.
  • Very few people know that in 1984 she was actually cast in a TV Show, but it never went on air as it was considered not ‘Good Enough.’
  • Though she was a top-line model in India before entering Bollywood, it took her 8 years to get a commercial breakthrough in the form of the film Tezaab (1988).
  • Her song in the same film “Ek Do Teen” was a total chartbuster and is still considered among Bollywood classics.

Biography –

Madhuri Dixit is one of the most acclaimed actors and Kathak dancers Bollywood have ever witnessed. Born in a Marathi Brahmin Koknastha family to Mr. Shankar and Mrs. Snehlata, Madhuri Dixit has two sisters Rupa, Bharti, and brother Ajit. She performed decently well in her academics and aspired to become a Microbiologist which made her pursue the subject from Mumbai’s Sathaye College, formerly known as Parle College; but within six months she opted out from college to pursue her career in Bollywood. Though she debuted with ‘Abodh’ in 1984, it’s with ‘Tezaab’ (1988), a romantic thriller caste opposite Anil Kapoor, where she started garnering fame and popularity. She earned her first nomination of Filmfare Best Actress with this movie and it was also the highest grossing film in that year. Her performance in ‘Ek Do Tin’ made every heart groove to the beats of the song. During this time, Madhuri also got featured on Debonair and she was also featured as the cover girl on 1986 Filmfare edition. Since then she has graced more than 72 movies with her stupendous performances.

After ‘Tejaab’, Madhuri Dixit once again was paired with Anil Kapoor for Subhash Ghai’s ‘Ram Lakhan'(1989) which went on to be a super hit and the second highest grossing movie of the year. In her next ‘Prem Pratigya’ she received critical acclamation for her performance and earned her second nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award. Dixit continued her success with her fourth pairing with Anil Kapoor in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s drama ‘Parinda’. In 1990, Madhuri starred in the romantic drama ‘Dil’ opposite Aamir Khan. The film became the biggest box office hit of the year and made her one of the leading actresses of Bollywood. Her performance in ‘Dil’ also earned her the first Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career. She was also seen in the dramas ‘Sailaab’ opposite Aditya Pancholi and ‘Kishen Kanhaiya’ opposite Anil Kapoor. The following year in 1991, she starred in the super-hit movie ‘Saajan’ opposite Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt which also earned her the fourth nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 1992, Dixit featured in the film ‘Beta’ once again opposite Anil Kapoor which won her the second Filmfare Best Actress Award. Following the film’s success, Dixit became famously known as the “Dhak Dhak Girl” for her performance on the song “Dhak Dhak Karne Laga”.

In 1993, Dixit starred in the super-hit film ‘Khalnayak; opposite Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff. Her portrayal of the police officer Ganga earned her critical acclaim and a sixth nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award and became the year’s second highest grossing film. In 1994, Dixit starred in ‘Anjaam’, being paired with Shahrukh Khan for the first time. Dixit’s performance of a revenge-seeking wife and mother earned her a seventh nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award. She was praised for her performance, even though the film was an average performer at the box office. Her next was ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ opposite Salman Khan. The film became one of the biggest hits & the highest grossing Bollywood film after its theatrical run and held this record for 7 years till the release of ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ (2001). Madhuri was awarded her third Filmfare Best Actress Award for the film. 1995 witnessed Dixit star in the hit film ‘Raja’ opposite Sanjay Kapoor. The film became the fourth highest grosser of the year and its success was attributed to her immense popularity. Her next release was David Dhawan’s ‘Yaraana’ opposite Rishi Kapoor, in which she played a dancer on the run from her abusive lover. Both films earned her nominations for the Filmfare Best Actress Award.

After a not so successful year in 1996 with films like ‘Prem Granth’ and ‘Rajkumar’Madhuri Dixit bounced back with Prakash Jha’s ‘Mrityudand’ in 1997 followed by Yash Chopra’s ‘Dil to Pagal Hai’ (1997), opposite Shahrukh Khan and Karisma Kapoor. Her performance in ‘Dil toh Pagal Hai’ fetched her the fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award. The film also proved to be a success at the box office. However, her career growth slowed down with films like Wajood (1998) and Aarzoo (1999). In 2000, Madhuri starred in Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Pukar’ opposite Anil Kapoor which earned her twelfth nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award. She then played the title character in ‘Gaja Gamini’ In 2001, Dixit starred in Deepak Shivdasani’s love triangle ‘Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke’ opposite Ajay Devgan and Preity Zinta, followed by reuniting with Rajkumar Santoshi in the multi-starer ‘Lajja’ (2001). Dixit was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Lajja. In 2002, Dixit starred in a lead role in the love triangle film ‘Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam’ opposite Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan. Madhuri Dixit’s next release was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period romance ‘Devdas’, co-starring Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai. Devdas was chosen as India’s official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. Dixit won the Filmfare Best supporting actress award for the film. It turned out to be her last film for a while as she shifted to Denver, U.S.A with her husband Dr. Shriram Madhav Nene, a Cardiovascular Surgeon. She subsequently became a proud mother of two sons (Arin and Ryan) in March 2003 and March 8, 2005, respectively.

In 2006, Dixit returned to India with her family and acted in Anil Mehta’s dance film ‘Aaja Nachle’ (2007). It was her first release in five years and her performance was appreciated by critics and also earned her the nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award.

In 2008, she was also awarded the prestigious ‘Bharat Ratna’ for her contribution to Indian cinema by the Government of India. In 2011, Dixit was felicitated with the Filmfare Special Award for completing 25 years in the film industry.

In 2012, she was seen in the comedy ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ (2014), a sequel to Ishqiya (2010) opposite Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, and Huma Qureshi. The film opened to a positive response from critics who called it “one of the year’s most important releases”. The film also earned her the fourteenth nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Her next release of the year was the debuted director Soumik Sen’s ‘Gulaab Gang’ alongside Juhi Chawla.

Madhuri Dixit made her debut in Marathi cinema both as an actor & Producer in 2018. She played the lead in ‘Bucket List’ and produced “15th August” which is slated for a Netflix worldwide released in 2019. She has also lent her voice for the Netflix original ‘Mowgli’.

In (2019) she was seen reunited with Anil Kapoor after 17years on screen in a comedy, action and adventure movie ‘Total Dhamaal’ the third sequel of ‘Dhamaal’ (2007). In the same year, she also a part of Dharma productions ‘Kalank’ a period drama film directed by Abhishekh Varman starring along with Sanjay Dutt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Alia Bhatt, and Sonakshi Sinha.

Madhuri Dixit is also associated with various philanthropic activities. She is associated with UNICEF since 2014 to advocate the rights of children, prevent child labor and child trafficking. She was appointed as the brand ambassador for the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign by the Government of India in 2015 that aspires to create awareness and upgrade the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls.

Dixit made her first appearance on television as a host for India’s first reality show Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hai on Sony TV followed by Jhalak Dikhla Ja & Dance Deewane.

Filimography (Since 2000)-

  • Pukar
  • Gaja Gamini
  • Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke
  • Lajja
  • Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam
  • Devdas
  • Aaja Nachle
  • Bombay Talkies
  • Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
  • Dedh Ishqiya
  • Gulaab Gang
  • Bucket list
  • Mowgli : Legend of the Jungle
  • Total Dhamaal
  • 15 August
  • Kalank

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