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Upgrade now. “Just over a week ago, while partaking in a late-night London frenzy, I ended up meeting a Yemeni man whose main occupation was running a grand hotel in Vienna. In the midst of what began as a short conversation to introduce myself and thank him for allowing my companions and me to join him at his gathering, I looked around and noticed that on the wall he had a poster of Tarantino’s 2007 film Death Proof. While explaining my current conundrum of writing the next draft of the script, my new friend invited me to join him in Vienna, where he would provide me with a room in his hotel so I could try to conquer this quarrel I had with my script. I was in awe and eager to learn more. Peter paused before continuing his story. I looked in the rearview mirror and noticed that his face had shrunk with a small sense of sorrow. He then continued staring deep into the empty road before finally saying, “I get upset sometimes when I think about Leonard.” At that moment, I was bewildered and didn’t know what to say. Peter then summarized his story by simply saying, “Leonard was a very good man to me.” We continued listening to the Cohen album throughout the journey. We did not need to speak much, and every so often, I would look into the rearview mirror again to see Peter timidly singing along with the poetic words of his dearest Leonard… As we arrived at the hotel, Peter turned down the music and exhaled before muttering, “Sometimes, you just meet somebody and—” He didn’t finish his sentence. We both exited the car, and I completely understood why it was hard to describe the feeling he held. Sometimes, life can be stranger than fiction, and sometimes, life can hold nothing but suffering—to the point of questioning what is what, why is why, and who the hell is who! But, as the vast majority of humans know, in the lucky glimpse of beauty, there can be a time, a place, a moment where you look another human in the eye and realize why the earth can be a place called home. I thanked Peter, shook his hand, and said, “Until the next time, Peter.” He smiled and continued his journey, which I am sure was accompanied by Leonard. As I walked into the hotel, I remembered the first time I met the man I call The Wizard, Rodrigo Amarante. After spending several weeks in Fano, I became enamoured by how mesmerising it was. I learned that Fellini had gone to school there, that it was rarely used as a filming location, and that the locals and I were getting along to such a degree that they would grant me permission to shoot a film there with support from the town’s community. So, within a few weeks, I completed a draft of the script and sent it to the nearest production company that could help bring it to life. After a month, I was informed that he was busy on tour in Brazil and couldn’t do it. I also realised that I had sent his previous manager an idea for a music video for his song The End, which he wasn’t informed about. Of course, it all seemed too good to be true anyway. Regardless, financing the film was beginning to seem like an impossible mission, and as Coppola recently said, it’s a battle with “an industry so terrified of risk.” But the majority of those who read the script emphasised that there was potential, and with the support from the locals in the town, there was still a chance we could make it happen. So, while thinking of alternate films I could produce in London, I still held on to a glimpse of hope that my scene with Rodrigo could one day prevail. As I amplified my motivation to continue the parade of making the film, I was caught off guard by the might of life’s unexpectancies. The day after Christmas, I collapsed, and for the following year, I was in and out of the hospital, caught in the midst of having a rather frightening brain tumour. And that’s the way the cookie crumbles, they say! During these times, Rodrigo and I would write to each other every month or so, and when we did, it would be in the format of a long letter from a relative who lived across the world. As if we were pen pals, we got to know more about each other. A brotherly foundation was being formed, and what began as a conversation about work, eventually formulated into two humans talking about the methods of living and the queries of life. Two years later, after recovering enough to be able to fly to New York, Rodrigo and I planned to finally meet. It was February, and since I had first spoken to Rodrigo, I had released my book of short stories, Memoirs of a Balloon, and my third short film, Puddle of Muddles. Rodrigo had finished his original score for His Three Daughters, and things seemed as if they were adding up. I had told Rodrigo prior to our meeting that it would be an honour to take some photographs of him, which one day I would put to good use. He agreed, and off I set to confront the phrase, “never meet your heroes.” From a distance, I spotted Rodrigo, and like a drunk aunt, I raised my arms in the air and smiled. He did the same. There were 20 seconds before we finally reached each other, and within the first few words, I had lost any fear or worry that one might have in such a circumstance. After spending the day travelling through New York, I was welcomed into Rodrigo’s abode. Church stained windows separated his living room from the streets; hundreds of books, vinyls, the instruments I had seen him use in videos of his performances, score sheets, kitchen utensils, and artworks – it would take a Capote or Joyce to portray how much his surroundings aligned with his music and essence. At this point, I felt as if I was back home, in a place where I belonged. I met Rodrigo’s partner, she was working on a theatre play – yin and yang, it was like the puzzle pieces together forming an image only Hopper could paint. And, as The Four Aces gleefully chanted, Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing… And there he sat, The Wizard, playing the song, just him and me. I didn’t shed a tear, as it would have been rather weird. But my soul most certainly felt as if the ticking time bomb had paused while witnessing such history. The next day was Valentine’s Day, and as a lonely, poetic cliché of a man surviving the story of a tortured artist figuring out how to figure things out, I was planning to spend it watching Julia Roberts in Notting Hill, deliriously hoping that one day I’d fail in all my methods of becoming a feature filmmaker, which of course, would inevitably result in me having no choice but to attend my daily service as a salesman in a family-owned secondhand bookstore. I had to rush to Paris the next day for a shoot, so I couldn’t attend Rodrigo’s show. The Wizard then emphasised that my mother should attend and she would be added as the guest of honour. The next night, I received a call from her, and with a wonder of excitement, she told me that during the performance, Rodrigo dedicated a song to her – and it was called… Fall Asleep. Anyway, I started writing this at 4AM, and it is now 10:30AM. I have planned to show my new friend from Yemen the Forman film, Taking Off as he hasn’t seen it yet. So, I must listen to The Wizard and get some rest. Take from this whatever you will: a journal, a memoir, a gloat, a report, a brag, maybe the most delicately crafted name-drop one can portray, or maybe it’s just a heavenly escapade of a dream coming true. But, at the end of the day, as Peter said, “Sometimes, you just meet somebody and—”” 19 Apr 2025 13:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Amarante FC vs S.U Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are Amarante FC 0 win(s) Have scored 2 goals in their last 5 matches 19 Apr 2025 13:00:00 GMT?Amarante FC vs S.U 19 Apr 2025 13:00:00 GMT ended in a 1–1 tie.InsightsHave scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInJACKSONVILLE (WITN) - A death certificate says a Camp Lejeune Marine whose wife was found dead last month shot and killed himself It took Jacksonville police more than two weeks to release the names of Lance Corporal Dariel Amarante and Maya Amarante Police said their deaths were domestic-related but told us any other information would have to come from NCIS The two were married and lived in an apartment at Charleston Place Apartments Their bodies were found on the afternoon of January 19th His death certificate filed yesterday says the 22-year-old Marine shot himself in the head with a 9mm handgun The woman’s death certificate said she was the victim of a homicide, having been shot in the head as well. The Marine Corps says Amarante was a rifleman, assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marines and enlisted on April 26th, 2021. Volume 3 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2025.1440605 This article is part of the Research TopicEarly Media ExposureView all 16 articles Introduction: Screen time can have important ramifications for children's development and health Children exposed to greater screen time score lower on assessments of language development and tend to sleep less most studies examining associations among screen time and sleep quality have focused on older children and/or have relied on subjective assessments of screen time exposure (i.e. The current study examined whether screen exposure assessed via both maternal-report questionnaires and in-home audio recordings was associated with differences in language development and sleep quality in infants at ~6 months of age (N = 187) Methods: Mothers completed questionnaires to assess infant screen exposure as well as family socioeconomic and demographic factors The Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recorder was used to measure home screen use and the language environment Results: Higher family income and higher maternal education were associated with less infant screen time as assessed by both maternal report and in-home LENA recordings Neither measure of infant screen exposure was significantly associated with the home language environment maternally-reported infant language production Maternally-reported screen exposure showed a small but significant positive correlation with LENA-derived screen exposure Discussion: We find no detectable association between screen exposure and differences in maternally reported language development or sleep quality in the first 6 months of life Future studies will be needed to examine associations among screen time and subsequent infant development and health outcomes much of the existing research examining these associations has focused on older children making it unclear how early in development electronic media-related differences in language and sleep outcomes emerge suggesting that early media exposure may shape emerging language milestones To support emerging language development in young children it is crucial to understand whether electronic media exposure is associated with differences in the home language environment and infants' language milestones and to determine when such associations first emerge These mixed results in the literature suggest that further research examining whether electronic media is associated with sleep quality in young children is needed we preregistered the following hypotheses: More electronic media exposure would be associated with lower maternal-reported language production and fewer vocalizations in infants More electronic media exposure would be associated with fewer parent-child conversational turns and lower adult word count More electronic media exposure would be associated with lower maternal-reported sleep quality in infants Electronic media exposure derived from LENA would show stronger associations with infant sleep quality and infants' language production relative to maternally-reported electronic media exposure The analysis plan and hypotheses for this study were preregistered on Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/82hmy). All data and code (for tasks and analyses) are available on Open Science Framework as well (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/QWVKD) The present data are drawn from an ongoing longitudinal study investigating associations between early experience and child development in the first 3 years of life Mothers were recruited via local prenatal clinics Participants were from the New York City metropolitan area and were intentionally recruited to have wide variation in educational attainment ranging from having less than a high school education to holding an advanced degree Mothers were recruited over two time periods because of a temporary interruption in data collection due to the COVID-19 pandemic: the first cohort of mothers was recruited from June 2019 through March 2020 (N = 93) and the second cohort of mothers was recruited from August 2021 to September 2022 (N = 116) Mothers were screened over the phone to confirm eligibility mothers were required to be 18 years of age or older carrying a singleton fetus with no known neurological or developmental issues mothers were invited to participate in a prenatal visit in our lab or their home Participant demographics and study variables All mothers provided written informed consent for their family's participation in the study Research procedures were approved by the Institutional Review Board of Teachers College mothers reported their educational attainment the number of adults and children living in the household Family socioeconomic status (SES) was operationalized using maternal-reported educational attainment and an income-to-needs ratio (ITN) Income-to-needs (ITN) ratios were calculated by dividing total household income by the U.S poverty threshold for the respective family size for the year of data collection An ITN below 1 indicates that a family was living below the federal poverty threshold whereas an ITN above 1 indicates that a family was living above the federal poverty threshold 11 mothers reported their income to be zero dollars one dollar was added to all income values prior to calculating ITN We had three participants with outlier values >3 standard deviations from the mean; these values were winsorized to the next lowest value within three standard deviations from the mean whether the child has their own portable device they can carry and watch or play on) we focused on responses from two items on the modified ScreenQ: whether the infant had been exposed to screen (0 = No and the infants' total daily hours of screen exposure (i.e. how many hours in a typical day does your child watch TV/videos 89 mothers (43%) reported that their infants have been exposed to screens and therefore completed the total daily hours of screen exposure item on the modified ScreenQ We had two outlier values >3 standard deviations from the mean for participants that reported their infant's daily hours of screen exposure These values were winsorized to the next lowest value within three standard deviations from the mean screen/media exposure and the language environment in the home were measured using the language environment analysis (LENA) recorder CO) is an automated vocalization analysis device that can audio-record the child's language environment for up to 16 h Participants were provided with specially designed child T-shirts to hold the digital language processor (DLP) throughout the recording duration The average duration of the LENA recordings in our sample was 15 h (range: 7–16) Mothers were provided with LENA materials during their visit and were instructed to have their child wear the DLP on a typical day in their household the recording was uploaded to a computer and analyzed using the LENA software The software automatically produces estimates of electronic media exposure (number of seconds when electronic media was detected in the child's auditory environment) as well as counts of adult words (number of words spoken near the child) conversational turns (number of reciprocal vocalizations by an adult and the target child within 5 s) and child vocalizations (defined as a speech segment of any length surrounded by 300 ms or more of non-speech or silence) To understand how much screen time infants were exposed to we calculated the number of minutes children were exposed to screens in 5-min segments of the 16 h long recordings We then divided the total minutes of screen exposure by the duration of the LENA recording to create the average rate of screen/electronic media exposure per hour the word counts were divided by the duration of LENA recordings to create average hourly counts of adult words we had six participants with outlier values >3 standard deviations from the mean; these values were winsorized to the next lowest value within three standard deviations from the mean For our measure of average adult word count in the home we had one participant with an outlier value >3 standard deviations from the mean; this value was winsorized to the next lowest value within three standard deviations from the mean as well recordings needed to: (1) be ≥5 h in duration (excluded N = 7) (2) the DLP was not turned off more than three times during the recording (excluded N = 1) and (3) the recording did not take place on more than two calendar days (excluded N = 1) 117 participants were included in our LENA analyses All statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS (Version 28) we calculated Pearson's r to examine bivariate associations among study variables A series of multiple regressions were conducted to examine associations among infant screen exposure maternally-reported screen exposure (Yes/No) maternally-reported hours of screen exposure or LENA-derived screen time] was entered as the independent variable we examined whether screen exposure was associated with infant sleep quality infant sleep quality was entered as the dependent variable we examined whether screen exposure was associated with the home language environment adult word count or conversational turn count was entered as the dependent variable we examined whether screen exposure was associated with infants' language production LENA-derived child vocalizations or maternal-reported LDS was entered as the dependent variable We considered the following model covariates: maternal race Covariates were included in our regression models if they were significantly associated with either our independent or dependent variables To account for multiple comparisons, false discovery rate (FDR) corrections was applied to analyses using the Benjamini and Hochberg (1995) procedure Correlations among study variables are presented in Table 2. As indicated in Table 2 maternal-reported screen exposure and LENA-derived screen exposure were significantly correlated though this association was small in magnitude Maternal-reported screen exposure was not significantly associated with conversational turns LENA-derived screen exposure was not significantly associated with child vocalizations higher LENA-derived screen exposure was significantly associated with fewer parent-infant conversational turns higher family income and maternal education were significantly correlated with less infant screen time as measured by both maternal report and LENA recordings Associations between screen exposure and infant sleep quality Since evidence suggests that screen exposure is associated with shorter sleep duration in infants (Vijakkhana et al., 2015; Ribner et al., 2019; Cheung et al., 2017) we conducted an exploratory analysis to test whether screen exposure was associated with infant night-time sleep duration when controlling for maternal education The results indicated that LENA-derived screen exposure was not significantly associated with infant sleep duration (β = 0.02 maternal report of whether infants had yet been exposed to screens (i.e. yes or no) was also not significantly associated with infant sleep duration (β = −0.07 Higher maternal report of infant screen exposure was significantly associated with shorter nighttime sleep duration in infants (β = –0.34 although this association was only marginally significant after FDR correction (p = 0.054) Associations between screen exposure and the home language environment Associations between screen exposure and infants' language production As a sensitivity analyses, we re-ran our models and included all possible covariates; results can be found in Supplementary Tables S2–S4 The present study sought to examine whether electronic media exposure is associated with differences in infants' sleep quality and language development We hypothesized that greater electronic media exposure (as indexed by both maternal-report and automated recordings) would be associated with less adult word exposure lower maternally-reported language production and poorer maternally-reported infant sleep quality We also hypothesized that the magnitude of associations between LENA-derived electronic media exposure and infant language and sleep outcomes would be larger than the magnitude of associations between maternally-reported screen exposure and infant outcomes neither maternally-reported nor LENA-derived screen exposure was significantly associated with sleep quality or language development at 6 months of age when adjusting for demographic and socioeconomic factors These data suggest that electronic media exposure may not be associated with differences in sleep quality and language development in the first 6 months of life Although neither measure of electronic media exposure was associated with the quantity of adult speech (i.e. adult word count) or infant language production greater electronic media exposure derived from the LENA was associated with fewer parent-infant conversational turns suggesting that such disparities may drive the association between media exposure and parent-child conversational turns at 6 months of age in our sample This suggests that future studies should carefully consider socioeconomic factors when examining electronic media exposure and language outcomes suggesting that our study may have been underpowered to detect these effects it is possible that electronic media exposure is not associated with infant language production and our findings represent a true null result cross-study differences in study design (e.g. longitudinal) or sample demographics (e.g. representativeness of racial/ethnic minorities) could explain our lack of significant associations as well Given the limited research on these associations in young infants future longitudinal studies are needed to better understand how early differences in electronic media exposure and language development emerge during infancy suggesting the need for large sample sizes for an effect to be detected among these associations our study measured sleep quality differently than most studies which can explain why our results contradict other studies our study examined a composite measure of infant sleep quality the amount of time infants are awake at night and the amount of time it takes them to fall asleep other studies have tended to focus solely on infant sleep duration (i.e. hours of sleep) during the day and at night we ran an exploratory analysis and found that greater maternal-report of screen exposure was indeed associated with shorter infant nighttime sleep duration this result was only marginally significant after multiple hypothesis correction indicating that caution is warranted in interpreting this result Future studies should continue to measure these variables longitudinally and using multiple measures of sleep patterns to better understand how they may influence each other our two measures of screen exposure showed significant This small correlation suggests that maternal report and LENA may be capturing different sources of variance in electronic media exposure Maternal report may be solely capturing how much time an infant is directly exposed to electronic media the LENA may be capturing the amount of direct and indirect exposure to any electronic media near the child such as a smart phone their parent is using both measures are prone to different sources of error; for example the LENA could count music coming from an electronic speaker as “media exposure,” whereas this would not typically be considered as such in maternal report mothers may underreport media exposure for socially desirable reasons which might weaken associations between maternal report and LENA derived electronic media exposure Mothers may also not consider certain media to be “electronic media exposure” (e.g. an older sibling watching a television program near the target child) our statistical analyses are correlational and so our results cannot speak to the direction of associations between screen exposure and infant developmental outcomes it may be the case that certain child characteristics such as individual differences in language development or sleep quality may influence the amount of screen exposure infants with delayed language development or poor sleep quality might experience more screen time to manage developmental challenges or behavioral issues our results indicate that associations between electronic media exposure and infants' sleep quality and language development are not detectable at 6 months of age These associations may emerge later in development require more sensitive measures of sleep quality and language development Future studies should consider incorporating both maternal report and an in-home assessment of electronic media exposure to provide a more comprehensive understanding of its impacts on young infants and children The study of electronic media use during infancy is important for understanding early environmental exposures that may shape development and sleep With the continuous rise in technology use exploring how early media exposure impacts various domains of child development remains a crucial area for further investigation The datasets presented in this study can be found in online repositories. The names of the repository/repositories and accession number(s) can be found below: https://osf.io/qwvkd/ The studies involving humans were approved by Institutional Review Board of Teachers College The studies were conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements Written informed consent for participation in this study was provided by the participants' legal guardians/next of kin Writing – review & editing CW: Writing – review & editing The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research This work was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01HD093707 awarded to Kimberly Noble and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship (187925) awarded to Aislinn Sandre We thank all of our research participants and their families for their time and participation thanks to Olivia Colon and Isabel Kovacs for their help with project management and data collection The authors 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The woman’s death certificate said she was the victim of a homicide the death certificate for Dariel Amarante hasn’t been filed police say their investigation shows the deaths to be domestic-related and that the case has been turned over to NCIS The woman’s death certificate says she was not in the military The husband’s obituary says he joined the Marine Corps in 2020 (WITN) - The death of one person at a Jacksonville apartment complex in January appears to have been a homicide WITN has obtained the death certificate for 23-year-old Maya Amarante Amarante’s date of death and address match the location where Jacksonville police say that two adults were found dead on January 19th at a unit at Charleston Place Apartments Amarante’s death certificate says her cause of death was a “gunshot wound of head” and that she was “shot by 9mm handgun by other person.” The manner of death is listed as a homicide A death certificate was not available at the register of deeds for the second person in this case WITN has reached out to Jacksonville police for more information Jacksonville police originally shared news of the investigation on January 20th. They say that officers went to the apartment complex on January 19th around 2:30 p.m. for a welfare check and found two adults who lived in the apartment dead. Police say the deaths are being investigated jointly with the NCIS. 03 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Atletico won 3–1 over Amarante FC on Sat The current head to head record for the teams are Atletico 0 win(s) Haven't scored in their last 2 matches Have scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches Haven't kept a clean sheet in 5 matches Who won between Atletico and Amarante FC on Sat 03 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT?Atletico won 3–1 over Amarante FC on Sat 03 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches Atletico is playing home against Amarante FC on Sat Volume 9 - 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2015.00023 We examined the role of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in reward processing and the control of consummatory behavior Rats were trained in an operant licking procedure in which they received alternating access to solutions with relatively high and low levels of sucrose (20 and 4% Each level of sucrose was available for fixed intervals of 30 s over 30 min test sessions rats came to lick persistently when the high level of sucrose was available and suppressed licking when the low level of sucrose was available specifically the rostral part of the prelimbic area greatly reduced intake of the higher value fluid and only slightly increased intake of the lower value fluid the inactivations altered within-session patterns and microstructural measures of licking Rats licked equally for the high and low levels of sucrose at the beginning of the test sessions and “relearned” to reduce intake of the low value fluid over the test sessions Durations of licking bouts (clusters of licks with inter-lick intervals <0.5 s) were reduced for the high value fluid and there were many more brief licking bouts (<1 s) when the low value fluid was available These effects were verified using an alternative approach (optogenetic silencing using archaerhodopsin) and were distinct from inactivation of the ventral striatum Our findings suggest that the mPFC is crucial for the maintenance of persistent licking and the expression of learned feeding strategies our studies suggest that the mPFC is necessary for the maintenance of persistent licking and the expression of learned feeding strategies All experimental procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee at The John B where the experimental studies were carried out and conform to guidelines for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (National Institutes of Health) Male Sprague-Dawley and Long Evans rats weighing between 350 and 375 g were purchased from Harlan Animals and were allowed 1 week to acclimate to their new environment with daily handling prior to training Food access was regulated for maintenance of 90% of their free access body weight by giving 18 g of rat chow a day in the evenings following experiments Rats weighed between 325 and 500 g at the time of testing A total of 20 rats were tested for effects of positive contrast and 24 rats were tested for effects of negative contrast Pharmacological inactivations were performed during the operant task in 27 rats and six of these rats were removed from the study due to improper cannula targeting Seven rats (not included in the operant study) were tested with pharmacological inactivation of the mPFC during sucrose consumption in home cage A total of 12 rats were used for optogenetic inactivation experiments and seven of these rats were removed from the study due to lack of viral expression and/or misalignment of the optic ferrule with the viral expression field All animals were trained in operant chambers containing a house lamp and enclosed within a sound-attenuating external chamber (ENV-008; Med Associates) Control of pumps and data acquisition was carried out using Med-PC version IV (Med Associates) Pierce Laboratory Instruments Shop) was used that permitted multiple solution lines to merge and be consumed at a single point The spout was located on one wall of the chamber at a height of 6.5 cm from the chamber floor and positioned horizontally The spout was positioned between two barriers that restricted the movement of animals while licking on the spout Two solution lines connected to 60ml syringes were used in these experiments Syringe plungers were driven by single speed syringe pumps (PHM-100; Med Associates) triggered by licks and delivered ~0.025 ml of fluid per activation Licks were detected and recorded optically via interruptions of an infrared beam between an emitter and detector placed directly in front of the licking spout Animals were placed within an operant box for 30 min sessions with continual access to the drinking spout Standard sessions consisted of shifts in the availability of the high value sucrose solution (20% sucrose wt/v) and low value sucrose solution (4% sucrose wt/v) over alternating thirty second epochs Licking on the spout triggered delivery of the solutions the current epoch would end and the alternate solution epoch would commence following the next lick Alternation between epochs continued until the 30 min session terminated Rats were tested for effects of positive and negative contrast in special sessions in which only the high or low value sucrose solution was provided Positive contrast was detected as an increase in the consumption of the high value sucrose in sessions with access to both the high and low values of sucrose compared to sessions with access only to the high value sucrose Negative contrast was detected as a reduction in the consumption of the low value sucrose in sessions with access to both the high and low values of sucrose compared to sessions with access to only the low value We compared lick counts and measures of licking microstructure (number of bouts inter-bout interval) during the 30 s epochs when rats would normally receive the high or low value sucrose and by averaging these measures across all task epochs we checked for potential changes in satiation using cumulative record plots of licking in each testing session Animals were provided 2–3 days of full food access prior to implantation of either guide cannulas or infusion of virus into mPFC followed by implantation of optic ferrules Animals were initially anesthetized with isoflurane (3.5% ~2 min) and injected intraperitoneally with ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine (10 mg/kg) for deep anesthesia throughout the surgery supplemental doses of ketamine and xylazine were administered over the span of the surgeries The scalp was shaved and carprofen (10 mg/kg; Pfizer) was injected subcutaneously into the skin of the neck Animals were placed into a stereotaxic apparatus using ear bars and the scalp was covered in iodine for 1 min Iodine solution was wiped off the scalp and 0.3 ml of 2% lidocaine solution was injected subcutaneously along the midline A midsagittal incision through the skin covering the scalp was made to expose the surface of the skull and the positioning of the head within the stereotaxic apparatus was adjusted to ensure lambda and bregma were leveled into the same plane Four skull screws were placed caudally into the parietal skull bone plates for anchoring of implants to the head Single 26 gage guide cannulas with dummy cannulas (Plastics One) were implanted bilaterally into the prelimbic region of the mPFC [anteroposterior (AP) -4.0 from the surface of the brain at an angle of 12° from the midline] Four rats had bilaterial dual cannula targeting both rostral and caudal levels of the mPFC (AP -4.0 from the surface of the brain at an angle of 12° from the midline; this is the midpoint between the dual cannulas having a distance of 0.5 mm between the centers of each cannula) Cannulas targeted to ventral striatum were also implanted bilaterally (AP -5.5 from the surface of the brain at an angle of 22° from the midline) Guide cannulas were positioned 1 mm dorsal from the target brain structure due to using injection cannulas that extended 1 mm beyond the tip of the guide cannula Adeno-associated virus (AAV; serotype 9) plasmids containing archaerhodopsin (ArchT) and GFP driven under the ubiquitous CAG promoter (AAV-CAG-ArchT-GFP) were purchased from the University of North Carolina Vector Core (Chapel Hill Implanted optic ferrules (Prizmatix) had an optic fiber with a diameter of 400 μm and a numerical aperture (NA) of ~0.66 with a flat cut tip to focus light delivery to regions directly below the end of the ferrule 33 gage injection cannulas targeted only the rostral prelimbic cortex and 1 μl of virus was deposited at 0.1 μl/min using the same method described for infusion of drugs into the brain injection cannulas were left in place for an additional 5 min to allow for diffusion of the virus into the brain prior to being retracted Optic fibers were positioned 0.3 mm dorsal to the point of viral infusion After implantation of cannulas or ferrules the craniotomy was covered and cannulas initially secured using cyanoacrylate (Slo-Zap) and cyanoacrylate accelerator (Zip Kicker) The entire implant was then permanently affixed to the skull by methyl methacrylate dental cement (AM Systems) via the four implanted skull screws The skin surrounding the implants was cleaned animals were given the α2-adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine (2 mg/ml at equal volumes of the xylazine used during the surgery) to counteract the xylazine used for chronic anesthesia To reduce any chances of infection the antibiotic enrofloxacin (23 mg/kg; Bayer) was given intraperitoneally when the animal began to move enrofloxacin was administered via the drinking water (70 mg/500 ml) throughout recovery Carprofen was also administered via the drinking water (25 mg/500 ml) for 2 days following surgery for pain management To prevent animals from pulling out dummy cannulas over the span of recovery and re-initiation of behavioral experiments Kwick-Cast silicon sealant (WPI) was spread over the dummy cannula caps to secure them to their guide cannulas Animals were allowed to recover from surgery for 1 week while having free access to food and water Animals were monitored and weighed daily throughout recovery Regulated access to food was reinstated several days prior to behavioral testing All animals recovered within one or two test sessions after inactivation and showed equivalent intake and licking behavior to the PBS control sessions Drug delivery was carried out via a 33 gage injection cannula (Plastics One) connected to fine bore (0.38 ID) polythene tubing filled with mineral oil that was lightly colored pink with 0.5% Oil RedO (Sigma; O0625) The tubing was connected to a 10-μl Hamilton syringe (Hamilton) and the injection needle was then back filled with drug Drug was injected at 0.25 μl/min using a microsyringe pump (KD Scientific) and confirmed visually by marking the interface between the pink mineral oil and the infused solution before and after activation of the pumps animals were initially sedated with isoflurane (3.5% for 3 mins) and injected intraperitoneally with 1ml of Euthasol The animals were transcardially perfused first with 200 ml cold saline solution followed by 200 ml of cold 4% paraformaldehyde Brains were extracted and placed into 4% paraformaldehyde containing 20% sucrose and 20% glycerol Brains were cut to 100 μm thick slices in the frontal plane For experiments using fluorescent material half of the acquired slices were mounted to slides using Vectashield fluorescent mounting medium containing DAPI (Vector Labs) and the other half were Nissl stained via treatment with thionin only Nissl stained slices were mounted to slides from brain not using some form of fluorescent material Imaging of slices was done on a Motic BA400 microscope Visualization of fluorescence material in brains was provided for by a Photofluor fluorescent light source using DAPI Images were acquired using Bioquant V8.40.20 software All data were analyzed using custom-built scripts in Matlab version R2012b (Mathworks) and statistics were performed in R x64 ver. 2.15.1 using R-Studio ver. 0.97.237 2. Bouts of licks were detected using custom Matlab code provided by Dr. Ranier Gutierrez, as used previously in Gutierrez et al. (2006) and Horst and Laubach (2013) bouts were defined as having at least three licks within 300 ms and with an inter-bout interval of 0.5 s or longer Lick counts and bout durations were significantly correlated (r = 0.835) over all rats tested used in other drug infusion studies that are not reported in the present manuscript were presented with calibrated drinking tubes containing 20 and 4% sucrose (w/v) for a period of 5 min in their home cages Volumes consumed were noted over a series of 9 days rats were tested 1 h after a control infusion procedure (light anesthesia via isoflurane over a period of ~12 min) they were tested 1 h after an infusion of muscimol (as in the operant studies above) One rat showed a lack of evidence for drug infusion and another rat did not consume any fluid during the control or muscimol test sessions These animals were removed from the data summaries for home-cage testing reported below having a stable (6–7 Hz) intra-bout lick rate that is independent of the relative sucrose concentration Modulation of intake was implemented through adjustments in bout duration (A) Rats licked on a single spout and received access to solutions containing relatively high (20% The two fluids were presented in alternating 30-s epochs at the same spout (B) Animals consumed sucrose by emitting bouts of licks Key measures of licking “microstructure” are indicated Rats learned to actively suppress licking for the low value (4%) sucrose solution while gradually increasing intake for the high value (20%) sucrose solution across the first five sessions of the task Rats achieved asymptotic levels of licking over four to seven daily training sessions. They came to lick persistently when 20% sucrose was available and emitted many fewer licks when 4% sucrose was available (Figure 1C) A two-factor repeated measures ANOVA with factors for training session and sucrose concentration found that there was a significant change in mean lick count per epoch [F(3,238) = 27.87 total number of licks per session [F(3,238) = 34.13 The significant interaction between training session and sucrose concentration led us to perform single-factor ANOVAs on the measures of licking for each of the sucrose levels Intake of the low value solution was relatively stable and did not decrease significantly over days [mean licks per epoch: F(3,136) = 1.33 p > 0.3; total number of licks per session: F(3,136) = 0.45 p > 0.2; duration of licking bouts: F(3,136) = 1.71 There was a significant increase in mean licks per epoch [F(3,136) = 23.36 total number of licks per session [F(3,136) = 26.35 and duration of licking bouts [F(3,135) = 6.609 p < 0.001] when the higher value solution was available Reward contrast effects were revealed by testing rats with only one level of sucrose in a given behavioral session Contrast effects were apparent both in terms of lick counts and the average duration of licking bouts (A) Negative contrast was evident as rats (N = 24) consumed more of the low value solution when it was presented alone compared to the standard sessions with alternating access to the two levels of sucrose (B) Positive contrast was evident as rats (N = 20) consumed less of the high value solution when it was presented alone compared to the sessions with alternating access to the two levels of sucrose To study the role of mPFC in the regulation of intake, pharmacological methods for reversible inactivation were used to inactivate the mPFC during the operant licking task. Twenty-one infusions of 1 μl muscimol (1 μg/μl) or fluorescent conjugated muscimol (5 μg/μl) were made in 17 rats. Figure 3A depicts the estimated placement of all mPFC cannulas Fourteen of the rats had bilateral cannulas located in the rostral mPFC (+4.2 mm AP) Nine of these rats had both cannulas clearly centered in the prelimbic cortex (area 32) Four of these rats also received a second pair of cannulas in the more caudal mPFC (+2.7 mm AP) Three rats had single bilateral cannulas at an intermediate location (+3.7 mm AP) Effects of reversibly inactivating the mPFC in the operant licking task (A) Coronal depiction of infusion sites for muscimol within the mPFC Sites at 3.7 mm A/P were considered to be in the rostral mPFC area Nine of these sites were clearly within the prelimbic area Sites at 2.7 mm were considered to be in the caudal mPFC area Dual cannula located in both rostral (red) and caudal (blue) mPFC are included as well (B) Temporal patterns of licking were dramatically altered by inactivation of mPFC Top: Licking for 20% sucrose following infusion of PBS vehicle occurred in sustained bouts Bottom: Licking following inactivation of mPFC with muscimol (Musc) was associated with reduced bout durations and reduced overall licking (C) Inactivation of mPFC decreased licking and the duration of licking bouts for the higher value fluid and reduced the ratios of licking for the higher-to-lower value fluids (a measure of incentive contrast) Inactivation of mPFC also reduced the incentive contrast properties (aka subjective or relative value) of the liquid sucrose. To measure these effects, we calculated the ratios of lick counts and bout durations for when the high and low value sucrose was available. Inactivation of mPFC decreased these ratios for lick counts [t(20) = 3.87, p < 0.001] and bout durations [t(20) = 2.53, p < 0.05; Figure 3C These effects cannot be explained by an impairment in sucrose intake due to mPFC inactivation as a separate cohort of five rats were tested with mPFC inactivation during sucrose intake in the home cage There was no effect of the inactivation on the volume of sucrose that was consumed The rats drank 9.5 ± 3.3 ml of liquid sucrose in control sessions and 9.5 ± 1.9 ml in inactivation sessions These results suggest that inactivation of the rostral mPFC reduced persistent licking for sucrose value sucrose was also reduced following inactivation (E) There was no change in the number of licking bouts for the high value sucrose more bouts were emitted when the low value fluid was available and the rostral mPFC was inactivated the rats remained engaged in the task for a significantly longer duration before cessation of intake in the inactivation sessions [PBS: 1094 s; Muscimol: 1559 s; paired t-test: t(8) = 5.72 A simple interpretation of these findings is that inactivation of the mPFC altered sensorimotor aspects of licking which may underlie the effects of inactivation on measures of incentive contrast FIGURE 5. Effects of inactivation on measures of licking variability. (A) Inactivation of the rostral mPFC increased the median inter-lick interval [ILI; paired t-test: t(7) = -2.66, p < 0.04), defined as the time between pairs of licks, in 8 rats with muscimol infused into the rostral mPFC (see Figure 3A) (B) Inactivation also increased the inter-quartile range [t(7) = -4.09 (C) There was no consistent effect of inactivation on another measure of variability defined as the variance divided by the mean near 1 is typical for a random (Poisson) time series; (D) The fraction of non-bout licks (isolated licks and lick pairs) increased with inactivation [t(7) = -3.00 This finding is further support for the idea that the rats were less able to persistently lick with the rostral mPFC inactivated as found in the experimental group (N = 5) and when either misaligned (or non-expressing) in the control group (N = 7) The tips of the optic ferrules delivered green light (520 nm) from a 100 mW LED source The LED system was calibrated to deliver ~10 mW from the tips of the bilaterally implanted optic fibers Optogenetic perturbation of the rostral mPFC prevents persistent licking (A) Fluorescent GFP expression driven by the non-specific CAG promoter showed evidence for transduction of archaerhodopsin (ArchT) in the rostral mPFC of experimental rats Control rats either did not show proper alignment of viral field with implanted ferrules or showed no viral expression (B) Transient perturbation of the rostral mPFC in experimental rats via LED activation consistently decreased licking and bout duration There was no consistent change in licking by LED in control rats (C) Transient perturbation of the rostral mPFC in experimental rats via LED activation consistently decreased licking in epochs with LED on relative to epochs with LED off The optogenetic perturbation of rostral mPFC in experimental rats also reduced the duration of licking bouts There was no significant change in the number of bouts initiated with the LED activated (D) The ability to lick within bouts was not affected as there was no significant change in the ILI histogram of licking during epochs between epochs with the LED on and the LED off These results were obtained in five rats in which there was anatomical evidence (GFP fluorescence) for transduction of ArchT and alignment of the GFP marker for ArchT and the tips of the optic fibers Seven rats had either a lack of GFP labeling or a mismatch between the GFP marker and the optic fibers None of these rats showed any effects of LED activation on licking counts [t(6) = 1.658; p > 0.1] or bout duration [t(6) = 1.723; p > 0.1] there were no differences in licking between the first training session and the muscimol inactivation sessions in the well trained rats [20% sucrose (naïve vs These findings suggest that inactivation of the rostral mPFC blocked the expression of the learned within-session licking patterns Within-session dynamics following inactivation of the rostral mPFC (A) Epoch-by-epoch summary of mean lick counts and bout durations Dark and gray lines represent access to the high- and low-value sucrose solutions Naive animals begin consumption of high and low sucrose at the same level and inhibit consumption of low-value sucrose within the first day of training sessions that followed PBS infusions showed high lick rates and long licking bouts during access to the high value solution and low lick rates with short bout durations during access to the low value solution (C) Sessions that followed inactivation by muscimol were associated with equal initial intake of both the low and high value solutions and an eventual suppression of licking for the low-value fluid This pattern of intake is comparable to consumption when animals are naïve in the first day of training (D) In recovery sessions (day after inactivation) (E) Comparison of licking in the inactivation sessions and the first day of training (naïve animals) showed no significant difference in either lick counts or bout durations we have characterized the affected area from these infusions as being in the ventral striatum and not the core of the nucleus accumbens.) Infusions of vehicle and muscimol were also performed in ventral striatum (A) Infusion sites were located in the nucleus accumbens core inactivations in ventral striatum led to an increase in lick count for the high value (20%) sucrose solution The number of licks for the low value (4%) sucrose solution also increased during muscimol inactivation of ventral striatum (C) There was no change in bout duration for the high or low value sucrose solution with muscimol inactivations of ventral striatum Inactivation of ventral striatum led to a significant increase in total licking over sessions for both the high and low levels of sucrose (Figure 8B). There was a 49% increase in the number of licks for the high-value sucrose [t(5) = 2.900, p < 0.04) and a 76% increase in the number of licks for the low-value sucrose [t(5) = 3.328, p< 0.03]. No significant effects were found for the microstructural measures of licking (Figure 8C) These findings suggest that the ventral striatum has an inhibitory role in the control of sucrose consumption Inactivating the ventral striatum led to increased overall consumption especially for the lower value fluid these findings suggest that there is a regional specialization for the control of orolingual behavior within the mPFC (rostral not caudal) and between the mPFC and ventral striatum but did not reduce total licking in the operant task and did not reduce fluid consumption in testing sessions done in the home cage These results suggest that the net effect of inactivating the mPFC on sucrose consumption in the incentive contrast task is not inhibitory rats fail to express previously learned freezing behaviors at the beginning of the testing sessions but are able to learn to freeze to a stimulus during sessions with mPFC inactivated An interpretation based on incentive contrast effects 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Abraham Lincoln N° 452 Local 220B, Plaza La Francesa, Piantini, Santo Domingo 06 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Amarante FC won 2–1 over Varzim on Sun The current head to head record for the teams are Amarante FC 2 win(s) Who won between Amarante FC and Varzim on Sun 06 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT?Amarante FC won 2–1 over Varzim on Sun 06 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches Amarante FC is playing home against Varzim on Sun Get important news about your town as it happens Get the top stories from across our network Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from daily updates A nationwide search for the men who held up a Maywood jewelry store at gunpoint and fled on moped-style motorcycles has come to an end Four suspects arrested in Maywood jewelry store heist: Yeison Amarante Bolivar Authorities at the scene of the April jewelry store heist in Maywood/Yeison Amarante Bolivar are each facing charges in connection with the incident on April 23 at the West Pleasant Avenue jewelry store Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said An investigation found that two of the men broke into the business and pointed firearms at an employee and customer inside the store One of the men grabbed the employee and a brief struggle ensued detectives determined that several additional suspects were involved in the planning and execution of the armed robbery the suspects used two moped-style motorcycles to travel to and from the scene of the armed robbery in Maywood The four men were identified following a nationwide and monthslong investigation Rivas-Alvarado and Aguiera Areyan were arrested in North Bergen on Wednesday Amarante Bolivar was arrested in Miami on Thursday He was found with a watch valued at nearly $1 million from a robbery in Beverly Hills They also recovered a stolen rifle and handgun Amarante Bolivar was lodged at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami pending extradition to New Jersey Requena Yerena was arrested in New York City ad lodged in the Bergen County Jail Read today's Portuguese stories delivered to your email Amarante proposes to lease vacant private houses to sublet them to residents at controlled costs and with guarantees for landlords alleviating the difficulties of affordable housing in the municipality “The idea behind this project is to try to go to the market to rent out homes and then sublet them,” the mayor The mayor states that, according to the 2021 Census, Amarante, in the Porto district, had around 3,000 vacant houses at the time, the majority belonging to emigrants. If it is possible with this programme to attract around 5% of homes to the rental market, it would mean that 150 new homes would be available, says Jorge Ricardo. As an attraction for landlords, in addition to the guarantee of rent payment, the municipality offers exemption from IRS, which corresponds to 28%, and exemption from payment of Municipal Property Tax (IMI), in addition to property conservation. “There is a partner here, which is the municipality of Amarante, which offers a degree of trust to landlords, which can be important”, he noted. A campaign to publicise the programme, called “HabitAmarante”, was launched today, with informative leaflets being sent via post to homeowners’ homes, explaining the conditions for applications. “If you have a house to rent, the municipality of Amarante will rent your house”, reads the leaflet sent to residents, indicated Jorge Ricardo. According to the regulation, there are maximum amounts that the municipality can pay landlords for each type of housing, starting, as a reference, from 420 euros for a 3-bedroom apartment. According to the mayor, the council proposes to sublet the houses of participating landlords, setting affordable prices for residents, based on their income and households. In some cases, he admitted, the municipality will bear the difference between the amount paid to landlords and the affordable rent provided to tenants. “This will be another tool that will allow us to help families have decent social housing, which is a current difficulty in the municipality”, he concluded. We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to, we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small. You can change how much you give or cancel your contributions at any time. 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With Gyökeres chasing a goalscoring record for 2024, Teixeira spoke of the striker’s ambition: “He wants to play and score in every game. We have to manage his minutes, but we want him to continue playing, continue scoring—he needs the support of all the players for that. If he breaks some records, even better.” Gyökeres has been linked heavily with Arsenal and is expected to leave Sporting in the summer. Menu Listen Ahead of his performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall this weekend the Brazilian-born musician talks returning to his longtime home of Los Angeles With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records The NYC-based project’s second album delights in its confident sense of chaos with vocalist Cole Haden knowing full well there’s no way we’re going to avert our gaze for a single moment Channeling Ziggy Stardust’s glam transcendence Will Toledo resurrects the album as a grandiose narrative vehicle while marking his valiant stride into the rock canon The Erasure frontman works out something open and anthemic on his latest solo album with producer Dave Audé adding subtler shades to his post-house pop mix Though born in Brazil and currently living in Brooklyn, literarily lyrical and adventurously emotional vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and actor Rodrigo Amarante surely left his heart in Los Angeles—his longtime home as a sense of home permeates everything he does Beloved for his roles within ensembles such as Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, and Little Joy, it’s Amarante’s solo work that’s most vividly intriguing and imagistic. Beginning with Cavalo in late 2013, touching on the bolero-based sound of “Tuyo” on his theme song for Netflix’s Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, then pivoting into the neorealism of 2021’s Drama every sonic portrait that Amarante paints feels deeply lived in and woozily warm Before returning to Downtown Los Angeles for his Walt Disney Concert Hall set with the equally picturesque Helado Negro on Friday, April 21, we spoke to Amarante about writing to a sense of place on his last album, as well as some of his favorite spaces to dwell within the City of Angels. On Drama, there’s a song called “Sky Beneath,” which sounds as if it’s in tune with a specific location without spelling anything out. Am I nuts? I’m flattered that “Sky Beneath” does that. I’m curious about how, though—you tell me [laughs]. I had been living in Los Angeles when I wrote that, longer than I lived anywhere in my lifetime—and I didn’t realize it at the time. That says something about that city. Los Angeles was always meant to be temporary. But it was a decade into being there when I wrote that song. What did you first fall in love with to want to stay in Los Angeles? And then I fell in love. It’s like a new language—you only learn one when you’re in love, or you need to. Plus, I grew up surfing, so the city offered me great surfing and a great surfing community. I made records with friends from New York and LA. Got married. Got divorced. No regrets. Is there a specific place in Los Angeles that connects you to where—or how—you grew up in Brazil? Not really. Los Angeles is different than Rio. And I’m not in the world looking for Brazil. I’m fascinated looking for and at everything else, all of the other cultures. I learned to appreciate the others while in LA. There, I was never so close to other people from other parts of the world. Besides, I can always get on a plane and fly to Brazil. I’m not stuck here. Is there a music room in Los Angeles where you’re most comfortable hanging out? Dining in Los Angeles—that’s a far different experience than where you are in Brooklyn. I’ve been away from Los Angeles for almost a year, and I can give you one very LA thing: what I’m missing is Leo’s Tacos on Eagle Rock Boulevard. That stuff doesn’t exist in New York. And I’m a cook, so I know what I’m talking about. The salsa is different. The way they make the rice is different. I miss that so much. Also, there is Hama Sushi on 2nd Street, Downtown, on the other side of the spectrum. Talking about your cooking skills, I know you worked with the Hollywood Food Coalition during the pandemic. What is your recollection of that moment in Los Angeles, drawing you to that space and that activity? Will Lemon, an artist and a good friend who I met through Devendra, is the head chef there, and asked if I would want to come cook. We’ve cooked together many times, like friends who cook do—and that is very LA, that dinner party thing. I was particularly touched by his offer, because I’ve had a relationship with homeless people and poor people who live on the street. Being a kid from Brazil, I saw that all the time, and never thought that I would ever see that in LA so drastically. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rodrigo Amarante (@_rodrigo_amarante) For a while after that studio on Palmetto Street I had another studio on Wall Street—Skid Row To walk through Skid Row can mean becoming numb to it Some of my early songs have characters who are homeless prepare Sunday dinner for sometimes 250 people with food donated from bakeries and supermarkets I really loved doing it—having some Fela Kuti on the boombox I felt as if I’d gotten more than I was given is there any place where you could most go within Being a foreigner is an invitation to turning a handicap into a superpower so any time I have an opportunity to do that is lovely You’re coming back Downtown when you play the Walt Disney Want to say something about where you might hang after the gig Your support helps make our show possible and unlocks access to our sponsor-free feed Rodrigo Amarante finished writing and recording his latest album at his home studio in LA during the pandemic He says his writing table is separated from the rest of his studio a sacred space where no machines are allowed Lee Hale and Sami Yenigun with help from Brandon Shillingford Become an NPR sponsor Four men were arrested on charges that stem from an armed robbery at a jewelry store in Maywood in April the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said Friday were arrested on charges from the incident the Maywood Police Department responded to 42 West Pleasant Ave. Authorities were told two male suspects had entered the business withdrawn their firearms and pointed them at an employee and a customer inside the store but not before one suspect allegedly grabbed the employee The suspects left behind duct tape and zip ties Two other suspects are accused of assisting in the alleged armed robbery by using two moped-style motorcycles and a motor vehicle to travel to and from the scene Rivas-Alvarado and Aguilera Areyan were arrested in North Bergen on June 19 by the prosecutor's Special Investigations Squad They are currently detained in the Bergen County jail said the news release from the Prosecutor's Office Amarante Bolivar was arrested in Miami on Sept An existing investigation by Miami law enforcement looking into Amarante Bolivar recovered "a watch worth approximately one million dollars that was stolen during a robbery in Beverly Hills California." A stolen rifle and a handgun were also recovered He is currently detained at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami pending extradition to Bergen County to face charges in the armed robbery Requena Yerena was arrested in New York City on Oct the FBI and the New York Police Department He is also currently detained in the Bergen County jail Amarante Bolivar and Requena Yerena are charged with two counts of first-degree armed robbery second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose Rivas-Alvarado is charged with same crimes as the other three men along with two counts of fourth-degree aggravated assault The press release did not reveal the roles each man allegedly played in the armed robbery nor did it provide the suspects' next court date Above the Fold the musicians reflect upon recent collaborations and affirm that any wishes for their continuation are likely to come true Tim Bernardes and Rodrigo Amarante are illuminated by the sight of one another. Their obvious—and oft verbalized—mutual affection is built from satisfaction in its simplest form: the joy of spending time together. The Brazilian artists recently collaborated on reimaginations of two songs, Bernardes’s “Leve” and Amarante’s “Tao.” Captured on camera in the former’s living room the recordings were really the product of chance born from a brief opportunity where the two found themselves in the same city—an excuse for the friends to share time and song Amarante’s resume is similarly weighted: His theme tune for Narcos “Tuyo,” is embedded in the contemporary cultural consciousnesses; he recently performed with the LA Philharmonic; and he’s found critical acclaim across his first musical projects In the throes of touring, Bernardes and Amarante meet to reflect upon their recent collaboration and affirm that any wishes for its continuation are likely to come true Megan Hullander: You’re obviously fans of each other’s work—but I feel like being a fan of someone’s work is different from wanting to collaborate with them What felt like you were suited to make music together Rodrigo Amarante: This collaboration was precisely that: liking each other’s music and liking each other Tim Bernardes: We were really just spending an afternoon together I liked this [because] it was more about the joy of doing it Megan: I think that sense of joy is something that’s associated with Brazilian culture I’m curious about how Brazil—aside from the obvious musical influences—permeates into your creative processes your sense of worth comes from working hard I think a very good indicator is that it’s positive to respond to we have this openness—and it gets to the music because it comes from intention The direction of your arrow just goes a different way and you can’t escape that some things are planned So I was dying to do unplanned things like [these recordings] Megan: Why is it easier to find that joy in collaboration than it might be in your solo work Tim: I like collaborations because they kind of feel like vacation When I’m worried about creating my own sound I can be at ease; I don’t have to justify anything I like the discovery process of doing an album—I love it—but it feels lighter to collaborate You don’t have to have some big conceptual thing it’s like there’s a mirror in front of you the whole time Tim: It almost feels like you can be more yourself when you’re collaborating because you’re not using part of your brain to try to be yourself to be faithful to yourself—you’re just being Megan: Would you ever work in a more structured capacity for an album together or would that ruin the pleasures of spontaneity Rodrigo: I would like to try to take it to the next level and write something together Tim and I have talked about music today and the feelings we share about songwriting—like Sometimes I use this exercise: Whatever it is that I’m writing because you don’t have all the restraints of adulthood or what’s proper I feel like that would be the spirit of it Rodrigo: Maybe we should do something with a time restraint I wasn’t pretending to be a songwriter yet But we would go to this house in the countryside the same amount of work would probably get done But that [time constraint] creates an environment where you have to believe in instinct Tim: It’s like recording to tape—you don’t have endless options not going back to edit and rethink brings a certain energy you will find mistakes: I started early here But the energy is what makes it so vibrant and warm we’re going to use this interview to plan an album Rodrigo: We could even try this: I record four tracks and leave some space at random parts and you send me another tape with your four tracks “It almost feels like you can be more yourself when you’re collaborating to be faithful to yourself—you’re just being.” I wonder how it functions in knowing when something feels final Tim: If you had some idea that you wanted to get in there but it’s an exercise always [in making] sure I’m not being precious And these kinds of free attempts are great reminders of how letting go quicker is usually better I hope that I remembered lines that I would have changed But I’m so glad I didn’t have time to change anything because there’s an inconsistency that I like in the lyrics; I started with a certain idea and as the night went on I abandoned it and became more free towards the end of the song I’d probably polish it and would lose something that was there There’s also the feeling that you’re collaborating with chance It’s interesting to see what happened in a song that is not exactly [purposeful] On this edition of All Songs Considered, I have a conversation with Rodrigo Amarante. The great Brazilian-born, now Los Angeles-based musician has just put out his first solo album in seven years; it's called Drama It's an album filled with his vibrant and thoughtful persona a record that started pre-pandemic but finished at home To get some new insight into how Rodrigo Amarante puts his music together, I asked him to pick some favorites from the past and music that changed his life. So we hear not only music from his new album, Drama, and a collaboration with the Brazilian luminary musician Gal Costa, but also music by The Smiths and Gilberto Gil and more The birds are annoyingly chirpy in Amarante, given the uncompromising sleeplessness of the night before. The small city in Portugal’s north is celebrating its patron saint, São Gonçalo, who is associated with marriage and fertility and various other things, but I’m now fairly certain sleep is not one of them. A DJ booth right below me is still pumping out a stream of bad Kizomba tracks at 6 a.m. At 8 a.m., a deafening percussion of fireworks signals a new day of festivities. I wake convinced someone is firing off a shotgun right next to my head. So here I am, bleary-eyed and pretty sure that sugar and caffeine are the only viable breakfast options. In Amarante, the land of São Gonçalo, that means doces falicos. Phallic cakes. I take my penis pastry upstairs, make a strong cup of tea and sit outside on my balcony listening to the obscene joviality of the birds and the gleeful running of the river. Where to start… ball or tip? Not a question you regularly ask at breakfast time. I could eat them every day. If the cakes do as they advertise it might result in more marriages than Elizabeth Taylor. But who’s to say it wouldn’t be worth it? Join our newsletter to get exclusives on where our correspondents travel, what they eat, where they stay. Free to sign up. 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As well as being known as the birthplace of the viola amarantina the city is also famous for its series of Iberian pipe organs that adorn the historic churches Amarante´s thriving music sector mainly relies on both formal and informal structures such as churches and associations that host philharmonic orchestras folklore and percussion bands called bombos it is estimated that more than 1,200 people within the city and providing more opportunities in which to practice are the direct results of a strong musical education policy The Municipality co-produces the majority of the local music events including the Festas Juhno (June Festivities) By engaging local music associations and the younger community this festival aims to help people rediscover Amarante´s historical and cultural identity through the use of music have been designed especially for the youth the making of music instruments with recycled materials and cross-cutting activities mixing music and sport Amarante has invested in the music industry as a key enabler for social inclusion in order to stimulate new skills and employment opportunities The Municipality has developed a set of policies supporting local organisations which promote music practices and diffusion such financial support has allowed for the regeneration of cultural venues such as the Amarante Cineteatro The City seeks to increase promotion of its young creators The main objective remains fostering creative talents and businesses to further nurture Amarante’s music ecosystem The town of Amarante will enjoy a WRC dress rehearsal this week as stars flock to Rali Terras d'Aboboreira Words by Jon Scoltock What’s better than one Rally Portugal in a season this weekend’s Rali Terras d’Aboboreira might not be blessed with the full complement of World Rally Championship stars but there’s a Rally1 car and a big bunch of Rally2 heroes out to keep some of the world’s most fervent fans on their toes through Friday and Saturday The 67-mile event starts on Friday evening with two stages before the bulk of the action runs the following day who will drive an i20 N Rally1 in the Rali Terras d’Aboboreira Extra event Sordo finished second in Portugal last year and will be making his first WRC appearance since Rally Japan at the end of 2023 While it will be a good opportunity for Sordo to reacclimatize himself with a Rally1 car as the extra event skips the two runs through the 14-mile Amarante stage on Saturday Rali Terras d’Aboboreira is the third round of the Portuguese national championship so Kris Meeke should lead the main field away in a Team Hyundai Portugal i20 N Rally2 The Northern Irishman suffered a shakedown shunt and will be hoping the team can rebuild the car in time for Friday afternoon’s start The remainder of the top 10 is made up of local crews and there is no shortage of talent on show Armindo Araújo starts behind Meeke in a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 having finished second to the Irish driver on the first two rounds of this year’s championship The two-time Production WRC title winner has seven Portuguese titles to his name as well Dani Sordo is always among the most popular drivers in Portugal Araújo will be looking to push Meeke all the way before they do battle again at Rally Portugal two weeks later Another local driver competing at both events is reigning Portuguese champion and Meeke’s Hyundai Portugal team-mate Ricardo Teodósio Jan Solans is pedaling the sole Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 on the entry list The 2019 Junior WRC champion has returned to WRC2 in 2024 and will be looking to build an understanding of the car on European gravel Having parted company with M-Sport at the end of 2023 Pierre-Louis Loubet will make only his second appearance of 2024 the French driver won the Qatar International Rally earlier this year and will make his first WRC2 start of 2024 at Rally Portugal He will no doubt be looking to maximize his opportunities on the roads around Amarante Citroën's C3 WRC has flown on the early asphalt rounds of this year's WRC Will it be the same story on the Portuguese dirt this week Another driver making his first WRC2 appearance in Portugal and warming up this weekend is Ireland’s Josh McErlean The 2019 British junior champion has campaigned a Hyundai i20 for the last four seasons but who took third place on the Portuguese national championship opener at Rali Serras de Fafe back in February will also undertake his pre-Rally Portugal preparations this weekend who has competed almost exclusively in a Fabia for the past three seasons the top three WRC2 finishers from Rally Portugal last year – Gus Greensmith Oliver Solberg and Andreas Mikkelsen – are not present Those competing this weekend will have to wait to see how they stack up against 2023 winner Greensmith and WRC2 points leader Solberg who lost his chance to win the event after being penalized for performing some unauthorized donuts during the Lousada stage Sign up today and be the first to know about special offers