© 2025 Slippery Rock University Athletics Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here and combines academic rigour with a clear desire for cultural transfer Her works contribute to renewing the way we look at heritage Thanks for visiting Susan Balaguer’s biggest recent achievement and something she takes pride in throughout her career She said she feels humbled and blessed to work alongside so many competent smart and energetic professionals at Parsons Balaguer emphasized that without their support she could not have accomplished the many initiatives now in place “I am very grateful to have had a very rewarding career in Human Resources and would not change a thing in my journey that led me to this career choice,” Balaguer said Balaguer and her team are focused on improving the manager experience which in turn will enhance the employee experience The first step is publishing a manager onboarding guide to streamline the hiring process They are also developing a one-stop website to house all manager tools ensuring quick access to essential information a new manager training course is being created for employees new to management and for managers new to Parsons Balaguer’s team is excited about these enhancements Fun fact: Balaguer was once a very engaged ballroom dancer but I have fond memories of those days in the ballroom learning new dance moves and meeting so many new friends,” she said Under the umbrella of Recent Cinema from Spain was honored with a proclamation by the City of Miami for his contributions to the film and entertainment industry promoting Latin talent creating jobs and opportunities in the city of Miami After 25 years in the entertainment industry Balaguer was named amongst the most powerful and influential Hispanics October 27th will now be Luis Balaguer Day or Día Luis Balaguer in Miami The proclamation was handed to Balaguer by The City of Miami Mayor Over 600 guests attended the kick-off event of the new releases of Recent Cinema from Spain who for six years has brought a rich selection of recent Spanish cinema to Florida Guests included the General Council of Spain in Miami Recent Cinema from Spain is produced by EGEDA & the Olympia Theater with the Collaboration of ICAA the 22nd edition of Recent Spanish Cinema was presented in Los Angeles de Sony Pictures Television para Latin America y US Hispanic habló sobre las claves del éxito de Yo no soy Mendoza serie que está en el top 10 global de Netflix narrada en 40 capítulos con una estructura moderna Quintanilla adelantó otras novedades de tres nuevas producciones VP sénior de Entretenimiento y Especiales de Telemundo el futuro del entretenimiento en español en EE yo creo que va a continuar evolucionando y va a continuar creciendo con muchísima fuerza porque somos una población de más de 66 millones de hispanos jóvenes que estamos viviendo y consumiendo contenido aquí en EE Amazon Prime Video está redefiniendo la experiencia del fan deportivo al integrar contenido premium tecnología interactiva y un ecosistema de servicios que abarca desde streaming y música hasta tiendas oficiales de equipos Country Manager de la plataforma en México destaca cómo estas estrategias permiten a Prime Video diferenciarse en un mercado altamente competitivo generando una conexión más profunda entre los aficionados y sus equipos favoritos al tiempo que amplifican el valor comercial del contenido deportivo 3C Films hizo su debut teatral con una producción de alto impacto: Sandro el gran show el primer musical oficial sobre la vida del ídolo argentino Estrenado el pasado jueves 10 de abril en el Teatro Coliseo de Buenos Aires el espectáculo es una coproducción de 3C Films y dirección musical de José Luis “Pepe” Pagán La empresa Tuves anunció la culminación exitosa de la migración de todos los usuarios de televisión satelital de Movistar en Venezuela al satélite con el que presta el servicio DTH a Inter desde 2013 El proceso duró dos años y marca el cierre definitivo del uso del satélite Amazonas 2 de Hispasat en ese servicio tras una transición técnica y comercial que se realizó “sin incidentes y con total transparencia para los clientes” El presidente de EE. UU., Donald Trump, anunció este domingo 4 a través de sus redes sociales Truth Social que autoriza al Departamento de Comercio y al Representante Comercial de EE a imponer un arancel del 100% a las películas producidas fuera de EE TelevisaUnivision y el canal tlnovelas anunciaron las novenas en cuanto al proceso de remasterización de contenido que arrancó en 2019 y a la fecha supera las 2 mil horas anuales y un total de 47 títulos finalizados es el más reciente producto remasterizado con ayuda de la IA Peacock anunció el lanzamiento de cuatro nuevas series originales lideradas por artistas emergentes desarrolladas y ejecutadas por creadores de la nueva generación: Charlie Curtis-Beard exitosas estrellas de las redes sociales con seguidores apasionados y negocios en crecimiento Kerrigan y Vongirdner colaboraron con NBCUniversal a través del Creator Accelerator Program una iniciativa pionera en la industria que identifica y desarrolla a la próxima generación de creadores de contenido premium Una nueva temporada de El gran chef famosos: Extremo llega a Latina Televisión de Perú y ya se dieron a conocer a los seis primeros participantes de los doce nuevos famosos que prometen darlo todo en la cocina PRODU sigue manteniendo a la industria informada con entrevistas exclusivas. Este lunes 5 llega una nueva edición de #PRODUprimetime con Ríchard Izarra desde Bogotá con Rodrigo Guerrero y Cristina Echeverri, directores de AG Studios. BTF Media announces production of biopic on Maradona together with Dhana Media and LatinWE LatinWE: We have a strong presence in Hollywood thanks to the results shown by our influencers LatinWE: We are seeking accessible programs with organic Hispanic content NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and LatinWE launch 2nd Annual Hispanic Influencer Summit in Miami Upstairs and LatinWE kick-off the production of feature film Coatí LatinWE and Colombian producer Cristina Palacio to create multiplatform format with digital celebrities titled Like LatinWE: We’re pioneers in representing Hispanic talent on social media LatinWE first #YoSoyElInfluencer Summit generated over half a billion impressions LatinWE and ABC Entertainment Group to launch LatinWE/ABC Crossover Forum LatinWE, Electus and UCP sell sitcom Speak American to FOX CNET partners with LatinWE to launch CNET en Español LatinWE and Electus new partnership premieres Killer Women on ABC in the U.S. LatinWE excelled again at the Upfront in New York for having English product for the Anglo channels and Spanish product for the Hispanic ones Sierra/Engine partners with Pixo Entertaintment to produce animated series Don Cheto for Electus and LatinWE’s channel NuevOn LatinWE launches Miami Beach Models on NuevOn hosted by Mexican model Ivanna Rodriguez LatinWE: NuevoMall.com is an official digital media sponsor of the 13th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards Luis Balaguer de LatinWE explica el peso que tienen los #influencers Usamos cookies para ofrecerte la mejor experiencia en nuestra web Puedes encontrar más información sobre qué cookies estamos usando o desactivarlas en los ajustes Esta web utiliza cookies para que podamos ofrecerte la mejor experiencia de usuario posible La información de las cookies se almacena en tu navegador y realiza funciones tales como reconocerte cuando vuelves a nuestra web o ayudar a nuestro equipo a comprender qué secciones de la web encuentras más interesantes y útiles Las cookies estrictamente necesarias tiene que activarse siempre para que podamos guardar tus preferencias de ajustes de cookies Si desactivas esta cookie no podremos guardar tus preferencias Esto significa que cada vez que visites esta web tendrás que activar o desactivar las cookies de nuevo Pope Francis has addressed a letter to Opus Dei university students offering his spiritual encouragement as they gather in Rome for their  annual  International Congress which kicked off on Saturday running  until April 20,  Easter Sunday Pope notes that this year’s edition falls  at a significant moment coinciding with both the Holy Year dedicated to hope and the 100th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer  which asking the Lord that this time of pilgrimage and fraternal encounter may inspire you to bring to everyone the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a message of hope that fulfills promises "May Jesus bless you and may the Holy Virgin protect you," the message concludes Founded in 1968 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá the UNIV Congress serves as a platform for intellectual and spiritual exchange among students from around the world themed “Citizens of our World,” draws more than 2,000 students from 25 countries and 32 universities the students will engage in academic sessions and will also take part in the Easter liturgies at St Academic events are scheduled at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross with male students meeting on April 15th and female students on April 16th the Congress promotes both intellectual formation and spiritual growth encouraging young Catholics to reflect deeply on their roles as faithful and responsible members of a global community Thank you for reading our article. 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Just click here Fully customizable and available in multi-scale and extended range formats the Growler Headless sees the high-performance offset specialist double down on its headless activities High-performance offset specialist Balaguer has decapitated its popular Growler template as it extends its range of headless designs With its distinct Jazzmaster-inspired body, the Growler is a key member of the US firm's electric guitar family offering 1960s Fender flair in a highly customizable – and contemporary – format Many Balaguer guitars are custom-built to each player's desired spec sheet from the tonewoods to the pickups and beyond As President Joe Balaguer recently revealed he decided to embark on his guitar-building journey after he noticed a glaring gap in the market “I found myself continuously searching for a guitar that matched my expectations but none seemed to fully align with my needs in terms of sound, ergonomics, and craftsmanship,” he tells Guitar World. “It became clear that the gap wasn’t just a minor inconvenience; it was a fundamental disconnect between what was available and what I A post shared by Balaguer Guitars (@balaguerguitars) He adds that its ethos is all about providing “the warmth and character of vintage tones with the comfort and reliability of modern craftsmanship” with a singular instrument and the Growler Headless is its latest example of that vintage-modern marriage and The Acacia Strain also use its instruments “The Growler headless is here,” reads a Balaguer Instagram post “Fusing the vintage aesthetic the Growler is known for Bringing the offset style to the headless world.” The Growler Headless is available to custom order now and starts at $2,430.00 Head to Balaguer to learn more in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original churning that low string through a variety of tunings He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot it has the substance to match its good looks": Squier Limited Edition Paranormal Offset Telecaster SJ review Fender Japan assembles all-star group of elite Masterbuilders for its most ambitious builds yet – the Deck O’ Cards Stratocasters “There's something really magical about it”: Bon Jovi's Phil X on why he prefers single-pickup guitars – and his one-of-a-kind neck pickup 'mods' Permutation loop Permutation loop Permutation Balaguer Guitars is here with two new offerings – the Espada Mitch6 Baritone and the Multiscale Evertune bridge for all their custom builds a bold new addition to their Signature Series The Espada Mitch6 Baritone was crafted in collaboration with Mitch Stark of the critically acclaimed band Silent Planet Designed to meet the demands of Mitch’s powerful the Espada Baritone features a carefully selected range of premium tonewoods modern aesthetic that blends form and function Whether shredding complex riffs or delivering thunderous the Mitch6 Espada Baritone ensures unparalleled precision and sonic versatility With Mitch’s unique vision guiding its creation this model stands as a true testament to innovation and artistry setting a new standard for metal players worldwide The Espada Mitch6 Baritone starts at $999 right here Then there’s the Multiscale Evertune bridge now available through the the Balaguer Select Custom series they have combined cutting-edge technology with expert craftsmanship to bring you unparalleled tuning stability and precision for 6 Now you can customize your own guitar with this revolutionary bridge Check out that full series of customizable options here You must be logged in to post a comment A one-stop shop for the serious musician. Founded in 2013 Read More // Contact Us // Privacy Policy Volume 11 - 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2017.00015 This article is part of the Research TopicMetastable dynamics of neural ensemblesView all 12 articles the way in which such a computationally advantageous network state for neural coding is achieved can differ substantially between modeling approaches; this challenge will be the focus of this manuscript This non-exhaustive summary of few recent examples suggests the availability of a plethora of recurrent and feedforward network models for understanding the source of variability during cognitive processing and in the resting state. These configurations often differ at least in the level of detail of the computational units, in the connectivity structure and in the degree of balance between excitation and inhibition (Figure 1) applying this approach is more problematic in recurrent circuits when coupling is not weak and is highly nonlinear; as is often the case in models inferring which level of detail and architecture are mostly probably responsible for the neuronal variability phenomena is perhaps one of the major challenges for the next years which possibly requires the development of novel theoretical tools for scrutinizing network behavior The author conceived and wrote the manuscript This paper has been funded by Bournemouth University The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest The author wants to thank very much the three reviewers for their valuable comments Building functional networks of spiking model neurons Model of global spontaneous activity and local structured activity during delay periods in the cerebral cortex Multiplicative and additive modulation of neuronal tuning with population activity affects encoded information Balaguer-Ballester Attracting dynamics of frontal cortex ensembles during memory guided decision making Balaguer-Ballester Can we identify non-stationary dynamics of trial-to-trial variability Synaptic scaling rule preserves excitatory-inhibitory balance and salient neuronal network dynamics just wrong: the role of suboptimal inference in behavioral variability Predictive coding of dynamical variables in balanced spiking networks A relationship between behavioral choice and the visual responses of neurons in macaque mt Rats and humans can optimally accumulate evidence for decision-making Spike initiation by transmembrane current: a white-noise analysis Role of input correlations in shaping the variability and noise correlations of evoked activity in the neocortex Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon Neural variability in premotor cortex provides a signature of motor preparation Measuring and interpreting neuronal correlations Attention improves performance primarily by reducing interneuronal correlations Metastability and coherence: extending the communication through coherence hypothesis using a whole-brain computational perspective How local excitation–inhibition ratio impacts the whole brain dynamics Efficient computation and cue integration with noisy population codes The mechanics of state-dependent neural correlations Abrupt transitions between prefrontal neural ensemble states accompany behavioral transitions during rule learning State dependence of noise correlations in macaque primary visual cortex On the structure of neuronal population activity under fluctuations in attentional state When and why noise correlations are important in neural decoding Why neurons mix: high dimensionality for higher cognition The edge of stability: response times and delta oscillations in balanced networks key features of spontaneous activity and neural variability arise through learning in a deterministic network Cognitive flexibility through metastable neural dynamics is disrupted by damage to the structural connectome The impact of structural heterogeneity on excitation-inhibition balance in cortical networks Amphetamine exerts dose-dependent changes in prefrontal cortex attractor dynamics during working memory Reduced variability of ongoing and evoked cortical activity leads to improved behavioral performance Slow dynamics and high variability in balanced cortical networks with clustered connections Reliability of spike timing in neocortical neurons Neural variability in premotor cortex is modulated by trial history and predicts behavioral performance Heterogeneous attractor cell assemblies for motor planning in premotor cortex Editorial: neuronal stochastic variability: influences on spiking dynamics and network activity Spatial attention decorrelates intrinsic activity fluctuations in macaque area V4 Stochastic transitions into silence cause noise correlations in cortical circuits Visual stimulation decorrelates neuronal activity Two types of asynchronous activity in networks of excitatory and inhibitory spiking neurons State-dependent population coding in primary auditory cortex Robust transient dynamics and brain functions The asynchronous state in cortical circuits Variability in neural activity and behavior Synchrony and covariation of firing rates in the primary visual cortex during contour grouping The spatial structure of correlated neuronal variability Attention can either increase or decrease spike count correlations in visual cortex Attention increases spike count correlations between visual cortical areas Slow wave activity as the default mode of the cerebral cortex Collective stochastic coherence in recurrent neuronal networks CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Schölvinck Cortical state determines global variability and correlations in visual cortex Constructing precisely computing networks with biophysical spiking neurons The variable discharge of cortical neurons: implications for connectivity Neuronal variability: noise or part of the signal Origin of intrinsic irregular firing in cortical interneurons Neural circuits as computational dynamical systems Generating coherent patterns of activity from chaotic neural networks Enlarging the scope: grasping brain complexity Chaos in neuronal networks with balanced excitatory and inhibitory activity Hierarchical dynamics of informational patterns and decision-making Inhibitory plasticity balances excitation and inhibition in sensory pathways and memory networks Citation: Balaguer-Ballester E (2017) Cortical Variability and Challenges for Modeling Approaches Received: 18 October 2016; Accepted: 06 March 2017; Published: 04 April 2017 Copyright © 2017 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Mi Hermanastro (My Stepbrother) which has over 22 million downloads online and the series on the life of Latino Hip Hop King “Don Omar” Raze has also closed a Series A from Greycroft Partners “With talent connecting directly with audiences we have an opportunity to provide a unique and fresh platform to a new generation of mobile-first users that consume video stories with a hearty appetite,” said Balaguer LatinWE´s Luis Balaguer honored with a proclamation by the City of Miami for his contributions to the film and entertainment industry Thanks for visiting There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting Latin World Entertainment (LatinWE) is having a year of growth thanks to the company´s diversification and its digital agency its president during #PRODUprimetime with Richard Izarra.  a company founded by Balaguer with his partner Sofia Vergara additionally launched a US$50 million fund to provide micro-loans to entrepreneurs of small businesses “What has saved us as a company is that in the last 15 years we have diversified with addictive contents and how we connect with products for the audience,” comments Balaguer Balaguer used this opportunity to thank Fernando Barbosa General Manager of Disney Latin America´s Media Networks and the company for their support throughout these last 15 years starting when they launched Desperate Housewives in Argentina The executive expressed that he is proud to announce the alliance with the Digital Department of LatiWE -led by Lina Cáceres and Manuela Gómez- by making a “super agreement” with Facebook as their main agency for the launch of Lasso He also mentioned other projects such as the launch of the makeup line Pautips and the book by Calle and Poché “Si es Contigo” Other projects Balaguer highlighted were a big one for Netflix already agreed with the Worldwide Wild Foundation (WWF) as a partner to launch the animated film Koati that has been in development for almost a decade LatinWE: Chiquis Rivera joins our family LatinWE and Raze: The influencers´ industry is heading towards the summit of entertainment LatinWE and Raze: The Hispanic industry is at the same level as the general market Disney, BTF Media, Moconoco and LatinWE wil co-produce a series on the death of Selena Quintanilla LatinWE returns to co-produce exclusively for NBCUniversal LatinWE: We are developing a series based on the book by Calle y Poché LatinWE: Producing in Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Miami, content for YouTube’s Hispanic channel #PRODUprimetime con Luis Balaguer de LatinWE LatinWE y Magnus Media inician alianza con el lanzamiento musical de Sebastián Villalobos Lina Cáceres de LatinWe: Desarrollamos una serie basada en el libro de Calle y Poché Desde las oficinas de LatinWE en Miami con Sebastián Villalobos, influencer que se ganó dos PRODU Awards Lina Cáceres de LatinWE y Raze: El entretenimiento evoluciona constantemente Thanks for visiting Luis Balaguer from LatinWE announced in an exclusive interview for PRODU together with Sofía Vergara and through Kiva.org a US$50 million fund to help alleviate the COVID-19 crisis and help microentrepreneurs we have been able to collect over US$10 million Our goal is to reach US$50 million in the next two months and we are truly giving money to microentrepreneurs worldwide but focused much more on Latin America and the US and particularly businesses that belong to or are related with women” Watch Luis Balaguer giving PRODU the breaking news on the fund Luis Balaguer with Sofìa Vergara and Emiliano Calemzuk launched media company Raze Luis Balaguer, now Hollywood producer: Studios increasingly willing to work with Hispanic talent Sofia Vergara, Luis Balaguer and Ben Silverman adapt Mujeres asesinas for the U.S. Luis Balaguer, Sofía Vergara, and Ben Silverman agree to produce sitcom for ABC Network Luis Balaguer de LatiWE y Raze: Traemos un nuevo modelo de negocios a la industria Luis Balaguer de Raze: Vamos a impulsar y a producir las grandes ideas de los influencers Con Emiliano Calemzuk, CEO de Raze y Luis Balaguer de LatinWE, socio del emprendimiento Mario Ruiz, estrella digital, relató a PRODU cómo pasó de ser un aficionado que subía videos a las redes sociales a uno de los youtubers más reconocidos de la región, apoyado por la agencia LatinWE, de Luis Balaguer Thanks for visiting During the confinement period, you can access PSG TV Premium for free and enjoy all this season's match videos. Learn more You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Check out what Raul Gonzalez and David Balaguer had to say after Les Rouge et Bleu's 30-19 win over Créteil on Liqui Moly StarLigue Matchday 21 "It was a difficult game to approach because we played a physically demanding match in the EHF Champions League on Thursday We didn't have much time to prepare for this game The players were on the ball in attack and defence We have to be satisfied with the result tonight because we're three points ahead of Nantes at the top of the standings We have to keep up the pace and now focus on the return leg against Szeged." There's always room for improvement in certain areas and we can correct a few mistakes We have to take every match seriously and keep winning and I'd like to thank the medical staff for all their efforts over the last few weeks." 60' : C'est terminé ! 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Important Bridges to our Business Community Ellen was a senior executive with Accenture for 27 years and is now retired the most recent of which included Global Managing Director for HR & Learning Services and Global Managing Director for Innovation and Offer Management for the Outsourcing business Ellen spearheaded many top strategic growth initiatives for the organization and led some of the largest and most complex deals done on a global basis She also successfully turned around several distressed business units and drove significant growth in several areas of both the outsourcing and consulting businesses Ellen served on several Accenture corporate boards including the Global Leadership Council various corporate strategic growth plan initiatives Accenture Development Partnerships and several corporate citizenship initiatives a testament to her track record of creating positive impact through leadership that is compassionate Ellen strives to be a wholistic investor in the organizations with which she works contributing considerable time toward mentorship and guidance across strategic She finds mentoring students and young business-people very rewarding Ellen attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where she earned both a BS in Finance and a BA in Psychology in 1982 Ellen was the Leeds Undergraduate commencement speaker and was also the recipient of the Leeds Distinguished Alumni and Service Award in recognition for her service to the school and exceptional achievements in business She will serve as the 2023 Leeds Graduate commencement speaker she was the student recipient of the University of Colorado Thomas Jefferson award Ellen and her family live in Denver and travel extensively on a worldwide basis            995 Regent DriveKoelbel Building419 UCBBoulder, CO 80309-0419Location & Map Welcome Desk +1 (303) 492-1811Undergraduate +1 (303) 492-6515Graduate +1 (303) 492-8397 University of Colorado Boulder Privacy • Legal & Trademarks • Campus Map 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Best Gastronomy Website in Spain Oriol is always on the hunt for new inspirations Great pastry chefs and chocolatiers employ a variety of skills in tandem: artistry and technique In recent years the best have also become adept at social media photography and videography (since everyone loves gorgeous food images) and thoughtful timing of new item introductions that keeps fans interested in seeing the latest: akin to the practices of successful fashion and cosmetics brands Oriol Balaguer: Instagram (@oriolbalaguerchocolates) Other ideas are inspired by current events soccer team win of Barcelona over Paris St.-Germain  The entire nation of Spain was incredibly excited Oriol conceived the idea of commemorating the victory with a special celebratory chocolate egg has 6 smaller eggs in the red and blue team colors attached to represent the team's 6 goals Oriol sketched the idea on the back of a receipt while he was visiting New York and emailed it to his team back in Spain to develop a prototype The dessert that won “Best Dessert in the World” is a chocolate cake of 8 textures: the legendary “#1 in the World” Spanish chef he apprenticed under Oriol likes discovering new concepts that are extendable in different directions filled with a flavored truffle mousse on the top  The hollow bottom contains unexpected fillings like the year-end version with 12 fresh grapes traditionally eaten at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Spain each signifying a month of the coming year Oriol introduces a new “concept cake” each month Concept cakes that develop a large fan base become a regular part of his signature dessert collection Oriol’s concept for merchandising pastries is to provide an environment like a jewelry store with glass cases on all sides so the items can be viewed with space around them to better see and appreciate the artistry Flavor Experimentation And Innovative Communication Of The Range winning “Best Artisan Butter Croissant in Spain” he took the challenge even further and imagined an international line introducing a new country version each month The Moroccan Croissant I tried was the most delicious croissant I've ever eaten: Rich with whole dates on top and a luscious filling of date puree The special croissant package includes the image of a globe Regulars look forward to seeing what new flavor will debut each month The way Oriol times the introduction of new products creates a sense of anticipation and discovery for his customers • Pastries and chocolates inspired by current events such as the huge Barça soccer team win • New collections twice a year (in the spring/summer and fall/winter) It’s fun for customers and gives Oriol the opportunity and motivation to keep on innovating Marketers can take away at least 6 significant lessons from the ways Oriol innovates: force firms to never stop innovating (Oriol’s monthly concept cakes & international croissants and two new pastry and chocolate collections a year)  Aside from keeping loyal fans coming back for more a continuous stream of wow factor products creates more viral and Instagram opportunities and keeps creative teams inspired • Involving more different senses helps products be more fully experienced • Careful thought and creativity in packaging and merchandising sets products apart and reinforces quality perceptions •Going beyond typical geographic borders for inspiration opens a world of new ideas: Oriol’s croissants of the world have never been done before • Current events can be a great source of inspiration  If the turnaround time to market is quick and pre-empts competitors the innovation can immediately resonate and be highly viral • Looking to other disciplines is another great source of inspiration: In Oriol’s case Oriol Balaguer's instagram is @oriolbalaguerchocolates Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article again occupied the country in 1965–66 and snuffed out the revolt many political activists supported the PRD or Bosch’s newly founded Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana; PLD) was elected president in 2000 as the PRD candidate The end of Mejía’s term was plagued by a declining economy and chronic power shortages Mejía ran for a second term (after the constitution was altered to allow an incumbent to serve consecutive terms) but lost to Fernández who took office in 2004 and who was reelected to a third term in 2008 In the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, Fernández was pressured by supporters to attempt to engineer a change to the constitution that would permit him to run for a consecutive term. He chose not to take that tack but instead threw his support to PLD colleague Danilo Medina In capturing more than 50 percent of the vote (51 percent) in the first-round balloting in May Medina avoided a runoff against the PRD candidate and took over the executive office in August Medina had given a “no corruption” pledge and promised to take on the chronically deficient electricity system and to improve education He stood to benefit from a 2012 legislative election in which his party won majority control of both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies Early in Medina’s second term his supporters began floating the idea that the constitution should be amended again to allow Medina to seek a third term An internecine struggle developed within the PLD over the issue and led to Fernández’s departure from the party though Medina ultimately chose not to pursue reelection The Dominican Republic was among the Caribbean countries hit hardest by the global coronavirus pandemic and the disease caused by the virus Criticism of Medina’s response to the resultant health crisis contributed to the PLD’s disappointing performance in the 2020 national election which was postponed from May until July because of the pandemic compared with about 37 percent for Gonzalo Castillo running as the candidate of the Force of the People (Fuerza del Pueblo; FP) party The PRM took control of the Senate by winning 19 seats it fell just short of an absolute majority in the 190-seat Chamber of Deputies Ellen Balaguer has created enormous impact in education serving as a role model to countless Leeds students.​​ If you ask Ellen Balaguer what she’s most proud of in her philanthropic work she’s quick to quip that—thanks to the efforts of the entire Leeds School of Business community to elevate its standing and impact—“a bum like me would never be accepted there today.”  Psych’82) points to “a dramatic increase in the quality of the research and education at Leeds in the past two decades to significantly enhance the impact on the lives of our students Balaguer’s compelling story—an impressive career with Accenture her tireless work as a mentor and her emphasis on philanthropy that creates positive impact for others—led to her selection as part of AACSB International’s 2023 class of Influential Leaders AACSB is the world’s largest business education alliance; this annual initiative honors notable alumni from AACSB-accredited business schools whose work inspires the next generation of business leaders AACSB sought nominees who create positive impact through leadership that is compassionate MORE: Meet the 2023 class of Influential Leaders “I don’t do any of this for the recognition—for me it’s about making impact and making the world a better place it’s nice to know you’re making a difference I was so honored to find out I’d been nominated “The most rewarding part of working with Leeds is getting to talk with students and alumni helping them figure out their own journeys.” After retiring from Accenture as a global managing director in 2009 she became a highly active board member and philanthropist whose service includes the Leeds Advisory Board the CU Boulder Enterprise Corporation board She was presented with the Leeds Alumni Service Award in 2012 for her extensive involvement with the school including mentorship of students and supporting initiatives related to women in business Her mentorship record is particularly impressive Leeds is nationally recognized for its mentorship programs but Balaguer has never been formally registered in the program and she’s liable to leave with a half-dozen—or more—new protégés helping them figure out their own journeys or sharing perspectives from my own career,” she said “I joke sometimes that people my age say young people don’t want to work as hard as we did I have so much confidence in today’s students to sustainably address our problems and I look forward to the time when they are in charge.”  Balaguer led many strategic growth initiatives for the organization and facilitated countless complex global deals She successfully turned around several distressed business units and helped drive significant growth in outsourcing and consulting Her experience at CU was important preparation for her Accenture career Balaguer got into business “by accident,” as she said after taking an economics class in her first year: “I have often said that in my career I may have used my psychology degree more than my business degree—even though when I was a college freshman I would have told you business was the last career path I had in mind I have come full circle and now wholeheartedly believe that business can be a primary source for good.”  The advantages her degree offered are a key reason she enthusiastically supports Leeds and other education-related causes is a root solution for addressing our biggest problems,” she said “I want to make education far more accessible for far more students—especially underrepresented students—to help them obtain the same advantages I had through my own great experience at CU.”  Balaguer has established scholarships to support economically and socially disadvantaged students while also providing funding for programming and activities that support students who have been historically excluded from accessing educational opportunities she sponsored a five-year pro bono project as part of a partnership between Accenture the African Medical and Research Foundation and the Nursing Council of Kenya to educate 20,000 new registered nurses in Kenya where the university system only had capacity to graduate 100 new RNs each year “I try to bring all the elements of the leadership and strategy skills I built in my career to bear in the nonprofit world,” Balaguer said “And it’s not always as different as it seems The way investments work are somewhat different hone and execute a strategy is very similar.”  That enthusiasm was what made Balaguer an easy candidate for Leeds to nominate caring and thoughtful—all qualities that colleagues and contemporaries use to describe Ellen,” said Yonca Ertimur “Ellen has given back so much to her alma mater and the community has benefited immensely from her leadership.” “Ellen’s achievements demonstrate that success in business can also mean success for society,” said Caryn Beck-Dudley people and planet should inspire all of us to reorient our ideas about impactful leadership.” she was the daughter of the late William Henry Marron and Josephine (Riordan) Marron and wife of the late John S Ignatius Catholic Church and participated in their Craft Group and watch sports which included the Ravens She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-granddaughter and going to their activities.Mrs Caitlin Balaguer and Keira Balaguer; great-granddaughter Kassidy Rose Otranto; and numerous nieces and nephews donations may be sent to the National Kidney Foundation of MD The Espada has clearly been on a body sculpt workout The Espada is a thoroughly modern and supremely playable offset that excels at high-gain but has a whole lot more going on once you engage the coil-splits Excellent high-gain tones and contemporary offset voicings A high-quality instrument at a very fair price A very shreddable 16” radius fingerboard and contoured neck Clean tones in full-humbucking mode are not super-inspiring But offsets were never exactly designed for more technically-demanding playing styles.. USA firm has spent the past six years equipping familiar outlines with ergonomic tweaks and contemporary features at attractive price points.  The Espada is Balaguer’s take on modernising the Jazz which not only makes a dramatic visual impact but also a comfortable resting place for your forearm during extended playing sessions.  This kind of performance-focused ethos is carried throughout the rest of the instrument: it’s in the satin-finished C-shaped neck 16” radius and the smooth-playing ebony fingerboard There’s also a contoured heel for those dusty-end pyrotechnics a through-body-stringing hardtail bridge and locking tuners.  The Espada reinvents the offset for a new generation the Espada shoots for modern sounds in the tone department too; Balaguer has equipped it with its highest-output own-brand humbuckers These pickups thrive with a good high-gain amp or plugin and all the pinched harmonics you can handle from the bridge ’bucker the neck position is a little wooly for our tastes aren’t much to write home about – but that’s where the handy coil-split comes in Tugging on the tone control brightens up that neck position wonderfully yielding fat single-coil tones that provide the perfect neutral platform for adding a liberal splash of stompboxes the split sounds embody one of the Jazzmaster’s most enduring qualities albeit with a higher output that also works well for classic rock tones and can even handle some Strat-style middle-position funk Besides reinventing the offset for a new generation Balaguer has offered some serious value for money here from the spec to the tones and even the heavily padded gigbag which ranks among the best we’ve seen thrown in with a guitar Aerospace Engineering student Spencer John has translated his lifelong love of space into a significant accomplishment: publishing a paper in an academic journal as an undergraduate student “To be published as an undergrad makes me extremely proud,” said John an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University senior I’m incredibly thankful to all of the people involved with the paper and for how fortunate I am to be at a college where this opportunity is available.” The paper which appeared in the journal Acta Astronautica earlier this month presents research undertaken to help solve the problem of debris — such as defunct spacecraft and rocket bodies — in space Although extensive efforts are under way to slow the accumulation of such debris many studies have suggested a need for actively removing the largest abandoned objects orbiting the Earth professor of Aerospace Engineering and also an author on the paper said the Acta Astronautica paper looks at characterizing debris objects in orbit from an operational spacecraft calculating the objects’ size and motion so they can be safely removed to “maintain future access to orbital regimes of vital importance.” a sensing method that employs pulsed laser light to measure distances to construct a 3D model of the debris object “and from there uses first principles to estimate rotational and translational motion and mass properties.” Pol Fontdegloria Balaguer, another senior in Aerospace Engineering, is also an author on the published paper. He explains that Bevilacqua welcomed him into his ADAMUS (ADvanced Autonomous MUltiple Spacecraft) lab in the fall of 2021 increasing his level of responsibility over time Bevilacqua has encouraged me to get involved in more and more research and he has always recognized my work in the lab,” Fontegloria Balaguer said adding that he did not anticipate being published while an undergraduate.  “I did not expect this work to be recognized so early in my career,” he said Bevilacqua has ensured that my contributions to the team do not go unnoticed.” Fontdegloria Balaguer, who will pursue a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering with a concentration in Dynamics and Controls said being involved in research at the ADAMUS lab has given him invaluable experience “It gives me a perspective of group and work dynamics that cannot be taught in class,” he said it has given me the opportunity of working with different hardware it has also given me the opportunity to manage responsibility and making decisions on how to conduct experimentation.” John said being involved in the research has been immensely helpful to his development as an engineer as he develops his design and CAD (computer-aided design) work so he can one day work as a designer for a rocket company “Being involved in this research will help me immensely in my career path to a point where I can’t even describe how much I have been able to experience the fun part of engineering working pieces of equipment,” John said he had “vastly” broadened his knowledge by reading many other journal papers learning about electrical engineering and how to wire robots as well as learning how to work the interface of a Raspberry Pi computing and programming device “I have grown in so many ways and would argue that my experience with research has prepared me better than almost any class,” John said Posted In: Engineering | Research | Space Text description provided by the architects Casal Balaguer is a palace of the historic center of Palma which now loses its household to be a public building To value the times contained in the building without taking physical distance with the historical stages that have shaped its qualities allows us to act without departing from him: if observation do not distinguish times transforming the building with the decision to re-occupying it giving it a new era of longer life making it more sustainable Having drawn the building for a long time let us decide on it and in this sense the drawing gives us the confidence to work on what was found without physical and temporal distances with the story in a continuous time which makes new interventions get incorporated appearing to our eyes as if they had already existed a job that takes the strain existing and draw from it The building is updated based on the previous one a transformation that welcomes the new features The effort is to make the ancient palace express its maximum spatial because the new function gives us the freedom to draw a new project within the previous building without the typical constraints of the use for which it was intended allow us to stop seeing it as a building of domestic dimensions and move on to assess their spatial and physical as the start of the new occupation qualities Explore the unfinished condition of the existing building imperfect result of the addition of steps in which ours is just one more This dialogue of confidence in what we find in a positive observation that values ​​and respects as signs of an earlier occupation giving the project a temporary sense which makes would not be possible to recognize from what time is this place You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Casal Balaguer is a large noble house from the 14th century refurbished in the 16th and extended in the 18th the City Council decided to convert it into a cultural center making the family house accessible to the whole city For the new program it was necessary to access heretofore closed areas and design a circulation suitable for the new public use so that walking around that complex geometry created over the years is made easy To achieve this the project brings together light and circulation: natural light traces the itinerary marking out the transition from one area to another with changes in lighting The project works to prevent the palace from losing that mystery and complexity that has accompanied its growth up to today In the densely-knit historic center of Palma becomes one of the main spaces of the building with an outdoor stage  and a lookout offering views of the city the ground level is the area of access with the exhibition gallery and the bar-restaurant The structural refurbishment on this floor recovers the original location of the courtyard with a total view of the thirteen arches that seem to support the suspended house The main floor becomes a house-museum and the top floor will have a new library the print workshops of the Círculo de Bellas Artes transforming the building by reoccupying it and prolonging its life by making it more sustainable the building is updated starting from the previous one with a transformation that houses the new uses The effort lies in making the old palace express the maximum spatial because the new use grants freedom to trace a new building inside the previous one looking into the qualities of the old structure without the typical constraints of the use for which it was devoted allows to stop seeing the building as one of domestic proportions and to begin valuing its spatial and physical qualities as the starting point for the new use Discovering the unfinished condition of the existing building makes one think that there will be more interventions the result of an addition of phases where this is just another one This dialogue is born from trust in what was already there from a positive observation that values and respects it as sign of a prior occupation giving the project a temporal sense where in the end it is impossible to recognize to which period it belongs distributing sunlight in the different floors Natural light serves as a circulation  aid for visitors applying specific solutions for each  stretch of it Obra WorkCentro Cultural Casal Balaguer Casal Balaguer Cultural Center Arquitectos ArchitectsFlores & Prats + Duch-Pizá / Ricardo Flores there arent any match using your search terms Balaguer Guitars Espada T-BAR · Source: Balaguer Guitars Balaguer Guitars Espada T-BAR rear · Source: Balaguer Guitars Leave a Reply Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "ae78ec0d36f8256adc7fb7cba894d73b" );document.getElementById("e2a7d02a0b").setAttribute( "id" Hot PicksOXI ONE MKII Now Available: Get Your Hands on the Hot New Sequencer Polyend Synth Update 1.3 Brings Crazy Sample-Based Engine Frap Tools Magnolia – Superbooth 25’s Surprise Hit 8 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You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Facebook Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Instagram You are currently viewing a placeholder content from X A signature model for The Word Alive’s Tony Pizzuti Balaguer Guitars has released the Espada T-Bar a signature model for The Word Alive’s guitarist Tony Pizzuti this guitar arrives with features tuned to the metalcore exponent’s preferences Balaguer designed this new axe with The Word Alive’s preference for lower tunings in mind The model features a longer scale length of 26.5 inches which is said to have the same feel as a 25.5-inch variant but has an extra inch to better handle the string tensions of lower tunings The neck itself is crafted from Hard Rock maple and sits below an ebony fingerboard with cream block inlays the Espada T-Bar boasts a pair of high-output Truenobucker humbuckers master tone knob – with push/pull coil-splitting capabilities – and a three-way pickup selector Wrapping up the guitar’s aesthetics are gold-coloured components hardware as well as a Hipshot hardtail bridge Pre-orders at $1,199. More info at balaguerguitars.com. The world’s leading authority and resource for all things guitar. In the last several years, a number of prominent scientists have claimed that we have good scientific reason to believe that there’s no such thing as free will — that free will is an illusion because it really seems like we have free will It seems that what we do from moment to moment is determined by conscious decisions that we freely make We need to look very closely at the arguments that these scientists are putting forward to determine whether they really give us good reason to abandon our belief in free will it would behoove us to have a look at a much older argument against free will — an argument that’s been around for centuries The older argument against free will is based on the assumption that determinism is true Determinism is the view that every physical event is completely caused by prior events together with the laws of nature it’s the view that every event has a cause that makes it happen in the one and only way that it could have happened then as soon as the Big Bang took place 13 billion years ago the entire history of the universe was already settled Every event that’s ever occurred was already predetermined before it occurred then everything you’ve ever done — every choice you’ve ever made — was already predetermined before our solar system even existed then it has obvious implications for free will Suppose that you’re in an ice cream parlor trying to decide whether to order chocolate or vanilla ice cream And suppose that when you get to the front of the line Was this choice a product of your free will then your choice was completely caused by prior events The immediate causes of the decision were neural events that occurred in your brain just prior to your choice then those neural events that caused your decision had physical causes as well; they were caused by even earlier events — events that occurred just before they did We can follow this back to when you were a baby then those first events were also caused by prior events We can keep going back to events that occurred before you were even conceived to events involving your mother and father and a bottle of Chianti then it was already settled before you were born that you were going to order chocolate ice cream when you got to the front of the line the same can be said about all of our decisions and it seems to follow from this that human beings do not have free will Let’s call this the classical argument against free will It proceeds by assuming that determinism is true and arguing from there that we don’t have free will There’s a big problem with the classical argument against free will The idea behind the argument seems to be that determinism is just a commonsense truism But it’s actually not a commonsense truism One of the main lessons of 20th-century physics is that we can’t know by common sense Determinism is a controversial hypothesis about the workings of the physical world We could only know that it’s true by doing some high-level physics Moreover — and this is another lesson of 20th-century physics — as of right now we don’t have any good evidence for determinism our best physical theories don’t answer the question of whether determinism is true During the reign of classical physics (or Newtonian physics) it was widely believed that determinism was true But in the late 19th and early 20th centuries physicists started to discover some problems with Newton’s theory and it was eventually replaced with a new theory — quantum mechanics But relativity theory isn’t relevant to the topic of free will.) Quantum mechanics has several strange and interesting features but the one that’s relevant to free will is that this new theory contains laws that are probabilistic rather than deterministic We can understand what this means very easily deterministic laws of nature look like this: and if you perform experiment E on that system But quantum physics contains probabilistic laws that look like this: then there are two different possible outcomes there’s a 50 percent chance that you’ll get outcome O1 and a 50 percent chance that you’ll get outcome O2 It’s important to notice what follows from this Now suppose that when we perform this experiment suppose we ask the following question: “Why did we get outcome O1 instead of O2?” The important point to notice is that quantum mechanics doesn’t answer this question It doesn’t give us any explanation at all for why we got outcome O1 instead of O2 it could be that nothing caused us to get result O1; it could be that this just happened Einstein famously thought that this couldn’t be the whole story You’ve probably heard that he once said that “God doesn’t play dice with the universe.” What he meant when he said this was that the fundamental laws of nature can’t be probabilistic So Einstein thought that there had to be a hidden layer of reality and that if we could find this hidden layer we could get rid of the probabilistic laws of quantum mechanics and replace them with deterministic laws if we could do this — if we could find this hidden layer of reality and these deterministic laws of nature — then we would be able to explain why we got outcome O1 instead of O2 But a lot of other physicists — most notably Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr — disagreed with Einstein They thought that the quantum layer of reality was the bottom layer And they thought that the fundamental laws of nature — or at any rate some of these laws — were probabilistic laws then it means that at least some physical events aren’t deterministically caused by prior events It means that some physical events just happen then nothing caused us to get outcome O1 instead of O2; there was no reason why this happened; it just did The debate between determinists like Einstein and indeterminists like Heisenberg and Bohr has never been settled The debate between Einstein on the one hand and Heisenberg and Bohr on the other is crucially important to our discussion then every physical event is predetermined — or in other words not every event is predetermined by the past and the laws of nature; some things just happen And here’s the really important point for us We don’t have any good evidence for either view Quantum mechanics is still our best theory of the subatomic world but we just don’t know whether there’s another layer of reality And so we don’t know whether all physical events are completely caused by prior events we don’t know whether determinism or indeterminism is true Future physicists might be able to settle this question But now notice that if we don’t know whether determinism is true or false then this completely undermines the classical argument against free will That argument just assumed that determinism is true But we now know that there is no good reason to believe this The question of whether determinism is true is an open question for physicists So the classical argument against free will is a failure — it doesn’t give us any good reason to conclude that we don’t have free will Despite the failure of the classical argument They still think there’s a powerful argument to be made against free will Both of these arguments can be thought of as attempts to fix the classical argument but they do this in completely different ways The first new-and-improved argument against free will — which is a scientific argument — starts with the observation that it doesn’t matter whether the full-blown hypothesis of determinism is true because it doesn’t matter whether all events are predetermined by prior events All that matters is whether our decisions are predetermined by prior events And the central claim of the first new-and-improved argument against free will is that we have good evidence (from studies performed by psychologists and neuroscientists) for thinking that our decisions are predetermined by prior events The second new-and-improved argument against free will — which is a philosophical argument not a scientific argument — relies on the claim that it doesn’t matter whether determinism is true because indeterminism is just as incompatible with free will as determinism is The argument for this is based on the claim that if our decisions aren’t determined And the central claim of the second new-and-improved argument against free will is that if our decisions occur randomly and so they’re not the products of our free will My own view is that neither of these new-and-improved arguments succeeds in showing that we don’t have free will But it takes a lot of work to undermine these two arguments In order to undermine the scientific argument we need to explain why the relevant psychological and neuroscientific studies don’t in fact show that we don’t have free will And in order to undermine the philosophical argument we need to explain how a decision could be the product of someone’s free will — how the outcome of the decision could be under the given person’s control — even if the decision wasn’t caused by anything Mark Balaguer is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles. 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There are the offset guitars that many of us first associate with a Joe Balaguer design, with the Espada offered as a regular six-string or a baritone guitar.  Standard Series models are fitted with locking tuners and all come with a padded gigbag – which is always a good sign and not always a given (Image credit: Balaguer Guitars)(Image credit: Balaguer Guitars)The Standard Espada is the guitar many of us would most readily associate with Balaguer Balaguer has gone for a roasted maple fingerboard with black center dot inlay We have a simple H/S pickup configuration of a a Feral ‘bucker at the bridge and an Austral single coil at the neck all controlled via a three-way pickup selector and volume and tone knobs with a push/pull coil split for added versatility It wears the Shell Pink finish and white pearloid pickguard well The Espada Baritone is constructed in a similar spirit but has a longer 27” scale compared to its sibling’s 25.5” It has a pair of high-output Hypernova humbuckers – again with coil-splits – and comes in gloss Metallic Silverburst finish.  (Image credit: Balaguer Guitars)(Image credit: Balaguer Guitars)The Thicket is an attractive looking T-style that’s offset at the waist The dual-humbucker model is finished in Pastel Blue and has a tortoiseshell pickguard The single-coil model is finished in gloss White and has a black ‘guard the single-coil model mounts its bridge pickup in a three-saddle Tele-style bridge Both pickups are the Austal single coils found on the six-string Espada has a pair of Evergreen humbuckers with foil coverings for a little pawn-shop retro kitsch the Thicket models have solid alder bodies Both have 25.5” scale lengths and a 16” fingerboard radius.  (Image credit: Balaguer Guitars)(Image credit: Balaguer Guitars)Now for the Diablo which is really an after-dark design option for Balaguer both equipped with a pair of splittable Hypernova humbuckers The Diablo bodies are fashioned from solid mahogany with the figured maple veneer making the most of that see-through finish The seven-string has the longer 27” scale length As mentioned above, all are $1,099 and available now. See Balaguer Guitars for more details and pics Jonathan HorsleyJonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars since 2005 and regularly contributes to publications including Guitar World and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama “Tokai’s LS series are probably the best-built Les Paul-style guitars that have ever come through my shop”: How the Japanese guitar market came of age with ’80s Fender and Gibson clones – some that would rival the originals CEO and co-founder of Latin World Entertainment CEO and co-founder of Latin World Entertainment (LatinWe) debuts as Hollywood executive producer alongside Academy Award winner actress Reese Witherspoon He will produce the film Don’t Mess with Texas starring Sofía Vergara and Reese Witherspoon.“It’s a pleasure to see more Hollywood studios willing to work with Hispanic producers and talent,” said Balaguer.David Feeney and John Quaintance wrote the screenplay of this romantic comedy and Anne Fletcher (Step Up It will be produced by MGM and distributed by Universal Pictures Shooting will take place over eight weeks between May and June Erika Navarrete of High Noon Latino: Offering reality projects for U.S. Hispanic Hispanic pop culture YouTube original channel NuevOn celebrates one year anniversary Balaguer and “La Toti” Vergara create nuevomall.com to commercialize social media and they name Univison’s Nick Valls as president of Sales The YouTube channel NuevOn sells all of its advertising spaces in 2012 and ranks as first Engine Latino to produce new comedy series La Gran Royal for NuevOn NuevOn announces initial programming and talent line-up Boxing world champion Héctor “Macho” Camacho to star in reality series on new YouTube Hispanic channel NuevOn Electus and LatinWe launching a Youtube channel in Spanish Univisión holds its 2011-2012 Upfront ABC will produce Spanish format Aquí no hay quien viva Latin World Entertainment launches new licensing division with Sofía Vergara The bass draws from the designs of the original Hyperion guitars Balaguer Guitars has added a bass to its Hyperion range The Hyperion Bass gets its good looks from the six-strings in the series and is available as a production line model and a semi-custom one The production line Hyperion Bass sports a mahogany body and neck 22 frets and a 35-inch scale length that delivers clear and punchy tones while two volume knobs and one “Blend” control help you shape your tone to perfection It comes in Satin Silverburst or Satin Trans Black spalted and quilted maple tops are also among the options The Hyperion Bass lists for $1,099. For more information, check out balaguerguitars.com. The secret Prado Museum of Catalonia corresponds to one of the great museums of the city Due to remodeling works it has been closed for the last months Last weekend the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer opened its doors again that this act is the most important commemorating the bicentenary of the birth of the liberal politician and the birth of the writer to this writer this center renews its exhibition rooms where you can see collections gathered by Balaguer during the nineteenth century an event that has transformed the Victor Balaguer as the best ambassador in Catalonia of the art gallery in Madrid Balaguer managed thanks to contacts in the Court that the Prado will take the decision to lend some pieces from the collection to the museum of Vilanova This collaboration has been renewed over time Pedro Orrente and Juan Carreño de Miranda signed these works This mention also deserved the great composition of Joaquín Sorolla “Dos de mayo” and “The Annunciation” by El Greco This collaboration agreement was strengthened in the eighties of the last century and is part of the initiative called El Prado Extendido (The Extended Prado) Anyone wishing to visit the Víctor Balaguer will be able to contemplate a journey that will take them from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth century Here you can observe the combination of numerous genres such as landscapes and still life religious and mythological painting and court portraiture Among the jewels on display are “The Holy Family Francis of Assisi and Brother Leo deepening about death” They also demonstrate the mastery of an artist in the field of religious painting it is essential to highlight “Unknown Lady” which is a composition of Juan Pantoja de la Cruz in which his mastery in portraiture is demonstrated two of Francisco de Goya’s oil paintings were dedicated to King Charles IV and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma in which the psychology of the brush of the Aragonese painter is noted As on the walls of the Victor Balaguer thanking the Prado The collection of the Museo del Prado secreto de Cataluña is diverse It also involves works by popular Spanish artists In addition to important pieces by masters of Europe Among the treasures of the museum are paintings by El Greco an outstanding collection of Flemish and Italian Renaissance art Among the most outstanding pieces is a portrait of the Infanta Margarita which experts have debated its authenticity provides visitors with a unique and educational experience The museum also offers guided tours that help visitors explore the works in detail and learn about their history and context Each visit offers a quiet environment and a private atmosphere For those who are interested in discovering a hidden treasure it is advisable to plan the visit in advance Because access may be limited and reservations are required Being exclusive contributes to the magic of the place allowing each visitor to enjoy the art without the distractions of mass tourism the Secret Prado Museum of Catalonia certifies the rich artistic heritage of the region and is a hidden treasure to be discovered its academic activities and its unique atmosphere make it a must-see destination for anyone visiting Catalonia Stock images by Depositphotos La venta de la nuda propiedad Copyright © 2022 Salirporbarcelona , All rights Reserved. Created by JEZZ Media Balaguer Guitars has just unveiled The Astra the company's take on a classic singlecut design but with modern construction and appointments this singlecut comes stock with a 25.5” scale length this model boasts 22 medium-jumbo stainless steel frets and an all access set-neck joint allows unbridled access to the higher register Having two trim levels via their Production Series (Standard and Deluxe) players can choose from different finishes and specs to suit their needs • Body: Mahogany (Satin Trans Black or Satin 2-Tone Burst)• Neck: Set-neck Mahogany• Pickups: Balaguer Evergreen Humbuckers• Bridge: Tuneomatic w/ Stop Tailpiece• Controls: 2 volume 3-way switch• Tuners: 18:1 Locking Tuners• Fret Dots: Pearloid Dots• Fretboard: Ebony• Nut: Graphite 1 11/16”• Frets: 22 medium-jumbo stainless steel• Scale length: 25.5″• Neck thickness: @ 1st Fret- .800” / @ 12th Fret- .880”• Fretboard radius: 16″• Neck Shape: Comfy C• Truss Rod: 2-way adjustable Pre-order pricing is $1,349 for The Astra Deluxe and $899 for The Astra Standard To pre-order or find out more, visit balaguerguitars.com Guitar World has been the ultimate resource for guitarists Whether you want to learn the techniques employed by your guitar heroes read about their latest projects or simply need to know which guitar is the right one to buy Paris Saint-Germain Handball is delighted to announce that Ferran Solé and David Balaguer have extended their contracts for a further season The two Spanish right wingers are now tied to the Club through to 30 June 2025 before joining Fénix Toulouse Handball in 2016 The Spanish international signed for the capital club in July 2020 the Paris No.14 has scored 495 goals in all competitions winning three domestic championships (2021 2023) and two Coupe de France titles (2021 the 31-year-old left-hander was named best right winger at the 2018 European Championship a competition he has won twice with La Roja (2018 David Balaguer won three Spanish league titles a Copa del Rey and two Spanish Super Cups with his hometown club The Spanish international arrived in France in 2015 after signing for HBC Nantes with whom he won a Coupe de France and a Trophée des Champions in 2017 'Bala' joined Paris Saint-Germain Handball where he has racked up 200 goals in 74 appearances for the capital club the right winger was crowned European champion in 2018 "We're delighted to be continuing the adventure with Ferran and David They make up a complementary and effective pair right wingers This extension gives us continuity with these valuable members of our squad they have shown great professionalism and exemplary determination I am convinced that they will continue to help the Club in its quest for trophies."Thierry Omeyer General Manager of Paris Saint-Germain Handball "I'm really proud to be making a long-term commitment to Paris Saint-Germain Handball I feel very much at home in this city and with this high-quality team coached by one of the best coaches in the world This new extension was a logical step for me I'd like to thank the club for renewing its confidence in me I will continue to give my all for our colours and for the fans who support us every day."Ferran Solé "Continuing with Paris Saint-Germain Handball was an obvious choice As soon as I arrived in the capital last season I felt very quickly integrated into this squad made up of talented players and led by a very experienced staff The close working relationship with my compatriot Ferran Solé was also a major factor in my decision to continue my adventure here I'm proud to be able to make my contribution to the Club's future success."David Balaguer ProfilePosition: Right wingBorn: 25 August 1992 in Sant Quirze del Vallès (ESP)Nationality: SpanishHeight: 1m93 - Weight: 81kg 2011-2016 BM Granollers (ESP)2016-2020 Fénix Toulouse Handball2020-2025 Paris Saint-Germain ProfilePosition: Right wingBorn: 17 August 1991 in Barcelona (ESP)Nationality: SpainHeight: 1m85 - Weight: 91kg 2011-2014 FC Barcelona (ESP)2014-2015 Ciudad Encantada (ESP)2015-2022 Nantes2022-2025 Paris Saint-Germain ClubFrench champion (2023)Spanish champion (2012 2014)Copa del Rey (2014)Spanish Supercup (2012 2013)Coupe de France (2017)Trophée des Champions (2017)