which on this occasion will celebrate its 12th anniversary in Úbeda (Jaén The program will include a film music concert meetings with actors and other diverse cultural activities the festival will offer a concert on Saturday July 20 @ 23h at the Patio del Hospital de Santiago performed by the Banda Sinfónica “Ciudad de Jaen” conducted by José Antonio Hermoso Villanueva This concert/gala is one of the most special moments of the festival where in addition to the attendance of all the guests of the edition will offer unique moments and many surprises With a capacity for 500 spectators, tickets can be purchased for a price of 12 € by calling 953 757916 or writing to the mail info@semerturismo.com Tickets can also be obtained by going to Semer Turismo y Cultura You can find detailed information about the complete program and additional news about the festival http://cinefanfestivalubeda.blogspot.com https://soundtrackfest.com/en/tag/cinefan-festival-ubeda-en Discover a way to enjoy that music live in SoundTrackFest Here you will find all the information you need to live your favorite Soundtracks and meet the Composers These virtuoso young dancers tell a story of friendship guided by Peck’s thrilling choreography and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s story outline “Henry [Ubeda] and Carl [Cook] arrive in New York But the city sometimes has a way of dividing people.” Ubeda and Cook shared a stage in the pandemic-shortened Broadway revival of West Side Story and they’ve been stars in the dance world even longer: At 18 Ubeda won the TV competition So You Think You Can Dance; Cook’s six Broadway shows include a stint in Billy Elliot at age 14 they showered each other with compliments and marveled at the gift of performing a full-length dance show on Broadway Congratulations on Illinoise’s Best Musical nomination Ben Cook: It’s already my favorite thing I’ve ever done because of the intimacy it was created with Everyone who is a collaborator on this project had some sort of prior relationship with one another or with Justin [Peck] Ricky Ubeda: It’s different in the sense that we were with it from the first workshop and played an integral part in creating the language we use to communicate in the show it’s exciting to be part of something that feels new Without revealing spoilers, Illinoise includes a sensitive storyline about the relationship between your characters and a childhood friend played by Gaby Diaz, then shifts to New York, where Ahmad Simmons enters the picture What’s it like to tell this story entirely through dance Ricky: I’ve swung out and watched the show and I always say it speaks louder than anything that could be said through words The characters are relatable and the situations are universal: Tons of people have been in love and have had to grieve and heal through something openly queer person and grapple with what it means to come of age and find a chosen family is a big healing moment for my inner child Ben: There’s such a rich emotional history that we all share: Gaby is my girlfriend in real life—we live together—and Ricky Ahmad and I have worked together many times All of that plays a role in our ability to connect with one another and share that with an audience Why does the show work as a piece of musical theater so his movement is rooted in a technical form but it’s been crazy to see how his work has evolved especially since he started working with people like Ricky and Gaby who can do unbelievable things with their bodies At the [Park Avenue] Armory [where the show had a pre-Broadway run] and now I love the experience of doing it in a more intimate theater Ricky: It’s not a traditional Broadway musical there’s dancing and there’s storytelling and that is what constitutes a musical for me it’s a story you watch that’s using its tools differently Were you a fan of Sufjan Stevens’ music Ricky: Sufjan was always in my sphere because it’s music we put on to improv in the contemporary dance world so my parents weren’t listening to it and I had no gateway into it until my teen years Now my relationship with the music is wrapped around the narrative of the show Ben: I had listened to Sufjan’s music from the movie Call Me By Your Name and my relationship with it now is tied to the story of the show so theatrical: It bounces back and forth between being epic and cinematic in scale to being very intimate I think it speaks to his unbelievable range Shara Nova and Tasha Viets-VanLear] are standing above you Ricky: There’s this interesting “meta” quality to the show where the singers and the dancers are in different layers of the same world but it’s almost like the universe is singing at us and pulling the strings in telling the story I could talk for hours about how they’re revelatory vocalists We truly have some of the greats at what they do in the building every day Ben: Part of the challenge was figuring out how to make the music and the dance all-encompassing Our show isn’t reliant on flashy sets; it’s completely dependent on the band and I feel like our exchanges have gotten much more fleshed out in the past six months I’m going to put you two on the spot by asking what’s special about the dance ability of the other person ever thought we would be dancing in the same sphere and then you layer in what he offers as a creative person within a working environment and you almost can’t believe it exists in one individual I’ve seen the show from backstage a hundred times and he still surprises and amazes me in his ability to shape his body to the circumstances of our story but he’s also an insanely gifted actor who cuts through to the heart of what is happening His dancing feels so human and so close—it’s like watching a human being who just happens to have all this gorgeous dance training Being in the room with him for two years has pushed me to look beyond the technical elements of “How do I wow people?” and back to “How would this character move?” I’ve learned so much from him Both of you were working professionally in your teens because I got on-the-job training from the older people I worked with I had a lease of my own in New York at 19 and I didn’t have a lot of help from my parents this show allows us to honor our younger selves by playing people who are coming of age very young that this was what I wanted to do [Cook debuted on Broadway at 11 as the Little Boy in the 2009 revival of Ragtime.] I was fortunate to have supportive parents and teachers who believed in me I knew that school was not for me; even from age 10 and I will do the work and deliver.” Looking back I feel like the opportunities came less because of my talent and more from my desire and persistence I still love being thrown into the deep end One of you won a TV reality dance competition and the other played Billy Elliot—you must be fearless by now Ricky: Maybe we’re just a little bit crazy The fear is always there; you just make friends with it “We’ve got to jump in if we’re going to make any progress We’ve got to move.” You use the fear If you could write your career ticket for the next 10 years but I feel like I have everything I’ve ever wanted right now I just want to continue to make cool theater with my friends so maybe dabbling in that over the next 10 years trusting creative environment has always been the dream This experience is going to spoil us for any work we do in the future and if it’s a different version of this for the next 10 years The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve World Heritage partnerships for conservation Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development Our Partners Donate Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Centre information. The urban morphology of the two small cities of Úbeda and Baeza in southern Spain dates back to the Moorish 9th century and to the Reconquista in the 13th century. An important development took place in the 16th century, when the cities were subject to renovation along the lines of the emerging Renaissance. This planning intervention was part of the introduction into Spain of new humanistic ideas from Italy, which went on to have a great influence on the architecture of Latin America. نالت مدينتا أوبيدا وبايزا الوقعتان جنوب اسبانيا شكلهما الحضري في الحقبة المغربيّة في القرن التاسع وبعد الفتح في القرن الثالث عشر. ولقد سجّلت تغيّرات مهمّة في القرن السادس عشر عندما خضعت المدن لأعمال ترميم على الطراز النهضوي. وشكّلت هذه البوادر الحضريّة انعكاساً لاجتياح الأفكار الإنسانيّة المصدّرة من إيطاليا إلى اسبانيا. كما مارست هذه الأفكار تأثيراً مهمّاً أيضاً على هندسة أمريكا اللاتينيّة. 在西班牙南部坐落着两个小城——乌韦达和巴埃萨，对于当地城市形态学的研究可以追溯到公元9世纪摩尔人统治时期以及公元13世纪的收复领土时期。到了公元16世纪，随着文艺复兴运动的发展，当地也出现了文艺复兴的形势，使这两个小城得到了重大发展。这种有计划的影响其实就是新人文主义思想从意大利被介绍到了西班牙，这一思想后来从西班牙带到了拉丁美洲，对那里的建筑一直产生着巨大影响。 Городская морфология двух небольших городов – Убеда и Баэса, расположенных в южной Испании, сложилась во времена мавров в IХ в. и реконкисты в XIII в. Города активно развивались в XVI в. – тогда они обновлялись в соответствии со стилистикой Возрождения. Эти нововведения были обусловлены приходом в Испанию из Италии новых гуманистических идеалов, которые в дальнейшем оказали большое влияние на архитектуру Латинской Америки. The Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza lie in the two Andalusian cities of Úbeda and Baeza which are 9 km away from each other. The inscribed property in Úbeda is 4.2 ha and the property in Baeza is 4.8 ha. Both parts have buffer zones and the two towns are linked by a rural protection area of 44.2 km2. The respective monumental ensembles attained their most unique constructive expressions during the Renaissance period. Úbeda developed outstanding noble architecture; Baeza turned into an important ecclesiastic and educational centre. The most complete example of their architectural identity is the Plaza Vázquez de Molina in Úbeda, surrounded by civil and religious buildings built from 1530 to 1580, with special mention to the funeral chapel of El Salvador and the Vázquez de Molina Palace (today’s Town Hall). These form the greatest Renaissance architecture ensemble in Spain and one of the most important in Europe. The main elements of the Baeza ensemble are the Cathedral and the Santa María Square, the old Seminary and the University. Known for its religious and educational uses, it became the site of the International University of Andalusia in the 1970s. Úbeda and Baeza are early examples in Spain of the introduction of the Italian Renaissance design criteria. Furthermore, their considerable influence in Latin America has been well documented. The introduction of Renaissance interventions in an urban area originating from an Islamic period is also of interest. The coexistence of cultures (Christian, Islamic and Jewish) favoured freedom and opening up to other influences, contributing an originality of artistic expression with great implications in Latin America. This region has both Islamic roots and an intense medieval tradition in stonework. Stonemasonry was enriched by Andrés de Vandelvira, as described in the Libro de Traças de Cortes de Piedra (“Book of Stone-Cutting Designs”), written by his son Alonso, and considered the best compendium of Stereotomy in Europe until the end of the 17th Century. It had great influence on Latin American architecture. The masters of Úbeda-Baeza greatly contributed to universal Renaissance culture, complementing Italian constructions with particular Islamic influences and the systematic use of stonemasonry. Criterion (ii): The 16th-century examples of architectural and urban design in Úbeda and Baeza were instrumental in introducing the Renaissance ideas to Spain. Through the publications of Andréa Vandelvira, the principal project architect, these examples were also diffused to Latin America. Criterion (iv): The central areas of Úbeda and Baeza constitute outstanding early examples of Renaissance civic architecture and urban planning in Spain in the early 16th century. The Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza reflect the important transformations which occurred to these cities with their Islamic past and later Mudéjar tradition, during the 16th Century, with the advent of the Renaissance. Thus, they comprise an urban dimension, which along with the architectural one, are the essential attributes of their Outstanding Universal Value. The condition of both ensembles is excellent, given their highly institutional character. In Úbeda, they are used for several administrative headquarters, religious purposes and a Parador (state-run hotel). In the ensemble of Baeza some buildings have been renovated to house the International University of Andalusia, such as the old Seminary and the marvellous Palace of Jabalquinto. In addition to architectural integrity, there is the perfect urban planning of the public spaces that contain these buildings. Some of these spaces have been renovated and redeveloped in keeping with the original work. This area has low seismic hazard in absolute terms, though the risk is a little higher here than in the rest of the Spanish territory. Pollution problems from a nearby factory in Baeza are being resolved. The importance of the Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza in their surrounding territories is an exceptional example of the complementary duality held by these two cities in the region of La Loma, since the 16th century (period of their socioeconomic growth). This duality can be most clearly seen through their monumental ensembles, which are outstanding examples of the distribution of urban functions. Both monumental ensembles of Baeza (with public, ecclesiastic and educational functions) and Úbeda (with noble and palatial functions) have a Renaissance urban plan which has acquired its own identity and has continuing authenticity of form and design. Material authenticity also stems from the historic buildings in the two inscribed areas. Belonging to different styles and periods (the Renaissance style prevailing), these possess a high degree of authenticity, which can be seen not only in their actual façades but also in their architectural style, representing the different social classes and explaining their building heritage. The existence of urban and heritage protection mechanisms ensures that the Outstanding Universal Value is maintained. The inscribed areas form part of zones which have been declared Historic Ensembles, and thus come under Special Protection Plans and Inventory. Moreover, individual buildings have the maximum level of protection existing in both regional and state Heritage Legislation, as they have been declared Property of Cultural Interest under the category of Monuments. The Special Protection Plans and Inventory lay out the protection conditions for the maintenance of their urban and architectural structure and of their traditional urban image. These Plans have a broad urban content and not only protect the values using specific regulations but they propose urban restoration and recovery. By means of the co-operation agreement of 1999, Úbeda and Baeza Town Councils coordinated and developed heritage management concerning conservation and restoration, culture and tourism, setting out sustainable interventions to recover their respective historic centres. The respective historic centres (Úbeda 2005 and Baeza 2006) were declared State-aided Restoration Areas. This has led to many public interventions: improving urban planning of public spaces, restoring the city walls and unique buildings, restoring houses and associated infrastructure. Since March 2009, this liaison has been carried out by means of the “Association for Tourist Development of Úbeda and Baeza”, through the Sustainable Tourism Plan “Úbeda/Baeza, the Open Renaissance Museum”. In the direction of Granada there is currently a cattle track, and this is where the Antonio Muñoz Molina Mirador and Visitor reception is going up as a pavilion executed in wood with steelwork. The platform is raised on pillars arranged in porticoes equidistant from each other at 2.5 m. The volume was built with prefabricated timber pieces, using a dry-joint system. The San Lorenzo Mirador is located at a square, next to San Lorenzo Church and on an Almohad wall that circumvents Úbeda’s historical quarter. Facing south, it offers vistas of the Guadalquivir Valley and the peaks of Sierra Mágina. The intervention incorporates small landscaped spaces and wooden benches for encounters, respite, and contemplation of the scenery, combined with traditional stone floors and black ironwork seats. Mirador y centro de recepción de visitantes Antonio Muñoz Molina Sorry, there arent any match using your search terms, please try again using other terms. The 28-year-old dancer stars in the Broadway production of Illinoise a 28-year-old dancer who won season 11 of So You Think You Can Dance “I was immediately on board,” recalls Ubeda “The piece just sounded fresh and unlike anything I’ve ever seen.” After a sold-out run at the Park Avenue Armory in March After a sold-out run at the Park Avenue Armory in March the show slid onto Broadway and garnered four Tony nominations who also appeared on stage in recent revivals of Carousel a young writer caught between the demons of his past and the promise of his future “It’s so rewarding to play a character that is figuring out how to sift through all of life’s stuff,” Ubeda says I really feel this sense of wanting to take care of him Henry only speaks through the steps of his moving body “But what’s being communicated is somehow more powerful than words,” explains Ubeda This new Earl’s Court hotel is a rare oasis with 156-rooms and a beautiful private garden More The new restaurant at Louis Vuitton's Midtown Manhattan flagship debuts a high tea service to go with their all-day dining concept More The actor plays Elmer McCurdy, an American outlaw, in the new musical Dead Outlaw More The two-time winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race tackles Gilbert and Sullivan in the Roundabout Theatre’s new Pirates! 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More An Upper West Side Story MIAMI – A City of Miami Police officer is under investigation because of what he was doing in a photo taken while on duty The picture in question was taken Friday after Miami police made a big gun bust but now top department brass are taking a closer look and someone noticed the officer at the far end of the picture flashing hand signals that some consider a ‘white power’ message That man is Miami Police Officer Daniel Ubeda The tweet was deleted less than 48 hours after it was posted The commander who posted it also made his account private “This was meant to be private between him and his six guys,” said President of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police Tommy Reyes “It was not supposed to be posted on Twitter.” Reyes told Local 10 News the finger gesture meant “six” as in the number of colleagues on the officer’s shift He said they discussed different hand signals and that he believed the one seen in the photo is different than one associated with white supremacy Reyes also said that both Ubeda’s supervisor and the commander who tweeted the photo are Black the innocent ‘ok’ gesture that was coopted four years ago by racists as ‘WP’ for ‘white power.’ The same gesture has been spotted being flashed at a Florida rally for Donald Trump at a Miami Marlins game by a fan that has since been banned and at the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh by his former aide and called the backlash about her resting hand “repulsive.” But back to Officer Ubeda, who is the same Miami officer who went to vote last fall while wearing a Trump face covering He was eventually reprimanded for political messaging while in uniform Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo said Ubeda was “…relieved of duty (Sunday) and an internal affairs investigation is ongoing.” Copyright 2021 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved Glenna Milberg joined Local 10 News in September 1999 to report on South Florida's top stories and community issues She also serves as host on Local 10's public affairs broadcast TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Closed Captioning / Audio Description Contact Us Careers at WPLG Terms of Use Privacy Policy Public File FCC Applications EEO Report Do Not Sell My Info 1.0 Host Exhibit Copyright © 2025 Local10.com is published by WPLG INC. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Broadway Off-Broadway Off-Off Broadway Cabaret Dance Opera Classical Music Nashville Minneapolis / St. Paul Connecticut Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles WEST END UK Regional Canada Australia / New Zealand Europe Asia Latin America Africa / Middle East TV/Movies Music Illinoise is beginning performances in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare on January 28 Illinoise glows around a campfire as virtuosic dancers and a live band lead audiences on a mighty journey new kind of musical adds live music and impressionistic choreography to revisit these themes of self-discovery Following a premiere production at the Fisher Center at Bard in summer 2023 Illinoise marks its official press opening at Chicago Shakespeare Theater before a New York run at Park Avenue Armory in March winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season 11 and is produced in association with ArKtype/Thomas O A divided kingdom is fertile ground for the charismatic and unscrupulous Richard to seize power and exact revenge—and no one is safe from his tyranny Full of scathing dark comedy and high-stakes family drama This will mark the first major US production of Richard III to feature a woman with a disability in the title role Accessible and enhanced performances for Illinoise include: or social media at @chicagoshakes and @IllinoiseOnStage including the Oscar and Grammy-nominated song “Mystery of Love.” In 2020 a collaborative new age album made with his stepfather Lowell Brams a reflection on the state of humanity in freefall and a call for a total transformation of consciousness two-and-a-half-hour requiem mass for present times The most recent studio album by Stevens—A Beginner’s Mind—features songs inspired in part by popular films It was released in the fall of 2021 and is a collaboration with singer-songwriter Angelo DeAugustine Justin Peck is a director He is the Resident Choreographer and Artistic Associate of the New York City Ballet the second person in the institution’s history to hold this title He has developed and created over 50 dance and theater works that have been presented on stages around the world and Broadway (most notably with his 2018 Tony Award-winning production of Carousel) His work has been performed by companies such as the Paris Opera Ballet Peck’s honors include the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Broadway production of Carousel (2018) the Golden Plate Honor from the Academy of Achievement (2019) the Bessie Award for Outstanding Production for Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (2015) and the World Choreography Award for the film West Side Story (2022) and a Windham-Campbell Literary Prize in Drama Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The award for Best Musical went to Maybe Happy Ending, book by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park. Jonathan Groff (Just In Time), Robyn Hurder (Smash), Josh Bergasse (Smash), Warren Carlyle (Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop! The Musical),  Shannon Lewis (Just In Time), and more are nominees at this year's Chita Rivera Awards! Check out photos of this year's honorees at The 2025 Chita Rivera Awards Nominees Reception. Ahead of its airing this Thursday, CBS has shared first-look photos of the Season 2 finale of Elsbeth, which reveal a special musical number: Chicago's iconic 'Cell Block Tango.' Take a look at the photos here! Senior officials at the National Endowment for the Arts have resigned following the Trump administration's withdrawal of grants from arts organizations across the country.  and exclusive discounts on tickets to your favorite shows © 2025 - Copyright Wisdom Digital Media, all rights reserved. Privacy Policy Ubeda received the opportunity to join the cast as part of his prize for winning SYTYCD in September 2014 the acclaimed dancer participated in a 77-city nationwide tour His accomplishments have been featured in Dance Spirit Magazine with Kelly and Michael” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show." 20 at the Lyric (formerly the Foxwoods and the Ford Center for the Performing Arts) The production, which marks the 70th anniversary of the classic musical, is directed by Tony winner John Rando, who helmed the recent, critically acclaimed City Center Encores! and Barrington Stage productions of On the Town. It also features choreography by Joshua Bergasse who choreographed the Barrington Stage production and is making his Broadway debut as a choreographer with this show and three sailors are hoping to get just a little bit lucky on their one day of leave in the Big Apple," according to press notes "From the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Coney Island to Times Square and Carnegie Hall On the Town zigzags through New York City as the sailors and the three high-spirited young women they meet chase love and each other during an unforgettable day in the city that never sleeps." Click here to read about the various treats currently being offered at the Lyric. The score features the standards “New York, New York,” “I Can Cook Too,” “Lonely Town” and “Some Other Time” and are being played with their original orchestrations, performed by what is the largest orchestra on Broadway, with 28 musicians led by musical director James Moore The production also has scenic and projection design by Tony winner Beowulf Boritt, lighting design by Drama Desk nominee Jason Lyons, costume design by Tony Award winner Jess Goldstein sound design by Tony nominee Kai Harada and hair and makeup design by Leah Loukas On the Town is produced by Howard & Janet Kagan Pamela Cooper and Barrington Stage Company The Broadway revival is also offering the first-ever mobile lottery system TodayTix allows those interested to enter the mobile lottery via the app available in the App Store or Google Play Store The entry period begins each day at midnight and continues until winners are notified via push notification three-to-four hours before the selected performance begins Winners will be offered the opportunity to purchase $20 tickets and can pick up their tickets from the uniformed TodayTix concierge outside of the theatre Lottery tickets and seat locations are subject to availability Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com The Broadway revival of the classic musical comedy On the Town began performances Sept 20 at 8 PM at the newly renamed Lyric Theatre Gail Kriegel's new play follows a family affected by mental illness The Tony-winning Best Musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre Noah Himmelstein will direct Matthew Puckett's original musical Neumann is the Tony nominated choreographer behind Hadestown and Swept Away one Tony winner is playing the trumpet while the other is channeling Madame Rose Due to the expansive nature of Off-Broadway Thank You!You have now been added to the list Blocking belongson the stage,not on websites Our website is made possible bydisplaying online advertisements to our visitors Please consider supporting us bywhitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.Thank you The olive oil museum in Úbeda creates an interactive experience where visitors may learn about the crop's history production process and sample various local oils all in one place The Centro de Interpretación Olivar y Aceite in Úbeda is a unique museum that serves as a tem­ple to olive oil Visitors can expe­ri­ence a vari­ety of olive oils show­cas­ing the impor­tance of olive oil in the local cul­ture and econ­omy As vis­i­tors enter the Centro de Interpretación Olivar y Aceite – the Olive and Oil Interpretation Center – they walk into what at first glance appears only to be a shop a small his­toric town in Jaén, it is a sort of tem­ple to olive oil There are olive oil cos­met­ics and lotions choco­late bars made with olive oil and cook­books fea­tur­ing the region’s main lifeblood: olive oil this mul­ti­func­tional space has been a hub for Jaén’s olive oil sec­tor and pro­fes­sional train­ings on Corredera de San Fernando a few min­utes’ walk from the Parador a six­teenth-cen­tury Moorish Palace at the cen­ter of Úbeda The museum is run by the Olivar y Aceite Association a non­profit orga­ni­za­tion whose objec­tive is the pro­mo­tion of Jaén’s olive oil It is housed in an olive mill that was built in the 1930s It makes sense that vis­i­tors to the area will want to learn about olive oil. The ​“liq­uid gold” dom­i­nates the region’s land­scape, econ­omy, and cul­ture any vis­i­tor will notice olive trees stretched before them for miles with sil­very leaves reflect­ing the sun­light Olive groves cover gen­tle rolling hills which turn into moun­tains More than 220 mil­lion olive trees flour­ish in Jaén, the world’s largest cul­ti­vated sur­face area. Spain is the king of olive oil pro­duc­tion and the region pro­duces more than 40 per­cent of Spanish olive oil and a fifth of the olive oil in the entire world Visitors can take a tour that show­cases nearly every aspect of olive oil A guide will begin with the olive groves them­selves – olive trees grow in the museum’s gar­den – through to the pro­duc­tion process of the olive oil Visitors can embark on a tour of nearby olive groves Workshops are offered for kids of all ages Tastings and train­ings are held for begin­ners The Center hosts events for both tourists and the local com­mu­nity They also offer ​“oleo­tur­ismo” pack­ages where vis­i­tors can see mills More than 25 dif­fer­ent olive oil classes are taught each year and the tast­ing club brings together ama­teurs and pro­fes­sion­als to taste through local oils An undis­puted high­light of a visit to the Interpretation Center is down­stairs where the Center hosts what they call ​“show cook­ing.” It is the end of the jour­ney for the olive oil and vis­i­tors can watch local chefs cook both tra­di­tional and mod­ern cre­ations Olive oil stars in the region’s quin­tes­sen­tial dishes suc­cu­lent pork meat fried in gar­lic and olive oil bull tail braised in olive oil and red wine Chef Javier Blasque served foie gras with white choco­late and plum cake The dish was served with a syringe of Picual bright fla­vor cut through the rich­ness beau­ti­fully A mousse of wild mush­rooms got a smooth kick from Arbequina olive oil and a sweet crunch from pome­gran­ate seeds Blasque cre­ated an emul­sion of 30 per­cent cocoa but­ter and 70 per­cent Arbequina extra vir­gin olive oil which he used to make both rice pud­ding and a fluffy olive oil cake “There really are end­less pos­si­bil­i­ties,” Blasque said as he passed out small slices of his still warm cake More articles on:  , , Three Beloved Greek Dishes to Try This Summer seasonal ingredients are combined with the year’s extra virgin olive oil to create some of the most delicious summer dishes of Greek cuisine Researchers Transform Olive Grove Waste Into Bioplastic Turning olive tree leaves and branches into biopolymers would provide environmental economic and social benefits to olive farmers Olive Oil Exports from Spain Reach Record High, Defying Production Hurdles Exporters saw revenues rise by more than 50 percent even as they shipped average volumes Olive Oil Overtakes Wine as Popular Host Gift in Britain to present dinner party hosts with a bottle of extra virgin olive oil instead of wine or chocolates Umbria Blazes the Trail of Year-Round Oleotourism Traditionally confined to the harvest season restaurateurs and tourism officials in Umbria are working to turn extra virgin olive oil into a year-round attraction Open Source AI Model Accurately Predicted Olive Oil Prices The model accurately predicted olive oil price movements and timing while it was developed in 2017 and 2018 Its creator said its scientific basis remains valid and released it publicly Officials in Spain Optimistic Ahead of Harvest as Prices Remain Elevated Spain is expected to produce between 1.4 and 1.5 million tons of olive oil in the 2024/25 crop year after a wet winter and mild spring favored a bumper crop Olive Sector Key to Andalusian Circular Economy Plan A new five-year plan from the Andalusian government sets ambitious goals for transforming the world's largest olive oil-producing region into a circular bioeconomy When Ricky Ubeda fell to the ground in tears after being crowned the winner of this season’s So You Think You Can Dance it was because he was overcome with emotion having envisioned the moment since the long-running Fox reality competition first inspired him to start dancing (Related: Awww.) It’s also because he was damned tired Produced by TV geniuses who are also perhaps sadists the rigorous celebration of dance might be the most demanding talent competition out there and toss their dance partners in the air with unrelenting frequency over the course of its summer run each year danced a staggering six full-length routines running the gamut from hip-hop to contemporary Little more than 12 hours after confetti rained down as he sobbed into host Cat Deeley’s bosom Ricky has somehow been whisked from the Los Angeles soundstage to The Daily Beast’s New York offices to chat about his win (There was no time even to stay for the show’s wrap party what with redeyes to catch and Live with Kelly and Michael tapings to get to.) Ricky was as game and personable as any SYTYCD fan would hope their favorite dancer from the past season—and he was the favorite to win from his first audition in Atlanta—to be answering my questions about being the frontrunner laughing as I joke about guest judge Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s blatant crush on him and even humoring me by posing for this ridiculous photo: In addition to sitting comfortably knowing that he can Ricky (after doing a passé together we’re on a first-name basis now) wins $250,000 a yet-to-be determined role in the upcoming Broadway production of On the Town and will tour with the other Season 11 finalists around the country Before all of that begins—and before he gets the sleep he so sorely deserves—we chatted with him about his brilliant season on the show the joys of a Travis Wall contemporary routine and a host of other things that the biggest So You Think You Can Dance nerds will find utterly fascinating I’m sure you’ve heard that people thought you were going to win from the first audition You seem pretty humble so I’m sure you’re not going to say too!” But how does it feel to hear that people were so impressed by you from the start that they just assumed victory was a foregone conclusion people expected me to not have to work at anything I think people think that I would just wake up in the morning and do Bollywood or the waltz But I had to work my butt off in order to look good doing these things That when it seems so effortless people don’t think you had to work hard to know that people loved what I was doing It seems like a really emotional experience When you’re so tired you can’t help but cry You’re just so exhausted that anything can throw you off “Oh my god…” (pretends to sob) It just feels so good because you put in so many hours and work your—I don’t want to say ass off We would hold hands and just hold each other crying because of how exhausted we were The feedback you got each week from the judges was always so glowing That must be surreal to hear those things from big celebrities Was there anything that stuck with you that’s just seared into your brain What usually happens is that I go out there So to hear them say good things goes right over me but I’m so out of it from the dance I just did that I don’t really hear what’s going on and don’t really remember what they tell us exactly I think a lot of contestants are the same way: it was either good or it was bad But I remember the first week when Nigel called me the magician of dance And then when I did my duet with Jaime in the Top 8 he was floored by the way that I can put my technique in the background and it takes the back seat to the piece and what it means And Jesse Tyler Ferguson said he wanted to date me Jesse Tyler Ferguson had the biggest crush on you He took a selfie with me on stage after I won I hadn’t seen it until I was on Live with Kelly and Michael this morning and they played it I have played that moment in my head so many times I can hear Cat rustling her card and opening it and saying my name I remember Cat Deeley literally took your head into her arms and let you sob on her shoulder do you remember what you said to each other “I can’t believe this is happening right now key chains that have our names engraved in them that say “So You Think You Can Dance” on the back She’s just so nice and makes us feel so comfortable How well do you get to know her during the process Not super-duper close like we would get with the producers We would see her for every dress rehearsal we do and she would talk to us after every dance in the dress She goes on the journey with us and she gets really excited when we succeed Do you have a favorite dance that you did this season That’s the one I picked to dance last night I think it’s really unique and I could do it forever I also think it’s really cool that we’re both not hip-hop dancers and took it to that level the contemporary that Travis Wall choreographed Was there one that was the hardest for you to get When you guys are finding out what styles of dance you’re getting for that week and you draw ballroom Someone does the foxtrot and then is eliminated pretty much immediately The Viennese waltz is the kiss of death on this show So me and Emilio both pulled ballroom that week And it always works out that one gets the Latin ballroom and one gets standard “I want the Latin!” And then I got the waltz They’re trying to get rid of me.” But it was amazing That was the first time I cried in rehearsal It wasn’t dramatic—just to myself in a corner pull it together.” You have to make it look so easy when you draw a Travis Wall contemporary routine The first week I got a Sonya Tayeh routine and then the second week I had Travis I did two duets with Travis and three group numbers Your go-to when you want to impress people I think my legs are important to my dancing Jesse Tyler Ferguson Instagrammed a selfie from the judging panel with your leg up in the air on stage next to Cat Deeley and it was completely vertical He was just laughing about me being comfortable like that “I’m most comfortable on the couch eating popcorn and that’s how you’re most comfortable And they didn’t show extending my leg on TV You mentioned that you had envisioned winning this show before People like Nick and Travis were guys dancing contemporary and made it just look cool And they were so funny and awesome that I thought “I want to do that.” And it’s cool that now you flash-forward and I’m on the show working with the people who inspired me to even start but I knew he understood where I was coming from We chatted about the crazy rehearsal process and how much dancing you do all day How much do you guys get to eat to sustain all of that There it goes.” You start losing all this weight and looking gaunt and frail Then you start losing your appetite because you’re nervous all the time when I take the stairs instead of the elevator one day “I’m going to have an ice cream sundae because of all the extra calories I burned!” I would’ve thought with all your dancing When I got home I would eat Toaster Strudels and ice cream and Frosted Flakes in bed We got home and I wouldn’t even have the energy to open a box of Frosted Flakes What made you decide that now was the time to audition I turned 18 in December and auditioned right at the beginning of January How do you prepare your audition for something like this I had some pieces that if I made it to callback week that I was saving the really special solos to blow them away with to get into the Top 20 So I just put something together for the audition A lot of people made a big deal about the scope of talent this year I’d imagine there’s going to be some tap in On the Town How do you feel about getting this role on Broadway But Broadway was one of the things on the list to do next they’re really excited to work with you,” and I was just like “OK!” New York is my favorite city in the world What are you hoping winning the show does for you you win a record contract and put out an album But there’s not that kind of logical transition after you win So You Think You Can Dance I think the show is just an amazing platform for something you want to do The money gives you stability to move out to where you want and to audition to have these opportunities And it lets people see you and offer you things but I don’t know what the next step after that would be I haven’t even though about the fact that I won let alone what I’m going to do with all that money But I am going to see a financial adviser and save it and make money off of it you don’t get to make all the money you want And I want to work in what I want to work in and not have to choose a job because it pays more So I want to do something smart with the money and then use a little bit of it to move out here to New York Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here Kevin Fallon is the editor of The Daily Beast's Obsessed He is co-president of the TV branch of the Critics Choice Association on the board of directors of the Television Critics Association and is a member of the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association assuming you are referring to the painting contractor from Long Island SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Top 20 contestant Ricky Ubeda (18) on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE airing Wednesday which on this occasion will celebrate its 11th anniversary in Úbeda (Jaén July 22 @ 23h at the Patio del Hospital de Santiago This concert and gala is one of the most special moments of the festival http://soundtrackfest.com/en/tag/cinefan-festival-ubeda-en Playbill sits down with three of Broadway’s dazzling dancers: Ricky Ubeda Listen to the latest episode to hear them chat their earliest memories of performing; training and dealing with injuries; and what it’s like to perform on Broadway Ubeda is the winner of Season 11 of So You Think You Can Dance has appeared on Broadway in On the Town and Cats and will soon return to the Broadway stage in Carousel Pfaeffle plays Veruca Salt in the Broadway musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and has performed in Finding Neverland on Broadway Wong has competed on So You Think You Can Dance and was a finalist on American Idol and he was an original Broadway cast member of Newsies features a mix of guests who make Broadway what it is: the stars CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS ABOUT TO CLOSE ON AND OFF BROADWAY One of the newest citizen science programs in our area is the Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch with natural areas that range from the sugar-white sandy beaches along the Gulf of Mexico to the wetlands prairies and hammocks of Myakka River State Park This natural array presents a multitude of ecologically connected recreational opportunities less well-known opportunity: citizen science maybe you’ve heard of the annual Christmas Bird Count the 120-year-old bird “census” developed by the Audubon Society a local effort to catalog and protect nesting sea turtles along our shores Each of these invites members of the general public to take an active role in gathering information key to preserving species One of the newest citizen science programs in our area is the Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch (FHCW) Launched in 2016 as a partnership between the University of Florida (including the Florida Sea Grant program) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) the project teams trained scientists with citizen volunteers to collect vital data about breeding horseshoe crabs These data help round out knowledge about this unique marine animal in Florida The misnomer came because of their shape and a general belief But horseshoe crabs actually are related to arachnids meaning they are cousins to spiders and scorpions They have existed virtually unchanged for more than 400 million years a testament to finding a niche in the ecosystem and filling it perfectly but don’t reach sexual maturity — meaning able to reproduce — until roughly 10 years especially during full and new moons in spring and fall These evolutionary adaptations have allowed the species to survive across the eons But there are concerns about continuing survival with threats from exploitation as use as bait in fisheries loss of habitat and the horseshoe crabs’ role in biomedical testing Horseshoe crab blood is used to create limulus amebocyte lysate And the federal Food and Drug Administration requires that all medicines for injection countless horseshoe crabs are harvested each year around the globe to produce this key substance While researchers continue to work on synthetic alternatives to this extract chances are that if you’ve had a vaccine or surgery in the last three or four decades you can thank a horseshoe crab for helping protect you They also serve a vital role in the natural food web for predators like the threatened which times its migration from Antarctica to coincide with horseshoe mating and feed upon the eggs The Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch program takes advantage of the species’ moonlight mating to gather data armed with information on beach sections known for past horseshoe activity roam these shores at key times to catalog the number of mating groups spotted scientists collect a small set of horseshoe crabs to measure and tag The efforts allow researchers to track movement of horseshoe crabs and note population trends that helps FWC leaders develop improved management strategies to protect horseshoe populations Sarasota County citizen scientists currently monitor two sites for horseshoe crabs, with plans to expand the local program. For those interested in joining the effort, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County will host a March 7 training workshop (location and time still to be set). When more details are available, we’ll post the information at ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com for you to learn more and register or you can contact me at aubeda@ufl.edu or 941-861-9819 If you are not in or near Sarasota County but still want to participate Other Florida counties also offer this program and you can get more information by emailing FWC’s Berlynna Heres at berlynna.heres@myfwc.com Armando Ubeda is the Sea Grant agent for UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County He joined Sarasota County Extension in 2016 and has more than 23 years’ experience working in marine education Contact Armando at aubeda@ufl.edu or 941-861-9819 Contact your local Extension office to learn more: Sarasota County: 941-861-5000 or sarasota@ifas.ufl.edu Manatee County: 941-722-4524 or manatee@ifas.ufl.edu Charlotte County: 941-764-4340 or charlotte@ifas.ufl.edu Volume 12 - 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2018.00003 One of the current challenges in human motor rehabilitation is the robust application of Brain-Machine Interfaces to assistive technologies such as powered lower limb exoskeletons Reliable decoding of motor intentions and accurate timing of the robotic device actuation is fundamental to optimally enhance the patient's functional improvement Several studies show that it may be possible to extract motor intentions from electroencephalographic (EEG) signals suggests that current techniques are still far from being systematically applied to an accurate real-time control of rehabilitation or assistive devices Here we propose the estimation of spinal primitives of multi-muscle control from EEG using electromyography (EMG) dimensionality reduction as a solution to increase the robustness of the method both to healthy and incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) patients to identify muscle contraction during periodical knee extension from the EEG We then introduce a novel performance metric which accurately evaluates muscle primitive activations The present study seeks to establish a reliable procedure to be applied in future real-time environments Previous works are based on a single macroscopic regression function to directly map neural activity into the emerging/desired limb kinematics a single regression function may not be sufficient to capture all intermediate neuro-mechanical processes thus only partly representing the mechanisms underlying movement We suggest a possible solution to these major problems that is based on the combined use of linear decoders (for extracting high-level neural information) and multi-muscle electromyography dimensionality reduction (for capturing the basic spinal primitives of muscle control) Motor primitives encode information of the neural drive and have shorter pathways with respect to the cortical activity our proposed method may be intrinsically robust (better signal to noise ratio) because it enables reconstructing a shorter neuro-mechanical gap (from brain activity to spinal cord activity) and applies the regression to a lower dimensional space (low-dimensional muscle primitives) primitives have a lower dimensionality than lower limb kinematics 12 degrees of freedom are needed to control 2 legs but only 4 primitives are needed to represent lower limb locomotion we propose a novel approach that consists of detecting knee extensions from SCPs through the decoding of EMG primitives extracted from the recorded activity of the quadriceps femoris group Four patients (P01–P04) (2 males and 2 females age: 43.5 ± 12.4 years old) were recruited from the patients services at the National Hospital for Spinal Cord Injury in Toledo Only adults with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) lesion above D7-D8 All patients were able to maintain standing position and ambulate for 30 m without external assistance and had enough functionality and strength in the upper limbs to use a walker or crutches four healthy subjects (H01–H04) (3 males and 1 female age: 33.5 ± 7.9 year old) participated in the study This study was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the ethical committee of the National Hospital for Spinal Cord Injury and Miguel Hernández University of Elche with written informed consent from all subjects All subjects gave written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki The protocol was approved by both committees Subjects seated comfortably on a chair and were asked to perform self-paced knee flexion-extension movements from full flexion (90°) to full extension (0°) (Figure 1 divided into 30-s runs with a 15-s rest period between them Subject P04 only performed five runs due to fatigue the dominant leg was used to perform the movements the movements were performed with the leg most affected by the lesion All patients were capable of performing the knee flexion-extension movements although more resting time between runs was given when necessary During the performance of the knee flexion-extension movements electroencephalographic (EEG) signals were recorded with two gUSBamp amplifiers (g.Tec Austria) at 1,200 Hz from 32 electrodes placed over the central and parietal cortex according to this distribution: FZ Subjects were asked to avoid blinks and head movements during each run EMG signals were also recorded at 2,000 Hz from bipolar electrodes placed on 16 different muscles (Wave Wireless EMG knee angles were measured at 30 Hz using two inertial sensors (Technaid SL Example of muscle primitive extracted during the performance of several self-paced extension movements: synergy weights (center) and non-negative activation coefficients (right) the subject performed four knee extensions in a period of 10 s EMG signals were resampled to match EEG signal time stamps Raw EEG signals were analyzed to reject blinks sections of EEG data with abnormal amplitude were rejected EEG signals were low-pass filtered with a zero-phase 2nd-order Butterworth filter (2 Hz) EEG data from each electrode were standardized by subtracting the mean (V̄) of the signal and dividing the result by the standard deviation (SDV) as shown in Equation (1) This standardization was computed for each individual run Raw EMG recordings were band-pass filtered (30–100 Hz), full-wave rectified, and low-pass filtered (6 Hz) using a zero-phase second-order Butterworth filter. For each subject and muscle group, the resulting linear envelopes were normalized with respect to the overall peak amplitude for that muscle. This was selected as the maximum value of a 50 ms moving-average window applied to the muscle linear envelopes across each recorded run (Gonzalez-Vargas et al., 2015) where a representative subject performs four consecutive knee extensions Each extension is commanded by an almost equal activation of all the muscles included in the quadriceps femoris group and can be explained by the extension primitive To decode the muscle primitive in charge of knee extension, a multidimensional linear regression has been applied in a similar way to Úbeda et al. (2017) and according to the formula: where x[t] is the non-negative factor of the primitive at time t and Sn is the voltage measured at electrode n L is the number of lags (past voltage samples) N the number of electrodes and a and b are the weights of the linear regression N corresponds to 16 (number of electrodes introduced in the decoder) meaning that 10 time samples per electrode are selected to feed the decoder Two distributions (midline region and midline) have been selected based on the assumption that motor cortex regions will provide a better performance than the activity of the whole cortex The final distribution (lateral regions) has been selected to show if regions apparently not related to lower-limb motor activity have a significant contribution in the decoding performance Electrode distributions used in the analysis Each picture shows the location of each selected electrode (black dots) over the cortex The colored area represents the approximate region of cortical activation The proposed linear decoder has been applied for each electrode distribution the parameter G (gap) has been swept to evaluate a processing time interval from 100 ms to 2.5 s Processing time interval has been limited to 2.5 s to minimize the effect of previous cycles in the decoding process a cross-fold validation (6-folds) has been applied (5-folds in the case of subject P04 who only performed 5 runs) the training data was used to compute the weights of the linear regression that are then applied to the test data to obtain the decoded non-negative factors We computed the Pearson correlation coefficient between the real and decoded primitives for each testing fold and reported the performance in terms of average correlation All electrode distributions have been then compared to select the one with higher performance the processing time interval with the higher correlation has been fixed for further analysis Shuffled data have been used as input to assess if the decoding accuracy was above chance levels. Shuffled data was obtained by randomly mixing trials of real cortical data and the associated non-negative factors to keep the temporal structure of the EEG signals in a way similar to Agashe et al. (2015) Shuffled data were filtered and standardized in the same way as the actual experimental data Shuffled data decoding coefficients were computed for each subject with the previously selected best processing time interval for each electrode distribution for each electrode distribution and subject the cross-fold validation was applied to obtain a total of 96 correlation coefficients for healthy subjects and 92 for SCI subjects This helps to avoid chance effects due to the stochastic nature of the process and also reduces the possible bias of a particular electrode distribution or subject The EEG-decoded muscle primitive was then compared to the one extracted from EMGs peaks of maximum contraction were computed for both the original and decoded signal to obtain similarity metrics Peaks were detected by looking for downward zero-crossings in the first derivative that exceeded a slope threshold and an amplitude threshold The slope threshold was fixed to a very low value (10−6) while the amplitude threshold was fixed to 0.3 in the case of the original primitive and 0.05 in the case of reconstructed primitives which were usually decoded with lower amplitudes True positive rate (TPR) was computed as the number of positive matches between the peaks extracted from both signals divided by the total number of extracted peaks which were closer than M times the average peak-to-peak distance in the original signal Detection rate (DR) was computed as the number positive matches divided by the number of peaks extracted from the original signal time shift (TS) was computed as the average time shift between all the positive extracted peaks and their corresponding peak in the original signal all the similarity metrics were computed for three different values of the parameter M: 0.1 the previously generated shuffled data was processed in the same way and compared to real data to evaluate the significance of the identification Subject H04 and patient P03 have however earlier peak decoding performance values lateral areas generally show worst decoding performance than global and midline areas This is particularly visible in most of the subjects and patients This is however not so clear in subjects H03 and H04 where lateral area decoding performance is most favorable Average decoding performance for four different electrode configurations (global activity Curves computed after sweeping the processing time interval (from 0.1 to 2.5 s) in the decoding protocol have been represented for healthy subjects (first and second row) and incomplete spinal cord injured patients (third and fourth row) Selected electrode distribution and processing time interval (PTI) for each subject where the reconstructed primitive does not correctly match the original signal Optimal decoding performance for each subject (mean ± STD) Chance levels were also computed to infer the significance of the results (Wilcoxon Sum-Rank Test Example of reconstructed primitives for several representative subjects and folds including the Pearson correlation coefficient (CC) obtained for the particular fold Decoding performance does not depend on amplitude or baseline (subject P02) but decreases with increased phase delays (subjects H03 and P04) a quite low identification accuracy (6 correct detections Similarity metrics (mean ± STD) for different detection margins (M) Example of identified peaks for several representative subjects and folds Scale differs between the decoded and the original peaks to improve visibility The main goal of this study was to obtain a robust way to translate brain signals into control commands provided to assistive devices such as robotic exoskeletons For this purpose we proposed to identify motor primitives from SCPs This enabled extracting high-level motor-related neural information and capturing the basic spinal primitives of multi-muscle control As many motor processes are usually rhythmic this methodology can provide a framework to identifiy periodical muscle activation from brain modulations that could be later applied to map full lower-limb mechanical information our proposed approach offers the possibility to link decoded primitives to neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) models it is not important to decode the exact shape and amplitude of activation primitives but just their timings the descending neural burst produced by the central nervous system (CNS) in the control of a group of muscles In combination with modeling we propose in the near future to translate this burst into precisely timed mechanical function This study was based on a small subject size so caution must be applied in the interpretation of results it is worth stressing that our method proved to operate on individuals with spinal cord injury and with disrupted neuromusclar control This itself is an important element providing initial evidence that our approach could be further extended and translated to larger clinical scenarios suggesting that regions not related to the lower-limb motor cortex have less influence in the decoding performance the optimal electrode distribution is centered on the cortex midline (H01 P01–P04) or on the midline area (H02) which again suggests that these areas are more relevant when decoding lower-limb activity Another possible reason could be related to the presence of motion artifacts affecting the global activity of the whole cortex. Motion artifacts are a key limitation in the application of BMIs under ambulatory conditions, particularly during gait rehabilitation procedures (Costa et al., 2016) This fact could also explain why all the configurations showed a similar behavior in subjects P03 and P04 our results suggest that artifact influence is limited due to the experimental conditions: the experimenter permanently monitored head movement and the proposed task did not involve important movement transmission through the body affecting the head of the participants (subjects sitting during the performance of knee extensions) the lower decoding performance that many subjects obtained for lateral areas in comparison to other configurations indicates that artifact activity is not dominating the decoded output being more dependent on actual cortical modulations a future application of the proposed methodology in more complex conditions as it may hinder the translation of the BMI system to the technology level in a realistic environment Previous works used short processing time windows (i.e., 100 ms) in the application of linear decoders to SCPs, (Bradberry et al., 2010; Presacco et al., 2011; Úbeda et al., 2015) it is possible to obtain significant performance (in terms of signal-to-signal correlation) in the decoding of upper and lower limb kinematics there is little variation of the signal amplitude in such a short time window as the signals of interest are previously filtered below 2 Hz This is even more critical in the case of EEG modulations where the signal to noise ratio is particularly low Our proposed approach provides robustness in this aspect we could enlarge the processing time interval (i.e. thus enabling information extraction from larger low-frequency EEG modulation windows These findings are limited to the small size of the population (8 subjects) so the assessment of larger populations is necessary to validate this conclusion If the processing time interval is longer than one cycle cortical modulations responsible for previous cycles can sum their influence into the decoding performance we limited the selected processing time interval to 2.5 s We also believe that a longer resting period between extensions (instead of continuous movements) will provide a better analysis of the proper processing time interval further evaluation should analyze how well this method adapts to pauses or absence of the periodical activity This is a critical aspect to be considered in future experiments that assess similar single-joint lower limb movements as well as those related to human locomotion from the more typical Correlation Coefficient (CC) applied in our study to other methods such as Normalized Root Mean Squared Error (NRMSE) or Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) the bad scaling in the reconstruction increased no detections but did not affect the number of false detections Our proposed identification method is still dependent on the tuning of internal parameters including the margin of detection (M) or the amplitude threshold (Section 2.5.4). When parameter L was increased, the true positive rate importantly increased (Table 2) This is somehow misleading and does not represent a proper identification of decoded peaks because of the already mentioned continuous periodicity of the knee extensions a very wide margin can lead to the misidentification of many detected peaks that are not really close to one of the peaks in the original signal short margins failed to detect most of the peaks To evaluate this issue we have a applied a paired test between our identification results and chance levels showing that both low (M = 0.1) and high (M = 1) margins reduce the significance of the identification accuracy (true positive rate) and that an average length of this margin (M = 0.5) which corresponds to half of the peak-to-peak distance in the original signal This tuning is a critical aspect in the timing of actuated gait-assisting devices in realistic scenarios Our proposed procedure accurately extracts the activation onsets of muscle primitives and reduces the dimensionality of the decoding by directly mapping corticospinal transmission Extracting muscle primitives from EEG signals may be more physiologically plausible than directly decoding joint kinematics as EMG extracted motor primitives encode alpha motor neuron discharges and have shorter pathways with respect to the cortical output Another important advantage of the proposed method is the reduction of dimensionality in the decoding procedure up to 12 different variables are needed to define movement while with this procedure it is possible to reduce this output to just 4 primitives we evaluated new metrics that may be more suitable to trigger as they are more sensitive to cyclic muscular activations the influence of mechanical artifacts affecting corticospinal mapping should be evaluated and removed to increase the robustness of the method and make it feasible to be applied in a realistic scenario In the future, corticospinal mapping may be combined with explicit models of the composite musculo-skeletal system. This will enable extracting whole-limb mechanical information from decoded muscle primitives, as previously proposed in, Sartori et al. (2013, 2016, 2017) This novel approach may open new avenues for the clinically viable interfacing with an individual's nervous system and the concurrent reconstruction of the intended musculoskeletal function establishing man-machine interfaces that are robust and intuitive AU: processed and analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; MS: provided the tools for muscle primitives extraction supervised the analyses and collaborated with the writing of the paper; JA and MS: discussed the results and implications of the experimental analysis and commented on the manuscript at all stages This research has been supported by Conselleria d'Educació Cultura i Esport of Generalitat Valenciana of Spain through grant APOSTD/2015/104 by the European Research Council Advanced Grant DEMOVE (grant agreement 267888) by the European Commission as part of the project BioMot (FP7-ICT-2013-10 Grant Agreement 611695) and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) “A way to build Europe” as part of the project Associate–Decoding and stimulation of motor and sensory brain activity to support long term potentiation through Hebbian and paired associative stimulation during rehabilitation of gait (DPI2014-58431-C4-2-R) The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest from the Biomechanics and Technical Aids Department of the National Hospital for Paraplegics in Toledo (Spain) for their support and advice in the selection of the patients that participated in the study Global cortical activity predicts shape of hand during grasping On the usage of linear regression models to reconstruct limb kinematics from low frequency eeg signals Slow potentials of the cerebral cortex and behavior Reconstructing three-dimensional hand movements from non-invasive electroencephalographic signals Fast attainment of computer cursor control with noninvasively acquired brain signals Corticospinal projections to upper and lower limb spinal motoneurons in man Sitting and standing intention can be decoded from scalp eeg recorded prior to movement execution About the cortical origin of the low-delta and high-gamma rhythms observed in eeg signals during treadmill walking Powered exoskeletons for bipedal locomotion after spinal cord injury Characterization of artifacts produced by gel displacement on non-invasive brain-machine interfaces during ambulation Review of hybrid exoskeletons to restore gait following spinal cord injury Gonzalez-Vargas A predictive model of muscle excitations based on muscle modularity for a large repertoire of human locomotion conditions The Bereitschaftspotential: Movement Related Cortical Potentials Google Scholar A brain-computer interface for single-trial detection of gait initiation from movement related cortical potentials “Algorithms for non-negative matrix factorization,” in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (Granada) Google Scholar López-Larraz Control of an ambulatory exoskeleton with a brain-machine interface for spinal cord injury gait rehabilitation Mrachacz-Kersting Precise temporal association between cortical potentials evoked by motor imagination and afference induces cortical plasticity Decoding repetitive finger movements with brain activity acquired via non-invasive electroencephalography Comment on ‘fast attainment of computer cursor control with noninvasively acquired brain signals’ Neural decoding of treadmill walking from noninvasive electroencephalographic signals A musculoskeletal model of human locomotion driven by a low dimensional set of impulsive excitation primitives Neural data-driven musculoskeletal modeling for personalized neurorehabilitation technologies CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar In vivo neuromechanics: Decoding causal motor neuron behavior with resulting musculoskeletal function A review of techniques for detection of movement intention using movement-related cortical potentials “Comparing metrics to evaluate performance of regression methods for decoding of neural signals,” in Proceedings of Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2016) (Orlando Google Scholar Classification of upper limb center-out reaching tasks by means of eeg-based continuous decoding techniques Assessing movement factors in upper limb kinematics decoding from eeg signals Brain-computer interfaces for communication and control Farina D and Sartori M (2018) Estimation of Neuromuscular Primitives from EEG Slow Cortical Potentials in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Individuals for a New Class of Brain-Machine Interfaces Received: 28 February 2017; Accepted: 04 January 2018; Published: 25 January 2018 Copyright © 2018 Úbeda, Azorín, Farina and Sartori. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited in accordance with accepted academic practice distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms *Correspondence: Massimo Sartori, bS5zYXJ0b3JpQHV0d2VudGUubmw= Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher 94% of researchers rate our articles as excellent or goodLearn more about the work of our research integrity team to safeguard the quality of each article we publish MIAMI – Local 10 News first reported how City of Miami Police Officer Daniel Ubeda was relieved of duty while he was under investigation for a hand gesture in a photo posted to social media The hand gesture was interpreted to be a symbol for white power, like the one the Anti-Defamation League shows is co-opted by racists Now, after Local 10′s report about the department’s investigation of Ubeda’s move, a photo has turned up from an event in Houston when Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was that city’s police chief We spoke with Houston’s current Chief Of Police Troy Finner who was there when the photo of Acevedo was snapped where Acevedo was “throwing up the threes.” That’s a historically African-American community in Houston they call it ‘throwing up the threes,” Finner said A quick online searched showed all kind of examples of Houston’s Third Ward sign of pride including from singer Beyoncé repping her hometown what was Ubeda’s intent in the controversial photo We asked Tommy Reyes president of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police “Did he know that hand signal could be construed as a racist hand signal?” The police union’s president said Ubeda was signaling three and three — six — which represented the number of motormen on his shift; it was nothing to do with white power It will be up to investigators to find evidence otherwise “I hope people slow down and truly investigate,” Finner suggested “Let the facts and evidence take them where it leads.” Hours after the photo of Acevedo was unearthed wrote a letter to the chief himself demanding that Ubeda be reinstated to full duty and that the investigation against him be dropped we're looking for your help to track down fugitives in Arizona Charges: Probation violation on original charge of sexual abuse of a minor a 16-year-old girl reported to police that Ubeda sexually touched her and offered her money on several occasions to perform sexual acts with her Ubeda made four offers to pay her for sexual favors He also offered to arrange to get a hotel room for them The girl provided police with secret recordings of the conversations between her and Ubeda Ubeda had already committed four felony offenses and had been deported in 2003 Ubeda came to the United States illegally in 1994 after being discharged from the Cuban Air Force He was sentenced to five years in prison and was released in 2016 when his lifetime probation began If you know anything about his whereabouts please contact Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS Report a typo The International Úbeda Film Music Festival celebrated the music of the movies in incomparable style for the sixth consecutive year July 14-18 the event revolved around numerous panel discussions a three-day film music workshop and four breathtaking film music concerts Featured guests included BMI composers Dave Grusin (On Golden Pond Christopher Lennertz (Alvin and the Chipmunks as well as BMI vocalist Lisbeth Scott (Munich who all mingled with fans and industry executives from all over the world Held in picturesque 16th century hospital courtyards the live performances thrilled audiences both visually and aurally as the Malaga orchestra and accompanying choir interpreted scores written by visiting composers “The guys who run this festival all do other things normally—they are bank executives Film/TV Music.  “They take their vacation time and volunteer to work this event because they love the music.” Fans drawn to the event enjoyed awe-inspiring displays of virtuosity as they rubbed elbows with fellow aficionados “They attract hundreds of other like-spirited film music fans from all over the world to come and share in this,” Ringer Ross says of event organizers “The composers signed autographs for over four hours!” In addition to live performances and workshops the festival included the presentation of Jerry Goldsmith Awards and Goldspirits Awards Goldspirits winners included BMI composers Alexandre Desplat (SACEM) named Best European Composer; Christopher Young whose Creation was named Best European Original Soundtrack (OST) and Best Dramatic OST while hisDrag Me to Hell earned best Terror/Thriller OST; and Alan Silvestri whose enduring Back to the Future was named Best Edition/Reedition of a Past Original Soundtrack “This festival is unique in that it spawned from love,” says Ringer Ross “love of film composers and their music.  When composers go to Úbeda to creative inspiration and dynamic playlists we’re excited about BMI’s The Weekly is dedicated to delivering specially curated content designed for music creators and music fans alike BMI represents more than 1.4 million songwriters and publishers with over 22.4 million musical works Submissions are temporarily suspended for site maintenance View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow Film: Spielberg’s West Side Story (Flaco) Television: So You Think You Can Dance (season 11 winner) Gratitude to Justin and all collaborators who made this piece of art possible Michael McCuistion is a co-founder of Emmy-winning composing collective Dynamic Music Partners, with Lolita Ritmanis and Kristopher Carter McCuistion is blogging for BMI from the Úbeda Film Music Festival in Spain an annual favorite event of composers and fans of film music Kristopher and I made our way to the orchestra/choir rehearsal for the main concert of Playfest it only seemed early because we had been at another late-night party given by our Spanish hosts - there is no question that they know how to party in this country of all of the orchestra musicians beginning to warm up - little riffs and improvisations an occasional familiar melody from the piece of mine they would be performing later on - boy that took me right to the scoring stage and I immediately felt the excitement of the concert starting to build We had an opportunity to rehearse with the choir ahead of the orchestra and we unexpectedly found ourselves mobbed by the singers wanting our autographs on their vocal scores - they had such nice things to say about our music we had a short time with the orchestra to hear our pieces played for the first time and give some feedback to the conductor Our pieces sounded terrific and needed only minor tweaking for the performance; it was obvious that the orchestra was enjoying playing and the sound We left the rehearsal on a high and made our way to the theatre where we were guests on a panel for the festival’s tribute to Shirley Walker We all recounted stories of how we met Shirley and what made the panel the most special was the presence of Shirley’s son Colin and her (and our) orchestrator Larry Rench who had come to Spain to join us at the festival Emotions were flowing freely (along with a few tears) as we heard each other’s stories and found ourselves transported back to a time when our dreams were just beginning to come true under the watchful eye of our courageous mentor The quiet city of Úbeda suddenly became alive with hundreds of people crowding the plaza in front of the Centro Cultural Hospital de Santiago where the concert was taking place and we were reminded once again why we are composers - yes it’s in our blood - but what we really love is making music together and fought the good fight right along with every note we were left with such a feeling of gratitude - really when you hear your own music played by a symphony orchestra and sung by a master chorale “Could my work be any more fun?!” Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Get to know Ricky Ubeda, currently making magic as Mr Ricky Ubeda, a 19-year-old from Miami, won the Fox TV contest show in September and will join the ensemble of Broadway's On the Town at the Lyric Theatre starting Feb. 27. "I'm super-pumped," said Ubeda on Wednesday from frozen Fargo, N.D., where his tour with the other Season 11 finalists has ended. "Anything warmer than here," he joked. "It's in the negatives." Ubeda has seen rehearsals of On the Town and called it "huge," "amazing" and "some of the hardest dancing on Broadway." In addition to a $250,000 prize and the dance title, Ubeda won a part in the musical. But first he toured with the other Season 11 finalists around the country. "I'm going to be in great shape from the tour. It's a really rigorous show," he said. On the Town, which was made into a 1949 film starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, features the songs New York, New York and Lonely Town. In the show, three sailors on leave jump around the city looking for love. It has been a crazy few months for Ubeda, who graduated high school in May, won the TV contest he's been watching since he was a child, went out on tour, and now will be living alone for the first time in New York with a job on Broadway. "To get an amazing part on Broadway after winning a show like that is just something I couldn't have dreamed of. I'm definitely grateful for the whole experience," he said. "It's going to be a big experience for me." Most of Ubeda's former castmates are heading to Los Angeles after the tour to break into show business but some hope to catch him in his Broadway debut. "They've been a great support system. They're like family to me," he said. Print NEW YORK — “Illinoise,” a hallucinatory dance musical based on Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 concept album “Illinois,” offers a fitting end to a Broadway season that seemed happiest when operating beyond conventional assumptions and practices Whether the piece — I hesitate to call this delicate hybrid a show — is more dance than musical is not all that important Let the theater award categories stretch to accommodate new forms and visions which was at the Park Avenue Armory earlier this season James Theatre in the role of deus ex machina rescuing Broadway from its hidebound habits All the elements of a musical are to be found in “Illinoise.” The music The lyrics — poetic shards that blur the line between the personal and the historic the living and the dead — swirl from the recesses of inner life The choreography translates this interior struggle into athletic grace Admittedly, the book by playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury and director-choreographer Justin Peck is more of an evolving scenario than a discernible drama But the dreamlike production is thematically anchored A compromise is struck between the theater’s proclivity for story and dance’s penchant for abstraction allowing audience members to connect narrative strands in their own way Entertainment & Arts CTG Artistic Director Snehal Desai and Managing Director Meghan Pressman lay out a tentative road map for recovery including the reopening of one of the city’s most important stages The work’s structure seems to have organically arisen from artists responding to one another otherworldly singing — accompanied by an orchestra elevated elsewhere on Adam Rigg’s urban scaffolding set — gives the music a celestial breadth that extends beyond a single singer-songwriter consciousness I’m not intimately familiar with Stevens’ album but I was caught up in the prayerlike sweep of songs that move beyond rational thought of a delayed yet inevitable self-reckoning The 12-dancer company is highly individualized distinct in presence and style of movement The inherent difficulty of coming of age is shared in a piece that tracks the movement from innocence to experience makes it impossible for anyone to catch up Yet racing through life can continue for only so long a quirkily ordinary young man in shorts and a pink hat seems to be on the run from painful memories He and his journal have come to a clearing where others have gathered to share their stories The phrase “circle of grief” was my own silent articulation for this communal stopping ground Other dancers hold illuminated orbs around Henry but it’s only a matter of time before he joins the others in unburdening his soul Gaby Diaz and Ben Cook in “Illinoise.” (Liz Lauren) The tales that precede his are choreographic enactments of song interpretations The program offers titles that will trigger meaning for devotees of the album: “a story about Jacksonville,” “a story about Zombies,” “a story about John Wayne Gacy Jr.” and “a story about the Man of Metropolis.” These ethereal chronicles are about ancestry and belonging murder and guilt and the longing for a superhero balanced against the luminous reality of vulnerable humanity The imagery conjures a supernatural patchwork of revenants and Superman The content of these nightmares and obsessions doesn’t always resonate Sometimes the feeling is fey; other times the literalization of song ideas flirts with corniness But the intensity of the dancer’s relationship to the material speaks volumes Peck illustrates this process through the geometry of his staging He has his dancers routinely break away from their clustered configurations to seize a confessional moment before reuniting in the embrace of the collective Henry’s tale involves first love and the devastation of early loss Three figures dominate his mental landscape who sees and claims Henry’s adult heart with an acceptance that can seem strangely and even alarmingly miraculous If Henry’s story were elaborated in dialogue it would have trouble escaping sentimentality that transcends the handling of specific plot points Ben Cook, foreground, and Ricky Ubeda in “Illinoise.” (Liz Lauren) Peck, a prolific presence at New York City Ballet who choreographed dance sequences for Steven Spielberg’s 2021 film “West Side Story,” hugs tight to the inner journey. His choreography embraces the inherent difficulty in being. Ease in the world, once lost, is hard to recover. This common story is communicated in a dance vocabulary of determined strides overcoming invisible burdens. When moments of virtuosity explode, as happens when Byron Tittle unleashes a spectacular display of Olympian tap, the effect is a victory of spirit as much as it is of mortal flesh. The Olivier Award-winning revival of “Cabaret,” starring a physically precise and theatrically audacious Eddie Redmayne, comes to Broadway but misses his London co-star, Jesse Buckley. “Illinoise” becomes a road trip, as Henry ventures to Chicago and then to New York, testing himself in big-city landscapes that are incorporated in Rigg’s scenic design. The visual picture, sharply enhanced by the lighting of Brandon Stirling Baker and the costumes of Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung, suggests the sentimental education of wandering artists searching to reassemble the losses and gains that are inextricably part of maturity. This has not been a banner year for new musicals on Broadway, but with “Illinoise,” the final show I saw this season, I glimpsed the majestic future. Charles McNulty is the theater critic of the Los Angeles Times. He received his doctorate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from the Yale School of Drama. World & Nation Hollywood Inc. Television Music Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map The price of rent is continuing to skyrocket in Malaga province with it now costing more than 15 euros per square metre a month on average The figures from property appraisal company Gesvalt put its year-on-year increase at 13.3% with the price of rent increasing 37% over the past two years two towns in the province have slipped into the list of the cheapest places in Spain to rent: Ronda and Antequera This means the cost of renting in these two municipalities is less than half the average in the province and also in Malaga city where it is also more than 15 euros per square metre a month according to a recent report by real estate portal Idealista rent costs 20 euros per square metre per month In Idealista's ranking of the cheapest towns in Spain to rent The list of the cheapest places to rent in Spain is headed by the town of Úbeda in Jaén where the average rent is around 5 euros per square metre a month with rent costing 5.80 euros per square metre a month does not reach six euros per square metre a month it is just under seven euros per square metre a month as well as in Salobreña and Las Gabias in Granada Among the cheapest places to rent a property are also some in Ciudad Real as well as the capital of the province itself - the only one in the whole country to appear in this ranking - none of which reaches seven euros per square metre a month The Idealista study - which has been carried out using the database that makes up its inventory of real estate ads - also looks at which is the cheapest municipality in each of the 17 Spanish regions which is also the cheapest in the whole of Spain It is followed by Puertollano (5.40 euros) the cheapest municipality in Castilla-La Mancha which is the cheapest town in the Balearic Islands but whose average rent costs 11.30 euros per square metre a month the cheapest municipality in Cantabria is Santander And the most affordable in Guipúzcoa is Arrasate Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados A Democratic party official called it "voter intimidation.”   A Miami police officer spotted at Government Center and wearing a pro-Trump mask will be disciplined Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina said Tuesday [ STEVE SIMEONIDIS | Herald ]By Charles RabinMiami HeraldJoey FlechasMiami HeraldPublished Oct 2020A uniformed Miami police officer was photographed sporting a protective mask with a pro-Trump slogan while on duty and voting at Government Center Tuesday morning The backlash from his department was swift after seeing the photo posted on social media said Officer Daniel Ubeda would be disciplined Though exactly how had not been determined The mayor also called the officer’s actions “inappropriate,” even if he was there to cast a ballot A police officer is supposed to be impartial,” Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said from City Hall Tuesday afternoon We are aware of the photograph being circulated of a Miami Police officer wearing a political mask in uniform. This behavior is unacceptable, a violation of departmental policy, and is being addressed immediately. pic.twitter.com/E3eO0IQh0f The person who happened to spot Ubeda was the chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic party said he was passing through Government Center when he spotted Ubeda “well within” the 150-foot barrier that police and campaigners are not permitted under state statute during an election if they are endorsing a candidate He photographed the officer and tweeted about the encounter But he was in full uniform with the mask and a gun That’s voter intimidation,” Simeonidis said Simeonidis said Ubeda “laughed it off” after he was questioned about the mask Deputy Police Chief Ron Papier said he spoke with Chief Jorge Colina and that the “appropriate disciplinary action” will be taken against Ubeda “Obviously this is a clear violation of our department policy regarding campaigning while on duty,” Papier said which is also a violation of department policy.” The mask read “Trump 2020” and “no more bulls---” on its front Ubeda’s union representatives defended him saying the officer was simply expressing his First Amendment right Fraternal Order of Police President Tommy Reyes said Ubeda had just voted and was in Government Center for no more than 10 minutes when he was photographed He also said Florida statute permits police to vote in uniform Said Reyes: “We would also like to state that the national FOP has endorsed President Donald Trump’s reelection.” Simeonidis’s tweet and photograph quickly went viral earning almost 100,000 impressions by mid-afternoon who is running for a Miami-Dade County commission seat said the officer’s actions were the reason some people are “afraid” of the police Whatsoever,” the former Miami commissioner posted on Twitter Here is @CityofMiami Police Officer Daniel Ubeda, in full uniform with badge and gun wearing his Trump mask inside of the polling location in government center.This is city funded voter intimidation.Ubeda should be suspended immediately. pic.twitter.com/TbJxu6mcem a former field operations director in Florida during President George W Bush’s run for office who is among a group of anti-Trump Republicans behind the Lincoln Project ad campaign “I think officer Ubeda wants to be famous,” Wilson said whether on duty or not and like the public are only permitted within 150 feet of a polling site if they are voting Guns are also not permitted for the general public though there are exceptions to the statute for police On Monday, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Police Chief Jorge Colina announced they were deploying plain-clothed officers near voting sites after receiving an unusually large amount of emails and messages from voters who they said were worried about violence and intimidation at any of Miami’s four voting sites Also Monday, an on-duty Hialeah police officer was spotted standing with his arms crossed at the entrance to the JFK Library an election official said she called staff at the library and the officer had moved on HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT VOTING IN FLORIDA? WE HAVE THE ANSWERS: We’ve compiled information on early voting locations, rules for voting by mail and more. AMENDMENTS: State constitutional amendments on the 2020 ballot, explained. FELONY CONVICTION? Here are Florida’s rules for registering to vote. MAIL-IN BALLOTS: So you want to vote by mail in Florida? Here’s what you need to know. POSTAL SERVICE CONCERNS: What’s going on with the U.S. Postal Service and should Florida be worried? SIGN UP FOR ELECTION TEXT MESSAGES: Get voting information, news updates and ask political editor Steve Contorno questions about the candidates and issues, directly through your phone We’re working hard to bring you the latest news on the coronavirus in Florida. This effort takes a lot of resources to gather and update. If you haven’t already subscribed, please consider buying a print or digital subscription. We are aware of the photograph being circulated of a Miami Police officer wearing a political mask in uniform. This behavior is unacceptable, a violation of departmental policy, and is being addressed immediately. pic.twitter.com/E3eO0IQh0f Here is @CityofMiami Police Officer Daniel Ubeda, in full uniform with badge and gun wearing his Trump mask inside of the polling location in government center.This is city funded voter intimidation.Ubeda should be suspended immediately. pic.twitter.com/TbJxu6mcem We asked Hervàs about the specific technique behind these images but instead reiterated the project’s description (and the reason why he makes the images): How can we accept we hardly recognize ourselves in certain situations I am changing at this very moment of my life These pictures are the way I see myself now My shadow is there but I erase myself because I don´t know who I am any longer The shoes remain only to make sure there is something more than… a shadow The technique is likely extremely simple: shoot two photographs — one of just your shoes and one of yourself standing in that location — and then blend the two images together in Photoshop You can find more of his work over on his Flickr page (via Colossal) Become a PetaPixel Member and access our content ad-free Fox 59 2020)– Narkeen Ahmed was sentenced to 65 years in the Indiana Department of Correction with 627 days (just over a year and a half) of jail credit The court also recommended he undergo substance abuse and mental health treatment 2018)– Narkeen Ahmed Altamirano Ubeda was arrested in Mexico City and later booked into the Marion County jail Ind.– Indianapolis police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a murder on the west side It was the city’s 102nd homicide of the year police were unable to find the car that was said to be involved an IUPUI officer patrolling near campus found a car with a deceased victim inside The victim was identified as Pedro Membreno IMPD stated they were searching for 29-year-old Narkeen Ahmed Altamirano Ubeda on a warrant for murder Anyone with information about the suspect or the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS (8477) Tipsters can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" these are the actual most popular baby names so far in 2025 Whether it’s a short vacation or they’re jetting off to begin their career show the future traveler you care with a meaningful graduation gift National Teacher Appreciation Week begins May 5 take advantage of these freebies and deals Linda Buchwald Park Avenue Armory announced additional details for the New York City premiere of Illinoise the theatrical adaption of Grammy- and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens’ concept album Illinois which will run from March 2-23 in the Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall The show features an original story by Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Justin Peck (Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story who also directs and choreographs this production and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury (Fairview The story is set to the entirety of Stevens’ album with new arrangements by composer and frequent Stevens collaborator Timo Andres ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics performed live by an 11-member band and three vocalists with audiences gathered in a clearing around the work’s campfire setting with enveloping scenic elements The cast features Gaby Diaz (winner of So You Think You Can Dance season 12 Ben Cook (West Side Story film and Broadway) Robbie Fairchild (former New York City Ballet principal dancer and Ricky Ubeda (winner of So You Think You Can Dance season 11 The cast of Illinoise also includes Kara Chan Shara Nova (featured on the original Illinois album) The creative team also includes music director and supervisor Nathan Koci costume designers Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung The musical opens at the Imperial Theatre on April 10 Get the best deals and latest updates on theater and shows by signing up for TheaterMania's newsletter today ramón úbeda + otto canalda float fish inside their ‘up in the air’ table for viccarbe. presented at the 2014 salone del mobile the spanish creatives have envisioned the white lacquered cylindrical forms as playful objects ideal for home and contract use which bring a bit of minimalistic fun to one’s interior each of the fish are handmade by juanjo – once an angler but now a sculptor of the underwater animals – who has produced detailed replicas specifically of goldfish that are sealed within an environment-friendly resin and protected by anti-reflective optical glass to complete each design ramón úbeda on the development of the ‘up in the air’ table for viccarbevideo courtesy of viccarbe available in four different versions of fish compositions, the ‘up in the air’ tables visually recall the work of artist riusuke fukahori who alternatively paints the swimming creatures onto layers of resin the ‘up in the air’ tables add a touch of minimalistic fun to the interior AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style The production has also announced additional performances for its upcoming engagement at New York's Park Avenue Armory Shara Nova and Tasha Viets-VanLear in Illinoise