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From the world of 'You can't make this stuff up' Today's Dose of Cultural Enrichment
Never Bust a Servers Ass
A man in Florida was treated for bleach and chlorine poisoning after finding what appeared to be a detergent pod at the bottom of his McDonald's drink
Life's Destiny
We have an early favorite for weird news story of the year after an anonymous tip led police to a woman who was arrested on drug possession charges after authorities searched the vehicle that they were sitting in.
Buzzed Driving?
Five people, including a 4-year-old boy, were taken to Berkshire Medical Center on Saturday afternoon after a head-on collision involving a car transporting bees. Police said the collision was at least somewhat caused by bees in the station wagon, getting loose and stinging the driver.
Just Collecting Them
Woman arrested for attempting to remove her boyfriend's testicles during altercation
The Bad News Just Keeps Coming in Hawaii
Hormel Foods is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of canned pork and chicken products.
The reason? They may be contaminated with pieces of metal.

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Mariah Carey is back in black in the video for "Almost Home," the new single from the upcoming movie Oz The Great and Powerful. The pop diva struts around a studio in a floor-length gown in the black-and-white clip, directed by David LaChapelle ("Loverboy"). The video is interspersed with footage from Disney's fantasy adventure film, hitting theaters March 8.
Jermaine Dupri has hinted that the "American Idol" judge will be joining him at the So So Def All-Star 20th Anniversary Concert in Atlanta on Saturday, February 23. "ATL Mariah fans I hope you got your tickets for #sosodef20 concert Saturday night," tweeted the So So Def boss.
Other stars expected to participate in Saturday's show include Da Brat, Kris Kross, Jagged Edge, Ludacris, and Nelly.


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Russia, US hold working dinner to open Geneva talks
FILE - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and head of delegation Sergey Ryabkov attends a Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference in Beijing of the UN Security Council's five permanent members (P5) China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, China, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Ryabkov outlined Moscow's demands for security guarantees excluding NATO's membership for Ukraine and other Russian neighbors and the deployments of weapons there. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Sergei Ryabkov
Wendy Sherman
KONSTANTIN MANENKOV and JAMEY KEATEN
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GENEVA (AP) — A top Russian diplomat predicted "difficult" talks with the United States this week after attending a working dinner with U.S. officials in Geneva on Sunday as part of the kickoff to a string of meetings in three European cities this week, with ties at a low over Russia's military buildup near Ukraine.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and other Russian officials met for over two hours with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the head of the U.S. delegation, and her team at the luxury residence of the U.S. ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament that overlooks Lake Geneva.
The dinner was a prelude to a broader discussion between the two teams at the U.S. mission in Geneva starting Monday — culminating a string of meetings both virtual and in person among U.S. officials, their Western allies, and Russian leaders in recent days and weeks as tensions over Russian pressure against Ukraine have grown.
"We plunged into the substance of the forthcoming issues, but the talks are going to be difficult," Ryabkov told reporters as he left the dinner meeting. "They cannot be easy. They will be business-like. I think we won't waste our time tomorrow."
State Department spokesman Ned Price said that during Sunday's dinner Sherman "stressed the United States' commitment to the international principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the freedom of sovereign nations to choose their own alliances," a reference to Ukraine and its aspirations of joining NATO.
Sherman "affirmed that the United States would welcome genuine progress through diplomacy," Price said in a statement.
The talks are seen a first step toward rekindling dialogue as ties have worsened because Russia has deployed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine. Concerns have risen about a broader Russian military incursion in the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's government has laid out a list of demands, such as seeking guarantees that the NATO military alliance won't seek to expand any further eastward to countries like Ukraine or Georgia, which are former Soviet republics.
"The Russian side came here with a clear position that contains a number of elements that, to my mind, are understandable and have been so clearly formulated — including at a high level — that deviating from our approaches simply is not possible," Ryabkov said.
Asked whether Russia was ready for compromise, he said: "The Americans should get ready to reach a compromise."
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday he didn't expect any breakthroughs in talks with the Russians in Geneva or during conversations in Brussels, at a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, and at the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe in Vienna later this week.
The United States and other Western allies have pledged "severe costs" to Russia if it moves against Ukraine.
"The question really now is whether President Putin will take the path of diplomacy and dialogue or seeks confrontation," Blinken said, suggesting that a Russian move deeper into Ukraine might run counter to Moscow's interests in the long run.
"If Russia commits renewed aggression against Ukraine, I think it's a very fair prospect that NATO will reinforce its positions along its eastern flank, the countries that border Russia," he told ABC.
Russia was coming into the talks seeking a clearer understanding of the U.S. position, and cited signals from Washington that some of the Russian proposals can be discussed, Ryabkov said earlier Sunday, according to state news agency Tass.
He laid out Russia's three demands: no further NATO expansion, no missiles on Russia's borders, and for NATO no longer to have military exercises, intelligence operations or infrastructure outside of its 1997 borders.
U.S. officials expressed openness Saturday to discussions on curtailing possible future deployments of offensive missiles in Ukraine and putting limits on American and NATO military exercises in Eastern Europe — if Russia is willing to back off on Ukraine.
But they warned of hard economic sanctions in case of a Russian intervention, including direct sanctions on Russian entities and restrictions on products exported from the U.S. to Russia.
Ambassador Thomas Greminger, director of the Swiss government-supported Geneva Center for Security Policy who hosted Ryabkov for a conference in October, said the Geneva talks were "an opportunity to spell out mutual concerns, to spell out mutual expectations. But it would be way too early to expect any clarity, for instance, regarding Ukraine's bid for NATO membership.
"What we're seeing is a lot of posturing," added Greminger, who is also a former head of the OSCE. "I think at the end, both Putin and (U.S. President Joe) Biden have absolutely no interest to push towards an escalation."
Matthew Lee and Lynn Berry contributed to this report from Washington.
George Conway Details Trump's 'Gravest Crime' For Criminal Prosecution
"If you don't at least look at this with the closest possible microscope, you're basically saying that a president is completely above the law," the attorney said.
Russia maintained a tough posture Wednesday amid the tensions over its troop buildup near Ukraine, with a top diplomat warning that Moscow will accept nothing less but "watertight" U.S. guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who led the Russian delegation at the security talks with the U.S. in Geneva last week, reaffirmed that Moscow has no intentions of invading Ukraine as the West fears, but said that receiving Western security guarantees is an imperative for Moscow.
Nobody's senator but theirs: Ron Johnson's backroom dealing shows who he's working for. It's not you.
The Republican senator's backdoor deal-making on the tax bill illustrates once again why he is so unfit for public office.
The former president's son was interviewed by the New York attorney general's office in its civil probe into the Trump Organization.
Jordan Klepper Grills Jan. 6 Trump Supporter Who Confesses: 'I Just Got Out of a Cult'
Comedy CentralLast week, The Daily Show aired footage of its intrepid correspondent, Jordan Klepper, returning to the scene of the crime: the U.S. Capitol on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.Klepper was in the crowd on that fateful day and confronted several pro-Trump rioters moments before they stormed the Capitol in a failed attempt to stop the 2020 presidential election from being certified. One year later, the reunion saw Klepper get in the face of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL),
The Trump Org claimed an apartment was worth $25 million while also offering it to Ivanka Trump for $8 million, New York AG alleges in fraud case
New York's attorney general identified a luxury Park Avenue apartment leased by Ivanka Trump as being part of a possible value-inflation fraud.
'Everything is gray except for the blood.' Here's what Russia really wants in Ukraine | Opinion
As the Russians menace Ukraine by amassing at least 100,000 troops at the border, it is time to ask what Russian President Vladimir Putin is really after.
Lawyers for the Trump Organization argue its longtime CEO didn't have a big role in preparing its financial documents.
Press secretary Jen Psaki warned that an "extremely dangerous situation" is building along the Ukrainian border where Russia is amassing troops.
Eric Trump and Allen Weisselberg invoked their 5th Amendment rights more than 500 times in Trump Organization probe, court filing says
Both Eric Trump and Allen Weisselberg sat for depositions in 2020, where they each invoked their Fifth Amendment rights over 500 times, a filing said.
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Warns: Ron DeSantis 'Far More Dangerous' Than Donald Trump
David Jolly slammed the Florida governor's "narrative of freedom" as "really kneecapping democracy."
New York Attorney General: We Found 'Significant Evidence' of Trump Organization Fraud
ReutersNew York Attorney General Letitia James asked a court late Tuesday night to compel Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump to testify under oath, saying that her office's investigation into the Trump Organization had uncovered "significant evidence" of fraud. James said in a tweet, "We have uncovered significant evidence indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations on multiple properties to obtain economic benefits, including loans, insur
Trump Organization used 'email migrations' as an excuse to delay testimony from an executive in charge of conflict-of-interest rules, NY AG says
The Trump Organization failed to produce email records from a top executive for more than a year, according to the New York Attorney General's office.
Navy will let Wisconsin keep badger statue for 50 more years
The Navy will let Wisconsin keep its beloved badger statue for 50 more years, scrapping plans to move the sculpture to an East Coast museum. The statue, sculpted from melted-down cannons seized from Cuba during the Spanish-American War, was affixed to the first USS Wisconsin before World War I. The U.S. Naval Academy Museum lent it to the state in 1988. The academy museum contacted state officials in March 2020 asking for the statue's return so it could be lent to the nonprofit Nauticus Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, where the second USS Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit.
It started when CNN's Jeff Zeleny broke in with a question that referenced concerns many Americans hold about the competence of government, after the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and the recent shortage of testing for COVID-19. Zeleny's question opened the floodgates. Biden took to calling on reporters at random, and what started as a very traditional presidential news conference became something else entirely, stretching to nearly two hours.
The U.S. State Department has cleared Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to send U.S.-made missiles and other weapons to Ukraine, three sources familiar with the decision said, as President Joe Biden predicted Russia would move on Ukraine. Under export control regulations, countries must obtain approval from the State Department before transferring any weapons they received from the United States to third parties. The third-party transfer agreements will allow Estonia to transfer Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, while Lithuania will be permitted to send Stinger missiles, said one of the sources.
Baltic NATO allies Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia can now transfer American-made lethal weapons such as anti-armor and ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine.
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Russia told the US and West to stop supplying arms to Ukraine, saying it's threatening Russia
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Geneva National Resort & Club in once again home to the awe-inspiring, must-see winter phenomenon


A taco garden? What the heck is a taco garden?
Well, it's time to get creative with our edible gardening. Who said a garden has to be all roses and daisies? Think about the food your family likes to eat and plant that in your garden. One of the easiest ways to get kids excited about gardening is to connect them to the plants that are growing. What could be more fun than growing a taco garden?
Let's talk tacos. First we need to grow a delicious salsa. The easiest tomatoes to grow are cherry tomatoes. Typically, cherry tomato plants produce hundreds of tiny tomatoes. However, they are not ideal for making salsa. Salsa requires a fleshy tomato, thus plum tomatoes are the best variety for making fresh salsa. Tomato plants need plenty of sunlight and well drained soil. Plum tomatoes will grow well in a container on a balcony, they don't need a lot of space at the root, they do need a lot of space to grow upwards as tomatoes are a vine plant.
Onions are another simple crop to grow in a home garden. We prefer shallots (a smaller, less pungent onion variety) in our salsa, however you can plant whatever variety your family prefers. The key with onions is that they need well drained soil. If the soil is overly wet, the onions will rot underground.
Fragrant cilantro is the Mexican herb of choice. Cilantro grows in large mounds, much like parsley. Plant with other herbs, in a sunny location and cilantro will produce fragrant leaves all summer long. Be sure to trim off any flowers, as the plant will stop producing leaves once flowers start to grow. When the growing season comes to an end harvest the seeds from the cilantro plant, known as coriander. We shared a post about how to harvest coriander seeds and how to use them in dry rub seasonings all winter long.
Another flavourful ingredient in Mexican cooking is garlic. Now, garlic is a little bit tricky, in that it has to be planted in the fall. Garlic lays dormant all winter long and then comes to life in the spring. So, with a little planning you can have a lovely early spring crop of garlic.
What else do you love eating on tacos? Another popular addition to tacos are red and yellow peppers. Much like tomatoes, sweet peppers require lots of sunlight, heat and dry soil. In fact, plant your tomatoes and peppers together as they love growing side by side.
Speaking of peppers, don't forget the hot chilli peppers. Depending on your tolerance for heat, choose your pepper variety wisely. Hot peppers grow wonderfully in pots and containers on a window sill. Be sure to keep your hot peppers out of reach of little children and pets…the heat could be dangerous in the wrong hands. When the growing season is over, be sure to dry your chilli peppers to enjoy the heat of summer in during the cold winter months.
Now, where we live we unfortunately cannot grow tropical fruits and vegetables. However, if you have the hot growing conditions then add avocados, limes and lemons to your taco garden. How wonderful would it be to pick guacamole from the backyard?! These plants require a lot of space – as lemons and limes grow on shrubs and trees. Avocados grow on trees as well, so your backyard is going to have to be pretty big to grow these treats.
Another topping on our favourite tacos is lettuce. Choose the lettuce variety that your family likes. We like bitter leaves that can be found in a mesclun mix or arugula. Lettuce only requires partial sunlight and the more you eat the more that will grow. As soon as you see a flower head start to appear, snip it off. There are many variety packs available at garden centres. While you might think that lettuce is a delicate plant to grow, it is actually quite hardy. Lettuce makes a fabulous addition to a balcony or container garden.
One more plant that I think is a "must have" for any Mexican taco garden is mint. Yep, taco night wouldn't be complete without a refreshingly minty mojito. Check out our post all about growing an herb garden to learn more about growing mint.
What do you top your tacos with? What would you plant in a taco garden?


Android TV Box is one of the best HD streaming device. The Box works on the Android OS and that's why you will need some of the must have apps to install in order to get the best from it. Looking on the importance of apps for Android TV box, here in this article, we have listed few of the best apps for Android TV box. Have a look and install any from here, if suits your mind.
Kodi is our first pick for Android TV Box apps and it deserves. It is a free and open source Media center with a wide range of content including Movies, TV shows, Sports, Documentaries, TV channels, Live Streaming, Videos, Comedy, Anime, Cartoons, Kids videos, Programs, Music, Radio etc. Kodi works well on Android TV box, but to get the best from it, you will need some third party free addons.
Addons allow you to watch any type of content through Kodi media center. There are separate addons for movies, TV shows, Sports etc. In order to access sports, you will need to install sports Kodi addons and same is the case for other media types.
Chrome Browser is not a default browser on Android Box. You can install it easily on your box to browse the internet in a fast and more reliable way. It is considering as one of the most trusted internet browsers these days.
Skype is developed by Microsoft Corporation but it is available for all other platforms besides Windows. This app can be used to send instant messages, video calls, audio calls etc. Normally it is considering as the desktop application, but it works well on big screens as well. You can enjoy HD video calling with your loved ones on your Android TV screen.
RedBull TV for Android TV Box brings you a huge library of some outstanding videos for your entertainment. With the help of Red Bull TV, you can access Music, Live Events, Adventures as well as other sports events of the top players from all around the world. Install Red Bull on Android TV Box to enjoy world-class entertainment for free.
YouTube doesn't need any kind of explanation. This is an all in one application for Android TV box. It makes sense to install YouTube if you want mix type of videos content. You can find and play videos from YouTube in multiple picture qualities like HD, 1080p, UHD, 4K etc. The Android App for YouTube is much better than all others of its services.
A TV Player allows you to access a huge list of TV channels. If you have Android TV Box, you don't need to pay for a TV service, but you can view TV channels for free with the help of "TV Player App". This is one of the most reliable as well as a legal way to watch TV on Android Box. It offers you channels like BBC News, Channel 4 & 5, ITV, BBC Red, CNN, QVC, QVC Extra, QVC Style, Food Network, CBBC, 4 Music, and multiple other channels.
IPVanish is our next pick for the must-have apps for Android TV box. A VPN helps you to make yourself anonymous from the rest of the world in a legal way. IPVanish allows you to select your location and make yourself hidden. You can choose temporary IP and select a country you want your history to show from. In other words, if you want to access the region-restricted content of UK from the USA, then you can select your location as the UK and in this way, you will be able to login to UK channels from the USA.
To learn more about IPVanish, please read our review on this VPN.
Everyone likes to listen to music on the go. If you want the same then try out Vevo on your Android TV Box. The Vevo App for Android gives you a new experience of personalized music. It allows you to pick your favorite songs based on artists as well as in the new App you will be notified when a new video, live sessions etc. released on the app.
Normally Android TV comes with some pre-installed apps, but as you know, pre apps are not always enough and you feel the need of some demanding apps. Luckily, on Android, there is no shortage of apps. You will find multiple apps for one single purpose. These were the few drops from the ocean. We will try to keep this blog post updated with new apps.


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The Françoise and Georges Selz Lectures on Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French Decorative Arts and Culture
Nina Dubin, Meredith Martin & Madeleine Viljoen
Nina Dubin, Meredith Martin, and Madeleine Viljoen will present at the Françoise and Georges Selz Lectures on Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French Decorative Arts and Culture. Their talk will be followed by a moderated conversation and Q&A session.
"Fortune and Folly in 1720: Picturing the World's First Bubble Economy"
This talk will explore The New York Public Library's upcoming exhibition Fortune and Folly in 1720 (Spring 2021) and its accompanying publication Meltdown! Picturing the World's First Bubble Economy (Harvey Miller/Brepols, 2020). Co-curated and co-authored by Dubin, Martin, and Viljoen, they tell two parallel stories: one of the spectacular rise and fall of the first bubble economy, and another of the enterprising art industry that chronicled its collapse. The Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles, spawning the invention of French banknotes as well as joint-stock companies built on fantasies of New World trade, imposed on everyday Europeans a crash course in new financial products. In turn, a bubbling print market relentlessly caricatured the meltdown of 1720, offering viewers an entertaining primer on the otherwise bewildering realities of modern economic life. Three hundred years later, our current moment offers a uniquely fitting vantage point from which to reconsider the significance of the bubbles and of the artworks that channeled the fears and desires they unleashed.
Nina L. Dubin is an associate professor of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Specializing in European art since 1700, she has published widely on the production of art within an economy of risk.
Meredith Martin is an associate professor of Art History at New York University and the Institute of Fine Arts. Specializing in European art of the long eighteenth century, she has published widely on gender and architectural patronage as well as maritime art, mobility, and exchange in the early modern world.
Madeleine C. Viljoen is Curator of Prints and the Spencer Collection at The New York Public Library. Responsible for the Library's collection of prints and rare illustrated books, she has published widely on early modern printed images, with special attention to the goldsmith-engraver, the reproductive print, and ornament.


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Stolnica v Cartageni v Kolumbiji, uradno bazilika metropolitanske stolnice svete Katarine Aleksandrijske (špansko Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Catalina de Alejandría), je v zgodovinskem središču Cartagene. Je sedež nadškofa Cartagene de Indias, enega najstarejših škofovskih sedežev v Ameriki. Stolnica je posvečena sveti Katarini Aleksandrijski.

Stolnico je zasnoval gradbeni mojster Simón González po vzoru bazilik v Andaluziji in na Kanarskih otokih. Sedanji stolp je zasnoval francoski arhitekt Gastón Lelarge, ki je rezultat preoblikovanja v začetku 20. stoletja. Gradnja se je začela leta 1577 in je nadomestila skromno stolnico iz slame in trsja. Leta 1586, ko je bila cerkev še v gradnji, jo je napadel angleški pirat Francis Drake, jo močno poškodoval in odložil njeno dokončanje. Stavba je bila dokončana leta 1612.

Stolnica ima lepa vrata in preprosto okrašeno notranjost. Vsebuje pozlačen oltar iz 18. stoletja, prižnico iz carrarskega marmorja in elegantne arkade, ki podpirajo glavno ladjo.

V prvi polovici 20. stoletja ga je drastično preuredil francoski arhitekt Gaston Lelarge.

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Sedanja stolnica se nanaša na tretjo stavbo, zgrajeno kot stolna cerkev v mestu. Prvo je promoviral dominikanski pater Tomás de Toro y Cabrero, prvi škof v Cartageni, ki ga je imenoval papež Pavel III. Gradnja templja se je začela leta 1535, le dve leti po ustanovitvi mesta, in končala leta 1537. Šlo je za skromno konstrukcijo iz "slamnate strehe in trstja", ki se je stala v bloku, ki je za sedanjo stolnico, s sprednjim delom na ulici calle del Coliseo. Življenjska doba te stavbe je bila kratka, saj je leta 1552 požar uničil velik del mesta tudi stolnico. V njeni zamenjavi je bila med letoma 1563 in 1568 izvedena gradnja drugega stolnega templja, izvedena v lesu in s slamnato streho, ker so bili težki časi in ni bilo veliko sredstev, je pa bil trdnejši od prejšnjega. Od tega drugega templja je v Archivo General de Indias (Splošnem arhivu Indije) v Sevilji ohranjena skromna sled in fizični ostanek njegovega rogoza.

Pedro Fernández de Busto, guverner mesta, predvsem promotor takratnih arhitekturnih del, ki se je lotil tudi izvedbe pomembnih projektov v urbanem območju, kot sta osuševanje in sanacija glavnega vhoda mesta, in ki je ustanovil Plaza Real (zdaj Plaza de la Aduana); začetek del akvadukta, ki ni bil nikoli dokončan in bi mesto oskrboval s tekočo vodo; gradnjo bolnišnice in postavitev hiš za pravosodje, zapore in Cabildo (svet). Pojavljala se ideja, da bi Cartageni postavili dostojanstveno stavbo, ki bi služila kot stolna cerkev, ki jo promovira tudi sam. Poleg tega je proti letu 1575 kot nov škof prišel dominikanski pater Dionisio de los Santos, ki kralju pošlje pismo z dne 25. maja istega leta, kjer opisuje nekaj o kultu v stolnici, med katerimi pravi: »Tam ni obrokov ali so polovični, ni zbora, ampak le pameten cerkovnik in dva dečka, ki služita oltarju v majici in hlačah (zaragüelles), in nič več. In tako je ta cerkev strežena kot žalostna župnija Španije«, tako da suveren takoj odredi, da jo obnovijo.

Istega leta (1575) je bil razpisan javni natečaj za izbiro zasnove stavbe, ki so ga predstavili mojstri Eugenio de la Vega, Hernando Esteban, Juanes Guerra in Simón González. Projekt, ki ga je predstavil slednji je bil izbran, imenovan je bil za "glavnega delavca", praktično nadzorni položaj. Po drugi strani je Cabildo naročil Hernanda Estebana kot neposrednega direktorja za sledenje, Juanes Guerra pa je tudi delal na projektu in zasedel vidno mesto. Kamnosek Martín de Marquina je bil zadolžen za dobavo kamna, pri delu so kot mojstri delovali tudi kamnoseki Pedro de Aguilar, Francisco Ruiz, Juan de Medina in Gaspar Juanes.

Tako se je do leta 1575 začela gradnja tretje stolnice, ki je iz varnostnih razlogov stala daleč od pristanišča, v vogalu, ki gleda na ozko ulico, kasneje imenovano "Santos de Piedra", poleg sedanjega parka Parque de Bolívar; toda ne da bi se soočila s tem, po vzoru, ki ga je sprejel Nicolás de Ovando v Santo Domingu in po stari in močni tradiciji cerkve, da bi bila sčasoma obkrožena z najbolj izjemnimi stavbami mesta, saj so sedež civilne oblasti in hiše najpomembnejših osebnosti.

Leta 1577, ko so temelj še delali, so v Cabildu razpravljali o izvedljivosti spremembe njene orientacije in obračanja njene osi za devetdeset stopinj, kot sta predlagala regidor in kapitan Sebastián Pérez. Svetniki so se s predlogom strinjali, opazili so, da bi bilo bolje, a za to je bilo treba pridobiti nepremičnine in Cabildo ni imel dodatnih sredstev za nakup. Kapitan Pérez je torej ponudil, da v ta namen donira 200 pesosov, vendar ta znesek ni bil dovolj, zato se je guverner sestal s sosedi (med katerimi so prispevali drug za drugim za financiranje del) in ker so vsi glasovali za nadaljevanje dela, kot je bilo začeto, se je cabildo odločil za to, poleg tega je guverner nakazal, da za pridobitev hiš ni mogoče dati novega prispevka, saj ga je kralj pooblastil le za plačilo dela. Tako je bila zamisel o preobratu projekta opuščena in delo se je nadaljevalo, kot je bilo načrtovano.

Delo se je aktivno nadaljevalo, saj naj bi se leto pozneje »na stebrih, ki so bili narejeni, že začeli delati oboki v kapeli«. Mojster González se je, ko je videl slabo nosilnost in trdnost kamna odločil dodati še eno oporo za strop in v polnem zamahu spremenil prvotno zasnovo, ki je bila sestavljena iz šestih parov stebrov, ki so ostali pri sedmih parih. Med delom se je pojavilo nekaj dvomov glede materiala obokov in višine glavne ladje glede na glavno kapelo, vendar je bilo stališče avtorja zasnove vedno spoštovano: oboki so zidani v kamnu, glavna ladja pa enake višine kot glavna kapela

Leta 1579 je bila več kot polovica zidov v nivoju oznake, preostali del pa v višini petih sten. Istega leta se imenuje kot novi škof fra Juan de Montalvo. Že za leto 1585, deset let po začetku del, piše, da je bila prostornina stavbe pokrita in čeprav so manjkale sosednje stavbe in stolp, so bila dela tako rekoč končana.

Napad Francisa Drakea

Toda naslednje leto (1586) se je ob obali Cartagene, s floto do 23 vojaških ladij in več kot 3000 mož, pojavil angleški pirat Francis Drake, "El Draque", ter napadel mesto, v katerem je bilo najpomembnejša vojaška akcija, izvedena v 16. stoletju proti ameriškim pristaniščim. Cartagena je bila zavzeta in El Draque se je posvetil ropanju: v pepel je spremenil nekaj več kot polovico mesta in kljub zavrnitvi njegovih prebivalcev za plačilo visoke odkupnine, ki jo je zahteval, je zagrozil, da bo sestrelil stolnico ki bi morala biti takrat najdragocenejše premoženje mesta. Nato je izstrelil prvi opozorilni strel, ki je bil dovolj, da je resno vplival na njeno strukturo, saj je krogla zadela enega od stebrov, ga podrla in s seboj odnesla še dva. Prav tako so se štirje loki, ki so podpirali tri stebre, zrušili in razpadli.. Najbolj prizadet del je bila ladja. Nazadnje je Cartagena plačala 110.000 dukatov srebra in El Draque se je strinjal, da ne bo nadaljeval z uničenjem mesta, potem ko ga je imel 6 tednov v svoji oblasti.

Nadaljevanje del
Po naključju je na poti v Quito skozi mesto šel mojster Benito de Morales, ki je na zahtevo guvernerja pregledal stolnico in ocenil nastalo škodo. Tako je preveril dobre temelje zidov in stebrov, dal namige za rekonstrukcijo in priporočil, da se stavba dokonča tako, da se prvotni projekt ne spreminja. Tako so se počasi zaradi pomanjkanja denarja, ki so ga vzeli Angleži in je bil namenjen projektu, začela popravila in dokončanje templja. Poleg tega je po napadu in ropanju mesta škof fra Juan de Montalvo 10. septembra 1586 umrl zaradi moralne kazni po rušenju njegove stolnice.

Dela popravila in zaključka so potekala zelo počasi. Leta 1591 je škof fra Antonio de Hervías napisal pismo kralju, v katerem je pisalo:

Pismo škofa frata Antonia de Hervíasa, naslovljeno na kralja, je prepisano s pisavo tistega časa, poleg tega imajo nekatere besede črkovanje tistega časa.

Ne glede na škofov pesimizem (kar odraža pogosto sovraštvo med vojaško in cerkveno oblastjo kolonije) se je obnova nadaljevala, čeprav počasi; kljub dobri želji guvernerja ni veliko napredovala, saj ni bilo na voljo sredstev, saj je bilo mesto po napadu Drakea gospodarsko zelo slabo.

Plaz, kulminacija in propad
Po tolikih težavah in ko je bila stolnica že drugič skoraj končana, se zgodi še en nesrečen dogodek: v noči na 7. avgust 1600 sta se zrušili streha glavne ladje in evangelijske ladje, ne zaradi učinka nekega naravnega pojava, kot je potres ali orkan, vendar glede na trenutno diagnozo, ker so prvotne strehe stranskih ladij, z ravnimi strehami, ustvarile veliko težo za konstrukcijo. Zato je bilo odločeno, da se jih spremeni. Takoj zatem je svet vložil ovadbo zoper mojstra Simóna Gonzáleza, ki je veljal za odgovornega za nesrečo, ki se je kasneje znebil obtožb. Tempelj je bil začasno pokrit s slamo, ki je bila ob obilnem deževju malo uporabna, vendar so jo še vedno uporabljali za verske obrede.

Konec leta 1600 je guverner pisal kralju, da ga je obvestil o nesreči, zaradi česar je izdal kraljevi odlok z datumom v Valladolidu 2. septembra naslednjega leta in zahteval obširne informacije o vzrokih, ki so jo povzročili, da to je bilo izpolnjeno s pošiljanjem pričevanja postopka, ustanovljenega zoper Simóna Conzáleza. Preden so ti dokumenti prišli na dvor, je kralj z odlokom z dne 20. junija 1602 odobril donacijo v višini tisoč dukatov za popravilo stolnice. Ta monarhova donacija skupaj z denarjem, zbranim med prebivalci, ni zadostovala za dokončanje obnovitvenih del, ki so potekala zelo počasi. Toda zahvaljujoč prizadevanjem guvernerja Diega Fernándeza de Velasco, na posredovanje mestnega škofa Fraya Juana de Ladrade in provizorja Bernardina de Almansa, ki sta morala velikokrat stroške dela plačati z lastnim denarjem, je leta 1612 zagotovil dokončanje templja, vključno z elementi, kot so vrata in rešetka kora, razen stolpa, ki še ni bil dokončan.

Leta 1653 je mojster Diego Serrano po naročilu bratovščine duhovnikov iz San Pedra zgradil kripto pod glavno kapelo, v kateri so bili posmrtni ostanki te bratovščine, pa tudi škofje, guvernerji in slavni ljudje. Leta pozneje je nastala tožba med bratovščino in mojstrom zaradi položaja kripte, kar je povzročilo, da je omenjena bratovščina leta 1666 poslala Svetu Indije načrt glavne kapele, ki je trenutno edini načrt templja iz kolonialne dobe.

V tistih letih, ne da bi imel točen datum, je škof iz Cartagene Antonio Sanz Lozano (ki je prevzel sedež leta 1661 in ga vodil do leta 1681), dvignil stolp stolnice, ki je bil obdarjen z "zelo dobrimi zvonovi", kot pravi kronist Zamora.

Leta 1697 so Cartageno de Indias ponovno zavzeli, tokrat filibusterji (vrsta piratov), s pomočjo flote francoskih korsarjev. Ti filibusterji so zaprli ženske in otroke v stolnico.

Konec 18. stoletja je umetniško prižnico in tla, oba v italijanskem marmorju, prinesel škof José Fernández Díaz de La Madrid.

Po letu 1810 se je začela neodvisnost Kolumbije in s tem politična nestabilnost, kateri se škofija v Cartageni ni izognila, saj so bili odnosi med Cerkvijo in državo zelo napeti. Šele leta 1824 je Sveti sedež priznal neodvisnost, poleg tega je bila država v 19. stoletju vpletena v vrsto državljanskih vojn, ki so povzročile veliko revščine. Mestu ni bilo prizaneseno, in je vstopilo v obdobje propadanja. Takšno poslabšanje se odraža v stolnici, vlaga je vplivala na stene in stebre; tudi oltarji z umetniškimi rezbarijami so bili žrtev. Njen zunanji videz je bil žalosten, saj je vladala umazanija, okraski na fasadi pa v groznem stanju. Kljub tem težavam je stolnica ostala nedotaknjena v svoji kolonialni podobi vse do začetek 20. stoletja.

Preoblikovanje
Leta 1886 je škof Eugenio Biffi začel graditi škofovsko palačo na območju starega mestnega pokopališča, ki meji na stolnico. Kasneje je njegov naslednik monsinjor Pedro Adán Brioschi (izvoljen za škofa leta 1898, pozneje pa bo nadškof, potem ko je bila škofija leta 1900 povzdignjena v nadškofijo) nadaljeval gradnjo palače, ki ji je leta 1908 dodal še tretje nadstropje in fasado okrasil z obilno štukaturo. Ko je bila palača končno končana, se je škof Brioschi posvetil stari stolnici in takrat se je v najboljših nameni začela prenova templja, popolna katastrofa za kolonialno umetnost Cartagene.

V prvi polovici 20. stoletja je doživela drastičen poseg francoskega arhitekta Gastona Lelarga, ki je pod okriljem monsinjorja Brioschija popolnoma popačil prvotni videz templja. Namen je bil, da bi bila stolnica nekaj podobnega Sikstinski kapeli, za katero je bila celotna notranjost prekrita s štukaturami in slikami; slednje je izdelal tretjerazredni slikar, Venezuelec Miguel Ortiz, ki je prišel v mesto kot bikoborec in končal kot muralist. Stene so bile napolnjene s prizori svetnikov z malo umetniške vrednosti.

Prav tako je dal koralnemu kamnu tierrabomba podobo marmorja, odstranil kasetiran strop osrednje ladje z lažnim banjastim obokom in štukaturo; popačil fasado, saj so se spremenili njeni stari proporci, preprosti kamniti stolp pa je izginil, da bi naredil prostor za višjega iz betona in armiranega betona, ki se zaključuje s kupolo z lučjo. Stari stolp je imel telo zvonov z polkrožne odprtine, uokvirjene med pilastri, po videzu zelo podobne tisti v cerkvi Santo Domingo.

Poleg tega so za vedno izginili najbolj verodostojni dekorativni in umetniški elementi templja, kot je okras Capilla del Sagrario, ki je bil ves prekrit z izrezljanim in pozlačenim lesom, je imel trojno churrigueresque oltarno sliko, prav tako izrezljano in pozlačeno, za katerega je Gastón Lelarge zanj potrdil, da v Kolumbiji ni templja; kapiteljska hiša je izginila, da bi se umaknila trem kapelam: kor je bil izločen; stare stranske oltarje pa so zamenjali za druge marmorne, uvožene iz Italije.

Leta 1973 je nadškof Rubén Isaza Restrepo dal odstraniti prizidane prostore v cerkvi in odstraniti stene ter odstraniti štukature na fasadah in notranjih stenah, odstranil je tudi lažni obok osrednje ladje in pustil strešno konstrukcijo široko in odprto. Od posredovanja monsinjorja Brioschija sta ostala le križev pot in stolp. Na slednjem so bila leta 1991 opravljena popravila.

Sklici

Literatura
 Juan Luis Isaza Londoño, Dos iglesias cartageneras del siglo XVI: la Catedral y Santo Domingo. 2004, Revista APUNTES, Vol. 17, Nr. 1
 Enrique Marco Dorta, Cartagena de Indias Puerto y plaza fuerte. Hrsg. Alfonso Amadó,  1960
 Tulio s.j. Aristizábal, Iglesias, conventos y hospitales en Cartagena colonial. Banco de la República, Cartagena, 1998
 Donaldo Bossa Herazo, Construcciones, demoliciones, restauraciones y remodelaciones en Cartagena de Indias, Gráficas el Faro, Cartagena, 1975

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Stolnice v Kolumbiji
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Bazilike v Kolumbiji
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Today was the start of the Edmonton Symphony's Orchestra's Symphony under the Sky Festival! If this is news to you, feel free to read my concert previews in a previous post here.
The evening did not disappoint. The weather was lovely and warm (even after the sun set). There were lots of delicious food vendor options. Tis' the last chance to purchase hotdogs, mini donuts, and lemonade in a festival atmosphere. The music, apart from some mic issues, was pleasant and well-executed.
The program tonight included Bach's Fuge a la gigue in G Major which was light and dancy. This was followed by Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze which reminds me of Christmas and vocal memories of tense solo soprano singing in children's choirs. The violin melody did not sound vocally tense to me... it's just my own personal memories. Following these pieces was Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor op. 63. The violin soloist was Karen Gomyo playing on a Stradivarus violin which was purchased by a private sponsor. Upon reading that in the program, I tweeted a message saying that I wished I had a private sponsor :) Gomyo was dressed in a long flowing red gown and played with flexibility and sensitivity. I often find violin players extremely stiff but her body was willowy and responsive to the musical workings of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra behind her. She really showed her technical prowess in the last movement of the concerto which elicited a warm round of applause and standing ovations at the end.
Following intermission, two quick musical themes from Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 were introduced by the conductor, Bob Bernhardt, so that the audience could listen for them. He played an excerpt from the "Menuetto" movement and noted that Beethoven's version, though in 3/4 time, wouldn't have been danceable due to its quick pace. Therefore, it was renamed as a "Scherzo" which means "joke" in Italian (as pointed out to me in the program). As well, though the piece is supposed to be in C Major, the first movement actually begins with a dominant-tonic chord sequence in the wrong key. Oh, Beethoven, you jokester! The evening was topped off with Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 and No. 6. Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 has been a musical favorite of mine for a long time. Back when there was Napster, it was one of the first classical songs I downloaded!
Tomorrow I'm heading out again to listen to the film scores of John Williams! I've posted some photos of my evening below. Enjoy!
I received a special blogger nametag!
Nadia with her veggie dog from Fat Franks.
Thanks for coming, and for posting so quickly!
It's easy to get posts written quickly when there's inspiration! Thanks again for inviting me!


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European Decorative Art
Trompe l'oeil: Not Just for April Fools
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory
Austria, 1718-1744
This richly decorated gaming box ranks among the most exceptional works of art produced by the Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory during its short twenty-five-year existence. Mounted with gold plaques and painted with colored enamels and gilding, the box opens to reveal four small, similarly decorated porcelain containers. These smaller boxes are mounted with gold and set with diamonds; each, when opened, reveals two types of porcelain gambling chips. The boxes were painted according to a complex, tightly organized decorative scheme. The lid of the large box depicts three trompe l'oeil playing cards that appear to have been carelessly thrown down. Each of the corners of the box and lid is painted with a network of violet and gold ornaments characteristic of the factory's mature, late-Baroque style. With its liberal use of gold and diamonds, this work was certainly among the most extravagant objects crafted at the Du Paquier manufactory. The box may have been presented as a diplomatic gift, perhaps from the Austrian Habsburgs to their Russian Romanov counterparts.
European Decorative Art, Gallery 216
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilt mounts, and diamonds
16.8 × 14.8 cm (6 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Eloise W. Martin fund; Richard T. Crane and Mrs. J. Ward Thorne endowments; through prior gift of The Antiquarian Society
Late baroque
Square-Sectioned Bottle, c. 1725
Gaming Pieces, 1735/40
Oval Tureen, 1730/35
Coffee Pot, Early 19th century
Milk Jug, 1750–60
Mennecy Porcelain Factory
Two Monkeys, c. 1755
Bow Porcelain Factory
Ewe and Lamb, 1752/54
Sauceboat, 1760/70
Cover, c. 1765, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–95)
Figure of America, c. 1766
Figure of Europe, c. 1766
Oval Plaque with Landscape, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century


The world upside its head outside of a window? That would be a nasty surprise opening the curtains in the morning. Especially if the viewer is still in his normal position. A nice piece of art the artwork of Oi Va Voi's latest album is.
The music on Memory Drop is at times just as mystifying. Even after several listening sessions I'm perplexed. Where to start describing this album? One thing was beyond doubt: I liked what I was hearing from the very first time, but how to capture in words what I am experiencing? That has eluded me for some time and still I am not certain whether I will find the right words in time.
"Oi Va Voi have long been standard bearers of musical exploration and artistic integrity" heads the bio. Well that is some statement. All fine and well, I do not know another Oi Va Voi album, so this header doesn't help me, does it? Reading on I learn KT Tunstall was a part of Oi Va Voi before starting her solo career. Oi Va Voi is from London with two forming band members remaining. The rest is new with female singer Zohara as a guest vocalist, who takes on a lot of songs with her beautiful, fairly low voice.
The arrangements give the songs an East European feel, not unlike De Kift does in The Netherlands or Kaizers Orchestra used to do in Norway. The music incomparable, the feel comes close. Oi Va Voi makes songs that are smoother by far, reminding me of 80s jazzy pop outfits like Matt Bianco or Sade. The songs slide and glide by on a shiny polished surface. By using a violin and a clarinet the music comes out totally differently. In a way that grabs me and speaks to me. The soft, electric guitars underscore songs with 80s rhythms and solos. The Cure without a phaser. The mix of this all spells a beautiful song: 'Big Brother'. An 80s topic with actuality if I ever saw one.
Oi Va Voi manages to be quite direct as well. The firm drums and cold bass that propel 'Searchlight' forward make it a very tight song. Everyone is obliged to keep within prescribed boundaries in this song. No escape is possible, underscoring the title. What else are searchlights for when confined?
It seems I have found my words listening to Memory Drop once again. Oi Va Voi presents the world with an album that can be extremely soft and dreamy as in 'Through The Maze' and change to a more scary environment in the same song. Yes, I have heard songs like this before, like I have the way dynamics build up the song. Even the use of the clarinet isn't new. Yet, to me it seems this song underscores what Memory Drop stands for. An album with a sound of the past, with an atmosphere like a bellwether for the late 10s. "Things can go wrong, so wrong", The LVE sings in its song 'Love, When You Don't Want It' and that sentence to me seems the undercurrent of Memory Drop. "They who don't understand history are bound to relive it" to loosely quote Pearl Buck. Is that what is meant with the album title?, I don't know. It is the feel the album gives me. No, not a happy note to end this review with but certainly a necessary one in late 2018.
To return to the album. Yes, listening to it comes highly recommended. Buying it is certainly a serious option.


Big Brother - Can you help us please..............?
The government and big business keep saying how they want to help us small businesses.
They offer us loans, credit facilities, training, investment etc.
This is not helping us.
What would help is if they paid up front for our services.
Instead of asking for extended credit.
Or should that be "demanding" extensive credit.
And then taking so long to pay. Sometimes not paying at all.
Many a small business has hit the wall because of credit not paid on time.
Small Businesses have been wiped out by lack of payment.
Cash Flow is the single most important aspect of any business.
The big businesses have huge resources should someone err in payment.
Not so a small business. It's the owner's money invested in the business.
One no-payment and the brown stuff hits the fan.
What if everybody paid up front for what we want?
Including government and big business.
An investment in a house is one thing. But the latest shiny model 4x4 on credit?
Because your competition has one?
Maybe they can afford one because they don't pay their creditors?
Better to save and buy a second hand vehicle until a new one can be afforded.
Always better to pay cash.
The whole world economy would be in a better position if countries paid up front.
There should be money in the kitty. We pay our taxes on time, don't we?
Some countries can't even pay back the huge loans they have been given.
What chance does a new small business have?
Or even an old established one.
How many businesses do we hear of who have had to shut their doors because a few customers haven't paid?
Not just government and big businesses either.
Many have lost everything because of credit.
So please, government and big business, we need your help.
Not for Credit. Loans or overdrafts.
Help us to be of service to you, by paying us up front.
As for small businesses owners, if you can't afford to give credit, find customers who are willing to support you by paying up front. They are out there.
Bigger is not always better. It is a lot more expensive though.
In fact, it could cost you everything.
Has anyone noticed that the richest companies in the world get paid up front?
Amazon, Google, Facebook etc, etc. Ad Nauseum.
Want something from them? Pay and they deliver - instantly.
Now, that's something to think about.


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Species Tridepia nova - Hodges#10253
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A new apameine genus and species from the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)
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Zookeys, 2014
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The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of ...
By Eric Metzler, David Bustos, Gregory Forbes
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The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuinae, Agrotini)
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Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra.
By John B Smith
Proceedings of The United States National Museum 14: 197-276 , 1891
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 August, 2013 - 12:46am
A revision of the genus Trichosilia (Hampson) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with descriptions of four new species
By J. D. Lafontaine, V.S. Kononenko
The Canadian Entomologist, 118(11): 1079-1113, 1986
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Revision of species of the "Oligia" semicana group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with descriptions of a new genus and 12 new spec
By James T. Troubridge, J. Donald Lafontaine
The Canadian Entomologist, 134(2): 157–191, 2002
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Disney Is Set To Lose $1 Billion From Its Stake In Hulu
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Craig Erwich, SVP and Head of Content at Hulu, speaks onstage at the Hulu Summer TCA Presentation at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Aug. 9, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images
By Adam Levy, The Motley Fool
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) will own a 60% stake in Hulu after it closes its acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) (NASDAQ:FOX). In May, the streaming video service announced that it had 20 million subscribers, up from 17 million in January. But despite that strong subscriber growth, it's still racking up significant losses for its owners.
Based on financial disclosures from Fox and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) -- another 30% stakeholder in the business -- Hulu is on pace to lose between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion in 2018, according to some rough math published by CNBC's Sara Salinas. The Hulu-related losses reported by Fox and Comcast doubled year over year last quarter.
Disney doesn't break out Hulu's impact on its bottom line, but management has noted "higher losses at Hulu" in each of the last two earnings calls. If losses keep piling up at Hulu, it's easy to see the streaming service negatively impacting Disney's bottom line to the tune of $1 billion or more in the year after the Fox acquisition is completed. But there's no reason to panic.
Why Hulu's Losses Are Doubling
[post_ads]Hulu's losses are increasing steadily. In 2015 -- when Comcast owned 33% of the streaming service -- Comcast reported a $106 million loss related to Hulu. The loss ballooned to $276 million as of last year. Hulu has already lost $238 million for Comcast through the first half of 2018.
Disney says the losses are higher because Hulu is investing in content, marketing, and labor. Hulu has been creating originals since 2013, but the number of titles and their quality continue to increase. Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale won the Emmy for best drama, besting Netflix's (NASDAQ:NFLX) three category nominations. It seems that Hulu has taken that as a green light to start producing more titles that could garner critical acclaim and to ramp up its marketing machine to get the shows in front of the necessary award academies.
Hulu also launched a "skinny bundle" of live television channels last year. The launch required increased marketing spending (including free trials) and the content costs are relatively high. That said, Hulu likely pays for most of its live-TV content on a per-subscriber basis.
This approach seems to be working. As mentioned, Hulu added 3 million net new subscribers between January and May. That's after adding just 5 million subscribers from May 2016 to January 2018. The prestige of having the best drama on "television" has done a lot to attract subscribers at a faster rate, and Hulu is doing what it can to replicate that success and capitalize on its momentum.
If this sounds familiar, it's because that's exactly what Netflix has done over the last six years. After finding critical acclaim with House of Cards, it supercharged its production budgets and started working on lots of originals that could appeal to the critics. A good chunk of Netflix's marketing budget goes toward getting its shows and films in front of the award academies.
No one can argue with the success of the strategy. Netflix has grown from 27 million U.S. subscribers at the end of 2012 to 58 million today.
Disney Could Add Something Extra To Hulu
Disney has been fairly clear about how it plans to position Hulu as it ramps up its over-the-top efforts. ESPN+ is for sports fans; the upcoming Disney-branded streaming service is for families; Hulu is a catch-all for everyone else.
The big question mark is what content Disney will reserve for its Disney-branded service and what content it will put on Hulu. If it puts more adult-focused films and shows on Hulu, it could encourage more customers to sign up, but it could come at the expense of sign-ups for the Disney-branded service. Fox brings a lot of excellent franchises into the fold, and it's unclear where Disney will offer them. Disney will have to do some market testing in the next year or so to determine the best streaming platform for all of its franchises.
Additionally, when Disney takes majority ownership of Hulu, it could set up strategic bundles with its fully-owned streaming services. During the company's third-quarter earnings call, CEO Bob Iger said, "If a consumer wants all three, ultimately, we see an opportunity to package them from a pricing perspective." This option should bring on additional subscribers for all three services, albeit at lower average subscription prices. That said, both Hulu and ESPN+ generate a significant amount of advertising revenue, so subscriber count is important.
Hulu might be losing money for its parent companies at an increasing rate. But higher spending on content and marketing is paying off with faster subscriber growth. Disney could add additional content and bundling economics when it takes over majority control, which could cause an even greater increase in subscribers. Long-term investors shouldn't worry about the ballooning losses at Hulu and the impact they could have on Disney's bottom line in the near future.
Adam Levy has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Netflix and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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