When it comes to sports fans and technology, it appears to be a match made in heaven. In a new report by Nielsen, which looked at a broad range of data from the sports industry, it was determined that avid sports fans, when compared directly to non-avid sports fans, were 20 percent more likely to have a high-definition TV. Those polled were 21 percent more likely to purchase a smartphone, 33 percent more likely to own a gaming console and 42 percent more likely to utilize a DVR.
The study also found that the sports fans were 52 percent more likely to own a tablet, those increasingly popular devices, such as iPads, that are a like mix between a personal computer, a laptop and a smartphone.
The obvious question is, why? What makes a tablet so much more appealing to a sports fan than the average technology user?
The answer may lay in the fact that a tablet allows an individual to become a participant in the experience, rather than merely a spectator. A tablet provides a sports fan with a multitude of avenues that he or she can explore while watching the game – live-tweeting, following a discussion with like-minded fans on social media platforms, or interacting with sports apps to get a broader picture of the day's events. Any of these activities gives the sports fan a deeper involvement with the tablet experience.
Sports apps are one of the driving motivators of having a tablet for many sports fans. In fact, Nielsen indicates that nearly 60 percent of sports fans use their tablet on a daily basis to check sports-related content.
There is no shortage of apps for tech-savvy sports fans to choose from. And as it turns out, sports fans' needs are being met because there is a clear demand for not only free content, but pay content as well.
Jennifer Thayer is a technology writer who blogs about apps, gadgets and tech news. She enjoys watching sports, particularly baseball, on her Lenovo tablet. Follow her on Twitter: @TechyJen.


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9 April 2019 - Christchurch, New Zealand
Missionaries Serve Muslim Families in Christchurch
Young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently helped out at Christchurch's Muslim Recovery Centre at Hagley Park.
Young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints volunteer at the Muslim Recovery Centre after the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings.
Young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints volunteer at the Muslim Recovery Centre after the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings.© 2019 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
The temporary relief centre was set up to provide support to members of the city's Muslim community in the wake of last month's mass shootings in two mosques.
The missionaries—Elder Dawson Hair, Elder Garrett Lesā, Elder Trace Wimber and Elder Braden Clement—are all serving two year missions in New Zealand.
"We got a call asking for our help at the Muslim Recovery Centre here in Christchurch," Elder Hair recalls. "We were very excited to help because it's a place that only members of the Muslim community and the volunteers are allowed in.
"We were able to directly help the victims of the attack by helping them get boxes of food, providing hot meals for these families and guiding them around the area that various types of social care was available. It was was great because I got to meet so many amazing people and work alongside with them."
He added, "We had been praying for ways that we could really help the community from what took place on the 15th. I am so grateful for the opportunity to help my brothers and sisters and feel united with God's children. I have come to love the people here in Christchurch, they have taught me so much."
"The opportunity to serve those in the Muslim Recovery Centre came to us as a big surprise," Elder Garrett Lesā said.
"We drove to Hagley Oval not knowing what they needed us to do, or what difference we would actually make. But it was an amazing experience for us to not only serve others, but to see many people come together with one purpose. To share love and peace."
Elder Lesā continued, "We got put in charge of helping assemble packages for those who were in need. But the thing that stood out to me the most was how much was donated. So many people wanted to help in the ways that they could."
Elder Trace Wimber said, "We spent about six hours both on Monday and on Tuesday helping out. We did all sorts of things including helping ascertain the needs of families and directing them to the correct agency to provide help, dishing up food in the kitchen, preparing boxes of groceries and household supplies for families in need, and even being photographers. There was heaps of boxes that needed to be hefted around as well."
He added, "It was really an honour to have such an involved part in supporting the Muslim community. This was the most contact I've ever had with Muslim people, so I learned many new things. It was a very humbling experience to see how grateful and patient these people were.
"At one point there was about an hour long wait in order to see a particular agency, and I had to be the bearer of bad tidings to those waiting, but no one expressed anger or frustration to or at me, only gratitude."
Elder Braden Clement said "the greatest part was to be near these amazing people and their graciousness. The grateful and patient attitudes they displayed despite the horrible things that had happened were inspiring. We were really able to feel God's love for them and for their dedication to Him."
There are over 65,000 young and senior missionaries for the Church serving for 18 to 24 months in countries around the world.
They are unpaid and pay their own way. In some cases they are supported financially by family and other Latter-day Saints.
They provide regular service in the communities in which they live, and also share teachings about God, Jesus Christ and His gospel to those who wish to learn.
Missionaries in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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San Andreas () je název pro tektonický zlom, konkrétně transformní zlom, který se nachází v Kalifornii v USA a odděluje tak západní část Kalifornie od zbytku kontinentálního USA. Jde přímo o učebnicový příklad transformního zlomu, který se vyznačuje pohybem dvou litosférických desek vedle sebe, v tomto případě se o sebe třou desky pacifická a severoamerická. V důsledku tohoto tření dochází ke vzniku zemětřesení. Jedná se o poruchu zemské kůry, která je dlouhá přibližně  a v šířce asi 200 m je doprovázena soustavou souběžných i napříč probíhajících kratších trhlin. Zlom pokračuje do Tichého oceánu.

Geografie
Zlom protíná San Francisco a táhne se severně od Los Angeles ve vzdálenosti 65 km. Nejvíce se přibližuje na  severovýchodně od města. Desky jsou 50 až 250 kilometrů silné. Litosférické desky sahají až do hloubky 16 kilometrů. Kerné posuny se na povrchu projevují řadou příkopových propadlin podél nichž se nachází horské hřbety.

Dělení
Zlom se dělí na tři části.

 Jižní část (známá pod názvem Mojave segment) začíná v oblasti Salton Sea a běží severním směrem.
 Centrální část
 Severní část - protíná poloostrov San Francisco

Historie
Zlom byl poprvé identifikován v roce 1895 profesorem geologie Andrewem Lawsonem z Kalifornské univerzity v Berkeley, který objevil jeho severní zóny. Je pojmenován po jezeru San Andreas, které vzniklo v údolí mezi dvěma deskami.

Zlom San Andreas na sebe obrátil pozornost až po ničivém zemětřesení roku 1906. Epicentrum bylo přímo v San Francisku a škody byly zaznamenány na sever i jih do města do vzdálenosti 640 kilometrů. Během několika minut se země v místech zlomu posunula až o šest metrů – padaly ploty a stromy, popraskaly silnice a potrubí.

Zemětřesení
 1857 Fort Tejon: Otřesy o síle 7,9 Mw s rupturou dlouhou asi  ve střední a jižní Kalifornii. Dvě oběti.
 1906 San Francisco: Otřesy o síle 7,8 Mw s rupturou dlouhou asi  s epicentrem u San Francisca. Zemětřesení a následné požáry si vyžádaly minimálně 3 000 obětí.
 1957 San Francisco: Zemětřesení o síle 5,7 Mw s epicentrem v Tichém oceánu západně od San Francisca.
 1989 Loma Prieta: Otřesy o síle 6,9 Mw s rupturou dlouhou asi , která však nedosáhla povrchu, u města Santa Cruz. Zemřelo 63 lidí.
 2004 Parkfield: Zemětřesení o síle 6 Mw.

Odkazy

Reference

Související články
 Seismologie

Externí odkazy

Zlomy
Geografie Kalifornie

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Black Crown Initiate's 'Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape' Is an Extreme Metal Triumph
By Manus Hopkins
The biggest names in metal have been pretty quiet this year, at least where new studio material is concerned. There have been albums released by big bands of course, but not by anybody arena-fillingly huge in the genre. This isn't necessarily a bad thing — in fact, the upside to it is that it allows more attention to be given to mid-league metal stalwarts like Pennsylvania's Black Crown Initiate.
Constantly touring since 2014, Black Crown Initiate had built up an impressive resume for a group only two albums in. The wait between their latest, 2016's Selves We Cannot Forgive, and Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape was long, but the band wasn't idle during this time. And besides, four years isn't too long a wait when it's for an album like this one.
Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape is exactly the album that should propel Black Crown Initiate forward and cement them as a mainstay force in 21st century metal. Like their previous two albums, it blends several styles, from death metal to progressive metal, but the songs on this record sound more fleshed out, like the band took all the time they needed to get everything exactly the way they wanted.
One of the best things about this record is that it doesn't wear out its welcome. Extreme metal albums can be overlong, and unfairly doom their last few tracks to not receive the same enthusiasm as the top halves. Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape is comprised of just nine tracks, and while they can be long songs, there's enough musical diversity on the album to keep it from dragging.
This record is another triumph for metal in 2020. It will be an exciting day when we get to see Black Crown Initiate perform their new material live, but at least we have the album to listen to until then. (Century Media)
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We really know how to have fun here at Fauquier Health.
For the past couple of weeks a film crew (well ... one person with a video camera) has been seen all around the hospital filming examples of Fauquier Health's Planetree philosophy. Planetree, adopted in May of 2000, is a model of personalized care that is all-encompassing, from the design of the physical environment to the welcoming of family members as part of the health care solution.
Chris Kelleher of Medical Imaging has been capturing: a nurse explaining medical records to a patient and his care partner; a pediatric patient being comforted by a nurse; happy diners in the Bistro; a patient having an X-ray using the portable X-ray equipment in the Emergency Department; a pet therapy dog spreading cheer; and our chaplain, David Smith, leading a drumming session (it eases stress) on the Bistro patio.
The result of all this creative activity will be a two-minute video that will be presented at the annual Planetree conference in October. The conference will be co-sponsored by Fauquier Hospital and will take place in Baltimore, Maryland. As part of the event, hospital officials from all over the country will visit Fauquier Hospital to "see how it's done."
As part of the video, 50 or so staff members participated in a specially designed line dance. For musical accompaniment, John Ferguson of the LIFE Center and Laura Payne of Dietary Services will sing a slightly altered version of "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
It has been tremendous fun drafting people for the video. Everyone has been great. Chris has proven herself to be a fine cameraperson and as director, I have reached new levels of bossiness -- and that is saying something.
When it's all done, we'll post it here on the blog, on our Facebook page (type in Fauquier Health in the search section of your Facebook page and join our page as a fan.) and on our website at http://www.fauquierhealth.org/.
Thanks for the countless hours you spent on this project!! You are such an asset to the hospital!! Great job!


Septembers "Meet the maker" is the photographer Peter Fischer. The Craft Lab meets with him to talk about his love for nature and being in the present. Peter is currently taking up musical studies in northern Sweden and is passing time exploring nature. He has a background as a professional photographer and used to travel the world in his profession.
How come you only use a mobile phone for creating your images these days?
My mobile has been my only photographic equipment for the past years due to two reasons. I previously worked as a photographer and I have come to associate photographic equipment with work, and that's not what I want. Besides that, the best camera is always the camera you carry around. Most of the time that's usually my mobile, how sad that might be.
I find that there is something meditative in creating images. And not to loose being in the present when picking up the camera is obviously an art in itself, but I think it is possible. If I have a lot on my mind, I can even become more focused after a moment of photography.
However, there are moments when I choose to just experience nature itself and I skip the camera even though I realize that I might miss out on opportunities for great photos.
Nature is what inspires me most of all. Its beauty, whether it is in its most complex, or in its simplest form, it always gives me energy. Nature's shapes and colours are in my opinion perfect. I'm not entirely clear on why I have a need to photograph nature, but it´s been like that for a long time.
What is your goal with your images?
Although it is not my intention, I hope my images will inspire more people to go outdoors. We are part of it, but it will soon be forgotten if we continue to fall too deeply into the electronic world. I strongly believe that it is very important to feel a sense of belonging and security in nature. I also believe that it is important to be sensitive to natures beauty.
It is really hard to pick out a "best" memory. It's a kind of love that you can´t rate. Every time when I'm open, in the present and receptive is the best. It really doesn't depend that much on nature itself, but my own ability to be in the present.
What is your advice on how to be in the present?
Be open to natural stimulus. For example, at this moment I´m sitting on a rock by the water observing the waves. Red and yellow leaves are falling from the trees landing on the water and then sailing away like little boats. In the background, I can hear a woodpecker, the wind rustling in the trees and the waves. The sun is reflected in the water and the rays are dancing along the stones and pebbles on the beach. The sun is pleasantly warming and there is a scent of autumn.
Allow your senses to be stimulated by the "simple things" that exist around us, such as smells, the feeling of the wind, the sounds of rustling leaves, the taste of the berries. We are so used to be fueled by technology and people, conversations, books etc. Most of this takes us further away from the present, while a wave rippling against a stone or a bird chirping always gives us a possibility of presence.
Different mindfulness exercises can help you along the way, but it's important not to only practice, the goal itself is, of course, to be in the present as much as possible.
Playing an instrument is also practicing to be in the present. When the musician is fully present the music can flow in a fantastic way. That's the secret behind the music, as I see it.
An old proven trick which is always available is to observe your our own breathing. This doesn't have to be done in lotus position with your eyes closed, or on a meditation course, but can be done right at any time to varying degrees.


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This Thursday evening, September 17, positively the last night this season, on which Edwin Forrest can appear in "Brutus; or, The Fall of Tarquin"
This evening, Tuesday, September 26, 1854, will be performed Shakespeare's great comedy of "Much Ado About Nothing"
This Monday evening, February 9, the performance will commence with the petite comedy, entitled "Two Can Play At That Game"
[Staging for Act 1 of "Much Ado About Nothing".]
Last night but one of the engagement of Miss Ellen Tree. Wednesday evening, April 12, will be performed the comedy of "Much Ado About Nothing"
Monday evening, June 2, will be presented for the first time, Bulwer's beautiful five-act play, entitled "Money"
Wednesday, October 19, 1864, will be performed for the first time in two years, Bulwer's celebrated five-act play, "The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride"
M'lle Eme Roseau and Mr. Wm. Edouin will appear Monday, January 28, 1878, in "Babes in the Wood; or, Who Killed Cock Robin"
Friday, September 17, 1858, will be played Shakespeare's tragedy (adapted by Colley Cibber) of "King Richard III; or, The Battle of Bosworth Field", with Mr. J. B. Roberts as Richard III
The eminent American tragedian, Mr. E. L. Davenport, and the great dramatic genius of the age, Edwin Booth, will appear in Shakespeare's tragedy of "Othello" this Monday evening, April 12
Monday, November 1, 1880, the celebrated comedian Fred Warren, by permission of Dr. Lathrop of the Boylston Museum, Boston, producing the burlesque "Sir Joseph Wiess Beer"
Mr. Edwin Booth will resume the management of this theater for a term of six weeks only, beginning Monday, January 7, 1878, with his adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Richard III"
"Beatrice" in Much Ado About Nothing
["Much Ado About Nothing" theater still.]
Monday evening, March 31, 1862, will be presented the popular five-act play, "Damon and Pythias; or, The Test of Friendship"
Monday, January 29, 1866, will be given for the second time in two years, Sheridan's sterling comedy of "The Rivals; or, A Trip to Bath"
Monday evening, October 27, 1862, "The Lady of Lyons"
Monday evening, April 20, 1868, will be acted the magnificent play in five acts, of "Jack Cade; or, The Rebels of Kent"
Monday evening, and every evening until further notice, will be performed C. M. Walcott's extravaganza of "Hi-A-Wa-Tha; or, Ardent Spirits and Laughing Waters"
Monday evening, November 24, 1851, will be performed Verdi's grand opera in four acts, of "Ernani"
Monday, January 1, 1877, and during the week, Edwin Booth will appear in his rendition of Brutus, the Roman Father in John Howard Payne's great tragedy of "Brutus; or, The Fall of Tarquin"
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James Hubert McVicker (1822-1896)
James M. Hardie
King Lear (Play)
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Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says his government would consider tougher penalties for substance abusers as part of a plan to tackle violence.
Those who abuse drugs and alcohol and are arrested for a violent crime in Queensland could face tougher penalties.
Premier Campbell Newman is proposing mandatory drug and alcohol tests for those caught assaulting another person in any of the state's entertainment precincts.
Hair samples would be taken to determine long-term substance users.
While a negative test would attract normal penalties, abusers would face a new sentencing regime if the plan is adopted as part of the state's initiatives to tackle alcohol and drug-fuelled violence.
"If they find you've taken alcohol or alcohol and drugs, and they are illegal drugs, and if we find on top of that, that you are a long-term habitual user, then there will be escalating higher penalties," Mr Newman told News Corp.
"At this stage I'm not suggesting there will be minimum mandatory sentences, but there will be higher penalties and magistrates will be required to take that into consideration in their sentencing.
The public has been asked to give the government feedback on its alcohol plan, to be handed down in March.
So far more than 5,500 people have responded with nearly half supporting tougher penalties, with only a minority supporting earlier closing times for pubs and clubs.


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Q: Angular2 missing Set-Cookie in response from REST service Goal
The goal is to call a remote login-service with HTTP Basic and receive the JSESSIONID for further usage.
Tested backend
So far I achieved the service call including a 200 response. My tests with restassured work smoothly and indicates that the JSESSIONID is properly provided by the login-service. The spring backend service is annotated with @CrossOrigin.
// assure we are not logged in
RestAssured.baseURI = "https://" + ip;
RestAssured.basePath = "/user";
Response responseA = post("/create"); // /user/create is a secured service
assertEquals(401, responseA.statusCode());

// log in and save the token
RestAssured.baseURI = "https://" + username + ":pass@" + ip; // http basic auth is used
RestAssured.basePath = "/user";
Response responseB = post("/login");
assertEquals(200, responseB.statusCode());

String jsessionId = responseB.getCookie("JSESSIONID");
// C50C28EA1F3ABBB76F0E4189A772A4E9

RestAssured.baseURI = "https://" + ip;
RestAssured.basePath = "/user";

// call a service without token or credentials --> 401
Response responseC = get("/id"); // /user/id is a secured service
assertEquals(401, responseC.statusCode());

// call a service with the token
RestAssured.sessionId = jsessionId;
Response responseD = get("/id");
assertEquals(200, responseD.statusCode());

The test is green.
Frontend problems
In our Angular2 frontend app we have a login page, whose submit button runs the following code through the onSubmit() method.
_url = "theLoginServiceUrl"

createAuthorizationHeader(username: string, password: string, headers:Headers) {
    headers.append('Authorization', 'Basic ' + btoa(username + ':' + password));
    // tried all of these, but they didn't fix the problem
    // headers.append('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
    // headers.append('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', '*');
    // headers.append('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', '*');
}

login (username: string, password: string) {
    let headers = new Headers();
    this.createAuthorizationHeader(username, password, headers);
    return this._http.post(this._url, "", {
        headers: headers
    });
}

onSubmit() {
    this.login(this.currentUser.username, this.currentUser.password)
        .subscribe((res) => {
                var headers = res.headers;
                console.log(headers);
                // Headers {_headersMap: Map}
                // <entries>[3]
                // {"Pragma" => Array[1]}
                // {"Cache-Control" => Array[1]}
                // {"Expires" => Array[1]}

                var setCookieHeader = headers.get('Set-Cookie');
                console.log(setCookieHeader)
                // null
            }
        );
}

As you see from the comments I am not able to access Set-Cookie header. In the browser however I see the successful calls including the Set-Cookie header:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: 0
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=58A072F2BB40A711CB42233CA4EB7BF6; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://localhost:3000
Vary: Origin
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Content-Length: 0
Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 10:43:21 GMT

Note that this all runs through HTTPS.
Frontend details:

*

*"typescript": "^1.7.5"

*"angular2": "2.0.0-beta.7"
Question:
Why can't I access the Set-Cookie within my Angular2 code? What do I have to change?

A: When Secure is set for a cookie, then you can't read it using JavaScript. The purpose of the cookie is only to authenticate made requests and will be sent by the browser which each request but for security concerns it is not available to JavaScript code.
For JS code to check if the user is logged in use different measures like a call to the server that responds with the current logged-in state.
See also How to read a secure cookie using JavaScript

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This weekend marked the opening of Wild at Heart II, the third edition of the endangered species benefit shows co-curated by myself and Thinkspace's Andrew Hosner. 20% of the proceeds of the show will go to Born Free USA to help threatened wildlife. Though the exhibition has closed, you can still check out all the work online.
There are 7 species of honeybees in the world, which represent only a small fraction of the over 20,000 known species of bees. They are believed to have evolved in South Asia, where humans have collected wild honey for at least 15,000 years. Honeybees have been domesticated by humans for at least 4,500 years, according to inscriptions in the tombs and temples of ancient Egypt. Prior to European settlement in the early 1600s, there were no true honeybees in the Americas, although a native stingless bee was cultivated for honey by the Maya and many native bees such as Orchard Mason Bees are highly efficient pollinators. It took over 200 years for honeybees to reach the west coast. They were carried over the Rocky Mountains and shipped around Cape Horn by settlers, who needed them to pollinate crops and to produce wax and honey.
Like their relatives, the bumblebees, honeybees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young. Unlike bumblebees, they store honey as a source of food to produce body heat during the winter. It takes the efforts of more than 22,000 bees to make a single jar of honey. In cold weather, honeybees cluster into a ball inside their hive and rotate from the center to the edges so no bee gets too cold. The temperature at the center of the cluster never drops below 80°F, no matter how cold the weather outside. Honeybees are threatened by colony collapse disorder, a mysterious syndrome which has destroyed unprecedented numbers of overwintering hives in recent years. Theories on its causation range the overuse of pesticides to the overharvesting of honey, which is often replaced with high-fructose corn syrup.
However, competition from and diseases spread by commercial honeybees also pose a deadly threat to native bee populations. Dozens of bee species have quietly disappeared over the past 30 years, including the Shrill Carder Bee, Cockerell's Bumblebee and the Rusty-patched Bumblebee, all of which are on the brink of extinction. Many advocate the local cultivation of native bees such as the Orchard Mason Bee to pollinate crops in order minimize the transportation of commercial hives around the country.


Usama Alnassar, a Syrian Master Sculptor and Painter.
Born in Damascus, Syria, into a family with a rich artistic tradition.
Opened the AlNassar Atelier in Carrara where he holds marble sculpture courses for international students.
For me, the studio is like a garden full of wonderful toys. I love to be there, it makes me feel as free as a child.
My real studio is inside me, so, wherever I go I always have it within me.
When I am in Carrara, I am fully absorbed by the "magic" of the marble, since my studio is situated between two marble quarries. When I happen to change my location, materials and circumstances, this affects my artistic form and my expression.
I love listening to good music, especially to classical music.
Why did you build a theatre at your studio?
The theatre is a Noah's Ark for culture and human expression in a world that is flooded with conflicts and problems.
My work is a reflection of how I feel about this world full of love and hate, need and desire, travel and migration, and also about our relationship to the digital world.
Painting and sculpting do not feel like work to me.
My creative energy comes from my instinctive need for beauty and expression.
This human disaster is the loss of culture; this is what gives me a reason to keep going as an artist.
I talk about it through many of my works that are about the search for identity: 'Messages', 'Woman Icon', 'The Caravan', 'People Living in Bubbles', 'Freedom of Speech' and 'The 40 v'.
It certainly has, yet I am not sure in which ways. I would say that the encounters I made with other people, and learning other languages have opened up my mind in giving more liberty to my feelings for other ideologies and nationalities. This all has opened me up to see more of humanity.
I live my hopes and my dreams intrinsically through my sculptures and my paintings; they are one and the same.
الورشة بالنسبة لي هي كحديقة مملوءة بالألعاب، أحب وجودي فيها و أشعر بالحرية كالأطفال.
لكن ورشتي الحقيقية موجودة في داخلي، فأينما ذهبتُ ترافقني.
عندما أكون في كارارا أكون مأخوذاً كلياً بالرخام، فورشتي تقع بين مقلعين، لكن عندما أغير المكان، الأدوات و الظروف ينعكس ذلك على أعمالي شكلاً و مضموناً.
أحب سماع الموسيقى الجيدة، و خصوصاً الموسيقى الكلاسيكية.
هذا المسرح كسفينة نوح للثقافة و الفن و التعبير الإنساني في عالم غارق في المشاكل و الحروب.
أعمالي هي انعكاس لشعوري تجاه عالمنا هذا المليء بالحب و الكراهية، بالمبادىء و الرغبات، السفر و الهجرة… فني يتحدث أيضاً عن علاقتنا بعالم المعلوماتية.
المفروض انها أثرت، لكن لا أدري كيف تماماً…أستطيع القول أن تغيير المحيط، التعرف على مجتمع آخر و تعلم لغة جديدة قد ساعد ذهني على الانفتاح و التحرر الفكري، على تقبل أيدلوجييات مخلفة، أفكار جديدة و قوميات مختلفة… تغيير المحيط و المجتمع أعطاني الفرصة لأتعمق في الانسانية و أؤمن بها.
أعيش آمالي و أحلامي من خلال منحوتاتي و لوحاتي، الحلم و العمل الفني كيان واحد.
Amazing. I wish I could travel and learn and look at the studios of creativity all over the world.
Beloved Usama. Not just a great artist but also a great teacher. Love this. Thank you.


Stormwater Pond Maintenance: Amphibious Mobitrac is Here!
Stormwater Pond Maintenance from Dragonfly Pond Works restores Charlotte, North Carolina stormwater pond with innovative lotus removal.
Proper stormwater pond maintenance maintains system health and functionality. Stormwater ponds that are overgrown with vegetation such as lotus or cattails are unable to properly function due to the vegetation clogging the system. Specialized stormwater pond maintenance crews possess the knowledge and skills necessary to remove unwanted vegetation while allowing beneficial aquatic plants to thrive.
As an experienced stormwater pond maintenance contractor, the Dragonfly Pond Works' experts often encounter systems that pose unique challenges. We recently assessed a Charlotte, North Carolina stormwater pond overgrown with lotus. The typical solution for vegetation removal is completed manually by crews. This solution requires water levels to be lowered to allow access to the vegetation. Unfortunately, in this case there was no valve present and as such no way to siphon the pond. This made dewatering a significant challenge.
Stormwater Pond Maintenance: Charlotte stormwater pond overgrown with lotus.
Our stormwater pond maintenance crew wanted to avoid completely draining the pond, which would increase cost, time, and impact. The team decided to utilize Dragonfly's newly acquired Mobitrac amphibious harvester. The Mobitrac is able to remove and harvest submersed and terrestrial vegetation in areas that are difficult or impossible to reach with traditional equipment. Additionally, the Mobitrac has a very light footprint, minimizing damage to the surrounding environment.
The versatile Mobitrac glides through the water. The cutter on the front easily removes the lotus throughout this pond. The Mobitrac then harvests or collects all cut plants.
The Mobitrac is highly efficient with the ability to harvest acres of invasive plants a day. It is able to easily maneuver changes in water depths by readily transitioning between land and water.
The outlet pipe of the stormwater pond was also overgrown with vegetation and algae.
The stormwater pond maintenance crew also removed the overgrown vegetation from the outlet pipe and cleaned the area.
The Mobitrac efficiently cut and harvested all of the lotus clogging this Charlotte stormwater pond. This system is once again able to effectively handle stormwater runoff. Utilizing the lightweight Mobitrac allowed us to protect the surrounding area from damage while also saving our client time and money. This machine is ideal for HOA's, Golf Courses, and municipalities looking to reduce the impact of heavy machinery. Our stormwater pond maintenance experts possess the knowledge and skills needed to keep your system functioning as intended. Please contact us if you would like to learn more about how we can help you create and maintain a beautiful space.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using ConvNetSharp.Volume;

namespace ConvNetSharp.Core.Layers
{
    public class TanhLayer<T> : LayerBase<T> where T : struct, IEquatable<T>, IFormattable
    {
        public TanhLayer(Dictionary<string, object> data) : base(data)
        {
        }

        public TanhLayer()
        {
        }

        public override void Backward(Volume<T> outputGradient)
        {
            this.OutputActivationGradients = outputGradient;
            this.OutputActivation.DoTanhGradient(this.InputActivation, this.OutputActivationGradients, this.InputActivationGradients);
        }

        protected override Volume<T> Forward(Volume<T> input, bool isTraining = false)
        {
            input.DoTanh(this.OutputActivation);
            return this.OutputActivation;
        }

        public override void Init(int inputWidth, int inputHeight, int inputDepth)
        {
            base.Init(inputWidth, inputHeight, inputDepth);

            this.OutputDepth = inputDepth;
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Danish Lighting Center (DCL) is your direct access to the Danish lighting community in whole.
The center is a non-profit association for about 700 lighting professionals and has existed since 1948. Our members are lighting manufacturers, researchers, engineering companies, architects etc. Our mission is promoting the use of good and appropriate lighting, and to disseminate lighting knowledge to the benefit of society.
We serve our members with opportunities to meet and up-to-date knowledge on daylight, lighting technologies, standards, legislation, research on lighting, energy efficient lighting and environmental conditions for lighting.
We issue the only Danish specialized magazine on light and lighting called 'LYS' (Danish for 'LIGHT') four times a year. Ideas for articles and advertisements are welcome.
Most of our communication is in Danish – but don't worry: Google Translate is invented, and on our annual national conference 'Lysets Dag' ('Lighting day') half of the speakers and many exhibitors speak English.
Non-residents are more than welcome both as personal members (affordable 1.500 DKK/year), sponsors ('Støttemedlemmer') and subscribers on the magazine.


I was a few seconds from throwing it away. Someone showed up for our rummage sale looking for classic 80s handheld toys. He'd already bought all my Transformers (except Starscream and Silverstreak, which I'd pulled from my wife's grab-bag). He was looking for more, specifically the handheld toys I'd stuffed in a garbage bag the day before, and after doing a little research, I can see why he asked. Based on eBay prices, my handheld games are worth a little something, so it's better to call my new contact than toss them into a landfill. The best item I have was also likely the most expensive: Mattel's Competition Football from 1982.
I can remember it like it was only a decade ago. Aunt Teri and Uncle Greg wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday, and they were probably sick of me being an ungrateful little punk when they picked out something I didn't want, so this time, they took me to the Walgreens on 77th and Capitol. This was back when Walgreens had a sweet little electronics section, even if it couldn't compete with Radio Shack or Toys R Us for total quantity. The fact was that I'd been to that Walgreens a number of times, always drooling over the tiny green piece of magic that was the Mattel Competition Football game. So small I could fit it in my pocket, yet so expensive that I would never ask for it. Even Santa would have been hard-pressed to deliver this game to me, but Uncle Greg must have been feeling quite generous on this day, because when he asked what I really wanted, I told him, and he bought it.
For the next few years, as most of my friends got their Ataris and eventually Nintendos, I played my Mattel Competition Football a lot. After digging it out of the garbage and popping in some new batteries today, I played it again, and I realized why it was such a marvel to me. It's the perfect size for a six year-old, yet it can still be used at six times that age. It's simple, yet there's variation. And I still can't get a first down on Level 4. When I looked the game up, I kept finding the Mattel Classic Football from 1978. I don't know much about that game, but I can't imagine it was better than what I had.
It's kind of weird, though, that someone showing up after the rummage sale was technically closed would ask about something I'd already thrown out, and now I'm sitting here contemplating NOT selling it because I want to keep it. Maybe it's because playing some of the old games that made us happy when we were young can still bring back some of the same emotions. I can even remember the guilt I felt when I finally got an Atari 2600 and buried the handhelds away in a box, eventually in the attic, then to a new attic, and then into the trash.
The good news is that this memory was rescued, and even if I sell it to someone who appeared to appreciate the games (or profit from selling them online) more than me, at least I had one more day remembering what it was like to turn six years old and get the coolest gift on the block.
Actually, if I had the time and inclination, I'd be able to make as much money selling four games I'd thrown in the trash than we made in several days of our rummage sale. Sure, most of the junk I found in my attic was certainly junk, but I guess it pays to see if some of the junk might be interesting to someone else before tossing it out.
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[130 Pages Report] Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) market was valued at USD 327.7 million in 2017 and is projected to reach USD 518.4 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 8.0% during the forecast period. The base year considered for this study is 2017 and the forecast period is from 2018 to 2023.
Both, the top-down and bottom-up approaches were used to estimate and validate the size of the ETFE market and to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets. The research study involved extensive use of secondary sources, directories, and databases such as Hoovers, Bloomberg, Chemical Weekly, Factiva, the Independent Chemical Information Service (ICIS), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), among various government and private websites to identify and collect information useful for a technical, market-oriented, and commercial study of the ETFE market.
The ETFE market has a diversified and established ecosystem of upstream players such as raw material suppliers and downstream stakeholders such as manufacturers and vendors of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, end users, and government organizations. The key players in the ETFE market include Asahi Glass Company (Japan), Daikin Industries (Japan), The Chemours Company (US), 3M (US), Quadrant (Switzerland), Guangzhou LiChang Fluoroplastics (China), Hubei Everflon Polymer (China), Ensinger (Germany), and Vector Foiltec (Germany).
The ETFE market is covered in detail in this report. The current market demand and forecasts are also included in this report to provide a comprehensive market scenario.
ETFE is a lightweight material that can be recycled into useable ETFE products. It is 100% recyclable and requires less fabrication than traditional building materials, reducing C02 emission.
ETFE performs many functions of glass often with greater efficiency. The lifespan of glass is around 10 to 20 years while that of ETFE is around 30 to 50 years, without significant degradation. Being 100% recyclable and requiring minimal energy for transportation and installation, ETFE makes a significant contribution to the green construction.
ETFE is used in many applications such as wires & cables in automotive, industrial, aerospace, transit, and appliance industries. It is also used in films and sheets, tubing and pipes, electronic components, electrostatic and rotomolded vessel linings, valves, fittings, and pump housings. ETFE coatings are particularly well-suited for the semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries.
ETFE is used in buildings as a two or three layered air-filled cushion or as a single layer cable-supported structure. Building & construction, automotive, aerospace, nuclear, and coating industries use ETFE for various applications. Another key use of ETFE is for covering electrical and fiber-optic wiring used in high-stress, low-fume-toxicity, and high-reliability situations for instance in aircraft and spacecraft wiring. Some small cross-sectional wires such as the wires used for the wire-wrap technique is coated with ETFE.
ETFE allows more sound transmission as compared to other materials such as glass and other plastics. This factor is majorly restraining the ETFE market growth. ETFE pillows transmit almost all sounds from outside. However, noise and rain suppression systems are now being incorporated into external structures with successful results. For a roof subject to raindrops, the sound of rain can be suppressed by adding a rain attenuation layer on the surface of the cushions. This acts as a dampener, stopping the sound reverberating around the space below. Adding additional layers to the surface will, however, increase the cost of the construction.
Despite its strength, ETFE can be cut through with a sharp knife. Owing to this limitation, ETFE is generally not used in windows or on exterior walls unless a foundation of roughly 15 ft. is created off the ground. ETFE foil can be punctured with a knife or other sharp implements, which acts as a restraint for the ETFE market.
The increasing use of Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) in various applications in different end-use industries is driving the growth of the ETFE market across the globe. The ETFE market is projected to grow from USD 352.4 million in 2018 to USD 518.4 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 8.0% between 2018 and 2023. The eco-friendly and recyclable properties of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, increased demand for ethylene tetrafluoroethylene from various end-use industries, and better properties offered by ethylene tetrafluoroethylene than glass and other conventional fluoropolymers are driving the growth of the ETFE market across the globe.
Among types, the pellet/granule segment accounted for the largest share of the ETFE market in 2017, in terms of both, volume and value. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene granules are widely used in the acid-resistant and alkali-resistant injection products, electric wires & cables, valve lining, and spray painting. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene in granular form is extruded into films & sheets and wires & cables, which are then used by various end-use industries such as architecture, automotive, aerospace, and chemical processing.
The injection technology segment of the ETFE market is projected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2018 and 2023, in terms of both, volume and value. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene resins can be processed at a wide range of temperatures due to their improved thermal stability and low melting points using the conventional injection molding techniques. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene resins are also resistant to ultraviolet rays, making them suitable for outdoor applications.
Among applications, the films & sheets segment of the ETFE market accounted for the largest share of the ETFE market in 2017, in terms of both, volume and value. Presently, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene films & sheets are largely replacing glass in the building & construction industry due to their excellent light transmission properties. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene sheets are assembled into cushions that are inflated for structural applications. These cushions provide thermal insulation with reduced initial costs and lesser structural support as compared to conventional glazed roofs.
The North American region is the largest consumer of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene across the globe. The growth of the North America ETFE market can be attributed to the increased demand for ethylene tetrafluoroethylene from various end-use industries of the region. The Asia Pacific ETFE market is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period, in terms of both, volume and value. The growth of the market in the Asia Pacific region is due to the easy availability of cheap labor and raw materials in the region. Moreover, the growing economy of countries such as China, Indonesia, Taiwan, and India is also attracting new foreign investments in these countries, thereby leading to the growth of various end-use industries in the Asia Pacific region. In addition, the formulation and implementation of various policies mandating the use of environment-friendly products have led to innovations in the ethylene tetrafluoroethylene industry of the region. However, high capital investments and requirement of a qualified workforce for carrying out operations related to ethylene tetrafluoroethylene are expected to restrain the growth of the ETFE market in the Asia Pacific region.
Asahi Glass Company (Japan), Daikin Industries (Japan), The Chemours Company (US), 3M (US), Quadrant (Switzerland), Guangzhou LiChang Fluoroplastics (China), Hubei Everflon Polymer (China), Ensinger (Germany), and Vector Foiltec (Germany), among others are the key players operating in the ETFE market.
ETFE is being used in the architecture industry over the last 25 years. The architecture and construction sectors have experienced a revolution with the use of this material. ETFE helps in building artistic structures and in energy savings. In the case of ETFE cushions, they are kept continually pressurized by a small inflation unit which maintains the pressure at approx. 220 Pa and gives the foil structural stability and the roof some insulation properties.
As ETFE is transparent, self-cleaning, durable, and flexible to a great extent, it is emerging as one of the most popular materials in the building and design industries. The excellent properties of ETFE have made it a suitable material for many architectural projects of almost any shape. ETFE was used to construct artistic structures such as China's Shenzhen East Huaqiao City Indoor Water Park, which is one of the largest ETFE projects in China, contributing to the popularity of ETFE structures in China.
ETFE structures are increasingly being used because of their transparency. It is, however, difficult to realize sufficient sound insulation for these structures, and also to predict the insulation and the sound intensity levels due to rain and other noise. For instance, Nottingham High School for Boys was built using ETFE. In order to mitigate the problem of noise at Nottingham High School, architects fitted a sound suppression system (a layer that acts as a dampener to soften the sound of the droplets hitting the tensioned cushion surface) to reduce noise levels during heavy rainfall. However, the problem was not resolved.
Installation of large pieces of ETFE material requires a great deal of precision. Pneumatically pre-stressed ETFE systems obtain their integrity from an air inflation system. This system requires routine maintenance and service. The air has to be filtered in some way so as not to put excess moisture or debris into the system. Even single-layer systems require great coordination of details, as the exact amount of ETFE stretch has to be considered along with the loads it is designed to withstand.
The world's largest façade made of single layer ETFE film in Mexican first division club, FC Puebla has been renovated using 3M's Dyneon ETFE. The façade is made of more than 30,000 square meters of film and rises to a height of around 40 meters.
The company was chosen for the roof renovation at London's Tottenham Hale bus station in 2014, in order to ensure the station is fit for purpose for decades to come. The bus station roof was covered with around 860 square meters of Dyneon ETFE highly transparent film.
The company Fluon ETFE LH-8000 which exhibits advanced adhesive properties that allow it to bond to dissimilar materials, such as polyamides, polyethylenes and metals. It is an ultra-low-melting resin that is cost-effective for applications such as chemical bags, hot water hoses, rubber hose mandrels, anti-stick conveyor belts, multilayer monofilament, interlayer insulation film for electronic substrates and tubes that convey harsh materials in the chemical, plastics, oil and gas, building and paint industries.
The company launched new ETFE resins, Fluon adhesive ETFEs which caters to the automotive components such as liquid and vapor fuel lines, compressor hoses, fuel tanks and filler necks and exhibit excellent performance in any construction.
11.6 Guangzhou Lichang Fluoroplastics Co. Ltd.
11.7 Hubei Everflon Polymer Co. Ltd.


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Law360 and The Blog of Legal Times quotes Jonathan Pompan on CFPB document request
Venable of counsel Jonathan Pompan was quoted in the September 25, 2012 issues of Law360 and The Blog of Legal Times on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) document request in its investigation of a mortgage lender. The lender filed the first-ever challenge to the CFPB calling the request "overly broad and unduly burdensome." The CFPB rejected the challenge last week.
"The hope within the banking and other industries regulated by the new agency is that the scope of those requests will be tempered as the CFPB develops a broader institutional memory," Pompan told Law360. "One has to take what they're writing at face value, but the scope of the investigations appears to be more along the lines of a classic examination than an investigation based on very specific acts and practices," he added. Pompan noted that CFPB investigations may become broader as the agency matures, saying, "All indications are that they're still very much in the startup phase and are bringing these broad investigations, but at some point it would seem as though they would be able to end up bringing narrower and more focused investigations."
Speaking with The Blog of Legal Times about the perception of the investigation and document request, Pompan said, "The denial provides a window into the bureau's view of its aggressive ability to investigate…Investigative demands like the ones the bureau has been issuing can get very expensive and be disruptive to even the most well-heeled companies. The bureau's supporters will likely view this as its appropriate role and critics will say that this is validation of their concerns about its power."
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Gnaphosa lonai is a ground spider species found in Italy.

See also
 List of Gnaphosidae species

References

External links

Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Europe
Spiders described in 1949


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The A5 Neo combines an affordable technology with all of the enhanced measurement methods of probe systems. Universal shuttle system with clamp and stretch mode for testing flexible and rigid boards.
It can be deployed for a quick standard Electrical Test or if necessary be equipped with the latest test functions to achieve the highest test specifications available on the market.
This product has 8 high speed test heads (4 Top, 4 Bottom) equipped with 4 cameras for extremely fast and intelligent board scanning. It can perform High Voltage testing of up to 1000 Volts (standard up to 500 Volts).


Our Rose Hip and Kanuka tonic contains wild harvested and New Zealand native herbs. 100% natural New Zealand made tonic. Delicious tasting and suitable for adults and children.
Traditionally rosehips have been used to boost Vitamin C levels. Our formulation is inspired by a World War 2 recipe.
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Austerities
Braziller
Unending Blues: Poems
Harcourt Brace
San Diego, New York, 1986
The World Doesn't End
Nine Poems: a Childhood Story
Cambridge, 1989
Das Buch von Göttern und Teufeln
München, 1993
[Ü: Hans Magnus Enzensberger]
A Wedding in Hell
Walking the Black Cat
Orphan Factory
Ann Arbor, 1997
Die Fliege in der Suppe
[Ü: Rudolf von Bitter]
Medici Groschengrab. Die Kunst des Joseph Cornell
[Ü: Klaus Martens]
Grübelei im Rinnstein. Ausgewählte Gedichte
[Ü: Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Michael Krüger, Rainer G. Schmidt, Jan Wagner]
Wo steckt Pepe?
[Ü: Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn]
The Metaphysician in the Dark
My Noiseless Entourage
Orlando, 2005
Rudolf von Bitter, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn, Susanne Höbel, Michael Krüger, Klaus Martens, Wiebke Oeser, Rainer G. Schmidt, Jan Wagner
Charles Simic [ Serbia, USA ]
Charles Simic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1938. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1953, and settled in New York in 1954. Simic published his first poems in 1959. Two years later he was drafted and served the U.S. army. He graduated from New York University in 1966. A year later he published his first volume of poetry, 'What the Grass Says'. Simic has received many grants, including one from the Guggenheim Foundation, and has lectured at various universities. Since 1973 he has taught American Literature and Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire. He writes essays as well as poems, and translated poetry from French, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian and Slovenian. He also works as an editor, and has written a children's book, published in German as 'Wo steckt Pepé?' (Engl: Where's Pepé?). Simic won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his volume of prose poems, which was published as 'The World Doesn't End' in 1990.
Despite his European origins, Simic belongs with Mark Strand and James Tate to a generation of American poets who made their names in the 1960's as surrealists. Since then Simic poems have evoked various settings and images, from New York City to small New England towns. His own biography, his emigration from a land devastated by several wars has had an impact on his poetry. "What is beautiful", he writes in one poem, "is found accidentally and not sought after. What is beautiful is easily lost."
Simic is the metaphysician of the ordinary, a poet who reminds us of the mystery of our daily lives. For him the absence of unambiguous events is an essential part of this experience. "Comedy says as much about the world as tragedy", he writes in one of his essays. "In fact, if you seek true seriousness, you must take room for both comic and tragic vision." Wit and poetry undergo a symbiosis in his work, for "like poetry, humour is subversive." The origins of this "carnivalistic" experience of the world can be traced back to Simic's autobiographical writings, which have also stuck a chord with critics. In 'A Fly in the Soup' the author recalls his early childhood in Belgrade. The unique, authentic flavour of the text stems from the juxtaposition of life-threatening wartime occurrences and a child's love of adventure.


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Beneath the Olive Tree
Posted on August 23, 2021 by Don Schwartz
"The Greek Civil War (1946-1949) is considered one of the worst periods in Europe's modern history. There is no accurate account of the lives lost, and it was never recorded in Greek history books. Years after the war ended, secret journals kept by women in exile were found buried beneath an olive tree."
Directed by Stavroula Toska, and narrated by Olympia Dukakis, Beneath the Olive Tree introduces a heretofore hidden horror, 'The Greek Civil War' and decades of the horrific aftermath that ensued. The film's focus is on the persecuted, tortured, exiled, starved, and execution of approximately 100,000 Greek women. The civil war lasted much more than the aforementioned three to four years. Attacks on women continued well into the 1970s.
The inciting incident to this story is the unearthing of a set of seven documents buried beneath olive trees revealing the horrific attacks men perpetrated on women.
In addition to revealing these decades of attacks on women, this is a deeply personal film. Toska's mother was a victim. Having learned about the decades of attacks on Greece's women, Toska visited her mother in Greece. We see, hear, and feel the love between mother and daughter—and we empathize with both women as they confront the impacts on each other of the revelations of the documents.
During these decades of unrest, Greece was torn apart by global politics—Western forces verses communist forces. Amongst countless others, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt participated in the socio-political splits that still haunt and hamper Greece to this day.
Although there are now books and presenters who write and speak on the devastation perpetrated on these women. There is still the call for a full reckoning of this hidden horror. Toska's film and the resources it provides help each of us who are just now learning about, and sharing about the books under the olive tree.
Beneath the Olive Tree left me utterly stunned. I'm still reeling from the hidden horrors revealed in the film, and in awe of the survivors, and everyone in this film who suffered, as well as those who revealed. I grieve for all of the victims. "Beneath the Olive Tree" is a story I will revisit from time-to-time.
(Photo of Stavroula Toska courtesy of 'Beneath the Olive Tree')


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Christa Wolf, née Christa Ihlenfeld le  à Landsberg-sur-la-Warthe alors en Allemagne (depuis Gorzów Wielkopolski) et morte le  à Berlin, est une romancière et essayiste allemande.

C'est l'un des écrivains les plus connus de la République démocratique allemande.

Biographie
À l'instar de Günter Grass, Christa Ihlenfeld naît dans une famille de commerçants en pays de Lubusz, inclus dans la Marche citérieure, ancienne région en Prusse située aujourd'hui en Pologne. En 1945, sa famille est déplacée par l'Armée rouge vers l'ouest, comme des milliers d'Allemands implantés à l'Est. Christa et ses parents s'installent dans la région du Mecklembourg. Dans un premier temps, elle travaille en tant qu'aide littéraire.

Elle obtient son baccalauréat en 1949. Cette même année, alors qu'est fondée la République démocratique allemande (RDA), elle adhère au SED, le Parti de l'unité socialiste et en reste membre jusqu'à sa dissolution, en 1989. Elle fait des études de germanistique à Iéna puis à Leipzig. Elle se marie en 1951 avec l'écrivain Gerhard Wolf avec qui elle a une fille, Annette, un an plus tard ; quatre ans après, sa deuxième fille, Katrin, voit le jour.

Elle travaille en tant que collaboratrice scientifique de l'Union des écrivains de RDA et comme lectrice de différentes maisons d'édition ainsi que rédactrice de la revue Nouvelle littérature allemande (Neue Deutsche Literatur). De 1955 à 1977, elle est membre du comité directeur de l'Union des écrivains de la RDA.

À partir de 1962, elle fait de l'écriture son métier. Elle commence par rédiger des lettres et des journaux intimes. Elle publie son premier roman, Le Ciel partagé, en 1963 qui obtient un immense succès en RDA et est apprécié du gouvernement communiste. Il est adapté au cinéma par Konrad Wolf l'année suivante.

Christa Wolf vit à Kleinmachnow près de Berlin entre 1962 et 1976 pour s'installer à Berlin même en 1976.

Durant le  plénum du comité central du SED en 1965, elle critique la politique culturelle de son pays et subit la disgrâce du régime.

En 1972, elle entreprend un voyage à Paris et devient en 1984 membre de l'Académie européenne des sciences et des arts. Deux ans plus tard, elle adhère à l'Académie libre des arts à Hambourg (Freie Akademie der Künste).

En 1976, elle exprime son mécontentement face à l'expulsion du poète Wolf Biermann.

Elle entreprend de nombreux voyages de conférences, en Suède, en Finlande, en France et aux États-Unis.

En 1989, elle ne comprend pas immédiatement l'ampleur des manifestations parties de Leipzig contre Erich Honecker et s'oppose, après la chute du mur de Berlin, à la réunification allemande, souhaitant maintenir, au côté de la RFA, une République allemande .

En 1993, une polémique éclate à la suite de la publication de dossiers secrets de l'ex-RDA révélant une proximité de l'écrivain avec la Stasi qu'elle renseigna, de 1959 à 1963, sous le nom de code « IM Margarethe ». L'auteur se dit choquée mais avoue, dans une interview accordée la même année au Berliner Zeitung, avoir été une « collaboratrice informelle » et « forcée » du ministère de la sûreté d'État de la RDA, sans avoir toutefois voulu nuire à quiconque et rappelant qu'elle fut aussi mise sous surveillance avec sa famille.

Elle meurt le  à Berlin où elle était établie depuis plusieurs années. Elle repose au cimetière de Dorotheenstadt.

Réception critique
Après la Réunification allemande ses œuvres donnent lieu à certaines controverses qu'accompagnent des révélations de collaboration occasionnelle avec la Stasi. La critique de l'Allemagne occidentale reproche à l'écrivain son ambivalence face à la RDA et le fait de n'avoir jamais critiqué trop sévèrement l'autoritarisme du régime communiste, contrairement à Frank Schirrmacher. D'autres parlent d'œuvres pompeuses, pétries de pathos et de « moralisme ». À l'inverse, ses défenseurs reconnaissent l'importance de Wolf comme voix artistique majeure et caractéristique de l'Allemagne orientale. En publiant une monographie sur les premiers romans de Wolf, accompagnée d'essais sur ses ouvrages plus récents, Fausto Cercignani favorise la prise de conscience de l'ampleur de la production narrative de l'écrivain, abstraction faite de ses mésaventures politiques et personnelles. L'emphase de Cercignani qui analyse l'héroïsme des femmes représentées par Wolf facilite la naissance d'autres études critiques et universitaires sur les aspects proprement littéraires des romans de l'auteur.

Dans ses œuvres, marquées par un jeu sur la temporalité et les voix narratives, Wolf fait en filigrane part de son engagement féministe et de ses préoccupations politique et sociale. Elle utilise plusieurs détours afin de représenter l'Allemagne de l'Est et ses zones d'ombre. Avec Le Ciel partagé (1963), elle évoque la vie d'une étudiante en usine et la séparation d'un couple provoquée par la construction du mur de Berlin. Christa T. (1968) narre le triste sort d'un auteur emporté par une leucémie ; maladie qui métaphorise les dysfonctionnements du régime communiste, pétrifié et amené à disparaître. Aucun lieu. Nulle part (1979) marque le divorce officiel de la romancière avec le gouvernement est-allemand et exprime sa désillusion politique. Avec Trame d'enfance (1976), elle revient sur le souvenir de son déplacement vers l'ouest et sa rencontre avec un ancien prisonnier des camps de concentration, rescapé d'une marche forcée. Cet événement provoque une prise de conscience douloureuse des horreurs du nazisme. Dans Incident nucléaire (1987), elle partage ses convictions écologistes et interroge, à travers l'évocation de la catastrophe de Tchernobyl, le penchant monstrueux du monde moderne. Wolf se met ensuite en scène dans Ce qui reste (1990) pour évoquer une journée ordinaire durant laquelle elle est surveillée par la Stasi.

À partir des années 1980, elle trouve une inspiration nouvelle dans la réinterprétation des mythes antiques et fait référence à l'annonce imminente de la destruction (Cassandre. Les prémices et le récit, 1983) ou à la figure du bouc émissaire (Médée. Voix, 1996). Ce dernier ouvrage reflète la situation personnelle de Christa Wolf, le personnage de Médée y étant la victime toute trouvée d'une société en crise qui s'est lancée dans une absurde chasse aux sorcières.

Dans le recueil Ici même, autre part (2000), elle rappelle les propos de Wolfgang Heise à propos de la RDA qui .

Prix et récompenses

Elle compte parmi les femmes de lettres allemandes contemporaines les plus importantes. Ses œuvres ont été traduites dans de nombreuses langues. En 1963, elle obtient le prix Heinrich Mann. En 1964 et 1987, elle est distinguée par le prix national de la République démocratique allemande (Nationalpreis der DDR).

En 1980, elle reçoit le Prix Georg-Büchner et, en 1983, le Schiller-Gedächtnispreis,
ainsi que d'autres distinctions nationales et internationales.

Son ami Günter Grass, lauréat du Prix Nobel de littérature en 1999, avait proposé dès les années 1970 que le Nobel soit attribué conjointement à un écrivain de l'Allemagne de l'Est et de l'Ouest comme symbole d'une réunification culturelle, suggérant que l'honneur soit aussi attribué à Christa Wolf. Mais cette proposition ne fut jamais prise en compte par l'Académie suédoise. Toutefois, le nom de Christa Wolf a souvent circulé, dans la presse et à Stockholm, comme possible lauréate de ce prix.

En 1999, elle reçoit le Prix Nelly-Sachs.

En octobre 2010, pour l'ensemble de ses travaux, elle est couronnée du  nouvellement créé en Allemagne. Cette récompense est attribuée conjointement par la ville de Lübeck (ville natale de Thomas Mann) et l'Académie des Beaux-arts de Munich. Selon le jury, son œuvre .

  2010, Prix Georg-Büchner 2002.

Publications
 Traduites en français
 Le Ciel partagé, traduit par Bernard Robert, Éditeurs français réunis, 1963.
 Le Ciel divisé, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Stock, 2009.
 Cassandre. Les Prémisses et le Récit, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Alinéa, 1985 ; rééd. Stock 1994, 2003.
 Trame d'enfance, traduit par Ghislain Riccardi, Alinéa, 1987 ; rééd., Stock, 2009.
 Ce qui reste, traduit par Ghislain Riccardi, Alinéa, 1990 ; rééd. avec d'autres textes, Stock, 2009.
 Scènes d'été, traduit par Lucien Haag et Marie-Ange Roy, Alinéa, 1990.
 Aucun lieu. Nulle part, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Stock, 1994 ; rééd. avec d'autres textes, Stock, 2009.
 Adieu aux fantômes, traduit par Alain Lance, Fayard, 1996.
 Médée. Voix, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Fayard, 1997.
 Ici même, autre part, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Fayard, 2000.
 Christa T., traduit par Marie-Simone Rollin, Fayard, 2003 ; rééd. avec d'autres textes, Stock, 2009. Révision de la traduction par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein pour la réédition du cinquantenaire.
 Le Corps même, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Fayard, 2003.
 Un jour dans l''année, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Fayard, 2006.
 Ville des anges ou The Overcoat of Dr Freud, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Le Seuil, 2012.
 August, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Christian Bourgois, 2014.
 Mon nouveau siècle. Un jour dans l'année (2001-2011), traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Le Seuil, 2014.
 Lire, écrire, vivre, traduit par Alain Lance et Renate Lance-Otterbein, Christian Bourgois, 2015.

 En allemand
 Moskauer Novelle, 1961
 Der geteilte Himmel. Erzählung, 1963
 Nachdenken über Christa T., 1969
 Lesen und Schreiben. Aufsätze und Betrachtungen, 1972
 Till Eulenspiegel, 1972
 Unter den Linden. Drei unwahrscheinliche Geschichten, 1974
 Kindheitsmuster, 1976
 Kein Ort Nirgends, 1979
 Fortgesetzter Versuch. Aufsätze, Gespräche, Essays; 1979
 Geschlechtertausch. Drei Erzählungen, zus. m. Sarah Kirsch und Irmtraud Morgner, 1980
 Lesen und Schreiben. Neue Sammlung, 1980
 Kassandra. Erzählung, 1983
 Voraussetzungen einer Erzählung: Kassandra. Frankfurter Poetik-Vorlesungen, 1983
 Die Dimension des Autors. Essays und Aufsätze, Reden und Gespräche. 1959 - 1985, 1986
 Störfall. Nachrichten eines Tages, 1987
 Ansprachen, 1988
 Sommerstück, 1989
 Was bleibt. Erzählung, 1990 (entstanden 1979)
 Reden im Herbst, 1990
 Sei gegrüßt und lebe. Eine Freundschaft in Briefen, 1964-1973.
 Auf dem Weg nach Tabou. Texte 1990-1994, 1994
 Medea: Stimmen, 1996
 Hierzulande Andernorts. Erzählungen und andere Texte 1994-1998, 1999
 Leibhaftig. Erzählung, 2002
 Ein Tag im Jahr. 1960-2000, 2003
 Mit anderem Blick. Récits. 2005
 Stadt der Engel oder The Overcoat of Dr. Freud. Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2010, .
 August. Erzählung. Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2012, .
 Nachruf auf Lebende. Die Flucht. Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2014, .
 Man steht sehr bequem zwischen allen Fronten. Briefe 1952–2011. Recueil par Sabine Wolf. Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2016, .

 Pièces radiophoniques
 Kein Ort. Nirgends, Gerhard Wolf, WDR 1982
 Medea Stimmen, Hörpsielfassung

 Films
 Le Ciel partagé (Der geteilte Himmel), réalisé par Konrad Wolf et scénarisé par Christa et Gerhard Wolf, 1964
  réalisé par Kurt Barthel et scénarisé par Christa et Gerhard Wolf, 1966
  réalisé par Joachim Kunert et scénarisé par Christa Wolf, Joachim Kunert, Gerhard Helwig d'après le roman d'Anna Seghers, 1968
  réalisé par Rainer Simon et scénarisé par Rainer Simon, Jürgen Klauß, Christa et Gerhard Wolf, 1975

Œuvres d'après l'œuvre de Christa Wolf

Michèle Reverdy, compositrice française, a écrit en 2001 un opéra, Médée, livret de Bernard Banoun et Kai Stefan Fritsch d'après le roman de Christa Wolf, créé à l'Opéra de Lyon en 2003 dans une mise en scène de Raoul Ruiz.

Michèle Fabien a écrit Cassandre, pièce de théâtre jouée pour la première fois en 1995 par l'Ensemble Théâtral Mobile.

Bibliographie
 Georg Trakl / Christa Wolf, revue Europe, n° 984.
 Une vie, une œuvre, France-Culture, novembre 2013

Références

Liens externes

 Wolf la scandaleuse
 Alles über Christa Wolf
 Der geteilte Himmel
La lauréate du Prix Thomas Mann

Membre du Comité central du Parti socialiste unifié d'Allemagne
Écrivain allemand du XXe siècle
Écrivain allemand du XXIe siècle
Écrivain est-allemand
Romancière allemande
Essayiste allemand
Étudiant de l'université de Leipzig
Étudiant de l'université d'Iéna
Lauréat du prix Franz-Nabl
Lauréat du prix Georg-Büchner
Lauréat du prix frère et sœur Scholl
Lauréat du prix Nelly-Sachs
Lauréat du prix Heinrich-Mann
Lauréat de 1re classe du prix national de la République démocratique allemande des Arts et des Lettres
Membre de l'Académie allemande pour la langue et la littérature
Membre de l'Académie des arts de la RDA
Membre de l'Académie des arts de Berlin
Naissance en mars 1929
Naissance à Landsberg-sur-la-Warthe
Décès en décembre 2011
Décès à Berlin
Décès à 82 ans
Mort d'une maladie
Femme essayiste


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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Loading shaved ice into shrimp boat, Morgan City, Louisiana." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/044ad350-c4f4-0136-3374-77aab3c842a8
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Loading shaved ice into shrimp boat, Morgan City, Louisiana." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 17, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/044ad350-c4f4-0136-3374-77aab3c842a8
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Third Circuit adopts the "honest belief" defense to FMLA retaliation claims and confirms that FMLA leave requests can double as requests for reasonable accommodations under the ADA.
Articles February 6, 2017
The Third Circuit's recent decision in Capps v. Mondelez Global, LLC,(http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/153839p.pdf) is a mixed bag for employers. The good news is that it establishes that an employer's honest belief that its employee misused FMLA leave can defeat a retaliation claim, even if that belief turns out to be wrong. The decision, however, increases the burden on employers in determining how best to respond to leave requests because the court also held that an employee's request for intermittent leave under the FMLA could also serve as a request for a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Capps was a long-term employee for Mondelez and suffered from a degenerative disorder that required intermittent FMLA leave when flare-ups occurred. Capps took and was recertified for FMLA leave on numerous occasions throughout his employment. Each time he returned to the same job with the same benefits.
Capps went to a local pub on one day while he was off on intermittent FMLA leave and got extremely intoxicated (four times the legal limit). He was later arrested for DUI and pled guilty to the charges — all of which his employer discovered through the local newspaper. Mondelez conducted an investigation which revealed that several dates on which Capps had previously taken intermittent FMLA leave coincided with his "court dates" in the DUI case. Believing that Capps had abused the FMLA, Mondelez fired him.
Capps claimed it was all a misunderstanding and sued Mondelez in federal court. The Third Circuit dismissed all of Capps' claims and, in the process, answered yes to two questions facing employers.
Can an employer's honest belief that an employee abused the FMLA defeat a retaliation claim?
Capps' main argument in the case was that Mondelez fired him in retaliation for taking FMLA leave. The Third Circuit disagreed because the evidence showed that Capps was discharged not for taking FMLA leave, but because Mondelez believed he dishonestly took FMLA leave.
"[T]he undisputed evidence indicates that when [Mondelez] reviewed the criminal court docket related to Capps' DUI case, the docket reflected that the arrest date and "court dates" appeared to coincide with dates on which Capps had taken FMLA leave. Although Capps argued that Mondelez was mistaken in its belief that Capps misused his leave or was otherwise dishonest with regard to the leave taken, there is a lack of evidence indicating that Mondelez did not honestly hold that belief."
The court reached this conclusion because a retaliation claim requires proof that an employer had retaliatory intent. But ascertaining an employer's intent does not involve considerations about the ultimate correctness of the employer's determination. It has to do with whether the employer honestly believed the reasons it offered for the termination. In other words, employers can discharge employees who they truly believe misused/abused FMLA leave — even if that belief turns out to be wrong.
Can a request for intermittent FMLA leave also constitute a request for a reasonable accommodation under the ADA?
Capps also alleged that Mondelez's actions violated the ADA because his request for FMLA leave doubled as a request for a reasonable accommodation under the ADA. While the court agreed that a request for FMLA leave could also count as a request for a reasonable accommodation under the right circumstances, it nevertheless dismissed Capps' claim because he had not actually been denied anything. Mondelez had provided him with all the leave he requested.
Employer Takeaways:
While the Third Circuit's adoption of the "honest belief" defense is a win for employers, companies should be mindful that this defense is a fact-specific one, meaning that employers should have evidence to back up their belief before terminating an employee.
The court's determination that a request for intermittent FMLA leave can double as a request for an accommodation under the ADA is significant for employers because they may need to think about ways to accommodate the employee in addition to simply providing the leave required by the FMLA.
If you have any questions about compliance with the FMLA, ADA, or any other laws affecting the workplace, please contact Jeremy Farrell or 412-594-3398.
NOTE: This is the second employment-related opinion that the Third Circuit issued in the past few weeks. The first addressed whether a facially neutral workplace policy that disproportionately impacted workers older than 50 constituted age discrimination even if it did not disproportionately affect employees in their 40s. For more information about that case, check out the following link: http://www.tuckerlaw.com/2017/01/23/third-circuit-rules-employment-practices-favoring-employees-40s-50s-constitute-age-discrimination/.
Jeremy V. Farrell


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The broad range of different powertrains is what won the Green Car of the Year award at the current Auto Show in Los Angeles. The Green Car Journal gives the award for the leadership by an automaker in reducing the amount of tailpipe emissions. Winners who have won previously include the Chevrolet Volt a plug-in and the Honda Civic a gas powered vehicle.
The auto industry has done a great deal to shift the focus on improving the fuel economy on vehicles, hybrids such as the Volt or the Prius from Toyota will account for fewer than 3% of all new auto sales in the U.S. at the end of this year. Electric car sales like the Volt and Leaf by Nissan are lagging behind expectations, even despite the high prices of gasoline. That in part is due to the high cost of batteries that give them power and because today's normal combustible engines get much better gas mileage than previously.
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Prices for a KUDU Grill start at just $499 which is a very fair price for such an accomplished cooker and if the time has come to ramp up your backyard BBQ game, this is the ideal candidate for the job. If you love the taste of food cooked on an open flame, these exemplary South Africa inspired grills are sure to be ticking all of the right boxes for you and the innovative design and first class materials combine to make them amongst the finest on the market.


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This program focuses on selected business topics of interest to the student group e.g. tourism, import/export, international marketing. It develops skills in using specific business vocabulary, listening and reading in business contexts, writing business letters, memos and reports, communicating effectively in business setting (meetings, negotiations, interviews, telephone/fax/email) and interacting socially in an appropriate manner. It also raises cross-cultural awareness of business protocol.
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UWA is characterised by high-quality education across a broad and balanced range of disciplines in the arts, business, sciences and major professions. The university has particular strengths in science and engineering due to strong industry partnerships with leading companies in the resource-rich state of Western Australia.
Located in the same time zone as 60 per cent of the world's population, the University of Western Australia attracts high-achieving students and academics from all over the world because of its reputation for educational excellence, close proximity to the world's leading capital cities, picturesque campus and employment opportunities in the city of Perth.
The university has built a range of tailored programs to help international students excel, including academic and study skills bridging courses, accredited English language programs and a range of ongoing academic support initiatives.
The extensive student support offered by UWA complements the university experience and contributes directly to the welfare and wellbeing of the students.
Services available include:
personal and educational counselling
a careers centre
a medical centre
a Housing and Financial Aid Office
a mentor scheme where new students are matched with a senior student for support and guidance
religious groups and facilities - UWA has a Muslim prayer room and wash facilities on campus.
There are five residential halls and colleges at UWA offering accommodation to international students. These are located close to the main campus of the university.
The Centre for English Language Teaching
The Centre for English Language Teaching (CELT) is an integral part of the university and offers accredited ELICOS programs as well as preparation for internationally recognised examinations. The centre also offers the Academic English and Study Skills Bridging Course, which has been specifically designed for international students who want to enter undergraduate or postgraduate studies.
The UWA Foundation Year
UWA Foundation is taught by Taylors College Perth and prepares international students for entry into undergraduate courses at UWA and other universities around Australia. The course is designed especially for international students to provide a successful academic bridge between studies in their home country and undergraduate studies in Australia.
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