One of Germany's up and coming Metal act's 'Evidence One' have returned with their new stunning album. This is the bands debut album for new label AFM Records, who have so many superb acts like UDO, Doro, The Poodles, Destruction, and so many more acts. This awesome melodic metal act have come a long way since the bands debut album which the band recorded titled 'Criticize The Truth', which certainly opened doors for the band and a bright future was about to begin. Since the release of the bands debut which was the band in a more melodic style received some great review. After which the band went to sign with Nuclear Blast and released their 2nd album 'Tattooed Heart' which saw the band in a heavier approach, but still they managed to keep their melodic roots. Now the band are back and stronger than before and as the new album 'The Sky Is The Limit' shows, this band will stop at nothing until they achieve their goals. Front man Carsten 'Lizard' Schulz had a chat with me about the new album and the bands past. Here is what he had to say, in the meantime please check out this awesome new album you will not be disappointed!!
So Carsten, thanx for taking your time out and for doing this interview. I'd like to start the interview off by asking you how the band came to be?
"Well the band was formed back in 2001 by myself and I hooked up with AOR Heaven boss Georg Siegl, who managed to somehow introduce me to Frontline mastermind Robby Boebel. After a couple of phone calls the two of us met up. We started to write songs for a solo project after I left Domain and we recorded 2 songs in 2 days that turned out to be killer songs. We realized that we had something special happening here that we could start a band with. So we decided to start 'Evidence One' as a proper band. The debut album 'Criticize The Truth' also featured Robby's bassist Thomas 'Hutch' Bauer and we entered Shakra Powerhouse with Roger Tanner. The album was a great success.
So how are the bands influences as a band?
"Well if you listen to the guitar riffs, you can hear bands such as Accept, The Scorpions, Dokken, Queensryche, Judas Priest, Y&T and so many more."
Talking about your debut album 'Criticize The Truth', wasn't that album released on Point Music, how did you hook up with them? Also where you happy with them?
"Well Robby was in Frontline and I was in Domain, both bands were signed to Point Music. The thing with Point Music, is that we had a few offers and it wouldn't of seemed right if we went we a different label back then. All the musician's that were featured on that debut album were also in other Point Music bands and it was a start. Point Music didn't tell us just how many records we had sold, and I don't think they were trustworthy in the end. We sold a couple of 1000 CD's but I guess it could of sold more. AFM Records will re-release the album shortly with bonus track."
After the release of the debut album you left Point Music and signed to Nuclear Blast, how did that come about? That album was also a great release.
"The deal with Nuclear Blast happened really quickly actually. When we played Wacken in 2003 and Matt Sinner (Primal Fear/ Sinner) saw us and contacted Robby and said if you want to leave you're label he was willing to help us. It was Matt who got us signed to Nuclear Blast. I think its a great album and a big step up the ladder for the band. The reason why we left Nuclear Blast was because Matt Sinner left the label and other people working for the label also left, the people who were helping us out. So when we were going to start work on the 3rd album we had some talks with the label and they said they still wanted to keep us, but they wanted to continue with working with the heavier acts they once had when they 1st started out. We was not sure if they would do much for the band in promotion etc... So we decided to leave and look for another label. One of the main guys at N.B left and went to AFM so we knew that he would support the band, and we made the right choice."
So lets talk about the new album, why did you decide to call the album 'The Sky's Is The Limit'? Also did you have any other titles in mind?
"Well ever since we started this band and releasing albums people were telling us that we are so dated and so old fashioned!! If you listen to people from what they say to you then you loose the ambitions and influences. We love the 80/ 90's metal music. People would say that there are no limits, so that is were the title came about 'The Sky Is The Limit', it is out limit and we can do what we want."
"Yeah the cover is cool, it represents the 2 previous albums, if you look carefully you will see 2 previous covers in there. The 3rd is is a face from a poker game and since we changed labels for the 3rd time it seemed just right, We didn't change our sound and we have become a little heavier now and it is still Evidence One's music."
How long are you staying with AFM records?
(Laughing) "I hope we have found our perfect home now. Only time will tell... We signed for more than 1 record so lets wait and see!!"
How long did it take to record the new album?
"That is a difficult question, Robby owns his own studio and we went to the studio when we had the time and we don't go into the studio for 3-4 wks. I would say it took about a year and a half to record and write the material for this album."
Are the lyrics and music wrote as a team effort or by individuals within the band?
"Well I write the lyrics and for me to write lyrics is like therapy for which I was going through in the last couple of years. There are 2 songs on this new album that which are different from the lyric side which are 'Rain Road' and 'Mr Madness', which I took some inspiration from classic 'Jack The Ripper ' situation. Where the killer becomes the hunted and is behind his victim. Mr. Madness, describes this situation of been out on the night on the hunt and to find the 1 to step down. 'Rain Road', is in the same situation, but from the victims point of view, were you can try to run but you can't hide. I found these ideas very interesting and I decided to do two separate songs form two different angels. It certainly worked better for 'Mr. Madness' as this is a heavier song. 'Luxury Of Loosing Hope' that is about loosing hope, and to me that is a luxury because it is the most valuable thing that you have. 'Won't Sleep Alone', that is about a relationship I was in, were my former girlfriend mistreated me, and I was thinking 'I Wont Sleep Alone' now that your gone and I will find the right girl for sure. 'Propaganda', that is a political song about these so called leaders of the world telling us things that they can't promise to keep. It's mainly about George Bush. 'Next is 'Can't Fight The Past', is exactly what the title says. It's like 'OK, I did wrong, so now I have live with it'. You have to live with what you did and accept it & move on!! For me things happen for a reason, so you have to move on... Next is ' Gallery Of Broken Glass', which is about my last relationship again, and I'm still here and I need to stay in this place. It's when things are broken, I have to live here with the broken glass. Next is 'Mind Mines', is about something that you see, smell, hear something and suddenly a load of memories just hit you in you're mind and explode. Last song is 'Raging Winds', that song is about not giving up and it is 1 of the oldest songs on the new album, and it was written for the 'Tattooed Heart' record and it was suppose to be put on a record that I was recording with a friend that was meant to be on a album that never came out. So we was going to use it on the last album but like i said it never made the last album and we re-arranged it for the new album.
Will the band record a DVD in the near future?
"Yes I am sure we will, but not until we record the next album. I don't also feel that we are ready to do a full headling tour yet, we have a long way to go before that happens. We might do a bonus DVD with the next album as they seem to be popular right now.
Have you got any tours planned yet for this year? Any festivals like ProgPower or Bloodstock for next year?
"Well we have some negotiations but we have nothing finalized yet or confirmed yet. We'd love to play ProgPower festival, I love the whole concept and the ideas they have. As for Bloodstock yeah, we'd love that too, its becoming popular so I understand."
What bands would you like to tour with within reason?
"Well I'd like to tour with Edguy, because I think their crowd and fans would pretty much like us. There also cool guys too. I'd love to go on tour with 'The Scorpions' as I look up to these guys, their 1 of my idiol's.
Moving on, what sort of album reviews have you been getting for this album?
"Well everybody seems to like it so far!! A lot of people think that this album will either make or break the band. The classic metal press are impressed with what we do and we have been told that we don't sound like an 80's band. ! journalist said 'This is what Dokken should sound like now', which was a great compliment!!"
This album is a great album with plenty of power and strengths, how many times did you rehearse for this album?
"Well we never rehearsed for the album, we only rehearse for a tour. I live 250 Kilometers away from the rest of the band and if there's tours or show planned then we hook up for a couple of weekends."
So when will the band be touring?
"We expect to be hitting the road on 10th October 2007 and we hope that we can do some tours in countries that we have not been to before."
Ok Carsten, well I want to wish you well with the future of the band, take care and stay in touch. Do you have anything to add so you're fans can read this?
"Yeah, thank you for the interview Jason, to our fans give us a change please and keep the flame burning!!!
Thank's To Mike Exley for setting the interview up, cheers mate!!


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"Just one, head of company named Rand. However chances are he'll be hiding behind others."
Frank checked his M16 again. "So, when does this start?"
"Lets remember that we need the Rand guy ALIVE though. We gotta question him before we do anything to him. There are answers that we definitely need." Fort told the group. They reached the stairs and Fort grabbed the handle to the door leading to them.
"Ok from here on out keep your mouths shut. Talk only when necessary and use hand motions for any tactical team work."
Fort eased the door open and peered inside. He looked up the stairs and saw an automatic gun emplacement on the roof one flight up.
"Anyone know a stealthy way to take out an AI gun emplacement?" Fort asked, looking towards Jon since he was the most mysterious of the group. Might have something in his bag of tricks to help.
"Just the thing." Jon said as he pulled out his last few cherry bombs. He lit them all, threw once they had burned down enough, and the bombs bursted within milliseconds of reaching the target.
Calvin pulled up next to the car.
With the cherry bombs as a distraction, Jon was able to destroy the machine with his guns.
The team moved up the stairs, not bothering to go through the second to last floor and went straight to the highest door in the staircase.
"Alright. Listen up men, we have 7 unknown intruders into the building and they've made it past the gun emplacements and the perimeter patrols. We'll take them out here and now. Dotson, go call in some extra reinforcements just in case. Alright everyone else, eyes on the door to the stairs. If anything moves...kill it." Said another voice.
Fort looked back to the team. They looked at him with question marks above all their heads. Fort gave them a grim look. He explained the situation to them quietly. Everyone's adrenaline rushes ended right there. Fort looked around the top of the staircase they were in.
Higher up was the door to the roof, but there would probably be snipers there, it was useless anyways. Next to it however, on a wall, was a 2x2 ft ventilation shaft with a fan spinning in front of it. Fort walked up to it as the team watched him, wanting to see what his new brilliant plan was. No one said anything for fear of the men outside hearing them.
Fort took his large combat knife out and used it to stop the fan and pry it off. He placed it down quietly on the floor. Jon smiled behind his mask, he knew what Fort was up to. Fort unscrewed the grate and placed it next to the fan on the floor.
"Castle, your up first." Fort told him and jerked his thumb into the shaft.
"What?! Are you crazy?! I can't get up there with my arsenal." Ed whisper-yelled.
"You'll get up there. That's an order." Fort said with utmost seriousness.
"Yes sir. Renfro, let's trade." Castle swapped his Barrett and ammo for Micah's XM26 Shotgun attachment and grip.
Castle crawled into the vent then helped Fort in, who pulled Jon up after him.
"Hrmm. Not your best angle, Castle." Jon commented about the view he had been given.
Krista looked at Frank, "Why do I get the feeling that we're going to get shot or eaten?"
Frank grinned, "Because we're with a bunch of blokes with big guns and itchy trigger fingers."
"Oh that makes me feel so much better." Krista said with laced sarcasm.
Reading Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. The main character does that with a flare.
look a couple of pg. back!
"...You know...we have guns as well, and i still have a grenade." Frank grinned, hoping that he didnt get killed.


The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to encourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, the agency's chief said Thursday.
"AI holds enormous promise for the future of medicine," FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in prepared remarks to the Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C.
"We expect to see an increasing number of AI-based submissions in the coming years, starting with medical imaging devices, and we're working with experts in the field," he said.
As an example of the new health technology he is seeking to promote, Gottlieb pointed to a new medical device approved by the FDA earlier this month that uses artificial intelligence and a special camera to help diagnose a condition in people with diabetes known as retinopathy that can lead to vision loss.
He said the FDA is working with experts to update the way it evaluates these new technologies in the approval process.


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Q: How to retrieve the member from a file that is declared as transient in Java Deserialization concept? In Java Deserialization, transient keyword used to restrict the data from the user. If we want to retrieve these data, then we have the default value of that variable as follows:
Student.java
public class Student implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

int id;
String name;
static String college;
transient int age;
public Student(int id,String name,int age) {
    this.id=id;
    this.name=name;
    college="SVS";
    this.age=age;

}

}

and Deserialization.java
public class Deserialization {
public static void main(String ar[]) throws Exception {

    ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("SerializeOutput.txt"));

    Student s = (Student) in.readObject();
    Student s1 = (Student) in.readObject();

    System.out.println(s.id + " " + s.name+" "+s.age);
    System.out.println(s1.id + " " + s1.name+" "+s1.age);

    in.close();
}

}

Here, I have the original values of id and name, but I am getting the value for age as 0(I know for int).
I want to retrieve the original value of age.
Is it possible to retrieve the desired value?

A: No. If a field is marked as transient, then it is not serialized at all, it is completely missing from the class's serialized format. So the data is not there for you to retrieve.

A: Members marked as transient won't be serialized, hence age is not part of the persistent state of the object.
When you de-serialize, since there is no data preserved for the age field it gets Java's default value for int (0).

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Dune Action Figure Offers Best Look at Baron Harkonnen
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By Nobelle Borines | More Articles Hoarder of Fantasy Books and Stephen King Wannabe
The first trailer for Dune already gave fans some awesome glimpses at what to look forward to this December. We got an awesome tease at the massive sandworms that will appear in the sci-fi flick as well as the gorgeous yet terrifying landscape of Arrakis. However, we didn't really get a good look at the villainous Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who will be played by Stellan Skarsgaard. Luckily, a newly-unveiled action figure gives us an idea of what the baddie will look like in the Denis Villeneuve movie.
The new Dune action figure comes from McFarlane Toys and depicts Baron Harkonnen as he would appear in the film (via Super Hero Hype). The toy confirms that the head of House Harkonnen will be wearing a special suit that could help him stay mobile despite his hefty weight. Check it out below.
Ah, so that's what he looks like when he isn't enjoying a mud bath. It's not far from what we've already seen from the illustrations of Frank Herbert's works. Luckily, this version of the Baron doesn't seem to be suffering from the same skin condition as the one played by Kenneth McMillan in the David Lynch adaptation. On the other hand, that doesn't make him any less terrifying.
The Baron Harkonnen action figure is set to be larger than most toys and not just because the character is supposed to be a big guy. It is depicted as a 12-inch figure and has not yet been made available online. Stay tuned for more updates on this story.
Dune is currently scheduled for release on December 18.
Related: Dune Trailer Deemed 'Predictable' by Former Director
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by DW • June 10, 2013
The Education Law Journal has kindly published the following article in which I reflected on how changes to the legal arrangements for schools have left us with something which can barely be described as a school 'system', which is storing up lots of governance problems for the future, which leaves local authorities with obligations but…
"Academies and Lies" – documentary film about forced conversion of Downhills School to a Harris academy
by DW • February 5, 2013
As an interesting postscript to events at Downhills School the parents' experience of the consultation and conversion process now features in a documentary available on-line. Worth watching.
Children and Families Bill 2013 would bring academies into line on SEN
As contemplated by the draft SEN bill published last autumn academies are – it seems – to be brought into line with maintained schools when it comes to SEN: the Secretary of State today (5 February 2013) announced the Children and Families Bill 2013, which includes (with some changes) what was trailed in the draft.…
No longer a presumption that new schools will be academies?
by DW • December 14, 2012
The legal presumption that new schools should academies is in tatters after a court judgment given on 14 December 2012. On 16 November 2012, the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign (RISC) learnt that they had lost their legal challenge to Richmond's decision to give the go ahead a Catholic Voluntary Aided…
New draft SEN bill would enhance pupil/parent rights in relation to academies
by DW • September 3, 2012
On 3 September 2012, the Department published the long-awaited draft SEN bill. Here is the Ministerial Statement which announced the draft. And here is the draft itself, being published now for pre-legislative scrutiny (i.e. comment before it is even formally a bill, the new way). It is potentially the biggest shake up in SEN since…
Beware: once the governors of a maintained school have applied for an academy order, they may be powerless to stop its conversion into an academy
by DW • August 15, 2012
In rejecting a judicial review challenge to the Secretary of State's decision that Downhills Primary School in Haringey should become an academy a High Court judge has reached conclusions about the consultation obligation under the Academies Act 2010 which will have consequences which many will find surprising. The judge was considering an application for permission…
Academies told they can employ unqualified teachers
by DW • July 31, 2012
Up to now academy and free school funding agreements have required them to employ qualified teachers. The Department has now changed the model agreements so that academies and free schools created in the future will not be constrained in that way. The new model agreement now says this: "… the Academy Trust shall, in accordance…
Upper Tribunal decides that SENDIST can, after all, hear appeal for a place at an Academy
In this post I explained how the SENDIST had decided that it could not hear an appeal seeking a placement for a child with a statement of SEN at an academy which was refusing to agree to take the child. Anyway, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has now quashed that decision and held that the Tribunal…
Why parents should support their maintained school becoming an academy.
by DW • May 24, 2012
An interesting document has appeared on the Downhills School web site this week. Downhills is currently being run by an Interim Executive Board (IEB) after the Secretary of State removed the previous governing body. In other posts, I have explained how that process sits within the legal framework being used to push through 'forced conversions'.…
How long is a school day? How long is a piece of string?
One of the much vaunted 'freedoms' which academies 'enjoy' is the ability to decide on the length of the school day. Anyway, from September 2012, maintained schools will enjoy pretty much the same freedom, because the Secretary of State has revoked the old 'Circular 7/90′ which specified minimum day lengths and the like in maintained…


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Mustaine performing with Megadeth in 2010.
David Scott Mustaine
(1961-09-13) September 13, 1961 (age 58)
La Mesa, California, U.S.
Heavy metal, thrash metal, speed metal, hard rock
Musician, singer-songwriter, producer, actor, author, manager
Guitar, vocals, piano
Loud, Combat, Capitol, Sanctuary, Roadrunner
Megadeth, Metallica, MD.45
www.megadeth.com
David Mustaine (born September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California) is the lead guitarist, songwriter and singer for the heavy metal band Megadeth. Mustaine was also a former Metallica guitarist and co-songwriter in the band's early history. He was fired from the band due to his drug and alcohol addictions.[1]. In an interview, he said he wanted to marry a girl called Claudia.
Early life[change | change source]
David Mustaine was born in La Mesa, California, to Emily (née David) and John Mustaine. His father was of French and Finnish descent and his mother was Jewish.[2][3][not in the source given] He was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness.[4]
Personal life[change | change source]
Mustaine married Pamela Anne Casselberry in 1991.[5] They have a son, Justice Mustaine who also plays guitar and has appeared in several local theatrical productions,[6] and a daughter, Electra Nicole Mustaine.
In 2011, Mustaine said that his neck and spine condition, known as stenosis was caused by many years of headbanging.[7]
In June 2019, Mustaine announced that he had been diagnosed with throat cancer.[8]
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The walls didn't fall. No flood, nor fire. The AV worked smoothly for everyone, and we even had time to luxuriate twice in Lynn Tomlinson's gorgeous animated short film, The Ballad of Holland Island House. The bar did run out of dark rum, but by that time of night it was hard to call that a catastrophe.
So what about last Friday's symposium makes me feel stretched, exhausted, exhilarated but also vulnerable like an oyster without a shell?
Perhaps, despite the wan translation and the pedestrian, rushed commentary, he has received the message, he has felt that it has to do with him, that it has to do with all of us who toil, and with we two in particular, who dare to reason of these things with the poles for soup on our shoulders (114).
And over our heads the hollow seas closed up (114).
We went there, but not to stay.
Those words don't get it. Not quite. Lynn's film comes closer, from its seagull opening to the flash of the yellow perch entering the flooded house near the end: finding home in a post-catastrophic world.
These things depend on so much that I can't write down: on gesture, tone, community, a shared willingness to imagine. Oysters are allegories, and also exposed asymmetrical flesh, salt and patient. We all depended on Jeffrey Cohen's ring-master timing, bringing us forward, two by two. On the generosity of the audience. On asking ourselves to change in response to others.
The running gag during the lead-up to the symposium was that we were courting Catastrophe: that was the subject line of weeks of emails. Catastrophe is coming to DC! But for me the best things about this too-soon-over event weren't the sudden turns of insight or brilliance, though those will linger and inform my thinking for days and years to come. Best of all were the unexpected transitions, the "anamorphic breaks" laid bare by Anne's brilliant discussion of The Ambassadors, the possibility that an entire other thing might be there, waiting for us, visible if we only allow our eyes to turn, just so, a little more, close one eye to focus: there it is!
What we glimpsed wasn't Holbein's allegorical skull. Something else. Something better?
Such a pleasure to gather at GW MEMSI to reason of these things!
Interested in your term post-agentic optimism, and more specifically, the idea of post-agency. Does post-agency emerge from the realization that our agency isn't unique or special? Agency is in fact a universal trait, so we can no longer distinguish ourselves from "everything else." Or is it something entirely different altogether?
It's really building of Karl Steel's further thinking through oysters, which he started at Oceanic New York. His point is both that we can't distinguish ourselves from everything else, which I think of as a basic OOO-and-friends belief, but also that what we share with almost all other forms, living & non-living, is vulnerability and weakness: we are (mostly) oysters, which means our agency amounts to pretty little. It's a fascinating project that's been unfurling across 3 or 4 talks now, some of which I've heard and others read about on In the Middle, the group blog Karl is part of. He's also got a piece on "bare life" coming out next fall in *Elemental Ecocriticism," a collection volume from Minnesota that also features work by Cary Wolfe, Jeffrey Cohen, Stacy Alaimo, and me. I'm sure you'll run across it in Houston next year!


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Celebrate, explore and get active– hikes, bikes and so much more, from 1st-29th September!
The Kilkenny Trails Festival kicks off this Sunday 1st and runs for the month of September, with a jam-packed and exciting programme of events designed to inspire you to get out and about, get active and get exploring the wonderful Kilkenny countryside.
A collaboration between Trail Kilkenny and Kilkenny Recreation & Sports Partnership, the Kilkenny Trails Festival is a month-long celebration with more than sixty events planned for September, there are trails and fun for everyone, featuring everything from heritage to harvests, paddling to picnicking, biking to bat-watching, scavenging to scones, and all culminating with the grand finale event The Harvest Picnic at Highbank Organic Farm on Sunday 29th; a gathering picnic with artisan food and craft market, heritage train and lots more fun on the farm!
Many of the events are free and where there is a charge they've been priced to encourage people to join in. Charges for Trail Kilkenny or KRSP events are simply to cover any costs.
If you have a bike in your shed and would like to get back on the road, join the Re-Introduction to Cycling workshops over 2 nights – call KRSP 056 779 4990 to book your free place.
Walk Challenges Start a walking habit on the ever popular City Fit Walk Series; starting this Monday evening at 7pm; meeting at Canal Square, opposite XtraVision.
For experienced walkers, there's the challenging weekly walks with Tyndall Walking Club each Sunday; starting with Brandon Hill this Sunday, then Mount Leinster, Nore Valley Walk, Slievenamon and Mount Alto. A highlight will surely be the Brandon Moonlit Walk on Friday 20th September. These walks are suited to teenagers (accompanied) and adults with reasonably high level of walk fitness. Meet at Kilkenny Cinema at 9.30am and car pool from there.
Explore and Picnic with the family in the woods and enjoy a free guided tree trail at Woodstock (Sunday 15th) or Jenkinstown (Sunday 22nd). Have fun foraging and join Mary White's free taster tours at Kilkenny Castle on Wednesday evenings (4th and 11th) ay 6pm.
Discover stunning country estates with a Garden and History tour of Shankill Castle (€5 weekends), meet the Gardener and enjoy afternoon tea or join a walking trail at Mount Juliet (from €20 per adult/€10 child on selected Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays).
← Celebrate, explore and get active, with the Kilkenny Trails Festival – hikes, bikes and so much more, from 1st-29th September 2013!


But then I received my #FallenEmpire bracelet at the SWTOR Community Cantina at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, and I got a little tingly all over. The fact that a full panel of key writers and developers had assembled at an important convention to talk about upcoming SWTOR content gave me the sense that maybe EA/BioWare hadn't forgotten about the game entirely after all. The #FallenEmpire bracelet was a tease, a wink. SWTOR was flirting with me, and I was interested. Fast-forward to E3 in June and suddenly SWTOR was John Cusack standing on my lawn with the Knights of the Fallen Empire trailer streaming out of the boom-box overhead. This was the grand gesture I had been waiting for.
Story like Mass Effect, you say? Choices that matter? Keep talking SWTOR, you have my attention. If the E3 reveal was a companion gift to max my affection, it is clearly working. Quality of life enhancements such as the outfit designer, improved travel convenience and inexpensive server transfers have helped keep me engaged as we approach the October expansion. I have noticed more community presence from the game and a new and welcome transparency when things don't go as planned. So yeah, things seem to be going well with SWTOR and me these days. Next weekend we are going on another date, this time at the San Diego Comic Con Community Cantina. Romance is in the air and I just can't wait to see what happens next.


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Saudi ambassador to Britain calls on tourists from around the world to visit the Kingdom
Time: November 08, 2019
Saudi ambassador to the UK Prince Khalid bin Bandar. (Supplied photo)
Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan was speaking at the "The Next Big Destination" international roadshow hosted by Saudia Airlines in London
Ambassador's comments came after Saudi Arabia launched a new tourist visa scheme
LONDON: Tourists from around the world "are welcome anytime" to visit Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom's ambassador to the UK said Thursday at an event to promote the country as a major tourist destination.
"We are incredibly excited to open up our home to the world, and we look forward to welcoming many tourists from every part of it to Saudi Arabia," Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan said.
Speaking to Arab News at "The Next Big Destination" international roadshow hosted by Saudia Airlines in London, he hoped hoped tourists from around the globe would visit "the place that we love so much."
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The ambassador's comments came after Saudi Arabia launched a new tourist visa scheme on Sept. 28, which offers visitors from 49 countries a visa on arrival, and enables easier access through the Schengen scheme for others. Tourists can make multiple visits to the Kingdom within a 12 month period, provided each visit does not exceed 90 days. Each visa costs SR440 ($117).
Sultan Otaify, Saudia's manager in the UK, said the company is "really delighted and excited about all the changes taking place in Saudi Arabia." He said the London roadshow was the first of many, with more to take place in China, France, and the USA.
"The aim of these roadshows is to inform and enrich the global market and show tourists what Saudi Arabia can offer. We are telling the world that the next big destination is Saudi Arabia and that they should fly with Saudia."
"The Kingdom has a huge variety of undiscovered places that the world is eager to visit."
Otaify also revealed that Saudia Airlines will start operations to Amsterdam on Mar. 29, 2020, and this is part of the plan to increase tourism to the Kingdom.
The recently announced visa system was introduced in a bid to create one million jobs within the Kingdom, as well as targeting 100 million visitors a year by 2030 as part of the Vision 2030 program.
Opening Saudi Arabia to tourism is a cornerstone in the implementation of Vision 2030, which seeks to diversify the country's economy and reduce its dependence on oil.
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) is putting on eleven different tourist seasons around the year across the Kingdom. They include the Riyadh Season, AlUla season which features the Winter at Tantora Festival, and Ad Diriyah Season.
Tourism is expected to contribute up to 10 percent of Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product by 2030 compared with just 3 percent before the new tourist visa scheme was announced, the chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) Ahmad Al-Khateeb said.
Outside of religious journeys, the new visa does not exclude any visitor on religious grounds. Until now, most visitors to the Kingdom have been either pilgrims or businesspeople.
One of the tourist destinations that Saudia is encouraging visitors to explore is AlUla, an archeological marvel that boasts golden sandstone canyons, colossal arches, and rock formations.
Charlie Eland, the Royal Commission for AlUla's tourism promotion manager, said she has seen "amazing interest and appetite from the European market which is a very important market to us."
"With the opening up of the visa, there's incredible interest in what the country has to offer and the gems that are there."
"AlUla is a wonderful region and is really stunning. It's an undiscovered gem of the world and a very historical site that very few people have been able to see- there is a wealth of history to be seen."
Isolated in the desert of the Kingdom's northwestern region, AlUla has played host to numerous ancient civilizations, from the Neolithic to the Roman to the Ottoman, making it a significant cultural crossroads.
This article was first published in Arab News
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Club
Tra il 2011 e gennaio 2013 ha giocato 37 partite segnando anche un gol in 2. Bundesliga con la maglia del Duisburg; passa in seguito all'Hannover, con cui nel girone di ritorno della stagione 2012-2013 gioca 13 partite in Bundesliga.

Nazionale
A partire dal 2009 ha giocato diverse partite con tutte le Nazionali giovanili tedesche. Nel 2013 ha giocato 3 partite valide per le qualificazioni agli Europei Under-21.

Statistiche

Presenze e reti nei club
Statistiche aggiornate al 12 aprile 2016.

Palmarès

Club

Competizioni nazionali

Fortuna Düsseldorf: 2017-2018

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


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If you find yourself in financial difficulty and are struggling to pay your bills on time, you may want to consider filing a bankruptcy. Money problems remain the largest single cause of divorce in the United States and they can often lead to severe cases of depression as a result of the enormous stress, guilt and anxiety people feel when they are overextended.
The good news is that there is not as much of a negative stigma to the filing of a bankruptcy as there used to be. Most people understand the need for a fresh start after a tragedy like a major illness, a failed business or a failed marriage. And from the moment you file bankruptcy, you will benefit from the automatic stay, which prevents creditors from filing a lawsuit or continuing to make collection calls. Most debtors will also be able to restore their good credit rating within a year to 18 months after receiving their discharge.
The greatest benefit to filing a bankruptcy is the ability to discharge some or all of your debt. Most debts are dischargeable. This includes credit card debt, medical bills and unsecured loans. Some taxes are dischargeable as well, depending on what they are for and how old they are. Generally speaking student loans are not dischargeable except in the case of extreme hardship. Secured loans, like mortgages and car loans, can be "reaffirmed," so if you can afford to keep making your loan payments, you will not lose your home or your car.
Up to $4,000 in any other property.
But the most important consideration for anyone struggling with money issues is to consult with an attorney who practices bankruptcy on a regular basis. Careful pre-bankruptcy planning can make a huge difference in terms of deciding whether a bankruptcy makes sense in your particular situation, and if so, deciding the optimum time to file and the type of bankruptcy you should file. Often, depending on your circumstances, a bankruptcy is not the wisest choice, and with a little bit of guidance, you can negotiate with your creditors to reduce the amount you have to pay or enter into a payment plan that allows you to make payments over time.
So if you are feeling overwhelmed or anxious by the amount you owe your creditors -- don't wait. Get advice now on your bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy options for dealing with your debt. Many experienced bankruptcy practitioners are ready to meet with you to help you solve your money issues.


LG G8 ThinQ Specs and Price. Discover LG G8 ThinQ price, camera, key features, RAM and storage, battery life, and so on.
In the continuation of its premium G collection, LG has unveiled a brand new smartphone referred to as the LG G8 ThinQ. It enters the market because the sequel to the final 12 months's launched LG G7 ThinQ. Well, LG isn't planning to do away with the "ThinQ" affix simply but. This new machine brings tonnes of contemporary features that redefines the fashionable essence of an LG flagship smartphone. Chief amongst these features are the Palm Vein Recognition and Air Motion. Honestly, they're as thrilling as their names seem.
Asides from the top-notch mounted on the phone's high, you'll be able to ideally name the LG G8 ThinQ an nearly bezel-less smartphone. Either redesigned or not, it's laborious to level out a producer that hasn't applied the notch design of their smartphones. That's me digressing. Back to the subject, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 encapsulates the smartphone on either side leaving the aluminium body in between.
A fingerprint reader is seen below the camera module on the phone's again. In a interval the place the in-display fingerprint sensor is making waves, LG's resolution to choose out of the bandwagon might sound archaic. But then, the South Korean tech giant launched one thing spectacular with regards to safety (more on that later).
The massive 6.1-inch AMOLED screen emits high quality multimedia. The high quality is delivered by the 1440 x 3120 pixels resolution and 564 ppi pixel density. With these figures alone, the phone's display is excellent, however you'll be more amazed to discover on the market's HDR10 and 100% DCI-P3 within the mixture of issues.
Besides, the OLED know-how of the display paved the best way for LG Crystal Sound OLED (CSO). This know-how makes use of a piezoelectric transducer that vibrates to produce seems like these from a speaker. Although that's the primary speaker on the machine, there's nonetheless the Boombox speaker on the base of the phone.
Being a high-quality edifice, a becoming 3,500mAh battery enters the scene to distribute energy provide for a powerful timeframe. What's more, the phone attains full capability shortly due to the Quick Charge 3.0 (18W) supported by the chipset. And there's the reverse charging benefit of the USB On-The-Go in case your secondary machine is low on battery energy.
The again camera configuration features a 12MP customary shooter outfitted with f/1.5 aperture, in addition to 16MP ultra-wide lens (f/1.9).
In seque, we'll be trying on the entrance camera setup of LG G8 ThinQ referred to as Z camera. The Z camera consists of an 8MP sensor (f/1.7 aperture) and ToF camera related to what Samsung Galaxy S10 5G possesses. As anticipated, the 8MP selfie shooter carries out its job description.
On the opposite hand, the ToF camera's duties are more tasking. It handles three major actions – Face ID, Palm Vein Recognition and Air Motion. For the Face ID, the camera data an image of your face which you should use to lock and unlock the machine everytime you need.
Also, the ToF sensor has the power to report the patterns of your palm veins. Once registered, you'll be able to unlock the machine by inserting your palm on the sensor and slowly lifting it. Air Motion permits you to use air gestures to work together with the smartphone. Hence, you'll be able to play and pause music, name and reject calls particularly when your arms are soiled.
LG went for the jugular vein with the Snapdragon 855 SoC that runs on the coronary heart of the phone. The presence of this 7nm SoC equates to having the right graphics card – Adreno 640 GPU on board. It is paired with 6GB RAM for multitasking ease. An expandable 128GB ROM gives sufficient storage for you. Lastly, the Android 9.0 Pie OS oversees the software program area of the phone.
The price is to be across the area of 300, 000 Naira in on-line shops and smartphone retail centres round you relying on the deal.


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The Arch of Sant'Ana was one of the four gates of the old city of Porto, one that was focused on access to the waterfront and commercial city. Arch simple architecture, was narrow, tortuous and somewhat high. However its character and its special feature, contributed mightily to give the street a gracious tone, picturesque and unique. The Arch began to be demolished in 1821, and as a souvenir to the Saint, who gave it her name, was no more than a small image, tucked in a tiny shrine glazed wood, which still can be seen today, hung or nailed to the wall, along the stone stairs to the Rua de Sant'Ana that lead to Rua de Pena Ventosa.
"...The variety of available resources in Oporto conquers its visitors, from those that wish to embroil themselves in its History and authenticity, to those that seek to explore a new, more contemporary and cosmopolitan town. Meeting Oporto means discovering what makes it different: the famous Port Wine, a Historic Centre chosen by Unesco as World Heritage, the Museums, charming parks and gardens..." European Consumers Choice.


There's an old, overly-used adage that claims "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail." But if I'm honest, I make plans all the time and frequently fail. Nonetheless, I keep planning. I set high goals, and even though I rarely achieve them, I do achieve something. And so I plan and plan, all the while knowing I have no idea what tomorrow will bring.
So I've mentioned my super nerdy book reading schedule a few times in my comments to readers. It's usually after someone recommends a book and I reply that book is on my schedule for April, or something like that. Today I will break down exactly what it is. Hopefully it will help you make your book reading goals a little more concrete this year so that you can actually achieve them. You can snag your own customizable book reading schedule template at the end of this post.
I've talked a lot about setting reading goals, whether it's my goal for the year or just reading 30 pages a day. In both cases, I have a lot at stake for achieving my goals, much of which is self-imposed, but still. As a professor of writing and literature, I need to continually grow in knowledge and expertise. That means learning about both writing and teaching, so I have a category designated "Education." It also means reading classic and contemporary works of literature, so I aim to read 30 pages a day of "Fiction" and preselect the books I will conquer. It also means reading theory and criticism about classic and contemporary works of literature, so I have a category called "Theory" set aside for that. All of these books line up with my current writing and research goals. I tend to reread many works when working on a project. All in all, it's one crazy-big pile of words.
And those are just my professional pursuits.
I'm also a wife and a mom, and I haven't quite mastered either. So every month, I set a goal to read at least one book on each of these subjects. Lately I am reading "Parenting" books about discipline, but last year it was almost always a book on sleep training. More and more, I'm starting to read books about teaching my child to read. Marriage-wise, it's really healthy for me to realize I don't have it all figured out, and what's more, my husband is reading through these books with me, so it's a really neat way for us to be united as we work through the "Marriage" category.
Additionally, I have a category designated as "Non-fiction," which is where I read books on creativity, time management, current events, or biographies. I review books for a number of publishers, so I plan out which books to read during specific months so that I can write the review in time for the release and all that. This category is also sort of a catch all for whatever books I'm interested in that don't fit into any of these other categories.
Lastly, I'm a child of God. I'm constantly learning about his character and how to love him. I had a crisis of faith a little over a decade ago and read a number of Christian books during that season. Each book helped illuminate different aspects of scripture and different attributes of God. Through the power of the holy spirit, these books helped me when my heart was hard. Since then, I've tried to always be reading some kind of book for my soul, in addition to scripture, so I have a category designated for "Christian" books.
Just to rehash, I try to read one book from each category and two works of fiction each month.
For the works of fiction, I use my 30 pages a day printable. I do this because fiction is the hardest for me to read. I suppose it might be because each work of fiction requires me to create a world in my mind. This kind of architecture is not easy for me, but it's important to my professional goals that I discipline myself to read some of the best works ever written.
At the beginning of December, I took every fiction book off of my shelf that I wanted to read or reread in the new year. I wrote down the number of pages of each and decided what order to read them in. I calculated how many days each book would take and filled in my 30 Pages a Day printable. While I typically read much more than 30 pages a day from books in general, my bare minimum on even my busiest days is to read at least 30 pages a day of fiction. All other reading from different categories is in addition to this.
Once again, my super nerdy book reading schedule is a chart I designed to stay disciplined in my personal and professional development. I've used it for a little over a year and it seems to work for my brain. How do you stay organized? Would you find this kind of planning helpful? You can snag your own customizable book reading template HERE.
I need to get back to reading for myself again. Right now all I read are kid's books, which is fine because I love inspiring a love of reading in my babies!
Yes, do you share tips on inspiring a love for reading on your blog? I want to learn all I can. I'd love to see you feed your own mind again too.
I have to get back into reading 30+ pages a day. It's been a dry spell lately because of situational stuff, but hopefully that will change soon! Great post.
Thanks! I feel much more sane when I can balance input (30+ pages) and output (writing, etc.). I'm sending warm book thoughts your way!
Thanks, Ixa! It's included in my How to Read More Course Series if you interested in being a part of that.
I would like to use this template. Thanks for sharing!


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Home Filmy News Bollywood Ishaan Khatter and Taapsee Pannu no longer a part of Anurag Basu's...
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Ishaan Khatter who made a debut this year with Karan Johar's Dhadak sure is pretty decisive and ambitious about his future projects. An insider has revealed that Ishaan was apparently offered a movie by Anurag Basu which is a multi starrer and based on the 2007 hit Life In A Metro. The movie is basically about couples living in a metro and challenges faced by them in doing so. Though it is not clear as to why Ishaan is not too keen for this project, he sure knows where his priorities lie! Furthermore, Taapsee Pannu who was one of the leads too has opted out of the project, citing date issues. Now, even this bit of news is not confirmed yet but we've been told that the actress is no longer able to do the film.
We had reported previously that the star cast of the Anurag Basu's next includes Saif Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu and Ishaan Khatter in the lead. But looks like Ishaan and Taapsee have now backed down from this film for reasons best known for him. Let's see who fills in their shoes!
The 2007 release film had an impressive star cast which were from diverse genres. This time too the star cast will have a curious blend which will pique our interest. The original 2007 film was also multistarrer with the names like Kangana Ranaut, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shilpa Shetty, Nafisa Ali, Dharmendra, Shiney Ahuja, Kay Kay Menon, Sharman Joshi and Irrfan Khan. The makers have refused that the new movie is a sequel but it will have an essence of the 2007 film.
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Becoming your own boss with Uber
By Richard Burton
By Richard Burton | 5/7/2015, midnight
A lot of people have a lot of things to say about ridesharing. There's no shortage of opinions on this new innovation. But as someone who partners with Uber, and delivers rides everyday, I figured I'd tell my side of the story: what it's like behind the wheel.
The thing about being an Uber driver is you really are your own boss. You are empowered to start our own small business and have the flexibility to control your own schedule. You can drive 20 hours per week and earn a part-time income or supplement another job, or you can work full time and make an excellent living—like I do.
I have worked with other companies as a driver. I used to shuttle engineers around all day in a van for the local railroad company. It was a job, but for $10/hour, it didn't provide enough to get by. Not to mention, for five of the eight hours, I was doing nothing but waiting for my next assignment. I knew there had to be a way I could make the most out of those five hours, because staring at the Metrolink tracks was far from fulfilling.
The way Uber empowers individuals to grow their own business became apparent to me my first week on the job. I earned $1400, but since I didn't yet have my own car, I gave half of that to the man who leased his SUV to me. I was still thrilled, having earned $100 per day my first week on the job. Then I heard his story.
He had made $2500 that week. But how? He let me in on his secret—he acquired vehicles and leased them out to other drivers to use on the Uber platform. That's when it hit me: anybody could make it with this company with a clean record, the right attitude and a strong work ethic. That was the moment I realized I wanted to be an entrepreneur.
Now I have two cars in my system which are constantly generating income, even when I am not working. In addition, Uber connected me with a company that offered vehicle financing, when, at the time, I needed help to get my business off the ground. But when it came time to purchase my second vehicle, I was thrilled and able to write the check.
I am also connecting with my kids like never before. I have four, including a 20-year-old son who we just proudly sent off to the Air Force.
Being your own boss means taking a break between rides to grab lunch with my family, or jumping in the pool with them on a hot summer day. Being your own boss in ridesharing also means driving exactly where you want. If I'm in the mood to handle the nightlife, I'll work the Sunset Strip. If I want to feel connected to the sports scene, I'll pick up fares from Staples Center. The decision of where to work is mine alone to make.
Driving on the Uber platform is a tremendous opportunity for anyone looking to take control of their time and their income. When I think about my time waiting in a van for five hours straight, making $10/hour to stare at the train tracks, I only wish I had had the opportunity to work for myself sooner. That was what it was like to drive for a company, which is why I am so passionate about the company I partner with.
Richard Burton is a Los Angeles native and currently lives Downtown.
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In the event that you started venturing out with among the Ukrainian ladies, that are regarded as the most amazing women in the world, you may think about: why me personally? Why has she opted for me personally, United states, although not her fellow resident? Will it be just as a result of my status and wage?
Well, both all depends. A few facets drive Ukrainian ladies to date American guys, if you are inquisitive – here you will find the responses for you personally.
For the past time the Census in Ukraine had been performed back 2001, perhaps not likewise in lots of other countries, generally there's no just formal and 100% accurate information from the problem. Nevertheless, depending on neighborhood news reports, which relate to state and personal studies, feamales in Ukraine made a lot more than 50% of this populace in 2015, surpassing the portion of males by 8%.
And there are numerous good reasons for this type of situation – the amount of men in Ukraine is paid down as a result of downsides associated with health care system, alcoholism, participation of males into jobs with heightened quantities of danger also armed conflicts that are political.
Just what exactly do females want to do? They continue to have a buy wife right to call home a pleased life, that's why they often times turn to dating and marrying Westerners. And Us americans aren't exclusion.
Some Ukrainian females complain that their Ukrainian boyfriends or husbands try not to treat them well – talk rudely in their mind, just simply take each of their endeavors when you look at the family members life for awarded, often also disrespect and objectify them.
In Ukraine, ladies both work and do all the housework on their own, whereas their boyfriends that are ukrainian spending some time in the office after which in the sofa while watching television.
Sick and tired of such mindset, Ukrainian girls look for brand brand new perspectives with males from the U.S., who will be considered to be more progressive in relationships and that would maybe perhaps perhaps not stop dealing with ladies romantically even with engaged and getting married. Ukrainian girls in many cases are altruistic, to make certain that is why they feel a lot better whenever their Western boyfriends compensate all attention and caring to their efforts.
Furthermore, People in america have a tendency to find Ukrainian females more breathtaking than their other residents. Who's gotn't heard this extensive label that femininities in Ukraine will be the most charming? Considering this, American guys fairly treat Ukrainian women.
And, as expected, Ukrainian girls want People in the us for economic reasons. It doesn't imply that ladies in this nation are gold-diggers, nonetheless they rather aspire to live a well-built life and have guaranteed future.
Moreover, Ukrainian beauties find US dudes more committed than their fellows. In Ukraine, guys both for individual and societal reasons might n't have any eyesight, whereas their attention could be driven to liquor, activity or, various other situations, to 9-to-5 work.
For this reason, Ukrainian girls choose Us citizens, therefore you should perhaps maybe perhaps not wonder time that is next Ukrainian fiancée lets you know that you're the maximum on her behalf!
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Under Sentence of Death
By Victor Hugo
#literary
Sentenced to death!
For five whole weeks have I lived with this one thought, always alone with it, always frozen by its ghastly presence, always crushed beneath its overwhelming weight.
At first, years ago, as it seemed, not mere weeks as it really was, I was a man like any other. Every day, every hour, every minute was ruled by its own idea. My intellect, young and fresh, lost itself in a world of fantasy. I amused myself in mapping out a life without order, and without end, weaving into a thousand fantastic patterns the coarse and slender tissue of my existence. There were lovely girls, cardinals' copes, victories won, theatres full of life and light, and then again the young girls, and walks in the twilight under the spreading boughs of the chestnut trees. My imagination always pictured scenes of pleasure. My thoughts were free, and therefore I was free also.
But now I am a prisoner. My body is in irons in a dungeon, and my soul is fettered by an idea—one horrible, murderous, and implacable idea. I have but one thought, one certainty, one deep-rooted conviction, and that is that I am under sentence of death!
Do what I may, that one terrible thought is ever with me, like a spectre by my side, lonely and jealous, driving away every effort that I may make to liberate myself from its presence, face to face with me, and clutching me with its icy hand when I endeavour to turn aside my head, or to close my eyes upon its horrifying existence.
It intrudes itself into all the thoughts by which I vainly strive to forget it; I hear it like a horrible chorus in every word that is addressed to me; it places its face against mine as I glance through the barred windows of my dungeon; it attacks me whilst waking, it haunts my spasmodic efforts at sleep, and appears in my dreams under the form of the axe of the guillotine.
It is still present as I wake up with a start, and say, "It is but a dream." Well, even before my eyes have had time to open, and to see the whole terrible reality which surrounds me, written on the damp stone of my prison walls, in the pale rays of my lamp, in the coarse fabric of my clothes, in the dark figure of the sentinel whose bayonet gleams through the loophole of my dungeon, it seems as if a sonorous voice murmurs in my ears:
CHAPTER II.
It was a lovely morning in August.
Three days had passed since my trial had been commenced; three days since my crime had collected every morning a crowd of curious spectators, who lounged on the benches of the court like carrion crows around a carcase; three days since that strange, half visionary procession of judges, of lawyers, of witnesses, and public prosecutors, had passed and repassed before me, sometimes ludicrous, but always murderous, always gloomy and fatal.
During the first two nights restlessness and nervousness had prevented me from sleeping; on the third, weariness and lassitude had conduced to slumber. At midnight I had left the jury still deliberating. Re-conducted to my cell, I had thrown myself on my pallet, and had fallen at once into a deep sleep—the sleep of forgetfulness. It was my first repose for many days. I was still wrapped in this profound slumber when they came and woke me. This time the tramp of the gaoler's heavy shoes, the clink of his bunch of keys, and the harsh grating of the bolts, were not sufficient to arouse me from my stupor; he had to shake me, and to shout in my ear—"Get up!"
I opened my eyes, and with a bound rose from my couch. At that instant, through the narrow window pierced in the higher portion of the walls of my cell, I saw reflected upon the ceiling of the adjoining passage (the only means by which I could catch a glimpse of the sky), the sun. I love the sunlight.
"It is a fine day," remarked I to the gaoler.
He remained silent for an instant, as though considering whether it were worth while to reply to me; then, as though making an effort, he answered sullenly—
"Yes, it seems so."
I remained motionless, my intellectual powers almost dormant, and my eyes fixed upon that soft golden reflection that gilded the ceiling.
"It is a lovely day," repeated I.
"Yes," answered the man, "but they are waiting for you."
These few words, like the web of the spider that intercepts the flight of the fly, threw me roughly back into every-day life. On a sudden I again saw, as in a flash of lightning, the court of justice, the table before the judges, strewn with blood-stained rags, the three ranks of witnesses with their expressionless faces, the two gendarmes at each side of the dock, the black gowns of the bar constantly moving to and fro, the heads of the crowd thronged together in the body of the court, and the fixed gaze of the twelve jurymen, who had watched whilst I had slept.
I rose up, my teeth chattered, my hands trembled so that I could hardly gather together my clothes, my legs bent under me. At the first step that I attempted to take I staggered like a porter whose load is too heavy for him. However, I nerved myself, and followed my gaoler.
The two gendarmes were waiting for me on the threshold of my cell. They handcuffed me again. It was rather a complicated lock, which they had some trouble in closing. I submitted passively—it was a machine put into a machine.
We passed through one of the inner courtyards; the fresh air of the morning gave me strength. I raised my head. The sky was of a bright blue, and the warm sunbeams, broken by the lofty chimneys, traced great angular lines of light on the tall and gloomy walls of the prison. In truth it was very beautiful.
We mounted a spiral staircase, we passed through one corridor, then another, and again through a third; then a low door was opened. A warm breath of air, and the sound of voices met me; it was the murmuring of the crowd in the court. I entered.
On my appearance there was a clang of arms and a confused sound of voices, seats were noisily pushed aside, and as I passed through the long room between the lines of spectators, kept in position by soldiers, it seemed as if I were the centre point upon which every eye was fixed.
At that instant I perceived that my irons had been removed, but when and how I knew not.
Then there was a deep silence. I had reached my appointed place. As the disturbance ceased in the crowd, so my ideas grew clearer. I understood what I had before only vaguely surmised—that the decisive moment had arrived, and that I had been brought into court to hear my sentence.
Explain it as you may, when this idea entered my head I felt no fear. The windows of the court were wide open, the fresh air and the busy hum of the city poured in freely; the court was as neatly arranged as if it was to be the place in which a marriage was to be celebrated; the bright rays of the sun traced here and there the luminous shadows of the casements, sometimes spread upon the floor, sometimes portrayed on the tables, now and then broken by the angles of the walls; whilst the beams themselves, shining through the panes of glass, looked like great bars of golden dust. The judges at the end of the room wore a self-satisfied air—no doubt pleased that their task was so nearly concluded. The face of the President, upon which the reflection of one of the panes of glass shone, was calm and benevolent, whilst one of his younger colleagues played with his cap as he conversed gaily with a young lady in a pink bonnet, for whom he had procured a seat just behind himself. The jury alone looked pale and worn out, evidently from having remained awake during the long watches of the night; some of them were yawning. The expression of their faces gave no indication that they felt the responsibility of the sentence that they were about to pronounce, the only noticeable point amongst these worthy shopkeepers being an evident desire for sleep.
Exactly opposite to me was a tall window wide open. Through it I could hear the laughter of the stall-keepers on the quays, and in a crevice in the window-sill was a pretty little yellow floweret waving to and fro in the wind.
How, in the midst of all these pleasing objects, could any unpleasant idea intrude itself? With the balmy air, and the bright sun playing around me, it was impossible to think of anything else except liberty. Hope shone round me like the sunbeams; and in full confidence I awaited my sentence with the feelings of a man looking forward to life and freedom. And now my counsel arrived; he had evidently been breakfasting luxuriously. We were waiting for him. As he moved into his place, he bent towards me, and whispered—
"I have hope still."
"Indeed," answered I, in the same light tone, with a smile on my lips.
"Yes," returned he; "I do not yet know what line the prosecution will take, but if they cannot prove premeditation, you will only get penal servitude for life."
"How, sir!" exclaimed I, indignantly. "Sooner death a thousand times."
Yes, death. And besides, an inner voice kept repeating to me that I risked nothing by saying this. Who ever heard of sentence of death being pronounced except at midnight, with burning torches, in a damp and gloomy hall, and on a cold and rainy winter's night! But in the month of August, on so beautiful a day, at eight o'clock in the morning, those benevolent-looking jurymen could not have the heart to find me guilty! And my eyes again fixed themselves on the little yellow floweret in the sun light.
At that moment the President, who had been waiting for my counsel, ordered me to stand up. The guard carried arms. As if by a shock of electricity, all those assembled in the court became animated with life. A mean-looking man, seated at a table beneath the judge's chair, evidently the clerk of the court, broke the silence by reading the verdict of the jury, which they had given in my absence. A cold sweat bedewed all my limbs, and I leaned against the wall to save myself from falling.
"Counsel, have you anything to urge against the sentence of death being pronounced?" asked the President.
I could have said a great deal, but I was unable to frame a consecutive sentence; my tongue clove to the roof of my mouth.
My counsel rose to his feet.
As I followed his line of argument I understood that he was endeavouring to soften the verdict of the jury, and striving to induce the judge to inflict the lighter penalty, the penalty which I had been so wounded at his suggesting. My indignation must have been very strong to pierce through the numerous complications of my faculties.
I endeavoured to repeat in a loud voice the words I had already said, "Sooner death a thousand times!" but all that I could do was to clutch him convulsively by the arm, and cry out in convulsive accents, "No, no!"
The Public Prosecutor argued against my counsel's plea, and I listened to him with an air of stupid satisfaction. Then the judges left the court to consult together, and on their return the President read the sentence.
"Condemned to death," murmured the spectators; and as they hurried me away the crowd pressed around me with a noise like that of a falling house. I walked along passively, stupefied and confused.
A sudden transformation had taken place in me. Until the sentence of death had been actually passed, I felt that I was living and breathing like other men; now I felt that a barrier had been erected between myself and my fellow-creatures. Nothing now wore the same aspect as it had done previously. Those tall, luminous windows, the bright sunlight, the clear sky, the beautiful flowers, all became white and pallid like the colour of a shroud. Those men and women and children who pressed around me had something of the air of spectres.
A carriage painted a dirty black, with bars to the windows, was waiting for me. As I was about to enter it, I paused, and looked around me. "A condemned criminal!" cried the passers-by, as they hurried towards the vehicle. Through the mist that seemed to interpose between the world and myself I could perceive the young girls who followed my every movement with greedy eyes.
"Good!" cried the younger one, clapping her hands. "It will be in six weeks' time!"
CHAPTER III.
Condemned to death.
Well, why not? have I not read in some book that all men are condemned to death with a respite the date of which is not fixed?
How, then, is my position changed?
Since the day that my sentence was pronounced, how many are dead who had arranged for a long and happy life; how many of those, young, free, and in good health, who expected to see my head fall in the Place de Grêve, have gone before me; and how many more are there, who breathe the free air, and go where they please, who will also precede me to the next world? And why should I long for life? In fact, the prison with its gloomy light, and the black bread which constitutes the prison fare; the thin soup drank from a galley-slave's cup; to be constantly insulted—I, who am refined by education, to be abused by gaolers and by the convict guards; never to see a human being who considers me worthy of a kind word—these are the sole pleasures of life which the executioner will take from me.
And yet it is very terrible!
CHAPTER IV.
black carriage has brought me here to the hideous prison of the Bicêtre.
Seen from afar, this building has a certain majestic air about it. It is situated at the foot of a hill, and covers a large extent of ground. Looked at from a distance, it retains some of its ancient splendour as a king's palace, but as you come nearer to it the building changes into a mere commonplace edifice. The broken turrets wound the eye. There is an air of shame and degradation about it; it seems as if the walls were struck with the leprosy of crime.
>span class="pageno" title="19" id="Page_19">No windows, no glass in the frames, but massive crossed bars of iron, through which can occasionally be seen the pallid countenance of a convict or of a madman. Such is the appearance of the prison when seen closely.
Scarcely had I arrived when I was seized in its iron embraces. Every precaution was multiplied; no knife, no fork was permitted for my meals; the strait-waistcoat, a kind of coarse canvas sack, imprisoned my arms. They were responsible for my life.
I was to be with them for six or seven weeks, and it was their duty to deliver me safe and sound to the executioner.
For the first few days they treated me with a tenderness that had something revolting in it. The kindnesses of a turnkey remind you of the scaffold. But to my delight, after a few days had passed away, custom resumed its sway, and they treated me with the same brutality that they did the other prisoners, and ceased those unusual demonstrations of courtesy which reminded me every moment of the executioner.
My youth, my good behaviour, my attention to the gaol chaplain, and especially a word or two of Latin which I addressed to the porter, who did not understand them, by the way, gave me the privilege of outdoor exercise every week with the other prisoners, and released me from the terrible strait-waistcoat which paralyzed my every movement. After a great deal of hesitation I was permitted the use of pen, ink, and paper, as well as a lamp in the evenings. Every Sunday, after hearing mass, I was permitted to go into the courtyard during the hour devoted to exercise. There I had long conversations with the prisoners. Why not? They are good enough fellows, these poor wretches. They told me what crimes they had committed. At first I was horrified, but after a time I found out that they were given to boasting. They taught me to talk slang, patter-flash, as they called it. Thieves' slang is a perfect language grafted on to our expressions of every-day life, a species of hideous excrescence like some loathsome worm. When you first hear this language spoken you instinctively experience a feeling of repulsion as when you see a bundle of foul and dirty rags shaken before you.
But these men pitied me, and they were the only ones who did so. As for the warders, the turnkeys, and the gaolers, I scorned their pity, for they would talk and laugh about me to my very face as though I were some inanimate object.
CHAPTER VI.
I said to myself, "Since I have been furnished with the means of writing, why should I not use them? But what shall I write?" Shut up between four cold and naked stone walls, with no liberty for my feet, no vista for my eyes to range, my sole occupation to follow the slow movement of the white square of light, which, falling through the wicket in my cell door, seemed chiselled in the dark wall of my prison, and, as I said before, alone with one remembrance, the remembrance of a crime and its punishment, of murder, and of death—what have I to say, I who have no longer part and parcel in this world? And how will this shattered brain enable me to write anything worth reading?
But why not? Even though all around me is sombre and out of gear, is there not in me a tempest, a struggle, a tragedy? This fixed idea that holds me in its power, does it not present itself to me each hour in a different shape, in a novel form, and each one more hideous and blood-stained than the one that preceded it? Why should I not endeavour to speak to myself of all the terrible and hitherto unknown sensation that I experience in the desolate position in which I am. Assuredly there is ample material, and though my days are numbered, yet there is enough of anguish, terror, and torture in these last hours of mine to wear out the pen and to empty the inkstand.
Besides, the only method in which I can allay my torments is to observe them closely. The mere fact of describing them will give me repose.
And then what I write will not be without its use. This record of my sufferings hour by hour, and minute by minute, punishment heaped on punishment, if I have the strength to carry it up to that point where it will be physically impossible for me to continue it further—this history, unfinished as it necessarily must be, but as complete as I can make it, will it not be well worthy of perusal? Will not this vivid reproduction of agonizing thoughts in that ever-increasing torrent of grief, in that intellectual dissection of the last hours of a man sentenced to death—will it not, I say, contain a striking lesson for those who have condemned him? Perhaps it will make them think twice ere they again consign the living, breathing head of a man to the hands of the executioner. Perhaps, unhappy wretches, they have never considered the slow torture which follows a condemnation to death.
Has the idea never struck them that in the man whom they are going to suppress there is a reasoning intelligence, an intelligence that had counted on a prolonged life, a soul which was not prepared for death? No; they only see in all this the vertical fall of the triangular blade, and doubtless consider that for the condemned man there is neither past nor future.
But my pages will undeceive them. Some day, perhaps, they will be printed, and those who read them will pause for a few moments in this record of a soul's sufferings which they had up to that time never even suspected. They were proud to be able to kill the body with the smallest amount of physical pain. But what good is that? What is physical, when compared with mental pain? A day will come when, perhaps, these memoirs, the last impressions of an unhappy man, may have contributed——Unless, indeed, after my death the wind may toss about the courtyard a few pieces of paper stained with mud, or else, pasted in a broken pane of glass in the porter's lodge, they may serve to exclude the rain.
CHAPTER VII.
And suppose what I have written may be one day of use to others, and may cause the judge to hesitate to doom a fellow-creature to death, that it may save other unfortunates, innocent or guilty, from the agonies to which I am condemned—what good will all this do to me? When my head has been cut off, what does it matter whether they cut off those of others or not? Can I really have been troubling myself about such follies? What good will it do me to abolish the scaffold after I have suffered upon it? What! am I to lose the sun, the spring, the fields full of flowers, the birds which wake up and chirp in the early morning, the clouds, nature, liberty, and life?
Ah! it is myself that I must save. Is it really true that this cannot be done? that I may be taken out and killed to-morrow, to-day, even, for all that I know? The thought is enough to make me dash out my brains against the wall of my cell.
CHAPTER VIII.
Let me count how much time remains to me.
Three days of delay after sentence has been given, to enable me to appeal in.
Eight days of forgetfulness in the office of the court, after which the statement of the case will be sent to the Minister.
Fifteen days waiting at the Minister's, who does not even know that the affair is before him, and yet he is supposed to send it up to the Court of Appeal after examining it. Then it has to be classed, numbered, and registered; for there is plenty of work for the guillotine, and each one must await his turn.
Fifteen days of watching and waiting.
At last the Court of Appeal assembles—generally upon a Thursday—and rejects twenty appeals in a lump, and sends all the papers to the Minister, who sends them to the Public Prosecutor, who communicates with the executioner. Three days.
On the morning of the fourth day the assistant to the Public Prosecutor says to himself, as he ties his neckcloth, "It is time that this affair was finished." Then, if the assistant to the clerk of the court has not a few friends to breakfast who prevent him from attending to his duties, the order for the execution is noted, dated, registered, and sent out, and the next morning, at the break of day, a scaffold is erected in the Place de Grêve, and all through the city are heard the hoarse voices of the newsvendors calling out a full, true, and particular account of the execution. And all this in six weeks! That young girl was right.
So that five weeks, perhaps six, remain; but I dare not rely upon this, and I am in a cell in the Bicêtre, and it seems to me that Thursday has passed three days ago.
CHAPTER IX.
I am going to make my will; but no, it is useless. I am condemned to pay the costs of the trial, and all that I possess will hardly be sufficient to meet the expenses.
The guillotine is an expensive luxury.
I have a mother, a wife, and a child.
A little girl three years of age, gentle, rosy, and delicate, with large black eyes and long chestnut hair.
She was just two years and a month old when I last saw her.
Thus, after my death there will be three women without son, husband, or father; three orphans of different kinds, three widows made by the hand of the law.
I allow that I am justly punished; but what have these innocent creatures done? No; these are dishonoured and ruined for no fault of their own: and this is justice!
It is not the thought of my poor old mother that disquiets me; she is sixty-four; the blow will kill her at once, or even if she lingers on for a little while, as long as she has a little fire to warm her feet at she will not complain.
Nor am I uneasy regarding my wife; she is an invalid, and her mind is not very strong; she will die too.
Unless, indeed, she goes mad. They say that mad people live a long while; but if her intellect goes she will not suffer: she will sleep, she is as good as dead.
But my daughter, my child, my poor little Marie, who laughs and plays, who even now, perhaps, is singing and thinking of nothing—that is what cuts me to the heart.
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
About Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside of France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame(French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831. In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages).
Hugo was at the forefront of the romantic literary movement with his plays Cromwell and Hernani. Many of his works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the musicals Notre-Dame de Paris and Les Misérables. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.
Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon in Paris. His legacy has been honoured in many ways, including his portrait being placed on French currency.
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I saw my mom again, just before I woke up. She was wearing her 1980s' glasses, knit navy pants and a paisley button-down shirt. Why are you here? Why is it that each time you appear in my dreams, you appear younger?
Same corner of the yard. Sitting on the picnic table.
The bell sounded in the center of the clock, in the center of me, fading with each strike.
More leaf buds. The trees look hungry.
This is truly the only green section of the yard. The front is all live oak shade and live oak acorns and crunchy live oak leaves. The other side of the back yard is dirt and sawdust with a few straggling leaf blades. But this green–this winter rye–deep and fluffy.
I can hardly hear the birds. Only the trees.
Hi, Clover. Where's Polo? Ah, in a sunny ditch.
My dad used to nap in the sun on the farm after a big lunch.


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Glass artist and Muotobetoni precast concrete creator Renata Jakowleff has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Ornamo Award. According to journalist Sami Sykkö, who selected this year's winner, society needs visionaries like Jakowleff who have the ability to bring change and fresh thinking to traditional industries. The Ornamo Award is worth EUR 5,000.
Born in Hungary but based in Finland, Jakowleff's (b. 1974) artistic career is distinguished by her long-standing experimental work with glass and, latterly, with concrete. In 2010, she gained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki (now Aalto University's School of Arts, Design and Architecture).
Since her graduation, Jakowleff has continued to maintain an active practice and profile through her participation in international exhibitions, fairs and competitions. She has also held a series of solo exhibitions, and her works have been acquired by the Finnish State Art Deposit Collection, the Finnish Glass Museum and international private collectors.
In the past few years, her boundary-breaking and forward-looking approach has led to the innovative Muotobetoni concrete pre-casting technique, which allows this ubiquitous material to be printed with decorative 3D patterns. The benefits offered by this new technique are already on display at the Kangas residential neighbourhood in Jyväskylä, Finland that features a retaining wall created using Jakowleff's method.
In his award presentation speech on 26 April, journalist Sami Sykkö who chose the winner from among the shortlisted candidates noted that, in a country like Finland that continues to be affected by structurally unsound concrete buildings, there is a real need for the Jakowleff's clarity of vision.
"When art and the artist, architecture and construction come together in such a thoroughly original way, it is definitely worthy of an Ornamo Award," Sykkö said, commenting on his decision.
Sykkö says Jakowleff's Muotobetoni technique offers limitless opportunities because of its scalability. It can be used to build entire houses, create attractive frontages and also bring art indoors through structural features and furniture.
realised the full extent of the versatility that concrete has to offer. Her innovation serves as a useful reminder of how important it is for all of us to be involved in bringing about the sort of conditions under which designers, and design in all its guises, can flourish," Sykkö pointed out in his award presentation speech.
Renata Jakowleff first hit upon the idea of Muotobetoni pre-cast concrete at a 2015 seminar organised by Ornamo. The artist immediately saw the possibilities offered by concrete as a material and set about creating a brand new visual language for it in collaboration with Finnish concrete suppliers Parma Oy and Betoniviidakko.
With Muotobetoni it is possible to add 3D patterns and textures onto concrete structural elements of almost any size. The method is based on an insight into the way the material behaves during casting and before setting. Thanks to the high degree of flexibility it offers, this cost-effective solution can be used to create a range of finishes, even in the context of high volume commercial production. The artist's breakthrough came when she realised fabric could be used to line the moulds used.
"The Muotobetoni pre-cast concrete product is made using a technique I initially developed for glass which I adapted specifically for this purpose. I needed something to imitate the surface tension of glass. Fabric allowed me to solve a whole host of other challenges as well and allowed me to create a range of textures," Renata Jakowleff explains.
According to Renata Jakowleff, her collaboration with Finnish concrete experts turned out to be such a resounding success because everyone involved shares a passion for concrete.
"The strengths I brought to the project were a sort of creative madness and also my refusal to settle for second best. I'm really pleased at how businesses in the concrete industry have embraced this. Although our disciplines are very different, we all share a passion for concrete and the endless potential it offers," the artist adds.
Jakowleff says it is important that we listen more carefully to the critique and ideas put forward by artists when it comes to the built environment, and society in general.
"For me, artists are always in some ways the outsiders in society. What that means is that they have a freedom that generates whole new ways of thinking. We all have a role to play in safeguarding that," Jakowleff argues.
The artist is currently busy turning her innovative concept into a commercial product, and her newly established company has its sights on the construction industry. It is a market that offers huge potential as concrete, as durable as it is affordable, remains the world's most widely-used man-made building material. Muotobetoni offers a way to create attractive outdoor and indoor spaces.
The Muotobetoni technique offers virtually endless opportunities. In addition to large-scale surfaces, it can be used to create tiles and slabs, furniture, interior features and decorative and practical items.
The Ornamo Award is a prestigious design industry accolade that celebrates cutting edge applied art and design. Each year, nominees are put forward by Ornamo members, with a three-strong shortlist chosen by the Ornamo board. Each year, the winner is chosen by an external expert appointed by the board. The Ornamo Award has been presented annually since its re-launch in 2015.
Renata Jakowleff was joined on this year's shortlist by interior architect Martti Lukander and Muka va fashion duo Anna Mattelmäki and Emilia Kiialainen.
Further information on the Ornamo Award and the shortlisted candidates is available here (in Finnish only). Read more about Renata Jakowleff here.
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