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in Mittersill National Park Centre
Science Centers are used world-wide as instruments for educational and technology policy. They sensitise the public - in particular the younger generation - to science and technology as well as their interrelation with regard to the development of society. Furthermore, Science Centers create public places for interaction and communication. Here thinking processes are prompted, approaches contemplated and tested. Through interactive and informal learning, natural scientific and/or technical phenomena become "tangible" in the truest sense of the word.
In the NP-Science Center in Mittersill, two laboratory spaces are waiting for young researchers to give free reign to their curiosity. By means of demonstrative experiments, interactive models and the specialist knowledge of the national park rangers, they explore life and climate in the highlands, the geology of the Tauern window and much more.
Member of Association ScienceCenter-Network
The ScienceCenter-Network is a association of more than 130 partners from the fields of education, science and research, exhibition design, art, media and economy. The aim of the network and its partners is to make science come alive and understandable in an easily accessible way.
The environmental education by the Hohe Tauern National Park Salzburg has been a partner in the ScienceCenter-Network since 2007.
More about the association: www.science-center-net.at
Six different modules can be booked here, with each module taking 2 hours.
The national park centre in Mittersill also houses the largest exhibition about the nature reserve – the NationalparkWorlds. To supplement a module in the Science Center, we recommend booking a tour through the NationalparkWorlds guided by a national park ranger.
Cost Science-Center-Module per school class: € 105
(Max. number of participants per group: 15 pupils)
Cost Science-Center-Module and Worlds tour per school class: € 155
Vision Globe
An interactive video-globe of the latest generation was installed in the Science Center in 2013. The globe visualises and animates contents on the topics of climate and weather (natural influencing factors, climate factors, the effect of people,...).
Several of the following modules make use of animations on the VisionGlobe.
There is also a module underway specifically for students between 14 and 16 years, dealing mainly with the topic of "climate change".
Modules in the Science Center
Surviving in the highlands - Alpine ecology
(recommended from 3rd grade)
The mountain model has heavy snowfall. The relief and wind do not distribute the snow evenly however, but according to a specific pattern. Ibex, marmot, white hare or snow grouse – they have all developed different strategies for surviving in winter in the highlands.
But in summer, too, cold and hot, wet and dry alternate quickly and small-scale. Animals and plants employ various tricks to adapt to this. The peak white butterfly, for example, needs an "operating temperature" of 30-40°C, which it only reaches by angling its wings to serve as solar panels.
Microworld of the national park
Armed with scoop nets and magnifying glasses, we head out into the forest and meadows and then to watercourses. The forest floor and watercourses hide a multitude of micro-organisms. Back in the lab, the creatures become giant "monsters" under the microscope.
By looking at the microworld's species composition, we can draw conclusions about the quality of the watercourses and soil.
A mountain range is born
(recommended from 6th grade)
How were the Alps formed? What was Pangaea?
60 million years ago, the African tectonic plate began drifting north towards the Eurasian plate. This collision of continents resulted in the transformation of rocks, entire mountain ranges pushed on top of each other and, ultimately, the arc of the Alps being lifted out. This elevation is still not completed to this day.
The sand, flour sand and brick sand layers in the pop-up model illustrate the formation of this fascinating mountain range.
The incredible power of the water and glaciers shaped the way our landscape and valleys look today. These processes are modelled on a smaller scale in the erosion tub.
Altitudinal belts - A journey into the Arctic
On a mountain tour from the valleys up to the highest glacier regions of the national park, we cross all the climatic zones of Central and Northern Europe.
Animals such as the white hare or snow grouse immigrated here from Arctica during the ice-ages.
With the aid of the mountain model and northern hemisphere, animals and plants are matched with the respective altitudinal belts and vegetation zones.
Weather kitchen and Climate lab
In the highlands, climate change becomes clearly apparent. Glaciers recede, rockfalls block trails and the flora and fauna also react. Exciting experiments focusing on the weather elements of foehn, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and wind explain the processes of how weather is generated.
The extreme climatic conditions in the highlands are explained as are fundamental process of climate warming. Even the greenhouse effect becomes measurable in a matter of minutes in a Co2-miniatmosphere.
Snowflakes and Iceworlds
Water in all its aggregation states shapes the environment in the Hohe Tauern. In frozen for, water crystallizes into snowflakes, frost and ice crystals.
In this module, students will learn the hexagonal structure of snow and ice and the different effects this has on the texture of snow and, as a result, the way we deal with and handle snow.
Welt der Hochgebirgspflanzen
Hochgebirgs- und Gletscherexkursion
Wilde Wasser in den Hohen Tauern
Steine und Mineralien
Wildtierbeobachtung
Walderleben
Abenteuertag
Bergerlebnis mit Hüttennächtigung
Almen - Wildes Land in Menschenhand


On September 5, 2017, President Trump's Administration announced rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Following this announcement various lawsuits were filed challenging rescission of the program. On January 9, 2018, a federal judge in California issued a nationwide order reinstating the DACA program for individuals who have already applied for and received benefits under the program. The order directs the Department of Homeland Security to post reasonable public notice and prescribe a process to resume receiving DACA renewal applications for these individuals. As of January 11, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) DACA webpage indicates that information on renewal applications is forthcoming. Until additional information is released by USCIS, the American Immigration Lawyers Association recommends that DACA beneficiaries wait to file renewal applications in order to avoid the possibility of any confusion or delay in processing. Please also note that the order does not reinstate the DACA program for individuals who do not already possess DACA status. The Court's order will remain in place until a final judgment or other order is issued in the case.
This resource guide collects information on resources available to undocumented students, DACAmented students, and students from mixed-status families. Answers to common questions, information on campus and community resources, and more are compiled here. This guide will grow as more information becomes available and as our campus resources evolve.


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The Ramblings of an Endurance Junkie
The training ramblings of an Endurance Junkie....tend to ride my bike with the occasional swim and run.
Perfect day out on the trails yesterday on the @alchemybicycles at #schaefferfarms . . . . . . #IFB #parvillacycles #MTB #xterratriathlon #mtbracing #marathonmtb
Kind of a rough day at 6hrs at Woodstock. First 3.5 hrs were fine (even with a 10min stop for horses on the trail) and then stomach shut down. Probably related to stomach bug earlier in the week. Decided not to head out for another lap. Great trails though and a good race from Joe's Bike Shop as always. 📸: @dchammerette . . . . #6HAW #parvillacycles #mtbracing #mtbmarathon #IFB #patapsco #mtb
Wilderness 101 2019......hot, hot, hot
Still reflecting on @gravel_worlds from this past weekend. 150miles of primo gravel in Lincoln NE with 10,000ft of climbing. It was hard but I went for it and utimately paid the price in the last hour when I cracked, really cracked. Crawled to the finish just over 9hrs after starting.....but yes it was fun! . . . . . #gravelworlds #gravelride #IFB #parvillacycles #cycling #vandessel #lincoln
2010 Suntrust National Marathon........4 days
The marathon is this coming Saturday so if you are around D.C. don't be surprised to see 12,000 runners taking over the streets. This is the biggest field for the race so far in it's young history and is split between the marathon and the half-marathon. I'm guessing that there is about 4,000 in the marathon.
The race takes in six of the eight wards in the City and so if you wanna get out and watch here the map. The race starts at RFK and then takes a general figure of 8 loop taking in the north of the City first and then heading south and over the river.
It should be a good race and it is really the first time that I have run in a "larger" event. I did this race back in 2008 but it was significantly smaller then. Although larger races lose some of the "homely" feel they can definitely make up for it in terms of quality of field, which for me hopefully means a faster race. The marathon race has some great athletes in it this year and if all goes to plan I can keep on their coat tails and run to a PB.
Marathon running is a funny sport and in many ways it is so very different from Ironman racing. As Frank Shorter(1972 Olympic marathon gold medalist) once said "You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming."
And Rob de Castella, winner of the 1983 World Marathon Championships "If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal."
This will be my sixth marathon and third standalone marathon (other three at Ironman) and so I still have a lot to learn......back at the B&A marathon two weeks ago, there was a guy racing his 100th marathon!........to run fast hurts, to run a marathon fast hurts like hell and so from the every quotable Paul Sherwen, I will be "digging deep into my suitcase of courage" on Saturday :-)
Posted by Iain Banks at Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Labels: national marathon, running
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Last week I hosted a Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange with several of my favorite blogging friends! It was so much fun!
I've always wanted to host a "real-life" cookie exchange. Invite all my friends over with 8 dozen of their favorite cookies… (I have more than 8 friends…on a good day! I was just grasping for a number! Let's just stick with that story okay?!)…then everyone would go home with 8 different types of cookies!
Welcome the birth of the "Virtual Cookie Exchange"!
I've rounded up all the recipes so you can make them for your own cookie exchange! Each recipe has a clickable link attached. Enjoy!
Let's talk about these amazing Chewy Gingersnap cookies from my friend April at The Tipsy Housewife! I absolutely LOVE gingersnap cookies…add chewy into the mix…and I'm head over heels!
Up next are these amazing Pistachio Wedding Cookies from my friend Nikki at Soulfullymade.com! I love the color and texture of these delectable goodies!
My friend Julia from Julia'sCuisine.com shared a family favorite from her home country of Newfoundland! I'm so excited to make these Newfoundland Snowballs!
So many wonderful cookie recipes! I'm always so impressed with these wonderful ladies and how talented they are! Their blogs are amazing! Their recipes spectacular! Best of all…they truly believe in lifting other women and helping each other succeed!
I look forward to the day we can all get together and have a real life cookie exchange! Until then…I'm in love with the Virtual Cookie Exchange. I hope you are too!
Enjoy! Please stop by and check out their blogs and their recipes! You won't be disappointed! I mean…LOOK at those Cookies!
Nikki you are so welcome! Thank you for participating in the cookie exchange. I love your pistachio wedding cookies. Can't wait to make them.


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CSUN Most Popular College Application Choice Among LAUSD Seniors, Study Finds
by Liezl Bitas
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File photo by David J. Hawkins.
A recent research study found that California State University, Northridge was the most popular four-year college application choice for Los Angeles high school seniors.
The "L.A. Unified Students' Pathways to College: Four-Year College Application Patterns" study was conducted by the Los Angeles Education Research Institute and was released in late 2018. The institute and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) surveyed 17,200 seniors from the Class of 2017 in LAUSD high schools about their experiences during the college application process.
Notably, the study found that the 10 most popular four-year colleges were all public, in-state colleges in the California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) systems.
Among these 10 colleges, CSUN ranked highest, with 32 percent of those surveyed applying to the university.
CSUN is an attractive local choice because of its excellent programs and the diversity visible on campus, said Juana Maria Valdivia, director of CSUN Student Outreach and Recruitment. The research institute study was the first large-scale effort to quantify LAUSD students' university application preferences, Valdivia said.
"We have programs that stand out," Valdivia said. "There's Cinema and Television Arts, kinesiology, business, psychology — those are really popular at CSUN."
The university's community appeal is also apparent, with visitors frequently noting the ethnic diversity and friendliness of the campus, Valdivia said.
CSUN and other CSU and UC schools are popular, as the institute's research suggests, because they are more accessible to applicants with low incomes, who make up most of the district's enrollment. CSU and UC campuses make registration fee waivers available to students in low-income households, encouraging LA students to apply to more colleges without the financial burden of expensive application fees.
Compared to other CSUs, CSUN may have an added edge because applicants do not have to pay an intent to register fee during application, Valdivia said.
"A great percentage of our students struggle financially," Valdivia said. "How could you expect a student to pay $100 — up to $600 to confirm their intent to register if they're applying to more schools — to secure a spot in a college?"
Students from the Los Angeles area indicated an overall enthusiasm toward higher education. The Los Angeles Education Research Institute found that 52 percent of LAUSD seniors applied to four or more colleges, a much higher percentage compared to the 21 percent of all students nationally.
CSUN freshman Austin Villarreal, who attended North Hollywood High School, said he applied to the university for its affordability, not only in terms of application fees and tuition but also in terms of living costs.
"It's [at a] driving distance so I don't have to spend thousands of dollars on housing," he said.
A good reputation for its programs also led Villarreal to apply to CSUN among other colleges and universities. "It's an overall good school when it comes to the opportunities it offers. I've been definitely enjoying my time here," he said.
CSUN's continued recognition by national organizations such as the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and trade publications such as The Hollywood Reporter will continue to make the university attractive to a wide range of students.
"We have outstanding programs, and the kids know it," Valdivia said.
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... RAJIV SHAH'S BLOGS
About Rajiv Shah
Urban Gujarat: The incumbency riddle
RAJIV SHAH/ December 27, 2012
Three years ago, a high-level Gujarat government document made a glaring observation, which I haven't forgotten even today. Ever since I quoted the observation in a news story in late 2009, I have wondered: If things are really so appalling in urban areas, as the document tried to make out, then why do urban dwellers so strongly favour the ruling BJP in Gujarat? More, the urbanites' voting share for the ruling party appears to have up after every electoral battle. While it may take some time for keen experts like Prof Ghanshyam Shah to analyze the data and identify a trend, even a cursory glance would show that in the last Gujarat assembly election, the saffron party won with great margins in 60-odd purely urban constituencies out of a total of 182. The victory margin ranged between over 1 lakh in Ghatlodia in Ahmedabad, where a Narendra Modi favourite won, to 17,000 in Porbandar, where a Congress stalwart was defeated. This was in complete contrast to rural Gujarat, where the two par…
It was Friday, December 14, one day before the campaign for the Gujarat state assembly polls was to end. I reached my office in Gandhinagar unusually early, at 8.00 am. As I was about to reach, I noticed some journalist colleagues from the local electronics media getting ready to go to a rally that was to be addressed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi just about 20 km away, at Kalol town. They were busy prominently pasting "Media" in front of their car, so that the security wouldn't bother them. One of them made a polite offer: "Come along, you will enjoy. We'll return by the afternoon". I refused, saying my intention was to go far from the madding crowd, away to a place where there wasn't much of political noise.
"It's generally sheer waste of time listening to a leader. They will all tell you all what you know about, nothing new", I told them, as they looked at me suspiciously. I moved on to my office. After phoning up a couple of persons, I decided to go with a friend to Sabarkantha di…
Gujarat growth: the trickle down myth
Over the past few weeks, whenever I visited a senior state bureaucrat's chamber in Gandhinagar Sachivalaya, I would invariably notice a coffee table book prominently displayed – "Gujarat: Governance for Growth and Development", authored by Prof Bibek Debroy, an economist who shot into prominence after he was forced to move out of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation several years ago. It's a common knowledge: He had "researched" in a study report that Gujarat was No 1 in economic freedom index. This was his only fault. One of the bureaucrats proudly gave me a copy of the book, but not before telling me how Debroy had prepared the book after moving around Gujarat – of course, with every possible official help. Based on facts and figures in the book, this bureaucrat, just ahead of his retirement in October-end, made a presentation on Gujarat's model of development at an evening get-together for state IAS bureaucrats called by chief minister Narendra Modi to mark his own 4,000 days in office. Why…
Not so Vibrant Gujarat
In case Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi wins the forthcoming assembly polls – which he is likely to with a comfortable margin, if one goes by pollsters' predictions – we will witness yet another biennial Modi show, the sixth Vibrant Gujarat global summit. Gujarat's bureaucrats, sure of Modi victory, haven't left any stone unturned to make preparations for the show, to take place at Mahatma Mandir, a convention centre not very far from Sachivalaya in Gandhinagar. Industrial Extension Bureau, propaganda wing of the state industries department, has printed thousands of folders "welcoming" investors at the "Vibrant Gujarat global business hub", asking them: "Block your diary for January 11-13, 2013." Partner countries have been declared – Japan and Canada; and partner organizations are Japan External Trade Organization, US-India Business Council and Australia-India Business Council. A folder, carrying a Modi photograph, quotes him to say: "Gujarat is emerging as a globally preferred …
FDI debate, globalization and Gujarat farmers
Globalization always excited me even when I was a student. I never supported it, though there was no particular reason to oppose it either. It was a hot topic especially among student wings of Left parties in Delhi University, with whom I was associated in early 1970s. "Anti-imperialism" was the buzzword among our Left "mentors", and globalization naturally was considered an evil, propped up by the multinational companies (MNCs). At Students' Federation of India (SFI) study circles, taken by those whom we thought were CPI(M)'s future theoreticians - Ved Gupta, Sunit Chopra, Rajendra Prasad, Sudhish Pachauri - we were told how India's "bourgeois-landlord government led by big bourgeoisie" was an ally of imperialism, and its "globalization efforts" undermined India's independence. We were persuaded to believe that India's independent in 1947 was just in namesake and that Indira Gandhi's anti-imperialist rhetoric during and …
Modi's spiritual potion to woo karmayogis
It was, vaguely, early November 2007. I sat in the chamber of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's principal secretary, K Kailashnathan, in Block No 1 of Sachivalaya. A just-published book was lying on his table, "Karmayog", authored by Modi. It was actually a collection of Modi's what seemed to many a babu erudite lectures at the annual bureaucratic conclave called Chintan Shibir. I asked Kailashnathan, whom I have always found a very reluctant man, whether I could have the book. The top Modi aide looked at me suspiciously, smiled, and after some bit of hesitation, forwarded the book to me. "No mischief, Rajiv", he remarked. Apparently, he thought, there can't be anything in the book which could trigger controversy during the Gujarat state assembly polls, which were just about a month away. The newsman in me led me to scan it from page to page, trying to find out if there was anything newsworthy.
The book's 5,000 copies were printed, but it wasn&#…
A laborious decline
RAJIV SHAH/ November 22, 2012
A few days back, I was talking with one of the senior-most bureaucrats of the Gujarat government. I wished to know the minimum wages in the state for such category of workers as peons and lift-men. I am not naming this bureaucrat as we were chatting informally, over a cup of tea, discussing out different things, including ongoing Gujarat state polls. The query took the bureaucrat by surprise, perhaps because he suspected what I was hinting at. "I don't look after the matter directly, Rajiv. It's the labour commissioner's job. There are 450 different categories, and for each minimum wage is different. You can ask my junior (he named him); he has full list", he told me, sounding evasive. The reason for being evasive was clear. In Gandhinagar Sachivalaya, which is the seat of power in Gujarat, there are in all 750 peons, half of whom are on fixed pay and "irregular", while the rest are regular employees. If the irregular fixed pay peons get Rs 3,000 per month, which is far from the presc…
The "P" factor in Gujarat polls
Early this week, I was talking with a senior government official, who happens to belong to one of Gujarat's economically powerful and influential communities, Patels. I decided to chat with him because he knew its cross section better than many, and had an in-depth first hand information about the community. We were chatting informally, one reason why I'm constrained to keep his name anonymous. Though his pro-Patel soliloquy appeared somewhat jarring, the insight he gave me into his community impressed me. He talked straight, without mincing words, basing on his extremely wide-ranging contacts with politicians of all hues. What struck me most was his following statement, which he made in the context of the Gujarat state assembly polls, to take place in December: "We as a community will vote for the BJP again. The Congress doesn't seem to want us, though we are ready to be it."
As for the newly-formed Gujarat Parivartan Party, led by ex-chief minister Keshubhai Patel, this is what he to…
A raw GIFT, handle with care
RAJIV SHAH/ October 26, 2012
Finally, after considerable endeavour in Gandhinagar Sachivalaya, I was able to lay my hands on what is being regarded as "feasibility study" of chief minister Narendra Modi's dream project, Gujarat International Finance Tec-city. It's called "Building a World-class Finance Centre in India: GIFT". It was handed over to me by a senior state bureaucrat, who told me it is a "rare document, not meant for circulation", hence I should return it after going through it.
Prepared by topnotch international consultants, McKinsey & Company, I tried to get it from several sources, including bureaucrats in the state urban development department, which is supposed to be responsible for the project. All of them promised that they would give me a copy, even directed those handling the special purpose vehicle, GIFT Company Ltd, set up for building the finance city, to "do the needful". I got a few phone calls from GIFT Company Ltd executives promising …
The Salman Khurshid legacy
Tipu. That's how we used to call Salman Khurshid, currently in the midst of storm for the alleged misappropriation of funds of an NGO in the name of his illustrious grandfather, Dr Zakir Hussain, a Gandhian educationist who later became President of India. Tipu then lived just about 100 yards away in a sprawling bungalow from the place I lived. It was situated next to the huge campus of what was then called Teachers' Training College of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. Back from school, quite often, about 10 of us – apart from Tipu and me, we were Munna, Shobhi, Pappu, Gudda, Aslam and Gajinder – would play cricket on the huge college ground. I didn't know much of cricket, hence Tipu would either ask me to bowl or field, which I would sheepishly do, as I was afraid of the cricket ball hitting me. My turn to bat would be the shortest, as I would be out in no time. At that time I studied in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and Tipu was in Delhi Public School. Most of us looked upon Tipu as a future c…
Gujarat tourism: Riding the Bachchan bandwagon?
I got an SMS from a senior IAS bureaucrat of Gujarat government a few days back, frantically wanting me to publicize the invitation he had received for Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday on October 10. The SMS read, "I happen to be the only person from the state to be invited for Bachchan's biggest birthday bash…" I received another SMS from a PR consultant a day later which said about the same thing. This wasn't the first time this bureaucrat had tried to show off his "closeness" to Bachchan. During informal talks, he would tell me rather quite often how Bachchan, during his visit to Gujarat for tourism advertisements, would invariably dine with his family at his residence in Ahmedabad, and how when controversy broke out about Bachchan's involvement with chief minister Narendra Modi over tourism ads, he saved the situation. "Amitabh had almost walked out. But, through my Bollywood connections, I brought him back", he told me. The names he dropped included were of hi…
Mahatma and the ritualistic ism
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Франко-испанская война 1683—1684 годов — вооружённый конфликт между Францией и Испанской империей, ставший следствием политики присоединений Людовика XIV.

Франко-испанский конфликт

Отношения между двумя державами обострились в результате французских аннексий в пограничных районах. Уже в августе 1680 года в окружении испанского короля предполагали возможность новой войны, а осенью на море произошло несколько инцидентов, связанных с отказом отдать честь флагу.

Аннексия графства Шини и блокада Люксембурга к началу весны 1682 года поставили стороны на грань войны, но 23 марта Людовик согласился пойти на уступки и вывел войска из герцогства Люксембург.

Попытки создания коалиций

В июне 1680 года Испания заключила с Англией договор о взаимной поддержке. Людовик XIV был этим сильно разгневан, угрожал Карлу II Английскому опубликовать секретные статьи Дуврского договора и направил субсидии лидерам парламентской оппозиции. В конце концов, возобновив выплату пенсиона английскому королю, Людовик добился выхода Англии из соглашения с испанцами.

В Германии Регенсбургский рейхстаг в июле 1680 постановил собрать 40-тыс. армию для противодействия французам, но дипломаты Людовика сумели свести на нет усилия имперцев. 30 сентября 1681, в день, когда французские войска аннексировали Страсбург и вступили в Казале, король Швеции, крайне недовольный аннексией графства Цвайбрюккен, принадлежавшего его кузену, вступил в антифранцузский союз с Соединенными Провинциями Нидерландов, а в феврале 1682 к этому альянсу присоединился император. В мае к числу союзников добавилась Испания, и Четверной альянс начал представлять опасность для Франции. Вдобавок, в сентябре 1682 образовалась враждебная Людовику Лига рейнских принцев.

Людовик XIV, в свою очередь, начал формирование антигабсбургской коалиции. 11 января 1681, в обмен на пенсион в 100 000 экю и помощь в случае нападения, король заручился союзом с курфюрстом Бранденбурга Фридрихом Вильгельмом. Одновременно он пытался добиться мирного урегулирования с империей. Во Франкфурте открылась конференция для рассмотрения жалоб принцев, ставших жертвами присоединений. На этих переговорах Франция предложила вернуть Фрайбург, ограничиться уже присоединенными территориями (включая Страсбург), и отказаться от дальнейших претензий, заключив 30-летнее перемирие.

Император счел французские предложения неприемлемыми и отказался признавать любые аннексии, независимо от степени их законности. Угроза войны становилась все более реальной, и 9 ноября, после 7-часового обсуждения королевский совет решил возобновить поиск союзников. 22 января 1682 был обновлен договор с Фридрихом Вильгельмом, которому пообещали ежегодную субсидию в 400 000 ливров, подлежавшую утроению в случае войны. 25 марта к франко-бранденбургскому союзу присоединилась Дания.

10 июня германские противники Франции образовали Люксембургский союз, в который кроме императора вошли округа Франш-Конте и Верхнего Рейна. Людовик предпринял против Габсбургов диверсию на востоке, тайно поддержав мятеж Имре Тёкёли. В результате репрессий, которые австрийцы применили к венгерским недовольным, часть дворянства в начале 1682 года решила стать вассалами турок, по образцу Трансильвании. Назревала новая австро-турецкая война, способная связать руки императору и части германских князей, и ставившая короля Франции в двусмысленное положение.

«Христианнейший монарх» не мог стать прямым союзником османов, и королевский совет воспротивился подобному предложению, из боязни вызвать всеобщее недовольство в Европе. В Германии уже ходили памфлеты, порицавшие «тюрбанизированный» французский двор. Франция в 1681—1682 годах одновременно вела переговоры с османами и военные операции против пиратов в Средиземном море, где эскадра Абраама Дюкена громила триполитанцев и алжирцев, бомбардировала Хиос и преследовала корабли капудан-паши до самого Константинополя.

Обострение конфликта

В октябре 1682 маркиз де Прёйи, зашедший в Кадис с четырьмя кораблями, отказался приветствовать испанского адмирала, имевшего на рейде 18 кораблей, и приготовился к бою. Испанец не решился развязать войну, и увел свои силы подальше от французов.

В 1682 году в Регенсбурге несколько месяцев шли переговоры, на которых французские представители пытались убедить императора и сейм принять их предложения, а в конце года вся Венгрия перешла в руки Тёкёли, и к весне 1683 года великий визирь Кара-Мустафа собрал в Белграде огромную армию для похода на Вену. 12 июля передовые турецкие части подошли к австрийской столице. Папский нунций просил Францию о содействии в борьбе с врагами христианства, но Людовик отделался лишь благими пожеланиями.

Не дожидаясь исхода решительного сражения с турками, король 31 августа уведомил штатгальтера Испанских Нидерландов маркиза ди Грану о том, что, поскольку Испания не признала претензий, заявленных присоединительной палатой Меца на герцогство Люксембург, французская армия из 20 тыс. пехоты и 1500 всадников вводится на сопредельную испанскую территорию и будет там жить за счет местных ресурсов. Французы разграбили испанскую Фландрию, и вдобавок взыскали с нее контрибуцию в 3 млн. Король Испании в ярости объявил 26 октября войну Людовику.

Маркиз ди Грана, надеявшийся после снятия осады Вены на помощь Империи, 12 октября приказал отвечать насилием на насилия французов. Людовик воспользовался этим предлогом, чтобы разгромить Нидерланды до того как император Лепольд смог бы оказать им поддержку.

Война

По выражению Франсуа Блюша, эта война была похожа на столкновение глиняного и железного горшков, настолько неравны были силы противников. Еще 24 октября Людовик сообщил командующему Фландрской армией маршалу д'Юмьеру: «Я вам приказываю сжигать 50 домов или деревень взамен одного сожженного в моих владениях». Военный министр Лувуа настраивал интенданта Робера в том же духе: «Я прошу вас неизменно оставаться жестоким и безжалостным».

Статхаудер Нидерландов Вильгельм III Оранский направил маркизу де Гране 8000 человек, во исполнение союзного договора, но вскоре французский посол в Гааге граф д'Аво, уже несколько лет создававший за спиной принца профранцузскую коалицию нидерландских провинций, сумел вывести республику из войны. Бюргеры Амстердама и делегаты Фрисландии, недовольные самоуправством оранжистов, наложили вето на вступление их страны в войну. Император и германские князья были заняты борьбой с турками, и в результате Испания оказалась с Францией один на один.

Основным театром военных действий были Испанские Нидерланды, кампания в которых была «столь же короткой, сколь и жестокой». Васланд, север Фландрии и Брабант были безжалостно опустошены. В начале ноября маршал д'Юмьер и Вобан овладели Куртре и Диксмёйде. 11 декабря маркиз ди Грана, пытавшийся сохранить лицо, «объявил великому королю войну в таких выражениях, будто был полон уверенности и надежды». В конце того же месяца Маршал Креки бомбардировал Люксембург. 35 тыс. французов подошли к воротам Брюсселя, опустошив окрестности его и Брюгге, и собрав трехмиллионную контрибуцию. Людовик вел военные действия со своей обычной жестокостью, но одновременно предлагал испанцам мир на условиях признания французского сюзеренитета над Люксембургом.

В марте 1684 Ауденарде был подвергнут д'Юмьером бомбардировке и сильно разрушен. На пиренейском театре две французские армии вторглись в испанскую Наварру и Каталонию. Испанское правительство не смогло отмобилизовать регулярные войска для защиты этих провинций, и сопротивление захватчикам оказывали местные гарнизоны и ополченцы. В мае маршал Бельфон разбил испанцев в бою на реке Тер, но овладеть Жироной французы не смогли.

4 июня после нескольких месяцев осады пал Люксембург. Князь де Шиме передал ключи от города маршалу Креки, добившемуся победы благодаря содействию Вобана. Развивая успех, французы вступили в Трир, разрушив крепостные стены, а затем с согласия курфюрста ввели войска в Кёльн.

Голландская и испанская армии, призванные оборонять страну, разрушили Эвер, Дигем, Харен и все деревни между Мехеленом, Лувеном и Брюсселем, а затем голландцы 29 июля 1684 подписали с Францией Гаагский договор и вышли из войны. С этого момента у французов были совершенно развязаны руки. Их армия занимала позицию у Нивеля, затем встала у Харлебека и в окрестностях Ата и Турне, повсюду предаваясь грабежу. Маркиз де Буфлер под страхом смерти запретил крестьянам убирать зерно и конфисковал уже сжатое, наполнив свои магазины в Турне. Каждый французский солдат был обязан под угрозой бастонады доставить туда хотя бы одну сумку зерна, за что получал плату. Таким образом все Эно лишилось урожая. Между тем испанская армия отсиживалась в лагере под Брюсселем, между Сенной и Виллебрукским каналом, тогда как французы разграбили весь Валлонский Брабант, область Алста и шателению Ауденарде, откуда многие поселяне были вынуждены бежать.

Бомбардировка Генуи

Среди немногих союзников Испании особое недовольство Людовика вызывали генуэзцы, которых он называл «итальянскими голландцами». Французский посланник в республике Пиду де Сент-Олон заявил протест против строительства галер для Испании, и пригрозил войной в случае их спуска на воду. Генуэзцы отклонили французский ультиматум, и 15 мая 1684 Людовик объявил им войну. Через четыре дня эскадра Дюкена и госсекретаря по морским делам маркиза де Сеньеле подошла к городу. В течение шести дней французы вели беспощадный обстрел, обрушив на Геную 14 000 бомб. Пожары полностью разрушили порт, а также три четверти городской застройки.

Бой у полуострова Кап-Корс

Среди морских боестолкновений лета 1684 года наиболее известным является сражение между французским 50 или 54-пушечным линкором «Ле-Бон» и 35 испано-генуэзскими галерами у полуострова Кап-Корс на севере Корсики. После пятичасового боя французу удалось вырваться и уйти в Ливорно.

Регенсбургское перемирие

Французы сосредоточили в Эльзасе кавалерийский корпус (120 эскадронов), и направили Регенсбургскому рейхстагу ультиматум, истекавший 15 августа 1684. Противники Франции были вынуждены признать свое поражение, и в последний день в Регенсбурге были подписаны два договора: с императором и королем Испании. Устанавливалось 20-летнее перемирие, Франция оставляла за собой все территории, присоединенные до 1 августа 1681, а также Страсбург и Кель на другом берегу Рейна, Люксембург, Бомон, Бувин, Шиме и разрушенные Куртре и Диксмёйде.

Регенсбургский договор стал кульминацией внешнеполитических успехов Людовика XIV. Французы контролировали важнейшие крепости по Среднему Рейну, за исключением Кобленца и Майнца, но некоторые из присоединенных земель находились всего в нескольких километрах от этих городов.

При этом стороны рассматривали договор лишь как временную передышку, так как Людовик не собирался сворачивать свою экспансию, а его противники надеялись создать новую коалицию и взять реванш. Для сдерживания французов в 1686 году была образована Аугсбургская лига, и через два года началась новая война.

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This piece is in vintage condition. The lock on the left drawer is missing, the plastic handle on the left drawer is missing and there is some damage to the veneer.
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Dutch designer Cees Braakman was born in Utrecht in 1917. At the age of 17, he began working at Pastoe, a Utrecht-based furniture manufacturer, where he learned the trade. His father, D.L. Braakman (1885-1966), was then the company's head draftsman and manager. In 1948, following the Second World War (during which time the factory was dismantled), Braakman followed in his father's footsteps, taking on the role of Pastoe's manager and designer, where he would remain until 1978.
In 1947, Braakman was sent to the United States to observe other manufacturers' designs and practices. He was particularly inspired by the Herman Miller Company and by Charles and Ray Eames. Upon his return to the Netherlands, he began experimenting with bent plywood and created Pastoe's first modern furniture line. He went on to develop several lines of popular furniture, marked by clean, elegant lines and a sense of proportion tailored to smaller living spaces. During the 1950s and '60s, Braakman placed particular emphasis on modular storage solutions. In 1955, Pastoe launched Braakman's Made-to-Measure cabinets, which allowed customers to choose from a variety of woods and configurations and self-assemble them. In 1957, the teak version of the Made-to-Measure furniture system earned a silver medal at the 1957 Triennale in Milan. In 1958, Braakman introduced the more formal, similarly clean-lined U+N cabinet series (this collection, in contrast, was not meant to be assembled by the end user). Notably, Braakman's Mobilo (Model PE03) cart (1953) is included in Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. He passed away in Utrecht in 1995.
About the Maker
Pastoe's story began in 1913 in Utrecht, when German-Dutch businessman Frits Loeb (1889-1959) decided to produce chairs in a traditional cabinetmaking workshop to sell in his own shop. His atelier—named Utrechtsche Machinale Stoel-en Meubelfabrik (UMS) at the time—quickly grew and in 1917 moved into a large factory facility, manufacturing furniture for a range of retail outlets. In 1918, the factory was moved again to the Rotsoord area in Utrecht, where it is still located today. While the early furniture lines produced by UMS were intended for a general audience, the company—under the direction of designer-manager D. L. Braakman (1885-1966)—was one of the first in the Netherlands to adopt a more austere, minimalist aesthetic expressed in then-novel materials like tubular steel and bent plywood. The Dutch market was slow to respond to these designs, so it was all the more audacious when UMS, in 1947, became dedicated to producing only modernist furniture. To reflect the new mission, the company's name was changed to Pastoe.
In 1848, Cees Braakman (1917-1995), D. L.'s son, took the helm as designer and director and furthered the company's modernist aims, advocating for low-cost, modular designs inspired by the likes of Charles & Ray Eames and Alvar Aalto—the latter of which created the first series of Pastoe geometric cabinets at the end of the 1940s. During the 1950s, the company focused on developing flexible cabinet systems that could be assembled by the consumer, which led to the highly customizable, highly successful Made-to-Measure storage system (1955). In 1957, Made-to-Measure furniture was awarded a silver medal at the 11th Trienniale in Milan and crowned with the Le Signe d'Or in Belgium.
Today Pastoe continues to manufacture formally simple, high-quality furniture, including cabinet systems, storage pieces, chairs, and more. Many of Pastoe's designs have attained an iconic status, such as Cees Braakman's SMO5 Chair (1958), one of the first stools to be entirely fabricated in steel wire, and Studio Pastoe's L-Series Cabinet (1979). Recent collaborations include projects with the late, great Belgian designer Maarten Van Severen, German designer Konstantin Grcic, and rising-star Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings.
Pastoe's objects have been exhibited in galleries and museums broadly, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, and the in Amsterdam.
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Длъ̀жка поля̀на е село в Североизточна България, община Антоново, област Търговище.

География
Село Длъжка поляна се намира на около 41 km запад-югозападно от областния център Търговище и 8 km юг-югозападно от общинския център Антоново. Разположено е в северозападната част на историко-географската област Сланник. Надморската височина в центъра на селото е около 415 m.

През селото минава третокласният републикански път III-4082.

Землището на село Длъжка поляна граничи със землищата на: село Яребично на север и североизток; село Дъбравица на изток; село Къпинец на югоизток; село Крайполе на юг; село Стара речка на запад.

Населението на село Длъжка поляна, наброявало 454 души при преброяването към 1934 г. и 545 към 1946 г., намалява рязко до 304 към 1956 г. и след 289 към 1965 г. намалява до 115 към 1985 г. и 45 (по текущата демографска статистика за населението) към 2020 г.

При преброяването на населението към 1 февруари 2011 г., от обща численост 66 лица, за 32 лица е посочена принадлежност към "българска" етническа група, за 9 – към "турска", за 20 – към "ромска", за "други" и "не се самоопределят" не са посочени данни и за 2 не е даден отговор.

История
През 1934 г. селото с дотогавашно име Узунджа-алан е преименувано на Длъжка поляна.

От 1923 г. в село Длъжка поляна има училище, ползващо частна къща. През 1937 г. се открива I прогимназиален клас, а по-късно – и II и III клас. Училището получава името "Патриарх Евтимий". Училищна сграда се построява през 1971 г. След учебната 1988 – 1989 г., поради рязкото намаляване на учениците, основното училище се преустройва в начално училище с три слети класа. През 1998 г. Начално училище "Патриарх Евтимий" в село Длъжка поляна се закрива.

Читалището в село Длъжка поляна е основано през 1940 г.; от 1948 г. носи името "Димитър Камбуров". Тъй като документалните материали от основаването до 1959 г. са похабени, няма данни за дейността му за този период. Читалището не разполага със собствена сграда, а ползва част от сградата на кметството. Поради намаления брой на жителите и особено младите хора в селото, дейността му постепенно се ограничава.

Трудово кооперативно земеделско стопанство (ТКЗС) – село Длъжка поляна е създадено през февруари 1958 г. ТКЗС в селото съществува самостоятелно до 1959 г. когато и стопанствата на селата Мечово, Букак и Банковец се обединяват в Обединено трудово-кооперативно земеделско стопанство (ОТКЗС) – село Длъжка поляна. ОТКЗС развива дейността си до 1 февруари 1966 г., когато преминава в Държавно земеделско стопанство.

Обществени институции
Изпълнителната власт в село Длъжка поляна към 2023 г. се упражнява от кметски наместник.

В село Длъжка поляна към 2023 г. има:
 читалище "Димитър Камбуров – 1951";
 изграден параклис "Св. св. Константин и Елена";
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In the Spring of 2011, I did a Zen retreat at a former catholic convent, the Angela Center. As I was unpacking my bag, I noticed that my "cell" was just a slightly less Spartan, more feminine version of the one where I was isolated from the outside world for two years as a Jesuit novice 45 years earlier, the same bland institutional architecture thrown up to accommodate the flood of men and women entering religious life after the Second World War.
In the Jesuit house of formation, we got up at 5:30 and went to bed at 9. Now my concentration started an hour earlier and lasted an hour later, but it seemed to re-stimulate both the ecstatic and painful memories of my novitiate, for me an extremely difficult initiation into religious life. I couldn't stop a flood of memories, tastes of prayer, study, and feelings that soon included my 11 years of Jesuit indoctrination as well as the aftermath.
After breakfast on the morning of the 4th day, as I was walking back to the room, my actual perception of the building suddenly shifted. I was just walking on a linoleum floor that was just a floor, the walls of lightly plastered-over cinder block were just walls. Nothing more. No sounds but the sound of my feet, no visions but what I saw through my eyes—just pictures on a wall, just a door, just a room, just a grey carpeted floor with black cushions. It was not a dramatic, flashing-bright-lights insight, no angels descended from heaven with all the answers that I was hungry for, or had told myself that I really sought. Rather bland for a mystical experience.
But then I began to notice something very powerful open up inside me—every burden that I had been carrying since my Jesuit training was gone. It was extinguished, not conceptually but actually. My past life as a Jesuit was gone, completely gone. Not that it didn't happen, not that it had no effect on me, but I understood in a non-intellectual way that anything I carry into the present moment was for me to carry. It doesn't drag itself along. Actually there's nothing there. It's not real.
Suddenly in that moment of bland Zen, I was totally and irrevocably free—no one, no thing, no outside authority, no god, no doctrine, no experience could ever enslave me.
Three cheers for bland Zen!
Ken's verse
In the Cave of Sister Mary Kevin, Ursuline
She might have even been as Spartan as Father Ignatius
if her taste had not run to plastered walls, a few modest chintz prints
and poignant photos of helpless children.
You could have fed a child in Haiti for that price, Sister.
Alok asked me about priest-craft—
appeasing hungry ghosts with big bellies,
tight mouths, and one might presume assholes,
not to mention pussies. Forgive me, Sister.
The antidote contains no eyes, no ears, no tongue,
no body, no mind, no assholes
no thought, no perception, no old age, no ending of old age and death
—and no sex. You know that practice, Sister.
I knew, or at least said, more than I ought.
Phil told me that the rite was no more than sleight of hand:
chocolate, cardamom tea, ripe kiwis,
none of it really satisfying or nourishing.
Hungry ghosts think it's dinner.
Anything looks like dinner when you're starving.
Big bellies and big ears arise simultaneously –
evidence, your pictures of starving children in Sudan.
Trick them. Stuff them with dharma.
No bellies. I know about greed first hand.
If you'd had just a little more imagination, Sister,
I might have discovered a unicorn in your garden,
a mythical beast. But no. It had to be a nasty tigress.
Her bad breath nearly killed me.
But right then and there
I stuck my head into her mouth,
to fulfill the requirement for courage,
no fear, no lipstick, no kisses.
Then I heard a small voice demanding attention –
Don't be an asshole. Don't arm your daemons.
No Crusades, no swords,
No preaching, no stones, no death.
And we were saved.
Thank you Sister.
Originally posted December 21, 2011, revised during the Coronavirus lockdown, March 25, 2020.
*The title of this reflection comes from a piece my friend Laurence Platt wrote, "Zen Bland," which was not at all bland but very juicy. He argues that simple and unembellished language is the only authentic way to describe deeply moving, transformative experiences—living life here and now, speaking about it simply, not altering our experience trying to make it into something else!
Dedicated to Chris Wilson, head of practice at Spring sesshin, a generous, guiding spirit and friend.
Labels: Angela Center, Jesuit formation, Laurence Platt, Pacific Zen Institute, Werner Erhard


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Der Platz wurde mit Masten samt Stopplichtern und verschiedenen Bänken ausgestaltet. Der Bodenbelag beinhaltet eine perspektivisch verzerrt aufgetragene Darstellung eines Fischschwarms sowie einzelner Pinguine. Bei großen Tiden wird er vereinzelt von der Weser überspült.

Im Jahr 2015 wurde der Platz mit dem Green Good Design Award des Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design ausgezeichnet.

Direkt am Willy-Brandt-Platz finden sich das Unterfeuer Bremerhaven, ein rot-weiß gestreifter Leuchtturm, und das Auswandererdenkmal.

In unmittelbarer Nähe finden sich der Zoo am Meer, das Klimahaus und das Deutsche Auswandererhaus.

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Even after the public health situation allows us to resume in person classes, the MLA will continue offering a permanent online option.
In the post-pandemic world, will classes be a hybrid of in-person and online?
When we are able to again offer in-person classes, our schedule of classes will include courses that are either fully online or fully remote. That means that a class will meet for its ten weeks fully in person or online. There will not be a hybrid model.
It will be possible for students to pick and choose at their convenience. For example, a student will be able to take a fully in-person class one quarter, then enroll in a remote class the following quarter. But individual classes will be offered as one or the other: in-person or remote.
The MA Thesis
Will I work with an individual faculty thesis supervisor?
The MLA writing advisors guide students through the thesis proposal process. Once the proposal is approved, a Faculty Advisor will guide students through the writing process. Faculty from across the University may serve as MA thesis advisors, though most MLA students work with faculty who teach in the program.
How long do I have to complete my MA thesis?
For most students, the MA thesis is a two-quarter commitment from proposal to submission. Arrangements can be made, however, for students who require additional time to complete their projects.
What kinds of things do MLA students write about?
MA thesis topics reflect a broad range of interests, disciplines, and methodologies. Some recent titles include:
Microbrew Economics: Solutions for a Slowing Craft Beer Market
Structural Violence and the Decline of the White Working Class
Pandemic and Plague: Trauma, Guilty, and Distortion in Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year.
Does the United States Have an Anti-Slavery Constitution?
Know Thyself: Self-Awareness in Wuthering Heights
Economic Survival of Small Chicago Area Farmers During COVID-19: Leadership Skills that Enabled Success in the Pandemic
American-Born, Confused-Desi: Perspectives on Establishing a Hybridized Indian-American Identity
Harriet Hosmer's Zenobia and a New Model of Womanhood
Foregrounding Control in Father-Child Relationships: A Close Analysis of Three Short Stories and a Film
MLA Students
How many students are currently in the program?
There are approximately one hundred students currently enrolled in the MLA program.
Where are your students from?
The majority of MLA students live in the Chicagoland area. However, as a diverse group, they have lived all over the country and internationally before their time in the program. This is even more true since we've begun offering our classes online. We now have students from all across the nation and world.
How many students take the program part-time?
The majority of MLA students take the program part time, completing the degree in two to five years.
What do MLA graduates do with their degrees?
MLA alumni have professional careers in many different fields. Many alumni use the degree to explore career change options, to advance in their current careers, or to pursue field interests that lie outside their professions. See the range of MLA student careers on the Where to Find Our Students page (coming soon).


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Todd Rokita Urges FTC, DOJ To Act Against Google For Violating Antitrust Laws
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Kyle Perisic Contributor
July 06, 2018 11:27 AM ET
A House Republican has joined a group of lawmakers in a call on regulators to investigate tech giant Google for anti-trust violations.
Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, calling on the regulators to investigate Google after failing to act on an investigation in 2013.
"These market conditions are in part what prompted European regulators to take action against Google," Rotika wrote. "It is time for your agencies to reopen reviews of Google to ensure that its business practices comply with the law."
"It is clear that Google has vast insight and influence into American consumers' internet activities," he wrote. "This market dominance creates an often-insurmountable barrier to entry for new innovators who could better serve consumers."
Google, which conducts almost 90 percent of all internet searches, is currently facing multiple fines in the European Union for violating anti-trust laws, with one fine being about $2.8 billion and the other being $11 billion. (RELATED: Google Could Face Huge Fine In EU For Antitrust Violation)
The FTC conducted an investigation on Google in 2011 after tech companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Yelp filed complaints to the agency. The FTC's Bureau of Competition recommended an antitrust lawsuit be filed against Google in 2013, but didn't possibly due to Google's lobbying efforts in the Obama administration.
Google is "only superficially" investigated by the antitrust division of the Justice Department, anti-trust lawyer Gary Reback said in a "60 Minutes" interview on May 20. "The government just really isn't enforcing our antitrust laws," he said.
Yelp co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman said in the same "60 Minutes" interview that Google crushes small businesses and he wouldn't be able to found Yelp today because of Google's alleged anti-competitive behavior.
"If I were starting out today, I would have no shot of building Yelp," Stoppelman said. "That opportunity has been closed off by Google and their approach."
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