"There is a great opportunity to demonstrate mitigation progress as a co-benefit of agricultural development or resilience and adaptation building measures".
This was Professor Fekadu's opening statement for the Low Emissions Livestock: Supporting Policy Making and Implementation through Science in East Africa regional awareness raising workshop held at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2–4 July 2018.
identify ways that the GRA, CCAFS, FAO and the World Bank can help build regional and national capacity and contribute to project implementation through tailored initiatives in the future.
The workshop started with scene-setting presentations by Sarah Ossiya of the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources on the role of livestock in sustainable development in East Africa, and by James Murombedzi of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) on the pathways to low emissions livestock farming in East Africa. Getachew Tegegn and Robin Mbae made presentations on the country objectives and trends of livestock production, production systems and climate change mitigation, National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and role of agriculture and livestock in Ethiopia and Kenya. These presentations led to an in-depth discussion about the future of pastoralism in East Africa, inequality and poverty reduction in the context of the livestock sector, the need for integrated efforts, and the need to move from Tier 1 to Tier 2 reporting of greenhouse gas emissions for all countries.
The participants learned about the ongoing regional activities and initiatives on low emissions development in the livestock sector from the World Bank, CCAFS, FAO, and GRA. This allowed participants to identify opportunities for research and policy agendas at the national and regional levels.
The participants highlighted the opportunity for developing a central and consolidated database for data generation, collection, and coordination. Moreover, participants shared details of their platforms that could be used as stepping stones and opportunities to spread awareness of low livestock emissions and the science of greenhouse gases at the global, continental, regional and national levels.
An increasing understanding of low emissions livestock, key challenges, priorities and opportunities at the regional and national levels allowed all stakeholders to reflect on ways to strengthen their strategies and work together in multistakeholder initiatives. This approach allows for greater engagement at the policy and implementation level using science.
To show their support for the low emissions livestock agenda, participants made a commitment to move forward together and specifically to share their learnings from the workshop with their colleagues and incorporate the learnings into their strategy. Beyond this, some committed to continue networking with regional actors and work together on the challenges and opportunities identified, for example around awareness raising.
What Science tells us: What are the emissions & how can they be reduced?
The three-day workshop at UNECA was organized by Hayden Montgomery, Harry Clark, Laura Kearny and Sinead Leahy (GRA); Carolyn Opio (FAO); Pierre Gerber (WB); James Murombedzi and Yosef Amha (ACPC); and Catherine Mungai, Maren Redeny and Dawit Solomon (CCAFS EA).
The workshop participants included national, regional and international experts from the livestock sector, and other dignitaries including: H.E. Professor Fekadu Beyene, State Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Development Sector - Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources (MoALR), Ethiopia; H.E. Dr. Gebregziabher Gebreyohannes, State Minister of Livestock Health and Feed Regulatory Sector - MoALR, Ethiopia; H.E. Gemedo Dalle, Minister of MoEFCC, Ethiopia; and H.E. Mark Ramsden Ambassador of New Zealand to Ethiopia and the African Union.
Ravina Pattni is a Graduate Fellow at CCAFS East Africa and a Graduate Student at Columbia University working with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) on a five-year project called Adapting Agriculture to Climate Today, for Tomorrow (ACToday), for which CCAFS and the CGIAR are key partners.


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Trump meeting with NATO summed up in one photo:
"Squirrel!"
And this from Fox News regarding Trump's remarks a moment ago:
Chief of Staff John Kelly, who is reported to despise Trump, was obviously disgusted when Trump fired of his Germany Is Controlled By Russia comment. So how did Sarah Huckabee Sanders handle it at a press conference? She, once again, lied. "[Kelly] was displeased because he was expecting a full breakfast and there were only pastries and cheese." Sheesh.
Mrs. LL is out of town and took a late flight. Once she arrived, she learned the light rail was shut down as well as all of the rental cars booths. She Ubered to the hotel only to learn her room had flooded from above. (They gave her a free room -- across town.) I think she got to bed at 4:00 a.m.
I've always been amazed by those massive warehouses around Alliance Airport. Well, there are going to be two more thanks to Hillwood Development: One of the buildings will have 782,000 square feet and the other will be 500,000 square feet.
Stormy Daniels was arrested in Ohio during a performance when she allegedly fondled the breasts and buttocks of undercover officers. There were at least four undercover officers in the club. (Uh, too many cops?) This is one screwed up country. (But she takes a heck of a book-in photo.)
Papa John's founder resigns after using the N Word during a conference call. Bad pizza will never be the same.
Caviar? The government will try to seize anything.
The Pre-Season All Big 12 team is out. Odd: Tech, which hasn't played defense in the last decade, has three first team defensive players. OU has none. (Another oddity: Texas only had one player named. That tied Baylor.)
That's a lot of hair.
Ted Cruz's opponent might not beat him this time, but change is a comin'.
Tony Romo, for some reason, has agreed to do ads for an often mocked car dealership. I can't stress this enough: Romo sounds absolutely goofy.
Heard this the other day in light of self-driving cars soon to become common place: A child born today will never have a driver's license.
My Family Unit uses the Life 360 app. Based upon cell phones and GPS, we know where everyone is at any given time. You know, I don't mind that a bit. (But I would hate to be a teenager in this day and time. How are you supposed to do Hood Rat stuff like I did on the mean streets of Bridgeport?)

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Riccardo Chailly (1953-), chef d'orchestre italien contemporain.

Toponyme

France
 Chailly-en-Bière, commune de Seine-et-Marne
 Chailly-en-Brie, commune de Seine-et-Marne
 Chailly-en-Gâtinais, commune du Loiret
 Chailly-lès-Ennery, commune de la Moselle
 Chailly-sur-Armançon, commune de la Côte-d'Or
 Chailly-sur-Nied, ancienne commune de la Moselle

Suisse
 Chailly-sur-Montreux, localité de la commune de Montreux dans le canton de Vaud
 Chailly/Rovéréaz, quartier de la commune de Lausanne dans le canton de Vaud

Homonymie de patronyme
Homonymie de communes et d'anciennes communes en France

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MarketAxess Reports First Quarter 2010 Record Revenue of $34.9 Million, Record Pre-Tax Income of $11.1 Million and Diluted EPS of $0.17 | MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
NEW YORK, April 28, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.
"Our strategy to expand our institutional trading network throughout the credit crisis is paying off with record revenues and earnings as the markets continue to recover," said Richard M. McVey, chairman and chief executive officer of MarketAxess. "We are pleased with the growth that we are seeing in all of our major product areas and the momentum is building for greater electronic trading in fixed income markets."
Total revenues for the first quarter of 2010 increased 41.6% to $34.9 million, compared to $24.6 million for the first quarter of 2009. Pre-tax income was a record $11.1 million, compared to $4.7 million for the first quarter of 2009, an increase of 134.3%. Pre-tax margin was 31.8%, compared to 19.2% for the first quarter of 2009. Net income totaled $6.7 million, or $0.17 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $2.8 million, or $0.08 per share on a diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2009.
Commission revenue for the first quarter of 2010 totaled $29.3 million on total trading volume of $99.2 billion, compared to $20.4 million in commission revenue on total trading volume of $60.1 billion for the first quarter of 2009. U.S. high-grade trading volume as a percentage of FINRA's high-grade TRACE trading volume increased to an estimated 7.9%, compared to an estimated 5.7% for the first quarter of 2009.
Technology products and services revenue, which includes revenue for technology licenses, support and professional services, totaled $3.2 million for the first quarter of 2010, compared to $2.0 million for the first quarter of 2009. Other revenue, which consists of information and user access fees, investment income and other revenue, increased 11.6% to $2.4 million, compared to $2.2 million for the first quarter of 2009.
Total expenses for the first quarter of 2010 increased 19.6% to $23.8 million, compared to $19.9 million for the first quarter of 2009. The increase was primarily due to higher employee compensation and benefits expense of $2.5 million and $0.6 million in one-time expenses related to the relocation to our new corporate headquarters and the Haiti Charity Trading Day.
The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2010 was 39.5%, compared to 40.0% for the first quarter of 2009.
Employee headcount as of March 31, 2010 was 219, compared to 198 as of March 31, 2009.
The Company's board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock outstanding or issuable upon conversion of outstanding shares of non-voting common stock and Series B preferred stock, to be paid on May 26, 2010 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 12, 2010.
As of March 31, 2010, total assets were $272.6 million and included $167.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and securities, and a deferred tax asset of $20.6 million. Total stockholders' equity, including the Series B preferred stock, as of March 31, 2010 was $252.5 million.
Richard M. McVey, MarketAxess' chairman and chief executive officer, T. Kelley Millet, president, and Antonio L. DeLise, chief financial officer, will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results and outlook this morning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. To access the conference call, please dial 866-510-0704 (U.S.) or 617-597-5362 (international). The passcode for all callers is 55004703. The Company will also host a live audio Webcast of the conference call on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://www.marketaxess.com. A replay of the call will be made available by dialing 888-286-8010 (U.S.) or 617-801-6888 (international) for one week after the announcement. The passcode for replay callers is 46293689. The Webcast will also be archived on http://www.marketaxess.com for 90 days following the announcement.
MarketAxess operates a leading electronic trading platform that enables investment industry professionals to efficiently trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments. MarketAxess' patented trading technology allows institutional investor clients to request competitive, executable bids or offers from multiple broker-dealers simultaneously, and to execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice. Approximately 758 institutional investors are active users of the MarketAxess trading platform, accessing the global liquidity provided by MarketAxess' 72 broker-dealer clients in U.S. high-grade corporate bonds, European bonds, high yield and emerging markets bonds, agency bonds and credit default swaps. MarketAxess also offers a number of trading-related products and services, including: market data to assist clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments; and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers and other clients.
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Никола Ђуричко (Београд, 9. јул 1974) српски је глумац.

Подједнако активан на филму, телевизији и у позоришту, прву запаженију улогу остварио је 1989. године у филму Последњи круг у Монци. Освојио је награду Зорана Радмиловића (2011), награду Милоша Жутића (2015) и награду за најбољег глумца на ФЕСТ-у (2021).

Биографија

Рођен је у Београду као син Николе, пилота, и Миле, здравственог радника.
Унук је глумице Томаније Ђуричко и брат глумца Ђорђа Ђуричка.

Водио је емисију Караоке обрачун и члан је групе Кугуарси. Ожењен је Љиљаном Нешић (од 7. јуна 2002) са којом има кћерку Нађу и сина Ђорђа.

Награде и признања
Добитник је неколико важних награда у Југославији и интернационалних признања као што су:

Филмографија

|-  style="background:Lavender; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" | 1980-е
|-
| 1980. || Серија о бојама || дечак
|-
| 1984. || Шта је с тобом, Нина || Борис
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| 1989. || Госпођа министарка || Рака
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| 1989. || Последњи круг у Монци || Никола
|-  style="background:Lavender; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" | 1990-е
|-
| 1994. || Ругалице и убице || Игор
|-
| 1994. || Вуковар, једна прича || Горан
|-
| 1994−1995. || Отворена врата || Војислав Војкан Јаковљевић
|-
| 1996. || До коске || Мали
|-
| 1996. || Горе доле || Војник код Булета
|-
| 1998. || Лајање на звезде || Милић Гавранић Тупа
|-
| 1999. || Небеска удица || Сиске
|-
| 1999. || Код мале сирене ||
|-  style="background:Lavender; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" | 2000-е
|-
| 2000. || Земља истине, љубави и слободе ||
|-
| 2001. || Нормални људи || Стева
|-
| 2001. || Муње! || Гојко Сиса
|-
| 2001. || Наташа || Марко
|-
| 2001. || Бумеранг || Стампедо
|-
| 2001. || Виртуална стварност || Андрија
|-
| 2002. || Мртав 'ладан || Лимени
|-
| 2002. || Т. Т. Синдром || Сале
|-
| 2002. || Зона Замфирова || Перица
|-
| 2002. || Кордон || Душан
|-
| 2003. || Таксиста || Таксиста
|-
| 2003. || Ју ||
|-
| 2003. || Лаку ноћ, децо || Дечак
|-
| 2004. || Пљачка Трећег рајха || Калауз
|-
| 2004. || Кад порастем бићу Кенгур || Кенгур
|-
| 2004. || Илузија || Парис
|-
| 2004. || Диши дубоко || Бојан
|-
| 2005. || Балкански рулет || Петар
|-
| 2005. || Југ југоисток ||
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| 2005. || Ивкова слава || Светислав
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| 2006. || Седам и по || Симке
|-
| 2006. || Не скрећи са стазе || Наратор
|-
| 2007. || Аги и Ема || ујак
|-
| 2007. || Миле против транзиције || Никола Ђуричко
|-
| 2007. || Позориште у кући || Клативода
|-
| 2007−2008. || Вратиће се роде || Шваба
|-
| 2009. || Роде у магли || Шваба
|-
| 2009. || Грех њене мајке (ТВ серија) || Димитрије
|-
| 2009. || Људски зверињак || Срђан Васиљевић
|-  style="background:Lavender; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" | 2010-е
|-
| 2010. || Као рани мраз || Нађ Мандић
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| 2010. || Ма није он такав || Паки
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| 2010. || Жена са сломљеним носем || баритон
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| 2010. || Технотајз: Едит и ја || Никола
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| 2010. || Монтевидео, Бог те видео! || Живковић
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| 2011. || У земљи крви и меда || Дарко
|-
| 2012. || Дјеца || Тарик
|-
| 2012. || Смрт човека на Балкану || агент за некретнине
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| 2012. || Артиљеро || глумац
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| 2012. || Монтевидео, Бог те видео! (ТВ серија) || Живковић
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| 2013. || Отворена врата || Војислав Војкан Јаковљевић
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| 2013. || На путу за Монтевидео || Живковић
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| 2013. || Топ је био врео ||
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| 2013. || Монтевидео, видимо се! || Живковић
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| 2013. || Светски рат З || Капетан авиона "Belorus Airways"
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| 2014. || Монтевидео, видимо се! (ТВ серија) || Живковић
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| 2015. || Последњи и први || Михајло Лубарда
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| 2017. || Сенке над Балканом || пуковник Ђоловић
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| 2018. || Апсурдни експеримент ||
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| 2018. || Пет   || Земи
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| 2018. || Жигосани у рекету  || Радио водитељ "Летећи Београђанин"
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| 2019. ||Ујка нови хоризонти || Ујка
|-  style="background:Lavender; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" | 2020-е
|-
| 2020. || Мама и тата се играју рата || Даре
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| 2021. || У име целог човечанства || Степан Петрович Алексејев
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| 2022. || Чудније ствари || Јуриј
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| 2023. || Муње опет || Гојко Сиса
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|}

Театрографија

Редитељ
 Несрећа увек има тенденцију да се увећава (2007)
 Не скрећи са стазе (2006) (TV)
 Филм о филму 'Муње!' (2001) (TV)

Писац
 Несрећа увек има тенденцију да се увећава (2007) (адаптација)
 Не скрећи са стазе (2006) (TV)
 Филм о филму 'Муње!' (2001) (TV)
 "Врабац Џони" (2019) (дечји роман)

Водитељ
 Караоке обрачун, 2007. године и 2008. г.
 Праве ријечи, 2012. година и 2013. г.

Референце

Спољашње везе

 Биографија на сајту -{story.rs}-
 Бака Томанија му је отворила врата ("Политика", 1. мај 2011)

Рођени 1974.
Биографије живих особа
Глумци из Београда
Водитељи из Београда
Српски глумци
Српски гласовни глумци
Српски телевизијски водитељи
Српски музичари
Добитници награде Зоран Радмиловић
Добитници награде Цар Константин
Музичари из Београда


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The voice on the other end of the line was saying something that I was not grasping.
"What is that?" I replied. I had no idea what Student Ministries was or meant. The only image that filled my mind was college campus outreaches replete with super hero tracts.
"It's youth ministry. Teen Ministry," the voice replied. More images flooded my mind. This time it was pizza parties and sweaty roller skating. I had no intention of ever roller skating…ever, if possible.
This was the conversation that launched my wife, our 2 kids, and I into full-time youth ministry. We uprooted from our comfy home in Fort Mill, SC and made a 16 hour journey to move back to Kansas City where I had grown up. We had recently heard the call and moved from there just 4 years earlier.
My view of teenagers, like most of yours, was rooted in a horrifying thought: myself a teenager. When I closed my eyes, I saw myself at 15: idealistic, way too confident with bad ideas, scared others opinions and ashamed of my life failures. It wasn't until a couple years later that I realized my distaste for youth ministry was, in reality, a distaste for myself.
Every summer, the ministry I worked for ran a God-focused teen camp. Young people would come from all up and down the east coast for 2-3 weeks and trounce around our ministry facilities. Break things. Break lots of things. Say the wrong things. Mix up bible verses. Sweat. And then sweat on top of that sweat. It drove me crazy.
The way I viewed stereotypes, as far as teenagers go, was this: they're pretty much all true. Why is it that being around teenagers is something we see as having to endure?
After re-locating to Kansas City, I tried to get my mind around what was happening, and what was this great mystery called, "youth ministry" all about? I remember the first night heading into youth service with my wife and kids in tow. About 100 teenagers were dotted throughout a darkened room with a well-lit blue stage at the front. Cool sounding harmonies and guitar lines floated out of the speakers. One of my first thoughts was, "Wow, we have really good music." Throughout the night we were greeted by 1 teen. I mean, we were the new guys. They no doubt were intimidated by our outrageous coolness.
The first year was a huge challenge. Not only was I learning a ton about youth ministry and trying to acclimate to an unfamiliar, albeit soundly forgotten world, but I didn't realize I had massive adjustments to make. The difficulty ofttimes isn't in the learning itself, it's realizing you're learning. Like many, I came in idealistic, thinking I had so much to offer. Which I did. But something else began to happen in that first year. Something surprising. Something that I wouldn't have believed if you had told me.
Youth leaders are a rare breed. And they're getting rarer. On average the American youth leader stays connected 18 months before moving on. Because of this (and other dynamics), the youth ministry world is in state of constant flux. Whenever I meet another youth leader that's been in the game for longer than a year or 2 there's kind of an unspoken understanding that passes between us. Most youth leaders are under immense pressure that derives from 2 key places: themselves and their pastors.
The youth leader can often see themselves as above those they are leading. After all, I'm older and have more life experience. What could a teenager actually teach me? If asked a question that I don't know the answer to, I have enough lingo to fake my through it without giving substance and definitely without admitting, "I don't know." As a 30 or so year old, it can be difficult seeing ourselves invested long-term into youth ministry. Youth ministry can in many ways become the training ground for "real ministry" that we'll hopefully (dear Lord, hopefully) graduate into after our time is done.
Senior pastors love the idea of having a fiery, growing youth group. Heck, that sounds awesome to me. But the way that it plays out after the youth pastor is hired and sent to shepherd the sheep is not always pretty. Reason: metric of success. What is the metric of success for the youth group? For many, the measure of success is if the youth group gets bigger from year to year and if those graduating continue to attend and tithe at the grown up's service. It takes a little self-honesty to actually see it this way. It can be dressed up in lots of different ways, but unfortunately it can't be re-told for what it is.
Those youth pastors "grow up" and do the same thing that was done to them. Broken fathering taught by broken fathers.
When I began youth ministry, the Lord began doing something shocking: ministering to me. What I saw as broken, what I saw as annoying, I began to see as…me. I was broken. I was in some ways more broken than those I was leading.
This process was often uncomfortable. But through it, my heart began to receive healing from the pain I had incurred over 10 years before. As this happened, the Lord gave me new eyes to see those whom I was leading. No longer was I focused solely on the outward brokenness and immaturity. I began to actually enjoy the teenagers.
I began to enjoy teenagers when I saw that God enjoyed me when I was a teenager.
In spite of my sin, self, and pride. God still took me seriously. The decisions I made to love Him and choose Him in my teenage years were so precious to the Lord. At the time I was so wracked with guilt I thought they were more along the lines of wishful thinking than earth shattering resolves.
Principle: we grow slowly, over time, making consistent decisions (rather than perceived radical ones).
I get to enjoy teenagers because God enjoys teenagers.


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Whether James Michalopoulos is better known for his portraits of New Orleans' iconic artists or paintings of its architecture is a matter for debate. Animate or otherwise, every Michalopoulos subject vibrates with motion barely restrained, his expressionistic oils distorting perception and memory in ways that seem to have a direct conduit to the city's essential rhythm. Rendered in thick applications of color piled and sculpted with brush and palette knife, the people and places of Michalopoulos' New Orleans emerge not as they are, exactly, but rather as they appear in memory: larger-than-life, canting off the vertical, swelling and teetering in the superheated air as if incapable of resisting the rhythm hard-coded in the city's DNA. "We are an intensely musical culture," explained Michalopoulos, who got his start as a street artist, roaming the city on a scooter with a portable easel and a radio tuned to WWOZ, looking for buildings that seemed to have something to say. "Music is a vehicle for us to find our bearings, our spirituality. It's the backdrop to everything: to our cooking, to our neighborhood life," he said. "When I look at a building I allow it to speak to me in that way."
And when his subject is flesh and blood rather than brick and wood? Still, it's all about the music. "When I take on a portrait of an artist the most important thing is to immerse myself in their work," Michalopoulos explained, noting the challenge of capturing not just a likeness and a personality but also a musical influence. When a musician represents a certain kind of sub-genre, a portrait is a chance to say something about that culture. "Then it becomes not just a portrait of a musician, but a portrait of a genre of musicians, and the way they speak to their cultural milieu."
Named the Official Artist of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival no fewer than six times, Michalopoulos has painted icons including Aaron Neville, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Dr. John, Allen Toussaint; and Fats Domino, his portrait of whom appears on the cover of this issue. Currently, his work is the subject of Waltzing the Muse: The Paintings of James Michalopoulos, a thirty-year retrospective at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, which features portraits of New Orleanians famous and otherwise, alongside urban and rural landscapes captured both locally and further afield. It remains through July 16. The Michalopoulos Gallery is open seven days at 617 Bienville Street in the French Quarter. Michalopoulos.com.
This month the art of James Michalopoulos will be profiled on LPB's Art Rocks, the weekly showcase of Louisiana's visual and performing arts hosted by Country Roads publisher James Fox-Smith. Tune in on Friday, April 28 at 8:30 pm, repeating on Saturday, April 29 at 5:30 pm, across the Louisiana Public Broadcasting network. lpb.org/artrocks.
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Q: HorizontalScrollView get Visible Children I added a linear layout in horizontal scroll view and in layout add some text views. Is it possible to get visible children in this layout.
This code get all child but i want to get visible (currently displaying) children only:
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The idea is to override onScrollChanged in your ScrollView and keep track of the visible part of your scrollview in your activity.
Doing that you can easily get the visible views by a code that looks like this:
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Time for a NATO-China Council?
New Atlanticist by Jorge Benitez
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently expressed a desire for NATO and China to develop a deeper relationship, comparable to the NATO-Russia Council.
He observed that NATO has formal relationships with four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The US, UK, and France are founding members of the Alliance and the NATO-Russia Council has been in existence for almost a decade. Rasmussen then stated that NATO is seeking a more "structured dialogue with China," the fifth member. While Rasmussen has been interested in cultivating NATO's relationship with China for some time, this is the first time an Alliance leader has publicly compared the future relationship with China to the formal NATO-Russia relationship.
Developing NATO's partnerships around the globe has been one of Rasmussen's priorities as Secretary General. Last month, he remarked that NATO wants to "reinforce our existing partnerships by strengthening the consultation mechanism within these partnerships and by opening for substance-driven corporation with, partners that go across and beyond existing partnership frameworks." NATO already has key relationships with "major players across the globe like Japan, Australia, New Zealand South Korea and others."
Rasmussen believes that "NATO can be the place where views, concerns and best practices on security are shared by NATO's global partners. And where … we might work out how to tackle global challenges together." In the past year, he visited Ukraine, Qatar, Israel, Russia, Georgia, and Jordan to cultivate these partnerships. At the same time, global partners such as the Foreign Minister of Japan, the Defense Minister of New Zealand, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the Foreign Minister of South Korea, have visited Rasmussen at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
NATO has relationships with 22 non-members through its Partnership for Peace program. NATO has also special relationships such as the NATO-Ukraine Commission, the NATO-Georgia Commission, and the NATO-Russia Council. In addition, the alliance meets collectively with non-NATO partners in ISAF, non-NATO troop contributing nations in KFOR, Libya Partners, and countries in the Mediterranean Dialogue.
Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, also believes that NATO and China should work closer together. Ischinger would like the two parties to "sit together to discuss the rules of the game," and address not just regional issues, but also global security challenges. At Ischinger's invitation, China's Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, gave the opening address at the Munich Security Conference in February 2010. At that conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu noted that "China has made some contact with NATO in recent years, and will continue to carry out exchanges with NATO at corresponding levels based on a new security outlook featuring mutual trust, equality and mutual benefit."
Relatons between NATO and China have improved since US planes bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during NATO's air campaign against Serbia (Operation Allied Force) in 1999. It took years, but since then contacts have been growing from Brussels to Beijing. In November 2009, Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero visited China. Bisogniero is the highest ranking NATO official so far to meet with Chinese leaders in Beijing.
More recently, Dirk Brengelmann, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security policy, visited China, Japan and South Korea in what are seen as annual policy consultations. Brengelmann said, "NATO's intention is not to become a global police. We intend to remain a Euro-Atlantic organization. But it's at the same time necessary to do cooperation with these (non-member) partners. There's an ever-increasing web of partnerships and cooperation."
NATO and China are already cooperating in areas such as counter piracy operations. In March, the commander of NATO's counter piracy maritime forces, Commodore Michiel Hijmans of the Royal Netherlands Navy hosted Commodore Han Xiaoh, commander of the Chinese counter piracy task force.
Yet, NATO's closer relationship with China is not all rosy. For example, the Economist has noticed the increase in Chinese diplomatic and economic activity in the region and asked if China is trying to fill a power vacuum in Eastern Europe? "As the countries of eastern Europe bump nervously between a near-neutralist Germany, a revisionist Russia and an absent-minded America, the search is on for a powerful outsider, with strong interests in the region, willing to put all kinds of clout behind the smaller countries' sovereignty and independence." Deepening its relationship with NATO would make it easier for China to expand its influence in European capitals without raising alarms. The Economist observes that "Beijing would be glad to have some more allies inside the EU or in its waiting room, in addition to the ones it already has, such as Cyprus. A NATO country would be a bonus." In addition, China has quietly strengthened its military ties with several European partners such as Austria and Romania. Poland has gone even further and recently signed a new military cooperation deal with China.
China has made dramatic progress in developing a "strategic partnership" with Turkey, a key NATO member. One element of this partnership between China and Turkey includes increasing their trade from $17 billion a year currently, to $50 billion a year by 2015 and to $100 billion by 2020. Turkey is matching these growing economic ties with an active defense relationship with China. Just eight months ago, "China and Turkey secretly held joint aerial exercises at Turkey's training range in the Central Anatolian town of Konya during the second half of last month, where Anatolian Eagle exercises are taking place between NATO allies and friendly countries." It was reported that the White House was not happy with Chinese participation in these exercises and convinced Turkey to use older planes in the manevers, instead of its US-made F-16s. This new level of Chinese military involvement with a NATO member was timed to occur a few weeks before Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Ankara to announce the "strategic partnership" with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
China is also active in what CNN calls, "Beijing's NATO," the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Last September, 1,000 Chinese troops, including H-6H bombers and J-10 fighter jets participated in "Peace Mission 2010" a joint military exercise hosted by Kazakhstan. Troops from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan also took part. The exercise "marked a major advance in China's capacity to project its air power and tactical ground-support beyond its own borders and against potential targets in Central Asia."
Another area of concern if NATO deepens its relationship with China is cyber security. In March 2010, serious warnings "circulated throughout Nato and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cyberwar attacks originating in China." According to sources within NATO, "everyone has been made aware that the Chinese have become very active with cyber-attacks and we're now getting regular warnings from the office for internal security."
But should such concerns impede NATO from developing closer ties to China? After all, recent scandals about Russian spies in Germany, Bulgaria, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland and Britain have not prevented the alliance from moving forward with the NATO-Russia Council. Is not China at least more subtle and sophisticated in its penetration of the alliance? "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."
Dr. Jorge Benitez is the Director of NATOSource and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Photo credit: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian


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This is the Moment Reagan Promised
As we watch the noise, umm, news, we see that both Trump and Clinton are ramping up rhetoric that is nothing short of hate filled. Trump spends his hours fighting with anyone who disagrees with him, or questions his tactics, while Hillary keeps on a trucking and lying about emails, Benghazi, her husband's special little charity, and money flowing. Why would any American take the time to vote for either of these two? It is more like Satan vs his own imps in a battle for a hotter fire.
The Liberals are in the middle of a 100 million dollar illegal buying of the Presidency for Hillary while Donald cannot muster up enough high ranking Republicans to even speak at the Cleveland Convention. This is not just a farce but it is also an Othello style tragedy.
"He will do anything for his new wife, Desdemona, at this point. Othello: Goals In order for Othello to obtain his goal of being the best general to his abilities he must appoint Cassio lieutenant. This affects Cassio because Iago is deeply jealous and will do anything to gain the position of lieutenant. Desdemona: Motivations Desdemona's main motivation throughout the play is her love for Othello. She makes a sacrifice for Othello and they elope without her father knowing. She stays true to her love for Othello "
So we have a love of power, seen in Trump, and we see a love of money in Hillary, and they are willing to sacrifice their true love, their spouse, their integrity, their morals for their greater love of power and money. We have Donald lying daily at the average rate of 70% and we have Hillary in denial of everything from her past in the amount of 100%. The true difference is an old loud mouth arrogant son of a B****, and a potential first female POTUS, that the Liberals know that SCOTUS, and socialism is at risk if they do not support. The winner will most certainly be the destruction of America, whichever way it goes.
We have seen the division in America from Black Americans and Whites, to LGBT and Christians, and from the rich and powerful to the poor and non-working. Do we really want to continue this divide in America? Do we really want to elect the least of two evils when we would never associate with either outside of this election process, but feel that we have no other option? There are options, and those options are powerful, and it just takes a man or a woman to stand up for morals, ethics, values, and integrity and say "NO" to either of these two embarrassing political hacks, and support a third choice.
The third choice can be in the shape of pushing the conventions to a different candidate, to supporting a third party candidate. Today it is not so much if they agree with every item we support, but more in the agreement that a free America is more important than party or single cause. We need to support America, and her Constitution. Supporting her flag, and stopping potential terror placed upon our shores, a strong military, and strong borders with a real immigration policy. Those are things that every American can support. Let us put America back to shining on that hill again, then look at the more micro desires. Time to picket the Republican and Democratic conventions until a different candidate is offered by both parties, or there needs to be a true Revolution before we see states seceding the country, and a division that causes so much internal strife that America will only see gray skies, and a hope for a better tomorrow.
In the halls of Congress the drumbeat of past Presidents and leaders are echoing. Are you prepared to be on their side, or the side of lies, criminal activity, and hatred? "Ask not what your Country can do for you, But what you can do for your country." So wonderfully spoken by a Democrat, J.F.K, and "I have a dream that every man will be judged on his character and not on the color of his skin" as spoken by a true leader, Martin Luther King, and "Some may try and tell us that this is the end of an era. But what they overlook is that in America, every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that has never become, but is always in the act of becoming. Emerson was right America is the land of tomorrow." By Ronald Reagan.
It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, we base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government. This idea that government was beholden to the people, that it had no other source of power, is still the newest, most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. (October 27, 1964)
(Ronald Reagan)
Government growing beyond our consent had become a lumbering giant, slamming shut the gates of opportunity, threatening to crush the very roots of our freedom. What brought America back The American people brought us back — with quiet courage and common sense with undying faith that in this nation under God the future will be ours, for the future belongs to the free.
"America is too great for small dreams" and "Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong" so wonderfully foretelling our future, and the day after the election of 2016 by Ronald Reagan.
You have the future of your family, your community and your country in your hands, do not waste this great calling by choosing greed and selfishness over the greatest of goods for all. Deny Hillary Clinton on the Left, and Donald J. Trump on the right from becoming president. Stop the hate, stop the lies, and begin a greater tomorrow. Let his be our Dream, our desire, and OUR MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY….
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Labor Market: Revolution and Challenges
Faced with the sudden change that the new normal generated in companies, employees are challenged to increase their skills to work remotely, adapt to more flexible contracts and refine their technological skills and cognitive qualities.
Telecommuting has become an everyday occurrence among companies in the region, which have had to adjust to the restrictions imposed by governments due to the outbreak of covid-19.
Dual Education to Reduce Unemployment
In the Central American region, the average unemployment rate for those aged between 15 and 24 is estimated to be around 11%, with lack of work experience being the main barrier to accessing the first job.
According to figures from the Central American Observatory of Social Development, Costa Rica and Panama are the countries in the region with the highest rates of youth unemployment, with 27% and 15%, respectively.
The Worrying Shortage of Talent
Among the professionals most required by companies in Guatemala, but the most difficult to find, are computer technicians, engineers in mining and construction, and professionals with doctorates in coffee and other agricultural products.
The study entitled "Talent Gaps 2017", prepared by the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (Fundesa), details that the academic profile required by employers can be summarized by the fact that 65% of companies need staff with qualifications, 68% of employees with a technical level, and 75% of companies require professionals with a bachelor's degree.
Poor Technical Training
In Costa Rica, "of the 126,000 students graduating with technical qualifications, between 2014 and 2016, the vast majority gained the lowest level qualification."
Figures from the most recent report on the State of Education in Costa Rica, continue to show serious deficiencies in the education system, not only at the technical and university level, but, even worse, in Primary school, where basic concepts that will serve as a foundation for secondary and university education are supposed to be consolidated.
A Big YES to Dual Education From Businesses
Seven out of ten entrepreneurs in Costa Rica would be willing to implement training programs for young people in the academic-work placement format.
A statement from the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Enterprises (UCCAEP) notes that "... 72% of employers would be interested in launching training programs under the dual mode and 83% said they already have accepted into their businesses students or trainees for internships or professional work experience."
Let's Try Dual Education to Combat Youth Unemployment
In Central America, the youth unemployment rate is estimated at over 24%, while in Germany, where the dual education is practiced, youth unemployment is 6%.
A visit to Costa Rica by the German Education Minister has put back on the table the concept of dual education, an education method where time is shared between the traditional classroom and work as an apprentice in a trade or professional specialty, in a company.
Education in Campaing Speeches: Missing in Action
More jobs and less poverty is the refrain of Central American politicians, while they say little or nothing about education, without which there are no jobs nor wealth generation.
Even in Costa Rica, where its educational system during the past century allowed the country to reach higher development levels than its neighbors, education is not a priority issue in the election campaign which is in full swing, despite the fact that the Costa Rican public education system is visibly losing more and more students as parents are increasingly opting for private schools and colleges in order to try to secure a decent future for their children.
Guatemala Over the Next 20 Years
Projections have been released by the Ministry of Planning on cities, water, energy, population, employment, production, economic development priorities, education, land use, safety, infrastructure and logistics.
With the title "Guatemala 2032, A Vision for the new Katun", the Ministry of Planning and Programming of the Presidency (Segeplan) has presented a document that attempts to visualise Guatemala over 20 years, and the stages within this transition.
Doing Business 2012 Confirms Latin America Lags Behind
Latin America is barely ahead of Africa in quality standards and conditions affecting local businesses.
As a region, Central America, is located in the second half of the list entitled 'Doing Business 2012'.
Doing Business 2012, a report by the World Bank this year added a new area of analysis, which is the ease of obtaining an electrical connection, along with the traditional items which include: ease of starting a business, management of construction permits, registering property , getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, cross border trade, enforcing contracts, and insolvency resolution.
Fourth Report on State of the Region
Main conclusions regarding the Central American economy between 2008 and 2011.
The State of the Region Report is a tool by Central America for Central America, which analyzes and tracks the major challenges of sustainable human development. In this fourth report, the titles of the main conclusions on the topic Economy are presented:
Central America falls in Ease of Doing Business
Position in 2010 Rankings: Panama 72 (62 in 2009), El Salvador 86 (80), Guatemala 101 (100), Nicaragua 117 (119), Costa Rica 125 (121), Honduras 131 (128).
With the exception of Nicaragua, which rose two places, the Doing Business 2011 ranking shows that easiness of doing business in the Central American countries has deteriorated, at least in relation to other countries.
Central America Improving... Less Than The Rest
In the Global Human Development Index 2010, Panama is ranked 54, Costa Rica 62, El Salvador 90, Honduras 106, Nicaragua and Guatemala 115 and 116 respectively.
The Central American countries, like others in Latin America, continue to improve in most variables measuring human development and the HDI Program published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
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Q: Filepond and jquery returns error is not loading I tried adding this jquery filepond, unfortunately. It doesn't upload
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<input type="file" class="my-pond" />

JQUERY
$.fn.filepond.registerPlugin(FilePondPluginFileEncode);

// Turn input element into a pond
$(".my-pond").filepond();

// Set allowMultiple property to true
$(".my-pond").filepond("allowMultiple", true);

// Listen for addfile event
$(".my-pond").on("FilePond:addfile", function (e) {
  console.log(e);
  $(".my-pond")
  .filepond("addFile", "/api/books")
  .then(function (file) {
    console.log("file added", file);
  });
});

This is the result when I try to upload

A: This is causing every file to be added to be added again, and then again, and then again.
$(".my-pond").on("FilePond:addfile", function (e) {
  console.log(e);
  $(".my-pond")
  .filepond("addFile", "/api/books")
  .then(function (file) {
    console.log("file added", file);
  });
});

If you want to upload files you can set the FilePond server property with a URL to your server where you can handle the file upload:
$(".my-pond").filepond({
  allowMultiple: true,
  server: '/post/files/to/this/location'
});

For more information see: https://pqina.nl/filepond/docs/patterns/api/server/


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Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Nano Energies Croatia Has Innovative Method for Lowering Energy Costs
September the 6th, 2022 - Nano Energies Croatia (Hrvatska) has some innovative methods for lowering spiralling electricity costs, which are posing more and more of a threat to everyone in society as the situation continues to be dire.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, the energy sector is going through an extremely turbulent period that is deeply affecting both companies and regular households. Rising energy prices, the war in Ukraine, the need for decarbonisation and the need to digitise everything have made the need to find more innovative and sustainable solutions much, much more urgent. System optimisation, flexible consumption, the general reduction of the human carbon footprint and the reduction of business costs for companies and households are all pressing issues.
An innovative solution has been put forward by Nano Energies Croatia, a daughter company of the group of the same name from the Czech Republic, which is otherwise the first Croatian company to which HERA issued a license to carry out energy aggregation activities. It is a business model of a kind of "energy consulting", i.e. energy management that can save companies 10-20 percent of their electricity costs, and is financed according to the well-known ESCO model.
Ultimately, Nano Energies Croatia plans to offer Croatian users an electricity storage service in the foreseeable future. The service they're bringing to the Croatian market focuses on smart management and the overall flexibility of energy use. In practice, this means that it offers companies and electricity producers the possibility of managing their own consumption and production of electricity in order to reduce their business costs and profit from the movement of electricity prices on short-term markets. At the same time, the flexible management of production and/or consumption benefits the entire power grid and helps prevent interruptions in the supply of individual parts of the grid.
As explained by Dominik Maricevic, the manager of Nano Energies Croatia, given the accelerated decentralisation of the Croatian power system, the activity of aggregation has become an extremely important part of it.
"The unstable production of renewable energy sources has brought a challenge to the management of power systems. Frequency fluctuations within the power grid must be minimised to keep the grid stable. An independent aggregator with its distributed assets can play a key role in smoothing out such fluctuations. Therefore, our task is to create a network of small producers, consumers, as well as electricity storage tanks, so that they can react at any time and "offer" stability to the power system, but at the same time ensure access to profitable balancing energy markets. In this way, we'll manage to both speed up and reduce the costs of the energy transition for Croatian users, and at the same time create the proper preconditions for the connection of new renewable energy sources to the electric power system," explained Maricevic.
Stanislav Chvala, CEO of the Czech technology company Nano Energies, also emphasised that their license to operate on the Croatian market opens up numerous completely new opportunities for them.
"With flexible management, we can increase our customers' income by up to several tens of percent. Experiences from Western markets shows us that flexibility aggregators replace fossil fuel and nuclear power plants and enable the transition to sustainable energy. We can use the potential of the electricity that would otherwise remain unused. We can adjust consumption and production so that the customer produces electricity when it is the most expensive, and consumes it when it's the cheapest. The customer themselves doesn't notice this during operation, because everything takes place automatically, and at the same time contributes to the stabilisation of the network without the need to include coal-fired power plants in balancing the system," said Chvala.
Reconstruction of the network
He added that Europe has already started to rethink and rebuild its overall energy network and it is clear that in the coming years there will be a huge increase in the use of RES.
"Historically, the time when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine was compensated for by gas and coal power plants, but this is an increasingly unsustainable situation for geopolitical reasons, as well as the need to preserve the environment. We have to look elsewhere for flexibility," he concluded.
For more, make sure to check out our dedicated Made in Croatia section.
Czech Tourists and Journalists Arrive in Croatia by Train from Prague
June the 6th, 2022 - Czech tourists and journalists arrived recently to the Northern Adriatic city of Rijeka from the Czech capital of Prague on the first RegioJet train to run this year.
As Morski writes, around 250 Czech rourists and a group of journalists arrived by the first train of this year from Prague to Rijeka, and the RegioJet train line which runs to this formerly industrial city is an extremely sought-after one with low prices, for which more than 40,000 tickets have already been sold. When it comes solely to the month of June, they are almost sold out.
It's worth noting that this train started running to the Republic of Croatia two years ago and immediately became a hit among Czech tourists. It seems that this year, following two coronavirus-induced years of stagnancy, the line could be even more sought after.
''It's a great pleasure for me to be able to bring Czech and Slovak journalists here. Some of them have already visited Croatia, and some have never otherwise been to Croatia. The Czechs love this beautiful, beautiful Croatia,'' said Eliska Nemejcova from the Prague Tourist Board.
The RegioJet train departed from Prague on Friday afternoon, carrying about 600 passengers. After Bratislava and the City of Zagreb, the train stopped in Ogulin, where it divided - some of the passengers left for Rijeka, and some headed further down south the the City of Split.
In addition to Czech tourists, both Czech and Slovak journalists arrived in Rijeka, and they will stay in Kvarner and get better acquainted with its tourist offer in a move organised by the Croatian Tourist Board, the Kvarner Tourist Board and local tourist boards, writes HRT.
RegioJet trains are bringing Czech tourists to the Republic of Croatia for the third year in a row now. Throughout June and September it will operate heading to Croatia three times a week, while in July and August it will operate daily. During the first year of establishing a tourist line to Croatia, RegioJet transported passengers to Rijeka, and from last year to, it also offered transport down to Split.
For more, make sure to check out our dedicated travel section.
Czechs Purchasing Croatian Coastal Property en Masse, Here's Why
June the 3rd, 2022 - Czechs are purchasing Croatian coastal property en masse, preferring real estate on the Croatian Adriatic coast to property in their own country.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, according to the Czech media publication iDnes, Czechs are currently preferring to buy Croatian coastal property than cottages in their own homeland. According to local Zadar portal Zadarski, the reason lies in the fact that here in Croatia, at least according to Czech real estate agents, it is still possible to find an apartment on the coast at a lower price than a holiday home on the Czech continent, and they claim that it is also easier to capitalise on this investment.
"It's true, they're looking for properties, preferably with a garden. The interest is fairly high,'' confirmed analyst Sarlota Smutna for the Czech media.
Namely, this interest from Czech nationals in Croatian coastal property increased especially during the global coronavirus pandemic, and property in Croatia, Portugal, Spain and Italy is very much in demand. According to iDnes, along the Adriatic, an apartment can be bought for as little as 63,000 kroner or 2,600 euros per square metre, while a square meter in the City of Prague now costs 4,900 euros.
According to Tomas Jelinek, the director of the 21 Century real estate agency network, the demand from Czech nationals for real estate abroad is due to the fact that property in the Czech Republic has reached extremely high prices, and Jelinek claims that it's now possible to find real estate at a better price than on the Czech continent further afield.
A similar claim is being made by the well known REMAX agency, which offers Croatian coastal property at prices lower than cottages in the Czech Republic cost, especially those in the vicinity of Prague, where prices are extremely high.
"The average prices of holiday homes are still higher in most countries than the average prices of houses in the Czech Republic, but they're still lower than real estate prices in Prague, where the offer consists mainly of large houses for families," Hana Kontris told iDnes.
Property prices in the Czech Republic have doubled over the last two years, and according to Eurostat, just last year alone, that growth stood at 25 percent, the highest of all EU member states.
For more, make sure to check out our dedicated lifestyle section.
Czech Tourists in Croatia Could Dominate This Summer Season
May the 25th, 2022 - Czech tourists in Croatia throughout this year's rapidly approaching summer season could be a ''hit'', at least according to the current indicators of Croatia Luxury Rent's sales statistics.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the number of bookings in luxury private accommodation from individuals living in the Czech Republic is growing significantly according to the share of the total number of bookings, and has approached the number of arrangements sold from nearby Austria and neighbouring Slovenia. This is an increase of as much as 23 percent compared to last season, which could put Czech tourists in Croatia in 2022 very high on the list when it comes to foreign visitors.
"On the other hand, it seems that due to the impact of the war in Ukraine, instability and the influx of large numbers of refugees, the markets of Poland and Slovakia are recording a decline in reservations," the aforementioned agency said.
With that said, economic growth and gradually deepening pockets which are strengthening the Czech market have caused a significant increase in the number of requests, bookings and overall interest in coming to the Republic of Croatia this summer from that country.
The Czech Republic is otherwise one of the fastest growing economies in all of Europe, and their positive economic results of course bring an increase in wages and, consequently, purchasing power and general consumption. Those factors were visibly declining back during the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020, but have thankfully returned to a higher level over the last year.
The fact that the Czech Republic has one of the lowest unemployment rates within the entire European Union (EU) should be especially emphasised when it comes to spending power, and as such the likelihood of Czech tourists in Croatia being very numerous this summer. Last year, Croatia recorded an impressive 775,000 arrivals from the Czech Republic with 5.2 million overnight stays also realised, about 50 percent more than back during the previous year, and it was Croatia's fifth largest emitting market of all.
First Prague Regiojet Train This Year to Arrive in Rijeka on June 3rd
May the 17th, 2022 - The very first Prague Regiojet train will arrive from the Czech capital to the City of Rijeka on the Northern Adriatic coast on June the 3rd, but there will be nothing to speak of when it comes to the Polish line to Croatia this year, it seems.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, this year's first train of the Czech carrier Regiojet to Rijeka and Split departs from the City of Prague on June the 3rd, 2022. Tereza Ptackova, head of international projects at Regiojet, confirmed this for Rijeka portal Novi list, stating that the recognisable yellow Regiojet trains will run again via Zagreb to Rijeka and Split, but will not stop in the Hungarian capital of Budapest this year.
"The trains will run from June the 3rd to September the 26th, with them running on a daily basis throughout July and August, and three times a week in June and September. The route hasn't really changed. We still stop in the capitals of Prague, Bratislava and Zagreb. Some stops within the Czech Republic itself are set to differ from last year, but that is only because of the construction works," Ptackova explained.
The line goes Prague - Kolin, Havlickuv Brod - Zdar nad Sazavou - Brno - Breclav - Bratislava - Zagreb - Ogulin - Rijeka and Split. So, just like last year, the train will part in Ogulin, meaning part of the wagon will go to Rijeka, and part will head south to Split. Upon returning, the wagons will reunite into one composition in Ogulin.
This year, a new line from Poland was set to be launched. However, the events of the war in neighbouring Ukraine have put these plans on hold for now, with the Prague Regiojet train the only one set to run in 2022.
"The line from Poland to Croatia will not start running this year. We hope to start operations from Poland next year. During this extremely difficult situation, we're trying to help as much as possible, so we're transporting Ukrainian refugees from the Polish border town of Przemysl to the Czech Republic. In cooperation with Clovik v tisni, CD Cargo and Rail Cargo Logistics, we're also sending material aid into Ukraine,'' said Ptackova, adding that she didn't expect the war in Ukraine to affect ticket sales from the Czech Republic to Croatia whatsoever.
In terms of capacity, the head of Regiojet's international projects said that the capacity this year is more than 600 passengers per train, meaning that it is, once again, 15 wagons. Wagons with seating as well as sleeping cars will also be available.
"Perhaps the only change is that we've increased the number of so-called ''quiet wagons'' that are suitable for families with small children or the elderly. The trains will once again offer familiar comfort at very popular prices and tickets for the Prague Regiojet train have been on sale since March the 8th this year.
Ticket prices for the Rijeka range from 23.9 euros per seat, or 31.9 euros for a ticket in a sleeping compartment. Ticket prices for Split range from 36.1 euros for a seat and about 44 euros for a ticket in a sleeping car. Free services such as coffee, water, WiFi, an entertainment portal and the like are all entirely included in the ticket price.
This summer tourist season will be an excellent opportunity for people from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to travel to Croatia, but we also believe that the people of Rijeka and Split will use this opportunity to visit, for example, Bratislava or Prague,'' concluded Ptackova.
For more, check out our dedicated travel section.
Czechs Constructing 500 Million Kuna Samobor Logistics Centre
January the 13th, 2022 - A brand new Samobor logistics centre is on the horizon, as part of a Czech project estimated to stand at around half a billion kuna in total.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes, there's a growing logistics ''trend'' in and around Zagreb, and the City of Samobor is paving the way for a project estimated at half a billion kuna, which will be developed by the Czech development and investment company RC Europe.
The aforementioned company is currently engaged in preparing all of necessary documentation for the construction of a brand new Samobor logistics centre (which will also deal with distribution) spanning 83,000 square metres of storage space with a net height of twelve metres, suitable for logistics and various production activities.
Excellent prospects for the accelerated development of the Samobor logistics centre project for not only Croatia but for the whole immediate region, the higher standard for citizens of Samobor and those living in its surroundings, the opening up of more than 800 new jobs and attracting partner investment companies... all of the above are the positive effects which would come from the adopting of a new Samobor UPU. It was discussed at a recently held session of the Samobor City Council.
This is a precondition for the development of the new Bobovica economic zone, within which the realisation of the aforementioned Samobor logistics centre has been announced, as a unique project for this part of Europe that will connect the Republic of Croatia with the wider European Union (single) market.
Talks with potential tenants and companies interested in cooperating on this project have already begun, as was confirmed by the Czech company RC Europe. The current storage capacity envisages about 140,000 places for pallets to be placed on 60-metre-long shelves.
The Samobor logictics centre project will create up to 800 new jobs just for warehouse workers alone, and construction is scheduled to be completed in 2023/2024. After significant experience in construction, RC Europe has realised a large number of successfully completed projects in the Czech Republic, Romania and neighbouring Serbia in the logistics sector.
For more, check out our dedicated business section.
Czech Equity Fund EMMA Capital Invests in Croatian Bazzar Platform
August the 7th, 2021 - The Czech private equity fund, EMMA Capital, has invested in our very own ''Amazon'', the Croatian Bazzar platform. Global expansion is now on the cards.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, the Czech private equity fund EMMA Capital, which is primarily focused on emerging markets in Central and Southeastern Europe, concluded an investment in the Croatian Bazzar platform, an online shopping platform and Croatia's counterpart to Amazon, on Tuesday the 3rd of August, 2021.
The amount of the investment remains a secret for now, and as explained by the Croatian Bazzar platform, the Czech EMMA Capital is joining as a new shareholder, while the founders will continue to manage the business and retain significant stakes in the company.
''Based on a joint development plan that will enable the company to benefit significantly from accelerated growth, the revenue will be used to further strengthen Bazzar's market position here in Croatia, as well as to expand into international markets with a special focus placed on Southeastern Europe. EMMA Capital's investment in the Croatian Bazzar platform underscores its strategy of focusing on growing companies with the potential for international expansion,'' they said from Bazzar.
The Croatian Bazzar platform is under the parent company Prati me d.o.o. (Follow me) launched back in 2015 by brother and sister Viktor and Tana Zimmermann who had previously announced an extensive expansion. Bazzar.hr has also regularly found itself on the prestigious European rankings for tech companies for several years now.
Thus, back in pre-pandemic 2019, the Croatian Bazzar platform was named the fastest growing technology company in all of Croatia according to the Deloitte Fast 50 CE list. In the same year, at Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, which ranked the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the EMEA region, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Bazzar ranked 39th, which is the best result of all Croatian companies.
Based on their business results, in 2020, Bazzar remained on the Deloitte list of the fastest growing technology companies in Central Europe and they closed last year with more than 50 million in revenue.
For more, follow our dedicated business section.
Božinović Talks HDZ, Tourist Season, Assistance to Czechia
ZAGREB, 26 June 2021 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović said in Glina on Saturday that the HDZ, notably under Andrej Plenković's leadership, was winning despite all criticisms, not just from President Zoran Milanović, because citizens saw that the HDZ solved problems.
Responding to questions from the press, Božinović denied that there would be a constitutional crisis after parliament yesterday rejected Milanović's candidate for the Supreme Court president, Zlata Đurđević, saying that a third call for applications would probably be advertised.
Asked to comment on Milanović's claim following the rejection of Đurđević that the HDZ "is destroying" the state and the constitution, Božinović said the HDZ was winning despite all criticisms and enjoying the strongest public support because most citizens saw that the HDZ-led government was solving problems in very complex circumstances.
Success of tourist season depends on our responsibility
Speaking of the tourist season, Božinović said its success depended on people's responsibility in complying with COVID-19 measures.
Asked if night clubs would be closed this summer, he said those outdoors would be able to operate if customers were either vaccinated, tested or had recovered from the virus.
Solidarity with Czech Republic
Asked if the government had discussed helping the Czech Republic after a recent tornado, Božinović said the Interior Ministry and the Civil Protection Directorate immediately offered assistance to their Czech colleagues, "who informed us that at the moment assistance is not needed."
He said they were constantly in touch. "If anyone understands our friends in the Czech Republic, it's us in Croatia, and we know what the response was in the Czech Republic and the EU as a whole to what happened to us in Banovina and Zagreb," he said, referring to last year's devastating earthquakes.
Solidarity and the spirit of a common response to crises is becoming stronger in EU, he said, adding that recently emphasis was on bilateral cooperation, which he said would be cultivated in future as well.
"But for the system at European level to be as effective as possible, given that climate change will cause more and more such situations across the world and Europe, capacities must be joined for a rapid, effective and solidary response to such challenges and threats," Božinović said.
For more about politics in Croatia, follow TCN's dedicated page.
Croatian Tourism: 30,000 Tickets Sold for Prague-Rijeka Train
The Prague-Rijeka train line has been wildly popular with Czech tourists itching to get away and get a taste of the Croatian Adriatic, with an amazing 30,000 tickets sold in just the first two weeks of them being available for purchase.
As Marija Crnjak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 30th of June, 2020, the new line will operate on the route Prague-Brno-Bratislava-Ljubljana-Rijeka every day until the end of August.
The first train belonging to the private Czech company RegioJet which runs the new Prague-Rijeka line departs this afternoon from Prague and will arrive in the Croatian city of Rijeka tomorrow at around 08:45. The ceremonial celebration of the beginning of this new railway programme will take place in the almost completed new Hilton Costabella hotel in Rijeka, which was invested in by Czech investor JTH Holding.
As stated, the new Prague-Rijeka line will operate on the route Prague-Brno-Bratislava-Ljubljana-Rijeka every day until the end of August, and the fact that as many as 30,000 tickets were sold in the first two weeks speaks volumes about the interest in this offer, the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) has rightly pointed out.
RegioJet a.s. is a private Czech provider of rail and bus passenger transport and a leading long-distance railway company in Central Europe. They record 20 million passengers a year, 11 million on the railways and 9 million in bus transport. In intensive cooperation with the Croatian Embassy in the Czech Republic and the CNTB Office in Prague, the RegioJet Management recognised this opportunity and offered a new option to connect Central European countries with the Adriatic sea through a night service with modern and quality trains.
The starting ticket price of 22 euros for the Prague-Rijeka line refers to securing a place in the train's compartment. Additionally, you can buy a ticket for a coupe with a bed at a price of just 30 euros. For tourists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, transportation from Rijeka to their final destinations on the Croatian Adriatic will be organised following their arrival.
For more on Croatian tourism in the coronavirus era, follow our dedicated section.


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Steve Cousins
International Street Artist
circus workshops
Science and Geology projects
Everyone has their little claim to fame, and Steve has his. He is the only person to have ever fire-breathed off Norway's Kjerag Bolten whilst naked – 1000m above the fjord below, and was the first person to bungee-jump off the Auckland Harbour Bridge whilst on fire.
His mum is very proud. His wife is yet to decide.
But where did all of this originate? From an early age, it was obvious that Steve had deep curiosities and an affinity with the outdoors. He got the Cub-Scout 'Fire Awareness' Badge in record time, and learned that when a magnifying glass and an ants nest were combined, a pungent odour would be produced. From then on, the pursuits of combining scientific discovery and fart gags were never to part.
After completing his University studies (B Sc. Geology and Earth Science) he prepared to face the working world in the quintessential Australian way of packing his bags to travel the world. It was in Scotland that he began working as a Science Communicator with the Edinburgh International Science Festival. He also became a performer within the Beltane Fire Festival – here all of his childhood dreams of pyromania became a reality.
In 2001 Steve became a full-time performer and arts administrator with the educational arts charity te POOKa – here he learned people can successfully choose a creative path in life and that with dedication, teamwork and a bit of luck – all things are possible. Years of childhood 'dressups' through two sisters with no pets of their own now paid off as he developed a range of costumed walkabout characters.
Steve now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in tribute to his home town – Newcastle, Australia. From here he has founded his own circus, Let's Circus, and is a director of the North East Circus Development Trust and the UK's Circus Development Agency. He is thinking of writing a book 'When Footloose and Fancy-Free Street Entertainers Grow Up to Become Executive Hippies'.
As a collaborator Steve works closely with many talented artists and acts. Perhaps you'd like a recommendation? Try these friends – DreamState Circus (Street Theatre and Circus), HANG Aerial Dance (Trapeze shows and workshops), te POOKa (Community Arts and Performances), Dr Bunhead's Science Education (Explosions), Solar (Group fire shows), Joseph d'Amour Bouffon (Street Theatre clown), rob thorburn (Juggling and manipulation master classes), Orkestra del Sol (Incredibly Groovy street band).
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Ryusei Manual Published
The English-language Ryusei Karate-Do Technical Manual was published last fall. It includes a translation of the original Japanese manual, written by Sakamoto-Sensei, with his understanding of Chito-ryu technique, as well some excursions into history and philiosophy. To this we have added illustrations of the lower belt techniques, kata and bunkai and an expanded glossary. To top this off, the manual includes a DVD of Ryusei kihon, kata and bunkai, with Sakamoto-Sensei performing much of the technique. Following is the Introduction to the manual.
Your Guide to Ryusei Karate-Do
Congratulations. You have in your hands the first English Ryusei Karate-Do Technical Manual. If its weight reflected how much work went into it, you wouldn't be able to lift it.
The core of the manual is a translation from Japanese of the manual written by Ken Sakamoto. As international head of Ryusei Karate-Do, Sakamoto-Sensei brings some impressive credentials to the table. Born in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, on February 2, 1949, he began his martial arts career in 1964, studying Goju-ryu karate. In 1968, he started learning Chito-ryu karate. Two years later, he met Chinen Kinchoku (Tsuyoshi Chitose, 1898–1984), the Sixth Todi Master and founder of Chito-ryu karate.
Sakamoto-Sensei also studied other martial arts, before and after becoming a member of Japan's Self Defence forces in the 1970s. For example, he practised aikido under Getsu Sugawara-Sensei, one of the chief disciples of Morhei Ueshiba, founder of aikido. Other martial arts that he practised over the years include sumo, judo and jukendo (fighting with bayonets).
But of all his teachers, Sakamoto-Sensei was most impressed by master Chitose, especially by his performance of koryu kata, including Gungfu-no-kata. This long, family form seems more Chinese than Okinawan, with its fluid, open-hand moves and dependence on cultivating the right breathing and internal energy. As a live-in disciple with O-Sensei, and as his son-in-law, Sakamoto-Sensei was uniquely positioned to observe and practise O-Sensei's most advanced techniques.
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