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Kristie Domzalski
CardFlight Ranked Number 48 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 500™
This article was originally published on CardFlight here.
CardFlight's three-year growth rate of over 2,900% placed the company on the 2018 list of fastest growing technology companies in North America.
New York, New York – CardFlight, the leading mobile POS and SaaS payment technology company, announced today that it ranked 48 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. CardFlight's 2,916% three-year growth rate placed the company on this year's list. Overall, 2018 Technology Fast 500™ companies achieved median growth of 412%.
Founded in 2013 and with operations in New York City and Lincoln, Nebraska, CardFlight prides itself on being the leader in payment technology and mobile point-of-sale solutions. The company partners with merchant service providers, banks, and independent sales organizations to serve more than 45,000 small businesses in all 50 U.S. states.
Derek Webster, CardFlight's Founder and CEO, credits the company's commitment to delivering superior products for enabling the company's revenue growth. He said, "I'm proud and honored to see CardFlight recognized on Deloitte's Fast 500 list. Our team works hard to deliver the best-in-class payment acceptance technology to our partners, and to enable them to serve tens of thousands of small businesses across the United States. The team's talent and dedication enable CardFlight's growth and success and I want to thank them. I would also like to thank Deloitte for honoring us on the Fast 500 list this year."
"Congratulations to the Deloitte 2018 Technology Fast 500 winners on this impressive achievement," said Sandra Shirai, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP, and U.S. technology, media and telecommunications leader. "These companies are innovators who have converted their disruptive ideas into products, services and experiences that can captivate new customers and drive remarkable growth."
About Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 500™
Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies — both public and private — in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2014 to 2017.
In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of four years and be headquartered within North America.
Jiobit raises $6.5 million to ramp up production of its child tracker
The company, founded three years ago by former Motorola Mobility executives John Renaldi and Roger Ady, raised capital from Netgear, a Silicon Valley maker of wireless-networking equipment, as well as Math Venture Partners, Techstars Ventures, Wakestream Ventures, Sandalphon Capital, former Motorola and Google executive Lior Ron, Cartavi founder Glenn Shimkus and angel investor Sam Guren. Jiobit has now raised $11 million.
SpotHero makes the TIME Genius Companies list
Spot Hero was chosen for finding a creative solution to a problem and "inventing the future," as TIME put it.
To save its customers the stress of finding a parking spot, SpotHero allows users to prepay for one. Eliminating the need to circle downtown searching for parking curbs congestion and pollution too.
Swing King Delivers Everyday Hole-In-One Golf Contests With Redbox Expertise
This article was originally published on Forbes here, and written by Erik Matuszewski.
What golfer wouldn't want a hole-in-one to be immortalized on film – and to win money for it?
A tech startup named Swing King is trying to make that more of a reality at golf courses around the country, providing technology for everyday hole-in-one contests that have paid off almost $500,000 in prize money the past few years.
The business is the brainchild of former Redbox senior vice president of technology Eric Hoersten, who teamed up former Redbox CEO and founder, Gregg Kaplan, to start Swing King. A $2 billion business, Redbox made a splash with those conveniently-located kiosks that dispense millions of movie and video game discs. Kaplan and Hoersten envisioned similar fully-automated systems on the golf course and enlisted the expertise of sports technology expert Mike Jakob, who was hired as CEO after serving as President for Sportvision -- a company best known for inventing the yellow first down line viewers see on football telecasts.
Swing King is now in about 30 states and has been installed at almost 300 courses, approximately 90% of which are public and resort properties.
So, how does it work? Swing King installs HD cameras that are constantly filming, capturing footage of each and every golfer on a par-3 hole at a participating course. A golfer paying an additional $5 in the pro shop at the start of the round could win $10,000 for a hole-in-one, for example, while a $10 entry could earn $20,000 for an ace. Some facilities also offer the opportunity to enter on the course.
"It's the combination of having the right technology and the right team with experience in sports and tech and golf," said Jakob, who has spent 20 years in the sports technology field capturing data and figuring out how to monetize it across platforms. "Then its putting together the right model where we generate income right out of the gate and have such a high touch-rate."
Facilities will usually pick one par-3 hole per course and Swing King will install three cameras in inconspicuous locations, whether that's a building, tree or pole that's set up specifically for the system. The cameras, designed to last up to five years, tie in to the course's electricity, typically into the irrigation system.
"We'll try to install in a spot that blends into the background," Jakob said of the cameras, which can provide a lifelong memory along with the official documentation of a hole-in-one without a witness being present.
Some courses don't even pay for the system, which involves a revenue-sharing program. Courses will often sign a multiyear contract – some of which have no upfront fee for installation – and can generate an average annual revenue of $20,000 per course. A portion of that revenue, anywhere between 15% and 50% depending on the contract, goes to the golf course.
Only golfers who opt into a contest are eligible to win prizes, which range from $1,000 to $100,000, with the possibility of even a $1 million payout for special events. Courses with the Swing King technology report participation rates anywhere between 7% and 50% for the program. Some properties are looking to differentiate themselves by bundling the added cost into the standard playing fee and automatically qualifying every golfer for the chance at a $1,000 or $2,500 hole-in-one. Other golfers might be entered as part of a company or charity outing.
Wade Keats of Winnetka, Illinois, was one of those. The par-3 13th hole at Chevy Chase Country Club outside Chicago was a lucky one for Keats, who made an ace and later learned he won $10,000 because event organizers had purchased an entry for every participant.
"I was already in total shock, but that floored me," Keats told the Chicago Tribune.
Chicago-based Swing King has installations at more than 40% of public courses in the Chicago Metro area, including all four courses at Cog Hill.
Swing King is also expanding the platform beyond holes-in-one. Certain venues offer payouts such as five times the entry fee for a tee shot "within the flagstick" or money back for hitting the green off the tee. The increase in sports betting in certain states could lead to other opportunities, such as a rolling pot for a hole-in-one.
Ultimately, what Swing King is hoping to do is give golfers a chance to celebrate a memorable moment a little bit more – with video and some extra money. It's a win-win for golfers and facilities, increasing revenue while potentially boosting interest in golf and incremental rounds.
"It's a combination of sensing opportunity in the marketplace and then ultimately bringing fun and entertainment to the sport of golf -- giving golfers more of a Topgolf experience on the course and bringing gamification to the game," Jakob said. "It fits within what the market wants. For the golf clubs themselves, it's two-fold: adding programming and a layer of fun and entertainment for the golfer."
Chowly raises $5.8 million for new hires and market expansion
Chowly closed a third round of Series A venture funding in July 2018, raising $5.8 million in a deal led by Math Venture Partners. Other participants included Valor Equity Partners, M25, Chicago Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and Bluestein & Associates.
CardFlight Ranks 139th on 2018 Inc. 5000 List, Top 5 for Financial Services
Inc. Magazine today ranked CardFlight No. 139 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment— its independent small and mid-sized businesses. CardFlight joins the ranks of America's most prestigious and successful companies featured on the Inc. 5000 list in years past.
Samara Mejia Hernandez
She wants to make sure your boss won't always be a white guy
It's December 2016, and venture capital investor Samara Mejía Hernández tries her hand at op-ed writing with a blog post on LinkedIn. Titled "Why Your Boss Is Still a White Guy," she takes the tech industry, and particularly the VC world, to task for its stunning lack of diversity — only 2 percent of venture capital-backed startups have women-only boards, while just 1 percent of VC funding goes to people of color, according to First Round Capital's 2016 State of Startups report. Combining data-based reasoning with cutting asides like "apparently being born without a Y chromosome makes you a better notetaker. Still waiting on the peer-reviewed study," the post goes viral within 24 hours.
Mark Achler
Technori Start Up Showcase: Keynote on Empathy by Mark Achler
MATH Venture Partners Managing Director Mark Achler takes the stage at the May 2018 Technori showcase to discuss his journey and lessons on how empathy can launch your management career.
© 2018 Math Venture Partners Management, LLC


The Welcome Chinese Restaurant has been owned and Managed by San and Jasmine Cheung, since November 2005. The restaurant specialises in Cantonese and Malaysian cuisine. It also has Thai and Szechuan dishes as well.
San (Head Chef) and Jasmine (Restaurant Manager) have created an "oasis" of exceptional Cantonese and Oriental Cuisine here in rural Cambridgeshire, which surprises everyone in terms of both its excellent quality and reasonable cost. Since 2005, the Welcome has attracted and maintained a large and regular customer base from around St. Ives and beyond, gaining it a reputation as one of the best Chinese Restaurants in the East of England.
The Welcome Chinese Restaurant is situated in East Street, (which is immediately behind Barclays Bank, Market Hill) in the centre of St. Ives. You will know your there, when you see the Two Marble Lions guarding the entrance and at night the warm and welcoming illuminated red awnings above the windows and entrance.
On entering the restaurant, the attractive and calming fish tank and exquisitely set and elegant tables immediately suggest that this Chinese Restaurant is in a class above the rest. Dark wood chop sticks with marble dragons inset are encased in a neatly designed sleeve (matching the table runner) and placed on a china stool; silk pink table liners, embroidered with gold were laid upon crisp white linen. The quality of the decor is matched by the efficient, courteous and friendly service of all the staff. The restaurant is spacious with a relaxing and sophisticated ambience. Tables of all sizes are available from a cosy romantic table for two, to large round tables for large parties with an occasion to celebrate. It has the capacity to seat up to 100 people.
Overall, the Welcome can be described as an upper class, high quality Chinese Restaurant with delicious quality food and excellent service. It is a family run business where the owner and head chef has 20 years of experience in Cantonese food. The restaurant can cater for parties for any occasion. Party groups should book in advance.
There are a number of public car parks within 2 minutes walk of the Welcome Chinese Restaurant.
The Welcome Restaurant offers a tasty range of Appetizers to prepare your palate for your main courses and, if you are eating in our restaurant, to pass the time whilst we are freshly preparing the rest of your meal.
Bean curd, known as Tofu in Japan, originated in China many centuries ago. It is made from Soy Milk and is low in both calories and fat. Bean curd normally has very little flavour of its own and therefore is usually served with something that has flavour is abundance like Black Bean Sauce or Chilli. It is a very popular addition to food everywhere is Asia.
The Welcome Restaurant uses high quality beef serverd as either fillet steaks, sliced or shredded beef in a range of tempting dishes.
Lamb is a very tasty meat in its own right but when cooked Chinese style it produces a really excellent dish. Why not try some lamb from the Welcoem Restaurant.
Rice is one of the staple foods of Asia and the Welcome Restaurant offers you a selection if rice dishes ranging from simple boiled rice through to their House Special Fired Rice, that is almost a meal in itself.
Also included in this section is one of the British staple foods for those who would prefer chips with theit take-away.
With an enourmous coastline and many great rivers, Seafood or rather fish dishes, are an important element of Chinese cuisine. The Welcome Restaurant follows this tradition and offers a huge range of seafood dishes which if you are eating in the reatuarant includes Sea Bass and Dover Sole (when available) in addition to the old favourites like Scallops or King Prawns.
If you cannot decide on what to order the Welcome Restaurant chef has put together some set meal ideas that should appeal to you. The Set Meals are priced PER PERSON and are available for TWO PERSONS or more.
Set meals served to eat within the Welcome Chinese Restaurant include Chinese Tea or Coffee to complete your meal.
Our Sizzling Dishes are prepared in our kitchen and served to your table on a really hot platter so that they sizzle when served for a really mouth watering experience. We do offer some of our sizzling dishes to you on our Take Away menu but although they are prepared in exactly the same way the will not actually be sizzling when you get them but they will taste very much the same.
All these dishes are based on and prepared with fresh vegetables.


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Los cambios territoriales de Alemania se refieren a los cambios en las fronteras y el territorio de Alemania desde su formación en 1871 hasta el presente. La Alemania moderna se formó en 1871, cuando Otto von Bismarck unificó la mayoría de los Estados de habla alemana (con la notable excepción de Austria) en el Imperio alemán (Segundo Reich). Después de la Primera Guerra Mundial Alemania perdió el 10% de su territorio a favor de sus vecinos y se formó entonces la República de Weimar. Esta república incluyó territorios al este de los actuales límites alemanes, en su mayoría Prusia Oriental.

El período del gobierno nazi de la década de 1930 hasta el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial trajo cambios significativos. La Alemania nazi al principio amplió dramáticamente el territorio del país y conquistó la mayor parte de Europa, aunque no todas las áreas fueron anexadas a Alemania propiamente dicha. La fortuna de los nazis cambió durante la invasión de la Unión Soviética, y los aliados derrotaron y ocuparon Alemania.

Inmediatamente después de la guerra, todas las conquistas territoriales se revirtieron, y la Alemania de la preguerra fue dividida en zonas de ocupación por parte de los ingleses, franceses, estadounidenses y soviéticos; la capital Berlín fue dividida igualmente en cuatro sectores. Los antiguos territorios orientales de Alemania fueron cedidos a Polonia y la Unión Soviética, con lo que los ríos Oder y Neisse fueron el nuevo límite alemán en el este. La mayoría de este territorio se convirtió en "territorios recuperados" por Polonia, mientras que aproximadamente un tercio de la Prusia Oriental constituyó el oblast de Kaliningrado de Rusia; prácticamente toda la población alemana en estas regiones fue expulsada o huyó. En el oeste, se formó el Protectorado del Sarre, una zona bajo control francés y con una autonomía limitada, pero con leyes de ciudadanía propia.

Con el inicio de la Guerra Fría, la parte occidental de Alemania fue unificada a partir de la Trizona, convirtiéndose en la República Federal de Alemania en mayo de 1949. La zona de ocupación de Berlín Occidental declaró su adhesión a la República Federal de Alemania en 1949 pero fue rechazado por las potencias ocupantes. La zona soviética, incluyendo el sector soviético de Berlín, se convirtió en la República Democrática Alemana en octubre del mismo año. El 1 de enero de 1957, el Protectorado del Sarre declaró su adhesión a la República Federal de Alemania, según lo dispuesto por el artículo 23 de su Constitución (Pequeña Reunificación).

Tras el final de la Guerra Fría, Alemania Oriental (incluyendo Berlín Oriental) y Berlín Occidental utilizaron la misma cláusula constitucional de Alemania Occidental y declararon su adhesión a la República Federal de Alemania a partir del 3 de octubre de 1990, evento conocido como la reunificación de Alemania.

Antecedentes

Asentamiento alemán en el este de Europa
Parte de la motivación detrás de los cambios territoriales se basa en hechos históricos en Alemania y Europa Occidental. Las migraciones que tuvieron lugar durante más de un milenio, llevaron a los alemanes a vivir en toda la Europa Oriental y tan lejos como los países bálticos y Rusia. La existencia de estos enclaves fue utilizada varias veces por los nacionalistas alemanes para justificar pretensiones territoriales.

El auge del nacionalismo europeo

Los cambios territoriales de Alemania después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial se pueden interpretar en el contexto de la evolución del nacionalismo global y el nacionalismo europeo.

La segunda mitad del siglo XIX y la primera mitad del siglo XX vieron el surgimiento del nacionalismo en Europa. Anteriormente, un país consistía en gran parte de aquellos pueblos que vivían en los territorios bajo el dominio de un gobernante en particular. Como los principados y reinos crecieron a través de la conquista y el matrimonio, un gobernante podía terminar con muchas diferentes etnias bajo su dominio.

El concepto de nacionalismo se basa en la idea de un "pueblo" que comparte un nexo común a través de la historia, raza, religión, idioma y cultura. Por otro lado, el nacionalismo afirmó que cada "pueblo" tiene derecho a su propio Estado. Por lo tanto, gran parte de la historia europea en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y la primera mitad del siglo XX se puede entender como los esfuerzos por realinear las fronteras nacionales con este concepto de "un solo pueblo, un Estado". Muchos de los conflictos internos fueron el resultado de la presión de uno o varios grupos étnicos alternativos y/u otras lenguas nativas de asimilar a la etnia dominante en el Estado. Suiza fue la brillante excepción, mostrando que el patriotismo sólo necesita de orgullo cívico y de igualdad jurídica, no una lengua común.

Muchos conflictos surgen cuando un país afirma derechos sobre terrenos fuera de sus fronteras, en base de un vínculo étnico con las personas que viven en tales tierras. Otra fuente de conflicto surge cuando un grupo de personas, que constituían una minoría en una nación, busca separarse de esta, ya sea para formar una nación independiente o unirse a otra nación con la que sienten lazos fuertes. Sin embargo, otra fuente de conflicto nace del deseo de algunas naciones de expulsar gente del territorio dentro de sus fronteras, porque esas personas no comparten un vínculo común con la mayoría de la gente de esa nación.

Formación del Imperio alemán

Prusia
La expansión territorial del Reino de Prusia, que en el siglo XIX lideraría los esfuerzos futuros de la unificación alemana, comenzó con la anexión de territorios pertenecientes a la Mancomunidad de Polonia y Lituania. Entre 1772 y 1795, Prusia tomó 141 400 km² del territorio occidental de la Mancomunidad (áreas conocidas como Gran Polonia, Pomorze y Mazovia) (renombrándolas como Prusia del Sur, Prusia Occidental y Nueva Prusia Oriental) y casi un millón de hablantes de lengua polaca. Federico el Grande envió inmediatamente 57,475 familias alemanas a las tierras recién conquistadas para consolidar sus nuevas adquisiciones, y abolió el uso del idioma polaco.

Confederación Alemana del Norte
Después de las guerras napoleónicas y la disolución del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico, la Confederación Alemana del Norte, liderada por Prusia, se combinó con los estados sureños de Baden, Wurtemberg, Baviera y Hesse y así como con el antiguo territorio francés de Alsacia y Lorena, de reciente anexión, para formar el Imperio alemán en 1871. En algunas zonas de las provincias prusianas orientales, tales como la provincia de Posen, la mayoría de la población era polaca. Muchos habitantes de Alsacia y Lorena tenían por lengua el francés. La mayoría de los alsacianos y lorranios de lengua alemana nativa se aferraron a Francia, a pesar de todas las afirmaciones nacionalistas de que por lenguaje y cultura se debería determinar una sola afiliación nacional.

Heligoland
El Imperio británico cedió Heligoland a Alemania en 1890 de acuerdo a los términos del Tratado de Heligoland-Zanzíbar. Los habitantes de la isla, todavía predominantemente fluidos en su dialecto heligolandés del norte de Frisia, adoptaron la ciudadanía alemana como muchos otros frisios de la costa del Mar del Norte.

Primera Guerra Mundial

Brest-Litovsk
Como parte del Tratado de Brest-Litovsk, el gobierno comunista de Rusia renunció a toda pretensión sobre Finlandia, los futuros Estados bálticos (Estonia, Letonia y Lituania), Polonia, Bielorrusia, Ucrania. Varios de estos territorios fueron cedidos al Imperio alemán.

En cuanto a los territorios cedidos, el tratado declaró que "Alemania y Austria-Hungría tenían la intención de determinar el futuro destino de estos territorios, de acuerdo con su población" con algunos otros efectos, tales como la designación de los gobernantes alemanes a los tronos nuevos de Finlandia, Letonia, Lituania y Polonia.

Cambios territoriales después de la Primera Guerra Mundial

Tratado de Versalles

Las disposiciones del Tratado de Versalles al final de la Primera Guerra Mundial obligaron a Alemania a transferir parte de su territorio a otros países. Además de la pérdida del Imperio colonial alemán, otros territorios cedidos fueron:

 Alsacia y Lorena, territorios que fueron anexados por Francia en 1681 y devueltos a Alemania de acuerdo con los preliminares de paz firmados en Versalles el 26 de febrero de 1871 y al Tratado de Fráncfort del 10 de mayo de 1871; ambos fueron restaurados a la soberanía francesa el 11 de noviembre de 1918 sin un plebiscito como condición previa para el armisticio (es decir, no como una cláusula del Tratado de Versalles) (área 14522 km², 1815000 habitantes (1905)).

 Schleswig Septentrional fue cedida a Dinamarca, incluyendo las ciudades de Tondern, Apenrade, Sonderburg, Hadersleben y Lügumkloster que estaban en territorio de Schleswig-Holstein, después de los plebiscitos de Schleswig (área 3984 km², 163600 habitantes (1920)).

 Las provincias prusianas de Posen y Prusia Occidental, que Prusia había anexado en las particiones de Polonia (1772-1795), fueron retornadas a Polonia. La mayor parte de este territorio ya había sido ocupado por la población polaca local durante el gran levantamiento polaco de 1918-1919. Una porción de ambas provincias permaneció como parte de Alemania en la nueva provincia prusiana de Posen-Prusia Occidental (área 53800 km², 4224000 habitantes (1931), incluyendo 510 km² y 26000 habitantes de la Alta Silesia).

 La mayor parte de Prusia Occidental, que Prusia se había anexado durante la primera partición de Polonia (1772), retornó a Polonia en 1920, a pesar de tener una importante minoría alemana, con el fin de proporcionar un acceso libre al mar (ver corredor polaco).

 La Región de Hlučín de Alta Silesia fue cedida a Checoslovaquia (área 316 o 333 km², 49000 habitantes).

 Alta Silesia Oriental pasó a Polonia, a pesar de que durante el plebiscito de Alta Silesia el 60% de la población había votado a favor de permanecer dentro de Alemania (área 3214 km², 965000 habitantes).

 El área de Eupen-Malmedy pasó a Bélgica.

 El área de Soldau en la Prusia Oriental (una estación de ferrocarril en el trayecto de Varsovia a Danzig) fue cedida a Polonia (área 492 km²).

 La parte norte de la Prusia Oriental, conocida como Memelland bajo el control de Francia, Italia, Japón y el Reino Unido, fue trasladada a Lituania sin plebiscito.

 De la parte oriental de la Prusia Occidental y la parte sur de la Prusia Oriental (Warmia y Masuria), una pequeña zona fue cedida a Polonia; pese a la afirmación nacionalista de que la etnicidad debe determinar la identidad nacional, la mayoría de los eslavos oriundos de Masuria votaron a favor de Alemania durante el plebiscito de Prusia Oriental.

 El Sarre estaba bajo el control de la Sociedad de Naciones por 15 años, y después se llevó a cabo un plebiscito entre Francia y Alemania para decidir a qué país pertenecería. Durante este tiempo, el carbón fue a Francia como botín de guerra.

 El puerto de Danzig (ahora Gdańsk, Polonia) con el delta del río Vístula en el Mar Báltico fue convertido en la Ciudad Libre de Danzig  bajo el control de la Sociedad de Naciones (área 1893 km², 408000 habitantes (1929), 90% alemanes).

 Por medio del tratado Alemania reconocía y respetaría plenamente la independencia de Austria.

Los Sudetes
La población de etnia alemana de los Sudetes  había intentado evitar que las áreas de lengua alemana de la antigua Austria-Hungría se convirtiesen en parte de Checoslovaquia en 1918. Como parte de Baviera, proclamaron la provincia austro-alemana de los Sudetes en octubre de 1918, además de que votaron para integrarse en la recientemente declarada República de Austria Alemana en noviembre del mismo año. Sin embargo, esto había sido prohibido por las potencias aliadas vencedoras de la Primera Guerra Mundial (el Tratado de Saint-Germain) y por el gobierno checoslovaco, utilizando en parte las fuerzas armadas en 1919. Muchos alemanes de los Sudetes rechazaron la afiliación a Checoslovaquia, ya que se les había denegado el derecho a la libre determinación, prometida por el presidente de Estados Unidos Woodrow Wilson en sus Catorce Puntos de enero de 1918.

Revuelta de Silesia

Las sublevaciones de Silesia () fueron una serie de tres revueltas llevadas a cabo entre 1919 y 1921 por la población polaca en la región de la Alta Silesia contra la República de Weimar, para escindir la región de Alemania (en algunas zonas de este territorio los polacos eran la mayoría étnica) y unirla a la Segunda República Polaca.

Interbellum

Las reivindicaciones territoriales de los nacionalistas alemanes
Antes de la Primera Guerra Mundial, había grupos aislados de los alemanes denominados Schwaben tan al sureste como el Bósforo (Turquía), Georgia y Azerbaiyán. Después de la guerra, la pérdida de territorios de Alemania y Austria-Hungría y el auge del comunismo en la Unión Soviética, significó que muchos alemanes constituyesen minorías considerables en varios países.

Los nacionalistas alemanes utilizaron la existencia de grandes minorías alemanas en otros países como base para reclamaciones territoriales. Muchos de los temas de propaganda del régimen nazi contra Checoslovaquia y Polonia afirmaban que la etnia alemana (Volksdeutsche) en esos territorios era perseguida.

Los nazis negociaron una serie de traslados de población con Iósif Stalin y Benito Mussolini, entre otros, a fin de que tanto Alemania como dichos países aumentaran su homogeneidad étnica. Sin embargo, estas transferencias de población no fueron suficientes para apaciguar las demandas de los nazis. El Heim ins Reich, la retórica de los nazis sobre el estatus permanente de enclaves inconexos, como Danzig y Prusia Oriental, fue uno de los factores de agitación en la política que condujeron a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y es considerado por muchos como una de las principales causas de la belicosidad del régimen nazi que conllevó a la guerra. Adolf Hitler utilizó estos temas como un pretexto para librar guerras de agresión contra Checoslovaquia y Polonia.

Renania (Tierra del Rin)

El 7 de marzo de 1936, Hitler envió una pequeña fuerza expedicionaria a la zona desmilitarizada de Renania . Esta fue una clara violación del Tratado de Versalles de 1919 (que supuso el fin oficial de la Primera Guerra Mundial), y como tal, Francia y Gran Bretaña estaban en su derecho, a través del Tratado, de atacar y derrotar a las fuerzas alemanas. Pero la opinión pública británica bloqueó el uso de la fuerza militar, lo que impidió a su vez la acción francesa, ya que estaban divididos internamente y no podían actuar sin el apoyo británico.

Región del Sarre

En 1933, un número considerable de la población alemana contraria a los nazis emigró a la región del Sarre, ya que era la única parte de Alemania no controlada por el Tercer Reich. Como resultado de esto, los grupos antinazis hicieron campaña de forma intensiva para que la región del Sarre permaneciera bajo el control de la Sociedad de Naciones mientras Adolf Hitler siguiese gobernando Alemania. Por otro lado, resurgió el sentimiento nacionalista contra Francia, con muy pocas voces abiertamente simpatizantes con Francia. Cuando terminó el plazo de 15 años, se realizó un plebiscito en el territorio el 13 de enero de 1935, con el resultado de que el 90,3% de los votantes deseaban integrarse en la Alemania Nazi.

El 17 de enero de 1935, la reunificación del territorio con Alemania fue aprobada por el Consejo de la Sociedad de Naciones. El 1 de marzo, la Alemania Nazi tomó el control de la región y designó a Josef Bürckel como Reichskommissar für die Rückgliederung des Saarlandes ("Comisionado Imperial para la reunificación del territorio del Sarre").

La nueva Gau fue extendida hasta el Rin, incluyendo la histórica región del Palatinado; el nombre de la región se cambió el 8 de abril de 1940 por el de Gau Saarpfalz (Palatinado del Sarre). Después de la Batalla de Francia, el reanexionado  departamento francés de Moselle fue incorporado a la Reichsgau (Provincias Imperiales o del Reich).

Anschluss (Unión con Austria)

Los Aliados, en el papel, se comprometieron a mantener los términos del Tratado de Versalles, que prohibía expresamente la unión de Austria y Alemania. A pesar de ello, el Anschluss fue uno de los primeros pasos de envergadura en la planificación de Adolf Hitler para la creación de un nuevo imperio alemán que incluiría todos los territorios de habla alemana y los que Alemania había perdido después de la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Los acontecimientos del 12 de marzo de 1938 marcaron la culminación de las históricas presiones transnacionales para unificar la población alemana de Austria y Alemania en una sola nación. Sin embargo, el Anschluss de 1938, a pesar de su popularidad, fue promulgado unilateralmente por Alemania. Anteriormente, la Alemania de Hitler había prestado apoyo al Partido Nazi Austriaco en su intento por hacerse con el liderazgo fascista en Austria. Aunque decidido a que Austria fuese independiente, el canciller de Austria, Kurt Schuschnigg, se vio obligado a convocar un plebiscito en medio de crecientes presiones.

Aunque Schuschnigg esperaba que la población de Austria votase a favor de mantener su autonomía política, un bien planeado golpe de Estado por el Partido Nazi Austriaco en las instituciones estatales austriacas en Viena tuvo lugar el 11 de marzo de 1938, antes de la votación. Con el poder rápidamente trasferido a Alemania, las tropas de la Wehrmacht (ejército regular alemán) entraron en Austria para reforzar el "Anschluss". Los nazis realizaron un nuevo plebiscito el mes siguiente, recibiendo este una abrumadora aprobación del 99.73% de los votos. No tuvo lugar lucha alguna, y las fuertes voces contra la anexión, particularmente las de Italia, Francia y el Reino Unido (miembros del Frente de Stresa), fueron desoídas, o en el caso de Italia, convencidos para cambiar de opinión.

Territorio de Memel

Posteriormente, a finales de 1938, Lituania perdió el control de la situación en el Territorio de Memel . En las primeras horas del 23 de marzo de 1939, después de un comunicado a través de la delegación lituana en Berlín, el ministro lituano de Asuntos Exteriores Juozas Urbšys y su contrapartida alemana Joachim von Ribbentrop firmaron el Tratado de Cesión del Territorio de Memel a Alemania a cambio de la Zona Libre Lituana en el puerto de Memel, usando las instalaciones erigidas en años anteriores.

Checoslovaquia

Invasión de los Sudetes

El 29 de septiembre de 1938 Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini y Édouard Daladier firmaron el Pacto de Múnich. El gobierno checo capituló el 30 de septiembre y accedió a regañadientes a cumplir el acuerdo. Este dio a Alemania los Sudetes a partir del 10 de octubre y el control de facto sobre el resto de Checoslovaquia, tras lo cual Hitler prometió no ir más lejos.

Hitler y Chamberlain firmaron una resolución adicional para determinar cómo resolver todas las controversias en el futuro entre Alemania y el Reino Unido a través de medios pacíficos. Esto se confunde a menudo con el Acuerdo de las Cuatro Potencias de Múnich, sobre todo porque la mayoría de las fotografías de regreso de Chamberlain lo muestran agitando el documento que contiene la resolución, no el Acuerdo de Múnich en sí.

Sin las fortificaciones que había construido en la región de los Sudetes, Checoslovaquia estaba indefensa. El 5 de octubre Edvard Beneš renunció como Presidente de Checoslovaquia, con lo que la caída de Checoslovaquia fue completa. Seguidamente al estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, formó el Gobierno checoslovaco en el exilio en Londres.

Invasión del resto de Checoslovaquia

El 13 de marzo de 1939, los ejércitos nazis entraron en Praga y procedieron a ocupar los territorios remanentes de Bohemia y Moravia, creando un protectorado del Reich. La mitad este del país, Eslovaquia, se convirtió en un Estado separado pronazi, la República Eslovaca.

El primer ministro Chamberlain se sintió traicionado por las acciones de los alemanes en Checoslovaquia, ya que demostró que su política de apaciguamiento hacia Hitler había fracasado, e inmediatamente comenzó a movilizar a las fuerzas armadas del Imperio Británico. Francia hizo lo mismo. Aunque no se ejecutaron acciones inmediatamente, la Invasión de Polonia por parte de Hitler en septiembre de 1939 dio comienzo a la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa.

Segunda Guerra Mundial

Polonia

Después de invadir Polonia en 1939, Alemania se anexionó los territorios que se había visto forzada a ceder a Polonia entre 1919 y 1922 en virtud del Tratado de Versalles, incluyendo el corredor polaco, Prusia Oriental, la Provincia de Posen y la Alta Silesia del Este. El Volkstag de la Ciudad libre de Dánzig votó a favor de formar parte de Alemania otra vez, aunque los polacos y judíos fueron privados de su derecho a voto y aquellos partidos políticos no afiliados al partido Nazi fueron prohibidos. Partes de Polonia que nunca habían sido parte del Imperio alemán fueron también incorporadas a los territorios del Reich.

Dos decretos de Adolf Hitler (del 8 y 12 de octubre de 1939) determinaron la división de las áreas anexionadas de Polonia en las siguientes unidades administrativas:

 Reichsgau de Wartheland (inicialmente Reichsgau de Posen), que incluía el Voivodato de Poznań, la mayoría del Voivodato de Łódź, cinco condados de Voivodato de Pomerania y el Condado de Działdowo County del Voivodato de Varsovia.

Reichsgau de Danzig-Prusia Occidental (inicialmente Reichsgau de Prusia Occidental), que consistía en el resto del Voivodato de Pomerania y la Ciudad libre de Dánzig.

 Distrito de Ciechanów (Regierungsbezirk de Zichenau), consistente en los cinco condados septentrionales del Voivodato de Varsovia (Płock, Płońsk, Sierpc, Ciechanów y Mława), que formaban parte de la Prusia Occidental.

 Distrito de Katowice (Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz), o de forma oficiosa Alta Silesia del Este (Ost-Oberschlesien), que incluía los condados de Sosnowiec, Będzin, Chrzanów y Zawiercie, así como partes de los condados de Olkusz y Żywiec.

Estos territorios tenían una superficie de 94.000 km² y una población de 10.000.000 de habitantes. El resto del territorio polaco fue anexionado por la Unión Soviética (c. 52%; ver Pacto Ribbentrop-Mólotov) o integrado bajo el control del Gobierno General de la zona de ocupación alemana.

Después del ataque alemán a la Unión Soviética en junio de 1941, el Voivodato de Białystok, que incluía los condados de Białystok, Bielsk Podlaski, Grajewo, Łomża, Sokółka, Volkovysk y Grodno, fue "asignado" (no incorporado) a la Prusia Oriental, mientras que la Galitzia Oriental fue transferida al Gobierno General.

Alsacia-Lorena
Después de la invasión a Francia en 1940, Alemania se anexionó los departamentos de Bajo Rin, Alto Rin y Mosela (Alsacia-Lorena). El gobierno alemán nunca negoció o declaró una anexión formal, con el fin de preservar la posibilidad de un acuerdo con Occidente.

Eupen y Malmedy
Eupen y Malmedy, conocidos como los Cantones Orientales en Bélgica (junto con el territorio neutral de Moresnet), fueron anexionados por la Alemania Nazi en 1940 con el consentimiento de la población local de origen alemán. Durante este periodo la parte sur de los Cantones Orientales fue escenario de duras batallas, incluyendo Ardenas, St. Vith, Rocherath Krinkelt, Bütgenbach y muchas otras.

Luxemburgo
Luxemburgo fue invadido y ocupado por las fuerzas alemanas en junio de 1940 y formalmente anexionado a Alemania en agosto de 1942.

Partes de Yugoslavia
Tras la derrota de Yugoslavia, Alemania, Italia y Hungría se anexionaron cada una partes de Eslovenia, siendo la parte más extensa Baja Estiria anexionada por el Ostmark (o Austria).

Tirol del Sur
En 1943, Mussolini fue depuesto e Italia se rindió a los Aliados, que habían invadido el sur de la península a través de Sicilia. Las tropas alemanas invadieron rápidamente el norte de Italia, y el Tirol del Sur se convirtió en parte de la Zona de Operaciones de las estribaciones alpinas, anexada a la Gran Alemania.

Se temía que los alemanes podrían usar la región como un bastión para luchar de forma directa en los territorios controlados por los Aliados, pero esto no ocurrió debido al suicidio de Hitler, la desintegración y el caos del aparato nazi y la rápida rendición de la Alemania nazi.

La región escapó en gran medida a la lucha durante la guerra, y su lejanía montañosa demostró ser útil como un refugio para los objetos saqueados por los nazis en toda Europa. Cuando la 88ª División de Infantería de los Estados Unidos ocupó el Tirol del Sur desde el 2 de mayo de 1945, se encontró una gran cantidad de objetos preciosos y tesoros artísticos.

Reconocimiento
Todas los territorios que fueron incorporados a la Alemania Nazi entre 1937 y el 8 de mayo de 1945 fueron de facto repudiados en las conferencias de Yalta y Potsdam, y no fueron tenidos en cuenta en la división posguerra de la Alemania Nazi. La única excepción fue el Territorio de Memel, cuya incorporación a Alemania fue reconocida por el Reino Unido y Francia a finales de marzo de 1939, pero no por los Estados Unidos.

Cambios territoriales después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial

Cuando se hizo evidente que los Aliados iban a derrotar a la Alemania Nazi, se planteó la cuestión de cómo redibujar las fronteras de los países de la Europa Oriental después de la guerra. En el contexto de esas decisiones, surgió el problema de qué hacer con las minorías étnicas dentro de las fronteras a determinar. Los cambios territoriales al final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial eran parte de los acuerdos negociados entre los Aliados victoriosos para volver a trazar las fronteras nacionales y también de la deportación de todos los alemanes que estaban al este de la línea Oder-Neisse (formada por los ríos homónimos). Los Aliados ocuparon Alemania, pero los Aliados occidentales y la Unión Soviética formaron gobiernos separados que cubrían partes específicas de Alemania (Alemania Occidental, así como Berlín Occidental y Alemania Oriental). Las dos Alemanias y el Oeste de Berlín se reunificaron en 1990.

La Conferencia de Yalta

La decisión final para mover los límites de Polonia hacia el oeste fue tomada por los Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y la Unión Soviética en la Conferencia de Yalta, poco antes de terminar la guerra. La ubicación exacta de la frontera estaba sin fijar; los Aliados occidentales aceptaron el río Oder como la futura frontera occidental de Polonia y que se trasladara la población en función de su etnia como forma de prevenir futuras disputas fronterizas. La cuestión a discutir era si la frontera debería seguir el curso de los ríos Neisse oriental u occidental, y si Stettin, el puerto tradicional de Berlín, debería permanecer dentro de Alemania o ser incluido en Polonia.

En un principio, Alemania iba a retener Stettin, mientras que los polacos se iban a anexar la Prusia Oriental con Königsberg. Finalmente, Stalin decidió que quería Königsberg como puerto de invierno (puerto de aguas cálidas, que no se congelasen en invierno) para la Armada Soviética por un año y sostuvo que los polacos debían recibir Stettin en su lugar. El gobierno polaco en el exilio durante la guerra tuvo poco que decir en estas decisiones.

Los puntos clave de la reunión, relevantes para los cambios territoriales de Alemania, son los siguientes:

 Hubo un acuerdo en el cual la prioridad sería la rendición incondicional de la Alemania Nazi. Después de la guerra, Alemania se dividiría en cuatro zonas de ocupación, con una ocupación cuatripartita de Berlín.

 Stalin aceptó que Francia tendría la cuarta zona de ocupación en Alemania y Austria, extraída de las zonas británicas y estadounidenses. Francia también tendría un puesto en el Consejo de Control Aliado.

 Alemania se sometería a la desmilitarización y desnazificación.

 La nueva configuración del Estado de Polonia también se discutió, pero se vio complicada por el hecho de que Polonia estaba en dicho momento bajo el control del Ejército Rojo. Se acordó reorganizar el Gobierno Provisional Polaco que había sido creado por el Ejército Rojo a través de la inclusión de otros grupos, como el Gobierno Provisional Polaco de Unidad Nacional, y celebrar elecciones democráticas, por lo que se excluía de forma efectiva al Gobierno de Polonia en el exilio que había salido del país en 1939.

 La frontera oriental de Polonia seguiría la línea Curzon, y Polonia recibiría una sustancial indemnización territorial en el oeste a expensas de Alemania, aunque la frontera exacta se determinaría en un momento posterior.

 Se crearía un "Comité de desmembramiento de Alemania". El objetivo era determinar si Alemania iba a ser dividida en varias naciones, y si fuera así, determinar las fronteras y relaciones entre los nuevos Estados alemanes a crear.

La Conferencia de Potsdam

En la Conferencia de Potsdam, los Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido y la Unión Soviética fijaron los territorios alemanes dentro de las fronteras de la Alemania Nazi de 1937 y al este de la línea Oder-Neisse, y con la excepción de algunas partes de la Prusia Oriental, pasaron formalmente al control administrativo de Polonia (que fueron referidos por el gobierno comunista polaco como "territorios recuperados"). Se preveía que un tratado de paz definitivo sería firmado en breve y confirmaría esta frontera o bien determinaría cualquier alteración. El norte de la Prusia Oriental y el territorio de Memel fueron puestos bajo el control administrativo soviético. La Ciudad libre de Dánzig fue colocada bajo administración polaca. La población alemana al este de la línea Oder-Neisse fue expulsada.

Al final de la conferencia, los tres Jefes de Gobierno acordaron las siguientes acciones:

 La emisión de una declaración de objetivos de la ocupación de Alemania por los Aliados: desmilitarización, desnazificación y democratización.

 División de Alemania y Austria en cuatro zonas de ocupación (acordadas anteriormente en Yalta), y una división similar de las capitales, Berlín y Viena.

 Reversión de todas las anexiones de Alemania en Europa después de 1937, las cuales fueron entre otras los Sudetes, Alsacia-Lorena, Austria y la parte más occidental de Polonia.

 La frontera oriental de Alemania sería desplazada hacia el oeste, hasta la línea Oder-Neisse, reduciendo el tamaño de Alemania en aproximadamente un 25% en comparación con sus límites de 1937. Los territorios al este de la nueva frontera comprendían Prusia Oriental, toda Silesia (a excepción de la zona alrededor de Görlitz) y la mayoría de Pomerania. Estas áreas incluyen grandes centros urbanos, tales como Stettin, Breslau y Landsberg.

 Expulsión de la población alemana restante fuera de las fronteras orientales de Alemania y ¨de los étnicamente alemanes de otros Estados tales como Checoslovaquia, Hungría, Polonia, Rumania y Yugoslavia. Francia, que no había participado en la conferencia de Potsdam, se tomó sus libertades para descartar este punto y, por lo tanto, se negó a recibir a desplazados en su zona de ocupación.

Finalización de la frontera polaco-alemana

El problema con el estatuto de estos territorios fue el documento definitivo de la Conferencia de Potsdam de 1945, ya que no fue un documento de negociación de tregua legal, sino un memorando entre la Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido y la Unión Soviética. Este memorando regulaba la frontera oriental de Alemania, que sería la línea Oder–Neisse, pero el artículo final de dicha exposición especificaba que las decisiones finales sobre Alemania debían ser objeto de un tratado de paz por separado.

Sobre la base de esta interpretación del Acuerdo de Potsdam, la UDC a la cabeza del gobierno alemán mantuvo que la línea Oder-Neisse era totalmente inaceptable y estaba sujeta a negociación. También los socialdemócratas del SPD se negaron a aceptar la línea Oder-Neisse. Además, la posición oficial del gobierno alemán sobre el estatuto de los territorios al este de los ríos Oder–Neisse vaciados de población de etnia alemana era que estaban "temporalmente bajo administración polaca (o soviética)".

Entre 1970 y 1990, la política de Alemania Occidental fue el reconocimiento gradual de facto de la situación sobre el terreno, y por consiguiente, la aceptación de las cláusulas del Tratado sobre el acuerdo final con respecto a Alemania, por el cual Alemania renunciaba a cualquier tipo de derecho sobre los territorios al este de la línea Oder–Neisse.

En el Tratado de Varsovia (1970; ratificado en 1972) Alemania reconocía la línea Oder-Neisse como frontera occidental de Polonia y renunciaba a cualquier reclamación territorial presente y futura, lo que fue reafirmado por los dos Estados alemanes en el Tratado del acuerdo final con respecto a Alemania en la década de 1990 como una condición previa para la reunificación.

El tratado fue ratificado en 1991 por la Alemania reunificada, Estados Unidos y Polonia, y finalmente se resolvió la cuestión de la frontera Oder-Neisse por el Tratado Fronterizo de Alemania y Polonia en noviembre de 1990. Esto puso fin al limbo legal, lo que significa que durante 45 años, la gente de ambos lados de la frontera no podían estar seguras si el statu quo alcanzado en 1945 podría ser cambiado en una fecha futura.

Bélgica
El "Grupo de Trabajo sobre los ajustes provisionales de las fronteras occidentales de Alemania" aprobó en 1949 la transferencia provisional a Bélgica de 20 km² con un total de 500 habitantes:

Bildchen (devuelto en 1956).
Lichtenbusch (devuelto en 1956).
Fringshaus.
Leykoul (devuelto en 1956).
Elsenborn.
Losheim (solo la villa fue devuelta en 1956).
Hemmeres (devuelto en 1956).

Estos territorios en 1956 tenían 704 habitantes (incluyendo refugiados). Antes de su disolución y su reparto entre la Alemania Occidental y Bélgica, la región fue gobernada como un territorio independiente por el Mayor general del Ejército Belga Pablo Bolle, que gozaba de poderes dictatoriales.

Países Bajos

A pesar de varias propuestas de anexión por parte de los Países Bajos en el Plan Bakker-Schut, sólo se llevaron a cabo unas pocas modificaciones fronterizas. El 23 de abril de 1949, las tropas neerlandesas ocuparon una superficie de 69 km², las partes más grandes fueron Elten y Selfkant. Se introdujeron otras muchas correcciones a la frontera, en su mayoría en las inmediaciones de Arnhem y Dinxperlo. En ese momento, estas zonas estaban habitadas por un total de casi 10.000 personas.

A partir de marzo de 1957, la Alemania Occidental negoció la devolución de estas áreas con los Países Bajos. Estas negociaciones condujeron a un acuerdo realizado en la Haya el 8 de abril de 1960, en el que Alemania accedió a pagar 280 millones de marcos alemanes para el regreso de Elten, Selfkant y Suderwick, así como en concepto de reparaciones.

El territorio fue devuelto a Alemania el 1 de agosto de 1963, excepto una pequeña colina (de unos 3 km²) cerca del pueblo de Wyler, llamado Duivelsberg/Wylerberg, que fue anexionada por los Países Bajos.

Francia

A partir del 16 de febrero de 1946, Francia se desligó de la zona del Sarre y estableció en ella el Protectorado del Sarre, añadiendo partes de la Renania prusiana y el Palatinado bávaro (Saarpfalz). Al igual que los antiguos territorios orientales de Alemania, la región del Sarre estaba fuera de la jurisdicción del Consejo de Control Aliado para Alemania y, por lo tanto, no formaba parte de las Zonas de ocupación aliadas en Alemania. Sin embargo, a diferencia de los territorios orientales, la población alemana del Sarre no fue expulsada por los franceses.

El 1 de enero de 1957, el Protectorado del Sarre declaró su adhesión a la República Federal de Alemania, tal como preveía su Constitución en el artículo 23 (Pequeña Reunificación), convirtiéndose así en el nuevo estado federado del Sarre.

Véase también
 Divisiones administrativas de la Alemania nazi
 Organización territorial de la República Democrática Alemana
 Reich Alemán
 Unificación de Alemania
 Reunificación de Alemania
 Nuevos estados de Alemania

Referencias

Historia territorial de Alemania

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Hayat Alvi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor National Security Affairs
Hayat Alvi joined the U.S. Naval War College in 2007. Previously, she served as an assistant professor in the Political Science Department at American University in Cairo from 2001-05 and as the director of the International Studies Program at Arcadia University from 2005-07. She specializes in international relations, political economy and comparative politics with regional expertise in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. She also specializes in Islamic studies and genocide studies. She is proficient in Arabic and Urdu and is a Fulbright Fellow (Syria, 1993-94). Alvi has published numerous articles, books and book chapters.
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Entered the US NWC as Associate Professor, teaching and conducting all professorial duties and responsibilities.
Online Professor, Master's in Diplomacy (MDY) Program
Norwich University, Northfield, VT
Director of International Studies Program
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Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
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The American University in Cairo, Egypt
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Research Contributions and Publications
The Political Economy and Islam of the Middle East: The Case of Tunisia
Chapter, "Jordan's National Security,"
Handbook of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Palgrave, 2018
U.S.-Egyptian Security Cooperation: The Western 'Frenemy' in Complex Bilateral Relations
Chapter, "The Gulabi Gang Model of Gender Justice and Security," in Critical Themes and Perspectives in Global Security
Papers from the Women, Security & Peace (WPS) 2016 Conference
U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI (May 2016)
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I often expect the little checkmark to link to a best answer. I click, it doesn't work, I'm sad. Then a couple of weeks pass and I try it again. I either need a better memory, or this is a good idea.
Maybe a new double-checkmark icon for threads with multiple best answers, which just links to the comments section of the thread.
Not much work. But now you have to make your case for why this is a good thing, when it's already been discussed at least twice.
Welcome to Internet 1.0, where not every icon is a link!
I was gonna ask this today.
It is a good thing because when reading a backlog of questions across a couple of pages I'd like the instant gratification of a tick click to show me the best answer on questions I find interesting. Obviously the first best answer isn't always the best best answer but it'll do just fine for my purposes.
Linking to the first best answer, rather than any other best answer, strikes me as reasonable and intuitive behaviour. Especially when the answer threads are long, the first best answer is generally a good place to start wheel-scrolling from.
I don't think this would be a good idea, as many questions often have "more inside", so just skipping to the first best answer can leave the answer outta context. There is also nothing "best" about the first answer when there are multiple best answers, which further leaves the thread outta context.
Slightly more work but potentially more rational: the check-mark could link to a view of the question which includes only the 'best' answers, omitting the others. That way, you get to read the [more inside] part of the question, and especially in a long thread, you get a quick idea of how many 'best' answers there are and can skim them all quickly.
Not 'potentially'. I meant to type 'perhaps'.
And for all I know, it's the same amount of work or less than the original feature request, but trust me, that comment does improve as you get into the meat of it. Just start at the colon.
This just seems really unnecessary, seeing as responses marked as best answer are already very distinctively highlighted.
I could understand wanting this sort of thing to link to the most-favorited comment (which currently requires a bit of an eagle-eye), but that's a whole 'nother ball-bag of wax-chips.
I like the best-answers-only-filter pony less than my original pony, precisely because the existing highlighting does do such a good job of picking the bests out from the crowd, and it is nice to have some context readily available just by scrolling. All I really want to be able to do is start reading answers at a marked-best one.
And no, it's not something that's necessary - just a little cosmetic tweak that would make the AskMe front page more useful to me and maybe a tiny bit less surprising, controls-wise, for others; not worth doing if there's significant work in it.
I agree. And my justification for why it would be a good feature is in that post - namely, that it would allow you to bypass all the clarification questions/answers, and all the jokes/chat.
Link to the most recent best answer.
This is a nice idea, but the existence of this feature would almost certainly lead to people marking fewer replies as Best Answer, which I think would counteract the benefits.
I can't see why that would happen, Lanark. Care to clarify?
Lets say a question has 20 or so answers, 2 of the answers, lets call them A and B are 'good' replies so you mark both as best answer and B (the most recent) is automatically hyperlinked.
Now another good answer, C gets added, it's a very good answer but not quite as good as answer B, if you mark it as best you will be demoting B and hyperlinking C, because of this you may well decide not to 'Best answer' C at all.
In other words people would tend to pick just one 'best' rather than several.
Oh, I see. You were responding to blue_beetle's idea, not the original pony request (which wouldn't, I think, cause the effect you describe).


Today, I didn't make it outside until late, so I didn't get a lot of work done. Here's me starting on deburring the skin. Yes, I am using the Van's recommended "spin a drill bit in your fingers" method. It works for me.
Action shot of me deburring.
An example of a deburred hole. The hole on the right is deburred. There is a very small chamfer on it from the oversized drill bit. It's easier to see because it's catching the light from above.
Deburred hole there on the right.
After deburring, I scuffed up the interior of the skin with a maroon scotchbrite pad.
Because it was so late, I didn't want to break out the c-frame. I grabbed the hand squeezer and finished what I could reach.
These are regular (not "tank") dimples. No circles when you use the blue tape trick.
And here's the vertical stabilizer skin, deburred and dimpled around the perimeter. When sound level permits, I'll get the c-frame out and dimple the remaining holes.
Almost done with the skin.
1.0 hour closer to being done.
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If you are a mom with little ones, you know that a simple trip to the grocery store can be anything but a simple trip. The kids start reaching for every bit of junk food they see. If you don't time it just right their sleepiness turns to crankiness. Have a special needs child? Add in the inevitable meltdown and dirty looks... and well, don't you just love grocery shopping?
Be honest, how many times have you wished you could just PAY someone else to do it for you?
These days, that dream of mothers everywhere has become a reality, and today I wanted to share my experiences using such a service.
Let's start at the beginning. Why grocery delivery? In my case, it just makes sense. First of all, the scenario above that so many of us moms face... shopping with kids. I have a toddler and an autistic child. Shopping is anything but relaxing. In addition, we had other obstacles. I have severe anxiety and panic disorder and let's just say I don't do so well when it comes to people. As if that wasn't enough, I also don't have a car! With my husband's insane work schedule, there were many times I was unable to get to the store for WEEKS! Like I said, for me it made sense.
But what are some things you should consider when making the decision to sign up for grocery delivery? Let's break it down.
The biggest pro to using online shopping is convenience. Whether it's lack of transportation, kids, or a busy schedule... sometimes getting to the store just doesn't work out. With grocery delivery, you pick out what you want online and someone else goes to the store, shops and brings it to you. Grocery shop in your PJs...and no one will be the wiser.
If you're a shopper who tends to toss things in your cart not on your list, it can keep you on track too. While you can browse all categories, it takes much longer (in my opinion) to do so than a walk through the store, so it's much easier to just stick to your list. You'll be thankful for no impulse buys at checkout!
It also allows you to see just how much you're spending as you go, which can be a little more difficult in the grocery store. Getting too close to your budget? It's easy to remove something from your cart without walking all the way back through the store.
As with anything, you PAY for convenience. I personally use Shipt, which costs $14 a month or $99 a year, but as long as you purchase a minimum of $35 there is no delivery fee. It's not just the subscription fees though, you'll be paying a small amount more on *most* groceries overall. The prices in store and the prices online will vary. In addition, you'll be unable to use coupons or any reward programs your store offers. To be honest, this made me hesitant to try grocery delivery initially. Being on an already super tight budget, that little difference makes a BIG difference. But think about this--- if you're unable to get to the store and there's nothing in the house to eat... what do you do? Order out! And that costs even MORE money. When I thought about it that way- and again given my personal circumstances- I decided the cost was worth it for us personally and we just had to cut elsewhere.
The other con for me is that I'm a comparison shopper. I like to check out all of the options available. Sometimes for price, sometimes just because I like some varieties better. That's a lot harder to do online. In fact, sometimes all of the available options aren't actually shown. You can put in special requests if you know there's something your store offers, but it's definitely not as easy!
As with anything, there are definitely pros to it and cons to it. Ultimately it comes down to which makes the most sense for your family. Personally, I'm very happy with my decision, and love that even despite my husband's crazy schedule we don't have to worry about being forced to order in.
Thinking about getting started? Check your area to see what options are available.
Again, I use Shipt and would recommend them if available, but I would think all programs are fairly similar in how they work. If you'd like to check for Shipt in you area, you can use my referral link for a $10 credit and 2 weeks free to start out!
Do you use a grocery delivery service? What do you use? What do you like/dislike about it? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
I had wondered about the pros & cons of online shopping, along with the cost of doing so. We rarely use coupons as they are not on a lot of the items we purchase. The only thing I would be concerned about was purchasing meat & fresh fruits/vegetables from an online site because I am picky about what I get.


The place for all the church groups around the world who are contributing to knit-a-square to talk to each other.
You need to be a member of Church Groups to add comments!
I haven't been on in a long time, I still send squares and hats etc. Looking for the no sew crochet vest pattern? Where can I find it? Thanks.
Galations 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
I think this applies to the Un Finished Objects I have in my knitting basket !!
Well, January is a time for new beginnings so I am going to do my best to get them done and mailed!!
Wishing you all a very Blessed New Year.
Its so long since there was any activity on the Church Groups site! So I thought I would start a discussion again.... lets praise God for His goodness and that we have the ability and facility to reach out to the KAS children of South Africa.
These photos are of myself and our mission table in the lobby of our church.
Lovely to have such a nice church. The church I attend is in the process of a new building venture as our current premises are so old now and we have been bought up by the council.
My sister and I have them stacked all over the kitchen table! Taking pictures soon.


William Yang, M.D. received his bachelor's degree in biochemistry at the University of Chicago in 1998. He spent the next two years in Morocco with the Peace Corps. After returning to the United States, Dr. Yang pursued his medical degree at the University of Wisconsin. His subsequent ophthalmology training was done at Texas Tech University. Dr. Yang went on to complete his Fellowship in Cornea and refractive surgery at Albany Medical College in New York.
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Animal Wildlife | Alligator | Alligators are in the same family as crocodiles but are native to only two countries, which are the USA and China. Alligators tend to be smaller than their crocodile cousins but have been known to move at speeds of up to 30mph on land making them one of the fastest large reptiles in the world. Alligators tend to live to about 50 years old or so but some have been known to live at least another 20 years when in captivity. Alligator DNA is thought to date back to even before Dinosaur times meaning that the alligators survived whatever it was that the dinosaurs didn't!.
The Alligator is generally a solitary predator, but smaller species of alligator however, are known to stay together in groups especially when hunting. The Alligator eats fish, small mammals and birds, but the alligator has also been known to attack much larger animals.
The American alligators are found in the south-eastern USA, all of Florida and Louisiana, the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, coastal South and North Carolina, Eastern Texas, the south-eastern corner of Oklahoma and the southern tip of Arkansas. The majority of American alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana, with over a million alligators thought to inhabit each state.
The American alligators live in freshwater environments, such as ponds, marshes, wetlands, rivers, lakes, and swamps, as well as brackish environments. Southern Florida is the only place in the world where both alligators and crocodiles live in the same place.
The Chinese alligator is currently found only in the Yangtze River valley and the Chinese alligator is extremely endangered with less than 100 Chinese alligators believed to be left in the wild. There are many more Chinese alligators that live in zoos around the world than can be found in the wild.
Adult alligators have been known to hunt deer and are well known to kill and eat smaller alligators. In some cases, larger alligators have been known to hunt the Florida panther and black bears, making the alligator the dominant predator throughout the their environment.
Unlike large crocodiles, alligators do not immediately regard a human upon encounter as prey, but the alligator may still attack in self-defence if provoked. Alligator attacks are uncommon but alligators have definitely been known to attack humans if the human is in the alligator's territory.


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Mittiga '94 Promoted to Vice President and Regional Sales Manager
The Savings Bank of the Finger Lakes is merging with First Niagara Financial Group Inc., the merge complete at the close of business Jan. 17. Bank president and CEO Thomas Bowers will then become a trustee on First Niagara's 13-member board. Kelly Mittiga '94 has been named vice president and regional sales manager for First Niagara. Mittiga is currently the Savings Bank's vice president of human resources. She was manager of the bank's Pyramid Mall office for five years before being promoted to her current position last year. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics from William Smith College in 1994.
Six of the Savings Bank's seven branches, which First Niagara refers to as "banking centers," will reopen Tuesday. The only branch closing is Auburn's because there's already a First Niagara Bank across the street, according to the article "Bank merger nearly complete," in the Jan. 15 Geneva Finger Lakes Times.


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IT was the mid-1970s, a time of denim flares, funky wallpaper, the Bay City Rollers and wispy feather-cut hair.
In a bathroom showroom in Blackpool, businessman Vincent Derighetti cast his eye over the stock – apple green bath tubs, primrose yellow sinks, cisterns in bright blue, rich brown and burgundy – and he saw the future.
The shades were vivid and different. In an age when no home was complete without swirly wallpaper and clashing patterned carpet, coloured bathroom suites were definitely the next big thing.
His Victor Paris showrooms would go on to become the first bathroom specialist to offer funky new coloured suites to Edinburgh homeowners. And they simply could not get enough of them.
Today, of course, the dozens of sleek shiny suites on show at the family bathroom business he founded in 1975 are purest white. Not a glimpse of avocado or cameo pink, wild sage or midnight blue.
In fact, the designs of today are a different generation entirely to the "bog" standard baths, loos and sinks of days gone by. Those once so trendy coloured suites have given way to showers that can be operated using an iPad, steam rooms and wet rooms that turn the smallest room into a luxury spa, baths that are edgy, rectangle shaped, deep curved, sunken into the floor and roll top free standing.
If you still want your colour fix, explains Mr Derighetti's son, Gavin, 48, there's always colour therapy lighting at the flick of a switch – massive floor and wall tiles and showers with speakers built in to listen to your favourite playlist.
The designs of the future, he adds, even take the effort out of the most basic of bathroom functions.
Right now the family business – with Gavin and his two brothers, Paul and Mark, at the helm and assorted cousins, nieces, nephews, sons and daughters all involved at showrooms in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee – is in reflective mood. It's 40 years precisely since Vincent turned his hand from plumbing and installing central heating to launching what would become one of Edinburgh's most successful family businesses.
If it's a long way from that first corner shop in Fountainbridge stocked with the very latest in coloured bathroom suites, it's even further from a small spot on the Swiss-Italian border where the Derighetti family roots lie.
By the time Vincent Derighetti was born in 1935, the family name was already established in Edinburgh, with branches of the family settled across the Capital.
Vincent grew up in Morrison Street and went to school at Tollcross before taking a job as a plumber and heating engineer. But he had other skills. He was a charismatic character with an eye for business and making the most of an opportunity – which on one occasion involving a Page 3 girl, he would later put to good use at one of his showrooms.
He set up his own business in the early 1960s, supplying central heating systems to council homes across the city.
But that trip to Blackpool and those coloured bathroom suites had inspired him further. "He had already moved into supplying bathrooms," says Gavin, one of five brothers. "He went to meet a friend in Blackpool. He had a bathroom centre and my father was enthralled with all the colours. It was the early 1970s and the coloured suites were all the rage.
It was 1975 and he named his new business Victor Paris, not because of any ties with the French capital, but simply because Vincent, with his shrewd eye for brand identity years before it would become popular, knew it would create a memorable image.
"The bathrooms were primrose and sepia browns, avocado," Gavin recalls. "People had become house proud at the time. Before then a bathroom was just a bathroom, a kitchen was just a kitchen, as long as it worked.
When council houses became available to buy, a bathroom boom was created. Later, a change in fashions meant all those coloured bathroom suites were torn up for something more contemporary.
By the time Vincent's sons were taking over, the trend was for softer creamy shades like champagne and whisper ivory. More regular international travel had opened homeowners' eyes to European tastes for stunning tiles and marble, while demand grew too for ugly pipes to be hidden behind storage units and fitted suites.
As the business grew, it moved four times, yet always managed to stay within 100 yards of the original corner shop in Dundee Terrace.
One move in the mid-1980s even attracted one of the nation's major celebrities to make an impromptu appearance – thanks, again, to Vincent's clever eye for a great marketing opportunity.
By the time he was struck by cancer in 2007, Vincent had seen the business grow, with a massive showroom in Glasgow spanning seven floors and with several Derighetti family members working behind the scenes.
A Dundee showroom opened five years ago, with Gavin's cousin, Scott, at the helm.
"We are all passionate about the business and feel the same way about it," adds Gavin.
With 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren, the family business' future is guaranteed. And with bathroom style constantly evolving, there's no sign of demand drying up.
"People who bought their council homes when they had children now have a spare bedroom because the children have moved out.
But while trends come and go, the one that helped make Victor Paris one of Edinburgh's best known family businesses remains firmly in the past. And for the moment at least, avocado is definitely off the menu.


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First there was DUE DATE, then STEPS, now we can look forward to the February release of The Settlers' new EP: SPEECH. Learn about how the names of the albums tell a story of the band, and how they found each other in the full interview below.
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Hyderabad, May 16, 2016: CIM Global along with the Telangana Government today announced the next edition of "Campus Party", the world's greatest technological festival of innovation, creativity, science, digital entertainment and entrepreneurship at Hyderabad. The event for tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs is scheduled to be held from 14th -19th September, 2016 at Hyderabad.
Present at the launch of the event were Sri Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Department, Government of Telangana, Mr. Eduardo Lorea, Director, Business Development at Campus Party, Mr. Srinivas Kollipara, Co-founder & COO of T-Hub and Mr. Prasant Saha, CEO, CIM Global India Pvt. Ltd. were also present.
The weeklong, round the clock technology event is the place for young talent to innovate, learn and engage with some of the biggest names in technology. Some of the speakers who participated in the previous edition of Campus Party were Mr. Bas van Abel- CEO and Founder Fairphone, Camille Francois-Cyber War, Harvard, Dan Shechtman-Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Matthijis Pontier- Artificial Intelligence, Samir Patel- Big Data & Data Science among other renowned personalities from around the world.
The objective of the Campus Party is to bring together geeks, nerds, designers, developers, gamers, hackers, scientists, startups and other fans of Internet and technology popularly known as "campuseros", where they will go through a series of intense days of networking and activities such as workshops, hackathons and competitions about innovation, creativity, science and digital entertainment and entrepreneurship.
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I just got a strip procedure done by Dr. Armani, everything is going great except for the swelling afterwards, but the surgery was nearly painless. I will be posting pictures as soon as I get them from Shane and Dr. Armani, but everything is going great so far. I had very diffused thinning going to perhaps a 5,6 or 7, and recieved all of my grafts in zones 1,2, and 3. Will be updating soon.
Thanks for sharing. Do keep us posted. I will set up a personal journal for you once your pictures are ready. Feel free to email me at hairsite@aol.com if you need help uploading your pics.
The swelling is normal. Muscleboy documented that in his journal as well.
After about 3-4 days the swelling was almost totally gone, It is now day nine and all of my scabs have fallen off but the hairs are still there are are even growing. I know they are supposed to fallout soon but my hairline looks great…like when I was 17. Set me up a website and I will upload all of my pics.
Do you have any photos yet. Keep us updated on your results which im sure will be great.
Tomorrow im 3 months post op…i will talk to shane and dr armani about posting my pictures.
Why do you have to speak to Shane or Dr. Armani about posting your photos? They are yours to do with as you please. Just curious.
» Why do you have to speak to Shane or Dr. Armani about posting your photos?
» They are yours to do with as you please. Just curious.
They have the original official pre-op photos, plus I want to get all of the photos they might have during the operation and immediately post op. Im not sure exactly what they have yet because I havent had time to call as of yet. I think my transplant is going great and it filling in pretty rapidly around the temples. The right side is a little slower than the left, but then again everyone seems to have a faster side. I definitely already look alot better than I did before the surgery. The scar is perfect except for the right side which has stretched to about 2.5mm or so. Still I got my hair cut down to a number 3 and the scar isnt visible. Pretty amazing in my mind. Once I have everything I will have pics available to post.
Jotronic…I did consider going to hassan and wong but I was really amazed at some of the Armani hairline results and thats really what I was looking for. I think Dr. Hasson would have probably placed the grafts evenly over my balding area, and that approach might have been good, but I really wanted to have my original hairline back as close as possible. I know you guys have amazing strip scars though.
Thanks for the response. I failed to note in your first post where you did not get your photos when you were there. My bad.
Thanks for the props for Dr. Hasson. So anyone that reads this though, Dr. Hasson (nor Dr. Wong) evenly distribute the grafts they take. Higher density in the front is the case for every patient I can recall. Regardless, you made your choice so I wish you the best of growth. Oh, and yes, one side can and usually does come in a bit before the other side so it sounds like your progress is textbook.
» not get your photos when you were there. My bad.
» Thanks for the props for Dr. Hasson. So anyone that reads this though, Dr.
» density in the front is the case for every patient I can recall.
» it sounds like your progress is textbook.
Of course higher density in the front. I just meant the surgery was in the front 1/3 of my scalp. I had a decent amount of hair to begin with so my goal was to have a really thick hairline with a thinning crown area. I am on preventative medications(2.5mg finasteride/daily) in addition to using monoxidil and some other topicals. My choices were narrowed down at the end to Armani followed by Hasson and Wong. There wasnt anyone else I was even considering because I wanted density. I had some friends tell me some really good things about Dr. Armani so that was really the deciding factor for me.
» » not get your photos when you were there. My bad.
» » density in the front is the case for every patient I can recall.
» » it sounds like your progress is textbook.
WOW nice… I am thinking of some good repair doctors. Who would you consider? I have about three that i am trying to think about.
» consider? I have about three that i am trying to think about.
I don't know that much about repair work, but I think the question is how much donor do you have and what are your goals? Who did you go to for your initial transplant?
» » consider? I have about three that i am trying to think about.
Any updates of this case? There should be some growth by now.
Guys sorry Ive been gone so long but here are my pictures in my blog…I am at month 8 right now, and will upload month 8 pictures tonight probably…let me know what you think and ask me any questions you want.
Overall this result is very good. The hairline is absolutely flawless. Amazing density was achieved in this case.
I hate to say this but i'm really worried about that scar. It is really visible. I'm still undecided wether to go STRIP or FUE and the look of your scar is NOT encouraging.
Other than that you look great. What a difference from your before pictures.
Keep in mind that I used a flash in all of my pictures and the scar is only visible under the flash. All of the redness has faded so there is just a small mark now. I would definitely so go with FUE if you are worried about the scar…and Dr. Armani is focused on FUE now and getting rid of strip as far as I know. My next surgery will probably be 2000 FUE in the crown with a scar revision…I dont think i will need any work on the hairline.
You look amazing. Yeah, I can see a little bit of your scar on the right side. How many days did you take off from work in order to get this done?
Im in medical school…I took 2 days off and then had to go back to class. I looked horrible for awhile but couldnt afford to take a big break. The scar looks much better now, no more red color to it and it seems to have contracted somewhat…still im having it fixed and going for FUE with Dr. Armani for round 2 in the crown.
» Im in medical school…I took 2 days off and then had to go back to class.
» contracted somewhat…still im having it fixed and going for FUE with Dr.
» Armani for round 2 in the crown.
Hey congrats! What did you tell people in med school when you went back after 2 days? Did you have to shave your head for strip?
» How many days did you take off from work in order to get this done?
That's my biggest concern too, and also what to tell people when I return to work?


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