We are tremendously excited to be working exclusively with an innovator of a fundamentally new technology platform that enables researchers to rapidly characterise proteins giving a unique quantitative insight into the proteins behaviour. The company is founded on novel technology developed by a serial biotechnology inventor/entrepreneur who has previously commercialised and sold two businesses! This company are passionate about their technology and their values, they are building an amazing team of people across all functions and are now keen to hire their first commercial sales managers across Europe.
We are looking for a UK Sales Manager to drive primary sales activity across the UK, you will develop a sales pipeline for this platform based technology and support in developing the market proposition and identifying the "hot" applications areas for their systems. You will work closely with the Head of Sales, Marketing and Applications groups and be responsible for taking this game changing technology to the protein research arena. As the business grows there will undoubtedly be opportunities to develop your career further.


With the consistent workout examples you demonstrated, your examples were approx 8 runs consistently. I realize it varies between athletes, however, moving forward do you intend the athletes to produce more consistent runs at the target time before setting a new target? Or do you manage both times and targets together?
Good question. The answer is both. I have to manage them together. Just because an athlete is inconsistent does not mean they are not getting in shape or capable of progressing in volume, intensity or both. Most kids have never been consistently given target times. They just run. So they're not thinking about intensity or pace or thinking specifically about memorizing what it feels like to run a 30 second 200 *and* be at exactly 15 seconds at the 100 meter mark. It's a new skill for them to learn and like any skill it takes time and repetition. But they must learn it so they can do race modeling later or know how to run, for example, fast enough in a trial to get a good lane in the final, but not so fast they burn themselves out of the final, but not so slow they don't make the final or get a bad lane.
estimating times with a stop watch as the large group runs?
necessary. I give each 'varsity' kid a specific time I want them to hit for the intervals in the workout. I send the groups off every 3 seconds and call out the times as they finish. If you're in the second group you know to add 3 seconds to the time I call out when you finish. Then I either write the times myself or have an injured athlete, manager, etc. record the times. Once a kid misses their time by a certain amount twice in a row, the workout is over for that athlete and they either walk for the remainder of the workout or move on to the next part of their practice. They already know what is next because I always explain the goals and parameters of each practice before it starts, every day. By looking at these numbers after practice, I can figure out which kids I gave the wrong times to and adjust them. I can look for trends in where kids fell of the pace to determine if the volume or intensity is too high (or low) or if the rest is too long or short.
This is how I evolve my workouts to be both more effective and efficient because I'm not just guessing. Well, I am guessing. We're all guessing. Those who guess most accurately get the best results. I just try to minimize the errors I make in guessing volume, intensity and rest by keeping and analyzing my notes. You'd be amazed how much you can learn about an athlete just by looking at their workout times, even if you've never seen them run. But it always comes back to testing, retesting and experimenting with how you build your workouts.
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FanCode to stream international matches from New Zealand to India
Published: Nov 27,202010:58 PM by IANS
FanCode, India's premier digital sports destination for fans, has collaborated with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and Amazon Prime Video to exclusively live stream all NZC international matches in India for the current season, from November 2020 to March 2021.
Starting with the West Indies' tour of New Zealand on November 27, all the NZC matches across both men's and women's cricket, ODIs, T20Is and Test matches will be available for live streaming on FanCode, the company announced on Friday.
Amazon Prime Video retains the rights for all NZC cricket from late 2021 (2021-22 season) to the 2025-2026 season
The New Zealand Cricket Board have released the 2020-21 (Nov 2020-March 2021) international cricket schedule, and the summer of cricket is starting with a three-match T20I series with the West Indies. This is followed by two Test matches after which they host Pakistan for a T20I series and Test series comprising of as many matches.
The Blackcaps then face Australia in five T20I matches, before rounding off the summer against Bangladesh with three ODIs and as many T20Is.
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Tester to Biden Administration: Quickly Re-Open U.S.-Canadian Border, Montana's Economy Depends on It
Senator outlines importance of open border to Montana's economy, urges swift action
U.S. Senator Jon Tester today urged the Biden Administration to work with Canada to quickly reopen the U.S.-Canadian border. Tester outlined the critical need to safely open the border to trade and travel, which will have an enormous impact on Montana's economy.
"As a farmer in north central Montana, I hear often from my neighbors and others in the region about the negative impact the continued border closure has on their daily lives," Tester wrote in the letter to President Biden. "Each day that passes without resolution is a hit to family farmers and ranchers, small businesses, and the rural communities along the border.
Tester's letter continues: "I am pleased to see reports that U.S. and Canadian officials have begun preliminary discussions about reopening the border. However, there are still no immediate plans to reopen the border and there has been no additional guidance on timing. I urge you to work with the Canadian government to develop an actionable plan to reopen the northern border for all trade and travel in a timely manner. Our governments must continue to work together to establish clear reopening thresholds and policies."
Tester made clear that any re-opening plan must be transparent and include clear guidance on timing that addresses the ongoing confusion and frustration on both sides of the border. Tester also pressed the Biden Administration to ensure that any plans must include maintaining 24-hour operation at ports of entry and take in to account the unique needs of rural states like Montana.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Tester has pressed the federal government for clarity on the Canadian border closure and urged transparency in the decision-making process.
Securing the northern border and ensuring continued 24-hour operation at ports of entry are among Senator Tester's top priorities in Congress. As the former top Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Tester has worked to secure the tools and resources needed to keep Montana's safe, including through Operation Stonegarden which provides annual grants to state, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to increase preparedness, coordination, and effectiveness along the state's 545-mile northern border.
Tester's full letter can be found HERE.


James Taylor: A Boy Ranger? A squirrel chaser to the United States Senate?
Governor Hopper: Listen, Jim, a simpleton of all times. A big eyed baby. Knows Lincoln and Washington by heart. Stands at attention in the Governor's presence. He even collects stray boys and cats.
James Taylor: He does what?


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package com.amazonaws.services.lakeformation.model;

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.annotation.Generated;

import com.amazonaws.AmazonWebServiceRequest;

/**
 *
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 */
@Generated("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-code-generator")
public class UpdateTableObjectsRequest extends com.amazonaws.AmazonWebServiceRequest implements Serializable, Cloneable {

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    public void setCatalogId(String catalogId) {
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    }

    /**
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     * The catalog containing the governed table to update. Defaults to the caller's account ID.
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    /**
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     * The database containing the governed table to update.
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    public UpdateTableObjectsRequest withDatabaseName(String databaseName) {
        setDatabaseName(databaseName);
        return this;
    }

    /**
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     * The governed table to update.
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     * @param tableName
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    public void setTableName(String tableName) {
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    public String getTableName() {
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    public UpdateTableObjectsRequest withTableName(String tableName) {
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    /**
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     * The transaction at which to do the write.
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    public UpdateTableObjectsRequest withTransactionId(String transactionId) {
        setTransactionId(transactionId);
        return this;
    }

    /**
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     * A list of WriteOperation objects that define an object to add to or delete from the manifest for a
     * governed table.
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    public java.util.List<WriteOperation> getWriteOperations() {
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    /**
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    public void setWriteOperations(java.util.Collection<WriteOperation> writeOperations) {
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            return;
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        if (this.writeOperations == null) {
            setWriteOperations(new java.util.ArrayList<WriteOperation>(writeOperations.length));
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     *        for a governed table.
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    public UpdateTableObjectsRequest withWriteOperations(java.util.Collection<WriteOperation> writeOperations) {
        setWriteOperations(writeOperations);
        return this;
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    /**
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        if (getTransactionId() != null)
            sb.append("TransactionId: ").append(getTransactionId()).append(",");
        if (getWriteOperations() != null)
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        sb.append("}");
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        if (obj == null)
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        if (obj instanceof UpdateTableObjectsRequest == false)
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        if (other.getCatalogId() == null ^ this.getCatalogId() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getCatalogId() != null && other.getCatalogId().equals(this.getCatalogId()) == false)
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        if (other.getDatabaseName() == null ^ this.getDatabaseName() == null)
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        if (other.getDatabaseName() != null && other.getDatabaseName().equals(this.getDatabaseName()) == false)
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        if (other.getTableName() == null ^ this.getTableName() == null)
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        if (other.getTransactionId() == null ^ this.getTransactionId() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getTransactionId() != null && other.getTransactionId().equals(this.getTransactionId()) == false)
            return false;
        if (other.getWriteOperations() == null ^ this.getWriteOperations() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getWriteOperations() != null && other.getWriteOperations().equals(this.getWriteOperations()) == false)
            return false;
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    @Override
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        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getCatalogId() == null) ? 0 : getCatalogId().hashCode());
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        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getTableName() == null) ? 0 : getTableName().hashCode());
        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getTransactionId() == null) ? 0 : getTransactionId().hashCode());
        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getWriteOperations() == null) ? 0 : getWriteOperations().hashCode());
        return hashCode;
    }

    @Override
    public UpdateTableObjectsRequest clone() {
        return (UpdateTableObjectsRequest) super.clone();
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}

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We've introduced Mobile Doodle (m.doodle.com) almost two years ago to enable mobile access to Doodle — a feature that was often requested by the many road warriors and commuters who use Doodle.
During this time, we have collected all user feedback to continually improve the mobile service. The latest addition is support for MyDoodle and a number of visual optimizations. With that, Mobile Doodle officially leaves Beta status today.


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Watch: UP Police's SWAT team displays weapons in viral TikTok video, gets transferred
The matter will be investigated by the circle officer of Uttar Pradesh's Basti.
Gangsters aren't the only gun wielding tribe bitten by the TikTok bug. Here you see a UP police team after an encounter in Basti featuring in a 'single' #TikTok pic.twitter.com/Y05G6zeMpt
— Saurabh Trivedi (@saurabh3vedi) July 27, 2019
On July 27, a SWAT team of Uttar Pradesh's Basti Police was transferred by the Director-General of Police OP Singh for flaunting their weapons in a video after an alleged encounter.
The video was shot and uploaded to TikTok, the wildly popular social media platform. It even comes with a background song (with references to the army) and includes visuals of the policemen talking to one another as though strategising for a mission and flaunting their guns. The leader of the SWAT team, Vikram Singh, is seen giving instructions to other members who are equipped with pistols and an AK-47.
Commenting on the transfer of the cops, UP police said in a tweet, "We do not sanction unprofessional display of weapons and grotesque caricaturing of police."
Regarding a viral video of SWAT team of Basti Police, DGP UP OP Singh has directed SP Basti to transfer entire SWAT team to police lines and get the matter enquired by CO city.
We do not sanction unprofessional display of weapons & grotesque caricaturing of Police.
— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) July 27, 2019
This is not the first time when TikTok videos have landed police personnel in trouble. On July 20, a Gujarat policewoman filmed a TikTok video of herself dancing inside a police station. She was suspended for "violating the rules".
'In UP, complete collapse of rule of law': What a people's tribunal said it has found in the state


Success Is 1 Inspiration And 99 Perspiration. David Brenneman THEO201D Short Essay# 1 Short Essay on Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible is a critical topic to our Christian faith. If we are to understand the Bible and its commands on how to live and be saved Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 0 percent perspiration, and 99 percent Stopette (with the active ingredient aluminum chloride).
But the only evidence for this quote appeared in a blog comment on December 15, 2012 many years after the supposed incident. Jul 05, 2014 A2A What did Thomas Edison mean by" Genius is 1 inspiration and 99 perspiration" ?
Thomas Edison realized that ideas alone do not guarantee success. Edison understood that success means going beyond the good ideas, in creating something useful. Another similar quote by Edison also shows this, " The value of an To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Genius is 1 inspiration, and 99 perspiration, clearly shows us that without the followthrough of good 'ol elbow grease (hard work and sweat), even the best of ideas are ephemeral dreams. Success Genius Is 99 Perspiration And 1 Inspiration Genius is one percent inspiration, ninetynine percent perspiration.
Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper's Monthly (September 1932) Variants: None of my inventions came by accident. " Inspiration" in this case doesn't refer to the Creative Genius: Edison's 1 Inspiration vs. 99 Perspiration by 21 Feb 2015 A Light bulb Moment on Edison's quote, Genius is 1 inspiration, and 99 perspiration. Thomas Carlyle is widely reported to have coined the term" Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains". What he actually said, in the History of Frederick the Great, written, was: 'Genius' (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all).


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The pioneering idea of using graphene for the protection of paintings, paving the way for the development of novel methods in art preservation and restoration, was published on 01.07.2021 in Nature Nanotechnology
The exposure of colors used in artworks to ultraviolet (UV) and visible light in the presence of oxidizing agents, triggers color degradation, fading and yellowing. These degradation mechanisms can lead to irreversible alteration of artworks, which consist of a valuable heritage for humankind. Protective varnishes and coatings currently used to protect art paintings are not acceptable solutions, since their removal requires the use of solvents, which can affect adversely the underlying work surface.
A team of researchers from the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ ICE-HT), the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras, and the Center for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI) of the University of Florence, led by Professor Costas Galiotis, had the innovative idea to use graphene veils for the protection of paintings against environmental degradation.
Since its isolation in 2004 by Geim and Novoselov from the University of Manchester (Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010), graphene has been termed as a 'wonder material' due to its exceptional properties that have already been used in many applications and products. The graphene veil used in this work is a flexible, transparent film, produced by the technique of chemical vapor deposition. It has a monoatomic thickness and, since there are no size limitations in the other dimensions (length and width), it can cover any required large surface areas.
Prof. Costas Galiotis
The results from measurements performed in the above mentioned laboratories, showed that this membrane is impermeable to moisture, the oxidizing agents and other harmful pollutants and also can absorb a large amount of harmful ultraviolet radiation. Finally, in contrast to other protective means, it is demonstrated that these graphene coatings are relatively easy to remove without damaging the surface of the artworks.
This important research work was published today (01.07.2021) in the leading high-impact journal of Nature Nanotechnology. Co-authors in this research article was Maria Kotsidi, Dr. George Gorgolis, Dr. Maria-Giovanna Pastore-Carbone, Dr. George Anagnostopoulos, George Paterakis, Dr. Anastasios Manikas and Dr. George Trakakis (FORTH & University of Patras) and Dr. Giovanna Poggi, and Professor Piero Baglioni from the University of Florence.
Article in Nature Nanotechnology:
Kotsidi, M., Gorgolis, G., Pastore Carbone, M.G., Anagnostopoulos G., Paterakis G., Poggi G., Manikas A., Trakakis G., Baglioni P. and Galiotis C., "Preventing colour fading in artworks with graphene veils", Nat. Nanotechnol., (2021), DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00934-z
Publication in News & Opinions in Nano Today of Elsevier by the US Science journalist Cordelia Sealy (October 2021).
Costas Galiotis,
Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras and collaborating faculty member of FORTH/ICE-HT,
Tel.:+302610965236,
email: c.galiotis@iceht.forth.gr ǀ http://cnm.iceht.forth.gr/.


Marcel Wälde joins us this year as a 2018 alumni contributor to share his experience since graduating from the Diploma Programme (DP). This is his second story in the series. Pictured above is Bedford Square, London, UK, the neighborhood that has served as the home of the Architectural Association (AA) since 1917.
Our present culture seems most comfortable with activities, ideas and things that are in some way measurable. This is an observation that readers, who are studying or have otherwise been involved in education recently, might share: although learners are encouraged to develop an array of skills and knowledge in different subjects today, learning outcomes that make a difference to a student's future are measured primarily through numerical parameters, such as hours and grades. Although many universities do factor-in qualitative data in their admissions processes, these have had the paradoxical effect of exerting the pressures associated with quantification on further areas of a student's life, beyond grade point averages and SAT-Scores. There is nothing wrong with identifying and awarding achievement. The increased drive towards the quantitative goes far beyond education, however, and inclines us toward a mode of thinking with two significant shortcomings: it underestimates the importance that creative risk has for many endeavours, and it misunderstands the value that the learning-style of the arts and the humanities can bring to the process of inventing solutions.
A conversation with an artist from Germany, Marcel Odenbach, recently gave me occasion to think about this. He had remarked to me how art students in particular, and young people in general these days appear to be more adjusted, having high expectations of themselves while taking fewer creative risks. This, of course, makes for art that might be sophisticated in technique or conceptually clever, but not really game-changing. Now, this sounds rather a lot like rose-tinted glasses or that it all used to be better in the olden days. We like to believe that, owed to factors such as new media technologies, the world has changed significantly since. But could recent history and its pioneering actors have something to teach us about the relationship of innovation and risk-taking?
Odenbach came of age in the 1970s, which in many parts of the world was a time of great social change and more open debate about fundamental issues. The experience of this decade must have had a formative impact on him: Having studied architecture and the history of art, he not only changed fields altogether by becoming an artist, but took up the medium of video, which back then was not a familiar sight in museums as it is now but was still largely unheard of. The large risk that was involved is apparent, and it did pay off for Odenbach, who since then has established himself as a successful artist and as a professor has also been involved in teaching.
The arts demonstrate that what we later come to recognise as paradigm-changing innovations could hardly have been planned, and as a result are, more often than not, the work of individuals who took the road less-traveled — who were willing to engage in truly open-ended thought and experimentation. Roughly around the time Odenbach began exploring video, the Architectural Association (AA) in London, which remains a pedigree name in architectural education to this day, was going through a turbulent, exciting period. Having been the home of Archigram, an influential group of alternative architects in the '60s, the school entered a phase of creative structural openness after Alvin Boyarsky took the helm as chairman in 1971: there was no central, conventional curriculum, but a disparate system of units that would compete against each other, while students made competitive applications to the units they wanted to join.
The activities that took place once they were admitted, meanwhile, often appeared only tangentially related to architecture. More than the lip-services to creativity that have become popular in corporate culture of recent, this genuinely uncertain process of transformation would irk most of today's productivity and outcome-oriented decision-makers, if not students. But the '70s were an otherwise dire time for architecture: its previous ideas seemed to have run out of steam, and its added value to society was subjected to serious questioning by the wider public. The curious experiments of the AA students and staff must have seemed aimless to any myopic mind inclined to ask, "where is the building?" Ultimately, however, this expanded pedagogy produced an exceptionally productive generation of students who would, in time, inject architectural design with new life.
The idea of a paradigm-change is not only relevant to the arts. In fact, the term was coined by Thomas Kuhn, a historian and philosopher of science, to describe the process of the advancement of knowledge in the sciences. Frequently taught as part of the IB diploma's theory of knowledge (TOK) course, Kuhn's theory suggests that significant advancements in knowledge occur not from within the already explored system, but during transitions within which its established base assumptions appear to fail. One could make the case that this happened in art (and, in a somewhat different way, in architecture) after the 1960s, prior to which artists, in movements such as Minimal Art, had explored and clarified the paradigm of modernism and its repertoire of forms in an encyclopedic way. Nowadays, technology has affected us to behave similarly in response to a digital paradigm, evident in the way we organise our creative processes, our work and education and, speaking more generally, our methods of assessing value. In the face of an overall pressure to quantify, we increasingly rely on numbers, and perhaps not often enough ask how they come about, or what they mean in contexts that are larger than the assumptions made by the models that generate them.
Why compare this to the arts, which in digital times are frequently dismissed as "soft"? Because while the logic of computers belongs to the hard sciences, our behavioural adaptations to them are cultural. Information technology in and of itself cannot fully account for our newly-learned timidness and impatience or our reliance on quick forms of feedback to assess value in constrained ways. In the world of education, this overall culture drives students to increasingly consider degrees as investments—of time and money—pursued for narrowly-defined aims. The manner in which their learning is organised and assessed by those running the institutions does little to dispel this notion. As faithful encyclopedists to computation, we are complicit in casting its poorly-understood net ever further, while as a society we seem to be stagnating on multiple fronts. From the environment, to the economy and politics, we appear to be victims of circumstances larger than us, an awareness for potential solutions remaining sparse. Beyond short-term feedback loops, the stamina for open-ended experiments and sustained big-picture thinking again seems to be truly necessary to make progress.
What's the colour of a number? From Odenbach's video-art to Alvin Boyarsky's architecture school to Steyerl's appeal for taking games seriously: original ventures that have the force to shift how matters are approached through action and reflected in thought emerge out of solution-spaces whose definitions are not laid-out in advance, but which they contribute to as they unfold. These precedents suggest that the tradeoffs are not competitiveness or foresight, but predefined outcomes that can be measured. There is no question that the quantifying machines have already had a big impact on how we organise our everyday lives. Seeing how their impact on society has confirmed our continued need for experimental thought, for the fuzzy links running from numbers to values, we should continue to support the idea of learning as an open-ended project.
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VIENNA'S DARK PAST
Thirty years after his rejection from the prominent Art Academy in Vienna, Adolf Hitler stood on the balcony overlooking cheering crowds at Vienna's Heldenplatz and declared, "As leader and chancellor of the German nation and Reich, I announce to German history now the entry of my homeland into the German Reich." Just eight months later during the November pogroms, 6547 Jews in Vienna were arrested, thousands of Jewish-owned shops plundered, and 42 synagogues and houses of prayer were set aflame. As Hitler's master plan progressed, the arrests and atrocities against his declared enemies of state (Jewish citizens, social democrats, gays and lesbians, Roma and Sinti, communists, Jehovah Witnesses, and those considered socially deviant) escalated, and those who could not escape were sent off to concentration camps.
At the same time, the Allied Forces fighting Hitler were drawing up the blueprints for a post-war Europe. At a meeting in Moscow in 1943, they determined that Austria should be re-established as an independent state and that Austria was the "first victim of Hitlerite aggression." Whether or not the Austrians of that time were victims or perpetrators is a question that still continues to haunt the city to this day.
Sign in sidewalk in Vienna, in memory of Holocaust victims who once resided there.
Throughout the city you can still find evidence of both—from brass plaques detailing the names and dire fates of residents who lived in apartments taken over by the Nazis to the "O5" symbol inscribed on the wall of St. Stephan's Cathedral, showing the mark of the Austrian resistance movement. At Judenplatz in Vienna's first district, you will find a Holocaust Memorial for the 65,000 Austrian Jews who were murdered during WWII, and at Morzinplatz, a memorial dedicated to the opponents to the Nazi regime who were tortured and killed at the Hotel Metropol that once stood there and served as the headquarters of the Gestapo.
KC Blau Post about Ray of Hope in Vienna on November 9
Never Forget – Rays of Light Commemorate Vienna Synagogues and Prayer Houses Destroyed in "Kristallnacht"
Jewish Prayer House in Vienna's 2nd District on November 10, 2014 with candles in remembrance of Kristallnacht 76 years ago.
Perhaps you've read about the Lichtgrenze (border of lights) created by artists Christopher and March Bauder and 8000 balloons released into the night sky of Berlin this past Sunday in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin wall. What perhaps didn't make it into the international newspapers and online reports was an equally riveting show of lights into the sky commemorating another dark chapter of European history – Kristallnacht.
This past Sunday evening, November 9, rays of light originating from various points throughout Vienna's Leopoldstadt (2nd district) stretched high into the night sky and marked where synagogues and Jewish prayer houses once stood before they were destroyed and sent aflame during the Kristallnacht campaign of violence and destruction on November 9 and 10 in 1938, 76 years ago.
Locations in Vienna's Leopoldstadt (2nd district) of former prayer houses and synagogues:
Czerninplatz 4 Prayer House Or Thora
Glockengasse 4 Prayer House Marpe Lenefesch
Große Schiffgasse 8 u. 10 Synagogue "Schiffs School"
Große Schiffgasse 24 Prayer House Emes Wescholaum
Große Sperlgasse 31 Prayer House Ojse Chesed wu Emes
Haidgasse 1 Prayer House Machsike Hadath
Leopoldsgasse 29 Synagogue "Polish School"
Lilienbrunngasse 18 Prayer House Gemilath Chesed
Malzgasse 16 Synagogue "Beth Hamidrasch"
Novaragasse 40 Prayer House Beth Jakob Josef
Pazmanitengasse 6 Synagogue "Am Volkert"
Praterstraße 60 Prayer House Misrachi
Rembrandtstraße 32 Synagogue "Rembrandt-Temple"
Taborstraße 38 Prayer House Montefiori
Tempelgasse 3 Leopoldstadt Temple
Zirkusgasse 22 Synagogue of the Turkish Israelites
The solemn vigil was an initiative of the Israeli Kultusgemeinde. In Vienna 42 synagogues and prayer houses were destroyed and of the 6547 Viennese Jews arrested, almost 4000 ended up in the concentration camp Dachau.
Click on this link to the Austrian newspaper Der Standard to see some great photos
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) and a Databank of the Murdered and Survivors
"I am witness! I am witness!"
The words of 56-year old actress, Lina Loos, as she followed in horror and rage the
raving mob of her fellow Viennese on Kristallnacht as they destroyed the places of
work, worship and home of many of her dear friends and colleagues.
Plaque in Sidewalk in Vienna's 2nd District: "In memory of the 1o2 Jewish men, women and 12 children who resided here before being deported by the Nazis. Only 5 survived."
November 9 and 10 marks a very sad anniversary in the history of Vienna – the so-called Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass – which occurred in 1938 and was part of the Nazi plan to terrorize Jews to such an extent that they would be forced to leave the safety of their homes to seek refuge abroad. It was the start of the atrocities committed against Jews and other ethnic and social groups by the Nazis during WWII. In Vienna 6547 Jews were arrested on Kristallnacht, and 42 synagogues and houses of prayer were set aflame. Over 5000 shops belonging to Jewish owners were closed, plundered and destroyed.
In Vienna, the action began at 4 am. The name "Reichskristallnacht" is largely a misnomer since much of the damage was carried out in broad daylight.
Under the command of Adolf Eichmann, the city temple in Vienna in the Seitenstettengasse was taken by storm, destroyed and occupied, but because it was so close to neighboring buildings, was spared a fiery end. Around 4 pm, other synagogues and prayer houses throughout the city, 42 in total, were set aflame. Fire trucks were only dispatched to ensure that the flames remained confined to the Jewish buildings and did not cause any damage to neighboring houses. An order was sent out to all police stations to arrest wealthy Jews, remove them from their larger apartments and place them and their family members in smaller living quarters.
Sidewalk Marker of Victims of Holocaust in front of house in Herminengasse, 1020 Vienna
All at once, two thousand apartments in Vienna became vacant.
"Cum tacent, clamant."
– Cicero, (With silence, they cry out.)
Today, the horrifying extent of this action and what would follow can be witnessed in historical markers that have been placed on the sidewalks and houses of some of the residences. The brass plaques detail how many Jewish residents lived in the house, and how few survived. Some even detail names. Many of these signs can be found in the city's traditionally Jewish Quarter such as the Leopoldstadt, Vienna's second district, sometimes referred to as the "Mazzes Island" (http://www.viennareview.net/on-the-town/city-life/the-graetzl/karmeliterviertel-no-mazzes-is-an-island). If you take the U4 or U2 subway to Schottenring, take the elevator up from the U2 up to Herminengasse and simply walk down the street, you will already find two such markers – one on a house and one of the sidewalk.
"In remembrance of the 39 Jewish men and women and one girl who lived crammed together in a collection apartment before they were deported by the Nazis. Only one woman survived." Includes also the birth dates and names of some of the victims along with the deportation date and destination.
"A Letter to the Stars," which you can visit under the following website, http://www.lettertothestars.at/, is an initiative that attempts to ensure that history is never forgotten and never repeats itself and also contains information about the fate of the city's persecuted members. On one part of the website, users can access two databanks – one about those who were murdered and one about the survivors. The "Databank of the Murdered" details the fate of thousands of Vienna Jewish residents who were deported during WWII. Once you are on the webpage, enter the name of a Vienna street into the space entitled "Strasse / Hausnummer" and click the "Suchen" button below. You will then see a list of all the people who once lived in that street, and, if known, information about what became of them. Don't enter more than the street name, however, since the databank tends to not produce any results if too much information is entered.
Plaque in Memory of Holocaust Victims forced to reside in a collection apartment in the Herminengasse before being deported by the Nazis.
In another project entitled, "The Last Witness" teachers and school children can get in contact with Holocaust survivors living all over the world. These "last survivors" would like to share their life stories, and legacies with youth living in the former homeland.
In a second project entitled "The Righteous" teachers and school students investigate the life stories of those who did not act as silent witnesses to the Nazi regimes but rather showed the civil courage to help those being persecuted by saving their lives.
The Austrian magazine, Profil, has two articles about Vienna and Kristallnacht online. Both are in German.
http://www.profil.at/articles/1345/560/368902/25-jahren-kristallnacht-1938
http://www.profil.at/articles/0844/560/224236/besonders-die-reichskristallnacht-jahren-rekonstruktion
You can also read more about Kristallnacht on the website of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201
Here is the link to an interesting trailer of the movie Kristallnacht Remembered on Youtube. The movie includes personal stories and the trailer also has a short interview with Austrian author Frederic Morton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD5xNGwyB9U
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ITC MURSKA SOBOTA participated at the workshop organized by the Ministry of Agriculture on 27th October 2017 in Murska Sobota. The main topic underlined was the importance to organize European Innovation partnership, where the main goal is to set the triangle of cooperation between Farmers, Research organizations and business support organizations. Only this will enable new innovations and increase the investments and economic situation of Agriculture sector.
Business support organizations must act as a bridge between farmers (SMEs) and research organizations.
IPR issues should not be forgotten when forming EIP groups, and should be identified in partnership contract.
As a conclusion we can summarize that all farmers are positive about the approach of EIP, but are still doubting what will be their benefits. They are still questioning the innovations in production processes and investments costs related to that. All in all it is important to connect farmers to the research organizations either within EIP groups or DIH (Digital Innovation Hubs) or Living Labs and to transfer good practices from abroad, not necessarily to develop and innovate everything.
International event on EIP groups will be organized in Ljubljana on 13th November 2017 where best practices from Germany, Austria and Hungary will be presented and workshop on future EIPs in Slovenia will be organized.


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Texas CF Mike Antico selected No. 241 by the St. Louis Cardinals
The speedy outfielder stole 41 bases in his season with the Longhorns.
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On Monday, Texas Longhorns center fielder Mike Antico became the second Longhorns player selected in the 2021 MLB Draft when he was picked in the eighth round with the No. 241 pick overall by the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinal Way is looking pretty good.
Mike Antico has been selected in the 8th round by the St. Louis @Cardinals! #HookEm | @MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/JzQV0lKniQ
— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) July 12, 2021
A left-handed hitter from New Jersey who had four productive seasons at St. John's, Antico came to Austin as a graduate transfer for his final season of eligibility afforded by the coronavirus pandemic.
Replacing Duke Ellis in center field, Antico struggled at the plate to start his career at Texas — his batting average sat at .202 following a game against Stephen F. Austin in early April. But Texas head coach David Pierce stuck with Antico and the 5'10, 210-pounder finally got on track with a 4-for-5 performance against Kansas State that featured two doubles, a triple, and five RBI.
After finally breaking through, Antico finished the season hitting .273, the highest his batting average reached all year, thanks to a strong postseason performance that included 12 stolen bases in the NCAA Tournament as Antico served as a terror on the base paths.
At times, Antico struggled to keep his front half closed, causing him to pull off the ball and making his swing pull-heavy even at its best, but he does have good power that really flashed with the Longhorns — he hit 10 of his 23 career home runs at Texas.
Antico also has a good eye at the plate, drawing 63 walks to notch a .436 on-base percentage in 2021.
After spending five years in college, Antico is on the older side for a prospect, but his ability to perform well in the Big 12 and in the postseason, including at the College World Series, drew the attention of the Cardinals and helped him come off the board before other Texas players rated more highly as prospects.


Cabbies in the Polish capital of Warsaw have staged a go-slow over the lack of legislation surrounding Uber as well as unlicensed private hire vehicles.
The protest, which took place on Thursday saw hundreds of taxi drivers bringing road speeds across the capital to a crawl, whilst other cabbies staged a protest outside the justice ministry.
VOA Newshave reported that companies such as Uber and Taxify are circumventing regulatory legislation and as a result constitute unfair competition.
With around 12,500 licensed taxi drivers and up to 9,000 unlicensed drivers, it is estimated that taxi drivers are losing around 35% of their overall income, according to the leader of the Warsaw Taxi Drivers union, Jaroslaw Iglikowsli.
The furious cabbies, who also handed a petition to the justice minister, claim that Poland is losing in excess of £150 million per annum in unpaid taxes.
The protest was concluded prior to the afternoon rush hour so as to keep disruptuon down to a minimum.


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Publié le 21 Novembre 2021 par Bernard Duyck
Publié dans : #volcanic activity
Activity of Etna, Fuego, Karymsky and Cumbre Vieja.
Etna - diluted ash emissions continue this 11.21.2021 / 07:14 am - webcam Emov0148 INGV
The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Etneo Observatory, informs that from 10:16 UTC on November 20, single explosions are observed at the level of the northeast crater of Etna, with emissions of diluted ash which are immediately dispersed in the summit area.
The phenomenon is still ongoing. There are no significant variations in the mean amplitude of the volcanic tremor, remaining in medium and medium-low values. The source is located in the area of the Bocca Nuova and Voragine craters at an altitude of about 2800 m asl. The infrasonic activity is at low levels, both in terms of number and amplitudes and it is located at the Bocca Nuova.
GNSS and clinometric deformations of the soil do not show significant changes.
Source: INGV OE
Fuego - image Sentinel-2 bands 12,11,5 from 20.11.2021 - Doc. Insivumeh
Fuego - Sentinel-2 bands 12,11,8a & Modis thermal volcanic activity at 11.20.2021 / 4:39 p.m. - Doc. Mirova
In Guatemala, the Fuego maintains its activity this November 20 with 8-11 explosions per hour, generating ash plumes at 4,300-4,700 m. asl., dispersing southwest.
Avalanches occur mainly towards the Ceniza, Trinidad, Taniluya barrancas, and more weakly towards the Santa Teresa and Las Lajas barrancas; some reach the vegetation limit.
Ash falls are reported on Panimache, Morelia, Santa Sofia, Yucales, and El Porvenir.
Mirova has detected moderate thermal anomalies in recent days, with a max of 52 MW.
Sources: Insivumeh and Mirova
Karymsky - plume of an ash explosion - photo archives N. Gorbach. IVS FEB RAS 08.2021
Karymsky's eruptive activity continues. Satellite data showed that explosions sent ash up to 5.4 km above sea level and an 11 x 8 km ash cloud drifts 115 km northwest of the volcano.
Moderate eruptive activity of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 10 km altitude. could arise at any time. Current activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft.
The aviation code remains orange
Sources: KVERT and VAAC Tokyo
La Palma - plume and lava flow from 20.11.2021 overnight - photo Ruben Lopez / Twitter - one click to enlarge
As of November 20 at 10 a.m., 69 earthquakes have been located in the southern part of the island of La Palma, near the current volcanic eruption. Four of these earthquakes were felt by the population.
The number of earthquakes has increased compared to the previous day and they are distributed in both intermediate (10-15km) and deep (30-40km) depths.
At 03:07 UTC, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 mbLg was recorded at a depth of 37 km and felt by the population with a maximum intensity of IV (EMS).
The tremor signal continues at a low level with slight fluctuations over the last few hours.
The island's network of permanent GNSS stations shows an elevation of about 6 cm between November 17 and 19 as well as a southwestward deformation at station LP03, which is closest to the eruptive centers. In the rest of the stations, the slight deflation possibly linked to the deep seismicity has stabilized.
In view of the image calibrated at 08:45 UTC, a column height of 3200 m is estimated, and a cloud diffusing in the easterly direction.
La Palma - seismicity at 21.11.2021 / 07h20 - Doc. IGN
La Palma - thermal anomalies at 11.21.2021 / 2:30 am - Doc. Mirova_MODIS_logVRP
La Palma - evolution of lava flows on 20.11.2021 / 10h - Doc. Carlos Van / Twitter - one click to enlarge
The volcano exceeded the emission of 10 million m³ of pyroclasts, which is why the Pevolca raised its explosiveness index from 2 to 3, on a scale of 8. This value of 3 does not imply that the eruptive mechanism (effusive-strombolian fissure with phreatomagmatic impulses) where the explosiveness of the eruption has changed, nor is it intensifying.
As for the advance of the three lava flow fronts, growth is weak and slow, although the lava has affected new areas of agricultural cultivation.
Regarding air quality levels, since Friday they have remained stable, with good or reasonably good values.
Yesterday, due to the accumulation of ash on the runways, the airport was inoperative, which forced the cancellation of all scheduled flights to the island. The weather conditions should remain unfavorable for air navigation in the next 24/48 hours.
Sources: IGN, IGME, DSN, Mirova
News from Ibu, Santiaguito and Cerro Hudson.
Fuego and Kilauea activity.
Activity of Pavlof, Sheveluch, Merapi and batême of the last piton of La Fournaise.
News from Ibu, Mauna Loa, Cotopaxi and La Palma.
Activité de l'Etna, du Fuego, du Karymsky et du Cumbre Vieja.
Activité du Cumbre Vieja, de l'Ili Lewotolok et du Popocatépetl.


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A rare pair of badges issued to score- and time-keepers at the London 1908 Olympic Games have surfaced for our next Fine Art & Antique auction on 3rd September. The London 1908 Summer Olympic Games was only the fourth in the modern Olympiad era, making it of particular importance to collectors and enthusiasts today. Cast in bronze and with a silvered finish, the central profile portrait of the Greek goddess Athena with laurel sprig is encircled by a navy blue enamel band. The badges were made by Vaughtons of Birmingham and scarcely do they exist together.
Fortunately these two examples have been kept by the family of the original recipient, Dave Lucas, and their condition is very good. Mr Lucas went on to become a prominent member of the Kettering swimming community during the early 20th century, and he went on to be a regular swimming attendant and instructor at the Kettering Baths. But his involvement in the London Summer Olympic Games are noted as a Lap Scorer for the 100km cycling event (second heat) held on July 16th; and again for the Final held on July 18th – the event won by Charles Bartlett of Great Britain. He was then a Time Keeper on July 21st and 22nd for the Athletics events held at the White City Stadium, likely the 200m heats and semi-finals. All four semi-finalists won with a time of 22.6 seconds, with the final being won by Canadian sprinter Robert Kerr, also with a time of 22.6 seconds!
A similar Score-Keeper badge was successfully sold by Gildings in March 2015 for a hammer price of £1,500. This rare pair being offered in the Fine Art & Antique auction in early September comes with an auction guide of £2,000 - £3,000 - view lot details.
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Russia announced that it had shut down the second of its three plutonium-producing reactors as part of a nuclear non-proliferation programme with the USA.
The Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) shut down the second plutonium-producing reactor (ADE-5) at Seversk in the Tomsk region on 5 June ahead of schedule.
The shutdown of the reactor was made possible by a joint programme between the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Rosatom. NNSA's Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Production programme is working with Rosatom on the closure work and provides fossil-fuel heat and electricity to replace Russia's remaining plutonium production reactors.
William Tobey, deputy administrator for defence nuclear non-proliferation at the NNSA, said: "Today's shutdown of the second reactor at Seversk brings us another step closer to eliminating the production of nuclear weapons-grade plutonium in Russia." He added, "NNSA's commitment and investment in this effort will help prevent the proliferation threat of weapons of mass destruction by bringing to an end the production of this dangerous nuclear material."
On 20 April, the ADE-4 plutonium-production reactor at Seversk was shut down after a fossil-fuelled boiler was installed to replace the heat production of the unit, around January this year. The reactor is currently being defuelled, prior to being decommissioned.
NNSA earlier claimed the eventual closure of the two reactors would eliminate the production of 800 kg of weapons-grade plutonium per year.
The reactors were originally operated to produce weapons-grade plutonium with heat and electricity as a by-product from the early 1960s until 1993. Since 1993, the reactors have operated to provide heat and electricity for Seversk and nearby areas, producing plutonium as a by-product. Under the 1997 Plutonium Production Reactor Agreement between the USA and Russia, this plutonium will not be used for weapons.
In a statement, the NNSA said, "Today's milestone ends 43 years of weapons-grade plutonium in Seversk."
Vladimir Korotkevich, director general of SCC, said that the company had "stopped producing weapons-grade materials and has fully met its obligations to ensure global nuclear parity. From now on the company will carry out exclusively peaceful activities."
In March 2003, Russia and the USA agreed to shut down Russia's three remaining plutonium-producing reactors.
One other reactor taking a similar plutonium and heat production role remains at Zhelenogorsk. NNSA and Rosatom are currently working to provide this replacement heat and electricity capacity so that the Zheleznogorsk ADE-2 reactor can be shut down on schedule, no later than 2010, permanently ending Russian weapons-grade plutonium production.
Seversk is home to several nuclear reactors and chemical plants for uranium separation, enrichment, and reprocessing. Following a ceremony to mark the shut down of the ADE-5 reactor, a rally of staff and residents of Seversk was held to support the development of nuclear generation in the region.


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Q: Global name is not defined when using global variable I am learning Python as I go and I am not getting what I am doing wrong with my variables and being to access them in functions.
I have recreated the general layout of my script in PythonFiddle and I got the same error
global trigger

class test(object):
    def init(self):
        trigger = 'hi'
        self.step2()

    def step2(self):
        print '%s' % trigger

if __name__ == "__main__":
    tester = test()
    tester.init()`

Anyone have any ideas?

A: You need to mark the variable as global in every function where you assign to it.  Put global trigger inside your init method.
Note that doing things this way is probably not a great idea.  There's not much point to defining a class if it's just going to store its data in a global variable.  One alternative would be:
class test(object):
    def init(self):
        self.trigger = 'hi'
        self.step2()

    def step2(self):
        print '%s' % self.trigger

if __name__ == "__main__":
    tester = test()
    tester.init()

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The Royal Commission's Draft Accessibility Strategy states the principles that will guide its engagement with people with disability. It commits the Royal Commission to putting people with disability first in everything we do and explains how this objective will be achieved.
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Sample Web Application based on https://github.com/elcct/defaultproject

- Goji - A web microframework for Golang - http://goji.io/
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# Dependencies

Default Project requires `Go`, `MySQL` and few other tools installed.

# Project structure

`/controllers`

All your controllers that serve defined routes.

`/helpers`

Helper functions.

`/models`

You database models.

`/public`

It has all your static files mapped to `/assets/*` path except `robots.txt` and `favicon.ico` that map to `/`.

`/system`

Core functions and structs.

`/views`

Your views using standard `Go` template system.

`server.go`

This file starts your web application and also contains routes definition.
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Dec 14, 2020 More on Revenue Cycle Management
Riverside Health System calls 2020 one of its most improved revenue cycle years to date
The system made no furloughs as a result of COVID-19, was able to give bonuses and raises, and is on track to meet its financial baseline.
Photo courtesy of Riverside Health System
Newport News, Virginia-based Riverside Health System is coming out of 2020 able to say that it had one of its most improved collection, performance and revenue cycle years to date.
The health system, which runs five acute care hospitals, one behavioral health hospital and two specialty hospitals, made no furloughs as a result of COVID-19. It was able to give out regularly scheduled bonuses and raises and is on track to meet its financial baseline, according to Charlie Graham, the vice president of Revenue Cycle at Riverside Health System.
"Now of course this is not the best year we've ever had, because we lost so much revenue when the elective [procedures were canceled]," Graham told Healthcare Finance News. "But as far as revenue cycle itself showing improvement, it has been one of our biggest years of improvement."
At the beginning of the pandemic, Riverside's leaders made a commitment to its staff that, instead of getting rid of positions, the system would prioritize repurposing roles. So when certain positions were left less-impacted than others, Riverside moved people into positions that would best enhance the revenue cycle.
"Our theme, in general, was protecting our workforce, because we knew there was going to be a surge and that we wanted everybody to be in a good place, well taken care of and ready to go. And now it's happening," Graham said.
The system's success this year goes beyond reconfiguring its personnel. A major focus has been creating customer satisfaction throughout the care journey.
"We want to be sure that patients get the same level of service and compassion from their billing experience as they do on the clinical side," Graham said. "And that's a difficult thing to achieve these days."
One of the biggest obstacles to this is the shift of patients having high-deductible health plans, according to Graham.
Enrollment in high deductible plans has increased over the past five years, going from 24% of covered employees in 2015 to 31% in 2020, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Graham says this has led to more patients not expecting to need clinical care and then struggling to pay their self-responsible balances, especially during the pandemic.
"We saw seven-digit totals of increases year-over-year of how much patients owed after insurance paid. It's very significant," he said.
One of the biggest undertakings his revenue cycle team took this year was around price transparency.
The system now has more than 420 services and procedures that patients can view to help them shop around for care, another major trend of the past year, Graham said.
Riverside uses Epic to compare its price estimates to the actual price of the service and also to the system's peers.
All of this goes into how the system communicates with its patients on the price of a service. It is working to find a balance between sharing possible unforeseen costs during a procedure with the base estimate.
"We're trying to figure out exactly how to manage that because we don't want to scare a patient, but we also don't want them to be surprised by something that came true that was different than what we talked about," Graham said.
To manage this, Riverside recently partnered with Visitpay to personalize the patient billing experience.
"That actually customizes an offer to a patient based on their wherewithal to pay," Graham said. "Because really what we want to do is meet a patient where they are, not tell them what our payment plan is."
An additional aspect of meeting a patient where they are has been shifting more towards online communications.
"You have patients that have an increased desire to deal with us electronically," Graham said. "They want to deal with us on their smartphone. They don't want to get a paper statement. They want to deal with it online."
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
As many other financial leaders, Graham is looking for ways to implement automation into Riverside's revenue cycle.
"We have tens of thousands of transactions that are relatively low dollar, and where you have to do relatively the same thing to fix them," he said. "And so that is a perfect space for AI."
There can be as much as $200 billion in administrative waste in the American healthcare system due to inefficient revenue cycle practices, according to a HIMSS20 Digital presentation.
Data shows that implementing artificial intelligence into revenue cycle management can increase productivity, reduce low-value inputs and open up time for more meaningful activities and special projects.
Robotic process automation saved Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida about 27,000 hours a month in work hours, which correlates to around $500,000, according to Lynn Ansley, senior director for Revenue Cycle. Automation and AI in the revenue cycle is where most hospitals are headed, though getting there requires a great deal of investment.
"But the thing of it is finding a tool and standing up the resources to do it and developing a team. It takes time," Graham said. "And frankly I believe we're a little behind the curve on that, but it's a big land of opportunity."
He said that the system is currently in talks with vendors to get AI implemented into Riverside's revenue cycle in the future.
"We're just focused on the consumer and trying to improve their experience. We want to make sure that finances don't get in the way of healing. If the finance piece of it is keeping them from getting needed service, or if it's creating surprises and stressors that are interfering with the healing, we just haven't done the best job we could."
Taking Stock of Progress and Looking Ahead
This December, we look back at a challenging year – and forward to what we hope is a better, stronger, more connected and resilient healthcare ecosystem.


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Karen-Marie Flagstad (Oslo, Vestre Aker, 24 november 1904 – Oslo, 25 december 1992) was een Noors operazangeres.

Karen-Marie Flagstad werd geboren binnen het muzikale gezin van Michael Flagstad (violist/dirigent) en Marie Nielsen Johnsrud (piano). Haar zuster Kirsten Flagstad was een van de grootste operazangeressen van haar tijd. Haar oudste broers, Ole Flagstad (cello) en Lasse Flagstad (piano) waren eveneens werkzaam in de muziek. Ze huwde zelf in de jaren dertig de Oostenrijkse muzikant Johann Cerhal/Cerkal, ze nam voor optredens in Zuid-Europa haar mans naam aan (Marie Cerhal).

Karen-Marie kreeg haar opleiding in het begin binnen het gezin. Er zijn foto's waarin ze samen met broer Lasse aan de piano zit. Haar carrière begon bij een beginnende Opera Comique. Haar debuut vond plaats in 1926 in de operette Fetteren fra Batavia (rol Hannah) van Eduard Künneke en Bajadaren van Emmerich Kálmán. Ze werkte gestaag aan haar loopbaan en kreeg haar eerste belangrijke rol als Amor in Orpheus van Christoph Willibald Gluck. Plaats van handeling was toen het Centraltheatret. Later volgden optredens in het Nationaltheatret Haar faam bereikte ook de Verenigde Staten en Duitsland, waarin ze onder meer een rol had in Ariadne auf Naxos van Richard Strauss. In 1948 was ze samen met haar zuster Kirsten Flagstad te horen en te zien in La Scala te Milaan in de opera Die Walküre van Richard Wagner. Ze zong de rol Ortlinde uit die opera later ook in Bordeaux en Rome. In 1953 zong ze tevens de rol Wellgunde uit Götterdämmerung.

Naast zingen vertaalde ze operateksten naar het Noors, was ze verbonden aan Norsk Rikskringkasting (ook weer met broer Lasse), was ze betrokken bij Norsk Operaforbund en Den Norske Opera. Op latere leeftijd begeleidde ze beginnend talent vanachter de piano en trad daarmee in de voetsporen van haar moeder.

Haar stem is bewaard gebleven in een aantal opnamen

Nederland kon deze zangeres zien en horen gedurende een vijftal uitvoeringen in het kader van het Holland Festival. Ze zong Ortlinde in Die Walküre in juni 1950 met uitvoeringen in de Stadsschouwburg te Amsterdam en het Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen te Den Haag. Dirigent was Erich Kleiber, het Concertgebouworkest begeleidde.

Noors sopraan

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"Size matters," Garth Brooks proclaimed Tuesday morning while his car inched its way through rush-hour traffic in the Bronx. Up ahead lay Yankee Stadium, the sprawling ballpark that will host Brooks' next New York City performance — his first gig in the Big Apple since August 1997, when he drew more than 750,000 people to a show in Central Park. His July 9th Yankee Stadium gig adds to the tally of more than 240 shows on the superstar's mammoth World Tour with wife Trisha Yearwood.
Brooks discussed ticket sales and other logistics during a press conference later that day, but he dished out more updates during his early-morning car ride. Broadcasting from his own backseat via Facebook Live, the singer announced an upcoming video series called Inside Studio G, which will expand the behind-the-scenes coverage that his current series, Opening Night Live, already offers. [Watch below.] The last installment of Opening Night Live will apparently coincide with the July 9th New York show, followed days later by the kickoff episode of Inside Studio G.
Like its name suggests, Studio G will focus on the recording studio, where Brooks is slated to spend much of the summer and fall working on his follow-up to Man Against Machine. "You're going to see the new album be created and you're going to be part of it," he tells his fans in the Facebook video below, promising an insiders-only look at songwriting collaborations and recording sessions. Once notoriously absent from platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, Brooks now insists those outlets are an opportunity to break down the barriers separating the singer from his audience.
"That's what this should be used for," he says, drawing a circle around the camera lens to indicate the wide world of social media. "Finally, people that make an artist an artist get to come be with that artist and create. It's gonna be good."
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7 Awesome Ibiza Wedding Table Plans – At Wedfest this summer we have been crazy busy designing wedding stationery for Ibiza Weddings and Ibiza themed weddings. We have already been out there last month and we are heading out to the White Isle again next week, so to wet the appetite here is a few of our favourite Ibiza Wedding Table & Seating Plans from this summers weddings.
First up a table plan previously featured on this website for Alexa & David who got married at Paissa d'en Bernat, Ibiza back in May. We really love this design which is really grainy in style and has imagery of an ocean and waves crashing on the beach, with a dusty pink sunset sky in the background. The main text reads 'Welcome to the White Isle' in a bright pink colour. This design has a real beach feel to it so perfect for an Ibiza wedding. The couple named their wedding tables after their favourite music festivals. We also made the couple matching table name cards and matching wedding place name cards for their guests.
This next wedding actually took place just 2 days before the one above. This wedding table plan was designed for Henry & Helen who got married at the Atzaró Hotel, Ibiza. As the Atzaró Hotel has a big feature pool in its grounds we included the image of an Ibizan style house and swimming pool surrounded by trees, bushes and greenery, much like the hotel grounds itself. Although the pool isnt like the one at the hotel it set the scene nicely for the Ibiza wedding of Henry & Helen. This couple named all of their wedding tables after their favourite stages at Glastonbury Festival such as the Pyramid Stage, West Holts, The Beat Hotel etc.
Yee-Kay & Kieran got married at the Cas Mila, Cala Tarida, Ibiza. We had also designed and made this couple Ibiza wedding wristbands for all their guests to wear at their wedding and during their stay in Ibiza. The couple wanted an Ibiza sunset in the background of their table plan design and named their tables after famous Ibiza nightclubs and locations such as Pacha, Amnesia, Ushuaia, DC-10, Es Vedra, Dalt Vila etc.
This next one for Azz & Dale we have also featured previously on the website. This couple got married at the Elixir Shore Club, Ibiza. A very popular and beautiful venue for couples to get married in. This couple wanted something to reflect the white side of Ibiza. If you have been around the old towns you will know how all the buildings are white washed and gleaming white and this is a feature in a lot of design around the island. But they also wanted a splash of colour as a nod to their love of the Ibiza clubbing and Nightlife. Their wedding colours were peach, light pink and grey so we added these as accent colours in the designs, and then for that splash of colour we let the nightclubs themselves do the talking. They named their tables after the big Ibiza Nightclubs and their logo's provided all the colour that was needed.
This next Ibiza Wedding Table Plan was for Laurie & Timothy who got married at Real Parroquia De San Francisco de Paula and then had their wedding reception at Boutique Hostal Salinas at the very south of the island right next Ses Salinas beach. This couple called their wedding LOVEFEST IBIZA. As well as this table plan we design the couple wedding invitations and much more you can see by clicking here.
Kaz & John didnt get married in Ibiza but wanted to have an Ibiza themed seating plan for their wedding as it is their favourite holiday and party destination. They wanted a table plan design that had an Ibiza flyer or poster feel to it and also featured the Ibiza Nightclubs as their table names. This is a pretty cool design and we especially love the ocean and the bottom and the palm trees in the background.
This last one was also for a couple who didnt get married in Ibiza but wanted to capture the essence of the island in their wedding stationery. We have previously designed Suzy & Chris Wedfest Ibiza style wedding invitations which were super cool featuring a sunset and people dancing in the background, the 2 main things alot of people go to Ibiza for. We then carried on the design into the seating plan for the wedding which took place at The Clandeboye Lodge Hotel.
If you like the look of any of the wedding table plans you have seen here and are planning to get married in Ibiza or just like the idea of having some wedding stationery themed around your favourite party island, please click here to get in touch and find out what we can do for you.


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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." – George Washington
"Even if you're one in a million, on a planet of 6.8 billion that means there are nearly 7,000 people just like you." – David McCullough, Jr
"For every little child…" – Lupita Nyong'o in her Oscar acceptance speech
"If we don't believe in free speech for those we despise, we don't believe in it at all" – Noam Chomsky
"There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom…" Carl Sagan
Extract from Day of Affirmation speech by Robert F. Kennedy in 1966
"People who are willing to trade their freedom…" – Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin discusses the best way to go about banging a wrinkly old woman
"Three can keep a secret if two are dead." – Benjamin Franklin
He that lives upon hope will die fasting. – Benjamin Franklin
Half a truth is often a great lie. ~ Benjamin Franklin
"Some men die at 25 but are not buried until they are 75" -Benjamin Franklin
"Just as we can know the ocean because it always tastes of salt, we can recognize enlightenment because it always tastes of freedom." – Buddha
"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison." – Nelson Mandela
"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself." — Jim Morrison
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch." – Disputed Source
"There are very few individuals in the world who are psychologically free…" – Osho
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom." — Dwight D. Eisenhower
10 Inspiring Quotes to Get You Through the Day
Having Multiple Sclerosis can sometimes take on a life of its own. Sometimes, it may feel like it's too much, especially in moments of relapse. But you are not your MS. You are so much more than that, and there's always so much more life to live. Here are ten quotes that will hopefully help you overcome your battle with MS, one day at a time.
1."Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it." –Buddha 2. "Be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too." 3. "I have chosen to be happy, because it is good for my health." –Voltaire 4. "A negative mind will never give you a positive life." 5. "Life is a one time offer. Use it well." 6. "H.O.P.E. Hold on. Pain ends." 7. "It's a good day to have a good day." 8. "On the other side of fear lies freedom." 9. "It's never too late in the day to start your day over." 10. "The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed." — Albert Einstein
"You can't start the next chapter of your life…" -Unknown
"To know what life is worth…" – Sartre OC
"In the book of life…" – Charles M. Schulz
"People demand freedom of speech…" -Søren Kierkegaard
"Nobody likes to fail, but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game." ~ Ben Bernanke
"so live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart." -Chief Tecumseh
"The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right." – Neil Gaiman
"The misery that is now upon us …" Charlie Chaplin (from the great dictators speech)
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." ― Noam Chomsky
"America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced…" ~ Tom…
"…And in the end, the product doesn't belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don't care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve."
"No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom.' If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs." -A powerful quote by Barack Obama
"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free". – Jim Morrison
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right." – Mohandas K. Gandhi
"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom." Bob Dylan
"We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justince, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy." – Chris Hedges
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever goten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them." -Assata Shakur
I think this is very relevant to people who are confused about how peaceful protest in countries with oppressive governments often lead to only a shuffling of those in charge and often result in an even MORE oppressive government.
"The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human." — Aldous Huxley
"If you just hear people that think like you do, you're going to end up foolish" – Cass Sunstein
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"Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power." – Oscar Wilde
"The world doesn't care if you're shy…" -bjos144
"The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions." – Adolf Hitler
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"The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions. In this way, the people will not see those rights and freedoms being removed until past the point at which these changes cannot be reversed."
Source: Mein Kampf
"Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner." -Lao Tzu
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~ Chinese Proverb
"We buy shit we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like." — George Carlin
"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." – God from Futurama
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country. —Hermann Göring, Nazi leader
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. ~ George Washington
more George Washington quotes
"Government is not reason…" – George Washington
"Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone." -Daniel J Solove
"If there was no such thing as failure; then there would be no such thing as success" – Tom Langley
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery" – Thomas Jefferson
"We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few." – President Obama (Jan. 21, 2013)
"People demand freedom of speech…" Soren Kierkegaard
"Life can only be understood backwards…" (Soren Kierkegaard) ()
"A fire broke out backstage in a theater…" -Soren Kierkegaard
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." – Soren Kierkegaard
"If we amplify everything, we hear nothing." – Jon Stewart


SHDW.gallery - HEISEI by Shohei Otomo.
Shohei Otomo is one of the most talented artist working out of Tokyo. Shohei blends incredible technical skill with biting social commentary and sophisticated symbolism. His work is not only beutiful but relevant, intuitive, haunting and deep.
SHDW.gallery is proud to announce an upcoming Australia exhibition by Shohei Otomo.
Details for this exhibition are still being finalised however we can say that it will consist of a series of sculptures, original illustrations and quite possibly, video installations.
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Gerhard Helmut Detleff Graf von Schwerin (23. juni 1899 i Hannover – 29. oktober 1980 i Rottach-Egern) var en tysk officer og general i den tyske hær under 2. verdenskrig.

Levned
Grev Schwerin stammede fra en gammel adelsfamilie med lange militærtraditioner. Efter at have gået på gymnasium i Köln og Anklam indtrådte han i kadetkorpset og gjorde tjeneste som fenrik i 1. Verdenskrig. Han gjorde derefter tjeneste som delingsfører, kompagnichef og bataljonsadjudant. Den 26. september 1918 blev han såret. Efter krigens slutning trådte han ud af hæren som premierløjtnant.

Efter at have stået i lære som købmand i Bremen og beklædt en stilling som leder af transportafdelingen i AG für Petrol-Industrie i Berlin vendte Graf von Schwerin i sommeren 1922 tilbage til Reichswehr. I første omgang gjorde han tjeneste i 1. (Preussiske) Infanteriregiment i Königsberg. Efter at have gået på krigsakademiet gjorde han tjeneste som oberstløjtnant og leder af gruppen Fremmede Hære Vest. Efter at have kritiseret Adolf Hitler blev han forflyttet og gjorde tjeneste som stedfortrædende chef for Regiment Großdeutschland.

2. verdenskrig
Ved 2. verdenskrigs begyndelse lå hans enhed ved den belgiske front i nærheden af Nives, Witry og Neufchâteau. Senere kæmpede regimentet ved Somme. I april 1941 gjorde von Schwerin tjeneste i Afrika: Kampfgruppe Schwerin indtog oasen Mechili og tog over 2.000 briter til fange, heriblandt to generaler. Under krigen mod Sovjetunionen udmærkede regimentschefen sig under angreb og forsvar ved Volkhov nær Sjlisselburg, ved Neva-floden og ved Leningrad, og fik den 17. januar tildelt Jernkorsets ridderkors. I oktober 1942 blev Gerhard von Schwerin som 43-årig udnævnt til generalmajor. Fra november 1942 havde han kommandoen over 16. motoriserede infanteridivision (som senere skiftede navn til 116. Panzerdivision). En herreløs mynde (Windhund) blev divisionens maskot, og divisionen blev kendt som Windhund-divisionen. Mynden blev gengivet på divisionens våben.

Med denne enhed udkæmpede han hårde kampe i det nordlige Kaukasus. Divisionen fungerede som det eneste bindeled mellem tropperne ved Stalingrad i nord og Heeresgruppe A i Kaukasus. Det kom til svære kampe med store tab ved Izjum, Sloviansk, Stepanovsk og Kryvyj Rih.

Da Vestallierede styrker overraskende gik i land i Normandiet den 6. juni 1944 var Schwerins 116. Panzerdivision placeret nord for Guyon. Trods de langvarige forsvarskampe ved invasionsfronten i Normandiet holdt general Speidel den slagkraftige enhed tilbage i Parisområdet indtil slutningen af juli.

Den 19. juli 1944 – en dag før attentatet på Hitler kunne Speidel ikke længere holde 116. panzerdivision tilbage. Divisionen rykkede mod Normandiet. Graf von Schwerin blev den 8./9. august igen afsat som chef for 116. panzerdivision. Divisionen undgik Falaise-lommen nu under ledelse af næstkommanderende Heinz Günther Guderian. Schwerin skrev et memorandum sammen med Heinrich von Lüttwitz hvor han krævede en afslutning på krigen.

I efteråret 1944 havde von Schwerin kommandoen over forsvaret af Aachen, som var den første tyske by, som var truet af allierede styrker. Von Schwerin trodsede ikke Hitlers befaling om at forsvare byen til sidste mand, og indledte ikke hemmelige overgivelsesforhandlinger med amerikanerne. Efter en forbigående kapitulation kæmpede han videre indtil der kom forstærkninger. Schwerin blev fjernet fra sin post i Aachen fordi han greb ind i evakueringen af civilbefolkningen. Han blev aldrig stillet for en krigsret.   Han fik kun en alvorlig reprimande. Efter krigen takkede bystyret i Aachen ham fordi han ville undgå at byen blev ødelagt ved i 1963 at opkalde en gade efter ham. Allerede i 1957 havde von Schwerin fået lov at skrive sit navn i byens gyldne bog. Selv om det ofte påstås, blev han aldrig æresborger i byen.
Byrådet besluttede med stort flertal den 22. august 2007 at omdøbe gaden til Kornelimünsterweg (hvilket gadens fortsættelse hele tiden har heddet), efter at et responsum fra RWTH Aachen ikke havde fundet belæg for at Schwerin havde udført en "heltedåd" i Aachen. En yderligere anklage gik ud på, at Schwerin var ansvarlig for at to 14-årige drenge i byen den 13. september 1944 var blevet skudt for angivelige plyndringer.

I begyndelsen af december 1944 overtog von Schwerin den 90. Panzergrenadierdivision i Italien. Den 3. februar 1945 nåede han højdepunktet i sin militære karriere da han fik overdraget kommandoen over 76. Korps i Heeresgruppe C i Norditalien. Den 1. april 1945 blev han udnævnt til pansergeneral og samtidig udnævnt til chef for 76. panserkorps. Den 25. april 1945 efterlod han hele 76. panserkorps og gik i britisk krigsfangenskab.

Efterkrigstiden
I maj 1950 – fem år inden grundlæggelsen af det nye Bundeswehr – blev Graf von Schwerin udpeget af Adenauers regering til at være Rådgiver i militær og sikkerhedsspørgsmål. Adenauer gav han til opgave at etablere et "mobilt forbundsgendarmeri" samt med behandling af sikkerhedsspørgsmål for myndighederne i Føderationen og de enkelte delstater. Schwerins kontor bar dæknavnet Zentrale für Heimatdienst (ZfH).

Siden starten på Koreakrigen i juni 1950 krævede frem for alt USA et tysk bidrag til forsvaret af Vesteuropa, som gjorde planen om et forbundsgendarmeri uaktuel. Således blev Schwerins kontor til den første forvaltningsenhed i Forbundsrepublikken, som systematisk behandlede alle spørgsmål vedrørende et vesttysk militærbidrag. Adenauer gav Schwerin til opgave at forberede en ekspertkonference fra 5. til 9. oktober 1950 som førte til en rapport, der efter mødestedet blev kaldt: "Himmeroder Denkschrift", hvori de grundlæggende planer for det senere Bundeswehr blev formuleret. Schwerin selv var ikke medlem af ekspertpanelet. Dette var det første skridt i retning af en tysk genoprustning under Vestmagternes kontrol. Schwerin kritiserede, at Adenauers uformelle gruppe af rådgivere bestod af officerer, der havde havde omtalt officerer, der ydede modstand mod naziregimet, som forrædere. Med opløsningen af Zentrale für Heimatdienst (ZfH) i slutningen af oktober 1950 blev Schwerin afskediget efter aftale med Konrad Adenauer. Schwerin havde handlet i modstrid med klare ordrer fra kanslerkotoret, og egenmægtigt udvidet sin medarbejderstab. ) Opgaverne fra ZfH blev herefter overtaget af Theodor Blank.

Da Bundeswehr blev grundlagt blev han forsvarspolitisk rådgiver for FDP i den tyske Forbundsdag.

Den 29. oktober 1980 døde von Schwerin i Rottach-Egern.

Udmærkelser
 Jernkorset (1914) II og I Klasse
 Ritterkorset af Hohenzollernes kongelige husorden med sværd
 Verwundetenabzeichen (1918) i sort
 Spænde til jernkorset II og I Klasse
 Jernkorsets ridderkors med egeløv og sværd
 Ridderkors 17. januar 1942
 Egeløv 17. maj 1943 (nr. 240)
 Sværd 4. november 1943 (nr. 41)

Kilder
 Quadflieg, Peter M., Gerhard Graf von Schwerin (1899-1980). Karrierepfade eines Generals zwischen Kaiserreich und Bundesrepublik, Dissertation RWTH Aachen University.
 Rass, Christoph; Rohrkamp, René; Quadflieg, Peter M., General Graf von Schwerin und das Kriegsende in Aachen. Ereignis, Mythos, Analyse, Aachen 2007.
 Baumann, Guido; Bönnemann, Otto; Meven Walter: Die Tragödie von Aachen. Dokumentation über die Hinrichtung von Karl Schwartz und Johann Herren, Aachen 2003,
 Memminger, Fritz; Familienverband ehemaliger Angehöriger der Windhund-Division e.V.(Hrsg.), Die Kriegsgeschichte der Windhund-Division, Bochum 1962-1980

Henvisninger

Personer fra Hannover
Politikere fra Tyskland
Generaler fra Tyskland
Grever fra Tyskland
Tysklands militære personel i 1. verdenskrig
Tysklands militære personel i 2. verdenskrig
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