text:
Josiane Balašković, dite Josiane Balasko, née le  à , est une actrice et réalisatrice française d'origine croate par son père, également scénariste, romancière, dialoguiste et costumière.

Elle est l'un des membres de la troupe du Splendid. Au cours de sa carrière, elle est récompensée par trois César : celui du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation pour Gazon maudit en 1996 puis deux César d'honneur en 2000 et 2021.
Elle a également été nommée aux César de la meilleure actrice pour Trop belle pour toi (1989) et Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes (1993), puis pour le polar Cette femme-là (2003).

Biographie

Enfance et formation
Fille d'Ivan Balašković (1903-1964), un Croate né à Tordinci (Croatie), et de Fernande Gattechaut (16/06/1911-20/03/1999), originaire de Nice, Josiane Balasko grandit dans un milieu modeste. Elle vit avec ses parents, son frère aîné et ses grands-parents dans trois chambres de bonne séparées, avec eau sur le palier. Son père est veilleur de nuit. Elle est baptisée catholique le 27 avril 1952.
En mai 1954, ses parents quittent Paris pour tenir un restaurant pour ouvriers à Saint-Quentin. En 1956, ils retournent à Paris, dans le , pour y tenir un restaurant plus grand.

À l'âge de 8 huit ans, elle souffre de rhumatismes articulaires qui l'obligent, outre ses deux piqûres journalières de cortisone, à être alitée pendant six mois et à ne pas sortir de chez elle pendant un an, elle s'occupe en dessinant.

Son père meurt d'un cancer du poumon alors qu'elle a quatorze ans, elle est alors élevée par sa mère et sa grand-mère à Neuilly-en-Thelle, une petite ville de l'Oise où sa mère a acheté une auberge. Juste avant la mort de son père, elle avait appris qu'elle avait un demi-frère en Yougoslavie. Elle passera désormais ses vacances familiales dans ce pays, puisant dans cette histoire l'inspiration de son film Demi-sœur .

Elle suit d'abord des cours de dessin à l'École des arts graphiques, mais échoue à l'examen d'entrée à l'École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. Elle découvre sa vocation lorsqu'une amie l'emmène dans un de ses cours de théâtre de Tania Balachova. Elle décide alors de les suivre également et devient caissière au Théâtre de Poche où elle joue également. Après le décès de sa grand-mère et en froid avec sa mère, la jeune femme de vingt ans trouve refuge chez la comédienne Douchka.

Révélation comique (années 1980)
Alors qu'elle est en tournée en province avec une troupe de théâtre pour enfants et qu'elle s'ennuie le soir dans sa chambre d'hôtel, Josiane Balasko écrit, à vingt-deux ans, son premier scénario, Quand je serai grande, je serai paranoïaque, qu'elle interprète avec une autre actrice prénommée Maryse au café-théâtre de l'Odéon.

En 1976, elle rejoint la troupe du Splendid où elle remplace Valérie Mairesse dans Le pot de terre contre le pot de vin puis y joue dans Ginette Lacaze. Dans sa jeunesse, elle joue principalement des rôles d'anti sex-symbol. Elle côtoie dans la troupe du Splendid Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Bruno Moynot et Michel Blanc. Elle est souvent cantonnée aux rôles de bonne copine à problèmes ou de jeune femme complexée.

En 1985, elle passe pour la première fois à la réalisation en signant la comédie acide Sac de nœuds, dont elle partage l'affiche avec Isabelle Huppert. Dans sa deuxième réalisation en 1987, la comédie policière Les Keufs, elle forme un tandem d'inspecteurs avec l'acteur ivoirien Isaac de Bankolé.

Comme actrice, c'est en 1989 que, grâce à Bertrand Blier, elle quitte le registre de faire-valoir pour incarner, dans Trop belle pour toi, la maîtresse d'un riche agent commercial – le rôle est tenu par Gérard Depardieu – qui a pour épouse une très belle femme, en l'occurrence Carole Bouquet. Son interprétation lui vaut sa première nomination au César de la meilleure actrice.

Reconnaissance critique (années 1990)
Elle revient à la comédie noire comme réalisatrice en 1991 avec Ma vie est un enfer, où elle joue une trentenaire dépressive face à Daniel Auteuil. Mais c'est en 1993 qu'elle décroche sa seconde nomination au César de la meilleure actrice, grâce au rôle principal de la comédie Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes, de Jean-Jacques Zilbermann.

Elle enchaîne avec un autre succès, en 1995, cette fois comme actrice, scénariste et cinéaste. Elle se confronte au sujet de l'homosexualité féminine en incarnant une lesbienne dans la comédie Gazon maudit avec Alain Chabat en 1995. Elle est récompensée par le César du meilleur scénario en 1996 (partagé avec Telsche Boorman et Patrick Aubrée). Le film est aussi nommé dans les catégories meilleur film, meilleur acteur et meilleur acteur dans un second rôle.

Elle s'offre alors des premiers rôles dans des comédies fidèles : en 1997, elle tient le rôle-titre de la comédie Arlette, sous la direction de Claude Zidi. L'année suivante, elle livre sa cinquième réalisation, la comédie  Un grand cri d'amour, qui l'oppose cette fois à Richard Berry. En 1999, elle mène la comédie d'aventure Le Fils du Français, de Gérard Lauzier. En 2001, elle partage l'affiche de Un crime au paradis, de Jean Becker, avec Jacques Villeret. Elle essuie cependant un flop critique et commercial cette même année, la comédie Absolument fabuleux, adaptation de la série télévisée anglaise Absolutely Fabulous dont elle partage l'affiche avec Nathalie Baye.

Les années 2000 vont lui permettre de sortir du registre comique.

Passage au registre dramatique (années 2000)

La décennie débute avec la remise d'un César d'honneur en 2000, saluant l'ensemble de sa carrière.

En 2003, elle impressionne en tête d'affiche du polar Cette femme-là, réalisé par Guillaume Nicloux. Sa performance en enquêtrice lui vaut sa troisième nomination au César de la meilleure actrice.

Deux ans plus tard, elle adapte sa propre pièce de théâtre au cinéma, L'Ex-femme de ma vie, dont elle partage l'affiche avec Thierry Lhermitte et Karin Viard. La même année, elle poursuit dans un registre dramatique en jouant Marguerite Duras dans le drame historique J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka, mené par Charles Berling. Mais surtout, elle retrouve la bande du Splendid pour Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie, dernier chapitre de la trilogie, toujours sous la direction de Patrice Leconte.

En 2008, c'est comme réalisatrice qu'elle se lance dans le drame : avec son septième film, Cliente, elle dirige Nathalie Baye et se confronte à un sujet rarement traité au cinéma, celui de la prostitution masculine. L'année suivante, elle joue le rôle-titre de la comédie dramatique Le Hérisson, réalisée par Mona Achache.

Seconds rôles (années 2010 et suivantes)

À partir de  la décennie 2010, elle va se voir confier surtout des seconds rôles dans des comédies, parfois dramatiques : en 2011 dans la comédie Beur sur la ville, de Djamel Bensalah puis Un heureux événement, de Rémi Bezançon. En 2012, elle joue la mère revêche de Mathilde Seigner et Marina Foïs dans Maman d'Alexandra Leclère. Puis en 2013, elle apparaît dans Les Gazelles, de Mona Achache.

Retour aux premiers rôles en 2012 pour la comédie dramatique Mes héros, d'Éric Besnard, aux côtés de Gérard Jugnot. C'est avec Michel Blanc qu'elle aborde ensuite le sujet du handicap mental avec le drame Demi-sœur, dont elle est également la réalisatrice.

En 2015, elle fait partie du casting choral de la comédie populaire Le Grand Partage, d'Alexandra Leclère. L'année suivante, dans Joséphine s'arrondit, elle joue le rôle de la mère de l'héroïne, incarnée par sa propre fille, Marilou Berry.

En 2016, elle connaît un nouveau succès comique populaire en incarnant une mère à la fois touchante et énervante dans Retour chez ma mère, d'Éric Lavaine. Cette fois, Alexandra Lamy et Mathilde Seigner jouent ses filles. En 2019, elle figure au casting de la comédie populaire All Inclusive, de Fabien Onteniente.

Parallèlement à ces comédies, elle apparait dans des drames : en 2017, Un beau soleil intérieur, de Claire Denis, porté par Juliette Binoche ; en 2018, Volontaire, d'Hélène Fillières mais aussi le très médiatisé Grâce à Dieu, de François Ozon ; et en 2019 le thriller historique L'Intervention, de Fred Grivois.

Engagements
Josiane Balasko est membre des Enfoirés (l'association caritative fondée par Coluche). En 2015, elle dénonce un engagement confortable des artistes au sein des Enfoirés, affirmant :

Par ailleurs en 2006, à la suite de l'expulsion d'un squat au Crous de Cachan, elle soutient la cause des 1000 de Cachan. Elle défend en 2009, aux côtés de Carole Bouquet notamment, les familles africaines de la rue de la Banque à Paris et, en 2010, les sans-papiers de la rue du Regard.

Entre 2008 et 2011 elle se trouve régulièrement dans les cortèges de l'association Droit au logement.

Lors de l'élection présidentielle de 2012, elle soutient le candidat François Hollande et est présente le  sur la place de la Bastille pour fêter sa victoire. En 2017, elle soutient les candidats du Parti communiste français aux élections législatives.

En , à la suite de la démission de Nicolas Hulot, elle signe avec Juliette Binoche la tribune contre le réchauffement climatique intitulée « Le plus grand défi de l'histoire de l'humanité », qui paraît en une du journal Le Monde, avec pour titre L'appel de  pour sauver la planète.

Lors des élections européennes de 2019, elle annonce dans les colonnes de L'Humanité son soutien à la liste du Parti communiste français, , menée par Ian Brossat. Elle justifie cette position par  qu'elle dit avoir pu voir chez les adhérents de ce parti. Elle prête sa voix au clip de campagne.

Vie privée

De 1974 à 1981, Josiane Balasko est la compagne de Bruno Moynot (membre de la troupe du Splendid, comme elle).

D'une deuxième union avec le sculpteur Philippe Berry (1956-2019), frère du comédien Richard Berry, elle a une fille, Marilou Berry, née le  à Paris, elle-même actrice, et un fils adopté, Rudy Berry, né en 1988.

Divorcée de Philippe Berry en 1999, elle se remarie avec l'acteur américain George Aguilar en 2003, qu'elle a rencontré sur le plateau du Fils du Français en 1999.

Filmographie

Cinéma

Actrice

Cinéma

Années 1970
 1973 : L'Agression de          Frank Cassenti (cm)
 1973 : L'An 01 de Jacques Doillon
 1975 : Une fille unique de Philippe Nahoun : Simone
 1976 : Le Locataire de Roman Polanski : l'employée de bureau
 1976 : Un éléphant ça trompe énormément d'Yves Robert : Josy
 1977 : Solveig et le Violon turc de Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan (inédit)
 1977 : Les Petits Câlins de Jean-Marie Poiré : Corinne
 1977 : L'Animal de Claude Zidi : la fille du supermarché
 1977 : Monsieur Papa de Philippe Monnier : la femme dans la cabine téléphonique
 1977 : Nous irons tous au paradis d'Yves Robert : Josy
 1977 : Dites-lui que je l'aime de Claude Miller : Nadine
 1978 : La Coccinelle à Monte-Carlo de Vincent McEveety : (non créditée au générique)
 1978 : Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres de Raymond Lewin : Elle-même
 1978 : La Tortue sur le dos de Luc Béraud
 1978 : Pauline et l'ordinateur de Francis Fehr : Pauline
 1978 : Les Bronzés de Patrice Leconte : Nathalie
 1979 : Les héros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles de Charles Nemes : la cliente endommagée
 1979 : Les Bronzés font du ski de Patrice Leconte : Nathalie

Années 1980
 1981 : Clara et les chics types de Jacques Monnet : Louise
 1981 : Les hommes préfèrent les grosses de Jean-Marie Poiré : Lydie Langlois
 1981 : Le Maître d'école de Claude Berri :  Lajoie
 1982 : Hôtel des Amériques de André Téchiné : Colette
 1982 : Le père Noël est une ordure de Jean-Marie Poiré (n'a pas joué dans la pièce du même nom) : Madame Musquin
 1983 : Papy fait de la résistance de Jean-Marie Poiré : la pharmacienne
 1983 : Signes extérieurs de richesse de Jacques Monnet : Béatrice Flamand
 1984 : P'tit con de Gérard Lauzier : Rolande
 1984 : La Smala de Jean-Loup Hubert : Simone
 1984 : La Vengeance du serpent à plumes de Gérard Oury : Jackie
 1985 : Sac de nœuds de Josiane Balasko : Anita
 1985 : Tranches de vie de François Leterrier : La Parisienne
 1986 : Nuit d'ivresse de Bernard Nauer : Fred
 1986 : Les Frères Pétard de Hervé Palud : Aline
 1987 : Les Keufs de Josiane Balasko : Inspecteur Mireille Molineux
 1988 : Sans peur et sans reproche de Gérard Jugnot : une servante
 1989 : Une nuit à l'Assemblée nationale de Jean-Pierre Mocky : La journaliste
 1989 : Trop belle pour toi de Bertrand Blier : Colette Chevassu

Années 1990
 1991 : Les Secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück de Alessandro Capone, Stéphane Clavier et Mathias Ledoux : la scientifique
 1991 : Ma vie est un enfer de Josiane Balasko : Léah Lemonier
 1993 : L'Ombre du doute de Aline Issermann : Sophia
 1993 : Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes de Jean-Jacques Zilbermann : Irène
 1994 : Grosse fatigue de Michel Blanc : elle-même
 1995 : Gazon maudit de Josiane Balasko : Marijo
 1997 : Didier d'Alain Chabat : Madame Massart
 1997 : Arlette de Claude Zidi : Arlette Bathiat
 1998 : Un grand cri d'amour de Josiane Balasko : Gigi Ortega
 1999 : Le Fils du Français de Gérard Lauzier : Suzanne

Années 2000
 2000 : Le Libertin de Gabriel Aghion : Baronne d'Holbach
 2000 : Les Acteurs de Bertrand Blier : André Dussollier 2
 2001 : Un crime au paradis de Jean Becker : Lucienne "Lulu" Braconnier
 2001 : Absolument fabuleux de Gabriel Aghion : Edith "Eddie" Mousson
 2002 : Le Raid de Djamel Bensalah : Madame Jo
 2003 : Cette femme-là de Guillaume Nicloux : Michèle Varin
 2004 : Madame Édouard de Nadine Monfils : Nina Tchitchi
 2005 : L'Ex-femme de ma vie de Josiane Balasko : Marie-Pierre
 2005 : J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka de Serge Le Péron : Marguerite Duras
 2005 : La vie est à nous ! de Gérard Krawczyk : Blanche Delhomme
 2006 : Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie de Patrice Leconte : Nathalie
 2007 : L'Auberge rouge de Gérard Krawczyk : Rose Martin
 2007 : La Clef de Guillaume Nicloux : Michèle Varin
 2008 : Musée haut, musée bas de Jean-Michel Ribes : La mère en Chanel
 2008 : Cliente de Josiane Balasko : Irène
 2009 : Bancs publics (Versailles Rive-Droite) de Bruno Podalydès : Solange Renivelle
 2009 : Le Hérisson de Mona Achache : Renée
 2009 : Ruby Blue de Jan Dunn : Stéphanie
 2009 : Neuilly sa mère ! de Gabriel Julien-Laferrière : La directrice du collège privé

Années 2010
 2010 : Holiday de Guillaume Nicloux : Christiane Mercier
 2011 : Beur sur la ville de Djamel Bensalah : Mamie Nova
 2011 : Un heureux événement de Rémi Bezançon : Claire
 2012 : Sport de filles de Patricia Mazuy : Joséphine de Silène
 2012 : Maman de Alexandra Leclère : la mère
 2012 : Mes héros d'Éric Besnard : Olga
 2013 : Demi-sœur de Josiane Balasko : Antoinette
 2014 : Les Gazelles de Mona Achache : Brigitte
 2015 : Le Grand Partage de Alexandra Leclère : La gardienne
 2015 : Arrête ton cinéma ! de Diane Kurys : Brigitte
 2016 : Joséphine s'arrondit de Marilou Berry : La mère de Joséphine
 2016 : Retour chez ma mère d'Éric Lavaine : Jacqueline Mazerin
 2017 : Les nouvelles aventures de Cendrillon de Lionel Steketee : la belle mère de Cendrillon
 2017 : Un beau soleil intérieur de Claire Denis : Maxime
 2018 : Bécassine ! de Bruno Podalydes : Mademoiselle Chataigne
 2018 : Volontaire de Helene Fillieres  : La mère de Laure
 2018 : Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! de Gabriel Julien-Laferrière : Madame Bachelot
 2018 : Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux de Franchin Don : Mona
 2018 : J'ai perdu Albert de Didier Van Cauwelaert  : Madame Le Couidec
 2018 : Grâce à Dieu de François Ozon : Irène
 2019 : L'Intervention de Fred Grivois : Michèle Sampieri
 2019 : All Inclusive de Fabien Onteniente : Lulu
 2019 : Beaux-parents d'Hector Cabello Reyes : Coline
 2019 : Les Envoûtés de Pascal Bonitzer : Leonora Evesco

Années 2020
 2020 : L'Esprit de famille d'Éric Besnard : Marguerite
 2020 : C'est la vie de Julien Rambaldi : Dominique
 2021 : Un tour chez ma fille d'Éric Lavaine : Jacqueline Mazerin
 2021 : Tralala d'Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu : Lili
 2021 : La Pièce rapportée d'Antonin Peretjatko : La reine-mère
 2021 : Mes très chers enfants d'Alexandra Leclère : Chantal

Télévision

Doublage
 2000 : Chicken run de Peter Lord et Nick Park : Bernadette
 2014 : Tante Hilda ! de Jacques-Rémy Girerd : Dolores
 2015 : Miraculous (série d'animation) : Josiane Balasko (elle-même)

Réalisatrice
 1985 : Sac de nœuds
 1987 : Les Keufs
 1991 : Ma vie est un enfer
 1995 : Gazon maudit
 1998 : Un grand cri d'amour
 2005 : L'Ex-femme de ma vie
 2008 : Cliente
 2013 : Demi-sœur

Scénariste

Créatrice de costumes
 1976 : L'Affiche rouge de Frank Cassenti

Box-office des films réalisés par Josiane Balasko

Théâtre

 1970 : La pipelette ne pipa pas
 1971 : Quand j'srai grande, j'srai paranoïaque, mise en scène Josiane Balasko
 1973 : Jeanne l'ébouriffée de Catherine Dasté, mise en scène de l'auteur, Théâtre de Sartrouville
 1975 : Silence là-dedans avec J.M. Villessot, Théâtre Mouffetard puis invités par le TNA à la salle Atlas à Alger et à Gardaïa
 1976 : Le Pot de terre contre le pot de vin, Le Splendid
 1976 : Ginette Lacaze, mise en scène Coluche
 1977 : Amour, coquillages et crustacés, Le Splendid
 1979 : Le père Noël est une ordure du Splendid, mise en scène Philippe Galland, Le Splendid : Zézette (en remplacement de Marie-Anne Chazel)
 1982 : Bunny's bar de et mise en scène par Josiane Balasko, avec Michel Blanc, Valérie Mairesse
 1985 : Nuit d'ivresse de et mise en scène par Josiane Balasko, avec Michel Blanc, Théâtre du Splendid Saint-Martin, (reprise en 2002 au Théâtre de la Renaissance avec Michèle Bernier et Francis Huster)
 1989 : L'Ex-femme de ma vie de et mise en scène par Josiane Balasko, avec Richard Berry, Théâtre du Gymnase, (créée en 1988 au Théâtre du Splendid Saint-Martin avec Jane Birkin et Thierry Lhermitte)
 1992 : Solo de Willy Russell, mise en scène Josiane Balasko, Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell
 1996 : Un grand cri d'amour de et mise en scène par Josiane Balasko, avec Richard Berry, Théâtre de la Michodière (reprise en 1997)
 2006 : Dernier Rappel de et mise en scène par Josiane Balasko, avec Cartouche, Marius Colucci, George Aguilar, Jacky Nercessian, Théâtre de la Renaissance
 2009 : Tout le monde aime Juliette de et mise en scène par Josiane Balasko, avec Marilou Berry, David Rousseau, Lannick Gautry, Jacky Nercessian, Théâtre du Splendid Saint-Martin
 2011 : La nuit sera chaude de Josiane Balasko, mise en scène de l'auteur, Théâtre de la Renaissance, tournée en 2012
 2014-2015 : Un grand moment de solitude de et mise en scène Josiane Balasko, tournée, Théâtre de la Michodière
 2016-2018 : La Femme rompue de Simone de Beauvoir, mise en scène Hélène Fillières, théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, théâtre Montansier, théâtre Hébertot, tournée
 2021 : Un chalet à Gstaad de et mise en scène Josiane Balasko, Théâtre des Nouveautés

Publications

 Le Père Noël est une ordure, Actes Sud - Papiers,  - (version théâtre : fin différente du film avec l'explosion de gaz).
 Cliente, Fayard, 2004.
 Parano express, Fayard, 2006
 La nuit sera chaude, Actes Sud, 2011.
Jamaiplu, Editions Pygmalion, 2019. Josiane Balasko propose ici un recueil de huit nouvelles fantastiques.

Distinctions

Récompenses
 César 1996 : meilleur scénario pour Gazon maudit
 Lumières 1996 : meilleur scénario ou adaptation pour Gazon maudit
 César 2000 : César d'honneur
 Festival international du film de comédie de Liège 2018 : Crystal Comedy Award
 César 2021 : César anniversaire avec la troupe du Splendid

Nominations et sélections
 César 1990 : César de la meilleure actrice pour Trop belle pour toi
 César 1994 : César de la meilleure actrice pour Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes
 César 1996 : César du meilleur réalisateur pour Gazon maudit
 César 2004 : César de la meilleure actrice pour Cette femme-là
 Prix Raimu 2008 : prix du film de comédie, de la comédienne, de la mise en scène et du scénario pour Cliente
 Festival du film de Croisic 2008 : Prix du jeune public de la meilleure adaptation et Hublot d'or de la meilleure adaptation pour Cliente
 Festival Jean Carmet 2012 : Prix du second rôle féminin dans Sport de filles
 César 2020 : César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle  pour Grâce à Dieu

Décorations
 ,

  (14 juillet 2004)

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

 Jean Tulard, Dictionnaire du cinéma. Les acteurs, Éditions Robert Laffont (Collection Bouquins), Paris, , ,
 Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc, Collection Couples mythiques, Le Splendid, Alphée Éditions (biographie), 2010.
 Bernard Boyé, Les Légendes du Cinéma Français, Le Splendid, Autres Temps Éditions (biographie), 2011.
Alexandre Grenier, Génération Père Noël, éditions Belfond, 1994 (biographie)
 Clara Laurent, Josiane Balasko, une vie splendide, Tallandier, 2021. Première biographie consacrée à Josiane Balasko

Liens externes
 Les gens du cinéma

Actrice française de cinéma
Actrice française de télévision
Actrice française de théâtre
Scénariste française de cinéma
Actrice de théâtre de boulevard
Membre des Enfoirés
Écrivain français du XXIe siècle
Réalisatrice française
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation
César d'honneur
Nom de scène
Naissance en avril 1950
Naissance dans le 9e arrondissement de Paris


Tanmit 100 Coloring Gel Pens Set!! Sweet Deal!!
Colored Gel Pens: 100 Unique Colors Ink Pens in a Variety of Styles including Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, White, Black, Gold, Silver, Chrome, and many more!
For Adults, Kids Coloring Books, Sketching, Drawing, Painting, Writing, secret garden. We Promise superior ink and hard Tip (tip size 0.8mm) which are More Thin than Markers,that makes the pen writing smoothly and using durable!
Packaged in Case: Compact colorful Storage - Foldable design makes it easy to store in a backpack, drawer, locker, or shelf!
Gift Idea for Halloween,Christmas and any festival: Get it and Enjoy it! Money Back Guarantee from the Manufacturer - If any are inoperable, damaged, or if they're not up to your satisfaction the Manufacturer will offer a Free Replacement or a Full Refund.
This is the best product to match the most popular Adult Coloring Book!


Making small talk in German is just the same as in English. Touch on familiar topics like jobs, sports, children � just say it in German! Small talk describes the brief conversations that you have with people you don�t know well. Small talk is where friendships are made. If you know how to make... 2/10/2011�� I was wondering how to say "you're welcome" in German. Now I mean not so much the phrase "you are welcome" as the reply to "danke". I say this because, from what I have learned from other languages, "you're welcome" is just an expression in English used as a reply to "thank you".
Making small talk in German is just the same as in English. Touch on familiar topics like jobs, sports, children � just say it in German! Small talk describes the brief conversations that you have with people you don�t know well. Small talk is where friendships are made. If you know how to make... How to say welcome in every language Here is how to say �welcome� in a few different languages from around the world! So wherever you go travelling around the world, whether its America or Armenia, Sweden or Sudan you�ll know what to listen out for!
2/11/2008�� I know that 'Willkommen' means welcome, as in when you are arriving somewhere, but I don't know what to reply when someone says thank you or danke. If I have made any mistakes, please correct me. If I have made any mistakes, please correct me. how to say i love you in italian 15/06/2009�� Upload failed. Please upload a file larger than 100x100 pixels; We are experiencing some problems, please try again. You can only upload files of type PNG, JPG, or JPEG.
Many thanks guys and gals for all the examples for you are welcome in Dutch. 0 Votes 0 Votes 0 Votes Bedeutsamkeit von Beratung fur Individuum und Gesellschaft in Gegenwart und Zukunft (German Edition) on Jul 19, 2012 Algebraic Quotients.
15/06/2009�� Upload failed. Please upload a file larger than 100x100 pixels; We are experiencing some problems, please try again. You can only upload files of type PNG, JPG, or JPEG.


text:
Herbert Grasemann (* 21. Dezember 1917 in Graudenz; † 21. Juni 1983 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schachkomponist und Schachschriftsteller. Gelegentlich veröffentlichte er Arbeiten unter dem Pseudonym Arne Mangs, das ein Anagramm seines Nachnamens ist.

Leben
Grasemanns Vater stammte aus Berlin. Er war Berufssoldat gewesen, hatte aber schon seit längerem den aktiven Dienst quittiert. Im Ersten Weltkrieg wurde er als Ausbilder in Graudenz reaktiviert. Dorthin folgte ihm 1917 seine Frau, da die Nahrungsmittelversorgung in Berlin damals sehr schlecht war, kehrte aber nach Herbert Grasemanns Geburt bereits im Sommer 1918 nach Berlin zurück.

Herbert Grasemann besuchte zunächst eine Privatschule, dann das Askanische Gymnasium, wo er 1936 das Abitur ablegte. Danach begann er eine Ausbildung als Industriekaufmann, die er 1939 abschloss.

Vielseitige Interessen
In seiner Freizeit spielten zunächst Fußball und Musik eine entscheidende Rolle. Der junge Herbert Grasemann spielte seit 1927 Fußball im Verein BFC Germania 1888 und stand viermal in der Berliner Stadtauswahl der Junioren. Diese Sportart hat er trotz seiner schweren Kriegsverletzung bis 1953 betrieben. Zudem hat Grasemann insgesamt zehn Jahre lang Klavierunterricht erhalten.

1933 komponierte Grasemann, angeregt durch den Schachaufgaben-Anhang des Reclam-Bändchens Schach von Jacques Mieses, sein erstes Schachproblem. Er sandte den Dreizüger in der Hoffnung auf Veröffentlichung an Josef Benzinger, der Problemrubriken in diversen Zeitungen und Zeitschriften mit Material versorgte. 1935 wurde das Stück tatsächlich (honorarfrei) veröffentlicht, nämlich in der Schachecke der antisemitischen Satirezeitschrift Die Brennessel. Wie Grasemann sich später in einer autobiografischen Serie in den Deutschen Schachblättern erinnerte, war er wenig begeistert: kein Honorar und ein in mehrfacher Hinsicht zweifelhafter Publikationsort, nicht nur wegen des Blattes selbst, sondern auch wegen der in seinen Augen geringen Qualität der Schachspalte. Daraufhin wandte er sich zunächst wieder vom Problemschach ab und der Musik zu.

Im Krieg
Im Herbst 1939 wurde Grasemann sogleich zur Wehrmacht eingezogen. Im Juli 1941 war er Panzerfahrer an der Ostfront und erlitt bei Minsk eine schwere Kriegsverletzung: Er verlor seinen linken Arm. Grasemann konnte sich aus dem Panzer retten und irrte vier Wochen mit einem eiternden Armstumpf umher. Die folgenden eineinhalb Jahre verbrachte er in verschiedenen Lazaretten, bis er als kriegsversehrt entlassen wurde. Bereits im Lazarett begann Grasemann erneut drei- und vierzügige Schachaufgaben zu komponieren.

Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Berlin heiratete Grasemann 1943 die Bernauerin Luise Schmidt und nahm ein Jurastudium an der Humboldt-Universität auf. 1944 ging aus der Ehe ein Sohn hervor. Grasemann sandte nun einige seiner neuen Schachkompositionen an Josef Halumbirek, den Betreuer der Schachproblemrubrik in der Deutschen Schachzeitung, die er seit Januar 1939 abonniert hatte. Halumbirek antwortete in einem langen Brief; er attestierte Grasemann Talent, hielt die Kompositionen aber noch nicht für veröffentlichungsreif und empfahl ihm, sich zunächst mit der Geschichte und Theorie der Schachkomposition zu befassen.

Leben vom Schach
In der Zeitschrift Horizont, einem amerikanisch lizenzierten Halbmonatsblatt für die "junge Generation", geleitet von Günther Birkenfeld und mit Beiträgen unter anderem von Elisabeth Langgässer und Wolfdietrich Schnurre, schrieb Kurt Richter das erste große Kompositionsturnier der Nachkriegszeit aus. Der Preisbericht erschien im April 1947, und die Einsendungen des bis dahin völlig unbekannten Grasemann waren überraschend erfolgreich: Er gewann den 1. Preis sowie eine Ehrende Erwähnung für eine weitere Komposition.

Auf diesen Erfolg hin bot Berthold Koch, der leitende Redakteur der im Ost-Berliner Expreß-Verlag vierzehntäglich erscheinenden Fachzeitschrift Schach-Expreß (die später in Schach umbenannt wurde und bis heute existiert), Grasemann eine Tätigkeit in diesem Verlag an, die hauptsächlich die Betreuung der Problemrubrik umfasste. Grasemann gelang es zudem, sich beim Ost-Berliner Schachverein Rotation Berlin, in dessen erster Mannschaft er Partieschach spielte, einen bezahlten Job als Schachtrainer zu schaffen: Er hielt wöchentlich Trainingsabende ab, jeweils um eine halbstündige Lektion zum Problemschach ergänzt. Diese beiden Tätigkeiten erlaubten es ihm, das ungeliebte Jurastudium 1948 aufzugeben und sich ganz dem Problemschach zu widmen – freilich unter erheblichen finanziellen Einschränkungen, da das Geld für eine dreiköpfige Familie kaum ausreichte.

Grasemann lebte nun mit Frau und Kind in einer kleinen Wohnung im West-Berliner Bezirk Wedding, veröffentlichte Schachkompositionen und bezog seinen Lebensunterhalt aus der Tätigkeit für den Sportverlag und dem Schachtraining in Ost-Berlin. Dazu kamen bald weitere, teils ehrenamtliche, teils bezahlte Aufgaben: 1950 übernahm Grasemann von seinem Mentor Halumbirek zusätzlich die Problemrubrik der West-Berliner Deutschen Schachzeitung. Er begann im Haus der Deutsch-Sowjetischen Freundschaft in Ost-Berlin Vorträge zum Thema Problemschach zu halten, organisierte 1953 und 1954 zwei Problemschach-Wettkämpfe zwischen Baden und Berlin, absolvierte Vortragsreisen durch die DDR und leitete schließlich eine Großveranstaltung zur Schacholympiade 1960 in Leipzig. Zudem beteiligte er sich an der Gründung der Kommission für Probleme und Studien im Deutschen Schachverband der DDR (wo er freilich wegen seines Wohnsitzes in West-Berlin nicht Mitglied sein durfte), vertrat die DDR mehrfach bei Kongressen der internationalen FIDE-Kommission für Schachkomposition und stellte zwei Schachproblemsammlungen zusammen, die 1955 und 1959 als Bücher im Sportverlag erschienen.

Nach dem Mauerbau
Die finanziell ohnehin ständig prekäre Existenz, die sich Grasemann in seiner Nische geschaffen hatte, konnte er nach dem Mauerbau 1961 nicht fortsetzen. Da er nicht nach Ost-Berlin umziehen wollte, rissen seine beruflichen Beziehungen zum Problemschach der DDR von einem Tag auf den anderen ab. Er musste die Problemrubrik von Schach abgeben, 1962 beendigte er auch seine Tätigkeit für die Deutsche Schachzeitung und übernahm stattdessen 1962 die Problemrubrik der Deutschen Schachblätter, die er bis zu seinem Tod 1983 leitete. Vor allem aber blieb ihm nun nichts anderes übrig, als sich im Alter von 44 Jahren erstmals einen Brotberuf außerhalb der Schachkomposition zu suchen. Nach einigem Hin und Her gelang es ihm 1963, eine Stelle in der Verwaltung einer West-Berliner Wohnungsbaugesellschaft zu finden. 1973 schließlich wurde er geschäftsführendes Vorstandsmitglied in der Bürgermeister-Reuter-Stiftung, die billigen Wohnraum für Auszubildende, Studierende und andere nicht zahlungskräftige Personen zur Verfügung stellt.

Der Schachschriftsteller
Bereits in dieser Zeit und dann besonders in seinem Ruhestand seit 1979 publizierte Grasemann vermehrt Bücher über Schachkomposition für ein breiteres Publikum. Besonders erfolgreich war die 1977 als Humboldt-Taschenbuch erschienene Einführung Schach ohne Partner, die bis 1982 eine Auflage von 43.000 erreichte – für das Genre der Schachkomposition eine bis dahin nie erreichte Verbreitung. Die Fortsetzung Schach ohne Partner für Könner ging gleich mit einer Startauflage von 13.000 in Druck, ebenso Die Kunst des Mattsetzens. Daneben betreute er weiter den Problemteil der Deutschen Schachblätter und schrieb zudem der Videotext-Redaktion im Sender Freies Berlin Texte und Lösungsbesprechungen zur Schachkomposition.

Nach zwei Operationen im Frühling 1983 erlitt Grasemann einen Herzinfarkt mit Lungenödem, woran er schließlich starb.

Schachkomposition
Grasemann betrachtete Walther Freiherr von Holzhausen als seinen Lehrer in theoretischen Fragen. In seiner Wohnung in Wedding traf er sich oftmals mit anderen Schachkomponisten, etwa Hans Vetter, Willy Roscher und Stefan Schneider, der durch diese Gespräche angeregt 1948 seinen Aufsatz Zweckökonomie veröffentlichte. Später traf er weiterhin viele Schachkomponisten, darunter auch den späteren Großmeister Hans-Peter Rehm und den PCCC-Gründer Nenad Petrović.

Grasemann komponierte zahlreiche Aufgaben, meist Mehrzüger, aber auch einige im Bereich Märchenschach. Er entwickelte das neudeutsche Mehrzügerproblem weiter. Viele seiner Werke wurden mit Preisen ausgezeichnet, mehrere in die FIDE-Alben aufgenommen. In den FIDE-Alben erreichte er 21,83 Punkte.

1957 ernannte ihn die FIDE zum Internationalen Preisrichter für Schachkomposition

Grasemann organisierte nach dem Krieg Treffen von Problemfreunden in Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig und Chemnitz. Besonders die Berliner Problemrunde, die jeweils im Balken stattfand, war theoretisch produktiv.

Lösung:
1. Ld4–h8 (droht Da7 matt sowie Dd4+ nebst matt) Tf3–e3 (verstellt die Diagonale g1–a7) 2. Dg1–g7 (droht erneut Da7 matt) Te3–e7 3. Dg7–a1 matt

Der Läufer räumt die Diagonale in ihrer ganzen Länge für die Dame; auf allen anderen Feldern würde er dem Mattzug im Wege stehen. Dieses Motiv ist in Fachkreisen als Loyds Linienräumung bekannt (nach Samuel Loyd).

Weitere Kompositionen von Grasemann finden sich im Artikel Beschäftigungslenkung.

Schachschriftsteller
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg arbeitete Grasemann hauptberuflich als Schachschriftsteller. So baute er von 1947 bis 1961 die Rubrik Probleme und Studien der Zeitschrift Schach-Expreß auf, leitete danach ein Jahr lang die Kompositionsecke der Deutschen Schachzeitung und ab 1962 bis zu seinem Lebensende die der Deutschen Schachblätter. Nach Grasemanns Tod übernahm Friedrich Chlubna diese Arbeit.

In Ergänzung dazu schrieb er wichtige Bücher zur Schachkomposition:
 Problemschach, Berlin 1955
 Problemschach Band II, Berlin 1959
 Problem-Juwelen, Berlin 1964
 Schach ohne Partner für Anfänger, München 1977
 Eines Reverends Einfall, der Geschichte machte, im Selbstverlag, Berlin 1981
 Schach ohne Partner für Könner, München 1982
 Die Kunst des Mattsetzens, unter dem Pseudonym "Arne Mangs", München 1983

Außerdem verfasste Grasemann ein Lehrbuch:
 Spaß mit Schach für junge Leute, Humboldt-Verlag (Nr. 479) 1985

Eine autobiographische Artikelserie erfuhr durch Grasemanns Tod ein jähes Ende:
 Das ganze Leben ist ein Problem, unter dem Pseudonym "Arne Mangs", in: Deutsche Schachblätter, 5/1983, S. 131–132, 6/1983, S. 158–160, und 8/1983, S. 217–218.

Persönliches
Grasemann war 40 Jahre lang bis zu seinem Tode mit Luise Grasemann († 1991 in Berlin mit 78 Jahren) verheiratet.

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Wolfgang Dittmann, Armin Geister & Dieter Kutzborski: Logische Phantasien. Herbert Grasemann und seine Schachaufgaben. Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin und New York 1986. ISBN 3-11-010415-6.

Weblinks

 Kompositionen von Herbert Grasemann auf dem PDB-Server

Schachkomponist
Deutscher
Geboren 1917
Gestorben 1983
Mann

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
class CreateStaffProfiles < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
  def change
    create_table :staff_profiles do |t|
      t.text :blurb
      t.text :contact
      t.string :picture
      t.boolean :published, default: false, null: false
      t.text :responsibilities
      t.integer :series, default: 10, null: false
      t.string :title, null: false
      t.integer :user_id, null: false

      t.timestamps
    end
    add_index :staff_profiles, :user_id, unique: true
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Local Steals and Deals
Submit Photos or Videos
Submit your photos and videos to FOX10 in Mobile, Alabama
Fugitive Files
Daily Dot Com
Gulf Coast Spotlight
Beauty and Style
Queen of Clean
First & 10
South Alabama
News Emails
Playground Project
Living It Up with Lenise
US player Pulisic cleared to play against Dutch in World Cup
Christian Pulisic of the United States, right, shoots to score his sides first goal past Iran's goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, left, during the World Cup group B soccer match between Iran and the United States at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer
Published: Dec. 2, 2022 at 1:48 PM CST
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic was cleared to play for the United States in its round of 16 match at the World Cup against the Netherlands on Saturday.
The U.S. Soccer Federation said after Friday's training session that the American had been given the go-ahead.
Pulisic left Tuesday's final group match against Iran at halftime after bruising his pelvic bone in a collision with the goalkeeper while scoring in the 38th minute. The Americans won 1-0 to advance.
A 24-year-old winger, Pulisic was taken to the hospital after halftime and then returned to the team hotel in time for the postgame celebration. Pulisic said Thursday he was feeling better.
United States forward Josh Sargent left the Iran match in the 77th minute, three minutes after injuring his right ankle in a challenge by Majid Hosseini.
"With Christian we're hopeful, I think with him a little less so," United States coach Gregg Berhalter said before training. "At this stage, it's go time. If you can push through it, you do. So I'm sure he'll have that mindset."
Haji Wright and Jesús Ferreira are the other strikers in the squad. Sargent started against Wales and Iran, and Wright against England.
1501 Satchel Paige Dr.
publicfile@fox10tv.com - 251-434-1010

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Contemporary Christie
Discover contemporary adaptations of Agatha Christie's work, breathing fresh life into the Queen of Crime's stories.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? was produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for Britbox. Written and directed by Hugh Laurie, starring Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton.
The Pale Horse was produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for BBC One. Rufus Sewell stars as Mark Easterbrook.
The ABC Murders first aired in December 2018, with John Malkovich taking on the role of Hercule Poirot. Discover more about the adaptation and meet the cast.
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence first aired in 2018. The three-part drama follows the wealthy, dysfunctional Argyll family, as an alibi turns up months too late at Sunny Point.
Murder on the Orient Express [2017] was directed by and starred Kenneth Branagh. The impressive ensemble cast included Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench and Penelope Cruz to name a few.
Crooked House
A brand new adaptation of Agatha Christie's Crooked House created by Sony Pictures. Starring Max Irons, Gillian Anderson and Glenn Close, this smart adaptation is a chillingly good story.
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Witness for the Prosecution first aired on BBC One in 2016. Go behind the scenes and find out more about the adaptation based on Christie's short story of the same title.
The latest incarnation of Christie's masterpiece, And Then There Were None, returns to the dark roots of the story. Written by Sarah Phelps and with a stellar cast behind it, this adaptation is one not to be missed.
Back to Film & TV
Watch Christie Adaptations
‣Watch


text:
The Critical Eye!
Michael Leavitt's professional inspection related blog.
Meth Contamination Makes 3 Girls Dizzy
One of the best things I ever learned in my earliest of schools days was that A+B does not automatically equal C. You would think that I would be all for any news story and video that helps promote meth contamination testing, but I do not. I love it when the reporting is fair and on target, but when it misses the mark and spreads unfounded fear, then it is bad for everybody. I am left to wonder if meth contamination was the actual cause of the long term dizziness suffered by three Western Washington University students who fled their 100 plus year old near college rental home when very low levels of meth contamination was discovered...
Meth found in Washington home after renters felt dizzy
Updated 6:51 pm, Friday, December 6, 2013
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A health official in northwest Washington state says three college students who began to feel dizzy and lethargic while living for several months in a rental house have been told to move after the home tested positive for methamphetamine.
KOMO-TV reports that Whatcom County Health Department supervisor says the Western Washington University students contacted the department to ask that the Bellingham house be tested.
Hegedus said Friday that an initial health department test found meth contamination well above Whatcom County's legal limit. A second test done by a decontamination contractor came back with an even higher meth reading.
Hegedus says the house was marked "unfit for occupancy" and the owners were told to hire a licensed decontamination contractor, which they did.
Bellingham is about 90 miles north of Seattle.
LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Rental home contaminated with meth forces tenants to move
By Lindsay Cohen - Dec 6, 2013
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Three Bellingham college students were told to find a new place to live after the house they rented tested positive for methamphetamine, health officials said Friday.
The three students, all of whom attend Western Washington University, had been living in the home at 618 E. Myrtle Street for a couple of months when they began to feel dizzy and lethargic, said Jeff Hegedus, a supervisor with the Whatcom County Health Department. The students contacted the health department to ask that the home be tested, Hegedus said.
"In this case, you had renters who were so concerned that they wanted to spend $100 in a lab to find out if they had meth," he said. "They'd only lived there for two months. They wanted to know, and it's their right as renters."
A team from the health department swabbed walls inside the home using gauze and hexane, Hegedus added. Test results showed meth contamination at 1.3 micrograms per 100 square centimeters. The legal limit in Whatcom County is a fraction of that, at 0.1 micrograms.
A second test - done by a decontamination contractor - came back Thursday at 4.2 micrograms per 100 square centimeters, Hegedus said.
"Goodness gracious. That's incredible. I had no idea," said Olivia Theilemann, who has lived next door to the home for more than a year. "That really surprises me, especially because it was just three normal college girls that lived there."
Theilemann said her neighbors approached her a few weeks ago complaining of symptoms and wondering if she knew anything about the previous tenants. After the test results came back, she remembers them moving out quickly.
"They hightailed it out of there. They were not here long," Theilemann said. "It really surprised me because it was just three girls that lived there before those three girls and they just seemed super normal."
Hegedus said the house was marked "unfit for occupancy" and the owners told to hire a licensed decontamination contractor, which they did. The house will need to be inspected before new residents can move in.
"We get probably 15 or 20 of these (cases) a year," Hegedus said. "It's a significant enough concern that we're out there working with it, supporting people around it, on a daily basis."
Now this article may be good for the meth testing business, unfortunately it is just spreading unfounded fear. Yes, it is important to decontaminate homes with elevated level of meth contaminate, but these readings were so low that it is doubtful that the meth contaminate was the source of the girls' dizziness. It is a shame that the fuller story was not presented as I would hope that more types of investigations were performed. With nearly 20 years of inspecting under my belt, there should have been many more issues considered. The further investigation could have included carbon monoxide poisoning and mold, long before meth was even considered as the source of dizziness.
But I wonder what your thoughts are about this news story. Have you ever encountered major dizziness from low levels of meth contamination?
Michael Leavitt - Orem, Utah - www.TheHomeInspector.com - Michael Leavitt & Co Inspections, Inc.
Do you think it was the meth causing the dizziness, or do you think it was something else?
FROZEN PIPES - The Deep Freeze Is On!!!
CPSC RECALL - Crown Boiler Carbon Monoxide Poisoni...
Since 1995, Master Inspector Michael Leavitt has continued to run the finest inspection firm in Northern Utah. Michael Loves to write and this business portion of his blog captures fun moments and informative topics geared towards educating and entertaining homeowners and other real estate professionals. Michael has consistently built his inspection reputation by being extremely thorough in our inspection protocols. If you are looking for the finest inspection firm in Northern Utah, then confidently draw upon Michael's experience and order your inspection today!!!
Wednesday, 17 January 2018 Just Caulk It!
Tuesday, 29 December 2015 Weird Roof Snow Melt = Poor Insulation???
Saturday, 21 November 2015 Sprinklers - Utah Disclosure Update
Monday, 19 October 2015 Blue Flash - Key Cleaner - Giggles!!!
Wednesday, 25 February 2015 Michael's Inspection Tip - A/C Cutoff Switch


text:
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, three club teams of seven players each entered. A German team tried to enter, but its entry was refused because the players did not play for the same club. The event took place in a pond in Forest Park, the location of both the Olympics and the World's Fair. Previously, the International Olympic Committee and International Swimming Federation (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport. However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program.

Medal summary

References

Sources
 PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
 Official Report of the 1904 Olympic Games (download, archive)
 Water polo on the Olympedia website
 Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
 Water polo on the Sports Reference website
 Water polo at the 1904 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

1904 Summer Olympics events
1904 Summer Olympics
1904 in water polo
1904


Matt Evans has been relieved of his duties as Worthing United manager with immediate effect following five and half years at the club.
The club tweeted: "Worthing United FC has taken the difficult decision to relieve First Team manager Matt Evans from his duties with immediate effect. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Matt for his hard work and dedication over the last four seasons as a manager at the club.
"During his time in charge, 'Mev' has worked tirelessly to bring success to the club, but with relegation last season & one league win so far this season, we feel it is the right time to change. Matt is extremely well thought of at the club & is a very likeable character.
"We are disappointed that things haven't worked out. The club will now look to advertise for a replacement, and details will be announced in due course. Again, our sincere thanks, Matt."
He tweeted: "After 5 and a half years at @WorthingUtdFC I'm sad to say my time at the club has come to an end. From 1st Team Coach to U21 Manager to 1st Team Manager, I have given everything to try and make the club better on and off the pitch but ultimately it's the results that count.
"Thanks to everyone for your support over the years, through the good times and the really tough times. The club will always hold a special place in my heart but for now it's time to reflect and ensure that I come back even stronger.
"I wish the club and the particularly the talented young players at the club all the very best."
Worthing United lost 8-1 to Bexhill United on Saturday, leaving the club second from bottom in the SCFL Division 1 table. The Mavericks are at home to Wick on Tuesday night before hosting SCFL Division 1 leaders AFC Varndeanians on Saturday.


Gender bias in cardiology: are there differences between men and women?
Women are more likely to die of heart disease than men, yet are often underdiagnosed and presented with fewer management options and their treatment may result in greater complications. The reasons may include physiological differences between the sexes, a lack of physician knowledge and unconscious gender bias.
Women are at least five times more likely to die of heart disease than men.
Differences in presentation can make diagnosis of heart disease in women more difficult.
The Framingham risk score underestimates cardiac risk in women.
Women at higher risk of CVD are treated with fewer therapeutic interventions; they are treated suboptimally with medication, catheterisation and revascularisation.
Cardiac symptoms may have a different physiological basis in women.


text:
FNS Vol.4 No.11 , November 2013
Effect of Fermentation Process on Nutritional Composition and Aflatoxins Concentration of Doklu, a Fermented Maize Based Food
Marina C. N. Assohoun, Théodore N. Djeni*, Marina Koussémon-Camara, Kouakou Brou
Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, University Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, C?te d'Ivoire;Department of Nutrition and Food Security, University Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, C?te d'Ivoire.
Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, University Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, C?te d'Ivoire.
Abstract: Investigations were carried out to determine the influence of spontaneous fermentations as achieved at household level on the nutrients composition and aflatoxins concentration of maize during the processing into doklu, a fermented maize food product consumed in Cote d'Ivoire with legumes, soup and fried fish. Results showed that maize grains contained aflatoxin B1, G1 and G2 and that during fermentation all physicochemical parameters significantly (P ≤ 0.05) decreased except moisture and total titratable acidity contents which were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) increased. Fermentation also caused significant reduction in the concentration of total aflatoxins (72%), with the most important reduction in aflatoxin B1 (80%) after the soaking of maize grains. However, no aflatoxin was detected after 24 hours of fermentation until the final product was obtained. Despite the losses in some nutritional compounds, the fermented product, doklu, was found to have appreciable nutritional quality.
Keywords: Aflatoxins; Doklu; Fermentation; Maize; Proximate Composition
Cite this paper: M. Assohoun, T. Djeni, M. Koussémon-Camara and K. Brou, "Effect of Fermentation Process on Nutritional Composition and Aflatoxins Concentration of Doklu, a Fermented Maize Based Food," Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol. 4 No. 11, 2013, pp. 1120-1127. doi: 10.4236/fns.2013.411146.
[1] T. I. Mbata, M. J. Ikenebomeh and J. C. Alaneme, "Stud ies on the Microbiological, Nutrient Composition and Antinutritional Contents of Fermented Maize Flour Forti fied with Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranean L)," African Journal of Food Science, Vol. 3, No. 6, 2009, pp. 165-171.
[2] O. O. Taiwo, "Physical and Nutritive Properties of Fer mented Cereal Foods," African Journal of Food Science, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2009, pp. 23-27.
[3] S. Mahajan and B. M. Chauhan, "Phytic Acid and Ex tractable Phosphorus of Pearl Millet Flour as Affected by Natural Lactic Acid Fermentation," Journal of the Sci ence of Food and Agriculture, Vol. 41, No. 4, 1987, pp. 381-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740410410
[4] B. M. Chauhan, N. Suneja and C. M. Bhat, "Nutritional Value and Fatty Acid Composition of Some High Yield ing Varieties of bajra," Bulletin of Grain Technology, Vol. 21, 1986, pp. 441-442.
[5] N. Dhankher and B. M. Chauhan, "Effect of Temperature and Period of Fermentation on the Protein and Starch Di gestibility (in Vitro) of rabadi—A Pearl Millet Fermented Food," Journal of Food Science, Vol. 52, No. 2, 1987, pp. 489-490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1987.tb06648.x
[6] N. Dhankher and B. M. Chauhan, "Effect of Temperature and Fermentation Time on Phytic Acid and Polyphenol Content of rabadi—A Fermented Pearl Millet Food," Journal of Food Science, Vol. 52, No. 3, 1987, pp. 828 829. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1987.tb06739.x
[7] K. B. Nolan and P. A. Duffin, "Effect of Phytate on Min eral Bioavailability. In Vitro Studies on Mg2+, Ca2+, Fe3+ and Zn2+ in the Presence of Phytate," Journal of the Sci ence of Food and Agriculture, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1987, pp. 79-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740400110
[8] Q. Liu, E. Donner, Y. Yin, R. L. Huang and M. Z. Fan, "The Physicochemical Properties and in Vitro Digestibil ity of Selected Cereals, Tubers and Legumes Grown in China," Food Chemistry, Vol. 99, No. 3, 2006, pp. 470 477. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.08.008
[9] E. N. T. Akobundu and F. H. Hoskins, "Protein Losses in Traditional agidi Paste," Journal of Food Science, Vol. 47, No. 5, 1982, pp. 1728-1729. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1982.tb05021.x
[10] V. Umoh and M. J. Fields, "Fermentation of Corn for Nigerian Agidi," Journal of Food Science, Vol. 46, No. 3, 1981, pp. 903-905. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1981.tb15376.x
[11] M. A. M. Ali, A. H. El-Tinay and Abdalla, "Effect of Fermentation on in Vitro Protein Digestibility of Pearl Millet," Food Chemistry, Vol. 80, No. 1, 2003, pp. 51-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00234-0
[12] A. Sharma and N. Khetarpaul, "Effect of Fermentation on Phytic Acid Content and in Vitro Digestibility of Starch and Protein of Rice-Black Gram Dhal—Whey Blends," Journal of Food Science and Technology, Vol. 34, 1997, pp. 20-22.
[13] E. R. Aminigo and J. O. Akingbala, "Nutritive Composi tion and Sensory Properties of Ogi Fortified with Okra Seed Meal," Journal of Applied Science and Environment Management, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2004, pp. 23-28.
[14] N. T. Djeni, K. F. N'guessan, D. M. Toka, K. A. Kouame and K. M. Dje, "Quality of attieke (a Fermented Cassava Product) from the Three Main Processing Zones in Cote d'Ivoire," Food Research International, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2011, pp. 410-416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2010.09.032
[15] M. Dubois, K. A. Gilles, J. K. Hamilton, P. A. Rebers and F. Smith, "Colorimetric Method for Determinations of Sugars and Related Substances," Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 28, No. 3, 1956, pp. 350-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac60111a017
[16] FAO, "Food Energy—Methods of Analysis and Conversion Factors," Report of a Technical Workshop, Rome, 3-6 December 2002, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 77, 93 p.
[17] AOAC, "Official Methods of Analysis," 16th Edition, Vol. 1-2, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Ar lington, 1998.
[18] FAO, "Composition des Aliments en Principes Nutritifs Calorigènes et Calcul des Valeurs Energétiques Utiles," Rapport du Comité Chargé de l'Etude des Aliments et des Facteurs de la Division de la Nutrition de la FAO, Washington DC, 1947, 30 p.
[19] AOAC, "Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC Interna tional," 18th Edition, Association of Analytical Commu nities Gaithersburg, 2005.
[20] A. E. Ce'spedes and G. J. Diaz, "Analysis of Aflatoxins in Poultry and Pig Feeds and Feedstuffs Used in Colum bia," Journal AOAC International, Vol. 80, No. 6, 1997, pp. 1215-1219.
[21] R. K. Mulyowidarso, G. H. Fleet and K. A. Buckle, "Changes in the Concentration of Organic Acids during the Soaking of Soybeans for tempe Production," Interna tional Journal of Food Science and Technology, Vol. 26, No. 6, 1991, pp. 607-614. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1991.tb02006.x
[22] S. A. Odunfa and S. Adeyde, "Microbiological Changes during the Traditional Production of ogibaba, a West Af rican Fermented Sorghum Gruel," Journal of Cereal Sci ence, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1985, pp. 173-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0733-5210(85)80027-8
[23] W. H. Holzapfel, "Appropriate Starter Culture Technolo gies for Small-Scale Fermentation in Developing Coun tries," International Journal of Food Microbiology, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2002, pp. 197-212.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00707-3
[24] M. O. Edema and A. I. Sanni, "Functional Properties of Selected Starter Cultures for Sour Maize Bread," Food Microbiology, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2008, pp. 616-625.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2007.12.006
[25] P. Mensah, "Fermentation—The Key to Food Safety As surance in Africa?" Food Control, Vol. 8, No. 5-6, 1997, pp. 271-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0956-7135(97)00020-0
[26] A. Blandino, M. E. Al-Aseeri, S. S. Pandiella, D. Cantero and C. Webb, "Cereal-Based Fermented Foods and Bev erages," Food Research International, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2003, pp. 527-543.
[27] N. B. Omar, H. Abriouel, R. Lucas, M. Martinez-Ca ňamero, J. Guyot and A. Gálvez, "Isolation of Bacterio cinogenic Lactobacillus plantarum Strains from ben sa alga, a Traditional Fermented Gruel from Burkina Faso," International Journal of Food Microbiology, Vol. 112, No. 1, 2006, pp. 44-50.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.06.014
[28] A. Annan-Prah and J. A. Agyeman, "Nutrient Content and Survival of Selected Pathogenic Bacteria in kenkey Used as a Weaning Food in Ghana," Acta Tropica, Vol. 65, No. 1, 1997, pp. 33-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00650-5
[29] Y. E. Alozie, M. A. Iyam, O. Lawal, U. Udofia and I. F. Ani, "Utilization of Bambara Ground Flour Blends in Bread Production," Journal of Food Technology, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2009, pp. 111-114.
[30] V. J. Temple, E. J. Badamosi, O. Ladeji and M. Solomon, "Proximate Chemical Composition of Three Locally For mulated Complementary Foods in West African," Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, 1996, pp. 134-143.
[31] Binita, N. Khetarpaul and R. Kumar, "Development, Ac ceptability and Nutritional Composition of Food Blends Fermented with Probiotic Organisms," Annals of Biology, Vol. 12, 1996, pp. 127-133.
[32] A. Sharma, "Fermentative Improvement of Pearl Millet and Utilization of the Fermented Product," Ph.D. Thesis Dissertation, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 1994.
[33] H. L. Wang, "Nutritional Quality of Fermented Foods," In: C. W. Hesseltine and H. L. Wang, Eds., Mycologia Memoir No. 11, Indigenous Fermented Food of Non-Wes tern Origin, 1968, pp. 289-301.
[34] N. Khetarpaul and B. M. Chauhan, "Effect of Fermenta tion on Protein, Fat, Minerals and Thiamine Content of Pearl Millet," Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, Vol. 39, No. 2, 1989, pp. 169-177.
[35] O. B. Oyewole and S. A. Odunfa, "Effects of Fermenta tion on the Carbohydrate, Mineral, and Protein Contents of Cassava during 'Fufu' Production," Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1989, pp. 170-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0889-1575(89)90078-1
[36] R. F. McFeeters, "Effects of Fermentation on the Nutri tional Properties of Food," In: E. Karmas and R. S. Harris, Eds., Nutritional Evaluation of Food Processing, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1988, pp. 423-446. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7030-7_16
[37] M. P. Mokoena, P. K. Chelule and N. Gqaleni, "The Toxicity and Decreased Concentration of Aflatoxin B1 in Natural Lactic Acid Fermented Maize Meal," Journal of Applied Microbiology, Vol. 100, No. 4, 2006, pp. 773 777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02881.x
[38] T. E. Massey, R. K. Steewart, J. M. Daniels and L. Liu, "Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Mammalian Sus ceptibility to Aflatoxin B1 Carcinogenicity," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 208, No. 3, 1995, pp. 213-227.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3181/00379727-208-43852A
[39] K. Slizewska and S. Smulikowska, "Detoxification of Aflatoxin B1 and Change in Microflora Pattern by Probi otic in Vitro Fermentation of Broiler Feed," Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, Vol. 20, 2011, pp. 300-309.
[40] JECFA, "Safety Evaluation of Certain Food Additives and Contaminants Aflatoxins," WHO Food Additives Series, Vol. 40, 1998, pp. 897-913.
[41] FAO/WHO/UNEP, "Mycotoxin Prevention and Decon tamination, HACCP and Its Mycotoxin Control Potential: An Evaluation of Ochratoxin A in Coffee Production," Third Joint FAO/WHO/UNEP International Conference on Mycotoxins, 1999, pp. 1-13.
[42] H. el-Nezami, P. Kankaanpaa, S. Salminen and J. Ahokas, "Physicochemical Alterations Enhance the Ability of Dairy Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Remove Afla toxin from Contaminated Media," Journal of Food Pro tection, Vol. 61, No. 4, 1998, pp. 466-468.
[43] C. A. Haskard, H. S. El-Nezami, P. E. Kankaanpaa, S. Salminen and J. T. Ahokas, "Surface Binding of Afla toxin B1 by Lactic Acid Bacteria," Applied and Environ mental Microbiology, Vol. 67, No. 7, 2001, pp. 3086 3091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.7.3086-3091.2001
[44] X. B. Zhang and Y. Ohta, "Binding of Mutagens by Frac tions of the Cell Wall Skeleton of Lactic Acid Bacteria on Mutagens," Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 74, No. 5, 1991, pp. 1477-1481.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(91)78306-9
[45] N. J. R. Nout, "Fermented Foods and Food Safety," Food Research International, Vol. 27, No. 3, 1994, pp. 291-298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0963-9969(94)90097-3


text:
Nordic news
News from the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers.
In this section, you can see what is happening in Nordic co-operation.
Information and resources for the press and media.
Get insight into areas where the Nordic countries work together.
Keep up with the latest Nordic initiatives and campaigns.
Get insight into the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers' international activities.
Nordic Council prizes
The Literature Prize, the Children and Young People's Literature Prize, the Music Prize, the Film Prize, and the Environment Prize.
Nordic Council cases
Here you can gain insight into current issues under consideration by the Nordic Council as well as look at closed cases.
Download free publications from the Nordic Council, Nordic Council of Ministers and associated organisations.
Nordic statistics
Facts and statistics about the Nordic Region and the Nordic countries.
Facts about the Nordic Region
Find useful information about the Nordic Region and each of its countries here.
State of the Nordic Region 2018 presents facts and figures from the Nordic countries on core socioeconomic areas.
In this section, you can search for images with a Nordic theme.
High resolution photos (Skyfish)
About the Nordic Council of Ministers
Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2019
History of the Nordic Council of Ministers
Nordic Council
About the Nordic Council
Presidency of the Nordic Council 2019
The history of the Nordic Council
Members of the Nordic Council
About the Nordic co-operation
Key individuals
The history of Nordic co-operation
Info Norden information service
Help and advice for anyone looking for information about working, studying, or running a business in another Nordic country.
Search our funding schemes, calls to tender and procurement contracts to find the funding option that best suits your project.
Design manual
Descriptions, guidelines and specifications for the Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers' graphic profile.
Release a publication
The Nordic Council of Ministers' publication strategy and guidelines for the production of Nordic reports and publications.
2005 Sjón, Iceland: Skugga-Baldur
Sjón, original name Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson, was born in Iceland, making his literary debut already at the age of 16 with his first collection of poems, later followed by another seven. He has written five novels as well as songs for Icelandic singer Björk.
About the winning piece
The Blue Fox is a novel about an Icelandic pastor and a fox hunt. Sjón makes use of the Icelandic folktale to tell his story. One of the principal characters is the pastor Baldur Skuggason. He has an evil, dark side to his character. Another key figure is the strange offspring of a cat and a fox following the story – Sjón's style has elements of a very unique Icelandic sense of humour. The Blue Fox is a short novel with a few sections. Some pages only consist of a single written line, surrounded by large white surfaces calling to mind the Icelandic expanse. This concreteness can be said to balance on the line between prose and poetry. 'Skugga-Baldur' is also a contemporary novel which brings up some of today's ethical questions. Are the weak, deformed babies with developmental disorders welcome in a world where they could have been discarded already prior to birth?
Skugga-Baldur (The Blue Fox)
Published by: Bjartur
This is what the Adjudicating Committee had to say
"The Blue Fox" balances skilfully on the border between poetry and prose. The novel weaves themes from Icelandic sagas, and romantic narrative art into a fascinating story in which present day ethical questions stand out.
Nordic Council Literature Prize
The purpose of the Literature Prize is to promote interest in the literature and language of the neighbouring countries.
Follow Nordic co-operation
The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers | Nordens Hus | Ved Stranden 18, 1061 Copenhagen K, Denmark | Contact information | About this website | Upplýsingar á føroyskum


text:
Canada CBC's Move Squeezing HomeOwners
Investment Analysis Clubs Destiny Solutions Corporation
PeregrineTrader July 22, 2022, 3:34pm #1
Note: Remember how Adjustable Rates Mortgages played havoc with hard-pressed unqualified homeowners who only needed to leave a vapor trail from their nostrils over a mirror to seal their deals in 2007? Same thing happening in the former blistering hot Canadian RE market:
CBC headline: How the central bank's latest big hike is squeezing Canadians with mortgages
Sub-headline: People with variable-rate mortgages or whose terms are set to expire are worried about what's next
Thousands of Canadians carrying hefty mortgages are scrambling to balance their home budgets after the Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point to 2.5 per cent last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/how-the-central-bank-s…
"In January this year, I was paying somewhere around $1,920 and now I'm paying $2,500," said Soni of his monthly mortgage payments.
In January, Soni's interest rate was 1.54 per cent. Now, it's at 3.79 after a series of hikes.
I would also point out this inflationary mention of food prices for Canadian ARM holders too in this article too, with this bit about the same guy mentioned above in the OP:
Soni works in banking and hopes his wife will soon land a job.
"So keeping my fingers crossed if she gets a good job or maybe a decent job, we'll be able to survive. Otherwise it will be really difficult."
The couple's grocery bill has also nearly doubled in six months, said Soni, from $500 a month to $1,000.


I shut down my Etsy store in November.
I'd been a seller since April 2006, less than a year after Etsy first went into beta. I was in my first job out of journalism school, and making cards and journals was a creative outlet and a way for me to score some extra money. I'd been selling stuff on the side at craft shows for a few years at that point, part of a larger wave of modern crafters who met online and inspired each other to start businesses.
Etsy debuted at just the right time: Indie craft shows had started popping up around the U.S. in the early 2000s, but running your own online store was a complicated task. (My "store" at the time encouraged buyers to mail me money orders.) Most of the people who joined Etsy in those first few years were like me—independent crafters who were already at least somewhat established IRL—and the quality of the goods on the site was generally high.
Things have changed in the past decade: Indie craft has grown from a close-knit subculture to a giant economy that influences trends in big box stores. And Etsy has grown from a startup built by crafters and for crafters to a juggernaut on the verge of an IPO. The most recent success story of a mom making a million dollars a year isn't what it seems. In practical terms, scaling the handmade economy is an impossibility. So while Etsy maintains a hipster façade, they lost their indie cred years ago.
Grace Dobush is a freelance journalist in Cincinnati, where she writes about design, tech, politics and culture. She also organizes an indie craft show and wrote the Crafty Superstar craft business guides. Follow her gracedobushtogo.
I have to acknowledge this: Modern craft would not be as hot as it is without Etsy or something like it. Like book authors who hate Amazon's policies, crafters who hate Etsy find it hard to leave because of the site's immense traffic and generally positive public reputation. Just before the Christmas rush, I finally put my money where my mouth is and shut down my shop. My reasons for leaving the site aren't unique, even though casual shoppers and potential investors have no idea of the drama going on behind the scenes. Here's my beef with Etsy.
There are more than 30 million items listed on Etsy right now. That popularity is, of course, great for Etsy. But new hobbyist sellers, desperate for clicks, often price their products so low as to make real profit an impossible dream.
And that popularity isn't good for shoppers, who have to wade through pages of crap to find what they're looking for. Searching for "mermaid" in the wedding gown category of Etsy returns 1,299 results, ranging from a $6,882 gown made by Project Runway's Leanne Marshall to dresses for less than $200, one purportedly handmade lace dress going for $65. (For those who aren't up to date on their fabric prices, the materials to make a wedding dress alone would cost at least $65.) A friend and I recently discovered we both always sort results by highest price when we're searching on Etsy to see only the serious sellers.
What other e-commerce sites can say the same? Etsy needs casual crafters to keep paying the 20-cent listing fees and, if any of the items sell, the 3.5 percent transaction fees and any additional payment processing fees. (See "She's Making Jewelry Now.") Etsy doesn't disclose its finances, but it facilitated $1.35 billion in sales in 2013, which adds up to more than $47 million in transaction fees, not counting listing or payment processing fees.
That Etsy began allowing manufacturing partners in 2013 underscored the reseller issue that has plagued the site for years. The Marketplace Integrity, Trust & Safety team—which has the unenviable task of policing sellers for adherence to Etsy rules—is unable or unwilling to weed out sellers of mass-manufactured goods. And having sellers who are able to move nearly a million dollars of product a year is great for Etsy's bottom line.
Sellers have been dissatisfied with Etsy's policing of mass-manufactured items posing as handmade for a long time, but the site hasn't seemed receptive to their concerns. An Etsy staffer I met a few years ago dismissed sellers' questions about Chinese resellers as "kind of racist." The snark site Regretsy (RIP) was one of the few big gathering places where sellers and shoppers could voice their frustrations with the marketplace. Any kind of "calling out" of accused resellers or bad businesspeople on Etsy's forums is usually acknowledged by an admin shutting down the thread with "I'm going to close this up now."
From the beginning, Etsy has pushed the "quit your day job" storyline. The fact is, the majority of the people selling on Etsy aren't running their businesses full-time, and the idea of quitting your day job is a manic pixie fever dream. If you want to make it big on Etsy, you don't necessarily want to make things that fulfill your creative dreams; you just want it to get onto the front page and sell like hand-felted hotcakes.
The Etsy effect on craft trends is striking. At the San Francisco edition of the Renegade Craft Fair in November, I was struck at how most things look like the homepage of Etsy, pinnable, pretty things. (See "Put A Bird On It.") It's so incredibly boring. How many pieces of geometric jewelry with a pop of color can the earth bear? Will we ever see hand-drawn logos without antlers and arrows? How much barn wood must we salvage to atone for our crafty sins?
The biggest secret is this: Makers who have what it takes to succeed—good product, a good marketing plan, a pricing structure that compensates everyone in their supply chain fairly—don't really need Etsy for long.
Etsy is the fifth most-visited marketplace site in the U.S., after Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Best Buy. But for that visibility, sellers have little autonomy in the store's design, and are subject to the site's rules, fees and design. A customer complaint can freeze your payment account. An accusation of copyright violation can freeze your store or shut it down entirely.
For a full-time crafter, that's too much of a risk. Successful makers of a certain size eventually move to e-commerce platforms that give them much more flexibility and control for fewer fees. If you're working in high volume or high price points, using a customizable ecommerce platform such as Big Cartel or Shopify massively reduces your fee obligation, as I outlined in a comparison chart.
I see the recent policy changes Etsy has made—allowing third-party manufacturing partners, entering the wholesale space—as last-ditch efforts to keep super-successful sellers using the site. But successful handmade businesspeople weren't waiting for permission from Etsy to hire help or get into wholesaling. They grew out of the site and took their wares elsewhere.
At its outset, Etsy was a powerful tool for makers, by makers. We were a bunch of Davids, fighting back against the big-box Goliaths with artisanal slingshots. Founder Rob Kalin came up through the same online craft forums that me and my crafty cohorts did, and we were making a revolution.
In the past few years it's become apparent that Etsy is the Goliath. Indie craft's whole purpose from the outset was to meet your makers and consume conscientiously. Now, when you ask your friend where they got that cool "Weekend at Bernies" cross stitch sampler, they'll tell you, "I bought it from Etsy"—the maker's identity is secondary, if noted at all.
I'm not pessimistic about handmade culture at large: Maker culture is thriving independently of Etsy, and it's easier than ever for crafters to run independent online stores. I prefer to sell my wares (and buy my presents) at local indie craft markets and in curated bricks-and-mortar shops that reflect the flavor of their communities and encourage real relationships between makers and buyers.
The bottom line is this: Etsy needs crafters more than crafters need Etsy.


text:
Fire captain loses all three children in crɑsh after car swerves into oncoming traffic – rest in peace
Anything bad occurring to their kids is every parent's biggest dread. When this dad of three learned that he had lost all three of his kids, his greatest dread came true.
Captain Steve Biacagne of San Jose Fire Station 16 had his worst nightmare when he discovered that his 14-year-old twin daughters, Lee and Lucy, as well as his 12-year-old son, Ben, were deɑd in car ɑccident. on Highway 156 in Hollister.
Lisa Biacanja, Biacanja's ex-wife and mother of the children, was also kiIIed.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the four were driving a 2014 Tesla westbound on Interstate 156 when their car crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer for unknown reasons.
An investigation is currently underway to determine why the Tesla drove into oncoming traffic. Thaun, Bikanja's current wife, informed the media that the Tesla the family was driving did not have Tesla's Autopilot option.
According to the Carmel Unified School District, all three young men were enrolled at Carmel High School and previously attended Tularcitos Elementary School.
Heading into the second week of school, the news this morning was obviously very unfortunate and difficult for many staff and children to hear, said Ted Knight, superintendent of the school system.
Some students had to go home. Some students talk to mental health professionals at their wellness center. Others may simply need peace and quiet, Knight said.
Captain Biakanya has a GoFundMe campaign organized by Station 16. Contributions will be used to cover the children's funeral expenses, as well as therapy, food and other care for Biakanya and his wife, Thaun, according to a statement from the site.
At San Jose Fire, every member of the team is considered family, and family must stick together in times of need. Captain Biakanya has been watching over his neighborhood for years, embodying the department's philosophy of "For the Children" in dedication to his people. They seek someone's help in this time of need for their children. With someone's help, they will do their best to ease the pain of this grief and honor the memories of his beloved children, the description reads.
Children and their hobbies in life are described in the description. Leigh Biakanya was a sea cadet who loved science and softball. Lucy, her twin sister, was an animal lover who raised chickens and pigeons herself. Ben, their 12-year-old younger brother, was very interested in World War II and left behind a collection of World War II artefacts.
What a terrible waste of youth. Captain Biakanya and his wife Tuan have our hearts. May the family find comfort, peace and strength in this terrible loss.


DIN Ageing of automotive components in solar simulation units sequence according to automotive component testing standard DIN Find the most up-to-date version of DIN at Engineering Electrical engineering; basic environmental testing procedures; tests; guidance for solar radiation testing; identical with IEC , edition (status of.
In addition to the main basis standard test listed below, for versatility of the management software of the controller Dactron we are able to project test profiles according to particular requirementswithin the limits of system performance, also shows below. All systems are managed by electronic digital programmer and dedicated SW for the programming and monitoring of whichever climatic cycle.
Example of applicable Standard: Accelerated weathering tester equipped with system humidity simulation, condensation system, water spray system, temperature and irradiance control. Internal temperature control system.
The main characteristics of the chambers are listed below:. System vibration main feature Sinusoidal force: This system re-circulates and re-purifies the spray water instead of letting of letting it go down the drain.
Color degradation and performance testing by Sphere Spectrophotometer on a wide range of materials, such as paper, paint, plastics, 755220 textiles. Absolute and relative measurements are obtain for the following colorimetric system:.
The system is equipped of "screen window" for the filtration of determined wavelengths. The main characteristics of the chambers are listed below: For example, we perform tests according dinn ENENEN for Railway environment, testing according to the big family of Environmental Parameters EN xxtesting according to Seismic type tests EN and many other standards and specifications in the Automotive environment, etc.
Radiation test system right for equipment of medium dimensions too. Dni basis standard test performed Sine Mechanical vibration according to EN standard. IASELAB has 4 climatic test chambers and one oven for several test and for a large products, system and material tipologies.
Radiation test system with XENON lamps test for dimension of samples up to 72520 Accelerated light stability testing on plastic specimen, paints, cosmetics, textiles, electronic components. QUV radiation test system 7520 equipped with ISO calibration system CR radiometer High irradiance cyclic solar simulation testing on several materials: Test di nebbia salina ciclica e stazionaria salt spray — soak mode.
EN is the combined climatic and dynamic testing reference standard, but we can perform tests according to different automotive specifications and more.


text:
Saul Loeb - AFP / Getty Images
Breaking: Paul Pelosi Bodycam Footage Finally Released - Watch It Here
In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks with author Jeffrey Rosen at the National Constitution Center in Washington, D.C. (Steve Helber / AP)
SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discharged from Hospital
By The Associated Press July 15, 2020 at 1:30pm
The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from a hospital after being treated for a possible infection.
A court spokeswoman said in an emailed statement that Ginsburg was "home and doing well."
Ginsburg had gone to a hospital in Washington on Monday evening after experiencing fever and chills.
She had a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August when she was treated for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas.
Ginsburg update from SCOTUS: 'Justice Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital. She is home and doing well.'
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) July 15, 2020
The court said in a statement Tuesday that she would "stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment."
NEW: The Supreme Court says Justice Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital. She is home and doing well, via @PeteWilliamsNBC.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) July 15, 2020
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS HOME AND DOING WELL – COURT STATEMENT
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 15, 2020
Ginsburg, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton and joined the court in 1993, has been treated four times for cancer.
In addition to the tumor on her pancreas last year, she was previously treated for colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009.
She had lung surgery to remove cancerous growths in December 2018.
Demon-Like Sculpture Installed Atop Historic 1896 Courthouse
Ginsburg spent a night in the hospital in May with an infection caused by a gallstone.
While in the hospital, she participated in arguments the court heard by telephone because of the current health crisis.
The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.
Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, US news
The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City. Their teams in over 100 countries tell the world's stories, from breaking news to investigative reporting. They provide content and services to help engage audiences worldwide, working with companies of all types, from broadcasters to brands. Photo credit: @AP on Twitter
The Associated Press was the first private sector organization in the U.S. to operate on a national scale. Over the past 170 years, they have been first to inform the world of many of history's most important moments, from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the fall of the Shah of Iran and the death of Pope John Paul.
Today, they operate in 263 locations in more than 100 countries relaying breaking news, covering war and conflict and producing enterprise reports that tell the world's stories.
Manhunt: Violent Suspect is Using Dating Apps to Find Victims, Flee Police
Elon Musk Meets with Top Biden Administration Officials in Washington, D.C.
Mike Pence Ends Silence on Classified Documents Found at His House: 'Mistakes Were Made'
MSU Football Players Charged Over Scuffle with Rivals to Be Let Off With 'No Criminal Responsibility'
Emmy Award-Winning Basketball Broadcaster Dies at Age 82
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a heartwarming story about what Donald Trump told a Gold Star family that is a must-hear.
Win McNamee / Getty Images; San Francisco Chronicle / YouTube screen shot
Second Paul Pelosi Video Released - Shows Suspect Breaking Into House
Another video has emerged of the incident involving Paul Pelosi and a hammer-wielding attacker.
By Bryan Chai January 27, 2023
Ross D. Franklin / AP
Op-Ed: Kari Lake Deserves a New Election - Just Look How the Judge Was Fooled
Judge Peter Thompson ruled that it was too late for Kari Lake to seek a change in the election rules -- but that's not what she wanted.
By Joe Fried January 27, 2023


Introducing the least appropriate font for the job... | Papyrus Watch - Exposing the overuse of the Papyrus font.
Papyrus! Yeah, our friend Jonathan sent us this website for pentaho (something technical, he's a programmer). Actually looks pretty nice, and Web 2.0ish, making that Papyrus really look out of place.