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Azaria on Thursday
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The Azaria trial: Recruiting support for Breaking the Silence
Op-ed: Azaria's defense is based on four main arguments, which obviously contradict each other; the circus that's going on in that courthouse isn't bringing anybody any honor, and the ridiculous claim that 'this is how everybody acts' is, like Breaking the Silence, distorting the public image of the IDF.
The trial of the soldier Elor Azaria is continuing to cause damage. The soldier's defense relies on four different arguments: The first is that the soldier acted properly—practically an Israeli hero. Kahalani stopping the Syrians in the Golan, Yoni Netanyahu leading the assault force in Operation Entebbe, and Azaria identifying an explosive that nobody else had spotted 11 minutes after the gunfire's cessation, shooting and saving everybody.
The second argument portrays Azaria as a victim of the military establishment and the political leadership (even if this leadership zigzags out of a fear of online commentators' disapproval). The third argument is mental health problems. And the fourth, the new one, is that the terrorist was dead already when he was shot.
You don't have to be a talented jurist to understand that these arguments contradict each other, but the most significant one of the lot is that Azaria acted properly. In this argument's name, a Pandora's box has been opened and along with it the gaping chasm beneath all the principles and values that had been obvious in the IDF.
Elor Azaria at the courthouse on Thursday (Photo: Motti Kimchi)
In this argument's name this past week, several witnesses for the defense were pulverized on the witness stand of the military court in Jaffa. From the local resident who claimed that it was a hot day, so the jacket that the terrorist was wearing was evidence of explosives (but then it turned out that he had been photographed wearing a sweater himself on the same day) to the platoon commander who changed stories, claiming that the he was wary of an explosive, but he forgot to clear the area of people.
I've found myself exposed to a concrete threat of explosives thrice in my life. In one case, a real explosive was neutralized in time. The two other times, it was misidentified (including a terrorist with a long coat). You don't need experts: Common sense is sufficient. Anyone who thinks that there's an explosive next to him that's about to explode doesn't comfortably walk about the area like that. It doesn't matter if he's a general, a resident of Hebron, a paramedic, or a Palestinian. Even if there were dozens of kilograms of gear on his back, from my experience, his feet would be quick, and in a circumstance where he couldn't get away, he continues securing the situation from behind cover.
I suppose that anyone who testifies for and speaks in favor of Azaria understands this perfectly well. Nevertheless, a circus is going on there, and it doesn't matter how you look at it—it's not bringing honor to anyone. And if that weren't enough, a new, strange sort of Breaking-the-Silence trend is taking place.
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I've been dealing with Breaking the Silence for years now. In my opinion, they distort the image of the IDF and consciously take part (even if it's unofficial) in the worldwide anti-Israeli movement. Now, thanks to the Azaria trial, Breaking the Silence has, for the first time, supporters from the other side.
Public figures say that this is how everybody behaves, and Azaria supporters explain to the world that the Israeli army isn't what it thinks it is. The consequences are not merely confined to the courtroom.
From the very beginning, I thought that Azaria could make it out of this trial safely because of reasonable doubt. He eliminated a dying terrorist, not a righteous from amongst the nations. He could have claimed that he didn't understand, that he lost his orientation, that he didn't hear, that it was an error in judgment. That would have left the investigation with a question mark: a flustered soldier or a mistake.
When the public and legal argument is that he acted properly, that the entire army is feeble and its commanders liars, the odds of this decrease, along with all of our chances to make it out of this safely.
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Smartphone messaging apps are all the rage these days.
But for some people they're a mystery. Why would you use a messaging app when your phone's SMS text messaging function is fine enough for photos and text, or if you use iMessage on the iPhone?
The point of these new smartphone messaging apps is to go beyond that, by letting you send different kinds of media, connect easily and cheaply with international friends, and even send pictures of yourself that will self-combust a few seconds after they've been opened. They also create new, mini social networks that companies hope make users stick around.
These apps, for the most part, use data to send the messages, so they won't add to your tally if you have a monthly limit on SMS through your wireless carrier.
This week, I channeled my inner teenager and dove into a handful of different messaging apps, including WhatsApp, Snapchat and a new one called Burn Note. I see some of the benefit to using these apps. Some features are useful, like being able to loop in friends who own various phones on the same messaging thread. Others are just fun, like the app that let me doodle on a Google search pic before sending it off to a friend.
But their usefulness depends a lot on whether your friends and family are using the same apps. Otherwise, the conversations in the apps stall, which happened to me. And it can be a little distracting, to say the least, to have messages flying through a second or third app on the phone.
Here's a guide to help you evaluate how they work before you commit to using one.
One of the most popular message apps available is WhatsApp, which has been around since 2009, and runs on iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows phones. It costs 99 cents to download, and WhatsApp has said that it plans to introduce a small annual fee to users in some countries.
WhatsApp is super simple in design, and yet it goes beyond regular old text messages with options to send — in addition to photos and videos — audio notes, contact cards and an active map image that pinpoints your location. It pulls in local business data, so I was able to get specific and message a friend my location at a Subway sandwich shop.
WhatsApp has a big international user base; two of my most active WhatsApp friends included a regular international traveler, who was in Vietnam at the time, and a friend from Canada.
WhatsApp worked fine for me, and I've continued to use it with at least one friend who regularly pings me through the app. My only gripe about the app was that the photos I took and sent through the app weren't saved to my iPhone's camera roll.
MessageMe also allows you to send song excerpts directly through the app. From there, the recipient can buy the song from iTunes or Google Play.
Of the two, I used WhatsApp more, mostly because I had more friends using the service. But I prefer MessageMe's design and features.
A growing trend in messaging is sending images and text that will vanish after the recipient has had the chance to view them — something that addresses some privacy concerns and raises other issues, like illicit-photo sharing among teen users.
A well-known app with this core feature is Snapchat. Free to download, it's available on iOS and Android devices.
I just don't understand why I'd use this on a regular basis, although I see the appeal for people leaving digital footprints they are worried about others seeing. Usually if I share a smartphone photo with friends, it's because something made me think of them, or it's a particularly cool image. And I'm okay with those people having that picture.
And, let's say I did want to share a self-combusting pic: Snapchat users still have the ability to capture a "screen shot" of the image sent to them, if they're quick enough.
A newer app that offers disappearing messages is Burn Note, which was spawned from an email service of the same name. These are text-only messages with a view time of up to 120 seconds. The messages first appear as black boxes. Pressing on your phone's touchscreen will unveil the text within the boxes.
Burn Note lets you create a password for conversations as an additional layer to ensure privacy. There's also a checkbox at the bottom of the app that's meant to prevent messages from being copied, but I was still able to capture a screen shot of these messages.
The bottom line is, even if a messaging app promises to erase your messages for you, there are still ways in which they can be saved.
Remember GroupMe, the app that made group messaging easy and then was acquired by Skype (which was acquired by Microsoft) in 2011? This app is still around, and despite the fact that others have crowded into the same space, it has some new features that are worth checking out.
The main feature of GroupMe, which is free to use, is that friends with different devices can all be on the same thread. So, even if you have an iPhone, one friend has an Android device and another is using a feature phone, you'll all get the messages. Whether GroupMe uses data service or SMS, however, depends partly on the kind of device you're using.
Prior to doing research for this column, I hadn't actively used GroupMe for about a year, and I was surprised to find that I liked it better than before. This time, I started a group with three friends to organize upcoming weekend plans. It worked well for us, except for one friend who said that the deluge of messages used up all of the memory allowed for texts on her flip phone.
GroupMe now lets you create a tab among friends — let's say you're out to dinner, and someone comes up short — and charge everyone's credit cards from the app, provided that they've attached their payment information to the app.
This isn't a new concept. An app called Venmo, to name just one, allows shared bill payments via text message. But it's new to GroupMe. I created a bill on the app and sent it to my friends, but I'd have to wait for two or more people to "split in" before I could collect from them.
GroupMe also has a new feature for photos, provided you're using the GroupMe app and you're not on a feature phone. If you and your friends share a series of photos during your group conversation, you can conveniently swipe to the left to see all of the pictures arranged in a gallery on the side, instead of swiping up through the conversation to find that one shared photo you liked.
A lot of these messaging apps are stepping on one another with feature sets: WhatsApp offers group messaging as well, and the creator of MessageMe says the company plans to introduce bill-splitting to the app.
So, is it worth it to use another messaging app aside from your phone's built-in capabilities? It ultimately depends on how valuable the extra features are to you — and whether the people in your work or social life are using them, too.
Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that both MessageMe and WhatsApp have indicated they will introduce bill-splitting to their apps. While MessageMe plans to do so, WhatsApp's co-founder has said the company believes mobile payments to be a possible area for monetization in the future.


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Of these, my favorite is of the memorial. The shapes are evocative. Again, the word haunting comes to mind. These pictures seem so personal. So, I thank you for sharing them with us.
I assume there are many languages represented on the plaques, not just English? Chilling images.
The black monoliths were in English, Polish and Hebrew. The inscriptions in front if the memorial were in all languages spoken by the prisoners, there were about a dozen.


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National Player of the Year candidates headline all-star lineup headed to Chicago, but no Nerlens Noel.
Dueling National Player of the Year candidates Kyle Anderson of St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.) and Shabazz Muhammad of Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) headlined Thursday's announcement of the rosters for the 35th annual McDonald's All-American Game.
The showcase will take place March 28 at the United Center in Chicago and will be broadcast live by ESPN. Tip time is slated for 8:30 p.m. Central Time, with the girls contest on ESPNU preceding the boys at 6:30 p.m. Central.
Anderson, a 6-foot-7 point-forward, has established himself as one of the biggest winners in the Class of 2012. The UCLA pledge has helped St. Anthony and Paterson Catholic go 78-1 on the court over the past three seasons, winning a national championship with the former in 2011. He has also experienced success on the summer circuit with the New Jersey-based Playaz.
Muhammad, a 6-6 wing, is the No. 1-ranked prospect in the MaxPreps Class of 2012 Top 100. He is in the midst of an ultra-productive senior season, pouring in nearly 30 points per game while collecting close to 10 rebounds per outing. He expects to make his college decision in April, deciding between Arizona, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA and UNLV.
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The danger posed to the world by the existence of nuclear weapons marked the focus of the debate in the Forum for Peace and Revolution, organized by the Japanese Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Peace Boat, which this November docked at the port of Havana for the nineteenth time, and the second this year.
A message, signed by several civil society organizations, including the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, the Cuban Movement for Peace, and the Cuban Association of the United Nations, reiterated Cuba's firm commitment to strengthening and consolidating international treaties on disarmament.
"Seventy-three years have passed since the criminal atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and humanity continues to be threatened by the existence of more than 14,400 nuclear weapons, of which 3,750 are deployed and almost 2,000 are on operational alert," read the text released in the presence of two survivors of the 1945 attacks on Japan.
In addition, young people were called on to join this struggle, raise awareness regarding the threat of a nuclear disaster, and defend humanity's right to a future of peace. "Together with the nations that long for an end to all wars, and with the power of civil society at the international level, we will continue to demand that nuclear weapons prohibition agreements be complied with until their total elimination, and we will contribute to the construction of a culture of peace around the world," highlighted the Cuban message.
The heartbreaking and eloquent testimony of those who experienced the horrors of the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as hibakushas, moved those present in the forum, as they described horrific images of walking among a multitude of corpses and burned people, whose faces no longer resembled those of human beings, screaming desperately for water.
Michiko Tsukamoto and Tamiko Sora were just girls at the time of the explosion, but it remains present in their memory. They suffered the loss of their loved ones, and today are among the few remaining survivors. They continue to talk about the tragedy because they recognize that the magnitude of the atomic attack has not yet been fully understood by all.
He explained that nuclear weapons and missile defense systems today represent a serious threat to humanity, and the fight for their prohibition and total elimination should be of the highest priority, as a duty and a right of the peoples.
"The maintenance and modernization of nuclear weapons consumes much of the resources that could and should be destined for economic development, job creation, the reduction of poverty and hunger, health, education, and to prevent and combat natural disasters caused by global climate change. These resources should be redirected toward the development and fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals included in the 2030 Agenda," the vice-rector of the Higher Institute of International Relations added.
The Forum for Peace and Revolution was dedicated to commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Cuban revolutionary triumph, the 73rd anniversary of the criminal U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to the memory of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro, who received members of the boat twice (in 2010 and 2012).
Natsue Onda, director of this Peace Boat trip, condemned the interventionist policy of the U.S. blockade against Cuba, and said she was pleased to hold the event aboard the ship, in the presence of so many Cubans. She highlighted the friendship between Cuba and the organization, who share the same commitments in this field.
The Peace Boat has been visiting Cuba since 1989, and this is its 99th voyage around the world, carrying a message of peace and friendship. On this occasion, the ship was carrying 1,200 passengers of 22 nationalities (most of them Japanese), who toured different historic and tourist sites of Havana, and exchanged with community organizations related to senior citizens, culture, and with students.
In a press conference, travel coordinator Adrián Godínez stressed that passengers were very interested in visiting the island, thanks to the stories of previous participants, who highlighted the warm welcome received. Other motivations to visit include the popularization of Cuban culture on the Asian continent, especially salsa music, and interest in the history of the Cuban Revolution and its leaders.
The Peace Boat promotes its voyages online, on posters in public spaces, and through the 11 friendship with Cuba organizations that operate in Japan. The NGO Peace Boat received the Order of Solidarity awarded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba in 2009.


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Q&A: Michalski discusses 'stunning' Ford site, new job at Ryan
By: Brian Johnson	May 22, 2020 3:22 pm
There's nothing like starting a new job in the middle of a global pandemic and then hitting the ground running with oversight of a game-changing, $1 billion-plus development at a former auto plant.
So it is for Maureen Michalski, who joined Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. US Inc. in mid-March, just when the coronavirus crisis was heating up. As executive in charge of the Ford site redevelopment in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood, she's putting her talents to use on a project that will create thousands of new homes and other uses on a 122-acre property.
A graduate of Macalester College, Michalski came to Ryan from Schafer Richardson, where she was a project manager and director of development. Previously, she was project manager at Aeon.
Michalski is a board member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Minnesota chapter, and is the chair of the Macalester College High Winds Fund, which aims to "maintain and improve the beauty, serenity, and security of the area surrounding the campus of Macalester College."
In the following interview, Michalski talks about the Ford site redevelopment, what attracted her to Ryan Cos., and how she got into the commercial real estate business. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: What attracted you to this opportunity to join Ryan?
A: First and foremost, I would say the reputation of the organization for integrity and a commitment to excellence, not only from the organization, but the team members individually. There's so many incredible professionals at Ryan, and I've always been impressed by the team's creativity and also how they engage with their partners and build relationships. Also, of course, the chance to work on the Ford redevelopment site, which is a project of regional significance and not something that happens frequently.
Q: Talk a little bit about some of the high points of that project and where it stands now.
A: Well, the Ford redevelopment in Highland Park is 122 acres. And it's been in the making for a very long time. Ford ceased their operations in 2011 at the site, and really ever since then, and prior to then, the city and the community went through a variety of conversations and planning efforts to get to a master plan, which really came together in 2017.
It will bring approximately 3,800 housing units to the area that are a variety of different types, affordable housing, market rate housing, for sale products, everywhere from the multifamily apartment type of product all the way to a single family home product. So there are all things for all different residents at the site. Also a significant amount of commercial space, approximately 265,000 square feet of office space, and 150,000 square feet of retail space.
Those are some of the key metrics and that's just a really, really big project. It's essentially an infill site because the community already existed around it. So really the key thing for us is really integrating the redevelopment site with the surrounding community, so that it feels like a seamless transition from the new development that's happening and the community outside of it.
There'll be over 50 acres of public spaces in the development when it's complete, which includes a very large central stormwater feature, which basically aggregates the stormwater from the site and manages it in a really beautiful way in the center where people can recreate on and around it. It's just stunning. And there's really nothing like it in the Twin Cities, in the region. There are just so many different things going on at the site, which is what makes it exciting. And there's over 100 men and women and Ryan working on this project alone and obviously, multiple people from other stakeholders, city partners, and others.
The redeveloped Ford site in St. Paul will feature 50 acres of public spaces in when it's complete. Submitted rendering: Ryan Cos. US Inc.
Q: What's it like working on a project of that complexity?
A: Any given development requires synthesizing different perspectives of the experts and stakeholders. And with any development, there are myriad opportunities to move through problems to solutions. So, in that sense, it is like any other project; it just is on a larger scale.
It's really energizing for me personally to work on a project that has such an accomplished team; internally to Ryan and externally as well. That partnership is just really the glue that holds the project together and it will allow the project to be successful.
Q: What's happening at that site as we speak and when we might start to see some vertical construction?
A: There is equipment out there moving earth. And we will continue to work through the infrastructure through 2021. People will see, you know, movement in that regard. Folks will start seeing some vertical developments coming through the entitlement process here shortly. And so we expect that will happen in the coming months, so there will continue to be some more activity. Meanwhile, we're working with our partners. And we'll have some important announcements in the next month or two that we'll be ready to share about some other exciting things happening on the site.
Q: Has there been a lot of interest among potential retail and commercial tenants?
A: There has been interest with different users across the board. And obviously that will continue to drive our planning and refine the planning that we've done with the community.
Q: What are your thoughts on the state of the industry in this COVID-19 era?
A: I'd say first and foremost, that it's too early to tell. I started in mid-March at Ryan. And that's really when I think everyone kind of recognized that COVID is going to be impacting us in our community. Sixty days out, it's just too early to see what the impact will be on development and in specific sectors.
In terms of the impact on the Ford site, it obviously has always been envisioned as a long-term development. And we anticipated to go through one or two downturns during the development and have a plan accordingly for that.
We've had positive momentum recently on the Ford site with a couple of land sales to our affordable partners, CommonBond and PPL [Project for Pride in Living], who will be going for their funding applications to do their vertical developments on the site. So we hopefully will get those rolling in next year early once they get their funding in place.
Q: How did you get into this line of work?
A: I began my career actually as an AmeriCorps volunteer, not knowing that I wanted to do real estate or development, but volunteering for a local nonprofit housing provider, and just really discovered that I enjoyed contributing my energy to a work product that directly enhances the quality of life for people. The built environment became an interest and a passion as I engaged through that work and then the variety and creativity involved in producing developments is always invigorating. So I learned that quickly.
And after AmeriCorps, I continued to work at a few different nonprofit organizations that were providing affordable housing. I really enjoyed that work and the complexity of it, particularly the complexity of the financing. And then I moved to a commercial developer after that, about 12 years ago now, and transitioned to commercial development and a little bit broader scope. Every day is a new day, and that's really what I enjoy about it.
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Ctenopseustis obliquana, the brownheaded leafroller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to New Zealand and is an introduced species in Hawaii. The common name is also used for the related species Ctenopseustis herana and Ctenopseustis fraterna.

The wingspan can range up to 25 mm. The coloration and markings on the forewing are extremely variable, ranging from fawn to chocolate  brown with darker markings.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including various broadleaved and coniferous trees and ferns, for instance Eucalyptus, Quercus, Acacia, Larix, Picea, Pinus and Pseudotsuga species. They feed on the leaves, stem and buds of their host plant beneath a protective webbing of silk and foliage. Full-grown larvae are about 20 mm long and translucent green and sometimes pale yellow.

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Liquor Co-Branding Tests TV Ad Screeners' Patience
By Laurie Snyder and Elizabeth JensenStaff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal
Steaks sizzle. Waiters zip around a restaurant. In the television commercial, the name Jack Daniel's flashes on the screen.
Is this a liquor ad? Two television networks said yes and refused to run it. But General Electric 's NBC has been running the commercial nationwide and in the process is calling attention to a recent trend among liquor makers: slapping their famous brand names on food.
There aren't any bottles of whiskey in these TV ads, which were purchased by T.G.I. Friday's, the Dallas-based chain of restaurants with bars owned by Carlson Cos. Liquor makers are well aware that the big networks, including NBC, still refuse to accept advertising for distilled spirits. But there is no mistaking the Tennessee whiskey's famous logo as it flashes on the screen to promote Jack Daniel's Grill, a new line of barbecued meats on the T.G.I. Friday menu.
Marketers call this co-branding. Liquor critics call it stealth marketing. By any name, it can be effective. Television outlets are carrying more ads for liquor brand names, if not the liquor itself, forcing their ad screeners to bob and weave as they tackle a sensitive issue.


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The remnants of the Arab Spring are still casting ugly shadows
Isabel Woodford / January 28, 2017 /	628
Niels Goet 2017-01-28
Last week, three men were executed. Three men whose fate I had grown to care about from the shelter of a media centre in North London. Almost a year ago to the day, I began researching and producing a documentary that investigated the imprisonment of three men in a Bahraini jail: 21 year old Ali al-Singace, Abbas al-Samea, 27, and Sami Mushaima, 42. They were at the heart of a story that cried for diplomatic intervention, with overwhelming evidence that suggested they had been arrested, in reality, not for the killing of three policemen in a bomb blast in 2014, but for the crime of opposing their government. It was hard not to grimace at the pictures of the wounds allegedly inflicted by the men's custodians under torture. It was with strained composure that their lawyer recalled how one of the suspects had been taken to court in a wheelchair because of the severity of his injuries. But the gravity of being denied anything close to a fair trial reached new depths on Friday, when the men were placed before a firing squad.
State executions occur almost daily globally, but this case is about more than the injustice suffered by these individuals. It is not just another example of an all-too-familiar tale of distant persecution, from which the British can shield their weary conscience. Because these executions, with the dubious guilt of those involved, are a symbol of the subtle but frightening reassertion of authoritarian control in the Middle East. Far from the revolutionary force the Arab Spring was initially heralded as, Bahrain has used the aftermath of social unrest to rigorously cement the Sunni minority's governmental power. Although it has maintained relative stability in the intervening years, the regime has used this opportunity to cement the status quo and silence its opponents. Friday's event illustrates that Bahrain has categorically stopped paying lip-service to the international agreements on human rights that it promised to ingrain in its domestic legal code and constitution in 2012, amidst widespread public discontent. And other states have, and will follow.
Indeed, Bahrain is not alone in its severe reaction to the unprecedented uprisings during the Arab Spring five years ago. Since helping to crush the protests in the tiny Gulf State, Qatar and the UAE have joined Bahrain in extending domestic anti-terrorist laws to allow lengthy incarcerations without trial for those suspected of harbouring opposition to their governments. Egypt has followed suit in the last week. The Egyptian media are also under heightened censorship, whilst external reports of dissenters simply disappearing are on the rise. Tunisia, reeling from internal strife, fails to stand-up as the local model of democratic reform that it briefly embodied in 2011. And as a political solution is sought to the Syrian crisis, it is unclear whether any so-called power sharing regime will oppose a similarly oppressive trajectory in the aftermath of the war.
Warnings of an encroaching authoritarianism in the region have, until now, quite understandably been overshadowed by the bloodshed and systematic breakdown elsewhere. But the nature of last week's executions is a stark wake-up call that we must pay closer attention to the more subtle judicial and political crack-downs taking place. We are seeing the tangible hallmarks of a revenge tide in the nations that saw the streets alive with demands and protest only five years ago. The near silence regarding this phenomenon by international leaders must also be simultaneously challenged, whilst demonstrating how their own national and security agendas in fact blatantly overlap with these very matters.
Of course, it is difficult not to ask oneself – What can Britain do? Are its hands not tied? Can Britain realistically cast a diplomatic cannonball into an already rocky political framework, with relations that are complicated by an uncertain power complex? Quite frankly – if it seeks to maintain its position as a liberal model, to provide stability, and sustain its political common-ground with the Middle Eastern oligarchs – yes. Never has the arrival of the Boris Johnson enigma been so welcome, as a voice of contention, seeking to question his Arab counterparts to the point of Bahrain's King Hamad Al Khalifa's discomfort. A great deal more is at stake than fearing for the long-term tenure of our navy bases.
In essence, Bahrain starkly demonstrates that the quieter, dark remnants of the Arab Spring are spiralling. The nation shook under the global spotlight then, and they need to do so again – this time scrutinising the government, and the brutality of their continued response. In the coming weeks and years, we must not turn a blind eye to the sliding mechanisms of authoritarianism, or allow ourselves to overlook abuses of basic human rights. The nature of Fridays executions will not be an anomaly, and without a more dynamic and dogmatic response from Britain's diplomatic wing, Spring is unlikely to re-dawn.
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Foreign policy related to reproductive rights
Dr. Zara Ahmed has dedicated her career to fighting for the health and rights of women and girls around the world.
Dr. Ahmed began her career in the reproductive health field as an instructor for Brown University's Female Sexuality Workshop while an undergraduate student. She then went on to serve as a sexual health counselor at an alternative high school in Michigan for three years and to consult on sex worker safety in Cambodia, health financing of maternal health programs in Cameroon and Senegal, and migrant women's rights in Bangladesh. In 2009 she joined CDC, where she spent nearly 10 years as a senior technical advisor and strategist.
Dr. Ahmed continued her journey as the Senior Policy Manager for the Guttmacher Institute, where she specialized in US foreign policy regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights. In this role, she advocated for greater funding and enabling policies for international family planning, HIV, maternal health, and other programs. In 2020, she received a promotion, and is now the Associate Director for Federal Issues at the Guttmacher Institute.
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Collaboration for the improvement of population health
Dr. Paul Erwin has extensive experience in both Public Health practice and academia, and is a leader in forging partnerships between the two.
Dr. Erwin began his Public Health journey with a medical expedition to Nepal and a two-year fellowship in Pakistan. Dr. Erwin then worked for the Department of Public Health for 16 years, including 12 years as the director of the East Tennessee Regional Health Office. The DrPH program was a part of his transition to academia.
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In addition to her DrPH, Hinson also earned an MSN, BSN, and is a board certified Nurse Executive. At her current job, Dr. Hinson leads initiatives to strengthen the professional advancement and inclusion of the nursing workforce and oversees a workforce program designed to support diverse employees desiring to pursue a career in nursing. She also serves as a partner to multiple external entities to facilitate those same actions in the local Boston and national region.
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Dr. Ibegbunam entered the public health field as a pharmacist working in a hospital supported by the Catholic Relief Services and provided support to rural clinics on essential medicine and HIV programs in 2005. Dr. Ibegbunam then moved up the ranks and became the Director of the HIV/AIDS Program Management at Jon Snow Inc. for 3 years and the Director of Strategy and Demand Planning for the next year.
Dr. Ibegbunam began working as a Deputy Country Director for Chemonics International in their USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program in 2017. Dr. Ibegbunam was promoted to Country Director after the completion of his DrPH in 2018, and he now provides leadership and support to Liberia to improve their public health programs.
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Dr. Puertas worked for Universidad San Francisco de Quito for 16 years. He acted as the Founding Dean of the School of Public Health and the Founding Director of the master's in Public Health. He coordinated the research and implementation projects of the public health programs. In 2014, Dr. Puertas received the Jacob Koomen Public Health Practice Award from UNC for his dedication to the public health field.
After leaving the Universidad, Dr. Puertas began a job with Pan American Health Organization as an Advisor in Human Resources for Health where he designed strategies to improve human health through international cooperation. Dr. Puertas has served as an advisor in Health Systems and Services for PAHO for 6 years and now advises the Ministry of Health in issues related to health reform.
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Akash's study on phase-change perovskites was highlighted on Perovskite-info!
Akash Singh and Manoj Jana recently reported on the crystalline-glass tranisition in a metal halide [...]
David Mitzi named among the "Most Highly Cited Researchers" for another year!
David Mitzi was once again included in the list of the world's "Most Highly Cited [...]
Spotlight on Manoj's new Nature Communications article!
Congratulations to Manoj on publishing his paper on chirality transfer in 2D hybrid perovskites in Nature Communications!
David Mitzi listed among world's Highly Cited Researchers
David Mitzi is one of six Duke engineering professors (and 54 total Duke Universitiy researchers) included in Clarivate Analytics annual list of Highly Cited Researchers [...]
Betul wins the 2019 FIP Chambers Scholarship
Betul is one of five Duke graduate students awarded the scholarships and fellowships from the Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics for the 2019-2020 year. [...]
David Mitzi wins 2020 ACS National Award for Chemistry of Materials
David Mitzi, the Simon Family Professor of Duke Engineering and a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, has won the 2020 American Chemical Society National Award in the Chemistry of Materials, sponsored by DuPont. [...]
Wiley successfully defends his dissertation!
Wiley Dunlap-Shohl today defended his dissertation titled "Novel Fabrication Approaches for Optoelectronic Halide Semiconductor Thin Films and Devices." Wiley was Dr.
Dr. Mitzi named to 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list
David Mitzi is one of six Duke engineering professors named to Clarivate Analytics "Highly Cited Researchers" list.
Betul & Jiwoo present their solution processing work during Duke's Energy Week
As a part of Duke's Energy Week, Betul and Jiwoo presented their work on solution processing of CBTS absorbers for solar and photoelectrochemical cells at the [...]
Wiley publishes a comprehensive review on synthesis methods for halide perovskite thin-films!
Congratulations to Wiley, who recently published a review article entitled "Synthetic Approaches for Halide Perovskite Thin [...]
Supercomputer Predicts Optical and Thermal Properties of Complex Hybrid Materials
Computational models of layered hybrid perovskites open new material design space for light-based applications such as LEDs and water purification
RTNN awards Maryam their 2018 Collaborative Research Award & Maxine the Student Outreach Awards
The RTNN is pleased to announce its outstanding 2018 award recipients. The awardees were all honored at a dinner reception.
Qiwei successfully defends his PhD thesis!
Qiwei Han, who is a joint student in the Jie Liu research group, successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled "Additive Engineering for High-Performance Perovskite Photovoltaics."
Duke Engineers Join National Center on Emerging Energy Materials
Three Duke faculty members will work to develop new hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductors for novel energy applications
Newly expanded Energy Research Seed Fund awards 8 grants to Duke faculty members
Research projects that explore advances in energy materials, novel perspectives on resilience and sustainability, and energy storage solutions will receive funding in 2018 from the Duke University Energy Initiative's [...]
Mitzi Elected to Materials Research Society Fellows
David Mitzi, Simon Family Professor with faculty appointments in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and in the Department of Chemistry, has been elected to the 2018 class of [...]
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Materials scientists at Duke University have developed a method to create hybrid thin-film materials that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to make. The technique could be the gateway to new generations of solar cells, light-emitting diodes and photodetectors.
Energy Initiative Awards Seven New Seed Grants
Research projects that explore new possibilities for energy storage, reliability, and sustainable development will receive funding in 2017 from the Duke University Energy Initiative's Energy Research Seed Fund.
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The Duke Energy Initiative's annual research collaboration workshop on May 5 was an update on how the campus-wide alliance of more than 130 faculty has been pursuing its goals of making energy "accessible, affordable, reliable and clean." In short, they've [...]
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David Mitzi, an expert in developing new materials for solar cell and other energy applications, has joined the mechanical engineering and materials science department in Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering.


This Unit focuses on ecosystems and addresses the California Science Standards for 4th grade Life Science. By the end of the unit students will know: ecosystems are communities of organisms that interact with each other and their physical environment; that living factors are called biotic factors and nonliving factors are called abiotic factors; biomes have specific biotic and abiotic factors that make each one unique; all organisms have needs that are met by their environment and adaptations provide an advantage in meeting those needs; basic interactions in ecosystems are food chains and food webs in which matter cycles and energy flows; overtime, ecosystems maintain a balance, but that balance can be changed positively or negatively by natural and human actions. The Grade 4 Life Science Unit is presented to students through a series of investigations, experiments, active learning experiences, questions, and assessments. Assessments include: pre-, post- and 3 formative assessments.
This Unit focuses on magnetism and electricity. All of the Grade 4 California Science Content Standards for Physical Science are addressed in this unit. By the end of the unit students will know: electricity and magnetism are related effects that have many useful applications in everyday life. Through a series of hands-on investigations students will experience the effects of magnetism and learn about static and current electricity. Students will design, build, and use: series and parallel circuits, a simple compass, and an electromagnet. Students will learn the role of electromagnets in the construction of electric motors and experience how electrical energy can be converted to heat, light, and motion. The Grade 4 Physical Science Unit is presented to students through a series of investigations, experiments, active learning experiences, questions, and assessments. Assessments include: pre-, post-, and 3 formative assessments.
The Grade 4 Earth Science Unit focuses on the Earth's continuous process of change. All of the Grade 4 California Science Content Standards for Earth Science are addressed in this unit. By the end of the unit students will know: Earth changes and is shaped through slow and rapid processes. Through a series of hands-on investigations students will experience the effects of weathering and erosion. Students will learn how to identify rocks and minerals via their properties. The Grade 4 Earth Science Unit is presented to students through a series of investigations, experiments, active learning experiences, questions, and assessments. Assessments include: pre-, post-, and 1 formative assessment.
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Siemens Historical Institute
History Specials
170 years of Siemens
Women at Siemens
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Siemens in Berlin
The foreground needs a background
Where have we come from, and where are we heading? Only those who are aware of their own background and development, their key milestones and special characteristics, can shape the future successfully.
Siemens history – a narrative
Siemens' characteristics
Siemens has played an impressive role over the past more than 170 years in shaping the technological evolution of Germany, Europe and the whole world. Unlike many other companies, it has found ways to overcome and learn from challenges and crises. Playing an active role in shaping the future has always been a major goal of every head of the company, from Werner von Siemens to Joe Kaeser. That ambition has turned the 10-man operation at Schöneberger Strasse 19 in Berlin into a great international corporation. How does Siemens differ from so many other companies? The answer: Siemens has always been innovative, customer-oriented, quality-driven, international, responsible, able to withstand crises, and able to change. These traits have kept it strong and unique, in good times and bad. Join us on an exciting journey through our company's history. Experience what has made Siemens the world-class company it is today. Because every foreground needs a background.
From the dynamo machine to MindSphere
Pioneering technologies have been the foundation at Siemens for over 170 years. If the road wasn't always smooth, that was simply what made learning and improvement possible. Come see some of the important innovations and challenges that channeled our development.
The dynamo machine – foundation for applied electrical engineering
In 1866, Werner von Siemens made what was probably his most significant contribution to electrical engineering. Building on work by Michael Faraday, he discovered the dynamo-electric principle, laying the cornerstone for using electricity as a power source. One technical innovation followed another, and soon Siemens dominated the German market as an all-around supplier of electrical equipment.
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Background information: How megaprojects get built – Ireland and Egypt as successful showcases
When Ireland gained its independence in 1922, most of the country still had no electricity. Apart from a few major cities like Dublin and Cork, the country was "totally untouched, electrically speaking."
In 2015, Egypt declared war on power failures, and awarded Siemens its biggest contract of all time. The mission: generate power to serve 45 million people.
About the megaprojects in Ireland and Egypt
A massive organizational and technical challenge: A hydroelectric power station is completed
The construction of a hydroelectric power station requires excavating approximately eight million cubic meters of dirt and blasting approximately one million cubic meters of rock.
Water tower with powerhouse: Generator hall and dam under construction
Ireland's damp climate and problematic soil conditions, as well as geological formations that were not detected during preliminary surveys and test drilling, keep interfering with the work's progress.
Harnessing the power of water: Turbine inlet scrolls
The idea of tapping the hydropower of the Shannon River comes from Siemens engineer Thomas McLaughlin, an Irishman. The spiral-shaped inlet scroll gives the water an additional swirl before it proceeds to the turbines.
The core of the hydroelectric power station: A Siemens employee installs a generator rotor
The installation work begins in 1928. Initially, three three-phase generators, each with a capacity of 30 megavolt-amperes, are set up and coupled directly to the vertically standing 38,600-horsepower Francis spiral turbines.
A view inside the generator hall
As the general contractor, Siemens ensures that the entire Irish Free State is supplied with power starting in October 1929. This is made possible by a line network with a total length of 3,400 kilometers as well as numerous switching points and transformer stations.
Ideas are of little value in themselves. The value of an invention is in its practical application.
Werner von Siemens, company founder, 1851
Semiconductor and computer technology – falling short of ambitious goals
In 1953, Siemens was one of the first companies to succeed in obtaining the ultra-pure silicon needed for semiconductor components. In the 1990s, the company produced the first customer samples of a 256-megabit memory chip with enough capacity to store all the works of Shakespeare and Goethe. Nothing special today, but a sensation at the time. Yet semiconductor and data technology are also examples of the fact that inventions by themselves are not enough. Extremely volatile business developments, short product cycles and dramatic drops in prices made the business less and less predictable and ultimately led these operations to be spun off.
More about Siemens activities in microelectronics
SIMATIC – a companion for automation and digitalization
One breakthrough that established Siemens' world market position in automation technology – which it has maintained right down to the present day – was the 1959 introduction of the SIMATIC control solution. For the first time, Siemens marketed control and instrumentation modules built with transistors. Circuits could be built to establish logical links, store data, count and calculate. Even today, SIMATIC controls ensure smooth operation at most of the world's industrial installations.
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From TIA to MindSphere – Siemens shapes Industrie 4.0
Siemens' strengths in industrial automation enabled it to bring "Industrie 4.0" to life and play an active role in its development long before the concept had acquired the familiarity it has today. Siemens was faster than others to realize that manufacturers had to cut their throughput times drastically and increase their flexibility substantially. Siemens set the course for such a digital automation of complete production facilities as far back as 1996 – the launch of the Siemens "Totally Integrated Automation" (TIA) portal enabled companies to coordinate elements of their production operations and to closely intermesh hardware with software.
In 2016, with MindSphere, Siemens presented the first Cloud-based, open Internet of Things (IoT) operating system with which machines and physical infrastructure could be fully connected to the digital world.
Find out more about MindSphere
Shaping the future with innovation
Our lessons learned from more than 170 years of innovative history
Creative ideas alone are not enough for long-term success. What counts is that they have to set standards in the market as new products, solutions or services. And if forward-looking business models additionally meet an era's specific needs, genuine innovations are the result.
Creative ideas, pioneering business models and entrepreneurial action are the components of Siemens' innovative strength.
Focused on quality and the customer
From maintaining the Russian state telegraph network to a digital hub in Singapore
The customer is the focus of everything we do – and has been for more than 170 years. But a customer orientation has to be learned, acted upon and constantly re-checked. Company founder Werner von Siemens already realized that "the one who supplies the best quality is the one who stays on top, and I always prefer to advertise with results rather than words."
The "remonte" service contracts
We've always been motivated by our customers' individual needs. Meeting their requirements and preferences has always been an incentive and a source of advancement for our company.
An early model was the "remonte" contracts from the early 1850s, under which Siemens agreed to maintain the Russian telegraph network, some 9,000 kilometers long. The transaction's key appeal: a sophisticated monitoring system using a sensitive ammeter connected to the line made it possible to locate and fix problems very fast – an early form of remote maintenance.
Today, far more than 250,000 Siemens systems worldwide are connected to our common Remote Service Platform (cRSP) – from high-rises and gas turbines to central traffic monitoring stations in 255 cities and some 120,000 high-end medical devices. The platform provides an early warning of potential malfunctions and makes sure they can be remedied quickly online – 365 days a year. That's what focusing on quality and the customer looks like in the 21st century.
More about remote services
A platform monitors 250,000 systems ranging from skyscrapers and gasturbines to traffic control centers.
Established for a long time now: Voice over IP technology allows telephony over the Internet.
Exiting telecommunications – a missed opportunity
Sometimes a misjudgment of customers' needs has temporarily caused the company to lag behind technological developments or to overlook or miss out on trends. Siemens' exit from telecommunications is a good example.
At the end of the 1980s, the company had a chance to invest in Voice over IP technology and – as we know in hindsight – to make a significant impact on the market. But Siemens decided not to collaborate with a California startup that later became the world's largest network equipment provider, with annual revenues of 50 billion dollars.
Siemens couldn't keep up with the competition and ultimately gave the business up in 2013. A missed opportunity that the company learned from – as is more than clearly shown by its startup activities, its active portfolio policy over the past few years and its uncompromising focus on digitalization.
Our activities in telephony
Singapore Digital Hub and City Account Manager
In the era of digitalization, Siemens is relying entirely on its focus on quality and the customer. One current example: Singapore plans to draw on Siemens' assistance to become an intelligent region, a true "smart nation." For that purpose, the Southeast Asian city-state will rely entirely on MindSphere, the open, Cloud-based operating system for the Internet of Things, to extensively digitalize its infrastructure. Siemens is supporting this master plan by setting up a digitalization hub, working together with customers, partners and universities to develop new digital applications.
This partnership is a logical next step in the development of the City Account initiative by which Siemens has delegated its own experts, "City Account Managers." They advise urban decision-makers in more than 60 cities around the world during the planning phase for infrastructure projects, so as to make cities more environmental friendly, improve their residents' quality of life, and save money at the same time.
Find out more about the Singapore Digital Hub
Siemens supports the "smart nation" master plan by setting up a digitalization hub.
Keeping an eye on our customers' needs
Focus on quality and the customer
We try to think from the customer's vantage point. Only those who can adopt the customer's perspective as their own can do the best possible job of meeting the customer's needs. Yet this has to be learned, implemented and repeatedly demonstrated. Which is why customer satisfaction is one of the company's most important goals – the aim is to improve it at least 20 percent by 2020.
For us, customer satisfaction is a yardstick to measure the quality of what we offer our customers.
From Berlin to London, St. Petersburg and the world
Siemens became an international firm at an early date. Today, the company is at home in some 200 countries around the world – a global player through and through. It assists with the economic and sociopolitical development of many countries, provides aid in reconstruction – with such work as helping to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by war – and doesn't head for the hills when things get difficult, whether politically or economically.
The time of national isolation is over; we must recognize that we have come to depend on each other in today's world.
Carl Friedrich von Siemens, youngest son of the company founder, 1931
Until 1901, the Siemens brothers laid numerous submarine cables across the Atlantic.
Laying the transatlantic cable
Siemens made a name for itself at an early date by laying both land and submarine telegraph lines. But it didn't really catch up with the leaders in the industry until it managed to lay a submarine cable between the North American continent and Europe, in what was a high-risk project.
The Siemens brothers soon discovered that they were contending not just with the Atlantic Ocean, but with powerful and unscrupulous competitors. The project repeatedly hung by a thread. The line went into operation at last in September 1875. Even though the company's main competitor eventually won out on this project, Siemens was still in the game. The company got further orders to lay transatlantic cables from France and the USA. By now, at the latest, Siemens was a truly international firm.
Find out more about laying the transatlantic cable
Connecting worlds: The "Faraday", a cable ship, connects the Old World to the New World
It is one of the great adventures and feats of the waning years of the 19th century. By laying the transatlantic cable, the Siemens brothers connect Europe and North America and open up new markets for their company in the international submarine cable business.
Tapping the Balkans: Siemens has had a presence in Hungary since 1887
Together with regional partners, Siemens forms a financing company for local public transportation. As a result, the Siemens tram is put into operation in Budapest in November 1897, with additional projects following later.
A gold rush: In 1895, Siemens creates its first foreign subsidiary in South Africa
At the end of the 1890s, the discovery of tremendous gold and diamond deposits lures tens of thousands of individuals from around the world to South Africa. The country's economic development increases rapidly, and Siemens builds South Africa's first public power plant in Brakpan. Starting in 1897, it supplies power to the growing city of Johannesburg and the surrounding gold mines.
Now present in Latin America: Siemens opens technical office in Mexico City in 1894
In 1897, Siemens builds a steam-driven power plant. It also installs the entire electrical lighting network for the Mexican capital. The new lighting system, which replaces the previous street lights with 800 new lights, is one of the world's largest at the time.
Long-term presence in Russia: a reliable partner for the country since 1853
Moscow's tram system is only one of many projects with which Siemens further develops Russia's infrastructure. For example, in 1896, the company builds Eastern Europe's largest power plant in Moscow, which supplies electricity for the city's lights as well as the tram network.
The Middle Kingdom: Siemens has been represented in China since 1904
Many large-scale contracts, such as supplying equipment for China's first grid power station and three telephone exchanges in Beijing, allow sales to start climbing rapidly again after the interruption caused by World War I. In 1925, Siemens has 400 employees there.
An early international presence
Werner von Siemens advanced his company's expansion with a singular focus. In keeping with his ideal of a "global enterprise à la Fugger," Siemens & Halske set up branches in other countries at an early date. Within a few decades the company grew from a 10-man workshop to a leading international maker of electrical goods.
1850 – Sales agency in London
1855 – Office in St. Petersburg
1878 – "Siemens Frères" office in Paris
1879 – Office in Vienna
1890 – Technical office in Budapest
1892 – "Siemens & Halske Electric Co. of America" in Chicago
In other places, the company initially worked with outside commercial agents: Brussels (1871), The Hague (1878), Warsaw (1879), Stockholm and Turin (1880), New York (1886), Tokyo (1887), Rio de Janeiro (1888).
Upon the death of founder Werner von Siemens in 1892, the company was already represented in 15 countries.
Siemens history in the countries and regions
Global networking guarantees success
Economic success calls for an international focus
Despite major setbacks and crises in the international business, and the loss of trademark rights, patents and material assets during the two World Wars, there has really been no alternative to the worldwide presence Siemens has striven for since its founding. Globalization calls for an ability to transform and adapt, and production sites worldwide have become an important criterion for success.
Today, Siemens is at home in some 200 countries all over the world – a global player through and through.
Tested in crises, able to change
From the first sales difficulties to the compliance crisis
Companies have to prove their mettle in crises and be able to change. Every large company has been confronted at some point during its history with declining margins, stagnating growth, falling stock prices, sales slumps, financing problems or similar issues. Yet it's often those special challenges themselves that make a company grow; Siemens has also understood how to treat crises as opportunities.
Primarily built by Siemens & Halske: The Russian state telegraph network, around 1855
A sales crisis in the home market: serious setback during the founding years
Early in the 1850s, Siemens & Halske got into a severe sales crisis in its home market because follow-up orders for the Prussian state telegraph lines failed to materialize. A breakoff of all business relations with the Prussian government was a harsh blow for the young company.
Werner von Siemens and his brothers faced the challenge. To avert the impending crisis, they redoubled their efforts to tap markets abroad. They expanded successfully into Russia and England, and new markets soon opened up. The first crisis was averted, and Siemens had proved it could change and survive.
Losses after the two World Wars and subsequent rebuilding
Like the German electrical equipment industry in general, Siemens' international business expanded steadily up to 1913. But the outbreak of World War I in 1914 brought a profound disruption that had especially dire consequences for the international business. Not until 1923 was Siemens able to regain a foothold internationally – at first in Japan, and then in China and Ireland. Yet this stronger international focus would not last long. It ended abruptly once again with the outbreak of World War II. Once again Siemens lost a large share of its foreign markets, patents and trademark rights. The consequences of the war were a serious threat to the company's survival. The loss of assets was even calculated at twice as high as the loss after World War I. On top of that came the irreplaceable intangible damage: the loss of intellectual capital, of faithful employees and of business partners and customers.
How did corporate management respond? It counted on international growth, and the company underwent a slow but continuous upswing that carried it back into the world markets. In parallel, it recovered not just its confiscated international companies, but its ownership rights in patents and trademarks. The crisis that had threatened the company with almost total destruction had been overcome. Adaptability, trust in its own strengths, and recourse to its technological core competences helped Siemens out, as did the persistence and endurance that had already characterized the company's founding generation.
… global company assets were lost to World War II.
… patents in Germany and other countries were lost.
… all production space throughout German territory had been destroyed by war's end in 1945.
More about Siemens between 1933 and 1945
The compliance system helps to instill the notion of responsible conduct in everything that Siemens employees think and do.
The compliance crisis and a new setup for the company
In 2006, Siemens found itself in a situation that truly threatened its survival: the compliance crisis. After finding that it had actively manipulated customers' officers and employees through certain individuals' criminal efforts, the company was thrown into a profound existential crisis of trust. Compliance work became a center of attention. In a record two years, they were able to turn the deeply troubled company back into a reliable partner. Full cooperation with the American and German authorities yielded a relatively mild penalty, though it was still a record figure. And a compliance system was established that would henceforth stand as a benchmark in German business.
Learn more about the Siemens compliance system
Treating crises as opportunities
Only those who are able to change can permanently control their future
Taking historical experience and adapting it to the needs of the age is one of the tenets that has kept Siemens ahead for more than 170 years now. The company has regularly gone back to draw on its founders' abilities, qualities and temperament: a clear willingness to take responsibility and act, an unwavering focus on the customer and a firmly established ownership culture.
Analyzing crises and learning from them, staying consistent, defining an unambiguous course – these are things Siemens stands for as much today as it did 170 years ago.
From the first profit-sharing to the "Business to Society" concept
Trust and the acceptance of responsibility have always been the glue that binds people together worldwide – in politics and society, but also in economic contexts. After all, "business is built on trust."
An ownership culture as a guideline
Responsible management that leaves sufficient freedom for creativity is based on trust in employees' ability to do their job and their sense of personal responsibility. That's the core of the ownership culture that Siemens has kept in mind since its founding. After all, it's the employees whose products and work sustainably consolidate customers' and society's trust in the company. That was already important to the company's founder. And it's reflected in a large number of social policy measures that are still in existence and that employees can rely on.
Homes for employees: Siemens began building apartments for the Berlin staff in 1907
Between 1907 and 1915, just under 1,000 apartments were built for employees at various company levels in Berlin-Siemensstadt. Built in close proximity to the workplace, they ensure short commutes to the plants. As the production facility grows, residential housing is also expanded.
Reasonable working hours: Siemens reduces daily workload
In 1872 and because of the additional load created by piecework, Werner von Siemens shortens daily work time to nine hours; in 1891, it drops to 8.5 hours.
Better conditions: "Consumer cooperatives" pass savings on to employees
In the company's own "consumer cooperatives", employees can purchase everyday commodities, such as food, housewares, and even bicycles, at reduced prices.
A focus on health: Siemens builds rest homes for its employees
The realization that only healthy, well-rested employees can perform at their best led to the establishment of a number of employee facilities. The Ettershaus, a rest home for employees, opened in 1909; Ahlbeck, another rest home for women workers, opened in 1914; and in 1922 came the first convalescent home for employees' children.
Medical care: Starting in 1906, factory physicians in Berlin provide employees with health care
Workplace accidents and infectious diseases, as well as conventional occupational illnesses such as poisoning or lung diseases, become a priority at the end of the 19th century. Even before the government institutes healthcare policies, Werner von Siemens sets up medical care in the plants.
Catering on location: Cafeterias provide proper nourishment for employees
The first cafeteria is opened in Berlin in 1886 for managers, with employee cafeterias following three years later.
Measures for environmental protection
Striking a balance between ecological, economic and social objectives is a guideline of Siemens' sustainability strategy. It aims to use innovative products and solutions to improve the company's own environmental balance and that of its customers, in ecological terms. It builds on long-term value added through innovative products and solutions, in economic terms. And in social terms it commits to the well-being of the company's employees and environs. Principles of environmental protection are equally mandatory for both employees and suppliers.
One way in which Siemens shows how seriously it takes its sense of responsibility is that in 2001, it joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest and most important initiative for responsible corporate management. On the basis of its 10 universal principles on human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and corruption prevention, the Global Compact pursues the vision of a sustainable global economy for the benefit of all people, societies and markets.
First company-wide department for environmental protection
Environmental protection officers appointed, binding guidelines for environmental protection adopted
Office for product-related environmental protection introduced
Company signs 16 Principles for Environmental Management of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
First Siemens Sustainability Report published
Adoption of Business Conduct Guidelines with environmental protection as corporate objective
Find out more about Sustainability at Siemens
Responsible action as an identity
Only those who are aware of their responsibilities can be successful for the long term
If a company has a reputation for being responsible and trustworthy, then as a rule it will also be viewed as reliable, secure, stable and viable for the future. But trust doesn't just come out of nowhere – and certainly not overnight. Trust takes time and persistence. It has to be earned. During its more than 170-year history, Siemens has always insisted on being a responsible partner for both its customers and its employees, and thus earning trust.
Acting responsibility in ecological, economic and social terms for the benefit of future generations is one of Siemens' principal management axioms today.
Innovativeness, a commitment to quality and customers, internationality, crisis-tested strength, adaptability and a powerful sense of responsibility – these characteristics have guided Siemens throughout its history. Over the course of more than 170 years they have made it the company it is today. By keeping its background constantly in mind and acting upon it, Siemens makes an important contribution toward shaping the future for the long term.
"Whatever we do, it must add lasting value and deliver benefits – for shareholders, for employees, for customers, and for our partners in business and in society." That appeal by President and CEO Joe Kaeser is closely allied with the conceptual world of company founder Werner von Siemens, who impressively established the prime imperative of his still-young company when he said, "I won't sell the future for short-term profit!"
Coming equally from the two poles of Siemens history, in this way the past and the present inscribe a forward-looking principle in the company's DNA: shape the future for the benefit of those you work for, and who are relying on you. Or – as Werner von Siemens wrote to his wife Mathilde in 1854:
There's a powerful magic in 'I want,' if it is meant in earnest and if there's some conviction behind it!
The will to shape the future has defined Siemens entrepreneurs and scientists. Meet the people behind our history.
Anyone who deals with Siemens' history becomes a witness to exciting developments. Come with us on a thrilling time trip.
For 170 years now, pioneering technologies have been the foundation of Siemens. Find out more.
From Berlin into the wide world, via London and St. Petersburg – Siemens was an international company from early on. As our region profiles show.
Bridging the gap between the past, the present and the future – that's the daily work of the Siemens Historical Institute.


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