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Detained three "ocean's friends" from Vladivostok, who came up with a brazen scheme for the divorce of foreigners
The police established the involvement of three residents of Vladivostok 32, 27 and 34 years old in the Commission of 4 facts of fraudulent actions against foreign citizens
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/NOVOSTIVL/ Sleight of hand and a lot of fraud. Here is the motto of three residents of Vladivostok, who bred on the money of foreigners. They tracked down potential victims in various districts of the regional capital and acted according to the following scheme: one of the defendants in a public place "lost" a transparent bag with a large amount of money, his accomplice picked up a bundle of bills and offered a passerby to divide the money among themselves, for which he took him to a deserted place.
When the money was "divided", the first member of the group returned and demanded to return everything. He claimed that he would be able to recognize his bills by their characteristics, so he forced an accomplice and a random passerby to show all the available cash. At the time of the "check", one of the scammers quietly stole some of the money. After that, the remaining bills were returned to the victim.
Employees of the Department for combating organized crime of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Primorsky kray brought fraudsters to clean water. They were residents of Vladivostok at the age of 32, 27 and 34 years. The detention took place with the support of the Rosgvardia. Criminal cases have been initiated. One of the defendants was taken into custody, and two of his accomplices were given a preventive measure in the form of a recognizance not to leave.
While the involvement of the detainees in four episodes of fraud has been established, citizens of Uzbekistan and the Republic of South Korea have suffered. The damage exceeded 70 thousand rubles.
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I definitely wanted to wait until I got this all confirmed before reporting back, but I've been informed that Idina was slated to record a song for the new Robert Zemeckis film, Beowulf, which comes out in theaters in the US on November 16th (worldwide release dates can be found here.) The song is titled "A Hero Comes Home", and it's produced by Glen Ballard specifically for the film. The song will be featured on the movie's soundtrack, which will be released on November 13th.
While at WBR yesterday, I was able to hear the song, and it truly is beautiful and epic – very different from her solo material, but incredible nonetheless (it may well be one of my fav tracks of hers right now – I'm a sucker for songs in movies. ) It incorporates the intensity of the film's score, and begins to play at the end of the film through the closing credits. This makes the song eligible for an Academy Award nomination for Best Song (and from what I've heard, both the studio and WBR have high hopes for it in that aspect.)
As a result of Idina's involvement in the film, she will be attending the Los Angeles Beowulf premiere on November 5th, and may be involved in further press junkets for the film. Any further information will be posted once I find out about it.
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Born in 1783 and regenerated in 1896, the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati has a long and storied heritage that is briefly recounted here for those who wish to become acquainted with the Society's background.
Our Founding
The North Carolina Society was the eleventh constituent society to organize. Sixty former officers of the North Carolina Continental Line gathered for their first meeting in Hillsborough on October 23, 1783.
Despite post-war financial hardships and difficulties in travel and communication, the original members of the North Carolina Society met regularly for the first several years. Members gathered and hosted events to honor President George Washington during his southern tour in 1791, but after that year the North Carolina Society ceased its formal meetings.
Now headquartered in Raleigh, the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati is one of thirteen such Societies organized in the closing days of the Revolutionary War by officers of the American army. Descendants of the original members reorganized the North Carolina Society in 1896, and it was readmitted to the General Society in 1902.
A fuller history is available in Curtis Carroll Davis's Revolution's Godchild: The Birth, Death, and Regeneration of the Society of the Cincinnati in North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC, 1976).
Founded in Hillsborough, N. C. on 23 October 1783, and now headquartered in Raleigh, the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati is one of thirteen such Societies organized in the closing days of the Revolutionary War by officers of the American army, whose descendants constitute the present membership. In addition to Societies in each of the original thirteen colonies, a fourteenth Society subsequently was organized in France. The Society is named for Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the legendary hero who laid down his plow to lead the army of Rome to victory and then, like George Washington, surrendered command and returned to his farm. President Washington was the first President General of the overall Society.
As the nation's oldest hereditary military organization, the mission of the Society of the Cincinnati is to perpetuate the ideals of those patriots who, risking their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in the struggle for independence, gave birth to the United States of America.
The Society seeks to fulfill this mission through its financial support of a wide variety of historical publications, preservation efforts and educational projects relating to the Revolutionary War era. These include the distribution of the Society's educational film "First in Victory, First for Independence: North Carolina's Role in the American Revolution."
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namespace ExampleApp
{
    namespace Search
    {
        namespace Combined
        {
            namespace SdkModel
            {
                CombinedSearchService::CombinedSearchService(const std::map<std::string,Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>& searchServices,
                                                             Eegeo::Resources::Interiors::InteriorInteractionModel& interiorInteractionModel)
                : SearchServiceBase(std::vector<std::string>())
                , m_searchServices(searchServices)
                , m_searchQueryResponseCallback(this, &CombinedSearchService::OnSearchResponseRecieved)
                , m_pendingResultsLeft(0)
                , m_interiorInteractionModel(interiorInteractionModel)
                , m_currentQueryModel()
                , m_hasActiveQuery(false)
                {
                    std::map<std::string,Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>::const_iterator iter;

                    for (iter = m_searchServices.begin(); iter != m_searchServices.end(); ++iter)
                    {
                        (*iter).second->InsertOnReceivedQueryResultsCallback(m_searchQueryResponseCallback);
                    }
                }

                CombinedSearchService::~CombinedSearchService()
                {
                    std::map<std::string,Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>::const_iterator iter;

                    for (iter = m_searchServices.begin(); iter != m_searchServices.end(); ++iter)
                    {
                        (*iter).second->RemoveOnReceivedQueryResultsCallback(m_searchQueryResponseCallback);
                    }
                }

                bool CombinedSearchService::CanHandleTag(const std::string& tag) const
                {
                    std::map<std::string,Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>::const_iterator iter;

                    for (iter = m_searchServices.begin(); iter != m_searchServices.end(); ++iter)
                    {
                        if((*iter).second->CanHandleTag(tag))
                        {
                            return true;
                        }
                    }

                    return false;
                }

                bool CombinedSearchService::CanPerformLocationQuerySearch(const Search::SdkModel::SearchQuery& query, const Search::SdkModel::ISearchService& searchService) const
                {
                    const bool isIndoor = m_interiorInteractionModel.HasInteriorModel();

                    if (searchService.CanHandleIndoor())
                    {
                        if (isIndoor || query.ShouldTryInteriorSearch())
                        {
                            return true;
                        }
                    }

                    const bool isTag = query.IsTag();
                    const bool canPerformTag = isTag && searchService.CanHandleTag(query.Query());

                    if (isIndoor || !query.InteriorId().empty())
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (canPerformTag)
                        {
                            return true;
                        }
                        else if (!isTag)
                        {
                            return true;
                        }
                    }

                    return false;
                }

                void CombinedSearchService::PerformLocationQuerySearch(const Search::SdkModel::SearchQuery& query)
                {

                    if(m_hasActiveQuery)
                    {
                        Eegeo_TTY("Warning: Canceling Queries in Flight");
                        CancelInFlightQueries();
                    }

                    std::vector<Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*> queryServices;

                    for (std::map<std::string,Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>::const_iterator iter = m_searchServices.begin(); iter != m_searchServices.end(); ++iter)
                    {
                        if (CanPerformLocationQuerySearch(query, *(iter->second)))
                        {
                            queryServices.push_back((*iter).second);
                        }

                    }

                    ExecuteQueryPerformedCallbacks(query);

                    m_pendingResultsLeft += static_cast<int>(queryServices.size());

                    if(queryServices.empty())
                    {
                        Eegeo_TTY("Warning: No valid query dispatched");
                        bool didSucceed = true;
                        ExecutQueryResponseReceivedCallbacks(didSucceed, query, m_combinedResults);
                        return;
                    }

                    m_currentQueryModel = query;
                    m_hasActiveQuery = true;

                    for (std::vector<Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>::const_iterator iter = queryServices.begin(); iter != queryServices.end(); ++iter)
                    {
                        (*iter)->PerformLocationQuerySearch(query);
                    }
                }

                void CombinedSearchService::PerformIdentitySearch(const Search::SdkModel::SearchResultModel& outdatedSearchResult,
                                                                     Eegeo::Helpers::ICallback1<const Search::SdkModel::IdentitySearchCallbackData&>& callback)
                {
                    std::map<std::string,Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>::iterator iter = m_searchServices.find(outdatedSearchResult.GetVendor());
                    if (iter != m_searchServices.end())
                    {
                        Search::SdkModel::ISearchService* pSearchService = iter->second;
                        pSearchService->PerformIdentitySearch(outdatedSearchResult,callback);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Eegeo_TTY("Warning: Trying to update old result not handled by this combined search service");
                        Search::SdkModel::IdentitySearchCallbackData result = Search::SdkModel::IdentitySearchCallbackData::CreateFailed(outdatedSearchResult);
                        callback(result);
                    }
                }

                void CombinedSearchService::CancelInFlightQueries()
                {
                    std::map<std::string,Search::SdkModel::ISearchService*>::const_iterator iter;

                    for (iter = m_searchServices.begin(); iter != m_searchServices.end(); ++iter)
                    {
                        (*iter).second->CancelInFlightQueries();
                    }

                    if(m_hasActiveQuery)
                    {
                        m_hasActiveQuery = false;
                        m_combinedResults.clear();
                        bool didSucceed = false;
                        ExecutQueryResponseReceivedCallbacks(didSucceed, m_currentQueryModel, m_combinedResults);
                    }
                }

                void CombinedSearchService::OnSearchResponseRecieved(const bool& didSucceed,
                                                                     const Search::SdkModel::SearchQuery& query,
                                                                     const std::vector<Search::SdkModel::SearchResultModel>& results)
                {
                    if(didSucceed)
                    {
                        std::vector<Search::SdkModel::SearchResultModel> filtered;
                        filtered.reserve(results.size());

                        for (std::vector<Search::SdkModel::SearchResultModel>::const_iterator it = results.begin();
                             it != results.end();
                             it++)
                        {
                            const Search::SdkModel::SearchResultModel &searchResult = *it;
                            filtered.push_back(searchResult);
                        }

                        m_combinedResults.insert(m_combinedResults.end(), filtered.begin(),
                                                 filtered.end());
                    }

                    if( --m_pendingResultsLeft <= 0)
                    {
                        m_hasActiveQuery = false;
                        m_pendingResultsLeft = 0;
                        bool anySuccess = m_combinedResults.size() > 0;
                        ExecutQueryResponseReceivedCallbacks(anySuccess, query, m_combinedResults);
                        m_combinedResults.clear();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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Tactical Analysis – Liverpool 2 Man Utd 0
March 14, 2016 Mihail Vladimirov
By Mihail Vladimirov.
For this game Liverpool recalled Coutinho and Sturridge to the starting XI with both Moreno and Clyne starting at full-back.
For United, following his several injuries, Van Gaal was hamstrung in several areas. But he still had enough fit players to name a strong-looking starting XI. From the previous game (at WBA), the Dutch manager made four changes. Varela replacing Darmian at right-back, Fellaini and Schneiderlin coming in for Herrera and Carrick in midfield and Depay replaced the suspended Lingard down the flanks.
Both managers also started with their usual 4-2-3-1 formations
What might have been expected to happen …
As soon as the line ups were announced it was obvious Liverpool were going all guns blazing with a very attack-minded 4-2-3-1 formation. Meanwhile, even at first glance, it was obvious how many 'holes' there were in the Man Utd side, pointing out to several tactical weaknesses.
With how Liverpool have been performing lately, you would have expected the key battle to be between the lines, in particular Liverpool's band of roaming attacking midfielders against United's midfield pair. The type of players Coutinho, Firmino and Lallana are means they are naturally going to look for ways to influence the play through the middle instead of staying out wide and engaging in 1v1 battles. Therefore it was always going to be a case of the three of them looking to play in the zone expected to be patrolled by the Schneiderlin-Fellaini duo. On a very basic level this hinted at a numerical 3-v-2 advantage in Liverpool's favour. But what was worse for the visitors was that the deeper you looked into this clash, the clearer it became how disadvantaged the visitors were.
On paper, a team looking to mainly sit back, soak up the pressure and play on the break could get away with such a 3-v-2 disadvantage between the lines. But it needs their '2' to be twin natural holding midfielders who between them can properly shut down the space in front of the back four. Then, with the wingers also participating defensively, the defending team can create two banks of four which can starve the opponent for space, meaning the potential negative impact of possible numerical disadvantages in certain zones would be greatly reduced if not completely redundant. But that's not what Man Utd had here.
It was hard to see how Utd would be able to contain the flurry of constant interplay and positional rotation with only one holding midfielder with the required high level of defensive nous and positional discipline (Schneiderlin). On top of this, the wide men were two very attack-minded players (Depay and Rashford) who aren't famed for their defensive diligence or disciplined tracking back. Meaning Moreno and Clyne were always going to have, more or less, free rein in the final third. To make matters worse, the de-facto third midfielder – Mata – is the type who simply doesn't do any defensive work but stays ahead and makes himself available for the first pass (which isn't a bad thing per se because he's the team's main playmaker). With Man Utd not going to boss the game to the extent of Mata being really influential, it was hard to see why he was played in that central position.
From a zonal point of view, it was good to see Schneiderlin being played as Man Utd's right-sided deep-lying midfielder. This meant he would be in position to occupy the space where Coutinho, in-cutting from the left, would look to move into. The trouble absolutely no-one was going to do the same with Firmino, roaming centrally, or Lallana drifting infield from the right. Fellaini (the left-sided Man Utd midfielder), for all his qualities, was never one to hold his position or show the defensive nous needed to be able to deal with such a threat.
For this alone it was hard to understand Van Gaal's starting line up. Sure he had some injury issues, but he still had the players to pre-empt that particular danger. For example, it would've been much better for Carrick to partner Schneiderlin with Herrera retained in the starting XI to form a much tighter and defensively aware midfield trio capable of competing as equals with Liverpool's attacking trident.
Alternatively – following the presumed need to give Carrick and Herrera a rest and leave them on the bench – Van Gaal could have named full-backs who are comfortable tracking their direct opponent infield. On the left Rojo – as a natural centre-back – is naturally capable of doing this but more often than not he stayed out wide and didn't really mark Lallana tightly. This hinted at lack of a specific defensive instruction provided by the manager.
On the other side, Varela is a good 1v1 defender, able to engage a natural winger and end on top of such a clash. But he isn't the type of defender to watch out for in-cutting wide men, especially one as tricky and creative as Coutinho. Here, it was surprising why Darmian – exactly the type of defensive full-back who can tuck infield and use his two footedness to defend as a de-facto auxiliary centre-back – was left on the bench too.
Based on the announced starting XIs and what they meant tactically, it was hard to see anything but total Liverpool domination from the start. There were simply too many obvious shortcomings in Man Utd's line up which aligned too well with what was always going to be Liverpool's biggest attacking strengths.
But having said all that, that wasn't what actually played out on the pitch!
What actually happened
Once again – surprisingly or not, expectedly or not – Liverpool started a game against Man Utd slowly and passively. There was no sign of the expected early flurry of aggressive pressing and non-stop direct attacks following each turnover of possession. And the reason for this might have nothing to do with tactics – just a basic psychology and reverse of the expected momentum.
Following kick-off, Utd played the ball backwards to Smalling with the defender then quickly lumping the ball towards Fellaini down the inside-left channel. The Belgian knocked the ball down to Depay who ran forward before sending a superb cross for the unmarked Rashford. Fortunately, their young forward couldn't quite connect properly with the ball and his half-shot went wide. Had he scored then of course the complexion of the game would have been completely changed.
Still, that early Man Utd chance, the consecutive Liverpool bad tackles – which could've seen a few of their players booked inside the opening 10 minutes – and the visitors' overall composure right from the start seemed to put Liverpool off and forced them into more passive behaviour. This impacted the game to tip the early balance in Man Utd's favour.
Sure, Liverpool still were the dominant side possession- and territory-wise, but bar a minute-long spell early on, they couldn't really attack with the expected speed and verve. Nor did they look like exploiting all of the Man Utd weaknesses mentioned above. With the visitors seemingly content to mainly defend and use long balls on the break, the tempo quickly become slow-ish, which further made Liverpool's passing ponderous and their attacking moves lacking that extra zip and flair.
Even without considering the weaknesses of Utd's starting XI and focusing just on Liverpool's line up, it was strange to see the hosts unable to lift the tempo and start penetrating their opponent. The type of players selected to start, their style of play, most of them being well rested and fresh for this game (due to Klopp's recent rotation) and the occasion of the game – the home leg against arch rivals – was expected to result in early fierce press and the wish to play at a high tempo to suit all these attack-minded players in order to galvanise the crowd to make it more uncomfortable (to say the least) for the visitors.
And yet Liverpool still looked passive and at times even slow in their actions. This was one of the occasions where all the signs suggested it's not only possible but quite likely for Liverpool to not only beat their opponent but outplay them.
But by the 15th minute, the game already looked like moving into the direction that would suit Man Utd more – slow and cautious, where the visitors were happy to defend and sporadically counter-attack while the hosts were unable to put all their theoretical advantages in good use or simply unwilling to commit to a full-on attacking style. There were times where Liverpool deliberately slowed the game down and opted for more methodical build-up play instead of quickly hitting the vulnerable- looking Man Utd defence.
In the 19th minute, one of those slower and seemingly non-threatening passing combinations led to the situation for the penalty, which was converted by Sturridge.
Liverpool in the ascendancy
The goal not only changed everything, but it did so to the extent that what followed in the next 25 minutes was exactly what was expected from the game to be right from the start. The goal was exactly the 'aphrodisiac' Liverpool needed to suddenly burst into life with their players finally starting to play at a high tempo and press like a swarm of bees before showing the high level of passing flair and movement fluidity expected from them given the players on show. Now, Liverpool's 4-2-3-1 began to run riot in all of Man Utd's understrength zones.
Moreno and Clyne found it easy to bomb forward past Depay and Rashford and provide the required constant attacking width down the flanks. This further encouraged Coutinho and Lallana to cut infield, overload the space between the lines and take part, alongside the ever-roaming Firmino, Sturridge and whoever out of the two midfielders was to push on from deep, in attacking moves that would completely rip apart the Utd defence with trademark pass and move combinations based on intricate passing and incisive movement. On the ball Liverpool were now sharp and inventive, without it they were quick to swarm forward and press in packs with Man Utd unable to catch a breather.
The way the Reds sliced through their opponent between the lines was evidence of how very tactically naïve Van Gaal's set up was and how it gifted Liverpool space exactly in the zones where they were always going to be most dangerous and most capable of ripping them apart. In that 25 minute spell after the penalty, the hosts had the chances to not only win this game convincingly but put the whole tie to bed and make it redundant for the second leg to be played at all. But poor finishing and the customary sublime De Gea goal-keeping kept Van Gaal's side in it.
Van Gaal fights back
He might have had to thank his 'keeper that not only this game but the tie wasn't over by now, but when he finally decided to intervene tactically, Van Gaal did it in a very smart and efficient way. With his team being killed between the lines, the most logical thing for the Dutch manager to do was to make changes to solidify that particular zone.
At half-time Carrick replaced Rashford, with the Red Devils going from 4-2-3-1 to a 3-4-1-2 (but given Carrick essentially played as an old-school libero within the back three, it looked like a 4-diamond-2). This change helped the visitors to rectify all they were missing up to now.
The team now gained a much more solid centre with the midfield pair now backed up by a third man in behind. With Liverpool playing a single striker but a trio of roaming attacking midfielders, Van Gaal reorganised his side to have the required defensive flexibility to deal with that threat. Sometimes Carrick stepped forward in midfield and created a tighter midfield trio to match Liverpool's trident. Other times, the side centre-backs stepped out and stayed tighter on Coutinho and Lallana, leaving Carrick as the de-facto sweeper in between them. In other words, given their 3-v-1 advantage at the back, Man Utd's defenders had the freedom to step out and fill in in midfield, looking to match and mark Liverpool's roaming attackers in that zone.
Obviously, this change gave Liverpool's full-backs even greater attacking freedom. But unlike in the first half, this didn't amount to a greater attacking threat. Not only did the hosts lack someone to get on the end of potential crosses from the flanks, but following the reorganisation at the back, Man Utd were now able to occupy all of the potential recipients of cut backs or angled through balls.
Going forward, the change to a 3-4-1-2 also benefited the visitors as the team now had 2-v-2 up front with Mata left as the de-facto their spare man between the lines. The team also gained more pressing bodies through the middle to fight back and put pressure on Liverpool, and the extra bodies centrally increased the chance to build-up play from the back and work the ball forward in a more cultured and dangerous way.
As a whole the change in formation and a clearer defensive organisation capable to match all of Liverpool's threats evidently turned out as the springboard for a turnaround of fortunes after the break. The visitors were now able to not only nullify the opponent's attacking threats but worry them with their own attacking qualities. Soon, Van Gaal's side started to see more of the ball and attack with greater threat.
Liverpool's reaction to how the game changed was interesting too. Klopp could have asked his narrow band of attacking midfielders to occupy the central areas on a more permanent basis and cut off the link between Man Utd's back three unit and the midfield pair. Meanwhile, using the full-backs to get higher up and occupy the wing-backs would further limit the chance for Man Utd to pass the ball out of the back and again force them to resort to long balls to the Mata-Depay-Martial trio (who were going to be easily marshalled by the Sakho-Lovren and Can-Henderson pairs.
Instead, Liverpool remained in their wider 4-2-3-1 but reverted to their initially passive behaviour. This further allowed Man Utd to gradually settle as the team controlling the proceedings, enabling the visitors to start playing more on the front foot. The more possession Van Gaal's side had, the more dangerous they looked – particularly in terms of working out attacking moves that saw them get in behind down the channels. This seemed to further put Liverpool back and force them to retreat. In one such situation – in the 62nd minute – Man Utd created their best chance to equalise when Depay cut infield from the left and passed through to Martial in the box, but Martial's first touch was poor and he couldn't get a shot on goal.
Klopp rises to the challenge
Seeing his side struggle for the opening 20 minutes of the second half, it was time for Klopp to react tactically as well. Similarly to Van Gaal's half-time reorganisation, the change made by the German manager in the 64th minute was perfectly suited for the task in hand – to regain control and tame Man Utd's growing attacking threat. Allen came on for Sturridge, with Liverpool now reverting to a 4-1-2-3 shape with Can at the base of the midfield unit.
This gave Liverpool the ability to match United better in the midfield zone, with the Reds also creating a sort of diamond midfield. Firmino was shuttling around Carrick, Henderson and Allen were up against Fellaini and Schneiderlin while Can was denying Mata a free reign ahead of the back four. Meanwhile Coutinho and Lallana were now tasked with closing down the side centre-backs with the full-backs watching out for Utd's wing-backs. There were now not so many – if any – free avenues for the visitors to continue building up their play from the back. On top of this, Allen added that needed extra bite and freshness to further enable the turnaround and help his side wrestle back the dominating position lost since half-time.
Liverpool not only plugged all the gaps and stopped Man Utd attacking dangerously but gradually returned to creating chances on their own, which they had struggled to do since Van Gaal's half-time reorganisation.
As happened in the first half, when eventually Liverpool again got going in attack, Man Utd had no answer. As in the first half, though this time in a different way, the key battlefield revolved around what Coutinho and Lallana were doing. Now, with both teams matched through the middle in a proverbial diamond vs diamond battle, the key was which team was going to gain an upper hand down the channels. There the teams were well matched too – United side centre-backs were up vs Liverpool's in-cutting wide men, while the visitors' wing-backs were up against the Reds' full-backs.
The difference came from the fact that Liverpool changed focus. Instead of looking to congest all of their attacking players in central areas – often including the full-backs too, as Clyne's infield run resulted in the penalty,for example – now the Reds did the total opposite. To gain an upper hand against an opposition who looked to now put the majority of their players to defend through the middle, Klopp ordered his players to seek positional advantage and open up attacking avenues by drifting wide and combining down the channels. It helped that Firmino, Henderson and even Allen are players comfortable drifting into wider positions and either initiating or taking part in quick give and go's over there, allowing someone else to then offer the reversed movement and head infield. Essentially, Liverpool's change of attacking focus made Van Gaal's defensive reorganisation redundant as it again put the emphasis in zones where Man Utd were understrength again.
Eventually, one such attack proved successful and allowed Liverpool to extend their lead after Carrick's poor touch gave the ball to Lallana.
At 2-0 the game slowed down with Liverpool logically happy to rein in a bit and became more defensively responsible in order not to give away what could be a crucial away goal. Van Gaal's subsequent changes – introducing two passers – further seemed to underline the fact that the last fifteen minutes of the game become an exercise in rather sterile possession for both sides.
Post-match thoughts
To put it bluntly – Liverpool completely deserved to win this game, and by a far bigger margin; a 5-0 trashing wouldn't have been harsh on Man Utd given the way Klopp's team performed and the several excellent goal-scoring chances their play created.
Van Gaal's naive initial approach was completely exposed as soon as Liverpool got going in attack (which surprisingly took longer than expected) and the Dutch manager should be happy that his side is still in it with a chance ahead of the second leg, however slim that chance looks on both teams' current form. Man Utd's manager regained some tactical self-esteem with his half-time changes but as soon as Klopp reacted, it was again game over for the visitors.
All associated with Liverpool should be really pleased that apart from the result and the good performance, their manager had the upper hand tactically over his opponent too. That combination makes the win the absolutely perfect one and bodes really well for the Reds' future.
What happened tactically was not what might have been expected from the starting line-ups and formations
Liverpool started slowly and passively – as they often do against Man Utd
The first quarter of an hour suited Man Utd more – slow and cautious
At times Liverpool deliberately slowed the game down
Following Sturridge's penalty, the pattern became as expected before the game, with Liverpool in the ascendancy
Liverpool suddenly burst into life and exposed the tactical naivety of Van Gaal's set up
Van Gaal made a smart and efficient tactical change at half-time
This was the springboard for a turnaround of fortunes after the break as Utd came more into it
After 20 minutes of the second-half, Klopp responded with a significant change of his own
Once again, when eventually Liverpool got going in attack, Man Utd had no answer
Liverpool changed focus, from congesting their attacking play centrally to the total opposite, drifting wide and combining down the channels
Liverpool's change of attacking focus made Van Gaal's half-time defensive reorganisation redundant
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Krisztián Kristóf, Illuminati
Eyelids Mirrored Within
– curated by Borbála Szalai
Zbyněk Baladrán, Barbora Kleinhamplová, Krisztián Kristóf, Randomroutines (Tamás Kaszás, Krisztián Kristóf), Tereza Stejskalová, Roman Štětina
27 February until 30 March 2019
PV, 26 February 7 until 9pm
'A revolutionary dreams like everybody else; it happens sometimes that he gets occupied with just himself.'(1)
Consider the power of processes taking place behind closed eyelids. They could bear potential for new structures, create space for resistance or even collective acts of rebellion. In our sleep-deprived society sleeping almost counts as a revolutionary act. Sleep is a radical interruption in our continuous production and consumption, and something that suspends our constant online presence. However, closing the eyelids means more than a simple withdrawal from the zone of reality, or an intentional or unintentional blindness: it can give ground to new demands and forces. Instead of an unconscious, inactive or useless state, in the realm of dreams we can actually be in control, and have the freedom to make decisions and take action. The exhibition seeks to explore the power of this other reality and the potential of the layers beneath the surface of wakefulness as a different locality and temporality.
While reality and its simulation often prove inseparable in our life, it is important to take a closer look at the relationship between internal and external reality, and at our real possibilities to have control in these zones. How do we account for the slippages between the personal and the political, individual and collective responsibility, or the conscious and unconscious. Roman Štětina's sound installation explores the boundaries of instinctive and consciously controlled sound, and the delicate and intimate differences between breath and voice. The sounds are formulations of an inner process that endeavours to deconstruct the control over voice.
A Dream on Lucids by the artist duo Randomroutines looks at the possibility to extend our control into dreams. During the course of lucid dreaming the sleeper is not only aware of the fact that he or she is asleep, but also capable of making conscious decisions in specific situations within the dream. These situations, as opposed to being awake, are not influenced by external circumstances, former traumas or fears; thus, during a lucid dream one is inescapably self-identical. The audio play accompanied by projections represents dreaming as a collective, shared experience. While surrounded by an air of implicit illegality, here in the realm of dreams our time and actions are considered more valuable, more thoughtful and taking higher stakes than while awake.
Zbyněk Baladrán and Barbora Kleinhamplová's vertiginous video The Labour of the Eye revolves around a confused corporate company worker who is incapable of breaking free from the clutches of work hours, occupational positions and office walls. Not even closing his eyes offers relief, as this brings about visions and delusions further aggravating his fears and hopelessness related to office work, rendering him incapable of exiting – even for a moment – this lonely world collapsing in on itself.
Barbora Kleinhamplová and Tereza Stejskalová's video titled the Sleepers' Manifesto is a protest against the attack of late-capitalist society on our sleep; the attack that infringes on our free time and demands a constant engagement and presence. The protesters dream of a world where sleeping is not a despised, suspicious, subversive act, but instead considered more valuable than being awake. Although their demands sometimes seem resigned and hopeless, there is some power linked to them. A power similar to what is manifested in André Breton's book Communicating Vessels from 1932, in which he attributes such potentials to unconscious zones, with special regard to dreaming. According to Breton, linking the desires and will of dreaming people could have the power to change reality. 'How I should like for all men to meditate profoundly on the eternal unconscious powers you conceal, so that they might not retreat or submit. Resignation is not written upon the moving stone of sleep. The immense dark cloth daily woven bears in its centre the transfixing eyes of a clear victory.'(2)
(1) André Breton: Communicating Vessels. (Trans. Mary Ann Caws and Geoffrey T. Harris) University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London, 1990, p. 86.
(2) André Breton: Communicating Vessels. (Trans. Mary Ann Caws and Geoffrey T. Harris) University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London, 1990, p. 145.
Eyelids Mirrored Within, Installation view, Tenderpixel.
Roman Štětina, Trap, 2019.
Barbora Kleinhamplová and Tereza Stejskalová, Sleepers' Manifesto, 2014.
Tenderpixel, installation view.
Zbyněk Baladrán and Barbora Kleinhamplová, The Labour of the Eye, 2014.
Zbyněk Baladrán and Barbora Kleinhamplová, The Labour of the Eye.
Krisztián Kristóf, Moult, 2019.
Randomroutines, A Dream on Lucids, 2016-2019.
Photography by Orestis Lambrou
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Das Museumsquartier St. Annen befindet sich in den Gebäuden des ehemaligen St.-Annen-Klosters in Lübeck. Es wurde 1915 begründet und ist einer der Standorte der Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck. Das Museumsquartier liegt unweit der Aegidienkirche in der St.-Annen-Straße der südöstlichen Lübecker Altstadt neben der Synagoge und umfasst neben dem St. Annen-Museum die Kunsthalle St. Annen und in den Nebengebäuden des ehemaligen Klosters die Verwaltung des Museums.

St. Annen-Museum (Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte)

Bereits 1888 hatte sich der Kunsthistoriker Theodor Hach als Konservator der Sammlungen der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit in seiner Denkschrift für die Einrichtung eines eigenständigen Museums für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte in Lübeck ausgesprochen. Im Jahr 1912 beschloss der Senat der Hansestadt den Umbau des Klosters zum Museum. Dies bedingte Grundrissänderungen, um Dielen und Täfelungen aus Lübecker Bürgerhäusern übernehmen zu können. Die Eröffnung und anschließende Übergabe des Museums durch die Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit als privaten Träger unter dem Museumsdirektor Karl Schaefer erfolgte kriegsbedingt mit Verspätung am 23. September 1915. Die bis dahin im Museum am Dom ausgestellte kunst- und kulturgeschichtliche Sammlung wurde in das neue Haus übernommen. Von 1920 bis 1933 leitete Carl Georg Heise das Museum. In diese Zeit fällt der Erwerb des Behnhauses und der Aufbau der dortigen Sammlung. 1934 wurden die Lübecker Museen verstaatlicht. 2006 wurde die Geschäftsführung von der Stadt Lübeck in die Hände der Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck gegeben.
Seit Januar 2013 wird das St. Annen-Museum gemeinsam mit der Kunsthalle St. Annen als Museumsquartier St. Annen vermarktet. Damit verbunden ist eine neue, zeitgerechte Konzeption der Ausstellung.

Sammlungen

Sakrale Kunst des Mittelalters

Das Museum verfügt dank eines frühen Senatsdekrets zum Schutz der Denkmäler des Altertums und der Kunst von 1818 und der darauf aufbauenden sichernden Sammeltätigkeit von Carl Julius Milde im 19. Jahrhundert über die größte Anzahl mittelalterlicher Flügelaltäre (Retabel) in Deutschland. Das Museum verfügt mit dem Grönauer Altar über den einzigen erhaltenen gotischen Hochaltar aus einer der Lübecker Kirchen in der Stadt. Die anderen erhaltenen Altäre waren zumeist von Handwerkerzünften oder Kaufleuten für die Klosterkirchen wie die Kirche des Burgklosters oder die Katharinenkirche gestiftet worden. Dazu gehören der Lukas-Altar der Maler von Hermen Rode, der Schonenfahreraltar von Bernt Notke, der Antonius-Altar von Benedikt Dreyer, der ursprünglich von der Familie Greverade für den Lübecker Dom gestiftete Passionsaltar von Hans Memling, sowie ein Privataltar, das Triptychon des Ratsherrn Hinrich Kerckring von Jacob van Utrecht, der auf abenteuerlichen Wegen aus der Rigaer Sammlung Brederlo nach Lübeck fand.

Hauptartikel: Retabel der Mittelaltersammlung des St.-Annen-Museums

Herausragend auch die St. Georg-Gruppe (1504), die von dem Lübecker Bildhauer Henning von der Heyde ursprünglich für die St. Jürgen-Kapelle an der Ratzeburger Allee geschaffen wurde. Den Umbruch von Reformation und Renaissance in Lübeck verkörpern die Werke des Cranach-Schülers und Lübecker Malers Hans Kemmer.

Neben den Werken der Bildschnitzerei und Malerei zeigt das Museum ein Lapidarium, Skulpturen der Romanik und Gotik, von denen die Niendorfer Madonna von Johannes Junge eine der Wertvollsten darstellt. Sie wurde 1926 in Lübeck-Niendorf in einer Scheune gefunden. Aber auch die klugen und törichten Jungfrauen sind bemerkenswert. Sie standen ursprünglich in der Kirche des Burgklosters.

Der Memling-Altar in Lübeck

Rats-, Zunft- und Kirchensilber

Eine Spezialsammlung repräsentativer Kelche, Pokale, Gefäße, Gebrauchs- und Prunkgegenstände gibt einen Überblick über das hohe handwerkliche Niveau der Lübecker Gold- und Silberschmiede und den Reichtum ihrer Auftraggeber. Die Entstehungszeit der Stücke dieser Sammlung liegt zeitlich überwiegend nach der Reformation, da Lübecks Bürgermeister Jürgen Wullenwever zu dieser Zeit fast das gesamte mittelalterliche Lübecker Kirchensilber zur Kriegsfinanzierung gegen Dänemark (Grafenfehde) einschmelzen ließ. Letzte große Neuerwerbung des Museums in diesem Bereich war der Lübecker Silberschatz.

Lübecker Wohnkultur
Die Entwicklung der bürgerlichen Wohnkultur von der Renaissance bis zum Klassizismus kann in verschiedenen Räumen, die teilweise aus alten Lübecker Bürgerhäusern "umgesetzt" wurden, vor dem Hintergrund zeitentsprechender Kunst von Godfrey Kneller, Thomas Quellinus (Büste des Ratsherrn Thomas Fredenhagen vom barocken Hochaltar der Marienkirche) und vielen anderen, den Sammlungsgeschmack Lübecker Bürger widerspiegelnden Werken bildender Künstler und den dazugehörigen Ausstattungen mit Porzellan aus Fürstenberg und Meißen nachempfunden werden. Am großartigsten wirkt eine vollständig erhaltene Barockdiele aus dem Jahr 1736.
Diesem Bereich im Obergeschoss ist eine Spezialsammlung norddeutscher Fayencen mit Schwerpunkt auf die Manufakturen in Kellinghusen, Stockelsdorf und Stralsund angegliedert. Darüber hinaus gibt eine Spielzeugsammlung darüber Aufschluss, womit sich junge Lübecker in vergangener Zeit beschäftigten. Das älteste plastische Steckenpferd des Museums befindet sich jedoch in einer Kindergruppe auf dem Altar der Gertrudenbrüderschaft der Träger (um 1509) aus dem Umkreis von Henning von der Heyde.

Musikinstrumente
Das Museum verfügt über eine auf den Geigenbauspezialisten Leo von Lütgendorff zurückgehende und von diesem als Museumsdirektor des früheren Dom-Museums begründete Sammlung historischer Musikinstrumente, die 1959 von Georg Karstädt neu geordnet wurde und heute teilweise in die Ausstellung integriert ist, in Einzelstücken aber auch im Behnhaus gezeigt wird. Auch der von Arp Schnitger gestaltete Spieltisch der ehemaligen Orgel des Doms ist hier ausgestellt. Er wurde im Zuge des Neubaus einer Walcker-Orgel 1892/1893 ausgebaut und in das Museum gebracht.

Paramentenraum
Sicherlich eine weitere Besonderheit ist der Paramentenraum, in dem alte liturgische Gewänder aus Lübecker Kirchen sowie ausgewählte Stücke des Paramentenschatzes der Danziger Marienkirche gezeigt werden.

Fotosammlung
Zu den nicht öffentlich gezeigten Schätzen des Museums gehört eine von Carl Georg Heise in den 1920er Jahren aufgebaute Fotosammlung mit rund 450 künstlerischen Fotografien, darunter allein 212 Arbeiten von Albert Renger-Patzsch. Dabei handelt es sich um die Sammlung zur Geschichte der Photographie und die Sammlung vorbildlicher Photographie. Beide Sammlungen wurden nach Heises Entlassung 1933 nicht weitergeführt und gerieten für lange Jahre in Vergessenheit. Erst in den letzten Jahren wurden sie wiederentdeckt, da insbesondere die Sammlung vorbildlicher Fotografie eine der umfassendsten Sammlungen von Fotografien der Neuen Sachlichkeit in Deutschland darstellt. Sie enthält unter anderem Werke von Renger-Patzsch, Hugo Erfurth, Umbo und Robert Petschow.

Sonderausstellungen
 Ein fürtrefflicher Organist und Componist zu Lübeck: Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707), vom 6. Mai bis 26. August 2007.
 Aklama – Hilfsgeister der Ewe und Dangme. 2016. Katalog.
 Lübeck 1500 – Kunstmetropole im Ostseeraum. 2015. Katalog.

Kunsthalle St. Annen

Heute beinhaltet das Kloster nicht nur das St.-Annen-Museum, sondern auch die Kunsthalle St. Annen mit Museumsshop und Bistro. Die Architektur der Kunsthalle, modern erbaut 2003 unter Einbeziehung der Überreste der 1843 abgebrannten ehemaligen Kirche des Klosters St. Annen, ist ein Geschenk der Possehl-Stiftung an die Hansestadt Lübeck. Die Architektur der Kunsthalle, Planung Architekten Konermann Siegmund aus Hamburg/Lübeck, erhielt 2003 den alle vier Jahre verliehenen Hauptpreis des BDA Schleswig-Holstein. Die Kunsthalle zeigt in wechselnden Ausstellungen Moderne Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Neuer Sammlungsschwerpunkt Selbstporträts der Moderne
Die Kunsthalle St. Annen hat im September 2005 auf Vermittlung von Björn Engholm die einzigartige Sammlung Leonie von Rüxleben (1920–2005) im Rahmen der Nachlassregelung der am 21. September 2005 verstorbenen Leonie Freifrau von Rüxleben zur Verwaltung gestellt bekommen; es handelt sich um die größte Sammlung dieser Art in Deutschland. Dadurch wird es möglich, rund 1.300 Arbeiten von Selbstbildnissen der Moderne in wechselnder Ausstellung zeigen zu können.

Allerdings ist jüngst zwischen den Erben der Frau Rüxleben und der Museumsleitung ein Streit über die Handhabung des Nachlasses ausgebrochen.

Ausstellungen der Kunsthalle
 2013 wurde die Ausstellung Emil Schumacher – Beseelte Materie zur Feier des zehnjährigen Gründungsjubiläums der Kunsthalle St. Annen gezeigt. Die Ausstellung wurde maßgeblich durch das Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen unterstützt.
 2005/2006 fand die Ausstellung Exil und Moderne, mit 50 Werken der klassischen Moderne aus der Sammlung der Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri statt.

Literatur

 Karl Schaefer: Führer durch das Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte zu Lübeck. 1915.
 Max Hasse: Der Lübecker Passionsaltar Hans Memlings als Denkmal mittelalterlicher Frömmigkeit in: Vom Lübecker Dom. Lübeck 1958, S. 33 ff.
 Wolfgang J. Müller: Lübeck um 1250 – Kunsthistorische Betrachtungen zum neuen Stadtmodell in: Politik, Wirtschaft und Kunst des staufischen Lübeck. Lübeck 1976, S. 51 ff.
 Jürgen Wittstock [Hrsg.]: Kirchliche Kunst des Mittelalters und der Reformationszeit: die Sammlung im St.-Annen-Museum (Lübecker Museumskataloge, Bd. 1). Museum für Kunst u. Kulturgeschichte, Lübeck 1981, ISBN 3-9800517-0-6.
 Hildegard Vogeler: Madonnen in Lübeck, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Lübeck 1993.
 DIE NEUE SICHT DER DINGE. Carl Georg Heises Lübecker Fotosammlung aus den 20er Jahren. Katalog zur Ausstellung 1995, herausgegeben von der Hamburger Kunsthalle und dem Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck.
 Anna Elisabeth Albrecht: Steinskulptur in Lübeck um 1400: Stiftung und Herkunft. Reimer, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-496-01172-6.
 Hildegard Vogeler: Das Triptychon des Hinrich und der Katharina Kerckring von Jacob van Utrecht, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Lübeck 1999.
 Ulrich Pietsch: Die Lübecker Seeschiffahrt vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit, Lübeck 1982, ISBN 3-9800517-1-4 (Ausstellungskatalog).
 Thorsten Rodiek: Kunsthalle St. Annen in Lübeck. Hrsg. Herbert Perl, Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-88506-537-1.
 Uwe Albrecht, Jörg Rosenfeld, Christiane Saumweber: Corpus der Mittelalterlichen Holzskulptur und Tafelmalerei in Schleswig-Holstein, Band I: Hansestadt Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum. Ludwig, Kiel 2005, ISBN 3-933598-75-3.

Siehe auch
 Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck mit Museum Behnhaus, Museumskirche St. Katharinen

Weblinks

 Museumsquartier St. Annen
 St. Annen-Museum
 Rundgang St. Annen-Museum
 Kunstrestitution von Beutekunst in Lübeck (auch: Kerckring-Altar) – (PDF-Datei; 29 kB)
 Sammlungsobjekte der Kunsthalle St. Annen im Museumsportal Schleswig-Holstein

Einzelnachweise

Weltkulturerbe Lübeck
Kulturdenkmal in Lübeck-Innere Stadt

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Monumental music program
By Pamela Nichols
Correspondent |
Violinist Suzanne Slater joins C. Michael Hawn on a rendition of "Morning Has Broken" during Hawn's Nov. 1 hymn festival at Monumental UMC. Pamela Nichols Pamela Nichols (Ron Crow)
A church that predates our nation's Constitution is continuing a two-fold legacy.
Monumental United Methodist was established in downtown Portsmouth in 1772 and has occupied its present location at 450 Dinwiddie St. since 1831. It is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in the state and offered the city's first Sunday School in 1818.
"We have a rich history in both worship and arts," said the Rev. Joe Cailles, who has been at the church for four years.
Monumental houses the Nativity scene that was featured at the old Coleman Nursery. Longtime church member Arthur 'Junie' Lancaster created the Winter Wonderland display at the nursery and when it closed 11 years ago, Monumental became the Nativity's new home.
Lancaster's father A.J. Lancaster was a music instructor and administrator in Portsmouth's public schools. He also served as Monumental's choir director and organist for 50 years. The church hosts a concert in Lancaster's memory every December.
The church's chancel choir offers annual scholarships to a music student from both Old Dominion and Norfolk State universities and allows those students to sing along with them for that year.
The regional Tidewater Concert Band rehearses at the church on Tuesday evenings.
"It's not unusual to hear Broadway tunes or Christmas music during prayer time," Cailles laughed.
Monumental's Noon Day concerts have been open to the public for more than three decades. On the last Monday of the month, the free concert features a half hour of music followed by an optional fellowship luncheon.
The I.C. Norcom High School choir was the first guest of the 2015 season, which began in October. Under the direction of Joe Harmon and accompanied by pianist Chi Yi Chen Wolbrink and organist Marlene Braun- both members of Monumental, the choir performed a set of six songs, including a traditional spiritual "Fare You Well" and Palestrina's "O Bone Jesu."
"Their diction and pitch were extraordinary," longtime Monumental member Frank Hawkins said of the choir. Hawkins was president of the I.C. Norcom PTA in the late 1970s, when Melvin Lewis was the school's choir director. When that group was invited to sing in Las Alamos, N.M., Hawkins was one of the chaperones.
"They were a great group of kids then and I can tell these are as well," he said.
Harmon has directed the 25-member I.C. Norcom chorus for four years. After seeing the students at a district music contest, Wolbrink, who is Monumental's director of music ministries, invited them to the church.
"It's great that choral music is still a part of our schools and churches," Harmon said.
Monumental welcomed C. Michael Hawn on Nov. 1 in a program that included hymns, history and a little humor. A professor of church music at Southern Methodist University in Texas and author of "Gather into One: Praying and Singing Globally," Hawn is an expert on the multicultural nature of worship music.
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The choir of Green Acres Presbyterian Church joined Monumental's choir that afternoon, as did Marcus Jones and India Dale, Monumental choir's current scholarship students.
Hawn's presentation was a musical study of creation using ancient and contemporary hymns and prayers from around the globe. In between songs, Hawn described how New Zealand, China, Kenya and other countries interpret the Holy Spirit in music. The event was a sing-along festival, and Hawn encouraged the audience to participate.
"For the believer, the question isn't whether we have a voice, it's whether we have a song," Hawn said.
Pamela Nichols
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Monumental Methodist Church
Noon Day Concerts


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The Jill Phipps Antispeciesist Ethical Association is a project that centers on creating a shelter for animals in Albugnano, Italy. People have created this space so that animals can simply live out their lives, rather than being killed for profit. Jill Phipps was an animal rights activist who was killed on February 1st, 1995. She was hit by a truck carrying calves during a protest against the export of animals who were going to end up at the slaughterhouse. Jill's commitment to animals inspires participants of this project.
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Reference no. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19070822-11-1
The Crew of the New Zealand training-ship Amokura ashore at Wellington in company formation.
King George VI granted the title of Royal New Zealand Navy to the New Zealand naval forces on 1 October 1941. Read about the history of Naval Volunteers, the Torpedo Corps and the New Zealand Division of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
King George VI granted the title of Royal New Zealand Navy to the New Zealand naval forces on 1 October 1941. While we justifiably celebrate this 'birthday', 1 October 1941 was not the actual birth of New Zealand's national naval forces. Just how old, then, is our nation's navy?
The Naval Volunteers
Naval forces, funded by the settler's parliament, were an integral part of the NZ militia and security forces in the 19th century. The Militia Act 1858 authorised the formation of citizen militia units for land and coastal duties. As part of the new militia, Coastguard Volunteer units were embodied (later called Naval Volunteers and generally known as the "Navals"). They were responsible for gunnery, boatwork and manning coastal batteries. Later they also trained in submarine mining, being responsible for minefields which were laid in Auckland and Wellington harbours. The first unit was the Auckland Volunteer Coastguards established in 1860, however the name didn't last long (only until 1861). With the re-organisation of 1862 the unit was called the Auckland Naval Volunteers.
Their function was small boat work and supplementing the crew of Government vessels, such as Midnight which were employed on anti-smuggling (to the Maori) patrols. They also helped round up 'rebel' canoes etc. In the 1880s they were redesignated Naval Artillery Volunteers and trained to help man the coastal gun batteries. They were not responsible for the minefields per se, which was the function of the New Zealand Submarine Mining Corps, a part of No.2 Company of the Permanent Militia. Some men certainly qualified as submarine miners, but this is a very messy field to get into.
1863-66 The Waikato campaign
1863-4, the Auckland and Onehunga Naval Volunteer units saw active service in the Waikato
coastal trading vessels were purchased by the NZ Government, refitted and armed for the campaign
three shallow draught stern paddle-wheelers gunboats were designed and built in Sydney; manned by a mixture of personnel from the Royal Navy, the Waikato Regiments and some civilians
1864 a two-storied naval barracks built at Sandspit (Devonport)
1883 all Naval Volunteer units re-titled Naval Artillery Volunteers.
The number of Naval Volunteers peaked in the 1880s, with 20 units around the country.
The Torpedo Corps
The Armed Constabulary Act of 1867 developed the Permanent Militia of 1862 into four corps – Artillery, Infantry, Engineers and a Torpedo Corps. The New Zealand Torpedo Corps, wearing naval uniform, formed a part of No. 2 Company of the Permanent Militia. No. 2 Company was formerly the Engineers. The details of just what uniform they wore are a matter of some conjecture. The few photographs which exist show them wearing a blue 'navy' style double breasted jacket with peaked cap. Having closely examined the only good image of a chap in a sailor suit, standing on the forecastle of a torpedo boat, his cap ribbon clearly states "Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers".
The plans for the coastal defences of Auckland date from about 1878, when the first battery was mounted there. The permanent defences were planned in 1884, which include the approved minefield which was from the east face of North Head across to Rangitoto. In 1884 four Thorneycroft spar torpedo boats that had been purchased by the government deployed to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The Auckland spar torpedo boat initially operated from the Admiralty Reserve at Sandspit (today Windsor Reserve). It then operated from a wharf down by where the Masonic is and by the early 1890s was at Torpedo Bay, hence the name. In 1884 the government acquired land at North Head, Devonport, for defence purposes. With the 'Russian Scare' of 1885 construction of a submarine mining station and depot below the south west face of North Head was approved. This became known as Torpedo Bay. When it was actually laid around the turn of the century (it wasn't operational until 1904 off the top of my head) it went from Torpedo Bay to Oraki.
The Australasian Auxiliary Squadron
At the 1887 Imperial Conference, the first Naval Agreement was drawn up between Britain and Australia and New Zealand. The ships of the existing RN Australia Squadron would be supplemented by a new combined naval force, of five cruisers and two torpedo gunboats. These ships had been laid down and were assigned for Australasian service and based in Sydney, forming a new Australasian Auxiliary Squadron. Two ships, one from the Imperial squadron and one from the new squadron, would be stationed in New Zealand waters. The new ships were given Australasian names, among them HMS Tauranga. The NZ government agreed to pay a subsidy of £20,000, one sixth of the cost of the new force. The five Australian colonies paid the balance. New Zealanders were eligible for service in the new naval squadron, and Reserves would help man the three ships of the new squadron that were not in full commission. This policy, of subsidising the Imperial naval force in order to have a cruiser presence in New Zealand waters, and to allow entry into the RN by New Zealanders, was followed by Wellington for the next twenty years.
In 1888 the Auckland Harbour Board dry dock opened; the Admiralty had rights of use. The Naval Depot by now included a blacksmith shop and boatslip and during the 1890s the Sandspit site was exchanged for land around the dry dock. The 'Navals' and the Torpedo Corps existed until 1902, but in 1902 they were transformed into the Garrison Artillery Volunteers, as part of the military forces. In 1905 HMS Sparrow was taken over to become Training Ship Amokura – a government training ship to prepare young New Zealanders for either naval or merchant service.
The Naval Defence Act 1913
The most important event in the development of our national navy was the passing of the Naval Defence Act in 1913, which provided for permanent national naval forces manned and funded by New Zealand. This Act was implemented by the commissioning of HMS Philomel into NZ service on 15 July 1914, with the commanding officer also being appointed as Naval Adviser to the NZ Government. The First World War intervened and, in accordance with the new Act, Philomel was assigned to the Admiralty for operational control. However, as research by the Naval Historian has found, throughout Philomel's 1915-1917 deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East, the commanding officer still reported to the New Zealand Government. That is, command remained with the New Zealand Government, as it did during the Second World War under the same Naval Defence Act. The Royal Australian Navy also operated under a Naval Defence Act very similar to that of New Zealand.
During the First World War, men were discouraged from joining the Royal Navy. Despite the implementation of conscription in 1916, a number of New Zealanders went to Britain to serve with the Royal Navy as part of the Royal Naval Reserve. Most prominent of these was Charles Palmer who was instrumental in the 1920s in establishing a Volunteer Reserve for New Zealand. When, in 1917, the German raider Wolf laid mines in New Zealand waters and had claimed two ships, , the NZ Government had to hastily acquire a minesweeping force. Some trawlers were chartered and converted for minesweeping duty.
It was not until the 1920s that further progress was made. The first post-war recruits joined in mid 1920 before HMS Chatham was commissioned for New Zealand service in late 1920. After Philomel was recommissioned in March 1921 as a non-seagoing training and depot ship, further recruits joined her, but in dribs and drabs. It was not until later on the 1920s that men started joining in groups.
The New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy
By Order-in-Council of 14 March 1921, the New Zealand Naval Board was constituted for the overall direction and administration of the Navy. The Minister of Defence was Chairman of the Naval Board, the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station became First Naval Member and the Chief Staff Officer was Second Naval Member. The senior cruiser Captain on station was appointed Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station.
On 20 June 1921, in furtherance of Admiral Lord Jellicoe's vision for the wartime role of New Zealand's Navy, the seagoing elements of the New Zealand Naval Forces were designated 'The New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy'. That is, in the event of war, the New Zealand ships would form a tactical division within a Royal Navy fleet. As events transpired the actual composition of New Zealand's naval force meant that only individual ships served in RN fleets, but a tactical 'division' never deployed. However the title "New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy" often gives rise to confusion, because some assume that NZ did not have a nationally-controlled naval force.
Yet by 1921, with the arrival of HMS Chatham, additional facilities including fuel storage tanks, a rifle range, and sports facilities, was being built at Devonport and Chatham came under the operational control of the new NZ Naval Board. Also on station during the 1920s were two Royal Navy sloops, war-built Flower-Class escorts HM Ships Veronica and Laburnum. Although these were British manned and funded ships they too came under the operational control of the New Zealand Naval Board.
New Zealand was part of a larger, multi-national, defence arrangement. Like Australia, Canada, India and South Africa our Navy was seen as a contribution to the defence of the empire. The NZ Naval Station was an integral part of a naval operational division of the world – after all the recent war against German raiders and U-boats meant that Britain and the Dominions had just learned some hard lessons in naval operations, defence of trade and control of shipping. But this defence cooperation – logical and cost effective – did not mean a loss of national control; it was New Zealand's government that directed our ships to Samoa, to the Hawke's Bay earthquake and during sovereignty disputes over various islands in the central Pacific in the 1930s. The New Zealand Division was a national naval force.
The Royal New Zealand Navy
The final step of Royal recognition for New Zealand's Navy came after the debacle of the 1941 Greece and Crete campaigns. Our government was determined that our forces be under clear national control and it was thought that gaining Royal recognition would place the New Zealand Naval Forces on a status similar to the RAN and RCN. Also, by 1941 more New Zealanders were on loan to the Royal Navy from the NZ Naval Forces, than there were New Zealanders loaned to the NZ Division. At the request of the NZ Government, the King was pleased to grant the title of Royal New Zealand Navy to the NZ Naval Forces.
Test Room
The Test Room at Torpedo Bay was built in 1898.
Mine Store Restoration
The Navy Museum is restoring the 19th Century mine stories.
Mine Stores Q & As
Got a question about the restoration of the mine stores?
Missing medals
Collections team reunites two missing medals from World War One.
Torpedo Bay Mining Base
History of the Torpedo Bay Mining Base on which the Museum is sited.
Volunteer Decorations
Information about Naval Volunteers who received decorations in New Zealand.
Emilius Le Roy was a member of the N.Z. Volunteers.
Spar Torpedo Boats
The Spar Torpedo Boat was introduced in the early 1880s.
The Test Room
Test Room built in 1898 to test and fire submarine mines.
Harris, LT CDR H.W.
LT CDR Harris joined Navy as an engine room artificer
Webley Able Seaman K.
AB Webley served in a Fairmile in the Solomon Islands.
Seyb, Chief Mechanical Engineer M.
Chief Mechanical Engineer Seyb served in RNZN for 30 years.
Schischka, CDR J.F.Y. RNZNVR
Temporary SLT RNZNVR Commander Schischka spent time in MGBs.
Salter, Yeoman of Signals J., B.E.M., M.I.D.
Yeoman of Signals Salter served in HMNZS Moa in WW2.
Rout Lieutenant M.V., D.S.C., M.I.D.
LT Rout served in Motor Torpedo Boats in North Sea.
Pugh-Williams, Captain R.
Captain Pugh served in Minesweepers during WW2.
Palmer, CDR C.G., D.S.O., M.I.D.
Commander Palmer joined the NZ Division of the Royal Navy.
Newman, Temporary Lieutenant M.L., D.S.C.
Temporary LT Newman RNZNVR served in WW2.
Minchall, Commander W.H., O.B.E.
CDR Minchall was a specialist in degaussing and Naval ordnance.
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Higher strength chain suppresses cost of mooring upgrade
A new grade of mooring chain has been introduced by Scana Ramnäs that offers increased strength compared with chain using links of the same size.
Production of studless chain at the Ramnas factory.Click here to enlarge image
A new grade of mooring chain has been introduced by Scana Ramnäs that offers increased strength compared with chain using links of the same size. The Grade 4+ chain is claimed to be 22% stronger than an equivalent chain of the same size and gives rig designers the option of boosting mooring strength, without necessarily adding to the system's overall weight.
The Grade 4+ chain was introduced last year when it was used for the first time on the semisubmersible Borgland Dolphin. Despite its increased strength, it retains the same 76-mm external measurement of the company's established Grade 4 chain. This enabled the strength of the platform's mooring to be significantly increased without incurring the estimated several millions of Norwegian kroner that would have been necessary for the installation of another four winches, fairleads, and new larger-diameter chains. By February, 2,000 tons of the new Grade 4+ chain had been supplied. The company anticipates a steady demand throughout the coming year.
The mechanical properties of the new chain in relation to the DNV minimum requirements are indicated in the table below which is based on the average value obtained from 90 tests.
The total annual world market for offshore chain is estimated at around 100,000 tons, of which Scana Ramnäs maintains a 20-30% share. Although the overall market demand for chain fell last year (around 70,000-80,000 tons), it proved to be a good year for the sales team at Scana, who found themselves in the position of having to turn down orders. Industry demand for chain is expected to fall even further during 2000, probably not exceeding 50,000 tons. The best prospects appear to be in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, and West Africa.
The factory at Ramnäs, Sweden has two fully automated production lines capable of manufacturing 16,000 tons of 70-165 mm diameter chain yearly. A second factory in Ljusne has one production line with the capacity to make 10,000 tons of 70-102mm chain. "At present, most of the orders are for smaller chain, so much of the work is going to our Ljusne facility," explained Johan Broback, Scana Ramnäs' marketing manager.
Asymmetric studs
Graph showing studless chain fatique life.Click here to enlarge image
The output of Scana Ramnäs chain is divided between studless and studlink chain. The former is the most popular choice for use on long-term moorings. For studlink chain, the company has established a technique for fixing studs which resist loosening after prolonged use. Scana's Asymetric Expanded Studs are designed to be flatter on one side and thus resist being pushed too far into the flash butt weld side of the link when hot, resulting in equal footprints on each side of the link. This has the important proven benefit of reducing the typical number of loose studs in a chain from 30% to 0.3%. In a typical mooring chain, there can be 40,000 links; if 30% are found to contain loose studs after four years, for example, this can cause the rig operator to be faced with a repair bill of around $100,000. Scana Ramnäs believes that if operators take long-term maintenance costs into account, the Asymetric Expanded Stud chain should provide an important competitive advantage.
Scana Ramnäs is also approved to manufacture studless chain up to 6.5-in. diameter Grade R3, R3S and R4. The company believes that studless chain offers considerable advantages in terms of cost and weight, particularly on long-term moorings.
The studless link can deliver the same performance in terms of static strength as a stud link chain while offering a saving of some 9% in weight - a factor that can be particularly beneficial when used in deepwater. Alterna tively, a chain with the same weight as a studlink chain can be used and its fatigue strength correspondingly increased by opting for a larger diameter. This option gives a greater margin of safety against the incidence of corrosion. Being a simpler structure, studless chain is also easier to inspect. The company's standard studless chain has a width of 3.35 x diameter. A length which at 6 x diameter is the same as for stud chain.
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For projects where fatigue is of vital importance, the weight saving due to stud reduction can be used to increase the chain size. By doing this, the average load and the load amplitude is reduced and the fatigue life is increased. As an example, through replacement of 100 mm diameter R4 stud chain with studless chain, the same weight and length can be obtained, but with a 9% increased area of the chain which results in a diameter of 104.4 mm. If the design mean load is 20% of the MBL (minimum breaking load) this is reduced to 18.5%. In recent studies performed by Noble Denton, lower mean load on a mooring chain has been shown to increase fatigue life.
The stud in studlink chain was introduced as an element that would avoid kinking. Scana Ramnäs now believes that modern developments in handling techniques have largely eliminated this problem, as studless chain is delivered untwisted in bundles and is used without any difficulties. For bottom segments in long-term mooring applications Scana Ramnäs recommends studless chain, although if extreme flexibility concerning the twist of a loaded chain is necessary, stud link chain is recommended.
For more information contact Johan Broback, Scana Ramnäs, Tel: +46 220 22000, Fax: +46 220 35837, Email: johan.broback@scana.no


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Bill Brings Hope for PA River Herring, Shad
by Andrea Sears, Keystone State News Connection
School of circling Alewives herring fish
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Forage fish attract larger predator fish, like striped bass, but they often wind up as the unintended bycatch in commercial fishing nets.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Forage fish have been declining in Pennsylvania rivers, but a bill now in Congress could help restore their numbers. Shad, river herring and other migratory species return to rivers like the Delaware and Susquehanna to breed, but they live much of their lives in ocean waters – where vast numbers are swept up by commercial fishing operations, often in nets intended for other fish.
Current federal fishery management law doesn't protect most forage fish from overfishing. That's why Harold Daub, executive director at the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen and Conservationists, said the Forage Fish Conservation Act in Congress is a top priority for his organization's 57,000 members.
"If we remove so many river herring and shad when they're out at sea, it means there's less food available for predators like stripers and the other game fish that our membership likes to fish for," Daub said.
HR 2236 would add shad and river herring to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. The bill was introduced last spring. More information is available here.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission was founded in 1866 – in part to restore shad to the Susquehanna River. Tim Schaeffer, the group's executive director, pointed out controlling the catch offshore is critical to that effort.
"If we could have American shad and river herring considered on their own as a stock, rather than simply as bycatch, they could actually be protected accordingly," Schaeffer said.
He added restoring forage fish also would benefit local communities that depend on fishing, wildlife tourism and seafood.
A diverse coalition of conservation and recreational fishing groups is calling for passage of the Forage Fish Conservation Act. And Daub noted lawmakers in the Keystone State are giving it their support as well.
"We appreciate that Representatives Fitzpatrick and Cartwright cosponsored the bill," Daub said. "We sure would like to see the entire Pennsylvania delegation join them in supporting it."
The bill has been referred to the Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Support for this reporting was provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts.


Get government working. Enter apps to educate people about partisan gridlock and help empower them to do something about it.
With the U.S. federal government careening from one crisis to the next, citizens are increasingly frustrated with the government's inability to get things done.
We can't solve this problem with software alone, but we can harness technology to educate and empower both citizens and lawmakers to make government more transparent or effective. The Apps for Working Government challenge seeks to highlight software applications that can help reduce partisan gridlock and increase legislative productivity at the federal, state, or local level.
Educational tools: Apps that visualize or analyze data to illustrate the problem of partisan gridlock, legislative productivity (or lack thereof) and/or related consequences. This category can include apps that analyze and evaluate the polarization or productivity of Congress, state legislatures, local government, or individual lawmakers.
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Surrealist painter, Wifredo Lam, was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, of a Chinese father and a mother of mixed African, Indian and European origin. He studied studied at the Academy of San Alejandro in Havana 1920-3, then went in 1924 to Madrid where he worked in the studio of Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayor, the Director of the Prado, and also in the evenings at the Free Academy. Lam left Spain in 1938 after taking part in the defense of Madrid, and moved to Paris. His first one-man exhibition was in Paris at the Galerie Pierre Loeb 1939. Through his friendship with Picasso, who enthusiastically encouraged him, and with Breton and the Surrealists Lam became interested in African sculpture.


DETROIT (WXYZ) — Chevrolet's newest vehicle is a work of art adults and children alike can admire.
The company unveiled its first-ever life-size replica of the new 2019 Chevy Silverado made of LEGO bricks. The model was revealed to the public Saturday at the Detroit Auto Show.
It took 18 builders more than 2,000 hours to assemble 334,544 pieces.
Most common LEGO brick used: red 2x8 stud brick.


This page will give you all the information needed on how to Measure for Eyelet curtains, if you still have questions feel free to get in contact and we will answer any questions you have.
The width refers to when the curtain is flat and has no fullness/gather. If using the Eyelet Curtains to cover the whole window area, a general guide is to multiply the window area by 1.5 and this will give you the overall flat width measurement you require your curtains to add up to.
For example, if your window width is 1500mm multiplied by 1.5 = 22250mm. Ideally, two 1350mm wide curtains (total flat width 2700mm) will suit this window.
The fullness/gather is a personal choice and the above information is only a guide. The Eyelet Curtain is often used as a side drape over blinds, in which case the size will generally not matter.
If you have an existing curtain rod/pole to hang your Eyelet Curtains on, measure the width of the usable part of the rod only and do not include the end caps/finials.
If you are ordering a rod/pole with your curtains, it is suggested that you measure for the curtain rod/pole to extend approximately 100mm past each side of the window.
All of our ready made eyelet curtains come with a simple do it yourself iron on hemming tape that enables you to reduce the drop to suit your window.
The curtain rod/pole is generally installed approximately 70mm above the window/architrave.
The eyelet curtain will extend approximately 30mm above the rod/pole.