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10 surprising facts you might not know about Hanukkah.
Even if times may seem tough, there is much to celebrate on Hanukkah this year. Hopefully despite all the turmoil around the world, this year may serve as a time for reflection and solidarity for many, as well as a reminder that "Hanukkah is the moment when light is born from darkness, hope from despair," as Rabbi Arthur Waskow writes in his book Seasons of Joy.
Lighting a special, nine-branched candelabrum is the main ritual on Hanukkah. However, most people — including Jews — incorrectly refer to this as a menorah, when in fact the correct name for the candleholder is Hanukkiah or Hanukkah menorah. A menorah, which has only seven candleholders, was the lamp used in the ancient holy temple in Jerusalem — now a symbol of Judaism and an emblem of Israel.
Since 1998, the world's largest Hanukkiah (also known as a "menorah") — a 32-ft.-high, gold-colored steel structure — can be found during the Festival of Lights in New York City's Central Park.
Hanukkah is not mentioned in the Old Testament. This is because the events leading up to the holiday took place after the Hebrew Bible was compiled. The story can be found in Books 1 and 2 of Maccabees, but these are not considered part of the canon. Even the discussion of Hanukkah in the Talmud, the rabbinic commentary on the Hebrew Bible, begins by asking, "What is Hanukkah?"
The dreidel — a four-sided spinning top — has different Hebrew letters on each side: nun, gimel, hay and shin. In Hebrew, the letters form the initials of the message, "A great miracle happened there" (referring Hanukkah's everlasting oil).
Jews around the world light Hanukkah menorahs during Hanukkah, but in Israel the festival's flame takes an interesting path. Embracing a custom long associated with the Olympics, runners race a burning torch from the Israeli city of Modiin to Jerusalem, a distance of about 20 miles (32 km), where the chief rabbi lights a giant menorah at the Western Wall.
There's only one way to spell Hanukkah. Unfortunately, it's in Hebrew. When translated to English, the word becomes trickier to express. There's actually no way to spell the guttural "hecht" sound used in the traditional Hebrew pronunciation; Ch and H are the closest we can get. And then there's the issue with the double k's, seemingly added to give the final syllable a little more oomph. Thus the phrase can be spelled Hanukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah or Hanukah.
The gift of small Jewish coins first emerged as a Hanukkah tradition during the Middle Ages, when gelt (a Yiddish word for money) was given to teachers. The practice gradually extended to children as well, who were expected to donate some of it to charity.
The most popular way to prepare Hanukkah dishes is to fry them in oil — an homage to the miracle that inspired the annual celebration. The holiday's culinary mainstays are potato pancakes (latkes) served with applesauce and sour cream, and jelly doughnuts known as sufganiyot. But regional differences have introduced a variety of deliciously fried foods: Jews in Greece eat deep-fried dough soaked in honey, known as loukoumades; Russian revelers cook buckwheat flapjacks; and in Spain the observant fry up fritters called bunuelos in schmaltz (goose fat)
Unlike Christmas, Hanukkah does not fall on the same dates each year because Jewish holidays are based on a lunisolar calendar. Unlike the traditional Gregorian calendar, which is based on the earth's movement around the sun, a lunisolar calendar is regulated by both the sun and moon. Hanukkah always starts on the 25th of Kislev — the month on the Hebrew calendar that generally coincides with November or December. A year on the Hebrew calendar varies from 353 to 385 days, so the timing of the Festival of Lights is always a bit of a guessing game
Hanukkah commemorates the 165 B.C. victory of the Maccabees, a Jewish rebel army, over the Syrians and the subsequent rededication of the holy temple in Jerusalem. The Maccabees found enough consecrated oil inside the temple to light its eternal flame for a single day, but miraculously the lamp burned for eight. This is not only why Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday, but also why there is always talk of a Hanukkah miracle.
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Kevin Maher
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Lo Pont de Salars (en francès Pont-de-Salars) és un municipi francès, situat al departament de l'Avairon i a la regió d'Occitània.

Demografia

Administració

Personatges il·lustres
 Émile Pouget, sindicalista i revolucionari.

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Municipis de l'Avairon

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Anne Askew by Alison Weir
Although torture was officially illegal in England, some prisoners in the Tower did suffer interrogation on the rack and by other cruel methods, such as the thumbscrews, the boot or the Scavenger's Daughter, an infamous contraption that compressed the body so severely that blood would spurt out of the nose and other orifices.
The first – and only – woman to be racked in the Tower was Anne Askew, during the reign of Henry VIII.
Anne Askew was born in Lincolnshire in 1521. When she was fifteen her family forced her to marry a man called Thomas Kyme. Anne rebelled against her husband by refusing to adopt his surname, and she argued with him about religion. Anne was a Protestant, a follower of Martin Luther, while her husband was a traditional Catholic. At that time, professing Protestant beliefs was heresy, and punishable by burning at the stake.
Eventually Anne left her husband and went to London, where she gave sermons and distributed banned Protestant books. This led to her being arrested. Her husband was sent for and ordered to take her home to Lincolnshire; but Anne soon escaped, and it was not long before she was back in London, preaching.
She was arrested again, in 1546, and underwent several examinations for heresy. At that time, there was a court plot to bring down Henry VIII's sixth wife, Katharine Parr, whom her enemies suspected of heresy, and of having been in contact with Anne Askew. Sir Anthony Kingston, the Constable of the Tower, was ordered to torture Anne in an attempt to force her to name other Protestants and incriminate the Queen. The Lord Chancellor himself and Sir Richard Rich were present at the examination.
We have her own account, written afterwards, of what happened next.
'Then Master Rich and one of the council charged me, upon my obedience, to show unto them if I knew any man or woman of my sect. My answer was, that I knew none. Then said they unto me, that the King was informed that I could name, if I would, a great number of my sect. I answered, that the King was as well deceived in that behalf, as dissembled with in other matters.
'Then they said that there were many gentlewomen that gave me money: but I knew not their names. Then they said, there were of those of the Privy Council that did maintain me: and I said, No.'
It was then that the decision was made to put Anne Askew on the rack. The rack was an instrument designed for stretching the body and pulling limbs out of their sockets. It was a large, wooden frame on which the victim was laid on their back with their wrists and ankles roped to two rollers at each end. These rollers were turned in opposite directions until the joints were dislocated.
Anne was taken down to a dungeon, and told to strip to her shift, then Sir Anthony Kingston 'commanded his jailor to pinch her with the rack. Which being done as much as he thought sufficient, he went about to take her down, supposing that he had done enough. But the Lord Chancellor, not contented that she was loosed so soon, confessing nothing, commanded the Lieutenant to strain her on the rack again: which, because he denied to do, tendering the weakness of the woman, he was threatened therefore grievously by the Chancellor, who said that he would signify his disobedience unto the King. And so, consequently, the Lord Chancellor and Master Rich, throwing off their gowns, would needs play the tormentors themselves; first asking her if she were with child. To whom she answered, "Ye shall not need to spare for that, but do your wills upon me."'
Anne wrote later: 'Then they did put me on the rack, because I confessed no ladies or gentlewomen to be of my opinion, and thereon they kept me a long time; and because I lay still, and did not cry, my Lord Chancellor and Master Rich took pains to rack me with their own hands, till I was nigh dead.'
When the wheel of the rack was turned, it lifted Anne so that she was held taut about five inches above its bed and slowly and agonisingly stretched. Quietly and patiently praying, 'she abode their tyranny, till her bones and joints were almost plucked asunder.' Her cries could be heard in the garden next to the White Tower, where the Lieutenant's wife and daughter were walking.
Anne recorded: 'Then the lieutenant caused me to be loosed from the rack. I swooned, and then they recovered me again. After that I sat two long hours reasoning with my Lord Chancellor upon the bare floor; where he, with many flattering words, persuaded me to leave my opinion. But my Lord God gave me grace to persevere, and will do, I hope, to the very end.'
Poor Anne was so badly injured that she had to be 'carried away in a chair'.
After the Chancellor and Rich had departed, 'the good Lieutenant, taking a boat, sped him to the court in all haste to speak with the King before the others; who, making his humble suit to the king, desired his pardon, and showed him the whole matter as it stood, and of the racking of Mistress Askew, and how he was threatened by the Lord Chancellor, because, not knowing his Highness's pleasure, he refused to rack her; which he, for compassion, could not find in his heart to do, and therefore humbly craved his Highness's pardon. Which, when the king had understood, he seemed not very well to like of their so extreme handling of the woman, and also granted to the Lieutenant his pardon, willing him to return and see to his charge.
'Great expectation was in the mean season among the warders and other officers of the Tower, waiting for his return; whom when they saw come so cheerfully, declaring unto them how he had sped with the king, they were not a little joyous, and gave thanks to God there-for.'
Anne Askew's fate was recorded by John Foxe in his famous Book of Martyrs:
'Wherefore the day of her execution was appointed, and she brought into Smithfield in a chair, because she could not go on her feet, by means of her great torments. When she was brought unto the stake she was tied by the middle with a chain that held up her body. When all things were prepared, the King's letters of pardon were brought, whereby to offer her safeguard of her life if she would recant, which she would neither receive, neither yet vouchsafe once to look upon. Thus, she being troubled so many manner of ways, and having passed through so many torments, now ended the long course of her agonies, being compassed in with flames of fire, as a blessed sacrifice unto God, leaving behind her a singular example of Christian constancy for all men to follow.'
Mercifully, the executioner hung a bag of gunpowder around her neck as a humane act in order to speed her death, and it exploded almost at once. Those who saw her die were impressed by her courage and reported that she did not scream until the flames reached her chest.
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'This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII's six wives to life as never before. This novel will enthral and inspire, just as much as it will break your heart' TRACY BORMAN
Alison Weir, historian and author of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling SIX TUDOR QUEENS series, recounts the story of Henry VIII's last wife - Katharine Parr, the queen who survived him.
Two husbands dead, a boy and a sick man. And now Katharine is free to make her own choice.
The ageing King's eye falls upon her. She cannot refuse him... or betray that she wanted another.
She becomes the sixth wife - a queen and a friend. Henry loves and trusts her. But Katharine is hiding another secret in her heart, a deeply held faith that could see her burn...
KATHARINE PARR. HENRY'S FINAL QUEEN. HER STORY.
'Katharine Parr deserves better than to be known just as Henry VIII's sixth wife - the one who survived. And there's no-one better placed than Alison Weir to restore her to her rightful place' SARAH GRISTWOOD
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'For the first time I felt as though, thanks to Alison's skilful writing and storytelling, I came to "know" Katharine' NICOLA TALLIS
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'Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life' Guardian
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Hańsk  peut faire référence à :

Toponymie
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dans la voïvodie de Lublin
Hańsk, un gmina rurale du powiat de Włodawa
Hańsk, un village , et chef-lieu de la gmina de même nom


Of course, Christmas has only just begun. It's not all over, not yet. This is just day two. And if you follow the Orthodox calendar it doesn't even start until twelfth night. But to continue the theme begun in my last post, as a singer Christmas means music - lots of it - and Christmas Day, once all the concerts and carol services have finished, can sometimes seem something of an anti-climax. Which is a shame, really. Because this really is just day two of the season of goodwill, and St Stephen's Day to boot.
In case you're wondering, Stephen was the first Christian martyr, which is why he gets his day so close to the main man's. (St Paul - although then plain old Saul of Tarsus, tent-maker, held everyone's coats for them while they pelted Stephen to death with rocks, which doesn't seem very festive does it?) Anyway, you know what happened on the feast of Stephen, don't you? Yes, Good King Wenceslas looked out, that's what. So to keep the music playing, here's something you may have heard earlier but you have to hear again today. Join in if you know the words. Or even if you don't.
The Choir of York Minster is joined by Sir Thomas Allen... who sings a bit better than that chap catawauling on this page on Christmas Eve. The choirboy doesn't get a mention. But if you like your choirboys (a) getting a mention and (b) performing like a pocket diva, then have a quick peek at this version afterwards.


This early view article came out about six months ago in preparation for College & Research Libraries. I am not sure how I missed it.
Veterinary medical research traditionally focuses on animal health and wellness; however, research activities at veterinary colleges extend beyond these traditional areas. In this study, we analyzed eleven years of Web of Knowledge-indexed peer-reviewed articles from researchers at the twenty-eight United States American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) accredited veterinary colleges.
We had three goals in assessing the published literature of veterinary college researchers. First, we identified a list of journals and research areas outside of veterinary medicine in which veterinary researchers publish. This list of journals can be customized to identify those most essential at each institution. Second, we identified collaborative work by veterinary researchers across disciplines and institutions. Using textual analysis tools and visualizations helped us illustrate and clarify this data. Lastly, we developed a methodology for defining an interdisciplinary serials list outside a subject core that can be customized for specific institutions and subject areas.
I found a cite to this through Gregory K. Youngen's presentation at a recent Association of Interdisciplinary Studies conference.
The "Journal Club 2.0: Using Team-Based Learning and Online Collaboration to Engage Learners" in the latest issue of Academic Psychiatry discusses the addition of Team Based Learning and online collaboration to the Journal Club model of instruction. The article details the implementation of the program and reports on its utility in advancing student learning.
There are three relevant articles in the new October issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association.
Librarians identify strongly with users, understand institutional culture and politics, have a commitment to academic and intellectual values, and show a readiness to collaborate with people within and outside of the institution 1. Their neutral and apolitical interactions with faculty and academic leaders are a critical strength. These are strengths that position librarians to be effective arbiters of the intellectual and cultural needs of a campus. With no particular agenda and the ability to see the big picture, librarians can assume the role of trusted third party in discussions between and among differing interests for the good of the campus.
The bioinformatics service program was established at the Norris Medical Library in 2005. As part of program development, the library assessed users' bioinformatics needs, acquired additional funds, established and expanded service offerings, and explored additional roles in promoting on-campus collaboration.
There has been a shift in the workflow at academic biomedical research and clinical care centers to promote more efficient clinical and community implementation of bench discoveries. Strong financial support for this effort is provided by the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded to about sixty biomedical research institutions constituting the CTSA Consortium 1. CTSAs offer an opportunity to speed the translation of bench discoveries to improved human health by transforming the research enterprise at the local, regional, and national levels. These efforts include large-scale infrastructure projects, institution-wide coordination and provision of services, incentives to facilitate collaboration and team-based science, and education programs designed to train the next generation of researchers.
This article was recently published in Library Leadership & Management.
Collaboration in White Spaces: Librarians as Leaders in Evidence-Based Practice at CAM Institutions by Janet Tapper, Richard J. Severson, Noelle Stello, and Della Shupe.
White Spaces were first described by organizational change expert Gary Rummler in the 1960's to describe zones where meaningful action takes place outside of the normal chains of command dictated by organizational charts. This paper identifies key concepts for leadership in the white spaces as relationality, unanticipated organizational intention, intention to change and mutual purpose. Librarians serving nine Complementary and Alternative Medicine programs found themselves using white space leadership tactics to promote information literacy and evidence-based practice skills in the wake of receiving R25 grants from the National Institutes of Health. Their training as librarians paralleled the unique skills required for white space leadership and allowed them to create new opportunities for library integration into the curricula and programs of their institutions. Three case studies highlight the challenges of curriculum and cultural change at these schools and the synchronous opportunity for library involvement in those shifts.
This was presented at the 5th Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium, Wednesday, April 3, 2013.
Panel Discussion presentation: "Factors Leading to Successful Engagement of Academic Libraries in e-Science," Mary E. Piorun, University of Massachusetts Medical School.
"The Medical Heritage Library (MHL) is a digital curation collaborative among some of the world's leading medical libraries. The MHL promotes free and open access to quality historical resources in medicine. Our goal is to provide the means by which readers and scholars across a multitude of disciplines can examine the interrelated nature of medicine and society, both to inform contemporary medicine and strengthen understanding of the world in which we live." The quote is from http://archive.org/details/medicalheritagelibrary.
I found out about this new journal today, The Journal of eScience Librarianship (JESLIB). The publication "is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that advances the theory and practice of librarianship with a special focus on services related to data-driven research in the physical, biological, and medical sciences.
They have two articles on collaboration in the first issue.


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En mathématiques, la méthode des caractéristiques est une technique permettant de résoudre les équations aux dérivées partielles. Particulièrement adaptée aux problèmes de transport, elle est utilisée dans de nombreux domaines tels que la mécanique des fluides ou le transport de particules.

Dans certains cas particuliers, la méthode des caractéristiques peut permettre la résolution purement analytique de l'équation aux dérivées partielles. Dans les cas plus complexes (rencontrés par exemple en modélisation des systèmes physiques), la méthode des caractéristiques peut être utilisée comme une méthode de résolution numérique du problème.

Méthode analytique

Principe général

Pour une équation aux dérivées partielles du premier ordre, la méthode des caractéristiques cherche des courbes (appelées « lignes caractéristiques », ou plus simplement « caractéristiques ») le long desquelles l'équation aux dérivées partielles se réduit à une simple équation différentielle ordinaire. La résolution de l'équation différentielle ordinaire le long d'une caractéristique permet de retrouver la solution du problème original.

Exemple : Résolution analytique de l'équation de transport

On cherche une fonction  :

solution du problème suivant :

dans laquelle  est une constante.

On cherche une ligne caractéristique  le long de laquelle cette équation aux dérivées partielles du premier ordre se réduirait à une équation différentielle ordinaire. Calculons la dérivée de  le long d'une telle courbe :
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En imposant  et , on obtient :

La solution de l'équation reste donc constante le long de la ligne caractéristique.

Il vient ainsi trois équations différentielles ordinaires à résoudre :
  : en posant , on obtient :
 ;
  : en notant , on obtient :
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  :
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Dans ce cas, les lignes caractéristiques sont donc des droites de pente , le long desquelles la solution reste constante. La valeur de la solution en un point  peut donc être retrouvée en cherchant la valeur de la condition initiale  à l'origine  de la ligne caractéristique :

Cadre général des opérateurs différentiels linéaires
Soit X une variété différentiable et P un opérateur différentiel linéaire de  dans lui-même d'ordre k. En se donnant un système de coordonnées xi, P peut s'écrire sous la forme

où α désigne un multi-indice. Le symbole principal de P, noté σP, est la fonction sur le fibré cotangent T∗X défini dans un système de coordonnées local ξi par

où les coordonnées ξi sont induites par les différentielles dxi respectivement. Ceci permet d'assurer que σP est bien défini sur le fibré.

La fonction σP est homogène de degré k en ξ. Ces zéros, hors de la section nulle de T∗X, sont les caractéristiques de P. Une hypersurface de X définie par l'équation F(x) = c est appelée hypersurface caractéristique en x si

Invariant
Les invariants de Riemann sont constants le long des courbes caractéristiques des équations aux dérivées partielles.

Références

Caracteristiques
Methode des caracteristiques


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Карлос Хуан Финлей-и-Баррес (; 3 декабря 1833, Пуэрто-Принсипи, Куба — 20 августа 1915, Гавана, Куба) — кубинский врач и учёный, признанный пионером в исследовании жёлтой лихорадки.

Биография
Хуан Карлос Финлей-и-Баррес родился в Пуэрто-Принсипе (ныне Камагуэй) на Кубе 3 декабря 1833 года. В то время Куба была Генерал-капитанством Испании. Позднее он изменил порядок своих имён на Карлос Хуан. В 1853 году поступил в медицинский колледж Университета Томаса Джефферсона в Филадельфии, в штате Пенсильвания, который окончил в 1855 году. Продолжил образование в Гаване и Париже. После поселился в Гаване и открыл медицинскую практику.

Ещё в 1881 году он первым предположил, что носителем и переносчиком жёлтой лихорадки является определённый москит. В следующем году обнаружил вид комара — переносчика болезни. Мнение Финлея о роли комаров в переносе жёлтой лихорадки натолкнулось на непонимание. От него потребовали конкретных экспериментальных доказательств, а он их представить не мог. И хотя он и решился на эксперимент, в котором кровь здоровых людей, прибывших из Европы, сосали только что заражённые комары — но получил отрицательный результат. Впоследствии было выяснено, что комар становится инфекционным не сразу же, а лишь через определённое время и что отрицательный результат, который он сам не в состоянии был объяснить, вообще не опровергал его точки зрения.

Проводимые им исследования получили признание в 1900 году, когда Уолтер Рид экспериментально доказал его теорию. Хотя известность «победителя жёлтой лихорадки» закрепилась за Ридом, сам он неоднократно упоминал об исключительной роли Финлея в сделанном им открытии.

Карлос Хуан Финлей был главным санитарным врачом Кубы с 1902 по 1909 год. Проводил вакцинацию против жёлтой лихорадки. В муниципалитете Марианао, ныне в черте Гаваны, в его честь установлен обелиск с навершием в виде шприца. В 1981 году Финлей был также изображён на кубинской марке. Памятник в его честь находится и в Панаме, близ канала, который построили во многом благодаря уничтожению комаров - переносчиков жёлтой лихорадки. Существует премия ЮНЕСКО по микробиологии имени Карлоса Хуана Финлея.

Финлей был членом Королевской академии медицинских, физических и естественных наук в Гаване. Он свободно говорил по-французски, по-немецки, по-испански и по-английски, и мог читать на латыни. Автор многочисленных научных статей, исследовал проказу, холеру, болезни растений. Однако, его главным научным интересом был жёлтая лихорадка, которой он посвятил 40 статей. Финлей был врачом по призванию, лечил за свой счёт пациентов, которые не могли позволить себе медицинскую помощь. Он был номинирован семь раз на Нобелевскую премию по физиологии или медицине, но никогда не был удостоен награды. Получил орден Почётного легиона Франции в 1908 году. Умер от инсульта в своём доме в Гаване на Кубе 20 августа 1915 года.

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 Mellander, Gustavo A. (1971) The United States in Panamanian Politics: The Intriguing Formative Years. Danville, Ill.: Interstate Publishers. OCLC 138568.
 Mellander, Gustavo A.; Nelly Maldonado Mellander (1999). Charles Edward Magoon: The Panama Years. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. ISBN 1-56328-155-4. OCLC 42970390.
 Pierce J.R., J, Writer. 2005. Yellow Jack: How Yellow Fever Ravaged America and Walter Reed Discovered its Deadly Secrets. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-47261-1
 Crosby, M.C. 2006. The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History. Berkley Books. ISBN 0-425-21202-5
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The second factsheet in a series, providing information about money and economic issues in relation to the Scottish independence referendum.
These information packs highlight the benefits of Scotland remaining in the UK. The aim is to provide voters with clear, accurate, factual information to help them make an informed decision ahead of the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014.
The material comes in a factsheet-style format and complements the more detailed Scotland Analysis series, which contains in-depth analysis of the benefits of a United Kingdom.
The factsheet material has been produced in response to demand from the public who want to be better informed ahead of the referendum. The content is based on findings from the Scotland Analysis work and is designed to provide referendum information which is clear, concise and factually accurate.


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Q: System Design for Aws IAM Policy or GCP policy evaluation How can we design a policy evaluation system like aws IAM or google IAM, any guidance will help.
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*what kind of structure should we use for permission evaluation? for ex. one user can have multiple policy attached to same resource(s3 bucket policy as well as aws IAM custom policy). how to determine if user action is allowed or denied? Do we need to represent in specific types of tree? How will this policy evaluation scale[may depend on previous answer] ?
Sample Policy JSON
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement":[{ -->Can have multiple statement
    "Effect": "Allow", -> allow or deny
    "Action": "s3:*",
    "Resource": ["arn:aws:s3:::********",
                 "arn:aws:s3:::**********/*"],
    "Condition": -> any condition
    }
  ]
}

Initially I have thought of designing system for policy evaluation only.Now I am looking into KeyCloak as it is an open source IAM tool, and AWS IAM Functionality& Permission Boundaries.Aws json policy schema/example can be found here. Please help.

A: You are asking for opinions/recommendations which makes your question off-topic. There is no one single correct answer. Ask questions that present a problem that can be solved with a fact-based answer.
The security designs of AWS and Google Cloud are very different. I would not try to shoehorn AWS' style of authorization with Google Cloud's or the reverse. Each vendor approaches security in equally strong ways using very different implementations.

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Discussion in 'Market Predictions and Reports' started by Erik, Mar 24, 2009.
The FTSE is currently indicating a stronger open, as traders wait for the release of the UK Consumer Price Index. Analysts are worried that a hotter then expected inflation could put another strain on an already beaten up consumer. The FTSE could get a nice boost if the numbers come lower then expected.
Oil continues to trade at its highest levels in almost four months as a weaker dollar spurred demand for a hedge against inflation and on speculation that an economic slump wont worsen. Traders are starting to buy long contracts hoping that the latest economic data is not just an aberration. Oil prices could test the 55 dollar per barrel level before the end of the week.


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The Continental System (1806)
Since 1793, the French government had carried out policies intended to ruin British commerce; it hoped in this way to eliminate or at least dampen the British will to join in and its ability to finance military coalitions against the French. Napoleon ultimately tried to exclude Great Britain from all commerce with the continent.
This source is a part of the The Napoleonic Experience teaching module.
"The Continental System (1806)," 1806, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
From our imperial camp at Berlin, 21 November 1806.
Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of Italy, in consideration of the fact:
1. That England does not recognize the system of international law universally observed by all civilized nations.
2. That she regards as an enemy every individual belonging to the enemy's state, and consequently makes prisoners of war not only of the crews of armed ships of war but of the crews of ships of commerce and merchantmen, and even of commercial agents and of merchants traveling on business.
3. That she extends to the vessels and commercial wares and to the property of individuals the right of conquest, which is applicable only to the possessions of the belligerent power.
4. That she extends to unfortified towns and commercial ports, to harbors and the mouths of rivers, the right of blockade, which, in accordance with reason and the customs of all civilized nations, is applicable only to strong places. That she declares places in a state of blockade before which she has not even a single ship of war, although a place may not be blockaded except it be so completely guarded that no attempt to approach it can be made without imminent danger. That she has declared districts in a state of blockade which all her united forces would be unable to blockade, such as entire coasts and the whole of an empire.
5. That this monstrous abuse of the right of blockade has no other aim than to prevent communication among the nations and to raise the commerce and the industry of England upon the ruins of that of the continent.
6. That, since this is the obvious aim of England, whoever deals on the continent in English goods, thereby favors and renders himself an accomplice of her designs.
7. That this policy of England, worthy of the earliest stages of barbarism, has profited that power to the detriment of every other nation.
8. That it is a natural right to oppose such arms against an enemy as he makes use of, and to fight in the same way that he fights. Since England has disregarded all ideas of justice and every high sentiment, due to the civilization among mankind, we have resolved to apply to her the usages which she has ratified in her maritime legislation.
The provisions of the present decree shall continue to be looked upon as embodying the fundamental principles of the Empire until England shall recognize that the law of war is one and the same on land and sea, and that the rights of war cannot be extended so as to include private property of any kind or the persons of individuals unconnected with the profession of arms, and that the right of blockade should be restricted to fortified places actually invested by sufficient forces.
We have consequently decreed and do decree that which follows:
Article I.– The British Isles are declared to be in a state of blockade.
Article II.– All commerce and all correspondence with the British Isles are forbidden. Consequently letters or packages directed to England or to an Englishman or written in the English language shall not pass through the mails and shall be seized.
Article III.– Every individual who is an English subject, of whatever state or condition he may be, who shall be discovered in any country occupied by our troops or by those of our allies, shall be made a prisoner of war.
Article IV.– All warehouses, merchandise or property of whatever kind belonging to a subject of England shall be regarded as a lawful prize.
Article V.– Trade in English goods is prohibited, and all goods belonging to England or coming from her factories or her colonies are declared a lawful prize.
Article VI.– Half of the product resulting from the confiscation of the goods and possessions declared a lawful prize by the preceding articles shall be applied to indemnify the merchants for the losses they have experienced by the capture of merchant vessels taken by English cruisers.
Article VII.– No vessel coming directly from England or from the English colonies or which shall have visited these since the publication of the present decree shall be received in any port.
Article VIII.– Any vessel contravening the above provision by a false declaration shall be seized, and the vessel and cargo shall be confiscated as if it were English property.
Article IX.– Our Court of Prizes at Paris shall pronounce final judgment in all cases arising in our Empire or in the countries occupied by the French Army relating to the execution of the present decree. Our Courts of Prizes at Milan shall pronounce final judgment in the said cases which may arise within our Kingdom of Italy.
Article X.– The present decree shall be communicated by our minister of foreign affairs to the King of Spain, of Naples, of Holland and of Etruria, and to our other allies whose subjects like ours are the victims of the unjust and barbarous maritime legislation of England.
Article XI.– Our ministers of foreign affairs, of war, of the navy, of finance and of the police and our Directors General of the port are charged with the execution of the present decree so far as it affects them.
(Signed),
Napoleon.
Done by the Emperor,
Hugue Maret,
Ministerial Secretary of State
James H. Robinson, ed., Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History, vol II, no. 2: The Napoleonic Period (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1902), pp. 19-21.
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Below is list of Latvian language exonyms for places in non-Latvian-speaking places:

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Denmark

Estonia

France

Germany

Greece

Italy

Lithuania

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Switzerland

See also

List of European exonyms
Names of Lithuanian places in other languages

Latvian
Exonyms


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Toolbox: 360 Desktop transforms your desktop into a virtual control room where you can browse the internet, watch movies or play games on huge, interactive floating screens in a custom VR environment.
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In the future - according to sci-fi movies, at least - we won't use computers or keyboards but, instead, interact with huge floating, holographic displays. Want a taste of that future today? Then you might want to consider Toolbox: 360 Desktop. This VR experience lets you drop your old-fashioned desktop with its icons and buttons you need to press, swapping them for a series of larger-than-life interactive displays straight out of science fiction. You can open web browsers, movie players or even games and play them in the virtual room in front of you.
There's good news and bad news here. The bad is that it's not exactly cheap for what it does. It merely repackages the desktop. And it lacks some of its basics functionality, such as multitasking. Like watching a movie and scrolling through Twitter? Well, that won't work. The good news is that one day it might, as this continues to receive a lot of developer support and frequent, meaningful updates.
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In establishing the site, there were several parameters. We were asked to portray a serious (albeit beginning) training in the three theatre performance disciplines, vocal performance, acting and dance yet maintain a solid sense of fun and approachability. Setting a tone of excellence for the UKOT Academy for Creative Excellence (and their summer Broadway Bound programs) was important because the instructors at the Academy are directors, vocal coaches, and choreographers who are actively engaged in the arts on a local, national, and international scale. However, all of their instructors have a love for young people and a passion for performing arts education – and their passion is infectious!


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Riyu Kosaka (小 坂 り ゆ, Kosaka Riyu?) (Kanagawa, Japan, January 17, 1985) is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
She is the main vocalist of the band BeForU, and apart from continuing with her band, she sets aside her solo career.
The musical beginnings of Riyu Kosaka was when she was fifteen years old, inside the audition "Dance Dance Revolution Artist Audition 2001", which took place in November 2000. Here the band BeForU was formed, where Riyu takes place as one of the leading vocalists, as well as assumes the writing of numerous subjects. Creating music for both her band and herself, Riyu eventually becomes the BeForU singer who is seen the most projection, and has fans both in Japan and worldwide, among fans of the popular games of Konami dance where his themes are included.
Already in 2001, with little time that BeForU remained formed, Riyu released her first single as a soloist, entitled "true …", an electronic Pop track that was also included in dance games along with the themes of Riyu in the company of his group. The original version of "true …" as well as its remix version were very well received by Konami fans, which gave Riyu a platform to continue creating solo music.
In the year 2004, Riyu released her first solo album, "begin", a disc whose main influence was the electronic music characteristic of her music, she had several songs by BeForU re-arranged, covers by other artists, as well as also original productions created by the young woman. In January 2005 she performed for the first time in the Shibuya O-East in a concert exclusively for her, and where she had direct contact with her fans, as well as for the first time she experienced the experience of acting alone on a large stage presenting her music . His personal blog "Riyu Kosaka no Message Blog" also became quite popular, and being updated by Riyu herself on a daily basis, it has been several among the ten most visited websites in Japan.
Between 2005 and 2006 also in conjunction with Ryō Horikawa as a radio personality for Pakedio Channel, and his song Little Wings was later included in the Pakedio Channel Vol. 1 compilation.
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ST. GEORGE – Earlier this month, the St. George City Council approved a preliminary city budget for the upcoming 2017-18 fiscal year. The pending $218 million budget anticipates continuing growth and projected increases over last year as well.
The tentative budget was adopted by the City Council during its May 4 meeting. A draft of the budget is open for public review prior to it being solidified and passed by the council in June.
"It doesn't bind you to anything. It just allows the process to go forward," City Manager Gary Esplin said to the council in the May 4 meeting.
The budget's general fund is projected to be 66.8 million – $2 million more than the previous year's estimated budget which Esplin had called a "historic" amount.
City officials project the city's growth to continue around 3 percent. Sales and property tax for the current year are estimated to be at around 5.6 percent and 6 percent respectively due to new growth over the last year. The budget itself is based on estimates of growth in sales tax revenues of 5 percent and property tax revenues of 4 percent in the coming year.
While there are no tax increases outlined in the budget, Esplin noted a possible increase in water rates could be on the horizon should the Washington County Water Conservancy District raise its wholesale rates again.
Among the items and projects recommended for funding in the budget include: the purchase of four new patrol vehicles at $172,000 and two motorcycles at $49,000 for the Police Department; over $850,000 for a new paid-parking system and the purchase of snow removal equipment for the St. George Regional Airport; and $400,000 for the Red Hills Golf clubhouse.
Among the new hires recommended in the budget are those related to public safety. Positions approved for the St. George Police Department include two new traffic officers, a detective, a full-time animal services officer and new shift supervisor for the Communications Center. A spot for a new fire inspector for the Fire Department was also approved.
While addressing the City Council Thursday, St. George Police Chief Marlin Stratton said the two new traffic officers were needed due to the less than sane way some residents act on the road.
"People in our city drive crazy," he said.
A transfer of $1 million from the Capital Projects Fund to the Fire Department Impact Fund is also recommended to help cover the cost of the new fire station being built in the Little Valley area.
Public works projects outlined in the proposed budget also include improvement to Bloomington Drive at $1.2 million as well as future road improvements in the area around the new high school in Washington Fields. Around $300,000 is also recommended for the Fort Pierce Wash/Commerce Drive crossing.
The proposed 2017-18 budget is available for public review on the City of St. George website and under the resources section at the end of this article. A physical copy can be reviewed at the St. George City Offices, 175 E. 200 North.
Public hearings on the budget will also be held during City Council meetings set for June 1 and 15, with a vote to officially adopt the budget slated for the latter date.
$43,000 for a patrol vehicle? I hope it can fly. $25,000 for police motorcycle? Something is wrong here?


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The Pay-As-You-Go morning "Drop In" Yoga classes in Lackagh Museum (during school terms) will recommence on Monday next. The classes will take place on Mondays at 10am for Beginners/All Levels/Men & Women; Tuesdays at 10am with Chair Yoga for men – all with a qualified and experienced teacher. For additional information, contact Olyvia @ 086-8102846.
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Team Jorvik Amateur Swimming Club was established on 1 July 2007. Since then the club has grown organically based upon its strong clear vision and set of values that centre around the club's commitment to helping every swimmer achieve their potential.
Through the provision of excellent coaching and a high coach to swimmer ratio, Team Jorvik consistently produces highly competitive swimmers and excellent results in local and regional competitions. In 2018 we were very proud to see three of our swimmers qualify for the summer national competitions.
The Club is run by a voluntary management committee, who work closely with our Head Coach, David Maxwell, himself a former national and international swimmer.
Team Jorvik caters for all age groups and ability levels. Anyone who wishes to improve their swimming will be given every opportunity to do so, provided they have a desire to improve and a willingness to put in the effort required. We want to get the absolute best out of every swimmer, but we never put pressure on anyone to train harder than they are willing to or to compete if they are not happy to. Enjoyment of swimming is a key factor and, when combined with an excellent training programme, this produces results that the swimmers themselves are proud of and gives them the motivation to continue to work hard.
We aim to group swimmers together in a way that maximises their success long term through getting the most out of each training session. We have an ethos of team membership and peer support, which creates a positive and constructive environment for both personal and physical development.
We also encourage the involvement of family members in all aspects of the running of the club: mums, dads and grandparents all have important roles to play on our committee and coaching staff. Team Jorvik has a friendly, inclusive and happy atmosphere, where newcomers are warmly welcomed.
We use several pools around the city and outlying villages: Archbishop Holgate's School, Queen Margaret's School Escrick, Yearsley Swimming Baths, The Mount School, Energise Leisure Centre, St Peter's School and Stamford Bridge Community Pool.
Our development programme is designed to safely teach the basic skills needed by competitive swimmers, whilst having fun every time they get in the water. Through this they gain lifelong water safety whilst making new friends.
As the swimmers progress mentally and physically, we focus on developing their skills and 'train them to train' with a view to competition. They begin to understand the importance of an active lifestyle, develop self-confidence and learn to understand the concept of individual competition, whilst very much being part of a team.
As they progress to 'training to compete', they learn to maintain good technique over longer distances and practice race skills such as starts, turns and tactical aspects of racing. They also learn about good training skills such as warming up, stretching and how to train.
Through regular competition, they learn to set their own goals and love the feeling of success. They also learn to reapply themselves if those goals aren't achieved, and through this learn the fine art of hard work and dedication. They become physically fit, mentally strong, individually driven and team orientated.
A key part of becoming a great swimmer is to become a great athlete first. Team Jorvik has dedicated land training sessions in addition to pool time, enabling swimmers to develop all round fitness, strength, flexibility, joint control and mobility.
We also have programmes for those who prefer to prioritise swimming for fitness and enjoyment over the demands and commitment of competitive swimming. By training alongside the competitive squads, these members still feel very much included as part of the club.
Our current squad structure is explained here, together with the training times of each group.
If your child has achieved Swim England Level 7 (or equivalent) and would like to experience competitive swimming training, then come along for a free trial session and a chat to see if we meet their needs. Children below this standard are warmly invited to join our swim school, Jorvik Swim Academy until they are ready to join the main club squads.


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Heavy rains and subsequent flooding forced thousands of Australians to flee last week. Many people are still without electricity and the authorities are repairing transformers and cleaning roads. They are also devoid of wetlands spiders.
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W Australia The arachnophobia nightmare has come true. Because of the heavy rain and wet ground, the spiders had to move a little higher to protect themselves from the water. It works just like our Indian summer – spiders weave threads that reach, wind-borne, to safe, elevated areas. Hence the cobwebs that covered the weeds, meadows and roadsides. This is common yet flood.
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– When we have that kind of heavy rain and floods, the animals that spend their lives on Earth can no longer live there and do exactly what we're trying to do – they're moving higher – explained. CNN Professor Dieter Hocholi, an ecologist at the University of Sydney.
A similar phenomenon was already observed in Gippsland in 2013. After heavy rains, the area was covered with a dense spider web as it is now.
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outlet Independent.co.uk It is reported that spider migrations can also be seen in the Australian state of New South Wales in March this year. Residents shared photos and videos showing groups of spiders trying to escape the flood. They took refuge, among other things, in homes after New South Wales was hit by its worst floods in 50 years.
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vienna, Austria.

Prior to 19th century

 1st-millennium BCE – Vindobona settled.
 180 – Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius dies in Vindobona.
 740 - Church of St Ruprecht, the oldest church in Vienna, first built.
 881 – The Bavarians had their first clash at Wenia with the Hungarians (first mention of Vienna).
 1030 – The Hungarians besiege Vienna.
 1155
 Henry II, Duke of Austria appoints Vienna as capital city.
 Schottenstift founded.
 1160 – St. Stephen's Cathedral built.
 1221 – Vienna receives rights as staple port.
 1237 - Vienna received a charter of freedom from Frederick II., confirmed in 1247.
 1251 – Ottokar II of Bohemia in power.
 1276 – Foundation stone for the Minorites Church laid by King Ottokar II of Bohemia.
 1278 – City charter granted.
 1280 – Jans der Enikel writes the Fürstenbuch, a first history of the city.
 1349 – Augustinian Church consecrated.
 1365 – University of Vienna founded.university.
 1421 – Jews expelled.
 1482 – Johann Winterburger sets up printing press (approximate date).
 1485
 Siege of Vienna by Kingdom of Hungary, city passed to Hungary.
 Royal Court of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary relocated to Vienna (known as Bécs in Hungarian).
 1515 – First Congress of Vienna.
 1529 – Siege of Vienna by Turks.
 1556 – Vienna becomes seat of Holy Roman Empire under Ferdinand I.
 1598 – Donaukanal regulated.
 1600 – Melchior Khlesl becomes Bishop of Vienna.
 1643 – Schönbrunn Palace built.
 1668 – July: Premiere of Cesti's opera Il pomo d'oro.
 1678 – Palais Modena completed.
 1679 – Great Plague of Vienna.

 1683 – Battle of Vienna.
 1684 – Kollschitzky coffeehouse in business.
 1692 – Academy of Fine Arts Vienna founded.
 1702 – Palais Strozzi completed.
 1703 – Palais Liechtenstein built.
 1704 – Linienwall fortification built.
 1709 – Theater am Kärntnertor built.
 1712 – Palais Trautson completed.
 1713 – Plague epidemic.
 1716 – Palais Kinsky completed.
 1718 – Vienna Porcelain Manufactory founded.
 1724 – Population: 150,000.
 1735 – Winter Riding School built.
 1741 – Burgtheater opens.

 1762 – Premiere of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice.
 1765
 Tiergarten Schönbrunn (zoo) opens.
 Artaria publishing firm founded.
 1766 – Prater opens.
 1770 – Chess-playing Mechanical Turk introduced at Schönbrunn Palace.
 1772 – Freyung Christmas market begins.
 1781- Mozart arrives to Vienna from Salzburg.
 1786 - Premiere of  Mozart's Marriage of Figaro.
 Demel confectionery and Gesellschaft der Associierten founded.
 1 May: Premiere of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro.
 1790 – Population: 260,000.
 1791 – 30 September: Premiere of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.
 1792 – Schweighofer piano manufactury established. Beethoven arrives to Vienna from Bonn.
 1800 – 2 April: Premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1.

19th century
 1802 – Palais Erdődy commissioned.
 1805
 23 May: Premiere of Beethoven's opera Fidelio.
 13 November: Napoleon takes city.
 1807 – Czartoryski Palace built.
 1808 – 22 December: Premiere of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Choral Fantasy, and Piano Concerto No. 4 at the Theater an der Wien.
 1809 – Battle of Aspern-Essling. Joseph Haydn dies.
 1814
 Congress of Vienna.
 C.F. Peters music publisher in business.
 1824 – 7 May: Premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
 1827- 27 March: Ludwig van Beethoven dies.
 1829 – Leopoldine Society formed.
 1832 – Sachertorte invented.
 1840 - Population: 469,400.
 1842
 Austrian Southern Railway begins.
 Philharmonische Academie formed.
 1847 – Austrian Academy of Sciences established.

 1848 – Vienna Uprising.
 1850
 City expanded beyond Innere Stadt.
 Population: 551,300.
 1858 – Ringstraße constructed.
 1860/1864 - the fine and lofty tower of the Cathedral of St Stephen rebuilt.
 1864
 Palais Todesco completed.
 Neue Freie Presse newspaper begins publication.
 1867 – Palais Toskana built.
 1869
 Vienna State Opera house built.
 Population: 842,951.
 1870
 Works started to regulate the Danube to make it safe for navigation.
 Musikverein inaugurated.
 1873
 World exposition held.
 Café Landtmann and Hotel Imperial in business.
 1874
 Palais Chotek completed.
 Premiere of Strauss's opera Die Fledermaus.
 1875 – Danube levees constructed.
 1876
 Academy of Fine Arts building erected.
 Hotel Sacher established.
 Café Central in business.
 1878 – Palais Nathaniel Rothschild built.
 1879 – Geological Office formed.
 1880
 Café Sperl in business.
 Population: 1,090,119.
 1881 – Palace of Justice (Vienna) built.
 1882 – Palmenhaus Schönbrunn (greenhouse) opens.
 1883 - Completion of the Vienna City Hall, an immense Gothic building.
 1884 – Palais Albert Rothschild built.
 1885 – Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory and Alpinen Gesellschaft Edelraute (hiking club) established.
 1886 – Hermesvilla built.
 1887 – Historical Museum of the City of Vienna established.
 1889 –  active.

 1890 – City expanded; population: 1,364,548.
 1891 – Kunsthistorisches Museum (art museum) opens.
 1892 – City hosts the 1892 European Figure Skating Championships.
 1894
 January: City hosts the 1894 European Figure Skating Championships.
 Palais Rothschild (Prinz-Eugen-Straße) built.
 1895 – Palais Lanckoroński completed.
 1897
 Wiener Riesenrad erected.
 Vienna Secession art group founded.
 1898
 Wiener Stadtbahn begins.
 Secession Building constructed.
 City hosts the 1898 ICA Track Cycling World Championships.
 1899
 Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams published.
  magazine begins publication.
 1900 – Population: 1,769,137.

20th century

1900s–1940s
 1901 – Universal Edition in business.
 1902
 Freudenau harbor constructed.
 Franciszek Trześniewski opens restaurant.
 1903
 Kuchelau harbor constructed.
 Wiener Werkstätte art group founded.
 1904
 Floridsdorf district added.
  in business.
 1907 – City hosts the 1907 World Figure Skating Championships.
 1908 – Vienna Psychoanalytic Society active.
 1910 – Population: 2,031,000.
 1912 – Aspern Airfield opens.
 1913
 23 February: Premiere of Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder.
  becomes mayor.
 1915 – April: Conference of Central European Socialist Parties held in Vienna.

 1916 – 30 November: Funeral of Franz Joseph I of Austria.
 1918 – Red Vienna begins.
 1919
 Lainzer Tiergarten opens.
 Jakob Reumann becomes mayor.
 1920
 Austrian National Library established.
 Hungarian Historical Institute in Vienna founded.
 1921
 The Geistkreis seminar begins.
  (garden) established.
 International Working Union of Socialist Parties founded in Vienna.
 1923
 Karl Seitz becomes mayor.
 Phaidon Press founded.
 1924 – Collegium Hungaricum Vienna founded.
 1925 –  (cinema) opens.
 1929 – Austrian Bridge Federation founded.
 1931 – Ernst-Happel-Stadion built.
 1934 – Richard Schmitz becomes mayor.

 1938
 Anschluss.
 Hermann Neubacher becomes mayor.
 City expands.
 1940 – Philipp Wilhelm Jung becomes mayor.
 1941 – Kehal Adas Yereim Vien established.
 1942 – Bombing begins.
 1943
 30 August: Vienna-Schwechat (Heidfeld) subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly Polish, Soviet, Italian and Spanish.
 30 December: Hanns Blaschke becomes mayor.
 1944
 Vienna-Schwechat ('Santa') subcamp of Mauthausen established.
 13 July: Vienna-Schwechat (Heidfeld) subcamp dissolved, Vienna-Floridsdorf subcamp of Mauthausen established. Prisoners moved from Schwechat (Heidfeld) to Floridsdorf.
 20 August: Vienna-Saurerwerke subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly Poles and Soviet citizens.
 September: Vienna-Hinterbrühl subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly Polish, Soviet and Italian.
 28 September: Vienna-Schönbrunn subcamp of Mauthausen established.
 1945
 Vienna Offensive.
 31 March: Vienna-Schwechat ('Santa') subcamp dissolved. Prisoners moved to the Hinterbrühl subcamp.
 1 April: Floridsdorf, Hinterbrühl and Schönbrunn subcamps dissolved. Prisoners are evacuated by the SS in death marches to the Steyr-Münichholz subcamp and main Mauthausen camp. Massacre of 52 Hinterbrühl prisoners, who were unable to walk.
 2 April: Vienna-Saurerwerke subcamp dissolved. Prisoners are evacuated by the SS in a death march to the Steyr-Münichholz subcamp, except for ill prisoners who are left behind.
 Allied-occupied city.
 Rudolf Prikryl becomes mayor, succeeded by Theodor Körner.
 Soviet War Memorial installed.
 1948 – Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna founded.

1950s–1990s
 1951
 March: City hosts the 1951 World Table Tennis Championships.
 Franz Jonas becomes mayor.
 1952 – City hosts the 1952 European Figure Skating Championships.
 1954
 Vienna International Airport opens.
 Flood.
 1955 – City hosts the 1955 World Figure Skating Championships.
 1957
 February: City hosts the 1957 European Figure Skating Championships.
 International Atomic Energy Agency headquartered in Vienna.
 1958 –  built.

 1959
 Vienna Museum opens.
 City hosts World Festival of Youth and Students.
 1960 – Österreichische Mediathek (sound archive) headquartered in city.
 1961 – Vienna summit of USA and USSR.
 1962 – Vienna S-Bahn begins.
 1964 – Österreichisches Filmmuseum established.
 1965 –  becomes mayor.
 1967
 February–March: City hosts the 1967 World Figure Skating Championships.
 March: City hosts the 1967 Ice Hockey World Championships.
 1968 – Austrian Science Fund formed.
 1969 – OPEC Headquarter moves from Geneva, Switzerland to Vienna.
 1970 –  becomes mayor.
 1971 – City hosts the 1971 World Fencing Championships.
 1973 – Leopold Gratz becomes mayor.
 1974 – Polish Institute in Vienna founded.

 1976
 8 May: Vienna U-Bahn opens.
 1 August: Reichsbrücke collapse.
 1977 – City hosts the 1977 Ice Hockey World Championships.
 1979
 March: City hosts the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships.
 Vienna Islamic Centre and UNO City built.
 1983
 July: City hosts the 1983 World Fencing Championships.
 Donauinselfest begins.
 1984 – Helmut Zilk becomes mayor.
 1985
 Airport attack.
 Institute of Technology Assessment founded.
 1988
 New Danube channel constructed.
 ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival begins
 1990 – Museum in Progress created.
 1991 – City hosts the 1991 World Rowing Championships.
 1992 – The biggest AIDS charity event in Europe, the Life Ball begins.
 1993 – World Conference on Human Rights held.
 1994
 Czech Centre in Vienna founded.
 Michael Häupl becomes mayor.
 1995 – Secretariat for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe established.
 1996 – City hosts the 1996 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.
 1998 –  built.
 1999 – Millennium Tower built.
 2000
 City website online (approximate date).
  built.

21st century

 2001 –  and Ares Tower built.
 2003 – Lighthouse Wien founded.
 2004 –  built.
 2005 – City co-hosts the 2005 IIHF World Championship.
 2007 – EU Fundamental Rights Agency established.
 2008
 World Institute for Nuclear Security headquartered in city.
 UEFA European Football Championship held.
 2010 – Wiener Staatsballet formed.
 2011
 Smart City Wien begins.
 Funeral of Otto von Habsburg.
 2014 – Population: 1,797,337.
 2020 – The Vienna attack occurs.

See also
 History of Vienna
 History of the Jews in Vienna
 List of mayors of Vienna
 Years in Austria
 Timelines of other cities in Austria: Graz, Linz, Salzburg

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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Breastfeeding I was not prepared for! When I was pregnant I had read up on labour, done the NCT classes and religiously checked on the different stages of the baby's growth. I was well informed and mentally prepared for labour and what was to come. My pregnancy was text book; straight forward and no complications. My body was performing daily miracles and doing what it was meant to do and so I knew when the time came, my natural instincts would take over and I didn't need to worry about labour. I didn't however think much about breastfeeding because again I thought my body would take over and do what it was designed to do.
This wasn't the case and within 12 hours of my daughter being born, she was struggling to feed properly and had to introduced to a formula feed. I didn't once think about needing to feed any other way other than naturally and so this came as a shock to me. It felt like the first time since finding out I was pregnant my body was failing me. It seemed as though me and my baby were not compatible. She had been a part of me for 9 months but now it felt like she was rejecting me.
You hear so often breast is best and I am all for it but within a few weeks I found myself crying to my husband, telling him I wanted to give up. Everything about it was a pain. The only way my baby would comfortably feed was if I was lying down on a bed (not very practical when out and about). After 2 months, I had also developed mastitis which is a blocked milk duct and the most painful thing I have ever experienced. I would do labour again if it meant I never had to feed my child again it was that bad. So to me breastfeeding sucked! It was inconvenient, painful and long (each feed took about an hour, which it shouldn't).
3. Make feeding work for me. As mentioned she would only feed lying down and so it meant there wasn't any flexibility in my day. Therefore I made the decision that if I was going to be out and about and she needed a feed, I would give her a bottle. Thankfully she was introduced to a bottle very early on so was comfortable feeding from one. I wasn't going to beat myself up about the fact that every now and then she would be fed formula. This also meant that we were no longer had to stick close to home, we could go anywhere.
4. Change my mindset. I had to look at breastfeeding in a new positive light. I was giving my baby a great start in life and in order to overcome my obstacles I had to remind myself of the importance. It was amazing, the moment I admitted to struggling and needing help, the moment breastfeeding got better.
5. Persevere. People would tell me "it shouldn't hurt, you must not be doing it right" and truth is I probably wasn't but it wasn't all about me. It was about my baby too and how she was doing. I had to keep working with my baby until she started to feed properly and slowly she got better at feeding and knew what she was meant to be doing.
So, now my daughter is 3 and a half months and I am pleased to say that I achieved my first goal, we made it to 3 months! In fact most days she is entirely breast fed. I did not think I would get to this point but I am so pleased I carried on. The ladies I spoke to were right, it shouldn't hurt and thankfully after following their advice it doesn't anymore. I was at a conference this weekend and I was able to breastfeed my baby in public for the first time and I did not need to find a sofa, she can now breastfeed whilst I am sitting up and no longer takes an hour.
Like all challenges we face whether at work or in our personal lives a good plan, realistic timescales, good people around you and perseverance can make all the difference. Bring on the next 6 months!


As I don't have much of a sweet tooth, I made these savoury pancakes to serve with the peanut butter chicken stir fry for our dinner. These are gluten-free, dairy-free and packed with (not-so-secret) greens! You can replace the coconut milk with almond milk if you prefer, but I like the fragrant flavour the coconut gives these. The spinach doesn't have a distinctive flavour, so these can also be served with sweet toppings, if you prefer. Another great serving idea is to make these for breakfast and serve them with a poached egg and some avocado.
1.) Place the spinach in a blender with the water and coconut milk to form a green liquid.
2.) Use a sieve to sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl.
3.) Make a well in the centre of the flour and break the egg into it.
4.) Whisk the egg into the flour.
5.) Gradually add small amounts of the spinach mixture, continuing to whisk. When you have added all of the liquid, whisk until the batter is smooth and runny. If it's too thick, add some more water and mix in.
6.) Melt the coconut oil in a pan. Pour 1/2 tbsp of it into the batter and mix it in. Pour the remaining coconut oil into a small bowl and drizzle some into the pan before each pancake is made.
7.) Once the pan is really hot, reduce the heat slightly. Use a ladle to pour the batter into the pan.
8.) Once the batter has been poured into the pan, rotate the pan to coat it in batter.
9.) Cook for 2-3 minutes before flipping to do the same on the other side. Remove and serve with your choice of filling.
Fun alternative! You are lucky to not have a sweet tooth. I have like 20 of them!!
Thanks. I got into raw healthy alternatives because I wasn't willing to give up my sweets nor my health!
Well I'm so glad you did because your Valentine's Day recipe looked amazing!!