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Norman Foster design And The Beatles music bring a very brit vibe to the estate
Tanya T. Lara
October 18, 2019 /in Residential /by Maricel Yasona
Located at 6747 Ayala Avenue, the last plot of real estate on the country's most expensive street, the Foster-designed condominium will be the most expensive per square meter when it is completed in 2023.
What do architect Norman Foster and the Beatles have in common? They're British icons loved the world over for their design and music, respectively.
But there's more: Foster was included in Sir Peter Blake's recreation of his 1967 Beatles album cover "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," which originally featured James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. In 2012, Blake created a new artwork featuring the people he admired and Foster was one of them, as well as JK Rowling, Alexander McQueen, Amy Winehouse, the Monty Python foot (yes, just the foot, not the whole gang!), Noel Gallager and 72 other cultural figures that inspired Blake.
The Estate's Lifestyle unit living room views. The Estate is a joint-venture project of Federal Land and SMDC.
On Monday, Oct. 21, the theatrical production Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles will be held at the Grand Hyatt Manila, exclusively for buyers, agents and investors of The Estate Makati, a residential condominium designed by Foster + Partners, led and founded by Norman Foster.
The Estate is a joint-venture project of Federal Land and SMDC. This is not the first time the Ty and Sy families have jointly built a residential condominium. Their first joint venture was The Ritz, also on Ayala Avenue and hailed as a modern, innovative building when it was launched in the 1980s.
Norman Foster, founder of Foster + Partners, the architectural firm that designed The Estate.
The Estate is a luxury residential high-rise being constructed at 6747 Ayala Avenue, the last plot of real estate on the country's most expensive street per square meter, and when it is finished it will be the most expensive condominium in the country.
Both Foster and The Beatles are also favorites of Federal Land chairman Alfred Ty, who saw Let It Be on London's West End and so enjoyed it that he decided to bring it to Manila for a one-night show.
Let It Be begins with The Beatles' performance at Liverpool's Cavern Club in 1962 and follows their journey to the US beginning on The Ed Sullivan Show until the group's breakup in 1970. The show was first mounted on West End in 2012, was brought to Broadway and has toured the world, including Japan where the performers were last week when typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Tokyo.
Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles: Chris Mc- burney as Ringo Starr (drums), John Brosnan as George Har- rison (guitar), Niel Candelora as Paul McCartney (bass), and Mi- chael Gagliano as John Lennon (guitar). The group is mounting a one-night-only show for The Estate's buyers and investors on Oct. 21 at The Grand Hyatt.
Michael Gagliano, the actor who plays John Lennon, said during the presscon on Thursday that he was on the ninth floor of his hotel during the typhoon last Saturday. It was their fourth time to perform in Japan and he added that Let it Be has been seen by two million people around the world.
The present iteration (it was revamped in 2016 and the West End version differs a little from Broadway's) features faves from the Beatles career and an all-new second half that "imagines a world in which the Beatles are reunited."
The Estate at 6747 Ayala Avenue, Makati
Songs include Hard's Day Night, Day Tripper, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Twist & Shout, Get Back, I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Strawberry Fields, and a reunion that everyone was hoping for.
The actors of Let It Be say they're not just performers, but also "massive Beatles fans."
They're fans of Norman Foster as well, saying the architect's well loved for his designs in London, especially for The Gherkin or, more formally, the 30 St. Mary Axe commercial building, standing at 41 stories in the city's financial district since 2004.
Living room facing Ayala Avenue: The Estate is built under the joint venture company STRC. The Ty and Sy families' first joint venture was The Ritz, also on Ayala Avenue and hailed as a modern, innovative building when it was launched in the 1980s. The Estate is spearheaded by the second generation of both families.
How did The Estate choose Foster + Partners? Pascual M. Garcia III, president of STRC, the joint venture company of Federal Land and SMDC, said at a recent media roundtable, "We shortlisted popular names in the industry and looked into those whom we felt perfectly matched our vision and philosophy for the project. It wasn't a difficult decision to choose Foster + Partners. Their work spoke for itself! They have at least one landmark project in every major city in the world, and we thought it'd be great to add Makati to the list."
That's the thing about Foster's designs – people who travel have at least seen or been in one of his buildings, and paused and said, "Hmmm."
Dining room with sweeping views of the country's financial district.
Foster was responsible for the dome of the redesigned Reichstag in Berlin, which houses the German Parliament; the HSBC Building in Hong Kong; Apple Park, Apple's headquarters in Cupertino; the Great Court at the British Museum; Chek Lap Kok or Hong Kong International Airport; the SEC Armadillo in the UK (yes it's shaped like an armadillo, just as the Gherkin is shaped like a pickled cucumber).
The Estate Makati will be Foster's first project in the Philippines. Locally, they are working with Coscolluela & Partners.
Master suite in a Legacy unit
Like other Foster designs, The Estate will undoubtedly be a head-turner and a great addition to Manila's skyline, which frankly has too many nondescript buildings.
In fact, The Estate was recently awarded as the Best in Luxury High Rise and Architectural Design categories at the Japan International Property Awards (JIPA) held in Tokyo, Japan.
Garcia continues, "We are very proud The Estate Makati bested other properties around Southeast Asia." The award is given to developers whose projects stand out for their outstanding expert workmanship, quality use of finishing for all appliances and fixtures to achieve its luxurious feel, and exceptional and expert architectural style. Foster + Partners has designed the building, inside and out, with several one-off elements to boot for each unit as well as public spaces.
The two-bedroom unit costs between P90 and P95 million, and the three-bedroom unit costs between P112 and P150 million.
Living and dining areas in a Legacy unit
For more information on The Estate Makati, visit www.theestatemakati.com. For Let It Be tours, visit www.letitbelive.com.
Visit the author's travel blog at www.findingmyway.net. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @iamtanyalara.
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As noted in the previous post, Azure's "dynamic routing" option really refers to the dynamic establishment of VPN, not routing itself. There is a drawback with this option, a VPN tunnel will go down after a period of non-usage. It re-establishes automatically when new traffic passes through, but often with the consequence of dropping initial traffic (due to time needed to re-establish tunnel).
The disruption is due to the expiry of Security Association. A security association expires after the first of these lifetimes is reached: a "timed" lifetime and a "traffic-volume" lifetime. The default lifetimes are 3600 seconds (one hour) and 4,608,000 kilobytes (10 megabits per second for one hour per second for one hour).
Normally, when there is active traffic, a new security association is negotiated before the lifetime threshold of the existing security association is reached, to ensure that a new security association is ready for use when the old one expires.
Therefore, for Azure "dynamic routing" VPN tunnel with sparse traffic, SA may expire after an hour, causing some traffic drop, which may impact user experience.
Extending the SA lifetime works, but there is a better method, which is using IKEv2's support for Dead Peer Detection (DPD). DPD is also configured under profile, for example, the following wil send DPD keepalive every 5 minute, if there is no incoming traffic, thus keeping tunnels up.
Please reference your specific vendor documentation such as this Cisco guide for more information on DPD.


Sanchez-Ledesma MJ, López-Olaondo L, Pueyo FJ, Carrascosa F, Ortega A.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
In this study we compared the efficacy and safety of three antiemetic combinations in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
Ninety ASA status I-II women, aged 18-65 yr, undergoing general anesthesia for major gynecological surgery, were included in a prospective, randomized, double-blinded study. A standardized anesthetic technique and postoperative analgesia (intrathecal morphine plus IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine) were used in all patients. Patients were randomly assigned to receive ondansetron 4 mg plus droperidol 1.25 mg after the induction of anesthesia and droperidol 1.25 mg 12 h later (Group 1, n = 30), dexamethasone 8 mg plus droperidol 1.25 mg after the induction of anesthesia and droperidol 1.25 mg 12 h later (Group 2, n = 30), or ondansetron 4 mg plus dexamethasone 8 mg after the induction of anesthesia and placebo 12 h later (Group 3, n = 30).
A complete response, defined as no PONV in 48 h, occurred in 80% of patients in Group 1, 70% in Group 3, and 40% in Group 2 (P = 0.004 versus Groups 1 and 3). The incidences of side effects and other variables that could modify the incidence of PONV were similar among groups.
In conclusion, ondansetron, in combination with droperidol or dexamethasone, is more effective than dexamethasone in combination with droperidol in women undergoing general anesthesia for major gynecological surgery with intrathecal morphine plus IV PCA with morphine for postoperative analgesia.
The combination of ondansetron plus dexamethasone or droperidol was significantly better than the combination of dexamethasone plus droperidol in the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting in women undergoing general anesthesia for major gynecological surgery, with intrathecal and IV morphine (patient-controlled analgesia) for management of postoperative pain.


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If you're grieving, please take your heart seriously.
I was four years old. I had just experienced bullying for the first time. I was shocked, confused, sad, and angry.
I had other disappointments before that, and I've had many since. More bullying, conflicts, failures, break-ups, rejections, estrangements, losses, and deaths. Each time, I experienced that heavy assault of shock, sadness, confusion, and anger.
In some cases, the hurt went deeper, and bored its way into my heart. These deeper wounds came with added upset, anxiety, fear, and even depression.
When we hear the word "grief," most of us think of death. Grief, however, is the response of our hearts to any loss. Though everywhere, grief it's one of those things we would rather not talk about.
When something isn't talked about, a stigma often becomes attached to it. When it comes to grief, myths abound.
Here are five common myths about grief.
Myth #1: Grief is something to be conquered and overcome.
When we view grief as something to be conquered, we've labeled it an enemy. Like some unwelcome villain, it lurks in the shadows to attack us and steal our happiness.
In reality, grief is a natural response to any real or perceived loss of any kind. Our expectations are shattered. Life has surprised us. We're hurt and wounded.
Rather than something to be overcome, grief is to be experienced and processed. We don't conquer it, but move through it to heal and grow.
Myth #2: Grief is negative, and we should get rid of it as soon as possible.
We associate grief with pain. No one wants it. Everyone flees from it. If we're in it, we want out of it as quickly as possible.
Painful things happen in life. If we don't feel that pain, we become callous, bitter, and depressed. Avoiding grief sets us up for a world of frustration and dysfunction.
Grief is actually positive. It declares that we have hearts.
Myth #3: Grief should be quick and easy.
We have this idea that grief should be brief. A few days. Perhaps a few weeks if the loss is especially close or painful.
The truth is that grief has no timetable. Grieving isn't a task to check off a to-do list. It's a dynamic, somewhat unpredictable process.
Intense feelings surface. We're thrust onto an emotional roller-coaster full of startling twists, climbs, and falls. This ride isn't over in 90 seconds either. It can go on, and on.
Most of us are grieving on some level. We're constantly dealing with the results of what has happened to us. Grief is far from quick, and it's never easy.
Myth #4: There are right ways to grieve.
We're not robots. Each loss is unique. Circumstances, relationships, and hearts are all one-of-a-kind. Every grief process is an individual adventure.
Though there is no right way to grieve, there are healthy ways. We learn, heal, adjust, and grow when we take our hearts seriously, practice good self-care, and stay connected to people who are helpful to us. If we instead choose to ignore and stuff our grief, it will leak out in ways we'll most likely regret.
Grief will be expressed, one way or another.
Myth #5: Strong people don't grieve.
We tend to confuse strong with stoic. Strength has become synonymous with hard and impenetrable.
We're not made of steel. Our hearts are not bulletproof. Strength doesn't come from evading reality and ignoring emotions. We grow stronger as we face obstacles with the courageous resolve to do the grief work necessary to heal and grow.
Strong people are authentic. They pursue integrity. They choose relational honesty over hiding. They grieve from the heart in healthy ways.
We love, and so we grieve.
Grief is natural and universal. Far from being negative, grieving is the way we heal. It takes time and effort. Grieving in healthy ways takes courage and internal strength.
Life is full of loss because it is also full of love. We love, and so we grieve.
If you're grieving, please take your heart seriously.
Look inside and process the losses well.
Get around people who are helpful to you.
Limit your exposure to critics and fixers.


As part of Koli Environmental Art Festival "The Forest of Dreams" was created with Kolin School. It was a perfect project to work with during their final week of term before heading off for the summer. An inspiring mix of imagination and observation. The children shared a love of maps and enjoyed the opportunity to create a map of Koli of their own.
There is a very special delight and sense of adventure embodied in maps and the stories they tell. Ancient maps would include routes and landmarks but also incorporate elements that might enhance the narrative; adding islands, hills and creatures; information on what 'could' be there, and with no proof otherwise, why not?
In the self same spirit of adventure and discovery, "Unelmien metsä" shows that whilst the roads of Koli remain, what lies between them in the forest and lakes is in the hearts, imagination and dreams of school children. Koli is no stranger to story telling and myths. It is part of its heritage.
As in days of old when explorers would be accompanied by artists and scientists (whose role it was to record observed 'species' of special interest), the school children have also observed the native 'species' of Koli; their research has incorporated everything from wild flowers to man made machinery. This research is evidenced in the border.
Unelmien metsä tells tales of kings, monsters, and fast food . Who know what lies beyond the hiking trails and what the future might bring.
The map has now been installed in the Koli forest in what appears to be a standard national forest information board. It is placed at the edge of the metsa gallaria and should serve a to help you find your way, afterall you would not want to become lost with all those monsters in the forest.


This autumn/winter collection is called Closet. This season is about incorporating key pieces that each women should have into their seasonal wardrobe. Designer Svitlana Bevza was inspired by her hometown of Kyiv. Key pieces include a floral printed jacket that is a print of a photo she took on her iPhone of the Kyiv National Botanic Garden in autumn. Returning this season are Bevza's FAUX REALITY fur coats. Bevza puffy coats are at first glance the literal classic feminine long luxe "fur" coat, but close up are a sporty puffer in a trompe l'oeil print. The jackets contain no animal fur or goose feathers, only down alternative and printed nylon, introducing coats inspired by Grace Kelly's mink coat and Freddie Mercury's silver fox coat from the music video "Killer Queen." Bevza's signature white dresses and square shaped shoulders will be once again present this season, taking on an athletic flair, by introducing leg warmers inspired by a Ukranian morning gymnastics TV show "rhytmika" that Svetlana watched as a kid. Earrings are inspired by old times when they would pierce the ear with needle and thread and kept the thread in until the ear healed.


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He's a bachelor No-Mah. Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and
his longtime sweetheart, soccer star Mia Hamm, were married last
Saturday in Santa Barbara in front of nearly 400 attendees on the
grounds of a private estate overlooking the Pacific. Guests
included U.S. national team members Brandi Chastain and Julie
Foudy, Red Sox players Trot Nixon and Jason Varitek, and
actor-comedian Jay Mohr. Said Victor Garciaparra, Nomar's uncle
and one of his two best men, to the Boston Herald, "Nomar said
the only thing that could make the day any better was if he knew
he was going to stay in Boston." The shortstop is in the final
year of his contract and has been the subject of trade rumors.
--She can't get by using just one name yet, like Gisele and Tyra,
but 16-year-old Russian tennis prodigy Maria Sharapova--she of
the impressive service grunt and the No. 32 world ranking--has
taken the first step toward supermodel status by signing with IMG
Models. The 6-foot blonde, who won her second career title last
month (putting her two ahead of fellow Russian knockout Anna
Kournikova), will work in cosmetics and fashion. Says Ligia
Brickus, an IMG Models account executive, "She has a Grace Kelly
elegance."
--No, Jim McKay didn't work it, but The First Olympics, a movie
set in ancient Greece, is on its way from Columbia Pictures. The
studio has hired Robert Rodat, who wrote the Oscar-nominated
screenplay for Saving Private Ryan, to write the script.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will tell the story
of an "Athenian warrior and athlete who earns the right to leave
the battlefield to go to Olympia to compete against a Spartan
nemesis in the pentathlon." Mmm ... maybe we'll wait till it
comes out on discus.... It's Wayne-ing Gretzkys. After the Great
One finished playing in the NHL's outdoor alumni game in Edmonton
last Saturday (page 58), his 14-year-old daughter, Paulina, took
the stage in the subzero chill to warm up the crowd of more than
57,000 before the main event of the Oilers versus the Canadiens.
Paulina, who bears a close resemblance to her mother, actress
Janet Jones, delivered Sarah McLachlan's I Will Remember You and
received a huge ovation.... ABC Sports has tabbed Justin
Timberlake to write the theme music for its NBA coverage and star
in the network's NBA promotional campaign, called Can't Get
Enough. In one of the spots Timberlake offers to play one-on-one
against a cardboard cutout of LeBron James.... The recording
artist Ashanti was sitting next to Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter
at the Lakers-Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on Nov.
19--but she wasn't his date. Nor is it clear whether that
distinction could be applied to MTV veejay and former Miss Teen
USA Vanessa Minnillo, who was sitting on his other side. Jeter
told the New York Post that Minnillo was "just a friend." ... It
was easy to pick out the celebrities at last week's dinner for
the Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation on Staten Island--they all
wore nameplates marked CELEBRITY. Named for the late father of
boxing trainer and ESPN2 analyst Teddy Atlas (he once trained
Mike Tyson), the foundation gives scholarships to people in need.
John Franco, Thomas (Hitman) Hearns, Bobby Thomson and Chuck
Wepner were among the athletes who turned up, as did actor Chris
Noth and longtime comedian Uncle Floyd.
COLOR PHOTO: SIMON KWONG/REUTERS (TAI CHI) PICTURE THIS The Qi to happiness? More than 14,600 Tai Chi enthusiasts--dressed in white shirts and black trousers--gathered in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Sunday to set a world record for the largest demonstration of the ancient Chinese martial arts exercise. The movements of Tai Chi gather Qi (life force) and distribute it throughout the body.
COLOR PHOTO: SUKREE SUKPLANG/REUTERS (ORANGUTANS) THIS WEEK'S SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN FILO/CBS (LETTERMAN)
COLOR PHOTO: CLIVE BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES (SHARAPOVA) Russian, dressing
CBS talk show host, on being a new father: "I can hardly wait
until I beat up on my first hockey coach."

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A good place to start is in the High Point Monument parking area. There are views in all directions from the lot. Proceeding northeast along the ridge line, there are multiple views of the Great Valley, especially in winter.
The trail then descends to the north, crossing a small stream over a bridge at 1.1 miles and looping back to the southwest just short of the New York-New Jersey border.
At 1.7 miles from the monument parking area, the Shawangnk Ridge Trail leaves to the right. This trail extends along the Shawangunk Ridge to the Long Path, 30 miles to the north.
Views to the northwest toward Pennsylvania now emerge, until the path again descends to a small stream and to the Steeny Kill Trail on the right at 2.45 miles.
Beyond the stream, crossed on a footbridge, the trail rises steeply on rock steps. The climb is almost 300 feet and the slope about 20 percent, but the stone steps make it relatively easy going.
Next the trail descends about 100 feet to a park road, which it follows for 100 yards before crossing Kuser Road to the shore of Lake Marcia. It follows the northeast shore of the lake for about 200 yards and veers left up the hillside on a very rough trail. It crosses Scenic Drive park road and contacts the Appalachian Trail at 3.1 miles, then veers left to cross another park road before finally ascending to the High Point Monument.
It is about a 250-foot climb from Lake Marcia to the monument done in about 0.3 mile (17% average slope). The Shawangunk Ridge Trail starts where the AT contacts the Monument Trail and is co-aligned with the Monument and Kuser Trails before leaving to the north.
From the monument parking area, all the way to the second stream crossing near the Steeny Kill Trail intersection, the trail is a moderatae to lightly stony woods path.
The climb after the second stream crossing is mostly on rock steps, obviously installed with a great deal of work many years ago (probably by the CCC).
Along Lake Marcia the trail is wider and practially stone free. When the trail veers away from the lake before ascending the final High Point Monument hill, it is extremely rough with many large boulders and is totally stone covered in sections. This part of the trail can be easily avoided, however, simply by walking the park roads back to the monument.
High Point State Park lands were donated by Colonel Anthony and Susie Dryden Kuser in 1923. The highest point in New Jersey is marked by the obelisk-shaped 220-foot-tall monument, the base of which is at 1,803 feet above sea level. Views from the monument and from the area surrounding it are quite spectacular, including the towns of Port Jervis, NY, and Matamoras, PA. The tower construction was completed in 1930.
Lake Marcia is a spring-fed natural lake and has a swimming beach.
The Cedar Swamp area inside the loop of the Monument Trail is preserved as a "natural area." It is timbered with eastern white cedar. A self-guided trail booklet is available from the park headquarters.
There are two steep climbs already mentioned, one just southwest of the Steeny Kill Trail, and a second just prior to the monument itself. Each is about 250 feet with slopes in the 15% to 20% range. All other slopes are quite gradual. From the lowest point on the trail to the highest point at the monument is 350 feet.
For another hiker's description of this same hike, click here.
This loop trail touches the High Point obelisk, the New York border and little Lake Marcia, and is among the most popular trails in the Kittatinny range.
NJ State Route 23 to High Point State Park. Follow signs to High Point Monument and parking.


Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series is Prof. Dr. Angelika Lingnau from the Royal Holloway University of London, UK and the Center for Mind/ Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy.
We are very happy to announce that another OCC PhD student successfully defended her thesis this week. Roja Saffari attained her PhD for her thesis "Investigation of the role of GABAergic inhibitory neurons in neuronal circuits within the prefrontal cortex of mouse". The members of the PhD committee were Prof. Dr. Sylvia Kaiser (Department of Behavioural Biology), Prof. Dr. Thomas Budde (Institute of Physiology I) and Prof. Dr. Patricia Ohrmann (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy).
We congratulate Hugh Riddell on successfully defending his thesis entitled "Interactions Between Biological Motion And Optic Flow". The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe (Institute of Psychology), Prof. Dr. Karen Zentgraf (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) and Prof. Dr. Rebekka Lencer (Department of Psychiatry and of Psychotherapy).
We are glad to welcome another new OCC PhD student. Vasiliki Salvari is currently working on her thesis at the Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis (IBB) under the supervision of OCC member Prof. Dr. Christo Pantev (IBB). Additional members of the PhD Committee are the OCC members Prof. Dr. Pienie Zwitserlood (Institute of Psychology) and Prof. Dr. Markus Junghöfer (IBB).
Prof. Dr. Nexhmedin Morina from the Institute of Psychology is our newest member of the Otto Creutzfeldt Center. His main concern is with the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety disorders. He also investigates the impact of war on mental health and cognitive mechanisms of anxiety and depression. Furthermore, his team studies technology based interventions like virtual reality exposure therapy. Welcome!
Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series is Prof. Dr. Bart Krekelberg from the Rutgers University, USA.
We welcome Vanessa von Kortzfleisch as a new member of the OCC PhD program. She started her dissertation "Facing the reproducibility crisis - strategies to improve the validity of animal experiments" under the supervision of OCC member Prof. Dr. S. Helene Richter at the Department of Behavioural Biology. The PhD committee is completed by OCC member Prof. Dr. Norbert Sachser and Prof. Dr. Matthias Gamer (Department of Psychology, University of Würzburg).
We welcome Viktoria Krakenberg as a new member of the OCC PhD program. She started to work on her PhD research project entitled: "Effects of Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Early Life History on Emotion and Cognition in Mice" under the supervision of OCC member Prof. Dr. Norbert Sachser. The PhD committee is completed by OCC members Prof. Dr. S. Helene Richter and Prof. Dr. med. Volker Arolt.
Our first speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the winter semester is Prof. Dr. Joachim Groß from the University of Münster.
As a result of the collaboration of OCC PhD students José Walter Tolentino-Castro and Hugh Riddell the article "Perception of Biological Motion Speed in Individuals with Down Syndrome" by the two PhD students and OCC member Heiko Wagner has been published in the Journal of Down Syndrome & Chromosome Abnormalities. In a recently published article the authors could already show that individuals with Down syndrome (DS) cannot differentiate between biological and unbiological motion. In the current study the authors now found that individuals with DS in addition are not able to differentiate between biological motion of different speeds. Since such impairments can lead to dangerous situations in daily life, the findings highlight the need of adequate intervention in individuals with DS.
"Mr. Tie" is back! The children in the Wombat Class and the Dingo Class of the Wartburg-Grundschule in Münster Gievenbeck now became early stage brain researchers when they completed the teaching unit "Wir sind Hirnforscher" designed by the Hertie Foundation. Together with their teacher Verena Holz-Stuft during the 2-week project the pupils studied the form and the function of the brain, conducted several experiments and even expressed their own research questions like: Does a bigger brain mean higher intelligence? In the end of the project, two groups of OCC PhD students visited the classes to answer the pupils' numerous further questions about the brain and to present their own neuroscientific research to the children. You can find the children's own report on the project here.
The OCC offers the teaching material including the robot "Herr Tie" from the Hertie Foundation to primary and secondary schools in Münster. Each project can be completed with the question-and-answer session with our OCC brain experts. Interested schools and teachers can contact the OCC coordinator.
We welcome Prof. Dr. Ralf Stanewsky as a new member of the Otto Creutzfeldt Center. Prof. Stanewsky investigates how the daily natural environmental cycles of light and temperature influence or reset circadian clocks in Drosophila melanogaster. Furthermore, his team studies the genetic and molecular bases of these self-sustained molecular oscillators as well as the timing of locomotor activity and sleep in Drosophila melanogaster.
We have one more addition to the OCC membership: Prof. Dr. Joachim Groß. Since September 2017 Prof. Groß is the Director of the Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis. He uses functional neuroimaging and MEG/EEG to study brain oscillations in functional and dysfunctional brain states.
Senior Prof. Dr. Pienie Zwitserlood has been elected during the OCC general assembly in July 2017 as a new Executive Board member. She succeeds Prof. Dr. Karen Zentgraf (formerly Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences), who accepted a professorship at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.
A paper titled "New is always better: Novelty modulates oculomotor learning" by OCC PhD student Annegret Meermeier and OCC member Markus Lappe has been published in the Journal of Vision. In a saccadic adaptation experiment of scanning saccades, the authors found an increased amount of saccadic adaptation towards novel target stimuli compared to repeating target stimuli. This result indicates that novelty contributes to a targets' rewarding character, which in turn triggers stronger oculomotor learning.
A paper titled "Strategic adaptation to non-reward prediction error qualities and irreducible uncertainty in fMRI" by OCC PhD student Daniel Kluger and OCC member Ricarda Schubotz has been accepted for publication in Cortex. The authors investigated predictive processes in the brain and found distinct neural networks associated with different ways in which these predictions may go wrong. Furthermore, the way our brains try to anticipate upcoming events appears to depend on the stability of the current environment: in order to avoid prediction errors, participants were found to employ a more cautious, stepwise predictive strategy in highly uncertain contexts.
A paper titled "Impairments in the Visual Processing of Global Biological Motion Cues in Down Syndrome" has been published in the journal Perception as part of a joint project between the OCC PhD students Hugh Riddell and José Walter Tolentino-Castro. OCC members Markus Lappe and Heiko Wagner also contributed to the project. The authors found that individuals with Down syndrome performed significantly worse than control subjects in a task requiring the discrimination of visually presented videos of walking people. The results suggest that this difference in performance may stem from an impaired ability to process the global configural cues related to the organisation of the human body, which are necessary for the perception of biological motion.
We'll finish our OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester with a talk by Prof. Dr. Rufin VanRullen from the Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo), CNRS, Toulouse, France. Note the earlier start time!
This year's OCC Retreat was held at the Institute of Psychology on July 7. The OCC PhD students presented the current state of their projects in talks and poster presentations. The contributions were of very high quality and especially the diversity of the covered topics was impressive. After the talks, everybody was eager to get outside to have a few drinks and BBQ in the green area surrounding the institute. The main sporting activity was "Viking chess" (Kubb), where OCC members and students mingled to conclude the evening in a relaxed atmosphere (see pictures here).
This week, our OCC PhD students will present their work during the annual OCC Retreat. Everybody interested in the progress of the projects is invited to join for talks and poster presentations. You can find the program here.
Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester is Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ettinger from the University of Bonn, Germany.
Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester is Prof. Dr. Julia Fischer from the German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany.
In May, some of our OCC PhD students visited a fourth grade in the Kardinal-von-Galen Elementary School, Münster-Handorf. Together with their teacher, Babette Havers, the kids had learned about brain research during a two-week project. The teaching unit, including specifically designed material and the interactive robot "Herr Tie", was developed and made publicly available by the Hertie Foundation. The OCC organizes the school visits in Münster in collaboration with the Hertie Foundation. Using the material, the students learned about our sensory systems and tackled questions like "Why is the brain folded?" and "How do nerve cells communicate?". To conclude the project, our OCC experts visited the school for an intense question-and-answer session. They also gave an impression of their research and showed pictures illustrating their daily work. The project will continue during the next school year. Interested schools and teachers can contact the OCC coordinator.
A new paper with the title "Noninvasive stimulation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex enhances pleasant scene processing" has been published in the Journal Cerebral Cortex by our OCC PhD student Constantin Winker (Institute of Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis, IBB). Together with his OCC colleagues Dr. Maimu Rehbein and Prof. Dr. Markus Junghöfer and in collaboration with Prof. Dean Sabatinelli from the University of Georgia, he shows in an MEG and fMRI study that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex tunes affective processing of emotional scenes in a valence-specific manner. This finding may suggest the ventromedial prefrontal cortex as alternative target for add-on therapies of affective disorders such as depression or generalized anxiety.
We are very happy to welcome our first speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester, Dr. Anouk Keizer from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Patients with anorexia nervosa are generally very thin, nevertheless they experience the size of their body as bigger than it actually is. This body image disturbance is a core symptom of anorexia and difficult to treat. Traditionally body image disturbance is defined as having negative attitudes about the own body and visually perceiving the body as larger than it is. In this talk I will give an overview of the studies conducted in my group that show that body image disturbance is a multisensory disturbance. We have shown that patients for example perceive touch on their skin different from healthy females, and that they move around in space as if their body is larger, without being aware of doing so.
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"We wish to be left alone in the lands of our forefathers, whose bones lie in the sand hills and along the trails, but a pale-face stranger has come from a distant land and send word to us that we must give up our country…Where can we go? There is no place left…My people, the Great Spirit has his eyes upon us. He will be angry if, like cowardly dogs, we give up our lands to the whites. Better to die like brave warriors on the battlefield, than live among our vanquishers, despised. Our young men and women would speedily become debauched (destroyed) by their fire water and we should perish as a race.~Kamiakin, Head Chief of the Yakama Nation~ c. 1800-1878
Portrait of Chief Kamiakin by Gustav Sohon (1855). Courtesy Washington State Historical Society
Yakama Nation Flag
The Yakama were hunters and gatherers who supplemented their food supply by fishing and trading with other tribes. Initially they occupied the territory along the Columbia and Yakima Rivers on the plateau north of the Columbia, on the inland side of the Cascade Range.
In 1805, the Yakama people encountered the Lewis and Clark Expedition where the Yakima River merges with the Columbia River. Soon after this encounter, both American and British trappers followed, bringing with them goods to trade with the Yakama people. In increasing numbers white settlers searching for land and resources continued to arrive in Yakama territory.
In order to accommodate the increasing demand for land and resources, Isaac Stevens, who during this time was the governor of Washington created the Yakama Treaty with the Yakama and 14 other tribes in 1855. In signing the treaty, the Yakama ceded approximately 11 million acres of land to the U.S. government, with the stipulation that they [the Yakama] reserved the right to fish and hunt on the land. In addition, the Yakama and other tribes would move to a new reservation and receive federal benefits.
Another provision of the Treaty was that the tribes would have time to relocate to the new reservation. However, very soon after the treaty was signed, Governor Stevens, in order to expedite the sale of land to white settlers, threatened to remove the Indians by force.
Yakama Warrior ca. 1913 by Lucullus V. McWhorter
As a consequence of this broken promise, Kamiakin, a Yakama chief, encouraged the tribes to fight the Steven's declaration and the settlers. Many of the tribes joined forces under Chief Kamiakin, while other Indians joined forces under leaders of various tribes in the area.
This was beginning of the uprising known as the Yakima Indian War, which lasted from 1855 until 1858.
In September of 1858, at the Battle of Four Lakes near Spokane, Kamiakin and his warriors were defeated. Kamiakan refused to surrender, and escaped to Canada, but two dozen other leaders were apprehended and executed.
As a result of this defeat, most of the Yakama Indians were forcibly moved to the reservation, where white agents took charge of the Indians, intending to assimilate them into American society. A boarding school was established at Fort Simcoe on the reservation to educate and indoctrinate Indian children.
Eventually, this confinement and forced assimilation contributed to a rise in alcoholism, poor health, and other problems among the Yakama. In addition, the Yakama gradually lost access to fishing and hunting lands. In accordance with a new U.S. policy in the late 1800s, government agents began to break up the reservation into 80-acre allotments for individual Indians, supposedly to encourage farming.
Later in the 1900s, Federal government promoted the construction of roads, railroads, and the Wapato Irrigation Project. The Yakama Indians found that they were confined even more by these new constructions.
In 1933, the Yakama organized as the Confederated Tribes of the Yakama Nation. The Yakama have focused on self-sufficiency and economic independence since World War II. In the Boldt decision of 1974, the federal government reaffirmed Yakama Indian fishing rights and made the tribe a co-manager of fishery resources with the state of Washington.
Tribalpedia Questions for Comprehension and Discussion
1. What was the name of the expedition that the Yakama encountered In 1805?
2. What was the name of the treaty signed by the Yakama and Governor Stevens?
3. Why did Governor Stevens threaten to remove the Yakama by force?
4. Who was Kamiakin, and why is he remembered by the Yakama?
The Yakama Today
Gerald Lewis, a member of the Yakama Tribal Council, attends a Center briefing on the UN Declaration. Photo- Indian Law
Today the nation is governed by the Yakama Tribal Council, which consists of representatives of 14 tribes and bands. Many tribal members engage in ceremonial, subsistence, and commercial fishing for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon in the Columbia River and its tributaries within land ceded by the tribe to the United States. The Yakama have several programs that help all members of the tribe. The Adult Vocational Training Program provides individuals with vocational training and Direct Employment grant assistance. The Behavioral Health program provides counseling services for children, families, and adults. The community Health Program is providing improvement on health status, instituting health promotion and disease prevention.
Yakima Dancer. Photo- Yakama Valley
The Cultural Resources Program preserves and perpetuates the care for Yakama legendary sites, and places. The Food Distribution Program provides needy families with USDA grant Commodity Foods that are on the Reservation and also helping with Energy Assistance to qualifying households. The mission of the Yakama Nation Higher Education Program is to provide eligible Yakama tribal members the opportunity to attend an accredited postsecondary institution and earn college degrees which will enhance their ability to gain employment in professional fields. In addition to other positive signs of progress, the tribe owns theYakama Nation Cultural Center, and the Yakama Nation Legends Casino
Yakama Myth: Creation of the Yakima world
In the beginning of the world, all was water.
Whee-me-me-ow-ah, the Great Chief Above, lived up in the sky all alone.
When he decided to make the world, he went down to the shallow places in the water and began to throw up great handfuls of mud that became land.
He piled some of the mud so high that it froze hard and made the mountains. When the rain came, it turned into ice and snow on top of the high mountains. Some of the mud was hardened into rocks.
Since that time the rocks have not changed – they have only become harder.
The Great Chief Above made trees grow on the earth, and also roots and berries.
He made a man out of a ball of mud and told him to take fish from the waters, and deer and other game from the forests.
When the man became lonely, the Great Chief Above made a woman to be his companion and taught her how to dress skins, how to find bark and roots, and how to make baskets out of them. He taught her which berries to gather for food and how to pick them and dry them. He showed her how to cook the salmon and the game that the man brought.
Once when the woman was asleep, she had a dream, and in it she wondered what more she could do to please the man.
She prayed to the Great Chief Above for help. He answered her prayer by blowing his breath on her and giving her something which she could not see or hear, smell or touch.
This invisible something was preserved in a basket. Through it, the first woman taught her daughters and granddaughters the designs and skills which had been taught her.
But in spite of all the things the Great Chief Above did for them, the new people quarreled.
They bickered so much that Mother Earth was angry, and in her anger she shook the mountains so hard that those hanging over the narrow part of Big River fell down.
The rocks, falling into the water, dammed the stream and also made rapids and waterfalls. Many people and animals were killed and buried under the rocks and mountains.
Someday the Great Chief Above will overturn those mountains and rocks. Then the spirits that once lived in the bones buried there will go back into them.
At present those spirits live in the tops of the mountains, watching their children on the earth and waiting for the great change which is to come. The voices of these spirits can be heard in the mountains at all times. Mourners who wail for their dead hear spirit voices reply, and thus they know that their lost ones are always near.
We did not know all this by ourselves; we were told it by our fathers and grandfathers, who learned it from their fathers and grandfathers. No one knows when the Great Chief Above will overturn the mountains.
But we do know this: the spirits will return only to the remains of people who in life kept the beliefs of their grandfathers.
Only their bones will be preserved under the mountains.
The Yakama Nation Home site
Yakama Indian Nation, U. S. History
Yakama Myth: Ella Clark in 1953. Native Lore


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What the Dickens… The Choir With No Name
by Daisy Sells
The Choir with No Name
"The Choir with No Name (CWNN) runs choirs for people who have experienced homelessness and other men and women on the margins of society[…] Our first choir – in King's Cross, London – was founded in 2008 by Marie Benton, a professional musician and at the time also a senior project worker at homeless accommodation provider St Mungo's."
Christmas brings up all manner of feelings up from our past, present and future years. If Christmas is about family, peace and joy? Splendid. If your Christmas is vile and star spangled? Aces! If your Christmas is a mishmash of traditions, emotions, waifs and strays? Snap.
Proudly, fellow Londoners give time, food and heart to charities and make a humungous difference each year. The groundwork for our seasonal good will, amongst others, was laid by Charles Dickens. Unlike him, my words will fade and my ideas will remain in the ether, but, my greatest hope is that my words will touch one person and inspire a talking point.
A Christmas Carol is, without a doubt, the most beloved of family favourites. It has given Bill Murray, Michael Caine and the Muppets a stage for our delight. The tale was crafted by a Dickensian wordsmith, but, could easily be penned in London today.
Dickens helped build The Ragged School, providing free education for children in the inner-city.  The movement got its name from the way the children attending the school were dressed. Most of us, me very much included, are unexplainably blessed to be part of a Christmas story, or, many different Christmas stories. We have all the makings of a white Christmas, but, sway much more joyfully towards Bad Santa.
The author directing my words would say that," Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart." But, I like to think that even the greatest misers amongst us, can still find a little magic.
On a Tuesday evening in 2010, there was a carolling unfolding in the backstreets of Kings Cross. There were no bells and whistles, there was mulled wine and stale mince pies. The first and last carols belted out were those lovingly conducted for The Choir with No Name by one Marie Benton. On that day, London stood proudly Dickensian, a "good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world." I can't say it better, so, I'll revert to the unsung folk behind The Choir with No Name.  Its foundations are being built by those people. Its history and imagination should be described by those people.
Not one person that I know is free from vices…greed, gluttony, selfishness, envy…
Whether it be Dickens, Marie Benton, or, me… there are occasions amid idle whims and ridiculous dreams that make ragged and unconventional things utterly extraordinary. This Christmas Carol is perfect. It has ragged and eccentrically shambolic inclinations and welcomes the unfashionable kinks, troubles, joys, adventures and catastrophes that make life a bit awkward. It has the balls to be unconventional and weird even though this is the one time of year that has a step by step guide attached to it.
From humble begins, so much can flourish. The Choir with no Name, formerly of the streets of London is slowly and sensationally spreading its very simple message of equality, hope and faith as it unities displaced, distressed and downtrodden communities with the simple goodness and care. It's not really that complicated… however many centuries we seem to drag it out!
Dickens had this to say about A Christmas Carol: I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. At the time that he wrote A Christmas Carol he was very concerned with impoverished children who turned to crime and delinquency in order to survive. "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want."
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Daisy began her career as a travel PR representing numerous international Tourist Boards and luxury, lifestyle, and charity projects. Her passion and tenacity teamed with 8 years of experience has taught her to be a strong champion of both PR and journalism whilst appreciating and respecting the nuances of both. She is passionate about exploring and questioning the world around her and draws inspiration from all walks of life, unfazed by eccentricity, pop culture, politics or social and global issues. Daisy is somewhat unconventional, occasionally controversial, doggedly determined and infuriatingly curious.
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The Hero's Companion by Amy Lignor
Title: The Hero's Companion
Author: Amy Lignor
Leah Tallent and Gareth Lowery have seen it all. From walking the halls of an eerie house that held clues to one of the biggest puzzles in history; to going up against literal madmen in order to save a relic that could alter the world, the Tallent and Lowery team have had to utilize everything they had to survive.
Now . . . Leah's father has gone missing. They have only seven days before he will be killed, and the only clue to follow is a picture of one of the most famous icons of all time. Heading to her hometown, Leah begins her search for anything that will point her in the right direction. But all she finds is a mother who has fallen apart, talking about things that Leah doesn't understand. Discovering a strange map stuck to the bottom of her father's desk, Leah and Gareth are joined by a young woman who has a secret all her own. Teaming up, the trio must solve this new mystery that will take them from the pinnacle of the Acropolis to the depths of Cleopatra's caves in order to unmask the man who has a definite score to settle.
This frightening adversary will do his best to capture Leah and take her far away from the protection and love of Gareth. In a location that's been buried under rock and dirt for centuries the battle will begin, and the team will have to face the one foe that will expose secrets and unleash unheard of power in order to get what he wants. As it was with the mighty Athena, Leah is seen as 'The Hero's Companion'—the one woman who will do anything to make sure the right side wins. But without Gareth, her time may just run out.
Discover the impossible with Leah and Gareth.
The author once again does an amazing job setting up the mysteries and leaving just enough hints and clues along the way to keep you guessing. I was enthralled by the exotic locations. I really enjoyed discovering new secrets along the way.
Most of all I enjoyed reading more about Leah and Gareth. Throughout the book we get to see as their relationship grows even further and even gets tested along the way. Everyone has secrets and Gareth's just may tear them apart.
I also really liked finding out more about Leah's father. They have a very interesting relationship and I really enjoyed seeing the different dynamics within it. Their interactions with one another were interesting as well and definitely brought out a lot of drama and turmoil.
New characters also brought a lot of drama as well. Especially, the new woman in the group. She is full of secrets and teaming up with her could either help them or destroy them.
Let us travel with Leah and Gareth on another fun filled adventure!
Amy Lignor began her career at Grey House Publishing in northwest Connecticut where she was the Editor-in-Chief of numerous educational and business directories .
Now she is a published author of several works of fiction. The Billy the Kid historical The Heart of a Legend; the thriller, Mind Made; and the adventure novel, Tallent & Lowery 13.
She is also the owner of The Write Companion, a company that offers help and support to writers through a full range of editorial services from proofreading and copyediting to ghostwriting and research. As the daughter of a research librarian, she is also an active book reviewer.
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"The show is a hit", said Hartmut Ziebs, President of the German Fire Services Association (DFV), to summerize expectations for the 16th RETTmobil 2016 from May 11 – 13 in Fulda. The international exhibition for rescue and mobility is on course for a new record: More than 500 exhibitors from 20 countries expect more than 25,000 trade visitors. During the main press conference in Fulda, members of the press received detailed information regarding the industry event. Representatives of local authorities and participating organizations stressed the global significance of the exhibition.
This aspect was highlighted by Manfred Hommel. The chairman of the "Community of Interests of the Manufacturers of Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles" (IKR), the conceptual sponsor of RETTmobil, emphasized: "The current political situation and the extreme crises, as well as recent terrible attacks pose incredible challenges for all rescue and relief organizations." Hommel, pleased about the "excellent development" of the exhibition, underscored the longstanding partnership with the fire services and the "excellent conditions in Fulda". He thanked Petra Dehler Udolph and Dieter Udolph, Managing Directors of Messe Fulda GmbH, for the excellent preparation of the exhibition.
The German Red Cross (DRK), the largest German aid organization, which is dealing with particular challenges these days, was represented by General Secretary Christian Reuter. The DRK assumes a clear position: The ambulance service is a basis of civil protection and an integral part of public service. DRK fully supports RETTmobil and would do so in the future. DRK President Dr. Rudolf Seiters is patron of RETTmobil for the second time since 2006.
One of many important topics of RETTmobil is "violence against service personell". As fire chief Jörg Wackerhahn, spokesman for the Association of Firefighters in Rescue Service (AG FReDi), stressed, the focus is on de-escalation training. Again this year, the AG is committed to education and the issue of major accidents. Immediately after the opening of the exhibition on Wednesday, May 11th, at 10am, FReDi hosts a panel discussion on "Abuse of the emergency services? – Importance of the emergency service in the German health system." at the exhibition forum. Wackerhahn also presented this year's education offerings during RETTmobil with medical emergency rescue services trainings and workshops in seven small groups and eight modules, each with two or three speakers. Included are topics such as problems in the care of children and elderly people.
Manfred Hommel had praised the Fulda fire department: "RETTmobil would not have made it to the 16th edition without their help." Fire department Chief Thomas Helmer promised a "very attractive program" with two daily workshops on "lifting bags", "hazardous materials" and "decontamination". In addition, jump rescuers will demonstrate how people can be saved from high altitudes in situations of extreme danger. Two more of the numerous attractions of the trade show are one of the fastest fire engines in the world and the world's largest ambulance built from Lego-bricks.
Fulda Mayor Dr. Heiko Wingenfeld called the exhibition a "matter of the heart" and pointed to the current challenges in rescue.
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Wraith: The Oblivion ist ein Pen-&-Paper-Rollenspiel, das in der fiktiven Spielwelt Welt der Dunkelheit (World of Darkness) angesiedelt ist. Die Reihe erschien beim US-amerikanischen Verlag White Wolf. Von Feder und Schwert wurde das Spiel nicht veröffentlicht, aber einzelne Fachbegriffe aus dem Spiel wurden u. a. für das Clanbuch Giovanni aus der Spielserie Vampire: The Masquerade eingedeutscht.

Das Spiel entstammt der "Classic World of Darkness" und behandelt Gespenster, ruhelose Seelen und das Leben nach dem Tod. Innerhalb der "neuen World of Darkness" behandelt Geist: The Sin-Eaters ein vergleichbares Thema. Außerdem sind viele Elemente und Begriffe aus Wraith: The Oblivion auch in das Spiel und die Spielwelt von Exalted eingeflossen.

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Das Spiel etabliert, dass es passieren kann, dass die Seele eines Menschen der in der Spielwelt stirbt nicht verschwindet, sondern in einer Unterwelt zurückbleibt. Dabei spielt es nur eine untergeordnete Rolle, ob die Person gut oder moralisch war oder nicht, sondern einzig, dass sie ausreichend starke Bindungen an etwas Materielles hat. Diese Bindungen sind als Fetters spielrelevanter Wert und können vom Spieler für seinen Charakter gewählt werden. Die meisten Menschen, die sterben haben dies nicht und ihre Seelen sind in der Unterwelt nicht zu finden. Fetters können Einzelobjekte sein wie "Das Kunstwerk, das sich schuf" oder abstrakte Dinge wie "meine Nachkommen". Sie müssen immer stoffliche Objekte sein.

Als Wraith (dt. Geist) befindet sich die Seele des Toten zunächst in einer Ektoplasma-Hülle, aus der sich der Wraith wenn er willensstark genug ist befreien kann. Ist dies geschehen, so kann der Wraith sich durch die Shadowlands (dt. Schattenlande) bewegen. Dabei kann er alles in der stofflichen Welt, den Skinlands (dt. Hautlande) sehen und hören, wenn auch nur gedämpft und geprägt von seiner Fähigkeit die Essenz von Leben und Tod in Dingen wahrzunehmen. Daher wird die Umwelt in den Büchern oft als trist, grau und trostlos geschildert. Der Wraith kann durch Anstrengung (und das Aufwenden bestimmter Punkte des Charakters) auch durch feste Objekte, wie geschlossene Türen oder Wände gehen. So hat er die Möglichkeit seinen Fetters nahe zu sein. Da er ein Geist ist, ist der Wraith für die Lebenden gewöhnlich unsichtbar.

Dennoch hat der Wraith einen Corpus genannten Körper, der ihm erlaubt mit anderen Wraith und Objekten in den Schattenlanden zu interagieren. Der Corpus sieht zunächst aus wie das Selbstbild des Toten.

Neben den Fetters hat jeder Spieler für seinen Wraith auch Ziele festzulegen: die Passions. Wann immer der Wraith etwas tut, was dieser Passion dienlich ist erhält er in der Regelmechanik eine bestimmte Anzahl an Energiepunkten zurück, genannt Pathos. Passions können beendbare Aufgaben sein, oder Unterfangen mit offenen Ende. Jeder Passion wird außerdem passende eine Emotion zugeordnet. Wenn der Wraith etwas tut, was dieser Emotion entspricht, dann erhält er nur einen Pathos-Punkt. Beispiel für Passions wären "Meine Forschung soll Anerkennung erfahren (Stolz)" oder "Meine Nachkommen beschützen (Pflichtbewusstsein)". Zu beachten ist, dass z. B. für "Meine Nachkommen beschützen" auch "Liebe" eine passende Basisemotion sein könnte. Es gibt eine Obergrenze für Pathospunkte.

Es kommt vor, dass sich in den Schattenlanden Portale öffnen, die in eine Dimension des ewigen Sturms führen: den Tempest. Innerhalb des Tempest gibt es sichere Wege und Zonen der Ruhe, in denen verschiedene Wraith dauerhaft leben. Wurden alle Fetter eines Wraith zerstört, so kann er sich nur nicht in diesem Teil der Unterwelt aufhalten. In einer dieser ruhigen Zonen, an der Mündung des Flusses Styx liegt die größte Metropole der Wraith: Stygia.

Tatsächlich haben die Wraith unterschiedlicher Kulturen eigene Reiche geschaffen, sowie ein Staatssystem aufgebaut. Das von Stygia aus geführte Imperium (auch stygianisches Imperium) ist dabei der Standardschauplatz für das Spiel. Das Imperium kontrolliert auch die Schattenlade in weiten Teilen der westlichen Welt. Dabei hat der Staat verschiedene Elemente des römischen Imperiums übernommen. Nominell gehören auch alle Wraith dieser Region zum Imperium, genauer, zu einer der Legions (dt. Legionen), abhängig von der Art seines Todes. Der Regierungsapparat des Imperiums ist die Hierarchy (dt. Hierarchie).

Neben den Legionen, gibt es aber auch die Guilds (dt. Gilden). So wurden die Zusammenschlüsse von Wraith genannt, die eine bestimmte übernatürliche Fähigkeit, eines der Arcanoi besonders gut beherrschten und praktizierten. Vergleichbar mit den Handwerker-Gilden im Mittelalter. Die Gilden sind dabei durch die Hierarchie nominell verboten, doch existieren zumeist im Verborgenen weiter. Das Erlernen eines Arcanoi führt auch zu bestimmten charakteristischen Veränderungen am Corpus des Wraith, so dass man Wraith die in der Anwendung eines Arcanoi versiert sind, oft auch erkennen kann.

Es gibt keine klare Zielvorgabe, neben den vom Spieler selbst gewählten Passions. Es gibt allerdings Ziele, die innerhalb der Wraith-Kultur als erstrebenswert betrachtet werden, oder eben nicht. Viele Wraith glauben an Transcendence, also dass sie eine Art Erfüllung erfahren und dadurch ihre Existenz als Wraith positiv beendet ist. Solche Wraith sind Heretics (dt. Ketzer oder Häretiker), da die Hierarchie vorgibt, dass Transzendenz weder erreichbar noch erreichenswert ist. Häretiker mutmaßen auch, dass all die Seelen verstorbener, die nicht in den Schattenlanden auftauchen sofort diese Transzendenz erreicht haben. Andere Wraith glauben, dass ihre Erfüllung in einem Paradies liegt, entsprechend ihrer Religion zu Lebzeiten. Als solche Paradiese werden die Far Shores (dt. ferne Ufer) angesehen, die man durch den Tempest erreichen kann, doch wohl nur mit Hilfe mysteriöser Wraith die als Ferrymen bekannt sind.
Auf der anderen Seite gibt es Oblivion (dt. das Vergessen). Dabei handelt es sich um eine Macht die Wraith vernichten will. Dazu nutzt Oblivion böse Geister, sog. Spectre, die zumeist selbst Wraith waren, aber dann ihrer dunklen Seite erlegen sind.

Diese dunkle Seite eines Wraith ist der Shadow. Ein böses Bewusstsein, dass den Wraith dazu verleitet Dinge zu tun, die seinen Fettern oder Passions schaden und unter bestimmten Umständen auch kurzzeitig die Kontrolle über den Corpus des Wraith erlangen kann. Der Shadow ist dabei eine Besonderheit von Wraith: The Oblivion gegenüber anderen Rollenspielen, da das Regelwerk vorsieht, dass jeder Spieler den Shadow eines anderen Spielercharakters zusätzlich zu seinem eigenen Charakter darstellt. Dazu sollte jeder Spieler ggf. eine Maske aufsetzen oder mit verstellter Stimme sprechen, um zu verdeutlichen, dass er nun als der ihm zugeteilte Shadow eines anderen Charakters spricht und nur dieser ihn hören kann.

Wraith, die ihrem Shadow erliegen, werden selbst zu Spectren, weswegen die Wraith-Gesellschaft vorsieht dass willensschwache Wraith und ggf. auch Verbrecher in die Soul Forges (dt. Seelenschmieden) gebracht werden. Wraith die neu entstandene Wraith aus ihren Ektoplasma-Hüllen ziehen werden als Reaper bezeichnet und sind dafür bekannt, das sie diese oft ebenfalls in die Schmieden schaffen. In den Schmieden wird der Corpus des Wraith zu einem nützlichen Gegenstand verarbeitet und sein Bewusstsein weitgehend zerstört. Häufigster Gegenstand dieser Art ist eine Münze der Währung in Stygia, der Obolus. Wesen, die einmal in den Seelenschmieden waren, sind auf ewig in ihrer neuen Form gefangen und ohne klaren Verstand. Daher können sie nicht ihrem Shadow nachgeben und zu gefährlichen Spectren werden.

Die Gesetze Stygias
Vom Gründer des Reiches Charon wurden diese Gesetze erlassen, deren Einhaltung mehr oder weniger stark durchgesetzt wird, je nachdem wie viel Macht die lokalen Vertreter der Hierarchie haben und wie korrupt sie sind. Dieser Code of Charon verbietet im Besonderen die Interaktion mit den Lebenden.

Die Arcanoi und die Gilden
Die Arcanoi sind die übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten, die die Wraith erlernen können. Zu jedem Arcanoi gibt es eine Gilde.
 Argos
 Die Kunst des Reisens, speziell im Tempest ist das Handwerk der Harbinger Gilde.
 Castigate
 Die Kunst den Shadow zu zähmen und dadurch gegen Oblivion zu kämpfen ist das Handwerk der Pardoners, die als Gruppe anerkannt werden, obwohl sie keine formell Gilde sind oder waren.
 Embody
 Die Kunst den Corpus in die stoffliche Welt (Skinlands) zu projizieren und dadurch mit Lebenden zu interagieren ist das Handwerk der Proctors. So etwas zu tun ist jedoch verboten (siehe Gesetze Stygias).
 Fatalism
 Die Kunst das Zeichen des Schicksals in einer Seele zu lesen und so Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft einer Person zu erfahren ist das Handwerk der Oracles.
 Inhabit
 Die Kunst Kontrolle über unbelebte Gegenstände auszuüben ist das Handwerk der Artificers, die auch dafür bekannt sind, die Seelenschmieden zu betreiben und die Körper anderer Wraith in unbelebte, metallische Objekte zu verwandeln.
 Keening
 Die Kunst durch Lieder und Gesang Gefühle zu beeinflussen ist das Handwerk der Chanteurs.
 Lifeweb
 Die Kunst die Fettern und deren Verbindungen zu Wraith zu manipulieren ist das Handwerk der Monitors-Gilde.
 Moliate
 Die Kunst den Corpus eines Wraith zu verändern ist das Handwerk der Masquers. Dieses Arcanoi erlaubt auch das dauerhafte erschaffen weicher Gegenstände, wie Stoffe, wenn man es in einem mit dem Seelenschmieden vergleichbaren Prozess anwendet.
 Outrage
 Die Kunst Telekinese zu nutzen um die stoffliche Welt zu beeinflussen wird den Spooks zugeordnet, von denen man gemeinhin annimmt, dass sie nur formell eine Gilde sind, aber keine Struktur haben.
 Pandemonium
 Die Kunst Chaos in einer Art zu verbreiten, die für Geister angemessen ist und gewöhnlich genutzt wird um Lebende von einem Ort zu vertreiben wird den Haunters zugerechnet.
 Phantasm
 Die Kunst die Träumen der Lebenden zu beeinflussen erlaubt auch in den Schattenlanden Illusionen zu erschaffen und wird der Sandmen-Gilde zugerechnet.
 Puppetry
 Die Kunst den Körper eines Lebenden zu übernehmen wird auch als hautreiten bezeichnet und von der Puppeteers-Gilde benutzt, obgleich Anwendung dieses Acanoi von der Hierarchie schwer geahndet wird.
 Usury
 Die Kunst Pathos zu beeinflussen kann auch genutzt werden den Corpus zu heilen oder zu schädigen und wird von den Usurers praktiziert.

Eine untergeordnete Rolle spielen die folgenden Acanoi und ihre Gilden, die nicht im Grundbuch behandelt werden:
 Flux
 Die Kunst Materie in der stofflichen Welt zu beeinflussen gehört zu einer Gruppe die sich Alchemists nennt.
 Mnemosynis
 Die Kunst Erinnerungen zu beeinflussen wurde von den Mnemoi verwendet, die einst die Richter in der Unterwelt waren, aber wegen eines Verbrechen aufgelöst wurden, an das sich keiner erinnern kann.
 Intimation
 Die Kunst die Wünsche und Bedürfnisse einer anderen Person zu beeinflussen und zu verändern ist besonders wegen der Gefahr gefürchtet, Passions zu manipulieren. Die Solicitors nutzten dieses Arcanoi.

Daneben gibt es noch eine Vielzahl weiterer Arcanoi in anderen Zusatzbüchern, die entweder anderen Totenreichen zugeordnet sind, oder mittlerweile durch die oben beschrieben Arcanoi ersetzt wurden (wie z. B. eine Version von Inhabit aus Zeiten mit niedrigeren Technologie-Niveau).

Die Legionen Stygias
Die Legionen Stygias sind:
 The Iron Legion
 Die eiserne Legion. Geführt von der Ashen Lady. Die eiserne Legion besteht aus Wraith, die an Altersschwäche starben.
 The Skeletal Legion
 Die skelettene Legion. Geführt vom Skeletal Lord. Die skelettene Legion besteht aus dem Opfern von Krankheiten.
 The Grim Legion
 Die grimme Legion. Geführt vom Smiling Lord. Die grimme Legion besteht aus dem Opfern von Gewalt.
 The Penitent Legion
 Die reuige Legion. Geführt von der Laughing Lady. Die Legion besteht aus dem Opfern von Wahnsinn.
 The Emerald Legion
 Die Smaragd-Legion. Geführt vom Emerald Lord. Die Legion besteht aus den Opfern von Pech.
 The Silent Legion
 Die stille Legion. Geführt vom Quiet Lord. Die Legion besteht aus Opfern von Verzweiflung.
 The Legion of Paupers
 Die Legion der Armen. Geführt vom Beggar Lord. Die Legion besteht aus dem Opfern des Übernatürlichen.
 The Legion of Fate
 Die Legion des Schicksals. Geführt durch die Ladies of Fate. Die Legion besteht aus denen, die das Schicksal dazu bestimmt hat.

Totenreiche
Die Totenreiche in anderen Teilen der Welt sind unter anderem:
 Dark Kingdom of Ivory (dt. Dunkles Königreich des Elfenbeins)
 Die akrifkanische Unterwelt. Wird von ihren Bewohnern auch Busch der Geister genannt.
 Dark Kingdom of Jade (dt. Dunkles Königreich der Jade)
 Die herrschende Macht in der asiatischen Unterwelt. Wird von seinen Bewohnern das Reich der Mitte genannt und zeichnet sich vor allem durch seine Nähe zu Yomi, einer Serie von Höllenreichen mit sehr speziellen Themen aus, die von den Yama Königen regiert wird. Das Rollenspiel Kindred of the East ist eng mit dem asiatischen Totenreich verknüpft. Zu diesem Totenreich existieren ein Quellenband und ein Abenteuerband.
 Dark Kingdom of Flint (dt. Dunkles Königreich des Flint / Feuerstein)
 Die ewigen Jagdgründe der amerikanischen Ureinwohner. Dieses Reich wurde vom stygischen Imperium zerstört und das Territorium in den Schattenlanden erobert.
 Dark Kingdom of Obsidian (dt. Dunkles Königreich des Obsidian)
 Das Totenreich von Zentral- und Südamerika. Von den Einwohnern auch Smoking Mirror (dt. sinngemäß Verschleierter Spiegel) genannt. Wurde weitgehend vom stygischen Imperium erobert.
 Dark Kingdom of Sand (dt. Dunkles Königreich des Sandes)
 Auch bekannt als Khem oder Duat. Die Unterwelt Ägyptens
 The Sunless Sea (dt. Das sonnenlose Meer)
 Eine lose Ansammlung verschiedener Unterwelten in Polynesien
 Dark Kingdom of Clay (dt. Dunkles Königreich des Lehm)
 Die Unterwelt Australiens
 Swar
 Die scheinbar paradiesische Stadt der toten Hindus.
 Enclaves of Wire (dt. Die Enklaven des (Stachel-)Drahts)
 Eine lose Ansammlung vom Protektoraten unter der Kontrolle der Dybuks, den Geistern der Opfer des Holocaust.
 New Orleans
 Offiziell zum Dunklen Königreich des Elfenbeins gehörend ist die Stadt mehr ein Freistaat und Heimat einer Gruppe von Wraith, die sich "Les Invisibles" (dt. Die Unsichtbaren) nennen. Die Unsichtbaren sind auch in weiten Teilen der Karibik zu finden und dafür bekannt, das Arcanoi Puppetry auf bereitwillige Menschen anzuwenden.

Übernatürliche Wesen und der Tod
 Dämonen, wie sie in dem Spiel Demon: The Fallen vorkommen tauchen erst nach dem Ende des Totenreichens, wie es in Wraith: The Oblivion beschrieben wird, in der Welt auf. Als eigene Art von Geistern die ein Wirtskörper brauchen sind sie nach dem Tod eines Wirts wieder geister-artig, aber nicht mit Wraith zu vergleichen.
 Jäger, wie sie in dem Spiel Hunter: The Reckoning vorkommen sind durch ihre Überzeugung davor geschützt, nach dem Tod Wraith zu werden. Zusätzlich sind das Auftauchen der ersten Jäger und das Ende des Totenreiches wie in Wraith: The Oblivion beschrieben ungefähr gleichzeitige Ereignisse.
 Mumien, wie sie vor den Ereignissen aus Mummy: The Resurrection in den Quellenbüchern A World of Darkness: Mummy und Mummy (2nd Edition) beschreiben wurden waren in den Zeiten die ihre Körper nach der Vernichtung zur Neubildung brauchten effektiv Wraith. Mumien nach den Ereignissen die in Mummy: The Resurrection geschildert werden verbleiben in einem geisterartigen Zustand, während ihr Körper sich neu bildet, doch dies ist nicht mit einer Existenz als Wraith zu vergleichen.
 Vampire, wie sie im Spiel Vampire: The Masquerade vorkommen, werden gewöhnlich keine Wraith. Durch den Fluch des Vampirismus sind ihre Seelen verdammt.
 Wechselbälger, wie sie in dem Spiel Changeling: The Dreaming vorkommen werden wiedergeboren, das ist essentieller Bestandteil ihrer unsterblichen Feenseele.
 Werwölfe, und wohl auch die anderen Gestaltwandlerrassen, wie sie im Spiel Werewolf: The Apocalypse vorkommen, kehren nach dem Tod zu Gaia zurück; Einige Werwolf-Bücher deuten allerdings eine Wiedergeburt als Werwolf an. Werwölfe, die von Gaia entfremdet sind, können jedoch in seltenen Fällen Wraith werden.

Ende der Spielwelt
Es ist das einzige Spiel, das offiziell schon vor dem Ende der Spielreihe "World of Darkness" beendet wurde. Der Abschluss-Quellenband Ends of the Empire lässt dabei die Unterwelt in einem anhaltenden, gewaltigen Unwetter, dem sechsten und bislang heftigsten Maelstorm zurück. Während dieser Umstand in Quellenmaterial anderen älterer Spielserien wenig Einzug hält (z. B. bei den Vampiren des Clans Giovanni aus Vampire: The Masquerade oder den Werwölfen des Stamms der Stillen Wanderern aus Werewolf: The Apocalypse) ist er essentieller Bestandteil der Spielserien, die zeitgleich mit dem oder nach dem offiziellen Ende von Wraith: The Oblivion gestartet werden, namentlich Hunter: The Reckoning, Mummy: The Resurrection und Demon: The Fallen.

White Wolf veröffentlichte auch ein Nachfolgespiel, das das Geister-Thema innerhalb der World of Darkness aufgreift: Orpheus

Literatur
Anthologien
 Death and Damnation (WW04126). ISBN 1-56504-126-7

Romane
 Wraith: Sins of the Fathers. HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-105472-0
 Beyond the Shroud (WW13250). ISBN 1-56504-934-9
 Caravan of Shadows (WW11005). ISBN 1-56504-831-8

Spielregeln
Es sind keine deutschsprachigen Bücher zu Wraith: The Oblivion erschienen, doch eine Liste aller englischsprachigen Publikationen ist in der englischsprachigen Wikipedia zu finden: :en:List of Wraith: The Oblivion books.

Einzelnachweise

Pen-&-Paper-Rollenspiel
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State Senator Mike McGuire was getting ready to board his flight from Portland to Humboldt this afternoon when he called the Outpost to remind us about the holiday canned food drive he's co-hosting Wednesday evening at the Safeway on Harris St. in Eureka.
With the PDX PA announcements blaring in the background, McGuire mentioned the town hall event he helped organize last week to address childhood poverty and adverse childhood experiences.
"There is a crisis across the state and in the County of Humboldt," McGuire said. "Hundreds of kids go to bed every night hungry." McGuire will be at Safeway from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday collecting donated dry goods (like pasta and peanut butter in plastic bottles) and canned food (soup, chili, vegetables and fruit). One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to Food for People.
"They do an amazing job," McGuire said. "They're the leading hunger-relief agency in Humboldt County,"
The event is also being organized as a challenge between Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville high schools, and (disclosure) it's going to be broadcast by your Lost Coast Outpost's radio station partners KSLG, KHUM and KWPT "The Point."
We know that the good deed is a reward unto itself, but McGuire said there's another incentive. "We will be bringing our own holiday gifts," he said. "Every hour, folks who bring by dried or canned goods will be able to potentially win prizes."
Here's a press release for the event:
Too many of our North Coast neighbors face food insecurity and too many of our kids go to school hungry each morning. This holiday season, Senator McGuire is teaming up with Humboldt County's own Food for People, three local radio stations and three local high schools for a friendly challenge to feed some of our neighbors who are in need this holiday season.
"Childhood poverty is a crisis here in California and throughout the North Coast," Senator McGuire said. "Forty percent of those who receive assistance from Food for People every month are kids and we're coming together on December 14 to help make the holidays brighter for some of our most vulnerable families and seniors."
McGuire and Food for People will be hosting a three hour Drop-Off and Donate event outside the Eureka Safeway (2555 Harris Street) on Wednesday, December 14 from 4 to 7 pm. Three local radio stations will be broadcasting live with McGuire - KHUM, KSLG and KWPT – and residents are encouraged to bring canned or dried food donations to the Eureka Safeway after work and they could win one of several prizes for their good deed.
In addition, three local high schools are participating in the first annual Humboldt Holiday Food Drive Showdown which will benefit McGuire's Drop-Off and Donate event on December 14. The exciting food drive challenge is between Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville high schools. 100% of all donations will be distributed to Food for People on the 14th and will help those who are in greatest need this holiday season. The school that collects the most food will receive the Golden Can Award and its next school dance on the house (up to $750 in value)!
Food for People, who has been working since 1979 to eliminate hunger and improve the health and well-being of our community through access to healthy and nutritious foods, community education, and advocacy are helping to spearhead the drive.
"Food for People is thrilled to partner with local high schools and Senator McGuire to ensure that everyone in our community will have the food they need over the holidays and throughout the winter months ahead," said Heidi McHugh, Community Education & Outreach Coordinator with Food for People. "The involvement of our youth in creating positive change for our neighbors that struggle to put food on the table can inspire a lifetime of volunteerism and community involvement. Senator McGuire's dedication to eliminating poverty and hunger is outstanding."
Join Senator McGuire, Food for People, students from Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville high schools and choose to give back this holiday season. Come by and take action at the Drop-off and Donate event on Wednesday, December 14 from 4 to 7 pm at the Eureka Safeway, 2555 Harris Street. Some of the most-needed food to help alleviate hunger in our community is: canned meat (chicken and fish), canned soups, stews and chili, peanut butter, beans (canned or dry), boxed pasta and rice meals, macaroni and cheese, cereal and oatmeal, canned fruit (in fruit juice), and canned vegetables.
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