Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese only narrowly surpassed by Karpathos ,and second largest in terms of population (35.000),overshadowed by Rhodes. Its relatively modest size credentials allow for an unusual (for a Greek isle) scope of activities and events to be at the disposal of the knowing and most importantly willing visitor during his stay.
The international airport, the harbor and the marina combined with an accurately organized and maintained net of rural transportation constitute the backbone of the local infrastructure. Kos Island has over the years become a synonym to biking. A signature mark of summer's coming, thousands of visitors touring the mostly flat island on a bicycle. However the prevalence of the bicycle does not imply insufficiency in public transportation, with buses, taxies and rental services connecting the most remote corners of the island to the town. The island's expansive and fabulous beaches and natural beauty join with near daily parade of traditional festivities to provide true rest and relaxation. Historical monuments, a testament to the crossroads of peoples and their cultures that the island poises ,the churches, unique and characteristic architecture as well as the world famous Asklepieion make for the schedule of successful vacations. However, what granted Kos its stature among the most popular resorts on a global level, are its people. Organized in small family business units the natives know how to extend and exercise Greek hospitality like no other, in their quest to fill your trip with local flavors, serenity and if you so wish with entertainment. If all this however falls short on your expectations consider the island as a headquarters providing the necessary lodgings to explore the surrounding islands and the Turkish ports nearby.
Allies by your side during your stay, boasting an inventory of analytical studies and perpetually updating databases ,the portal of maritime tourism designed under the care of the municipality of Kos as well as the observatory are available to guide your every step and map the way to your every desire readily and willingly.


Vegan chocolates are super easy to make and need very few ingredients, they are naturally gluten free and of course dairy free. We left ours so they were like soft truffles but you could coat them in a vegan dark chocolate so they have a gorgeous crispy shell. They are best kept in the fridge as they do melt very easily.
1. Melt the coconut oil in a pan, remove from heat as soon as just melted.
2. Add the cocoa powder and the maple syrup and mix well, make sure to work fast as it starts to go lumpy really fast.
3. Add spoon fulls of the mixture into ice cube trays or chocolate moulds, you should get around 21 small round chocolates out of this mix.
4. Place in the fridge for half an hour or so until yet, they won't be really solid, you will get more of a truffle consistency that melt in the mouth. You can leave them like this or if you wish melt some dairy free chocolate and coat them liberally.
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I had the honour to be the editor of a new cover publication by the Deutsche Gesellschaft for Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Technical Cooperation). This is one of many pieces the sector project "Knowledge System in Rural Areas" has published in recent years, which I can highly recommend. One is a bulletin on knowledge management in developing institutions and projects. With the recent publication we tried to summarize latest developments and what has happened since the web2fordev conference. We tried to get very different perspectives on the topic and I am glad we could win great authors. Once again thank you for your contributions!
Web 2.0 solutions offer people in rural areas a platform for networking and knowledge exchange. This brochure provides a systematic overview of Web 2.0 experiences made to date in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It serves as a practice-oriented introduction to the theme and discusses both the potentials and the possible limits to the participatory web.
Rural areas in developing countries are confronted by many challenges when it comes to information access and participation in knowledge networks. Since its beginnings, the potential of knowledge sharing throughout the Internet has had high hopes, but it has not fulfilled its promises yet. Obvious challenges are low connectivity particularly in rural areas, low literacy rate, lack of media competence to use the web and well function models to provide and target information. Newer technologies such as interactive web tools and the mobile phone offer promising ways to achieve a more inclusive Internet and use the web to learn from each other. Throughout the last years organisations and projects have started experimenting with the "read and write web" and achieved new approaches to use information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D). Different to traditional ICT projects, this approach focuses on the users, it is their engagement and creativity that makes the networking and learning effort vibrant.
Two major questions persist: Where and under which conditions can these ICT's be best used for highest impact? And, how can ICT's really be used for a more effectively knowledge sharing and learning? One key lessons learnt of the sector project "knowledge systems in rural areas" was that ICT is one of many instruments to share knowledge particularly in the local context. There are various ways to exchange local or indigenous knowledge, so the instrument of selection has to be best fit in the respective local context. ICT might often not be the best choice and certainly can only be a mean and not the end itself, ideally embedded into an existent system of knowledge transfer according to identified needs and opportunities. In September 2007 GTZ held together with IICD, CTA, CGIAR and FAO the web2fordev conference to explore the potential of the participatory web and bring together some of these experiences. This publication attempts to describe these latest trends and experiences around newest technologies and the network effects for a new ingenuity to improve living conditions.
One such example is Nabuur, a global neighbourhood, which shows new grassroots networks for development presenting innovative models of cooperation worldwide. Rolf Kleef and Raul Caceres describe how solely webbased collaboration can work even with remotely villages in Africa and how they achieved an effective online peer-to-peer knowledge transfer impact. Peter Ballantyne takes in his article a greater look at new emerging forms of cooperation between development institutions worldwide. The social web helps to transcend organisations' boundaries, makes information resources transparent and gives spaces for innovation for better agricultural development. The social web can be described as people interlinked and interacting with engaging content in a conversational and participatory manner via the Internet (Wikipedia). Ballantyne also compiles a list of all the different examples from a number of organisations' developments using these interactive web tool impacts.
That is followed by pioneering examples from Asia, Africa and Latin America to use ICT's for rural development. The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur describes its many year experiences to empower farmers through blogging. Debashis Pattanaik and Runa Sarkar describe their efforts to bridge the agriculture research in India with daily needs of farmers. The Kisan Blog has contributed in restoring experiences of rural farmers in India. Another such example is Radio La Luna, which uses different media forms to strengthen the collective memory of Ecuadorian society on key moments in its social struggle through rescuing, digitising, systematising and disseminating documents of various types about main events in recent Ecuadorian history. This engaging approach makes them one of the most visited websites in the country.
But not in any case the implementation and usage of Web 2.0 tools work that easily and might not be the appropriate solution. Dorine Rüter and Anne Piepenstock present a project around farmer-led documentation (FLD), which highlights an alternative way of sharing cultivation practices through digital media. FLD extends existing knowledge sharing forms through digital media to highlight local knowledge and make it explicit for a larger audience.
The last practical examples present the increasing potential of mobile phones on the example of decentralized SMS based information exchange. It shows how Cambodian farmers can benefit from such a free and open source solution to make their mobile tools for better transparency and, lastly, improve their incomes. Ken Banks also shows how local software and hardware solutions are particularly for mobile phones' key in the future, because theirs are developed around real needs and made to work in environments with little or no connectivity.


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Alex Cusack played an absolutely crucial role in Ireland's infamous win over England at the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, he put on 162 in just 17 overs with Kevin O'Brien and was also privvy to the best view possible of the fastest century in the history of the Cricket World Cup.
Cricket Ireland's series of articles continues to build up to the biggest cricket match ever to come to Ireland, the RSA Challenge, which sees Ireland play England at the new international ground in Malahide on September 3rd. Every week, cricketireland.ie will have a different guest author writing about something relating to one of cricket's oldest rivalries. This week with 10 weeks to go, Alex Cusack takes a look back on that famous balmy night in Bangalore.
It seems like a funny thing to say about one of the biggest days of your life, but I have to really think hard to remember back to that day against England two years ago in Bangalore.
It was our second group game in the 2011 World Cup and England were favourites, of course. We had been really disappointed to lose to Bangladesh two days before, where we felt we could have chased down their 200 odd. It was difficult to pick ourselves up but we put the loss behind us and we were looking forward to taking on the giants next door, to testing ourselves against one of the best teams around.
There is nothing like the nerves in your stomach when you're waiting to go out and play in a big game, and there are not many occasions bigger than facing the old enemy in a World Cup. The boys were buzzing around the dressing room and the atmosphere was unbelievable. We just couldn't wait to get out there.
We fielded first and the Poms made a daunting 327/8. I remember watching Trott and Bell bat together and thinking just how good a pitch it was. It could have been a whole lot worse, though, as we did well to restrict them in the last 10 overs and Johnboy picked up 4 wickets late which were crucial.
After keeping the score down somewhat, we went into the break with a more positive mindset than we might have. It wasn't easy to pick ourselves up for the second innings but finishing well definitely helped us to put the first innings behind us and look ahead to the job at hand.
You're always hopeful that two of the top order will get a good partnership going and score all the runs for you, but obviously that can't happen all of the time and it didn't happen that day. Stirlo (Paul Stirling) got off to a flyer and watching him blast it around was a great lift for the team in the face of a huge chase, we were up with the rate early and the pitch was batting like a dream.
Unfortunately, we suffered a collapse when we went from 102/2 to 111/5. As the wickets were falling I remember getting ready to bat and staying really calm. I wasn't panicking, just thinking about what I had to do.
Before I went out to join Kevin (O'Brien), Simmo (Phil Simmons) told me just to play straight and I remember thinking that I should bring what I had been working on into the game, which is batting with intensity. I was looking to get my feet moving early on and get a start - that's all. I suppose I was looking at the immediate future rather than the bigger picture, it was such a big picture!
When I made my way out to the middle, Kevvy and I had a quick chat. We spoke about keeping the scoreboard ticking over and settling things down a bit. We had lost some quick wickets and we didn't want to lose another one but we had to keep scoring, so it was a case of balancing risk and reward. We said we would get a partnership going and sort it out from there.
What people forget about Kev's innings is that he started relatively slowly. I mean, he wasn't going berserk or anything but he's still Kev, so we were going along pretty well. At one point around drinks we had a chat and decided to take the batting powerplay early and take the game to them - put the pressure on England and
As soon as we took that, Kev got going and started hitting sixes. I was just sitting back and watching him go for it. We've actually had a similar partnership before when we played against Hampshire. He was hitting big runs and I just got him the strike, so I did that again and it was spectacular to watch!
It was great to see players like Jimmy Anderson and Tim Bresnan getting frustrated and having a word with Kev, and then Kevvy smashing them for six! When he gets in the mood when he's hitting the ball like that, you don't need to say anything to him if you're batting with him - you just let him at it!
He smashed some huge maximums that day, so it was nice to contribute a bit myself, I remember hitting Paul Collingwood for six. It's always good to reach the boundary, especially against the English, even if mine only just crept over compared to Kev's!
When Kevvy was approaching his century, Andrew Strauss had a half chance to catch him. The ball went up and I wasn't thinking about anything at the time other than calling a run through and then we snuck through for a second after he put the catch down. They say luck favours the brave and you always need a bit of luck to win a game like that.
After Kev got his 100, we were up with the rate and some of the English guys started having a few more words; it was then that I realised we were in with a great chance of winning the game.
Press box at Bangalore stand and applaud Kevin O'Brien's fastest World Cup hundred. Don't often see that. Astonishing innings. #bbcworldcup
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50 - Kevin O'Brien has the fastest ever World Cup century off just 50 balls. Dominating.
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) March 2, 2011
When we needed about 60 to win, Ian Bell kindly told me not to mess it up. I asked him if he was starting to get worried - at that point I think the whole England team were more nervous than anyone watching could have imagined.
When we still needed over 50 to win, Kevin called me through for a run and then sent me back. You could say I sacrificed my wicket but I didn't see it like that at the time, I just did what you do - tried my best to get back in at the bowler's end and I thought I had made it until I saw the replay and I was out by a very small margin.
When I got back to the dressing room I was so frustrated, frustrated that I was out and there was still so much for the lads to do to get over the line. I took my gear off and took a moment to myself before I went out to sit by myself to watch the agonizing last few moments bit. I just hoped and prayed that the boys would do the last bit - I always preferred playing than watching and to have to watch as each run was counted down was excruciating, John and Trent were exceptional at the end.
Words can't describe what I felt when we won, I was on top of the world. It was a privilege to be a part of one of the greatest games of cricket Ireland has ever played, and to have the best view in the house of the fastest century in Cricket World Cup history.
What a fantastic performance!! Kevin O'Brien was amazing! Should we laugh or cry: 338 to tie with India, then utterly stuffed by the Irish!!
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Naturopathic oncology is the art and science of integrative cancer care. It is the speciality of naturopathic oncologists — board-certified experts in natural cancer care.
Naturopathic oncology encompasses conventional and natural therapies for people with cancer and their caregivers. Naturopathic oncologists use evidence based medicine and a personalized approach to determine the safest and most effective integrative cancer care program for you.
A naturopathic oncologist can guide you through a new cancer diagnosis, help you get the most from cancer treatment, and rebuild your health after treatment.


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There's a barley field near us and at this time of the year it's like golden waves lapping against the sky. It looked, smelled, felt and sounded like summer. I have a beautiful sunflower stamp and as I walked our puppy down the lane beside the field, this tag took shape in my mind. I had no particular words to go with the images and didn't want to crowd the design with them so they are kept to one side, leaving the rest of the images to carry the message of a straw textured summer.
Even looking at this again makes me think of straw coloured sunny days!


Avoiding bike-saddle soreness begins with choosing and adjusting the right bike. When you go shopping for a bike, take it for test ride to make sure it feels right when you are on it. If you already have a bike, then you need to make sure to adjust the bike correctly for your physical dimensions. If the seat position is too high, it can create downward pressure as you ride. If it is too low, you will ride too loosely on the bike and have problems with saddle soreness. Take the bike to your local cycle shop if you are unsure exactly what adjustments you need to make.
When you are out riding the roads, make sure to rise up off the bike seat every so often. Too much continuous contact with the seat can attribute to bike-saddle soreness. Wait for a time during the ride where you can safely raise yourself off the bike for about 15 to 30 seconds at a time. Repeat the rise every five to six minutes that you are on the bike.
Make sure that you purchase and wear riding shorts with padding that is specifically designed for bike riding. Some people will just wear their regular workout shorts, and this will increase the chances for bike-saddle soreness. For women, there are shorts that have design features made especially for a women's body structure. So, women shouldn't assume any bike short will work. Seek out cycling shorts that are labeled as women's cycling shorts.
The seat selection is little like "Goldie Locks and the Three Bears," in that if the seat is too big, it will rub and cause irritation. If it is too small, you will move around on the seat too much, so you need to choose a bike seat that is just right for your body type. Try out different bike seats at the local bike shop if you are unsure what size seat you need to avoid bike-saddle soreness.
Always wear clean riding shorts during a ride. I know that sometimes there may not be time to wash those shorts, but if you don't, that left over perspiration and dirt in the shorts can irritate the skin and cause saddle soreness. In addition, when you finish a tough ride, don't just sit around in those sweat-soaked shorts. Get out of them, and wash up immediately after a ride. After the wash, be sure to dry off completely. If necessary, you may need to apply an antibacterial cream to the contact area to prevent any potential skin irritation.


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Patriots OC Josh McDaniels left off NFL official coaching candidates list because he wants Bill Belichick's job
The Patriots might keep their offensive coordinator for a long time.
By Rich Hill@PP_Rich_Hill Nov 20, 2016, 7:47pm EST
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New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels should be the hottest item on the coaching market this offseason. His work in the 2014 playoffs and with QB Jimmy Garoppolo and QB Jacoby Brissett to start the 2016 season is justification enough to hand him the keys of your franchise.
But teams won't be considering McDaniels this offseason- and it's because McDaniels wants to stay in New England, according to Pro Football Talk.
"Every year, the NFL's Career Development Advisory Panel compiles a list of recommended candidates for the inevitable coaching and G.M. vacancies," Mike Florio writes, noting that Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia is on the list.
"One omission that will raise eyebrows is Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, especially since Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia is on the list," Florio adds. "As one source explained it, McDaniels was left of [sic] the list because the thinking is that he's intent on staying at New England until coach Bill Belichick retires, succeeding Belichick as the team's head coach."
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is 64 years old and arguably has another decade of coaching left. McDaniels is only 40 years old and would be one of the youngest head coaches in the NFL if he were to get a new job. Even if he waits another decade, McDaniels could be one of the younger head coaches.
Now it's obvious that McDaniels isn't actually handcuffed to the Patriots. If some team offers him the moon, he'd be crazy not to jump at the opportunity. But McDaniels has been one of the most valuable coaches for the Patriots and his contributions and familiarity with the organization makes him an ideal long term replacement candidate for Belichick.
Can Belichick impart all of his team-building expertise to McDaniels over the next however-many years? Maybe. Or perhaps McDaniels and director of player personnel Nick Caserio will be a dream duo for years to follow.
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Johor Port optimizes cargo flow with Oracle Cloud
Switching to Oracle Autonomous Database has given Malaysia's dynamic Johor Port the data-driven intelligence to improve logistics on a grand scale.
"With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, our data update has been increased from hourly to every 10 minutes."
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As Malaysia's southern gateway for goods from around the world, Johor Port is built to send and receive a wide variety of cargo, from standard shipping containers to bulk goods to individual items.
The bustling port's ceaseless marine traffic generates more than 50GB of data per day from multiple sources, from IT systems to sensors. The growing volume left its previous, spreadsheet-based system inadequate for delivering the data intelligence needed to run a smooth and cost-effective operation.
Without real-time information, we couldn't see the current productivity levels, and checking manually took time and tended to be inconsistent. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse has paved the way for operational empowerment and more growth opportunities.
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Johor Port chose Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to give its managers and executives the type of visual dashboard—backed by timely and accurate data updates—that a modern port requires. The Oracle solution also lowered IT costs by reducing the maintenance of multiple local systems.
With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Johor Port has been able to automate the loading of 50 GB per day of data from multiple and diverse sources, such as gate sensors and visitor entry systems, to give its Terminal Operations team a full set of data visualizations that are updated every 10 minutes. This offers a huge improvement over previous reports, which took hours to build and delivered an inferior set of insights.
The Oracle Cloud solution has reduced IT costs by lowering database maintenance work and minimizing the use of several older computing systems.
Oracle's system has led Johor Port to close operational gaps made clear by the new data visualizations, and allowed the company to better plan long-term—for example, by using insights into seasonal variations in goods and shipping resources.
The upgrade to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has given Johor's Terminal Operations team a much clearer understanding of the value that lies in their data—and has inspired them to create new dashboards and reports to help further improve operations, expand the business, and reduce waste.
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Francis Theodore Page Burt (ur. 14 czerwca 1918 w Perth, zm. 8 września 2004 w Perth) – australijski prawnik, działacz państwowy.

W latach 1977-1988 kierował Sądem Najwyższym Australii Zachodniej. Kilkakrotnie tymczasowo pełnił obowiązki gubernatora tego stanu (1980, 1983-1984, 1989-1990) między kadencjami pełnoprawnych gubernatorów. Sam zajmował stanowisko gubernatora w latach 1990-1993.

Nosił tytuł radcy królowej, był odznaczony Orderem Australii oraz Order św. Michała i św. Jerzego.

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It's being reported that Aerion Supersonic has shuttered operations and will no longer pursue their multi-million facility in Orlando, Fla. A statement was released late Friday, May 21, 2021 stating:
"The AS2 supersonic business jet program meets all market, technical, regulatory and sustainability requirements, and the market for a new supersonic segment of general aviation has been validated with $11.2 billion in sales backlog for the AS2," a company statement released Friday afternoon said. "However, in the current financial environment, it has proven hugely challenging to close on the scheduled and necessary large new capital requirements to finalize the transition of the AS2 into production. Given these conditions, the Aerion Corporation is now taking the appropriate steps in consideration of this ongoing financial environment."
The company chairman, president and CEO, Tom Vice, once touted: "We are committed to bringing people closer together in a more vibrant and compassionate world where distance is no longer a barrier, and to innovation that is kind to our planet." The had set their goal as reaching any two cities on the planet in three hours.
The reports cite difficulty in securing capital as the reason for ending their operations.


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Adele announces Las Vegas residency
Adele has announced a Las Vegas residency with weekend performances due to begin in the new year.
The singer will perform on Friday and Saturday nights in the Colosseum theatre at Caesars Palace Hotel from 21 January until 16 April 2022.
The British star will take one weekend off in mid-February.
Fans will have to register for pre-sale access before 3 December to be in with a chance of securing tickets for Weekends With Adele.
Tickets will then be available to purchase from 7 December.
Adele is also taking to the stage as part of the BST Hyde Park festival in London on 1 and 2 July.
Last week, Adele's new album, 30, became 2021's best-selling album in its first week of release.
Who else has done a Vegas residency?
The famous Colosseum theatre has 4,300 seats and has hosted the likes of Celine Dion, Sir Elton John, Madonna, Mariah Carey and Rod Stewart.
Dion and Sir Elton have both completed two residencies there, with Dion performing over 1,000 times at the venue.
Usher is the current "resident" at The Colosseum and will wrap up his stint at the beginning of January.
Highly lucrative residencies – particularly the long-running ones – can bring in millions of dollars for musicians with merchandise sales also adding to the pot.
Britney Spears had a four-year long Vegas residency – from 2013 to 2017 – but at a different venue, the Axis at Planet Hollywood.
The singer, who was recently released from her conservatorship, said she only went out twice during that time.
Lady Gaga's Enigma show ran from December 2018 until May 2020 at The Park MGM. She returned for a string of jazz shows last month. – bbc.com
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Dede - when a friend leaves
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It was a weird day that 15. of March in 2011. One moment filled with happiness and joy after Hummels had signed a contract until 2014, the other filled with sadness and sorrow. In the end, the sad moment weighed heavier. It was the moment when our DEDE announced that he would leave our Borussia at the end of the season. After 13 years of all the ups and downs you could encounter with a team, he got to the point where he needed a new challenge. It is hard to find the right words right now since DEDE isn't just any other player that leaves. He is not just any other player we all loved that leaves, no, it is a friend that leaves. Someone who stayed- through the better and the worse. Someone who had enough chances and opportunities to prove himself in another league of another country but always stayed. Stayed because he cared. For the team and the fans.
It is hard to understand that some things in football come the way they come. We all love Schmelzer, we enjoy watching him play. And somehow we were so euphoric throughout the season that we didn't realize that the inevitable might come sooner than we had expected. And it came. After 13 years DEDE has decided that he is too young to be a substitute player, too good to be a substitute player and he is right. It is painful to realize that all the hopes that he would stay for another year were preposterous because someone like him does not belong on the bench. He belongs out there on the pitch.
Next season he will wear a different coloured jersey and what stays are memories of 13 amazing years. Looking back on that 20 year old boy who came from Atletico Mineiro, it is amazing to see what kind of progress he went through in his years in Dortmund. The easy going lad who was struggling so hard with the weather, careless on the pitch, overstrained with his car due to ice cold temperatures. It is easy to tell anecdotes of DEDE. During his first winter in Germany he had to face a frozen car-window for the first time of his life. The outcome of that? DEDE being late for practice. He thought there was something wrong with his car, not knowing that it was just frost. And don't we all remember the story of the burned trash in the garden? It is common in Brazil to burn the trash outside in the garden, and how was DEDE supposed to know that it wasn't in Germany. So many new things to learn, so many new things to get used to.
Initially he thought that he would go back to Brazil after three years. But things came differently. He stayed, he stayed and became the most important person of trust for all the Brazilian players that would follow. Amoroso, Ewerthon, Leandro, Tinga- only to mention a few. They shared the famous Samba- flat and down on the pitch, they played samba-football. DEDE had, by now, gotten the name "German Brazilian". He learned that 9 o clock meant 9 o clock and three weeks of vacation meant three weeks of vacation. No more, no less. He accepted it, he appreciated it. A few years later he would say "One day when I will have children, I want to move to Germany again, because I want them to know the German way of life". This came from the man who had wanted to go back to Brazil during his first months in Dortmund so badly.
Dortmund had become his home. And us fans, we had already embraced him into our hearts. Easily. How he had always driven his opposite players nuts because there was just no getting through on the left side. He was always there. People always said how difficult it was to find someone great on the left side of the defense. Something we never worried about- we had DEDE. And when he wasn't taking care of the defense, he drove the other teams defense crazy. His most glorious moments were probably the months of the season 2001/2002. The 4:0 against AC Miilan will always be the game of when DEDE lifted the ball over three players and could only be stopped through a foul. And the biggest success of the past decade- the German Championship- it was DEDEs cross that Ewerthon used in order to score the 2:1.
He was there when we had our good times. What followed was a time that is still dreadful in our thoughts. The insecure years of not knowing how it would continue, if everything would continue. We were down at the bottom. Players came and players left. Amoroso, Rosicky, Koller, the glorious players of the Championship season had all gone. DEDE had stayed. On the pressconference of the 15. of March 2011 he would later tell that the other players had said "What are you doing DEDE? Are you stupid? Why aren't you leaving as well?" But DEDE had found his home. He was home in Dortmund. He loved the team, he loved the people, he loved the fans. He stayed. In the possibly worst time of Dortmunds history he decided to stay, to not turn his back on the team and the fans, to support them and help them through those difficult weeks and months.
Looking back, as a fan, I can hardly express how worried I was back then. How big my fear was to lose my beloved Borussia. Today, throughout all this season, it is difficult to express how incredibly happy this team makes all of us. It went uphill again. But at the time when it was going up hill again for us, the difficult weeks and months for DEDE began. One injury followed the next. The cruciate ligament rupture that he got at the beginning of season 08/09 was the beginning of a difficult time for DEDE. However, he got to experience how much he meant to all the people around him: the team and the fans. I remember our BVB players coming on the pitch with a huge banner that read "Der ganze BVB für unseren DEDE" (the whole BVB for our DEDE). In our schwatzgelb discussion board people counted down the days that we would have to wait for DEDE to be healthy again. All of this was mentioned in newspapers. Everyone knew that it was special, that this relationship was special, that you don't just get this kind of support when you are a well liked football players. DEDE has never been just any other player. After recovering from the injury he was thrown back with various other injuries. At this point, Schmelzer had proven what a fantastic player he was on the left side of the defense. And somehow, we had gotten used to Schmelzer playing. Realizing that the cost of this is DEDE looking for a new challenge.
You can't blame him for leaving, that's the worst part of it all. Everybody understands that he still wants to play. And this is probably the most painful part of it all. Us fans, we wish him all the best , we want him to be happy, to be successful and we know that he won't be any of this as a substitue player for Borussia Dortmund. Which is why we have to let him go. But Borussia Dortmund without DEDE is so difficult to imagine, that it brought tears into every fans eyes the day it was announced. When you read the posts in the discussion boards it seemed like there was not one person who had not cried. DEDE and BVB go together like black and yellow.
But DEDE wouldn't be DEDE if he didn't the right words: "I can leave the club in the same good state that it was when I came here". He did not leave in the difficult times. He leaves when things are okay.
After these amazing thirteen years there is only one more thing that is left to say: thank you DEDE! Thank you for all the love, the fighting, the passion, the trust, the loyalty and everything you did for our BVB. Whereever the road may lead you now, we wish you all the very best. You will always be a part of this club and we will keep you in our hearts forever!
With that said, we will leave you with DEDE's own words. Here's what he had to say at the press conference where he announced to leave at the end of the season:
This is very hard for me. Today is a very tough day of my career, of my life. This club means a lot to me. I can say I grew up here. When I first came here it was a hard time for me. But the fans here embraced me and helped me a lot as well as the management and the players. My plan was to stay for three years and return to Brazil after that. I thought Germany was not for me. After a couple of years I learned to love this club. I showed my whole heart on the pitch.
I think I did everything right. If I had the chance to re-live my career I would do everything exactly the same. But sadly it is time to go. I did not loose my place in the team because of my performance but because I tore my cruciate ligament. After that injury I returned fast and started another series in the first team. Then I hurt my right knee. That was just a little operation and I was out for only three weeks. But thank god the team stabilized during that time and played better. Since then I am running after the whole time. I took that very professional even though that was not easy for me. The people might think "he is content, he played enough in his time", but I don't think that way. It was hard for me every single day. I train well but don't ever get the chance to play. We have to take into account how well Schmelle [Marcel Schmelzer, Dede's successor as left fullback] is playing. I have to pay a compliment to him and he is a very good colleague as well. But not only him, I get along very well with the whole team. In all those thirteen years at Borussia I never had a problem with any player, no matter if German or foreigner. That's an important point to me: I respect everybody who works here. Also I have to thank you journalists for these thirteen years we worked together. If I did anything wrong, I want to apologize for that. But you can't do right at all times. I have to thank the club and these fans.
I thought about this a long time. I do not go because I want to leave. My plan was to spend the rest of my career at Borussia. But I think I proved it every day in training, that I am still quick and I still have my quality, so I have to play. I respected the decision of the coach to start Schmelle. I accepted my role as substitute. But to only sit on the bench not get to play at all makes no sense to me. I respect the opinion of the coach and have no problems with him at all. The decision to go was taken together by me and Borussia Dortmund. I thought for a long time about it. I talked to Michael Zorc about this, who is like a father to me even though he is not that old. (smiles) But in any case he is a man I have the greatest respect for.
I know that I lived through the lowest point of the 100 years of Borussia Dortmund's history. A lot of team-mates back then told me: "We're all leaving. Why are you staying? Are you stupid? The team sucks and will get relegated." Back then I had an offer from A.S. Roma but the club refused to let me go. Looking back, I have done everything right. When I came here I could never have imagined how much the people love this club and that I could be integrated so well in Germany. What the fans did when I had my cruciate injury I have never seen in all these thirteen years at Borussia. That was very special to me. The songs and the banners in the stadium.
I leave the club in the same good state it was in when I came here. We will reach the Champions League, my second German championship and with a super team...(Zorc interrupts: Only one time champion, we are not quite there yet...) But almost and I hope we will make it.
Now I leave the club even though I wanted to finish my career here, but sadly in football not all plans come true. But I leave with my head up and I know I gave everything I could for this club.
And here is what DEDE had to say three days later in a video interview with local paper Ruhrnachrichten:
DEDE's Message to the fans:
I have always been a soldier, fighting on the pitch all the time. Whether good or bad times, that was always true. I have always been black'n'yellow and I proved that on the pitch. I thank you from my heart, which is bleeding now, but will smile again, because that is my life. I appeal to you, to continue to support our team at every game just like you used to, so we can take that chance and win the championship. I want to thank you now, but please set my situation aside for now, so me and you can continue to help the team. These are great boys and if everything goes well we will be champions by the end of this season and then we can smile together and maybe cry together as well. I thank you with all my heart.
DEDE on his feelings after announcing to leave Borussia:
I feel bad. I am only human and my heart is bleeding. This is a pain I have not been feeling for a long time. Just once in my life I felt this pain, back when I came over to Germany from Brazil and to leave my family, my club and the Brazilian fans. I had been playing for ten years for this club (Atlético Mineiro). But this is very hard now. It is one of the hardest times in my life.
Dede on his start at Borussia Dortmund:
When I came here I wanted to stay for only two, three years to support my family. At the beginning everything went well for me on the pitch but my private life was really bad. I cried every day and the phonebill went through the roof. I missed my family and friends very much. But I told myself, that I had to take the chance I had at this great club in Germany. So I tried to become integrated as fast as possible. But it was hard for me at that time. There was no internet and I was the only Brazilian at Borussia. So I started to bring my family over, my brothers and cousins. I had my own home and my own life here a little bit Brazilian and a little bit German. I had lots of problems with the police because I used to play the music to loud on sundays. But I learned to respect my neighbours.
On the reaction of the BVB fans after his cruciate ligament:
(He is searching for the right words and can hardly speak) That's a scene I will never forget. How the fans reacted when I entered the Westfalenstadion with crutches. That was such a positive thing for me... (he starts to cry) That's something unforgettable. The cruciate is a severe injury for a footballer. But when I saw how the fans and my team-mates supported me, that was one of the most beautiful days of my life. I was feeling so bad after the surgery, but when I entered the stadium ... there is just no words to describe it. It was like a child was born, I could see the light again. I can be thankful every day because I achieved so much, that I could experience that.
On his future plans:
At the moment all options are open. I am glad, that I received some calls already, from Germany, Brazil and other countries. But at the moment my head is not clear to think about the future, because it is very hard for me after thirteen years. I am only human and I feel this way. I have to take care of my broken heart first, before I talk to other clubs. Thank god I am fit enough and I have shown my qualities in the Bundesliga for many years. For now I focus on Borussia to help the team the best I can to win this title for the fans.
On the prospect to leave with a title:
That means a lot to me. I leave the club through the front door with my head up, just the way I came here. I can still look everybody in the eye at this club. That is very important to me. I can look in the mirror and say I gave all I could not only on the pitch. That is a big win to me. To leave the club in a good state is like another title to me.
On his relationship with the BVB supporters:
Three weeks ago after I had the final talks with Michael Zorc regarding my future, the first thing I did was to enter the Westfalenstadion. It was three in the afternoon and Michael Zorc unlocked the doors for me. I went to the locker room. Then I entered the pitch. I looked at all four corners to thank everybody even though nobody was there at the time.
I am very religious and the stadium of Borussia Dortmund was like a colosseum to me. I needed so much power there, whenever I entered the pitch with pains and aches the people helped me so much there. That was my first reaction: I went to the stadium to thank everybody. Even though I did not see anybody because the stadium was empty I had the feeling they all were there. I will never forget what the people here in Germany have done for me. The fans of Borussia Dortmund will remain in my heart forever. This jersey was my second skin and I showed that in every match even though I did not play good at all times. The other players and the people in the streets, they tell me: You have become an institution here, a legend a role model of how a player should treat his club. Foreign minister...there are so many words. Football-god...well that I am not in any case. But I can say I always fought like a soldier on the pitch.
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Q: How do I parse html without creating an object of internet explorer in vba? I don't have internet explorer on any of the computers at work, therefore creating a object of internet explorer and using ie.navigate to parse the html and search for the tags isn't possible. My question is, how can I pull certain data with a tag automatically from a frame source to my spreadsheet without using IE? Example of code in answers would be very useful :) Thanks

A: You could use XMLHTTP to retrieve the HTML source of a web page:
Function GetHTML(url As String) As String
    With CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
        .Open "GET", url, False
        .Send
        GetHTML = .ResponseText
    End With
End Function

I wouldn't suggest using this as a worksheet function, or else the site URL will be re-queried every time the worksheet recalculates.  Some sites have logic in place to detect scraping via frequent, repeated calls, and your IP could become banned, temporarily or permanently, depending on the site.
Once you have the source HTML string (preferably stored in a variable to avoid unnecessary repeat calls), you can use basic text functions to parse the string to search for your tag.
This basic function will return the value between the <tag> and </tag>:
Public Function getTag(url As String, tag As String, Optional occurNum As Integer) As String
    Dim html As String, pStart As Long, pEnd As Long, o As Integer
    html = GetHTML(url)

    'remove <> if they exist so we can add our own
    If Left(tag, 1) = "<" And Right(tag, 1) = ">" Then
        tag = Left(Right(tag, Len(tag) - 1), Len(Right(tag, Len(tag) - 1)) - 1)
    End If

    ' default to Occurrence #1
    If occurNum = 0 Then occurNum = 1
    pEnd = 1

    For o = 1 To occurNum
        ' find start <tag> beginning at 1 (or after previous Occurence)
        pStart = InStr(pEnd, html, "<" & tag & ">", vbTextCompare)
        If pStart = 0 Then
            getTag = "{Not Found}"
            Exit Function
        End If
        pStart = pStart + Len("<" & tag & ">")

        ' find first end </tag> after start <tag>
        pEnd = InStr(pStart, html, "</" & tag & ">", vbTextCompare)
    Next o

    'return string between start <tag> & end </tag>
    getTag = Mid(html, pStart, pEnd - pStart)
End Function

This will find only basic <tag>'s but you could add/remove/change the text functions to suit your needs.
Example Usage:
Sub findTagExample()

    Const testURL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping"

    'search for 2nd occurence of tag: <h2> which is "Contents" :
    Debug.Print getTag(testURL, "<h2>", 2)

    '...this returns the 8th occurence, "Navigation Menu" :
    Debug.Print getTag(testURL, "<h2>", 8)

    '...and this returns an HTML <span> containing a title for the 'Legal Issues' section:
    Debug.Print getTag("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping", "<h2>", 4)

End Sub

A: Anyone who has done some web scraping will be familiar with creating an instance of Internet Explorer (IE) and the navigating to a web address and then once the page is ready start navigating the DOM using the 'Microsoft HTML Object Library' (MSHTML) type library. The question asks if IE is unavailable what to do. I am in the same situation for my box running Windows 10.
I had suspected it was possible to spin up an instance of MSHTML.HTMLDocument independent of IE but its creation is not obvious. Thanks to the questioner for asking this now. The answer lies in the MSHTML.IHTMLDocument4.createDocumentFromUrl  method. One needs a local file to work (EDIT: actually one can put a webby url in as well!) with but we have a nice tidy Windows API function called URLDownloadToFile to download a file.
This codes runs on my Windows 10 box where Microsoft Edge is running and not Internet Explorer. This is an important find and thanks to the questioner for raising it.
Option Explicit

'* Tools->Refernces Microsoft HTML Object Library

'* MSDN - URLDownloadToFile function - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms775123(v=vs.85).aspx
Private Declare PtrSafe Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" _
        (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, _
        ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long

Sub Test()

    Dim fso As Object
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

    Dim sLocalFilename As String
    sLocalFilename = Environ$("TMP") & "\urlmon.html"

    Dim sURL As String
    sURL = "https://stackoverflow.com/users/3607273/s-meaden"

    Dim bOk As Boolean
    bOk = (URLDownloadToFile(0, sURL, sLocalFilename, 0, 0) = 0)
    If bOk Then
        If fso.FileExists(sLocalFilename) Then

            '* Tools->Refernces Microsoft HTML Object Library
            Dim oHtml4 As MSHTML.IHTMLDocument4
            Set oHtml4 = New MSHTML.HTMLDocument

            Dim oHtml As MSHTML.HTMLDocument
            Set oHtml = Nothing

            '* IHTMLDocument4.createDocumentFromUrl
            '* MSDN - IHTMLDocument4 createDocumentFromUrl method - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752523(v=vs.85).aspx
            Set oHtml = oHtml4.createDocumentFromUrl(sLocalFilename, "")

            '* need to wait a little whilst the document parses
            '* because it is multithreaded
            While oHtml.readyState <> "complete"
                DoEvents  '* do not comment this out it is required to break into the code if in infinite loop
            Wend
            Debug.Assert oHtml.readyState = "complete"

            Dim sTest As String
            sTest = Left$(oHtml.body.outerHTML, 100)
            Debug.Assert Len(Trim(sTest)) > 50  '* just testing we got a substantial block of text, feel free to delete

            '* page specific logic goes here
            Dim htmlAnswers As Object 'MSHTML.DispHTMLElementCollection
            Set htmlAnswers = oHtml.getElementsByClassName("answer-hyperlink")

            Dim lAnswerLoop As Long
            For lAnswerLoop = 0 To htmlAnswers.Length - 1
                Dim vAnswerLoop
                Set vAnswerLoop = htmlAnswers.Item(lAnswerLoop)
                Debug.Print vAnswerLoop.outerText

            Next

        End If
    End If
End Sub

Thanks for asking this.
P.S. I have used TaskList to verify that IExplore.exe is not created under the hoods when this code runs.
P.P.S  If you liked this then see more at my Excel Development Platform blog

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