We begin today's Weekly Roundup in the FT, with the Chart That Tells A Story. This week it was about regional house prices.
James Pickford looked at house price changes over the last nine years.
The chart breaks the period down into four sub-divisions of of 3, 2, 2 and 2 years), and shows gains (and occasional losses) across 19 regional cities in the UK – including London.
London and other southern cities (particularly Oxford and Cambridge) recovered quickest after the 2008 crisis, as foreign money came in.
But this area peaked in 2015 as prices became unaffordable.
In the last two years, regional cities – particularly in the north and in Scotland – have started to catch up.
But they are not expected to show the overall growth that London did.
Merryn's column was about her dislike of the ISA's IHT status (it doesn't shelter money from IHT).
Given that the data shows that the over-65s aren't decumulating their ISAs, that means they will be heading for serious IHT bills.
The only alternative is to move your ISAs into AIM stocks.
You can do this yourself, or take advantage of ready-made (but expensive) solutions from people like Octopus or Unicorn.
You know what I think – go DIY.
Merryn also points out that valuations of AIM stocks have de-coupled since they were granted IHT exemption – this is certainly something I've noticed in our own AIM IHT portfolio.
Apologies for the quality of the chart – Merryn had me sign up to Instagram to get this, but it's lacking in contrast.
This week was "ISA Special" week for the FT, so there were a lot of articles.
They are mostly entry-level, but you might find something of interest.
They also contain some useful charts and tables.
Note the shocking dominance of cash ISAs over stocks and shares ISAs.
Kate Beioley had a couple of scene-setter articles (here's the second one).
She also had an article on how to mix and match between the various types of ISA.
Her fourth article summarised the P2P options within the IF-ISA.
Lucy Warwick-Ching had an article on how to use ISAs to build a nest egg for your children.
Lucy's second article was about ISA transfers.
James Pickford wrote about the poor returns on cash ISAs.
Josephine Cumbo wrote in praise of the Australian pension system.
This superannuation scheme (the "super") involves mandatory contributions from all work income (mostly from employers, at 9.5% of earnings).
Employees can make additional voluntary contributions and many do.
Employees can also choose where to invest their pot and don't need to stick with what their employer chooses (though most do).
This flexibility leads to lots of comparison websites and a spirit of competitiveness between workers saving towards their retirement.
It also means that Australians save – on average – four times what the typical Brit puts away.
It's not surprising, given that the UK workplace pension rollout has only just completed, and contributions are currently 2% pa (1% from the employee and 1% from the employee).
This will rise to 8% (3% employer, 5% employee) over the next two years.
It remains to be seen how many UK workers will remain in the system as the contributions go up.
But I expect that we will need to make contributions compulsory over here at some point, too.
John Lee's irregular column was this week not about a stock one of his mates had done well on, but instead, a look back over his 60 years of investing.
I didn't get much from it, but perhaps it will mean more to you.
It does list his current portfolio, but I'm already familiar with those stocks.
John will be speaking at the Mello private investor conference in Derby next month (which I am attending).
Over in the Economist, Buttonwood wrote that automation will drive interest rates higher (according to a new report from the Bain management consultancy).
The logic is that $8trn will need to be invested in automation by 2030.
And this demand for capital will mean that lenders can charge higher rates.
In turn, more automation will lead to higher productivity.
Buttonwood points out that productivity has been hit by the shift from manufacturing to services (where productivity gains are much harder to achieve).
But automation should improve productivity even in services.
Lower-skilled workers will be most impacted, leading to greater inequality.
And since richer workers save and invest more, interest rates could fall again once the investment in automation is complete.
A 2017 paper from the BIS argued for a rise in interest rates on demographic grounds – driven by a glut of retirees runnning down their savings pots.
Companies will need to substitute capital for labour as the workforce in advanced economies shrinks.
On this model, a smaller pool of workers will earn higher wages, and inequality will fall.
This wage inflation will need to be controlled with higher interest rates.
Higher wages means lower profits, and combined with higher interest rates, they both imply lower share prices.
In Pensions Expert, Angus Peters reported that the government will allow the bulk transfer of defined contribution scheme members without their consent.
This is seen as an important step towards DC scheme consolidation.
There are currently 2,180 trust-based DC schemes and 80% have fewer than 1,000 members.
A=around a third are expected to combine with larger schemes.
Existing legislation was based on DB schemes, and required member consent or a certificate from an actuary that members were not losing guarantees (which typically don't exist within DC schemes) because of the transfer.
FT Adviser had good and bad news for robo advisors.
Damian Fantato reported that the high-risk portfolios from many robo advisors had outperformed the FTSE 100 during 2017, with lower risk.
The top performing portfolios analysed were Scalable Capital's 25 per cent (which returned 19.27%), Nutmeg's Portfolio 10 (13.41%), followed by Evestor's Portfolio Three (12.72%).
The average aggressive portfolio returned £562 [on an initial £5K] while the FTSE 100 returned £597, but with more volatility. The average medium risk robo-advice portfolio returned 6.9% and the average mild risk portfolio returned 2.1%.
The analysis was done by Boring Money.
Damian's second article (on more work from Boring Money) reported that robo advisors weren't attracting lots of new customers.
Assets under administration in the robo-advice grew by 19.7% during 2017 but this compared to FTSE 100 growth of 11.9%. Customer numbers have remained "largely static" while the average account size has more than doubled from £25,000 five years ago to £53,000 in 2017.
Hargreaves Lansdown continued to dominate the non-advised investment market with its market share increasingly very marginally to 42.1 per cent. The top five companies had a 72 per cent market share.
While I've been none too impressed by robo advisor offerings to date (with the honourable exception of PensionBee) the continued dominance of the expensive HL platform staggers me.
Inertia and glossy mail outs still have the upper hand over slick websites and algorithms.
Jim Pickard (of the FT) interviewed Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
Business leaders can't do anything unless they're part of a collective. Unless they've got that wealth creator, that engineer and that work person, that skilled person at the bench to fulfil that idea . . . they're nothing.
We don't accept money from bourgeois organisations.
Our objectives are socialist. That means an irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth in favour of working people.
A lot of FT readers are upset that McDonnell's been given the platform, but I'm still a believer in public debate.
I just wish that the FT had asked him where he would get the money to buy everyone a pony.
Let's end in a better place – the UK is back in the black.
For the first time since 2002, we're running a current budget surplus.
Capital investment is excluded, so it's only a qualified success.
It's a victory for austerity, if you accept the media definition of austerity as "over-spending by less than we did last year".
If – like me – you prefer a stricter definition, then it's the start of austerity (after an eight year wait, and three years late).
But it's still welcome news, even though I notice that the mainstream media is trying to focus on spurious "consequences" of "severe cuts in spending" (actually a small increase in real terms).
The real cause of the surplus is a rise in receipts from income tax and capital gains tax.
The deficit is not the debt, of course.
That remains at £1.74 trn, or 84% of GDP.
It was another bumper week for Twitter – I have eleven charts for you today.
First up, some pushback against Warren Buffett.
The first chart shows the slowly declining trend in outperformance of BRK relative to the S&P500.
The second chart shows the recent underperformance in more detail, and goes back to 2007.
Of course, over the long run, Warren is still way ahead (because of his early outperformance).
This chart shows that the world index has finally turned down (in Feb) after two years of steady gains.
And this one shows that the gains of 2017 were relatively concentrated.
Increasing rates of tax first reduces growth and then eventually (not that eventually – at around 45%) reduces the amount of tax that you raise.
This one shows that in-work benefits have a greater lifetime impact on the poor than do out-of-work benefits.
This chart shows that while the Bitcoin price may have recovered to $11K, the number of transactions in the cryptocurrency has fallen off a cliff since the price bust in mid-January.
The penultimate chart shows 230 years of US 10-year Treasury yields, with notes on the most interesting developments along the way.
We end with a chart from the Brexit spin file.
The BBC used the data from this chart (sourced from the ONS) to write a story headlined "record numbers of EU citizens leave the UK".
Yet many more have arrived, and the net inflow remains close to 100,000 per year (and well above historical averages).


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Sydex Sports knocks it out of the park with Micro Focus Visual COBOL.
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How can Micro Focus help you to succeed?
+ Full code reuse
+ Significantly improved graphics and video presentation
+ Launched a Web version of the Sydex solution
+ Modernized user interface
Provide a modern user experience with enhanced analytics and video graphics integration; build web-based solution so that teams can use local and mobile versions. Sydex wanted to reuse its existing code base of over one million LOC and employ creative staff for screen design.
When Mike Phillips, President of Sydex Sports, read the book "Men at work" by George F. Will, back in the 1980s, he realized how uncomputerized baseball was as a professional sport. As a big baseball fan, Phillips had some great ideas that would help the players and coaches be more effective in their game. He was so passionate about this that he founded Sydex Sports and dedicated himself to making his vision a reality. He used Micro Focus COBOL to develop his solution and in 1990 sold the first version of BATS! to the MLB (Major League Baseball). A DOS-based and mouse-driven data analysis application, it was regarded as quite revolutionary at the time. As Micro Focus COBOL matured, so did the Sydex solution with the launch of a graphical Windows application, based on Micro Focus Dialog System, in 1997. When, in 2001, video capture was incorporated into the data analysis, the Sydex solution really took off.
Phillips explains the challenges involved in maintaining a solution for close to 30 years: "By now we have well over a million lines of code in the base system, and it is crucial for us to reuse existing code to move the solution forward. We wanted to modernize the user interface; enhance functionality and the video graphics capabilities; and build new web access so that teams can use local and online versions which will give players and coaches access to information wherever they are, on or off the field. Crucially, we have a small development team and wanted to use our creative staff effectively to help design the user interface."
About Sydex Sports Software
Sydex is a family-run software company providing scouting and analytical software solutions to the professional and collegiate sports industry. Sydex has been a long established leader in the field of baseball with 27 major league teams and over 100 minor league affiliates using its software including the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and 2016 World Series Champions, the Chicago Cubs.
With video becoming increasingly important, Sydex saw the .NET platform as a way to deliver its next generation solution. Sydex moved from delivering just one video angle per game, to now offering 26 live simultaneous angles for any given game. Massive 20 TB storage systems are housed in stadiums across North and Latin America to accommodate an archive of video files that can be quickly retrieved for pre-, post- or in-game analysis.
This wealth of information is now invaluable to the 27 out of 30 MLB teams using Sydex to store and catalogue vast quantities of data and video for analysis by the team. The application can give the next batter a complete history of his experience against the pitcher. Spot a player using an iPad during the game, and they're likely to be accessing the same software using a web-based version. The solution is used for scouting purposes as well, giving coaches a very clear history of a particular player.
Baseball was the driver for this solution, but now Sydex also provides similar solutions for ice hockey (PUCKS is used by 14 NHL – National Hockey League – teams), basketball, American football, volleyball and more.
Phillips comments on the move to Visual COBOL:
"Because we designed the solution carefully from the start, and thankfully chose COBOL as our development language, we were able to make the move to Visual COBOL relatively easily."
Mike Phillips – PRESIDENT
For nearly 30 years this crucial solution has moved all the way from DOS to .NET, the web and mobile device access, providing code reuse throughout its journey. Phillips: "We have been able to use COBOL to adjust to every new hardware and software change that has come along, and as you can imagine professional sports is very leading edge. We keep the same base software, develop what is new and exciting, and it always works.
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June 10, 2007 - LOVES PARK, Ill. – Matt Hagen had four hits Sunday to lead the Rockford RiverHawks to an 11-6 win over Traverse City.
The RiverHawks scored three times in the first and twice in the second, with a RBI single from Hagen in each inning, and never trailed. Hagen was 4-for-5 with four RBI, in front of 2,318 at Road Ranger Stadium. He matched a career high with four hits.
Rockford's first four batters in the first inning singled. Alhaji Turay singled to left to drive in a run and Hagen beat out an infield single for his 200th career RBI. Roberto Valiente made it 3-0 with a RBI groundout.
After Traverse City scored two unearned runs in the second inning, Rockford answered with a RBI double by Sean McFadden and Hagen's RBI single to left field. Hagen added a two-run double in the fourth, to knock out Traverse City starter Steve Shippey (0-3) and make it a 7-4 game. He singled in the eighth inning.
Rockford starter Brady Salter (2-1) scattered four runs, two earned, on six hits over seven innings.
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High on a hilltop in Rio de Janeiro's lush Santa Teresa neighborhood between the city's center and the sandy beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, Chez Georges is a wholly unique place to experience the carioca lifestyle.
Thanks to the private villa's lofty and secluded location on the edge of a protected forest, such sights as Sugarloaf Mountain, Guanabara Bay, and the city rooftops provide impressive backdrops from various vantage points around the property—including the living room with expansive windows, the patio with its vaulted concrete pergola, and the 360-degree panoramic viewing point on the roof.
Entering through beautiful concrete arches and a stunning six-meter-high wooden door that overlooks Santa Teresa and Guanabara Bay, one is immersed in a venue of meticulously crafted textiles, bamboo sheets, and cushions carefully chosen in Thailand and Europe.
Key architect of Brazilian Modernism, along with Mies Van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Wladimir Alves de Souza left his mark.
It's a unique architectural villa made of arches, concrete and precious woods.
It's a unique architectural villa "conceived" of arches, concrete and precious woods.
The sunset from the roof terrace of the house is unique and offers a real 360 degree view of Centro, Santa Teresa, Niteroi, Guanabara Bay, Sugar Loaf and Mata Atlantica Forest.
The 1000 sqm villa can host up to 14 guests with it's 7 suites.
Located in Santa Teresa, one of the hippest places in Rio, in the coolest, safest area of the neighborhood, surrounded by great bars and restaurants, Chez Georges is not really a hotel, it's an experience. It's the closest thing to owning a gorgeous mansion overlooking the Sugarloaf that you could have.
One-of-a-kind exceptional guesthouse to experience Rio. Impressive Brazilian modernist house with collection of Ricardo Fasanello design furnitures.
Incredible designer hotel perfect for a luxurious stay in Rio! The staff were all very friendly, and spoke English, French, and Portuguese. Because the hotel is boutique, it never felt overly crowded, and still we met many great people also staying there. The neighborhood (Santa Teresa) is very cool and easier than expected to navigate.
This villa is really a delight for the eye. It is arranged in such a way that it functions perfectly as a hotel. Each room is different but is equally beautiful. The view you have in the garden and at the pool is beautiful and you even see the sugarloaf mountain. The breakfast is also exactly what you expect from a good hotel.
The fantastic location in the colourful neighbourhood of Santa Teresa (just 3USD by taxi/uber to city center), combined with impeccable interior design and lovely hosts made our stay in Rio an absolute pleasure.
We spent a great week! The house is gorgeous, the team warm but professional. Decoration is beyond expectations : Space and design make an oustanding experience.
Séjour inoubliable pour les esthètes et les amoureux du design. Maison incroyable avec une vue extraordinaire, sublime collection de mobilier. Très jolie piscine. Excellent petit déjeuner. Personnel gentil et discret. Chambres spacieuses avec de belles vues sur la baie. Salle de bain spectaculaire avec douche face à la baie et à la nature luxuriante. Beau jardin tropical.
Un très bel établissement design, une maison très agréable, on s'y sent très bien. Le personnel est très agréable. Le petit déjeuner excellent. La vue sur le pain de sucre magnifique. Coup de cœur pour la suite Georges Benson.
What dreams are made of : The incredibly warm staff are the added magic to a beautiful house and view. Truly couldn't have been a better experience.


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Q: AR ODG application for conference calls I'm researching AR frameworks in order to select the best option for developing conference call/ meeting application for ODG glasses.
I got only a few directions for selecting a framework:
Performance of video streaming (capturing and encoding) must be watched closely  to avoid overheating and excessive power consumption,
Should support extended tracking and
Video capturing should not be frame by frame.
I have no experience with AR field in general, and I would really appreciate if you can let me know your opinion or to give me some guidance on how to choose the best-fitted framework.

A: For ODG, you should use Vuforia according software details :

Qualcomm Technologies Inc.'s VuforiaTM SDK for Digital Eyewear

Vuforia supports extended tracking. According to what you are asking, you'll need more than just an AR SDK. You'll need to identify what you want exactly. Do you want an application that let the user see with who he's talking or do you want some holographic stuff? Depending on what you want, maybe smartglasses isn't what you need and at this point you should try to learn more about the differents SDK out there. I suggest you to look at this and that.

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I am a big fan of Urban Fantasy books, and this one looked intriguing, so I decided to give it a shot. I am so glad i did. The main characters, Max and Sandra Porter, are moving on from some a events at his old job that lead to them needing a fresh start. Max, a college professor, is hired to do historical research in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a mysterious Employer. Max, glad to be able to leave Michigan and his troubles behind, starts the research, but he meets Marshall Drummond, who happens to be the ghost cursed and bound to Max's office. Marshall needs Max's help to break the curse, which was placed on him by a witch in the 40's, and just happens to be tied to Max's research. Max's wife Sandra is drawn into the mystery, especially when she reveals she can see ghosts. Not just Marshall, but all ghosts. After a series of adventures and setbacks, the mystery is slowly peeled back to reveal...well, if you want to know, you'll just have to listen to the book. It is very worth it. the characters are well rounded, with Max and Sandra both being compelling characters. Marshall is also sympathetic, but very much a product of his era, the 1940s. There is a lot of actual North Carolina history mixed in to the story, which is well blended to make the story compelling. The author does a great job of drawing you into the story, making you feel your right in the middle of the action. He also self narrates, which is always hit or miss with self narrated titles, but this one is a definite bullseye. he does a great job with the voices, making the characters really come alive and keeping the story flowing.
I would recommend this book to any fan of Mike Resnick's Stalking series of Urban Fantasy books, as well as the Nightside books and Dreden FIles.
Rescued from debt and unemployment and moved to North Carolina by a mysterious employer and his underlings, Max and Sandra learn many new things. The history of Winston-Salem. The ghost of PI Drummond. Danger. Got you hooked yet? A good read well performed by the author.
This is an interesting plot idea, but, there are too many inconsistencies.
1. I wasn't sure if the purpose of the mystery was about the ghost, find out the identity of Max's employer or expose an identified evil in town.
2. The characters were flat and uninteresting.
3. Max's wife tells him that she can see ghost and has been able to see ghost forever.
4. Max's life is threatened on more than one occasion yet he continues to investigate without a reasonable reason.
5. In the beginning Max's wife states that she can't help him because of work, then, later in the book she is completely involved in the investigation.
There's probably some other stuff as well, but I stopped reading when I found some more interesting books. If I get bored, I might return to it. I can't recommend it.
Where does Southern Bound rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
What was one of the most memorable moments of Southern Bound?
Without giving it away, when Sandra tells the truth about her gift.
When Max discovers Drummond the ghost haunts his office.
Yup, I judged the book by its cover. I thought, meh, crappy noir. But I do like listening and writing reviews. And since the author traded a free copy for the review, what could it hurt?
Nothing, as it turns out. Southern Bound was interesting from the beginning. Even though I'm used to characters who either completely flip out when faced with a ghost or are a bit complacent, I thought Max was just a pansy. He at first chose to ignore what was obvious right before his eyes. For a researcher, the initial lack of curiosity, the passive interest in solving a mystery completely through me off.
But then, it gets under his skin. Picking up one clue after another, interviewing people, putting the pieces together starts to work for him despite or in spite of the danger that comes with it.
The story flows easily without force from one scene, one clue to the next. The characters have led Stuart Jaffe to a fantastic conclusion.
Mr. Jaffe does a wonderful job with the narration. Sometimes, I wonder if listening to the book makes a difference in how much I enjoy it. The narrator has to be good. The story has to be engaging. So I definitely recommend the audible version having skipped the printed one.
I enjoyed this book so much, I'm already thinking of spending an audible credit on the sequel and kind of irritated that the next two books aren't already there.
Not the best thing ever, but pretty good. Sort of a semi-noir, semi-paranormal mystery. The biggest problem was that the author did successfully invoke a dust-bowl, Depression-era feel that caused a certain amount of cognitive dissonance every time the character reached for his laptop or cell phone.
I will note that the author did a pretty good job of narrating his work, which is frequently NOT the case. I found some echo in the playback, but that might have been on my end.
I really enjoyed Drummond's character, and I'm looking forward to reading more about him as the series continues.
Yes, I liked the book! The concept, I have read before but the writing is smooth and the story moves quickly. What really makes this special, is the narrator! He has a ghostly voice and the villain down pat. Wow! a ghostly story for this Halloween season of the year was perfect!
A fascinating mystery that has its beginnings in the early 1940s. Max Porter is a Private Investigator who is trapped by religious sect that dabbles in witchcraft. Discover how Max wins his freedom and solves that age old case he was working on. Did I mention Max is a ghost?
enjoy the narrator voice. listen to the whole audio in less than two day.
An intriguing story, with not all the facts coming together until the end. The audio is not good with a lot of background hum.
What made the experience of listening to Southern Bound the most enjoyable?
I found listening to this book was really brought to life by the different tones and inflictions used for the different characters. I was able to listen to the story on my way to and from work making the trip more enjoyable and less stressful, especially the trip home. It is a good storyline, that progressed at a great pace and I liked all the characters, especially Max, Sandra and Drummond.
This is a good crime type story. Though it is set in modern times, that fact that Max had to do most of his work the old fashion way i.e. books within his office, books from the library and a bit of leg work made me think of the noir crime novels set in the 1950s. I realised that if I was reading the book rather than listening to it, I would have found the start a bit slow going and perhaps given up for my normal quick paced event happening within the first few pages. However, it didn't take long for me to get interested in the story and found the pace picked up. I'd saw when Drummond came in to the picture that is when I found the storyline got interesting and the characters started to develop and you learn a lot more about Max and Sandra and how they came to be where they are. A good story, one I look forward to continuing on with and going back and listening to this one again in the future.


NEW YORK - Home foreclosures as well as the rate of homes entering the foreclosure process rose to a record in the third quarter as homeowners battled slumping house prices and spiking loan payments, the Mortgage Bankers Association said yesterday.
About 994,000 US households are in foreclosure, said MBA's chief economist, Doug Duncan, adding that "not all of them will lose their house, but that's how many are currently at serious risk of losing their house."
The percentage of loans in foreclosure rose to 1.69 percent of loans outstanding, up 0.29 percentage point from the prior quarter and up 0.64 from a year earlier.
Problems with payments on all loan types drove up the pace of homes entering the foreclosure process, the trade group said.
"Over-easy monetary policy, a 'hands-off' regulatory approach, reckless real estate speculation, and the complete abandonment of prudent lending practices by the mortgage industry created a housing bubble," said Mike Larson, real estate analyst at Weiss Research in Jupiter, Fla.
Subprime adjustable-rate mortgages represented just 6.8 percent of all loans, but made up 43 percent of loans entering the foreclosure process in the third quarter. The rate of foreclosures started rose to a seasonally adjusted 0.78 percent in the third quarter, up 0.13 of a percentage point from the prior quarter and up 0.32 from a year earlier.
This was the first quarter in which the effect of the credit crisis, which effectively shut down the jumbo mortgage market, economic weakness, broad-based home price drops, and loan rate resets for adjustable mortgages all came together, Duncan said.
A massive supply of unsold homes is dragging prices lower, which in turn is leading to more late payments and foreclosures. More foreclosures mean even more inventory of unsold homes.
Late payments on mortgages jumped to the highest level since 1986, according to the survey, which covers 85 percent of the mortgage market.
While the rate of homes entering the foreclosure process has risen to the highest levels on subprime mortgages, the pace is rising for higher-quality loans, too.
The rate for prime ARMs rose to 1.02 percent in the third quarter, from 0.30 percent a year earlier, as subprime ARMs rose to 4.72 percent from 2.19 percent.


This week's tech news roundup features changes to OneDrive by Microsoft, IBM's huge investment in data analytics platform Spark and Amazon's modifications to its Cloud Drive SDKs.
OneDrive for Web has been updated with a new web design by Microsoft and this update will be introduced to user in the next few days. In the last few months, Microsoft has rolled out various design changes through Android, Windows and iOS apps. With OneDrive, the organization aims to offer a completely re-designed web experience for its users. Some of the major changes to OneDrive for Web have to do with the visual grid, color palette and typography. Business users of the software will have to wait until the end of 2015 for this update to come into effect.
IBM, just announced a major investment in a new Open Source project. The $300 million commitment is to Apache Spark, an Open Source real-time Data Analytics platform.
Spark will be integrated into IBM's own analytics and commerce platforms, and the new service will be offered as a part of IBM cloud. In addition, IBM will dedicate software coders, certain technologies and other resources to support its endorsement of Spark.
Amazon offers a cloud storage service called Cloud Drive and the company has recently made some changes to it. In the first half of the year, Amazon announced an unlimited storage option with the Cloud Drive and now they have released SDKs for Android and iOS.
Mobile developers will be able to integrate Amazon Cloud Drive more easily into their apps with the help of SDK. In addition, the Cloud Drive SDKs will make unlimited storage more efficient while helping customers use apps quickly.
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Experts from Pakistan and India joined local experts in Kathmandu, to review Tools for building new and retrofitting existing hospitals and schools.
The two day Expert Group Meeting was organized by the UN-Habitat and UN-ISDR, and hosted by the Ministry of Education (MoA), Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MoPPW), as well as Asian Development Bank, and the World Health Organization, as the co-leads of hospitals and schools safety respectively under the Flagship 1 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC).
Following opening remarks of UN-Habitat Bangkok Chief Ms. Mariko Sato, overview of the Tool Kit was presented by Dr. P.K. Das, followed by remarks from SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC) representative Mr. Mriganka Ghatak, WHO representative Dr. Lin Aung, MoHP Joint Secretary Dr. Sainendra Upreti, MoPPW Secretary Mr. Tulasi Prasad Sitaula, and MoE Secretary Mr. Kishore Thapa.
In his opening remarks, Mr Thapa said that most of the school buildings, out of 34,000 schools in Nepal are 3 to 4 decades old. "We can't afford to keep our children in unsafe buildings. We need to act now", he added.
Key issues discussed at the meeting were how to improve awareness and capacity of the top level management to make informed decisions for safe schools and hospitals and on the possibilities for retrofitting through 'retro-maintenance', where risks are measured as part of the regular maintenance and assets management through relevant data of the health and education institutions.
Specific suggestions from the three countries experts helped improve the draft toolkits in the area of checklists, guidance notes, issue importance, hazard importance, scoring scale and the overall concept and methodology.
The preparation of the Tools are been carried out jointly by UN-Habitat and UN-ISDR with the support of the SCMC and are being field tested by relevant ministries, and other partners.
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Expert dwell on measures to make schools, hospitals safe (Source: The Himalayan Times)
Meet on ways to make schools' hospitals safe (Source: Himalyan News Service)


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bike runs more and more frequently fatal: 2018 445 cyclists died on Germany's roads, including 89 on Electric bicycles (Pedelecs). The were 14 percent more accidents than 2017, in the case of Pedelecs, the increase was 24 percent. The provisional Figures of the Federal Statistical office. The increase was due not only to the long summer: more and more cyclists have to with car – and Truck-drivers the tight space on the streets to fight – especially in the cities. 2018 4.2 million bicycles were sold in Germany, the second highest value in this decade.
one in Every four new bike is an electric bike. From the summer onwards, E will be added-Scooter – from experts point of view, a further source of Accidents. An Overview of the greatest dangers for cyclists.
Always cyclists from Trucks to be overlooked again-drivers when making a Turn. The Federal Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer (CSU) aims to promote the installation of turn-off assistant therefore. He advocates the mandatory introduction of these systems for new vehicles from 2020. In addition, there is a funding program for retrofitting. According to estimates from the General German Bicycle club (ADFC) have less than five percent of the vehicles on a 1500 euros expensive System. Accidents involving Trucks, according to Brockmann, however, only "a small part of the problem, cyclist accident". 2017 77 cyclists died in accidents with Trucks, of which about 30 turn to the right.
Cheers on the Handlebars – the injustice is a lack of awareness many cyclists. Only 1.6 per thousand, a drunken cyclist loses the driver's license. Politicians want to lower this value again and again – but this is not so easy.
With its extra-wide and bollard-protected Because of the Cycling in cities safer. However, these isolated projects are far from adequate, says Brockmann. From the point of view of the ADFC, the "the bad and the totally under-sized is Bicycle infrastructure," the biggest security problem. "Tattered and poor-visibility curb, bike paths alternate with parked, a lot of narrow bike lanes, on – and ends often in the Nothing or to the next construction site. This is frustrating and dangerous," complained spokeswoman Stephanie crown.
come Increasingly popular electric bicycles. You give especially the elderly, a new mobility, which otherwise may run out of steam emanated, or the joints would make a dash through the bill. "These are completely new groups, beyond the age of 75, we didn't have before," says Brockmann. The downside: "The control of the vehicle, especially with the higher speed, is not given in many cases." Statistics show that there are, especially in the case of Pedelec drivers have more fatal accidents. "One solution would be to couple the speed of the wheels to the force which would apply to a cyclist with his muscle power," says the expert.
Reckless Overtaking, or the lack of distance: Even cyclists for other cyclists to danger. According to Brockmann, there is a large underreporting of accidents. "One of the police-registered accident about three more Bicycle accidents in which Operators with significant injuries in hospitals," says the expert. Often the police will not be called, because there is no insurance in the game. Stephanie crown from the German Cycling Association ADFC advises not to drive with foresight, to take advantage of cycle lanes in the opposite direction, and in the dark turn on the light. Also helmets can protect Ministers Scheuer advertises up to date with a controversial campaign. Only eight percent of young cyclists to wear a helmet.
Federal Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer (CSU) wants to allow Electric scooters (E-scooters). As from the spring of you should be allowed to be on the road – you are slower than 12 miles per hour on sidewalks and shared pedestrian and cycle paths.
you Are between 12 and 20 km/h quickly, they have to travel on bike paths and, if necessary, also on the road. From the perspective of Brock's another risk. "A E-Scooter-driver behaves differently than a cyclist, but just as quickly. Things are very difficult to compatible with each other," says Brockmann. E-Scooter would blow holes, for example, more likely to Dodge than cyclists.
Many Accident blackspots, according to Brockmann known, but will not be changed. "Accident commissions are not coming in many cities, to edit the identified and allowed to rebuild. Often the money is not granted," criticizes the expert. Berlin researchers want to take the risk with the help of cyclists, and the App "SimRa". You can detect when a cyclist brake hard, accelerate, or avoid danger, must – Almost-accidents register.
The Stiftung Warentest has examined trekking bikes, they are suitable for commuting and Touring. The testers were surprised by the ride and quality of the E-Bikes pleasant. But this Time there was a problem.


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The Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan. A surprising compilation of adventurous, minimal and exciting music.
Japan was known as a conformist country where people always strictly follow the rules, but remarkably enough, radical music is also made, in which rules are broken as much as possible. It all started in the 1950s, when the Americans left Japan. We already heard improvisation in Japanese musical traditions, and Zen Buddhism also played a role. Many musicians were inspired by John Cage and John Zorn, and you can hear that a little bit in the techniques they use. Besides Masanori Oishi, there are more brilliant saxophonists who take an experimental route, and that also produces some breathtaking moments.
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Důl Václav byl kamenouhelný hlubinný důl v Porubě u Orlové jižně při silnici z Orlové do Rychvaldu. Byl v severní části petřvaldské dílčí pánve. Založen byl Rakouskou alpinskou montánní společností, v letech 1942 až 1945 byl v majetku Severní dráhy Ferdinandovy. Správní budova je kulturní památkou České republiky.

Historie
V roce 1881 z iniciativy finančních domů, francouzské Union Générale a Rakouské zemské banky, vzniká Oesterreichische Alpine Montan Gesellschaft neboli Rakouská alpinská montánní společnost (RAMS), která sdružila postupně několik desítek důlních a železárenských podniků, především v Rakousích a Štýrsku, a náležela k největším podnikatelským subjektům v habsburské monarchii. Součástí RAMS byla firma Innské hlavní těžířstvo v jehož majetku byly propůjčky v Porubě (Orlová). V roce 1899 důlní pole mělo rozlohu 180,7 ha a do roku 1927 se rozrostlo na 473,7 ha.

Vznik dolu Alpine / Václav
V roce 1899 byl založen Důl č. I, podle pořadí zakládání těžebních podniků. Později byl přejmenován podle společnosti na Alpine (Alpineschacht), lidově označován jako Alpinka nebo Václavka. Důlní pole bylo otevřeno dvěma jámami. V roce 1899 jámou těžní, do hloubky 340 m, po úroveň 3. patra, a jámou č. 2 větrní v roce 1903, která byla vyhloubena také na úroveň 3. patra.

V roce 1926 odkoupil majetek od společnosti RAMS, včetně dolu Alpinka, československý stát. V následujícím roce byl důl přejmenován na Václav. V roce 1938 přešlo vlastnické právo na brněnskou Čs. zbrojovku a.s. a v roce 1942 na Severní dráhu Ferdinandovu.

V roce 1945 byla uvalena národní správa a od 1. 1. 1946 se stává součástí národního podniku Ostravsko-karvinské doly. Pod novým vlastníkem byla zahájena velká rekonstrukce dolu Václav a Evžen, připravovovaná již za 2. sv. války. Při rekonstrukci se počítalo se sloučením obou závodů s převedením centra těžby na důl Václav. Prohlubování a rozšíření průřezu jámy Václav 1 se začalo už v roce 1945 a zůstalo nedokončeno těsně nad rovni plánovaného 7. patra. Organizačnímu spojení s dolem Evžen došlo v roce 1955. Oba doly byly propojeny překopem (8. patro nově prohloubené jámy Evžen).

V tomto roce byla k dolu Václav přičleněna západní část důlního pole dolu Doubrava, včetně větrní jámy Eleonora 3, která pak dostala označení Václav III.

Sloučením dolů Václav a Evžen se na oba podniky přenesl i název Čs. pionýr, který byl používán od roku 1952 pro důl Evžen, důl Václav se stal závodem č. 2.

V rámci útlumu těžby uhlí a likvidace neefektivních provozů byla těžba uhlí na dole Václav v roce 1967 urychleně ukončena. Těžní věž byla demolována, technické zařízení odstraněno. Jámy byly zasypány v roce 1973.

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Důl Alpine / Václav
Těžní jáma byla v roce 1902 vybavena parním těžním strojem systém Gutehoffnungshütte, vyrobeným v roce 1901 strojírnou Andritz ve Vídni.

Na větrní jámě byl instalován elektrický ventilátor typu Geissler o výkonu 300 m³/min, vyrobený v roce 1901 firmou Breitfeld Daněk z Prahy.

V roce 1902 byla zahájená těžba kamenného uhlí a postavena elektrická ústředna, která v dalším období byla společná pro důl a koksovnu. Elektrárna a kotelna byly odděleny v samostatných budovách. Kotelna měla plochu 940 m² v níž byly 4 kotly typu Garbe.

Údaje z roku 1938 uvádějí 1 kotel soustavy Breitfeld-Daněk a 3 kotly soustavy Burkhardt o celkové otopné ploše 1450 m². Kotly Burkhardt byly vytápěny koksárenským plynem. Teplota vyrobené páry byla 350 °C, tlak 15 atm. Komín u kotelny byl vysoký 70 m a v ukončení nahoře měl průměr 2,5 m. Jako palivo se používal uhelný prach a kaly. Elektrárna byla vystrojena dvěma parními turbínami dodanými firmami První brněnská strojírenská společnost z roku 1908 (montáž 1909) s alternátorem firmy Siemens-Schuckert výkon 650 kW. Druhá turbína byla dodána firmou Bergmann, Berlín, z roku 1912 včetně alternátoru s výkonem 650 kW. K pohonu turbín se uvádí: pára čerstvá (350 °C) a pára smíšená o teplotě 320 °C a tlaku 14 atm. Kondenzační zařízení dodala firma Škoda Plzeň. Původně dřevěnou 17,5 m vysokou chladicí věží obdélníkového půdorysu protékalo 700 m³/hod. chladicí vody, dodala firma Overhoff v roce 1908 a přestavěna byla v roce 1920. Elektrárna mimo jiné dodávala elektrický proud k osvětlování kolonií, úřednických bytů i cizích domů.

V roce 1908 bylo postaveno prádlo soustavy Baum s výkonem 80 tun za hodinu, třídírna soustavy Škoda o výkonu 60 tun za hodinu.

V letech 1918–1923 probíhala první rekonstrukce dolu. Těžní jáma dosáhla hloubky 580 m. Na tehdejší větrní jámě byla postavena těžní věž, strojovna a parní stroj systém Radovanovic a v roce 1923 byla přeměněna na jámu těžní a vtažnou. Těžní jáma byla vybavena ventilátory a přeměněna na jámu výdušnou. Současně byl postaven turbokompresor stlačeného vzduchu s výkonem 10 000 m³/minutu, tlak 6 atm. V roce 1929 byly ještě 2 záložní kompresory. Dvoustupňový kompresor Riedler s výkonem 2 500 m³/hodinu, poháněný dvojčitým parním strojem a záložní dvoustupňový kompresor s výkonem 1440 m³/hod., poháněný jednoválcovým parním strojem. Oba pro tlak vzduchu 6 atm.

Těžní věž větrní jámy měřila od ohlubně po osu lanovnic 22 m, lanovnice měly průměr 4 m, dosah do hloubky 500 m jednoetážovou klecí, dodáno firmou Wagner, Blro, Kruz, Gratz. Parní těžní stroj Andritz (tlak páry 10 atm.) a rychlost 10 m/s.

Těžní věž těžní jámy měřila od ohlubně po osy lanovnic 34,25 m, lanovnice měly průměr 5 m, dosah do hloubky 800 m dvouetážovou klecí, dodavatel Vítkovické železárny. Těžní klec dvouetážová pro 2 vozíky, rychlost pro těžbu 14 m/s.

Důlní voda v roce 1928 se čerpala dvěma elektrickými pístovými čerpadly s výkonem 600 l/min. na třetím patře, na pátém patře dvěma elektrickými odstředivými čerpadly s výkonem 500 l/min. a na šestém patře dvojčitým pístovým čerpadlem na vzduchový pohon o výkonu 350 l/min.

Pro vodorovnou dopravu sloužily v dole 4 benzolové lokomotivy Deutz s výkonem 14 HP a 22 HP, na třetím patře byla lanová dráha 1 450 m dlouhá, poháněná vzduchovým pohonem o výkonu 30 HP.

V letech 1905–1907 probíhala výstavba 3 km železniční vlečky, která procházela sesuvným terénem. Z důvodu vystavění mnoha opěrných zdí se stavba trati protáhla na dva roky. V roce 1927 k posunu na seřadišti sloužila jedna benzolová lokomotiva Deutz s výkonem 22 HP a jedno elektrické posunovadlo o výkonu 8 HP.

Koksovna
Součástí dolu Václav byla koksovna, její výstavba započala v březnu 1908, do provozu byla uvedená v červnu 1909 skupina 40 regenerativních pecí typ Oto-Hoffmann, které byly nepřetržitě v chodu do října 1921. Při modernizaci v roce 1920 až 1921 byla zde postavená nová skupina 40 koksových pecí typu KOPPERS s příslušným vytlačovacím, obsazovacím a pěchovacím zařízením. Současně byla postaven 120 m dlouhý most s řetězovou dráhou pro dopravu praného koksového uhlí z prádla do železobetonového zásobníku (věže) o objemu 500 tun. Veškeré zařízení zahájilo provoz v roce 1923. Objem kosové pece byl 950 kg suchého uhlí, koksovací doba 24 až 25 hodin. Koksárenský plyn se spaloval pod trubkovými kotly v kotelně.

V roce 1918 na příkaz ministerstva vojenství se zde vyráběla čpavková voda pro továrnu na síran amonný. V roce 1924 firma Dr. Otto & Corp., Dahlhausen, postavila továrnu na benzol s parním turbínovým odsavačem plynu soustavy Jaeger a v továrně na síran amonný, odpařovač soustavy Koeppers o výkonu 200 m³ čpavkové vody za hodinu. Mimo koks se vyráběla čpavková voda, síran amonný, dehet, smola a benzol. Vyrobený benzol se mimo jiné používal v závodních důlních lokomotivách.

V roce 1946 pro zastaralé zařízení byla koksovna zrušena.

Současný stav
Stavební objekty byly po zrušení dolu Václav z větší části využívány ke komerčním účelům. Z původních staveb byla snaha dochovat kotelnu s komínem, strojovnu a správní budovu. Objekty byly v roce 1996 prohlášeny kulturní památkou, ministerstvem kultury ČR bylo rozhodnutí revidováno a částečně v roce 2010 prohlášení zrušeno. Zachována je pouze správní budova, ostatní stavby byly demolovány.

Těžba uhlí
Za dobu svého trvání Důl Václav (Alpineschacht) dobýval uhlí ze slojí v porubských a jakloveckých vrstvách ostravského souvrství z hloubky cca 580 m . Nejvyšší těžba byla v době okupace v letech 1940-44 a potom v letech 1958–1966. Uhlí bylo dobýváno z polostrmých (šikmých) a strmých slojí o dobývací mocnosti 0,6 – 5 m. Nejbohatší byla východní část se strmě uloženými slojemi v partiích orlovské vrásy. Způsob těžby byl stěnování a piliřování se zakládkou nebo na zával . K dispozici v roce 1927 mimo jiné byly dva pojízdné řetězové šramací stroje firmy Mavor & Coulson-Universal a Eickhoff a 24 sloupových šramaček typu Demag-Duisburg, Flottmann a Vítkovice.

Údaje o dolu Alpine / Václav

Ubytování
Pro ubytování havířů postavil důl v dělnických koloniích v letech 1900 – 1921 celkem 36 domů.

Odkazy

Poznámky

Reference

Literatura
 Matěj Miloš, Klát Jaroslav, Korbelářová Irena. Kulturní památky Ostravsko-karvinského revíru, Ostrava, 2009, s. 83 až 86
 Uhelné hornictví v ostravsko-karvinském revíru, Anagram 2003

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 http://www.zdarbuh.cz/reviry/okd/dul-vaclav-jama-alpinka-v-orlove/ 23.1.2015

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Want to be like 2014 Quicken Loans winner Jimmie Johnson or your favorite NASCAR driver? Now is your opportunity to drive on the racing surface with the popular Track Laps at Michigan International Speedway.
In the lead up to the second annual music and camping event next month, Faster Horses Festival has heightened the anticipation for the gates to open by revealing the official artist schedule for the weekend, the second stage lineup and multiple on-site activities.
Jimmie Johnson was in the lead and holding his breath, not because of daunting competition, mechanical implications or tire issues.
How could Paul Menard not be pumped Saturday after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Ollie's Bargain Outlet 250 at Michigan International Speedway? Menard had a fast race car all weekend and found good luck at the end to win for the second time in 184 NASCAR Nationwide races.
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Kevin Harvick won the pole for the Quicken Loans 400 with a track record speed of 204.557 miles per hour. He easily surpassed the former record of 203.949 mph established by Joey Logano in preparation for the Pure Michigan 400 last August at MIS.
The Detroit Lions' first-round draft pick Eric Ebron is the grand marshal and Quicken Loans chief executive officer Bill Emerson will serve as the honorary starter for Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
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Speaking on the steps of the High Court in London Monday, Heather Mills declared herself "so, so happy" with her nearly $50 million divorce settlement from Paul McCartney.
The 40-year-old ex-wife of the former Beatle said she was "just glad it was over," referring to the long-running and often acrimonious split.
The summary states that the judge decided McCartney should pay Mills a lump sum of around $33 million, which together with existing assets of around $15 million means she will gain a divorce totaling nearly $50 million. The judge deemed that she had overspent during nearly two years of separation by $1 million.
McCartney, who has long been estimated to be worth $1.7 billion, was found by the judge to only have assets of half that figure.
The couple, who were married for just under four years, were not allowed to raise the issue of alleged misconduct, since the judge considered such details irrelevant.
The judge calculated Mill's annual income needs at about $1.2 million and included a sum of $5 million for her to buy a property in London.
The court has imposed a blanket order preventing disclosure of details revealed during the court case and in documents tendered to the court.


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The IT Academy invites IT students to participate in the 2014 European Innovation Academy technology entrepreneurship program, taking place on 7-25th July in Sophia-Antipolis, France. The program engages entrepreneurial students from all disciplines and nationalities to come together and produce products and services of the future – through creating a start-up company.
The three week program will bring together experts from world renowned companies like Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Skype, and universities such as UC Berkley and Stanford University. Every year the program hosts 500 young entrepreneurs from 40 different countries.
Here is your chance to get a spot at this event, because the IT Academy is giving away scholarships of €1290 to the 40 best IT students to take part in the 2014 European Innovation Academy. To read the full terms and conditions of the scholarships, click on the link here.
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The Newburyport Public Schools are in the process of changing instruction in grades K–12 to meet the new Science Technology/Engineering Learning Standards recently adopted by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Learning experiences will be built around these overarching themes and integrated with other topics to show the interconnected nature of and applications of STEM concepts and skills.
Phase One of the project is complete with the reconfiguration of a room in the Bresnahan Elementary School into the Strem STEM Lab, a flexible lab space with multiple learning modules for different grades and STEM themes. In this learning hub, modules support experimentation and labs, technology and robotics, engineering "maker" centers for building and design, and more. Each grade focuses on a STEM theme: Discovery (Kindergarten), Observation (Grade 1), Investigation (Grade 2), and Problem Solving (Grade 3). The goal is for students to develop a perception of themselves as scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. To that end, it is essential to encourage students to take risks, make mistakes, and refine their thinking. Lab components will provide an arena for such creative inquiry.
In Phase Two, we put the tools in the hands of our upper elementary students that will allow them to become creative problem solvers, apply the engineering design principles, and engage in innovative projects. This 'Maker Space' strengthens interactivity, engages both sides of the mind, encourages personalization, and real-world application. In the Nock Middle School, we upgraded and expanded the Robotics program, integrate CAD skills and 3D printing. Students experiment with cross-contact projects between Science, TechEd and Math. Middle school students are increasingly able to take on independent study projects. Having the tools available for students to incorporate more sophisticated coding, design and building better prepares them for higher levels of rigor at the high school.
Provide students with the opportunity to explore a STEM curriculum where they will be actively engaged in solving advanced problems with a high level of thought and decision-making. In addition, allow specific STEM pathways that would lead to a NHS STEM certification. This would allow students to leave NHS with the documentation that they have met the rigorous standards of the STEM curriculum. This type of program would allow NHS to be on the cutting edge of 21st century instruction.
Scientific Equipment. Increase lab exposure or improve current labs/curriculum with modern 21st century technology.
Math Technology. Create a learning environment where every student has access to an electronic device that supports learning and exploration.
Technology/Engineering. Provide students with 21st century technology to allow current and future 'cross-curricular' courses the materials and equipment to support expanded curriculum like the Engineering in the 21st Century Honors course that combines Tech/Engineering and Science.


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Laura Hillman, née Hannelore Wolff, le  à Aurich (Allemagne) et morte le  à Rossmor dans le Comté d'Orange en Californie, est une survivante de la Shoah qui survécut grâce à Oskar Schindler.

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Laura Hillman est la troisième des cinq enfants de Martin et Karoline Wolff. À treize ans, elle reçoit un journal intime dans lequel elle parle de sa vie et du lilas qui se trouve devant sa maison qui est en fleur chaque année pour l'anniversaire de sa mère, le . En 1942, alors qu'elle étudie dans une école juive près de Berlin, elle apprend la mort de son père, tué à Buchenwald et que le reste de sa famille va être déportée. Elle décide de suivre les siens et écrit une lettre aux autorités demandant à être déportée avec sa famille. Sa demande est acceptée mais elle est alors séparée de sa mère et de ses deux frères qui mourront dans les camps. En tout, soixante-trois membres de sa famille périront dans les camps. Ses deux sœurs, Rosel et Hildegard, survivront à la guerre la première vit en Angleterre et la deuxième en Palestine mandataire.

Le , Laura Hillman est déportée dans le ghetto de Lublin. Durant sa déportation, elle assiste à la mort de son frère de quinze ans, battu à mort. Elle raconte aussi avoir été violée par un SS. Alors enfermée dans le camp de Budzyń, elle rencontre un autre prisonnier, Bernard « Dick » Hillman qui deviendra son époux. Elle est mise sur la liste d'Oskar Schindler et survit à la guerre dans le camp aménagé par celui-ci en Tchécoslovaquie. Avec les autres prisonniers, elle est libérée par l'Armée rouge le . En tout, elle aura survécu à huit camps pendant la guerre.

Laura Hillman épouse Dick le  en Bavière avant que le couple ne parte s'installer à Lakewood en 1957. Pendant plusieurs années, elle travaille dans un atelier de couture puis comme directrice d'un magasin de chocolat. Elle est également guide au Long Beach Museum of Art. Elle devient veuve en 1986 après la mort de son mari d'une maladie cardiovasculaire.

Elle meurt le 4 juin 2020.

Mémoire de la Shoah
En 1995, elle enregistre un témoignage pour le United States Holocaust Memorial Museum;

En 2005, elle écrit ses mémoires intitulés I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree, a memoir of a Schindler's list survivor () dans lequel elle raconte son sauvetage. Le titre fait référence à une phrase prononcé par un autre prisonnier, Dick Hillman, qui lui promet de planter un lilas pour elle après la guerre.

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Naissance en octobre 1923
Naissance à Aurich
Femme de lettres américaine
Mémorialiste américain
Passeur de mémoire
Survivant de la Shoah
Personnalité américaine née d'un parent allemand
Décès en juin 2020
Décès dans le comté d'Orange (Californie)
Décès à 96 ans
Oskar Schindler
Survivant du camp de concentration de Płaszów


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Hercules Detective Agency Case Files are Copyrighted with the U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Ancient Greek Gods & Myths
Ancient Greece for Kids
The Hercules Detective Agency The Case of the Bad Barber
No Problem Too Large or Too Small, Reasonable Fees
Proprietor Hercules (Roman name), also known as Heracles (Greek name), also known as Herc (Nickname)
In ancient Greece, a barber shop was a place where men went to get their hair and beards trimmed and styled. It was also a place to discuss the news and politics and hear the latest gossip. The women had nothing like it. They styled their hair at home. But for the men, a visit to a barber shop was a critical and enjoyable part of daily life. Any barber shop would do, but the best gossip could be found at the shops of the best barbers. Hercules knew his local barber was one of the best, and quite possibly the best barber in all of Greece.
Hercules was headed towards his local barber shop when he heard a piercing screech. Herc ran inside, looking to see who was hurt or injured. What he saw was a very (dandified is the only word that comes to mind) young man holding the side of his head.
"What seems to be the problem?" asked Herc.
"Look what he did to my head!" cried the young man. He dropped his hand.
Herc looked at the young man's head. Apparently the barber had cut off all the hair on one side. It did look very peculiar.
"That's not what you wanted?" Herc asked.
"Get serious, Hercules." The young man turned to the barber angrily. "You're a horrible barber! I'm going to tell everyone you did this. No one will ever come to your shop again!"
Herc knew for a fact that the barber was a wonderful barber. He had been cutting Herc's hair for years now with nary a problem. Herc looked at the barber in a puzzled sort of way. "Why did you do that?"
The barber looked both embarrassed and afraid. "I couldn't stop myself," he gulped. "It was like someone else had ahold of my hands and made me do it."
Herc immediately suspected one of the gods was involved. But which one? And who was the victim? The young man with the horrible haircut, or the barber whose reputation was now ruined? This looked like a case for The Hercules Detective Agency.
There were many ways the gods could change their appearance, but invisibility? That was not easy. Herc immediately thought of the Cap of Hades. Any of the gods could have borrowed the famous cap either with or without Hades permission. Still, a visit to his Uncle Hades, Lord of the Underworld, was a good place to start. First he had to get hired and then interview both of the men involved. Herc figured his best chance of getting hired was the barber who would be eager to save his reputation.
"Do you want me to find out what happened here?" Herc asked the barber with a small, reassuring smile.
"Yes!" the barber said miserably. "I can't afford to pay you, Hercules, but I can give you free haircuts."
"Deal," agreed Herc. He always liked to look his best. "Now, which one of you has made the gods angry?"
The young man and the barber looked at each other in alarm.
"I certainly haven't," announced the young man in a condescending tone.
"Neither have I," defended the barber.
"One of you has made the gods angry. We need to find out which one of you insulted a god, and which god it was that you angered. Think about everything you have done the last couple of days. Anyone you may have angered or insulted?"
"I messed up the beard of an old man yesterday," the barber volunteered. "He smelled like pepper and it made me sneeze right when I was trimming his beard. I took a really big piece out of one side. I had to cut his beard much shorter than he had requested to even everything out. It made him look years younger. He told me it was the best cut he ever had. So I don't think it was me," mused the barber. He stared at the young man.
The young man blushed. "I may have made fun of some street performers. They weren't very good." He gave the barber an apologetic glance. "I don't think it was me either, but it could have been me I guess."
Herc thought it over. "I'll start with the street performers," he decided. "Where did you see them?" Herc asked the young man.
"On the temple steps. I don't know if they're still there, but they were there this morning, right before I came in to get my hair cut." His voice drained away. "Oh my. It was me, wasn't it." He turned to the barber. "I should not have lost my temper without finding out some facts first. That was very wrong of me."
The barber nodded. He even worked up a smile. "I'll pay you, Hercules, no matter who caused this. We need to find out what happened and fix this if possible." He waved at the young man's head.
"Stay here," Hercules told the pair. "I'll see what I can do." Without wasting a second, Herc headed for the Underworld.
Hades was in an exceptionally good mood. He was wearing a new short beard and was actually looking quite nice according to his wife.
"Yes, it was me! I put on my cap of invisibility," Hades responded happily when Herc asked him. "I pushed the barber's hand, but that punk deserved it."
"My barber?" asked Herc, sounding confused.
"No, that little dandy who made fun of my lyre playing at the temple."
"But Uncle Hades, you don't play the lyre."
"I'm learning, Herc. It's never too late to learn. People should try new things. It's good for them. That's what my wife says."
"You have to fix this."
"No, why should I?"
Herc knew his uncle could become quite stubborn. Herc managed to look bored. "Because the best barber in all of Greece will never give your hair a cut or your beard a trim unless you do. In fact, he won't even let you enter his shop. Then how will you hear all the best gossip?" Herc asked, with just a hint of a yawn
That worried Hades. Herc could see it in his face."Well, for you, Hercules, I'll do it." Hades waved a hand. "There. It's fixed. But tell that punk if he ever makes fun of a street performer again, I'll hear about it. If he thinks his hair looked bad this time, with a wave of my hand, I could make it look worse. Much worse."
"I'll tell him," promised Herc. "Thank you for being so nice about this."
"Of course, Hercules. Anything for you."
By the time Hercules returned to the shop, the young man's hair had nearly magically grown in.
"Shall we risk a cut?" the barber asked the young man.
The young man leaped out of the barber chair. "I rather like it like this." He hurried out the door.
"Thank you, Hercules," the barber told Herc. "I don't know what you did, but I truly appreciate it."
"Think nothing of it," Hercules said, settling himself in the chair the young man had deserted. "Just a bit off the sides, I think, and maybe shortened the beard a bit."
"I know what you like, Herc." The barber smiled with relief. "Leave it to me."
Herc thought about what he could name this case. The Case of the Angry Young Man was too vague. The Case of the Really Bad Haircut? That wasn't too bad, but he could do better. I know, Herc thought to himself. The Case of the Bad Barber, that would get some attention. Herc had been planning for some time now to turn his memoirs into an epic poem. The Greeks were very fond of epic poems. He could ask his half-sister Calliope to do it. She was one of the muses, and the goddess of epic poetry. She would do a really good job of it. Herc had piled up quite a few cases she could use. Someday, he thought. But not today. Today, he decided, he would go fishing, which if you knew Hercules at all, you would know that fishing was one of his favorite things to do.
Case Files from the Hercules Detective Agency
The Misunderstood Minotaur
The Enchanted Well
The Missing Olive Trees
Kerberos on Strike
The Very Inventive Rescue
The Scaredly Fish
The Tricked Bully
The Stone Zoo
The Reluctant Oracle
Olympic Team Herc
The Bad Barber
The Talking Tools
The Mad Machine
The Constant Chatterbox
The Voiceless Storyteller
The Monster Under the Bridge
The Stinky Sandals
The Awesome Actor
Hercules Challenged
The Golden Lyre
The Mischievous Trickster
The Magic Earrings
The Rhyming Poet
The Three Harpies
The Pearl Divers
The Festival Arrow
The Dragon Egg
The Dangerous Dragon
The Golden Nugget
The Moving Mountain
The Monster on the Causeway
The Amazing Matchmaker
The Temple Worm
The Charcoal Burners
The Ionian Sea Pirates
The Island of the Sirens
The Magic Wool
The Minotaur to the Rescue
The Missing Trident
The Terrible Tutor
The Dance Teacher
The Water Rights
The Winged Monsters
The Treasure Map
The Hercules Detective Agency
Original Stories about the Ancient Greeks
Created by authors Lin and Don Donn
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Future shock: why Years and Years is 2019's most terrifying TV show
By following one family over the course of the next 15 years, Russell T Davies' powerful drama offers up a chilling forecast of where our country might be heading
With the finale of Years and Years approaching, how might the story end? Will Viv Rook, the populist prime minister of 2029, succeed in disappearing every refugee and member of the working class? Will radical activist Edith Lyons stop Rook in her tracks, succumb to radiation poisoning, or do both at the same time? Will Edith's no-good brother Stephen discover a conscience, or at least get some colour in his cheeks? And as for Stephen's daughter, Bethany, whose brain has been plugged into the internet by the Home Office; will her Three-Eyed Raven-style powers solve the problems of humanity, or at least help us switch energy providers?
We soon shall see. A six-part drama by Russell T Davies, Years and Years is a bold mashup of at least three different genres – kitchen sink drama, near future sci-fi and state-of-the-nation polemic – and it has juggled the requirements of each form effectively. You care about the characters, believe in the futuristic inventions (such as "the blink", a stick that disrupts wireless communications) and recognise the political tensions that pit parts of the Lyons family against each other. Furthermore, it's all done with a lightness of touch that stops you from dwelling too long on any less convincing aspects (why did Daniel get on that boat?).
Future shock: why Years and Years is 2019's most terrifying TV show By following one family over the course of the next 15 years, Russell T Davies' powerful drama offers up a chilling forecast of where our country might be headingWith the finale of Years and Years approaching, how might the story end? Will Viv Rook, the populist prime minister of 2029, succeed in disappearing every refugee and member of the working class? Will radical activist Edith Lyons stop Rook in her tracks, succumb to radiation poisoning, or do both at the same time? Will Edith's no-good brother Stephen discover a conscience, or at least get some colour in his cheeks? And as for Stephen's daughter, Bethany, whose brain has been plugged into the internet by the Home Office; will her Three-Eyed Raven-style powers solve the problems of humanity, or at least help us switch energy providers?We soon shall see. A six-part drama by Russell T Davies, Years and Years is a bold mashup of at least three different genres – kitchen sink drama, near future sci-fi and state-of-the-nation polemic – and it has juggled the requirements of each form effectively. You care about the characters, believe in the futuristic inventions (such as "the blink", a stick that disrupts wireless communications) and recognise the political tensions that pit parts of the Lyons family against each other. Furthermore, it's all done with a lightness of touch that stops you from dwelling too long on any less convincing aspects (why did Daniel get on that boat?). Continue reading...


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Songs With Stories - Aidan Baker
If you are a fan of drones and ambient, you should by now know the name Aidan Baker. I think he is the person who appeared the most on Merchants Of Air in the past year, and with good reason too. After all, he is one of the most active and influencial musicians today.
So when we were planning our Songs With Stories series, Aidan Baker was one of the first people we asked. We wanted to know who inspired him. Soon after we received this nice list, a list we were very curious about.
Aidan: Of course, it's hard to choose just any five songs as favourites or important or influential...so I'll narrow this down to five guitar songs that are both favourites and personally influential to my musical techniques and methods:
Sonic Youth - Lee Is Free
"Goo" was the first Sonic Youth album I heard, back when it came out in 1991, and it prompted me to hunt down their earlier albums. And while "Daydream Nation" and "Sister" usually get the accolades, I connected more with "Bad Moon Rising" and "Confusion Is Sex," particularly the latter. "Confusion is Sex" is raw and heavy and noisy, dark and aggressive, almost punk, but filtered through an avant-garde, art-rock aesthetic. It's a weird album and not an easy listen...and then the last song, "Lee Is Free," comes along, a droning, ambient track of chiming guitars that is simultaneously prettily melodic and darkly discordant, eerie and beautiful, an almost surprisingly peaceful way to end an otherwise noisy and aggressive album...
Bill Frisell - Strange Meeting
Frisell has recorded several versions of 'Strange Meeting,' and while I like this version with Dave Holland and Alvin Jones, the version from his album "Live" with Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron is my favourite (closely followed by the version from "Rambler" -- neither of which are on Youtube). This song too has something of an odd juxtaposition of darkness and light, a shuffling rhythm overlaid with a simple, lilting, almost charming melody tinged with melancholy and yearning. I think I first heard Frisell on John Zorn's "Naked City" album, which a friend of my father's gave me when I was a teenager. Apart from a few tracks, this is a fairly chaotic and frenetic album...but Frisell's uniquely liquid style and sound shone through Naked City's jazz-thrash and prompted me to pick up some of his own albums. And his mix of jazz and rock styles with experimental and looped/processed sounds, his combination of the lyrical and the abstract, his languid style of playing, I found very compelling.
Justin Broadrick - Guitar Four/Infinite
"Pure" was the first Godflesh album I heard -- I had never heard the band when I bought the album, I bought it on a whim...don't really remember why -- but I was soon converted and started hunting down the rest of Godflesh's releases. Then, the completist in me coming out, various other releases and projects from Godflesh guitarist, Justin Broadrick...many of which were pretty difficult to find. So, when I stumbled across copy of "Skinner's Black Laboratories" (a split with Andy Hawkins from Blind Idiot God) in a delete bin in some giant music store in New York City, I quickly grabbed it. And while, I must admit, the first few tracks of the album didn't really do so much for me, when that fourth track started, 'Guitar Four/Infinite,' with its slowly arpeggiating pattern and droning bass note, I was immediately transfixed. The track moves so slowly through quiet tones and sounds, still recognizably guitar, but whispery and drifting, gloomy and melancholy, and with a certain sense of wistful hopefulness floating amidst the gloom...
James Plotkin & Mark Spybey - Vord Lae
As a fan of James Plotkin's weird electro-prog-metal (or whatever you want to call it) band OLD, I was, as with Broadrick, compelled to hunt down Plotkin's other releases and albums to which he had contributed. I like a lot of Plotkin's solo releases (and wish he would release more) but "A Peripheral Blur" with Mark Spybey (from Dead Voices On Air) is definitely my favourite. It is difficult to say whether I like the opening track, 'Jute Wheel,' or 'Vord Lae' better...'Jute Wheel' is quite beautiful, in an aching sort of way, with a melodic passage looping resolutely through drifting drones and textural, ambient grit...'Vord Lae' is, in comparison, much more minimal and darker, gloomier, unnerving even, with its slow pulsing sounds and deep tones. It is perhaps this very minimalism that makes 'Vord Lae' so enthralling to me -- that so little happens, that its evolution is so subtle...yet it still retains an emotional depth and resonance which is, I find, actually quite moving and affecting...
Frank Zappa - Pink Napkins
This probably seems the odd track out in this list...and certain I'm not much of a fan of Zappa's 'Titties 'n' Beer' kind of songs. Which was all I really knew of Zappa for some time until, when I was living and going to school in Montreal in the early 90s, a friend played me "Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar," along with some of his other instrumental work, and I came to appreciate Zappa as a guitarist. "Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar" also, as something of a 'cut-up' album, a collection of guitar solos excised from the framework of their original songs, intrigued me conceptually. And 'Pink Napkins' is one of the few tracks on the album that really works as a stand-alone track, even if it too is an excerpt, and an alternate version -- mellower, more melancholy -- of Zappa's 'Black Napkins'. Perhaps the very fact that I can use emotion-based adjectives to describe this song makes it a stand-out on the record -- a stand-out for much of Zappa's work, which is arguably more cerebral (or goofball) than emotional. And 'Pink Napkins' is a prettily sad song, a wistfully (I'll use that word again) yearning guitar solo over a slowly churning bass-line and softly shuffling drums...