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Les Épousés
Entre d'eux
Bach Suite II
Choreography by Kader Belarbi
Designed by Kader Belarbi and Dominique Lautré
From Lettres à mon frère Theo by Vincent Van Gogh
« The love of two brothers is a support in life ; it is a universally accepted truth. Therefore, let's try to strengthen this link and may the experience of life fortify it ; let's remain frank and sincere towards each other, may no secrets be between us. »
Vincent van Gogh to Theo, Dordrecht, March 1877
Music Gabriel Fauré "Elegy for Cello and Orchestra in C minor opus 24"
Choreography Kader Belarbi
They hug each other and tear each other apart, they tangle and go away in the insert of their beings.
Circle of Friends of Rudolf Nureyev's Journal
Interview with Kader Belarbi
My first encounter with Francine Lancelot goes back to her ancient dance classes at the Ballet School of the Paris Opera. Sensitive to her research in baroque dance,
I have always listened to baroque music.
I attended the performances of Bach-Suite with Rudolf Nureyev at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. I still have a vivid memory of it.
In January 2003, the Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev was for me the opportunity to meet again with Francine.
Later, I danced Bach-Suite for the tribute to Claude Bessy. In that context, I chose a new version with four couples of young dancers from the Ballet School.
Around these two events articulated in four dances, we come to the evening of December 17th 2004 and we added two dances: an Allemande and a Courante. A third adventure then began in a new version of the six dances, Bach Suite II.
I wanted to respect the rules of the game by dancing a first Baroque part followed by a personal choreography. This choice of loyalty led me to work with direct or indirect quotations. It is a crossing of dance history. The difficulty was not to drown in the mixtures of styles.
It is in this spirit that I have worked on six consecutive dances with the cellist Christophe Coin. Bach's music is very architected and baroque dance, highly codified, both of them have led me to write and respect a clear framework. Bach-Suite lasts about twenty minutes. This duration must be controlled in both dances and transitions, to avoid monotony. Francine Lancelot has often evoked the loneliness of the dancer on a huge stage, even accompanied by cellist, because it is a laid bare, for the dancer as for the choreographer.
To absorb the style of baroque dance involves a work of « small cells », small amplitudes that require vigilance and rigor. This dance is very different from the conventional technique which claims, a contrario, large amplitudes, big jumps.
Baroque dance is a cleverly coded working of miniatures. The game is between rigor and living. It is important to respect the language, find the energy and presence throughout the crossing.
With Francine Lancelot and Françoise Denieau, we discussed literature, architecture... I think about these dance masters such Feuillet, who put thirty years to invent a kind of shorthand, which is deciphered today as a score. Baroque dance is a filiation from the Royal Dance Academy of Louis XIV till today. The baroque technique has to be made with ease and without ostentation and beyond, express the most just and sober moods.
Bach-Suite is a bit like looking for a menu with subtle flavors. A shared harmony of discreet detail and elegance of movement.
Interview by Helen Ciolkovitch in Paris, November 22nd, 2004


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This WWII Shipwreck Is Pouring Pollutants Into The North Sea
The North Sea is filled with thousands of wrecks from World War I and II, and a study shows that some of these wrecks are still spewing toxic substances into the seafloor.
By Sam WaltersOct 21, 2022 11:00 AM
The torn deck of the V-1302 John Mahn is covered in microbial colonies (Credit: VLIZ).
Situated between Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, the North Sea contains an assortment of artifacts from the two world wars. And according to a paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, one of these artifacts — a sunken ship from World War II — still pours pollutants into the floor of the sea almost a century after it sunk.
World War Wrecks
Specialists say that the floor of the shallow North Sea is strewn with thousands of ship and aircraft wrecks and assorted artifacts from World War I and II. These wartime wrecks, they say, can contain toxic chemicals and cargo, including millions of tons of ammunitions and explosives, that taint the marine environment and ecosystem. That said, scientists still struggle to understand the true extent of the effect that these wrecks could cause.
"The potential environmental impact of these wrecks is often overlooked," says Josefien Van Landuyt, a study author and biochemistry student at Ghent University in Belgium, according to a press release. "While wrecks can function as artificial reefs and have tremendous human story-telling value, we should not forget that they can be dangerous, human-made objects which were unintentionally introduced into a natural environment."
Launching an investigation under the North Sea Wrecks project, Van Landuyt and a team studied one such wreck, the V-1302 John Mahn, which the Germans deployed as a patrol boat before it sank off of the Belgian coast during World War II in 1942. Aiming to see whether the wreck still impacts its immediate surroundings, the team sampled and analyzed the surrounding seafloor. Their study revealed that the wreck is still spoiling the nearby sediments, as well as shaping the nearby marine microbiology 80 years after being submerged.
"People often forget that below the sea surface, we, humans, have already made quite an impact on the local animals, microbes, and plants living there and are still making an impact, leaching chemicals, fossil fuels, heavy metals from — sometimes century old — wrecks we don't even remember are there," Van Landuyt says in a press release. "Although we don't see these old shipwrecks, and many of us don't know where they are, they can still be polluting our marine ecosystem."
This Ship's Still Spewing
To assess whether the V-1302 John Mahn shipwreck still pumps pollutants into the sea, the team took an assortment of samples from the sediment surrounding the ship.
The samples suggested that the sediment contained a plethora of pollutants, at many concentrations, depending on the samples' initial distance from the shipwreck. These pollutants included poisonous metals such as nickel and copper, as well as arsenic and an assortment of chemicals contained in coal, crude oil and gasoline. They were also strongest in the samples taken nearest to the ship.
According to the team, these pollutants can cause significant damage to their surroundings — damage which isn't diminishing with time as one might presume. In fact, the corrosion that's naturally occurring as the V-1302 John Mahn continues to sit at the seafloor is splitting open more and more spaces of the ship, potentially increasing the polluting power of the wreck.
The team's analysis of the sediment samples also addressed the microbial activity around the ship. They identified an abundance of varietals of bacteria such as Rhodobacteraceae, Chromatiaceae and Desulfobulbia, which disintegrate chemicals in coal, crude oil and gasoline or diminish sulfates. And the team surmised that the ship is not only continuing to pollute, but is continuing to alter the microbial colonies in its immediate vicinity.
"Their environmental impact is still evolving," Van Landuyt concludes in a press release. "We only investigated one ship, at one depth, in one location. To get a better overview of the total impact of shipwrecks on our North Sea, a large number of shipwrecks in various locations would have to be sampled."
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A Secret Thanksgiving Wish
By Rick Moran 2009-11-26T03:33:05
Finally, Thanksgiving is here. My dinner table is already groaning in anticipation of the load it must bear later today, as my Zsu-Zsu is hard at work in the kitchen preparing the beast and the bird for the feast to come.
We have both prime rib and turkey on Thanksgiving -- a nod to some of our guests' dislike for the ceremonial bird. Fine with me. There are always enough leftovers for prime rib sandwiches and turkey casserole the next day. We celebrate Thanksgiving all weekend long at my house, and I'm always sad to eat that last bit of jello mold or cranberry sauce -- I savor the last morsels as they disappear with a satisfying gulp.
Allow me to share my secret Thanksgiving desire. I wish to go through an entire Thanksgiving Day without reading in a newspaper, seeing on the internet, or have anyone mention to me that Native Americans have nothing to be thankful for today, that they are in mourning, and that it's my fault.
That last is figuratively speaking, of course. It was "my ancestors" -- white ancestors -- who are directly responsible. The fact that, at the time of the first Thanksgiving, my ancestors were in Ireland scratching out a living by farming a space about the size of a suburban backyard, eating turnips and barley porridge just to keep hearth and home together, apparently doesn't matter.
Applying collective guilt to an entire race is not seen as stupidity but rather "justice" by those who can't stand seeing people happy and contented. For some, it is a special thrill to hector us on Thanksgiving about sins committed long ago by people they cannot fathom against a people who they will never understand.
The complex relationship between the Europeans who arrived on the Mayflower and the Wampanoag tribe is reduced to the ridiculously cartoonish by the holiday trashers. Indians -- good. White man -- bad. That is the extent of the nuance in most of their arguments.
But what we fail to appreciate about the Pilgrims is that they were not explorers or people inured to hardship. They were country folk from the Midlands of England -- most of them were not farmers or possessing the skills necessary to begin a colony. They were simple townsfolk whose separatist ideas about the Church of England landed them in trouble with the authorities -- so much so that they were driven out of the country. First to Holland, where their religious views were tolerated but where parents were concerned that the children were losing their essential "Englishness" and pined for the homeland. That's when William Bradford made a deal with the London Company for a land patent in America and the crossing was planned.
So here they were, arriving in the waters of the New World in early November 1620, but not making a landing until nearly a month later. It was then that they began to hack a civilization out of the wilderness. Whatever skills they had with the ax or hammer they were forced to perfect while constructing a few rough-hewn buildings over the winter of 1620-21. Only 47 of the original 102 Pilgrims who began the crossing survived to see that first spring, the rest dying off as a result of disease brought on by being poorly adapted to the much harsher climate of Massachusetts.
The Mayflower stuck around until April 1621, supplying the colonists with whatever food they couldn't beg for, trade for, or steal from the Indians. They were poor hunters and had few firelocks, and since they were not familiar with the local fauna, they were unable to procure food through the gathering of nuts and berries as the native Americans did. The Indians worked diligently to remedy this and by the summer of 1621, the Pilgrims were nearly self-sufficient.
https://pjmedia.com/blog/a-secret-thanksgiving-wish/


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1 Subject of the contract
Quadroguys GmbH, Kurfürstenstraße 15, 50678 Cologne in Germany, hereinafter referred to as the "Agency", provides services in the areas of film production, photography, responsive web design, graphic design, 3D design and 3D animation, as well as other services as agreed. The detailed descriptions of the services to be provided result from the tender documents, briefings, project contracts, as well as their attachments and service descriptions of the Agency. Specifications of the customer are valid only if they are confirmed by the agency.
2 Validity of these GTC
2.1 The following General Terms and Conditions apply to all legal transactions of Quadroguys GmbH, Kurfürstenstraße 15, 50678 Cologne Germany ("Agency") with its contractual partners who are not consumers within the meaning of § 13 of the German Civil Code (BGB) – hereinafter referred to as "Customer" for short.
2.2 Terms and conditions of the Customer deviating from these Terms and Conditions shall only be accepted by the Agency after separate and written acknowledgement.
2.3 These Terms and Conditions shall also apply to all temporally and factually related extensions of the order, even if they are not expressly agreed upon again. With respect to customers who are not consumers within the meaning of § 13 of the German Civil Code (BGB), these Terms and Conditions shall also apply to any subsequent orders, even if they are not expressly agreed again.
3 Components of the Contract and Changes to the Contract / Force Majeure
3.1 The basis for the Agency's work and an integral part of the contract shall be, in addition to these GTC, the project contract and its annexes, the briefing to be provided to the Agency by the Customer. If the briefing is communicated by the customer to the agency orally or by telephone, Quadroguys GmbH will prepare a re-briefing on the contents of the briefing, which will be handed over to the customer within 5 working days after the oral or telephone communication. This re-briefing becomes a binding part of the contract if the customer does not object to this re-briefing within 5 working days.
3.2 Any amendment and/or supplement to the contract and/or its components must be made in writing (text form sufficient). Any additional costs incurred as a result shall be borne by the customer.
3.3 Events of force majeure (e.g. mobilization, war, riot, weather conditions or similar events for which the Agency is not responsible, e.g. strike, lockout, exit/entry restrictions or pandemics) shall release the Agency, as of the time at which the impediment makes it impossible for it to provide the service, from its obligation to fulfill its contractual obligations and from any liability for damages or any other contractual remedy for breach of contract; provided that this is notified without delay. If the notice is not given without undue delay, the relief shall take effect from the time the notice reaches the other party. If the effect of the asserted impediment or event is temporary, the consequences just set forth shall apply only for as long as the asserted impediment prevents performance of the contract by the affected party plus a reasonable start-up period (usually 1 month). If the duration of the asserted impediment has the consequence that the contracting parties are deprived to a considerable extent of what they could reasonably expect by virtue of the contract, each party shall have the right to terminate the contract by notifying the other party within a reasonable period of time.
4 Scope of the copyrights and rights of use granted, in particular time limit, naming of the author / copyright, further remuneration.
4.1 Upon full payment of the agreed fee, the Customer shall acquire the limited exclusive right of use to all work produced by the Agency within the scope of this order for the contractually agreed duration and to the contractually agreed extent.
4.2 Unless otherwise agreed, the right of use for purely digital use (e.g. in online media such as websites and social media apps) shall be granted for a period of 3 years and worldwide, with the first 3-year period commencing on the 1st of the month following the transfer or first use (whichever is earlier).
4.3 A separate license must be acquired for use in the classic print area (e.g. advertising brochures, flyers, company presentations). Such a license shall be granted for 3 years at a time, with the first 3-year period commencing on January 1 of the year following the transfer or first use (whichever is earlier). The fee for use
exclusively in Germany: 150 % of the fee
in one and/or more countries which otherwise geographically belong to Europe (including any overseas territories/ extraterritorial areas): 300 % of the fee
worldwide: 500 % of the fee
4.4 Unless otherwise expressly agreed, any right of use shall be granted only to the Client. Sublicensing is not permitted.
4.5 Upon customer request, the right of use may be extended and/or prolonged – at reasonable cost. The same shall apply to the transfer of granted rights of use to third parties.
4.6 The use according to the above regulations is only permitted if the author is named in the imprint or directly on the work.
4.7 The work of the Agency may not be changed by the Customer or by third parties commissioned by the Customer, neither in the original nor in the reproduction. Any imitation, even of parts of the work, is not permitted. In case of infringement, the Agency shall be entitled to an additional fee from the Customer of at least 2.5 times the amount of the originally agreed fee.
4.8 The Agency shall be entitled to information and documentation regarding the scope of the actual use.
4.9 The services developed within the scope of the order are protected as personal intellectual creations by the Copyright Act. This provision shall be deemed to have been agreed even if the level of creation required under the Copyright Act has not been reached.
5 Remuneration / Advance payment / Client's cooperation
5.1 The remuneration agreed in the contract shall apply. Payments shall be due without any deductions within 10 days after invoicing and receipt of the invoice.
5.2 If the payment dates are exceeded, the Agency shall be entitled, without further reminder, to interest on arrears in the amount of 9 percentage points above the applicable prime rate from the following day. The right to claim further damages shall remain unaffected by this provision.
5.3 Reminders shall be charged at a flat rate of € 10.00 per reminder, whereby the Customer shall be free to prove that the actual reminder costs are lower.
5.4 The Agency shall be entitled to demand reasonable advances from an order value of € 1000.00 (in words: one thousand EURO).
5.5 If the development of the agreed services extends over a longer period of time, the Agency may invoice the Customer for reasonable advance payments for the partial services already rendered. These partial services do not have to be available in a form that can be used by the Customer and can also be available as a pure working basis on the part of the Agency.
Likewise, in the case of orders that consist of several individual orders, the Agency may invoice progress payments in accordance with the individual orders that have been processed.
5.6 If an order requires additional work from the Customer (e.g. naming and/or approval of specific objects) and if the Customer does not provide this within a reasonable period of time (whereby a reasonable period of time shall be deemed to exist if a grace period of 2 weeks has been set), the Agency shall be entitled to invoice up to 95% of the full order amount, unless the Customer can prove that the Agency's saved expenses are higher than the remaining order amount.
6 Change of Order / Cancellation of Order
6.1 In the event of changes to or cancellation of orders, work and the like by the Client and/or if the prerequisites for the provision of services change, the Agency shall be reimbursed for all further costs incurred as a result – irrespective of the agreed fee – and the Agency shall be released from any liabilities to third parties.
6.2 In the event that the Client withdraws from an order before the start of the project, the Agency shall charge the Client the following percentages of the original contractually agreed fee as a cancellation fee: up to six months before the start of the order 10%, from six months to three months before the start of the order 25%, from three months to four weeks before the start of the order 50%, from four weeks to two weeks before the start of the order 80%, from two weeks before the start of the order 90%. The customer has the right to prove how high the saved expenses and/or other earnings of the agency were. In this case, the cancellation fee is calculated from the originally agreed fee less the proven saved expenses and/or other earnings. In any case, however, the cancellation fee shall amount to 10% of the original fee.
6.3 All prices quoted in offers and orders and the amounts resulting therefrom are exclusive of the statutory value added tax at the applicable rate. Artists' social security contributions, customs duties, or other subsequently incurred charges will be passed on to the customer.
6.4 Objections against the Agency's invoices shall be raised immediately after receipt of the invoice, at the latest 1 month after invoicing, without this affecting the due date. After expiry of this period, the Customer may no longer assert objections, unless the Customer is not responsible for the delayed assertion.
7 Retention of title
7.1 The Agency shall retain title to the delivery items until payment has been made in full.
7.2 Only rights of use shall be granted to drafts and work drawings, but no rights of ownership shall be transferred.
7.3 The originals shall therefore be returned undamaged within a reasonable period of time, unless otherwise agreed.
7.4 The sending and any return of the works shall be at the risk and for the account of the Customer.
7.5 The Agency is not obliged to surrender files, source files or layouts created in the computer to the Customer. If the Customer wishes to have the computer data or source data handed over, this shall be agreed separately and shall be remunerated. If the Agency has provided the Customer with computer files, these may only be changed with the prior consent of the Agency.
8 Special services, ancillary and travel expenses
8.1 Special services such as proofreading of texts, changes to final artwork and other preparatory necessities for order processing shall be charged separately according to the time involved.
8.2 "The number of drafts shall be specified in the offer. If more conceptions or drafts of advertising material and/or advertising concepts are produced at the customer's request, these shall be invoiced separately.
8.3 Expenses for additional technical costs, in particular special materials, production of models, photos, intermediate shots, reproductions, photo typesetting, printing, third-party licenses, etc. shall be reimbursed by the customer.
9 Additional services / additional costs due to postponement of deadlines by the customer
9.1 Unforeseeable additional expenses shall be subject to mutual agreement and, if necessary, to additional fees, which shall be charged at the customary rate if no agreement has been made in this regard.
9.2 Dates (e.g. for photo shoots) which have been communicated to the Customer by the Agency in a binding manner and which the Customer has not immediately objected to, expressed reservations about and/or communicated requests for changes are binding. If these are cancelled and/or postponed for reasons for which the customer is responsible and/or if the customer does not provide the necessary cooperation, any third-party costs that can no longer be cancelled shall be borne in full by the customer and an additional fee of the agency (usually the agreed daily rate) shall be paid at 50%.
10 Marking
10.1 The Agency shall be entitled to refer to the originator on all advertising materials and in all advertising measures, without the Customer being entitled to any remuneration as a result.
10.2 The Agency shall be entitled -until revoked- to refer to the business relationship on its Internet websites with the name and company logo of the Customer. The revocation must be made within a reasonable period of time – usually 2 weeks.
11 Delivery periods
11.1 Agency's delivery obligations shall be fulfilled as soon as the work and services have been dispatched by Agency. The risk of transmission (e.g. damage, loss or delay), regardless of the medium used for transmission, shall be borne by the Customer.
11.2 Delivery deadlines and delivery dates shall only be binding if the Customer has duly fulfilled any obligations to cooperate (e.g. procurement of documents, releases, provision of information, preparation of service catalogs / compulsory booklets) and the deadlines have been confirmed in writing by the Agency.
11.3 Due to delays on the part of the Customer, it is no longer possible to guarantee that deadlines will be met on time. Dates or deadlines shall then be rescheduled. A mere extension of the original deadlines by the delay period cannot be guaranteed in every case (e.g. due to other projects of the Agency).
11.4 Templates and drafts provided by the Agency shall not be binding in terms of color, image, line and sound design until their corresponding possibility of realization has been confirmed in writing by the Agency.
11.5 If the Agency is in default with its services, it shall first be granted a reasonable period of grace.
12 Secrecy obligation
12.1 The Agency undertakes to keep secret all information and documents to which it has access in connection with the conclusion of the contract and which are designated as confidential or which are clearly recognizable as business or trade secrets of the Customer on the basis of other circumstances, and to neither record nor pass on such information and documents unless this is necessary to achieve the purpose of the contract.
12.2 Corresponding obligations shall apply to the Customer with regard to business and trade secrets of the Agency; this shall also apply in particular to ideas and concepts brought to the attention of the Customer during the development phase / cooperation.
13 Obligations of the Client
13.1 The Client shall provide the Agency with all data and documents required for the implementation of the project free of charge. All working documents shall be handled carefully by the Agency, protected from access by third parties, used only for the development of the respective order and returned to the Customer after completion of the order.
13.2 In connection with a commissioned project, the Customer shall only award contracts to other agencies or service providers after consultation and in agreement with the Agency.
14 Warranty and Liability
14.1 The Customer shall inspect any work and services supplied by the Agency immediately upon receipt and in any case prior to transfer and/or use and shall notify any defects immediately upon discovery. If the immediate inspection or notification of defects is omitted, the Customer shall have no claims.
14.2 In the event of a justified notice of defects, the defects shall be remedied within a reasonable period of time.
14.3 The Agency cannot and may not provide legal advice. The risk of the legal admissibility of the measures developed and implemented by the Agency shall be borne by the Customer. The examination by experts (e.g. lawyers) to be commissioned by the Customer is strongly recommended. This applies in particular in the event that the actions and measures violate the provisions of competition law, copyright law and special advertising laws.
However, the Agency is obligated to point out legal risks if it becomes aware of them during its activities. The Customer shall indemnify the Agency against claims of third parties if the Agency has acted at the express request of the Customer, although it has informed the Customer of concerns with regard to the permissibility of the measures.
14.4 With the approval of drafts, final artwork or work drawings by the Customer, the Customer assumes responsibility for the correctness for image and text.
14.5 Upon approval for printing by the Customer, the risk of any errors and any additional costs that may arise as a result shall pass to the Customer. The Agency shall in no case be liable for defects arising during production.
14.6 In the case of color reproductions in all production processes, minor deviations from the original cannot be objected to.
14.7 The Agency shall not be liable for the admissibility and registrability of the designs under competition or trademark law.
14.8 The Agency assumes no liability for images, data and fonts provided by customers.
14.9 The Agency shall not be liable in any case for factual statements about products and services of the Customer contained in the advertising measures. The Agency shall also not be liable for the patent, copyright and trademark protection or registrability of the ideas, suggestions, proposals, concepts and drafts provided as part of the order.
14.9.1 In the event of intent or gross negligence on the part of its authorized agents or its own employees, the Agency shall be liable without limitation for all damage caused by it in connection with the provision of our contractual services.
14.9.2 In the event of slight negligence, the Agency shall be liable without limitation in the event of injury to life, limb or health.
14.9.3 In the case of services provided free of charge, the Agency, its employees and agents shall not be liable beyond the liability set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2.
14.9.4 Furthermore, Agency shall only be liable in connection with the provision of paid services if a material contractual obligation has been breached. Essential contractual obligations are defined in the abstract as obligations whose fulfillment is essential for the proper performance of the contract and on whose fulfillment the Customer may regularly rely. In such cases, liability shall be limited to compensation for the foreseeable damage typically occurring.
14.9.5 Insofar as the Agency's liability is excluded or limited in accordance with the aforementioned provisions, this shall also apply to the Agency's vicarious agents.
14.9.6 Liability under the Product Liability Act shall remain unaffected.
15 Collecting Societies / Artists' Social Security Fund
15.1 The Customer undertakes to pay any fees due to collecting societies such as GEMA. If these fees are disbursed by the Agency, the Customer undertakes to reimburse them to the Agency against proof. Depending on the agreement, this can take place immediately or also after termination of the contractual relationship.
15.2 The Client is informed that in the event of the award of a contract in the artistic, conceptual and advertising consulting area to a non-legal person, an artists' social security contribution must be paid to the artists' social security fund. This levy may not be deducted by the client from the agency invoice. The customer is responsible for compliance with the obligation to register and pay the levy.
16 Services of Third Parties / Prohibition of Orders
Freelancers or third parties engaged by the Agency are vicarious agents of the Agency. The Customer undertakes not to commission, either directly or indirectly, the employees and third parties engaged by the Agency in the course of the execution of the order with projects during and for a period of 12 months from the conclusion of the order without the cooperation of the Agency.
17 Working documents and electronic data
All working documents, electronic data and records, which are made in the context of the order processing on the part of the agency, remain with the agency. The surrender of these documents and data can not be demanded by the customer. With the payment of the agreed fee, the Agency owes the agreed service, but not the intermediate steps leading to this result in the form of sketches, drafts, production data, etc..
18 Media Planning and Media Execution
18.1 The Agency shall carry out commissioned projects in the area of Media Planning to the best of its knowledge and belief on the basis of the media documents available to it and generally accessible market research data. The Agency does not owe the Customer any specific advertising success as a result of these services.
18.2 In the case of extensive media services, the Agency shall be entitled, after consultation, to invoice the Customer for a certain proportion of the third-party costs and to make the booking in the corresponding media only after receipt of payment. A handling fee will be charged for this. The agency is not liable for a possible non-observance of a switching date due to a delayed receipt of payment. A claim for damages of the customer against the agency does not arise from it.
19 Miscellaneous and final provisions
19.1 All agreements made between the Agency and the Customer for the purpose of executing an order shall be agreed in writing (text form sufficient). Amendments, supplements and collateral agreements, including the waiver of this formal requirement, must be in writing to be effective.
19.2 Offsetting or assertion of a right of retention by the Customer shall only be permissible with recognized or legally established counterclaims.
19.3 Customers who are not consumers are not entitled to assign claims arising from the contract.
19.4 The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply.
19.5 The place of jurisdiction for disputes with Customers who are not consumers, legal entities under public law or special funds under public law shall be the registered office of the Provider. For all other purchasers, this shall also apply to disputes arising from or in connection with the order if the purchaser relocates its domicile or habitual residence to a country other than the Federal Republic of Germany after conclusion of the contract or if the domicile or habitual residence of the purchaser is unknown in the event of a lawsuit.
19.6 Should any provision of these General Terms and Conditions of Business be wholly or partially invalid or lose its legal validity at a later date, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. Instead of the invalid provision, another appropriate provision shall apply by way of contract adjustment, which economically comes closest to what the contracting parties would have wanted if they had been aware of the invalidity of the provision.
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D. Johnson enters U.S. Open week as betting favorite
By Will Gray
After a decisive victory at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, Dustin Johnson heads into the U.S. Open as a clear betting favorite.
Johnson has shared top billing with both Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy since odds opened following the Masters, but Johnson is now alone at the top at 8/1 according to oddsmakers at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Johnson, who won his lone major title at the 2016 U.S. Open, is now back to the top spot in the world rankings following his six-shot win in Memphis.
Johnson was listed as a 12-1 co-favorite alongside McIlroy as recently as last week, but his odds have steadily decreased in recent days. Here's a look at the updated odds:
8/1: Dustin Johnson
14/1: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler
16/1: Jason Day
18/1: Jordan Spieth
20/1: Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm
25/1: Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson
30/1: Hideki Matsuyama, Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace
40/1: Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau
50/1: Marc Leishman, Louis Oosthuizen, Alex Noren, Patrick Cantlay, Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, Francesco Molinari
60/1: Matt Kuchar, Tony Finau, Webb Simpson, Bubba Watson
80/1: Zach Johnson, Xander Schauffele, Jimmy Walker
100/1: Brandt Snedeker, Charley Hoffman, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Charl Schwartzel, Ian Poulter, Jason Dufner, Emiliano Grillo, Byeong-Hun An, Kyle Stanley, Aaron Wise


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This summer, join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland and experience an adventure like no other at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (July 21st – August 27th).
Lewis Carroll's classic story is cleverly lifted from the page and beautifully brought to life in Glenn Elston's highly acclaimed production of 'Alice in Wonderland'.
Life is suddenly turned upside down for Alice, so join her as she tumbles down the rabbit hole and lands in the magical world of "Wonderland". It's a roller-coaster of a story as she bravely bounces from one unexpected and amazing situation to the next.
There's a wildly curious assortment of characters. Bump into the constantly late White Rabbit, sing along with the Dodo and other birds in the Caucus Race and meet the pepper obsessed Duchess and her extremely crazy cook.
The Cheshire Cat will leave you with a grin and you can't fail to spot Humpty Dumpty on his way to meet Tweedledum and Tweedledee as they tell the tale of the Walrus and the Carpenter.
What might seem slightly silly then becomes downright absurd as the Mad Hatter arrives with the March Hare and the Dormouse to have a grand old time with Alice at the tea party. As a magnificent finale, join the Queen of Hearts and her parade of cards. This is where everyone, both young and a perhaps a little bit older, can be part of the fun.
Why Visit: Discover the most curious tea party in the wonderful setting of Kew Gardens.
The Australian Shakespeare Company presents exciting outdoor adaptations of classical texts in botanical gardens and other beautiful locations around the world.


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Alright, so I'm about 2 weeks late for all you "Lost" fans, but hey late is better than never. So, I was thinking today about how the one thing I have in my life that is always constant is my relationship with Jesus. For the past 8 years Jesus has been the one person who knows everything I've ever done. He's walked with me through the thick and the thin, yet He still loves me. I've made an effort to get to know Him through reading His word on a daily basis, by listening in prayer and acknowledging the Holy Spirit in daily encounters. I have a deeper relationship with Jesus than anyone else on any level. And that's why I call myself a Christian.
As of right now I'm surrounded by people who don't read their bibles…ever, who pray to dead people as if they can help the situations (yes Jesus died on a cross but Jesus defeated death by being raised from the grave), and rely on their personal good works as payment for their sins and yet they call themselves Christians. Sometimes people have issues with other people interpreting the Bible, so I will let it speak for itself "But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" Rom 5:8 "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life." 5:10 Jesus also said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" John 14:6. And finally one of my favorite quotes of Jesus "But take heart; I have overcome the world." John 16:33 Now I ask you who else can claim that and actually back it up.
I am absolutely broken over the fact that my new friends fail to see the importance of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. Trusting in His perfect life is the only way that anyone will ever enter heaven because there is nothing that we can do to pay for our sins. Jesus already paid that price, and we don't have to work to get that gift. It's because of his perfect life that we can have our sins paid for and it's because He defeated death and was resurrected from the grave that we can spend eternity in heaven with Him. Thank you Jesus for making it possible. "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
I didn't mean to get you homesick…sorry.I didn't realize until the other day how hard the homesickness can be some days. When you have those days, remember that y'all have family and friends that love you and are praying for you; the work y'all are doing is important.
Thanks for the great pictures. I've finally found one of the two of you that will enlarge on my "remembering" screen-saver large enough to see (for the first time since ILC) this beautiful couple! We lift you up as you seek to share the Word of life at this special season.


Twenty-eight miners rescued from gold mine after a fire trapped them underground for more than five hours.
Twenty-eight miners have been rescued from New Zealand's Trio gold mine in the North Island town of Waihi after a fire trapped them underground for more than five hours.
The miners were forced to take shelter in three underground refuge chambers after a truck engine caught fire at about 5am local time (16:00 GMT) on Monday.
They were trapped for about five hours after the accident while the ventilation system pumped smoke through the mine, until rescuers reached 13 miners in two of the chambers, Gold producer Newmont said.
New Zealand media reported the remaining 15 in the third chamber were brought to the surface by about midday.
Initially, 28 men were trapped about 150 metres underground in safety chambers.
Kit Wilson, the mine spokesperson, said one man was being checked by medical officials for suspected smoke inhalation but the rest are fine.
"Apparently they are all in good spirits and are raring to go home and have a sleep," he said.
The men were two hours from finishing a 10-hour overnight shift when the fire broke out.
Wilson said that the cause of the fire in the diesel engine was not yet clear and that diesel vehicles regularly enter the mine.
The mine is owned by Denver-based Newmont, one of the world's largest gold producers. Newmont has 43,000 employees and contractors in a number of countries.
The company said the mine was a hard rock gold mine and there was no danger of an explosion caused by underground gases.
Linda Willoughby, another mine spokesperson, said mine officials were in telephone contact with the trapped miners throughout their ordeal.
She said that unlike some coal mines that contain volatile methane gas, the hardrock mine faced no threat of an explosion.
Willoughby said the men followed their training after the fire by taking refuge in the underground chambers.
Twenty-nine miners died in November 2010 when methane gases exploded at the South Island's Pike River colliery, in New Zealand's worst mining disaster for almost a century.


Merril Hoge is a former professional football player who played eight seasons at running back for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears. He retired after the 1994 season. He is also a former NFL analyst for ESPN.
Video shows Merril Hoge in 2012 speaking about Jets QB's Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow.
DISCLAIMER: PFP Sports Talent Agency does not claim to represent itself as the exclusive agent for Merril Hoge. PFP Sports Talent Agency is a booking agency that represents organizations seeking to hire pro athletes and sports personalities such as Merril Hoge for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements and corporate entertainment. Fees on this website are estimates and are intended only as a guideline. Exact fees are determined by a number of factors, including the location of event, the talent's schedule, requested duties and supply and demand. PFP Sports Talent Agency makes no guarantees to the accuracy of information found on this website and does not warrant that any information or representations contained on this website will be accurate or free from errors. We are often asked how can I find out who is Merril Hoge's agent? To find Merril Hoge appearance fees and booking agent details, you can contact the agent, representative or manager through PFP Sports Talent Agency for speaking fee costs and availability. PFP Sports Talent Agency can help your company choose the ideal sports personality for your next marketing campaign. To hire Merril Hoge for an appearance, speaking event or endorsement, contact Merril Hoge's booking agent for more information.


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Fitbit Sees Profit Rebound In Q4
Posted by SGB Media | Feb 27, 2019 | SGB Updates, Sports/Fitness, Update
Fitbit Inc reported a profit on an adjusted basis of $36.3 million, or 14 cents a share, rebounding from a loss of $4.7 million, or 2 cents, a year ago. Sales inched up 0.1 percent to $571.2 million from $570.8 million. Device sales grew for the first time year-over-year since the fourth quarter of 2016.
Results were 7 cents better than analyst's consensus estimate of 7 cents a share. Revenue also topped the consensus estimate of $568.16 million. First-quarter guidance, however, came in a bit below Wall Street's targets.
Net earnings in the quarter came to $15.4 million, or 6 cents a share, against a loss of $45.5 million, or 19 cents, a year ago.
In the year, the loss on an adjusted basis was $48.8 million, or 20 cents a share, down from an adjusted loss of $61.1 million, or 26 cents, a year ago. The net loss came to $185.8 million, or 76 cents a share, against a loss of $277.2 million, or $1.19, a year ago. Revenues were down 6.4 percent to $1.51 billion from $1.62 billion.
"I'm proud of our performance this year – our results demonstrate that our strategy is the right one, placing us on a path back to growth and profitability. We grew our active users 9 percent to 27.6 million, became the #2 player in the smartwatch category in the U.S., and grew the number of devices sold in the fourth quarter," said James Park, co-founder and CEO. "In 2019 we're committed to offering more affordable devices with engaging health and fitness features, making the health benefits of being on Fitbit even more accessible. As a result, we are forecasting active users, devices sold, and revenue to grow in 2019. We expect our Fitbit Health Solutions revenue growth to accelerate to approximately $100 million and to grow non-device consumer revenue."
Fourth Quarter 2018 Financial Highlights
Sold 5.6 million wearable devices, up 3 percent year-over-year. Average selling price decreased 2 percent year-over-year to $100 per device, driven by adding Fitbit Charge 3TM, its most intelligent tracker, to its device mix.
APAC grew 26 percent to $49 million, U.S revenue decreased 1 percent to $328 million, EMEA revenue decreased 4 percent to $150 million, and Americas excluding U.S. revenue decreased 5 percent to $45 million, all year-over-year respectively.
International revenue was $243 million, representing 43 percent of total revenue.
New devices Fitbit VersaTM, Fitbit AceTM and Fitbit Charge 3 represented 79 percent of revenue.
GAAP gross margin was 38.0 percent, and non-GAAP gross margin was 38.7 percent. Gross margin declined year-over- year driven by the mix shift towards smartwatches.
GAAP operating expenses represented 36 percent of revenue, and non-GAAP operating expenses represented 32 percent of revenue.
Full Year 2018 Financial Highlights
Sold 13.9 million wearable devices, down 9 percent year-over-year. Average selling price increased 4 percent year-over-year to $105 per device, driven by its device mix.
38 percent of all activations came from repeat customers; of repeat customers, 52 percent came from customers who were inactive during a prior period.
APAC revenue grew 27 percent to $146 million. U.S. revenue decreased 7 percent to $881 million, EMEA revenue decreased 13 percent to $384 million, and Americas excluding U.S. revenue decreased 13 percent to $101 million, all on a year-over-year basis respectively.
U.S. comprised 58 percent of revenue; EMEA 25 percent, APAC 10 percent, and Americas, excluding U.S. comprised 7 percent of revenue. International revenue was $631 million, or 42 percent of revenue, down 6 percent, year-over-year.
Revenue from Fitbit.com was $155 million, representing 10 percent of revenue.
New devices Fitbit Versa, Fitbit Ace and Fitbit Charge 3 represented 57 percent of revenue.
GAAP gross margin was 39.9 percent and non-GAAP gross margin was 40.9 percent. Non-GAAP gross margin declined 250 basis points year-over-year driven by the device mix shift towards smartwatches.
GAAP operating expenses declined 11 percent and non-GAAP operating expense declined 12 percent, each year-over-year, respectively.
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $723 million as of December 31, 2018, compared with $679 million as of December 31, 2017.
Full Year 2018 Operational Highlights
Active users grew 9 percent to 27.6 million from 25.4 million as of December 31, 2017, driven by our continued innovation and investments in hardware and software, bringing new users to our community and engaging existing users.
Smartwatch revenue grew to 44 percent of revenue, up from 8 percent in 2017. Became the #2 selling smartwatch company in the U.S.
Headcount totaled 1,694 employees as of December 31, 2018, with 56 percent of employees in research and development.
The Fitbit Health Solutions business grew 8 percent in 2018. Fitbit extended its reach with employers, acquired Twine
Health (Fitbit Care), and expanded our relationship with payors and health systems. Fitbit became a key Medicare Advantage partner in 27 states with a top payer. Fitbit Care was chosen as the preferred coaching solution for Humana's employer group segment.
First Quarter 2019 Guidance
Fitbit expects an increase in devices sold and a decline in average selling price. Fitbit expects revenue to increase 1 percent to 8 percent year-over-year, in the range of $250 million to $268 million.
Non-GAAP gross margin to be approximately 34 percent to 35 percent.
Non-GAAP basic net loss per share in the range of ($0.24) to ($0.22).
Capital expenditures as a percentage of revenue of approximately 3 percent.
Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of a loss of ($72) million to a loss of ($64) million.
Effective non-GAAP tax rate of approximately 25 percent.
Stock-based compensation expense of approximately $24 million and basic share count of approximately 254 million.
The non-GAAP loss between 22 to 24 cents a share compares with a consensus loss of 16 cents a share. The revenue guidance between $250 million to $268 million compares with Wall Street's consensus target of $268 million.
Full Year 2019 Guidance
Fitbit expects devices sold to increase in 2019, but average selling price to decline, driven by our intention to increase accessibility to our platform and grow our community of active users. Fitbit expects revenue to grow 1 percent to 4 percent year-over-year, in the range of $1.52 billion to $1.58 billion.
Fitbit expects a lower warranty benefit and the mix shift towards smartwatches to put downward pressure on gross margin, partially offset by improved efficiencies. Fitbit expects non-GAAP gross margin to trend higher from the first quarter towards 40 percent for the full year, driven by improving device gross margin and a small benefit from the growth of non-device consumer revenue in the back half of the year.
Fitbit expects to continue to drive operating leverage into the business and are targeting operating expenses in the range of $660 million to $690 million.
Fitbit expects adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of ($30) million to breakeven.
With the year-over-year change in working capital less of a benefit in 2019 versus 2018, Fitbit expects free cash flow to be less than adjusted EBITDA in the range of approximately ($40) million to ($70) million.
Effective non-GAAP tax rate of approximately 30 percent. Fitbit expects effective non-GAAP tax rate to be volatile driven by geographic mix of revenue, tax credits, and our shift to profitability.
Stock-based compensation expense of approximately $90 million and basic/diluted share count of approximately 260/276 million.
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Home > Practice Areas > Wrongful Death
Lexington Wrongful Death Lawyer
The unexpected death of a loved one can be devastating to a family. When your loved one was killed as a result of someone else's carelessness, disregard for safety or intentional act, your grief may be compounded by the knowledge that the death did not have to happen. If you have lost a spouse or child because of the wrongful actions of someone else in Kentucky, you should seek the guidance of a compassionate attorney and learn about your legal options. At the Frank Jenkins Law Office, we understand that no legal action can bring back a lost loved one. But a wrongful death lawsuit can hold the responsible party accountable and prevent others from suffering similar harm.
The Frank Jenkins Law Office in Lexington is committed to the principle that people who have lost a loved one deserve compassion and personalized legal help. Our law firm has represented Kentucky families coping with the loss of spouses and children in wrongful death accidents for more than 20 years. We do not represent clients based on their ability to pay. If your case is the type that we handle, we will offer to represent you on a contingency fee basis. You will not owe us any fee unless we obtain a settlement or verdict on your behalf*. We are strong believers that your income bracket should not determine your access to skilled legal representation. We can help you and your family move forward after the devastation of losing a loved one unexpectedly as a result of negligence.
How a Wrongful Death Attorney Can Assist You
The time following the unexpected death of a loved one can be a mind-numbing blur of anguish, anger and unanswered questions. You may be facing unanticipated expenses for medical care and the burial of your loved one while trying to adjust to a loss of income to support the household. You should be focused on your family rather than having to deal with legal issues and insurance companies.
If your loved one was killed as a result of another's negligence in the Lexington area, let our compassionate wrongful death attorney provide trusted guidance. You may have a legal right to seek compensation to cover your medical bills and other losses. Attorney Frank Jenkins and his legal team have handled many wrongful death claims on behalf of surviving family members.
We will investigate the wrongful death accident and identify all the potentially liable parties. In some cases, more than one party may have contributed to a fatal accident. That can increase the insurance policies available to provide compensation.
We will calculate your losses including medical expenses, funeral expenses, lost income and pain and suffering by the victim. We will submit a claim reflecting the full value of your losses to the insurance company representing the at-fault party and negotiate for a just settlement.
We will keep you informed of our progress on your behalf and any settlement offers we receive while respecting your privacy. If the insurance company refuses to agree to a fair settlement, we will be prepared to seek justice in court after consulting with you. In our experience, a wrongful death lawsuit can help a family achieve a sense of closure after a loss.
Do I Have a Wrongful Death Case?
Wrongful deaths occur in many ways.
A car accident, a drunk driving accident, a medical error, a slip-and-fall accident or a fatal dog attack may be the basis for a wrongful death claim. An unsafe prescription drug that has fatal side effects or a defective medical device that causes a patient's death may result in a wrongful death action.
Kentucky law (KRS 411.130) states that when an injury inflicted by negligence or wrongful act causes the death of a person, then the personal representative of the deceased may recover damages from the person who caused the death or whose employee or agent caused the fatal injuries.
The damages that can be recovered in a wrongful death case include:
Lost earnings
Funeral and burial expenses
Pain and suffering experienced by the victim before death
Loss of companionship also can be included in certain circumstances.
In Kentucky, only certain family members have a right to recover damages for the wrongful death of a loved one. The law says that any money recovered through a wrongful death action shall be distributed to the relatives of the wrongful death victim. In most instances, the surviving spouse and children receive any money recovered through a legal action and the compensation is divided 50/50 between the spouse and children. Parents who have lost a child may also be eligible to file a wrongful death claim.
How Much Time is Allowed to Bring a Wrongful Death Claim in Kentucky?
Kentucky civil statutes allow the family of a person killed in a wrongful death one year from the date of death to file a wrongful death lawsuit.
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#define _GLUSTRUTIL_HPP
/*!
 * \file
 * \brief OpenGL value to string utilities.
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#include "gluDefs.hpp"
#include "gluRenderContext.hpp"
#include "tcuFormatUtil.hpp"

namespace glu
{

// Internal format utilities.
namespace detail
{

class EnumPointerFmt
{
public:
	typedef const char* (*GetEnumNameFunc) (int value);

	const deUint32*		value;
	deUint32			size;
	GetEnumNameFunc		getName;

	EnumPointerFmt (const deUint32* value_, deUint32 size_, GetEnumNameFunc getName_) : value(value_), size(size_), getName(getName_) {}
};

class TextureUnitStr
{
public:
	deUint32 texUnit;
	TextureUnitStr (deUint32 texUnit_) : texUnit(texUnit_) {}
};

class TextureParameterValueStr
{
public:
	deUint32	param;
	int			value;
	TextureParameterValueStr (deUint32 param_, int value_) : param(param_), value(value_) {}
};

std::ostream&		operator<<		(std::ostream& str, TextureUnitStr unitStr);
std::ostream&		operator<<		(std::ostream& str, const TextureParameterValueStr& valueStr);
std::ostream&		operator<<		(std::ostream& str, EnumPointerFmt fmt);

} // detail

inline detail::TextureUnitStr			getTextureUnitStr			(deUint32 unit) { return detail::TextureUnitStr(unit); }
inline detail::TextureParameterValueStr	getTextureParameterValueStr	(deUint32 param, int value) { return detail::TextureParameterValueStr(param, value); }
detail::EnumPointerFmt					getInvalidateAttachmentStr	(const deUint32* attachments, int numAttachments);

std::ostream&							operator<<					(std::ostream& str, ApiType apiType);
std::ostream&							operator<<					(std::ostream& str, ContextType contextType);

#include "gluStrUtilPrototypes.inl"

} // glu

#endif // _GLUSTRUTIL_HPP


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Jiří Waldhauser (* 8. dubna 1945 Praha) je český archeolog, specialista na dobu laténskou.

Odborné vzdělání a zaměstnání
 1963–1969: studium archeologie na Filosofické fakultě Univerzity Jana Evangelisty Purkyně (dnes Masarykova univerzita) v Brně
 1969–1970: studium na univerzitě v Marburgu
 1973: PhDr.
 1969–1971: Severočeské muzeum v Liberci
 1971–1981: Krajské muzeum v Teplicích (vedoucí oddělení)
 1981–1982: Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně
 1981: kandidátská disertační práce (titul CSc.)
 1983–1984: Muzeum v Žatci
 1985–1994: Národní technické muzeum v Praze
 od 1994: Muzeum Mladoboleslavska

Jeho specializací je kultura Keltů – doba laténská a zaměření na montánní archeologii, především zlata. Participoval například na mezinárodním projektu Das prähistorische Gold in Bayern, Böhmen und Mähren. Především v době svého působení v Regionálním muzeu v Teplicích realizoval řadu rozsáhlých záchranných výzkumů (např. Radovesice). V letech 1992 – 1994 vedl nadaci Volkswagen pro výzkum keltského zlata. Tehdy pracoval v Národním technickém muzeu v Praze a v Muzeu Mladoboleslavska. Patřil k průkopníkům výpočetní techniky již ve stadiu děrných štítků. Je popularizátorem Keltů a archeologie vůbec; v rámci svého muzejního působení připravil řadu výstav, participoval nebo alespoň jako poradce působil při vzniku archeologických parků či jejich částí. Své intenzivní působení v oboru zúročil v publikaci Encyklopedii Keltů v Čechách.

Výběr z publikací
 Keltské rotační mlýny v Čechách, Památky archeologické 72, 1981, 153–221
 Závěrečný horizont keltských oppid v Čechách, Slovenská archeológia 31, 1983, 325–356
 Keltische Gräberfelder in Böhmen, Bericht der Römisch-germanischern Komission in Mainz 68, 1987, 25–179
 Die hallstatt- und latènezeitliche Siedlung mit Gräberfeld bei Radovesice in Böhmen, Teplice 1993
 Keltové na Jizeře a v Českém ráji, Praha – Mladá Boleslav 1996
 Archeologie Germánů v Pojizeří a v Českém ráji, (spoluautor Lubomír Košnar), Laténská pohřebiště ze 4.–3. století v Čechách. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 1997.
 Jak se kopou keltské hroby, (editor kolektivní publikace). Praha 1999.
 Encyklopedie Keltů v Čechách, Praha Libri 2001 (2. vydání 2006, Dodatky 2007). .
 Keltské Čechy. Praha: Academia. .

Zajímavosti
 Někdy bývá označován jako "enfant terrible" současné české archeologie.
 V seznamech spolupracovníků StB byl veden jako agent pod jmény Kelt nebo Kelto.
 Pro archeologii se rozhodl v útlém věku.

Reference

Literatura
 Miloslav Slabina: Jubileum Jiřího Waldhausera, in: Archeologické rozhledy, ročník LVII, 2005, s. 600-601. Dostupné on line:

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Absolventi Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity
Narození v roce 1945
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India, Zimbabwe should make more efforts to enhance bilateral ties: President Murmu
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said India and Zimbabwe should make more efforts to enhance bilateral cooperation and facilitate more interaction between their parliamentarians.
The president made the remarks during an interaction with a parliamentary delegation from Zimbabwe led by Speaker Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda who called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, an official release said.
Welcoming the delegation to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the president said relations between India and Zimbabwe are centuries old and the presence of about 9,000 people of Indian origin in Zimbabwe is an important link between the people of the two countries.
The president was happy to note that India's economic relations with Zimbabwe are progressing well.
The trade between India and Zimbabwe is around 200 million dollars, while Indian companies have invested about 500 million dollars in Zimbabwe.
India has also provided five lines of credit to Zimbabwe, and has set up a vocational training centre. The president was also happy to note that ITEC and ICCR scholarships from India are popular among people of Zimbabwe, the release said.
"We should make more efforts to enhance our bilateral cooperation," Murmu said, adding Parliament represents the voice of the people and "there should be more interaction and exchange between our two Parliaments. We have a lot to learn from each other."
The president said India is the world's largest democracy and "our strong and vibrant democracy starts from the grassroots level. It truly represents the people of this country."


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Cristiano and Messi to Watch Libertadores Final Side by Side
Real Madrid President Florentine Perez wants the two to site next to each other at the Bernabeu
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The historic Copa Libertadores final is set to take place in the Santiago Bernabeu and two notable names are looking to attend the match. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are both set to be at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunda. Real Madrid President, Florentine Perez wants the two to sit next to each other in the presidential box. It is meant to be a gesture of respect for the two legends of the game who have spent that past decade dominating world football. It will also be an additional marketing ploy for one of the biggest games in the history of football.
The report, first noted by Spanish publication AS, claim both the Spanish FA and CONEMBOL are in agreement with the idea. Ronaldo plays agaisnt Inter Milan on Friday night, giving him the weekend free to spend in Madrid. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi will face Espanyol on Saturday and travel to Madrid the day of the game.


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Chomsky, in The Black Man, pub, Govan
"People are just to dangerous when they get together" because then "they can have thoughts and ideas, and put them forth in the public arena, and they begin to enter that area where they don't belong, namely influencing public affairs" Noam Chomsky
Finding our voice
There are less and less places in the public arena, where people can get together to discuss, chat, enjoy a coffee and have the freedom to shape the space and determine the debate. That is environments that are not somehow influenced by commercial interests.
Some concerns
We are experiencing the transition of our public institutions, both inside and out, to a much narrower use than they are capable of.
The transfer of the local economy (meeting places) to the barren planes of the "retail outlet".
The recent surrender of our parks (autonomous space) into the hands of council sponsored entrepreneurs.
And in turn, the giving up of open sociable debate, to the technologies of ink, cyber space and sound bites.
The "Meeting in the town hall" is gradually being superseded by the "online debate"
The public are consulted by documents, answered by machines. Live public debate is becoming a novelty of a past era.
The human voice is the most trusted, responsive, direct and accurate facility of communication we possess but we are forgetting how to use it. It is becoming subservient to the machines and technologies that filter, edit, transpose and deliver it. We are all kinds of people, with all kinds of things to offer and share. Our greatest weapon against the Armageddon, we are being led towards, is the communication of our ideas, in real time and importantly – in our own time.
To join the public debate we will need to reclaim and protect public space, we need to build and maintain the access to constructive discussion, concerning our communities, in order to organise and make our demands and to influence, public affairs, at the government level – in our favour.
There are many examples in the past [which the following is an example] of how this is achievable and at present there are active groups, with the possibilities of networking and shared interests and skills who are working to increase the opportunities for others to participate. The following is an excerpt from a "Conference on Self-Determination" held at the Pearce Institute in 1990.
"… Noam Chomsky. It is 1990, and he sits in a pub in Govan (a suburb of Glasgow), surrounded by the participants of a Self-Determination and Power Event. These include social workers; literati ("Bohemian writers," Chomsky says, "mostly outcasts," the most famous of whom is Jim Kelman [31 Mar. 1995 ]); educationists ("radical critics of the educational systems-like..Derek Rodgers"); anarchists and libertarian socialists; and people variously describing themselves as "feminist therapist," "systems analyst," "anti-poll-tax activist," "mother/student," "prison governor," "retail manager," and "boatbuilder/writer." The event, accompanied by a wonderful pub photo, is covered by the Times Higher Education Supplement of 26 January 1990 under the headline: "Pubs, Power and the Scottish Psyche: Olga Wojtas Reports from Govan on a Conference on Self-Determination." The 330 participants of the event (many of whom [are] "unemployed working class, activists of one or another sort, those considered to be 'riff-raff'"—"the kind of people," Chomsky says, that "I like and take seriously" [31 Mar. 1995]), which has been organized by the magazines Scottish Child and Edinburgh Review and the Free University of Glasgow (not a university in the accepted sense of the term), are interested in self-determination and a guru named Noam Chomsky, self-described "scourge of United States policies and champion of the ordinary person." Chomsky gives keynote speeches on both days of the event. The fact that he has decided to attend at all mystifies both the press and the establishment. Thus when an announcement came that I was going to be in Glasgow, I got a letter on very fancy letterhead from something called "the Scottish Foundation" inviting me to give a talk for them on Nicaragua. I of course agreed. Shortly after, I got another letter saying they'd just learned that I'd also be giving a talk organized by the free university, Kelman, and other scum, and they insisted that I cancel that invitation because they wouldn't tolerate the guilt by association. I don't recall whether I even bothered answering. (31 Mar. 1995)
In his talks, Chomsky disparages nationalism, the exercise of political power by leaders who do not answer to citizens, instruments of social control and isolationism such as television, and the collusion of media in the process of oppression and the spreading of lies. There remains, at the end of the event, the problem of "how to take on the bastards," as well as "an imbalance in that people seemed to feel they had to stay on an intellectual plane." Said one participant, "If I sound a bit frustrated, it's because I'm a bit frustrated" (Wojtas). But Chomsky is not there to lead.
He's sitting in the Govan pub, and, as always, he's insisting that the participants consider their own situation as clearheadedly as possible, and that they make their own decisions. The Times Higher Education Supplement has reported: "Professor Chomsky continued to duck the role of oracle, denying the need for oracles at all. There had been a sense, he recognized, that there was something deeply unsatisfying about general and abstract discussion which did not direct itself to concrete discussion of oppression and justice." Somebody recalls Vaclav Havel's dictum that "truth and love will triumph over hatred and lies." Chomsky's response? "It's a nice thought." Yes, but is it true or false? "Neither. It could become true, to the extent that people struggle to make it come true." … 1
Chomsky explaining his linguistic theory to the barman in the Black Man
The kind of people Chomsky likes are the kind of people who have the power to change the world.
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1. Noam Chomsky A life of Dissent Robert F Barsky
2. Aye it's a joke
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Immigration Newsmaker
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with EOIR Director James McHenry
Tackling the Immigration Court Backlog
By Andrew R. Arthur, James McHenry, and Bryan Griffith on May 3, 2018
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Event Transcript
James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), was featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies on Tuesday, May 1 at the National Press Club.
EOIR is part of the Department of Justice and home to the nation's immigration courts. McHenry, a Justice Department veteran who was appointed permanent EOIR director in January, is the point man for the effort to restore timely and efficient adjudication of immigration cases in the face of a tremendous case backlog, which more than doubled from 2006 to 2015. The administration's goal is to cut the pending caseload in half by 2020.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 9:30a.m.
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.
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Did the immigration judge border surge help or hurt the case backlog?
Does EOIR plan to set a quota for immigration judges?
Does it still take two years to hire an immigration judge?
Topics: Immigration Courts
On the Notion of Article I Immigration Courts
Immigration Myths vs. Facts vs. 'The Round Table'
Closing the Loop on 'Defective NTAs'