During a brief conversation with Felner earlier in the week (Felner Academy incharge), he shared this program and recommended sharing with any Indian players. Couple of Swiss players know it already but Indian players will find it more valuable I think.
Amongst Indian Players, I only really know Nandini / Rishika - Rishika found this super useful and shared amongst her network then itself. I think many of our players who play in Egypt will find it a better alternative from all perspectives. Vatsal has kindly agreed to share with Nitin.
Posting here incase any of SI members find it useful enough to share with the player they know. I will do bit of blind outreach anyway - I feel I should anyway if I have spent enjoyed/wasted so much time of my life following Indian Tennis.
How do the nations such as Portugal,Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia manage to host tournaments week after week. Why we cannot do so ? I am sure Tennis is not a priority sports in those countries too and there is no government support for hosting the tournaments.
Egypt events are player-funded events in terms of business model. These events in a big resort, the players in the entry list are expected to stay in the same resort with a certain premium fee attached to their accommodation. If the player is not staying there, then the treatment is not great I believe and so all the players end up staying there.
So we can do our own math here on how it works by taking the assumption of $80.00 per person/night. Assume around $20,000 for organization given that they have the scale to minimize the costs.
I think the players appreciate it a bit as well as its like a self-running Tennis non-profit (or minimalistic profit which is fair). Requires a big tennis nut with huge bank balance to get things going but kudos to him for getting it into auto-pilot mode.
Other countries - I am not sure. Felner's program is a cheaper version of the above with coaching /logistics / peer network support but obviously they are not organizing the event themselves.
Yes, if one consideres about 35 players ( including those in qualifying) then weekly revenue would be in the range of $20,000. However, I think the total cost for organising a $15K prize money tournament would be more in the range of $25K. It is possible that they may be getting funding for the balance amount ($5-$10K) either from some sponsors or from the national association.
I guess it could be the same model for Turkey and Tunisia. All these 3 nations are this week hosting 7th/8th futures for the year and similar number of tournaments on womens side while other nations have just about hosted 1 or 2 or just starting out like we are doing this week with Bhubaneswar futures.
So, surely something which we can try to emulate here in India so that our players get to play a lot more tournaments at home.
Yes agree. This thought keeps hitting me - if somebody is enterprising enough, has the right contacts (in the local tennis/political circles), is in the right place (India - Goa or semi-tourstic destination), comes up with a business plan to make it self-sustainable and so on, this is very much do-able. Again involves a big IF and a lot of luck to make it happen.
Yes, if one consideres about 35 players ( including those in qualifying) then weekly revenue would be in the range of $20,000.
But there is no way that the players will get 250 room nights. Most would only stay 3 or 4 nights, and many/most would share rooms. In many places, the local fans sometimes host players, especially the local who come to play qualies etc. So what the players buy would be More like 100 room nights, for some $8K revenue. In resort type settings, I suppose there could be some 20-30 fans who might book rooms because of a tennis event going on. They typically come only for the weekends. If the hotel/resort is offering their own courts, then the hotel's court rental income will get affected too. So basically, I don't think there is anything more than a $5K benefit for a hotel, in running a futures event. They may be willing to sponsor some $5K or so, but the rest needs to come from sponsorship. I assume that at least some $20K is still needed, to add up to a $25K to run a $15K event.
It is not easy, but not impossible to raise that kid of money, if some enthusiastic guys run around. Tennis clubs and academies often have a vested interest in running around raising funds though. It gives the club exposure and name recognition.
Jay - In this case, I believe they push/force you to stay in the same hotel. If not, there is some administrative fee which is almost equal to the accommodation. I had discussed this topic in the past with 3 players (Rishika / Leonie's mother (swiss player) / Nandini) - they all mentioned the same. Some do not like the model / differential treatment if they stayed else-where but they are like, atleast these folks are organizing tournaments.


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Part 1 [4]: Workers take pride in uninterrupted water supply
by Masanori Wada, Staff Writer
"Continuously, day and night." A passage from the Analects of Confucius, meaning "a constant flow of river water," is displayed near the entrance of a red brick building that was exposed to the atomic bomb. The building is a former water pump house (now the Museum of Waterworks) at the Ushita Purification Plant in Higashi Ward, Hiroshima. Even on August 6, 1945, the day of the atomic bombing nearly 70 years ago, Hiroshima's "water of life" never went dry. "This is an important place, providing proof that there was no interruption in Hiroshima's water supply," Yoshihide Ishida said with pride. Mr. Ishida, 86, is a former city official of the Water Supply Division of the waterworks department (currently, the Waterworks Bureau).
The former pump house is located approximately 2.8 kilometers from the hypocenter. The roof and walls were blown down by the bomb's massive blast and all seven motorized pumps which pumped water to the city's only distribution reservoir stopped functioning. However, because the reservoir was almost full of water at the time, an interruption to the city's water supply was averted. It was predicted, though, that this water supply would eventually go dry.
In these conditions, Kuro Horino, who was a 51-year-old engineer in the Water Supply Division, quickly rushed to the pump house and turned on a heavy oil-operated backup pump equipped with an internal-combustion engine. Though suffering from burns to his body, he managed to repair the pumps temporarily and, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, was able to restart the water supply to the distribution reservoir. His prompt response saved the city from experiencing a water outage.
Struggle to restore the water supply
Still, the waterworks department continued their struggle to restore the water supply long after the war ended. This is because water pipes lay broken in various parts of the burnt ruins and water leaked from the taps of homes that had been destroyed. Mr. Ishida, who began working for the city in 1947, said, "It was like pouring water into a strainer." These were dire conditions in which most of the water supply was leaking out.
Restoring the water pipes took steady efforts. Mr. Ishida, who was a new employee back then, loaded tools onto a large, two-wheeled cart and a bicycle, then went around the wrecked city with more experienced workers. Soaked with sweat, they crushed leaking water pipes with hammers and stopped them up with cone-shaped wooden plugs. During this time, Mr. Ishida heard the story of Mr. Horino's valiant efforts on August 6 from the other workers.
In those days, shacks built side by side began appearing in the so-called "atomic bomb slums" of the Motomachi district (near today's Central Park) along the Honkawa River. This district had no access to the city's water supply. Mr. Ishida installed a shared tap for every five households and set water flowing to the area. "The residents were so grateful," he recalled. "But I was worried whether the district would ever be reconstructed."
Reconstruction efforts in Hiroshima reached their peak around 1951. Still, it was about 10 years after the atomic bombing that Mr. Ishida felt the impact of this work in the city. Looking back, he said, "Every family was poor, but they were eventually able to get enough water, if nothing else."
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The decrepit pump house became a waterworks museum in 1985, and in 1993 it was registered by the City of Hiroshima as an A-bombed building. Currently, the Museum of Waterworks is closed for anti-earthquake reinforcement work until March 2016. After reopening, the daily record of the pump operations at the time of the atomic bombing, and afterward, will be displayed. The story of Mr. Horino's efforts that day has been used at elementary schools as educational material, and the city's Waterworks Bureau made a picture-story show entitled "Inochi no Mizu" ("The Water of Life") based on Mr. Horino's achievement.
After the war, Mr. Horino contributed his account to the Hiroshima Shiyakusho Genbaku-shi (Record of the Atomic Bombing by the Hiroshima City Office), published by the city in 1966. In his account, Mr. Horino wrote: "When I saw people drinking from a fire hydrant under those terrible conditions after the atomic bombing, I really recognized the preciousness of water and the significance and responsibility of my work."
Mr. Ishida said, "If I had been in the same situation as Mr. Horino, I, as well as everyone else on our staff, would have responded in the same way." The pride taken in the uninterrupted water supply since 1898, when water first started to flow in the city, has been preserved by subsequent generations.
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Vetter Basilio ist ein Roman von José Maria Eça de Queiroz, der zuerst 1878 unter dem Titel O Primo Basílio erschien. Obwohl im Gesamtwerk nicht eindeutig einer literarischen Epoche zuzuordnen, ist Eça de Queiroz ein bedeutender Erzähler des portugiesischen Realismus. Dies trifft in besonderer Weise für den vorliegenden Roman zu, der auch zeitgeschichtlich gelesen werden kann.

Vetter Basilio zählt zu den großen Liebes-, Verführungs- und Ehebruchsromanen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Gleichrangig steht er neben Tolstois Anna Karenina, Flauberts Madame Bovary, Fontanes Effi Briest und Clarins La Regenta (deutsch: Die Präsidentin). Vetter Basilio ist 2003 in der Übersetzung aus dem Portugiesischen von Rudolf Krügel als Insel Taschenbuch ISBN 978-3-458-34624-1 erschienen.

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Luísa ist seit Jahren in zwar kinderloser, aber glücklicher Ehe mit dem Bergbauingenieur Jorge Carvalho verheiratet. Vor der Heirat war sie mit dem Gespielen ihrer Kinderzeit, ihrem Vetter Basilio verlobt. Basilio war vor Gläubigern nach Südamerika geflüchtet und hatte die Verlobung mit Luísa von dort aus schriftlich gelöst. Jorge muss wegen eines Auftrages seinen Arbeitsplatz im Ministerium verlassen und beruflich für längere Zeit verreisen. Zu Hause lässt er Luísa mit ihrer Köchin und dem ungeliebten Stubenmädchen Juliana, die bereits bei Jorges Eltern gedient hatte, zurück. Luísa möchte das Stubenmädchen am liebsten entlassen, Jorge fühlt sich ihr jedoch verpflichtet, weil sie seine kranke Mutter bis zu deren Tod gepflegt hatte und hat sie bisher in Schutz genommen.

Kurz nach Jorges Abreise kommt der zwischenzeitlich in Südamerika zu Vermögen gelangte Basilio nach Portugal zurück und stattet seiner Kusine Luísa unerwartet einen Besuch ab. Er verwickelt die anfangs widerstrebende Luísa in eine Liebesaffäre und verspricht für den Fall, dass ihre Affäre ruchbar werde, die gemeinsame Flucht. Im Rausche der Leidenschaft unterlässt Luísa alle Vorsichtsmaßnahmen. Die Nachbarschaft munkelt über die Affäre. Luísa liefert sich dem Hass Julianas aus, indem sie zwei verräterische Briefe unvorsichtigerweise in deren Hand gelangen lässt. Juliana beginnt prompt mit Erpressungsversuchen. Sie droht mit ihrem Wissen und mit Geheimnisverrat. Auf Anraten einer Kupplerin verlangt sie von Luísa ein Vermögen für die Rückgabe der Briefe und für ihr Schweigen.

Luísa verfügt jedoch nicht über Vermögen und Basilio bietet einen im Verhältnis zur Forderung lächerlichen Geldbetrag. Er weigert sich, mit der verzweifelten Luísa wie versprochen zu flüchten und reist allein wegen angeblicher unaufschiebbarer Geschäfte nach Frankreich. Juliana erkennt, dass ihre Forderungen unrealistisch sind. Sie beginnt nun mit täglichen Erpressungen von Geld, Kleidern, einer neuen Wohnung und Möbeln und beansprucht auch sonstige für Bedienstete ungewöhnliche Freiheiten. Verzweifelt geht Luísa im Rahmen ihrer Möglichkeiten auf Julianas Forderungen ein und lässt sie gewähren. Vor Scham gibt sie den Plan auf, ihre Lage einem Freund zu offenbaren und um seine Hilfe zu bitten.

Luísa erkrankt infolge des auf ihr lastenden Druckes schwer. Jorge kehrt nach Monaten der Abwesenheit nach Hause zurück. Für das Verhalten und den Zustand seiner Frau hat er keine Erklärung. In wachsender Verzweiflung vertraut sich Luísa dem Freund an und bittet um Rat und Hilfe. Dem gelingt es mit Drohungen und durch Überrumpelung in den Besitz der verräterischen Briefe zu gelangen und an Luísa zurückzugeben. Die gesundheitlich ebenfalls stark angegriffene Juliana stirbt infolge der Ereignisse noch am Abend der Überrumpelung. Luísas Lage hat sich damit zum Besseren gewendet.

In dieser Situation überbringt ein Bote einen Brief Basilios für Luísa, den Jorge entgegennimmt und unbeachtet in die Rocktasche einsteckt. Kurze Zeit später findet er den Brief nach einem zufälligen Griff in die Tasche und öffnet ihn wegen Luísas Krankheit selbst. Basilio kündigt darin seine Rückkehr nach Portugal an und macht kompromittierende Äußerungen ihre gemeinsame Affäre betreffend. Jorge, der im Verlaufe seiner Abwesenheit selbst wohl kaum ein Mönchsdasein geführt hat, macht seiner schwer kranken Frau massive Vorhaltungen. Luísas Krankheit verschlimmert sich. Jorge ist bereit, den Fehltritt seiner Frau zu verzeihen und weiter mit ihr zu leben. Diese Wandlung kommt für Luísa zu spät. Sie erholt sich vom Leid und dem schweren Fieber, das ihr die Umstände bereitet haben, nicht mehr und wird noch vor Basilios Ankunft vom Tod dahingerafft.

Basilio findet die Wohnung Jorges und Luísas verlassen vor und erfährt durch Nachbarn von Luísas kürzlichem Tod. Wenig pietätvoll verlässt er den Ort, wohin er das Unglück gebracht hat. Seine Entgegnung auf die Bemerkung eines Bekannten "So bist Du also ohne Frau ..." entlarvt seinen miesen Charakter: "Wie ärgerlich! Da hätte ich doch Alphonsine mitnehmen können!"

Verfilmungen
Der Roman wurde mehrfach verfilmt. Der deutsche Regisseur Wilhelm Semmelroth inszenierte 1969 einen Zweiteiler mit Hans von Borsody und Diana Körner für den WDR unter dem Titel Der Vetter Basilio. Eine brasilianische Verfilmung von 2007 (Regie: Daniel Filho) verlegt die Handlung ins São Paulo der 1950er-Jahre.

Vom Portugiesischen Kino ist der Roman mehrmals für das Medium Film adaptiert worden, oft auf Basis der unzähligen Bühneninszenierungen, die es an portugiesischen Theatern immer wieder gab und weiter gibt.

Es folgt eine Auswahl von Filmen, die den Roman direkt oder indirekt zum Thema haben:
 1923: O Primo Basílio, Regie: Georges Pallu
 1944: El deseo (aka O Primo Basílio), Regie: Carlos Schlieper
 1959: O Primo Basílio, Regie: António Lopes Ribeiro
 1960: O Primo Basílio , Episode der brasilianischen Fernsehserie TV de Vanguarda
 1969: Der Vetter Basilio, Regie: Wilhelm Semmelroth (Fernsehfilm)
 1988: O Primo Basílio , Mehrteiler des brasilianischen Fernsehsenders TV Globo
 2007: Primo Basílio, Regie: Daniel Filho
 2012: Der Vetter Basilio – Ein Gespräch mit dem Hauptdarsteller Erich Schleyer, Regie: Georg Pagitz

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Literatur (19. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Portugiesisch)
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Wall St Week Ahead-Halfway through 2019, tech leads on Wall Street
Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 (Reuters) - Technology stocks are Wall Street's top performers as 2019 hits half-way, with investors betting on lower interest rates, although Apple and chipmakers face turbulence related to the U.S.-China trade war.
The S&P 500 information technology index has surged 9% in June, its strongest month in three years. That rally, and the S&P 500's record high on June 21, reflect investors' increased appetite for risk as they become more confident the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates to support a slowing economy.
It also shows that Wall Street is mostly confident that U.S. President Donald Trump, who has shown a dislike for stock market downswings, will ultimately resolve his trade conflict with China.
Looking for evidence of progress on the trade front, investors will closely watch a planned meeting this weekend between Trump and China's president, Xi Jinping, at the upcoming Group of 20 summit in Japan.
"The risk to the downside is the greatest. If trade talks break down then we could head lower, probably a lot further, and the tech sector could be a leader to the downside," said Randy Frederick, Vice President of Trading & Derivatives at Charles Schwab.
Other investors say their optimism about the tech stocks is grounded in expectations that the sector's earnings growth will outperform the rest of the economy over the next several years.
"Our expectations for genuine progress regarding tariffs at the G20 is quite low," said David Carter, chief investment officer at Lenox Wealth Advisors in New York. "Tech is less of a short-term tactical play, and more a belief in the long-term growth potential of the space. Certainly, it's affected by tariffs and regulation, but the growth story is still there."
Although just short of its April record high, the technology index is up 26% so far in 2019, leading other sectors by far and easily beating the S&P 500's 17% return. Among June's strong performing technology stocks are Nvidia, Apple , Xerox, each up over 13%.
Facebook, Amazon and Netflix all rose more than 7% in June, slightly outperforming the S&P 500's increase of just under 7% as investors increased bets on high-growth, volatile stocks.
Uncertainty related to the trade conflict and Washington's blacklisting of China's Huawei have pushed the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 8% from its record high in April, but it is still up 27% for the year, buoyed by expectations that a slump in global sales is near its bottom and that demand is set to recover.
The benchmark chip index has surged over 5% since Tuesday, when Micron Technologies said it resumed some sales to Huawei and forecast a recovery in memory chip demand in the second half of the year.
Underpinning not just tech, but most of Wall Street's recent strength, is the recently increased confidence that the Fed will cut interest rates as soon as July, with interest rate futures pointing to three rate cuts this year to support already dwindling economic growth.
The recent strong performance of technology stocks comes even as analysts predict a drop in quarterly earnings for the sector, in part due to uncertainty around the trade war. Many U.S. semiconductor companies rely on China for over half of their revenue.
Analysts on average expect the S&P 500 IT sector's earnings per share to sink 8% in the second quarter, compared to a 0.3% increase predicted for the S&P 500, according to Refinitiv's IBES data.
S&P 500 semiconductor companies are seen posting a much deeper 28% slump in second-quarter earnings, and a 20% drop for all of 2019. Analysts on average expect Advanced Micro Devices and rival Nvidia to post declines of over 40% in earnings per share for the quarter.
A resolution of the trade conflict would lead analysts to increase their earnings estimates for the technology sector to reflect improved global economic conditions, Frederick said.
"The economy really hasn't slowed down that much. That says we're still in a cyclical market and there's still some upside potential, and tech tends to be one of the leaders when you're in a cyclical market," he said.
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NICHOLAS SNYDER
Filmmaker - Astrologer
FILM WORK EXPERIENCE
CINEMASOPHY
In addition to making short films, I like to take part in other aspects of film making. These include working as:
- production assistant,
- script supervisor,
- background actor,
- subtitler
GENS ORDINAIRES (2019)
In this short film involving a dark goth teenager, we explore the harsh reality of accepting a family member's death.
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MONEY BACK, PLEASE
This short film (2013, 12 mins) was shot in a shopping mall in Kristiansand, Southern Norway.
On this two-day shoot, tasks included setting up and clearing the set, transporting items, on foot, brewing coffee, assisting actors, and picking up lunch.
The film has been screened at the 2014 Leuven International Short Film Festival among other international festivals.
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JORD OVER VIND (EARTH OVER WATER)
As in Money, Back Please I worked as PA for this medium-length movie (2013, 40 mins) shot in the idyllic Norwegian countryside. I helped by completing similar tasks as in MBP, with a particular emphasis on assistance to the Art department which was led by Julie Lozach Asskildt, who won the best art direction prize at the 2014 La Cabina Medium-Length Film Festival, in Valencia, Spain.
GOING FOR GOLD (commercial spot)
This time a video commercial (2014, 3mins) for Samsung. On this one-day shoot in Kristiansand, I came away having learned that you have a very short amount of time to make a commercial, so not a single second can be wasted. This is very true for this production, since part of the clip is a real-time shot showing the winner's reaction to the prize we brought to his front door. Good organization and perfect timing were the order of the day.
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PICNIC @ HERMANN'S (feature-lenght movie)
As I finish my three-year bachelor degree in Film, one of my course friends calls me and offers me a position as Script Supervisor for a self-financed Norwegian feature-length movie. This 138-page script translated to about 130 minutes of film. Quite a challenge, since this was my first time as a script supervisor. The first part of the movie was shot in summer 2014, the second part should be concluded by this spring if the financing permits it. The release should be summer 2015.
SUBTITLER
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF HUMANITY (2017)
For this project, I was involved in the subtitling from English to Italian.
A documentary that offers another view on the history of humanity by taking the viewer to a journey in space and time.
SPEAKING AND BACKGROUND ACTOR
THE SPY (small Norwegian-speaking role)
With Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Lassgård, Alexander Scheer, Edvin Endre, Gitte Witt Julsrud, Johan Widerberg, Thomas Arnold, Ingrid Vollan and Anders T. Andersen.
Directed by Jens Jonsson.
One-day shooting at Metropole Hotel Brussels and streets nearby.
What astonished me on this film set was the professionalism of the crew members.
THE HAPPY PRINCE (2017)
With Rupert Everett, Emily Watson, Colin Firth, Miranda Richardson. Directed by Rupert Everett.
LOUIS-FERDINAND CÉLINE (2016)
With Denis Lavant, directed by Emmanuel Bourdieu.
JE SUIS UN SOLDAT (2015)
With Louise Bourgoin, directed by Laurent Larivière
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COLONIA DIGNIDAD (2015)
I enjoy being either side of the camera: background acting gigs are very welcome.
This feature-length movie was partly shot in Luxembourg, so not so far from Brussels. I'm the guy between Daniel Brühl and director Gallenberger, who's pointing at Emma Watson.
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POPULAIRE (2012)
In this French feature-length film, I worked as extra, as a New Yorker in the late 1950s, part of the World's Typewriting Championships audience.
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Viktor Vojtko (* 1. září 1978 Šumperk) je český politik a VŠ pedagog, od října 2021 poslanec Poslanecké sněmovny PČR. V letech 2018 až 2022 byl zastupitelem a náměstkem primátora města České Budějovice, v roce 2022 působil také jako radní města. Je členem hnutí STAN.

Život
Vystudoval nejprve Střední průmyslovou školu elektrotechnickou v Mohelnici a následně obory informační management a marketing na Vysoké škole ekonomické v Praze (získal titul Ing.). Během studií a několik let poté podnikal v oblasti tvorby počítačového software. Také v této době spolupracoval na projektech zaměřených na podporu finanční gramotnosti a podnikavosti žáků základních škol.

Po přestěhování do jižních Čech (odkud pochází manželčina rodina) nastoupil na Jihočeskou univerzitu v Českých Budějovicích, kde vystudoval doktorské studium v oboru management a marketing (získal titul Ph.D.). V letech 2011 až 2015 zde působil ve funkci proděkana pro zahraniční vztahy na Ekonomické fakultě a v letech 2011 až 2018 vedl katedru obchodu a cestovního ruchu. Na univerzitě externě působil i dále, a to v oblasti výzkumu v cestovním ruchu, manažerských her i výuky.

Viktor Vojtko žije od roku 2005 ve městě České Budějovice, konkrétně v části Nemanice. S manželkou Ivanou mají dvě děti – syna Jakuba a dceru Kateřinu.

Politické působení
V komunálních volbách v roce 2018 byl jako člen hnutí STAN zvolen z pozice lídra kandidátky "STAROSTOVÉ A NEZÁVISLÍ a Čisté Budějovice" zastupitelem města České Budějovice. V polovině listopadu 2018 se pak stal náměstkem primátora pro školství, sociální věci a cestovní ruch. Po zvolení poslancem na post náměstka primátora v únoru 2022 rezignoval a vzápětí se stal radním města pro informační technologie a cestovní ruch.

V komunálních volbách v roce 2022 kandidoval do zastupitelstva Českých Budějovic z 5. místa kandidátky hnutí STAN. Mandát zastupitele města se mu však nepodařilo obhájit.

V krajských volbách v roce 2020 kandidoval za hnutí STAN do Zastupitelstva Jihočeského kraje, ale neuspěl.

Ve volbách do Poslanecké sněmovny PČR v roce 2021 kandidoval jako člen hnutí STAN na 2. místě kandidátky koalice Piráti a Starostové v Jihočeském kraji a byl zvolen poslancem. Od července 2022 je členem předsednictva hnutí STAN.

Reference

Čeští inženýři
Poslanci Parlamentu České republiky (2021–2025)
Čeští místní politici
Členové STAN
Absolventi Vysoké školy ekonomické v Praze
Absolventi Ekonomické fakulty Jihočeské univerzity
Narození v roce 1978
Narození 1. září
Narození v Šumperku
Žijící lidé
Muži


This chapter introduces the second person known as the grammatical person (first person, second person, third person) basically and then goes over a theoretical argument of second person in a framework of brain activities (cerebrum, cerebellum) as they are known and understood now. And then, the arguments will go to a practical argument by using the novel knowledge as shown in chapter 5. In this way, it will be further studied and will be more deepened in order to get the general basic brain functions of second person. They will be described as a notion on second person. Some part of the previous chapter will be repeated for the arguments to go smoothly.
Wikipedia says about the grammatical person of second person as follows ("Grammatical Person", n.d.).
Grammatical person, in linguistics, is the grammatical distinction between deictic references to participants in an event; typically, the distinction is among the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), and others (third person). Put in simple colloquial English, first person is that which includes the speaker, namely, I, we, me, and us, second person is the person or people spoken to, literally, you, and the third person is the other person, namely, they, and them.
In this chapter, it will be argued and studied how this grammatical second person comes out in human brain by using some of the understandings out of the patient behaviors.


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QPR will hand a late fitness test to defender Danny Gabbidon who has been struggling with a nagging hip injury.
Adel Taraabt and Armand Traore are away at the African Nations Cup.
CHELSEA midfielder Frank Lampard has been receiving treatment for the torn calf muscle he suffered at Norwich but is not likely to be fit.


Has anyone found a solvent that will clean the carbon out of the intake? Now that I have my EGR out of business I would like to clean out the intake. I hate the thought of the engine inhaling a glob of this stuff.
Burnt carbon is on its way to becoming a Diamond. ... and does not need other stuff to stick it together... stuff which might be accessable to solvents , for instance.... the only times I have had to deal with carbon it took scrapers,wire brushes,or grinding wheels to deal with it. Only the first two might be appropriate here.. would not get any abrasive powder upstream of the cylinders....although with care and proper equipment it could be done just fine..
check larry's reply, and also drivfour's tip.


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