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Burundi government statement on Twitter says outgoing President, Pierre Nkurunziza (55) has died at Karusi hospital after suffering heart attack.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Tuesday, the government announced "with great sorrow to Burundians and the international community" the passing of Nkurunziza, 55.
The outgoing president died at Karusi hospital after suffering a heart attack on June 8, the statement added.
In power since 2005, Nkurunziza was due to be replaced in August by political ally Evariste Ndayishimiye, who was declared earlier this month the winner of a May 20 presidential election.
WHO IS NKURUNZIZA:
Nkurunziza was born in 1963 in Burundi's capital city of Bujumbura.
He was raised in the province of Ngozi in northern Burundi.
His father, Eustache Ngabisha, was a Catholic Hutu connected with the royal family. His mother was a Protestant Tutsi assistant nurse.
Ngabisha was enlisted to the ranks of the pro-independence UPRONA party and elected to the Parliament of Burundi in 1965, later becoming governor of two provinces before being killed in 1972 during the Burundian Genocide of 1972 when ethnic violence claimed the lives of between 80,000 and 210,000 Burundians.
Nkurunziza attended primary school in Ngozi and pursued secondary education at Athénée in Gitega.
He later attended the Institut d'Education Physique et des Sports (IEPS) at the University of Burundi in the late 1980s and graduated in 1990 after obtaining his degree in sports education.
Before the civil war broke out, he became a sports professor at Lycée de Muramvya in 1991 while still studying psychology and pedagogy. Nkurunziza became a teacher and assistant lecturer at the University of Burundi in 1992.
In 1995, he was threatened and joined the CNDD-FDD when hundreds of Hutu students were killed or forced to flee. After rising through the ranks, Nkurunziza was appointed deputy secretary-general of the CNDD-FDD in 1998.
In the late 1990s, he was condemned to death by court and trial in absentia. In 2001, he was elected chairman.
There was a split in the group in late 2001. He was reelected chairman in August 2004.
During the Burundian Civil War, Nkurunziza is said to have survived a near death experience.
He was wounded several times in the war and was given the nickname "Pita".
Beginning in late 2003 and after the ceasefire agreement, he was appointed Minister for Good Governance in the transitional government of President Domitien Ndayizeye.
Following a series of CNDD-FDD victories in elections held during June and July 2005, Nkurunziza was nominated as the party's presidential candidate.
He was elected president by members of parliament (acting as an electoral college) with a vote of 151 to 162 on 19 August 2005 and took office on 26 August 2005.
He was reelected in 2010 with more than 91% of the vote amidst an opposition boycott and sworn in for his second term on August 26, 2010.
In March 2014, Nkurunziza banned jogging, due to "fears it was being used as a cover for subversion."
In April 2015 Nkurunziza announced that he would seek a third term in office. The opposition said that Nkurunziza's bid to extend his term was in defiance of the constitution, as it bars the president from running for a third term.
On May 13, 2015, Burundi Army General Godefroid Niyombareh declared a coup via radio while Nkurunziza was abroad attending a summit in Tanzania with other African leaders. Niyombareh had been dismissed from his post as head of intelligence in February 2015.
However, the controversial presidential elections were held on 21 July 2015. The electoral commission under pressure announced on 24 July 2015 that Nkurunziza had won the election with 69.41% of the vote with low voter turnout, the participation rate under 30%.
In March 2018, Nkurunziza was named "eternal supreme guide" by the ruling party, CNDD-FDD, in the run-up to a constitutional referendum on 17 May that year. The referendum's proposed constitutional changes would allow Nkurunziza to stay in office until 2034.
On 21 May the new constitution was approved, allowing Nkurunziza to extend his term limits starting in 2020.
On 7 June 2018, Nkurunziza announced that he will step down after the 2020 elections.
Nkurunziza was one of seven siblings. Two of his siblings were killed after civil war erupted in 1993, and three others died while fighting in the CNDD-FDD. Only one of his siblings, a sister, is alive today.
He married his wife in 1994 and is the father of two sons.
Nkurunziza described himself as a born again Christian, though his rule has involved severely restricting religious freedoms for evangelical Christians and other groups.
Nkurunziza enjoyed playing football and cycling. He began playing football at the age of five, and played in a team at secondary school and his university.
In September 2019, a UN committee concluded that President Pierre Nkurunziza was personally accountable for serious violations.
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They created the problem, they now want to bring their long-planned solution, they have failed small and medium business through lockdowns but their multi billion-dollar businesses continue to thrive.
They locked people in their homes who earn from hand to mouth so that they can experiment how their planned reset will work when they will have to feed their dependents (whose businesses they killed through a disease they created). But, wait a minute, who are they? And What is 'The Great Reset'?
Allow theGrapevine to take you through the planned New World where according to a new video by the World Economic Forum (WEF), they claim: "We are calling for a new form of capitalism, one that puts people and planet first, as we come together to rebuild the world after COVID-19."
WHAT IS THE GREAT RESET?
"This is not a conspiracy theory, this is a well-documented movement among many of the world's most powerful people," says Justin Haskins, the editorial director at the Heartland Institute and a leading authority on the Great Reset, "fundamentally, this is a radical and complete transformation of everything that we do in our society," Haskins adds, "it will change the way businesses are evaluated, it will coerce businesses to pursue left-wing causes."
The Great Reset was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where many of the world's most powerful people go to offer solutions to the world's problems. They have said that the coronavirus pandemic as a historic opportunity to change the way the world operates. COVID-19 pandemic as an "opportunity" to change everything.
A World Economic Forum video warns, "Right now we're facing a crisis of international proportions. It's going to have a long-term impact on us".
And their solution is essentially global socialism. Think of the Green New Deal combined with the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and throw in something called the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in which technology is supposed to radically change the way we live and work.
Haskins says: "The elites, the technocrats in society, the most educated people", see the chance to "control and manipulate society, pull the levers in society so that it's in their minds, perfect."
Here is the YouTube video from WEF on the great reset:
WHAT DO THE COSPIRACY THEORIST SAY?
According to the Vigilant Citizen (VC), the Great Reset announces the death of capitalism as we know it.
"The video "What is the Great Reset?" is a bizarre piece of PR / propaganda. At face value, it appears to say "don't worry about the Great Reset, we love you all very much". However, through coercive words and powerful symbols, the message most people get is "we're doing this … whether you like it or not"." they say.
They add, "This video is important and worth analyzing for several reasons. First, it was produced by the World Economic Forum (WEF) itself. As stated in several past articles, the WEF is one of those non-democratic elite organizations that set social and economic policies on a global level. In other words, if the WEF releases a video about something, it has the power to actually make it happen. In fact, it is probably already happening."
"Second, this is not one of those feel-good "let's fight the pandemic together" videos. It actually announces the "death of capitalism as we know it" – in those very words. It announces drastic, historical, and structural changes on a global level. It announces a New World Order."
VC says, "Then, after suffocating the masses for nearly a full year, the WEF says that the system is broken. But they broke it. And before they broke it, we were actually in the midst of the longest economic recovery on record.  I am not saying that capitalism as we know it is perfect. However, we are being presented a "solution" to a problem they've purposely created. In short: Order of out chaos."
"If one watches the various videos posted by the World Economic Forum on YouTube, a common thread is easily discernable. 1- Scare people with catastrophic disasters (this video focused on COVID and global warming). 2- Present a drastic solution that involves a non-democratic elite entity regulating the entire world."
"To justify the Great Reset, the WEF mentions "economic disparities" caused by COVID-19. However, these disparities were caused by economy-killing policies dictated by the World Health Organization – another elite organization that is largely funded by China. By forcing massive lockdowns, they knew exactly what would happen. They created chaos, and now they're looking to restore order," VC says.
"Despite all of the words being thrown around, the real issue at hand is freedom. A free market allows any citizen to create a business and make a living from it. And, as long as there's a demand for it, the business can grow and everyone involved prospers. Free enterprise is a vector of freedom and allows those who succeed to live a comfortable life – no matter their social or political allegiances. It is all about numbers."
"The Great Reset is looking to break this vector of freedom by introducing social and political components to the free market. If you do not comply, you do not succeed. Instead, they'll put "the right person, at the right place, at the right time"."
You can read the full Vigilant Citizen article here >>>>>>
BUT WHO ARE THEY?
But who are these people? These are the elites, the globalists, the world's decision makers, mega bankers, in short, these are 1% of the men and women who are playing God and want the world to follow their agenda. These are the people who want to get rid of the old system (the one we know where you can start your small business and grow it, survive on it and feed your family) these people no longer want this, they believe they should be feeding you while you are working for them.
They believe the world is over populated and people need to be eliminated for them to have some space, they believe that the 8 billion people on planet earth need to be reduced to 500 million, this basically means 7.5 billion people have to find space 6 feet under (grave).
One person said, "They first killed small and medium business across the whole world, by telling everyone to close shop and hide in their homes. They argued that they will through your respective governments take care you. The whole world was affected, from Africa to Europe, the Americas, Asia every small and medium business shut down, countries started depending on loans from International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, now economies cannot take anymore loans, the businesses that were shut are now struggling, some will never recover again. These Elites are smiling and still using their media to continue with their agenda. They want the great reset as soon as possible and as long as the 1% are happy, the 99% which includes me, you and everyone else reading this, can go and hung because in bringing this new system, you are collateral damage.
In just 7 days after its release, the World Economic Forum (WEF) video promoting the Great Reset, is on record for receiving more dislikes than likes (21k dislikes and only 1.6 likes).
After making the whole world miserable, the world is unhappy, from the comments, the world needs no reset. Here are some of the comments from WEF YouTube video on the Great reset…
This is an article that everyone must read and after, ask yourself, are you ready for this kind of reset?
By Grapevine Team
A man taking a swab test (courtesy photo)
With the United Kingdom rolling out the world's first approved coronavirus vaccine this week and other clinical trials showing promising results, the focus has swiftly turned towards the distribution of the doses worldwide and which countries will get them first, and which will be pushed to the back of the queue.
On Thursday, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, John Nkengasong warned that "it will be extremely terrible to see" wealthy nations obtaining vaccines and African countries missing out, as he called on for an extraordinary United Nations session to discuss this "moral issue" and avoid a "North-South distrust in respect to vaccines, which is a common good".
Countries across Africa have largely been praised for their response to COVID-19 since the first infection was confirmed on the continent on February 14 in Egypt. Despite some observers initial doomsday predictions, the continent so far appears to have been spared the worst of the pandemic. Still, uncertainty remains and the threat of further economic pain due to the prospect of additional lockdowns have given the discussions about vaccine distribution extra urgency.
There, have however been some challenges.
Expressing concern over what it has branded as the continent's "largest ever immunisation drive", the World Health Organization has said the African region has an average score of 33 percent readiness for a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, well below the desired 80 percent.
Meanwhile, Nkengasong has stressed that it is necessary to be realistic about immunisation campaigns due to challenges on how vaccines would be delivered across the continent, adding that it is unlikely that this will happen before the middle of 2021.
For Catherine Kyobutungi, epidemiologist and executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, a big challenge regarding access to vaccines is "a lack of global solidarity".
"We've seen reports about countries like the US and UK securing a huge share of vaccine doses, which then leaves you wondering, what about the rest of us?"
In a similar vein, the People's Vaccine Alliance – a coalition of campaign organisations including Oxfam, Amnesty International and Global Justice Now – has condemned rich countries for "hoarding" vaccine doses to the detriment of poorer nations.
"Wealthier nations have bought up enough doses to vaccinate their entire populations nearly three times over by the end of 2021 if those currently in clinical trials are all approved for use," it said.
"Canada tops the chart with enough vaccines to vaccinate each Canadian five times. Updated data shows that rich nations representing just 14 per cent of the world's population have bought up 53 per cent of all the most promising vaccines so far."
Tied to all this are financial constraints and the huge investments required to roll out vaccination campaigns, noted Benjamin Kagina, a senior researcher in vaccinology at The Vaccines for Africa Initiative, University of Cape Town.
WHO has said getting a COVID-19 vaccine to priority populations will cost nearly $5.7bn, a sum that includes an additional 15-20 percent cost for materials, training, logistics and community mobilisation.
"Affordability of a vaccine given the high global demand is an issue, particularly in light of the economic impact of the pandemic," said Kagina.
Putting aside the financial factors, experts also pointed to the substantial infrastructure and logistical challenges.
For example, the vaccine from Pfizer/BIoNTech needs to be stored at -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit), while the one from Moderna has to be kept at -20C (-4F). In contrast, the inoculation developed by AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of Oxford can be stored at standard refrigeration temperatures, leading experts to say that this vaccine candidate could be the "best" option for many African countries.
Early this year, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance launched COVAX, a global initiative that aims to distribute low-cost vaccines to low- and middle-income countries.
Once a vaccine does arrive, a number of other issues would also need to be addressed in order to ensure a successful roll-out.
Based on an analysis carried out by the WHO, 49 percent of African countries have identified their priority populations and have plans in place to reach them.
"High-risk groups like healthcare workers may not be difficult to reach, but most countries do not have a strategy in place to reach groups like the elderly, so new strategies will need to be developed," said Kagina.
Placing an emphasis on logistics, Kyobutungi noted: "In many African countries, vaccines are usually administered to children under the age of five; that's a small segment of the population. Now we have to think about the entire population: For example how many syringes, healthcare workers, rooms, and clinics will be required for this?
"Similarly, on a global level, in October UNICEF announced that it will be stockpiling 520 million syringes to guarantee initial supply for when the COVID-19 vaccine arrives; we have to consider the impact of demand for these essentials," she added.
Rolling out the vaccine in urban and rural areas is likely going to require slightly different approaches, particularly in terms of transportation, storage and education, and this would require government investment ahead of time.
Another factor to consider is tailoring the vaccination campaigns to the way the majority of the population go about their daily lives, according to Kyobutungi.
"Preventative healthcare services are usually accessed by women and children, men and older children generally seek healthcare when they are unwell. You will have segments of the population who will consider the opportunity cost of, 'If I go to the clinic and have to queue there all day, will I lose a daily wage? Is this something I am willing to do?'"
She said a potential solution to this could involve offering the vaccine at offices, events and places of worship. "Governments are going to have to think outside the box," added Kyobutungi.
As in other parts of the world, vaccine hesitancy is also likely to be an issue due to suspicion, fear and a history of medical colonialism. Countering this would require robust and ongoing advocacy to address public concerns, experts said.
Regarding the potential effect of a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out on existing vaccination programmes on the continent, Kyobutungi said it would make sense for current systems to be repurposed and work in parallel with a COVID-19 campaign. This would require meticulous planning and careful resource allocation on the part of governments and the global health community, especially in order to ensure other services are not disrupted.
So with all these factors at play, what does the timescale look like in terms of Africa and a COVID-19 vaccine?
"It may take time but we will get there," said Kyobutungi.
"I expect that it will be the first quarter of 2022 by when a significant population of Africa will have been vaccinated," she added, stressing the importance of "global solidarity in action".
By John Kenny Adeya
The Vatican has opened an investigation after the Pope's Instagram account was caught "liking" a raunchy picture of a Brazilian model posing in a sexy schoolgirl outfit, an official said on Friday.
Reports and screenshots last week showed that the account of Pope Francis, which has 7.4 million followers, had hit like on the sultry snap of glamour model Natalia Garibotto, 27.
"At least I'm going to heaven," the model joked upon receiving the Pope's unlikely blessing, which was removed by a member of his social media team a day later.
"As far as we know the 'like' did not come from the Holy See," a papal spokesperson told the BBC.
He added that the holy father's social media accounts are managed by a team of people, emphasizing that the horny double tap couldn't have been executed by Francis himself. The Vatican has now turned to Instagram for answers.
They added that the Vatican and Instagram were trying to establish where the like had originated.
The Pope's Instagram account – Franciscus – does not appear to have liked any other posts and does not follow any other accounts.
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Living in the Moment is the first and only EP by post-hardcore band Across Five Aprils, released on September 14, 2004, through Indianola Records.

The EP is the band's last release with founding members Steve Taylor (vocals) and Jason Barry (bass), and is the first release with guitarist Jarrod Smith who replaced Jason Fields, who departed the band in 2003 after the release of their debut album A Tragedy in Progress. Like their first album, the EP was also recorded at XadeX Studios with producer John Taylor.

In reviews of the EP, the band has been compared to many diverse bands, such as Atreyu, Thrice, Scatter the Ashes, Coalesce and Converge.

Track listing

Personnel
 Steve Taylor – lead vocals
 Drew Miller – drums, percussion
 Zak Towe – guitar
 Jarrod Smith – guitar
 Jason Barry – bass
 Corey Crowder - guest vocals on "Through the Pane"
 Produced by John Taylor and Across Five Aprils
 Recorded, engineered, mixed, mastered by John Taylor at XadeX Studios (May 2004)

References

2004 EPs
Across Five Aprils (band) albums
Indianola Records EPs

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Takoma Park, Md. (November 7, 2017) Washington Adventist University (WAU) and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) reached an agreement recently that will make it easier for WAU graduate psychology students to earn a doctoral degree so that they can provide holistic, professional psychology services that will improve community health.
The agreement was signed October 26, 2017 by Washington Adventist University President Weymouth Spence, Ed.D., and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology President Michele Nealon, Psy.D. Beginning in fall 2017, WAU students who earn their master's degree in counseling psychology or clinical mental health counseling and who meet TCSPP acceptance criteria, will be guaranteed acceptance into the Clinical Psy.D. Program at the Washington, D.C. Campus, and will be able to seamlessly transfer four required courses as long as they earned a grade of "B" or higher. In addition, tuition costs will be discounted.
The Washington Adventist University School of Graduate and Professional Studies offers evening graduate degree programs in Counseling Psychology (MA) and Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA), as well as an evening undergraduate Counseling Psychology program (BS). One of more than 20 degree programs The Chicago School offers across its four campuses, the Washington, D.C. Clinical Psy.D. Program is American Psychological Association (APA) accredited, and offers students a broad knowledge of scientific and theoretical psychology principles.
Although the agreement guarantees admission for eligible 2017 graduates, those who graduated in previous years and who seek admission to The Chicago School of Professional Psychology will be evaluated on an individual basis to determine their eligibility for the transfer of courses and for the ten percent tuition discount.
For more information, please contact Nicole Currier, Interim Dean, Washington Adventist University School of Graduate and Professional Studies at 301-891-4092 or email her at [email protected].
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Founded in 1979, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) is a nonprofit university devoted exclusively to psychology, and related behavioral health sciences with new programs in the health services. The Chicago School is an affiliate of TCS Education System, a nonprofit system of colleges advancing student success and community impact. The institution serves more than 4,300 students across campuses in Chicago; Southern California (Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego); and Washington, D.C., as well as through online programs. The Chicago School is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission, (WSCUC), and its Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programs in Chicago and Washington, D.C. are accredited by the American Psychological Association. With more than 20 graduate degree programs, thousands of hours of real-world training, and a wealth of international opportunities, TCSPP is the leader in professional psychology and behavioral health education.


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Zwischbergen (VS)
Weather in Zwischbergen (VS), CH (Weather Station)
cloudy with clear intervals
Temperature 1 °C 1 °C 0 °C -2 °C -2 °C -3 °C -3 °C
Avg. wind speed 17.5 km/h 13.1 km/h 10.6 km/h 9.7 km/h 6.4 km/h 7.7 km/h 7.5 km/h
Feels like -3 °C -3 °C -4 °C -5 °C -5 °C -6 °C -6 °C
Dewpoint -9 °C -11 °C -12 °C -12 °C -12 °C -13 °C -13 °C
Temperature -2 °C -3 °C -3 °C -3 °C 0 °C -2 °C -4 °C -4 °C
Temperature -6 °C -9 °C -11 °C -6 °C -1 °C -2 °C -4 °C -5 °C
Wind gusts 15.5 km/h 12.8 km/h 9.7 km/h 11.5 km/h 15.1 km/h 15.7 km/h 9.7 km/h 10.2 km/h
Feels like -6 °C -9 °C -11 °C -6 °C -3 °C -2 °C -4 °C -5 °C
Temperature -4 °C -4 °C -3 °C -1 °C 3 °C 3 °C 1 °C 1 °C
Wind gusts 10.2 km/h 9.1 km/h 8.4 km/h 11.1 km/h 13.9 km/h 13 km/h 9.7 km/h 10 km/h
Feels like -4 °C -4 °C -3 °C -1 °C 3 °C 3 °C 1 °C 1 °C
Dewpoint -12 °C -11 °C -10 °C -9 °C -7 °C -6 °C -6 °C -6 °C
Wind gusts 10 km/h 9.1 km/h 11.5 km/h 13.5 km/h 16.8 km/h 16.8 km/h 13.7 km/h 13.1 km/h
Avg. wind speed 2 km/h 1.3 km/h 2 km/h 3.8 km/h 4.7 km/h 3.8 km/h 2.2 km/h 1.1 km/h
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partly sunny, locally snowfall
Precipitation 0.9 l/m² 2 l/m² 0 l/m²
Data provided by reference station for severe weather Zwischbergen (VS), 1360m
+4.1 km - Gondo
+5.8 km - Simplon Dorf
+5.9 km - Simplon
+12 km - Simplonpass
Weather in Zwischbergen (VS), 18.01.2020
Before noon it will be fair with scattered clouds. The rest of the day will be sunny. Morning temperatures will be around freezing point and will reach a maximum of 2 °C during the day. Low temperatures at night will be around -3°C. Southeasterly winds are weak.
After mostly cloudy weather in the morning mostly sunny weather will prevail. Morning temperatures will be around -3 °C and will reach freezing point during the day. Low temperatures at night will be around -12°C. Southerly winds are weak.

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Q: Indirect Match formula within VBA I'm having a hard time trying to get my formula into VBA
This is the formula:
=INDEX('Raw G'!1:1048576,MATCH(N5,INDIRECT("'Raw G'!" & ToColletter(MATCH(F4,'Raw G'!2:2,0))&":"&ToColletter(MATCH(F4,'Raw G'!2:2,0))),0),MATCH("Grand Total*",'Raw G'!3:3,0)+1)

I need it to apply on every cell down row L with the following set of criteria:
Sub csku()

With Application
    Set SrchRng = .Range(.Cells(4, "N"), .Cells(Rows.Count, "N").End(xlUp))

    For Each cel In SrchRng
        If cel.Value2 > 0 Then
            cel.Offset(0, -2).Value =

End With

End Sub

However, I'm not too sure how I can go about doing this, as it contains multiple formulas in formulas.
In addition, I use an application to convert number to column letter:
Public Function ToColletter(Collet)
ToColletter = Split(Cells(1, Collet).Address, "$")(1)
End Function

Much help is appreciated.

A: It may be better to use INDEX instead of INDIRECT for your formula.
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Then apply it to every 'every cell down row L with the following set of criteria'.
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I bought this Japanese pattern book specifically for the jackets on these pages. I have fallen in love with the shape of both jackets, but more specifically their collars - from the beautiful shaping of the Peter Pan collar on the left, to the sweet simplicity of the round neck line on the right-hand jacket.
I have delayed making either, partly because it seemed indecent to make another jacket before the last jacket that I made had even seen the daylight, but also because I couldn't find quite the right fabric.
However, my balloon-sleeved jacket has now had several outings and yesterday I found a delicious fabric. I took my Mama out for lunch to celebrate her birthday in a lovely town about an hour's drive away...one of the shops there has some random bolts of fabric in amongst the bags, blankets and ready-made clothes that they sell and we found this beautiful wool fabric...and despite the fact that it was her birthday, she bought me a metre and half of its loveliness. It is incredibly thick and is just as pleasing on the reverse side, which is important in an unlined jacket.
I'm undecided as to which jacket I'd like to make yet, but intend to make a muslin using something ugly, so that I don't waste any of it.
The cooler weather seems to bring endless dress-making possibilities and only adds to my love of autumn.
The amount of posts revolving around the Anna Maria Horner 'Square Dance' fabric panels is now bordering on the obscene - if the panels were a person they would feel stalked and almost certainly overwhelmed by the amount of sewing time I have given over to them. I have several remaining squares, but they are now carefully folded and stored away at the back of my fabric drawers and I'm not allowing myself to use them again until next year. So this quilt is something of a Square Dance finale for me!
It is horribly difficult to photograph this quilt in today's gloom, but even in bright sunlight its size doesn't seem to be easily accommodated by my camera screen. It is bigger than a standard single quilt as I made it long enough to cover the pillow at the head of the bed (due to my strange feelings about pillows being on view discussed in this post). The batting is Quilter's Dream Puff - I used this when I made our own double quilt and it is so warm and light that I'm a committed convert. Gone are my Hobbs Heirloom days.
The only difficulty I found with this quilt was the use of squares - which would be so much better on a double quilt (which is also square). Using a central square on a single rectangular quilt means that the subsequent bands of fabric surrounding the square have to be cut at double the width for all bands going across the quilt, so that the quilt can become longer and thinner, while still allowing the central square to look normal (does that make sense?).
You may remember that this quilt is the first one I'd planned using my computer - I think I'd try it that way again, but I'd go one step further and install a grid on the screen to represent the size - this would have meant that I could have worked around the above problem before cutting into my fabric. As I made the quilt I fell in love with the fabrics all over again and so started started self-imposed rationing of their use, thinking of the summer dresses I might make with them next year: each fabric has been used very sparingly.
As always, creating the quilt patch is one of my favourite things. I have it in my head to also make some new cushions for Zebra-girl's room too, but that can wait for a while as with all the birthday gifts now sewn up I have a couple of patterns that I'd like to write, as well as some winter clothes that I can't wait to make.
It has finally been cold enough to wear the autumn jacket that I made in mid-August (what was I thinking?) and it's making me think of all the other lovely wintry things I'd like to make. I'm wondering if anyone has come across a tutorial for drafting and installing a coat lining - I'd love to make a proper lined winter coat, but the lining (which will be a different shape to that of the coat if one wants proper facings) is foxing me whenever I think about it...I'm thinking that I may like to hand-sew it in afterwards, but there's still the shape to negotiate.
Yes, it's another item featuring Anna Maria Horner's Square Dance ...you'll be relieved to know that I've only ever been in possession of one panel of this fabric, so there's a limit to how long I can sew exclusively with it. However, rather than hiding it away I wanted to share this one with you as it was such a happy upcycling project (actually, I really dislike the word upcycling...it sounds like one of those awful buzz words that men in advertising use. Sometimes I think I may need saving from myself or just my keyboard confiscating). The clock frame and hands belong to the very pink Laura Ashely clock that my mother bought for Zebra-girl when she about three or four. However, yesterday I took it apart and re-covered its face.
I used a beautiful blue, slightly iridescent, fabric for the base and some bright metallic turquoise thread to sew the numbers with.
I used a protractor to mark out the placement of the numbers (each number is 30 degrees apart) and then drew them in disappearing ink before sewing them with a closed zigzag stitch on my machine.
Next I appliqued the flowers from the Square Dance panel on to the centre, before cutting a hole for the clock workings to poke through.
I then stretched the fabric over the clock face, using masking tape on the back to hold the fabric in place. And finally I mounted the clock hands, trying very hard to remember in what order they were meant to go on, placed it back in the frame and then kept my fingers crossed that the clock would still work - and it does - hurrah!
It's now safely hidden from view ready to be wrapped up for Zebra-girl's birthday next week...I'm so excited about giving it to her, even though I'm feeling a little guilty that she's receiving her own second-hand things for her birthday...is that wrong?
The white gloves of the last post are now safely back in the drawer and the curtains are open. While I wait for some more voile to arrive for the binding, I've been making the patch to go on the corner of the quilt - there are flowers appliqued in two opposite corners, framing the message (or they will, once the message has been stitched).
I was sad to find a couple of days ago that Bloglines is closing at the end of this month (for those that don't use it, it's a feed reader - a place where you can find the new posts of all the blogs that you've subscribed to). I have over 1600 blog posts to read stacked up in Bloglines...so although it pains me to think of what goodies I might be missing out on, I've found it liberating to make a fresh start with Google Reader. Importing all my subscriptions from Bloglines took less than 2 minutes and I'm enjoying the 'next' button that I've installed on my desktop that actually allows me to read the posts at the actual site of the blog, rather than through the reader, which removes all the personalisation of the blog header and sidebars.
What I found really interesting about the closure of Bloglines was one of their reasons for closing - that being that they feel people tend to receive update notifications in a more social way now, such as Twitter and Facebook, rather than an automated notifier. I only signed up to Twitter a few months ago, and can appreciate the benefit of its instantaneousness and its ability to open up a wider, ongoing conversation (although I worry about the possibility of being sucked in and living more of life online than offline and so don't allow myself to spend very much time on there). But I can't immediately see the reasons for being on Facebook too...can someone who knows explain?
Tell me - how do you use Facebook as a blog reader or a blogger? Do you go there just for updates or if it's conversation then how does that work differently from commenting on a blog? What's the benefit of it for the blogger and/or the blog reader?
I have finally got past the tiresome piecing stage and begun the happy task of quilting. The voile is a slippery eel to work with though...it repelled the masking tape needed to hold the stretched backing to the floor and was eventually only stilled by sticking pins straight through its layers into the carpet beneath.
Its lively nature does of course give even more cause for donning the strange quilting gloves that help to grip the material...they make me feel as though I'm in the midst of carrying out a crime though...so I closed the curtains (in the very unlikely event that a binocular-carrying quilt-spotter was out and about) and carried out my quilting crimes unwatched: a low-key affair that has, so far, only involved whizzing up and down the quilt in straight lines, devoid of even the smallest mishap or expletive.
So it would all be going swimmingly if only I had enough suitably coloured voile left for the binding...unfortunately, I don't. I will think about that tomorrow.
Before I begin this review, I should say that I consider Lisa, the book's author, to be a dear friend. However, I happily put my name down for a review copy as I'd seen the book in its pre-publication format in April, and knew that, friend or no friend, it's a book that I'd want to share with you.
Books like Lisa's are hard to find...the book market is now saturated with sewing books and yet often they all feel pitched directly at the seamstress making her first uncertain stitches, offering little for those who yearn only to consume sewing literature that sits comfortably within the geek-girl category. I feel if a writer/designer is competent enough then a pattern should be accessible to both novice and old-hand without alienating either. Lisa's book does just this: it has complex complete bag-making patterns that are so clearly explained that a first-time bag maker will be able to produce something exquisite without saturating her fabric with sweat or tears, while the more experienced bag maker can branch out into drafting ever-more intricate bag designs, dipping in and out of the book to garner the wisdom needed to carry off the technique that she wishes to use to incorporate a feature into her design, be that a piped bag bottom or an internal bag divider.
This book is to bag making what Vogue Sewing is to dressmaking (without the slightly fusty pictures): a compendium sourcebook featuring all the individual techniques one might need (as well as some patterns that bring many of the techniques together...meaning that you can use it exactly how you wish).
It has sections that cover the big issues: structure and reinforcement; linings; closures; handles and straps; pockets etc and then within each section there is a complete bag pattern that fits nicely into its section (such as The Cocktail Ruffle Clutch, a very structured bag that no doubt demonstrates some of the reinforcement issues covered in that section)...then to either side of the complete pattern there are all the individual techniques around that issue that one might need to create their own bag pattern. For the reader it all fits together seamlessly in a logical way, but I can only imagine that for the writer (and her lovely Editor, Ms Fox) it may at times have felt like trying to align the squares of a Rubik's cube (I've never managed that myself).
So that's my view of the book as a bag-maker. As a friend I'm completely delighted by it too - she is such a very clever bean and her warmth and loveliness floats off the pages. One of the production aspects of the book that I found most fascinating to hear about was how the book was photographed...and the conundrum of Lisa's nails. On the few times that I've needed to include my own hands to demonstrate a technique in a tutorial, I've always tried to find another way of doing it, as my hands suddenly appear to be exceptionally ugly when disembodied. It was a delight to hear the lengths that Lisa went to, having experienced a similar hand-shock...I include the second photo in this post, partly to demonstrate the book's content, partly because she has succeeded at the impossible...her hands look really quite lovely. This book is indeed a triumph in every way.
You can find The Bag Making Bible on Amazon...with eleven five-star reviews!
This is one of the gifts that I've made for Zebra-girl's birthday recently. Earlier in the year she decided that she wanted to get rid of a lot of her childhood toys so that she could afford to buy a laminating machine and vast amounts of stationery as well as some filing systems. The latter have yet to be implemented and the trays sit almost empty, aside from the filing done on the day of their purchase, so her bedroom still resembles that of a mad professor with piles of paper everywhere and books stacked where they no longer fit on the shelves. With such a big part of her moving into Big Girl territory when she asked for some clothes for her bear for this year's birthday present, I decided to make a few more things to go with the new wardrobe. A long time ago I made a sleeping bag for another little girl's bear (which was temporarily borrowed by Zebra's bear for modelling purposes at that time), so I decided to rustle one up to match Zebra-girls new, yet-to-be-finished, quilt.
I enjoyed making the sleeping bag and seeing how the voile handles when quilted...but the fun of making this failed to tempt me into working a little faster on the quilt for Zebra-girls own bed. I now realise that there's a reason why I normally make such simply-pieced quilts and that's because I take so little enjoyment in the piecing process...it's the pinning, quilting and binding that I love.
This is not a complex quilt...but I'm procrastinating over it and it's sitting on top of my fabric drawers taunting me each day: in my head it has become a giant sheet-like beast (because in its unquilted form it is really just an enormous sheet) the finishing of which stands between me and some more dressmaking and handfuls of other things.
Firstly, thank you so, so much for the warmth of your comments and emails in response to my last post - they were so much appreciated.
A new term, new pencil case post seems a little late for the 14th September, but I enjoyed making them so much that I want to share them anyway (I also love the idea that in years to come Zebra-girl might scroll through these pages and see a forgotten pencil case that accompanied her through a year of school life and be reminded of something of the 'feel' of that particular year). The fabrics and colours are all her own choices. Since last June we'd talked of a new pencil case that would be blue and yellow...but when she spotted the cake fabric in my fabric drawers the fact that it was pink became irrelevant. So as well as using the cake fabric as it was, she picked out her two favourite cakes and I appliqued them on beneath the place where I had embroidered her name in red thread.
She then chose some red polka dot fabric for me to make a ruffle with and a turquoise zip to stop the colours from becoming too saccharine. As usual, I learn a lot about colour from her - my first through was to put a red or pink zip on...but the turquoise she suggested brings the colours to life far better.
Inside is some of Rosalie Quinlan's lovely Grandmother's Flower Garden.
Last week Dinosaur-boy came home and said that many of the other children in his class have pencil cases (the school don't request that they take them in until next year, which is why I didn't automatically make one for him too). He said that he was happy to take in the one that I'd made him last year to use at home....but I love that 'new-term-fresh-stationery' feel so much myself that I wanted him to have something devoid of old pencil sharpenings.
Yesterday I shopped for new rulers and pencils for him in the morning and made the pencil case in the afternoon - yes, that's a self-indulgence to spend the whole day on a pencil case for one child...but I'm missing him during the day.
Paperchase have in stock lots of sharky writing paraphernalia that inspired the applique I made from plain grey cotton.
Inside is one of my favourite fabrics: it's sputnikky. I've added a velvet zip pull in dark charcoal for him too...good for stroking in the midst of a wobbly-bottom-lip maths moment. His name is also machine embroidered on the light grey section. My machine doesn't actually create the letters for me (as it's rather basic), but it's easy to write on fabric using a closed zigzag stitch in exactly the same way that you might go about applique - just write on the fabric with disappearing ink first - you can see a small sample of it in the second picture down at the top of this post.
This summer has been an incredibly sad one for us, and that has eventually led to an unintentional blogging break for me over the last couple of weeks. It just stopped feeling right to continue to talk over the frivolity of all things fabric: too surreal and too far removed from what has happened in real life.
I have counted back and realised that it is 17 days since I last posted anything...something of a record for me. So I break the blogging ice with these frozen Scandinavian berries. I think I have blogged about them before, but these ones were the best we'd ever tasted*. We got up early this morning and went fruit picking and then turned the freezer to 'Quick Freeze', laid the berries on a tray lined with non-stick paper and left them to harden. After lunch I heated double cream and chunks of white Milky Bar chocolate over a pan of boiling water for half an hour, until it was piping hot. The sauce is then poured straight over the plates of frozen berries and dusted with icing sugar. The heat of the sauce defrosts the berries by just the right amount and the contrast of hot and cold, sweet and fresh is not to be beaten. We sat around the lunch table hardly talking. It's that kind of food: so good you can barely speak. The recipe comes from The Ivy in London and can be found in their wonderful cookbook.
* Yes, that perhaps means that I think I may have produced a better version of the dish than The Ivy...that's quite a claim, I know. Unfortunately I think it had everything to do with the freshness of the frozen berries and very little to do with my culinary prowess, It is, after all, a stunningly simple dish. I last tasted it there over a decade ago...so there could be memory issues too...I wonder whether it still appears on their menu?


The StickMonkey says, Not so fast!
The Miller's Grizzled Langur isn't extinct, after all, just chilling down in the Wehea Forest on the eastern tip of Malaysia's Borneo Island – which is just off east coast in the Celebes Sea.
Scientists had set up some camera traps to snag photos of clouded leopards, orangutans and other wildlife known to congregate at several mineral salt licks there on the island.
Doink! They also ended up with photos of Miller's Grizzled Langurs.
A search for them on Borneo, as well as the islands of Sumatra and Java and the Thai-Malay peninsula, had turned up empty-handed in the middle of this decade, and so it was generally believed that the monkey had lost out to agricultural mining in the area. They were also hunted because bezoar stones – which are thought to neutralize poison were sometimes found in their guts.
It would be nice to think that now they've been found, and we know they're still around, we went out of our way to help them stay around. Monkeys are good people. Even ones that have this funky Dracula thing going on with the white collar of fur around their necks.
Welcome back to the land of the living, my furry friends.


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Hewlett-Packard in Hollywood
By jlouderback on January 31, 2003 at 12:51 pm
As if merging Texas and Silicon Valley cultures weren't enough, last night Hewlett-Packard made a play to become Hollywood as well, with a star-stuffed party designed to showcase the company's movie-making cred. A "coming out party", claimed HP Vice President Leigh Morrison, "to launch the new HP in Hollywood."
In addition to the standard demonstrations of iPaq, Media Center and photo printers, HP brought along Dreamworks to show off some of the cool digital moviemaking being done with standard Intel-based workstations.
Although there wasn't a lot of news at the event, it did serve to punctuate HP's commitment both to Hollywood and to Linux. And the party certainly was a bit, well, different from your standard technology fair.
HP used its stage to show off some new concepts and ideas kicking around in both HP labs and its Houston design center. They also showed off a bit of glitz, with second tier starlets, agents and hangers-on hanging out for the free martinis and canapés.
On the Linux side, the folks at Dreamworks showed off some impressive tools and technologies they're using to create Shrek 2, Sinbad and some other cool projects. We'll have more on Linux, HP and Dreamworks next week, but lets start off with a slideshow of some of the cool new products, people and particulars that made this party so different from the usual Comdex schmoozefest.
Want to see some of the cool new technology Dreamworks and HP showed off? This slideshow has some cool pictures of new designs and amazing Linux moviemaking technology.
Click here to open the Slideshow of Photos
Now apparently Mini Me, Buzz Aldrin and Kevin Spacey and Ed Bagley Junior were all there. I didn't see them, but I did find some interesting glitz down in this Hollywood party. Check out this slide show for a taste of what happens when Silicon Valley meets Silly.


Umoja is the Swahilli word for unity, and at the Umoja festival that is what they strive for. A unity in interest, education, and just general acceptance. The history of African Americans is rife with hardship and trouble, but that's what makes it such an interesting and rich culture. There is so much that can be learned from their stories and the hardships that they have overcome, and the Umoja festival is about presenting those points of view to every one open to learning.
On August 28 from noon-7 p.m. at Seabrook Park, the 19th Annual Umoja Festival is being held. The Umoja Festival is the annual African American family festival. This is a place where all people are welcome to come and celebrate and learn about African American history and culture.
At the festival there will be a variety of fun things like the Health Fair, Storytellers, FSU and E.E. Smith bands, and the FSU Retirees Fish Fry. There will also be assorted vendors and from 10-11:30 a.m. "Rescue Men" the story of an all-black life saving crew on Pea Island which will be presented inside the Smith Center. Also a special attraction is the appearance of Conversations with Treasures of Our Heritage: Charles and Gerdine Stevens, from noon until 1:30 p.m. Seabrook park is at 1520 Slater Avenue in Fayetteville.


Monday evening, I did my weekly segment on Philadelphia's 96.1 FM/ 900 AM W.U.R.D. show The Lounge. I talked to listeners about the power in treating yourself and celebrating who you are. I also answered questions around boundaries and how to know when the self-indulgence is getting out of hand! Listen Below and Share!


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Das Schloss Klink ist ein Herrenhaus in Klink im Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Es befindet sich unweit der Bundesstraße 192 auf der Landenge zwischen der Müritz und dem Kölpinsee.

Geschichte
Arthur von Schnitzler erwarb 1897 das Rittergut Klink mit einer Fläche von 646 Hektar und erweiterte es noch im selben Jahr durch den Zukauf weiterer Ländereien auf insgesamt etwa 1150 Hektar.
Das alte Gutshaus wurde abgerissen und nach Plänen der Architekten Grisebach und Dinklage aus Berlin entstand das Schloss im Stil der Neorenaissance zum Preis von etwa 378.000 Mark. Vorbild waren die Schlösser der Loire in Frankreich.

Die Arbeiten am Schloss wurden im Jahr 1898 abgeschlossen. Im selben Jahr wurde auch der restliche Wirtschaftshof, bestehend aus dem Wirtschaftsgebäude und dem Gärtner- und Pförtnerhaus (Torhaus), errichtet. Gleichzeitig wurde der Schlosspark angelegt und an der Müritz ein Bootshafen gebaut.

Nach Plänen der Berliner Architekten Ernst Paulus und Olaf Lilloe erfuhr das Schloss 1913 eine bauliche Erweiterung nach Nordosten, zu einem Preis von 240.000 Mark. Diese Anbauten erhielten  einen Spiegelsaal im Erdgeschoss und Gästezimmer im Obergeschoss. Zusätzlich kam es zur Anlage einer weiteren Terrasse in Richtung Müritz.

Am 14. Februar 1917 starb Arthur von Schnitzler und die Güter wurden zu je einem Viertel auf die Ehefrau und die drei Töchter aufgeteilt. Im Oktober desselben Jahres heiratete die erste Tochter, Ilse Maria, auf Schloss Klink. 1923 folgt die Hochzeit der Tochter Hildegart Beate und im September 1927 der Tochter Cornelia Hedwig.

Cornelia Hedwig heiratete 1939 ein weiteres Mal, diesmal den Grafen Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal. Dieser wurde wegen seiner Teilnahme am Attentat auf Adolf Hitler am 20. Juli 1944 festgenommen und am 13. Oktober 1944 hingerichtet.

1945 beschlagnahmte die Rote Armee das Schlossensemble und nutzte es als Kommandantur. Die Witwe Hedwig von Schnitzler musste nun in Grabenitz in einer Landarbeiterkate wohnen. Dort starb sie am 22. November 1945, durfte mit Zustimmung des Klinker Schlosskommandanten aber bei ihrem Ehemann im Mausoleum beigesetzt werden.

Die Rote Armee zog sich 1946 aus dem Schloss zurück, anschließend stand es längere Zeit leer. Ab September des Jahres 1948 wies die Verwaltung Flüchtlinge und Vertriebene ein. Weder Wasserversorgung noch Heizung funktionierten zu dieser Zeit im Schloss. Die untergebrachten Familien heizten mit provisorischen Zimmeröfen, deren Abgase durch die Fensteröffnungen ins Freie geleitet werden mussten.

1965 beschloss der Rat der Gemeinde Klink die Übertragung der Rechtsträgerschaft für das Schloss an den VEB Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbehandlung Neubrandenburg. Im Juni des Folgejahres zogen die letzten 20 Familien aus dem Schloss und bekamen Neubauwohnungen in der Klinker Schlossstraße. Bis 1968 stand das Schloss leer und wurde dann bis 1971 umgebaut. In diesem Jahr wurde das Schulungs- und Erholungsobjekt Schloß Klink eröffnet. Für bis zu 103 Urlauber standen fortan 40 Ein- bis Vierbettzimmer zur Verfügung. Im Winter diente das Schloss als Schulungszentrum für das Ministerium für Umweltschutz und Wasserwirtschaft.

Nach der Wende und der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung wurde Schloss Klink von der Treuhandanstalt als "nicht betriebsnotwendige Immobilie" eingestuft und zum Verkauf ausgeschrieben.

1992 kaufte der Bad Homburger Karl E. Brenner Schloss Klink für 4,7 Millionen DM unter der Verpflichtung, es innerhalb von drei Jahren durch Investitionen von 120 Millionen DM zu einem Ferienresort auszubauen und entsprechende Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen. Brenner konnte bis zum vereinbarten Stichtag, dem 31. Oktober 1995, diese Verpflichtung nicht erfüllen, weshalb die nun zuständige Bundesanstalt für vereinigungsbedingte Sonderaufgaben ein Investorenaustauschverfahren durchführte, an dem sich insgesamt 24 Interessenten mit unterschiedlichen Konzepten beteiligten. Den Zuschlag für ein Hotelprojekt erhielten am 30. März 1996 Ernst Walloschke und sein Sohn Guido Gabriel. Die Familie hatte zuvor bereits das Schloss Groß Plasten restauriert und als Hotel in Betrieb genommen.

Die Umbauarbeiten in Klink begannen am 30. September 1997 und wurden im Juli 1998 abgeschlossen. Ernst Walloschke starb während der Umbauarbeiten am 23. Dezember 1997. Das Hotel wurde bis September 2020 von Guido Gabriel Walloschke geführt.

Im April 2000 wurde das Schloss um die Orangerie erweitert. Insgesamt stehen den Gästen 106 Zimmer inkl. 10 Suiten zur Verfügung. In der Orangerie, die wenige Meter südlich des Schlosses errichtet wurde, befinden sich weitere 73 Zimmer, drei Suiten und auch der 620 m² umfassende Wellnessbereich, über den durch einen unterirdischen Gang auch ein direkter Zugang zum Schloss besteht.

Inneres

Besondere Räume
Der Prunksaal des Schlosses ist der erhaltene Spiegelsaal.

Außerdem bietet die nun auch als Wellness-Hotel beworbene Einrichtung ein Schwimmbad für die Nutzer.

Wandbilder von Max Liebermann
Im Jahr 1899 schuf Max Liebermann für das Zimmer der Dame einen Zyklus von Wandbildern. Zum Preis von 10.000 Mark wurden vier Bilder von ihm angefertigt, welche jeweils eine Jahreszeit darstellten. Kurz nach dem Kriegsende 1945 kam es laut den Erinnerungen von Maria Herzer, einer Enkelin des Ehepaars Schnitzler, im Stockwerk über dem Zimmer mit den Malereien zu einem Wasserrohrbruch. Die aufgeweichten Bilder wurden abgerissen, um an die darunterliegenden Friese zu gelangen, welche zum Einwickeln der Füße genutzt wurden. Sie sind verloren und wurden in der folge auch nicht als Kopie nachgearbeitet.

Mausoleum
1908 beauftragte von Schnitzler den Münchner Bildhauer Adolf von Hildebrand mit der Errichtung eines Mausoleums südlich des Schlosses direkt an der Müritz, in welchem die Gründer und Vorfahren des Gutes beigesetzt werden sollten. Der kleine Tempel orientierte sich an antiken Vorbildern. Über dem Eingang befand sich ein Bronzerelief mit zwei einen Kranz haltenden Engeln. Den Innenraum schmückte ein Relief, welches Charon mit der Totenfähre und an den Seiten die Parzen darstellte.

Beigesetzt wurden hier Arthur und Hedwig von Schnitzler, ihre Tochter Anna Maria Schnitzler und ihr Sohn Gerhard Eduard Albert Schnitzler. – Am 12. April 1976 wurde das Mausoleum im Auftrag des Rates der Gemeinde Klink durch das Autobahnbaukombinat Rostock-Reutershagen gesprengt.

Literatur
 Hans und Doris Maresch: Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns Schlösser, Burgen & Herrenhäuser Husum: Husumer Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft 2010, S. 144 f
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 Schloss Klink bei Waren, Wirtschaftsgebäude. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung, 1903. Seiten 335, 338.

Weblinks

 Informationen zur Geschichte auf schlosshotel-klink.de.
 Informationen zur Geschichte auf gemeinde-klink.info.

Einzelnachweise

Schloss Klink
Herrenhaus im Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Neorenaissancebauwerk in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Hotel in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Erbaut in den 1890er Jahren
Bauwerk von Hans Grisebach
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Local Astronaut's Career Inspired By Neil Armstrong
REMEMBERING NEIL ARMSTRONG: Obituary |  Photo Gallery August 25, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Filed Under:Astronaut, Death, Emsworth, Mike Fincke, Moon, Neil Armstrong, Obituary, Sarah Arbogast
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee about human space flight on Capitol Hill Sept. 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. Armstrong was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. Last week NASA unveiled their new heavy-lift rocket system that will put humans into space with a command capsule that is already under development.(Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Neil Armstrong is being remembered as an American hero and pioneer.
On July 20, 1969, he was the first man to set foot on the moon.
Mike Fincke, an astronaut and native of Emsworth, was just was 2½-years-old at the time, but remembers the moment.
"It's one of my first memories and it's inspired me for the rest of my 45 years or so," he said of Armstrong's historic moment.
Armstrong was born in Ohio and was interested in flight early on.
As a teenager, he began taking flying lessons even before getting a driver's license.
He joined the military and became a decorated combat naval pilot during the Korean War. After that, he worked as a test pilot.
As an astronaut, the world watched as he journeyed to space and made history.
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Fincke says he met Armstrong several times during professional events. He describes him as quiet, kind and friendly.
"Neil valued his hard work, and he valued doing the job and doing it right, and he was never in it for his own benefit or glory," said Fincke. "And his humbleness and his being down to earth is what everyone will remember."
Armstrong left NASA a few years after the flight, but remained involved in the space program.
"He was always trying to inspire the next generation, and I can certainly say he inspired a lot of people in Pittsburgh, myself included."


CV "Major" Bowes passed away in the early morning hours of October 25, 2012. He was at home with his family after a long struggle with cancer. Major was 93 years old. Major, nicknamed for a radio variety show host from the 1930s, was born in Utica, NY, and spent his childhood in upstate New York. After completing his undergraduate degree at Colgate University, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was part of the first wave of landings in North Africa during World War II. He served in Morocco and then London until the end of the war, leaving the Navy as a lieutenant commander. He vowed during the war that if he made it back, he would find a way to live in the Adirondacks where he had spent every summer at the Bowes Camp on Seventh Lake.
After returning from the war, Major worked at an internship at a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale and went on to attend an executive session at Cornell University's Hotel School. Following that, he arranged to lease Dart's Lake Camp in Big Moose. After two summers at Dart's, Major rode his horse over to meet the owner of Covewood Lodge, a mile beyond Dart's. During that conversation, the owner indicated she was interested in selling the resort, and, with help from his parents, Major purchased the property in 1951. He has been the proprietor at Covewood ever since.
Covewood was originally a summer resort. During the winter months, Major ran bird watching tours through Central and South America; he was the first person to lead naturalist tours outside the country with Cuba being a favorite and frequent destination. The tours continued until the birth of his children in the early 1970s. He and his wife Diane then turned Covewood into a year-round destination, offering accommodations to cross country skiers and snowshoers during the winter season.
An avid naturalist and environmentalist, Major became one of the first to speak out against the effects of acid rain in the early 1980s. He welcomed a number of prominent reporters and politicians to Covewood, including United States Senator Patrick Moynihan, NBC News' Robert Bazell, and then Senatorial candidate and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, describing to them on a local and personal level what he saw as a severe threat to his beloved Adirondacks and the rest of the Northeast. He continued to speak out on environmental issues for the rest of his life. Major will be remembered for his kindness and his generosity; for his love and commitment to his wife and daughters; for his response to "How are you Major?" which was always "100%!"; for his unfailing advice to "do what you love and love what you do"; for never failing to stop whatever he was doing to examine a leaf, frog, feather, or other "find" that a guest would bring him; for his passion for the Adirondacks and the natural world; for his firm handshake, twinkling eye and quiet, yet razor-sharp wit; for his choice to always do the right thing, even if it was the hard thing; and for his complete commitment to his Covewood guests, wanting them to consider the place their second home, and a place to always come back to no matter what was happening in their lives.
Major is survived by his wife, Diane; daughters, Kim and Becca; grandchildren, Isaac, Raphael, and Ellis; nephews, Doug and Thomas; nieces, Allison, Beverly, and Elizabeth; and the hundreds of Covewood guests who, over the years, have become his extended family.
Plans are being made for a celebration at Covewood during the spring of 2013. In addition, guests and friends are invited to share their favorite memories of Major in an album that will be in the Covewood Lodge main lobby for the summer of 2013.


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Hustle & Bustle: A Day in the Life of County Supervisor Dave Roberts
By ZCode	• 6 years ago	• In the Magazine, Local, People in the Community
by JENNIFER FRAKES | photos by Spark Photography
For County Supervisor Dave Roberts, there's never a dull moment in the day. "Our house really bustles at 6 a.m. as we get our five kids ready for their day and have breakfast together. I drop off our two oldest children at school and then head to my office at the county building or to meetings in the district," revealed Dave, who can often be seen having one-on-one coffees with his constituents. Dave represents the Third District which runs from University City through Encinitas on the coast and from Grantville to Escondido on the I-15 corridor and includes almost all areas in between.
As a county supervisor, Dave enjoys being involved in the public process. "I am passionate about preserving and protecting our fragile environment and working on solar and other energy initiatives. Another goal I share with all of my colleagues is keeping the county fiscally solvent while continuing to deliver the best possible services to the public," related Dave. He began his career as a public servant as a volunteer and advocate for the Solana Beach Branch Library and served two terms on the Solana Beach City Council. According to Dave, public service runs in his family: His mother formerly worked for United States Senator Prescott Bush (the father and grandfather of two presidents) and his father is a retired state government parks and forestry executive.
Family is a huge part of Dave's life. He and his partner, Wally, adopted their five children from the County of San Diego's foster care to adoption program, a program that Dave is passionate about. Dave enjoys spending time with Wally and their children and taking advantage of all San Diego has to offer. "We love to do things together as a family like hiking with our dog at the San Dieguito River Park. It is a tremendous privilege to live in such a beautiful place with great parks, schools and involved residents who care about making their communities better," stated Dave, who also shared that he and his family live in the former home of late American music icon Patti Page.
Whether Dave is out and about with his family, enjoying one of the many cultural events in San Diego or grabbing a cup of coffee between meetings, he encourages everyone to come up and say hello. "I really like to meet people. I love that part of the job," said Dave.
Name: Dave Roberts
Profession: County Supervisor
Family: Partner: Wally
Children: Robert (17), Alex (12), Julian (9), Joe (5) and Natalee (4)
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A mid-ocean experience helps to focus efforts on cleaning New Zealand's waterways.
A 'shock' experience in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for long-distance Kiwi rower Rob Hamill became the genesis of an event which helps promote efforts to clean up the Waikato River, one of New Zealand's iconic waterways.
Known as the Waikato 100 the event, to be held in November, includes rowers, paddlers and kayakers racing a tough 100km course along the river in a single day.
Its beginnings began back in 1997 when Hamill, together with the late Phil Stubbs, was taking part in the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race, a grueling 4700km event they ultimately won after 41 days at sea.
Although facing extreme challenges - physical and psychological exhaustion and sleep deprivation among them - it was the sight of sea-borne pollution that also left a lasting impression on Hamill.
"Every day we were out there I saw every conceivable kind of rubbish floating on the surface – plastic bags, bottles, even buckets," he says. "That was a real shock to me.
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"I've found the same all over the place; I've seen beaches on deserted islands littered with all manner of rubbish and paraphernalia. I don't think there is a single inch of the world that doesn't have plastic.
"Plastic itself is only one issue," he says. "A lot of chemical residue also ends up in the ocean and attaches to plastic and becomes a problem when it is ingested by fish."
His experience in the Atlantic event - it followed a course from the Canary Islands to Barbados in the West Indies, the Kiwis finishing almost eight days ahead of the second-placed vessel - so affected Hamill he has ever since committed to working for a more sustainable future.
In 2008 he stood (unsuccessfully) as a Green Party candidate in the general election and, two years ago, helped the Waikato Rowing Club organise the Waikato 100.
The aim of the race is to promote the clean-up of the river and all waterways in New Zealand - and to highlight preventative measures being undertaken to minimise pollution in them.
"The idea behind it is to have people connect to the river," he says. "The more connected people are, the more they will want to protect it. The Waikato is a true taonga (a highly prized natural resource) and is the flagship for all our waterways; so much of the wealth of our country comes from its waters."
This year's Waikato 100 is to be held on November 2 and Hamill is hoping entries will be well up on the 144 received last year.
The event follows the river for 100km from Hamilton to Elbows Landing near Port Waikato. It is open to several forms of human-propelled vessels - paddleboards, rowers, kayaks, surf boats and waka ama - and includes 100km, 50km and 25km distance options. Contestants can also form a relay over 50 or 100km.
Hamill says organisers are this year considering options for people to carry out practical steps to help the ecology of the river and to support "the great work being done by the Waikato River Authority and groups like DairyNZ and the Vision is Clear movement.
"It could be tree planting or the removal of toxic plants," he says. "Every athlete in the event has at least two or three supporters who could do something like this on the day."
Hamill says the river's ecology is "not all that bad" when compared to some other waterways, "yet the Waikato bisects such a rich stretch of our country and it is important we protect our precious taonga and get people talking about it."
Hamill, who first came to prominence when he won a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls with Mike Rodger in the 1994 world rowing championships, says he has always had an affinity with the water.
"It began when I was growing up in Whakatane playing in the sea and rivers. It gave me an understanding of the significance of water and this continued when I started rowing."
Following his win with Stubbs in the Atlantic race, Hamill was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (Stubbs tragically died before he could officially receive the honour when a light plane he was flying crashed at Karekare on Auckland's west coast in 2000) and managed the Kiwi teams that won the next two races in the event.
He is also a co-organiser of The Great Race, an annual rowing eights clash on the Waikato between the University of Waikato and prominent university teams from outside New Zealand (which have included Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and Washington universities).
He is soon to re-launch his family's Cruising Kiwis adventure with his wife Rachel and sons Finn, Declan and Ivan on their 43ft catamaran Javelot.
The family will sail a first leg to Fiji and from there head to the Solomon Islands, Indonesia and Cambodia. But come November 2 and the Waikato 100 Hamill intends flying back to New Zealand to attend – although he has no plans to take part.
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The 2013 World Ladies Championship is to be held at Sandbelt Trails in Mission Hills Resort Haikou from March 7 to 10.
With prizes totaling $600,000, the competition gathers the best female golfers in the world including world No.4, Korean player In-Bee Park, No.5 Chinese player Feng Shanshan, No.7 Norwegian Suzann Pettersen, South African professional golfer Lee-Anne Pace, the top golfer on the European Tour Caudal Anne-Lise from France and Carlota Ciganda from Spain.
The 4-day event features an Individual Professional Competition played over 72-holes of individual stroke-play; a 72 hole Professional Team Competition in which the scores of the top two players from the 18 countries represented will be combined to determine the winning team; and a 72-hole stroke-play Individual Amateur Competition.
During the same week, the 1st Lacasa Ladies Elite Charity Event will be held. During it, world-beating female golfers will take some swings for charity, to benefit poor children in China.


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New York, NY—Monday, April 2, 2018— For many, spring marks a fresh start. Yet for others, as April – National Donate Life Month and National Minority Health Month – begins, it's a reminder of the staggering reality and ratio that African Americans are at least three times more likely than Whites to develop end-stage renal disease, most commonly known as kidney failure.
This lingering health crisis, its urgency, and the need to solve the problem through living kidney donations versus years of dialysis, are the focal points of a new 60-second video public service announcement produced by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) as part of THE BIG ASK: THE BIG GIVE platform. The PSA features two prominent African American women dedicated to fighting kidney disease: Kidney transplant surgeon Velma Scantlebury-White, MD, America's first African American female transplant surgeon; and New York business executive Tracy McKibben, who donated a kidney to her mother. Also view the longer, nearly 4-minute video featuring McKibben and Dr. Scantlebury-White.
THE BIG ASK: THE BIG GIVE platform, which provides nationwide outreach, is designed to increase kidney transplantation through training and tools that help patients and families find a living donor. It includes direct patient and caregiver support through our toll free help line 855-NKF-CARES, peer mentoring from a fellow kidney patient or a living donor, online communities, an advocacy campaign to remove barriers to donation, and a multi-media public awareness campaign. All of these resources are free and designed to teach kidney patients, or their advocates, how to make a "big ask" to their friends, loved ones, or community to consider making a "big give," a living organ donation.
Many people never receive a transplant because they're not equipped with the tools they need to ask. THE BIG ASK: THE BIG GIVE has new, in-person trainings nationwide, presented with leading transplant centers, that offer patients and potential donors the hands-on training they need to find a living donor. NKF then provides ongoing support to patients and their advocates with multiple tools and resources.


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Family wealth fails to make it beyond the third generation in 90 per cent of cases. This failure isn't due to poor investment decisions, but rather a lack of cohesion and communication between family members, where the family fragments, and with it the wealth.
Some members of the next generation attend the best schools and universities across the world. However, they are still not adequately prepared for the responsibilities that face them when they return home. Each phase of life presents its own unique set of challenges. Families need to ensure they are doing their best to equip themselves and the next generation with the skills and knowledge they need to move forward in their professional and personal lives.
So how can a family increase the chances of success? Let's take a closer look at the issues, and some critical stages and situations families and individual family members need to be aware of and consider.
Challenges Facing Young People
Imagine a young person getting ready to embark on higher education, perhaps abroad. Youngsters can face pressure from peers or from a desire to fit in and make friends. These can be more pronounced for someone from the Middle East. Sadly, it is common to hear of individuals bragging about their family's wealth as a way to gain acceptance in a new environment, or of people making assumptions based on origin. If a young person is not adequately grounded and prepared, this can make them easy prey to be taken advantage of by supposed friends.
In such cases, there are two typical outcomes. The first is the young person becomes surrounded by parasites, taking advantage of their wealth. The second is the young person succumbing to peer pressure, taking on harmful behaviours or habits. Although both examples are factors every family, regardless of origin, needs to be aware of, these two scenarios seem to be more pronounced for families from the region, due to the perception of wealth, and the differences in culture and traditions between the Middle East and non-Islamic societies.
Who Should Succeed?
Succession does not guarantee success, and being the oldest does not make a person best suited to take over the family business. Families in the region, have traditionally seen the eldest son as the natural successor. However, history and excellent examples of female leadership have shown this is not necessarily what is best for the family or the business. The Middle East is experiencing a cultural shift, with women playing a more significant role in business and society. It would be wise for families to not overlook the women in the family and to capitalise on their capabilities.
The transition from one generation to the next can be challenging at the best of times, but the speed at which society is changing in the Middle East can add a different dynamic to succession. Alignment between personal and family values can be perplexing, but adding traditional, cultural and religious values can add further complexity, especially in times of societal change. Ultimately, the person who succeeds should be the best equipped to ensure the long-term sustainability and longevity of the family wealth, to support current and future generations.
The need to create value to support a growing family is not the sole responsibility of the patriarch. Every member of the family needs to move forward together towards a shared vision. Each member of the family must also take personal responsibility in ensuring they work in the family enterprise only if they add value. Failure to do so jeopardises the well-being of the family enterprise and the family system. No two people have the same combination of skills, talents, interests and aptitudes. So each needs to hone their skills to make them fit for whichever role best suits them – if any.
Consider the Olympics: being the son or daughter of a great athlete doesn't make you a great athlete. You need to have a particular aptitude, talent and interest. You must also have the resilience, tenacity, passion and stamina to stay the course and win. It is imperative for families in the region to go beyond the default 'eldest son' and pass the baton to the family member(s) best equipped to carry forward the legacy and provide the support necessary.
Ensuring Sufficient Value and Growth
How does a family provide sufficient value and growth of the family's wealth to sustain a growing family? With increased longevity, there are now more family members across generations alive at any given time. In the Middle East, this figure is amplified by cultural traditions, creating larger families than other societies. Some families have around 30 family members across three generations. In addition to needing more significant financial resources, larger families can also find it more challenging to create cohesion and shared values among family members, further increasing the potential threat of wealth dissipation.
As wealth transitions to the next generation, so does the investment focus. For instance, Morgan Stanley's sustainable investing institute found Millennials (broadly defined as those born between the early 1980s and 2000) are more likely to align their investment choices with their personal values and are twice as likely as the overall investor population to invest in companies targeting social or environmental goals. The research also found Millennials purchased from a sustainable brand twice more often than the average investor population and were three times more likely to seek employment with a sustainably-minded company. Given the size of the Millennial generation, these are factors worth considering when choosing where to invest the family's capital – be it the investment portfolio, family business or new enterprises the next-generation want to start. Smart families would seize the opportunity by exploring and aligning the family philosophy and its investment principles.
Value-creating Enterprises
One way to provide sustainability is through value-creating enterprises. However, with the advancement of technology, businesses in the region are in danger of being disrupted, making innovation, tech-savviness, agility and sharpened entrepreneurial skills even more essential. It is also where the shifting traditions mentioned previously can be a positive influence. With more Arab women tapping into their entrepreneurial capabilities, families have greater potential in wealth creation, further safeguarding the family's legacy and wealth for future generations. A proactive approach to disruption, embracing the shift in traditional views, and supporting the role of women in business, is a way to benefit all parties.
Managing Transition
Transitions are never smooth and for the patriarch, handing over while finding new direction and purpose can be challenging. Over the years patriarchs have gained precious experience and wisdom, and often still want to feel needed and useful. That said, the transition offers an opportunity for patriarchs to harness their knowledge, experience and interests into a new chapter, exploring and undertaking new ways to continue their legacy. As with all change, this has its challenges. Entrusting someone with your life's work is no mean feat. The region has changed so much over the years this can add an extra layer of difficulty for patriarchs from the Middle East.
Patriarchs have also seen a shift in the values of the next generation and society. The next generation, coming on board with a fresh pair of eyes, is eager to take on new frontiers. Managing succession requires all parties to understand the two perspectives, and finding the balance between them is vital. Passing on the legacy is a gradual process that comes over time, but eventually, there is a need to let go. Leaving the transition to the last minute is likely to leave the next generation ill-prepared, and higher risk for the dissipation of the wealth and legacy.
The Process of Succession
Ninety per cent of wealth, globally, does not go beyond the third generation, and the dynamics of families in the Middle East could increase that number even further. The unfortunate statistics demonstrate the intricacies of navigating the phases of a succession process.
Succession is not merely about setting up structures to ensure wealth is passed on. It is an intricate process through which the next generation is equipped with the skills, tools and aptitude to succeed for generations to come. The better-prepared families and family members are, the higher the chance of success.
Rethinking Startup Success
We often hear 'it's a great company, they've raised $x'. This is the wrong metric, and recent disasters (e.g. WeWork, Uber and Theranos) have confirmed this. Thought it was time to peel back the layers on what we should be looking at. Here's the article featured in Entrepreneur Middle East. read more
Discussion on AI & Intellectual Property
A recent article in Technology Review posed the question of whether AI can be an inventor. In principle, it's a debate around IP law and whether AI can own ideas it generates. Check out the debate generated on LinkedIn. It's worth a read. Additional views always welcome. read more
State of MENA Startups 2019
Following on from the recent report on the startup scene in the MENA Region (well done to MAGNiTT and 500 Startups for putting this together), here we peel back the layers on some of the issues raised. read more
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