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Bosnia set for elections at all levels of government
October 10, 2014 Kevin Lees	Leave a comment
Photo credit to Brittany Ann of brittlichty.blogspot.com. Mostar in 2011.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's election system might not be the world's most complex, but it vies with highly fragmented countries like Belgium and Lebanon for the honor.
The difference is that Belgium is a wealthy country, and Lebanon, believe it or not, has an economy more than twice as large as the Bosnian economy ($45 billion versus around $17.5 billion) and a much higher GDP per capita ($10,000 versus around $4,600).
The country of Bosnia and Herzegovina quite literally cannot afford its system of government, which was always designed as a temporary structure as part of the Dayton accords that ended its civil war in 1995. More than two decades later, the country is staggering behind even its relatively poor Balkan neighbors, with a ridiculously high unemployment rate of 43.8%. Only Albania and war-forged Kosovo, which hasn't even achieved universal recognition as a sovereign state, have lower standards of living.
Slovenia has been a member of the European Union for a decade and a eurozone member for five years, while Croatia gained EU membership last July. Serbia and Montenegro are in negotiations for EU accession, and Albania and Macedonia are at least official candidates, Bosnia and Herzegovina joins Kosovo (and Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia) as a merely potential candidate.
Bosnia's not a hopeless cause. The Bosnian metal industry was the pride of the former Yugoslav republic, and its capital, Sarajevo, hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics. The country's beauty, with the right infrastructure, could also yield greater tourism interest. Travelers shunning the well-worn path of tourist hotspots like Dubrovnik and Split (not to mention overcrowded Adriatic beaches) could turn to the Sarajevo's nightlife or to untrammeled mountains and rivers.
RELATED: Bosnia-Herzegovina census highlights tripartite fractures and constitutional problems
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final straw for the Dayton accords?
The paralysis of Bosnian government should be apparent in the daunting series of elections that the country will endure on October 12.
Its national government is fragmented into a tripartite system, whereby each of the country's three dominant ethnic groups each choose a president. Though it's mostly ceremonial, the presidency 'rotates' every eight months. It's important insofar as it elects to chair of the Council of Ministers, the day-to-day executive body of the country.
But it's even more complex in the Bosnian context, because the two major subnational 'entities' of the country, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (populated chiefly by Bosniaks and Croats) and the Republika Srpska (populated chiefly by Serbs) each has its own president and parliament. Furthermore, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is further subdivided into 10 cantons, each of which will elect separate assemblies.
Each of the three ethnic groups has its own political parties that appeal to ethnic constituencies, in the same way that Flemish regional voters choose from among Flemish parties, not Belgian ones, or that Lebanese Maronite Christians or Sunni Muslims choose from among competing Maronite and Sunni factions.
In all three countries, that means that a truly national politics can never really emerge, and no truly national leaders can direct a coherent vision for economic, political and social policy.
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Will Bosnian protests be the final straw for the Dayton accords?
February 18, 2014 Kevin Lees	Leave a comment
The Dayton accords ended the conflict among Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, and established a nearly unworkable tripartite system of governance for the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Though the structure established by the Dayton accords was always meant to be temporary, the country is crumbling nearly 20 years later under the weight of corruption, a stagnant economy, massive unemployment and the ridiculous state of tripartite government at the national level, with another layer of governance within the two subunits that comprise the country the (confusingly named) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, home to most of the country's Bosnian Muslims and Croats, and the Republika Srpska, home to most of the country's Serbs. Within the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, arguably more political power rests within 10 sub-sub-national cantons. Moreover, the High Representative, an internationally appointed officer designated to oversee the Dayton process, now undermines whatever legitimacy the central and subnational governments have.
Protests provide some glimmer of hope that everyday Bosnians from all ethnic groups are ready to jettison the Dayton system for a more workable model of governance. The protests began in Tuzla earlier this month over job losses resulting from the privatization of local businesses. But the protests took on a national character after the protests turned violent, and they've now moved from Tuzla and other cities to Sarajevo, the capital. Since the protests began, at least three of the canton-level prime ministers have resigned, including in Tuzla and in Sarajevo. Though Bosniaks (and not Croats and Serbs) are mostly leading the protests, the problems they are highlighting are just as dire for the country's other ethnic communities. It's not coincidence that the current protests are taking place simultaneous to the process of the first census in the country's post-independence history, the results of which could fundamentally shift political reality in the county. Preliminary results show that the population fell from 4.4 million in 1991 to 3.8 million today, a significant drop. If the Croat population falls below 10%, for example, or if it's dispersed much beyond Herzegovina and western Bosnia, it will undermine the political status of Croatians and the possibility of a third Croat-based entity. If Serbs comprise even more of the Republika Srpska, for example, does it mean that its leadership will push for independence?
So if any country needs a restart, it's Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the Dayton Accords have perpetuated a system of patronage and corruption that's effected in triplicate.
As Jasmin Mujanovic wrote last week for Al Jazeera, Bosnia and Herzegovina faces huge difficulties:
For nearly twenty years, Bosnians and Herzegovinians have suffered under the administration of a vicious cabal of political oligarchs who have used ethno-nationalist rhetoric to obscure the plunder of BiH's public coffers. The official unemployment rate has remained frozen for years at around 40 percent, while the number is above 57 percent among youth. Shady privatisation schemes have dismantled what were once flourishing industries in Tuzla and Zenica, sold them off for parts, and left thousands of workers destitute, with many still owed thousands of dollars in back-pay. Pensions are miserly too; the sight of seniors digging through waste bins is a regular one in every part of the country, while the wages of BiH's armies of bureaucrats and elected officials have only grown.
After the general elections in 2010, it took sixteen months for a state government to be formed, one which collapsed almost immediately thereafter. Since then, on the rare occasion that Parliamentary sessions have actually been held, the members of this body have mostly concerned themselves with calling for the ouster of their political opponents. Zivko Budimir, for instance, the president of the Federation entity, was arrested in April of last year on suspicions of corruption and bribery. He was released shortly thereafter for "lack of evidence" and has since returned to his post. As Sarajevo burnt on Friday, Budimir declared that he would resign if the people insisted – apparently refusing to look out his window as he spoke.
Since 2008, the country has struggled with low growth and contraction. As of July 2013, the unemployment rate was 44.6%, and its GDP per capita fell behind every country in the region except Kosovo (including Albania, Serbia, and Macedonia). ethnicity-based corruption and inefficiency plague state-owned enterprises, and when (or if) they're privatized, it's done in the most disruptive (and often corrupt) manner possible. So it's no wonder that everyday Bosnians are angry.
Two parties in the governing coalition have already called for snap elections, which were already scheduled for October of this year.
But the elections are a choreographed waltz — not unlike elections in the religion-based 'confessional' system of Lebanese politics — predetermined to balance the Croat, Bosniak and Serb communities at every key level of government. Each rung of the ladder, however, is an opportunity for corruption, inefficiency and bloat. Continue reading Will Bosnian protests be the final straw for the Dayton accords? →
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Bosnia-Herzegovina census highlights tripartite fractures, constitutional problems
October 15, 2013 Kevin Lees	2 Comments
You won't find it on any election calendar, but the census that ended today in Bosnia and Herzegovina amounts to the most important election in the country's history since emerging from the brutal war that resulted from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
The current governing structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a mess — the country remains divided largely on the lines of the Dayton Agreement from 1995, and a tripartite government more or less guarantees power to each of the country's three main ethnic groups — Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats — even while the country itself remains divided between the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina (51% of the country) and the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska (49% of the country).
That governance framework effectively ended the gruesome fighting and ethnic cleansing that upended not only Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the entire former Yugoslavia two decades ago. But it's a governing structure that has inhibited the country's political and economic development to the point that the Dayton-era mechanisms have been denounced by the European Court of Human Rights and EU leaders are demanding fundamental constitutional changes in order to begin talking seriously about the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union.
Into this volatile mix comes this month's census, which began on October 1 and will officially conclude today. The census attempts, for the first time in over two decades, to provide an accurate count of the country's various ethnic groups — not just its Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats, but the country's other minorities as well, including the country's Jewish, Roma, Albanian, Hungarian, Montenegrin, Ashkali, Slovenian, Slovakian and so on.
In the last census taken in 1991 (just before the Yugoslav breakup) the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, then just part of the greater Yugoslav federation, broke down as follows:
That represented nearly a complete reversal from 1948, when Serbs numbered around 44% and Muslims numbered around 30%.
The current census, which was originally scheduled to be conducted in 2012, asks each person to identify three attributes — their ethnicity, their language and their religion, each of are highly correlated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ethnicity in the country breaks down largely on religious lines — Bosniaks are predominantly Muslim, Serbs are predominantly Serbian Orthodox and Croats are predominantly Roman Catholic. A 2008 estimate by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian state statistics office found that 45% of the country is Muslim, 36% is Orthodox and 15% is Catholic, setting a baseline for what we might expect the 2013 census to establish more formally in terms of ethnicity. While all three ethnic groups essentially speak the same, mutually intelligible Serbo-Croatian language, there are standard 'Bosnian,' Croatian,' 'Serbian,' and 'Montenegrin' varieties of the language.
That means that political leaders from within each of the country's three dominant ethnic groups are pushing hard to maximize turnout, lest one group's numbers fall behind with constitutional reform likely to come in the years ahead — ethnic leaders want to enter constitutional negotiations from as strong a standpoint as possible vis-à-vis the other ethnic groups. Even Croatia's government has taken an aggressive interest in the survey by urging Bosnian Croats abroad to vote.
Furthermore, the choice for Bosnian Muslims is even more difficult, who are weighing what it means to be 'Bosniak' versus simply 'Bosnian' or even 'Muslim':
The new census will be the first time the country's Muslims will have the opportunity to identify themselves as "Bosniaks," an ethnicity that some Serbs say does not really exist. "For the first time, Bosniaks will be able to declare themselves as Bosniaks speaking the Bosnian language," says Sejfudin Tokic, the coordinator of a project called It Is Important To Be Bosniak. "This is a historic census — from the Austro-Hungarian period when they were forced to declare themselves as Muhammadans or during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia when a Bosniak identity was not acknowledged, or during Communist Yugoslavia when Bosniaks were forced to declare themselves as Serbs or Croats practicing Islam. In this regard, this is a historic census."
Between 1974 and 1993, Bosniaks in Yugoslavia were permitted to identify their ethnicity as "Muslim." After the war broke out, they adopted the term "Bosniaks," a historic name dating back to Ottoman times. But many Bosniaks are themselves wary of the Bosniak tag, which they see as overly politicized. Some have said they will answer "Muslim" or "Bosnian" when asked about their ethnic identity, a prospect that has alarmed Bosniak political parties.
Bosnia and Herzegovina featured the highest percentage of people who claimed 'Yugoslav' as their ethnicity in the 1991 census, which means that a large percentage of the country's population could simply describe themselves as 'Bosnian' this time around. That could be especially true among the younger generation that wants to put the memory of the Bosnian war firmly in the past, even as bullet holes still scar the urban landscape and land mines still dot the rural, mountainous countryside.
By way of background, Bosnia and Herzegovina is just one of several new countries to emerge from the former Yugoslav union at the end of the Cold War: Continue reading Bosnia-Herzegovina census highlights tripartite fractures, constitutional problems →
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Brief HISTORY OF HOHENZOLLERN PALACE
The original fortress at Sigmaringen was first mentioned in 1077 in the chronicles of the Petershausen monastery. The oldest parts of the original castle and fortress are hidden beneath the alterations and rebuilding that took place between the 17th and 19th century. The preserved remains of the original construction date back to around 1200, during the time of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. These include the castle gate, the main building and the keep. Key elements of the original structure were gradually integrated into subsequent buildings over the ages. The modern castle's foundations to a large extent follow the outline of the surrounding wall of the original fortress.
Architectural artifacts give us a good idea of what the fortified castle was like in the 12th century. Designed with defense in mind, the original fortress featured tented and mono-pitched roofs, several towers and gates, round window openings and friezes that made the castle at Sigmaringen something of an architectural highlight in the Upper Danube Valley even back then. The 13th and 14th centuries appear to have left no palpable trace. It was not until the 15th century that the castle entered its next construction phase under the instruction of the then Count of Werdenberg, who was known for his love of building. The Count expanded the castle outwards on the north-eastern side. The only part that remains from this period however is the lintel above the entrance to the Swedish Tower, engraved with the year 1498. A couple of years later the castle was expanded westwards. Some years after this, the building entered its third construction period under Karl II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576 – 1606). In the years from 1627 to 1630, the castle underwent another substantial transformation under the guidance of architect and master builder, Hans Alberthal, renowned for his Renaissance works around Dillingen. These expansions played a major role in converting the former fortress and castle into a magnificent palace. Around 1650, Baroque architect Michael Beer combined under one roof the two separate buildings that had been constructed during Werdenberg's ownership. The palace then remained largely untouched with only small-scale expansions and remodeling work during the 18th century. The Gallery of Ancestors was constructed as early as 1736, prior to a renovation in 1879. From 1860 to 1880, royal architect and first curator to the province of Hohenzollern, Josef Laur, introduced a Gothic Revival style (sometimes referred to as neo-Gothic). The castle then underwent a radical redesign after the great fire of 1893, which substantially damaged upper part of the castle. This project was undertaken primarily by Munich-based architect Emanuel von Siedl with assistance from fellow architect and state building official Johannes de Pay. The result was the beautiful castle you see today, with architectural elements grounded in historicism and eclecticism. The Portuguese Gallery, completed in 1902, marked the end of these renovations. It closes off the castle's inner courtyard where it borders the town of Sigmaringen.
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Introversion, Introvert, Psychological Types
Carl Jung on "The Introverted Type."
Date: March 17, 2020Author: Mr. Purrington
Psychological Types (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 6) (Bollingen Series XX)
a. The General Attitude of Consciousness
As I have already explained in the previous section, the introvert is distinguished from the extravert by the fact that he does not, like the latter, orient himself by the object and by objective data, but by subjective factors.
I also mentioned that the introvert interposes a subjective view between the perception of the object and his own action, which prevents the action from assuming a character that fits the objective situation.
Naturally this is a special instance, mentioned by way of example and intended to serve only as a simple illustration.
We must now attempt a formulation on a broader basis.
Although the introverted consciousness is naturally aware of external conditions, it selects the subjective determinants as the decisive ones.
It is therefore oriented by the factor in perception and cognition which responds to the sense stimulus in accordance with the individual's subjective disposition.
For example, two people see the same object, but they never see it in such a way that the images they receive are absolutely identical.
Quite apart from the variable acuteness of the sense organs and the personal equation, there often exists a radical difference, both in kind and in degree, in the psychic assimilation of the perceptual image.
Whereas the extravert continually appeals to what comes to him from the object, the introvert relies principally on what the sense impression constellates in the subject.
The difference in the case of a single apperception may, of course, be very delicate, but in the total psychic economy it makes itself felt in the highest degree, particularly in the effect it has on the ego.
If I may anticipate, I consider the viewpoint which inclines, with Weininger, to describe the introverted attitude as philautic, autoerotic, egocentric, subjectivistic, egotistic, etc., to be misleading in principle and thoroughly depreciatory.
It reflects the normal bias of the extraverted attitude in regard to the nature of the introvert.
We must not forget—although the extravert is only too prone to do so—that perception and cognition are not purely objective, but are also subjectively conditioned.
The world exists not merely in itself, but also as it appears to me. Indeed, at bottom, we have absolutely no criterion that could help us to form a judgment of a world which was unassimilable by the subject.
If we were to ignore the subjective factor, it would be a complete denial of the great doubt as to the possibility of absolute cognition.
And this would mean a relapse into the stale and hollow positivism that marred the turn of the century—an attitude of intellectual arrogance accompanied by crudeness of feeling, a violation of life as stupid as it is presumptuous.
By overvaluing our capacity for objective cognition we repress the importance of the subjective factor, which simply means a denial of the subject.
But what is the subject?
The subject is man himself—we are the subject.
Only a sick mind could forget that cognition must have a subject, and that there is no knowledge whatever and therefore no world at all unless "I know" has been said, though with this statement one has already expressed the subjective limitation of all knowledge.
This applies to all the psychic functions: they have a subject which is just as indispensable as the object.
It is characteristic of our present extraverted sense of values that the word "subjective" usually sounds like a reproof; at all events the epithet "merely subjective" is brandished like a weapon over the head of anyone who is not boundlessly convinced of the absolute superiority of the object.
We must therefore be quite clear as to what "subjective" means in this inquiry.
By the subjective factor I understand that psychological action or reaction which merges with the effect produced by the object and so gives rise to a new psychic datum.
In so far as the subjective factor has, from the earliest times and among all peoples, remained in large measure constant, elementary perceptions and cognitions being almost universally the same, it is a reality that is just as firmly established as the external object.
If this were not so, any sort of permanent and essentially unchanging reality would be simply inconceivable, and any understanding of the past would be impossible.
In this sense, therefore, the subjective factor is as ineluctable a datum as the extent of the sea and the radius of the earth.
By the same token, the subjective factor has all the value of a co-determinant of the world we live in, a factor that can on no account be left out of our calculations.
It is another universal law, and whoever bases himself on it has a foundation as secure, as permanent, and as valid as the man who relies on the object.
But just as the object and objective data do not remain permanently the same, being perishable and subject to chance, so too the subjective factor is subject to variation and individual hazards.
For this reason its value is also merely relative.
That is to say, the excessive development of the introverted standpoint does not lead to a better and sounder use of the subjective factor, but rather to an artificial subjectivizing of consciousness which can hardly escape the reproach "merely subjective."
This is then counterbalanced by a de-subjectivization which takes the form of an exaggerated extraverted attitude, an attitude aptly described by Weininger as "misautic."
But since the introverted attitude is based on the ever-present, extremely real, and absolutely indispensable fact of psychic adaptation, expressions like "philautic," "egocentric," and so on are out of place and objectionable because they arouse the prejudice that it is always a question of the beloved ego.
Nothing could be more mistaken than such an assumption.
Yet one is continually meeting it in the judgments of the extravert on the introvert.
Not, of course, that I wish to ascribe this error to individual extraverts; it is rather to be put down to the generally accepted extraverted view which is by no means restricted to the extraverted type, for it has just as many representatives among introverts, very much to their own detriment.
The reproach of being untrue to their own nature can justly be levelled at the latter, whereas this at least cannot be held against the former.
The introverted attitude is normally oriented by the psychic structure, which is in principle hereditary and is inborn in the subject.
This must not be assumed, however, to be simply identical with the subject's ego, as is implied by the above designations of Weininger; it is rather the psychic structure of the subject prior to any ego-development.
The really fundamental subject, the self, is far more comprehensive than the ego, since the former includes the unconscious whereas the latter is essentially the focal point of consciousness.
Were the ego identical with the self, it would be inconceivable how we could sometimes see ourselves in dreams in quite different forms and with entirely different meanings.
But it is a characteristic peculiarity of the introvert, which is as much in keeping with his own inclination as with the general bias, to confuse his ego with the self, and to exalt it as the subject of the psychic process, thus bringing about the aforementioned subjectivization of consciousness which alienates him from the object.
The psychic structure is the same as what Semon calls "mneme" and what I call the "collective unconscious."
The individual self is a portion or segment or representative of something present in all living creatures, an exponent of the specific mode of psychological behaviour, which varies from species to species and is inborn in each of its members.
The inborn mode of acting has long been known as instinct, and for the inborn mode of psychic apprehension I have proposed the term archetype.
I may assume that what is understood by instinct is familiar to everyone.
It is another matter with the archetype.
What I understand by it is identical with the "primordial image," a term borrowed from Jacob Burckhardt, and I describe it as such in the Definitions that conclude this book.
I must here refer the reader to the definition "Image."
The archetype is a symbolic formula which always begins to function when there are no conscious ideas present, or when conscious ideas are inhibited for internal or external reasons.
The contents of the collective unconscious are represented in consciousness in the form of pronounced preferences and definite ways of looking at things.
These subjective tendencies and views are generally regarded by the individual as being determined by the object—incorrectly, since they have their source in the unconscious structure of the psyche
and are merely released by the effect of the object.
They are stronger than the object's influence, their psychic value is higher, so that they superimpose themselves on all impressions.
Thus, just as it seems incomprehensible to the introvert that the object should always be the decisive factor, it remains an enigma to the extravert how a subjective standpoint can be superior to the objective situation.
He inevitably comes to the conclusion that the introvert is either a conceited egoist or crack-brained bigot.
Today he would be suspected of harbouring an unconscious power-complex.
The introvert certainly lays himself open to these suspicions, for his positive, highly generalizing manner of expression, which appears to rule out every other opinion from the start, lends countenance to all the extravert's prejudices.
Moreover the inflexibility of his subjective judgment, setting itself above all objective data, is sufficient in itself to create the impression of marked egocentricity.
Faced with this prejudice the introvert is usually at a loss for the right argument, for he is quite unaware of the unconscious but generally quite valid assumptions on which his subjective judgment
and his subjective perceptions are based.
In the fashion of the times he looks outside for an answer, instead of seeking it behind his own consciousness.
Should he become neurotic, it is the sign of an almost complete identity of the ego with the self; the importance of the self is reduced to nil, while the ego is inflated beyond measure.
The whole world-creating force of the subjective factor becomes concentrated in the ego, producing a boundless power-complex and a fatuous egocentricity.
Every psychology which reduces the essence of man to the unconscious power drive springs from this kind of disposition.
Many of Nietzsche's lapses in taste, for example, are due to this subjectivization of consciousness. ~Carl Jung, Psychological Types, Pages 373-378
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I started with a Meade 390 90mm Refractor. Humble beginnings but I had to start somewhere. My wife Michelle went back to university to complete her degree in Accounting so I took an opportunity to look around the internet for astronomy websites and ended up downloaded a demo of Skymap which propelled me into the hobby of astronomy. Not knowing a lot about the night sky at all, I put my limited knowledge to good use and got outside and discovered things like Jupiter and Rupes Recta on the Moon and I was away laughing.
After about 6 months, I was looking for a higher power eyepiece for the planets and I noticed a telescope for sale in the Trade & Exchange amd ended up buying the telescope as well as the eyepiece. I had two telescopes. The new telescope was a Meade 4.5 Inch Reflector and served me really well during the Opposition of Mars in 1999. After the 4.5 Inch Reflector was bought the 90mm Refractor was left to gather dust. I eventually sold it and kept the 4.5 Inch. I bought a 32mm TeleVue Plossl and stashed the rest of the money away for the next step...a Celestron 8" Dobsonian.
My 8 inch Celestron Dob arrived in early June 1999. This was a substantial scope. Cardboard tube and telescope barely was transportable but we managed with our car at the time.
The 8 Inch Dob showed me the sky as I had never experienced before, and armed with a UHC Filter and other new accessories, I had a ball with the Dob. But still, in the early part of 2000, I was not happy with a few things about the Celestron. A single stalk holding the secondary was a pain causing the collimation to be an issue. I improved the movement by putting Ebony Star Formica on the base and blacked the tube with velvet. The real issue was the bending over to observe. This was causing me difficulties as my back was not really up to the bending. This and a pressing need to observe deeper put ideas into my mind that maybe I could construct a 13 inch Dobsonian made from both local and US made components, rather than buying something..
In July 2000 I decided that I would like to build my own telescope.
I got 'The Dobsonian Telescope' by Kreige for my birthday in July. From this I formulated a plan to construct a telescope along with Dave Brock's successful tube Dob design. I sold my 8 Inch telescope 9 months too early and ordered a 13.1 inch mirror from a local telescope mirror maker Graeme Jonas in December 2000.
Once I had confirmed the mirror size and focal length, I purchased a 2.6 inch Protostar secondary assembly, and a Novak mirror cell. Along with these items a bought a 2 inch focuser from JMI and a Telrad and a 8 x 50 Erect image Finderscope. I arranged the ply, tube, Formica & Teflon and bits and pieces locally.
One thing remained to be solved. Even while I was waiting for the telescope tubes to arrive, I had to solve the upcoming transportation issue. We needed a larger car for the telescope. I decided on a Ford Telstar wagon, it was in very good condition and would serve the purpose nicely.
I had a good deal of help from friends and family.
I decided to build my telescope based on a friend and fellow observer Dave Brock. Dave has made many telescopes, grinding his own mirrors and making all of his own components from scratch. A real inspiration.
I completed the telescope July 2001 and quickly put the telescope to good use on a clear weekend away from the city.
Rotating Tube for easy viewing.
Etched Teflon & Formica Stardust Altitude & Azimuth Bearings.


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One-liner is a general term for very short pieces of humor and often used in the Public Speaking Jobs. Using one-liners is probably the best and easiest way to begin adding humor to your public speaking gigs. These brief bits of humor are quick and easy to deliver and they don't have to be all that farcical to be effective. If you are a little apprehensive about using humor, in your Public Speaking Jobs this is the place to start.
The audience likes one-liners, because they can get a quick mental break from content heavy material. Keeping the audience alert is part of your Public Speaking Jobs. Also, if the audience is there to get high levels of content, they don't feel you wasted their time with long stories and jokes.
One of the handiest sources for one-liners to be used in the Public Speaking Jobs is a small and inexpensive paperback called 'Today's Chuckle: 2500 Great One-Liners for Every Occasion' by Paul Harlan Collins. Most public speaking resource books are broken down into categories. There are 25 categories in all and I can't imagine a talk in the Public Speaking Jobs that wouldn't benefit from one of these selections.
You can see from just these few one liners how they can add to your Public Speaking Jobs.


Will Smith and Stacey Dash were in an on-screen matchup.
Will Smith and Stacey Dash were in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(1990) together.
Stacey Dash is a 52 year old American Actress. Born Stacey Lauretta Dash on 20th January, 1967 in Bronx, New York, she is famous for Dee Davenport on Clueless. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
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Gardenia is one of the most popular bakery brands in Asean countries . Gardenia brand is owned by Singapore based QAF ltd . Established in 1950 by the name Ben and Company ltd and were in the business of food distributorship . In 1984 name changed to QAF ltd and is listed to Singapore bourse. QAF main businesses are Food Production , Milk and dairy production, Pork processing and distribution ,Logistics and warehousing , Food trading and distribution .There operations are in countries like Malaysia , Philippines , Australia ,Singapore and China .
what is the mission and vision of gardenia???


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Q: How does the find command know how many arguments to feed with "-exec ... {} +"? In a command like this:
find /data ! -type d -exec rm -f {} +

the + is for batch execution of rm -f. find should batch as many arguments as possible. But how does it know the limit?

A: The limit to find's ability to batch arguments, when invoking a command specified by -exec with +, is typically determined by the kernel: it's the maximum size of the arguments given to the exec family of functions. POSIX defines two ways to discover a value related to this, the maximum size of arguments and environment given to an exec call.
The first one of these is a constant, which therefore ends up "baked in" to executables when they are built; it's the ARG_MAX constant in limits.h:

Maximum length of argument to the exec functions including environment data.

The second one of these is available at runtime: it involves using the sysconf function, specifically with the _SC_ARG_MAX argument.
The limit set by ARG_MAX (which applies to both approaches described above, since both provide access to the "{ARG_MAX} variable") is specified by POSIX, with regard to -exec:

The size of any set of two or more pathnames shall be limited such that execution of the utility does not cause the system's {ARG_MAX} limit to be exceeded.

The same is true of xargs:

The xargs utility shall limit the command line length such that when the command line is invoked, the combined argument and environment lists (see the exec family of functions in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2017) shall not exceed {ARG_MAX}-2048 bytes.

Various implementations apply these limits in various ways, sometimes applying smaller values than the above constants would indicate. For example, OpenBSD find checks sysconf, to determine the maximum command-line length, but also arbitrarily limits the number of arguments to 5000; see the source code for details (thanks to mosvy for the reference). GNU find checks sysconf, and falls back if necessary to ARG_MAX, or a find-specified limit; in addition it adds the 2048-byte headroom specified for xargs (GNU find and xargs share their implementation here).
Specific kernels can also add their own twists. What defines the maximum size for a command single argument? discusses this for Linux. Solaris apparently requires different limits to be taken into account depending on whether the spawned process (not the find or xargs process, but the future child process) is 32- or 64-bit, because of varying stack requirements; see libfind for details (thanks to schily for the pointer). The Hurd doesn't limit arguments at all.

A: I recently mentioned the general rules here:
Argument list too long error with makefile
A working implementation of this rule is in my own libfind: https://sourceforge.net/p/schillix-on/schillix-on/ci/default/tree/usr/src/lib/libfind/find.c#l2020
The main problem here is that libfind needs to know the current environment size and whether the program that is beeing called is a 32 bit or a 64 bit program since there are different limits....
libfind makes this 32/64 bit distinction because before, I frequently did hit the limit when calling find -name '*.c' -exec count -t {} + to get the source line count for larger projects when libfind was used from a 64 bit shell while calling the 32 bit count program.
The solaris find implementation does not need to make this distinction since Solaris does not ship a 64 bit find and thus using the 32 bit limit would at least work in any case - even if it does not use the maximum possible arg list size.
BTW: for find it is unlikely that the unneeded additional limit for a single argument on Linux (128k) applies. For make this is a real problem since the whole shell command line is passed as a single argument. On the other side, make does not check in advance as make does not include code to split long commands.
P.S.:
I just discovered a funny limit on Solaris: both, xargs and find from Solaris call their programs via execvp() from libc and in case that the program to call is a srcipt without #!, the execvp() implementation calls the shell for the script and reorders the the arguments using a fixed size array. Since that array only has 255 entries, both xargs and find limit their arguments to 255 in case the command is such a simple shell script. If the programs is such a script and the arglist contains more than 255 arguments, execvp() would return E2BIG.
The problem here is: you cannot use malloc() inside execvp() since execvp() may have been called from a process that has been created via vfork(). If execvp() would call malloc(), this would result in dead allocated memory in the parent...calling alloca() on the other side always succeeds but may lead to a SIGSEGV in case that the local stack size is exceeded.

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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team hosts Robert Morris on MLK Day in New Britain, CT on Monday, Jan. 21. The women tip off at 1:00 p.m. followed by the men's game at 3:30 p.m. The day is CCSU Community Day and all students and teachers will be admitted FREE to the games. There will be giveaways, pizza, entertainment and more throughout the day as well.
Tickets for CCSU home games can be purchased at CCSUTickets.com or at the box office upon entry to Kaiser Hall and Detrick Gymnasium. All CCSU home games and Northeast Conference games are available to watch online, for free, at NECFrontRow.com.
Central earned its first Northeast Conference win over Saint Francis U Saturday scoring a season-high 73 points led by Kiana Patterson who scored 27 points shooting 5-11 (.455) from three-point range. The team had 17 assists on 27 field goals and shot 57.7 percent in the second half to lift past the Red Flash 73-62.
The preseason favorite Robert Morris is still undefeated in conference play. With a two-point lead with 33 seconds remaining, junior Nadège Pluviose blocked Bryant's leading scorer Sydney Holloway at the rim, allowing them to defeat the Bulldogs 60-57. RMU is led by Nneka Ezeigbo who averages 9.9 ppg and 6.8 rebounds per game.
Series History • The game marks the 40th match-up between the Blue Devils and Colonials. Robert Morris holds a 26-13 advantage in the overall series. Central lost to RMU 60-54 last season in the Northeast Conference Quarterfinals. The Colonials have won the last seven contest against the Blue Devils. CCSU last defeated RMU 48-39 in New Britain on Jan. 25, 2016.
Up Next • Central travels to Bryant to take on the Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 26 and 1 p.m then hosts LIU Brooklyn on Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.


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Q: How to find Google Play app id? How to find Google Play App Id (Numbers) by just knowing the package name or having a link to the app download page ?
example:
package name: com.android.chrome
What is the app ID and How to find it ?
This is the app id i want to get

Thanks

A: in the url, get the last word after "/". it is the application ID

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How to find Google Play App Id (Numbers) by just knowing the package name or having a link to the app download page ?

You cannot. There's no reverse lookup feature offered by google, so if you have 40324351926 you cannot tell if this is valid id or just bunch of digits, nor you are able to tell if this is related to any android app and which one exactly.

A: No need to worry, actually your package name is your Google Play Store App ID.
Package APP ID & PACKAGE NAME == com.abc.xyz

*

*go to enter link description here

*here on the dashboard, you will see your package name under your app.

A: wouldn't it be signing into your Google Play Developers account, clicking settings > developer account > account settings and copying the Developer account ID #? It's a bunch of numbers for me. I'm trying to figure this out, too. A developer group I'm joining is asking for the app package ID for resources & offerings
This link shows what I'm referring to


We're here again this morning with the Cambridge News live blog, here to bring you the latest traffic and travel news, and the hot weather continues to dominate, with roads melting and rail lines buckling.
For the latest news on accidents and congestion on major roads, including the A14, M11 and A10, check out the updates as they happen below.
One lane has now been closed after an accident involving three vehicles eastbound at Milton Interchange. Highways England crews are at the scene.
@greateranglia I'm 30 weeks pregnant. today hottest June day since 70s why no aircon turned on, train has no openable windows. Suffering.
#A14 eastbound J24 Godmanchester One lane CLOSED due to broken down lorry. Expect delays - queues building.
Workmen have been drafted in to repair paving slabs that have risen near Carluccio's Italian deli at Grand Arcade, in Corn Exchange Street. Manager Ellie Rickman said this morning: "It's only a few slabs, but they think it's been caused by the heat. They've used the red rope that's used to control the queue outside Lola Lo to cordon off the slabs affected.
It was sluggish on the A10 yesterday, and it's the same again this morning, with heavy traffic reported heading up to the Milton Interchange. Slow going too on the Ely Road southbound at Denny End, congestion back to School Lane.
Heavy traffic reported eastbound at M11/A14 junction at Girton (Cloverleaf interchange). It's due to the roadworks. And it's slow going eastbound at A1198 Ermine Street South.
Reports of A11 partially blocked due to obstruction on the road at A1101 Mildenhall Road/A1065 (Fiveways).
We're looking at another hot and humid day in the Cambridge area, with a high of 31C predicted. That might make it the hottest June day since 1995, and we'll even be rivalling the great drought year, 1976.
Greater Anglia says it is having to cancel some trains because of the high temperatures. Track buckles and has to be inspected for safety. Cancelled trains are mostly on routes from Essex into London Liverpool Street, not Cambridge trains as yet. Great Northern services are running well.


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Michael Dirda
Go ahead and giggle. 'Butts' is a serious look at women's backsides.
Heather Radke's new book is a witty and weighty look at why women have such a complicated relationship with their rears
Review by Karen Heller
November 25, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST
Books devoted to a solitary item, dubbed microhistories, are a relatively recent genre yet already an industry, generating volumes on topics such as salt, pencils, rats, bananas and, yes, soup and nuts. It was only a matter of time before somebody hit bottoms, an investigation into that body part over which so many people obsess yet never glimpse without assistance from a mirror, smartphone or partner.
Heather Radke's winning, cheeky and illuminating "Butts: A Backstory" arrives with a voluptuous peach garnishing the cover. Filtered through a feminist lens, "Butts" is a hybrid memoir and investigation into women's rears — and folks with an aptitude for drag. Though curious and wide-ranging in her investigation, Radke chose to leave some behinds behind. Her interest lies in glutei maximi that tend toward maximal. This book has got back, as Sir Mix-a-Lot might say. (The song, which Radke describes as "deploying a warm, goofy jollity," naturally earns its own chapter.)
'Braiding Sweetgrass' has gone from surprise hit to juggernaut bestseller
A reporter at "Radiolab" and an instructor at Columbia's MFA writing program, Radke is an eager, inventive reporter, relishing her search into greater understanding of why so many women, starting with herself, have such complicated relationships with their rears. She's an engaging storyteller. In her exploration, she tracks down the creator of the "Buns of Steel" workout tapes, an outsize character with a seemingly elastic relationship with the truth. Radke examines the bustle, popularized in 1868, a rare historic moment when women opted to increase the appearance of their posteriors to "create the desired gluteal lump."
We learn that "callipygian" is Greek for "having beautiful buttocks," and that the bathroom scale, that household implement of infinite masochism, began damaging self-worth in 1917. Radke tracks down the nation's most popular jeans fit model — the notion of universal fit is an absurd construct — who refuses to divulge her measurements "as if they're a trade secret."
Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, an artist, fashion designer, professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and sage on sizing and fit, tells Radke: "You have to remember, your clothes have nothing to do with your body. Clothes are a series of questions related to the bottom line, not the correctness of the product." Our clothes may fight our natural forms and do little to enhance or increase self-esteem because, as Glaum-Lathbury surmises, "our bodies are unruly." Wisdom for the ages.
Race features prominently in "Butts," including the disturbing, dolorous history of Sarah Baartman, a Khoe woman from South Africa whose ample backside became a freak-show spectacle in London in 1810. We learn that Georgian society was "obsessed with butts," including the sounds and smells they emit. Spectators who paid extra were allowed to pinch or poke her backside with an umbrella, "turning Baartman into whatever they wanted her to be: a body to be reviled, a specimen to be studied, an object to be desired, a symbol to be controlled." Her rear became "a symbol of the growing empire and a fantasy of African hypersexuality," Radke writes.
Baartman wasn't the only African woman who received such inhumane treatment and salacious curiosity about her body, Radke notes; she was merely the first. Her book explores the differences in how White and Black women regard their backsides, the latter often more accepting of larger size, and society's continued preoccupation with the body part in both races in different ways.
Twerking, Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Nicki Minaj contributed to making 2014 "a very butty year." Who knew? The year also marked the rise of the "belfie" — the selfie but for, you know, butts. The "Bootylicious" section includes chapters devoted to Kate Moss, Lopez and Kardashian, those icons of booty or, in the case of the British superwaif, a decided lack of one, given her "overall lumplessness."
Women are over the underwire bra
Radke proves a witty, incisive observer, particularly when she steers clear of academic jargon. (If the word salad "mainstream, hegemonic, Western culture" never appears again, we will all be better for it.) She's smart about social history but falters when she gets personal, indulging feelings about her own rear and dating history that add little beyond dulling her feminist and modern take. The book's introduction is weak and gratuitous, littered with quotes from unnamed women that feel forced. Like many recent book introductions, it's a lot of tell, not show, and reads like a tacked-on exercise that dilutes the book's intention and intelligence.
To many women, rears move front and center in assessing self-worth. "We understand the butt as a site of attraction, a site of revulsion, a body part inextricably tied up in associations of race and gender, but those associations don't come from the layers of bone, muscle, and fat that create the biological reality of the butt," Radke writes. "They come from all the layers of meaning, and of history, that we've put on top of it."
What appears initially as a folly with a look-at-this cover and title becomes, thanks to Radke's intelligence and curiosity, something much meatier, entertaining and wise.
Karen Heller is national features writer for Style.
A Backstory
By Heather Radke
Avid Reader Press. 320 pp. $28.99


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Belgium crash out of World Cup after Croatia draw
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Belgium's midfielder Axel Witsel and Timothy Castagne react after their World Cup Group F match against Croatia at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Doha, on December 1, 2022. (AFP)
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Croatia had a penalty award controversially cancelled by VAR early in a largely uneventful first half
Belgium saw their run of reaching at least the quarter-finals at four straight major tournaments come to an abrupt end
DOHA: Romelu Lukaku missed a string of late chances as Belgium crashed out of the World Cup in the group stage after a 0-0 draw with Croatia on Thursday which sent the 2018 runners-up into the knockout phase.
Croatia had a penalty award controversially canceled by VAR early in a largely uneventful first half.
The introduction of Lukaku at the interval changed the game, but he was guilty of three dreadful misses as Zlatko Dalic's side rode their luck to hold on.
Croatia progressed as runners-up in Group F behind winners Morocco who beat Canada 2-1 to also qualify for the last 16.
Belgium, the world's second-ranked side, saw their run of reaching at least the quarter-finals at four straight major tournaments come to an abrupt end.
Roberto Martinez's men managed just one goal in the tournament in a fortunate opening 1-0 win over Canada.
Martinez dropped captain Eden Hazard to the bench as one of four changes which also saw Leandro Trossard and Dries Mertens start for the first time in Qatar.
The build-up to the match had been dominated by rumors of an altercation between senior Belgian players, involving Eden Hazard, which Martinez described as "fake news."
Croatia almost took the lead inside the first 10 seconds, as the ball was played forward to Ivan Perisic after kick-off and the Tottenham man cut inside and drilled a shot just wide of the far post.
The likelihood of Belgium needing to win was increased when Morocco scored an early goal across Doha. Yannick Carrasco had a chance to open the scoring but his shot was blocked.
Mertens curled over after a trademark Kevin De Bruyne run and pass, before Croatia were awarded a penalty seconds later when Carrasco tripped Andrej Kramaric in the box.
But the decision was overturned following a lengthy VAR check which decided that a tiny fraction of Dejan Lovren's shoulder was offside.
Desperate for a goal after a first half in which neither side mustered a shot on target, Martinez sent on Lukaku, Belgium's record scorer, for Mertens at half-time.
They immediately carried more threat, with Lukaku, who struggled with injury in the build-up to the tournament, heading straight at Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic.
Thibaut Courtois was then called into action for the first time, stretching to tip over Mateo Kovacic's curling effort as the game opened up.
That also suited the Croatian attackers though and Courtois had to twice get down to keep out low shots from Marcelo Brozovic and Luka Modric.
Belgium should have taken the lead on the hour mark.
Carrasco almost bundled the ball in but was denied by Livakovic, before Lukaku contrived to hit the post with the goal gaping on the rebound.
Lukaku was guilty of an even worse miss two minutes later, heading over an empty net from six yards out, although replays suggested the ball may have been out of play when De Bruyne crossed it in.
Martinez also threw on Thorgan Hazard, Youri Tielemans and Jeremy Doku as Belgium searched for that all important goal.
Lukaku saw another chance come and go in the 87th minute, deflecting the ball wide from Thomas Meunier's volley.
The striker, on loan at Inter Milan from Chelsea, still had another golden opportunity to be the hero, but he opted to chest the ball toward the open net from three yards out and directed it into the arms of Livakovic.
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Djokovic defeated the Greek third seed Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) on Rod Laver Arena
The Serb's dominant win drew him level with Nadal on a record 22 Slams, two clear of now-retired Roger Federer
MELBOURNE: An emotional Novak Djokovic called it "the biggest victory in my life" after sweeping past Stefanos Tsitsipas to win a 10th Australian Open title and equal Rafael Nadal's 22 Grand Slam crowns on Sunday.
The Serb will return to world number one as he overcame a hamstring injury and off-court drama to defeat the Greek third seed 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) on Rod Laver Arena.
The 35-year-old climbed to his player's box afterwards to embrace his mother and broke down in uncontrollable tears, collapsing to the ground sobbing.
His father Srdjan was again missing after he sparked controversy by posing with a fan carrying a Russian flag featuring Vladimir Putin's face following his son's quarter-final win.
The emphatic victory over Tsitsipas capped a remarkable return for Djokovic to Melbourne Park, having missed last year's tournament when he was deported over his Covid vaccination stance.
"I have to say this has been one of the most challenging tournaments I've ever played considering the circumstances, not playing last year, coming back this year," he said, wearing a jacket with 22 emblazoned on it.
"I want to thank all the people that made me feel welcome, comfortable, to be in Melbourne.
"I try to pinch myself and really live through these moments, it's a long journey," added Djokovic, who was more emotional than usual.
"Only my team and family know what we have been through in the last four or five weeks and this is why I'd probably say this is the biggest victory in my life considering the circumstances."
There had been an air of inevitability about Djokovic triumphing once more.
After his three-year ban from Australia was lifted, he won the lead-up Adelaide International before reinforcing his status as an all-time great in Melbourne.
His dominant win drew him level with Nadal on a record 22 Slams, two clear of now-retired Roger Federer.
The Spanish great made a second-round exit with a hip injury, one of a series of shocks which upended the men's and women's draws during the first major of the year.
"I guess we always find the A-game on the Slams," Djokovic said of equalling his old rival Nadal. "This is what I feel both Nadal and myself probably still fight for.
"It is still what motivates us the most, winning the biggest titles in our sport and trying to keep up with the young guns.
"Tennis is in good hands," he added. "But we're still not going anywhere."
Nadal and Djokovic have won 16 of the last 19 Slams.
The 36-year-old Spaniard though is set to slide down the rankings when they are released on Monday, in contrast to Djokovic.
The Serb will dethrone Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz and return to the top for the first time since June. Tsitsipas will climb one place to three.
Both men were back on a court that helped them rise to stardom.
Djokovic won his first Grand Slam in 2008 on Rod Laver Arena while Tsitsipas burst on the scene in 2019 when he stunned defending champion Federer in the last 16.
Moving freely with only minimal strapping on his troublesome left hamstring, Djokovic opened with a comfortable hold after being greeted by huge cheers.
He worked two break points on Tsitsipas's opening serve, to no avail, but kept probing and the Greek handed him a break for 3-1 with a careless double fault.
Tsitsipas, 24, in only his second Grand Slam final to Djokovic's 33rd, appeared nervous, losing the first set.
But he battled back into contention in a much closer second set as his confidence grew, earning his first break point — and set point — when Djokovic blasted a backhand wide.
But the Serb clung on to keep the set on serve and it went to a tiebreak, where his greater experience roared to the fore.
Against the odds, Tsitsipas broke for the first time on Djokovic's opening serve in set three, only to relinquish the advantage immediately after a gripping rally.
It again went to a tiebreak, where Djokovic once again raised a level.
"I've had the privilege to play a lot of difficult, high-intensity matches, but I would like to say one more time Novak brings the best out in me," said Tsitsipas, who is still yet to win a major.
"He's the greatest that has ever held a tennis racquet, for sure.
"I don't think there's any reason for me to be affected by today's loss," he added.
"It is a step forward. I'm looking forward to scoring more points during this season, making bigger results, fighting for bigger trophies."
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Casemiro scores twice, Man United beats Reading in FA Cup
The Brazil international struck twice in four second-half minutes as United won against second-division Reading 3-1
MANCHESTER, England: Casemiro was a serial winner with Real Madrid and on Saturday he kept Manchester United's trophy hunt going strong in the FA Cup.
The Brazil international struck twice in four second-half minutes as United won against second-division Reading 3-1 and progressed to the fifth round.
On Wednesday, Erik ten Hag's improving team put a foot in the League Cup final by beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the first leg of the semifinals.
There is growing belief among United fans that a six-year wait for a trophy will come to an end this season, with the club also still in the Europa League where a much-anticipated clash with Barcelona is coming next month.
If Ten Hag is to lift silverware in his first season as manager, Casemiro will be pivotal to that success.
The midfielder won five Champions Leagues and three Spanish titles with Madrid but left last summer for a new challenge in England.
Ten Hag wanted to add his winning mentality to a team that had seen Manchester City and Liverpool dominate the Premier League in recent years. His influence was evident against a Reading team that withstood United's dominance until the 54th minute.
It was a performance that underlined how much Casemiro was missed when he was suspended for the 3-2 loss to Arsenal last week, which left United 11 points behind the league leader.
With Casemiro in the starting lineup, United have lost only two of 21 games in all competitions, compared to four of 11 without him.
While he is better known as a midfield enforcer, he has showcased his other attributes in his short time at Old Trafford, including his impressive range of passing.
Against Reading, it was his clinical finishing that broke the visitor's resistance.
First came a delicate chip to lift the ball over goalkeeper Joe Lumley after racing onto Antony's pass into the box. Then, in the 58th, he let fly from around 25 meters to double United's lead.
His mastery was evident when Reading forward Andy Carroll's frustration boiled over and he was sent off for a second yellow card after a wild challenge on Casemiro in the 65th.
Another Brazilian, Fred, came off the bench to add a third for United with a backheel a minute later.
Amadou Mbengue scored a consolation for Reading, but there was never any danger of a comeback.
While they are fighting for survival in the league, Leeds, Leicester and Southampton are advancing in the cup.
Securing top-flight status remains the priority for all three, but the cup is providing welcome relief from their battles against relegation.
Leeds won against third-tier Accrington Stanley 3-1, Leicester overcame fourth-tier Walsall 1-0, and bottom-of-the-league Southampton won against second-division Blackpool 2-1 on Saturday.
Goals from Leeds' Jack Harrison, Junior Firpo and Luis Sinisterra ended any chance of a miracle for Accrington in front of its home fans at Wham Stadium. Leslie Adekoya, however, gave them something to cheer with a late consolation goal.
It was only Leeds' second win since Nov. 5, both of them coming in the FA Cup.
Leicester — cup winner in 2021 — needed a late goal from Kelechi Iheanacho to end Walsall's resistance in a match that also saw Youri Tielemans miss a penalty.
Leicester's only other win since Dec. 20 was in the previous round of the cup.
Romain Perraud scored twice in Southampton's win. Charlie Patino pulled one back for Blackpool.
Sunderland 15-year-old substitute Christopher Rigg thought he scored a famous winner against the Premier League's Fulham, only to see his effort ruled out for offside.
Rigg struck in time added on at Craven Cottage, but the second division team's celebrations were soon cut short.
Sunderland took an early lead through Jack Clarke, and Tom Cairney equalized for Fulham to set up a replay.
There will also be replays for Sheffield Wednesday and Fleetwood (1-1), Ipswich and Burnley (0-0), Luton and Grimsby (2-2) and Blackburn and Birmingham (2-2).
Second division Bristol City was through to fifth round after beating West Brom 3-0.
New Tottenham signing Arnaut Danjuma scored on his debut as Spurs beat Preston 3-0.
Danjuma, who has joined on loan from Villarreal, struck late on after going on as a substitute.
Heung-Min Son had already set Tottenham on course for the next round with two second-half goals.
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Atletico hit out at Real Madrid 'influence' on referees
Atletico had Stefan Savic sent off in extra time in the 3-1 defeat but were angry that Ceballos was not shown a second yellow card in the second half of the regulation 90 minutes
MADRID: Atletico Madrid CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin complained that Real Madrid's "huge influence" exerts pressure on Spanish referees after his side's Copa del Rey defeat, a suggestion dismissed by the victors.
Los Blancos beat Atletico in the cup quarterfinal derby clash on Thursday night and Atletico were convinced that Dani Ceballos should have been sent off at the Santiago Bernabeu.
"I have full respect for all the officials and I am convinced they always have the best of intentions, but anyone looking in from the outside can see that for decades the same thing almost always happens," said Gil Marin in a statement. "Unfortunately, it doesn't surprise anybody anymore, it isn't news. It's very clear and you just have to look back at history.
"Madrid are a club with a huge influence, with a lot of interests around them. They create so much pressure that it's normal that it affects the people who have to take decisions."
The officials are "aware of what awaits them if they harm them with a mistake, or even if they get something right. We often see a campaign against whoever they believe has hurt them," Gil Marin added
The Atletico boss said his club cannot change the "system" alone and that the color of a team's shirt should not have an impact on fair decision-making.
Atletico had Stefan Savic sent off in extra time in the 3-1 defeat but were angry that Ceballos was not shown a second yellow card in the second half of the regulation 90 minutes.
"The second yellow was obvious, undoubtable," Marin insisted.
"But at 1-0 down in the 71st minute, playing for the semis of the cup in their own stadium, it would be a big thing to leave Madrid with 10 players."
Atletico, out of the Champions League and the Spanish Cup are languishing in fourth, 13 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona, having played an extra game.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti dismissed Atletico's concerns in a news conference on Saturday.
"It was a hard-fought, even game, I think for our part we deserved to win," said the Italian.
"The rest is topics I won't speak about. The only 'system' I know is the one that I will use tomorrow."
Real Madrid, second in La Liga, face third place Real Sociedad on Sunday night.
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Bayern held at home to Frankfurt after Kolo Muani goal
The result was Bayern's third consecutive 1-1 draw, with the reigning German champions still looking for their first win of 2023
Union Berlin's 2-0 derby win over city rivals Hertha earlier on Saturday meant Bayern's three-point cushion on top of the table had been erased by kick-off
BERLIN: Bayern Munich saw their lead in the Bundesliga cut to just one point on Saturday after Randal Kolo Muani's equalizer held the German champions to a 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt.
The result was Bayern's third consecutive 1-1 draw, with the reigning German champions still looking for their first win of 2023.
Union Berlin's 2-0 derby win over city rivals Hertha earlier on Saturday meant Bayern's three-point cushion on top of the table had been erased by kick-off.
Bayern lacked fluency early in a testy opening half, which saw both center-back Matthijs de Ligt and goalkeeper Yann Sommer pick up yellow cards.
With 34 minutes gone, former Man City forward Leroy Sane settled his team's nerves by hammering a cross from veteran forward Thomas Mueller past the outstretched hand of Frankfurt 'keeper Kevin Trapp.
After the goal, Bayern rekindled their early season form and produced their best spell of the match, with France defender Dayot Upamecano going close to doubling their lead just three minutes later.
Bayern continued to push for a second goal after the break but Frankfurt, who had only lost once in their previous 11 games in all competitions dating back to early October, looked dangerous on the break.
Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner brought on Japan international Daichi Kamada just past the hour and the change had an almost immediate impact, Kamada exchanging passes with Kolo Muani before the latter struck the ball past Sommer and into the net.
Earlier on Saturday, Union took the lead away to Hertha late in the first half through Dutch defender Danilho Doekhi, who headed in a free-kick from captain Christopher Trimmel.
Union doubled their lead halfway through the second half through midfielder Paul Seguin to run out victors over a spirited but toothless Hertha.
Visiting fans began singing "city champions" with 10 minutes remaining, celebrating their fifth consecutive derby win.
Union's win deepened the woes of Hertha, who are second bottom having won just three games all season.
After the match, Union coach Urs Fischer sought to play down expectations, telling AFP's sports subsidiary SID that his side "did not look like a top team."
"It was a hard-fought derby. It was close over 90 minutes. In the end, we were lucky winners. We were efficient," he said.
Elsewhere, Freiburg beat Augsburg 3-1 at home to move into fourth place.
First-half goals by towering Austrian striker Michael Gregoritsch and fellow forward Lucas Hoeler put Freiburg in the driving seat.
A 29th-minute penalty from Mergim Berisha gave the visitors hope, but Freiburg sealed their first win of 2023 through an 85th-minute strike from Philipp Lienhart.
In Bremen, Germany striker Niclas Fuellkrug scored both his side's goals in a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg, overtaking RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku to top the Bundesliga scoring charts with 13 goals this season.
Promoted Bremen, who had lost six of their past eight matches came up against an in-form Wolfsburg who were unbeaten in 11 games under former Bayern coach Niko Kovac.
Borussia Moenchengladbach compounded Hoffenheim's misery with a 4-1 away win.
Two first-half goals and a second-half assist for captain Lars Stindl from midfielder Jonas Hofmann, Gladbach's only representative in Germany's 2022 World Cup squad, gave the visitors a comfortable victory.
Hoffenheim suffered their sixth defeat in their last eight games, leaving them just three points clear of the relegation playoff spot.
Mainz overcame the disappointment of Wednesday's last-gasp loss to Borussia Dortmund, thrashing Bochum 5-2 at home, their first win in seven league matches dating back to October.
A hat-trick from Austrian forward Karim Onisiwo, plus goals by Lee Jae-sung and Silvan Widmer lifted Mainz into 11th ahead of a midweek German Cup meeting at home with Bayern.
Topics: Bayern Munich Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga
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Pedri earns subdued Barca nervy derby win at Girona
Pedri netted the only goal from close range after an hour at an icy Montilivi on his 100th appearance for Barcelona
Despite the narrow margin of victory, Xavi believes his team is significantly stronger than when he took over in November 2021
GIRONA, Spain: Barcelona midfielder Pedri Gonzalez earned his side a tense 1-0 Catalan derby victory at Girona on Saturday, opening a six-point gap ahead of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.
With Carlo Ancelotti's side hosting high-flying Real Sociedad on Sunday, Barca put their rivals under pressure to get a result and keep up with them in the title race.
Pedri netted the only goal from close range after an hour at an icy Montilivi on his 100th appearance for Barcelona, after replacing the injured Ousmane Dembele.
The French forward limped off in the first half, pulling up after a sprint and asking to be replaced, a blow for Barcelona considering his superb recent form.
Barca coach Xavi Hernandez said the winger appeared to have a quadriceps injury.
Despite the narrow margin of victory, Xavi believes his team is significantly stronger than when he took over in November 2021.
"We have to be self-critical and improve in many ways, but we are happy, we have to look at where we came from," Xavi told reporters.
"The change to the team and a lot of players is big, we have many things to improve on, but we're on the right path.
"I think the (biggest difference) is the confidence of the players — when we arrived their confidence was on the floor."
Defensively the Catalans have been strong, conceding just six league goals this season and winning their last three matches 1-0 — they are unbeaten in 13 consecutive matches across all competitions.
"I think at grounds like this you have to win, however you do it," Barcelona defender Jules Kounde told DAZN.
"We can play better, but in these away games, against opponents playing well, winning is vital.
"I think keeping a clean sheet is key. The whole team works defensively, not just the back four. Everyone is working well."
The league leaders were still without suspended Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, missing his final game after a three-match ban.
Girona created the first chance after just three minutes, Rodrigo Riquelme's smooth through ball feeding Yan Couto, whose shot was blocked.
Dembele also had an effort deflected away at the other end after Ansu Fati won the ball from goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.
The French winger, who fired Barcelona into the Copa del Rey semifinals against Real Sociedad midweek, was forced off injured after 25 minutes.
Dembele's first years at Barcelona were hampered by injuries but since Xavi's arrival, the forward had been able to stay fit and firing.
Xavi brought on Jordi Alba for Marcos Alonso at the break and it made the difference for Barcelona, who had been sluggish.
The left-back set up Pedri's opener with a cross from the left, tapped in by the Spaniard at the back post at the end of the first incisive move Barcelona had put together all game.
Pedri, whom Xavi had intended to rest, reached a century of appearances for Barca at just 20 years old and celebrated with his 15th goal for the club.
"I know I have to improve in front of goal (but) right now they are going in for me," Pedri told DAZN.
Ronald Araujo headed a cross off his own goal line under pressure as Girona pushed for an equalizer, throwing men forward.
Ivan Martin missed a fine chance in stoppage time for the hosts as Barcelona lost all control of the game but survived a nervy finale to earn the win.
Girona also appealed for a penalty as Eric Garcia tangled with Cristhian Stuani in the area.
"There are situations in the box in which these tangles are given and sometimes not," said Girona coach Michel, who was sent off in stoppage time for complaining about a foul by Frenkie de Jong.
"Today, the final result is not due to the refereeing performance, I prefer to say these games are won by the players."
Earlier Cadiz climbed out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over Real Mallorca.
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U-High Midway
New principal selected
Ella Beiser, Nikhil Patel, and Abigail Slimmon
Paul Beekmeyer will be the new U-High principal, and according to Laboratory Schools Director Charlie Abelmann, much of his first year will be spent forming bonds throughout the U-High community.
"As a new principal, he needs to focus on learning about and understanding Lab, and you do that by building relationships and doing a lot of listening," Dr. Abelmann said in an interview with the Midway. "I think he needs to build relationships with the faculty. I think he needs to build relationships with the students. I think he needs to build relationships with the staff. He needs to build relationships with parents."
Mr. Beekmeyer was announced as principal-designate on May 13 in an email to the Lab Schools community.
Mr. Beekmeyer said in a visit April 26-27 that he is dedicated to working with the faculty to facilitate student-faculty relationships.
"Because that is the most important relationship. That is what a school is," Mr. Beekmeyer said in a meeting with parents during his visit. "It's what happens in the classroom and halls, it's not what happens in the principal's office. So, the focus has to be there."
Dr. Abelmann and Mr. Beekmeyer also agree that University of Chicago relationships are very important to Lab's success.
"Lab has a very close relationship with the university, which is what makes it great," Dr. Abelmann said. "He needs to build relationship with the university and think about how to leverage, as best we can, this relationship to benefit students and faculty."
During his April visit, where he met with groups of students, faculty, parents and other stakeholders, Mr. Beekmeyer said he would like to build a relationship like this with the University of Chicago and plans to share resources with the University of Chicago Charter School Woodlawn to foster a relationship with them.
Dr. Abelmann explained that Mr. Beekmeyer's experience working at schools around the world would fit well with Lab's values.
"I think his international experience is great," Dr. Abelmann said. "The fact that he's worked in different countries, that he's from a different country, adds to what it means to be preparing students to be global citizens."
Mr. Beekmeyer is Sri Lankan-Australian.He grew up and went to school in Australia and has worked in schools in Morocco, Turkey and Afghanistan. Currently, he works as assistant head of the upper school for academics at the Brooklyn Friends School in New York.
While he has a lot of experience working at different schools, U-High would be the largest school he has ever worked at and the first school he has worked at with a faculty union. He said that he would approach the experience openly.
Mr. Beekmeyer said he is dedicated to hearing student voice. At his previous school, students were involved in the school's principal search and given an equal say in the decision as everyone else in the room.
He said, "It's not 'When do you bring students to the table?' It's 'When don't you?'"
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Lab alumnus, Supreme Court Justice passes away
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Faculty Association approves new 4-year contract
Leland Culver, Assistant Editor
On June 12, the Faculty Association, the faculty union for the Laboratory Schools, ratified a new four-year contract in a landslide vote of 166-4. The previous contract,...
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Lab community bids farewell to seniors June 7, 2019
Graduates see world before college June 4, 2019
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Middle school reprints yearbook due to offensive hand signs
Lab community bids farewell to seniors
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