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Meters Jokes
Yo momma's so fat that objects 5 meters away accelerate at 1 m/s^2 toward her. What is yo momma's mass if G = 6.67x10^-11Nm^2/kg^2?
Please, someone help me, I can't solve it and it's making me nuts.
An Asteroid Measuring 1,600 Meters Is Headed Straight Towards Earth.
That's quite the milestone!
A nun and a priest are playing golf
The priest is teeing off at the first hole. The ball flies across the fairway towards the green, but lands meters from the hole.
"Oh God dammit, I missed."
The nun scolds the priest.
"Father, you ought to be careful. You of all people should know that if you continue to blasphem...
What do you call a snake that is 3.14 meters long?
A Pi-thon
A modern day ghost story
Bill was on the side of the road hitch-hiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a fierce rain storm.
The night was rolling on, and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few meters ahead of him.
Suddenly through the swirling rain Bill saw a car slowly comi...
Why do Scotsmen wear kilts?
Because a sheep can hear a zipper from 100 meters away.
A council worker is digging holes, while another worker immediately fills them in.
A man is watching two council workers busy in a local park. One digs a hole, moves a couple of meters and digs another hole, and so on. The other worker follows the first, immediately filling in all the holes the first worker has dug.
The man watching is furious, and approaches them saying,...
There was a race to determine which was faster: Congress passing s bill, or a snail traveling 10 meters
The snail won by two weeks.
Met a hot girl in the bar
She said if I give her 500 bucks she'll show me a real good time. So I gave her 500 bucks and she ran 100 meters in 12 seconds.
A man walks in a bar and sees a jar full of 100$ bills
A man walks in a bar and sees a jar full of $100 bills, so he asks the bartender why there is so much money in the jar.
The bartender replies that it is a bet and you have to pay $100 to partecipate. The bet consists in three tests:
The first test: You see that man sitting back there? ...
What is 5 feet tall, has 22 legs and feigns death if you approach it up to two meters?
The Italy national football team.
Three drunks enter a taxi
the driver immediately notices that they were drunk, and decided to make a quick buck out of them.
When they entered the car, he drove 100 meters, made a turn and told them that they arrived at their destination.
The first one thanks the driver and leaves. The second thanks him, give hi...
I saw a snake in the yard today...
It was a real beast measuring 3.14 meters long! I thought to myself that it must be a Pi-thon...
...but then I remembered, snakes don't have digits!
An average Wookiee is 2.23-2.54 meters in height, weighs 100kg (female) or 150kg (male) and has a lifespan of 400 standard years
Those are Wookiee numbers
Social researchers from Oxford devised an experiment to place three men from diverse cultures on an otherwise deserted island. They decided on one man from France, one from Germany, and one from Japan.
The German was told he is in charge of shelter, the Frenchman was put in charge of meals, a...
I asked my boss what he wanted me to do with six meters of bubble wrap. He said just pop it in the corner.
It took me four bloody hours!
So Putin, Biden and Zelensky Goes to A Boat Trip...
They got stuck in the middle of the ocean, not a single land on sight. After a few hours, they decide to swim back, but they were afraid of hypothermia.
Putin puts his finger into water and says "The water is approximately 32°C".
Biden puts his finger into water and arrogantly says "No...
I have a foot fetish...
I have tried using meters but it just doesn't work for me.
Thanks to Corona a distance of 1.5 meters needs to be respected in my country
BMW drivers are proud, been using this technique for years.
My brother keeps saying that my friend Rick is 2 meters tall, but I KNOW he's closer to 6 feet.
He doesn't think I've metric.
A Spanish greengrocer is 1.74 meters tall, has a waist circumference of 105 centimeters, and wears a size of 44. What does he weigh?
A man is walking along a trail, he met a guy carrying a lock the size of an oven in his arms, the man then asked him:
"- That's a strange lock, where did you get it?
\- If youcontinue to walk on this trail, in a few hundred meters you'll saw the lamp on the side, rub it and a genie wil...
Old Finnish WW2 joke
Finnish general Adolf Ehrnrooth was visiting in England after the World War II.
British general asked him how many Russian troops were stationed in Finland.
"A few hundred thousand" answered Ehrnrooth.
"Where in Finland are they stationed?" The British general asked.
My son asked if there is anything he shouldn't buy at a yard sale.
I said Meters.
Why don't the guys from Led Zeppelin use parking meters?
Because they have No Quarter.
A young man goes into the public swimming pool because he wants to swim the 100 meters.
At the edge of the pool are sitting three elderly ladies and watch him swimming the 100 meters in one and a half minutes.
As he climbs out of the pool, one of the three ladies says, "Not bad, but I'm 70 years old and can do it better!" "I do not think so, you have to prove that to me!" Says ...
A Physicist, and Engineer, and a Statistician...
are attempting to fire a cannon at a target 100 meters away. The physicist takes the lead, and performs numerous calculations to determine the cannonball's trajectory. He carefully aims the cannon and fires, coming short by 10 meters. The engineer, accounting for real world tolerances and imperfecti...
If the US would switch from inches to meters
We'd have a lengthy discussion
Push a man from 5 meters tall and he goes Bam! Arrrghhhhh..
Push a man from 50 meters tall and he goes aaarrrRGGGHHHHHH BAM!
What is five hundred meters long and eats only potatoes?
Soviet bread line.
Two gas company servicemen
a senior training supervisor and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban neighborhood. They parked their truck at the end of the alley and worked their way to the other end.
At the last house a woman looking out her kitchen window watched the two men as they checked her gas meter....
I'm fast, but unfit...
my record for 100 meters is about 13 seconds and my record for 400 meters is about 250 meters.
What's the worst thing about running 100 meters in less than 10 seconds?
Being black.
What family member cannot stand 9.8 meters per second?
'Auntie' Gravity.
After having dug to a depth of 100 meters in a mine, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years...
After having dug to a depth of 100 meters in a mine, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 1000 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English sc...
Three men are challenging each other's aim by shooting an apple on someone's head.
The first man fired his pistol 20 meters away, hits the apple.
"I'm James Bond." He said.
The second man shot an arrow 30 meters away, hits the apple.
"I'm Robin Hood." He said.
The third threw a boomerang 40 meters away, hits the forehead of that person.
"I'm sorr...
Two statues
There are two statues in the park, 9 feet (3 meters) apart. A handsome young man and a beautiful young woman, staring into each other's eyes in love, but helpless to move to fulfill their shared desire.
One day a benevolent wizard is walking through the park and sees them. Filled with pit...
If you could get rid of any race, which would you choose?
I'd pick the 400 meters, it's too long for a sprint and it's too short to be a true endurance race.
Hey let me tell you an IT joke: how many meters is there in a kilometer?
Two boys walk into a crowded store...
They wait patiently for their turn until the shopkeeper asks them loudly,
"How can I help the young gentlemen?"
"A box of rat poison, please."
"Many rats, right?"
"Are they big?"
"Mostly."
"How big are they?"
"Like this."
"Then yo...
in an art competition they asked the competitors to draw a picture representing famine around the world
the 3rd place award went to a picture of a child next to a piece of bread but can't reach it for he is too weak to even move, symbolising their suffering and their weakness.
2nd place went to a picture of a child so thin and so weak lying on the ground and a crow a couple of meters away waiti...
Dracula was casually walking down the street for a late night stroll. All of a sudden, a mozzarella stick flies through the air and hits him on the side of the head. He looks around slightly perplexed, but doesn't think too much of it.
A few meters further on and a chicken wing smacks him in the nuts. As he doubles over in pain, out of nowhere, he is drenched in hot nacho cheese.
He looks to the sky with a raised fist and shouts, "Curse you Buffet the Vampire Slayer!".
doping olympics [translated from an old Russian anecdote, 2007]
Good day! We are reporting live from our special Olympics. At our Olympics there's no doping control at all. Yes, you heard it right, sportsmen are NOT tested for doping. Absolutely. So...
- Finnish sportsman has jumped 27 meters. A very good result indeed for a chess player.
- 13 ...
The soviet soldier asked the german how to get to Berlin
Soviet soldier:how do i go to Berlin ?
German: two hundred meters later take the third Reich.
(it was my first english joke ever probably it gonna be the last one sorry for my broken english)
A drunk man drops his keys
After a night of heavy drinking, at around 2 a.m. a man staggers to get home. He hears his keys fall out of his pockets. Annoyed by this he swears and starts looking for them.
Some time later a cop car patrolling the area stops by him and a policeman gets out of the car and asks him:
Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Josif Stalin were discussing the terms of peace in Potsdam, Germany.
After a hard day of work they decided to take the rest of the night off. They went into a bar, had lots of drinks and got completely wasted. They started heading towards the hotel but were suddenly stopped by a massive hole blocking the road. Nobody could deduce whether or not falling into the hole ...
Why can't a nose be 30.48 centimeters?
Because then it would be .3048 Meter!
Some jokes just don't translate well.
A man did an experiment on how long can you dive before opening your parachute
When he was 5 meters of the ground he said "fuck it, i can easily survive a couple meter fall"
An engineer, a physicist and a statiscian go hunting in the woods.
They spot a deer and take turns shooting at it. First goes the physicist. He look at the angle, calculates the speed of the bullet and shoots but his shot goes 50 meters to the right. The engineer says he didn't count for the wind and he also makes his measurement and shots but his shot goes 50 mete...
I was driving down the highway after a long day's work.
Traffic was light, not much of a problem.
I was listening to the radio and thinking about my evening.
It's not that I was distracted, I just never expected it to happen
Sure enough, on the road was some leftover glass from an accident that morning.
And I drove right over it.
A guy is flying in a hot air balloon and is lost
So he lowers himself over a field and shouts to a guy on the ground:
"Can you tell me where I am, and which way I'm headed?"
- "Sure! You're at 43 degrees, 12 minutes, 21.2 seconds north; 123 degrees, 8 minutes, 12.8 seconds west. You're at 212 meters above sea level. Right now, you'r...
Buffalo Bill walks into a bar.
He tells the barman to put an empty beer glass on the counter top. Then he steps back, unzips his pants, takes out his cock and from 10 feet away, fills the glass with his pee. As everyone claps, he claims :
\- I'm Bill ! Buffalo Bill !
Then a guy stands up at some table, asks the barman...
Captain's cabin broadcast:
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you again on board. Currently, we are flying over the Atlantic ocean, our height is 10000 meters and our speed is 900kph. Air temperature... shit! Fuck! Oh my god! No!
Captains go silent. Passengers are white as chalk, panic, scream...
A mi...
A man is jumping over some railroad tracks.
He's jumping from side to side over top of them, muttering under his breath each time he lands, "Twenty-one."
"Twenty-one, twenty-one, twenty-one."
Another man walks up next to him. "Hey, what are you doing?"
"I'm jumping over the railroad tracks. Want to join me?"
"Sure!...
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Julian Runge: "Analytics Matter, but Mainly After Great Game Design" | Casual Connect Video
"Churn prediction works for casual games, or at least for engaged segments within your player base," Julian Runge explained during his session at Casual Connect Eastern Europe 2014.
"Increasing fun through data is an exhilaratingly cool task and something that nobody relates to data. But the games industry makes it possible!" says Julian Runge, who leads Wooga's analytics team.
In 2012, Julian began working for Wooga as an analyst on Monster World, Wooga's largest simulation game on Facebook at the time. His background in statistics and economic thinking, as well as the experience he received through internships and starting a small company while still at school, have been enormously helpful in his work. Now he is responsible for advanced analytics across games and for marketing. He also coordinates the work of a team of four analysts "to set the right impulses and derive impact from data on design and bottom-line."
Julian began working for Wooga as an analyst on Monster World, Wooga's largest simulation game on Facebook at the time.
Passion Produces Results
Julian's inspiration for joining the games industry was, quite simply, his passion for gaming. On a day-to-day basis, his greatest motivation is the opportunity to work with equally passionate people and assist them in developing outstanding products. He had no desire to work for a company that did not have its own creative process. And, he maintains, "What is more creative and fun than game development?"
Along with passion, he is tremendously energized by working with data and generating insight and impact from them. Even in his free time, Julian enjoys playing with data. But in contrast to the intellectual and virtual aspects of his work life, one of his favorite free-time activities is using his hands to build things.
Julian Runge, Senior Analyst, Wooga
It's Unpredictable
In the future of the games industry, Julian sees predictive analytics becoming increasingly important, with huge implications for gameplay and marketing. He believes customized user experience will be the key success factor for gameplay. Customizing the gameplay will require adequately targeted offers, adaptive gameplay, and strategic cross-linking to other games.
Although he is personally excited about analytics and the potentially huge impact of big data on the games industry, he emphasizes that introspective game design is the key factor in success, saying, "Analytics matter, but mainly after great game design has happened."
Julian emphasizes that introspective game design is the key factor in success.
What he finds most appealing about the industry: its inherent unpredictability. So the future can be expected to bring surprises, possibly in game mechanics and the use of new devices. But he would love to see more augmented reality, like, for example, Google's Ingress. He also believes there is potential in using digital technology to advance direct interaction with the physical environment for gaming.
Gaming Convenience
When Julian is gaming, he prefers the convenience of mobile and considers Android as the platform of the future, especially when he factors in the Asia market. And he plays everywhere. One of the more unusual places was a speedboat in Thailand. He was trying out a Wooga release candidate on his waterproof Xperia Z1, but unfortunately, he relates, "The processor got so hot you could have fried an egg on it."
Game testing at Wooga
He concentrates on playing one or two games, usually an arcade game and another engaging game, and he plays them very intensely. Until recently, he had been focusing on Clash of Clans, but he has now deleted that app. Upgrading in the game had become ridiculously expensive, as he was to the point where it took six million elixir for level six archers and dragons. Currently, he is intensely playing a new, unreleased game from Wooga, claiming "It's gonna be big!" At Casual Connect Eastern Europe, Julian advised everyone to "Watch for Wooga's 2015 launches!" as well as the job opportunity of quantitative analyst for his team.

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Das Áo dài () ist die Nationaltracht in Vietnam. Gesprochen wird es im Norden des Landes 'Ao Sai' und im Süden, etwa ab Huế, 'Ao Yai'. Es besteht aus einem knie- oder knöchellangen, auf beiden Seiten bis über die Hüfte hochgeschlitzten Seidenkleid, unter dem lange, meistens weitgeschnittene weiße Seidenhosen getragen werden.

Das Áo dài gilt als das traditionelle weibliche Kleidungsstück Vietnams. In der Mitte und im Süden des Landes sieht man es auch als Schuluniform, im Norden wird es eher zu festlichen Anlässen getragen. Es kann durchaus auch von Männern getragen werden, was heute jedoch nur noch bei bestimmten zeremoniellen Festlichkeiten geschieht, um die Wahrung der Landestradition zu betonen. Das kann besonders noch in der Provinz Bắc Ninh beobachtet werden. Die männliche Version der buddhistischen Mönche und für bürgerliche Träger besteht aus Baumwolle und wird Áo the genannt, die historische Seidenvariante für adelige Kreise Áo gấm.

Geschichte
Die Vorform des Áo dài wurde Áo tứ thân genannt und seit Anfang des 12. Jahrhunderts beschrieben. Bei heißer Temperatur trug Frau nur einen Áo tứ thân, wenn es kühl war, wurden 3 Kleider übereinander getragen. Diese Kombination wurde Áo mớ ba (Dreier-Kleid) genannt. Im Winter trug man dann 6 oder 7 dieser dünnen Kleider übereinander – Áo mớ bảy. Die Kombination der durchscheinenden Farben dieser Arrangements zeugten von Geschmack und Stil der Trägerin.

Frühe Versionen des Áo dài, Áo ngũ thân genannt, reichen zurück bis in das frühe 18. Jahrhundert und waren an das traditionelle chinesische Frauengewand Cheongsam angelehnt. Die heutige Form des Áo dài wurde jedoch in den 1930er Jahren von dem vietnamesischen Designer Cát Tường entworfen und zuerst Áo tân thời (modernes Kleid) genannt. Mitte der 1980er Jahre gelang dem Áo dài nach Jahren des Vergessens der erneute Durchbruch in der Modewelt Vietnams, als es 1982 bei einem Schönheitswettbewerb überraschenderweise bei einer Kandidatin auftauchte – die auch mit einigem Stimmenabstand gewann.

Varianten
Das Áo bà ba oder Seidenpyjama ist eine traditionelle weibliche Kleidung und wird meist im südlichen Vietnam, besonders im ländlichen Raum getragen. Es besteht aus weitgeschnittenen seidenen Hosen und einer langärmligen, geknöpften Seidenbluse oder Tunika ohne Kragen. Diese ist etwas länger geschnitten und seitlich meist kurz geschlitzt, vorne unten ist sie oft mit zwei Taschen besetzt. Die Variante des Nordens ist das etwas kürzer und weniger tailliert geschnittene und im Sommer auch kurzärmlig getragene Áo cánh, das früher auch mit einem Rock kombiniert wurde. Eine für die tägliche Arbeit geeignete Form ist das Chiếc áo (Hemd) aus groberen Stoffen.

Ein weiteres landestypisches Kleidungsstück ist das Áo Yếm, früher nur Yếm genannt, ein von einem Nackenband gehaltenes rückenfreies Oberteil, welches von Frauen aller Klassen meist als Untergewand getragen wurde. Inspiriert ist es vom chinesischen Dù Dōu (肚兜) und es gab zahlreiche Variationen der Grundform.

Materialien und Farben

Bevorzugt werden allgemein Pastellfarben, höchstens mit unauffälligem Muster. Aktuell werden neben dem Primärmaterial Seide häufig auch Samt und andere Materialien verarbeitet. Die Stoffe können bunt bedruckt, bemalt oder aufwendig bestickt sein. Die Hosen werden üblicherweise aus glänzender entbasteter Seide hergestellt und sind etwa taillenhoch geschnitten (Höhe der Schlitze). Weiß ist die Vorzugsfarbe, jedoch werden vor allem bei farbigen Áo dài häufig beliebte Kombinationen gekauft (rot/gold, blau/schwarz, gleiche Farbe – andere Helligkeit).

Das Áo dài in weißer Farbe ist in vielen Gymnasien Schuluniform, wird aber oft nur an zwei oder drei Tagen der Woche getragen, sowie zu speziellen Anlässen. Häufig wird auf Brusthöhe ein Schild der Schule mit dem Namen der Trägerin und ihrer Klassenstufe angebracht. An den anderen Tagen besteht die Schuluniform aus dunkelblauen, langen Hosen und einer weißen Bluse, die ebenfalls ein solches Schild trägt. Neben den weißen oder pastellfarbenen Kleidern der Studentinnen findet man oft stärkere Farben bei Personen in repräsentativen Positionen oder bei speziellen Anlässen. Dunkle Farben werden häufiger von älteren Damen getragen. Zu Hochzeiten werden oft rote Áo dài mit reicher goldener Verzierung getragen sowie der traditionelle ringförmige Kopfschmuck.

Preise
Der Preis für ein Áo dài liegt je nach Material und Umfang der Verzierungen zwischen 20 und mehreren hundert Euro. Zwar ist es möglich, ein Áo dài von der Stange zu kaufen, jedoch wird es bevorzugt bei einem Schneider passgenau angefertigt. Sowohl Kleid als auch Hose sind dabei so ausgelegt, dass sie später noch an fast allen Stellen um einige Zentimeter in der Weite angepasst werden können und so die Investition in dieses figurbetonende Kleidungsstück dauerhafter ist.

Erwähnenswertes
Beim Abschlussfoto zum 18. APEC-Gipfel am 19. November 2006 in Hanoi trugen die teilnehmenden Staatschefs traditionell das landestypische Gewand, in diesem Fall das Áo dài.

Das im Jahr 2007 in Vietnam erschienene Kriegsdrama Áo lụa Hà Đông (etwa "Das weiße Seidenkleid") thematisiert die kulturelle Bedeutung des Áo dài als Symbol für Geist und Haltung vietnamesischer Frauen.

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Horn Concerto no. 1 E flat major op. 11
Peter Damm (Editor)
Johannes Umbreit (Piano reduction)
Urtext Edition, Piano reduction, paperbound
Pages 42 (VI+29+7), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Further editions of this title
Study score (pocket score) 21.95 € Digital (tablet)
With his first horn concerto, the merely eighteen-year-old Richard Strauss succeeded in producing a captivating masterstroke. To this day, the concerto is beloved throughout the world (not only) by horn players, and together with Mozart's masterworks numbers among the essential pieces in the instrument's repertoire. Peter Damm, former principal horn for the Staatskapelle Dresden and world-class soloist, has not only performed the concerto publicly over 170 times himself, but has also presented pivotal research findings and publications on its genesis. Prepared after reviewing all surviving sources, the Urtext edition he has edited may thus been regarded as the edition of reference. For use in lessons and for performances, the especially playable piano reduction by Johannes Umbreit is a great help.
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Richard Strauss (1864–1949) was familiar with the sound and repertoire of the French horn from his earliest childhood. His father, Franz Strauss (1822–1905), played solo horn in the Munich Court Orchestra and was one of the greatest horn players of his day. This meant that Richard Strauss got to know all the technical possibilities and features of the instrument, and his … more
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One of the most important opera composers of the twentieth century. His oeuvre comprises fifteen operas, nine symphonic poems, instrumental concerti, and a large number of songs. His stage works are marked by their great variety of genre and subject matter.
1864 Born in Munich on June 11, the son of Franz Joseph Strauss, principal horn player in the court orchestra. Receives instruction in piano, violin, and composition.
1885–86 Conductor at the Meiningen Court Orchestra, initially under the tutelage of Hans von Bülow.
1886 Music director at the Munich Court Theatre.
1887–1903 He increasingly devotes himself to the symphonic poem, including "Tod und Verklärung" ("Death and Transfiguration") in C minor, Op. 24; "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche" ("Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks") in F major, Op. 28; "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30; "Symphonia Domestica" in F major for large orchestra, Op. 53.
1889–94 Music director in Weimar. First Kapellmeister in Munich in 1894, in Berlin at the Royal Court Opera from 1898–1910.
1905 Breakthrough with the premiere of "Salome," Op. 54.
1906 Beginning of his collaboration with Hugo von Hofmannsthal on the harmonically progressive opera "Elektra," Op. 58, premiered in Dresden in 1909.
1911 Sensational premiere in Dresden of "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59, which refers back to operatic tradition and makes him the leading German opera composer. He decides to dedicate himself primarily to operas: "Ariadne auf Naxos," Op. 60 (1912); "Intermezzo" Op. 72 (1924); "Die ägyptische Helena," Op. 75 (1928); "Arabella," Op. 79 (1933); "Die schweigsame Frau," Op. 80 (1935); "Friedenstag," Op. 81, and "Daphne," Op. 82 (1938); "Die Liebe der Danae," Op. 83 (1944).
1919 Director of the Vienna State Opera. Premiere there of "Die Frau ohne Schatten," Op. 65.
1931 Collaboration with Stefan Zweig.
from 1944 Composition of his last works: Metamorphosen, for 23 solo strings, Oboe Concerto in D major, Four Last Songs.
1949 Death in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on September 8.
Peter Damm was born in 1937 in Meiningen (Thuringia). After studying at the Hochschule für Mus-ik in Weimar between 1951-1957 under Professor Karl Biehlig, he began his musical career in 1957 as solo hornist with the orchestra of Gera (Orchester der Bühnen der Stadt Gera). Two years later he became principal horn of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, a position he held until 1969. From 1969 to 2002 Peter Damm was principal horn with the Dresden State Orchestra (Staatskapelle). On his retirement the orchestra made him an Honorary Member. Other titles con-ferred upon him include that of Kammermusiker (Chamber musician) in 1967 and Kammervirtuose (Chamber virtuoso) in 1971.
Alongside his orchestra work, Peter Damm also taught at the "Carl Maria von Weber" Conservato-ry in Dresden, as well as giving international masterclasses and running workshops in Europe, Ja-pan and the United States. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician in almost all Euro-pean countries, as well as in North and South America and Japan.
Between 1986 and 2018 Peter Damm was President of the International Competition for Wind Instruments in Markneukirchen (Saxony). He is an Honorary Member of the International Horn Society, of the Bavarian Horn Society and the Mozart Society in Saxony. Peter Damm has received numerous prizes and awards. His artistic prowess has been documented on many recordings and through radio broadcasts. His extensive repertoire covers solo, chamber music and concert litera-ture from the 18th century up to and including contemporary music.
After the opening concert of the International Horn Symposium in La-Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) in 2007, Peter Damm retired from the concert podium, also as a soloist. Since then he has dedi-cated himself to many diverse enterprises: scholarly research into Richard Strauss' horn concertos, where the investigation into the sources is sometimes similar to detective work, tracing and edit-ing rare literature for the horn, and arrangements for horn ensembles.
Prof. Johannes Umbreit studied the piano at the Musikhochschule in Munich. From 1987 onwards he was a regular accompanist at courses given by Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Thomas Brandis, Ljerko Spiller, Igor Ozim, Olga Woitowa, Ernő Sebestyén, Walter Nothas, F. Andrejevsky, Denis Zsigmondy and Zakhar Bron amongst others. He has appeared in numerous radio and TV broadcasts and plays chamber music with members of the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
He is on the jury of different international competitions and has been invited to several international music festivals. Umbreit was a teacher for almost ten years at the Musikhochschule in Munich and at the same time a lecturer for chamber music and piano accompaniment at the Richard Strauss Conservatory. Since 2008 he has been a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. As the long-serving managing director of the Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft, he was made an honorary member of the board in 2009. In May 2011, the Bavarian Minister of Culture appointed Johannes Umbreit an honorary professor of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München on the suggestion of its academic senate.
Andante C major for Horn and Piano
Horn Concerto no. 2 E flat major
Adagio and Allegro op. 70 for Piano and Horn
Canto serioso for Horn and Piano
Concertino op. 45 for Horn and Orchestra
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
Concerto for Horn (Trumpet) and Strings E flat major
Horn Concerto D major Hob. VIId:3
Horn Concerto no. 1 D major K. 412/514
Horn Concerto no. 2 E flat major K. 417


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Vladimir Putin speaks to the media following a live nationwide broadcast phone-in, in Moscow Thursday. (Reuters/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti)
Vladimir Putin denies repressing media, critics
By Muzaffar Suleymanov/CPJ Europe and Central Asia Research Associate on April 26, 2013 2:36 PM EDT
In the year since Vladimir Putin returned to the Russian presidency, independent media, civil society groups, and opposition activists have been under attack. But as he has done in the past, Putin recently asserted that his government is not engaged in political repression.
In a televised address Thursday, "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin," the Russian leader insisted there was no obstruction to freedom of speech in Russia and denied carrying out Stalinist-style measures against opposition activists and critical NGOs, according to CNN and Reuters.
CPJ and our partner groups disagree. The climate for human rights in Russia is at its worst since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Human Rights Watch said in a recent report. The headline on an Amnesty International report plainly accused Putin of carrying out a witch hunt. Presented in Moscow on Wednesday, both reports detail draconian laws and politicized prosecution of government opponents in Russia since Putin returned to high office in May 2012.
According to the new laws, local human rights groups and independent watchdogs that receive funding from abroad are required to brand themselves as "foreign agents"–a term that in Russia has connotation of a spy–or face exorbitant fines and closure; journalists once again face criminal prosecution if sued for libel; and Russian citizens working for international groups can be accused of treason.
However, when queried by Aleksei Venediktov, chief editor of the prominent Moscow-based radio station Ekho Moskvy, on measures such as Internet restrictions, imprisonment of the punk band Pussy Riot, prosecution of the popular opposition activist and blogger Aleksei Navalny, and raids of NGOs and human rights groups, Putin disagreed that he was moving Russia back toward the Stalinist era of political reprisals and prison camps.
Nobody can place restrictions on the Web, Putin said. "The Internet in reality is a space of freedom, and nothing can be limited or banned there." However, "society may and should bar itself from pedophilia, child porn, distribution of drugs, and suicide teachings," he added. Only these constraints are being enforced, Putin said.
However, CPJ research has found that Internet restrictions are being implemented without public oversight, and that there are questions about the availability of public access to the registry of sites that are banned; the appeal procedure for online publications, including international websites unfamiliar with Russian laws; and whether a ban applies to a certain page or an entire Web address.
As for NGOs, the president said, their work is welcome in Russia, but if they are sponsored by foreign donors and conduct political activity they must declare themselves as foreign agents. In July, Russian parliament members proposed bringing local media that received foreign funding under the law, the BBC reported. However, the proposal did not receive wide support in the Duma and was dropped.
Thousands of Russian non-governmental and human rights groups, including the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have been raided by Russian prosecutors since Putin said in February that the law must be enforced.
"The term 'foreign agent' in Russia is ubiquitously understood as spy or traitor, and it is difficult to avoid the impression that by adopting this law, Russian authorities sought to discredit and demonize certain civil society groups that accept foreign funding," Human Rights Watch said in its report.
Even as Putin was speaking to the nation Thursday, a Moscow court ordered a local NGO, elections watchdog Golos, and its director, Lilia Shibanova, to pay a combined fine of 400,000 rubles (about US$12,800) for failing to register as a foreign agent. According to news reports, authorities accused Golos of accepting foreign funds when it was awarded the Andrei Sakharov human rights prize by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in 2012, before the law took effect. The watchdog returned the money, but this did not affect the verdict.
As for the prosecution of Navalny, Pussy Riot, and other government opponents, the Russian leader said they were merely being held accountable for violating the law. "Nobody is putting anyone behind bars on purpose because of some political reasons. People are being sentenced not for their political views or actions, but for breaching the law. Everyone must abide by it," Putin said.
UPDATE: This post has been changed to reflect the correct name of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.
Muzaffar Suleymanov, research associate for CPJ's Europe and Central Asia Program, has a master's degree in international peace studies from the U.N. University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Q: Building JavaFX UI dynamically on the fly I am a novice to JavaFX. Still fiddling around a few samples to try and decide if that works out for the application that we are trying to build.
First phase of our app is kind of a data entry phase where the users will be poised with a lot of questions and his responses are recorded. The catch here is that another team is building the question set and these questions are in an XML, like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<userData>
<question id="Q1" type ="desc">
    <text>Enter the name of the Component</text>
</question>
<question id ="Q2" type ="list">
    <text>Select mechanism type</text>
    <choices>
        <choice> Type 1 </choice>
        <choice> Type 2 </choice>
        <choice> Type 3 </choice>
        <choice> Type 4 </choice>
    </choices>
</question>
<question id ="Q5" type="yesNo">
    <text> Whether the parts have been verified by the supervisor? </text>
</question>
<question id ="Q6" type="yesNo">
    <text> Whether the component is available within the domicile </text>
</question>
<question id ="Q7" type="value">
    <text> Enter the quantity </text>
</question>
<question id ="Q8" type="value">
    <text> Enter the unit price </text>
</question>
</userData>

It corresponds to various fields like having a boolean radio button if its a yesNo type, a dropdown in case of list, a text field for values and so on. These questions can change depending on the user so the user can configure the questions through this file.
The idea is to load this xml during the application start, parse them and build appropriate UI Components on the fly. Can this be achieved through JavaFX? I made a small prototype of this app using an FXML file built through SceneBuilder. But the trick is to generate the FXML file  required to build this UI Components for queries programmatic-ally after parsing the Questions XML file which was loaded during the start up.
What is a good starting to point  in achieving this functionality?

A: There are a couple of approaches you can take to this.
One is to simply parse the XML file, and create the FX controls in Java code as you go. This isn't too bad an approach, but you will not have any FXML at all. The basic idea is that you create a DocumentBuilder, use it to parse your xml file to a Document, which is an in-memory model of the xml document. You can use that to iterate through the xml elements, and create the appropriate JavaFX UI element for each xml element, adding them to some Pane.
The other approach is to use an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation to transform your XML file into FXML. I am certainly no expert in this technology, but the idea is pretty straightforward:
Define an xsl file that basically defines what your FXML file should look like based on the contents of your xml file. Again, I am not really familiar with the details of xsl, but something like this appears to work for your example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">

    <xsl:template match="/">

        <xsl:processing-instruction name="import">
            java.lang.*
        </xsl:processing-instruction>

        <xsl:processing-instruction name="import">
            javafx.scene.layout.*
        </xsl:processing-instruction>

        <xsl:processing-instruction name="import">
            javafx.scene.control.*
        </xsl:processing-instruction>

        <xsl:processing-instruction name="import">
            javafx.geometry.Insets
        </xsl:processing-instruction>

        <xsl:processing-instruction name="import">
            javafx.collections.FXCollections
        </xsl:processing-instruction>

        <GridPane hgap="5" vgap="5" fx:id="form" fx:controller="xml2fx.FormController">
            <columnConstraints>
                <ColumnConstraints halignment="RIGHT" hgrow="NEVER" />
                <ColumnConstraints halignment="LEFT" hgrow="ALWAYS" />
            </columnConstraints>
            <padding>
                <Insets top="10" bottom="10" left="10" right="10"/>
            </padding>

            <xsl:apply-templates select="//text"/>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="//question"/>

        </GridPane>

    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="text">
        <Label text="{.}" wrapText="true" textAlignment="RIGHT"
            GridPane.columnIndex="0"
            GridPane.rowIndex="{count(../preceding-sibling::question)}" />
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template name="controlCoords">
            <GridPane.columnIndex>1</GridPane.columnIndex>
            <GridPane.rowIndex>
                <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::question)"/>
            </GridPane.rowIndex>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="question[@type='desc']">
        <TextArea fx:id="{@id}" id="{@id}">
            <xsl:call-template name="controlCoords" />
        </TextArea>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="question[@type='list']">
        <ComboBox fx:id="{@id}" id="{@id}">
            <xsl:call-template name="controlCoords" />
            <items>
                <FXCollections fx:factory="observableArrayList">
                    <xsl:for-each select="choices/choice">
                        <String fx:value="{.}"/>
                    </xsl:for-each>
                </FXCollections>
            </items>
        </ComboBox>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="question[@type='value']">
        <TextField fx:id="{@id}" id="{@id}">
            <xsl:call-template name="controlCoords" />
        </TextField>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="question[@type='yesNo']">
        <CheckBox fx:id="{@id}" id="{@id}">
            <xsl:call-template name="controlCoords" />
        </CheckBox>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Now you just need to create a Transformer from that xsl file (I named it xml2fxml.xsl). The transform method will read the xml file, transform it according to the rules in the xsl file, and send the output to an output stream. You just need a little trickery to pipe that to an input stream and instruct the FXMLLoader to read the generated fxml from it:
import java.io.PipedInputStream;
import java.io.PipedOutputStream;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;

public class Main extends Application {
    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        try {
            final PipedOutputStream transformOutput = new PipedOutputStream();
            final PipedInputStream fxmlInputStream = new PipedInputStream(transformOutput);

            Thread transformThread = new Thread( () -> {
                try {
                    StreamSource xsltSource = new StreamSource(getClass().getResourceAsStream("xml2fxml.xsl"));
                    Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(xsltSource);
                    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
                    StreamSource xmlSource = new StreamSource(getClass().getResourceAsStream("questionnaire.xml"));
                    StreamResult transformerResult = new StreamResult(transformOutput);
                    transformer.transform(xmlSource, transformerResult);
                    transformOutput.close();

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            });

            transformThread.start();

            FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader();
            Parent root = loader.load(fxmlInputStream);
            Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 400);
            primaryStage.setScene(scene);
            primaryStage.show();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

Update: (Also note slight updates to the xsl above)
While this is quite slick, it is almost too transparent in that it makes it difficult to get access to the form controls in the controller. You need to do a bit of ugly examination of the contents of the root element of the FXML-defined scene graph in order to find the correct elements.
This example uses some reflection to get at the values; you could also do it with a lot of instanceof tests and some casting. It also gets at the controls by "knowing" that they are all in column 1, which really violates the separation of view and controller; it might be better to have some convention on the id assigned to the controls (that distinguishes them from the Labels) and use that instead.
package xml2fx;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.control.Control;
import javafx.scene.control.SelectionModel;
import javafx.scene.control.TextInputControl;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;

public class FormController {

    private static final String SELECTED_VALUE = "yes" ;
    private static final String UNSELECTED_VALUE = "no" ;

    @FXML
    private GridPane form ;

    private final Map<String, Control> controls = new HashMap<>();
    private final List<String> ids = new ArrayList<>();

    public void initialize() {
        for (Node node : form.getChildren()) {
            if (GridPane.getColumnIndex(node) == 1) { // all form controls are in column 1
                if (node instanceof Control) {
                    String id = node.getId();
                    controls.put(id, (Control)node);
                    ids.add(id);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public List<String> getIds() {
        return Collections.unmodifiableList(ids);
    }

    public String getUserValue(String id) throws ReflectiveOperationException {
        Control control = controls.get(id);
        if (control == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No control with id "+id);
        return getValueForControl(control);
    }

    private String getValueForControl(Control control) throws ReflectiveOperationException {
        if (isTextControl(control)) {
            return getTextControlValue(control);
        } else if (isSelectable(control)) {
            return getSelectableValue(control);
        } else if (hasSelectionModel(control)) {
            return getSelectedValue(control);
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported control class: "+control.getClass().getName());
    }

    private boolean isTextControl(Control control) {
        // TextAreas, TextFields, etc:
        return control instanceof TextInputControl ;
    }

    private String getTextControlValue(Control control) {
        return ((TextInputControl) control).getText();
    }

    private boolean isSelectable(Control control) {
        // ToggleButtons, CheckBoxes...
        for (Method method :  control.getClass().getMethods()) {
            if (method.getName().equals("isSelected")
                    && method.getReturnType() == boolean.class) {
                return true ;
            }
        }
        return false ;
    }

    private String getSelectableValue(Control control) throws ReflectiveOperationException {
        Method isSelectedMethod = control.getClass().getMethod("isSelected");
        boolean selected = (Boolean) isSelectedMethod.invoke(control);
        if (selected) {
            return SELECTED_VALUE ;
        } else {
            return UNSELECTED_VALUE ;
        }
    }

    private boolean hasSelectionModel(Control control) {
        // ComboBoxes, ListViews, TableViews, etc:
        for (Method method : control.getClass().getMethods()) {
            if (method.getName().equals("getSelectionModel")) {
                return true ;
            }
        }
        return false ;
    }

    private String getSelectedValue(Control control) throws ReflectiveOperationException  {
        Method selectionModelMethod = control.getClass().getMethod("getSelectionModel");
        SelectionModel<?> selectionModel = (SelectionModel<?>) selectionModelMethod.invoke(control);
        Object selectedItem = selectionModel.getSelectedItem();
        if (selectedItem == null) {
            return "" ;
        } else {
            return selectedItem.toString();
        }
    }
}

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Top 10 Tech Habits
9. Know When You're Paying Too Much for a Product
Technology isn't cheap, but it doesn't have to be a complete drain on your wallet, either. There are a lot of myths out there that'll cost you money—like buying expensive "gold plated" HDMI cables, or buying new gadgets when refurbished ones are just as good.
Top 10 Good Tech Habits
Over the Next Ten Days I will be listing the Top 10 Tech Habits. Follow along and keep up with everyone to become Tech Savvy Ready.
10. Regularly Audit Your Privacy Settings on Social Networks
You probably already know that social networks like Facebook aren't the poster child for privacy. Unfortunately, the only way to keep your info private—short of quitting those networks altogether—is audit your privacy settings every once in a while.Learn what each of those settings does and tweak them accordingly. You might also check out sites like AdjustYourPrivacy.com to keep up with your privacy settings on all your networks.
Build a Gaming PC for Any Budget
No matter how much money you have to spend, you can put together your own PC that will play games well now—and leave you lots of room to grow.
Of all the reasons to build a gaming-oriented desktop computer yourself rather than buy one from a manufacturer, the best of them might just be the control it gives you over your money. Sure, big companies may get bulk discounts that they can pass on to you, but you're still stuck with the components they want you to have—or a limited selection if they let you choose some yourself—and uncertain upgradability. If you decide later that you want a faster processor, a more powerful video card, or more storage, you might find upgrading too much of a hassle to bother with.
Download YouTube videos to your iPad
The web is full of videos, but you don't always have an internet connection on your iPad. Here's how to download videos from YouTube directly to your tablet without involving iTunes. It's completely free, too.
Step 1. Launch the App Store on your iPad and search for Video Downloader Super Lite. There are both free and paid-for versions. Install the free version.
How to download YouTube videos to Android
Download YouTube videos to an Android tablet
Step 1. Several free apps are available that let you download YouTube movies to your Android tablet. We like TubeMate YouTube Downloader, but you won't find it at Google Play. Head to m.tubemate.net to access a list of download sites. We chose to download TubeMate from Android Freeware.
Build Your Own Bluetooth Network Monitor and Keep Tabs on Your Internet Connection
It's pretty common knowledge that ISPs never offer you the kinds of upload and download speeds they advertise in the real world. So when you're gaming or downloading and want to know whether that lag is packet loss, what do you do? This enterprising DIYer hacked together his own network monitor that sits on his desk and feeds him data on the health of his connection.
Zak Kemble, the maker behind the monitor, wanted a way to keep tabs on his connection without logging in to his router to check, so he built this monitor. It uses a simple shell script and a low-cost microprocessor and Bluetooth module to communicate with the router, displays the information on the tiny LCD display, and is powered over USB. You can see it in action in the video above (turn annotations on, he includes descriptive notes as annotations to the video.)
Under the hood, the monitor uses ATmega328P microcontroller (available for under $5 at SparkFun Electronics) at its heart to manage a 1.8" color LCD display, a Bluetooth module, and uses V-USB for USB support. It's definitely no beginner project, but if you're up to the challenge (and we've shown you how you can be), it looks really useful and a lot of fun. Zak has even provided all of the code and associated files so you can build your own, just hit the link below.
Bluetooth Net Monitor | Zak's Electronics Blog via Hack a Day
6 Common Tech Myths That Cost You Money
Myth #6: You Need to Pay for Cable to Watch All the Newest Shows
If you talk to pretty much anyone with cable TV, they're biggest defense for keeping cable is that they want to stay up to date on popular shows. But for many of us, that's easy enough to do without spending $60-$120 a month on a cable bill.
With the exception of live sports, you can get almost any TV show a la carte from a variety of places. The most obvious place you get free TV is from the oldest source around: your TV antenna (and you can even build one yourself pretty easily). With an antenna you'll get all the network shows you want that are broadcast in your area....
Five Best Desktop Media Servers
Getting your music and movies from one computer to another computer across the house or across the world has never been easier. There are tons of apps designed to make the process simple and painless so you can watch movies on your smartphone when you're out, or just listen to the music on your desktop downstairs in your upstairs bedroom.
Plex (Windows/Mac/Linux)
We expected Plex to get some love in the nominations, but we didn't expect it to be as overwhelming as it was. It's true, Plex is a stellar media server and media center application, with mobile apps that let you take your music and movies with you on virtually any mobile device or operating system without worrying whether that system can play them. Plex transcodes on the fly, automatically adjusts its performance and quality for available bandwidth, and is a snap to set up. It works just as well locally on your home network as it does with your mobile device when you're out and about on 3G or 4G. If you have a supported set-top box, it's even easier. The desktop app is free, the mobile apps are $5, and the MyPlex media center hub gives you control over your files on the go.
Myth #5: DIY Isn't As Good As What You Buy on the Shelf
The myth that DIY options aren't as good as products from a store goes far beyond tech purchases, but the idea that you'll get a better product from Best Buy than you can make yourself is just absurd.
Of course, making something on your own takes a little technical skill, but doing so can save you tons of money. One of the most obvious examples of this accessories. A car dock for your phone is a perfect example. You could go out and buy one for $30 or $40, and it'll probably only work for one specific phone. Or you can make one yourself out of binder clips for a couple bucks and it works with any phone. Even a laptop stand can cost $20 or $30 in a store, but you can easily make one yourself with a $3 Ikea BRADA that works just as well. Essentially, DIYing is not only cheaper, it also lets you make something that fits your exact needs.
DIY options are just as capable as their store-bought counterparts. Even if you're not sure what you're doing, you'll find a ton of guides online that walk you through the process to make your own gear. While your project might not end up looking as pretty as what you buy in the store, it'll likely work just as well and save you a lot of cash. The other benefit? You'll probably actually like what you make more than what you purchase.
Watch out for the last myth!!
Myth #4: Better Processors Make for Better All-Around Speed
Back in the early days of computers, processor speed was incredibly important. The difference between a 1 GHz processor and a 1.5 GHz processor was noticeable, even to novices. Over time, the importance of clock speed has become ingrained in all our minds. But nowadays things are a little different. As Ars Technica points out, comparing clock speeds between processors isn't as important as it was 10 years ago:
In a nutshell, the Pentium 4 took many more clock cycles to do the same amount of work as the original Pentium, so its clockspeed was much higher for the equivalent amount of work. This is one core reason why there's little point in comparing clockspeeds across different processor architectures and families-the amount of work done per clock cycle is different for each architecture, so the relationship between clockspeed and performance (measured in instructions per second) is different.
For the most part, we've reached the point of diminishing returns for clock speed on desktop computers. Which is to say, unless you're editing a lot of video or buying a laptop, you don't need to spend the extra money on more processor speed. For speed improvement, your money is best spent elsewhere: If you want to speed up your rig for gaming, you're best off buying a better video card, and if you want to just speed up general performance, a solid state drive will boost your speed more than a new processor.
The point is that when you're looking to buy a new computer, or if you're interested in upgrading yours, the processor is likely the last thing you need to consider unless you have special, processor-intensive needs like video editing.


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Legal Information: Elizabeth Arden Company Store Customer Loyalty Program Terms and Conditions
ELIZABETH ARDEN COMPANY STORE CUSTOMER LOYALTY PROGRAM TERMS & CONDITIONS
Subject to the terms and conditions ("Terms & Conditions") set forth below, members of the Elizabeth Arden Company Store Customer Loyalty Program ("Elizabeth Arden Company Store Loyalty Program" and "Program") will earn points in connection with qualifying purchases at participating company stores that are redeemable towards future qualifying purchases.
ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO JOIN THE ELIZABETH ARDEN COMPANY STORE LOYALTY PROGRAM. You must be age at least eighteen (18) years of age or older and a resident of the United States to be eligible for membership in the Program. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) years of age, or older depending upon the age of majority in their home state of residence (collectively, "Minors"), must obtain the consent of their parent or legal guardian prior to participation in the Program. The Program is limited to individual membership only, and is limited to one membership account per individual.
Employees of Elizabeth Arden, Inc., ("Elizabeth Arden") and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and divisions, and the officers, directors, shareholders, agents, employees, representatives, associates, successors and assigns (collectively, "EA Entities") of each such entity, are not eligible for membership in the Program.
The Program is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Program accounts are not transferable and are not for sale, resale, or barter. Elizabeth Arden and its affiliates may also have other similar customer loyalty programs; membership in the Elizabeth Arden Company Store Loyalty Program does not confer any rights or benefits in any other programs of Elizabeth Arden or its affiliates.
ENROLLMENT: BY PROVIDING YOUR INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, YOU AGREE, OR IN THE CASE OF MINOR PARTICIPANTS THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF SUCH MINOR PARTICIPANT AGREES, TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
In order to become a member of and participate in the Program, you must provide mandatory minimum personally identifiable information, including your first name, last name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.
PRIVACY/DATA COLLECTION: Elizabeth Arden collects and uses the personal information you provide to enable members of the Program to participate in the Program and for the purpose of administering the Program. All such personally identifiable information ("PII") is subject to Elizabeth Arden's Privacy Policy, which can be found at http://www.elizabetharden.com/Privacy-Policy/privacy-and-policy,default,pg.html. BY SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND CONSENT TO ELIZABETH ARDEN'S PRIVACY POLICY AND ITS TERMS OF USE. UNLESS YOU SPECIFICALLY OPT-IN TO USE OF YOUR DATA TO RECEIVE FUTURE MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, YOUR DATA WILL BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM.
You may opt-in to the collection and use by Elizabeth Arden of your data for the purpose of Elizabeth Arden sending you future marketing and promotional communications unrelated to the Program. By opting-in, you specifically consent to the use of your personal information in such manner. Such consent is not required to become or remain a member of the Program, and will not entitle you to additional benefits under the Program. You may opt-in to such communications at http://www.elizabetharden.com. The collection and use of the data you provide via opt-in is subject to Elizabeth Arden's Privacy Policy, which can be found at http://www.elizabetharden.com/Privacy-Policy/privacy-and-policy,default,pg.html.
PARTICIPATING ELIZABETH ARDEN COMPANY STORES: Currently, the Elizabeth Arden Company Store Loyalty Program is available at the following Elizabeth Arden Company Stores ("Participating Stores") only:
Arizona:
Glendale Tanger Outlets
6800 N. 95 Ave
11401 NW 12th St
Orlando Premium Outlets - Vineland
8200 Vineland Ave
Orlando Premium Outlets - Intl Dr
4955 International Dr
Sawgrass Mills
2604 Sawgrass Mills Circle
Ellenton Premium Outlets
5383 Factory Shops Blvd
Ellenton, FL 34222
North Georgia Premium Outlets
800 Highway 400 South
Nevada:
Las Vegas Premium Outlets – South
Woodbury Common Premium Outlets
214 Red Apple Court
Central Valley, NY 10917
Riverhead Tanger Outlets
Lancaster Tanger Outlets
307 Stanley K. Tanger Blvd
Houston Premium Outlets
29300 Hempstead Road
San Marcos Premium Outlets
3939 IH-35 South
Texas City Tanger Outlets
5885 Gulf Freeway
Williamsburg Premium Outlets
5699-36 Richmond Road
Participating Stores may change. It is your responsibility to check with individual stores before making a purchase or redeeming points to confirm current participation in the Program.
HOW TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT: Currently, you may apply to open a membership account ("Account") only in person at Participating Stores.
UNIQUE MEMBERSHIP IDENTIFIER: Each Program member ("Member") will be assigned a unique customer account ("Account"), identifiable in-store by provision of the Member's name, email address, phone number, address, and/or a combination thereof. Members will not receive a membership card or membership number – Member Accounts will be identified by Member name and email address. In order to receive credit for Qualifying Purchases (as defined below), to inquire about Account balance, and/or to update or change your personal data, you must speak with an in-store sales associate. Members may be requested to show suitable identification in order to assist with verification of Account ownership and to assist with the protection and safeguarding of personal information.
HOW TO UPDATE MEMBER INFORMATION: Members are responsible for keeping the personal information associated with their corresponding Account, including email address, address, and phone number, current by visiting any Participating Store and speaking with an in-store sales associate or by contacting Elizabeth Arden at companystores@elizabetharden.com. From time to time, Elizabeth Arden may obtain change of address updates from other sources such as the U.S. Postal Service, and may use such notification to update the corresponding Account, but is not obligated to do so.
ACCOUNT CANCELLATION: You may cancel your Account/Membership and participation in the Program at any time by visiting a Participating Store and speaking personally with an in-store sales associate or by contacting Elizabeth Arden at companystores@elizabetharden.com. Members may be requested to show suitable identification in order to assist with verification of Account ownership and to assist with the protection and safeguarding of personal information. Upon cancellation, any unused points accrued in your Account will be forfeited and cannot be redeemed.
FURTHER, ELIZABETH ARDEN MAY CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT IF, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, ELIZABETH ARDEN DETERMINES THAT: YOU DO NOT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP STATED IN THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS; YOU OBTAINED OR MAINTAINED MEMBERSHIP BY MEANS OF FRAUD OR OTHER DECEPTIVE PRACTICE; AND /OR YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS.
GENERAL TERMS: Members can earn Program Reward Points ("Reward Points") by making a qualifying purchase ("Qualifying Purchase") at Participating Stores. When making a purchase, you must FIRST provide your Account information, such as your email address, name, address, and/or phone number to the in-store sales associate at the register, so that the sales associate make locate, confirm, and properly credit your Account. Purchases made without first identifying and confirming your Account information are not eligible to earn or receive Reward Points.
EARNING POINTS AND POINT CALCULATION: All Members earn one (1) point for every one dollar ($1) spent when they: (i) purchase qualifying products ("Qualifying Products") at Participating Stores (i.e., make a Qualifying Purchase), AND (ii) provide and have a sales associate confirm their Account information at the time of the Qualifying Purchase.
Reward Points are rounded up to the nearest dollar amount. For example, if you spend $9.99, you will receive 10 points. Calculation is as follows: $9.99 x 1 point per dollar = 9.99 points, which is rounded up to 10 points.
ACCRUAL AND CONFIRMATION OF POINTS EARNED: Reward Points will be credited to your Account immediately at the time of the corresponding Qualifying Purchase. For all Qualifying Purchases, the amount of Reward Points earned during a Qualifying Purchase transaction will be reflected on your receipt for that transaction.
ALWAYS CHECK YOUR RECEIPT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE: Your Reward Point total for a Qualifying Purchase will be reflected on your receipt only in the form of your Qualifying Purchase total (rounded up to the nearest dollar amount), and not in the form of a separate Reward Point field. You may check you Reward Point total at any time in-person at participating stores. If your Qualifying Purchase total is not reflected, or otherwise appears incorrect, it is your responsibility to immediately notify an in-store sales associate to have the situation reviewed and addressed. Occasionally, there may be point-of-sale or system unavailability or other technical issues that limit the ability to reflect on the receipt the Qualifying Purchase total. Elizabeth Arden assumes no responsibility for such system unavailability or technical difficulty after you have left the point of sale. FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, MEMBERS ARE SOLEY RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING A SALES ASSOCIATE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE OF ANY ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED DISCREPENSIES OR OMMISSIONS WITH REGARD TO THE QUALIFYING PURCHASE TOTAL. IF ADJUSTMENTS ARE WARRANTED, IN THE SOLE DETERMINATION OF ELIZABETH ARDEN, THEN ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE ACCORDINGLY. ADJUSTMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE AT ANY TIME OTHER THAN AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.
EXCLUSIONS: Members earn Reward Points only on the purchase of Qualifying Products at Participating Stores. Products deemed Qualifying Products are in the sole discretion of Elizabeth Arden. The following products, items, charges, and purchases are SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED as Qualifying Products and/or Qualifying Purchases: gift cards; gift certificates; voucher redemptions; returned items; department store and other retailer purchases; Red Door Spa purchases; Internet purchases; previous purchases; shipping and handling charges; and all taxes, including without limitation, federal, state, and local taxes or use taxes. Reward Points will be earned only on the actual price of an item at the time of purchase, and not on any other original, previous, suggested retail, or manufacturer's suggested price.
The following purchases are also SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED from earning Reward Points: (i) purchases made by a Member prior to joining the Program; and (ii) purchases made without first identifying and confirming your Account information.
EARNING POINTS THROUGH REDEMPTION OF GIFT CARDS: Redemption of gift cards by a Member who identifies and confirms their Account information at the time of redemption of the gift certificate will earn Reward Points for the amount of Qualifying Purchases made in the corresponding transaction.
RETURNS: Reward Points earned pursuant to a Qualifying Purchase that correspond to a subsequent return, refund, returned check due to non-sufficient funds, or other credit will be deducted from the Member's account in an amount equal to the Reward Points earned for the original transaction, including bonus points (if any). If a return causes your Account to have a negative point balance, ONLY a store credit will be issued on the return regardless of your original form of payment.
BONUS REWARD POINTS: Participating Stores may run certain bonus point promotions ("Bonus Point Promotions") under which Members can earn additional or bonus points ("Bonus Points") in connection with the purchase of certain Qualifying Products or in connection with other specially designated, limited time promotions such as specially designated bonus reward shopping days ("Bonus Reward Days.") During and in connection with such Bonus Point Promotions and Bonus Reward Days, Members will earn bonus points on each Qualifying Purchase only as specified in the corresponding offer. Bonus Point Promotions and Bonus Reward Days are subject to the terms and conditions of the corresponding offer and may be offered at any time in Elizabeth Arden's sole discretion.
Bonus Point offers cannot be combined with any other offer unless specifically stated otherwise under the terms and conditions of the corresponding Bonus Point Promotion or Bonus Reward Day. If, during a Bonus Point Promotion or a Bonus Reward Day, a Member makes a Qualifying Purchase and any of the Qualifying Products, or the purchase otherwise comes with an additional free product(s), Bonus and or Rewards Points will not be issued on the retail or any other value of the free product(s).
HOW TO REDEEM REWARD POINTS
GENERAL: Reward Points earned by a Member may be redeemed only for future purchases at Participating Stores in accordance with the specific terms and conditions set forth below and contained elsewhere herein.
REDEMPTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Members will receive a 10% off reward coupon ("Reward Coupon") for every $500 earned on Qualifying Purchases;
Reward Coupons are good for 10% off of an entire purchase, or for 10% off the combined total value of Qualifying Products contained in the corresponding redemption transaction, whichever is less;
Reward Coupons will be issued at the time of the Qualifying Purchase in which Members achieve/accrue $500 or more in Reward Points;
Reward Coupons are valid only on future purchases beginning five (5) days after award of the Reward Coupon;
Reward Coupons expire one hundred and twenty (120) days after issue;
Reward Coupons cannot be combined with any other coupon or offer;
Members must present their Reward Coupon at the time of purchase in order to redeem;
If a Member earns more than one Reward Coupon, such Reward Coupons may only be redeemed one purchase at a time and MAY NOT be combined/redeemed in a single transaction;
Reward Points accumulated on different Accounts of different Members MAY NOT be combined or aggregated;
Reward Points may be redeemed on the purchase price of products only and cannot be used towards the payment of any taxes, shipping/handling charges, or other fees and charges.
OTHER TERMS & CONDITIONS / LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
GENERAL: BY JOINING THE ELIZABETH ARDEN COMPANY STORE LOYALTY PROGRAM, YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE, AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS.
Elizabeth Arden reserves the right, in its sole discretion and at any time, to cancel, modify, or restrict the Program, in whole or in part, or any aspect of the Program, in whole or in part, including, without limitation, Membership eligibility requirements, the Reward Point earning/accumulation ratio, the Reward Point redemption policy, and the Reward Point expiration policy. Elizabeth Arden may take any such action(s) without advance notice. Elizabeth Arden may make such changes even though such changes may affect the ability of Members, individually or collectively, to use Reward Points and Reward Coupons already accumulated. At all times, Members are solely responsible for remaining knowledgeable about, and in compliance with, these Terms & Conditions.
Elizabeth Arden reserves the right to determine the amount of Reward Points in any Member's Account based on Elizabeth Arden's internal records related to such Member's Account. A Member's Reward Points balance, as reflected in Elizabeth Arden's records, shall be deemed correct. In the event of an inconsistency between the amount of Reward Points accrued in a Member's Account as may be stated on any Member's receipt and Elizabeth Arden's internal records, Elizabeth Arden's internal records will control. Elizabeth Arden assumes no responsibility for errors caused by incorrect Member information. REWARD POINTS AND REWARD COUPONS ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE AND CANNOT BE REDEEMED FOR CASH. The transfer and/or sale of Reward Points is strictly prohibited, and may result in the confiscation or cancellation of your Reward Points as well as suspension or termination of your Membership.
Elizabeth Arden in its sole discretion may revoke any Member's Membership in the Program at any time if such Member engages in abuse of the Program or fails to follow the Terms & Conditions of the Program. Fraud or abuse relating to the accrual of Reward Points or redemption of Reward Points / Reward Coupons may result in revocation of Membership in the Program and may affect a Member's eligibility for participation in any other Elizabeth Arden program. The interpretation and application of the Program's Terms & Conditions are at the sole discretion and determination of Elizabeth Arden.
GOVERNING LAW: The Program is created and controlled by Elizabeth Arden, Inc., in the State of Florida, U.S.A. As such, the laws of the Florida will govern the Program and these Terms & Conditions in all respects, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. YOU HEREBY CONSENT (OR, IF YOU ARE A MINOR, YOUR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN HEREBY CONSENTS) TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS OR THE PROGRAM.
MANDATORY ARBITRATION: Please read this carefully. This agreement affects your rights. This Agreement only applies to purchases made at EA Participating Stores as defined below.
By agreeing to purchase products from ELIZABETH ARDEN ("EA" is defined below), YOU ("You" is defined below) AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EA ARBITRATION POLICY.
EA and you agree that this agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Section 1, et seq.
EA and You agree that any and all claims ("claims" is defined below) between you and EA relating in any way to your purchase of Products at EA Participating Stores shall be submitted to binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in accordance with the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules and Supplementary Procedures for resolution of consumer related disputes ("AAA rules"), and judgment may be entered on the arbitration award by a court of competent jurisdiction. You and EA agree that claims submitted to arbitration will be decided by a single arbitrator who must be on the AAA Roster of Commercial Arbitrators and selected in accordance with AAA Rules. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator.
EA AND YOU AGREE THAT CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND IN THE NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON OR ENTITY AND THAT CLAIMS MUST PROCEED ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND NON-CLASS AND NON-REPRESENTATIVE BASIS. EA AND YOU AGREE THAT CLAIMS OF TWO OR MORE PERSONS MAY NOT BE JOINED OR CONSOLIDATED IN THE SAME ARBITRATION. FURTHERMORE, EA AND YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER OF US, NOR ANY OTHER PERSON, MAY PURSUE THE CLAIMS IN ARBITRATION AS A CLASS ACTION OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION NOR MAY ANY SUCH CLAIMS BE PURSUED ON EITHER OF OUR BEHALF IN ANY LITIGATION IN ANY COURT, INCLUDING ASSIGNED CLAIMS. THE ARBITRATOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO AWARD RELIEF ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND NON-CLASS AND NON-REPRESENTATIVE BASIS.
You acknowledge and agree that You have voluntarily and knowingly entered into this Arbitration Agreement, and that You chose to purchase from an EA Participating Store rather than an entity that may not have an arbitration policy.
"EA" means Elizabeth Arden, Inc and its respective subsidiaries, parent, affiliates, and agents."You" means you and your respective subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, predecessors in interest, successors, relatives, spouse, estate, domestic partners, heirs and assigns, as well as all authorized or unauthorized users or beneficiaries under this Agreement. "Claims" is to be broadly interpreted to include: any claims arising out of or relating to, the purchase, advertisement, marketing or use of Products sold at EA Participating Stores including but not limited to tort, contract, willful acts, statutory violation, misrepresentation,] bad faith, or other legal theory and all derivative causes of action "Participating Stores" means EA company owned and operated stores.
RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL CLAIMS:
Procedure. A party who intends to seek arbitration must first send to the other, by certified mail, a written Notice of Dispute ("Notice"). The Notice to EA should be addressed to Elizabeth Arden, Inc, 2400 SW 145th Avenue Miramar, FL 33027. The Notice must (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim; and (b) set forth the specific relief sought ("Demand"). If EA (or its agent) and you do not reach an agreement to resolve the claim within 60 days after the Notice is received, you or EA may commence an arbitration proceeding.
Arbitration. The AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules and Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes apply in all Claims. See www.adr.org. The form to initiate arbitration can be found on the AAA website.
After EA receives Notice that you have commenced arbitration, it will reimburse you for your payment of the filing fee. Current filing fees are available at www.adr.org The arbitration will be governed by the Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (collectively, "AAA Rules") of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), as modified by this Agreement, and will be administered by the AAA. The AAA Rules are available online at www.adr.org, by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879. The arbitration will take place in the county (or parish) where the customer resides, at the time of the purchase unless otherwise agreed in writing by customer and EA.
In addition to the above, for claims seeking $15,000 or less, the customer may choose whether the arbitration proceeds in person, by telephone, or based only on written submissions.
For claims that do not exceed the jurisdictional limit of state small claims court, either You or EA may bring claims in small claims court in lieu of arbitration.
Arbitrator. The right to a hearing will be determined by AAA rules. Regardless of the manner in which the arbitration is conducted, the arbitrator shall issue a written decision sufficient to explain the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. The arbitrator has the authority to make rulings and resolve disputes as to the payment and reimbursement of fees, expenses, upon request from either party made within 14 days of the arbitrator's ruling on the merits. The arbitrator has the authority to award any form of individual relief, including equitable relief and other relief available under applicable law. The arbitrator is bound by the terms of this Agreement. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, except issues relating to the scope and enforceability of the Arbitration Agreement which shall be for a Court to decide.
Fees. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, EA will pay all the AAA Filing, administration and arbitrator fees for any Arbitration initiated in accordance with the Notice Procedure. Current filing fees are available at www.adr.org. If, however the Arbitrator finds that either the substance of Your claim or the reliefs ought in the Demand is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose, then the payment of all such fees will be governed by AAA Rules. In such case, You agree to reimburse EA for all monies previously disbursed by it that are otherwise Your obligation to pay under the AAA Rules.
PROGRAM INFORMATION AND CONTACT DETAILS
For information or questions regarding the Program, including Participating Stores, email companystores@elizabetharden.com.
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RTÉjr and RTÉ Player air 10 brand new commissioned Christmas animations
Monday, 14 Dec 2020 13:53
This Christmas RTÉ is making your festive season even more colourful as Shorts Yule Love, a series of 10 animated shorts from Irish animation companies all over the country, airs daily, from today, on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. The animations, many of which were produced in people's own homes during recent months, were commissioned especially for RTÉjr this Christmas and feature heart-warming and hilarious stories about the spirit of the season.
WATCH THE PROMO.
The 10 animations are:
Bear with Me from Boyle-based animation company Studio Meala, dedicated to all of the children who won't get home for Christmas, follows a lost teddy bear as they explore a Children's Hospital looking for their owner.
Da Humbug is from Flickerpix, an animation studio in Holywood. It's a festive and heart-warming stop-motion animation from the IFTA award-winning studio that brought you MACROPOLIS and ON THE AIR. Join Ella as she tries to share a little Christmas kindness with her grumpy older neighbour Bob, a real Bah Humbug!
WATCH: 'The Making of Da Humbug'
Little from Alt Animation in Belfast is a short film about how the interruption to your day might be making someone else's. Big just wants to go outside and play with his friends and he's tired of his little brother tagging along. Little was written and directed by Matthew Bradley and produced by ALT Animation with the music and sound design provided by Score Draw.
The Wee Littles: Christmas Eve Eve by Clare-based company Magpie 6, is a film about two exhausted parents trying to get their children to bed, who come up with a new family tradition: where they'll each get to open a really tiny present Christmas Eve Eve!!
Critters TV: Tiny's Santa List, produced by Turnip & Duck. Mammy, Daddy & Tiny Owl are getting ready for Christmas. Even though they promised Tiny they'd keep their list short. Can Tiny teach them about the true meaning of Christmas?
Mistletoe & Stubbs by JAM Media. When a reliable, old cake decoration realises he's been replaced (and right in the run up to Christmas!) his dreams of shining on a fruit-filled, frosting-covered stage look like they're about to crumble away. With Easter, Birthdays and Spooky Season around the corner, could this plucky little cake topper gain a new starring role or will he end up stuck on the sidelines for good? The creative force behind it, Jess Patterson, recently directed 'The Voyage' which was a massive hit on RTÉ's Comic Relief . Music score is provided by Richie Egan from Jape.
Urban Tails: The Big Christmas Song by Pink Kong, an awesome animated musical set in the universe of Urban Tails the RTÉjr pre-school series. Duo AoÍfe Doyle and Niamh Herrity really have Christmas wrapped up with this rap!
An Oíche is Speisialta by Dublin-based company Studio 9, follows a magical star as it visits the diverse homes of Ireland on the eve of Christmas.
Naughty vs Nice by Dublin-based Treehouse Republic. On a crisp Christmas Eve night, Santa is dismayed when he finds a child on the Naughty list. But the child in question, Grace, isn't going to take a stocking full of coal lying down. Classic Christmas caper alert!
Gunter Falls in Love by Offaly-based company Cardel. Günter, a pudgy pug, becomes besotted with an old hand-me-down family toy. The cuteness barometer broke when we viewed this one. This is directed by BAFTA nominated Writer, Director & Animator Josephine Lohoar.
There are two episodes each day from 14th to 18th December on RTÉ2 at 6.40am and 11.20am and all episodes are live on RTÉ Player from today here.
Suzanne Kelly, Group Head of RTÉ Young People's said: 'This Christmas 2020, RTÉjr is delighted to partner with the Irish animation sector to bring to Irish audiences a delicious selection box of animated shorts for your viewing pleasure. Once again RTÉ has been bowled over by the imagination and creativity of all those who work in this incredibly vibrant sector. Young People's Executive Producer, Eimear O'Mahony has worked closely with a wonderful mix of talented animation studios to deliver a collection of heart- warming, poignant and laugh out loud short films that will have everyone ho ho ho-ing all Christmas long…Our little gift to you. Enjoy!'


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Christin Hussongová (* 17. března 1994) je německá atletka, mistryně Evropy v hodu oštěpem z roku 2018.

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V roce 2011 zvítězila v soutěži oštěpařek na Mistrovství světa v atletice do 17 let. O dva roky později se stala v této disciplíně juniorskou vicemistryní Evropy. V roce 2015 se stala mistryní světa v hodu oštěpem na Mistrovství světa v atletice do 23 let, ve stejné sezóně skončila šestá mezi oštěpařkami na světovém šampionátu v Pekingu. Jejím největším úspěchem je zatím titul mistryně Evropy v hodu oštěpem z roku 2018. Vítězný hod 67,90 znamenal zároveň její osobní rekord.

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Němečtí oštěpaři
Mistryně Evropy v hodu oštěpem
Narození 17. března
Narození v roce 1994
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Narození v Porýní-Falci


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Q: How can I find the 3D rotation angle of an isoceles trapezoid? I have an isoceles trapezoid for which I know the lengths of all four sides and the inner angles:
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That trapezoid is rotated in 3D around the vertical central axis by an arbitrary number of degrees such that one side is closer to the observer.
How can I find that rotation angle?
It seems to me that the apparent lengths of the sides and the apparent angles will change. I'm struggling to turn that intuition into a means of calculating the rotation.

A: nvm, got it ... as it rotates, the apparent height will remain unchanged while the width will vary eventually reaching 0 when viewed edge on. Therefore, the ratio of height to width varies according to the cosine of the angle.
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Given actual height $h$, actual bottom-width $wb$, and apparent bottom-width $wb'$, let $\frac{wb}{h}$ = 1 (normalized ratio viewed face-on), the viewing angle is calculated as:  $$$\alpha = cos^{-1}(\frac{wb'}{h})$$
(You could use the top width instead of bottom width in the same manner.)