The storyline has also been updated and changes are begin made as i go, so there are new voice acting positions that will open if anyone's interested.
I put together an introduction for RedHand, thought it most likely won't be the official thing as new ideas and things come to mind, but its a good base for it (and its kinda short). I couldn't get a preloader so if it lags at the beginning you'll know why.
I took the liberty of doing the voice acting myself since it was just for show. They will most likely be replaced by better ones in the future. Note that certain sound effects and other thing might be updated will better ones as time progresses.
I'm excited for you to finish it.
Thanks. It might be a few month or so for the entire thing to be released, though.
Its been awhile since i've tried animating like this. I'm improving as i go. Thanks for the comment.
It looks nice, although the animation part wasn't the best, like Miccool said.
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Q: show COLUMNS FROM ma_table with séparator I want to have the fields names separated with ',' .
This query
show COLUMNS FROM ma_table;

Returns raw unseparated values
$sql = "show COLUMNS from ma_table ";
$req = mysql_query($sql) or die('Erreur
'.$sql.'
'.mysql_error());
while ($rslt = mysql_fetch_assoc($req)) {
    $fields=$rslt['Field'];
}
mysql_close();

A: All you need to do is concatenate a comma onto $fields as you process round the while loop.
You also need to use the .= string concatenation operator in the loop so you are adding each new Field to the string and not overwriting it each time.
$fields = '';
while ($rslt = mysql_fetch_assoc($req)) {
    $fields .= $rslt['Field'] . ',';
}

echo rtrim($fields, ',');

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But understanding of exactly how trauma can lead to psychosis remains limited – so Helen and her team are analysing data collected over many years, to pinpoint potential clues.
Helen's team are looking at data from existing studies that describe exposure to traumatic events, alongside information on potential psychological and social mechanisms and the nature of psychotic symptoms across childhood.
And they're also studying DNA samples that were taken during the studies, to explore whether changes in gene behaviour after traumatic experiences could provide clues to the causes of psychosis.
Sophie has experienced psychotic symptoms since a young age. Helen's research is providing her with hope that she'll learn more about what caused these, and what can be done to prevent her symptoms getting worse as she grows up.
By looking at psychological, social and biological data about childhood trauma, this project will deliver a new perspective on the development of psychotic symptoms.
In turn, this could enable us both to identify young children at risk of psychosis, and to provide treatments that prevent psychosis from developing.
Dr Helen Fisher is a psychologist and senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. Her focus is on the causes and treatment of psychosis in young adults.


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Research Article: Comprehensive genome-wide analysis of the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) laccase gene (PbLAC) family and functional identification of PbLAC1 involved in lignin biosynthesis
Date Published: February 12, 2019
Author(s): Xi Cheng, Guohui Li, Chenhui Ma, Muhammad Abdullah, Jinyun Zhang, Hai Zhao, Qing Jin, Yongping Cai, Yi Lin, Keith R. Davis.
The content and size of stone cell clusters affects the quality of pear fruit, and monolignol polymerization and deposition in the cell walls constitute a required step for stone cell formation. Laccase (LAC) is the key enzyme responsible for the polymerization of monolignols. However, there are no reports on the LAC family in pear (Pyrus bretschneideri), and the identity of the members responsible for lignin synthesis has not been clarified. Here, 41 LACs were identified in the whole genome of pear. All Pyrus bretschneideri LACs (PbLACs) were distributed on 13 chromosomes and divided into four phylogenetic groups (I-IV). In addition, 16 segmental duplication events were found, implying that segmental duplication was a primary reason for the expansion of the PbLAC family. LACs from the genomes of three Rosaceae species (Prunus mummer, Prunus persica, and Fragaria vesca) were also identified, and an interspecies collinearity analysis was performed. The phylogenetic analysis, sequence alignments and spatiotemporal expression pattern analysis suggested that PbLAC1, 5, 6, 29, 36 and 38 were likely associated with lignin synthesis and stone cell formation in fruit. The two target genes of Pyr-miR1890 (a microRNA identified from pear fruit that is associated with lignin and stone cell accumulation), PbLAC1 and PbLAC14, were selected for genetic transformation. Interfamily transfer of PbLAC1 into Arabidopsis resulted in a significant increase (approximately 17%) in the lignin content and thicker cell walls in interfascicular fibre and xylem cells, which demonstrated that PbLAC1 is involved in lignin biosynthesis and cell wall development. However, the lignin content and cell wall thickness were not changed significantly in the PbLAC14-overexpressing transgenic Arabidopsis plants. This study revealed the function of PbLAC1 in lignin synthesis and provides important insights into the characteristics and evolution of the PbLAC family.
Pyrus bretschneideri cv. 'Dangshan Su' is one of the most important exported fruits in China and is well known throughout the world for its rich nutritional and medicinal value, but one of the disadvantages of this variety is the large diameter of the stone cell clusters (SCCs) and their high abundance in the fruit [1,2]. The content and diameter of SCCs in pear fruit are negatively correlated with the content of sucrose and cause a gritty texture and coarse mouthfeel. An excessive abundance and/or an increased diameter of SCCs affect the fruit flavour and consumer appreciation [3–5]. Therefore, the content and diameter of SCCs are key factors affecting the quality of pear fruit.
The content and size of stone cells are the most important factors affecting fruit quality [2,9,10]. Stone cells not only affect the texture and taste of the flesh but also are negatively correlated with the contents of various nutrients. The content of lignin in the mature stone cells of pear is 20–30% [8,45]. The differentiation of the parenchyma cells of the flesh into stone cells causes the secondary cell walls to thicken and induce the deposition of a large amount of lignin [6,7,16]. Therefore, the development of stone cells is closely related to the synthesis and deposition of lignin. Laccases are responsible for the polymerization of lignin monomers and play an important role in the formation of secondary cell walls [14,22]. Laccases exist in the form of gene families in plants, and their members are numerous and functional [17,46]. Therefore, the screening and identification of PbLACs associated with lignin synthesis are important for the regulation of lignin synthesis and stone cell development in pear.
In conclusion, we screened and identified laccase family members in the pear genome, and the characteristics and evolution of the PbLAC family were systematically analysed. An expression pattern analysis revealed that PbLAC1, PbLAC6, PbLAC29 and PbLAC36 might be lignin-specific PbLACs in pear fruit, and a heterologous expression analysis in Arabidopsis clearly showed that PbLAC1 is involved in lignin metabolism and cell wall development. Thus, this study not only provides target genes for regulating the metabolism of pear lignin but also lays the foundation for clarifying the function of the PbLAC family.

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Retzbach osztrák község Alsó-Ausztria Hollabrunni járásában. 2022 januárjában 1002 lakosa volt.

Elhelyezkedése

Retzbach a tartomány Weinviertel régiójában fekszik, a Landbach folyó mentén, a Gránit- és Gneiszfennsíkon, közvetlenül a cseh határnál. Területének 6,9%-a erdő, 28,4% szőlő, 54,9% áll egyéb mezőgazdasági művelés alatt. Az önkormányzat 3 települést egyesít: Mitterretzbach (246 lakos 2022-ben), Oberretzbach (122) és Unterretzbach (634).

A környező önkormányzatok: keletre Haugsdorf, délre Pernersdorf, délnyugatra Retz, nyugatra Hardegg, északra Hnanice és Šatov, északkeletre Chvalovice (utóbbi 3 Csehországban).

Története
A második világháború végén, 1944 őszétől 1945 április közepéig zsidó kényszermunkásokat szállásoltak el Mitterretzbachban. 1945 tavaszán Oberretzbachban 21 Wehrmacht-dezertőrt végeztek ki.

Mitterretzbach és Oberretzbach községek 1966-ban egyesültek Retzbach néven. 1970-ben Unterretzbach is csatlakozott hozzájuk.

Lakosság
A retzbachi önkormányzat területén 2022 januárjában 1002 fő élt. A lakosságszám 1934 óta csökkenő tendenciát mutat. 2020-ban az ittlakók 94,1%-a volt osztrák állampolgár; a külföldiek közül 1,8% a régi (2004 előtti), 3% az új EU-tagállamokból érkezett. 0,5% az egykori Jugoszlávia (Szlovénia és Horvátország nélkül) vagy Törökország, 0,6% egyéb országok polgára volt. 2001-ben a lakosok 94,8%-a római katolikusnak, 3,5% pedig felekezeten kívülinek vallotta magát. Ugyanekkor két magyar élt a községben; a legnagyobb nemzetiségi csoportot a németek (98,1%) mellett a csehek alkották 0,8%-kal.

A népesség változása:

Látnivalók

az unterretzbachi Szt. Jakab-plébániatemplom
a mitterretzbachi Szt. Margit-plébániatemplom
az oberretzbachi Szt. Katalin-templom
az ún. Szent kő, amely az ókorban is kultuszhely lehetett, később kegytemplom (ma már csak romai maradtak) épült mellé

Források

A település honlapja
31038 - Retzbach Statistik Austria

Alsó-Ausztria települései

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Decarbonising Britain's railways demands urgent action – here's how it could be done
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Marcus Mayers, Manchester Metropolitan University and David Bamford, Manchester Metropolitan University
The race is on to reach net-zero carbon emissions within the next few decades – and the road to a zero-carbon UK runs through its railways. Transport currently accounts for 26% of all carbon emissions in the UK, and only 1% of this comes from trains.
Trains are one of the most environmentally friendly forms of mass transport available, releasing 0.046kg of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per kilometre each passenger travels. A diesel car is more than double that at 0.117kg.
That's probably why road transport and aviation are the most popular sources for emissions cuts. You may have heard about plans to completely phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, for example. But the big decisions about how to power Britain's trains are actually the most urgent.
Cars are typically only in service for 10 years or so, while trains carry on for 40 or even 50 years. Trains built today will only be in "mid-life" by 2050, when the UK's targets demand greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to zero.
Cars and the road network receive much of the attention for decarbonisation. Ross Sneddon/Unsplash, CC BY
This means that zero-carbon trains need to be ordered and delivered from 2025 onwards to stay on track with this timeline of decarbonisation. Currently the only trains that could meet this criteria are electric, but only 42% of track in the UK is electrified and 29% of Britain's current fleet is run solely on diesel fuel. These trains will need to be re-engineered or scrapped before they get to the end of their useful life to meet government targets.
So what needs to be done to turn Britain's ageing and polluting rail fleet into the zero-carbon mass transit of the future?
Getting on track for 2040
The UK has already electrified about two-fifths of the rail network, meaning some of these trains run exclusively off electric current and release no local carbon emissions. But they are only as green as the electricity grid that powers them – and though the UK has made encouraging progress away from fossil fuels, they still account for roughly half of all energy generated.
Diesel trains are more versatile as they can work on the almost 60% of lines that aren't electrified and the portion that is. Diesel power can also transport exceptionally heavy loads and so is often used in the freight sector. But the UK has been unable to order new diesel freight locomotives since 2008, because none of the current rolling stock comply with the set emission standards. This has effectively forced the freight sector to use rather elderly locomotives – some from as early as the 1950s – that are more polluting.
The rail industry will need to eliminate diesel power before 2040 as the fuel becomes increasingly expensive and unacceptable to the public, especially given stations trap train emissions, threatening the health of passengers and staff. Given how widespread electric power is on the rails, could diesel-electric hybrid engines work?
Electric-diesel hybrids
These hybrid engines use electricity where electrified third rails or overhead line are available and diesel elsewhere. New hybrids have been ordered for routes in and out of Paddington, one of London's busiest train stations. Some older passenger trains have been converted to hybrid, but with little take-up from the rail industry.
This could reduce diesel use in the short-term, but it isn't a long-term solution for removing diesel by 2040.
British Rail Class 73 trains are primarily electric locomotives with small diesel engines. Phil Scott/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Using batteries as a train's power source has been tested in Germany at low speed and with light loads, using traditional lead acid batteries. It's a tried and tested technology, so it's cheap and reliable, but the batteries have a limited life and are made with corrosive liquids and precious materials.
Lithium-ion batteries have been tried in the UK by providing an additional power source for the electric motor on a train. Unfortunately, these could only travel up to 50km once separated from overhead wires. Battery trains can only work on specific routes and aren't easily replaced when they fail, causing disruption and delays.
Hydrogen fuel
Hydrogen fuel cells can generate sustainable electricity through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. This can power homes, offices, factories, cars and public transport – making them carbon free and independent from the main power grid. Instead of a tank of diesel and an engine, the train has a tank of hydrogen and a fuel cell that combines the hydrogen with oxygen from the air, without combustion. With the only emission being water, the fuel cells provide power and have zero emissions.
Sounds good but, as a power source, hydrogen has low energy density, meaning trains would need a very large space to store the fuel. To compare, a litre of diesel contains 36 megajoules of energy but a litre of hydrogen has only 1.81 megajoules. This isn't a problem for a nice light car, but a major issue when one massive locomotive has to pull 40 wagons – and each wagon weighs perhaps as much as 80 tonnes.
It also doesn't help that no facilities exist in the UK to make or deploy large quantities of hydrogen. Still, it's reasonable to expect that this could be resolved over the next ten years as the government and businesses race to produce the fuels of the future.
So, there are a number of options, and not one of them is a perfect solution on its own. Each can be used where they're most appropriate, and gradually move British rail away from fossil fuels. The freight industry is unlikely to come up with viable solutions on its own, so the government should mandate businesses to transform their operations. Investment in zero emissions technology and innovation could encourage this.
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To get things moving, there's much to change in how things currently work. Train operators should lose their right to use polluting diesel engines and these should be replaced in ten-year intervals. Cities could be given the right to fine train operators for polluting in a similar way to the low emission zones that exist in several cities around the world. One policy that is long overdue would be scrapping the duty-free diesel that train operators currently enjoy.
Overhauling the most polluting aspects of the UK's rail system won't happen overnight, but to get on track for 2040 and beyond, the big decisions about Britain's railways need to be made right now.
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In The Shadow of The Castle: the Legacy of Ghanaian Slave Trade and What "homegoing" Means to African Americans Today
Posted byannaliesereid December 12, 2020 Posted inCulture, Current Events, novelTags:African American, Cape Coast, Ghana, Homegoing, Mona Boyd, slavery, Steve Harvey, tradition, Yaa Gyasi, Year of Return
Above: Steve Harvey explores Ghana as part of the "Year of Return" for African descendants in the diaspora.1
By Taggert Smith
In 2019, Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo announced a "Year of Return," inviting descendants of Ghanian people spread out across the world to return to the motherland.
Though we didn't read this far in class, Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing tracks the long multigenerational journey of two halves of a split family returning to meet each other again in Ghana after one ancestor being sold into slavery and becoming part of the African diaspora. Eventually, a descendent of Effia born in Ghana, Majorie, and a descendant of Esi born in America, Marcus, meet and take a trip to Ghana together. Wading in the beach near Cape Coast Castle, Majorie gives Marcus the stone she inherited from their common ancestor Maame, saying, "Welcome home" (300).2
Finding this gift of "home" again is a journey being played out by thousands of African Americans today as the world grows to recognize how complicit we've been in slavery and how much what was taken from African Americans during slavery truly means. Perhaps, like Marcus, we are "surprised by its weight," and are now seeking ways to give "home" back to a group of people who have lost so much (300). According to Mona Boyd, one of the organizers of the "Year of Return" in Ghana and its associated events, being interviewed on The World radio program, "Most African Americans know something is missing, and you want to be reunited with it."3
As part of the "Year of Return" last year, Ghana's people brought in distant relatives from America as brothers and sisters, and initiated them into many Ghanian ancestral customs the children of the diaspora hadn't had the opportunity to experience. Local chiefs take tourists to Salaga village, which once was a thriving slave market. Ghanian elders wash the visitors' feet. Black Americans get the chance to experience traditional drumming, dancing, and eating, and are given African names. At least 118 African Americans went through the process last year. These "atonement ceremonies," like Majorie giving Marcus the stone, are meant to serve as a reconciliation, both an invitation to claim the Ghanian culture Ghanian-Americans never got to know, and a recognition of the role Africans played in the enslavement of African American lineages.
Until recently there has been what was described as a "willful amnesia about the roles that we played in the slave trade" by Nat Amarteifio, a local Ghanian historian speaking on The World radio program in 2019.3 This lack of awareness has been recognized also by African Americans who go to visit their ancestral homeland. "Most Africans, when I came to this country, would not admit that [the slave trade] even happened," said Mona Boyd. Despite the general discomfort with the topic, this part of Ghanian history was impressed heavily upon both Boyd and Gyasi during their experiences touring slave castles like the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana.
Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, where Esi is held as a slave.
For many, according to Boyd, "It's a very emotional thing that we do because for the first time, Africans are saying to African descendants of the slaves: 'We're sorry. Forgive us.'" And moreover, these ceremonies are finally giving back in some small way the national (and literal) family and cultural home that was stripped from African American lineages.
However, like Yaa Gyasi's book, these ceremonies and the recognition of grievance they represent do not let anyone, particularly the colonial Europeans, "off the hook." Rather, they represent a necessary reconciliation, which Boyd says let her stop "feeling resentful, you know, towards Africans about slavery."
Boyd has moved her family to Ghana and plans to stay, because finally there she feels free of what she called a "psychic burden" around her ancestry, and feels reunited with a sense of home that America is still not equipped to give while black people are still unjustly murdered because of the unreconciled legacy of colonial slavery.
Referenced Works:
1 "American comedian Steve Harvey explores Ghana as part of the Year of Return [Photos]"
2 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
3 "'Willful amnesia': How Africans forgot — and remembered — their role in the slave trade"
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Judicial roundup: Screening time compensable; intent a factor in PAGA cases; $8.5 million IC settlement
Security screen time. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled July 21 that workers must be paid for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings, PennLive.com reported. The issue arose in a lawsuit brought by workers, including contingent workers, at an Amazon.com warehouse in the state where workers must wait to undergo security screenings at the end of their shifts.
The decision in Pennsylvania comes even after another lawsuit in 2014 when the US Supreme Court had ruled that employees do not have to be paid while waiting for security screenings. However, the Pennsylvania court's ruling related to whether mandatory security screening is compensable as "hours worked" within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act. The 2014 US Supreme Court case involved the Federal Labor Standards Act.
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module TestFactories
  module Fact
    def self.factory_for
      ::Dbd::Fact
    end

    def self.new_subject
      factory_for.factory.new_subject
    end

    def self.string_values
      ['2013-06-17 21:55:09.967653013 UTC',
       '825e44d5-af33-4858-8047-549bd813daa8',
       '40fab407-9b04-4a51-9a52-d978abfcbb1f',
       '2e9fbc87-2e94-47e9-a8fd-121cc4bc3e8f',
       'http://example.org/test/name',
       's',
       "Gandhi\\nKing\\\\n"]
    end

    def self.fact_1(context_subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
        context_subject: context_subject,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/name',
        object_type: 's',
        object: 'Gandhi')
    end

    def self.fact_with_forced_id(forced_id)
      factory_for.new(
        id: forced_id,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/name',
        object_type: 's',
        object: "Gandhi\nKing\\n") # newline and \n
    end

    def self.fact_with_special_chars(context_subject = nil, subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
        context_subject: context_subject,
        subject: subject,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/comment',
        object_type: 's',
        object: "A long story with a newline\nreally with a comma, a double quote \" and a non-ASCII char éà Über.")
    end

    def self.fact_with_time_stamp(time_stamp)
      factory_for.new(
        time_stamp: time_stamp,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/name',
        object_type: 's',
        object: 'Gandhi')
    end

    def self.fact_2_with_subject(context_subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
        context_subject: context_subject,
        subject: new_subject,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/name',
        object_type: 's',
        object: 'Mandela')
    end

    def self.fact_3_with_subject(context_subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
        context_subject: context_subject,
        subject: new_subject,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/name',
        object_type: 's',
        object: 'King')
    end

    def self.data_fact(context_subject = nil, subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
        context_subject: context_subject,
        subject: subject,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/name',
        object_type: 's',
        object: 'Aung San Suu Kyi')
    end

    def self.data_fact_EU(context_subject = nil, subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
        context_subject: context_subject,
        subject: subject,
        predicate: 'http://example.org/test/name',
        object_type: 's',
        object: "\\n\n\\n\n\\\n\\\\\n\\\\\\\nEuropean\nUnion\\n")
    end

    def self.full_fact
      fixed_id = TestFactories::Fact::ID.fixed_id
      fact_with_forced_id(fixed_id).tap do |fact|
        fact.time_stamp = TestFactories::TimeStamp.fixed_time_stamp
        fact.subject = TestFactories::Fact::Subject.fixed_subject
        fact.context_subject = TestFactories::Fact::Subject.fixed_context_subject
      end
    end

    def self.fact_with_boolean_object(context_subject = nil, subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
        context_subject: context_subject,
        subject: subject,
        predicate: 'meta:predicate_used',
        object_type: 'b',
        object: 'true')
    end

    def self.fact_with_resource_object(context_subject = nil, subject = nil)
      factory_for.new(
          context_subject: context_subject,
          subject: subject,
          predicate: 'schema:attendee',
          object_type: 'r',
          object: '10db9097-8a59-497d-97d3-621fd1921e9f') # the subject for a resource
    end

    module Collection
      def self.factory_for_instance
        o = Object.new
        o.extend(::Dbd::Fact::Collection)
        o.send(:initialize)
        o
      end

      def self.fact_2_3(context_subject)
        factory_for_instance.tap do |fact_collection|
          fact_collection << Fact.fact_2_with_subject(context_subject)
          fact_collection << Fact.fact_3_with_subject(context_subject)
        end
      end

      def self.context_facts(subject)
        factory_for_instance.tap do |context_facts|
          context_facts << ContextFact.visibility(subject)
          context_facts << ContextFact.created_by(subject)
          context_facts << ContextFact.original_source(subject)
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Alsterdorferstr. 575a
Tel: +49 40-2263660
hamburg2@plazahotels.de
Parking 18€ / Day
Best Western Plaza Hotel Hamburg
Between Fuhlsbüttel Airport and Hamburg City in Ohlsdorf
The Best Western Plaza Hotel Hamburg is located in the north of Hamburg near Fuhlsbüttel Airport. The distance between the airport and the hotel is 7 minutes with the S-Bahn, which is located directly next to the hotel. Hamburg city centre can also be reached directly by S-Bahn. The journey takes only 17 minutes. Due to its central location, our hotel is an attractive location for both business travellers and holidaymakers. If you arrive by car, you can use the hotel's own underground car park. The price is 18.00 euros per day and vehicle.
7 minutes by S-Bahn to the airport
17 minutes by S-Bahn to the city centre
Our hotel has 150 standard and 15 comfort rooms on 4 floors, which can be reached by lift. Free high-speed Internet is available throughout the hotel. When the sun shines, our guests can relax on the terrace of the hotel or take excursions to the city or the surrounding area of Hamburg.
150 standard rooms
15 comfort rooms
A bicycle tour on the nearby Alster is just as possible as a hike through the rustic riparian forests or a pedal boat ride. Located directly in Ohlsdorf is the world's largest park cemetery, in which 1.4 million people are buried, among them the former chancellor and former mayor of the city of Hamburg, Helmut Schmidt. The centre of Ohlsdorf is the historic railway station building, which in turn has an S-Bahn and U-Bahn stop. From here, all the sights of the city can be reached quickly and easily. The distance to the Reeperbahn on St. Pauli is 9 kilometres as the crow flies, to the world-famous jetties and the harbour 7 kilometres.
The hotel for business travellers and holidaymakers
There are 3 small conference rooms (42, 42, 65 sqm) available for conferences and training courses. The maximum conference capacity in the largest conference room is 3 persons. The rooms have floor-length windows on one side, which provides pleasant lighting. Of course, the rooms can also be darkened. The standard conference equipment is included in the room rental. Attractive packages ensure simple planning and favourable prices.
Conference equipment included in room rental
Since our hotel is centrally located between the airport and the city centre, it is the perfect starting point for business trips to Hamburg.
Holidaymakers are also welcome and can explore the city and the surrounding area of Hamburg from our hotel. Further information on the sights can be found at the bottom of the website.
What attractions does Hamburg have to offer?
The Hanseatic City of Hamburg has a lot to offer. The red light district in St. Pauli is certainly world-famous. Restaurants, bars, theatres, discos and nightclubs are located along the Hamburg Reeperbahn. For night owls, this is certainly the first address in Hamburg.
Friends of classical music in particular will also find a large number of offers in Hamburg. The Hamburg Elbphilharmonie has also been open since 11 January 2017. Further details and tickets can be found at www.elbphilharmonie.de
Since July 2015, Hamburg's Speicherstadt, together with the Kontorhausviertel, has been an official UNESCO World Heritage Site. The landing bridges, which also represent an important traffic junction, are also located on the waterfront. The landmark of the city of Hamburg is the main church St Michaelis - also called Michel Hamburg. The church tower, which is accessible to tourists, offers a fantastic view of the entire city. The former main church St. Nikolai has been a church ruin since the Second World War and at the same time a memorial for the victims of the Nazi regime.
The former water tower in the district of Winterhude houses the planetarium. It is one of the longest serving star theatres in the world and has recently been modernised. Those who prefer to look at earthly regions can take a boat tour on the Inner and Outer Alster and enjoy a peaceful view of Hamburg from the water. A visit to the Hamburg fish market, on the other hand, is usually much more turbulent. Live music is danced here in the early morning hours. Every Sunday it also attracts 70,000 visitors to the Elbe.
Design and Facilities of the Best Western Plaza Hotel Hamburg
Our hotel has 150 standard and 15 comfort rooms on 4 floors, which can be reached by lift. If the weather is fine, our guests can relax on the terrace of the hotel or take a bicycle tour along the Alster. Our conference rooms (with 42, 42, 65 sqm area) also offer space for training courses and conferences.
Use our Hotel as a starting point for discovering Hamburg
Ohlsdorf borders Hummelsbüttel to the north, Wellingsbüttel, Bramfeld and Steilshoop to the east, Barmbek-Nord to the south and Alsterdorf and Fuhlsbüttel to the west. The Alster forms the border to Hummelsbüttel and partly also to Fuhlsbüttel and Alsterdorf. The distance to the city centre is only 6 km. The S-Bahn runs this route in 17 minutes. The airport Fuhlsbüttel is only 1.5 km away, whereby the S-Bahn journey takes 7 minutes.
All sights such as the Hamburg Fair, the Miniatur Wunderland, the main church St. Michaelis, St. Pauli, the Landungsbrücken, the harbour and the city centre are also within easy reach. The S-Bahn S 1 + 11 are located directly at the hotel at the station "Ohlsdorf". In addition, there are stops for the buses 172, 179, 39, 607, 170, 270, 174, 274 directly at the hotel.
How do I get to the Hotel?
The easiest way to get to our hotel from Fuhlsbüttel airport is to take the S1 or the S-Bahn from Hamburg city centre to the hotel, for example, if you have taken the train to Hamburg. Passengers travelling by car can use the A7 motorway, which cuts through Hamburg from north to south and passes the hotel just 5 km to the west.
How can you rate our hotel and help us?
Your opinion is important to us: Please rate our rooms, service and breakfast or send us your feedback directly via email. So far we have been rated over 350 times on Google, in 83% of the cases with 4 or 5 stars.
A tip from us: book in time for holidays and special events.
We are looking forward to your visit.
Our 144 non-smoking standard rooms are spread over four floors, which can be accessed via a lift.
All rooms feature a modern open-plan bathroom concept and are equipped with a 22-inch multimedia TV screen, safe, minibar, coffee / tea-making facilities, telephone, hairdryer, desk and WLAN.
Due to our free media concept, you can make free calls to the landline of more than 24 countries and free use of the WLAN in the entire house.
The double rooms are also available as single rooms.
Double Room Standard
The double rooms can also be booked as twin rooms with two separate beds.
Single Room Comfort
The 15 comfort rooms are corner rooms or are located on the 4th floor, which can also be reached via the lift.
They are 4-6 square meters larger than the standard rooms, making them more comfortable, especially for longer stays.
The modern open-plan bathroom concept is also reflected here.
All 15 rooms are equipped with 22 inch multimedia TV screen, safe, mini bar, coffee / tea station, telephone, hairdryer, work desk and wireless internet.
Double Room Comfort
Triple Room Comfort
Our 6 largest comfort rooms are equipped as a triple room. These rooms are also corner rooms or are located on the 4th floor, which can also be reached via the lift.
They are also larger by 4-6 sqm than the standard rooms and despite the third bed spacious and comfortable.
All 6 rooms are equipped with 22 inch multimedia TV screen, safe, mini bar, coffee / tea station, telephone, hairdryer, work desk and wireless internet.
Children under 12 stay free in the parents' room. From the age of 12 an extra charge will be charged.
Baby cots are provided free of charge to our guests and can also be booked upon reservation.
Are you planning a seminar, meeting or workshop in our conference centre?
You can use our standard contact form at any time to tell us how we should organise your event. Determine the conference room, the number of people as well as time, extra requests or additional equipment. Depending on availability and our contingents, you will receive an individual offer suitable for your event.
We are looking forward to your inquiry!
Lunch Buffet
No matter for which events, workshops, congresses, conferences, meetings or company events, we offer you the best premises with perfect service and a variety of equipment. 59qm, max. 30 persons depending on seating, parliamentary, U-shape, cinema
Classroom30
Description: Similiar to Rows-Style; with tables
Suitable for: Meetings, Conferences
U-Shape/Horseshoe30
Description: U-shaped placed tables; seated one- or two-sided
Suitable for: Meetings, Panel discussions with a lot of participants
Rows30
Description: Chair rows with chairs one after another; no tables
Suitable for: Lectures, Presentations, Demos
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Sankt Michaelis Church
The Protestant Sankt Michaelis Church, known as "Michel", is the best-known church in Hamburg and a landmark of the Hanseatic city as it is clearly visible for seafarers on incoming ships.
Speicherstadt - Unesco Cultural Heritage site
Between the Elbphilharmonie concert hall and the HafenCity district, not just a unique cultural quarter with many museums, exclusive manufactories and exciting gastronomy awaits but also the Speicherstadt and the Kontorhaus office districts with the Chilehaus – Hamburg's lively UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. The impressive neogothic brick architecture of the historic Speicherstadt district is just waiting to be discovered amongst a network of streets, bridges and canals. The Kontorhaus district – Europe's oldest office district – is just next door and awaits with the spectacular Chilehaus, an Expressionist icon and especially worth seeing.
St. Pauli and Reeperbahn
"On the Reeperbahn at half past midnight ...". Almost everyone knows the song of Hans Albers, and he already hinted at the variety of amusements on Hamburg's "geiler Meile" (Udo Lindenberg). The Reeperbahn, also called "Kiez", is and remains Hamburg's number one entertainment district. With the Operettenhaus, numerous table dance bars, discotheques and student clubs, there is nothing that does not exist here at 930 meters in length! Quieter during the day, the street awakes in the evening. Thousands of people of all ages are on their way to enjoy themselves - ranging from cabaret to techno to commercial sex.
Miniatur Wunderland
Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg is the largest model railway layout in the world. It is in the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district and is run by Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg GmbH.
Landing Bridges / Harbour /Fish Market /Speicherstadt warehouse district
Around 13,000 ocean-going ships from all over the world call at Europe's second largest port annually. From the cruise terminal to the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district and the Landing Bridges to the modern container port, the air is full of the smell of freedom and faraway countries.
The harbour belongs to Hamburg like fish to the North Sea, so visiting it is a must.
By taking a round trip on a launch boat or visiting one of the legendary museum ships, visitors can experience at close hand why Hamburg is known as the gateway to the world. Things from all over the world are also available every Sunday from the legendary Hamburg Fish Market.
Between the Elbphilharmonie concert hall and the HafenCity district, a unique cultural quarter with many museums, exclusive manufactories and exciting gastronomy awaits – Hamburg's lively UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. The impressive neogothic brick architecture of the historic Speicherstadt district is just waiting to be discovered amongst a network of streets, bridges and canals.
Hamburg Fire Brigade Academy (Feuerwehrakademie Hamburg)
Hamburg Professional Fire Service's (Berufsfeuerwehr) University of Co-operative Education
City Park of Norderstedt
The city park of Norderstedt enchants with colourful perennials and pure nature in the forest, heath and on the lake. Sports enthusiasts find many opportunities to move around. Little kids can live it up on the child-friendly playgrounds to their hearts content. And events on weekends and on holidays entertain, enthuse and fascinate.
Vattenfall Wärme GmbH
Vattenfall is one of the largest providers of electricity and heat in Europe.
Our hotel is conveniently located just 2 km away at the other end of Andreas Mayer Strasse (Ring2)
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For more than 100 years a competent partner of the trade with an exclusive assortment and comprehensive competence in cheese matters.
Tchibo GmbH
Tchibo GmbH, with its headquarters in Hamburg, is one of the largest internationally operating German consumer goods and retail companies.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
The Lufthansa Group is a globally operating air traffic concern with a total of around 540 subsidiaries and affiliated companies which were organised into five areas of business in 2014: Passage Airline Group, Logistics, Technology, Catering and, until the end of the 2014 business year, IT Services. All fields of business take a leading role in their respective sectors.
Lufthansa Group's biggest area of business is the Passage Airline Group.
ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG
ECE was founded by the mail order pioneer Professor Werner Otto (1909-2011) in 1965 and is owned by the Otto family. The founder's son, Alexander Otto, has been in charge of the company since 2000. ECE develops, plans, realises, rents out and manages large commercial properties in the shopping, office, traffic and industries sectors and is the European market leader in the field of inner-city shopping centres. With the same degree of success, ECE has been realising large corporate headquarters, office blocks, industrial buildings, logistics centres, transportation buildings, hotels and other highly complex types of building for decades.
Dekra Automobil GmbH
Safety, quality, and economy are the leitmotifs. Then as now, vehicle testing as well as assessments and evaluations are the most important service areas.
Junghenrich AG
Junghenrich AG is one of the three largest providers in the areas of industrial truck, storage and material flow technology in the world. Since 1953 the company, headquartered in Hamburg, has offered products and services "around the forklift."
Asklepios Hospitals Hamburg
As a provider of specialised medical care and an academic teaching hospital, we provide top-class medical care for Barmbek and beyond. Our focus is on dealing with emergencies and complex diseases.
Rewe Deutscher Supermarkt KG Aa
The cooperative REWE Group, founded in 1927 in Cologne am Rhein, is one of the earliest business and tourism groups in Germany and Europe. In all, around 330,000 employees work in 12 European countries.
Sysmex Deutschland GmbH
Sysmex Deutschland GmbH is a subsidiary of the Sysmex Corporation (Japan). For more than 40 years, our innovations have been setting new standards in haematology and further areas of competence. Today, we are amongst the leading health companies and manufacturers of laboratory diagnostic systems and are an internationally leading provider of analysis equipment and haematology services.
Sysmex Deutschland GmbH's headquarters is in Norderstedt near Hamburg, together with the Sysmex Europe GmbH EMEA headquarters. Our central training and service centre is also located here.
ARRIBA Water Park
The ARRIBA water park offers a swimming paradise with sauna village. The 14 pools are divided into adventure, sport, thermal, family and summer pools. Wellness fans can go to the well-maintained sauna facility for an additional fee.
Alster and Jungfernstieg
For many inhabitants of and visitors to Hamburg, the Jungfernstieg is the heart of the city centre: a multifarious connection between the Binnenalster lake and adjacent shops and sights.
The many trips with the Alster steamers start from here.
These are Hamburg's classic shopping streets - and they have not lost any of their urban charm even today.
For the inhabitants of Hamburg, the historical significance of this promenade plays an important role: once, families took a walk here on Sundays and presented their unmarried daughters ("Jungfern" or virgins) in public – hence the name. Even today, the Jungfernstieg is something really special: people enjoy being directly next to the water – the Binnenalster, arrange to meet here at this central location and start their shopping trips in the nearby department stores from here– first and foremost the well-known and traditional Alsterhaus – and small but select shops.
ATS Alpha Tech Systems GmbH
ATS Alpha Tech Systems GmbH operates nationwide as a service provider in the field of telecommunications infrastructure, the setting up of Level II and III broadband networks and their conversion and maintenance for operators of public and private communications networks and also system manufacturers and suppliers.
Deutsche Post / DHL parcel sorting centre
Distribution and collection centre in South/East Hamburg for DHL parcels
The Volkswagen Group, headquartered in Wolfsburg, is one of the leading automobile manufacturers worldwide and the largest automobile producer in Europe.
Very clean and good location
Very good as usual, arrival was very professional and very polite. Breakfast was good as usual, room vas good and clean al the stay, good parking facilities. Will recomend the hotel to others, very convinient next to Ohlsdorf U-Bahn station, when you have to go to city center or the Messe Halle. Looking forward to our next stay at Amedia


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Libertarian Nominee Top Choice Among Veterans
According to a new poll, Gary Johnson tends to be more popular among veterans than either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
Johnson was preferred by 37 percent of respondents, which include active-duty, retired and former members of the military, as well as their family members.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump came in second, at 30 percent, and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton came in third, at 24 percent.
Johnson's strong showing in the latest poll comes despite controversy over the former New Mexico governor questioning what Aleppo was during an MSNBC interview on Sept. 8.
"And what is Aleppo?" Johnson had asked in response to a question over what he would do about the war-torn Syrian city as president, shocking MSNBC hosts.
Johnson then responded that he thought Aleppo was an acronym, and he thought the U.S. should cooperate with Russia in Syria to bring the civil war to a diplomatic end and not involve the U.S. militarily. He later said he had "blanked."
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), third-party presidential candidate Evan McMullin, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) received write-in votes in the new poll.
The online poll of 1,399 people — released Monday by We Are The Mighty, Doctrine Man, Military OneClick and Got Your 6 — was conducted between Sept. 7 and Sept. 10 via SurveyMonkey. The poll has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
Johnson has garnered strong support from the military in previous surveys — taking 39 percent among active-duty respondents in a Doctrine Man poll conducted in July, and 13 percent in a Military Times poll earlier that month.
In fact, polls in recent years say troops are becoming increasingly libertarian.
A 2014 Military Times survey showed that the number of troops who identified themselves as Republican was dropping, while those identifying themselves as libertarian or independent was rising.
In 2012, the presidential campaign of then-Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a staunch libertarian, took in more than four times the donations from individual active-duty military voters and Pentagon employees than the three other Republican candidates combined, according to one report.
Johnson has pledged to balance the budget, cut military spending by 43 percent down to 2003 levels and reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
Thousands of veterans had called for Johnson to appear at a recent forum hosted by MSNBC and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).
Although Johnson did not appear at the forum, the IAVA has since reached out to his campaign and has promised to hold a separate event with Johnson.
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr.
Photos Of US Marines Burning Iraqi Corpses (With A Smile) Go Viral


One of Britain's leading providers of sexual and reproductive health services is recruiting a full-time Clinical Team Leader to join their team in their Manchester clinic. This centre offers a wide-range of male and female services including contraception, pregnancy testing, ultrasound scanning, unplanned pregnancy consultations, abortions, vasectomy, STI testing and treatment.
Successful candidates will be responsible for providing day-to-day clinical care and guidance to clients, overseeing all clinical areas and supervision of the nursing team, along with co-ordinating the duties of doctors, surgeons and anaesthetists.


If you need some help with running your home, then a Heavenly Housekeeper could be for you! We offer these wonderful candidates to our busy households with and without children. Many professional couples both work and find they enjoy and can afford the luxury of having a live-in housekeeper who can take care of the cleaning, laundry, changing bedding, ironing, grocery shopping and cooking. They can also help with pet care too.
For our clients with children a housekeeper is the right choice if they require as much or more housework than childcare. Many of our housekeepers have experience with children and are happy to look after children and housework duties (not at exactly the same time though, when little children are involved).
We always have Housekeepers on our books; if you would like to find a Heavenly Housekeeper now, you can start the search here.
Housekeepers' pay is dependent on their hours of work, the duties, and the candidate's own experience and skills; also whether they live in or live out. Most of our housekeepers prefer to work full time (up to 40-50 hrs pw) and generally earn between £300 – £450 per week.
Some positions offer a lower weekly pay, for 30-35 hours per week.
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What is the technique for quantifying reflected color in architectural glass? Follow
Norm Whetzel
In the two glass window panes above you can probably notice a difference in the transmission color between the two. The one on the left appears greener while the one on the right appears bluer. There is another difference; the two samples have a difference in reflectance as well. The sample on the left has a reddish/purple reflectance color whereas the one on the right has a slightly bluish reflectance color.
Is it possible to quantify this difference in reflectance color on a transparent sample such as these architectural glass panels? Yes, HunterLab instruments not only allow for the measurement of transmission color, but can also measure the color of the reflection from the glass (or specular reflectance).
To measure the specular reflectance of the sample, a sphere instrument is needed that has been standardized in reflectance specular-included mode. Samples are placed at the reflectance port backed with a light trap so that only the specular reflectance of the sample is measured.
Architectural glass is most commonly used as a building material. Manufacturers are successfully able to use HunterLab instruments to measure architectural glass and insure uniformity among building projects. Architectural glass is usually treated with chemicals to strengthen the glass or to improve insulation and more. This measurement method is also applicable to those who manufacture coated films that are used for similar purposes.
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Well known U.K. actor Tony Denham (The Football Factory, We Still Steal the Old Way, In The Name Of The Father) joins Hood Up Films & H Block Production's MISSING IN GREENWOOD which is currently filming.
The indie horror, which is filming in the West of Ireland at the moment tells the story of five friends that go for a break to an isolated forest in Greenwood, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must stick together through the night if they are to going to survive as what tracks them isn't at all what it seems.
Tony Denham will play the role of Patrick Cullen who is the father of a young man Mark Hutchinson (Paddy) who has been missing for some while.
The film is written and directed by Stephen Patrick Kenny (The Pigman Murders, Captive) and also stars Paul Faherty, Seamus Curran, Michael Corcoran, Rachael O' Connor, Thomas McCormick, Bernie Coen, Donncha Kearney, Jessie O' Regan, Stevie Greaney and Damien Pugh.
MISSING IN GREENWOOD has signed with a distributor and will be released later in the year.