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Le Franckesche Stiftungen ad Halle (originariamente Glauchasche Anstalten, ovvero Enti di Glaucha) ospitano una varietà di istituzioni culturali, economiche, pedagogiche e sociali. Vennero fondate nel 1698 dal teologo e pedagogo August Hermann Francke. Le scuole ed iniziative sociali, caratterizzate dal pietismo di Francke raggiunsero un'importanza internazionale. Gli edifici storici costituiscono oggi un esempio unico a livello mondiale di architettura a scopo sociale e pedagogico, nella lista tedesca dei candidati a divenire patrimoni dell'umanità UNESCO. Nel frattempo, si sono stabilite nei locali delle fondazioni oltre 50 diverse istituzioni, tra cui quattro scuole, istituti della Università Martin-Lutero, la Fondazione culturale della Federazione e l'Istituto tedesco per la gioventù.

Storia

Dalla scuola per i poveri all'orfanotrofio

Il 22 dicembre 1691 August Hermann Francke fu nominato pastore della Chiesa di S. Giorgio a Glaucha (cittadina assorbita da Halle dal 1817). Al tempo stesso, egli ottenne la nomina come Professore di greco e lingue orientali presso la nascente Università di Halle. Dato che nell'ambito della sua parrocchia regnava una "crassa ignoranza in materia di fede e un'avanzata trascuratezza morale", ogni domenica, dopo il culto, egli teneva lezioni di catechismo ai bambini ed agli adulti della sua comunità. Per alleviare le necessità sociali dei bambini poveri, mise a loro disposizione borse di studio grazie a collette della chiesa.

Una più generosa donazione, fatta nella cassetta per i poveri della casa pastorale, a Pasqua del 1695, dell'ammontare di quattro talenti e 16 grossi, divenne la base dell'opera della sua vita.  Immediatamente dopo la ricezione della donazione, August Hermann Francke aprì una scuola per i poveri, inizialmente con sede nella casa pastorale. I bambini indigenti venivano istruiti da uno studente di teologia dell'Università di Halle. La buona fama di questa piccola scuola per i poveri fece aumentare rapidamente il numero degli allievi, sicché poche settimane dopo già alcuni cittadini di Glaucha vi mandarono i loro figli a fronte di una modesta tassa scolastica. Nell'estate del 1695, si tenevano lezioni già per 50 studenti. Siccome anche appartenenti a circoli benestanti volevano mandare i loro figli da Francke, a Pentecoste del 1695 egli fondò il Pädagogium come Istituto per l'educazione e la formazione dei bambini della nobiltà e della ricca borghesia. Un'altra scuola, la Scuola Latina, venne fondata nel 1697 per ragazzi di famiglie borghesi, che si proponevano di dedicarsi a studi universitari. Le lezioni erano tenute da studenti che, in cambio, ottenevano alloggio gratuito, combustile gratis e 16 grossi di salario. Obiettivo delle scuole era la salvezza delle anime e, all'uopo serviva l'esame di coscienza fatto alla luce della Scrittura. A tal fine anche le ragazze dovevano imparare a leggere e scrivere.
Siccome molti bambini poveri od orfanelli, al di fuori della scuola, a causa del cattivo ambiente sociale erano nuovamente esposti alla trascuratezza fisica e morale, Francke decise di affidare questi bambini a delle famiglie, in cambio di un compenso. In tal modo era nata l'idea di un orfanotrofio. Utilizzando Privilegi del Principe elettore, che gli concesse l'esenzione da accise, dazi e diritti di Geleit (che si pagavano per la scorta da parte di guardie lungo certi tratti di strada) e numerose donazioni, nel 1698 venne collocata la prima pietra dell'edificio, imponente data la situazione, destinato ad ospitare l'orfanotrofio. Ad aprile del 1701 Francke poté inaugurare l'edificio che, al tempo stesso, fungeva da sede principale delle sue fondazioni.

Le Fondazioni Francke dal Seicento all'Ottocento
Grazie ad altri privilegi concessi dal Principe elettore, poterono essere istituite una libreria, una tipografia ed una rilegatoria, una farmacia ed un piccolo museo di scienze naturali. Le entrate di queste attività finanziarono l'orfanotrofio e fecero crescere ulteriormente le fondazioni. A partire dal 1708 veniva pubblicato tre volte a settimana il giornale di Halle Hallische Zeitung. Nell'anno 1709 vennero costruiti un edificio a graticcio a tre piani per le orfanelle ed una scuola per fanciulle, l'anno dopo sorse la Englisches Haus (Casa inglese), per studenti dall'Inghilterra. Analogamente, nell'anno 1710 sorse un ulteriore edificio nello spazio fra l'edificio principale e la Casa inglese, nel cui piano interrato si trovava un refettorio, ai piani superiori una sala per il canto e la preghiera, nella quale potevano trovare posto 2000 persone. Nello stesso anno,  Francke fondò, insieme al Barone Carl Hildebrand von Canstein la Cansteinsche Bibelanstalt (l'Istituto biblico Canstein). Detto Istituto biblico stampò, fino al Novecento, milioni di Bibbie economiche. Le fondazioni divennero la porta di Halle verso il mondo. Nel Settecento, pastori di orientamento pietistico operarono nei paesi Baltici, in Russia, Polonia, Boemia, Slovenia, Scandinavia, Inghilterra, Olanda, India e Nordamerica. Con loro sorse una rete di corrispondenza a livello mondiale. Nel 1810 venne eretta la Realschule (scuola media a carattere tecnico), nel 1835 seguì la Höhere Töchterschule (scuola superiore per ragazze), il successivo Lyzeum.

Il Novecento: mutamenti decisivi

L'attuazione di un nuovo sistema scolastico caratterizzato da una pluralità di rami, sostenuto dalla spiritualità pietistica e dall'amore pratico per il prossimo di August Hermann Francke, il collegamento con istituzioni scientifiche ed il mantenimento di imprese economiche redditizie furono alla base della fama dell'orfanotrofio di Halle in tutta Europa. I piani di riforma del Pietismo di Halle furono diffusi nel mondo da insegnanti, medici e missionari. Le loro tracce si trovano ancora oggi in molti paesi europei, ma anche in India e negli USA. La prima missione protestante, la diaconia, la Realschule in Germania, milioni di Bibbie in tedesco ed una varietà di inni evangelici cantati ancora oggi hanno la loro origine nelle fondazioni di Francke. A motivo della grande richiesta e dell'eccellente fama, crebbe il bisogno di edifici scolastici più grandi nelle fondazioni. Nell'autunno del 1906 venne pertanto eretto un nuovo edificio per la Scuola latina (Latina). La statistica annuale del 1911 registrò un totale di 3056 allievi nelle diverse scuole delle Fondazioni Francke. Nel 1920 si poté acquistare un nuovo edificio scolastico per la nuova  Oberrealschule (equivalente del liceo scientifico).

Durante il nazionalsozialismo le istituzioni sopravvissero quale cittadella scolastica di ispirazione cristiana. Ciò avvenne mediante "equilibrismi" fra adattamento, adesione e rifiuto dell'ideologia nazista. La Latina rimase in quel periodo uno dei pochi ginnasi umanistici. Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale vennero distrutti alcuni edifici delle fondazioni, fra i quali parti dell'orfanotrofio di August Hermann Francke e la  Latina a causa di un bombardamento aereo nel marzo del 1945.

Durante la permanenza della Repubblica Democratica Tedesca le fondazioni Francke perdettero la loro autonomia, divennero proprietà del Popolo e vennero esposte ad un crescente deterioramento. All'epoca, una riparazione necessaria avvenne esclusivamente in quegli edifici che venivano utilizzati dall'Università Martin Lutero o come scuola. Solo per rispetto nei confronti della storia di questa cittadella scolastica venne mantenuto alle scuole, dalle autorità della Repubblica Democratica Tedesca,  il nome di August Hermann Francke. In quell'epoca esistettero con quel nome anche una scuola secondaria politecnica ed una scuola superiore estesa (Erweiterte Oberschule).

Negli anni '70, il muro nord dell'orfanotrofio venne demolito, per costruire una strada sopraelevata per l'attuale strada federale 80. Questa conduce, da allora, direttamente ad una porzione, attraverso gli edifici delle fondazioni e divide la farmacia dell'orfanotrofio dai restanti edifici. Sul terreno della Piantagione appartenente alle fondazioni vennero elevati numerosi edifici a più piani. Nel 1978, nell'originario orto venne eretta un'ulteriore scuola col sistema a grandi pannelli del tipo Erfurt TS 75.

Presente e prospettive future

Dal 1991 gli edifici storici vennero risanati col contributo di Federazione, Land, Città così come delle Fondazioni e di donazioni private. Circa la metà degli oltre 50 edifici censiti sono già stati risanati e riempiono di nuova vita il rispettivo terreno con superficie di 14 ettari. Le Fondazioni Francke vennero registrate nel Libro blu pubblicato nel 2001. Il Libro blu (Blaubuch) è una lista delle istituzioni culturali di importanza nazionale che si trovano nella Germania nordorientale e comprende attualmente 20 cosiddetti "fari culturali". Per il trecentenario dalla fondazione delle Fondazioni Francke sono stati emessi nel 1998 una moneta commemorativa così come un francobollo con l'immagine dell'orfanotrofio.

Dal 2009 venne risanato l'edificio storico adibito a birrificio e panetteria (Casa 37–39, sede della Cancelleria). Il completamento è progettato per la fine del 2011. Negli edifici retrostanti 36/36a (Casa dei fittavoli dell'inizio del '700, parte integrante del complesso della cascina) verrà inserito il seminario statale per docenti. Il radicale risanamento dell'ingresso delle Fondazioni Francke, in Franckeplatz 3-5, poté iniziare nel 2006. Si tratta di antiche locande del Cinquecento e Seicento, acquistate da Francke e destinate ai suoi obiettivi pedagogici e sociali. L'abitazione di Francke venne rinnovata per prima, riaperta nel 2008 ed ospita, da quell'anno, il centro di documentazione, la libreria dell'Orfanotrofio, la mansarda della Bibbia così come una esposizione sulla vita e l'opera del fondatore delle istitutzioni. Edificata nel 1655, era nota come locanda dall'insegna 'Rosa d'oro'. Nei paraggi sorge dal 2010 la nuova costruzione destinata all'Istituzione culturale della Federazione (Kulturstiftung des Bundes).

Importanza attuale

Le Fondazioni Francke sono oggi un'istituzione di rango nazionale con numerose collaborazioni internazionali. I visitatori possono accedere all'orfanotrofio storico con la galleria d'arte ed il museo di scienze naturali, che rappresenta il più antico spazio museale civico della Germania, all'Aula Francke, al centro per la creatività infantile Krokoseum così come alla biblioteca storica della Fondazione con gli scaffali in stile barocco che si succedono come le quinte di un teatro. Nell'orfanotrofio storico, accanto alle mostre permanenti storiche trovano regolarmente spazio anche mostre temporanee su temi collegati alla storia delle Fondazioni Francke. Nell'originaria sala delle riunioni, l'attuale Freylinghausen-Saal, si tengono regolarmente ulteriori manifestazioni e concerti.

Il complesso storico degli edifici, all'interno di un'area chiusa nel mezzo della città di Halle, s'è in gran parte mantenuto fino ad oggi. La Casa Lunga (Langes Haus) nel Lindenhof (letteralmente cortile dei tigli) è la più grande casa a graticcio d'Europa. Misura oltre 110 metri ed ha sei piani.

Come esempio unico al mondo di architettura a fini sociali e pedagogici, il complesso delle Fondazioni è sulla lista tedesca delle proposte come Patrimonio dell'Umanità UNESCO.

Le singole istituzioni (selezione)

Istituzioni scientifiche

Orfanotrofio storico ed abitazione di Francke

L'orfanotrofio storico venne eretto come prima costruzione delle istituzioni pedagogiche e sociali di August Hermann Francke fra il 1698 ed il 1700. Costruito con l'aiuto di donazioni, ospitò, fino all'edificazione degli edifici di ampliamento attorno al Lindenhof varie istituzioni delle Fondazioni come i dormitori, le aule, la biblioteca, la farmacia e la tipografia. Oggi l'orfanotrofio storico costituisce il cuore culturale delle Fondazioni Francke. Qui hanno luogo eventi scientifichi e culturali, mostre di storia della cultura e concerti. È la casa 1 degli edifici numerati delle Fondazioni Francke.

Nell'originaria abitazione di Francke, la Casa 28, si trovano oggi il centro di documentazione delle Istituzioni Francke, l'Aula Francke con una mostra permanente così come la mansarda della Bibbia. Francke aveva acquistato la casa nel 1702 ove sorgeva una locanda che egli trasformò in abitazione.

La galleria d'arte ed il museo di scienze naturali
La barocca Kunst- und Naturalienkammer (galleria d'arte e museo di scienze naturali) del 1698 rappresenta il più antico spazio museale civico della Germania. Venne adibita a fini educativi da Francke ed ancora oggi è sistemata, secondo il concetto museale originale del Settecento, nella sede storica della mansarda dell'orfanotrofio. Diciotto armadi riccamente decorati ospitano le collezioni costituite da circa 3000 oggetti naturali, curiosità ed artefatti. Danno l'impressione unica di una Wunderkammer barocca. A differenza dei musei di oggi, la Kammer aspira ad essere una raccolta enciclopedica. Distingue, innanzitutto, fra oggetti naturali ed artefatti. Gli oggetti naturali vennero suddivisi in pietre, piante ed animali, gli artefatti in arti visive, calligrafia, monete, etnografia ed abbigliamento. Lo scopo era quello di creare uno specchio del mondo: un microcosmo che rendesse comprensibile il macrocosmo, inteso come meravigliosa creazione di Dio. La Kunst- und Naturalienkammer si trova nell'orfanotrofio storico.

Centro studi August Hermann Francke con archivio e biblioteca
La biblioteca fondata alla fine del Seicento comprende, nel suo fondo più antico, circa 50.000 libri dei più diversi campi dello scibile, ma prevalentemente relativi alla storia moderna della chiesa e dell'istruzione. La storica biblioteca, a quinte teatrali (Kulissenbibliothek), si trova dal 1728 nella Casa 22, in un edificio costruito appositamente, il cui mobilio originale con scaffali sistemati nello spazio a mo' di quinte di teatro, s'è conservato così com'era. Fin dal restauro attuato secondo gli antichi progetti alla fine degli anni '90, è possibile vederla nella forma originaria del 1746.

Casa editrice delle Fondazioni Francke

Fulcro del lavoro della casa editrice sono le pubblicazioni delle Fondazioni Francke come materiale illustrato, cataloghi e contributi di ricerca sul Pietismo. Inoltre la casa editrice cura varie serie scientifiche.

Istituzioni dell'Università Martin Lutero Halle-Wittenberg
Nelle Fondazioni Francke si trovano le seguenti istituzioni della Università Martin Lutero di Halle-Wittenberg: la facoltà di Filosofia III - ramo scienze della formazione, la facoltà di teologia con l'Istituto di scienze bibliche e storia della chiesa, l'Istituto di teologia sistematica, pratica e scienze religiose; il centro interdisciplinare per la ricerca sull'Illuminismo europeo, il centro interdisciplinare per la ricerca sul Pietismo, la rete di eccellenza Illuminismo – Religione – Scienza. Trasformazioni del religioso e del razionale nella modernità, il centro per la ricerca sulla scuola e la formazione, l'Istituto di teologia e didattica cattolica, l'Istituto di pedagogia, l'istituto per la pedagogia riabilitativa, l'istituto per la pedagogia scolastica e la didattica della scuola elementare, il seminario di studi ebraici, il centro Leopold-Zunz per la ricerca sull'ebraismo europeo, la Jugenduni Halle (università per i giovani di Halle), il centro di assistenza per la comunicazione di sostegno, il centro di ricerca sulla riabilitazione di persone con disabilità comunicative ed un ramo della biblioteca dell'Università e del Land Sachsen-Anhalt.

Istituzioni pedagogiche

 Scuola primaria August Hermann Francke
 Scuola Maria Montessori (Scuola elementare evangelica con integrazione)
 Scuola secondaria August Hermann Francke
 Ginnasio (la Latina) statale August Hermann Francke (scuola europea) con pensionato e casa della musica.

Istituzioni sociali o di pubblica utilità

 Casa delle generazioni: riunisce la casa di riposo della Fondazione Paul-Riebeck (chimico ed imprenditore che viaggiò in tutto il mondo che legò una parte cospicua del suo patrimonio), la scuola primaria Maria Montessori così come il centro specializzato in formazione e salute delle famiglie
 Asili infantili delle Fondazioni Francke
 Krokoseum, spazio culturale e museale pedagogico per le attività dei fanciulli con un programma pedagogico in parte fisso ed in parte variabile che si trova al piano terra dell'orfanotrofio storico
 Circolo di amici delle Fondazioni Francke, fondato nel 1990, associazione di pubblica utilità, cui appartengono circa 1300 membri, principalmente ex allievi delle scuole delle Fondazioni
 Opera per gli studenti di Halle, che gestisce la mensa dello storico refettorio nella casa 27
 Laboratorio giovanile e deposito di macchine operatrici di Halle nelle Fondazioni Francke, ente di pubblica utilità con laboratori, progetti di lavoro sociale per giovani, promozione ed assistenza all'occupazione giovanile
 Ludoteche, progetto del lavoro sociale fra i giovani per incontri ludici fra diverse culture a livello internazionale, nazionale e regionale
 Club studentesco Fornix: come rivela il nome latino (latino: fornix, tradotto: Volta) del primo spazio utilizzato, la cantina della Casa 2 – 4 con la sua notevole volta a botte, serve come punto di incontro e comunicazione fra scolari e studenti
 Integration & Arbeit gGmbH, ente per la promozione dell'integrazione professionale dei disoccupati con gravi disabilità

Istituzioni cristiane

 Canstein-Bibelzentrum (Centro biblico Canstein)
 Convitto evangelico di Halle e casa dello studente della Chiesa evangelica della Germania centrale
 Cappella di S. Giorgio, inaugurata nel 1998 in una cantina della Casa 24 con notevole volta a crociera, chiamata di S. Giorgio, come la prima comunità di cui fu pastore Francke
 Chiesa domestica ortodossa della Santa Croce, consacrata nel febbraio del 2000 dall'arcivescovo Feofan, che riflette il collegamento ecumenico storico con la Chiesa ortodossa

Inoltre, dal 2010, vi è una normale parrocchia. Eckart Warner accompagna la vita sul territorio delle Fondazioni come cappellano delle stesse.  A tal fine egli tiene i contatti con le diverse istituzioni, celebra i culti ed è il referente dei gruppi cristiani che visitano le Fondazioni.

Istituzioni culturali e scientifiche extrauniversitarie

 Deutsches Jugendinstitut: istituzione di ricerca sociologica di livello federale, il cui fulcro è la ricerca di base sulle condizioni di vita di bambini, giovani e famiglie
 Kulturstiftung des Bundes:  promuove l'arte e la cultura nell'ambito delle competenze della Federazione tedesca
 Coro civico di Halle, fondato nel 1116, è il più antico coro di ragazzi della Germania centrale, dal 1808 ospitato dalle Fondazioni Francke
 Associazione per la storia della città di Halle
 Società internazionale Georg Wilhelm Steller

Istituzioni commerciali

Sui terreni delle Fondazioni si trovano inoltre le seguenti istituzioni commerciali, che esistono, in forza di un privilegio concesso dal principe elettore Federico III del Brandeburgo, dal 1698 ad oggi:

 farmacia dell'orfanotrofio  (originariamente con dispensario farmaceutico)
 Libreria dell'orfanotrofio
 Druckfabrik Halle GmbH, fondata nel 1701 come tipografia dell'orfanotrofio delle Fondazioni Francke

Persone

Direttori

Insegnanti (estratto)

Medici

 David Samuel von Madai
 Carl August von Madai

Mostre
 2011: Jahresausstellung: Freiheit, Fortschritt und Verheißung. Blickwechsel zwischen Europa und Nordamerika seit der frühen Neuzeit
 2012: Jahresausstellung: Weil sie die Seelen fröhlich macht. Protestantische Musikkultur seit Martin Luther in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Händel-Haus Halle im Rahmen des Themenjahres der Lutherdekade 2012 Reformation und Musik
 2013: Jubiläumsausstellung: DIE WELT VERÄNDERN. August Hermann Francke – Ein Lebenswerk um 1700
 2015: Kabinettausstellung "Baukunst in den Büchern des Barock" 17. April bis 25. Oktober 2015, Ausstellung "Assoziationsraum Wunderkammer" 24. April bis 16. August 2015

Note

Bibliografia
 August Hermann Francke (1704): Der grosse Aufsatz. Schrift über eine Reform des Erziehungs- und Bildungswesens als Ausgangspunkt einer geistlichen und sozialen Neuordnung der Evangelischen Kirche des 18. Jahrhunderts. Mit einer quellenkundlichen Einführung hrsg. v. Otto Podczeck (Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philologisch-Historische Klasse, Bd. 53, H. 3), Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1962 ().
 Kritischer Bericht über das Waisenhaus aus dem Jahre 1792:  Archiv der Erziehungskunde für Deutschland Bd. 2 (1792), S. 73–117.
 Die Stiftungen August Hermann Francke's in Halle. Festschrift zur zweiten Säcularfeier seines Geburtstages. Herausgegeben von dem Directorium der Francke'schen Stiftungen, Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, Halle 1863 ().
 Die Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle a. S. in ihrer gegenwärtigen Gestalt. Herausgegeben von der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses in Halle a. S., Halle 1901 ().
 Günter Treizel: Kleiner Führer durch die Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle. Fliegenkopf-Verlag, Halle 2003, ISBN 3-930195-40-2.
 Helmut Obst; Paul Raabe: Die Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle (Saale). Geschichte und Gegenwart. Fliegenkopf-Verlag, Halle 2000, ISBN 3-930195-35-6.
 Paul Raabe; Thomas J. Müller-Bahlke (Hrsg.): Das Historische Waisenhaus. Das Hauptgebäude der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle. Halle 2005, ISBN 3-931479-73-0.
 Thomas J. Müller-Bahlke: Die Wunderkammer. Die Kunst- und Naturalienkammer der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle (Saale). Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen, Halle/Saale 1998, ISBN 3-930195-39-9.
 Peter Menck: Die Erziehung der Jugend zur Ehre Gottes und zum Nutzen des Nächsten. Die Pädagogik August Hermann Franckes. Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-484-84007-2.
 Karl Aley: Vom Waisenknaben zum Waisenvater. Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle (Saale) 1916–1946. Mit Zeichnungen von Wilhelm Krieg, nach eigenen Skizzen des 12-Jährigen aus dem Jahre 1923. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1991, ISBN 3-354-00736-2.
 Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg: August Hermann Francke und sein hallisches Waisenhaus. Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, Halle a. S. 1898 ().
 Ausstellungskatalog: Freiheit, Fortschritt und Verheißung. Blickwechsel zwischen Europa und Nordamerika seit der frühen Neuzeit. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06476-7.
 Georg Giersberg: Kinderzentrum statt Waisenhaus. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung vom 24. Dezember 2010, S. 14.
 Klaus-Peter Wenzel: Die Wiedergeburt der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle (Saale) – Ergebnis einer west-ostdeutschen Gemeinschaftsarbeit 1992–2000. Projekte Verlag Cornelius, Halle 2012, ISBN 978-3-95486-158-3.
 Holger Zaunstöck (Hrsg.): Gebaute Utopien. Franckes Schulstadt in der Geschichte europäischer Stadtentwürfe. Katalog zur Jahresausstellung der Franckeschen Stiftungen vom 8. Mai bis 3. Oktober 2010. Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen, Halle 2010, ISBN 978-3-447-06336-4.
 Holger Zaunstöck, Thomas Müller-Böhlke, Claus Veltmann (Hrsg.): Die Welt verändern. August Hermann Francke. Ein Lebenswerk um 1700. Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen, Halle 2013, ISBN 978-3-447-06889-5.

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Martin NG, an excellent music expert, but a cardiologist by profession, uses turntables and CD players on this recording. Here too, one thinks of the masters of this instrument, Christian Marclay or Rick Rue (with whom NG collaborates, by the way). Martin NG has advanced to become a cut-up virtuoso, as this duo demonstrates. Citations of other musics do not appear in the recording as memory fragments of historicity, but rather are immediate components of improvisation.
Even in the wildest turmoil he is able to create a continuity, a connection at the highest level. This is perhaps because he has recorded an extremely quiet and introverted CD with Oren Ambarchie (reconnaissance, Staubgold 2000). Or because his duo with Denley can look back upon a long productive phase of cooperation, whereas the foundation of trust rests in the constancy of permanent surprise.
a) a duo with guitarist Oren Ambarchi (better known for his recent Touch release 'Insulation' and as one half of the guitar-drums duo with Robbie Avenaim). A record (entitled 'Reconnaissance') has been completed and is due to be released in the near future.
b) a DJ <-> DSP duo with Hiaz Gmachl (member of Austrian electronic quartet Farmer's Manual). A live session recorded in Melbourne is due to be releases on the Mego label's online interest Fals.ch.
Previous collaborators have included Robbie Aveniam, Chris Abrahams (The Necks) and Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky.
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He sees no clear distinctions between his roles as instrumentalist, improviser and composer.
Member of the collective Machine for Making Sense.
He has worked in numerous add hoc ensembles throughout Austrialia, Europe and the US with musicians such as Derek Bailey, John Butcher, Roger Turner, Stsuki Okamura, Martin Klapper, Ikue Mori, Chris Abrahams and Shelley Hirsch.


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Legislative committee hears testimony on 70 mph speed limit
February 18, 2015 By Jackie Johnson
A proposal to allow the speed limit on Wisconsin highways to be raised as high as 70 miles an hour was the focus of a public hearing at the Capitol Tuesday. Under the proposal (AB-27) at the Capitol, Department of Transportation traffic safety engineers would decide whether to increase speed limits on state highways.
Representative John Spiros (R-Marshfield) offered an amendment to the bill, allowing the DOT to determine whether there should be a restriction on commercial vehicles, keeping them at 65.
It's a safety issue, Spiros said. "What my amendment does is basically just says DOT, you have the option to keep the speed at 65 for trucks or you can raise the speed to 70 for all vehicles. So, it just says may; it doesn't say that you have to."
Tom Rhatican is assistant deputy secretary at the state DOT. He spoke for informational purposes only. "With regard to Mr. Spiro's amendment, I don't have a copy of that, but if it is permissive — it's not mandatory — I think that would be something that we would be more than happy to review."
Rhatican also expressed concern about higher speeds in certain stretches of freeways and expressways, especially in congested areas and intersections.
Neighboring states have increased their maximum speeds to 70 mph, while Wisconsin's top speed remains at 65.
The Assembly Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on the bill Tuesday afternoon. It is expected to vote on the measure next month.

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Alibaba raises up to $12.9b in HK listing
Agence France-Presse . Hong Kong | Published: 14:44, Nov 20,2019	| Updated: 00:01, Nov 21,2019
A logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, November 18, 2019. — Reuters
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group raised up to $12.9 billion in a landmark listing in Hong Kong, the largest share sale in the city in nine years and a world record for a cross-border secondary share sale.
The deal will be seen as a boost to Hong Kong following more than five months of anti-government protests and its recent slide into its first recession in a decade.
Alibaba said in a statement it had priced the shares at HK$176 ($22.49) each, a discount of 2.9 per cent to its New York closing price, confirming information earlier reported by Reuters.
The price means Alibaba will raise at least HK$88 billion ($11.3 billion) — a symbolic total because the number 8 is associated with prosperity and good fortune in Chinese culture.
Alibaba has also chosen the stock code 9988 for its listing, which for Chinese speakers combines two of the luckiest numbers, together symbolising long-lasting prosperity.
The total raised from the deal could eventually reach $12.9 billion if a so-called 'green shoe' overallotment option were exercised.
Alibaba shares closed in New York on Tuesday at $185.25. One of Alibaba's New York-listed American Depositary Shares (ADS) is worth eight of its Hong Kong shares.
While the discount to Alibaba's last close was set at 2.9 per cent, analysts noted the price represented a 3.7 per cent discount to the Alibaba's share price on November 12 — the day before the deal was launched.
'I was expecting it to be done at around 4 per cent-5 per cent so this is about right,' said Sumeet Singh, head of research at Aequitas and who publishes on research web site SmartKarma.
'The deal represents just about 4.4 days of three-month average daily value traded and hence, relatively it's not a big deal for a stock of Alibaba's size.'
Alibaba's deal comes amid a late-year rush of share sales, with Saudi Arabia's state oil giant Aramco revving up to price an initial public offering so large it threatens to eclipse Alibaba's own record $25 billion float in 2014.
A deal at the top of Aramco's price range would raise $25.6 billion and value the company at $1.7 trillion — short of the $2 trillion it had originally sought.
Hong Kong's army of small investors had welcomed the Alibaba deal, subscribing for 40 times the shares they were originally allotted, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the deal.
That represents the heaviest oversubscription rate for any multi-billion dollar share sale in Hong Kong in more than four years, according to Dealogic data.
Alibaba declined to comment on retail subscriptions.
Retail investors will now take 10 per cent of the deal, up from the 2.5 per cent they were originally allotted. Hong Kong operates a 'claw back' system where heavy oversubscription from small investors can result in them getting a greater share.
The numbers imply retail investors collectively put up about $11 billion in the hope of getting shares in the Chinese ecommerce champion.
A float by Alibaba is seen as particularly significant to Hong Kong since it lost the company's IPO to New York in 2013 because the Asian financial hub would not then accept its unusual governance, where a self-selecting group of insiders control the majority of board seats.
That decision ultimately resulted in Hong Kong rule changes last year that have allowed Alibaba to conduct this listing.
Bankers hope other US-listed Chinese tech giants will follow suit.
Alibaba's listing ceremony is due to be held at the Hong Stock Exchange next Tuesday and the event will be closely watched given the ongoing protests unfolding across the city.
China International Capital Corporation (CICC) and Credit Suisse are leading Alibaba's deal.
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Share this Story: Graham Thomson: Unite-the-right vote will shake up Alberta politics, no matter the outcome
Graham Thomson: Unite-the-right vote will shake up Alberta politics, no matter the outcome
Odds are, we will be saying hello to the UCP. But we won't know until next election if it means saying goodbye to the NDP.
Graham Thomson • Edmonton Journal
Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney and Wildrose Leader Brian Jean speak at the Pomeroy Hotel Tuesday June 20, 2017 in Grande Prairie, Alta. Photo by Kevin Hampson /Postmedia
Hello UCP, goodbye NDP.
At least that's the plan.
Graham Thomson: Unite-the-right vote will shake up Alberta politics, no matter the outcome Back to video
This weekend, members of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives will decide if they want to merge their parties into one new entity, the United Conservative Party (UCP).
The sole purpose of the new party: defeat Alberta's NDP government next election.
Approximately 50,000 PCs and 40,000 Wildrosers are eligible to cast a ballot on the tentative merger deal worked out by a joint planning group in May. (Keep in mind some people are members of both parties). PCs are voting in an electronic referendum July 20-22; Wildrosers are holding a general meeting in Red Deer July 22 but members can also vote online or by phone rather than in person.
The results of both votes will be known early Saturday evening.
"We don't need to remind you about what's at stake in this choice," said PC leader Jason Kenney recently as he, um, reminded supporters what's at stake in this choice. "In the two years since the NDP have been in power, they've hiked taxes, hurt our economy, thrown thousands of Albertans out of work, and driven investors away with job-killing policies. Now, we have the opportunity to deny the NDP a second term. But only if we decide to unite and create our new United Conservative Party."
Potential outcomes
The choice is pretty straightforward: vote for or against unification.
The possible outcomes, however, aren't all straightforward.
That's because one of the oddities of the vote is that the two parties have different thresholds for approval. The PC rules require that only a simple majority need give the thumbs up. The constitution of the grassroots-driven Wildrose requires 75 per cent of its members to give the green light.
Outcome 1: A clear win for unity. A super majority of both parties agree to amalgamate. In that case, four different joint committees begin the work of amalgamation including planning a leadership race for the new party that will culminate in a vote Oct. 28. (This is the most likely outcome).
Outcome 2: A clear loss for unity. A majority of both parties reject the merger. In that case, a civil war will erupt between the two as they both claim to be the true voice of conservatism and the only party that can defeat the NDP next election. (An unlikely outcome given the amount of work being put into unification – and the amount of conservative anger at the NDP).
Outcome 3: A complicated result. A strong majority of PC members, let's say 80 per cent, and a strong majority of Wildrosers, say 74 per cent, vote in favour of unification. In that case a clear majority of both parties want a merger but the Wildrose fails to meet its constitutionally mandated 75 per cent threshold for approval. This is the dilemma that keeps supporters of unification awake at night.
Officials in both parties are looking at a Plan B, just in case. Kenney has said he would "remain open to other forms of co-operation," such as non-compete agreements in some ridings. After all, at the end of the day, it's all about defeating the NDP in the next election.
Civil wars are always the bloodiest – and the most interesting.
Wildrose MLA Jason Nixon has said an almost-yes vote by Wildrose members "would be a time for both parties to have a serious talk."
(This is an unlikely outcome but one worth keeping in mind).
There is so much at stake here for both Kenney and Wildrose leader Brian Jean that they have been campaigning non-stop the past two months to get to a "yes" vote this weekend.
They have occasionally campaigned together but most often have treated their unity work as competing leadership campaigns because the minute a unity deal is approved they'll move into a race for leadership of the new party.
(left to right) Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean and Alberta PC leader Jason Kenney announce that they have reached a deal to merge the parties and create the United Conservative Party, during a press conference in Edmonton Thursday May 18, 2017. Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia
And it promises to be a nasty race. Conservatives are headed to a civil war of sorts no matter the outcome of the unification question this weekend. A "no" vote will mean a war between the PCs and Wildrose. A "yes" vote will mean a war between Jean and Kenney for leadership of the new party (along with other expected candidates who include a Calgary lawyer, moderate PC member Doug Schweitzer, and the never-moderate Wildrose MLA Derek Fildebrandt).
This whole unification journey has been interesting in its own right starting with Kenney's leadership coup where he seized control of the PC party. His was a campaign of anger aimed at both moderate PC members as well as the NDP government.
And that anger has not dissipated.
Besides blaming the government for pretty much all of Alberta's ills, Kenney has called the NDP an "accidental government" and demanded, "We want our Alberta back" as if the province belongs to conservatives.
Both Kenney and Jean have promised to repeal pretty much every piece of legislation passed by the NDP, starting with the carbon tax, but have put forward little detailed policy of their own.
A party built on anger
Unification is not about a vision for the future; it is about correcting what irritated conservatives see as the mistake of the last provincial election.
If unity goes ahead this weekend, this will be the party that anger built.
The anger began percolating the moment the NDP won the election in 2015 to defeat the 44-year reign of the PCs.
Derek Fildebrandt said he's assembled a campaign team and has money in the bank for a leadership run.
Conservatives simply could not accept the election results and blamed the NDP win on vote splitting between Wildrose and PC candidates. This weekend's vote is designed to unify the two parties to avoid vote splitting in the next election.
But there are different ways to look at what is actually happening this weekend.
Here are a few interpretations:
Interpretation 1 — Jason Kenney's:
Kenney says unification is simply a reconstitution of the two parts of the PC party that split a decade ago to form the Wildrose and a more "progressive" conservative party under a succession of Red Tories including Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford and Jim Prentice.
Kenney's argument would hold more water if some supporters of his campaign hadn't bullied out progressives including MLA Sandra Jansen who joined the NDP last fall after dropping out of the PC leadership race. He has also made a point of saying the new United Conservative Party won't be calling itself "progressive," a term he says has been co-opted by Premier Rachel Notley.
He has also shown himself to be a social conservative over the years on issues including same-sex marriage and more recently Gay Straight Alliances in schools. It's difficult to see where progressives fit into unification.
Interpretation 2 — Brian Jean's:
Jean says unification is simply like-minded conservatives coming together. However, he takes pains to insist the new party will be operating under the legal framework of the Wildrose, a party that values grassroots leadership above all else.
PC officials have disputed Jean's interpretation and say the new party is not an offshoot of the Wildrose. But Jean's argument is an important component to convince Wildrose members that their movement will live on in the UCP.
Interpretation 3 — "Progressive" conservatives:
They see unification as the deathblow to the Progressive Conservative movement and they blame Kenney for killing the party to clear the way for a Kenney dominated far-right entity.
You could actually argue the old PC party is already dead, assassinated by Kenney's successful PC leadership campaign where he flooded the party with like-minded hard-line conservatives and squeezed aside the progressives.
PC MLA Richard Starke, who considers himself a progressive, is still in the party, for now. But he is afraid unification will result in an extremist bloc unable to form the pragmatic big-tent party that kept the PCs in power for almost 44 years.
"I continue to have many concerns that I had prior to the deal being released," said Starke just two weeks ago.
In this interpretation, the unification vote will be a slam-dunk thanks to a majority of far-right members in each party (some of whom actually hold membership cards in both parties).
Interpretation 4 – Long-time Wildrosers:
For them the unity vote is not a meeting of two kindred spirits gazing into each other's eyes as they at long last consummate their relationship.
These are two parties that have spent much of the past decade openly despising each other. They are coming together because they hate the NDP more than they detest each other.
To paraphrase an adage: my enemy's enemy is my new political dance partner.
An editorial cartoon by Malcolm Mayes from June 2016, showing Jason Kenney may be closer to overtaking Brian Jean than it appears. Photo by Malcolm Mayes /Edmonton Journal
Wildrose leader Jean began lacing up his dance shoes reluctantly earlier this year after spending months dismissing any talk of unification.
As leader of the official Opposition with more MLAs, more money and more organization than the PCs, Jean initially saw no reason to jump in bed with a party as tired and rundown as the PCs.
"We're going to grow this party," said Jean at the party's annual general meeting last October.
However, pressure from his own party members forced Jean to reconsider his position. Even though he may have embraced unity, he is certainly not holding Kenney close.
Uncomfortable truce
The joint Kenney/Jean news conference May 18 to announce the tentative unity deal had all the warmth of a shotgun wedding.
Their uncomfortable truce will dissolve the moment the unification deal passes, or fails. Either way there will be a war Sunday morning.
It will be a war with all kinds of political combatants.
There are members of both parties so appalled by the prospect of a merger that they are already making contingency plans.
Moderate PCs such as former party president Katherine O'Neill have organized a new movement called "Alberta Together" to rally "progressives" – likely under the banner of the Alberta Party — to give middle-of-the-road voters an alternative to the too-far-right UCP and the too-far-left NDP.
Progressive Conservative party president Katherine O'Neill speaks about a $5,000 fine levied against PC leadership candidate Jason Kenney during a news conference at PC Party headquarters in Edmonton, Alberta on Monday, November 21, 2016. Photo by Ian Kucerak
Purist Wildrose members such as Edmonton lawyer Marilyn Burns who feel the merger is unnecessary and a betrayal of Wildrose values are threatening to form their own right-wing party.
Alberta's NDP, meanwhile, has been trying to play it cool, pretending the merger either doesn't matter or that it will result in a new party so far to the right of the political spectrum it will not appeal to the majority of Albertans.
Premier Rachel Notley likes to have it both ways – saying she doesn't have time to watch every twitch and turn of the unification movement even as she attacks the yet-to-be-formed UCP as a throwback to Alberta's old Social Credit party.
No matter what happens this weekend, the result of the unification vote will be monumental for Alberta politics.
Odds are, we will be saying hello to the UCP.
But we won't know until next election if it means saying goodbye to the NDP.
Graham Thomson: PC and Wildrose parties eye Plan B should merger vote fall narrowly short
Graham Thomson: Alberta's unite-the-right movement takes giant, but tentative, step
Graham Thomson: NDP hopes to cash in on the unite-the-right deal
Graham Thomson: A civil war is on the horizon for Alberta's conservatives
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Preparation of Annual and Five Year Plan.
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Playing With Bones (DI Joe Plantagenet) by Kate Ellis
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Reviewer: Sue Magee
Summary: Well plotted and with excellent characters and a well-realised location this police procedural comes highly recommended.
Buy? Yes Borrow? Yes
Pages: 320 Date: July 2009
Publisher: Piatkus
Two teenagers went to a nightclub and the following morning the body of one of them was found in Singmass Close – a sinister part of Eborby reputed to be haunted by the cruelly-treated children of long-defunct Ragged School. The teenager had been strangled and mutilated – her left big toe cut off. By her side there was a Victorian doll – similarly mutilated. Back in the nineteen fifties there has been four murders in Singmass Close – young women who were strangled and mutilated and left with a doll by their side. The killer had never been brought to justice. He'd be likely to be in his seventies by now – was it possible that he was still fit enough to return to his old ways?
I did enjoy this book, not least because of the character of DI Joe Plantagenet. He's honest, thoughtful and considerate. Originally he'd begun training for the priesthood but met the woman who was to become his wife and realised that the life could never be for him. Sadly Kaitlin was to die soon after their marriage and whilst there had been other women in the many intervening years no one had ever matched up to Kaitlin, including Maddy, his current girl friend. Crime fiction seems to require a hard-drinking, ungodly womaniser for the Inspectorate and it was refreshing to meet one prepared to offer a prayer over a murder victim.
The location is excellent too. Those who know York will recognise much of the landscape from the 'cathedral' to the chocolate factory on the edge of town. Full advantage is taken of the medieval atmosphere to play with the spooky premise of the ghosts of dead children haunting Singmass Close. There are elegant contrasts between the old and the new parts of the city, the prosperous and the down-at-heel and the religious and the ungodly.
It's the story that grips though. I read the book in two sittings, completely unable to stay away from it. The plot is expertly built – all the clues are there but the chilling finale was completely unexpected and all the various plot lines are satisfyingly resolved. Most police procedurals don't stand more than one reading - once you know that it was the butler who did it there's not a lot of point in rereading simply to have the fact confirmed – but this will bear at least one more reading just so that I can see how it was all done.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to The Bookbag.
If this type of book appeals to you then you might also enjoy Cut Short by Leigh Russell although it's not of the same quality.
Playing With Bones (DI Joe Plantagenet) by Kate Ellis is in the Bookbag's Christmas Gift Recommendations 2009.
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At some point after my departure from Smurfpunx I got briefly involved with this exhibition-tour of the Apostles bloke. I wanted to help out Anderz Nielsen [guitarist of 'Misanthropic Charity' and bass for 'Electric Deads' & 'President Fetch', and concert-promoter at Copenhagen's Ungdomshuset] because I met these guys from the 'Apostles' when I visited him in 1987 and they ended up asking me later on to organize exhibitions and concerts in Belgium. It was an outstanding commitment and a friendly service to Anderz who had welcomed me a few times in his flat in Copenhagen. The artwork were mainly charcoal-drawings if I can remember well, and not bad work either: dark and gothic-anarcho, but well…the artist's and the music genre's house-style I guess. (smile) Such an expo would've been something else for a change. But for some reason or another (something to do with the availability of the space [Brob: Probably because there were only people at the Gele Limonade during weekend-evenings.] and/or abolishment of a concert at Netwerk that could have been combined with this), it got cancelled. The funny thing was that the artist, his girlfriend and one other bloke eventually showed up in Gent despite the cancellation. See, as I told already on this blog, the main ways of communication back then were telephone and 'classical' post. They had no phone and it turned out that they never got the letter announcing the cancellation either because the address that they'd given was a squat which they had abandoned. Anarchy I guess… (smile) Did they had an improvised expo in a squat in Gent instead? I don't remember. I was not in the squatting-scene. They did continue to another country (Holland, Germany?) though.
Usually whenever I see the words 'The Apostles' in it I groan, start to gnash my teeth and then sit in a dark corner to mutter vengeful curses at the world. However, this is a little more interesting. No, the event doesn't apply to me – but I know what happened. During 1987 and 1988 the bassist / guitarist / leader of 'The Apostles', Dave Fanning, was invited over to Germany [Jospeh Raimond: The 'Apostles' show was in Nürnberg. It was great.] for 2 weeks to display his art in a private gallery there. This was organised by Joe Raimond of 'Doc Wör Mirran' [Brob: concept of combining music, graphic art, painting, sculpture, poetry and just about every other medium of art]. As I understand it, the show was such a success that he then took his paintings, drawings and collages, etc. to other 'punk' events, alternative galleries, etc. to display them there. I believe he went to Belgium because he had a Belgian girlfriend, Sally Vogel (?, not certain about the surname) at the time and she may have assisted.
During the X-mas holidays 1988 some of us Smurfpunx (Mokka, Natasja H., Anmie, Frank, Brob & Fitzjoy – Natasja D. & Guy had to call it off last minute because his grandma died) drove to the Van Hall squat in Amsterdam in a rented mini-bus to stay there a couple of days and spend some time with Lorelei & Syd (who invited us). I had set up a small tour for my German friends in 'F.F.F.' and their mates 'Upside' (Italy) and they were also playing there one night. We were able to witness how everything was working there: a bit shocking was how little support L & S got from anyone to set up their shows (Van Hall at that time being the only independent independent concert-place but the A'dam scene seemed to be on the brink of apathy about this…). So we lended a hand while we were there: I remember driving our mini-bus through the little streets/ alleys and on the narrow bridges over the Amsterdam canals to go pick up the P.A. We also experienced how people lived there and got to know the Italo-Canadian couple a bit better. It was a damn big place (an old bike-factory) where you could get lost easily and where all the people living there (mostly Italians, a South-African girl,…) had more than enough space. One thing though: it was incredibly cold! But most of the nights we could spread our sleeping-bags around the stove (the only one in the whole buidling) in Lorelei & Syd's bedroom, who were telling us bedtime- and other stories lying in their big canopy bed… We talked a lot and had quite some fun. I remember Syd showing pictures from a book with tattoos and piercings, and some of the younger girls discovering that a 'Prince Albert' was something more than just a member of the royal family… (smile) We also met more interesting people. Two of the three 'Yeastie Girlz' were living there (Joyce & Cammie, Jane had gone back to California already). They also performed the same night as the previously mentioned bands… Another person who we were to meet again later was Semolina, a talented dancer from Spain who was taking courses in A'dam and lived in Van Hall. She was friends with Boliche & the lads of 'Subterranean Kids' who we would meet later on. At the gig I met Frank 'Kaboem' (a very decent zine) whom I'd already talked in Zoetermeer's 'Mevrouw Latenstaan' earlier.
I was 16 years old and I really wanted to go to Van Hall with Mokka, Frank, etc. But what did I have to tell my parents? "Mum, dad, I'm going to stay at a squat in Amsterdam with a bunch of punx…". I don't think so! But I also didn't want to lie. So I told them that I had a very difficult test (sociology) coming – which was true – and asked if I could stay over at a girlfriend's house for the weekend if I could get a 8/10. You have to know: I was sitting next to Duco for sociology, and he was very good for that class, so he would always let me crib. Off course I got good grades! I let my parents sign for the test and they agreed to let me sleep over for the weekend. My dad drove me to my girlfriend's house where I got picked up by the rest of the Smurfpunx to leave for Amsterdam a bit later.
We were well recieved at Van Hall by Syd and Lorelei, and I looked around astonishedly. The big factory was filled with junk, there were quite some extravagant people walking around, and Syd and Lorelei's room was also decorated in a rather special way, to say the least. It was full with X-mas lights and these stayed on even at night. Because I could only sleep in complete darkness, I asked Lorelei why the light couldn't be turned off. She told me the lights definitely had to stay on because there were ghosts wandering around at Van Hall. There were many but their 'house-spirit' was an old woman that kept walking around chattering the whole time and to keep the 'ghost' out of their room, the light had to be kept on. I thought she was kidding me but in fact she was dead-serious; and Syd went along with the whole story. As a kid I had watched 'The Exorcist' all by myself and then I'd stayed downstairs the whole night because I didn't dare to go to bed anymore. That had left such an impression that I'm (still am) afraid to watch movies that deal with ghosts or paranormal things. Lorelei also told me that if I had to go pee that night, I would see the ghost in the big space. Of course I didn't get any sleep and at 3 p.m. I had to go to the toilet. Frank [Brob: Anmie's boyfriend at the time.] came with me and even though it was creepy, luckily we didn't see anything. But at 5 p.m. I had to go again, probably because of nerves, and since I was a tough girl, I went alone this time. And for sure: somewhere at the back I saw a twattling old woman walking in the moonlight. I don't know if it was a lost vagrant or a drunk but I was scared to death. When I told Lorelei about it later, she said "Oh yeah, that is her allright!". Looking back it was probably a joke but for some reason this is my sharpest memory of that weekend at Van Hall.
Thanks to Syd's tattoo-book I also learned what a 'prince Albert' is. Frankly, at that time I found the idea of a pierced willy to be shocking. After he described how having such a piercing was done in practice, I didn't want any nose- or other piercings later. Now that I design jewelry as a hobby, I would've liked to have a few punctures here and there; but I'm afraid. I got a double trauma at Van Hall, haha.
The performance by the 'Yeastie Girlz' was super. The women stood in front of the stage, a few tough blokes more at the back shouting comments. Hurt egos when hearing the lyrics? Haha, I sure thought it was funny.
When my dad came to pick me up at my friend's after the weekend, he asked if it had been fun in the Netherlands. Apparently he had seen that the guilders in my room before leaving. I'm still grateful that my father trusted me enough to let me go, even though he knew I had plans to go to A'dam in stead of to my friend's in Aalst. I told him I went to concerts and stayed with friends. He didn't need to know that it was in a squat. Luckily my dad didn't say anything to my mom: I would have been grounded for a 100 years, guaranteed!
"This concert is a benefit for the 'Stichting Michaël De Witte' and all profits will go directly to that 'foundation'.
The foundation was established in remembrance of the young Flemish doctor Michaël De Witte who died in El Salvador February 8th, 1987. It's first goal is to publish a book about the life of Michaël based on this own writings and testimonials from friends. The second goal of the 'Stichting' is the continuation and expansion of Michaël's life-work, by offering financial and material help to doctors and medical staff who, just as Michaël, want to commit themselves in the Third World, to build a fairer society for the common people.
Michaël graduated as a doctor in 1982. Because he saw that there are more doctors than necessary in Belgium, he decided to move to a country with a desperate shortage of doctors. He chose El Salvador because the population there had entered the resistance against a regime of murders and exploiters. For years the people tried to defend their rights but the landlords, the army and the death-squads reacted with a reign of terror and murdered anyone who dared to raise their voice. Therefore the people were forced to chose for armed resistance, as the only opportunity to end their poverty and exploitation (not unlike the A.N.C. in South-Africa).
In the meantime, the resistance has been able to liberate a quarter of the territory, thanks to the massive support of the poor peasant-population. In these liberated areas, the resistance fully works on the just redistribution of the land and resources. It's in those areas that Michaël worked as a doctor. He treated the local population for free, set up hospitals, trained doctors and nurses, learned people about better hygiene and a lot more. He also operated wounded resistance-fighters. Because of the continuous danger, it was a hard life but Michaël got a lot of work done, saved dozens of lives. He was very popular with the poor peasant-population.
On February 8th 1987, Michaël was fatally hit by mortar-shelling of the Salvadorian army. The army no longer dares to penetrate in the occupied territories because it's afraid of the resistance. Therefore it fires from miles away and bombards from the air, thereby hitting civilians as well as the resistance-fighters. The army particularly aims at the hospitals to discourage the population. Michaël became the victim of that.
The only reason because the resistance hasn't succeeded to expel the powers-that-be yet, is because the U.S. pumps millions of dollars in El Salvador, that they look upon as their backyard. The U.S. makes big money of the people of El Salvador and wants it to stay this way. They also won't doubt about sending in troops to El Salvador if necessary and then it will probably turn into a new Vietnam. Just as with Vietnam, we have to denounce this kind of U.S. politics and help the people who resist this. Michaël was one of them but many are ready to follow him. And they certainly deserve our support.
It's terrible to have to admit but I don't have any memories about the benefit-concert for the 'Michaël De Witte Foundation' itself. During that era I attended minimum one concert each weekend, sometimes even two to three, and I'm not able to distinguish them all that well (except the really memorable ones).
What I dó indeed remember, is that Smurfpunx were always very open to 'political' activities, e.g. also that benefit-gig for the 'Foundation'. I could certainly appreciate this solidarity!
I can also ad that the 'Foundation' is still active. A few years ago, for example, the diaries of Michaël [Brob: Felix' brother] have been translated to Spanish, because there are also many Salvadorans who wanted to read it. There was an official launch of that book in San Salvador. In 2007 the 'Foundation' remembered the 20th anniversary of Michaël's death with a speakers' evening in Gent: the place was too small because 300 people showed up. In 2012 the 'Foundation' will probably commemorate the 25th anniversary.
People might also know that the F.M.L.N., the resistance-movement that Michaël worked for, finally won the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2009 and is now in power. That probably doesn't mean El Salvador has become a paradise on earth but there have been a bunch of progressive reforms in favour of the poor. It also means that Michaël's sacrifice and that of ten-thousands of other Salvadorans wasn't completely meaningless.
'Neuroot' had recorded their LP Plead Insanity (out on Hageland recs) a few months before this. After the gig their van appeared broken-down: a defect clutch-cable. Since there were no repairers willing to help, so late at night, Marcel Stol and his buddies (guitarist Ed, singer Wouter & drummer Ben) couldn't get back to Arnhem yet and had to stay over in Aalst. Normally Netwerk was closed for everybody; it had been a policy of the people running it, not to let anyone sleep there (because of fire-safety) but this time there was no other solution. Don't know anymore which of the other Smurfpunx spent the night with them?
I did the babysit for 'Neuroot'. Maybe there were other Smurfpunx but I don't remember who. One thing that I fondly recall is Marcel – you had to see him: a tough bloke with a rough voice and covered with tattoos – suddenly waking up growling, with a greasy provincial Holland accent: "Hé, ferdomme jô… Fandââch is me moekie jâârich!" ("WTF! Today's my mommy's birthday!") :-) L.O.L.
'Fear of God' did not turn up. They cancelled the day of the concert, which we found very amateuristic. The band was supposed to come over to Belgium from Switzerland for one gig, which was not realistic at the then ongoing rates; but that they should have known earlier. Why this booking then? In fact, this gig had initially been set up at the initiative of Leen and Natasja. But for one or another reason they could not handle it any more and Mokka, Brob and myself took over (we also made it a benefit for the said Foundation). But some arrangements the initial organizers had made were shoddy at best.
Personally, I liked to support political causes that did something concrete, like this Foundation. [Brob: Indeed! More than music, right!?] The F.M.L.N. elected in power recently… That reminds how much the world has changed! Back then, there was still something as the German Democratic Republic, the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia. The Sandinistas were still in power in Nicaragua (well, their leader Daniel Ortega got re-elected as president again in 2006 but is a far cry of what he used to be). Today's Latin left-wing icon, Hugo Chavèz and his Bolivarian revolution were still far-off and there were no Al-Qaeda and Taliban as the new incarnation of evil yet. Ironically, an icon of the salon-left now sits in the Oval Office.
The day after a long night in Gooik with 'Attitude' and a dangerous drive through the fog, Smurfpunx were at it again. Andy Turner and his 'Instigators' were touring (when weren't they? – smile) so Duco invited them over. It was only about half a year after their passage in my hometown (with 'Detonators'; see: Marbel, Tielt, 3 apr 87 (Detonators)) but now Bob Gorlik played the bass. Netwerk was not available so we diverted them to Antwerp, where they played an old cinema, re-baptised 'Jungle Of Joy'. We already knew Tez and his mates as fantastic people and they did a great set!
Oh Yes! 'Scoundrels' showed up allright, I know cause I was their drummer. What we played exacly is totally lost in the haze of time but I recall it to be a great evening due to the fact we could open for 'Instigators'. Andy Turner had one of his legs in plaster but still jumped around like hell [Brob: actually, it was Mooney (Simon, the guitarist); as one can see on the pics], I was very impressed by that.
Our line-up here was the one with [2nd guitarist] Luc Proost. He only played a short while for 'Scoundrels' (during the period of our 'Join Hands' album), after that we returned to the primal trio. Luc was also the founder and driving-force of the legendary 'Wulpse Varkens'.


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Ex-Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt gave player's mother cash in Chick-fil-A bag
November 25, 2022 by Allen Frame
Jeremy Pruitt admitted the rumor that he paid cash to a player's mother in a fast food bag is true.
Last January, Dan Patrick revealed on his radio show that, when Pruitt was coach of Tennessee, his staff handed money to recruits inside McDonald's bags.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Pruitt admitted giving the mother several hundred dollars to NCAA investigators in March, with a caveat – it was inside a Chick-fil-A bag, not McDonald's.
Jeremy Pruitt admitted to NCAA investigators that he paid $300 to a player's mother in a Chick-fil-A bag.
Pruitt reportedly told investigators that, "it was the human thing, the right thing to do" and the money was intended "to assist with other [life] expenses."
The $300 payment was part of $12,707 given to this player and/or his family. Also included in the total was $3,000 given to the mother in 2019 to help "with paying a delinquent medical bill so she could schedule a hip surgery."
Pruitt coached Tennessee from 2018 through 2020, and was fired at the time investigations into improper benefits began. He worked on Joe Judge's Giants staff last year as a defensive assistant.
Source: Tennessee #Vols got sloppy with recruiting. They were handing recruits cash in McDonald's bags when they visited campus.
Also a name to look out for to fill the Head Coaching vacancy: Jason Witten pic.twitter.com/HKDd02rldz
— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) January 19, 2021
The NCAA investigation into Pruitt and Tennessee stems from a bit of a different time in college athletics.
Now, players are allowed to be compensated with NIL money. While these rules still bar direct payments from coaches to players or their families, and the university programs themselves are not supposed to be coordinating the commercialization, high-level football players have new opportunities to earn money from their likenesses that were previously not allowed.
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Jan; 29(1):117-21.PE
Acute acalculous cholecystitis is uncommon in pediatrics and more likely to be encountered in adult patients. Signs and symptoms of acute cholecystitis are similar to other causes of acute abdominal pain such as pancreatitis, gastritis, and acute appendicitis, further making diagnosis difficult. We present a case of acute acalculous cholecystitis in a child with cystic fibrosis and discuss the role of emergency physician bedside sonography in the evaluation of right-upper-quadrant pain.
Shihabuddin B
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center-Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA. shihabuddin.bashar@gmail.com
Sivitz A
Acute DiseaseChildCholecystitisCystic FibrosisDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansPoint-of-Care SystemsUltrasonography
Shihabuddin, Bashar, and Adam Sivitz. "Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis in a 10-year-old Girl With Cystic Fibrosis." Pediatric Emergency Care, vol. 29, no. 1, 2013, pp. 117-21.
Shihabuddin B, Sivitz A. Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013;29(1):117-21.
Shihabuddin, B., & Sivitz, A. (2013). Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Emergency Care, 29(1), 117-21. https://doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b57e7
Shihabuddin B, Sivitz A. Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis in a 10-year-old Girl With Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013;29(1):117-21. PubMed PMID: 23283281.
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Shorewood Real Estate Group is bringing a new rental tower to Jamaica, Queens, marking the first project to be financed by the company's Opportunity Zone Fund.
Plans filed with the Department of Buildings on Tuesday envision a 24-story, 315-unit building at 160-05 Archer Avenue, which will also include the adjacent lot at 92-25 160th Street.
Like many of Shorewood's previous projects in Manhattan, the Jamaica project will include co-working space among its amenities. The building will also offer a game room, yoga room, dog wash, and lounges with views of the city and Jamaica Bay, according to the plan. The development will also come with about 25,00 square feet of ground floor retail space.
The developer, led by S. Lawrence Davis, picked up the two vacant lots last year for about $19 million, at an auction resulting from the business divorce between brothers Nissim and Avraham Kassab. The acquisition was financed with a $24.9 million mortgage from frequent Shorewood partner Vanbarton Group, city records show.
Shorewood is one many NYC real estate players who have recently created funds to cash in on the Opportunity Zone program. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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Biografia
Samchuk nacque in una famiglia di contadini il 20 febbraio del 1905, nel villaggio di Derman. Dal 1917 al 1920 studiò nella scuola elementare del paese natio. Tra il 1921 e il 1925 studiò presso il ginnasio Kremenets, che era una scuola privata ucraina. Prima del termine della scuola secondaria, fu chiamato alle armi nell'esercito (Wojska Lądowe) nel 1927, e nell'agosto dello stesso anno disertò, fuggendo in Germania. Dapprima lavorò consegnando carbone. Poi, con l'aiuto di una solidale famiglia tedesca, Samchuk continuò i suoi studi all'Università di Breslavia.

Nel 1929, si trasferì a Praga, in Cecoslovacchia. Qui fu attratto dalla vivace comunità ucraina cittadina e dalla Libera Università Ucraina a cui s'iscrisse, e dove fu attivo nella Società accademica studentesca e si laureò nel 1931. Ulas Samchuk considerava Oleksandr Oles, Spiridon Cherkasenko, Oleksa Stefanovych, Oksana Lyaturynska, Oleg Olzhych, Mykhailo Mukhyn, Mykola Butovych, Robert Lisovsky, Stepan Smal-Stotsky, e Dmytro Doroshenko come le persone al centro della sua vita a Praga in quel periodo. In 1932, mentre si trovava a Praga, Samchuk venne a conoscenza della carestia Holodomor, perciò ritornò nell'Ucraina sovietica per testimoniare di prima mano l'orrore di questa condizione. Scrisse dunque il romanzo Maria (1934), la prima opera letteraria incentrata sul tema della carestia, e una commovente rappresentazione della vita in un villaggio a quel tempo. Nel 1937, per iniziativa di Yevhen Konovalets, fu istituito l'ufficio culturale del direttivo nazionalista Ucraino capeggiato da Oleh Olzhych. Praga divenne il centro dell'ufficio culturale, e una delle principali istituzioni fu la Sezione degli artisti, scrittori e giornalisti, presieduta da Samchuk.

Nel 1941 questi ritornò a Volyn come membro di uno dei gruppi dell'ultrazionalista Organizzazione dei Nazionalisti Ucraini, e qui, tra il 1941 e il 1942, lavorò come editore del giornale filonazista Volyn, prima di fuggire nella Germania nazista nel 1944, dove fondò e diresse l'organizzazione letterario-artistica MUR fino al 1948. Quello stesso anno, emigrò in Canada e divenne il direttore dell'Associazione Slovo degli Scrittori Ucraini in esilio.

Samchuk morì a Toronto il 9 luglio del 1987. Fu sepolto nel Cimitero Ucraino di San Volodymyr a Oakville, Ontario.

Opere

Pubblicò la sua prima storia breve, "Su vecchi sentieri", nel 1926 sulla rivista di Varsavia Nasha Besida. Nella trilogia Volyn (I–III, 1932–1937), Samchuk delinea un'immagine collettiva di un giovane uomo Ucraino della fine degli anni '20 e dell'inizio degli anni '30, che cerca di trovare il posto nel mondo dell'Ucraina. A partire dal 1929 iniziò a collaborare regolarmente con il Literary-Scientific Bulletin, The Bells (riviste pubblicate a Lviv), The Independent Thought (Chernivtsi), the Nation-Building (Berlino), e con Antimony (senza una postazione fissa). Samchuk contemporaneamente scrisse il romanzo Kulak(1932) in cui descrive l'immutabile impegno del contadino Ucraino a dissodare la terra ed il suo eterno ottimismo. La sua importante opera successiva fu il romanzo in due volumi Le montagne parlano (1934) che esplora la lotta dell'Ucraina Carpatica contro l'Ungheria.

Nel 1947 terminò il dramma Il rumore del mulino. La trilogia incompleta Ost: La fattoria gelata (1948) e Oscurità (1957), ritrae l'uomo Ucraino e il suo ruolo nella tragica e insolita condizione tra le due guerre e la realtà moderna sub-sovietica.

I temi dei testi finali di Samchuk sono la lotta dell'Esercito insurrezionale ucraino in Volinia (il romanzo What Doesn't Heal Fire, 1959) e la vita degli emigranti Ucraini in Canada (On Hard Land, 1967). Le memorie Dodici e cinque (1954) e Su un cavallo bianco (1956) sono dedicate all'esperienza della Seconda Guerra Mondiale.

Pubblicazioni
 Volyn (1932–1937)
 Kulak (1932)
 Le montagne stanno parlando [Hory hovoriat] (1934)
 Maria, cronaca di una vita (1934), (traduzione inglese, Maria. A Chronicle of a Life 1952)
 Gioventù di Vasyl Sheremeta (1946–1947)
 Moroz's Khutir [Moroziv khutir] (1948)
 Oscurità [Temnota] (1957)
 Fuga da se stessi [Vtecha vid sebe]
 Persone o Servitori? [Liudy chy chern]
 Dodici e cinque [Pyat po dvanadtsiatiy] (1954)
 Su un cavallo bianco [Na bilomu koni] (1956)
 Su un cavallo nero [Na koni voronomu]
 Quale fuoco non scalda? [Choho ne hoit ohon] (1959)
 Dove scorre il fiume? [Kudy teche richka?]
 Sulla dura terraa [Na tverdiy zemli] (1967)
 Sulle orme dei pionieri: La Saga dell'America Ucraina (1979)

Note

Bibliografia
 Ułas Samczuk, Wołyń, wyd. 2 (reprint),  Biały Dunajec — Ostróg 2005, wyd. «Wołanie z Wołynia»
 Самчук У. Гори говорять. — К., 1996.
 Самчук У. Волинь: У 2 т. — К.: Дніпро, 1993. — Т.1, 2.
 Самчук У. Дермань. Роман: У 2 ч. — Рівне: Волинські обереги, 2005. — 120 с.
 Самчук У. На білому коні. — Львів: Літопис Червоної Калини, 1999.
 Самчук У. На коні вороному. — Львів: Літопис Червоної Калини, 2000.
 Самчук У. Темнота. Роман. — Нью-Йорк, 1957. — 493 с.
 Самчук У. Чого не гоїть огонь. — К.: Укр. письменник, 1994.
 Самчук У. Юність Василя Шеремети: Роман. — Рівне: Волин. обереги, 2005. — 329 с.
 Волинські дороги Уласа Сачука: Збірник. — Рівне: Азалія, 1993.
 Гром'як Р. Розпросторення духовного світу Уласа Самчука (Від трилогії «Волинь» до трилогії «Ost») // Орієнтації. Розмисли. Дискурси. 1997—2007. — Тернопіль: Джура, 2007. — С. 248—267.
 Улас Самчук. Ювілейний збірник. До 90-річчя народження. — Рівне: Азалія, 1994. 274
 Тарнавський О. Улас Самчук — прозаїк // Відоме й позавідоме. — К.: Час, 1999. — С. 336—350.
 Ткачук М. П. Художні виміри творчості Уласа Самчука // Українська мова і література в школі. — 2005. — № 6: — С. 43–47.

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