7 Things That Changed My Life And They Can Do The Same For You!
I have been on a personal development mission for the past 20 years of my life.
Also, I have been actively working in the human potential and human growth field for the past 10 years in particular.
In my career as a success/life coach and business consultant, people always ask me how the heck a 30-year-old man like me, who doesn't speak English as a first language, has been able to achieve so much.
The answer has been and always will be: SUCCESS is not a destination, it's a JOURNEY!
I was blessed to accomplish so much at such an early age, but most people are not aware of the struggle, the sleepless nights, and the hustle that I had to do and continue doing since I was 16 years old.
I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Matter of fact, at an early age, my father taught me the importance of hard work and of having a "growth mindset." He said these two qualities are all that I would need to succeed in life, and he was right, (for the most part).
I learned how to read at age 4 ― actually, my mom taught me ― so a big shout out to you, mom - I love you to pieces!
Ok, I digress at times, but it's all part of the fun.
Since age 4 I must've read over 1,000 books, granted some of them were fun books that a child would enjoy but none the less a 1,000 books will expand anyone's mind!
I learned from an early age that to live life, I must take charge of life.
So, below I am going to share with you 7 tips that I utilized in my life from a very, very young age that has contributed to my success and is continuing to do so today.
These are things that will work for just about everyone!
You bet, the first thing to do to make a difference in your life is to READ.
Read at least 10 pages a day! If you do so then, you'll read well over 3,650 pages a year.
Imagine the wisdom that you can acquire from reading only 10 pages every single day.
I am serious, close your eyes and imagine what a difference in your life doing that one thing can do for you?
Life is waiting for those who are ready for it.
If so, then take action!
Do you want to learn a second language?
Do you want to get a promotion?
Or do you just want to start going to bed 10 minutes earlier each night?
Then, the answer to all of the above and other similar questions is just to simply take action.
Action is the catalyst to change and when you become proactive in taking action instead of reacting to things then the sky is the limit!
I know, I know, I am a guy, why the heck would I be talking about keeping a journal.
Honestly, who the heck decided that journaling is only for females?
I want to meet that person and give him or her a piece of my mind - LOL!
Journaling is an excellent way to solve problems, identify patterns, have insights and best of all look for ways to improve our lives.
If you journal, then great!
If not, then I encourage you to start right away!
Meditation is one of the most useful and efficient tools in my arsenal of daily practices.
Meditation is known for its ability to reduce stress, expand consciousness, and leave you with peace of mind.
So don't wait to start using meditation in your life.
The sooner you start, the sooner you can gain all the mental, emotional and health benefits of meditation.
The no. 1 reason behind the success of every man and woman who have achieved anything worth noticing in life is having a success mindset.
Having a success mindset means expecting to succeed and win in life in general.
It also means looking for solutions instead of problems, facing challenges with a positive outlook and most importantly not taking anything for granted.
When you don't take things for granted, then you are appreciative of the things that you have which will add to you success in the long run.
I believe in the power of a written goal, because when a goal is written down, it has its own energy.
Thoughts alone are not as powerful as thoughts combined with actions.
So when you write a goal down, you are acting upon your thoughts, and you are activating the Law of Attraction to achieve and manifest that goal.
Last but not least, always live outside of the comfort zone.
The comfort zone is just that, a place where you are comfortable.
Don't get me wrong; I am not advocating to live an uneasy life - what I mean here is to strive to go above your limits.
To do things, that expand you and your skills.
So try new things, learn new skills, take new assignments, only start doing things that enable you to grow wiser, smarter and bolder.
Go out and use these 7 things to get the life of your dreams.
Nothing comes to those who sit and wait, so be proactive, take action and never stop growing!
Till we speak again, love without limits, live without inhibitions and always, always continue living outside your comfort zone!
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by TRR July 4, 20193:03 am July 4, 2019
from The Revolution Vol 1, Part 1, 1868
In 1840, Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898) lost his Congregational Church license to preach due to his uncompromising attacks on church leaders who would not resist slavery. He then lectured across the United States and visited England, adamantly preaching for abolition. At times he disrupted church services, shouting for worshipers to "come out" from under the influence of their proslavery ministers. Pillsbury had written for and edited various abolition-centered newspaper prior to assuming similar roles at The Revolution. He supported Universal Suffrage over suffrage for Black men only and was a rhetorical force in favor of women's rights. However, according to historian, Stacey M. Roberston's, Parker Pillsbury: Radical Abolitionist, Male Feminist, in practice, the bulk of his household's domestic responsibilities — including raising a daughter, Helen — fell to his wife, Sarah H. Sargent. In addition to writing newspaper articles and consistent diary entries over decades, in 1883 he published his book, Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles.
The Revolution Vol 1, Part 1. 1868-01-08, Parker Pillsbury, author
NEW YORK, JANUARY 8, 1868.
SALUTATORY.
A NEW paper is the promise of a new thought; of something better or different, at least, from what has gone before.
With the highest idea of the dignity and power of the press, this journal is to represent no party, sect, or organization, but individual opinion; editors and correspondents alike, all writing, from their own stand point, and over their own names The enfranchisement of woman and man is one of the leading ideas that calls this journal into existence. Seeing, in its realization, the many necessary changes in our modes of life we think "THE REVOLUTION" a fitting name for a paper that will advocate so radical a reform as this involves in our political, religious and social world.
With both man and woman in the editorial department, we shall not have masculine and feminine ideas alone, but united thought on all questions of national and individual interest.
But we do not promise the millennium in journalism, from this experiment, or in politics from the enfranchisement of woman, only a new, and, we hope, a better phase of existence, which, to those who are tired of the old grooves in which the world has run so long, is something to be welcomed in the future. With the moral chaos that surrounds us on every side, the corruption in the State, the dissensions in the church, the jealousies in the home, what thinking mind does not feel that we need something new and revolutionary in every department of life. Determined to do our part in pushing on the car of progress we begin with the new year, a new life work, hoping the world will be the better for the birth of "THE REVOLUTION."
THE REVOLUTION: The name speaks its purpose. It is to revolutionize. It is Radicalism practical, not theoretical. It is to effect changes through abolitions, reconstructions and restorations. It is to realize ancient visions, answer long uttered prayers and fulfil old prophecies. Former things are passing away. Old Faiths, Philosophies and Philanthropies are to be extended, and new principles discovered and applied to human enfranchisement New America is discovered. The march of empire in literature, science, commerce and all material interests, is onward as never before. But there is more than these. Justice, truth, virtue, must be our new foundations. More than slavery is to be abolished. More than suffrage is to be given to man and to woman. Carlyle said when Louis XV died, more died than a king. The kingship had also given up the ghost. So in the new life, it is man and manliness, woman and all womanly virtues and exaltations that are to be sought. Citizen hereafter is to mean more than a creature who is in the market with his ballot and birthright on election morning, seeking for bidders. A nation of such citizens might number millions of millions, but its numerical grandeur would be its disgrace. What should be its glory would be only its shame. Such are ever the dupes of the demagogue, to subserve his base designs, to the subversion of all honor, integrity and stability in government. An intelligent suffrage based on man and woman alike, will soon arrest the reckless career of many who in the name of democracy, republicanism and patriotism are rushing the dismembered fragments of our nationality on to a still deeper ruin.
-Intro by Pamela Stewart; curated/excerpted by Danae Barnes

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OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE FILLED PAGES OF THIS LITTLE HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER with confessional accounts of my weaknesses in many areas of photography, with special emphasis on my underdeveloped skill with landscapes. To say that I need improvement in this area is, on the Captain Obvious scale, somewhat akin to breaking the hot bulletin that Batman has anger issues. And yet we soldier on.
It's hard to look out upon a vast mountain vista or a yawning canyon and think in terms of simplicity. At least in my own case. I initially came to the visual arts as an illustrator, influenced by artists that I can only call "completists" in that they drew intricate compilations of every leaf, stone and speck within a scene, a technique that my infant brain referred to as "realistic". It follows, then, that as I segued into photography, my instinct was to go for that illustrative look, with tons of detail, and a broad panoramic sweep. It drew me to grand subjects and wide, wide lenses.
Occasionally, this has served me well, but more often it gave me a severe case of Too Much Picture, frames that were so drowned in detail and visual information that I was challenged to tell succinct, clear stories in landscape form. There was always plenty to look at, but I wasn't developing a real instinct for what a viewer should look at first, or should regard as the central narrative focus of a picture. My sense of composition still fell too often into the "get everything in there" side of the fence. I produced well-focused pictures of scenes that were always okay, but seldom compelling.
These days, I fight to make the simplest framings that I can. I struggle to present one main idea and make everything else in the image subservient to that idea, or at least to get out of its way. The frame seen here is done quite differently than I might have made it as a younger man. The forked cactus at the center has been designated as the main messenger of the picture, with everything else reduced in definition or importance. In the past, I might have tried to expose the picture uniformly, with every spine, frond and branch in the same brightness or color intensity. Now I am far more likely, in this case, to expose just for the central open space and leave the surrounding halo frame in shadow….the idea being to let some things have louder voices in a picture than other things. I have done the same thing with selective focus, using blur or softer resolution to force attention onto the primary feature in the picture.
I still have a lot of work to do, but at least I have moved from my original habit of giving all elements in a landscape equal status to trying to, if you like, direct eye traffic to greater effect. It's a struggle for balance between the picture's M&Ms, or the major and minor messengers for that particular photograph. It's not an exact science. Hell, it's not even an exact art. But it's the only way I can shoot landscapes if I want to escape the dreaded gravitational pull of Planet Postcard.
This entry was posted on November 3, 2021 by Michael Perkins. It was filed under Uncategorized and was tagged with Composition, focus, landscapes.


U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said she wasn't likely to deviate much from the proposed settlement, which includes 1,270 class members and would be paid out with $500,000 in cash and nearly 137,000 shares of American Airlines Group Inc. stock. Attorneys' fees were pegged at 25 percent of the total.
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Judge Talwani said she would likely fiddle with some small parts of the settlement. For example, she said she'd likely reject some costs that were billed to the settlement fund, like taxis and lunches.
"I don't think paying for your lunch is a good idea," she said, while adding that the vast majority of the expenses would fly.
She also said she'd likely hold back about 10 percent of the attorneys' fees until the full settlement is paid out.
Attorneys for the pilots explained that they would sell the American Airlines shares — procured from a fund in the bankruptcy court that was set aside for possible lawsuits like this one — and pay them out through the pension plan.
Because the stock price will fluctuate before the shares are liquidated, it's not clear exactly how much the settlement fund will be, but none of it reverts back to American Airlines, the pilots' lawyers said. The pilots estimated in their proposed settlement that even after capital gains taxes, the total would be about $6.2 million.
The pilots are represented by Matthew Z. Crotty of Crotty & Son Law Firm PLLC, Peter Romer-Friedman of Outten & Golden LLP, R. Joseph Barton and Jason M. Leviton of Block & Leviton LLP and Thomas G. Jarrard.
The case is Allman v. American Airlines Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program Variable Income Plan et al., case number 1:14-cv-10138, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.


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Secondly, I find carrying out laboratory work to be as engrossing as it is rewarding. I have truly enjoyed the experiments that I have carried out whilst completing my Access course, and have often taken a leading role when carrying out group work as a result of my drive and enthusiasm. The idea of regular, complex laboratory work greatly appeals to me. I am particularly looking forward to the possibilities of carrying out laboratory research work during the latter stages of my studies; to be involved with potential scientific breakthroughs would be for me both a greatly rewarding challenge and a profound honour.
Thirdly, I find that studying sciences helps to provide answers to the fundamental question of how and why the human body functions, which is an area that never fails to stimulate my intellectual curiosity. Given these underlying motivations for my interest in science, I believe that I am ideally suited to studying biochemistry or biomedical sciences at university.
I feel the Access course has also been an ideal preparation for university study as a result of the way in which the course has been based around a combination of classes, laboratory work, coursework and exams. As a consequence of this structuring, I feel that I am equipped to handle the demands of the course delivery and methods of assessment of a BSc.
A significant proportion of my time is devoted to voluntary work, which I find is both a rewarding release from the everyday demands of life and a method of contributing to society whilst improving my professional skills. For example, for a period of six months last year I was a volunteer support worker to disabled children at weekends. The bulk of my efforts in this role revolved around teaching basic IT and mathematics skills, though much of my time was also dedicated to looking after the welfare of the children. I found it exceptionally gratifying to be able to teach the children skills that are a fundamental part of everyday life and as a consequence help to give them a greater sense of independence. I enjoy holding positions of responsibility, and it is for this reason I became a class representative in 2010, a role that required me to liaise between students and college staff, reporting on any issues that were of concern to the students with the goal of seeking a solution that suited all those affected by the issues in question. I hope to be able to play a similarly active role in student life whilst studying at university.
Outside of completing my Access course and carrying out voluntary work, I like to pursue a diverse range of interests. In addition to completing the Edexcel Skills for Life course in English so that I can make the most of life in the UK, I also like to keep fit through playing basketball and tennis, and by going jogging with my father. I am also very much driven by a love of problem-solving, and as a consequence I like to immerse myself in any and every type of verbal or numerical puzzle that I can lay my hands on. I hope that life as an undergraduate will provide me with the opportunity to combine my love of testing myself mentally and intellectually with my strong enthusiasm for biomedical sciences.
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Cultivating Entrepreneurship
The Caltech Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships
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Four years ago, Professor Morteza Gharib became Caltech's Vice Provost for Research. One of the offices under his leadership is the Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships (OTTCP). His extensive contributions to a wide array of engineering and research topics, ranging from fluid mechanics to bioinspired medical devices, as well as his recognized success as an entrepreneur, make him very well suited to lead this office. Professor Gharib has been working closely with Frederic (Fred) Farina, the Chief Innovation and Corporate Partnerships Officer, to strengthen OTTCP and cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship at Caltech. In light of the fact that 50 percent of all inventions from the Caltech campus come from the Engineering and Applied Science Division and how often faculty comment on how Caltech is the best place to protect their inventions and technology, ENGenious sat down with Gharib and Farina to learn more about their efforts and successes.
ENGenious: What's distinctive about technology transfer at Caltech?
Gharib: Over the past 20 years, Larry Gilbert, Rich Wolf, and now Fred Farina have established a culture at Caltech where faculty know that their ideas and inventions have value; furthermore, they let the faculty judge that value. One of the main reasons I decided to become vice provost was to help further develop this culture of entrepreneurship. Over the past four years, Fred and I have worked on many projects, such as bringing more entrepreneurship to education and combining Corporate Relations with the Office of Technology Transfer, which reflects how much industry now values intellectual property.
Farina: Larry Gilbert's great vision established the office with principles that still make it what it is. The first and most important is that we had to be completely oriented to serving the faculty and establishing trust with them. Faculty have to see us as an ally, as opposed to a bureaucratic office that stands in the way of what they are trying to accomplish. So we try our best to be a bureaucracy-free zone and help them to overcome the obstacles they encounter on the path to commercializing their ideas. Because of that, we get a lot of disclosures from the faculty. Once they disclose their ideas, we can start working on patenting and commercializing them. We really involve the faculty in deciding whether or not to file. It's important to think about what kind of product the idea could turn into and where it's going to fit in the market, but at the end of the day the faculty member's passion for the idea and drive to commercialize it are going to be the most important factors in the decision to file for patent protection.
ENGenious: What was your path to technology transfer?
Farina: I got a master's in electrical engineering in '92 at Caltech and then right away got a job at JPL working on GPS technology. Although I enjoyed my job, I quickly realized that research, in the long run, was not what I wanted to focus on. At the same time I was very interested in the process of innovation, the creative process of inventing, and the tools available to inventors to protect their ideas and bring them to market. So I got a job in a law firm doing patent prosecution, which involves drafting patent applications, submitting them to the U.S. Patent Office, and advocating the patentability of the inventions, the ultimate goal being the grant of a patent. But soon I found out that once the patents are filed, it's somebody else that takes on what I think is the more interesting part: commercialization. I was seriously looking at law school when an alumna friend of mine told me about a job opening at Caltech in technology transfer. I had an interview with Larry Gilbert and Rich Wolf, who explained what tech transfer was, and I immediately knew it was what I was looking for. It turned out that they had previously offered the job to a guy who first accepted but then turned it down. His name was Fred, he had a master's in electrical engineering from Caltech, and he worked at JPL. So when I showed up at the interview, I was Fred with a master's in electrical engineering from Caltech and with JPL experience—I fit right in!
ENGenious: How has the office changed over the past four years?
Gharib: One key change has been the physical environment: OTTCP moved to a new space that's designed to be a point of gathering where students, faculty, and postdocs are encouraged to show up and exchange ideas. Therefore, we are spending more time with those interested in starting companies, discussing the pros and cons of having a business. One can teach certain tools useful to entrepreneurs, but in the end entrepreneurship has to be cultivated in the same way as creativity.
Farina: Having an environment that is open, dynamic, and looks in sync with its time is part of creating the buzz about tech transfer and entrepreneurship. In the eyes of the campus community, the location raises the importance of what we do. Also, we negotiate deals that have potentially really high value, and when you negotiate at that level with companies, you have a lot more credibility if you have a space that shows some level of success as opposed to the typical old academic space.
Gharib: Another key change is that we have streamlined many of the regulations. I'm hoping, before I step down as vice provost, to have all the pieces in place. We need to really make sure the faculty feel that they have an environment where they can be creative without worrying about all the nitty-gritty. For instance, in the past, if faculty had a one-percent stock in a company, that company could not send them any funds to do research. So, imagine that a faculty member starts a small company, she doesn't have that much cash, and she needs to utilize a unique and very expensive piece of equipment. The same equipment is sitting in her lab or somewhere on the Caltech campus, but the company cannot send her money to do research using that equipment because the policy does not allow it. I am happy to say that, working with the Caltech Office of the General Counsel, we have come up with a new rule that makes it okay for a Caltech-grown company to sponsor research at Caltech, even in the faculty member's own lab. To ensure that any possible conflicts of interest that might arise from a situation where a faculty member has a sponsored research project for her own company carried out in her Caltech lab, we have implemented Research Management Plans, which address numerous potential conflict issues. The Office of Research Compliance provides assistance to faculty members who need to develop a Research Management Plan. For example, if you're an interested faculty member, we sit down with you and make sure that students and postdocs who are in your group know that you have an interest in the company sponsoring the research and that the student or postdoc understands exactly what they're working on and your expectations for their work. This is an example of how we monitor the situation, such that nobody is taken advantage of. We endeavor to make sure that appropriate credit is given for innovation; we try to support people who want to be in the company; we discuss with faculty, staff, and students whether or not they can be involved; and, if they can, we give guidance as to how. If conflicts are identified, we manage, mitigate, or eliminate them, because we want to ensure transparency, integrity, and fairness in this process while supporting faculty entrepreneurship and the company by allowing both to benefit from all the talent and equipment available at Caltech. In the end, society benefits because incredible ideas become commercial realities, and Caltech benefits, too—financially, from licensing royalties and equity interests, and from a personnel perspective, by giving faculty, staff, and students unique entrepreneurial opportunities.
Farina: In addition to streamlining regulations and offices to assist the faculty, we are also trying to create a one-stop shop for corporations. There's been a movement toward that in academia, and Caltech is one of the first to really take a step actively in that direction. Thus, if the company needs intellectual property licensing, they can come to OTTCP. Also, if they need to start collaboration with a faculty member and they wish to write a contract, they can come to OTTCP. In the past, Caltech had an Office of Technology Transfer that just focused on the intellectual property, an Office of Corporate Relations in Development mainly focused on gifts, an Office of Sponsored Research that negotiated the corporate contracts, and the Office of the General Counsel, which got involved with legal issues. Thus, from the point of view of the corporation, the process got complicated really quickly. Now, the idea is to simplify everything on the Caltech side by having one office where there's one person that deals with the corporation and takes care of all of their needs, coordinating with other Caltech departments when necessary.
ENGenious: Is this also one of the reasons the offices of Technology Transfer and Corporate Relations merged?
Farina: Yes. The other reason is that, in the past, the companies gave a fair amount of gifts to universities, but that's been in decline for many years. Now companies tend to sponsor research projects and want to see a return on their investment in the form of intellectual property or people to hire. Since Caltech doesn't have a lot of students, they don't get a big bang for their buck when they come here to recruit. So, with the new office, we focus on showing them that they can get a lot out of sponsoring research and, of course, welcome gifts as well.
ENGenious: How are you cultivating entrepreneurship in the next generation at Caltech?
Gharib: The challenge is to establish a curriculum that helps us to actually educate the next generation of what I call chief technology/chief executive officers (CTO/CEOs). These individuals need to speak the languages of both business and technology. Then, once the company is in safe water, a seasoned CEO comes in and expands the company. In my experience, most companies fail because the postdocs or students that went to the company didn't have the right business tools. They don't want to start the company and then go learn management, but maybe they could take a one-year course at Caltech to prepare them to speak both languages. We're in a good position to have a great program that can educate the next generation to face the real challenges in starting a technology-based company. I want them to grasp the idea that entrepreneurship is not just about business. It's a way of thinking and a way to manage your life. We want our graduates to take risks and be bold. They shouldn't be just homework solvers but problem solvers! This way they can be better students and better citizens.
Farina: Last academic year, we started a 10-week lecture series on entrepreneurship. Working with Professor Gharib and the Engineering and Applied Science Division, we developed a course for undergraduate and graduate students taught in part by Rob Chess, who's a Caltech trustee and alum, an entrepreneur, and a professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Chuck Holloway, also a professor at Stanford's business school, and Ed Zschau, who established the entrepreneurship program at Princeton, co-taught the course. We had 62 students apply for the course, which for Caltech is a big number! In 1995, when the tech transfer office was started, it focused on the faculty and intellectual property; the students were not as much of a focus. The idea now is to also give the students a state of mind that's entrepreneurial, wherever they want to take it. We're not trying to divert them from science and engineering careers, but there's a growing number of students who want to go into business careers, so we are trying to provide them with all the background they need to compete in that world. When students leave Caltech, we want to make sure they feel that Caltech helped them and provided them with the tools they need to succeed. This is particularly important because students who go into business careers such as entrepreneurship are the most likely to become significant supporters of the Institute.
ENGenious: What do alumni and friends of Caltech need to know about OTTCP?
Farina: They need to know that the office exists, and that it has become a really significant part of what Caltech is about and also what Caltech wants to do. I think it's very reassuring to alumni to see that we're connecting to the real world more through this activity. Also, we are in the process of putting in place a mentorship program for researchers and students, and we will reach out to alumni who understand how to start companies and have certain industry experiences. We need to continue to make sure Caltech plays a critical role, not just in pushing the boundaries of science and engineering, but also, connecting with society by commercializing the fruits of its research. We have to show the usefulness of the work we do. One way that we do that is by bringing new technologies, products, services, therapies, etc., to the public to increase quality of life. Alumni can and should be a big part of that!
Morteza Gharib is Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Bioinspired Engineering; Director, Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute of Economic and Management Sciences; and Vice Provost. Frederic Farina is Chief Innovation and Corporate Partnerships Officer.
Visit ott.caltech.edu.
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Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Micaela Gallery + Projects booth at the the AAF last night! The fair was amazing and it was a very exciting and successful evening!
If you are down in LA over the weekend please stop by. I will have a selection of new drawings and collages available. Hope to see you there!
Visitor entrance: Georgia St. btwn Chick Hearn Ct. and W. Olympic Blvd.
Parking Entrance: 1005 Chick Hearn Ct.
Presenting contemporary art priced from $100 – $10,000, with half of the work under $5,000, the Affordable Art Fair will present original, contemporary works to entice the entire L.A. community.


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Deutsche Erdöl-Aktiengesellschaft (DEA) é uma companhia petrolífera sediada em Hamburgo, Alemanha.

História
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Now I can call the "stringFromJNI" function by add this library to my Android project. But is it possible to call the "fun" function? Should I call it by JNI or dlopen(I have tried dlopen but got "undefined symbol:JNI_OnLoad" error)? And how?
After some days struggle, I find out that dynamic analyse through IDA Pro is a good way to deal with this problem.
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Building the Valley: Cameroonian immigrant lays roots for business in New Kensington
BRIAN C. RITTMEYER Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 12:01 a.m. Odilon Wafo came to the United States from the African country of Cameroon in 2010...
New Kensington's Community Clothes Closet marks 10 years of helping those in need
BRIAN C. RITTMEYER| Monday, Nov. 29, 2021 4:01 a.m. Thirteen years ago, Christina Discello started an effort in New Kensington to help...
Arnold native opening Deadstock & Dandies in New Kensington, buying and selling shoes with style
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Small Business Saturday is going to be big in New Kensington. More than 40 businesses, from downtown to Parnassus, are expected to...
Longtime Arnold hair salon owner opens women's clothing boutique in New Kensington
BRIAN C. RITTMEYER| Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 11:31 a.m. A pair of ventilation fans blowing out the aroma of chocolate used to draw people...
Community Health Clinic offering covid vaccine booster shots in New Kensington
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Ethridge Park Ribbon Cutting | Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
The Lawrence County Advocate highlighted Thursday's Ethridge Park ribbon cutting ceremony on the front page of the Sunday edition. CEC was contracted to create a conceptual master plan for the park, which began with the construction of the community park to create a central and safe environment for the residents to gather and for children to play.
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Kidney cancer is among the third most common urologic malignancy and it indicates around 4 percent of the total malignancies in the US along. As pre reports, in 2010, 58,000 new cases pertaining to renal cell carcinoma were diagnosed and it has witnessed around 13,000 deaths. And the same report suggests that there is an increment of 2-4 percent of deaths witnessed due to these issues. Most of the cases are reported with small size tumors; hence one can find the stage migration over the incident cases of the renal cancerous tumor. But you can find lesions representing booth the benign and malignant tumors. The terminology called small renal mass can be introduced for all the small size tumors and the small renal masses are seen having defined over enhancing tumor that are less than the 4 centimeter diameter.
If you find a small renal mass to be the RCC, it falls under the TNM category. Such kind of masses are seen with having one of the best prognosis with treatment, hence it not at all astonishing that despite the early diagnosis & treatment, the overall RCC specific mortality is reports and is certainly not seen decreasing in the recent years. In the current age, you can find pretreatment pathologic confirmation of the RCC that needs a core needle biopsy. Traditionally this biopsy is not often considered due to safety concerns and tumor accuracy and seeding. Importantly, the whole notion that biopsy simply results often change the management plans that end up reducing its utility, however, as the pathologic assessment are seen improving, this idea emerges as an important challenge for many.
The diagnosis test options like CT is considered to be the primary imaging option, which is use di the characterization of renal masses, however, the option of ultrasound remains to be very much useful. With the ultrasound to be among the most common diagnostic method and could pose challenge to the diagnosis process of RCC. The sensitivity of the tests like ultrasound would reduce with the increasing size of tumor like that at one cm, the test is able to identity by 20 percent of masses as compared with the 76 percent identified by CT scan. The sensitivity of ultrasound would however enhance to 70 percent for tumors of 2 cm. The retroperitoneum and renal vasculature assessment of RCC seems to be very much limited, which is really vital in terms of tumor staging.Both the expert opinion and published guidelines thus would be seen supporting the use of cross-sectional imaging with techniques like CT scan or MRI in the workup of the renal tumor.
The procedures like Radical Nephrectomy can be effective against the cancer specific cases; however, it is still regarded as technically unfavorable lesions in certain ways including the location and comorbidity point of view. The next treatment option like partial nephrectomy is also considered to be a standard option for the treatment option of small renal masses. Some experts claim that the desirable surgical margin of around half of cm can be seen with oncologist safety of any negative margin regardless of the size. Patients considering procedures like radical nephrectomy are often seen closer to the risk side of the chronic renal insufficiency than are very similar kinds of patients undergoing the procedure partial nephrectomy, with equivalent oncologic results. Lastly with the minimally invasive procedures the patients with renal tumors are able to get much better outcomes as compared to the other surgical procedures for obvious reasons. These reasons are backed with good amount of benefits that makes it to be the most preferred choice by both the patients and surgeons.


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What Your Team Is Thankful For: Montreal Canadiens
December 7, 2022 at 3:21 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee Leave a Comment
With American Thanksgiving now behind us and the holiday season coming up, PHR continues its look at what teams are thankful for in 2022-23. There also might be a few things your team would like down the road. We'll examine what's gone well in the early going and what could improve as the season rolls on for the Montreal Canadiens.
Who are the Canadiens thankful for?
Kent Hughes.
It hasn't even been a year since the Canadiens installed Hughes as general manager but his impact is already found throughout the organization. He has completed 14 trades in the months since arriving, adding nearly a dozen high-end future assets including Kirby Dach, Justin Barron, and multiple first- and second-round picks without taking much value out of the organization.
Yes, fans have had to say goodbye to Artturi Lehkonen, Jeff Petry, Ben Chiarot, and Tyler Toffoli, but none of those players were expected to be around the next time the Canadiens were competitive. Alexander Romanov could have been part of the rebuild but Hughes saw an opportunity and jumped at it, cashing in an asset to get a player in Dach that he more highly coveted.
Perhaps his most important move, however, was having the guts (and relationship) to hire Martin St. Louis to run the bench, despite no formal coaching experience. The home run cut appears to have worked, as St. Louis' impact has been felt throughout the roster – nowhere more significantly than with Cole Caufield. Last season, the young sniper didn't score his second goal until February 10, after a stint in the minor leagues. He would score 22 times in 37 games down the stretch under the new coaching staff, and has continued that production this season. Caufield now has 37 goals in 63 games under St. Louis and has become the core piece that Montreal fans knew he could be.
What are the Canadiens thankful for?
Nazem Kadri's long free agent process.
There is one trade that looks like a complete gold mine for the Canadiens, and had Kadri – one of the league's top free agents last summer – not taken so long to make a decision, who knows if Hughes would have come out so far ahead. By the time the Calgary Flames signed the free agent center to a seven-year, $49MM contract, it was already August 18, and training camp was right around the corner. Calgary didn't have a ton of time to sort out its financial situation and clear cap off the books. Right away, they made the move to flip Sean Monahan to the Canadiens along with a first-round pick for nothing in return.
Now, after returning from another hip surgery earlier this year, Monahan looks rejuvenated and is playing big minutes for the Canadiens. If the team wants to, they shouldn't have any trouble flipping the 28-year-old at the deadline, perhaps even for an extra first-round pick, given his strong performance so far.
Had Kadri not signed with Calgary, or had it not taken more than six weeks from the start of free agency, the Flames might not have been in such a rush to dump Monahan's contract. Taking advantage of that timing worked out perfectly for Montreal, who gained a high pick and a top-six center to ice for the first part of this season, if not longer. They do have the option of extending his expiring contract, though the future assets that are possible with a deadline deal might seem too good to pass up.
What would the Canadiens be even more thankful for?
The return of Brendan Gallagher.
There are some players in the NHL that get by for years without suffering serious injuries, and play well into their thirties without much of a decline. Gallagher is not one of those players. The in-your-face, bang-and-crash, do-anything-required forward has long been the engine of the Montreal forward group, flying around the ice and creating havoc in the opponent's end. For a time, he was also one of the most effective players in the league below the hash marks, despite being just 5'9″. He scored 64 goals over a two-year stretch from 2017-19, 51 of them coming at even strength.
But after years of abuse, his game has declined. Gallagher has just eight points in 22 games and is seeing fewer minutes than he has since finishing second in Calder Trophy voting in 2013. While the Canadiens aren't desperate for his production as they move through this rebuild, the problem lies in his contract. Gallagher is signed at a $6.5MM cap hit through 2026-27, a deal that will be extremely difficult to move if the team needs additional space. Remember, this isn't a complete teardown – the Canadiens already have some of the pieces in place for their next competitive team. Four more years of Gallagher being paid like a top-end forward is one of the only difficult contracts on the books.
There is still hope, at least, that the 30-year-old can rebound at some point. But there are a lot of miles on that body from the playstyle Gallagher has embraced and injuries just keep piling up.
What should be on the Canadiens' holiday wishlist?
Another young, NHL-ready forward.
Grabbing first-round picks is great, but the Canadiens already have so many draft picks that they should shift their trade focus to players closer to contributing. Dach was a move in that direction, and there will be more opportunities to grab players in the same age range. As they start shedding expiring veteran contracts like Monahan, Mike Hoffman, Evgenii Dadonov, Jonathan Drouin, and even potentially Joel Armia, there will be spots and ice time to hand out.
Adding another dynamic piece to build around should be the goal now, instead of just collecting lottery tickets for the future. If one becomes available, Hughes has proven he won't hesitate to pull the trigger, even if it costs another future asset in the process.
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Premier League: Newcastle United Sign New Zealand Striker Chris Wood from Relegation Rivals Burnley
Newcastle United have signed New Zealand striker Chris Wood from relegation rivals Burnley on a two-and-a-half-year deal, the two Premier League clubs announced on Thursday.
The clubs did not disclose financial details of the transfer but British media reported that Newcastle paid Burnley 25 million pounds ($34.3 million) for the 30-year-old.
"This is a very exciting opportunity for me and I'm delighted to be a Newcastle United player," Wood said, who has 27 goals for New Zealand, in a club statement.
Wood had been a key player for Burnley, having scored 49 goals in 144 league matches during his four-and-a-half years at Turf Moor. He joined Burnley from Leeds United in 2017 for a then-club-record fee.
Newcastle were in need of attacking reinforcements after top striker Callum Wilson had been ruled out for eight weeks due to a calf injury.
"Chris is an important signing for us at a crucial time and I'm very pleased we have been able to move quickly and bring him here," coach Eddie Howe said.
"He is a very dangerous attacking threat, has a physicality and character that I really like, and he has vast experience in the Premier League. He will be a great fit for us."
Wood becomes Newcastle's second signing since the club's takeover by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund in October and more are expected to follow in the January window.
Newcastle, who are second-bottom in the league on 11 points after 19 matches, signed England fullback Kieran Trippier from LaLiga champions Atletico Madrid last week.
They are due to host Watford in the league on Saturday.
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N. Grosvenordale – Madelyn M. Verdone, 82, of Riverside Dr., died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Westside Care Center in Manchester, CT. She was the loving wife of Robert A. Verdone for 63 years. Born in Southbridge, MA, she was the daughter of the late Simone and Hazel (Blair) Cudworth.
Madelyn was a homemaker and enjoyed bowling.
In addition to her loving husband, Madelyn is survived by her son Mark Verdone of Columbia, CT; her daughter, Karen Oatley of Killingly; her brother, Douglas Cudworth of Southbridge, MA; and her three grandchildren.
Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Madelyn's family at 9:00 am on Wednesday April 12, 2017 in the Valade Funeral Home, 20 Main St., N. Grosvenordale, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am in St. Joseph Church, 18 Main St., N. Grosvenordale, CT. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. For memorial guestbook visit www.GilmanAndValade.com.
Bob, so sorry for the loss of your wife! Our sympathy to your son and daughter as well, all of you are in our thoughts and prayers!
So very sorry to hear of Madelyn's passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.
Fly with the angels Aunt Madelyn. Deepest condolences to Uncle Bob, Karen, Mark. Let us know if you need anything.
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World Record Holder Ms Lhakpa Sherpa, Mr Mingma Gelu Sherpa & 7 Summit Adventures Team have taken Global Wellness Day flag to the TOP of the WORLD!
Global Wellness Day is an entirely not-for-profit day dedicated to living well. All activities carried out under Global Wellness Day are free of charge and open to the public to help millions realize that "One day can change your whole life." 86 GWD Ambassadors, 24 Key Supporters and 4 Advisors across the world are working to spread the movement. In 2018, GWD has been celebrated in more than 100 countries at 5000 different locations on June 9th. As the theme of this year's celebration events has been the kids' wellness, countries have added children and family related wellness activities to their celebration programs. GWD is also focusing on different social responsibility activities. Elderly houses in Holland, France and Tunisia have organized several activities. Brazil and Canada organized GWD events in hospitals and children hospitals. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 Chiva-Som International Health Resort took medical and education aid into the remote jungle communities of the Karen tribes No Man's land living along the Thai and Myanmar border.
GWD has the support of the governments and the officials including the President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, USA, Turkey, Ireland, Serbia, Costa Rica, Thailand, Colombia, Canada, Aruba, India, Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, France and Mexico. Hospitality & spa industry leaders that have committed to often company-wide participation include: Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, Westin, GOCO Spas & GOCO Retreats, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Fairmont, Raffles, SIX SENSES, Marriott International, St. Regis Hotels, Accor Hotels, HILTON, Red Door Spas, OBEROI Spas, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, Shangri-La and so on. GWD has the support of schools and institutions worldwide such as; CIDESCO Schools, Global Wellness Institute, International Spa Association (ISPA), South African Spa Association, Spa – A (Fédération des professionnels du bien-être) and S.P.A.S (Syndicat Professionnel des Activités de SPA), ATOUT France (France Tourism Development Agency).
The Overall Expedition was led by Mr Mingma Gelu Sherpa from Nepal, Managing Director of 7 Summits Club who himself has scaled Mt Everest 8 times and is also a Guinness Book of World Record Holder. The team of Climbers were including; World Record Holder Ms Lhakpa Sherpa climbed Mt Everest from the Tibet-China side and was led by Experienced Climber & Leader Mr Alex Abramov from Russia, President of 7 Summits Club.
Lhakpa Sherpa who lives in Connecticut, USA broke her own World record by climbing Mt Everest for the 9th time in 2018. Ms. Sherpa has taken the Global Wellness Day flag to the top of Mt Everest at 5.40 am on May 16th, 2018.
Global Wellness Day Ambassador of Nepal, Sanjay Lama has presented the Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of Global Wellness Day on June 6th, 2018 to Ms Lhakpa Sherpa for taking the GWD Flag to Everest.
Raising two daughters and working as a dishwasher at Whole Foods, Lhakpa Sherpa just doesn't have time for training to climb Mount Everest. Even so, she has done it a record ninth times. The 44-year-old native of Nepal holds the world record for summits of Everest by a woman and is recognized by Guinness World Records for well known in mountaineering circles, but she spends most of the year living a modest life in Connecticut.
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Alita Battle Angel UAE release Feb 14: Must-see!
from producers J. Cameron and J. Landau (AVATAR & TITANIC) and director R. Rodriguez (SIN CITY)
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Alita Battle Angel - UAE Release - February 14, 2019
Alita: Battle Angel, releasing across the UAE on Feb. 14th, 2019
Alita: Battle Angel is the epic action-adventure from producers James Cameron and Jon Landau (AVATAR and TITANIC) and director Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) releasing in UAE cinemas on 14th February. The visionary filmmakers have created a ground-breaking new heroine in Alita: Battle Angel, an action-packed story of hope, love and empowerment.
Alita: Battle Angel is based on the graphic novel ("Manga") series "GUNNM" by Yukito Kishiro. James Cameron became a fan of the manga and spent years developing the material as a directing project for himself. When Cameron's focus turned towards developing the original Avatar sequels, Cameron brought in Rodriguez to condense and combine his 186-page screenplay and some 600 pages of notes into what could be the shooting script.
Speaking about how he initially wanted to direct Alita: Battle Angel, Cameron said "Then I thought, am I really ready to give up my baby? So, I said, if you can crack the code and you want to do it, let's do it." Satisfied by Rodriguez's work on the shooting script, Cameron offered Rodriguez the directing job however was still heavily involved as a writer and producer.
Alita: Battle Angel | Who is Alita?
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in.
Everything is new to Alita, every experience a first. As she learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious past while her street-smart new friend, Hugo (Keean Johnson), offers instead to help trigger her memories.
A growing affection develops between the two until deadly forces come after Alita and threaten her newfound relationships. It is then that Alita discovers she has extraordinary fighting abilities that could be used to save the friends and family she's grown to love. Determined to uncover the truth behind her origin, Alita sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world, and discover that one young woman can change the world in which she lives.
Alita: Battle Angel | Brutal world yet very soft-centered character
"Alita's story is really about that juxtaposition of that really hard-edged action and this really brutal world with this very soft-centered character who's also tough as steel," Cameron said.
Alita: Battle Angel also stars Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, and Jackie Earle Haley, having been shot entirely in native 3D, it is a true vision of the future.
Weta Digital were responsible for the visual effects as the film conquers new VFX frontiers bringing the most epic and action-packed scenes to life. Founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993, Weta Digital have created some of the most memorable characters and worlds of the last twenty years. Weta Digital has won six Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects: including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, Avatar and The Jungle Book.
Co-writing and performing the single "Swan Song" for Alita: Battle Angel is global pop singing sensation and 2019 double Grammy nominee Dua Lipa. Speaking of Dua Lipa, Landau said "She has the kick-ass strength, power and attitude in her performances that Alita embodies in the movie. Jim, Robert and I are thrilled to have her onboard and are confident she will make 'Swan Song' the perfect inspiring and empowering anthem for our film."
Alita: Battle Angel releases across cinemas in the UAE in 3D, IMAX, 4D and Dolby Cinema on the 14th February 2019.
Alita: Battle Angel – Across the UAE – February 14, 2019
DIRECTED BY Robert Rodriguez
SCREENPLAY BY James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis
BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL ("MANGA") SERIES "Gunnm" By Yukito Kishiro
PRODUCED BY James Cameron and Jon Landau
CAST Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson
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Valiant Production Numbers, 1960-1962, US and Canada
by Gerard Wilson
This is the fifth article in a series. For details on production records and how these numbers were calculated, see the first article in this series, "Plymouth U.S. Production Figures 1946-2001."
These tables are not definitive or fully accurate. They are the best I could do with the information which I was able to uncover. I would welcome correspondence with anyone who is interested in this material and can correct any errors or misinformation on my part.
— Gerard Wilson, May 2013
The Valiant was introduced for 1960, an all-new car specifically designed to be a compact, not a "scaled down intermediate." It a separate make for 1960, with no "Plymouth" identification, although the only place a U.S. buyer could buy one was a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer (or one of the very rare Plymouth standalones). For 1961, it became a "Plymouth Valiant," with Plymouth identification in and out, and shared sales materials. Then, for 1962, it went back to being a "Valiant:" no identification anywhere, separate marketing for each.
The reasons for this switching around are not known [though Curtis Redgap provided some insights] but certainly are consistent with Chrysler's management turmoil between 1960 and 1962. Becoming a Plymouth for 1961 is best explained by Curtis Redgap, who pointed out that Plymouth fell dramatically from its usual third place in US brand sales until Valiant was added back into its sales totals. Many of these cars were registered as Plymouth Valiants and obviously all belong together.
This table follows Chrysler's designations, but for completeness, 167,244 Plymouth Valiants were built in the U.S. for 1961 and are recorded in the 1961 Plymouth table. Adding these, the three year total is 500,412 cars built. Entries are published U.S.-only model year totals.
V100, V200
V100, V200, Signet
Canadian Valiant production
In Canada, the Valiant brant had a longer history, because of the way dealers were set up. Before DeSoto was dropped at the end of the 1961 model year, Chrysler had maintained both DeSoto-Dodge and Chrysler-Plymouth dealer networks in Canada. These became Chrysler-Plymouth or Dodge-Chrysler dealers. Both sold the Valiant, without a Dodge or Plymouth badge. The Canadian 1960-1962 Valiant was almost identical to the U.S. version.
Valiant was redesigned for 1963; the Canadian and U.S. Valiant wagons were the same, except for the 1965 Custom 200 wagon which used a Dart front end clip. The same 2.693 mm wheelbase unibody platform was also used for the Barracuda and the 1965-only 100 and Custom 100 series. No wagons or Barracudas were built in Canada for 1966.
The Canadian V100, V200, 200, Custom 200 and Signet 200 sedans, hardtops and convertibles used the 2.819 mm wheelbase unibody platform also used for the U.S. Dodge Dart, which was not sold in Canada. The 1963 and 1964 models had a Valiant front clip, but for 1965 - 1966, a Dart front end clip was used.
Valiant production in Canada was temporarily suspended after 1966, replaced by imports of Plymouth Valiants and Dodge Darts from the U.S. Dart/Valiant. Production in Canada resumed in 1970 and is reported in the Dodge and Plymouth tables.
Model year production is estimated from information available.
V100, V200 wagon
100, Custom 100; Custom 200 wagon
200, Custom 200, Signet 200
Chrysler Canada Ltd. Model chart and serial number guide, internal document, 1957 (?)
Auto Editors of Consumer Guide. Encyclopedia of American Cars . Publications International, 2006.
Automotive News Almanac, 1960-67
Don Butler. Plymouth-DeSoto Story. Crestline/Motorbooks International, 1978.
John T. Lenzke. Standard Catalog of Chrysler, 1914-2000. Kraus Publications, 2000.
Ward's Automotive Yearbook and Ward's Canadian Automotive Yearbook
Bill Watson. Catalog of Canadian Car ID Numbers. Amos Press, 2006
R. Perry Zavitz. Canadian Cars, 1946-1984. Bookman Publications, 1985.
Articles on Valiant automobiles which appear on this site and on valiant.org were used in the preparation of this table, and an article on 1960-62 Valiant is on Aaron Severson's site.
Also by Gerard Wilson: Chrysler 1945-48 • Chrysler 1949-52 • Chrysler 1953-54 • Chrysler 1955-56
and Production numbers and histories, 1946-onwards


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Hapag-Halle Cuxhaven
Förderverein Hapag-Halle Cuxhaven e.V.
Database of Emigrants
Brief History of the Hapag Hall and the Oversea Traffic in Cuxhaven
Albert Ballin, 1882 – painting by F. W. Graupenstein
Hapag, the transfer between Hamburg and America, relocated its regularly scheduled transport towards New York from the port of Hamburg to Cuxhaven, which belonged to the city of Hamburg itself, at the instigation of Albert Ballin who managed the route and was named general manager later on. The passengers were sent to the old harbour's train station in Cuxhaven by special trains.
The logistic support ship BLANKENESE transports passengers from the old harbour's train Station to the fast steamer COLUMBIA, an Augusta-Victoria-Class ship anchoring in the roads.
Cuxhaven's port facilities, however, were not sufficient for the construction of four Augusta-Victoria-Class ships (160 meters in length) which is why the passengers must have been taken over in the roads. This inevitably lead to the building of the "Neuer Hafen" (i.e. "New Harbour") beside/by the river Elbe with two quays being 120 meters long each.
Cuxhaven, 1891 – The first cruise liner AUGUSTA VICTORIA and the first on-board newspaper
Since the liners were not working to full capacity due to low passenger figures regarding transatlantic traffic in the winter months, the AUGUSTA VICTORIA in Cuxhaven set out for a "pleasure journey to the Orient" in January. Therefore, Cuxhaven is the "home port" of cruises.
Glance at the dome hall, the waiting room for 1st or 2nd class passengers. – The ship DEUTSCHLAND alongside the western quay of the "Neuer Hafen" (today "Lentzkai" within the "Amerikahafen").– The entrance portal to the dome hall, demolished in 1953.
After lengthy negotiations with the railway administration, the state of Hamburg build a new harbour's train station, nowadays called "Hapag-Halle" (officially: "Amerikabahnhof"), intended for the interests of the Hapag. The equipment provided for the 1st and 2nd class passengers' waiting room (dome hall) commonly aroused admiration (Cuxhaven's first place with electric light installed). It follows the mundane equipment of the ships' common rooms, for example of the DEUTSCHLAND which made its maiden voyage in 1900 and was considered the largest and fastest ship in the world. As long ago as 1900, Hapag was the world's biggest shipping company and even maintained this position up until World War I. By then, its lines were not limited to America anymore but were present on every continent. This significant role found expression through the entrance portal which led straight into the Hapag Hall's dome hall. Here, Hapag's motto "MEIN FELD IST DIE WELT" (i.e. "The world is my field") was displayed above the heads of two seamen, even though it unfortunately fell victim to the delusional modernisations of the 50s.
Women's salon on the ship AMERIKA which was the largest ship of the world at the time of her commission and was put into harbour in Cuxhaven more than 150 times until World War I.
With the AMERIKA and KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA also having travelled between Cuxhaven and New York, Hapag again possessed the world's largest ship.
Construction of the "Gedeckter Gang" (i.e. "sheltered passage"), in about 1909. After its completion in 1910, passengers were able to reach the ship via the sheltered platform to the gangway while being protected against weather conditions. Simultaneously, an observation deck with an adjoining outside staircase was built on the pier for the numerous spectators of the ship processing.
Due to the fact that the port facilities turned out to be too small again for the ships being active since 1900 – these ships were forced to take over the passengers in the roads just like at the beginning of traffic – the western quay, being 120 meters long, was lengthened by 60 meters. The land facilities were supplemented by the "Gedeckter Gang".
Joining the western and eastern quays together in favour of today's "Steubenhöft" where the IMPERATOR, the then largest ship worldwide, docked for the first time on 3rd March, 1914.
After the commission of the British ship TITANIC, the competition for the world's largest ship continued. For the IMPERATOR and other ships of its class (VATERLAND and BIS-MARCK) the two docks were joined together and deepened. That way, the then largest pier worldwide, with a length of 400 meters, came into being: The "Steubenhöft" (called that way as recently as 1931). The "Neuer Hafen" was thus extended to the "Amerikahafen" from 9 ha to 42 ha while being meant to serve as a base and equipment port for the Imperator-Class ships.
Harbour's train station in about 1914.
Until the outbreak of World War I, there was an unprecedented and even unparalleled railway traffic concerning the train station "Hapag-Halle". On days when both, one ship arrived from America and another one left for it, up to 13 special trains carrying as many as 4000 passengers were processed. Since these special trains had priority over the ordinary traffic, the latter faced significant delays. For this reason, plans were made that involved extending the double-track railway by another track but were never put into operation due to the war.
The ALBERT BALLIN near the "Steubenhöft", a Ballin-Class ship proven to be successful. The class's four new constructions brought out the main points regarding naval architecture and equipment.
After World War I, Hapag lost the majority of its ships due to the provisions covered by the Treaty of Versailles. As a consequence of an ingenious contract policy, however, it succeeded in regaining a decisive role in transatlantic traffic because of chartered ships that have been in the shipping company's possession before. Nevertheless, conditions in passenger traffic changed significantly after the war. Passenger figures never reached pre-war dimensions again. This basically results from the revised immigration policy of the United States of America which limited the number of immigrants considerably.
Return of German soldiers from British war imprisonment. – Article in the journal "Hamburger Echo" (with the supplement "Cuxhavener Nachrichten") about the first transport of displaced persons to Canada.
After passenger traffic at the "Steubenhöft" was in abeyance during World War II, as well as it has been during World War I, it was affected by the aftermath of war in the course of this period. British troop transports repatriated military personnel while German prisoners of war landed here and were conveyed to "Munsterlager" for their discharge by trains. 30,000 displaced persons migrated to Canada via Cuxhaven.
ITALIA, a Home Lines's ship which resumed the liner service between Hamburg/Cuxhaven and New York since 1952 and regularly called at the port of Halifax, Canada.
Having chartered Hapag's ITALIA, passenger traffic between Hamburg/Cuxhaven and New York, as well as towards Canada resumed. The wooden "Steubenhöft", which did not undergo any maintenance work during wartime and the post-war period, was substituted by a new construction made of steel and concrete of the same name and place until 1954. Towards the waterside, it received a reception building with galleries for passengers and spectators which combines with the Hapag Hall, the Customs' hall and the "Gedeckter Gang" into a complex of buildings being more than 300 meters long and which is under monumental protection since 1970.
The pinnacle of passenger shipping in the 50s and 60s was unquestionably constituted by the popular liner HANSEATIC.
With the HANSEATIC, the then largest German-flagged passenger ship was commissioned after the war. It replaced the ship ITALIA and its transport service to New York which was, as well as its successor HOMERIC, limited to transports to Canada. Both services faced sig-nificant competition with the emergence of air planes. This lead to the abandonment of transfers to Canada in 1963 while many liner transports towards New York were cancelled and substituted with more lucrative cruises. After the HANSEATIC flared up in New York in 1966 and it became apparent that repair was economically unreasonable, there was no oversea passenger traffic at the "Steubenhöft" in 1967. In 1968, a second HANSEATIC was commissioned that finished only four liner transports to New York and served with cruises exclusively afterwards.
After the end of the transatlantic liner services the terminal Hapag-Halle/Steubenhöft was used for cruises only, as like as in other European terminals too. During the 1970ies und 1980ies the cruise ships HAMBURG, HANSEATIC and ARKONA (former ASTOR) visited often the terminal, also MAXIM GORKI and other soviet cruise ships. Since 1998 the new build and in Germany very popular cruise ship DEUTSCHLAND of the Deilmann Shipping Company started and ended its cruises to the Nordic countries and around the British Isles.
Tour of the historical passenger terminal Hapag Hall/"Steubenhöft", here: inside the "Gedeckter Gang". – Huge attendance at the opening of the exhibition "Faszination Amerika" (i.e. "Fascination America") in the gallery of the "Steubenhöft" building (August, 2008).
After the transmission of Cuxhaven ("Amerikahafen" with "Steubenhöft" and Hapag Hall), a former property of the state Hamburg, to the state Lower Saxony, there were various consid-erations how to continue the usage of the historical facilities. Since 1999, the support association "Förderverein Hapag-Halle Cuxhaven e.V." exists and conducts guided tours and exhibitions concerning emigration and passenger shipping inside the historical passenger terminal. Within the reception building "Steubenhöft", there is the exhibition "Abschied nach Amerika" (i.e. "Leaving for America") which informs visitors about the oversea passenger traffic in Cuxhaven from 1889 on.
During the same period, there were considerable developments in the field of passenger shipping. Cruises were supplemented by the last German ferry's service to England, which was relocated from Hamburg to Cuxhaven, between 2002 and 2005. Unfortunately, this service had to be abandoned as well due to the severe competition represented by air planes. In addition, cruises were abandoned in 2013. Regarding the latter, the harbour of Hamburg proved to be a strong magnet and landed the service of passenger traffic. Replacement for losing these services, can be found in the resumption of ferry traffic across the river Elbe towards Brunsbüttel since 2015. As many as ten departures per day ultimately lead to a remarkable stimulation of service at the terminal and also inside the reception building with its exhibitions.
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Even though it is only a change on the calendar, saying goodbye to one year and welcoming the new always feels like a fresh start. It's also the perfect time for me to look back at A Note on Style and share some of my favorite things from 2017. But first, a note of thanks to all of you for following, sharing and supporting A Note on Style. I'm excited for what's ahead in 2018 and wouldn't be here without your loyal readership. Wishing you all a Happy New Year!
This summer, I started my guest series with La Dolce Vita. It has turned into a monthly post that I look forward to creating and sharing with LDV readers. I think it's an honor to guest post on such a beautiful site and I'm very appreciative to Paloma Contreras for providing me with that opportunity.
It was a pleasure to meet Zoe and James Zillian at their Farmhouse Pottery studio and shop in Vermont. They are warm, humble and grateful for the support of their beautiful products which is a reflection of their lifestyle. I had never done a Giveaway on A Note on Style, so it was exciting to collaborate with them generously offering their Laurel Pie Dish to a lucky winner. Thank you to all who participated.
Attending the inaugural In Goop Health Summit and hearing from doctors and leaders in their fields on the importance of finding ways to achieve a life with health and balance. It was a fantastic introduction to so many topics I had a spark of interest in, which gave me the chance to figure out which ones I wanted to delve into more deeply.
A cruise on the bay with Argaux. This beautiful evening was organized by my friends at Art of Being Female bringing together a creative group of women who offer loads of inspiration while pursuing their passion. From the sommeliers at Argaux, to event planners at Beijos, photographer Alison Bernier, Kristin from local boutique Garage Collective and new bloggers at Art of Being Female, this is a talented bunch. Love the new friendships and support of this group.
Travel to Boston, Napa and here, Charleston, New York, Nashville, Key West and New England. I enjoyed traveling within the United States to some great cities this year and sharing the adventures with you all. I hope to continue this thread of posts in 2018 with more cities and guides. It's one of my favorite subjects to write about.
I get my daily dose of decor inspiration from Palais. Preston Davis launched the site dedicated to all things chic for the home this summer and I'm hooked. It's as fabulous as her fashion focused site Keep it Chic.
A site, also launched this summer, by friends covering the many hats we wear as women. Appropriately titled The Art of Being Female expect to be entertained with beautifully photographed stories on a variety of subjects including gift guides, how tos and my personal favorite, profiles on women.
Hope you all had a fantastic 2017 and Happy New Year!
Karima- thank you for including me in your 2017 review post- an honor! May 2018 be a good year for everyone!
Happy New Year and thanks for the daily inspiration.
Thanks Christine. Love what you are doing with AOBF.