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We're NOT all Equal
Tackling head on the childish universal tendency to plead for Leaders rather than the exercise of Personal Autonomy combined with Collective Judgement
by The Prof » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:04 pm
There are two great taboos in society today. Child-molestation (a complex issue, made more complex by the concatenation of numerous behaviours into the same category, all of which are then "tarred with the same brush") and the second is the suggestion that "Nature" might play at least as large a role in our make up as "Nurture".
Research into anything that even slightly smells of "eliteism" is discouraged, and permitted only on the strict understanding that only certain results are acceptable, and attempts to publicise research findings that contradict official received wisdom will be met with the kind of vilification usually reserved for child-molesters. I'd cite as an example the Chairman of Harvard University, driven from his post last year by a baying crowd for suggesting that "there are more brilliant men than there are brilliant women" (His replacement, by way of exculpation, is the first ever woman chairperson in Harvard's history)
Yet, is that suggestion so surprising? Men have - demonstrably and as a matter of known fact - brains that are larger than womens'. Brain capacity isn't - of itself - an indicator of intelligence; but think of it like an office switchboard. You can route more calls though a large switchboard than you can through a small one. Of course, "Can" isn't the same as "Will". A small switchboard MAY deal with more calls than a large one. But working flat-out, the large one can obviously handle more traffic.
If you look at graphs of how men and women score on IQ tests, two things are immediately apparent. Firstly, when it comes to it, mean, median AND mode. women are "on average" more intelligent than men. Second is that the "standard deviation" for men is WAY higher than it is for women: much wider spread of abilities, in BOTH directions. Conclusion, there are more very intelligent men than very intelligent women - and likewise more male morons. (the larger the "switchboard", the more there is to go wrong!) The theory predicts the shape of the curve... experimentation delivers a curve of that shape. What could possibly be objectionable in that? What? It propounds the TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE idea that were NOT ALL THE SAME. That some of us might be "better" than others. (Which isn't at all what the theory suggests. "Different" and "Superior" are not the same thing at all.
Women on average are more intelligent than men; the contentious part is the assertion that women on average ARE "more average" than men. I'm with Eysenk: the results are what they are. If you can't take the heat... then get out of the laboratory!
Eysenk's research suggested results similar to those of the male/female split - namely that Europeans (on average) are smarter than Africans, but less smart than Asians. (Somehow that "less smart than Asians" bit got ignored, as it's not easy to label someone a racist if they're claiming to be "inferior".) American college access, unlike the UK's A-levels, are often granted through "SAT's" - Standard Aptitude Tests. (Here, SAT stands for Standard ACHIEVEMENT Tests, which are quite different) they're a kind of IQ test. And... guess what?! Asians on average score higher than Europeans, who in turn score higher than Afro-Caribbeans. ("Carribeans" are a special case in the USA - immigration is limited, so only the smartest get in. On average, a person of Jamaican ancestry earns more than someone of English (or more commonly, German, ancestry. "Germans" are the USA's largest single ethnic group.)
Note what Eysenk' findings said: Note more specifically what he DIDN'T say but remains accused of "really meaning" (Eysenk's Jewish family fled to England from Nazi Germany. Not someone you'd immediately associate with the idea of "racism"!) Eysenk did NOT say "All Whites are smarter than all blacks. Nor did he imply it What he said was that whites are ON AVERAGE smarter than blacks. That's - in my eyes at least - as inoffensive as suggesting that "men are, on average, taller than women." Clearly they are. (But my FEMALE cousin is a clear 4" taller than me!) One side effect of Eysenk's "unacceptable" findings was to bring IQ tests into disrepute. If IQ tests don't actually measure intelligence, then it becomes acceptable to admit that one group might have higher average IQs than another. Otherwise, you have to find some other way to make this "elephant in the drawing room" go away. (And the ingenuity used to try and rubbish the experimental findings have been extraordinarily inventive!)
There are things you CAN acceptably say - like "Dutch people are, on average, taller than Congolese Pygmies". The Dutch are the world's tallest nation (and proud of it!) and the Pygmies are the shortest. But if you were to suggest that the Dutch have higher IQ's then the Congolese, there would be a furious outcry, the burning of effigies, and rallies in Trafalgar Square. You'd be called a "Nazi". This is "the acceptable face of Lysenkoism". Politicians interfering in science... for political reasons. - and scientists meekly allowing it.
Eysenk is a truly brilliant experimental designer. When he tries an experiment, the results he gets are generally clear and totally unambiguous. He designs-out irrelevancies. And he' also politically naive in the extreme: he performs experiments then emerges with a broad smile to tell you about the "interesting result" he'd just got, without for a moment considering whether it might be one of those results that's "not allowed to be true". He's also a critic of BAD experimental design and bad science, who the US tobacco lobby hired briefly to make their case.
He found that at the time, the anti-smoking propaganda, was very seldom science based. It was propaganda, pure and simple, based on clumsy observation of experimental data, with absolutely NO pretence to how: A causational link? Hell... people who've eaten ice cream are statistically far more likely to drown than people who haven't. That's not proof that "ice Cream causes drowning": people eat ice cream in the summer, and especially at times when they also immerse themselves voluntarily in large bodies of water... where some of them drown. The statistical linkage are drawn from both figures deriving from a third, unconsidered factor. (People eat ice cream AND THEY SWIM... in hot weather.)
"Equality" and a denial of "elitism" is hard wired into our political system, especially as Education is one of the government's biggest expenditures. Politically, throughout the western world, we hold the official view that Nurture is vitally more important than Nature. To suggest otherwise is just something you're not allowed to DO. Hence the switchover from the old grammar/secondary modern/technical school system - with the associated eleven plus exam - to "Comprehensive" education. Those who had previously been sent to "technical schools"were said to have "failed" their eleven-plus.
I know teachers who tell me that every job they apply for require them to pledge loyalty "to the comprehensive ideal". Not long after the Comprehensive system was forced onto the country (paradoxically by a Conservative government, who got on the train after it was already moving) a husband and wife team who comprised the country's leading educational experts asked permission to carry out tests to see how much improvement the new system had brought about. Now that everyone had an "equality of outcomes", things MUST have improved!
The secretary of state for education (Margaret Thatcher!) gave her permission.... and the tests showed very inconvenient results. Educational standards hadn't improved at all... they'd slumped. The Ministry of education was assigned the task of rubbishing the results and smearing the scientists' reputation - which they did very effectively. The results were confined to page 27 of the newspapers, and the husband and wife team took early retirement. It was made clear that such an experiment would NEVER be allowed again.
The idea that bright parents might, on average, produce inherently bright children just isn't acceptable. It denies the possibility of a magic wand that will make the short tall and the tall shorter. The children of bright parents are the SAME as the children of less bright parents. The only acceptable explanation for their relatively better performance was that they were raised in a "more beneficial environment", where it was (for example) more likely that their parents would do things like read books (thus setting a better example) I accept that it's a contributing factor... but I flatly (and angrily) deny that it tells the whole story.
Off subject? Perhaps. But remember Churchill's oft-quoted cliché "Democracy is the worst system of government... except for all the others"? If you're looking to design a better system, then (as I've suggested before) you need better raw material. Except that "quality control" of materials - or even the investigation of the possibility that there are different qualities is about as acceptable as child molestation. When you shoot or exile anyone who investigates the roundness of the earth... then when you claim "it's flat!" there's almost nobody who can raise an argument to suggest otherwise. There's no evidence to suggest otherwise... because it's all been suppressed. That's not science. "Lack of evidence isn't evidence of lack" (Who was it that said that?!)
I'm not talking about a "conspiracy" theory here... there IS no conspiracy. But there IS an unspoken agreement to accept that 2+2=3, and to destroy the careers of anyone who suggests that 4 is the correct answer. It's a "cultural" thing - like the moral at the heart of the Frankenstein story: "there are some things that we're just not MEANT to know! (Or be able to do)". The mechanism that glues people together into a "society" jut isn't well enough understood. We act collectively in some VERY strange ways.
I've long been interested in kinesics - "the science of body language.", which is very much still in its infancy. We communicate vast amounts of information to each other without ever being formally taught HOW, (or how to read it) but with an amazing literacy. But I'm pretty sure that the same underlying mechanism plays an important part in the "glue" that holds us together as a group. Democracy is, if you like, an attempt to ignore that mechanism and supplant it with something else.
If you think that's a good idea, take a look at how US Agriculture works - particularly the production of almonds (of which the USA has a near monopoly) Almonds grow in vast forests that are completely devoid of competitors - no weeds, no other plants at all. Thus no pollinators, because almonds don't bloom long enough to provide year round sustenance for insects (and other species which might fill the shortfall have all been eradicated) Bees have to be trucked in from hundreds of miles away specifically to pollinate the almonds. Trucking your hives to California and renting out their services to the Almond growers is significantly more lucrative than selling honey. 60% of US agriculture is dependent on pollination by "trucked-in bees". As an ecosystem... it's falling apart. The bees are dwindling in numbers. They weren't designed to be shipped around the country in lorry-bound hives.
There are gaps between our "model of nature"and the real thing... and important trace nutrients seem to have been overlooked in the construction of the "model". Sounds like "there are things that man isn't meant to know"? Far from it. More like "Leonardo's helicopter would never have worked because the design ran centuries ahead of the availability of appropriate materials and a power plant with the right power/weight ratio" Man WAS intended to fly around in helicopters... but not until he'd got the basic science right, first. And that's my point. If we're going to design a better political system... lets get the science right first. The problem is... we're not even TRYING to get it right, but we're vilifying the few people who are.
by HarryStottle » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:33 pm
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Though women have endured centuries of being oppressed, deprived of fundamental rights, and pushed to a side, they still pull themselves up, rise to every occasion, and stand tall. Many celebrated feminists throughout history have helped bring women's fight for equality to the forefront of society's consciousness in numerous ways.
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Q: Sharing (mysql) database between apps Django with Database routers I've created a django project and then two apps, app1 and app2. I want that both apps share a mysql database('nameofDB' to mysql, 'mydb' to django). I added the database to DATABASES in settings.py and for each app I created a dbrouter file, and added each router to DATABASE_ROUTERS. Also in settings.py added each app to INSTALLED_APPS.
My problem is when I try to make
python manage.py syncdb --database=mydb

Because it doesn't sync both apps(only app1). It says:
Creating tables ...
Creating table app1_model1
Installing custom SQL ...
Installing indexes ...
Installed 0 object(s) from 0 fixture(s)

Here my settings.py:
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'app1',
    'app2',
)

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    },
    'mydb':{
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'nameofDB',
        'USER':'username',
        'PASSWORD':'password',
    }
}

DATABASE_ROUTERS = ['app1.dbRouter.App1DBRouter', 'app2.dbRouter.App2DBRouter']

Here my models:
app1/models.py:
class Model1(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

app2/models.py:
class Model2(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

Here are my dbrouters
app1/dbRouter.py
class App1DBRouter(object):
    def db_for_read(self,model, **hints):
        if model._meta.app_label == 'app1':
            return 'mydb'
        return None
    def db_for_write(self,model, **hints):
        if model._meta.app_label == 'app1':
            return 'mydb'
        return None
    def allow_relation(self,obj1, obj2, **hints):
        if obj1._meta.app_label == 'app1' and \
           obj2._meta.app_label == 'app1':
           return True
        return None
    def allow_syncdb(self,db, model):
        if db == 'mydb':
            return model._meta.app_label == 'app1'
        elif model._meta.app_label == 'app1':
            return False
        return None

app2/dbRouter.py
class App2DBRouter(object):
    def db_for_read(self,model, **hints):
        if model._meta.app_label == 'app2':
            return 'mydb'
        return None
    def db_for_write(self,model, **hints):
        if model._meta.app_label == 'app2':
            return 'mydb'
        return None
    def allow_relation(self,obj1, obj2, **hints):
        if obj1._meta.app_label == 'app2' and \
           obj2._meta.app_label == 'app2':
           return True
        return None
    def allow_syncdb(self,db, model):
        if db == 'mydb':
            return model._meta.app_label == 'app2'
        elif model._meta.app_label == 'app2':
            return False
        return None

What's wrong with it? What should I do? Thanks in advance! :)

A: Maybe app2_model2 was created before, check that!
You could do it like this:
settings.py
DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING = {'app1': 'mydb', 'app2': 'mydb'}
DATABASE_ROUTERS = ['path.router.DatabaseAppsRouter']

router.py
from django.conf import settings

class DatabaseAppsRouter(object):
    """
    A router to control all database operations on models for different
    databases.

    In case an app is not set in settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING, the router
    will fallback to the `default` database.

    Settings example:

    DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING = {'app1': 'db1', 'app2': 'db2'}
    """

    def db_for_read(self, model, **hints):
        """Point all read operations to the specific database."""
        if settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING.has_key(model._meta.app_label):
            return settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING[model._meta.app_label]
        return None

    def db_for_write(self, model, **hints):
        """Point all write operations to the specific database."""
        if settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING.has_key(model._meta.app_label):
            return settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING[model._meta.app_label]
        return None

    def allow_relation(self, obj1, obj2, **hints):
        """Allow any relation between apps that use the same database."""
        db_obj1 = settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING.get(obj1._meta.app_label)
        db_obj2 = settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING.get(obj2._meta.app_label)
        if db_obj1 and db_obj2:
            if db_obj1 == db_obj2:
                return True
            else:
                return False
        return None

    def allow_syncdb(self, db, model):
        """Make sure that apps only appear in the related database."""

        if db in settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING.values():
            return settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING.get(model._meta.app_label) == db
        elif settings.DATABASE_APPS_MAPPING.has_key(model._meta.app_label):
            return False
        return None

A: I agree with Daniel Roseman. When you have two or more apps using the same db than you migth be fine with one router. In general perhaps one router per each non default database?
But if you really need two routers here is a solution.
The Django root db router tries all routers from DATABASE_ROUTERS as long as allow_syncdb returns None. Thus App1DBRouter.allow_syncdb needs to return None (instead of False) for model._meta.app_label == 'app2' and db == 'mydb'. This way App2DBRouter.allow_syncdb will have a chance to be called.
I got your syncdb working with following changes
class App1DBRouter(object):
    ...
    def allow_syncdb(self,db, model):
        if db == 'mydb':
            if model._meta.app_label == 'app1':
                return True
        elif model._meta.app_label == 'app1':
            return False
        return None

class App2DBRouter(object):
    ...
    def allow_syncdb(self,db, model):
        if db == 'mydb':
            if model._meta.app_label == 'app2':
                return True
            else:
                return False
        elif model._meta.app_label == 'app2':
            return False
        return None

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Q: Woocommerce - add last category name to product name How to display last category name for product ?
I want to combine the product name with the name of the last category
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A: Try something like this:
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Ideal for all age group and level of expertise, pickleball concept is simple; however, developing techniques and special moves takes some practice. Among the several skills a player can master, it is very important to learn how to spin the ball. Perfecting this picky pickleball technique boosts their chances of winning thereby making the game more challenging and interesting.
If a pickleball player can master his/her skill, they will have a slight advantage over their competitors. They will later discover that they can move conveniently from beginners to professional players engaging in competitive, fast-paced games. If you want to have a powerful spin, I strongly suggest that you opt for the right pickleball.
Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to find the right pickleball due to the numerous varieties of pickleball rackets for spin available on the marketplace. Asides this, there are numerous brands and manufacturers to select from and they range in different weight, sizes and construction.
This pickleball paddle comes with several distinguishing features and characteristics which propelled us to place it on our top 5 list. As you might have learned, Engage Pickleball is a popularly known USA-based brand that creates paddles intended for this gaming activity. They are a popular brand when considering the pickleball equipment. Their products are used by all players regardless of their skill or expertise.
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Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel, established in 2003, serves eastern Montana families from three convenient locations. Our mortuaries are located in Wolf Point, Poplar and Culbertson, Montana.
Sibley Jankoviak – Funeral Director
Sibley was born in Bismarck, ND and grew up in beautiful Northern Michigan region, where she graduated from Cheboygan High School in 2000. After a few years of taking college courses at a local community college, Sibley found her true interest and calling in the helping of families and loved ones with funeral arrangements. Upon graduation from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Illinois in 2005, she obtained her diploma in Mortuary Science and went on to become a Licensed Funeral Director in the Chicagoland, where she helped the families and loved ones of the deceased for 5 years. Sibley assumed duties with the Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in October of 2014. She enjoys traveling, her growing interest in photography, knitting and spending time with family and friends; many of whom still live in the Cheboygan and Bismarck areas.
Scot Renville – Funeral Director
Scot was born and raised in Fort Benton, the birthplace of Montana. After graduating from high school in 1985, he spent the next two years attending Wheaton College in Chicago. In 1987, Scot joined the US Navy and faithfully served his country for the next six years, which included tours of duty in Orlando and San Diego. After receiving his Honorable Discharge, Scot returned to Montana. Shortly after his return, he bumped into his future bride, Shawna.Scot began a career with BNSF Railway – a career that would span the next 16 years. In 2009, he was asked to assist with a funeral. It was during his service at that event that Scot realized his true life's calling. Scot attended Arapahoe Community College near Denver, and became a fully licensed Funeral Director in 2013. While on a hunting trip in late 2015, he spent some time in a Stevenson family funeral home. Scot joined the Stevenson & Sons team shortly thereafter.
Dannon Olson – Funeral Director
Dannon grew up on a ranch 30-miles south of Miles City, where her family raised cattle, buffalo and an array of other animals including chickens, ducks, geese, horses and, her favorite, pigs. In high school, Dannon was very active in the local FFA chapter and even started her own pig business, which she later passed on to her younger brother, when she graduated and went to college. Dannon began her college education through a Miles Community College Jumpstart Program in high school, and later went on to complete an Associate of Science degree with a Certificate in Accounting and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship. Dannon then pursued her Mortuary Science degree at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, Colorado. Dannon realized her true calling for the funeral industry when a very close family friend unexpectedly passed away in 2011. She soon joined the Stevenson's in 2012, and worked her way up from cleaning the Miles City chapel to a director in Wolf Point. In her spare time, Dannon loves to travel and can often be found enjoying the great outdoors.
Samantha Espinoza- Office Administrator
Samantha was raised in Frazer, Montana. She graduated in 2005 as the Class Salutatorian at Frazer High School. Samantha went on to obtain her Business Technology Trade Certificate at a school in Utah, where she met Frank Espinoza. Samantha and Frank were married in July of 2011. Together they have one son, Donovan. Samantha and her son are both enrolled members of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe on the Fort Peck Reservation. Samantha and her family enjoy attending local events including, powwows and rodeos. When the weather is nice they enjoy outdoor activities like swimming, fishing, nature walks and having family barbeques.
Buddy Adams – Assistant
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Die Tiroler Straße ist eine Straße in der oberbayerischen Kurstadt Bad Reichenhall.

Beschreibung

Die Tiroler Straße ist eine Straße im Stadtzentrum von Bad Reichenhall. Die Tiroler Straße beginnt als direkte Verlängerung der Salinenstraße am Oberen Lindenplatz, führt stadtauswärts und endet am ehemaligen Tiroler Tor der Bad Reichenhaller Stadtmauer mit einer Einmündung in die Anton-Winkler-Straße/B 20

Das letzte Teilstück der Tiroler Straße ist als verkehrsberuhigter Bereich ausgeführt, den Kraftfahrzeuge nur stadteinwärts befahren dürfen. Radfahrer dürfen den Bereich in beiden Richtungen durchfahren.

Die Tiroler Straße ist Teil des Ensembles Obere Stadt und grenzt an das Ensemble Alte Saline an.

Geschichte

Die Tiroler Straße, die bis etwa 1800 noch Oberste Gasse hieß, endete am ehemaligen Tiroler Tor der Stadtmauer von Bad Reichenhall. Händler nahmen diesen Weg in Richtung Tirol, woher das Tor und später auch die Straße ihre Namen hatten. Weniger bekannt ist, dass das Tiroler Tor auch Straubinger Tor hieß, denn auch die Wegverbindung nach Niederbayern über bayerisches Gebiet verlief in diese Richtung.

Teile der Oberen Stadt und der Tiroler Straße wurden vom großen Stadtbrand 1834 verschont, einige Häuser an der Nordseite stammen – wenigstens noch in Teilen – aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert.

Der Luftangriff auf Bad Reichenhall am 25. April 1945 hinterließ in der Tiroler Straße deutliche Spuren, trotzdem waren die Schäden wesentlich geringer als im nahegelegenen Kammerbotenviertel, das zum größten Teil völlig zerstört war. Die Gebäude Tiroler Straße 2 (Fischerbräu, östlicher Gebäudeteil) und 4 wurden völlig zerstört. Tiroler Straße 3 wurde schwer beschädigt und die Häuser 6, 7, 9, 10,12, 13, 15, 16, 17 und 19 trugen leichte Schäden davon. Beim Luftangriff kamen in der Tiroler Straße 14 Personen ums Leben, fast alle davon im Fischerbräu (Haus Nr. 2).

In den 1970er Jahren wurde die Verkehrsführung in Bad Reichenhall nachhaltig geändert. Mit Umwidmung der Ludwigstraße und einem Teil der Salzburger Straße wurde die Hauptverkehrsachse auf Münchner Allee, Bahnhofstraße, Wittelsbacherstraße, Innsbrucker Straße, Anton-Winkler-Straße und Berchtesgadener Straße verlagert. Vorher führte die Tiroler Straße über die Kreuzung Anton-Winkler-Straße weiter zu einem Bahnübergang und über die Luitpoldbrücke direkt zur Thumseestraße. Der Bahnübergang wurde zurückgebaut, der Verkehr in Richtung Thumsee fließt heute von der Innsbrucker Straße über die Reichenbachstraße, die Kretabrücke und die Staatsstraße 2101.

Bauwerke

Die Häuser Tiroler Straße 3, 7 und 9 stehen unter Denkmalschutz und sind in die Denkmalliste von Bad Reichenhall eingetragen. Zudem steht die Tiroler Straße als Teil des Ensembles Obere Stadt unter Ensembleschutz. Die Fassade des Hauses Tiroler Straße 2a und 2b (ehemaliger Fischerbräu, heute Residenz Predigtstuhl und Predigtstuhl-Passagen) ist heute in etwa so erhalten, wie sie vor der Bombardierung 1945 war. Der etwas niedrigere Gebäudeteil im Osten (rechts) wurde damals völlig zerstört, der Rest des Gebäudes blieb größtenteils unversehrt. Am oberen Ende der Tiroler Straße befand sich das Weiße Rößl. Auf das ehemalige Gasthaus weist heute nur noch eine Inschrift am Durchgang hin.

Ein Teil der Reichenhaller Stadtmauer befindet sich im Bereich der Tiroler Straße. Dort stehen noch viele Mauerteile, das Tiroler Tor ist jedoch nicht mehr erkennbar.

Weitere wichtige Baudenkmäler in der näheren Umgebung sind die Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus sowie viele Einzeldenkmäler in den Ensembles Obere Stadt und Alte Saline.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Straßen und Plätze der Stadt Bad Reichenhall

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Johannes Lang: Geschichte von Bad Reichenhall. Ph.C.W. Schmidt, Neustadt/Aisch 2009, ISBN 978-3-87707-759-7.
 Johannes Lang: Straßennamen als Spiegel der Zeit in den Heimatblättern, Beilage des Reichenhaller Tagblatts vom 28. Oktober 2006
 F. X. Sänger: Reichenhaller Straßen und ihre Namen in den Heimatblättern, Beilage des Reichenhaller Tagblatts; März und August 2008
 Stadt Bad Reichenhall – Adressbuch; Auflistung aller Straßennamen mit Lagebeschreibung und Namensherkunft

Straße in Bad Reichenhall
Straße in Europa

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Soo…. I'm sure some of you may have wondered where I'd disappeared to- and I apologise for not updating the blog often enough recently. Life took hold off me in ways I had not anticipated and unfortunately the blog had to take a back seat for a while.
In between juggling a teaching career and being a mother, I conceived – surprisingly quickly actually! It seemed my reproductive system was on my side for once (or err…thrice 😉 ) and I was blessed with a healthy albeit tiring pregnancy. Early on Tuesday morning (8-26am) the 6 January 2015, we welcomed our beautiful (and much anticipated) baby girl!!
She was born healthy and normal much to the delight of my boys, their dad and I (who are still revelling in the glow of this newfound love). She was delivered via C-section and is the biggest of my babies weighing 3.1 kg.
After many months of name 'deliberation' (which is a whole other post) we agreed upon a name on the Sunday before her birth- Zayyana (meaning beautiful and radiant). Both baby and I are doing well with the help and support of friends and family we have around us.
I am looking forward to blogging again, although I know it may take a while to adjust to the new dynamic in our home. I am happy to be on this adventure once again-I expect it to be quite different with a daughter, and look forward to sharing my experiences with you.
My favourite part though is the gorgeous smell of a newborn baby- ah yes… I (reluctantly) admit it…I am in love.


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Is Hamas a terrorist organization?
Listing Hamas as a terrorist organization is seen by most Palestinians as nothing short of backstabbing of their struggle.
Faisal Assegaf
Muslim Imran
Chairman of Palestinian Cultural Organization in Malaysia
On March 2, the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters made a ruling that Hamas was a terrorist organization. This decision came after months of an Egyptian government decision to ban the Palestinian movement and confiscate all its properties in Egypt. This decision and other post-coup Egyptian policies towards Hamas pose an important question: Is Hamas really a terrorist organization?
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was founded in the late 1980s by a group of Palestinian activists. The movement emerged in conjunction with the outbreak of the First Palestinian Intifada in 1987. The Intifada started on December 8, 1987 and Hamas released its first Press Statement on December 14, 1987.
The establishment of Hamas came in a time when the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was starting to lean towards diplomatic means of resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict and resembled the will of the Palestinian people to maintain armed struggle as one of their effective resistance strategies. Hamas made it clear, from day one, that armed struggle was a right for occupied people guaranteed by all relevant international laws and norms. The movement continuously reiterated that it will continue to use this strategy along with other resistance means in order to liberate Palestine.
Although Hamas was very affirmative in pursuing armed struggle, the movement was not the first to resort to such a strategy neither was it the lone Palestinian faction to adopt it. Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) founded in 1959 was among the first to resort to armed struggle in the Palestinian arena. The movement was joined by other nationalist, leftist and Islamist movements in adopting armed struggle against Israeli occupation.
This was also the strategy adopted by earlier Palestinian and Arab groups in countering the Israeli occupation of Palestine in 1948. In spite of the fact that most Palestinian factions adopted the same strategies, Egypt listed only Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Interestingly, Egypt itself used, among others, armed struggle in its successive revolutions against the British colonization the first half of the twentieth century. Was this Egyptian resistance terrorist as well? And is the current Egyptian government planning to disown its national history and rewrite school syllabuses to suit its current definition of terrorism?
One of the main pretexts used by the current Egyptian government in its aggressive policies towards Hamas and the Gaza Strip in general is that Hamas was, reportedly, involved in the internal Egyptian affairs. This claim is usually based on the assumption that since Hamas adheres to the Muslim Brotherhood ideology then it must be interfering in domestic Egyptian affairs in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Lets ignore here the fact that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood was the democratically elected government of Egypt before the army generals bring down its rule, and lets not highlight the moderate nature of the MB's ideology. The main refutation of the Egyptian government claims is that there has been no single proof of a Palestinian or a Hamas involvement in any domestic Egyptian affair.
Hamas has repeatedly announced its willingness to cooperate with any Egyptian security agency or commission to investigate the Egyptian claims but was never entertained. The movement also cited its clean record in all other countries where it has never interfered in domestic affairs. The movement has also highlighted its policy of not targeting any Israeli target outside of the occupied Palestinian land. So how can a movement so restrained to resisting occupation inside its land be accused of wasting its time and efforts in meddling in other countries affairs?
Following the internal economic, political and security situation in Egypt leads to the conclusion that the Egyptian government was in dire need of a supposedly "weak" enemy to export its failures and internal problems and blame that "enemy" for the government's inability to maintain security and stability in the country. In order to cover for its failures, the Egyptian government has waged a media campaign against almost all its neighboring countries. Gaza and Libya got the lion's share of the Egyptian blame and mongering.
Mainstream Egyptian media called months ago for Egyptian military attacks on Gaza and Libya. This call was answered weeks ago, when the Egyptian air-force bombarded Libyan cities in response for the brutal killing of dozens of Egyptian Copts in Libya. The timing and approach used by the Egyptian government in handling this crime pose questions on the real intents of its intents in Libya, given that its Libyan backed Haftar military coup failed to take over the Libyan state.
In Gaza, Egypt has made the life of Gazans impossible by its almost continuous closure of the Rafah Crossing (the only Gazan way to the outside world). The Egyptian government labels Hamas as terrorist but continue to collectively punish 1.8 million Palestinians living in the Strip. Assuming that Hamas membership in Gaza could reach one million (of course this is an absolute exaggeration of the number), why is the other 800,000 Palestinians living in the Strip being blockaded and humiliated?
Since the year 2007, over 300 Gazan Palestinians died at the Rafah Crossing due to lack of medical treatment and supplies. As of today Egypt continues to violate relevant international laws by closing down the Rafah Crossing most of the days of the year.
Hamas was elected in 2006 in a transparent democratic election, where it gained 64 percents of the seats, and therefore it represents the majority of the Palestinian people (or at least those who elected it). Hence, it is a mere disrespect to the Palestinian people to list their elected representative as a terrorist organization. It is also an utter disrespect for the friends and allies of the Palestinian national movement to see their friend being listed as a terrorist organization by a fellow Arab Muslim government.
Hamas is one of the main Palestinian resistance movements that inculcate the hope of the Palestinian people to see their country free and independent. What Palestinians expect from their fellow friends worldwide is to see their bold support of Hamas and other Palestinian factions. Listing Hamas as a terrorist organization is seen by most Palestinians as nothing short of backstabbing of their struggle.
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Israel and Indonesia: What lies ahead
If you look at the trade between Israel and Turkey which is around US$ 6 billion, you can see what can be achieved. The biggest potential is in agriculture.
There is no Arab consensus on keeping the Palestinian cause as a pure foreign policy issue.
The big shift is not marginalizing the Palestinian case but turning it primarily to an Israeli domestic problem.
De-facto the Palestinian natives are annexed to Israel
The de-facto annexation created a de-facto Jewish apartheid. De-jure annexation provides Israel with legal tools to confiscate Palestinian land and expand settlements.
Saudi must break with the Wahhabi legacy for the security of the world
ISIS is driven by a metastasized form of Wahhabism, the official interpretation of Islam in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which holds that all outside its own sect are kufar.
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Historie
Kostel byl postaven v roce 1633, což nepřímo potvrzuje nápis u vchodu informující návštěvníky o tatarském nájezdu v roce 1661. Kostel přežil i poslední tatarský vpád v roce 1717, o čemž vypovídá nástěnný nápis, který zmiňuje děsivý rok 1717 z doby Tatarů. V roce 1883 byl přenesen ze Suciu de Sus do centra obce Rogoz na místo stávajícího kostela svaté Paraskevy z roku 1701. V roce 1834 byla zvětšena velikost oken v lodi. V letech 1960-1961 proběhla rozsáhlá rekonstrukce stavby a byly obnoveny podlahy.

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Kostel je roubená stavba postavená z trámů, které jsou k sobě spojeny bez použití kovových hřebíků. Dřevěné stěny spočívají na soklu z kamenných kvádrů a oblázků. Dřevo je jilmové a podle tradice pochází všechno toto dřevo ze dvou mohutných stromů z kopce Dealul Popii. Střecha je z dřevěných šindelů s velmi širokými přesahujícími okapy, které chrání stěny před deštěm a sněhem. Na západní straně se nachází věž, což je obvyklé umístění u dřevěných kostelů v Maramureši. Věž je ukončena jehlou se čtyřmi nárožními jehlany, vše obložené šindelem. Kostel má sedlovou šindelovou střechu.

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Loď je úzká obdélníková na východním konci se rozšiřuje do sedmibokého kněžiště. Kostel má polygonální pronaos s přístupem z jižní strany. Stavba kombinuje pravoslavné tradice s gotickými vlivy. V interiéru i exteriéru jsou vyřezávané dřevěné architektonické detaily včetně zdobení provazcem a rozetami. V lodi jsou dvě okna, za oltářem je malé kruhové okno, kterým od 1. do 15. srpna pronikají sluneční paprsky po dobu 30 minut.

Všechny vnitřní stěny jsou vyzdobené freskami v jasných barvách, jejichž autory jsou Nicholas Mann a Radu Munteanu z vesnice Ungureni, kteří vytvořili nástěnné malby také pro kostel v Deseşti a další v oblasti Lăpuş.  Jednotlivé výjevy jsou napsány cyrilicí. V roce 1834 byly fresky částečně obnoveny, strop a loď byly přemalovány neznámým umělcem.

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Football (Soccer) Cups
The importance of Europe's second most prestigious club competition cannot be understated. It is one of the top annual events in European football, so much so that many clubs channel all of their resources into winning this competition. Not only does the Europa League presents a shot at a major trophy, but it also provides an automatic route to Europe's most prestigious competition – the Champions League. With the competition's popularity on the rise, demand has affected prices, and tickets tend to sell out quickly. Be sure to check prices with SeatPick before you buy so you are able to find the cheapest Europa League tickets on the web by comparing multiple sites at once.
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How to get Europa Final tickets
Just like any other major European competition, the Europa League is designed with an official calendar to cover matches across every round, and at the end of the competition awaits the Europa League Final. In order to get tickets to the final, you will need to apply through the official UEFA site or have applied one of the qualifying teams that reached the final. The ballots for tickets to the final will usually open for applications for the general public on the official UEFA site around the month of March, ticket supply is relatively scarce and the demand is quite high, but this should be your first bet. Another outlet is the qualifying team's site, each club runs individual ballots, but in order to be able to apply for that ballot, you have to be a club member and attain a certain seniority level to even participate. Your third option is to buy your Europa League final tickets from safe marketplaces, this is where SeatPick's platform comes in handy as it provides the best ticket prices on the market, by comparing in real time deals from safe ticket sellers with 100% or more ticket guarantee. Tickets for this event tend to sell out rather quickly so you better secure your tickets in advance from a secure source.
Champions Trophy final tickets?
The Europa League final, just like the CL final, is always played in a pre-selected venue in a major European city. The final isn't just a night of football extravaganza, but also an opportunity to see the Champions trophy some competed by some of the top European teams up close in a relatively cheaper price compared to the Champions League Final. All of these make the Europa final a worthwhile experience. As a result, the demand for tickets is always exceptionally high. You can buy your Europa League final tickets from SeatPick so that you can be one of the lucky supporters to see the Europa League trophy being lifted live.
UEFA Europa League Group Stage
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If you want to be considered in the league of Europe's football big boys, you've got to be successful on the biggest stages. And the Europa League is another plausibility of glory if you are not eligible to compete on the biggest stage – which is the Champions League. Gone are the days when the Europa League was nothing more than a second fiddle tournament. Right now, it is even considered more significant than many domestic competitions because of the cash prize and opportunities at stake. All of the participating teams embrace the Europa League with a sense of competitiveness and enthusiasm, and this has made the tournament very thrilling more than ever. The Europa League is an alternative route to greatness, and its ever-evolving format ensures that there is always plenty at stake.
The UEFA Europa League is a major European competition which was formerly called the UEFA Cup. It was founded in 1955 and 1972 in its current format. In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was scrapped and merged with the UEFA Cup. And in the 2004-05 season, a group stage round was added to the competition prior to the knockout phases, thereby producing an enlarged competition format. The competition took up the name "Europa League" for branding purposes. It is the second most prestigious competition for football clubs in Europe after the Champions League. The competition is designed for teams that didn't qualify for the CL. The tournament presents a rare opportunity for teams who didn't qualify for the biggest events. The whole idea of the Europa League is to ensure that teams stay relevant in Europe even if they've finished slightly below the Champions League places in their domestic standings.
How are Europa League games being played?
It involves a two-leg contest whereby the two competing teams at any stage of the competition, other than the final, play a leg at their respective home grounds. However, unlike the UEFA Champions League, this competition has a knockout phase known as the round of 32 just after the group stages.
Eligibility and qualification
The journey to the UEFA Europa League final starts with some qualifying and knockout rounds. The qualifying rounds consist of five rounds (preliminary, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and a Playoff round). After the completion of the qualifying rounds, the group stages follow. The group stages consist of a total of 48 teams separated into 12 groups of 4 teams. All the teams that finish 3rd in the Champions League group stages (8 teams in total), will qualify automatically for the Europa League round of 32, where they will join the 24 teams that have qualified from the Europa League group stages. Finally, the knockout stages and the final will follow.
How much are Europa League final tickets
Football fans are more familiar with the Europa league these days, because of the level and quality of clubs participating in the competition, unlike yesteryears. And with so much at stake in the competition, ticket demands for the final have been outweighing the supply, due to the heightened interest in the competition. Unlike Europa League matches in the group stages or other rounds, the Europa League final doesn't come so cheap. And if you are interested in seeing the prestigious spectacle live, you've got to pay a little extra for your UEFA final tickets.
Official ticket prices range between $30- $145, depending on many factors such as seat location, age, membership category, VIP condition, and lot more.
How to buy Europa League tickets
Buying any Europa League ticket, except the UEFA final tickets, is similar to buying a ticket to any of your favourite club's events. The first thing is to understand the official calendar of the club you are interested in watching live once the Europa League draw has been published. Once you know the official dates for the club's Europa League matches, you can now find the event you are looking for and buy their Europa League tickets. When the match you want to see is a big game, rich in history, the prices usually tend to be high, because a big game usually implies a higher price. To buy, you can go to the respective club's website to get tickets, but there are no guarantees that you will be successful with your attempts, especially if you are not a registered member or a season ticket holder. Alternatively, there is another ultimate option for you – SeatPick. SeatPick compares hundreds of ticket listings, searches between dozens of sites in order to find the best deal, and displays the safest sites to find you a secure deal. Therefore, the best way to buy your Europa League tickets is through the club's website or via trusted platform's which you can find here on SeatPick.
The Historical Winners
The Europa League trophy has been contested by so many excellent teams of the past generations and has been won by so many exceptional sides too. One of the most recent dominant forces in the Europa League is Sevilla under the management of, current Arsenal Manager, Unai Emery. The great team from Seville, which boasted quality stars like Ever Banega, Kevin Gameiro, Steve N'Zonzi, and so many others, won three Europa League trophies back-to-back between 2013 and 2016. Sevilla has won the tournament on five occasions in total, while clubs like Liverpool, Internazionale, and Juventus have won it three times. From 2009 the tournament name was changed from UEFA Cup to UEFA Europa League. Liverpool, who have won the tournament on three occasions, has participated in four Europa League finals in total, while Sevilla has won all of the five finals they've played in.
Europa League ticket Prices
There is no fixed Europa League ticket price. This is because of the different participating teams and the different rounds involved. How much you pay for a Europa League match ticket is determined by the team you would like to watch. Once you are finally ready to catch a Europa League match live, you can check the club's website to see the ticket prices. Alternatively, you can check out SeatPick for trusted ticket prices info, prices tend to start from 35 euro per ticket on the official sites, and on average range between 75 euro to 200 euro on the secondary market pending on the teams that play, if the English teams are involved, prices tend to be significantly higher.
When is the Europa League final?
One of the biggest matches of every football season is the Europa League final. And despite the fact that only a privileged few will be able to catch the match live; millions of fans are still interested in the date of the final and will tune in on their TVs on the said night. The last Europa League final was played on the 29th May 2019 at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, between English giants Arsenal and Chelsea. The next edition of this exciting event will be played on 27 May 2020 at the Stadion Energa Gdansk in Poland. So, if you would like to join the rest of the supporters in cheering your favourite team to glory in Poland, come 2020, you should get your Europa League tickets 2020 as soon as they become available. You can check out SeatPick from time to time, for every update you need about Europa League matches and tickets. And have no worries! Our platform is transparent, easy to navigate, secure, and above all, we charge no hidden fees.
Europa League Final tickets
In order to watch the Europa League final live in a major European city; you will need to buy Europa League final tickets. And you can get these tickets here on SeatPick. The last Europa League final was held at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, in Azerbaijan. The 2020 edition will be played at the Stadion Energa Gdansk in Poland. The UEFA Executive Committee will decide the venue for the 2021/22 final after two associations entered the bidding process. The final will be at either Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi or at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville.


Men's Gatherings are a time for men to connect, be taught from God's word and spur one another on towards discipleship. This month's topic: Fathers: The Sorrowful Joy of Shepherding All men are welcome! Coffee & donuts will be served.


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To help competitors find their way around Manhattan during the National Masskrugstemmen Championship Weekend, we put together a quick map of the important locations you need to know about.
We talked to Mike Ayling, the 2017 Hofbrau Masskrugstemmen National Men's Champion about his experiences in steinholding and his intensive training plan.
We talked to Julie Gilbert, the 2017 Hofbrau Masskrugstemmen National Women's Champion about her experiences in steinholding and her intensive training plan.
We talked to Deryk Lindsey 2016 Hofbrau Masskrugstemmen National Champion about his experiences in steinholding and his founding of Texas Stein Holding with 2014 National Champ Jason Hurta.
We talked to Jennifer Glanville about the Sam Adams Steinhoisting Competition and what they have in store for the fall of 2016!
We talked to Jennifer Glanville about Sam Adams beers, the brewing process and homebrewing!
Welcome to the US Steinholding Association!
Welcome to the official website of the US Steinholding Association! Our goal is to be your definitive source for Masskrugstemmen / Steinholding, including official rules, updated competition locations, proven training tips, contest results, competition reviews and more.
Now that summer is here and this year's Masskrugstemmen season has begun, we will be posting regular updates to keep you informed and we have a lot of big plans for the next few months. We will be focusing on adding more and more information to our map of competition locations for independent festivals, Hofbrau Masskrugstemmen National Championship qualifiers, Sam Adams Steinhoisting Championship qualifiers and more. We will also be bringing you profiles of previous competitors, including expanded training tips from the champions who have gotten the job done in past years.


The 100m dash can be summed up by pointing out the 19 PRs among 26 athletes. Those who didn't score PRs posted SRs. The top three boys were Nathan Biggs (12.15), Rhett Jacobs (12.21), and Will Telesco (12.22) followed by Jahad Richard of Ypsilanti. Lauren Bazick (13.67), Sophia Wright and Gracie Burns (tie, 13.78) were in places 2-4 after Nyla Hood of Ypsilanti (13.48).
In the 200m dash, 23 of 31 Dexter runners posted PRs. Of note are Krystian Flynn (26.41), Noah Schultz (26.46), Seth Ockerman (26.81), Faith Jones (28:04), Lauren Bazick (28.42), and Eva Gaetino (28.48).
The open 400m was an exciting race for the mens and womens teams. Liam Buller broke a minute time to win the race with 55.8 seconds. Keegan Kipke and Ethan Martz both ran 1:01. Aiden McConnell of the women's team finished in second place with a time of 1:04 while Emma Chevillet (1:08) and Kyler Greatorex (1:36) took third and fifth places.
The top 7 spots in the 800m went to the Dexter boys, while the girls took the top 6 spots in the womens race. The top runners were Seth Read (2:10), Liam Buller (2:13) and Ransom Duncan (2:16), Megyn Scafasci (2:33), Ashley Mitchell (2:45), and Jessica Hoehn (2:51).
Ypsilanti did not field any players in the distance races. The top milers were Owen Huard (4:34) and Morgan Cobb (6:02). The top two-milers were Nathan Larson (10:01) and Anna Varitek (11:56).
The Dexter team prevailed in the mens and womens relays (4X100m/4X200m/4X800m) with the exception of the women's 4X100 which was swept by Ypsilanti.
James Livingston (36'6.5"), Adam Greve (35'5"), and James Blankenship (35'1") ruled the shotput and discus (Blankenship 100'9.5", Greve 97'3.5", and Livingston 91'4"). Sophomore Maya Calloway won both the shotput (24'4" PR) and discus (62'9"). Sydney Butler (21'6") and Katie Kruger (20'7") also topped the shotput. Sydney (54'10") and Angel Palmer (54') also scored well in the discus.
John Fraser (5'4" PR) and Eva Gaetino (5' PR) won the high jump competition.
In the pole vault, Henry Sheldon (14'1") and Noah Schultz (13') were at 1st and 2nd place, while Nicole Bow and Josie Mettes both vaulted 11'.
Seniors Cameron O'Day (18'5") and Nicole Bow (15'2") won the mens and womens long jump.
In a surprising turn of events, the Dexter men fielded 9 teams for the mens 4X400m relay which required one more baton than the team had available. Someone donated a running shoe for the extra baton, and off they ran.
The Whitmore Lake Trojan Relays start at 3:30 on Friday, April 12 for field events and 4:30 for races. Admission is $5, and the address is 7430 Whitmore Lake Rd at the high school track. Athletes are limited to one relay team per event and three in each field event.
Dexter also hosts the annual April Showers Invitational on Saturday, April 20.


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Update: Transportation and Logistics M&A Update – February, 2022
In 2021, median transaction value in Transportation & Logistics rose sharply to $60 million, from $18 million in 2020. In 2021, strategic buyers accounted for 82% of transactions, declining from 87% in 2020.
Select recent notable publicly announced M&A transactions:
– Ryder System closed its acquisition of Whiplash for $480 million in December 2021.
– Knight-Swift Transportation closed its acquisition of RAC MME Holdings for $150 million in December 2021.
– Werner Enterprises closed its acquisition of NEHDS Logistics for $64 million in November 2021.
– CAE closed its acquisition of the AirCentre Airline Operations Portfolio of Sabre Corporation for $393 million in October 2021.
– Flix Mobility closed its acquisition of Greyhound Lines for $202 million in October 2021.


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Carnival Cruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is proud to be known as America's Cruise Line. Since its founding in 1972, Carnival has continually revolutionized the cruise sector, making a cruise vacation an affordable and popular option for millions of guests. Carnival operates from 14 U.S. homeports and employs more than 40,000 team members representing 120 nationalities. Carnival's newest ship, Mardi Gras, featuring the first roller coaster at sea, is the first cruise ship in the Americas powered by eco-friendly Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Carnival returns to Australia in October 2022 and will welcome four additional ships over the next two years, including Carnival Celebration, which arrives to Miami in November to close out Carnival's 50th birthday festivities.
CHRISTINE DUFFY, PRESIDENT OF CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Christine Duffy is president of Carnival Cruise Line, certified as a Great Place to Work™ and the flagship brand of Miami-based global cruise industry leader Carnival Corp., the world's largest leisure travel company. As president, she leads a company with a fleet of 23 ships, sailing nearly six million guests annually and employing more than 40,000 people who hail from 120 nations around the globe.
Christine joined the cruise industry in 2011 when she was named president and CEO of CLIA. Prior to CLIA, Christine spent 10 years at Maritz Travel Company, the world's largest corporate meeting, events and incentive travel company where she served six years as president and CEO.
Christine is the chair of the U.S. Travel Association, the national, non-profit organization representing all components of the travel industry. In 2021, she was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board where she serves on the committee on Climate Change. She is a member of the board of directors of Aimbridge Hospitality, the global leader in hotel management services, and Herschend Family Entertainment, the nation's largest family-owned operator of themed attractions, including Dollywood and Branson's Silver Dollar City. She sits on the Professional Advisory Board of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital of which Carnival Cruise Line is the official celebration partner.
MARDI GRAS, CARNIVAL'S MOST INNOVATIVE SHIP IN FLEET
Building upon its leadership position in the cruise industry, Mardi Gras is Carnival's most innovative ship. In addition to a number of never-before-seen innovations like the first roller coaster at sea, it is the first ship in North America to be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Additionally, Mardi Gras offers an extensive array of popular Carnival guest favorites along with new exciting experiences, including Emeril's Bistro 1396 created by legendary New Orleans chef Emeril Lagasse housed in the ship's French Quarter, one of six themed zones. Throughout the ship's 20 decks and in each of these distinctive areas, guests find fun, memorable ways to create their own personalized vacation with dining, libation, entertainment, recreation, and relaxation options. Carnival Celebration, sister ship to Mardi Gras, is scheduled to debut in November 2022 from PortMiami, as well as Carnival Jubilee from Galveston in 2023. Carnival looks forward to bringing these next generation ships to Grand Bahama, which will be the perfect destination for builds of this magnitude and innovativeness.
OTHER CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE FUN FACTS
YEAR FOUNDED:
NUMBER OF SHIPS:
UPCOMING SHIPS:
Carnival Luminosa – 2022; Carnival Celebration – 2022; Carnival Venezia – 2023; Carnival Jubilee– 2023; Carnival Firenze – 2024
CRUISING AREAS: Alaska, Bahamas, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, Mexican Riviera, New England, New Zealand, Panama Canal, Pacific Islands, Trans-Atlantic
PRIMARY HOMEPORTS
Year-Round:
Baltimore, Md.; Brisbane, Australia; Charleston, S.C.; Galveston, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Long Beach, Calif.; Miami; Mobile, Ala.; New Orleans; Port Canaveral, Fla.; Tampa, Fla.; Sydney
Seasonal:
Barcelona; Civitavecchia (Rome); Dover (London); Honolulu; Lisbon, Portugal; New York; Norfolk, Va.; San Francisco; Seattle
CRUISE LENGTHS:
APPROX. NUMBER OF ANNUAL PASSENGERS: 6 million (2019)
7+ million burgers served annually at Guy's Burger Joints developed by celebrity chef Guy Fieri
25,000 comedy shows per year – the most of any comedy club on land or at sea
Approximately 5 million servings a year of cruising's most popular dessert, Warm Chocolate Melting Cake
First cruise ship with a roller coaster (Mardi Gras – 2021)
First cruise ship in the U.S. powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) (Mardi Gras – 2021)
90+ million guests carried in total (50 years)
Celebrity partners include Shaquille O'Neal, Guy Fieri, Emeril Lagasse, Rudi Sodamin, Vanna White and Kathie Lee Gifford.


Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory plans to install high-powered machine guns over the next few months capable of hitting land vehicles or aircraft almost a mile away in the event of a terrorist attack.
Known as Gatling guns because they are multi-barreled, like their 19th-century ancestors, they simultaneously fire 7.62mm bullets from six barrels at up to 4,000 rounds per minute, powerful enough to take down an enemy aircraft or helicopter, officials said.
The guns will give the nuclear weapons lab greater ability to guard its huge cache of radioactive plutonium, said Linton Brooks, head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, a quasi-independent agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons complex for the U.S. Department of Energy. The agency ordered the weapons.
"A lot of people are willing to die if they can kill lots of Americans ... You want to make clear that when they come here to die (by attacking the lab), they die for a failure," the blunt-speaking Brooks said at a press conference at Livermore on Thursday, where he unveiled one of the guns.
He said the guns will be operational later this year after the lab's guards are trained and the weapons and related equipment are purchased. Brooks insisted the Gatling gun purchase is unrelated to a recent announcement that the lab might double its supply of plutonium.
Lab officials said several Gatling guns will be deployed at the lab, some mounted on vehicles and others at undisclosed fixed locations, but for security reasons declined to say exactly how many or when.
Manufactured by Dillon Aero of Scottsdale, Ariz., the guns cost between $50,000 and $75,000, depending on accessories, and can unleash their barrage of bullets up to 1,500 meters or nearly a mile away.
Each gun gives Lawrence Livermore firepower equivalent to a dozen guards armed with the high-powered rifles they currently carry, said Robert Claire, the lab's armorer -- the man in charge of its anti-terrorist weaponry.
Officials said, however, there are no plans to reduce the lab's security force, employed by Lawrence Livermore and UC, which runs the lab under contract with the Energy Department.
Lab spokesperson David Schwoegler said the plan to equip the lab with the high-tech guns has been "closely coordinated with all local and federal law enforcement agencies." Officials for the city of Livermore could not be reached late Thursday.
But a lab critic called the plan a threat to innocent men, women and children, particularly with the lab being across the street from suburban homes. A better solution would be to investigate ways to remove the plutonium and other weapons-grade nuclear materials from the lab altogether, said Marylia Kelley, head of Tri Valley Cares, a Livermore anti-nuclear group.
"There are residential homes all up and down what is the western perimeter of Livermore lab," Kelley said. "You always see children on their bicycles or skateboards ... people walking their dogs ... You can't just indiscriminately open fire."
Until now, the most lethal weapons known to be used by the lab's notoriously no-nonsense guards are the big, black high-powered rifles they display prominently at its several gates. Schwoegler said the guards, whom he numbered at a couple of hundred, will be thoroughly trained in the use of the new weapons.
The Gatling gun was introduced during the Civil War but saw limited action. It played a more prominent wartime role a few years later, giving U.S. troops enormous advantages in firepower in their fight against western Indians. The hand-cranked weapon, named for its inventor, Richard Jordan Gatling, fired 100 rounds per minute.
Gatling hoped the gun could "enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred" and thereby would "supersede the necessity of large armies," according to an online site operated by American Heritage.
Livermore lab is one of the nation's two nuclear weapons design labs, where, among other things, scientists study plutonium, a key ingredient in nuclear weapons. To carry out this task, the lab stores plutonium for research at a site called Building 332.
Conceivably, terrorists might wish to attack the lab either to steal plutonium, which they could then convert into their own bombs, or to blow up the plutonium storage building to spread radioactive material over a densely inhabited area.
Brooks acknowledged that "if somebody wants to drive an aircraft into a building, you can't prevent that." But in the event of a "military-style" terrorist attack either from a ground vehicle or an aircraft, Livermore needs to have this kind of super-armament "to leave no doubt about the outcome," he said.
"You don't want half of (the terrorists) killed and half of your (Livermore) guys killed, then say, 'We won.' "
Rather, he said, lab officials want to ensure that in such a violent encounter, lab security guards can quell the invasion immediately without any Livermore staff losses.
In November, the Energy Department authorized the lab to increase its amount of stored plutonium to an amount exceeding 3,000 pounds -- enough for as many as about 300 nuclear bombs.
The authorization came three months after an advisory panel to the department urged the lab to ship almost all of its nuclear bomb materials -- estimated to be as much as 1,540 pounds worth -- to a remote, safer site because of the growing suburbanization of the Livermore area to prevent a potential terrorist attack.
On Thursday, Brooks said he hadn't decided whether to increase the amount of plutonium stored at the lab. He defended the lab's continuing research on plutonium as essential to ensure that U.S. weapons scientists understand better what he characterized as the "nasty, ugly, complicated stuff with a metallurgy I don't pretend to understand."
Over the years, federal officials have repeatedly worried about security standards at Lawrence Livermore and other labs in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. In February 2004, an intruder managed to drive a truck inside the Livermore site security perimeter. During the incident guards failed to activate recently installed pop-up barriers, according to a report six months later by the Energy Department's inspector general.
Weight (without ammo): Steel, 29.1 lbs., Titanium, 20.8 lbs.


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YMCA Homework Support Program is designed for school- age children to have an opportunity to work in small groups of two or three students to one adult supporter and complete their math, language and literacy work. Supporters will devote their attention to completing homework assignments keeping the students on task. Supporters will encourage students to do their own thinking and help them explore how to find the answer and work independently. Supporters will help build associations between what they already know and what is being learned.Once homework is completed the supporters will provide other opportunities for adequate practice in math, language and literacy. Supporters will work with individual children based on their learning styles.