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On This Day In History: Treaty of Calais Ratified Between France And England – On Oct 24, 1360
, the Treaty of Brétigny was ratified. It was drafted earlier on May 8, 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II (the Good) of France.
The agreement marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) and the height of English hegemony on the Continent.
From this day it was known as the Treaty of Calais.
By this treaty, Edward renounced his claim to the French crown in return for the whole of Aquitaine, a rich area in southwestern France with several provinces.
The king of England was to hold these free and clear, without doing homage for them. Furthermore, the treaty established that title to 'all the islands that the King of England now holds' would no longer be under the suzerainty of the King of France.
King of England, on the other hand, gave up the duchy of Touraine, the countships of Anjou and Maine, and the suzerainty of Brittany and of Flanders. He also renounced all claims to the French throne.
John II had to pay three million gold crowns for his ransom, and would be released after he paid one million. As a guarantee for the payment of his ransom, John gave as hostages two of his sons, several princes and nobles, four inhabitants of Paris, and two citizens from each of the nineteen principal towns of France.
The treaty was ratified and sworn to by the two kings and by their eldest sons on 24 October 1360 at Calais.
The treaty of Calais, however, did not end the war. It simply did not solve the main problems, both countries had.
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There has been much fooforah surrounding a parcel of Montesano property located at S. 10th Street and W. Pioneer. Complaints about health, safety, and the environment have been raised. See: Mysterious Maladies in Monte?. For additional background, see: What's Up in Monte Today?
The City of Montesano recently issued a "Decision Letter" to the property owner, KD&S Environmental. Dated January 5, 2018, the letter is signed by Dan Wood in his capacity as Mayor Pro Tem. Obtained via public record request today, a copy of the letter appears below.
Based on the zoning of the parcels that are the subject of this decision, and the current use of those parcels, City staff has determined the current use of the parcels in question is not consistent with MMC 17.20. As such, you are hereby notified to cease and desist all non-conforming uses of the above referenced parcels no later than February 8, 2018. In addition, you must immediately cease any nuisances (such as noise and odor) that may be caused by non-conforming uses.
What's Up in Monte Today?
Some Montesano residents are sounding the alarm over health concerns ostensibly related to a light industrial work site located near 10th Street and W. Pioneer Avenue. Whether or not cause for major alarm is warranted or the situation has been blown out of proportion (again) by a local blogger is open to question.
29 Dec 2017 Mayor – city of Montesano, I am writing for the entire neighborhood. I am not bothering to write your staff as they don't return emails anymore on the subject. They are waiting for your lead. I and my neighbors have direct knowledge of the possible exposure of illness to a large group of children that attended the now closed day care center in our neighborhood. As you know, we are at over 80% sickness rate here in our two neighborhoods with reported upper respiratory, digestive issues, and severe spontaneous deep nose bleeding. Since they were part of our neighborhood it isn't a stretch to think their parents might want to know.
Your city staff and departments refuses to notify the parents of those children. I have been threatened in writing If I talk about what is going on. Police report on file.
I have filed a request with both the DA office as well as the Sheriff Department to investigate and inform those parents. Everyone points back and says that it is your responsibility.
When you took your oath of office you swore to look out for this town. I assume that includes the children. We even have people that used to live in this neighborhood that have volunteered to come back over this. As far away as New Mexico. They both got sick too with the same things.
It is my understanding that you have recused yourself from our health issues. If you have direct knowledge of what is making us sick or possible causes we ask you to tell us. We need to know what to tell our doctors. The parents of the children need to know as well. None of us know if we are going to have long term health problems.
This is serious and it is starting to look like the city is hiding something. What possible explanation would your city have for not telling us or the parents of those children and the surrounding neighborhoods? Every single house has been in and out of doctor offices and emergency rooms. Thousands and thousands of dollars.
There is sickness in your town and it appears that the city is doing everything they can to hush it up.
I was visiting one of my neighbors and let me tell you, I'm no doctor but I am extremely worried that he isn't going to make it. The County Health Department points back to you.
So tell me, what am I, we, supposed to do? Cross our fingers and hope it just all goes away? Just go to bed and forget about the kids of that daycare center? None of us here are that callous. Why are private citizens being put into this position? This is your job. The media isn't going to touch this and risk their access to you down the road. You know that.
Do you really think I want to write letters like this? I'm at the point where I don't care about the retaliation anymore. I have a sick wife upstairs over this and my neighbors are keeling over.
I have one neighbor ready to take out ads in the newspaper. An entire section of your town is asking for your help and the City of Montesano is hiding behind closed doors afraid to talk about it.
We don't know if the sickness has spread, as the city is trying to cover it up. The newspaper won't touch it as it would kill their access to public officials, you know how it works. We know why.
* I have that email. And more. If you want 'em, holler.
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The Russ Burke lawsuit against the City of Montesano is over.
Last week I was pleased to receive confirmation from our counsel, Alex Casey, that the February 22 unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the Superior Court's dismissal of the claims filed by Russell Burke and his spouse against the City of Montesano, Kristy Powell, the former City Administrator, Rocky Howard, the former Director of Public Works, and myself, then serving as Mayor, was final. I can assure all of you that when I was elected Mayor of the City of Montesano, I certainly had not anticipated having to work through the departmental issues which came to our attention nor to take the various administrative steps leading to discipline of some employees and, as to Mr. Burke, his dismissal. However difficult it was to carry out the actions, it was our duty to the Citizens of Montesano to make certain that the City's resources were properly utilized.
I would like to thank the City's insurer Nicholson & Associates Insurance and Travelers Insurance Company, for their belief in us; Alex Casey, Ann Trivett, and Robert Christie, the legal counsel designated to handle this matter at the various levels; Scott Snyder, the City's labor counsel, for providing such effective representation at all levels; and Hoquiam Police Chief Jeff Myers and Sgt. Shane Krohn for their assistance.
I especially appreciate the support of Dan Glenn (then city attorney), Rocky and Kristy as we worked our way through the various investigations and actions. Then, there has been the unwavering and so much appreciated support of my spouse without which this matter would have been even more difficult to work through. Also, I would also like to thank those Citizens of Montesano who understood why it was necessary to take the steps leading to this litigation.
In closing, when I received the complaint filed by Mr. Burke's counsel back in 2013, I was both shocked and saddened by the allegations. The fact that after three and one-half years two courts have found that there was no legal or factual basis to support those claims which had received much news coverage and talk around town, reaffirms to me one basic point. That point is that while doing the right thing is often not easy, things come out right in the end. I can assure you that it has been a difficult period for Kristy, Rocky, myself and unfortunately, our respective spouses and families. However, that "book" is now closed and may all move on with their lives.
I'm glad that the city prevailed. Our responsibility was to secure and protect the assets of the City of Montesano and we did so. The results handed down by the courts support our actions.
In fact, not a single court affirmed Burke's claim.
To the Bow Wow Brigade and its lock-step "media" lackeys who used the Burke dismissal to launch and drive a hate campaign against Ken Estes and Kristy Powell and made maligning and savaging both your favorite indoor sport: Want some ketchup with that crow?
If you're wondering what happened at last week's community meeting regarding the proposed roundabout and rest stop in Montesano, the answer is: Plenty. Here's a first-hand recap. – Ed.
More than 30 people were in attendance at the Committee for Common Sense public meeting concerning the Roundabout and the Rest Area proposal.
Doug Iverson lead off with a statement of why we had called a meeting and then introduced Dan Wood, the only Council member present. Dan had prepared a Power Point Presentation with aerial (Google) pictures and an overlapping display of circles showing the intersection where the roundabout has been proposed. It became obvious to all present that a small compact (110 ft. diameter) roundabout would not deal with the large truck/trailers being able to travel safely or swiftly through it.
See Mr. Wood's Roundabout/Rest Area Presentation.
Don't look now, but a bout of common sense is about to hit Montesano.
A Community Meeting has been set up in Montesano to discuss theproposed Rest Stop/Roundabout project that the mayor has been promoting. This will provide the public with an opportunity to learn the specifics about this project and get answers to their questions. The meeting is set for 7 PM on Thursday, March 16 at the Montesano Community Center located between the Beehive and the Organics 101 Store on Main Street.
In the meantime, a petition has been developed and will be circulated around town. We realize that many people will not be able to attend the meeting so the petition is one way for them to express their thoughts on this project. Along with the petition, an information sheet has been developed listing the biggest concerns identified regarding this project.
Montesano cannot afford to gamble on this ill-conceived project. It is highly doubtful that the revenue generated by this project would even cover the maintenance costs. This would leave the City with additional costs out of a budget that is already stretched beyond it's limits. Why spend $2 million dollars on a two seater Rest Stop and Roundabout and have to pay additional expenses as well? This makes absolutely no sense. Let's stop this now!


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LSP and EQT join forces in healthcare investing
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LSP, one of the leading European life sciences investors, announces today that it will join forces with EQT AB ("EQT"), one of Europe's largest private equity firms and among the top 10 worldwide. The acquisition of LSP by EQT is driven by the complementarity of investment expertise between the firms as well as significant growth opportunities and scale benefits. As part of EQT, LSP will continue its strategy and operations as it has done successfully over the past years.
With EQT's broad investment platform and distribution power, LSP can sustain the fast growth it has experienced over the past two decades. LSP has raised over €3 billion and has supported the growth of more than 150 companies since inception. As part of EQT, with more than €70 billion in assets under management and 1,100 employees, of whom approximately 80 are dedicated to fundraising activities, LSP can continue to grow its business while leveraging EQT's capabilities, including fundraising, investor relations and administrative support. This strong backing will allow LSP to devote more time to deal-making and helping its portfolio companies to thrive.
LSP will strengthen EQT's position as one of the leading and most active private market investors in the healthcare sector. With its team of highly experienced professionals with deep scientific knowledge, LSP will complement EQT's expertise of investing in mature healthcare companies and expand on EQT's ability to assess early-stage scientific risk. The LSP network in the life sciences community has been developed over 33 years and is complementary to EQT's global healthcare advisory network. For LSP, the combined network and enriched platform in healthcare will widen LSP's footprint in the industry, augment the deal flow and increase exit capabilities.
In addition to the strategic advantages, LSP and EQT have a clear cultural fit and a shared vision on life science and healthcare innovation. At EQT, the LSP team will be able to continue its successful strategy of the past decades of investing in early-stage life sciences companies. Further, LSP will remain independent in its investment processes and decisions. All LSP partners and staff will be welcomed as part of EQT and are excited about the prospects of together developing a global life sciences and healthcare powerhouse to propel the industry forward at an unprecedented pace.
René Kuijten, Managing Partner at LSP, and incoming Partner and Head of EQT Life Sciences, said, ''Europe has many attractive life sciences companies. Together with EQT, one of the largest European private equity firms with more than €70 billion under management, LSP can select, develop, and finance these opportunities even better than before. Given the strong cultural fit and the complementarity between our organisations, we are convinced that joining forces is a win-win for our investors, our portfolio companies, our LSP colleagues, and the broader European life sciences ecosystem."
Martijn Kleijwegt, Founder and Managing Partner at LSP, added, "The partnership with EQT not only accelerates LSP's growth opportunities in an unprecedented way but also guarantees the long-term continuity of LSP's active role in the life sciences industry in Europe and beyond. Having started the firm in 1998, I feel proud to have built the firm with all the partners and other colleagues, and I feel very good about where it has landed today."
Per Franzén, Partner and Head of EQT Private Capital, said, "EQT has a long history of developing strong healthcare companies, and today we are one of the largest and most active private equity investors in the sector globally. Integrating LSP within EQT's Private Capital platform will bring compelling cross-pollination opportunities for our other strategies and complement our sector expertise – making EQT an even better and more innovative healthcare investor."
Michael Bauer, Partner and Co-Head of EQT's Global Healthcare sector team, said, "We are truly excited about the opportunity to join forces with LSP and form EQT Life Sciences. The EQT and LSP teams have complementary skill sets, and the combination will allow us to support healthcare companies and their management teams in a unique way. The life science industry is going through a phase of unprecedented innovation and, through the partnership with LSP, EQT will be able to participate in this growth opportunity and open up doors for attractive new investments in the space."
Moelis & Company acted as financial adviser to LSP, Allen & Overy as legal adviser and Loyens & Loeff as tax adviser.
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EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of almost three decades of delivering consistent and attractive returns across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies. Uniquely, EQT is the only large private markets firm in the world with investment strategies covering all phases of a business' development, from start-up to maturity. EQT today has more than EUR 70 billion in assets under management across 27 active funds within two business segments – Private Capital and Real Assets. With its roots in the Wallenberg family's entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does.
The EQT AB Group comprises EQT AB (publ) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, which include general partners and fund managers of EQT funds as well as entities advising EQT funds. EQT has offices in 24 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas and has more than 1,100 employees.
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LSP is one of the largest European investment firms providing financing for life sciences and health care companies. LSP's management has raised over €3.0 billion ($3.5 billion) and supported the growth of more than 150 companies since it started to invest over 30 years ago, including signature deals such as argenx, Crucell and Neuravi. With offices in Amsterdam, Munich and Boston, LSP currently has the possibility to invest through several strategies, each having a distinctive investment scope and a dedicated team: LSP 7 invests in private early- to late-stage drug development and medical technology companies; the LSP Health Economics Fund (LSP HEF 2) focuses on private late-stage medical technology companies that can reduce the cost of healthcare; the LSP Dementia Fund invests in companies targeting neurodegenerative diseases; LSP Public targets public healthcare companies. LSP is an active contributor to the global life sciences industry and the European life science eco-system by assuming roles as initiators, founders and board members in various private and public bodies and organizations, for example being founder and board member of the Oncode Institute.
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HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College (HCC) is co-sponsoring a community arts celebration at the Race Street Gallery in downtown Holyoke on Saturday, May 5 from 2 to 7 p.m., featuring the artwork of Holyoke youths alongside that of nationally known ceramic artists and printmakers. The event, titled "Celebrate Arts and Community," will include demonstrations, hands-on activities, interactive workshops, and food.
Arts instructors and students from HCC have been working with groups of girls from Girls Inc. of Holyoke to create ceramic sculptures for the event based on the themes of immigration and migration. Artists Daniel Ricardo Teran and Ahrong Kim from Philadelphia, Salvador Jimenez-Flores and Nora Valdez from Boston, and Cynthia Consentino, an adjunct professor at HCC, will be in the gallery to display and discuss their work.
"We chose these people because their work all deals with some kind of cultural exploration, cultural identity, or personal narrative," Willard said.
Jimenez-Flores will be leading a printmaking workshop using a modified tortilla press from 3 to 5 p.m. And visitors can sit at a spinning wheel and try their hand at making their own ceramic bowl through the Pots on Wheels truck, which will be parked outside the gallery on Race Street.
The event is being co-sponsored by Florence-based Plunge Arts, Pots on Wheels, Girls Inc., and HCC, with a grant from Mass Humanities.


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In 1945, amidst the ruins of a bomb damaged German home, a tattered book Deutschland Erwache (roughly translated, 'Germany wakes') was recovered as a souvenir by a British soldier. This primary source now forms the basis for this present title in the Images of War series, which in turn is a photographic record of Hitler's rise to power from when he was born in 1889, as he took over the hearts and minds of the German people to his emergence as their leader. The original book was typical of the propaganda of the time, with non-critical acceptance of everything Hitler was and stood for, presenting him as a peace loving man who wanted a quiet life in the mountains. The truth was, as is now known, somewhat different. When found, the original book was in a poor state, but Mr Salisbury has translated sections of the original text as well as the photograph captions, in addition to going to some effort to salvage a selection of the images it contained, with the result, presented here, of providing the reader with a new and fresh pictorial perspective on Hitler's control of Germany.
This books fits very nicely with "With Hitler in the West", when the dominance achieved by Hitler in peace was translated into superiority in war, cementing the peacetime expansion of Germany under the Nazis. There is a very good selection if images and adequate text in their support. The photo essay with appeal to all those with an interest in the greatest global conflict. Most recommended.
The original German captions are still present with their English translations underneath so it makes for clear reading and understanding.
It highlights some very interesting aspects of Hitler as a political animal and a master manipulator...A fabulously revealing period piece, ending ominously with images taken just before the outbreak of World War II when Hitler, 'the man of the people', took his people to the brink of destruction.


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Gareth Williams may refer to:

Arts and entertainment
 Gareth Williams (British musician) (1953–2001), member of English group This Heat
 Gareth F. Williams (1955–2016), Welsh novelist and television writer
 Gareth Williams (composer) (born 1977), Irish composer
 Gareth Williams (New Zealand actor) (born 1987), New Zealand television, film and theater actor
 Gareth Williams (actor) (fl. 1990s), American actor

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Association football (soccer)
 Gareth Williams (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2018), English-born Welsh footballer
 Gareth Williams (footballer, born 1967), English footballer
 Gareth Williams (footballer, born 1981), Scottish footballer
 Gareth Williams (footballer, born 1982), South African-born Welsh footballer

Rugby
 Gareth Williams (rugby union, born 1954) (1954–2018), Wales and British Lions international rugby union player
 Gareth Williams (rugby union, born 1978), Wales international rugby union hooker
 Gareth Williams (rugby union, born 1988), Welsh rugby union scrum-half

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 Gareth Williams (cricketer) (born 1973), English cricketer
 Gareth Williams (tennis), South African tennis player

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 Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn (1941–2003), Welsh barrister and Labour politician
 Gareth V. Williams (born 1965), English-American astronomer at the Minor Planet Center
 Gareth Wyn Williams (1978–2010), Welsh mathematician, employee of Britain's GCHQ signals intelligence agency, found dead in 2010
 Gareth Williams (Latin Americanist) (fl. 1990s), Latin Americanist, member of Latin American subaltern studies group

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 Garth Williams
 Gary Williams (disambiguation)

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Kristine Elizabeth Meza was a beautiful young lady born on July 19, 1985. She sadly had her life taken from her on February 11, 2011 by domestic violence.
As remembered by many, Kristine grew up in the city of Laredo, Texas. She was a guiding role model to three gorgeous little sisters; Jessica, Alexandria, and Brianna. She was a loving daughter who sought nothing but the best for her family. As the eldest in the family, Kristine always felt an innate pressure to seek out for her family and pursued independent roles. Her optimistic and self-determined ways never deprived her from surpassing her mistakes and obtaining her goals. She was understanding, patient, and sensitive to one's needs.
Kristine's childhood and teenage experiences were filled with amazing memories sharing happiness, love, and a lot of laughter. She's most remembered for being a considerate daughter, loving sister, and an unconditional friend. After graduating high-school and attending some community college courses, Kristine discovered her inner passion in wanting to help others and decided to become a nurse. She was so eager to start her career and become self-sufficient. No physical, emotional, or financial barrier ever stopped her from continuing her education. She was an exceptional young woman.
In her last two years of life, Kristine endured a stringent relationship with her former ex-boyfriend. She went from being happy, to feeling insecure, depressed, and later fearing him. In no time, Kristine had unwillingly found herself in a domestic violent relationship. She took all necessary steps to legally protect her but on February 11, 2011 her life was taken as she was ambushed in her driveway by her estranged ex-boyfriend.
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Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (; 27 January 1836 – 9 March 1895) was an Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, who gained renown for his romantic stories of Galician life. The term masochism is derived from his name, invented by his contemporary, the Austrian psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing. Masoch did not approve of this use of his name.

During his lifetime, Sacher-Masoch was well known as a man of letters, in particular a utopian thinker who espoused socialist and humanist ideals in his fiction and non-fiction. Most of his works remain untranslated into English.

Biography

Early life and education
Von Sacher-Masoch was born in the city of Lemberg, the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, at the time a province of the Austrian Empire, into the Roman Catholic family of an Austrian civil servant, Leopold Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Sacher (1797–1874), and Charlotte Josepha von Masoch (1802–1870), a Ukrainian noblewoman. The father later combined his surname with his wife's von Masoch, at the request of her family (she was the last of the line). Von Sacher served as a Commissioner of the Imperial Police Forces in Lemberg, and he was recognised with a new title of nobility as Sacher-Masoch awarded by the Austrian Emperor.

Leopold studied law, history and mathematics at Graz University (where he obtained a doctorate in history in 1856), and after graduating he became a lecturer there.

Galician storyteller

His early, non-fictional publications dealt mostly with Austrian history. At the same time, Masoch turned to the folklore and culture of his homeland, Galicia. Soon he abandoned lecturing and became a free man of letters. Within a decade his short stories and novels prevailed over his historical non-fiction works, though historical themes continued to imbue his fiction.

Panslavist ideas were prevalent in Masoch's literary work, and he found a particular interest in depicting picturesque types among the various ethnicities that inhabited Galicia. From the 1860s to the 1880s he published a number of volumes of Jewish Short Stories, Polish Short Stories, Galician Short Stories, German Court Stories and Russian Court Stories.

The Legacy of Cain
In 1869, Sacher-Masoch conceived a grandiose series of short stories under the collective title Legacy of Cain that would represent the author's aesthetic Weltanschauung. The cycle opened with the manifesto The Wanderer that brought out misogynist themes that became peculiar to Masoch's writings. Of the six planned volumes, only the first two were ever completed. By the middle of the 1880s, Masoch abandoned the Legacy of Cain. Nevertheless, the published volumes of the series included Masoch's best-known stories, and of them, Venus in Furs (published 1870) is the most famous today. The novella expressed Sacher-Masoch's fantasies and fetishes (especially for dominant women wearing fur). He did his best to live out his fantasies with his mistresses and wives. In 1873 he married Angelika Aurora von Rümelin.

Philosemitism

Sacher-Masoch edited the Leipzig-based monthly literary magazine Auf der Höhe. Internationale Review (At the pinnacle. International review), which was published from October 1881 to September 1885.

In his later years, he worked against local antisemitism through an association for adult education called the Oberhessischer Verein für Volksbildung (OVV), founded in 1893 with his second wife, Hulda Meister, who had also been his assistant for some years.

Private life and inspiration for Venus in Furs

Fanny Pistor was an emerging literary writer. She met Sacher-Masoch after she contacted him, under the assumed name and fictitious title of Baroness Bogdanoff, for suggestions on improving her writing to make it suitable for publication. She was the inspiration for Venus im Pelz.

Later years
In 1874, Masoch wrote the novel Die Ideale unserer Zeit (The Ideals of Our Time), an attempt to give a portrait of German society during its Gründerzeit period.

In his late fifties, his mental health began to deteriorate, and he spent the last years of his life under psychiatric care. According to official reports, he died in Lindheim near Altenstadt, in 1895. It is also claimed that he died in an asylum in Mannheim in 1905.

Sacher-Masoch is the great-uncle of Eva von Sacher-Masoch, Baroness Erisso, mother of British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull.

Masochism
The term masochism was coined in 1886 by the Austrian psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (1840–1902) in his book Psychopathia Sexualis:

Sacher-Masoch was not pleased with Krafft-Ebing's assertions. Nevertheless, details of Masoch's private life were obscure until Aurora von Rümelin's memoirs, Meine Lebensbeichte (My Life Confession; 1906), were published in Berlin under the pseudonym Wanda v. Dunajew (the name of a leading character in his Venus in Furs). The following year, a French translation, Confession de ma vie (1907) by "Wanda von Sacher-Masoch", was printed in Paris by Mercure de France. An English translation of the French edition was published as The Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch (1991) by RE/Search Publications.

Selected bibliography

 1858 A Galician Story 1846
 1865 Kaunitz
 1866 Don Juan of Kolomiya
 1867 The Last King of Hungary
 1870 The Divorcee
 1870 Legacy of Cain. Vol. 1: Love (includes his most famous work Venus in Furs)
 1872 Faux Ermine
 1873 Female Sultan
 1873 The Messalinas of Vienna
 1873–74 Russian Court Stories: 4 Vols.
 1873–77 Viennese Court Stories: 2 Vols.
 1874/76  [Love Stories from Several Centuries], 3 volumes, includes "" ("Bloody Wedding in Kyiv"), "Ariella"
 1874 Die Ideale unserer Zeit [The Ideals of Our Time]
 1875 Galician Stories
 1877 The Man Without Prejudice
 1877 Legacy of Cain. Vol. 2: Property
 1878 The New Hiob
 1878 Jewish Stories
 1878 The Republic of Women's Enemies
 1879 Silhouettes
 1881 New Jewish Stories
 1883  (The Mother of God)
 1886 Eternal Youth
 1886 Stories from Polish Ghetto
 1886 Little Mysteries of World History
 1886 Bloody Wedding in Kyiv'
 1887 Polish Stories 1890 The Serpent in Paradise 1891 The Lonesome 1894 Love Stories 1898 Entre nous 1900 Catherina II 1901 Afrikas Semiramis 1907 Fierce WomenSee also
 BDSM
 Marquis de Sade
 Sadism and masochism in fiction
 Story of ONotes

Further reading
 Bach, Ulrich E, "Sacher-Masoch's Utopian Peripheries." In: The German Quarterly 80.2 (2007): 201–219.
 Biale, David, "Masochism and Philosemitism: The Strange Case of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch", Journal of Contemporary History 17 (1982), 305–323.
Deleuze, Gilles, "Coldness and Cruelty," in Masochism, New York: Zone Books (1991).
 John K. Noyes, The Mastery of Submission. Inventions of Masochism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1997.
 Carlo Di Mascio, Masoch sovversivo. Cinque studi su Venus im Pelz, Firenze, Phasar Edizioni, 2018.
 Alison Moore, Recovering Difference in the Deleuzian Dichotomy of Masochism-without-Sadism. Angelaki 14 (3), November 2009, 27–43.
 Alison M. Moore, Sexual Myths of Modernity: Sadism, Masochism and Historical Teleology. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2016.

External links

 Venus in Furs from Project Gutenberg
 The Bookbinder of Hort, part of an anthology, Stories by Foreign Authors''

 The Letawitza
 The Independent Saturday, 23 July 1994
 Stanislav Tsalyk: Don Juan of Lviv

1836 births
1895 deaths
Writers from Lviv
19th-century Austrian writers
19th-century Austrian novelists
Austro-Hungarian writers
Austrian journalists
Austrian male writers
Austrian socialists
German-language writers
Austrian erotica writers
BDSM writers
Austrian male novelists
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Yo guys I had a birthday again, and I'm 29! It's also been a year since I went on a surprise trip to the zoo and Will proposed to me! Of course we got married recently so that's kind of a bigger deal.
On my birthday itself, we had nachos (best food) while Jodi came over to watch Terrified (Aterrados) on Shudder with us. It definitely dun' me an alarm! An actress in it is called Elvira, which is an interesting name you don't see very much of!
I wound up screaming when a guy's bed moved along the floor because I didn't notice he was pushing it himself.
As usual I got lots of great presents, including Friends Trivial Pursuit! I'd never played Trivial Pursuit in any form before so it was certainly exciting.
I found this very confusing, especially as there are no wedges included with the game. It's some sort of portable version, for taking to people's houses with you I guess.
I spent a lot of the day just chilling out and watching a longplay of Project Zero 4, which is a bit old now but it was never released outside Japan. Dat spoop!
My sister came up the next day and gave me further presents. Guess what?! My sister bought me a replacement PS3!! I am overjoyed at finally being able to play original Tomb Raider again.
Nice to see this arrive.
At the weekend Will threw a party for me and I had fun. Went to bed disappointingly early because I was falling asleep sitting there, apparently that's just my life now!
Trying to make a nice table display even though I didn't know entirely what was going to happen.
Unflattering angle ahoy! Callum not featured because he wasn't there yet.
In a perhaps not surprising turn of events, we won the Friends trivia!
Hanukkah and Christmas are upon us already! We decorated on December 1st as always.
A small present to Will.
We successfully put the tree up on the first!
A beautiful lampshade from Kadek!
First night. It's Jewish law to share the light of the miracle, but I also don't want to set my curtains on fire, which is where an electronic menorah comes in.
Real hanukkiah in the living room.
It's not Christmas without ceiling garlands.
It's so pretty and twinkly in the dark as well.
Son why are you like this.
I'm unreasonably in love with these simple storage baskets for dishwasher stuff. I ordered them as part of our Asda delivery.
A weird tear in the bum of Will's trousers that I dun' sewed up.
Will did a good job starting to put this chest of drawers together! It is a present from our awesome local friend group. I look forward to it being finished and actually being able to find what I want instead of digging into floor piles for anything that will do.
I finally trimmed my hair. Not dramatically shorter, because I'd look worse, but enough so that it's slightly easier to manage. Still very little of my hair is new growth that won't have had relaxer on it last year, so I think it's going to be a long time before I have perfectly healthy hair.
Hair combed out on one side.
It's not really noticeably shorter but it's already easier to manage.
You can see it when I put my hair to the front.
Freya stealing Hen Night Horse.
Current hair. My ends go like that when I've gone a bit overboard with conditioner.
The tradition of backwards Tomb Raider.
I ordered 2019's bullet journal/ planner/ notebook/ everything. I decided to try A4 size this year, and told myself it's OK because my over-notebook pencil case will fit on it sideways. It looks like the notebook is slightly larger than A4 so that might not work after all, whoops!
Copied my Things by 2020 into the book. Gonna need a lot of help to get these done!
And here's a bonus gif of Freya from 2013-ish.
I hope real-life people know that they are always welcome in our house during special occasions. I strongly believe that Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day are days that you absolutely should not be alone so, if you have nowhere to be, don't be afraid to reach out to us. We will definitely feed you!


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The number of tourists visiting India has increased manifold during the past few decades. Especially after the tourism attraction program of Incredible India, India is witnessing a large influx of tourists .Even our countrymen have also started coming out of their shells and visiting every nook and corner of the country.
Not only foreign tourists, but even many local tourists prefer staying in the comfort of a homely environment where one is not bounded by so-called protocols. One can freely mingle with the local people, enjoy homemade food and relax in the cosy comfort of a house away from the hustle and bustle of city life. The desire for such holidays has given rise to a new concept: Home Stay i.e. a home away from home. It has enabled tourists to enjoy their stay in these Home Stays and a scope to learn local culture and traditions. One can clearly say that these Home Stays definitely offer a home away from home feel.
What is a Home Stay?
Home Stays are houses inside farms or plantations in areas which are away from the town or city. People living in those areas have converted their farm houses, heritage houses or hill cottages with a view to accommodate a couple of guests. These guests can live in a homely atmosphere and get a chance to mingle with another local family who are mainly the host. At some places even more than one family are accommodated at one place. As per the guidelines set by Government of India, any Home Stay can have only 5 rooms at the maximum.
Depending upon the place, you can find different kinds of home stays. They are available near the beaches, in the plantations and even in some villages. Though the place may vary but the basic concept of Home Stays remains the same everywhere. While staying at those places, you can watch the fishermen going out to the sea for their catch or the labourers at work in the coffee, rubber or tea plantations. You can also get a chance to have a stay for a day or two in a boat houses and idle on the decks of boats, ride a bullock cart, plough a field with a tractor, join the labourers in the plantations and enjoy the local festivals. Besides offering local delicacies in their meals, some Home Stays also offer the guests to learn some local cuisines.
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Q: Trying to create an array of vectors (Templatized Vector class created by me) So as the title mentions, I'm trying to create an array of vectors, vectors are not STL, I've made my own minimal class named Vector.h which is basically a dynamic array that can hold any type (templatized)
I'm reading in large amount of data from a file and seperating each line into meaningful attributes, which I am storing into the vector I made.
Vector<string> myDateVector;
Vector<string> myTimeVector;
Vector<float> mySolarRadiationVector;
Vector<float> myWindSpeedVector;
Vector<float> myAirTempVector;

Now I would like to make an array of these vectors, where each index of the array contains a pointer to the data in all of those vectors, as in array[1] has myDateVector.get(1); time(1) solarradiation(1) windspeed(1) airtemp(1).
Pretty lost on what to do now, very new to C++ and upon research STL vectors and things not related to my work are explained which makes me more confused, hence I found the need to post this. I really hope this isnt marked as duplicate!

A: If I understood you question correctly, you want to store all these vectors in one array.
For a few reasons, it's impossible. All elements of an array must have same type, while your vectors have different types.
If you really want to do this thing, you have two (or more, depends of your fantasy)  ways.

*

*Create tuple of vectors. Easiest variant, but you'd have to read article or two about tuples, if you pick it.

*Move Vector<float> to Vector<std::string>. Use std::to_string, Luke!  Then, just use Vector<std::string> arr[5] = { /* here's your vectors of strings*/} ;.
I have to apologize for my markup, because  mobile app is quite uncomfortable to use. So I do.

A: Write a container yourself
struct MyData
{
  std::tuple<string &, string &, float &, float &, float &> operator[](size_t row)
  {
    return std::tie(myDateVector[row],
                    myTimeVector[row],
                    mySolarRadiationVector[row],
                    myWindSpeedVector[row],
                    myAirTempVector[row]);
  }

  string & operator()(size_t row, size_t col)
  {
    switch (col)
    {
      case 0: return myDateVector[row];
      case 1: return myTimeVector[row];
    }
  }

  float & operator()(size_t row, size_t col)
  {
    switch (col)
    {
      case 2: return mySolarRadiationVector[row];
      case 3: return myWindSpeedVector[row];
      case 4: return myAirTempVector[row];
    }
  }

// and other useful members

private:
  Vector<string> myDateVector;
  Vector<string> myTimeVector;
  Vector<float> mySolarRadiationVector;
  Vector<float> myWindSpeedVector;
  Vector<float> myAirTempVector;
}

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Jim Zub and Max Dunbar team up on 'Stone Star,' a five-issue miniseries.
They've been teasing it for days on Twitter, and today comiXology stealth-released a new title as part of their Originals line — Stone Star, by Jim Zub and Max Dunbar.
The science fiction story is set on a nomadic space ship called Stone Star that provides entertainment/arena-style combat to various planets, and stars a young thief, Dail, who gets in over his head — as young thieves tend to do.
Image Comics' 25th anniversary also marks the 25th one for the studios that formed around the seven creators who formed the publisher — including Jim Lee's WildStorm. To celebrate this milestone, DC Comics will publish WildStorm: A Celebration of 25 Years, which is due out in August.
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ATCON berates CBN over moves to tax subscribers from 3rd minutes of call
By Business Hilights On Nov 28, 2016 0
Barely one week after the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele advised the federal government to impose an incremental tax on voice calls after the third minutes; the President of the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engineer Teniola Olusola has described the move as counterproductive and wrong in all aspects.
Emefiele had given an indication during the 2016 bankers' Dinner in Lagos that as part of efforts to raise revenue, he will suggest to government to impose taxes on phone conversations that lasted more than three minutes, hinting that the new tax will rake in well over N100bn annually.
But addressing ICT journalists in an interactive session in his office weekend, Teniola faulted the idea, saying the proposal was technically and economically wrong.
ATCON boss started his opposition from the fact that Emefiele never though it wise to consult with stakeholders in the telecommunications industry who will tell him that things do not work like that and that "Contrary to the CBN governor's believe, it is the poor people who make more calls than the rich".
"So, the proposal is not targeted at the middle or higher class, rather unfortunately the worst losers in recession and forex crisis hitting the economy now.
"I have not seen any industry where you don't want people to use your products or services more. We want people to be speaking longer."
While arguing that the CBN governor's proposal for people to cut their phone calls after three minutes had not been founded on any theory, he said "In fact, you will now see that people will be cutting their calls".
Continuing, Teniola said "It does not make sense, not only technically but economically, to apply that kind of thinking as a tool or solution out of the present economic recession, it is not going to work."
He drew the attention of the CBN Governor that already, ATCON had proposed to the Senate, a one per cent VAT increase across all sectors, arguing that "This is a more realistic measure toward getting more revenue for the government."
According to him, "the ICT industry had been envisaged to be the sector that will help the country gets out of recession".
"But the sector should not be killed with over taxation. He suggested other ways the country could raise additional revenue to finance the increased expenditure that could engender fast and sustainable growth of the economy.
"I think we can consider introducing a negligible telecom surcharge to be entirely borne by the initiator of a call in order to protect the poor and vulnerable amongst us.
"We could structure it to only take effect after the third minute of talk.
"Some analyses have indicated that the government could earn about N100 billion per annum from this alone.
"Obviously, this surcharge will mainly be borne by middle and upper class people since I do not know many poor people who make calls for more than three minutes.
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Classis jambalaya dish made with chicken instead of sausage.
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Dredge the chicken in the combined mixture of flour, chili powder and salt.
2. In a large skillet, brown the seasoned chicken. Remove the chicken, and stir fry the onions, garlic and basmati rice 3-4 minutes.
3. Mix in the tomatoes and chicken stock, bring to a simmer. Return the chicken back to the skillet, cover and place in the oven for 30 minutes.


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Hollywood Foreign Press Assn members, The media, celebrities and their trainers will be airing early on Monday morning when the nominations for the 77th Golden Globe are revealed.
The announcement starts at the usual venue of the show, the Beverly Hilton hotel, at 5am Pacific.
The first batch of nominees will be broadcast live via Golden Globes Facebook Page is at the Golden Globes website from 5:04 in the morning. The Facebook Live broadcast will continue with the second batch of nominees and will be accompanied by a live TV segment on NBC's "Today" show at 5:15 am.
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Golden Globes honor film and television achievements. Pioneer films include "The Irishman", "Marriage Story", "1917", "Little Women", "The Two Papas", "Ford v Ferrari". (And even "Cats", which will be released on December 20, is in the race.) On the TV side, "Succession", "The Crown", "Game of Thrones", "Fleabag" and "Barry" are strong contenders. .
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Why is it important to protect all vulnerable road users?
Although all types of road users are at risk of being injured or killed in a road traffic crash, there are notable differences in fatality rates between different road user groups. In particular, the "vulnerable road users" are at greater risk than vehicle occupants and usually bear the greatest burden of injury. Children, elderly, and disabled people are particular vulnerable, as their physical and mental skills are either not fully developed or they are especially fragile. Children and older people are often overrepresented in traffic fatalities, especially as vulnerable road users.
Sadly, approximately 50 cyclists, 400 pedestrians and 500 motorcyclists are killed every year in Texas. Many of those fatalities could be prevented if this law were enacted. Although safety and basic humanity are key reasons for enacting the Safe Passing Bill in Texas, there are economic reasons as well. Other types of transport need to be promoted in Texas as the state grows in population. Much of the population will not feel safe enough to consider alternative transportation if they do not feel safe.
Who are "vulnerable road users"?
What protections does this bill provide?
Does the Safe Passing Bill have wide support in the state of Texas?
Yes. Safe Passing / Vulnerable Road User Ordinances with language stipulating a safe passing distance have been passed in 25 Texas Cities, including Alamo, Alton, Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Denton, Edinburg, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Harlingen, Helotes, Houston, Laredo, McAllen, Midland, Mission, New Braunfels, Palmhurst, Pharr, Plano, San Antonio, San Juan, San Marcos, Waco, and Weslaco.
In 2009, after passing the Texas House and Senate by overwhelming majorities, with a unanimous vote in the House, and a vote of 25-5 in the Senate, and after hundreds of calls of support for the bill from constituents in the final hours, Governor Rick Perry vetoed the bill on June 19, 2009.
Governor Perry stated in his veto declaration that the bill "contradicts much of the current statute and places the liability and responsibility on the operator of a motor vehicle"; however (1) the Texas Transportation Code already requires vehicles to pass "at a safe distance", but does not define what that distance is, and (2) the bill does not include a presumption of liability, and provides a defense to prosecution for the motorist if the vulnerable road user was in violation of the law at the time of the incident.
In 2011, BikeTexas focused legislative efforts on Complete Streets legislation, and did not pursue Safe Passing at the state level, opting instead to focus efforts on city ordinances throughout the state.
In 2013, a new Texas Safe Passing Bill was filed and passed the transportation committees of both the House and the Senate, but not in time to reach the floor for a full vote.
Every year, approximately 50 cyclists, 400 pedestrians and 500 motorcyclists are killed in Texas. Many of those fatalities could be prevented if the Safe Passing Bill (SB488) was enacted.


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Google Discloses Carbon Footprint, Renewable Energy Goals
By Ucilia Wang | 9.8.11
Calif., USA — Google has been playing an interesting role in renewable energy development, and not only because it has invested more than $780 million in renewable energy generation and tech development.
The search giant on Thursday added a site that tallies the company's electricity use, including the amount of renewable electricity it's using, along with its carbon footprint. The data provide a good picture of the company's energy consumption and reflect the company's long-touted goal of minimizing its environmental impact. By revealing those numbers, Google also could put pressures on other large companies to embrace cleaner energy or do so more aggressively.
Through the new website, Google revealed that it used 2.26 million megawatt-hours of electricity and generated 1.46 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2010.
But the company said it was able to offset the emissions completely by a combination of using renewable electricity and buying carbon credits. Google has signed power purchase agreements for wind energy to power its data centers; it also uses renewable energy provided by utilities. It generates its own solar power from an array at its Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, for example. By creating Google Energy, it received federal approval to buy and sell wholesale power.
Collectively, 25 percent of the Google's electricity came from renewable sources in 2010, the company said. The goal is to reach 30 percent by the end of this year and more than 35 percent in 2012.
Google said its carbon footprint would have doubled without the energy efficiency measures, such as custom-designed servers and data centers that better gauge power use and use more efficient cooling technologies. It's highlighted its new data center in Finland that uses sea water to cool the servers. Google claims its data centers use 50 percent less electricity than average data centers.
Just yesterday, the company said its Gmail, which is run by cloud-based servers, can be nearly 80 percent more energy efficient than an email system run by a company's own in-house servers. That's because Google offers a greater economy of scale with its fleet of data centers, which can apportion computing work more efficiently.
Obviously, Google wants more business and hopes its renewable energy support will help it gain converts. But the company is among a rare breed that has spent money not just to buy carbon offsets or clean power to reduce carbon footprint, but it also has invested aggressively in advancing renewable energy technology development and deployment. It's an investor in BrightSource Energy's Ivanpah solar farm, which is under construction at California's Mojave Desert.
Google also invested in Clean Power Finance, which provides software for solar installers to sell their services and to match their customers with financing options. Earlier this year, the search company launched a $280 million fund and hired SolarCity to install solar panels on residential rooftops. Google also has invested in geothermal tech developers such as AltaRock Energy and Potter Drilling.
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BOg on Living Life & Making Music in the Moment
Priya Sen
From the time Romanian born BOg based out of Paris DJ/Producer released his first ever tracks on the dance scene, I couldn't help but notice this fresh faced friendly (who I have had the pleasure of meeting once) and it's really easy to fall for his musical sensibilities. Attending a gig he was playing at one point if I closed my eyes I was immediately swept in to his DJ set, telling myself "Hot damn I am listening to John Digweed?" but then a few minutes later his tracks veer off in to his individualistic soundscapes, and you know immediately he has cut a niche of his own.
And then of course somewhere along the way – "Rewired" on the mighty Bedrock label happened and a star was born. According to many this was the defining moment and then some.
With productions such as – "The Other Side Of The River, "Rakuten" and "Shila" on Monaberry recently BOg has flown out further to collaborate with Tim Engelhardt on the massive 'No More Words' for the Innervisions highly-anticipated annual compilation 'Secret Weapons Part 9'. A release on Diynamic's Four To The Floor 10 followed as 'Why Should' became an key feature of Solomun's +1 party at Pacha. Now his music breaks clubs and festivals across the globe and there's that feeling that he has truly arrived and cemented his reputation as an exciting ground-breaking artist of immense talent and depth.
The space between sounds is one of the most striking qualities of BOg's music. He makes Techno and Melodic House sound that has textures of car tires buckling gravel stones. The voids he creates at will, between loops and percussion feel like inhalations.
His exclusive FRISKY Artist of the Week set, featuring mostly unreleased music, is airing on October 23rd at 2PM EST [convert timezone] and will be available to listen on-demand anytime / anywhere with FRISKY Premium & FRISKY Mobile Apps.
Over to the man of the hour –
Hey there so good to catch you for a quick chat. I read somewhere that you are a massive Trentemoller fan, what kind of music were you listening to when you were growing up and did you try at your hand at DJing or production first?
Hello and thank you for having me. Well I grew up with bands like The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Depeche Mode and also Massive Attack and then after a while Trentemoller made his breakthrough on the electronic music scene. At that time he came with something very fresh and different than what other electronic music producers were doing. He has been a big influence on my career for sure. He's truly one of a kind musician.
Was the club scene good in your home town, enough to inspire you?
There was no club scene back in the days in my home town. Actually I and my friends built a club scene in there. It was a small town in the east side of Romania. People were not ready for such things there back in the 2000's but we were hungry to party and to bring something new to our small city. It worked for a few years then we all left and moved to different countries around the world.
The first parties I played were the ones we organised in my home town. It was a small party but the location was insane. We managed to get this old underground ex-communist prison that was transformed in to a bar and we did parties inside. Those were good old times and everything seemed much more natural back then. It was a beautiful time of my life for sure.
I'd love to know your thoughts on the world going digital?
It's called evolution. It can be a good or bad thing of course but it's up to you as a human to decide what is good or bad for you. Nobody is forcing you to go digital but these are new possibilities for us as humans and we should use them. To stay healthy you need to know how to balance things I think.
You were part of the Burn Residency competition and how did you feel when you met one of the pioneering greats of dance music John Digweed and how did the association to get signed on his label come about, can you give us the low down on this high point in your career which started the ball rolling, so to speak?
I've been a fan of both John and Sasha for a long time. It was nice to have the chance to speak with him and get tips about the industry from a guy that actually shaped the industry during those years. I signed some of my first tracks on Bedrock and I am truly grateful for that. I think from that moment the ball started rolling and I know that many of the big producers and DJs of the current lot, currently has at some time been helped by John Digweed and Bedrock at the beginning. You have to appreciate John for that because he is always open to give new talents a chance which is rare case of late.
If you were to choose two of your favourite tracks that you made, ones that you are emotionally close to, which would they be?
I am not emotionally attached to my music. I don't like getting stuck in the past and to be nostalgic about things but if I were to have a favourite probably it will be the remix I did for John Digweed's track – 'Emerald'.
How would you describe your DJ style, would you say mixing a across genres don't matter as much in the underground scene, as long as the story and vibe fits?
It depends. A lot of factors can influence my DJ style. If it's a daytime party I would definitely play different, if it's a night time party then it's another story. I always liked to say that I am playing electronic music. I think you as a DJ, you can blend different kind of genres and build a good set in key and still stay coherent.
I am interested in knowing what makes you tick behind the console, are there any traits or preferred techniques you apply to mixing when DJing?
I don't know to be honest. Everything comes natural during the night. I am not considering myself a born with it talent, neither a gifted DJ/Producer. There are two different categories to both. Some that are born to do this and they get there very easy with their charisma and talent and some of them are just hard working to get there. I think of myself that I am just a hard worker and as long as I still find pleasure in doing it I will do it. When the pleasure of doing this disappears I'll stop but for now I feel like doing this forever.
What projects are you working on; can we get a sneak peek at upcoming productions, anything you'd like to share?
Everything at the right time… 🙂
What's your standard way of making a track, could you run us through the start to end process?
No special rituals. I usually spend my time doing melodies and when I have something that I really find attractive well then I start the process of "creation", so to speak.
What are your favourite pieces of production equipment currently?
My new couch in the studio is very soft and I like sitting there with my headphones on doing melodies. 🙂
Any other pursuits apart from playing music?
Not chasing anything just living in the moment. I like to have a clear mind and to focus just on what I have to do now. Other opportunities come with time and then I'll still focus on what comes up.
Where can your fans find you in the next few months, any gigs that you'd like to talk about?
Around the world, arooooound the woooooorld, around the world arooooound the woooooorld.
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BOg on Living Life & Making Music in the Moment was last modified: October 22nd, 2018 by Priya Sen
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A regular contributor writer and music critic for several music magazines such as Decoded (UK), Underground Tel Aviv and Frisky; Priya is based out of Mumbai, India. Her vision has always been to entertain, educate and be an independent voice on music, machines and the performers who make all our lives so rich and colorful with what they do, to translate all of it through words that engage and to make a difference.
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Women's Football Strategy
Women's Football Convention
Rising star Little sets the bar high
(FIFA.com)
For Kim Little, 2012 seemed to represent something of a breakthrough year. After all, while the indisputable talent of Arsenal's Scottish midfielder has been evident for some time, it was only over the past 12 months that it became visible to a global audience.
Starring for Great Britain at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament was an obvious highlight, with memories of beating Brazil in front of a capacity Wembley crowd still capable of producing goosebumps. But Little's campaign with Arsenal was almost as impressive, ending as it did with her leading both the FAWSL goals and assists charts, clutching another league medal, and having scored a stunning winner in the cup final. The 22-year-old also inspired Scotland's women to unprecedented heights, and to within a few seconds of shocking Spain and claiming a historic berth at the European finals.
And yet, asked to sum up her season towards the tail end of 2012, she opted for an unexpected adjective: "average". However, if this seems a remarkable description for a year in which, to most observers, she excelled, it is merely because Little is hungry and ambitious enough to set herself the most demanding of standards.
As she explained to FIFA.com: "I don't want to think that just because I finished top scorer and won another couple of medals that that's good enough, especially when I know I can do better. It wasn't a bad season, but I expect a lot of myself and I still feel I can perform better. Hopefully I can show that in 2013.
"Don't get me wrong: I really enjoyed 2012. To be involved in something like the Olympics here in Britain, and see the way the team was received, was very special. But I also took a lot of pleasure from the success we had with Arsenal, and can look back and really appreciate how far we came with Scotland. There's always room for improvement though."
I'd expected a lot from the Olympics, living in London, but it surpassed everything I'd hoped for.
There was certainly nothing 'average' about Little's experience at London 2012. The 22-year-old had witnessed with excitement her adopted city readying itself for the Olympics, but nothing could have prepared her for the way in which Britain's capital – and the country as a whole – took Team GB to their hearts. Little is also convinced that the atmosphere and unique demands of this major tournament helped raise her game to a new level.
"I've definitely improved," she said. "That experience of playing at a tournament like that can't be compared, and I learned so much, going up against those great players, especially in that kind of environment. I'd expected a lot from the Olympics, living in London, but it surpassed everything I'd hoped for in terms of the way everyone got behind us. The Wembley game especially was just ridiculous, and then there was the closing ceremony. I'm smiling just thinking about it."
The Wembley encounter Little references, a 1-0 group stage win over Brazil, wasn't just ridiculous – it was record-breaking. A crowd of 70,584, the highest ever recorded at a women's match in the UK, turned out to cheer on Hope Powell's team, and left having been thoroughly entertained. Now the female game faces a familiar challenge: maintaining in domestic football the momentum and interest built up by a major tournament. Little's wish is that London 2012 is seen as a key milestone on that road to long-term recognition.
"I really hope that's the case," she said. "The reception women's football got during the tournament was so positive, and I think there has been an impact on the coverage we've received since. A lot of people who would have maybe have been sceptical started to look at women's football in a different way, and that in itself is a victory."
Little will certainly hope that fans turn out in force when Arsenal's 2013 campaign begins in March with a UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final against Italy's ASD Torres. It's a tournament the Gunners have won once before, albeit a year before the Scot's arrival, and they will have to do so this season without the coach who led them to the last eight.
"That was a bit of a shock but everything brings a new challenge and I'm excited about the season ahead," she said, referring to Laura Harvey's departure to take charge of Seattle Reign in the USA's new National Women's Soccer League. "I know there are lots of great leagues out there and, personally, I wouldn't rule anything out in the future. But I definitely feel that there are exciting times ahead for Arsenal and women's football in this country, and I'm very happy to be a part of everything that's happening here."
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Бронепалубные крейсера типа «Эдгар» — серия крейсеров 1-го класса британского королевского флота, построенная в 1880-х — 1890-х гг. Являлись развитием типа «Блейк» (). Стали уменьшенной и удешевлённой версией своих предшественников. Всего было построено 9 единиц: «Крессент» (), «Эдгар» (), «Эндимион» (), «Гибралтар» (), «Грэфтон» (), «Хоук» (), «Ройял Артур» (), «Сент-Джордж» (), «Тесей» ().

Появление русского броненосного крейсера «Рюрик» и известия о закладке новых кораблей этого типа привело Британское Адмиралтейство к мнению о слабости «Эдгаров» против новых русских рейдеров. Это вызвало появление серии крейсеров типа «Пауэрфул» ().

Конструкция

Силовая установка
Две паровые машины тройного расширения, 4 двойных цилиндрических паровых котла. Запас угля 1250 тонн.

Вооружение

Снизив проектную скорость с 22 до 20 узлов и уменьшив толщину скосов с 6 до 5 дюймов, Уайт смог разместить вооружение «Блейка» (два 234-мм и десять 152-мм орудий) в меньшем водоизмещении.

«Ройал Артур» и «Крессент» были построены по видоизменённому варианту проекта, получив вместо расположенной в диаметральной плоскости баковой 9-дюймовки два смещённых к бортам 6-дюймовых орудия.

Бронирование
Броневая палуба являлась главной защитой крейсеров. Горизонтальный участок палубы имел толщину 25-76 мм, скосы опускавшиеся к бортам имели толщину 25-127 мм. Также палуба опускалась к носу и корме крейсера. Боевая рубка имела толщину стенок 305 мм. Щиты орудий главного калибра (234 мм) были толщиной 76 мм. Казематы имели толщину 152 мм.

Служба
 «Крессент» — заложен 13 октября 1890 г., спущен 30 марта 1892 г., в строю с 22 февраля 1894 г.
 «Эдгар» — заложен в 3 июня 1889 г., спущен 24 ноября 1890 г., в строю с 2 марта 1893 г.
 «Эндимион» — заложен 21 ноября 1889 г., спущен 22 июля 1891 г., в строю с 26 мая 1894 г.
 «Джибралтар» — заложен 2 декабря 1889 г., спущен 27 апреля 1892 г., в строю с 1 ноября 1894 г.
 «Грэфтон» — заложен 1 января 1890 г., спущен 30 января 1892 г., в строю с 18 октября 1894 г.
 «Хоук» — заложен в 17 июня 1889 г., спущен 11 марта 1891 г., в строю с 16 мая 1893 г.
 «Ройял Артур» — заложен 20 января 1890 г., спущен 26 февраля 1891 г., в строю с 2 марта 1893 г.
 «Сент-Джордж» — заложен 23 апреля 1890 г., спущен 8 сентября 1892 г., в строю с 25 октября 1894 г.
 «Тизиус» — заложен 16 июля 1890 г., спущен 8 августа 1892 г., в строю с 14 января 1896 г.

Оценка проекта
Эти ладные надёжные корабли несли по два 234-мм орудия (на баке и на юте) и по 10 152-мм пушек (4 на батарейной палубе в казематах и 6 на верхней палубе за щитами). Подходили и для крейсерской службы и для разведывательной службы при эскадрах. Прослужив более 25 лет, они после Первой мировой войны пошли на слом, за исключением самого неудачливого — «Хоука»: в 1911 году он таранил английский лайнер «Олимпик», а в годы войны погиб от немецкой торпеды в Северном море.

Примечания

Литература

Бронепалубные крейсера типа «Эдгар»


A reminder of our talk this month which is on Wednesday 15th November at 7.30pm at the Trenython Manor Hotel.
In 2007, Mike Kent fulfilled a long-standing ambition to walk the whole of the coast path of his Cornish homeland, from Marsland to Cremyll. During the 16-day journey, walking for up to 14 hours each day, and occasionally camping wild on remote and rugged cliffs, Mike recorded his thoughts and observations about various things Cornish. On his return, Mike and Merryn Kent dug deeper to uncover more about the places and people, landscapes and wildlife that caught his imagination along the way. Some are as world famous as Tintagel Castle and the tin mines of Levant. Others, like the cliffside hut built by poet and playwright Robert Duncan, are equally fascinating but barely known. Handsomely illustrated with many photographs and maps, this book aims to capture the authors' shared passion for Cornwall's rich coastal heritage.