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Phytoremediation of Lead and Cadmium by Thornless Honey Loccust Trees (Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. Inermis) in Contaminated Soil near the Tehran-Karaj Highway
Elham Faraji Dizaji , Mohsen Kafi , Ahmad Khalighi , Sepideh Kalateh Jari
1 Flowers and Ornamental Plants, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that uses plants to remove pollutants from contaminated sites. The present study examined the absorption of heavy metals by Gleditsia triacanthos L. var. inermis, a tree species planted in the landscape in Tehran-Karaj highway (Iran). This study was arranged in a split plot design with three replications. Experimental treatments included distances of planted trees from highway (30, 65, and 80 m) and three different sampling times (i.e. opening of leaves, late of June, and before the fall). The results showed that with the passage of time and approaching the fall, Pb concentration significantly increased. The highest concentration of Cd was observed in the mid-growth period. With increasing the distance, chlorophyll significantly increased. However, chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll were not influenced by the distance from the highway. The interaction of the distance and sampling time demonstrated that in the nearest distance from the highway, the concentration of chlorophyll decreased with the passage of time, while in the distance of 65 and 80 m from the highway, the concentration of chlorophyll increased in the middle of the growth period. In the nearest distance from the highway, the concentration of Pb significantly increased with the passage of time. By approaching fall, Pb concentration increased in 65 and 80 m from the highway. In the nearest distance from the highway, during mid-growth period, Cd concentration reached its maximum level.
Green Space, Heavy Metals, Highway Border, Thornless Honey Loccust Trees.
Elham Faraji Dizaji
Flowers and Ornamental Plants, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mohsen Kafi
Ahmad Khalighi
Sepideh Kalateh Jari

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In my office, on the wall across from my desk, hangs a print drawing of a New Yorker cartoon depicting a small girl holding a piece of chalk, which reads, "I try to write a little bit every day." So it has been for me ever since I was first invited to pen a column for the newly launched publication, Neurology Today®, 2 decades ago. At the time, I had no idea that the request would lead to a second career in journalism, multiple editorships, and hundreds of bylined stories about neurology, neurologists, and people with neurologic conditions for years to come.
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GIGAWHAT Podcast highlights human rights violations in the renewable energy sector
Submitted by Simone Galimberti 31Aug
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQY6fkUHT4jrDmW85uipK?si=491f9865e64b4cb8...
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/08/podcast-gigawhat-clean-the-supply-chain/
The path to creating clean energy technologies is not yet secure and sustainable.
Minerals are critical to creating solar cells, wind turbines, and electric vehicle batteries – all the technologies that will drive the clean energy transition.
Unsustainable extraction of minerals poses high social and environmental risks, and these scenarios are visible worldwide, especially in less industrialised nations.
Governments, corporations and investors need to ensure a secure and sustainable supply chain for the energy transition to be clean.
The clean energy sector maintains that it is crusading the fight against climate change. But first, the road to making clean energy technologies needs to be fixed. The supply chain for the renewable energy sector is riddled with human rights violations while extracting minerals, over-exploitation of resources, lack of recycling policies and many more issues.
In this episode of GigaWhat, Mongabay-India Contributing Editor and the podcast host, Mayank Aggarwal, speaks with Jessie Cato (natural resources programme manager, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre) and Saurav Goyal (founding member, Metastable Materials) about various aspects of the clean technology supply chain.
You are listening to Everything Environment by Mongabay-India.
Mayank Aggarwal (MA): The world has placed large bets on renewable energy to tackle climate change. The technology – solar panels, windmills, electric vehicles, gleam with hope. But the road to creating clean energy technology leaves behind a messy trail.
Jessie Cato (JC): We know that renewable energy companies and those who invest in them view themselves as the good guys within the climate crisis. But because of that, there has been less focus on what the adverse impacts of renewable energy projects can be.
MA: Clean tech relies heavily on minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements. And their demand is booming by the day.
Lithium, an irreplaceable component of lithium-ion batteries which are currently at the heart of electric vehicles, is primarily produced in Australia and Chile. Seventy percent of the global cobalt supply – crucial for batteries – comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Since critical minerals come from a few countries, the pressures on those regions are high. Unsafe and unsustainable cobalt mining has led to tragic human rights violations and environmental issues. Several other examples are emerging from countries where such mining occurs, many of them less industrialised nations.
After mining, other clean tech supply chain stages include materials production, equipment manufacturing and construction, transport, operation and end-of-life handling of the technology. Issues at any of these stages directly affect the world's plan to reduce carbon emissions and build a sustainable future.
India does not mine lithium or cobalt. Neither does it produce some key minerals required for manufacturing photovoltaic cells – silicon, silver, indium, arsenic, etc.
Since countries depend deeply on each other to meet their clean energy requirements, the massive influence of geopolitics is inevitable.
A graph by the International Energy Agency displaying the current processing of cobalt, lithium, nickel, copper and rare earth metals used across clean technologies shows China in the lead.
About 60 percent of global lithium processing – China.
A full 100 percent of natural graphite processing used for battery anodes – China.
The country also leads the manufacturing of solar PV cells and modules.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict exposed the volatility of the clean tech supply chain when the world witnessed shortages of semiconductors and critical minerals for manufacturing clean technology.
All these scenarios put India in a tough spot in the global clean energy race.
In this episode of GigaWhat, we hear about the role of countries, investors and companies in ensuring a sustainable supply chain and why a course correction is urgent.
I'm Mayank Aggarwal, Contributing Editor at Mongabay-India. We are an online publication dedicated to bringing you stories on science and the environment in India. In our special podcast series, GigaWhat, we'll explore some of the biggest questions, challenges, and opportunities in India's transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources.
JC: My name is Jessie, and I'm the programme manager of Natural Resources at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. And we focus on human rights along the renewable energy value chain with a specific focus on transition, mineral mining, and renewable energy projects.
I think a lot of stakeholders like civil society and industry understand that one of the challenges around ensuring that supply chains are clean or rights-respecting is the opacity of the supply chains currently, which is why you see an emphasis at the moment on pushing the industry to undertake supply chain mapping. We know that tracing from a mine site to technology, whether that be wind and solar or battery technology, is extremely challenging right now. And we often lose that traceability around the smelting and manufacturing stage.
I think there's a general understanding that there are human rights problems with extraction and that those problems have been historic. Some of those are more well known, like cobalt and child labour. But extraction as a whole is impactful. It may be more present in some locations or more well-known, but it is not absent anywhere.
MA: A Mongabay article by Claire Asher notes that a deeply-researched example of technological-critical element mining impacts is in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China. The Bayan'obo district supplies half the world's rare-earth elements. For decades, the Bayan'obo open-pit iron mine has also extracted niobium, lanthanum and neodymium for smartphones, electric cars and wind turbines, with local communities and ecosystems paying a heavy price.
Similarly, biodiversity and human health are at stake in Indonesia, one of the world's richest nickel sources for making wind turbines and electric vehicles.
JC: There is a push-through for a lot of companies who want to implement more robust human rights due diligence that includes steps to identify and mitigate and address potential abuse and the introduction of the EU mandatory human rights due diligence regulations.
MA: The European Union's site says that "the proposal aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains." Companies failing to conduct effective due diligence face administrative penalties and civil liability.
JC: I think it's going to go a long way in setting the bar for that kind of global standard, particularly as it is a model that is moving away from voluntary compliance. And that's where we have seen supply chain diligence previously being looked at. And so we've companies who haven't wanted to undertake it or have wanted to undertake it in a light way, those voluntary mechanisms have allowed them to do that.
The EU moving towards a model that is mandatory, that does have repercussions for not meeting it, I think is going to be a significant step towards how companies think about their own supply chain due diligence, but also how renewable companies continue to engage with their mining counterparts, because we know that they currently are not being held accountable for some of the abuses that are happening at the mining site. But they also understand that it is going to be an increased risk to them. And you have seen some civil society already really looking at this traceability and pushing end-user companies. Particularly at the moment, there's been quite a focus on even companies like Tesla, who have abuses within their supply chain, such as their nickel supply. So this is going to be a growing area of action, I think, in advocacy for civil society. But I also think there is there is movement on a global level that will translate down to regions and countries around what mandatory due diligence looks like across the supply chain.
MA: In the context of the sustainable supply chain for such minerals, the debate is often between a business case versus human rights or impact on the environment. Is there any way to address that?
JC: That debate of business versus human rights is actually pushed by less scrupulous companies and the fossil fuel industry. The idea that human rights violations are an unpleasant but unnecessary part of the energy transition is absolutely false. And if you look at research from organisations like the Resource Centre, we know that the less rights-respecting a project or a company is, the more likely it is to drive conflict. Now, when you have conflict around a project site, what you have are delays, you have strikes, you have protests, you have investors pulling out, and you have projects that absolutely do not go ahead. They do not make business sense anymore.
We've seen this at an operational level with really large copper projects. There's one in Peru, that's a very good example called Las Bombas. It is consistently being shut down because of conflict with the workers and the community side. And we've also seen this in the exploration and licensing process. Most recently, you may have seen reports coming out from Serbia, where Rio Tinto is trying to open a lithium mine and has had strong opposition from the community, which ended up in the government cancelling that project.
Last year, the UN's main human rights body voted to recognise the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right. And they've also appointed a special repertoire to monitor human rights in the context of the climate emergency. Now, that may sound unconnected to supply chains. But that's a significant step for the UN to take when we know that the supply chains for renewable energy technologies are currently not transparent and have human rights violations both across them and down at the mine.
I think when countries like India are looking at a new sector that is expanding rapidly, there are already these kinds of principles that they can take and develop into a local context that makes sense. And use that as a guiding framework for how they think about expanding their renewable energy sector as well, because governance is not only about strong regulation, it is about enforcement. So it's great to have strong environmental protections and laws protecting labour rights, but these rights and protections need the political will to be enforced. So there's work for governments to think about how they are holding companies accountable.
And often, there is pressure on governments to allow companies to behave in a way that perhaps goes against some local laws to continue the investment within the country and to continue the project. And I think there is an increasing shift, not just from companies being held accountable for their overseas projects, but also governments and communities having less tolerance for this kind of behaviour.
MA: The global framework of ESG – environmental, social and governance – is emerging as an important tool for investors to monitor a company's ethical and sustainability track record. So, bad practices across supply chains will affect investments. In India, the process of applying the ESG framework to assess companies is slowly picking up.
JC: We know that renewable energy companies and those who invest in them view themselves as the good guys within the climate crisis. And for a good reason. We need renewable energy, and it's an exciting sector. It is going to have the potential to change the world, but because of that, there has been less focus on what the adverse impacts of renewable energy projects can be, and also what the [impacts of] expansion of mining to power these projects is.
So, we feel that highlighting those risks now, while the sector is still taking shape and ensuring that they understand and have the due diligence in place, means that we set the sector up for growing success. And we mitigate, as much as possible, the potential for conflict. I think many investors in the renewable energy sector are making it clear that a company's human rights policies and practices are critical elements of how they evaluate material risk and financial performance. And they see having these policies and practices in place as a strategic advantage for their assets. So governments are going to play a role in holding those companies accountable. But companies themselves are going to find that if they don't have these particular policies in place if they don't have robust human rights due diligence, they're going to get less and less investment because it is a move that has been put forward by a lot of different investors that they want to see responsible projects, they want to see sustainable and rights-respecting supply chains, they want companies to have this information on hand as well. And so industry working to bring that transparency to their own supply chains is going to be critical for them to be able to get that investment.
MA: India took some steps to ensure a reliable supply of minerals to keep the sector running.
In 2019, the government formed a company Khanij Bidesh India Limited or KABIL, with the participation of three Central Public Sector Enterprises. The objective of KABIL is to ensure a consistent supply of 12 critical and strategic minerals that have a meagre resource base. Among those, lithium and cobalt were significant.
KABIL is building partnerships with mineral-rich countries such as Australia and those in Africa and South America.
When solar panels, batteries and other types of equipment are disposed of, their mineral components also reach the end of the road. But it doesn't have to be that way. Extracting minerals from electronic waste is one of the solutions to strengthen the supply chain and prevent metals from leaching into the environment.
But Jessie says that the concept of circular economy in the sector has a long way to go. A scalable, profitable technology for efficient recycling is not there yet.
JC: I think the other reason it gets less [attnention] is that it goes to challenge that extractive model that has been profit-driven. If we continuously need to extract minerals to drive renewable energy, that's a massive win for the mining sector. If we're able to increase our recycling and reuse of those minerals and things, we need to extract less. And so I think there is work as a whole for governments and society and also the tech companies to look at not just the profit of these different pieces of technology, whether that be wind and solar, but also batteries and smartphones and laptops that use these minerals. But what it means for us to be able to think about more sustainable use of these minerals. So focus less on extraction and more on reuse and recycling. I don't think that is a conversation that has been properly discussed at a global level.
MA: In the first episode of GigaWhat, we spoke about the lack of policy in India to treat clean tech waste and set up a recycling infrastructure.
One of the experts suggested the need to improve the design of clean tech with a design-to-disassemble principle making the extraction and recycling phase efficient.
A startup based in Bengaluru is attempting to make a business case by extracting copper, aluminum, cobalt, nickel, and lithium from lithium-ion batteries. We spoke to its founding member, Saurav Goyal.
Saurav Goyal (SG): Metastable Materials is an urban mining company. We are starting with lithium-ion batteries for now. We intend to get the end-of-life batteries from consumer electronics or every automobile and get the precious metals out of them, which include lithium, cobalt, and nickel. All these metals are already in a supply crunch. So, we intend to extract these metals out of these dead batteries and then throw them into the native supply chains so that they can be reused, instead of looking forward to just the freshly mined metals out of the ores.
It's kind of a free supply coming in into India. With the batteries, we are getting lithium, with the batteries again, we are getting cobalt, with other electronic items also, we are getting all these metals. So, it would be a huge waste of potential to throw these batteries and e-waste into landfills or to export them for processing to some other country.
MA: Shubham Vishvakarma founded Metastable Materials in 2021. The idea is rooted in his IIT Roorkee days when he worked to find a better recycling process for lithium-ion batteries. Now, the company claims to use a cost-effective and chemical-free method for extraction. With a new R&D center in Bengaluru, the company is yet to roll out its services on a large scale.
SG: So here we are working on optimising processes, increasing the efficiency and achieving higher purity and yield for the next two-three years. What we want to do is to set up the infrastructure for the Indian context actually to create all these lithium-ion batteries.
As you know, the demand for EVs is increasing day by day, and dead batteries are soon going to come back into the supply chain, where people need to take care of these batteries before it becomes a huge headache for the environmental agencies and for the government.
JC: The renewable energy sector itself, globally and at national levels, I think, is at a critical point in setting the tone for what the energy transition is going to look like. Is it going to replicate the profit-driven extractive model which has caused significant harm? Or is it going to be the good guy, is it going to be a new path for the energy sector that has human rights at the centre, the window for that change is closing. Because, like any new and growing sector, there is only a small time to influence how it's going to work. And then those practices become embedded. And that just becomes the way that it is.
So if we don't push for that change now, locally, nationally, globally, if we accept that a transition is going to be fast, but it's not going to be fair, then we risk all these kinds of abuses that you mentioned – allowing human rights violations to flourish, replicating the abuses of the extractive sector and setting that as the model for the energy transition.
MA: Please share this episode with your friends and family or on social media.
This show was produced and scripted by my colleague Kartik Chandramouli, edited and mixed by Tejas Dayananda Sagar, copy edits by Aditi Tandon, we got production assistance from Ayushi Kothari, and the GigaWhat artwork is by Pooja Gupta. We'll be out with another episode of GigaWhat soon. Take care.
Banner image: Lithium mine in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (2018). Photo by Oton Barros (DSR/OBT/INPE)/Flickr.


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Helping Him Out è un cortometraggio muto del 1911 diretto da Joseph A. Golden, scritto da Bertram Millhauser e prodotto dalla Lubin Manufacturing Company.

Trama

Produzione
Il film fu prodotto dalla Lubin Manufacturing Company.

Distribuzione
Distribuito dalla General Film Company, il film - un cortometraggio in una bobina - uscì nelle sale statunitensi il 20 aprile 1911.

Voci correlate
Filmografia della Lubin Manufacturing Company

Collegamenti esterni

Cortometraggi commedia


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Canadian Pacific Hotels: Enduring National Landmarks
A major chapter in the evolution of modern day Canada is the building of our transnational railway. Along with this new network to connect the nation, a series of luxury hotels were opened by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to motivate and accommodate vacationing. Newly appointed CPR President William Cornelius Van Horne envisioned a string of grand hotels across Canada that would draw visitors to his railway. The properties remain something to behold, each is unique and set the standard for excellence in their day. The Royal York in Toronto was once purported to be the largest hotel in the British Empire. Château Montebello is among the world's largest 'log cabin' structures and required an army of 3500 to construct.
Today the hotels that remain are owned and operated by Fairmount Hotels and Resorts, but originally completely managed from within the CPR by their own internal 'hotel department'. Those that have remained open continue to be among Canada's most exclusive and luxurious hotels. Here are some of the few images that survive of these giants in early heritage of Canadian tourism.
Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, opened 1888
The Algonquin, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, opened in 1889
Château Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta, opened 1890
Château Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, opened 1893
The Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, opened 1908
Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, opened in 1914
The Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper, Jasper, Alberta, opened 1922
Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, opened 1929
Château Montebello, Montebello, Quebec, opened in 1930
Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, opened 1939


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Jun 19, 2018 | Hearing Products, Office Management Systems, People, Research, Testing & Diagnostics |
Clearwater Clinical Limited, a manufacturer of iPad-based audiometers, announced that it has released version 5.0 of its flagship product, SHOEBOX Audiometry. Version 5.0 is a major step forward in delivering on what the company says is its core mission—to make hearing testing more accessible, easy, and accurate.
Commercially released in 2014, SHOEBOX Audiometry was purpose-built to enable testing by more people in more locations. To continue ensuring accurate results when testing is performed outside a traditional sound booth, version 5.0 adds patent-pending Response and Environment Adaptive Control Technology (REACT) to the system, according to Clearwater Clinical.
REACT is designed to continuously monitor patient response behavior as well as environmental conditions such as ambient noise levels. It is also designed to automatically attempt to resolve issues and alert test administrators when it detects anomalies that may impact result's accuracy, according to the company's announcement.
In order to increase the breadth of patients that can be tested using automated audiometry, version 5.0 introduces a new technology called Assisted mode. Assisted mode sits between fully Automated and Manual testing modes and is designed for patients who may have difficulty following the automated self-test. In Assisted mode, the test is still automated, but the administrator guides the patient through the test and marks responses in the graphical interface.
Other features now available in SHOEBOX Audiometry version 5.0 are:
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Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Rodríguez (* 28. März 1750 in Caracas; † 14. Juli 1816 in Cádiz) war Offizier und Revolutionär. Er setzte sich für die Unabhängigkeit und Vereinigung der spanischen Kolonien in Amerika ein. Sein Lebenstraum war ein einheitlicher lateinamerikanischer Staat mit dem Namen Kolumbien, benannt nach Christoph Kolumbus. An dessen Spitze sollte nach seinen Vorstellungen ein vom Volk gewählter Kaiser stehen, der den Titel Inka tragen sollte, in Anlehnung an die Herrscher der indianischen Inka. Der Inka sollte wiederum von einem Zweikammerparlament nach US-amerikanischem Vorbild kontrolliert werden. Obwohl seine eigenen Bestrebungen ohne Erfolg waren, gilt Miranda als Wegbereiter Simón Bolívars, der die spanische Herrschaft in Südamerika letztlich beendete.

Leben

Elternhaus
Miranda wurde am 28. März 1750 in Caracas geboren und wuchs dort auf. Seine Mutter war Doña Francisca Antonia Rodríguez de Espinosa. Sein Vater Don Sebastián Miranda stammte von den Kanarischen Inseln, einem Teil des europäischen Spaniens. Wie die meisten Spanier, die ihre Heimat vor nicht allzu langer Zeit verlassen hatten, war er nicht Gutsbesitzer, sondern organisierte den Handel zwischen den in Caracas ansässigen Kreolen, also der seit Generationen im Land lebenden spanischstämmigen Oberschicht, und dem spanischen Mutterland. Miranda hatte einen jüngeren Bruder, der lange vor Mirandas Tod ertrank.

Bildung
An der königlichen Universität von Caracas lernte er Latein, Mathematik, Sprachen und Kriegsführung. Im Alter von 21 Jahren verließ er Caracas und begab sich nach Madrid. Dort vervollständigte er seine Studien und trat anschließend in den Militärdienst ein.

Militärische Laufbahn

Marokko
Am 9. Dezember 1774 erklärte Spanien Marokko den Krieg. Miranda wurde nach Marokko versetzt und sollte dort für sechs Jahre bleiben und Kampferfahrungen sammeln. Zweimal ersuchte er um die Versetzung in seine Heimat; seinem Ersuchen wurde jedoch erst nach Ende des Krieges im Jahre 1780 stattgegeben.

Amerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
In der Schlussphase des Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges griffen die Spanier in den Krieg ein. Es gelang ihnen im Jahre 1783, den Engländern Pensácola in Florida und die Bahamas zu entreißen.

Anfang 1782 bekam Miranda Post aus seiner Heimat Venezuela. Er war damals 32 Jahre alt und stand in Venezuela insbesondere wegen seines militärischen Geschicks bei der Eroberung der von den Briten gehaltenen Festung Pensácola in einem guten Ruf. Deswegen unterzeichneten am 24. Februar 1782 drei venezolanische Eliten einen Appell an Miranda, in dem sie ihm die Führungsrolle einer von der kreolischen Schicht getragenen Aufstandsbewegung antrugen. Teile der Oberschicht waren nicht mehr bereit, sich von Repräsentanten der Krone in ihrer Handlungsfreiheit beschneiden zu lassen.

Miranda muss dieses Anliegen jedoch bestenfalls mit gemischten Gefühlen zur Kenntnis genommen haben, da er wegen einer Familienfehde von zwei Unterzeichnern keine gute Meinung hatte. Einer davon war Simón Bolívars Vater. So hielt er vorerst weiter der spanischen Krone die Treue, wiewohl er die Krone durch zweifelhafte Handelsunternehmungen als auch durch zwielichtige Abmachungen mit den Engländern hinterging.

Miranda wird Revolutionär

Reise durch die Vereinigten Staaten
Ende 1783 beendete er seine Dienstzeit beim Militär. Er begann eine Reise durch die USA. Dort traf er unter anderem mit George Washington, Thomas Paine und Alexander Hamilton zusammen. Auf seiner Reise bildete sich seine Vision eines vereinigten Hispano-Amerikas heraus. Er knüpfte einige Kontakte, bekam aber nicht die Unterstützung, die er sich erhoffte.

Europäische Zeit
Miranda dokumentierte ausführlich in seinen Tagebüchern die Reisen, die er durch ganz Europa von 1783 bis 1792 unternahm. So besuchte er 1785 die Niederlande, Kur-Hannover, Braunschweig, Preußen, Sachsen, Böhmen, Österreich und Ungarn. Zwischen 1785 und 1786 besuchte er Italien, Griechenland und die Türkei. Er verbrachte anschließend lange Zeit am Hof von Katharina der Großen. Als ihm dort keine ausreichende Unterstützung für seine Befreiungspläne gewährt wurde, versuchte er es auch am italienischen Hof. 1787 reiste er durch Skandinavien. 1787 und 1788 hielt er sich in Dänemark auf, wo er sich für eine Verbesserung der Situation in den Gefängnissen einsetzte. Im Jahre 1788 besuchte er verschiedene Regionen von Deutschland, die Niederlande, Belgien, die Schweiz, Norditalien und Frankreich. 1789 und 1790 verweilte er wieder in England.

Revolutionsgeneral

Schließlich gelangte er 1792 nach Frankreich, wo er am 11. September in die Revolutionsarmee eintrat. Nach der erfolgreichen Abwehr eines preußischen Kontingents durch die Kanonade von Valmy am 20. September wurde er zum General befördert, geriet aber kurz darauf wegen strategischer Fragen bei der Belagerung von Maastricht (1793) mit seinem Vorgesetzten Dumouriez aneinander und wurde April 1793 inhaftiert und verurteilt. Erst Januar 1795 kam er frei und 1797 begab er sich nach England, wo er sich Unterstützung für seine Umsturzpläne erhoffte.

Seine Verdienste wurden später von Frankreich gewürdigt. Sein Name ist auf dem Triumphbogen in Paris in der 4. Spalte verewigt. Er ist der einzige Amerikaner, dessen Name dort erwähnt wird.

Wartezeit in England
In London verbrachte er viele Jahre seines Lebens, in diese Zeit fällt seine Ehe mit einer Engländerin. Sie hatten zwei Kinder.

Das Königreich Großbritannien förderte seinerzeit südamerikanische Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen, weil es sich dadurch ein Erstarken des britischen Handels in diesem Teil der Welt erhoffte. Dies lag möglicherweise auch daran, dass britische Truppen und Ressourcen in Irland gebunden waren. Die britische Regierung setzte die Revolutionäre, die ihr tauglich erschienen, in England fest, um sich ihrer im geeigneten Moment bedienen zu können. Dies war auch das Schicksal Mirandas.

Deswegen fanden "revolutionäre Bittsteller" aus der neuen Welt immer ein offenes Ohr, jedoch lange Zeit keine handfeste Unterstützung. Während seiner Zeit in London traf de Miranda den jesuitischen Schriftsteller und Vorkämpfer für die lateinamerikanische Unabhängigkeit Juan Pablo Viscardo y Guzmán (1748–1798), dessen wichtige Texte er übersetzte.

Er unterhielt enge Kontakte zum britischen Premierminister William Pitt dem Jüngeren, bekam eine Rente von 1000 Pfund pro Jahr und konnte über den britischen Gouverneur Picton in Trinidad etwas Einfluss auf die Geschehnisse in seiner Heimat Venezuela nehmen. Die Ausreise oder gar logistische oder militärische Unterstützung wurde ihm jedoch lange Zeit nicht gewährt.

Das verbitterte ihn derart, dass er über seine früheren französischen Freunde Reiserecht in das Frankreich Napoleons erwirkte. Seine Bitte um Unterstützung wurde ihm jedoch abgeschlagen. Er selbst wurde aus Frankreich ausgewiesen, wahrscheinlich weil seine freiheitlichen Ansichten nicht mehr mit den Vorstellungen im napoleonischen Frankreich konform waren.

Zurück in London, intensivierte er seine Bemühungen, musste im August 1801 jedoch erkennen, dass er nur als Werkzeug gedient hatte, um den Abschluss des Friedens von Amiens zu sichern. So schrieb er in sein Tagebuch:

Bis 1805 musste er noch warten, dann schien für die britische Diplomatie der Zeitpunkt günstig, um Spanien zu isolieren und die südamerikanischen Kolonien der spanischen Hegemonie zu entreißen.

Erstes Befreiungsunternehmen
Da das Königreich Britannien zum damaligen Zeitpunkt nicht direkt mit Mirandas Feldzug identifiziert werden wollte, schickte es Miranda mit 8000 Pfund Sterling in die USA, um dort Männer und Waffen für den Kampf zu finden. Gleichzeitig wurde insgeheim die Invasion von Buenos Aires vorbereitet, die später jedoch an der Gegenwehr der Einwohner scheiterte.

Miranda hoffte, in den USA offizielle Unterstützung zu finden. Diese Hoffnung wurde jedoch enttäuscht; er konnte lediglich einige Freiwillige organisieren. Mit drei Schiffen und 150 Mann brach er auf. Einige von ihnen waren verlässliche Freiheitskämpfer, viele jedoch Abenteurer mit schlechter Ausbildung und ohne Kampferfahrung. Die Bewaffnung der Männer war schlecht. Auch baute die Unternehmung darauf auf, die Besatzung der Schiffe als Soldaten einsetzen zu können. Dies konnte jedoch nur mit Erlaubnis des Kapitäns geschehen; ausgerechnet mit diesem geriet Miranda oftmals aneinander, weshalb ihm diese Unterstützung ebenfalls verwehrt wurde.

Nach einem Aufenthalt auf Trinidad landete die Expedition in der Nacht auf den 27. April an der Küste Venezuelas, nicht weit entfernt von Puerto Cabello. Der Versuch scheiterte, zwei Schiffe gingen verloren und sechzig Mann wurden getötet oder gefangen genommen. Miranda zog sich in das britische Grenada zurück.

Zweites Befreiungsunternehmen
In der Zwischenzeit war der britische Premier Pitt gestorben. Sein Nachfolger William Wyndham Grenville hielt einen allgemeinen Aufstand in Südamerika für wahrscheinlich und wies den Gouverneur an, eine zweite Invasion zu unterstützen.

Am Morgen des 3. August 1806 landete ein Bataillon von 500 Mann dicht bei La Vela de Coro an der offenen Küste an. Die Soldaten nahmen am Folgetag Coro ein. Während der fünf Tage, die Miranda in Coro blieb, versuchte er, seine Landsleute unter dem Banner der Freiheit zu sammeln. Der Versuch scheiterte jedoch. Miranda wurde nicht durch Spaniens Macht, sondern von seinen eigenen Landsleuten vertrieben. Möglicherweise lag das daran, dass er mit dem Leben seines Heimatlandes keine emotionale Bindung mehr hatte, was er selbst in einsichtigen Augenblicken erkannt zu haben scheint. Andererseits stellt der amtliche britische Vertreter William D. Robinson fest:

Miranda erlitt zwar eine persönliche Niederlage, blieb aber hartnäckig. Er setzte sich auf einer Insel fest und wartete auf die britische Unterstützung von 13.000 Soldaten, die in Irland frei geworden waren und eigentlich für seine Operationen zur Verfügung stehen sollten. Alsbald reiste er wieder nach London.

Zu Mirandas Pech wandelte sich die europäische Lage grundlegend. Frankreich hatte im Bündnis mit Spanien Portugal besetzt. Französische Truppen befanden sich in jeder spanischen Stadt. Insgeheim war der Verrat am Verbündeten bereits geplant. Am 10. Mai 1808 wurden der König und sein Erbe zur Abdankung gezwungen. Dies löste einen allgemeinen Aufstand der Spanier aus. Die Briten sahen eine Chance gekommen, ihren Widersacher Napoleon zu bekämpfen, und sandten die 13.000 Mann nicht wie vorgesehen nach Venezuela, sondern nach Spanien. Daraufhin sah Miranda vorerst keine Möglichkeit mehr, das Unternehmen fortzuführen, und blieb in London.

Teilnahme an Venezuelas Unabhängigkeitskrieg
Die Ereignisse in Spanien sollten sich als nützlich für Mirandas Bestrebungen erweisen, da sie doch zu weiteren Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen in vielen spanischen Kolonien führten und den militärischen Handlungsradius der spanischen Regierung zum großen Teil auf das europäische Festland beschränkten.

Solidarität mit Ferdinand VII.
Bis auf einige Angehörige des gehobenen Standes waren die Spanier und Spanischstämmigen beiderseits des Atlantiks nicht mit Napoleons Bruder Joseph Bonaparte als neuem König einverstanden. Spontan wurden Juntas gegründet, die für eine Wiedereinsetzung von Ferdinand VII. kämpften. Zwischenzeitlich sollte die Souveränität auf das Volk übergehen.

Zwei Effekte führten in den Folgejahren dazu, dass die eigentlich auf die Einheit des Königreichs und des Imperiums abzielende Bewegung sich zu einer separatistischen Bewegung wandelte. Zum einen gründeten sich in Spanien mehrere Juntas, jeweils mit dem Anspruch, alle Spanier zu repräsentieren. Dadurch konnten aber die einzelnen Repräsentanten nicht mehr ernstgenommen werden. Zum anderen entwickelten sich die Verhältnisse auf dem Schlachtfeld für die Spanier ungünstig und die Juntas verloren an Akzeptanz. Eine Wiedereinsetzung Ferdinands VII. schien immer unwahrscheinlicher. Die Radikalen, mit der Legitimation der französischen Besatzung Spaniens, gewannen in den Kolonien mehr und mehr die Oberhand. Nach dem Vortrag Bolívars am 4. Juli 1811 als Advokat der Sociedad Patriotica vor der in eine Nationalversammlung verwandelten Junta, verkündete diese am 5. Juli 1811 die erste Venezolanische Republik und somit die venezolanische Unabhängigkeit.

Simón Bolívar hatte von jeher unbeirrt radikale Pläne verfolgt. Sein Name sollte sich unauslöschlich in das Gedächtnis des Kontinents einprägen und zum Symbol für dessen Unabhängigkeit und eigener Identität werden. Bolívar war der zukünftige Befreier Südamerikas. Das Leben der beiden Offiziere war seither eng  miteinander verbunden. Neben den militärischen und politischen Ambitionen verband Miranda und Bolívar von da an eine tiefe Freundschaft. Da Bolívar jedoch zum damaligen Zeitpunkt keinerlei militärische Fähigkeiten besaß, beschloss er, den Experten Miranda nach Venezuela zu holen, und reiste dafür als offizieller Repräsentant der neuen Regierung nach London.

Miranda kehrte mit ihm nach Venezuela zurück. Seine Heimat betrat er in der Uniform eines französischen Revolutionsgenerals. Allerdings brachte ihm dies anfangs mehr Gegner als Verbündete, da ihn viele für einen radikalen Jakobiner hielten. Vornehmlich die jüngeren Kreolen schlossen ihn als den wahren Führer der wahren Revolution gegen Spanien und als Visionär einer neuen, gleichen und freien Welt ins Herz; die nachdenklicheren Männer hingegen empfanden Unbehagen wegen der ausländischen, jakobinischen Neigungen eines Mannes, der sein Vaterland gar nicht kannte. Er brauchte einige Zeit, um sich in seiner Heimat wieder zu integrieren, begleitet von für ihn schmerzlicher Nichtbeachtung bei Wahlen oder der Vergabe von Posten, doch schließlich wurde er am 28. Juni 1811 gerade wegen seiner Vision für ganz Amerika als Abgeordneter für El Pao zugelassen.

Infolge ernster militärischer Schwierigkeiten wurde er am 24. April 1812 zum Diktator mit dem Titel Generalissimus ernannt.

Der unabhängigen venezolanischen Konföderation waren nie alle Provinzen beigetreten. Seit Beginn der Unabhängigkeit hatte sich die wirtschaftliche Lage ähnlich wie während der Französischen Revolution dramatisch verschlechtert. Mord und Willkür gegenüber scheinbaren Feinden hatten Einzug erhalten. Dem neuen Staat fehlten die Mittel, um Truppen zu unterhalten, und niemand wollte mehr für ihn kämpfen.

Bereits vor Mirandas Aufstieg zum Diktator hatte der spanientreue General Monteverde einen Rückeroberungsfeldzug begonnen. Infolge taktischer Fehler befand er sich jedoch in einer militärisch ungünstigen Lage. Loyalisten kamen ihm aber zur Hilfe, indem sie den für die Föderation wichtigsten Hafen Puerto Cabello, der auch als Munitionsdepot höchste Bedeutung hatte, Simón Bolívars Hand entwanden.

Miranda sah keinen Sinn in der Fortsetzung der Kämpfe; auch hoffte er auf einen milden Frieden, da sich Spanien zu dieser Zeit die liberalste, fortschrittlichste und beste Verfassung gegeben hatte, die Europa bis dahin je gesehen hatte.

Sein Pech war, dass er sich nicht der spanischen Cortes ergab, sondern Monteverde. Dieser dachte auch nicht daran, Venezuela an Spanien zurückzugeben, sondern machte sich, nach napoleonischem Vorbild, selbst zum Herrscher.

Verrat und Haft

Miranda blieb wie vielen Radikalen im Juli 1812 nur noch die Flucht. Sein und Bolívars Gepäck waren bereits auf Schiffen verstaut, als Miranda von seinem Freund Bolívar und zwei weiteren verhaftet und an die Behörden übergeben wurde. Miranda war den spanischen Behörden von Casas, Peña und Bolívar ausgeliefert worden, und zwar unter Begleitumständen, die Monteverde zu der Ansicht führten, dass die drei Männer eine Belohnung verdienten. Casas und Peña durften in Venezuela bleiben, Bolívar erhielt einen Pass zur Ausreise.

Bis zu seinem Tode am 14. Juli 1816 war Miranda in Cádiz interniert.

Literatur
 Francisco de Miranda: Diario de Viajes. Monte Ávila Editores. 1992, ISBN 980-01-0644-8.
 Francisco de Miranda: Venedig, 1785. Ein Reisebericht. Übersetzt, kommentiert und hrsg. v. Jochem Rudersdorf. Bonn 2020. ISBN 978-3-947838-00-4.
 John Maher (Hrsg.): Francisco de Miranda: Exile and Enlightenment. Institute for the Study of the Americas, London 2006, ISBN 978-1-900039-54-3.
 Michael Zeuske: Francisco de Miranda und die Entdeckung Europas: Eine Biographie. Lit-Verlag, Hamburg & Münster 1995, ISBN 3-89473-860-X.
 Michael Zeuske: Francisco de Miranda y la modernidad en América. Prisma histórico Bd. 2, Madrid: Fundación Mapfre Tavera; Aranjuez: Ediciones Doce Calles; Secretaría de Cooperación Iberoaméricana, 2004, ISBN 84-8479-047-9.
 Michael Zeuske: Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816): América, Europa und die Globalisierung der ersten Entkolonialisierung. In: Bernd Hausberger (Hrsg.): Globale Lebensläufe. Menschen als Akteure im weltgeschichtlichen Geschehen. Mandelbaum, Wien 2006, S. 117–142, ISBN 3-85476-197-X.
 Giovanni Meza Dorta: Miranda y Bolívar: dos visiones. Comala, Caracas 2007, ISBN 980-390-160-5.
 V.S. Naipaul: Abschied von Eldorado: Eine Kolonialgeschichte. Claassen-Verlag, München 2001, ISBN 3-546-00313-6 (Enthält eine umfangreiche Darstellung von Mirandas Aufenthalt auf Trinidad).
 Mónica Bolufer: Latin American Casanova? Sex, Gender, Enlightenment and Revolution in the Life and Writings of Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816). In: Gender and History, Bd. 34 (2022), Heft 1, S. 22–41.

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Ray, this is such a powerful essay and such a crucial message for abuse survivors.
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3 brands that came alive through video marketing in 2016
Video marketing is becoming one of the top ways to engage your audience. Why? It's what the people want. Part of why we create content is to inform our prospects about our products and services. And four times as many people prefer watching product videos to reading about them, according to Animoto. Not only that, but Aberdeen reported using video increases revenue by 49 percent.
Developing a marketing strategy for this medium involves a lot of moving pieces. Will you choose animation or live action? Studio or on-location production? Testimonials with customers or scripted acting? Who will your actors be? What music will you use? What tone are you trying to convey?
With so many options to choose from, it can seem impossible to know what's right for your brand. But you can start by scoping out what other brands are doing right. So let's take a look at three of the best examples 2016 has to offer.
UberConference embraces the problem
If you've worked in an office setting, odds are you've experienced more than your fair share of conference call glitches – late dial-ins, technical snafus, ear-splitting feedback, you know the drill. UberConference captured all those pain points and more in this video, which shows they understand what their audience is going through.
"A brand that understands what its audience despises about an experience is the one that can reduce those pain points."
The video strategy leans heavily on humor to show the viewers UberConference understands their frustrations. A brand that understands what its audience despises about their experience is likely to be the one that reduces those pain points, right? It certainly made an impression on Brafton Video Producer Hannah Perlmutter.
"Simply put, this video is hilarious," Hannah said. "In addition, anyone who works in an office and has conference calls can relate. it's a breath of fresh air to see a conference call service actually poke fun at the mundane reality that are conference calls."
HubSpot takes personalization to a new level
What makes for a memorable video? In a word: personality. Consumers want to know who they're buying from, whether it's a B2B or B2C relationship. HubSpot took this challenge literally and gave a handful of its employees each a handheld camera, most likely a GoPro, to film a day in their lives. Couple raw footage with clever editing, hints of that HubSpot orange and an upbeat soundtrack, and you've got an immersive experience that leaves a lasting impression.
"HubSpot's Day in the Life videos are exciting. The upbeat music and fast-paced sequencing keep my eyes glued to the screen," explained Kyle Gaw, Brafton's Marketing Manager. "And the first-person perspective lets me imagine myself in that person's shoes and get a sense of what life could be like if I worked for HubSpot."
These videos are great from a recruitment standpoint, as potential employees can get a real sense of the HubSpot culture, the array of office amenities, the people they could one day work with, and even the surrounding communities of their different locations around the world. The personalized stories also humanize the brand and make them stand out from competitors, which can be the linchpin that turns a prospect into a client.
Hashtag'd mixes media to make impressions
One of the major video marketing trends we've seen arise in 2016 is the use of mixed media – that is to say, combining video and animation to really drive a message. A.J. Muffett, one of our videographers, pegged this demo video from Hashtag'd as a stellar example of blending concepts and video types.
"It's hip, it's quick, and the story is totally driven by the music," A.J. said of the video. "Most brands will lean heavily on animation to explain how their products and services work, but Hashtag'd's use of real people makes the product more tangible than an animated demo alone."
The live scenes and still-frames sell viewers on the personal experience, but when it comes to explaining what the provider actually does, animations overlaid and spliced into the video help you understand the concept in seconds. All of that, coupled with perfectly orchestrated music, makes the experience feel seamless and simple, which is exactly what Hashtag'd is trying to impress upon the viewer about their service.
So, whether you're promoting a product or your brand, you can learn a lot from UberConference, HubSpot and Hashtag'd. To connect with your audience, you should make it personal, make it real, and make it fun. These approaches are what viewers will remember in the long run.
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Frankenstein kehrt wieder (Originaltitel The Ghost of Frankenstein) ist ein US-amerikanischer Horrorfilm der Universal Studios aus dem Jahr 1942 und setzt die Universal-Frankenstein-Reihe fort. Erstmals wurde das Monster nicht von Boris Karloff gespielt, stattdessen schlüpfte Lon Chaney jun. in die Rolle der künstlich erschaffenen Kreatur. Der Film startete am 3. März 1950 in den österreichischen Kinos.

Handlung
Ygor, der vor Jahren von Wolf Frankenstein niedergeschossen wurde, lebt noch immer in den Ruinen der Burg Frankenstein und sucht nach dem Monster, das in die brodelnde Schwefelgrube gestürzt ist. In einer stürmischen Nacht mit Blitz und Donner wird er schließlich fündig: Die unzerstörbare "Kreatur" hat ebenfalls überlebt, enorm geschwächt.

Der Bucklige hat bereits eine Idee, wie er seinem Freund zu alter Stärke verhelfen kann. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf den Weg in das Städtchen Vasaria, wo der zweite Sohn des alten Baron Frankenstein, Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein, als Arzt und Leiter einer Anstalt für Geistesgestörte lebt und arbeitet.

Kaum sind Ygor und sein Begleiter in Vasaria angekommen, freundet das Monster sich mit einem kleinen Mädchen an und tötet dabei zwei Bewohner, wonach er überwältigt und gefangen genommen wird.
Ygor sucht daraufhin Dr. Frankenstein auf und droht, ihn öffentlich bloßzustellen, wenn er ihm nicht hilft, die Kreatur wieder zu befreien und zu heilen.
Das Monster wird vor Gericht gestellt, wo es im Laufe der Verhandlung ausbricht und mit Ygor in die Anstalt von Dr. Frankenstein flüchtet. Dabei tötet das Monster den Assistenten Dr. Kettering.
Durch den Einsatz von Betäubungsgas kann Dr. Frankenstein ihn und Ygor überwältigen.
Eine Vision seines verstorbenen Vaters erweckt seine wissenschaftliche Neugier, und so macht Ludwig sich zusammen mit seinem Kollegen Dr. Bohmer daran, das Gehirn des Monsters auszutauschen. Als Ygor sein eigenes Gehirn für die Transplantation anbietet, schickt Dr. Frankenstein ihn weg: Er ist nicht bereit, einem Halunken einen unbesiegbaren Körper zu schenken.

Stattdessen will er dem Geschöpf das Gehirn von Dr. Kettering einsetzen, da dieser ein Mensch mit Charakter und Wissbegierde war. Frankenstein setzt das Gehirn ein und das Geschöpf schlägt tatsächlich wenige Stunden später die Augen auf. Jedoch spricht es mit der Stimme von Ygor.

Dieser hat sich mit Dr. Bohmer verbündet, welcher schon seit langem eifersüchtig auf Frankensteins Erfolg ist, der ihm wegen eines vor langer Zeit begangenen Kunstfehlers verwehrt blieb. Ygor hat ihm Macht, Ruhm und Reichtum versprochen, wenn er die Gehirne vertauscht, sodass der Bucklige im Körper des Monsters unsterblich werden kann.

Als Ygor Dr. Bohmer anweist, Gas in das Haus zu leiten um die eindringenden Bewohner zu töten, erblindet er plötzlich. Frankenstein erklärt, dass Ygor und die Kreatur verschiedene Blutgruppen hätten und deswegen die Sinnesnerven nicht versorgt würden. Ygor wird rasend und schleudert Dr. Bohmer in seinem Wüten gegen eines der Starkstromaggregate, um dann das Labor in Trümmer zu schlagen, wodurch dieses in Brand gerät.

Elsa Frankenstein entkommt dank der Hilfe ihres Verlobten Erik dem Feuer, während die Kreatur, Dr. Bohmer und Dr. Frankenstein unter den brennenden Trümmern begraben werden.

Fortsetzungen
Frankenstein kehrt wieder sollten noch mehrere weitere Fortsetzungen folgen, darunter die Komödie Abbott und Costello treffen Frankenstein, für die Stars wie Lon Chaney jun., Bela Lugosi und Glenn Strange ihre Paraderollen als Wolfsmensch, Dracula und Frankensteins Monster parodieren und die gleichzeitig den Abschluss der Frankenstein-Reihe von Universal bildet.

 1943: Frankenstein trifft den Wolfsmenschen, Regie: Roy William Neill, Hauptrolle: Lon Chaney jun., Ilona Massey, Lionel Atwill und Bela Lugosi als Kreatur
 1944: Frankensteins Haus, Regie: Erle C. Kenton, Hauptrolle: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney jun., John Carradine und Glenn Strange als Kreatur
 1945: Draculas Haus, Regie: Erle C. Kenton, Hauptrolle: Lon Chaney jun., John Carradine, Onslow Stevens und Glenn Strange als Kreatur
 1948: Abbott und Costello treffen Frankenstein, Regie: Charles Barton, Hauptrolle: Abbott & Costello, Lon Chaney jun., Bela Lugosi und Glenn Strange als Kreatur

DVD-Veröffentlichung
Frankenstein kehrt wieder ist in der The Monster Legacy DVD Collection erstmals in deutscher Sprache erhältlich. Die DVD-Kollektion enthält auch die komplette Frankenstein-Reihe von Universal.
 The Monster Legacy DVD Collection. Universal Pictures, 14. Oktober 2004.

Sonstiges
 Angeblich war das Maskenteil, das Lon Chaney jun. in Frankenstein kehrt wieder tragen musste, enorm unangenehm. Es saß direkt auf seiner Stirn und drückte permanent auf die Augen, worüber er sich mehrfach beklagte. Einmal bat er darum, dass ihm das Maskenteil abgenommen werden solle, doch hörte man nicht auf ihn. Verärgert riss er sich den Make-up-Aufbau selbst herunter und damit eine klaffende Wunde in die Stirn. Die Dreharbeiten mussten für mehrere Tage unterbrochen werden.
 Nachdem Boris Karloff, der zu dieser Zeit in dem Broadway-Hit Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen spielte, kein Interesse daran hatte, erneut in die Rolle von Frankensteins Monster zu schlüpfen, beschloss Produzent George Waggner, dass das charakteristische Aussehen der Kreatur sich nicht verändern dürfe. Er war in Sorge, dass einerseits der Erfolg ohne Karloff ausbleiben könnte und andererseits, dass das Publikum keine Änderung am Erscheinungsbild des populären Monsters akzeptieren würde.
 Der erste Drehbuchentwurf von Eric Taylor wurde von Universal als zu deprimierend angesehen. So wurde der renommierte Autor Scott Darling beauftragt, das Skript zu überarbeiten.
 Wegen der überraschenden Beliebtheit, die Bela Lugosis Rolle entgegengebracht wurde, durfte er in Frankenstein kehrt wieder ebenfalls als Ygor zurückkehren.
 Chaney jun. wurde bereits gecastet, als er noch mit den Dreharbeiten von Der Wolfsmensch beschäftigt war.
 In den Drehpausen von Frankenstein kehrt wieder lud Chaney jun. die Kinder am Set häufig zum Eiscreme essen ein, um ihnen zu zeigen, dass "das Monster" nicht wirklich böse ist.

Weblinks

 Frankensteinfilms.com Website zu Mary Shelleys Roman Frankenstein, Verfilmungen & Theater (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 1942
US-amerikanischer Film
Schwarzweißfilm
Film über Frankenstein


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Q: JFreeChart: Server stops responding I am working on a JSP project in Netbeans. In the application, I am generating a graph using JFreeChart, which works fine.
The problem is, that after generating the graph the server stops responding, and I need to restart it to get things working again. Could this be because too many resources have been consumed by JFreeChart?
I based the application I used on code I got from this tutorial on RoseIndia.
Any suggestions/advice? Thanks.

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A new company, Prout UK, has taken over the Canvey Island premises of Prout Catamarans, in administration since 12 September.
Administrators were called in on September 12 to Prout Catamarans Ltd, the UK's only production cruising catamaran builder, 14 months after the boatbuilder was bought by US-based diversified boat charter, marinas and condominiums group Quest Marine. A new company, Prout UK, has now been formed and is continuing to trade from the former Prout Catamaran's yard at Canvey Island in Essex. There have been no redundancies.
According to Quest Marine's president Jean Larroux, Prout UK has signed new agreements for virtually all of the existing 11 boats in build at present. Larroux told IBI that the boatbuilder would no longer be contract building the Moody 32 and 34.
"There's been no interruption in the production process," said Larroux. To increase efficiency, Larroux says that the former Prout Catamaran's extensive range, which comprised around 12 models, will be streamlined. Models to stay are the 38 and 46 sailing catamarans and a new 43 sport rig cat is to be introduced. The boatbuilder will continue with its line of Panther power cats and yachts over 60ft, which will be built at the Concordia Yard in Rayong, Thailand.
According to Larroux, the UK yard was taking around 5,000 man hours to produce a 38-footer, double what had originally been estimated when Quest bought the yard in July 2000. Every boat sold in the past two years, he said, sold at a loss.
Even so, Larroux says the yard is optimistic. Prout UK is soon to take delivery of two hanger buildings which should help increase capacity: "With the two semi-permanent hangers we hope to up production to about 50-60 boats a year," he says.
The company has just sold a 70ft sailing cat as well as its first Thai-built 70 ft powercat to a US owner. An Ed Dubois sailing catamaran is also in build in Thailand and sea trials on the 64 begin in January. Prout UK is also about to embark on a marketing campaign to promote the brand. "From an operational point of view and a productivity point of view, the yard is running a lot more smoothly," said Larroux.
Quest says it is looking to expand its dealer network, especially in the US where Prout UK is represented by only one dealer at present.


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There is More to Sentence Correction than the Grammar
Why is it that even after a fairly rigorous GMAT Prep schedule students are unable to display readiness to tackle the sentence correction questions on the GMAT? One likely explanation for this is that the prep though 'rigorous' was not holistic; possibly the prep diligently focused on the ' most important rules' that are touted to popularize GMAT materials and in the bargain overlooked the 'little' issues that constitute a complete understanding of the sentence correction content.
While preparing for the kill, it is essential to learn to be a little unconventional and less academic in one's approach to solving/correcting sentences. This 'unconventionality' manifests itself variously and can differ from test-taker to test-taker. All the same it is not as if there is no pattern in this madness. There is. And what I shall enjoy sharing here are some of the unconventional, almost 'renegade,' strategies I openly advocate in grammar/sentence correction modules with GMAT –takers training with me. Start by punishing yourself to manage a sentence correction in 30 seconds. This is the first step in the preparation. To achieve this 'impossible' goal you will have to find ways to cut down on time and believe me those ways cannot always be bookish and traditional.
Here are two sentence correction tasks which I shall attack using the most unassuming grammar concepts available and work to solve the questions in the minimal time.
SAMPLE 1:
Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes.
(A) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough
(B) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep fifteen hours a day, and with such infrequent movements
(C) sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and move so infrequently
(D) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a day and moving so infrequently
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough
Remember that when the sentence is non-underlined at the end, there is bound to be content here that should be used to discover the status of the underlined portion. While reading the non-underlined portion, the appearance of 'it' is significant and clearly establishes that the noun to which the 'it' refers has to be singular. But when that pronoun – noun connection is made, it is evident that the 'it' refers to the 'sloth' and that it is impossible then to have answers using the plural 'sloths.' So A, B and C go; selecting from D and E should be easier than selecting from all! Here 2 rules help- one, a 'so' before 'infrequently' will better complete the 'that' sitting non-underlined after 'infrequently' than will 'enough.' Also, when constructing a parallel structure, we must never repeat the subject common to the parallel after 'and.' So when we say 'hangs………., sleeps…………, and it moves…….." it is blasphemous to use the 'it' after and. Hence E is out for two reasons – the 'enough' that does not sync with 'that' and the 'it' after 'and.'
All the rules used to pick the right answer are basic grammar rules and are often neglected for just this reason – they are too simple. Truth is that the GMAT sentence corrections can be tackled either at a very intellectual level or then, as is common, at a very amateur level sharpened by a high level of assurance in one's grasp of basic rules.
Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West
As always, the key to good sentence correction is to focus on the non-underlined content. In this question this rule may seem not to work or may lead you down a wrong path if you miss the importance of 'there.' When you read the opening non-underlined clause – "Because the Earth's crust is more solid there……………………., …………." it must click that this 'there' needs to be identified immediately after the comma before we can proceed with more information. Naturally then, the correct underlined portion after the comma must pertain to location. If this simple reaction to content can be learnt as a skill, we shall eliminate A, B and C and work only to select from D and E which refer to location. If the responsiveness to 'there' is not active, it can take more than necessary time to solve this task and then too the outcome can be worthless.
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With statistics from the Mental Health Foundation indicating there are at least 8.2 million cases of anxiety annually in the UK alone, you can never truly know what someone is going through behind closed doors.
However things are changing – and for the better.
It used to be rare for someone to speak publicly about mental health issues. But now, thanks to the likes of Fearne Cotton, Selena Gomez, Ryan Reynolds, and countless others in the spotlight, it has become more acceptable and, more importantly, this increased dialogue has paved the way to better understanding and empathy – a fact which has been made abundantly clear by former waitress Julia Glass' recent blog post for The Mighty detailing a co-workers reaction to her panic attack.
Unable to control her breathing, and on the verge of tears, Glass rushed to hide in the restaurant's walk-in refrigerator (the only private place available). On the way, however, she passed a colleague, who noted her agitated demeanour and asked her if she was OK.
Glass spent some time alone, working on steadying her breathing and regaining control of the situation and later returned to work as if nothing had happened.
However, when she finished her shift and went home, she found a text on her phone from her colleague.
A simple enough message perhaps, but Glass read the text several times and soon found herself overwhelmed by the sentiment it.
"I don't know if Kendahl [my co-worker] even gave much thought to the text," said Glass. "She didn't have to. To me, that text meant everything.
The post is a firm reminder that anxiety does not work to our timetables: the symptoms are difficult to control, inconvenient in how they affect day-to-day life, and can be utterly all-consuming.
The most upsetting element of all, however, is the way that anxiety can make you feel isolated.
As Glass points out, a simple message of support, kindness and acknowledgement – however small – can go a long way towards reminding anxiety sufferers that they are not alone.
Anxiety symptoms are often hard for sufferers to put into words; there is usually a sense of danger or threat, of not being able to cope with what might happen – a "nameless dread" that provokes such physically real symptoms that it can be debilitating.
It is now the most common form of mental illness and highly treatable. If you suffer from anxiety, experts advise that you visit you GP to explore the number of treatments available.


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The Coffee Connector may have hit that sweet spot between forcing people to meet and letting the rest happen organically. The machine can sense when two people are standing in front of it waiting for coffee. Coffee Connector then proceeds to ask the people to introduce themselves by inputting their names. It only begins to brew once you've entered this info. People who have used it say that the exposed mechanics show the spectacle of coffee-making, creating a mesmerizing conversation starter. And a built-in printer leaves personal information on each pair's coffee sleeves— like trading business cards.
This Memorial Day Weekend SquadUP, along with a few of our good friends from Sumeria, Hudson Sutler, Tuckernuck, Uproot Wines, The Next Step Realty, and One Orange, will be flying private to Nantucket on the one and only Fly Figawi! Bypassing early morning wake up calls, long airport lines and expensive airfare, Fly Figawi is turning busy holiday travel into a sophisticated experience… with adult beverages of course! Once we land on the island we may lose ourselves in the magic and the chaos. Luckily we will be able to spot our fellow passengers by their Hudson Sutler bag, filled with the ultimate Figawi swag collection!
3. New Features! The Social Media Gallery and More!
The product team has been heads down for months working on these improvements so we brought in VP of Product Development, Sam Mogil, to break down the changes for us. In all honesty, the product team has been grinding since we founded the company, but it's worth noting their recent efforts to help further differentiate SquadUP as the social way to plan your perfect event.
If your brand is targeting the ever popular Millennial demographic, like SquadUP is, you might want to take some notes on how the big boys have been marketing to this group. It's important to note that it's not just about getting in front of this demographic, it's the timing, too. These young people aren't sitting on the couch watching a commercial, they're in the midst of an unforgettable experience– maybe the best of their life. Reaching them at this unique and potentially transformative point is incredibly valuable. But how?
Boomset's Monica Mari writing a guest post on the ins and outs of the guest check-in process. Boomset has separated themselves from the pack as the leading experts in guest registration.
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