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Anabel Ford believes the ancient Maya have a lot to teach people today about the sustainable use of the forest. Working with a local group of indigenous forest gardeners, Ford, who was an Associate Laureate in the 2000 Rolex Awards, has helped construct a model garden at an elementary school in Santa Familia, a village in Belize 12 kilometres from El Pilar, an ancient Maya city that spans the Guatemala-Belize border.
More than 100 students will work in the new garden each year, learning about plants and trees as they come to understand and appreciate a model of forest management passed down from their Maya ancestors. An archaeologist and anthropologist, Ford directs the MesoAmerican Resource Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara and has worked in the Maya forests for over two decades. She was interviewed by Paul Jeffrey for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise.
How did the school garden come about?
A student of mine, accompanied by two forest gardeners, was doing a survey in 2007 of other forest gardeners about which plants they had in their own individual plots. When they visited an old forest gardener named Alcario Cano, he realized that the three forest gardeners together knew a lot more about his landscape than he knew alone. So he asked if he could accompany them on their visits. That spirit caught on, and by the time they ended up surveying 18 forest gardens, they had almost 18 people in the entourage.
These men and women were interested in how to share the knowledge they possessed. So they formed an organization – the El Pilar Forest Garden Network – and asked the local school if they could utilize some unused land for a model garden. They named it Känan K'aax – "well tended forest" in the local Yukatek Maya language.
In 2008, the forest gardeners selectively cleared the land keeping useful trees, shrubs and herbs for the school garden and they brought plants from their own home nurseries, creating zones in the garden for herbs and medicinal plants, flowers and other ornamentals, as well as hardwood and fruit trees. They inaugurated the project in 2010.
How have you integrated the garden into the school's curriculum?
The teachers are already trying to teach reading, writing and arithmetic, and to integrate yet another subject into their day is difficult. So we developed a teacher's guide, and we're still working on implementing its use. The existing curriculum has an environmental component and a health component, and there are activities related to the garden that easily work into these studies. They've done the planting and now can watch the plants and learn about flowering and fruiting. They can study the nutritional value of the food crops in the garden and do simple things like measure the temperature difference between sunny areas and the shady ones underneath the trees.
My motto is "no child left indoors". The data show that children who get outdoors are more creative, they're better writers, they're better in math, they are more imaginative. I'm helping the teachers understand that getting kids involved in the garden will result in better test scores.
It's an initiative of the community, but we received a grant from the National Geographic Society which has helped with infrastructure, installing trails, a fence, outhouses and a gallery – meaning that they can be outside, even if it's raining.
Why is it important to get kids involved?
The children are the hope to conserve the native resources and keep the Maya forest alive. Without the traditional knowledge and wisdom of the elders and their understanding of the flora and fauna of the Maya forest, the next generation will lose its connection to the land and thus the key to a sustainable model of living. It's imperative that children acquire the knowledge of their elders and understand their connection to their Maya ancestors. The Känan K'aax offers a space and opportunity for this and the children are thrilled.
In 2007, you published a children's colouring book about the Maya forest gardens, and now you're supporting a model forest garden at a school. Why are you so passionate about helping new generations understand and appreciate the Maya forest gardens?
The Maya forest garden is a model of how humanity can sustain itself and flourish by cooperating with nature instead of altering, subduing and destroying it. My research shows the ancient Maya worked with their tropical environment, as opposed to simply exploiting it, in order to create a flourishing civilization sustained by its natural environment or ecosystem. Yet today the Maya forest garden is close to dying, just like languages that are dying because they're not being passed on. Not enough people appreciate the value of the forest garden, which promotes conservation and biodiversity. As it's threatened, so is the vitality of the Maya forest itself. The old forest gardeners are dying. Alcario Cano, for example, has died since we began the school garden. We've got to keep the forest garden alive. I'd love for it to be recognized by UNESCO as part of the world's intangible cultural heritage.


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Stephen McGlede (né le  dans le  Victoria) est un coureur cycliste australien. Spécialiste de la poursuite et de la course aux points sur piste, il a notamment été champion du monde de la course aux points amateurs en 1990 et médaillé olympique de la poursuite par équipes en 1988 à Séoul et en 1992 à Barcelone.

Palmarès sur piste

Jeux olympiques
Séoul 1988
  Médaillé de bronze de la poursuite par équipe

Barcelone 1992
  Médaillé d'argent de la poursuite par équipe
 Abandon lors de la course aux points

Championnats du monde
Maebashi 1990
  Champion du monde de la course aux points amateurs
  Médaillé de bronze de la poursuite par équipe amateurs

Stuttgart 1991
  Médaillé d'argent de la course aux points amateurs
  Médaillé de bronze de la poursuite par équipe amateurs

Jeux du Commonwealth
1990
  Médaillé de bronze des 10 miles

Palmarès sur route
1990
  du Circuit franco-belge
1992
  de la Semaine cycliste lombarde

Distinctions
 Athlète de l'année aux Australian Institute of Sport Awards  : 1990

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste australien
Coureur cycliste sur piste
Coureur cycliste aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1988
Coureur cycliste aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1992
Champion du monde de cyclisme sur piste
Naissance en avril 1969
Médaillé d'argent olympique australien
Médaillé de bronze olympique australien

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Fans brave long lines, rain for 'Halo 2' debut
They lined up hours before the game's release outside EB Games in San Francisco. "I want it as soon as possible," said one gamer. Photos: 'Halo 2' adventure begins
Richard Shim
November 9, 2004 11:56 AM PST
SAN FRANCISCO--Estevan Plata knew it was coming, and experience told him that if he wanted to be first he had better be early.
So nearly six hours before the release of "Halo 2"--the follow-up to the most successful title ever released for Microsoft's Xbox--the quiet young man patiently came, stood ready and watched a stream of hard-core gamers line up behind him.
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"I like being the first," Plata said. The 19-year-old got what he was after: He stood at the head of the line of some 200 fans eager to buy a copy of the $49.99 "Halo 2," which went on sale at EB Games near Union Square at just past midnight PST, the game's official release time.
It's unlikely that the game will sell out, but many in the crowd said they simply didn't want to wait any longer than they had to and were eager to hear the gunshots of this first-person shooter game. That's likely music to the ears of console makers and game publishers, who this holiday season will be looking to capitalize on the rapidly growing game industry, which is challenging the popularity of the movie industry.
The line for buying the game was reminiscent of lines for blockbuster movie debuts, without the red carpet or celebrity sightings. Sharing tips and talking about their favorite parts of other games helped to pass the time for these gamers, mostly young men, as intermittent sprinkles turned to a light rain by the time the doors opened.
"I don't mind the wait--I thought it would be worse," said Aaron Williams, 22. Williams and one of his roommates, Raphael Suter, 22, are planning a "Halo 2" competition with their friends this weekend.
Gamespot review
'Halo 2'
Long-awaited sequel builds on a strong foundation.
Some players are likely to get an even earlier start, staying up all night Monday into Tuesday to try their luck with the new game.
"I want it as soon as possible, and I don't plan on getting any sleep tonight," said Daniel Jongeward, 21, who showed up around 10 p.m. He said this was the first time he'd ever waited in line for a game, but he's been waiting two years for the release of "Halo 2," and he was getting impatient. The game has been long delayed, causing a near frenzy among its fans.
"It's kinda sad what we're doing," Suter said of waiting for a game that would still be available in a few hours. "But it's worth it. I'll be passed out at the controller when others are just getting their copies."
What's so great about this game? Some are interested in seeing the new weapons and vehicles or in being able to use two weapons at the same time ("dual wielding"). Others, such as Jongeward, are looking forward to the online feature, called Xbox Live, which allows subscribers to connect to a network of players so they can compete with one another.
"There's always potential for someone online to be able to beat you," Jongeward said.
But not if you get your copy earlier, play all night and master the game before everyone else--something Plata intended to do as he quickly headed home after getting his copy. He'll want to work his way up the ranks in "Halo 2" before he prepares to get in line again for "Half-Life 2," the next big video game, which is due for release Nov. 16.
And he's already got bragging rights for his first-in-line achievement. That could be a salve to his runner-up status a couple of weeks ago, when he was second in line for a copy of another eagerly anticipated game, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas."
Discuss: Fans brave long lines, rain for 'Halo 2' debut

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Anyone care to guess just what is going on at ~1 min? it's repeatable.
You mean the crash? That's odd. I have noticed that I have to set a higher minimum alt since the latest BDA patch due to a lot more ground collisions, but I'm not sure of the cause. Does changing the altitude settings help?
I did try both radar, btw - nothing ever shows up.
Also - words fail me.
This is my design so far, a pretty standard construction. I'm still tweaking it and testing additional designs. It is quite heavy, but it does alright.
@Van Disaster On that video your airplane is clearly flying way above the altitude I would recommend, it does not attack because it keeps going below the min altitude and pulls up instead.
You should tweak that AI some more.
@tetrydis Min alt for that flight was ~350m - it's clearly above that during the initial merge when it's being pretty aggressive. I'd set min alt lower but the pilot doesn't have much sense of self preservation.
Wooh! Got around to finishing it just before my exam week. Good luck to everybody in the tourney!
Does the Dry weight include the kerbal?
Kerbals aren't a resource that is used up in flight so i would assume so.
AFAIK a Kerbal adds 0.09735 T to a command seat.
@Van Disaster: lower your default altitude. It always wants to climb back up to the default altitude and attack from there, but then it's too steep of an angle against a target that's below its default altitude and it decides to play it ultra-safe and pull out of the dive. Your AI settings would most likely be better for a BnZer, not a turnfighter like you've got. And it never gets to extend like it wants to because it's bleeding energy like it has a parachute on it in those turns. If you're gonna insist on it being a turnfighter, set up the AI for it to stick to low altitude shenanigans and work on it to make sure that it is actually capable of quickly getting right-side up and damping yaw oscillations to avoid going into the ground.
Honestly, it looks like all your problems are just a case of designing for last war's AI.
@ferram4: I had suspicions; I was trying to build a B&Z-er without drastically limiting pitch authority - killing pitch authority seems to really limit the ability to evade - but despite the g-limiter being set to 5 it still wanted to peg the meter & pull the wings off :S and you're probably right about designing for old AI to some extent.
Probably makes a better turn-fighter anyway.
Tetrydis: I doubt I'll be happy enough with anything to provide an entry unless you're short a craft to make up numbers, but let me know & I'll add something to the pot if you need it.
Whoo, 23 submissions so far, awesome!
If someone hasn't submitted yet, go for it, make sure you don't skip the deadline.
Joined up just in time to submit my design.
Having seen the videos from the last competition it should be interesting to see how the battles will turn out considering all of the improvements made in the mods used.
And i think it would have to be 1 vs 1.
The only problem with jets is that there is much less dogfighting and much more sniping, not as fun.
*I also had a lot of stuff going on at the same time like music and some other things which may give extra 2 or 3 fps if turned off.
Regrettably, I was quite busy the last few days and didn't submit. I guess I can wait for BAD-T 3?
Or I guess I'll try submitting now and see what happens?


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from azure.cli.core.commands.parameters import get_one_of_subscription_locations
from azure.cli.core.decorators import Completer

from azure.cli.command_modules.vm._actions import load_images_from_aliases_doc, get_vm_sizes

@Completer
def get_urn_aliases_completion_list(cmd, prefix, namespace):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
    images = load_images_from_aliases_doc(cmd.cli_ctx)
    return [i['urnAlias'] for i in images]

@Completer
def get_vm_size_completion_list(cmd, prefix, namespace):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
    location = namespace.location
    if not location:
        location = get_one_of_subscription_locations(cmd.cli_ctx)
    result = get_vm_sizes(cmd.cli_ctx, location)
    return [r.name for r in result]

@Completer
def get_vm_run_command_completion_list(cmd, prefix, namespace):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
    from ._client_factory import _compute_client_factory
    try:
        location = namespace.location
    except AttributeError:
        location = get_one_of_subscription_locations(cmd.cli_ctx)
    result = _compute_client_factory(cmd.cli_ctx).virtual_machine_run_commands.list(location)
    return [r.id for r in result]

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Marshall Larsen is a member of the Board of Directors of United Technologies Corporation. He previously was Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Goodrich Corporation. In July 2012, UTC acquired Goodrich, which was combined with Hamilton Sundstrand to create the UTC Aerospace Systems business unit.
Mr. Larsen joined Goodrich in 1977, and held various positions, including Operations Analyst, Director of Planning and Analysis, Director of Product Marketing, Assistant to the President, and General Manager of many segments of the company's aerospace businesses. He also was Chairman of the Charlotte Regional Partnership and a Director of Lowes, in addition to serving on the boards of Aerospace Industries Association and General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Mr. Larsen earned an undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy and a Master of Science in Industrial Administration degree from Purdue University.


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Q: Create variables in a JavaScript loop I had an array in PHP
vars = array('Date','Name','Number');

Using the "vars" array I could create more arrays using the names in the list:
for($i = 0;  $i < count($vars); $i++){
 ${$vars[$i]} = "Something";
}

Now, I have an array in JavaScript and I want to do the same: create variables using a list' names in a loop. This variables are going to be arrays and I just can't use a common array for all the variables. What can I do?
I know it's possible to do "variable" variables in JavaScript:
var obj = {}
obj.foo = 42;

var bar = 'foo';
console.log(obj[bar]);

But I don't know how to use it in a loop from another array

A: You can use this in global context to set global variables.
$vars = ['Date','Name','Number'];
for(var $i = 0;  $i < $vars.length; $i++){
  this[$vars[$i]] = "Something";
}

A: Ok, I finally found a solution
variables = ["Name1", "Name2", "Name3"];

for (var i = 0; i < variables.length; i++){
  window[variables[i]] = new Object();
  window[variables[i]] = [1, 2, 3];
}

document.write(Name1) // It shows 1 2 3;

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A Single Mom Who Retired at 49 with $1.3 million took 6 simple steps to reach her goal
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When we think of bullying, we often imagine classrooms, playgrounds, and other places where children dwell. We imagine name-calling and teasing. However, while childhood bullying is a pervasive issue that deserves proper attention adult bullying is a conversation that also deserves more attention.
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Social workers and students at Evangel to celebrate National Social Work Month with luncheon
Published on Mar 13, 2013 by Evangel University News
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Evangel University Social Work Program and Missouri State University School of Social Work, along with AIDS Project of the Ozarks, will sponsor a luncheon in celebration of National Social Work Month.
The luncheon will be held on Wednesday, March 27, from 12-1:30 p.m. in Evangel's Cantrell Student Union Building in the Joust West Conference Room.
"We want to honor social workers and the profession during National Social Work Month," said Professor Lacey Nunnally, director of Evangel's Social Work Program. "Providing a free lunch for area social workers will hopefully be a token of gratitude to those who give so much to our community."
Guest speaker will be Dr. Renee White. She serves Joplin Schools as the manager for Project HOPE, which provides mental health supports in schools. Prior to this, she worked as a clinical instructor for Missouri State University's School of Social Work.
After the devastating Joplin tornado, White used her professional skills to assist families, organizations and the Joplin community in disaster recovery, including individual crisis counseling, non-profit staff resiliency and debriefing, and community coordination and collaboration.
White is currently the chairperson of the Joplin Area Long Term Recovery Committee, a volunteer committee with over 80 organizational partners (governmental agencies, emergency/disaster management agencies, social service organizations and faith-based benevolence groups) who serve tornado-affected families in need.
Additional guests will include the following:
Dwayne Walker, representative from the National Association of Social Workers
Jeanette Mott Oxford, representative from the Missouri Association of Social Welfare
Cindy Rushefsky, City Council member
Registration for the event is now closed.
For additional information, contact Melissa Summerville at 417-865-2815, ext. 8622.
Evangel University is a private, Christian university of arts, sciences and professions. With an enrollment of more than 2,000 students from all 50 states and abroad, Evangel offers more than 100 undergraduate academic programs and nine master's programs.


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Francis Sheene and Willis Rice are two of the better-known makers of what I call "workbench traps," traps made by someone working out of his home or a small shop. Unlike most other workbench items, Sheene and Rice traps have a following among collectors of antique traps because of the quality and also the uniqueness of what they made. The large number of traps made by Rice over many years has also helped to spark interest among collectors.
Francis E. Sheene, Vermontville, New York, is best known for what many collectors today refer to as the "Sheene bedspring trap." The spring that powers the trap appears very much like the early box spring used in beds of the day. He patented the trap December 28, 1948, and it remained on the market for maybe two years, in sizes No. 1-1/2 and No. 4.
I suspect the traps didn't have sufficient holding power to match the jaw spreads, therefore, the short life spin. A single coilspring powers the No. 1-1/2. It is located under the pan, attached to the frame in front and to the lever arm in the rear. The No. 4 has two of these springs, running from lever arm to lever arm.
This invention relates to an animal trap of the choker type and has the provision of a trap that is reasonable in cost … that is effective in operation, and is made to guide the animal into the trap and to prevent the animal from being thrown clear of the trap when the trap jaws close.
Rice also made the Kant Freeze, Two-in-One, Float Trap, Improved Conibear, Baited Trap, a wood block mouse trap, and several others of unique design. Rice could pretty much build any type of trap, and he closely duplicated many existing designs, though a collector usually can tell a Rice Trap. The Pendulum, Redford, Jackson Otter Dog, Gibbs Dope, St. Louis Killer, Gibbs Live Net and others were all duplicated by Rice. He was still making traps as recently as the late 1970s.
Sheene traps in very good condition bring up to $150 on today's collector market while Rice traps vary more in price, because there are so many. Expect to pay from $20 maybe up to $100 for a Rice trap, depending on condition and collector interest in the particular model.


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Laffricata labiodentale sorda è una consonante, rappresentata con il simbolo [p͡f] (eventualmente unito da un legamento) nell'alfabeto fonetico internazionale (IPA).

Nella lingua italiana tale fono non è presente.

Caratteristiche
La consonante affricata labiodentale sorda presenta le seguenti caratteristiche:
il suo modo di articolazione è affricata, perché questo fono è dovuto all'unione di una fase occlusiva e di una fase fricativa;
il suo luogo di articolazione è labiodentale, perché nel pronunciare tale suono i denti incisivi superiori si accostano al labbro inferiore;
è una consonante sorda, in quanto questo suono è prodotto senza vibrazione da parte delle corde vocali.

Altre lingue

Tedesco
In lingua tedesca tale fono è reso con la grafia :
Apfel "mela"

Consonanti affricate
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TSN: Simplifying Metro Communication Networks
Richard Weatherburn 11/15/17
With Industry 4.0 came the next generation of factory automation. This technology was aimed at improving the efficiency of factories with automated machines that operated on fast-moving production lines. But now, with more and more data needing to be transferred across increasingly burdened Ethernet networks, the information can be become slowed or delayed. The results? Less efficient operations and, ultimately, less output – outcomes completely counterintuitive to the original goals. TSN has been developed to overcome these challenges, but it can also be used within a transportation environment to great effect.
The Value of TSN Technology for Communication Networks
Up to now, all data transferred across the network had the same priority. If the network was busy, network performance slowed down. Non-critical data, like surveillance video, can clog up the network. This might mean that time-sensitive machine and production line data gets delayed, which – in worst case scenarios – can result in machine malfunction and downtime.
So the question becomes, should all data be treated equally? Absolutely not. There is a great need for time-sensitive data to be prioritized over other data transfers. To accomplish this, the Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) technology was developed to ensure on-time transfers of critical data, even when the network is busy.
At a high-level, here's how it works. TSN sorts data according to its purpose, sending non-critical data into a queue to travel as traffic will allow. But time-sensitive data goes into the express lane to move immediately to its intended destination.
For example, during a time when your network is busy, video surveillance and condition monitoring data is being transferred over the network at the same time as crucial production-line robotics data. Without prioritization, both data packets will be transferred at the same time. But, if the bandwidth crunch results in even a millisecond of delay in the transfer of the robotic data, the delicate dance of automation on your production line can become out of sync, resulting in desynchronization and, ultimately, downtime for your production line.
TSN in Action: Railway Communication Network
Any industry with time-sensitive data will clearly benefit from TSN technology. For this blog, let's take a deeper dive into the transportation industry, which has many time-critical elements to consider.
Traditionally, increasing the capacity on a metro rail network has involved large levels of capital expenditure on the rail infrastructure. Typical solutions to capacity challenges may have involved laying additional running lines, perhaps boring new tunnels and lengthening platforms to enable longer trains to be run. These large civil projects are not only expensive, they are also potentially disruptive to the running of an operational service.
Through the use of exact, real-time, train information, Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) provides a solution to the capacity challenges and avoids the need for many of these expensive and disruptive civil engineering capital projects. Since the data within a CBTC system is safety-critical, an Ethernet network with a high level of reliability and availability is required. In addition, the CBTC communications network is 'ring fenced' to guarantee the bandwidth and latency performance criteria. This means that CBTC Ethernet networks exclusively carry the data relating to the safety-critical CBTC application.
At the same time, our requirements for trains have become more demanding. Diagnostic systems now report back to depots before the train arrives for maintenance so that spare parts and tools can be organized. Passenger Information Systems provide us with real-time information during ticketing. Seat reservation systems and WiFi access to the internet or entertainment systems make our journey less stressful. All of these applications also require an Ethernet communications network and a connection between the train and the ground system.
Figure 1 – This chart outlines some of the commonly deployed applications requiring train-to-ground connectivity. Each of these applications requires data transfer between train and a ground system as well as a trackside communications infrastructure.
Prior to TSN technology, rail operators have been running separate wireless Ethernet networks with the sole purpose of handling the safety-critical, time-sensitive data. Then, secondary networks handle less time-sensitive data, such as passenger WiFi access and real-time video surveillance footage. Each network manages its own data and its individual connection between the train and the ground network.
Why go to these extreme measures? That's just how critical it is that trains can reliably transmit the time-sensitive CBTC data. This set-up prevents data prioritization issues. And while it makes sense for rail operators to take this precaution, considering the safety concerns for passengers, this practice of relying on several individual networks increases both CAPEX and OPEX costs as well as considerably increasing the complexity of the lineside infrastructure.
Figure 2 – This diagram shows the complexity and interconnectivity required in half of a typical CBTC Ethernet network. Railway systems are often comprised of several, cumbersome networks. A TSN Network reduces the necessary number of networks down to just one.
TSN technology can simplify this process by keeping all data on the same network. With TSN, deterministic data transmission with standardized Ethernet according to IEEE 802.1 and 802.3 is possible for the first time. If we use TSN to combine the Ethernet networks installed for non-CBTC data with the CBTC network we will eliminate the need for any of these additional, non-CBTC networks. Using TSN to guarantee the transmission latency of the CBTC data allows us to utilize the CBTC network to carry non-CBTC data. There is a significant saving in CAPEX and installation costs as well as a reduction in trackside complexity and hence OPEX costs.
4 Benefits of TSN for Metro communication network
Along with its applications within production lines and railway systems, TSN technology will play an important role in a growing number of communications infrastructures as greater numbers of devices are connected under the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 revolution.
As TSN solidifies itself as the next standard in Ethernet, you'll experience high-value benefits:
TSN delivers true, real-time networking.
While Ethernet is loved for its high bandwidth, interoperability and lower costs of maintenance, to date it hasn't been able to meet the growing needs for data delivery latency and timing. Yet the ability to provide guarantees on data transfer timing is a key requirement for mission-critical applications such as CBTC that rely on network communication. TSN smooths out the timing.
TSN technology helps you future-proof.
TSN is not a single technology, but instead an arrangement of many different technologies. While the first, and one of the most important, parts of TSN has now been released as "IEEE 802.1Qbv – Enhancements for Scheduled Traffic," other specifications will follow in the next 3-4 years.
However, you do not have to wait for all parts of the standard to be released before pursuing TSN technology in your metro communications network! The well-defined IEEE 802.1 standardization process guarantees that each new specification will integrate seamlessly into the existing TSN ecosystem.
TSN provides interoperability.
TSN allows for the coexistence of real-time and non-real-time communication on the same network and it supports fault-tolerance and bandwidth reservation. These capabilities fundamentally enhance basic Ethernet technology.
As TSN standards continue to roll out, the result will be a broad interoperability between vendors and the widespread availability of uniform silicon chips that support the technology.
TSN will become a foundation for the Rail IoT.
TSN has already become one of the key enabling technologies for the IIoT and Industry 4.0, for example through standardization efforts with OPC Unified Architecture (UA). By combining TSN standards for lower layers of communication with OPC UA standards for higher protocol layers, the result is an open architecture that can be used to fully network even the most demanding production processes.
From individual rail applications to the flexible intelligent communications networks of the future, TSN is a foundation technology that ties everything together.
Wondering how could TSN technology save you CAPEX and OPEX costs? Looking to learn more about how TSN works? Learn more in our latest white paper "Simplifying Rail Metro Ethernet Communications Networks"
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Salvini: Italy Needs More Children Not More Africans
September 17, 2018 September 26, 2018 Staff	4123 Views 2 Comments
Italy's Matteo Salvini infuriated the EU's most senior foreign minister by declaring that Italy needs more children, not more Africans "to replace the children we're not having".
Speaking at a conference on the European migrant crisis in Vienna, the dynamic League (Lega) leader, who became Italy's deputy prime minister and minister of the interior after anti-establishment populists triumphed at the polls in the recent elections, said he disagreed with EU politicians "[who] say that we need immigration because the population of Europe is getting older".
"I have a completely different viewpoint," he said. "I believe that I'm in government in order to see that our young people have the number of children that they used to a few years ago, and not to transplant the best of Africa's youth to Europe."
Salvini's remarks flustered nearby Jean Asselborn, who muttered "blah, blah, blah" while the Italian was speaking.
The 69-year-old Luxembourger, who is the EU's longest-serving foreign minister — having been in post since 2004 — has previously complained that anti-mass migration parties which want to "protect Christianity" and refuse to "open the door" to Arabic-speaking Muslim migrants will "destroy Europe" with their strong border policies.
Salvini: 'We Need to Help Italians Have More Children, Not Bring Africans to Replace the Children We're Not Having'
Salvini merely used the opportunity to goad the EU loyalist, however, adding: "Maybe in Luxembourg they need to do this, but in Italy we need to help people have more children, rather than bring in modern-day slaves [from Africa] to replace the children we're not having."
Paragona i nostri nonni emigrati ai clandestini che sbarcano oggi, vuole più immigrati in Europa e conclude urlando: "Merda".
Ma in Lussemburgo, paradiso fiscale che non può dare lezioni all'Italia, non hanno nessuno di più normale che faccia il Ministro??? #Asselborn pic.twitter.com/CGMh4cBY49
— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) September 14, 2018
Salvini's remarks prompted an explosion of anger from Asselborn, who raged: "In Luxembourg, sir, we have welcomed thousands of Italians who came to work in our country, as migrants, so that you in Italy had money for your children!"
Unable to contain himself, he then added "Merde, alors" — meaning "then shit".
The outburst is just the latest example of the EU old guard's growing discomfiture as anti-mass migration, pro-sovereignty parties rise up and even enter government in countries such as Austria, Italy, Hungary, and Poland, rendering the globalist consensus in Europe increasingly fragile.
Salvini, for his part, was happy to share the Luxembourger's meltdown with his substantial social media following, and dismissed his city-state home country as "a tax haven that cannot give lessons to Italy".
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Salvini is an inspirational figure. His populist approach has been successful and has swung the political paradigm significantly to the right in Italy. Amazing what this leader of a regional party can achieve.
I'm so glad Salvini goaded the old EU coot into dropping the mask. If enough people see through the facade, victory is ours.
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Deputy Executive Director/Head of Programmes, Johannesburg
March 11, 2019 Ketso
About OSISA
OSISA is a growing African institution committed to deepening democracy, protecting human rights and enhancing good governance in the region. It's vision is to promote and sustain the ideals, values, institutions and practices of open society, with the aim of establishing vibrant and tolerant southern African democracies in which people, free from material and other deprivation, understand their rights and responsibilities and participate actively in all spheres of life.
In pursuance of this vision, OSISA's mission is to initiate and support programmes working towards open society ideals and to advocate for these ideals in southern Africa. Established in 1997, OSISA works in10 southern Africa countries: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. OSISA works differently in each of these ten countries, according to local conditions.
The Deputy Executive Director / Head of Programmes will work with the Executive Director to develop and implement the strategic vision of the Foundation.
The Deputy Executive Director / Head of Programmes will be responsible for leading and supporting the overall implementation of OSISA's strategic plan with particular emphasis on programme strategy and ensuring that all programmes are adhering to the principles laid out in the strategy.
S/he will identify current trends and provide thought leadership relevant to OSISA's programmes.
S/he oversee the Cluster Team Leaders in order to sustain and grow programmes in line with OSISA's strategic mandate.
The Deputy Executive Director / Head of Programmeswill in collaboration with the Senior Finance & Operations Manager to oversee the submission of programme budgets and ensure the quality and accuracy of quarterly substantive and financial reports to Executive Director.
He/ She has full-delegated authority to act on behalf of the Executive Director in his/her absence; Responsible for the development and execution of the OSISA's programmes strategy.
Provides leadership and direction for programme staff, setting an effective agenda and ensuringperformance goals are met and set.
Serves as a mentor, coach and guide to senior staff, particularly with regards to programming and grant making.
Key Performance Areas
1.Strategic Vision and Leadership
Works with the Executive Director providing strategic vision and leadership on matters relating to OSISA'S programming, strategy, management, governance, and budget.
Implements and monitors strategic parameters for grant making, operational and advocacy work in the region and across programme clusters.
Works with the Executive Director in providing substantive guidance, feedback and support to programme staff in refining the overall strategic direction of OSISA's focus areas, in establishing programme priorities, and in designing and carrying out projects.
Monitors the applications for programme funding.
Works with the Executive Director in managing OSISA's annual strategy/budget drafting and submission process.
Plays a key role in conceptualizing and supporting programme evaluations and reviews.
Provides strategic guidance to Cluster Team Leaders, Senior Grants & Partnerships Manager and Finance team to collaborate effectively.
Works closely with the leadership and programme staff of other OSF Foundations and partner organizations.
2. Financial and Administrative Oversight
Oversees the procedures and processes to safeguard the financial health of the programme clusters with particular attention to audit preparedness and financial management.
Works with the Executive Director and Senior Finance and Operations Manager in ensuring quality and accuracy of financial information.
Oversees the adherence to the highest fiduciary standards of grants made to OSISA partners as well as appropriate management systems and processes for the current grants portfolio.
Ensures the DRC and Angola Offices and programme clusters compliance with OSISA internal policy, legal and registration requirements and other statutory obligations.
Oversee the evaluation and review processes within programmes.
Works with the Senior Grants & Partnerships Manager to ensure that grant processes are managed appropriately and consistent with annual programme work plans and grants policies and procedures.
Ensures that risks are identified and managed in all stages of programme cycle.
3. Communication and Advocacy
Where required serves as a spokesperson for the organization in dealing with external stakeholders.
Ensures regular and efficient communication with all programme staff on key policy matters.
Ensures that effective channels of internal and external communications regarding OSISA programming are established and respected by programme staff.
4. Programme Impact
Establishes and maintains an effective system to assess and analyse the impact of grants, advocacy, communications and other programme activities with regard to effectiveness, consequences, alignment with OSISA's goals and objectives and financial and technical quality.
Works with the Executive Director in developing processes for OSISA leadership and staff to learn from past activities and improve their performance.
Works with the Executive Team approving new programme initiatives identified through key research.
5. Security and Safety
Supports the Executive Director in developing protocols to ensure security and safety of OSISA staff.
Ensure compliance with OSISA and OSF security and safety procedures.
In collaboration with the Executive Director, Senior Finance & Operations Manager, Senior HR Manager and Country Directors develop a disaster prevention, recovery and business continuity plan in respect of all OSISA offices.
6. Work Environment and Staff Development
Ensures a conducive working environment which promotes staff development, wellbeing and productivity.
Promotes teamwork, collegiality and effective communication between programmes and operational units.
Integrates the organizational values into the performance of tasks within and across programmes.
Ensures consistent standards of excellence within the organization.
A Master's degree in Social Science, Law, Human Rights or related fields.
7 – 10 years overall experience.
5 years' experience at a Senior Management or Leadership level working on issues related to
democracy promotion, good governance, human rights, rule of law, socio-economic development and access to justice in a multi-lateral, intergovernmental, civil society or regional organization setting.
All applications much be sent directly to info@kmglobalconsult.com stating OSISA-DED-SA in the subject line.
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This post marks the official launch of WeBikeEugene. We have been posting for a few weeks now, and it's time to spread the word about the site.
WeBikeEugene has a simple mission statement. We exist to spread news of cycling to cyclists and others in the Eugene/Springfield area. We plan to cover advocacy, road riding, commuting, infrastructure projects, off-road projects, recreational riding, road and off-road racing, cycling community events, and anything else having to do with cycling in Eugene, Springfield, and the surrounding area.
Some describe us as Eugene's version of BikePortland.org. We consider this comparison a great compliment, and hope to be as thorough one day as they are. However, we have no current plans to expand our coverage beyond the Eugene/Springfield area, nor do we have the resources to update as often.
You can see a little bit of who we are about by browsing our previous topics. We are not fully operational as of yet, and are still in the process of bringing more contributors on staff. As we acquire more writers our coverage of events, especially in the racing and off-road scenes, will expand.
We welcome any suggestions for articles, news tips, and submitted articles. You can contact us here. None of us run this site full-time, and we welcome any help and suggestions from our readers.
As well as doing our own reporting, we will also be aggregating other Eugene/Springfield area news sources, including GEARS news, Safe Routes to School news, the City of Eugene's InMotion Newsletter, and other sources. Our goal is not to compete with these already wonderful news sources, but instead to make them more accessible to the general public.
Many people have put a lot of effort into making this site a reality, but it will only be useful if people spread the word. A cycling community educated about current cycling events will progress faster than one that is left in dark. You can help by reading, spreading the word, suggesting article ideas, or even contributing.
And, of course, the most important thing is to get out and ride!


Nissan has introduced its sportscar Nissan GTR in india. It is a four-seater car and could be compared with Bugatti Veyron (a fastest car in world!), Porsche 911 and other sportscar. It is low-cost car, costs around 70 lakh (Ex-showroom) in india.
Nissan GTR is powered by 3.8L, DOHC V6, 3,799cc engine with two-parallel turbochargers, all wheel drive.
Nissan GTR generates maximum power of 474 bhp at 6400 rpm and a peak torque of 588 Nm at 3,200-5200 rpm.
Nissan GTR can accelerate from 0-100 kmph in mere 3.5 seconds.
The top speed of Nissan GTR is more than 300 kmph.
Mileage of Nissan GTR is said to be 15 kmpl, in city condition.
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"The extreme South of Madagascar"
Cape Sainte Marie or "Tanjona Vohimena" and its cliffs. It is here that the two oceans meet: the Indian Ocean and the Mozambique Channel. A functional lighthouse predominates this sea swept by a permanent strong wind and which will have no other shore than the Southern and South Pole. The spectacle of the migration of humpback whales from June to October is magical. We are at the tip of the extreme south of Madagascar.
It is also the kingdom of the tortoise "radiata" or "Sokatra" in Malagasy. There are no less than 1000 per square mile! It is a key element for the survival of the local flora. By feeding on plants, it adds essential nutrients to sterile soils and promotes seed germination. Unfortunately it becomes an increasingly rare element of the ecosystem because of poaching.
The remains of the elephant bird, a mythical bird of a height of 10 ft, were found in the Cape Sainte Marie Special Reserve (6,75 square miles) and the female was laying an egg that could hold up to 8 liters of volume. Whole or reconstituted eggs can still be found decorating the salons of wealthy residents throughout the island. The elephant bird would have lived in the South of Madagascar 700 years ago and would have been exterminated by man.
For a long time, and according to the calculations of Portuguese navigators, Betanty was considered as the most southern village of Madagascar. Calculation proved false later, this distinction was attributed to Cape Sainte Marie. In compensation, Betanty was nicknamed "False Cape". It is nonetheless a very beautiful fishing village and a lagoon protected by a rocky barrier.


echo:system is a live performance and installation work lead by Grisha Coleman, with a collaborative team of artists and researchers. Matthew Mosher is the team interface and industrial designer.
The project is a response to our current environmental crisis caused by contemporary humans' resistance to confront our own impact to the environment. The project's goal is to examine intersections of art, environmental sciences and technology; information and place; performance and public engagement in the practical realization of the work. The project works with collaborators from the fields of dance, archeology, anthropology, computer science, environmental humanities, design, music, media, and architecture in developing active and engaging mediated spaces that explore socio-cultural and ecological aspects of the desert.


Munipalle Subramanya Kavi (1730-1780) from the village of Munipalle in Krishna district was one of the pioneers in classical music. He was versatile in Telugu and Sanskrit. He received royal patronage from the ruler of Kalahasti, Damerla Timmappa Nayaka. Subramanya Kavi was supposed to have composed more than l00 keerthanas, out of which 60 or so are available with notations. These are retrieved largely through the efforts of Andhra Ganakala Parishad, Rajamundry .He is the author of Adhyatma Ramayana Sankeerthanalu.


Last week Adobe's biggest Summit yet took place in Las Vegas. An epic 17,000 people, including customers and partners of new acquisitions, Magento and Marketo, gathered to hear about the next wave of customer experience driven transformation.
Although these major acquisitions have brought significant additions to the Adobe suite, these introductions are not my lasting impressions of this year's Summit, one week on. What has really stuck with me was the general change of purpose that I perceived amongst clients and other partners. What do I mean by this? We've been talking about transformation for several years but this year there seemed to be consensus that now is the time to really drive change through clever and strategic use of technology.
Let's face it, the technology is all there and vendors - as per Adobe's example - are accruing an arsenal that means we can pretty much do what we want to do technology-wise. The clever bit, however, is getting it right for your customers and your business and using a technology investment to genuinely change the way that you work for the better.
Data is key to this transformation and Adobe are taking steps to make sure that they are the front runners when it comes to helping businesses stitch up their data and action it in real time.
Adobe developed the Experience Platform (not to be confused with the Experience Cloud!) to help them deliver a more tailored experience to their own customers. Fast forward to last week's Summit and they have announced that it is now globally available.
The Experience Platform allows organisations to stitch together data from multiple sources, analyse it and act on it in real time. It collates data from Adobe's new Customer Data Platform (CDP), that holds real time customer profiles based on browsing and behavioural data, and processes it with the data held in an organisation's CRM, ERP, or any other data source. With an intelligence layer, powered by Adobe Sensei, it provides the capability to deliver timely and relevant experiences to your customers on the device of their choice, via other Experience Cloud solutions. In short, it will save you from spending a huge amount of time and resources creating your own data infrastructure and allow you to get on with the business of growing your business.
From data to commerce, where Adobe have plugged a hole and are now offering a commerce solution that handles every touch point.
Prior to the purchase of Magento last year, Adobe's Achilles' heel was commerce. Now with the addition of Magento Experience driven commerce, they have a solution that takes customers seamlessly from awareness, through purchase, to loyalty. It looks as though full integration with Adobe's other Clouds is still a distant promise, but it's something for us to get our teeth into, and we're certainly looking forward to working with our WPP partners within Wunderman Thompson Commerce to crack that nut.
We're also excited about developing our partnership with Verticurl, WPP's go-to agency for lead generation and marketing automation, and implementation experts when it comes to Adobe's latest acquisition, Marketo.
Marketo brings marketing automation with a strong emphasis on lead management and nurturing to complement Adobe Campaign, more often associated with B2C marketing and high volume. Combining Marketo's capabilities with Adobe's data credentials will give businesses an incredibly sophisticated, single view of the customer and the ability to act on that data, delivering timely messages to their inboxes.
So these were Summit's three big ticket agenda items with Sensei, Adobe's AI, getting lots of passing mention, of course. With such a multi-faceted and complementary stack on offer, the work is now on to connect the pieces of the jigsaw. And I'm not talking about technology in isolation here. The pieces of that jigsaw extend to people and process too. Technology is just a part of the experience ecosystem and, as I mentioned, the overriding message from our clients at Summit was that they are looking to piece this together to drive change.
So perhaps at an enterprise level, we're set to see the technology arms race slow down a little, in favour of some more strategic thinking. What are the strategic goals of your business? What's the role for customer experience in driving those business goals? What are the capabilities that you need to deliver those experiences? These are the questions that we're discussing with our clients and, while we're at it, we're loving playing with all the tools in their shiny technology stacks.


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Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk  (* 29. Januar 1962 in Sulechów bei Zielona Góra, Polen) ist eine polnische Schriftstellerin und Psychologin. 2019 erhielt sie rückwirkend den Nobelpreis für Literatur des Jahres 2018, der zuvor nicht vergeben worden war.

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Ihre Eltern, Wanda und Józef Tokarczuk, stammten aus den ehemaligen polnischen Ostgebieten, aus denen sie im Zuge der Zwangsumsiedlung von Polen aus den ehemaligen polnischen Ostgebieten 1944–1946 vertrieben worden waren. Ihre Kindheit verbrachte Tokarczuk in der Ortschaft Klenica in der heutigen Woiwodschaft Lebus unweit von Zielona Góra, wo ihre Eltern als Lehrer beschäftigt waren. Später zog die Familie ins oberschlesische Kietrz in die Woiwodschaft Oppeln. Dort besuchte sie das städtische Liceum, das sie 1980 mit dem Abitur abschloss. Anschließend studierte sie Psychologie an der Universität Warschau. Neben dem Studium arbeitete sie als Volontärin in einem Heim für verhaltensauffällige Jugendliche. Sie schloss 1985 das Studium als Magistra ab, heiratete und zog zunächst nach Breslau um. 1986 bis 1989 arbeitete sie in der Krakauer Klinik für psychische Gesundheit. 1986 hat sie einen Sohn geboren. Die Familie zog nach Wałbrzych, wo sie bis 1996 im Methodischen Zentrum für Lehrkräfte als Psychotherapeutin angestellt war. Seit 1998 lebt sie in dem kleinen Dorf Krajanów bei Nowa Ruda in der Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien. Von hier aus führte sie von 1998 bis 2003 gemeinsam mit ihrem damaligen Ehemann, Roman Fingas, den Kleinverlag "Ruta", bevor sie sich ganz dem Schreiben widmete.

Sie sieht sich selbst in der geistigen Tradition von Carl Gustav Jung, dessen Theorien sie auch als eine Inspiration für ihre literarischen Arbeiten anführt. 1994 trat sie dem Verein der Polnischen Schriftsteller bei und wurde 1999 Mitglied im polnischen PEN-Club. Nach 2004 war sie eine Zeit lang Mitglied der Partia Zieloni.

Im Oktober 2019 gründete sie in Breslau zusammen mit ihrem zweiten Ehemann und Manager, dem Germanisten Grzegorz Zygadło, die "Olga-Tokarczuk-Stiftung". Als Kulturmanagerin der Stiftung wirkt Iryna Wikyrtschak.

Im September 2020 wurde bekannt, dass Tokarczuk die ihr angetragene Ehrenbürgerschaft ihrer polnischen Heimatregion Niederschlesien abgelehnt hat, da dies "die Spaltung in Polen wegen Rechten für Schwule, Lesben, Bisexuelle und Transsexuelle hervorheben" würde, da sie zur gleichen Zeit wie der emeritierte katholische Bischof Ignacy Dec ausgezeichnet werden sollte, der "die LGBT-Bewegung als Gefahr für die katholische Kirche und Polen beschrieben" hat.

Im Februar 2021 übernahm Tokarczuk den Jury-Vorsitz des Usedomer Literaturpreises von Denis Scheck.

Werk
Tokarczuk debütierte 1979 in dem Jugendmagazin Na Przełaj, in dem sie unter dem Pseudonym "Natasza Borodin" erste Erzählungen veröffentlichte. 1989 ist das Jahr der Veröffentlichung ihres ersten Buches, einer mit "Miasta w lustrach" (Städte in Spiegeln) betitelten Gedichtsammlung. Ihr Debütroman, "Podróż ludzi księgi" (Reise der Buchmenschen), eine Parabel über die Suche zweier Liebender nach dem "Geheimnis des Buches" (eine Metapher für die Bedeutung des Lebens), ist im Frankreich des 17. Jahrhunderts angesiedelt und erschien 1993. Mit diesem Buch erreichte die Autorin große Popularität bei Lesern wie bei Kritikern. Der Nachfolgeroman E. E. (1995) trägt im Titel die Initialen seiner Heldin, einer jungen Frau namens "Erna Eltzner", die in einer bürgerlichen deutsch-polnischen Familie im Breslau der Vorkriegsjahre aufwächst und übermenschliche Fähigkeiten entwickelt.

Großen Erfolg erreichte Tokarczuks dritter Roman "Prawiek i inne czasy" (Ur und andere Zeiten), der 1996 veröffentlicht wurde. Er spielt in dem fiktiven Städtchen Ur in Ostpolen, das von exzentrischen Urgesteinen bevölkert wird. Das Städtchen steht unter dem Schutz der Vier Erzengel Raphael, Uriel, Gabriel und Michael, aus deren Perspektive der Roman das Leben der Bewohner über einen Zeitraum von acht Jahrzehnten seit 1914 aufzeichnet. Parallel zur abwechslungsreichen polnischen Geschichte in jener Zeit, doch gleichzeitig seltsam entrückt von ihr, beschreibt der Roman die stetige Wiederkehr aller menschlichen Freuden und Schmerzen, die in Ur wie durch ein Brennglas sichtbar werden. Der Roman wurde in viele Sprachen übersetzt, darunter Deutsch, und begründete Tokarczuks internationale Reputation als eine der wichtigsten Protagonistinnen der polnischen Literatur in der Gegenwart.

Nach "Prawiek i inne czasy" begann Tokarczuks Arbeit sich weg von der Romanform und hin zu kürzeren Prosatexten und Essays zu entwickeln. Das 1997 erschienene Buch "Szafa" (Schrank) war eine Sammlung dreier Texte im Stil von Kurzgeschichten. "Dom dzienny, dom nocny" (Taghaus, Nachthaus) erschien 1998. Obwohl formell ein Roman, gleicht es eher einer Sammlung lose miteinander verbundener Texte, Skizzen und Essays über Gegenwart und Vergangenheit in der Wahlheimat der Autorin, einem Dorf im Waldenburger Bergland nahe der polnisch-tschechischen Grenze. Wenn auch Tokarczuks schwierigstes Buch, zumindest für jene, die mit der Geschichte Mitteleuropas nicht vertraut sind, war es das erste, das ins Englische übersetzt worden ist.

Danach hat Tokarczuk eine Reihe von Sammlungen kurzer Geschichten veröffentlicht:
Im Jahr 2000 erschien "Ostatnie historie" (Letzte Geschichten) sowie der Essay "Lalka i perła" (Die Puppe und die Perle) über Bolesław Prus' Roman "Lalka" sowie die Hymne Das Perlenlied aus den apokryphen Thomasakten, übersetzt von Czeslaw Milosz. Mit ihren gleichermaßen populären Kollegen Jerzy Pilch und Andrzej Stasiuk veröffentlichte sie den Band "Opowieści wigilijne" mit drei modernen Weihnachtsgeschichten. 2001 folgte "Gra na wielu bębenkach" (Spiel auf vielen Trommeln).

Im Jahr 2014 wurden "Księgi Jakubowe" (Die Jakobsbücher) in Polen veröffentlicht; das Werk erschien 2019 auf Deutsch. In Polen wurde sie für dieses Buch angefeindet und sogar mit dem Tode bedroht. Es setzt sich kritisch mit der häufig verklärten polnisch-litauischen Adelsrepublik des 18. Jhdts. auseinander und zeigt diese als politisch schwachen Feudalstaat, zu dem Machtmissbrauch durch Hochadel und Klerus, Unterdrückung der ethnischen Minderheiten, Judenpogrome oder sklavenähnliche Ausbeutung der leibeigenen Bauern gehörten. Vor dem Hintergrund eines breiten Panoramas Südostpolens im 18. Jahrhundert erzählt Tokarczuk die Geschichte des als Messias verehrten Jakob Joseph Frank. Im Jahr 2022 wurde die englischsprachige Übersetzung The Books of Jacob von Jennifer Croft für den International Booker Prize nominiert.

Literaturnobelpreis
Tokarczuk erhielt zahlreiche polnische wie auch internationale Literaturpreise. Am 10. Oktober 2019 gab die Schwedische Akademie in Stockholm die Verleihung des Nobelpreises für Literatur für das Jahr 2018 an sie bekannt, "für ihre narrative Vorstellungskraft, die, in Verbindung mit enzyklopädischer Leidenschaft, für das Überschreiten von Grenzen als eine neue Form von Leben steht" ("for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life"). Die Auszeichnung ist mit neun Millionen schwedischer Kronen dotiert, zu diesem Zeitpunkt umgerechnet rund 831.000 Euro. Die Auszeichnung erfolgte nachträglich im Jahr 2019, weil sich die Akademie im Jahr 2018 nach Skandalen und Austritten gegen eine damalige Preisvergabe entschieden hatte. Ihre Nobelpreismedaille spendete Tokarczuk nach ihrer Rückkehr nach Polen dem Großen Orchester der Weihnachtshilfe.

Deutsche Übersetzungen
In einem Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk 2019 erklärte Tokarczuks frühere deutsche Übersetzerin Esther Kinsky ihre Entscheidung, nach Unrast 2009 keine weiteren Bücher von ihr zu übersetzen. Die Sprache der Autorin habe sie nicht genug herausgefordert. In dem Interview äußerte Kinsky die Vermutung, Tokarczuks Texte seien im Original mangelhaft lektoriert, während die Übersetzungen andere Anforderungen hätten. Stilistische Fehler würden dann von der Literaturkritik den Übersetzungen vorgeworfen. Kinsky bat später Lisa Palmes, mit der Übersetzung von Tokarczuks Romanen zu beginnen.

Auszeichnungen
 1997: Nike-Publikumspreis als erste Preisträgerin für Prawiek i inne czasy
 1999: Nike-Publikumspreis für Dom dzienny, dom nocny
 2002: Nike-Publikumspreis für Gra na wielu bębenkach
 2002: Brücke Berlin Literatur- und Übersetzerpreis
 2003: Kulturpreis Schlesien des Landes Niedersachsen
 2008: Samuel-Bogumil-Linde-Preis, gemeinsam mit Ingo Schulze
 2008: Nike-Haupt- und Publikumspreis für Bieguni
 2010: Gloria-Artis-Medaille für kulturelle Verdienste in Silber
 2012: Usedomer Literaturpreis
 2015: Nike-Haupt- und Publikumspreis für Księgi Jakubowe
 2015: Internationaler Brückepreis in Görlitz
 2018: Man Booker International Prize, gemeinsam mit der Übersetzerin Jennifer Croft, für "Bieguni" (Flights)
 2018: Jan-Michalski-Literaturpreis für Les livres de Jakób
 2019: Ehrenbürgerin von Breslau
 2019: EBRD-Literatur-Preis, gemeinsam mit der Übersetzerin Antonia Lloyd-Jones, für Drive your Plow
 2019: Nobelpreis für Literatur (rückwirkend für das Jahr 2018)
 2021: Benennung eines Asteroiden nach ihr: (555468) Tokarczuk
 2022: Nominierung zum International Booker Prize (Shortlist) mit The Books of Jacob

Werke
 Miasto w lustrach (Stadt in Spiegeln, Gedichte). Beilage zur Zeitschrift Okolice. Nr. 10/1989.
 Podróż ludzi Księgi (Die Reise der Buchmenschen). 1993.
 E.E. Roman. Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1995.
 Prawiek i inne czasy. 1996.
Ur und andere Zeiten. Aus dem Polnischen von Esther Kinsky. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-8270-0340-7 und Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2019, ISBN 978-3-311-10018-8.
 Szafa. Erzählungen. 1997.
Der Schrank. Aus dem Polnischen von Esther Kinsky. DVA, München 2000, ISBN 978-3-421-05381-7 und Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2020, ISBN 978-3-311-21014-6.
 Dom dzienny, dom nocny. Ruta, Wałbrzych 1999.
Taghaus, Nachthaus. Aus dem Polnischen von Esther Kinsky. DVA, München 2001, ISBN 3-421-05413-4 und Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2019, ISBN 978-3-311-10020-1.
 Lalka i Perła (Die Puppe und die Perle). Essay. 2000.
 Gra na wielu bębenkach. 19 opowiadań. Anthologie. Wydawnictwo Ruta, 2001.
Spiel auf vielen Trommeln. 19 Erzählungen. Aus dem Polnischen von Esther Kinsky. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-88221-107-5.
 Opowiadania zimowe. 2003 (Wintererzählungen; Hörbuch mit 3 Texten aus Spiel auf vielen Trommeln).
 Ostatnie historie. 2004.
Letzte Geschichten. Aus dem Polnischen von Esther Kinsky. DVA, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-421-05902-4.
 Anna In w grobowcach świata. 2006.
Anna In in den Katakomben. Der Mythos der Mondgöttin Inanna. Aus dem Polnischen von Esther Kinsky. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8270-0727-8.
Anna In. Eine Reise zu den Katakomben der Welt. Aus dem Polnischen von Lisa Palmes. Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2022, ISBN 978-3-311-10074-4.
 Bieguni. 2007.
Unrast. Aus dem Polnischen von Esther Kinsky. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt/M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89561-465-1 und Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2019, ISBN 978-3-311-10020-1.
 Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych. Kriminalroman. 2009. (2017 wurde der Roman von Agnieszka Holland unter dem Titel Die Spur (Pokot) verfilmt).
Der Gesang der Fledermäuse. Aus dem Polnischen von Doreen Daume. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt/M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-89561-466-8 und Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2019, ISBN 978-3-311-10022-5.
 Moment niedźwiedzia. 2012 (Der Moment des Bären, Essays).
 Księgi Jakubowe. 2014 (historischer Roman über Jakob Joseph Frank und den Frankismus).
Die Jakobsbücher. Aus dem Polnischen von Lisa Palmes und Lothar Quinkenstein. Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2019, ISBN 978-3-311-10014-0.
 mit Joanna Concejo (Illustratorin): Zgubiona dusza. Bilderbuch. Wydawnictwo Format, Wrocław 2017, ISBN 978-83-61488-743.
Die verlorene Seele. Aus dem Polnischen von Lothar Quinkenstein. Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2020, ISBN 978-3-311-40001-1.
 Opowiadania bizarne. Zehn Erzählungen. Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakau 2018, ISBN 978-83-08-06498-6.
Die grünen Kinder. Bizarre Geschichten. Aus dem Polnischen von Lothar Quinkenstein. Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2020, ISBN 978-3-311-10029-4.
 Profesor Andrews w Warszawie. Wyspa (Professor Andrews in Warschau. Die Insel).  Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakau 2018, ISBN 978-83-08-06550-1.
 Der liebevolle Erzähler. Aus dem Polnischen von Lisa Palmes. Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2020, ISBN 978-3-311-10019-5.
Übungen im Fremdsein. Aus dem Polnischen von Bernhard Hartmann, Lisa Palmes und Lothar Quinkenstein. Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2021, ISBN 978-3-311-10075-1
 Empuzjon. Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakau 2022, ISBN 978-83-08-07577-7.

Libretto
 2018: Libretto für die Oper in drei Akten Ahat Ilī – Sister of Gods von Aleksander Nowak nach Anna In w grobowcach świata / Anna In in den Katakomben

Verfilmungen (Auswahl)
 1996: Podróże Olgi T., Werdegang von Olga Tokarczuk bis 1995
 2000: Skarb, Adaption der Erzählung Krysia aus: Dom dzienny, dom nocny
 2003: Żurek, Adaption der Erzählung Żurek aus: Opowiadania zimowe
 2004: Miłości, Adaption von Gra na wielu bębenkach
 2007: Aria Diva, Adaption der Erzählung Ariadna na Naksos aus: Gra na wielu bębenkach
 2011: Zniknięcie, Adaption der Erzählungen Kunicki Woda und Kunicki Ziemia aus: Bieguni
 2019: Noc v Mariandu (tschechisch), Adaption der Erzählung Krysia aus: Dom dzienny, dom nocny

Als Drehbuchautorin
 1998: E. E., Adaption des Romans E. E.
 2017: Die Spur, nach dem Roman Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych. Regie Agnieszka Holland

Literatur
 Marta Janachowska-Budych: Gedächtnismedium Literatur. Zur Wirkung der Literatur in der Erinnerungskultur am Beispiel der Werke von Elfriede Jelinek und Olga Tokarczuk. UAM Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań 2014, ISBN 978-83-232-2818-9.
 Dörte Lütvogt: Raum und Zeit in Olga Tokarczuks Roman "Prawiek i inne czasy (Ur- und andere Zeiten)" (= Studien zur deutschen und europäischen Literatur des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Band 53). Lang, Frankfurt a. M. u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-631-51891-9 (Zugl.: Mainz, Univ., Diss., 2003).
 Lena von Geyso: Über das Er-Finden von Identität. Olga Tokarczuks Roman "Taghaus – Nachthaus" (= Fokus Osteuropa. Studentische Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft. Band 1). Hrsg. von Agnieszka Brockmann und Christa Ebert. Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) 2010, , .
 Georg Mrugalla: Olga Tokarczuk – Essay. In: Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. 1. März 2012 (munzinger.de Munzinger-Archiv).

Weblinks

 Offizielle Homepage (polnisch)

 Die Funken der Erlösung. Journal zur Übersetzung des Romans "Die Jakobsbücher" von Olga Tokarczuk, von Lisa Palmes und Lothar Quinkenstein (über Jakob Joseph Frank), TOLEDO-Journal, nicht datiert, abgerufen am 23. Juli 2020

Einzelnachweise

Nobelpreisträger für Literatur
Stifter
Autor
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Polnisch)
Roman, Epik
Essay
Historischer Roman
Kurzgeschichte
Erzählung
Verleger (Polen)
Drehbuchautor
Psychotherapeut
Librettist
Träger des Booker Prize
Träger des Kulturpreises Schlesien des Landes Niedersachsen
Träger der Gloria-Artis-Medaille für kulturelle Verdienste
Person als Namensgeber für einen Asteroiden
Person (Schlesien)
Ehrenbürger von Breslau
Partia-Zieloni-Mitglied
Absolvent der Universität Warschau
Pole
Geboren 1962
Frau


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Can clothing neutralize pollution?
by Cherise Threewitt
Let's get this out of the way first -- the thought of chemical reactions taking place on my clothing is really gross. It's not because of the reactions themselves, but because it forces me to think about all that pollution.
It's hard to decide whether we'd prefer to wear more clothing (to protect us from all the pollution we're suddenly more aware of) or less (more pollutant exposure on our skin, but fewer chemical micro-explosions).
Whenever a hypothetical wearer of Catalytic Clothing is described by the company, he or she is usually pictured walking. This isn't just because walking is a pollution-free form of transportation (whereas cars are the leading cause of the aforementioned evil nitrogen oxide particles). It's because walking is the best way to contact, and therefore clean, as much air as possible. For the benefit of germophobes and other general skeptics, founder Helen Storey wants to emphasize that the clothing won't attract dirt -- rather, it directs the chemical reaction outward. Each person wearing the treated clothing will, in effect, be a little beacon surrounded by constantly cleaner air. And though, as each person walks, they're cleaning the air for their surroundings, they're the primary beneficiary of newly cleaned air.
Kind of inspiring. But if Catalytic Clothing really wants their product to take off, I think they should start with ad campaigns designed for public transportation systems. It's perfect -- a captive audience of people who (for one reason or another) are opting not to drive (and are thus assumed to be implicitly more aware of environmental issues) and who are, at the moment of impact, trapped in highly concentrated filth.
Hand sanitizer for clothing. There's an idea. And, that said, I'm going to go wash these jeans now.
How Nanotechnology Works
How Nanowires Work
Are there natural nanotechnologies?
Brown, Paige. "Catalytic Clothing -- Purifying Air Goes Trendy." Scientific American. March 21, 2012. (June 17, 2012) http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/03/21/catalytic-clothing-purifying-air-goes-trendy/
Catalytic Clothing. (June 17, 2012) http://www.catalytic-clothing.org/
Chua, Jasmin Malik. "Meet 'Herself,' the World's First Air-Purifying Dress." Ecouterre. Jan. 7, 2011. (June 17, 2012) http://www.ecouterre.com/meet-herself-the-worlds-first-air-purifying-dress/
Loveday, Eric. "What are you wearing? Is it clothing that absorbs and neutralizes pollutants?" Autoblog Green. Oct. 5, 2011. (June 17, 2012) http://green.autoblog.com/2011/10/05/clothing-absorbs-neutralizes-pollutants/


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FDA releases flawed study proclaiming BPA to be safe at low doses
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
Tags: bisphenol A, FDA, flawed study
https://www.naturalnews.com/044053_bisphenol_A_FDA_flawed_study.html
(NaturalNews) A poorly designed study with one obvious goal -- to cover up the health effects of exposure to the plastics chemical bisphenol A, or BPA -- is right now circulating the mainstream media with corresponding claims that BPA is completely safe for humans at current exposure levels, despite copious contradicting science. But a University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA) assistant professor and several others have since come out publicly to decry this flawed study, the construct of which ignores the basic confines of legitimate science.
As recently covered by Environmental Health News (EHN) writer Brian Bienkowski, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to team up with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to put together a team of government scientists to investigate the safety of BPA, which the FDA has long insisted is completely safe. The project emerged in response to the publishing of multiple scientific studies in recent years illustrating both acute and chronic health effects associated with BPA exposure, findings that directly contradict the agency's longstanding position.
Not surprisingly, this new study was conducted in such a way as to avoid coming to these same conclusions, an apparently sinister plot that shows where these taxpayer-funded agencies' loyalties truly lie. Independent investigations into their work have revealed that the new research, which was published in a recent issue of the peer-reviewed journal Toxicological Sciences, is severely lacking in terms of abiding by accepted and proper scientific standards.
"Some scientists not affiliated with the study said that the findings are flawed," writes Bienkowski for EHN. "FDA scientists didn't look for all relevant health impacts, such as effects on the developing brain. Also, the experiment lasted for 90 days, so it is unknown if the rats' health was affected later in life. Some effects, such as altered glucose levels, might occur after continuing exposure."
Government BPA study had no real controls, ignored estrogenic effects of BPA
The study also lacked proper controls, say critics, as all the mice were determined to have the same levels of BPA in their blood at the conclusion of the study, regardless of whether or not they were intentionally exposed to the chemical during the actual evaluation. What this means, of course, is that the study's ultimate findings are completely meaningless, as there is no way to accurately assess how BPA affects physiology without proper controls.
"That's a problem," commented Laura Vandenberg from UMA, who completely disapproves of the way the FDA/NIH study was conducted. "When you have contamination like that, you cannot just look at the higher-dose groups and make conclusions."
Also missing from the FDA's assessment was any consideration of BPA's affects on human hormones, mainly its ability to activate estrogen receptors in the brain. Previous studies have confirmed that even low-dose exposure to BPA can alter hormone levels, especially over long periods of time -- the new FDA study on BPA, it should be noted, only evaluated the effects of BPA on rats for 90 days, which is far too short a duration to make any reasonable or logical conclusions about its safety.
"Other recent animal studies conducted at universities have linked low-dose BPA exposure to an array of health impacts, including some of the effects that the new study did not find," writes Bienkowski for EHN. "These other experiments found mammary gland abnormalities, altered male and female sexual development, changes in metabolism, insulin and glucose, impaired learning and memory, stress and obesity."
You can view this flawed FDA study as it was originally published at the following link:
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org
Bisphenol A at FETCH.news


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Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? – Q&A 5
Q&A Corner 5
I intended to actually make this article yesterday, but I ran out of energy after writing the latest story.
Thus, I made a thing called Bestiary.
Because it's just as a reference, there are also things that can't be measured by the status.
At last, there's a little progress in the S series.
I think that I managed to betray everyone's expectations, the TS girl and the yandere younger sister. Both are strong(濃い) characters.
By the way, the equally strong character will increase in the future.
Please enjoy it.
Q, About parasitic wasp
A, Unfortunately(?), it's not parasitic.
I will write the bee's ecology in detail in the next bestiary.
Q, At present conditions, it is merely Poison 「Purification」 rather than Poison 「Synthesis」….
A, As displayed in the appraisal result, it becomes customizable when level rises.
Q, During the time when the nest is burning, what happens if she confronts the adventurers?
A, Killed instantly.
Yes, she couldn't do anything against them.
Although the adventurers' specific strength are concealed, she would be defeated if she confronts them foolishly.
Q, Even that Snake-san has only the 「Danger Degree C」…..
A, Men in this world are considerably strong.
The reasons will be explained in the S series, but the Snake-san can only goes as far as C.
Q, Spider, weak!
A, Yes.
When seeing the status only, it's the weakest class in the dungeon.
Because of that, most individuals die within several days.
I will introduce the detailed ecology together with the mother someday.
Q, The enemy monsters' name are unique.
Kohokoro or Randanel or….. Because nothing comes out even if I search it, is it a coined word or something?
A, It's a coined word.
Because it sounds like a language of a different world.
At first, some of the name is just as it is because I was lazy.
Q, Although the body is a pill bug and the head is a mouse, can't you use armadillo?
A, You don't call a thing with a lot of legs an armadillo! OK?
Q, Is status not that important in this world?
I think that in the MMO, with 20 offensive ability against a 300 defensive ability, it will only deal 0 damage.
A, Although the status is important, it's not absolute.
The MC manage to do something because she has the "Poison Fang" that ignores the opponent's defensive ability, but normally, it won't deal damage to the snake.
It's like almost stabbing the fangs into it because it's not absolute.
Q, How does the "Severing Thread" cuts?
A, Although the detailed explanation about attributes will be revealed in the main story someday, because it has fantasy element in it, please think about it yourself.
The appearance of the world and the principle are roughly decided.
Because it will be revealed in the main story little by little afterward, it would be grateful that you can ignore the mysterious phenomenon until there's explanation.
Q, The spell "Poison Touch" was not appraised. Was it the author's mistake? Or was it the MC being careless?
A, It's the author's mistake(Sweat).
Because it was unnatural to not appraise it there, I added the result in the latest story.
Thank you for the many impressions.
Will be in your care from now on.
One Response to Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? – Q&A 5
Jack Nathaniel Mikhail says:
Dear Moonies, Thank you for the chapter my wonderful Author, Translator(s), (Editor), (donors)!