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How Delusion Festers
TORONTO (July 6) — For as long as anyone can remember; but, specifically, in the age of Internet and social media, the Toronto Maple Leafs have possessed as rabid and unconditionally–loyal a fan–base as any in professional sport. How do we know? Simple… only one team holds the longest Stanley Cup drought: 51 years and counting. Wishful thinking has therefore been pandemic amid followers of the Blue and White.
Few fan–bases in North American pro sport have so–regularly latched onto false hope. Of course, it is hardly the fault of Leaf supporters that they've been repeatedly duped for half a century. All these patriotic, sincere folks wish for is a competitive hockey club with stable ownership and management ("stable", in this case, meaning astute). As such, when legitimate hope materializes, nearly all pretense of rationale is surrendered.
This has occurred, unabated, in the six–day span since the Maple Leafs signed free agent center John Tavares. It was a move, by the way, that I thoroughly endorsed and advocated in this corner. For only the second time in franchise history, the club went all out to procure the biggest prize on the open market (the first being 20 years ago, and quite by accident, when goalie Curtis Joseph came over from Edmonton). To what extent Tavares's seven–year contract hand–cuffs the Maple Leafs — and, make no mistake, the final two or three years of the $11 million cap–hit will be onerous — is not an issue for today. If the local lad helps the club end its title famine, it will rank among the surest investments in the era of unrestricted free agency.
At the moment, however, and as ardently as Leaf fanatics wish to claim otherwise, Tavares, alone, does not put the club over the top. In fact, the Leafs may be no more–improved today than at the end of last season. Such a contention, offered in a blog earlier this week, spawned predictable outrage… and a classic example of the delusion that tends to incapacitate Leaf diehards. "Howard," began a quizzical e–mailer, "a 105–point team adds John Tavares and you're saying it hasn't improved over last season. Are you okay?" To which I promptly replied: "Do you honestly think, my friend, that the Maple Leafs would have accomplished what they did last season without James van Riemsdyk and Tyler Bozak (a combined 50 goals and 97 points)? As such, is John Tavares really joining a 105–point team?" Not surprisingly, I'm still awaiting a second response.
Now, this isn't to even imply that the Leafs should have kept JVR and Bozak; then refrained from pursuing Tavares. I didn't start watching hockey last winter. It was crystal–clear that the team, as constituted in April, couldn't win a playoff round, let alone challenge for the Stanley Cup. As much as I respect both veterans, they had to move on (JVR went back to Philadelphia; Bozak to St. Louis). No one, however, can possibly allege that van Riemsdyk and Bozak were not significantly tied to the record–breaking club. In fact, without them — and given the number of games Auston Matthews lost to injury — the Leafs may have rung up 90 or 95 points and missed the playoffs altogether (97 being the Eastern Conference terminator). So, please, let's try to desist from suggesting, inanely, that Johnny T. has been added to a 105–point team. It just isn't true.
This frivolous rationale will shift into overdrive, possibly like never before, once Erik Karlsson is dealt by Ottawa; particularly if he winds up with Conference–rival Tampa Bay, alongside Victor Hedman. Forget that such a duo would be the most–remarkable blue–line tandem in the NHL's expansion era (after 1967); rivaled only by Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger of the 2007 Stanley Cup–champion Anaheim Ducks; perhaps also Niedermayer and Scott Stevens of the three–time–champion New Jersey Devils (1995–2000–2003).
Inevitably, Toronto hockey addicts will convince one another that it's no big deal.
From all appearances, the Leafs are not involved in the Karlsson talks. Some contend that Ottawa would never trade Karlsson within the Atlantic Division, or to its heated provincial rival. Baloney. General manager Kyle Dubas was quoted, earlier this week, saying he will lock up his Big 3 draft picks — Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner — as "it wouldn't be fair to Tavares for us to lose a key piece". Now, I have some hope for Dubas as a GM, mainly because he comes from Brendan Shanahan, who's been a revelation for the Blue and White. I was totally on–side with Shanahan's decision to replace the aging Lou Lamoriello with his hand–picked protege. If, however, young Kyle thinks be can build a Stanley Cup team in the absence of a No. 1 defenseman, good luck to him. He'll need every ounce of it. I'm not suggesting the task is impossible. Just overwhelmingly improbable. And, in the context of his remark this week, incredibly "unfair" to Tavares, whose best years in a Toronto jersey will be wasted with a run–of–the–mill blue line. Were Kyle intent on becoming part of the Karlsson discussion, he'd make it known that Nylander is available. Unless Senators' GM Pierre Dorion has gotten a jump on legalized marijuana, Dubas would have his colleague's attention.
As for the salary–cap gymnastics, any club acquiring Karlsson will have to be creative. The Leafs included.
While retaining the Big 3 will easily placate Leaf fans, it must be noted that innumerable gifted forwards have come through town in the past four–plus decades — all of them undermined by the lack of a linchpin on defense. Given that Dubas seems content to add more "bodies" to the back end, the draft phenoms — and Tavares — will simply be the next in line. Not long ago, three mainstays were potentially available; all scheduled to become unrestricted free agents next summer. Los Angeles and Arizona were smart enough to re–sign Drew Doughty and Oliver Ekman–Larsson through their prime NHL years; Ottawa has regrettably imploded at crunch time for Karlsson, who wants nothing more to do with the club that drafted him 15th overall in 2008 (the Leafs, by the way, traded up to grab Luke Schenn fifth. Ouch!). With Dubas adamant about retaining his current nucleus, the prospect of landing a Norris Trophy type is no–longer conceivable.
As for the "105–point team" that Tavares joined last weekend, it must unearth a winger capable of scoring 30 goals (JVR's approximate total). Nothing more than hope indicates that Kasperi Kapanen or Andreas Johnsson (combined 64 NHL games) will be that person. Similarly on defense, with fingers crossed for Travis Dermott, Tim Liljegren and — perhaps down the road — Rasmus Sandin (combined 37 NHL games).
The Leafs unquestionably have superb quality and depth at center ice. Which is important. And, a very good regular–season goalie. But, still — and for more than 40 years — a gaping cavern on the blue line.
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16 comments on "How Delusion Festers"
John Bush says:
Looks like Howard watched all 7 games of the Leafs vs. Bruins this year. Without a star puck moving defenseman Toronto spent the bulk of the games in their own end as Toronto's defense was largely inept at getting the puck out and up the ice for the forwards to earn their keep. IMO the Leafs were talented enough up front last year to contend for the cup but they were sorely lacking in a "Get the Puck out of here" Dman. Karlsson is available but (IMO) it doesn't seem like Toronto wants him all that much. My understanding is that young Dubas has devised an algorithm/methodology to select players he thinks he can get more out of that what their stats lead you to believe. The Leafs have either calculated that Karlsson can't help them or they can get someone better cheaper (Shea Webber???) At any rate I hope Dubas+Shanny pull the rabbit out of the hat. And Howard excellent points on moving on from Lou. It must of been a really hard decision for Shanahan to make .
While some of the points made make some sense, there is a negative undercurrent in the article. The talent this team has acquired/developed in three short years is nothing short of amazing.
With the maturation of some of the youth over the next two to three years and strategic development of youth this team can accomplish greatness.
For those with a short memory it was just two short years ago that the Pittsburgh Penguins with a makeshift defence, good goalkeeping, strength down the middle and some scoring on the wings captured the big mug.
Howard Berger says:
Thanks for the "history" lesson. And, please, see my next blog. 🙂
Francisco Imperio says:
I believe the Leafs are upgraded because Tavares seems to be much more versatile when compared to Bozak. Bozak's line had to be sheltered. Tavares I feel will be more of an all around center like Matthews. Tavares also can kill penalties so the center on the penalty kill does not need to be your 4th line center – it can be your "first" line center. With respect to JVR, he will be hard to replace but I do think that the power play points he had (20 of his 54) won't be an issue.
So, with Tavares' flexibility and hopefully good health from Matthews/Kadri, I think we will see our best players on the ice for more minutes (perhaps we don't even need a 4th line center as we can have the other 3 rotate).
With respect to the defense, I do think we need to add but maybe what we need is just a younger version of Hainsey to play with Rielly. Someone solid who is young enough to play heavy minutes all year. That should be cheaper than trying to acquire a stud D-man. We also must have a bounce back season from Zaitsev.
I am excited to see the next version of our Leafs!
Some good points. But, again, I don't see the Leafs winning the Stanley Cup without a true stud on the back end. As I mentioned in the blog, it isn't impossible. But, it happens so very rarely.
You make a good point but tell me who on the Vegas/Washington team meets the criteria of a stud defensemen on the level of Doughty, Karlsson and Hedman? You can never predict that a team will definitely win the Stanley Cup as things can go off the rails in a hurry but sometimes all it takes is for a good team to gel together at the right time and a hot goalie! We at least now have the makings for that type of scenario, that plus perhaps another good second tier RD should be enough to keep us hopeful.
John Carlson of Washington had 68 points last season to lead all NHL defensemen.
C'mon Howard. I'm not sure if having the most points classifies Carlson as a stud defensemen especially given a +/- of 0 and that in all his previous years,save one, he was below 40 points! By that measure the leafs are the only team with 2 defensemen in the top 15 defensemen league wide. By your answer above that should count for something.
You asked. I answered.
JVR age 29 and Bozak 32 may be on the downside so their 97 points last year might only be 80 this season? Then you have Tavares age 27 maybe even better playing with Marner and a Johanssen playing like he did in the AHL playoffs. That could easily be 100 points.
You could be right and time will tell. Who knows? Maybe Lilgren who was projected to be a #1 pick overall before his lost season with mono should have been a #1 and the Leafs are the Cup favourite for real!
Well-stated "best-case" scenario. Just don't be fooled by what happens in the AHL. No comparison at all to the bigs.
David Simonds says:
Kyle is not done. A trade is coming where we give up a goalie, Lievo, maybe one of our defenceive prospects and possibly a pick for a top defender.
The existing defense is a year older and more experienced.
Some of the incoming defense will surprise you.
Speed on the wings ( all four lines) will make a difference coming back. See Las Vegas.
Also, take a look at JVR and Bozak plus minus. You don't need 97 points for if you are not giving up 97 points against.
Um, a "top defender" for Leivo, etc.? Let's try that again. 🙂
The defensive duo of Larry Robinson and Serge Savard wasn't horrible. There's a few rings between them. Not the focus of your story but best D pair since 1967 is an interesting debate.
Agree, Paul, but in an era completely devoid of parity. It was the Habs… then everyone else. And, guys like Bobby Orr, Brad Park and Denis Potvin were around. Hedman and Karlsson may be the best two defensemen on the planet right now.
Greg Hallaman says:
The Cup-winning Penguins had Paul Coffey, Larry Murphy and Ulf Samuelsson suiting up on the same defense corps in 1991. Formidable, to say the least.
That said, you are spot on about the Leafs being far from done in terms of building a championship team. Exciting? Yes. True contender? Not yet.


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Mariam holds a First-class degree in Statistics & Economic from Makerere University, the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, a Post Graduate and Master's degree in Business Administration from the Herriot watt University. She has attended Leadership programs with various institutions including Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Strathmore Business School and is accredited in Advanced Commercial Lending by IFS school of Finance in the United Kingdom.
Mariam has over 15 years of experience in Credit Risk management having worked with Barclays bank (Absa) and dfcu bank. She is a member of the League of East African Directors and serves as a Board member (Vice President) of CFA Society East Africa as well as one of the Founders of Muslim Hands Foundation, a charity-based organization.
Her experience spans Deal sourcing, Credit origination, Credit due diligence/ appraisal and credit approval. She has hands-on experience in structuring financial solutions for clients based on their business models and needs. She has developed and reviewed credit policies & lending products as well as credit risk assurance & model risk governance frameworks. She has provided advisory services on funding and credit risk matters in order enhance access to finance for investees/ borrowers as well as minimize shocks arising from changes in the macro-economic environment and sector trends for funders. She is an IFC Business Edge Certified Trainer and has delivered training workshops in finance and Investment for several clients within the region. Mariam is a Tutor for the CFA program.
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Senior Vice President - South Asia Region
Ari holds his Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from the College of Engineering (CEG), Guindy, Chennai, and completed his Master's Degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, India. Since 2016, Ari also holds a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) charter from GARP, USA. He is also a recipient of the National Talent Search Scholarship Award from the Government of India.
With over 8 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, and private equity, Ari has worked across stints in both debt and equity capital markets. A majority of his investment deals have been in impact space across Micro finance, MSME Finance, Education Finance, and Affordable Housing Finance. He has also handled cross-border M&A deals and well-versed in the valuation of companies. His expertise includes deal origination, due diligence, deal structuring, commercial negotiation, deal execution, and portfolio management. He also has a short stint as an entrepreneur. Ari was one of the top 100 nominees for the "Economic Times Young Leader" award in 2016 and has also received the "Protsaha" Award for 3 continuous years of social service. A multi-lingual person, Ari likes Traveling, practices Reiki Healing, and researches Astrology.
Faiq Sattar Khan
Vice President - South Asia Region
Faiq Sattar Khan has an MBA from Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan and also holds a Textile engineer degree from National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Faiq worked as Business Planning Manager (BPM) and later as Product Manager (PM) at Habib Bank Limited-Islamic Banking (HBL-IB), Karachi, Pakistan.
Suhail Darwesh
Suhail holds MBA Finance from Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology and Masters of Economics from University of Karachi. He also holds professional qualifications such as Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), CIMA Advanced Diploma-Management Accounting, UK, and Banking Diploma from the Institute of Bankers Pakistan.
He holds about 20 years of professional experience which includes 15 years of experience with various financial institutions including large local bank, foreign bank, and development financial institutions having core expertise in Credit & Risk Management. Throughout his career, he has been designated in various roles and remains involved in credit initiation & underwriting/approvals of almost all major segments such as Corporate, SME, Retail credits, Micro Finance Institutions, and overseas credit of Bahrain, UAE & UK.
With his Information & Technology expertise, he has also been an active part of developing, testing and implementation of various credit/risk management tools such as Obligor risk rating, Equity Scrip approval, Environmental Risk rating, Financial Spreads Models and Credit Package approvals.
Saad Farooq
Saad holds his Bachelors and MBA degree from Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan. Post his graduation he joined Investment Banking Group team in Faysal Bank Limited.
With over 10 year's experience in Investment Banking, Saad has contributed in equity and debt market transactions. In his current role, he has been involved in structuring and meeting the funding requirements of brown field projects in various industries on full recourse basis that may be undertaken for reasons including but not limited to capacity expansion, meeting capital expenditure requirements or merger /acquisition purposes. To date he has contributed towards raising ∼USD 3,500 million for various corporate clients including but not limited to Cement, FMCG, Infrastructure, Power, Steel, Shipping, Textile and Telecom.
Mohit Kumar Soni
Mohit has 6+ years of work experience in finance and investment banking. Prior to joining SIMA, he worked with Wodehouse Capital Advisors in transaction advisory services in both M&A and equity fundraising. Prior to that, he worked with Tata Capital as part of their core program team in supply chain finance and advisory vertical. His experience varies across the sectors such as Healthcare, Petrochemical and Energy.
Mohit holds his bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jaipur and master's degree in management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. For leisure, he likes to read, play table tennis and travel.
Zain Saleem
Zain is a CFA Charterholder and a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). He also holds BSc (Hons) Degree in Applied Accounting awarded by Oxford Brookes University.
Zain brings with him about 10 years of professional experience with various financial institutions including local commercial banks, development financial institution and brokerage house. With core expertise in credit and risk management, Zain has been actively involved in various roles encompassing credit & investment appraisals, limit allocation & monitoring of market risk portfolio, risk modeling & analytics, Basel reporting, equity research and financial modeling.
Akash Bagaria
Akash is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Diploma in Lending Skills from Chartered Banker Institute of UK. He has also cleared Level I of CFA, USA and is currently pursuing CFA Level II.
Akash has over 7+ years' experience in Finance and Advisory. Prior to joining SIMA, he has worked with NatWest Group in Credit Underwriting and Portfolio Management. Prior to that, he worked with Price Water House Coopers (PwC) in their Transfer Pricing and Advisory Vertical. His experience spans across various sectors such as Healthcare, Renewable energy, Real Estate and Retail and Wholesale and across areas such as Due Diligence, Advisory, Credit Underwriting and Portfolio Management and across geographies such as India, Europe and USA. For Leisure, Akash likes to listen to music, travel, and vlog.
Jonathan Mukoro
Jonathan is an investment profession with 4+ years of work experience in the end-to-end private equity asset management activities and both buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory for businesses in East Africa. He has vast experience in investment appraisal and due diligence, portfolio management and reporting, successful exits, and Private Equity Fund fundraising. Prior to joining SIMA, he worked with Salaam Investment Bank (a sharia compliant investment company) and Centum Investment Company Plc. He has sectoral experience across banking, consumer, education and energy.
Jonathan holds a degree in Financial Economics from Strathmore University, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification and is currently pursuing level 2 of the Chartered Financial Analyst Program (CFA).
He is passionate about technology and its power to solve every day challenges of the underserved population.
Renu Agrawal
I am a Chartered accountant having 5+ years of post-qualification experience in the Finance & Accounting area of the Manufacturing Industry based in Ahmedabad having group companies in different countries. I have graduated in the year 2013 from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India. Before Joining SIMA, I used to work at Khandhar, Mehta & Shah. I am joining SIMA as a Finance Officer and looking forward to learn many new things. I like to watch movies and love to travel.
Wairimu Chirah
Fundraising Officer
Wairimu is a CPA (K) and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Finance major, from the University of Nairobi. She has developed interest in private equity and specifically impact investing over the past 5 years where she has had experience working with SMEs in Eastern and Southern Africa. Prior to joining SIMA, she was an investment analyst at Pearl Capital Partners with a proven record in deal sourcing, assessing businesses for investment, performing extensive due diligence, preparation of investment material including financial modeling, portfolio management and exit. Martha is pursuing CFA certification and is currently a CFA Level II candidate.
Abdul Rehman
Abdul Rehman is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Mr. Rehman is a young qualified Finance professional who has been awarded with multiple merit awards being top performer and for his Excellency not just in his professional career but also in academics.
He holds more than seven years of professional experience with various institutions including commercial bank and non-banking financial institutions having core expertise in accounting, streamlining financial reporting system & controls establishment, financial planning & analysis, and decision-making roles coupled with a record of outstanding performances.
Prior to SIMA, he was a part of senior management & Chief Financial Officer in a renowned asset management company.
Sheharyar Nayyer
Senior Investment Officer
Sheharyar has over 6 years of experience in the financial industry including working at Toronto Dominion Bank in Wealth Management, ABL Asset Management and ABL Bank with core expertise in Credit & Risk Management, Proposal Assessment and Performance Measurement. He has a Master's degree in Finance from Manchester business school, a bachelors in business administration degree in Finance from Lahore School of Economics and has completed CFA level I. He has a certification in Advanced Risk Management from Bankers Development Institute and a certification in Fixed Income Securities and Investments from Institute of Financial Markets of Pakistan.
He has volunteered for UNICEF UK and is passionate about economic and social growth in the developing countries.
Yasir Zafar
Mr. Yasir Zafar holds an MBA degree from Institute of Business Management and has an experience of investment banking at Faysal Bank Limited. He was associated with the Project and Structured Financing team of Faysal Bank Limited for 3+ years. and contributed towards raising ~ USD 250 Million (for the renewable energy power projects in Pakistan. These projects are a part of mega Renewable Energy Plan 2030 of the Government of Pakistan ("GOP") where GOP intends to transform the energy mix of Pakistan to at-least 30% RE based. These power projects include (but are not limited to) 100 MW Wind based power plants (2019) and 150 MW Solar based power plants (2021).
These investments directly contribute to the realization of the policy of the Pakistani government targeting 30% renewable electricity generation by 2030 (up from the current ~4%). This Project also complies with the strategy with respect to energy security and energy transition, which is of particular importance for Pakistan (being still heavily dependent upon thermal generation and imports of fossil fuels). The aforementioned investments have an immense social impact in the society as they contribute towards saving carbon credits for the country.
Mr. Yasir Zafar holds an MBA degree from Institute of...
Pooja Vidhani
My name is pooja vidhani.
I have done post graduation in business administration in finance from somlalit institute of management.I have also done M.com from gujarat university.
I have almost 3.5 years of experience in US accounting & reporting.
I was previously associated with a CA firm based in Ahmedabad as an Assistant Manager.
Now i have joined SIMA funds as an finance associate and i am looking forward to work the team. Talking about my personal life.I love travelling and exploring new places.currently I am also learning reiki which is spiritual healing process.
My name is pooja vidhani. I have done post graduation...
Uzair Nizami
Muhammad Uzair Nizami completed his BBA (Finance) from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi in 2019. He has cleared CFA Level I. Concurrently, he achieved Pakistan-wide First Position in ACCA paper, Financial Management (F9). Previously, he was working as an Equity Research Analyst at a Karachi based investment management company, MCB-Arif Habib Savings and Investments Limited (MCBAH) and had a short stint as a Management Trainee Officer (MTO) in Corporate & Investment Banking Division of MCB Bank Limited.
Muhammad Uzair Nizami completed his BBA (Finance) from the Institute...
Faraz Hasan
Faraz Hasan has completed his degree in Bachelors in Computer Science from SSUET with first division, & has been working in IT industry as a Senior Software Engineer for the past 2+ years. He has also got the team leading experience.
He loves nature and to serve humanity is his passion. He joins SIMA LLC as Website & IT analyst and to provide technical consultancy to his team mates/Customers. He will also promote company's info through digital marketing.
Daim Ashraf
Investment Associate
Daim Ashraf is a graduate in Accounting and Finance from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA). She is designated as an investment associate and is inclined towards bringing a positive change towards the society, particularly in the education sector and elevating poverty.
Gaurav Garg
Gaurav is an Investment Analyst at SIMA who holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai. He has also cleared CFA Level II exam in June 2019 and is currently a candidate for the CFA Level III exam. Prior to joining SIMA, he interned with an Investment Banking and an Equity Research Firm.
Ida Mwangi
Ida Mwangi holds a bachelor's degree in Financial Engineering from Strathmore University, Kenya and is a qualified CPA(K). She has previously worked as an equity research analyst intern at Old Mutual Investment Group, Kenya. Away from work, Ida is a passionate writer, an avid reader, a travel enthusiast, and a researcher of the Kenyan culture.
Ahadd Akbar
Ahadd Akbar has completed his bachelors from the finest business Institute in Pakistan: IBA Karachi. Prior to joining SIMA, he has worked at Akseer research and Bank Alfalah. At Akseer, he worked as an equity analyst covering several different sectors of PSX. At Bank Alfalah, he joined their flagship Management Trainee Program, in which he was rotated across several key departments including Strategy, Investment Banking and Capital Markets.
He has Joined SIMA funds as an investment associate.
Ahadd Akbar has completed his bachelors from the finest business...
Kunal Vidhani
Kunal Vidhani holds a Degree in Accounting and Finance from Institute of Business Administration Karachi, Pakistan and has cleared CFA Level 1. He likes doing Financial Analysis and Modelling. He was an office-bearer at the IBA Student body and run the student council as a Chief Financial Officer.
He is a fun-loving person and likes to spend his time with family and friends. He has traveled throughout his life and lived in 5 different cities. He started his career journey with SIMA as an Intern and now working as an Investment Associate.
Ngugi Njau
Ngugi Njau holds a degree in Financial Economics from Strathmore University, Kenya. He joined the team from Kuramo Capital, where he conducted buy-side analysis of opportunities in the agriculture, retail and financial services spaces across Sub Saharan Africa. Ngugi is passionate about using his financial modelling and analysis competencies to foster development in underprivileged communities across Sub Saharan Africa.
DR. ULRICH SCHÜRENKRÄMER
Managing Partner, Machlaan & Cie., Munich, Germany
Dr. Ulrich Schürenkrämer is a Managing Director of Machlaan GmbH and Managing Partner of Machlaan & Cie., Munich, a family company engaged in consulting, capital investments, culture and charity.
Until July 2016 Dr. Schürenkrämer worked 18 years for Deutsche Bank AG, since 2007 as Member of the Management Committee Germany, Frankfurt/Main. From 1998 to 2006 he held senior management positions in Corporate Banking in Bavaria and was responsible from 2007 to 2013 as Co-Head for the MidCaps Division in Germany. From 2013 to 2016 he served as Regional Head South (Germany).
Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in July 1998, Dr. Schürenkrämer worked 15 years for Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank AG, Munich, at last as Managing Director of the Corporate Banking Division. Before 1994, he held various managing responsibilities in the International Department, at New York Branch and in different regions in Germany.
Dr. Schürenkrämer is a board member of several organizations in finance, culture, education and church like Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation. He holds a Master degree (Dipl. Kfm.) and Ph.D. in economics (Dr. oec. publ.) from LudwigMaximilians-University Munich and completed a Management Program at Harvard Business School.
He is married and has three children.
Former Ceo Of Unitrust Bank, London
Richard formally retired from his role as Chief Executive Officer of Unity Trust Bank in 2015, since when he has taken up a role as consultant and adviser to various organisations involved in the UK social economy. During his tenure the Bank created its own ESOP, became the first UK financial services organisation.
RICHENDA VAN LEEUWEN
Executive Director, Energy And Climate, Energy Access, United Nations Foundation
Richenda Van Leeuwen holds both a B.S. in Geography and an MBA from the University of Durham, UK.
She founded and leads the work on Energy Access Practitioner Network at the United Nations Foundation and also works on the Secretary-General's Sustainable Energy for All initiative. She has more than 20 years of executive experience in emerging markets development.
FREDERIC OTTESEN
Senior Executive, Storebrand
Frederic was graduated with an MBA in Corporate Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
He served on the leading positions at the Norwegian and Swedish pension and insurance company Storebrand. Frederic now serves as Chief Customer Officer to the group strengthening the understanding of customer journeys needed to succeed in an occupational pensions market.
GEORGE ECONOMY
Senior Investment Banker & Seasoned Entrepreneur and Investor
George Economy graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with a B.A. in History of Science.
He is Director of Amani Holdings LLC, Bainbridge Island, WA. Previously, he founded and was CEO of Helios Nutrition Ltd., Sauk Centre, MN, a producer of organic and specialty dairy products.
Michael Stephan Duesberg
Partner, taskforce - Management on Demand GmbH
Michael Stephan Duesberg is an experienced and sales driven executive in the areas of Financial Services, ICT, and Sustainability. He is Partner at taskforce – Management on Demand GmbH as well as Senior Advisor of Red Hat Inc.
Michael takes over executive management responsibility for complex change processes and turnaround management.Till the end of 2019 he was a member of the Partner Board of BearingPoint Holding B.V. and also a Member of the Board of the exchange listed ÖKOWORLD AG and responsible for its investment subsidiary ÖKOWORLD LUX S.A. in Luxembourg. In addition he was Senior Advisor of IPsoft Inc., CSC/DXC Inc., and Asset Matrix GmbH. Before he was Managing Director of EDS Electronic Data Systems responsible at EDS for the Finance Industry in Europe. Michael was Global Partner of AMVESCAP PLC and for its subsidiary INVESCO responsible as CEO for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Michael has been Executive Vice President of Commerzbank, State Street Bank and HypoVereinsbank as well as Sales and Marketing Manager of IBM Germany. Michael was in a number of Management Boards and Commissions in six European countries.
Michael studied Mechanical Engineering at Manhattan College in New York and Business Administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and at INSEAD in Fontainebleau. Michael is married and has six children.
MOHSIN MUJTABA
Mr. Mujtaba He holds a MS degree in Computer Sciences and B.E in Mechanical Engineering.
He is a Director of Products and Market Development at Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) where he is leading new initiatives to position QSE as multi-asset platform of global significance.
MOHAMED H. ZAKARIA
Mr. Mohamed H. Zakaria is CEO & General Manager of Saudi Steel Profile Co since 2007.
He brings 42 years of financial and industrial experience. His business experience covers trading, structured financing, industries, corporate finance, real estate and global asset (bonds & equities) management.
TIM GEISSE
Timothy F. Geisse is a retired attorney living in Cleveland, Ohio.
He is the Managing Trustee of The John F. and Mary A. Geisse Foundation, a private foundation devoted to helping extremely poor people. Tim has served on the President's Council of ACCION International, the Board of Governors of Opportunity International and the Board of Directors of the Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium.
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You Are Here: RWTH Aachen Professor Barben Appointed to Bioeconomics Council
RWTH Aachen Professor Barben Appointed to Bioeconomics Council
You Are Here:RWTH Aachen Professor Barben Appointed to Bioeconomics Council
University Professor Dr. Daniel Barben was appointed as a new member of the Federal Bioeconomics Council. The political and social scientist holds the professorship for future studies at RWTH Aachen, funded by the VDI, and is also head of the Chair of Future Studies.
Copyright: © Peter Winandy RWTH Aachen Professor, Dr. Daniel Barben, was appointed to the Bioeconomics Council.
The Bioeconomics Council held a constitutive session on September 20, 2012, with its new membership. Together with 17 other valuable experts from various fields of academia and the economy, Professor Barben will give recommendations to the seven involved ministries about important points and decisions along the way to biobased economics at the national and international level. The council was established in 2009 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection. The council, now in its second term till 2016, will advise the federal government during the implementation of the "National Bioeconomics Research Strategy 2030" among other issues.
During this second term of office, social-economic aspects of the sustainable use of natural resources such as plants, animals, and microorganisms will be more strongly highlighted. By promoting bioeconomics, the federal government wishes to assume responsibility for world food, raw materials and energy supply from biomass, and climate and environmental protection. Between 2010 and 2016, 2.4 billion Euros will be provided for research to implement a knowledge-based bioeconomics within the framework of the "National Bioeconomics Research Strategy 2030, based on the suggestions of the first Bioeconomics Council. The goal is to enable a change in structure through research and innovation from a crude oil to biobased industry, that is linked to great opportunities for growth and employment. The Bioeconomics Council will illustrate perspectives on how Germany can assume a leading roll in future bioeconomics.
The 51 year old Aachen researcher focuses on science, technology and innovation research. Comparative perspectives on global challenges regarding health, nutrition, energy, and climate change play a particular role in Barben's research.


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Josh Groban at The O2 Dublin – Review
Josh Groban played the O2 Arena in Dublin on Sunday 23rd of June. It was the end of his recent tour and a triumphant return to one of his best loved cities!
The huge venue filled quickly with hundreds of Groban fans, eagerly watching the warmly lit, instrument packed stage. This excitement built palpably until finally the lights went down and the orchestra took to the stage and climaxed in an incredible roar as Josh appeared onstage in black jeans and blazer teamed with a white t-shirt and shoes.
He opened with no introduction, going straight into 'Brave' as the stage burst alight. The music seemed to sound not in your ears, but right in the centre of your body-like when you listen to your favourite song at top volume; overwhelming in the best way possible! Echoed vocals and incredible sustained notes made for an overall combination that wow-ed even the most hardcore of fans. The roar that followed was deafening!
The orchestra continued straight on into the next track 'False Alarms', with gentle almost magical sounding xylophone which was then overlapped with tribal-sounding percussion. Higher vocal moments contrasted beautifully with deeper, richer sounding moments as lights swept the audience. As Groban walked to different sides of the stage during the song, the fans in the area burst into applause. The song ended with Groban standing in a lone spotlight.
Having kicked off the show, the baritone then stopped to say hello, revealing a friendly and funny demeanour that made his talent all the more awe-inspiring because he was so down-to-earth. He expressed his delight at a collective of lumo-heart wielding women in the front seats, describing it as 'Rave night at the bingo parlour' and threatening to 'drop some dubstep' on us. He then described his time in Ireland including cliffs in Wicklow and Guinness for breakfast!
The next track was 'February Song' which saw Groban at the grand piano and was a little more classical and showed off his baritone voice that is his trademark. Glow-sticks and hands swayed in the air, especially when the soulful vocals hit the high notes during the chorus and actually sent chills through the audience. Afterwards he spoke a little about his love for singing in Spanish before performing the classic ballad 'Un Alma Mas'. This, of course, had spectacular Spanish style guitar and percussion. The passionate music was combined with romantic, rosy lighting and a single spotlight. A mind-blowing, mid-way trumpet solo made the listener feel like tango-dancing on a moonlit beach!
After a blackout of the lights, Groban introduced an old Irish song he'd fallen in love with, Richard Thompson's 'She Moves Through The Fair'. He sang with just a hint of vibrato that is common to the style of Irish ballads and he kept the music simple at the start with just guitar and a hint of percussion before bringing in the violin. There was absolute hush during the violin solo and a section where Josh sang with only piano accompaniment, breath-taking!
Josh took time after every song to credit the soloists in particular and had an obvious rapport with the orchestra he was working with. After the following gloriously triumphant Spanish number, accompanied by dramatic red lights and loud music, he took some time to chat with the audience. Someone from what he eloquently described as 'the spit zone' gave him a rather surprising gift. He couldn't help exclaiming 'my fans confuse me sometimes' when he opened it to reveal three small rubber duck. He did, however, place them about the stage, including on the head of his guitarist!
He also answered a series of questions that were sent in by fans before the concert. He struggled valiantly to pronounce Irish and Polish names and answered the questions in an amusing and self-deprecating manner that really helped him connect with the fans. One woman was even allowed to join him onstage to teach him how to jive! The audience got a great laugh out of the section of the evening but Groban seemed relieved when he was back to what he does best-singing!
He started back in with a song by Jimmy Webb-'The Moon's A Harsh Mistress'. It was powerfully beautiful- like something out of Les Miserables and the final note on the strings was haunting. This was followed by the Italian 'Mia Per Sempre', a passionately dramatic number that should have been the soundtrack of some climactic, fateful moment. He sustained the final high note for an astoundingly long time. He then swapped to a soft-rock sound with 'Hollow Talk' whose drums and bass had the seats shaking and heads nodding hypnotically as the music exploded and Groban's voice swelled to match its intensity.
After the overwhelming sensation of the previous song, there was a musical interval showcasing the violin soloist who was splendidly accompanied by the rest of the strings creating a lovely Irish melody that had the audience clapping along. There was a brief burst of applause as they segued into the melancholy opening of Aerosmith's 'Dream On' which took off as the guitar screamed its arrival. Afterwards there was an energetic solo section from the drums and percussionist where Groban himself took to a drum kit! This was a moment where the onstage band could have a bit of fun together onstage.
He sang a French track from his new album before running out into the audience, singing the circus tune, to select fans to fill empty front row seats! He did admit to being slightly afraid of the 'grabby' women and that he didn't think him and his 'bruised butt-cheek' would be venturing out into the audience again!
He spoke briefly about the Irish film 'Once', which he considers a modern, romantic classic before singing his own rendition of 'Falling Slowly' which moved many audience members to tears. He sang it a little stronger and deeper than the soft huskiness of Hansard's version but utilised harmonies and heart wrenching high notes in the chorus so that hands were waving in the air.
He gave an uplifting little speech for all the singletons at his show, being single himself, before singing his song 'Happy In My Heartache'. It was just a touch country with a reminiscence of Paul Simon with its prominent acoustic guitar and upbeat tone. He sang another song close to his heart from his time on 'Ally McBeal'; 'To Where 'To Where You Are' just him and the grand piano and dozens upon dozens of camera phones lighting up like constellations. A sudden contrast to this followed with flashing lights and a techno style intro. The people at the front were on their feet dancing and swaying to 'Machine'. There was a real party atmosphere during this song especially during the spectacular brass interval and jazzy piano solo. In fact it almost became a musical battle between the piano and the electric guitar with each taking turns at prominence.
The final few songs were some of the best of the evening. 'I Believe When I Fall In Love It'll Be Forever' by Stevey Wonder carried the audience on a swell of sound and got a standing ovation as the wall of the choirs voices joined the final burst of music. He came back onstage to regale us with 'Awake' a song that, for him, described the feeling of incredible gigs like this. It built and built to an emotional peak and was a warmingly tender song.
His final song was one that may of his friends were waiting for throughout the whole concert. He actually first heard it in a cab right here in Dublin and asked us to sing along. When the titanic like open strains of 'You Raise Me Up' started a roar swelled to meet them. His deep rich voice spread like velvet over the audience while the audience sang high and sweet. The choir re-joined as the music built and the audience stood one by one to join in the ocean of voices. It was magic. Powerful. A truly phenomenal finish.
Josh Groban is a performer to his very core. He has a voice that refused to be overwhelmed by a large venue, a massive instrumental accompaniment or a screaming crowd. He brings a slice of his personality to the table with his joking around and story-telling between songs and obviously has a fantastic energy. Every musician with him from the stage to the soundbox was smiling and so were his audience. One hell of a show!
Posted on 24 June 2013 at 5:48 pm by Lucy Ivan
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Q: Selenium claims that Displayed is true, when it is not visible (need to scroll down) I have a page with table data. There is a scroll cause all data does not fit on one page. I want to assert that last row is not visible. I have a code:
var element = _driver.FindElement(By.Id("last-element"));
element.Displayed // !!! true

I know it's probably correctly parsed, is not hidden by styles, etc, but for sure it's not visible to the user.
I have created:
static bool IsVisible(IWebElement webElement)
{
    if (webElement.Displayed == false)
    {
        return false;
    }

    RemoteWebElement remote = (RemoteWebElement) webElement;

    return remote.Location.Y == remote.LocationOnScreenOnceScrolledIntoView.Y;
}

But it's behaving even stranger. After code reaches LocationOnScreenOnceScrolledIntoView, the browser scrolls to that place.
Selenium 3.3, ChromeDriver 2.28 (the same on FirefoxDriver 0.14)
What am I missing?

A:     public bool Displayed(string elementTagName, string elementAttribute, string value)
    {
            var result = false;
            try
            {
                var elementDisplayed = ((IJavaScriptExecutor)driver).ExecuteScript($"return $(\"{elementTagName}[{elementAttribute}=\'{value}\']:visible\").length").ToString();
                result = string.Compare("0", elementDisplayed, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                //ignore exception
            }

            return result;
    }

returns true if the element is not displayed or false if the element is displayed.
Just pass the element variables in like so, Displayed("div","class","rawr");

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Support for the Black Students' Network at McGill after defamatory attacks for endorsing BDS
Independent Jewish Voices Canada
Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) is appalled at recent attacks on the Black Students Network (BSN) at McGill University in the wake their support, as part of a coalition of 19 campus groups, of a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel's violation of Palestinian human rights. While the resolution was ultimately defeated at ratification, attacks posted on BSN's Facebook page charged that the group's tweets, sent during the vote, were anti-Semitic. As BSN has said, their tweets "did not use any language that would suggest anti-Semitism -- nothing about religion, Israel or Judaism. BSN does not conflate whiteness and Jewishness, recognizing that Judaism has roots all over the world. BSN stands against all oppressions, on and off campus." In stark contrast, those criticizing BSN singled out this Black student group, some delivering their attacks using jarringly racist and Islamophobic language.
Allegations of anti-Semitism against Palestinian human rights activists and the BDS movement represent a desperate attempt by the Israel lobby to discredit what has become a powerful global phenomenon. As Black student groups have begun to build alliances with the Palestinian struggle, institutional Jewish organizations in the United States have responded by targeting Black student groups in an attempt to drive a wedge between Black and Palestinian organizations and activists. As Robin D.G. Kelley notes, AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) attempts to use Black students as "moral shields" to make the case for Israeli impunity, creating a seemingly anti-racist defence for Israel. To this end, anti-BDS strategists have specifically sought out Black student group alliances on campuses in the U.S. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) has recently endorsed and begun to put similar practices into effect in Canada.
One disturbing way this is happening is through Zionist organizations' appropriating and coopting the idea of "intersectionality" -- a concept created by and for Black women -- to garner the sympathy of people of colour for the Zionist project on campus. This deep erasure of Black women's voices and Black knowledge is particularly evident in the Canadian context, where an insidious culture of Black invisibility and silencing operates on university campuses. Such a culture predominates at elite institutions like McGill, where there are no courses focused on Black Canadian history or life, often no Black profs or lecturers (of 1686 profs at McGill, three are Black), and where the language of intersectionality is widely appropriated in white feminist discourse and syllabi in ways that completely erase Black women's intellectual and organizing traditions. In this context, to single out and target a Black student group from among the numerous groups that supported the BDS motion is ethically abhorrent.
These spurious accusations of anti-Semitism seek to accomplish several ends. Importantly, they distort our ability to identify real instances of anti-Semitism. Moreover, they serve to reinforce racial hierarchies that simplistically classify "Jews" as white and position Black Canadians and other racialized people as subordinates in the Canadian racial hierarchy. Such a move both erases Jews of colour and seeks to secure racial dominance for white Jews. Finally, this "divide and conquer" strategy is part of a campaign to undermine the powerful solidarity networks that unite those who fight tirelessly for the rights of Palestinian and other oppressed people and which sees these struggles as profoundly interconnected. Rachel Zellars, a lawyer and lecturer at McGill, has described the work of BSN as "organizing around anti-Black racism and strategically, reflectively creating allyships in the context of anti-racist and anti-colonial struggles, inherently linked."
IJV commends the BSN on their support of BDS and their careful attention to Jewish racial and political diversity in their response to undeserved accusations of anti-Semitism. They represent a model for principled participation in coalitions across difference. Indeed they remind us that expressions of racism or anti-Semitism have no place in a movement that seeks a more just world. Those of us who challenge Israeli state violence and seek justice for Palestinians must fight against efforts by the Israel lobby to fracture our coalitions and alliances. We will not be deterred by false accusations of antisemitism and other strategies intended to deflect attention away from the unbearable conditions under which Palestinians continue to live, and die, in increasingly large numbers.
Black Students' Network of McGill


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Claude Petit Jean Delatre (Fou un músic i compositor lorenès o flamenc, actiu entre 1562 i 1592, morí abans de 1603.

Conegut generalment com a Petitjean, i que no s'ha de confondre amb Jean de Latre que fou anterior en edat a ell; fou mestre de l'escolania de la catedral de Verdun. Aconseguí el premi de la lira d'or en el Puy de la música d'Évreux.

En les compilacions publicades a Flandes des del 1541 fins al 1580, hi figuren unes 60 obres sagrades i profanes d'aquest autor.

Bibliografia
 Enciclopèdia Espasa Volum núm. 17, pàg. 1387. ()

Compositors francesos del Renaixement
Compositors flamencs del Renaixement
Compositors francoflamencs del Renaixement
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Dedsbøl Sogn (på tysk Kirchspiel Deezbüll) er et sogn i det nordvestlige Sydslesvig, tidligere i Bøking Herred (Tønder Amt), nu Nibøl Kommune i Nordfrislands Kreds i delstaten Slesvig-Holsten.

I Dedsbøl Sogn findes flg. stednavne:
 Burg
 Dedsbøl (Deezbüll)
 Dedsbølhjørne
 Mosehuse (Moorhäuser)
 Møsingehjørne

Litteratur
 Jens Peter Trap: Statistisk-topographisk beskrivelse af hertugdømmet Slesvig, Kjøbenhavn 1864, side 182

Eksterne henvisninger
 Nibøl-Dedsbøl Menighed / Kirchengemeinde Niebüll-Deezbüll

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The Nepal Communist Partyhas termed the foreign intervention in Venezuela as 'unacceptable intrusion' in internal affairs and an attempt of 'imperialist coup'. "US has been trying to create chaos and violence putting inhuman economic sanctions and threatening military intervention in Venezuela since last decade," read the statement, further stating that it is a 'serious challenge to the UN Charter and Principle of peaceful co-existence'.
The NCP has called on the US and other countries to respect the principle of non-interference, national sovereignty and peaceful co-existence.
Just two weeks after President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela was sworn in for a second term, an opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, declared himself as the interim president on January 23, directly challenging the country's leadership.
The opposition leader Guaido was cheered on by thousands of supporters,and countries including United States, Canada and many Latin American countries quickly recognised him as the legitimate head of state, as he stood in the streets of the capital on Wednesday and declared himself the legitimate president.


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Daniel Negreanu's best buddy, James Woods, has been spending his days over at the Commerce Casino. The LAPC is in full swing, and Woods just took down the $570 Triple Triple Draw event.
68-people ponied up the $570, and Woods banked the $7,560 first prize after beating Donald Halpern in heads-up action. It's his second career win at the LAPC and his fourth overall. Woods' last victory came in the summer when he took down a 169-entrant $585 buy-in H.O.R.S.E event at Binion's in Las Vegas. His most significant score to date was a 24/692 finish in the 2006 WPT LAPC Main Event for $39,859.
The LAPC started like a comet with Christopher Haydt beating a 6,454-entrant field to win $100k off a $120 investment in the opening Kickoff event. The $10,000 WPT LAPC Main Event runs 2 – 6 March. The reigning champion is Dennis Blieden who beat Toby Lewis, heads up, to win the $1m first prize last year.
Tiffany Michelle and Norman Chad are amongst the celebs lending a helping hand to launch the new Jamul Casino in San Diego. The pair will appear in a $550 buy-in Golden Cap Poker Tournament with $50,000 in prize money available on Friday.
The Jamul Indian Village runs the Jamul Casino.
Michelle was recently in London as a guest of 888Poker at 888Live London. Chad will not be wearing a PokerStars patch.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Jennifer Tilly, will not be joining the cast of the new Child's Play movie. Due for release in June, the Child's Play reboot goes ahead without the involvement of the evil dolls' creator, Don Mancini, and Tilly's none too happy about that.
Child's Play first hit our screens in 1988, and since then, Tilly has appeared in four Chucky movie starring as the voice of Tiffany Valentine.


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Olga Illiwna Taratuta, ukr. Ольга Іллівна Таратута, ros. Ольга Ильинична Таратута (ur. 21 stycznia 1876; ewentualnie 1874 lub 1878 w Nowodimitrowka, zm. 8 lutego 1938 w ZSRR) – ukraińska działaczka anarchistyczna, założycielka ukraińskiego Anarchistycznego Czarnego Krzyża.

Życiorys

Olga Taratuta urodziła się jako Ełka Ruwinska (ukr. Елька Рувінська) we wsi Nowodimitrowka, niedaleko Chersonia, leżącego wówczas na terenie Imperium Rosyjskiego. Pochodziła z rodziny żydowskiej, jej ojciec prowadził mały sklep. Po ukończeniu szkoły nauczycielskiej Olga pracowała jako nauczycielka.

Olga Taratuta została aresztowana w 1895 z powodu "podejrzeń politycznych". W 1897 dołączyła do grupy socjaldemokratycznej związanej z Abramem i Iudą Grossmanami w Jekatierinosławiu.  Taratuta była członkinią Południowego Rosyjskiego Związku Robotników i Jelizawetgradziego komitetu Socjaldemokratycznej Partii Robotniczej Rosji w latach 1898–1901. W 1901 przeprowadziła się do Niemiec, a następnie do Szwajcarii; w tym okresie pracowała dla organu partii, gazety Iskra i poznała wówczas Georgija Plechanowa i Włodzimierza Lenina.

W 1903, podczas pobytu w Szwajcarii, Taratuta związała się z ruchem anarchokomunistycznym. W 1904 wróciła do Odessy i dołączyła do grupy Neprimirimych (ros. непримиримых), która swoją ideologią nawiązywała do myśli Jana Wacława Machajskiego. Taratuta została aresztowana w kwietniu 1904, ale uwolniono ją kilka miesięcy później z powodu braku dowodów. Po zwolnieniu dołączyła do Odessańskiej Grupy Robotników Anarchokomunistów. Zaczęła stawać się coraz bardziej znaną osobą wśród rosyjskiego ruchu anarchistycznego.

Taratuta została ponownie zatrzymana w październiku 1905, ale zwolniono ją podczas amnestii politycznej, która była wynikiem rewolucji. Dołączyła do bojowego skrzydła Południoworosyjskiej Grupy Anarchokomunistów, która stosowała "terror bez motywacji" - ogólne ataki na instytucje i przedstawicieli burżuazji, a nie na konkretne osoby. Taratuta była zamieszana w atak bombowy na Café Libman w Odessie w grudniu 1905, za co skazano ją na 17 lat więzienia.

Uciekła z więzienia w grudniu 1906 i wyjechała do Genewy, gdzie dołączyła do Buntar ("Buntownicy") i redagowała gazetę, zwaną także Buntar. Pod koniec 1907 powróciła do Odessy, gdzie pomogła zaplanować zamach przeciwko generałowi Aleksandrowi Kaulbarsowi, dowódcy regionu wojskowego Odessy, oraz przeciwko generałowi Tolmachewowi, gubernatorowi Odessy.

Została aresztowana w 1908 w Jekaterynosławiu i skazana tym razem na 21 lat więzienia. Uwolniono ją w 1917, po rewolucji lutowej. W maju 1918 wstąpiła do Politycznego Czerwonego Krzyża, który pomagał uwięzionym rewolucjonistom wszystkich politycznych przynależności.

Chociaż początkowo utrzymywała dystans od ruchu anarchistycznego, rosnące prześladowania anarchistów przez rząd bolszewicki zainspirowały Taratutę do przyłączenia się do gazety Gołos Truda (ros. Голос Труда) i konfederacji Nabat w czerwcu 1920. We wrześniu wróciła na Ukrainę, po podpisaniu przez machnowców rozejmu z rządem sowieckim. Machnowscy dowódcy dali jej 5 milionów rubli; Taratuta udał się do Charkowa i wykorzystała te pieniądze, aby utworzyć Anarchistyczny Czarny Krzyż, który miał zapewnić pomoc uwięzionym i innym prześladowanym anarchistom.

Sowieckie Represje
W listopadzie 1920 Taratuta została aresztowana podczas antysowieckiej akcji anarchistów i machnowców na Ukrainie.  Sowieci zamknęli Anarchistyczny Czarny Krzyż. Taratuta została przeniesiona do Moskwy w styczniu 1921, a następnie do Orłowa w kwietniu 1921. W kolejnym miesiącu zaproponowano jej zwolnienie pod warunkiem publicznego potępienia jej anarchistycznych przekonań. Zamiast tego dołączyła do współwięzionych anarchistek i anarchistów podczas 11-dniowego strajku głodowego. W marcu 1922 zesłano ją na dwa lata do Wielkiego Ustiugu.

Po zwolnieniu w 1924 przeprowadziła się do Kijowa, gdzie w połowie roku aresztowano ją za publikowanie propagandy anarchistycznej, ale niedługo potem została zwolniona. Tego samego roku przeprowadziła się do Moskwy. W 1927 dołączyła do międzynarodowej kampanii wspierającej Sacco i Vanzetti.  W latach 1928 i 1929 Taratuta napisała wiele listów motywowana próbą organizacji międzynarodowej organizacji wspierającej anarchistów i anarchistki w sowieckich więzieniach. W 1929 powróciła do Odessy, gdzie ją aresztowano za próbę zorganizowania grupy anarchistycznej wśród pracowników kolei. Została skazana na dwa lata więzienia.

Po zwolnieniu Taratuta wróciła do Moskwy. Wstąpiła do Towarzystwa Więźniów Politycznych i Wygnańców, którzy bezskutecznie próbowali uzyskać emerytury dla starych, zubożałych i chorych rewolucjonistów. Została zatrzymana i skazana w 1933, jednak niewiele wiadomo o tym wydarzeniu.

27 listopada 1937 została kolejny raz aresztowana i oskarżona o działalność anarchistyczną oraz antyradziecką. Skazana na śmierć 8 lutego 1938 i stracona tego samego dnia.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Paul Avrich, The Russian Anarchists, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967, .
 Nick Heath, Taratuta, Olga Ilyinichna 1876 (?)-1938, Libcom.
 Grigorij Pietrowicz Maksimow, The Guillotine at Work: Twenty Years of Terror in Russia. New York: Revisionist Press. .

Ukraińscy anarchiści
Rosyjscy anarchiści
Rosyjscy terroryści
Ukraińscy terroryści
Anarchokomuniści
Ukraińscy socjaliści
Rosyjscy rewolucjoniści
Socjaldemokraci
Ukraińscy nauczyciele
Rosyjscy nauczyciele
Ukraińscy redaktorzy
Ofiary wielkiego terroru w ZSRR
Osoby skazane na karę śmierci
Urodzeni w 1876
Zmarli w 1938


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Q: How to install CKEditor 5 autosave plugin? I need to integrate the CKEditor 5 autosave plugin. At the moment, I have included the CKEditor like the following.

However, it doesn't find the autosave plugin, so I suppose I need to install the CKEditor and the plugin on my website to run that.
The problem is that in the CKEditor documentation, the installation is described only with npm. So I don't know how to install the plugin without npm. In CKEditor 4, I needed only to paste the plugin in the plugins folder, and I think that was everything.
My website is developed with the Laravel framework using Laravel Boilerplate. There I have a webpack.mix.js file with a configuration of some npm packages. Unfortunately, I was not able to include the CKEditor and the Autosave plugin and to run that.
webpack.mix.js
const mix = require('laravel-mix');

mix.setPublicPath('public')
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    .sass('resources/sass/backend/app.scss', 'css/backend/backend.css')
    .js('resources/js/frontend/app.js', 'js/mix/frontend.js')
    .js('resources/js/backend/app.js', 'js/mix/backend.js')
    .extract([
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        'bootstrap',
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        'sweetalert2',
        'lodash'
    ])
    .sourceMaps();

if (mix.inProduction()) {
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} else {
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I only need CKEditor on the front end for the moment. I would appreciate it if somebody could tell me how to integrate it with or without npm.

A: To install CKEditor 5 using npm try the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-classic package.
npm install --save-dev @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-classic

Also, you need jQuery as well.
npm install --save-dev jquery

In bootstrap.js...
window._ = require('lodash');

try {
    window.$ = window.jQuery = require('jquery');
    window.ClassicEditor = require('@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-classic');
} catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
}

Compile your assets.
npm run prod

Here's a Blade example.

    <title>CKEditor 5 Laravel 8 Example</title>

This is some sample content.

As far as the Autosave plugin, I assume you would need a database, so I didn't attempt that part. But to start, you can install it this way...
npm install --save-dev @ckeditor/ckeditor5-autosave

From there, consult the Autosave plugin documentation.


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Ashley wanted to free the baby duck in the canal out the back, and local wildlife experts advised her it was the best thing to do, but nobody asked the baby duck what she thought about that.
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"Little to our surprise, they bonded instantly and their relationship began," said Ashley.
The story of the friendship between both duck and dog was widely shared, and at that time, the family had been hoping for name suggestions for the duck, as she had made herself part of their family.
It's certainly very pleasing that she keeps returning too! This is a happy ending for both duck and dog. May they enjoy many walks and fun times together as they embrace their feathery and furry friendship.