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Germany Frees Al-Jazeera Journalist Sought by Egypt
German authorities Monday released Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, two days after detaining him at the request of his native Egypt.
"We welcome this decision by the German prosecutor," said Al-Jazeera spokesman Hareth Adlouni, adding that all charges had been dropped against 52-year-old Mansour, one of the best known TV journalists in the Arabic world.
Berlin prosecutors in a short statement said they would not seek his extradition and had ordered Mansour's release, citing both "legal aspects and possible political-diplomatic concerns", without detailing them.
Mansour, an Egyptian-British dual national, was controversially arrested Saturday at a Berlin airport, where he had been due to fly to Doha. He had been sentenced last year by an Egyptian court in absentia to 15 years in prison on torture and other charges which he has rejected as "absurd".
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Kinga Frojimovics
Die Beziehung zwischen der Pester Israelitischen Gemeinde und der IKG Wien. Vom 'Anschluß' bis zum Beginn der Deportationen 1941
The Relations between the Jewish Community of Pest and the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (IKG) from the 'Anschluß' until the Beginning of the Deportations, 1938-1941 In 1938 the Jewish Community of Pest (PIH)] and the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien were the two largest Jewish communities of Central Europe. By 1938, the two Jewish communities had cultivated strong relationships with one another for over a century. However, the nature of the relationships between the two Jewish communities had changed drastically in 1938.
As a consequence of the increasingly worsening official anti-Jewish discrimination, ties of social and legal aid had exclusively replaced any other kinds of relationships. Religious life, chiefly issues of kashrut, social aid for members of the community, as well as Emigration from Austria after the 'Anschluß', and issues concerning one's Hungarian citizenship after the anti-Jewish legislation had been central to the mutual work of extending social and legal aid to one another.
A systematic study of the relationships between the two largest Central European Jewish communities between 1938 and 1941 will enable us to understand how these increasingly adversely influenced central institutions of Jewish life attempted to assist their members and one another during the first phase of the Holocaust. To show how the two communities collaborated and tried to help each other is crucial, since these Jewish institutions are routinely portrayed even in historical works as isolationist bodies that were utterly uninvolved and uninterested in the problems of the Jewish world in general. The study will explore how their ties between 1938 and 1941 (until the beginning of the mass deportation of Viennese Jews) influenced the behaviour of the two communities and their members both in the later phases of the Holocaust and its aftermath. The ties of legal and social aid provided a viable model as well as a context for later patterns of relationships within and also without the Jewish world.
Wolfgang Benz
Der Ort des Terrors. Die Welt der nationalsozialistischen Zwangslager
The network of camps that eventually covered almost all of Europe under the management of the SS was a firm component of the national socialist system of terror and defined the Nazi regime in its essence. From the British channel island Alderney to the Soviet Union and from the Baltic to Greece, there was hardly a place in the Nazi sphere of power without one form or another of such a camp. The names of the large concentration and extermination camps have today become synonyms for Nazi state terror, and are perfect metaphors of terror, dehumanisation and racist mass murder. Paradoxically, however, this development at the same time saw the erasure of the traces of those countless small camps in the system: the network that made the terror possible in the first place down to its last branch. They have been lost from Europe's cultural memory.
Wolfgang Benz provides a systematic presentation of this knowledge, making it accessible again on the basis of the nine volume standard oeuvre on the history of Nazi concentration camps which he published together with Barbara Distel.
Kinga Frojimovics: Die Beziehung zwischen der Pester Israelitischen Gemeinde und der IKG Wien. Vom 'Anschluß' bis zum Beginn der Deportationen 1941
Download PDFThe Relations between the Jewish Community of Pest and the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (IKG) from the 'Anschluß' until the Beginning of the Deportations, 1938-1941 In 1938 the Jewish Community of Pest (PIH)] and the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien were the two largest Jewish communities of Central Europe. By 1938, the two Jewish communities had cultivated strong relationships with one another for over a century. However, the nature of the relationships between the two Jewish communities had changed drastically in 1938.

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Romelu Lukaku looking to show the world what he can offer against Brazil
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Romelu Lukaku will be key to Belgium's plans to unlock Brazil's formidable defence in Friday's World Cup quarter-final.
The 25-year-old Manchester United striker has already begun to silence his critics with an impressive four-goal haul in Russia.
But his goal-scoring prowess and aim to be remembered as Belgium's most successful goal scorer face a stern test against a Selecao defence that has conceded only once in four World Cup games so far.
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Lukaku has called upon his Belgium team-mates to show they deserve to live up to pre-tournament expectations.
"I've told the lads nothing in life is easy, you have to fight for it," said Lukaku, as per AFP.
"We're up against the favourites, but this will show us where we stand as a team. We're not prepared just to settle for second best."
Prior to each Belgium game at the World Cup – fit or not – Lukaku has given inspirational talks to his compatriots, so hopefully, he can take the leadership qualities he has learned and takes them back to Manchester to show off.
Lukaku is also doing a fine job of showcasing his talent on the highest stage of all and is silencing his doubters while doing so.
Four years after opening his World Cup account with a crucial extra-time winner over the United States in the group stages, Lukaku started this tournament with a bang. He hit the net twice in each of their opening two games, firing braces in a 3-0 win over Panama and another in a 5-2 victory against Costa Rica.
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Looking to Mix Things Up: Thoughts on Ninja Leaving Twitch
August 14, 2019 by Tee Morris 2 Comments
On August 1, 2019, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins made the Internet implode with an announcement:
The next chapter,https://t.co/lvn9KBjEYq pic.twitter.com/tljVgyM3bG
— Ninja (@Ninja) August 1, 2019
Ninja's move reminds me a bit of Howard Stern's jump from terrestrial radio to satellite, only done with a lot more subtlety and grace. (You can only say "When I go to satellite…" so many times until I stop listening.) What was even more astounding was how Ninja brought thousands of new viewers to Mixer even before his first stream there. This announcement carried such an impact that while at GenCon, I had someone ask me "Are you going to make the jump?" on noticing my "World's Okayest Streamer" shirt. This was less than 24 hours after Ninja's tweet.
So…what am I planning for the future?
As I say on my stream, "Let's talk, Chat…"
Let's just address the Godzilla in the Stream. No, I'm not leaving Twitch anytime soon. First and foremost, I've written a book on Twitch and am insanely proud of it. It would be impossible for me to promote with a straight face Twitch for Dummies while transitioning to Mixer. Other content creators might be able to do something like that; but no, not my style.
The other reason I'm staying put? I've seen all this before.
Let's step back in time to 2009. Facebook had come into its own by this time, but was still that fresh-faced, wide-eyed social media platform of opportunity. My Day Job at the time — Senior Social Media Manager with a data and identity security firm — looked to me as the subject matter expert on social media. There was a massive amount of concern from my bosses over what people were sharing willingly on Facebook. In my deep dive into Zuckerberg's house, I was noticing third-party apps and games like Farmville were generating the kind of revenue startups dream about. Facebook wanted to become more of a player in this. The "free lunch" of social media marketing was hardly done, but we were closing in on dessert. With the early attempts of Facebook adjusting algorithms for paid content, many of the 2009-2010 "social media gurus" pined for the earlier days of Facebook when everything was "organic" (double-speak for "free") and your message would be seen by your connections without any sort of hindrance.
Google, apparently hearing the calls and cries of these gurus, announced in 2011 the launch of something new: Google+. Maybe the average streamer doesn't know Google+ but it was promised to be simple, elegant, and pure. You know, like Facebook used to be. Only with this platform, you have the POWER OF GOOGLE behind it. Full integration with Google's Search engine, YouTube, GoogleDocs, and other cool products. The potential of this new social media avenue was limitless.
"Trust me. I'm a social media guru. Would I steer you wrong, partner?"
And then something incredible and unexpected happened a month after this new platform launched. One of social media's leading voices announced he was officially leaving Facebook, naming Google+ his platform of choice. Thus began a "great exodus" and what many believed would be "the end of Facebook as a platform."
That was 2011. And I was there, watching Profile Pictures change to announcements of "I have moved to G+" and listening to proclamations of Facebook going the way of MySpace. (Yes. MySpace. I've been at this for that long.)
Facebook is still here (all things withstanding) while G+ continues to limp and stagger under the weight of spambots and self-proclaimed experts who know just as much about the digital landscape as they do about social media…which is why they are on G+. Oh yeah, and Google has been threatening to pull the plug on it for years, turning the platform into some kind of macabre death watch. When they finally disconnect the service, it may be regarded more as a relief than a surprise.
And the social media "influencer" who left Facebook? Yeah, he returned in 2015. No fanfare. No grand announcement. Just "Hi, everyone. I'm back. I'm awesome. How have you been?" as if nothing had happened. In light of how things played out, it was best for everyone to pretend nothing did.
This is why I am not worried about the future of Twitch or the well-being of America's Top Gamer. Ninja built his name by playing Halo and has jumped to a platform run by the same studio behind it, probably being given an inside look at what is coming with Halo: Infinite. Ninja is fine. He's made a sound business decision by partnering up with Microsoft. There is truly only one Ninja. He will be missed but is only a few clicks away. As for Twitch, with the backing of Amazon and other prominent streamers in their ranks, the void left behind by Blevins will be taken care of.
That doesn't mean Twitch is completely off the hook.
The past two weeks have been rough for Twitch, ranging from this…
Disgusted and so sorry. pic.twitter.com/gnUY5Kp52E
— Ninja (@Ninja) August 11, 2019
…to open discussions from streamers of all standings seriously evaluating Twitch, Mixer, and how a change could benefit them.
While the matter with Ninja's channel has been resolved…
Twitch has now reverted my channel back to how an offline page should look. Thank you.
…one thing is crystal clear — Twitch appears to be asleep at the wheel. Mixer appears more and more inviting to streamers in how they handle online bullies and how supportive the audiences are to new talent. Mixer is hardly perfect, especially for streamers of a specific body type; but they are setting what looks to be a welcoming stage for anyone wanting to take a step into their spotlight. If Twitch does not take a moment, listen to their community, ask "How can we make things better?" and strive to do so, the platform could find itself sinking like a digital Titanic. Nothing is ever too big to falter. Right now, it is up to Twitch to offer their partners and affiliates solid reasons for staying with them. As Twitch is an arm of Amazon, there is no reason for them to fail in this. Still, you cannot deny that presently, a move to Mixer is happening. Will this digital migration be another Google+ or something different?
Expect a follow-up with me after TwitchCon 2019. Looks like this will be an event to watch. Closely.
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Indiana Jim says
Good thoughts, thanks! I'm switching to Mixer (not that I have any significant number of followers or stream a lot) just because I like the vibe better and, as you say, it seems a more welcoming environment. I don't think Mixer is going to fizzle like Google+, but the hysteria or hype because of Ninja is overblown.
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[…] before anybody says anything, yes, the infographic on this page is from 2019…but released before Ninja made his switch, so yeah, I caught […]


When I was too young to have developed psychological tools for protection, I was offered up on the altar of experimental psychology by a group which deemed me unacceptable, and who abandoned me emotionally. I felt so lost that I feared I would lose my mind- really, not metaphorically. From somewhere deep within I begged, "God help me! I don't know what to do." A resolution presented itself, and the beginning of equilibrium returned. Until then I hadn't known about the safe room in my soul.
"Lost in the Sauce" seems to mean what you want it to mean: drunk, stoned, utterly confused, living outside of reality. At age twenty seven I was lost in the sauce, and that experience has become my salvation. Those three powerful words, God-Help-Me, pulled me into a place where I was safe and not alone. How had that place come to be?
It started with the foundation: parents and teachers who loved God. It was a different rendering of God than the one whom I now worship, but it doesn't matter. They gave me a framework for my spirituality and consistent practices which drew me into God's presence. As a child I was already learning to go to this place when buffeted by the little storms of life.
The soul's safe room affirms who we are and that we are lovable and passionately loved by God, no matter that a violent storm threatens outside. It is an anchor. I regularly visualize a room in my heart where beloved books on a shelf provide sacred nourishment. Where mystics and prophets are invited guests, along with other spiritual guides who accompany me daily. At least one intimate friend is welcome at my table to remind me that I am loved. It is from this room that I instinctively cry out for God's help when I am lost in the sauce.
As a young adult I felt like an exile with no physical anchor. As I age, the image of a nomad rings true. It seems to me that nomads must have a strong internal anchor which grounds them. Unlike exiles, they choose their vocation. If we regularly practice going to our soul's safe room, even when no storm rages outside, we become spiritual nomads who are strong and ready to roam wherever the Spirit leads us.


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Texas A&M defensive tackle Justin Manning has been put on a medical scholarship and no longer can play football.
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Line-up announced for this weekend's Buckingham Bandjam
Crowds enjoy last year's Buckingham Bandjam event
Buckingham's annual town centre music festival takes place on Sunday August 25 from 1pm to 10pm.
Nine musicians will be performing throughout the day at the free event, organised by Lee Maloney, landlord at The New Inn in Buckingham.
The full line-up for the event is as follows:
> Malarky (covers band who also opened last year's event) - 1pm to 1.45pm
> 60s Jukebox (Sixties covers band) - 2pm to 2.45pm
> The Reformers (a 'good time' covers band)- 3pm to 3.45pm
> Wah Wah Club (local rock band) - 4pm to 5pm
> Harvey Fowler (vocalist who has performed on BBC Introducing) - 5.10pm to 6.05pm
> Raegar (international singing duo) - 6.10pm to 6.30pm
> Krissy Matthews (local blues guitarist)- 6.30pm to 7.30pm
> 2 Tone All Skas (local ska band) - 7.45pm to 8.45pm
> Dixie & Co (covers band specialising in pop, soul and funk)- 9pm to 10pm
Deputy mayor Geraldine Collins will be opening the event.
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There will be stalls selling a range of food, including Go Greek, Mark's Ices, J&L Snack Bar and Vegan Bliss.
New for this year is a festival hat stall The Wonders of Wool.
The festival takes place on a purpose-built stage in Buckingham town centre and is sponsored by Buckingham Town Council.
Although last year's event was damp at the start the weather brightened up later in the day and a good crowd enjoyed the performances which were headlined by Red Bullets.
The forecast for this year's event is much more favourable with bright sunshine and temperatures expected to get close to 30C on Sunday - so if you are coming don't forget the sun protection!


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Stephan Moll, M.D.
Dr. Moll received his medical degree from Freiburg University, Germany, He completed an internship/residency in internal medicine and a hematology-oncology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center (1989-1996), during which he also did a 1-year clinical coagulation fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1994-1995). Dr. Moll's postgraduate career included a position in clinical coagulation in the cardiology division of the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany (1997-1999).
Dr. Moll has been a faculty member at UNC in the Department of Medicine and the Division of Hematology-Oncology since 1999. His clinical focus is coagulation, particularly thrombosis and thrombophilia. Dr. Moll's research interests include clinical trials on new anticoagulants, better use of established anticoagulants, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and postthrombotic syndrome. He has a major interest in health education of patients, public and health care providers about blood clots and clotting disorders. Since 2001 he has written a Q/A section on thrombosis and thrombophilia for the non-profit website www.fvleiden.org. Dr. Moll is a co-founder of the national patient advocacy group NBCA (National Blood Clot Alliance; www.stoptheclot.org), and a board member of the national non-profit anticoagulation provider organization AC-Forum (Anticoagulation Forum; www.acforum.org). He has authored and coauthored a number of peer-reviewed articles textbook chapters on blood clots. He is the founder of the UNC Blood Clot Education Outreach Program created in 2010.
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Sésostris  (-1897 / -1878) est le  de la . Il est le fils d' avec qui il est corégent pendant 2 ou 3 ans, mais on ne connaît pas le nom de sa mère.

Généalogie

Le père de Sésostris  est son prédécesseur , le nom de sa mère est inconnue, mais généralement, on considère que Sénet est une épouse d' et la mère de Sésostris .

Sésostris  a eu au moins deux épouses qui sont également ses sœurs ou demi-sœurs :  dite Oueret, mère du futur  et . Cinq enfants lui sont attestés :
 deux fils : le futur  (fils de la reine ) et Senousert-Seneb ;
 trois filles : , Sathathoriounet et .

Règne

Accession au trône

 et son successeur Sésostris  ont partagé une brève corégence, la seule incontestable de tout le Moyen Empire. Contrairement à la plupart des monuments à double date, la stèle de Hapou de Konosso indique explicitement que ces deux rois ont régné ensemble pendant un certain temps et que l'année 3 du règne de Sésostris  équivaut à l'année 35 du règne d'. L'année 35 d'Amenemhat  sur la stèle de Hapou est également la plus haute date connue pour lu.

Longueur du règne

La durée des règnes de Sésostris  et de  est l'une des principales interrogations pour comprendre la chronologie de la . On pense que le Canon royal de Turin attribue un règne de dix-neuf ans à Sésostris  et de trente ans à Sésostris . Cette vision traditionnelle a été remise en cause en 1972 lorsque l'égyptologue américain William Kelly Simpson a observé que la dernière année de règne attestée pour Sésostris  était sa , et de même pour Sésostris  sa .

Kim Ryholt suggère la possibilité que les noms figurant sur le Canon aient été mal arrangés et propose deux durées de règne possibles pour Sésostris  : dix ans et plus, ou dix-neuf ans. Plusieurs égyptologues, comme Thomas Schneider, citent l'article de Mark C. Stone, publié dans le Göttinger Miszellen en 1997, qui détermine que la plus haute année de règne enregistrée pour Sésostris  était sa , d'après la stèle du Caire JE 59485.

Certains universitaires préfèrent lui attribuer un règne de seulement dix ans et confier plutôt le règne de dix-neuf ans à Sésostris . D'autres égyptologues, cependant, comme Jürgen von Beckerath et Frank Yurco, ont maintenu le point de vue traditionnel d'un règne plus long de dix-neuf ans pour Sésostris , étant donné le niveau d'activité entrepris par le roi pendant son règne. Yurco note que la réduction de la durée du règne de Sésostris  pose des difficultés car « ce pharaon a construit une pyramide complète à El-Lahoun, avec un temple funéraire en granit massif et un ensemble de bâtiments. De tels projets ont pris, de manière optimale, de quinze à vingt ans pour être achevés, même avec les noyaux de briques de terre cuite utilisés dans les pyramides du Moyen Empire ».

Actuellement, le problème de la durée du règne de Sésostris  est insoluble, mais de nombreux égyptologues préfèrent aujourd'hui lui attribuer un règne de neuf ou dix ans uniquement en raison de l'absence de dates supérieures attestées pour lui au-delà de sa  de règne. Cependant, le jour et le mois de la mort de Sésostris  pourrait être déterminé. Selon Jürgen von Beckerath, les documents du temple d'El-Lahoun, la ville pyramidale de Sésostris , mentionnent souvent la fête de « l'Aller-retour au ciel » qui pourrait être la date de la mort de ce souverain. Ces documents indiquent que cette fête a eu lieu le  du  de Peret.

Activités en Égypte

L'oasis du Fayoum, une région de la Moyenne-Égypte, est habitée par les humains depuis plus de 8 000 ans. Elle est devenue un centre important en Égypte pendant le Moyen Empire. Tout au long de cette période, les dirigeants ont entrepris des projets de développement faisant du Fayoum un centre agricole, religieux et de villégiature. L'oasis était située à 80 km au sud-ouest de Memphis et offrait des terres arables autour du lac Moéris, une étendue d'eau naturelle.

Sésostris  a continué un projet, tout juste commencé par , d'exploitation des ressources naturelles de la région marécageuse pour la chasse et la pêche, projet poursuivi par ses successeurs et qui a "mûri" sous le règne de son petit-fils . Pour mettre en œuvre ce projet, Sésostris  a développé un système d'irrigation avec une digue et un réseau de canaux qui ont siphonné l'eau du lac Moéris. Les terres récupérées, dans ce projet ont ensuite été cultivées, doublant la superficie des terres cultivables dans la région selon Miroslav Verner.

Les cultes en l'honneur du dieu crocodile Sobek étaient très répandus à l'époque. À Qasr el-Saghah, un temple anépigraphe lui est parfois attribué, parfois à .

Activités hors d'Égypte

Le règne de Sésostris  a inauguré une période de paix et de prospérité, sans campagnes militaires enregistrées (seule une inspection des fortifications de Nubie est faite en l'an 3) et avec la prolifération du commerce entre l'Égypte et le Proche-Orient. Il envoie des expéditions dans les carrières du Sinaï et au Ouadi el-Houdi.

À peu près à la même époque, des groupes d'étrangers d'Asie occidentale visitant le roi avec des cadeaux sont enregistrés, comme dans les peintures funéraires du fonctionnaire , qui a également servi sous . Ces étrangers, peut-être des Cananéens ou des Bédouins, sont étiquetés Âamou (ˁȝmw), y compris le chef accompagné d'une bouquetin de Nubie et nommé Abisha le Hyksôs (ḥḳȝ-ḫȝsw.t, Heqa-kasout pour "Hyksôs"), la première occurrence connue du nom "Hyksôs" .

Succession

Il y a une absence de preuves sérieuses d'une corégence entre Sésostris  et son fils . Murnane identifie que la seule preuve existante d'une corégence entre Sésostris  et  est un scarabée sur lequel sont inscrits les noms des deux rois. L'association peut être expliquée comme étant le résultat d'une datation rétroactive où la dernière année de règne de Sésostris  a été absorbée par la première année de règne de Sésostris , comme le prouveraient les preuves contemporaines du Canon royal de Turin qui donnent à Sésostris  une durée de règne de dix-neuf années complètes et une partielle. Une inscription dédicatoire célébrant la reprise des rituels commencés par Sésostris  et , et un papyrus avec des entrées identifiant la dix-neuvième année de règne de Sésostris  et la première année de règne de  sont peu de preuves et ne nécessitent pas de corégence. Murnane soutient que s'il y avait eu une corégence, elle n'aurait pas pu durer plus de quelques mois.

Sépulture

Sésostris  construit son complexe pyramidal à El-Lahoun, à l'entrée de la dépression du Fayoum. La pyramide est très ruinée et laisse entrevoir la colline rocheuse sur laquelle elle fut élevée. Sa pyramide se composait d'une structure massive en briques construite autour d'un noyau rocheux et soutenue par des murs imposant de calcaire. Cette pyramide a une base de  de côté pour une hauteur de . S'inspirant des complexes pyramidaux de l'Ancien Empire pour les éléments annexes à la pyramide, cette dernière fut pour la première fois dotée d'une entrée camouflée et située ailleurs que sur la face nord du monument afin de rendre la tâche impossible aux spoliateurs. L'égyptologue William Matthew Flinders Petrie fit la découverte au  d'un trésor composé de nombreux bijoux et de poteries et situé dans une galerie souterraine aux abords de la pyramide.

Titulature

Notes et références

Liens externes

  La  dynastie égyptienne
  Datations, titulatures, cartouches, translittérations, etc.

Index égyptologique
Pharaon de la XIIe dynastie égyptienne

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In December 2015, Newey J sanctioned a scheme of arrangement promulgated by Codere Finance (UK) Limited:  EWHC 3778 (Ch). The scheme formed part of a wider restructuring of the Codere group,and had significant cross-border features. In particular: the group carried on business in Latin America,Italy and Spain (but not in England);the scheme liabilities were governed by New York law; and the scheme company became a co-obligor of the scheme liabilities for the sole purpose of promulgating the scheme and engaging the jurisdiction of the English court. These factors did not dissuade Newey J from sanctioning the scheme. In his judgment, Newey J described the scheme as an example of "good forum shopping".This article explains the main features of the Codere scheme, and considers the impact of Newey J's judgment on future cross-border schemes of arrangement. This article also considers the reasons why the court was satisfied that it was appropriate to convene a single meeting of the scheme creditors,notwithstanding that certain creditors received significant fees for backstopping the new money to be raised pursuant to the scheme and additional director nomination rights under the scheme.
The Codere group carried on business by way of gaming and similar activities in Latin America, Italy and Spain. Codere SA, a company incorporated in Spain, was the ultimate holding company of the Codere group. The group's main sources of finance consisted of a senior facilities agreement and, more importantly for present purposes, two series of notes. The issuer of the notes was Codere Finance (Luxembourg) SA ("Codere Lux"),a subsidiary of Codere SA. Codere SA and several of the key operating subsidiaries of the group acted as guarantors of Codere Lux's obligations under the notes. The notes were governed by New York law, but were subject to an intercreditor agreement governed by English law. By the time of the scheme,over EUR 1.46bn was due in respect of the notes.Following a payment default on the notes in 2013, the group entered into restructuring negotiations with its noteholders. The parties gave extensive consideration to the restructuring mechanisms available in the jurisdictions where the group carried on business. It was concluded,however, that the available options would all involve formal insolvency proceedings in respect of one or more group companies. This created a significant problem. The group held gaming licences in a number of jurisdictions, which were liable to be terminated upon the commencement of formal insolvency proceedings. The termination of the gaming licences would have been fatal to the group's business.Schemes of arrangement are not normally regarded as formal insolvency proceedings: there is no statutory stay on enforcement action against the scheme company, there is no requirement for the scheme company to be insolvent (or on the verge of insolvency), and the scheme jurisdiction arises under company legislation rather than insolvency legislation. As a result, it was believed that the implementation of a scheme would not threaten the continued existence of the Codere group's gaming licences. It was for this reason that the group decided, in close consultation with its creditors, to formulate a scheme of arrangement. The object of the scheme (within the wider context of the restructuring of which the scheme formed a part) was to replace the existing notes with new notes and to effect a partial debt-for-equity swap. When the restructuring negotiations began in 2013, none of the companies in the Codere group were incorporated in England. In itself, this did not create a problem of jurisdiction: the court has jurisdiction to sanction a scheme in respect of "any company liable to be wound up under the Insolvency Act 1986" (section 895(2) CA 2006), which includes foreign companies. However, where a scheme is proposed by a foreign company, the court will not exercise its discretion to sanction the scheme unless there is a sufficient connection with England: see Re Drax Holdings Ltd  1 WLR (Lawrence Collins J) and Re Magyar BV  BCC 448 at  (David Richards J). Given that: (i) none of the existing group companies were incorporated in England; (ii) no group companies had their COMI in England or carried on business in England; and (iii) none of the notes were governed by English law, there was believed to be a risk that a sufficient connection to England could not be established.To deal with this problem, a number of strategies were explored. Ultimately, it was decided that Codere SA would acquire an English SPV known as Codere Finance (UK) Limited ("Codere UK"). Codere SA caused Codere UK to accede to the notes as a "co-issuer" thereof,pursuant to the terms of the indentures governing the notes. By virtue of this accession, Codere UK assumed primary, joint and several liability for all of Codere Lux's obligations in respect of the notes.The sole purpose of acquiring Codere UK, and of causing Codere UK to accede to the notes as a co-issuer, was to engage the scheme jurisdiction of the English court. It was Codere UK,rather than any of the other group companies, which formally proposed the scheme. The use of an English company was designed to forestall any argument that the scheme company lacked a sufficient connection to the jurisdiction. The scheme provided for the release of all group companies (including Codere UK, Codere Lux, Codere SA and the operating subsidiary guarantors) from their obligations in respect of the existing notes. It is well-established that a scheme of arrangement can release third party liabilities where this is necessary to give effect to the scheme:see Re Lehman Brothers International(Europe) (No. 2)  Bus LR 489 at  (Patten LJ); Re La Seda de Barcelona  EWHC 1364 (Ch) at - (Proudman J); and Re Magyar Telecom BV  BCC 448 at  (David Richards J). In return for the cancellation of the existing notes, scheme creditors received a complex basket of scheme consideration,consisting of new notes and equity in the group.The commercial terms of the scheme were complex, and are largely irrelevant for present purposes. It is significant, however, that the terms and structure of the scheme were approved by over 97% of the scheme creditors, who entered into lock-up agreements with the scheme company. The remaining creditors were not "hold-outs", but were simply beneficial holders of the notes who could not be identified, or who had not responded to communications from Codere UK through the clearing systems. It is also significant that about 22% of the scheme creditors by value were domiciled in England. Codere UK filed expert evidence that the scheme (including the third party releases) would be recognised under New York law, pursuant to Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Given that the notes were governed by New York law, expert evidence of this nature was essential to establish that the scheme would achieve its purpose: see Re Magyar Telecom BV  BCC 448 at  (David Richards J). Unlike in Magyar, recognition under Chapter 15 was stipulated as a non-waivable condition precedent to the effectiveness of the scheme. Codere UK also filed expert evidence that the scheme would be recognised in Luxembourg (where Codere Lux was incorporated) and all of the jurisdictions where the guarantors carried on business.Finally, Codere UK filed evidence that the only real alternative to the scheme was a formal insolvency process, which would result in a projected return of nil for the scheme creditors (compared to a minimum projected return of 47% under the scheme). At the convening hearing (before Nugee J), Codere UK argued that the scheme creditors formed a single class, such that a single scheme meeting of the scheme creditors should be convened. Nugee J accepted this submission: see  EWHC 3206. Under the terms of the scheme, there were various differences between the treatment of certain scheme creditors. However, Nugee J accepted that the differences were not so great as to fracture the cohort ofscheme creditors into different classes. The most interesting class issues concerned director nomination rights and backstopping fees. (i) Director nomination rights The scheme consideration included an allotment of equity in the ultimate holding company of the Codere group. If a scheme creditor received a sufficient allotment of equity, that creditor would be entitled (pursuant to the terms of shareholders'agreement to be entered into under the scheme) to nominate certain directors to the board of the group's ultimate holding company (in proportion to their holdings of notes). Based on information available to Codere UK, it was possible to identify the expected recipients of director nomination rights. Codere UK accepted that the director nomination rights could be regarded as a difference in the rights conferred on scheme creditors under the scheme. However, Codere UK contended that this difference was not so great as to make it "impossible for [the scheme creditors] to consult together with a view to their common interest": per Sovereign Life Assurance v Dodd  2 QB 573 at 583 (Bowen LJ). Codere UK relied on Re Cooperative Bank plc  EWHC 4072 (Ch) at - (Hildyard J) and Re Telewest Communications plc  EWHC 924 (Ch) (David Richards J), in which the court held that one-off director nomination rights did not create a separate class of those who were able to exercise such rights. The Judge was also referred to Re Stemcor Trade Finance Ltd  EWHC 2662 (Ch) at -, in which Snowden J suggested (without deciding the point) that a scheme which conferred the right to appoint executive directors on certain scheme creditors could give rise to a class division. However, Snowden J also said that the right to appoint a nonexecutive director would be unlikely to give rise to a class division: "It seems to me that, although this might be said to constitute a difference in rights available to those lenders under the scheme, those rights of participation in management are limited. They are also not accompanied by any prospect of financial reward. Having regard to the issues to be considered in relation to the scheme overall, in my judgment such rights are not sufficiently different so as to require the putative holders of those rights to be placed into a different class from other lenders who will not ultimately enjoy those rights. I was also told that only two of the Scheme Creditors are likely to qualify to exercise such rights, and I would have had substantial reservations as to whether it was appropriate to constitute such a small class with potential veto rights: see Hawk Insurance  2 BCLC 480 at -." Codere UK submitted that the rights conferred by its scheme were more analogous to the second set of more limited rights in Stemcor than the rights which caused Snowden J concern. Nugee J accepted this argument, and convened a single scheme meeting. However, he stated that the point was not an easy one: see the convening judgment at . On the facts of Codere, it is suggested that Nugee J reached the correct decision. The starting point is that classes should not be proliferated beyond necessity, "lest by ordering separate meetings the court gives a veto to a minority group" (per Chadwick LJ in Re Hawk Insurance Co Ltd  BCC 300 at ). The director nomination rights did not make it impossible for all of the scheme creditors to consult together with a view to their common interest. Indeed, this is apparent (with the benefit of hindsight) from the fact that the scheme was ultimately approved by all of the scheme creditors who voted at the meeting: see below. In future cases, however, the impact of awarding director nomination rights to a limited class of creditors remains somewhat uncertain. Codere, Co-Op and Telewest illustrate that such rights will not necessarily give rise to a class division, but Stemcor illustrates that the matter may be highly fact-specific. (ii) Backstopping fees Under the wider restructuring of which the scheme formed a part, Codere UK sought new monies from its creditors (in return for various new securities). In order to be certain that the necessary amount of new monies would be provided, it is normal market practice for one or more persons to underwrite (or "backstop") the subscription of the new securities. The underwriters (or "backstop providers") will invariably receive a fee for providing this service. In Codere, certain of the scheme creditors agreed to act as backstop providers. In return, they received consideration by way of a cash premium ranging from 2% to 5% of the relevant backstopped securities, as well as up to 10% of the equity in the ultimate holding company of the group. Codere UK adduced evidence to demonstrate that the fees should be regarded as a fair market rate. Codere UK contended, and Nugee J accepted, that these backstopping arrangements did not give rise to a class issue which fractured the single class of scheme creditors. Nugee J observed that the backstopping fees were de minimis in comparison to the total scheme liabilities: see the convening judgment at . It is suggested that Nugee J's analysis on this point is correct. The court has consistently held that underwriting fees at a fair market rate do not create class issues: see e.g. Re Co-Operative Bank plc  EWHC 4072 (Ch) at - (Hildyard J). It is very common for restructurings to involve the raising of new money, and it would be undesirable if this practice gave rise to class issues in schemes of arrangement. Codere illustrates that the sensible approach in Co-Op is likely to be followed in future cases. (iii) Jurisdiction Although Nugee J accepted Codere UK's submissions on class composition, he was concerned by the cross-border aspects of the scheme. Nugee J said ([at - of the convening judgment): "I will just very briefly, for the benefit of whoever hears the sanction hearing, say that what strikes me as, on the face of it, slightly novel, so far as I am aware, is that this is a group of companies with a Spanish holding company and operating companies trading in Europe and Latin America with no apparent connection with the UK before the restructuring took place, apart from a fact which I regard as of not great significance in this context, which is that an intercreditor agreement was governed by English law. The notes which are sought to be restructured are obligations of a Luxembourg company. They are obligations governed by New York law, and it is clear from the evidence that the connection with the UK has been brought about deliberately by the acquisition of the scheme company as a UK company, the UK company then accepting liability as a co-obligor under the New York governed notes, and then the UK company seeking a restructuring, which will have the effect, it is suggested, of not only restructuring the UK company's liabilities, but also the Luxembourg company's liabilities and the guarantee liabilities of other companies within the group. That seems to me, at first blush, to be quite an extreme form of forum shopping, in which the restructuring is brought in the UK purely by incorporating a company to take on very large liabilities. I did raise the question of how the directors of the UK company could regard it as in the interests of their company to take on such large liabilities, to which Mr. Allison gave the answer that, since the company was not insolvent, its interests were to be aligned with those of its principal shareholder, which was the holding company. I regard all these matters as giving rise to quite serious issues which should be looked at at the sanction hearing, without any encouragement from the fact that I have made a convening order, to be taken as to whether I regard this as an appropriate case for a scheme to be sanctioned or not." Nugee J did not suggest that Codere UK lacked a sufficient connection to England. Given that Codere UK was incorporated in England, the question of sufficient connection did not strictly arise. However, Nugee J was concerned that the scheme involved an "extreme form of forum shopping", which could lead the court to refuse to sanction the scheme in the exercise of its general discretion. The sanction hearing The scheme was unanimously approved by all of the noteholders who voted at the scheme meeting (representing, in aggregate, more than 97% of the scheme creditors by value). Nearly all of the scheme creditors wrote letters to the English court voluntarily submitting to its jurisdiction. In the absence of any opposition to the fairness of the scheme, the only live issue at the sanction hearing (before Newey J) was whether the court itself was willing to exercise its discretion to sanction the scheme. Codere UK contended that the concerns expressed by Nugee J at the convening hearing should not deter the court from sanctioning the scheme. Codere UK was supported by an ad hoc committee of scheme creditors, who appeared by counsel at the sanction hearing. Newey J accepted Codere UK's argument, and duly sanctioned the scheme: see  EWHC 3778 (Ch). In the sanction judgment at , Newey J noted that the Codere group had a number of connections with England: "I have referred already to the intercreditor agreement dating back to 2005 which, as I have said, is governed by English law. I have mentioned, too, the fact that a significant percentage of the noteholders are domiciled in England, and it is noteworthy too that some 97 percent of the noteholders by value have now submitted to the jurisdiction of the English court. On top of those features, it can be said that the note trustee and security trustee have, since the notes were issued, performed their functions from offices in London and that other relevant documents, including for example the lock-up agreements which have been entered into, are also governed by English law. In the circumstances, the fact that the company is incorporated in England is not the only connection with this jurisdiction." Further (and in any event), Newey J noted that "the authorities show that over recent years the English courts have become comfortable with exercising the scheme jurisdiction in relation to companies which have not had longstanding connections with this jurisdiction": see the sanction judgment at . The Judge referred to a number of authorities, some of which are set out below, and concluded: "In a sense, of course … what is sought to be achieved in the present case, is forum shopping. Debtors are seeking to give the English court jurisdiction so that they can take advantage of the scheme jurisdiction available here and which is not widely available, if available at all, elsewhere. Plainly forum shopping can be undesirable. That can potentially be so, for example, where a debtor seeks to move his COMI with a view to taking advantage of a more favourable bankruptcy regime and so escaping his debts. In cases such as the present, however, what is being attempted is to achieve a position where resort can be had to the law of a particular jurisdiction, not in order to evade debts but rather with a view to achieving the best possible outcome for creditors. If in those circumstances it is appropriate to speak of forum shopping at all, it must be on the basis that there can sometimes be good forum shopping. In the particular circumstances of this case, I cannot see that the fact that the company has been acquired only recently, and with a view to invoking the scheme jurisdiction, should cause me, in the exercise of my discretion, to decline to sanction the scheme. For reasons I have already touched on, the scheme appears to be very much in the interests of the group's creditors. I bear in mind in that context the fact that it was devised following close consultation with creditors; the overwhelming level of support that it has enjoyed from creditors; the fact that no creditor has opposed the scheme; the lack of alternatives available to the group in other jurisdictions; and the fact that, on the evidence, my declining to sanction the scheme could cause the group and its creditors a loss of value of around EUR 600 million, by any standards a large sum." This passage is significant because it recognises, perhaps more clearly than any of the other cases on cross-border schemes of arrangement, that there is nothing wrong with "forum shopping" which is done "with a view to achieving the best possible outcome for creditors". In such cases, "if it is appropriate to speak of forum shopping at all, it must be on the basis that there can sometimes be good forum shopping". It is suggested that Newey J was correct to sanction the scheme, and that he was right to distinguish between good forum shopping and bad forum shopping. There is a world of difference between a case where a German dentist attempts to make himself bankrupt under English law following a bogus COMI-shift in order to escape his lawful debts, and a case where a company elects to pursue a restructuring in a jurisdiction with suitable laws, in consultation with its creditors and for their exclusive benefit. The distinction between good forum shopping and bad forum shopping is well-established in the case law of the CJEU: see the Opinion of AG Colomer in Case C-1/04, Staubitz Schreiber  ECR I-701 at -, and the Opinion of AG Colomer in Case C339/07, Seagon v Deko Marty Belgium NV  ECR I-1767 at footnote 49. In the context of schemes of arrangement, the weight of academic opinion also supports the view that forum shopping is generally to be encouraged rather than discouraged: see Payne, "Cross-Border Schemes of Arrangement and Forum Shopping" (2013) 4 European Business Organization Law Review 563 at 586-588. Outside the context of insolvency and restructuring, the distinction between good forum shopping and bad forum shopping is wellestablished. As Lord Simon of Glaisdale said in The Atlantic Star  AC 436 at 471: "Forum-shopping is a dirty word; but is only a pejorative way of saying that, if you offer a plaintiff a choice of jurisdiction, he will naturally choose the one in which he thinks his case can be most favourably presented: this should be a matter neither for surprise nor indignation." Or as Lord Denning memorably said in the Court of Appeal (The Atlantic Star  1 QB 364 at 381-2): "No one who comes to these courts asking for justice should come in vain … This right to come here is not confined to Englishmen. It extends to any friendly foreigner. He can seek the aid of our courts if he desires to do so. You may call this 'forumshopping' if you please, but if the forum is England, it is good place to shop in, both for the quality of the goods and the speed of service." The court has sanctioned numerous schemes of arrangement in respect of liabilities governed by foreign law. Examples include Re PT Garuda Indonesia  EWCA 1696 (approving the decision of Lloyd J at first instance); Re Telewest Communications plc  BCC 342 (David Richards J); Re Gallery Capital SA (unreported judgment dated 21 April 2010) (Norris J); Re Magyar Telecom BV  BCC 448 (David Richards J); Re Zlomrex International Finance SA  1 BCLC 369 (Mann J); and Re New World Resources NV  BCC 47 (Norris J). In each of the more recent cases, the foreign governed liabilities were owed by a foreign-incorporated entity which had shifted its COMI to England for the sole purpose of utilising the scheme jurisdiction. (In PT Garuda, the scheme company was based in Indonesia and had not even shifted its COMI to England.) Further, it is not necessarily abusive or unjustifiable for a company to assume liabilities for the sole purpose of using restructuring or insolvency proceedings available under English law. Numerous cases can be cited in support of this proposition. Perhaps the most significant authority, to which Newey J referred in the sanction judgment at , is the decision of Norris J in Re AI Scheme Ltd, reported at  EWHC 1233 (Ch) (convening judgment) and  EWHC 2038 (Ch) (sanction judgment). In that case, a scheme was proposed in order to provide compensation to customers of the Affinion Group, a supplier of consumer credit products. One of the group companies, known as Affinion International Limited, was the main entity liable for the mis-selling claims, but did not wish to propose the scheme itself (which would have triggered an event of default under its financing documents). Instead, the scheme was proposed by an "orphan vehicle" incorporated in England for the sole purpose of promulgating the scheme. The scheme company executed a deed poll, whereby it unilaterally covenanted to become a co-obligor in respect of mis-selling liabilities owing by Affinion International Limited and its "business partners". The scheme provided for a compromise of those liabilities, both as against the scheme company and as against third parties (including Affinion International Limited and its business partners). Norris J recognised that the scheme company had been deliberately incorporated for the sole purpose of assuming liabilities as a co-obligor, which would then be compromised under the scheme. This did not, however, create a jurisdictional difficulty. In the convening judgment at , Norris J said: "The scheme company is, as I have said, a 'company' proposing an 'arrangement' with its creditors within section 895, and there is no reason to read into that section some limitation to exclude entities such as the scheme company. The structure has not been created as a matter of mere artifice; it has a solid grounding in commercial necessity. I therefore hold that the proposed scheme is one within the section, in relation to which I can order convening meetings." Nor did the structure create difficulties of discretion: the scheme was later sanctioned by the same Judge. There is clearly a close parallel between AI Scheme Ltd and Codere, as Newey J recognised in the Codere sanction judgment at . There are several other cases in which a company has deliberately assumed liabilities for the purpose of using restructuring or insolvency proceedings under English law, including Re Privatbank  EWHC 3186 (Ch) (Asplin J) and  EWHC 3299 (Ch) (David Richards J); Re Christophorus 3 Ltd  EWHC 1162 (Ch) (Henderson J); and Sompo Insurance Inc v Transfercom Ltd  EWHC 146 (Ch) (David Richards J). During the sanction hearing in Codere, Newey J was referred to numerous other schemes involving various forms of "forum shopping" which were sanctioned by the court. Perhaps the leading case of this type is Re Apcoa Parking Holdings GmbH  BCC 142. The Apcoa scheme involved the compromise of liabilities under a facility agreement which had, at all material times prior to the launch of the scheme, been governed by German law and subject to the jurisdiction of the German courts. The governing law of the scheme liabilities was changed to English law and the jurisdiction clause was changed to the English courts for the sole purpose of creating a sufficient connection to England. The opposing scheme creditor argued that the change of governing law amounted to little more than abusive forum-shopping (see the judgment at  and ). The court rejected these arguments and sanctioned the scheme. Hildyard J held that it was not abusive to change the governing law of the scheme liabilities to English law for the sole purpose of establishing a sufficient connection with the jurisdiction, especially where there is no viable alternative procedure to a scheme in England which would avoid insolvency proceedings in respect of the group: see the judgment at . Apcoa was applied and approved by Rose J in Re DTEK Finance BV  EWHC 1164 (Ch). Each of the COMI-shifting cases cited above also involved "forum shopping", yet this did not create any difficulties. Forum shopping via COMI-shifting is also a common phenomenon in the context of administration: see Re Hellas Telecommunications (Luxembourg) II SCA  BC 295 and Re European Directories (DH6) BV  BCC 46. In Re PT Garuda Indonesia (unreported judgment dated 4 October 2001; affirmed on appeal,  EWCA Civ 1696), Lloyd J sanctioned a scheme of arrangement proposed by a state-owned Indonesian company to compromise claims including liabilities governed by Indonesian law. On any view, the scheme company's connections with England were minimal: it had not even shifted its COMI from Indonesia to England. Lloyd J nevertheless said: "As regards the choice of proceeding in England and Singapore and not in Indonesia, that too is a rational commercial decision, justifiable by reference to objective factors described in the Explanatory Statement. Of course one would normally expect a corporate entity to look first to the law of the place of its incorporation … but if that law, for whatever reason, does not provide a procedure that seems likely to meet the needs of the Company according to the board's best judgment, the Company cannot be criticised for having recourse to another jurisdiction and law available to it if that offers the possibility of achieving the desired result in a sensible way." Ultimately, there is no fundamental distinction between the forum shopping in Codere and the forum shopping in numerous other schemes which the court has sanctioned in recent years. Newey J's analysis was therefore correct. Conclusion Codere is an important step in the fast-developing jurisprudence relating to cross-border schemes of arrangement. It should be emphasised, however, that a similar strategy may not be effective in all cases. It cannot be assumed that a group with no connection to England can promulgate a scheme of arrangement simply by incorporating a new company, causing the new company to execute a deed poll (or similar) such that it becomes a co-obligor in respect of the relevant liabilities, and causing the new company to propose a scheme which provides for the release of the relevant liabilities as against the entire group. This strategy was successful in Codere because: (i) the scheme was designed in close consultation with creditors; (ii) the scheme was unanimously approved by all of the scheme creditors who voted at the meeting (representing more than 97% of the noteholders by value), most of whom voluntarily wrote letters submitting to the jurisdiction of the court; (iii) it was clear, on the basis of expert evidence, that the scheme would be recognised in all relevant jurisdictions, and recognition in New York was a nonwaivable condition precedent to the implementation of the scheme; (iv) it was clear, on the basis of expert evidence, that there was no alternative to the scheme under the law of any jurisdiction which would benefit the creditors as a whole; and (v) there were a number of preexisting connections to England, including a large number of creditors domiciled in England and an English intercreditor deed. Without the above ingredients, it is uncertain whether the Codere strategy would have succeeded. If it were always possible for a group with no connection to England to promulgate a scheme of arrangement simply by incorporating a new company, causing the new company to execute a deed poll (or similar) such that it becomes a co-obligor in respect of the relevant liabilities, and causing the new company to propose a scheme which provides for the release of the relevant liabilities as against the entire group, then it is arguable that the "sufficient connection" test would be deprived of any meaningful application. Accordingly, care should be taken in structuring future schemes in this manner.


What are the single women like in ATL ?
I'm glad you LOL'ed, as I thought you were joking. Jersey is not known for good looking women, unless you like a girl with a mustache.
mmmph--I know a 'Jersey Girl' on another forum--tall, long-legged blonde that would profoundly disagree. Married to a State Trooper--I wouldn't want to upset her ---lol. Good sense of humor but she says what she thinks.


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Die gut erhaltene Protonuraghe Agnu liegt abseits der Straße von Calangianus nach Tempio Pausania, unweit des Flusses Rio Badu Mela, an den Hängen des Monte di Deu, südwestlich vom Gigantengrab von Pascaredda und 200 m vom Quellheiligtum Li Paladini entfernt in der Provinz Nord-Est Sardegna auf Sardinien. Protonuraghen (auch Korridor- oder Pseudonuraghen, ) sind die Vor- oder Frühform der klassischen Tholosnuraghen () der bronzezeitlichen Nuraghenkulturen Sardiniens.

Beschreibung
Die Protonuraghe Agnu ist aus großen unregelmäßigen Granitblöcken gebaut. Sie hat einen für Protonuraghen typischen Gang und einen nach Osten orientierten Zugang, mit erhaltenem Architrav. Der Gang führt der Länge nach durch die Nuraghe und endet nahe der gegenüberliegenden Wand unter einer Treppe, die auf die oben befindliche Terrasse führt. Seitlich befinden sich zwei Nebengänge, von denen einer zu einer Zelle mit Kraggewölbe führt.

Weitere gut erhaltene Protonuraghen sind Front'e Mola (bei Thiesi), Albucciu (bei Arzachena), Frenugarzu und Cubas (bei Dualchi) und Castrulongu (bei Lodine).

Die Quelle des kleinen Quellheiligtums des aus Granitblöcken gebauten Li Paladini ist noch aktiv.

Zeitstellung
Die etwa 300 Protonuraghen auf Sardinien entstanden während der Phase B der zweiphasigen Bonnanaro-Kultur, die als Nachfolger der sowohl megalithischen als auch kupferzeitlichen Monte-Claro-Kultur etwa zwischen 1800 und 1500 v. Chr. herrschte.

Siehe auch
 Liste vor- und frühgeschichtlicher archäologischer Fundplätze auf Sardinien

Literatur
 Giovanni Lilliu: I nuraghi. Torri preistoriche della Sardegna. La Zattera, Cagliari 1962.

Weblinks
 Beschreibung (ital.) und Bilder
 Beschreibung (ital.) und Bild

Kultbau
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NCT DREAM Music Variety Show 'NCT DREAM SHOW # 2' Progress!
All six performances sold out! Powerful energy and delightful charm to the audience Holik!
NCT DREAM (SM) 's music variety show' NCT DREAM SHOW 'has just ended.
'NCT DREAM SHOW # 2' was held at SMTOWN THEATER from December 1st to the 5th, December.
NCT DREAM will show sophisticated music and powerful performances including 'My First and Last', 'Dunk Shot', 'GO', 'We Go Up', 'Dear DREAM', 'Trigger the Fever', 'JOY' The audience was enthusiastic because they presented various concert scenes.
In addition, Justin Bieber's 'Purpose', MARK and JENO's newly created rap performances 'Baton Touch', JENO, JAEMIN, CHENLE, RENJUN and JISUNG's powerful dance skills shine with the sweet piano performance of CHENLE and HAECAN's clean vocals. Justin Bieber X Nicki Minaj's 'Beauty and a Beat' and 'NCT DREAM SHOW'.
In addition, this performance was a concept of the year-end party held at NCT DREAM's azit, so I shared my memories before my debut, I went back to this year's events and talked about various activities, such as a large Zenga game, roulette, I have enjoyed the fun with various corners including members' missions.
In addition, fans cheered enthusiastic cheers for each performance, singing together, and impressed members with placard events.
Meanwhile, NCT DREAM's DreamWorks Animation 'Trolls' OST will be released on music sites such as Melon, Genie, iTunes, Apple Music and Sporty Pie at 7 pm on the 13th of SM 'STATION' season 3.


Framework. It's more figurative than literal, though some of the artwork in the exhibitions featured below do live within frames. But mostly, we're talking about framework as in structure—the bearings and organizational processes particular to each artist's craft. Whether it be photography, painting or sculpture, the works feature minute details and interesting perspectives just begging to be unpacked. Also of note: Our March/April 10th Anniversary issue is fast approaching! Please feel free to contact us if you would like to advertise in the issue.
Hydrogen 1 by Sarah Hulsey.
Explorations are often accompanied by maps, but what is a map really? As a metaphor, map could mean anything from direction to adventure, and the artwork in the upcoming exhibition at Maud Morgan's Chandler Gallery offers plenty room for interpretation. Schemata showcases printmaker Sarah Hulsey's pictorial representations of words and ideas with Rhonda Smith's abstract paintings that evoke geological forces in motion. Hulsey says that printmaking, with its emphasis on "repetition, seriality and discrete marks built up into larger forms," allows her to "visualize the complex systems behind language." Just as atoms are the building blocks of matter, Hulsey constructs names of chemical elements from their phonemes, the building blocks of speech. Hulsey's "Hydrogen" (featured above) looks like a diagram of a molecule, but the symbols in each unit are linguistic, rather than chemical. As Hulsey poses puzzles to viewers, Rhonda Smith investigates the collision of land and water through paintings of exploding color and texture. Her new work is influenced by maps, ancient Chinese scholars' rocks and the dynamic forces active in water and land exchange. Smith is fascinated by "the human impulse to explore what is around the next bend...[and] to allow the unknown to impress itself upon us." Schemata: Works by Sarah Hulsey and Rhonda Smith is on display at the Chandler Gallery from Tuesday, February 16 through Friday, March 11. The opening reception will be held on Thursday, February 18 from 6 - 8 p.m. Maud Morgan Arts is a program under the umbrella of the Agassiz Baldwin Community, a private nonprofit organization with a forty-year history of quality programs and services in the Cambridge community. Maud Morgan Arts comprises a full arts program of classes and workshops for all ages, the Chandler Gallery and a collection of original art by noted artist and community resident Maud Morgan.
Diane Novetsky's paintings explore the natural world, its waters, skies and landmasses, to invoke the Earth's ecosystem in all its wonder, fragility and transience. They are not depictions of landscape, but transformations that suggest the weight of water, the collision of land formations and the luminosity of sky.
Grand Circle Gallery announces its 5th Annual Student Travel Poster Design Competition for undergraduates studying Graphic Design at a New England college. Submit an original vintage travel poster design and win CASH!
Submission deadline is April 5, 2016.
Pittsburgh, Carnival and Train (Detail) by Joel Meyerowitz,1946, vintage chromogenic print.
A recent gift to the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum has turned into a season-spanning exhibition focused on light in photography. Fragile Paper Timeships features a selection of vintage chromogenic prints by renowned photographer Joel Meyerowitz and explores the period of the artist's career following the publication of his influential book Cape Light in 1979. In the following decade, Meyerowitz deepened his investigation of the descriptive power of the large-format view camera and learned, as he later reflected, "to photograph without looking" and trust his sensory reality. A master of color photography for more than four decades, Meyerowitz catches fleeting sensations in his images, rather than just objects of observations. "His photographs from this period," notes exhibition curator Hannah W. Blunt, "reflect an interest less in objects than in spaces, or what Meyerowitz called 'fields of force' created by light." The centerpiece of the exhibition is a group of photographs of land, sea and sky near the artist's summer home in Provincetown. These images explore the effects of light on each layer of the landscape—the kinds of intense details Meyerowitz prefers in color photography. Also on view are portraits of Meyerowitz's friends, family and acquaintances by the Cape Cod shore, as well as a number of still lifes and other landscape views. Fragile Paper Timeships is on view now through Sunday, May 20 at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Idella Plimpton Kendall Professor of Art History Anthony Lee will give an Art à La Carte Gallery Talk, "Color Photographs in a Black-and-White World" at 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, March 3 in the Museum. The Museum will also feature an exhibition of rare Navajo weavings as well as two related collection spotlights.
Wetlands by Liz Garagas, oil on unstretched canvas.
Despite their different mediums of choice, the two featured artists in Coastal Living Gallery's current exhibition share more than the same first name. E2 features paintings by Elizabeth Gargas and sculpture by Elizabeth Lind, all of which have a heavy focus around the female form and character. In Gargas' newest series, her paintings present a stage upon which a story of gritty truths unravels. Because the work is largely personal, many of the frames feature a female character amongst other features, crouching in tall grasses or floating down a wetlands river with arms spread. Of her intentions, Gargas says, "Humans have a tendency to covet ideas and experiences as a way of definition and identity. I am interested in reflecting that notion by constructing a space filled with these coveted things. The things are experienced and found: a composition, a feeling, a moment of light, a dream or a memory that have been collected and curated over the years." Elizabeth Lind continues to feature the female form as she explores the context of the female experience through her works of sculpture. The sensuality and timelessness of being female lives in the center of her art and the incorporation of symbols provides a unique language to express emotions, sexuality, relationships, vulnerability and strength. "All of my art making is tied to sculpture as I gravitate to the concrete presence of three-dimensional form," Lind says of her process. "Most of my works are stone as I love the fluid nature of direct carving—searching for forms under the skin of the stone's surface and working towards a simple elegance." Lind also creates clay and mixed media sculptures to offset the time-consuming carving process of stone and to practice flexibility. The works of both Elizabeth's are on view in E2, showing at Coastal Living Gallery now through Friday, February 26 An artist reception is set for this Saturday, February 13 from 3 - 5 p.m.
Painter Rhonda Smith and printmaker Sarah Hulsey are turning cartography on its head. Their upcoming show at the Chandler Gallery, "Schemata," showcases the artists' different approaches to mapping as metaphor. Hulsey combines theoretical linguistics with historical diagrams to create pictorial representations of words and ideas, while Smith's abstract paintings evoke geological forces in motion.


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Optogenetic activation of granule cells in the dorsal dentate gyrus enhances dopaminergic neurotransmission in the Nucleus Accumbens.
The non-peptidic delta opioid receptor agonist TAN-67 enhances dopamine efflux in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats via a mechanism that involves both glutamate and free radicals.
Neuropeptide Y infusion into the shell region of the rat nucleus accumbens increases extracellular levels of dopamine.
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This fun kit includes triangle, hearts, stars, squares, halftones and more fun geometric shapes!
These stencils were specifically made to be used as small accents close to the eyes - perfect to create explosions of colour in your makeup and face painting designs!
Pack contains three 2.5" x 5" stencils.


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Best Cast: Molder Rupert Francis holds a finished BAFTA ahead of the 2019 awards ceremony. Photo / Gareth Cattermole, Getty Images
The UK's red carpet gala for film is often a big determiner of what will happen at the Academy Awards, but - if nothing else - the Baftas highlight the concentration of filming locations and award winning shows that call the British Isles home.
With so many favourite shows and films coming from the tiny island nation, the UK is a film fan's ideal holiday destination.
Game of Thrones: Belfast
On the end of the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland is the natural setting for fantasy adventures.
Northern Ireland: Winterfell Tours has begun running Game of Thrones tours around the Strangford Lough locations. Photo / Winterfell Tours
The dour landscape and tumultuous ruins became home to the fantasy saga Game of Thrones, which has been continuously filming out of its Belfast base since 2010.
The joint Northern and Irish Republic tourism industry has pulled together to create spin-off ventures for fans of the series. This comes in the form of archery and helicopter sight-seeing to camping experiences.
The Winterfell tours company has even started a Game of Thrones Glamping package allowing tourists to camp out in the medieval surrounds.
Peaky Blinders' Liverpool
The murky world of Birmingham's 1920s mobsters was revived by Steven Knight in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders – fans might be surprised to find the iconic Black Country locations were not in Birmingham at all, but in Liverpool.
This was mostly due to Birmingham being bombed out of existence in the 40s – however the Bafta award-winning series gave the Shelby gang a new lease of life in the industrial surrounds of Liverpool and BBC Salford.
Cashing in on the opportunity, Brit Movie Tours has put together a day tour of the various locations that doubled up for Interwar England, staring out from central Liverpool.
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The real Downtown: Highclere Castle. Photo / Getty Images
The real Downton Abbey
The fictional Yorkshire estate of Downton is actually an hour's drive outside of London in the countryside of North Hampshire.
The stately pile of Highclere Castle has become better known as Downton Abbey through the award winning show which was filmed there.
The house offers plenty of upstairs–downstairs drama in the form of tours revealing how the Carnarvons (the Crawley family's real life stand-ins ) have lived alongside their staff for four centuries.
The grounds and parkland designed by Capability Brown have an equal billing.
The castle and grounds have only just reopened after extensive filming for Downton Abbey's final instalment and is now welcoming back visitors ahead of the feature film version of Downton which is heading to theatres this year.
Dr Who in Cardiff
The spaceship-like Cardiff Millennium Stadium and film studios of BBC Cardiff make the Welsh capital as appealing to sci-fi aficionados as rugby union fans.
Exterminate: The Prince of Wales and the Dutchess of Cornwall are escorted around BBC Cardiff studios by two. Daleks. Photo / Max Mumby, Getty Images
Like Dr Who's time-travelling police box, there's a lot more going on in Cardiff than the unassuming exterior suggests.
Dr Who, which made Cardiff its home for production in 2005, has regularly ventured out into the streets for many 'on site' filming locations.
Fans of the 55-year old sci-fi series will be able to spot a number of the sites and a few recognisable outer space baddies. There might even be a dalek on patrol.
BBC Wales runs public tours of their Roath Lock film studios.
Bond's London
Britain's most famous tourist ambassador with a license to kill, James Bond is perhaps best known for his globe-trotting exploits to other cinematic countries.
However, the streets of London are paved with filming locations from the 24 films including For Your Eyes Only, Die Another Day, Skyfall and 2015's SPECTRE.
The London Film Musuem's longstanding Bond in Motion Exhibition has been running since 2014 with artefacts from the franchise's sixty-year history.
Then there always are the streets of London, for whom the exhibition is not enough.
While there are enough film locations hiding in plain sight for tourists to find, there's a whole raft of Bond-themed tours for visitors to try another day. The walking tour of James Bond's London starts from the offices of MI6 and leads through the underground bunkers and secret buildings that line the banks of the Thames.
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Q: How to sample two textures onto the same object? I have to reproduce an effect which consists of combining two textures (tiles + coin) to achieve the following:

The best result I achieved so far:

Visual Studio Solution to reproduce the problem
The link above will take you to the project and here what I tried to do in the pixel shader:
float4 PS(PS_INPUT input) : SV_Target
{
    float4 color1;
    float4 color2;
    float4 blendColor;

    // Get the pixel color from the first texture.
    color1 = texTile.Sample(samLinear, input.Tex) * vMeshColor;

    // Get the pixel color from the second texture.
    color2 = texCoin.Sample(samLinear, input.Tex) * vMeshColor;

    // Blend the two pixels together and multiply by the gamma value.
    blendColor = color1 * color2;

    // Saturate the final color.
    blendColor = saturate(blendColor);

    return blendColor;
}

But it does not seem the right way of doing this.
Which aproach should I take to have the expected result?

A: Well firstly you are blending them but not blending using an alpha-mask, when the example image seems to have been blended with an alpha-mask.
An example could be something like below; provided the coin has got an alpha-channel.
(Otherwise you'll have to calculate an alpha or add one in an image editing software.
    float3 blend(float4 CoinTex, float3 GridTex)
    {
         // Inverse of alpha, to get the area around the coin
         // Alpha spans from [0,1] so the expression below would suffice
         float1 inverseAlpha = (1 - CoinTex.a);

         float3 blendedTex = 0;

         // If-else that is evaluated to decide how they'll be overlayed
         if (inverseAlpha > 0.0 ){
             blendedTex = GridTex.rgb;
         } else {blendedTex = CoinTex.rgb;}

         return blendedTex;
    }

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"Let's unlearn patriarchy together" read one of the posters at the Aurat March 2019. It is being said that this year's Aurat March was even bigger than last year in Karachi. Sadly, I missed the last year's event, as I was at work and getting out was not easy. But this year, I decided to fight for our rights and leave the remaining work for my colleagues.
So, I went to work, edited some stuff, and headed to the Frere Hall where women, transgender, children, and men of different backgrounds, classes, ethnicities, professions, religions and races were present to make the day more meaningful. It was so heartwarming to see children dancing and holding placards and flags inscribed with feminist messages and slogans. I hope the boys grow up to be wonderful allies, and girls, really strong advocates of rights. Though, I did hear a kid whispering "go cook", later I saw him dancing to Sanam Marvi's Lal Meri. And I thought maybe, he will grow up in the right direction.
Everyone was singing and dancing and chanting slogans against the patriarchy that keeps millions of us from achieving what we truly can. Some charts and placards were brilliantly taking jibes at the hypocrisy of our system and deeply rooted patriarchy.
Like last year, the event itself did not attract as many people, as the sharing of the images did on social media. One of the cards that riled up mostly men, and some women too was "Mujhe kya maloom tumhara moza kahan hai?" Remember last year's "Khud Khana Garam Karlo", which later also inspired an Eid Day special drama "Khana Khud Garam Karlo"?
In a country where women get killed for not preparing a good round roti, and where a little less or more salt in food allows a man to hit a woman till she turns black and blue, taking a stand for not being responsible for a grownup's food, clothing, and other needs is a feminist stance.
There is a need to understand that women in many households do not have the agency to say no to anything, let alone telling a man that they don't want to "serve them" any more. It takes courage to take any stand, no matter how small it appears to somebody else. I hope that women who are upset with the many slogans and placards that were carried at the Aurat March; dig up some reading material and make themselves learn. Maybe a much better approach will be to listen to the women who are silent, women who are making beds, washing laundry, cleaning homes, and doing everything that you are not doing yourself at home.
So, if you are a man, do both simultaneously. It will do you good too to get away from the toxicity of patriarchy, which includes the burden of being a sole breadwinner or fighter of a nonexistent honour.
"Agar Dopatta Itna Pasand Hai To Aankhon par Baandh Lo", "Nazar teri gandi aur parda mein keroun", "Apni Ana ko control karo, aurat ko nahi", and "Arrange marches not marriages"!