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Song Of Granite: Pat Collins on his remarkable sean nós biopic
Updated / Tuesday, 3 Apr 2018 09:39
Acclaimed filmmaker Pat Collins writes for Culture about his acclaimed film Song of Granite, a impressionistic biopic of legendary sean nós singer Joe Heaney, which makes its Irish TV premiere on TG4 on Easter Monday.
Watch Song Of Granite now via TG4 Player.
The first time I heard Joe Heaney singing was on RTÉ Radio 1 back in the early 1990s when I was in my early 20s. I was tuned in to Irish traditional music at that time. In Galway in the early '90s there were many great singers – Sean Keane singing The May Morning Dew in Taylors on Saturday afternoons and Sean Tyrell singing Dark Horse on the Wind in Monroes on Sunday evenings. I bought a cassette of Heaney's called Come All ye Gallant Irishmen in Mulligans in Middle Street and one thing led to another, as they say.
For me, making a film about Joe Heaney was a way of making a film about singing. But how do you make a drama about a person when you don't particularly like biopics? I think Roger Ebert expressed it well when he wrote "Most biopics shape the enigmatic events of life into the requirements of fiction, so that most lives seem the same, and only the professions and the time periods change". I think most audiences feel that to be true. There's a playing out of expectation. With Song of Granite, myself and co-writers Sharon Whooley and Eoghan MacGiolla Bhríde wanted to convey the music primarily and let the narrative details stay in the background. It was important for us to show the world he came from. How tradition counts for something. The young boy learning from those around him is something that I've always liked the notion of. However, an artist like Joe Heaney though he is working from tradition is also digging up from within. It's the 'within' that probably makes him an artist.
How do you make a drama about a person when you don't particularly like biopics?
Heaney was a mysterious character who lived for singing. Sometimes it seems like he carried the tradition on his back, from place to place and country to country. Lillis Ó Laoire wrote that 'Heaney is the single most important individual artist to have emerged from the Gaelic community in the twentieth century.' He brought this style of singing into public awareness – at the Newport Folk Festival, through his performances and recordings and teaching. There is no one who has done more to promote it as an art form.
A scene from Song Of Granite
Again, Lillis has written that Heaney created sean nós singing as an art form. It could be seen as a controversial statement because it is clearly an art form in itself - but in terms of public awareness, no one else has done more to spread the word. Heaney was an artist. No doubt about that. He was both feted and ignored in his life time - if he was around today he would still be both feted and ignored. Most Irish people have no experience of being a witness to sean nós singing - up close, where it is best. It's not an art form that is going to shout for recognition. There's a sense that it is there, being kept alive by hugely talented singers young and old - it's there for anyone who wants to engage with it. But it's not going to come looking for your attention. You have to rise up to meet it.
Song Of Granite screens on TG4 on Easter Monday (April 2nd) at 9.30pm
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Friday Five: Looking to Build Buzz? It's Time to Get Creative
by Nicole Castro
Brands and companies can have innovative ideas, user-friendly websites and business models that indicate their results will show a satisfying bottom line. Business models, however, may not mean anything if no one is talking, sharing or buzzing about anything your brand has to offer. Why is this important? The simple answer: if no one knows your brand exists, then how are they supposed to support your services or purchase your product?
In this week's PRSA "Friday Five" post — an analysis of the week's biggest public relations and business news and commentary — we look at five brands that took creative marketing approaches in order to build buzz around a specific aspect of their business. For some brands the buzz worthiness came in the form of new products and for others it came in the form reputation recovery. Regardless, each brand took a different approach to reaching their audience and ultimately the consumer will determine whether these marketing moves were worth it.
What Are Apple's 'Amazing' New Products? (The New York Times)
This week Apple CEO Timothy D. Cook created public buzz with his comment about 'amazing' new products in the pipeline. Of course, these new products won't be unveiled until later this year and on into 2014. Despite some of Apple's recent challenges, the company has always done a good job at ramping up excitement over new products and technology. What has been the result of this buzz? Their audience (both consumers and media) continue to eat it up. There is some talk that the next product could be a reinvention of television viewing. Apple has made it clear in the past that it wasn't a question of whether the company would expand into the television market, but a question of when. Within the line of upcoming products consumers could soon purchase a less expensive iPhone or the AppleiWatch. Knowing how Apple operates and the creative products that come from the company, the next product in line could be something completely unexpected.
Chipotle Fakes Twitter Hack for 20th Anniversary Publicity Stunt (PRNewser)
Chipotle's Twitter account looked like it may have been hacked this week when some seemingly random messages were tweeted out under the company's @ChipotleTweets handle. Later on that day, the company tweeted an apology, stating that there had been a problem with their Twitter account. All of this seemed completely plausible until the company admitted that the random tweets were all part of a fake hack devised as a publicity stunt tied to a 20th anniversary promotional campaign, which included a treasure hunt called "Adventurito." The tweets were actually clues being given to those participating in the treasure hunt. Read out the full article for tweets that came from the fake hack and to read more on Chipotle's 20th anniversary festivities.
Spirit Promotion Playing on Weiner Sex Scandal—Again (PRDaily)
While Anthony Weiner is dealing with backlash from yet another sex scandal, Spirit Airlines took full advantage of Weiner's online alias "Carlos Danger" and used it in a recent marketing effort. The airline is offering a promotion called "The Weiner Rises Again," which includes a $24 discount on flights to Cancun or Los Cabos, Mexico. This is the second time that Spirit has played on the former congressman's misconduct, offering $9 fares that were "too HARD to resist," back when the scandal first broke. Creative stunt or risky business? We'll have to wait and see if this new marketing campaign does anything for Spirit's bottom line.
Hotels Are Rediscovering a High-Rise Marketing Idea (AdWeek)
Hotels are taking advantage of a new opportunity by tapping into the old idea of hotel rooftop gardens. This recent move has become so attractive that even non-hotel buildings, like the McKittrick Hotel (which is actually a warehouse), are creating hotel rooftop gardens to create better marketing buzz. Like other marketing tools, these rooftop gardens may come and go as the seasons change but based on the history of hotels this may be a successful venture. At the turn of the 19th century, all the country's best hotels had rooftop gardens. The idea seems to be the most fitting during the summer months, when hotels may lose business because people want to be outside. As hotels find more ways to expand, there is something to be said about consumers and their desire for the "cool factor", and hotels are finding that rooftop gardens fit into that framework.
Tesco's New Ad Campaign Demonstrates a Firm Commitment to Restoring Consumer Trust (Marketing Week)
Finally, we look at a company that started 2013 with a rocky start but is now launching a new marketing campaign in hopes of a reputational recovery. Tesco was the most high-profile retailer to be affected by the horse meat scandal. After the incident, trust in the brand and confidence in its products were severely damaged. In an attempt to rebuild consumer trust and repair reputation, the company has launched a new marketing campaign, Love Every Mouthful, which highlights the authentic quality of its food offering including its fresh produce. After its television debut this Sunday, the campaign will be supported by cinema, outdoor, social media and print advertising. The video was filmed on farms and featured real Tesco staff in line with this idea of authenticity. While the marketing campaign has been slammed with criticism, it seems that the true success will be measured in the long term effects of this effort as the brand rebuilds itself.
Nicole Castro is the public relations associate at the Public Relations Society of America.
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Topic: John Colin Campbell
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John Colin Campbell (Service no. 48908) was a First World War soldier with links to Burwood.
John Colin Campbell, known as Colin, enlisted in Christchurch in January of 1917.
He was the son of Edith Ellen and George Forbes Campbell of Reeves Road (now Mairehau Road) in Burwood.
Colin was described as being 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 155 pounds. He had brown hair, blue eyes and a fresh complexion.
He was a self-employed dairyman. He was 25 years and 6 months old when he joined the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
Colin was killed in action on the 2nd May 1918.
In late May of 1918 Colin was commemorated at two services at the Burwood parish church and a social at the Burwood Hall. He was remembered as a 'brave soldier, a loving son, and a kind brother'.
A letter to Colin's sister, Ivy, written after his death, is held in the Christchurch City Libraries Archives. The letter was written by H.L. Griffiths, who is believed to be the padre of Colin's platoon.
John Colin Campbell was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He was buried in Euston Road Cemetery at Colincamps in France.
John Colin Campbell - Online Cenotaph Record. Auckland War Memorial Museum
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Mentioned as Colin Campbell, with family members, in a Burwood Anglican Cemetery Tour, online via Christchurch City Libraries
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Recruiting, The Seventeenth Reinforcement. Papers Past: Sun, Volume III, Issue 713, 24 May 1916, Page 10.
Burwood School, Old Boys at the Front, Roll of Honour Unveiled. Papers Past: Sun, Volume III, Issue 865, 17 November 1916, Page 9.
Casualties. Papers Past: Sun, Volume V, Issue 1328, 16 May 1918.
The Fallen and Wounded. Papers Past: Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16217, 21 May 1918, Page 8.
Advertisements. Papers Past: Sun, Volume V, Issue 1338, 28 May 1918, Page 4.
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Nigerian state poll ruled 'inconclusive' hours after suicide bombing
Boko Haram believed to be behind thwarted attack on church during Mass
By La Croix International staff | Nigeria
Two suspected Boko Haram members attempted to enter a church in northeastern Nigeria on March 10 and blew themselves up.
They reportedly arrived half an hour after Mass started but were forced to detonate their explosive vests outside St. Pious Catholic Church in Shuwa, Adamawa state, after cadets prevented them from entering, according to saharareporters.com.
"Catholic cadets stopped them at the main entrance," Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of Yola was quoted as saying.
"The bombers arrived 30 minutes into the mass, which started around 6am. When they could not access the church, they detonated, but thank God none of the cadets were hurt," he said.
"Only a grandmother and her grandson were shocked by the loud bang, but they have since left the hospital."
Military personnel arrived shortly afterwards and cordoned off the property, added Mamza, who also serves as chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Adamawa state chapter.
The church is located just 30 minutes from a stronghold of the outlawed sect.
Pundits suspect they were trying to disrupt local elections.
Just hours after the attack, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the Adamawa state governorship election inconclusive.
State returning officer Andrew Haruna said the margin of votes between the top two candidates was too small to call.
Prior to this, Ahmadu Fintiri, the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, was leading the poll, premiumtimesng.com reports.
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Q: Error getting JSON property in Vue js I have encountered a strange behavior with Vue. I make an ajax call store the result (some JSON) to a Vue data property named: 'modello'.
{
  "lineaGialla": {
    "selected": false,
    "descrizione": "Questa è la descrizione della linea gialla",
    "servizi": [
      {"nomeServizio": "servizio1","descrizione":"descrizione servizio1","selected": false},
      {"nomeServizio": "servizio2","descrizione":"descrizione servizio2","selected": false},
      {"nomeServizio": "servizio3","descrizione":"descrizione servizio3","selected": false}
    ]
  }
}

In the template, when I access the data property lineaGialla using {{modello.lineaGialla}} it works, but when I try to access a nested property, such as {{modello.lineaGialla.descrizione}}, I get an error in the console:

[Vue warn]: Error in render function: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'descrizione' of undefined"

Here the ajax call.
var getData = function(){
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
    $.ajax({
      type:'get',
      url:'https://api.myjson.com/bins/w9xlb',
      dataType: 'json',
      success: function(response){
        resolve(response);
      }
    });
  });
};

Here is my Vue.
var Metromappa = new Vue({
  el: '#metromappa',
  data: {
    modello:{}
  },
  methods:{

  },
  mounted: function(){
    var self = this;
    getData().then(function(response){
      self.modello = response;
    }, function(error){
      console.log(error);
    });
  }
})

What could it be?

A: The problem here is data is retrieved asynchronously, meaning your data is not there when Vue first renders the template. Here is the sequence of events:

*

*The created lifecycle event is called

*You make a request to the server for data

*Vue lifecycle completes and Vue is first rendered with no data

*Your ajax call for data completes

*Vue re-renders

The problem here is step number 3. When you try to access the descrizione property in your template
{{modello.lineaGialla.descrizione}}

lineaGialla is undefined because the data is not yet retrieved from the server. So, in essence you are trying to read the descrizione of undefined and that is a javascript error.
What you should do check to make sure you have data before you try to access properties on data that may not be populated immediately.
{{modello.lineaGialla && modello.lineaGialla.descrizione}}

Alternately, if this interpolation is in some element, you can prevent the element from rendering until there is data.
<div v-if="modello.lineaGialla">
    {{modello.lineaGialla.descrizione}}
</div>

What both of these are doing is checking to make sure that lineaGialla is a non falsy value. If it is, then it renders the data.
The reason you are OK when you render {{modello.lineaGialla}} is because Vue will just render nothing. The problem is when you try to access a property of an undefined value. That will blow up every time.

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As Prices Fall, Texas Dairies Have To Keep Milking
KUT 90.5 | By Michael Marks
Published April 22, 2020 at 5:29 PM CDT
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A milk tanker truck at a dairy processing plant in Austin.
Texas dairy farmers have no trouble producing milk these days. If anything, they're producing too much – which has created a problem for them.
"You know it's just hard to shut these cows off," said Mark Sustaire, a dairy farmer in Hopkins County. "It's not like a factory that you can turn the switch off today and you're not producing tomorrow."
Sustaire grew up in the dairy business. His herd fluctuates between 450 and 500 cows. And every day – pandemic or otherwise – all those cows have to be milked.
"You're dealing with live animals," Sustaire said. "So they've still got to be taken care of, they've got to be fed. And so it's not an easy fix."
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. dairy farmers had been experiencing a tough few years. Dairy consumption is down, especially milk. Bankruptcies by two major processors – Borden and Dean Foods – highlight the difficulties.
Despite that, Texas dairy is on the rise. Over the past five years the state's dairy herd has increased by over 100,000 cows. The industry's grown here because of good weather, affordable land and a business-friendly climate.
But now, thanks to the coronavirus, the industry's growth and farmers' livelihoods are being threatened by a sudden imbalance between dairy supply and demand. The normal flow from a dairy like Sustaire's to a consumer has been completely warped by COVID-19.
Like most commercial dairies, Sustaire sells his milk through a co-op – a group of dairies from the same area that share profits and expenses.
The co-op then sells to various processors. Each processor uses the milk differently. Some of them might turn it into products for which there's still demand – pasteurized gallons of milk or ice cream for, example. But other processors might normally turn Sustaire's milk into butter for restaurants, creamer for hotels or pints of 2% milk for schools. Thanks to the coronavirus, demand for those has tanked. But the facilities that make them aren't designed to do anything else.
"Changing up how these plants operate is not an overnight deal," Sustaire said.
So now, Sustaire is producing the same amount of milk as he was before the pandemic, except there's very little demand for some of its uses. The result is a big hit to his bottom line. And there's not much he can do about it.
"When milk leaves the farm, producers don't even know what price they're going to be getting for that milk," said Barbara Jones, an assistant professor and director of the Southwest Dairy Center at Tarleton State University in Stephenville.
Milk producers get a check once a month from the co-op they sell to. The equation that then spits out the number on the check isn't simple – Jones calls it "the most complicated discussion in the world" – but it basically accounts for the value of the milk sold, minus expenses.
Producers never really know exactly how much each month's check will be, but they can make a decent guess. Projecting from current prices, Jones said that next month, most Texas dairies probably won't break even.
"It's really a grim outlook the next few months," she said.
Sustaire isn't too optimistic either. Some volatility is expected in the dairy business. But the past few weeks have been historically bad.
"I believe everybody's extremely nervous," he said. "You're not normally seeing a 40% drop in price over a period of two or three weeks. That's an unprecedented drop."
In other states, dairies are dumping out large quantities of milk because there's nowhere for it to go, or it's not valuable enough to cover the cost of transportation and processing. The decision to dump or not is made by co-ops. Texas has seen some of that, but not a lot. Sustaire hasn't had to dump any milk yet, although his neighbors have.
Whether more or less Texas milk gets wasted largely depends on demand, which largely depends on getting back to normal.
"We all hope that it's a blip on the whole market, but…you don't know," Sustaire said.
There may be some relief from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week it would spend $19 billion to support farmers and ranchers affected by the pandemic.
But other than waiting for possible federal aid and the monthly milk check, there's not a lot else Sustaire can do. In the meantime, his cows will still need to be milked.
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Pakistani troops to be trained by Australia.
Discussion in 'Pakistan' started by bhramos, May 20, 2009.
The chief of the general staff of Pakistan's military has welcomed an Australian decision to boost training in counter-insurgent warfare for his forces.
Almost 1.5 million people have been forced from their homes by fighting between government troops and Taliban militants in Pakistan's north and western regions.
Defence analysts say if the government is to succeed and hold its ground, it will need to wage a more sophisticated counter-insurgency campaign.
Last year, the Australian military offered 10 places for Pakistani troops to receive counter-insurgent warfare training.
That was boosted to 40 in February and now the Government has decided to offer 70 places, starting in July.
Pakistani General Tariq Majid has been in Canberra for key meetings with the Government and says his men are committed to eradicating extremism.
why is Australia taking much intrest in Pakistan?
is there any view like China to counter India?
Will this effect India in Future?
There is nothing sinister about this. It is to do with the Anzus treaty. America is involved in Pakistan so whatever they are involved in, we help out.
Assistance has probably been quietly requested at the highest level.
I am quite negative about the out come of this Counter Insurgency training, Pakistan Army posses military equipments needed for COIN but what they lack is morale and will power.
Will they be training how to fight or how to assist the terrorists?
sailor,being an Australian you may not care a damn about it and feel the pinch of it,ask me,in india almost everyone feels that who ever asists pakistan militarily is working against India. Austalia has refused to sell Uranium to India and is selling uranium to china! what does this act signify! History always tells that all guns of pakistan will always be aimed at india!
No, stop being paranoid and thinking anyone who helps Pakistan in anyway hates you.
No, unless you try and launch an insurgency in their country (so no).
after 7 years of war on terror Pakistanis are going to get trained now???says a lot of the quality of the pakistani army and the management of the afghan war.
Sir I agree that we should not be paranoid.
Sir everybody knows they run a insurgency in J&k in India. Dont they have feed back of that and what about all the knowledge they gained from Afghanistan. If Australia is absorbing some of the expenses then ok. I feel they lack only the motivation part of it to fight the ongoing war.Every body here fears is that anything learned new will be implemented against us thats all.
But after recent "no uranium for India.. oh hey China, take some" debacle, among other things, this new development isn't going to help them win any friends here (though I don't think they care).
India will suffer, all western countries are busy arming and training this terrorist nation while we are stuck with a government with no will to take any action against anyone. They are more interested in setting up quotas..
The best part of the whole story is that Australia does not have any COIN experience apart from the small force it has sent to Astan.
The US too did not and sent it soldiers to train in India.
only 70 soldiers are going no big deal at all, to be trained in insurgency by a country that never had an insurgency,training a country that created it. nice irony.
The rules are about the change..
OK, no more off-topic posts from me.
You are showing a lot of ignorance of Australia's military and their abilities, they are a lot better than you think.
Also, a good question I heard raised by an Aussie army officer, where are they going? The main possibilities would probably be the Defence and Strategic Studies or at the Australian Command and Staff College but it could somewhere completely different.
Anybody got any further information?
They have been receiving training from many nations (highly limited numbers and scope though) for quite a while. Some groups have been trained by SF from various countries before and some of their officers are put through various Western training institutions, this kind of thing is nothing new. I think they have also received Chinese advice.
You would be extremely unwise to underestimate the PA, although CI is not a strong point for them they would be a formidable foe.
shiny I have no doubt about the australians as they have been with USA in may campaigns, but it just seems ironic to me that pakistanis are going to learn something that the have full control and use as a state policy, this has become a charade and it is reaching new crescendos, much of this training was needed much earlier and I don't know how well reluctant soldiers fight, to me it should be a 100% or not at all, and pakistanis effort has been 20% at best.
Pakistani Army( both the top brass and footsoldiers) actually need some psyhcological help. They should be made to realise that Talibanis are bad, period. No justification or excuse for their brutalities. Once, the PA has the will to fight(after being convinced that talibanies are bad), then everything else will fall in place. Otherwise, no amount of training will help. Just a waste of time, money, effort, infact , it is a waste of even the bandwidth we use to discuss this news.
You would hate some of the ANA I have met, that is for sure.
sailor,being an Australian you may not care a damn about it and feel the pinch of it,ask me,in india almost everyone feels that who ever assists Pakistan militarily is working against India. Australia has refused to sell Uranium to India and is selling uranium to china! what does this act signify! History always tells that all guns of Pakistan will always be aimed at India!
This seems a very logical and reasonable conclusion to come to. It is understandable. I can only think how we would feel if this was happening near home and foreign powers were training a hostile New Guinea or somewhere.
This situation is so complex that to say anything as an answer in a few words on a forum like this is impossible. One could write a whole book and even that wouldn't be big enough.
Last week in a post I mentioned that Australia does not see India in anyway as a threat to world security and certainly directly affecting Australia. One only has to see the amount of young Indian students at our universities here to see what 'training' we are helping India with. Thousands are out here, but I have never heard of a Pakistani student studying in my life.
The nuclear issue is also incredibly complex and encompasses the political system of Australia which is still anti nuclear. No state here will ever have nuclear power. It is just not part of our thinking as a nation. Because of this left wing attitude, elaborate safeguards are in place about who the end user is on our uranium and what they are going to do with it.
India is not the only country we won't sell uranium too. Israel is another and we are friendly with them as well. Australia is very sensitive that we would never want it said that we supplied the means to create a nuclear bomb used on anyone. Because India and Israel are the world's flashpoints it alone is the reason that we aren't repaired to risk it.
On China, I guess the lame excuses there are that Australia doesn't see China threatening anyone directly with nuclear weapons any more than say the US or Russia are.
Secondly China is Australia's major trading partner and I suppose uranium is a part of it.
Finally a few words on helping Pakistan. So complex with it's primitive tribal systems and religious fanatics that it isn't possible to get involved without offending someone. But to stand back and do nothing seems like we are not helping India's problem too. Your neighbour is in trouble and we want to help.
Should we stay at home and mind our own business and let it all go to hell, or try?
Sailor, the devil and the deep blue sea comes to mind. I can see India's POV on others helping their enemy. I would be a tad miffed if others trained others to attack my soldiers. I'm sure China has a good stock of the nuclear brew and is just stockpiling it for a rainy day As we say "there is no such thing as a free lunch" so, I wonder what Pakistan is giving in return?


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Die Müngstener Brücke (ehemals Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke) ist die höchste Eisenbahnbrücke Deutschlands. Sie überspannt zweigleisig zwischen den Städten Remscheid und Solingen in 107 Metern Höhe das Tal der Wupper in unmittelbarer Nähe des Haltepunkts Solingen-Schaberg.

Die stählerne Bogenbrücke ist Teil der Bahnstrecke Solingen–Remscheid. Diese wird im Regelbetrieb von der S-Bahn-Linie S 7 der S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr ("Der Müngstener") sowie dem Regional-Express RE 47 ("Düssel-Wupper-Express") befahren.

Bis ins Jahre 1918 trug die Brücke den Namen Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke. Danach wurde sie nach der nahegelegenen Siedlung Müngsten benannt, die heute wüst liegt.

Geschichte

Bau

Erste Entwürfe für eine Bogenbrücke an dieser Stelle zwischen den beiden Städten gehen auf das Jahr 1889 zurück. Im Jahr 1893 wurde mit den Vorarbeiten am Bauplatz begonnen. Die Brücke wurde von 1895 bis 1897 als Stahlbau unter Verwendung von Thomasflusseisen vom MAN-Werk Gustavsburg fertiggestellt. Die sechs Gerüstpfeiler haben eine maximale Höhe von 69 Meter. Der Bogen über die Talsohle hat eine mittlere Stützweite von 170 Metern, die anschließenden Öffnungen solche von 30 Metern und 45 Metern. Über dem Bogen sind zur Abstützung der Gerüstbrücke Pendelstützen angebracht. Die Gesamtlänge der Stahlkonstruktion beträgt 465 Meter. Es wurden Stahlprofile mit 950.000 Nieten und einem Gesamtgewicht von 5.000 Tonnen verbaut.

Der Hauptbogen der Brücke wurde wie das Garabit-Viadukt im Freivorbau errichtet. Die beiden Bogenhälften wurden ohne weitere Gerüste bis zum Bogenschluss fertiggestellt. Das Verfahren zeichnet sich durch einen geringen Aufwand bei der Herstellung aus, die statische Berechnung aller Belastungen ist jedoch aufwändig. Der Bogen selbst ist dreifach statisch unbestimmt gelagert, was ebenfalls eine erhebliche Materialeinsparung mit sich bringt. Auch hier ist der Materialaufwand niedriger als beim statisch bestimmten Bogen mit drei Gelenken, jedoch wird der Bogen zusätzlich durch im Bauwerk verbleibende Wärmeausdehnungen belastet. Damit unterscheidet sich die Müngstener Brücke vom optisch sehr ähnlichen Garabit-Viadukt.

Der Ingenieur Anton von Rieppel (1852–1926) war Vorstandsvorsitzender der Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (MAN). Sein Name ist auf der Gedenktafel verzeichnet, die auf Betreiben des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure und der MAN am Fuß der Brücke errichtet wurde.

Anfangs war nur ein Gleis auf der Brücke geplant, doch die Königliche Eisenbahndirektion Elberfeld schätzte den zu erwartenden Verkehr zwischen Remscheid und Solingen so hoch ein, dass die Planung auf zwei Gleise abgeändert wurde. 1890 hat der preußische Landtag die erforderliche Bausumme von fünf Millionen Mark genehmigt. Die Luftlinienentfernung zwischen beiden Städten beträgt acht Kilometer. Vor dem Bau der Müngstener Brücke belief sich die Entfernung auf der Schiene auf 42 Kilometer. Der erste Spatenstich erfolgte am 26. Februar 1894. Um die Baumaterialien heranzuschaffen, wurden Streckengleise an beiden Seiten bis zur Baustelle verlegt. 1.400 Kilogramm Dynamit und 1.600 Kilogramm Schwarzpulver wurden für die Sprengungen benötigt.

Der Brückenschluss war am 21. März 1897. Am folgenden Tag wurde während des Richtfestes der letzte Niet geschlagen. Die offizielle Einweihungsfeier der Brücke fand am 15. Juli 1897 statt. Kaiser Wilhelm II. ließ sich dabei von Prinz Friedrich Leopold von Preußen vertreten. An der Einweihung nahmen außerdem die Minister Johannes von Miquel und Karl von Thielen teil. Der Kaiser selbst besuchte die Brücke am 12. August 1899. Eine Gedenktafel unter der Brücke erinnert daran. Der Name der Brücke mit der Kaiserkrone wurde in vergoldeten Lettern auf beiden Seiten im Bogenscheitel angebracht, die Buchstaben wurden 1922/23 entfernt.

Betrieb und Nachweise

1937 wurde die Brücke zum zweiten Mal gestrichen. Eine Sprengung im April 1945 konnte verhindert werden. 1948 wurden Kriegsschäden ausgebessert. Anfang der 1960er Jahre wurde die Brücke instand gesetzt, gelockerte Niete wurden ausgewechselt und die Steigleitern gesichert. 1978 gab es einen Teil-Neuanstrich.

Aufgrund von Lagerschäden ordnete das Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA) Anfang April 2010 eine Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung auf 10 km/h, ein Begegnungsverbot und eine Gewichtsbeschränkung auf leichte Triebwagen an. Bereits am 15. März 2010 war der Güterverkehr auf der Brücke untersagt worden. Das EBA hatte die Bahn aufgefordert, bis zum 30. September 2010 die Standsicherheit der Brücke nachzuweisen und die Lager auf beiden Seiten der Brücke auszuwechseln. Weiter wurde die Auflage erteilt, bis zum 30. September 2010 eine neue statische Berechnung vorzulegen, die die vorhandenen Mängel und den Substanzverzehr durch Rost berücksichtigt. Andernfalls drohte das EBA an, die Brücke zum 1. Oktober 2010 zu sperren. Die Deutsche Bahn kündigte Mitte Mai 2010 an, bis zum Herbst die Statik der Brücke neu zu berechnen, die defekten Brückenlager und geschwächten Teile über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren zu sanieren und die Brücke über die kommenden zehn Jahre abschnittsweise mit Rostschutzfarbe zu streichen.

Zwischen dem 27. und 29. September 2010 fanden Messfahrten statt, um die in den Vormonaten neu berechnete Statik zu überprüfen. Am Abend des 19. November 2010 sperrte DB Netz die Brücke. Per Bescheid vom 23. November 2010 ordnete das EBA die vorübergehende Stilllegung der Brücke an. Der Personenverkehr zwischen Solingen-Mitte und Remscheid-Güldenwerth wurde mit Schienenersatzverkehr abgewickelt.

Schon in den Jahren davor hatte der Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) als zuständiger Aufgabenträger für die Regionalbahn Der Müngstener regelmäßig bei DB Netz nach dem Zustand der Anlage gefragt, da sich das Rostproblem zusehends dramatisiert hatte. Die Auskünfte der Deutschen Bahn sind dabei über Jahre hinweg falsch gewesen. Nach geltendem Eisenbahnrecht hat der Aufgabenträger dem Infrastrukturbetreiber gegenüber allerdings keinen Rechtsstand, so dass der VRR nicht in der Lage war, juristische Schritte einzuleiten.

2011 investierte die Deutsche Bahn jährlich rund 400.000 € in die Instandhaltung des Bauwerks. Am 31. Januar 2011 teilte die Deutsche Bahn mit, dass die Müngstener Brücke für 30 Millionen Euro in den nächsten fünf Jahren komplett saniert werden solle. Damit solle die Brücke für mindestens weitere 25 bis 30 Jahre dem Personenverkehr zur Verfügung stehen.

Anfang Mai 2011 wurde bekannt, dass die Brücke für den Zugverkehr freigegeben sei, aber trotzdem nicht von den auf der Regionalbahn-Linie eingesetzten Schienenfahrzeugen der DB-Baureihe 628 befahren werden dürfe. Die Deutsche Bahn gab in ihrem Genehmigungsantrag an das Eisenbahnbundesamt eine Gesamtmasse der Züge von 69,9 Tonnen und eine Achslast von 10 Tonnen an. Das Eisenbahnbundesamt genehmigte eine Befahrung mit einer Höchstmasse von 72 Tonnen. Allerdings stellte sich bei Testfahrten heraus, dass die Züge eine höhere Achslast als 10 Tonnen hatten, so dass sie die Brücke nicht befahren durften. Abgesehen davon bezogen sich diese Werte auf die Dienstmasse der Baureihe 628 ohne Fahrgäste. Ende Juni wurden neuerliche Nachweise erbracht. Vom 27. Juni 2011 an wurde die Müngstener Brücke nach dann mehr als sieben Monaten Sperrzeit wieder für die Regionalbahn RB 47 eröffnet, allerdings stand ab dem 7. Juli 2012 eine neuerliche Sperre nach den bisherigen Plänen an. Nach einer vorübergehenden Betriebserlaubnis bis 2014 durch das zuständige EBA betrug das zulässige Maximalgewicht 90 Tonnen bei unveränderter Gesamt-Achslast von 72 Tonnen. Seit Ende 2013 wurden neue Triebwagen des neuen Betreibers Abellio Rail NRW eingesetzt, für den die bisherige Kapazität nicht ausreicht. Die Triebwagen haben nur sechs statt bisher acht Achsen und weisen somit eine hohe Einzellast auf.

Die Brücke sollte bis 2015/16 saniert werden. Die geschätzten Kosten, die von der Deutschen Bahn getragen werden sollten, betrugen 30 Millionen Euro. So kündigte die Deutsche Bahn längere Sperrungen an, nämlich vom 7. Juli 2012 bis zum 19. August 2012, vom 6. Oktober 2012 bis zum 21. Oktober 2012, sowie vom 1. April 2013 bis zum 3. November 2013. Weil während der Bauarbeiten Probleme mit den Kopfplatten entdeckt wurden, konnte der Termin für das Ende der Sperrung am 3. November nicht eingehalten werden. Es gab die Ankündigung, die Brücke sei nunmehr bis Juni 2014 gesperrt. Auch diesen Termin konnte DB Netz nicht halten und verschob die Wiedereröffnung um ein weiteres halbes Jahr, so dass die Brücke erst zum Fahrplanwechsel am 14. Dezember 2014 freigegeben werden konnte. Die Fahrbahnteile der Brücke wurden entfernt und durch neue ersetzt. Durch Schweißen statt Nieten wurden rund 100 Tonnen Gewicht eingespart.

Nach einer weiteren Sperrung von drei Wochen im Juli 2015, bei der unter anderem 28 Rollenlager ausgetauscht wurden, ist die Brücke seit dem 27. Juli 2015 wieder freigegeben. Bis 2018 wurde die Brücke umfangreich unter Berücksichtigung des Denkmalschutzes saniert und ertüchtigt. Es sind neue Stahllitzenanker in die Fundamente eingelassen worden. Ergänzende Stahlteile wurden in die Konstruktion der Brücke als Verstärkung eingebaut. Mit diesen Maßnahmen kann die Brücke wieder Fahrzeuge mit bis zu 21 Tonnen Achslast aufnehmen. Die Brücke wurde komplett gesandstrahlt und mit einem vierfachen Neuanstrich versehen. Außerdem wurden neue Steigleitern und (als Los III) wieder neue Revisionseinrichtungen (Besichtigungswagen) eingebaut. Seit Dezember 2018 kann auch der Güterverkehr wieder über die Brücke rollen. Davon unabhängig zogen sich die weiteren Renovierungsarbeiten aber in die Länge und dauerten bis 2021.

Weltkulturerbe
Seit 2012 gibt es Bemühungen, die Brücke als Weltkulturerbe anerkennen zu lassen. Die Bewerbung erfolgt seit 2021 zusammen mit den Brücken Ponte Maria Pia und Ponte Dom Luís I in Portugal, der Ponte San Michele in Italien und dem Garabit-Viadukt in Frankreich. Alle fünf Brücken wurden im 19. Jahrhundert als beeindruckende Großbogenbrücken gebaut.

Mythen, Anekdoten und Erwähnenswertes

Der Bau der Brücke stellte zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts eine Ingenieursleistung dar, die in ihrer hochtechnisierten Konstruktion und Realisierung im starken Kontrast zur Erlebniswelt des Großteils der staunenden Bevölkerung stand. Schnell entstanden im Zusammenhang mit dem Bauwerk Mythen und Legenden, die sich bis in die heutigen Tage in zahlreichen Köpfen als wahre Geschichten (siehe auch Moderne Sage) erhalten haben. Eine dieser Legenden ist die des goldenen Niets, der angeblich als letzter geschlagen, aber bis heute nicht gefunden wurde.

Obwohl die Brücke Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke getauft wurde, kam Kaiser Wilhelm II. nicht zur feierlichen Einweihung. Gerüchten zufolge boykottierte er den Festakt aus Verstimmung darüber, dass die Brücke nicht zu seinen Ehren, sondern anlässlich des hundertsten Geburtstages seines Großvaters Wilhelms I. benannt wurde. Kaiser Wilhelm II. besuchte die Brücke erst am 12. August 1899, zur Erinnerung an seine Visite ist unterhalb der Brücke eine Tafel angebracht.

Anlässlich des hundertjährigen Bestehens der Brücke wurde der Verhüllungskünstler Christo von einem Remscheider Bürger während seines Aufenthaltes in Bonn zur Präsentation der Verhüllung des Berliner Reichstags gebeten, die Brücke mit rostfarbenem Tuch zu verkleiden. Er lehnte aber mit der Begründung ab, er mache keine Sache zweimal. Er habe in Paris den Pont Neuf verhüllt. Auch auf den Einwand, dass es sich beim Pont Neuf um eine Steinbrücke in einer Stadt, bei der Müngstener Brücke aber um eine Stahlbrücke mitten im Grünen handle, reagierte er abweisend. Es steht allerdings zu vermuten, dass die Konstruktion der Brücke einer Verhüllung auf Grund der zusätzlich zu erwartenden Windlasten nicht standgehalten hätte.

In der Folge Peter will über den Bach der Sendung Löwenzahn ist die Brücke kurz zu sehen, wird aber nicht namentlich genannt. In Wim Wenders' Film Pina tanzt eine Tänzerin auf der Wiese unterhalb der Brücke. 2011 wurde live von der Brücke der Wetterbericht des ARD-Morgenmagazins gesendet.

Bis 2011 wurden umfangreiche Instandhaltungsarbeiten durchgeführt, die eine neuerliche Freigabe durch das Eisenbahn-Bundesamt nötig machten. Irrtümlich wurde im Genehmigungsantrag das Leergewicht der Züge (72 t) statt des Gesamtgewichts (80 t) eingetragen. Folglich wurde der Betrieb auch nur für leere Züge frei gegeben. Bis zur Klärung mussten die Fahrgäste Busersatzverkehr nutzen und die Züge fuhren ohne sie über die Brücke.

Mögliche Fehlkonstruktion und Zweifel an der Urheberschaft Anton von Rieppels
Als weiterer Mythos ist die angebliche Fehlberechnung der Brücke durch den Baumeister Anton von Rieppel und deren vermeintliche Folgen überliefert. Während in einer Variante davon gesprochen wird, dass eine Hälfte der von beiden Seiten zugleich gebauten Brücke wieder abgerissen werden musste, da sie nicht in der Mitte zusammenpassten, wird in der anderen Legende berichtet, dass von Rieppel bei Nachberechnungen irrtümlicherweise feststellte, dass die Hälften sich nicht zusammenfügen lassen oder die fertige Brücke den Belastungen nicht standhalten würde und sich aus Scham darüber von der unfertigen Brücke in den Tod stürzte. Beide Legenden sind nachweislich der vorhandenen Unterlagen falsch, werden aber bis heute kolportiert. Alle Berechnungen waren ausweislich der bei MAN archivierten Konstruktionszeichnungen und -berechnungen von Anfang an korrekt und Anton von Rieppels Leben endete auf natürliche Weise, 30 Jahre nach planmäßiger Vollendung der Brücke, nach schwerer Krankheit.

Anlässlich des 120. Jahrestags der Brückeneröffnung verfasste der Universitätsprofessor und Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Tragkonstruktionen an der RWTH Aachen, Martin Trautz, einen Aufsatz zu dem Gerücht und kam durch intensives Quellenstudium außerhalb der mutmaßlich bereinigten MAN-Archive und denen der Süddeutschen Brückenbauanstalt in Gustavsburg zu dem Schluss, dass tatsächlich eine Fehlkonstruktion vorgelegen habe, die vertuscht wurde. Tatsächlicher Konstrukteur der Brücke und Urheber des Fehlers war seiner Ansicht nach auch nicht Anton von Rieppel, sondern mutmaßlich Bernhard Rudolf Bilfinger (1829–1897), der Vater von Bernhard Karl und Paul Bilfinger. Nach den Recherchen von Martin Trautz war von Rieppel zu sehr in der Führung des MAN-Konzerns eingebunden um selbst in der Konstruktion tätig zu sein. Auch der offizielle Mitkonstrukteur und Statikprofessor Wilhelm Dietz von der Universität München war zu sehr im akademischen Betrieb mit Lehre und dem Schreiben wissenschaftlicher Literatur eingebunden, um stark beteiligt gewesen zu sein. Von ihm stammt auch nur ein einziges Fachbuch zu der Brücke, das sieben Jahre nach der Eröffnung veröffentlicht wurde. Zudem ist eine Mitarbeit an anderen Brücken nicht bekannt. Weitere genannte Ingenieure waren zu unerfahren.

Aufgrund des Fehlens hinreichender mathematischer Modelle war die Berechnung statisch unbestimmter Gitterkonstruktionen mit Unsicherheiten versehen und konnte nur durch Treffen von Annahmen geschätzt werden. Aus diesem Grunde blieben die Brückenbauer der MAN-Werkstätten Gustavsburg lange Zeit bei altbewährten Konstruktionsmethoden, was die Firma gegenüber mutigeren Konkurrenzfirmen wie Eisenwerke und Maschinenfabrik Gebr. Benckiser ins Hintertreffen geraten ließ und 1884 zur vorläufigen Schließung führte. Der dort seit 1876 angestellte Anton von Rieppel stellte zusammen mit Professor Wilhelm Dietz das Unternehmen wieder neu auf, womit er sich für einen Posten in der MAN-Konzernzentrale empfahl. Mit dem Wechsel wurde von MAN-Direktor Friedrich Hensolt am 1. November 1888 der langjährig erfahrene Brückenkonstrukteur Bernhard Rudolf Bilfinger als Erster Technischer Direktor in die MAN-Werkstätten Gustavsburg berufen, der zuvor 39 Jahre bei Gebrüder Benckiser führend tätig war. Auch dessen Sohn Bernhard Karl wurde schon im Jahr zuvor als Zweiter Technischer Direktor ins Unternehmen geholt. Diese führten die erfolgreichen, bei Benckiser entwickelten, modernen Konstruktionsmethoden ein, die zuvor von Anton von Rieppel, ab 1887 in Nachfolge von Hensolt nun selbst Konzernchef von MAN, lange Zeit abgelehnt wurden.

Der wieder einsetzende Erfolg der folgenden Konstruktionen der Gustavsburger Brückenbauer gab den beiden Bilfingers recht – Sohn Bernhard Karl war später auch für die Projektierung des Gerüsts der Wuppertaler Schwebebahn und dem Bau der Grünentaler Hochbrücke verantwortlich –, führte aber gerade deshalb vermutlich zur Verstimmung von Rieppels, weil ihm dieser Erfolg an gleicher Position nicht vergönnt war. Nach Ansicht von Trautz verrechnete sich Berhard Rudolf Bilfinger aber bei der Konstruktion der Müngstener Brücke. Ein Indiz sieht er in den Umständen, dass sich die Eröffnung anderthalb Jahre verzögerte. Auch geben Bauberichte Hinweise darauf, dass Brücken- und Bogenteile nicht passten und daher zurückgebaut werden mussten. Dies ging über das Maß hinaus, welches damals aufgrund der fehlenden exakten Berechnungen als improvisierte Anpassungsarbeiten üblich war, bei denen während des Baus durch zusätzliche Elemente Temperatureinflüsse, Höhenunterschiede und Passungen korrigiert wurden. Letztlich sollen diese Fehler den gesamten Bogenbau der Brücke substantiell betroffen haben.

Das Projekt, das angesichts der Eiffel-Brücken Maria-Pia in Porto oder Garabit über die Tuyère  auch als eine Frage des nationalen Stolzes gesehen wurde, durfte aber nicht scheitern. Hierin und der Missgunst von Rieppels soll auch der Grund liegen, weswegen die MAN Firmenarchive um die komplette Beteiligung der Bilfingers an dem Projekt und sogar um die gesamte langjährige Tätigkeit in Gustavsburg vollständig bereinigt wurden. Einzig in einer Todesanzeige wurde Bernhard Rudolf Bilfinger von MAN "als eine der wertvollsten Stützen unseres Unternehmens" bezeichnet und seine Tätigkeit als "langjähriger technischer Direktor" gewürdigt. Dies geschah aber ohne Nennung des Vornamens, so dass nicht klar erkennbar wurde, welcher Bilfinger gemeint war. Auch den Arbeitern blieb natürlich der Rückbau nicht verborgen, was auch die Gerüchteküche nährte.

Aus Briefwechseln zwischen den Söhnen Bernhard Karl und Paul Bilfinger lässt sich schließen, dass Bernhard Rudolf Bilfinger von seinem Posten als Direktor enthoben wurde und ersetzt wurde. Mit der Degradierung und Tilgung Bilfingers aus der Konstruktionsgeschichte konnte Anton von Rieppel drei Dinge erreichen: Die Revision der von ihm ungeliebten Personalentscheidung Hensolts, die Vertuschung von berechtigten Zweifeln an der hochmodernen Brückentechnologie durch verhängnisvolle Berechnungsfehler und die Selbstdarstellung als Konstrukteur der Müngstener Brücke.

Bernhard Rudolf Bilfinger starb tatsächlich kurz nach seiner Degradierung im Alter von 68 Jahren, offiziell an einem Schlaganfall. Ob dies tatsächlich der Fall war oder ein Zusammenbruch oder Suizid ursächlich für den Tod waren ist ungeklärt. Hierin liegt wohl auch der Ursprung des kolportierten Todes des Brückenkonstrukteurs im überlieferten, sich mutmaßlich als wahr herausgestellten Mythos. Sein Sohn Bernhard Karl wechselte im Anschluss in das Unternehmen seines Bruders Paul.

Brückenpark

Im Rahmen der Regionale 2006, eines Strukturförderprogramms des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, entstand unter der Müngstener Brücke bis zum Jahr 2006 ein Park mit einer Auenlandschaft. Hauptattraktion ist eine handbetriebene Schwebefähre, mit der Passanten die Flussseite wechseln können. Außerdem gibt es im Park verteilt eine Reihe stählerner Plattformen, auf denen themenspezifische Rätsel und deren Lösungen zu lesen oder zu hören sind. Die geschaffenen Angebote sollten das Gelände unter dem Bauwerk für Touristen attraktiver machen und für die Einwohner der umliegenden Städte zum Naherholungsgebiet werden. Tatsächlich hat nach Eröffnung die Besucheranzahl zugenommen.

Brückensteig
Der Brückensteig ist eine geführte, etwa zweieinhalbstündige Gruppen-Tour über den Brückenbogen der Müngstener Brücke in bis zu 100 Meter Höhe.

Müngstener Brückenfest

Jährlich am letzten Oktoberwochenende wurde das Müngstener Brückenfest gefeiert. Bis zum Jahr 2010 konnten die Besucher in historischen Dampfzügen über die Brücke fahren. Danach wurde dieses aufgrund der Statikprobleme verboten. Nach einer Brückenstatiküberprüfung der DB AG 2017 wurde das Dampfloküberfahrverbot gelockert. Ab Oktober 2017 zum Brückenfest durften erstmals seit 2010 wieder leichte kleine Dampflokomotiven die Brücke befahren.

Während der Corona-Pandemie fiel das Brückenfest 2020 und 2021 aus; erst im August 2022 fand es wieder statt, auch mit Dampfzugfahrten über die Brücke. Zum Jubiläum "125 Jahre Müngstener Brücke" wurde mit einem Plakat in Form eines Wimmelbildes geworben, entworfen von Jacques Tilly; dabei vertauschte er die Anordnung von Solingen und Remscheid.

Umfeld der Brücke

In der Nähe der Müngstener Brücke stehen am Remscheider Hang nahe dem Stadtteil Reinshagen ein Aussichtspavillon, der nach dem Finanzier August Diederichs Diederichstempel benannt wurde, sowie im Solinger Stadtteil Burg die Napoleonsbrücke auf dem Fußweg von dem Parkplatz Solinger Straße (Bundesstraße 229 und Landesstraße 74).

Einige hundert Meter westlich der Müngstener Brücke gibt es kurz vor dem Bahnhof Solingen-Schaberg im Ortsteil Schaberg die Windfelner Brücke, die die Bundesstraße 229 überquert. Von dort aus hat man einen guten Ausblick auf den "Remscheider Stadtkegel".

Siehe auch

 Garabit-Viadukt
 Liste der längsten Eisenbahnbrücken in Deutschland
 Liste der höchsten Brücken der Welt
 Kochertalbrücke, höchste Talbrücke in Deutschland

Literatur

 Adolf von Berg: Die Thalbrücke bei Müngsten und die Strecke Remscheid – Solingen. Remscheid 1997 ISBN 3-923495-43-9.

 Anton Rieppel: Die Thalbrücke bei Müngsten. VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-18-400762-6.
 Bernhard Sieper: Die Müngstener Brücke. Born-Verlag, Wuppertal-Elberfeld.
 Dirk Soechting: Die Eisenbahnbrücke bei Müngsten über die Wupper. Sutton Verlag; Erfurt 2005. ISBN 978-3-89702-892-0.
 Karl Friedrich Walbrach: Der Schöpfer der Müngstener Brücke – Anton von Rieppel vor 150 Jahren geboren. In: Jahrbuch für Eisenbahngeschichte 34 (2002), S. 77–84.
 Karl Friedrich Walbrach: Die Müngstener Brücke. Umland, Vorgeschichte, Bau und Rettung. In: Jahrbuch für Eisenbahngeschichte 36 (2004), S. 33–76.

Film

 Enno Hungerland, Werner Kubny: Der goldene Niet, 45 Min, WDR + Werner Kubny Filmproduktion 1993

Weblinks

 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke, Müngsten Fotos des Brückenbaus im Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin
 112 Jahre Müngstener Brücke
 Die Müngstener Brücke – Über die höchste Eisenbahnbrücke Deutschlands!
 Informationen zur Müngstener Brücke sowie zu den Bahnstrecken 2700, 2705 und 2675 (KBS 458)

 Die Müngstener Talbrücke
 Dampfloks beim Brückenfest auf der Müngstener Brücke
 Bericht des technischen Leiters der Brückenbauanstalt Gustavsburg, Anton Rieppel, über den Bau der Brücke

Einzelnachweise

Bogenbrücke
Stahlbrücke
Eisenbahnbrücke in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wupperbrücke
Schienenverkehr (Remscheid)
Verkehrsbauwerk in Solingen
Schienenverkehr (Solingen)
Verkehrsbauwerk in Remscheid
Baudenkmal in Solingen
Erbaut in den 1890er Jahren
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
Brücke in Europa


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Greetings Geeks! This week on the show we talk about Patch 6.2's launch, the Warcraft movie trailer leak and some of the new changes announced at Dragon Con. We also take a look at a cool new Addon which livens up questing, and which class has come top of the favourites list for Warlords. Throw in a discussion about whether the Warcraft movie can bring subscribers back to WoW, and so much more, and you have Episode 51 of Geeks of Azeroth! Patch 6.2.2 hotfixes: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19881819/patch-622-hotfixes-september-1-september-4-9-4-2015 Warcraft movie leaks: http://en.yibada.com/articles/60554/20150905/world-of-warcraft-leaks-movie-trailer-cgi-scenes-of-humans-monsters-shown.htm Dragon Con interview: http://blizzardwatch.com/2015/09/04/jonathan-lecraft-talks-class-overhauls-new-transmog-system-dragoncon/ Add-on turns World of Warcraft into a story-driven RPG: http://www.geek.com/games/add-on-turns-world-of-warcraft-into-a-story-driven-rpg-1632668/ World of Warcraft Players Favour Hunters Above All Other Classes: http://segmentnext.com/2015/08/25/world-of-warcraft-hunter-favourite-race/ Will the warcraft movie save the game?: http://www.denofgeek.us/games/world-of-warcraft/248646/how-the-world-of-warcraft-movie-can-save-the-game _______________________________________ Thankyou very much for listening. Our show, as always, is available in iTunes, Stitcher, Youtube, and Twitch You can also catch us on Twitter: @GeeksofAzeroth Tarley - @Tarley_pawz Zul - @Zulgeek Tom - @Britzza_EG You can contact the show with your messages, questions, and shoutouts via geeksofazerotheg@gmail.com And remember to check us out on www.epicgeeks.co.uk for more shows. We'll be back same time, same place next week - until then have a great week in Azeroth.


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Kyle Walker admits he studies the cream of defensive talent past and present to help him become a better player.
Tottenham right-back Walker could make his senior England debut in Wednesday evening's friendly international with Holland at Wembley. He is renowned for his attacking runs but knows he has to improve the defensive side of his game and takes tips from the best to help him achieve that goal.
He said: "I liked Gary Neville, the way he played, before he retired. He never got beaten. There is Ashley Cole here in the England squad. As he goes forward, he rarely gets beaten. I try to take a leaf out of many players. Look at Daniel Alves (Brazil and Barcelona). Going forward, he is like a right midfielder when he plays."
He added: "But first and foremost I need to work on my defending.
"I watch videos of players, mainly on YouTube. You can go on the web and look at each and every one of them so it is good. I look at all of them."
Walker will owe a debt of thanks to his Academy bosses in Ron Reid and David Fogg when at Sheffield United if he makes his debut against the Dutch.
Walker was a 16-year-old striker with the Blades when Reid and Fogg converted him into a full-back - and sparked a rapid upturn in fortunes.
Two years ago Walker was sold with Kyle Naughton to Tottenham in a joint £9million deal and, after a successful season on loan at Aston Villa, is now poised for his senior England breakthrough.
Walker said: "When I turned pro I signed as a centre-forward for Sheffield United. My academy bosses, Ron Reid and David Fogg, converted me (into a defender) when I was 16 and I have to thank them for that.
"I wasn't a bad striker, I'd say above average. I think my goal ratio was something like one in three games. But, to be fair, I wasn't the biggest. I was quite small then. I think that was a big issue. I learned how to defend and it all fitted into one. The change definitely benefited myself."


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Julie Parker: Why Creativity and Coaching Will Transform Your Life
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Episode 109: Hailed by ELLE Magazine as a 'self-help guru,' Julie Parker is the CEO & Founder of The Beautiful You Coaching Academy where she passionately trains and supports heart centered people to bring their talents into the world as life coaches. The Editor in Chief of inspired COACH Magazine, a published author, and in demand speaker, Julie has inspired thousands of people on stages all over the world for clients including Apple and Earth Events.
Julie is the recipient of numerous leadership and women's business awards and she appears regularly in the media including Sunrise and The Morning Show, as well as publications such as Cosmopolitan, Peppermint Magazine and Sunday Life. Julie is also a modern day Priestess and is committed to contributing to a world where feminine qualities of intuition, presence, nurturing and love, sit comfortably within the realms of global for profit entrepreneurship.
Julie lives in Melbourne with her husband, stepdaughter and two much loved adopted cats.
Julie's inspiration behind creating the Beautiful You Coaching Academy
Why Julie hired a coach to help her settle her inner mean girl chatter
The beauty of being creative when you feel stuck with a decision
Why hiring a coach to help her create her course wasn't really a tough decision to make
The more powerful the questions are in a coaching session, the more powerful the client's self-awareness will become
"Why" questions will never be as powerful as "how" and "what" questions
What triggered Julie's disordered eating in her past and how she moved on
Your problems with food are not really about food
People do not care what you look like (SERIOUSLY!), they care about how you make them feel
You are not for everybody, and that's okay. Not everybody is supposed to be in everybody else's lives.
Must-read book: The Four Agreements
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Books | In Edward Snowden's memoir, the disclosures this time are personal
By Jennifer SzalaiThe New York Times
Revealing state secrets is hard, but revealing yourself in a memoir might be harder. As Edward Snowden puts it in the preface of "Permanent Record:" "The decision to come forward with evidence of government wrongdoing was easier for me to make than the decision, here, to give an account of my life."
Snowden, of course, is the former intelligence contractor who, in 2013, leaked documents about the United States government's surveillance programs, dispelling any notions that the National Security Agency and its allies were playing a quaint game of spy vs. spy, limiting their dragnet to specific persons of interest. Technological change and the calamity of 9/11 yielded new tools for mass surveillance and the incentive to use them.
Sweeping up phone records of Americans, eavesdropping on foreign leaders, harvesting data from internet activity: For revealing these secret programs and more, Snowden was deemed a traitor by the Obama administration, which charged him with violating the Espionage Act and revoked his passport, effectively stranding Snowden in Moscow, where he has been living ever since.
"Permanent Record" — a book that led the U.S. government to file a lawsuit this week against Snowden alleging that he violated nondisclosure agreements — is a riveting account and a curious artifact. The book is unlikely to change anyone's mind about Snowden, but when it comes to privacy and speech and the Constitution, his story clarifies the stakes. For someone who worked in the intelligence community, the very idea of an autobiography feels uncomfortable. "It's hard to have spent so much of my life trying to avoid identification," he writes, "only to turn around completely and share 'personal disclosures' in a book."
Born in 1983 in North Carolina, Snowden comes from a family whose service includes the FBI (his grandfather), the Coast Guard (his father), the NSA (his mother) and the Army (himself). He remembers the first thing he ever hacked was bedtime, changing all the clocks in the house so that he could stay up later on his sixth birthday. As a teenager, Snowden learned how to hack school, examining the class syllabus to figure out how he could exploit its weaknesses; the goal was to do the least amount of work without flunking out.
School was at best a distraction, he says, and at worst "an illegitimate system" that "wouldn't recognize any legitimate dissent." He preferred to spend time on "something new called the internet," a "goddamned miracle" that was still distinctly human and profoundly weird, before monetization and surveillance set in. The internet of the 1990s was a liberating space, he says, where adopting and discarding different avatars could open up possibilities for more authentic expression and connection.
Galvanized by 9/11, Snowden eventually turned his technical know-how into a career in intelligence, obtaining a top-secret classification at age 22 and bouncing around among contractors before becoming disillusioned at some point during the Obama presidency. "I fully supported defensive and targeted surveillance," Snowden writes, but as a young systems administrator he was learning that the government was pursuing "bulk collection" — indiscriminately vacuuming up data from Americans' internet communications and storing it for possible later use.
Snowden says he was affronted by the rank hypocrisy of it all. Here was President Barack Obama, who had run for office as a critic of the Bush administration's extraordinary invocations of executive power, not just continuing his predecessor's surveillance programs but entrenching them.
The second half of "Permanent Record" reads like a literary thriller, as Snowden breaks down how he ended up in a Hong Kong hotel room in the summer of 2013, turning over a trove of classified documents to Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill of The Guardian, Barton Gellman of The Washington Post and filmmaker Laura Poitras.
Julian Assange wanted Snowden to release the information through WikiLeaks, but the site's "total transparency," Snowden says, wouldn't allow for proper authentication and curation of such incendiary material. Snowden emphasizes that the distinction was important to him — not that the government would see it that way. "Whereas other spies have committed espionage, sedition and treason," he writes, "I would be aiding and abetting an act of journalism."
Without belaboring his points, Snowden pushes the reader to reflect more seriously on what every American should be asking already. What does it mean to have the data of our lives collected and stored on file, ready to be accessed — not just now, by whatever administration happens to be in office at the moment, but potentially forever? Should such sensitive work be outsourced to private contractors? What entails effective "oversight" if the public is kept in the dark? When can concerns about "national security" slip into bids for unchecked power?
Snowden doesn't reveal too much about his life in exile. He and his girlfriend have since married, and they are renting a two-bedroom apartment in Moscow, where he beams out his image through a screen-on-wheels, nicknamed the "Snowbot," giving talks about privacy to audiences around the world. He says he takes care to avoid being recognized in public — "but nowadays everybody is too busy staring at their phones to give me a second glance."
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New Insights on Fat-Soluble Vitamin Efflux by the Intestine
Date: July 16 2020
Presenter(s): Emmanuelle Reboul, PhD
Date: 16 July, 2020
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Efficient intestinal absorption of dietary fat-soluble vitamins is required in most people to ensure an adequate status. However, fat-soluble vitamin absorption process is more complex than previously thought and our understanding of the molecular mechanisms responsible for their uptake and efflux at the brush-border level has substantially progressed over the past decade. We recently investigated the involvement of ATP-binding cassette B1 (ABCB1, P-glycoprotein) in fat-soluble vitamin intestinal efflux. Interestingly, vitamin D, E and K apical effluxes were decreased by chemical inhibition of ABCB1 in Caco-2 cells and increased by ABCB1 overexpression in Griptites or MDCKII cells. The involvement of ABCB1 in vitamin transport was further confirmed in Abcb1-/- mice. We also highlighted that a trans-intestinal efflux of vitamin D could occur and that it was partly mediated by ABCB1. ABCB1 thus appear as a key protein in fat-soluble vitamin transport as it is involved in neo-absorbed vitamin efflux by the enterocytes, and that it may also contribute to their transintestinal excretion and impact on their status. Identifying other proteins involved in intestinal uptake and transport of fat-soluble vitamins across the intestinal cells, as well as understanding their molecular functioning, is of major importance. Indeed, some of these proteins are already targets for the development of drugs able to reduce cholesterol or lipid absorption and these drugs may also interfere with fat-soluble vitamin uptake. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in fat-soluble vitamin absorption is a priority to better optimize their bioavailability.
Speaker's biography:
Emmanuelle Rebould, PhD, Head of the research axis "Bioavailability of Micronutrients" in the "Human Micronutrition" team of the "Cardiovascular and Nutrition Center of Marseille, France
Dr. Emmanuelle Reboul received an Engineer diploma in Nutrition and Food Sciences from Agrosup Dijon, France in 2002. During her master degree and PhD thesis in the INSERM* laboratory "Human Nutrition and Lipids" in Marseille, France, she studied carotenoid, vitamin A and E intestinal absorption. She then joined the working group of Dr. R.S. Molday in 2006 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada to work on ATP transporter molecular functioning.
Back to Marseille, France since the end of 2008 in the "Nutrition, Obesity and Risk of Thrombosis" laboratory as a permanent INRA** Researcher, she currently focuses on fat-soluble micronutrient intestinal absorption and membrane transport. Her group was the first one in the Word to discover a fat-soluble micronutrient membrane transporter at the intestinal level and still has a leading position on this topic.
She has received several awards for her work including the PhD award of the French Lipidomic Group (2007), the Price of the French Academia of Medicine (2007), the Pepsico International Travel Price (2009), and the Research Prices of the French Nutrition Society (2010 and 2015).
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Redefining austerity: a lesson from Greece
Kostas Kalloniatis 5th June 2019
What can an elected left-wing European government do when faced with imposed austerity? Redefining austerity can bring a turnaround.
Kostas Kalloniatis
Austerity has become a hegemonic tool used by international organisations (the IMF) in lending funds to sovereigns facing a financial crisis and/or as a common fiscal-policy tool in a monetary union (the eurozone). In both cases there is a contradiction when a left-wing party comes to power which is against austerity measures that reduce incomes.
How can such a government implement its policy agenda, within the framework of an indebted economy and the existing European Union rules? It has to compromise and try to implement the austerity policy imposed by its creditors, in such a way as to counterbalance the impact on society.
This was the enormous problem the government of Syriza had to solve in 2015. It lacked control over monetary policy and was excluded from the European Central Bank's Outright Monetary Transactions programme—offered otherwise to all eurozone members—as well as from international money markets, and it was burdened with a debt overhang, despite the 'haircut' Greece experienced in 2012. It inherited a devastated economy—which had suffered a 25 per cent contraction of output and incomes and experienced 28 per cent unemployment—and a humanitarian crisis, with much of the society deprived of basic needs and a refugee influx.
The country had already undergone five years of strict austerity, with significant wage and pension cuts and very large tax increases. Major 'structural reforms' on which the official loans were conditional—the €50 billion privatisation programme and the pension reform—had not been accomplished by the previous governments.
Different programme
Under these circumstances, a new official loan was provided and a new austerity programme had to be implemented. But the new programme was different in many ways.
For the first time an austerity programme was focused on social issues and distributional effects. The new programme did not include further wage cuts but rather a universal basic income and a number of transfers to low-income families and the unemployed. The conditionality of the programme required high primary surpluses of 3.5 per cent, which were achieved by an increase in tax rates.
Under the Syriza government the Greek economy has been growing for eight consecutive quarters, at an accelerated average pace of 1.9 per cent in 2018 and with a forecast for robust growth in 2019. Government deficits have been eliminated and the external position of the country has greatly improved.
Social policy was well targeted to shelter the most vulnerable segments of society from the effects of the crisis. Fiscal policy created space to ease austerity, including via a 10 per cent decrease in the property tax, as well as a gradual reduction of the Corporate Income Tax rate from the existing 29 per cent to 25 per cent in 2022. As of this month, VAT rates on food have decreased from 24 to 13 per cent.
Compensation of employees increased by 4.4 per cent in 2015-18, as compared with a decrease of 30.3 per cent in 2010-14. This year the statutory minimum wage increased by 10.9 per cent and, simultaneously, the lower youth minimum was abolished, resulting in an effective 27 per cent increase for this group. The unemployment rate dropped to 18.5 per cent in January.
The impact on the Greek economy under two different approaches to governance
Cumulative change (%) in each period
Gross domestic product (in volume) -17.9 +2.8
Employment -14.3 +4.5
Per capita private consumption (in volume) -14 +5
Real hourly wage -25 +7
Health expenditure of general government* -46 +17
Middle class (number of taxpayers with annual revenue of €20,000-39,000) -25 -2
Poor or socially excluded people +28 -6
Persons with severe material deprivation +83 -24
Private debt / GDP +1 -23
Income inequality (S80/S20)* +16 -8
Period average as % of GDP
Primary balance of general government -3.9 +2.5
Current account balance -4.4% -1.4
Change in percentage points
Unemployment rate +13.8 -7.2
* 2018 is an estimate based on the trend
Sources: Hellenic Statistical Authority, Eurostat, Greek Independent Authority for Public Revenue
Reform of social safety nets was the main policy objective of the Syriza government, to ensure the fair sharing of adjustment. The Social Solidarity Income scheme will reach maturity by the end of the year. The design of housing benefit has been revised, compared with original plans, to cover rental subsidies.
The structural-reform programme emphasised the need to bring more jobs and growth by creating opportunities, but also to make the socially-relevant services more accessible and less costly, and employment policies more effective—better matching people and jobs. These reforms have had a positive impact on social conditions.
Last but not least, Greece has completed the economic adjustment programme with a sizeable cash buffer.
Growing the 'pie'
The difference between a neoliberal and a socialist austerity programme is all about how the economic 'pie' is to grow. Neoliberal policies promote entrepreneurship, wage stagnation and tax cuts to the upper class, which are assumed to grow the 'pie', and therefore through the assumed increase of the tax base and increased tax receipts can offer government support to citizens.
Socialist policies, by contrast, recognise that inequality is a major drawback to the growing of the 'pie', so they promote distributional policies, wage increases and fair tax systems. In a recent Economist analysis of the comparative effectiveness of tax systems in offset income inequality, Greece ranked high—with a reduction of the Gini coefficient by 13 units after taxes and transfers.
This article expresses the author's views alone.
Kostas Kalloniatis is an economic advisor to the Greek Parliament and an associate to the minister of economy. He is a former researcher at the Institute of Labor (INE) and the Institute of Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE).
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Signature Entertainment Takes U.K., Ireland Rights to Festival Favorite Supernatural Horror 'The Harbinger' (Exclusive)
Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K.
and Ireland rights to supernatural horror "The Harbinger" from MPI.The film is produced by Jay Dunn ("The Witch in the Window"), Richard W.
King ("We Go On") and Andy Mitton ("YellowBrickRoad"), with Mitton also directing and writing.
It stars Gabby Beans ("House of Cards"), Emily Davis ("The Plagiarists") and Raymond Anthony Thomas ("Shutter Island").The New York-set film sees Monique (Beans) reluctantly break quarantine during the pandemic to care for her friend Mavis (Davis) who's plagued by horrific nightmares.
Monique soon learns that the dreams are contagious, and originate from a demonic, reality-warping force – The Harbinger.
Monique and Mavis must discover a way to defeat the malevolent entity before it consumes their souls entirely.The film was selected at Canada's Fantasia International Film Festival, the U.K.'s FrightFest and the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival.
It won Best Scare at the U.
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CBS confirms what Melissa McCarthy had already told us.
Plus: 2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, The Amazing Race, The Millers, Mom.
Which multichannel has the most first-run content and which has the least? TV Tonight puts them under the microscope.
US networks hold back premiere episodes, which is likely to impact on Australian fast-tracked eps.
TV faces nominated for this year's Oscars include Glenn Close and Melissa McCarthy.
US ratings: who topped the year?
Idol? NCIS? Modern Family? Glee? Where did your favourite US show finish up in the 2010-11 TV year?
Hugh Grant was apaprently all set to replace Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, but backed out at the last minute.


Mihai Nicodim Gallery is pleased to present "Unimportant Stories", the second solo show in the gallery of the Romanian artist Serban Savu. Born in 1978, Serban Savu is part of a group of artists from Cluj, Transylvania, schooled in the tradition of Social Realism, who grew up during the fall of the Communist regime and lives and works in Romania as it transitions into a free-market economy.
"Unimportant stories" opens a window into the lives of present-day Romanians, depicting the day-to-day routine of men and women in a post-Communist era, where, despite the history's lingering narrative, there is steadfast desire to survive and make the best of an existence perpetually at the brink.
Serban Savu decorates his quiet grassy landscapes with vestiges of the former Communist-era architecture – apartment buildings, cement fixtures, abandoned concrete blocks and railroad tracks. Curtains of grey or blue sky attempt to darken or lighten the scenes. In the middle ground, the artist places figures, who, given their small size in relation to the canvas, seem hemmed in by their surroundings. The painterly gesture of obscuring their faces communicates the anonymity of their existence and their marginalization and impotence within the gears of a larger sociopolitical machine.
Serban Savu has shown in "Cluj Connection" at Haunch of Venison, "Expanded Painting 2" at the Prague Biennale 3, 2007, Mihai Nicodim Gallery in 2007, at David Nolan, NY in 2009, "Staging the Grey" at Prague Biennale 4, 2009, Plan B, Berlin in 2009 and in "Size Matter: XS" at Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art NY (traveled to Knoxville Museum). In September 2010, he will be featured in "After the Fall" curated by Marc Straus for HVCCA, NY.


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Home city guide masjid in mysore
There can be absolutely no doubt in the fact that Mysore is a city that is historical and at the same time very social and appealing. The city is conservative, culturally as well as religiously. The Hindus and the Muslims of the city live in areas that are sharply defined and they hardly communicate and mix with each other.
Mosques in Mysore City
Historically, it has been found that the Muslims were dominant in Mysore because the entire city was under the reign of the Muslim rulers for a very long time. Ironically in the name of a Mosque in Mysore or a Masjid in Mysore there are a very few of them that can be named. Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan were the rulers who laid the foundations of the Muslim influence in Mysore. Infact, Tipu Sultan is also known as the "Tiger of Mysore" because he was one Muslim ruler who ruled Mysore from 1782 to 1799 which is a very long period of time. Tipu Sultan was a very able ruler, a learned man, a soldier, religious follower and a poet. Mysore, at present, consists of several groups of Muslims possessing varied practices. Most of the Muslims in Mysore speak Urdu but there are Muslims who even speak Tamil, Labbai and Malayalam.
Survey of Masjid in Mysore
A survey has revealed the fact that there are very few mosques and Masjids in Mysore. It is due to the fact that not more than 18% Muslims in Mysore do their daily prayers five times a day. Less than half of the Muslims attend their Friday prayer which is considered as an obligation among the Muslims. There are a total of 120 mosques in Mysore where education in Urdu is granted to the Muslim children. One very famous Masjid in Mysore is the Jamia Masjid or the Masjid-e-Ala.
Jamia Masjid or Masjid-e-Ala in Mysore
The Jamia Masjid or Masjid-e-Ala is basically a mosque that is located very close to the Bangalore Gate of the Srirangapatna Fort. The Masjid was built by Tipu sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, in 1784. This Masjid was built by Tipu Sultan after he started reigning as the King of Mysore in 1782. The interiors and the exteriors of the mosque have been designed brilliantly with the use of unique sculpture and style. The interior of the mosque consists of an inscription mentioning the ninety-nine different names of Allah. The ceilings and the walls of the Juma Masjid have been decorated with Persian scriptures that have been intricately ornamented and finely calligraphed. The Masjid is a unique piece of art and it stands as the only example of Muslim influence in the city of Mysore. There are other such mosques found all over Mysore but they are of least importance because of the average style and design that they possess. It is only the Juma Masjid that is visited by tourists from all over the world because of the beautiful designs and the architecture that it possesses.
Masjid-E-Sohadaul Badar
Masjid-E-Sohadaul Badar is situated at Shanthinagara North, Udayagiri, Mysore in Karnataka and it is also one of the historical monuments in the city built during the reign of the Muslim rulers in Mysore.
Apna Ghar Masjid
Apna Ghar Masjid is an important Masjid for the Muslims of Mysore located at Bannimantap A Layout, Shivaratureswara Nagar (near J.S.S College, Bannimantap), Mysore- 570015, Karnataka. The Masjid premise also includes a park that is very beautiful.
Madeena Masjid
Madeena Masjid is found near Muhudevapura Main Road, Shanthinagara, Mysore in Karnataka and it is a splendid mosque that is able to draw a large number of tourists every year.
K R Mills Colony Masjid
K R Mills Colony Masjid is located on Mysore-Bangalore Road (near Government Primary School), Mysore- 570003, Karnataka. This Masjid also holds an important position among the numerous Masjids found in Mysore. All the Masjids found in Mysore are considered to be scared among the Muslims of Mysore. These Masjids are looked after and taken care of by the Muslim authorities in Mysore and the Government of Karnataka also takes up necessary steps in regard to the renovation and the maintenance of the Masjids.
The Masjids in Mysore are worth visiting because they serve as places of religious and cultural value.
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About ten years ago, when my son was a small baby, I got an anonymous comment (of course it was anonymous!) on a blog post I had written.
It was a random post, my days working at the office and coming home to my family. We had a sweet setup: we agreed that my husband was to stay at home to be my son's primary caregiver. He handled it all: the daily needs, our son's first foods, playtime, and whatever else might crop up.
The commenter said: Did I ever wonder what this choice is doing for my husband's state of mind and welfare?
Shame on me! Shame on me for trying to do something that works for our family.
Shame on me for being a woman who went off-script.
Around the same time, our small team at work had a visit from the head of our regional company. We were all excited about our prospects and how we could make the business grown. Sometime in the conversation, he looks at me and says: My wife quickly regained her old thin body after giving birth.
Mind you: I was ten months postpartum with a "puson." That little pouch that I had always lived with, a little bigger, maybe, but nothing too crazy I thought. I was wearing my favorite little dress that I had loved for years—something I held on to from my pre-mom days.
But - shame on me! Shame on my body for not snapping back in shape.
Shame on me for being a woman who had a mind to dress to please herself.
Women, dress appropriately. Women, know your place.
We chuckled. So cute. Right?
At another playdate with cousins, little boys who pushed and shoved and taunted at each other, my son objected to the rough play. "Boys will be be boys!" I was told. "Don't baby him!" came the admonishment. "Toughen him up!" was the advice.
Shame on me. Shame on me (and my husband) for raising a sensitive boy.
Mothers, know better. Mothers, know your place.
When I was pregnant for a second time, eight years after my first, I spotted in the early weeks. A late night doctor's visit and emergency ultrasound revealed that the baby was nowhere to be seen. A sac and nothing else to see. Two weeks of bed rest and prescription meds might save the baby. So I took a leave of absence and tried to keep things light and pleasant. No stress allowed.
When we went to our doctor for a checkup and look, we were relieved to see a little bean and a heartbeat. She was there. A little fighter. We were safe. For now.
What if *what* happens again?
Shame on me for trying to prioritizing my family. Shame on me for letting the company down.
Shame on me for trying to avoid a miscarriage. Shame on me for being a mother who worked.
Shame on me for trying to do it all.
I swallowed the fairy tale - hook, line, and sinker. Do it all. Be it all. Woman you are strong. Woman you are smart. Woman you are life giving. Woman you are super.
As long as you do as you're told.
When I was a young girl, my father used to tell me that I had to learn how to cook to be able to be a wife. My mother behaved that a family survives as long as the husband was appeased.
Do it right. Then all will be well. Be a good girl.
Shame on me for caring to find myself.
Shame on me for trying to learn new ways to do things.
Shame on me for trying to be supermom. Shame on me for not succeeding.
Shame on me for wanting what's best.
Shame on me for being a mother.
Shame on me for being a woman.
Shame on me for being quiet for too long.
Shame on me for acting like I believe you. I don't. But your are dangerous with your words and echoing refrain.
So I take your words and catch them before they hit my children.
"No, that's not right," he said.
They won't be quiet. They know their place - they've seen what it means to be strong, to be powerful, to be smart. To accept support. To make choices for the better good. To play fair. To get hurt and be opposed and to get up and work through it. To try and be who they think they are meant to be.
With no no buts, no if's. No shame.
Look at my children. Look at me. Woman. Mother.
Candice Lopez Quimpo is a writer and editor by trade, a storyteller by nature. She lives in Manila, Philippines.