ASL interpreting is an amazing thing.
If you've ever seen it done you have to admit it's pretty awesome (I can force you to if necessary).
It doesn't hurt that American Sign Language is the coolest language ever.
There's much more to ASL interpreting than there is to merely translating a spoken language.
It'll take a while to break it all down, so let me show you a question a reader asked in the last Shocking Truth About ASL post.
Short answer: Yes they do enjoy the arts.
Just chill for a minute.
Don't tell me to chill, I chill you!
What movie is that from?
Tweet: How do the Deaf enjoy the theatre?
The Theatre, the theatre, what happened to the theatre?
There are a few ways for people that are Deaf to enjoy the theater.
Just watch it like the rest of the hearing world.
Go on days they have special captioning. Some theaters always provide this service, and some only have it during specific show times.
I was an interpreter at a local high school and the Deaf students in our valley were scheduled to go to The Jungle Book that SOU was producing. They asked me and another interpreter to interpret the show.
It was a fun theater-in-the-round, black box show. There was a small dynamic cast.
They sent us the script. We read through it several times, working out portions that were more complicated or tricky. We worked out sign names for each character and made sure the signs we were using were the same for other words.
I know what you're thinking. Isn't there just one sign for the same word?
Yes and no. You know how there are different accents in America? And how people say things differently from region to region? For instance, you guys, yous guys, y'all, or you all. It's the same in sign. There are different dialects and regional signs. I grew up in Houston and she grew up in California. We needed to make sure our signs were the ones used predominately in Oregon. Computer has several different signs depending on region. Not that we signed computer in the Jungle Book, but you get my point.
We went to a reading and then we practiced at a rehearsal. Oh heavens, it was a lot of fun. I always wanted to be in a play, but was always too terrified to actually audition. I had so much fun! We stood to the side of the stage, out of the actors' way, but so that the audience could watch them and see us at the same time.
Theaters all over the US have interpreters for the Deaf to use.
There are a few shows with interpreters that follow the actors around. They'll be dressed in black and signing behind/beside the actor. They follow them around the stage and work along side them.
What's even cooler is there is Deaf Theater! Deaf people act too! Marlee Matlin for example. I know there are many other Deaf actors!
Deaf Theater isn't as prevalent as regular theater, obviously, but it's pretty awesome. A whole play done in ASL by Deaf, H/H, and hearing actors. I would love to have the opportunity to see one live.
Deaf West Theatre was founded in 1991 in the LA area. They have Deaf and hearing in their cast. They dance, sing, and have an orchestra. Get tickets if you're in the area!
I'm sure you have heard about the terp (that's slang for interpreter - now you're as cool as we are) that did the Wu Tang and Phish concert.
Holly Maniatty is awesome. I read several interviews that she gave and completely agree with her process. She studies everything about the people she interprets for. Region, political affiliation, religious views, history, personal preferences, etc. Everything. She probably knows more about them than their fans. She has to do this to know the true meaning of their message to be able to impart that to the Deaf in audience. I personally don't know how she understands a word Wu Tang says. I cannot.
Now, if a Deaf person wants to attend the ballet they most likely won't need an interpreter. All the ballets I have been to have not had any speaking. Some people say that they can feel the vibrations of the music, but in ballets there are lots of high notes that many Deaf would probably not hear (remember there are varying levels of deafness) and perhaps not as many vibrations. Plus you can't really rely on vibrations for constant sound in this setting, there's just too many variables.
Those things aren't needed for them to enjoy a ballet. There's beautiful movement and rhythm in ballet. The light stepping across the stage, the turns, jumps, leaps. The change in pace, direction, and the emotion felt through the movements are what we all are watching. Deaf are more attuned to these subtle differences in movement and rhythm. Some may not enjoy it, but then some hearing people don't either.
I have a few VHS tape - so old school, I know - of a comedian, Mary Beth Miller. She is pretty dang funny. There are lots of Deaf comedians and performers. They are mega talented.
Story of when she snuck some peanut butter and started choking on it.
I also have a VHS tape of Bonnie Kraft, a CODA, who tells of her life growing up as a CODA through sign. Tomorrow Dad Will Still Be Deaf. The Deaf love to tell a good story. They seem to always be sharing a story. They are vivid, engaging, and often hilarious. There is so much you can do with ASL that you just can't with spoken languages.
I also have a few tapes (yes, I know it's time to upgrade to DVDs) of stories. I have Rumpelstiltskin and The Black Cat. I love the guy that signs The Black Cat (E.A.Poe).
Surprise, there are videos of ASL Poetry.
Talk about something beautiful. I don't have my copy any more, so I have been scouring the internet to find clips of some of my favorites. I found one video that showcased some of the ones I remember from the video. They are poems by Clayton Valli performed by several signers.
The students in this video talk about some of the cool things about ASL poetry that you cannot do in written poetry. You can make images with your signs and not even use real signs to convey your image, your message. Classifiers are used often in ASL, but in poetry it's a ho' notha level! (where's that from?) You can sign two different things at the same time, as the woman does in the second poem. You can't do that in English.
Here's a Deaf poetry night at a club in D.C. They are songs that they're signing to (and they're Deaf), but they've made them poetic. They each do a fabulous job. Watch it with and without the sound, it's a completely different experience.
The Deaf can and do enjoy the arts in all sorts of ways. Many enjoy the arts and excel at performing. With ASL you can convey deep emotions, irony, sarcasm, comedy, layers, characteristics, and all that you can find in any performance.
If you have a question you'd like to ask, please do! You may even get a whole post dedicated to you!
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Use to make Maialino chef Nick Anderer's Herb Panzanella with Tomatoes and Husk Cherries.
1. Place tomatoes on a large piece of cheesecloth; season with salt and add basil. Wrap tightly, tying a knot and leaving a long tail with the cheesecloth. Tie cheesecloth tail to the center of a dowel or wooden spoon and suspend over the edges of a large container. Transfer to refrigerator and let liquid drain overnight. Transfer tomato water to an airtight container and refrigerate until ready to use.


Love swimming but hate the gurgling and sloshing (and swimmer's ear) you experience when water gets in your ears?SwimEars earplugs are here to help. You can adjust their fit to create a seal and ensure maximum comfort, and they even come with a leash so you don't leave them in the pool by mistake.
Our favorite thing about SwimEars? As the company slogan says, they "let sound in, keep water out." You'll still be able hear shouts before you collide with another swimmer and take instructions from your swim coach.
Dot is a tiny wireless Bluetooth headset, which also comes with a built-in noise-cancelling microphone and a case for carrying and charging. Free from pesky wires, you can listen to music or make phone calls no matter where you are. One charge gives you enough juice for three hours of chatting and singing along to your favorite tunes.
These earplugs block out the annoying sounds you don't want to hear (think airplane engine rumbles and thundering highway traffic) and allow you to zone out, sleep soundly, and just not go crazy. The company says that children who have difficulty concentrating find the QuietOn earplugs extremely helpful, as do people who have noise sensitivity disorders.
The QuietOn earplugs are a step ahead of traditional earplugs because they reduce low-frequency sounds and have noise-cancelling ability up to 40 dB, according to their inventors. And if you feel embarrassed wearing earplugs to a music concert or other event, no worries — these earplugs are ultra-discreet.
It's often difficult to pinpoint something that isn't there. How do you know what's missing? MyAudioSession is a clever set of wireless headphones whose accompanying smartphone app gauges your hearing at various frequencies and creates an enhanced audio profile that fills in any hearing gaps you may have. Some more good news: once you've used the app to create your profile, the results will be saved in the headphones forever, so you'll never have to repeat the process.
Happy listeners have reported on the company website that they can hear a crisper distinction between vocals and instruments when they listen with their MyAudioSession headphones and that they notice details in their favorite tracks that they didn't realize they had been missing.
The company has already reached its crowdfunding goal and says it will begin shipping the headphones next month.


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Paras Healthcare plans to reach lakhs of cancer patients
Paras Healthcare plans to reach lakhs of cancer patients in smaller towns and nearby rural pockets and the hinterland, hitherto un-served or underserved segments........................
Paras Healthcare appoints Puneet Srivastava as Vice President
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Prior to joining Paras Healthcare, Mr Puneet Srivastava was associated with the Max Healthcare, Max Life Insurance, Videocon and DHL Worldwide Express....................
Paras Healthcare launches CSR-focused tertiary health initiative for needy
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Based on CSR funding-focused aggregator model, the not-for-profit 'Paras Sarthi' initiative, will deliver advanced healthcare interventions to the most underserved sections of the society in Delhi NCR, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.....................
Higher GST on medical equipment is bad news for the healthcare...
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In his cunningly evolving repetitions, in his provocative use of constraints, and in his adaptations of great works (from Dante's to David Bowie's), Pethybridge's Striven, The Bright Treatise exemplifies every element of Theodor Adorno's assertion that the unresolved antagonisms of reality reappear in art in the guise of immanent problems of artistic form. It is not a book bent upon understanding, and certainly not condoning, the choice of suicide—though Pethybridge unearths many of the societal and personal antecedents of such a choice. Rather it is a text that formally explores every interstice of the zone between the irretrievable past and ongoing present, which the grammatical form of the word "striven" suggests (past participle, used in the perfect tenses). This is a poetry that helps us to perceive that interminable bridge between past and present in all of its terrible normalcy, a bridge that carries us to the core of our human condition.
Jeffrey Pethybridge is the North American editor for Likestarlings, a web-based archive of collaborative poetry and poetics. His work appears widely in journals such as Chicago Review, Volt, New AmericanWriting, Crazyhorse, The Iowa Review and others. He grew up in Virginia.
Similar to Twombley, the poems in Striven, the Bright Treatise arrive at thesis as much by visual statement as with actual words, but unlike Twombley there is a meticulous attention to wordings in Pethybridge's work that seems more recherche than crude. Some poems are full page blocks of prose, some are scattered spaciously across pages and others more audacious as foldouts that blur the line between the act and art of writing and that of drawing.


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May — Aug 2019
External Smiles, Internal Angst
By June Teufel Dreyer
Published September 2019 in Comparative Connections · Volume 21, Issue 2 (This article is extracted from Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal of Bilateral Relations in the Indo-Pacific, Vol. 21, No. 2, September 2019. Preferred citation: June Teufel Dreyer, "Japan-China Relations: External Smiles, Internal Angst" Comparative Connections, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp 97-104.)
June Teufel Dreyer
Chinese and Japanese relations have been cordial during the summer months, but tensions over history, economics, disputed territories, and military expansion continue to simmer. Several meetings failed to reach consensus on issues. China continued to tighten its de facto control over disputed territories as Japan reinforced its capabilities to defend those areas. Several major Japanese corporations announced plans to move production out of China, citing concerns with the US-China trade war. Worsening relations between Seoul and Tokyo, and in particular Seoul's decision to end an intelligence-sharing agreement, could weaken plans for joint resistance to Chinese and North Korean activities. No date has been set for Chairman Xi Jinping's long-delayed reciprocal state visit to Japan.
Both Chinese and Japanese defense ministers made speeches at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, pointedly refraining from criticizing each other. Yet domestically, a Japanese land surveyor in his 50s convicted of espionage received a 15-year prison term, the heaviest sentence yet in a string of spy cases involving Japanese in China. Nine Japanese have been indicted since 2015, with seven convicted thus far. The United States also continues to factor into China-Japan relations. Back-to-back opinion pieces in Global Times accused President Donald Trump of turning Japan into a pawn to contain China. In an interview with Asahi, Liu Mingfu, author of the controversial 2010 book The China Dream, stated his belief that the US is using Japan to help it counter China as the US declines. He advised Japan to move away from being controlled by the US and cooperate with China to create a new order in East Asia.
DAHL's Japan cartoon depicting Japan as mediator between China and the United States. Source: Japan Times
Describing the thaw in China-Japan relations as lacking content, a Global Times op-ed expressed concern that Article 5 of the US-Japan Security Treaty would mean the two would act together if either came under cyberattack by China. The author instead urged Abe to "steer China into a true partnership with its neighbor," further describing China as "the last hope for Abe to gain brownie points in diplomacy." Two days later, an op-ed in the same paper argued that China's increased confidence had enabled it to shape the strategic environment on its own, and that developing better relations with Japan was naturally included in its policy agenda. It said that Japan had acknowledged the historical trend of China's rise and that Japan need no longer play second fiddle to the United States to exercise international leadership – if it had a healthy relationship with China. It acknowledged that many sensitive issues remain so relations could deteriorate, but if these are managed, it asserted that the two countries could lead on the world stage. Xinhua described matter-of-factly Abe's ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine on the 74th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, though noting that visits and offerings to the shrine "have consistently sparked strong criticism and hurts the feelings of China and South Korea and other countries brutalized by Japan during the war." Yet two days prior, praying at his father's grave, Abe vowed to continue efforts to revise the constitution, to which China strenuously objects.
Papers in both countries published pictures of Xi and Abe shaking hands at the opening of the G20 conference in Osaka, noting that Abe had invited Xi for a state visit to Japan during the next cherry blossom season, which would be a long overdue reciprocal visit in return for Abe's state visit to China last fall. According to an unnamed Asian diplomat, Chinese officials requested that Xi's visit to the G20 not be disrupted by anti-China protests, which indeed did not occur. However, the Japanese government granted a visa to Rebiya Kadeer, an exiled Uyghur activist who is anathema to Beijing and whose visit would certainly call attention to the estimated 1 million Uyghurs held in Chinese concentration camps. Xi and Abe met at a hotel away from the G20 venue and reportedly had "frank discussions," indicating that there had been no agreement on substantive matters, including the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. Abe is said to have raised concerns about the proposed extradition law that caused more than a million Hong Kong residents to protest, and stressed the importance of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law.
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo shakes hands with Chairman Xi Jinping at the opening of the G20 conference. Photo: Xinhua
The first China-Japan vice-ministerial level talks in seven years were held in Nagano, Japan, with the Chinese Foreign Ministry reporting that the officials had "candid exchanges about bilateral and regional issues," again indicating that no agreement was reached. However, a state visit by Xi is likely to take place in spring 2020. China Daily repeated Japanese newspapers' description of the vice-ministerial talks as "candid exchanges about bilateral and regional issues," while adding that a Japanese official had said that a majority of Japanese know little about China and advocated more people-to-people exchanges. Japanese accounts did not mention the latter point.
In another gesture of good will, the Chinese government acceded to the Japanese government's request to send a representative higher than Politburo rank for an October ceremony related to the enthronement of the emperor; Vice-President Wang Qishan will attend.
Chinese cartoons depict Chinese as pigs. Source: Inkstone
Xinhua reported on a July 7 rally in Japan's Saitama Prefecture to mark the 82nd anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge incident that was a prelude to the China-Japan war. It noted that only one member of the group, now 97 years old, actually lived through the war, and cited a Japanese member of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Association as saying that only about 20% of Japanese people knew the truth about Japan's war of aggression against China. In a separate report on the Chinese commemorative ceremony published the following day, Xinhua did not mention the presence of top leaders, leading to speculation that their absence indicated a desire for continued improvement in relations between the two nations. However, a few days later, at least 10 Chinese in two different provinces were arrested for being "spiritually Japanese" as a result of cartoons deemed to have insulted the Chinese people. In an editorial on Chinese fake news efforts in Hong Kong, the normally China-friendly Japan Times commented that although Japan has been largely immune to attempts to manipulate its public opinion, that was sure to change.
In a development likely to bolster Abe's desire to amend the constitution, to which China strenuously objects, the just disclosed diaries of a former Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency revealed that then-Emperor Hirohito favored rearmament after Japan regained sovereignty, though opposing a resurgence of the former military clique system. The diaries also show that Hirohito, known posthumously as the Showa Emperor, wanted to use the word "remorse" at a 1952 ceremony to celebrate Japan's recovery of sovereignty and fifth anniversary of the passage of the postwar constitution. China has repeatedly admonished Japan for its lack of remorse for World War II. Hirohito had been dissuaded against using "remorse" by then-Prime Minister Yoshida since he feared that it would lead to the emperor's abdication while the crown prince was only 20 years old.
A marine science professor at Tokai University expressed alarm at Chinese research activities inside Japan's EEZ without the prior permission required under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Although the numbers of incursions have declined, their quality has continued to improve, and the Chinese have taken over certain areas, raising fears that they will come even closer to Japan. In some cases, China has added a large, self-created territorial outline to maps of the survey results, reinforcing suspicions that the scientific research serves as a political tool.
Economic relations were mostly defined by the effects of the US-China trade dispute on the region. While there was little news that related directly to China-Japan trade over the summer months, both countries reacted to news with a growing sense of economic competition.
As a consequence of the US-China trade war and the general slowdown in the Chinese economy, Japan overtook China to become the second-largest user of the Panama Canal, after the United States. Several major Japanese corporations, including Nintendo, Sony, Sharp, Ricoh, and Kyocera have announced plans to move production out of China in response to higher tariffs. In June, for the first time in two years, Japan surpassed China as the top holder of US Treasuries.
Chinese interest in purchasing properties and residences in Tokyo and Osaka has surged as demand for US real estate cools. More than three-quarters are purchasing for investment reasons, with many anticipating a property boom because of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka and the opening of the country's first casino in the same region.
Chinese media reported that Japanese companies still consider the PRC "one of the top global markets despite the ongoing US-China trade war and other rising risks." They acknowledged, however, that the 2019 report of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China called for the government to treat foreign companies the same as Chinese companies and to further improve its competition laws. Meanwhile, Japan's Toyota and China's BYD agreed to work together to produce electric sedans and SUVs, as Toyota seeks to narrow Volkswagen's lead in the Chinese market. However, the 2019 report of Japan's Ministry of Economic Revitalization expressed concern about increasing dependence on China in the manufacture of information and communications equipment.
Xinhua, which has often disparaged Japan's economic record, reported that Japan had achieved its 57th consecutive month of surpluses in the current account. The Japanese economy grew by an annualized rate of 2.1% in the first quarter of 2019, exceeding expectations and marking its second straight quarter of expansion.
A former president of the Japan External Trade Organization's Institute of Developing Economies likened China's trade strategy to a go/weiqi player's efforts at expanding his framework moyo, even as other countries take steps to protect their ji, territory. Criticizing Beijing for its attitude that other countries should keep silent while accepting financial rewards, he observed that as long as China continues to act in this way, the international community would resist any Sinocentric order in the region or world.
JXTG, Japan's largest oil refiner, announced it will close a refinery it jointly owns with PetroChina amid falling demand for crude products in Japan. Japanese firms, particularly those manufacturing semiconductor equipment and electronic parts producers, are experiencing declining earnings due to the slowdown in the Chinese economy. The president of the Japan Machine Tools Builders' Association advised industry to prepare for the effects of a prolonged slowdown.
China's ByteDance Technology will invest $4.6 million in 2019 in a project to find Japanese stars for its popular video app TikTok. The app has raised privacy and security concerns, since it conveys locations, images, and biometric data to its Chinese parent, which is legally unable to refuse to share data with the Chinese government.
As a counterweight to China's heavy investment in Africa under its Belt and Road Initiative, and just ahead of the August triennial Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development, Japan's Defense Ministry announced its support for venture capital in Africa. Government encouragement notwithstanding, Japanese corporations remain reluctant to lend money to Africa due to concerns about failure to repay. Currently, China buys nearly five times more from Africa than Japan does.
Japan and India will develop Sri Lanka's Colombo port, the country's largest, thereby providing a counterweight to China's presence at Hambantota. Construction is to begin in March 2020, with Japan's Official Development Assistance financing part of the project. Some of Japan's primary maritime routes run through the Indian Ocean.
As the "new normal" of permanently positioning Coast Guard vessels in the Diaoyu/Senkaku region of the East China Sea has been firmly established, both China and Japan have focused on improving monitoring and response capabilities for maritime forces in the region. Noting that situation, a retired US Air Force officer predicted that the current de facto co-administration would soon become sole administration. However, Japan is committed to prevent that from happening. It has responded by increasing its Coast Guard budget and shoring up its southwest island defenses.
To strengthen the ability to transport military units to the Nansei Islands, a joint unit of the Ground and Maritime Self-Defense Forces will from 2023 operate small- and medium-size transport ships utilizing artificial intelligence to determine what ammunition and other supplies to transport to the islands. The small ships can carry about five tanks each; the medium-sized ships, 15.
An opinion piece in Japan Times compared Japan's position on the Senkakus to that of Britain in 1980s, with the author wondering if Japanese politicians would react as successfully as then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had. He suggested that Japan demonstrate effective control over the islands through non-provocative, nonmilitary measures such as placing Japanese officials on the island and building a weather station, better lighthouse, heliport, and port for small vessels that might be in distress. Speaking in Washington, DC, Self-Defense Force (SDF) head Gen. Koji Yamazaki stated that the immediate threat facing Japan was China's ramped up maritime invasions into waters surrounding the Senkakus. Japan had responded to 20 intrusions so far this year, compared to 19 for all of 2018. Yamazaki also noted China's increasing gray zone activities, which are designed to expand its influence.
In response to China's broader maritime expansion, Japan will deploy about 20 large unmanned helicopters to Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers over the next decade. The helicopters will strengthen Japan's early warning and surveillance activities around the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. Japan began deploying state-of-the-art P-1 patrol aircraft nationwide from July 26, "taking into account China's increasing activities in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean," according to the Ministry of Defense. The ministry plans to increase the number of P-1s from 22 to 70.
An SDF space unit will be launched in 2020 in response to China's and Russia's developing satellites that can attack and disrupt the operations of those of other countries. SDF personnel will be dispatched to the US for training, and the unit will cooperate with US counterparts in monitoring the satellites. The Tokyo government also revealed that it will begin development of interceptor systems in response to China's and Russia's possession of "killer" satellites capable of disabling other countries' satellites.
Japan will also deepen collaboration with the US in space defense, with plans for Self-Defense Force liaison officers permanently based at the Combined Space Operations Center of Vandenberg Air Force Base to monitor satellite activity by China and Russia. Highly sophisticated ground radar will also be installed in Yamaguchi Prefecture for that purpose.
As Abe and Xi were meeting at the G20 in Osaka, the Japanese Coast Guard and Maritime Self-Defense Forces conducted their first joint drill in the South China Sea in what the China-friendly, center-left daily Asahi Shimbun decided were "apparently aimed at reining in China's aggressive behavior in the region." This was also the first Coast Guard/MSDF joint drill in five years. Asahi noted that incursions in the waters near the Senkakus were occurring more frequently, and that earlier in June, the aircraft carrier Liaoning had sailed between Okinawa's main island and Miyakojima to reach the Pacific. SDF sources complained that efforts to interdict North Korean smuggling were inhibited by the vessels fleeing into Chinese territorial waters.
Meanwhile, China has responded to Japan's buildup as part of its rationale for building its own more robust military capability. China's 2019 white paper on defense, the first in seven years, described Japan as "attempting to circumvent the post-war mechanism," i.e., foreswearing the use of force to resolve international issues. It said Japan "had adjusted its military and security policies and increased input accordingly, thus becoming more outward-looking in its military endeavors." Commenting on the white paper, the center-right Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest-circulation daily, editorialized that the PRC had expanded its military buildup beyond the scope of defensive aims, thereby undermining regional stability. China's July 1 launch of six ballistic missiles, believed to be DF 21Ds, into the South China Sea from the mainland likely sought to show off its offensive capabilities against freedom of navigation operations.
In late August, Beijing announced a grand military parade to demonstrate the PRC's growing capabilities. This was followed by the Japanese government announcing it would request a 1.2 percent increase in the FY2020 defense budget to a record $5.32 billion. Uncharacteristically, Chinese media simply repeated AFP's coverage of the announcement with no added commentary.
A joint Chinese-Japanese effort began to save the grottoes of the Dunhuang cave complex from environmental degradation brought on by increasing numbers of tourists. Tokyo University of the Arts is using its proprietary cultural cloning technology to create exact replicas of the originals as well as repair past substandard efforts.
In a gesture of improved bilateral relations, People's Daily reported that the Oscar-winning Japanese anime film Spirited Away had been approved for showing in China, nearly 20 years after its initial release.
A former political adviser to the US Marines in Japan suggested the formation of a Taiwan-Japan-U.S.-Philippines disaster response team that would operate from hubs at air and sea ports with prepositioned equipment and supplies, noting that the skills developed in disaster mitigation are similar to those used in military operations.
Chronology of Japan - China Relations
May — August 2019
May 9, 2019: The 11th round of US, Japan, South Korea Defense Trilateral Talks (DTT) is held in Seoul to discuss regional security issues.
May 10, 2019: China's ByteDance Technology announces it will invest $4.6 million in 2019 in a project to find Japanese stars for its popular video app TikTok.
May 14, 2019: Xinhua reports that Japan had achieved its 57th consecutive month of surpluses in the current account.
May 17, 2019: People's Daily reports that the Oscar-winning Japanese anime film Spirited Away had been approved for showing in China nearly 20 years after its initial release.
May 20, 2019: Japan and India announce they will develop Sri Lanka's Colombo port, the country's largest, providing a counterweight to China's presence at Hambantota.
May 20, 2019: Cabinet Office announces that Japan's economy grew by an annualized rate of 2.1% in the first quarter of 2019, marking the second straight quarter of expansion.
May 21, 2019: Japan and China hold bilateral talks on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation in Beijing. It is the first time the countries have held bilateral talks on the issue in eight years.
May 21, 2019: A Japanese land surveyor is convicted of espionage and receives a 15-year prison term, the heaviest sentence yet in a string of spy cases in China.
May 23, 2019: Global Times op-ed asks rhetorically if Japan could stand up to the US request that it contain China. A second op-ed that appears the same day interprets the many meetings between Trump and Abe as indicative of Abe's attempt to balance between China and the US while making sure that its views on Korea are not further marginalized.
May 31-June 1, 2019: Chinese and Japanese defense ministers make speeches at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, pointedly refraining from criticizing each other.
June 16, 2019: Japanese Coast Guard identifies a ship dangling a cable into the sea about 50 nm off the largest of the Senkakus without seeking prior approval. The ship did not respond to requests to stop the survey, leaving the EEZ about two hours later.
June 17, 2019: Japan's Foreign Ministry lodges protest against Beijing for conducting an unauthorized maritime survey near the Senkaku Islands.
June 26, 2019: Japanese Coast Guard and Maritime Self-Defense Forces conduct their first joint drill in the South China Sea.
June 26, 2019: Commenting on China's just-released white paper, the center-right Yomiuri Shimbun editorializes that the PRC has expanded its military buildup beyond the scope of defensive aims, thereby undermining regional stability.
June 26, 2019: Global Times op-ed argues that China's increased confidence had enabled it to shape the strategic environment on its own, and that developing better relations with Japan was naturally included in its policy agenda.
June 27, 2019: Papers in both countries publish pictures of Chairman Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo shaking hands at the opening of the G20 conference in Osaka.
July 7, 2019: Xinhua reports on a rally in Japan's Saitama Prefecture to mark the 82nd anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge incident that was a prelude to the Sino-Japanese war.
July 13, 2019: Self-Defense Forces (SDF) sources complain that efforts to interdict North Korean smuggling were inhibited by the vessels fleeing into Chinese territorial waters.
July 20, 2019: Japan's Toyota and China's BYD agree to work together to produce electric sedans and SUVs, as Toyota seeks to narrow German automaker Volkswagen's lead in the Chinese market.
July 23, 2019: The 2019 report of the Japanese Ministry of Economic Revitalization expresses concern about increasing dependence on China in the manufacture of information and communications equipment.
July 23, 2019: JXTG, Japan's largest oil refiner, announces it will close a refinery it owns jointly with PetroChina amid falling demand for crude products in Japan.
July 24, 2019: China publishes 2019 defense white paper, the first in five years.
July 30, 2019: Several Chinese are arrested for being "spiritually Japanese" as a result of cartoons deemed to have insulted the Chinese people.
Aug. 5, 2019: Nikkei reports that several major Japanese corporations, including Nintendo, Sony, Sharp, Ricoh, and Kyocera, have announced plans to move production out of China in response to higher tariffs.
Aug. 8, 2019: Japan and China are reported to be vying for influence in sports programs in the South Pacific, with China offering to train a large contingent of young athletes in several sports and Japan sending judo experts.
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Parsau ist eine Gemeinde im Osten des Landkreises Gifhorn in Niedersachsen.

Geographie

Geographische Lage
Parsau liegt zwischen den Naturparks Südheide und Drömling in der geschichtlichen Landschaft des Vorsfelder Werders, einem eiszeitlichen Geestrücken. Die Gemeinde gehört der Samtgemeinde Brome an.

Gemeindegliederung
Die Ortsteile der Gemeinde sind:
 Ahnebeck (136 Einwohner), unmittelbar nördlich von Parsau
 Croya (392 Einwohner), unmittelbar nordöstlich von Ahnebeck
 Kaiserwinkel (89 Einwohner), östlich von Parsau
 Parsau (1251 Einwohner)
Stand 31. Dezember 2019

 Zum Ortsteil Parsau gehört der Wohnplatz Giebel, der als Enklave im gemeindefreien Gebiet Giebel liegt (sieben Einwohner).

Nachbargemeinden
Die nachfolgenden Städte und Gemeinden  grenzen an die Gemeinde Parsau. Sie werden im Uhrzeigersinn beginnend im Westen genannt:

 Tiddische
 Bergfeld
 Tülau
 Brome
 Klötze
 Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
 Giebel (gemeindefreies Gebiet)
 Rühen

Geschichte
Parsau wurde urkundlich erstmals um 1505 als Barso, 1510 als Persauw, erwähnt. Der Name stammt vom Altslawischen prabû für Staub oder borû für Kiefer, also etwa "Ort beim Kiefernwald." Parsau war braunschweigisch; die Grenze zum Fürstentum Lüneburg lag zwischen Ahnebeck und Croya. Die ursprüngliche Dorfform war die eines wendischen Rundlings. 1561 wurde die erste Kirche im Bereich des Vorsfelder Werders in Parsau errichtet, 1567 die erste Schule.

1742 wurde das Amt Vorsfelde gegründet, dem auch Parsau angehörte. Eine anlässlich einer Landesvermessung 1757 erstellte Beschreibung erwähnt in Parsau unter anderem 28 Höfe, eine in Fachwerkbauweise erstellte Kirche mit einem kleinen Glockenturm und eine Schule. Ein Krug (Gaststätte), eine Mühle, eine Schmiede und eine Ziegelei waren damals in Parsau nicht vorhanden.

1807 erfolgte die Auflösung des Amtes Vorsfelde durch die französische Besatzungsmacht, danach gehörte Parsau bis 1813 zum Kanton Vorsfelde im Distrikt Helmstedt, im Departement der Oker des Königreiches Westphalen. Im 19. Jahrhundert kam Parsau in den neu gegründeten Landkreis Helmstedt. 1828 wurde die baufällige Kirche durch einen Neubau ersetzt, ihr Turm wurde 1910 hinzugefügt. von 1846 bis 1849 erfolgte in Parsau die Separation. Laut einem Siedlungsverzeichnis um 1850 bestanden zu dieser Zeit 31 Bauernhöfe. Das Niederungsgebiet Drömling beginnt unmittelbar östlich von Parsau. Daran hatte der Ort, wie die übrigen Anrainer-Dörfer, seit Jahrhunderten bis in die Neuzeit Holzanteile in dem Bruchwaldgebiet. 1851 wurde der Rundling nach Osten hin mit einer Straße durchstochen. 1866 wurde südwestlich von Parsau eine Ziegelei eröffnet. In der Gemarkung nördlich von Parsau standen einst zwei Windmühlen. Die 1876 erbaute Holländermühle wurde 1925 abgerissen. Die Bockwindmühle entstand 1843 und wurde 1926 abgebrochen. Die Windmühlen wurden von der Motormühle einer dörflichen Molkereigenossenschaft verdrängt.

1909 erfolgte in Parsau die Gründung einer Freiwilligen Feuerwehr und der Bau des Bahnhofs, 1919 wurde ein Kriegerdenkmal aufgestellt. 1935 wurde die Ziegelei wieder geschlossen, an ihrer Stelle befindet sich heute der Hof Polle. Am 11. April 1945 nahmen kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs amerikanische Truppen, aus Bergfeld kommend, Parsau ein. 1949 erfolgte in Parsau die Gründung einer Volksbücherei, 1955 wurde das Kalthaus erbaut und die Kalthausgenossenschaft gegründet. Die Gemeinde Parsau gehörte ab 1972 zur Samtgemeinde Rühen. Im selben Jahr kam sie vom Landkreis Helmstedt zum Landkreis Gifhorn. Am 1. März 1974 wurde die Samtgemeinde Rühen aufgelöst. Am 15. März 1974 wurde die Gemeinde Parsau Teil der Samtgemeinde Brome. 1974 wurde auch ein 1655 erbautes Fachwerkhaus nach Braunschweig-Riddagshausen umgesetzt, wo es heute an der Straße Zwischen den Bächen steht.

Eingemeindungen

Am 1. Juli 1972 wurden die Gemeinden Ahnebeck, Croya und Kaiserwinkel eingegliedert.

Einwohnerentwicklung
Einwohnerzahl von Parsau ohne Ahnebeck und Croya:

1928 lebten im Ort Parsau 601 Menschen. Bis 1939 war die Zahl auf 566 gesunken. 1948 war sie infolge der Flüchtlingsströme auf 1010 gestiegen, um dann bis 1971 auf 844 zu sinken. 1985 lebten 1000 Menschen in Parsau. Seitdem ist die Zahl durch Ausweisung neuer Siedlungsgebiete weiter gestiegen.

Politik

Gemeinderat
Der Rat der Gemeinde Parsau setzt sich aus elf Ratsfrauen und Ratsherren zusammen.

Die letzten Kommunalwahlen ergaben die folgenden SItzverteilungen:

Als einzige Partei verfügt die CDU über einen Ortsverband in Parsau.

Bürgermeister
Der ehrenamtliche Bürgermeister Joachim Zeidler (CDU) wurde am 24. November 2011 gewählt. Zuvor war Helmut Werthmann (CDU) zehn Jahre lang Bürgermeister. Im September 2015 übernahm Kerstin Keil (CDU) nach Zeidlers Rücktritt das Amt.

Wappen
Das Wappen ist gespalten in Grün und Silber. Rechts ein silbernen Reiher links blickend. Links ein grünes Schwarzerlenreis mit aufrechtstehendem Blatt und drei hängenden Samenzapfen.

Gemeindepartnerschaften
Parsau ist seit 1978 mit Landesbergen, einer Gemeinde im Landkreis Nienburg/Weser, durch eine Gemeindepartnerschaft verbunden. Initiator dieser Partnerschaft war Willi Heineking, CDU-Politiker in Landesbergen. Eine zweite Partnerschaft besteht seit 1992 mit Nowa Karczma (deutsch Neukrug) in Polen, einem in der Nähe von Danzig gelegenen Dorf.

Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten

Theater und Musik
Der Männergesangverein Parsau-Ahnebeck geht auf das Jahr 1878 zurück, die heutige Theatergruppe Parsau entstand 1987.

Kirchen

In Parsau gibt es drei Kirchengemeinden mit den folgenden Kirchen:

Christuskirche

Die evangelisch-lutherische Christuskirche an der Hauptstraße wurde 1828/29 erbaut und 1910 um einen Turm erweitert. Ihre Kirchengemeinde umfasst neben Parsau auch Ahnebeck und Bergfeld, sie bildet seit dem 1. Juli 2012 mit den evangelisch-lutherischen Gemeinden Rühen und Brechtorf-Eischott einen Pfarrgemeindeverband. Die Christuskirche ist die nördlichste Kirche der Propstei Vorsfelde, und gehört damit zur Evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirche in Braunschweig. Ihr schlicht gehaltener Innenraum wird von einer Flachdecke abgeschlossen und bietet rund 180 Sitzplätze. 1561 wurde die erste Kirche in Parsau erbaut, um den Einwohnern von Parsau den weiten Weg in die St.-Petrus-Kirche in Vorsfelde zu ersparen. Die Gottesdienste in der Parsauer Kirche wurde jedoch zunächst von Vorsfelder Geistlichen gehalten. 1828 wurde die inzwischen baufällig gewordene Fachwerkkirche abgerissen und 1829 durch das heutige Kirchengebäude aus Velpker Sandstein ersetzt. 1896 folgte der Bau des Pfarrhauses, aber erst von 1907 an wohnt ein Pastor in Parsau. Der Turm, der auf der Ostseite steht und ebenfalls aus Velpker Sandstein erbaut ist, wurde der Kirche erst 1910 hinzugefügt. Nachdem im Ersten Weltkrieg 1917 eine der beiden Glocken abgegeben werden musste, wurden 1925 die zweite, verbliebene Glocke entfernt und zwei Stahlglocken angeschafft. 1977/78 erfolgte eine umfangreiche Renovierung und Umgestaltung der Kirche, unter anderem wurde der Eingang von der Westseite auf die Ostseite verlegt, eine Orgelempore eingebaut und neues Kirchengestühl angeschafft. Am 3. Dezember 1978 wurde die Kirche wieder eingeweiht, 1979 wurde noch eine neue Orgel aufgestellt. Zur Kirchengemeinde gehört auch der Parsauer Friedhof.

Kreuzkirche
Eine weitere Kirche ist die baptistische Kreuzkirche in der Hehlertstraße 1 aus dem Jahre 1900. 1889 wurde die Gemeinde gegründet und bereits ein Gemeindehaus erbaut. 1905 waren von 551 Einwohnern Parsaus 80 Baptisten. In jüngerer Zeit wurde die Kirche durch einen Anbau erweitert.

St.-Raphael-Kirche

Die katholische St.-Raphael-Kirche wurde 1962/63 als Filialkirche der Pfarrgemeinde St. Michael in Vorsfelde errichtet, zu der sie auch heute noch gehört. Ihre Kirchengemeinde bildete sich, als sich ab 1945/46 katholische Flüchtlinge und Heimatvertriebene aus den Ostgebieten des Deutschen Reiches im seit der Reformation evangelisch geprägten Parsau und den umliegenden Dörfern niederließen. Die nach dem Erzengel Raphael benannte Kirche befindet sich an der Bahnhofstraße und gehört zum Bistum Hildesheim.

Grünflächen und Naherholung

Ein etwas außerhalb des Dorfes gelegener Grillplatz, das große, südlich von Parsau befindliche Waldgebiet, die nahegelegenen Landschaftsschutzgebiete Drömling und Kaiserwinkel sowie die Naturschutzgebiete Kaiserwinkel und Giebelmoor bieten Naherholungsmöglichkeiten in der Natur.

Sport
Parsau verfügt über zwei Sportplätze, ein Fitnessstudio, eine Tennisanlage, ein 1970 erbautes Sportheim und eine Schließanlage. Der Sportverein SG Parsau/Ahnebeck von 1902 ist in Parsau aktiv. Fußball wird auch im 1910 gegründeten Verein FC Germania Parsau gespielt, Jugendfußball in der Jugendspielgemeinschaft Kleine Aller Drömling. Der Tennisverein Parsau e.V. wurde 1989 gegründet, sein westlich der Bahnstrecke gelegenes Vereinsgelände bietet zwei Tennisplätze und das 1991 erbaute Vereinsheim. Im 1986 entstandenen Skatclub Drömling Buben Parsau wird Skat gespielt.

Regelmäßige Veranstaltungen
Das jährliche Schützenfest findet am Pfingstwochenende statt, es wird von der 1892 gegründeten Schützengesellschaft Parsau-Ahnebeck e.V. veranstaltet. Das Osterfeuer wird am Karsamstag entzündet. Weitere Veranstaltungen organisiert die auf das Jahr 1951 zurückgehende Junge Gesellschaft Parsau/Ahnebeck.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur

Unternehmen
Ein Kiosk mit einem Hermes-Paketshop und eine Fleischerei sind heute die einzigen Einkaufsmöglichkeiten für Waren des täglichen Bedarfs in Parsau, nachdem die Lebensmittelgeschäfte und die Bäckereien geschlossen wurden. Auch ein Friseursalon, eine Tankstelle und eine Zimmervermietung sind in Parsau vorhanden. Geschlossen wurden die Gaststätten Zur Post, Dreyer und Zum Bahnhofs-Krug, nur im Bürgerzentrum ist heute mit der Gaststätte Unter den Eichen noch Gastronomie zu finden.

Die einzige Bankfiliale gehört zur Sparkasse Gifhorn-Wolfsburg, wird jedoch seit 2015 nur noch als SB-Filiale betrieben. Die Zweigstellen der Volksbank Tülau eG, die in der Volksbank Braunschweig Wolfsburg aufging, und der Norddeutschen Landesbank bestehen nicht mehr. 1907 war in Parsau bereits eine Spar- und Darlehnskasse gegründet worden. Auch die seit 1904 in Parsau vorhandene Dienststelle der Post wurde geschlossen. Sie war als Poststelle I dem Hauptpostamt Vorsfelde, später Wolfsburg, zugeordnet.

Die Molkerei bestand seit 1891, die genossenschaftlich geführte Einrichtung gehörte zur Molkerei-, Müller- u. Saatgutveredel.-G. Parsau u. Umg. eGmbH. Noch 1950 wurden täglich rund 7.000 kg Milch angeliefert, das Einzugsgebiet der Molkerei umfasste neben Parsau auch Ahnebeck, Bergfeld und Croya, und seit der Schließung der dortigen Molkerei im Jahre 1937 auch Tiddische. Da die Lage der Molkerei nicht zu weit vom Grenzübergang Helmstedt/Marienborn entfernt war lieferte sie ihre Produkte auch nach West-Berlin, so 1954 über eine Million Kilogramm Trinkvollmilch.

In Parsau sind mehrere Handwerksbetriebe ansässig. Das Unternehmen Rauschenbach Metallbau ging aus einer Schmiede hervor, die der aus Croya zugezogene Schmied August Rauschenbach 1885 gegründet hatte. Aus einer weiteren Schmiede ging der Autoservice Mattke hervor. Das Granitwerk Lichtnack Naturstein GmbH ging auf das Jahr 1928 zurück, es wurde in den 2010er Jahren wegen Insolvenz geschlossen.

Öffentliche Einrichtungen

Die Freiwillige Feuerwehr in Parsau wurde 1909 gegründet, ihr heutiges Feuerwehrhaus 2018 erbaut und am 6. April 2019 eröffnet. Das Vorgängergebäude wurde 1967 erbaut und 1979 und 1995 erweitert. Zeitweise bestand in Parsau auch eine Pflichtfeuerwehr. 1937 wurde die erste Motorspritze beschafft; 1964 das erste Feuerwehrfahrzeug, ein Ford Taunus Transit. 1970 erfolgte die Gründung einer Jugendfeuerwehr, die sich 1991 mit der Jugendfeuerwehr Kaiserwinkel zusammenschloss, sowie einer Feuerwehrkapelle. In Folge der Waldbrandkatastrophe 1975, der bis dahin größten Brandkatastrophe in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, erhält die Feuerwehr Parsau 1979 erstmals einen Unimog. 1992 schloss sich die Freiwillige Feuerwehr Parsau mit der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr in Ahnebeck zusammen und heißt seit dem Freiwillige Feuerwehr Parsau / Ahnebeck, 1999 hat die Wehr erstmals Feuerwehr-Frauen bekommen.

Für Veranstaltungen bietet das Bürgerzentrum Räume und mit der Gaststätte Unter den Eichen Gastronomie. Der Friedhof mit der Kapelle ging um 2009 von der Gemeinde Parsau in den Besitz der Samtgemeinde Brome über, er wird jedoch von der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirchengemeinde Parsau betrieben. Eine Büchertauschbörse in einer ehemaligen Telefonzelle wurde 2012 eingerichtet.

Bildung

Die Kindertagesstätte Fliegenpilz befindet sich neben dem Bürgerzentrum in Parsau. Träger ist der Förderverein Kindertagesstätte Parsau e.V., dem mindestens ein Familienmitglied der Kinder angehören muss, um die Kindertagesstätte nutzen zu können. Die Einrichtung bietet 50 Plätze in 4 Gruppen für Kindern im Alter von zwei bis sechs Jahren. Sie geht auf einen 1984 gegründeten Spielkreis zurück, der auf Elterninitiative entstand und zunächst in einem ehemaligen Ladenlokal untergebracht war. 1987 erfolgte die Grundsteinlegung für die heutige Kindertagesstätte, und noch im gleichen Jahr wurde sie fertiggestellt. Bereits 1993/94 wurde ein Erweiterungsbau für eine zweite Kindergartengruppe errichtet.

In Parsau besteht eine Grundschule, die 1995 durch Teilung der Dörfergemeinschaftsschule Rühen entstanden ist und von der Samtgemeinde Brome getragen wird. Sie umfasst das neu entstandene Hauptgebäude mit vier Klassenräumen, Pausenhalle, Betreuungsraum und drei Gruppenräumen, von denen einer als Bücherei genutzt wird. Außerdem steht für den Musik- und Werkunterricht ein Raum zur Verfügung. Durch die erfolgreiche Teilnahme am "Projekt n-21: Schulen in Niedersachsen online" (niedersächsische Variante von Schulen ans Netz) konnte ein Computerraum eingerichtet werden. Im Jahre 1567 wurde in Parsau erstmals eine Schule errichtet, sie wurde bereits 1757 als baufällig bezeichnet und 1825 durch einen Neubau ersetzt. Aufgrund des Bevölkerungswachstums in Parsau in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde dieses Schulgebäude bald zu klein und wieder abgetragen, und 1894 durch einen größeren Neubau ersetzt. Dieser dient heute als Gemeindeverwaltung und ist Dienstsitz der Bürgermeisterin.

Verkehr

Straßenverkehr

Die B 244 zweigt westlich von Dedelstorf von der B 4 ab und führt über Wittingen durch die Gemeinde Parsau, und weiter über Helmstedt bis nach Elbingerode (Harz). Die nächstliegenden Ortschaften an der B 244 sind von Parsau aus im Norden Ahnebeck und im Süden Rühen. Bei Parsau war die B 244 einst Teil des alten Heer- und Handelsweges von Halberstadt über Braunschweig und Vorsfelde in die Altmark nach Salzwedel. Von 1857 bis 1866 wurde die Straße zwischen Vorsfelde und Ahnebeck mit einem Sandunterbau und einer festen Kiesel-Lehm-Oberdecke ausgebaut. In den Ortslagen hatte die Straße Kopfsteinpflaster. Kreisstraßen führen von Parsau aus im Osten nach Giebel und im Westen nach Bergfeld. Die nächstliegende Autobahnanschlussstelle ist Weyhausen in rund 18 Kilometer Entfernung (A 39).

Parsau ist an die überwiegend im Stundentakt verkehrende Buslinie Wolfsburg–Brome angeschlossen. An Sonn- und Feiertagen verkehren die Busse überwiegend im Zwei-Stunden-Takt. Mit weiteren Buslinien fahren die Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein (Wolfsburg) im Schulverkehr darüber hinaus bis nach Ehra-Lessien und Wolfsburg sowie im Berufsverkehr bis in das Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg. In einem Verein treffen sich die Motorradfreunde Parsau.

Eisenbahn

Parsau und Croya besitzen jeweils am westlichen Ortsrand einen geschlossenen Bahnhof sowie stillgelegte Gleisanlagen, die zur 1909 eingeweihten Kleinbahnstrecke Wittingen–Oebisfelde gehörten. Die ab 1944 von den OHE (Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen) genutzte Strecke kam durch die deutsch-deutsche Grenzziehung auf dem Abschnitt Rühen–Oebisfelde Ende Juni 1945 zum Erliegen. Sie wurde zunächst noch in nördliche Richtung (Wittingen) genutzt. In südlicher Richtung blieb die Strecke noch bis zum Bahnhof Rühen in Betrieb, wo Fahrgäste mit dem Ziel Wolfsburg in Busse umsteigen konnten. Der nächste Bahnhof, Grafhorst, lag bereits in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone. Ende Mai 1974 wurde der Personenverkehr eingestellt. Bis 2003 fand auf der Strecke Richtung Norden noch Güterverkehr statt: Die Parsauer Firma Lichtnack wurde mit Steinen beliefert. Das Unternehmen verfügte von 1979 an über einen eigenen, aus Richtung Rühen abzweigenden Gleisanschluss. Das Gleisstück Richtung Rühen wurde noch bis 2004 zum Abstellen von Güterwagen genutzt. Heute sind die nächstliegenden, in Betrieb befindlichen Bahnhöfe Wolfsburg in rund 16 und Oebisfelde in rund 17 Kilometer Entfernung.

Persönlichkeiten

Persönlichkeiten, die in Parsau gewirkt haben
 Mateo Klimowicz, Fußballspieler, lebte in seiner Kindheit in Parsau und spiele für die JSG Bergfeld/Parsau/Tülau
 Kevin Schulze, Fußballspieler, war Mitglied im Fußballverein FC Germania Parsau

Literatur
 Johann Dietrich Bödeker: Das Land Brome und der obere Vorsfelder Werder, Geschichte des Raumes an Ohre, Drömling und Kleiner Aller. Braunschweig 1985, ISBN 3-87884-028-4, S. 492–521.
 Heinz Pohlendt: Der Landkreis Helmstedt. Walter Dorn Verlag, Bremen-Horn 1957.

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When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other
12 Variations on Samuel Richardson's Pamela
a new play by Martin Crimp
16 January - 2 March 2019
Running Time: Approx. 2hr without an interval
Dorfman Theatre
'Go on then: lock the doors and see what happens. Show me how much power you really have.'
This new play breaks through the surface of contemporary debate to explore the messy, often violent nature of desire and the fluid, complicated roles that men and women play.
Using Samuel Richardson's novel, Pamela, as a provocation, six characters act out a dangerous game of sexual domination and resistance.
The production reunites Martin Crimp (Attempts on her Life, In the Republic of Happiness) and director Katie Mitchell (Waves, Cleansed). Cate Blanchett makes her National Theatre debut alongside Stephen Dillane, who returns to the National Theatre for the first time since The Coast of Utopia in 2002.
Please note: This production contains adult themes, violence and scenes of a sexual nature that some people may find distressing. If you require further information, contact details are provided in our Help centre.
Radical. Refreshing. Brilliant.
A brave, unflinching production.
There is so much to explore in this complex, complicated, atypical work.
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other | Production gallery
Photo by Stephen Cummiskey
What is Samuel Richardson's Pamela?
Martin Crimp on reading Richardson's Pamela
A 15-year-old servant (Pamela) is approached by the master of the house (Mr B), who solicits her for sex. She resists and he abducts her. Encouraged by his housekeeper (Mrs Jewkes), he tries and fails to rape her. More twists and turns ensue, they realise they're in love, they marry.
This is the plot of Samuel Richardson's Pamela, whose anonymous publication in London on 6 November 1740 was an immediate and scandalous success. By 1742 it had already gone through six editions, and a 15th edition appeared in 1810. Widely translated, it also formed the basis of plays by Voltaire – Nanine, ou le préjugé vaincu (1749) – and Goldoni – Pamela nubile (1750) and Pamela maritata (1760).
(Find the full article by playwright Martin Crimp, as well as further writing by Amia Srinivasan on the politics of desire, in the play programme for When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other available at the NT Bookstore)
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other Access performances
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Fri 22 February, 7.30pm
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Sat 2 March, 2.30pm
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Babirye Bukilwa
Stephen Dillane
Jessica Gunning
Emma Hindle
Vicki Mortimer
Sussie Juhlin-Wallén
James Farncombe
Melanie Wilson
Roald van Oosten
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Lily McLeish
Photography (Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane) by Gillian Hyland.


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Hon. Anne Frederica Holroyd1
F, #29361, d. 31 August 1829
Hon. Anne Frederica Holroyd was the daughter of John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield and Lady Anne North.1 She married General Hon. Arthur Charles Legge, son of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth and Lady Frances Finch, on 14 June 1827.1 She died on 31 August 1829.1
Her married name became Legge.
[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 249. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley1
M, #29362, b. 26 November 1766, d. 2 October 1850
John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley was born on 26 November 1766.2 He was the son of Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Bt. and Margaret Owen.3 He married Hon. Maria Josepha Holroyd, daughter of John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield and Abigail Way, on 11 October 1796.2 He died on 2 October 1850 at age 83.2
He gained the rank of Major between 1767 and 1798 in the Royal Cheshire Militia.2 He was educated at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.2 He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.) in 1788.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Wootton Basset between 1790 and 1796.2 He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.)2 He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Stanley, of Alderley [E., 1660] on 29 November 1807.2 He held the office of Sheriff of Anglesey in 1809.2 He was created 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, co. Chester [U.K.] on 9 May 1839.2
Children of John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley and Hon. Maria Josepha Holroyd
Hon. Matilda Abigail Stanley+1 d. 28 Jul 1850
Hon. Lucy Anne Stanley+2 d. 15 Mar 1869
Hon. Harriet Alethea Stanley4 d. 24 Apr 1888
Hon. Isabella Louisa Stanley+4 b. 27 May 1801, d. 13 May 1839
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley+2 b. 13 Nov 1802, d. 16 Jun 1869
Hon. William Owen Stanley4 b. 13 Nov 1802, d. 24 Feb 1884
Hon. Harriett Alethea Stanley+5 b. 1808, d. 24 Apr 1888
[S35] BLG1965 page 4. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S35]
[S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 60. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
Hon. Maria Josepha Holroyd1
F, #29363, b. circa 1771, d. 1 November 1863
Hon. Maria Josepha Holroyd was born circa 1771.2 She was the daughter of John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield and Abigail Way.1 She married John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, son of Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Bt. and Margaret Owen, on 11 October 1796.2 She died on 1 November 1863.1
From 11 October 1796, her married name became Stanley.2 After her marriage, Hon. Maria Josepha Holroyd was styled as Baroness Stanley of Alderley on 9 May 1839.
Children of Hon. Maria Josepha Holroyd and John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley
Caroline Bouwens1
F, #29364, d. 7 March 1882
Caroline Bouwens was the daughter of James Charles P. Bouwens.1 She married General Hon. Arthur Charles Legge, son of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth and Lady Frances Finch, on 29 August 1837.1 She died on 7 March 1882.1
Children of Caroline Bouwens and General Hon. Arthur Charles Legge
Alice Mary Legge1 d. 31 Jan 1914
Reverend Alfred Arthur Kaye Legge1 b. 31 Jul 1839, d. 22 Jan 1906
James Charles P. Bouwens1
Child of James Charles P. Bouwens
Caroline Bouwens+1 d. 7 Mar 1882
Hon. Heneage Legge1
M, #29366, b. 29 February 1788, d. 12 December 1844
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Hon. Heneage Legge was born on 29 February 1788.1 He was the son of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth and Lady Frances Finch.1 He married Mary Johnstone, daughter of Major unknown Johnstone, on 19 July 1821.1 He died on 12 December 1844 at age 56.1
He was Commissioner of Customs.1
Child of Hon. Heneage Legge and Mary Johnstone
Mary Legge1
Mary Johnstone1
F, #29367, d. 4 June 1848
Mary Johnstone was the daughter of Major unknown Johnstone.1 She married Hon. Heneage Legge, son of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth and Lady Frances Finch, on 19 July 1821.1 She died on 4 June 1848.1
Child of Mary Johnstone and Hon. Heneage Legge
Captain Hon. Gerald Legge1
M, #29368, b. 30 April 1882, d. 9 August 1915
Captain Hon. Gerald Legge was born on 30 April 1882.1 He was the son of William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth and Lady Mary Coke.1 He died on 9 August 1915 at age 33, killed in action.1
He fought in the First World War.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.1 He gained the rank of Captain in the 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment.1
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire1
M, #29369, b. 16 May 1843, d. 13 June 1928
Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire 2
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire was born on 16 May 1843 at Whitehall, London, EnglandG.3,4 He was the son of Robert John Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington of Upton and Hon. Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby.3,5 He married Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord, daughter of Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield and Cecilia Annetta Baring, on 15 July 1878 at Royal Chapel, Whitehall, London, EnglandG.3,4 He died on 13 June 1928 at age 85 at Daws Hill House, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, EnglandG, without surviving male issue.3,6 He was buried on 16 June 1928 at Mulsoe, Buckinghamshire, EnglandG.6
He was given the name of Charles Robert Carrington at birth.3 He was educated between 1856 and 1861 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, EnglandG.4,6 He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandG, in 1863 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)4 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for High Wycombe between 1865 and 1868.3 He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Carrington of Upton, co. Notts [G.B., 1797] on 1 March 1868.3 He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Carrington of Bulcot Lodge [I., 1796] on 1 March 1868.3 He gained the rank of Captain in 1869 in the Royal Horse Guards.3,4 He held the office of Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain on 26 July 1879.3 On 21 August 1880 his name was legally changed to Charles Robert Carington by Royal Licence.3 He held the office of Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms between 1881 and 1885.3 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 15 July 1881.3,4 He held the office of Governor of New South Wales between 1885 and 1890.3 He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) on 6 June 1885.3,4 He held the office of Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1892 and 1895.3,4 He was created 1st Earl Carrington [U.K.] on 16 July 1895.3 He was created 1st Viscount Wendover, of Cheping Wycombe, co. Bucks [U.K.] on 16 July 1895.3 On 24 April 1896 his name was legally changed to Charles Robert Wynn-Carington by Royal Licence.3 He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry.3 He held the office of President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries between 1905 and 1911.3 He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 15 October 1906.3,4 He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry.3 He held the office of Lord Privy Seal between 1911 and 1912.3 He was created 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire [U.K.] on 26 February 1912.3 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Buckinghamshire.3 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Buckinghamshire.3
On his death, his titles apart from the two baronies became extinct.3
Children of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire and Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord
Lady Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington+5 b. 4 Apr 1880, d. 17 Jun 1968
Lady Alexandra Augusta Wynn-Carington+5 b. 6 Mar 1881, d. 12 Jan 1955
Lady Ruperta Wynn-Carington+5 b. 19 Jul 1883, d. 26 Jun 1963
Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington+1 b. 27 Sep 1889, d. 14 Mar 1928
Lady Victoria Alexandrina Wynn-Carington+5 b. 7 Dec 1892, d. 28 Mar 1966
Albert Edward Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, Viscount Wendover5 b. 24 Apr 1895, d. 19 May 1915
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 96. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 64.
[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 153. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord1
F, #29370, b. 15 June 1856, d. 6 October 1934
Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord was born on 15 June 1856 at 11 Berkeley Square, London, EnglandG.2 She was the daughter of Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield and Cecilia Annetta Baring.1,2 She married Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire, son of Robert John Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington of Upton and Hon. Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby, on 15 July 1878 at Royal Chapel, Whitehall, London, EnglandG.3,4 She died on 6 October 1934 at age 78 at Burnt Norton, Campden, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.3,5 She was buried on 10 October 1934 at Mulsoe, Buckinghamshire, EnglandG.5
After her marriage, Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord was styled as Baroness Carrington of Upton on 15 July 1878. From 15 July 1878, her married name became Carrington. From 21 August 1880, her married name became Carington.3 After her marriage, Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord was styled as Countess Carrington on 18 July 1895. From 24 April 1896, her married name became Wynn-Carington.3 She held the office of Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Alexandra between 1911 and 1925.3 After her marriage, Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord was styled as Marchioness of Lincolnshire on 26 February 1912.
Children of Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord and Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire
Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington+ b. 27 Sep 1889, d. 14 Mar 1928


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Django/Zorro
Featuring a story by Oscar Award-Winning Writer/Director, and Django creator Quentin Tarantino, and award-winning writer/artist/creator Matt Wagner! The official sequel to Django Unchained in the first-ever comic book sequel ever done of a Tarantino film!
Set several years after the events of Django Unchained, Django/Zorro #1 finds Django again pursuing the evil that men do in his role as a bounty hunter. Since there's a warrant on his head back east, he's mainly been plying his trade in the western states. After safely settling his wife, Broomhilda, near Chicago, he's again taken to the road, sending her funds whenever he completes a job. it's by sheer chance that he encounters the aged and sophisticated Diego de la Vega – the famed Zorro – and soon finds himself fascinated by this unusual character, the first wealthy white man he's ever met who seems totally unconcerned with the color of Django's skin… and who can hold his own in a fight. He hires on as Diego's "bodyguard" for one adventure and is soon drawn into a fight to free the local indigenous people from a brutal servitude, discovering that slavery isn't exclusive to black folks. In the course of this adventure, he learns much from the older man (much like King Schultz) and, on several occasions, even dons the mask and the whip… of The Fox!


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He risked his life as an interpreter for the US. Now Sam Al Helli is in the Navy Reserve
By Adam Morey
This ceremony took place in Tampa July 16, 2021. Lieutenant Al Helli started his journey in Baghdad, Iraq and commissioned into the Navy Reserve.
Sam Al Helli's long journey to wear an American military uniform culminated July 16 when he was commissioned into the Navy Reserve as a lieutenant during a ceremony at Special Operations Forces Memorial Park on MacDill Air Force base in Tampa, Florida. He was pinned by his wife Kayla as his daughter Serein looked on.
For Al Helli, who previously served as an interpreter for U.S. forces in Iraq, the ceremony was both a proud moment and a reminder of how fortunate he was to come to America in the first place. As he was being commissioned surrounded by family and friends, tens of thousands of interpreters and others who helped the U.S. in Afghanistan await an uncertain fate, fearful of the Taliban's revenge.
"I'm sure all of them have been through as much as I did if not more and helped in saving the lives of our troops and the locals," Al Helli said.
Born into a relatively wealthy family in Baghdad, Al Helli , now 33, was living a comfortable life. That changed in 2006. A Sunni-Shia civil war broke out in his home country in the years after the 2003 invasion that brought down Sadam Hussein.
His family received a note one day that they needed to leave within 24 hours or face beheading. His father thought it was a joke, until word reached them that other Shiites in the neighborhood had received similar threats. The family left their home, believing they would be gone for a few weeks, maybe a month at the most.
They never went back.
"I wanted revenge on the people that took my home away from me," Al Helli said in a phone call with Military Times.
He had few options. He could be passively indignant, sitting in his new home — which Al Helli kept private out of concern for his family's safety — stewing about the wrongs that befell him, or he could pick up his father's gun and hunt down as many al-Qaida members as possible before U.S. military forces believed him to be a threat. Instead, he took a different route. He joined those military forces as an interpreter.
He worked with the U.S. Army and Marines in Al Anbar province facing sniper fire, improvised explosive devices and firefights. He said that even though it was scary being in the field participating in raids, detainee interogations and patrols, he believed it when the officers told him they had his back.
"They told me 'Big Sam, we will always keep you safe," Al Helli said.
Even though he faced combat nearly every day, Al Helli said his biggest worry was that his family wouldn't be able to recover his body if something happened to him, and that they wouldn't be able to have a funeral.
Al Helli said he learned English through listening to American rock and heavy metal, including Metallica, Guns & Roses and Megadeth among others.
After being vetted, Al Helli was asked if there was a specific region of Iraq he wanted to be attached to a military unit in.
"I said I wanted to go where I could do the most damage," he said.
Being an officer in the military was always a goal for Al Helli, but serving in the Iraqi armed forces wasn't an option. He said the corruption there would have canceled out any good he could have done. So when the opportunity came up to move to Chicago came up in 2012, he jumped at it.
During his time in Chicago, and later Tampa, Al Helli worked different jobs including as a cashier and janitor. He says he saw this as an opportunity to pay it forward to the country that had offered him so much already. It still wasn't enough to calm the call to serve, however, and on the day he became a citizen he headed to the nearest recruiters office and started thinking about which branch he wanted to join.
He settled on the Navy because the sea service would give him a billet in his preferred field. He was worried that the other branches would just put him where they needed him instead of allowing him to work as an Information Professional, his current job title as a reservist.
Al Helli said the thing he is most excited about looking forward to his service is wearing the uniform and serving his new home country. He said he is thankful to his recruiter, Chief Petty Officer Josh Fletcher, and two former officers for encouraging him on his journey to become an officer in the military.
Scott A. Huesing, a retired Marine major, told Military Times in a phone interview that Al Helli's service as an interpreter was similar to the early American patriots in the Revolutionary War. He said the love Al Helli had for Iraq was evident, and it was clear that he didn't want to see it torn apart by terrorists. Huesing also wrote a book "Echo in Ramadi" which discusses his and Al Helli's work together in more detail. He flew to Tampa for the sole reason of attending Al Helli's ceremony.
"He could have sat there and been terrorized day in and day out," Huesing said. "But he wanted to stand up and fight." Huesing said Al Helli's service was even more impressive because although he was the same age as many of the Marine's that he was interpreting for, he didn't have the same training. He fought by their side anyway, sometimes more than five times in a single day.
"There is nothing more emblematic of the American story than Sam," Huesing said.
About 750 of Al Helli's Afghan counterparts will be arriving at Fort Lee in Virginia soon. The State Department is advising interpreters not in the first wave to get to Kabul, or a third undisclosed country while they wait for their visa applications to be processed.
Al Helli encourages those that have moved to the U.S. to pay it forward, and stick to the tough jobs, even if it's not the place you want to be right now. He said to join a community, whether a religious institution or a community program because that's what makes America strong.
"If you pay it forward, this country will make your dreams come true," Al Helli said.
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Egyptians gather for mass protest to oust Mubarak
Already political analysts were talking not about whether Mubarak would step down, but when and how.
01 Şubat 2011 Salı 11:42
Crowds gathered in central Cairo on Tuesday for a protest they hoped would swell to a million people demanding an end to the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak.
Mubarak's newly appointed vice-president, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, began talks with opposition figures on Monday and promised reforms. The army also promised to hold its fire and declared the protesters demands legitimate.
Protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, who kept vigil through the night in defiance of a curfew, vowed to continue their campaign until the 82-year-old Mubarak quit.
"The only thing we will accept from him is that he gets on a plane and leaves," said 45-year-old lawyer Ahmed Helmi.
By about 0600 GMT, three hours before the lifting of the curfew, their numbers had swelled to about 3,000 and more people were converging on the square, witnesses said.
"The succession is already underway," said Steven Cook at the Council on Foreign Relations on the CFR website.
"The important thing now is to manage Mubarak's exit, which must be as graceful as possible at this point. For honour's sake, the brass won't have it any other way."
The military, which has run Egypt since it toppled the monarchy in 1952, will be the key player in deciding who replaces him and some expect it to retain significant power while introducing enough reforms to defuse the protests.
"At this point Suleiman represents the army, not Mubarak," said Fawaz Gerges at the London School of Economics.
"Mubarak has become a liability for the institution of the army," said. "And so it is becoming more difficult by the day for Mubarak to remain in office."
Protesters, inspired in part by a revolt in Tunisia which toppled its president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on Jan. 14, have demanded an end to political oppression.
But years of repression have left few obvious civilian leaders able to fill any gap left by Mubarak.
Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has offered to act as a transitional leader to prepare Egypt for democratic elections.
"Talks with opposition"
Among the more organised in the opposition is the hitherto Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood, banned by Mubarak.
The Brotherhood, which says it supports a pluralist democracy, began with a cautious approach to joining the protests led by the young and urban professional classes. The group has borne the brunt of Mubarak's repressive rule.
But it is now raising its profile, seeking to tie up with ElBaradei. It said on Monday it was calling for protests until the whole establishment departed -- "including the president, his party, his ministers and his parliament".
Suleiman appeared on state television on Monday to say Mubarak had asked him to begin talks with all political forces on reforms. Some saw his appearance -- rather than that of the president -- as a sign Mubarak was already on his way out.
A presidential election due in September might give Mubarak the opportunity simply to say he will not run again. But such a tactic may underestimate the desire on the street to see him go.
"This all aims to gain time, calm the mood on the street, drive the protesters away and diminish the revolution ... The president must end his rule and leave, there is no alternative," Cairo University politics professor Hassan Nafaa said.
At least 140 people have died since demonstrations began last Tuesday.
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In Egypt's second city, Alexandria, thousands of people gathered near the main railway station, many with food and blankets, saying they would join Tuesday's "march of a million".
Officials said rail services would be disrupted on Tuesday by curfew orders, which may keep some people away from protests.
With internet access cut off, Google Inc said it was launching a special service to allow people to send Twitter messages by dialing a phone number and leaving a voicemail.
Foreign governments, meanwhile, scrambled to ensure the safety of their nationals trapped by the unrest in Egypt. Companies also pulled out staff as confrontation brought economic life to a halt.
The United States and other Western powers have demanded Mubarak hold free elections. Even if he holds out against calls for his resignation, it seems unlikely he could win a vote.
Washington also said Mubarak must revoke the emergency law under which he has ruled since 1981. It has sent a special envoy, former ambassador to Cairo Frank Wisner, to meet Egyptian leaders. "The way Egypt looks and operates must change," said Robert Gibbs, spokesman for President Barack Obama.
The unrest has spooked markets on fears it could spread across the Middle East, including to oil producing states like Saudi Arabia. Europe's benchmark Brent crude oil rose above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008 on Monday.
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Inspired BlogThe People Behind Our Brands: Adriana Ocañas
By Ruth Russell
Deep DivesWe Are RV
Over the years, we've added dozens of influential brands to the Red Ventures portfolio, including Healthline, The Points Guy, Bankrate, CNET, and more. Together, our brands help people make some of life's most important decisions — and behind the scenes, our team of creatives, analysts, business leaders and technologists bring those brands to life.
One of those behind-the-scenes RVers is Adriana. She's an editor on our CreditCards.com team and the social media lead for CreditCards.com, Bankrate Credit Cards, and To Her Credit — a blog she started to help women navigate their financial journeys. Writing has been a key part of her life since she was young, and she one day hopes to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a best-selling author.
Young Adriana, thinking about all the books she wants to write.
Q: Hey Adriana! You said you wanted to be a best-selling author as a child. Who was your inspiration?
A: Hello! I've always loved writing. While other kids in my class wanted to be ballerinas or astronauts, I wanted to be a writer. I won awards for my writing in elementary school, I joined spelling bees, and I even took ninth-grade English in middle school. I don't ever remember not loving the written word. So, my teachers were a big influence. They nurtured my love of writing and made sure I had every opportunity to read. I participated in the Accelerated Reader (AR) points program all throughout elementary school. Essentially, the more you read (and proved via tests that you'd actually soaked up the material), the more points you would receive. I got trophies every year for the number of points I accumulated. Having that love for reading only fueled my desire to write. Both have been such a part of me for so long, it's hard to imagine my life without them.
Ariana with her family.
Q: Writing was a big part of your education in high school and even college. Tell us about your career leading up to RV.
A: Before coming to RV, I was an English teacher for three years. I taught eighth through twelfth grade during those three years. It was more of a way to help my family financially than something I saw myself doing for the rest of my life. I used teaching as a safety net to move to Austin from my hometown. I looked for other work while teaching but only haphazardly. When it came time to renew my contract, I decided not to continue teaching. I had the summer to find a job or I'd have to move back home – it was the fire I needed. Otherwise, I was afraid I'd find myself in a teaching job 15 years later. Two weeks before my rent was due, with nothing in my bank account, an RV recruiter told me I'd gotten a job offer. I will forever be grateful to the people who took a chance on me. And now it's all I can do to show them they made the right choice.
Adriana and Poe (and a one way sign).
Q: You've been at RV just over two years — how did you get to where you are now?
A: A lot of it had to do with refusing to self-reject. I applied to join the CreditCards.com team on a whim – I didn't think I was qualified to work at a website whose focus was financial services. But I was in-between jobs and quickly running out of savings. I had applied to over 200 jobs when I got the call from the RV recruiter. If I had rejected my own worth and chose not to apply, I wouldn't be here – encouraging other women to embrace their worth.
Q: To Her Credit was born because you saw an opportunity area and chose to find a solution. What was the biggest motivator for you, and what compelled you to start the project?
A: When I first started, I just devoured information on our website. I wanted to know everything I could so I could feel comfortable in my role (Imposter Syndrome, am I right?). In doing so, I noticed a content gap – a lot of our content read a certain way and was directed to a specific type of consumer. I then dug around and looked into our site analytics so I could get an idea of who was actually coming to our site. When I saw that 50% of our visitors were women – but none of our content addressed financial hurdles specifically faced by that demographic – I knew we could do something about it.
I brought up my findings to Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, my manager at the time, and he was 100% supportive. He encouraged me to write an article (or series of articles) addressing the issues I had in mind. But the more I researched, the more I realized this wasn't something we could fix with just a handful of articles. We needed to take multiple experiences into account and ensure women felt comfortable and validated when reading our content. I teamed up with two other coworkers (because the project was just too big for one person at that point) and we came up with the idea of a biweekly column addressing women's issues in finance. That column soon became what we know today as To Her Credit.
What truly compelled me to do this were my own experiences. I wasn't taught about finances growing up, my mother wasn't taught, and my grandmother wasn't taught. I existed in a generational knowledge gap, and I knew there were others like me. But our content at the time didn't acknowledge women like me. And if we hoped to truly help consumers, then we needed to take everyone into account – not just those with privilege. In discussing my financial upbringing with my coworkers, we soon learned all our experiences differed. While each of us had a different level of privilege, we each still had something we wanted to learn. We took that to mean that we couldn't be the only ones and began discussing how we could highlight the experiences of all women. Every woman's experience with finances is valid – no matter the level of privilege – and we wanted to ensure every woman was seen and supported on every step of her personal finance journey.
To learn more about how To Her Credit is helping millions of women reach their financial goals, check out this video:
Fun fact: Adriana did the voice over for this video!
Discover all of the awesome financial content from To Her Credit by visiting the site here!
Ruth Russell | Associate Creative Producer
Ruth joined Red Ventures in 2016 as a Sales Professional and quickly transitioned to our nonprofit team, Road to Hire. She spent three years developing her social media and design skills and now works on the Corp Comm team running all of RV's social media platforms. She also has two cats.
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Watch Replay: First Lady Michelle Obama Targets Donald Trump In Commencement Speech at City College of New York
by: Alan Duke
First Lady Michelle Obama targeted GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump in her commencement address at City College in New York City on Friday.
"We don't give into our fears," she told the 2016 graduates. "We don't build up walls to keep people out because we know that our greatness has always depended on contributions from people who were born elsewhere."
Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.
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