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SFC Energy AG Achieves Best Starting Quarter In The Company's History
By FuelCellsWorksMay 18, 2021 12 min read (1407 words)
May 18, 2021 | 12 min read
Adjusted EBITDA nearly triples to EUR 2,346 thousand (Q1/2020: EUR 820 thousand)
Group sales increase by 5.4% to EUR 16,984 thousand (Q1/2020: EUR 16,119 thousand)
Both Clean Energy and Clean Power Management segments above first quarter of 2020 and pre-coronavirus levels
Significantly positive operating cash flow at EUR 2,151 thousand (Q1/2020: EUR -1,311 thousand)
Forecast for 2021: sales forecast confirmed (EUR 61 million to EUR 70 million), earnings forecast substantiated in the upper half of the range (adjusted EBITDA: EUR 4.75 million to EUR 6.0 million, adjusted EBIT: EUR 0.35 million to EUR 1.6 million).
Brunnthal/Munich, Germany–SFC Energy AG ("SFC," F3C:DE, ISIN: DE0007568578), a leading provider of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells for stationary and mobile hybrid power solutions, announced its figures for the first quarter of 2021 today.
Report by the Management Board
Dr. Peter Podesser, CEO of SFC Energy AG: "We currently have strong momentum, which has now resulted in the best starting quarter in the company's history. The ongoing momentum is being fueled by both segments: Clean Energy and Clean Power Management. We are seeing high demand across all customer markets. Fuel cells are a key technology for successfully finalizing the energy transition and thereby achieving the climate targets. Our success is based on our rapid adaptation to the new environment. With our efficiency program, we have set the right strategic course and successfully mastered the endurance test of the corona pandemic. An intensification of our R&D activities, the acceleration of the digital transformation and the expansion of our partner network have noticeably dynamized our growth process. Now it is our job to build on this positive development, which will enable us to stand out from the industry as strongly growing and operationally profitable company. Regional expansion is one cornerstone of our dedicated strategy. In Asia, we are starting to leverage the enormous local potential together with our partner Toyota Tsusho. In the civil and industrial sectors, we are at the same time continuing to focus on our OEM strategy, which has already been launched. Together with partners like AdKor, Jenoptik, ePropulsion and Leosphere, we are developing high-performance and, in particular, environmentally friendly solutions based on our fuel cell technology across industry boundaries: whether for cell phone towers, smart traffic systems, the wind industry or caravanning and green boating. We are seeing each and every day that the fuel cell is the key technology for a sustainable and decentralized energy supply. Our results encourage us and we are well on track to achieve our annual and medium-term goals resolutely," said Dr. Peter Podesser, CEO of SFC Energy AG.
Development of sales
The Group achieved a 5.4% increase in sales to EUR 16,984 thousand (Q1/2021: EUR 16,119 thousand) in the first quarter of 2021 (January 1 to March 31, 2021). This positive development resulted from high demand in both business segments, Clean Energy and Clean Power Management. Overall, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the first quarter was above the same quarter of the previous year, which was not yet significantly affected by the coronavirus.
Sales by segment in EUR thousands
Q1/2021 Q1/2020
Clean Energy 10,071 9,675
Clean Power Management 6,913 6,444
Total 16,984 16,119
Development of the segments
As the company had already announced when it published its 2020 Annual Report, as of the first quarter of 2021, SFC will no longer report by end-customer markets, but rather by technology platforms or the Group's portfolio of products and services offered in the "Clean Energy" and "Clean Power Management" business segments.
Clean Energy achieved a 4.1% increase in sales to EUR 10,071 thousand in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1/2020: EUR 9,675 thousand) and thus remained the segment with the highest sales, accounting for 59.3% (Q1/2020: 60.0%) of total Group sales. The segment's sales performance benefited in particular from strong demand from private customers, but also from the unchanged dynamic demand from professional / industrial customers compared to the same period of the previous year as well as to the fourth quarter of 2020.
Clean Power Management
Clean Power Management achieved sales growth of 7.3% to EUR 6,913 thousand in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1/2020: EUR 6,444 thousand). This growth mainly resulted from the ongoing recovery in demand, especially in the electronics sector. The Clean Power Management segment contributed 40.7% (previous year: 40.0%) to Group sales in the reporting period.
Development of earnings
Gross profit increased significantly in the first quarter to EUR 6,203 thousand (Q1/2020: EUR 5,245 thousand). This positive development is the result of the increase in sales revenues and the increase in the gross profit margin. The Group's gross profit margin (gross profit as a percentage of sales) improved to 36.5% in the reporting quarter (Q1/2020: 32.5%). The gross profit margin in both the Clean Energy and the Clean Power Management segments was above last year's level.
The gross profit for the individual segments compared to the previous year was as follows:
Gross profit by segment
in EUR thousands Q1/2021 Q1/2020
Clean Energy 4,096 3,653
The Group's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) decreased to EUR -2,458 thousand in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1/2020: EUR 375 thousand). This development is attributable to the significant negative impact on EBITDA of the particularly high special effect compared to the previous year, which mainly resulted from the increase in provisions and the capital reserve for obligations from long-term variable remuneration programs in the form of Stock Appreciation Rights and stock option programs for the Management Board ("LTI programs"). This special effect amounted to EUR 4,804 thousand in the reporting period (Q1/2020: EUR 282 thousand) and is included in EBIT and EBITDA as an expense.
EBITDA adjusted for special effects, a significant financial performance indicator for managing the operating business, increased to EUR 2,346 thousand in the first quarter (Q1/2020: EUR 820 thousand) and was therefore EUR 1,525 thousand higher than in the previous year. The adjusted EBITDA margin increased significantly to 13.8% (Q1/2020: 5.1%).
Group earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) decreased to EUR -3,378 thousand in the first quarter (Q1/2020: EUR -432 thousand). The EBIT margin (EBIT in relation to sales) declined to -19.9% (Q1/2020: -2.7%).
EBIT adjusted for special effects was significantly higher than in the previous year at EUR 1,425 thousand (Q1/2020: EUR 13 thousand). This resulted in an adjusted EBIT margin of 8.4% (Q1/2020: 0.1%).
For the first quarter, the Group posted a net loss of EUR 3,635 thousand compared to EUR 630 thousand in the same quarter of the previous year. Accordingly, earnings per share according to IFRS (basic and diluted) amounted to EUR -0.25 (Q1/2020: EUR -0.05).
Incoming orders increased during the reporting period, resulting in an order backlog of EUR 15,647 thousand as at March 31, 2021 (previous year: EUR 15,878 thousand). This represents an increase of 58.4% compared to the level as of December 31, 2020 (EUR 9,881 thousand).
Positive cash flow and solid capitalization
Overall, cash flow from operating activities developed positively in the first quarter and amounted to EUR 2,151 thousand (Q1/2020: EUR -1,311 thousand). The main reasons for this positive development were the higher adjusted EBITDA and the virtually unchanged level of net working capital compared to the reporting date for 2020.
The equity ratio at the end of the reporting quarter was 57.6% (December 31, 2020: 63.5%). The decrease of 5.7% resulted from the loss for the period. The net financial position (freely available cash and cash equivalents less liabilities to banks) increased to EUR 27,729 thousand as of March 31, 2021 (December 31, 2020: EUR 26,915 thousand). As of March 31, 2021, the SFC Energy Group had 281 permanent employees (December 31, 2020: 280).
The good capitalization and the overall solid balance sheet enable SFC to forge ahead with key product developments, to further expand current market segments and tap into new market segments and additional regions, and to grow sustainably in the medium term.
Forecast for 2021
The Management Board confirms the forecast for the current fiscal year 2021 in terms of Group sales (EUR 61 million to EUR 70 million). With regard to earnings figures, the Management Board specified the forecast in its ad hoc announcement on May 10, 2021. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBIT are expected to be in the upper half of the previously communicated range, i.e. for adjusted EBITDA from previously EUR 3.5 million to EUR 6 million to now EUR 4.75 million to EUR 6 million and for adjusted EBIT from previously EUR -0.9 million to EUR 1.6 million to now EUR 0.35 million to EUR 1.6 million.
Key figures Q1 2021/Q1 2020
In EUR thousands 01/01-30/03/2021 01/01/-30/03/2020
Sales 16,984 16,119
Gross profit 6,203 5,245
Gross margin 36.5% 32.5%
EBITDA -2,458 375
EBITDA margin -14.5% 2.3%
djusted EBITDA 2,346 820
Adjusted EBITDA margin 13.8% 5.1%
EBIT -3,378 -432
EBIT margin -19.9% -2.7%
Adjusted EBIT 1,425 13
Adjusted EBIT margin 8.4% 0.1%
Consolidated net profit for the period -3,635 -630
Order book* 15,647 15,878
* as of March 31
Detailed financial information
The Quarterly Release for the first quarter of 2021 of SFC Energy AG is available for download at www.sfc.com.
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When Microsoft released the original Surface (non Pro), people were let down by its crappy performance. The design is very modern looking, but it was very slow. Sure, it is not a desktop class device. It had an ARM SoC inside it. But iPad too had an ARM SoC inside it but it performs brilliantly fast. Why couldn't Surface do that? Was the hardware too slow? (i.e should we blame NVidia for the Tegra 3 chip in there) Or, was the OS not optimized for ARM? I think it is both, but the latter seems to have had a bigger hand in it.
So, people were waiting for the Surface Pro, which was supposed to have a true and proven Intel CPU in it. It's still an ultra low power (ULP) CPU, never the less, a proper x86 CPU. The performance issue was resolved but it lost a lot of other things in the process. It became a heavy (bigger heatsinks) and noisy (fans) tablet with about half the battery life of a similarly priced UltraBook. Nevertheless, people still considered it over the Surface (non Pro) because the Surface was too slow.
Intel had another CPU that could bring the Surface like weight but better performance than it and legacy app support. The Atom CPU. This time it was code-named Clovertrail. While the Atom has come a long way from the original Netbook days, it was still an in-order CPU that performed far slower than a Core series CPU. I bought one; the one made by Dell called the Latitude 10 Essentials, and it is SLOW! It is not just the CPU that is slow, but the entire thing is very sluggish. The storage is eMMC, which is about 10 times slower than modern SSDs. The network speed is slow, even slower than my iPhone 4S which was released a year before. The graphics is slow as well, but I didn't really use it for anything graphically intensive. Just wanted to stream stuff from the desktop and watch YouTube, listen to Podcasts and browse the internet. Clovertrail, while seemed to be a viable tablet SoC, was NOT good for a Windows tablet! Even with Windows 8.1. I'm thinking of replacing my tablet actually.
Turn the clock 1 year forward, and now there are new Surfaces and new SoCs from Intel. The Surface 2 (non Pro) has improved massively. It is way faster than the old one it replaces. It's quite a big deal. It could be improved drivers, improved ARM support in Windows 8.1 and the improved performance in the SoC (NVidia Tegra 4) itself. But it is still ARM, which means you won't get support for legacy apps. But to be honest, using the legacy apps with a touch screen is not a pleasant experience.
Surface Pro 2 on the other hand, has got the Haswell treatment. It means, only one thing: improved battery life. The CPU performance didn't improve noticeably with Haswell. It's all about battery life - to be precise, idle battery life. But even then, it still gets only 5.5Hrs of up time in a single charge. (Couple of days ago, Microsoft released a new firmware that could extend that by another hour, which is a big deal.) Ah I forgot. The GPU performance also got better with the new CPU. Other than that, the actual form factor hasn't changed a bit. That means, it is still heavy and loud. Not good to be used as a tablet at all.
In fact, it is not suitable to be used as a laptop either. The thing that makes it stand up is the kick stand. While the Surface Pro 2 comes with two position kick stand compared to just one position in the original Surface Pro, it is still not as steady as a conventional tablet to be used on your lap. It's fine if you only use it on a desk though. And then there are the touch covers and the type covers. They are expensive, but they deliver much less than comfortable typing experience compared to an UltraBook.
The only reason to get the Surface Pro 2 over an UltraBook is its ability to be used as a tablet. But, if it is too heavy to be used as a tablet, then there is no real reason for its existence.
But there is only thing they could have done. Use the Atom BayTrail SoC in the Surface Pro. Sure, it will be slower than the original Surface Pro, but it won't be THAT noticeable. I don't think people game on it. They could have used the fastest BayTrail CPU. Perhaps ask Intel to make a faster BayTrail CPU with a little bit higher TDP? It will still be using way less power than a Haswell, right? But it will get all the other features of a proper tablet right. Weight and no noise. BayTrail isn't that slow compared to a Core i5 CPU. The 1.33GHz BayTrail CPU is slightly faster than half the performance of the CPU that's inside the Surface Pro 2. Graphics maybe slower, but not far off, as BayTrail is using HD4000 graphics from the IvyBridge era.
So to conclude, I think Surface Pro 2 is still a failure, because it is ergonomically not suitable to be used as a tablet nor gives the experience of a proper laptop. Microsoft should have gone with BayTrail for the Surface Pro 2. However, they would definitely have to lower the price to $500-600 range if they did that.
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Biba est le vingt-huitième album de la série de bande dessinée Marsupilami de Batem et Stéphane Colman. L'ouvrage est publié en 2014.

Résumé

Personnages principaux

Humains
 Hector
 Tante Diane
 Juan Mondrone, chasseur
 Pepe et Paco, ses associés
 Bring M. Backalive
 Tèkunhanpoté
 Capitaine Bombonera du bateau fluvial et son employé Tèzhébété

Animaux
 Marsupilami et  Marsupilamie
 Les trois enfants Marsupilamis : Bobo, Bibu, et Bibi
 Mars le noir, et son épouse Vénus
 Biba, leur fille
 Les trois Aras
 Trois Grenouilles
 Cinq Singes
 Un Ouakari chauve
 Deux Grands gominés à col rayé
 Deux Hoazins
 Le Jaguar
 Loutres

Album du Marsupilami
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Inclusivity: preparing the workforce
Stream: The Business of Physical Activity
Thursday 9th May 12:55 - 13:35
The panel will discuss how a new set of evidence-based Industry Guidelines, can help training providers and employers become more inclusive and ensure their training and workplaces are inclusive to disabled people. It will consider the benefits and challenges to adopting the guidelines, the role that everyone can play in enhancing inclusive policy and practices across the sector.
The session will highlight how disabled people working in the sector can help leisure operators address the various barriers that prevent people accessing leisure facilities and provide a leisure environment that is more welcoming and inclusive to all customers and staff alike. The drive for a more diverse and inclusive workforce will also relate to how leisure professionals can support the UK Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines for disabled adults.
Tara Dillon, Chief Executive at CIMSPA
Tara Dillon
Chief Executive - CIMSPA
As CEO of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, Tara Dillon leads the institute's headline work in professionalising UK sport and leisure and transforming the workforce development opportunities of those who work in the sector.
Tara was appointed as CEO in January 2015, before which she was interim chief operating officer whilst on secondment from IQL UK. Previously, Tara has held a variety of senior management roles within the leisure sector, combining 12 years working in local authorities and 9 years in the private sector, culminating in a customer-focused commercial role as executive director of IQL UK.
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Hilary Farmiloe
InstructAbilty National Manager - Aspire
Hilary Farmiloe is Manager of the InstructAbility programme at Aspire. She joined the spinal injury charity in 2011, after working as a development manager for the government's School Sport Partnership scheme.
Under her leadership InstructAbility has developed into a multi-award winning national programme. As well as working with project partners YMCAfit, Hilary has established links with other training providers and national governing bodies of sport such as Clubbercise, SOSA and England Athletics. She has secured agreements with many of the national leisure management companies, to provide work placements and employment for disabled fitness instructors. Hilary has forged links with the Activity Alliance and their Inclusive Fitness Initiative, now embedded in Quest and has recently been appointed to the organisation's board of trustees. Hilary is a Chartered Member of CIMSPA and works to influence inclusive policy and practices within the leisure sector. She has been active in promoting inclusion at industry events by creating a platform for disabled people to demonstrate the unique skills they can bring to the sector workforce. Currently, Hilary is working with the Universities of Birmingham and Portsmouth on a commissioned research project to provide industry guidelines on training and employing disabled people in the fitness sector.
Professor Brett Smith, Head of Research School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Birmingham
Professor Brett Smith
Head of Research School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences - University of Birmingham
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Richard Millard
Partnerships Director - Places for People
Rich has experience in local government, leisure trusts and 25 plus years working for Places Leisure, one of the largest leisure management companies in the UK. Places Leisure is a social enterprise which is passionate about 'creating active places and healthy people' and improving opportunities for communities to be physically active. It experiences over 30 million visits per annum across the 128 leisure facilities that it operates on behalf of local authorities across the country and supports over 116,000 children learning to swim each year.
In his role as Partnership Director, Rich works closely with many local authority partners, National Governing Bodies of Sport, partner agencies and funding agencies to increase participation in physical activity and improve the health of the communities Places Leisure serve in line with industry strategies.
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An individual commits the offence of 'Carjacking' if they steal a vehicle using force or a threat of force. An Aggravated offence of Carjacking applies when a weapon is used, or if the alleged victim is injured during the commission of the Carjacking. In this article, we discuss the offence, the elements the Prosecution must prove and possible defences to a both a Carjacking and Aggravated Carjacking charge.
Elements of the Carjacking Offence
The Police are required to prove the following elements beyond reasonable doubt in order to establish the offence of Carjacking:
You committed theft of a vehicle;
At the time, or immediately before, you used force, put the alleged victim in fear (or attempted to put the alleged victim in fear) that force will be used on either themselves or another person;
You did to in order to commit the theft of a vehicle.
'Theft' of a vehicle requires the Police to prove that you stole a vehicle without the owner's consent. Theft of a vehicle also means 'use' without the consent of the vehicle's owner. This can include situations where you used a stolen vehicle as a passenger. 'Vehicle' means either a motor vehicle intended to be used on a roadway (e.g. car), vehicle intended to be used on a railway or tramway (e.g. train or tram), a motorised wheelchair (e.g. gopher) or a marine vessel (e.g. boat).[1] 'Vehicle' can also include a pedal-powered bike, trailer or other design intended to be propelled.[2]
It is irrelevant to the charge as to whether force was successfully used in the Carjacking, but the Police must prove that you sought to create fear in the alleged victim that force would be used.
Aggravated Carjacking Elements
The aggravated offence of Carjacking carries an additional element:
You either used a prohibited weapon (including firearm, imitation firearm, explosive, offensive weapon) or intentionally caused injury to the alleged victim during the theft of the vehicle.[3]
'Injury' means either physical or harm to one's mental health.[4]
The maximum penalty for the offence of Carjacking is 15 years imprisonment.[5]
An Aggravated Carjacking offence carries a maximum penalty of up to 25 years imprisonment.[6]
Aggravated Carjacking also carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years (unless special circumstances exist, which if established, enable the judge full sentencing discretion).[7] The mandatory penalties only apply to offences committed after 1 July 2017.
Defences
If any of the elements for Carjacking or Aggravated Carjacking are not proven beyond reasonable doubt, the offence cannot be established. For example, if you can establish that you believed you had a legal right to the vehicle, it will be a defence to a Carjacking charge. It may also be a defence to a Carjacking charge to argue that you did not intend to commit theft of the vehicle.
Additionally, you can defend an Aggravated Carjacking charge if you can prove that you did not have a firearm or weapon on you at the time of the alleged offence or that the subject weapon was not for the purposes of Carjacking.
If the Aggravated Carjacking charge follows from causing injury to the alleged victim, you may argue that the injury was 'superficial' or 'trivial' and therefore does not meet the definition of 'injury'.[8] For example, if the alleged victim did not suffer psychological harm, but only distress, fear or anger, the Aggravated component will not be satisfied. You can also argue that it was not your intention to injure the alleged victim, and that the injury occurred by mistake. Finally, you may also have a defence of a factual dispute relating to the charge.
We suggest that you should contact an experienced legal practitioner as soon as possible if you are to be interviewed in relation to this offence so that you can be provided with appropriate advice based on the circumstances relevant to your matter.
If you have been charged with a theft offence then contact Leanne Warren today to discuss your defence. First 30 minute consultation is free of charge: 03 9670 6066 / info@leannewarren.com.au
Have a question about carjacking?
[1] Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) s 3; Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic) s 3.
[2] Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) s 3.
[3] Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 79 (1); Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 77.
[4] Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 15.
[5] Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 79 (2).
[6] Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 79A (2).
[7] Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) s 10AD.


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Malawi basketball club Brave Hearts to participate in Zambian tourney
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Brave Hearts Basketball Club (BHBC) is expected to participate in a basketball tournament in Lusaka, Zambia, having being invited by the Basketball Association of Zambia (Baz).
Brave Hearts captured during training at Mkwichi court on Thursday
Chairman of the club Griffin Kalua said the club, which leaves Friday by road has been invited to play as a guest team in an invitational tournament scheduled for Zamshare Indoor Basketball Court in Lusaka this Saturday and Sunday.
"We got an invitation from president of the Basketball Association of Zambia Konrad Msonda, who watched the team during the B-Ball Kita basketball tournament in Tanzania early this year earlier this year. He got impressed with the team after watching us beat one of the Tanzanian top teams.
"Everything is well set and we are going to fulfil two fixtures against top Zambian basketball teams. As management and sponsors of the club, we have given the team all the support needed to prepare for the tournament and are hoping for good results," said Kalua, who doubles as managing director for the two Lilongwe based sister companies Dr Print and G.Y Imports and Exports that sponsor BHBC.
The chairman also said the team has been given the nod by Basketball Association of Malawi (Basmal) to participate in the Zambian tournament.
General secretary for Basmal Edgar Ng'ong'ola confirmed in an interview with Nyasa Times that the club has been given all the blessings by the local basketball governing body to participate in the two-day tournament.
"They have our full blessings and are traveling with an official from Basmal. The good about Brave Hearts is that they always engage us as the national basketball body association in their programmes," said Ng'ong'ola.
The Basmal general secretary said the trip would offer the Malawian team some international exposure that will help in the development of the game at local level.
The club, which registered for Central Zone Basketball League (Cezobal) League B leaves today by road and is expected back home on Monday.
All travel expenses for the team are being met by the printing specialists and G.Y Imports and Exports, dealers in ICT equipment, stationery, furniture, and other house hold items.
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It is a very personal experience to have an astrology reading. This means it is very needful to make sure that you go for the best astrologer, an astrologer who will meet your needs at a personal level. Being compassionate is something a good astrologer must possess; it is a must attribute. They should also be empathetic. Getting the right astrologer is never an easy task, even with this information but you can view here.
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This is always the worst part of the season. West coast road trips. As if it weren't bad enough that the games start late and fans have to stay up into the wee hours of the morning, the Tigers also don't seem to play particularly well on these trips, so we're usually staying up late just to see them lose.
The most recent six-game road trip was no exception, but the Tigers did manage to get at least one win in each of the two series, so at least there were no sweeps involved. In fact, thanks to a brilliant, nearly-a-no-hitter performance by Michael Fulmer, the trip ended on a high note with the Tigers locking up just their fifth win against the Angels at Angel Stadium since 2010.
In this week's episode, Rob Rogacki and HookSlide get a late start (duh, a no-hitter was in progress!) and talk about the A's and Angels, as well as the upcoming homestand against the White Sox and Blue Jays.
Anibal Sanchez is going to the bullpen. Now what?
So obviously Shane Greene is headed for the starting rotation, right?
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Clément de Metz est considéré comme le premier évêque de Metz (épiscope) qui portait, encore à l'époque, le nom de Divodurum.

Hagiographie

Selon des compositions du Moyen Âge, Titus Flavius Clemens, sénateur romain issu d'une famille importante, est chargé par l'empereur Néron de persécuter les chrétiens ; il ne tarde pas à se convertir à la nouvelle foi et à se faire baptiser. Il est imité par des membres de sa famille, dont Faustinus, son frère, qui sera le père du pape .

C'est en ces temps que l'apôtre Pierre, devenu évêque de Rome, confie à des membres de son Église le soin d'évangéliser la Gaule et d'y fonder leurs évêchés : Trophime d'Arles, Martial de Limoges, Paul de Narbonne, Saturnin de Toulouse, Gatien de Tours, Ursin de Bourges, Denis de Paris, Sixte de Reims… Clément, sacré évêque, se voit confier Metz (Divodurum), la cité des Médiomatriques.

Pendant la traversée de l'Alsace, l'un de ses compagnons de route, Materne de Cologne, meurt. Il retourne alors à Rome où l'apôtre Pierre lui confie un bâton avant de le renvoyer en Alsace. Clément ressuscite Materne et le miracle entraîne la conversion des populations locales.

Il arrive en Lorraine, entre les années 40 et 50, avec un prêtre nommé Céleste et le diacre Félix, ses futurs successeurs. Lors d'une halte dans la forêt de Gorze, il disperse d'un geste de la main une meute lancée dans une chasse à courre derrière un cerf. Les veneurs, émerveillés, racontent le prodige à leur maître, le roi Orius, gouverneur de Metz, sous l'autorité de l'empereur Octavien. Le lendemain, le roi et sa femme se rendent eux-mêmes à la chasse. Le cerf trouve à nouveau refuge auprès de saint Clément qui annonce sa mission à Orius. Peu convaincu, ce dernier l'invite ironiquement à s'adresser directement au peuple de la cité ; Clément s'installe alors sur la colline Sainte-Croix pour prêcher.

Un peu plus tard, à la mort de leur fille, le roi Orius et la reine sollicitent Clément qui ressuscite la jeune fille. Après ce miracle, le couple royal, suivi par les habitants de la cité, se fait baptiser.

Un énorme dragon du nom de Graouilly sévit alors à Divodurum, terrorisant la population. Particulièrement impressionnant, avec son corps recouvert d'écailles, il peut voler tel un gigantesque oiseau, grâce à une paire d'ailes de chauve-souris géante. Le plus effrayant restait sa gueule, crachant des flammes à l'odeur de soufre et, surtout, lui permettait de happer ses proies en plein vol ; il affectionne particulièrement les jeunes filles. Clément apparaît comme un sauveur et la foule lui demande aussitôt de la débarrasser de ce monstre hideux. À la demande d'Orius, Clément se rend là où le monstre habite. Il prie sur la colline de Sainte-Croix puis reprend sa route au milieu d'une foule jacassante, qu'il fait taire d'un ferme « Taisons-nous », dans une rue qui est baptisée, à partir de ce moment, « rue Taison ». Il arrive à l'amphithéâtre de Metz, domicile du dragon et se précipite sur lui, l'encerclant de son étole. Pétrifié, le Graouilly se met à le suivre jusqu'à la Seille, dans laquelle il se jette avec sept petits Graouilly, juste après que le saint homme se soit signé.

Saint Clément installe son premier oratoire, consacré à saint Pierre, dans les « cavernes » —couloirs souterrains de l'ancien amphithéâtre. Il élève également un baptistère à saint Jean-Baptiste. Enfin, non loin de là, près d'une fontaine, au-dessus d'une crypte qu'il a choisie pour sa sépulture, il fait bâtir un sanctuaire qui devient l'abbaye de Saint-Clément. Il aurait aussi construit un édifice dans le pays de Gorze.

Il éradique également l'épidémie de peste qui ravage la région.

Une légende, rapportée par un religieux d'Auxerre, affirme que Clément aurait reçu d'un ange la liste des évêques qui devaient lui succéder, chacun d'entre eux étant désigné par une lettre de couleur. Ce récit pourrait être à l'origine des lettres majuscules que l'on retrouve dans certaines anciennes listes d'évêques de Metz.

Il meurt un 23 novembre, après avoir exercé son épiscopat pendant 25 ans et 4 mois.

Drogon de Metz (826-855) retrouve la dépouille de Clément dans le sanctuaire Saint-Félix, contenant les tombeaux des premiers évêques. Au , l'évêque  tente de transférer le corps dans la cathédrale mais se heurte à l'opposition de l'abbé de Saint-Clément, Vindrius. En 1090 on déplace la dépouille dans l'église reconstruite sur le sanctuaire Saint-Félix, dans une châsse en argent ornée de 12 tableaux de la vie du saint. La désignation Saint-Félix tombe en désuétude et devient l'Abbaye Saint-Clément de Metz. Au  Saint-Clément était réputé protéger des épidémies, notamment de la peste. Les malades venaient, jusque de la Lorraine germanophone, en pèlerinage à l'abbaye Saint-Clément de Metz et, pendant les épidémies, on portait en procession dans la ville le Saint dans un reliquaire en argent créé par le prieur Louis Barons en 1409. La terre issue de l'amphithéâtre, et bénie au nom de Saint-Clément, était réputée chasser les couleuvres et les vipères.

Un des trésors de la cathédrale de Metz, que les visiteurs ne se lassent pas d'admirer au fond du chœur, derrière le maître-autel est « le siège » attribué à saint Clément par la tradition. Ce fauteuil en marbre cipolin est composé de deux pièces principales taillées assez grossièrement. L'histoire dit que depuis la nuit des temps, tous les évêques qui se sont succédé à Metz sont venus s'assoir sur « le siège » de saint Clément, dès leur entrée en fonction.

Analyse

On connait trois grandes versions de la légende qui s'est étoffée au fil des siècles.

La première provient la , écrite par Paul Diacre, vers 783. Il y est seulement dit que Clément est envoyé à Metz par saint Pierre après avoir été nommé évêque, qu'il aurait créé un oratoire consacré à Dieu dans les souterrains de l'ancien amphithéâtre et que . Dans les récits médiévaux, les serpents étaient une métaphore traditionnelle du paganisme et de l'impiété. La  est écrite à la demande d'Enguerrand de Metz, le  évêque, et de Charlemagne. Donner à Metz une fondation apostolique permettait d'affirmer son rang d'archidiocèse. Paul Diacre mentionne que son récit provient de sources orales ; il n'est pas originaire de la région qu'il connait mal. Les premières mentions connues de la date obituaire et de la durée du ministère sont plus tardives, durant le .

Les moines de Saint-Clément font rédiger une , à la fin du , apportant quelques éléments nouveaux, comme le fait que Clément a, en personne, chassé les serpents de son étole ; s'inspirant de la légende de Marcel de Paris. Deux recueils de miracles sont rédigés, surtout des guérisons d'infirmes et des exorcismes de possédés.

Ce n'est que dans des textes du  (la chronique rimée de Metz attribuée à Jean Chatelain, la chronique de Philippe de Vigneulles ou encore le mystère de saint Clément) que la légende est pleinement développée. En effet, à la fin du , le chapitre de l'abbaye Saint-Clément de Metz entre en conflit avec l'évêché. C'est à cette occasion que les moines de Saint-Clément écriront les premières légendes autour de saint Clément. Jusqu'au  l'abbaye Saint-Clément et l'évêché développeront ainsi tout un réseau de récits hagiographiques, pour faire de Clément, tantôt une figure monacale, tantôt le héraut des institutions épiscopales.

La prestigieuse abbaye de Gorze, qui revendique elle aussi le patronage du saint, participe également à l'élaboration de la légende.

L'épisode de la résurrection de Materne de Cologne est introduit au  par l'auteur de la Vie de saint Clément, en dialecte lorrain. Il s'inscrit dans les rivalités qui existent alors entre Metz et sa métropole, Trèves.

Des fouilles du début du  permettent de découvrir les restes d'une chapelle, postérieure à la destruction de l'amphithéâtre par les Francs en 253. Il s'agit vraisemblablement de l'église Saint-Pierre-aux-Arènes, mentionnée par la tradition comme le premier lieu de culte créé à Metz par Clément. Celle-ci est détruite durant le siège de Metz, en 1552.

À partir du  la chronologie apostolique de la légende est remise en cause et la fondation historique de l'Église de Metz, qui est l'une des plus anciennes de Gaule, est, depuis, estimée au .

L'association avec le personnage historique Titus Flavius Clemens, né vers 50 (et donc après la légendaire arrivée à Metz de son premier évêque), ne repose que sur l'homonymie. Clément de Metz est célébrée liturgiquement le 23 novembre, le même jour que Clément de Rome. Le Martyrologe romain met ceci en premier lieu ce jour et, en considération de la probable date de Clément de Metz, le mentionne en sixième lieu : « À Metz en Gaule belgique, commémoration de saint Clément, considéré le premier évêque de cette ville ». Avec un astérisque il indique qu'on ne célèbre pas Clément de Metz universellement mais, comme on célèbre aussi les béatifiés, seulement dans certaines Églises particulières. Encore au  on célébrait ces deux saints à Metz avec les mêmes prières, et Clément de Metz n'est pas mentionné dans les anciens martyrologes

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Saints sauroctones
 Graoully
 Gorze

Liens externes

  Clément de Metz, notice de Saarländische Biografien
  Présentation de saint Clément de Metz, Gérard Mathon, Sancti e Beati
 Les croniques de la noble ville et cité de Metz de Jean le Châtelain (1855)
 Le Mystère de saint Clément, de Charles Abel (1861)

Saint catholique et orthodoxe du IVe siècle
Saint catholique et orthodoxe de France
Saint de Lorraine
Évêque de Metz
Évêque du IVe siècle
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Q: Unhandled AggregateException on Tasks Continuation thrown on another OS I'm getting a strange behavior in a winForms application while testing to see how it responds on different OS.
The long running operation where the unhandled AggregateException is thrown ( when tested on a XP 32bit machine) is part of a WCF (using basicHttpBinding and Streamed transfer mode) client update procedure. The structure is similar to the following code snippet. I have ommited WCF exception handling for clarity:
var tsUIthread = TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext();
int filesCount = 0;
List<MessageContract> files;

private void Update()
{
    var cTokenDownloadFiles = new CancellationTokenSource();
    var cTokenUpdateDatabases = new CancellationTokenSource();

    var task1CheckForNewFiles = Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
    {
        filesCount = proxy.GetFiles();
        If(filesCount == 0)
        {
            cTokenDownloadFiles.Cancel();
            cTokenUpdateDatabases.Cancel();
        }
        else
            files = new List<MessageContract>();
    });

    var task2UpdateControls = task1CheckForNewFiles.ContinueWith(result =>
    {
        UpdateControlsBeforeDownload();

    }, CancellationToken.None, TaskContinuationOptions.None, tsUIthread);

    var task3DownloadFiles = task2.ContinueWith(result =>
    {
        for(int i = 0; i< filesCount; i++)
        {
            try
            {
                files.Add(proxy.DownloadFile());
            }
            catch(IOException)
            {
                cTokenUpdateDatabases.Cancel();
                Task.Factory.StartNew(() => ResetControls,
                    CancellationToken.None, TaskCreationOptions.None, tsUIthread);
                retryUpdateTimer.Start(); // System.Windows.Forms.Timer
                return;
            }
        }

    }, cTokenDownloadFiles.Token);

    var task4UpdateDatabases = task3DownloadFiles.ContinueWith(result =>
    {
        UpdateDatabases();

    },cTokenUpdateDatabases.Token);

    var task5UpdateControls = task4UpdateDatabases.ContinueWith(result =>
    {
        UpdateControlsOnUpdateFinished();

    }, CancellationToken.None, TaskContinuationOptions.None, tsUIthread);

}

You'll notice that I wrap the proxy.DownloadFile() method in a try-catch block where I'm trapping an IO.IOException. As I meantioned in the beggining of my post, my WCF services use the Streamed transfer mode of the basicHttpBinding so I need to catch this type of exception when for some reason the connection to the server is lost after the operation has begun. All I do In the catch statement is, cancelling the databases update task, reset the UI controls to their primary values and start a System.Windows.Forms.Timer with an Interval of a few seconds what will execute the Update() method again if the client has internet connectivity.
While this whole procedure works as expected on my dev environment (Windows7 32bit machine) when an IOException is thrown ,  when I test my winforms Application on a Windows XP 32bit machine an unhandled AggregateException at System.Threading.Tasks.ExceptionHolder.Finalize() terminates the Application.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? How is it possible for the exception to be thrown only on the XP machine? I still haven't tested it on other environments.
The actual code contains more tasks and continuations, calling downstream business components and I'm kind of lost when it comes to Task exception handling with continuations spaghetti. Could you give me some examples of how I should structure the exception handling?

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High-density lipoprotein subfractions: Current views and clinical practice applications
Seth S. Martin, Steven R. Jones, Peter P. Toth
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is astonishingly complex, but the de facto standard for its measurement has been remarkably simple: total cholesterol content. It is time to prioritize higher-resolution HDL measurement techniques that capture better the biologically and clinically important characteristics of HDL. Scientific advances have ushered in a new era in which we view HDL in terms of its subfractions, particle structure, metabolism, and functional integration of its proteome and lipidome. HDL subfractions appear to be associated with function. In general, smaller, denser HDL3 is more tightly linked to favorable atheroprotective functions and clinical outcomes. Techniques to measure the cholesterol content or particle concentrations of HDL subfractions are available clinically. In the future, we anticipate subfractionating HDL based on its functional properties.
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
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In search of beauty, inspired by literature.
While my beta readers are finishing up critiquing my latest draft of Withered World, I'm turning to my next project, NightWind. In the process of planning this story, I've realized that I need to learn about wings.
Rion (pronounced Ree-own) is a winged warrior. Concerned in part that people would assume she's an angel and wanting to stay away from any sort of lore, I decided that I wanted her wings to be detachable. So now, my story has entered the realm of steampunk. It's only going to have a little steampunk woven into it, mostly in the mechanical references. It's a small device in a grander fantasy tale. But, because steampunk is the mechanism (plus a little magic too) behind her wings, I now need to learn more about wings in general and decide how I want the wings to be designed and how they work.
Because I'm also dealing with fantasy here, I can use some of the "magic did it" element to explain away some of the mechanics, so I don't have to do any physics or engineering type of research. Thank goodness! But, I do want to have a good grasp on how the wings look and I want it to be *somewhat* believable.
When researching wings, I'm looking for that ultimate match of steampunk meets natural. My story has a lot of naturalistic elements in it, so I don't want the wings to appear to be too mechanical. There's got to be some sort of happy medium (skewing to the natural side a bit though).
The natural element will come through in the actual look of them. If you look at real steampunk wings on Pinterest, you'll see that they are very bat- or fairy-like in many cases. I like the feathers on this example and how this melds the natural and the mechanical together. I think this is the winning piece of inspiration. My wings will be a bit bigger and more dramatic and have characters and spells/runes etched along the mechanical pieces and woven into the wings. I kind of like the white undertones. Originally, my wings were going to be all black. But perhaps I'll reconsider this.
Wings can also be a useful storytelling mechanism. They can express emotion (if they are an attached appendage), societal hierarchy, age and more. The winged characters in my story don't fit this bill, though. But now that I know what my wings will sort of look like, I have some tips for you when considering wings on your own characters.
Think about size ratio. For your wings to work, they have to be big enough to hold up your character. Tiny wings don't really work on a full-sized human, for example.
Who has wings and why? What sets them apart from the other characters?
How do the other characters feel about this winged person? Jealous? Or are they beloved?
Are your wings removable (mechanical) or attached and part of your character's body?
How do they get in the way? Is it hard for them to walk through a doorway, sleep on their back, etc.?
How can they help you express the character's emotions? Do they droop? Beat with irritation? Something else?
How else can they be used? In battle, to cushion something?
What is the mechanism of their removal?
How do they look? Are they straight mechanical? Or are there other elements that influence the design?
Have you ever created a winged character for a story/novel? Please share your thoughts/experiences in the comments!
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San Diego North Chamber of Commerce Recognizes Company's Commitment to Region
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14, 2012 -- The San Diego North Chamber of Commerce recently honored Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) with its Business of the Year Award.
The award is given to companies with a history of outstanding business practices in the San Diego North community and honors such characteristics as entrepreneurship, sustainability, productivity and corporate citizenship. Northrop Grumman received the award at the chamber's annual Celebration of Business event, which also featured the installation of Northrop Grumman employee Steven Anderson as the chairman of the organization's board of directors.
Northrop Grumman employs approximately 4,000 people in San Diego County, with an annual payroll of $425 million. The company works with more than 560 suppliers in San Diego County, and has an economic impact of more than $600 million. Northrop Grumman's primary work in the county comes from the company's Aerospace Systems and Information Systems sectors, both of which have a significant presence in San Diego North.
"The recognition Northrop Grumman has received from the San Diego North Chamber of Commerce is symbolic of our close partnership," said Jim Zortman, sector vice president and site executive, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "Our commitment to this region is strong, and the advanced technology work we do here, including development of unmanned systems and network communications, is of growing importance for our company and the nation."
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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