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Beltones win a capella quarterfinals
Four years after their formation, the Beltones at Belmont were in an unfamiliar situation last weekend.
Near the end of the International Collegiate A Capella Association quarterfinal at Duke University Saturday, the student-led group thought they had a chance to do well in only their second year in the competition. Their show-closing performance was one of two to receive a standing ovation that night, and their choreography arranged by Hayley Lewis had just been named the best in the competition.
Nevertheless, the seventeen members of the team were still surprised with the result – they won.
"We had an inkling we would place, but when we found out we had won it was crazy," said Carly Taylor, one of the group's senior members.
Now the four-year old organization is one step away from the national a capella finals. They will compete in the Southern semifinals at Vanderbilt University on March 23.
Coming into the competition, Taylor said the team had no expectations of winning. This was a team with little experience. Last year, she said the team was blown away by their competition in their first-ever quarterfinal appearance.
"This year, we came back with a lot of polish," she said. "We changed our style quite a bit."
With a dark finale set list that included Delta Rae's "Bottom of the River," The Civil Wars' "Barton Hollow," and Joe Cocker's "Cry Me a River," the group of 17 performed in a way Taylor said was vastly different than the pop-based routines they competed against.
"We brought a really rootsy sound that stood out a lot," Taylor said.
Whether through their darker styled performance or not, the Belmont team had just enough points to get the win. They beat UNC-Chapel Hill Loreleis by five points and defeated other groups from NC State, Elon and UNC-Greensboro universities.
Now, Taylor said the group will prepare for their upcoming concert while getting ready for the semifinals a few blocks over at Vanderbilt.
#acapella #BeltonesatBelmont #ICCA2013 #Music


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Yesterday I had a meeting with the SBA (Strategic Business Analysis) unit of TNO about the toolbox. One thing that has been on my mind ever since, is their opinion that I should gear the toolbox towards the innovators and the early adopters.
At first that did not make sense to me, because surely the companies that are up-to-date on their business processes can find out how to do user research themselves? Don't the laggards need the toolbox more? But then I started reading the work of Rogers et al. from 1962, and it turns out there is something to it. If the innovators do not adopt a process, the early adopters won't see it being used by their examples, therefore will not think to use it themselves, and so on throughout the curve. It simply does not make sense to market to the laggards, because that means most laggards will never hear about it.
In fact, the innovators here are companies like Apple and Google, researchers such as Marc Hassenzahl and Agile. I need to find out where the UX and Agile trends are, so I can focus the toolbox on facilitating convincing the next group of adopters.
Another suggestion from SBA is to take a quantitative survey amongst SMEs to find out how innovative different companies are with their business processes, and to be able to rank them on the Rogers curve. Through that, I can check the progress of methods like UX and Agile, and also find companies that are just in the process of discovering it, that may benefit most from the toolbox.
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The late Bob Mitchell playing the Orpheum's Mighty Wurlitzer in May, 2009.
At LA Observed, Kevin Roderick posted "Your fashion and dining guidance for Last Remaining Seats 2015," the sixth post offering ideas on what to wear, and where to dine, so viewers can take in the LA Conservancy's summer screening series with alternative style. I thought of it to use here, but it ends up taking a dignified tour of blogs that cover downtown well.
Random passages from previous years after the jump.
PacMutual Building Sold. Hidden Historic Details to Be Restored.
The landmark 440,000-square-foot PacMutual building has been purchased by Rising Realty Partners this week.
Memorial for Baby Marcello on Spring St, July 21 2011.
As can be expected, it is not the usual Art Walk Preview this month. After the jump, you will find information on a fundraiser for baby Marcello, learn about the first shot across the Spring Street bow from the task force, and a list of some of the exhibitions you can find during Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk on August 11, 2011.
Guest Op-Ed: Schooling Time Magazine's Article on "Manhattanization" of Downtown L.A.
A recent article from Time claims Downtown Los Angeles is undergoing an attempt at "Manhattanization." It has riled up Angelenos. Dennis Smith, a Historic Core resident and East L.A. educator, also has something to say.
Every once in a while, the East Coast media make an attempt to interpret life here in Los Angeles for their national readership. Invariably, for those of us who actually live here in the city, the analysis rings just a little false.
The latest attempt by Time Magazine, Jens Erik Gould tries to explain the ongoing "Manhattanization" of downtown Los Angeles.
What the article actually describes is the apparent success of the development of the L.A. Live restaurant and entertainment complex and the potential future plans for the adjoining convention center and football stadium.
This seems to me to be more a sad commentary on the ongoing sanitization of Manhattan by corporate franchises than an honest attempt to describe the real changes going on in downtown Los Angeles. Beyond L.A. Live, the only downtown nightlife venue mentioned in the article was the recently reopened Belasco Theater, maybe only because the British royals had visited a few weeks previous.


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Q: jenkins cant connect to android emulator on mac osx I'm playing with jenkins on a macbook pro running el capitan and I've tried a lot of things but the example I'm trying to follow fails every time the emulator tries to run. When I run the job I've created which is supposed to download a Google sample repo on github and run the tests in it I get the following out put until the job terminates itself:
    [android] Using Android SDK: /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk
    $ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb start-server
    * daemon not running. starting it now on port 8611 *
    * daemon started successfully *
    $ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb start-server
    $ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/tools/emulator -snapshot-list -no-window -avd hudson_en-US_560_1440x2560_android-21_x86_nexus
_RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
[android] Starting Android emulator and creating initial snapshot
[android] Erasing existing emulator data...
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/tools/emulator -ports 8609,8610 -avd hudson_en-US_560_1440x2560_android-21_x86_nexus -no-snapshot-load -no-snapshot-save -wipe-data -no-window
_RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
Creating filesystem with parameters:
    Size: 69206016
    Block size: 4096
    Blocks per group: 32768
    Inodes per group: 4224
    Inode size: 256
    Journal blocks: 1024
    Label:
    Blocks: 16896
    Block groups: 1
    Reserved block group size: 7
Created filesystem with 11/4224 inodes and 1302/16896 blocks
Failed to create Context 0x3005
emulator: WARNING: Could not initialize OpenglES emulation, using software renderer.
HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610
unable to connect to localhost:8610: Connection refused
[android] Waiting for emulator to finish booting...
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb -s localhost:8610 shell getprop init.svc.bootanim
error: device 'localhost:8610' not found
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb -s localhost:8610 shell getprop init.svc.bootanim
error: device 'localhost:8610' not found
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb -s localhost:8610 shell getprop init.svc.bootanim
error: device 'localhost:8610' not found
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb disconnect localhost:8610
error: no such device 'localhost:8610'
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb -s localhost:8610 shell getprop init.svc.bootanim
error: device 'localhost:8610' not found
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb -s localhost:8610 shell getprop init.svc.bootanim
error: device 'localhost:8610' not found
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb -s localhost:8610 shell getprop init.svc.bootanim
error: device 'localhost:8610' not found
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb disconnect localhost:8610
error: no such device 'localhost:8610'
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb -s localhost:8610 shell getprop init.svc.bootanim
error: device 'localhost:8610' not found
$ /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/tools/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb connect localhost:8610<code>

I read online that the android emulator plugin for jenkins had issues but supposedly was fixed in a release earlier this year. Is it possible that the user that jenkins is acting as has no authority to do anything on my machine so its not able to do anything with the emulator once its up and running? It does look like the emulator is running so I'm pretty stuck at the moment. Should I try to run jenkins on a virtual box setup with Ubuntu? I feel like this simple task I'm trying to accomplish is way more complicated than it should be.

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Q: Problem on studying $\sum_{n\geq 1}\frac{n^{\log{n}}}{\sqrt{n!}}\frac{\tan{n}}{|\tan{n}|+n}$, comparison criterion To study the convergence of the series $\sum_{n\geq 1}\frac{n^{\log{n}}}{\sqrt{n!}}\frac{\tan{n}}{|\tan{n}|+n}$ I have thought that:
$$\frac{n^{\log{n}}}{\sqrt{n!}}\geq \frac{1}{\sqrt{n!}}\,\, \forall n\geq 1$$
So:
$$a_n=\frac{n^{\log{n}}}{\sqrt{n!}}\frac{\tan{n}}{|\tan{n}|+n}\geq \frac{1}{\sqrt{n!}} \frac{\tan{n}}{|\tan{n}|+n}=b_n$$
Moreover $\frac{\tan{n}}{|\tan{n}|+n}\sim \frac{\tan{n}}{n}\implies b_n\sim \frac{1}{\sqrt{n!}}\frac{\tan{n}}{n}\geq \frac{1}{\sqrt{n!}}$.
Now $\sum \frac{1}{\sqrt{n!}}$ converges but I can't say that also the original series converges...
Can you help me?
EDIT(as suggested by Marty cohen)
$$\frac{|\tan{n}|}{||\tan{n}|+n|}<1\iff |\tan{n}|<||\tan{n}|+n|$$
Then since $n\geq 1$ then $\tan{n}>n$, so,

*

*if $\tan{n}>0$ then:
$\tan{n}<\tan{n}+n$ true.

*if $\tan{n}<0$ then:
$-\tan{n}<-\tan{n}+n$ true.

*if $\tan{n}=0$ then:
$0<0+n$ true.

A: Looking at
$\dfrac{n^{\log{n}}}{\sqrt{n!}}\dfrac{\tan{n}}{|\tan{n}|+n}
$,
using the n-th root test,
$\begin{array}\\
\left(\dfrac{n^{\log{n}}}{\sqrt{n!}}\right)^{1/n}
&=\dfrac{n^{\log{n}/n}}{n!^{1/(2n)}}\\
&=\dfrac{e^{\log^2{n}/n}}{n!^{1/(2n)}}\\
&\approx\dfrac{e^{\log^2{n}/n}}{(n/e)^{1/2}}\\
&\to\dfrac{e^{1/2}}{n^{1/2}}\\
&\to 0\\
\end{array}
$
and
$|\dfrac{\tan{n}}{|\tan{n}|+n}|
\lt 1
$
so the sum converges.
This holds true
when
$\sqrt{n!}$
is replaced by
$(n!)^a$
for any $a>0$
since
$\log(n)/n^b \to 0$
for any $b > 0$.


One dictionary defines it as "judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices." Obvious emotions and prejudices aside, are we not all influenced one way or another to see things as we do?
Being born of God, one will begin to see things as God sees them, and to think as God thinks. They are now one in spirit and nature, the fruit more evident as time passes. There is no other way to see as another.
What was different about Cain and Abel�s offerings to the Lord? It was that God had called on Abel to make his offering while Cain presumptuously offered to God.
Victor wrote the following in a response to a recent letter from Bimmy: There are things of God and things of men. There are good things and there are evil things. God has created both, and both have proceeded from men. He has used men to do both. His purpose is to teach us to know good and evil, to choose good, and to prosper in Him. When Paul says that all men's presentations are false, he is saying that what is of the flesh is false, and what is of the Spirit of God is true.


More than 30 Unite members at Renold Hi-Tec Couplings in Halifax will stage a second 24 hour strike on Thursday, 23 January as management continues 'to stonewall' in a pay dispute.
Members first struck on 19 December last year over the the company's arbitrary imposition of a pay freeze.
Workers at the Parkinson Lane site will strike from 07.30 on Thursday until 07.30 on Friday (24 January).
Unite regional officer Simon Coop said: "The company's stonewalling and dismissive stance is making this dispute worse. Management will not sit down with the aim of negotiating a way forward, despite the best efforts of Unite and the conciliation service, Acas.
Unite said that the company had previously made an annual £7 million profit, and although the employees say they are working just as hard, the management now claims that the firm is making a loss.
The workers at the company, which makes high-tech couplings for the engineering sector, voted by a 80 per cent majority to strike.
Messages of support and solidarity to our members taking strike action at Renold Hi Tec can be sent through Unite Regional Officer Simon.Coop@unitetheunion.org .
Members and activists can also attend the picket in Halifax and will be made very welcome.


Are you getting the ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended error? Learn what causes it and how to resolve it in this article.
The solution to the ORA-00933 error is to update your query to remove the clause that's causing the issue. This would depend on the type of query being run.
Let's take a look at some example solutions.
You have a JOIN keyword (such as INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN) in the query.
You have an ORDER BY in the query.
This statement fails because the INSERT statement does not support ORDER BY. When you insert data, you don't need to specify an order. The data is inserted into the table anyway, and the ORDER BY is only used for SELECT queries.
Refer to my guide on the Oracle INSERT statement here for more information.
This statement should now run without errors.
Read my guide on the Oracle UPDATE statement for more information.
The error appears because the ORDER BY does not belong in a DELETE statement. The ORDER BY is only for ordering data returned by a SELECT statement, and serves no purpose in a DELETE statement.
You can refer to my guide on the Oracle DELETE statement for more information.
Are you getting an "ORA-00933 sql command not properly ended" in a SELECT query?
Well, the SELECT query can support joins and ORDER BY, so what could be causing it?
Your SELECT statement is using UNION or UNION ALL, and you have an ORDER BY at any point except the end of the query. You can only have an ORDER BY at the end of the query, not within each UNION.
You have forgotten a comma in between tables when selecting them.
You're running Oracle 8i and trying to use INNER JOIN keywords (or similar join keywords). These were implemented in Oracle 9i.
Check that you have the right clauses for your query and are in the right place (e.g. not missing a FROM clause).
Check that you're not missing a comma anywhere, such as in the SELECT clause or the FROM clause.
Check that you're not missing a bracket anywhere. This can be made easier with SQL Developer's matching bracket highlighting or formatting the SQL to see if something is missing. Other IDEs have similar features.
So, that's how you resolve the ORA-00933 error.
Ben, I am getting ORA-00933, so I've been looking for help online. Most all the answers I've seen assume that the query is performing things that mine does not, like UPDATE, DELETE, etc., or some JOINs or UNIONs. Mine is just a select from 4 input files which asks for COUNT(*).
You know your stuff, so I'm hoping you can spot something I'm doing improperly. I've checked commas, brackets, spelling, etc. to no avail. This is being run in Encompass Designer which is our company program for setting up campaigns, but it's running Oracle, and I just don't see the problem. If you can help, thanks.
I think the issue is that your GROUP BY comes after the ORDER BY. SQL requires that the ORDER BY is the last line in the query, even after GROUP BY and HAVING and everything else.
Also, have you considered using JOIN keywords instead of matching on tables in the WHERE clause? JOINs are generally preferably because they explicitly say how two tables are joined, and it's easy to tell them apart from WHERE conditions that filter data.
Let me know if you have any issues/questions with this!
Thanks, Ben. I eventually figured it out. It's strange how sometimes the basic constructs of a language can trip one up. So, I got it fixed, but I appreciate that you went the extra step of recommending using JOINs instead of WHERE conditions. I'll admit I don't really know the rules that would determine that choice. Obviously, both approaches work for this query, but are there case where the WHERE conditions would be preferable to JOINs?
I don't know if there would be a situation where the WHERE conditions are preferable to JOINs. Perhaps in a small query, or something that's just quickly written to test some data, it might be easier to write it using WHERE conditions.
Actually, one reason to do it this way is if you're following coding standards in your team. If, for some reason, the team has determined they want to write JOINs that way, then it's often better to stick with the team standard.


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Media October 26, 2021
Shlomo Sprung
Nets Display Andy Warhol's Basquiat Portrait Ahead of Christie's Auction
After a stay at the Barclays Center's Crown Club, the legendary pop artist's work is expected fetch more than $20 million on the auction block.
After the Brooklyn Nets paid homage to neighborhood legend Jean-Michel Basquiat last season with their City Edition jerseys and a special court inspired by his designs and trademark artistic style, the team took that a step further by hosting an iconic Basquiat portrait inside Barclays Center.
Specifically, the Nets partnered with the auction house Christie's to display Andy Warhol's iconic 1982 oxidized portrait of Basquiat on Sunday and Monday inside its new, exclusive lounge, the Crown Club, for the team's first two home games of the season. It was the culmination of several conversations between the Nets and Christie's and the first partnership of its kind with a traditional sports team, according to Michael Wandell, the Nets' chief commercial officer.
"I certainly haven't seen anything like this happen anywhere else across the sports industry," he told Boardroom.
Kevin Durant posing next to Andy Warhol's famous portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat at Barclays Center's Crown Club
The portrait is owned by Peter Brant, a famous publisher and art collector best known for his Warhol and Basquiat pieces. It's the last painting of its kind in private hands, said Emily Kaplan, Christie's vice president and co-head of 20th century evening sale, post-war and contemporary art. Brant is auctioning the iconic piece on Nov. 11, with the winning bid expected to exceed $20 million.
"We decided that Basquiat really belonged back in Brooklyn," Kaplan told Boardroom as part of a private showing of the piece. "We had an amazing symbiotic conversation with the Nets and the whole team at Barclays about a partnership with bringing this work to the arena, and it was timed perfectly with the opening of the Crown Club leading into the auction. It really feels at home here."
Warhol met Basquiat in 1982 when Warhol was already world-famous and well known, but Basquiat was still an emerging graffiti artist just entering his 20s.
"He was just on the precipice of breaking out and becoming this megastar and wunderkind," Kaplan said. "And Warhol really understood that. No one understood celebrity better than Warhol. So he really wanted to meet Basquiat. I think Warhol wanted the youth and the freshness and the vitality that Basquiat had, this creativity and just burst of energy that Basquiat brought onto the scene. I think Warhol identified that talent in him really quickly."
The feeling of admiration was mutual, she said. Basquiat wanted to be accepted by the art world and saw Warhol as everything he wanted to be. The day they met is when Warhol took the photo of Basquiat that would become the basis for the portrait. It was actually Basquiat's idea to use an oxidation pattern for the background of the piece. Warhol's oxidation series in the '70s was lesser-known and not hugely exhibited at the time, but it was something Basquiat specifically asked for and the only portrait on top of an oxidation painting Warhol ever made, Kaplan said.
The oxidation technique Warhol employed is, shall we say, extremely unique, as well as risqué and controversial at the time he utilized it.
"He would begin by painting the ground of the painting in a metallic paint, and then either he or various studio assistants would urinate on the canvas," Kaplan said, "which would create this oxidation effect, these sort of green blooming spots, which actually ends up looking quite beautiful and striking. It was a bit of an outlier in that way, but also so radical at the time."
Wandell said that the Nets and Christie's are having advanced conversations on how they can broaden this partnership, where Barclays Center hosts other Christie's artists and works of art in rotation, as well as other non-art items the auction house may possess, including rare sports memorabilia.
"The Crown Club is kind of the perfect space to tell that story," he said.
Why the Basquiat portrait will sell for so much and possibly exceed the auction house's $20 million estimates, Kaplan said, is that the Brooklyn legend is more relevant now than ever before. The Nets are certainly a reason for that, she said, but it's also the Basquiat-themed clothing, tattoos, shoes, bags and apparel that have helped make his face and graffiti universally recognized.
And when we think about the celebrities Warhol painted during his storied career, like Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, Liz Taylor, and Elvis Presley, those are works that have sold for hundreds of millions.
"Looking forward," Kaplan said, "Basquiat might be even more relevant than them in the future. It shows how much foresight Warhol really had in painting a portrait of Basquiat at this moment."
A moment in time nearly 40 years ago between two luminaries of modern art.
And for this week, that moment worth tens of millions was just another reason to watch the Nets in action live in Brooklyn.
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Shlomo Sprung is a Senior Staff Writer at Boardroom. He has more than a decade of experience in journalism, with past work appearing in Forbes, MLB.com, Awful Announcing, and The Sporting News. He graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2011, and his Twitter and Spotify addictions are well under control. Just ask him.

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William P. "Bill" Fennhahn was born in Mannheim, Germany, on January 21, 1924. His parents, Wilhelm and Anna Hessman Fennhahn, moved to the United States when he was very young and settled in upper New York state. Fennhahn attended Roeliff Jansen Central High School in Hillsdale, New York, where he excelled as a baseball player. He enlisted in the Army right after high school graduation in February 1943.
Fennhahn was initially in the combat engineers of the 35th Infantry Division, stationed in Alabama, and then transferred to the 5th Ranger Battalion at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, in September 1943. Following training in England, the Rangers led the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach. "The most harrowing part was getting to the top of the first hill," he recalled 25 years later. "The Germans were using 88s, and they were firing on almost a flat trajectory, just clearing the top of the hill."
Fennhahn was back in England after Normandy and was promoted from Corporal to Sergeant before returning to France.
Sergeant Fennhahn was wounded three separate times as the Allied forces advanced through Europe. The second occasion was a bizarre incident that occurred while the Rangers were involved in capturing the town of L'Hopital in France. Fennhahn, who spoke fluent German, was interrogating a German civilian when another GI in another unit heard the German and started shooting at close range. On the third occasion he was in Germany when machine-gun fire broke both his legs and severed vital nerve fibers. Fennhahn was in hospitals in Europe and the United States for sixteen months. He was also awarded the Bronze and Silver Star medals.
Despite these severe injuries, Fennhahn's pre-war ambition to play professional baseball remained with him. "He tried out for the Giants in Phoenix, Arizona, and accepted an offer to play with Peekskill," recalls his widow, Terry Fennhahn. Fennhahn made 13 appearances with the Peekskill Highlanders in the Class D North Atlantic League in 1946, and posted a 4-3 record with a 5.18 ERA. The following year - 1947 - he made three appearances with the Quebec Alouettes in the Class C Canadian-American League and was 2-0, but recurring leg problems kept him off the mound for most of the season. He was back with Quebec in 1948 and made 20 appearances with a 4-5 record and 4.60 ERA. "A lot of guts," said his manager Tony Ravish, "I always pitched him in seven-inning ball games because he had shrapnel in the back of his legs ... then his legs would get tired naturally. But for seven innings, boy, he could fire that ball for me!"
"As much as he wanted, he couldn't continue playing professionally," recalled his widow, Terry Fennhahn.
Fennhahn continued to play semi-pro baseball, however, well into the 1950s. He enrolled at the State University of New York at Oswego, played for the baseball team and attained a degree as a bachelor of science. He was employed as an industrial arts teacher in the Amsterdam School District for 14 years at the Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School and for 15 years with the St. Johnsville School District. He also served as president of the Local 1150 American Federation of Teachers.
In June 1994, Fennhahn, 70, returned to the beaches of Normandy. "Before I got here, I had the same kinds of feelings I'd had before we made the landings-on D-Day," he told The Stars and Stripes on June 6, 1994. "In your mind you visualize everything you did before you hit the beach."
He tried to locate the spot at Omaha Beach where he came ashore. "I went down to Omaha, but do you think I can find the place that I landed?" Fennhahn asked. "Everything was flat. Everywhere looked the same."
Bill Fennhahn was a member of the John J. Wyszomirski American Legion Post 701, secretary of the Amsterdam Bowling Association, and a member of the Amsterdam Bowling Hall of Fame. He passed away at home in Amsterdam, New York, on February 16, 1997, following a long illness. He was 73 years old and is buried at Pine Groves Cemetery in Tribes Hill, New York.


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Man charged with third-degree sex abuse, indecent contact
Hillary Ojeda
Press Citizen
An Iowa City man was arrested after police say he had indecent contact with a child and committed sex acts against the will of another minor over the course of several years.
Marvin Stanley Ramos, 36, was charged with incest, lascivious acts with a child, indecent contact with a child, assault with intent to commit sex abuse and third-degree sex abuse.
According to police complaints, Ramos assaulted a minor victim "countless times" between 2008 and 2012 while she was between the age of 12 and 16 years old. He allegedly grabbed different parts of her body while she showered and while she was clothed.
The same victim reported that in 2010, Ramos on two occasions allegedly sexually abused her on a bed and then on a living room floor.
A second victim told police Ramos made indecent contact with her between 2012 and 2016 while she was between the ages of 8 and 12, according to police reports. On one occasion he allegedly grabbed her on several parts of her body and on another occasion he exposed himself to her.
This victim also alleged that Ramos touched her vaginal area several times between 2016 and 2017, police say.
He was transported to the Johnson County Jail Friday and is being held on a $34,000 bond.
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¶ "Nucor's Green Steel Trumps Anti-Wokedness In Bluegrass State" • Kentucky is celebrating its new green steel factory, the biggest in the US. It aims to be the top supplier to the domestic offshore wind industry. Kentucky is also part of the "anti-woke" movement, which seeks to prevent financial institutions from investing in clean energy. [CleanTechnica]
Kentucky green steel workers (Courtesy of Nucor)
¶ "US And EU Climate Markets And Cleantech" • Wasn't it only a few months ago when Europe was far ahead of the US in climate action? Not anymore. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act in the US prompted growling and frowning by EU diplomats at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Ursula von der Leyen said, "We must also step up EU funding." [CleanTechnica]
¶ "'No Miracles Needed': Prof Mark Jacobson On How Wind, Sun And Water Can Power The World" • "Combustion is the problem – when you're continuing to burn something, that's not solving the problem," says Prof Mark Jacobson. The world can rapidly get 100% of its energy from renewable sources with, as the title of his new book says, "No Miracles Needed." [The Guardian]
Wind farm (Charl Folscher, Unsplash)
¶ "The Spanish Town Powered By Waves" • Mutriku is called "one of the best-preserved medieval towns in the Basque Country." It was built as a fishing village. Its harbor's breakwaters protecct it from the effects of the constant waves. In 2011, it installed the Mutriku Wave Energy Plant, the first commercial wave power plant in Europe. [BBC]
¶ "TESLA 50Hz To Provide 40 MW Of Rooftop Solar To Element Industrial In Romania" • Element Industrial develops, invests in, and manages logistics and industrial real estate in southeastern Europe. It signed an agreement with TESLA 50Hz (not affiliated with Tesla) to design and build rooftop solar installations on all its buildings in Romania. [CleanTechnica]
Rooftop solar system (Courtesy of TESLA 50Hz)
¶ "Sasol Seals Deal For Wind Power While Coal Mining Outlook Dims" • Chemicals and energy group Sasol signed three power purchase agreements for almost 300 MW of wind energy to help kick off its decarbonisation plans for its Southern African value chain. The group reported declines in revenues due to continued operational challenges at its coal mines. [News24]
¶ "KABISA Launching Awesome Electric Mobility Ecosystem In Rwanda" • Rwanda is one of the countries in Africa that has led the way in introducing incentives to catalyze the adoption of EVs. Now, thanks to the country's progressive policies, the price point of new EVs is reaching cost parity with the purchase price of old ICE vehicles. [CleanTechnica]
EV charging in Rwanda (Courtesy of KABISA)
¶ "BPCL Signs MOU With Government Of Rajasthan For 1-GW Renewable Energy Plant" • Bharat Petroleum Corporation has signed an MOU with the Rajasthan government to set up a 1-GW renewable energy power plant. Bharat Petroleum has set itself the ambitious goal of Net Zero in Scope 1&2 emissions by the year 2040. [Construction Week India]
¶ "India Can Save $19.5 Billion Per Year By Shifting From Coal To Clean Power, Says New Study" • India can save up to $19.5 billion a year if it goes with its plan to add 76 GW of utility-scale solar and wind power by 2025, research from Global Energy Monitor shows. The report ranked India in the top seven world countries for prospective renewable power. [Business Today]
Thar Desert (Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ "Ukraine Reports That Permanent IAEA Missions Are Now Operating At All Of The Country's Nuclear Power Plants" • The Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom reported that a number of permanent International Atomic Energy Agency missions are operating at all Ukrainian nuclear power plants, after arriving in the country over the past week. [MSN]
¶ "NOWRDC Announces US Offshore Wind Supply Chain Road Map" • The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium released a report showing how the US can develop a robust and equitable domestic supply chain required to achieve the national offshore wind target of 30 GW by 2030, with a fully domestic supply chain. [CleanTechnica]
Floating offshore windpower (DOE image)
¶ "Texas Solar Plant Enters Operation" • US independent power producer Advanced Power has commenced full commercial operation at a 140-MW (DC) solar farm in Texas. The Cutlass solar farm, in the Greater Houston area, started delivering power into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) system in July 2022. [reNews]
¶ "Hawaiian Electric Seeking Proposals For Renewable Energy Projects On Maui, Oahu" • Hawaiian Electric is seeking proposals for renewable energy projects on Maui and Oahu in a new round of clean energy procurement. The RFP includes development of firm renewable capacity, which can deliver power full time, on the islands. [Maui Now]
Maui (Benjamin Rascoe, Unsplash)
¶ "Federal Study Calls For Rooftop Solar Panels To Meet Puerto Rican Renewable Energy Goals" • Puerto Rico should install rooftop solar panels at such sites as airports and industrial areas to reach renewable energy goals, a federal study said. More than $12 billion in disaster funds were announced in early 2022 for recovery and the redesign. [The Hill]
¶ "New Study Confirms ExxonMobil Knew Exactly The Danger Posed By Climate Change" • ExxonMobil knew just how much the continuing use of carbon-producing fossil fuels was likely to heat up the planet at the same time it was funding a campaign tp denying the reality of global warming, according to a new study published in the journal Science. [GoLocalProv]
Have a remarkably satisfying day.
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Dying and Rising
Scripture Reading — Romans 6:1-14
Don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
— Romans 6:3
Theologian Scott Hoezee tells of a pastor who preached a Sunday sermon about Jesus' resurrection. First thing Monday morning, the phone rang. It was a high-powered, big city lawyer who had been in church the day before. The pastor invited the man over, and as the lawyer came into the study, he said, "I have just one question for you: Do you believe that Jesus was really raised from the dead? Do you really believe it?" "Yes, I really do," the pastor replied. The lawyer smiled and said, "Thank you, that's all I needed to know." And he left.
Jesus really was raised from the dead. He really is still alive, and as he rules in heaven, he really is also right here with us, through the Holy Spirit, in our every act of love, kindness, grace, compassion, and hope. Jesus lives! Because he really arose, that changes everything.
Rich got cancer a few years ago. A young grandpa, he knew his days were numbered. He grieved, knowing how much he would miss his loving wife, his step-children, and the grandson who adored his every word. Rich came to me, his pastor, and he said, "I want to be baptized." Typically in our church, people who want to be baptized attend a class explaining baptism's role in God's big story. Rich said he was willing to attend but wasn't sure how long he would live. Of course, Rich was baptized right away—he was ready to be claimed by God!
Jesus, your promise is that all who die with you will also live with you. Help us to believe always. Amen.
About the author — Kevin Adams
Dr. Kevin Adams has served as a church planter/pastor in the Sacramento, California, area since 1991. He and his wife, Gerry, began Granite Springs Church in Lincoln, and this congregation has helped to nourish several other church plants. Kevin also serves as a director of the Sierra Leadership Network, a training program for new church leaders.


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ATP Cup Australian Open Tennis
Novak Djokovic Gets Snapped Holidaying in the Mountains of Serbia
Published 12/13/2021, 12:58 AM EST
Tennis – Davis Cup Finals – Group F – Serbia v Germany – Olympiahalle, Innsbruck, Austria – November 27, 2021 Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his match against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic outshined almost every player in the year 2021. The year has been truly astonishing for the Serb, and for a much needed down time Djoker head to Kopaonik mountain in Serbia.
Many fans shared pictures with World No.1, as he enjoys his sabbatical from tennis. Novak Djokovic will be next competing in the ATP Cup starting from the first week of January 2022. Djokovic's status for the Australian Open is still unrevealed.
Novak Djokovic holidaying in Serbia
After a tiresome 2021 season, Novak Djokovic is having a joyful time in Serbia. The 20-time Grand Slam champ has taken a mini-vacation from professional tennis. Recently, he was seen at the beautiful Kopaonik mountain in Serbia.
Champ @DjokerNole today with fans at Serbian mountain, Kopaonik. ⛰❄☃⛄☁
Let it snow. ❄❄🌨 Enjoy your holiday. 🎄 #NoleFam
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— #AlwaysProudOfNovak (@Slavica_NoleFam) December 12, 2021
As he enjoys his time in the mountains, fans gather around to take a quick picture with World No. 1.
Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole❤
Kopaonik mountain in Serbia.🇷🇸🌲
Buongiorno Restoran Kopaonik ⛷❄@DjokerNole @NDjokofan @NovakFanClub #Djokovic
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— Milica Milutinovic (@MilicaM84932667) December 12, 2021
Novak Djokovic has had a scintillating 2021 season. The Serb captured three Grand Slam titles this year, unfortunately, missed out at the Flushing Meadows. It's remarkable to see that even at the age of 34, Djokovic is dominating the sport.
Watch this story: The Journey of Roger Federer to the Elite Billionaire's Club
Djokovic to play at the ATP Cup 2022
After enjoying his little vacation time, Djokovic will be headed towards Australia to represent Serbia at the ATP Cup 2022. This will be the third edition of the competition that shall happen from 1st January through 9th January 2022 in Sydney.
Tennis – ATP Finals – Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy – November 19, 2021 Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning his group stage match against Britain's Cameron Norrie REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Team Russia is the current defending champions of the tournament. Big players like Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, and Stefanos Tsitsipas will also be participating at the event in Syndey. However, despite recovering from injury, Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw from the ATP Cup.
Moreover, the Spaniard wants to concentrate on the main event in Melbourne, the Australian Open 2022. However, Djokovic hasn't still confirmed his status for the Happy Slam.
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Gohari, A., Saeidnia, S., Naseri, A., Manayi, A., Salimikia, I., Monsef Esfahani, H. (2014). Isolation and characterization of phytochemicals of Johrenia paucijuga (DC.) Bornm.. Research Journal of Pharmacognosy, 1(4), 1-5.
A.R. Gohari; S. Saeidnia; A. Naseri; A. Manayi; I. Salimikia; H.R. Monsef Esfahani. "Isolation and characterization of phytochemicals of Johrenia paucijuga (DC.) Bornm.". Research Journal of Pharmacognosy, 1, 4, 2014, 1-5.
Gohari, A., Saeidnia, S., Naseri, A., Manayi, A., Salimikia, I., Monsef Esfahani, H. (2014). 'Isolation and characterization of phytochemicals of Johrenia paucijuga (DC.) Bornm.', Research Journal of Pharmacognosy, 1(4), pp. 1-5.
Gohari, A., Saeidnia, S., Naseri, A., Manayi, A., Salimikia, I., Monsef Esfahani, H. Isolation and characterization of phytochemicals of Johrenia paucijuga (DC.) Bornm.. Research Journal of Pharmacognosy, 2014; 1(4): 1-5.
Isolation and characterization of phytochemicals of Johrenia paucijuga (DC.) Bornm.
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 4, Autumn 2014, Page 1-5	 PDF (406.81 K)
A.R. Gohari1; S. Saeidnia1; A. Naseri1; A. Manayi1; I. Salimikia2; H.R. Monsef Esfahani2
1Medicinal Plants Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background and objectives: The genus Johrenia belongs to Umbelliferae family and contains five species that are endemic to Iran. Johrenia paucijuga grows widely in the north-west, west and center of Iran. So far, there has been no research about phytochemistry of J. paucijuga. In the present study, phytochemicals of the plants have been isolated and their structures have been elucidated. Methods: The aerial parts were dried and cut into small pieces, then extracted with ethyl acetate and methanol using perculator apparatus at room temperature. The methanol extract was extracted again with, petroleum ether and butanol. The separation and isolation process was carried out using column (silica gel and Sephadex LH-20) and thin layer chromatographic (TLC) methods. Structure elucidation of the purified compounds were based on ¹H and ¹³C-NMR data, in comparison with those reported in the previous literatures. Results: The isolated compounds from the ethyl acetate and butanol extracts of J. paucijuga were identified as β-sitosterol, β- stigmasterol and quercetin. Quercetin is a bioactive flavonoid widely used as a health supplement. β- sitosterol and β-stigmasterol are phytosteroles (plants sterols) with chemical structure similar to that of cholesterol and are sometimes used in treating hypercholesterolemia. Conclusion: Regarding the valuable biological properties of the isolated compounds, different biological effects could be expected from the plant.
β-sitosterol; β-stigmasterol; Johrenia paucijuga; phytochemistry; Quercetin
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Q: PyQt window closes after opening I have two files, namely main.py and client_window.py. I want to show the client window after the progress bar completes its progress. But I find that the client window opens and closes immediately. Can someone suggest how to change the code, so that I'll grasp the correct logic?
This is main.py:
"""
This module defines the User Interface
"""

import sys
import time

from cloudL.ui import client_window

from PyQt4 import QtGui

from PyQt4 import QtCore
from PyQt4.QtGui import *

class ProgressBarWidget(QtGui.QDialog):

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(ProgressBarWidget, self).__init__(parent)
        layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)

        self.label = QLabel()
        self.tryAgain = QPushButton("Try Again")
        self.progressBar = QtGui.QProgressBar(self)
        self.progressBar.setRange(0,100)
        self.tryAgain.setEnabled(False)

        layout.addWidget(self.label)
        layout.addWidget(self.progressBar)
        layout.addWidget(self.tryAgain)

        self.myLongTask = TaskThread()
        self.myLongTask.notifyProgress.connect(self.onProgress)
        self.myLongTask.start()

    def onStart(self):
        self.tryAgain.setEnabled(False)
        self.myLongTask.start()
        self.label.setText("")

    def onProgress(self, i):
        self.progressBar.setValue(i)
        if(self.progressBar.value() == 100):
            #app = QApplication(sys.argv)
            #global ex
            ex = client_window.main()
            ex.show()
            #ex.main()
            #ex.show()
            #sys.exit(app.exec_())
        else:
            self.tryAgain.setEnabled(True)
            self.tryAgain.clicked.connect(self.onStart)
            self.label.setText("Cannot connect to Server! Please Try Again!")

class TaskThread(QtCore.QThread):
    notifyProgress = QtCore.pyqtSignal(int)
    def run(self):
        for i in range(101):
            self.notifyProgress.emit(i)
            time.sleep(0.005)

class MainWindow(QWidget):
    """
    This window will be the first screen to appear
    """

    def __init__(self, parent = None):
        super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
        """
        Initializes parameters required by the MainWindow
        """
        self.option = ""       # to specify the if the selected option is Server or Client
        self.ex = None

    def main(self):
        """
        This function is the origin where the initiation of the control takes place
        :return: Returns nothing
        """

        mainLayout = QVBoxLayout()
        mainLayout.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)

        radioLayout = QHBoxLayout()
        mainLayout.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)

        label = QLabel()
        label.setText("Select whether to act as a Server or a Client")
        labelFont = QFont()
        labelFont.setBold(True)
        labelFont.setPointSize(15)
        label.setFont(labelFont)

        mainLayout.addWidget(label)
        mainLayout.addStretch()

        b1 = QRadioButton("Server")
        b1.setChecked(True)
        b1.toggled.connect(lambda : btnstate(b1))
        radioLayout.addWidget(b1)

        b2 = QRadioButton("Client")
        b2.toggled.connect(lambda : btnstate(b2))
        radioLayout.addWidget(b2)

        self.option = ""

        def btnstate(b):
            """
            Nested function to define the action when radio button is toggled
            :param b: Button which is toggled currently
            :return: Returns nothing
            """
            if b.text() == "Server" and b.isChecked() == True:
                self.option = "Server"

            if b.text() == "Client" and b.isChecked() == True:
                self.option = "Client"

        start = QPushButton("Start")

        mainLayout.addLayout(radioLayout)
        mainLayout.addStretch()
        mainLayout.addWidget(start)

        self.setLayout(mainLayout)
        self.setGeometry(400, 200, 300, 300)
        self.setWindowTitle("CloudL")

        start.clicked.connect(self.showdialog)

    def showdialog(self):
        """
        A sample message box to check and display which option is chosen
        :return: Returns nothing
        """
        #app = QApplication(sys.argv)
        self.ex = ProgressBarWidget(self)
        self.ex.setGeometry(400, 200, 500, 150)
        self.destroy()
        self.ex.setWindowTitle("CloudL")
        self.ex.show()

"""
Execute the required action
"""
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = MainWindow()
ex.main()
ex.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

And client_window.py is as follows:
#client_window.py

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtCore

from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtCore import *

class myListWidget(QListWidget):
    def Clicked(self, item):
        QMessageBox.information(self, "ListWidget", "You clicked: " + item.text())

class Example(QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Example, self).__init__()
        self.listWidget = None
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):
        hbox = QHBoxLayout(self)

        topleftLayout = QVBoxLayout()
        topleftLayout.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignTop)
        topleft = QFrame()
        topleft.setFrameShape(QFrame.StyledPanel)
        label = QLabel()
        label.setText("SERVER LIST")
        label.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
        topleftLayout.addWidget(label)
        self.addServerList(topleftLayout)
        topleft.setLayout(topleftLayout)
        bottom = QFrame()
        bottom.setFrameShape(QFrame.StyledPanel)

        splitter1 = QSplitter(Qt.Horizontal)
        textedit = QTextEdit()
        splitter1.addWidget(topleft)
        splitter1.addWidget(textedit)
        splitter1.setSizes([100, 200])

        splitter2 = QSplitter(Qt.Vertical)
        splitter2.addWidget(splitter1)
        splitter2.addWidget(bottom)
        splitter2.setSizes([225, 100])

        hbox.addWidget(splitter2)

        self.setLayout(hbox)
        QApplication.setStyle(QStyleFactory.create('Cleanlooks'))

        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 200)
        self.setWindowTitle('QSplitter demo')
        self.showMaximized()

    def addServerList(self, layout):
        self.listWidget = myListWidget()
        self.listWidget.resize(300, 120)

        self.listWidget.addItem("Item 1");
        self.listWidget.addItem("Item 2");
        self.listWidget.addItem("Item 3");
        self.listWidget.addItem("Item 4");

        self.listWidget.setWindowTitle('PyQT QListwidget Demo')
        self.listWidget.itemClicked.connect(self.listWidget.Clicked)
        layout.addWidget(self.listWidget)

def main():
    ex = Example()
    ex.showMaximized()
    return ex

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    main()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

I'm making the call to client_window at:
def onProgress(self, i):
    self.progressBar.setValue(i)
    if(self.progressBar.value() == 100):
        #app = QApplication(sys.argv)
        #global ex
        ex = client_window.main()
        ex.show()
        #ex.main()
        #ex.show()
        #sys.exit(app.exec_())
    else:
        self.tryAgain.setEnabled(True)
        self.tryAgain.clicked.connect(self.onStart)
        self.label.setText("Cannot connect to Server! Please Try Again!")

Also, if I include the lines app = QApplication(sys.argv) and sys.exit(app.exec_()) in the client window I'm getting the following error:

QCoreApplication::exec: The event loop is already running pyqt error

A: You need to keep a reference to the client window, otherwise it will be garbage-collected as soon as onProgress returns:
def onProgress(self, i):
    self.progressBar.setValue(i)
    if self.progressBar.value() == 100:
        self.client_window = client_window.main()
    else:
        self.tryAgain.setEnabled(True)
        self.tryAgain.clicked.connect(self.onStart)
        self.label.setText("Cannot connect to Server! Please Try Again!")


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England Men support Hockey for Heroes at Unibet EuroHockey Championships
England Hockey is proud to announce that for the upcoming Unibet EuroHockey Championships, the men's team will display the Hockey for Heroes logo on their shirts. The men's team, led by Barry Middleton, will be playing five matches at the event starting with a pool match against Russia at 7.30pm tomorrow. All matches will be broadcast on the BBC.
Hockey for Heroes is the brain-child of two hockey players and ex-servicemen, Carl Woods and Gary Ryder. The group aims to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity, which was founded in 2007 to provide direct, practical support for wounded, injured and sick servicemen, women, veterans and their loved ones.
The Hockey for Heroes team raise funds through a mixture of exceptional physical exertion and hockey events.
Hockey for Heroes Founder Gary Ryder told England Hockey:
"To see where Hockey for Heroes has gone, from four years ago being an idea between a few friends to today, when the England team will compete with our logo on their shirts it is absolutely incredible. It's great to have England Hockey's support and it just doesn't get any bigger than having you own national team behind you."
Hockey for Heroes' fundraising goes from strength to strength. In their latest challenge, in 2015, during only 10 days, between Thursday 21st May & Saturday 30th May 2015, the Hockey for Heroes Invitational Squad comprising 26 players from 20 different hockey clubs undertook 33 Games of Hockey and the 3 Peaks Challenge (Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis & Snowdon).
"We're very lucky to have a hockey community that cares about each other and the success of our tour is testament to that. We really want to increase the awareness of Help for Heroes and to promote what we're doing but we also want to promote our love of the game. What better way than with the support of the England team?"
Andy Halliday, the England Team Manager, himself a mentor on the Help for Heroes Pathfinder scheme and an active supporter of Hockey for Heroes said:
"It's fantastic that we are able to provide such great support for both Hockey for Heroes and Help for Heroes. As a Help for Heroes mentor I witness first-hand the positive impact that the charity has on helping our service personnel. I am very proud to be part of the link that we are able to provide through the efforts of Hockey for Heroes. This opportunity will help broaden the awareness of both the sport and the charity."
The Unibet EuroHockey Championships 2015 showcases the best eight men's and women's teams in Europe, including both England teams. England's men narrowly missed out on a medal in 2013, finishing fourth after defeat to the Netherlands in the bronze medal match. Bobby Crutchley's side will be aiming to get on the podium in front of a home crowd this time out. The event will offer entertainment both on and off the pitch with a large fan park, including a fun zone for children. The stadium capacity has been expanded to cater for demand for tickets, with some sessions on the verge of selling out again at the increased capacity. Visit www.eurohockey2015.co.uk.
About Hockey for Heroes and the Help for Heroes Charity
Help for Heroes raise money to help injured and fallen servicemen and women, running a series of recovery centres across the country. Read more about the centres and their activities here – http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/how-we-help/recovery-centres/
Help for Heroes has been involved with Sports Recovery since 2008, and in the past year alone have put on 350 events across 50 different sports enabling over 2,100 wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans to take part in adaptive sports.
Using Hockey as their sport to help, the Hockey for Heroes team work to raise funds for Help for Heroes, with their efforts dating back to 2012 and encompassing a mixture of exceptional physical exertion combined with playing hockey. You can find out more about Hockey for Heroes on their website: http://www.hockey4heroes.co.uk/.
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Notes et références

Notes

Références
Spéléo-club de Chablis

Grottes et Gouffres de l'Yonne

Autres sources

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

 Bigot Jean-Yves, « Spéléométrie de la France. Cavités classées par département, par dénivellation et développement. », in Spelunca Mémoires, FFS éditions, , 2004, 160 pages
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 Spéléo Club de Chablis, « Crots de l´Yonne », 1983
 Bulletin « Sous le Plancher », n°2, 1987, pages 54 à 59 ; n°13, 1998, page 76
 Revue « Spelunca » nº19, page 12, 1985 ; nº21, page 13, 1986 ; nº23, page 19, 1986 ; nº27, page 4, 1987 ;  nº30, pages 30 à 35, 1988 ; nº31, page 54, 1988 ; nº65, page 59, 1997.

Articles connexes
 Spéléométrie
 Liste des cavités naturelles les plus profondes de l'Yonne
 Grottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure

Liens externes
  www.grottocenter.org Grottocenter, base de données wiki de cavités mondiales (« The wiki database made by cavers for cavers »)

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Just saw an advanced screening of Madagascar 3 – so hilariously funny. Truly entertaining. Time to do my written and video review now!!! Stay tune as it will be coming from KIDS FIRST!
Also was interviewed by the wonderful and Eco Friendly Mario Jr. (President of KDSTR – Host "The Mario Jr. Alive & Green Show" on VAKIDS) Thank you Mario – it was a lot of fun!!!
As always, thanks for everyone's continued support!!!
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On 29 April a change of command was carried out in the Swedish contingent that belongs to NNSC, in South Korea. The transfer of command from Major General Berndt Grundevik to Major General Mats Engman was carried out after a handover period of just over one week.
Further delegates from the NNSC (Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission) will return to Sweden during the summer.
The ceremony was held at the American base of Yongsan in central Seoul with host for the ceremony being Major General Mark Dillon, on behalf of General Curtis Scaparotti, Head of the UN Command and all American forces in South Korea (UNC/CFC/USFK). The ceremony was conducted with a parade troop of company size as well as a battery with four artillery pieces that fired a salute.
During the ceremony, Major General Berndt Grundevik, who took over on 27 September 2013, was awarded both an American and South Korean honour for his contribution and service in Korea. National anthems for Sweden, South Korea and the USA were played by the American 8th Army's band with full orchestra as well as Swedish marches representing the background of both generals. The families of both major generals received warm thanks and a warm welcome respectively to Korea.
Major General Mats Engman will serve as Swedish commander for NNSC up to the summer of 2017.


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Two days in Edinburgh and one in the Highlands… in January. It couldn't have been better.
Usually when I think of the British Isles in winter, I think cold, wet, and generally depressing. And when the Husband picked Edinburgh for our last big trip in January, I told him exactly that. "It's gonna be miserable," I said. "Are you sure you want to go to Scotland?" He did.
And thank goodness he didn't change his mind, because I couldn't have been more wrong. Well, it was a bit wet and a bit cold, but I was definitely wrong about it being miserable.
I had been to Edinburgh before, but I'd never been out of the city and this was my chance to see the famous Scottish Highlands. But we'll get to that. We had three full days to enjoy, and we used them extremely well in my opinion.
Super easy! There are two ways to get from the airport to the city center, and they're about as convenient as possible.
The Tram costs £5 one way, with easy-to-use ticket kiosks (they take card and coin, but not bills). The tram runs roughly every 10 minutes, but it only operates from the hours of 5:30am to 11:00pm. We used the tram to get downtown to the vicinity of Waverly Station.
The Bus costs £4,50 and also runs about every 10 minutes, but it runs 24 hours a day. The trip is about half an hour, and since we had an early flight, we took the bus for our outgoing trip.
We spent the first two days in Edinburgh (not pronounced –burg, but –burra), where we had booked the Ibis hotel off the Royal Mile. It was relatively cheap, the room was comfortable and clean, and the location couldn't have been better. A 20 second walk from the front door and we were on the Royal Mile, surrounded by all the pubs and shops we could ask for.
We started off our first day right, by going to the Elephant House cafe for breakfast. Now if you're a Potterhead like me, you're probably a little jealous right now (sorry about that). And if you've never heard of it, the Elephant House is the cafe where J.K. Rowling began the Harry Potter series.
The food was simple, Scottish, and delicious – the Husband even had his first try of haggis. We also got a pot of tea to share and couldn't have been much happier.
At the top of the Royal Mile, you'll find Edinburgh Castle. It's a beautiful spot not only because the castle is gorgeous, but because of the view. The castle itself is a little pricey (£16,50 each), so we skipped the interior. A friend of mine assured me that it wasn't really anything special, but I can't speak for myself.
The castle sits on a tall outcropping that affords an amazing scene of the south side of the city. On a clear day you can see the hills beyond the city, and in the winter they may be dusted with snow! It wasn't a bright sunny day for us, but it was still so beautiful.
You can also see toward the north side of the city, although there are some trees in the way. We found a better place to get views of the north side of Edinburgh.
If you've ever checked Tripadvisor for the best things to do in Edinburgh, you'll no doubt have seen Camera Obscura on the list. Now when I saw it, I thought "What the heck does that mean? Sounds dumb." And I promptly TL;DRd. Thankfully the Husband had enough patience to actually read the description and subsequently demand we go there.
Camera Obscura is basically a fun house. Entrance is £14,50 for adults and don't think you won't have fun, because you will. I was skeptical at first too, but I'm very glad we went because it was worth the price. They'll give you a stamp so you can come and go all day, and you just might.
The building is a tower, and you start at the top where you'll get a short demonstration of the camera part of the Camera Obscura. Basically, the building is a camera. We were brought into a dark room where a woman showed us how it worked. There's a mirror and lens at the top that reflects the entire city onto a table. She could control the angle of the mirror and gave us a tour of the city in real time. We watched as people and cars went by – it was strange, but pretty cool to see.
To me, the best feature of the top floor was the view. Here is where you can see toward the north. There's the New Town, the Firth of Forth (the estuary where the river reaches the sea), and the Kingdom of Fife beyond. You'll see glimpses of Arthur's Seat beyond an ornate church tower, and the chimneys of Edinburgh are fun to see as well.
After that you wind your way down the tower, checking out the oddities and, well, playing. There's a mirror maze, a hall of holograms, and a ton of things I don't even know how to describe. There's a forced perspective room, too – don't miss getting a picture in there.
But by FAR my favorite part of the fun house was the VORTEX! It's the simplest thing in the world, with the most staggering effect on your sense of balance. What it is: A short, raised walkway, surrounded by a rotating tube of black cloth. The cloth is painted with neon polkadots, and blacklit. What it does: MAKE YOU SICK. Seriously, don't try to walk through it if you get motion sick. Luckily I don't get motion sick, and I had a damn good time. I must have walked through it half a dozen times, laughing maniacally and groping for the handrails when I lost my balance. I don't understand how walking through a rotating sheet can make you feel so drunk, but man was it fun.
Arthur's Seat is the mound of an extinct volcano that rises above the city to the east, named after King Arthur himself. I still haven't gotten to hike it, but I have every intention of doing so eventually. From what I read the hike takes several hours, and with only two days in Edinburgh we just didn't have the time. And it would be much nicer to do in good weather.
Between the castle and Camera Obscura you'll find another type of attraction – the Tartan Weaving Mill. This building is a bit of a maze, but it's fun to check out, especially if you feel like shopping. Inside you'll find a whisky shop, a rugby kit shop, cheesy souvenirs, wool and cashmere scarves and wraps, and of course clan tartans of all kinds. You can see tartan making in progress (make sure you look to see what clan they're weaving!).
Do you see it? Do you see who's on it? IT'S THE PROCLAIMERS. Do you even understand how happy this made me? (I would walk 500 miles just for this bag.) My life is complete, and it only cost me £8. Worth it. They have a magnet version too, for people who aren't as cool as me.
Victoria Street in general is a really fun place to browse, and it ends in the Grassmarket square.
The Grassmarket is full of tantalizing restaurants, so it's not a bad place to check out at dinnertime. There was even a pub called The Beehive Inn! My kind of people, Scots are.
We found out that museums and galleries in Edinburgh are… drumroll… FREE. How freaking awesome is that? It may not be all of them, but it's definitely most, including the National Museum of Scotland – and you could easily spend an entire day there by itself. We went, but were only there for about an hour before we had to run to the Husband's whisky tasting.
In that hour, we covered about half of a single floor. There are SEVEN. It would be a great place to bring kids on a rainy day – there's fun stuff to see and do, and there's a cafe in the building as well. I'm really wishing we had planned better and had more time there. Ah well, one more reason to go back.
The Royal Mile is a tourist's dream. Countless restaurants, fun shops, live music, walking tours (ghost tours included!), and enough incredible pubs to make your head spin. The only thing I can say about it is to explore as much as possible! You could easily spend your whole trip on the Royal Mile shopping, eating, and generally enjoying the vibe.
If you enjoy pubs, I highly recommend doing your own pub crawl! Have a pint anywhere around the Royal Mile, step outside, walk 100 feet or less and you're at the next pub. Couldn't be easier. Many pubs have live music seven nights a week, and many others have music on weekend nights. For live music I recommend Whistle Binkies (it was nearly dead but the music was rockin') and Finnegan's Wake (you'll probably be the oldest person in there, but the music was good).
Make sure to check out The Halfway House – Edinburgh's smallest pub! Another pub opened up a couple years ago called The Wee Pub, which is technically the smallest pub now. We went to both, and found that The Wee Pub was kind of just a gimmick. It seems to actually be a part of the pub next to it, so calling it a pub in itself seemed a little cheap to me. The Halfway House though, is a legitimate pub.
Along the Royal Mile you'll see a dozen different kiosks advertising ghost tours. You can book online or often just show up at the kiosk at the times advertises. As far as choosing which company to go with, uhhh, well, I dunno. Really you just have descriptions to go on, so looking online at ratings and reviews can be useful. But to be honest, I think it's safe to say they're all going to be good.
Our first day in Edinburgh, I had a surprise for the Husband. A beer tasting for two with BrewDog! Unfortunately their main shop was under renovations while we were there, but they were very accommodating and managed to host us a partner shop called BottleDog.
It was a great tasting, and the BottleDog shop was probably the Husband's idea of heaven. We got to try five beers, and they were all delicious. If you have any appreciation for beer, I can highly recommend a tasting with BrewDog. As good as our tasting was, it would be even better in their own location.
Edinburgh is whisky central. There are probably a hundred places you can do a whisky tasting within a kilometer of the Royal Mile. But I had another surprise tasting booked for the Husband with Jeffrey Street Whisky. I had very little interest in trying whiskies myself (especially since we did our pub crawl the night before and my stomach was still a little wobbly). My plan was to drop off the Husband and do some shopping on my own. However, when we stepped into the shop, they offered to make me a pot of tea so I could still enjoy the tasting without, well, tasting.
Our "whisky guide" was very knowledgeable and gave us a more thorough history of whisky in Scotland than I ever expected to learn. Did you know that in the 1800s there were two guys who advertised their whisky with parrots? They bought 500 parrots from Africa and ingeniously taught them to say "Buy Pattison's!" These parrots were distributed to the pubs that sold their crappy whisky, and everyone flocked to see the parrots (not a common sight in Scotland, especially then). Their business boomed, but they were idiots who practically flushed their money down the toilet with flamboyant spending. Despite their initial success, you won't see Pattison's whisky on any shelf today.
At the top of the Royal Mile is also an establishment called The Scotch Whisky Experience. They even have a ride. Next time we'll try that one simply because it looks fun and it has a restaurant too. But I do recommend Jeffrey Street if you're interested in something more low-key and off the beaten path.
That's it! That's everything we did during our two days in Edinburgh. Our last day we spent in the Highlands.
As much fun as we had in Edinburgh, I loved the Highlands even more. We considered doing a day tour with a bus company vs. renting a car and doing it ourselves. Renting a car came to about £40 for the rental, not including the gas (which as you probably know is expensive in the UK and Europe). The bus tour for BOTH of us came to £90, and we wouldn't have to spend eight hours behind the wheel in a country where they drive on the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD LIKE MANIACS.
We booked with Heart of Scotland Tours (the Wee Red Bus) and were SO excited to go. That is, until we got an email the night before saying that they had to cancel because not enough people signed up. Luckily, before we could respond, we got a second email saying, "Nevermind, the tour will continue as planned. See you in the morning." Phew, right?
Well, kind of. The next morning we were waiting at the bus stop for our Wee Red Bus, when a lady came up with a group trailing behind and said, "Are you doing the Heart of Scotland Tour?" She explained to us that the company we had booked with basically re-booked our seats with them instead, since they did the same tour. That would have been no problem with us, if they had TOLD US. We had no idea. Thank goodness that girl was smart enough to ask us, because she assumed we knew.
Long story short, I do NOT recommend Heart of Scotland Tours, at least not in the winter when attendance is low. We could easily have missed the tour altogether. Luckily, it worked out because the company we ended up going with was AMAZING. So listen up – BOOK WITH RABBIE'S TOURS! It was such a great day trip, and they do longer ones as well if you have time for an overnight.
The day was made even better when God smiled upon us and give us PERFECT weather. It had been rainy and cold and a bit drab the first two days, but day three dawned bright and sunny (once the sun actually came up at 8:30… they only get about eight hours of daylight in the winter).
We started the trip at 8:00am on a weekday – rush hour by any standard. And the traffic wasn't even bad! So if you DO decide to rent a car, don't be intimidated by the traffic in Edinburgh. Not to mention the road designs make way more sense than they do here in Italy.
Glencoe is a long valley (and the name of the town at the end) of absolutely stunning Highland scenery. I couldn't believe the craggy mountains and still lakes everywhere. And the SNOW! We stopped at a pull off with a view of the Three Sisters mountain peaks. As you can see below, I literally couldn't fit them all in one picture. The whole drive was absolutely breathtaking. I can't emphasize it enough.
All I can say is that if you rent a car and go on your own, do NOT miss Glencoe. Our driver also told us that Scotland is entirely free land – you can walk, hike, and even camp ANYWHERE, as long as you do it responsibly and aren't causing trouble.
When you book with a tour company, they'll say that seeing Highland cows aren't included in the winter. But we got to see them! I was so freaking excited. I was the only one who charged into the deep snow to get closer – what's a little snow to a Vermont girl? I loved the Highland cows…. As our driver said, they're cute, cuddly, and delicious.
Tour companies probably say seeing Highland cows isn't included in the winter just in case. Sometimes the "heery coos" might not be out, and they wouldn't want people demanding their money back because they didn't get to see the cows promised by their tour. I'd say don't count on seeing them if you book a winter tour, but it'll probably happen anyway.
From Glencoe to Loch Ness, the drive was astounding. It'll be useless to try and describe it, so I'll just leave a couple pictures here to speak for me.
Surprisingly, Loch Ness might have been my least favorite part of our entire stay in Scotland. Which is NOT to say that I didn't like it – I loved it, but I loved everything else a little more.
You can do an hour-long boat tour for about £13, and you might even see Nessie! With only an hour and a half in the town of Fort Augustus, we opted to see the town and get lunch instead. In January, most of the little shops were closed, but a couple pubs were open and we got lunch in one of them.
We were at the southern end of Loch Ness – Inverness at the northern end I suspect is the more popular tourist town, and more things may be open in the winter there. Fort Augustus was teeny tiny, but cute. And after the first five minutes off the bus, the gray clouds rolled in and big fat snowflakes started to fall. We got our sunny pictures and were happy to see some snow (we don't get much in Italy).
Eventually it was back on the bus and we headed back to Edinburgh for our last night. Our driver even managed to dodge a rogue sheep that had found its way into the road in the dark.
Overall: If you're considering going to Scotland in the winter, but are afraid of the "misery" factor, go anyway! You wont be miserable – even if the weather's nasty, there's a ton to do in Edinburgh.
I'm not sure when my next post will be – Scotland was kind of our grand finale before leaving Europe and moving to… WASHINGTON STATE!!! The countdown is on. Doubtless we'll do some other small trips, but no idea where yet. Any suggestions?
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: Even in old age one can still explore.
The ancient hills are simply that, very old and mostly forgettable, still, I love to feel their unevenness and the clean gravel and cool stones beneath my feet; the sweet sound of that crunching noise under my sandals. Whenever I walk these mountains and small hills I sense their tiredness, their worn down slopes, their gradual inclines, and ponder how easy it would be to walk clear around my world on their crests, if I only could find and carry enough water. But that isn't possible, now. Springs are very difficult to know about and come by.
I have been living in the land of red sands and beige hills, blue mountains and empty seas for as long as I can remember and that is a very long time. Close to a thousand years, I was told, when others were alive, ever since the the last of my kindred family populated this world, but almost every path, every monument, every vestige of our once great civilization has disappeared off of the surface, and now they are coming, the other ones, other kinds of men from another world. It is a slow gain, though, they don't seem very committed, whoever they are, as it is rare that they send their exploring machines to our world.
As far as I know, I am the only one left alive, now. But there could be more. Communication is hard to come by these days. Our telepathy grows weak as we age, and I haven't been in communication with any one for more than a few orbits around our sun. They were all older, than myself, too, so I just might be the last of my kind.
There was a machine, nearby, that landed years ago. I saw it from a distance but never approached. It just sat out there in the red dust and didn't move. There were little movements, at first, but I don't know what it's purpose was, exactly, and would hate to die if it shot me out there on that empty place. But lately, I've thought of going to visit it. I won't live much longer anyway, and a death by an alien machine might be rather poetic, if not painful. I haven't felt pain for so long it would almost be a new experience. My life is too comfortable and some days, much too easy to appreciate all my comforts.
I don't speak very much, but if there is some kind of communication I can make with whoever sent it, it would be fun and rather thrilling to talk to them. If they want our world, they're welcome to it. There's not much left, except underground.
The main problem is they'd have to transport a real moon to our world and put it into orbit, if they wanted any kind of protection from the solar winds. If they're that advanced. We weren't. That is if they could get the magnetosphere to begin working again. It would certainly take something much larger than those two asteroids orbiting the planet right now. They're a curiosity but nothing more. Just remnants of the moon that collided with us so very long ago and began the downward spiral of life, here. That's what initially killed our planet's magnetic field and most of the population; Scientists messing with our moon's orbit. There are so many variables, they couldn't possibly interpret how all of them would have been effected by their tricks, the fools. Life had almost been completely wiped out, except for those below ground that kept the few people left, after the cataclysm, going. It took thousands of years to come back from that great catastrophe, but we flourished again for a time, and there was even talk of going to the third world from the sun, but it was too primitive and the atmosphere of its oxygen/nitrogen mixture would have been poisonous to us. Luckily, our carbon dioxide atmosphere has staid fairly constant, though growing richer in the process so we can still walk the surface, when we want to. I live on a mountain top where its less dense, but colder, and I bundle up and don't have any problems.
I've made my mind up to go out onto the plain, tomorrow, and visit that machine that landed years ago. If I die, then so be it. I have lived long enough.
The day was cool and I could smell the frost in the air as I strolled out into the rocky place of dust and stone. I needed the exercise. It took almost five hours to reach their little machine. Why they had landed it here, was a mystery to me. Its as desolate as a spot can be. I saw it out in the distance once before, as I've said, but never this close. The white odd looking thing with machinery above and below, the little towers and the concave disk above the main body. I could guess what all the different apparatus was for making initial measurements of soil and atmosphere. I'm sure it had other functions, too, but didn't know what those were.
It still stood on its three widely spaced legs like the strangest machine ever made but it was doing what it was designed to do, I suppose. I went closer, cautiously now, though it didn't seem to notice me. And then I was five steps from it. It was larger than I thought. Almost to my chest in height.
I came right up to it, shortly, and touched everything, wiggled some items but it all seemed quite asleep. Removing some covers, on either end, I discovered it was battery powered and they must have gone dead some years ago. I was interested in all the little pieces of machiner and extensions on the machine but again, I could only guess their true purpose. There was some kind of writing and symbolism on its side, saying, VIKING, and other things, but I didn't understand it, of course, though they seemed to be peaceful letters and symbols.
I took some pictures and recordings, up close, the details and everything I found, then left. It had been interesting but I shook my head thinking how I had been afraid of it all these years.
I was almost home when I sensed something. It wasn't telepathy. It was movement and electrical signals. Maybe it was some telepathy, but as I climbed my mountain, I looked back out over the views and saw nothing. It wasn't until I was back home, on top of the mountain, that I discovered what it was. It was another of their machines on the far horizon, on the opposite side of my mountain. It had six legs with wheels attached and had a few similar items on its top of it that the other machine seemed to use, only much smaller. It moved, too, though very slowly, I could see, when I focused in on it with a hand held far-view. I determined I would go see it in the morning. As slow as it moved, I knew it wouldn't disappear anytime between now and then. Besides, I figured it would stop for the night. There's a lot of rocks out there and it seemed on the smallish size.
I was excited to get out there but I was feeling very tired, by morning. Yesterdays journey had exhausted me. For an old man, though, I thought I got around okay, but I would have to go very slow if I was to make it back to my heated house by night.


Heat the oil in a large frying pan, tip in the chorizo and fry until it is crisp and all the oil has been released. Remove a quarter of the chorizo with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Tip the rice into the pan, stir to coat it in the oil and toast for a min or so, then pour in the vinegar. Once the vinegar has evaporated, add a ladleful of the stock, stir then, once absorbed, add a bit more. Continue doing this for about 20 mins until most of the stock has been absorbed and the rice has swollen but still has a slight bite.
Tip in the peas, parmesan and the remaining stock. Give everything a good stir. Once the cheese has melted, season with black pepper, then divide between bowls, topping each portion with the remaining crisp chorizo and extra grated parmesan.


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Le blason de Strasbourg, ou armoiries de Strasbourg, est une représentation figurée établie sous sa forme actuelle en  bien que ses premières utilisations remontent au . Les éléments des armoiries sont hérités de la principauté épiscopale et de la ville impériale libre qui ont administré Strasbourg au Moyen Âge.

Le blason se lit : « D'argent à la bande de gueules ». Il forme l'écu auquel s'ajoutent un ornement extérieur (notamment un heaume, une couronne, des lions et la Légion d'honneur) pour constituer les armoiries de la ville.

Histoire

Origines
Fondée par les Celtes durant l'Antiquité, Strasbourg devient un camp fortifié romain appelé . Au haut Moyen Âge, la ville passe sous la souveraineté d'un évêque et forme ainsi une principauté épiscopale en . Au cours du , les bourgeois de la ville contestent de plus en plus l'autorité politique des prince-évêques successifs qui les gouvernent. En , les deux camps s'affrontent lors de la bataille de Hausbergen remportée par les bourgeois. Strasbourg se trouve ainsi détachée des territoires de la principauté épiscopale et devient une cité-État considérée comme ville impériale libre au sein du Saint-Empire romain.

La ville de Strasbourg se dote alors d'un blason à une date indéterminée. Celui-ci serait le résultat d'une inversion des couleurs héraldiques de l'ancien blason de l'évêché de Strasbourg à l'issue de la révolte de  : « De gueules à la bande d'argent » devient « D'argent à la bande de gueules ». Un changement similaire de couleurs se produit à Bâle entre les territoires des bourgeois et ceux du prince-évêque qui correspondent aux actuels cantons suisses de Bâle-Ville et de Bâle-Campagne. La dominante de l'argent dans le blason de Strasbourg pourrait également être une référence au nom antique d'.

Si l'origine exacte de sa création est inconnue, le blason est vraisemblablement utilisé pour la première fois pour décorer la « charte de serment » (en allemand : ) de , à savoir une des constitutions municipales de la cité-État. La ville impériale libre de Strasbourg enrichie ses armoiries en y ajoutant de nouveaux ornements comme un heaume, une couronne et des lions. Ces armoiries sont déclinées sur différents supports, parfois représentées par le blason seul : ces éléments sont ainsi sculptés sur des façades d'édifices ou des bornes, et présents dans des armoriaux, des fresques ainsi que des vitraux à Strasbourg ou dans d'autres villes. À ces représentations s'ajoutent parfois des mentions en latin pour désigner de la ville libre : «  » (blason de la cité de Strasbourg) au , ou «  » (en français : « blason de la république de Strasbourg ») au .

Évolution récente
Lorsque la cité-État est annexée par la France de Louis XIV après la capitulation de la ville de , un nouvel écu semble lui être attribué. Dans l'Armorial général de France de Charles-René d'Hozier de  apparaît un blason avec une Vierge à l'Enfant assise sur un trône d'or au-dessus un écusson aux couleurs de Strasbourg. L'ensemble se blasonne ainsi : « D'azur, à la Notre-Dame de carnation, assise sur un trône d'or et sous un pavillon de même ; tenant, de sa main dextre, un sceptre d'or, et, sur son bras senestre, l'Enfant Jésus aussi de carnation ; sous les pieds de la Vierge, un écusson d'argent, chargé d'une bande de gueules ». Ce blason est établi par un édit de  et par une ordonnance royale du . Il fait probablement allusion au patronage de la Vierge sur la ville et symbolise également le culte catholique restauré à Strasbourg par Louis XIV dans sa lutte contre le protestantisme.

Symboles de l'Ancien Régime, les blasons sont abandonnés au cours de la Révolution française de . Sous le Premier Empire, la ville de Strasbourg se voit concéder de nouvelles armoiries par lettres patentes du . Elles se blasonnent : « D'azur diapré d'or à la bande d'argent, au chef de gueules chargé de trois abeilles d'or », les abeilles symbolisant le pouvoir de l'Empereur des Français.

À la Restauration, les armoiries napoléoniennes sont abrogées par l'ordonnance royale de . Le choix du conseil municipal de Strasbourg se porte en  sur le blason médiéval de l'ancienne cité-État avec des ornements extérieurs. Les armoiries se blasonnent ainsi : « D'argent à la bande de gueules l'écu soutenu par deux lions et timbré d'un heaume ou casque taré de front ouvert et sans grilles orné de ses lambrequins comblé d'une couronne d'or d'où sortent deux ailes de cygne d'argent chargées chacune d'une bande de gueules le tout sommé d'une fleur de lys épanouie d'argent ». Si la fleur de lys est un symbole de la monarchie française, elle était également utilisait par la ville impériale libre de Strasbourg au Moyen Âge. Les autorités royales ont ainsi souhaité en ajouter d'autres, voire rétablir le blason de . Toutefois la décision prise par le conseil municipal en  l'emporte finalement dans les faits. Si la fleur de lys disparaît à la suite des révolutions de  et , ces armoiries perdurent au  même après l'annexion de l'Alsace-Lorraine par l'Empire allemand en . Elles portent la devise «  » qui fait allusion à l'héritage romain et aux anciennes désignations latines au . Lorsqu'elle redevient une ville française après la Première Guerre mondiale, Strasbourg se voit décerner le  la Légion d'honneur qu'elle fait désormais figurer sur ses armoiries. Demeurant les armoiries officielles de Strasbourg, elles sont toutefois remplacées par des logotypes sur les documents administratifs de la ville à partir des années 1990.

Galerie

Références

Annexes

Bibliographie

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 Histoire de Strasbourg
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