There are two types of mallet head: round and elliptical. As a rule, hard mallets are used on the vibraphone; metal bars can cope with harder mallets than wood ones can (xylophone, marimba). Depending on the task to be performed the head can also be wrapped in yarn or cord.
Shaft length: 31 – 35 cm.
Head diameter: 2.3 – 3.3 cm.
Yarn-wrapped heads produce a pleasing, soft sound and are used on the marimba, the xylophone and the vibraphone.
Cord-wrapped heads are harder than yarn-wrapped ones and produce a brighter sound. They are suitable for passages that must be played with precision and clarity. They are used on the vibraphone.
Mallets with rubber heads are suitable for a wide variety of mallet instruments. They range from very hard rubber, which is used on the glockenspiel and the xylophone, to soft for the vibraphone and the marimba.
Very hard, suitable for the glockenspiel and the xylophone. A wide variety of different sounds can be produced depending on the head's material and size. Honduran rosewood produces a clear (crisp) and definite tone.
Brass heads are used on the glockenspiel and produce brilliant, clear, metallic sounds.
Is used only on the glockenspiel. It has a large, heavy metal core which creates a powerful sound that projects well.
The double-bass bow is used to stroke the end of a bar. This technique produces long notes with great resonance. Owing to the length of time it takes the bow to set the bars fully vibrating, no rapid sequences of notes are possible.


Another interesting week went by. At work, my boss started more work on us. The reason being he's being bombarded with new projects and proof of concept initiatives.
The year's worth of budget is cleared and many big projects got a go and we are falling short of heads. Until the time we hire people (through outsourcing partners) we have to manage the increased work-load. See, I am not complaining about more work or my boss here. I did try to understand the situation behind his increasing demands.
If you see the rationale behind your boss's action, most of the time, your work may turn out to be a better experience. I know many who start thinking about retirement the moment they are asked to do additional work.
In-home front, things normal. SMB's job hunt continues, our wants and their needs are not matching.
Enough readings in this post to keep me busy for a week! The slide show is really cute.
Oh yeah SMB and I were hooked on to it and watched a couple of times.
Love the links – and congrats on being included in so many carnivals!


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using System;

// Task Description:
// Write a program that reads from the console a positive integer number N (1 ≤ N ≤ 20) and prints a matrix holding the
// numbers from 1 to N*N in the form of square spiral.
// Input - The input will always consist of a single line containing a single number - N.
// Output - Output a spiral matrix as described below.
// Constraints - N will always be a valid integer number.

namespace SpiralMatrix
{
    class SpiralMatrix
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.SetWindowSize(100, 30); //System.Console.SetWindowSize(100, 30);

            int n = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

            Console.Clear();

            int[,] matrix = new int[n, n];
            int row = 0;
            int col = 0;
            int value = 1;

            if (n > 0 && n < 21)
            {
                while (value <= n * n)
                {
                    while (col < matrix.GetLength(0) && matrix[col, row] == 0)
                    {
                        matrix[row, col++] = value;
                        value++;
                    }

                    col--;
                    row++;

                    while (row < matrix.GetLength(1) && matrix[row, col] == 0)
                    {
                        matrix[row++, col] = value;
                        value++;
                    }

                    row--;
                    col--;

                    while (col >= 0 && matrix[row, col] == 0)
                    {
                        matrix[row, col--] = value;
                        value++;
                    }

                    col++;
                    row--;

                    while (row >= 0 && matrix[row, col] == 0)
                    {
                        matrix[row--, col] = value;
                        value++;
                    }

                    col++;
                    row++;
                }

                for (int i = 0; i < matrix.GetLength(0); i++)
                {
                    for (int j = 0; j < matrix.GetLength(1); j++)
                    {
                        Console.SetCursorPosition(j * 4, i * 2);
                        Console.Write(matrix[i, j]);
                        //Console.Write(matrix[i, j] + " ");
                    }
                    Console.WriteLine();
                }

            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("out of range");
            }
        }
    }
}

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Bangkok FC U19 L -0.5, -1.0 Over N.A.
Air Force Central U19 L +1.0, +1.5 Over N.A.
Bangkok FC U19 1 2 L -0.5, -1.0 Over N.A.
Police United U19 1 W 0.0, +0.5 Under N.A.
Chonburi U19 D 0.0 Under N.A.
Nakhon Sawan U19 2 D -0.5 Over N.A.
Khon Kaen U19 1 W -0.5 Under N.A.
Assumption United U19 3 1 L 0.0 Over N.A.
Chonburi U19 4 1 L -0.5 Draw N.A.
Assumption United U19 2 W -0.5, -1.0 Under N.A.
Assumption United U19 1 W +0.5, +1.0 Under N.A.
Ayutthaya United U19 2 D -0.5, -1.0 Under N.A.


How hard is it to be an event planner?
To be an event planner, should I work for an event planning business or directly with a certain company that would use my services?
Will it be hard for me to pursue a postgraduate degree which is not related to my major in undergraduate?
How do I set up connections?
What do you do if you're a senior in college and you still don't know what you want to do with your degree?
How do I write a meaningful cover letter?
How important is choosing a minor for political science?


There are total 9 letters in Lespedeza, Starting with L and ending with A.
Lespedeza is a scrabble word? Yes (21 Points) Lespedeza has worth 21 Scrabble points.
In Lespedeza L is 12th, E is 5th, S is 19th, P is 16th, D is 4th, Z is 26th, A is 1st letters in Alphabet Series.


Large data stores are pushing the limits of modern technology. Parallel file systems provide high I/O throughput to large data stores, but are limited to particular operating system and hardware platforms, lack seamless integration and modern security features, and suffer from slow offsite performance. Meanwhile, advanced research collaborations are requiring higher bandwidth as well as concurrent and secure access to large datasets across myriad platforms and parallel file systems, forming a schism between file systems and their users.
The above issues are nowhere more apparent than with the Advanced Simulation and Computing program (ASC), formerly known as the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI). With majority of the world's fastest computers, speed and standards are paramount. NFSv4 is designed for speed and is the nascent Internet standard protocol for distributed file systems. This project investigates the application of NFSv4 technologies to the massive data handling requirements of ASC scientists. The result of this investigation may ultimately enable wide-area access to data repositories for data collection and post-analysis with orders of magnitude improvements in capacity and bandwidth while enforcing and preserving consistent and secure shared access.
ASC at Livermore, Sandia, and Los Alamos.
The Scalable I/O research groups at Sandia, and Livermore.
Dean Hildebrand, Peter Honeyman, and Wm. A. (Andy) Adamson, "pNFS and Linux: Working Towards a Heterogeneous Future," May 2007. [Proceedings the 8th LCI International Conference on High-Performance Clustered Computing, Lake Tahoe, CA, (May 2007).] Supercedes Center for Information Technology Integration Technical Report CITI-TR-06-6.
Wm. A. (Andy) Adamson, Dean Hildebrand, Peter Honeyman, Shawn McKee, and Jiaying Zhang, "Extending NFSv4 for Petascale Data Management," in Proceedings of the HPDC Workshop on Next-Generation Distributed Data Management, Paris, France, June 2006.
Dean Hildebrand, Lee Ward, and Peter Honeyman, "Large Files, Small Writes, and pNFS," in Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS06), Cairns, Australia, June 2006.
Dean Hildebrand and Peter Honeyman, "Scaling NFSv4 with Parallel File Systems," in Proceedings of Cluster Computing and Grid (CCGrid05), Cardiff, United Kingdom, May 2005.
Dean Hildebrand and Peter Honeyman, "Exporting Storage Systems in a Scalable Manner with pNFS," in Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE - 13th NASA Goddard (MSST2005) Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, Monterey, California, April 2005.
Dean Hildebrand and Peter Honeyman, "NFSv4 and High Performance File Systems: Positioning to Scale," in Proceedings of NFS Extensions for Parallel Storage Workshop, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 2004.
"Distributed Filing in the Grid," Draft 2 (in preparation), February 2003.
Use the NFSv4.1 protocol to perform direct access to storage while preserving operating system and hardware platform independence.
Achieve full utilization of an unmodified storage system's available bandwidth while retaining the security, consistency, and heterogeneity features of NFSv4.


Do you like elegant furniture from glass? Well, the Toroid table will certainly interest you, because it is both from glass and very elegant and stylish!
Brazilian architect Luciano da Silveira Araujo and industrial designer Marcelo Alves, partners and directors from OL! Os Loucos have recently displayed the images of their new creation: the Toroid table. It is a small coffee table, made exclusively from transparent surface and has an interesting base, displaying its twisted geometry.


Life is hectic. But when you throw a major life event, like a wedding or new baby in the mix, it can get downright nutty. When it comes down to weddings, what really is the right size wedding? How much money is "justifiable" to spend? Where to begin when planning a wedding?
Today, Alicia & Sarah interview a wedding planner to the stars and pimp him for his secrets (and he's got some good ones).
The pressures of a wedding are huge, to say the least; "the perfect day, dress, makeup, hair," sometimes it just gets ridiculous. Women turn into Bridezillas just so everything will be perfect on this day that is perceived by society to be a day of perfection. When really, a wedding day is about the path that two people are about to embark on- spending the rest of their lives together, not a five hour long day. Planning a wedding doesn't have to be an insanely stressful process, it can be quite enjoyable and should be- it's a day to celebrate!
To gain perspective, Alicia & Sarah gather a round table of women who have been married anywhere from 11 to 63 years to share their perspective on what really matters in the long run. They reflect on their wedding day, what they would have changed and what they wish they should have done. When it comes down to it, the marriage is what is more important. A wedding day is wonderful, of course but what is important is that it's the beginning of a marriage.
Listen and discover what really matters and how you can have your dream wedding with a fraction of the stress.


Ever since, Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra has enetered the Bollywood industry, there is a buzz around him that he is a relative of ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra. People made these speculations as both of them shared a similar surname and looks somehow.
Eventually, it turned out to be something else. It is Varun who is actually related to Manish. Yes, you read it right! Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan is the nephew of Manish Malhotra. It is revealed by Manish, he said, "I'm not related to Sidharth. Actually, I'm related to Varun Dhawan." On asking how? He told that Varun's mother is his cousin sister and also she ties Rakhi to him.
On the professional front, Varun is currently busy promoting his upcoming film, Kalank, directed by Abhishek Varman. It is a multi-starrer film having stars like Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt other than Varun. Kalank is releasing on April 17.
On the other hand, Sidharth will be seen next in films Jabriya Jodi opposite Parineeti Chopra and Marjaavaan opposite Tara Sutaria and Rakul Preet Singh.


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Nick Cohen: Writing from London
Journalism from London.
You Can't Read This Book
The cult of St Jeremy
February 4, 2019 ~ Nick Cohen
Observer, October, 2017
The few people not caught up in leader worship in Brighton asked how the cult of Jeremy Corbyn's personality would die. Would his support for Brexit drive his young admirers away? Have we reached peak Corbyn? They forgot the lesson of history that you don't worry about personality cults that fail. You worry when they succeed.
Cultism was everywhere at the Labour conference. It was in the Corbyn memorabilia on sale at conference stalls. It was in the chants of "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" that greeted his every appearance. It was in the delegates' desire to extend the sycophancy to Corbyn's lieutenants, which died when the crowd realised "Oh, Rebecca Long-Bailey" didn't quite work. Most, and most ignobly, it was in the demeaning attempts by leftwing politicians and journalists to atone for the heresy of doubting Corbyn's ability to increase Labour's vote share and worm their way back into his affections.
Tom Watson, Labour's anti-Coriolanus, tried to save his position by telling the twee story of how he was standing in a field at Glastonbury, when the festival-goers, with that striking originality that so marks the Labour left, began the Corbyn chant. "And as they sang," he simpered to the applauding crowd, "I realised it's actually better to be loved than to be feared. And Jeremy has shown us that it's possible. Thank you, Jeremy."
Everyone who knows Watson knows he believes Corbyn's programme presents a direct threat to Britain's economic prosperity and national security. But a politician who once found the courage to fight Rupert Murdoch is now so frightened of speaking his mind he fills his mouth with flattery.
The scale of the idolatry is its most significant feature. Even the most unpopular leaders have followers who will back them unconditionally. True cults of personality are mass movements. Without the warm feeling of being part of a collective that boos and hisses together, they would fall apart.
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds," said Charles Mackay, the Victorian author of the seminal Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. "It will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."
As revealing and as historically commonplace is the infantilism cults impose. The far left has succeeded by creating an overwhelming feeling that "Jeremy" – and it is always "Jeremy", not "Corbyn" or "Mr Corbyn" – must be protected from the media and his fellow politicians. So deep does it run, Corbyn's sidekicks banned Labour MPs from the conference floor, as if they were Glastonbury plebs without a VIP pass.
Labour members treat the leader of the opposition as a child who needs a safe space to hide him from the backstabbing and barracking all other politicians must endure. In doing so, they have turned themselves into children who cannot handle the robust debates of a free society.
As always, the insistence that hope resides in one hero brings with it the whiff of messianic religion. I winced in Brighton as the mere mention of Corbyn's name on stage drew applause. Like worshippers punctuating a church service with "amens", Labour members felt a religious duty to acknowledge the presence of goodness.
Corbyn gives every appearance of wallowing in the attention. But, wisely, he adopts a saintly air of modesty. After a portrait of his head crowned by a halo was paraded in the conference centre, he told Sky News he had worked hard in the election campaign but, mighty though his labours were, he did not deserve to be sanctified. "I often feel deeply embarrassed by it. It's not my wish and it's not my doing." If he meant a word of this, Corbyn would ask his aides why they appeared to take the Lord's name in vain by addressing him as "JC" in public.
The consequences of Labour's failure to break away from a messianic leader were painfully evident in Brighton. If the conference itself might as well never have happened for all the good it did, the streets outside were filled with life. Everyone could sense that a decrepit Tory government could be forced to concede acres of ground. Unfortunately, everyone also sensed that Corbyn had no intention of applying pressure. Let us pause for a moment to consider the historical irony here. The far left says its despises "Blairite" compromise. Yet on the great issue of the day, it has so triangulated with the Tories even Tony Blair is now outflanking "Jeremy" on the left.
Before the conference began, there was a demonstration by supporters of free movement. They were not just protesting to uphold the rights of EU citizens in Britain and British citizens in Europe. They understood that by stopping today's young from becoming Europeans, the government was stopping them working where they wanted, living where they wanted and loving and marrying who they wanted. By Brighton beach, they could sense a dense fog was about to fall on the Channel that would cut them off from the wider world.
On the fringe, I heard the Irish Labour leader, Brendan Howlin, talk with urgency and seriousness about the "high price in blood" Ireland and Britain had paid to remove the last hard border on the island of Ireland. The risk that Brexit would reimpose it was too great to run. In a tone that was close to an instruction, he said the British Labour party had to commit to protecting the peace by staying in the EU customs union. Labour claims to be a party of internationalists. It gratefully took the votes of Irish immigrants and their children. Under Corbyn, it says it is all for peace. But when asked to maintain the hard-won peace in Ireland, it could only waffle and censor.
Corbyn does not want to reopen the EU debate because he believes Brexit frees him to push through a programme of socialism in one country. (There won't be restrictions of "state spending", he said last week, as if the loss of single market membership and capital flight won't impose restrictions aplenty.) To avoid embarrassing him, Momentum blocked a full debate on the EU. As one dismissive delegate explained, arguments about the most important challenge we face were merely a "disgraceful" attempt to undermine Jeremy.
It was all about Corbyn. It always is.
I cannot predict if he will become prime minister. But we don't need to wait for him to come to power to understand why we must always resist personality cults. Even while it is in opposition, cultism has turned Labour into a childish, sycophantic, thuggish and unthinking party. That, surely, is bad enough.
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Nick Cohen's books are like the best Smiths songs; however depressing the content, the execution is so shimmering, so incandescent with indignation that the overall effect is transcendently uplifting
Julie Burchill, Prospect
Cohen is perhaps the most insightful, thought-provoking and entertaining political writer in Britain today, and comes from the honest tradition of English liberal thought that threads from John Milton to John Stuart Mill and George Orwell
'Into the space vacated by the controversialist Christopher Hitchens we might recruit the sardonic, sceptical columnist Nick Cohen The Times
'Writing with passion, wit and erudition, Cohen draws upon the spirit of Orwell and Milton in his call for a fightback against the onslaught on free speech' Metro
'You Can't Read This Book. You can, OF COURSE. And you should. Cohen is right about everything that matters.' Standpoint
'A roaring polemic of outrage against the moral and political crisis of the liberal tradition. It is already one of the most discussed current affairs books of the new year…At the very least it forces anyone on the left to think carefully about where their movement has ended up in the modern world.' The Guardian
'Exceptional and necessary…Do not feel you have to be a leftist or liberal to read it, because it engages with an argument that it crucial for all of us, and for our time.' Christopher Hitchens, Sunday Times
'This is a brave, honest and brilliant book. Every page has a provocative insight that makes you want to shake the author's hand or collar him for an argument. Who could ask for more?' The Observer

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Depoe Bay was once nothing more than a quaint fishing town. Today, while fishermen and their boats still call its small harbor home, the town's claim to fame is as the "Whale Watching Capitol of the Oregon Coast." People travel from all over to stroll through the shops, take in the beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean or to go for a trip on one of the whale watching charter boats.
With a central location between Lincoln City and Newport, Depoe Bay is a good destination for a day trip or a weekend getaway. Start your day by bundling up and heading out into the mist on an early morning charter for some whale watching or deep sea fishing. You'll pull back into the "smallest harbor in the world" just in time to have lunch at one of the local restaurants with an ocean view. Try some fresh seafood around at the famed Gracie's Sea Hag, or have a burger or a bowl of chowder at the Chowder Bowl.
After lunch, wander through Depoe Bay's shops or head over to Newport to check out the Oregon Coast Aquarium. You can also fulfill your need for some retail therapy at the Tanger Outlets in Lincoln City.
The best way to end your day is with a sunset stroll along the waterfront in Depoe Bay. Watch out for the Spouting Horn! If you are lucky, you might catch one of the local seals playing in the harbor, hoping for scraps from one of the fishing boats. You may even get to see the local Coast Guard unit doing drills. Before you head home, don't forget to pick up some salt water taffy or caramel corn for the drive back.
Mandy Baker is a writer and photographer whose photos can be found at More Than a Memory Photography. When she's not writing stories or taking photos, she can be found traveling the country's coastlines with her husband.


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Q: How To Configure Apache HTTP to PHP-FPM on Ubuntu 20.10 I followed directions from here to switch the server API entry will be FPM/FastCGI.from
Server API  Apache 2.0 Handler. When mpm_event is enabled and a2dismod php7.4 the phpinfo.php shows only:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Apache status:
Apache Server Status for localhost (via 127.0.0.1)

   Server Version: Apache/2.4.46 (Ubuntu) mod_fcgid/2.3.9 OpenSSL/1.1.1f

   Server MPM: event

   Server Built: 2020-11-13T01:36:38

     ----------------------------------------------------------------------

   Current Time: Saturday, 27-Feb-2021 13:08:50 EST

   Restart Time: Saturday, 27-Feb-2021 13:05:50 EST

   Parent Server Config. Generation: 1

   Parent Server MPM Generation: 0

   Server uptime: 3 minutes

   Server load: 0.80 0.95 1.07

   Total accesses: 14 - Total Traffic: 190 kB - Total Duration: 10069

   CPU Usage: u0 s.05 cu0 cs0 - .0278% CPU load

   .0778 requests/sec - 1080 B/second - 13.6 kB/request - 719.214 ms/request

   1 requests currently being processed, 49 idle workers

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |    |     |        |Connections    |Threads  |Async connections         |
   |Slot|PID  |Stopping|---------------+---------+--------------------------|
   |    |     |        |total|accepting|busy|idle|writing|keep-alive|closing|
   |----+-----+--------+-----+---------+----+----+-------+----------+-------|
   |0   |46738|no      |0    |yes      |1   |24  |0      |0         |0      |
   |----+-----+--------+-----+---------+----+----+-------+----------+-------|
   |1   |46739|no      |0    |yes      |0   |25  |0      |0         |0      |
   |----+-----+--------+-----+---------+----+----+-------+----------+-------|
   |Sum |2    |0       |0    |         |1   |49  |0      |0         |0      |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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 ................................................................
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   Scoreboard Key:
   "_" Waiting for Connection, "S" Starting up, "R" Reading Request,
   "W" Sending Reply, "K" Keepalive (read), "D" DNS Lookup,
   "C" Closing connection, "L" Logging, "G" Gracefully finishing,
   "I" Idle cleanup of worker, "." Open slot with no current process

If I enable php7.4 and switch back on mpm_prefork, it will restore to Apache 2.0 Handler. Is something not right what I am doing?
Latest note: it partially works, but PHP pages still not shown correctly.
The PHP pages are shown correctly now and the MySQL connection test works.
After I entered a2enmod php7.4 which should have switched to
Server API  Apache 2.0 Handler get the error below but switched to FPM/FastCGI.
Besides is capture here for future references it was 3 nights of work: enable/disable modules, dependencies conflicts, updates, configurations and logging.   Copy&Paste from other posts always sucks. Thanks!
SOLVED
a2enmod php7.4
    Considering dependency mpm_prefork for php7.4:
    Considering conflict mpm_event for mpm_prefork:
    ERROR: Module mpm_event is enabled - cannot proceed due to conflicts. It needs to be disabled first!
    Considering conflict mpm_worker for mpm_prefork:
    ERROR: Could not enable dependency mpm_prefork for php7.4, aborting

A: Setting up PHP-FPM with Apache is much more complicated than simply installing FPM and enabling a few things.  It requires additiona modules (FastCGI) to be installed among other things enabled and disabled.
Funnily enough, the Digital Ocean guide for using MPM Event and PHP-FPM via FastCGI on Apache with Ubuntu 18.04 is still a relatively good jump-off point for configurations of this setup, we just have to tweak some things and adjust bits for some changes between 18.04 and 20.04.  The below instructions are based off the DO guide but with the requisite tweaks to make FPM work in 20.04, adapting PHP versions, etc. and giving you just the commands.
Step 1: Changing the Multi-Processing Module
The php7.4 module in Apache is the inbuilt one - unfortunately it doesn't work for PHP-FPM.  So we need to do some work to make this work.
First, stop Apache while we make tweaks to the configs
sudo systemctl stop apache2

Then, disable the in-built prefork driven PHP 7.4 module
sudo a2dismod php7.2

Disable the prefork module.
sudo a2dismod mpm_prefork

Enable the event mpm module
sudo a2enmod mpm_event

Now we configure the PHP components, which is fairly straightforward...
Step 2: Configure Apache's FastCGI manager with PHP
If you haven't done this already, install PHP FPM
sudo apt install php-fpm

Install the FCGI module for Apache
sudo apt install libapache2-mod-fcgid

Enable requisite libraries and modules
a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif

Enable the PHP-FPM module's configuration (which will already be present)
sudo a2enconf php7.4-fpm

Now we need to make sure the syntax passes in your config.
Step 3: Make sure the configuration passes the tests.
Run this command:
sudo apachectl configtest

This command may spit out more information such as this, but as long as "Syntax OK" is the output you're good (run from a test container/environment, ignore the AH00558 error if it shows up and worry only about the 'Syntax OK' output):
AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 10.73.252.124. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
Syntax OK

Now that config test has passed...
Step 4: Re-enable Apache service
sudo systemctl restart apache2

You should now get PHP working again, except with the FPM service.  And PHP files should work again.
Nuke your browser cache before testing, though - web browsers are NOTORIOUS for caching error messages.

If you've done everything here, you should see PHP working as expected - this is phpinfo on my test env running 20.04:

A: Thank you for the guide! ;)
I had some problems following, here is the fix that worked for me.
Step 2
sudo apt install php-fpm
should be
sudo apt install php7.4-fpm
otherwise it will give an error that php-fpm doesn't exist.

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DFK Canada's annual conference marked a changing of the guards - as Andrew Logan took the reins as new President.
The conference, held in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island, was Andrew's first official engagement as DFK Canada President after taking over from out-going President Paul Panabaker.
Lynn Morrovat was also welcomed as DFK Canada's new executive director during the conference.
Andrew is managing partner of Teed Saunders Doyle & Co and has been with the firm since 1997.
He said: "I am very proud to become the new President of DFK Canada.
"The conference was my first official gathering after becoming President and it went very well, with excellent attendance from our member firms.
"I am now looking forward to chairing the DFK North America conference in Las Vegas in October, and it will be the first time the conference has been chaired by a Canadian.
"Paul did a brilliant job as president. He recognised that we needed a change in the back office structure and made many improvements in the area, appointing an association management company as well as a new executive director.
Reflecting on his term as President, Paul Panabaker, senior partner at Davis Martindale, said it was a privilege to represent Canada internationally.
He said: "My presidency began with hosting the 2014 DFK International Conference which was held in Montreal. It was a very large-scale event attended by delegates and board members from across the regions.
"I also continued to build good relationships with DFK USA and had the opportunity to represent Canada on the DFK International Board in Cyprus, Stockholm and Dublin where I hopefully assisted with the overall governance of the organisation.
"We welcomed DFK International President Demetris Demetriou and DFK executive director Martin Sharp to the 'Other London' for our Canadian conference for the very first time in June last year.
"The theme of the conference was 'Remaining Relevant' where the group reflected on not only the services we provide but also the future vision for DFK Canada. I was also able to invite the conference to a cocktail reception and tour of the Davis Martindale office.
"One of the big changes during my term was hiring association management company Association Concepts and welcoming Lynn Morrovat as our new executive director. This has given us additional bench strength and I know that I am leaving my presidency on a good foundation.
"Our significant efforts in supporting charities and good causes has also been a particular highlight. DFK Canada has been the leader in getting worldwide DFK participation in Movember and has led to the association helping to raise over $350,000 to date – a fantastic effort by all involved.
Speaking about her appointment, Lynn added: "The executive board held a recruitment campaign to manage the role vacated by the previous executive director around a year ago.
"Association Concepts, based in Toronto, was appointed as DFK Canada's association management company and I was appointed to take the lead on the partnership.
"As Executive Director I have previously managed a number of different types of organisations and plan to draw upon those experiences to help DFK Canada reach both short and long term goals.
"There is a lot to learn and I'm enjoying getting to know the member firms better. Paul Panabaker, Andrew Logan and the rest of the Executive Committee have certainly helped me to make this a very smooth transition.
"The members have commonalities but a lot also have niche markets, so I will be looking for ways to try and add even more value in new and creative ways. I will also look at new ways to expand communications with members.


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Eduard Hermann (* 10. Juli 1887 in Gemeinde Sootaga, Kreis Dorpat, Gouvernement Livland (heute Estland); † 8. Februar 1960 in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australien) war ein estnischer Geher.

Eduard Hermann begann 1911 mit dem Gehsport. Bei einem Wettbewerb über 10.000 m in Riga kam er als Erster ins Ziel und wurde daraufhin als Mitglied der russischen Mannschaft zu den Olympischen Spielen 1912 in Stockholm geschickt. Über 10.000 m kam er jedoch nicht ins Ziel.

Acht Jahre später in Antwerpen startete Hermann für das seit 1918 unabhängige Estland. Sowohl im Wettkampf über 3000 m als auch über 10.000 m wurde er jeweils in der ersten Runde disqualifiziert.

Nach den Olympischen Spielen von Antwerpen begann Hermann sich für den Boxsport zu interessieren und trat dem Boxclub VS Sport in Tallinn bei. 1926 wanderte er nach Australien aus und arbeitete dort als Farmer.

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Buchmessen
 17.–20. März: Leipziger Buchmesse
 2.–5. Juni: Mainzer Minipressen-Messe
 12.–16. Oktober: Frankfurter Buchmesse; Gastland: Island

Geburts- und Jahrestage
 8. Januar: 200. Todestag des deutschen Schriftstellers Friedrich Nicolai
 10. Januar: 200. Todestag des französischen Schriftstellers Marie-Joseph Chénier
 13. März: 300. Todestag des französischen Schriftstellers Nicolas Boileau
 17. März: 200. Geburtstag des deutschen Schriftstellers Karl Gutzkow
 24. März: 200. Geburtstag der deutschen Schriftstellerin Fanny Lewald
 26. April/7. Mai: 300. Geburtstag des britischen Philosophen David Hume
 26. April: 300. Geburtstag der französischen Schriftstellerin Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
 11. Mai: 200. Geburtstag des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Apel
 15. Mai: 100. Geburtstag des schweizerischen Schriftstellers Max Frisch
 14. Juni: 200. Geburtstag der US-amerikanischen Schriftstellerin Harriet Beecher Stowe
 17. Juni: 200. Geburtstag des französischen Schriftstellers Adolphe d'Ennery
 28. Juli: 200. Todestag des österreichischen Schriftstellers Heinrich Joseph von Collin
 30. August: 200. Geburtstag des französischen Schriftstellers Théophile Gautier
 17. September: 200. Geburtstag des schwedischen Schriftstellers August Theodor Blanche
 22. Oktober: 200. Geburtstag des dänischen Dichters Hans Peter Holst
 26. Oktober: 400. Geburtstag des spanischen Schriftstellers Antonio Coello
 18. November: 400. Geburtstag des deutschen Lyrikers Andreas Tscherning
 21. November: 200. Todestag des deutschen Dichters Heinrich von Kleist
 21. November: 200. Todestag der deutschen Schriftstellerin Henriette Vogel

Neuerscheinungen

Belletristik
 Agent 6 – Tom Rob Smith
 Der alte König in seinem Exil – Arno Geiger
 Angst – Robert Harris
 Der Augenjäger – Sebastian Fitzek
 Die Auswahl – Ally Condie
 Azazel – Youssef Ziedan
 Die Besteigung der Eiger-Nordwand unter einer Treppe – Max Scharnigg
 Biokrieg – Paolo Bacigalupi
 Blood – Tony Birch
 Blumenberg – Sibylle Lewitscharoff
 Cevdet und seine Söhne – Orhan Pamuk
 Cherryman jagt Mister White – Jakob Arjouni
 Das Dritte Reich – Roberto Bolaño
 Der dunkle Thron – Rebecca Gablé
 Dunkles Blut – Stuart MacBride
 Der Fall Collini – Ferdinand von Schirach
 Felix und Felicia (NA) – Karl Jakob Hirsch
 Freitisch – Uwe Timm
 Der Friedhof in Prag – Umberto Eco
 Das Geheimnis des weißen Bandes – Anthony Horowitz
 Gestatten, Mr Stink – David Walliams
 Der gute Herr Jesus und der Schurke Christus – Philip Pullman
 Der Hals der Giraffe – Judith Schalansky
 Der Hase mit den Bernsteinaugen – Edmund de Waal
 Das Haus – Andreas Maier
 Die hellen Tage – Zsuzsa Bánk
 Herr aller Dinge – Andreas Eschbach
 HHhH – Laurent Binet
 Hide Out – Andreas Eschbach
 Homer & Langley – Edgar Lawrence Doctorow
 Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand – Jonas Jonasson
 iBoy – Kevin Brooks
 In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts – Eugen Ruge
 Die Insel der letzten Wahrheit – Flavia Company
 Jacob beschließt zu lieben – Catalin Dorian Florescu
 Karte und Gebiet – Michel Houellebecq
 Das Labyrinth der Träumenden Bücher – Walter Moers
 Léon und Louise – Alex Capus
 Die Lichter von Bullet Park (NÜb) – John Cheever
 Das Lied des Achill – Madeline Miller
 Mein glückliches Leben – Rose Lagercrantz und Eva Eriksson
 Nemesis – Philip Roth
 Neue Mitte – Jochen Schimmang
 Neun Drachen – Michael Connelly
 Die Orangen des Präsidenten – Abbas Khider
 The Pale King – David Foster Wallace
 Percy Jackson – Die letzte Göttin – Rick Riordan
 Plan D – Simon Urban
 Prinzessin Leia schlägt zurück – Carrie Fisher
 Raum – Emma Donoghue
 Rico, Oskar und der Diebstahlstein – Andreas Steinhöfel
 Saeculum – Ursula Poznanski
 Sams im Glück – Paul Maar
 Sand – Wolfgang Herrndorf
 Schmidts Einsicht – Louis Begley
 Schoßgebete – Charlotte Roche
 Schwarzes Prisma – Brent Weeks
 Sonea: Die Heilerin – Trudi Canavan
 Story of Your Life – Ted Chiang
 Subs – Thor Kunkel
 Trash – Andy Mulligan
 Der Traum des Kelten – Mario Vargas Llosa
 Und in mir der unbesiegbare Sommer – Ruta Sepetys
 Verwesung – Simon Beckett
 Vom Ende einer Geschichte – Julian Barnes
 Weiskerns Nachlass – Christoph Hein

Drama
 8 – Dustin Lance Black
 Clybourne Park – Bruce Norris
 Du bleibst bei mir – Felix Mitterer
 Winterreise – Elfriede Jelinek
 Zeitstillstand – Donald Margulies
 Zigeuner-Boxer – Rike Reiniger

Sachliteratur
 Anti-Freud – Michel Onfray
 Der Aufstand des Gewissens – Jean Ziegler
 Biographien und Bilder aus 575 Jahren Cloppenburger Stadtgeschichte (Anthologie)
 Blutiger Sommer. Eine Deutschlandreise im Dreißigjährigen Krieg – William Crowne (1637)
 Böse Philosophen – Philipp Blom
 Eating Dirt – Charlotte Gill
 Gewalt: Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit – Steven Pinker
 Homicide: Ein Jahr auf mörderischen Straßen – David Simon
 Kotzebues Dramen – Ein Lexikon
 Krieg oder Frieden – Hamed Abdel-Samad
 Die Kunst des klaren Denkens – Rolf Dobelli
 Linksextrem – Deutschlands unterschätzte Gefahr? – Harald Bergsdorf und Rudolf van Hüllen
 Die Mutter des Erfolgs – Amy Chua
 The Next Decade – George Friedman
 Nie war es herrlicher zu leben (Memoiren) – Emmanuel Herzog von Croÿ
 (R)echte Kerle – Andreas Kemper
 Stimmungen lesen. Über eine verdeckte Wirklichkeit der Literatur (Essays) – Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
 Warum gibt es alles und nicht nichts? – Richard David Precht
 Willst du normal sein oder glücklich? – Robert Betz
 Zyklen der Zeit – Roger Penrose

Bilderbuch
 Es war einmal ein Igel – Franz Hohler (Text) und Kathrin Schärer (Illustration)

Gestorben
 2. Januar: Ernst Bruun Olsen
 3. Januar: Eva Strittmatter
 4. Januar: Hadayatullah Hübsch
 4. Januar: Dick King-Smith
 7. Januar: Carlos Castro
 10. Januar: María Elena Walsh
 17. Januar: Jean Dutourd
 20. Januar: Reynolds Price
 22. Januar: Pak Wanso
 24. Januar: Peter-Paul Zahl
 1. Februar: Takis Varvitsiotis
 3. Februar: Édouard Glissant
 5. Februar: Brian Jacques
 6. Februar: Andrée Chedid
 7. Februar: Wolfgang Deichsel
 9. Februar: Stephan-Lutz Tobatzsch
 11. Februar: Bo Carpelan
 16. Februar: Hans Joachim Alpers
 16. Februar: Justinas Marcinkevičius
 23. Februar: Gustav Just
 26. Februar: Arnošt Lustig
 2. März: Thor Vilhjálmsson
 3. März: Friedhelm Kemp
 6. März: Agnes-Marie Grisebach
 10. März: David Viñas
 12. März: Günter Amendt
 13. März: Egon Aderhold
 13. März: Andreas Franz
 24. März: Lanford Wilson
 27. März: H. R. F. Keating
 29. März: Iakovos Kambanellis
 1. April: Manning Marable
 3. April: Ulli Beier
 7. April: Eriko Kishida
 8. April: Dominique Desanti
 25. April: Gonzalo Rojas
 29. April: Ralf Parve
 30. April: Ernesto Sabato
 1. Mai: Helmut Windisch
 5. Mai: Arthur Laurents
 9. Mai: Newton Thornburg
 10. Mai: Patrick Galvin
 13. Mai: Pam Gems
 14. Mai: Birgitta Trotzig
 23. Mai: Roberto Sosa
 25. Mai: Leonora Carrington
 27. Mai: Gil Scott-Heron
 28. Mai: Mallika Sengupta
 31. Mai: Hans Keilson
 4. Juni: Curth Flatow
 7. Juni: Jorge Semprún
 10. Juni: Patrick Leigh Fermor
 12. Juni: Kati-Claudia Fofonoff
 14. Juni: Walter Flegel
 16. Juni: Tölögön Kasymbekow
 21. Juni: E. M. Broner
 24. Juni: Jost Nolte
 5. Juli: Theodore Roszak
 7. Juli: Allan W. Eckert
 7. Juli: Pierre Enckell
 9. Juli: Facundo Cabral
 9. Juli: Arvo Salo
 14. Juli: Otia Iosseliani
 26. Juli: Sakyō Komatsu
 27. Juli: Ágota Kristóf
 19. August: Gil Courtemanche
 21. August: Azizi Abdullah
 22. August: Vicco von Bülow
 24. August: Nila Sborowska
 25. August: Petre Bakevski
 27. August: N. F. Simpson
 29. August: Walentin Kusmin
 3. September: Volker Krämer
 9. September: Valentino Braitenberg
 9. September: Horst Fuhrmann
 13. September: Daniel Keel
 13. September: Alice Vollenweider
 16. September: Friedel Thiekötter
 20. September: John Burke
 20. September: Annika Idström
 27. September: Sara Douglass
 27. September: Remo Fasani
 27. September: Ida Fink
 29. September: Hella Haasse
 1. Oktober: Ruby Langford Ginibi
 4. Oktober: Vittorio Curtoni
 11. Oktober: Tine Schulze-Gerlach
 18. Oktober: Friedrich Kittler
 18. Oktober: Andrea Zanzotto
 20. Oktober: Claude Delarue
 22. Oktober: Barbara König
 24. Oktober: Morio Kita
 26. Oktober: Janko Messner
 28. Oktober: Jiří Gruša
 1. November: Heinz Ludwig Arnold
 3. November: H. G. Francis
 7. November: F. Springer
 10. November: Ivan Martin Jirous
 12. November: Hermann Herder
 12. November: Hubert Nyssen
 14. November: Franz Josef Degenhardt
 20. November: Shelagh Delaney
 21. November: Oddur Björnsson
 22. November: Georg Kreisler
 24. November: Ludwig Hirsch
 1. Dezember: Christa Wolf
 3. Dezember: Sabri Godo
 4. Dezember: Matti Y. Joensuu
 7. Dezember: Josip Barković
 8. Dezember: Gilbert Adair
 8. Dezember: Werner Kofler
 10. Dezember: Andres Ehin
 11. Dezember: Hans Heinz Holz
 13. Dezember: Russell Hoban
 14. Dezember: Roland Dubillard
 15. Dezember: Christopher Hitchens
 18. Dezember: Václav Havel
 19. Dezember: Horst-Eberhard Richter
 20. Dezember: Hana Androníková
 25. Dezember: John Christoffel Kannemeyer
 27. Dezember: Michael Dummett

Literaturpreise 2011

Deutsche Literaturpreise
Am häufigsten mit einem deutschen Literaturpreis ausgezeichnet wurde 2011: Sibylle Lewitscharoff.

 Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis: Jean Krier (Hauptpreis); Olga Martynova und Nicol Ljubić (Förderpreis)
 Alfred-Döblin-Preis: Jan Peter Bremer
 aspekte-Literaturpreis: Eugen Ruge für In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts
 AutorenPreis des Heidelberger Stückemarkts: Berkun Oya für Schöne Dinge sind auf unserer Seite
 Berliner Literaturpreis: Thomas Lehr
 Berliner Preis für Literaturkritik: Joseph Hanimann

 Bremer Literaturpreis: Friederike Mayröcker, ich bin in der Anstalt. Fusznoten zu einem nichtgeschriebenen Werk; Andrea Grill, Das Schöne und das Notwendige (Förderpreis)

 Carl-Amery-Literaturpreis: Ilija Trojanow
 Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille: Hans Werner Kilz
 Clemens-Brentano-Preis: Wolfgang Herrndorf, Tschick
 Corine (Literaturpreis):
 Belletristik: John Burnside für Lügen über meinen Vater
 Publikumspreis: Juliane Koepcke für Als ich vom Himmel fiel
 Kinder- und Jugendbuch: Kate De Goldi für abends um 10
 Bilderwelten: Elke Heidenreich, Tom Krausz für Dylan Thomas – Waliser. Dichter. Trinker
 Wirtschaftsbuch: Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff für Wie eine Volkswirtschaft wächst ... und warum sie abstürzt
 Zukunftspreis: António Damásio für Selbst ist der Mensch – Körper, Geist und die Entstehung des menschlichen Bewußtseins
 Hörbuch: Axel Hacke, Ursula Mauder für Das Beste aus meinem Liebesleben. Geschichten und Songs über die Liebe in guten und schlechten Tagen
 Ehrenpreis des Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten: Christine Nöstlinger für ihr Lebenswerk
 Debütpreis des Buddenbrookhauses: Nino Haratischwili für Juja
 Deutscher Buchpreis: In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts von Eugen Ruge

 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Auswahl):
 Bilderbuch: Die Geschichte vom Fuchs, der den Verstand verlor von Martin Baltscheit
 Jugendbuch: Tschick von Wolfgang Herrndorf
 Preis der Jugendjury: Erebos von Ursula Poznanski
 Sonderpreis, für das Gesamtwerk: Tobias Scheffel (Übersetzer)
 Deutscher Kinderhörspielpreis: Nina und Paul von Thilo Reffert
 Deutscher Science Fiction Preis: Uwe Post: Walpar Tonnraffir und der Zeigefinger Gottes
 Evangelischer Buchpreis: Michael Kleeberg, Das amerikanische Hospital

 Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis: Feliu Formosa
 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis der Stadt Bad Homburg: Arno Geiger (Hauptpreis), Daniela Seel (Förderpreis)
 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis der Universität und der Universitätsstadt Tübingen: Jan Wagner

 Georg-Büchner-Preis: Friedrich Christian Delius
 Gerty-Spies-Literaturpreis: Christoph Hein
 Geschwister-Scholl-Preis: Für ein Lied und hundert Lieder. Ein Zeugenbericht aus chinesischen Gefängnissen. von Liao Yiwu
 Goethepreis der Stadt Frankfurt am Main: Ali Ahmad Said
 Gustav-Heinemann-Friedenspreis für Kinder- und Jugendbücher: Kirsten Boie für Ringel, Rangel, Rosen

 Heinrich-Mann-Preis: Marie-Luise Scherer
 Hermann-Kesten-Preis: Mohamed Hashem

 Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden: Schicksal, Hauptsache Schicksal. von Robert Schoen mit Lorenz Eberle

 Hotlist: Mein sanfter Zwilling von Nino Haratischwili

 Italo-Svevo-Preis: Volker H. Altwasser

 Jean-Paul-Preis: Brigitte Kronauer

 Johann-Gottfried-Seume-Literaturpreis: Peter Winterhoff-Spurk, Unternehmen Babylon. Wie die Globalisierung die Seele gefährdet
 Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis: Günter de Bruyn
 Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung: Frank Günther
 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis: Hans Joachim Schädlich
 Kasseler Literaturpreis: Thomas Kapielski (Hauptpreis); Jan Neumann (Förderpreis)
 Kleist-Preis: Sibylle Lewitscharoff
 Kleist-Förderpreis: Wolfram Lotz für Der große Marsch
 Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis: Jan Wagner
 Krimifuchs: Volker Kutscher
 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis: Uwe Post, Walpar Tonnraffir und der Zeigefinger Gottes
 Kurt-Wolff-Preis: Transit Buchverlag, Lilienfeld Verlag (Förderpreis)
 Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung: Martin Pollack
 LiBeraturpreis: Nathalie Abi-Ezzi für Rubas Geheimnis
 Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Arno Geiger
 Literaturpreis der Landeshauptstadt München: Keto von Waberer

 Ludwig-Börne-Preis: Joachim Gauck
 Mainzer Stadtschreiber: Ingo Schulze

 Marieluise-Fleißer-Preis: Sibylle Lewitscharoff

 Max-Herrmann-Preis: Georg Siebeck
 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis: Elfriede Jelinek für Winterreise
 Nicolas-Born-Preis: Peter Waterhouse; Förderpreis: Sabrina Janesch
 Oldenburger Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis: Es war einmal Indianerland von Nils Mohl

 Paul-Celan-Preis: Mirjana und Klaus Wittmann
 Peter-Huchel-Preis: Marion Poschmann, Geistersehen
 postpoetry.NRW: Marius Hulpe, Marie T. Martin, Jovan Nikolić, Ralf Thenior, Christoph Wenzel
 Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse:
 Clemens J. Setz (Belletristik) für Die Liebe zur Zeit des Mahlstädter Kindes
 Henning Ritter (Sachbuch/Essayistik) für Notizhefte
 Barbara Conrad (Übersetzung) für Tolstois Krieg und Frieden
 Preis der LiteraTour Nord: Iris Hanika
 Preis der Literaturhäuser: Elke Erb
 Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie: Ben Lerner / Steffen Popp: Die Lichtenbergfiguren
 Preis der SWR-Bestenliste: Aris Fioretos

 Rheingau Literatur Preis: Josef Haslinger
 Ricarda-Huch-Preis: Sibylle Lewitscharoff
 Schubart-Literaturpreis: Hans Christoph Buch; Timo Brunke (Förderpreis); Bernd Jürgen Warneken (Sonderpreis)

 Thomas-Mann-Preis: Jan Assmann
 Tukan-Preis: Adams Fuge von Steven Uhly
 Übersetzerpreis der Kunststiftung NRW: Terézia Mora
 Uwe-Johnson-Preis: Judith Zander für Dinge, die wir heute sagten (Förderpreis)

 Walter-Serner-Preis: Ralf Thies für Der goldene Ford
 Wilhelm-Lehmann-Preis: Nico Bleutge
 Wilhelm-Raabe-Literaturpreis: Sibylle Lewitscharoff für Blumenberg

 Wolfgang-Weyrauch-Förderpreis: Jan Volker Röhnert und Andre Rudolph

Internationale Literaturpreise

 Anna Seghers-Preis: Sabrina Janesch und Lina Meruane
 Anton-Wildgans-Preis: Arno Geiger
 Aschehoug-Literaturpreis: Bjørn Sortland
 Astrid-Lindgren-Gedächtnis-Preis: Shaun Tan
 August-Preis (Fachbuch): Elisabeth Åsbrink für Och i Wienerwald står träden kvar (dt.: Und im Wienerwald stehen noch immer die Bäume)
 Bisto Book of the Year Award: Chris Haughton für A Bit Lost
 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize: Gary Shteyngart für Super Sad True Love Story
 Carnegie Medal: Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men
 Cervantespreis: Nicanor Parra
 Colby Award: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War von Karl Marlantes
 Compton Crook Award: State of Decay von James Knapp
 Constantijn Huygensprijs: A.F.Th. van der Heijden
 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award: Katherine MacLean
 Danuta Gleed Literary Award: Billie Livingston, Greedy Little Eyes
 David Cohen Prize: Julian Barnes
 De Gyldne Laurbær: Helle Helle für Dette burde skrives i nutid
 Erich-Fried-Preis: Thomas Stangl
 Europäischer Preis für Literatur: Drago Jančar
 FIL-Preis: Fernando Vallejo
 Finlandia-Preis: Rosa Liksom für Hytti nro 6
 Franz-Kafka-Literaturpreis: John Banville
 Frost Medal: Charles Simic
 Gert-Jonke-Preis: Alois Hotschnig
 Governor General's Award for Fiction: Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers
 Grand Prix de la Francophonie de l'Académie Française: Abdellatif Laabi
 Grand prix de littérature policière:
 National: L'Honorable Société von DOA und Dominique Manotti
 International: Le Poète de Gaza (OA und dt.: Limassol) von Yishai Sarid
 Griffin Poetry Prize:
 Kanada: Dionne Brand für Ossuaries
 International: Gjertrud Schnackenberg für Heavenly Questions
 Lifetime Achievement Award: Yves Bonnefoy
 Guardian Award: Andy Mulligan für Return to Ribblestrop
 Guardian First Book Award: Siddhartha Mukherjee für The Emperor of All Maladies

 Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis: Maja Haderlap für Im Kessel
 Internationaler Literaturpreis – Haus der Kulturen der Welt: Michail Schischkin (Autor) und Andreas Tretner (Übersetzer) für Das Venushaar
 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Let the Great World Spin von Colum McCann

 Irish Book Awards (Auswahl):
 Roman: Neil Jordan für Mistaken
 Sportbuch: Nicolas Roche für Inside the Peloton
 Lebenswerk: Seamus Heaney
 James Fenimore Cooper Prize: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War von Karl Marlantes
 Jerusalem-Preis: Ian McEwan
 Kellgren-Preis: Aris Fioretos
 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award: Neil Jordan für Mistaken
 Kościelski-Preis: Andrzej Franaszek
 Kritikerprisen (Dänemark): Lars Frost für Skønvirke
 Kritikerprisen (Norwegen): Merethe Lindstrøm für Dager i stillhetens historie
 Lambda Literary Awards (Auswahl):
 Gay Fiction: Union Atlantic von Adam Haslett
 Lesbian Debut Fiction: Sub Rosa von Amber Dawn
 Lesbian Erotica: Sometimes She Lets Me. Best Butch/Femme Erotica, hrsg. von Tristan Taormino
 Lesbian Memoir/Biography: Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life von Barbara Hammer
 Lesbian Mystery: Fever of the Bone von Val McDermid
 LGBT Anthology: Gender Outlaws. The Next Generation, hrsg. von Kate Bornstein und S. Bear Bergman
 LGBT Nonfiction: King Kong Theory von Virginie Despentes
 Leo-Perutz-Preis: Der Posamentenhändler von Koytek/Stein
 Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence: George Bowering
 Literaturpreis des Nordischen Rates: Milli trjánna von Gyrðir Elíasson
 Man Booker Prize for Fiction: The Sense of an Ending von Julian Barnes
 Man Booker International Prize: Philip Roth
 Matt-Cohen-Preis: David Adams Richards
 Murasaki-Shikibu-Literaturpreis: Yōko Tawada für Nisō to kyūppido no yumi
 Nadal-Literaturpreis: Alicia Giménez Bartlett für Donde nadie te encuentre
 National Book Award:
 Fiction: Jesmyn Ward für Salvage the Bones
 Nonfiction: Stephen Greenblatt für The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
 Poetry: Nikky Finney für Head Off & Split
 Young People's Literature: Thanhha Lai für Inside Out & Back Again
 Lifetime achievement award: John Ashbery
 Newbery Medal: Clare Vanderpool für Moon Over Manifest
 Nike:
 Hauptpreis: Pióropusz von Marian Pilot
 Publikumspreis: Dziennik 1962–1969 von Sławomir Mrożek
 Nobelpreis für Literatur: Tomas Tranströmer
 O.-Henry-Preis (Auswahl):
 Your Fate Hurtles Down at You von Jim Shepard
 Diary of an Interesting Year von Helen Simpson
 Melinda von Judy Doenges
 Orange Prize for Fiction: Téa Obreht für The Tiger's Wife
 Orwell Award: F.S. Michaels für Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything
 Orwell Prize: Thomas Henry Bingham für The Rule of Law
 Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur: Javier Marías
 Palle-Rosenkrantz-Preis: Jean-Christophe Grangé für Forbarm dig
 P.C.-Hooft-Preis: Henk Hofland
 PEN/Faulkner Award: Deborah Eisenberg für The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
 Petrarca-Preis: John Burnside und Florjan Lipuš
 Preis der Stadt Wien für Literatur: Brigitta Falkner
 Premio Alfaguara de Novela: Juan Gabriel Vásquez für El ruido de las cosas al caer
 Prémio Camões: Manuel António Pina
 Premio Planeta: Javier Moro für El imperio eres tú
 Premio Rómulo Gallegos: Blanco nocturno von Ricardo Piglia
 Prinz-von-Asturien-Preis für Literatur: Leonard Cohen
 Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing: Carlo D'Este
 Prix Claude-Farrère: Marie-Odile Beauvais
 Prix Femina: Simon Liberati für Jayne Mansfield 1967
 Prix Femina Essai: Laure Murat für L'Homme qui se prenait pour Napoléon: Pour une histoire politique de la folie
 Prix Femina Étranger: Francisco Goldman für Dire son nom
 Prix Goncourt (Roman): L'Art français de la guerre von Alexis Jenni
 Prix du Livre Inter: Que font les rennes après Noël ? von Olivia Rosenthal
 Prix Mallarmé: Annie Salager (Travaux de lumière)
 Prix Médicis: Mathieu Lindon, Ce qu'aimer veut dire
 Prix Médicis étranger: David Grossman, Une femme fuyant l'annonce
 Prix Renaudot: Limonow von Emmanuel Carrère
 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad von Jennifer Egan
 Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Bruce Norris für Clybourne Park
 Rauriser Literaturpreis: Dorothee Elmiger für Einladung an die Waghalsigen; Förderungspreis für Martin Amanshauser
 Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris: Tomas Espedal (Annahme abgelehnt)
 Riverton-Preis: Torkil Damhaug für Ildmannen

 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brother
 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature: Lucy Caldwell
 Runeberg-Preis: Tiina Raevaara für En tunne sinua vierelläni
 Russischer Booker-Preis: Alexander Chudakov für (engl.:) Haze Sets Upon the Old Steps
 Samuel-Bogumil-Linde-Preis: Wiesław Myśliwski und Herta Müller
 Schwedischer Krimipreis:
 Bester ins Schwedische übersetzter Kriminalroman: The End of the Wasp Season von Denise Mina
 Bester schwedischer Kriminalroman: Viskleken von Arne Dahl
 Auszeichnung für das Lebenswerk: Reginald Hill
 Schweizer Buchpreis: Catalin Dorian Florescu für Jacob beschließt zu lieben
 Scotiabank Giller-Preis: Esi Edugyan für Half-Blood Blues
 Sedat-Simavi-Preis (Sparte Literatur): Burhan Sönmez für Masumlar
 Skandinavischer Krimipreis: Leif G. W. Persson für Den döende detektiven
 Socratesbeker: Hans Achterhuis für De utopie van de vrije markt
 Solothurner Literaturpreis: Peter Bichsel
 Somerset Maugham Award:
 Miriam Gamble für The Squirrels Are Dead
 Alexandra Harris für Romantic Moderns
 Adam O'Riordan für In the Flesh
 Søren-Gyldendal-Preis: Naja Marie Aidt
 Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk: Marie NDiaye und Michail Schischkin
 Sunburst Award:
 Für Erwachsene: Guy Gavriel Kay für Under Heaven
 Für junge Erwachsene: Paul Glennon für Bookweirder
 Theodor-Kramer-Preis: Ruth Klüger
 T. S. Eliot Prize (Großbritannien) für Lyrik: John Burnside für Black Cat Bone
 Vicky Metcalf Award: Iain Lawrence
 Wingate Literary Prize: David Grossman für To the End of the Land
 World Fantasy Award (Auswahl):
 Roman: Nnedi Okorafor für Who Fears Death
 Kurzroman: Elizabeth Hand für The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon
 Short Fiction: Joyce Carol Oates für Fossil-Figures
 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction: Karl Marlantes für Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

 Yi-Sang-Literaturpreis: Gong Ji-young

Verwandte Preise und Ehrungen
 Balzan-Preis: Bronisław Baczko – Peter Brown – Russell Scott Lande – Joseph Silk
 Buber-Rosenzweig-Medaille: Navid Kermani
 Deutscher Kinderhörspielpreis: Nina und Paul von Thilo Reffert
 Erich-Maria-Remarque-Friedenspreis: Tahar Ben Jelloun (Hauptpreis)
 Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Boualem Sansal
 Goethe-Medaille: John le Carré – Adam Michnik – Ariane Mnouchkine
 Hannah-Arendt-Preis: Navid Kermani
 Hans-Kilian-Preis: Hartmut Böhme
 Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich, Kategorie Literatur: Christoph Wilhelm Aigner
 Kurt-Wolff-Preis: Transit Buchverlag
 Ludwig-Mülheims-Theaterpreis: Thomas Hürlimann
 MacArthur Fellowship (Auswahl): Kay Ryan
 Order of Nova Scotia (Auswahl): Budge Wilson
 Poet Laureate (Kanada; für den Zeitraum 2012/2013): Fred Wah
 Prix de l'Académie de Berlin: Stéphane Hessel
 Sigmund-Freud-Preis für wissenschaftliche Prosa: Arnold Esch


This week we began a series about the gospel: "The Gospel: In/Through/Beyond." Pastor Joe shared about how we are rescued and restored because of the gospel. It was a great call for us to trust the gospel–not only for our salvation, but for our transformation. You can listen to or watch the entire message and service here.
Thoughts: This was another great weekend! We sang some of our church's favorite songs from this year. It was truly enjoyable to sing four renewed hymn arrangements together this weekend, too (maybe that's why they are some of my favorite songs…). Our church was singing really well this weekend, and it seems that has been a growing trend over the past month or so. God is doing great things in our church. One special thing that Joe shared with us this weekend was the result from our Christmas offering giving.
How did our church respond? We raised over $121,000 for these efforts! I love seeing how generous our church is becoming. God is doing amazing things in an through our church, and I'm excited to see how these ministries are affected as a result. The gospel is going forward! Praise God!
Have a happy new year! If you are reading this, I am especially grateful for your time and for the opportunity to share what the Lord is teaching me and how the Lord is shaping my ministry here at Fellowship. He is faithful. May He richly bless you with more confidence in His gospel and a greater awareness of His presence with you in the new year! Love y'all!


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Hinda Gilbert on her way home to San Francisco after a 14-day quarantine at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield. (MARLIN GILBERT)
Home at last: Jewish S.F. resident ends 14-day quarantine at military base
By Gabriel Greschler | March 25, 2020
Hinda Gilbert says she wouldn't recommend Travis Air Force Base as a vacation destination. And she will never again look the same way at a turkey sandwich or cookie, which were served repeatedly during her stay at the base in Fairfield.
Gilbert, 82, who just completed a two-week quarantine at the base after her Grand Princess cruise ship became a coronavirus hotspot and national news story, described the experience as necessary and even positive at times.
"I reconciled that I would make the best of it," said the Congregation Emanu-El member, who returned home to San Francisco on Tuesday. "And I did. The purpose of the quarantine was to make sure that anyone who caught the virus on the ship would be kept from going into the community and spreading the disease."
Gilbert, who was with her friend Dolores Mackinnon for the entirety of the quarantine, said she spent her time calling friends and family and watching the news. The two were part of a group of 3,500 cruise ship passengers who were quarantined at four different military bases around the country. They described their living situation as a "midlevel" hotel room with all of the basic necessities, including a refrigerator, microwave and desk.
Meals were delivered to their room three times a day. Temperatures were taken twice a day.
Her only complaint about Travis Air Force Base? "The food was horrible," Gilbert said. "I think a lot of people were complaining." (Others who were quarantined expressed similar opinions to the San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today.)
Hinda Gilbert quarantined in her room at Travis Air Force Base. (DOLORES MACKINNON)
At least two cruise ship passengers did more than just complain about food. A Jewish Florida couple is suing Princess Cruise Lines for $1 million, alleging that the company kept the coronavirus outbreak quiet so as to not hamper profits, putting passengers and crew at risk.
Now that Gilbert is home, she says she has a lot to catch up on, including paying bills and figuring out what to do about other planned trips and whether to cancel now or wait.
Gilbert will be sheltering at home, apart from the occasional walk to the mailbox, to continue protecting herself from exposure.
One of her grandchildren, 24, who lives in Los Angeles, recently experienced symptoms she believes is coronavirus. While her condition is stable, "she has never felt this bad in her life," Gilbert said. "There were times where she could hardly breathe."
Gilbert said she needs to be extremely careful because she has some underlying health issues, which are known to put her at high risk of severe illness if she contracts COVID-19.
"I don't think I would live through it," she said.
She isn't upset about having to stay home, though. "The irony is, being in quarantine is not that terrible," Gilbert said. "There are things you can do. Reading. Downloading a library book. Cleaning your closet."
Gabriel Greschler
Gabriel Greschler is a staff writer at J. You can reach him at gabriel@jweekly.com and follow him on Twitter @ggreschler.
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Is It Always So Beautiful In Santa Barbara?
Milkshake, like most East Coasters, had just about enough of the wind, rain and snow of what seemed like a never-ending winter. So needless to say, we were looking forward to performing in California, as we have for the past few Aprils. This time, it was a concert at University of California at Santa Barbara for the Family Series UCSB hosts each year.
We had a 9:50 AM flight on our usual Southwest Airlines, and all seemed fine until Cord and Brian were stuck in a slow-moving security line and missed the plane. Luckily, they caught the next available nonstop and would meet us in Santa Barbara some hours later, in time for a late dinner at Enterprise Fish Company. When we arrived at our hotel, we were pleasantly reminded of our time in Ixtapa, Mexico years ago, when Milkshake played a Club Med. No, this Best Western wasn't nearly as fancy, but the gardens were beautiful and we ogled the palm trees, cacti and flowers. And did I mention it was warm? Coats came off at the airport! It was lovely, with blue skies and sunshine. We walked to Trader Joes, got some kumatos, mushrooms, tapenade and other munchies and sat by the pool. Life was good.
Tom & Shepp enjoying the sunshine.
The next morning, Mikel and I drove to the beach, which was only minutes away. Cactus flowers decorated the shore.
We walked along the beach, just taking it all in. Paddle boarders, seabirds, even a beach bar. Walking up the shoreline, we marveled at an incredible group of buildings which jutted out to the edge of a rocky shore. We soon discovered that was UCSB. Gosh, why didn't I become a marine biologist and come here instead of Hunter College?! It was gorgeous. On our way back to the car, I came upon the absolutely prettiest shell I've found in years.
We fetched the guys a few hours later and headed to, yes…the beach bar. Oysters for everyone, including Shepp's mom and sister, who live out there.
Then we headed to Campbell Hall. The folks there were great, and the hall beautiful. The show was SO MUCH fun and the kids were fantastic.
And just when we thought the weekend couldn't get any better, we were invited to the home of a sponsor of our show, Thomas Kenny and his family, for a party in our honor. We were welcomed into their beautiful home and met some families who had attended our concert earlier. At one point, a group of mostly girls gathered around, wondering where my tutu was. After I explained it was fragile and I only wore it in concert, conversation moved to favorite movies and we all broke into a rousing version of "Let It Go" from the movie Frozen. The girls knew all the words!
It was time well spent, and I could've stayed chatting with everyone forever, really. But the sun was setting and we had to head to LA that night. I will never forget the intense beauty, kindness and good times of that weekend in Santa Barbara. Special thanks to everyone at UCSB's Campbell Hall and the Kenny family.
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Peel and cut the potatoes in half. Put in a large pan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil, add 1 tsp table salt and cook for 8 minutes. Drain the potatoes and shake well in the colander to fluff up the edges. Leave in the colander covered with a clean tea towel to absorb the steam for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, put the goose fat in a roasting tin and heat for 5 minutes while the potatoes dry.
Mix the rosemary, garlic and sea salt in a bowl. Add the potatoes to the roasting tin, coat them in the hot goose fat, then sprinkle over the rosemary mix.
Roast in the oven for an hour, turning halfway through cooking, until very crisp and golden.


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Fabrics, coatings and finishes
Business, Features | December 1, 2009 | By: ATA
Coatings customize fabrics for the perfect match with customers' applications.
By Barb Ernster
There are countless combinations of fabrics, coatings, finishes and coating methods to achieve different specifications for a wide spectrum of applications. From simple vinyl tarps to highly engineered ballistic liners, the coated fabrics industry is more diversified than ever and encompassing more markets as new—and old—coatings and techniques prove successful in their applications.
Whether you need a product that can withstand chemicals, extreme cold or hot temperatures, or that can be heat-sealed or welded, the question becomes not only which coating, but how many of the desired properties should come from the base fabric itself. It all depends on the application, say industry sources.
Start at the ending
"Start with the end result you're looking for, then build a fabric to meet those requirements," suggests David Manning, president of Sattler North America in Melville, N.Y., which creates special use fabrics and membrane solutions for the outdoor fabrics industry. The fabric substrate—whether cotton, polyester, nylon, Kevlar®, Fiberglas®, knit or woven—will determine the base properties, tensile strength, stretch, durability, diagonal control, flammability, moisture resistance and breathability.
The coating, which might be from wax, PVC, plastisol, urethane, neoprene, acrylic, rubber or blended polymer, enhances the fabric's performance and achieves the different effects that the fiber cannot, such as resistance to water, mildew, UV and chemicals, fire retardancy, and cut and puncture resistance.
To get the right performance between fabric and coating, it falls on customers to educate themselves on their application and the specifications required to meet that application, notes Edward Silva, vice president of sales and marketing at Cooley Group in Pawtucket, R.I., a chemical and engineering company that creates its own polymer blended coatings on flexible membrane substrates.
"All industrial fabrics are not created equal," says Silva. "I can have the greatest product in the world at the most competitive price, but if it's used for the wrong application, it won't work."
Methods and markets
Many of the newest polymer technologies are more advantageous when melted and applied through an extrusion process, says Silva. The biggest benefit of extrusion is that the polymer is kept in its purest state without adding more chemicals or solvents to effectively process the polymers while still meeting the performance requirements.
Cooley Group also produces its own woven and knit fabrics, which helps them test new products and accommodate custom requests, particularly for some of the newer demands in military applications, water conservation and chemical storage applications. Forty percent of its business is in new solutions that are developing new markets.
Buckeye Fabric Finishing Co. in Coshocton, Ohio, uses the classic floating knife method coating to produce wax coatings for cotton, cotton flannel, cotton/polyester and cotton/nylon fabrics. Wax-coated cotton can provide a less expensive, environmentally friendly, breathable, flame-resistant, water-resistant and mildew-resistant product for outdoor covers and many other military and commercial uses.
"It's still very relevant today, sort of like blue denim jeans. It's been around for a long time, but is still very popular," says Kevin Lee, president of Buckeye Fabric Finishing and its sister company, Excello Fabric Finishers Inc.
Excello uses vinyl and acrylic coatings that are heat fused onto cotton, cotton blends, polyesters and some nylons to achieve different performance results for higher end uses, such as marine covers, awnings and tents. Vinyl coatings are flexible at low and high temperatures and perform well in various environments, but may not be as water resistant as wax-coated cotton unless top coated, says Lee. Acrylic, water-based coatings also exhibit good performance in extreme temperatures, are environmentally friendly and are compatible with polyester fabrics.
Buckeye and Excello offer their customers a variety of standard industrial coatings from which to choose and frequently act as custom coaters as well. The companies have assisted clients with the development and application of a variety of wax and nonwax coated apparel coatings, adhesives, rubber backing and insulation products, all with smaller minimum order quantities than many larger manufacturers.
BondCote Corp. in Pulaski, Va., sources its own fabric substrates and matches them with customized PVC coatings to achieve exact specifications for the customer's needs. It produces a wide variety of coated and laminated fabrics for military, agricultural, athletic, inflatable, marine, roofing and other commercial markets. The company mainly works with polyester, which provides good dimensional stability, tensile and tear strength, while the polymer coating adds flexibility, as well as UV-, abrasion-, flame-, water- and mildew-resistance. Acrylic or polyurethane topcoats may be applied to add cleanability, slip, oil resistance, waterproofing or aesthetic properties. BondCote also coats nylon, glass and blended fabrics.
"Price point is always a topic of discussion. It relates back to the application, the specification and the total requirements that the customer is looking for," says Wayne Holden, commercial technical manager at BondCote. "Many of our coated and laminated fabrics are developed to support specific technical needs of our customers."
Higher performance means higher costs. While PVC is considered the most economical coating, there are only so many uses you can get out of it, and you have to look to polyurethanes and other chemical additives to get higher performance, notes Chris Semonelli, vice president of sales and marketing at Erez USA in Newport, R.I. Producing coated fabrics for marine and safety products, athletic and medical, roofing, architectural and tension structures and flexitanks, Erez tries to match the point in its PVC/urethane blends that gets the best performance at the right price for the market.
Different grades of urethane will meet particular specifications. Ester grade urethanes are more fuel resistant, but need additives when exposed to moisture. Ether grades are more stable in a water environment and better for such uses as potable water containers. Aliphatic grades work in both water and fuel environments, and provide better ultraviolet and abrasion resistance when applied as a topcoat.
"We're definitely playing with new coatings and new blends and introducing them in new products," Semonelli says. With the evolution of thermal plastics, the polyurethane family has started to displace the rubber products. In fact, DuPont™ announced in May that it will cease production of Hypalon®, a chlorosulfonated polyethylene rubber, due to decreasing sales volume in all end-use market segments. Semonelli says the benefits of polyurethane over rubber is that you can heat weld rather than glue it, which saves time and money. He predicts that thermoplastics will continue to evolve and replace some coating products, while new polymer blends will expand markets and open new ones.
Many companies are seeing greater demand for lightweight textiles with waterproof, breathable properties for military, outdoor recreation and other applications. Sattler North America makes a breathable, waterproof woven acrylic for boat covers called Nautex Premium that is three times more waterproof (900mm in water column tests) than standard marine fabric. The solution-dyed fiber is first put through a finishing bath to make it water resistant, cleanable and mold and mildew resistant, then a thin coating is applied to make it more water resistant and breathable.
"With this fabric, when the sun is shining, it allows the humidity inside the cabin to evaporate, but maintains a high degree of waterproofness on the outside. I believe we're the only ones in the world doing it," says Manning.
With increasing demand for high performance, lightweight products, HDM Inc., in Oakdale, Minn., offers a product called SuperFabric®, made by screen printing an engineered polymer in geometric patterns onto multiple substrates, offering extreme cut, puncture and abrasion resistance, among other properties. The product, developed by HDM CEO and physicist Young Hwa Kim 12 years ago, is used in military and law enforcement gear, outdoor apparel and footwear, luggage, safety gloves, backpacks and other high-performance applications. HDM's new roll production capabilities are opening up even more applications.
"You can take an ordinary 500 denier nylon or 600 denier polyester and after we're done printing, it increases abrasion and cut resistance exponentially. The screen printing allows it to maintain flexibility," says sales manager Chris Kohn.
Swiss-based Schoeller Textiles in Seattle, Wash., has developed an extremely water-, dirt- and stain-repellent finish based on nanotechnology. NanoSphere® combines nano particles with a nano gel and forms a nano-structured surface that causes water, oils and dirt particles to run off. It was developed and is applied in accordance with the bluesign® standard, assuring ecological safety.
"With coatings, there's always the issue of compromising the breathability of the fabric," says Tom Weinbender, president of Schoeller U.S.A. "[NanoSphere] doesn't plug the holes, it only covers the fiber surface, and has no effect on the hand or the breathability of the fabric."
There are many different qualities that can be achieved with coatings that cannot be obtained through other means. With new coatings and technologies entering the market, and continued demand for older methods and compounds, fabric coatings are likely to play an ever-increasing role for customers when making fabric choices.
Barb Ernster is a freelance writer based in Fridley, Minn.
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Supporting the development of women's leadership has been a cornerstone of the Women's Center through the years. Through programs and opportunities such as the Women's Leadership Council, student programming assistant positions, internships, practicums, peer facilitator positions, the Women's Leadership Conference, and more recently the Feminist Leadership Academy the Women's Center has worked to develop leaders poised to create meaningful change in their communities through a myriad of ways.
While the very first Women's Leadership Conference was held in 2011, after a hiatus it received a reboot in 2019 as the inaugural Leading Change: Women's Leadership Conference. A collaborative effort of the Women's Center, Leadership Programs Office, Alumni Association, and the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business, our attendees were able to participate in a variety of workshops, hear from esteemed alumnae, and network with presenters and panelists.
This year, the Women's Center hosted its inaugural Feminist Leadership Academy (FLA). FLA brought together a cohort of students for a two-day leadership retreat. Small group sessions and community conversations helped students become better able to understand how their values can combine with leadership theories to make positive social change. FLA has been an incredible way for us to gather, create community, engage in feminist practices, and work to create plans for future involvement on and off- campus for the betterment of our communities.
Through the years the Women's Center has hosted dozens of student program assistants, interns, and practicum students. These students gain hands-on experience in project management, critical and creative thinking, teamwork, and intersectional diversity. Here's what a few of our former students have to say about their experience in the Women's Center or what they learned through the Women's Center:
"Taking part as a peer facilitator with Project BRAVE!! It gave me the leadership tools that I still employ in my day to day life. It empowered me to make a difference not just on campus but in how I operate in the larger world. I'm constantly amazed at how Project BRAVE still shapes my interactions and expectations of others. I would not be the same leader that I am without the thoughtful and thorough training that the program provided."
"That speaking up is to be celebrated rather than feared."
"Inclusion is about dismantling the systems in place that made diversity difficult so people can thrive in those environments."
"I learned skills in leadership, program planning, public speaking, advocacy, and empowerment. Working at the Women's Center was the most impactful part of my time at GCSU. It helped me to grow in so many ways."
"I learned how to organize, advocate and to fight for what I believe in. I learned that it never hurts to ask for what you want or deserve and that doing your research and being able to tell a compelling story about your "why" can take you a really long way. I also learned that having a circle of women around you, who believe in the same things you do, and who have your back and push you to be better is absolutely invaluable."
LGBTQ+ Programs
One of the ways that the Women's Center has expanded over the years is the bringing of LGBTQ+ Programs into our work. Dedicated LGBTQ+ programming on GC's campus has a long history - starting around 1994/95 when GC Counseling Services started a support group for LGBTQ+ students. In January of 2004, a group of dedicated staff and faculty gathered the first meeting of the "Safe Zone Planning Group," with the first Safe Space training (an LGBTQ+ allyship training) being held later that year.
The first Lavender Graduation (a ceremony celebrating graduating LGBTQ+ and ally students) was held in 2012, and in 2013, GC alum Grace Nichols was hired as the Coordinator for LGBT' Programs. Grace did phenomenal work during their time at GC to support LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty, leaving behind a legacy of dedication to social justice and care that LGBTQ+ Programs strives for every day.
A few years ago, Georgia College LGBTQ + Programs became a part of the responsibilities and initiatives of the Women's Center, with staff member Melissa Gerrior serving as the LGBTQ+ Programs Coordinator. We're hosting our 9th Lavender Graduation in April (we'd love for you to join us! - http://bit.ly/gclavgrad20), and have continued the Safe Space program (which has now trained hundreds) under a new name - S.T.A.R. Ally. Additionally, LGBTQ+ Programs continues to provide support, opportunities for LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, and students to be in community with one another, and educational events and programs that center their unique experiences.
Project BRAVE
Today we're highlighting Project BRAVE!
Project BRAVE (Bobcats Rising Against Violence Everywhere) is GC's comprehensive power-based interpersonal violence (PBIV; sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, stalking, etc.) prevention and education initiative.
In 2013, the Women's Center applied for (and received) our first OVW Campus Grant (with a continuation grant received in 2016), which allowed for the Women's Center to bring on our second full-time staff member, Melissa Gerrior; then in 2017, we were funded through the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council which allowed us to bring on our third full-time staff member, Emily Brookshire. Since then, Project BRAVE has experienced a lot of growth and become a well-known initiative on Georgia College's campus.
At the core of Project BRAVE is education centered on consent and bystander intervention - a community approach to preventing PBIV. A small but dedicated group of GC students, our Project BRAVE Peer Facilitators, are responsible for delivering our main training to campus - Be BRAVE: Step Up Bystander Intervention.
Other trainings offered by Project BRAVE are our Intro Presentation (which is presented to all incoming GC students during Weekend of Welcome), BRAVE Ally training (learning how to respond to victim/survivors), One Love Escalation workshops (from the One Love Foundation on recognizing dating violence), MARS (Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault) trainings (funded through the Georgia Department of Public Health and staffed by a committed group of male peer facilitators), and Start By Believing (for faculty and staff).
The Vagina Monologues started on Georgia College's campus in 2006 by the Theatre fraternity, APO. In 2008, the Women's Center picked up production of the show and has been hosting it nearly every year since. Over the years, the Vagina Monologues have been a place of community and healing for the over 150 cast members and the hundreds of attendees. Each year, the cast and crew join together to bring about awareness and education as they raise funds for local and global anti-violence initiatives.
Here's what some past cast members of The Vagina Monologues have said about their involvement in the show:
"I decided to audition for The Vagina Monologues on a whim and it is still one of my most favorite memories from college! I met such an amazing group of women and it was what lead me to do further volunteer and intern work for the Women's Center. So many of the values I have today are thanks to the work I did with the Women's Center."
"It was an empowering experience to be a part of something that addressed such important issues."
Tonight, on International Women's Day we celebrate the closing night of this year's (outstanding) show and celebrate the students who made it happen (looking at you Callie Langston).
Nationally, The Vagina Monologues was written by Eve Ensler in 1990 and has been performed across the globe since 1998. The show launched the V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and gender non-conforming).
Take Back the Night
Today we're highlighting another well-loved annual event: Take Back the Night. Take Back the Night is an international march held to raise awareness of violence against women. It was inspired by the radical feminist movement that planned as a protest against rape and other forms of violence against women.
Says Melanie DeMaeyer, one of our GC Women's Center co-founders, who also helped plan the first Take Back the Night at Georgia College in 2006: "We marched through downtown and held our speak out on the steps of the Old Courthouse. We didn't have budget for the program, so we borrowed candles from the GIVE Center and I took a white sheet and dyed it yellow and then painted it to make the banner for the front of our march."
Take Back the Night has taken many forms throughout the years, but it always includes the opportunity for survivors of violence to share their story. Look for this year's Take Back the Night in April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
The Clothesline Project
Today we're highlighting the Clothesline Project, a national awareness raising display that serves to bring attention to domestic/dating violence and the sexual violence that exist in our communities. Originating in Hyannis, Massachusetts in 1990, the Clothesline Project started at Georgia College in 2003.
For the first display (in Spring of 2003), students from Georgia College borrowed shirts from Emory's Center for Women. Fifty-five shirts were made the first year - each shirt was created by a member of the GC community who was a survivor of violence or was made in honor of someone who has experienced violence or been killed by violence.
Each shirt color represents a type of violence:
red/pink/orange - sexual assault
yellow/beige - domestic/dating/intimate partner violence
green/blue - childhood sexual abuse or incest
gray - emotional abuse
purple - people who have experienced violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, or perceived identities
brown - people who have experienced violence because of their religious identity or perceived identity
black - people who have experienced violence because of a disability or perceived disability
white - in memory of someone who died as a result of violence
Seventeen years later, there are now over 900 shirts in our collection. The Clothesline Project remains an event that folks on campus look for and contribute to every October. While it is an incredibly sobering week, it is also a time of community-building and healing.
If you want to be a part of our continuing to share these stories, please donate to our Women's Center 15th Anniversary Campaign. $50 can help cover the cost of paint and other supplies for the Clothesline Project for an entire year.
The Founding of the Georgia College Women's Center
It's the ultimate #tbt for the Georgia College Women's Center - Did you know we started as the dream of a couple of students and a class project? Check out the story of our founding from the perspective of two of the women who, with the support of others, worked to make it happen!
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Can provide admission for one student into the Women's Leadership Conference
Contribute $5
Can provide materials to create 50 Women's Center celebratory and promotional buttons
Contribute $10
Helps support our various community group gatherings (with materials, food, etc.)
Helps provide a year's supply of paint and other materials for the Clothesline Project
Can help send a student to a sexual violence prevention conference
Contribute $100
Can sponsor a full day of Feminist Leadership Academy