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Johann August Joseph Weißenberg (* 24. August 1855 in Fehebeutel, Kreis Striegau, Schlesien; † 6. März 1941 in Obernigk, Landkreis Trebnitz, Schlesien) war ein deutscher Religions- und Kirchenreformer und der Erbauer der Friedensstadt (1920). Er gründete 1926 die "Evangelisch-Johannische Kirche nach der Offenbarung St. Johannis", seit 1975 Johannische Kirche genannt.

Kindheit, Beruf und Familie

Weißenberg war eines von acht Kindern des katholischen Tagelöhners Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Weißenberg und seiner Frau Anna Rosina, geb. Kassner. Die Eltern fielen 1866 einer Cholera-Epidemie zum Opfer; von den acht Kindern waren zu diesem Zeitpunkt drei verstorben. Nach dem Tod der Eltern wurden Weißenberg und seine Geschwister auf dem Gut von Gräfin Leopoldine Seherr-Thoß aufgenommen und Joseph Weißenberg dort in die Obhut des Schäfermeisters gegeben. Nach dem Besuch der Gemeindeschule und der Erstkommunion arbeitete der damals 14-jährige Weißenberg zunächst für zwei Jahre in der Landwirtschaft des heimatlichen Gutes und absolvierte anschließend eine Maurerlehre in Rohnstock. Danach leistete er von 1876 bis 1878 den Militärdienst bei den Königsgrenadieren in Liegnitz ab. Anschließend begab er sich auf Wanderschaft und übte in dieser Zeit an verschiedenen Orten die unterschiedlichsten Berufe aus, überwiegend im Dienstleistungsbereich. 1882 zog Weißenberg nach Berlin und arbeitete u. a. als Schankwirt im Stadtteil Prenzlauer Berg.

Am 13. Mai 1885 heiratete Joseph Weißenberg in Berlin Auguste Lautner (geb. 10. August 1861 in Sulau, Kreis Militsch, gest. 27. September 1951 in Berlin). 1886 wurde die erste Tochter Frieda geboren. Sie starb bereits 1900. 1888 erfolgte die Geburt der zweiten Tochter Klara. Auguste Weißenberg verließ 1906 mit ihrer Tochter Klara ihren Mann, die Ehe wurde aber nicht geschieden.

Spirituelle Entwicklung
Weißenberg hat nach eigenen Angaben bereits im Alter von drei bis vier Jahren einen todkranken Mann durch Handauflegen geheilt. 1866 hat er durch seine Klassenkameraden Engel des Lichts sprechen lassen und ihnen damit u. a. die Pfingstgeschichte erklärt.

1877, als er auf dem Gut der Gräfin Leopoldine Seherr-Thoß wohnen durfte, diente er als Ministrant bei dem Pfarrer Carl Freiherr von Richthofen, der seine geistige Entwicklung freundschaftlich unterstützte.

Ein Wendepunkt war das Jahr 1903, Joseph Weißenberg folgte nach einer Christus-Vision seiner inneren Berufung, Menschen zu helfen und gab seinen Maurerberuf auf. Anfangs hatte er seine Heiltätigkeit nur nebenbei ausgeübt und wurde über die Grenzen Berlins hinaus allmählich bekannt. Nun hauptberuflich Heiler, meldete er ein Gewerbe als Heilmagnetiseur an. Es kam bald darauf zu erheblichen Spannungen zwischen den Eheleuten und 1907 zum endgültigen Bruch der Ehe. Mit seiner Heiltätigkeit, dem Heilen durch Handauflegen (Geistheiler) gemäß der Bibel , behandelte er durchschnittlich 50 Patienten pro Tag – von Montag bis Samstag in seiner Praxis in der Gleimstraße. Die Heilsuchenden kamen vor allem aus dem Kleinbürgertum. Bald wurde der Andrang so groß, dass er auch anderen Mitarbeitern die Mithilfe der Heiltätigkeit übertrug.

Eine dieser ersten Mitarbeiterinnen war seine spätere Lebensgefährtin Grete Müller (5. April 1882 – 19. Februar 1978). Sie brachte am 7. Februar 1911 die gemeinsame Tochter Frieda Müller († 10. Juni 2001) zur Welt. Ein Jahr später wurde die zweite Tochter Elisabeth Müller, genannt Liesbeth, verheiratete Möhring (14. Februar 1912 – 26. März 2001) geboren.

Auf die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Religion und Wissenschaft und die Liberalisierung der Geistlichkeit reagierte Weißenberg mit einem Protestschreiben 1903 an den Obersten Bischof der evangelischen Landeskirche, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Er prophezeite dessen Abdankung 15 Jahre später (Er würde sein Land "am Bettelstab verlassen"; "Majestät führen das deutsche Volk in den Abgrund"), falls sich die Zustände in der Landeskirche nicht änderten. Auf den Brief gab es keine Reaktionen und weitere Kontaktversuche unterblieben nun seinerseits.

Gründung einer Vereinigung und Wechsel der Konfession

Joseph Weißenberg schuf sein eigenes Forum zur Wiederbelebung christlicher Werte. 1907 gründete er die "Christliche Vereinigung ernster Forscher von Diesseits nach Jenseits, wahrer Anhänger der christlichen Kirchen". Als Bilanz seiner Lebenserfahrung veröffentlichte er 1905 einen Lehrbrief, der bis heute Glaubensfundament seiner von ihm gegründeten Gemeinschaft ist. Die regelmäßig abgehaltenen Gottesdienste in den Versammlungen wurden gut besucht, und die Anzahl der Mitglieder wuchs rasch. Weißenbergs Kritik an Staat und Kirche blieb nicht ohne Folgen. Wegen angeblicher Gesundheitsgefährdung der Teilnehmer an den öffentlichen Versammlungen Weißenbergs verbot der Polizeipräsident in Berlin die Versammlungen. In der Zeit vom 16. September 1909 bis Mitte des Jahres 1912 wurde der Verein verboten.

1910 schrieb Joseph Weißenberg als Mitglied der Katholischen Kirche einen Brief an Papst Pius X. und forderte die Freigabe der Heiligen Schrift für alle Katholiken. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt lehrte die Katholische Kirche die Bibel in lateinischer Sprache; Laien durften nicht in der Bibel lesen. Daraufhin wurde Joseph Weißenberg zum Propst Ahlisch in Berlin bestellt. Die Unterredung endete mit einer heftigen Auseinandersetzung und Joseph Weißenberg trat daraufhin zur Evangelischen Landeskirche der älteren Provinzen Preußens über.

Wegen des Versammlungsverbotes seiner Vereinigung verklagte Joseph Weißenberg den Polizeipräsidenten in Berlin und den Oberpräsidenten der Provinz Brandenburg. 1912 kam es zur Verhandlung vor dem Königlichen Oberverwaltungsgericht. Das Gericht hob das Versammlungsverbot auf und erteilte die Auflage, kenntlich zu machen, dass nur Mitglieder an den Versammlungen teilnehmen durften. Die zweieinhalbjährige Zwangspause hatte der Vereinigung nicht geschadet und die Menschen strömten weiter in seine Versammlungen.

Weißenbergs Situation 1914–1918

1914 brach der Erste Weltkrieg aus und es galten Sondergesetze. Auf Grund des Ausnahmezustandes wurde Joseph Weißenberg am 1. Oktober 1915 von Polizeikommissar Krüger verhaftet und ohne Anklage und Prozess ins Militärgefängnis Moabit gebracht. Er wurde nach zwei Monaten und drei Tagen aus der Haft entlassen und mit Berufsverbot belegt. Unter Androhung erneuter Inhaftierung durfte er seine religiösen Tätigkeiten und seine Heilbehandlungen nicht mehr ausüben. Unmittelbar nach seiner Freilassung richtete Weißenberg über seinen Anwalt eine Beschwerde an den Kriegsminister als den Obermilitärbefehlshaber – mit Erfolg: Das Verbot "unmittelbar und mittelbar Kranke zu behandeln" wurde am 11. Mai 1917 aufgehoben, woraufhin Weißenberg unmittelbar seine Heiltätigkeit in seiner Wohnung im Berliner Norden, Gleimstraße 42, wieder aufnahm.

Ein Untersuchungsausschuss des Reichstages untersuchte anhand des vorgelegten Materials des Rechtsanwaltes und Abgeordneten Oskar Cohn, des Rechtsbeistandes Joseph Weißenbergs, am 20. Juni 1918 das Vorgehen der Polizei- und Militärbehörden. Es wurde als gesetzwidrig verurteilt und das Wirken Weißenbergs staatlich rehabilitiert. Am 5. Dezember 1918 fand der erste Gottesdienst nach dem Verbot statt.

Bau der Friedensstadt

Geprägt von den Eindrücken des Ersten Weltkrieges und den persönlichen Erfahrungen ungerechter Verfolgung arbeitete Joseph Weißenberg an der Idee einer Siedlung, einer Stadt des Friedens. Er suchte die praktische Umsetzung eines Lebens in der Gemeinschaft auf der Grundlage gelebten Christentums. Bereits 1918, also fünf Jahre vor dem Höhepunkt der Inflation, sah Joseph Weißenberg die drohende Geldentwertung voraus ("Das Geld geht auf Null"). Er rief seine Anhänger auf, ihr Geld in den Erwerb von Grund und Boden für ein christliches Siedlungswerk, einer "Stadt des Friedens" anzulegen. Von den Spenden wurden der Gasthof Waldfrieden in Blankensee und 400 Hektar Land in den Glauer Bergen bei Trebbin gekauft, 30 km südlich von Berlin. Bereits im Frühjahr 1919 fanden sich erste Freiwillige ein, um das erworbene Gelände als Bauland vorzubereiten. Ein Jahr später, im Februar 1920, gründete sich die "Christliche Siedlungsgenossenschaft Waldfrieden", und am 19. Dezember 1920 erfolgte die Grundsteinlegung des ersten Hauses in der Friedensstadt unter Beteiligung mehrerer hunderter Personen. Die Einnahmen der Siedlungsgenossenschaft wurden von Joseph Weißenberg, der Geschäftsleitung und dem Aufsichtsrat der Siedlung treuhänderisch verwaltet. Sie stellten den Etat der Siedlung auf und legten fest, wie das Geld den einzelnen Bauvorhaben zugeführt wurde. Als 1922 der Wert des Geldes auf Null ging, geriet der Aufbau der Friedensstadt ins Stocken. Viele Anhänger Weißenbergs zeigten in dieser Situation ihren Idealismus und brachten ihre Trauringe (Gold), um so den Fortgang der Arbeiten zu gewährleisten. Der Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger schrieb zu der Zeit: "Eine Stadt aus Trauringen erbaut!"

Die Leitung des Baugeschehens lag in Weißenbergs Händen. Er fuhr zweimal in der Woche zwischen seinen beiden Wirkungsstätten Berlin und Friedensstadt hin und her. Alle Planungen und Ausführungen erfolgten nach seinen Angaben, und er überwachte den Fortgang der Bauarbeiten. Hilfe und Unterstützung erteilten ihm eine Reihe von bereitwilligen Fachleuten. So wuchs in 14 Jahren Bauzeit die Friedensstadt, darunter Wohnhäuser, Altersheim, ein Wasserwerk, ein Museum, Heilinstitut, Verwaltungsgebäude, eine Schule und vieles mehr. Sie galt als eine der damals größten und modernsten Privatsiedlungen Deutschlands mit 40 Gebäuden und 300 Bewohnern,

Wachstum der neuen Vereinigung und Kirchenaustritt

Mit seinem Lebenswerk Friedensstadt wuchs die Schar der Anhänger Joseph Weißenbergs beständig. 1925 war die Zahl der Mitglieder der Ernsten Forscher auf über 20.000 angestiegen. 1926 gab es mehr als 20 Filialen der "Christlichen Vereinigung ernster Forscher von Diesseits nach Jenseits". In Berlin befanden sich damals neun Zweigvereinigungen, während sich die anderen auf Brandenburg, Sachsen, Pommern und Schlesien verteilten. In diesem Jahr kam es zu erheblichen Auseinandersetzungen mit der evangelischen Landeskirche. Joseph Weißenbergs mehrfach gemachte Einigungsvorschläge mit Konsistorien, Synoden und Oberkirchenräten blieben unbeantwortet. Nachdem seinen Anhängern in mehreren Gemeinden das Abendmahl verweigert wurde, erklärte Joseph Weißenberg am 25. März 1926 seinen Austritt aus der Landeskirche.

Kirchengründung

Am 15. April 1926 nannte Joseph Weißenberg seine Vereinigung in Evangelisch-Johannische Kirche nach der Offenbarung St. Johannes um. Sie wurde am 14. Juli unter der Nummer 4858 ins Vereinsregister in Berlin eingetragen. Bis zum Verbot dieser Kirche 1935 entstanden in Deutschland über 350 Gemeinden. Seit 1975 führt sie den Namen Johannische Kirche.

Seinem Austritt aus der evangelischen Landeskirche folgten eine Reihe weiterer Konflikte. Es gab zahlreiche Versuche, Weißenberg als Betrüger, Kurpfuscher und sittlich verdorbenen Menschen hinzustellen. 36 Prozesse musste Joseph Weißenberg führen, die er alle gewann. Während der Zeit der Weimarer Republik bis hin zur Machtergreifung Hitlers sah sich Weißenberg ununterbrochen den Anfeindungen von Ärzteschaft, Evangelischer Kirche und politischen Kräften ausgesetzt. Trotz der damit verbundenen Angriffe der Boulevard-Presse wuchs die junge Kirche beständig. Am 28. April 1932 bestimmte Weißenberg seine damals 21-jährige Tochter Frieda Müller zu seiner Nachfolgerin. Am 30. Juli 1932 zog Joseph Weißenberg endgültig von Berlin in die Friedensstadt, um sich ganz dem Aufbau der Siedlung zu widmen.

Die Ev.-Johannische Kirche in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus

"Unser Heil und unser Leben liegt im Heilsbanner schwarz-weiß-rot und im schwarzen Kreuz im weißen Feld, nicht im Hakenkreuz, meine Brüder, Kameraden, meine Freunde."

Dieses am 6. April 1933 veröffentlichte Wort der Weißenberg-Bewegung brachte ihren Zwiespalt auf den Punkt, der sich zwischen religiöser Deutung und politischer Vereinnahmung der Farben schwarz-weiß-rot für die Zukunft ergab. Wohl in der Hoffnung, Hitler würde seine Wahlversprechungen gegenüber Christen einhalten, rief Weißenberg schließlich drei Jahre lang, namentlich in der Zeit zwischen November 1932 und Oktober 1934 dazu auf, schwarz-weiß-rot, also Hitler zu wählen. Auffällig ist, dass seine Wahlaufrufe stets von der Aufforderung eingeleitet wurden, schwarz-weiß-rot zu wählen. Ansonsten fällt die Zurückhaltung auf, die er im Gegensatz zu seinen Anhängern an den Tag legte. Zu dieser Zurückhaltung gehört auch der häufig von Weißenberg verwendete Gruß "Deutschland Heil!" (im Gegensatz zu "Heil Hitler!"), an den sich Weißenbergs politische Zielrichtung in dieser Zeit am anschaulichsten erkennen lässt.

1933 gründete sich in der Friedensstadt eine NSDAP-Ortsgruppe. Im Anschluss an diese Versammlung ließ Joseph Weißenberg, der nicht dieser Ortsgruppe angehörte, einen Gottesdienst abhalten. Nach anfänglicher Wertschätzung durch Vertreter der NSDAP wuchs im Zuge der nationalsozialistischen Gleichschaltung der Druck auf die Christliche Siedlungsgenossenschaft Waldfrieden, sich im NS-Staat einzugliedern. Weißenberg äußerte sich daraufhin öffentlich anerkennend über Adolf Hitler. Dennoch wurden ab Mitte 1934 Weißenberg und seine Anhänger in der gleichgeschalteten deutschen Presse lächerlich gemacht. Alle persönlichen Briefe Joseph Weißenbergs an Vertreter der NSDAP, in welchen er um Ende der Verfolgung bat und weitere Zugeständnisse der Kirche in Aussicht stellte, blieben erfolglos. Gleichzeitig pries die Kirchenzeitung, die zu dieser Zeit, wie alle Zeitungen in Deutschland, der nationalsozialistischen Zensur unterlag, die Errungenschaften und die Bedeutung Hitlers und stimmte auch in den allgemeinen Antisemitismus mit ein, indem z. B. angebliche Prophezeiungen Weißenbergs aus dem Jahr 1914 über die spätere "Verbannung von Juden und Gottlosen aus ihren Ämtern" publik gemacht wurde. Die Kirchenzeitung teilte allerdings nähere Angaben zu diesen Prophezeiungen aus dem Jahre 1914 nicht mit.

Ende 1934 fordert die Gestapo in Potsdam vom Kirchengründer und seiner Kirche, das Alte Testament und die Geistfreundreden (Trancepredigten) aus dem kirchlichen Leben zu verbannen. Weißenberg protestierte öffentlich dagegen und lehnte dies auch in Schreiben an Hitler energisch ab.
Die Konsequenz von Weißenbergs Ablehnung folgte auf dem Fuße: Am 17. Januar 1935 wurde die Ev.-Johannische Kirche als staatsfeindlich und staatsgefährdend verboten, alle Unterlagen beschlagnahmt sowie das Kirchenvermögen eingezogen, entschädigungslos dem Lande Preußen übereignet. In den nachfolgenden Monaten wurde der fast 80-Jährige von der Gestapo abgeholt, verhört, bedroht, verhaftet und wieder freigelassen. Ebenso wurden führende Mitglieder der Ev.-Johannischen Kirche unter Druck gesetzt und verhaftet. Um sein Lebenswerk zu verteidigen, schrieb Weißenberg weiterhin persönlich an Hitler und forderte die Freiheit des Glaubens und die Rücknahme des Kirchenverbotes. Am 13. August 1935 wurde Joseph Weißenberg von der 2. Großen Strafkammer des Landgerichts Berlin zu eineinhalb Jahren Zuchthaus und fünf Jahren Ehrverlust als Sittlichkeitsverbrecher verurteilt. In einem zweiten Prozess am 21. Oktober 1935 vor dem Sondergericht I erhielt er ein Jahr Gefängnis wegen illegaler und staatsfeindlicher Betätigung.

Die Siedlung Friedensstadt wurde auf Geheiß der Gestapo in die Zwangsliquidation getrieben und 1941 per Gerichtsbeschluss an das Deutsche Reich verkauft, da 14 Genossenschaftler ihre Zustimmung zum Verkauf verweigerten. Ab 1938 zog dort die Waffen-SS ein und vertrieb nach und nach die Bewohner. In der Zeit von 1942 bis Januar 1945 befand sich in der Siedlung die Außenstelle Glau des Konzentrationslagers Sachsenhausen. Um Joseph Weißenberg von seinen Anhängern und seinem Lebenswerk zu trennen, wurde er nach Verbüßung seiner Haftstrafen 1938 nach Schlesien verbannt und dort unter Hausarrest gestellt. Er verstarb am 6. März 1941 in Obernigk bei Breslau im Beisein seiner Tochter Frieda Müller.

Nach den historischen Erfahrungen des Nationalsozialismus und einer gewachsenen demokratischen Tradition in der Zeit nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ist die Haltung Weißenbergs als Bürger gegenüber Hitler rückblickend als politisch einseitig, naiv und unkritisch zu beschreiben. Es ist jedoch fraglich, ob damit das Verhalten Weißenbergs gegenüber dem Nationalsozialismus in seiner Zeit angemessen erfasst ist. Weißenberg war politisch einseitig, weil er nur das Zurückdrängen von Kommunismus und Sozialismus mit Interesse verfolgte, während er die diktatorischen Ansprüche aus dem Auge verlor. Er war naiv, weil er die politischen Farben schwarz-weiß-rot religiös deutete und unkritisch, weil er den Wahlversprechungen Hitlers bis 1934 zu sehr traute.
Hitlers Kampf gegen politische Konkurrenten ("Röhm-Putsch") und die Kirchen führte jedoch 1934 zur deutlichen Kritik Weißenbergs an Hitler und zu seiner entschiedenen Abkehr vom Nationalsozialismus. Bemerkenswert bleibt dagegen seine undiplomatische Kritik an Hitler und seine Verweigerung gegenüber der NS-Ideologie ab 1934.

Weißenbergs Lebenswerk

Die Johannische Kirche nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

Unmittelbar nach Kriegsende begann der Wiederaufbau der Johannischen Kirche unter Leitung von Weißenbergs Nachfolgerin Frieda Müller. In Verhandlungen mit den Alliierten konnte die Aufhebung des Kirchenverbots erwirkt werden. Am 3. Februar 1946 fand in Berlin der erste johannische Gottesdienst nach der Verbotszeit statt. In die von der SS beschlagnahmte Friedensstadt war die Rote Armee eingezogen, eine Rückgabe wurde abgelehnt. Lediglich die Kirche der Friedensstadt auf dem Waldfriedengelände in Blankensee wurde zurückgegeben. Nach Verhandlungen mit der sowjetischen Besatzungsmacht konnte dort am 30. Juni 1946 wieder ein Gottesdienst stattfinden. Bei der Übergabe bat der sowjetische Kommandant: "Beten Sie auch für Russland!" Am 25. August 1946 vereinte in Berlin der erste Kirchentag nach dem Verbot zahlreiche Kirchenmitglieder aus allen Teilen des Landes, doch es dauerte noch mehrere Jahre, bis die verstreuten Anhänger – viele kamen aus den ehemaligen Gemeinden östlich von Oder und Neiße – wieder gesammelt und betreut werden konnten.

Die mit der Gründung der beiden deutschen Staaten im Jahre 1949 erfolgte Teilung Deutschlands hatte auch für die Johannische Kirche ernste Folgen. Mit dem Bau der Berliner Mauer am 13. August 1961 war die gemeinsame Teilnahme aller Mitglieder an kirchlichen Veranstaltungen nicht mehr möglich. Obwohl in den folgenden Jahren die Johannische Kirche in beiden deutschen Staaten eigene Organisationsformen herausbildete, blieben die Einheit der Kirche und der enge Zusammenhalt der Kirchenmitglieder bestehen. In Ost und West konnte die Kirche in den Folgejahren eigene Gemeindehäuser und Andachtsstätten errichten. Außerdem war sie bei anderen Kirchen zu Gast oder gewährte anderen Glaubensgemeinschaften das Gastrecht.

Kirchliche Zentren waren in der DDR das Waldfrieden-Gelände und im Westteil Berlins das St.-Michaels-Heim. 1972 wurde mit dem Kauf des Stempferhofes in Gößweinstein der Grundstein für das kirchliche Engagement in der Fränkischen Schweiz gelegt. 1976 konnte dort mit dem Erwerb von Gut Schönhof in Eichenbirkig auch an ein weiteres Arbeitsfeld Joseph Weißenbergs angeknüpft werden, das er bereits in der Friedensstadt erschlossen hatte: die Landwirtschaft.

Die Öffnung der Berliner Mauer am 9. November 1989 ermöglichte auch die Einheit der Johannischen Kirche und ihrer sozialen Einrichtungen. Pfingsten 1990 versammelten sich Geschwister aller Gemeinden der Kirche nach über fünf Jahrzehnten zu einem gemeinsamen Dankgottesdienst auf dem Waldfriedengelände. Im März 1994 kam es zur Verabschiedung der russischen Soldaten aus der Friedensstadt und zur symbolischen Schlüsselübergabe an Frieda Müllers Tochter Josephine. Kurz darauf wurde die endgültige Rückgabe der Friedensstadt verfügt.

Die Johannische Kirche im 21. Jahrhundert

Am 10. Juni 2001 verstarb Frieda Müller. Nachfolgerin im Amt des Oberhauptes wurde Josephine Müller. Sie setzte den Weg ihrer Mutter fort, die Johannische Kirche allen Menschen zu öffnen. Ein äußerlich sichtbarer Schritt hierbei ist die am 6. März 2002 abgeschlossene Neugestaltung des Altares im Kirchenzentrum Waldfrieden in Blankensee südlich von Berlin mit der Inschrift: "Gott ist Liebe" (vgl. 1 Joh 4,16b LUT). Damit schlägt die Johannische Kirche eine Brücke zu allen Menschen, Konfessionen und Religionen, für die der Schöpfer ein Gott der Liebe ist. Dieses Gotteshaus wurde 1928/29 nach Entwürfen Joseph Weißenbergs als zweibogige Hallenkirche in Holzbauweise erbaut und gilt als das geistige Zentrum der Johannischen Kirche.

Zugleich ist seit diesem Tag der Empfang des heiligen Abendmahls nicht mehr mit dem johannischen Glaubensbekenntnis verbunden. Josephine Müller sagte dazu: "Möge das Sakrament des Abendmahls für alle zur Kraftquelle werden, die bekennen können: 'Ich glaube an Gott, der Liebe ist.'" Josephine Müller starb am 30. Dezember 2019. Sie berief Stefan Tzschentke (geb. 1973) zu ihrem Nachfolger als Oberhaupt der Johannischen Kirche, der diese mit seinem Stellvertreter Daniel Stolpe (geb. 1989) leitet.

Veröffentlichungen

 Lehrbrief Berlin 1905, in: Johannisches Gesangbuch, Verlag Weg und Ziel, Berlin 2000, S. 470–476
 Das Fortleben nach dem Tode Verlag Weg und Ziel, Berlin 1912, 2005; ISBN 3-00-017531-8
 Meine Verhaftung und Internierung o. J.
 Ein Lebensbild von meinem Dornenpfad 1931

Sonstiges
Am 17. November 1931 sang Lotte Lenya in der Revue »Wie sind ja sooo zufrieden...« den Choral vom weißen Käse. Der von Günther Weisenborn gedichtete und von Kurt Weill vertonte Song nahm Bezug auf einen Gerichtsprozess, in welchem Weißenberg vorgeworfen wurde, durch eine inadäquate Therapie für das Erblinden eines Mädchens verantwortlich gewesen zu sein. Text und Noten galten lange als verschollen und wurden 2017 wiederentdeckt.

Literatur
 Andreas Fincke: Wiederaufbau einer Friedensstadt. Das spirituelle Zentrum der Johannischen Kirche. In: Materialdienst. Zeitschrift für Religions- und Weltanschauungsfragen. Hrsg. Evangelische Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen. Jg. 71, H. 3, 2008, , S. 100–103.
 Hans Gasper, Joachim Müller, Friederike Valentin: Lexikon der Sekten, Sondergruppen und Weltanschauungen. Fakten, Hintergründe, Klärungen. 7. Auflage. Herder, Freiburg 2001, S. 530f.
 Ulrich Linse: Geisterseher und Wunderwirker. Heilssuche im Industriezeitalter. Fischer, 1996, ISBN 3-596-60164-9, S. 89–211.

 Helmut Obst: Apostel und Propheten. Gründer christlicher Religionsgemeinschaften des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, S. 517–545.
 Gunnar Pommerening: Friedensstadt – Joseph Weißenbergs Siedlung von 1920 bis zur Gegenwart. Weg und Ziel, 2004, ISBN 3-00-015085-4.
 Andreas Schmetzstorff: Joseph Weißenberg (1855–1941). Leben und Werk. 3. Auflage. Schneider Hohengehren, Baltmannsweiler 2006, ISBN 3-8340-0054-X.
 Sigrid Tröger, Karl-Wolfgang Tröger (Hrsg.): Kirchenlexikon. Christliche Kirchen, Freikirchen und Gemeinschaften im Überblick. Berlin 1990; München 1990. Artikel über Johannische Kirche von Helmut Obst.

Weblinks

 http://www.johannische-kirche.org/de/04_joseph_weissenberg/01_biographie/index.php
 Dr. med. G. Mamlock: Sekten unserer Zeit : Der Mystiker mit der Kanone. In: Welt-Spiegel (Beilage zu Berliner Tageblatt und Handels-Zeitung vom 31. März 1929. S. 5–6)

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Daly's peak came in 2002, when he averaged 306.8 yards off the tee over the course of the season.
While this seems to be some way off DeChambeau's impressive averages over the last two years, the massive leap in technology when it comes to golfing equipment makes any comparison unfair.
That's exactly why 55-year-old Daly believes he would be able to beat DeChambeau if he had been able to use today's equipment when in his prime around the turn of the century.
Describing his theory in an appearance on the Full Send podcast, he focused specifically on the type of ball he was using back in the day, which was far inferior for driving distances compared to today's offerings.
Daly claimed he is the "straightest long hitter that ever lived", and said he could outdrive DeChambeau "by far" if they were using the same equipment.
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"I looked at the monitor at The Masters last year, and [DeChambeau] was at 200 or 205mph ball speed," he said.
"I remember Nick Faldo was watching him, and I was like: 'Nick, I was at 220mph' and that was with the balata ball.
"I was carrying the ball 330 to 340mph with the balata and that's not even with a driver. That's with a 2-wood brassie.
"Bryson, what he's doing is phenomenal but most of the golf tournaments I played, I hardly ever hit driver. I hit 1-irons. I'd fly that thing 300 [yards]. I'd cut it 280 into par-5s.
"The golf ball's so easy now. It goes straight. Try hitting a balata ball. Tiger would agree.
"No disrespect to all the guys out there but I'd love to see them put a balata ball in front of Bubba Watson or any of the biggest hitters nowadays."
DeChambeau's big-hitting skills were on display at last year's Ryder Cup, where he wowed fans with an enormous 417-yard drive on the fifth hole of his opening round.
And, after playing his part in Team USA's resounding victory at Whistling Straits, he took part in the World Long Drive Championships.
The Texan impressed by making it to the last eight, but missed out on a place in the final four by just six yards.
Far from being put off, DeChambeau said he would work to increase his already terrifying power off the tee and try to use it to his advantage on the PGA Tour as well as in future long drive tournaments.
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Real Schools Guide 2018: This is how every school in Greater Manchester has performed - and there's a change at the top
Once a year we crunch the data to reveal the best schools across our region
Claire Miller
Charlotte Dobson
Today we launch the 2018 Real Schools Guide - the sixth edition of the most comprehensive guide ever to state-funded secondaries.
Our guide uses a unique combination of data about schools across Greater Manchester to form a full picture about exactly how well schools perform - not focusing solely on exam results but a whole range of measures.
Data is available for comparison on everything from pupils' attainment and the quality of the teaching to when the school was lasted inspected and teacher to pupil ratio.
You can search for your school below.
And here's our round-up of the best schools in the region.
The best school in Greater Manchester: Sale Grammar School
Sale Grammar School headteacher Mark Smallwood
Step aside Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Greater Manchester has a new top school.
Unsurprisingly, Trafford's grammar schools dominate the Real Schools Guide rankings.
And this year we can reveal Sale Grammar School as the best state-funded secondary in the region - knocking their neighbours in Altrincham off the number one spot.
Leaders at Sale pride themselves in nurturing students to become well-rounded individuals.
The co-educational secondary has a visual arts specialist status, while also striving to produce excellent academic results.
Mark Smallwood, who has been head of Sale Grammar School for eight years, said: "Our ranking reflects the hard work of our dedicated staff and fantastic students who we get to work with.
Sale Grammar School headteacher Mark Smallwood with pupils Shachar, Jimmy, Dylan, Chris, Sneha and Erin
"We have some extremely strong support from the community and our parents.
"As a whole we appreciate students working towards their grades but we try to develop them as well-rounded individuals."
Mr Smallwood said his school aims to have the perfect balance between 'tradition and innovation'.
"We appreciate traditional values and encourage our pupils to achieve excellent results," he added.
"But we are also always looking forward. We are strong believers in the arts, both performing and visual, and strive for balance in our curriculum."
The school and sixth form was rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2006, winning praise from inspectors for its arts specialism 'permeating' through all aspects of school life.
Teaching was said to be effective, with students responding keenly to the 'high levels' of challenge.
Sale Grammar School
The school hasn't had a full inspection since 2006. However, an interim visit from Ofsted in 2010 found the school's high standards had been upheld.
Pupils here enjoy extracurricular success too, both in the arts and sport.
Highlights from this academic year include the Sale Grammar under 15 girls storming to victory at the national handball championships, while the Year 8 and 10 boys football teams won their finals, becoming Trafford League Champions.
As with all grammar schools in the borough, demand for places is high with many parents moving as close as possible to Sale Grammar to boost their child's chances of getting in.
The best school in Manchester: King David High School
King David's School in Crumpsall
Kind David High School gets top marks for the standard of education it has reached and maintained for the past 20 years.
The 800-plus pupil Jewish secondary, located on Eaton Road in Crumpsall, was in fact once a failing school.
But new leadership in the mid-90s signalled a turning point for King David. Its results and standards dramatically improved, ultimately sealing its reputation as one of the best state-funded secondaries in Manchester and the rest of the country.
King David still tops the national tables for its GCSE results and in 2016 it was rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted.
But leaders say the new challenge is maintaining 'excellent' standards in the face of stringent school budgets.
Joshua Rowe, leading businessman and chair of governors at King David High School, said: "Obviously I am delighted for the teachers, pupils and parents to have been once again named as the best high school in Manchester.
"However, it has to be said we cannot continue to be excellent if our budget continues to be cut in the way it has been in recent years.
"We rely heavily on donations to keep up our high standards.
"The best investment in the future is our kids - not land or property. If we don't educate them properly we will lower the quality of our future."
King David specialises in maths, computing and modern languages.
Mr Rowe, one of the leaders responsible for the school's transformation, said King David incorporates the successful aspects of the grammar school system.
However, pupils do not have to sit an entrance exam before they start in Year 7.
"Whatever level the children are at when they come to King David, we make sure they leave with excellent results," he adds.
"It's about saying yes you can."
The school has been praised for the progress disadvantaged pupils make during their time at King David.
The best school in Tameside: St Damian's RC Science College
Headteacher Sheldon Logue at St Damian's RC Science College
A failing school pulled from 'rock bottom' to outstanding in six years has emerged as the best school in Tameside.
St Damian's RC Science College in Ashton was once one of the worst performing secondaries in the borough and was placed in special measures by Ofsted.
Headteacher Sheldon Logue had a big task on his hands when he took over in 2012, and in his own words, the school was 'on its knees'.
Six years later St Damian's is now a success story, topping the Real Schools Guide in 2018.
Mr Logue said his first task was to lead a 'complete change in culture' at the school.
Good old fashioned hard graft and a 'relentless focus on teaching' were responsible for the secondary's transformation.
St Damian's gradually progressed to 'good' before being inspected again in November 2017.
St Damian's RC Science College
It is now 'outstanding' in all areas by Ofsted, with inspectors hailing it a 'beacon of success'.
Disadvantaged pupils make excellent progress at St Damian's thanks to leaders using additional pupil premium funding effectively.
Headteacher Mr Logue said: "St Damian's is celebrating yet another record year in terms of pupil outcomes which were all above National Average, many of them significantly above.
"However, what makes this year extraordinary is that we were graded outstanding for the first time ever by Ofsted in November 2017.
"This was the culmination of strong leadership and a relentless focus on teaching; a remarkable turnaround, more so as the bar has been raised."
Mr Logue said the relationships between staff and pupils ensure that the atmosphere is conducive to a high achieving school.
"To be 'the best school in Tameside in the MEN's Real Schools Guide' is fantastic affirmation and wonderful testament to our hard-working staff," he added.
"It also humbling for our great pupils, supportive parents and pro-active governors."
The best school in Stockport: Cheadle Hulme High School
Cheadle Hulme High School
Cheadle Hulme High School's 'unashamedly academic' ethos is to thank for its continued success.
The outstanding secondary is not only the best in Stockport, it is also the most in demand.
With results rising consistently above the national average, places have been oversubscribed for years.
It was in the top 3 per cent of schools nationally for the Progress 8 measure, and 40 per cent of their exam results last summer were graded at a 7/A or above.
The school, run by the ever-expanding Laurus Trust, strives to reduce the achievement gap between pupils in state-funded schools and those educated at independents.
Headteacher for Cheadle Hulme High School Linda Magrath said: "At the heart of our drive for results is our firm belief that for many years there hasn't been a level playing field for students educated in the state sector, compared to those who are educated independently. As Cheadle Hulme High School shows, that 'norm' can be challenged.
"We take our commitment to be 'unashamedly academic' very seriously, but that never comes at the expense of offering our students a warm, nurturing environment.
"As delighted as I am by our results, I am equally proud of the support shown by our staff to help our students become well-rounded individuals, and of how our young people view their role in the wider community."
Teachers and staff say they go the extra mile to help children improve and reach their full potential.
The school plan to share their expertise as The Laurus Trust opens new primary and secondary schools in Cheadle Hulme, Droylsden and Didsbury over the next year.
The so-called Cheadle Hulme High 2 (CHH2) will open its doors to 150 Year 7 pupils this September.
The best school in Salford: St Patrick's RC High School
Alison Byrne took over as headteacher at St Patrick's RC High School in 2017
Pushing pupils beyond their expectations is the driving force behind St Patrick's RC High School's success.
The Catholic secondary in Eccles has beaten off competition in Salford once again, topping our guide for the fourth year running.
The school has an excellent academic record, but it is the progress pupils make during their time at St Patrick's teachers are most proud of.
Their Progress 8 score is above the national average, meaning pupils make leaps in their learning from when they arrive aged 11.
The school, made up of around 900 pupils, was awarded Arts College Specialist Status in 2003 and was rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2004.
An interim visit from inspectors found the school's impressive standards were being upheld.
St Patrick's proud motto of 'amazing things happen here' is a central message to their pupils.
St Patricks RC High School in Eccles
Alison Byrne, who took over as headteacher in 2017, said: "We were thrilled with the Class of 2017's GCSE results as they were thoroughly deserved and a culmination of hard work from pupils and staff together.
"We were most proud of our Progress 8 score of +0.36, which was well above national average, because this means that we are pushing pupils beyond where they would have expected to be based on the KS2 scores they arrived with at age 11. This shows that we develop and enrich our pupils through academic stretch and pastoral support, driven by our Catholic ethos.
"We are proud of our pupils' successes and we are determined and driven to ensure that each and every child who comes to St Patrick's receives an excellent education.
"This is the secret to our success: we never stand still and we never stop trying to learn and improve further for the sake of the young people in our care."
The best school in Rochdale: Hollingworth Academy
Hollingworth Academy, Milnrow
Bringing a 'world class' education to young pupils in Milrow is the winning vision behind Hollingworh Academy.
The aspiration of leaders has been a recipe for success for almost a decade at this consistently good secondary.
The larger than average mixed school, also known as a business and enterprise college, was rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2008.
Inspectors were full of praise for the progress pupils of all abilities make, and the standard of leadership.
Hollingworth isn't just about exam results or core academic subjects. In recent years pupils had the chance to learn and gain their Level 1 in British Sign Language.
Darren Randle, headteacher at Hollingworth Academy
Darren Randle, headteacher of Hollingworth, said: "We are passionate about creating a comprehensive school which works to ensure that all children make great progress in their learning, have a great attitude to learning and high aspirations for the future.
"We have brilliant staff and governing body who are highly committed to achieving these goals.
"We are incredibly proud of the achievements of our pupils and strive to provide them with an environment which supports their wider cultural, social and intellectual development."
In September 2011 Hollingworth Academy moved to a brand new building boasting state of the art facilities in all subject areas and a modern environment for pupils to learn in. The £25 million investment has provided students with broader opportunities and has helped them to develop their academic, cultural and sporting interests across the board.
Early examinations are also available for youngsters looking to get ahead of the game in their education.
Hollingworth have a commitment to stretch high flyers to their full potential and do this by offering accelerated GCSE courses in Key Stage 3 and advanced level (AS) courses in Key Stage 4. Links with other colleges, universities and businesses mean pupils get a great insight into future pathways.
The best school in Trafford: Loreto Grammar School
Loreto Grammar School
The values of Loreto Grammar School are rooted in the legacy of a Yorkshire nun dubbed the 'first sister of feminism'.
Mary Ward taught her religious sisters not to wear habits and trained them to found and teach in Catholic schools.
Her then revolutionary belief in the equality of men and women before God is central to the ethos of Loreto Grammar in Altrincham.
The all-girls Catholic secondary prides itself in nurturing pupils to become well-rounded members of society.
"Our school is about having the freedom to be your best self," explains Jane Beever, headteacher at Loreto.
"There's a real sense of family and community here. We want our girls and young women to have an impact on society.
"For us it's not just about academic results but about the whole person. We live in a busy and complicated world and want our girls to take an active role in it.
"We have a saying, once a Loreto student, always a Loreto student. That's probably why they always come back."
Of course, this is a grammar school, meaning pupils are selected based on ability and can expect to work towards academic excellence.
Loreto encourages its girls to thrive at science and is now known as a STEM school of the North.
It has also won various accolades for its impressive music department, as well as other extra-curricular pursuits of its youngsters.
Like all state-funded schools, Loreto is not immune to ongoing budget cuts.
Mrs Beever describes the financial challenges of running a school as 'eye-watering'.
"It's a challenge full stop. We are constantly having to make decisions as to how we can ensure we continue with teaching and learning at the same standard. We never stand still."
Unsurprisingly, those vying for a place for their child at Loreto face stiff competition from other parents.
The admissions team receive hundreds of applications for places every year, with the demand in Trafford showing no signs of slowing down.
The best school in Bury: The Elton High School
Jonathan Wilton, headteacher of The Elton High School in Bury
The Elton High School continues to go from strength to strength on its road to excellence.
In recent years the school has moved smoothly into a new building and raised standards across all areas of academic life.
In 2017, The Elton moved from 'requires improvement' to 'good' under Ofsted.
Inspectors praised the school's 'inspiring' headteacher Jonathan Wilton for creating a culture of high expectations.
Pupils now make good progress in English, maths and science and provision for disadvantaged pupils at the Walshaw Road school has improved.
Mr Wilton, who took over the school in September 2016, welcomed their second year at the top of the Real Schools Guide.
The Elton High School
"The whole community here at Elton is delighted that we have cemented our position as the best school in Bury for the second year in a row," he said.
"As well as another year of excellent academic progress and exam results, we have continued to develop the broader experiences offered to our students, with highlights this year including several trips abroad, opportunities to meet and question high-profile guests such as Alastair Campbell and access to the highest level of competition for our debaters, scientists, mathematicians, writers and chefs.
"There is no mystery to our success; it is the product of hardworking and enthusiastic students, committed and talented staff and the strong support of parents and governors. "We will continue to work together so our students are supported to become articulate and resilient individuals and to achieve their full potential academically.
"The Elton High School has recently moved into the first new secondary building to be built in Bury for many decades. It offers fantastic facilities which offer the best learning experience for every child."
The best school in Oldham: The Blue Coat School
The Blue Coat School, Oldham
The Blue Coat School's motto of 'faith, vision and nurture' continues to yield impressive results.
The Church of England secondary is Oldham's best performing school in the Real Schools Guide for a second year in a row.
It's a larger than average secondary school consisting of more than 1,400 pupils aged between 11 and 18.
But size is no obstacle to high standards at the Blue Coat, with pupils of all backgrounds making excellent academic progress.
Ofsted rate the school as 'outstanding', as do parents and youngsters in the community it serves.
New headteacher Robert Higgins, who took over in September, said Blue Coat's mission and purpose is 'simple and consistent'.
"We celebrate and congratulate our highest achievers, and we also reaffirm our commitment together, to enable all young people to experience success and to instil in them all the deep knowledge that whatever life or circumstances might throw at them, they are valued, honoured and cherished as children of God," he said on the school's annual Speech night.
Last summer Blue Coat celebrated their most successful GCSE results year ever, with 82 per cent of pupils achieving level 4-9 (A to C) in both English and Maths, with nearly 40 per cent of all exam entries A*/A.
In A-Level the school had a 100 per cent pass rate for the first time, with five students accepting a University place at Oxford or Cambridge while head boy Tim Winter gained an apprenticeship witn Rolls Royce in their nuclear programme.
The Blue Coat School became a National Teaching School and National Support School in Summer 2013.
As a National Teaching school, Blue Coat has established the Northern Alliance, a group of school leaders and schools who work together to recruit the best teachers and staff.
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Le competizioni di ciclismo agli XI Giochi del Mediterraneo si svolsero lungo un percorso cittadino appositamente allestito per i Giochi per quanto riguarda le gare su strada, mentre le gare su pista si sono disputate in un velodromo anch'esso appositamente allestito per i Giochi. Da sottolineare che per questa edizione non sono state previste gare a livello femminile.

Per il ciclismo su strada furono organizzate le seguenti prove:
 Prova individuale in linea (solo maschile) con un percorso di 152 chilometri
 Prova a squadre a cronometro (solo maschile) con un percorso di 100 chilometri
 Prova individuale (solo maschile) della lunghezza di 50 chilometri
per un totale di tre medaglie d'oro messe in palio.

Per il ciclismo su pista furono invece organizzate le seguenti prove:
 Prova di inseguimento individuale (solo maschile)
 Prova di velocità (solo maschile)
 Prova del chilometro a cronometro (solo maschile)
per un totale di tre medaglie d'oro messe in palio.

Medagliere

Sommario degli eventi

Collegamenti esterni

  Raccolta dei risultati di Atene 1991 sul sito ufficiale del Comitato Internazionale dei Giochi del Mediterraneo, cijm.org.gr.

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Gov Samuel Ortom on Monday described Sen. Joseph Waku as a "mentor", saying that his death had robbed Benue of "a committed defender".
Ortom, in a message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase, said that Maku's death was "a monumental loss to the state and the entire Nigeria".
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Waku, who represented Benue North-West Senatorial District at the oval chambers between 1999 and 2003, died at the National Hospital, Abuja on Sunday. He was aged 73.
Until his death, Waku was the Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure.
The governor described Waku as "a defender of the common man," saying that he was known for his forthrightness, courage and love for fellow human beings".
Ortom said that Waku was one of his ardent supporters, who encouraged him to face the task of governance at very difficult moments.
He said that the deceased made numerous contributions to the growth of the nation and the welfare of all Benue people.
"He promoted unity, equity, peace and justice for all Nigerians, irrespective of ethnicity, religion and political leaning," he said.
Ortom said that the death of Waku was quite painful to the government and people of Benue, because he was a father to all.
He prayed God to grant the deceased eternal rest and his family the strength to bear the loss.
Also reacting to Waku's demise, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, said that Waku was one of the greatest leaders Benue had ever produced.
"He was a key leader and had strong ideas on issues like governance and justice. He carried out all tasks assigned to him with diligence and brilliance," he said.


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In 1877, Fred Harvey bought the Clifton Hotel in Florence, Kansas for $5,370. Harvey redecorated the hotel and restaurant and early in 1878, the second in what would become a chain of Harvey House Restaurant opened in Florence - the first Harvey House to offer sleeping accommodations in addition to a restaurant.
In 1879-80, three trains passed through Florence daily, with an average of fifty passengers each, who would dine at Fred Harvey's restaurant. Meals for train passengers cost 75 cents, while train crew paid only 25 cents.
The hotel was a success and Fred Harvey expanded the hotel in 1879. Eventually it measured 30' by 130'.
In time the railroads added dining cars and Pullman cars and fewer passengers stopped at the Florence Harvey House. The last train to be fed was March 31, 1900.
The Clifton Hotel/Harvey House was divided into sections, and moved to other parts of Florence. In April 1971, the Florence Historical Society purchased this wing of the building and six lots. Today's Harvey House Museum is in beautiful condition. The building is only open by appointment, but the members of the HIstorical Society are delighted to show the Harvey House to individuals or groups of any size.
You may even schedule a group meal in the Harvey House Museum, served by costumed "Harvey House Girls." The menu is relish plate, French coleslaw, roast sirloin of Beef Au Jus, Fred Harvey whipped potatoes, beef gravy, Asparagus, fresh baked rolls, raspberry preserves, Charlotte of peaches, sweet whipped cream, assorted cheese & fruit tray, coffee, tea, and milk.
This room is dedicated to the large Mexican community that lived in Florence, Kansas in the early 1900s.
Only two of the original families are still in Florence, other families return to Florence for family reunions.
Running water came to Florence in March 1888 with the formation of the Florence Water Supply Company.
This is one of the original wooden pipes that was used until 1993.


For many, whisky is something you drink with coke when you've had your fill of beer; a run-of-the-mill spirit that's rendered many a reckless young gent – and lady – legless.
Sure, there's always the high-end stuff that's locked in a cabinet in the bottle shop; the cabinet that's only opened for well-groomed, well-to-do businessmen dropping in for a bottle to take to an associate's bi-monthly card-and-cigar night.
Modern whisky's reality is, of course, very different, with 'the water of life' going the way of gin and vodka and delighting new audiences through a raft of craft distillers. Exports of premium spirits now account for 34% of Australia's overall spirit industry revenue, with whisky the fastest-growing category. Where there were only a handful of distilleries in Australia in the mid-1990s – and less than 50 in 2013 – there are now more than 120, producing premium whisky, gin, vodka, brandy, absinthe and other as-yet-unnamed spirituous concoctions.
Starward quickly became recognised within whisky circles as being a dram good drop, winning a string of awards, and has become the fastest-growing Australian whisky brand.
Now with their latest offering, Two-Fold – a whisky matured in the four-seasons-in-one-day climate of Melbourne, using Australian wine barrels – they're causing quite a stir in the global market. It's the introduction of wheat into the mix; creating a lighter drop that, founder David Vitale says, accentuates the wine-barrel flavour.
Vitale says one of the drivers behind maturing the whisky in red wine barrels was to create a bridge for wine drinkers to discover whisky is an accessible way.
"We wanted to create a flavourful but easy-drinking whisky that talks to the place it is made, like very few whiskies can," he says.
Aimed at the mass market – and with a competitive price tag of A$65 a bottle – it's a whisky won't taste like any other you've tried before: soft aromatics of red fruit and warm vanilla spice tease the nose; tropical fruit and lightly toasted oak hit the palate.
It's a great looking bottle, too – a no-brainer for birthdays and Father's Day!


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The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Q: Use the Comparable Mixin with a Hash I've implemented the Comparable module in hopes of using it with a hash like so:
class Author
  include Comparable
  attr_reader :name
  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
  end

  def <=>(other)
    name.downcase <=> other.name.downcase
  end
end

class Post
  attr_reader :body
  def initialize(body)
    @body = body
  end
end

anthony = Author.new('anthony')
anthony2 = Author.new('anthony')

p anthony == anthony2 # => true

hash = {}
hash[anthony] = [Post.new("one"), Post.new("two")]
p hash
# => {#<Author:0x007fa7481ae6f8 @name="anthony">=>[#<Post:0x007fa7481ade10 @body="one">, #<Post:0x007fa7481add70 @body="two">]}

posts = hash[anthony2]
p posts
# => nil

My initial goal was that I could ask for hash values with either anthony or anthony2.  I thought that because anthony == anthony2 but clearly that's not true.  Just two questions:

*

*How does a hash figure out if a key is == to itself?

*Is there another data structure / ruby class I should be using here or should I implement my own?

A: The Comparable module is used for ordering. If you want to deal with equivalence for the purpose of hashing you have a little more work to do.
From the documentation on Hash:

Two objects refer to the same hash key when their hash value is identical and the two objects are eql? to each other.

So you'll need to extend it a bit more. Since your @name.downcase is really important, I've added a variable to capture it to reduce how much computation is required. Repeatedly downcasing the same thing is wasteful, especially when used for comparisons:
class Author
  include Comparable
  attr_reader :name
  attr_reader :key
  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
    @key = @name.downcase
  end

  def hash
    @key.hash
  end

  def eql?(other)
    @key.eql?(other.key)
  end

  def <=>(other)
    @key <=> other.key
  end
end

Now this works out:
Author.new('Bob') == Author.new('bob')
# => true

As well as this:
h = { }

h[Author.new('Bob')] = true

h[Author.new('bob')]
# => true

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2 servings, 1.25 protein per serving.
Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. Pour into a bowl and place in freezer for 15-30 minutes. May also be eaten immediately after mixing.
Very refreshing on a hot summer day. I like it a little tangy without the sweetener.
Mix in blender. Store overnight in freezer.
Very refreshing on a hot summer day.


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Cees Juffermans (Stompwijk, 10 februari 1982) is een Nederlands voormalig shorttracker en marathonschaatser. Hij heeft een relatie met oud-shorttrackster Liesbeth Mau Asam.

Carrière
Juffermans was tijdens zijn carrière een van de sterkste Nederlandse shorttrackers. Hij deed mee aan het shorttrack op de Olympische Winterspelen 2002 in Salt Lake City, waar hij op de 500 meter en op de 1000 meter echter niet verder kwam dan de voorrondes. Op de 1500 meter bereikte hij wel de halve finale en behaalde hij uiteindelijk een achtste plaats. De verwachtingen waren in Nederland echter hoog gespannen, aangezien Juffermans het jaar ervoor de zilveren medaille had weten te bereiken op de Europese kampioenschappen. In 2001, 2003, 2004 en 2005 behaalde hij de nationale titel.

De aanloop naar de Olympische Winterspelen 2006 in Turijn verliepen niet bepaald vloeiend. Juffermans had op zowel de 1000 meter als op de 1500 meter een nominatie en diende in de wereldbekerwedstrijden in Den Haag vormbehoud te tonen. Dit deed hij echter niet en zijn ticket op de 1000 meter werd vergeven aan Niels Kerstholt die wel aan de eisen op die afstand voldeed. Op 20 januari 2006 plaatste Juffermans zich dan toch nog voor het shorttracktoernooi op de Olympische Spelen in Turijn, door tijdens de EK Shorttrack 2006 als zesde te eindigen op de 1500 meter en daarmee voldoende vormbehoud toonde aan NOC*NSF. Uiteindelijk mocht hij ook op de 500 meter meedoen, aangezien Nederland nog een startplek over had op die afstand. Tijdens die 500 meter reikte hij tot de kwartfinale. Op de 1500 meter strandde hij in de halve finale, terwijl hij een finaleplaats voor het grijpen had. Toen hij op de tweede plaats lag met nog één ronde te gaan werd hij door de Belg Pieter Gysel geschept en ging onderuit. Gysel werd gediskwalificeerd en Juffermans zou de finale mogen rijden, mits hij over de eindstreep was gegaan. Dit laatste was niet het geval, waardoor hij alsnog uitgeschakeld was.

Na het seizoen 2005-2006 stapte Juffermans over naar het marathonschaatsen, waar hij reed voor de ploeg rond Henk Angenent: TNT. Op 6 oktober 2007 won hij in Amsterdam zijn eerste marathonwedstrijd. In 2011 stopte hij ook met marathonschaatsen. Na zijn carrière is hij af en toe te zien als analist en co-commentator bij shorttrackwedstrijden voor de NOS. Daarnaast is Juffermans voorzitter van de Atletencommissie van de KNSB.

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Airbus picks up CSeries
DLD 162: The #PRCareLift
Why I stayed put: A PRCareLift update
It dawned on me, sitting at dinner last night in Fort Lauderdale, that my current trip is the longest I've spent in any one destination in probably 10 years. I checked in to the Fairfield Inn at Fort Lauderdale Airport last Monday night and will leave on Tuesday morning, an 8 night stay. I cannot remember staying anywhere this long in the recent past; I guess I just never had as good a reason to be in one place.
For the past week I worked with a team here to coordinate the packing of more than 40,000 pounds of supplies – food, water and other necessities – to ship in to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico as part of Operation Puerto Rico Care-Lift. We took dozens of pallets of food and goods and made "perfect" boxes, 40 pounds each, to be delivered to families on the island.
The goal is to sustain a family for a week, a stop-gap to be sure, while waiting for the real infrastructure to be repaired on the island. The group raised more than $170,000 and will ultimately push more than 100,000 pounds of supplies in to Aguadilla and then out in to the surrounding communities thanks to a team of people working on the ground.
How do you move that much stuff from South Florida to Aguadilla? It takes airplanes and crew and a major commitment. Ours came in the form of Spirit Airlines. The carrier operated a number of rescue flights to get passengers out of Aguadilla after Hurricane Maria passed through and we were able to put our supplies on those aircraft. Spirit has since restored scheduled commercial service (5x weekly) and we're still using those flights to get our goods on to the island, 4,000 pounds at a time. Getting that to happen is not just a matter of the airline saying we can have the capacity in the belly. It takes coordination of dozens of people from the senior leadership teams down to ramp agents, all of whom are investing their own sweat to make sure the goods arrive where they are needed.
We have the help of Lufthansa Technik as well. Keeping supplies secure with such desperation everywhere around is not a trivial task. LHT is sharing its hangar on the airport ground with PR Care Lift, giving us secured space to stage our delivery operation from. Again, from senior executives down to the folks driving the tugs on the ground, it is a huge commitment from that team to whom we are eternally grateful.
As I scroll through the list of donations on the GoFundMe page I see so many names I recognize. Family, friends and friends of friends have stepped up huge. I know this is not nearly enough, but THANK YOU for everything.
A small part of the assembly line we built for PRCareLift.
As part of our efforts I've been contacted by a dozen or so other groups, all of which have supplies they want to move on to the island. Cleveland, Houston, Atlanta, Alabama, Orlando and other cities have goods ready to go. It is likely that most of these supplies will never make it to Puerto Rico. Whether by ship or by air it is logistically challenging and expensive. That is heartbreaking
Doing this meant, for the most part, dropping everything else in my life for a week. That's a choice I made, of course. So did J.P. from Los Angeles and my wife, Linnea, joined me for most of the week, too. Nayomi split time between her job as a sales engineer and working as a bad-ass forklift operator to help us move goods around. Dave spent days in the warehouse moving pallets and driving the truck back to Sam's or Costco over and over to collect more supplies; when he took a break from PRCareLift it was to distribute food in Miami. Chris and Carla Sloan have been fully dedicated to the effort since it launched with Lara Richardson a few weeks ago.
Loading supplies for PRCareLift into a Spirit Airlines A321 headed for Aquadilla. Some 15,000+ pounds of goods went on this flight.
I'm headed home tomorrow. The boxes are packed and the supply chain for delivery to Spirit and then on to the island is mostly stable. I'll be back to my usual crazy adventures (3 days in Barcelona plus 2 days in Tokyo before the end of the month, I think) soon enough. But this past week will live with me long after my sore muscles recover. The outpouring of support from everyone and the ability to truly make a difference is just incredible.
Moving images that show your supplies & donations are making it to those in need in #PuertoRico thanks to you, @SpiritAirlines,& @LHTechnik. pic.twitter.com/R6r4Vyvd3Y
— Chris Sloan (@airchive) October 9, 2017
It is not an abstract "feel-good" relief effort. I've been neck deep in it and I could not be happier.
Diversions galore, and a meltdown, too. It was a rough end for many in 2022, but 2023 is starting strong.
DLD 408: Winter is coming
The semi-annual IATA seasonal schedule change happened last weekend, and it brings some fun and interesting new routes and slot opportunities to the industry.
A first look at Spirit's new seats
Looking for a more comfortable seat on your next Spirit Airlines flight? Starting in January passengers on the carrier's newest planes will see new seats throughout the cabin, adding width, padding and even a head rest for travelers. The seats, manufactured by HAECO, also reduce weight on board, helping the company save on fuel and emissions
Brian Swintal says:
Saw your interview here on FLL News
DaninMCI says:
Good job Seth. Time well spent.
Chris Sloan says:
It's safe to say that with your and Linnea's heroic leadership and back breaking work, lives have been saved and will be saved. It's no exaggeration. We owe you both an incredible amount of gratitude.
Barbara Webster says:
So incredibly kind of you and Linnea to devote such time and effort into saving lives in Puerto Rico! It was a pleasure to meet and work with you both during this past week.
Safe travels in the future and hopefully one day we can celebrate the success of our combined efforts in Puerto Rico's recovery! Perhaps a huge party in Aguadilla?!
Count.Me.In!
Brad Mixner says:
You should be proud, as should the entire team at Operation Puerto Rico Care-Lift. ????????????????
Seth Kaplan says:
I had that thought: "It must take something really special to keep Seth in one place this long!" Amazing job by all of you, to not only have the right intentions and dedication but also be able to execute as well as you did (in a situation where, as you noted, other people on the mainland who wanted to do the right thing weren't able to achieve as much because of the extreme logistical challenges).
Still a long way to go and we're fighting logistics every hour. But we're better off than most and continue to push forward.
Suzy Miller says:
You rally for a cause..????
Wendy Miller says:
Hey if you need a port in the storm let me know, have humble abode right next to FLL (spitting distance to runway)
*waves* from the Fairfield Inn on the SW corner of the field. 🙂
Haha that is close, but not as close as me 🙂
Headed home tomorrow. And on to France, I think.
Me too for TXgiving. But anyways please PM me donation link so I can help out. Thanks for what you are doing now! I'll be building with the Fuller The Fuller Center for Housing in 2018 in Puerto Rico…
https://www.gofundme.com/operationprcarelift
Done and done. Best of all!
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All the awards Olympus has won?
Thread: All the awards Olympus has won?
I would like to form a list of all the lenses/bodies over the last few years that Olympus has won.
Then we can put the thread in 1 place.
Does anyone have them booked marked?
Re: All the awards Olympus has won?
Here are the ones to date that I have found:
Are there more?
JD AWARD
Olympus 510 DIMA 07
eisa 07
Ombrafoto
Melville, New York, November 10, 2003 - The Olympus E-1 Digital SLR, introduced to the market only last month, is already winning major awards for its innovative design and superior performance. Yesterday, the Olympus E-1 won Popular Science magazine's Best of What's New Award in the photography category. Last week, Professional Photographer presented the E-1 with its 2003 Hot1 Award for Professional Digital SLR Under $3,000 and Electronic Publishing honored the E-1 with its 11th annual Hot Product award. And early next year, the PhotoImaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMDA) will bestow its prestigious Technical Achievement Award for 2004 on Mr. Yasuo Asakura of Olympus, who designed the E-1.
CENTER VALLEY, Pa, November 7, 2006 - Olympus Imaging America Inc. is proud to announce that the Olympus EVOLT E-330, the world's first interchangeable lens digital SLR (single lens reflex) to feature a true "Live View" image on the LCD screen, in addition to the optical viewfinder, has won a 2006 Popular Science Best of What's New Award in the Gadgets category.
I'm nobody's fool. I can do it all on my own.
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Inverness, Scotland
Originally Posted by tspore
I would like to form a list of all the lenses over the last few years that Olympus has won.
Slight typo there
Unfortunately I don't have anything as useful as that but interested to see such a list.
Olympus E-1, Olympus E-500, Olympus E-330, Olympus DMC-L1, Olympus E-510, Olympus E-3, 7-14mm,12-60mm, 14-42mm, 14-45mm, 14-50mm(Leica), 14-54MM, Sigma 30mm, 35-100mm, 40-150mm(Mk1), 50mm (macro), 50-200mm, 'Bigma' 50-500mm, EC-14, EC-20, FL-36, FL-50, HLD-4, Lowepro Rezo 140AW, Slingshot 100AW
Panasonic GF1, GH1, 7-14mm, 14-140mm, 20mm F1.7, DMW-MA1 Nikon D700, 24-70mm F2.8, 50mm F1.4G, 70-200mm F2.8, Fuji F72EXR, Casio EX-FH100
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Anyone seen this?
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/1876...-e3-diwa-gold/
Think it goes in this category.
/Kristofer
Highest honours from DIWA also go to the Top Pro ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 150mm 1:2.0 lens. DIWA members tested the bright, high-end lens relentlessly and determined that: "The outstanding ZUIKO DIGITAL 150mm 1:2.0 is the best lens ever tested at DIWA Labs, showing modest quality reduction with the EC-14 tele converter added. A top performing 300mm 1:2.0 or 420mm 1:2.8 (35mm equivalents) in such a light weight and compact design is truly remarkable".
Top accolades for the professional camera in the Olympus E-System. The E-3 has received a Gold Award in Amsterdam from the Digital Imaging Websites Association (DIWA). An association of independent web-based specialist publications from around the world, DIWA bestowed the E-3 with the prestigious Gold Award due to its superb technological advances and high performance attributes. Top handling, extremely high image quality and compatibility with the compact, high performance ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses have all been proven in numerous tests by DIWA members. With the current E-3 as the flagship model, DIWA contends that Olympus is on the right track to firmly establish the Four Thirds System in the D-SLR market.
The Diwa site doesn't have this info listed at this time - 05-23-08
i found E-3 european awards list yesterday here: http://www.olympus.cz/consumer/dslr_...E-3_Awards.htm but some are unreadable to me (and i don't know all that logos).
There is no equivalent page in english : http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/dslr_19117.htm
Little better here: http://www.olympus.cz/consumer/image...ean_Awards.pdf
It only took them a couple years but at least they have an awards page on their site now -
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...ardsQuotes.asp
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Inclusion leads
Inclusivity CLES Cornwall
CLES Cornwall Inclusivity Committee
Tweets by Equality_Penryn Meet the inclusivity committee
HomeAboutEquality, Diversity and InclusionInclusivity CLES Cornwall
Members of the Inclusivity Committee 2020
Onsite nursery opened late 2016
Women in STEMM network event
Voices magazine celebrates diversity and unity
Inclusivity panel
Our Commitment to Inclusivity
The College of Life and Environmental Sciences in Cornwall is committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment for all our staff and students and we are proud to have held an Athena SWAN Silver Award since 2014, recognising the initiatives we have put in place to achieve gender equality. The CLES Inclusivity Committee has a membership that represents students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and staff (Professional Services, Research, Education and Scholarship and Education and Research) and through this membership we hope to capture the views, ongoing issues and suggestions of the CLES Cornwall community.
We welcome new members to join the committee and we particularly welcome interest, ideas and suggestions from groups who may currently be under-represented in the department. Please get in touch with the relevant representative on the CLES Inclusivity Committee should you wish to discuss any issues. For any further issues relating to the Cornwall Campuses in Penryn and Truro more broadly, please get in touch with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor Rae Preston.
Our goal is to attract, retain and promote women throughout our pipeline.
We have set out an action plan to overcome the obstacles that are in the way of female scientists progressing into successful academic careers. These include ensuring that all of our staff have the ability to work flexibly around caring for their children or other family commitment, giving female academics more time to focus on research after maternity leave and making sure that our department is transparent and accessible.
We believe that a fair and balanced workforce will benefit everyone in our department and attract the very best students and academics from our rich and diverse society.
"Athena SWAN provides us with a framework to promote career development and an improved working environment for our female staff and students. Academia must be a career that lacks prejudice. We must all learn about our unconscious biases, and work around them to foster fairness in our department. Inclusivity influences all activity in CLES Cornwall, and our Inclusivity Committee ranks alongside Research Committee and Education Committee in our management structure. We are deeply proud of our Athena SWAN Silver award, but we are not complacent with issues of equality for all staff and students."
David Hodgson, Professor of Ecology & Director of the Centre of Ecology and Conservation
Meet the CLES Cornwall Inclusivity Committee.
Parent and carers
For staff who are, or are about to become, parents and/or carers, please see the university's dedicated webpage. Here you will find useful information and forms for parents and carers such as taking maternity, paternity, shared, and adoption leave, information about childcare vouchers, our on-site nursery, flexible working, and whole host of other services.
How to report harassment or bullying, and other relevant information from our dignity and respect advisors.
The wellbeing team within Student Services offer counselling and mental health support with online appointment booking.
Staff counselling
Members of staff can access confidential counselling 24 hours a day via Care First on 0800 174319.
FXU Voices
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Examples of initiatives and events to increase gender equality, inclusivity, and diversity on our Cornwall Penryn campus:
Flickr album
CLES Cornwall Inclusivity Initiatives
Video - Athena SWAN at the Penryn Campus
CLES staff members share their thoughts on inclusivity
Kim Hockings
I am a conservation scientist and have researched chimpanzee behaviour in the wild across East and West Africa for the last 18 years. I obtained a BSc honours in Zoology from the University of Liverpool, followed by a PhD in Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Stirling. I was a postdoctoral researcher in Anthropology Departments at Oxford Brookes University and the New University of Lisbon in Portugal, and at the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University in Japan. I believe conservation science requires a cross-disciplinary approach and for conservation to be effective we must fully consider the perspectives and needs of local people that live alongside endangered wildlife.
On a personal note, I have two young children so foreign travel has recently taken a backseat. However, I am currently satisfying my love of fieldwork through regular updates from my MSc and PhD students. I have found that informally sharing photos and stories about my children with women from the Guinean villages where I work has encouraged new friendships and a talking point other than chimpanzees! However, managing a home-work balance is a challenge.
Since joining the Centre for Ecology and Conservation as a lecturer in February 2018, I have found it to be an incredibly supportive and family-friendly environment in which I have felt comfortable discussing all aspects concerning maternity and my career. Thanks to all this amazing support, I was encouraged to apply for a promotion and was subsequently promoted to senior lecturer at the end of 2019. I have often heard female students' question whether they can hope to continue in science and have a 'normal' family life. The Athena Swan Charter increases awareness of women of all ages in science and helps emerging female scientists feel that they can 'have it all' with the right support.
Ben Longdon
I am a Sir Henry Dale Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Research fellow. I joined the university in 2016 when our first child was 6 months old. Our second child was born in 2019, and was fortunate to benefit from the Universities' recently improved parental leave policy, getting 6 weeks of paid leave and 3 months of shared leave, at statutory rate. I feel very fortunate to have had this opportunity, as due to the short-term nature of post-doc contracts in academia I was not able to take shared leave with our oldest child. However, I think the only way to level out inequalities associated with having children is for more Dads to take parental leave, and for parental leave policies to offer longer periods of paid leave for both men and women.
We know that diversity leads to a better work place and better science. If you come from an underrepresented group in academia, it is easy to feel you do not belong, and hard to find role models in senior staff. We need to break down the barriers that limit people's ability to successfully progress in an academic career, to create a more inclusive and diverse community that will ultimately be a more exciting and productive place to work.
Catherine Leyshon
Back in the late 1980s, my brother and I became the first people in our immediate family to go to university. Our parents, both of whom left school at 14, were strong advocates of education in general and higher education in particular. My dad put self-improvement at the heart of everything he did. Coming to Uni for the first time with no knowledge of how higher education works or what might be expected can be pretty daunting but it is great to work for a department that believes in supporting all students to do their very best in their studies whatever their background.
Chris Kaiser-Bunbury
I joined the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Penryn, Cornwall, in March 2018 as a Senior Lecturer in Ecology & Conservation. I spent 12 years in self-raised post-doc and fellowship positions as an applied conservation scientist, moving between European universities (I'm German) and primarily doing field work and living on tropical islands in the Western Indian Ocean, mainly in the Seychelles.
At the start of my career I was advised against spending much time in the field doing applied conservation work if I wanted to be taken seriously as an academic but I felt that it's exactly this type of research that is desperately needed in conservation so I continued along this atypical path. Concerns about my academic career prospects were also raised in 2015, after the birth of our twin boys, when I took one year of paternity leave while my wife, an applied conservation scientist, returned to work in the Seychelles.
With the birth of our third son, I was looking for a work and family home that would allow me to continue to share my life's passions fairly between family and work and was given the opportunity to move to Cornwall and take up a permanent academic position. I'm certain that I've found the right place; the College provides an excellent and well-supported academic and teaching environment, combined with fantastic support for families, and my colleagues offer true collegiality, which is unmatched by my experience elsewhere.
I'm therefore delighted to be working at an institution that not only accepts, but actively seeks, supports and embraces staff from a diversity of backgrounds. I hope that the path that I, and that we as a family, have taken is viewed as encouragement for other researchers with family and/or an atypical academic trajectory to pursue their goals.
Annette Broderick
My first job after gaining my PhD was a shared post-doc with my partner Brendan Godley (also an academic in this department) at Swansea University where both of our children were born! I joined the University of Exeter in 2003 as a Research Fellow, when Brendan got a permanent position here at the newly established Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC).
At the time we were both offered positions at another university but chose one permanent job in Cornwall, a bit of a risk at the time but it seemed like the right place for us, working in marine conservation, somewhere we wanted to bring up our kids, and it was great to be involved in establishing a brand new department even if it was a building site for the first year!
I was employed on grants I had won for a number of years until gaining a permanent position as a lecturer in 2007. I was promoted to Professor in 2017. There is no other department I would rather work in. I love my job (most days)!
Alex Mesoudi
I am a Professor of Cultural Evolution in the department, having joined in 2015 as an Associate Professor. I have a slightly unusual disciplinary background for Biosciences faculty: my undergraduate degree (UCL), Masters (Liverpool) and PhD (St Andrews) were all in psychology, I've done postdocs in departments of archaeology (Missouri), applied ethics (UBC) and anthropology (Cambridge), and have previously held faculty positions in psychology (Queen Mary) and anthropology (Durham). This unusual path stems from my research goal of trying to understand human behaviour and human culture within an evolutionary framework; this requires a mish-mash of biology, psychology, anthropology and other traditional disciplines. I am fortunate to find myself in a department now that contains such a diversity of research interests and activities.
Personally, I am also a bit more diverse than the average British university academic. My dad grew up in Morocco and came to the UK in the early 1970s, where he met my mum who is Welsh. I grew up in Watford and went to the local comprehensive state school. I don't think that I have faced any explicit discrimination during my academic journey, but on the other hand Moroccan-Welsh is not a typical or obvious ethnic minority like British Asian or Black British.
All of the departments I've been in have had faculty who are overwhelmingly white, mostly male, and often from relatively privileged backgrounds. We have a long way to go to make academia more diverse. A diversity of viewpoints and backgrounds, whether that diversity is ethnic, linguistic, socio-economic, political or socio-sexual, can bring greater intellectual diversity, and ultimately improve the research and education that we all do.
I'm based in the Energy Policy Group, a research group that's led by women and has been since its inception, and so I've seen first-hand the value that diversity can have in the workplace. I'm from a relatively conservative family in the South East and neither of my parents went to university and I never expected to end up as an 'academic'. The thing that has surprised me about academia is how I expected it to be extremely progressive, not just in the research that is done, but also in the approach to people. From a young man's perspective, who has spent time working in the private sector, I actually think universities have a lot to learn about how to support diversity and progression and this could support the move into an increasingly competitive and changing world.


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Le Bosc est un toponyme français qui peut faire référence à :

 Le Bosc (Ariège), commune française du département de l'Ariège, en région Occitanie ;
 Le Bosc (Hérault), commune française du département de l'Hérault, en région Occitanie.

Voir aussi
 Le Bosc-Renoult, commune française du département de l'Orne, en région Normandie ;
 Le Bosc-Roger-en-Roumois, commune française du département de l'Eure, en région Normandie ;


Nobody cares what I'm on about…not even me!
As an ICT and Computing teacher I come across a lot of students that are gamers. The vast majority are either X-Box or PlayStation lovers and have a bit of a chip on their should when it comes to Nintendo. This seems to stem from the thoughts that Nintendo make kids games and that the graphics are not very good. I try to explain it is about gameplay but they have none of it. This frustrates me, but what frustrates me even more is that if you mention games like Mario Bros., Zelda, Mario Kart and Smash Bros. they think they are great games. Also most used to own a Wii and enjoy playing on it. Now I know that I am not a first person shooter aficionado but I can see the merits of different gaming systems, why are youngsters so close minded? To release my frustrations I have written another bad poem entitled 'Nintendo Fan Boy'. You can read it in my collection 'Bad Poetry You probably never want to read' on wattpad. I hope you enjoy the irony in it.
Every now and then I write a poem, I did a few as part of World Cup Dreams but have also posted some on this blog. The other day I was working when I heard some students in an English lesson discussing love poems they were writing for their coursework. I thought, 'you know I could write a love poem, but not one of those mushy ones, a real one about what love really is.' So a little time later I wrote a poem about what love is not, in fact that is what I have entitled it. I have often thought of putting my poems into one book but never had enough to collate them. Then I remembered Wattpad, I tend to not use it anymore as I find it is mainly teenage girl's fantasies and fan fiction but it is the perfect place to slowly update a book before it can be formatted for Smashwords when complete. I really don't understand poetry and I feel I am terrible at it but I do like rhyming and getting some quick thoughts and opinions out on paper so I do enjoy writing the odd poem. I have had the title 'Bad Poetry you probably never want to read' in my head for a while so have used this. I know it is rather self-deprecating but I honestly don't think I am good at poetry, also there is no common thread throughout my poems so no other title seemed to fit. I even made a horrible brown cover to make it look less enticing and like a bad 1960s self help book.
Anyway, the book is now up on Wattpad, I can't say I will update it regularly but whenever I write a poem it will be up there. Please note that I will not be including the poems from World Cup Dreams. Have a look and tell me what you think. In other news, I have been writing more of my Movember story so that should be out before the end of the year (hopefully long before!). It will be free as Movember has been and gone but I have enjoyed writing it and I am hoping you will enjoy reading it.


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'The Mandalorian' The Most Pirated Series Of 2020
'The Walking Dead' and 'Arrow' are also on the list…
'The Mandalorian' Replaces 'Game of Thrones' As The Most Pirated Series Of 2020
'The Mandalorian' replaces 'Game of Thrones' as the most pirated series of 2020
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January 4, 2021 - 20:55 / Sarah Schulz
The Mandalorian, the successful first Star Wars project on the Disney+ platform, replaced Game of Thrones and established itself as the most hacked series of 2020. The Boys, Westworld, and Vikings were also on the list.
After a solid second season where fans were surprised by the appearance of great characters from the Star Wars universe and were graced with "Grogu" (better known as Baby Yoda), the series The Mandalorian achieved general success and succeeded in stripping Game of Thrones of honor that the HBO project held for much of the last decade as the most pirated series of the year. According to measurements, the first Disney+ title based on the universe created by George Lucas was the most downloaded television series by illegal means in 2020.
The Mandalorian was the most pirated series of 2020
As reported by Torrentfreak, the first seasons of The Mandalorian were part of the most downloaded content in the BitTorrent system during the past year.
Scene from the series 'The Mandalorian'
The series, starring Pedro Pascal and distributed internationally by Disney+, took over the top spot from Game of Thrones as the most pirated series in 2020 and rose above other popular titles such as The Boys and Westworld.
Vikings, Star Trek: Picard, Rick and Morty, The Walking Dead, The Outsider, Arrow, and The Flash were also among the favorites of internet pirates.
The success of The Mandalorian… Beyond being the most pirated series of 2020
The success of The Mandalorian not only translates into having been the most pirated series of 2020, as the popular Disney+ project based on the Star Wars universe was also one of the most acclaimed television titles of the past year.
Pedro Pascal in a scene from the series 'The Mandalorian'
After being nominated for an Emmy for Best Dramatic Series, the series created by Jon Favreau premiered its second season, achieving extremely positive ratings, and was one of the most-watched series during the last quarter of the year, according to Nielsen Ratings.
In addition, thanks to the results of The Mandalorian, Disney's streaming platform is already preparing three spin-offs focused on characters featured in the series: Rangers of the New Republic; Ahsoka starring Rosario Dawson and The Book of Boba Fett.
All about "Baby Yoda"
'The Mandalorian': "Baby Yoda" Name
'Star Wars' Quiz
Whose father is "Darth Vader"??
An out-of-this-galaxy cast!
'The Mandalorian' Cast