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Rot-Weiss Frankfurt
Surname SG Rot-Weiss 01 eV
Seat Frankfurt am Main , Hesse
founding November 11, 1901
Colours Red White
president Ersan Dincer
Website rot-weiss-frankfurt.de
First soccer team
Head coach Siar Daudi
Venue Stadium at the Brentanobad
Places 5,650
league Association League Hesse
2018/19 9th place
The SG Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 01 is a soccer club in Frankfurt am Main . It was created through several mergers of associations from the Frankfurt districts of Bockenheim and Gallus , the earliest of which were founded in 1901. In 1926 the club first appeared under the name Rot-Weiß Frankfurt , and around 1930 it achieved its first national successes. After the Second World War , Rot-Weiss played again in the top division in 1947/48; Since then, the team, which has played its home games in the Brentanobad stadium since 1940 , has mostly been present in the upper leagues of the Hessian Football Association. The greatest sporting successes were the championships in the Oberliga Hessen in 1968 and 1990. Furthermore, the "Reds" won the Hessen Cup four times (1971, 1974, 1989 and 1992) .
1 predecessor clubs and merger history
2 Sport development
2.1 Performance of the predecessor clubs (until 1926)
2.2 First successes as "SC Rot-Weiß" and merger with the "Reichsbahnern" (1926–1945)
2.3 From the upper league to the lower classes (1946–1979)
2.4 Return to the amateur upper house (since 1980)
4 trainers
5 known players
6 literature
8 items of evidence
Predecessor clubs and merger history
The roots of Rot-Weiss - like those of the two large Frankfurt clubs - go back to 1899. At that time, the 1st Bockenheimer FC 1899 was the first club from Bockenheim that, like many other soccer teams, played its games on the Hundswiese . However, this club dissolved after two years due to a lack of members, some of the remaining players belonged to the founders of FV Amicitia 1901 Bockenheim on November 11, 1901 . This day is also considered the founding date of today's SG Rot-Weiss association . In 1909 it was decided to merge with the Frankfurt FC 1902, which came from the Gallus quarter , and was renamed Frankfurt FV Amicitia and 1902 .
In Bockenheim in 1901, in addition to FV Amicitia , FVgg 01 and FC Germania, two other clubs were formed. Both merged on July 5, 1912 to form Bockenheimer FVgg Germania 1901 . After the First World War , the FV Amicitia merged in 1902 and the FVgg Germania in 1901 , resulting in the VfR 1901 Frankfurt on August 26, 1919 . In 1926 the club first included the colors red and white in the club name. The SC Rot Weiß Frankfurt was created through the merger with FC Helvetia 1902 Bockenheim . Helvetia was founded in 1902, from 1914 to 1924 the Helvetia football department of Bockenheimer TG and then after the "clean divorce" as FC Helvetia an independent club.
On April 14, 1935, the SC Rot-Weiß merged with the Reichsbahn TuSG 1901 Frankfurt to form the Reichsbahn TSV Rot-Weiß Frankfurt . Due to the war, Rot-Weiß merged with VfL Rödelheim in 1944 to form a war syndicate under the name KSG Rödelheim / Rot-Weiß Frankfurt . After the dissolution on May 8, 1945 and the subsequent re-establishment as SG Bockenheim , the association appeared on January 13, 1946 under the current name SG Rot-Weiss Frankfurt .
( 1. Bockenheimer FC 1899 )
dissolved in November 1901
FV Amicitia 1901 Bockenheim
(born November 11, 1901)
Frankfurt FC 1902
(* 1902)
FVgg 01 Bockenheim
FC Germania Bockenheim
FC Helvetia Bockenheim
Merger in 1909:
Frankfurt FV Amicitia and 1902
Merger July 5, 1912:
Bockenheimer FVgg Germania 1901
FA Helvetia der Bockenheimer TG
(1914-March 1924)
Merger Aug. 26, 1919:
VfR 1901 Frankfurt
FC Helvetia 1902 Bockenheim
SC Rot Weiß Frankfurt
Joined 1935:
Reichsbahn TuSG 1901
Reichsbahn TSV Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
SG Rot-Weiss Frankfurt
(re-established on Jan. 13, 1946)
Sporting development
Performance of the previous clubs (until 1926)
The numerous predecessor clubs of the association hardly appeared on a national level until the end of the First World War. The FV Amicitia joined the South German Football Association soon after it was founded and in 1903/04 belonged to the top division in Westmaingau in the northern district, which was newly introduced at the time. Amicitia was able to stay in the top division for a long time, but only qualified once ( 1906/07 ) for a national final round. Even after the merger with FC 1902 , it was no more than a midfield place in the Northern District League. The other predecessor clubs also played in the top division at times, but it was never enough to qualify for the southern German finals. This changed little after the war and the amalgamation of Amicitia and Germania to form VfR 01 Frankfurt , due to a league reform after the 1922/23 season , VfR was even relegated from the top division.
First successes as "SC Rot-Weiß" and merger with the "Reichsbahnern" (1926–1945)
After the merger to form SC Rot-Weiß Frankfurt in 1926, the club had its heyday and challenged Eintracht and the FSV for supremacy in Frankfurt. In the seasons 1929/30 and 1930/31 Rot-Weiss reached 2nd place in the Main District League, behind Eintracht Frankfurt, and moved into the final round of the South German Championship.
In 1929, the Swiss national player and silver medalist at the 1924 Olympics, Robert Pache from FSV, joined the club. But he was soon involved in a cocaine and dome scandal that temporarily brought him to prison. In 1932 more trouble followed when the club was exposed to investigations into violations of the amateur statute. He was convicted of paying his players, which was not uncommon as such at a time when sham amateurism was flourishing.
All the stars of the team were affected, above all the national goalkeeper Willibald Kreß , a real Bockenheimer who was appointed to the German national team for the first time in 1929, whose brother-in-law Anton Engelhardt and the middle runner Fritz Engel , a player who awarded the pache "great class".
There are two versions of the background to this affair: According to one, he and his teammates are said to have gone on strike at Rot-Weiß Frankfurt for a higher expense allowance ; after the other, his club had undertaken to play friendly matches with Kreß and, after he was unable to play because of diphtheria , had to pay the opposing club a penalty of RM 1,000 , which the DFB interpreted - not entirely illogically - to mean that Red -Weiss would normally have received at least RM 1,000 initial bonus and would have illegally passed on part of it to his players.
Kreß, Engel and Engelhardt tried to continue their professional careers with the Alsatian champions FC Mulhouse in France. There the Austrian Ferdinand Swatosch - who committed himself against the German amateur regulations a few years earlier at Cologne's SpVgg Sülz 07 and was banned - prepared the team for the first season of the professional era in France .
On August 13, 1932, the three were there when the professional team of FC Mulhouse made their debut with a 2-2 win over a selection from Freiburg in Baden . On August 6th there was an 8-0 win against the German second division club FV Lörrach and on August 20th a 5-2 win against AS Strasbourg. On August 27, 1932, Kreß played together with Engel and Engelhardt in a friendly against FC Sochaux , which ended 3: 3. Before the first league game of the season on September 12, the DFB finally refused to allow the German professionals. Willibald Kreß's post in goal was taken by the Hungarian star player Ferenc Plattkó , who had come from FC Barcelona and who was also supposed to replace Ferdl Swatosch as player- coach in November, but who was unable to prevent the Mülhausers from relegating.
At the end of September, the DFB gave its verdict on the matter. The club president of Rot-Weiss Frankfurt Paul Hahn was banned for life and two other officials were blacklisted. The future national player Willi Rutz was banned for three years, Fritz Engel for two years. Willibald Kreß and Anton Engelhardt got away with it at the age of one and a half and Karl Strehle and Richard Scholz were only relatively lightly banned with eight months.
The three Germans played again on October 5th in a 1-1 draw in a private game at FC Young Fellows Zurich .
After a pardon by the DFB at the end of July 1933, effective from the end of September, thanks to Richard Hofmann , who also came into conflict with the amateur regulations, Kreß found a new place of work at Dresdner SC . Fritz Engel continued his professional career at Grasshopper Club Zurich before moving on to Brazil, where he was supposed to indirectly exert a lasting influence on local football. Anton Engelhardt's further path remains to be determined. Maybe he found a new place to stay at SV Darmstadt 98 .
The SC Rot-Weiß then not only slipped in the championship rounds - when the Gauligen were introduced as the new top division in 1933 , they were even left out; in addition, the association got into serious economic difficulties.
Not least because of this, on April 14, 1935 , the SC Rot-Weiß merged with the company sports club of the Reichsbahner , the RTSG , to form the Reichsbahn-TSV Rot-Weiß , the largest sports club in Frankfurt with over 3500 members. In addition to the boxers, handball players and hockey players, the footballers of the big club soon attracted national attention. Supervised by the Dresden-born coach Sepp Kretschmann since 1936, the eleven around Gauwahl goalkeeper Jakob Remmert rose to the 1938/39 round in the Gauliga Südwest / Mainhessen , in which they could stay until the war-related cessation of game operations in 1944. The construction and on October 13, 1940, the move into the new 20,000-seat stadium at the Brentanobad also fell during this period , as the existing area at the festival hall had to be cleared due to the expansion of the exhibition grounds . In the war years, the competitions in the forerunner of the DFB Cup, the Tschammerpokal , were the sporting highlights: In 1940 , a 3-2 win after extra time at SV Waldhof Mannheim was a real cup sensation and Red-White only failed in the third round at the later cup winner Dresdner SC . In the following year, 1941 , the reigning Middle Rhine champion VfL 99 Cologne was eliminated in the first final round .
From the upper league to the lower classes (1946–1979)
After the Second World War and the associated dissolution of all associations, the alliance with the railroad workers was not renewed, even if in the post-war years a large proportion of the players were still employed by the Reichsbahn, traditionally the largest employer in Bockenheim. The team started out as SG Bockenheim , on January 13, 1946, the re-establishment took place under the name SG Rot-Weiss Frankfurt , which is still valid today . In 1947/48 Rot-Weiss played for a year in the Oberliga Süd , the top division at the time, but could not keep up there with the economically far better-off clubs. During this season, the visitor record that is still valid today was set in the stadium at Brentanobad when 20,000 spectators wanted to see the home game against 1. FC Nürnberg . The season ended with 18th place, which meant the immediate relegation.
The club has not returned to the top class since then, in 1954 they even rose to the 2nd amateur league and thus to the fourth class. In the 1968/69 season , Rot-Weiss returned with promotion to the Regionalliga Süd for one season in the second division, but remained there despite several well-known reinforcements and amateur national player Hans-Peter Schauber in the goal and rose immediately as bottom of the table again into the Hessenliga. Due to the investments made in player commitments and the audience income that remained below expectations, the last excursion into higher-class football turned into a fiasco from an economic point of view, with the consequences of which the club had to struggle for a few years. Apart from winning the Hessen Cup in 1971 and 1974, the following seasons were accordingly modest in terms of sport and economy, and in 1975 and 1978 they could only secure relegation. In 1979 the mountain of debt from regional league times was still not cleared when the team relegated again to fourth division.
Return to the amateur upper house (since 1980)
With the qualification for the DFB Cup 1980/81 and the advance into the third main round, the fourth division club Rot-Weiss drew national attention again. With Hamburger SV you got a dream ticket, but you had to compete in the Volksparkstadion and suffered a hefty 0:11 defeat there. 1983 to 1985 and again in 1986 he returned to the Hessen League. Under the financial expert Wolfgang Steubing as chairman, the association called for the goal of "2. Bundesliga ". With his contacts to the financial world, Steubing ensured that there was again money for reinforcements, and soon there was even talk of the "champagne club" Rot-Weiss. Successful but also turbulent years followed. As early as the 1986/87 season after being promoted back to the Hessian upper house, Rot-Weiss entered the race as the "secret favorite", and in the end they finished 4th. In 1987/88 Ramon Berndroth took over training, and after eleven games the team was 20 : 2 points at the top of the Hessenliga, which was followed by a phase of weakness, so that in the end only 4th place jumped out again. Then the former Eintracht professional Armin Kraaz and the trainer Dragoslav Stepanović were signed , but even the "Serbo-Hessen" did not immediately succeed in fulfilling the Bockenheimer promotion dreams. It was not until 1990 that Rot-Weiss, reinforced by goalscorer Oliver Roth and Sindlinger Jürgen Klopp , who quickly developed into top performers, became Hessian champions for the second time after 1968; the team qualified for the promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga. The great goal was missed, however; after 1: 1 in the opening game against 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 , no further points were won in the remaining five games.
The year 1990 marked another turning point in the club's history. In the season after the championship, the team only reached second place behind Hessen Kassel . Stepanović had surprisingly left the club in winter and moved to Eintracht Trier. In 1992/93 Rot-Weiss did not play a role in the title race of the Hessenliga for the first time since the rise again, and with Wolfgang Steubing the initiator of the temporary upswing left the club. In 1994 Rot-Weiss was able to qualify for the new third division, the Regionalliga Süd, but this was followed by three relegations in a row and thus the fall in the district league. Only after eleven years of abstinence did the "Reds" return to the Hesse league for the 2007/08 season . In 2012 they were relegated to the Association League, and in 2015 they were promoted to the Hessen League. The 2015/16 season was finished second in the Hessenliga, qualifying for the promotion to the Regionalliga Südwest. There, however, the FC Nöttingen prevailed.
In Stadium on Brentanobad Rot-Weiss plays its home games. After its construction in 1940, the stadium held around 20,000 spectators. In 1992 it was completely rebuilt and since the last renovation in 2015, the stadium has seated 5,650 spectators. In the course of this, a new floodlight system with 500 lux was installed, a new functional building was built and the number of seats increased. In addition, two new artificial turf pitches were built.
Serbia Dragoslav Stepanović (1988–1990)
Known players
Willibald Kreß , initially active for VfR 01 and after the merger for SC Rot-Weiß until 1932 , played a total of 16 international matches as a goalkeeper from 1929, 12 of them during his time in Frankfurt
Hans-Peter Schauber , goalkeeper of the 1968/69 regional league season, later became an amateur national player
Ernst Abbé , ex-Bundesliga professional at Eintracht Frankfurt, played for Rot-Weiss from 1971 to 1974
Alexander Schur , active in the club from 1988 to 1994, played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1995 and later became captain of the Bundesliga club
Jürgen Klopp played for Rot-Weiss in the 1989/90 season and then moved to Mainz 05
Armin Kraaz came from Eintracht Frankfurt in 1988 and played for Rot-Weiss until 1996
Tim Kister , from 2007 to 2010 with Rot-Weiss, then third division player with Dynamo Dresden and VfR Aalen
Aymen Barkok , in youth at Rot-Weiss, from 2016 to 2018 Bundesliga player at Eintracht Frankfurt
René Schlichting, youth national player, came from Eintracht Frankfurt, played for Rot-Weiss from 1989 to 1990, then moved to Viktoria Aschaffenburg
Hardy Greens : Legendary football clubs. Hesse. Between FC Alsbach, Eintracht Frankfurt and Tuspo Ziegenhain. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2005, ISBN 3-89784-244-0 , pp. 252-255.
Hardy Grüne, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 , pp. 164-165.
Ottmar Klauß: From thought to victory. Sebenia-Verlag, Frankfurt 2013, ISBN 3981158016 .
All current press releases from Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
↑ on this affair see for example Hardy Greens: Legendary football clubs. Hesse. Between FC Alsbach, Eintracht Frankfurt and Tuspo Ziegenhain. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2005, ISBN 3-89784-244-0 , p. 252.
^ L'equipe professional du FCM fait match nul , L'Express de Mulhouse, August 14, 1932
^ The judgment in the Kreß case , Badischer Beobachter , September 28, 1932, p. 6
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Figure 3: Virtual Machine Resource Options for Cost Estimation (2/2).
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Figure 5: Azure "Cost Management + Billing – Invoices" page.
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Omid Memarian spoke with Azadeh Pourzand of Foreign Policy Association about the rationale behind the ICHRI's publication of Sketches of Iran. Addressing the diverse nature of the stories and cartoons, Mr. Memarian said, "We really wanted to put real human faces and voices to the much discussed human rights situation in Iran." He added, "Sketches of Iran is a way for us to convey to the world what the people of Iran are facing in their ordinary lives. The human rights crisis in Iran is not only headline news. This crisis impacts real lives in real ways!" A former prisoner of conscious in Iran himself, Mr. Memarian emphasized, "As evident in the stories and cartoons included in this book, we can only forgive, but we cannot forget." Memarian hopes that by reading Sketches of Iran, the world understands the depth and the impact human rights violations have on many lives.
In order for this book to receive the much deserved attention, it has to be published both in soft and hard copies and widely circulated. Even though ICHRI has paid for the collection, preparation, editing and layout of Sketches of Iran, the cost of publishing goes far beyond the financial capacity of the organization. To publish the book in large numbers with affordable pricing for buyers, ICHRI has prepared a teaser shared with the public through a cloud sourcing venue (Kickstarter) and launched a grassroots fundraising campaign. So far, ICHRI has succeeded in raising over half of the total cost with ten days to go until the Kickstarter campaign comes to a closure.
Taking an innovative approach to fundraising through cloud sourcing, Mr. Memrian and his colleagues at the ICHRI hope to raise both awareness about the human rights situation in Iran and obtain sufficient funding for the publication of the book via the Kickstarter campaign. "The voices gathered in Sketches of Iran ought to be heard by the world and this is only possible if we can widely circulate this book and make it available for purchase with affordable prices," Mr. Memarian concludes.
To see a brief description of the content of Sketches of Iran click here.
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The editor-in-chief of Women's Policy Journal at Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2009-2010, her writings have appeared in places such as International Herald Tribune, CNN International and the Huffington Post.
Born and raised in Iran, in the past years she has worked and studied in the US, Mexico, Argentina, Bangladesh, China and the Netherlands and India. While in India, she worked at a Mumbai-based foreign policy think-tank, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, where she co-authored a comprehensive policy paper that explored India's view of the Arab uprisings.
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7 World Trade Center is 83-percent leased as demand for space at New York City's first LEED Gold-certified office building persists.
Steve Cuozzo reported earlier this week in the Post that Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) is heading downtown from West 57th Street to sublease 58,000 square feet on the 30th and 31st floors of 7 World Trade Center from Dutch bank ABN Amro, which signed up for 140,000 square feet 3 years ago but never moved into the space. Italian insurer Generali will take 17,000 square feet from ABN, and two undisclosed financial services firms are close to signing deals for the remaining space.
Cuozzo notes these transactions in the context of 7 World Trade Center's "continued appeal even as demand for downtown office space has lagged amid expectations that huge amounts of space will soon be put up for grabs by such firms as Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch." How much of that appeal stems from its LEED certification is difficult to quantify, but it's clear that Larry Silverstein is enjoying a competitive advantage in an incredibly challenging commercial leasing market thanks, in some part, to his tower's green design features.
The 52-story 7 World Trade Center is currently 83 percent leased and was the first commercial office building in New York City to earn LEED Gold certification from USGBC.
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ADB Welcomes New Legislation to Improve SOEs in PNG
News Release | 1 December 2021
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (1 December 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has welcomed the publication of the Kumul Consolidated Holdings Authorisation (Amendment) Act 2021 in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) National Gazette, a key step in efforts to reform governance, increase transparency, and improve the performance of the country's state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
The act delivers several key reforms to aid the work of Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KCH), the holding company for PNG's SOEs. These include providing a clear definition of ministerial, SOE board, and SOE management roles; revising KCH's role to focus on SOE performance monitoring; improving SOE transparency requirements; and establishing a transparent, skills-based process for SOE director selection.
"SOEs provide critical public services and utilities to the people of Papua New Guinea," said ADB Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office Regional Director Lotte Schou-Zibell. "That's why ADB is working with the Government of PNG on these reforms, which will strengthen SOE performance and governance—making them more profitable and transparent, more likely to enable private investment, and better suited to the needs of the community."
"These reforms will enable KCH to ensure PNG's SOEs are sustainable, well-governed organizations that deliver reliable, affordable, and efficient services," said KCH Chairman Moses Maladina. "This legislation will support KCH's efforts to improve access to power and communication utilities, water, sanitation, banking and financial services, travel, and maritime services for PNG residents."
The Government of PNG's broader SOE reform program is supported in part by an ADB policy-based loan. The act was developed with support from the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI)—an ADB technical assistance program in partnership with the governments of Australia and New Zealand.
"The passage of this act demonstrates the Government of PNG's commitment to transparency and improved governance and performance in its SOEs," said Australian High Commissioner to PNG Jon Philp. "I congratulate the government for achieving this important step in its ambitious SOE reform agenda and, through our support for PSDI, Australia is proud to support improvements to the delivery of essential services. Much work is required to implement the act, and Australia looks forward to working with PSDI and the Government of PNG on this in the coming months and years."
Established in 2006, PSDI works with ADB's 14 Pacific developing member countries to improve the enabling environment for business and support inclusive, private sector-led economic growth.
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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Fantastic Four Rise Of The Silver Surfer screencaps, on set pictures and behind the scenes images. Jessica Alba resumes her role as Sue Storm in the big screen adaptation of the comic book Fantastic Four. In it she is seen in a plain white satin wedding gown.


Just yesterday we got to know that Bollywood's Singham – Ajay Devgn -is all set to play Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik in Bhuj: The Pride Of India. Today, details about the remaining cast are out. The magnificent ensemble cast is sure to take the film several notches higher.
The film will star Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Rana Daggubati, Parineeti Chopra and Ammy Virk.
A civilian who helped the Indian Army and win the war. The actor is a pagi, one who can identify a person's gender, height and weight by their footprints.
Sonakshi Sinha is known to be a fearless actress and this makes her perfect to essay the character of Sunderben Jetha Madharparya. Sunderben was a social worker and a farmer women, who convinced the other 299 women from Madhapur to help built the runway.
Rana Daggubati plays the role of Madras regiment Lt Colonel who was posted in Vighakot chowki and fought the Indo-Pak 1971 war.
Heena Rehman, an Indian spy staying in Lahore will be played by the beauty with substance, Parineeti Chopra.
Punjabi actor Ammy Virk will become a part of the Hindi film industry with the role of a fighter pilot who played a very crucial role in this historic win.
We are sure they are going to make Bhuj: The Pride of India a visual treat for all with their acting.
Written/Directed by Abhishek Dudhaiya, it will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Ginny Khanuja, Vajir Singh, Abhishek Dudhaiya and Kumar Mangat Pathak.


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A flat-bottomed boat is a boat with a shallow draft, two-chined hull, which allows it to be used in shallow bodies of water, such as rivers, because it is less likely to ground.

The flat hull also makes the boat more stable in calm water, which is good for hunters and anglers. However this design becomes less stable in choppy water. This is because it causes the boat to travel on the water, instead of through it, as a boat with a rounded or V-shaped hull would.

Flat hulls are simple to construct, making them popular with boat-building hobbyists.

In Britain they came to popular notice during the planned French invasion of Britain in 1759, when a large-number of flat-bottomed boats were prepared by the French to ferry their invasion force across the channel and a number were destroyed during the British Raid on Le Havre. The flat-bottoms are mentioned in the song Heart of Oak written by David Garrick during 1759.

Types

Barge
Bateau
 Bull boat
 Car float
 Coracle
 Currach
Dory
Durham boat
Flatboat
Gondola
Jon boat
Keelboat
Landing Ship, Tank
Norfolk punt
Pirogue
Pontoon boat
Pram
Punt
Pünte
Quffah
Sandolo
Scow
Sharpie (boat)
Trow

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Pedalo
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Towpath

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Farhan Akhtar said he loved working for 'Dil Chata Hai' and he has a lot of memories for the film. But, the director made it very clear that he has no plans for the sequel and said, "it is not necessary to have a sequel if a film does well, and fans extremely loved Dil Chata Hai, but it doesn't mean there should be a sequel."
Farhan Akhtar is currently concentrating on his acting career. The director turned actor is one of the most bankable actors in B-town with just a couple of days left for the release of his upcoming film 'Lucknow Central,' Farhan is hoping to give another entertaining performance to his fans.
We had earlier reported that Aamir Khan would be doing Rakesh Sharma's biopic. That latest development with the project is that leading actress Priyanka Chopra is in talks to play Aamir Khan's wife in the film.
Aamir Khan will be playing astronaut Rakesh Sharma in this sci-fi space thriller, and the actor will undergo extensive training before kick starting the film. As per reports, the makers feel Priyanka Chopra will do complete justice to the role of Rakesh Sharma's wife, and they are in a serious discussion with the actress. Aamir Khan and Priyanka Chopra have never worked before, and both these stars are incredibly talented. Fans are currently going gaga over this news and let's wait and see if this news turns reality.
Priyanka Chopra, on the other hand, is gaining more popularity in West by making a substantial impact in Hollywood films. The actress is also keen in making a strong return to Bollywood and looks like this might be the film.
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Q: Paarthurnax wont die
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Can I complete the quest "Paarthurnax" after the main quest?
Why can't I defeat Paarthurnax?

I completed the main quest line, and now have to kill paarthurnax for the blades. He's on the usual wall, I can talk to him, but his health won't fall below zero, as if he's still a quest character. Why won't he die? I'm playing on an Xbox 360.

A: I believe this is working as intended - while there are reports of being able to defeat Paarthurnax after having completed the main quest, according to the Prima guide, and in my own experience, completing the main quest causes him to be flagged as essential (and thus unkillable).
I've also seen reports that this status is temporary and if you stay away from the Throat of The World and advance the in-game calendar by several months, (I.E. by waiting), he will reset and become killable again. YMMV.

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Bactericides reach new depths
By Lucy Gilbert2012-12-07T00:00:00+00:00
Bismuth–antibody nanoparticles to target bacteria deep in a wound
Scientists in the US and China have come up with a low-risk treatment for bacterial infections in a deep wound.
Treating infections has long been a challenge for healthcare professionals, and infections caused by drug resistant bacteria have made this task even more difficult to manage. Recently, the genome of an MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) outbreak in a hospital was sequenced to identify the source of infection, track its spread and avoid an outbreak.1 Such extreme measures of tracing infection need an equally tough bactericide. X-ray irradiation is known to have bactericidal properties; however, the high doses needed and the associated risks have restricted its use in vivo.
Now, Ming Su and his teams at the University of Central Florida, US, and the Third Military Medical University, China, have discovered a low-risk solution using antibody-modified bismuth nanoparticles that, in combination with an x-ray dose equivalent to a chest x-ray, specifically kill the common bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a set-up designed to resemble a deep wound in human tissue.2
They made the nanoparticles by reacting the amine group of P. aeruginosa antibodies with carboxylic terminated bismuth nanoparticles. After introducing the nanoparticles into a bacterial colony beneath a polymer block that mimics a 4cm deep wound, they applied x-ray radiation at a distance of 10cm for 10 minutes. This killed 90% of the bacterial colony; without the nanoparticles, less than 6% were killed. An x-ray dose equivalent on two human cell lines showed no significant decrease in their viability.
P. aeruginosa: (A) without treatment; treated with (B) bismuth nanoparticles; (C) x-rays; (D) x-rays and bismuth nanoparticles
Toby Jenkins of the department of chemistry, University of Bath, UK, thinks that 'using the antibody-modified nanoparticles to conjugate to the bacteria is a very interesting concept from a biochemical perspective'. However, he says that using x-rays and nanoparticles in a clinical treatment have 'associated risks and would need to be carefully considered'.
The success of the method comes from the radiosensitisation effect of bismuth; its cross-sectional absorption of x-rays is much higher than other heavy metals, such as gold, meaning the local dose of radiation is enhanced up to 35 times. Conjugation between the antibody and the bacteria decreases the distance between the bismuth nanoparticles and the bacteria, further enhancing the efficacy. Su says that 'deep wound disinfection is challenging for many existing methods because it is difficult to access the bacteria and infection often reoccurs. Using penetrating x-ray radiation-absorbing nanoparticles for deep wound disinfection provides obvious benefits.' He adds that the team believes that 'the method could be more efficient than other disinfection methods, such as taking antibiotics'.
1 J Gallagher, DNA sequencing of MRSA used to stop outbreak, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20314024
2 Y Luo et al, Nanoscale, 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2nr33154c


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Sowa Rigpa: Tibetan Health and Healing
Wednesday June 21st
Traditional Tibetan Medicine, known as Sowa Rigpa, the 'Science of Healing', is one of the oldest healing traditions in existence, yet it remains fully alive and intact today. A truly holistic system of medicine that approaches the health of an individual at the levels of the physical body, energy, and mind, it has the fourfold aim of preventing illness, curing illness, extending life, and cultivating happiness.
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Join us for a special evening with one of the world's foremost contemporary calligraphy artists Tashi Mannox. Tashi is not only a master of various Tibetan traditional scripts, but has innovated his technique and concept to develop his own unique artistic style while remaining rooted to the integrity of tradition. Having trained and studied with the great teachers of Tibetan calligraphy as a young monk himself, Tashi furthered his knowledge of Tibetan script, decoration, and design by traveling through India, Nepal and Tibet.
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From appliquè to embroidery, watercolor to collage, follow the journey of different textiles and how they are transformed in the hands of an artist.
Discover the interconnection between art and fabrics through the work of Michela Martello, Livia Liverani and Nyima Dhondup.
Tibetan Language in the Digital Era
Join us for a talk by Geshe Lobsang Monlam on the future of technology as it relates to the Tibetan language. A monk and scholar, Monlam is famous for his development of Tibetan-language computer programs and is the most-well known computer developer amongst Tibetans. A self-taught programmer, he has worked on projects that range from font creation to the first Tibetan-language digital dictionary.
TibetColor: Silk Patterns + Inspirations
The first exhibition of Tibetan thangka and appliqué masters Terris and Leslie Nguyen Temple
Tibetan thangka and appliqué artists Terris and Leslie Nguyen Temple join us for two weeks in October, exploring their work and passion for the natural world through an inaugural exhibition, workshops, and screenings of a captivating documentary about the creation of giant silk appliqué thangkas in Tibet.
Built in Bronze: The Artisans of Khyenle
August 23rd, 7-9 PM
Join us on Tuesday, August 23rd for a rare opportunity to meet the artists behind a unique tradition. The Khyenle bronze workers of Derge are the inheritors of a traditional Tibetan art--metalwork based on wax and sand-casting--that has continued through five generations. With hand-crafted works that range from statues to jewelry, Khyenle (the name of both the company and the bronzework style) emphasizes the need for creativity that operates on a spiritual level as well as an aesthetic one.
Tülku Jamyang: The Soul Behind the Artist
A Discussion on Art
We are delighted to host Tülku Jamyang as he reflects on the inspiration behind his intricate incense-burned artwork. A reincarnation and artist, "TJ" strives to reproduce his meditative introspection in his artwork, and the result is a style that is passionate and inquisitive. His artistic method involves rice paper and incense, burning intricate holes in a pointillist style to create a vivid, detailed work.
A Language Alive: A Talk with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe
Tuesday, May 17, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Join us for a special evening with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe, abbot of Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in Kham, as he discusses his work and efforts in promoting the use of Tibetan language among his followers, nomads, and the greater Tibetan community. Among his activities in this regard, Khenpo has founded libraries and schools, and has compiled dictionaries of new "daily" vocabulary for terms that previously had no Tibetan equivalent, which has been promoted throughout the community, especially in nomadic areas.
Painting with Pigments: A Workshop with Karma Sichoe
Saturday, May 7, 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Join thangka master Karma Sichoe as he teaches a class how to paint the perfect lotus using traditional mineral pigments. Learn to mix these pigments to generate vibrant colors and discover how this technique has influenced Tibetan art. Karma Sichoe's training in both traditional and contemporary art reveals a talent for connecting historical practices to modern art applications. Finally, you'll learn to paint a traditional lotus and leave with your own artwork that would be great to put on a wall or give to a loved one!
ཞི་བདེ་ཉི་མའི་གློག་བརྙན། ཚེ་གཟུངས་ལྷ་མོ། Shidé Nyima presents: Tsezung Lhamo
A nomad girl is orphaned on the eve of taking her college entrance exam. She leaves school and returns home to take care of the family's livestock so that she might support her brother's education. This is the story of Tsezung Lhamo.
རྡོ་སྒྲུང་། VOICES OF THE STONE: a film preview with Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang
Little known to the outside world, the Land of Snows is seeing a craze for minerals as wild and desperate as the gold rush was in the United States 150 years ago. Voices of the Stone follows two entrepreneurs as they attempt to enter the mining market, and the various paths and choices they face. The film is set against the vast and majestic landscape of northern Tibet—its fauna, its herdsmen, their customs and the struggle for survival; the pilgrims and the small anecdotes of daily life—these are shown in slow motion as one of planet Earth's ultimate primeval environments.
Tibetan Art Workshops
During Transcending Tibet, you had a chance to see firsthand the work of more than 30 artists working with Tibetan themes. Now we're delighted to offer you the opportunity to learn from one of the masters himself, using three motifs commonly found in Tibetan art: symbols, animals, and clouds.
Join us this November for three Sunday workshops led by master painter Rabkar Wangchuk. Tickets for each session (including material fees) are available for $40, or as a set of three for $100.
The Horse Looks Back
3:00–5:00 pm
Located just forty kilometers from Nepal, the town of Nyanang (also known as Nyalam) in southern Tibet has served as a historic, important site on the cross-border trade route between Tibet and Nepal. A native of Nyanang, Rinchen Dharlo draws from his exhaustive research on Nyanang to present an introduction to the region, its historic sites, including Milarepa's meditation cave, and its unique people, culture, and traditions.
The Museum at the Roof of the World
In The Museum at the Roof of the World, visual anthropologist and curator Clare E. Harris explores how British and Chinese collectors and curators have historically tried to convert Tibet itself into a museum. This book, available for the first time in paperback, is a powerful account of the museums created by, for, or on behalf of Tibetans.
Leigh Miller in Conversation with the Artists
Join us for the second event of Transcending Tibet: A Preview, a roundtable discussion with contemporary Tibetan art scholar Leigh Miller and the artists, followed by a special extended opening of the gallery. Traveling from Nepal, Italy, Switzerland, Amsterdam, and Queens, these artists will speak on everything from their unconventional choices of materials (silkscreen appliqué collage, incense-burned rice paper, monastic robes, and much more) to negotiating Tibet's rich legacy of traditional art and a fast-changing world.
A Gatön Event
Opening Reception for Transcending Tibet Preview
We've postponed the full Transcending Tibet exhibition to the Spring of 2015. But don't clear your calendar just yet. Join us this fall for a preview exhibition, a special first look at the work of some of Transcending Tibet's participating artists.
"Nowhere to Call Home" Screening and Discussion
Miss Nowhere to Call Home last week at MoMA?
By popular demand, we will be screening the film at Trace Foundation. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director, Jocelyn Ford.
A Discussion with the Directors
In celebration of our twentieth anniversary, join us for a roundtable with ten of the featured filmmakers, moderated by Tibetan film scholar Robert Barnett; with Assistant Curator, Department of Film, MoMA, Sally Berger and Senior Vice President of Kino Lorber Elizabeth Sheldon. The roundtable will examine everything from the current state of Tibetan film on the global stage to the ins-and-outs of life as a filmmaker today—and will be followed by an opportunity to meet the directors over cocktails.
Sexuality According to Tibetan Medicine & Buddhism
Join us for a talk by Dr. Nida Chenaktsang on sexuality in Tibetan medicine, and the role of sex for energy and health. Dr. Nida will also look at Buddhist views on sexuality, as well as the historical masters and texts that cover this subject, including the Kamasutra and karmamudra.
The Yogin and the Madman
Join us as Andrew Quintman discusses his book, The Yogin and the Madman, about the fascinating relationship between Tibetan saint Milarepa and his biographer, Tsangnyön Heruka, the self-proclaimed "Madman of Western Tibet."
Gendun Chopel: Modern Artist
Gendun Chopel: one of the most important Tibetan figures of the twentieth century, famous for his skills as a poet and infamous for his controversial views. But he was more than that: He was also a talented artist.
Creation of a Sand Mandala
We are delighted to announce our support for a project at Asia Society this month. Monks from the Drigung school of Buddhism will construct a sand mandala over the course of five days (from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day), in conjunction with the opening of the Golden Visions of Densatil: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery exhibition.
Tibetan Ghost Stories
From "hungry ghosts" (yidag)—spirits with tiny throats and huge insatiable stomachs—to exorcism festivals, ghost dances, and spirit traps, Tibet lays claim to one one of the world's richest . . . and spookiest traditions of ghosts. To showcase the richness of Tibetan ghost stories and to celebrate Halloween, we invited you to send us your scariest, most hair-raising entries for a Tibetan ghost story competition.
Kesang Lamdark and Tenzing Rigdol Talk Tibetan Art
If you think thangka and sand mandalas are all there is to Tibetan art, think again.
Tromdu: Book Giveaway!
In central Tibetan areas, tromdu (ཁྲོམ་དུས།) is the annual market day—a unique chance for nomads, artisans, and farmers to journey from villages across the region, pitch tents, and exchange their crafts, food, and products—sometimes for money, often for other goods.
As we make room for new books for our library, we're delighted to invite you to come out for our own tromdu. We will be giving away and selling at deep discounts:
Paper & Ink: A Day of Calligraphy, Sand-Painting, and Paper-Making
In the age of the iPad, join us for a day free of notifications, broken screens, and outdated software by celebrating the writing arts of Tibet, with calligraphy demos and hands-on traditional paper-making. We are delighted to host international special guests Puntsok Tsering (classical and modern calligraphy), Kunsel Dawa (Bönpo scripts), Tsultrim Gyatso (sand letters), and Jim Canary (Tibetan paper-making) for what promises to be an illuminating tour through a tradition as rich as it is beautiful.
Madhyamaka Philosophy in the Writings of Je Tsongkhapa and Gendun Chopel
Professor Khangkar Tsultrim Kelsang visits from Kyoto to discuss the different views of Madhyamaka philosophy as presented in Tsongkhapa's fifteenth-century classic The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam rim chen mo), and in twentieth-century scholar Gendun Chopel's Adornment for Nagarjuna's Thought (Klu sgrub dgongs rgyan).
Suggested donation $10. Students $5.
Pema Tseden Presents "The Weatherman's Legacy"
Join us for our last in a series of talks by acclaimed director Pema Tseden featuring a screening of his documentary film The Weatherman's Legacy, made for Discovery Channel Asia in 2004. Filmed in Pema Tseden's hometown, the film follows a Tibetan shaman who wants to pass down his hailstorm-stopping and rain-making skills to a son who would rather run a video-rental business in the village. Worried that his reputation in the village is slipping, the shaman's last hope lies with his grandson, who is beginning to learn the ancient incantations.
Tibetan Student Films: An Introduction by Pema Tseden
Back by popular demand, world-renowned Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden introduces his picks for the most outstanding short films by up-and-coming student filmmakers from the Tibetan Plateau. A short discussion and Q&A will follow. Suggested donation $10.
Tibetan Calligraphic Arts with Mipham Namgyal Rinpoche
Join us in celebrating the beauty of the Tibetan written word with world-renowned artist Mipham Namgyal Rinpoche. We will explore traditional and artistic styles of Tibetan calligraphy with a talk, exhibit, and demonstrationby Rinpoche and special guests, calligrapher Phuntsok Dhumkhang and library director Pema Bhum.
A Photographer in Tibet
Photographer Laurent Zylberman and writer Eric Meyer were the first independent journalists to travel to the Tibet Autonomous Region in the fall of 2008. Over the course of their fifteen-day trip through Lhasa, Gyantse, and Shikatse, Zylberman captured powerful images of a society in transition.
Rima Fujita Reading
Join us for a special evening with artist Rima Fujita as we celebrate her most recent children's book, Save the Himalayas, with a reading, exhibit, and book signing. Save the Himalayas is Rima Fujita's sixth book and her fourth to be translated into Tibetan. It tells the story of a brother, a sister, and a baby snow leopard who learn the importance of caring for the environment on a magical journey through the Himalayas on the back of a crane.
Tibetan Cinema Today
Join us as critically-acclaimed director Pema Tseden (Silent Holy Stones, The Search, Old Dog) discusses literature and film with Tibetan language and literature professor Françoise Robin (INALCO, Paris) and Modern Tibetan Studies professor and film expert Robbie Barnett (Columbia University). This event is the first of a series talks on Tibetan films with Pema Tseden in 2012. Pema Tseden's award-winning films have been featured in film festivals around the world, and have received acclaim for their nuanced and sensitive portrayals of contemporary life in Tibet.
Art. Lhasa. Now.
Eight years ago, ten artists came together to undertake an experiment. In a former Sichuanese restaurant along Lhasa's Barkhor, they created the Gendün Chöpel Artists' Guild and Gallery, and changed what it meant to be an artist in Tibet forever.
The Paper Birds of Lhasa
In Tibet, especially in the city of Lhasa, the arrival of autumn signals the beginning of kite-flying season. Enjoyed by all ages, kite flying can be a pleasant pastime or a fierce competition where flyers coat their string with crushed glass in order to cut down other kites in a kind of midair battle.
Join us as we explore this hobby enjoyed by many across the Tibetan Plateau, and learn how to make your own Tibetan kite.
The Nine-Eyed Agate: A Conversation with Jangbu
Join us as we celebrate the publication of the most recent work by one of Tibet's most influential poets, Jangbu (Dorji Tsering Chenaktsang), and catch a sneak preview of his upcoming documentary Precious Caterpillar. The Nine-Eyed Agate: Poems and Stories (Lexington, 2010) features English translations of Jangbu's works by Dr. Heather Stoddard, of the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Paris.
Where Have All the Yaks Gone?
The grasslands are changing. Across the Tibetan Plateau, desertification, biodiversity loss, and ecological relocations are dramatically altering the landscape and reshaping Tibetan society. What's happening on the grasslands today poses unprecedented challenges to Tibetan communities and will have a profound impact on them far into the future.
Join us on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21, for the first event in our second lecture series, Visions of Development, as we explore the state of the plateau's grasslands, and it's bearing upon the future of Tibetan communities.
The Thousand Phurba Holders
Scholar Humchen Chenaktsang introduces us to the world of the the ngakpa ("yogin" in Sanskrit), a lay practitioner of Tantric Buddhism. In the eighth century, Padmasambhava established the ngakpa tradition in Tibet so that lay people could receive spiritual and cultural education. Through study and practice, both men and women practitioners can attain the highest spiritual realization and develop powerful skills, such as the ability to make divinations, perform tantric rituals, and even control the weather.
Losar 2011: Year of the Iron Hare
Join us as we celebrate Losar 2011 with an evening of traditional Tibetan music and food and an exhibition of New Year's offerings from across the Plateau.
Sweet Little Cuckoo
Join us for an introduction to layé, a captivating genre of Tibetan song in which singers extemporize lyrics that are almost always about love! In an illustrated talk, ethnomusicologist Yin Zhuoma of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, discusses the forms and styles of layé, as well as the unique spectacle of the large-scale layé performances at the annual June Festival in Rebkong.
The Fat of my Heart
Celebrate the month of love at The Fat of My Heart at Trace Foundation. Join us Friday, February 11, for an exploration of expressions of love and desire in Tibetan literature, historical documents, and song. Special guests will present the sweetest of love stories, real and fictional, songs of love and heartbreak, and love letters and the rules for their composition. The evening will culminate in a love letter writing competition (please see rules for submission below) where the audience will vote for their favorite.
Alive & Digital
In this age of digitalization, technology is playing an increasingly important role in both the preservation and sustainability of minority languages. From blogs and video sharing to text messaging and social media, powerful technologies are shaping the future of minority languages. This movement is stretching the boundaries of minority language communities beyond "geographical place" into a "digital place" bridging together communities from all regions of the world.
Fusing Tradition and Modernity: Sikkimese Language and Literary Reform
In his talk, the library's first to focus on Sikkim, scholar Kalzang Bhutia will provide an overview of the work and philosophy of exponents of Sikkimese language and literary reform over the past thirty years. The talk will particularly focus on seminal figures such as Pema Rinzin Tagchungdarpa, Tashi Pelkyi Penpo, Norden Tsering, and Bhaichung Tsichudarpo, and on how they have reinvigorated Sikkimese language, as well as adapted traditional approaches to Sikkimese education, during the process of developing Sikkimese language in the Indian state education system.
Beyond the Himalayas: New Horizons for Tibetan Art
For centuries, in the shadow of the Himalayas, the strict traditions of classical Tibetan art were passed in an unbroken lineage from master to student. Beginning in the nineteenth century, those traditions came increasingly into contact with new styles and influences from Asia and the West, and the new media and challenges of Western modernity. In the last decade contemporary Tibetan art has flowered around the globe.
Interdependent Diversities: The Relationship between Language, Culture, and Ecology
Each language is a unique key to a community's worldview and culture and plays a central role in transmitting historically developed knowledge about specific, biologically diverse environments. There is an increasing awareness and recognition of linguistic, cultural, and biodiversity as inter-related and mutually supportive aspects of the diversity of life. As such, the crises affecting these aspects—from biological extinction to disappearing languages—appear to converge and even drive each other on.
Exploring Different Perspectives on Nyatri Tsenpo and The Bugyel Period
Traditional Tibetan histories often treat Nyatri Tsenpo not only as the first king who unified the minor kingdoms of the Tibetan plateau in 127 BC, but also as an epic figure of mythopoeic origin. Our understanding of this king is thus intertwined with mythic deification and embellishment. Old sources including Dunhuang documents (The Royal Genealogy, The Old Tibetan Chronicle) and extant inscriptions tend to serve as the primary clues into the history of the pre-Nyatri Tsenpo and subsequent Bugyel periods.
Breaking the Line
Since the establishment of the Tibetan language's written form in the seventh century, there have been arguments and debate for reform and innovation. In recent times, one proposal that has generated a considerable amount of discussion has focused on the use of punctuation and spacing in Tibetan. It has been argued that it is difficult to recognize words in a system where punctuation is used only between syllables and sentences or phrases, and this is prohibitive to learning.
Trumpet Blasts, Cymbals, and Chants
Join us for a fascinating exploration of the music and instruments used in Tibetan Buddhist rituals. Phursang Kelak Lama, ritual music director of Karma Raj Monastic University in Kathmandu, will present and demonstrate the typical elements and instruments of monastic ritual music, including chants, cymbals and drums, drungchen (long trumpets), and the gyaling (oboe). Along with ethnomusicologist Michael Monhart, Phursang Kelak Lama will explain musical notation and patterns, as well as the general meaning and role of music in Tibetan Buddhist ritual.
Tibet's First Modern Artist
Gendun Chopel (1903–1951) was, arguably, the most important—and certainly the most controversial—Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. He was a brilliant philosopher, a superb poet, and the first Tibetan to paint in a "modern style." This lecture will survey his fascinating career (he wrote the first sex manual in Tibetan and was imprisoned for this political views) and present some of his watercolors from his travels to India and Sri Lanka in the 1930s.
Local Knowledge & Sustainable Development in the Himalayas
Friday: A special screening of the rough-cut of Helena Norberg-Hodge's new documentary, The Economics of Happiness. In 1975 she was one of the first Westerners to visit Ladakh, or Little Tibet, where she witnessed the psychological, as well as ecological impacts of the global consumer culture on once thriving and sustainable communities. The film highlights the psychological, social, and ecological benefits of economic localization, and the steps—at the community, national, and international levels—that can bring us there.
Drangchar: The Life and Times of a Leading Tibetan Literary Magazine
For nearly thirty years Drangchar ("A Light Rain") has been one of the premier Tibetan literary journals. Established in 1981, it was one of the first journals devoted to literature written in the Tibetan language. Over the years it has become an essential Tibetan language literary resource—featuring influential Tibetan writers and poets, literary theory pieces, and artwork—and has inspired countless literary and artistic endeavors.
Perspectives on Language Standardization
Language standardization is often looked to by language communities as a means for language maintenance and strengthening cultural integrity, yet it may also contribute to varying degrees of linguistic discrimination and social conflict. In the case of Tibetan language, which has a diversity of spoken dialects as well as a standard written language, new challenges and opportunities presented by urbanization, economic development, resettlement, and other factors present strong incentives to switch to other dominant languages in everyday usage.
The Life of a Sakya Khön Daughter
Jetsün Kushok Chimey Luding was born into the prestigious Sakya Khön family, which was established in the eleventh century by Khön Könchok Gyelpo. In the Sakya Khön family, the daughters are known as Jetsünmas and have an important role as religious practitioners and teachers. Until she was twenty-one years old, she lived in the Sakya Khön Dolma Palace in Sakya, and left Tibet for India in 1959. Presently she resides in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, with her family but as a popular lama, she travels all over the world to give teachings.
Losar 2010: Year of the Iron Tiger
Join as we celebrate the Year of the Iron Tiger at Trace Foundation with a display of traditional Tibetan butter sculptures and a demonstration of their construction.
Aspects of Culture in Eleventh-Century Tsongkha
Scholar and writer Tseten Dorje will present his research on the culture, customs and cuisine of eleventh-century Tsongkha, an extensive region in contemporary Qinghai Province. This culturally diverse region, situated at the confluence of Tibetan, Mongolian, Turkic and Han cultures, is generally considered to have included modern-day Xining, Kumbum, Datong, Drotsang, and Kokonor. The region is the birthplace and namesake of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of Ganden Monastery near Lhasa, and the Gelukpa School of Tibetan Buddhism.
Kadrung Nornang's Rules for Formal Tibetan Correspondence
Kadrung Nornang's Rules for Formal Letter Writing was written in 1888 by Nornang Wangdü Tsering, a Chair-Secretary in the Tibetan government. The book is a comprehensive manual of the rules and etiquette in the composition of all manner of correspondence, including formatting and margins of letters, how to properly address letter recipients according to their rank or position, how to use a seal and wax to close the letter, and so on.
Postmarked Lhasa
Latse Library unveils a unique collection of Tibetan stamps and correspondence from the first half of the twentieth century. Over one hundred items from three collections will be presented together to showcase the breadth and depth of Tibetan letter writing in the period—from postage, to rules of composition, to the personal relationships captured in these unique letters. The premiere will include talks by experts in Tibetan culture and philately and will be followed by a reception.
Vitality and Viability of Minority Languages
On Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24, Trace Foundation will host the third event in its lecture series Minority Language in Today's Global Society, which is entitled Vitality and Viability of Minority Languages. While many minority language communities recognize the need to maintain their languages, what are some tools available to help them gauge the relative health of their language and language communities? What kinds of policies have worked to support and maintain the vitality and viability of minority languages?
Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism, and the State: A Case of Early Modernity?
This talk will explore the importance of medicine in Tibetan cultural history, and the ways in which it drew on Buddhist ideas but also was frequently at odds with the aims of Buddhism. It will also examine the implications of medicine for the Tibetan Buddhist state, especially during the heyday of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent Desi Sangye Gyatso. In some ways the interaction between the fortunes of medicine and Buddhism in Tibet was not unlike that between religion and science in early modern Europe, but in other ways the differences are striking.
Tibet: From Marco Polo to Mickey Mouse
The talk focuses on the origin and growth of the mythical view of Tibet in the Western world. Travelogues, novels, fictional movies, and special events —which will be reviewed in a chronological sequence with the support of images— have contributed to the mystification of the Land of Snows and its reshaping as a virtual entity often detached from reality.
Tibetan Astrology in a Modern Society
Join us for a talk by Yumpa, Director and Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Tibetan Astro-science and Traditional Tibetan Medicine, or the Mentsikhang, in Lhasa. Mr. Yumpa will discuss the role Tibetan astrology plays in a changing society, as well as the challenges this traditional discipline faces in the digital age.
YUMPA
Tibetan Astro-science Association of the Tibet Autonomous Region
Recent Tibetan Art Historical Findings in Northwest Yunnan
Join us for a presentation on recent research in Tibetan art history undertaken in Tibetan areas of northwest Yunnan Province, China, and in Lijiang, the former center of the Naxi kingdom of 'Jang Sa-tham. In this illustrated talk, Dr. Karl Debreczeny will highlight the legacy of Tibetan art in the region as well as recent discoveries.
KARL DEBRECZENY
Rubin Museum of Art
A History of Amdo: In Celebration of a New Publication
Trace Foundation celebrates the release of the much-anticipated History of Amdo by author and scholar Hortsang Jigme. This six-volume work is the result of nine years of careful research by the author, and covers this whole history of the Amdo region, from the first appearance of inhabitants to the 1950s. Each area of the region is examined, and within each region the forts, monasteries, temples, and individuals that comprise the rich fabric of Amdo.
Future Directions for Minority Education in Western China
Join us for talks by leading experts on bilingual education, Jamyang Tashi and Trowo Gyaltsen, as they share their views on the current practices and possible directions for the development of Tibetan language in education.
TROWO GYALTSEN
Barkham Nationalities Normal School, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province
Me and My Life in Poetry
Famed Amdowa poet and scholar Chenrangsé gives a talk on his background and career as a poet and writer, his influences, and the creative process.
JAMPA GELEK
The Tibetan Plateau: Environment at Risk
A special side-event to the conference Meltdown: The Impact of Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau at Asia Society on January 16, hosted by the Asia Society Center on US-China Relations, chinadialogue; Council on Foreign Relations; and the Modern Tibetan Studies Program, Columbia University.
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