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'The Walking Dead' Who Is Negan's Secret rescuer?
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Oct 28, 2019 Negan, Netflix, News, Rescuer, Savior, Secret, The Walking Dead, TV Series, tv series news
Last night we had yet another great episode of The Walking Dead, continuing the renaissance of seasons 9 and 10 in the Angela Kang era. And despite the show diverging from the comic in many ways, we may have just seen that at least one major storyline is going forward as originally intended.
Last night we were presented with a rather interesting scenario. Lydia, a former Whisperer, is being constantly harassed by friends of the dead residents that her mother Alpha killed. This escalates over the course of the episode to the point where eventually Lydia is flat-out assaulted by the group, and is on the verge of being beaten to death before she's rescued by who else but Negan, warlord turned janitor.
The problem is that in trying to help Lydia, Negan throws one of the assailants against a wall and she dies. Now, the town wants to lynch Negan, as many believe he already should have been executed from his past crimes, and now he has a fresh kill? String him up. But others like Daryl can see the situation for what it was, Negan saving Lydia and the death being an accident. And yet the facts may not matter with how much pent-up rage there is at Negan.
This is all ultimately resolved, however, by the fact that Negan disappears overnight, with someone letting him out of his cell. Lydia claims she did it, but Daryl says he was watching her all night and that she's lying (ultimately Lydia says she just wants to feel safe inside the prison cell). And if Daryl was watching Lydia, he didn't do it, so who did?
The show is leaving this purposefully a mystery, but what I think is going on here is that the The Walking Dead is combining show and comic plotlines in rather expert fashion.
We are going to get into comic spoilers here, so turn back now if you don't want any whiff of what's possibly to come. But there are no guarantees this is how things will play out.
In the comic, Negan is let out of prison by a boy who harbors a grudge against Rick Grimes. Negan wanders away and eventually joins up with the Whisperers, figuring that he might as well join the other powerful group that wants to wipe out the people that want to kill him. But Negan is quickly disgusted by their society which is full of abuse and rape and eventually, when Negan and Alpha are alone, he kills her, cuts her head off, and returns to camp with it as an offering.
What I think is happening here is a spin on this concept.
I think Carol let Negan out, and sent him on this infiltration/assassination mission. Carol was pretty much absent from all this Negan drama this episode, and yet we know that she wants to kill Alpha more than anything for what she did to Henry. The last shot of the episode is Carol on a rooftop above the prison with a map, where I believe the implication was that she set Negan free with the orders to infiltrate the Whispers and kill Alpha.
Carol realizes that she can't do this herself, because Alpha knows her at this point, but Alpha doesn't know Negan at all, so like the comics, she might be open to him potentially joining their ranks. Then if Negan kills Alpha we both satisfy Carol getting revenge (by proxy) and Negan's comic redemption arc. It would work rather wonderfully.
Anyone else letting Negan out doesn't really make sense to me, if it wasn't Lydia or Daryl. Lydia would have done it because he saved her. Daryl would have done it because he knows everyone is going to want Negan dead the next day and in this instance, he actually did the right thing. But if they're both ruled out, the only one that makes sense to me is Carol.
I could be wrong about Carol and her plan, but with Negan free from jail, I do believe that we are heading down the same comic road that leads Negan to cross paths with Alpha and probably kill her. But we may have to wait a few weeks to find out, as it's not clear how fast that storyline will advance. Though I know next week is indeed focused on Negan to some extent. Stay tuned.
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Who Needs Luck? Try Planned Serendipity
This strategy played a huge part in the evolution of some of the world's biggest brands, from 3M to Google. The founders of GetSatisfaction share its secrets.
By Wendy Lea, CEO, Get Satisfaction@WendySLea
This week, I'm thrilled to be able share an interview with Thor Muller and Lane Becker, authors of the New York Times Bestseller Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business. They're also the founders of Get Satisfaction, the company I run. Muller and Becker are the champions of the incredible philosophy of "planned serendipity." It has played a huge part in the evolution of some of today's biggest brands--from 3M to Google--and was one of the founding principles in the development of Get Satisfaction. I recently spoke with Muller and Becker about how other companies can adopt this way of thinking for their businesses. Here's a taste of the great advice they have for people and companies of all sizes.
In Get Lucky, you admit that "luck" can be seen as a four-letter word." How is "planned serendipity" different than luck?
Becker: When we hear the word "luck," we tend to think of the guileless gambler, filled with foolish confidence, racking up big wins at the blackjack table. In reality, we know that although he feels "lucky," his winning streak will inevitably come to an end because the game is rigged in favor of the dealer. This is totally different from our concept of planned serendipity, which is luck that you create for yourself.
Muller: Great companies such as Google and 3M will openly attribute their success to this type of luck, and it doesn't involve any mysticism or praying. It's all about hard work, being motivated, following instincts, being open to accidental discoveries, and, above all else, passion.
The idea of creating a structure that lends itself to chance is a bit of an oxymoron. Can you give some examples of structures that lend themselves to serendipitous encounters?
Becker: One of the reasons why people are so adverse to the concept of luck is because we're taught to believe that following certain rules is the way to achieve success. Yet time and time again, we see people who follow the same route end up and in totally different places. We'll often hear that one of those people "got lucky" while the other didn't. If we look more closely, we'll see that what this really means is that one of the people was better at taking advantage of "chance happenings" that occurred throughout their life. Companies like Google have learned to find a creative balance between their goals and a world that is completely unpredictable.
Muller: The lesson is: always keep goals in mind, but at the same time, be ready to process and utilize the experiences you didn't anticipate. Have a structure in place that enables a constant flow of chance encounters. We call this integrating "permeability" into your business.
For companies accustomed to putting up walls dividing managers, employees and customers, this can be hard. What advice do you have for companies looking implement "permeability?"
Becker: We like to use the metaphor of the hotel lobby. The hotel lobby is a place with lots of comings and going. Different people with different needs have a place to meet, converse, exchange information, and have shared experiences. Guests interact with employees, people leaving meet people who are just arriving, and everyone has the chance to chat with people who are just stopping by. When you create a place where everyone who is connected to your business can interact as though they're in a hotel lobby, you essentially create a place where chance encounters are happening at every minute.
You say that the start-up environment lends itself to planned serendipity, and that as businesses scale, it's harder to be open to chance. More walls go up. What are some practices that companies can implement as they grow to ensure they stay open to possibility?
Muller: 3M is a great example of a big company that planned for serendipity. In fact, we tell the story of the discovery of the Post-it note in Get Lucky. Though many people believe the creation of the Post-it note was an "accident." That couldn't be further from the truth. The Post-it note came to life based on the determination and open-mindedness of many people. Above all, it happened because 3M created a culture where employees felt like they had the space to explore new ideas, reach out to supervisors for support, and take inspiration from the outside world. They took steps to plan for serendipity.
Planning for serendipity requires activating the "geek brain." Can you talk a bit more about what that is and how people with huge responsibilities--like CEOs--can pause to get in touch with their geek brain, despite the stress of running a company?
We describe the "geek brain" in Get Lucky as the part of the brain that has many interests and lots of curiosity. It's the part that will explore something even if there's no obvious reason for it. Even busy CEOs can nurture the geek brain by having outside interests and making time to actively pursue them.
Becker: For example, Art Fry, at 3M learned about the adhesive technology he used for Post-it notes because he happened to attend a lecture given by the inventor, a scientist. So, for anyone looking to activate their geek brain, take steps to advance your education--in whatever shape that takes. Be alert and be present, even when you're doing non-work related activities. You never know where or when inspiration will strike.
What are some tips for leaders who want to communicate the "get lucky" attitude to their employees?
Leaders need to encourage employees to have outside interests and give them reason to keep learning and be passionate about work. Take Google, which gives employees time to work on unrelated projects while they're at work. That type of freedom always pays off. Beyond that, leaders need to make it clear that new ideas will be heard. That's easy at smaller companies. At larger companies, the message needs to be very clear that employees are encourage to speak up, be creative and offer suggestions. That's when structure comes into place. You might need to create a system or software that makes it easier to communicate. Whatever it takes, make sure that hotel lobby includes your customers, employees and maybe even the random mad scientist who could be harboring the next billion-dollar idea.

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Vulgarians are at the gate. Their desire is to repeat dirty words often enough that the general public won't blink at their constant and offensive use.
Go ahead. Invoke the constitutional right to say whatever and whenever you want.
This business of the nastiest words in the American language, née English, so prevalent and discourteous and disguised as comedy, is out of control and insidious in shaping good minds and conversations. I'm not dignifying them with initials.
Many of the professional talkers like to hide behind the idea of "pushing the envelope" to coarseness beyond the pale. This is not in the league "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie and preached by Norman Vincent Peale.
After hearing about the latest churlish routines of Rosanne Barr, Samantha Bee and Michelle Wolf, what goes for humor and funny stuff is trash talking by embarrassingly unrefined persons. Snots!
Were the above named dirty-talkers off stage and directing their words to most moms, dads, grandmothers and grandfathers most people of dignity would have slapped them silly.
Again, free speech you say? "Stupid is as stupid does" is how Forrest Gump's mamma put it. George Carlin is dead!
The business of manners has slipped by the wayside among those who supposedly are leaders, celebrities or plain everyday folks.
Modern day vocabularies have sunk to the baselessness of human degradation. When elementary school children are heard using curse words on playgrounds, it should be a cause for discipline, not only of the girls and boys, but to their parents. Of course, the prudes can't be allowed to impose manners on anyone!
All of these would-be language abusers in media, broadcast or print, should apologize for any alleged cussing by sailors.
In no way, shape, or form is the profanity, vulgarity and ill-mannered expressions considered cute. Humor is always at someone's expense.
It's time for women and men of the cloth, the Federal Communications Commission, writers of all genres, and mommas and poppas to get control of their good sense.
I know taking stands against foul language will be described by some as puritanical and prissy. How nice!
There were times when Ivory Soap proved to help deter cussing. Smacks in the mouth were – and are – effective, too, despite what Dr. Spock promoted.


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To the concerned and thinking Filipino, a serious study of our socio-economic and political history, then and now, can only lead him to the realization that fundamental socio-economic and political changes by peaceful means, i.e. reform, can not and will not happen. His study of the historical past and the presently continuing/worsening national predicament will bring him to the same conclusion, whether he uses common sense, reads either Marx & Engels' "Communist Manifesto" or C. Wright Mills' "Power Elite" in his analysis.
Suffice it to say that the failure to solve our people's poverty is not strictly the fault of America nor of foreign institutions (though America has the strongest control and influence in them), and it is also not completely the fault of the so-called leaders of our homeland. It takes two to tango, to screw for so long and continually the country and our fellow countrymen.
Prior to the Marcos Dictatorship, our private and public debts were mainly through the large banks, but the latter and their corresponding governments learned that the risks of nonpayment is minimized, if not eliminated, by using the IMF/WB to make the arrangements and have the governments of the borrowers guarantee their loans. A bright idea indeed. Governments are expected not to default and so their citizens are the ones to suffer the obligations for the oftentimes odious debts incurred, as in the case of our homeland.
How can we stop the demise of our Filipino cultural heritage, of our nascent nationhood that was derailed by the 50-year American occupation and continuing miseducation? How can we stop the plunder of our economy and patrimony by America and Japan, by the local American and Chinese business elite and their native partners; and the collaboration by most politicians and bureaucrats, aided with the rationalization by the western-influenced native technocrats and defended by the US-trained military? How can we regain the loss in our civility and decency of character, which has contributed to almost an endemic corruption ?
And so, how can true and fundamental changes to improve the lot of the great majority occur when the existing economic and political systems/institutions are controlled by the same power elite that does not sincerely care nor work for the betterment of the multitude? How can essential changes be obtained by going through such controlled systems and a professed christianity that is really unchristian, if not absent? All these have been tried in the past: agrarian reform, government support for native industrialization, foreign exchange control, etc. All these have been either watered down, lobbied successfully against, or mocked and destroyed by the same powers-that-be.
Note that the 1960s' rebirth of Filipino nationalism came and grew quickly in less than a decade given the wave of Third World nationalism, New Left political ferment in the advanced nations, but most important, the efforts of a few, dedicated nationalist intellectuals and facilitated/aided by many student idealists during the premartial law years; but was waylaid by the Marcos Dictatorship, this latter's viability made possible thanks to: US-support for Marcos, the miseducated middle class and the selfish, material interests of the Church with the status quo. Although many of those who worked for its rebirth were either assassinated or have disappeared, or even gone back to "normal" life in society; we hope and know that among the young, who are still idealistic and unencumbered with familial responsibilities, there shall always be brave and dedicated ones ready and willing to continue the work for its fruition.
Because, even among us who are afraid or suspicious of any hint or talk of socioeconomic-political transformation, know that it is only through a revolution, led by truly nationalist leadership with the unified support and participation of a nationalist majority, can Filipinos-in-the-Philippines have a chance to implement the necessary transformations towards their "common good".
Thomas Jefferson himself believed in the moral right of an oppressed people to make a revolution. America, now its government and policies subtly but more effectively and efficiently controlled by its transnational corporations, its citizens made content by consumerism and misinformed by its few, corporate-controlled media, has forgotten about its revolutionary heritage and instead become reactionary.
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Levingston Shipbuilding Company officials have announced that a new corporate organization, Levingston Industries, Inc., has been formed and will be headquartered in Orange, Texas. The formation of three wholly owned subsidiaries of Levingston Industries was also announced. They are: Levingston Shipbuilding Company, h e a d q u a r t e r e d in Orange; Texas Gulfport Shipbuilding Company, headquartered in Port Arthur; and Levingston Marine Corporation, headquartered in Annapolis, Md.
Joe Barrios was named president of Levingston Shipbuilding, Don Covington president of Texas Gulfport Shipbuilding, and Joe Wise president of Levingston Marine. Each has made a major contribution to Levingston's continued successful growth.
Ed Paden, president and chief executive officer of the parent company, announced the change as part of an overall restructuring designed to keep the operating units small enough so that the individual worker can retain his sense of identity and personal value in the company.
Mr. Barrios, appointed president of Levingston Shipbuilding, is a 32-year veteran of Levingston. He joined Levingston in 1948 and over the years worked in virtually all of the departments of the yard as timekeeper, estimator, buyer, cost accountant, controller, manager of planning and estimating, vice presidentcontract administration, vice president of Commercial Ships Division, and currently as vice president of shipyard operations.
Levingston Marine, headed by Mr. Wise, will be dedicated to the provision of all types of engineering services to both commercial, offshore, and naval shipbuilding activities.
Mr. Covington has been vice president of the Marine Products Division of Levingston for the past year and a half. The Texas G u l f p o r t Shipbuilding Company that he now heads consists of three entities including Texas Gulfport located in Port Arthur, the Industrial Products Division at Woodville, Texas, and the Levingston Armadillo Plant at Tyler, Texas.


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Город находится в северо-западной части провинции, на левом берегу реки , на расстоянии приблизительно 65 километров к северо-северо-востоку (NNE) от столицы страны Фритауна. Абсолютная высота — 18 метров над уровнем моря.

Население
По данным переписи 1985 года численность населения города составляла 8 283 человек.
Динамика численности населения города по годам:

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Irish consul general discusses Irish-American relations
By Jackson Stanton
Ireland's Consul General Shane Stephens visited USC to talk about the relationship between Ireland and the U.S. on Dec. 3 in the Russell House.
Hosted by the Irish Heritage and History student organization, the consul general's visit included discussion on ties between the U.S. and Ireland and the special relationship they share. Stephens, who has been the consul general in Atlanta for three years, said that the two regions have many similarities.
"I'm going to focus in particular on the links between Ireland and South Carolina," Stephens said. "That's a pretty fascinating relationship, because this is one of the places in the Southeast where you have the highest percentage of people with Irish or Scotch-Irish heritage. So that speaks to this historic relationship that Ireland has had for a long time here."
Stephens said the relationship between Ireland and the U.S. continues to grow in modern times. More recently, Irish companies have increased their involvement in the U.S. markets by creating new headquarters all over the nation — including some in the state of South Carolina.
"Today the relationship is wonderful and strong but quite different," Stephens said. "Today, very few Irish people are moving across to South Carolina. But, we are bringing across our companies. Thousands of people in South Carolina are now employed by Irish companies."
It has been more than 300 years since the first major migration of the Irish to the U.S. Stephens said that this relationship is special and that he feels lucky to be on the forefront of these relations.
"It's really something special for an Irish diplomat to work in the United States. In fact, I had to fight off a lot of my colleagues ... to get this job," Stephens said. "Ireland is really well-known and loved in the United States ... we have had a big impact here and we still have a big impact. A lot of Irish-Americans are very active in politics."
In attendance at the event were members from the Ancient Order of Hibernians, America's oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization according to its website, as well as USC students.
"I think I'm going to learn the difference between the economy and stuff like that from the U.S. and Ireland," fourth-year retail management student Claire Chitwood said. "I guess learn more about the differences between European economies and the U.S."
Acknowledging the presence of a large business school on campus, Stephens said that there is a strong economic link between the U.S. and Ireland.
"It is significant that Ireland has been the fastest growing economy in the European Union over the last four years," Stephens said. "There's already a strong economic link between Ireland and the West."
The main point of Stephens' discussion was the importance of the relationship of the U.S. and Ireland and the impact it has on the economies of the two countries. Going forward, he believes the relationship will only become stronger.
"I think that's probably going to become even stronger, because unfortunately, our neighbors the United Kingdom are leaving the European Union," Stephens said. "That's going to leave us as one of the main gateways to the European Union for Americans and American companies. And that's partially because we're about to become the only English speaking and the only common law jurisdiction in the whole of the European Union."
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Prior to this trip my experiences of Australia were limited to that of a life spent on the cruisy east coast of NSW. So as we travelled further, beyond my last familiar point of reference on the southern Queensland coast, it didn't take long for me to realise just how different the rest of the country is.
By the time we started out along the Savannah Way, inland and out of our coastal comfort zone, we still hadn't quite settled into the rhythm of things. It took a break down in Normanton to coerce us towards a new, slower pace. We spent a week in this hot, dusty little town waiting for our van to be fixed. As the days rolled by and we learnt to let go of our preconceived plans, we discovered that there were connections to be made and beauty to behold. We camped by a pretty lagoon where the caretaker's motto soon became our own – "amazing sunsets, a chandelier of stars, barramundi, birdlife and blazing campfires, it doesn't get better than this!" We were opened up to a different means of existence and we continued on our way with a newfound sense of ease.
The Northern Territory – where speed limits are one hundred and thirty if they exist at all and where just about everything can kill you – our time here was the most memorable and exciting. We stayed in Darwin and the surrounding regions during Gunumeleng known as 'the build-up' season. This is the pre-monsoon season, where temperatures hit the high thirties every day and thunderstorms build broodingly through the afternoons. Kakadu experiences six seasons, each offering its own source of beauty. There is something particularly electrifying about the build-up, seeing the land prepare for its most dramatic change which will come with the onset of the tropical monsoon season.
One evening, driving south towards Alice Springs, we were able to simultaneously see the sun set in the west and the full moon rise in the east. We spent the night at Devil's Marbles / Karlu Karlu. In the morning we watched the sunrise paint the land red while the still bright moon slowly sunk behind the striking rock formations. In Alice Springs we encountered wisdom from the oldest living culture on earth, that of Aboriginal Australia. We attended Parrtjima, a desert festival featuring light installations by Aboriginal artists, set against the sublime backdrop of the West MacDonnell Ranges. Alice will always hold a special place in my heart. My great-grandfather Wally Allan moved out to Alice Springs in 1947 to help setup the town's very first newspaper, The Centralian Advocate. He was the inaugural editor and one of his stories featured an interview with artist Albert Namatjira. We visited the hometown of Namatjira, the Aboriginal community of Hermannsburg (Ntaria), Western Aranda country. Here we were able to see some of his watercolours which capture the colours of the Tjoritja landscape so brilliantly.
Not often does travel inspire in us a sense of being grounded. Yet this trip engendered exactly that effect. Our meals were wholesome, cooked on the fire everyday. We immersed ourselves in nature and marvelled at its wonders. Spotting the rare, all white crocodile named Pearl lurking in the murky waters of Darwin's Adelaide River was a completely mystifying experience. As was connecting with the awe-inspiring phenomenon of sacred Uluru. The NT highways are home to some of the world's longest trucks. It was cruising those dusty, lonely roads that I learnt how to overtake a road train. We even sailed with the entire Australian Outlaw Bikie Gang on the Spirit of Tasmania. The tales are as boundless and diverse as the landscape itself. Traversing this wild land is an eye-opening adventure that I believe everyone should experience.


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Jennie Taylor, wife of the late North Ogden Mayor, Maj. Brent Taylor (right), sits next to local injured veteran, Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela and his two sons at a press conference in North Ogden's city hall on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, where the New York-based Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced that they will provide a technologically smart home to Vendela and another local veteran, Marine Sgt. Brian Johnston.
BEN DORGER, Standard-Examiner
Local injured veteran, Marine Sgt. Brian Johnston, speaks at a press conference at North Ogden's city hall where the New York-based Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced that they will provide a technologically smart home to Johnston and Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela.
Jennie Taylor, wife of the late North Ogden Mayor, Maj. Brent Taylor, works with the New York-based Tunnel to Towers Foundation to provide technologically smart homes for two injured local veterans, Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela and Marine Sgt. Brian Johnston.
Ogden Mayor, Brent Chugg, left, sits next to injured local veteran, Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela and his mother, Vera Heron, at a press conference in the North Ogden's city hall, where New York-based Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced that it will provide technologically smart homes to Johnston and Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela.
Frank Siller, chairman and chief executive officer of York-based Tunnel to Towers Foundation, announces that the foundation will provide technologically smart homes for two injured local veterans, Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela and Marine Sgt. Brian Johnston.
Nonprofit that paid Taylor family's mortgage to build homes for 2 wounded Northern Utah vets
By MITCH SHAW Standard-Examiner
Mitch Shaw
NORTH OGDEN — It's safe to say that the lives of Jennie Taylor, Travis Vendela and Brian Johnston have all been irrevocably changed by war.
Taylor's husband, Brent Taylor, a Utah Army National Guard major and former North Ogden mayor, was killed on Nov. 3, 2018 while serving a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan.
Vendela, a sergeant in the Army, lost both legs when his vehicle was hit by an explosively formed projectile in Balad, Iraq, in 2007.
Johnston, a Marine sergeant, lost his right arm and leg when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.
The group united Thursday in North Ogden, linked by an organization that has now come to the aid of all three of them.
The New York-based Tunnel to Towers Foundation has already paid off the outstanding debt on Taylor's mortgage and will eventually build customized, high-tech smart homes for the two severely injured Purple Heart recipients. With Taylor acting as a spokeswoman of sorts, the foundation held a press conference at North Ogden's city hall to announce the construction of the two homes.
Frank Siller, Tunnel to Towers chairman and chief executive officer, said the nonprofit is named after and honors his late brother, Stephen Siller, a firefighter who was killed in New York during the 9/11 attacks. After hearing of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Stephen Siller sped through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel on foot to help at Ground Zero. He died at the Trade Center.
Through several different programs, Tunnel to Towers aids U.S. service members and first responders killed or severely injured in the line of duty.
As part of the organization's Smart Home Program, Vendela and Johnston will each receive customized high-tech homes, mortgage free.
Siller said all of the homes' major functions can be run from an iPad and feature things like motorized kitchen cabinets, mechanized lifts that can move appliances to wheelchair height, customized bathrooms, oversized doorways and an HVAC system that allows for specialized body temperature challenges.
Vendela, who will have his home built in Huntsville, said his shoulder and elbow are deteriorating from constantly having to reach for things from his wheelchair. He said he likes to cook, but its hard to navigate the kitchen of his current home. He also has a hard time keeping tabs on his three small children when they venture into the basement.
"I feel like I fought for freedom," he said. "But I feel the most enclosed and the least free in my own house."
Johnston will have a home built in Hooper and said it would change his life.
"Things that most people take for granted can be really hard for someone like me," he said. "Even walking on the carpet. For me, it sucks to be in a wheelchair and try to go over the carpet."
Taylor said the organization has been a tremendous help to her, one of many supporters that have emerged following her husband's death.
Brent Taylor took a hiatus as mayor of North Ogden to serve his fourth overseas deployment with the National Guard in January 2018. With less than three months remaining on the stint, a member of the Afghan special forces unit he was helping train killed him.
In addition to his wife, parents, brothers and many other family members, Taylor left behind seven children.
Within 48 hours of her husband's death, Taylor said Tunnel to Towers had reached out to her family and committed to pay off her mortgage.
"My sister called me and asked what the pay-off amount was for our mortgage," Taylor said. "I didn't have the exact amount, but I knew roughly what it was. I couldn't imagine why she wanted to know. When I found out what was going on — it was just a huge financial weight off of our family."
At the press conference, Taylor urged Utah residents to support the charity, which can be done by visiting tunnel2towers.org.
You can reach reporter Mitch Shaw at mishaw@standard.net. Follow him on Twitter at @mitchshaw23 or like him on Facebook at Facebook.com/MitchShaw.StandardExaminer.
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Gospodarstvo Mađarske brzo se i bez težih potresa uključilo u svjetsko gospodarstvo. Mađarska je bila prva nekadašnja socijalistička država koja se već 1988. godine opredijelila za tržišno gospodarstvo, no znatan dio ključnih gospodarskih grana, kao i dio uslužnih djelatnosti je trenutačno u vlasništvu države.

Poljoprivreda

Mađarska ima 4,97 milijuna hektara njiva, 1,15 milijuna hektara travnjaka i pašnjaka, te 225.000 hektara vinograda i voćnjaka. Poljodjelstvo je najznačajnija grana poljoprivrede, pa su glavni proizvodi kukuruz, pšenica, ječam, raž, zob i krumpir. Od industrijskog bilja najvažnija je šećerna repa, a manje uljarice i duhan. Također je važna i proizvodnja povrća. Glavne stočarske grane su svinjogojstvo, peradarstvo, ali i govedarstvo i ovčarstvo.

Rudarstvo i energetika

Od ruda je najvažniji boksit u Bakonjskoj šumi. U Mađarskoj postoje i značajne zalihe fosilnih goriva (lignit, mrki ugljen, kameni ugljen).

Nafta se crpi u županiji Zali u okolici Szegeda, dok su glavna nalazišta zemnoga plina u srednjem i istočnom dijelu Alfölda i u županiji Zali.

Industrija

Mađarska je poslije Drugog svjetskog rata doživjela brzu industralizaciju po sovjetskom uzoru, prije svega usmjerena na crnu metalurgiju. Ona se zasnivala na domaćoj željeznoj rudi i crnom ugljenu.  Za domaće tržište, između ostalih, bitne su elektrotehnička, tekstilna, metalna, kožarska, cementna, duhanska, staklarska, keramička industrija, te industrija namještaja i obuće.

Turizam

Nakon pada željezne zavjese Mađarska je postala zanimljiva zapadnim turistima. Glavna turistička područja su Budimpešta i Blatno jezero. Turistima su i privlačna lječilišta na termalnim izvorima, ali i nacionalni park Hortobágy.

Vanjske poveznice

 https://web.archive.org/web/20090825211009/http://english.mnb.hu/Engine.aspx - Mađarska središnja banka
 http://www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzetgazdasagi-miniszterium  - Ministarstvo nacionalne privrede Mađarske

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Spain – Tenerife's cultural identity
Continuing from here.
As water is everywhere in Madeira, everything relates to the Atlantic Ocean in Tenerife. Even from in the island heights, the Ocean imposes itself to the sight. It represents a major component of the indigenous identity.
Indigenous cultural identity
Let's recall here that the first Europeans – Normans followed by Spaniards – discovered Tenerife in the 14th and 15thcenturies. Arrived by boat indeed, they started gradually interacting with the indigenous Guanches.
Interestingly enough, the Guanches were quite surprised about the arrival of outsider people in Tenerife. In their collective belief, the Guanches were the sole survivors of a major natural cataclysm that had exterminated any other human being in this world.
The Guanches' lifestyle was still very primitive: they lived mostly in rock caves, used sharpened stones and woods to hunt and fight, ate fruits and roots, as well as goat milk. They did not know about metal, cloth or navigation. In turn, the Guanches used a form of writing and practised even poetry, had a solid knowledge about astronomy. Organised in matriarchal communities, they relied on an elaborated set of behavioural rules to live together. Their religion was quite complex too, as their funeral rites included the mummification of the dead, at least those of high social status.
The Guanches' social-political organisation was wiped off in about one century of slavery and colonisation, diseases and interbreeding. However, their culture partially survived, mingling and fusing with the outsiders. It remains that for the collective indigenous identity, what brought the Guanches to their knees came from the Ocean. Hence their major concern for security and safety.
I found much signs about concerns for security (objective external threats) and safety (includes emotional feelings about threats) . As Guanches used to live in troglodyte homes, Europeans built many military infrastructures along Tenerife's coast. This is meant as a security measure against invaders, built paradoxically by the Spanish colons after having settled in Tenerife by force. More recently, they are also many items aiming to reinforce the safety of people Tenerife around the coastal line. Safety against the Ocean might, whose waves and storms are strong enough to induce, be it through tall lighthouses or strong concrete dikes.
People in Tenerife needed historically to demonstrate a certain capacity to resist and prosper in a context of major natural and man-made threats. However, the main destructive power faced by indigenous people proved to be the European conquest.
Welfare, arts and leisure
Nowadays, colonial-era military forts may cohabit with contemporary concert halls. Concrete dikes are even used as platform of artistic expression. Tourism is a major source of revenues. The foreigner is no longer competing for sovereignty over Tenerife. The Ocean is no longer a terrible threat. This is to confirm how much the relationship between people in Tenerife and the Atlantic Ocean has evolved since pre-colonial times.
People in Tenerife started taking more benefit of the maritime resources. The Atlantic Ocean became also a source of essential goods and welfare. Fishing is today quite an important activity, alongside maritime trade and touristic cruises.
Surfing and pooling
The might of the Atlantic fascinated me, as many other people I believe. No, I did not venture into the Ocean. However, I spent hours observing waves and foam, looking for photographic opportunities and thinking about the complex relationship between humankind and Nature.
Surfing and pooling represent two important facets of today's identity in Tenerife. Based on better knowledge and adequate materials, people now dare facing the mighty Ocean not only for their mobility or to get food, but also for their leisure and pleasure. Hereafter is how it looks and works.
Here we are. We can conclude that the pre-colonial indigenous Guanche identity did survive to the colonial times. It did so by morphing and blending with foreign cultures and customs. According to anthropologists, there is definitely a Guanche legacy in the physiognomy and the culture of island dwellers in Tenerife, particularly in rural areas. I am happy to confirm the scientific statement through my pictures and words.
As Ernest Hemingway suggests in his Old Man and the Sea novel, manhood is not made for defeat. People continue their journey and endeavor to the best of their ability, no matter what challenges and setbacks befall them. This is another facet of Anaga spirit pervading Tenerife.
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Purpose and Potential Applications: This data set was primarily created for high-resolution cartographic representation. Other potential applications include boundary determination.
Abstract: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management's composite shoreline is a high-resolution vector shoreline based on a multi-temporal collection of NOAA shoreline manuscripts (T-sheets). It is critical that users refer to the source and date of the shoreline, since some areas of the U.S. are prone to erosion or accretion.
Source Data: T-sheets, which are special-use planimetric or topographic maps that precisely define the shoreline and alongshore natural and man-made features, such as rocks, bulkheads, jetties, piers, and ramps. Where T-sheets are unavailable, NOAA's extracted vector shoreline (EVS) was used to compile seamless shoreline coverage.
Data Format: ESRI shapefile. Shoreline data is distributed as a nationally seamless line or polygon.
Accuracy: The average accuracy of the measured benchmarks is 3.06 meters (10 feet), and this meets the National Ocean Service (NOS) guidelines for fixed aids to navigation and objects charted as landmarks. This accuracy is stricter than national standards and four times the accuracy of current U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps. Because of this, the original T-sheets can be assumed to also meet NOS guidelines and to be very accurate in their depiction of the shoreline that existed at the time of the surveys.
Process Description: The 13,782 shoreline manuscripts (T-sheets) were scanned and converted to raster format. Raster manuscript scans were saved as .tif or .jpg at 250 or 1200 dpi respectively.
ERDAS IMAGINE software was used for georeferencing. T-sheets were georeferenced in a geographic coordinate system, spheroid Clarke 1866, and North American Datum 1927. Georeferencing was not acceptable, with a total root mean square (RMS) error over 2.00. To confirm proper alignment, ERDAS IMAGINE 8.7 and Terraserver Imagery were used to check for alignment and validity of georeferencing work.
ESRI ArcMap 9.1 was used to vectorize relevant shoreline features present in the shoreline raster files. During the vectorization process, attention to line work accuracy and attribute coding was assured through quality checks by a geographic information system analyst. The final vectors were re-analyzed in ESRI ArcMap 9.2 for quality control.
Once all T-sheets for a state have been vectorized and georeferenced, the individual files are joined together so that all lines are connected through a process known as edge matching. Where gaps exist in the shoreline coverage, EVS data are used to complete the coverage. If multiple T-sheet files exist for a given area, priority is give to the most recent shoreline segment. T-sheets dating to pre-1950 are replaced with extracted vector shoreline data. All files are appended together into a statewide file.


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Review/Interview: Michale Graves' WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
Jan 25, 2016 | Interviews, Music |
Good news, my creeps: Michale Graves' new horror rock opus WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE is almost here, and I've had a chance to let it fill up my eerie earholes! Read on for a full review, an interview with the man himself, and more!
MICHALE GRAVES – WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (MUSIC REVIEW)
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I can't even describe how excited I was to get my greedy lil' claws on the latest release from Michale Graves. Not only is this the newest entry in his legacy of horror-punk-terror tunes, this album promised a first: a sequel to a song he penned back in his tenure in the group that started the whole shebang, the Misfits… and not just any song, my fiends—this would be a follow up to what is undoubtedly his signature song, Crying on a Saturday Night! Admittedly, that is a s–t-ton to live up to, so let's slap on the ol' haunted headphones and see how this arcane audio pans out!
The first thing you will notice is that this album is so much more than a horror punk release. Graves continues to mix and match styles as he's done on all of his Hydraulic releases; you get slower, somber jams mixed and matched Frankenstein-style with heavier, almost metal material (closest to his Misfits 95 days) as well as the more traditional punk flavored selections. There are also some serious grooves laid down here that are a new addition to Michale's repertoire and bring to mind echoes of Black Sabbath.
Of course, all of these share a common thread: the subject matter that would be right at home on a Saturday monster movie matinee on any given local television station of our misspent youth. Simply put, it's this constant experimentation (as well as growth) that has not only kept Michale's music vibrant and alive, but relevant as well. I mean, I love Glenn Danzig as much as the next cat, but every horror rock offering doesn't have to be a carbon copy of a signature style, and Graves has never fallen into that rut. With WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, he moves even further away from that milieu while still giving us horror hounds what we crave!
Make no mistake—every track on this thing is comprised of a catchy energy that's completely irresistible, and all are worthy entries into Michael's extensive catalogue, but if I had to pick a few tracks as favs I would call out the riff laden, groove-rockers Robot Monster and The Beginning of the End as well as the anthemic Three Days Till Dawn which I would best describe as an almost distant cousin to U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday (an odd comparison to be making on a horror rock album review, but my lord is this song oh so right… and there again is this materials biggest strength, outside influences making things fresh)!
Now to tackle the subject on every creep's mind: how is that follow up to Saturday Night (titled Dying On a Sunday Morning, incidentally). The word I'd use to describe it is "classy". C'mon, I know you were nervous to hear Graves was attempting a bold move like following up that classic, but believe me, this is an entirely new composition that echoes the original when it needs to. It's not a sequel; it's a companion piece… a beautiful continuation of what we all loved, and I hope that when it's performed live, the songs are put together to create one big narrative.
I'm not going to mince words—this is the strongest release Graves has put out to date. It's nothing like you'd expect it to be, but still gives you what you want; and it's the album I would tell any fiend is an absolute essential for their collection! Just look at all those skulls I'm giving it!!
So now that ya know WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE is the bat's knees, let's have a lil' chit chat with some very special guests in the Crypt o' XIII: Michale Graves and Hydraulic Entertainment's Mark Allen Stuart!
Famous Monsters. Tell my faithful coffin club all about the new horror rock extravaganza WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!
Michale Graves. Well, the album is the sequel to our 2013 CD LOST SKELETON RETURNS, which if any of you don't yet have, you MUST go get. LSR was my reemergence into the Monster Rock category.
The new album builds on that emergence and takes on influences from it and other great bands and artists that cover all of the key genres that influence me—punk, hard rock, monster rock, horror punk. This record really takes on a new sound, and we are tremendously excited about it. You'll hear the influence of David Bowie, The Ramones, and Sex Pistols. Listen for the grudge of Kyuss and the dark stomp of Life Of Agony and maybe even some early Danzig. That's one of two reasons we decided to title the album WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE. The project was in development for over a year and came together in an incredible way—in many ways, this might be our best work to date. I feel like we have almost perfected the Monster Rock concept using the two mediums to create.
FM. Many of the tracks on the album are based on legendary fright flicks. How did you come up with what films to use as inspiration for the sinister songs?
Mark Allen Stuart. We are stuck (in a good way) in the world of horror and Sci-Fi films—hey, the first FM I ever bought was Issue 56! Nine of the songs from the album were pulled from classic films. Our process is pretty straightforward—select the film/title name, watch the original film, use the concept of the film as the origin of a music demo, then build out the lyrics. Only two songs on the album aren't classic films—3 Days til Dawn (this happens to be a horror film concept we are working on) and Dying on Sunday Morning, the sequel to Crying on Saturday Night.
MG. Mark is the one that built the spine of what WWC is. He came up with a list of great films that eventually become the songs of this record. Most of the movies I had only maybe heard of, but once I watched them I began to sense that the selections were really tapped into the zeitgeist. In all honesty, this was one of the toughest records I have ever had to write. But all of a sudden, when it came to down to crunch time, it all began to make sense and the allegories came pouring through in great clarity.
FM. The biggest terror tidbit about the album is that it features a sequel to Michale's most beloved tune, Crying On Saturday Night. How daunting was it to come up with a follow up to that cla-sick?
MG. To be honest, when we first talked about doing the sequel I was concerned about the idea because the original song is such a fan favorite. I listened to the original song several times and simply wrote the continuation of the story. The music was heavily influenced by the original, but I knew it had to be distinct—I am really excited about how the song came out. I think fans will be happy with it!
FM. You also have released a new music video. Can ya tell us all about the makin' of the clip?
MAS. One of the songs we did for the album was Old Dark House (based on the classic 1932 film). When Michale sent me the original music demo, it was obvious that he had captured what an old dark house would "feel" like. We wanted to do a music video for the song and were looking for video clips. We didn't realize that HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, the William Castle cult hit, is actually in the public domain, so we decided to film a new intro using Michale and a few actor fans and then we edited the original film down to a 3 minute mini-movie to create an homage to the classic.
FM. What does the future hold for promotion of this arcane album? A tour? More videos?
MG. The 54-city 'When Worlds Collide' American Tour begins February 25th and runs through May. 2016 will be filled with more videos, music, films and projects that we are working on every day. Come see us on tour!
Fangs, guys! Now for the rest of you creeps, be sure to pick up WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE and see Michale on tour!
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So one day a few weeks ago I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and came upon Kristi from Schnitzel & Boo and her post about the mini quilt swap. The first time she set up the swap I didn't sign up because I felt I was really too new to quilting, but not this time around. Signed up and I'm so glad I did.
My partner gave me plenty to go on, especially that she loves bright bold colors (which I happen to love as well), so I went to work and started working on a color scheme.
As for the pattern, I had some trouble deciding on one. I finally picked the Starburst mini quilt pattern by Canoe Ridge Creations. I love this pattern. I have now made this one a few times and every time I make it, I fall in love with the pattern all over again.
This is one of my favorite minis I have made to date. I LOVE how it turned out. I stuck with my favorite straight line quilting but with some angles to enhance the pattern. And how I love the binding, defiantly my new favorite fabric for binding, Stripe in Black by Alice Kennedy for Timeless Treasures.
I hope my partner enjoys her new mini quilt!


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Septemberliebe ist ein deutscher Spielfilm der DEFA von Kurt Maetzig aus dem Jahr 1961.

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Im Sommer des Jahres 1960 erwirbt der leitende Chemiker der VEB Flugzeugwerke Dresden Hans Schramm seinen Doktortitel, was im Kreise der engsten Freunde, Kollegen und Familienangehörigen in einem Lokal am Wasser gefeiert wird. Hier stellt Hannelore, die Verlobte von Hans, ihm ihre kleine Schwester Franka vor. Weil Hannelore während eines Tanzes zu einer Absprache in die Küche gerufen wird, fordert Hans Franka zum Tanz auf. Beide merken innerhalb kürzester Zeit, dass sie etwas füreinander empfinden, was auch die zurückkommende Hannelore, mit der er seit etwa 18 Monaten zusammen ist, sofort bemerkt. Nur Fanka will sich das nicht eingestehen und wehrt sich dagegen.

Doch dann kommt der entscheidende Tag im September. Hans verabredet sich mit Franka, um mit ihr über wichtige Sachen zu reden wie er sagt, und holt sie mit seinem Motorrad ab. Obwohl sie sie ein schlechtes Gewissen wegen ihrer Schwester hat und am Abend noch zu einem Treffen verabredet ist, nimmt sie doch auf dem Sozius Platz, denn Hans verspricht ihr, sie pünktlich zu ihrer Verabredung zu bringen. Beide bemerken aber nicht, dass sie dabei von Hannelore beobachtet werden. Sie fahren an einen See und Hans gesteht nach einem Kuss Franka seine Liebe, die immer noch Bedenken wegen ihrer Schwester empfindet, da diese während ihrer Kindheit die früh verstorbene Mutter ersetzte. Dann lässt sie Hans allein und geht zu dem Treffen mit ihren Freundinnen. Danach will Franka bei einer von ihnen übernachten, doch da steht er vor der Gaststätte, um mit ihr zu sprechen, jedoch lässt sie sich nicht auf sein Drängen ein und geht mit zu ihrer Freundin Milli. Als Hans dann mitten in der Nacht unter dem Fenster nach Franka ruft, muss er erfahren, dass sie schon vor längerer Zeit nach Hause gegangen ist. Er fährt ihr mit dem Motorrad hinterher und kann sie einholen. Nun kann Franka ihre Gefühle nicht mehr unterdrücken und sie wehrt sich nicht mehr. Beide landen völlig vereint und im Glück im Gras. Anschließend fahren sie zu Hans nach Hause. Dabei findet sie das versteckte Bild ihrer Schwester und verlangt, dass er es wieder offen aufstellt. Nach einem Bad in einem nahegelegenen See, machen sie es sich in seinem Zimmer gemütlich und er gesteht ihr, dass er sie braucht. Dann erzählt er die Geschichte, die seine Probleme betreffen und die er ihr schon länger beibringen will, da sie sein Vertrauen besitzt.

Während seines Studiums in Ost-Berlin besuchte er oft seinen Onkel in West-Berlin, der dort eine kleine chemische Fabrik besitzt. Dort schloss er Bekanntschaften mit verschiedenen Chemikern, auch von der I.G. Farben, von denen er in nächtelangen Gesprächen viel lernen konnte. Auch besorgten sie ihm Fachliteratur, die für sein Studium sehr behilflich war. Nach dem Examen kehrte er wieder zurück in seinen Betrieb, doch nun redeten die Bekannten plötzlich Klartext mit ihm. Unter dem Motto: Man müsse doch die Kontakte pflegen und die Spaltung des Landes säße doch so schon tief genug, denn es gebe doch nur ein Deutschland, sollte er ihnen Informationen über die Forschungsergebnisse der neu entwickelten Materialien für den Flugzeugbau zukommen lasse. Darüber war Hans sehr erbost, lehnte ein solches Ansinnen strikt ab und fuhr nach Hause. Obwohl die Angelegenheit damit für ihn erledigt war, erhielt er vor ein paar Tagen ein Päckchen mit einer Kleinstbildkamera, womit er seine Arbeit fotografieren und den Film dann am Bahnhof in einem toten Briefkasten deponieren sollte. Da er weiterhin eine Agententätigkeit ablehnt, brachte er die Kamera mit dem unbelichteten Film in das angegebene Versteck und legte einen entsprechenden Brief dazu, dass mit ihm nicht zu rechnen sei. Das war vor einer Woche.

Hans erklärt Franka, dass er froh ist, seine Probleme jemanden erzählen zu können, wofür eben nur sie in Frage kam, denn mit Hannelore konnte er darüber nicht sprechen. Doch sie versucht ihn zu bewegen, alles den Genossen der Staatssicherheit zu erzählen, denn hinter seinen Auftraggebern stehe eine große Organisation, die ihm keine Ruhe geben werde. Damit findet sie aber bei ihm kein offenes Ohr, denn er hatte bereits in der Studienzeit Westgeld bekommen und auch einen bundesdeutschen Pass, mit dem er nach Italien fahren konnte. Nun hat er Angst, sich den staatlichen Stellen zu offenbaren, obwohl er den Werbern eine Abfuhr erteilte, denn viel Vertrauen in die Staatssicherheit hat er nicht. Außerdem hat er keine Belege, seine Ablehnung der Agententätigkeit zu beweisen. Da fällt ihm ein, zu prüfen, ob die Kamera mit dem Brief noch im Versteck liegt, um so seine Unschuld zu beweisen und fährt umgehend mit dem Motorrad dorthin. Zurückgekommen berichtet er Franka, dass das Versteck leer ist und er nur noch die Flucht in den Westen als einzige Möglichkeit sieht, nicht ins Gefängnis zu kommen. Doch sie macht ihm klar, dass dann ihre Liebe kaputt ist, denn sie will nicht mit ihm mitfahren, weshalb sich Hans im Stich gelassen fühlt. Im Streit trennen sie sich und bevor er mit dem Motorrad nach West-Berlin fährt, sagt ihm Franka noch, dass sie selbst zur Staatssicherheit gehen werde, um alles zu erzählen. Per Anhalter fährt sie nach Dresden, um dort auf dem Bahnhof in der Dienststelle der Staatssicherheit die Genossen von der geplanten Republikflucht zu unterrichten. Wieder zu Hause versucht sie sich mit ihrer Schwester auszusprechen.

Was Hans Schramm nicht weiß, ist, dass das Versteck bereits von den Genossen ausgeräumt wurde, sie seinen Namen kennen und die Überbringerin der Kamera schon verhaftet ist. Mit ihr wird er in den ersten Verhören konfrontiert, nachdem er durch die Anzeige Frankas vor dem Erreichen West-Berlins festgenommen wurde, doch sie kennt er nicht. Als er seine Geschichte nun doch den Genossen erzählen will, kommt Franka zum Verhör hinzu und Hans erkennt den wahren Grund für seine Festnahme, was er erst nicht glauben will. Als er dann erklärt, dieses Mädchen, welches ihn ins Zuchthaus bringen will, nicht mehr ertragen zu können, verlässt sie den Raum. Im weiteren Gespräch zeigt der Vernehmer Hans die Kamera, die sich im Versteck befand und der muss erkennen, dass die Angelegenheit doch noch gut für ihn ausgehen kann. Als Hans aus der Untersuchungshaft entlassen wird, will er sich mit Franka treffen und sie ist gespannt, was die Zukunft bringen wird.

Produktion
Septemberliebe wurde von der Künstlerischen Arbeitsgruppe (KAG) "Roter Kreis" in Schwarzweiß gedreht und hatte seine Uraufführung am 1. Februar 1961 im Berliner Kino Colosseum. Die Erstausstrahlung im Fernsehen erfolgte am 6. September 1962 im Deutschen Fernsehfunk.

Die Dramaturgie lag in den Händen von Gerhart Hartwig. Die Außenaufnahmen wurden in Dresden gedreht.

Kritik
Hans Ulrich Eylau betonte in der Berliner Zeitung, dass es ein gedämpfter und leiser Film geworden sei. Die verinnerlichte Intensität und der poetische Glanz der Stimmung, die den Zuschauer ganz gefangen nehmen, sei der feinfühligen Regie und der Kameraführung zu verdanken.

H. U. stellte in der Neuen Zeit fest, dass es dem Regisseur Kurt Maetzig gelungen sei, die Gegenwart in einem Kammerspiel zu erfassen, wenn auch das Drehbuch Herbert Ottos unvollkommen sei. Der Film sei voller Dramatik und Spannung. Vielfach stünden jedoch Privates, Idylle, Gesellschaftliches und Problematik nebeneinander, obwohl sie eine Verbindung eingehen sollten.

Das Lexikon des internationalen Films empfindet den Film als eine formal über dem Durchschnitt stehende Produktion der DEFA, in der das Zusammenspiel von sozialistischer Ordnung und privatem Lebensumfeld konkret thematisiert werde. Fragwürdig und bedenklich sei die Rechtfertigung von Frankas Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ministerium für Staatssicherheit.

Literatur

Weblinks

 Septemberliebe bei der DEFA-Stiftung

Einzelnachweise

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Schwarzweißfilm
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This is Part – IV of the book: "Basic Thermodynamics: Software Solutions". Here, Availability or 'Exergy', Irreversibility and Second Law analysis of systems are dealt with.
This is Part – IV of the book: "Basic Thermodynamics: Software Solutions".
Here, Availability or 'Exergy', Irreversibility and Second Law analysis of systems are dealt with.
Several useful EES Functions are written for Exergy under various conditions and for closed systems and when there is a mass flow, for Ideal gases as well as real fluids. EES Functions are also written for entropy changes for various processes. Use of these Functions in problem solving is demonstrated.
Exergy balance and II Law analysis of systems is explained.
Above topics are illustrated by solving several problems using Mathcad, EES and TEST software.


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Facebook Censors PragerU Videos And Shadow Bans Posts
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Kyle Perisic Contributor
August 17, 2018 4:40 PM ET
PragerU tweeted on Friday that Facebook deleted some of its videos for violating the social media giant's "hate speech" policies.
PragerU also said that its past nine posts by the administrator who posted the deleted videos have been shadow-banned, reaching none of its followers.
PragerU has fought big tech before. It filed a lawsuit against Google for demonetizing their videos, but the judge tossed it out.
Facebook is censoring PragerU videos for violating its speech codes that prohibit so-called "hate speech" and shadow banning its posts, PragerU wrote on Twitter Friday.
"We're being heavily censored on @Facebook. Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two videos were deleted last night for 'hate speech' including our recent video with @ConservativeMillen," PragerU tweeted.
BREAKING: We're being heavily censored on @Facebook.
Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two videos were deleted last night for "hate speech" including our recent video with @conservmillen.
SHARE to spread awareness about big tech censorship! pic.twitter.com/k83HqmlMRc
— PragerU (@prageru) August 17, 2018
The official PragerU Facebook page is still up on Facebook at the time of publication. Its Facebook page reposts the same videos consistently and others can still be found on the page.
However, it appears that one specific PragerU social media administrator — the one who posted the videos that Facebook considered violated its "hate speech" policies — is unable to post on behalf of PragerU, resulting only other PragerU administrators being able to see the post. No one else can see the posts.
Twitter screenshot captured Aug. 17, 2018
One of the deleted videos, titled, "Where Are the Moderate Muslims?" was most likely posted on Facebook on Thursday.
The presenter, Hussein Aboubakr, states that when he was growing up, his teacher and his Imam were happy when they heard about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Aboubakr points to a Pew Research poll that shows the overwhelming majority of Muslims in Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, and Nigeria believe "any Muslim who chooses to leave Islam should be put to death," women should be stoned for committing adultery, and people should be punished for criticizing Muhammad or Islam.
At end of the video, Aboubakr pleads for moderate Muslims to reform the religion around the world.
Another video, titled "Make Men Masculine Again," was posted Aug. 6 and has also been deleted. The video, presented by conservative YouTube personality Allie Stuckey, presents an argument that making men feminine is both wrong and dangerous.
"Bad men don't become good when they stop being men. They become good when they stop being bad,"Stuckey argues.
PragerU's Chief Marketing Officer Craig Strazzeri in a statement Friday said the censorship was a first for PragerU.
"While we've experienced blatant discrimination from Google/YouTube, which is why we've filed legal action against them, this represents a whole new level of censorship by Facebook," Strazzeri said. "At this point, Facebook has provided little clarity saying it will get back to us in another two to three business days, which in the world of social media might as well be an eternity."
"This is very troubling behavior from the world's largest social network," Strazzeri added. "Not only are they obviously ratcheting up their algorithms to target mainstream, conservative content and labeling it as hate speech, but they are now completely blocking our posts from public view. This is shocking and it should deeply concern every single American."
The legal action Strazzeri refers to is the lawsuit PragerU filed against Google in February for what it described as intentionally attacking the nonprofit.
Some of PragerU's videos were demonetized on YouTube. According to PragerU, the videos didn't violate YouTube's terms of service or policies, The Daily Caller News Foundation reported. PragerU alleges YouTube, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, targeted them for their conservative ideology and violated its First Amendment rights.
The presiding judge, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, tossed out the lawsuit out March 26, citing that Google has no obligation to apply its services equally and that PragerU's First Amendment rights haven't been violated, The Daily Caller News Foundation reported.
PragerU was founded as a nonprofit educational service by conservative pundit Dennis Prager. (RELATED: Facebook To Ban Pages That Share 3D Gun Digital Blueprints)
"The videos in question were mistakenly removed. While we continue to research what caused this error, we have restored the content because it does not break our Community Standards and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused," a Facebook spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation in an email.
Editor's note: this article has been updated to reflect a response from Facebook.
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Chondromyxoid Fibroma; experience of 36 cases of an intriguing entity
Saroona Haroon, Aga Khan University
Nasir Uddin, Aga Khan University
Shahid Pervez, Aga Khan University
Naila Kayani, Aga Khan University
Rashida Ahmed, Aga Khan University
Kamran Hafeez, Dow University Hospital
Masood Umer, Aga Khan University
To evaluate the clinico-pathological features and treatment options of chondromyxoid fibroma patients.
The retrospective study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, and comprised data of all cases of chondromyxoid fibroma of bone diagnosed between 1996 and 2013.The diagnosis had been made mostly histopathologically, but also included patients in whom preoperative incisional biopsies had been used. Histopathological and radiological findings along with various treatment options and follow-up was recorded on a proforma.
Of the total 36 patients,14(39%) were females and 22(61%) were males, with an overall mean age ± of standard deviation 20.9 years ± 9.8 (range: 6-51 years). Diagnosis was made histopathologically in 27(75%) patients and biopsy was used in 9(25%) cases. The most common site of involvement was tibia in 16(44.4%). The main presenting symptom was pain in 30(83.3%) and/or swelling in 6(16.6%). Radiological examination revealed no foci of soft tissue involvement. Bizarre large atypical cells were seen in 14(39%) cases and osteoid formation in 2(5.5%), leading to extreme difficulty in diagnosis. Treatment options included wide resection and marginal excisionin 22(61%) cases, intra-lesional curettage in 14(39%). The mean ± standard deviation follow-up was 48.8 ± 40.2 months (range: 8-152 months). Follow-up details were available only for 19(53%) patients. Among them, recurrence occurred in 7(36.8%) patients. No functional loss developed after surgical treatment, but 3(16%) patients developed wound-site infection.
Chondromyxoid fibroma is clinically and histopathologically rare and difficult to diagnose because of the absence of typical diagnostic features in every case.


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This wild and rugged place is full of clues about the formation of the Snowdonia mountains; indeed, Darwin himself visited Cadair Idris to study its geology.
This nature reserve is not just about rocks, however, and it has much to offer bird watchers and botanists alike. For those of us who just love to be in beautiful wild places, the landscape on and around Cadair Idris is some of the most dramatic in Snowdonia.
There are several ways to access the NNR from walks up to the summit of Cadair Idris, but the car park nearest to an entrance of the Cadair Idris National Nature Reserve (about a 300 metre walk away) is the one situated behind the Minfordd Hotel on the junction of the A487 Dolgellau to Machynlleth road and the B4405 road to Twyn which passes Tal-y-Llyn Lake.
Please note that this car park is variously referred to as Minfordd Car Park (a rather ambiguous name, because there is another Minfordd village near to Penrhyndeudraeth) and also as Dol Idris Car Park.
There are other smaller car parks close to the start of walks to the summit of Cadair Idris, but access to the NNR from these points is something like an hour's walk from the car parks.
As part of CCW's Communities and Nature programme, partly funded by the Welsh Government with EU support, in February 2011 plans were approved to extend the facilities to include a Tea Room with the exhibition, and this will add considerably to the comfort and convenience of a visit to this lovely nature reserve.
Opened in June 2012 the fully renovated Centre has a new interactive exhibit and a Tea Room. Apart from offering drinks, sandwiches and snacks to be eaten at the cafe itself, there are plans to offer 'pick and mix' items to make up picnics that can be taken for walks to the summit, or to be enjoyed in the lovely park area adjacent to the Visitor Centre itself. The Centre is around 250 metres from the main car park.
There is a toilet block in the main car park, and further toilets in the newly renovated Visitor Centre.
At the summit of Cadair Idris there is a large shelter which can accommodate about 30 people.
A network of paths leads to the summit of Cadair Idris. These paths are all steep, rocky and can be slippery in wet weather. There are also gates and stiles along the routes. Even in summer the temperature at the top of Cadair Idris can be several degrees lower than in the car parks. Low cloud often covers the summit, so you can be damp as well as cold - so be sure to take suitable clothing with you and to wear good walking shoes. You will also need to carry water and food with you. Amazingly, a man on horseback used to make a daily trek to the summit with food and water for visitors to the site, but those days are long gone. A job vacancy, perhaps?
A good average time to walk to the summit is around two and a half hours. Although the walk back down slopes in the right direction, care still needs to be taken because of the rough, uneven nature of the paths and so plenty of time should still be allowed for the return trip.
There is an excellent book edited by Peter Rhind and David Evans and entitled The Plant Life of Snowdonia, in which a part of the northern slopes of Cadair Idris is described as being "the nearest thing to a fern paradise in Snowdonia". For those interested in plants in general (not just ferns!) the whole area is indeed a paradise. But, let's deal with what is below and frequently sticking up from the ground. The mountain of Cadair Idris is composed mainly of Ordovician igneus rock, and the glacial erosion features are similar to those found in other areas of Snowdonia such as Cwm Idwal - striated rocks, accumulations of rocks and boulders called moraines and cwms - basin shaped structures ground out by the retreat of glaciers at the end of the most recent of the ice ages around 12,000 years ago. Snowdonia is also a paradise for those interested in geology.
And then there's mythology, too. There are several theories about the origin of the name, Cadair Idris, which, when translated into English, means Chair of Idris. The best known of these relates to Idris Gawr, King of Meirionydd (c.560-632), a giant from Welsh mythology who is said to have used Llyn Cau (a mountain lake en route to the summit) as an enormous armchair from which he gazed at the stars.
There are other rather more gruesome legends involving packs of howling hounds in pursuit of men's souls; it's probably not the best topic to think of as you embark on a day of gentle botanising!
If you walk from the Ystradlyn Exhibition Centre - a wildlife haven in its own right, since rare Lesser Horeseshoe bats (Rhinolphus hipposideros) use its roofspace for roosting and raising their young - you will ascend through the U-shaped Tal y Llyn Valley and into a hanging valley in which flows the stream that pours into Tal y Llyn lake itself. The moisture in this wooded gorge is held there by the tree canopy, and it is home to many species of woodland birds including summer visiting Pied Flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca), Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa striata), Redstarts (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), and Wood Warblers (Phylloscopus sibilatrix). There are also ferns growing in the rocks and lichens on the trees. Dead trees deliberately left in this woodland provide homes for insects and fungi, and the bats hunt here for the many small insects that thrive in this type of humid environment.
In this lower part of the walk there remains evidence of the ornamental gardens planted when the land was still part of the Idris family estate. American Redwood trees, one of the introduced species, are still present today.
In this area of gentler slopes there is both blanket bog and dry heath. The term blanket bog is used to describe a wet, acid terrain that is low in nutrients and so attracts its own particular plant life. Along with mosses, carnivorous Sundew - both Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia have been recorded at Cadair Idris - and Butterwort (Pinguiclula vulgaris) grow in these conditions, having adapted to get much of the nutrients they require not from the soil but from insects which they trap, dissolve and then absorb. Dry heath, on the other hand, has a water table that is well below ground level, and this is where various heathers and, in this case, Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillis) grow.
Higher up in the mountain crags, arctic-alpine plants such as Alpine Saw-wort (Saussurea alpina), along with pretty pink cushions of Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) and Parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa) grow in places too inaccessible to be grazed. More common and familiar plants such as Welsh Poppy (Mecanopsis cambrica) and Thrift (Armeria maritima), normally associated with lowland and coastal habitats, grow in this surprising location too. It would seem safe to assume that these Welsh Poppies are truly wild, whereas the ones found lower down could so easily be garden escapes! Other notable plants that grow in this part of the reserve include Starry Saxifrage (Saxifraga stellaris), Green Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum), Lemon Scented Fern (Oreopteris limbospermum) and Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago).
The next stage of your climb may require lengthy pauses to search the horizon for some of the mountain birds that make their homes in this inhospitable place. Look out for Pergrines (Falco peregrinus), Choughs (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and, most excitingly, Ring Ouzels (Turdus torquatus) all of which have been recorded here. The Ring Ouzel is a type of blackbird, but itis easily distinguished by a broad white band at the base of its neck.


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When it comes to bridal jewellery, bigger is always better. And that was certainly the case with one of the most stylish brides of 2018 — Deepika Padukone. The actor opted for statement-making jewellery after statement-making jewellery for her and actor Ranveer Singh's wedding festivities at Lake Como, Italy. The stylish couple got married in twin wedding ceremonies -- a Konkani and a Sindhi one -- on November 14-15, surrounded by their nearest and dearest.
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