Wartune Patch 8.3 Pre-Launch Maintenance 11/29 04:00 AM EST (Select Servers Only)!
Wartune Patch 8.1 Pre-Launch Maintenance 9/6 04:00 AM EDT (Select Servers Only)!
Willpower System FAQ After the previous update, we've received a lot of feedback on Patch 7.0, and we know that you have many questions about the Willpower system. Please read the FAQ post for answers, and thank you for supporting Wartune!
Wartune Daily Check-in Event Event Time: 01/17 - 02/10 23:59 (EST) Description: Check-in every day to be rewarded! Note: When your devotion reaches the required amount, you must refresh the game page in order to collect rewards from the event page.
Class Wars Return on Nov 22nd! Get ready to prove your might against all others in this single-class, cross-server event!
The 16th Chaos War is coming! Preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, November 1st from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Thursday, November 3rd from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
Class Wars Return on October 25th! Get ready to prove your might against all others in this single-class, cross-server event!
Class Wars Return on September 27th! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on September 27th!
Class Wars Return on August 30th! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on August 30th!
The 13th Chaos War is coming! Preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, Augest 9th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Thursday, Augest 11th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
Guild Battle Rating Top 10 We'd like to share the Guild Battle Rating Ranking TOP 10 with all.
The 12th Chaos War Arrives! Preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, July 12th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Thursday, July 14th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
Patch 5.7&5.8 is coming! R2Games will present patch 5.7&5.8 on 30th, June.
The 12h Chaos War is coming! Preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, June 14th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Thursday, June 16th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
Class Wars Return on June 7th! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on June 7th!
Cross-server Guild Battle: Rule Them All May 21st! The sign up phase for the Cross-server Battle will begin at 00:00 on May 18th and ends at 23:30 on May 20th.
The 10th Chaos War is coming! Preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, May 17th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Thursday, May 19th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
Class Wars Return on May 10th! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on May 10th!
Patch 5.6 Arrives! R2Games Presents the Wartune 5.6 Patch Update: Titan System, Weekly Dungeon,Eudaemon Patrol, and New Clothing System!
Class Wars Return on April 12th! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on April 12th!
The 8th Chaos War Arrives! Preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, March 22nd from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Thursday, March 24th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
The 10th Titan War Arrives! The 10th cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
The 7th Chaos War Arrives! Preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, February 23rd from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Thursday, February 25th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
The 6th Chaos War Arrives! Preliminaries will be held on Thursday, January 28th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Saturday, January 30th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
Patch 5.5 is coming! R2Games Presents the Wartune 5.5 Patch Update: Selling Eudaemons, City Buildings, and Knighthood!
Class Wars Return on Jan. 21st! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on January 21st!
The 8th Titan War Arrives! The 8th cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
The 5th Chaos War is coming! Preliminaries will be held on Thursday, December 31th from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Saturday, January 1st from 19:55 to 21:00 Server Time.
Cross-server Guild Battle: Rule Them All December 27th! Hey! Have you heard? the latest Cross-server Guild Battle Season is coming!
Class Wars Return on December 24th! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on December 24th!
The 7th Titan War Arrives! The 7th cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
The 4th Chaos War is here! Preliminaries will be held on Thursday, December 3rd from 20:00 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals will be held on Saturday, December 5th from 20:00 to 21:00 Server Time.
Class Wars Return on November 26th! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on November 26th!
The 6th Titan War Arrives! The 6th cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
Version 5.1 - Optimized for a smoother, more enjoyable gaming experience! Wartune Patch 5.1 is coming!
The Third Chaos War is here! Preliminaries take place on Thursday, November 5th from 20:00 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals on Saturday, November 7th from 20:00 to 21:00 Server Time as well.
Wartune Account Security Notice For those players have not logged into our games since January 1, 2017, we highly recommend that you log in at least once between May 25 and June 24 2018. This is necessary to protect your accounts. Otherwise, you will have to contact our customer service to reactivate your accounts. We assure you that your interests in the accounts will not be affected by this.
The 5th Titan War Arrives! The 5th cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
Class Wars Return on October 22nd! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on October 22nd!
The Second Chaos War is here! Event Time: Preliminaries take place on Thursday, October 8th from 20:00 to 21:00 Server Time. Finals on Saturday, October 10th from 20:00 to 21:00 Server Time as well.
Cross-server Guild Battle: Rule Them All Sept. 27th! Hey! Have you heard? the latest Cross-server Guild Battle Season is coming!
Class Wars Return on September 24th! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on September 24th!
The 4th Titan War Arrives! The 4th cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
The 3rd Titan War Arrives! The third cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
5.0 Patch - Delve into Danger in Tara Temple! Wartune Patch 5.0 has finally arrived!
Class Wars Return July 23rd! Destroy or be destroyed! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on June 23rd!
The 2nd Titan War Arrives! The second cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
[Guide] Wartune 4.0 Part Three By popular demand; the Tanks are back! Once again, Wartune PvP action in army tanks. This time they're bigger, faster and more devastating than before.
The 1st Titan War Arrives! The first cross-server class war - Titan War is coming soon!
Don't Let Your VIP Benefits Run Out. Re-Subscribe Now. R2 is currently in the process of fine-tuning its payment systems. As part of this process, all users who signed up for monthly VIP benefits before April 10th will need to re-subscribe.
December 18th - Class Wars Return! We have decided to release the Class Wars early this month to keep your Christmas day open. Just this month, the Class Wars will unlock on December 18th. We hope you have a merry Christmas!
November 27th - Class Wars Return! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on November 27th!
The Hall of Fame has returned! The Hall of Fame has returned! This time there are even more awesome rewards for those who are deemed worthy.
October 23rd - Class Wars Return! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on October 23rd!
[Anouncement] The Underground Palace Opens October 15th! Delve into the depths of the Underground Palace and discover where your bravery lies while uncovering secret treasures and monstrosities. Participate in the event from October 15th - October 26th!
[Annoucement] Wartune Gods Descent is upon us! Gods Descent is upon us! Join us from October 18th - October 19th to Discover what it truly means to battle the BOSSes!
September 25th - Class Wars Return! Heroes of Balenor, take up your weapons and show the world who's worthy of ruling your class in Wartune's latest Class War on September 25th!
[Annoucement] Wartune Gods Descent is upon us! Gods Descent is upon us! Join us from September 19th - September 20th to Discover what it truly means to battle the BOSSes!
August 28th - Class Wars Return! Class Wars return to Wartune on August 28th! Click here to see the Champions of the last Class War, and the details for the upcoming one this 28th!
[Annoucement] Wartune Gods Descent is upon us! Gods Descent is upon us! Join us from August 22nd - August 24th to Discover what it truly means to battle the BOSSes!
[Announcement] Official mini-client is up and running!
❤ Wartune Sweet Wedding Events are coming! Marriage, horse drawn carriages, and happily ever after are heading your way in Wartune 3.1! Get ready to show your true love some real commitment while trudging through the dark dungeons of Balenor. Find out more!
Wartune Maintenance on August 6th @ 3:30 AM EDT We will be performing a maintenance on several servers on August 6th @ 3:30 AM EDT (00:30 PDT, 8:30 AM GMT, 3:30 PM GMT +8). We will updating these servers to Part I of the Wartune 3.1 Update.
Wartune Weekly Server Launches 7/21 - 7/27 Wartune will launch on 4 new servers this week. Please click "read more" for further details.
Hot!! Wartune Overlord Descent Events! New July event series - Overlord Descent is now live for Wartune! Ready to get surprised and enjoy this summer? Click and read more right now!
Wartune Weekly Server Launches 7/14 - 7/21 Wartune will launch on 3 new servers this week. Please click "read more" for further details.
Announcing Talking-Wartune Talking-Wartune is here! Join us and let your voice be heard in our weekly discussion topics. Click "More" for details!
Wartune Easter Events! With spring in full bloom and Easter right around the corner, there's never been a better time to celebrate! Click "more" to find out what kind of exciting activities we have in store for you this holiday!
Wartune Weekly Server Launches 3/24 - 3/30 Wartune will launch on 4 new servers this week. Please click "read more" for further details.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 3/20 @ 3:30 AM EDT Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Thursday the 20th of March at 3:30 AM EDT. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 4 to 6 hours. Please click "read more" for further details.
Wartune Weekly Server Launches Wartune will launch on 3 new servers this week. Please click "read more" for further details.
Wartune 2.1 Part IV: A World of Cards Wartune 2.1 Part IV is coming soon with the brand new card system. Click "read more" for further details of the upcoming world of cards.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 12/13 @ 2:30 AM EST Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Friday the 13th of December at 2:30 AM EST. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours. Please click "read more" for further details.
Wartune Server Merges for 12/18 @ 2:30 AM EST We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on December 18th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
[Promotion] Honorable Return We have a special promotion for absent players! If you've been gone from Wartune for more than a week, now is the time to return!
[Guide] Sylph System With Part II of the 2.1 Update complete, we've got our guide to the Sylph System updated with the latest details!
[Guide] Wartune 2.1: Part II Wartune 2.1: Part II has officially arrived! Click "Read More" to check out what's new in the last part of the 2.1 Update!
[FAQ] Amethyst Mine Curious about how the new Amethyst mine works? Then be sure to check out our FAQ!
Wartune Server 400 Special Celebration Events! Wartune will be releasing its 400th server soon! To celebrate this milestone, we'll be having some special Activities for all servers, as well as a special Event and Promotion just for server 400!
[Announcement] Wartune Weekly Maintenance 12/5 @ 2:30 AM EST Wartune will be having its weekly Maintenance on *Thursday, the 5th of December at 2:30 AM EST, (11:30 PM PST (Dec 4th), 7:30 AM GMT, and 3:30 PM GMT +8). Maintenance is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates or changes.
Wartune Server S1 Maintenance We will be performing a maintenance on server S1 on Monday, December 2nd at 11:00 PM PST. Please click "more" to get additional details!
Wartune Server Merges for 11/28 @ 2:00 AM EST We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on November 28th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Class Wars Return November 21st! Class Wars return to Wartune on November 21st!
Wartune Server Merges for 11/15 @ 2:00 AM EST We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on November 15th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Search Cloud City for Chest Pieces in 2.1! With the release of part one of the 2.1 Update, Cloud City is now open for all those level 15 or higher. Participate in various quests to collect Cloud City Chest Pieces which you can exchange for either Iris, Pan, or even Apollo Seals!
Wartune 2.1 Part One Maintenance 11/05 @ 9:00 PM EST Wartune will be having its weekly Maintenance on Tuesday, November 5th at 9:00 PM EST. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 6 to 8 hours, with the exception of Server S1.
Wartune Weekly Maintenances for 10/29 and 10/30! We'll be having two different maintenance times for Wartune this week. Be sure to check to news to find out when your server will be having its maintenance.
Class Wars Return October 17th! Class Wars return to Wartune on October 17th!
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 10/17 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Thursday the 17th of October at 3:00 AM EDT. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours. Please click "read more" for further details.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 10/10 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Thursday the 10th of October at 3:00 AM EDT. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours. Please click "read more" for further details.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 09/26 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Thursday the 26th of September at 3:00 AM EDT. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours. Please click "read more" for further details.
Class Wars Return September 19th! Class Wars return to Wartune on September 19th!
Wartune Emergency Maintenance 09/17 @ 5:40 AM EDT Wartune's normal maintenance for this week has been cancelled. However, we will be having an emergency maintenance for Wartune at 5:40 AM EDT today, the 17th of September.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 09/12 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Thursday the 12th of September at 3:00 AM EDT. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours. Please click "read more" for further details.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 09/05 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Thursday the 5th of September at 3:00 AM EDT. Maintenance is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours. Please click "read more" for further details.
No Wartune Maintenance for 08/29 Wartune will be taking this week off of its normal maintenance schedule. As such there will be no maintenance for August 29th.
Wartune Server Merges for 08/30 @ 3:00 AM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of August 30th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Emergency Maintenance on August 22nd @ 4:30 AM EDT Wartune will be having an Emergency Maintenance on August 22nd at 4:30 AM EDT. Servers are expected to be down for 1 to 2 hours while we work on fixing the issue with voucher rewards giving out the wrong amount.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance August 20th @ 10:00 PM EDT Wartune will be having its weekly maintenance this Tuesday the 20th of August at 10:00 PM EDT. We'll be rolling out Part Two of the 1.6 Update for all servers for Wartune!
August 22nd - Class Wars Return! Class Wars return to Wartune on August 22nd! Click here to see the Champions of the last Class War, and the details for the upcoming one this 22nd!
Wartune's One Year Anniversary!!! This August we'll be celebrating the 1 Year Anniversary of Wartune. This month will be our biggest month of events and promotions to date! Just click "more" to see the list of everything coming this month!
Wartune Server Merges for August 9th @ 3:00 AM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of August 9th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance July 25th @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having this weekly Maintenance on Thursday, July 25th at 3:00 AM EDT.
Class War Winners Round 2! Congratulations to this month's Class Wars winners! Their strength, prowess, and unbreakable nerves have deemed them the Rulers of their classes! Think twice before trying to take them down!
Wartune Server Merges 07/26 @ 3:00 AM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of July 26th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Server 300 Special Celebration Events! Wartune will be releasing its 300th server on July 21st! In celebration of this milestone, we'll be having some special Activities for all servers, as well as one special Activity and one Promotion just for server 300! Click here to see all the festivities for the celebration!
[Announcement] Wartune Weekend Server Launches Looking to get started on a new server, but aren't sure which one? Check out our listings of this weekend's server launches.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance July 18th @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune's weekly maintenance will be occurring on Thursday, July 18th at 3:00 AM EDT. We'll also be updating our Recharge pack with tomorrow's maintenance!
July 18th - Class Wars Return! Class Wars return to Wartune on July 18th! Click here to see the Champions of the last Class War, and the details for the upcoming one this 18th!
Wartune Server Merges for 07/12 @ 3:00 AM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on July 12th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 07/10 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune's weekly maintenance will be occurring on Wednesday, July 10th at 3:00 AM EDT. We'll also be updating our Recharge pack with tomorrow's maintenance!
Wartune Server Merges 07/05 @ 3:00 AM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of July 5th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 07/02 @ 3:30 AM EDT Wartune's weekly maintenance will be occurring on Tuesday, July 2nd at 3:30 AM EDT instead of its normal Thursday. We'll also be updating our Recharge pack with tomorrow's maintenance!
Wartune Server Merges 06/28 @ 3:00 AM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of June 28tht. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 06/27 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having its normal weekly Maintenance on June 27th at 3:00 AM EDT. Please click 'more' for additional details.
Wartune Server Merges 06/21 @ 3:00 AM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of June 21st. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Class Wars to start June 20th! Wartune's first ever Class Wars start June 20th! Be sure to use these last few days to prepare yourself and leave your mark upon the finals!
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 06/12 @ 10:00 PM EDT Part One of the 1.6 Update is coming to all servers as part of the Maintenance on June 12th! Get all the details of this week's Maintenance, along with Guide to Part One of the 1.6 Patch inside!
Wartune Server Merges 06/06 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of June 6th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Maintenance for S1 and S3 only June 4th We'll be performing a maintenance for just servers S1 and S3 on June 4th, updating them to Part One of the 1.6 Patch.
[Announcement] Wartune Weekly Server Launches Looking to get started on a new server, but aren't sure which one? Check out our listings of this week's server launches for the Week of December 9th.
[Announcement] No Wartune Maintenance for 05/30 Wartune will be taking this week off of its normal maintenance schedule. As such there will be no maintenance for May 30th.
Wartune Server Merges 05/30 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of May 30th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Server Merges 05/23 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of May 23rd. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
[Announcement] Wartune 1.6 Preview Curious to see what's coming with the next major Wartune release? Get a sneak peak now of the 1.6 Update for Wartune! Click 'more' to see the teaser.
Wartune Server Merges 05/16 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of May 16th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
No Wartune Maintenance for 05/16 Wartune will be taking this week off of its normal maintenance schedule. As such there will be no maintenance for May 16th.
Wartune 1.5 Part III Guide Wartune 1.5: Part III has officially arrived! Click "Read More" to check out what's new in the last part of the 1.5 Update!
Wartune 1.5 Part Three May 9th @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be rolling out Part 3 of the 1.5 Update during the Maintenance on May 8th! Click "More" for all the details!
Wartune Weekly Maintenance for 05/02 cancelled So players are aware, Wartune's normal weekly maintenance scheduled for May 2nd is cancelled and will not be occurring. We'll resume our regular maintenance schedule on May 9th.
Weekly Maintenance 04/25 @ 3:00 AM EDT Maintenance is over, the servers are back up, and you can check out the patch notes by clicking here!
Server Merges for 04/18 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of April 18th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 04/09 & 04/11 Wartune will be having a Maintenance for Server S1 on April 9th at 10:00 PM EDT. All other servers will be on April 11th at 3:00 AM EDT. Please click 'more' for additional details.
Server Merges for 04/11 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of April 11th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Part 3 of the 1.5 Update... Now that Part 2 of the 1.5 Update is live, we're working to get Part 3 up and running. When an you expect to see it? Click 'read more' to find out!
Wartune wants to hear from you! Have a moment to spare? Care to let us know what you'd like to see more of in the game? Then click here to read more and take our short player survey!
Wartune Maintenance: 1.5 Part Two Now Live! Part Two of the Wartune 1.5 Update is now LIVE! New Troops, The Spire, Titles, and more! Click here to get all the details in this update!
Server Merges for 3/29 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of March 29th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Maintenance for 03/28 Cancelled Wartune's normal weekly maintenance on March 28th this week has been cancelled. But we've got news about Part Two of the 1.5 Patch inside!
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 03/21 Completed Wartune's weekly Maintenance for March 21st has been completed. We've got the Patch Notes inside! Please click 'more' for additional details.
Wartune 1.5 Part Two Contents! We've got a teaser as to what's coming in early April for Wartune. Click 'more' to check out the contents of Part Two of the 1.5 Update!
Custom Player Designed Mounts, Wings and Clothing We're not accepting submissions for Wartune for player inspired clothing! Click 'more' to get the details on how to submit your idea!
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 03/14 @ 3:00 AM EDT Wartune will be having its normal weekly Maintenance on March 14th at 3:00 AM EDT. Please click 'more' for additional details.
Wartune Server Merges 03/14 @ 10:00 PM EDT We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of March 14th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
R2games to Hit 10 Million Users in 48 hours, $2,000 USD for the 10th Million User! R2games to Hit 10 Million Users in 48 hours, $2,000 USD for the 10th Million User!
Emergency Maintenance @ 11:00 AM PST Servers S1, S4, S6, S10, S12, S14, S17, S20, S23, S64, S83, S87, and S90 will be going down for an emergency maintenance at 11:00 AM PST. This maintenance is expected to last for 3 hours. In addition, Oceanic Servers will be expected to go down at 17:00 GMT +8. The Oceanic Servers should only be down for 30 minutes.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 03/07 @ 2:00 AM EST Wartune's is back to its normal weekly maintenance schedule this Thursday the 7th of March. Click 'more' for all the details.
Server Merges for 03/06 @ 1:00 AM EST We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of March 6th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 02/27 @ 6:00 PM PST Wartune will be having its weekly Maintenance for all servers on February 27th at 6:00 PM PST. Maintenance is expected to last at least 6 hours, but could be longer. Please click 'more' for additional details.
Wartune 1.5 Part One Guide! Servers S1, S6, S10, S12, and S17 are back up and running with Part One of the 1.5 Update! And we've got the Guide to Part One of the 1.5 Update right here. Click 'more' to find out what's in store and what's coming next week for everyone else!
Server Merges for 02/21 @ 9:00 PM EST We'll be merging a number of Wartune servers on the evening of January 17th. Click 'more' to get all the details of the merge, as well as special activities and promotions for the merged servers.
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 02/21 @ 11:00 PM pST Wartune will be having its weekly Maintenance on February 20th at 11:00 PM PST. During this time we'll be updating Servers S1 and S6 to 1.5 Part One in order to stress test the update for the next week before making it live.
No Wartune Maintenance for 02/07 and 02/14 Wartune's weekly Maintenance will be taking two weeks off as the Devs prep for 1.5. Click 'more' for all the details!
Wartune Weekly Maintenance 01/31 @ 1:00 AM EST Wartune will be having its normal weekly maintenance on January 31st at 2:00 AM EST for all servers except S40 and S84. Click 'more' for all the details inside.
Wartune Emergency Maintenance 01/29 @ 3:00 AM EST Wartune servers S40, and S84 will be coming down at 3:00 AM EST for an emergency Maintenance on January 29th. Please click 'more' for all the details, and we apologize for the interruption in game play.
Wartune 1.5 Preview: The Divine Altar Here at R2Games, as we start the process of converting over 1.5 for Wartune, we'll be releasing little hints and previews of what's to come on Fridays. This week we'll be looking at a new addition to Gulds: The Divine Altar.
Wartune 1.5 Preview: VIP Wheel and Cooldowns Each Friday on the buildup to 1.5, we'll be running a series of teasers and hints to what's to come. This week its a pair of minor changes for VIPs. Nothing game breaking, but some simple tweaks to save on clicking.
[Activity] Wartune Hall of Fame Can you climb to the highest of heights? Be the fiercest of warriors within the land? If you are then click 'more' to find out how you can be rewarded with exclusive wings for being the toughest in all the realms!
A Little Extra Holiday Magic We have two different recharge promotions this Christmas holiday, depending on your server. So before you recharge, be sure to click 'more' and get all the details for the recharge bonuses for your server!
Christmas Gifts Galore! We have some free gifts for our players this Christmas! Be sure to be on at select times through out the day to unwrap your presents! Click 'more' to get all the info of when you can claim your prezzies.
Wartune Ranking Level now on the Mainsite! We've got a new addition to the main site, the Rankings page! Head on over to check out who is the best of the best, either on a particular server, or on all the servers! Click 'more' for all the details.
Coming Soon: The Spirit Covenant Are you looking for a way to save money and time? Needing an extra boost on Crypt runs? Check out the Spirit Covenant, coming to Part Two of the 1.45 Patch update! Click 'more' for all the details.
Wartune has 5 nominations for the 2012 BBGs! Wartune has received 5 nominations for the 2012 BBGs, and we'd like players to go and vote for Wartune! As a thank you for voting, you'll earn a code for a prize pack. Click 'more' for all the details.
Wartune 1.45 Extended Maintenance We're releasing part one of the 1.45 Update for Wartune this week. And with it comes an extended Maintenance. Click 'more' for all the details.
Coming Soon: Wartune Gives you Wings Today we're giving players a peek at one of the new additions to Wartune getting ready to take flight: Wings!
Wartune Maintenance 11/08/2012 Our Weekly Maintenance is complete. We've fixed the skill loss bug, and given all players a free skill reset to get back those lost points! Click on 'more' for all the details.
Coming Soon Wartune 1.45 Patch Update--The New REVOLUTION The time has come for you to prove your worth... Sharpen your blades then tips of your arrows and undust your spell books because Wartune is bringing you the new revolution in November!
10/25 Patch Notes and Skill Loss Bug Along with the Patch Notes for the week, we've got an issue with the skill loss bug, and advise that all players get the details and share them with their friends and guildmates. Click 'more' for the details.
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[Guide] New Event has arrived at Wilds (S1 only) A new event has arrived at Wilds. Fight the Wild Monsters and receive splendid rewards with your glorious victories!
[Promotion] It Pays to Consume - Anniversary Edition! Use Balens to purchase items in the Shop and be showered with unique rewards! Rewards are based on total Balens spent during the promotion – NOT total Balens purchased. Click "more" for the details!
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Patch Notes and Guide for December 13th, 2012 Inside we've got the patch notes for today's maintenance, as well as a link to our Guide to Part 2 of the 1.45 Patch in our forums. Click "more" for the details!
Wartune Holiday Festivities Ho ho ho, we have a whole host of Wintertime cheer coming your Wartune way this holiday month. Do well and Santa will let you take one of his extra Reindeer home with you to add to your mount collection! Click "more" for all the details.
Server S16 to S70 Promotions and Activities Here! We've got a whole host of brand new Activities and Promotions for our latest servers, starting with Server S71. Click 'more' for the link to our forums where you can read all about it!
Wartune Activities for 11/21/2012 For the next two weeks its a quest to get the elusive White Alpaca mount. Specific activities will get you Star Shards, which you can then turn into to get a Lost Treasure. Lost Treasures will contain White Alpaca jigsaw pieces. Get 30 pieces and turn in for the mount! Click 'more' in order to get the details on our forums!
Wartune Patch Notes for 11/15/2012 We've got the patch notes for Part One of the 1.45 Wartune Update right here. Just click 'more' for all the details.
Wartune Patch Notes 11/08/2012 This week's patch comes with a fix for the skill loss bug, a free skill reset for all players, and a special promotion on a seed package. Click 'more' for all the details.
Halloween Events for Wartune Get all the details on the Halloween events in either our forums or the main page. Click 'more' for links!
Patch Notes for 10/18 Maintenance Maintenance is over for 10/18 and the servers are back up. Click 'more' to see the patch notes with this week's update.
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On his way to retirement, the West Virginia Democrat looks to overhaul the video industry.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller is getting ready to settle into retirement. But before he does, he'd like to upend the entire television industry.
Although his ambitious gambit is unlikely to pay off in the final few months of his 30-year career, it could lay the groundwork for future congressional action that could change how Americans watch TV.
Rockefeller's goal is to boost online video services like Netflix to allow them to become full-fledged competitors to cable giants like Comcast. In his view, consumers are paying too much for too many channels they don't watch.
"Do people really want to see 500 channels when all they really want to look at are eight, like me?" asked Rockefeller, the chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, during a hearing last week on the future of the video marketplace.
And things are only going to get worse, Rockefeller fears, with Comcast planning to buy Time Warner Cable and AT&T set to takeover DirecTV.
It's a twist of history for Rockefeller to be standing against the mega-mergers of our era. He is, after all, the great grandson and benefactor of John D. Rockefeller, a man whose company dominated the oil industry to the point of inspiring Congress's first antitrust laws more than a century ago.
But it's not a new position for the West Virginia Democrat, who has been a longtime critic of industry consolidation.
Now, with months left in his last term, the senator is gearing up for one last battle: He argues that providing regulatory protections to online video companies would inject much-needed competition into the TV industry, driving down prices and opening up new choices.
So what would your television experience look like if Rockefeller reigned supreme?
Online video services would be able to offer even more programming options than cable and satellite companies could. And with many TVs now hooked up to the Internet, your experience could be the same as it is with today's giant providers — or you could watch on your phone, tablet, or laptop. You could also watch more shows when you want, not when the channels decide they should air.
An explosion of online options could give you more leverage to pay for what you actually want. It would be harder for a cable company to force you into buying a massive package of hundreds of channels you don't watch if there's an array of online choices at your fingertips.
To that end, Rockefeller last year introduced the Consumer Choice in Online Video Act, which would overhaul the complex web of TV regulations to bolster the online video industry.
His bill would bar cable companies, which provide both Internet access and TV programming, from discriminating against online video competitors. It would also limit the ability of companies to use contractual agreements to block websites from buying access to video content.
At last week's video hearing, Rockefeller put it mildly when he said his bill "caused some angst on K Street."
Cable companies argue that their industry is already plenty competitive, while the broadcast TV networks are aghast at a provision that would protect the video site Aereo (the networks claim the site was stealing their content, and the Supreme Court agreed in a ruling earlier this year).
Rockefeller's bill has gone nowhere. But he is now eyeing a legislative vehicle to push through his reforms.
The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, or STELA, is set to expire at the end of the year. The law allows about 1.5 million satellite TV subscribers in rural areas to access broadcast channels, and many lawmakers consider the reauthorization bill "must pass" legislation.
The Judiciary and Commerce committees in both chambers share jurisdiction over STELA. The Senate Judiciary Committee already approved a "clean" update that doesn't make any other changes to the video industry.
The House passed a reauthorization bill Tuesday that makes certain minor tweaks to give cable companies more leverage in negotiations with broadcasters.
But Rockefeller has bigger ambitions. He is working with Sen. John Thune, the Senate Commerce Committee's top Republican, to attach other regulatory reforms to the bill. They plan to unveil their legislation in September.
Industry lobbyists are anxious about what the committee will produce, but Rockefeller and his aides have been tight-lipped.
Speaking off the Senate floor Tuesday, Thune said Rockefeller "recognizes some of the limitations that we have right now just from a time standpoint."
He said aides are still "batting around ideas" but that many of the provisions in Rockefeller's online video bill would be a "heavy lift" in the waning weeks of the Congress. The South Dakota Republican was reluctant to discuss specifics, but he said the language in the House version of STELA is "in play" in the Senate, as well as some broader regulatory changes.
But even if Rockefeller isn't able to jam through his online video bill as an attachment to STELA, his bill is likely to shape discussions for years to come. Lawmakers are expected to begin work next year on the first major rewrite of communications law since 1996.
"My guess is that [online video] is something that we probably will discuss a lot, but probably in the context of a bigger telecom reauthorization," Thune said. "It'll be interesting to see if someone picks that mantle up."


Bone marrow transplantation continues to be the only cure from thalassemia. However, there are several challenges including the high cost of treatment, the treatment associated complications and outcomes. Sankalp-Cure2Children Network has done pathbreaking work in this direction to enable BMT for thalassemia patients with good outcomes, low toxicities, and yet at a lower cost to the society.
In our intent to share the knowledge acquired, recently we summarised and published our experience in the special edition on Thalassemia of the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal of the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics titled "Low-cost matched sibling bone marrow transplant for standard-risk thalassemia in a limited-resource setting". This was the third paper accepted for publication in this edition from our team.
The paper concludes - "Our results suggest that it is possible to achieve good outcomes without significant long-term morbidity with simplified and cost-conscious BMT in children with thalassemia. We believe that patient selection purely based on medical eligibility criteria, emphasis on simple and well-proven infection control measures, judicious use of antibiotics, intensive use of information and communication, technology-assisted quality assurance, and close collaboration with thalassemia centers during down staging, pre- and post-transplant, as well as continued effective follow up support are critical components to the delivery of good outcomes with reduced overall costs."
Last year the Government of India made funds available selectively to only 4 centers for transplantation from thalassemia. In spite of 10000 kids being born each year and a huge population living with thalassemia, there were only about 60 transplants done from the available budget in premier institutes against the provision of funds for 100 transplants. In a presentation made at a conference organised by the Government of Karnataka in February 2018 in Bangalore it was shared that there was no mortality. Yet, the data on the overall cost of transplant to the patient, the disease free survival rates and complications rates is not available in public. Email and calls to the ministry and the ministry designated NGO representative have failed to provide any insight into this matter. In-spite of several centers clearly demonstrating good outcomes with low costs, gaps in the system continue to put the patients through avoidable suffering. The current paper is an example of how data from the centres could be reported scientifically and transparently.
The paper is open access and the full paper is available free of charge to download and share.
Sankalp-Cure2Children Network's guide for cure from thalassemia is available.


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We are auditors with a passion. We understand our task as auditors with the necessary critical attitude to act simultaneously as advisors to our clients. As auditors, we are the external company that gets the deepest insight into company processes, internal controls, weak points, etc.. It is important to us to use this knowledge to improve the process mechanisms of our clients.


Gets minor feature and cosmetic updates.
Mitsubishi have launched a special edition on their lone model in India, the Pajero Sport. Priced at INR 23.99 lakhs, ex-Showroom, New Delhi, the Pajero Sport Limited Edition gets a few minor cosmetic and feature changes.
The SUV gets a dual-tone paint job.
On the outside, the car receives a dual-tone paint job, much like the old Pajero. The SUV is available either with a red body with white roof or a yellow body with white roof. Limited Edition badging and turn indicators integrated on the wing mirrors complete the changes on the outside.
Inside, the limited edition comes with a DVD player, two entertainment screens for the rear passengers and a chiller in the boot. There are no mechanical changes to the car, and it continues to be powered by a 2.5-liter four-cylinder diesel engine delivering 178 bhp and 400 Nm of torque. A 5-speed manual gearbox and an AWD system come standard.
A chiller and a DVD player are offered in the cabin.
Mitsubishi said that an automatic transmission would find its way on the Pajero Sport in August 2014, however, the company has not launched the variant till date.
The Pajero Sport is assembled from CKD kits at HM's Tiruvallur plant in Tamil Nadu.


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Fluid Analysis in Solar Heat Pipes
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Evacuated tube solar collectors are efficient systems that use heat pipes to facilitate heat transfer. They use incoming solar radiation to heat water. Professor Mason Medizade tasked the team with choosing a component of the system to research and test its influence on system performance. The team investigated the working fluid that runs through the heat pipes. Distilled water, acetone, and ethanol at a range of fill volumes form 1 mL to 11 mL were tested. The team's goal was to find a volume for each fluid to maximize performance of the system. Performance was defined as average temperature rise over the testing period. For distilled water, no maximum performance volume could be determined, but the trend showed higher performance at lower fill volumes. Ethanol showed its highest performance at 7 mL. Finally, acetone showed the highest performance at 6 mL of fill, and had the highest average temperature rise of the three fluids under the particular testing conditions imposed.
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Vintage advertisements, articles, maps and ephemera with links to Silicon Valley's past.
Bank of Italy cash bag - on exhibit at the San Mateo Museum
This is a photo of a Bank of Italy cash bag that was on exhibit at the San Mateo Museum. The Bank of Italy was founded in 1904 in San Francisco, California, and eventually became named Bank of America.
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Like a mailbox, there's always a Bank of Italy conveniently near. Everywhere-ness - a strong feature of Bank of Italy 1929 Advertisement. The Bank of Italy merged with the Bank of America, Los Angeles, in early 1929, and on November 2, 1930, the merged banks became officially known as the Bank of America.


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CNBC Adopts Tougher Tactic In Booking Wars CNBC is far and away the ratings leader in the financial cable news business — and its executives, producers and reporters are working hard to keep it that way. They're telling some guests they can't appear on rival channels amid breaking news.
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. CNBC is far and away the ratings leader when it comes to financial news on cable TV. The network's executives, producers and reporters are hustling to keep it that way. They've told some guests they can't appear on rival channels if they want to get on CNBC while there's a breaking story. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik offers us this window into the financial news wars.
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: So much of broadcast news revolves around the booking, that term for getting the player at the center of the action - the perfectly placed commentator, the insider with dish. The booker is the person who has to land the guest.
JONATHAN WALD: Bookers are a unique life form in the ecosystem of news gathering. They are often the snipers who sit waiting for their prey, drinking black coffee, smoking cigarettes and then strike at the ideal moment.
FOLKENFLIK: Jonathan Wald is the executive producer of "Piers Morgan Tonight" on CNN. He's also lead the "Today" show and was previously the second highest executive at CNBC.
WALD: You don't want to follow, so you'll do whatever you can to impress upon the guest the need to be on your show or your network first.
FOLKENFLIK: As Politico first reported, CNBC has adopted a policy that prohibits guests from appearing anywhere else first, or even on the same day. Last October, CNBC's Julia Boorstin snagged a big interview.
(SOUNDBITE OF CNBC BROADCAST)
FOLKENFLIK: Shortly after conducting her interview, Boorstin was witnessed berating Iger's team as he walked to speak live with Bloomberg TV. She was arguing Iger had to appear exclusively on her network. CNBC's top spokesmen initially denied to Politico that any such explicit policy existed, but NPR obtained a copy of an email received by a guest earlier this month. It's read aloud here by my NPR colleague, Amy Schrieffer(ph).
AMY SCHRIEFFER: (reading) CNBC policy reminder: Per CNBC policy, we cannot use guests who have a same day appearance on Fox Business or Bloomberg. By accepting a booking with CNBC, you acknowledge and accept the terms of this policy.
FOLKENFLIK: Several former CNBC producers told me that policy reflects a heightened competition because of new players in financial news TV. Bloomberg Television has become a more serious player in competing for major interviews and News Corp launched Fox Business Network five years ago. More recently, it allowed a partnership between the Wall Street Journal and CNBC to lapse.
Andrew Morse is head of Bloomberg TV's operations in the U.S.
ANDREW MORSE: Every network should be hustling to try to have content that's distinctive to their channel. That's our job. We're in the news business.
FOLKENFLIK: But Morse says Bloomberg won't try to dictate who can appear elsewhere.
MORSE: We want to talk to the newsmaker. If there's news, we also understand, though, that newsmakers need to get their message out and probably will talk to other sources. People aren't in the world of consuming just one source of news or information now.
FOLKENFLIK: CNBC had no official comment, but executives say Bloomberg reporters sometimes play fast and loose in claiming exclusives. Here's Bloomberg's Trish Regan last Friday.
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FOLKENFLIK: The problem is, it wasn't exclusive at all. The billionaire investor was interviewed by CNBC, too, that Thursday night and also appeared live on CNBC that Friday. Privately, several CNBC hands say why shouldn't they press their advantage. After all, they have the bigger television audience of investors, corporate executives, analysts and advertisers.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg's Morse said he's taken to poking CNBC by slapping up a caption that says First on Bloomberg, over an interview, regardless of whether the guest has appeared elsewhere. The caption is literally true. It's the first time that person appeared on Bloomberg that day, but that jibe is sure to drive competitors nuts and to sail over the heads of viewers.
Another parry in the battles over booking. David Folkenflik, NPR News, New York.


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\section{Cross sections for supersymmetric particles at the LHC}

Supersymmetry (SUSY), a long-standing, well-motivated and complete extension
of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics with a rich phenomenology,
continues to be searched
for at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). For many years, squarks and gluinos
have been at the centre of this search due to their strong interactions and
correspondingly large cross sections. However, the mass limits for these
particles are now already in the few-TeV range, so that pair production of
these particles might soon get out of reach at LHC energies of 13 or 14 TeV.
Associated production of squarks and gluinos with an electroweak superpartner
(a gaugino or higgsino, or equivalently a neutralino or chargino), that is
still allowed to be light and that is motivated for its part by dark matter
observations, might then be the only possibility to study them. The
corresponding cross sections, which
are, like the average produced final-state mass, of intermediate size and have
been known for many years at next-to-leading order (NLO) of QCD, should then
be known with the same up-to-date precision as those for strong and weak SUSY
particle pair production, i.e.\ at next-to-leading logarithmic (NLL) accuracy
\cite{Fuks:2013vua} and beyond \cite{Beenakker:2016lwe}, so that they can
be used by the ATLAS \cite{Aad:2015eda} and CMS \cite{Khachatryan:2014qwa}
collaborations.

\section{Analytical results}

The tree-level Feynman diagrams for associated gluino-gaugino production
\begin{figure}[ht]
\begin{center}
 \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{fig01a}
 \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{fig01b}
 \caption{Tree-level Feynman diagrams for associated gluino-gaugino production.}
 \label{fig:01}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:01}.
They lead to the squared matrix elements
\begin{eqnarray}
 \mathcal{M}_t\mathcal{M}^*_{t_c} &=& \frac{C_A C_F\,e\,g_s(\mu_r)}{(m_{\tilde q}^2 - t) (m_{\tilde{q}_c}^2 - t)} ( \mathcal{L}' \mathcal{L}'_c + \mathcal{R}' \mathcal{R}'_c) (L L_c + R R_c)(m_{\tilde g}^2 - t) (m_{\tilde \chi}^2 - t),
\\
 \mathcal{M}_u\mathcal{M}^*_{u_c} &=& \frac{C_A C_F\,e\,g_s(\mu_r)}{(m_{\tilde q}^2 - u) (m_{\tilde{q}_c}^2 - u)}( \mathcal{L} \mathcal{L}_c + \mathcal{R} \mathcal{R}_c) (L' L'_c + R' R'_c)(m_{\tilde g}^2 - u) (m_{\tilde \chi}^2 - u),
\\
\mathcal{M}_t \mathcal{M}^*_{u_c} &=& \frac{C_A C_F\,e\,g_s(\mu_r)}{(m_{\tilde q}^2 - t)(m_{\tilde{q}_c}^2 - u)} \biggl[ \left(-s^2 + t^2 + u^2 + (m_{\tilde \chi}^2 + m_{\tilde g}^2 ) (s - t - u) + 2 m_{\tilde g}^2 m_{\tilde \chi}^2\right) \nonumber \\
&\times& \left( L L_c \mathcal{L}' \mathcal{L}'_c + R R_c \mathcal{R}' \mathcal{R}'_c \right)
+ 2 m_{\tilde g} m_{\tilde \chi} s (\mathcal{R} R_c  \mathcal{L}' L'_c   + \mathcal{L} L_c   \mathcal{R}' R'_c) \biggr],
\end{eqnarray}
and consequently the partonic and hadronic cross sections
\begin{equation}
 \mathrm{d}\sigma_{ab}^{(0)}=\int_2 \mathrm{d} \sigma^{B} = \int \frac{1}{2s}\,
 \frac{1}{4C_A^2} \sum_{{\tilde{q},\tilde{q}_c}} \left(\mathcal{M}_t\mathcal{M}^*_{t_c} + \mathcal{M}_u\mathcal{M}^*_{u_c} - 2 {\rm Re}(\mathcal{M}_t \mathcal{M}_{u_c}^*) \right)
\, {\rm dPS}^{(2)}
\end{equation}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
 \sigma_{AB}~=~\int M^2\frac{\mathrm{d}\sigma_{AB}}{\mathrm{d} M^2}(\tau)&=&\sum_{a,b} \int_0^1 \!
 \mathrm{d} x_a \,\mathrm{d} x_b \,\mathrm{d} z[x_a f_{a/A}(x_a,\mu_f^2)] [x_b f_{b/B}(x_b,\mu_f^2)] \nonumber\\
 &\times& \,[z\,\mathrm{d}\sigma_{ab}(z,M^2,\mu_r^2,\mu_f^2)]\,\delta(\tau-x_ax_bz).
\end{eqnarray}
Here $C_{A,F}$ denote QCD colour factors, $e,g_s(\mu_r)$ electromagnetic
and (scale-dependent) strong couplings, $s,t,u$ Mandelstam variables,
dPS$^{(2)}$ the two-particle phase space, $L,R$ and $\mathcal{L,R}$ gaugino
and gluino coupling strengths, and $\tau=M^2/S$ the ratio of the squared
invariant mass of the produced SUSY particle pair to the hadronic
centre-of-mass energy.
The NLO corrections are computed with the Catani-Seymour dipole subtraction
method \cite{Catani:2002hc}
\begin{equation}
 \mathrm{d} \sigma^{(1)}_{ab}=\sigma^{\{3\}}+\sigma^{\{2\}}+\sigma^C=
 \int_3[\mathrm{d}\sigma^{R}-\mathrm{d}\sigma^A]_{\epsilon=0}+\int_2[\mathrm{d}\sigma^V+\int_1\mathrm{d}\sigma^A]_{\epsilon=0}
 +\sigma^C
\end{equation}
in $D=4-2\epsilon$ dimensions, and the final result agrees with our
previous calculation \cite{Berger:2000iu}.

Close to partonic threshold, when $z={M^2\over s} \rightarrow 1$, large logarithms
$\left({\alpha_s\over2\pi}\right)^n \left[{\ln^m(1-z)\over1-z}\right]_+$
spoil the convergence of the perturbative series and must be resummed to all
orders. This is most easily achieved in Mellin space, where the resummed cross
section
\begin{equation}
 \mathrm{d}\sigma^{\rm (res.)}_{ab\rightarrow ij}(N,M^2,\mu^2) = \sum_{I}\,\mathcal{H}_{ab\rightarrow ij,I}(M^2,\mu^2)\,
 \Delta_a (N,M^2,\mu^2)\,\Delta_b (N,M^2,\mu^2) \Delta_{ab\rightarrow ij,I}(N,M^2,\mu^2)
\end{equation}
factorises into soft-collinear and soft functions
\begin{equation}
 \Delta_a\Delta_b\Delta_{ab\rightarrow ij,I} = \exp\Big[L G^{(1)}_{ab}(\lambda)
 + G^{(2)}_{ab\rightarrow ij,I}(\lambda,M^2/\mu^2)
 + \ldots \Big]
\end{equation}
with leading and next-to-leading logarithms \cite{Catani:2003zt}
\begin{eqnarray}
G^{(1)}_{ab}(\lambda) &=& g_a^{(1)}(\lambda) + g_b^{(1)}(\lambda), \\
G^{(2)}_{ab \rightarrow ij}(\lambda) &=& g_a^{(2)}(\lambda,M^2,\mu_r^2, \mu_f^2) + g_b^{(2)}(\lambda,M^2,\mu_r^2, \mu_f^2) + h^{(2)}_{ab \rightarrow ij,I}(\lambda).
\end{eqnarray}
The soft anomalous dimension $h^{(2)}_{ab \rightarrow ij,I}$ and hard matching
coefficient $\mathcal{H}_{ab\rightarrow ij,I}$ are process-dependent. The former reads
in the present case
\begin{equation}
 h^{(2)}_{ab \rightarrow ij,I}(\lambda) =
 \frac{2\pi}{\alpha_s}
 \frac{\ln{\left(1 - 2 \lambda\right)}}{2\beta_0}
 {\rm Re} \left\{
 \frac{\alpha_s}{2\pi} C_A \left[\ln{2} + i \pi - 1
 + \ln{\left( \frac{m_{\tilde g}^2 - t} {\sqrt{2}m_{\tilde g}\sqrt{s}}\right)}
 + \ln{\left( \frac{m_{\tilde g}^2 - u }{\sqrt{2} m_{\tilde g} \sqrt{s}}\right)}\right]
 \right\} ,
\end{equation}
while the latter ($\mathcal{H}_{ab\rightarrow ij,I}$) can be found in Ref.\ \cite{Fuks:2016vdc}.

\section{Numerical results}

We study the impact of the NLL+NLO corrections in a phenomenological
Minimal SUSY SM with 13 free parameters (pMSSM-13). Input parameters
are in particular the bino and gluino soft SUSY-breaking masses $M_1$
and $M_3$, with the wino mass fixed to $M_2\simeq 2 M_1$. The
physical mass spectrum is then obtained with SPheno 3.37 \cite{Porod:2011nf}
and shown for our example scenario in Fig.~\ref{fig:03}.
\begin{figure}[ht]
\begin{center}
 \includegraphics[width=0.66\textwidth]{fig03}
 \caption{Default pMSSM-13 scenario with light gauginos, a heavy gluino
 and the correct mass of the lightest Higgs boson.}
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Fig.~\ref{fig:04} shows the invariant-mass distribution of the produced
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sparticles. Additional radiation shifts the maximum to lower invariant
masses and reduces the scale dependence. At large $M$, the NLL corrections
increase the NLO cross section by up to 10\%, and the total scale dependence
is reduced there from 30\% to 5\% (lower panel).
The variation of the gluino mass in Fig.~\ref{fig:06} demonstrates that
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associated gluino-gaugino pairs in this class of SUSY scenarios will soon be
observable at the LHC with an integrated luminosity of 100 fb$^{-1}$ up to
gluino masses of 3 TeV.

\section{Conclusion}

The semi-weak associated production of gluinos and gauginos might
soon become relevant, if gluinos are too heavy to be pair-produced
at the LHC. This would indeed be theoretically expected from the GUT
relation $M_1=M_2/2=M_3/6$ among the soft SUSY-breaking gaugino and
gluino mass parameters. We have summarised the analytical calculations of
the process-dependent pieces of a threshold-resummation calculation
at NLL accuracy, i.e.\ of the soft anomalous dimension and the hard
matching coefficient, before matching the result to a full NLO calculation
and performing numerically an inverse Mellin transform. As we have
seen, the NLL contributions can increase the NLO invariant mass distribution
by up to 10\% and reduce the total scale dependence from 30\% to 5\%.
The parton density function (PDF) uncertainty should be reduced by
including threshold-improved PDFs in the near future.

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Black-Tailed Deer Facts
A source of constant fascination for hunters, naturalists, and backyard wildlife watchers, this deer earned the nickname of the 'Ghost of the Pacific' for its skillfulness to move unseen and unheard through the thick rainforests. This popular game animal for hunting has other common names like the Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and Blacktail deer. There is an argument among scientists on whether or not to make the mule deer a species of its own or keep it as a subspecies of the mule deer. All authorities observe this deer as a subspecies of the Mule deer, another being the Sitka black-tailed deer that is commonly seen in Southeast Alaska.
A member of the mule deer family, the Blacktail deer, is found across the Pacific Northwest of North America. It is usually active in the early hours of the night and early morning. As they browse around forests, grassy areas, and golf courses on both sides of the road, exercise caution while driving because, more often than not, if one deer crosses, another one follows.
Read on for more fun facts about Black-Tailed Deer, and do check out deer and reindeer facts for more interesting articles.
Grass, woody plants, and green growth of forbs
Male: 120-330 lb (55–150 kg) Female: 94-200 lb (43–90 kg)
Up to 5 ft
Reddish-brown and brownish-gray
Coat/ hair
Grey wolves, brown bears, mountain lions, coyote, and bobcat
Coastal woodlands, forests
Pacific Northwest of North America
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
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Black-Tailed Deer Interesting Facts
What type of animal is a Black-Tailed Deer?
The Black-tailed deer (scientific name, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) is an elegant mammal, one of the nine species of mule deer. It has two subspecies, the Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) and Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus).
What class of animal do Black-Tailed Deer belong to?
This Mule deer belongs to the Mammalia class from the family Cervidae. This deer is considered one of the least studied deer species in western North America.
How many Black-Tailed Deer are there in the world?
As this species is not endangered, there is no exact count on how many are left. According to The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, it is estimated that the total U.S. mule and blacktail deer population stood at 4.2 million between 2016-2018 and less than 4 million in 2020.
Where do Black-Tailed Deer live?
The Mule deer lives in western North America and Pacific Northwest. The Sitka deer is found in western Oregon, Southcentral Alaska, Southeast Alaska, including British Columbia and Kodiak Island. The Colombian black-tailed deer is mainly seen in California (and can also be called the California black-tailed deer), Washington, Oregon, northwards near Alaska, and British Columbia.
What is a Black-Tailed Deer's habitat?
The Black-tailed deer habitat includes dark forests and coastal woodlands. As they do not seem to cover grasslands, deers stay at the edge of the forest. Grasslands are essential not only for food but for the cover as well. Forest edges offer abundant meadows and sufficient shelter. During the daytime, they rest near streams of water. They spend their time in lower elevations during winter and higher altitudes in the summer. While its cousin Sitka black-tailed deer is seen in coastal British Columbia and Southeast Alaska.
Who do Black-Tailed Deer live with?
Mule deers are usually solitary animals. They spend their time browsing around grasslands. Sometimes, they are seen in small groups active at dusk and dawn.
How long do Black-Tailed Deer live?
The Columbian Black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) lifespan is around 9-10 years in the wild, and they can live up to 17-20 years in captivity.
The Black-tailed deer range for the breeding season is between November to December; this breeding season is also known as the rutting season. During this time, the bucks chase the female back and forth across the road, and the female prefers males with big antlers. The females give birth to two fawns, rarely to one or three fawns. The fawn weighs around 6-8.8 lb (2.7-4 kg) at the time of birth. They are left alone when the mother goes to browse in its natural habitat, which is crucial to produce sufficient milk for the fawns. They reach sexual maturity around 16 months of age.
This hunting game animal is classified as Least Concern as there is no imminent danger to their population. However, the slowly declining numbers of these deers from 4.6 million in 2000 to less than 4 million in 2020 is a cause of concern to many wildlife researchers and agencies. The biggest reasons for this decline are attributed to fragmentation and habitat loss.
Black-Tailed Deer Fun Facts
What do Black-Tailed Deer look like?
One of the exciting features this Columbian black-tailed deer buck (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) has is that its coat colors change as per the seasons. They are brownish-gray in winter and reddish-brown in summer, with their tail always dark brown or black with a white undersurface. They have stocky bodies with slim, long, and sturdy legs. Their antlers are shed between January and March, and they grow back between April and August. Most often, only Mule bucks have antlers, and female deers may have antlers in rare cases. Their ears move independently, and with good eyesight, they can see as far as 2,000 ft (600 m). This hearing and sight ability helps them spot you before you can spot them.
These forest hunting game bucks and does are generally good-looking, especially the baby deer coming into the world at less than 10 lb in weight. These newborns do not have a sense of smell for a few days since the birth; this helps their mothers to keep them safe at a place when they go looking for food. These species develop antlers called antler buttons as they get six to eight months old under a velvet layer of skin. These antlers become full-size in four to five years.
The Columbian black-tailed deer uses more than 10 separate vocalizations to communicate in the forest. They are louder than Rocky Mountain Mule Deer, making rut-snorts followed by loud grunts. Their excellent sense of sight and smell are used to communicate alarm, mutual recognition, even to leave a scent trail when they travel as they can produce different scents. They are also very good at picking up unusual sounds that signal danger.
How big are Black-Tailed Deer?
The Black-tailed deer size can stand up to 3 ft (1-1.5 m) at the shoulder. The Mule deer is a medium-sized deer compared to the whitetail deer, but their antlers take patterns more similar to the mule deer. The antlers of Mule deer grow into a distinctive double-fork shape.
How fast can Black-Tailed Deer run?
The Mule deer can reach up to 50 mph in speed. If you plan to pursue this deer, don't forget to carry a pair of good shoes.
How much do Black-Tailed Deer weigh?
Fully grown bucks can weigh 200 lb (91 kg), and the female Black-tailed deer weight can be 130 lb (59 kg) on average. While its close cousin, Sitka black-tailed deer, weighs the same or a little less.
Adult male deers are called bucks, while adult females are known as does.
What would you call a baby Black-Tailed Deer?
The young Mule deer are called fawns. Although their mothers take care of these fawns very well, their mortality rate remains 45-70%. Does are highly protective of fawns, and humans are seen as predators.
The Mule deer eats western poison oak, despite its irritant content along with various berries, nuts, herbs, grass, shrubs, acorns, and lots of green foliage. Specifically, they browse western red cedar, forbs, blackberries, apples, maple, fireweed, deer fern, salal, and red huckleberry in the forest. The Black-tailed deer diet also includes cultivated crops, lichens, mushrooms and prefers new plant growth in summer. The Blacktail deer is a ruminant, meaning it has four compartments in its stomach; it swallows the food first and brings it back to chew later. These ruminant stomachs are helpful if they have to run when attacked.
A little skittish and docile with their stealth and secretive behavior, the Mule deer can escape hunters easily. Aggressive behavior among deers is unusual but not unheard of, but aggressive behavior among the bucks has been observed in the forest. They very rarely attack humans, mainly when you try to get close to a Black-tailed deer fawn. Although they are wary of humans, they can become fearless with frequent human encounters. They are clever enough to figure that if your dog is on a leash, it is not a danger to them.
Deers are considered wild animals, not suitable to be kept as pets. It is even illegal in some regions; California does not allow a deer as a pet.
In the book 'The Oregon Trail' by Francis Parkman, an eyewitness account of the two-day trek from Fort Laramie, Parkman writes of the shooting of an elk, only to realize later that it was Mule deer that was dead. If this was to be believed, the Mule deer once lived in far east Wyoming. In this case, some specimens are to be found to the east of California. Yet, it is extreme to think this is possible because it violates everything we know of these deers. Instead, nearly two centuries later, Francis Parkman identified the larger subspecies of mule deer that is now known as a mule deer. We can only imagine that it must have been tricky to differentiate the mule deer from its coastal Mule deer subspecies.
How can you tell if a Black-Tailed Deer is going to attack?
When a coastal deer is going to attack, it typically tucks its tail tightly against the rump, this can also be a sign of fear, but the aggressive deer will have hair that stands on end usually. Another key is a heavy, stiff walk, and dropped ears are easy signs of aggression. To scare the deer away at a time like this, raise both your hands over your head, spread your jacket wide, and wave while screaming; try anything that can make you look bigger to the deer. If the deer charges, try to grab its most apparent weapon, the bucks' antlers or the front legs of the does as the females do not have antlers. You can spot bucks with antlers from April to August.
How high can a Black-Tailed Deer jump?
Mule deer can jump an average of 8 ft high. They usually do not risk the jump if they are uncertain due to their poor vertical vision.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly animal facts for everyone to discover! Learn more about some other mammals including the nyala or greater kudu.
You can even occupy yourself at home by drawing one on our deer coloring pages.


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Arguably one of the world's most notorious bands, New York's Emmure are no doubt a force to be reckoned with. Their fourth album "Speaker Of The Dead" was released in February via Victory Records, and has proved them to be as controversial as ever. With the band's return to Australia just around the corner, we caught up with guitarist Jesse to find out what's up in the world of Emmure.
Hi there, please start out by telling us your name, your role in Emmure and your favourite record so far this year?
My name is Jesse Ketive, and I play guitar. Deftones' "Diamond Eyes" was the record of 2010 for me and nothing has followed it up yet this year!
Can you tell us a little bit about how the band originally came about?
The band started in Connecticut and Frank read an ad online (before myspace existed) and started taking a train from Queens, NY up to CT. After a few months of that, and a few shows I joined the band after meeting and hanging with the guys through knowing Frank for years already. Than I drove us up to Connecticut every week and weekend to practice for about two years as we started gigging hard immediately.
What bands have inspired you most in the creation of your own music?
Deftones, Fear Factory, Pantera, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Meshuggah, any Death metal circa 1996-2003.
You guys released "Speaker of the Dead" in February. How do you feel the response has been so far from critics and fans?
The response has surpassed what we thought for sure! People are jumping and bouncing and singing along more than ever. It's definitely coming across on record, as well as live even more. The critics will "critique" and no matter what we do, people will hate and people will love. So I don't pay any attention to what critics say. It's what we feel, and all the fans that come out more and more.
For this album the band chose to record with Joey Sturgis. How did the writing and recording process for this release compare to that for past records?
This time we wrote a lot more on the computer pre-producing the CD and getting songs together before we went into the studio. So that approach worked out great for us. Joey also knew exactly what we wanted and needed at the time, and we did not butt heads at all and stuff flowed nice the whole recording.
You dudes were last on our shores with Machine Head, Hatebreed and Bleeding Through last year. What were the highlights of that tour for you guys?
That tour was super amazing, and the friendships and shows we had made and did were a life changing experience. The size of the venues and the very good attitudes and people from all the other bands made that whole tour a highlight. I could definitely say the last show, when Rob Flynn from Machine Head called out Frankie and the rest of Emmure on stage and the whole tour to take shots on stage in front of 3000 people. That was like something out of a Pantera home video I grew up watching [laughs].
Your tour with Sydney's Shinto Katana is steadily approaching. What are you expecting from those run of dates?
I am expecting fun shows, sweaty hot shows, vodka, weed, friends, lots of laughing, and even more travelling .
The band previously relocated from Connecticut to New York. What was the reasoning behind that change of scenery?
More of us were from New York, and we had a nice practice place that was 24/7 and next to the best 24/7 Deli in NYC.
Some say NYHC is dead. Do you think the New York hardcore and metal scene is still alive and kicking?
I think theres a scene for anything anywhere.. you just have to look for it. Its a lot easier to just go online and decide what you do and don't like, rather then roll with a scene like anytime before 2002-ish. The scene is still there and gets taken over by younger generations over and over. It's like a wave.
Emmure tend to polarise audiences to say the least. What have you got to say to any haters out there?
Im not too sure what you mean by polarise? Maybe pulverise? I can say, I remember when i was narrow minded, and ignorant…
Apart from touring on the back of "Speaker Of The Dead", what will the rest of 2011 bring for Emmure?
Just touring and videos online and interviews and shows everywhere. Lots in store as we're setting up the rest of the year with tours!
Cheers man, appreciate your time. Any final thoughts or shout outs?
Thank you! Thanks to the fans and friends all over that keep us going and we love you guys as much as you love us!
See you very soon.
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Anonymous June 17th, 2011
'speaker of the dead' is the best album since 'goodbye . . . ' but doesn't surpass it in my eyes. The syd show was pretty good, with plenty of old stuff. fun times


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The area is quiet with stunning views from the hillside and farmyard. There are no major transport routes running through - the easiest way to get there is by car through Dolphinholme (near Junction 33 of the M6 / A6).


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Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House DFL leader, briefly became a lefty hero when she attacked her "white male" colleagues. and complained that women of color were ignored. Now Hortman is ignoring the women of color who accused Rep. Keith Ellison of domestic abuse.
Within hours of CLF releasing its ads, Minnesota Jobs Coalition posted video of a tracker confronting Melissa Hortman, minority leader of the state House of Representatives.
"Do you believe his accuser?" the tracker asks, as Hortman reaches into the passenger side of a van.
"I believe the congressman has addressed those allegations," the Democrat says before walking away, the tracker in tow.
Hortman had previously gone after a Muslim woman who offended Islamists.


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Minnesota shop owner spots stolen items on Facebook; is run over while meeting 'seller' to get them back, charges say
Duluth ACT scores dip
Both state of Minnesota and Duluth school district's score averages fell for the national ACT college entrance exam in 2018. The numbers, published today in a report from ACT, showed both Minnesota and Duluth composite score averages fell to 21.3...
Written By: Jack Nissen | Oct 17th 2018 - 6am.
Both state of Minnesota and Duluth school district's score averages fell for the national ACT college entrance exam in 2018.
The numbers, published today in a report from ACT, showed both Minnesota and Duluth composite score averages fell to 21.3 out of 36. Duluth scores dropped from 21.7, while state averages went down from 21.5. Despite those drops, the state still outperformed the 18 other states where 90 percent or more students took the college entrance exam.
A deeper look into scores shows students attending Duluth East High School scoring 22.7 on average, while Denfeld High School students scored an average of 19.1.
Looking at the numbers divided by race among those schools show black students scored on average 15.1, while Asian students scored an average of 22.7 - both groups make up a little more than 2 percent of the student body. White students, who number 54 percent of all students recorded an average of 21.9. Students who preferred not to identify by race, which was 31 percent of the student body, scored a 21. Numbers for Native Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Pacific Islanders and students who identified as two or more races were not available.
The district's highest average in recent years was recorded in 2014-2015, scoring at 23.3. It then dropped to its lowest average the next year, falling to 21.
The national average for ACT scores was 20.8. That's among 55 percent of all 2018 graduates. In Minnesota, 30 percent of graduates met all four ACT college-readiness benchmarks - 3 percent higher than students nationally. Those benchmarks measure whether students are prepared for college-level coursework.
The ACT measures skills thought to be important for success in first-year college courses, and tests students in math, English, reading and science.
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Daron Hall was sworn-in as the 61st sheriff of Davidson County September 2002 and elected to his fifth term in 2018. Upon conclusion of this term, he will be the longest serving sheriff in Metropolitan Nashville's history.
Hall has made arresting the problem, not the person, a focus; bringing programming, treatment, and community involvement to the inmate population. As a result, Davidson County has 50 percent fewer people incarcerated now than 10 years ago. Additionally, his efforts to decriminalize mental illness brought him national recognition when he opened the first-of its-kind Behavioral Care Center in September 2020.
He served as the 101st president of the American Correctional Association (ACA) and also served as the 78th president of the National Sheriffs' Association, the only sheriff in the country to ever hold both positions. Hall has a list of recognitions including Nashville Prevention Partnership's Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) "Sam Cochran" Award, the Dismas House "Jack Hickey" Award, and the prestigious E. R. Cass award – the highest honor given in the corrections profession.
After 30 years of criminal justice experience, Sheriff Hall is seen as an expert in his field. He has been interviewed by national and international media outlets including Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, NPR, the New York Times, CNN, and Fortune Magazine.


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Annette Volk (* 3. Oktober 1974 in Miltenberg) ist eine deutsche Juristin.

Annette Volk studierte Jura und schloss das Studium mit dem zweiten juristischen Staatsexamen 2001 ab. Sie arbeitete vier Jahre lang als Rechtsanwältin und wurde anschließend Beamtin des höheren Dienstes im Staatsministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Familie und Integration des Freistaats Bayern. Sie promovierte 2006, wurde ein Jahr später Richterin und war an verschiedenen Arbeitsgerichten tätig; bis 2015 war sie am Landesarbeitsgericht Nürnberg eingesetzt. Volk ist seit dem 1. Mai 2015 Richterin am Bundesarbeitsgericht.

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Home News Abu Dhabi Louvre Abu Dhabi to open in November
Louvre Abu Dhabi to open in November
Louvre Abu Dhabi today announced it will open its doors to the public on 11th November 2017. It is the first museum of its kind in the Arab world: a universal museum that focuses on shared human stories across civilisations and cultures.
The opening celebrations will include a wide range of public programmes, including symposia, performances, concerts, dance, and visual arts by renowned contemporary and classical artists.
The Pritzker Prize winning French architect, Jean Nouvel, has designed a museum city, or Arab medina, under a vast silvery dome. Visitors will be able to walk along promenades overlooking the sea beneath the museum's 180-metre dome, comprised of almost 8,000 unique metal stars set in a complex geometric pattern. When sunlight filters through, it creates a moving 'rain of light' beneath the dome, reminiscent of the overlapping palm trees in the UAE's oases.
On display will be the museum's important collection of artworks, artefacts and loans from France's top museums. These span the entirety of human existence from prehistorical objects to commissioned contemporary artworks, highlighting universal themes and ideas and marking a departure from traditional museography that often categorises according to origin. In addition to the galleries, the museum will include exhibitions, a children's museum, a restaurant, a boutique and a caf?.
Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, TCA Abu Dhabi, and Tourism Development and Investment Company, TDIC, said, "Louvre Abu Dhabi embodies our belief that nations thrive on diversity and acceptance, with a curatorial narrative that emphasises how interconnected the world has always been. The museum represents the latest innovation in a long-standing tradition of cultural preservation nurtured by the founding leaders of the UAE.
Louvre Abu Dhabi forms one element of Abu Dhabi's cultural strategy, which safeguards our rich heritage and catalyses creativity. Investment in a vibrant cultural ecosystem supports the UAE's economic diversification and development as a modern, dynamic society. Louvre Abu Dhabi will inspire a new generation of cultural leaders and creative thinkers to contribute to our rapidly-changing and tolerant nation."
Louvre Abu Dhabi's story will begin in the "Great Vestibule", where visitors are introduced to important themes such as maternity and funerary rituals. The dialogue between works from different geographical territories, sometimes far apart, highlights similarities between the canons despite each having its own mode of expression. The galleries will be both chronological and thematic, and subdivided into 12 chapters. Displays include works from the earliest empires, including the first figurative representations, such as the Bactrian Princess created in Central Asia at the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE, funerary practices of ancient Egypt illustrated by a set sarcophagi of Princess Henuttawy, and the creation of new economies with a Decadrachm coin of Syracuse signed by the artist Euainetos.
A gallery dedicated to universal religions will feature sacred texts: a leaf from the "Blue Quran", a Gothic Bible, a Pentateuch and texts from Buddhism and Taoism. The artistic exchanges on the trading routes during the Medieval and Modern periods are brought to the fore through an important number of ceramic works. Between Asia and the Mediterranean, and then between Europe and America, guests will appreciate how the world's horizon gradually expanded. A set of screens from the Japanese Namban demonstrate the dialogue between the Far East and Europe. From the image of the Prince throughout the world, illustrated by an important Ottoman Turban Helmet, to a more intimate vision of a new art of living, the museum presents an exceptional chest of drawers made in Red Chinese lacquer by Bernard II Van Risenburgh (1696 – 1766), created in France. In a section about Modernity are Edouard Manet's (1832 – 1883) the Gypsy, Paul Gauguin's (1848 – 1903) Children Wrestling, Piet Mondrian's (1872 – 1944) Composition with Blue, Red, Yellow and Black. Also on show will be a monumental work by the artist Ai Weiwei (1957- ) and his questioning of globalisation.
Louvre Abu Dhabi's first site-specific works, installed in the outdoor areas by renowned contemporary artists, interact with the spirit of the museum and the fabric of the architecture.
American artist Jenny Holzer (1950 -) has created three engraved stone walls named 'For Louvre Abu Dhabi', 2017. These cite important historical texts from Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah, the Mesopotamian bilingual (Akkadian / Sumerian) Creation Myth tablet, and the 1588 annotated edition of Michel de Montaigne's Les Essais.
Italian artist Giuseppe Penone (1947 – ) has produced several works specifically for Louvre Abu Dhabi. Leaves of Light (2017) is a vast bronze tree with mirrors placed in its branches to reflect the 'rain of light'. Propagation (2017) is a wall of porcelain tiles that depict hand-drawn concentric circles originating from the fingerprint of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE's founding father. It was produced in collaboration with the workshops of S?vres – Cit? de la c?ramique in France.
Ms. Francoise Nyssen, the French Minister of Culture said today in Abu Dhabi, "The opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi on 11th November 2017 will be a milestone in the development of the cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and France, ten years after the signature of the intergovernmental agreement. This museum is one of the most ambitious cultural projects in the world, brought to light by Jean Nouvel's exceptional architectural masterpiece. With the expertise of its cultural institutions and loans from its national collections, France is particularly proud to play a significant role in the completion and the life of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, for now and for several decades to come.
"Endowed with an innovative scientific and cultural project combining the expertise of 13 French museums and institutions steered by Agence France-Mus?ums, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will offer visitors a unique experience: a brand new journey through major works of art from different civilisations, mirrored to reveal our common humanity. The Louvre Abu Dhabi therefore carries a message of tolerance and peace and stresses the unwavering commitment of our two countries to promote culture and education as a shield against extremism.
"The inauguration week will also feature two prestigious events coproduced under the French-Emirati Cultural Programme, that was initiated over a year ago by our two countries and supported by the creative momentum generated by the Louvre Abu Dhabi. I have the hope that the Louvre Abu Dhabi will always bring this energy further, inspire new callings, promote mutual understanding, and always reinforce the strong bonds uniting the United Arab Emirates and France."
Manuel Rabat, Director of Louvre Abu Dhabi, said, "With a unique global narrative and a vision to explore the history of art in a fresh context, Louvre Abu Dhabi is a place where visitors can come to understand their own and others' cultures. Its ground-breaking architecture complements a presentation of exceptional treasures that represent a snapshot of humanity's creativity, and paves the way for new discussions."
Jean-Luc Martinez, President-director of the Louvre museum and Chairman of the scientific Board of Agence France-Mus?ums, who was also in Abu Dhabi for the announcement, said, "This joint announcement honours the completion of a magnificent project with which the Louvre is proud to have associated its name and to claim the spirit of it – the creation of the first universal museum in the Arab World. I am delighted to see that we are entering the final phase of a project with a spirit of openness perfectly aligned with the true nature of the Louvre – it is my wish that from Saadiyat Island, it will be carrying out this inspiring world awareness mission to future generations."
Jean Nouvel, the architect of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, said, "Louvre Abu Dhabi will open in two months. After several years of studies and construction, guests will be able to enter this place of light, this revelatory meeting place of a number of planetary cultures beyond the seas and centuries. It is an architecture that is protective of its treasures, it is a homage to the Arab city, to its poetry in geometry and light, and, under the large cupola, it is an evocation of the temporalities which inexorably punctuate the hours, days, and the passing of our lives."
In the galleries, important artworks on loan from 13 leading museums in France will be presented. Highlights include Leonardo da Vinci's (1452 – 1519) La Belle Ferronni?re (on loan from Musee du Louvre), Vincent van Gogh's (1853 – 1890) self-portrait (Musee d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie), a rare ivory saltcellar from the Benin Empire (Musee du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac), a Globe by Vincenzo Coronelli (1650 – 1718) (Bibliotheque Nationale de France), a pair of gui vessels (Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet), Jacques-Louis David's (1748 – 1825) Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Chateau de Versailles), Auguste Rodin's (1840 – 1917) Jean d'Aire from the group 'The Burghers of Calais' (Musee Rodin), a 13th century reliquary chest (Musee de Cluny – Musee National du Moyen Age), a Chinese ewer of Persian shape (Musee des Arts Decoratifs), a Breastplate of Marmesse (Musee d'Archeologie Nationale – Saint Germain en Laye), the Apollo Belvedere statue by Primatice (1504 – 1570) from Chateau de Fontainebleau, and Standing Woman II by Alberto Giacometti (1901 – 1966) from Centre Pompidou.
The inaugural special exhibition, 'From One Louvre to Another: opening a museum for everyone', opens on 21st December, 2017, and traces the history of Musee du Louvre in Paris.
Divided into three sections, the exhibition will look at the royal collections at Versailles under King Louis XIV, followed by the residency of the Academy and Salons in this palace for artists, and conclude with the creation of the modern Musee du Louvre. It will feature approximately 145 significant paintings, sculptures, decorative arts and other pieces from the collections of Musee du Louvre and Ch?teau de Versailles. The exhibition is curated by Jean-Luc Martinez, President-Director, Musee du Louvre, and Juliette Trey, Curator, Prints and Drawings Department, Musee du Louvre.
The intergovernmental agreement includes the loan of the Musee du Louvre's name for 30 years and 6 months, temporary exhibitions for 15 years, and loans of artworks for 10 years.
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No ice cream before tea.
You can't live on chocolate.
Put this sun cream on.
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