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MBA General Management Student Dr. Franz Pfister Establishes Childcare Agency Service
To pass medical studies, immediately afterwards complete a doctorate and then get secure permanent employment at a renowned employer – many people would be more than happy with such a career path. For others, on the other hand, this is only a starting point. As, for example, for Dr. Franz Pfister. He studied medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich as well as at Harvard Medical School in Boston; he is a medical doctor and works in the neurology department of the Schön Clinic in Munich.
Dr. Franz Pfister
A respectable career for somebody who has not even yet turned 30. But not enough for Franz. Since 2015, he has been studying part-time in the MBA General Management program at Munich Business School (MBS). And now, shortly before his degree, he has also established his own start-up: With MYMARY, he successfully acts as a broker for babysitters and childcare workers.
We talked to Franz about his start-up and his path to becoming an entrepreneur.
Hello Franz! Before we talk about your start-up, MYMARY, let us briefly address your actual profession as a doctor. How does a typical day in the clinic go for you?
All in all, it is like you would imagine working in a hospital: Together with my colleagues, I supervise the therapeutic activities of our patients. This means spending a lot of time doing rounds but I also do new admissions and take care of acute emergency cases. In addition, we have regular team meetings with the other doctors and therapists at which we discuss patients and treatments. As it is typical for hospital doctors, nightshifts are also a part of my day-to-day work.
You actually already have a "complete" professional training. Why did you decide to study for an MBA in addition to your exhausting day-to-day work?
First of all, I would like to say that I love to work as a doctor. But it is not my medium- and long-term goal to work in acute medical care but rather in the digital health sector. So I decided to study for an MBA to obtain the business administration expertise which is needed for a position in management.
The part-time MBA study program at MBS, organization-wise, fits in well with my job. I had to sacrifice a lot of free time and there were times where I saw my friends all too seldom, but it was well worth it for me.
You are now at the end of your MBA studies – and you have already started the next project. You have founded MYMARY, a childcare agency service. When did you get the idea to become an entrepreneur?
I already tested the waters of start-up during my medical studies in Boston. At that time, I was Director of Health at a German-American start-up which unfortunately did not start-up well: The capital requirement was huge and there were problems with the marketing budget and the supply chain. In addition, there were patent issues. All of that, even though the start-up was still in the early stage and it did not even have a proof of concept.
I then decided to leave the company to go and gain clinical experience first and to do an MBA and thereby gather start-up experiences "on the go". Nevertheless, at that time already I had developed a taste for entrepreneurship and learned a lot: for example, that for a good start-up you need a scalable idea – and a good team.
How did you get the business idea for MYMARY? Why did you not found a company which has something to do with medicine, or your profession as a doctor?
That my start-up has nothing to do with medicine, was secondary to me. It was more important that I see a good opportunity in MYMARY to invest my so called human capital.
MYMARY solves a real problem in the babysitting/ childcare sector. I would call it the "trust issue". There are great numbers of portals providing babysitters. But they all don't solve the problem of missing trust. Who wants to leave his child with someone he found in the small ads?
We have an excellent team with a social educational worker who has had her own company for childcare for ten years and a computer scientist who is a full stack developer and was able to develop the complete spectrum of technology for the start-up. In addition, I know them both for over ten, and over twenty years, respectively.
Furthermore, the capital requirement for a digital start-up such as MYMARY is relatively small. We are able to survive the early stage quite well with the core team and our capital stock and thus obtain the proof of concept for one city. At the moment, we are offering our services in Munich. If everything develops like we anticipate, we plan to scale up with debt capital.
To what extent did your MBA studies contribute to, or encourage you to, found a company?
My studies were really helpful. I got all the answers to the questions that were important for the foundation process and I have profited throughout the whole process. I am thinking, for example, of strategic planning, book keeping, company law, innovation and marketing. I met time and again with my lecturers and fellow students, also outside of the university. They have strongly supported me and helped me a lot to move forward.
What is special about MYMARY compared to competing providers?
According to our motto "Your children in the best hands" we personally interview all our babysitters and child carers and check them out with regard to their identity card, certificate of conduct, trade licence and references. Furthermore, they are trained by our social educational worker and they have to take a course in first aid for children.
In addition, we protect families and sitters by a closed network: You can only access MYMARY through a personal "MYMARY code" invitation. By this, we can guarantee that there are no black sheep among the users and we can precisely trace who came through which contact into the network. Our network of trustworthy and qualified sitters is already so big that we can satisfy last minute requests the very same day.
In addition, 99% of babysitting is done illegally but with us everything is done legally. Because of this, we can write an invoice on behalf of the sitter for the rendered services which the customers can write off against tax and then get back up to 30% of the care costs.
We have already acquired many highly satisfied customers which now make use of our offer regularly. Our sitters are also very happy with the above average salary and the work in the MYMARY network.
Who is the team behind MYMARY? What are your tasks?
At present, our team consists of seven people: Jenny, who I mentioned already above, takes care of the daily business. Odilo as our computer specialist is responsible for anything connected to technical matters. In addition, we have specialists for marketing, community management as well as two project managers.
My job is business development which means that I coordinate the team, develop the business model, meet with partners and investors and I oversee all administrative activities. In general, I see myself as captain of the "start-up" ship who holds the ship on course on the stormy sea, identifies problems early and solves them and brings the team forward.
Which plans do you have for MYMARY for the near future?
The next goal is to obtain the proof of concept for Munich. Then we want to raise capital and scale up, whereas I rather think of doing it in towns than doing a mass expansion. With MYMARY, a solid and secure growth is more important to me than a too early and too quick expansion. In such a sensitive business area as childcare, this would, in my opinion, inevitably lead to chaos and, consequently, to failure of the company.
Have you got any more business ideas that you want to implement? Can you imagine working someday as a businessman only, and giving up your work as a doctor for that?
I still have a whole pool of ideas and I am just waiting for the right opportunity to start the next project. The next year, I see myself still as a doctor but I will move more into the sector of digital health. There I see an immense potential to help a large population group economically and with a high level of quality.
Thank you very much for this interview and all the best for your professional future.
You want to learn more about the services of MYMARY? All important information is on the company website and on the social media channels of MYMARY (Facebook; Instagram).
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Engineering the Hi-Fi Brain
In Department of Chemical Engineering, Featured, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News, Research Grants September 19, 2022
From left: Kevin Otto, Ph.D., professor and senior associate chair in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Mark Orazem, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering
A public-private UF collaboration seeks to optimize clinical outcomes by pumping up the volume through novel neuroprostheses fabrication
Every audiophile long ago celebrated the quantum leap from stereo to multichannel for their immersive listening experience. Now, through a $4.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two researchers in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering are working to similarly advance the therapeutic intervention known as "neuromodulation," fine-tuning electronic stimulation inside the body by creating next-generation electrodes that will deliver the equivalent of high fidelity for the central nervous system.
The project is funded by a U01 grant, an NIH Cooperative Agreement Award that has ambitious, well-defined deliverables in the neuromodulation field that portend groundbreaking therapeutics for nervous system (CNS) diseases or injuries like Parkinson's Disease and essential tremor, as well as stroke, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome and neuropsychiatric conditions.
"Some neuroprostheses use hard-wired, chronically implanted electrical microstimulation devices that interact directly with the nervous system," said Kevin Otto, Ph.D., professor and senior associate chair in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, who is co-leading the four-year project in partnership with Duke University, the University of Texas-Dallas and NeuroNexus Technologies.
"If your natural sensory encoding is eroded through injury, disease, or aging, electrodes can sometimes do a better job of interacting with the body through the spine, brain or peripheral nerves than external devices like eyeglasses or hearing aids. And like those devices, they need a prescription that is tailored to your specs, then later modified. But finding the right formula for the modification of the neuromodulation prescription requires a much heavier lift than changing an eyeglass prescription. We're doing it by building a complete mathematical representation to track every bit of current from amplifier to the neuron."
Historically, the issue of scale — the size of the electrodes — presents the greatest challenge to neural stimulation. Neuromodulation devices are analogous to the pixel capacity of a camera, where the resolution of photos is limited by the number of pixels. The smaller the pixel, the more capacity for higher resolution. Accordingly, electrode size dictates the specificity of the stimulation that strategically targets the neurons. This project will seek to create very small electrodes, called "ultra-microelectrodes."
Through a process called "spatiotemporal programming," the project team can manipulate the route of currents by stimulating the channels in the electrodes. And, like a speaker system, the more channels the better.
"How sound waves operate for your hi-fi is analogous to neuromodulation," Dr. Otto explained. "Electrical currents do the same thing and travel the same way. The things that get in the way of sound also impede electricity. And like your stereo system, we can move things around to optimize our version of surround sound with our modeling. Except we'll have 32 channels, and maybe many more."
NeuroNexus Technologies, an Ann Arbor, Mich., developer of neural interface devices led by Daryl Kipke, is partnering with the University of Florida (UF) engineers to integrate novel fabrication into the ultra-micro electrodes. These thin-film devices are akin to computer microchips and are produced through the same process of photolithography.
UF enjoys eminent electrochemistry expertise in Mark Orazem, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, who will provide a detailed look at how electrodes work in the brain.
"My focus is to understand the properties of our electrodes and to use those properties to develop models to show how the stimulation goes to the neurons," Dr. Orazem said. "We specialize in electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, a time-tested evaluation of current flow that gives us a good picture of the charging characteristics of the current. We conduct in– vitro measurements to see how the current behaves, then develop models to interpret the impedance we observe that provides parameters for more advanced stimulations. And our goal is to keep the chemistry safe, both for the potential patient and for the device."
Identifying the therapeutic sweet spot based on these findings will be a major objective of the project. Anticipating some post-fabrication adjustment — perhaps changing the electrode coatings to facilitate the kind of interaction desired — Stuart Cogan, Sc.D., a world-renowned expert on electrode coatings at the University of Texas-Dallas, has been recruited to develop innovative coating options they hope will maximize performance at the incredibly small scale.
Warren Grill, Ph.D., Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, contributes computational modeling that will give the UF-led team a mathematical picture of what neuromodulation looks like in the brain, the likely effect of the stimulation as it spreads out in space and, of primary interest to the researchers, the potential hazards posed by this new approach to the neuroprostheses.
"As you try to increase the resolution by making the electrodes smaller, it's more difficult to send the required amount of energy through the channels without the potential for overload," Dr. Otto said. "If we need a fire-hose volume of water but you use a garden hose to dispense it, bad things will happen to the hose. This is where we are. How many hoses do we need with how much water going through each to strategically put out the fire? It's a loop of continual experimentation among our team to make the interfaces smaller, more effective with more densely packed channels. A delicate balance between efficacy and safety."
Their project outcomes will also provide an overdue push to redefine the modern-day limits of electrode size, updating parameters that are still largely governed by outmoded, less sophisticated macroelectrode technology.
"We have exceeded the models that were developed to indicate what we can do with fabrication and in the application space according to regulatory policy," Dr. Otto said. "These agencies are willing to reach further into the dark if we simply provide a flashlight. We aim to get the data to do just that, and UF is the ideal collaborative environment to lead the way."
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I found this article on Festive Attyre. There's a scale pattern for a 1910's corset, taken from a actual edwardian corset purchased from ebay. It has the typical long lines of an early 1910s corset, stopping just under the bust and extending down over the hips (although the boning doesn't extend to the bottom). It also has suspenders at the bottom, I have these ready to put on but I'm going to wait for my stocking to arrive so I can adjust the length of the suspenders accordingly.
Because the article I took the pattern from has all the details you need, and because it's late and I'm tired, I'm not going to give you details on how I made this one. I will say though that I LOVE this pattern - its fits great and was super easy to make. I think this is the first corset I've made where I've been really happy with how it fits on the bust.
One more point on this corset - I tried using cable ties instead of boning for this one, and they worked amazingly well. The finished corset is sturdy and supportive, and being able to cut them with kitchen scissors to exactly the size I needed was so convenient. Plus - cheap! I'll definately be using them again in the future.
Fabric: White coutille for structure, white silk dupion as the fashion layer and some random white fabric to make boning channels.
Notions: Grommets, cable ties for boning, 11" busk and 2 4m laces.
How historically accurate is it? 8/10 - the pattern is taken from an actual 1910 corset, machine stitching would have been the norm for mass produced corsets in this period. My materials may not be the most accurate but they're not too bad either.
Hours to complete: Sort of kept track - I reckon 9 hours, not including time for sizing up the pattern and making a mock up to check fit.
Total cost: Around £20 for the busk, laces and suspender components, £10 for cable ties (with enough left over for another corset) and fabrics from stash.


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Locating suitable tenants. Your property will be advertised if necessary, however we have excellent contacts with various company and other establishment personnel departments, and furthermore usually have tenants waiting.
Obtaining and evaluating references and credit checks using the services of an Independent Referencing Agency.
Preparing a suitable tenancy agreement and arranging signature by the tenant.
Collecting a tenancy deposit which will be treated in accordance with current legislation.
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(b) Full written report and copy forwarded to you, the Landlord.
(c) Notifying the relevant utility companies of final meter readings.
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Since November 2016, the legal obligations for all Landlords that own a rental property in Wales is to register with the Government Rent Smart Wales Scheme in order to comply with the Law. For full information regarding Rent Smart Wales please follow the link https://www.rentsmart.gov.wales/en/landlord/.
Electrical, gas plumbing, waste, central heating and hot water systems must be safe, sound and in good working order.
Repairs and maintenance are at the Landlords expense and the interior decorations should be in good condition and preferably plain, light and neutral.
Gardens should be left neat, tidy and rubbish free, with any lawns cut. Tenants are required to maintain the gardens to a reasonable standard.
At the commencement of the tenancy the property must be professionally cleaned.
At the end of each tenancy it is the Tenants' responsibility to ensure the property is professionally cleaned also. Where they fail to do so, cleaning will be arranged at their expense.
1 set to be retained by the office 1 set to be provided for the Tenants.
It is company policy that an inventory of contents and schedule of condition be prepared in order to avoid misunderstanding or dispute at the end of a tenancy. Without such safeguards, it will be impossible for the Landlord to prove any loss, damage, or significant deterioration of the property or contents. In order to provide a complete Service, we will if required arrange for an inventory clerk to prepare an inventory and schedule of condition, at the cost quoted in our Agency Agreement.
Annual safety check: Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 all gas appliances and flues in rented accommodation must be checked for safety every 12 months by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
Maintenance: There is a duty to ensure that all gas appliances, flues and associated pipework are maintained in a safe condition at all times.
Records: Full records must be kept for at least 2 years of the inspections of each appliance and flue, of any defects found and of any remedial action taken.
Copies to tenants: A copy of the safety certificate issued by the engineer must be given to each new tenant before their tenancy commences, or to each existing tenant within 28 days of the check being carried out.
There are several regulations relating to electrical installations, equipment and appliance safety, and these affect landlords and their agents in that they are 'supplying in the course of business'. They include the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994, the Plugs and Sockets Regulations 1994, the 2005 Building Regulation – 'Part P, and British Standard BS1363 relating to plugs and sockets. Although with tenanted property there is currently no legal requirement for an electrical safety certificate (except in the case of all HMOs) it is now widely accepted in the letting industry that the only safe way to ensure safety, and to avoid the risk of being accused of neglecting your 'duty of care', or even of manslaughter is to arrange such an inspection and certificate. As a minimum Letsmove recommend a visual electrical inspection with a registered NICEIC electrician.
The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (amended 1989 & 1993) provide that specified items supplied in the course of letting property must meet minimum fire resistance standards. The regulations apply to all upholstered furniture, beds, headboards and mattresses, sofa-beds, futons and other convertibles, nursery furniture, garden furniture suitable for use in a dwelling, scatter cushions, pillows and non-original covers for furniture. They do not apply to antique furniture or furniture made before 1950, bedcovers including duvets, loose covers for mattresses, pillowcases, curtains, carpets or sleeping bags. Items which comply will have a suitable permanent label attached. Non-compliant items must be removed before a tenancy commences.
Smoke Alarms/ Carbon Monoxide Detectors.
Before or after 1st of October 2015 while a rental property is occupied a Landlord must ensure that a working smoke alarm is equipped on each floor of the property, new build properties built since June 1992 must have been fitted with mains powered smoke detector alarm. For properties that do not have the benefit of a hardwired system it is recommended to install a 10 year long life tamper proof alarm. Additionally Landlords must ensure that there is a carbon monoxide alarm fitted in any room that contains an appliance that burns solid fuel. Gas is not a solid fuel, however Letsmove consider it best practise to fit a C 02 alarm near to the gas appliance.
From 6 April 2007, all deposits taken by landlords and letting agents under Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in England and Wales must be protected by a tenancy deposit protection scheme.
All security deposits are registered with The Deposit Protection Service.


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Q: Ask the developer for a new app package. This package may conflict with a package already installed I have converted an .EXE application using DesktopAppConverter, I have the .appX file. I installed the auto-generated certificate. Now When I try to install the appX file in my computer I get this error

Ask the developer for a new app package. This package may conflict with a package already installed, or it depends on things not installed here (package dependencies), or is made for a different architecture (0x80073CF3)

How Can I fix this??
the converter at one point says

VERBOSE: Added a new framework package dependency based on file 'C:\vfs0\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Fun
   Money\msvcp120.dll'. Package name: 'Microsoft.VCLibs.120.00.UWPDesktop'
  WARNING: DesktopAppConverter : warning 'W_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCY_ADDED': A dependency on framework package
  'Microsoft.VCLibs.120.00.UWPDesktop' was added to the AppxManifest.xml. See
  'http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=821959' for guidance on installing the package prior to local deployment.
  Otherwise, if this is in error, remove the corresponding entry from Dependencies in the AppxManifest.xml before
  packaging and deploying your application.
  VERBOSE: --------------------------------------------------

I did visit go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=821959 and I installed VC 14, 12 and 11. But Still The same error.
Note The appManifest.xml in .appX file (used winrar to open it) have this dependencies
 <Dependencies>
    <TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.14393.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.14393.0" />
    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.VCLibs.120.00.UWPDesktop" MinVersion="12.0.40652.5" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
  </Dependencies>

Yet when I visit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Kits\10\ExtensionSDKs\Microsoft.VCLibs.Desktop\14.0
I only have the 14.0 version to install no 12.0 folder exists.
I'm not sure if this note helps fixing the problem but I added just in case.

A: When sideloading an .appx package that has dependencies, those dependencies are not downloaded from the Windows Store automatically. You will need to explicitly install them on the target machine. Users who get your app from the Store won't need to do this, the Store will install for them.
Here is how you do it in the sideloading scenario:
- open a powershell command prompt
- locate the .appx package for your dependency (in this case 'Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.12.00.Universal.appx')
- run Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.12.00.Universal.appx
- now try deploying your app package again
Thanks,
Stefan Wick - Windows Developer Platform

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"We left our camp in Savannah on Monday morning and crossed the river on a steamer, the Planter. We landed in the rice fields. The first trip brought over three regiments, including mine. I was put in command, and our brigade commander went back. We had to repair, or rather rebuild, a bridge on the dike, and that took us until late in the afternoon; then we marched forward four miles, where our first brigade was camped. Here I found General Ward, who told me to camp there for the present.
Source: Civil War Letters of Major Fredrick C. Winkler, 1864 in 26th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers Home.


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Q: App Inventor WebViewer history I'm trying to create an app using MIT's App Inventor. I'd need to get a history of the pages a user visits using a WebViewer block or, at least, count the number of pages visited. Note that I want to include the pages opened by links internal to the WebViewer.
I've been trying, but it looks like there is no possibility to detect any clicked link within the WebViewer. Maybe there is some way to detect and count URL changes?
Is there any way to achieve this? Thank you.

A: You will have to use a clock component and a list.
Inside the clock.timer event check, if the current url is already stored in the list. If yes: do nothing else store the current url in the list


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The third series of Dancing on Ice aired from 13 January to 16 March 2008 on ITV. The show moved from Saturday nights to Sunday nights, with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returning to present. Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner and Robin Cousins returned to the "Ice Panel", with Ruthie Henshall joining the panel as a replacement for Natalia Bestemianova. The commissioning of the series was first confirmed by Schofield at the 2007 BAFTA Awards.

Judges and Hosts

It was announced that Bestemianova would depart the series. Robin Cousins, Karen Barber, Nicky Slater and Jason Gardiner announced their returns, with Ruthie Henshall joining the show. Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield announced their returns and coaches Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean also returning.

Contestants
The contestants for the third series were revealed on 7 January 2008:

Scoring chart

Red numbers indicate the lowest score of the week
Green numbers indicate the highest score of the week
 indicates that the couple were in the skate off
 indicates that the couple were eliminated
 indicates that the couple withdrew from the competition
 indicates that the couple won
 indicates that the couple came in second place
 indicates that the couple came in third place
"—" indicates the couple who did not skate that week

Average score chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.

Live show details

Results summary
Colour key

 Zaraah Abrahams entered the competition week 3 as replacement for Michael Underwood.

Week 1 (13 January)

Judges' votes to save
 Barber: Samantha & Pavel
 Slater: Samantha & Pavel
 Gardiner: Samantha & Pavel
 Henshall: Samantha & Pavel
 Cousins: Samantha & Pavel

Week 2 (20 January)

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Natalie & Andrei
Slater: Tim & Victoria
Gardiner: Tim & Victoria
Henshall: Tim & Victoria
Cousins: Natalie & Andrei

Week 3 (27 January)
Guest performance: Westlife - World of Our Own & Us Against the World

On 24 January 2008 Michael Underwood & Melanie Lambert had to withdraw due to an ankle injury.

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Steve & Susie
Slater: Steve & Susie
Gardiner: Steve & Susie
Henshall: Steve & Susie
Cousins: Steve & Susie

Week 4 (3 February)
Theme: Broadway Night

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Steve & Susie
Slater: Steve & Susie
Gardiner: Steve & Susie
Henshall: Steve & Susie
Cousins: Steve & Susie

Week 5 (10 February)

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Steve & Susie
Slater: Steve & Susie
Gardiner: Steve & Susie
Henshall: Steve & Susie
Cousins: Steve & Susie

Week 6 (17 February)
Theme: 60's Night

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Zaraah & Fred
Slater: Zaraah & Fred
Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
Cousins: Zaraah & Fred

Week 7 (24 February)

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Zaraah & Fred
Slater: Zaraah & Fred
Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
Cousins:  Zaraah & Fred

Week 8 (2 March)

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Zaraah & Fred
Slater: Greg & Kristina
Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
Cousins: Zaraah & Fred

Week 9 (9 March)

Judges' votes to save
Barber: Zaraah & Fred
Slater: Zaraah & Fred
Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
Cousins: Zaraah & Fred

Week 10: Finale (16 March)

Ratings
Ratings sourced from BARB.

References

Series 03
2008 British television seasons

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Mísia (* 18. Juni 1955 in Porto; eigentlich Susana Maria Alfonso de Aguiar) ist eine portugiesische Fado-Interpretin (Fadista). Sie spielt traditionellen Fado mit neuer Instrumentierung, anderen Vertonungen und zeitgenössischen Texten.

Biographie
Mísia ist die Tochter einer aus Barcelona stammenden Tänzerin und eines portugiesischen Ingenieurs. Als sie vier Jahre alt war, trennten sich ihre Eltern und sie wuchs bei ihrer Großmutter, einer ehemaligen Revue-Tänzerin, auf. Die Mutter brachte von ihren Tourneen Musik aus aller Welt mit. Im Alter von 20 Jahren zog Mísia nach Barcelona und begann dort aufzutreten. Nach der Lektüre einer Biographie über die Pariser Muse Misia Sert gab sie sich den Künstlernamen Mísia mit portugiesischem Akzent. Anfang der 1990er-Jahre ging sie zurück nach Portugal und gibt seitdem dort und auch weltweit Konzerte.

Sie vertont Texte bekannter Autoren neu und zeitgenössische Autoren texten für sie, wie etwa der Literaturnobelpreisträger José Saramago, Lídia Jorge oder Vasco Graça Moura. Ihr Gesang wird nicht ausschließlich von der portugiesischen Gitarre (Guitarra Portuguesa) getragen, sondern auch von anderen Instrumenten begleitet. So benutzt sie neben den klassischen Fado-Instrumenten Gitarre (Viola do Fado), portugiesische Gitarre und akustischer Bass (Viola Baixo) für den Fado eher ungewöhnliche Instrumente wie Geige, Akkordeon und Klavier.

Auf vielen Tourneen unter anderem nach Asien, Nord- und Südamerika sowie durch Europa wurde auch außerhalb Portugals ein internationales Publikum auf Mísia und ihren Fado aufmerksam. Dabei brachte sie das Genre oft als erste Künstlerin in vielen Konzertsälen und auf Festivals zur Aufführung, zum Beispiel in der Berliner Philharmonie, der Musikhalle Hamburg, dem Wiener Konzerthaus, dem Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris und dem Amphitheater Herodium Atticus der Akropolis in Athen, sowie auf dem Montreux Jazz Festival, der Midem Cannes und dem WOMAD-Festival in Adelaide. Auch in Hongkong und Japan ist Mísia seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre regelmäßig zu hören.

Nach einer Rückorientierung zur traditionellen Instrumentierung in ihrer Einspielung Ritual (2001), die unter anderem wegen der mitwirkenden Musiker als eine Hommage an Amália Rodrigues bewertet wurde, überschritt sie mit Canto (2003) wieder die Grenzen des Genres durch eine Bearbeitung von Werken des portugiesischen Komponisten und Gitarristen Carlos Paredes für kleines Streichensemble, klassischer Fadobesetzung und Singstimme. Auf ihrem 2005 erschienenen Album Drama Box, auf der neben Fados Tangos und Boleros zu hören sind, zeigt sie Parallelen der Genres auf und bezieht sich damit zugleich auch auf ihre katalanischen Wurzeln mütterlicherseits.

Künstlerische Zusammenarbeit
Auf Tonträger, Video und Bühne arbeitet Mísia häufig mit anderen Künstlern zusammen, zum Beispiel mit den Schauspielerinnen Fanny Ardant (Drama Box), Isabelle Huppert (Bühne) und Maria de Medeiros (Bühne, Drama Box), dem Filmregisseur Patrice Leconte (Duas Luas, Video Clip), dem Choreographen Bill T. Jones (Bühne), den Sängerinnen Maria Bethânia (Bühne) und Ute Lemper (Drama Box), der Pianistin Maria João Pires (Paixoes Diagonais), der Malerin Bela Silva (Drama Box) und der Fotografin Sophie Calle (Drama Box, Bühne). Zudem wurde ihre Musik verschiedentlich als Filmmusik verwendet. 2003 strahlte arte Carmen Castillos Dokumentarfilm Mísias Fado aus.

Auszeichnungen
Für ihr künstlerisches Werk erhielt Mísia verschiedene internationale Auszeichnungen, unter anderem 2004 die große Vermeil Medaille (Grande Médaille de Vermeil) des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Paris, eine Auszeichnung zum Ritter im Orden der Künste und der Literatur (Chevalier des Arts et Lettres) der französischen Regierung (2004) und den Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (Vierteljahresliste) für Canto (2003). Als Künstlerin ist Mísia nicht nur "inoffizielle Botschafterin" der Kultur ihres Landes, sondern folgt auch offiziellen Einladungen, zuletzt im Juli 2005 der des portugiesischen Staatspräsidenten Jorge Sampaio zu einem Konzert in Chile anlässlich seines dortigen Staatsbesuches.

Diskografie
 1991: Mísia
 1993: Fado
 1995: Tanto Menos, Tanto Mais
 1998: Garras dos Sentidos
 1999: Paixões Diagonais
 2001: Ritual
 2003: Canto sur des musiques de Carlos Paredes
 2005: Drama Box
 2009: Ruas
 2011: Senhora Da Noite
 2014: Delikatessen Café Concerto
 2015: Para Amália
 2016: Do Primeiro Fado Ao Ultimo Tango
 2019: Pura vida (Soundtrack)
 2022: Animal sentimental

Filme
 Der Konzertabend "Lisboarium" im Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord am 17. Februar 2007 wird zwischen den Stücken mit einem Interview in ihrer Wohnung und Aufnahmen in Paris ergänzt.
 Mísias Fado. Musikdokumentation, Frankreich 2003, 43 Min., Regie: Carmen Castillo, Produktion: Arte France, deutsche Erstsendung: 12. Juni 2005,

Weblinks

 Offizielle Internetseite von Mísia

Quellen

Folksänger
Fadosänger
Träger des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Ritter)
Portugiese
Geboren 1955
Frau


Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is confirmed to hold its national conference at UCLA November 16-18th.
According to it's website SJP "stands against homophobia, misogyny, racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, classism, colonialism, ableism, and bigotry and discrimination of any form."
Contrary to their stated vision, SJP and its founder, Hatem Bazian, a professor at UC Berkeley, appears to focus only on Israel bashing, delegitimizing Israel, and the idolization of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.
SJP's previous conferences have glorified known jihadists and convicted terrorists.
2012 SJP hosted Khader Adnan (American University): past spokesman for Islamic Jihad; calls for violent jihad.
2015 SJP hosted Rasmea Odeh (San Diego State University): member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, convicted of murdering two students. Odeh was deported back to Jordan in 2017.
2016 SJP hosted Leila Khaled (George Mason University): member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and first woman to hijack an airplane.
SJP is not a "grassroots" student organization; it is a terror-supporting, Anti-Semitic network that harasses and intimidates Israel-friendly students.
SJP's founders, financial patrons and idealogical supporters have been linked to Islamists and Palestinian terror organizations such as Hamas, Hizbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The annual National SJP conference serves as a conduit to drive radical terror discourse, violence and Anti-Semitism at colleges and universities across the United States.
Members of Congress have now joined the effort in asking UCLA to cancel the conference [read Congressman's Brad Sherman's (CA) letter to UCLA's Chancellor Gene Block here].
Because of SJP's closed-door policy of not allowing any non SJP students to attend the Conference, UCLA is essentially allowing SJP to continue sreading their messages of violence, Anti-Semitism and support of known terrorists.
We call on UCLA and Chancellor Block to cancel SJP's Annual Conference that will do nothing but promote hate, violence, Anti-Semitism, and support of terrorists. If not canceled, we call to hold UCLA accountable by investigating it for violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including Anti-Semitism) for federally assisted programs and activities!
Email Chancellor Block at chancellor@ucla.edu or call (310) 825-2151 to state UCLA needs to immediately cancel SJP's Annual Conference being held on their campus November 16-18th, 2018 or be held accountable.
Stop Antisemitism needs your help with "NEED TO FILL IN : Tell UCLA To Cancel SJP's Annual November Conference Or Be Held Accountable". Join Stop and 45,017 supporters today.


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Continuing my list of announcements, I'll be speaking in London on 13th March about the world of digital publishing. My good friend from Certitec, Jon Bessant, and myself have joined forces to present you with an informative day seminar discussing all things digital and mobile publishing.
The tagline of this seminar is: Simplifying the complex: The current digital publishing landscape. And the idea is to clear up some of the confusion about the digital publishing topic in general. Many designers struggle to keep up with todays evolutions which leads to loss of business and client disappointment.
This 1-day seminar is designed to run through what digital publishing options are out there, highlight the pro's and con's of each and really get you up to speed on the landscape. In the end you'll leave with a more clear understanding of what tool is best for you and your target audience!
Making sense of the digital publishing landscape!


This compact Ozone system includes diagnostic LED's, a stainless steel Ozone generator and a venturi system for an efficient mass-transfer of Ozone to water.
Aqua 1000 is a system able to produce ozonated water with oxygen concentrator, Ozone generator and venturi system and could be integrated with a tank vessel and Ozone sensor. The system is available with various capacities of Ozone production from 4gr/hr up to 27gr/hr. Modular systems could be integrated for more complex solutions.


If you're looking to buy, sell or lease commercial real estate, working with the right agent is the most important aspect.
Our Commercial Agents are Commercial Real Estate Experts and have the knowledge, experience, and grit to help you reach your business goals.
We've built our business on providing the best real estate experience for our commercial real estate clients.


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Council and elections
Democracy and elections
Electoral Review of Croydon
Notice of polling districts and polling places review
Review of polling districts and polling places
(Acting) Returning officer's report - summary and recommendations
Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places 2019
In accordance with the requirements of the Representation of the People Act 1983, and the Electoral Administration Act 2013, notice is hereby given that Croydon Council is carrying out a review of polling districts and polling places that are used at parliamentary elections.
We welcome comments from any registered elector on the existing and proposed arrangements. If possible your comments should include suggestions of alternative venues for polling places.
We'd also like to hear from or any person or body with expertise in access for persons with any type of disability.
Your comments must reach us no later than 2 September.
All comments received will made publicly available at the end of the review. No personal information such as name, address or email, will be published.
Details of the current arrangements and the (Acting) Returning Officer's proposals for changes can be viewed online or at the Electoral Services office.
Final proposals for any changes to the existing polling districts and polling places must be agreed at the Full Council meeting, and implemented by 1 February 2020. The revised scheme of polling stations and polling places will be used at subsequent national and local elections and referendums.
Jo Negrini
(Acting) Returning Officer
Katharine Street
CR9 1DE
Email: electoral.services@croydon.gov.uk
www.croydon.gov.uk/pollingreview
Notice of polling districts and polling places review [172.8KB]
Help downloading files
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Lord have mercy this cake is to die for! Butter, cinnamon, and apples are three of my favorite things! Apple pie is all well and good, but every once in a while it's nice to have something different and this cake is it! I dare you to just have one bite. Not. Possible. And why would you want to?


Poglox is one of the playable characters in Rayman Legends and Rayman Adventures.
Poglobx appears to be the naked version of Globox. His skin is similar to that of humans' because normal Globox is naked already. He also dons a leaf in the place of his crotch. A similar skin of Rayman called Rayomz appears in the same game.
No one really knows who this guy is, but he's famous for wandering half naked in the Glade of Dreams. People are capable of doing crazy things to become famous!
In Rayman Legends he is unlocked once 500 000 Lums have been collected in the PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita versions, 550 000 Lums in the Wii U, Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions and 680 000 Lums in the Xbox One version.
In Rayman Adventures he can be purchased for 500 gems.
Poglox's sharing photo in Rayman Adventures.
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Revoke 3rd party apps for instagram access | (full hd) VIEW Instagram profile picture!
For privacy and security measures, only trustworthy apps are to be allowed access, those created by Facebook and Instagram teams. Every single app that has been allowed to access to use the Instagram account need to be carefully reviewed and suspicious ones eliminated immediately.
Open Instagram website. Log in..
Top-right corner of the screen, you will find your Instagram username. Click your username and from the drop-down menu, select 'Edit Profile'.
Select the 'Manage Application' button from the list.
Click the 'Revoke Access' for the app that you want to disconnect to your Instagram account.


Improving the experience of your customers – members, patients – is the foundation of your business. With the growing use of online review and comparison sites and social media, the importance of improving the experience of your customers and the associated satisfaction and loyalty has never been more important.
DSS has over three decades of working knowledge in the area of member and patient experience measurement and monitoring. This includes our CAHPS® work and a large amount of proprietary research tailored to the needs of individual clients.
Many of our proprietary programs have been running for more than a decade and these clients keep coming back to us again and again.
Once we process and analyze the data, our team of experts provide you with a clear understanding of where you stand and precise direction what you can do to improve.
Outline your needs in an RFP and we develop a plan to address the specific needs that you provided.
We execute the plan, process the information and provide the results back to you in an easy-to-digest form, which includes the results from our SatisAction™, POWeR Chart™ and trACTION™ tools.


The Japanese premier met his Indian counterpart earlier this week during their yearly summit, and while nothing overly noteworthy in and of itself came out of the meeting, the cumulative progress that it made in advancing the Indian-Japanese Strategic Partnership, particularly as it relates to "countering China", deserves to be spoken upon a bit more at length.
The main outcome of this visit was that Japan will cooperate in building a bullet train along India's west coast from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. This is an important development because it speaks to the high level of strategic economic coordination between the two sides in terms of infrastructure construction.
The deepening trust and working relations that come out of this initiative could help set the standard for other joint projects elsewhere, particularly along the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor – also known as the "Freedom Corridor" – that India and Japan plan to construct as a counterweight to China's One Belt One Road global vision of New Silk Road connectivity.
In this connection, it's worthwhile to touch upon the enhanced military coordination between the two Great Powers too, specifically in terms of their anti-submarine efforts. The Abe-Modi Summit was preceded by a meeting between their Defense Ministers in Tokyo one week prior where India and Japan agreed to work more closely together on this front, which is significant because it can give New Delhi's military forces a more regular presence in the East and South China Seas just as it could do the same for Tokyo's in the Bay of Bengal.
This latter region is becoming an increasingly strategic battleground in the competitive connectivity framework between these two Great Powers and China as they seek to mitigate Beijing's influence in this irreplaceable transit region of its maritime New Silk Road.
Although not officially connected to the Abe-Modi Summit, it's very symbolic that India chose this week to also announce that it will be imposing a so-called "countervailing tax" on China's stainless steel exports to the country, especially seeing as how this comes just one week after the BRICS Summit where international media largely assumed that the two sides had reached some kind of grand compromise with one another.
What actually happened is that India decided to continue its financial and currency cooperation with China in working towards de-dollarization and the construction of alternative institutions, but that it will continue practicing a protectionist approach against certain Chinese imports. This contrasts with India's approach to enhancing all-around trade relations with Japan and other Chinese rivals.
Reflecting on the recent direction and depth of Indian-Japanese relations, it's reasonable to describe the Abe-Modi Summit as an Anti-OBOR one designed to bring together both Great Powers' individual infrastructure, military, and economic efforts at "containing China" into a collective and comprehensive whole for more powerfully countering the New Silk Roads.


These missing files are the binaries that make up the IDL virtual machine. Those that are installed with IDL reside in subdirectories in the bin directory, such as idl71/bin/bin.linux.x86 for 32-bit Linux, and idl71/bin/bin.x86_64/ for 64-bit Windows. When make_rt is run, it looks for the files needed for the platforms selected, and copies them into the directory where the runtime is created. By default, make_rt looks for them in the IDL installation directory, but it can be told to look for them somewhere else with the idldir keyword. It knows which files to use looking in its manifest file (defaults to bin/make_rt/manifest_rt.txt).
So all that was missing was to find all the proper files and put them together in a place make_rt can find. I packed together all the files in the default manifest for Linux 32 and 64, Windows 32 and 64, and Mac PPC, Intel 32 and Intel 64 in a tar file. Its contents could be put into IDL's installation directory, but I prefer to put them somewhere else, and them give that path to make_rt with the idldir keyword. One of the reasons for that is that putting them into IDL's installation directory may overwrite some files that might have been changed after the installation, or recreate files that might have been removed after installation to make some installations work.
The tar file I built is idl71_rt.tar.gz. It is 212MB, and its contents take 554MB. I built it with all the files in the manifest that were present in installations of IDL 7.1 for Linux, Windows and Mac. In case you are wondering, all the files in that tar file are those that IDL may copy into a runtime application, and are just part of IDL's virtual machine, which anybody can freely download from ITTVIS' website. Runtime applications are just a way of packing a compiled program (the sav file) and the virtual machine together, so that the person to use your program does not have to download and install the virtual machine. So I do not see any copyright issues with using the contents of that tar file with make_rt.
The file idl80_rt.tar.gz has the equivalent content as the one mentioned above, but with the binaries of IDL 8.0. (and without the PPC Mac binaries, which seem to not be included anymore in the installation file). This is based on manifest_idl80_rt.txt.
1) The startup script made in Windows for Linux had CR+LF ending the lines, which does not seem to work in a Linux shell. So I had to use dos2unix on that file to fix it. Of course there are plenty of converters that can be used to fix the file while still in Windows, but this is simple enough that I wrote a small IDL program to do it: pp_dos2unix.pro.
2) The launcher for Mac does not get created in Linux, because its is missing osacompile to make it. It could be solved by either running osacompile in the Mac, to generate the .app file from the _mac_script_source.txt file made by make_rt, or by just calling the program from the terminal (which can be put into a script similar to the one make_rt makes for Linux).
This came out of a discussion in the IDL newsgroup. Most of this I found out experimenting, since the documentation is a bit scarce on this subject.
The files idl_851_rt.tar.gz (238 MB) and idl_84_rt.tar.gz (240 MB) have the equivalent content as the one mentioned above, but with the binaries of IDL 8.5.1 / 8.4, for Linux 64-bit, Mac OS 64-bit, and Windows 64/32. I have not included the Solaris binaries, but I could add them if users request. As of IDL 8.4, Linux 32-bit has been dropped by Harris Geospatial. This is based on manifest_idl851_rt.txt / manifest_idl84_rt.txt.
As Bernat Puigdomenech pointed out in this thread, the manifest file was not included in my tar file. Since other IDL versions have slightly different manifest files, it is better to use these bin directories with the manifest of the same version that generated them (with the manifest keyword of make_rt). The manifest I used (from IDL 7.1.1) is manifest_idl71_rt.txt.
The problem with the new MAC OS, Snow Leopard, is that runs with 64 bits and osacompile uses drivers from Adobe compiled in 32 bits. It's simply the fact that it's running the x86_64 binary, and the Adobe Unit Types Scripting Addition doesn't have that binary mode compiled in.
If you find anything I wrote is wrong or incomplete, please let me know.


Self-expression is a profound gift you give to both yourself and the world. What you have to say matters, but it can be daunting to speak your truth.
All of your fears of what others will think bubble up and stop you from expressing yourself in a dynamic way. When you break through from your fear of self-expression, you set yourself free and you create an outlet to inspire others.
You don't ultimately know who your message will inspire, but there are people who need to hear what you have to say. Your truth matters and sharing it freely is an empowering act that will help you gain deep insight into who you really are.


Comparison Concept . This concept is applicable when the problems deal with an equal quantity being transferred in or transferred out of the two variables concerned. This leaves the two variables with an equal increase or decrease in value. The unique feature in this concept lies in the fact that after the transfer in or transfer out of quantities, the difference between the two variables remains unchanged, hence the name "Constant Difference" Concept.
To illustrate this concept, take a look at the following problems.
Question: Ken had 14 pens and Ben had 2 pens. When they received an equal number of pens from their teacher, the ratio of Ken's pens to Ben's pens became 3:1. How many pens did each of them receive from their teacher?
Answer: For this question, we will work backwards. It is always easier to start drawing models where a multiples-relationship exist, i.e., a variable is a multiple of another variable. In this example, Ken is 3 times of Ben after the transfer in.
Step 1: Since the ratio of Ken's pens to Ben's pens after the transfer in is 3:1, we draw 3 boxes to represent the number of units that Ken had and 1 box to represent the number of units that Ben had.
Step 2: Since an equal amount was transferred in, we mark out an equal amount from both Ken's and Ben's model bars to show this amount.
Step 3: Next, we label the models with the number of pens they each had at first.
Step 4: After all information have been put into the model, we can then mark out all the known parts and try to make all the unknown parts equal.
Thus, they reach receive 4 pens from their teacher.
Question: Chloe had 18 stickers and Jane had 6 stickers. When they both gave away an equal number of stickers, Chloe had 4 times as many stickers as Jane. How many stickers did they each gave away?
Answer: For this question, we will again work backwards. It is always easier to start drawing models where a multiples-relationship exist, i.e., a variable is a multiple of another variable. In this example, Chloe is 4 times of Jane after the transfer out.
Step 1: Since the ratio of Chloe's pens to Jane's pens after the transfer out is 4:1, we draw 4 boxes to represent the number of units that Chloe had and 1 box to represent the number of units that Jane had.
Step 2: Since an equal amount was transferred out, we add an equal amount back to represent the part that each of them gave away.
Step 3: Next, we label the models with the number of stickers they each had at first.
Step 4: Rearrange the units in Chloe's bar.
From the model, we can see that after we shift the last unit of Chloe's bar forward, the remaining 3 unknown but equal units add up to 12.
Therefore, they each gave away 2 stickers.
Question: Matthew is 29 years old and his son is 5 yrs old now. In how many years will Matthew be thrice as old as his son?
Answer: In such questions, do bear in mind that the age difference between any 2 persons will always remain a constant.
Step 1: It is easier to draw the "After" model first and work backwards to the "Before" model. First, we draw 3 boxes to represent Matthew's age and 1 box to represent the son's age after their age increases.
Step 2: Since an equal amount was added to their ages, we mark out an equal box on both their model bars to represent the number of years they have grown from their present age.
Step 3: Next, we label the models with their present age.
Step 4: We then divide the model to reflect the known and unknown units.
Therefore, Matthew will be thrice as old as his son in 7 years' time.


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Tuija Lydia Elisabeth Lindström (Kotka,  - Stockholm, ) est une photographe binationale finlandaise et suédoise. Elle a été une source d'inspirations pour de nombreuses jeunes femmes photographes des pays nordiques.

Biographie
Elle est née à Kotka en 1950, une ville située au bord du golfe de Finlande au sud-est de ce pays. Elle étudie notamment à l'Université d'arts, de l'artisanat et du design de Stockholm, la Konstfack. Elle s'y familiarise avec les techniques photographiques de prise de vue et de développement en chambre noire.

Elle décide de se lancer comme photographe professionnelle après avoir vu une exposition, appelée Privata bilder, d'un autre photographe, Christer Strömholm, en 1977. . Ses premières œuvres sont des portraits d'amis et de personnalités scandinaves du monde des arts. Parmi ces personnalités figure Christer Strömholm. Celui-ci a d'ailleurs inclut un portait de lui, nu, réalisée par Tuija Lindström, dans une de ses expositions, 9 sekunder av mitt liv, au Moderna Museet (musée d'art moderne) en 1986.

Au début des années 1990, c'est une exposition de Tuija Lindström qui intrigue et est remarquée, Kvinnorna vid Tjursjön : elle est constituée d'une série de douze photographies photos en noir et blanc de femmes flottant dans un lac noir, ces clichés alternant avec douze photographies couleur en gros plan de fers à repasser rouges, dressés, le contraste entre ces deux thèmes créant une tension spécifique.

Elle a organisé plusieurs expositions internationales et est notamment représentée au Moderna Museet de Stockholm, au Houston Art Museum aux États-Unis et au Finnish Museum of Photography à Helsinki. Une rétrospective de son travail a été présentée au Liljevalchs konsthall de Stockholm et au Hasselblad Center de Göteborg en 2012, puis à l'Institut suédois parisien et au Musée finlandais de la photographie à Helsinki en 2014.

Mais surtout, Tuija Lindström a été la première femme suédoise à enseigner la photographie à l'université de Göteborg, créant une formation à la fois théorique et artistique et jetant les bases d'une recherche photographique permanente. Parmi les élèves, on compte Annika von Hausswolff, , , ou encore .

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Naissance en mai 1950
Décès en décembre 2017
Photographe suédoise
Femme photographe
Décès à Stockholm
Naissance à Kotka
Décès à 67 ans
Photographe finlandaise


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Saint Bartholomew. How did Bartholomew die?
Saint Apostle Bartholomew was one of the 70 disciples of the Saviour. Saint Bartholomew proclaimed the Gospel in Arabia, Persia, and then India, where he founded many churches. He arrived in Armenia and baptized many, including the Armenian emperor Polymer. At the behest of the emperor's brother, Astiagis, he was captured and martyred.
Saint Bartholomew was one of the 12 apostles of the Saviour Christ. He went to Syria and Upper Asia to preach the word of God, together with Saint Philip the Apostle. Saint Bartholomew, whose name means son of Ptolemy, was crucified upside down in the Great Armenia of the East, in the city of Albania. The saint was tortured by being flayed alive, but he never stopped preaching to God.
After the descent of the Holy Spirit, Saint Apostle Bartholomew went with Saint Apostle Philip to Syria and Upper Asia to preach the word of God. So they both went into those parts, sometimes walking together, sometimes parting through the cities, and then meeting again, and they were bringing many people back to salvation with their teachings. The faithful who were present at the Saint's end took the body from the cross and placed it in a leaden casket, placing it in the same Albana citadel in Greater Armenia.
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Was Bartholomew a disciple?
What does the name Bartholomew mean?
What is Saint Bartholomew famous for?
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Why was Saint Bartholomew skinned?
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Saint Bartholomew the Apostle was sent by God to help Philip, followed by his sister, the virgin Mariama, who all serve to save people. They passed through all the cities of Lydia and Mysia, blessing them and suffering many temptations and scorns from unbelievers, being beaten, imprisoned in dungeons, and stoned. But keeping themselves alive through all those temptations and beatings, with the gift of God, they were pressing on to the labors that were before them for the good news of Christ.
St. Apostle Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles. After receiving the fiery tongues of the Holy Spirit, it fell to his lot, together with the Apostle Philip, to go to Syria and Upper Asia to preach the word of God. So they both went to those parts, sometimes walking together, sometimes parting through the cities, and then meeting again; with their teachings, they brought many people back to salvation.
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle was chosen for his zeal in spreading Christianity among the Gentiles, to whom he was crucified in the great Armenia of the Risen Sun, preaching the name of the Lord. And his holy relics, the Christians who were there, placing them in a stone coffin, moved them to Urbanopoli, where they brought healing and cured the nations of the diseases that haunted them. When the devil's minions saw these things, they took the jar with the holy body of the Apostle and threw it into the sea.
Full name: BARTHOLOMEW
Date of birth/ Feast Day: 1st century AD
Year of death: 1st century AD
Place of birth: Gilead
Father's name: Talmai
Family: Bible does not mention it
Nationality: Jewish
Life accomplishments: Bartholomew and the other disciples witnessed Jesus' ministry for about three years.
Death cause: Martyrdom
Gethsemane-Where is it located?
Kinneret- Is Kinneret located in Jerusalem? Is it the sea?
The earliest enduring works about Bartholomew come from hundreds of years after his passing (some of which were erroneously credited to him), and there are different customs about where he went, what he did, and how he kicked the bucket. So what do we indeed be aware of him? In this aide, we'll investigate what researchers and customers need to say about Bartholomew the Apostle.
Bartholomew was a disciple of Jesus and one of the 12 fundamental followers of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, his name appears in the four arrangements of the twelve messengers (Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:1-13). He's never given any distinctive characteristics or titles, so we barely know anything about him besides his name.
Known as "the messengers" or "ones who were sent," Bartholomew and different supporters saw Jesus' service for around three years. After Jesus' demise, they started the development known as Christianity. This makes Bartholomew one of the early church's most significant and legitimate heads, and he probably helped spread the gospel to specific areas during the primary century. However, he's never expressly referenced or singled out in epistles.
Since Bartholomew is never referenced in the Gospel of John, and a man named Nathanael (who doesn't show up in the concise, good news accounts) seems, by all accounts, to be a messenger (John 21:1-2), a few customs have accepted Bartholomew and Nathanael are a similar individual. Numerous advanced researchers dissent and accept Bartholomew and Nathanael were two separate individuals.
Bartholomew's significance is 'child of Talmai, child of the person who has large amounts of wrinkles.' Bar Talmai (Aramaic), Bartholomaeus (Latin), and Bartholomaios (Old Greek) are unique types of names. The principal component could be a poet or beach (signifying 'sparkling, clear). Yet, as a definitive Aramaic name is no doubt Bar Talmai, the main component will probably be the Aramaic bar. Talmai is a variation of Tolmai, signifying 'having large amounts of wrinkles.'
English speakers first took on the name in middle age time frame.
Holy person Batholomew's given name deciphers as "Child of Tolmai or Talmai" (2 Samuel 3:3). Talmai was the lord of Geshur, and his little girl, Maacah, was David's better half and the mother of Absolom. Each rundown of the devotees incorporates Bartholomew's name (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13).
Bartholomew Nathanael, Talmai's child, lived in Cana and is famous for his missional image. As per legend, he was a minister in Armenia, and to certain researchers, he was the only one of the 12 devotees to have illustrious blood or good birth.
This was not his first name; it was his center name. His given name was undoubtedly Nathanael, and Jesus alluded to him as "an Israelite for sure, without cunning" (John 1:47). This, in any case, was not his first name; it was his center name. His name was probably Nathanael, and Jesus alluded to him as "an Israelite for sure, without cunning" (John 1:47).
"And when they came in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas, the brother of James."
Acts 1:13 (NIV)
Read more: How Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament? Signs of the Messiah in the Old Testament
Since Bartholomew was to pass on the Persian way in the "most savage nation of the East" in the old times; he changed over Polybius, the ruler of Armenia, to Christianity; because Astyages, the lord's sibling, requested his demise; since spreading the Catholic confidence is extraordinary wrongdoing, noted John Francis Fenion in Saint Bartholomew, Volume 2 of Catholic Encyclopedia.
He was criticized for alive-the skin of his body was cut into strips, then, at that point, pulled off, leaving his body open because he converted the king to Christianity. He was leading this way to his martyrdom.
It is said that after the Ascension, the Apostle Bartholomew, Apostle Philip and his sister Mariana, and the Apostle John went to Asia to preach the name of God.
About the death of St Bartholomew, it is known that before arriving in India, he was crucified upside down, together with the Apostle Philip, for killing a giant snake that the locals worshipped because he had healed many sick people through his prayers. He was taken down from the cross during an earthquake when people thought God was judging him.
But the envy of the king's brother brought his end because he crucified and flayed him. The Christians buried his body, but the pagans threw the coffin into the sea because of the miracles near his relics. His remains ended up on the island of Lipara, where Bishop Agathon buried him in the church.
Holy person Bartholomew lived in the principal century AD and was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Holy person Bartholomew is attributed with numerous wonders connected with the heaviness of articles. He was martyred in Armenia, being either executed or destroyed.
In the twelfth century, King Henry I's squire Rahere established St Bartholomew's Hospital after having a dream of the holy person and carried broad regard for the name. The Irish name Partholón and its other variant spellings are now and then taken as a type of Bartholomew; it was borne in Irish folklore by the principal man to show up in Ireland after the scriptural flood.
He worked hard, faced many hardships, converted many to Christ, then went on to Armenia the Great, where he brought King Polimius, his wife, to Christ, then went on to Armenia the Great, where he brought King Polimius and his wife and twelve other cities to the Christian faith.
St Bartholomew's name recalls the sad event of the night of 23 to 24 August 1572 AD, the Night of St Bartholomew, when political interests dressed in the garb of faith led to great bloodshed.
Saint Bartholomew is one of the 12 apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ. His holy relics have performed many miracles over the years. The New Testament contains four lists of the names of the Holy Apostles. Bartholomew, Bar Thomas son of Thomas (in Hebrew, Thomas means plow or agriculture) appears in all of them. Saint John does not mention the name Bartholomew, but Nathanael; scholars agree that it is the same person with two names: Bartholomew and Nathanael.
About his apostolic activity, we have yet to determine any details. According to the Gospel of St. Matthew, he preached to the people of those parts the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I hope you had a great time reading our article. For a couple of moments of relaxation, play the following Quizlet to test your biblical knowledge. Thank you for your time, and if you have any questions, please get in touch with us at office@doortoeden.com.
Apostle Quiz. Who were them?
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Due to health reasons, Paul encouraged Timothy to drink what instead of only water?
Who was called the "beloved physician"?
Where were the apostles first called Christians?
Which disciple missed the first resurrection appearance?
What road was Paul traveling on when Jesus appeared to him?
In what city did Paul speak on the Areopagus, or "Mars' Hill"?
Which apostle did Herod execute?
Which apostle was a Roman citizen?
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Explanation of biblical words
prophecies¹ that which one prophesies; prophesying, foretelling, foretelling of the future
ministry² a central body of the state administration which is in charge of a specific branch of activity and is represented by a minister; that institution
darkness³ lack of light; gloom
power⁴ the fact of being able; capacity, ability, physical, moral, intellectual possibility to act, to achieve something; power. Great physical strength, strength, power
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Griffiths, G. (1976). Saint Bartholomew Reappraised. The Journal of Modern History, 48(3), 494-505.
Budak, N. (1999). Was the cult of Saint Bartholomew a royal option in early medieval Croatia?. Central European University Press.
McRoberts, D. (1959). A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PICTURE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW FROM PERTH. Innes Review, 10(2), 281-286.
Cornea, B. Flaying the Image: Skin and Flesh in Jusepe de Ribera's Martyrdoms of Saint Bartholomew. Open Arts Journal, 6, 115-127.
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The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa Professor Shettima Abdulkadir Saidu has said the institution is not only hosting the 19th edition of Nigeria Polytechnic Games but at high spirit to bring glory to the school and Nasarawa state as a whole.
Professor Abdulkadir averred that all machinery have been put in place to host this edition of NIPOGA game which he said would be the best ever games, he said the hosting of the game in Nasarawa state would have a greater advantage to the state.
The rector disclosed when the management of the institution alongside members of the Local Organizing Committee and marketers of the fiesta, A3 Foundation and representative of the federal ministry of Youth and Sport paid the Deputy Governor a courtesy visit at his office.
"We are not only hosting the game but to win, as the rector commended the government of Nasarawa state for granting financial support amounting to N5m for the preparation of the game come 26th April 2017.
The rector said the change in date was necessitated to enable all the participating schools prepare for a colorful outing and successful hosting of the competition, the first ever to be hosted in the state.
"The preparation has reached an appreciable stage and we are expecting over 4000 contingents from across Nigerian Polytechnics, the state governor would declare the event open during the opening ceremony on 29th April 2017 and also close it at the closing ceremony on 6th May, 2017.
Professor Saidu reiterated that financial challenges are still slowing down the provisions of some notable facilities for the game considering the time frame for the competition.
Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa commended governor Al-Makura for appointing the immediate past Bursar of the institution, Ayuba Ayenajeh as the state commissioner of finance, as the institution promised to shower their unflinching support to the incumbent administration.
The state Deputy Governor Silas Agara applauded the institution for the hosting right, he further cautioned athletes of the institution to shun any vices that may jeopardized the hosting right.
He advised athlete from the federal polytechnic Nasarawa to shun sports enhancement drugs during and after the competition, saying youth in the state and the country at large should see the fiesta as a breeding ground for a new crop of athlete.
"Majority of our player's from the national team are either product of NIPOGA, Army, Police or other paramilitary, the state government promised to make further financial commitment to ensure the succeed of the competition.


Kids love popsicles and since I just got the Nutri Bullet Blender, we have been making our own pops with fresh fruit, yogurt and juice. I love knowing exactly what ingredients are in their popsicles.
While searching for some new popsicle molds, I came across so many neat ones that I had to share them for today's Fab Find Friday! These are not only the coolest molds for kids popsicles, but they're also a great way to sneak in some healthy foods into your kid's diet. I'm on a mission to get my son to eat healthier and this fun food is my latest tactic. Wish me luck!!
Let me know if you use any of these cool popsicle molds and what you think!
The Zipzicle – Zip-Top Ice-Pop Pouch is a simple way of making push pops that you can throw in a cooler and take to picnics, the pool, park or beach.
I really love Zoku's Mini Pop Molds. How cute are these for little ones who never finish those big popsicles?
"Swirl Pops" Ice Pop Molds are flexible reusable popsicle tubes that make eating pops ultra fun. I love the colors of these molds.
I HAVE to get these Ice Cream Pop Molds! I know my kids will go wild over them and they would also be perfect for an ice cream themed party!
I've read great reviews about these Swirly Pop Molds and would love to try them out. The outside is supposed to come off easily so you have perfect swirly pops.
You can't go wrong with these Star Ice Pop Molds. I love all of the different shapes.
These cute Monster Push Pops are perfect for kids and would be fantastic served up at a Monster Party!
Any of these cute popsicle molds would make great gifts as well as something fun for summer.
yes, pls share recipes for your popsicles!!!!
What recipe do you use for your ice pops? I'd love to get more nutrients into my son!


It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off—when a Constitional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children smuggled (and drank) illegal alcohol, the most upright citizens casually broke the law, and a host of notorious gangsters entered the public eye. Filled with period art and photographs, anecdotes, and portraits of unique characters from the era, this fascinating book looks at the rise and fall of the disastrous social experiment known as Prohibition.
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Colbert sparks debate about 'expert' celebrities
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There are congressional hearings and there are comedy shows, and the twain rarely meet.
So when a House panel on immigration combined them on purpose last week with testimony from Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR') and his "truthy" alter ego, debate broke out on the proper roles of the many celebrities — from Angelina Jolie to Bono to Elmo — who advocate in Washington.
In Colbert's appearance, there was profit to be made from the public, taxpayer-funded forum on one of the nation's weightiest issues, the plight of migrant workers. Immigrant advocates won national news coverage; Colbert helped generate material for his show; politicians scored live coverage of themselves during a brutal election year; and the media bagged a widely viewed story.
Witness Carol Swain, the law school professor who testified before Colbert, was ticked at being overshadowed by a fictional talk show host. But she scored, too. Before the hearing was over, Swain's Twitter and Facebook followings soared. People e-mailed her at Vanderbilt University Law School. A guy recognized her the next day in the grocery store.