When we practice this very habit of Prioritization in our lives, then you will find that life becomes much simpler.
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Do not keep your tasks on post-it notes or in your head, it is better that at the beginning of each day or a week, you list your tasks on a sheet of paper or your daily working diary. Rank your tasks based on their importance or their urgency, so that you can plan your day and focus your mind.
Beside each item in your to-do list, write deadline against each job. Make sure you write the actual time required for a job to be completeed instead of writing when you would like to have completed that job.
You might be very busy in your work at the workplace, but a query from the client in between may interrupt your work or you are asked to do some other work on urgent basis. Similarly, at home, you may be busy in helping your kids in their studies but a sudden visit by a guest may hamper your on-going task.
When you pick up many jobs at a time and do a bit of each of them, then you may land up with great confusion. Always handle one task at a time and finish it first before starting another. Your mind will be clear and ready for the next assignment.
Most of the times, our to-do list are cluttered with many little tasks which require very little time to be completed, but pose a big burden on our to-do list and also on our minds. It will be better to take out some time and complete these little tasks, this will not only shorten our to-do list but also give us a sense of relief and help us to concentrate on the other things which are more important.
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MIDDLEBURY, Vt.-The Middlebury College alumni magazine was awarded the gold medal for Best College and University General Interest Magazine by the Washington, D.C.-based Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Awards are presented annually in three subcategories organized by the size of a magazine's circulation. With a circulation of more than 36,000, the Middlebury Magazine competed against 50 other entries with circulations of 30,000-75,000. The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine was also awarded a gold medal.
For the last six out of seven years, Middlebury Magazine has placed among the top three in the country in CASE's general interest magazine category, which considers all aspects of a magazine-content, writing, editing, design, photography and printing quality. Judges also evaluate how well the magazine communicates with its audience and reflects an understanding of it. The 2002 award is the first gold medal the magazine has received.
According to former Middlebury Magazine Editor Rachel Morton, who earlier this year accepted a position as features editor of The Burlington Free Press, the quality of a magazine results from an institutional commitment to produce a lively publication that also informs and entertains. "The magazine is put together with readers in mind," said Morton. "If a college magazine is to represent the institution effectively, it has to be read. We worked very hard on story selection and we made sure that the magazine had as much visual appeal as we could give it," she said.
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Are Omega-3 Fatty Acids a Potential Treatment for Depression?
The buzz about fish and fish oil is that they benefit mental well-being. In 2010 scientists in Finland reported the results of a twelve month study of whether fish consumption can reduce the frequency of major depressive episodes in men.
Researchers at the National Institute of Health and Welfare and the University of Turku in Finland used data reported by 6,757 Finnish fishermen and their families to see if there could be a relationship between omega-3 fatty acids and depressive episodes. The biology of the brain tells us that frequent consumption of omega-3 pills and omega-3 fatty acids may reduce inflammation that interferes with higher-level thought.
Getting plenty of omega-3's may also prevent the breakdown of serotonin and other neurotransmitters that are important to maintaining a healthy mood. But what happens in real life?
Different People Respond to Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Different Ways
Depression is common in Finland. The Finnish researchers found that men who did not report any episodes of depression consumed about twice as much fish and fish oil as the average. Consumption of fish and fish oil seemed especially protective against depression in men who were heavy drinkers.
The relationship between fish, fish oil, and depression in Finnish women was more complex. In Finnish women, the benefits of fish oil for warding off depression were clearest among women who did not smoke and also in women who got the least exercise.
What the Finnish research tells us is that fish and fish oil for depression are usually helpful, but they help some people more than others. The research did find that the most fish products people consumed, the less they were depressed. And other research tells us that fish oil, not other sources of omega-3 fatty acids, is what fights depression.
Why You Need Pure Fish Oil to Fight Depression
Dr. J. G. Martins, writing in the Journal of the American College of Nutritional Science, explains that the component of fish oil that heals the brain in depression is the omega-3 fatty acid EPA, also known as eicosapentaenoic acid. Fish oil also contains another omega-3 fatty acid called DHA, or docosahexaenoic acid.
The human body can convert plant oils into DHA. It can't convert plant oils into EPA. To get EPA, you have to take fish oil or eat fish.
And it's a lot easier to take fish oil capsules or fish oil pills than it is to make sushi or boil, steam, or stew-but never fry-cold-water fish.
You need fresh fish that is not cooked at all or cooked at the lowest possible heat to enjoy the benefits of fish oil from eating the fish. And while fish oil is distilled to remove impurities, there is no way to remove potential toxins from an actual fish.
What You Need to Know About Using Fish Oil to Fight Depression
Don't stop taking an antidepressant so you can start taking fish oil. Scientific research has found that the best results occur when depression is treated with a combination of methods, either a prescription antidepressant and fish oil, or, for mild depression, St. John's wort and fish oil.
Appleton KM, Hayward RC, Gunnell D, Peters TJ, Rogers PJ, et al. Effects of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on depressed mood: systematic review of published trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006;84:1308-1316.
James MJ, Gibson RA, Cleland LG. Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory mediator production. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000;71:343S-348S.
Omega-3 Deficiency -- Omega-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency
Omega 3 and Retinal Health -- Optimistic Research of Omega-3 and Retinal Health
Omega-3 to Omega-6 Ratio -- Optimal ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 - All Essential Fatty Acids Are Essential, But Most of Us Get Too Many of Some and Not Enough of Others
Omega 3 Dosage -- Choosing the Right Dosage of Omega-3's


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Monovision describes the situation where one eye is set for distance vision and the other for reading vision. There is only so much difference in focal length between the eyes that the brain will tolerate. Therefore, monovision is preferred in patients who already have a prescription where one eye sees more clearly in the distance and the other eye sees more clearly for reading tasks. Otherwise, it is recommended to have a contact lens trial simulating monovision before committing to this arrangement in cataract surgery.
Multifocal intraocular lenses have more than one focal length to reduce dependence on glasses. Trifocal intraocular lenses aim to offer clear unaided vision for reading, computer and distance vision. Extended depth of focus lenses aim to offer clear distance and computer vision but glasses are still required for reading tasks. Multifocal lenses have to split the light between different focal lengths and so although there is less dependence on glasses, there is lower quality of vision with more haloes and glare. These symptoms are most prominent with trifocal intraocular lenses but also occur to a lesser degree with extended depth of focus intraocular lenses. These unwanted visual phenomena can be particularly troubling when driving at night. Additionally, multifocal lenses are not recommended in patients with macular disease.
Toric intraocular lenses are designed to reduce the amount of astigmatism in the visual system. Astigmatism decreases the quality of vision. Patients with significant astigmatism are offered toric intraocular lenses. These toric intraocular lenses are precisely aligned during cataract surgery to reduce the amount of astigmatism. Either monofocal or multifocal lenses can be designed to have a toric component to reduce astigmatism.
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Posterior capsular opacification describes the process by which the natural lens bag, from where the old cataract was removed and in which the new intraocular lens was placed, gradually becomes cloudy. It can occur in up to half of all patients within 5 years of cataract surgery. The symptoms of glare or blurred vision can be similar to those of cataract. YAG laser capsulotomy can be performed in the outpatient clinic to clear the clouding of the natural lens bag. This can restore vision within hours. Once treated, the posterior capsular opacification does not return.
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Q: Additional concerns when compiling for x64 I know that the additional consideratiosn when compiling for x64 is that some data types, like ints, can hold larger values. Are there any concerns?
VS2010, released a few days ago, can support compiling for x64 and x32, just like VS2008. The app is x32/86 only. I keep thinking that the app needs to be 64 bit however. What am I missing? Obviously this is not the case.
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*your app needs > 4 GB address space

*your app is performance-critical and could benefit from ~30% performance improvement due to  increased size and number of registers
If neither of the above applies then there is no compelling reason to make an app 64-bit.

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*If the app is 64 bit, then pointers and ints would consume twice more memory which would be worse for most folks.

*Parts of Visual Studio are already ported to .NET. It would be simpler to finish porting rest of it to .NET rather than port C/C++ code to x64.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ricom/archive/2009/06/10/visual-studio-why-is-there-no-64-bit-version.aspx

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Whether we are talking about benefits or housing, a new Ken Loach film and a BBC documentary expose a system that's failing. In the face of growing demand and shrinking provision, the safety net has gaping holes. Rising homelessness and the queues at foodbanks are the symbols of this. The basics of life – shelter, food and warmth – can no longer be taken for granted.
Seen from the outside this is obvious and so are the answers. Return to provision based on need. Build more social housing. Abandon the divisive rhetoric of strivers and scroungers. Follow the founding principles of the welfare state.
Most people working on the inside will agree with this. But they also have to work within the system as it is and they know that there is little chance of real political change any time soon. This dual reality is perhaps most obvious in the social/business divide within housing associations but it exists right across the public and voluntary sectors too.
Watching I, Daniel Blake and No Place to Call Home over the last few days, these divides were obvious. One is a documentary, the other a film, but both would claim to be revealing truths about life when the safety net fails. But they also beg a less obvious question for people working within the system: how do you know when you've crossed the line between doing your best in an impossible situation and making that situation worse? One answer, I'd suggest, lies in the language we use.
Sometimes powerful arguments for a change of direction in housing policy come from unexpected places.
The Farmer Review of the UK Construction Labour Model is a case in point. Before your eyes glaze over at the title, bear with me because it has profound implications not just for the way we build homes but also the sort of housing we build and who we build them for.
Subtitled Modernise or Die, the report was commissioned last year from the Construction Leadership Council by housing minister Brandon Lewis and skills minister Nick Boles. By the time it was published this week, both had moved on, but the policy context had also shifted on its axis.
Back then, the Treasury and George Osborne dominated housing policy and everything was about home ownership and Help to Buy. Now other departments have much more influence, we have a housing minister calling for a balanced approach to tenure and attention has turned to modern methods of construction for new homes.
How does somewhere that was built to solve the housing shortage end up being in the middle of one?
The place in question is Peterborough in Cambridgshire but events there in the last month resonate well beyond the city. Seen admittedly from the outside, this is the UK housing crisis in ten steps.
Peterborough was designated as a new town in 1967 to accommodate population overspill from London. Four new townships were added to what was already a Cathedral city, boosting the population from 83,000 to 190,000 over the last 40 years. The key, according to the former head of the development corporation Wyndham Thomas, was the acquisition of land at existing use values with debt repaid from finance generated by increased land values.
Housebuilding has failed to keep pace with a rising population in the south and east of England in general. In the case of Peterborough in particular add high levels of immigration. Cities Outlook 16, the regular survey by the Centre for Cities, shows that Peterborough was the third fastest-growing city in the UK for population with an annual growth rate of 1.5% a year between 2004 and 2014. The housing stock grew by the fourth fastest rate in the country between 2013 and 2014 but the rate was 1.1%.
Gavin Barwell has apparently spent the last two weeks telling old people who should inherit their property wealth and young people they should live in rabbit hutches.
The comments prompted outrage online and in the comment pages of the newspapers and the ones about inheritance saw him 'slapped down' by Downing Street. These were 'personal comments' and 'certainly not policy', said No 10.
But what did the housing minister actually say?
What would 'housing that works for everyone' look like?
Housing was a constant theme running through the Conservative conference this week. Communities secretary Sajid Javid said it was his 'number one priority' and announced a new(ish) £2bn fund for accelerated construction on public land plus 'further significant measures' in a white paper in the Autumn.
Housing minister Gavin Barwell is said to have addressed 17 different fringe meetings on housing and continued his charm offensive with more sensible comments about the need to encourage all tenures and tone down the obsession with home ownership and starter homes.
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Q: What's the average order of the reduction of a section of an elliptic curve Suppose $E$ is an elliptic curve over $\mathbb Q$ and $x \in E(\mathbb Q)$ is not torsion. We can reduce $x \pmod p$ for a prime $p$ of good reduction and it will have some order $n_p$ in the group $E(\mathbb F_p)$. Has there been any work on the asympotitcs of the average of $n_p$ for $p < X$ as $X \to \infty$?
More generally, suppose $x,y \in E(\mathbb Q)$ are two linearly independent sections and let them generate subgroups $G_x(p),G_y(p) \subset E(\mathbb F_p)$ for a prime of good reduction. Have the asymptotics of the average of $G_x(p)\cap G_y(p)$ been studied?
This question seems tangentially related.

A: Let $E/\mathbb{Q}$ be an elliptic curve.  There exist positive integers $d_p$ and $e_p$, with $d_p|e_p$, such that group $E(\mathbb{F}_p)$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}/d_p\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}/e_p\mathbb{Z}$.  Kowalski conjectured that there exists a constant $c_E>0$ such that $\sum_{p\leq x}d_p\sim c_E f_E(x)$, where $f_E(x)=x$ if $E$ has CM and $f_E(x) = \mathrm{Li}(x)$ otherwise.
Before Kowalski's paper, Duke showed that if $f$ is any function with $\lim_{t\to\infty}f(t)=\infty$, then for almost all primes $p$, $E(\mathbb{F}_p)$ contains a cyclic group of order $p/f(p)$ (where "almost all" is quantified in his paper).  He used GRH for certain Dedekind zeta functions to handle the non-CM case, but not the CM case.
Freiberg and Pollack unconditionally proved an $\asymp$ version of Kowalski's conjecture in the CM case.  We appear to be far off from such a result in the non-CM case.
Cojocaru has extensively studied the distribution of $p$ such that $E(\mathbb{F}_p)$ is cyclic, in which case $d_p=1$.  Again, progress towards GRH is usually key for the non-CM case, but not the CM case.
Duke, William, Almost all reductions modulo (p) of an elliptic curve have a large exponent., C. R., Math., Acad. Sci. Paris 337, No. 11, 689-692 (2003). ZBL1048.11045.
Kowalski, E., Analytic problems for elliptic curves, J. Ramanujan Math. Soc. 21, No. 1, 19-114 (2006). ZBL1144.11069.
Freiberg, Tristan; Pollack, Paul, The average of the first invariant factor for reductions of CM elliptic curves mod (p), Int. Math. Res. Not. 2015, No. 21, 11333-11350 (2015). ZBL1398.11088.
Cojocaru, Alina Carmen, Primes, elliptic curves and cyclic groups, Bucur, Alina (ed.) et al., Analytic methods in arithmetic geometry. Arizona winter school 2016, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, March 12–16, 2016. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS); Montreal: Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (CRM). Contemp. Math. 740, 1-69 (2019). ZBL1452.11069.


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PC Control: No controlling other people w/o their OOC permission (written as "OOC" in their RP post). If permission is given, it needs to be approved by the controlled person before posting (so PM them the post or something). Said permission only works for ONE (1) post. Multiple posts require multiple permissions.
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Speed World 3 wrote: This card is activated at the beginning of duel and cannot be removed from the field. During each Standby Phase (except the first) each player will place 1 Speed Counter on this card (Max. 15). During their Main Phase, the turn player can remove Speed Counters from this card to activate the corresponding effect.
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By Niall Green
Global Research, October 24, 2008
World Socialist Web Site 23 October 2008
Theme: Global Economy
The economies of central and eastern Europe are being rocked by the crisis of world capitalism, compounded by the corrupt and pro-big business policies of their local elites.
Defying many economists and commentators, who had forecast that the region would be well placed to deal with the credit crisis due to the lower relative weight of finance capital within their national economies, much of Eastern Europe stands on the verge of insolvency and deep and protracted recession.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Stalinist states, central and eastern Europe provided global capitalism with vast new sources of cheap labour and raw materials. In the early 1990s the recession affecting the Western economies, accelerated the flow of capital into the former-Soviet countries, with transnational corporations seeking to cut costs by outsourcing to this newly opened-up low tax, cheap labour areas.
Major global manufacturers such as General Motors, Volkswagen and Nokia invested hundreds of millions of dollars into new factories, taking advantage of the large pools of highly-skilled and educated workers, many of whom had lost jobs in the old state-owned industries that were closed following the restoration of capitalism. Western financial institutions profited from financing the development of new industrial plants, as well as property speculation among the new bourgeois elite and foreign investors in major urban areas like Prague, Warsaw and Bratislava.
Business consultancy, Capital Economics, reports that 17 years after the restoration of capitalism and four years after most joined the European Union (EU), wages in the eastern EU states are still only one fifth of the average of those in Western Europe.
An estimated five million workers have left the eastern European countries for Western Europe between 2004 and 2007. The mass migration from the ex-Soviet states has left key sectors of the economy and public services such as healthcare critically short of skilled workers. Poland and Ukraine almost had to abandon their status as co-hosts of the 2012 European Football Championship due to the chronic shortages of labour needed to renew facilities for the competition.
Only a few months ago, a recession in Western Europe was viewed as a potential boon to overheated Eastern Europe economies. Inflation, running at 15 percent in Russia and Latvia, seemed to be the greatest threat. However, as the full impact of the global crisis unfolds, the alleged ability of Eastern Europe to weather the storm relatively better than its Western counterparts has been thrown into question.
All the economies of the eastern European region are highly dependent on credit from the international markets. The Institute of International Finance has estimated that total private capital and credit flows into eastern Europe, the former USSR and Turkey, are likely to fall from nearly $400 billion in 2007 to an estimated $262 billion next year, a figure which may fall even further as it is based on optimistic forecasts of the effectiveness of the international governmental bailouts of the banks.
Erik Berglof, chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, stated that the eastern European countries, "could deal with rising borrowing costs and an economic slowdown coming from the US and Western Europe, but a complete shutdown of international borrowing—nobody can withstand that."
The International Monetary Fund forecasts a fall in the growth rate for gross domestic product (GDP) for central and southeast Europe from 5 percent this year to 3.5 percent in 2009. For Russia and the former Soviet Union, it predicts growth of around 7 percent for this year and 5.5 percent for 2009.
Emergency bailout for Hungary
Even these figures fail to show the full impact of the economic crisis on countries whose economies are heavily dependent on exports to the wealthier western EU.
The impact of a recession in France, Germany and Britain will be acutely painful to the eastern economies of Europe. The Czech Republic, for example, relies on exports to the wealthier euro currency zone for 40 percent of its GDP. As the British magazine, the Economist, stated, "If Germany gets a headache, eastern Europe gets a migraine."
On October 16, the same day countries across the EU pledged to shore up the banking system with a package whose total could exceed €2 trillion, the European Central Bank (ECB) granted Hungary a bailout worth €5 billion, saving its economy from a financial meltdown.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is poised to offer the country a further, and probably much larger, bailout loan.
Last week, Hungary put tight controls on foreign exchange lending in an effort to stabilise the country's troubled financial sector. This prompted a massive drop in the value of the Hungarian currency and stock market, quickly followed by sharp rises on the news of the ECB bailout.
Hungary has a very high level of foreign public debt—60 percent of GDP—meaning that the country is less attractive to foreign investors and less creditworthy to private and international lenders. Global credit ratings agencies Fitch and Standard and Poor's have lowered Hungary's rating to BBB+ , the third lowest investment grade offered to any country.
In addition, many ordinary citizens and local firms have loans with Hungarian banks that have been packaged in complex schemes based on the speculation that the Hungarian forint would stay on the same exchange rate as the euro. That situation is likely to change as Hungary's high budget and current account deficits pressure the devaluation of its currency, which is now trading at a two-year low, further destabilising its banking system.
The government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has reduced its official GDP growth forecast for 2009 from three percent to just 1.2 percent, and has acknowledged it is planning a budget based on a zero percent growth rate next year. The Hungarian government has pledged to cut its budget deficit, meaning that public services spending and wages will be driven down.
Nick Chamie, of RBC Capital Markets, has warned that much of eastern Europe is ill-equipped to bail out the financial system and may suffer the same fate as Iceland, whose financial system has seized-up with the collapse of its three major banks.
"The three Baltic states along with Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria and Romania—and of course Iceland—are top of the list," of those vulnerable to an investment exodus, Chamie warned.
Baltic states in crisis
Latvia and Estonia are officially the first economies in the eastern EU to fall into recession. Lithuania, whose growth has been slower than its Baltic neighbours, is likely to officially enter a recession in early 2009 and has been forced to guarantee the deposits of savers up to the value of €100,000, double the average EU guaranteed amount.
The Lithuanian prime minister was forced to appeal for calm in early October, stating that "There is no danger for any Lithuanian bank to go bankrupt. We monitor the situation constantly." The country's banking sector is dominated by the Swedish bank SEB.
The heads of government of all three Baltic states issued statements October 10 insisting that their countries were not headed for insolvency. "It is impossible to compare Lithuania with Iceland," Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told a joint news conference with his Latvian counterpart.
Reinhard Cluse, "emerging Europe" economist for Switzerland's UBS bank, was more cautious, stating in response to the financial situation in the Baltic states:
"Iceland was a special case, but the same rising waters that flooded Iceland first are a problem for others, too."
The three countries have seen an explosion of credit fuelled by property speculation over the past decade, while current account deficits have soared to among the highest in Europe. In Estonia, domestic and foreign debt stands at twice the country's GDP, leaving it heavily exposed to the problems of bad debt that have beset the global financial system. Property prices in the capital Tallinn, have fallen by one quarter since 2007 and home foreclosures are on the increase.
"There are going to be some pretty big casualties in property-related sectors and retail," warned Joakim Helenius, head of Tallinn based investment group Tigon Capital.
In Latvia, the central bank had to intervene this month to prop up its currency with public funds. The cost of bailouts, combined with falling domestic tax and customs revenues, mean that all three states are likely to suffer large budget deficits next year. The Latvian Central Bank estimates its government's overspending to be 5.5 percent of GDP in 2009.
This will force government borrowing, bringing with it demands from international lenders that state budgets be slashed. The EU budgetary commissioner has already condemned Lithuania's draft budget for 2009 as far too high and has demanded that President Valdas Adamkus refuse to sign it into law.
Meanwhile, the increase in government indebtedness of these tiny countries, with limited resources to draw upon, will likely restrict investor confidence, further deepening recessionary pressures.
The banking sector in the Baltic states is dominated by Scandinavian capital. Swedish company Swedbank has seen a 50 percent fall in its share value, largely due to its heavy exposure in the Baltic countries, while its credit rating has been slashed. Swedbank expects profits from its Baltic subsidiaries to be cut in half in 2009. Swedbank maintains it and other banks will continue to pump credit into the Baltic markets in order to prevent an economic crisis there from spreading into Scandinavia.
Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Bulgaria and Romania, who joined the EU in 2007, are also in a highly precarious position. Citibank's evaluation cited their high vulnerability to financial instability. Bulgaria already has a national deficit of 21.5 percent of GDP. This figure is likely to rise as Hungary borrows from international lenders such as the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to save its banks, and the government itself, from insolvency.
Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are widely portrayed as being in a better position than most other states in the region, with less dependence on loans from foreign finance capital. They are, however, highly dependent on direct investment from transnational corporations and sales of manufactured goods and services to Western Europe.
The three countries have become major centres of manufacturing for the EU market, with the Polish and Czech economies booming from the development of plants making cars, electrical equipment, household goods and industrial plant largely for sale to Western Europe. Slovakia has become a virtual single auto-industry state, with the major automobile manufacturers closing factories in Western Europe and relocating tens of thousands of jobs there in an effort to slash wages.
While the foreign direct investment (FDI) that Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are heavily reliant upon, is due to rise modestly to $90 billion across Eastern Europe in 2009, this figure represents a small fraction of total investment capital which has sharply contracted. FDI could freeze up next year if cash strapped companies hoard their resources in the event that global finance credit remains in limited supply.
With exports of commercial and domestic manufactured goods to Western Europe likely to fall over the coming period, combined with greatly restricted credit, even the relatively stable economies of the ex-Soviet region are likely to be plunged into recession.
Shares on the Polish stock exchange are trading at less than half their peak. Poland has mirrored the steps taken across the EU, pouring public money into a bailout of its banks.
Ex-Soviet regime
To the east of the EU member states, the situation could prove to be even worse. Russian authorities have set aside nearly $200 billion (€149 billion) for a financial market rescue. Despite the relatively small size of its financial sector, which has assets valued at just 65 percent of its GDP (compared to 250 percent of GDP for banks in the euro zone), the country is highly dependent on foreign finance capital to fuel growth.
Over the past decade hundreds of small banks have emerged, fuelled by debt borrowed from major Western financial institutions and used to pay for developments in certain industries and construction in the booming property sector in Moscow and other large cities.
The Medvedev-Putin regime in Russia has injected $700 billion into its financial system, a greater amount than the United States or most western EU states as a portion of GDP. This massive increase in state spending has been made even more dangerous to the Russian public finances by the sharp fall in the price of oil, which has halved from its peak earlier this year.
A similar story is taking place in Ukraine, where foreign finance has been heavily relied upon to boost growth in industry and commercial property construction. Like Russia, the Ukrainian economy is now faced with the double blow of greatly restricted access to Western finance combined with plummeting prices for its main industrial exports, especially steel.
The Ukrainian stock market has lost over three-quarters of its value in a year.
Ukraine's central bank has been forced to prop up most of the country's financial institutions with state funds, while a run on the country's sixth largest bank, Prominvest, was caused by warning that it was likely to collapse.
The possibility of providing a stimulus to the Ukrainian economy by cutting interest rates, as has been put into effect across Europe and in the US, is limited by the fact that inflation is currently running at 25 percent. The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has requested a large loan from the IMF of up to $14 billion to shore up the economy.
US credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded Ukraine last week, stating:
"The downgrade reflects Fitch's concern that the risk of a financial crisis in Ukraine involving large depreciation of the currency, further stress in the banking system and significant damage to Ukraine's real economy is significant and rising."
Tymoshenko is in a bitter political struggle with President Viktor Yushchenko, who has called early parliamentary elections for December in an effort to unseat his rival. Both former leaders of the "Orange revolution" are blaming each other for Ukraine's economic woes. Tymoshenko has condemned the calling of fresh parliamentary elections, the third in three years, as a destabilising factor in the current economic crisis. She warned that all politicians must put aside "political ambitions" in an effort to bail out the economy at the expense of other areas of budgetary spending.
"We have to revise the state budget for the year 2008, and completely alter the draft state budget for 2009, because the whole world, and Ukraine as well, will see a certain stagnation of production, a certain fall of GDP growth, and, I think, the country will suffer the biggest blow in 2009. It means we have to transfer to a saving budget in 2008 and 2009," Tymoshenko told the Ukrainian parliament on October 13.
The original source of this article is World Socialist Web Site
Copyright © Niall Green, World Socialist Web Site, 2008
Articles by: Niall Green


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First Man – Movie Review (Venice Film Festival 2018)
MoviesNewsReviews 4th September 2018 Jon Dingle 0
Three…Two…One, We have lift-off. Not only did the 75th Venice Film Festival complete it's ignition sequence but Damien Chazelle's First Man erupted with enough...
Three…Two…One, We have lift-off. Not only did the 75th Venice Film Festival complete it's ignition sequence but Damien Chazelle's First Man erupted with enough thrust to get all the film journalists in Lido giddy-with-excitement – exclaiming the race for next years Best Picture had begun. You couldn't even exit the press screening without hearing multiple voices muttering the time-old expression "well looks like Oscar season has officially commenced" as they rushed off to use the toilets.
Speaking of toilets, this is a film where your bladder will actually require some active control – the mission to the Moon is not for the faint-hearted or the weak-bladdered. For those of you who have dreamt of someday kissing the Earth's atmosphere, Chazelle's violently, hair-raising rollercoaster-ride to the Moon may the be the closest thing to experiencing the real thing.
First Man is the opening film of the 75th Venice Film Festival and there was a lot of anticipation building for this film. Chazelle previously opened the festival two years prior with the sun-drenched, runaway-hit La La Land. The film went on to win countless awards and was infamously prematurely announced as the Best Picture winner at the 2017 Academy Awards – when (in actuality) Moonlight was the true winner. But even in that defeat, it only seems assured that Chazelle is once again destined to head back to the Kodak Theatre in 2019 with First Man.
First Man is the dramatic biopic detailing the decades worth of work that went into putting a man on the Moon's surface. Neil Armstrong – who uttered the immortal "that's one small step for man" quote, is played in this film by Chazelle's go-to-leading man; Ryan Gosling. And it's through Armstrong's point-of-view that the story is told.
With a very stoic and reserved performance from Gosling, we also get his emotional counterpart Janet (Claire Foy). Both Foy and Gosling are on terrific awards-buzz-form here. Foy in particular has more to do than initially expected of the typical housewife role – the pinnacle of which is fully realised in a confrontational scene with NASA's Deke Slayton (Kyle Chandler) . There's also a heart-wrenching sequence quite early on in the film which reveals the painful loss that the Armstrong family suffered. This is a contributing factor to Neil's quiet temperament and enriches the families dynamic we see later before he embarks on his mission which the family knows he may not return from.
What's truly remarkable about First Man is how it avoids becoming a purely spectacle-driven flick. Yes, this is story about a space expedition to the Moon but Chazelle smartly invests more time and focus into character development and atmosphere than exhilarating-effects.
Thats not to say when we climb into the cockpit with Armstrong the experience is not joy-inducing. Never has space travel felt more lifelike in cinema. Sure, Gravity let us silk through space with Sandra Bullock but here, as soon as we blast-off into the skies, the experience becomes a loud, frantic, vibrating storm of swirling dials, heated fusalage and undeniable terror. I didn't know it was actually possible to feel G-Force in a cinema until I watched this film.
Plus the final closing scenes on the Moon (spoiler alert but duh!) are completely jaw-dropping. To explain in further detail would be an actual spoiler but if you are lucky enough to be able to see this film in IMAX then you owe it to yourself to see it for its full majesty. Watching Neil leave that first footprint on the dusty surface of the Moon will leave an indelible mark on you as you leave the cinema – making you feel simultaneously small yet unstoppable.
First Man is released in UK cinemas nationwide from 12th October.
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Stagecoach 2022: Photos of the performers and their fans on Friday
Tanya Tucker performs on the Palomino Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
By Will Lester | wlester@scng.com | Daily Bulletin
The Stagecoach Country Music Festival has returned to the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Here's a look at the performers who played Friday, April 29.
We caught Neal McCoy, Ingrid Andress and more early on Friday before watching Tanya Tucker, Maren Morris, Midland, Thomas Rhett and others. Read a recap of the music from early in the day, too.
You can also check out our photo gallery of scenes from Stagecoach, which includes the one and only Guy Fieri at the Stagecoach Smokehouse.
Country artist Thomas Rhett takes the stage as he headlines on the Mane Stage during the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Country artist Thomas Rhett performs as he headlines the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
A country music fan uses her phone as a light while Maren Morris performs on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Breland performs on the Palomino Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
A pair of country music fans sway a top a fence as they watch Maren Morris perform on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Maren Morris performs on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
A pair of country music fans watch as Maren Morris performs on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Marcus King, of The Marcus King Band, performs on the Palomino Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
The Marcus King Band performs on the Palomino Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
Tanya Tucker offers a shot to a fan in the front row during her performance on the Palomino Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
Midland performs on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
A country music fan sings along as Jordan Davis performs on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It's the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jordan Davis performs on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It's the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Country music fans watch as Midland performs on the Mane Stage on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It is the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Country music legend Neal McCoy plays before an enthusiastic crowd in the Palomino Tent on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It's the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Country music fans David and Janet Rogers, from Lake Elsinore, listen to legend Neal McCoy as he plays before an enthusiastic crowd in the Palomino Tent on the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It's the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Spencer Crandall performs on the Siriusxm Spotlight Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jackie Straw performs on the Horseshoe Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
Ingrid Andress performs on the Mane Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
Benedicte Braenden, from Norway, performs on the Nikki Lane Horseshoe Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It's the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Country music fans dance and cheer to Walker Country as they perform on the Siriusxm Spotlight Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It's the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Walker Country lead singer Ivy Dene Walker performs with her sister and drummer Sophie Dawn Walker on the Siriusxm Spotlight Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Friday, April 29, 2022. It's the first Stagecoach since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jonathan Terrell performs on the Horseshoe Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
Will Lester | Photojournalist
Will Lester is a Southern California native who grew up in Altadena and actually graduated high school in the Rose Bowl. He became a staff photographer for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin in 1998 after graduating from Cal State Fullerton. He has covered nearly every event possible and excels in auto/drag racing, concerts, sports and breaking news photography. Will has won the coveted Russ Catlin Award for Motorsports Photojournalism 4 times, and was the only non-full time motorsports photojournalist in the country to do so. Will also was selected as the 2018 National Motorsports Press Associations Photographer of the Year. He loves attending and shooting rodeos, whether it's in Cheyenne or Norco because "it is pure America." To unwind, Will loves to travel (Wyoming/Montana and any place with warm sand between his toes are his go-to places), always with a camera in tow of course.
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The next meeting of the Informal Northern Thai Group is Tuesday, January 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alliance Fran็aise Chiang Mai. Everybody is welcome. The speaker for this INTG talk will be Dr. Don Swearer and his theme is, "Missionaries, Martyrs, and Political Change in Northern Thailand in the Late 19th Century." Don Swearer is the Charles & Harriet Cox Professor of Religion at Swarthmore College, U.S.A. His principal area of research has been Buddhism in Thailand, especially in the north.
The next Lunch Bunch is 'pot luck' at the house of Annelie Hendriks on Wednesday January 14 at noon. Please bring a plate of food, homemade or bought, cold or warm, sweet or savory. Annelie will supply plates, cutlery, coffee, tea and of course her own dish. For the brave ones, you can join at around 2.30 p.m. for a bicycle tour of maximum one hour (flat surface was promised) in the beautiful countryside around Annelie's house. Bikes can be rented. Please reserve if you are coming and if you will join the bicycle tour before January 11. Telephone number 053 866 086 or my e-mail: [email protected]
If you have a passion for making movies using film or video, and are looking for others who have similar interest - then 'IndieClub' is the community for you. Whether your interests lie in acting, directing, producing, writing, lighting or any other skill that is associated with making great film or video, join for free. Need more info about the Chiang Mai 'IndieClub'? Email: [email protected]
Enjoy the Amari Rincome Hotel's famous Sunday Brunch, more deliciously tempting than ever. So, forget about your diet for one day and spoil yourself with a cornucopia of special delights created by the executive chef from Ireland, Adrian O'Herlihy. Make a reservation at La Gritta Restaurant and enjoy unlimited gourmet treats for the whole family. Every Sunday from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Adults 350 baht, children 200 baht net.
Amazing Sandwich, 'a shady island in a sea of rice' Deli Restaurant and Takeaway, between Thai Airways Office and Vista Hotel can deliver to your door for orders over 350 baht. Lunchtime orders for delivery have to be faxed in not later than 10.30 a.m. Please phone after faxing to check if your order has been received. Tel/Fax: 0 5321 8846.
Bears Den, 'Follow the Bear' is their theme and they have a lovely traditional British and Thai menu which you can enjoy while overlooking the river. Music is kept at 'normal levels' to allow conversation. Open daily 4 p.m. – 2 a.m.
Chez Gibus Grill House Restaurant has his BBQ, salads & french-fries buffet daily except Sundays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. All you can eat for only 199 baht. 42 Kampeangdin Road. Table reservations at tel. 05327 2712.
Sunday Brunch every week at the renovated Citrus Caf้ of the Novotel Chiang Mai from 11 a.m.- 2.30 p.m. A buffet menu from around the world with Mediterranean food, roasts, a huge salad buffet, Thai favorites and anything a sweet tooth likes for dessert. 350 baht net (children from 6 to 12 years old – 175 baht net). Special promotional offer when you come in a group of 6, only 5 must pay.
The Meeting Place, a new 'watering hole' for after shopping. Cool off and drop by for a chat or a drink. Just behind Rimping store on the left.
The Rydges Chiang Mai offers Sunday Family Brunch with Thai specialties and a variety of international, mouth-watering delights. Every Sunday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Chillies Restaurant. Special children's buffet and kindergarten with somebody looking after the kids, so parents can eat in peace. Rydges Beer Garden is open now from 5 p.m. – midnight, Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m. buy 1, get 1 free (glass of beer or jug), snacks and special dishes only 40 baht net per serving, BBQ and suckling pig every Sunday, freestyle live music with female singer. Parking available at the hotel. Table reservations at 053 251 531.
The winter season is here and in order to stay fit and slim The Dance Zone invites everyone who loves modern dance, pop jazz and even hip-hop to train in intermediate and advance techniques. This program will go through February 21, every Saturday from 6-7:30 p.m. The instructor, executive choreographer Parinye Jittawong, trains and uses the curriculum of professional dancers. The price is 700 baht per month with a one time registration fee of 300 baht. Register at the Public Relation Counter at Kad Suan Keaw ground floor.
The Plearn Center for Language, Art and Culture is open now. 'Little Chef' program for children, language lessons for kids and adults and much more. For more information call 053 247 800.
Childbirth Preparation Classes - Especially for first time parents who are interested in the Bradley method, Juanita Duong, Diane Smith and Lori Rowe work together to teach a series of two 2-hour classes that will help prepare a couple for the birth of their baby. After the birth, one of these nurses will also do a follow-up visit to answer any newborn questions as well as assist with breast-feeding if needed. Contact Raintree Community Resource Center (053-262-660) if you are interested in the classes, which are offered free of charge. Raintree will re-open on January 4, 2004.
Payap University will hold a Service Learning Conference from January 4 – 10. For more information contact Yuthachai Damrong-manee at 09 635 1552.
Wanted: Singers! Can you sing? Would you like to try out for Chiang Mai's only community choir? Contact Ellen Clark, choir secretary, on 053 309 187 (office), 053 853 265 (home), 01 883 2423 (cell), or email [email protected]
Saturday jazz at the Amari Rincome Hotel - each Saturday at 6:30 - 10 p.m., La Gritta Restaurant at the Amari Rincome Hotel, Chiang Mai arranges a live jazz performance by Daeng Fantastic team of four. Listen to jazz favorites down the years, and enjoy a specialty theme buffet created by expert chef, Adrian O'Herlihy. Bring along family or friends.
Pure Heart Project Foundation will have a Benefit Dinner on Children's Day, Saturday, January 10, at the Rydges Thapae Chiang Mai Ballroom. Tickets at 1000 baht are available at the Rydges Business center or directly from the Pure Heart Project Leader, tel. 07 192 8945. The program includes an international buffet dinner, a show by Voice Studio, traditional hill tribe performances and much more. PHP supports the Sunflower Home Project in Mae Hong Son and is giving school uniforms to the hill tribes' education center, Mae Ka-jan, Chiang Rai.
During National Children's Day on January 10, Wat Suan Dok will hold a big fair at their grounds. Lucky Dogs Club will kindly be provided with their own booth and activity time. All kinds of assistance is welcome, from membership in Lucky Dogs to sponsoring activities, donations, dog food or materials and becoming a volunteer. For more information, please, contact: Lucky Dogs Club 1/14 Moo 7, Baan Puka, T. Tonpao, A. Sankhampeang, Chiang Mai 50130, tel. 053 432 362 or 09 997 8146.
The Chiang Mai Red Cross and Winter Fair will take place from Dec 30 until Jan 11 nightly at the big field behind City Hall. Entertainment booths, food stalls, crafts and activities for young and old. Entertainers like Clash, Micro, Taxi and others will entertain. OTOP products for sale and of course the Miss Chiang Mai Beauty Contest will take place, where the winner will compete in the Miss Thailand contest in Bangkok as a representative of Chiang Mai.
Lamphun Wine & Sausage Fair will take place from January16 - 19 at the provincial cultural center at U-mong sub district. Shopping, watching and exploring.
Dimension of Happiness is the name of a Graphic Arts Exhibition which will be shown at the CMU Art Museum Exhibition Hall daily except Mondays from 9.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Art work from Chaiwood Ruamruedeekul.
Solo Exhibition by Jittiwut Sriyang at Umong Sippadhamma, near Wat Umong during January and February 2004.
The Thong Gwow Games will start on January 6 and last until January 17. Universities from all over Thailand will compete in Chiang Mai. Check out our Sports section for details.
Coming soon at the Kad Theatre is a Chinese Opera on January 16-17 at 7 p.m. Tickets 300, 200, 100 baht at the Information Counter of Kad Suan Kaew.
Raintree Resource Centre - located just east of the Nawarat Bridge, offers the free booklet: "Helpful Hints for getting settled in Chiang Mai". Open Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m. – noon and Sundays 4 - 4.45 p.m. (closed on Wednesdays). Free library membership with more than 600 videos and 5,000 English books available. Info-line 053-262660. Movie-line 053-262661, send by e-mail: [email protected]
Looking for a wheelchair? Hopefully not! But many poor disabled children in Chiangmai are. So why not donate one for only 7000 baht? Visit the Freedom Wheelchair Workshop across from the Chiangmai Disabled Center, 133/1 Rajapakinai Road, Chiang Mai (near Thapae Gate).
Laundry and Internet service, traditional Thai massage, Thai language courses. You find it all at the Chiangmai Disabled Center, 133/1 Rajapakinai Road, Chiangmai (near Thapae Gate).
Rydges Tapae Chiang Mai has opened a Business Center on the second floor, providing a full range of services to local business people and visitors. Services include: high speed Internet access, both cable and wireless; facsimile service, send and receive, scanning to documents and pictures, photocopying, collation and binding as well as camera chip downloads and CD Rom burning. Private "virtual office" for home businesses wanting to make an impression. Eight person meeting room with full secretarial support either task based or per hour. For further details and to arrange an inspection, contact Khun Aoy, on 053 251531, extension 8054.
Tune-in to the English language radio program 'Helping Hand', broadcast daily from 7.30-9.00 pm. The program can be heard on Radio Thailand Chiang Mai FM 93.25 MHZ, and provides useful information to both Thai nationals and foreigners alike.


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Stefano Pilati takes to the catwalk for Berlin fashion collective GmbH
GmbH is a worthy member of the posse of new, distinctive menswear labels showing at the Paris Fashion Week. The Berlin collective was created last year and is led by fashion photographer Benjamin Alexander Huseby and designer Serhat Isik, with another five or six creative minds orbiting around them.
The brand name is the acronym of the German words for 'limited liability company', and is as unusual as the label's new collection is distinctive: clearly inspired by its Berlin milieu, with a strong techno vibe and a streetwear feel, featuring skilfully cut clothes for a retro, sophisticated aesthetic.
GmbH's first Paris show, for the Spring/Summer 2018, was staged at the Arab World Institute on 22nd June. One of the show's models was Italian designer Stefano Pilati, the Creative Director of Yves Saint Laurent between 2004 and 2012 and now a Berliner himself. Pilati is close to the GmbH team: he has featured on their lookbook in the past and is a regular of the local club scene.
The label's new collection is entitled 'Europe Endless', from lyrics by Kraftwerk, the doyens of German electronic music. In the words of Serhat Isik, "it suggests a utopian vision of Europe, without borders or limits," reflecting the roots of the two designers, whose parents came from Pakistan and Turkey respectively, and "brought with them the Middle East's peculiar style of clothing." The silhouettes have a twin tailored/industrial sportswear inspiration, resulting in less of a techno attitude than the label's first collection, with a nod to the 1950s and a new take on vintage 1990s looks, as in the Helly Hansen jackets or the zipped sweatshirts.
Opening Ceremony and Isetan in Japan were among the early fans of GmbH's first collection, followed by another seven multibrand stores and department stores. They have since grown to 17 clients, including Dover Street Market.
Parisian retailers are so far notable for their absence, though both the 2017 LVMH Prize jury, which picked GmbH among its finalists, and the French Fashion Federation, which gave them the chance of their first PFW catwalk, have indeed been impressed.
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La Casa William Livingstone (comúnmente llamada Slumpy) fue una casa construida en 1894 y ubicada en el distrito Brush Park de Detroit, en l estado de Míchigan (Estados Unidos).

Historia
William Livingstone Jr. (1844-1925), editor del Detroit Evening Journal, fue el segundo presidente del Dime Savings Bank. Contrató a un joven Albert Kahn, que trabajaba para el estudio de arquitectura Mason & Rice, para diseñar su residencia en Eliot Street. Cuando obtuvo este encargo, presumiblemente con la ayuda de Mason, Kahn tenía solo 22 o 23 años y acababa de regresar de Europa, estudiando la arquitectura clásica del Viejo Mundo: su decisión de diseñar la casa en el estilo neorrenacentista francés reflejó el tiempo que dedicó a esbozar la mejor arquitectura de ese país.

Demolición
La Cruz Roja tenía la intención de demoler la mansión, originalmente ubicada al oeste de John R. Street, para dar paso a su nuevo edificio. Los conservacionistas lograron mover la Casa Livingstone aproximadamente una cuadra hacia el este, pero el edificio languideció durante muchos años en su lugar de descanso final antes de colapsar parcialmente y ser demolido el 15 de septiembre de 2007. La casa fue conmemorada en un cuadro de Lowell Bioleau titulado Open House, que se dio a conocer el día de su demolición.

Véase también
Arquitectura de Detroit

Referencias

Edificios y estructuras demolidos de Detroit
Casas de Detroit
Casas de Estados Unidos del siglo XIX
Edificios y estructuras terminadas en 1894
Arquitectura de Estados Unidos de 1894
Obras de Albert Kahn (arquitecto)
Arquitectura neorrenacentista de Estados Unidos
Edificios y estructuras demolidos en 2007

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El donjon (paraula francesa), torre de l'homenatge o torrassa és un element arquitectònic que pertany bàsicament al feudalisme; no és el castellum romà, no és tampoc el refugi, la darrera defensa de la ciutadella de la primera època de l'edat mitjana. El donjon presideix les defenses del castell, tal com ho fa la torre mestra, però també les exteriors, i és independent del recinte de la fortalesa de l'edat mitjana, pel fet que sempre té una eixida pròpia al camp. Això és el que caracteritza essencialment el donjon i que el distingeix d'una torre. No hi ha pas castell feudal sense donjon, així com no hi havia, d'altra banda, vila fortificada sense castell, i com, a l'època moderna, no hi ha plaça forta sense ciutadella. Tota bona ciutadella ha de governar la ciutat i alhora ser independent de les seves defenses.

Funció
Les guarnicions de l'edat mitjana tenien una defensa més que les nostres: foragitades de la ciutat, es retiraven al castell; si aquest era ocupat, aleshores es refugiaven al donjon; i encara podien tenir la sort de poder escapar-se del donjon si l'enemic hi entrava, fugint per l'eixida normalment camuflada, o passar per les fortificacions que l'envoltaven, a la nit, amb un cop d'audàcia. Però aquesta disposició del donjon associada a la fortalesa medieval no tenia com a objectiu resistir o fugir de l'enemic de l'exterior, sinó que era la conseqüència del sistema feudal. Un senyor, per molt poderós que fos, depenia sempre dels seus vassalls. En el moment de perill, aquests havien de respondre a la crida del senyor, tancar-se dins el castell i participar en la defensa; però sempre arribava el moment que la fidelitat d'aquests vassalls no era a tota prova. Sovint, l'enemic els posava de la seva banda; aleshores el senyor traït no tenia més refugi que el seu donjon, en el qual es tancava amb els seus. Com a darrer recurs, només li restava defensar-se fins al final, fugir o rendir-se.

Estructura
El sistema de defensa de les places fortes, a l'època feudal, no era més que un seguit de mitjans acumulats per a la defensa, no sols contra un enemic declarat, sinó també contra les mateixes guarnicions. Per això l'estudi de les fortaleses d'aquesta època proporciona un gran nombre d'observacions interessants; la defensa fa la intel·ligència més aguda i ajuda a trobar solucions.

Si alguns castells tenien en conjunt una estructura molt semblant, els donjons, per contra, presenten una variació infinita pel que fa tant a la concepció general com als detalls defensius. En temps de pau, al donjon s'hi tancaven el tresor, les armes i els arxius familiars. El senyor hi vivia amb la seva família, a la planta noble, la primera. Com que no hi podia restar ell sol i defensar-se tot sol, s'envoltava d'un nombre de servents a sou, que s'hi tancaven amb ell. Des d'allà exercia una vigilància minuciosa sobre la guarnició i els voltants (perquè el donjon sempre està situat davant l'indret més feble de la fortalesa): els seus fidels i ell garantien el respecte dels vassalls i dels seus homes amuntegats dins l'habitatge; com que podien sortir a qualsevol moment i tornar a entrar per unes eixides camuflades i ben protegides, la guarnició no sabia quins eren els mitjans de defensa que hi havia, i naturalment el senyor procurava que hom els consideràs molt importants.

Origen
L'origen de la construcció dels donjons fou la invasió normanda. Les villae merovíngies es devien assemblar prou a les villae romanes; però quan els normands es llançaren periòdicament sobre la part occidental del continent, els senyors, els monestirs, els reis i les poblacions mateix volgueren protegir els seus dominis amb una mena de blocaus de fusta bastits ran dels rius i, sempre que fos possible, en indrets amb defenses naturals. Aquestes fortificacions, en les quals per necessitat hom porta els béns més valuosos, estaven envoltades de trinxeres més o menys grosses, formades per un pendent natural o una mota o turó artificial, coronades per una palissada i defensades per un vall. Els normands, per la seva banda, quan van adoptar el costum de descendir fins a les costes de la Gàl·lia i de pujar pels rius, establiren, en algunes illes prop de les desembocadures, o dalt de promontoris, camps amb defenses amb una fortificació a fi de guardar-hi el botí dels atacs i protegir els vaixells amarrats. És també a les contrades que foren més atacades pels normands que es troben els donjons més antics, i aquestes fortaleses primitives es troben construïdes normalment amb una planta rectangular que forma un paral·lelogram dividit de vegades en dues parts.

Donjon del castell de Bellver
Un exemple de donjon als Països Catalans és la torre del castell de Bellver, a Palma. Té dos portals, tots dos amb un pont originalment llevadís per passar el vall: un des de la terrada del castell, actualment per un arc ogival, i un altre per la planta baixa, per poder fugir. La torre protegeix l'entrada principal del castell, juntament amb la barbacana. Podia fer funcions residencials, atès que té quatre plantes i una cisterna. L'alçada és de 25m sense comptar el talús. Està protegida per un vall, un revellí i un contravall i coronada per un matacà, del qual es conserven els permòdols.

Referències

Bibliografia complementària
 Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, ''Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (1854 à 1868)'', tom 5.

Elements arquitectònics
Arquitectura militar
Torres de guaita


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