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Dr. Jong Kyung Kim wins 2017 NERS Alumni Merit Award
Dr. Jong Kyung Kim (MSE NE '82, PhD NE '86), professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Hanyang University in Korea, has received a 2017 University of Michigan College of Engineering NERS Alumni Merit Award.
Written by: Sara Norman
Dr. Jong Kyung Kim
Dr. Jong Kyung Kim, a world-renowned expert on radiation safety, served as president of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) from 2014 until March 2017. Currently, he directs the Innovative Technology Center for Radiation Safety (iTRS), which he established in 2000.
The iTRS is the country's first engineering research center dedicated to radiation engineering, and it conducts creative research and development work on advanced radiation safety technologies, including advanced radiation field analysis and control technology for nuclear power plants, advanced radiation monitoring technology and comprehensive radiation safety assessment technologies, Kim explained.
"After the Fukushima disaster in nearby Japan in 2011, the Korean public's heightened fears about radiation safety has emerged as a social issue," Kim said. "Therefore, iTRS is also concentrating its energy on providing continuous education and engaging in publicity activities to ensure the public can be properly informed about radiation safety, including medical radiation."
Kim has held numerous other leadership roles, including as advisor on the construction of Korea's first large-scale (1400 MWe) nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates, "a completely new and challenging environment that included high temperature and sandy dust," he said. He also has been a member of the executive council of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) since 2008 and is serving as congress president in preparation for the IRPA International Congress and General Assembly, to be held in Korea by 2020.
Graduate studies at UM helped Kim "acquire a good grasp and understanding of all nuclear energy-related fields and offered the opportunity to meet NERS alumni who were playing an active role on the international stage. That was very motivating to me," he said, and he finds it meaningful to be recognized for his achievements.
"In the East, this is often compared to children feeling the approbation and appreciation of their parents. Nothing pleases me more than the feeling of being appreciated," he said. "I now take great pride in the fact that I have been learning about and studying nuclear engineering since the early 1970s."
Kim will present the NERS Alumni Merit Award Winner Colloquium on Friday, October 27 at 4 p.m. His presentation will focus on nuclear research and development in Korea, which has an extensive research portfolio, he explained, in addition to operating 24 commercial nuclear power plants and building four large commercial reactors (APR-1400) overseas.
Sara Norman
smnorm@umich.edu
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Digital Tunes History and Present day Ideal Present day Proponents!
Digital audio heritage pre-dates the rock and roll era by a long time. Most of us were not even on this planet when it started its frequently obscure, below-appreciated and misunderstood improvement. Now, this 'other worldly' body of sound which started shut to a century back, may well no for a longer period seem odd and distinctive as new generations have accepted a lot of it as mainstream, but it can be had a bumpy road and, in obtaining mass viewers acceptance, a gradual one.
Lots of musicians – the modern day proponents of digital audio – designed a enthusiasm for analogue synthesizers in the late 1970's and early 1980's with signature songs like Gary Numan's breakthrough, 'Are Friends Electric?'. It was in this era that these equipment turned lesser, much more accessible, much more person pleasant and much more economical for several of us. In this short article I will attempt to trace this heritage in conveniently digestible chapters and supply examples of today's very best modern day proponents.
To my brain, this was the commencing of a new epoch. To make digital audio, it was no for a longer period important to have obtain to a roomful of know-how in a studio or dwell. Hitherto, this was entirely the area of artists the likes of Kraftwerk, whose arsenal of digital instruments and custom crafted gadgetry the relaxation of us could only have dreamed of, even if we could comprehend the logistics of their performing. Possessing reported this, at the time I was rising up in the 60's & 70's, I even so had minor information of the complexity of get the job done that had established a conventional in past a long time to arrive at this place.
The heritage of digital audio owes a lot to Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007). Stockhausen was a German Avante Garde composer and a revolutionary figurehead in digital audio from the 1950's onwards, influencing a movement that would sooner or later have a highly effective effect upon names these kinds of as Kraftwerk, Tangerine Aspiration, Brain Eno, Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode, not to mention the experimental get the job done of the Beatles' and other individuals in the 1960's. His experience is viewed on the protect of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the Beatles' 1967 learn Opus. Let us start out, nevertheless, by traveling a minor further more back again in time.
Time stood nonetheless for this stargazer when I initially found out that the initially documented, exclusively digital, concert events were not in the 1970's or 1980's but in the 1920's!
The initially purely digital instrument, the Theremin, which is performed devoid of touch, was invented by Russian scientist and cellist, Lev Termen (1896-1993), circa 1919.
In 1924, the Theremin produced its concert debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic. Fascination produced by the theremin drew audiences to concert events staged across Europe and Britain. In 1930, the prestigious Carnegie Corridor in New York, experienced a efficiency of classical audio utilizing very little but a series of ten theremins. Viewing a amount of proficient musicians playing this eerie sounding instrument by waving their fingers all around its antennae should have been so exhilarating, surreal and alien for a pre-tech viewers!
For those interested, check out out the recordings of Theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore (1911-1998). Lithuanian born Rockmore (Reisenberg) labored with its inventor in New York to perfect the instrument all through its early yrs and turned its most acclaimed, excellent and acknowledged performer and representative during her lifestyle.
In retrospect Clara, was the initially celebrated 'star' of real digital audio. You are not likely to discover much more eerie, nevertheless gorgeous performances of classical audio on the Theremin. She's unquestionably a beloved of mine!
Sadly, and because of mostly to problems in skill mastering, the Theremin's long run as a musical instrument was quick lived. Ultimately, it found a niche in 1950's Sci-Fi films. The 1951 cinema typical "The Working day the Earth Stood Nevertheless", with a soundtrack by influential American film audio composer Bernard Hermann (recognised for Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", etc.), is wealthy with an 'extraterrestrial' score utilizing two Theremins and other digital equipment melded with acoustic instrumentation.
Working with the vacuum-tube oscillator know-how of the Theremin, French cellist and radio telegraphist, Maurice Martenot (1898-1980), started creating the Ondes Martenot (in French, recognised as the Martenot Wave) in 1928.
Utilizing a conventional and acquainted keyboard which could be much more conveniently mastered by a musician, Martenot's instrument succeeded exactly where the Theremin unsuccessful in staying person-pleasant. In truth, it turned the initially successful digital instrument to be applied by composers and orchestras of its interval until eventually the existing day.
It is showcased on the concept to the initial 1960's Television set series "Star Trek", and can be listened to on up to date recordings by the likes of Radiohead and Brian Ferry.
The expressive multi-timbral Ondes Martenot, whilst monophonic, is the closest instrument of its technology I have listened to which approaches the sound of modern day synthesis.
"Forbidden Earth", released in 1956, was the initially main business studio film to aspect an exclusively digital soundtrack… aside from introducing Robbie the Robotic and the beautiful Anne Francis! The floor-breaking score was created by spouse and spouse crew Louis and Bebe Barron who, in the late 1940's, established the initially privately owned recording studio in the United states recording digital experimental artists these kinds of as the iconic John Cage (whose individual Avante Garde get the job done challenged the definition of audio alone!).
The Barrons are normally credited for obtaining widening the software of digital audio in cinema. A soldering iron in one hand, Louis crafted circuitry which he manipulated to make a plethora of strange, 'unearthly' effects and motifs for the film. At the time executed, these seems could not be replicated as the circuit would purposely overload, smoke and burn off out to make the desired sound result.
As a result, they were all recorded to tape and Bebe sifted as a result of hours of reels edited what was considered usable, then re-manipulated these with delay and reverberation and creatively dubbed the finish products utilizing several tape decks.
In addition to this laborious get the job done process, I come to feel compelled to involve that which is, arguably, the most enduring and influential digital Tv signature ever: the concept to the long managing 1963 British Sci-Fi experience series, "Dr. Who". It was the initially time a Tv series showcased a entirely digital concept. The concept to "Dr. Who" was made at the famous BBC Radiophonic Workshop utilizing tape loops and exam oscillators to operate as a result of effects, document these to tape, then were re-manipulated and edited by a different Electro pioneer, Delia Derbyshire, interpreting the composition of Ron Grainer.
As you can see, digital music's prevalent utilization in vintage Sci-Fi was the basic principle supply of the common public's notion of this audio as staying 'other worldly' and 'alien-strange sounding'. This remained the circumstance till at least 1968 with the release of the strike album "Switched-On Bach" executed entirely on a Moog modular synthesizer by Walter Carlos (who, with a number of surgical nips and tucks, subsequently turned Wendy Carlos).
The 1970's expanded digital music's profile with the break as a result of of bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Aspiration, and primarily the 1980's when it found much more mainstream acceptance.
In its improvement as a result of the 1900's, digital audio was not entirely confined to digital circuitry staying manipulated to make sound. Back in the 1940's, a somewhat new German creation – the reel-to-reel tape recorder designed in the 1930's – turned the issue of interest to a amount of Avante Garde European composers, most notably the French radio broadcaster and composer Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) who designed a montage strategy he called Musique Concrete.
Musique Concrete (indicating 'real world' current seems as opposed to artificial or acoustic types created by musical instruments) broadly involved the splicing together of recorded segments of tape containing 'found' seems – natural, environmental, industrial and human – and manipulating these with effects these kinds of as delay, reverb, distortion, dashing up or slowing down of tape-speed (varispeed), reversing, etc.
Stockhausen essentially held concert events making use of his Musique Concrete is effective as backing tapes (by this phase digital as nicely as 'real world' seems were applied on the recordings) on major of which dwell instruments would be executed by classical players responding to the temper and motifs they were hearing!
Musique Concrete had a large effect not only on Avante Garde and effects libraries, but also on the up to date audio of the 1960's and 1970's. Important is effective to check out are the Beatles' use of this process in floor-breaking tracks like 'Tomorrow In no way Knows', 'Revolution No. 9' and 'Being for the Profit of Mr. Kite', as nicely as Pink Floyd albums "Umma Gumma", "Dim Side of the Moon" and Frank Zappa's "Lumpy Gravy". All applied tape slash-ups and household-produced tape loops frequently fed dwell into the key mixdown.
Now this can be executed with simplicity utilizing digital sampling, but yesterday's heroes labored hours, days and even months to possibly entire a four moment piece! For those of us who are up to date musicians, understanding the heritage of digital audio will help in appreciating the quantum leap know-how has taken in the recent interval. But these early innovators, these pioneers – of which there are several much more down the line – and the crucial figures they affected that arrived right before us, made the groundbreaking groundwork that has come to be our digital musical heritage these days and for this I pay them homage!
Going forward a number of yrs to 1957 and enter the initially pc into the digital mix. As you can visualize, it was not particularly a moveable laptop computer system but consumed a entire home and person pleasant was not even a principle. Even so creative individuals saved pushing the boundaries. One particular of these was Max Mathews (1926 -) from Bell Phone Laboratories, New Jersey, who designed Tunes one, the initial audio plan for pcs upon which all subsequent digital synthesis has its roots based. Mathews, dubbed the 'Father of Computer system Music', utilizing a digital IBM Mainframe, was the initially to synthesize audio on a pc.
In the climax of Stanley Kubrik's 1968 film '2001: A Room Odyssey', use is produced of a 1961 Mathews' digital rendition of the late 1800's tune 'Daisy Bell'. Right here the musical accompaniment is executed by his programmed mainframe together with a pc-synthesized human 'singing' voice strategy pioneered in the early 60's. In the film, as HAL the pc regresses, 'he' reverts to this tune, an homage to 'his' individual origins.
1957 also witnessed the initially sophisticated synth, the RCA Mk II Seem Synthesizer (an enhancement on the 1955 initial). It also showcased an digital sequencer to plan audio efficiency playback. This massive RCA Synth was put in, and nonetheless remains, at the Columbia-Princeton Digital Tunes Middle, New York, exactly where the famous Robert Moog labored for a even though. Universities and Tech laboratories were the key household for synth and pc audio experimentation in that early era.
The logistics and complexity of composing and even obtaining obtain to what were, until eventually then, musician unfriendly synthesizers, led to a desire for much more moveable playable instruments. One particular of the initially to respond, and unquestionably the most successful, was Robert Moog (1934-2005). His playable synth employed the acquainted piano design keyboard.
Moog's bulky telephone-operators' cable plug-in style of modular synth was not one to be transported and established up with any volume of relieve or speed! But it acquired an tremendous increase in acceptance with the achievements of Walter Carlos, as earlier outlined, in 1968. His LP (Extended Participant) very best vendor document "Switched-On Bach" was unprecedented because it was the initially time an album appeared of totally synthesized audio, as opposed to experimental sound pieces.
The album was a complicated classical audio efficiency with different multi-tracks and overdubs important, as the synthesizer was only monophonic! Carlos also made the digital score for "A Clockwork Orange", Stanley Kubrik's disturbing 1972 futuristic film.
From this place, the Moog synth is prevalent on a amount of late 1960's up to date albums. In 1967 the Monkees' "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd" turned the initially business pop album release to aspect the modular Moog. In truth, singer/drummer Mickey Dolenz bought one of the quite initially models sold.
It was not until eventually the early 1970's, nevertheless, when the initially Minimoog appeared that interest critically designed amongst musicians. This moveable minor unit with a fat sound had a substantial effect getting to be element of dwell audio kit for several touring musicians for yrs to arrive. Other businesses these kinds of as Sequential Circuits, Roland and Korg started developing their individual synths, offering beginning to a audio subculture.
I can't shut the chapter on the 1960's, nevertheless, devoid of reference to the Mellotron. This digital-mechanical instrument is frequently considered as the primitive precursor to the modern day digital sampler.
Produced in early 1960's Britain and based on the Chamberlin (a cumbersome US-built instrument from the past decade), the Mellotron keyboard activated pre-recorded tapes, each and every critical corresponding to the equal be aware and pitch of the pre-loaded acoustic instrument.
The Mellotron is famous for its use on the Beatles' 1966 tune 'Strawberry Fields Forever'. A flute tape-lender is applied on the haunting introduction performed by Paul McCartney.
The instrument's acceptance burgeoned and was applied on several recordings of the era these kinds of as the immensely successful Moody Blues epic 'Nights in White Satin'. The 1970's noticed it adopted much more and much more by progressive rock bands. Digital pioneers Tangerine Aspiration showcased it on their early albums.
With time and further more innovations in microchip know-how while, this charming instrument turned a relic of its interval.
The early fluid albums of Tangerine Aspiration these kinds of as "Phaedra" from 1974 and Brian Eno's get the job done with his self-coined 'ambient music' and on David Bowie's "Heroes" album, further more drew interest in the synthesizer from each musicians and viewers.
Kraftwerk, whose 1974 seminal album "Autobahn" realized global business achievements, took the medium even further more incorporating precision, pulsating digital beats and rhythms and chic synth melodies. Their minimalism instructed a chilly, industrial and computerized-city world. They frequently used vocoders and speech synthesis equipment these kinds of as the gorgeously robotic 'Speak and Spell' voice emulator, the latter staying a kid's learning aid!
While inspired by the experimental digital is effective of Stockhausen, as artists, Kraftwerk were the initially to properly merge all the aspects of electronically produced audio and sound and make an conveniently recognizable tune format. The addition of vocals in several of their songs, each in their native German tongue and English, aided generate them common acclaim getting to be one of the most influential up to date audio pioneers and performers of the previous 50 %-century.
Kraftwerk's 1978 gem 'Das Modell' strike the British isles amount one location with a reissued English language model, 'The Model', in February 1982, building it one of the earliest Electro chart toppers!
Ironically, while, it took a movement that had no association with EM (Digital Tunes) to aid its broader mainstream acceptance. The mid 1970's punk movement, principally in Britain, introduced with it a distinctive new angle: one that gave precedence to self-expression alternatively than efficiency dexterity and official coaching, as embodied by up to date progressive rock musicians. The preliminary aggression of metallic punk reworked into a much less abrasive form all through the late 1970's: New Wave. This, combined with the comparative affordability of several compact, simple to use synthesizers, led to the business synth explosion of the early 1980's.
A new technology of younger individuals started to take a look at the likely of these instruments and started to make soundscapes hard the prevailing viewpoint of up to date audio. This didn't arrive devoid of struggle scars while. The audio marketplace establishment, primarily in its media, frequently derided this new form of expression and presentation and was nervous to consign it to the dustbin of heritage.
Gary Numan turned arguably the initially business synth megastar with the 1979 "Tubeway Army" strike 'Are Friends Electric?'. The Sci-Fi ingredient is not also far absent when yet again. Some of the imagery is drawn from the Science Fiction typical, "Do Androids Aspiration of Electric Sheep?". The 1982 strike film "Blade Runner" was also based on the exact e book.
Even though 'Are Friends Electric?' showcased traditional drum and bass backing, its dominant use of Polymoogs provides the tune its quite distinctive sound. The recording was the initially synth-based release to accomplish amount one chart status in the British isles all through the publish-punk yrs and aided usher in a new genre. No for a longer period was digital and/or synthesizer audio consigned to the mainstream sidelines. Fascinating!
Even further developments in economical digital know-how put digital squarely in the fingers of younger creators and started to renovate specialist studios.
Built in Australia in 1978, the Fairlight Sampler CMI turned the initially commercially obtainable polyphonic digital sampling instrument but its prohibitive value noticed it entirely in use by the likes of Trevor Horn, Stevie Surprise and Peter Gabriel. By mid-decade, nevertheless, lesser, less expensive instruments entered the market these kinds of as the ubiquitous Akai and Emulator Samplers frequently applied by musicians dwell to replicate their studio-recorded seems. The Sampler revolutionized the generation of audio from this place on.
In most main marketplaces, with the qualified exception of the US, the early 1980's was commercially drawn to electro-affected artists. This was an exciting era for several of us, myself bundled. I know I was not alone in closeting the distorted guitar and amps and immersing myself into a new universe of musical expression – a sound world of the abstract and non conventional.
At household, Australian synth based bands Real Lifetime ('Send Me An Angel', "Heartland" album), Icehouse ('Hey Little Girl') and Pseudo Echo ('Funky Town') started to chart internationally, and much more experimental digital outfits like Severed Heads and SPK also designed cult followings abroad.
But by mid-decade the initially world-wide digital wave missing its momentum amidst resistance fomented by an unrelenting aged university audio media. Most of the artists that started the decade as predominantly electro-based possibly disintegrated or heavily hybrid their sound with conventional rock instrumentation.
The United states, the premier world market in each sense, remained in the conservative audio wings for a lot of the 1980's. Even though synth-based records did strike the American charts, the initially staying Human League's 1982 US chart topper 'Don't You Want Me Toddler?', on the entire it was to be a number of much more yrs right before the American mainstream embraced digital audio, at which place it consolidated alone as a dominant genre for musicians and audiences alike, around the globe.
1988 was rather of a watershed year for digital audio in the US. Typically maligned in the push in their early yrs, it was Depeche Mode that unintentionally – and generally unaware – spearheaded this new assault. From cult status in The us for a lot of the decade, their new high-engage in rotation on what was now termed Present day Rock radio resulted in mega stadium performances. An Electro act playing sold out arenas was not common fare in the United states at that time!
In 1990, enthusiast pandemonium in New York to greet the customers at a central document shop produced Television set information, and their "Violator" album outselling Madonna and Prince in the exact year produced them a US residence identify. Digital audio was listed here to continue to be, devoid of a question!
Ahead of our 'star music' secured its hold on the US mainstream, and even though it was shedding business floor in other places during a lot of the mid 1980's, Detroit and Chicago turned unassuming laboratories for an explosion of Digital Tunes which would see out a lot of the 1990's and onwards. Enter Techno and House.
Detroit in the 1980's, a publish-Fordism US industrial wasteland, created the tougher European affected Techno. In the early to mid 80's, Detroiter Juan Atkins, an obsessive Kraftwerk enthusiast, together with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson – utilizing primitive, frequently borrowed equipment – fashioned the backbone of what would come to be, together with House, the predominant audio club-lifestyle during the world. Seriously referenced artists that knowledgeable early Techno improvement were European pioneers these kinds of as the aforementioned Kraftwerk, as nicely as Yello and British Electro acts the likes of Depeche Mode, Human League, Heaven seventeen, New Order and Cabaret Voltaire.
Chicago, a four-hour push absent, at the same time noticed the improvement of House. The identify is normally considered to be derived from "The Warehouse" exactly where different DJ-Producers showcased this new music amalgam. House has its roots in 1970's disco and, in contrast to Techno, normally has some form of vocal. I assume Giorgio Moroder's get the job done in the mid 70's with Donna Summer months, primarily the tune 'I Feel Love', is pivotal in appreciating the 70's disco influences upon burgeoning Chicago House.
A myriad of variants and sub genres have designed due to the fact – crossing the Atlantic, reworked and back again yet again – but in several techniques the preferred achievements of these two main sorts revitalized the complete Digital landscape and its related social lifestyle. Techno and House aided to profoundly problem mainstream and Option Rock as the preferred listening option for a new technology: a technology who has developed up with digital audio and accepts it as a specified. For them, it is audio that has generally been.
The heritage of digital audio proceeds to be prepared as know-how innovations and people's expectations of exactly where audio can go proceeds to force it forward, escalating its vocabulary and lexicon.
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Lil Jon Ready for Carnival
Posted by Unknown Labels: Bring soca to myspace, Lil John, Machel
Lil Jon is known to the hip-hop world as the "King of Crunk," a superstar rapper and producer. What they probably don't know is he started out as a dancehall selecta or deejay, as a member of the Four Seasons Sound System during the '90s, in his hometown of Atlanta. Now the entertainer, formally known as Jonathan Smith, is coming full circle, flirting with his love of Caribbean music by injecting his unique crunk flavor into this year's Carnival festivities in Trinidad.
Jon will not only be performing, but he has actually produced a beat for a collaboration between him, Latin hip-hop star Pitbull, and soca artist Machel Montano, called "Floor On Fire." The success of the production has evolved the track into a full-fledged riddim, with numerous Caribbean stars voicing on it, including Kevin Lyttle and Mr. Vegas. As a result, a new breed of soca is being introduced and will see its debut on soca's most prolific stage - Trinidad Carnival.
This is not the first major stage on which Jon has displayed his flair for island beats. He first appeared alongside Pitbull and Machel Montano at soca's other big festival, Crop Over in Barbados, last August. He was also in Trinidad recently to kick off Carnival, performing with Montano at the annual WASA Fete on January 31.
"At Crop Over, we decided we would do another collaboration - but something fresh and from scratch. I went home, did the beat, sent it to Pitbull and Machel, and this time we also got into the studio together and the rest is history. Now with 'Floor On Fire,' dirty soca is born."
Jon's vision is to not merely spread the new flavas from fete to fete, but his goals are to bring international and mainstream attention to Caribbean music, in all its forms. His blueprint for this dynamic undertaking plots collaborations with soca, dancehall, reggae and Latin entertainers, and sees him trekking throughout the islands and also working the international circuit that celebrates Caribbean music.
As for his love for Caribbean music, Jon is drawn to the energy found within. "I like how it takes the party to another level," says Jon, of his first taste as a deejay. "The energy of the music would have all the girls partying and getting crazy - it's always a fun experience."
Longtime industry playmaker DJ Buddha, music consultant to Jon and A&R to Pitbull, introduced the trio and is responsible for the fusion of sounds. "My interest falls in bringing good music to the masses and being able to expose our culture and brand to the world," reveals DJ Buddha. " I want people to understand that a lot of the music they know and love originated in the Caribbean, such as reggae, soca, calypso, hip-hop, reggaeton, merengue, salsa, and are fused from these small countries and rich cultures."
A virgin to TNT Carnival, Jon is excited to be included in this year's history. "I hear it's the biggest, best and wildest carnival in the world." He is also using the trip as an opportunity to shoot the video for the hit single, "Floor On Fire." "I want to capture the true essence of the culture, and therefore shoot the video at AC7, and on Carnival Monday and Tuesday," states the star. "I want to visually bring to the worldwide audience the energy of Carnival!" The single will be featured on his upcoming album, Crunk Rock, due out this summer from Universal Republic Records.
To stay updated on all things Lil Jon, visit his artist profile at at www.myspace.com/liljonworld or Listen to new Soca here


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Tag: Messerschmitt Bf 109
Filed under News, Restorations
The Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Werk Nr. 410077, under restauration by Midwest Aero Restorations Ltd and belonging to Bruce Winter of San Antonio, Texas, has had its first engine run since 1943, in Danville, Illinois. Midwest Aero Ltd has posted this video of the engine runs on its YouTube channel.
Messerschmitt Bf 109, Midwest Aero Restorations Ltd, United States of America
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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 "Black 8" flies again in Germany
Hangar 10 shared two photos on its Facebook page showing the first flight of Bf 109G-6 "Black 8", a veteran of JG 27 powered by a DB 605 engine. The flight took place from Heringsdorf airport on the Usedom island in Germany, with Klaus Plasa at the controls. Sources: Hangar 10 Aerodynamic Media
First Flight, Germany, Messerschmitt Bf 109
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World's last surviving twin-seat Buchón flies again
The last surviving HA-1112-M4L Buchón (G-AWHC), a twin-seater variant of the Buchón, flew again yesterday at Sywell Aerodrome in the UK. Richard Grace was at the controls and made two flights.The aircraft was part of Connie Edwards' collection, which was sold in 2014. More information and videos on the Sywell Aerodrome Facebook page.
First Flight, Hispano Aviacion Ha.1112 Buchon, Messerschmitt Bf 109, United-Kingdom
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Messerschmitt Bf 109E "White 14" flies again in Biggin Hill
The Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 W.Nr. 3579 (G-CIPB) "White 14" flew again at Biggin Hill on June 13, following completion by the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar.
Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, First Flight, Messerschmitt Bf 109, United-Kingdom
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Allison-engined Bf 109 of the Erickson Aircraft Collection flies
On April 22, John Romain made the first flight of Bf 109G-10 registered N90602 in Madras, Oregon. It is a Hispano Buchón, re-engined with an Allison engine. The engine cowlings are identical to those of wartime Bf 109G, giving the aircraft an identical appearance. The only visible difference is that the propeller is a shortened DC-3 propeller. This …
Erickson Aircraft Collection, First Flight, Hispano Aviacion Ha.1112 Buchon, John Romain, Messerschmitt Bf 109, United States of America
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First engine runs for Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar's Bf 109E
The Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar's Messerschmitt Bf 109E "White 14" recently made its first engine tests. The aircraft was built in 1939 and lost in 1942 on the Russian front. It was salvaged in 1992 and changed hands several times before reaching the UK where it is being restored and should fly again soon.
Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, Messerschmitt Bf 109, United-Kingdom
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First flight for Hangar10's rare Messerchmitt Bf 109G-12
Hangar10's Messerschmitt Bf 109G-12, a Hispano Aviación Buchón restored to the G-12 standard by Meier Motors using an original DB 605 engine, made its first flight on August 4 with Charlie Brown at the controls. This rare twin-seat variant of the German fighter will be used to train Bf 109 and Buchón pilots. Source: Hangar10
First Flight, Hangar10, Meier Motors, Messerschmitt Bf 109
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Military Aviation Museum's Bf 109G flies in the US
On May 20, the Military Aviation Museum's Bf 109G du Military Aviation Museum made its first flight since it arrived in the US. The aircraft is a Hispano Buchón restored by Meier Motors and powered by a DB 605 engine salvaged on a Bf 110, making it an approximation of Bf 109G-4/G-5. It is painted …
Messerschmitt Bf 109, Military Aviation Museum
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First engine run for world's only airworthy Bf 109G-6
Testrun Bf109 G-6 "Black 8"Testrun Bf109 G-6 "Schwarze 8″Wir wünschen allen Hangar10 Freunden ein frohes und besinnliches Weihnachtsfest. Wir können es kaum erwarten diesen schönen Flieger bei uns zu haben.#Messerschmitt #Bf109 #Me109 #MeierMotorsGmbH #MerryChristmas Posted by Hangar10 on Friday, December 25, 2015 On December 30, 2015, the Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 "Black 8" WkNr 440738 made …
Messerschmitt Bf 109, Restoration
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Video: Messerscmitth Bf 109G-2 test flight at Meier Motors
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First Flight, Meier Motors, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Testing
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Collings Foundation acquires B-17 Flying Fortress, Bf 109, P-38 Lightning, and P-40 Warhawk
The Collings Foundation has announced that it has acquired several warbirds from the collection of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Shady Lady" (s/n 44-83785), which is technically airworthy and should fly again in 2017. The foundation already operates a B-17, and this new arrival will make it possible for the "Wings of Freedom …
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Collings Foundation, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk, Evergreen Aviation Museum, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Messerschmitt Bf 109
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Messerschmitt Bf 109G flies in Germany
The Messerschmitt Bf 109G D-FOON belonging to The Fighter Factory has been restored to airworthiness by Meier Motors and made it maiden flight yesterday with Charlie Brown at the controls. Another test flight took place today, and in-flight photos were taken.
First Flight, Meier Motors, Messerschmitt Bf 109
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EADS/Messerschmitt Bf 109 "Red 7" crash lands again in Denmark
The Bf 109G-4 "Red 7" restored and flown by EADS / Messerschmitt Foundation landed wheels-up in a field after suffering an engine failure during an airshow in Roskilde, Denmark, last Sunday. The pilot is unhurt and the aircraft does not seem to have suffered heavy damage. The propeller is shattered and the engine will certainly …
Crashes/Accidents/Mishaps, Denmark, Messerschmitt Bf 109
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Messerschmitt Bf 109G to fly again in Austria
Since 2006, Michael Rinner has been building a Messerschmitt Bf 109G in Althofen, Austria, using newly-manufactured parts that were either reverse-engineered or based on original drawings. The fuselage is now largely complete and the next major step is creating a set of wings for the aircraft. It is hoped that it will fly in late …
Messerschmitt Bf 109, Reproduction/Replica, Restoration
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Spanish Civil War veteran Bf 109E to be restored
German-based warbirds restairation company Meier Motors has revealed on its website that it has been tasked to restore a Bf 109E to airworthiness. The aircraft, belonging to an unknown private owner, is an early-series "Emil" that took part in the final stages of the Spanish Civil War. The aircraft's fuselage is in poor condition but …
Meier Motors, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Restoration
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The Grieg Society of Scotland
Griegforeningen i Skottland – the Scottish Dimension of Edvard and Nina Grieg
Category: Monumentally Grieg!
Posted on December 30, 2019 October 25, 2021
The last Grieg to live at Troldhaugen – and the 'lady who screamed'!
When Joachim Hvide Grieg and friends flew from Bergen to begin a short holiday in North East Scotland in spring 2019, little did they anticipate their few days' trip would turn into a touching ancestral tour for Joachim. We asked our Honorary President, journalist and editor Johanne Grieg Kippenbroeck, to catch up with Joachim on his return to Norway. Here are a few excerpts from her fascinating article (first published in Norwegian, in Troldposten n2 2019 Bergen) which you can also read in full (på norsk) here.
Troldhaugen – the beautiful villa built as the summer home of Edvard and Nina Grieg
Joachim Hvide Grieg, centre, visits Rathen kirkyard in some 'beautiful' Scottish weather!
When it comes to Troldhaugen, Joachim Hvide Grieg isn't just any ordinary Grieg. Had Nina and Edvard Grieg in their time made Troldhaugen suitable for winter residence, then it's quite possible to imagine he might have grown up there. Though, that's not how things turned out.
In December 1918 'our' Joachim's great-grandfather, Consul Joachim Grieg, bought Troldhaugen from Nina Grieg, who at that time no longer had the means to keep the house – Bergen town council had said 'no thanks' to an offer to take over the home as a museum.
The Consul thought Troldhaugen might make a suitable home for his son Einar and family, and this pleased Nina, who was delighted to sell to a Grieg, ensuring as it did that Griegs would continue to live at Troldhaugen.
When the sale became a reality, Nina wrote to the Consul, Edvard's second cousin, thanking him for taking it over, and hoping that his son would be 'as fond of the place as we were' and not sell it again, which, she added 'I have no desire to experience'.
Nina Grieg kept the Villa at Troldhaugen going a good decade after Edvard's death (Photo: courtesy of Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek)
Demolition plans
Two winters at Troldhaugen were, however, two winters too many for the family with their small children. The house proved unsuitable as an all-year-round home. Something Nina, of course, could have told them from the outset.
To make a long story short: plans were made to tear down the old wooden house and build a luxury villa designed by the well-known Bergen architect, Ole Landmark. Something, Nina probably never imagined.
But now the folk of Bergen woke up. There was a stooshie when it was learnt that the wooden villa was to be demolished, so that in the end, the Consul, who had given Nina a considerable sum for the residence, decided instead to donate Troldhaugen to Fana district council [Fana, a district of Bergen]. The Consul's only condition for the gift was that Troldhaugen should be dedicated to the memory of Edvard and Nina Grieg.
Thus in 1928 the home was opened as a museum.
The VIP in the drawing-room
And this is how it came to be that the now 70-year old Joachim Hvide Grieg never lived at Troldhaugen. That he can't be counted amongst its frequent visitors, either, is perhaps due to an early memory. As a youngster, he was privileged to attend, with his grandmother, a concert in the Villa, where, as the VIPs in the room they sat in the middle of the sofa in the drawing-room.
'I remember, as a wee lad, sitting there listening to a lady who screamed in front of us', he says with laughter. 'I thought it was awful! Later on we went down to the grave site, and then grannie told me that grandfather had built the jetty down there. He was interested in boats and wanted to have a place to moor them. She told me all about how things were when they lived at Troldhaugen'.
Today he laughs at the memories from the concert experience, and has to confess that Grieg's music still isn't top of the list for him.
Last Grieg at Troldhaugen
Einar Grieg who lived a short time with his young family at Troldhaugen (Photo: courtesy of Joachim Hvide Grieg)
Joachim paints a picture of his grandfather, Einar, and his father, Joachim, as two unusual, somewhat eccentric characters. 'Grandfather was rich and knew how to spend money. Father was very unusual. In his later years he wanted to take a friend to the [Bergen] Festival, and sought tickets to the opening- and closing concerts'.
'You can just forget about that', came the message. 'Everything is sold out'!
It was then Joachim's father played his ace card: 'I am the last Grieg to have lived at Troldhaugen', he announced with weighty tone. And suddenly, out of thin air, came the tickets!
So there we have it – Joachim Hvide Grieg's father, Joachim, was actually the last Grieg ever to live in the old house.
Baby Joachim – the last Grieg to live at Troldhaugen – pictured with his mother Rachel (Photo: courtesy of Joachim Hvide Grieg)
His son, so far, has not had any overwhelming interest for that bit of the family history. But, even so, he is the proud owner of his father's kilt, tweed jacket, and sgian dhu. Rathen, though, has probably not been top of his wish list for places to visit until this spring, when he and his wife Gerd planned their travel with friends to Scotland. Then, of course, it was natural to include a trip to Fraserburgh and the nearby heritage-listed kirkyard at Rathen, where Edvard Grieg's great-great-grandparents Anne Milne and John Greig lie buried.
Emotional meeting with the past
It was on a day of pouring rain, in May, when Gerd and Joachim Grieg were welcomed to Rathen by Dr Sally Garden of the Grieg Society of Scotland. They had brought tulips with them to lay at the grave of Joachim's distant Grieg ancestors.
'I thought it might be interesting to visit, but had never before been especially curious', he admits. 'It was really quite touching standing by this grave. The rain was pelting down, but it didn't matter. Sally made it all very moving, she was so clued up about our family'.
And perhaps, there, in that moment, too, Joachim felt more keenly his distant blood ties. Even if music in the Villa still isn't his first choice!
Rathen kirkyard in the rain! Joachim & Gerd Grieg and friends from Bergen meet Dr Sally Garden and lay flowers at the grave. Sally and Joachim hold the new Grieg Society of Scotland sign which will interpret the site for visitors.
Author : Translated and adapted from an article by Johanne Grieg Kippenbroeck first published in Troldposten (n2 2019 Bergen)
Posted on September 1, 2019 January 4, 2020
'Here lyes the remains'… visiting the 'pits of hell' in Grieg country
Out and about in 'Grieg country', on a visit to the Parish of Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, our Honorary Director made an exciting musical discovery – the existence of a musical instrument which may well have been heard by the composer Edvard Grieg's ancestors, but whose function and manner of performance present us, today, with an intriguing mystery.
On a clear day, in the bright sea-lit air of Buchan in Aberdeenshire, you can just make out the first words of the Edvard Grieg ancestral gravestone at Rathen Old Kirkyard: 'Here lyes the remains…' it reads, announcing, in beautifully carved letters, the identity of the occupants of the burial beneath. What you can't see, is that the gravestone resting on the ground was once a 'table monument' raised on stone legs, now sadly, lost.
'Here lyes the remains' – the gravestone of Edvard Grieg's Aberdeenshire ancestors was once a 'table monument'. Explore it in 3D with music by Grieg HERE
Travel a puckle miles to the north west of Rathen, to the parish of Pitsligo with its two kirks, old and 'new' at Peathill, its ruined castle and once fine Renaissance gardens by the sea, and you'll see plenty table monuments standing, today, just as they stood when erected in the eighteenth century. And what a remarkable story they tell, not just of the folks they commemorate, but of the forms and rituals and even the music of their lives. For in amongst the vividly carved 'memento mori' mottos that cover these Pitsligo stones – how can you not 'remember death' amidst such a tumble of monuments! – the unmistakable contours of a musical instrument begin to intrigue the eye.
The Auld Kirk, Parish of Pitsligo, with its bellcot dated 1635
Sitting atop Peathill, and overlooking the sea, the 'new' Kirk, built in the nineteenth century to serve the parishioners of Pitsligo.
The shape of a bell amongst the moss at Pitsligo kirkyard
Table monuments at Peathill, Parish of Pitsligo
'Petsligo' not far from 'Rathin' on Dutch mapmaker Joan Blaeu's atlas of 1654 (courtesy of National Library of Scotland)
Over and over it appears, the familiar, yet strangely unfamiliar shape of a bell. For it is no grand kirk-spire instrument you see depicted in these stones, but a small portable bell of 'announcement', a 'mort bell' with distinctive handle and visible clapper. A survivor from pre-Reformation times, the 'mort bell' or 'deid bell' was designed to be carried and to sound out its sweet but solemn tone whenever there was a death in the community. The property of the 'kirk session', out it would go through the tracks between croft, cott and castle, and onwards to the kirk and kirkyard where the beadle – the minister's man – 'jowing' or ringing it 'for and before' the dead, would draw the community together, first by announcing the death, and then by leading the unfortunate's funeral procession.
Stones may be silent, yet here, huddled between the two kirks, on this 'peat hill' once surrounded by its huddle of crofts sloping to the sea, they seem to resound with music!
From the Auld Kirk looking to the 'new' – Pitsligo's twa kirks at Peathill make a welcome navigational sight for the fisher folks of nearby Rosehearty
The 'musical' gravestones of Pitsligo with their fine 'mort' or 'deid' bell carvings. Amongst the stones is this example, discovered by the author to represent a strikingly realistic depiction of the actual, now disused instrument cast for 'Pitsligo Kirk Session' in 1742. The burial commemorated here, of a local farmer, dates from the same year the bell was cast – a remarkable find which suggests both a sense of community pride in its possession and great solemnity in its use. But is this 'portrait-in-stone' of a mort bell an isolated example? What might we discover by a little musical inspection of other old kirkyards in Scotland?
The long forgotten sound of the Pitsligo mort bell, or deid bell, rung specially for the Grieg Society of Scotland in August 2019 by Douglas Tait of Friends of Pitsligo Castle. Edvard Grieg's great-great-grandparents at nearby Rathen understood the meaning of the mort bell's ring, and perhaps even heard this very instrument, for it is the sound of an eighteenth century Scottish funeral. But how exactly should the bell be rung? Did the beadle sound it continuously, or at intervals, as he announced a death or led solemn funeral procession? Did he make meaning of its music by making his own rhythmic patterns, alternating single and double tones perhaps, or counting strikes of the clapper? It's as tantalising a thought as it is a lost art.
Edvard Grieg, too, thought long and hard about the sound of 'bell ringing', and with radical result! Here is the middle section of his 'Klokkeklang' Op54n6 for piano. Full of open 5ths and almost empty of melody, Grieg feared it would be too much for his audiences, joking with a friend that they would think it 'rett og slett forrykt' – completely mad! Today, however, we can hear how it foreshadows the Impressionism of Debussy and Ravel. (Artist: Einar Steen Nokleberg).
Another bell, or rather, not the bell itself, which was 'rent' in 1797, but the intricately carved belfry which once housed it, strikes the musical imagination at Pitsligo. Erected in 1635 by Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, ostensibly to Dutch design, and with a delicate Italianate touch, it makes an elegant statement on the gable of the old kirk, which Forbes himself, as 'laird' or landowner, caused be built. Alexander, like many Scots noblemen of his time, was a man of learning, with merchanting and military links to continental Europe and Scandinavia. If he survived to hear the tolling of the bell in the splendidly cosmopolitan bellcot of his commissioning, then it was not by long, for he died but a year after its construction. His funeral was a musical affair too, marked, we learn from family papers, by pageantry and the calling of trumpets.
The elaborate bellcot of the Auld Kirk. Erected in 1635, by Alexander, 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, it housed a large bell rung by rope from below, and almost certainly tolled for his funeral the following year. The deep track worn away by the bell rope (and, no doubt, its many replacements!), bears testimony to long usage – Alexander died young, but his bell, Pitsligo's bell, sounded for over a century and a half.
But if Pitsligo kirkyard and its old roofless kirk seem to echo with the music of the past, so too does the interior of the 'new', but now disused nineteenth century parish kirk which replaced it – as I was soon to see.
Guided by Douglas Tait of Friends of Pitsligo Castle, I was lucky enough to follow my little musical trail within. Through the door and into the gloom we went, past the fine nineteenth century organ with its silvery array of pipes, past the pulpit with its carved panels brought from the old kirk, until before us, and above us, set with unashamed magnificence into the wall of the kirk, loomed the wooden 'laird's loft' – a deep upper gallery once the private pew area of the Forbes family during worship. Dating from the 1630s, and like the gravestones and old belfry out in the kirkyard, it too is carved, richly carved, and a source of music to the mind. For it was here, four generations of Forbes lairds and their household sat each Sabbath, joining the congregation in the singing of a psalm – a psalm almost certainly from one of the Aberdeen-published psalters of the seventeenth century, psalters with notation, which gave Scotland sacred tunes such as 'Bon Accord', still sung today.
A feast for ears and eye – the organ of Pitsligo's nineteenth century Parish Kirk makes elegant companion to the pulpit at the front
A pulpit panel from the Auld Kirk now housed in the 'new'. The initials are those of Andrew Cant, the very first minister of the Parish of Pitsligo.
The impressive 'Laird's Loft' once the private pew area of the Forbes family of Pitsligo.
The old Scottish psalm tune 'Bon Accord' (motto of the City of Aberdeen), first published in Aberdeen in 1625 and here, in modern notation, still sung today. It is thought to have been composed by one of the famed masters of the 'Sang Schule' in the city, and was likely sung at Pitsligo.
In turn, on more secular note, perhaps we should be singing the praises of Pitsligo, for, as Douglas explained, the parish is not just famed for the physical heritage left us by the 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, Alexander, but by the life and character of his great-grandson, the last and 4th Lord, also called Alexander. This Alexander Forbes was a Jacobite – a supporter of the Stuart dynasty – and a philosopher. He was active in both the 1715 and 1745 uprisings and fought at Culloden, after which he was attainted and his estate plundered and sold. His fate was the beginning of the end for Pitsligo Castle, as a residence, but as a place of reflection, perhaps only the opening of a new chapter?
Alexander, 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, and his philosopher great-grandson, Alexander, the 4th Lord
Douglas has worked tirelessly, not just to try to keep grounds and buildings from further decay, but, with others, to re-envisage the site, centring on the 'new' kirk, as a place of education and enlightenment, a working museum of heraldry. Just looking round the castle and the two kirks, you can see why. There are some fine coats of arms to be seen, and passing glance at their armorial detail seems to make fitting conclusion to my musical trail, for it occurs to me: is it any wonder Edvard Grieg, whose ancestors toiled just 5 miles inland as the crow flies, was proud of his Scottish 'family crest', carrying it everywhere on his watch chain? But that's a story for another day! And talking of stories, Douglas is reminded of an amusing anecdote attached to the parish placename.
Back in the seventeenth century, a local minister, frustrated at the frugality of the lairds of Pitsligo, Pitullie and Pittendrum – when it came to kirk repairs – is said to have dubbed their lands the three 'pits of hell'! A biblical reference, and pun on the ancient placename 'pit', meaning a place of abode of the Picts who peopled the area a millennium and more ago, it is perhaps a 'lang tale', owing more to local humour than reality. But it's a grand tale, and a grand measure of just how much tradition and heritage bring personality to a place.
Douglas Tait of Friends of Pitsligo Castle and the imposing Renaissance ruins for which the Friends care
An armonial memory of the Forbes family of Pitsligo
Pitsligo Castle as Romantic ruin (Scotia Depicta, 1804)
I take one last look from the castle gate and its lost, grassed-over garden, back up the hill to the two kirks. If the 'mort bell' sounded for the castle after Culloden, and the old kirk after it was unroofed in the twentieth century, surely it mustn't be allowed to sound for the 'new' dressed-granite kirk built only 1890 and kept in continual use for a century? But, as Douglas reflects, that's perhaps a task 'for another generation'. It's certainly a major undertaking, but imagine if the bell now hanging in the 'new' kirk could ring out a note of celebration, announcing a new future for the building and the community around it. That would be something! Admittedly, the auld abandoned craws' nest now damping its 'ring' would first need 'dingin doon' – not down to the 'pits of hell', but down to the ground amongst the 'musical' gravestones of Pitsligo!
'Grieg country' as mapped 1654 – families of Greigs, including the composer's paternal ancestors farmed here. Grieg's great-grandparents are buried at 'Rathin', today's Rathen, bottom right. (Image: Joan Blaeu 'Atlas' of 1654, courtesy of the National Library of Scotland)
Author: Dr Sally LK Garden (Sep 2019)
With thanks to Douglas Tait, Friends of Pitsligo Castle, for recording in sound and image, the Pitsligo mort bell of 1742.
Milestone for 'Monumentally Grieg!'
The Grieg Society of Scotland is pleased to announce the release of two special resources in support of its physical heritage project Monumentally Grieg! – a short documentary film produced and narrated by the Society's Honorary Director, and a complementary online 3D model built by conservation experts Spectrum Heritage in exciting, cross-discipline collaboration with the Society. Together they tell the story of the Edvard Grieg ancestral gravestone at Rathen, Aberdeenshire, how it came to be erected, how the Society set about conserving it, and what it means today.
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Author: Dr Sally LK Garden (Apr 2019)
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Margins matter. The more Medifast (NYSE: MED) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market. That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Medifast's competitive position could be.
Here's the current margin snapshot for Medifast and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.
Unfortunately, that table doesn't tell us much about where Medifast has been, or where it's going. A company with rising gross and operating margins often fuels its growth by increasing demand for its products. If it sells more units while keeping costs in check, its profitability increases. Conversely, a company with gross margins that inch downward over time is often losing out to competition and possibly engaging in a race to the bottom on prices. If it can't make up for this problem by cutting costs -- and most companies can't -- then both the business and its shares face a decidedly bleak outlook.
Here's the margin picture for Medifast over the past few years.
Over the past five years, gross margin peaked at 75.4% and averaged 73.9%. Operating margin peaked at 12.3% and averaged 9.3%. Net margin peaked at 7.6% and averaged 5.9%.
TTM gross margin is 74.7%, 80 basis points better than the five-year average. TTM operating margin is 12.3%, 300 basis points better than the five-year average. TTM net margin is 7.6%, 170 basis points better than the five-year average.
With TTM operating and net margins at a five-year high, Medifast looks to be doing great.
If you take the time to read past the headlines and crack a filing now and then, you're probably ahead of 95% of the market's individual investors. To stay ahead, learn more about how I use analysis like this to help me uncover the best returns in the stock market. Have an opinion on the margins at Medifast? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Alisa Selezneva or Seleznyova (Russian: Алиса Селезнёва) is the main character of the series of children's science fiction books by Russian writer Kir Bulychev. The first book with Alisa Selezneva was published in 1965, and the series would go on to inspire a popular TV show, Guest from the Future. She was named one of the most recognizable faces of Soviet cinema.

Summary

The series is set in the late 21st century. In Alisa's time people learned how to travel in space faster than light. Robots and aliens are common. Time travel is possible, but reserved only for scientific purposes. The society in most of books is shown as a communist utopia: there's no need for money, environment is strictly protected and everything is done for the benefit of humans (some later books of the series contradict with this model at least regarding money).

Alisa is a teenage Russian schoolgirl with a deep interest in biology and a number of hobbies (such as violin playing, "bubble racing" etc.). Her father, Professor Seleznev, is a space biologist and director of Moscow CosmoZoo. The heroine is a curious girl, she's interested in any sort of mystery, either scientific or detective. In the stories, Alisa, her friends, and occasionally her father, travel in space and time, explore distant planets, deal with aliens, fight space pirates and make scientific discoveries.

Alisa's family is formally modelled after that of the author: he actually had a daughter named Alisa, and the heroine's parents are named after real names of Bulychev himself (Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheyko) and his wife (Kira Soshinskaya), however, according to the author, the main character shares only the name of his daughter but not her look at the similar age or her temper:

"Why have you decided that my Alisa Seleznyova is connected with my daughter Alisa? They are not even similar. [My] Alisa hasn't even read all books 'about herself', she prefers a higher class of literature."

The most famous illustrations in the books of the series were made by the graphic artist Evgeni Migunov (however, many of the earlier illustrations are by Bulychev's wife).

Selected bibliography
Only full-length novels are listed.

 Девочка, с которой ничего не случится (A Girl Nothing Can Happen To, 1965)
 Ржавый фельдмаршал (Rusty Field Marshal, 1968)
 Путешествие Алисы (Alisa's Travel, 1974)
 День рождения Алисы (Alisa's Birthday, 1974)
 Миллион приключений (Million of Adventures, 1976)
 Сто лет тому вперёд (One Hundred Years Ahead, 1978)
 Пленники астероида (Prisoners of Asteroid, 1981)
 Лиловый шар (The Lilac Ball, 1983)
 Заповедник сказок (The Reserve of Fairy Tales, 1985)
 Козлик Иван Иванович (Ivan Ivanovich the Goat, 1985)
 Гай-до (Guy-do, 1986)
 Конец Атлантиды (The End of Atlantis, 1987)
 Город без памяти (The City Without Memory, 1988)
 Подземная лодка (The Underground Boat, 1989)
 Война с лилипутами (The War Against Midgets, 1992)
 Алиса и крестоносцы (Alisa and the Crusaders, 1993)
 Излучатель доброты (The Kindness Ray, 1994)
 Дети динозавров (Dino Kids, 1995)
 Сыщик Алиса (Alisa the Detective, 1996)
 Привидений не бывает (Ghosts Don't Exist, 1996)
 Опасные сказки (Dangerous Tales, 1997)
 Планета для тиранов (A Planet for Tyrants, 1997)
 Секрет чёрного камня (Secret of the Black Stone, 1999)
 Алиса и чудовище (Alisa and a Monster, 1999)
 Звёздный пёс (The Star Dog, 2001)
 Вампир Полумракс (Twilights the Vampire, 2001)
 Алиса и Алисия (Alisa and Alisia, 2003)

TV and Film Adaptations
 The Mystery of the Third Planet (Animated film, 1981)
 Guest from the Future (Live action TV series, 1985)
 Prisoners of Yamagiri-Maru (Stop-motion animated short, 1988)
 Lilac Ball (Live action film, 1988)
 Island of Rusty General (Live action film, 1988)
 Alice's Birthday (Animated film, 2009)
 Alisa Knows What to Do! (Animated TV series, 2013)

See also

 Soviet science fiction

References

Time travelers
Fictional Russian people in literature
Literary characters introduced in 1965


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German Immersion
by ANITA DRAYCOTT • April 2002
Enjoy the long reds, dry whites and hot
soaks of a bike trip in Baden
I f you think "German gastronomy" is an oxymoron, prepare your palate for a delicious surprise. Sure, there's a time and a place for sauerkraut, schnitzel, sausage and a litre of lager, but in Baden-Württemberg I discovered exquisite cuisine and wondrous wines. This state in southwest Germany boasts more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other part of the country. Its proximity to the Alsace region of France no doubt accounts for the fetish for fine food, too.
Our gastronomic romp began in Endingen, a 16th-century fairy tale town of cobbled streets, half-timbered houses, gushing fountains and geranium-filled window boxes. It was a fine Indian summer morning and my pal Judy and I decided to "go native," rent some bikes and explore this region known as the Kaiserstuhl.
Bicycling is a breeze in Germany. Almost everywhere you'll find a network of narrow paved or gravel roads far from the frantic autobahns, perfect for peaceful pedalling. At 180 rail stations across the country you can rent a bike and bring it on most trains.
The Kaiserstuhl (the Emperor's chair), actually an extinct volcano, is one of Germany's most important wine-growing areas, thanks to a serendipitous blessing by Mother Nature. The Vosges Mountains ward off rain and help to dissipate clouds, making this one of the country's warmest and sunniest areas. The fine climate, together with heat-retaining, mineral-rich volcanic soil provides ideal growing conditions for grapes. Off we pedalled through orchards, corn fields, past hamlets where tables set up outside chalets held fresh walnuts and apple juice for sale on the honour system. I plucked a bright red apple from a tree, took a chew of my soft salty pretzel and soaked up the earthy autumn aromas.
Finding the wine co-op in Koenigschaffhausen (now there's a mouthful) was easy as we followed the convoy of small tractors hauling bins of grapes. We sampled a mild Müller Thurgau, a gutsy Gewürztraminer, and best of all, a full-bodied Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) for which the region is famous. In fact, it's served in German embassies around the world. Compared to French Burgundies, these German reds are a bargain: $7 buys a fine bottle and there's no tax on German wine. Alas, most of the wines we'd be drinking on this trip are not available in Canada, so in the interest of oenology, we sought out every opportunity to sample them. As luck would have it the tourist office in town was offering an afternoon tractor ride through the steep terraced vineyards surrounding Koenigschaffhausen, culminating in yet another wine tasting and picnic at the top, with vineyards spread below as far as the eye could see.
Lunch is the main meal of the day for German country folk and supper is usually cold and light. After a quick look at the menu that night at Dutters Stube in Kiechlinsbergen, a small village neighbouring Endingen, we quickly cast aside any intentions of grazing. Chef and owner Arthur Dutter's parade of masterpieces began with a salad of lightly smoked pork cheeks in a crisp potato basket. His pike rolled in Savoy cabbage was accompanied by the region's famous egg noodles. Succulent baby chicken came bathed in a divine pool of Pinor Noir sauce. Chef Dutter selected a different glass of wine to complement each dish. With his grand finale, a crème brûlée and mango sorbet, a spicy Gewürztraminer ice wine was the perfect partner. Not a sausage in sight.
In a squeeze
Next morning we headed off to Freiburg, gateway to the Black Forest, in search of a lange rote (long red). There are over 1500 different types of sausage in Germany and most regions lay claim to a particular stuffed tube. In Munich it's the white sausage, in Berlin it's the curry sausage, in Freiburg it's the long red. Sausage alley is in the shadow of the Münster Cathedral, a miracle of medieval craftsmanship with a spire of perforated red sandstone that dominates the old town. Every day but Sunday, farmers and vendors set up their stalls around the church. Freiburg is a vibrant university town and a feast for the senses. Wandering through the market and inhaling the aroma of briny olives, sizzling sausages and musky mushrooms had revved up our appetites. We slathered our long reds with mustard, ordered a beer and enjoyed a serenade by a group of buskers playing Bach. You have to watch your step in Freiburg as a network of streams and rivulets runs through the old town. Legend has it that if you get your feet wet you'll marry a Freiburger.
From May to November, Germany has over 1000 wine festivals. Chances are pretty good that you'll find yourself in the middle of one. We did that evening in nearby Durbach, another fairy-tale setting with romantic Stauffenberg Castle perched high on a hill overlooking the Vosges Mountains to the west and the Black Forest to the east. Out on the castle terrace a wedding party was posing for pictures and couples and families were washing down onion tarts with glasses of new wine, a tradition at harvest time.
Down the hill at Durbach's wine co-op, we sat at long tables and joined the locals in celebrating the Wine and Gourmet Festival. Between conga line dances and German drinking songs requiring you to link arms with your neighbour and sway, we sampled pike in Riesling sauce, a salmon and zucchini combo and a turkey schnitzel with lemongrass. Great wines from Sekt (sparkling) to Chardonnay were on sale for as little as $1.50 a glass.
Taking the Waters
Next morning, off we went to take the waters in Baden-Baden, the spa town that's been catering to the rich and famous since Roman times.
The first thing you notice is how French it looks. No half-timbered chalets, no window boxes. No wonder. In the mid-1800s, wealthy Parisian Jacques Benazet moved here and spent millions developing the city as a playground for Europe's elite. Benazet modelled the theatre after the Paris Opera. The Kurhaus (casino) is pure Belle Epoque. Smartly dressed folks sip café au lait at outdoor cafes.
Our guide informed us that there are more millionaires here than in any other German city. We decided to try and sight a few that night at the casino, where there's a jacket-and-tie dress code, a minimal admission fee and you need to present your passport. The building, described by Marlene Dietrich as "the most beautiful of all casinos" is indeed grand. But the patrons playing roulette and blackjack the night of our visit were hardly beautiful, and we had even heard rumours that the Russian Mafia had invaded Baden-Baden.
Fortunately you don't have to be a millionaire to enjoy Baden-Baden's spas. Over 1200 years ago hot mineral springs formed deep under the town. Over 800,000 litres of soothing thermal waters flow from 23 springs each day. At the Caracalla Spa, a modern edifice of marble and glass, it's water, water everywhere: an indoor pool with currents and jets that change every 10 minutes, a cold outdoor pool, a hot water grotto, a textile-free (nude) sauna, waterfalls and an aroma steam room. Bring your own towel and bathing suit and let the therapeutic springs work their magic. A three-hour pass costs about $17.
Just up the street from the Caracalla stands another bath-house temple, the palatial Friedrichsbad Roman-Irish Spa. Inside the magnificent 19th-century building one submits to a 16-step regimen that combines Irish hot air baths with Roman thermal waters and steam.
"You will come to me naked," ordered the large matron of the change room. The Friedrichsbad is "textile free" with the exception of a towel proffered at step one, the shower. Off we drifted to a warm air bath, then an even hotter air bath. Time for another shower. Number five, my favourite was a soap-and-brush massage with Laura, a deft masseuse from Siberia. Then we immersed ourselves in a series of thermal steam and bubble baths and inhaled eucalyptus. After a frigid cold water dip, the matron swathed us in warm towels. We slathered up in cream and were escorted into a dim room filled with cots. The matron tucked us in and we drifted into oblivion. All this for $38. The peripatetic Mark Twain, who had a knack for finding some of the world's best spots, was right on when he said of Friedrichsbad, "After 10 minutes you forget time, after 20 minutes the world."
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Guest uses color to represent characters' emotional states. Because Conrad and many of the other characters in the novel are deeply affected by changes in their environment, the appearance of places, things, and even people come to represent various states of being. Three colors occur most often. Blue represents anxiety; it is manifested in the outfit Jeannine wears when Conrad sees her for the first time, and is also the color of Dr. Berger's piercing eyes. Gray symbolizes failure; many of the narration's descriptions of weather mention the gray sky of early-winter Illinois. Lastly, gold marks truth or insight; ideas or characters that are valued highly by a character are decked in the color, as Jeannine is in later parts of the novel, as is Cal's bathroom mirror in the second chapter.
The timeline below shows where the symbol Color appears in Ordinary People. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, in the former Yugoslavia, she was the youngest of three children. In her teens, Agnes became a member of a youth group in her local Parish called Sodality. Through her involvement with their activities guided by a Jesuit priest, Agnes became interested in missionaries. At age 17, she responded to her first call of a vocation as a Catholic missionary nun. She joined an Irish order, the Sisters of Loretto, a community known for their missionary work in India. When she took her vows as a Sister of Loretto, she chose the name Teresa after Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
In August 1948, she left the Loreto Order with the permission of Pope Pius XII, and took as her habit her now famous blue-bordered white sari. She first went to Patna to do a short course in nursing and dispensary work, then joined the Convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor. In December 1948, the first slum school came up in Moti Jhil, run from two rented rooms. She also became an Indian citizen that year. On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after. In 1965 the Society became an International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI.
Despite poor health, she continued to drive herself hard till the end. The Missionaries of Charity works in 125 countries and has 602 homes and 3,914 Sisters, serving millions of needy people. She died on 5 September 1997. Her funeral attracted eminent personalities like Cardinal Sadano, representing the Pope, Hilary Clinton, Sonia Gandhi and others. Her tomb at the Mother House has become a place of pilgrimage.
Mother Teresa received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Padma Shri (1962), the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1962), the Decree of Praise by Pope Paul VI (1965), the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), the Nobel Peace Prize (1979), the Bharat Ratna (1980), the Meritorious Citizen of Skopje Certificate and several other awards and honours. After her death she was beatified on 20th October , 2003 by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.


This fantastic and unique Italian suspension light is truly a statement piece, measuring well over a metre in height and diameter. It features 6 layers of individual half-shades which softly diffuse the light from the 42 bulbs. The frames are shown here in copper metal, complementing the pale grey linen shades and giving the whole fitting an elegant and glamorous look.
There are lots of shade and metal options, and we have given you some great starter choices in the options boxes.We have included gold and silver Trevira, a soft, textured weave. If you would like to see the full offering, please get in touch with us.


Video #1 with: Antoine Durrbach, Abbaye Sainte Marie de Pierredon (France) ; Séverine Bourrier, Château de l'Ou (France), Sudvinbio boardmember ; Ming Young Yoo, Avecwine (South Korea) ; Katia Nussbaum, San Polino (Itlay) ; Alvaro de Nieves Toledo, Bodegas Enguera (Spain).
Video #2 with: Krysa Kazaki, Giannikos Winery (Greece) ; Gauthier Mazet, Apollo Fine WIne & Spirits (USA) ; Mireia Prim, Miguel Torres (Spain); Pierre Larmandier, Champagne Larmandier-Bernier (France) ; Alwin Jurtschitsch, Jurtschitsch Sonnhof (Austria) ; Antoine Guccione, Valdibella (Italy).
Video #3 with: German wine buyer Marko Schumacher (Weinselection), and exhibitors Marc Bournazeau (Vina Las Ninas, Chile) and Eric Remlinger (Badet Clément, France).
Video #4 with: exhibitors Franz Weninger (Weingut Weininger, Austria), Claudie Achard (Domaine Achard-Vincent, France), Fabien Moreau (Domaine Christian Moreau, France) and buyer Christopher Heitkämper (Weingalerie am Schloss, Germany).
Video #5 with exhibitors Massimiliana Spino (Castello di Tassarolo, Italie), Alex Parker (London & Scottish, UK), Magali Combard (Domaine Saint-André de Figuière, France), Michel Allien (Château Dudon, France), and French MEP Eric Andrieu.
- Jean Gardies, organic wine producer and exhibitor at Millesime Bio.
Meet the president of the jury! F. Sommier is in charge of the wine list for the Georges Blanc gourmet restaurants group. He also won the "Meilleur Ouvrier de France" title for sommeliers in 2007.
Members of the jury : in this video, you can watch interviews of jury members talking of the wines they tasted, an interview of Thierry Duchenne, director of Sudvinbio about the contest and Millesime Bio 2014 fair, and one of Thierry Julien, winegrower and Sudvinbio board member.


I wanted to do a slide show for the pop-up, but I wasn't 100% happy with the photos I had taken for it so I figured the best thing to do was to do another card and be rigorous about photographing the steps clearly. I figured I wasn't going to get time to post anything else so I'd post the card and let the video follow (tomorrow? or am I being optimistic? I still have that crop project to work on! Julia will smack me if I don't stop dithering and bombarding her with emails about stuff I forgot) as soon as I can manage it.
No wires this time, so a bit easier for people, I hope!
Ok, REALLY want to make this!
Can you tell me where to find the pdf for this project?
decoration part i understood. But the basic pull mechanism is still not clear with the PDF.
It's a different card but the pop-up mechanisim is the same.
Gosh, I just love this. You are seriously talented! I am relatively new to cardmaking, so have a lot to learn. But from searching the net over the last year on this, and generally speaking, the people in the UK create such more intricately beautiful cards than we here in the US do (it's in my humble opinion, LOL so please don't jump down my little throat fellow Americans 🙂 Just shows we need to crank it up to catch up in this area!!! Please keep sharing your creative ideas!!
Funnily enough I *AM* a fellow American, although I've live in the UK, on and off, fo the last 17-18 years 🙂 I have seen some fabulous work coming out of Europe, not just the UK. But having said that I've also seen some fab work by American designers as well 🙂 I guess it's all down to where Google takes you LOL!
These are absolutely fantastic. I was sitting here almost with my mouth hanging open. Was really gorgeous.


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Singapore's office rents in Q2 rose 1.5%
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IMF chief calls for more jobs for young people
If youth underemployment in typical developing economies was brought in line with the average advanced economy, the economic output would get a 5 percent boost, according to International Monetary Fund CEO Christine Lagarde.
"We know that young people are essential to economic development and growth. They make up approximately one-third of the working-age population in the average emerging market and developing economy," she said.
She said global youth face tough labor markets and job shortages in countries all over the world. Approximately 20 percent of 15- to 24-year-olds in the average emerging market and developing economy are neither in work nor in school.
The social and economic costs of this gap are significant. Trust in society tends to be lower in countries with higher levels of youth inactivity, raising their chances of social conflict.
More and better education is part of the solution. But this alone will not be enough. Too many well educated young people struggle to find good jobs in emerging and developing economies, she said.
Drawing on new analyses using both macroeconomic and microeconomic big data (tens of millions of individual-person data points), a recent IMF research points to a series of policies that can help close the gap with advanced economies. These policies will improve job prospects for everyone, but especially for young people not in school.
"Large and persistent gender gaps are a big part of the story behind poorer youth labor market outcomes in emerging market and developing economies," said Lagarde, noting that on average, nearly 30 percent of young women in these economies are not working and not in school.
"This is almost twice the rate for young men in a similar position. Some—but not all—of the discrepancy can be explained by the economic consequences of having children."
Also, limiting overly strict labor regulations, ensuring severance payments are not too onerous, and establishing a minimum wage that is not too high compared to the average wage are all associated with improved employment and participation for young people who are out of school—particularly young women.
A case study of the recent history of minimum wage reforms in Indonesia helps prove the point. Indonesian provinces that raised formal minimum wages relative to average wages by 10 percent less than other provinces saw 1 to 1.5 percentage point lower youth unemployment rates. These policies benefitted young women the most. These policies also boost the number of formal jobs—which are typically more productive and more desirable—available to young men and women.
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 focus two pillars on young people. One is to substantially reduce youth unemployment and the second is to ensure that young people who are out of school have productive and meaningful employment options. We can all see there is still a long way to go. But there is a path to get there.
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