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HomeFEATURES & REFERENCE5 YRS AGO: PENICK'S TAKE – Looking at Lorenzo Fertitta's full ESPN interview on fighter pay, perceived UFC monopoly, Bellator, and more
5 YRS AGO: PENICK'S TAKE – Looking at Lorenzo Fertitta's full ESPN interview on fighter pay, perceived UFC monopoly, Bellator, and more
By Jamie Penick, MMATorch editor-in-chief
Lorenzo Fertitta (photo credit Jayne Kamin-Oncea © USA Today Sports)
In putting together a story regarding fighter pay in the UFC, ESPN conducted an interview with UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta. As they had spoken with several fighters on the UFC's roster who would not allow their names to be publicized, they wanted to get Fertitta's take on the issues of fighter pay, whether the organization constituted a monopoly, and just why there's a supposed culture of fear amongst fighters from speaking out.
However, the ultimate story put together by John Barr and Josh Gross for the "Outside the Lines" segment on Sunday ignored much of Fertitta's 45-minute interview, relaying convenient snippets and only partially presenting the answers he laid out. The UFC on Monday released Fertitta's entire interview unedited, as they brought their own camera to capture everything that was said for just this purpose.
The "Outside the Lines" segment wasn't the complete "hit piece" that White characterized it as prior to it airing, but it was also a more negatively toned – and not really beneficial – picture of the story of fighter pay. The UFC produced their own positively spun story with their own snippets of Fertitta's interview, as well as interviews done by the UFC with Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, and Matt Serra regarding their experiences with the organization's pay structure as well, which equally didn't effectively convey the picture. But that was kind of the point.
Further, while Barr told Fertitta in August that ESPN welcomed a chance to speak to any fighters on the record, White claimed this week that in fact, the ESPN crew shut down an interview with Serra when they "didn't like" his answers. Now, that's hearsay from White, of course, but with Serra's comments in the UFC piece he would have been someone that could have gone on camera for this ESPN story to give a differing view from what was laid out.
Regardless, that still isn't the entire issue. While the ESPN piece broke down the plight of low level fighters making $6K to show and $6K to win for their debut fights, and tried to paint the the percentage of revenues going to fighters at 10 percent, they ignored a very key component to the UFC's infrastructure that goes largely overlooked when discussing the fighter's "piece of the pie." It was also something Fertitta spelled out for them clearly.
"What you have to understand about the UFC is our model is completely different from any of these other sports leagues or any other boxing promoter," Fertitta said. "The ability for us to execute and do what we do takes a tremendous amount of overhead. We employ well over 500 people just to make this thing run. We have offices in London, offices in Beijing, offices in Toronto, offices in Las Vegas, and in L.A. Typically, a sports league will take a license fee from a media company, and then that's their revenue and they disperse it as they may. The NFL, or the NBA, doesn't go out and actually take on the cost of producing the program, the show, and all the marketing, and everything they do. Let's say CBS is going to come in and put on a basketball game, they pay for all of that stuff."
"We are a totally different animal," Fertitta continued. "We are everything. We are the sports entity, we are the promoter, we are the television producer, we are responsible for all of the costs that go into the production; we are talking about millions and millions of dollars. Then on top of that you have all the marketing that we do, all the overhead that it takes to really build this company and build this industry to make it what it is; when we bought the company, there was one state that regulated the sport of mixed martial arts."
"Today there are 48 states that have athletic commissions; 45 of those states [now regulate MMA]. That didn't just happen by happenstance. We have a team of people and infrastructure that have gone out to different states, provinces in Canada, countries all over the world, that are educating these legislators, regulators, telling them what the sport of mixed martial arts is. We have opened up the floodgates for everybody. To just look at however these people are looking at these numbers is not an apples to apples comparison."
There is a massive amount of money being put back into the growth of the company, not only in terms of international expansion but in strengthening the product they already produce and putting on more events as well. That expansion has provides more opportunity for more fighters to get UFC-level money when they may have otherwise been relegated to a regional scene with a lower pay grade than $6k-$6k. But that base contracted pay isn't all the UFC hands out, and Fertitta further discussed the structure of the organization on that front.
"The fighter pay structure is different from, let's say boxing," Fertitta said. "We structured it that way for a reason, and it's why I believe we've been so successful when we've had this meteoric rise. We have a contract with a fighter. He gets paid a stated amount of money, what we call 'show' money. On top of that, we pay a win bonus, so it [gives a fighter incentive] to go out and really perform. We saw in boxing for a number of years where guys would go out, they'd get paid their money, it didn't matter if they won or lost, they'd get into a fight and say, 'you know what, I'm going to make my money either way, so I'm just going to coast.' We want the athletes to perform, we want it to be entertaining, we want to build the business, so we made that part of the contract."
"In addition to that, we pay discretionary bonuses, no different than any other company that may be out there; maybe it's just part of our culture – we came from a corporate background – we pay for performance. There's really two discretionary bonuses that happen: one is a structured bonus… for the Fight of the Night, a bonus for the Submission of the Night, and a bonus for the Knockout of the Night. Typically those range anywhere from $65,000 all the way up to $130,000 for each fight. Now a fighter can win [more than one per event], so you're talking about bringing home a big chunk of additional money. On top of that, we pay discretionary bonuses; discretionary bonuses are essentially, me and Dana, and my brother, sit down and we evaluate the fighter, that fight, that card – did the fighter perform? Did he exceed his [expected] performance? Did he really go out and lay it on the line? And we'll pay out multiples of what's on that fighter contract for those discretionary bonuses."
"We've had guys that maybe were making $200,000 and we said, 'you know what, this guy promoted the hell out of a fight, he performed, write him a check for a million dollars.' … Then there's the pay-per-view bonus [as well]… Every guy comes in and says 'Hey, i'm the most popular guy, I deserve to make millions.' That's fine, I have no problem with that, but the way we structure things is fighters eat what they kill. If you really are the guy then you're going to be a partner with us on pay-per-view. You'll put up no money, we'll put up all the money, and you'll get a back end of the profits. We've got 29 fighters on our roster that have pay-per-view participation."
Now, the discretionary bonus system is a definite point of contention, largely because it is certainly on the whim of the those in charge in the UFC. However, Fertitta contends that it's not unlike any other corporate business structure, and disagreed with one anonymous ESPN source who claimed fighters needed to "kiss ass" to get those bonuses.
"Is it 'kiss their ass' or do you have to perform, like any other company in America?" Fertitta asked. "You have to perform to be able to be compensated. Since 2005 to today, once we started actually generating enough revenue so we're not losing money, we've paid over a quarter billion dollars to our fighters. Let's take a similar sports entity, kind of an upstart – you can talk about NFL all you want, they've been around since the 1940s, they make nine billion in revenue, same thing with baseball, same thing with basketball – take something new; like MLS. Take every MLS team, their entire salary, add them all up; we pay out multiples more of what they pay the entire league. We've made 39 millionaires since we've owned the company."
"It's no different than anything else. You start at ESPN as an intern, you're not going to be making millions of dollars. You've got to prove yourself. You've got to come into the company, you've got to perform, and you've got to get to that next level. It's the same way in the UFC. You come in, you perform, and you're going to progress; I think that's fine."
Fertitta also doesn't agree with the notion of a "culture of fear" around the UFC, and continued to claim the UFC can still work with fighters if they speak out on these issues.
"You can do an interview on any company you want and you're going to find people that don't think they're making enough money, or they're disgruntled, or whatever it may be," Fertitta said.
"Go to any football team and go to the locker room and you'll find guys that are mad that Tom Brady's making $18 million a year while they're making the league minimum; and they're not going to go on the record because they don't want to get the owner of the Patriots mad at them. It's just human nature, I don't think it has anything to do with how we run the business, I think it's just human nature. It's easy, I could go to any business and find the same thing."
"Anybody can talk about anything [in our company]. We've had plenty of situations where fighters have come out and made statements. That's no secret. There's tons of guys that have made comments about that. Have they been blackballed? Certainly not. You can't name one person… Tito Ortiz [for example]. It's no secret there's been a number of issues where he's come out in the past, criticized the way we did business, criticized us saying he's gonna go somewhere else. He just fought twice in the last 90 days and he's made millions and millions of dollars. There's no problem, he can say whatever he wants; he's still with us."
For Fertitta, it comes down to the fact that it wouldn't make sense for them to black ball fighters that could make them money. If fans want to see certain fighters and will pay to see them, that's who the UFC wants on their roster, regardless of any other issues.
"It's ridiculous," Fertitta said. "Think about it. We're running a for profit business. If a guy is somebody that the fans want to pay for, I don't care what he does or what he says, I want him on our payroll, I want him fighting for us. I couldn't care less. There's no retribution…
"I'm in the business of – yes we want to be a profitable company, we want to be a successful company – what do I have to do to do that? I've got to put on the fights that people want to see. I wish it was as easy as just saying 'this guy said something bad about us, he's gone.' That's not going to be good for my business. Ultimately, it's supply and demand. Does the public want to pay for that person to watch that person? That's what dictates what happens in the UFC, that's why we're successful."
There was also contention from Fertitta on the notion that the UFC being a private company meant they were keeping their numbers hidden from the fighters. While they have no obligation to make things public for all to see, Fertitta said fighters with a pay-per-view percentage in their contract absolutely have a right to see exactly what they should have coming to them.
"If a fighter wants to know, they have rights in their contracts," Fertitta said. "The guys that get a back end of the pay-per-view can walk right in the office right here – in fact, they can bring in an accounting team and go through the whole thing. We're not hiding anything from anybody, it's just we don't publish it for everyone to see. We're not a public company, there's no reason for us to do that; and once again, a lot of the fighters don't want people to know how much money they make because believe me it would make their lives a lot more difficult."
The "Outside the Lines" segment also touched on the issue of the UFC being a "monopoly" after their acquisition of Strikeforce earlier this year. The UFC's continued stance has been that there aren't any barriers to entry in the sport, and Fertitta went into a lengthy explanation as to why he believed they weren't at all a monopoly. Again, however, the "OTL" piece used one tiny snippet of him calling monopoly claims ridiculous. Here's the context in which that quote came.
"That is the most ridiculous thing," he said. "This [Strikeforce acquisition is] the best thing that could ever happen to the consumer. Now that we have the Strikeforce fighters under our roster, this allows us to make the fights that the public wants to see… so from a consumer stand point, they get what they want. Could you imagine if all the teams weren't under the NFL, and the Patriots and Giants couldn't agree to play each other on Sunday? It'd be havoc, so this is a good thing from a consumer standpoint."
"From a fighter standpoint, we have taken these fighters and have given them an opportunity to make more money. There was no pay-per-view revenue there. They were getting a license fee, so there was only so much money that they were going to be able to make… Nick Diaz is a guy that, the most he had ever made in a fight was $175,000, which isn't bad money for one night of work. In this one fight [that he was supposed to have with Georges St-Pierre], because we bought Strikeforce, Nick Diaz is going to make more money than if you added all of his purses up for his entire career in one night. We are giving these guys tremendous opportunity to be able to make more money, have bigger exposure, get bigger sponsors, it is actually a great thing; and when you throw out the term monopoly, it's the most ridiculous thing that anybody could ever say. There are no barriers to entry in this business. The perfect example is look what we did. We took our money, we risked it, we went out and got a promoter's license, we put together a great business plan, we rolled up our sleeves, we worked, and we made this business."
Furthermore, when it was brought up that Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney wouldn't go on record for an interview with ESPN for the piece, Fertitta pointed to him as a prime example of what can be done if someone wants to get into the business of mixed martial arts.
"Bjorn Rebney is doing exactly what these guys should be doing," Fertitta said. "This is what needs to happen, we need some smart people to come up with a different idea, a different concept; figure out a smarter way and a smarter product to compete with us. Put your money behind it; this is America, risk your capital, work hard, come up with a better idea. More guys like Bjorn Rebney need to do this. And [now] he's got a deal with Viacom, one of the biggest media companies in the world. There [are] plenty of outlets for promoters to go out there to try to compete with us."
From a consumer standpoint, the UFC competes far more with other entertainment and sporting properties than they do with other MMA promotions, and Fertitta ran down the the things they always need to be conscious of.
"You know what I worry about, part of what our competitors are, aside from the other mixed martial arts promoters out there?" Fertitta asked. "I've got a pay-per-view in September that comes a week after the Mayweather pay-per-view; I'm worried about competing with Mayweather, because you know what, he's gonna take a ton of my buys. I've got a pay-per-view in November that comes a week after the Pacquiao fight; I'm worried about competing with Pacquiao. There's nobody who can sit here and say that Pacquiao and Mayweather are not going to compete with us for the wallet of that consumer."
"We're competing with other major sports; I'll tell you what, you're never going to see me put on a fight on a Monday night in the fall, because I'll get crushed. The reality is, we compete with anything that males 18-34 are going to be looking to do. We made a huge mistake [in March], we put on a pay-per-view during March Madness, sounds pretty stupid, we got crushed. We did a pay-per-view and went head to head with Mayweather a year and a half ago; got crushed. We're competing with all forms of entertainment. You're trying to look at this thing in a bucket… we're also competing with the WWE for their pay-per-view revenues; there is a limited wallet for the consumer here so we need to slug it out with these guys."
Barr rightfully countered that they were focusing on how the UFC may constitute a monopoly as far as fighter options go, but Fertitta's response was accurate as well.
"There are a number of outlets for these guys," Fertitta said, to which Barr asked if any were comparable to the UFC. "There never has been a comparable outlet. There never has been. When has there ever been a comparable outlet [to the UFC]? We've dominated this sport, we've dominated this space, because we have a better product, we put up our money, and we were smarter than everyone else… We have created an entire industry that didn't exist before us, and there are people benefiting from our wake in every manner.
"In the state of Ohio, we helped get it regulated there, we might go to Ohio every other year. We might not go for three years. There's 200 fights a year in Ohio. We opened up an industry for promoters, fighters, people that make a living from this. Same thing in California, same thing around the world. Me and my brother put up $10 million to produce The Ultimate Fighter. Spike didn't pay us anything for that. We risked our money, we put it out there, it worked. Now you've got Comcast, NBC Universal, Fox, you've got Viacom, all these other big major networks that want MMA programming; we can't be on all of them. It's impossible. There's room, there's space for every one of these guys to sit down once again, do it the American way, come up with an original concept, put up your money, and compete. It's not like there's not an outlet for these guys, with major broadcasters."
The UFC feels that ESPN has focused on the negatives here with this story, something Fertitta claimed to Barr in this interview back in August.
"You guys are doing the wrong story here," Fertitta said. "The story isn't that, the story is all the millionaires we've made; the story is the industry we've built, the opportunities we've made for everyone. Instead, you guys are doing a story that is obviously biased and negative; guys that are disgruntled."
"We've taken something from nothing and created opportunities for these fighters that they never would have otherwise had."
Ultimately, fighter pay has continued to increase from year to year, and it's ridiculous to think that the rapid growth the UFC has seen in a six year span is something that's just going to continue on a regular basis. They've already seen a significant decrease in pay-per-view business in 2011 from 2010. The new deal on Fox will bring a new stream of revenue, along with a lot more exposure, but that doesn't mean that they'll continue raking in record revenues year after year.
For those in the middle to low end of the UFC's pay-tier, they're still making a much better living in this sport than is available elsewhere, and they're doing so without necessarily bringing anything more to the organization than filling a card. Maybe that's harsh, but it is the way things are. Those that can prove themselves as competitors and become fighters that fans will pay to see will themselves get more money in turn. It's the way that combat sports work, and especially in the UFC. While there could be some room for improvement on the low end of the totem pole, fighter pay is mostly fair, and will continue to improve in the years to come.
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Slick's Nit-Picks: G.I. Joe: Renegades
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· November 27, 2010
I almost missed out on this one because of the look. The art and animation remind me of the Men In Black animated series – despite liking that show, it looked like vomit sliding down a screen. G.I. Joe: Renegades is a little more colorful or should I say it just uses less greens and browns. What makes this show interesting is that the Joes are the "bad guys" and Cobra is thought to be as wholesome as mama's apple pie. I am serious about that; in one scene Roadblock even says that Cobra makes a tasty apple pie! The promo for the show specifically tells you that this is "not yo mama's Cobra" and even the Joes are shaping up differently from what we are used to.
This commercial sold me on the show.
I think I should mention that the guy picking the apple and standing with the children is Cobra Commander. And then, at the same time it very much is not Cobra Commander. This Cobra is so good at covering up they make the Decepticons look honest. You have the commander heading philanthropic functions and the Baroness spearheading "humanitarian relief efforts," so who is going to believe a team of six rogue military military who are wanted for terrorist acts and murder? Yes ladies and gentlemen, in one episode, the new G.I. Joe does what multiple seasons and a movie full of guns and explosives could not – kill somebody. I hope the current storyline does not drag out too long though because there is only so much "on the run" that you can do when you are trying to evade the entire US government and a multinational organization with a large amount of military power.
Thank God there is a lot of personality behind these characters. I still have trouble with how awful they look. Under the circumstances of the story though, I don't have too much beef with the changes they have made. Until the likes of General Hawk came around, Duke has always been the leader of the Joe team. In Renegades, he is outranked by Scarlett and they butt heads repeatedly. Roadblock has a lot less attitude than he used to and seems to just be the happy fat dude. I don't remember rip cord being black, but I could be wrong on that. I don't remember Tunnel Rat at all but at least he is funny and kind of reminds me of Quick Kick. Flint is a complete prick, especially when it comes to Duke and Lady Jaye is way more latina then I ever remembered her being. The Baroness is very on point but then again she is about the hardest character to get wrong. East Euro accent-check, bodysuit-check, sexy-check. Destro has not yet appeared and my only real beef with Cobra Commander is that he doesn't say his the letter "S" like thisssssssssssssssssssssssss.
And then we have Dr. Mindbender, perhaps the most interesting new development in this show. Of all the characters, he has changed the most. Any fan will tell you that the original Mindbender looks sort of like the Iron Sheik from classic WWF days. While there is no mention of this being the reason, I would easily understand the creators not wanting a mad scientist that works for what was originally labeled a terrorist organization to be of Middle Eastern descent. So yeah, let's make him a goofy looking white guy and instead of him making biological toxins, we will have him make monsters. Political Correctness strikes again, booo!
G.I. Joe Renegades seems to have all the makings of a successful show (overlooking the art department) and with proper marketing it will see equal success in the merchandising department, possibly more than its 1980s predecessor. One can only hope for things like a Transformers crossover and for characters like Shipwreck, Alpine, Bazooka and Quick Kick to show up because those idiots made for some of the best episodes (i.e. The ol' Alpine Yodel). IMDB.com and other sources indicate that Stormshadow, Major Bludd, Jinx and Breaker will appear in future episodes, as will Destro. Now just one question remains and it is very important: can I get a "YO JOE!?" That is something I need to know because y'know, knowing is half the battle.
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Coach Lane Cottage, 39 Leyton Road
Formerly Gable End Farm, Old Gable End, The Gables
Coach Lane Cottage, c.1977 - timber-framed wing on the left, matched by 1930s extensions and porch on the right.
LHS archives - copyright RCHM
The building faces ENE onto Harpenden Common – but was formerly orientated ESE, at right-angles to Leyton Road – the old St Albans Road - with gardens on the south and west sides. A 1930s house stands to the north. The west and south fronts are timber-framed with whitewashed plaster infill. The east front has two wide and tall gables, separated by a short ridge and a central gabled porch. The roofs are tiled and gabled.
The oldest part, dating from the C16, is at the SE corner with low ceilings and an indication of an outside window on the north wall – now overlooking the hallway, as can be seen in the earliest photo we have in our records - see photographs below.
On the first floor the corner posts of this part of the building and of the C17 wing adjoining to the west are adjacent. This part might have been the cross-wing of an earlier house, though there are no signs of how it might have been joined on.
In the early C17 a two-storey wing was added to the west, with a substantial chimney on the wall between the two structures, and a baffle-entry on the south side of the stack.
Inhabitants - and extensions
1930s gabled porch - 1980s
L:HS archives - cat. no. 8692
We have little information about earlier inhabitants of this house, but in the early C20 the farmhouse was renovated, as seen in the second photo below
Around 1928 Eustace Salisbury, architect brother of the artist Frank Salisbury, built substantial extendions to the NE and NW corners of the house, including the porch.
The NE wing, which provided the current entry hall, staircase and a new kitchen, has a gable which externally matches the original C16 gable – giving the house its name of The Gables or Gable End, as listed in Kelly's directories during the 1930s and 1940s.
Eustace Salisbury also built Little Gables on the northern boundary of the property - one of several Tudor-style houses he designed around Harpenden, including Wayfarings (40 Leyton Road), home of George Hogg and Red Gables (5? West Common), Frank Salisbury's studios while under the patronage of Sir John Bennet Lawes, Sir Henry Gilbert and Sir Charles Bennet Lawes in the 1890s and early 1900s.
In her Journals (p.220), Theodora Wilson describes Little Gables as a "pretty new house in the old style" designed by Eustace Salisbury for his sister Mrs Owen Green - "almost the last work he did except the enlargement of his own house, Old Gable End, which he has very cleverly duplicated so that scarcely anyone would know old from new."
It is not clear when the house became known as Coach Lane cottage - not to be confused with the Lodge at the entrance to Coach Lane, an old entrance to the Rothamsted Manor estate. This cottage, 42 Leyton Road, is now known as Pirie's Cottage - after a Rothamsted scientist who lived there for many years.
Gable End Farm, c.1900, from the north-east.
LHS archives, LHS cat. no. 319
Gable End Farm, 1920s. Note the new barn on the site of Little Gables (38 Leyton Road)
LHS archives - LHS cat.no. 320
The Gables - South-West and south east elevations, 1977
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Goodbye to Mac 'n' Cheese and hello freshly-made on site meals at Blakehurst Public School, which has overhauled its canteen to include a higher level of healthier options.
Due to growing demand, the canteen is also operating every day of the week – an extension of the former three days.
Under the Food and Drink Criteria, 'everyday' items should make up at least three quarters of what is available, and 'occasional' items should account for no more that the other quarter.
There is one main rule – sugary drinks are not to be sold.
Blakehurst Public School's everyday items are known as 'green items' – which makes up most of the menu, and the occasional 'amber' items, including garlic bread, muffins and ANZAC biscuits.
Popular also are 'Angela's tucker boxes' (named after canteen manager Angela), which include choice of chicken bites, honey soy chicken drummettes, lamb kofta, ham or eggs, or sushi or homemade burgers.
The school went 'cold turkey', and completely wiped out food that coordinator Taj Shipway said, was simply not needed.
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"We've gone even further with what the policy consider as OK. We used to have things like hash browns, frozen meat patties, and lots of processed food.
"They helped us, trained out staff, and brough in an incursion – where kids make the smoothies and interact with the food," Mrs Shipway said.
Children order their lunch online through the Flexi Schools app. The canteen also caters to all allergies – no nuts policy and there are gluten free options for the school's two coeliac pupils. It also has newly-installed food warmers and ovens.
"We were finding that lots of families have both parents working, and they are finding it harder to make lunches every day," Mrs Shipway said.


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Die Saison 2007/08 der Volleyball Champions League begann am 27. November 2007 mit der Gruppenphase und endete mit dem Finale am 6. April 2008. 20 Mannschaften aus zwölf Nationen nahmen am Wettbewerb teil. Colussi Sirio Perugia aus Italien gewann den Wettbewerb.

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Deutsche Mannschaften waren nicht beteiligt. Österreich wurde durch Post Schwechat vertreten, die Schweiz durch VBC Voléro Zürich.

Post Schwechat konnte in der Gruppe E keinen Satz gewinnen und schied als Tabellenletzter nach der Vorrunde aus.

VBC Voléro Zürich verlor in der Gruppe C lediglich gegen Novara und belegte hinter den Italienern den zweiten Platz. In der ersten Play-off-Runde setzten sich die Schweizer mit zwei Siegen gegen Cannes durch. In der zweiten Play-off-Runde trafen sie erneut auf Novara und schieden trotz eines Sieges im Rückspiel aus.

Gruppenphase

Bei der Auslosung wurden die qualifizierten Mannschaften in fünf Gruppen mit jeweils vier Teilnehmern eingeteilt. Die beiden besten Mannschaften jeder Gruppe und zwei Dritte erreichten die Play-offs.

Play-off
Zusätzlich zum gesetzten Gastgeber CAV Murcia 2005 qualifizierten sich noch drei Mannschaften für das Final Four. Diese Teams wurden in zwei Play-off-Runden mit Hin- und Rückspiel ermittelt. Die Spiele fanden am 12.–14. und 20. / 21. Februar bzw. am 4./5. und 12./13. März 2008 statt.

Final Four
Beim Final Four am 5. und 6. April in Murcia spielte der Gastgeber, der nach dem Abschluss der Gruppenspiele von der CEV bestimmt wurde, gegen die drei in den Play-offs qualifizierten Mannschaften. Colussi Perugia besiegte im Finale VK Saretschje Odinzowo und die Asystel Volley Novara gewann das Spiel um den dritten Platz gegen die Gastgeber.

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Letter to the Editor on ""The Nursing Shortage: Is This Cycle Different?"
I write in response to the topic of the Nursing Shortage. One consideration that I have not yet heard addressed is the format of nursing education. Perhaps it is time to consider the new educational model some of our physician colleagues are adopting, and determine if the nursing education model needs to be changed.
My son is a first year medical student at the University of Rochester in New York, and within weeks of entering medical school he was interacting with patients. The model being introduced in Rochester, although more "robust" than the hospital "training" school model for nurses in the olden days, is similar to the older nursing education model in that it offers contact with patients and exposure to the health care delivery system almost from day one. I believe this early introduction to the health care delivery system offers a beneficial opportunity to bond with fellow professionals from the start. Learning the theoretical basis for our practice is certainly important; but it is also important to be in the "trenches", learning first hand what nursing is all about. What a great learning and motivational opportunity it would be for college freshmen to see a nurse in practice from the beginning of their professional education.


Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and movie actor.
Cave was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria and grew up in Wangaratta, Victoria.
He is best known as lead singer of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The Bad Seeds began in 1983 and are known for their interesting and different musical styles. Cave had previously been the lead singer of the gothic band, The Birthday Party. This group was well known for its challenging songs and violent sound. Their music was influenced by free jazz, blues, and punk. In 2006, Cave started a garage rock band Grinderman, and recorded their first album, Grinderman (album) in 2007. Cave's music is very emotional with many different musical influences. His songs are about religion, death, love and violence. In the early 2010s, the NME called him "the grand lord of gothic lushness".
Cave was added to the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007. The ARIA Awards chairman Ed St John said, "Nick Cave has enjoyed—and continues to enjoy—one of the most extraordinary careers in the annals of popular music. He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist—beyond comparison, beyond genre, beyond dispute."
↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Steve Huey, Allmusic, Nick Cave > Biography. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
↑ Stevens, Jenny (15 February 2013). "Push The Sky Away". NME. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
↑ "History of the ARIA Awards". theaustralian.com.au. 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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Helen Cullen Lockdown Life Interview
by Bronagh on July 25, 2020
Helen Cullen's debut novel, 'The Lost Letters of William Woolf' was published in 2018. Before writing, Helen started her career with Ireland's national broadcaster, RTE (Ireland's national broadcaster) where she worked in radio broadcasting before moving to London in 2010. She subsequently worked for companies such as the BBC and The Times before her most recent role in Google where she worked before signing her publishing contract. Helen was also shortlisted as Best Newcomer at this year's Irish Books Awards. Her latest book called 'The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually' is out now.
Hi Helen, can you tell us about your latest book called 'The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually'
his novel was inspired in part by the Japanese art of kintsugi – the practise of repairing broken pottery with powdered gold, silver, or platinum so that the breakage and repair remain visible to show the history of an object, rather than something to disguise; the pots become even more beautiful than before they were broken.
The theme of personal truth is a very important one in the novel – and in particular, how personal truths may not always align with what can be considered universally accepted truths. Sometimes it is only with acceptance of that that we can find peace. And sometimes that truth or awareness needs to creep up on us slowly as it would be too blinding if confronted too quickly or head on. My working title as I was writing the book had been Kintsugi as mentioned above but I wanted the title to reference the truth that is at the heart of the novel. The Emily Dickinson line just came back to me one day as I was sitting on the London tube and it just clicked.
How will you be celebrating your publication day?
Originally we had planned to have a book launch at Daunt Books in London and Dubray Books in Dublin before Covid-19 came along so now instead we will be launching the book with some virtual events instead. I hope it does mean lots of folks can join us who might not have been able to otherwise so that is one silver lining.
With the world being on lockdown, did it effect your reading or writing or were you able to work away?
Like many people it has been a bit of a rollercoaster and I found myself oscillating between periods of compulsive reading and great productivity and times where I felt I couldn't concentrate on anything at all. Hopefully I will return to some sort of balance soon.
Did you discover any new authors?
My journalism work brought some wonderful books my way during this period. I absolutely loved Polly Samson's 'A Theatre for Dreamers' that is set on the island of Hydra during the Leonard Cohen era and 'Miss Austen' by Gill Hornby that investigates the life of Jane Austen's sister Cassandra. I am a huge Jane Austen fan and this is the first Austen adjacent novel that I've read that completely won my heart. Elaine Feeney is an amazing debut Irish writer who publishes her novel, 'As You Were', on the same date as me and it is a remarkable book – and Elaine is a remarkable woman too.
How's life in lockdown did you discover any new skills?
No new skills per se but I did become quite fond of power-washing the patio.
What's next for you, any new projects in the pipeline?
I am working away on my third novel which feels very different to me than the first two which is thrilling and terrifying and I'm also starting a PhD in October at UEA which fills me with the exact same feeling!
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Interesting! So it's not very useful for any of the food products, so no one grows it. I wonder how the variety originated if that's the case.
I personally have never tried sweet coconut water (they say green malayans have it), the only ones we have in the supermarket, though they have plenty of meat (I guess since I don't have a reference:) ). This coconut might be stupid in that regard but it sure looks very fine regardless, I like how this stupid coconut looks.
Green or this red/ flame varieties , to be able to enjoy good taste of its water and meat, you have to pick the nut at the right time. Too young, it will have no or less meat with sour juice. Too old , it will have hard meat with juice less sweet. Look at the # 3 picture from top down, there are three bunches of nuts on top. Those are too young for picking. Three bunches below of those , which the two on the far left are good for eating/drinking. The one on the far right bellow is old. Let this turn brown a little more and harvest for cooking or let it turn completely full brown colour ,then use it for making oil / seedling.
Green or this red/ flame varieties , to be able to enjoy good taste of its water and meat, you have to pick the nut at the right time. Too young, it will have no or less meat with sour juice. Too old , it will have hard meat with juice less sweet. Look at the first picture, there are three bunches of nuts on top. Those are too young for picking. Three bunches below of those , which the two on the far left are good for eating/drinking. The one on the far right bellow is old. Let this turn brown a little more and harvest for cooking or let it turn completely full brown colour ,then use it for making oil / seedling.
User00, Can you explain how you use (or don't use) this coconut? what are people doing otherwise?
I just had to click on this because of the title, but it's a fine looking tree all the same. All the endless praise coconuts get on this forum I love that there is actually a variety that is called "stupid coconut".
I wish I could grow a "stupid coconut"
Me too, Pedro. I was thinking the same thing. For those of us not growing them for commercial production, it might still be a good landscape variety, especially if it is a little more cold/cool hardy than some of the commonly grown landscaping varieties.
Stupid or not I'll be happy with any coconut that I can grow!
I did, but it was stupid.
John, I thought you had some green malayan coconuts in/near corpus christi for you it should be doable to try one of those. I bet the sweet coconut water is a very nice refreshment. Has someone here tasted the green malayan coco water or equivalent?
On the other hand I understand that if you do see one surviving in your location eating the fruit might actually be a crime as a surviving mature green malayan in your location has some nice genes for sure.
Pedro, for the most part I have had to give up on trying to grow the Malayans as much as I like them. They are just too sensitive to prolonged chilly damp weather that we occasionally get here in the winter time. I lost the 3 that I had in the ground, even the one that was starting to recover from last year's chilly and damp winter. With that said, I did take a leap of faith and planted a Yellow Malayan Dwarf in my front yard (I have photos of my coconut palms I have planted over the last couple of weeks here on Palmtalk.). The Yellow Malayan is probably the least cold hardy of the 3 Malayan varieties, but I sure love the bright yellow color of it. It sprouted from a beach coconut my Palm Society friend and collected last May when we collected about 120 nuts off the beach at Padre Island, so other than the cost of potting soil and water, it really isn't much of an investment in case I lose it, and being a Malayan Dwarf, if it does survive and takes off and grows, it will have its first flowers on it in about 3 years. My others that I have recently planted are a Jamaican Tall, a Maypan hybrid, a Mexican Tall, and a Maymex hybrid. These should all be more cold hardy than any of the Malayans I have tried to grow, with the Mexican Tall being the most cold hardy and the Jamaican Tall being the second most cold hardy. The Jamaican Tall and the Maypan, I got from a Palmtalk friend in Melbourne Beach, Florida as little sprouts last Spring, but the Mexican Tall and the Maymex are from beach coconuts collected here last year.
Maybe "Stupid" but at least its pretty. I'd be happy to have a whole grove if they all looked so nice.
Even though , the green one on the left has thicker flesh than the " stupid coconut " on the right, but it smaller. With that , I would think 2 of them would have about the same amount of meat, don't you think. These two are too old for eating/drinking . They are good for making coconut milk ,oil, candy or cooking. For eating/drinking , its flesh should be 1/2 or 1/3 thickness of a coconut on the right in picture. It should soft , easy scoop up with a spoon and it should hold up itself , when you pick it with your fingers. If the meat in coconut is too thin ,break and drop when you scoop it, then it may be too young for eating/drinking. Very good pictures. Thanks for posting it.
So I must have seen this palm for the last 20 years, but never thought about it until a few weeks ago. It's located at the farm next door to me. Huge fatty base, it towers over every other tree nearby- Roystonia, Washingtonia, Taxodium, Pinus, etc. There is distorted perspective because some of the trees are closer, making them appear taller, yet the coconut still towers. It is in line with the house and secondary house in the last pic. Figure 2 stores plus roof peak...you're looking at at least 30 ft ~ 9m on the roof height of the main house on the right. The peak on the secondary structure is probably in the 24 ft ~ 7 m range.
Picked this guy up at the grocery store. Picked my share of coconuts up of the beach and husked them but I never came across one that's just about white like this? Has it been bleached ? I was going to sprout it with my kids for some fun.
The YouTube video below is a 2018 update of my green Malayan dwarf coconut palm that I've been growing for about 16 years now. My coconut palm actually fared very well from Hurricane Irma in September of 2017, but it was frond damaged by a frost I had this past February on the coldest night of the winter. I estimate my low temperature that morning (at sun up) was in the high 20s, as Lake Placid Elementary Schools STEM weather station (tied to weather underground website) recorded a low of just over 35 degrees, and I generally run 7-8 degrees colder since I'm in a low spot, and the school is on much higher ground up in town. I had some fear that the coconuts on my palm (that went through the winter) might not be good, but all the ones I've picked and ate were great tasting. They are small in size, but taste great just the same. The video shows one of the coconut I opened and ate. I gave a neighbor a couple of coconuts and she loved them.


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Multi-level scoring approach to discover multi-targeting potency of medicinal plant phytochemicals against protein targets in SARS-CoV-2 and human ACE-2 receptor
Murugan, N. A.; Chitra, J. P.; Jeyaraman, J.; Rajendren, S. M..
Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics ; 59(11):1088-1105, 2022.
Article in English | Scopus | ID: covidwho-2146952
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has become a major threat to human healthcare and world economy. Due to the rapid spreading and deadly nature of infection, we are in a situation to develop quick therapeutics to combat SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we have adopted a multi-level scoring approach to identify multi-targeting potency of bioactive compounds in selected medicinal plants and compared its efficacy with two reference drugs, Nafamostat and Acalabrutinib which are under clinical trials to treat SARS-CoV-2. In particular, we employ molecular docking and implicit solvent free energy calculations (as implemented in the Molecular Mechanics-Generalized Born Surface Area approach) and QM fragmentation approach for validating the potency of bioactive compounds from the selected medicinal plants against four different viral targets and one human receptor (Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2-ACE-2) which facilitates the SARS-CoV-2 entry into the cell. The protein targets considered for the study are viral 3CL main protease (3CLpro), papain-like protease (PLpro), RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), and viral spike protein-human hACE-2 complex (Spike:hACE2) including human protein target (hACE-2). Herein, there liable multi-level scoring approach was used to validate the mechanism behind the multi-targeting potency of selected phytochemicals from medicinal plants. The present study evidenced that the phytochemicals Chebulagic acid, Stigmosterol, Repandusinic acid and Geranin exhibited efficient inhibitory activity against PLpro while Chebulagic acid was highly active against 3CLpro. Chebulagic acid and Geranin also showed excellent target specific activity against RdRp. Luteolin, Quercetin, Chrysoeriol and Repandusinic acid inhibited the interaction of viral spike protein with human ACE-2 receptor. Moreover, Piperlonguminine and Piperine displayed significant inhibitory activity against human ACE-2 receptor. Therefore, the identified compounds namely Chebulagic acid, Geranin and Repandusinic acid can serve as potent multi-targeting phytomedicine for treating COVID-19. © 2022, National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research. All rights reserved.
Sustainable chemical preventive models in COVID-19: Understanding, innovation, adaptations, and impact
Mishra, A.; Choudhary, M.; Das, T. R.; Saren, P.; Bhattacherjee, P.; Thakur, N.; Tripathi, S. K.; Upadhaya, S.; Kim, H. S.; Murugan, N. A.; Tiwari, A.; Patra, S.; Hussain, C. M.; Mishra, A.; Shukla, S. K.; Joshi, G. M..
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society ; 98(10):11, 2021.
Article in English | Web of Science | ID: covidwho-1510018
COVID-19 is considered as a major public health problem caused by the SARS CoV-2. This Viral infection is known to induce worldwide pandemic in short period of time. Emerging evidence suggested that the transmission control and drug therapy may influence the preventive measures extensively as the host surrounding environment and pathogenic mechanism may contribute to the pandemic condition earlier in COVID-19 disease. Although, several animals identified as reservoir to date, however human-to-human transmission is well documented. Human beings are sustaining the virus in the communities and act as an amplifier of the virus. Human activities i.e., living with the patient, touching patient waste etc. in the surrounding of active patients or asymptomatic persons cause significant risk factors for transmission. On the other hand, drug target and mechanism to destroy the virus or virus inhibition depends on diversified approaches of drugs and different target for virus life cycle. This article describes the sustainable chemical preventive models understanding, requirements, technology adaptation and the implementation strategies in these pandemic-like situations. As the outbreak progresses, healthcare models focused on transmission control through disinfections and sanitization based on risk calculations. Identification of the most suitable target of drugs and regional control model of transmission are of high priority. In the early stages of an outbreak, availability of epidemiological information is important to encourage preventive measures efforts by public health authorities and provide robust evidence to guide interventions. Here, we have discussed the level of adaptations in technology that research professionals display toward their public health preventive models. We should compile a representative data set of adaptations that humans can consider for transmission control and adopt for viruses and their hosts. Overall, there are many aspects of the chemical science and technology in virus preventive measures. Herein, the most recent advances in this context are discussed, and the possible reasons behind the sustainable preventive model are presented. This kind of sustainable preventive model having adaptation and implementation with green chemistry system will reduce the shedding of the virus into the community by eco-friendly methods, and thus the risk of transmission and infection progression can be mitigated.
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For The First Time, Air New Zealand Directly Bridges New York And Auckland
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Spencer Jones • Sep 20, 2022
On September 17, an Air New Zealand flight arrived in New York City after being airborne for sixteen hours. It was the airline's first direct flight to the Big Apple.
The CEO of Air New Zealand, Greg Foran, was pleased.
"As one of the world's greatest cities, Air New Zealand is proud to add the Big Apple to its list of 29 international destinations," he said. CNN Travel quoted him as saying New York and Auckland are his two favorite cities.
In July 2022, New Zealand opened its borders to international visitors. Before that, Travel Noire reported that "New Zealand had some of the strictest lock downs anywhere in the world."
To make the inaugural flight to New York special, CNN Travel wrote, "on board meals consisted of New Zealand meats, wines and produce."
Aside from Foran, there were a handful of luminaries from New Zealand on board, including a former prime minister and the minister of tourism. The present prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, "was reportedly planning to join but had to go to London for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral instead."
On a flight bound for Auckland from New York, there was one fly in the ointment. Some passengers didn't get their luggage.
Air New Zealand's Chief Operating Officer, Alex Marren, addressed this. "Unfortunately, given additional fuel requirements due to adverse weather, some customer bags weren't loaded in New York. We are getting them to New Zealand as soon as possible."
The carrier plans to do all it reasonably can do to lessen the chances of that happening again.
The journey between New York and Auckland is one of the longest as far as direct flights are concerned. Another is Singapore Airlines' flight to Newark, New Jersey, which lasts 18 hours.
Australia's chief carrier, Qantas, wants to add a direct flight from Melbourne to Dallas before the year finishes.
Where the U.S. is concerned, Air New Zealand also has flights going to Honolulu and San Francisco.
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Calhoun: Wake-Up Call
CU Regents support Colorado ASSETS tuition plan for illegal immigrants
Patricia Calhoun February 2, 2012 6:57AM
The Colorado Legislature is once again tackling the issue of tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, and yesterday, CU's Board of Regents voted 5-4 to support Colorado ASSET, with Republican Regent Tillie Bishop joining the Democrats. The vote came after much passionate discussion -- because with every issue involving illegal immigration, there is always passionate discussion.
We talked about Colorado ASSET on Colorado Public Television's Colorado Inside Out public-affairs roundtable last week, and after I said that I endorsed the proposal, I received this e-mail from Larry in Brighton:
Just saw a portion of your TV spot...where you are worried about higher education for students of illegal immigrants. What about my grandson with a 4.4 average and his advisor told him there are "no" college/university grants/programs available for him? He is the child of "legal" US/Colorado citizens....where is the equity in being "legal"?
For the record, Colorado ASSET would create a third category of tuition at state schools: standard-rate tuition. To be eligible for this rate, a student would have had to attend three or more years of high school in Colorado and graduate or obtain a GED. The student would then have to apply and be accepted at one of Colorado's institutions of higher learning within twelve months. Colorado ASSET students would not be eligible for any state or federal financial aid.
But what they would be eligible for is a potential future. They could stay in the state that might be the only home they've ever known -- many of these students were brought to this country as infants -- and continue their education.
Rather than costing the school money, speakers addressing the the CU Regents said that ASSET could bring in an additional $4 million annually to institutions of higher education in Colorado.
Maybe some of that money can go to aid for students like Larry's grandson.
Before Helen Thorpe's husband, John Hickenlooper, was elected governor of Colorado, she published Just Like Us, which follows four girls from Mexico -- two here legally, two here illegally -- as they graduate high school and go to college. Thorpe followed another Denver high school student, a boy named Pablo, for "Head of the Class," a Westword story.
Patricia Calhoun co-founded Westword in 1977; she's been the editor ever since. She's a regular on the weekly CPT12 roundtable Colorado Inside Out, played a real journalist in John Sayles's Silver City, once interviewed President Bill Clinton while wearing flip-flops, and has been honored with numerous national awards for her columns and feature-writing.
Contact: Patricia Calhoun
Twitter: @calhounwestword
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Woodbridge Virginia Mortgage Information on VA, FHA, USDA, and Zero Down Loans for Buyers: Is Free Money Real? Or Crap?
I was not surprised about how he felt. Personally I don't believe in "freebies" either. My mom always said there is no FREE lunch I mentioned it in a video I recorded explaining how the program for down payment works. You can watch it here, grant money for downpayment and closing costs in Virginia.
Anyway the commenter is somewhat correct that the free money for down payment and closing costs does come from somewhere. The funds are supplied by a national homebuyers fund to help more people across America own homes.
Now there you have its not free to the company and fund but it is free to the buyer. If you want more details on how to access these funds, fill in your name and email below. A free lunch could be yours, afterall. Fill out my online form.
Interesting post, my thinking freedom is not free, and there is nothing else that is free.
The money is supplied for the buyer.. it does come with a cost, but the buyer is able usually to trade an agreement to stay in the home for a certain number of years or something..


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Rubén Techera (12 grudnia 1946) – piłkarz urugwajski, pomocnik.

Techera w piłkę zaczął grać w klubie Rampla Juniors. W 1966 roku został graczem klubu Club Nacional de Football, razem z którym wziął udział w turnieju Copa Libertadores 1966, gdzie Nacional dotarł do fazy półfinałowej. Techera zdobył w turniej 1 bramkę.

Jako piłkarz klubu Nacional wziął udział w turnieju Copa América 1967, gdzie Urugwaj zdobył tytuł mistrza Ameryki Południowej. Techera zagrał w trzech meczach – z Chile (w przerwie zmienił Julia Montero Castillo), Paragwajem (w 43 minucie zastąpił na boisku Julia Montero Castillo) i Argentyną (w 63 minucie zmienił Héctora Salvę).

Turniej Copa Libertadores 1968 okazał się kompletnym fiaskiem, gdyż Nacional odpadł już w fazie grupowej. Techera zdobył dla swego klubu jedną bramkę w rozegranym u siebie meczu z paragwajską drużyną Club Guaraní.

W turnieju Copa Libertadores 1969 Techera pomógł swemu klubowi dotrzeć do finału, w którym jednak nie wystąpił. W fazie grupowej zdobył dla Nacionalu 1 bramkę.

Z Nacionalu wyemigrował do Peru, gdzie początkowo grał w klubie José Gálvez Chimbote. Razem z peruwiańskim klubem Universitario Lima dotarł do finału turnieju Copa Libertadores 1972, gdzie jego drużyna przegrała jedną bramką dwumecz z argentyńskim klubem CA Independiente. Techera zdobył dla swego klubu 1 bramkę w rozegranym w Limie meczu z CA Peñarol.

Techera na krótko wrócił do ojczyzny, by wziąć razem z Nacionalem udział w turnieju Copa Libertadores 1974. Nacional spisał się fatalnie i zajął w grupie ostatnie miejsce, a Techera zdobył dla klubu 1 bramkę. Wkrótce potem znów wrócił do Universitario.

W turnieju Copa Libertadores 1975 Techera razem z Universitario dotarł do półfinału, zdobywając po drodze dla swego klubu 3 bramki. Walkę o finał klub Techery przegrał z chilijskim zespołem Unión Española. W 1975 roku Techera zakończył swą karierę piłkarską – swymi występami w latach 70. w barwach peruwiańskiego Universitario wpisał się do grona legend tego klubu.

Od 4 stycznia 1967 do 2 lipca 1969 Techera rozegrał w reprezentacji Urugwaju 5 meczów, w których nie zdobył żadnej bramki.

Bibliografia
 Andrzej Gowarzewski, Encyklopedia piłkarska FUJI (Tom 13): Copa America, Wydawnictwo GiA, Katowice 1995, , str. 141, 143

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Reprezentanci Urugwaju w piłce nożnej
Piłkarze Rampla Juniors
Piłkarze Club Nacional de Football
Piłkarze Universitario de Deportes
Uczestnicy Copa América 1967
Urodzeni w 1946
Zdobywcy Copa América
Ludzie urodzeni w Montevideo


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Eine Treidelbahn ist ein schienengebundenes System zum Ziehen ("Treideln") von Schiffen auf Wasserwegen.

Vorgeschichte

Das Treideln von Schiffen erfolgte zunächst stromauf durch Menschenkraft oder Zugtiere. Am Rhein ist es seit dem 8. Jahrhundert belegt. Mit dem Bau von Kanälen wurde das Treideln auch längs dieser künstlich geschaffenen Wasserwege und an deren Schleusen und Tunneln erforderlich. Meist beidseitig wurden Wege angelegt, die als Treidel- oder Leinpfade bezeichnet werden.

Mit der Erfindung der Dampfmaschine und dem Aufkommen von Dampflokomotiven begann vielerorts der Ersatz des bisherigen Verfahrens durch mechanische Antriebe. Während stationäre Anlagen Schiffe nur über begrenzte Strecken ziehen  konnten, beförderten Schleppschiffe und Lokomotiven die Boote über größere Entfernungen hinweg.

Die Treidellokomotiven liefen auf Gleisen, die auf den Leinpfaden verlegt wurden. Erste Treidelloks wurden 1873 am französischen Canal de Bourgogne eingesetzt. Sie waren mit einer Dampfmaschine ausgerüstet und liefen nur einseitig auf einer Schiene, die andere Seite hingegen ähnlich den Lokomobilen auf einem Fahrweg. Zwischen 1898 und 1901 wurde am Finowkanal eine entsprechende elektrische Treidellok von Siemens getestet. Obwohl sich die von Carl Köttgen entwickelte Maschine bewährt hatte, entschied man sich nach dem Ende der Versuche gegen dieses System.

Anstelle schienengebundener Fahrzeuge wurden in Frankreich von 1896 bis 1904 zum Treideln auch Cheval électrique (elektrisches Pferd) genannte elektrisch betriebene Traktoren verwendet. 1911 gab es Versuche mit einer Zugmaschine am Canal de Bourgogne, später kamen Diesel-Zugmaschinen, vor allem des Nutzfahrzeugherstellers Latil, und ab den 1930er Jahren am Ostabschnitt des Canal de la Marne au Rhin auch gummibereifte elektrische Zugmaschinen zum Einsatz.

Geschichte und Beschreibung

Treidelbahnen sind zweckgebundene Systeme, die nicht mit dem übrigen Eisenbahnnetz verbunden sind. Die Gleisanlagen beschränken sich auf das Notwendige, wozu auch Unterstellmöglichkeiten für die Fahrzeuge und ggf. Anlagen für den Betrieb der Dampflokomotiven zählen. Daher existieren neben Lokomotivschuppen und Weichen meist auch Anlagen für die Stromversorgung der Elektrolokomotiven (Oberleitungen, Unterwerke).

Zunächst wurden zum Ziehen der Schiffe auf schmalspurigen Gleisen laufende kleine Dampflokomotiven eingesetzt. 1890 lief am Oder-Spree-Kanal eine zweiachsige Dampflok auf 900 mm breiten Gleisen, die mit bis zu sieben gezogenen Kähnen eine Treidelgeschwindigkeit von 7 km/h erreichte. Es gab aber auch regelspurige Bahnen wie die 1916 errichtete Treidelbahn am Eisernen Tor am serbischen Ufer der Donau. Sie wurde von der deutschen Reserve-Eisenbahn-Baukompanie Nr. 25 aufgebaut, war abschnittsweise zweigleisig und wurde anfangs mit Eisenbahn-Tenderlokomotiven preußischer Bauarten betrieben.

Elektrolokomotiven kamen ab dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert zum Einsatz. Für die 1914 eröffnete Schleusentreppe Niederfinow bauten die Siemens-Schuckertwerke 1913 acht 12 t schwere Maschinen, die auf Meterspurgleisen liefen. Eine dieser Loks ist als Denkmal am Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow erhalten.

Vor allem in Frankreich, wo im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert zahlreiche schiffbare Kanäle entstanden waren, wurden Treidelbahnen gebaut. 1904 wurde eine erste elektrische Treidellokomotive vorgestellt, 1907 zwischen Béthune und dem Bassin rond auf 80 Kilometer Länge der elektrische Treidelbetrieb konzessioniert. In den 1920er Jahren erhielten alle bedeutenden Binnenschifffahrtswege der Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Treidelbahnen. 1926 wurde die Compagnie Générale de Traction sur les Voies Navigables (C.G.T.V.N.) gegründet, die die Aktivitäten mehrerer bis dahin unabhängiger Betreiber bündelte. Ab 1931 wurden am Canal de la Marne au Rhin auch in Lothringen und dem Elsass Treidelbahnen angelegt.

Noch 1936 entstand bei Demange-aux-Eaux eine elektrische Bahn zum Ziehen der Péniches auf dem Canal de la Marne au Rhin. Da die Lokomotiven in Mehrfachtraktion verkehren konnten, erhielten sie Zug- und Stoßeinrichtungen (Kupplungen und Puffer).

Mit dem Aufkommen der Motorschiffe schwand die Bedeutung der Treidelbahnen und die Anlagen wurden stillgelegt. Am Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow kam letztmals im April 1978 eine Treidellokomotive zum Einsatz.

Treidelbahnen (Auswahl)

Teltowkanal
Am 2. Juni 1906, kurz nach der Fertigstellung des Teltowkanals, wurde die dazugehörende Treidelbahn in Anwesenheit Kaiser Wilhelms II. feierlich eröffnet. Das Treideln diente dem Schutz der sandigen Sohle und des Ufers sowie der Vermeidung von Rauchbelästigung durch Schleppschiffe. Zunächst wurde, einem Vorschlag der Firma Siemens & Halske für elektrischen Betrieb folgend, eine rund 1,3 Kilometer lange Versuchsstrecke innerhalb der unteren Kanalhaltung von Albrechts Teerofen bis zum Griebnitzsee errichtet.

Die Bahn umfasste zwei Abschnitte mit insgesamt 26 Elektrolokomotiven, größtenteils mit nur einem Führerstand. Vom oberen Ende des Griebnitzsees bis zur Schleuse Kleinmachnow wurde auf rund 5 Kilometer Länge getreidelt. Auf der Höhe des Machnower Sees war die Weiterführung der Eisenbahntrasse aufgrund des unwegsamen Geländes nicht möglich. Die Schiffe wurden dort vom elektrisch betriebenen Schleppschiff Teltow weitergezogen. Die zweite Treidelstrecke führte vom Machnower See bis zur oberen Kanalmündung bei Grünau und war ca. 28 Kilometer lang. Mit einer Spurweite von 1000 mm wurden die aus Vignolschienen gefertigten Gleise auf die beiderseitigen Leinpfade verlegt. Damit die Lokomotiven im Ringbetrieb verkehren konnten, überquerten sie an den Streckenendpunkten den Kanal auf Brücken. Weitere Brücken wurden über den Einfahrten der als Stichhäfen ausgeführten Hafenbassins angelegt.

Von den Zerstörungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg blieb auch die Treidelbahn nicht verschont. Sowjetische Besatzungstruppen wurden zwischen 1949 und 1952 mit der Demontage und dem Abtransport der Überreste betraut. Nur die Fahrzeuge mit den Nummern 2 und 26 blieben erhalten. Nr. 2 ist heute an der Emil-Schulz-Brücke als Denkmal aufgestellt, Nr. 26 ist im Deutschen Technikmuseum Berlin ausgestellt.

Canal Liège-Maastricht
Am belgischen Kanal von Lüttich (Liège) nach Maastricht existierte eine Treidelbahn, deren Lokomotiven mit Dreiphasenwechselstrom betrieben wurden.

Eisernes Tor

Miami and Erie Canal
Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts erhielt der Miami and Erie Canal in den USA eine Treidelbahn mit Regelspurweite. Die Motoren der 18 t schweren, zweiachsigen Lokomotiven wurden mit Dreiphasenwechselstrom gespeist. 1913 wurde der Kanal nach einem außergewöhnlichen Hochwasser aufgegeben.

Panamakanal

Als bekannteste Treidelbahnen der Welt gelten die Zahnradbahnen der Schleusen des Panamakanals. Deren Lokomotiven können auf bis zu 45 Grad steilen Rampen Seeschiffe von einer Schleusenkammer zur nächsten ziehen.

Weblinks

 Fotos der Treidelbahn Teltowkanal
 Traction mécanique depuis la berge sur les voies navigables (französisch)
 Fotos der Treidelbahnen bei Arzviller (Spurweite 600 mm) und Varangéville (Spurweite 1000 mm)

Literatur

Einzelnachweise

Treideln


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