The NAFEM Show, which took place in Orlando in February, attracted 643 exhibiting companies and more than 22,000 registrants.
More people than ever attended The NAFEM Show in February, checking out the latest in foodservice equipment and supplies. The record-breaking show—put on by the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM)—attracted 643 exhibiting companies and more than 22,000 registrants, while occupying more than 378,000 square feet at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
It's easy to understand the appeal. At The NAFEM Show, attendees can see first-hand the latest and greatest options for outfitting their kitchens. "They can see how the equipment works, and they're dealing directly with the senior management team of the exhibiting company, so they can ask questions of all the right people to know how that product is going to benefit their operations," explains Deirdre Flynn, executive vice president of NAFEM. Foodservice operators spend big bucks on commercial kitchen equipment—a growing market that's expected to reach $112.47 billion by 2025, according to consulting firm Grand View Research. Executives from restaurants, catering companies, hotels and other facilities want to make sure their investments are wise.
So what are the features that operators are looking for in their foodservice equipment? For one, they want products that enable their kitchens to do more with less. "As the footprint of restaurants and the back-of-the-house gets smaller, versatility of equipment is becoming more important," says David Henkes, senior principal at Technomic, a leading food industry research firm. "Operators are looking for equipment that can do multiple things." Combi ovens are a prime example, with their ability to cook with convected heat, pressureless steam or both. Increasingly, adds Henkes, restaurants need the flexibility to create and hold food that can be served both in-house and for takeout.
RATIONAL demonstrated its SelfCookingCenter at the NAFEM pop-up restaurant Bistro R, serving more than 900 guests with three combi ovens in 44 square feet of space.
Consumers' changing food preferences are also affecting the type of equipment that's sought-after for professional kitchens. "There's great interest in refrigeration and holding equipment that keeps products fresher for longer," says Flynn.
Indeed, says Henkes, "refrigeration is growing because of the demand for fresh food, while fryers are on the decline." Consumers are also looking for fresh and healthy drink options, and "beverage remains a growth driver for a lot of operators," adds Henkes. He points to Panera Bread's new Craft Beverage lineup as an example of this trend, where diners can create their own custom beverage from a variety of iced teas, lemonades and frescas—all in visually appealing clear dispensers. High-end specialty coffee and espresso machines are also on trend, he adds.
Labor challenges in the industry make smart equipment appealing. "With recipes that are built in and easy to use, you don't necessarily need a skilled sous chef or skilled chef—you can allow the equipment to do it," notes Henkes.
NAFEM Show attendees can see how equipment works and talk with senior-level executives from the manufacturing companies.
A highlight of The NAFEM Show are its four galleries called "WHAT'S HOT! WHAT'S COOL! What Works!". This year, 23 products were chosen for the galleries—out of 40 that applied—and for each, exhibitors needed "to tell the story of how the product benefited an operation," says Flynn, by helping the company save money, become more efficient or deliver a better product. In the end, those are the qualities foodservice operators are looking for when they invest in new equipment.


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GSK celebrate the launch of a new €1.2m GSK partnership with Barretstown and the SeriousFun Children's Network
February 24, 2017 /in Uncategorized /by Cian
Danger: Kids at work (but it's all for Serious-Fun with Barretstown)
GSK employees' children mount a "take-over" bid to celebrate the launch of a new €1.2m GSK partnership with Barretstown and the SeriousFun Children's Network
"Serious Fun" rather than medicines was on the agenda at global healthcare company GSK today when its employees' children were invited in for the morning to "work" alongside their mums and dads. The GSK "Serious Fun" day was held in celebration of a new €1.2m GSK partnership with the SeriousFun Children's Network (SFCN), which is represented by Barretstown in Ireland.
GSK's newest recruits designed the next marketing campaign for Aquafresh, learned why prevention is so important for asthma patients, undertook some talent management with the HR team by "hiring" some new employees and learnt about the science behind vaccination. Following their immersion in the fascinating world of pharma, they joined their mums and dads, alongside the rest of the GSK team to be led by Barretstown camp leaders in playing some of the games more usually played at their therapeutic recreation camps for children with serious illness in Kildare.
The new 3-year partnership between GSK and SFCN continues the close relationship between GSK and the organisation, which began with Barretstown back in 1994. To date, GSK have provided over €8m in funding to Barretstown which has helped the charity to rebuild the lives of thousands of children who are coping with serious illness and to provide top class family camp facilities, medical assistance and a new hospital outreach programme.
GSK's long-term investment in Barretstown goes far beyond corporate donations; the company runs a number of CSR initiatives with its employees such as its volunteer programme which has seen 350 GSK employees giving their time to Barretstown in a variety of ways, such as providing essential business expertise and training to the Barretstown team and acting as chaperones and translators on the camping programmes.
Dee Ahern, CEO of Barretstown, commented, "We have been working with GSK now for nearly 25 years so we are delighted to announce the next phase of this very unique partnership. Without GSK, Barretstown simply wouldn't be where we are today: With this new investment from GSK, we are hoping to welcome over 25% more campers over the next three years as well as double the number of children and families attending our outreach programmes to nearly 4,300. Our unique partnership with GSK really goes beyond financial support: our camps welcome hundreds of GSK volunteers every year who bring a wealth of expertise, enthusiasm and goodwill to our organisation."
Aidan Lynch, General Manager of GSK Pharmaceuticals Ireland and Barretstown Board member, added, "Today is all about having some serious fun but for a very serious cause: GSK's relationship with Barretstown goes back to its very beginning and we are so proud to have played a part in helping them impact and change the lives of so many children and families. Barretstown has a very special place in the hearts of GSK employees so we wanted to mark our new partnership by doing something that celebrated the spirit of "Serious Fun" and bring that to life in our own offices for the day."
About the GSK SFCN programme:
The GSK SFCN partnership supports six camps in Europe: Barretstown, Ireland, Over the Wall, UK, l'Envol, France, Dynamo, Italy, Bator Tabor, Hungary, Jordan River Village, Israel, as well as new Global Partnership Programmes in South Africa and Botswana.
This new agreement follows on from a previous 3-year relationship, where with GSK's support, the SFCN Europe and Israel Camps have:
served 23,234 campers through residential programmes
served 15,587 campers through Hospital Outreach programmes
welcomed 15,612 volunteers
welcomed 310 GSK staff as volunteers
Key achievements across the Pan European partnership over the past three years:
Expanded the Hospital Outreach programme in Ireland
Strengthened the volunteer and staff training programmes in Italy including the introduction of a distance learning tool for participants.
Introduced a camper nutrition programme in Hungary
Offered camping sessions to hearing impaired children in Israel
Built a world class Therapeutic Recreation Programme in France
Increased the numbers of seriously ill children and their siblings served in the UK
Benefited from the leadership of local GSK teams allowing them to scale up services and ambitions for the future
Achieved greater connectivity within SFCN camps
Established stronger relationships between SFCN camps and staff in their local GSK office
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I Bleed Crimson Red: How's this for a BCS cluster fark?
How's this for a BCS cluster fark?
Then, in the SEC Championship Game, South Carolina fixes the problems it had against Auburn earlier in the season and wins the rematch at the Georgia Dome. None of the other games that weekend would matter, since Alabama and TCU will have finished their regular seasons and face no more chances to be dislodged.
And of course, Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson, Julio Jones, Marcel Dareus and Greg McElroy would successfully defend their title and win the Crimson Tide's 14th National Championship.


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The Arboretum de la Sivrite is a research arboretum located within the Forêt de Haye near Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France.

See also
 List of botanical gardens in France

References

Further reading
 Jean-François Lacaze and J. Pardé, "Les Enseignements de l'arboretum de la Sivrite", Revue Forestière Française, 15(2), pages 92-115, 1963.
 H. Polge, "Compte-rendu des études technologiques faites sur quatre essences en provenance de l'Arboretum de la Sivrite", Revue Forestière Française, n° 2, pages 116–126, February, 1963.

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Are you willing to buy a car? But you can't decide which car will be bought? New or old (recondition)? Then know some important information before your buying old or new car.
The businessmen are saying, the old car may not be beneficial though it will cost lower at the beginning. Because, there is no after sale service. There is no guarantee for certain period. So evaluating different matters it will be better to buy new car than old and it will be better for long term. Besides new one is better than old one if we think about environment.
According to Hamidur Rahman, various kinds of switch, device, boards etc are used in the car like electronics products. So these kinds of parts' longevity doesn't remain same after few days. Besides, the old vehicle is harmful for the environment. Because, led or sisha comes out from these cars. And comparatively led or sisha will be fewer in the new cars. For this reason at the developed country, they have to pay high taxation for renewal of these cars. For this reason the Japanese don't use these kinds of cars and we imported those from them.
In this matter, the head of the Honda sales department says, it is better to buy a new one than old one.


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Arts and Humanities Citation Index via ISI Web of Science VCU
Database of references cited in articles from 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Search by cited reference, topic, and author. Web of Science Tutorial
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Documentaries, interviews, and archival footage covering African American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender relationships, and social and economic issues.
British Periodicals I-III
British Periodicals offers searchable facsimile images for nearly 500 journals dating from the 17th to the 20th century. This resource contains Collections I-III covering historical, artistic, and popular periodicals.
Classical Music Reference Library VCU
From the ancient Greek modes to modern compositions, Classical Music Reference Library offers comprehensive coverage of all classical genres, spanning music from the Medieval period to the 21st century.
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Classical Scores Library contains over 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material.
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Search for citations in the New York Public Library's extensive collection of dance materials. To limit your search, select Dance Research Collection, one of the lowermost options, from the drop-down menu.
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Citations to over 31,000 plays published from 1949 to the present.
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Portal to electronic collection of about 200 journals from 30 not-for-profit publishers.
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Twentieth Century North American Drama VCU
Full-text of 2,000 plays from the United States and Canada. Includes playbills, posters, and other ephemera.


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Jurlique CMO departs
Global chief brand officer leaves Australian skincare brand after a two-year tenure
Andrea Martens
Jurlique global chief marketing and brand officer, Andrea Martens, has left the Australian-based skincare products manufacturer after a two-year stint.
Martens confirmed to CMO she finished with the organisation last week and was not being directly replaced.
The former Unilever marketer and products manager joined Jurlique in March 2016 to oversee the group's 55-strong global marketing division and drive growth across the 23 markets it operates in. Prior to this, Martens spent 16 years with Unilever, working across brands such as Children's Panadol, Banana Boat, Neutrogena, Dove, Omo and Streets. She has also previously worked for GlaxoSmithKline and FH Faulding.
Upon joining Jurlique, Martens was tasked with realising a company-wide commitment to consumer insight and data-driven marketing, strategic brand thinking and fostering creativity. It was work that earned her a place in the CMO50 in 2017.
Martens said she had originally been drawn to Jurlique to lead the development of a global brand strategy and setting up the iconic Australian brand for future success. As a South Australia, she said she also felt an affinity for the organisation, founded in the Adelaide Hills 30 years ago.
"After two years of work, the strategy is now complete," she said. "It was an exhaustive process that brought some of the best marketing, data and creative specialists together to create a whole new brand platform for Jurlique. We identified the brand's DNA and codes, unearthed more about our target consumer than ever before, and launched a compelling creative campaign that is already generating results in market.
"With the job down, I have no moved on from Jurlique. I wish the sales and executional teams all the best as they roll out the strategies and campaigns in the coming months."
Martens said she's going to take the next few months to take some time off while weighing up her next professional move, while doing adhoc consulting work.
CMO understands Jurlique's deputy CEO, Laurence Crussol, now has oversight of global brand strategy.
Read more CMO50 2018 is now open for submissions
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Golfers raised over £2,000 for our Radlett Lodge School at a special charity day on Monday 17 September at Mid Herts Golf Club. The money raised will help our school continue to expand its golfing programme, so even more autistic children and young people can benefit.
The programme, which involves lessons from a professional golfer, has been running for three years and has proved very popular with students. As well as helping them to exercise and get fresh air, teachers have also noticed improvements in students' confidence, concentration and vital social skills like turn-taking and listening.
Some of the older students now regularly go to the local driving range, and three students have even played at Mid Herts Golf Club.
The project is only possible thanks to financial support from a number of people and organisations, including the Golf Foundation, Sport England, as well as Mid Herts Golf Club Hertfordshire Golf Development who put on the recent charity golf day. As well as a golfing competition, this involved a dinner and a raffle for donated prizes.
The school has also just been selected by be the Porters Park Golf Club Lady Captain's Charity for 2019.
Our charity currently runs eight schools, including Radlett Lodge which opened in 1974. It caters for up to 55 students in its day school and also runs a modern, purpose-built home called the Lodge in the school grounds where children stay on a weekly, termly or flexi-boarding basis. The school has an 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating for its education provision and a 'Good rating' for its residential provision.
One of the senior students involved in the golf project said: "I started playing golf when I was 15, learning all the basics in the school hall like the younger children are doing now. And because I progressed very well, I now play every week at the driving range and putting green.
Jeremy Keeble, Principal of the National Autistic Society's Radlett Lodge School, said: "It's wonderful seeing so many students willing to get involved and having fun playing golf. It's proved to be brilliant as both an individual and group activity and has helped our students grow in confidence and develop their social skills, by practising things like turn taking, listening and patience. It's also helped our students to integrate socially, increased their wider motivation and reduced instances of students becoming overwhelmed.
"None of this would have been possible without the generous support of so many people and organisations, not least Mid Herts Golf Club and Hertfordshire Golf Development who put on the brilliant charity golf day for us and have helped in so many other ways.
"A huge thank you as well to other local golf clubs who have contributed and to Sport England and the Golf Foundation for all their support – and to Porters Park Golf Club for making us their Lady Captain's Charity for 2019. And finally, to Simon and Sue for choosing us as their Captains' Charity, Scott our golf pro, and Rowena Hemmings for being the driving force behind the project.


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Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 underway at NTC Fort Irwin
by Aerotech News & Review • March 16, 2022 2:26 pm
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division maneuver toward a town during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
During Training Day 1 and 2 the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division maneuvered out of Tactical Assembly Areas conducting zone reconnaissance and movement to contact operations to seize an objective during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at The National Training Center/Fort Irwin, Calif.
A U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division moves to a defensive position during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.,, March 13, 2022. (Army photograph by Spec. Colton Pope)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division secure structures while capturing an objective during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division scans for simulated enemies during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division maneuver over terrain to attack an objective during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division position 2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles in an attack position during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Pfc. Aaron Walker)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division prepare for tactical advancement during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Pfc. Aaron Walker)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division maneuver a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Pfc. Aaron Walker)
A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division maneuvers over terrain to attack an objective during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conduct room clearance operations during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division suppresses simulated enemy combatants utilizing a machine gun during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division maneuver through town during Decisive Action Rotation 22-05 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.,, March 12, 2022. (Army photograph by Sgt. Ryan Gosselin)
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The phrase "repeal and replace Obamacare" might be in the news, but any new legislation regarding it means little for Michiganians.
Obamacare and the Republicans' fix, the American Health Care Act, are almost entirely focused on the individual insurance market, yet the majority of Americans receive employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. More importantly, more than one million Metro Detroiters are covered by employers who "self-fund" or self-insure their employee health care benefits.
What does self-insure mean? It means your employer pays, right out of its annual budget, 100 percent of employee medical claims. Your card might read Blue Cross Blue Shield or Aetna, but the insurance company is simply the administrator who collects the claims and sends them off to your employer for payment.
Regardless of who is paying, rising health care costs are the No. 1 threat to American prosperity. Health care costs forced General Motors, Chrysler and the city of Detroit into bankruptcy; health care costs are the main reason wages have not grown in 20 years; and, Michigan spends 40 percent (and growing) of its annual budget on health care — crowding out spending on everything else.
But fixing our health care cost problem today doesn't require a single action from Congress. Instead of marching on Washington and yelling at elected officials, we should be talking to our CEOs and heads of human resources.
Self-insured employers have tremendous power to change health care. Most employers simply outsource health care benefit construction to consultants and brokers — the same people who are compensated to perpetuate our high-cost health care status quo.
When the lame, status quo attempts at cost-control fail, the usual employer response is to cut, cut, cut. They resort to using an axe to prune rose bushes; high deductible health plans are blunt force instruments that do not sustainably control health care costs and will eventually exacerbate our cost problem.
Indeed, a few, truly innovative employers are providing better employee benefits and reducing health care costs 20-50 percent. If everyone followed their lead, it could result in $2,500 to $5,000 annual raises for each of us and immediately pump $2 billion to 4 billion into the Metro Detroit economy every year.
The solution isn't a secret. In fact, a non-profit/501(c)(3) called the Health Rosetta was formed to publicize the simple fixes. The organization was spurred by a concerned citizen and the former global head of Microsoft's health care business named Dave Chase.
The Health Rosetta identifies a few, easy to implement, specific improvements, the most important of which focuses on the intake or front-end of the system: primary care. Hence, the Health Rosetta's foundation is called Value-Based Primary Care or Direct Primary Care. Other improvements are then built on top, such as "Transparent Medical Markets," where patients receive up-front pricing and even quality guarantees on a range of surgeries and procedures.
These are the kinds of solutions employers should be considering as everyone wrestles with skyrocketing health care costs.
Tom Valenti is the founding partner of Forthright Health.
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Dr. Lovette's Letter to La Vernia regarding the 2018 district and campus accountability ratings is shared here.
The 2018 Accountability Ratings are now available. Click HERE to access.
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IT Leadership // Team Building & Staffing
Cindy Waxer
Software Engineer: 2012's Top Job
Hiring demand, high salaries, and some lesser-known perks make software engineering the most enviable profession, CareerCast.com survey finds.
2012 Salary Survey: 12 Career Insights
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Years of studying are finally paying off for today's software engineers. Job search website CareerCast.com recently ranked 200 jobs from best to worst based on five criteria including salary, stress levels, hiring outlook, physical demands, and work environment. The top job for 2012: software engineer.
According to the CareerCast study, software engineer beat out positions including physician, Web developer, computer programmer, and financial planner, thanks to through-the-roof demand and excellent pay. In fact, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median pay for software engineers in 2010 was $90,530 per year. And the demand for software engineers is on the rise, with an estimated growth rate of 30% between 2010 and 2020--more than double the 14% average growth rate for all occupations.
"Over the last few years there's definitely been a 20% to 25% uptick in salary for software engineers," said Tom Janofsky, VP of software engineering at Monetate, a Philadelphia-based provider of marketing optimization technology and a 15-year software engineer veteran. "I feel like I live in a different economy. We're constantly hiring, which is so different from what I hear on the news. It's sort of surreal."
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But great pay and plentiful job opportunities aren't the only aspects of what makes the role of software engineer an enviable IT position. The collaboration, creative thinking, and hands-on experimentation required of software engineers can lead to an ever-evolving career path.
Just ask Ruchi Sanghvi. Facebook's first female engineer, Sanghvi worked her way from "an office space in downtown Palo Alto right above a Chinese restaurant" to the executive office of Dropbox, where she's currently the VP of operations.
Consider these five advantages of a software engineer career path:
1. Tons Of Flextime: Artsy Web designers aren't the only IT professionals who get to think outside the box--and work outside the cubicle. "Being a software engineer is a really creative job," said Janofsky. "There's a lot of freedom around workplace hours and a lot of the work can be done remotely from home--perks people typically associate with more creative positions."
2. Cool Colleagues: A big part of software engineering is constant trial-and-error--an experimental spirit that's likely to attract those who "enjoy theoretical problem-solving" rather than IT professionals "from more traditional IT roles like systems administration," said Janofsky. As a result, he said, "some people who come to our company and interview for a position may not have even studied to become a software engineer, but maybe wrote a game that's available in an app store. It's very much a field that's open and accessible to people that may not have a traditional computer science background."
3. A Team-Oriented Work Environment: Unlike programmers, software engineers typically work in teams in order to meet tight timelines and release dates. It's a collaborative environment that Sanghvi described as "the closest thing you can find to a meritocracy. It's results that matter and it's what will get you noticed. It's an unusual environment and it's a great environment because of that."
Facebook was no exception, Sanghvi says. "Being the first female engineer at Facebook was just a lot of heads-down hard work building products that we really cared about and working together to get things out. It was really exciting," she recalled.
4. A Chance For Creativity: Forget Hollywood. "People have a 1980s movie view of a software engineer as someone sitting at a desk and banging at a keyboard," said Janofsky. "But that really misses the part of the problem solving that's so fascinating. We're not talking about something you can type into Google to find the answer. Rather, software engineering is like having an infinite set of Legos. It's about taking things apart and rebuilding them."
5. Freedom To Fail: Whether it's ensuring a network's availability or blocking malicious code, many of today's IT professionals work within a razor-thin margin for error. That's not the case, though, for software engineers. "A lot of what we do is about failing, doing something wrong and then going back and looking at the problem again," said Janofsky. "Our work is a puzzle and that's a great part of the job that's often not seen or understood."
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re: Software Engineer: 2012's Top Job
Funny how IT == "all of the computing jobs in the universe." Not true. Let's make this an auto industry metaphor. Computer Scientists == Design and build concept cars. Software Engineers == Design and build production cars. Programmers == Maintain and repair cars. IT == pumps gas.
CareerCoachJeff,
Tons of Flexibility is a key selling point not just in IT. The availability of hotspots, access to company intranets, and even shared cloud space make flexibility an attractive selling point for both employer and potential employee.


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Шестой сезон женской сборной России по футболу.

Матчи женской сборной России по футболу в 1997

Чемпионат Европы
Россия впервые участвовала в финальной стадии Чемпионата Европы. Проведя 3 матча и все проиграв, забив 2 мяча и пропустив 6 — заняла 4 место в группе.

Официальные матчи
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В рамках подготовки к Чемпионату Европы сборная России провела два матча со сборной Белоруссии. Первый матч прошел на день города Старые Дороги. Главный тренер просматривал ближайший резерв и наряду с опытными игроками дебютировали Светлана Феколкина и Марина Дикарева. Не приехали травмированные: Петько, Босикова и Григорьева. Не выходили на поле Барбашина и Денщик.

Игры и голы
Игроки включённые в список «33 лучшие футболистки сезона 1997 года».

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Eric Sheridan Prydz (* 19. Juli 1976 in Täby) ist ein schwedischer House-DJ und Produzent.

Karriere
Prydz begann im Alter von neun Jahren in Stockholm Musik zu machen. Nachdem er in seiner Schule eingebrochen und Keyboards gestohlen hatte, landete Prydz in einem Internat für schwer erziehbare Kinder.

Durch seinen Freund Steve Angello ermutigt, begann Prydz sehr früh eigene Tracks zu produzieren. Seine musikalischen Interessen waren zunächst stark durch den Sound von Depeche Mode beeinflusst. Erst als ihm ein Freund seines älteren Bruders 1989 ein Mixtape aus Ibiza mitbrachte, änderte Prydz seinen Stil in Richtung House.

2004 produzierte er den Track Call on Me, der vor allem wegen der erotischen Stilelemente im Musikvideo bekannt ist. Mittelpunkt des Videos ist die von der australischen Tänzerin Deanne Berry gespielte laszive Kursleiterin, die während der Aerobic-Stunde in ihrem schwarzen String-Body die Blicke des einzigen männlichen Kursteilnehmers auf sich zieht. Das Lied baut weitgehend auf Samples von Steve Winwoods Hit Valerie aus dem Jahr 1982 auf. Ursprünglich hatten DJ Falcon und Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) Call on Me gesampelt und als DJ-Tool verwendet. Vor Prydz´ Version wurde der Track bereits in unterschiedlichen Versionen von Red Kult und Retarded Funk produziert, doch wurden nie die Rechte für die Samples geklärt. Als Eric Prydz den Auftrag bekam, ihn zu remixen, holte sein Label Ministry of Sound selbst die Rechte ein und um die Besitzrechte der Originalaufnahme zu klären, wurde das Original eigens für die Singleveröffentlichung noch einmal mit Winwoods Gesang neu aufgenommen. Bangalter und DJ Falcon tauchen bei keiner Version in den Credits auf.

Am 25. September 2004 erreichte Prydz mit dieser Aufnahme die Spitze der britischen Singlecharts und hielt diese Position mit einer Unterbrechung fünf Wochen lang. Prydz hält den Rekord der geringsten Zahl verkaufter Singles, mit der jemals ein Künstler Platz 1 der britischen Singlecharts erreichte. Bei seiner Rückkehr auf Platz 1 am 17. Oktober 2004 unterbot er mit 23.519 verkauften Singles den bisherigen Rekord von Daniel Bedingfield aus dem Januar 2002. Eine Woche später setzte er seine eigene Marke mit 21.749 verkauften Singles noch einmal niedriger.

Am 1. November 2004 stieg er auch in den deutschen Singlecharts auf Platz 1 ein.

Eric Prydz produziert auch unter einigen weiteren Künstlernamen, wie z. B. Pryda, Cirez D, Sheridan oder Moo. Des Weiteren ist Prydz Teil diverser Gruppen, u. a. A&P Project, Dukes of Sluca, Groove System, Hardform und AxEr. Der letzte Name steht für ein gemeinsames Projekt von Eric Prydz und seinem DJ-Kollegen Axwell. Dazu unterhält er nun auch seine eigenen Labels Pryda, Pryda Friends sowie Mouseville.
Ende 2006 erschien die neue Single Proper Education mit einem Sample von Pink Floyds Another Brick in the Wall.

2008 landete er mit Pjanoo einen weltweiten Clubhit, der zudem als Soundtrack von Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony verwendet wurde.

2011 veröffentlichte er den Remix Never Let Me Down Again von Depeche Mode neu auf ihren Remix-Album Remixes 2: 81–11, außerdem den Song 2Night. Dieser war eine Auskopplung des neuen Albums Pryda, welches am 18. Mai 2012 in Deutschland erschien.

Diskografie

Alben

EPs

Singles

Weitere Veröffentlichungen
2003:
 Slammin'
 Sunrize (A & P Project)

2004:
 Human Behaviour / Lesson One²
 Control Freak³
 Deep Inside³
 Diamond Girl³
 Spooks / Doit²
 In & Out
 High On You (Sheridan)

2005:
 123 (AxEr)
 321 (AxEr)
 Knockout³
 Re-Match³
 Teaser / Lollipop³
 Aftermath²
 Nile / Sucker DJ²

2006:
 Fatz Theme / Flycker (Sheridan)
 Ferriberri (Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Eric Prydz)
 Remember / Frankfurt²
 Punch Drunk³
 Deep Inside³

2007
 Horizons³
 Genesis²
 Teaser³
 Ironman / Madderferrys²
 Muranyi / Balaton²
 Rymd / Armed²
 Mouseville's Theme³

2008:
 Europa / Odyssey²
 Stockholm Marathon / The Journey³
 Läget³
 Evouh / Wakanpi / Rakfunk²

2009:
 Animal / Miami to Atlanta / Loaded²
 On Off / Fast Forward³
 Melo / Lift / Reeperbahn²
 The Tunnel / Raptor³
 Waves / Alfon²
 On Off / Fast Forward³

2010:
 Bauerpost / Glow³
 Exit³
 Rymd 2010 / Inspiration²
 Emos / Viro²
 The End / M.S.B.O.Y²
 Niton / Vega²
 Illusions / Glimma²

2011:
 Full Stop³
 Tomorrow (Cirez D & Acki Kokotos)
 Sirtos Madness (Cirez D & Acki Kokotos)
 Mokba³
 Mirage / Juletider / With Me²
 2night²

2012:
 Allein²
 Every Day
 Recommendos² / Bergen²

2015:
 Tether (vs. Chvrches)
 Liberate
 Generate
 Neuron / Loving You / Run / Rebel XX – (Pryda Vol.1 EP)²
 Opus
 T.I.D / Rush / Clapham / Annexet / Welcome to my House – (Pryda Vol.2 EP)²

2016:
 Breathe (feat. Rob Swire)
 Last Dragon

²= Als Pryda³= Als Cirez D

Remixe
2002:
 Outfunk – Echo Vibes (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Star Alliance – PVC (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Par-T-One vs. INXS – I'm So Crazy (Eric Prydz Remix)

2003:
 Harry's Afro Hut – C'mon Lady (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Outfunk – Lost in Music (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Steve Angello – Voices (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Snap! vs. Motivo – The Power (Of Bhangra) (Eric Prydz Remix)
 M Factor – Come Together (Eric Prydz Remix)
 The Attic – Destiny (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Futureshock – Pride's Paranoia (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Oliver Lieb & Shakeman Pres. Smoked – Metropolis (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Pet Shop Boys – Miracles (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Aloud – Sex & Sun (Eric Prydz Remix)

2004:
 Duran Duran – (Reach Up for The) Sunrise (Eric Prydz Remix)
 The Shapeshifters – Lola's Theme (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Mutiny & Lorraine Cato – Holding On (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Alter Ego – Rocker (Eric Prydz Remix)

2005:
 Axwell – Feel The Vibe (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Howard Jones – And Do You Feel Scared? (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Inner City – Good Life (Eric Prydz Edit)

2006:
 Switch – A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Paolo Mojo – 1983 (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Double 99 – R.I.P. Groove (Cirez D Remix)
 Michael Jackson – Thriller (Eric Prydz Bootleg)
 Duran Duran – Nice (Eric Prydz Bootleg)

2007:
 Jamiroquai – Feels Just Like It Should (Cirez D Remix)
 Arno Cost & Arias Vs. Robin S. – Show Me Magenta (Axwell & Eric Prydz Chariots Re-edit Mash Up)
 Sven Väth – The Beauty & The Beast (Eric Prydz Re-edit)

2008:
 Christian Smith & John Selway – Total Departure (Cirez D Remix)
 Paolo Mojo & Jim Rivers – Ron Hardy Said (Eric Prydz Remix)

2009:
 Sébastien Léger – The Beautiful People (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Calvin Harris – Flashback (Eric Prydz Remix)

2010:
 Faithless – Not Going Home (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Felix da Housecat – Thee Anthem (Eric Prydz Remix)

2011:
 Eric Prydz feat. Jan Burton – Niton (The Reason) (Pryda 82 Mix)
 Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Digitalism – Circles (Eric Prydz Remix)
 Henry Saiz & Guy J – Meridian (Pryda Remix)

2012:
 M83 – Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)

Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe

Quellen

Weblinks
 Eric Prydz Live in Köln, Februar 2012
 Interview mit Eric Prydz in Hamburg (2011)
 Homepage

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Echo-Pop-Preisträger
Schwede
Geboren 1976
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By William O'Connor
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Nine deaths occurred in March and one date of death remains under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 75 years and the age range was 45 – 88 years.
There has been a total of 4,576 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday, March 18, the HPSC has been notified of 507 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 229,306* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
249 are men / 255 are women
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'I know that it's a kind of 'herd' thing – group dynamics,' Stacy said, 'the weakest are afraid to be seen as wimps, so they cheer-on the ones who are doing things like calling women names as they pass. The ones who should know better don't like being the odd one out – so they say nothing.'
'But they're as bad then, aren't they?' Mel asked.
'That kind of social conditioning doesn't get educated out of the system overnight, Mel love,' Stacy said, 'We just have to keep making a fuss, keep it in the headlines. It's just like systemic racism – and just as evil.'
'Change of subject,' Stacy said, 'What do you think of those two over there – the bloke with the polo shirt? He's got a nice arse, hasn't he? I don't fancy yours much though.'
They laughed conspiratorially.
Progress with the driving lessons – or not
After a few weeks of twice-weekly, two-hour lessons, Tracy was gaining confidence. There had been a couple of occasions when she'd noticed her instructor, Geoff, eyeing her up and down – but in her life that was pretty much the norm. She didn't want to dress like a scarecrow or deliberately make herself look unattractive. That was a type of surrender. Someone had suggested that she should buy a cheap wedding ring to put men off. She'd heard from someone else that some men simply saw that as a challenge.
On her fourth lesson she noticed what Stacy had been talking about. He'd directed her onto a long quiet stretch of wide road on an industrial estate and instructed her to choose somewhere convenient, safe and legal, to pull into the roadside. He'd commented on jerkiness he'd noticed in the way she moved away from the kerbside. He'd said that it was down to her clutch control and he wanted her to engage first gear, keeping the clutch pedal down without pressing the accelerator and then to remove the handbrake. She was then do her mirror checks and to gently raise her foot on the clutch until the car began to move forward without the aid of the accelerator.
At her first attempt the car stalled. At her next try, the car crept forward and he told her to continue slowly to remove clutch pressure until the car was moving forward without any assistance from either the accelerator or clutch pedal. She did as she was told and moved her left hand onto the gear lever knob to prepare to change into second gear. It was then that he placed his hand over hers and said that he wanted her to simply let the car continue to build up speed without the accelerator for the time being. His hand remained over hers.
He got her to speed up and slow down using the footbrake and clutch pedal alone until she could use the clutch comfortably. At that point, he removed his hand and told her that, starting to use the accelerator, she should change up into second gear.
Mel felt that she'd made a major leap in her driving skill, but she wasn't happy about how he'd kept his hand over hers.
He told her to continue along the estate ring road for a while and then said that she should pull into the roadside again and park-up for a moment. He explained that he now wanted her to develop her steering and reversing skills by completing a turn in the road to test standards. He talked her through the idea of using the steering quite quickly while moving slowly and explained what use she'd need to make of her mirrors, and what checks she'd need to make without them by turning her head and shoulders.
She began the manoeuvre as instructed, steering towards the opposite kerb. It was while she was turning and reversing, as he turned to check behind, that he placed his hand on her leg above her knee – she could feel through her trousers his fingers lying across the inside of her thighs .
She braked, changed gear into neutral and applied the handbrake before yanking the key from the ignition and opening her door.
'What are you doing?' he asked. 'We're in the middle of the road.'
'Get your hand off my leg,' she told him firmly. 'The lesson is over. I'm phoning my dad to collect me and take me home. If you want your fee for this lesson, sue me. The court will be interested to hear why I refused to pay you.'
'Jesus,' he said, 'I didn't mean any harm. I hadn't even realised what I'd done.'
'I don't believe you and nor will my friend Detective Sergeant Jackson,' she said
She got out of the car and tossed the key across the road into a hedge.
She slammed the door shut and walking to the pavement, phone in hand, keyed in her dad's number.
Geoff got out of the car, his face red with fury.
'You stupid bitch,' he said, 'Where did you throw the key?'
She stopped speaking to her dad and pointed to the hedge.
'Your car's causing an obstruction,' she said, 'I expect the police will be here soon to get you to move it. I'll explain if I'm still here.'
He walked quickly across to the hedge as a lorry driver sounded his horn.
A change of scene today. While we're still in bluebells season, I thought that I'd include a few shots that I took in my local park on 28 April. Today's photo shows some flowering cherry trees.
I used my Pentax KP 24 MM cropped sensor camera with a Pentax 28-105 mm f/3.5 to 5.6 lens. The EXIF data were shutter speed was 1/200 seconds at f/5 and 28 mm. The shot was handheld. I post-processed the shot in Lightroom.


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Launched in summer of 2013, Final Fantasy XIV has piqued the curiosity of more than fourteen million players, as announced by its creator, Square Enix, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the game.
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Johann Jacob Markus Leberecht Uhlich (* 27. Februar 1799 in Köthen (Anhalt); † 23. März 1872 in Magdeburg) war Theologe, Begründer der Lichtfreunde und Mitbegründer der Freireligiösen Bewegung.

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Ausbildung

Der als Sohn des Schneiderehepaares Johann Christlieb Leberecht Uhlich und Maria Elisabeth Heitmann geborene Leberecht Uhlich besuchte zunächst in seiner Heimatstadt die Schule. Seine familiären Verhältnisse waren einfach, obgleich ihm seine Eltern durch ihre Anstellung bei der adligen Familie Pfister einen Einblick in die herrschaftliche Welt ermöglichten. Bereits in der Schule kam er in Kontakt mit dem von der Aufklärung (Immanuel Kant) formulierten Rationalismus. Ein Schulaufsatz mit dem Titel: "Über den Unterschied des Katholizismus und Protestantismus" (Stadtarchiv Magdeburg) belegt den Einfluss, den der Rationalismus auf ihn genommen hat. Uhlich studierte ab Mai 1817 Theologie an der Universität Halle, die er wegen ihrer Ausrichtung auf den theologischen Rationalismus gewählt hatte. Seine Aufmerksamkeit schenkte er dort besonders den Professoren Julius August Ludwig Wegscheider (1771–1849), Wilhelm Gesenius (1786–1842) und August Hermann Niemeyer (1754–1828).

Pfarrer in Diebzig und Pömmelte

Uhlich ging dann zurück in seine Heimatstadt Köthen und war hier von 1820 bis 1824 als Lehrer tätig. 1824 erhielt er im nahen Diebzig (Anhalt) seine erste Anstellung als Pfarrer. Nach dem Übertritt von Herzog Ferdinand von Anhalt-Köthen zum Katholizismus bekannte sich Uhlich klar zum Protestantismus. Da er eine Förderung danach nicht mehr zu erwarten hatte, wechselte er in die preußische Landeskirche und wurde 1827 Pfarrer in Pömmelte. Hier wurde auch seine Tochter, die spätere Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin Clara Wilhelmine Uhlich, geboren. Er war dort ein beliebter und engagierte Pfarrer, der aufgrund seines Engagements sogar eher für einen Pietisten gehalten wurde. In der Öffentlichkeit war er praktisch unbekannt. Er veranstaltete abendliche gutbesuchte Bibelstunden. Die Teilnehmer konnten frei alle religiösen und kirchenpolitischen Fragen ansprechen.

Gründung der Lichtfreunde

Seine jedoch tatsächlich rationalistische Glaubensauffassung brachte ihn in einen Gegensatz zum verbreiteten Pietismus. In Zusammenhang mit dem Magdeburger Bilderstreit, bei welchem der ebenfalls rationalistische Pfarrer Wilhelm Franz Sintenis (1794–1859) harte Disziplinarmaßnahmen erlitt, gründete Uhlich am 29. Juni 1841 in Gnadau den Verein der Protestantischen Freunde, der als die Lichtfreunde bezeichnet wurde. Der zunächst nur mit 15 weiteren Pfarrern als innerkirchliche Opposition gegründete Verein gewann bald auch unter Laien sehr stark an Einfluss und wurde zu einer Massenbewegung. Vor allem durch den Einsatz Uhlichs entstanden innerhalb weniger Jahre in der preußischen Provinz Sachsen, aber auch in anderen Regionen, örtliche Vereine der Lichtfreunde. Seit 1842 gab Uhlich auch die Blätter für christliche Erbauung heraus.

In der Vorzeit der deutschen Märzrevolution von 1848 wurde der Verein zunehmend politischer. Unter Gustav Adolf Wislicenus aus Halle (Saale) bildete sich innerhalb des Vereins ein demokratisch-aktionistischer Flügel. Obwohl Uhlich Bedenken vor der staatlichen und kirchlichen Reaktion hatte, solidarisierte er sich mit Wislicenus. In verschiedenen Broschüren wurde Uhlich daraufhin vorgeworfen, ein eidbrüchiger Theologe zu sein, der das Christentum bereits verlassen habe. Hiergegen wehrte sich Uhlich in seinem Werk Bekenntnisse aus dem Jahr 1845. Er fasste dort seine liberale, rationalistische Haltung zusammen. Das Werk beeinflusste die evangelische Provinzialsynode von 1844 und die preußische Generalsynode von 1846 deutlich.

Diese Auseinandersetzung gab der Bewegung weiteren Auftrieb. Auf Versammlungen im Jahr 1845 sprach Uhlich teilweise bereits vor mehreren tausend Menschen. Vor diesem Hintergrund erfolgte am 10. August 1845 ein Verbot der Versammlungen der Lichtfreunde in Preußen.

Pfarrer an der Sankt-Katharina-Kirche in Magdeburg

Anhänger der Lichtfreundebewegung innerhalb der Magdeburger Bürgerschaft setzten dann gegen die Kirchenleitung durch, dass Uhlich ab dem 1. Oktober 1845 auf die unbesetzte zweite Predigerposition an der Magdeburger Sankt-Katharinen-Kirche berufen wurde. Uhlich nutzte das ihm so gegebene Forum zur stärker werdenden Kritik am preußischen Kirchen- und Staatssystem. Seine Predigten erfreuten sich großen Zuspruchs. Die Kirche war häufig überfüllt und konnte die begeisterten Zuhörer zum Teil nicht alle fassen.

Uhlichs Predigten und Glaube

Uhlichs Erfolg war auch in seiner anschaulichen, volksnahen Sprache begründet. Er beschränkte sich auch nicht auf die Zitierung von Bibelstellen, sondern zog Beispiele aus dem Lebensalltag heran. Inhaltlich wich Uhlich an mehreren Punkten in rationalistischer Weise von der geltenden Kirchendoktrin ab. So war nach ihm keine Erlösung durch den Tod Jesu erfolgt. Jesus war für ihn nur ein Mensch und nicht der Sohn Gottes. Auch bestritt er die im Neuen Testament dargestellten Wunder und erklärte sie mit natürlichen Begebenheiten.

Amtsenthebung

Wie bereits in seiner Zeit in Pömmelte veranstaltete Uhlich, der sich auch stark im örtlichen Vereinsleben engagierte, ab Oktober 1846 in seinen Privaträumen sogenannte Abendversammlungen. Wegen ihrer oppositionellen Tendenzen wurden diese Versammlungen bereits am 20. Dezember 1846 von staatlicher Seite verboten, später jedoch mit der Auflage, keine kirchenpolitischen Diskussionen zu führen, wieder zugelassen. Uhlich reagierte darauf mit einer stärkeren Betonung seiner Ansichten. Es kam zu einer ständigen Missachtung der kirchlichen Liturgie. Der bereits bestehende Konflikt mit dem kirchlichen Konsistorium unter Konsistorialpräsident Carl Friedrich Göschel wurde so verschärft. Ende 1846 entschloss sich die Kirchenleitung, gegen Uhlich vorzugehen; es wurde eine Disziplinaruntersuchung eingeleitet. Uhlich wurde aufgefordert, seine Vorträge, seine religiösen Anschauungen und die Abweichungen von der vorgeschriebenen Liturgie darzulegen. Erst nach mehreren Mahnungen kam Uhlich der Aufforderung nach. Von besonderer Bedeutung war dann die Osterpredigt 1847. Uhlich predigte hier, nach gängiger rationalistischer Sicht, dass es sich bei dem Tod Jesu nur um einen Scheintod gehandelt habe. Da auch die Abweichungen von der Liturgie fortgesetzt wurden, erfolgte am 13. September 1847 die Amtsenthebung Uhlichs wegen "grober Verletzung gegen die Kirchenordnung". Weite Kreise der Bevölkerung unterstützten Uhlich. Aus Angst vor Ausschreitungen erfolgte die Amtsenthebung bei Abwesenheit Uhlichs aus Magdeburg. Als Uhlich wieder auf dem Bahnhof der Stadt ankam, wurde er von 10.000 Menschen begrüßt und zu seiner Wohnung geleitet. Liberale Stadtverordnete beantragten die Verleihung der Ehrenbürgerwürde an Uhlich. Oberbürgermeister August Wilhelm Francke lehnte dies jedoch ab. Die Kirchenältesten, Stadtverordnete und Magistrat der Stadt setzten sich beim König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. für eine Aufhebung dieser Entscheidung ein, jedoch ohne Erfolg. Der König hatte selbst im Hintergrund die Entlassung mitbetrieben.

Prediger der Freien Gemeinde Magdeburg

Nachdem die negative Entscheidung bekannt geworden war, traten am 29. November 1847 112 Personen gleichzeitig aus der preußischen Landeskirche aus. Sie gründeten die Freie Gemeinde Magdeburg und baten Uhlich, die Position als Prediger anzunehmen. Daraufhin erklärte auch Uhlich seinen Austritt aus der Landeskirche und wurde Prediger der freien Gemeinde. Anfang 1848 gehörten dieser Gemeinde bereits 8000 Menschen an. Es war somit die größte freie Gemeinde in Deutschland entstanden. Durch Konsistorialpräsident Göschel und Polizeipräsident Ludwig von Kamptz wurde von kirchlicher und staatlicher Seite versucht, der Gemeinde mit drastischen Mitteln entgegenzuwirken. Dies führte zu einer weiteren Anheizung der gespannten Stimmung in der Stadt, mit dem Ergebnis, dass am 15./16. März 1848 auch in Magdeburg die Revolution begann.

Symbol der Märzrevolution

Vater Uhlich wurde zum regionalen, auf Mäßigung bedachten Symbol der Revolution. Am 18. März 1848 wurde Uhlich doch zum Ehrenbürger Magdeburgs ernannt. Auch die Stadt Haldensleben ernannte ihn zum Ehrenbürger. Für den Kreis Neuhaldensleben gehörte Uhlich der preußischen Nationalversammlung an. Uhlich setzte sich hier für eine demokratische konstitutionelle Monarchie ein und wurde dem linken Zentrum zugerechnet. Obwohl Uhlich somit starke politische und soziale Veränderungen anstrebte, lehnte er radikale und gewaltsame Aktionen ab.

Nach der Auflösung des Parlaments kehrte er nach Magdeburg zurück. Er schloss sich gemeinsam mit Mitstreitern aus der Freien Gemeinde dem zur Abwehr der Konterrevolution gegründeten Verein zur Wahrung der Volksrechte an.

Wirken und Glaube nach Scheitern der Revolution

Die Freie Gemeinde hatte sich unter dem zweiten Prediger Heinrich Sachse noch radikalisiert. Auch Uhlich legte nach und nach seinen Glauben an einen persönlichen Gott und die Unsterblichkeit ab. Er vertrat eine Religion der reinen Menschlichkeit.

Nach dem Scheitern der Revolution sammelte Uhlich Geld für in die Schweiz geflohene Gesinnungsgenossen. Die Gemeinde und auch Uhlich waren starken Repressionen ausgesetzt. Uhlich wurde ständig wegen Nichtigkeiten angeklagt. In einem ersten Prozess wegen Majestätsbeleidigung wurde er freigesprochen. Es folgten jedoch noch 15 weitere Prozesse, die zum Teil mit Geld- oder Haftstrafen endeten.

Uhlich unterstützte mit seinem privaten, gerade geerbten Vermögen die Freie Gemeinde, um ein Gemeindehaus zu errichten. Die Gemeinde wurde jedoch 1856 nach langwierigen Gerichtsprozessen als Politischer Umsturzverein verboten. Zwar wurde die Gemeinde bereits 1859 neugegründet, konnte jedoch nicht mehr an ihre Bedeutung aus den Vormärztagen anschließen. 1861 zählte sie 1090 Mitglieder.

Uhlich setzte sich 1859 für die Gründung des Bundes der Freireligiösen Gemeinden ein. Zwar verarmt, blieb er jedoch populär und wurde auch auf Vortragsreisen durch Europa eingeladen.

Er verfasste noch diverse religiöse und pädagogische Abhandlungen und engagierte sich in Bildungs- und Arbeiterbildungsvereinen. So hatte er seit 1867 den Vorsitz des Arbeiterbildungsvereins Germania inne.

Er verstarb 1872 nach kurzer Krankheit.

Beisetzung und Ehrung

Seine Beisetzung fand auf dem Magdeburger Nordfriedhof neben vielen Magdeburger Würdenträgern statt. Die Stadt Magdeburg benannte ihm zu Ehren eine Straße als Uhlichstraße.

Werke (Auswahl)

 Bekenntnisse, 1845
 Zehn Jahre in Magdeburg 1845–1855, 1855
 Handbüchlein der freien Religion, 1859
 Briefe über freie Religion. Selbstverl. u. a., Köln 1865 (Digitalisierte Ausgabe der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf)
 Sein Leben von ihm selbst beschrieben, 1872

Literatur
 Nekrologe. In: Unsere Zeit. Leipzig 1872, S. 128–129,
 Ferdinand Kampe: Geschichte der religiösen Bewegung der neueren Zeit. 4 Bände. Leipzig 1852–1860.

 Walter Breywisch: Leberecht Uhlich. In: Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder, 2. Band: Lebensbilder des 19. Jahrhunderts. Magdeburg 1927, S. 187–198.
 Günther Hoppe, Jan William Howard: Leberecht Uhlich und Köthen. In: Studien zur Revolution von 1848/49, zur Köthener Kellergesellschaft und zur Bewegung der »Lichtfreunde«. Köthen 1987, S. 85–98.
 Martin Wiehle: Magdeburger Persönlichkeiten. Hrsg. durch den Magistrat der Stadt Magdeburg, Dezernat Kultur. imPuls Verlag, Magdeburg 1993, ISBN 3-910146-06-6.

 Jürgen Engelmann: Uhlich, Leberecht. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (Hrsg.): Magdeburger Biographisches Lexikon 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Biographisches Lexikon für die Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg und die Landkreise Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis und Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1.
 Martin Wiehle: Bördepersönlichkeiten. Biografisches Lexikon der Magdeburger Börde (= Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte der Magdeburger Börde und ihrer Randgebiete. Band 6). Dr. ziethen verlag, Oschersleben 2001, ISBN 3-935358-20-2.

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France and Belarus