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Laurenz Zellweger (* 2. August 1692 in Trogen; † 14. Mai 1764 in Trogen) war ein Schweizer Aufklärer, Arzt und Mitbegründer der Helvetischen Gesellschaft.

Leben und Wirken

Familie
Laurenz Zellweger wurde in eine protestantische Familie von Textilkaufleuten hineingeboren. Sein Familienzweig war in den 1580er Jahren, zur Zeit der Gegenreformation und am Vorabend der Landteilung, von Appenzell nach Trogen ausgewandert. Der Immigrantenfamilie war es gelungen, seit der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts eine wichtige politische Stellung und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung im Stand Appenzell Ausserrhoden zu erlangen. Mit Ausnahme weniger Jahre sassen von 1668 bis 1732 immer zwei Zellweger, der eine aus der Trogner-Linie, der andere aus Teufen, in den hohen Landesämtern. Zudem verschwägerten sich beide Zellweger-Linien mit der Familie Tanner von Herisau, einem führenden Geschlecht des Appenzeller Hinterlandes. Die Zellweger und Tanner hatten bedeutenden Einfluss auf die Entwicklung Ausserrhodens, denn ihre hohen politischen Ämter brachten eine grosse Machtfülle mit sich. Mit dem sich einstellenden wirtschaftlichen Erfolg wurde diese Machtstellung noch weiter gefestigt.

Für den ökonomischen Aufstieg der Zellweger von Trogen legte Laurenz Zellwegers Grossvater, Conrad Zellweger-Rechsteiner (1630–1705), den Grundstein. Er eröffnete 1667 in Trogen eine Leinwandschau. Bis dahin hatten die zahlreichen, meist auf dem Land lebenden Weber ihre Erzeugnisse in die benachbarte Stadt St. Gallen zur Leinwandschau bringen müssen. Dort wurden sie allerdings vom Verkauf und von der weiteren Verarbeitung der Stoffe ausgeschlossen. Mit der Eröffnung der Leinwandschau in Trogen konnte dieser Handel nun ohne sanktgallische Zunftordnung und mit kürzeren Transportwegen abgeschlossen werden. Aufgrund dieser Vorteile blühte das Geschäft in Trogen rasch auf, und Conrad Zellweger-Rechsteiner begann bald selber Textilien zu verarbeiten und zu vertreiben. So brachte es Laurenz Zellwegers Grossvater zu Wohlstand und er legte ein wichtiges Fundament für den weiteren wirtschaftlichen Aufstieg seiner Familie.

Der Vater von Laurenz Zellweger, Conrad Zellweger-Tanner (1659–1749), der zweitgeborene Sohn von Conrad Zellweger-Rechsteiner, baute nach der Übernahme des väterlichen Geschäftes den Reichtum der Familie Zellweger noch weiter aus. Conrad Zellweger-Tanner hatte in einem St. Galler Leinwandhaus in Lyon eine kaufmännische Ausbildung erhalten, lebte dann rund zehn Jahre in Frankreich und gründete nach seiner Rückkehr nach Trogen schliesslich 1717 eine eigene Niederlassung in Lyon, die hauptsächlich von seinen beiden jüngeren Söhnen Conrad Zellweger (1694–1771) und Johannes Zellweger (1695–1774) geführt und auch ausgebaut wurde. In Trogen wurde Conrad Zellweger-Tanner, wie schon seine Vorfahren, in wichtige Landesämter einberufen. Er war Landeshauptmann, Seckelmeister und Landesstatthalter. Dennoch soll der gläubige Protestant bescheiden und einfach gelebt haben.

Jugend und Ausbildung
Laurenz Zellweger wollte sich entgegen dem Wunsch seiner Familie und im Gegensatz zu seinen Brüdern nicht zum Kaufmann ausbilden lassen. Die Eltern drängten ihn zunächst, Pfarrer zu werden, unterstützten dann aber seinen Wunsch, Medizin zu studieren. Diese Unterstützung war keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Sie legte bei Laurenz Zellweger den Grundstein für die Ehrfurcht und Verehrung, die er seinen Eltern zeit seines Lebens entgegenbrachte.

Zellweger wurde dann 1709 als Schüler zum Arzt und Naturforscher Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733) in ein Lehrjahr geschickt. Im Rahmen von dessen siebter Alpenreise kam der junge Zellweger mit verschiedenen naturwissenschaftlichen Gebieten in Kontakt: Er machte meteorologische Beobachtungen, untersuchte verschiedene Arten von Wassern in den besuchten Bädern, schrieb Notizen zu Pflanzenarten und Gesteinsformationen auf und transkribierte Inschriften an Häusern und Monumenten. Die Anregungen, die Laurenz Zellweger auf dieser Alpenreise erhielt, wirkten sich auf seine spätere Tätigkeit und seine Faszination für die Naturwissenschaften aus. Mit Johann Jakob Scheuchzer blieb er in brieflichem Kontakt.

1710 begann Zellweger sein Medizinstudium an der Universität Leiden, wo 1713 seine Dissertation erschien. Hier lernte er seinen zweiten wichtigen Lehrer, den Universitätsdozenten, Mediziner und Botaniker Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738) kennen. Laurenz Zellweger verehrte Boerhaave und lernte von ihm, den Patienten vor allem zu beobachten und dann mit dem Verstand logische Schlüsse aus diesen Beobachtungen zu ziehen. In seiner Studienzeit in Leiden kam der junge Appenzeller auch mit Schriften aus England und den Ideen der Aufklärung in Kontakt. Über englische Studenten lernte er Addisons und Steeles The Spectator, Paradise Lost von John Milton und den Philosophen John Locke kennen. Nach einer Reise über Paris, auf der er den Historiker Johann Jakob Lauffer (1688–1734) kennen lernte und als Freund gewann, kehrte Zellweger Ende 1713 wieder nach Trogen zurück, wo er als junger Arzt eine Praxis eröffnete.

Beruflicher und politischer Werdegang

In der ersten Zeit nach der Eröffnung seiner Praxis hatte Laurenz Zellweger Schwierigkeiten, das Vertrauen der Bevölkerung und damit Patienten zu gewinnen. Erst 1721 konnte er seinem Freund Johann Jakob Lauffer berichten, dass seine Praxis nun schon ganz gut besucht werde. Zellweger erarbeitete sich nach und nach einen Namen als bedeutender Arzt, sein Tätigkeitsbereich reichte von Urnäsch bis Rheineck. Zellweger arbeitete mit dem konsequenten Fokus auf Prävention und hatte bald den Ruf, für alles einen Rat zu wissen. Dieser gute Leumund führte dazu, dass Zellweger bisweilen bis zu fünfzig Visiten pro Tag zu bewältigen hatte. Besonders in schweren Fällen wurde Laurenz Zellweger immer wieder herbeigezogen. Sein Ruf als hervorragender Arzt gründete nicht zuletzt in seinen an der Universität Leiden erworbenen Fähigkeiten des Beobachtens und des geschickten Ausfragens der Patienten nach ihren Beschwerden. Zellweger war bald so geachtet, dass auch der schwedische Königshof ihn als Arzt nach Stockholm holen wollte. Auch die Rheinecker und seine Zürcher Freunde hätten ihn gerne bei sich gehabt. Doch Zellweger lehnte immer ab, er wollte seinen Vater und nach dessen Tod 1749 seine angestammte Heimat nicht verlassen.

Von Laurenz Zellweger sind kaum medizinischen Schriften überliefert. Er war denn auch nicht Forscher und Entdecker wie Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, vielmehr konzentrierte er sich auf das praktische Ausüben seines Berufes.

Wie seine Vorfahren und Geschwister hatte auch Laurenz Zellweger verschiedene Ämter zugunsten des Standes Appenzell Ausserrhoden zu bekleiden. 1723 wurde er von seinem Vater und dem Grossen Rat während einer Reise nach Schaffhausen zurück nach Trogen beordert, um dort das Landesarchiv zu ordnen. Für Zellweger, der seiner Lebenseinstellung zufolge stolz darauf war, von niemandem Befehle annehmen zu müssen und sich nur um seinen Beruf und seine Freunde kümmern wollte, war dies ein harter Einschnitt. Er stürzte sich dennoch in die Arbeit und übergab nach intensiven Schaffensjahren das neu eingerichtete Archiv 1729 wieder dem Grossen Rat. Obwohl er sich stark gegen erneute Dienste am Land zu wehren versuchte, wurde er 1726 Ratsherr und Gemeindeschreiber. 1728 wurde Zellweger Examinator, 1729–1732 Ausserrhoder Landeszeugherr und 1732–1734 Grossrat und Landesarchivar.

Infolge des Landhandels, einer innenpolitischen Auseinandersetzung um Zölle und um Macht und Ansehen zwischen den Ausserrhoder Familien Wetter und Tanner/Zellweger, wurde Zellweger als Parteigänger der sogenannten «Linden», denen sein Vater, ein Mitglied der Landesregierung, als Haupt vorstand, von allen Ämtern verbannt. Laurenz Zellweger widmete sich infolge dieser Zäsur daraufhin ganz seinem Hauptberuf als Arzt, seinen Studien sowie seinem Briefwechsel mit Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783) und dessen Freundeskreis. Die Unruhen um den Landhandel hatten ihn aber auch dazu motiviert, die erlebten Geschehnisse aufzuschreiben. Mit der Zeit weitete sich diese Tätigkeit, Historisches aus dem Appenzellerland zu erforschen und niederzuschreiben, immer mehr aus.

Privatleben

In seinem Nachruf beschrieb Johann Caspar Hirzel (1725–1803) Laurenz Zellweger als mageren, grossen Mann, «bräunlich von Ansehen», mit ernsthafter und nachdenklicher Mine und so gekleidet, dass man ihn «von dem gemeinen Mann kaum unterschied». Diese Erscheinung schien viele auf den ersten Blick abgeschreckt zu haben, «aber man entdeckte bald etwas einnehmendes Menschenliebendes in seinen Zügen». Bei ersten Begegnungen soll Laurenz Zellweger schüchtern und zurückhaltend gewesen sein, mit der Zeit habe er sich dann aber jeweils redseliger und belebter gezeigt und soll auch gescherzt haben. «Immer war er zufrieden und vergnügt […].»

Laurenz Zellweger blieb sein Leben lang ledig, er wollte nicht heiraten. Zu Lauffer sagte er 1719 einmal, dass eine Heirat für ihn ausgeschlossen sei. Er wollte aus "Liebe zu seiner Freiheit" ledig bleiben. Nur einmal, als er sich im Alter vor Schmerzen kaum mehr bewegen konnte und stets auf fremde Hilfe angewiesen war, fand er, dass eine Ehefrau nicht zu verachten wäre. Zellweger war seinem Geburts- und Heimatort sehr treu: Trogen blieb das gesamte Leben lang sein Dreh- und Angelpunkt. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Holland 1713 verliess er den Ort bis zu seinem Tod nie mehr länger als für Kurzaufenthalte bei Freunden in St. Gallen, Winterthur, Zürich oder Schaffhausen sowie für Kuraufenthalte in Hohenems. Er wohnte lange bei seinen Eltern, erwarb nach dem Tod seines Vaters 1749 das kleine Holzhaus am Landsgemeindeplatz, die «förene Hütte». An deren Standort baute Laurenz Zellwegers Neffe Jakob Zellweger-Wetter (1723–1808) in den 1760er Jahren einen Steinpalast, das heutige Gemeindehaus. Die «förene Hütte» wurde rund 500 Meter hangabwärts verschoben, wo sie heute noch steht.

Briefwechsel

Die Freundschaft mit dem Zürcher Literaten und Lehrer für Helvetische Geschichte, Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783) bildete den Grundstein für Zellwegers Freundeskreis, mit dem er regelmässig brieflich korrespondierte. Dieser Freundeskreis begann sich ab 1721 durch den Kontakt mit der «Gesellschaft der Mahlern» und mit dem Chorherren Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701–1776) zu etablieren. Nebst Bodmer kamen immer mehr Korrespondenzpartner hinzu, unter den rund 60 Briefpartnern von Laurenz Zellweger waren der Arzt Johann Caspar Hirzel (1725–1803) und dessen Lehrer und enger Vertrauter Johannes Gessner (1709–1790), der Kanzlist Johann Jakob Leu (1789–1768), die Brüder Leonhard und Johannes Meister, der Maler Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782) und der Dichter Salomon Gessner (1730–1788). In diesem Umfeld tauchten auch Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813) und Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759) auf. Ebenfalls in Kontakt mit den Zürchern und mit Zellweger standen die Winterthurer Martin Künzli (1709–1765), Johann Heinrich Waser (1713–1777) und Johann Georg Sulzer (1720–1779). Zum Freundeskreis gehörten weiter auch Persönlichkeiten aus St. Gallen wie der Jurist und Stadtschreiber Georg Zörnlin, der Historiker Jakob Wegelin (1721–1791), der Spitalschreiber Daniel Högger (1706–1784) und der Stiftsbibliothekar Pater Pius Kolb (1712–1762). Interessant an diesen Korrespondenzpartnern ist, dass die meisten eine, einige fast zwei Generationen jünger waren als Zellweger.

Hauptkorrespondenzpartner für Laurenz Zellweger war Johann Jakob Bodmer. Bodmer und Zellweger tauschten zu Beginn ihrer Freundschaft hauptsächlich Bücher aus, beispielsweise Paradise Lost von John Milton, das Bodmer ins Deutsche übersetzte. Nach dem Muster von Joseph Addisons The Spectator gaben Zellweger und Bodmer von 1721 bis 1723 zudem ebenfalls eine moralische Wochenzeitschrift, Die Discourse der Mahlern, heraus. Der Stadtzürcher und der Appenzeller wurden zu engen Vertrauten und schrieben sich zwischen 1723 und 1764, also während mehr als 40 Jahren, regelmässig Briefe, die zum Teil im Rhythmus von drei Tagen zwischen Zürich und Trogen hin und her geschickt wurden. Von diesen zahlreichen Schreiben sind heute noch 820 Briefe erhalten. Für Bodmer wie auch für Zellweger stellte dieser Briefwechsel der Wichtigste in ihrem Gelehrtenleben dar.

Aus dieser Freundschaft ergab sich auch, dass fast jedes Jahr eine Gruppe Zürcher für einige Wochen in Trogen zur Molken- und Schottenkur zusammenkam. Im Briefwechsel ist 1735 das erste Mal von Molken oder Schotten die Rede. Bodmer berichtet darin, dass seine Gesundheit auf Grund eines «Gemüths-Mistrübnis» gelitten habe. Zellweger rät ihm darauf, dass er diesen, heutzutage wohl als Depression zu bezeichnenden, Gemütszustand mit einer Reise ins Appenzellerland kurieren könnte. 1737 reiste Bodmer mit seiner Frau zur Schottenkur nach Trogen, nachdem Zellweger auf Grund der bisher immer leeren Versprechen Bodmers allmählich enttäuscht reagiert hatte. Die darauf folgenden vier Wochen Aufenthalt in Trogen lobte Bodmer nach seiner Rückkehr in den höchsten Tönen. Der Aufenthalt an der frischen Luft und auf den Hügeln des Appenzellerlandes waren für Bodmer, den am «Getümmel der Welt» leidenden Stadt-Zürcher, eine Oase des Rückzugs, ein Ort, der das Denken anrege. Mit diesem Besuch erlangte Zellweger in Bodmers Augen seinen Status als Autoritätsperson.

Zellweger propagierte in seiner Kur, dass das Molkentrinken gut sei für die Entschlackung und dass man die Schotten dazu jeweils frühmorgens, immer zur gleichen Zeit, einnehmen sollte. Zusätzlich war Bewegung an der frischen Luft nötig, was oft im Besteigen des Gäbris, des «Hausbergs» von Trogen, erfüllt wurde. Die Praxis der Molkenkur hielt bis nach dem Tod Zellwegers an. Zellweger relativierte aber die Wirkung der Molkenkuren auch immer wieder und war der Meinung, dass die Molke nicht plötzlich alles Übel entfernen könne, vielmehr gehe es darum, allgemein besser auf die Gesundheit zu achten und sich nicht zu schaden.

Unter den Anhängern von Bodmer, die jeweils mit zur Kur fuhren, befanden sich etwa Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock oder auch Christoph Martin Wieland. In der «förenen Hütte» von Laurenz Zellweger besangen dann Bodmer und seine «Jünger» in Oden und Epen den Weisen Laurenz Zellweger, den sie «Philocles», «der für seine Freunde Berühmte», nannten. Bodmer veröffentlichte 1747 die Ode an Philokles, eine Laudatio auf Zellweger und dessen Heimat Appenzell. Die Ode schildert einerseits die Landschaft, andererseits aber auch den moralischen Charakter der Einwohner. Es entsteht in dieser Ode ein Gegenbild zu den Verhältnissen in der Stadt. Auch die anderen Freunde von Zellweger lobten den Freiheitsdrang und den Patriotismus der Appenzeller, deren trockenen Witz und die urdemokratische Institution der Landsgemeinde. In den Augen der Zürcher Gäste wurde die Unverbrauchtheit des Appenzellerlandes zum idyllischen Gegenpol der Grossstadt Zürich stilisiert. Im Rahmen dieser Kuren entstand auch das Quodlibet, ein Trompe-l'oeil-Gemälde. Auf diesem Gemälde von Johann Caspar Füssli werden einige der «Schottenbrüder» mit antiken Grössen in Verbindung gebracht und zu Pendants zusammengefügt. Dabei entstehen die Paarungen Johann Jakob Bodmer und Sokrates, Salomon Gessner und Platon, Johann Caspar Hirzel und Hippokrates, Johann Caspar Füssli und Melanthus und Laurenz Zellweger und Homer. Den Spruch «Gehe nicht krumm nach mannen die | richtige Wege gegangen, | kennst du nicht den geraden pfad, so | frage PHILOCLES», der unter dem Bildnis von Laurenz Zellweger steht, schrieb Bodmer unter eine Skizze von Füssli. Die Skizze, die Zellweger zeigt, hatte Füssli auf ein Papier gemalt, das zum Abdecken des Honigtopfs verwendet wurde, wie der Arzt Johann Georg Schläpfer im 19. Jahrhundert aus mündlicher Überlieferung noch weiss:  Spruch und Bildnis wurden später mehrmals reproduziert.

Rezeption und Nachwirkung
Die «Schottengesellschaft» hinterliess in Trogen auch nach dem Tod von Laurenz Zellweger weitere Spuren. Laurenz Zellwegers Neffe Johannes Zellweger-Hirzel (1730–1802) wurde Mitglied und späterer Präsident der Helvetischen Gesellschaft. Er war mit der Schwester von Johann Caspar Hirzel, Anna Hirzel (1732–1802), verheiratet. Einer der Söhne von Anna und Johannes Zellweger-Hirzel, Johann Caspar Zellweger-Gessner, Historiker, Philanthrop, Kaufmann, Gründer verschiedener Schulen und Bauherr des Fünfeckpalasts in Trogen, heiratete die Tochter von Salomon Gessner. Johann Caspar Zellweger-Gessner lud u. a. 1835 die Schweizerische Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft nach Trogen ein. 118 Männer aus allen Ecken der Schweiz fanden dabei den Weg ins Appenzellerland, wo sie im Festsaal des Privathauses von Jakob Zellweger-Zuberbühler (1770–1821), dem heutigen Obergerichtssaal des Trogner Rathauses, tagten.

Molkenkuren kamen als Folge der über den Bodmer- und Zellweger-Kreis hinausgehenden Molken-Kult-Welle in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts auch in den appenzellichen Orten Gais, in Weissbad, Gonten und Herisau in Mode.

Der Kreis um Laurenz Zellweger und Johann Jakob Bodmer hatte auch grossen Einfluss auf das Prägen eines Appenzellbildes, das bis heute vorherrscht. Das Appenzellerland wurde in Verbindung gesetzt mit einem Land der Freiheit, das ein gesundes Leben im Einklang mit der Natur erlaubte, das bevölkert wird von Menschen, die sich nicht unterdrücken lassen, die weise und schlagfertig sind und im Zeitalter von Perücke und Puder noch ungekünstelt echt leben. Appenzell Ausserrhoden wurde in diesem Kreis um die Zürcher Aufklärer, begleitend zur Rezeption der Antike, zu einem neuen Arkadien. Das Bild vom Appenzellerland als Land der Molke, der frischen Luft, mit Kühen, Bergen, Käse und dem Appenzeller Witz ist geblieben. Das Bild von Appenzell als Land der Freiheit, der wahren Demokratie, des erleuchteten Geistes unter Hirten hingegen ist mehrheitlich wieder verschwunden.

Schriften
 De nutritione animali. Joh. Arnoldum Langerak, Leiden 1713. (Dissertation)
 Carl le Brun, Horace le Blanc [Laurenz Zellweger]: XI. Discours. In: Johann Jakob Bodmer, Johann Jakob Breitinger (Hg.): Die Discourse der Mahlern. Erster Theil. Joseph Lindinner, Zürich 1721, o. S. (online)
 Carl le Brun, Horace le Blanc [Laurenz Zellweger]: XVII. Discours. In: Johann Jakob Bodmer, Johann Jakob Breitinger (Hg.): Die Discourse der Mahlern. Dritter Theil. Joseph Lindinner, Zürich 1722, S. 129–136. (online).
 Lettre d'un Anonyme Alpicole, à l'Auteur de l'Essai Philosophique sur la nature des Etres Spirituels. In: Mercure Suisse. Mai 1745, S. 411–441. (online).
 Kurze Beschreibung des Acker= oder Feldbaues im Land Appenzell. In: Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Zürich. Heidegger, Bd. 1, Zürich 1761, S. 116–132. (online). Abgerufen am 6. Mai 2014.
 Versuch einiger physicalisch und naturwissenschaftlicher Betrachtungen. In: Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Zürich. Bd. 2. Heidegger, Zürich 1764, S. 309–360. (online).
 Herrn Doctor Zellwegers patriotischer Abschied von der Helvetischen Gesellschaft. In: Johann Caspar Hirzel: Denkmal Herrn Doctor Laurenz Zellweger aus Trogen im Appenzeller-Land. Heidegger, Zürich 1765, S. 1–48. (online).
 Über die Auferziehung der Kinder im Appenzellerland. In: Schweitzersches Museum. Jg. 2 Heft 4 (1784), S. 894–901. (online).

Ungedruckte Quellen
 Johann Georg Schläpfer: Lucubrationen oder wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Trogen 1829, Band 1. (online).
 Victor Eugène Zellweger: Chronik der Familie Zellweger von Trogen. Trogen 1891–ca. 1930. (In der Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden)

Literatur

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 Eisenhut, Heidi [et al.] (Hg.): Heilkunst und schöne Künste. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0839-8.
 Johann Caspar Hirzel: Denkmal Herrn Doctor Laurenz Zellwegers von Trogen im Appenzeller-Land von der Helvetischen Gesellschaft errichtet. David Gessner, Zürich 1765.
 Josephine Zehnder-Stadlin: Pestalozzi. Idee und Macht der menschlichen Entwickelung. Thienemann, Gotha 1875.
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 Rosa Schudel-Benz: Der appenzellische Landhandel, 1732–1735: nach Briefen des Dr. med. Laurenz Zellweger an J. J. Bodmer. In: Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Geschichte. Band 13, Nr. 1, 1933. Gebrüder Leemann, Zürich, S. 65–110. ()

Weblinks

 Nachlass von Laurenz Zellweger in der Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
 Briefe von Laurenz Zellweger an Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Johann Jakob Breitinger und Johann Jakob Leu u. a. in der Zentralbibliothek Zürich
 Briefe von Laurenz Zellweger an Albrecht von Haller in der Universitätsbibliothek Bern

Einzelnachweise

Aufklärer
Sachbuchautor
Person (Trogen AR)
Geschichte (Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden)
Schweizer
Geboren 1692
Gestorben 1764
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El Campeonato Provincial de Segunda Categoría de Pichincha 2021 fue un torneo de fútbol en Ecuador en el cual compitieron equipos de la provincia de Pichincha. Fue organizado por la Asociación de Fútbol No Amateur de Pichincha (AFNA) y avalado por la Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. El evento inició el 18 de mayo y finalizó el 14 de agosto. Participaron 12 clubes de fútbol y entregó cuatro cupos a la siguiente fase del Ascenso Nacional 2021. El campeón provincial se clasificó además a la primera fase de la Copa Ecuador 2022.

Sistema de campeonato
El sistema de juego determinado por la Asociación de Fútbol No Amateur de Pichincha fue el siguiente:
 Primera fase: Los 12 equipos fueron divididos en dos grupos de seis clubes cada uno por sorteo realizado el 26 de marzo de 2021, se jugó todos contra todos en ida y vuelta (10 fechas), en cada grupo los tres primeros equipos avanzaron a la siguiente fase.
 Hexagonal final: Se jugó con los seis equipos clasificados de la fase anterior, fue todos contra todos en ida y vuelta (10 fechas) donde el club que terminó primero fue declarado campeón, el que terminó segundo fue subcampeón; estos dos equipos clasificaron a los play-offs del Ascenso Nacional 2021 al igual que los equipos que finalizaron en el tercer y cuarto puesto, además el campeón clasificó a la Copa Ecuador 2022.

Ascendidos

Equipos participantes

Equipos por cantón

Primera fase

Grupo A

Clasificación

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|Espoli ||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2
|-
|Deportivo Quito ||6||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||4||4||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3
|-
|JI de Tabacundo ||4||6||6||6||5||6||6||4||4||4
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|S. D. Rayo ||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||4||4||4||6||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||5||5||5
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|Universidad San Francisco ||5||5||5||5||4||5||5||6||6||6
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Resultados
 Los horarios corresponden al huso horario de Ecuador: (UTC-5).
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Grupo B

Clasificación

Evolución de la clasificación

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="150" align=center|Equipo / Fecha
! align=center|01
! align=center|02
! align=center|03
! align=center|04
! align=center|05
! align=center|06
! align=center|07
! align=center|08
! align=center|09
! align=center|10
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|Juventud ||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||4||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1
|-
|Aampetra ||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||4||4||4||4||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||4||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2
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|Miguel Iturralde ||5||5||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||4||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3
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|Da Encarnação ||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|1||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||4||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||style="background:#B0C4DE"|2||4
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|Aussie ||4||style="background:#B0C4DE"|3||5||5||5||5||5||5||5||5
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|Sandino ||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6
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Resultados
 Los horarios corresponden al huso horario de Ecuador: (UTC-5).
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Hexagonal final

Clasificación

Evolución de la clasificación

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="150" align=center|Equipo / Fecha
! align=center|01
! align=center|02
! align=center|03
! align=center|04
! align=center|05
! align=center|06
! align=center|07
! align=center|08
! align=center|09
! align=center|10
|-
|Aampetra ||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FAD660"|1
|-
|Espoli ||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FFF892"|2||style="background:#FFF892"|2
|-
|Juventud ||5||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||5||5||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||5||6||6||5||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3
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|Miguel Iturralde ||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||5||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4
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|Deportivo Meridiano ||style="background:#FAD660"|1||style="background:#FFFFC0"|4||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||5||6||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||5
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|Deportivo Quito ||6||6||6||6||6||style="background:#FFFFC0"|3||5||5||6||6
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Resultados
 Los horarios corresponden al huso horario de Ecuador: (UTC-5).
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Campeón

Clasificación general

Goleadores

Véase también
 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 2021
 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B 2021
 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Segunda Categoría 2021
 Serie A de Ecuador
 Serie B de Ecuador
 Segunda Categoría de Ecuador
 Asociación de Fútbol No Amateur de Pichincha

Notas

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Fútbol de Ascenso Pichincha
 Torneo Página oficial en FEF
 QF Producciones

Fútbol en 2021
Temporada 2021 de fútbol en Ecuador
2021

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Q: Add drop shadow effects to EditText Field I am trying to design an EditText Field having Shadows (bottom and right side) like this

tried googling & hunted many SO discussions but all are for TextView not EditText.
This is my code adding shadow to Input Text but not to TextField
<EditText android:id="@+id/txtpin"
        android:maxLength="4"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_height="37dp"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:inputType="textPassword"
        android:longClickable="false"
        android:layout_width="160dp"

        android:shadowColor="@color/Black"
        android:shadowDx="1.2"
        android:shadowDy="1.2"
        android:shadowRadius="1.5"

        android:background="@color/White">
            <requestFocus></requestFocus>
        </EditText>

I guess it needs some custom xml view in drawable but not getting exact idea.
What will be the logic to achieve this.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: This works for me..
   <EditText
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:shadowRadius="2"
       android:shadowColor="#0000ff"
       android:shadowDx="2"
       android:shadowDy="4"
       android:id="@+id/EditText01"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Hope it helps:)

A: Well.. @Shalini's answer helped me in this way but still I got another way to achieve 2D shadow with EditText Field and I am going to share with you.

We need to create custom XML view with three layer for  EditText,
  bottom shadow and right side shadow

Below is my code.
res/drawable/edittext_shadow.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<!-- most important is order of layers -->

    <!-- Bottom right side 2dp Shadow -->
    <item >
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="#000000" />
        </shape>
    </item>

    <!-- Bottom 2dp Shadow -->
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="#000000" />
        </shape>
    </item>

    <!-- White Top color -->
    <item android:bottom="3px" android:right="3px">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Now we can set this shadow view to our TextField using "Background" property
like this
res/layout/main.xml
<EditText android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/txtpin"
            android:maxLength="4"
            android:layout_height="37dp"
            android:gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:longClickable="false"
            android:padding="2dp"

            android:inputType="textPassword|number"
            android:password="true"
            android:background="@drawable/edittext_shadow"
            android:layout_weight="0.98"
            android:layout_marginLeft="15dp">
                <requestFocus></requestFocus>
   </EditText>

and the result screen is like I have posted in question above.
Thanks to SO, sharing knowledge.

A: From Shadow Effect for a Text in Android?, perhaps you'd consider using
android:shadowColor,
android:shadowDx,
android:shadowDy,
android:shadowRadius;

Alternatively:
setShadowLayer()

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/*
 * This file is part of Nucleus, licensed under the MIT License (MIT). See the LICENSE.txt file
 * at the root of this project for more details.
 */
package io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.modules.core.commands.itemalias;

import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.Nucleus;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.argumentparsers.ItemAliasArgument;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.configurate.datatypes.ItemDataNode;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.dataservices.ItemDataService;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.internal.annotations.RunAsync;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.internal.annotations.command.NoModifiers;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.internal.annotations.command.Permissions;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.internal.annotations.command.RegisterCommand;
import io.github.nucleuspowered.nucleus.internal.command.AbstractCommand;
import org.spongepowered.api.CatalogType;
import org.spongepowered.api.command.CommandResult;
import org.spongepowered.api.command.CommandSource;
import org.spongepowered.api.command.args.CommandContext;
import org.spongepowered.api.command.args.CommandElement;
import org.spongepowered.api.command.args.GenericArguments;
import org.spongepowered.api.event.cause.Cause;
import org.spongepowered.api.text.Text;
import org.spongepowered.api.util.annotation.NonnullByDefault;

@RunAsync
@NoModifiers
@Permissions(prefix = "nucleus.itemalias")
@RegisterCommand(value = "set", subcommandOf = ItemAliasCommand.class)
@NonnullByDefault
public class SetItemAliasCommand extends AbstractCommand<CommandSource> {

    private final ItemDataService itemDataService = Nucleus.getNucleus().getItemDataService();

    private final String item = "item";
    private final String alias = "alias";

    @Override
    public CommandElement[] getArguments() {
        return new CommandElement[] {
            GenericArguments.optionalWeak(new ItemAliasArgument(Text.of(this.item))),
            GenericArguments.string(Text.of(this.alias))
        };
    }

    @Override
    public CommandResult executeCommand(CommandSource src, CommandContext args, Cause cause) throws Exception {
        // Do we have an item or blockstate?
        String a = args.<String>getOne(this.alias).get().toLowerCase();
        if (this.itemDataService.getIdFromAlias(a).isPresent()) {
            src.sendMessage(Nucleus.getNucleus().getMessageProvider().getTextMessageWithFormat("command.nucleus.setitemalias.inuse", a));
            return CommandResult.empty();
        }

        if (!ItemDataNode.ALIAS_PATTERN.matcher(a).matches()) {
            src.sendMessage(Nucleus.getNucleus().getMessageProvider().getTextMessageWithFormat("command.nucleus.setitemalias.notvalid", a));
            return CommandResult.empty();
        }

        CatalogType type = getCatalogTypeFromHandOrArgs(src, this.item, args);

        // Set the alias.
        String id = type.getId().toLowerCase();
        ItemDataNode idn = this.itemDataService.getDataForItem(id);
        idn.addAlias(a);
        this.itemDataService.setDataForItem(id, idn);

        // Tell the user
        src.sendMessage(Nucleus.getNucleus().getMessageProvider().getTextMessageWithFormat("command.nucleus.setitemalias.success", a, id));
        return CommandResult.success();
    }
}

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Have you completed your current year powerfully? If not, check out the previous episode first (ok, you don't have to, and it is a powerful way to step into what is next).
There are a million ways to define goals and loads of people out there telling you how to do it. Which can lead to overwhelm and living on Alpaca farms.
Consider starting with this question before you do any other planning - What experience do I want to have in 2018? What do I want to have experienced in 2018?
What do you crave more of in your life? Get in touch with that place and what would give you the experience of that? This is a heart conversation.
Once you have defined that, create your goals that will allow you to experience that.


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Bel Canto Historical Analysis Essay
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Historical Analysis
In Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, the setting is reflected off of the Lima Crisis, otherwise known as the Japanese embassy hostage crisis, which began on December 17, 1996. Bel Canto is a story on the events that happen in the house of a South American country's vice president. It portrays the relationships of the characters and their feelings toward one another as well as explains the hostage situation. In the Japanese embassy hostage crisis, similar events took place, such as the actual overtake of a mansion which contained high-ranking military officials and others of a high social standing. Both settings deal with the releasing of hostages in exchange for demands that were never met, which led to the resolution of both …show more content…
In Bel Canto, the rebels have demands as well:
'The terrorists having no chance to get what they came for, decided to take something else instead, something they never in their lives knew they wanted until they crouched in the low, dark shaft of the air-conditioning vents: opera. They decided to take that very thing for which Mr. Hosakawa lived.'(71).
Both terrorists wanted demands out of their seizures of the mansions. In both Bel Canto and in the Japanese crisis, a Red Cross official was the 'negotiator.' He attempted to setup a barter system to which the terrorists would get supplies so long as they give hostages back in return. In the Japanese crisis, Luis Cipriani had worked on getting a deal that would allow the terrorists to be let go into Cuba as exiles. This negotiation failed, as did some of the consultations from Bel Canto. Messner, the negotiator, attempts to make several negotiations with the terrorists, throughout the novel. Although both mediators do try to work the situations out with the rebels, they are not able to meet the standards of the negotiations. In the end of both Bel Canto and the Japanese embassy hostage crisis, the terrorists were killed. They were not done in the same fashion, although the hostages were saved. In Bel Canto, the terrorists allow the hostages to be outside, and one day while they are together, a group of government troops come and shoot all the insurgents,
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› resource › Cultural policies in France
Cultural policies in France
French Coalition for Cultural Diversity
The UNESCO Convention on the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions recognizes and affirms the sovereign right of States to adopt and implement policies to support artistic creation and their cultural industries.
What is a cultural policy? What actions can be taken to nurture and sustain creation in sectors such as visual arts, audiovisual and cinema, books, music or performing arts? What role can the State play? What role is there for civil society and the private sector?
This document neither pretends to fully answer these questions nor to provide an exhaustive inventory of the measures applied in France in support of the various cultural sectors. Nonetheless, it is our hope that it may serve to inspire cultural professionals and public authorities in other countries when conceiving and implementing their own specific policies to support and promote the vitality of their domestic cultural sectors and the circulation of their culture beyond their borders.
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The Hennessey Venom GT hit a record 270.49 miles per hour during a track run at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fl.
That need for speed? Consider it satisfied.
A new world speed record for a two-seat sports car was set earlier this month by the Hennessey Venom GT. The Venom GT hit a top speed of 270.49 mph, adding a new honor to the speedster's hall of fame.
The Hennessey Venom GT beat out the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport for the title of world's fastest production car in 2013.
At the Venom's latest speed test, which took place on the 3.2-mile Space Shuttle runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fl., the renowned sports car was driven by race driver and former Michelin tire test engineer, Brian Smith.
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The Venom GT was given 2.4 miles of the runway to reach its speed, with less than a mile left for stopping distance. According to Smith, it was only the runway's length that kept the Venom GT from going even faster.
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A view of the GPS-linked speedometer inside the Venom GT, just before hitting a record-setting 270.49 mph.
Based on the Lotus Exige, the Hennessey Venom GT features a twin turbo-charged 7.0-liter V-8 engine capable of producing up to 1,244 horsepower. In addition to holding the 270.49 mph speed record, the Venom GT has also set acceleration records, reaching 200 mph from a standstill in 14.51 seconds.
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Encore Boston Harbor Garage Gunfire Inquiry by Massachusetts Police Continues
Posted on: December 2, 2021, 11:58h.
Last updated on: December 2, 2021, 12:58h.
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Expertise: Crime, Legal, Tribal Gaming.
Today, Massachusetts State Police (MSP) started investigating bullets fired in the Encore Boston Harbor parking garage Wednesday night. No one was injured in the Everett, Mass. incident and no arrests were made.
Encore Boston Harbor exterior, pictured above. Shots were fired in the casino's parking garage. (Image: Boston.com)
Cops seized evidence from the garage. They did not detail what they recovered, according to WHDH, a local TV station.
Shortly before midnight, the State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit and MSP patrols from Troops A and H responded to a report of shots fired in the casino's garage area," David Procopio, a State Police spokesman, told the Boston Globe.
Police found evidence in the garage, according to Procopio, but said that they did not believe there were any victims at the time. No arrests were made, but police are continuing to investigate.
Crimes Follow Casino Opening
Since opening in June 2019, the casino has been the scene of numerous crimes. Between June and November of that year, over 160 people reportedly were arrested or given a summons at the Encore Boston Harbor, WCVB TV News reported in November. However, without much data on average casino arrests, it can be hard to contextualize this rate.
Disorderly conduct, assault and battery, larceny, and cheating were among the most common charges at the Encore. Arguments, fights, and motor vehicle accidents are among the most frequent types of incidents that led to a police response, the TV station added.
Among the notable incidents was one that involved multiple fights and rowdiness. Several people were arrested.
Prior Incidents at Encore
In January 2020, four Massachusetts residents were indicted in connection with a violent assault October 2020 at the Encore Boston Harbor. One was a casino employee.
The victim was allegedly kicked and stomped in the head and torso by two of the suspects while the indicted trio was in an elevator of the gaming property.
Matthew Haley, 27, of Cambridge, and Jose Mercado, 32, of Boston were indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on a count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. Haley was also indicted on assault and battery.
An Encore employee, Brittany Dawson, 24, of Stoneham, was also indicted, as was Leilani Reyes, 20, of Somerville on a count of impeding a gaming investigation. Dawson was also indicted on acting as an accessory after the fact.
Haley allegedly punched the victim in the face, causing him to fall to the floor of the elevator, according to a statement from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Haley then allegedly repeatedly kicked and stomped on the man's head and body, with Mercado allegedly assaulting the victim, too. Reyes allegedly watched.
The employee, Dawson, allegedly held a door to the garage open for the men to escape from the elevator bay, and then drove them away from the casino, Healey added.
Encore Boston Harbor Was Scene of More Than 160 Arrests, Summonses Since June
Encore Boston Harbor Garage Attempted Murder Leads to Arrest
Massachusetts Safety Report Finds Little Linkage Between Casinos and Elevated Crime
Encore Boston Harbor Opening Led to 'Modest' Impact on Crime, Despite Arrests
Encore Boston Harbor Patron Melee to Get Reviewed by Massachusetts Officials
Ed Silverstein — November 23, 2019
Ed Silverstein — December 8, 2021
Devin O'Connor — March 31, 2021
Ed Silverstein — May 10, 2020


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Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Ricci Flow and the Poincaré Conjecture
Klaus Ecker[1] and Burkhard Wilking[2]
(1) Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
(2) Universität Münster, Germany
The Ricci Flow, introduced by Richard Hamilton [Ha1], is a geometric evolution equation which deforms the metric on a Riemannian manifold smoothly in the direction of its Ricci curvature. More precisely, the evolution equation for the family of metrics (gij) on a manifold M is given by
∂ gij = - 2 Rij
∂t
where Rij denotes the Ricci tensor corresponding to the metric. Written in suitable local coordinates this equation has the form of a nonlinear heat type equation for the metric symbols. Because of this one might naively expect that the equation will try to evolve the geometry on $M$ to one which looks the same at every point on the manifold, a homogeneous geometry. This intuition is correct in dimension two, where the Ricciflow can be used [Ha2], [Ch] to conformally deform any metric on a closed surface to one of constant curvature, which provides a new proof of the famous uniformization theorem.
In higher dimensions, however, the geometry will in general become singular in finite time, i.e. the norm of some of the sectional curvatures will tend to infinity at certain points on the manifold. In three dimensions, if the initial metric has positive Ricci curvature and $M$ is closed and simply connected, Hamilton [Ha1] showed that, after suitable rescaling of the evolving metric, such as to keep the volume of the manifold constant, the metric tends smoothly to the metric on the standard S3.
Soon after that, Hamilton [Ha3] set up a programme which had the aim of settling Thurston's geometrization conjecture using Ricci Flow. This conjecture asks whether any closed 3-manifold can be decomposed along 2-spheres and incompressible tori in such a way that after capping of the 2-sphere boundaries by 3-balls, the resulting finitely many geodesically complete pieces would each admit one out of a list of eight homogeneous geometries formulated by Thurston [Th]. In particular, this would prove the famous Poincaré conjecture, that any simply connected orientable closed 3-manifold had to be topologically equivalent to S3.
Hamilton himself, but also many others, completed many of the crucial steps in this programme (see [CLN_intro]) but several severe technical difficulties remained unsettled for at least one decade. In 2002, Perelman [{P1_intro] – [P3] introduced a number of completely novel ideas and techniques that eventually led to the resolution of the geometrization and hence also the Poincaré conjecture.
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You absolutely are arguing. There's no need to pick my post apart point by point. You're looking for a fight, and you won't get one with me. You said "good luck", but I assure you, I'm not the one who needs it.
Some people can never be truly happy as long as others do not think the same way as they do.
Agreed. And a lot of people bring their mommy/daddy/church baggage here because they didn't get the answers they were looking for from those authority figures. I'm sorry they couldn't give you the answers you were looking for, but there comes a point where you're responsible for finding them on your own. And God is not going to give them to you if you approach him the same way you approach people here. You will be left in the dark until you humble yourself.
I think you mean the world will never be a peaceful place as long as the religious followers tell us what we should be doing.
70+ years of setting the world straight, death and then burial alongside the very people one has detested all lifelong.
You mean 2,000+ years of religion trying to set the world straight and all we see today is an epic failure after millions have been killed in the name of religion.
Thankfully our Founding Fathers were very wise about not allowing this to continue in the US.
And a lot of people bring their mommy/daddy/church baggage here because they didn't get the answers they were looking for from those authority figures.
Like you just did in your posts? LOL!!
You will be left in the dark until you humble yourself.
It's your thread to discuss the Founding Fathers or whatever you'd like to discuss.
Classy strawman there. Don't you think that it is only fair to allow us to respond to God -claims by saying there is inadequate evidence to support it and so don't believe it? And we would love for them to do the research rather than have the theist narrative shoved down their throats as has been the norm for a very long time - so long as they look at both sides rather than the One side theists would prefer them to look at.
Isn't that what we've been doing with you, old mate, with your endless and repeated ploys for trying to make a case for God. Usually by cheating, as exemplified by the attempt to make us define God, when it isn't for Us to do, but the believer, accusing us of rejecting even the best evidence for a god which of course excuses you from being obliged to produce any (you may recall that we showed that a god could indeed convince atheists that it was in fact God, whereas you would never believe it - if it was the God of the wrong religion), and here you simply try a smear.
You are not doing your case much good.
The notion itself is wrong, IMO.
When someone makes a "CLAIM" then probably yes, they should have an evidence.
Believing in the existing of God is *NOT* a claim. It's a belief based on faith. And faith does not require evidence.
Kindly rethink your strategy of countering this scenario.
Also, the OP and myself did not make any CLAIM - they simply asked a question whether God exist or not?
And I did NOT tell them that "Yes God exists" - I simply asked them to do their own research and find their own answers.
Not sure how hard is it to understand how unfair of an answer I gave to OP?
Stupid answer. You have to presume there was nothing to begin with to start with your implausible, special pleading god.
Interesting how you skipped right over the most obvious fact I mentioned.
What about those 2,000+ years of religion trying to set the world straight and all we see today is an epic failure after millions have been killed in the name of religion?
Interesting you only commented on the Founding Fathers but skipped right over this glaring fact above.
What about 2,000 + years of men ignoring God's Golden Rule as per Leviticus 19:18:B.
It is Not Scripture as Jesus taught, but men ignoring what Jesus taught.
So, what has failed in Not the teachings of Jesus, but men not keeping those teachings - Matthew 26:52.
Thus, it is No wonder Jesus taught his true followers would be hated by the nations at Matthew 10:22.
Men's epic failure is why we are all invited to pray the invitation of Rev. 22:20 for Jesus to come !
Come Lord Jesus and bring ' healing ' to earth's nations as mentioned at Rev. 22:2.
I find Adam was offered ' everlasting life ' on Earth as long as he did Not break God's law.
So, for most people ' graduating ' to eternal life means: being resurrected back to life on Earth.
ALL the people Jesus resurrected he brought back to healthy physical life on Earth.
Jesus even promised that humble meek people will inherit the Earth - Matthew 5:5. - Psalm 37:9-11.
So, for the majority of people 'eternal life' means having the opportunity that was originally given to Adam before his downfall.
This is why Revelation 22:2 speaks of the return of the Genesis ' Tree of Life ' to be here on Earth for the 'healing' of earth's nations.
At that time frame even ' enemy death ' will be No more on Earth as per 1st Corinthians 15:26; Isaiah 25:8.


The good news is that a new international survey shows that Vancouver monthly transit prices are far lower than those in Toronto.
The bad news is that Berlin-based Movinga has pegged the monthly cost in Vancouver at just US$66.26.
When converted from U.S to Canadian currency, that equals $88.68.
However, a monthly one-zone adult transit pass in Metro Vancouver costs $91.
That's the cheapest way to travel, and it only works for those who live relatively close to work or school.
A two-zone pass sets an adult transit rider back $124.
And a three-zone adult pass costs a whopping $170.
A single-zone adult fare is $2.75, rising to $4 for two zones and $5.50 for three zones.
Vancouver ranked as the 59th least expensive on Movinga's list of 89 cities surveyed for monthly transit costs.
Toronto clocked in at 85th, ahead of only New York, Sydney, Dublin, and London, which ranked as the most expensive.
In Canadian currency, Toronto's monthly transit costs are $134.82, according to the survey.
Cairo was the cheapest for monthly transit costs, followed by Hanoi and Jakarta.
Meanwhile, TransLink is conducting a major review of its fares.
This has fuelled speculation that it might introduce a distance-based system that would generate more revenue for the regional transportation authority.


You don't need me to tell you that our online identity is under attack. Security is a major issue as every organisation struggles with the precarious balancing act of opening up its perimeter, to facilitate third party interaction, while defending this virtual boundary.
For each of these tasks, the likelihood is we will need to create a user account to do them. Yet all too often it's been proven that the basic protection afforded by a username, in combination with a password, is woefully inadequate. I'm sure I'm not alone in receiving emails from friends, suggesting I need 'enhancements', from them having had their email account again compromised.
For organisations the repercussions can be far more damaging. The frequency of data breaches is just one indication that this is a growing problem that many are yet to get to grips with.
So, how can organisations strengthen these vulnerable virtual applications and access points?
From a security perspective, the simple concept is that you trust the person accessing the application - you just need them to be able to prove that they are who they claim to be. As we've witnessed, passwords can be cracked or even guessed, so a stronger model is needed.
I'd like to clarify, at this point, that entering certain characters from a memorable phrase does not constitute two-factor authentication. It's still something you know so it's just duplicating something you know!
While something specific to the person - or biometrics as it's widely referred, is considerably foolproof, it requires hardware making this element often a non-starter. The reason is a physical reader would need to be installed at every entry point making it either very expensive, or impractical, when you consider the flexibility our technical society demands. There's also the further complication of designing a solution today that's capable of accommodating the devices of tomorrow.
It's not surprising, therefore, that when introducing a two-factor authentication solution it is the first two elements that are the most common combination employed.
However, while the amalgamation of something you know and something you own seems a no-brainer, the reality is less practical – because it's becoming the time of the token necklace ready to weigh you down!
Many employees, who access their corporate network, will likely be familiar with a physical token or key. For consumers, high street banks are increasingly adopting two-factor authentication for their on-line banking services - HSBC being the most recent to supply each of its customers with, what it calls, a HSBC Secure Key.
Yet, if every organisation that allows individuals to access its systems first issues them with a physical token, that's an awful lot of pieces of plastic – which could in time amount to dozens of physical tokens weighing you down, especially if each person has one for their bank, the NHS, HMRC for tax returns, utility companies to access and pay bills, employer, etc. etc. etc.
We'd end up as nation chained down by our token necklace.
Additionally, there's the expense of each of these little pieces of plastic – not just in monetary terms as they're not free, but also to the planet in production, disposal and deployment. The environmental cost for producing and distributing 4,000 tokens works out at around 4.3 million tonnes of CO2 or, for those who like a visual representation, that's the equivalent of chopping down 240 million trees!
However, the biggest issue simply is end-users don't like them.
Organisations already struggle with users either forgetting or losing their physical tokens. Each instance results in a call to a help desk to allow one-time access. In the case of a lost token, a replacement has to be issued resulting in wasted time, postage and the expense of the device.
Imagine this replicated not just for employees, but for every person that accesses your service.
What about for all of us, as consumers? The resulting frustration, from not being able to pay an electricity bill, because that particular token had been left at home. That's assuming we can identify which one is for which service in the first place!
We've made, what I'm sure you'll agree, is a compelling case for two-factor authentication only to blow it apart but don't get me wrong, we're not condemning it – just physical tokens.
Practically every pocket holds the perfect key - SMS technology on your mobile phone.
Organisations can easily utilise existing mobile technology – whether corporate or personally owned, to replicate a physical token. A passcode is sent to the user's mobile phone as a text message turning the mobile into a 'soft' token.
When you compare soft against physical tokens, it is estimated that moving to soft token authentication will reduce ongoing running costs by 40 – 60%!
And there's no reason why dozens of soft tokens can't be carried on a single device.
Finally, if you were to lose a piece of plastic you probably wouldn't notice until you next needed it. But, if you're separated from your phone, you notice it almost immediately.
It makes sense, therefore, that using a mobile phone as 'something you own' is the perfect solution.
Who in their right mind would opt instead to be strangled by a token necklace?
Twitter just got it. Apple recently got it; but will it keep you safe?


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Jefferson Lab Director Honored with Energy Secretary Award
Hugh Montgomery recently received The Secretary's Distinguished Service Award
1-Mar-2017 3:00 PM EST, by Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab Director Hugh Montgomery receives The Secretary's Distinguished Service Award from Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Jan. 9, 2017.
Newswise — Hugh Montgomery, director of the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), was awarded The Secretary's Distinguished Service Award by the Secretary of Energy earlier this year.
This honor highlights Montgomery's contributions to the research programs at the DOE national labs, both as a world-leading researcher and as a more than 30-year DOE national laboratory employee.
The award was given to Montgomery by outgoing Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz in a ceremony in mid-January 2017. The citation reads, "In recognition of more than three decades of leadership, distinguished service, and exceptional contributions to research at the high energy frontier of particle physics at Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory, and to enabling world leading capability and unprecedented research opportunities for the nuclear science community for decades to come at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility."
"Of course, I am honored to be presented The Secretary's Distinguished Service Award. This is made as a personal award, but in our field, nothing is achieved without the help and support of colleagues. In particular, the work at Jefferson Lab has relied on the superb efforts of all the staff at the lab over the past eight years," said Montgomery.
"One of Hugh Montgomery's singular achievements has been to dramatically increase the visibility, scope and impact of Jefferson Lab's role as a world leading research institution," said Timothy J. Hallman, associate director of the Office of Science for Nuclear Physics. "Knowing Mont's tireless, unrelenting pursuit of knowledge and advanced technology at the frontiers of nuclear and particle physics, one would expect nothing less. It has been a remarkable progression to witness, nonetheless."
Joe Arango, manager of the DOE's Thomas Jefferson Site Office, agreed, "Mont has done a wonderful job leading the laboratory through a period of accelerator upgrade, as well as other facility and infrastructure improvements that have transformed the campus and positioned Jefferson Lab for continued scientific research accomplishments in the years ahead."
Montgomery became the third director of Jefferson Lab on Sept. 2, 2008, and also serves as the President of Jefferson Science Associates, LLC. He will step down from those roles upon the arrival of his recently announced successor, Stuart Henderson, in April.
An internationally recognized physicist, Montgomery came to Jefferson Lab after 25 years at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, IL, where he'd most recently held the position of associate director for research. Montgomery began his career in 1972 as a research associate at the Daresbury Laboratory in Great Britain. In 1978, he became a staff member at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. He joined the staff at Fermi in 1983, where his work included involvement in the discovery of the top quark in 1995. Montgomery held a number of positions within the laboratory management before being named associate director for research in 2002. He has served as director of Jefferson Lab and president of Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, since 2008.
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, a joint venture of the Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. and PAE, manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, or Jefferson Lab, for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
Jefferson Lab is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit science.energy.gov.
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iPhone 5: A Roadblock Or Speed Bump For Samsung Galaxy S3?
Smartphones have really upped their game in 2012 with a lot of companies competing rather than Apple being the obvious top dog. The smartphone of the summer has obviously been the Samsung Galaxy S3 which boasts some great specs and features – but many are wondering if they should avoid getting the S3 and wait to see if the iPhone 5 tops it.
This query amongst consumers however does not appear to have dented the popularity of the S3, as it is so clearly superior to the iPhone 4S and is the best out there at the moment.
To begin with, the S3 boasts a Super AMOLED HD 4.8 inch 310ppi screen, which clearly tops the expected specs for the screen on the iPhone 5, which is predicted to be a Retina 4-inch 367ppi screen.
The processor on the Samsung Galaxy S3 is also tough to beat as (in the US) it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core 1.4GHz processor . Then again, people are expecting the iPhone 5 to have a quad-core graphics processor and A5X (an improved version of the A5 chip currently in the 4S), along with 4G LTE connectivity.
Any Android fan will also know about the impressive Android 4.0 (ICS) update on the S3, soon to be the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) whilst the iPhone 5 will have iOS 6 which does have some unique features but nothing to really set it apart from the crowd.
With regards to camera, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has an 8MP rear-facing camera with zero shutter lag, whilst the iPhone 5 is expected to have a camera of anywhere between 8MP and 12MP, with 3D imaging capability for photos and videos.
The S3 will be tricky to beat as far as storage as concerned, as there are models available with up to 64GB internal memory, and potential for an additional 64GB with the MicroSD slot. People are expecting similar sized internal memory on the iPhone 5 but with no MicroSD slot, expandable memory is unlikely.
Alas when it comes to the Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5, there are often two camps – Apple and Android, so if your preference is to one or the other, that is the one you will probably end up going for given that both smartphones aren't lightweights.
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Home News Naugatuck Parcel with Naugatuck Event Center up for sale
Parcel with Naugatuck Event Center up for sale
The Naugatuck Event Center can be seen at 6 Rubber Ave. on August 4. Andreas Yilma Citizen's News
By Andreas Yilma Citizen's News
NAUGATUCK — The borough is looking ahead to sell Parcel A, or the Naugatuck Event Center, after receiving some proposals.
Borough officials have sent out a request for proposals in May for the Naugatuck Event Center at 6 Rubber Ave. and have received some.
Officials are now in the process of setting up interviews in August for the project, which will include a site tour and an interview for one of the proposals, Mayor N. Warren "Pete" Hess said at the regular Board of Mayor and Burgesses meeting on Aug. 2.
"What I'm trying to do is, I want to get Parcel A on the same basic schedule as Parcel B with all the engineers coordinated and working together," Hess said.
At its July 21 special meeting, the borough board selected Pennrose and the Cloud Company to develop the 7.75 acres at the corner of Maple Street and Old Firehouse Road, near the Naugatuck Event Center.
Pennrose is a real estate development company with its headquarters in Philadelphia. The company's regional office in Boston would be working with the borough. The Cloud Company is a real estate development firm out of Hartford.
"What we did with Penrose and the Cloud Company, I would like to get the Parcel A project on the same track and proceed with everything at once," Hess said.
The Naugatuck Event Center is used for various events and meetings by borough officials, merchants and organizations.
The four-story high, 319,188 square-foot building was built in 1950 and sits on about 3.9 acres.
The borough took possession of the former General DataComm building in May 2013.
The facility and land are both valued at $8.6 million and assessed at about $6 million, according to Assessor Shelby Jackson.
Hess said borough officials have been waiting for the return of the trains on the Metro-North's Waterbury Branch Line. There are now 22 trains a day running back and forth.
"We have a real reliable commuter line and this is the time to move forward and we are," Hess said.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the first state to launch training for disabled people in disaster risk reduction (DRR) management two years ago, Kerala now plays a lead role in strengthening emergency response capabilities of people with disabilities (PwD). Initially, 3,000 disabled people will be trained in DRR using Braille, sign language, video and audio format. Later, it will be extended to all people with disabilities (nearly 8 lakh) in the state.
The national disaster management authority (NDMA) is expected to prepare the national guideline for PWD in DRR management in six months , taking a cue from the Kerala state disaster management authority's (KSDMA) handbook on disability and DRR.
"KSDMA had initially launched the DRR training for disabled on May 11, 2016 in the state capital with the first set of Braille brochures. Now, KSDMA is set to train 3,000 disabled people in the state as part of strengthening their emergency response capabilities. The Daisy software application used for training is easy to follow. This all inclusive format developed in eight months with the support of National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) would help all PwD," KSDMA state project officer Joe John George said.
Two years ago, the then minister for revenue and disaster management Adoor Prakash had indicated the need for training the disabled in DRR. Following that the KSDMA member secretary Sekhar Kuriakose had told KSDMA state project officer to prepare the concept note and based on that a proposal was drafted, which was approved by the state. Then a state-level consultative meet was organized with a resource person from UNDP and working with Handicap International's Kalika Mohapatra and an expert on disabilities, Chandrasekharan. A follow-up meet was held with experts in June 2016 after which KSDMA released the handbook on disability and DRR.
"We had submitted the handbook to NDMA. Kerala was also the first state to conduct a door-to-door survey to identify the people with disabilities and had identified over 7.93 lakh disabled people with 22 types of disabilities. Of which, we had broadly classified four types of disabilities visually impaired, speech & hearing impaired, physically challenged and intellectually impaired for training them in DRR," George said.
The disabled are more vulnerable and they are trained in basic disaster management skills such as first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation with a mannequin. Methods for rescue of physically- impaired persons on a wheel-chair in case of an earthquake either with the support of a friend or by themselves are also part of the training.
A four-day long training programme for PwD in Idukki, Kottayam and Thrissur districts were completed and the programme will be extended to other districts by July-end, said an official.


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Incidences of Karmic Retribution for Those Committing Misdeeds Against Falun Dafa
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Head of Propaganda Department of Xiangcheng City in Henan Province Died of Retribution for Slandering Falun Dafa.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2004, Chen Qingyi, the head of the propaganda department of Xiangchen City, went to Beijing on a personal trip for Li Mingfang, Xiangcheng City Party Secretary. While his car was on the Jing-Zhu highway, a tire from a truck in the neighboring lane came loose and hit the car. The driver and Chen Qingyi were killed instantly, and the wife of Li Mingfang, who was sitting in the back seat, was seriously injured.
Chen Qingyi was the head of the propaganda department since 2001. In this capacity, he personally planned and directed Xiangcheng City media's vicious attacks on Falun Dafa.
Li Mingfan has been the Party Secretary of Xiangchen City since 2003, and has maliciously persecuted Dafa practitioners.
The People Who Persecute Dafa are the Ones Who Break the Law
Liu Lidong, the former police chief of Lianfangdong Police Station in Handan City, persecuted Dafa practitioners. He routinely sent police to follow, monitor, and abduct practitioners. In the spring of this year, Liu Lidong and his accomplices Fang Denguang and Xu Zhiqiang abducted Dafa practitioners Tian Yanpu, Zhang Yine, Zhang Jianhua, Duan, and Wang Shuyun. Zhang Yine and Duan are still unable to come home. Zhang Jianhua and Wang Shuyun were fined almost 10,000 yuan. Tian Yanpu was handcuffed to his bed by Liu Lidong for 3 days and was not able to move at all, and his former heart disease was exacerbated by their ill treatment. Liu Lidong insisted on sending Mr. Tian to a detention center despite his health situation. However, the detention refused to accept him due to his poor health.
Immediately after the Chinese New Year of 2004, the authorities abducted Dafa practitioners everywhere, when Dafa truth-clarification programs were spliced into cable TV stations. Liu Lidong also participated in the persecution of Tang Hui and other practitioners. He also fined practitioners heavily without giving any receipts.
In October 2004, Liu Lidong was arrested for an alleged crime of obstruction of justice, and he is now imprisoned in a detention center.
Persecutors in Dazu County, Chongching City, Received Retribution
Qin Longze, former Dazu County Education Commission Director, is responsible for the persecution of Dafa practitioners in the Education System. He was arrested for embezzlement.
Lei Tianhua, the new Education Commission Director, continued to persecute Dafa practitioners in the Education System. He was also arrested for embezzlement.
Chen Wu, the former manager of the Education Commission Enterprise, persecuted Dafa practitioners working in the company. He was relieved of his duties for embezzlement and other problems.
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Are Women More Frugal On Their Travels?
Traveling in a particular place especially in other countries means a lot of money to be spent. Whether you are a man or a woman, young or old, traveling simply means a state of continuous spending of your hard-earned money. But here is a big deal – something everyone would like to negate and take a stand or something many would like to defend: are women more practical compared to men on their travels?
When it comes to practicality or frugality, women are known to be more reliable and trusted than men. Guys are usually extravagant and do not necessarily care about what they spend at a particular time and what is left inside their wallets. In short, most men are very much carefree when it comes to spending.
On the other hand, women are more reliable when it comes to frugality because they are simply watchful about the contents of their purse and wallets. They are more conscious and aware about what is needed and what is not.
Women are more meticulous when it comes to choosing budget-friendly items for everyone; in short, women are choosy but practical.
Women who can get a loan can be thrifty with an unsecured loan. With an unsecured loan, no collateral is required, allowing you to borrow a specific amount of money from one to seven years.


Travel site Booking.com has partnered with Madame Tussauds to offer VIP sleepovers in one of seven wax museum locations. The activation follows a successful Halloween promotion in which guests spent the night inside The San Francisco Dungeon.
Beginning March 28, Booking.com customers can book a private one-night stay for up to four people inside a Madame Tussauds museum. The $99 "Ultimate Slumber Party with the Stars" package includes VIP entry into the museum, dinner, snacks and a breakfast basket and a goodie bag filled with Booking.com and Madame Tussaud's swag.
Guests will also be assigned a private photographer and stylist called a "selfie butler" to make sure they always look their best for photo ops. Limited tickets are available for Madame Tussauds locations in New York, Hollywood, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orlando, Nashville and Washington D.C.
Several nights have been booked just hours after the promotion went live on Thursday.
The "Ultimate Slumber Party with the Stars" promotion comes on the heels of a Halloween promotion that Booking.com ran in San Francisco. Visitors were given VIP access to the last show of the evening at The San Francisco Dungeon in Fisherman's Wharf, then treated to ghost stories, a séance, souvenirs and breakfast.
Last year, Booking.com called its Experiences portal that allows guests to pre-register local happenings once they have booked accommodations. To accommodate changing plans, consumers can book experiences and only pay once the QR code has been scanned on-site.
Travel activities, which includes tours, activities and events, is the third-largest segment in travel, according to Deloitte, accounting for 10 percent of global travel revenue. Revenue generated by travel experiences is expected to reach $183 billion by 2020.
In a self-obsessed world, Booking.com's partnership with Madame Tussauds make sense—after all, guests have been taking pictures with celebrity wax figures long before the "selfie" was even a thing.


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On the 26th of December 2004 there was a massive earthquake that took place under the Indian ocean. This triggered a series of tsunamis killing more than 225,000 people in eleven countries. The earthquake reached in between 9.1 and 9.3, the second biggest one ever recorded on a seismograph.
In the middle of the vast sea.
When you strike, you never give us a clue.
It makes us all sorry, dead or sad.
Were all in your evil and powerful reach.
For all the children who perished there.
Their minds were troubled and sorrow bound.
And predicting systems are what we shall make.
As we will have already sensed your presence.
The tsunami hit the very next day.
.. Or so it seemed.
in a sweeping murderous instant a 20-foot tsunami had broken the heart of Sri Lanka.
.his wail echoed around the world in the homes of London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, New Delhi, Moscow, Cape Town and Bejing.
Parts of the south and east coast were decimated, there was blood and carnage everywhere, bodies were flung from trains, hotels and ordinary homes. The wave swept over Sri Lanka and then receded with the dead and the dying.
It was a catastrophe; the world's worst natural disaster had struck Sri Lanka after a massive earthquake in the sea near Indonesia, registering 9 on the Richter scale. It registered an even greater depth of sadness and heartbreak in Sri Lanka - whole communities were wiped out and it brought death and destruction.
Sri Lanka dominated the world's headlines as people woke up on Boxing Day to view the devastation on their television screens.
The image of a loving father grieving from the depths of his soul, grieving for his son who appeared only to be asleep shook the world - it broke the hearts of many from Stratford in East London to downtown Tokyo.
..the tears of Sri Lanka brought tears to humanity, it provoked compassion as Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales said when he visited the London Buddhist Vihara in Chiswick, Great Britain and met Mahanayake Ven Vajiranana and the many volunteers from the Sri Lankan Community.
This spirit of compassion brought forth extraordinary tales - waiters fully knowing their families had perished went out to save the lives of tourists, a child who had learnt about the tsunami in her classroom fore warned her family and took them to safety, a mother smashed the window of the bathroom in her hotel and pushed her daughter out before the murderous waters took her life, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka saving the life of his political opponent and that of his family who were stranded on a rooftop, churches giving shelter to Buddhist and Hindus, temples giving shelter to Christians. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga appealed for humanitarian assistance.
Children sold their Christmas presents in the UK to raise funds for the tsunami victims in the Asia-Pacific, the dollars, the yen, the pounds, the rupees flowed in of every currency from virtually every land.
People are giving, without a thought for themselves as they see the devastation day in day out on their television screens, reality television at its worst and yet out of this disaster comes hope, hope in the form of human compassion and kindness.
They come from all parts of the world to re-build our land. To re-build schools and whole communities washed away by the giant wave.
It is the strength of humanity. Disasters bind us together with chords that cannot be broken. Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Americans, Britons, Swedes, Australians, Germans, French, Nigerians, Arabs, Singaporeans among the multi-national, multi-coloured kaleidoscope of humanity all working together to help Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is a cricket loving nation and what a wonderful sight it was to see the world's cricketers spurred on by Shane Warne who stood side by side with Muttiah Muralitharan to reach out to our country in a one day match in Melbourne, Australia.
Our cricket team have also launched an appeal.
They say it will taken 10 years and billions of dollars. But more than the colour of money it is the colour of humanity, the same blood that runs through the veins of humanity has reached out to help the distressed and the dying in Sri Lanka. It was an act of love. An act of compassion. An act of humanity.
Albert Einstein said: 'A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This tsunami has freed people from self and they have opened their hearts, their minds and their wallets embracing the needy not only in Sri Lanka but in Indonesia, in Thailand, in the Maldives, in South India.
This disaster has been a fine example of the people of the world going beyond the narrow concerns of themselves and embracing humanity in South East Asia.
We are surrounded by teams helping our fellowmen from all four corners of the earth - this has never ever happened in Sri Lanka and we have never ever had such a disaster such as a devastating tsunami. But we can drink from the cup of human kindness, we can gain strength from that solidarity and support, just as a child who has fallen raises her hands to seek help to stand on her own two feet, the world has come to our aid and has extended hands of friendship, love and support.
The ties of humanity will help us to get through this ordeal, we will one day stand up on our own two feet again, and we will rise like the proverbial phoenix. We will say thank you to human beings of all nationalities, creed and colour who came to our aid who responded to the call of Mother Lanka in her hour of need.
Ten years down the line there will be a new, vibrant, positive, compassionate Sri Lanka - and we pray that it will be a vision of Sri Lanka at peace with herself and her fellowmen.
We will draw strength from those simple acts of humanity that helped us, extending hands of friendship and support when we fell as the water rushed at us and threatened to flow over our souls. We will never forget.
and fling it to the hungry ocean.
And come to life on moonlit nights to frolic on the shore.
but they do smile in Iraq, and in Phuket.
soldiers in kargil can tell jokes, too.
laugh with them. don't cry for them.
water erodes away the stoutest rocks.
Up and off to Sunday school.
Didn't want to, but my parents made me go?
I shouted at them then ran off.
But when I got back they were gone.
Well did I get the chance to say sorry?
A man came and took me to safety.
I could see the squelchy damp mud on the floor.
Then alligators escaped with rats finishing off the bodies.
I started shouting but no one listened.
Peoples where looking for survivors.
He explained that my parents where killed.
I cried all day and night but it didn't matter they where gone.
I just wish my parents know I'm so sorry.
what can they posible do?
because they are full of salt!
gee what can we do?
Sponsor and help a person afected by the terrible waves of the tsunami today help them live again!!!
Oh dear Lord, what happened to us?
We were such a grand family.
oh dear Lord, can't you see?
I'm left without a home.
and now I'm all alone.
I have no place to call my own.
all I have is You.
show me the way to go.
and again your love shall show.