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Helmuth Johannsen (* 27. Februar 1920 in Hamburg; † 3. November 1998 ebenda) war ein deutscher Fußballtrainer. Er gewann mit Eintracht Braunschweig 1967 in der Bundesliga die deutsche Meisterschaft und wurde 1978 mit Grasshoppers Zürich Schweizer Meister.

Beginn  der Trainerlaufbahn
Der aus der Jugend des FC St. Pauli Hamburg hervorgegangene Helmuth Johannsen absolvierte erfolgreich unter der Leitung von Bundestrainer Sepp Herberger im Jahre 1950 den 3. Lehrgang in der Deutschen Sporthochschule in Köln zum Fußball-Lehrer. Kollegen waren dabei Fritz Herkenrath, Karl-Heinz Heddergott, Radoslav Momirski, Hans Rohde, Rudi Schlott, Paul Schneider, Richard Schneider und Horst Stürze.

Seine Trainer-Laufbahn eröffnete er in der Oberliga Nord in der Saison 1950/51 bei Bremerhaven 93. Bis 1954 trainierte er die Bremerhavener, bis er zu Holstein Kiel wechselte. In der Saison 1956/57 belegte er mit Holstein Kiel den 2. Platz im Norden. Diether Trede, ehemaliger Stürmer der Kieler "Störche" (158 Spiele, 37 Tore), äußert sich über Johannsen folgendermaßen:

1961 verließ Johannsen Kiel, um das Traineramt beim 1. FC Saarbrücken zu übernehmen. Dort war er bis zum Ende der Saison 1962/63 tätig.

In der Oberliga wurde er als ein Trainer bekannt, der es verstand, langfristig zu arbeiten. Dies sollte sich dann später auch bei Eintracht Braunschweig in der Bundesliga bestätigen.

Deutscher Meister 1967

Mit Beginn der Bundesliga in der Runde 1963/64 übernahm der vorherige Trainer des 1. FC Saarbrücken, Helmuth Johannsen, den dritten der Oberliga Nord 1962/63, Eintracht Braunschweig. Braunschweig war gegenüber Hannover 96 als dritter Nordvertreter für die neue Fußball-Bundesliga neben dem Hamburger SV und Werder Bremen nominiert worden. Gemeinsam mit dem neuen Trainer kamen die zwei Spieler Peter Kaack vom VfR Neumünster und Hans-Georg Dulz vom Hamburger SV nach Braunschweig. Johannsen, ein Trainer-Typ der realistischen Zielsetzung nach klarer Analyse der Möglichkeiten des Vereines im sportlichen wie auch finanziellen Bereich, hatte als Ziel für den Verein und dadurch auch für die Spieler und Fans, den Klassenerhalt ausgegeben. Mit 28:32 Punkten wurde der 11. Platz nach 30 Spielen in der Abschlusstabelle belegt und damit war der Klassenerhalt geschafft.

Die Abwehrleistung (49 Gegentore) übertraf in der Wirkung die Ausbeute des Sturmspiels (36 erzielte Treffer). Ironischerweise debütierte der Flügelstürmer Klaus Gerwien am 29. Dezember 1963 in Casablanca in der Nationalmannschaft, nicht einer aus der Reihe der Abwehrspieler Klaus Meyer, Walter Schmidt, Joachim Bäse und Kaack. Zur zweiten Bundesliga-Saison 1964/65 kamen Verstärkungen für den Sturm nach Niedersachsen. Von Arminia Hannover kam Lothar Ulsaß, und vom Absteiger 1. FC Saarbrücken wechselten die Stürmer Dieter Krafczyk und Erich Maas nach Braunschweig. Die Eintracht verbesserte sich darauf auf den 9. Rang und kam auf 42:47 Tore und 28:32 Punkte. Lothar Ulsaß spielte sofort auf gehobenem Niveau, er erzielte 12 Tore und debütierte bereits am 24. April 1965 beim Spiel in Karlsruhe gegen Zypern in der Nationalmannschaft. Wiederum war der hoch gehandelte "Abstiegsanwärter" besser als sein Ruf gewesen.

Anfang Mai 1965 wurde er zum bislang vielleicht einzigen Bundesligatrainer der zwei Profimannschaften gleichzeitig trainierte. Der Kieler SV Holstein hatte gerade seine erfolgreichste Saison seit der deutschen Vizemeisterschaft von 1930. Souverän führten die Störche die damals zweitklassige Regionalliga Nord bei damals nur zwei Punkten pro Sieg mit acht Punkten Vorsprung auf den FC St. Pauli an. Streitigkeiten zwischen Vereinsführung und dem zu Saisonbeginn geholten Trainer Helmut Ullmann waren endlos, so dass er einen Spieltag vor Schluss gefeuert wurde. Die Eintracht gab ihren Konsens, dass Johannsen die Kieler durch das Saisonende begleiten konnte. So saß er  am Samstag, dem 8. Mai noch in der Bundesliga bei einem bedeutungslosen Heimsieg der Eintracht auf der Bank und am nächsten Tag, dem letzten Regionalligaspieltag, beim 8:1-Auswärtssieg der Kieler über die Harburger Rasensportler, die von hier an unaufhaltsam die Reise in die unteren Amateurligen antraten. Johannsens Mannschaft war nach diesem Erfolg sogar zehn Punkte vorne, da St. Pauli zu Hause eine Rast gegen die Kellerkinder vom Verein für Volkssport aus Hildesheim einlegte, die sich den Klassenerhalt sichern wollten.

Zur Bundesliga-Aufstiegsrunde kasernierte Johannsen seine Mannen in der Sportschule Malente ein. Verheiratete Spieler durften gelegentlich raus, die ledigen erhielten bis nach dem letzten Spiel am 26. Juni keinen Ausgang. Johannsen meinte, besonders wenn es heiß sei, sollten Spieler beim Training nichts trinken. In den Spielen stand den Kielern der von Hennes Weisweiler trainierte Regionalliga-West-Meister Borussia Mönchengladbach mit den Jungsuperstars Netzer, Heynckes und "Hacki" Wimmer gegenüber, ferner der SSV Reutlingen, der im Süden das Rennen gegen die Beckenbauer-Müller-Maier-Bayern lange offen hielt, aber an den letzten beiden Spieltagen noch drei Punkte verlor und damit eben drei Punkte hinter Bayern nur Zweiter wurde. Der dritte Gegner der Kieler waren die Außenseiter von Wormatia Worms aus dem Südwesten. Die herausragende Leistung der Kieler erfolgte am fünften der sechs Spieltage, als sie die dann bereits quasi als Aufsteiger feststehenden Mönchengladbacher mit 4:2 niederrangen. Insgesamt wurden sie Dritte. Johannsen kehrte nach Braunschweig zurück, während Franz-Josef Hönig der einzige Spieler der Kieler wurde der mal in der Bundesliga spielte: In der späten Seeler-Ära durfte er aber die Kapitänsbinde beim Hamburger SV tragen.

In der dritten Runde Bundesliga 1965/66 setzte sich dann intern im Tor der jüngere Horst Wolter gegen den vorherigen Stammtorhüter Johannes Jäcker durch. Auch die taktische Variante der Umschulung von Jürgen Moll zu einem offensivfreudigen linken Verteidiger wurde vollzogen. Da Lothar Ulsaß seine Trefferquote sogar auf 17 Tore steigern konnte und der Flügelstürmer Erich Maas auch noch 11 Tore beisteuerte, konnte am Rundenende mit 49:49 Toren und 34:34 Punkten in der jetzt auf 18 Mannschaften erweiterten Bundesliga der 10. Rang belegt werden. Helmuth Johannsen hatte die Leistungsstärke des Teams verbessern können, die Bilanz der Rückrunde mit 20:14 Punkten belegte dies.

Im Transferbereich hielten sich die Ereignisse in Braunschweig vor der Runde 1966/67 im Rahmen der bisher praktizierten Überschaubarkeit. Von Holstein Kiel wurde der junge Stürmer Gerd Saborowski geholt, ansonsten wurde auf das gestiegene Niveau der vergangenen Rückrunde gesetzt. Nach den ersten sechs Spielen stand man mit 9:3 Punkten auf dem 1. Platz. Tatsächlich konnte dann die "Herbstmeisterschaft" nach dem 17. Spieltag mit 22:12 Punkten, punktgleich vor dem Hamburger SV, gefeiert werden. Durch zwei Niederlagen in Folge am 30. und 31. Spieltag gegen Hannover 96 und den Karlsruher SC wurde die Entscheidung um die Meisterschaft in der Schlussphase nochmals äußerst spannend. Eintracht Frankfurt war mit 38:24 punktgleich, Titelverteidiger TSV 1860 München lag auch nur einen Punkt zurück. Am nächsten Spieltag, dem 20. Mai 1967 entschieden Lothar Ulsaß und Erich Maas mit ihren Treffern in der 84. und 89. Minute bei dem 2:1-Heimsieg gegen Borussia Mönchengladbach das Rennen für die Braunschweiger, denn Frankfurt und 1860 München verloren jeweils ihre Spiele gegen Bremen und Nürnberg. Mit dem abschließenden 4:1-Heimsieg gegen den 1. FC Nürnberg konnte dann endgültig der Deutsche Meister 1967 gekürt werden.

In der Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Teil 1 aus dem Jahre 1998 steht über die Meisterschaft von Eintracht Braunschweig:

Mit der besten Defensive der Liga, in 34 Spielen gab es nur 27 Gegentore, einer Stammformation von zwölf Spielern, einer kontinuierlich durchgehaltenen Taktik die zum Personal passte und der dazu nötigen körperlichen und fußballerischen Klasse führte Helmuth Johannsen das Team des 1. Vorsitzenden Ernst Fricke verdient zur Meisterschaft. Damit hatte er nach vier Jahren des behutsamen Aufbaus das höchste Ziel erreicht.

Spiele im Europapokal der Landesmeister 1967/68
Nach dem Gewinn der Meisterschaft kam die Herausforderung im Europapokal der Landesmeister 1967/68. Nach kampflosem Einzug in die zweite Runde war im September 1967 der österreichische Rekordmeister SK Rapid Wien der Gegner. Obwohl es im Alltag der Bundesliga nicht gut lief, nach dem fünften Spieltag hatte man nur das negative Punktekonto von 4:6 Punkten, brachte der 2:0-Heimerfolg am 29. September durch Tore von Wolfgang Grzyb und Saborowski doch den Einzug in das Viertelfinale.

Dort standen zu Beginn der Rückrunde 1968 die Spiele gegen den italienischen Meister Juventus Turin an. Das Hinspiel in Braunschweig endete nach einer verdienten 3:1-Führung mit 3:2 beendet. In Turin brachte Juventus erst ein verwandelter Elfmeter in der 88. Spielminute den Siegtreffer zum 1:0 ein und forcierte damit ein Entscheidungsspiel. Das fand am 20. März in Bern statt und die Eintracht musste ohne Lothar Ulsaß antreten. Wieder brachten die Männer von Helmuth Johannsen eine ausgeglichene Partie zustande, die favorisierten Turiner konnten keine deutliche Überlegenheit erspielen. In der 56. Minute erzielte der Juves Schwede Roger Magnusson den spielentscheidenden Treffer zum 1:0.

In der Bundesliga wurde die Eintracht 1968 nur noch Sechster. 1969 konnte sich die Eintracht noch einmal auf Rang vier verbessern, schrammte aber 1970 als Drittletzter mit der alternden Mannschaft nur drei Punkten Abstand auf den 17. Platz knapp am Abstieg vorbei. Damit verabschiedete sich Johannsen von der Eintracht.

Hannover 96, Röchling Völklingen und Tennis Borussia Berlin
Zur Saison 1970/71 trat Johannsen die Nachfolge von Hans Pilz bei Hannover 96 an. Er führte die Hannoveraner, im Vorjahr noch 13., auf den neunten Rang. In der darauffolgenden Saison kassierte 96 in den ersten 15 Spielen 12 Niederlagen und lag auf dem letzten Platz. Daraufhin zeigte ihm der Vereinsvorstand die rote Karte und ersetze ihn durch Hans Hipp, der das Abstiegsgespenst noch einmal vertreiben konnte und die Mannschaft auf den 16. Tabellenplatz, mit drei Punkten Abstand auf den 17. Rang, führte. Zu den prominentesten Hannoveranern jener Zeit gehörten Hans-Josef Hellingrath, Hans Siemensmeyer, Rudi Nafziger, Horst Bertl, Hans-Joachim Weller, Ferdinand Keller und der junge Stürmer Willi Reimann.

Im Sommer 1972 übernahm Johannsen in der Regionalliga Südwest den SV Röchling Völklingen. Er führte auf Anhieb den Verein auf den zweiten Tabellenplatz und damit in die Aufstiegsrunde zur Bundesliga im Sommer 1973. Rot-Weiss Essen war aber mit Willi Lippens, Dieter Bast, Diethelm Ferner und Wolfgang Rausch personell deutlich besser besetzt und gewann den Aufstiegsplatz.

Ab 1975 war er bei Tennis Borussia Berlin tätig. In der Datenbank von Tennis Borussia wird zu der Runde 1975/76 notiert:

Johannsen arbeitete in diesem Meister-Jahr bei TeBe u. a. mit den Spielern Ditmar Jakobs, Norbert Siegmann, Norbert Stolzenburg und Christian Sackewitz zusammen.

Grasshopper Club Zürich
Nach dem Gastspiel in Berlin zog er 1976 in die Schweiz zum dortigen Rekordmeister, der jedoch seit dem Titelgewinn von 1956 nur noch einmal nationaler Meister werden konnte. Im Hardturmstadion konnte er dann im Jahre 1978, nachdem man sich knapp gegen Servette Geneve und FC Basel durchgesetzt hatte, den Gewinn der Schweizer Meisterschaft feiern, wobei GC in der gleichen Saison auch den Schweizer Cupfinal und Liga-Cupfinal erreichen konnte. In dieser Saison allerdings noch höher einzuschätzen waren die Erfolge, die man im UEFA-Cup erreichte. Man drang bis in das Halbfinale in diesem Wettbewerb vor. Mit Erfolgen gegen BK Fram, Inter Bratislava, Dinamo Tiflis und überraschend auch gegen Eintracht Frankfurt, hatte man das Halbfinale erreicht und traf dort auf die Korsen vom SC Bastia. Zwar wurde das Heimspiel mit 3:2 Toren gewonnen, doch eine knappe 0:1-Niederlage in Bastia beendete die Europapokal-Final-Träume der Blau-Weißen aufgrund der bei unentschiedenem Gesamtstand doppelt zählenden Auswärtore. Im Europapokal der Landesmeister 1978/79 gelang dann GC die Sensation des Erfolges gegen Real Madrid. Hatte man in Madrid noch mit 1:3 verloren, so reichte der 2:0-Heimsieg zum Einzug in das Viertelfinale. Dort war dann Endstation gegen den späteren Titelgewinner Nottingham Forest, der im Halbfinale auch den Deutschen Meister 1. FC Köln mit Trainer Hennes Weisweiler ausschaltete.

Ende der Trainerlaufbahn

Johannsen trainierte von 1979/80 bis zum Ende der Saison 1980/81 den VfL Bochum, wo er den abgewanderten Heinz Höher ablöste. Er wurde mit dem Verein in der Bundesliga 10. und 9.

Danach ging der mittlerweile 61-Jährige wieder in die Schweiz, diesmal zum FC St. Gallen, in der vorangegangenen Saison von Willy Sommer trainiert, den er 1982/83 zum dritten Platz in der Nationalliga A und damit erstmals zur Teilnahme am UEFA-Pokal führte. Das war erst die zweite Teilnahme des Vereins an einem europäischen Pokalwettbewerb, nach dem Cupsieg von 1969, von bis dato sieben Teilnahmen. Zur Mannschaft gehörten seinerzeit unter anderem Jerzy Gorgoń, Verteidiger der goldenen Ära der polnischen Nationalmannschaft, und der spätere Trainer Christian Gross. Johannsen blieb bis 1985 beim Verein und erreichte mit den Espenmoosern am Ende nochmal einen vierten Platz. Nach Johannsen holte der Club mit Werner Olk, dem Adler von Giesing, einen milderen Trainer. Da aber mit Martin Gisinger, Gross und Gorgoń wichtige Spieler abgingen, wurde aufgrund der daraufhin folgenden sportlichen Enttäuschung der Ex-Bayernspieler im März entlassen und Johannsen kehrte bis Juni 1986 noch einmal zurück. Das änderte aber nichts am 11. Platz, den er bei seiner Wiederkunft anfand. Diesmal wurde er vom Landsmann Uwe Klimaschefski beerbt, der zwar einen Platzwart an den Pfosten binden und Spieler auf ihn schießen ließ, aber nach dennoch ausbleibender Verbesserung bald entlassen wurde, was dem glücklicheren Markus Frei einige Jahre im Rampenlicht der Nationalliga A verschaffte.

Bei seinem Heimatverein FC St. Pauli Hamburg trat Helmuth Johannsen von 1987 bis 1988 noch einmal für ein Jahr als Vizepräsident in Erscheinung, zudem war er bis zu seinem Tod Beisitzer für die Trainer am DFB-Bundesgericht.

1998 starb Johannsen als Folge einer Krebserkrankung, nachdem er noch im Sommer alle Spiele der deutschen Nationalmannschaft bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Frankreich besucht hatte.

Daten der Laufbahn
 1950–1954: Bremerhaven 93, Oberliga Nord
 1954–1961: Holstein Kiel, Oberliga Nord
 1961–1963: 1. FC Saarbrücken, Oberliga Südwest
 1963–1970: Eintracht Braunschweig, Bundesliga
 5.–6.1965: Holstein Kiel, Regionalliga Nord, Bundesligaaufstiegsrunde
 1970–13. November 1971: Hannover 96, Bundesliga
 1972–1975: Röchling Völklingen, Regionalliga Südwest/2. BL Gruppe Süd
 1975–1976: Tennis Borussia Berlin, 2. Bundesliga Nord
 1976–1979: Grasshopper Club Zürich, Schweiz
 1979–1981: VfL Bochum, Bundesliga
 1981–1985: FC St. Gallen, Schweiz
 1986:      FC St. Gallen, Schweiz

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Johannsen war verheiratet und hatte zwei Söhne. Sein Sohn Walter Johannsen ist einer breiten Öffentlichkeit vom Fernsehen als Sportjournalist des NDR bekannt.

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Jürgen Bitter: Deutschlands Fußball. Das Lexikon. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8.
 Matthias Kropp: Triumphe im Europapokal. Alle Spiele der bundesdeutschen Klubs seit 1955 (= AGON Sportverlag statistics, 20). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-75-4.
 Matthias Weinrich: Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs. Band 3: 35 Jahre Bundesliga. Teil 1. Die Gründerjahre 1963–1975. Geschichten, Bilder, Aufstellungen, Tabellen. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1998, ISBN 3-89784-132-0.
 Matthias Weinrich: Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs. Band 4: 35 Jahre Bundesliga. Teil 2. Tore, Krisen & ein Erfolgstrio 1975–1987. Geschichten, Bilder, Aufstellungen, Tabellen. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-89784-133-9.
 Matthias Weinrich: Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs. Band 5: 35 Jahre Bundesliga. Teil 3. Boomjahre, Geld & Stars 1987 bis heute. Geschichten, Bilder, Aufstellungen, Tabellen. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-89784-134-7.
 Matthias Weinrich: 25 Jahre 2. Liga. Der Zweitliga-Almanach. Alle Spieler. Alle Vereine. Alle Ergebnisse. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-145-2.

Fußballtrainer (VfL Bochum)
Fußballtrainer (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Fußballtrainer (Hannover 96)
Fußballtrainer (Grasshopper Club Zürich)
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Gestorben 1998
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The Cute 8-Month-Old Baby – Development Milestones, Fun Games to Play and Toy Tips!
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Q-system cluster algebras, paths and total positivity
Philippe di Francesco, Rinat Kedem
In the first part of this paper, we provide a concise review of our method of solution of the Ar Q-systems in terms of the partition function of paths on a weighted graph. In the second part, we show that it is possible to modify the graphs and transfer matrices so as to provide an explicit connection to the theory of planar networks introduced in the context of totally positive matrices by Fomin and Zelevinsky. As an illustration of the further generality of our method, we apply it to give a simple solution for the rank 2 affine cluster algebras studied by Caldero and Zelevinsky.
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2010.014
Total Positivity
Cluster Algebra
Totally Positive Matrices
Weighted Graph
Transfer Matrix
Partition Function
Graph in graph theory
Cluster algebras
di Francesco, P., & Kedem, R. (2010). Q-system cluster algebras, paths and total positivity. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA), 6, [014]. https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2010.014
Q-system cluster algebras, paths and total positivity. / di Francesco, Philippe; Kedem, Rinat.
In: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA), Vol. 6, 014, 01.01.2010.
di Francesco, P & Kedem, R 2010, 'Q-system cluster algebras, paths and total positivity', Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA), vol. 6, 014. https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2010.014
di Francesco P, Kedem R. Q-system cluster algebras, paths and total positivity. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA). 2010 Jan 1;6. 014. https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2010.014
di Francesco, Philippe ; Kedem, Rinat. / Q-system cluster algebras, paths and total positivity. In: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA). 2010 ; Vol. 6.
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Klinsmann the focus as U.S. prepares for Germany
SAO PAULO – The American coach with a German accent is a big deal in his home country. As a player and coach, he was...
Klinsmann the focus as U.S. prepares for Germany SAO PAULO – The American coach with a German accent is a big deal in his home country. As a player and coach, he was... Check out this story on zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: http://ohne.ws/1iAfkj8
Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY Sports Published 8:42 p.m. ET June 23, 2014
U.S. manager Jurgen Klinsmann moves in to shake the hand of defender Matt Besler after the Americans' 2-2 tie with Portugal on Sunday. (Photo: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports )
SAO PAULO – The American coach with a German accent is a big deal in his home country. As a player and coach, he was a giant for both club and country. When the U.S. meets Germany on Thursday, Jurgen Klinsmann won't have conflicting emotions.
His job is to beat Germany.
As for those wearing black, red and gold, it's complicated. There is enormous interest in all things Klinsmann in Germany. During the match against Portugal on Sunday, German TV had a special focused on him and fans provided commentary on Twitter with the hashtag #KlinsiCam.
German reporters routinely attend the coach's news conferences, even though Die Mannschaft's base is located in another part of Brazil. Before the U.S. played Portugal, a German reporter began his question in German and requested an answer in the language to be beamed back to the folks at home.
"No German," Klinsmann said firmly, with a shake of his head. As the reporter continued to ask in German, a FIFA moderator politely intervened. The same happened again after the game, with a reporter asking in German, only to be cut off in English.
Manaus, where the thrilling game was played Sunday, is home to one of the great marvels of nature known as the Meeting of the Waters. Two distinct rivers flow side by side, but they don't mix. The Negro River, the color of a midnight sky, runs along the silty brown Amazon River. Where they meet, the demarcation line is clear.
The same holds true for Klinsmann on Thursday, when his past and present teams meet in a game that will decide who moves on and who goes home.
If the U.S. beats or ties Germany, the Americans will advance to the knockout round. If the U.S. loses, the Americans might have to rely on goal differential to advance.
Given that both teams would advance with a draw, it didn't take long before the conspiracy theorists took hold of the scenario and made some assumptions. Would there be a gentlemen's agreement? Would German coach Joachim Low call his old friend Klinsmann and settle on a tie? Would the fix be in?
Klinsmann, 49, brushed off the suggestions. "There is no such call," he said. "Jogi will do his job and I will do my job. This is no time to have friendship calls, it's about business now."
Low was Klinsmann's assistant when he coached Germany in the 2006 World Cup and the coaching staffs remain close. Klinsmann's former coach Berti Vogts is a special adviser to the U.S. team, hired as a super scout of sorts to help prepare the Americans beat Germany.
And there are five German-American players on the team — Jermaine Jones, Fabian Johnson, Timmy Chandler, John Brooks and Julian Green. Four are the sons of U.S. servicemen. All were raised in Germany. Yes, it's complicated.
Before Monday's training session, Klinsmann made his intentions clear. "We want to beat Germany. We want to be first in our group, so we're not thinking about a tie," he said.
Klinsmann moved to the U.S. after his playing career ended. His wife is American and his two children grew up in California. This is his country now; beating Germany is his job. He knows the words to Deutschlandlied, but when The Star-Spangled Banner is played before the game, Klinsmann will sing along.
But between now and them, the rivers will collide. And Klinsmann doesn't seem to mind. After Sunday's game, Klinsmann criticized FIFA for its schedule-making. "We played in the Amazon, they played in a location where they don't have to travel much," he said. "Everything was done for the big favorites to move on. We got to do it the tough way, so we're going to do it the tough way."
The U.S. has one less day to recover between games than Germany and a lot more air travel. However, much of the travel is self-inflicted given U.S. Soccer chose to have its training base in Sao Paulo, which is thousands of miles away from the cities hosting their games.
Not long after Klinsmann's comments, another great sporting legend from Germany weighed in. Boris Becker, busy coaching Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, tweeted:
"Funny how #Klinsmann speaks about #Germany ….country he was born, raised, represented, managed…… Wish him luck!"
Americans advance if ...
• They beat or tie Germany on Thursday;
• They lose to Germany, but Portugal and Ghana play to a draw;
• They lose to Germany by a small margin (one) and the winner of Portugal-Ghana also wins by a small margin. This comes down to goal differential. The U.S. enters Thursday at +1, while Ghana is at -1 and Portugal is at -4.
• They lose to Germany and the winner of Portugal-Ghana ties the U.S. in goal differential but the Americans have more total goals scored in group play. The U.S. has scored four to Ghana's three and Portugal's two.
If the U.S. still is tied in the standings after those scenarios, the next FIFA tie-breakers, in order, are: goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; and drawing of lots by the FIFA Organizing Committee.
Source: USA Today


Please join home care industry advocates for the Home Care Association of Florida's annual Home Care Day at the Capitol in Tallahassee!
At this advocacy event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet with state lawmakers to share industry priorities under consideration by the Florida Legislature. Participating in this free event is a key way to represent your agency, the industry, and the patients and clients you serve.
Not a "political person"? Not to worry! HCAF's policy team will be sure you are prepared with everything you need to know to meet with lawmakers and their staff at the Capitol.
No prior advocacy experience is necessary, and advocates will be assigned to a group with an experienced leader. Bringing employees and staff members is highly encouraged!
HCAF leadership invites Home Care Day attendees to participate in a complimentary reception and policy briefing the evening before meetings take place at the Capitol. Complimentary appetizers, soft drinks, wine, and beer will be available. Attendees are highly encouraged to attend this informative reception in order to be familiarized with and prepared to meet with lawmakers.
There is no host hotel for this advocacy event. Below are lodging options that within two miles of the Florida Capitol complex. Attendees are encouraged to arrive in Tallahassee by mid-to-late afternoon on Tuesday, March 26 and depart mid-to-late afternoon on Wednesday, March 27.
Home Care Day: Business attire or agency uniform. Agency badges are suggested (if possible), and be sure to bring business cards. Please wear comfortable shoes since you'll be walking all over the Capitol.
Contact Kyle Simon, Director of Government Affairs and Communications, at ksimon@homecarefla.org or call (850) 222-8967.


Abstract The induction of fungal metabolites by fungal co-cultures grown on solid media was explored using multi-well co-cultures in 2 cm diameter Petri dishes. Fungi were grown in 12-well plates to easily and rapidly obtain the large number of replicates necessary for employing metabolomic approaches. Fungal culture using such a format accelerated the production of metabolites by several weeks compared with using the large-format 9 cm Petri dishes. This strategy was applied to a co-culture of a Fusarium and an Aspergillus strain. The metabolite composition of the cultures was assessed using ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionisation and time-of-flight mass spectrometry, followed by automated data mining. The de novo production of metabolites was dramatically increased by nutriment reduction. A time-series study of the induction of the fungal metabolites of interest over nine days revealed that they exhibited various induction patterns. The concentrations of most of the de novo induced metabolites increased over time. However, interesting patterns were observed, such as with the presence of some compounds only at certain time points. This result indicates the complexity and dynamic nature of fungal metabolism. The large-scale production of the compounds of interest was verified by co-culture in 15 cm Petri dishes; most of the induced metabolites of interest (16/18) were found to be produced as effectively as on a small scale, although not in the same time frames. Large-scale production is a practical solution for the future production, identification and biological evaluation of these metabolites.


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The "Flatnose" buggy from Belgian manufacturer APAL, driven by Eberhard Kittler.
A story about the open-top fun cars with Volkswagen technology
By Shin Watanabe | April 16, 2018
Volkswagen stands for quality, reason, and more: It has also been bringing fun cars to the roads for seven decades. They prove how well engineers and technicians can handle visions and emotions. Eberhard Kittler, head of the Volkswagen AutoMuseum in Wolfsburg, has written down the story for us: "Stretchmobile with teak floor, twelve-cylinder in the compact class, beachmobile in jolly look – all this and much more has been preserved in the archives in Wolfsburg and Osnabrück. If engineers were allowed to do as they pleased, there would be such amazement. Many ideas, many drafts, and many one-off showcars. But none of them for sale. A volume manufacturer like Volkswagen is dependent on the consistently high demand of its models. And yet, the members of the board did not turn out to be spoilsports, as they often gave the go-ahead for emotionally charged unreasonableness on wheels – preferably in an open-top design. It all began with the Beetle convertible, which was developed by Karmann in Osnabrück and then built on a Volkswagen contract: from 1949 to 1980, in more than 330,000 units. Sadly, it has been all but forgotten that, in addition to this, a roadster version of the open-top Beetle was launched.
The "VW Beetle Hebmüller convertible" had a shorter roof than the regular convertible and less space in the rear-seat. But: chic!
Six-digit prices for the beauty from Wuelfrath / Germany
Hebmüller, however, built only a few of their stylish Schoenlinge with two spare seats in the rear (exactly: 696 units) – not because the clientele did not want more, but because the factory in Wülfrath near Wuppertal unfortunately burned down in 1953. Six-figure amounts are currently requested and paid for these rare but much sought-after vehicles. Today's designers – who have to face the challenge of self-supporting bodies – would have every reason to envy their former colleagues. After all, they had much more creative freedom thanks to the stable Beetle platform frame. As a result, dozens of very small series and unique models were produced around world well into the 1980s. The uncompromising open-top Dune buggies and, due to the shortened rear, the martial Baja bug were confined to the annals of history, both – of course – originally coming from California. While only a few models of the Baja racers, which would have driven every TÜV official mad, ventured on to local streets, the buggy also advanced in Europe to become a coveted eye-catcher with evergreen potential. From the mid-60s, at least two dozen European body manufacturers were an open fountain of youth. Among them was Karmann in Osnabrück, where the idea of a readers' competition in the automobile magazine "Gute Fahrt" was implemented in the form of a stylish leisure mobile. The cool two and four-seated sandmobiles were a hit in Germany as they had the coveted California dreaming feeling on board as standard. For do-it-yourselfers, even cheap Beetle conversion kits were offered.
Only a small number of courier cars went to the military. The rest saw a lot of civilian and sometimes lifestyle use.
The first "cross-over"-model by Volkswagen
Volkswagen itself secured a slice of the pie with the "Type 181 courier car" offered from 1969 onwards. Unfortunately, it was not possible to come up with a more snappy name for the model ... this Beetle lookalike – with rear engine and rear-wheel drive – was probably the first crossover model in Volkswagen history. Numbers made up with the Bundeswehr, forestry and communal service versions, but its image was made by the five-seater with the fold-down windscreen, for example, in the USA, where it was referred to as "The Thing". Together with the campervan, it perfectly illustrated the hippie era. And in Bali, where the Type 181 was assembled for a while, it is still in use today as a brightly coloured tourist mobile. Around 140,000 courier cars were built in total. The polecat (type 183) really got down to business, which was available from 1979 in civilian version. The permanently four-wheel drive, open-top vehicle was based on a military vehicle from Ingolstadt, but had been converted to a snappy adventure mobile. The magnificent multiple victory of four of these polecats at the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1980 was what paved the way for this. If you ordered this model with a short wheelbase and minimal overhangs, you could safely venture into extreme terrain: With differential locks, a climbing ability of 75 degrees and a fording depth of 600 mm, the polecat could do much more than expected – preferably well beyond the proverbial beaten path. More than 10,000 vehicles were delivered.
The polecat in the rare civilian version.
About a German-Italian cross-breed
But Volkswagen also offered driving pleasure at home in the popular compact segment: the 1979-built Golf convertible has become something of a legend – but there was also an open-top version of the Golf, Passo, which remains largely unknown today. It was created in cooperation with the company ACM / Biagini near Pescara on the Adriatic coast. From 1990 to 1993, around 300 four-wheel-drive Golf Country models were converted into convertibles with a wide range of foreign parts. As many as five people could be seated under the huge soft top. No other vehicle offered such raised seating. At least 50 of these moving sun worshippers came to Germany, but fell mostly victim to rust, being so far away from the mild weather conditions of Italy. The topic of "open off-road driving" was far from over, quite the opposite in fact. In 2016, Volkswagen caused a stir with the special model Beetle Dune convertible, beguiling the senses from every perspective. This crossover is a classic from the factory – raised suspension thanks to the so-called "heavy-duty running gear", on 18-inch wheels, with chic attachments, in bright colours (including the specially created "Sandstorm Yellow Metallic"), complete with attractive features. Thus, the idea of the former Baja bug finally arrived in Central Europe. The visionaries really whet people's appetite for the unusual in March 2016 in Geneva. The T-Cross Breeze concept car incorporated all the ideas and experiences of all the unconventional cars mentioned here. A large soft top covers the 4.13 m short compact SUV, which allows the blue sky to engulf vehicle when needed. A trend-setting, good-mood mobile for the odd adventure now and then, with a futuristic interior design that is the dream of more than just the fully fledged hipster. The T-Cross Breeze was met with undivided enthusiasm at its numerous trade fair appearances. That gives hope for more." Eberhard, Kittler, Volkswagen AutoMuseum Foundation
Summer holiday for the whole family: the EMPI-IMP buggy (1966 to 1971).
Although the number of dunes in Germany is limited, Dune buggies were highly sought after here in Germany.
The Biagini Passo. A mixture between Golf Cabrio MK 1 and Golf Country.
The T-Cross Breeze anticipated what will soon become reality – an open-top SUV for the odd adventure now and then.
With the Beetle Dune, Volkswagen created a link to the former Baja Bug, which had its home in Southern California and Mexico.
"Biagini powered by Volkswagen syncro" stands on a poster on the nose of the barely known Italo Teutons.


Authors (2016-2017): Paul Bela Carranza, Representative for CBAPP; James Harris III, V.P. of Finance; Devarshi Patel, Representative for CHHS; Carina Aguilar, Student Activities Commissioner; Thomas Lobao, Public Affairs Commissioner.
WHEREAS, The Associated Students, Incorporated (ASI) is the official student voice more than 15,000 students at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
WHEREAS, There are an estimated 8,000 undocumented students enrolled in the CSU system.
WHEREAS, Assigned university staff alone are not enough to support undocumented students including California AB 540 through their time at CSUDH.
WHEREAS, Resources are limited or non-accessible for undocumented students at CSUDH, thus hindering student success.
WHEREAS, The lack of resources negatively influences attendance, persistence, and graduation rates of undocumented students.
WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Education and California Governor Jerry Brown suggest that higher education institutions create open and welcoming environments for undocumented students.
WHEREAS, CSUDH only has one coordinator in the Toro Dreamers Success Center.
WHEREAS, The CSUDH Toro Dreamers Success Center has both limited resources and hours of operation to adequately provide support services for undocumented students.
RESOLVED, That ASI advocates that CSUDH Administration consider allocating additional resources that would foster academic and personal support for undocumented students.
RESOLVED, The CSUDH ASI Board of Directors will add Undocumented Student Ally Training to their regular leadership development.
RESOLVED, That President Hagan formally and publicly sign a statement in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and undocumented immigrant students.
RESOLVED, That the CSUDH campus and the Toro Dreamers Success Center offer resources that provide emotional support and advising related to academics and financial aid; provide guidance for undocumented students when looking for job opportunities, internships and/or fellowships; and accessible information on immigration related forms, traveling abroad, and help with interpretation of laws; be it further.
RESOLVED, That President Hagan and the University Cabinet are encouraged to include the Toro Dreamers Success Center and dedicated support resources in the campus strategic and facilities master plan; be it further.
RESOLVED, That the university provide public updates detailing the progress that the campus is making on the recommendations for the Toro Dreamer Success Center; be it further.
RESOLVED, That CSUDH is urged to provide additional dedicated resources for students who identify as undocumented, AB 540 or a DREAM student, such as additional coordinators at the Toro Dreamers Success Center; be it further.
RESOLVED, That CSUDH provides resources to expand the Toro Dreamers Success Center hours of operation to also accommodate night and weekend students.
RESOLVED, That in the event the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is reversed, CSUDH will continue to stand by and support undocumented students through designated financial resources, which will allow previously qualified DACA recipients to continue uninterrupted schooling at CSUDH.
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be distributed widely, and specifically to: The students of CSUDH; University President, Dr. Hagan; Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Michael E. Spagna; Interim Vice President of Administration and Finance, Ms. Naomi Goodwin; Vice President of Student Affairs, Dr. William Franklin; Vice President of University Advancement, Ms. Carrie Stewart; Vice President of Information Technology, Mr. Chris Manriquez; Special Assistant for Strategic Academic Initiatives, Dr. Keith Boyum; the California State Student Association (CSSA); the CSSA Social Justice and Equity Council; the Academic Senate; Academic Affairs; and Student Affairs.


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Foster defends handling of Brexit-ad donation questions
David Young. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, February 28, 2017
DUP leader Arlene Foster at the Corick House Hotel in Clogher, Co Tyrone. Picture by Niall Carson, Press Association
ARLENE Foster has defended her handling of questions about a significant donation that bankrolled the DUP's £425,000 pro-Brexit campaign.
The DUP leader faced scrutiny last week after claiming she did not know how much the party had been given by a then-unnamed mystery donor.
A day later, DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson revealed the benefactor as a little-known British-based group of pro-Union business figures called the Constitutional Research Council.
Critics questioned how the party leader could not have been across[on top of] the detail of such a huge single donation – a cash boost that enabled the DUP to promote its Leave message on a UK-wide basis, including the purchase of a four-page Vote To Leave EU advert in the British Metro newspaper.
Mrs. Foster said giving a general figure in a BBC interview would have only drawn criticism.
"I didn't have in my mind the very specific figure that we had been given," she said.
"If I had said 'oh, it's in the region of £450,000' I would have been attacked [with people asking] – 'so you don't know exactly how much it is?'
"I wasn't going to enter into the realms of saying what it was and what it wasn't.
"I knew by that stage that we were speaking to the individuals in question and we were hopeful that we were going to be as open and transparent as we have been."
Mrs. Foster accused the media of not subjecting other parties to the same examination around their finances.
"It's just a pity that Sinn Féin and Republicans aren't as open and transparent about the millions of pounds, the million that they have received from America through the Republic of Ireland," she said.
"Nobody knows where it comes from; nobody knows what it's used for. When we get a donation for a completely legitimate purpose, to fight the European Union campaign, and we have shown everybody where it came from and what it was spent on, people are still asking questions of us and not asking any questions of the other parties.
"I find that bizarre in the extreme. It leads us to ask questions about what the media are doing in this campaign."
Meanwhile, Mrs. Foster dismissed as "complete nonsense" any suggestion she was attempting to avoid pre-election media scrutiny.
The DUP leader faced criticism last week when she declined to take press questions after launching her party's manifesto, citing "man flu."
None of her party colleagues stepped in to answer media queries on the DUP's policy positions.
"I have made myself available to each and every one of the media when they have asked to speak to me. It's complete nonsense to say we are trying to bypass the media," she said.
"I don't know where this comes from – it is nonsense. I genuinely wasn't well last Monday. I had to go the doctor on Tuesday, and I am still recovering from it. So it is an absolute nonsense to suggest I am bypassing the media. It's nonsense, rubbish.
"I have never hidden from the media, and I am not going to start now."


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Helsinki Summit: Trump and Putin Respond to Mueller Indictments
Eric Zuesse
Trump and Putin at joint press conference in Helsinki, July 16th 2018.
In the July 16th joint press conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the question arose of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's recent indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officials for allegedly having engineered the theft of computer files from the Democratic National Committee and from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman. Here is that part of the press conference, in a question that was addressed to both Presidents (and I boldface here the key end part of Putin's presentation, and then I proceed to link to two articles which link to the evidence — the actual documents — that Putin is referring to in his response):
REPORTER (Jeff Mason from Reuters): For President Putin if I could follow up as well. Why should Americans and why should President Trump believe your statement that Russia did not intervene in the 2016 election given the evidence that US Intelligence agencies have provided? Will you consider extraditing the 12 Russian officials that were indicted last week by a US Grand jury.
TRUMP: Well I'm going to let the president [meaning Putin] answer the second part of that question.
As you know, the concept of that came up perhaps a little before, but it came out as a reason why the Democrats lost an election, which frankly, they should have been able to win, because the electoral college is much more advantageous for Democrats, as you know, than it is to Republicans. [That allegation from Trump is unsupported, and could well be false.] We won the electoral college by a lot. 306 to 223, I believe. [It was actually 304 to 227.] That was a well-fought battle. We did a great job.
Frankly, I'm going to let the president speak to the second part of your question. But, just to say it one time again and I say it all the time, there was no collusion. I didn't know the president. There was nobody to collude with. There was no collusion with the campaign. Every time you hear all of these 12 and 14 — it's stuff that has nothing to do — and frankly, they admit, these are not people involved in the campaign. But to the average reader out there, they are saying, well maybe that does. It doesn't. Even the people involved, some perhaps told mis-stories. In one case the FBI said there was no lie. There was no lie. Somebody else said there was. We ran a brilliant campaign. And that's why I'm president. Thank you.
PUTIN: As to who is to be believed, who is not to be believed: you can trust no one. Where did you get this idea that President Trump trusts me or I trust him? He defends the interests of the United States of America and I do defend the interests of the Russian Federation. We do have interests that are common. We are looking for points of contact.
There are issues where our postures diverge and we are looking for ways to reconcile our differences, how to make our effort more meaningful. We should not proceed from the immediate political interests that guide certain political powers in our countries. We should be guided by facts. Could you name a single fact that would definitively prove the collusion? This is utter nonsense — just like the president recently mentioned. Yes, the public at large in the United States had a certain perceived opinion of the candidates during the campaign. But there's nothing particularly extraordinary about it. That's the normal thing.
President Trump, when he was a candidate, he mentioned the need to restore the Russia/US relationship, and it's clear that certain parts of American society felt sympathetic about it and different people could express their sympathy in different ways. Isn't that natural? Isn't it natural to be sympathetic towards a person who is willing to restore the relationship with our country, who wants to work with us?
We heard the accusations about it. As far as I know, this company hired American lawyers and the accusations doesn't have a fighting chance in the American courts. There's no evidence when it comes to the actual facts. So we have to be guided by facts, not by rumors.
Now, let's get back to the issue of this 12 alleged intelligence officers of Russia. I don't know the full extent of the situation. But President Trump mentioned this issue. I will look into it.
So far, I can say the following. Things that are off the top of my head. We have an existing agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, an existing treaty that dates back to 1999. The mutual assistance on criminal cases. This treaty is in full effect. It works quite efficiently. On average, we initiate about 100, 150 criminal cases upon request from foreign states.
For instance, the last year, there was one extradition case upon the request sent by the United States. This treaty has specific legal procedures we can offer. The appropriate commission headed by Special Attorney Mueller, he can use this treaty as a solid foundation and send a formal, official request to us so that we could interrogate, hold questioning of these individuals who he believes are privy to some crimes. Our enforcement are perfectly able to do this questioning and send the appropriate materials to the United States. Moreover, we can meet you halfway. We can make another step. We can actually permit representatives of the United States, including the members of this very commission headed by Mr. Mueller, we can let them into the country. They can be present at questioning.
In this case, there's another condition. This kind of effort should be mutual one. Then we would expect that the Americans would reciprocate. They would question officials, including the officers of law enforcement and intelligence services of the United States whom we believe have something to do with illegal actions on the territory of Russia. And we have to request the presence of our law enforcement.
For instance, we can bring up Mr. Browder in this particular case. Business associates of Mr. Browder have earned over $1.5 billion in Russia. They never paid any taxes. Neither in Russia nor in the United States. Yet, the money escapes the country. They were transferred to the United States. They sent huge amount of money, $400 million as a contribution to the campaign of Hillary Clinton. [He presents no evidence to back up that $400 million claim.] Well, that's their personal case. It might have been legal, the contribution itself. But the way the money was earned was illegal. We have solid reason to believe that some intelligence officers guided these transactions. [This allegation, too, is merely an unsupported assertion here.] So we have an interest of questioning them. That could be a first step. We can also extend it. There are many options. They all can be found in an appropriate legal framework.
REPORTER (Jeff Mason from Reuters): Did you direct any of your officials to help him [Trump] do that [find those 'options']?
PUTIN: Yes, I did. Yes, I did. Because he talked about bringing the US/Russia relationship back to normal.
The evidence regarding that entire matter, of Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act, can be seen in the links and the other evidences that are presented in two articles that I published on that very subject, earlier this year. One, titled "Private Investigations Find America's Magnitsky Act to Be Based on Frauds", summarizes the independently done private investigations into the evidence that is publicly available online regarding Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act. The Magnitsky Act was the basis for the first set of economic sanctions against Russia, and were instituted in 2012; so, this concerns the start of the restoration of the Cold War (without the communism etc. that were allegedly the basis of Cold War I).
The other article, "Russiagate-Trump Gets Solved by Giant of American Investigative Journalism", provides further details in the evidence, and connects both the Magnitsky Act and Bill Browder to the reason why, on 9 June 2016, the Russian lawyer Nataliya Veselnitskaya, met privately at Trump Tower, with Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner — the reason was specifically in order to inform them about the documentation on this case, so that Trump, if elected, would be aware of the contents of those documents. She had used the promise of dirt on Hillary so as to enable Trump, who effectively became the Republican nominee on 26 May 2016, to learn about the actual documents in this crucial case.
The Russian government has been legally pursuing Mr. Browder, for years, on charges that he evaded paying $232 million taxes that were due to the Russian government. These private investigations into this matter — regarding whether or not the Magnitsky Act was based on fraudulent grounds — have all found that Mr. Browder has clearly falsified and misrepresented the actual documents, which are linked to in those two articles I wrote. These might be the very same documents that she was presenting on June 9th.
So: this is a matter of importance not only to the validity (or not) of the Magnitsky Act economic sanctions against Russia, but to the Russiagate accusations regarding U.S. President Donald Trump. In my two articles, the general public can click right through to the evidence on the Magnitsky case.
Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They're Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010 and of CHRIST'S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.
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The minds of a large proportion of the western population appears to be fragmenting in this rabbit hole looking glass reality . Years of failed education, mind warping dumbed down T.V and radio have hijacked the psyci of the masses. A majority of the people seem to be far more obsessed with their physical appearance then how their governments are behaving both in their own country and abroad. The people really aught to be very awake and very worried right now about the way they are being misled. Instead it appears that they have been well and truly hypnotized and the media are leading the charge. This repetition on all sides of the mass media onslaught demands full obedience. Any concept of free thinking is being eradicated and trusting your own instincts is discouraged. Zombies sleep walking towards Armageddon. How hard was it to bring so many to hate and vitriol towards any idea of a peaceful world. In what sort of a world are we now in if the ability to talk through differences and difficulties and to give peace a chance has become heretical and treasonous. Thank god that the more pervasive this mindset becomes the more others are waking up and resisting this brainwashing and searching for truths and alternative views. Thank god their are some in the world who are prepared to push against the war drumming and call for peace in the world.
vexarb
http://thesaker.is/the-ticking-time-bomb/
President Putin has just handed the POTUS a weapon to protect the U$A against its enemies inside the Democratic Party. But will the POTUS be man enough to hurl it against the Klingons?
But one thing is now certain: Putin really is the best friend of Trump — and of the U$ People.
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People within the Labour Party routinely call it a 'tribe.' We appear to be moving into a period where identification with and loyalty to a 'tribe' and in partisan opposition to other 'tribes', in taking over… big time. Like one is part of the anti-Trump tribe, or the Guardian tribe, or the Brexit tribe; the list is growing and seemingly endless. This has serious implications, too many to go into here, but it means we are abandoning 'rationality' in favour of an emotional attachment to ideas, facts and the objective world around us. This is a troubling and dangerous political and cultural shift.
I am a proud member of the Labour Party in the West Midlands, and I have never heard us referred to as a tribe, internally or externally.
The attempt to return us to a medieval world in which everyone believes whatever someone in "authority" says, regardless of reason or facts are The Fail and the S*n and the Guardian whose articles are aimed solely at eliciting and emotional response with the express purpose of blocking rational thought.
Hating people takes no intellectual effort, only an emotional response. Who shall we hate today? Immigrants? Black people? Muslims? The Scots? The Welsh? Gays? And, of course, The Russians!
No problem! Job done! It's what "journalists" train for and it's what they are paid for!
Ed Miliband? Is that 'Labour' enough for you? Not that I'm particularly critical of the Labour Party. It was merely an example.
If it was Milipede, he was referring to another 'tribe' to which he belongs, and perhaps an ambition to make UK Labour an appendage of that tribe, a campaign that is still proceeding.
uncle tungsten
Putin calling the warmongers bluff with Browder was brilliant! The Clinton Foundation will be apoplectic as will their subsidiary company, the FBI and Justice Department. Meanwhile AG Jeff Sessions meanders around like Mr Magoo looking for dope plants in the forest and waiting for Hillary, Bill and Chelsea to dash across the statute of limitations finishing line. And then if the Awan family espionage scandal ever gets fully illuminated it will be a good day.
What a disgraceful circus the USSA has become and its Department of Justice gets the 1984 gold logie award.
The Donald has had close to two years to put together a case against at least a few of the members of the Swamp, take them to court, have them punished. That would have helped to silence the rest.
If he procrastinates any further, they'll bury him rather than the other way round. Tucker Carlson gets it right:
!!! Tucker calling the Deep State out for what they are!!!!
Unfortunately they'll almost be sure to silence him now.
This video needs to go out far and wide people.
Here's the Guardian publishing a 'recipe' for toppling Trump. How the people who voted for him and still support him are going to react to this liberal version of a 'palace coup' doesn't interest them very much; because, let's face it, they don't give a damn about what the people think.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/18/nixon-us-spy-agencies-trump-intelligence-rogue-president
The Fraudian dung-heap is FAR more interested in driving the fraudulent accusations of 'antisemitism' to destroy Corbyn and UK Labour. As anyone with any experience of the Zionist 'antisemitism' lynch-mob in action knew, with absolute certainty, this campaign will NEVER cease, and will move from one outburst of hysterical abuse to the next-it is their modus operandi. When you have Labour MPs shrieking abuse at Corbyn, in the Parliamentary chamber, vilely accusing him of being an 'antisemitic racist', then reaching for the 'my relatives died in the gas-chambers' card, and then expecting, indeed DEMANDING, that no action be taken against them, you can see that the rabid pack is moving in for the kill.
bevin
The rabid pack is not moving in for the kill. It is finally recognising that its strategy is failing. And that makes its members feel very frustrated. They are not used to people calling their bluff. But that is what has happened in this case- the 'anti semitism' campaigns will continue but their credibility is shot. Calling Corbyn an anti-semitic racist was idiotic: its net effect was to signal an end to the campaigners' credibility, anywhere outside Revisionist Zionist and media circles.
Seems like it has a way to go yet.
I'm guessing that the big split will come if the open selection motion gets passed in September, mass resignations of the Zionist Right. The media depiction of the Labour Party from there on will be like that of Venzuela/ Cuba et al.
The establishment will seek to form a single party as opposition ?
That is the plan, precisely.
It's starting. The Israel First, Last and Always Lobby's house journal, the Fraudian sewer, has an article today outlining how Blairite Quislings are going to force an incorporation of the despicable IHRA 'definition' of 'antisemitism', which outlaws ALL criticism of Israel, any Jew anywhere and support for the Palestinians. The support for the Corbyn position by numerous Jewish organisations is, of course, utterly suppressed, and the screeching of the Zionist elite groups, allies of the Tories and dedicated enemies of Corbyn and his 'Leftwing policies' is presented as the position of the entire Jewish community. As I've noted, and history tells us, these creatures DEMAND TOTAL obeisance and obedience, and will never cease their agitation. They have UNLIMITED finance and fakestream media support and unbounded hatred of those who dare get in their way, like Palestinian children, or who refuse to obey them, totally and without question. All occurring while Holy Israel moves rapidly to full apartheid conditions, inside Israel itself, and prepares for a new Holy Massacre in Gaza. One that all the Izzards of the Blairosphere will demand we support, and all those who oppose it will be vilely denounced as 'antisemites'.
I think your sanguine approach is misplaced. I watched a video today outlining the fanatic determination of the Netanyahu regime, and the elite Zionist organs in the Western diaspora, to destroy ALL support for the Palestinians, ALL opposition to Israeli barbarity and the BDS movement in particular. The litany of legislation being passed by stooges in the West, to outlaw BDS, and even criminalise it, as in France, is gob-smacking. And the campaigns of intimidation and vilification in schools and colleges, and among private groups that support BDS, the widespread spying on individuals, the compiling of dossiers, the career-ending accusations of, you guessed it, 'antisemitism' and the vicious legal actions launched to pauperise the victims and terrify others into submission is staggering. And these campaigns have UNLIMITED finance and planning from Israel and the MOSSAD, in selecting victims, as well. They WILL get Corbyn, or destroy Labour-you can bank on that.
Mulga, I am with Bevin on the side of optimism and a return to Labour's roots — especially if Mog's forecast proves correct. As for BDS, being Sount African born, I foresee less success for a boycott against Apart-Hate in Israel. South African Apart-Hate was the policy of an Afrikaaner Nationalist government, which had set up its own Afrikaaner banks and a giant Industrial corporation which showed every sign of supplanting the Anglo American ownership of South Africa's huge mineral wealth. Thus our idealistic Boycott found itself supported by the MSM, by several Anglo American corporations, and by a capitalist attack on the South African currency. That] level of support will not be given to BDS; few AZC corporations will dare to move against Rothschild's pet project in the Holy Land.
My heart is with you, but my head, and my experience, tells me that the Zionists, who control the ONLY weapon that counts in the West, money power, will destroy any opposition to their terrorist ethno-state. The only hope is that the growing opposition among Diaspora Jews, particularly the young, will have an effect, but Judaism and organised Jewry has always, in my opinion, been a criminal modus operandi working for the elite only, and the opinions of the mass of Jews are irrelevant to the religious and secular fascist elites.
Actually, I nearly choked on my porridge this morning, seeing a pro-Corbyn article in the Fraudian defending the decision NOT to completely surrender to the Zionists' definition of 'antisemitism' as everything but groveling adoration. Written, of course, by a Jewish fellow, a goy doing so being, naturally, insufferable to the 'antisemitism' industry, but eminently sensible. No doubt he is a 'self-hating Jew'. The comments were, to begin, very supportive, but then the Zionist thugs began swarming, hissing and spitting abuse like rabid geese.
It was Oscar Wilde who wittily intoned: "There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."
This could be applied to the current hysteria in liberal circles in the US:
There is only one thing worse than Trump and that is the 'Resistance' to Trump.
A mindless ranting mob composed of a coalition of media, the MIC, the Democratic and increasingly Republican parties, think-tanks all speaking in one voice reminiscent of the 'Two Minutes Hate' in Orwell's 1984. These people are just out-of-control fanatics, a truly hideous visage sounding like the screaming inside of a Monkey House.
They have plainly learned their tactics from the Zionist hasbara hate industry.
Here's an interview where Trump once again asks awkward and heretical questions about the role of NATO and the idea that the US should really allow itself to be dragged into WW3 to defend some Liliput state like Montenegro if they get into a conflict with a powerful neighbour? Shouldn't they adjust their policies to reflect reality and not rely on the US?
Tunde
China done it. Russia was scapegoated.
Perhaps the Chinese were not so enamoured with Obama's pivot to Asia grand stratagem. Why GCHQ/SIS would get involved via Steele/Skripal/Miller et al is the mystery. Trump comes to the UK knowing fully well that elements of the UK deep state sided against him. Of course he'd spear May with the BoJo jibe.
Marine Le Pen was right. Trump will liberate Europe from US hegemony.
I reckon Trump will dissolve NATO and then face down the EU On its trade negotiations with the US. By the time all this unfolds, we'll have the multipolar world Chirac wanted post Iraq invasion. Win win all round.
The UK GCHQ & MI6 are interested because they are the EU-end of the Washington Swamp. They manipulated the French election to get plastic-wrapped bankster Macron elected. Theresa May is a mouse who's been told to toe the line despite her party having backed Brexit. Hence the Salisbury pantomime to demonstrate to Brexiteers that the UK must stay in Europe – to keep to the globalists' plan.
China 'done' what?
It seems obvious that very powerful forces inside the US Establishment, or ruling elite, want some kind of conflict with Russia designed to topple Putin and open Russia to US interests. This seems to be an incredibly dangerous strategy which could lead to nuclear war. It's remarkable that so many within the western ruling elite are so sanguine about this terrible outcome, which follows logically from the anti-Russian trajectory we're on. Why has the prospect of war become so 'normal' in the West?
A big question is, is China going to simply stand by and watch the West attack Russia without lifting a finger in response? The Chinese leadership must know that they are the real, immediate challenge to the US Empire, not Russia. Knock out Russia and China becomes very isolated indeed. All its plans about linking and developing trade routes and markets between China, Asia and Europe, are dashed, with the Americans in charge in Russia and blocking the entire Chinese strategy. And after Russia, it'll be China's turn and they'll have to face the might of the western empire… alone, with no powerful allies.
That the US grand strategy for 'dealing with' China and Russia, is… insane, because Russia won' surrender and has the capacity and will to resist and fight back, doesn't mean that the US elite aren't going to pursue it and confront Russia, regardless of the dangers inherent in the plan.
The Chinese need to become far more assertive, a dangerous strategy, and step up and stand shoulder to shoulder with Russia and say that their 'vital interests' are threatened by any western attack on Russia, which they will regard as an attack on China too and act accordingly and in self-defence.
"The Chinese leadership must know that they are the real, immediate challenge to the US Empire, not Russia. Knock out Russia and China becomes very isolated indeed."
Of course the Chinese know, a blind man could see this. Moreover, the Americans know that they know. Russia and China have closed ranks against the Hegemonist behemoth in what is basically a military/economic marriage of convenience. But the American threat is weakening both internally and externally and the Eurasian counter-hegemonic bloc is strengthening.
From the American viewpoint it is imperative that they split the Russo-Chinese alliance, my guess is by trying to court Russia and woo her away from China. If they are unable to do this then they will be faced by a war on two fronts against China and Russia; wars on two fronts are rarely won.
There used to be an old Confederate Song 'Richmond is a hard road to travel.' by which the Army of the Potomac was taunted in their unsuccessful assaults on the Southern Capital. Contextualising this date wise you could say that Moscow is a hard road to travel. Just ask, Hitler, Hindenburg, the Armies of Intervention, Napoleon, King Charles XII of Sweden, The Poles, The Tatars
Here in Austfailure, a TOTAL US stooge state, one MP, in my opinion quite a loathsome reactionary, a climate destabilisation denier, and a big fan of burning more coal (perhaps to get things over with more quickly)somehow said something sensible yesterday. In defending Trump meeting Putin he said that we ought to overlook 'Russian crimes' like MH17 (a COMPLETE lie, of course)in the interests of global safety, because the two thermo-nuclear giants ought not be at logger-heads.
That rare outbreak of commonsense was met by the now usual frenzy of hysterical denunciation and vilification. The relatives of victims of MH17 were wheeled out to abuse the sad sack, and Russia and Putin of course, The hate campaign has, predictably, moved back to the original proposition that Russia shot the plane down deliberately in an act of diabolical wickedness that only the monster Putin could commit. The thousands of civilians killed in the Donbass by the Ukronazi regime, the two million made refugees, the eighty slaughtered in Odessa, the Roma being terrorised by Ukronazi lynch-mobs, of course DO NOT EXIST, as far as the presstitute vermin of the media hate-machine are concerned. Undoubtedly the great success of the World Cup has driven the scum to launch a new campaign of vicious and villainous hatred, and exploiting the MH17 tragedy for foul advantage is only to be expected.
Antonyl
Maintaining Our Constitutional Order Might Require Splitting Up the FBI : https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/fbi-constitutional-order/
Analysis by Pepe Escobar of Asia Times:
http://www.atimes.com/article/a-walk-on-the-wild-side-as-trump-meets-putin-at-finland-station
Pepe noted a smart counter-proposal from Syrian President Dr.Assad:
"No "grand bargain" on Iran seems to be in the cards. The top adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, was in Moscow last week. The Moscow-Tehran entente cordiale seems unbreakable. In parallel, as Asia Times has learned, Bashar al-Assad has told Moscow he might even agree to Iran leaving Syria, but Israel would have to return the occupied Golan Heights. So, the status quo remains."
Is Mr. Browder above any law or independent investigation? Mr. Trump isn't.
Of course Browder is-for him to face justice in Russia would be utterly 'antisemitic'.
We could start here in the UK by asking how has Browder the power to stop Parliament viewing the film "The Magnitsky Act"?
Jerry Alatalo
Here's the film: View, download and share while you can …
Look at the opportunities! IF the US reciprocate they can question say Edward Snowden about NSA leaks through sub contractors inside Russia.
Big IF: action – reaction, no one way street.
Russia could start to question Lisa Page and her lover Stork in the US: she said that China hacked HRC home closet server containing a lot of State department mail. That is what said in a closed hearing to a House committee. FBI's Stork (and others) knew this, ignored it and proceeded to harass Trump with the "Russia" story.
No doubt the Chinese used those 'Mongol maps' for world conquest that you mentioned at Craig Murray's blog.


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Endless meetings? Your schedule can be tamed.
By Kate Rockwood
Imagine spending two full days each week just sitting in meetings. Oh, wait--you already do. And, a Bain & Company study found, most leaders rate more than half of these get-togethers as ineffective. Yet the calendar creep continues: "The percentage of time an organization collectively spends in meetings has increased every year since 2008," says Michael Mankins, a partner at Bain and co-author of Time, Talent, Energy. When Mankins and his partners dove deep into this issue, they found the average manager spends just 6.5 hours a week on real work. "But when leaders treat time as a scarce resource," he explains, "they can liberate as much as 40 percent of unproductive time for executives and employees." Here's how to set your company's schedules free.
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Remember the Rule of Seven
When it comes to the invite list, more isn't more. Beyond seven attendees, every person added to a meeting lowers the odds of making a swift and strong decision by 10 percent. Yet the size of most meetings keeps spiraling higher. "There's a sense of status to being in meetings all day--it must mean you're very important," says Mankins. Even if a culture dictates stadium-size meetings, you can buck the trend. Mankins tells of a government meeting of 60 people. As an icebreaker, the leader suggested that the attendees introduce themselves and explain why they were there. "By the 10th intro, people weren't waiting to be dismissed," he says, and the meeting was quickly culled to the dozen or so who needed to be present. Consider such a tactic for any overstaffed meeting, Mankins advises.
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"Most organizations place very few restrictions on who can call a meeting," says Mankins. He points to a large manufacturing company that realized a 90-minute weekly meeting autopiloted by midlevel managers--and scheduled by an assistant--cost more than $15 million annually in wasted time. That assistant effectively invested "$15 million--without a supervisor's approval," he says. At another company Bain worked with, any meeting that's going to exceed 90 minutes or include more than seven people requires the sign-off of a supervisor's supervisor. That simple guardrail saves the company as many work hours as 200 full-time employees would log in six months.
Practice Good Meeting Hygiene
For starters, be on time. "If every hour-long meeting begins five minutes late, that costs a company 8 percent of its meeting time," Mankins points out. Next, outlaw checking phones and email. Such activities have been shown to lower functional IQ by 10 points--which is, by some measures, about twice the impact of smoking marijuana. And insist on circulating an agenda beforehand. Roughly one-third of all meetings lack agendas, and only 29 percent of schedulers distribute a written plan in advance. "A clear agenda tells people which meetings they can safely postpone or ignore," says Mankins.
Create a Time Budget
People are mindful when they spend a limited resource, but they may not understand how scarce an organization's time is. Make that clear by setting a time budget: Any new regular meeting must be "funded" by killing an existing one. Alan Mulally brought that approach to Ford. When he became CEO in 2006, the company's top 35 execs were gathering each month for five straight days of rote meetings. Says Mankins, "Mulally essentially said, 'We're not going to spend any more time on meetings.' " He didn't attack that meetings week directly, but the slog suddenly grew much more productive as execs started using it to focus on more pressing initiatives. Without the guideline, these new meetings would have just been added to everyone's calendar.
Know When to Pull the Plug
If your company's calendar defaults to hour-long meetings, change that now. "If the schedule calls for 60 minutes, most companies' meetings almost always last the full hour, whether they need to or not," says Mankins. "That's crazy." Set the default for 30 minutes so a longer gathering requires an active decision. If things seem to be winding down after 20 minutes, end it early. (Your workers will thank you.) At Apple, Steve Jobs would pull the plug as soon as a meeting's productivity nosedived, or if people came unprepared. Harsh? Perhaps. But he stopped time from being wasted--including his own.
FROM THE JUNE 2017 ISSUE OF INC. MAGAZINE


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Within the Nineteen Sixties artwork fell out of time; either artists and critics misplaced their temporal bearings in accordance with what E. M. Cioran referred to as "not being entitled to time. " This anxiousness and uneasiness approximately time, which Pamela Lee calls "chronophobia," lower throughout events, media, and genres, and was once figured in works starting from kinetic sculptures to Andy Warhol motion pictures.
Conceptualism performed a distinct position in Latin American artwork in the course of the Nineteen Sixties and Seventies than in Europe and the USA, the place conceptualist artists predominantly sought to problem the primacy of the paintings item and artwork associations, in addition to the commercialization of artwork. Latin American artists became to conceptualism as a car for considerably wondering the very nature of paintings itself, in addition to art's function in responding to societal wishes and crises at the side of politics, poetry, and pedagogy.
In 1892, whilst she used to be fourteen, she grew to become heavily sick. "I had a letter from [Ned] yesterday," wrote Bob, "stating [that Julia] were progressively wasting flesh + power. That not anything natural was once the problem however it appeared to be a decline in energy from overgrowth. She's approximately 15 and extremely huge [for] her age. " maybe the Boits feared that upon attaining youth Julia might advance a similar difficulties that Jeanie had offered, yet her fortunes have been greater and he or she recovered from her undiagnosed disorder. Julia's sickness and the eye the kin accorded her made Bob take time to contemplate his niece. He spotted her certain presents in artwork and wrote approximately her in a few element: She is ... a lady of infrequent personality and memorable skill. it's not that i am a genius hunter + don't simply "enthuse," yet this woman is the one one i've got in my opinion ever recognized who looked to be a "genius. " She hasn't ever had common guide in drawing + watercolors. but this present day do i think she can make her dwelling at illustrating books. She has splendidly [sic] facility together with her pen, pencil, + brush - attracts with very good rapidity and freedom - shades with flavor - yet her drawing of the human physique is so much remarkable to me. She turns out to have a common eye for anatomy + can throw in figures in any place no matter what, in ideal drawing, continually lively, robust + person. Her conceptions hold speed along with her drawing + the designs and innovations drawn are themselves fascinating too. If she lives she is certain to make her mark within the creative international. 208 Bob was once either right and unsuitable in his overview. Julia was once certainly expert as a watercolorist and particularly as an illustrator, yet like such a lot of proficient ladies of her iteration, her mark within the paintings global was once basically evenly rendered. Having a present for representation and devising a qualified occupation have been very various things. representation was once one of many extra profitable branches of paintings, and plenty of ladies have been capable of earn their dwelling from it. yet Julia Boit, with a belief fund demonstrated for her from her mother's property, had no use to make cash. In her time and position in society, it should were perceived as an act of egocentric fancy for her to take a qualified place that may have long past to a lady who wanted the source of revenue. Nor does it appear most probably that she could have made a targeted try and search serious acclaim, whatever her father had came across very tough himself. If Ned Boit - expert as an artist in Rome and Paris and a contributor to the Paris Salon and different vital exhibitions - was once usually often brushed aside as a gentleman beginner, his daughter most likely anticipated even much less. Facility with watercolor portray, in spite of the fact that, was once a ability inspired in younger women, and Julia Boit's paintings is far based on that culture. Small-scale watercolor sketches enlivened letters and diaries, have been exchanged with neighbors, and supplied a checklist of commute. those have been frequently created in a transcriptive, linear variety that hired powerful contour strains and washes of colour to depict the genuine humans and locations surrounding the painter.