Today, I want clear up some confusion about protein, branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) and fasting.
So I'd rather see you eat between 15-30 grams (depending on your size) of protein every 4-8 hours, than see you have 100 grams of protein once per day. When it comes to protein I believe that consistency is key.
However, I also want you to take a break from this protein-dosing schedule at least once a week… which is why for MOST people I don't think you need BCAAs during your fast.
When you fast, you DO break down some protein. HOWEVER this is not all muscle AND it is a very important part of the health benefits of fasting.
When fasting, it is the 'bad' proteins – the damaged, or weak ones, that are broken down first and then recycled into new proteins. So the small amount of protein breakdown that occurs during a fast is part of how your body improves the proteins in your body – it gets rid of the weak and broken ones first.
This is why for people who are overweight and have typically been in a constant state of protein surplus, I think that a true 24 hour fast is ideal.
However, once your start to become noticeably lean I think it is OK to experiment with taking some BCAAs during your fast.
So that's the more complete version of my view on BCAAs and protein during a fast.


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Hot Rod Inspirations
Those moments that inspired us to pursue our dreams occur when we least expect it. Here's a collection of moments that have inspired our reader's to pursue their "Hot Rod Dreams" of owning, driving, racing, and working on these remarkable vehicles. Thank you to everyone who submitted an inspiration
It was 1950 on our farm in southern Indiana. Our neighbor farmhand showed up one day in his 1931 Ford Coupe. I remember standing on the running board and peeking straight through the side window, this will give you an idea how tall I was at the time, from that day on I was hooked. It was a great sight that I will never forget. – Vernon Long
I grew up around the guys, including my father, Gary Magner, who started the Minnesota Street Rod Association. I spent my childhood in the back seat of a 1934 Ford Tudor sedan. Now I have my own 1946 Ford coupe and am very involved with the MSRA. This summer the show celebrates its 40-year anniversary. It has grown to over 11,000 cars making it one of the largest street rod shows the world. My father came across this photo that was taken at the 1974 Back to the 50's when it was still being held in a mall parking lot. That is my dad's black '57 Chevy in front that he'd had since he was 18 and sold that year to build his 1934 Ford. The photo was featured in Street Scene Magazine in 1974. This shows tarted with 250 cars and look at where it is now! My dad also helped organize the very first NSRA Nationals in Peoria, IL. He taught me everything I know about hot rods and working on them. - Bryan Magner
Photo by Jerry Johnson
I was so taken back when I read what my son wrote for your contest about growing up in the back seat of my '34 Ford Tudor. Honestly, it brought tears to my eyes. I had no idea I had such an impact after 36 years of being a dad as best I could and how he now completes the circle by being an avid street rodder himself and volunteering for our Back to the 50's show each year with me. - Gary Magner
One of my neighbors came home in a pretty '55 Chevy. My heart broke, how many years had I rubber-necked the cars I saw at the local cruise nights. I complimented him and said, "I can't remember a time when I didn't dream of owning a hot rod." He just quietly said, "When you're ready, you'll get one." I was speechless, that simple remark said what had needed to be said for a long time. Not this year, not that one, I have children, what if the sky falls? I was ready, at that moment in time, I was ready. Nothing was in the way anymore. I was collecting the years like lint. In June of 2007 I went to Back to Fifties, and drove home in this. -Phil Denofrio
Photo: 1939 Chevy Two Door Sedan, loaded.
In my case I can narrow what inspired me to indulge in a lifetime interest in specialty vehicles to two incidents from my early teens. The first occurred around 1961/62, in Calgary Alberta, Canada when my dad took us to the A&W on MacLeod Trail one evening. We were sitting in our 1956 Pontiac Laurentian two door post, eating hot-dogs and sipping away on our root-beers when a gorgeous black 1932 Ford five window coupe drove onto the lot. Two things that stick out in my mind about that car - the joy on the driver and his female passenger's face, and most of all the open rumble seat, with blazing white rolls and pleats illuminated by lights in each corner. We just stared – spellbound. It's something that has remained imprinted on my mind for over 50 years.
The second incident, and the one which sealed a lifetime interest in 1949-54 Chevys, arrived unexpectedly, as I waited for a transit bus. While in high school I had a job washing dishes at an old folks home miles away from where I lived in Glamorgan. To get to the job each day I had to hop a bus from the school into the downtown core then transfer deep into south Calgary, where I transferred again to another bus just to get me within walking distance of my work. It was on a return trip home one night I found myself standing on a street corner in downtown Calgary waiting for the 26th Ave transfer bus. That's when one of the most amazing sites and sounds I had experienced appeared from out of nowhere. I was looking north, when I heard the sound of immense power coming up 4th Street behind me. I turned, and 20 feet away, staring me in the eye, was a metal-flake gold 1952 Chevy two door hardtop. I was momentarily stunned, and just as quickly as it appeared it was all over. The guy driving rumbled to a stop at the corner, within three feet of me, turned east on 8th Ave, and disappeared. I'll never forget the image, nor get the sound of that Chevy split six out of my head. Over the years I've owned about 20 of these vehicles, some restored, some customized and if they didn't get V-8s they all got modern sixes with dual exhausts. There are few sounds that equal it in my books.
About a year later I saved for and bought from a (long defunct) speed shop on 17th Ave (Brennans Auto & Speed) a 12 or 14 inch three spoke mustard metal-flake steering wheel, although I was far from owning my first drivable car. That steering wheel was to become the foundation upon which I'd build my dream car, even though at the time I had trouble paying for a broken spoke on my bicycle.
Subsequently, I went on to enjoy a successful & wonderful career (40 years) in the collision repair industry, working for a single employer. I've built and enjoyed many different vehicles over the years, even campaigning one on the ISCA show circuit in the late 70's - winning my class in the Pacific division. That was a thrill and I knew I had fulfilled my dream - a dream that had its genesis with a 1932 Ford and a 1952 Chevy years prior. -Alvin Shier
In 1956, my brother and I bought a 1936 Ford Phaeton in Hayward, California from a guy going into the Army. The car was really a "lead sled." The only things not leaded wer the doors and the hood. It had an early '50s grille installed and an 8" Carson top. My brother sold the car while I was in the Marine Corps. When I got out, I found the car in Fremont, California. It was for sale for $1,800. That was in 1960. I think the car is still in existence as it was too nice to junk! Anyone? - Tommie
I went to high school about 30 or so miles from where I lived. Before I got my license, I would either ride the train to school or bum a ride. One morning, my best bud called and said that a friend of his had just gotten a car for his 16th birthday, and that they would be picking me up every day as long as I helped pay for the gas.
A few minutes later, I heard one of the sweetest sounds I had ever heard pull up in front of my house.
Larry's parents had let him buy a 1950 Plymouth that had belonged to one of their neighbors who was on his way to boot camp and then to Korea.
This Plymouth was lowered, nosed and decked, and had a Chrysler 6 (265+ cubic inches), with dual carbs, dual exhaust, an aluminum head, and the sweetest sounding set of steel pack mufflers I had ever heard. And when Larry yelled "Roll down the windows!" just before we went through an underpass floored at about 60 in second gear, I was hooked. I have been a sucker for straight 6's and 8's with dual exhausts ever since.
I have built a number of muscle cars, classics (I currently have a big block equipped 57 Nomad), drag cars (I have held a couple of records), street rods, etc. The sound of that Plymouth started me out on an expensive, long term, but very satisfying hobby. And the best part over the last (almost) 60 years has been the people that I have met and dealt with. - Thadd McNamara
It was fall of 1952. We lived in Beverly Farms, MA, right smack on the Atlantic Ocean. My dad was a paraplegiac, confined to a wheelchair as the result of a sniper's bullet in Patton's Push across France following the Normandy invasion. He enjoyed short car rides around the area, but this time my parents had decided to try an overnight trip down to Cape Cod from our home in Cape Ann. Turned out to be a logistical nightmare due to the complete lack of handicapped access facilities. I was as much into cars as I could be for a nine-year old in a very provincial part of the country. Around Beverly Farms the closest thing to a custom car was a nondescript sedan with a glasspack muffler and maybe a squirrel tail tied on the radio antenna.
In this time before interstates, we got as far as Brockton, a suburb of Boston, by lunchtime. The only place we found was a teenage handout but it advertised hamburgers so we stopped. We were reading the menu and deciding on what to order when in pulled a primered 1939 Ford convertible with loud mufflers. It was chopped and channeled and didn't have a hood, so the flathead engine with dual carburetors topped with chrome air cleaners was clearly visible. The driver got out and went into the diner. He wore bluejeans, boots, a white tee shirt and a black motorcyle jacket. A few minutes later he came back out, got into the Ford, fired it up and took off in a cacaphony of rapping pipes.
I was way, way more than impressed. I had never ever seen anything as cool as that. Ask anyone with a hobby or special interest how they got into it, and they are usually hard pressed to provide an answer. But today, sixty years later, I have a vivid recollection of each detail and know that brief chance encounter was the first step on my lifelong interest, or perhaps obsession would be a more accurate term, with custom cars. It took me awhile to identify the make and model of car, and even longer before I could appreciate the extent of the custom modifications. And then, in a year end issue of Life Magazine, which illustrated all the cars that had driven on Goodyear Tires, I saw my first Lincoln Continental, which, in fact, is essentially a sectioned and lengthened Lincoln Zephyr. It's a custom 1939 Ford convertible on a somewhat more grandiose scale.
Three years later, Christmas 1955, I received my first issue of Hot Rod Magazine (January 1956) and the following Christmas a copy of the Trend "Best Custom Cars of 1956" annual which showed Doug Rice's chopped and channeled 1939 Ford coupe, the "Bonneville Boomer." This showed me the same modifications that blew me away on the 1939 convertible at the diner in Brockton could also be made to a coupe. I was hooked for life.
Over the following years I picked up several examples. The day I arrived in Las Cruces to begin my university education at New Mexico State University, I saw a chopped and sectioned 1940 Ford convertible and was able to buy it six years later. I found an over-the-top full custom 1939 Ford convertible (chopped, channeled, sectioned, molded, genuine Carson top) in Alamogordo. When I began teaching, I bought a 1940 Mercury convertible with full custom modifications – everything except a chopped top. It is Cobalt blue, deep channel, fenders raised and molded, hood sectioned, dual spots and an early Cadillac OHV-8 with a Cad-LaSalle floor shift tranny adapted to the Mercury torque tube. Last, a 1939 Ford convertible, chopped, channeled and sectioned. I also acquired several 1941 Lincoln Continentals.
I bought these cars at a time when custom interest was more on late model stuff, and considerably before anyone was using terms like "old school". Consequently, the price was right and condition was good for "builders." The remarkable thing is that I was able to hang on to all of them.
I belong to a Car Club in Louisville – Obsolete Iron. Arriving early for a meeting eight or nine years ago, I begin thumbing through the latest copy of National Street Road Association's "Street Scene." In the back, near the classified ads, there was an article about a community college in North Carolina that had started a program in auto restoration with emphasis on classics and street rods and customs, much like the one at Wyoming Tech. The article was illustrated with two photos of a chopped and channeled 1940 Ford coupe under construction. I jotted down the phone number for future reference.
A couple of years later, I found myself with access to wide area telephone service and some time to kill. I dialed the number and was promptly connected with Stan Ducker, the coordinator and head professor. We spoke about the program for a while, and I told him I really liked the 1940 coupe and wondered if it might be for sale. He replied, "Oh no, the owner is very proud of that car, he built it himself and he helps me with the courses. In fact, he is an older man, but since you are interested in cars like his, I'm sure he would enjoy speaking with you. His name is Ralph Turnberg." As Stan was looking up Ralph's number he continued to tell me how Ralph had been involved with cars all his life. "Yes, he said, "Ralph grew up in Massachusetts, and even as I speak I am looking at a picture of him with a custom he had back in the day – it's a 1939 Ford convertible with a bunch of stuff done to it." It was at that point that a cold chill began working its way up my spine. I called the number and soon was speaking with Ralph. After the usual formalities of introduction, Ralph started telling me about his coupe. I mentioned that Stan said he grew up in Massachusetts, and I asked Ralph where. He answered, "Brockton." I believe my next words were, "You're not going to believe this, but, we met quite by accident, over 50 years ago" and I recounted the chance encounter at the Brockton diner in 1952.-William Day
In September of 1957, when I was 10 years old, I was "working" at my dad's Texaco station one Saturday when the bell rang signaling that a customer was arriving. I ran out front, expecting to pump some 29-cent gas and found myself face-to-face with a gorgeous black, full-fendered '32 Vicky. Red wheels with trim rings, caps, wide whites, and a red roll and pleat interior all of which was pulled around by a Merc flathead with finned heads and dual carbs. It was just passing through town en route to somewhere and I never saw it again, I don't even remember whether I collected for the gas but I never forgot that car. It was the inspiration that led me to the Vicky that I have owned since 1970 and that sits in my garage right now. I have relived that experience hundreds of times since but the picture is as clear as if it were today.-Tim White
I was in my senior years of high school. I was a member of the East New York Hydromaniacs. It was then that I bought my first car. It was a 1940 two door Chevy sedan. On the bottom of each fender was the car's name, Lil Six. I had fallen in love and I paid 50 dollars for it. She had a blown second gear, but first and third got us to where we wanted to go. Lil Six had no parking brake so a red brick came in handy all the time. When I had to park on hills my old lady had to get out and place the brick behind one of the wheels. One Saturday evening we got to the church dance a little late. The only place left to park was on a hill next to the church. I placed Lil Six in reverse and shut down the motor. My old lady got out and placed that red brick behind the wheel. When we left the dance, Lil Six was nowhere in sight. I found her at the bottom of the hill and deeply in the ditch. My old lady upon said she placed the red brick behind the rear of the rear tire instead of in front of it. Go figure. Oh by the way, she also became my wife. - Vincent Giardina

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Eusebian Tituli Psalmorum in the Coptic Psalter Codex sa 2033 - Blog
Eusebian Tituli Psalmorum in the Coptic Psalter Codex sa 2033
Since the publication of my last post, I have gained some new insight into the Coptic Psalter Codex sa 2033, which I am sharing below.
1. Following a valuable hint given to me by Professor Rainer Stichel,[1] I consulted the series of Psalm titles written by Eusebius of Caesarea around 330 AD [2] and reproduced by Jacques-Paul Migne [3] under the heading Υποθεσεις του αυτου ευσεβιου εισ τουσ ψαλμουσ. As noted by Martin Wallraff, it is "a shortlist by Eusebius of the subject matter of each of the 150 Psalms".[4] This shortlist precedes the Psalms in the famous fifth century manuscript Royal MS 1 D VII known as Codex Alexandrinus preserved in the British Library in London.[5]
It turns out that the headings appearing in the Coptic Psalter sa 2033 are a quite literal translation of the Eusebian Psalm titles. Let me illustrate this with the titles preceding Psalms 64 and 65; the table below is followed by a detail of the manuscript showing the beginning of Psalm 64.
Detail of Berlin, SBB, Ms. or. Fol. 1605, f. 3r. http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001C5A400000017 (Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)
I checked each of the Psalm titles extant in sa 2033 and was able to ascertain that the Sahidic titles correspond to the Eusebian ones except for the titles of Psalms 146 and 148 (coincidentally being those reproduced in my previous post). I have now found out that these two titles appear in Latin in several manuscripts and belong to what Pierre Salmon calls the first series or "Série de Saint Colomba". The Christian titles of this series are widely attested in Europe as early as the sixth century "quelles que soient ses origines plus lointaines".[6] The fact that they appear in our Sahidic manuscript suggests that their origin must certainly be Greek. In a longer article I am currently working on I will give the complete comparison between the Eusebian tituli Psalmorum and those appearing in sa 2033.
2. Searching through the Göttingen VMR for other Coptic witnesses of the Eusebian tituli Psalmorum, I discovered that two London fragments classified by Karlheinz Schüssler as a codex of their own with the siglum sa 185 [7] actually belong to sa 2033 (BC sa 101). The London fragments in question are
London, BL, Or. 6954 (96), a fragment complementing Cairo, CM, Inv. no. 3854 bearing Ps 24:7–15; 25:1–9, and
London, BL, Or. 6954 (98), a fragment bearing Ps 67: 21–26; 68: 1–5 to be placed between Berlin, SBB, Ms. or. fol. 1605, f. 3 and Paris, BnF, Copte 133(2), f. 26b.
The new fragments also contain the Eusebian tituli Psalmorum, and this brings the identified parts of sa 2033 to 26 fragmentary folios dispersed among 7 libraries. All 26 leaves are now freely available in the Göttingen VMR in the correct order with the indication of their content.
[1] Rainer Stichel is the author of the book Beiträge zur frühen Geschichte des Psalters und zur Wirkungsgeschichte der Psalmen. Paderborn et al.: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, 2007. Also see his article Zur Herkunft der Psalmenüberschriften in der Septuaginta, in: Erich Zenger (ed.), Der Septuaginta Psalter. Sprachliche und theologische Aspekte. Freiburg et al.: Herder, 2001, 149–161.
[2] On the possible date Eusebius of Caesarea (also called Eusebius Pamphili) wrote his hypotheseis, cf. William Smith and Henry Wace, A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1880, 308–355 at p. 336–337.
[3] Migne, PG 23: 68–72.
[4] Martin Wallraff, The Canon Tables of the Psalms, An Unknown Work of Eusebius of Caesarea, in: Dumbarton Oaks Papers 67 (2013), 1–14, 9. As for the number of 150, note that all witnesses of Eusebian Psalm titles refer to 150 Psalms following the Masoretic tradition (unlike the LXX, which has 151 Psalms). The Latin translation of the Eusebian Psalm titles constitutes the Série IV in Pierre Salmon, Les "Tituli Psalmorum" des manuscrits latins, Collectanea Biblica Latina XII. Rome: Abbaye Saint-Jérôme and Libreria Vaticana, 1959, 117–131.
[5] See fols. 531v–532v in The Codex Alexandrinus in reduced photographic facsimile, The Old Testament, part IV, published by the Trustees of the British Museum in 1957. It also features in other Greek Psalm manuscripts and Catenae. Some examples are Oxford, BL, MS. Auct. D. 4.1, f. 26r–28v (10th century), and Rome, BAV, Reg. Gr. 1, f. 488v–490r (10th century). More examples and a discussion can be found in Cordula Bandt, Eusebius Periochae, in: Cordula Bandt, Franz Xaver Risch and Barbara Villani (eds), Die Prologtexte zu den Psalmen von Origenes und Eusebius, Texte und Untersuchungen zur altchristlichen Literatur 183. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2019, 122–141.
[6] Salmon, Tituli, 47.
[7] Karlheinz Schüssler, Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament, Biblia Coptica 2.2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015, 17–18, sa 185.
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The driver who suffered fatal personal injuries in a two-vehicle crash early on the morning of May 19 has been identified by the North Carolina Highway Patrol as 28-year-old Rougemont resident Ann Marie Thrash. Her 11-month-old daughter survived the accident.
Thrash died in an accident shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Guess Road near the intersection of New Sharon Church Road.
Thrash's daughter, who was properly restrained in a car seat, received transport to Duke Hospital as a precaution. However, investigating trooper Joseph Sharlow said she only seemed to have suffered minor scratches.
Sharlow said that Thrash was southbound on Guess Road when she ran off the road to the right after coming out of a curve, overcorrected, ran off the road to the left, jerked back to the right, and lost control of the vehicle, which came to rest sideways in the road.
A second vehicle, which was northbound, struck Thrash's driver's side door. The driver, 34-year-old Hurdle Mills resident Michael Stone, received transport to Duke Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Sharlow.


By the numbers, the 250,000 SF building has 79 units, priced $875,000 to $7.5 million and sized from 2,724 SF to 6,541 SF; a fully-loaded amenities level (for pampering people and pets); a pair of overnight guest suites; and a series of nooks and private spaces inside and out for residents to share – or not. Construction was supposed to have wrapped up in 2017 but was delayed in part due to Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 and in part to general construction issues that crop up when dealing with an existing building, Leibovitch says. Floors And Fauna Expansive common areas, once a popular choice for lobbies, can be off-putting, Leibovitch says, so the tower's entry level instead has a series of smaller gathering spaces, such as a library (with some extra shelving for choice books residents couldn't completely purge before downsizing), cozy-chic sitting room, and a stylized see-and-be-seen mail room (inspired by one in New York, he says) fitted with cushy seating and bronzed mirrors above banks of mailboxes to further reflect natural light. The idea being to put some fun back into getting mail, he says.
Indoor-outdoor seamlessness was a design tenet, says interior designer Lauren Rottet, founding principal and president of Rottet Studio. So was attention to the Houston aesthetic and vibe. "Houston is a city of contrasts," she explains, rattling off examples: diamonds and rust, crude oil and magnolia trees, practicality and style. Extensive landscaping, gardens and patio amenities maximize the indoor-outdoor flow and "soften the setting," which rises slightly above the street, says landscape architect David Samuelson, project director, McDugald-Steele. The footprint also incorporates two resort-style pools, one of which is tucked away for more private use by those who are "shy" in their swimsuits. The main pool, with its tiered podium leading to a signature sculpture, is a focal point for much of the property.
Art is everywhere and it's not an afterthought, says art consultant Lea Weingarten, principal, Weingarten Art Group. The works are by a mix of local, national and international artists and a few pieces come from the art collections of residents. Top Of The Market Still available, the 14,000 SF penthouse, initially a single unit, has been subdivided into two, each with 14-ft. ceilings and a 1,700 SF terrace. Penthouse build-out to the shell is running about $1,000 psf. Other units are running $750 to $900 psf. "We're seeing Houstonians ante-up," Leibovitch says. Most of the units have sold, and at all price points, says Betty Harbourt of Sudhoff, which is handling the sales. Several early buyers combined units, dropping the project's original plan for 84 units to 79. HOA fees run 75 cents psf. The developer says he was persuaded to go condo by the market and by compelling intel from Jacob Sudhoff, whose company of real estate sales and marketing experts has an emphasis in condominium development. Condo development in Houston has been on the rise, he notes, in part to offer empty-nesters somewhere to go as they downsize from family homes or for those who seek a lock-and-leave lifestyle or both. Also, high-rise living has been gaining acceptance in a sprawling town previously accustomed to lower density housing, Sudhoff says. Newer condo properties that offer larger living spaces than typically found in older ones are helping fuel that lifestyle leap. And for those starting a new chapter in life, there's the opportunity to forge new friendships or rekindle previous ones in what is essentially a community. "It's like college again...," he quips.


It's an entrepreneurial fairy tale: two wunderkinds meet in college decide to launch a startup backed by millions in venture capital funding and become 20-something millionaires before they graduate. The details these kinds of fairy tales tend to leave out are the myriad failures and the startups that struggle to move from prototype to launch. But Flatiron Health is, to date, a success story.
Sorry for the redirection, but since it is being published I want to make sure I point everyone in the right direction. If you do like the piece, please let me know here and I can write more on this topic or similar topics.


Education is very important in our life. An educated person is one who knows a lot about many things. He always tries to learn, find out, and discover more about the world around him. Every time he tries to deepen and improve his knowledge. To make progress we should be hard-working and persistent persons.
For educated people it is easier to stand up all difficulties and hardships and they have a purpose in life. Well-educated persons can easily find a good job; they usually have a bright career. Besides, it is also much better to talk to educated, cultured and extraordinary person.
It's important to take into consideration that nowadays it's not enough to have secondary education, but to have at least a B.A. to get a well paid job.
It is important to make a right choice. Person choices depend not only on his or her personal like and dislikes, but also considering which profession will be in-demand in a few years' time. One can safety says that such professions as IT experts, computer specialists, engineers, environment experts, and oil and gas engineers will be in-demand. I realize quite well that my professional education would be incomplete without a good command of the English language.
Nowadays, the English language is the most widespread in the world. English is now the dominant or official language in over 60 countries. The English language has become a world language in politics, science, trade and cultural relations. It is the language of computer technology. If you know English, you can talk to people of any nationality, and can get necessary information anywhere in the world. There are many different reasons why people study foreign languages, English in particular. Here are some of them: to travel abroad; to get well-paid job, to have something to do in your spare time; to be better educated; to be familiar with social and cultural life in other countries; to be able to participate in conversations with people from English-speaking countries. English is the chief language of international business and academic conferences, and the leading language of international tourism.


Christopher VanSlambrouck is a senior instructor, researcher and administrator with the Meyer Freifechter Guild, a Historical European Martial Arts Non-Profit. He is a US Army combat veteran with 19 years of service trained in modern Army combatives, is a Special Reaction Team (SRT) member, and has instructed soldiers on physical fitness and battlefield tactics. As a HEMA scholar, he specializes in the instruction of the techniques of Master Joachim Meyer since 2009, particularly in the use of the XVI c. German longsword.
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People play casino machines at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, OK, Apr. 21, 2017. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World file
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Gaming compact dispute update: Tribal leaders say money will continue to be sent to state
By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton For the Tulsa World
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Fees that tribes pay to state in limbo amid compact dispute
CATOOSA — The check is in the mail. Or at least it will be soon.
At the quarterly meeting of the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes Friday at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, officials with the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw and Seminole nations reiterated their stance that Class III gaming compacts automatically renewed on Jan. 1.
Therefore, the state should expect its exclusivity fee payments in the mail soon.
"One thing is clear: the Indian nations of this state meet our obligations, however we need to do that," Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said. "We're going to send a check like we always would because we're required to do that. It's the law. We'll wait and see what the state of Oklahoma does and go from there, but we are good faith partners. That won't change, no matter what he (Gov. Kevin Stitt) does with the check."
Seeking higher exclusivity fees, Stitt has maintained that Oklahoma's state-tribal gaming compacts expired on Dec. 31, thus making Class III gaming illegal. However, operations have continued into the new year at tribal casinos across Oklahoma, prompting questions from state officials about what to do with those exclusivity fee payments.
As per the current compact, exclusivity fee payments for December are due Jan. 20, while January's payment is due Feb. 20. Gaming tribes pay between 4% and 10% in exclusivity fees.
Three of the council's five member tribes are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit pending in the Western District of Oklahoma, seeking a declaration that the compacts automatically renewed.
Hoskin, whose tribe is one of the three plaintiffs, said the Cherokee Nation has not had any new conversations with the state since the lawsuit was filed.
Matthew Morgan, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and the chairman of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, said to his knowledge, there have not been additional compact talks between any gaming tribes and the state since the lawsuit was filed other than conversations between tribal regulators and representatives from the Office of Management and Enterprise Services' compliance unit.
"We are looking forward to the day when we can move past this and move into more productive discussions," he said. "This matter is really coloring all other matters of state-tribal relations."
That color extended to a resolution thanking a former member of Stitt's Cabinet, as the council unanimously approved a resolution honoring former state Secretary of Native American Affairs Lisa Billy for her public service, including her decision to step down due to the nature of the gaming compact talks.
A citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and a current member of her tribe's legislature, Billy specifically cited the ongoing gaming compact dispute in her Dec. 23 resignation letter from Stitt's Cabinet. That letter was partially read aloud by Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby as part of the resolution's preamble.
"We are the sovereign nations," Billy wrote. "We are the leaders. God put us here. Here for a purpose and reason. Let our message of unity be mighty and powerful.
"We will continue to move forward. I wish I could have gotten the job completed, but we will continue to move forward."
Tribal gaming 101: What you need to know about Oklahoma tribal gaming
What is the dispute?
In an opinion piece, Stitt said "most" tribal compacts nationwide include gaming exclusivity fees that pay states 20% to 25%, compared to the 4% to 6% that Oklahoma gets from its compacts which were agreed upon more than a decade ago.
Photo by NATE BILLINGS/The Oklahoman
What is a compact?
A state lacks jurisdiction over tribes. A compact is essentially an agreement between the state and a tribe where the state offers the tribe substantial exclusivity in certain areas in exchange for payments.
A compact can cover tobacco sales, fuel, gaming and other enterprises. Various entities enforce it. Penalties include a reduction in payments and liquidated damages.
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How much does the state receive from tribal gaming compacts?
Since 2004, the state has received slightly more than $1.5 billion, most of which goes to education.
How much did the state receive in 2019?
Oklahoma received a little more than $148 million in tribal gaming exclusivity fees, up almost $10 million from the year before.
Related: A breakdown of the nearly $139 million that Oklahoma collected from state tribes in fiscal year 2018
Photo by JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
What types of games are covered by the compact?
The compact covers Class III gaming, which includes slot machines, roulette and craps. The compacts do not cover Class II gaming, which includes electronic bingo. IAN MAULE/Tulsa World file
Photo by IAN MAULE/Tulsa World File
Can the compacts be expanded for other types of gaming?
Yes. The compacts currently do not cover sports betting and other forms of gambling, such as online betting. Ball-and-dice games were recently approved by lawmakers as a means to raise additional revenue.
Photo by STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World File
How did the gaming compacts get started?
Tribes for years had offered electronic bingo. But questions arose as to whether those games were Class II or Class III. At the time, Class III was not allowed. Due to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Class III gaming would require a compact with the state.
In 2004, lawmakers passed a bill to put the issue on the ballot in the form of State Question 712. It passed in November 2004 by nearly 60 percent. It resolved ambiguity, provided more clarity and assisted tribes in attracting investors while proving the state a lawful basis for sharing revenues. Since then, tribal gaming has taken off with facilities dotting the state's landscape.
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How many tribes are involved in the gaming compacts?
Oklahoma has 38 federally-recognized tribes, of which 31 have signed gaming compacts.
How many tribal compact gaming operations exist?
The state has 130 tribal gaming operations that range in size from an annex to a gas station to resort casinos.
How do tribes use the money generated from gaming?
Tribes use the money to fund government operations and programs, the welfare of the tribe and its members, economic development, charity and local government agencies.
What impact do all tribal operations have on the state?
A recent study sponsored by the Oklahoma Tribal Finance Consortium put the dollar amount for 2017 at $12.9 billion.
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PetroTal Announces Additional Director Nominees & Retirements for Upcoming Shareholder Meeting and Provides Virtual Meeting Details
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Virtual AGM on September 15, 2022 at 10:00am MT, 15:00 UK Time
Calgary, Alberta and Houston, Texas–(Newsfile Corp. – September 7, 2022) – PetroTal Corp. (TSXV: TAL) (AIM: PTAL) (OTCQX: PTALF) ("PetroTal" or the "Company") is pleased to announce Messrs. Luis Carranza and Jon Harris as additional director nominees for election at the upcoming shareholder meeting ("AGM") to be held on Wednesday, September 15, 2022 at 10:00 am Mountain Time, 15:00 UK time.
In addition, the Company is also announcing the retirement of Messrs. Gary Guidry and Ryan Ellson, who will not be standing for re-election at the AGM and will step off the Board of the Company at the close of the AGM. PetroTal sincerely thanks Gary Guidry and Ryan Ellson for their significant contributions and guidance since inception of PetroTal in late 2017.
In addition to the five nominees (all of which are existing directors) described in the Company's Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement dated August 3, 2022 (the "Circular"), which is available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and the Company's website (www.petrotal-corp.com), the new nominee backgrounds are as follows:
Mr. Carranza, a resident of Lima, Peru, brings a wealth of financial and Peruvian regulatory expertise to the Company. Mr. Carranza was formerly the Director of the Institute of Government and Public Management at the University of San Martín de Porres, Peru. During 2017-2021, he served as CEO of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America. Mr. Carranza was also CEO of Sigma Capital, an infrastructure advisory firm, Chief Economist for Latin America and Emerging Markets at BBVA, and a Director of several companies.
He has been Peru's Minister of Finance on two occasions, Deputy Minister of Finance and Director of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru and is highly educated on many government mandates, laws and regulatory workings.
We anticipate Mr. Carranza will be critical in recommending commercial policy within the Company to navigate the Peruvian financial and social landscape. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, USA.
Jon Harris
Mr. Harris, a resident of London, England, is an executive and industry leader in the oil and gas industry, and since January 2021, has been Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Keystone Petroleum, a London-listed company. Mr. Harris has over 30 year's experience in the oil and gas industry at SASOL Limited, an integrated energy and chemicals company based in South Africa where he was Executive Vice President, Upstream. Previously, he spent 25 years with BG Group in various international roles, including Executive Vice President Technical and General Manager Production Operations, as well as senior management assignments in the United States, Trinidad/Tobago and Egypt.
With a history of delivering success and shareholder value in international E&P, Jon will provide critical technical and commercial guidance as PetroTal continues with ongoing development and growth. Jon received a Master of Engineering in Fuel and Energy (with distinction) from the University of Leeds, UK.
Management intends to rely on its discretionary authority granted in proxies currently being solicited in conjunction with the Circular, to vote in favour of the election of Messrs. Carranza and Harris. A ballot will be taken at the AGM in connection with the election of the directors of the Company and resolving to set the number of directors to be elected at seven.
2022 Virtual AGM Link:
Shareholders are invited to attend the AGM virtually using the following meeting link:
https://stream.brrmedia.co.uk/broadcast/62e1182486ba30292435cd1d
Dial in options are as follows:
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Manuel Pablo Zuniga-Pflucker, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented,
"We would like to sincerely thank Gary and Ryan for their significant contributions to PetroTal. They have been with the Company since inception and have provided excellent guidance over the years. The PetroTal team and I would like to extend a warm welcome to Luis Carranza and Jon Harris. Both bring extensive industry and management experience to complement our existing Board and I look forward to delivering PetroTal's growth objectives, together, in the future."
Further information on Director appointments:
The following details in relation to the new Director appointments are disclosed in accordance with AIM Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:
Luis Julian Martin Carranza Ugarte (aged 55) holds or has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years.
Current Directorships
Automotores Gildemeister Peru SA (Peru)
Alicorp SAA (Peru)
BBVA Colombia SA (Colombia)
Sigma Capital SAC Directorships held over the past 5 years
As of the date of this announcement, Mr. Carranza holds no ordinary shares or options in the Company.
Jonathan Reay Harris (aged 56) holds or has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited (Bermuda)
Directorships held over the past 5 years
Sasol Investment Company (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)
Sasol Ltd (South Africa)
Sasol Canada Holdings Ltd (Alberta, Canada)
Sasol Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)
Sasol Mining Holdings (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)
Sasol Mining (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)
As of the date of this announcement, Mr. Harris holds no ordinary shares or options in the Company.
There is no further information to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
ABOUT PETROTAL
PetroTal is a publicly traded, tri quoted (TSXV: TAL) (AIM: PTAL) (OTCQX: PTALF) oil and gas development and production Company domiciled in Calgary, Alberta, focused on the development of oil assets in Peru. PetroTal's flagship asset is its 100% working interest in Bretana oil field in Peru's Block 95 where oil production was initiated in June 2018. In early 2020, PetroTal became the largest crude oil producer in Peru. The Company's management team has significant experience in developing and exploring for oil in Peru and is led by a Board of Directors that is focused on safely and cost effectively developing the Bretana oil field. It is actively building new initiatives to champion community sensitive energy production, benefiting all stakeholders.
For further information, please see the Company's website at www.petrotal-corp.com, the Company's filed documents at www.sedar.com, or below:
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PetroTal's Second Annual ESG Report: Responsible, Material, and Sustainable ESG Initiatives January 26, 2023
PetroTal Announces Exercise of Investor Warrants and Total Voting Rights January 23, 2023
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PetroTal Announces Initial Production for Well 12H and Other Corporate Updates December 28, 2022
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Here's a fascinating example of where technology is taking us – using virtual reality viewers to simulate whatever setting we care to experience and learn from. The thought occurred that this immersive technique might possibly be useful (and certainly engaging) to technical writers with a visionary bent.
For example, the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor is using virtual reality at actual shipboard gun emplacements to detect and ward off simulated attackers. And there's a paper available (by five writers) on "Teaching Technical Writing Using 3D Virtual Reality Technology." We haven't read it yet, and virtual reality gear may be expensive to acquire and use. But when you're on a frontier, it's good to be aware of the possibilities. The future, as we know, has a way of advancing rapidly.
Suppose you work on a large site with lots of gear to monitor and use to its full operational advantage. With a virtual reality setup you could possibly simulate contexts of interest without leaving your desk. That could allow a highly efficient use of your creative energy. Of course, there'd be costs, possibly substantial ones, to get you to that point.
Or maybe you'd like to experience a setting that doesn't yet exist. We don't know what's involved in programming virtual reality, but it's likely that this scenario is already being experienced somewhere. "Here's where we're headed," a VR practitioner is saying, "and no, we really don't want to go there. Here's why." All without leaving your morning coffee.
The potential for teaching technical writing in a classroom setting using virtual reality is explored in the paper referenced above, whose writers are interested in providing "practical learning environments for students." And Google can likely direct you to other pathbreaking instructional material on VR.
We need to tip our hat, or maybe more, to Technical Writing World, the "social network for technical communicators." Yes, more – so we'll blog a bit about the site. Why? Because it's got over 2,800 members, and that's great for a social network that's not Facebook or Twitter.
What's all this gushing about? Well, we're halfway through our second reading of Mark Schaefer's latest book, "The Content Code," which describes in detail how hard it is to get discovered on the Web these days, and how it's getting even harder.
What Technical Writing World's impressive membership indicates is that technical writers are discovering each other in a world-wide community of engaged, conscientious people. We knew they were conscientious, of course, but to join and sustain a worldwide community like TWW is exemplary these days.
What's the most important element in starting a technical writing task? (Or any other, for that matter.) Why, it's your aim, of course. "What am I trying to accomplish with this? Where are we headed?" Putting first things first requires that you have a good fix on what you're aiming for before you start doing it.
Don't be the kind of writer who just tries to fill space – that won't have a worthwhile outcome. We used to do editorial writing, with a wide column of empty space to be filled daily. But filling that space wasn't, or shouldn't have been, our aim. Having something to say was what benefitted readers, sharpened their perceptions and expectations of us. That was, or should have been, our real aim.
Such thoughts occurred (again) while reading Neal Caplan's post "…You're Not Good Enough." Being judged by other people's standards is okay, so long as you all have the same aim. But if you don't, watch out. You may get to where they're headed and find, pretty quickly, that it's not where you need to be. It's all in your aim.
Taking careful aim shouldn't be any different for technical writers than anyone else. What in the way of writing crisp, efficient documentation should be your intent on behalf of those who will be using it? Don't just start spieling out directions. They may get pretty roundabout.


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What Qualifies as Regular Use for the Home-Office Deduction?
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How to Prove "Regular Use" for Home-Office Deduction
To deduct an office in the home, you must pass the regular-use test, so what is regular use for the home-office deduction?
(Side note: this is a re-post of content created in 2011 and references tax cases from the 70's that laid a foundation for determining how to define "regular use" for the home office deduction. Now there are several apps and digital means of proving your regular use, such as time tracking apps that you can use on your home computer, Google location history to track how much of your work day is spent at your home office, etc.)
In its audit manual, the IRS states:
"Regular use means that you use the exclusive business area on a continuing basis. The occasional or incidental business use of an area in your home does not meet the regular use test even if that part of your home is used for no other purpose."
The IRS, in its proposed regulations, states that it makes its determination of regular use of the home office in light of all your facts and circumstances. As you can see, the IRS still leaves much up to interpretation. We turn to the courts for assistance.
Frankel v. IRS Case
Max Frankel, the editor of the New York Times, testified that, during the years in issue, he used his home office to speak over the telephone with prominent politicians at the national, state, and local levels and also labor leaders and leaders of the community in general. Such discussions averaged one per night, and each such discussion might require several actual telephone calls to complete. In a decision reviewed by the full U.S. Tax Court, the court stated: "Unquestionably these contacts were sufficiently frequent to meet the statutory requirement of use of the home office on a regular basis."
Green v. IRS Case
John Green could not be reached during much of the day, and because many of his callers could not themselves make telephone calls during the day, he was required (as a condition of his employment) to receive a substantial number of telephone calls from clients at his home after his regular working hours, averaging 2 1/4 hours a night, five nights a week. The full Tax Court reviewed the Green case and concluded that the time spent by Mr. Green met the requirements for regular use of his home office.
How Do You Prove Your Regular Use of Home Office?
Your regular use faces one big problem: how do you prove your regular use? In Christo, the court stated:
We do not suggest that the frequency or regularity of meetings or dealings must match the level we faced in Green in order to meet the requirements for regular use. However, in this case we have so little information that we cannot tell whether the facts, if we knew them, would satisfy any reasonable interpretation of regular use.
Mr. Frankel and Mr. Green had convincing proof. That's what you need, too. Think like a prosecuting attorney.
You can use two sets of information to prove regular use of your home office:
1. A log of time spent, and
2. Documents that corroborate the time spent.
Now think corroborative evidence. Let's start with the mail and say it's email. What proof do you have that you opened and responded to email on this day, at this time, as you state in your log?
Answer: Your sent emails are proof. Save your sent emails. A client met you at your home. How would you prove that? You could keep a home-office guest log and have your client sign in. You might have email correspondence proving the meeting. Again, think proof. You can prove business calls with your home phone bill or other phone record from the phone company. If you don't get a detailed bill or other summary, contact your phone company and have them send you what you need.
Regular Use of Home Office To-Do List
To ensure compliance with the home-office rule that requires regular use, make sure that you use your home office an average of 10 hours a week or more. It's possible that the courts would accept less than 10 hours, as indicated in the Cristo case, but why take chances. You might ask, what about Mr. Frankel—didn't he spend less than 10 hours a week? We don't know. The court did not specify the time spent, only the regularity of it.
So, make an average of 10 hours a week your target until either the IRS or the courts give you a better number. Next, make sure that you build proof that you worked those 10 hours or more.
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Der Europäische Kulturpark Bliesbruck-Reinheim (frz.: Parc Archéologique Européen de Bliesbruck-Reinheim) ist ein Archäologiepark, der sich beidseits der deutsch-französischen Grenze zwischen den Orten Reinheim (Saarland) und Bliesbruck (Département Moselle) erstreckt. In dem 700.000 m² großen Parkgelände werden Befunde aus verschiedenen Epochen ausgegraben und museal präsentiert. Die bedeutendsten sind ein keltisches Fürstinnengrab sowie eine kleinstädtische Siedlung (Vicus) und eine Palastvilla, beide aus römischer Zeit. Jährlich besuchen etwa 50.000 Besucher den Park, der damit zu den wichtigsten Kultur- und Tourismuseinrichtungen in der ländlichen Region zählt.

Geschichte des Parks
Erste Ausgrabungen auf dem Gelände fanden zwischen 1806 und 1809 auf dem "Heidenhübel" im Bereich der römischen Palastvilla von Reinheim statt. 1822 wurden Nachrichten über Funde im "Allermannsland" publiziert. In den Jahren 1952 bis 1955 wurden auf dem "Katzenbuckel" in Reinheim fünf römerzeitliche Kalköfen ausgegraben. Überregional bekannt wurde Reinheim durch die Entdeckung des frühlatènezeitlichen Fürstinnengrabes (370 v. Chr.) in einer Kies- und Sandgrube im Jahr 1954. Zehn Jahre später stieß man bei Straßenbauarbeiten in Reinheim auf einen spätbronzezeitlichen Hortfund (9. Jh. v. Chr.). Ebenfalls beim Kies- und Sandabbau wurden 1971 nördlich von Bliesbruck in der Gemarkung "Steinfelder" die Überreste einer kleinstädtischen Siedlung aus römischer Zeit entdeckt. Die Funde wurden in den ersten Jahren unsystematisch teils geborgen, teils abgebaggert. 1978 wurde der Komplex als Notgrabung eingestuft, die von Prof. Friedrich Hiller (Lehrstuhl Klassische Archäologie der Universität des Saarlandes) und Jean Schaub (aus Saargemünd) bearbeitet und seit 1983 kontinuierlich erforscht wurde. 1987 begannen die systematischen Ausgrabungen in der römischen Palastvilla von Reinheim.

1989 erfolgte die Gründung des Europäischen Kulturparks/Parc Archéologique Européen Bliesbruck-Reinheim. Im selben Jahr wurde der Park durch das französische Kultusministerium in die Liste der bedeutendsten archäologischen Stätten Frankreichs aufgenommen. 1993 wurde über den römischen Thermen von Bliesbruck ein Schutzbau errichtet, um den Originalbefund zu schützen und museal zu präsentieren. 1999 eröffnete die begehbare Rekonstruktion des keltischen Fürstinnengrabhügels. Drei Jahre später konnte das westliche Handwerkerviertel im Vicus von Bliesbruck in konservierter Form neu präsentiert werden. Zwischen 2006 und 2013 wurden drei Nebengebäude der Palastvilla von Reinheim rekonstruiert. 2007 fand die Eröffnung eines neuen Ausstellungszentrums (CREX genannt) mit der Sonderausstellung "Von Pompeji nach Bliesbruck – Leben im römischen Europa" mit 83.000 Besuchern statt. Bis 2014 gab es im Park auf der französischen Seite ein Restaurant, in dem römische Gerichte nach dem Kochbuch des Marcus Gavius Apicius angeboten wurden.

Direktor der französischen Seite ist Jean-Paul Petit. Auf deutscher Seite wurden die Ausgrabungen zwischen 1987 und 1992 zunächst von Erwin Strahl, danach bis 2011 von Florian Sărăţeanu-Müller geleitet. Auf ihn folgte Michael Ecker. Museumsleiter der deutschen Parkseite ist seit 2012 Andreas Stinsky. Unter seiner Leitung erfuhr das Außengelände eine Neugestaltung, bei der u. a. die ehemaligen Innenräume der römischen Palastvilla zur Verbesserung der Didaktik sowie der visuellen Wahrnehmung mit Splitt ausgefüllt wurden. Zudem wurde erstmals eine Dauerausstellung zur römischen Villa eingerichtet und die Ausstellungsräume im Maison Jean Schaub rundum erneuert.

Der französische Archäologe Jean-Claude Golvin hat eine Reihe von Zeichnungen der  Rekonstruktion der römischen Siedlung angefertigt.

Träger des Parks

Der Europäische Kulturpark wird gemeinschaftlich vom Generalrat des französischen Départements Moselle und der Stiftung Europäischer Kulturpark betrieben. Unterstützt wird das Projekt ebenfalls vom französischen Ministerium für Kultur und Kommunikation, vom Saarland, sowie von der Gemeinde Gersheim. Initiator und geistiger Begründer des Europäischen Kulturparks ist Jean Schaub aus Saargemünd.

Museen und konservierte Grabungsbefunde

CREX (Ausstellungszentrum/Centre d'Éxposition)

Im Herzen des Parks befindet sich ein Ausstellungszentrum, welches zum einen Funde aus der römischen Kleinstadt zeigt, zum anderen alljährlich eine spannende Sonderausstellung beherbergt.

Maison Jean Schaub

Die Dauerausstellung in dem kleinen Museumsbau gibt einen Überblick über die Besiedlungsgeschichte des Bliesgaus von der Steinzeit über die Bronze- und Eisenzeit, bis hin zur römischen Epoche. In dem Gebäude befinden sich auch eine Touristinfo und eine dezentrale Infostelle des UNESCO-Biosphärenreservats Bliesgau.

Keltisches Fürstinnengrab

In den 1950er Jahren stieß man beim Abbau von Sand und Kies auf drei erodierte Monumentalgrabhügel aus keltischer Zeit. Ein Hügel barg die Überreste einer Dame, der meisterhaft verzierter Goldschmuck und weitere kostbare Beigaben, darunter Importgüter aus fernen Regionen Europas, mitgegeben wurde. Das Grab stammt aus der Frühlatènezeit um 370 v. Chr. Die drei Grabhügel wurden 1999 in ihren ursprünglichen Ausmaßen rekonstruiert. Der Hügel der Fürstin ist begehbar, wobei man einen einzigartig inszenierten Einblick in die Grabkammer erhält.

Römische Palastvilla

Seit 1987 werden die Überreste einer Villa aus römischer Zeit ausgegraben, die mit 7 ha (70.000 m²) zu den größten ihrer Art im Saar-Mosel-Raum zählt. Nahezu komplett ausgegraben stellt sie ein Musterbeispiel ländlicher Domizile der gallo-römischen Oberschicht dar. Um die Größe und Form dieses zwischen dem 1. und 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr. bestehenden Landgutes zu veranschaulichen, werden einzelne Teile rekonstruiert. Die Funde aus der Villa und Wissenswertes über diesen besonderen Bautyp findet man im Obergeschoss der Taverne, die in einem rekonstruierten Nebengebäude untergebracht ist.

Römische Kleinstadt (vicus) mit Thermen

Auf der französischen Parkseite werden seit 1971 die Überreste einer römischen Straßensiedlung (Vicus) mit kleinstädtischem Charakter ausgegraben, die zwischen dem 1. und dem 5. Jahrhundert n. Chr. bestand. Der antike Name dieser Siedlung, in der während ihrer Blütezeit ca. 2000 Menschen lebten, ist nicht bekannt. Die Einwohner des Vicus waren in erster Linie Handwerker, die entlang den Straßen in Streifenhäusern wohnten, in denen sich zugleich die Werkstätten befanden. Im Zentrum der Siedlung standen neben einer Basilika und einer repräsentativen Brunnenanlage öffentliche Thermen nach mediterranem Vorbild.

Gebäude an der Grenze

2015 wurde das Ausstellungsgebäude Gebäude an der Grenze eröffnet. Die thematischen Schwerpunkte des in der Mitte des Parks an der deutsch-französischen Grenze gelegenen Baus liegen auf der Geschichte des Parks und der europäischen Idee.

Veranstaltungen

Der Park bietet ein breites Angebot an Veranstaltungen, insbesondere auch für Schulklassen, an. Neben dem jährlich stattfindenden "Antiken Spektakel", bei dem durch Stände und Vorführungen durch Reenactment-Gruppen die antike Alltagswelt veranschaulicht wird, werden diverse Erlebnistage zu den Themen Archäologie, Geschichte, Natur und Kultur angeboten. Seit 2013 findet im Sommer auch ein Heißluftballon- und Drachenfestival auf dem Gelände des Parks statt.

Forschungszentrum

Der Europäische Kulturpark Bliesbruck-Reinheim ist neben Museum und Park auch ein archäologisches Forschungszentrum. Im Fokus der wissenschaftlichen Bearbeitung stehen dabei jedoch nicht nur die Ausgrabungen im Parkgelände, sondern auch das Umland. Ziel ist es, die Besiedlungsentwicklung in der gesamten Region nachzuvollziehen und verständlich aufzuarbeiten. Angesichts einer Besiedlungskontinuität von der Bronzezeit bis in die heutige Zeit, mit bedeutenden Funden aus fast allen Zeitepochen, zählt die Siedlungskammer von Bliesbruck-Reinheim zu einem der wichtigsten vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Fundplätzen in Mitteleuropa. Der Europäische Kulturpark stellt damit ein europäisches Zentrum der archäologischen Forschung dar. Die einzelnen Projekte werden in Kooperation mit anderen Forschungsinstitutionen durchgeführt.

Mit den BLESA-Bänden verfügt der Park seit 1993 auch über eine eigene wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe mit der Forschungsarbeiten publiziert werden.

Literatur (Auswahl)
 Diane Dusseaux: Europäischer Kulturpark Bliesbruck-Reinheim. IAC Éditions d'Art, Saint-Etienne 2013, ISBN 978-2-9163-7368-3.

 Florian Sărățeanu-Müller: Ein deutsch-französischer Archäologiepark: Reinheim und Bliesbrück. In: Vera Rupp, Heide Birley (Hrsg.): Landleben im römischen Deutschland. Theiss, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8062-2573-0, S. 110–113.
 Jean Schaub und Jean-Paul Petit: Bliesbrücken. Gallo-Römische Siedlung in Lothringen. Sarreguemines 1984.
 Andreas Stinsky: Die Villa von Reinheim. Ein ländliches Domizil der gallo-römischen Oberschicht. Nünnerich-Asmus-Verlag, Mainz 2016, ISBN 978-3-945751-20-6
 Andreas Stinsky: Ein ländliches Domizil mit herrschaftlichem Charakter. Die gallo-römische Großvilla von Reinheim. In: Antike Welt. Heft 5, 2013, S. 68–75.

Film
 »Schätze des Landes« Bliesbruck-Reinheim und sein Europäischer Kulturpark. Im Tal der Keltenfürstin. Dokumentation, 30 Min. Ein Film von Wolfgang Felk, Kamera: Peter Stenger, Produktion: SR Fernsehen (Programmkooperation SWR), Erstsendung: 4. November 2006.

Weblinks

 www.europaeischer-kulturpark.de

 www.strassen-der-roemer.de

 Saarländisches Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Saarbrücken: hier sind die Funde z. B. aus dem Reinheimer Fürstinnengrab ausgestellt.
 Heidenmauer bei Keltenwelten

Einzelnachweise

Gersheim
Kultur (Lothringen)
Archäologischer Fundplatz in Grand Est
Archäologischer Fundplatz im Saarland
Freilichtmuseum im Saarland
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Bliesbruck
Archäologischer Fund (Kelten)
Gegründet 1989
Monument historique in Bliesbruck
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