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Holocaust Education in the Czech Republic
Anne Frank, Czech Republic, Sinti und Roma, Holocaust
Anna Hájková, Terezín Initiative Institute
The attitude of the majority of the Czech population is a rather indifferent one toward the topic of the Jewish minority. The umbrella organisation, the Federation of the Jewish communities has by now about 10.000 members, and the overall tendency is a liberal one; many members participate as a cultural avowal of belonging, not a religious one. So one could generalise by saying that whereas anti-Semitism is weak, the non-Jewish majority population has but little knowledge of what Jewishness is supposed to be. This ignorance is sometimes a cause for construction of prejudices of Jews as the different ones. Yet one cannot stress strongly enough that the Czech Jews are fully assimilated; the process of assimilation started from the beginning of the 19th century onwards; and generally speaking, those who remained in Czechoslovakia after the WWII were either communists, or those for whom their identity as Czech citizens was decisive.
At the same time, however, most of the Czechs have strong ressentiments towards the Roma population. This manifested sadly spring 2005, when the president Václav Klaus said in an interview on the occasion of the commemoration of the concentration camp for Roma at Lety, that it had not been a concentration camp, but a collecting camp for those not willing to work; and the mortality rate had been only due to the typhoid epidemic (sic). Certainly, Václav Klaus is a populistic politician, but such remarks by the head of state show how the discourse about the social and ethnic minorities in the Czech Republic is shaped.
Commemoration of the holocaust did hardly take place during the Communist era. There was the memorial for the Czech Jewish victims, whose names were engraved at the walls of the Pinkas synagogue in the late 1950s; but the synagogue was closed due to "reconstruction work" from 1968 until 1989. Then there was the Terezín Memorial, opened as early as 1947, which represents both the Gestapo prison at the Small Fortress and the former ghetto. However, in the 1970s a museum of the "national defense", depicting the history of the Czechoslovak police was opened in the area of the town of Terezín; there were exhibitions on the history of the Small Fortress,. Throughout the time, the Prague Jewish Museum was open, but it focused on its judaica and medieval collections, less the remembrance of the holocaust. In the 1960s, there came a wave of both academic and popular literature with the topic of the Czech holocaust. It had a sudden end after 1968, with the "normalisation". After 1970, there were some strong anti-Zionist to anti-Semitic tendencies to be heard, covered by the central committee of the Communist party. Even stronger was the change after the political transitions in 1989. The Terezín Memorial was reorganised and the old museum of the "national defense" was closed. The state returned the Jewish Museum in Prague to the Federation of the Jewish Communities. Shortly after the 1989 'revolution', the Association of the Terezín Survivors and their descendants was founded, as the 'Terezín Initiative'.
Many of the pedagogical initiatives dealing with holocaust education are bound to the academic institutions which conduct research on the holocaust. In the following, I shall mention the most important projects. Remarkably, in the Czech Republic the research on the holocaust is mostly conducted outside of the university structure. There is no chair of history, which would devote an appreciable amount of energy to seminars on this topic. There are, indeed, lecturers who offer such courses, and many students are interested in writing their master thesis on this, but they are but little encouraged by the professors. The research mostly takes place outside of the state network, but those institutions conducting a leading research are remarkably active.
(For an overview of the Czech academic situation cf. my article `Holocaustforschung in Tschechien,` in: Gedenkstättenrundbrief, 9 (2005), pp. 26-33.)
The Czech public opinion on the holocaust of the Czech Jews changed somewhat after the completion of the "Mixed Commission" lead by the vice-president of the then government, Pavel Rychetský in 1998. This commission conducted research on the so called aryanisation of the Jewish property. In the course of the activities of this commission and its sub-commission the topic of the holocaust appeared more often in the press. Also, the national Foundation for holocaust victims (NFOH) was founded, endowed with 10 millions Euros by the state. From a part of its funds it supports several educational, social and academic projects dealing with the holocaust in the widest sense.
Since 2000, the Czech Republic has been member of the Task Force for Holocaust Education. The cooperating partner is the Terezín Memorial; from the official side, there is always a national coordinator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Terezín Memorial both conducts seminars for pupils from the Czech Republic and abroad (most notably Germany and Austria, sometimes Slovakia). These seminars take place between one day up to a week. The Memorial offers a guided tour through the area of the former ghetto and the Little Fortress, guided discussions on a common reading matter, discussions with survivors etc. In second place, the Memorial offers two days training courses for teachers on how to teach about the holocaust. These courses take place in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Prague and the Terezín Initiative Institute (ITI).Whereas the visits of the classes take place under cooperation with the Jewish Museum, the preparation of the training seminars for teachers takes place under the auspices of the Terezín Initiative Institute. ITI was founded in 1994 as an academic institution for the research of the holocaust of the Czech Jewry and the history of the Terezín ghetto by the Terezín Initiative. Thus there are two institutions: the association of the former prioners, and then the research institute. Although both institutions have their headquarters in the same building Jáchymova 3 in Prague 1, they are independent.
As one of the first ones among the Central and Eastern European countries, the Czech Republic started cooperating with the Anne Frank House, which is the Czech liason partner in the Task Force. Now, the Anne Frank House has its traveling exhibition "Anne Frank – a story for today" in the Czech Republic. Alongside the exhibition there are always lectures and seminars for the schools in the city where the exhibition is being shown. The institution in charge is the Cultural and Education Centre (VKC) of the Jewish Museum in Prague. At the same time, the Anne Frank House supported the development of the educational web-site www.holocaust.cz lead by the ITI. On this website, texts and documents about the history of the Holocaust and teaching materials for teachers and pupils can be found. Under the auspices of the Task Force, the joint project of the Jewish Museum and the Terezín Memorial offers training courses for teachers.
Another project of the VKC is the "Lost Neighbours". Within this project, classes at secondary schools (usually primary and high schools) are encouraged to conduct research on the former schoolmates, friends and neighbours of Jewish origin of their grandparents. Children aim at reconstructing individual biographies, as well as long gone social micromilieus. One of the aims is the conclusion how differences among people can be artificially drawn and how "similar to us" the Jews were, who suddenly disappeared. At the same time, the pupils are rather enthusiastic about this project, as it is, at the same time, a good piece of conducting a detective work. Also, the Jewish Museum in Prague being a rather prestigious institution, there is an incentive to discoveries. Some well done projects end up in a brochure or a little exhibition of their own.
The project of the educational homepage, www.holocaust.cz, run by the ITI, is among others supported by the Anne Frank House. This homepage offers a good overview of basic information on the holocaust, both from the general (world) and the specific (Czech) perspective. These short articles are between one to three pages long. Furthermore, the homepage offers a variety of approaches for lessons on anti-racist education, an overview of Czech projects dealing with this topic and numerous further information. Last but not least, the homepage also offers a summary of the latest events on the holocaust in the Czech republic, be it in the press, books or exhibitions. The www.holocaust.cz - opens in new window">www.holocaust.cz page plans among its projects to publish the database of the Terezín victims in the framework of the website. Secondly, within the project "The Terezín Album" we plan to digitalize documents, most important photos, which would portray the lives of individual victims of the factory-like genocide. These photos would also be available through the website.
Another project in the Czech republic is AISIS in Kladno. AISIS adapts the approach of the Facing History and Ourselves program for the Czech republic and conducts seminars for teachers.
When we take a look on the development of the educational activities in the Czech republic in the last ten years, we can see a large step forward. The state of the Czech textbooks was a rather poor one. To generalize greatly, from 1999 on, the textbooks must be authorized by the official corrector named by the Ministery of Schools, who is Leos Pavlát, the director of the Jewish Museum Prague. Mr. Pavlát controls that the topic is touched in every textbook which gets to the market, that there are no latent anti-Semitic tendencies nor factual mistakes. Still, however, the topic of the holocaust is often dealt within the frame of the Czech national history as an outside accident, quite out of the context of the modern Czech history. For example, the subject of the Czech bystanders and helpers remains virtually untouched. One can conclude, that as long as the official narrative of the national history remains unquestioned, the description of the Czech Jews as the "other ones" will not change greatly.
Recently, the school curriculum for the history lessons was changed. From now on, teachers will be responsible for their own free arrangement of the lessons, the official regulations concerning the humanities lessons were dropped by the Ministry of School Affairs: the state will define general competences, which the pupils are supposed to acquire and the teachers are supposed to construct their own " educational programs" (i.e., they can e.g link different subjects etc.). The teachers are then expected to explain how their teaching contributes to the fulfillment of the educational goals set by the state.


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Sabine Radmacher | A Woman Scorned Carrying A 22 Caliber Rifle
Sabine Radmacher | Shooting Rampage
Sabine Radmacher
Rampage of Murder
Murder Rampage
The 2010 Lörrach Hospital Shooting Rampage occurred on September 19, 2010 in the small town of Lörrach, Germany near the Swiss border. Sabine Radmacher, a 41-year-old woman, smothered her 5 year old son and then shot and stabbed the boy's father, her ex-partner. She then set fire to the flat, eventually causing an explosion. She crossed the street to St. Elisabethen Hospital, where she shot and stabbed one male nurse, killing him and severely injuring two passers-by and a police officer.
Soon after, the woman was fatally shot by special police units. The investigators established that the woman was a female lawyer who had killed her former common-law husband and their 5-year-old son in a nearby apartment block. She was a sporting markswoman and used a cal. 22 sporting gun.
The Rampage of Sabine Radmacher
The hospital rampage took place at the Catholic St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lörrach, a town close to the Swiss and French borders.
A 41-year old armed lawyer entered the Gynaecology Ward and stabbed and shot a male nurse, killing him instantly.
A police officer, who happened to be at the hospital, was also shot at and left in a critical condition.
When the emergency services arrived 15 minutes later, police exchanged fire with the gunwoman and fatally shot her.
According to reports, she was seen leaving a burning apartment block opposite the hospital, with a gun in her hand, where two people had lost their lives in an explosion. The police announced that a child was among the two who had been killed. It is believed that a custody battle was the motive for the rampage.
source: murderpedia | wikipedia
Karla Homolka – The Killer That Lives Free Among Us
Marjorie Orbin | Murder To Inherit | Dismembered Her Husband

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Douglas Bader (Londres; 10 de febrero de 1910 - Ibídem; 5 de septiembre de 1982), cuyo nombre completo era Douglas Robert Stewart Bader, también conocido como Douglas Tin Legs Bader, fue un piloto de la aviación de caza británica que alcanzó celebridad por ser un «as» de la Royal Air Force (RAF), logrando una treintena de victorias en combate, de las que 20 fueron confirmadas, en tan sólo 15 meses de actividad en los combates aéreos contra los aviones de la Luftwaffe alemana sobre los cielos del sur de Inglaterra y del Canal de la Mancha durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Y ello con la peculiaridad de que, amputado de ambas piernas a raíz de un accidente imprudente anterior a la guerra, combatía provisto de dos prótesis.

Pocos hombres han llegado en la Historia a convertirse en una leyenda viviente, y Douglas Bader fue uno de ellos, personificando el heroísmo de la RAF durante la guerra. Para él se llegó incluso a acuñar un mote especial: el as lisiado.

Su juventud
Fue dejado en Inglaterra por sus padres hasta la edad de dos años, tras el cambio de destino de su padre, que era ingeniero civil y fue destinado a la India, ya que sus padres temían que el clima indio resultase excesivamente rudo para un bebé. Finalmente, los tres regresaron al Reino Unido en 1913. Poco tiempo después, a raíz del estallido de la Primera Guerra Mundial su padre, Frederick, se unió al Ejército británico y fue enviado a Francia con la British Expeditionnary Force para combatir contra los alemanes. Sería la última vez que Douglas Bader viese a su padre, puesto que éste falleció en 1917 a consecuencia de una herida de metralla en la cabeza. Como anécdota, su padre fue enterrado en las cercanías de Saint-Omer, en el departamento del Paso de Calais. Por una ironía del destino, Douglas fue encarcelado en las cercanías del lugar por la Wehrmacht durante la guerra siguiente. Posteriormente, su madre, Jessie, contrajo un segundo matrimonio con un sacerdote anglicano, William Hobbs.

En su período como estudiante, Douglas demostró poseer un espíritu independiente y no conformista. Atleta consumado, destaca en los deportes de equipo, convirtiéndose en capitán del equipo de rugby, insinuando ya sus maneras de liderazgo. En 1923, pasó a residir con su tía Hazel y especialmente con el marido de ésta, el teniente de aviación Cyril Burge, piloto en la Escuela del Aire de la Royal Air Force en Cranwell. En este hecho tiene su origen su pasión por la aviación, pasión que ya no olvidará jamás.

Sus inicios en la RAF
En 1927 tomó la decisión de hacer carrera como piloto militar en la RAF, tras lo que entró en la Escuela del Aire de Cranwell en septiembre de 1928. Demostró ser un alumno medio, pero con excelentes aptitudes para el vuelo. A la mitad del período de su formación como piloto, de dos años de duración, era el 18º, en una promoción con un total de 21 alumnos pilotos. El jefe de la Escuela, el vicemariscal del aire Halahan, le previno: «Es usted joven, puedo comprender sus problemas, pero la RAF no, la RAF quiere aquí hombres, no escolares». Bader quedó profundamente afectado por el rapapolvo de Halahan, y a partir de ese momento se dedicó en cuerpo y alma a su labor. Estuvo incluso a punto de conseguir la Espada de Honor (recompensa otorgada al número uno de la promoción), premio que se le escapó por los pelos.

Tras haberse diplomado en 1930, Douglas Bader fue destinado al  Escuadrón de Caza, desplegado en el aeródromo de Kenley, escuadrón que en esas fechas estaba equipado con aparatos biplanos Gloster Gamecock. Poco después, el Escuadrón cambió sus viejos aviones por unos Bristol Bulldog, más rápidos, pero a la vez menos maniobrables en condiciones de baja velocidad y baja cota de vuelo.

El lunes 14 de diciembre de 1931, Douglas Bader efectuaba un vuelo entre los aeródromos de Kenley y Woodley, junto a otros dos pilotos. Durante la escala en el aeródromo de Woodley, Douglas discutió sobre acrobacias aéreas con unos jóvenes pilotos, puesto que ya gozaba de la reputación de pericia en las acrobacias de vuelo. Sus contertulios le solicitaron una demostración de vuelo a baja cota de altitud, a lo que Douglas respondió que poseía poca experiencia de vuelo acrobático a los mandos de un Bulldog. No obstante, justo después de despegar, Douglas efectuó la maniobra de vuelo conocida como tonel y sobrevoló el aeródromo en vuelo boca abajo. Desgraciadamente, volaba demasiado bajo y, sobre todo, demasiado lento. Cuando quiso volver al plano horizontal de vuelo, el ala izquierda de su aparato rozó contra el suelo y se aplastó, con lo que el avión se accidentó, convirtiéndose en un amasijo de chatarra. Las dos piernas de Douglas Bader quedaron aplastadas, la izquierda bajo el sillón de pilotaje, a la vez que su pie derecho quedó aprisionado bajo la palanca de mando del timón.

El joven Douglas fue rápidamente extraído de los restos del aparato accidentado, siendo transportado al Hospital Real de Berkshire, donde fue puesto en manos del doctor Leonard Joyce, que era sin duda el mejor cirujano del momento en todo el Reino Unido. Inmediatamente, el doctor Joyce le amputó a Douglas la pierna derecha por encima de la rodilla y, pocos días más tarde, tuvo que amputarle también la pierna izquierda 15 centímetros por debajo de la rodilla. Tras ambas operaciones, el estado de salud de Douglas empeoró, llegándose a temer que no lograse sobrevivir, aunque posiblemente debido a su férrea voluntad logró recuperarse.

Contra todas las previsiones, pues, Douglas Bader logró sobrevivir tanto al accidente como a las operaciones subsiguientes. En 1932, tras una larga y dolorosa convalecencia (durante la misma adquirió dependencia de la morfina), fue enviado al Hospital de la RAF en Uxbridge. Allí entró en contacto con los hermanos Dessoutter. Marcel Dessoutter era un antiguo ingeniero aeronáutico que había perdido también una pierna a raíz de un accidente de aviación, tras lo cual había fundado una sociedad dedicada a la fabricación de prótesis de piernas, realizadas con aluminio, lo que en esa época era una auténtica revolución en el campo de las prótesis. Douglas Bader fue el primer cliente de la empresa en necesitar una prótesis para cada una de sus piernas. A pesar de todos los inconvenientes de tipo físico y sin desfallecer en ningún momento, Douglas Bader se dedicó a la pesada tarea de reconstruirse, no sólo física, sino también mentalmente.

Su objetivo era el de lograr caminar sin ayuda de muletas y, aunque todo el mundo le decía que eso era imposible, Douglas lo consiguió. Rápidamente, pudo conducir un automóvil, que había sido modificado para adaptarse a sus prótesis. Pudo jugar al golf o invitar a las chicas a bailar. Durante un fin de semana que pasó en compañía del subsecretario del Aire del Gobierno británico, sir Phillip Sasson, en junio de 1932, su deseo de volar era tan manifiesto que su acompañante, que residía en las cercanías del aeródromo de Lympe, se las ingenió para que pudiese efectuar un vuelo a bordo de un avión Avro 504, un aparato de entrenamiento, durante el cual Douglas pilotó perfectamente al avión. Una revisión médica le declaró apto para efectuar algunas prácticas de vuelo, con carácter restringido. Pero poco después, en abril de 1933, se le informó de que era definitivamente apartado del servicio activo en la Royal Air Force, lo que le sorprendió sobremanera, dejándole aturdido. Algunas semanas después, abandonó la RAF, recibiendo una pensión por invalidez total.

Durante los siguientes seis años, Douglas Bader pasó a trabajar en unas oficinas para la Asiatic Petroleum Company, la misma compañía que se transformaría posteriormente en la compañía petrolífera Royal Dutch Shell. En 1935, efectuó un feliz matrimonio con Thelma Edwards, que mantendría la devoción por su marido a lo largo de los 37 años siguientes.

A pesar de su nueva vida, seguía vigente su deseo de volver a volar. Tras el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Bader utilizó como contacto a un antiguo conocido en el Ministerio del Aire y, con el apoyo de un antiguo jefe, logró el reingreso en la RAF, aunque dependiendo de una prueba de vuelo en la Escuela Central de Vuelo, en Upavon, en 1939.

Segunda Guerra Mundial

El 27 de noviembre de 1939, ocho años después de su accidente, Bader volvió a encontrarse de nuevo a los mandos de un avión Avro Tutor K-324. Muy pronto, Bader pasó a pilotar un Fairey Battle, bombardero diurno monomotor, y luego un Miles Master, la última etapa para un piloto de la RAF antes de poder pilotar los Supermarine Spitfire y los Hawker Hurricane. En febrero de 1940, Bader fue destinado al 19º Escuadrón de Caza, con base en Duxford, siendo, a sus 29 años de edad, considerablemente mayor que el resto de pilotos que le rodeaban. Dos meses más tarde, fue nombrado comandante de la 222.ª Escuadrilla de Caza, otra escuadrilla basada en Duxford, que estaba a punto de reemplazar sus desfasados Bristol Blenheim por unos flamantes Spitfire.

Justo antes de tomar el mando, intentó hacer despegar su Spitfire con la hélice pasada de revoluciones y, fatalmente, el aparato se estrelló al despegar. De este accidente debe destacarse como curiosidad que, en el caso de que sus piernas no hubiesen sido amputadas con anterioridad al mismo, las hubiese perdido en el accidente. En este caso, únicamente hubo que recomponer las prótesis retorcidas. Sorprendido por la tontería propia de un novato que había cometido, la reconoció sin ambages. Felizmente para él, el ministro del Aire, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, consideró que habría aprendido la lección y que nunca más volvería a cometer ese error, con lo que le confirmó al mando de la escuadrilla.

En junio de 1940, Bader fue enviado, junto con su escuadrilla, para efectuar la cobertura aérea durante la retirada de Dunkerque de las tropas británicas ante el acoso de la Wehrmacht en Europa. En el curso de una de las salidas, Douglas Bader alcanzó su primera victoria aérea, sobre un Messerschmitt Bf 109 de la Luftwaffe. Aún en junio de 1940, fue nombrado jefe de la 242.ª Escuadrilla de Caza, una unidad canadiense que había quedado seriamente afectada en los combates correspondientes a la batalla de Francia y que en esos momentos estaba en un bajo estado de moral. Dicha moral no quedó precisamente mejorada cuando, en el aeródromo de Coltishall, vieron bajar del avión a su futuro comandante y comprobaron que carecía de ambas piernas. Sin embargo, Bader despejó inmediatamente sus temores, ofreciéndoles una demostración de acrobacia aérea de 30 minutos, que les impresionó profundamente. Tras enfrentarse con algunos problemas de avituallamiento, Bader pudo rápidamente declarar que su nueva escuadrilla, formada por 18 aparatos Hawker Hurricane, estaba lista para el combate. Era el momento oportuno, puesto que la decisiva batalla de Inglaterra estaba a punto de dar inicio.

Durante este episodio bélico, Bader participó en la elaboración y puesta a punto de la estrategia del Big Wing, que consistía en hacer despegar conjuntamente a varias escuadrillas de aviones de caza para enfrentarse con las oleadas de bombarderos de la Luftwaffe en su avance previo al bombardeo, de tal modo que se pudiese derribar al máximo posible de ellos antes de que descargasen sus cargas de bombas, abortando así los propios bombardeos y desorganizando a las escuadrillas atacantes. Cuando se dio por concluida la batalla de Inglaterra, Douglas Bader recibió las Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) y Distinguished Service Order (DSO), a la vez que pasó a ser Wing Commander del aeródromo de Duxford.

Durante la batalla de Inglaterra, Douglas Bader estaba preocupado por la posibilidad de ser derribado sobre el canal de la Mancha, debido a que, caso de caer sobre el agua, sus prótesis podían actuar como lastre haciéndole hundirse en el mar. Por ese motivo, para intentar ayudar a la flotabilidad de las mismas, decidió rellenarlas con pelotas de ping pong. No obstante, en la siguiente misión que efectuó oyó unos ruidos extraños, pensando que era atacado por un avión enemigo. Sin embargo, se trataba de la explosión de las pelotas de ping pong, afectadas por la altura.

En marzo de 1941, dejó la escuadrilla 242 para pasar a ser Wing commander del aeródromo de Tangmere, asumiendo así el mando de tres escuadrillas de Spitfire (las escuadrillas 145ª, 610ª y 666ª), así como una escuadrilla de Bristol Beaufighter. Durante este mando diseñó y puso a punto la formación en «cuatro dedos», que posteriormente ha sido utilizada por todas las fuerzas aéreas del mundo, para hacer volar conjuntamente a una patrulla compuesta por cuatro aviones. Douglas Bader, durante este período, hizo gala de un espíritu táctico inusual, trabajando en estrecha coordinación con su alter ego en tierra, el controlador A.G. Woodhall. Por su brillante liderazgo, fue recompensado con una barra para añadir a su previa DSO.

El ángel desplumado
Bader parecía invencible pero, el 9 de agosto de 1941, tras haber obtenido otras dos nuevas victorias, topó en el aire con un tercer Messerschmitt 109, viéndose obligado a saltar en paracaídas. Durante las maniobras de extracción de la cabina de vuelo del avión alcanzado, perdió las dos prótesis de sus piernas. Al haber caído en territorio ocupado por los alemanes, se convirtió en prisionero de guerra, siendo enviado a un hospital en las cercanías de Saint-Omer, muy cerca del lugar en el que se encontraba la tumba de su padre. Antes de ello, Adolf Galland, uno de los jefes de la Luftwaffe, envió un vehículo para que le recogiese y le llevase a su base aérea para poder charlar con él. En ese momento se puso en marcha una de las menos conocidas y más increíbles operaciones de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tras ponerse de acuerdo alemanes y británicos, se dejó paso libre a un avión británico con el fin de que lanzase en paracaídas un nuevo par de prótesis para Douglas Bader. Se trata sin duda de la única ocasión en que los alemanes autorizaron a un avión británico para que sobrevolase la Francia ocupada. La operación fue un éxito, y Bader recibió su nuevo par de piernas.

Una vez recuperada de nuevo su capacidad de movimiento tras serle reimplantadas las prótesis, y con la voluntad inflexible que le caracterizaba, rápidamente efectuó la primera de sus numerosas tentativas de evasión. Inició así un largo periplo de campo en campo y de evasión en evasión, hasta acabar recalando en la célebre fortaleza de Colditz, donde los alemanes, que aunque admiraban a este oficial fuera de lo común estaban cansados de sus tentativas de evasión, procedieron finalmente a la confiscación de sus prótesis, tras que Douglas rechazase hacer la promesa de no volver a efectuar ningún nuevo intento de fuga.

En la primavera de 1945, tras ser liberado por el 1º Ejército estadounidense, que acababa de conquistar Colditz, se dirigió inmediatamente a París para solicitar un Spitfire y regresar al combate antes del fin de la guerra. Sin embargo, no se le concedió la autorización, ya que ya formaba parte de la Historia y de la leyenda y el alto mando no deseaba perder a un hombre de esa envergadura. Fue ascendido a Group Captain, asumiendo el mando de la Escuela de Cazas de Tangmere, siendo posteriormente nombrado jefe del sector de Essex con el 11.º Grupo de North Weald. El 15 de septiembre de 1945, condujo personalmente el desfile aéreo de la victoria, formado por 300 aviones, que sobrevoló la ciudad de Londres.

Recientemente en una entrevista George Lucas, reconoció haberse basado en el pasado oscuro de este piloto mutilado, para la creación de su famoso Darth Vader.

La posguerra

La RAF le propuso reconocerle el grado y antigüedad que le corresponderían de no haber mediado su etapa como prisionero de guerra, pero la empresa Royal Dutch Shell le propuso por su parte una plaza en su departamento aéreo, con derecho a su propio avión privado. Tras una larga reflexión a lo largo de cuatro meses, y convencido de que la RAF en época de paz sería bien distinta de la RAF que había conocido durante la guerra, Bader dimitió por última vez de sus cargos en la Fuerza Aérea británica. Tras su abandono de la RAF en febrero de 1946, voló por todo el mundo para la Shell, a menudo en compañía de su esposa, Thelma.

En 1976, fue nombrado caballero por la reina Isabel II, en razón del conjunto de sus actividades a favor de aquellos que habían sufrido una amputación. Tras la muerte de su esposa Thelma, contrajo un segundo matrimonio con Joan Murray, que compartía igualmente su interés por la ayuda a los desfavorecidos. Su carga de trabajo era tal que habría hecho desfallecer a cualquiera, pero fue llevada a cabo por un hombre desprovisto de sus extremidades inferiores y con un corazón que poco a poco se iba deteriorando sin remedio. Su férrea voluntad le sostuvo hasta el mes de agosto de 1982, cuando sufrió un episodio leve de ataque cardíaco, tras participar en un torneo de golf en Ayrshire. Tres semanas después, el 5 de septiembre de 1982, tras una comida de celebración del 90 aniversario del mariscal del aire de la RAF sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris, falleció a causa de una crisis cardíaca, a la edad de 72 años. El London Times escribió: «Se convirtió en una leyenda al personificar el heroísmo de la RAF durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial».

Notas y referencias

Bibliografía
Paul Brickhill (1954), Bader: vainqueur du ciel. Paris: Éditions Flammarion, collection « L'aventure vécue », (en francés)
 William B. Allmon, artículo «Guts and Glory in the RAF», en la obra colectiva collectif WW2 Air War: The Men, The Machines, The Missions, publicada por "Aviation History". (en inglés)

Aviadores del Reino Unido
Militares británicos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Ases de la aviación
Nacidos en Londres

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Synopsis Community investing refers to financing that creates resources and opportunities for economically disadvantaged people and people under-served by traditional financial institutions. Capital generated through community investing initiatives enable local organizations to generate jobs, fund small businesses, create affordable housing and provide financial and other vital community services to financially disadvantaged people. Community investments are known to make a greater impact in helping communities in need than charitable giving. It is perhaps for this reason that community investing has become an attractive investment option for wealthy individuals, interested in making a social impact, even earn monetary gains. Corporates have also found a good avenue in community investing to fulfil their social missions. Today, community investors are playing a crucial role in alleviating poverty in many countries like the US, the UK, South Africa and India. In fact, community investors have been at the forefront of rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of the disastrous tsunami, hurricane Katrina and after the war in Afghanistan. This book captures the recent developments in the area of community investing across the globe. It is divided into three sections: the first section titled "Introduction" introduces and explains the concept of 'Community Investing', the second section "Experiences" showcases a few country experiences and the third section "Corporate Community Investments" is devoted to studying the progress of corporate community investing initiatives.
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Suffolk residents frequently support locally-owned stores, museums, and galleries — so much so that the Economic Development Office has developed the Love Local Buy Suffolk program. Just a few years ago, the beloved gift store A. Dodson's was named Independent Small Business of the Year for the entire nation. Other favorites are Plum Crazy Art, Hi Ho Silver, and of course the local farmer's markets. Suffolk was, after all, the 'birthplace' of Mr. Peanut, the mascot of Planters' Peanuts.
There is plenty to do for all ages from "Second Saturdays" to the Summer Concert Series. Love art? Visit the Suffolk Art Gallery. Music or theater fan? Check out The Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts. The Suffolk Public Library (SPL) puts on amazing programs, winning two statewide awards: Outstanding Cooperative Program for their coding program with Suffolk Public Schools, and Outstanding Adult Program for their Amazing Peanut Chase Scavenger Hunt. Expand your mind with reading and enrichment programs or enroll in a course at Paul D. Camp Community College.
Not only is Suffolk a fun place to shop, dine out and enjoy the arts, they also boast nationally accredited parks. Suffolk Parks and Recreation won recognition from the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) for its beautiful parks and glistening waterways. Four regional parks include Lone Star Lakes Park (featuring over 4 miles of rocky trails), Bennett's Creek Park, Sleepy Hole Park, and Constant's Wharf Park and Marina. Outdoor enthusiasts and bicyclists can also enjoy The Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge with dozens of miles of trails.
In addition to well-known Planter's Peanuts, major Food and Beverage Processing employers also include Unilever/Lipton Tea and Massimo Zanetti Beverage. North Suffolk is the home to several major modeling and simulation companies, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Navy Information Dominance Forces (Cyber Forces) and J7 Joint Staff (referred to as either "Pentagon South") bringing an estimated 1,000 additional employees. Other large employers include Suffolk Public Schools, Sentara Health System, Towne Bank, Warehousing and Distribution centers for Target, QVC, and SYSCO Food Services of Hampton Roads.
Visit downtown Suffolk and you'll find a number of walkable restaurant options. Soul food, southern, American fare, Italian – it's all there. Plaid Turnip, the "artfully comfortable café," is most popular for breakfast, although the lunch and dinner crowd is also steady. Art made by local artists lines the walls of the restaurant's interior. Everything about Harper's Table nods to the rich history of the area. Named for chef and owner, Harper Bradshaw, this restaurant features local ingredients such as oysters, clams, and crabs; pork salted, smoked or fresh; sweet potatoes, peanuts, greens. Suffolk has a rich history, that the locals are proud of. Bradshaw used wood from a peanut warehouse in his wife's family to create a canopy over the seating area and an 18th-century barn door camouflages modern-day amenities, a television.
Suffolk was founded by English colonists in 1742 as a port town on the Nansemond River in the Virginia Colony. Originally it was known as Constant's Warehouse. At the time of English settlement, the Nansemond Indians lived along the river where they fished, harvested oysters, hunted, and farmed. They were part of the Powhatan chiefdom, a coalition of about 30 Algonquian Indian tribes. The tribe still has an active community with an annual pow-wow each August.
After the Civil War, railroads prospered. A passenger station was built in 1885 and by 1918 there were six railroads coming through Suffolk with 32 passenger trains and 70 freight trains per day. Passengers service ended in 1968, but freight rail still is vital to the Suffolk economy. The station is now the Seaboard Station Railroad Museum and houses a nationally-award winning scale model of Suffolk, circa 1907, that was built by the Tidewater Division of the National Model Railroad Association.
On the National Register for Historic Places, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, and the Virginia Civil War Trails, Riddick's Folly House Museum is a must see with loads of great reviews on Trip Advisor, and surprisingly a great place to take children. Riddick built his house after the 1837 fire that devastated Suffolk. Instead of using wood again, he rebuilt with brick. He even put his kitchen on the inside, something unheard of in a fire-prone area. In 1977, it was turned into a museum.
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Асоціація сучасної музики України (АСМУ) — перше професійне об'єднання композиторів і виконавців в Україні. Заснована восени 1926 як творча «лабораторія» при київській майстерні композиторів Музичного товариства ім. М. Леонтовича за ініціативою Товариства прихильників музики. На відміну від АСМ у тодішній РСФРР, — не мала власної ідеологічної програми, статуту та друкованого органу. Очолив АСМУ Б. Лятошинський. 1928 входила до складу ВУТОРМу. Стояла на засадах музично-стильового оновлення української музики. Головною метою вважала вивчення, практичне засвоєння й популяризацію новітніх музичних надбань композиторів тодішнього СРСР та Західної Європи. На початку 1928 київська АСМУ об'єднувала близько 40 членів: композиторів, виконавців (вокалістів та інструменталістів), а також членів-відвідувачів, які цікавилися питаннями розвитку сучас. музики. Мала невелику нотну бібліотеку. Крім щотижневого ознайомлення з творами, практикувалися виступи на концертній естраді, влаштовувалися диспути з питань розвитку нової музики. До 20 лют. 1928 було проведено 20 зборів, де виконано твори укр. (Б. Лятошинський, В. Грудін, М. Вериківський, Ф. Надененко, Л. Ревуцький), російських (І. Стравинський, С. Прокоф'єв, А. Александров, С. Фейнберг), західно-європейських (М. Равель, К. Дебюссі, А. Онеґґер Д. Мійо, Ф. Пуленк, А. Шенберґ, A. Казелла, Ю. Гуссенс, С. Скотт, Б. Барток, К. Шимановський) композиторів.

На початку 1927 при Харківській філії Товариства ім. Леонтовича виникла аналогічна Асоціація. Активну участь у її діяльності брав струнний квартет у складі С. Бружаницького, М. Левіна, О. Шора та Й. Гольдфанбейна. У його програмі були твори Л. Лісовського, Б. Новосадського, К. Богуславського, В. Косенка, Б. Лятошинського, В. Золотарьова, студентів Харків, муз. драм, ін-ту B. Борисова та О. Стеблянка, п'єси західно-європейських композиторів. У концертах А. виступали також піаністи, кам. співаки та артисти Харків, опери. Після перейменування Тов-ва ім. М. Леонтовича на ВУТОРМ на II з'їзді (26-28.02.1928) АСМ. продовжувала існувати ще 2 роки.

АСМУ, на відміну від московського та ленінградського відділень АСМ, не входила до Інтернаціонального товариства сучасної музики, хоча клопотання про дозвіл на вступ до Товариства й заснування в ньому секції укр. музики провадилося впродовж 1924—25. Несприятливі сусп.-політ. умови в Україні наприкінці 1920-х негативно вплинули на діяльність АСМУ, і вона перестала існувати.

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 [Б. п.]. Хроніка. Звіт Президії Всеукр. муз. тов- ва ім. М. Леонтовича за 1926 рік // Музика. — 1927. — № 3;
 Юрмас Я. Музично-громадська робота та її критика // Там само; [Б. а]. Мистецька хроніка. Асоціація сучасної музики при Музичному товаристві ім. М. Леонтовича II Рад. мистецтво. — 1928. — № 5.

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Q: Test run failed: Test run failed to complete. Expected 1 tests, received 0 I tried starting a JUnit test (robotium) for my app:
public class MainTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<MainActivity> {
    private Solo solo;

    public MainTest() {
        super("nix.android.contact", MainActivity.class);// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();
        solo = new Solo(getInstrumentation(), getActivity());
    }

    public void AddContact() {
        solo.assertCurrentActivity("main", MainActivity.class);
    }
}

Manifest
 <instrumentation
    android:name="android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner"
    android:targetPackage="nix.android.contact" />

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <uses-librar

y android:name="android.test.runner" />
    </application>

When I try to run the test this is the error I get in the console:
Test run failed: Test run failed to complete. Expected 1 tests, received 0

I tried creating another test a different app (very simple app) and it works.

A: I had this problem when I didn't have a no-args constructor.
public class MainActivityTest extends
    ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<MainActivity_> {

public MainActivityTest() {
    super(MainActivity_.class);
}
...

A: I had the same issue while running instrumentation tests on Android (@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)).
I had the following error:
Tests on Nexus_5X_API_26(AVD) - 8.0.0 failed:
Test run failed to complete. Expected 156 tests, received 152

The problem was that one of the test classes was failing inside a method marked with @BeforeClass, hence no tests were executed for that particular class. Moreover that, the exception which was thrown inside @BeforeClass didn't end-up in the tests-output/report. That's why it was hard to find a reason of "Expected N tests, received M" error message.
So, if you run into the same issue - check your @Before and @BeforeClass implementations - an exception there could be the reason. Hope this helps.

A: The problem is in your call at
super("nix.android.contact", MainActivity.class);

In my code I have
super("nix.android.contact", Class.forName("nix.android.contact.MainActivity"));

I've also done it this way without have to name the Generic for the ActivityInstrumentationTestCase 2
public class TestApk extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 {

    private static final String TARGET_PACKAGE_ID = "nix.android.contact";
    private static final String LAUNCHER_ACTIVITY_FULL_CLASSNAME = "nix.android.contact.MainActivity";

    private static Class<?> launcherActivityClass;
    static{
            try {
                    launcherActivityClass = Class.forName(LAUNCHER_ACTIVITY_FULL_CLASSNAME);
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public TestApk() throws ClassNotFoundException {
            super(TARGET_PACKAGE_ID, launcherActivityClass);
    }

A: Check that you're not proguarding out a method that your test's contructor depends upon but that nothing in the application uses - logcat will complain about a missing class or method from your application package.
Try uninstalling the target package, to check it's not left over from an alternate build (if, for instance you use Maven alongside Eclipse).

A: I had this error and I fixed it removing the parameter from the constructor method, it was created by Eclipse wizard as:
public OptionsActivityTest( String name ) {

I just had to remove the "String name" to make my tests work again.

A: I had the same problem while I was testing my app.
Sometime it works but most of the times the test fails and raised the same error.

Test failed to run to completion.
  Reason: 'Test run failed to complete. Expected 1 tests, received 0'.
  Check device logcat for details

I checked the test name in all my test class and it is the same in two class, I changed the name of test and it works when I start test again.
It may also error when my device disconnects from my computer.

A: All tests name should start with prefix "test".

A: I had the same error message.  The problem was that my test method name needed to start with 'test'.
Eg:  testMethod1() works whilst method1Test() gives the error.

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Q: Accessing Partial view element Ids and Names in Master I have a few strongly-typed partial views which displays output in a list format. Here is one of the Partials:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<IEnumerable<Student.Models.vwStudent>>" %>

                Student ID

                Past Due Amount

                Past Due Days

        <% if (Model != null)
           foreach (var item in Model) { %>

                <%=Html.TextBox("StudentID",item.StudentID) %>

                <%=Html.TextBox("PastDueAmount",item.PastDueAmount) %>

                <%=Html.TextBox("PastDueDays",item.PastDueDays) %>

    <% } %>

Here is how I access above partial in master:
<% using(Html.BeginForm("SaveStudentInvoice", "StudentInvoice")) %>
<% { %>
<% Html.RenderPartial("DisplayStudentInvoiceList"); %>
<input type="button" id="Submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" />
<% } %>

Now, I have a "Save" button in master which when I click should save Student ID, Past Due Amount and Past Due Days in a table. How can I access the partial view elements Ids and Names in Master view to do the insert?
Thanks in advance.

A: In ASP.NET MVC Views/MasterPages don't do inserts. They display data. It's controller actions that do inserts. The partial view example you have shown is only displaying the student data details as labels. If you want to send them back to the server (for insertion) you should use an HTML <form> (<% using (Html.BeginForm("someAction", "someController")) { %>) and input fields (Html.EditorFor helper) instead of simple labels.


sp_upsert(database, document): do a single-statement transaction.
sp_upsert(transaction, document): do a key update as a part of multi-statement transaction.
As a part of a transactional statement a key-value document must be prepared using sp_document() method. First argument of sp_document() method must be a database object.
Object must be prepared by setting key and value fields. It is important that while setting key and value fields, only pointers are copied. Real data copies only during first operation.
Value field should contain user-supplied data, which should be enough to implement custom update or insert logic.
To enable upsert command, a db.database_name.index.upsert and optionally db.database_name.index.upsert_arg must be set to callback function pointer.
For additional information take a look at sp_document(), sp_begin() and Transactions and Upsert sections.
See Sophia repository upsert example.
On success, sp_set() returns 0. On error, it returns -1.
Database object commit: (1) rollback or (2) lock.


I'm using Jekyll and Github Pages to power this site. So far it's been a pretty simple process, and I'm impressed with how flexible this system is. Working with complex systems on a daily basis, it was nice to know that I could get my blog back up and running without messing with web hosting (and monthly costs), a database and webserver to configure. Not that I couldn't, and not that I haven't in the past, but the simplicity of Jekyll is refreshing.
I anticipate adding more functionality as the site evolves. For example, just this morning I added Disqus for comments.


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A sudden storm reveals a secret romance, but also makes the address on a letter indecipherable. When Dorcas pursues the identity of the letter's recipient, she reveals another secret: a child, kept hidden even from his own father.
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The residents rally around Susan Braby when they realise her husband Sam has hit her. Meanwhile, Timothy commissions Matthew to make new gates for the manor.
James Dowland is confined to his hospital bed when his son arrives in Candleford, and Dorcas welcomes the boy into the post office, doing everything she can to make him feel at home. However this causes a great deal of turmoil when James is released.
Constable Patterson is used to his wife taking to her bed with a mysterious illness every autumn. But this year, she gives him permission to seek a new wife. The constable has no intention of doing so until a Pratt sister sets his heart soaring.


Pitch worked closely with the local land owner, local authority and ACIS to bring this greenfield rural exception site to fruition.
Initial work on the scheme began in December 2013. After assessing the local housing need and any site constraints, options for a scheme of bungalows were prepared and submitted for planning in December 2014. Permission was granted in March 2015.
The finished scheme consists of six two bedroom bungalows which have been designed to match existing properties in the area. All properties are fitted with air source heat pumps which lower fuel bills and carbon emissions for residents.
The total cost of the project was £760,000 which was funded with a grant of £90,000 from the Homes and Communities Agency and £48,600 from the local authority, and the balance provided by ACIS Group.
The scheme was completed in February 2016.


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Great places: how livable streets make us happier humans
By Sarah Goodyear on Jun 23, 2011
This post follows up on David Roberts' series on "great places."
I found out yesterday that one of my neighbors, a lady in her 70s, had been taken to the hospital with heart problems. Her middle-aged daughter, who lives with her, was the one who told me, when we met on the stretch of sidewalk between our two houses. We often stop to chat like this, trading news and gossip and small talk.
I expressed my concern and asked if there was anything that I could do. The daughter thanked me, and said she would pass along my well-wishes. Later, I found out from another neighbor that the older woman is going to be just fine. Phew.
So what does this have to do with the "great places" idea David Roberts began exploring a few weeks back?
Here's what: Great places have to be sustainable not just environmentally, but socially, too. Because human beings are social animals.
A street not far from where I live, designed for humans — not cars.Photo: Steve Minor
Those brief talks I had with my neighbors were typical — among dozens of similar interactions I have every week on my block and the streets around it. My dense, walkable, transit-rich neighborhood does a lot of great things for my carbon footprint (no car required, Zipcar within walking distance if I need one, farmers market only a few blocks away). But what it does for my soul might, in the end, be more important.
Over the years, I have traded dog-sitting services with one neighbor. A store around the corner has accepted packages for me when I've been out. I've gotten, and given, career advice while sitting on the stoop. I've dropped my wallet on the sidewalk and had it returned by a woman whom I know could have used the money inside. She didn't touch the cash.
My son has ridden his scooter up and down the sidewalk, and we've played stickball with the neighbor kids in the street. I've shoveled the snow in front of the house of the old couple next door. I've given hugs, picked up trash, and offered my shoulder to cry on.
The street I live on is not just an address for me. It is an extension of my home.
That sense I have — that my living room extends into the street — is, sadly, a privilege in this day and age. It's made possible by relatively low car traffic and high density of dwelling units on my block. This combination opens up a way of life that used to be common — in which human beings naturally connect with each other over time, forming networks that can then be called upon when the going gets rough.
Back in the late 1960s, a man named Donald Appleyard did some groundbreaking research into the way that car traffic kills street life and degrades the quality of urban communities. It was published in a book called Livable Streets, which will be back in print next year. He found that on streets with light car traffic, people felt more connected to their neighbors and their physical surroundings. The heavier the traffic, the more those connections suffered. The more the people suffered.
The video below, from Streetfilms, is an excellent illustration of his work.
Revisiting Donald Appleyard's Livable Streets from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
Since Appleyard did his research in San Francisco, automobiles have only grown more dominant on our streets. Recently, a British graduate student named Joshua Hart set out to replicate Appleyard's findings, and the quotes from his dissertation [PDF] dramatize the toll autocentrism takes on human lives. Here's what one man in his 50s said about the street where he lives:
[The traffic is] like a mountain range, cutting you off from the other side of the road…..it's hellishly busy….a bloody nightmare. The buses and lorries shake the house when they come by. The air pollution can be quite bad out the front, sometimes during rush hour you feel the air getting thicker and thicker…..
Other recent studies have found that "social capital" — that is, the number and quality of human interactions — is higher in walkable communities. And even small increases in connectedness and activity can have significant health benefits.
Take a look at the video below as well, from Mike Biddulph of Cardiff University. It compares two different streets in Cardiff, Wales, at the same time of day. One is what is known in the U.K. as a "home zone" — a street that is designed with people as its primary focus, not cars. The other is a street with some traffic-calming measures in place, but where automobiles still dominate the streetscape visually and in terms of the space they occupy.
It becomes clear very quickly which street makes it inviting for people — especially children — to come out of their homes and do what primates generally like to do, which is to socialize with one another.
The concept of walkable, or livable, streets has slowly but surely been coming back into the mainstream conversation, in part because of the work of grassroots activists like Dan Burden. Burden has worked many hours (and walked many miles) to try to convince municipal officials that they should design their cities and towns for people instead of cars. People are taking notice. Streets are changing. More and more communities are passing "complete streets" legislation that requires streets to be designed with pedestrians and bikes in mind, not just cars. It shouldn't just be 19th-century neighborhoods like mine that have a happy street life. It shouldn't just be rich neighborhoods. It should be all neighborhoods.
But there are still way too many places in America where streets are for cars, and you take your life into your hands just trying to cross on foot.
Changing our streets to bring them back to human scale will take generations. It's a pr
ocess, but at least the work has begun in earnest.
Here's what Donald Appleyard said about the tension over street design:
People have always lived on streets. They have been the places where children first learned about the world, where neighbors met, the social centers of towns and cities, the rallying points for revolts, the scenes of repression…. The street has always been the scene of this conflict, between living and access, between resident and traveler, between street life and the threat of death.
Appleyard would likely be thrilled to see how his ideas are being taken up by a new generation. Sadly, he's not around to do so. He was struck by a car and killed in 1982.
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Temples: Lhasa Tsuklakhang
The Lhasa Tsuklakhang, known also as the Jokhang since the eleventh or twelfth century after its sacred inner sanctum, is Tibet's holiest shrine and the heart of the ancient capital city of Lhasa. Some sources attribute the temple to the Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo while others attribute it to his Nepalese wife Queen Brikuti Devi. The Jokhang was built on the model of an early Indian monastery type known as a vihara, and Newari artisans and craftsmen worked on the site; at the time the Nepalese King Narendradeva and his court lived in exile in Lhasa, known then as Rasa, "the Walled City." According to the Fifth Dalai Lama, the Jowo's throne was created by the famed Newar artist Arniko. The Jokhang houses the Jowo, a statue of the Buddha as a young prince, considered the most sacred religious image in Tibet and said to have been brought by Queen Wencheng as part of her dowry. Later histories credit Songtsen Gampo's Chinese wife Queen Wencheng with providing the geomantic planning for the Tsuklakhang but this is unlikely as she arrived in Lhasa only in 641 when the Newaris had already departed.
Over the following two centuries, Songtsen Gampo's successors celebrated the establishment of the Rasa Trulnang Tsuklakhang (the magical apparition of Rasa) as instrumental to the introduction and spread of Buddhism in Tibet. They also made renovations and additions to the Tsuklakhang complex. King Tri Songdetsen cleared the outer courtyard, and King Relpachen had Meru Nyingpa built to the rear of the temple. Since then, restoration and renovation of the Jokhang became an important activity for the rulers of Tibet. Pakmodrupa Drakpa Gyeltsen built the front extension, also called the Outer Jokhang. The Fifth Dalai Lama and his regents, including Sanggye Gyatso, added further chapels and halls. The Eighth and the Eleventh Dalai Lama and their Tsemonling regents renovated the chapels and the murals. The Thirteenth Dalai Lama repaired the chapels, halls, murals and the roofs.
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On June 3, former Sotheby's senior vice president Leila Dunbar will give a presentation titled "Stories In Hand – Baseball History Told Through its Memorabilia" at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York as part of its annual symposium on baseball and American culture.
The 20 10 Symposium runs June 2-4, featuring lectures and panels of more than 60 baseball academics and presenters discussing baseball's effect on American culture.
Dunbar's talk will focus on the stories behind selected rare pieces from her $36 million of Sotheby's sports memorabilia auctions, Antiques Roadshow televised sports memorabilia segments and her current appraisal business.
Items include heretofore unseen Babe Ruth signed WWI Jewish Relief campaign game tickets, the only known baseball signed by Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris; Woodrow Wilson's own 1915 Federal League baseball pass, a 1956 signed photo of Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella on Robinson's last trip as a Dodger before retiring, a group of 1937 telegrams from teams to Tommy Henrich after he was declared a free agent by Commissioner Kenesaw Landis, and a collection of 1936 Olympics baseball memorabilia from the estate of Paul Amen, who later went on to a baseball and football coaching career at West Point and Wake Forest.
From 1999 to 2008, Dunbar served as director of Sotheby's Collectibles department – sales highlights include the bat that Babe Ruth used to hit the first home run at Yankee Stadium on Grand Opening Day, 1923, for $1.25 million; the 1919 agreement selling Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees for $996,000; the Boston Garden parquet floor center court Leprechaun logo for $332,000; and the Heisman Trophy original mold for $248,000.
Since its inception in 1996, Dunbar has been a participating appraiser on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, with more than 45 filmed segments and more than 2,000 verbal appraisals.
In 2008, Dunbar founded her own business, Leila Dunbar LLC, preparing insurance, estate tax and donation appraisals. Clients include the United States Golf Association (USGA), the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, Floyd Mayweather Jr., the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Tammy Wynette Estate, Sotheby's, Bank of America and Lloyd's of London, as well as numerous private clients.
Dunbar recently was a featured speaker at the 2010 International Society of Appraisers Conference held in Toronto, giving a presentation the "Wild and Wacky World of Appraising Sports and Entertainment Memorabilia." The talk will also be featured as a Webinar later this year.
She also recently contributed articles on historic Olympic memorabilia and "Odd Celebrity Memorabilia" to the Antiques Roadshow Insider.
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Q: Discordpy store role mentions as strings So I have this command for making the bot write in any channel I want, the thing is that I also want to be able to mention with it, so I tried to change the args that start with @ and convert it into a role mention, but it seems that I can't just store a role mention in the args. Any sugestions to change certain args with mentions?
async def echo(ctx, id, *echowords: str):
if ctx.message.author.id in [212620735754010624]:
    sendchannel = client.get_channel(int(id))
    for i in range(len(echowords)):
        if echowords[i].startswith("@ "):
            echowords[i] = get(
                sendchannel.guild.roles, name=echowords[i].replace("@ ", "")
            ).mention

    await sendchannel.send(" ".join(echowords[:]))
else:
    await ctx.send("Bot developers only :<")

A: discord.Role has the attribute mention which gives you the string to mention the role. If you're trying to turn a string with the name of the role into the Role, you can loop through Guild.roles and find the role that matches the name. A better solution would likely be to store the mention string of the role, the ID of the role, or the Role itself to avoid checking the whole list of roles each time.
https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html#discord.Role.mention

A: Finally it all solved using a list instead of a tuple.
async def echo(ctx, id, *echowords: str):
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    msg = list()
    sendchannel = client.get_channel(int(id))
    for i in range(len(echowords)):
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            msg.append(
                get(
                    sendchannel.guild.roles, name=echowords[i].replace("@ ", "")
                ).mention
            )
        else:
            print(str(i))
            msg.append(echowords[i])
    await sendchannel.send(" ".join(msg[:]))
else:
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His Majesty the Sultan announces new measures to boost SMEs
(Mohammed Mustafa)
Bahla -
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on Sunday granted audience to sheikhs and dignitaries from various wilayats of Dakhliyah and Al Wusta governorates as part of his Meet the People Tour
During the meeting, His Majesty the Sultan stressed on the economic importance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and also announced a new fund for their development.
In his address, His Majesty the Sultan said, "It is our pleasure to meet with you in the land of Bahla, which is known for its rich history, being one of the most important Omani cities that is abundant with traditional crafts and heritage that all Omanis know and are proud of.
''The wilayat of Bahla is also an incubator for traditional crafts and good heritage. We would like to tell you that we have decided to set up a college here in the wilayat of Bahla which will be named Ajyal College for Craft Sciences and Industries.
"The college will play a role in rehabilitating Omani men and women in traditional crafts industries in a bid to revive and develop them. We believe that the output will be 200 people in the initial stage and reach 800 in the coming four years."
His Majesty the Sultan said, "Another thing we want to say and we want Omanis to be aware of, is that during the past years there have been a number of sources for supporting the youth and helping them set up their ventures, the most notable of which is the Sanad programme, which has played its part well.
"There are other sources in different governmental departments as well. We have decided to combine these sources under a fund called Al Rafd. This fund will help young men and women with their SME projects. The initial capital of the fund has been decided at RO70mn which will be increased by RO7mn each year. "
Highlighting the outcomes of the SME Symposium held at Saih al Shamekhat, His Majesty the Sultan said that for the first time, a symposium came out with decisions and not just recommendations. They include 14 binding decisions. They are also time-bound; some of them will be adopted immediately and others in the coming years.
"Among the important decisions the symposium came up with is the one on allocating land to entrepreneurs, whether industrial, commercial or agricultural. We believe this is something which will aid our young men and women.
"Some years ago, the trend was to distribute land plots to low-income families so that they could benefit from them. But now, the land will be for long-term utilisation and we pray to Allah that our young men and women show interest in varied fields."
As for expatriates' money transfers, His Majesty the Sultan pointed out, "Billions of rials are transferred each year. The government and all segments of society should carry out their duties to put an end to this hidden trade."
His Majesty the Sultan also added, "The hidden trade causes great damage to the Omani economy, it decreases the available suitable job opportunities for our sons and daughters." His Majesty affirmed that the 'hidden trade has become categorically unacceptable'.
On the expatriate labour force, His Majesty the Sultan said, "We need expatriates now and in the future. Each country has expatriate workers and even large industrial countries depend on expatriates in certain areas. At a certain point of time, we decided to create a reasonable ratio of expatriates in the sultanate.
"The ratio we considered was always between 30 and 33 per cent of the population. At present, expatriate numbers have increased greatly but in some aspects they are temporarily justified, such as for some major projects in Duqm and other places and the upcoming railways project. Expatriates are required because domestic workers still prefer certain jobs. Inshallah, Omani manpower will be present in all professions and projects."
His Majesty the Sultan also said that he has given his Royal Directives to the government and the Council of Oman on developing a timeframe to return to the statutory ratio.
His Majesty the Sultan said that illegal expatriates have become a burden on security agencies and also cost the state, adding that infiltration is tackled on a daily basis.
"We deal with this in a way that does not upset countries from where these infiltrators come. Although it's a burden, we will continue to combat this phenomenon."
His Majesty the Sultan also said developmental projects will continue whatever the circumstances. " Everything will go as planned and the Supreme Planning Council will do its duty by studying all aspects and thus we will know how the development has progressed. We need to focus on the areas that need attention."
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When Bruce Peterson went to see cardiologist Samuel DeMaio for chest pain, DeMaio put 21 coronary stents in Peterson's chest over eight months, and in one procedure tore a blood vessel and placed five of the metal-mesh tubes in a single artery. Unneeded stents weakened Peterson's heart and exposed him to complications including clots, blockages and ultimately his death.
Peterson's case is part of the expanding impact of U.S. medicine's binge on cardiac stents – implants used to prop open the arteries of 7 million Americans in the last decade at a cost of more than $110 billion.
These and other acute cases account for about half of the 700,000 stent procedures in the U.S. annually.
These sources point to stent practices that underscore the waste and patient vulnerability in a U.S. health care system that rewards doctors based on volume of procedures rather than quality of care. Cardiologists get paid less than $250 to talk to patients about stents' risks and alternative measures, and an average of four times that fee for putting in a stent.
"Stenting abuse is by no means the norm, but neither is it a rarity" said Nortin Hadler, a professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Two out of three elective stents, or more than 200,000 procedures a year, are unnecessary, according to David Brown, a cardiologist at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York.
It means that more than a million Americans in the past decade with implants in their coronary arteries they didn't need, said William Boden, chief of medicine at a Veterans Administration hospital in Albany, New York. Boden was the principal investigator of a 2007 study known as Courage that found stents added no benefit over medicines, exercise and dietary changes in stable patients.
The procedure of stenting typically involves inserting the stent with a catheter through a small incision in the groin area or wrist and snaking it through to heart vessels. It usually takes less than 45 minutes.
Patients who received them are living with risks including blood clots, bleeding from anti-clotting medicine and blockages from coronary scar tissue, any of which can be fatal, according to Sanjay Kaul, a cardiologist and researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Cardiac stents were linked to at least 773 deaths in incident reports to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year, according to a review by Bloomberg News. That was 71 percent higher than the number found in the FDA's public files for 2008. The 4,135 non-fatal stent injuries reported to the FDA last year – including perforated arteries, blood clots and other incidents – were 33 percent higher than 2008 levels.
Elective-stent patients typically see rapid quality-of-life improvements, including in their ability to work and be active, according to Ted Bass, president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, whose members specialize in cardiac implants. The Courage trial found stents, compared to medication and lifestyle changes, were better at relieving chest pain for as long as two years after placement – a benefit that ended by 36 months.
Stony Brook's Brown, and Boden, who led the Courage study, argue that many elective patients should be getting medical therapy before they risk stents. Only 44 percent try medication and lifestyle changes before stenting, a 2011 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found.


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BMW Dealers Rejecting Brand's Flagship
by Thom Taylor on March 23, 2020
BMW dealers don't want any of the brand's flagship cars on their lots. In an unbelievable set of circumstances, dealers are rejecting the brand's 8 Series sedans, coupes, and convertibles. The cars remain on dealers' lots for too long adding a huge expense for each month they hang around. Dealers complain that BMW has not invested in marketing support and builds too many configurations. Many dealers are reporting that the interest expense for each 8 Series remaining as unsold inventory is around $500 a month.
"It is the best BMW that no one knows about."
According to Automotive News dealers say the 8 Series has the highest day supply of any BMW. The sticker price for most 8 Series cars is around $150,000. An anonymous dealer told Automotive News, "It's heavy metal that nobody wants to carry." Another says, "It is the best car that no one knows about."
Last year BMW sold about $4,400 of the 8 Series in its many forms last year in the US. Since it was launched around the same time as BMW's X7 crossover the bulk of marketing efforts went toward it. That left the 8 Series without much hype at a time when it needs a lift and is fresh. With so many SUVs BMW needed a large marketing budget to help get its message heard in a crowd.
BMW planned on launching a national marketing campaign before the coronavirus crisis
BMW intended on satisfying dealers' complaints by launching a national multimedia marketing campaign next month for the 8 Series. Now it has been postponed because of the coronavirus. Some 6 Series customers have received letters or emails promoting the 8 Series. "They're not going to buy this car," says one dealer.
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The 8-Series coupe debuted in 2018 with the convertible and Gran Coupe sedan added to the line last year. Because it comes in 15 configurations some dealers have over-ordered. "If there are 10 customers and you're offering them 15 choices there's going to be a lot of cars sitting around," an anonymous dealer said. "But if there are 10 customers and you offer them two choices you're going to sell every one and make some money."
These are cars BMW dealers don't want
At the beginning of this month dealer inventory data shows that there are more than 2,000 8 Series cars either at dealers or on the way to them. A third of them are classified as "Priority 5." That means they are vehicles dealers don't want and are looking to sell to other retailers.
"It's very concerning and alarming that on a halo; a brand-new vehicle, roughly a third of the total available on-ground inventory is being put on a Priority 5 status," says another dealer. "Basically, dealers are saying, 'I don't want this, I can't sell it, somebody please take it from me."
This is more proof consumers want SUVs not cars
BMW says the 8 Series is included in consumer driving events like the Ultimate Driving Experience and M Track Days. But this is yet, another indication that consumer preference is moving away from cars toward SUVs and trucks. Meant to compete with Mercedes' S-Class vehicles, it's worth noting that it is having a tougher time selling them as well.
One thing for sure is that the coronavirus crisis will only make things worse as 8 Series continue to pile up.
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Public safety officers have the cancer presumption. If the officer is exposed to known carcinogens and the cancer arises or manifests itself during the officer's employment, the cancer is presumed work related. The attack on the cancer presumption is on proving the exposures were to "known carcinogens".
2) That the exposure to the known carcinogens is not reasonably linked to the disabling cancer. In a recent case Fain v. WCAB, the 5th District Court of Appeal held a widow of a Fresno police officer did not prove that her husband's fatal brain cancer arose from work. While the case was not published or certified thereby limiting any precedent, the decision reveals an important element an officer must prove to be entitled to the cancer presumption.
Group 2A and 2B outlines agents that are probably and possibly carcinogenic to humans. Examples include: Lead compounds, Diesel engine exhaust, Household chemicals, and combustion Engine exhaust, and gasoline.
It is imperative police officers document the exposures. If the officer has responded to a car or structure fire, record the exposure as to the date and the type of fire. The reason for documenting exposures is simple. The injured officer must prove exposure to a known carcinogen in order to have the cancer presumption apply. This fact proved to be the difference in the Fain case, where the Court of Appeal denied benefits, since the officer did not show an exposure to a known carcinogen.
The cancer presumption is under attack by counties and cities. The employers are looking at every angle to deny an officer or dependent the cancer presumption. However, the primary attack by cities and counties in disputing the cancer presumption is challenging the public safety officer's exposures to known carcinogens. It is therefore critical to record all exposures to carcinogens like fuel spills, car fires, and structure fires.
Cities and counties have now subverted the purpose of the cancer presumption to force an injured public safety officer to endure lengthy litigation on the issue of exposure to a known carcinogen. Firefighters can block the current attack by carefully recording their exposures.


Please have exact cash fare ready to deposit into the fare box. It will automatically count your change and display the fare you've paid. Operators do not carry change. Pennies and paper money (bills) are not accepted on Saskatoon Transit.
Please ask the bus operator for a transfer slip if you need to make a connection along your trip. Transfer slips may also be used for return trips within 90 minutes of original boarding. Once your initial fare is registered in the fare box, the operator upon request, can print out a transfer with a bar code on it. This transfer slip can be used as proof of payment on any bus within 90 minutes. Just scan your transfer bar code on the fare box reader when you board your next bus.
Your Go-Pass card is reusable! Each month bring your Go-Pass to any of our Transit Pass Vendors and purchase another month of service, or load more tickets onto the card. The Go-Pass is smart and flexible—the versatile card for whatever fare works best for you!
There is a $5.00 fee for any new Go-Pass cards or replacement cards.
You can load many different ten-ride packages onto your Saskatoon Transit Go-Pass Card. Load your Go-Pass Card with pre-paid fares at the Transit Customer Service Centre or any Transit Pass Vendor. One fare will be deducted each time you board the bus. A display on the fare box will tell you your card balance each time you board the bus. To transfer, swipe the same card within 90 minutes on another bus and the system will recognize this as a transfer.
Please re-use your Go-Pass card. Each month you simply take your re-usable Go-Pass to your closest Transit Pass Vendor and purchase another month of service. The Go-Pass is automatically reloaded.
What happens if I lose my Go-Pass?
One of the benefits of the new Go-Pass Smart Card is that it can be personalized. If lost or stolen, the card can be deactivated and the value left on that card can be transferred to a new Go-Pass card. An additional $5 activation fee will apply to all new and replacement re-loadable Go Passes.
Personalization of your regular Go-Pass is voluntary and must be done at the Saskatoon Transit Customer Service Centre in the downtown transit terminal. Any replacements transferred to a new card must be done at the Customer Service Centre.


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"What is the Kingdom of God like?" Jesus said to the people in the synagogue after he healed a woman, "What shall I compare it to (Luke 13:18, NIV)?" It is a question for us to contemplate as we look at our role in the Kingdom of God. Are we working just for our own salvation, or to bring others into the Kingdom?
Jesus answers his question by comparing the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed and yeast, both very small things. But what strikes me about this illustration are the words "planted" and "mixed" (Luke 13:19 & 21). It is one thing to have a mustard seed or yeast, but another thing to use them to impact the lives of others.
In the example of the mustard seed, the man planted it in his garden. Over time it grew into something large enough for birds to perch on. Think of talents God has given you that you can sow into the lives of others who are in your garden; seeds that one day grow large enough to provide support for years.
In the example of yeast, the woman doesn't just keep the yeast to herself, or just make a loaf or two for herself. Instead, she mixed it into "about sixty pounds of flour." If you've ever made bread, you know that is a large amount of dough to knead. It takes a lot of hard work to knead that much dough. Yet that is what must be done to ensure the yeast is thoroughly mixed in so that the dough can grow in size.
God calls us to Kingdom work, to take what we have been given and put it to work so that it grows the Kingdom of God. Sometimes it takes years and a lot of hard work before we see how it impacts others God has placed in our life. Sometimes we never see the results of our work — just as we rest under and enjoy the shade of trees planted by others we don't know.
A friend of mine has been in ministry for more than 40 years. Recently we were together and I relished hearing him tell about how several people he impacted with his ministry over the decades were now coming together to create a new ministry that he would lead. It reminded me of the parable of the mustard seed in Mark 4. Here were small seeds, sown years ago, about to mature into a mighty plant with strong branches bearing much fruit. This is the longview of the Kingdom of God.
What's intriguing to me about the parable of the mustard seed is the parable that precedes it. In Mark 4:26-29 Jesus talked about a farmer scattering seed on the ground. Verse 25 tells us, "Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grow." The next verse tells us that the seed matures and bears fruit even though the farmer "does not know how." He then proceeds to harvest the crop.
The common thread weaving through both of these parables is the action of planting. In both instances, the seed must be planted in order for it to grow, but it is God that actually grows the seed to enable it to be fruitful and useful. Too often we focus on trying to create the big thing first without waiting on God to grow and mature it from first sowing the small seeds.
In these parables Jesus reminded us that often the work of the Kingdom of God is found in the small things. We should not ignore the work of sowing the seed of the gospel into the lives of people we encounter each day. Even the smallest of seeds can eventually mature into something powerful for God. When we see the fruit it bears years later we are amazed that God could grow something that large from something so small.
Jesus reminded us in these parables that it is God who transforms the seed of the gospel into mature and fruitful believers in Jesus. We are to be obedient in responding to God's leading to sow the gospel into the hearts and minds of people in our lives, no matter how small and insignificant the encounter might seem. As my friend found out decades later, many of the small seeds he had sown over the years now were maturing to bear fruit and provide for people in ways he never dreamed possible.