text:
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. Paul's, Wimbledon • St. Paul's, Kensal • Our Savior, Pettibone • Redeemer, Woodworth
Search Results for: history
Church(es) History
St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Kensal
1905 – St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Kensal was formed. The first officers were: Chairman Fritz Foerster; Treasurer Ernest Frenzel; Secretary Gustav Gunther
1906 – Adolph Semke offered land on which to build a country church. A building 24 × 40 feet was built by LaQua at a cost of $1260
1907 – The first confirmation class was confirmed
1914 – Kensal and Bordulac formed a parish. The first parsonage was a house now occupied by Todd Kollman
1922 – The services were discontinued in the country church and the Congregational Church in Kensal was rented until 1926
1926 – The original church was moved into Kensal and rededicated
1928 – Because it was difficult to support a pastor, Kensal, Bordulac, Wimbledon and Courtenay combined and were served by Pastor Gerdes
1933 – Reverend A.T. Kellerman installed at Kensal and Bordulac. They felt that they were now able to support a pastor
1942 – Reverend Schubarth was granted a leave of absence to serve as a chaplain for the armed forces
1949 – The church was remodeled and rededicated
1955 – The 50th anniversary was celebrated
1956 – The men of the congregation designed and built special tables and benches for the Sunday School rooms. A new organ was purchased and dedicated to James Johnson
1958 – Kensal bought Bordulac's share of the parsonage. The parsonage was, then, sold for $5,000, which was used as the beginning of the building fund
1962 – The lots across the street were given to the church by Doctor and Mrs. Martin
1966 – The ground was broken for a new church
1967 – The new church was dedicated. With help from a foreman and bricklayer, the church was built with local labor, members of the church, at a cost of $66,802.47. Guest speakers at the dedication were Reverend Kellerman, Reverend Rutter and Reverend Bollman. The old building was given to Carl Carlson for removing it from the church property
1968 – Celebrated first anniversary in the new building
1969 – Toast Masters Club organized
1970 – A Piano was purchased. Loud speakers were installed. The lots west of the church were sold for $500
1975 – The mortgage was burned, constitution revised and accepted. The ladies were given voting privileges and the voting age was lowered
1976 – The new organ was purchased
1980 – Members, adults and children, participated in The Lutheran Hour Rally at Jamestown
2005 – The 100th anniversary was celebrated
Ministers at St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Kensal
Charles Lueker – 1905-1914
William Kupsky – 1914-1921
Reverend Mix – 1922-1928
Pastor Gerdes – 1928
Pastor Lange – 1928
Student Mundinger – 1930
Reinhold Arndt – 1931
A.T. Kellerman – 1932-1940
George Schubarth – 1940-1942
Reverend Winkler – 1943
Walter Leininger – 1944-1951
Carl Fischer – 1951
John F. Bollman – 1952-1957
Reverend Klinkenbury – 1957-1961
Edward Rutter – 1961-1964
Reverend Soper – 1964
Fred A. Muenchow – 1965-1968
Norman Porath – 1968-1973
Reverend Jurkovic – 1973
Richard Ames – 1974
Arthur Patscheck – 1974-1980
Carlyle Roth – 1980
Dennis Huntington – 1981-1982
Henry Friedrich – 1983
Jeffrey Harter – 1983-1989
Harry Dramstad – 1990
Donald Hunter – 1990-1993
Rex Longshore – 1994
Steven Haag – 1994-1999
Robert Leiste – 1999-2001, 2002-2004
Jim Meyer – 2001-2002
Anthony Ahrendt – 2004-2005
Robert Hill – 2005-present
Our Savior's Lutheran Church – Pettibone
1966 – Two congregations, St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Pettibone and Zion Lutheran Church of Petersville, merge to form Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Pettibone
1966 – Parish formed with Redeemer Lutheran Church of Woodworth
1968 – A new church building was completed
1983 – The final payment for the new building was made. Total cost was $75,000
1984 – Has a baptized membership of 180, with a communicant membership of 130. It has a sizable choir, youth group, and ladies organization, along with Sunday School and Bible classes. The Sunday School size was 52.
Ministers at Our Savior's Lutheran Church – Pettibone
Lyle M. Knuth – 1966-1969
Wm. Roten – 1969-1974
James Drickamer – 1975-1977
Gary A. Lampe -1978-1988
Terry Martin – 1988-1991, 1993-2000
Pastor Middendorf – 1992
Pastor Asmus – 2001
Mark Schlamann – 2002-2006
Howard Lyons – 2006-2011
Brandon Woodruff – 2011-2012
Larry Harvala – 2012-2013
Zion Lutheran Church – Petersville
1899 – Services were first held in homes with lay persons reading from a book called "Der Predigbuch"
1912 – The first formal services were held in the "Hornung Schoolhouse"
1912 – The formal organization for Zion Lutheran Church of Petersville. Charter members were: Ernst Hornung, Jacob J. Flemmer, Jacob Flemmer Sr., Peter Flemmer Sr., George Guthmiller, Ludwig G. Guthmiller, Ludwig Guthmiller, Jacob Martin, Christ Morlock, Fred Morlock, Jacob Morlock, Fred Schick and Christ Walz Sr.
1919-1920 – a new church building was constructed. This building, with remodeling, served the congregation until 1966 when it voted to merge with St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Pettibone
1948-1952 – a formal youth organization was begun
1956-1960 – the LWML organization was begun, as was the LLL
1966 – St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Pettibone and Zion Lutheran Church of Petersville merge to form Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Pettibone
Ministers at Zion Lutheran Church – Petersville
Pastor Zerson
Reverend Tober
Reverend Felton
Reverend Hinrichs – 1912
C. Ed Mix
Louis Wohlfiel – 1921-1924
Aug. A. Para – 1924-1947
Wm. Mundinger – 1948-1952
Wm. Rempher – 1952-1956
Gerhard C. Acmus – 1956-1960
Herman Hanamann – 1960-1962
St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Pettibone
1940 – The church was formed. The nine charter members were: August Morlock, Gustav Rosenbaum, Christ Walz, Albert Herman, Rudolph Walz, Iden Louden, Fred Walz, Jacob Hertel and Gust Steinhouse
1942 – Had own church building
1954 – A building improvement was made
1956 – A bell tower was added
1959 – The church grounds were beautified, with additional landscaping and plantings
Ministers at St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Pettibone
Reverend Arndt – 1942
St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Wimbledon
1903 – Mr. Julius Hohenhaus and wife, who lived about eight miles north of Courtenay, attended services at Zion Lutheran Church, southwest of Courtenay, and stopped in at the parsonage to inform the pastor that there were a number of Lutheran families in and around Wimbledon who would welcome the preaching of the Word of God by a Lutheran pastor. After due consideration, Pastor Lueker promised Mr. Hohenhaus that if he found conditions as represented in Wimbledon, he would serve there to the best of his ability. Accordingly, on June 1, 1903, Rev. Lueker explored the region around about Wimbledon, calling on Albert Krueger, Julius Voigt, John Kempf, two Brueske families, F. Grahn, Wm. Voigt, and others
1903 – Services were held three miles east of Courtenay in the Altringer schoolhouse
1903 – Karl, Alfred and Emma Krueger and Dorothy Voigt were the first to be baptized
1908 – The little group acquired the site upon which the present buildings stand from the Feckler Bros. for the sum of $500
1908 – nine men assembled at the home of Louis Kuhlmann and took the first definite steps to organize a congregation by discussing a constitution for future adoption, and on December 5, 1908, at a meeting in the Voigt schoolhouse, the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wimbledon, North Dakota, was organized and the constitution, which had been discussed on November 20, was adopted. The first officers were: Louis Kuhlmann, elder; Julius Voigt, elder; John Kempf, elder; Wm. Voigt, Jr., secretary; and R. Brueske, treasurer
1908 – St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wimbledon was organized and previously discussed constitution was adopted. On that date, the congregation numbered 52, with 27 communicant members
1909 – A definite decision was reached, and in April, 1909, the contract was let to Mr. J. R. Clausen of Wimbledon for a frame church building 63 ft. long, 33 ft. wide and 30 ft. high with a bell tower
1909 – Dedicated its new house of worship. On that day, August 8, the congregation held two services, one in the morning with Reverend Hinck of Great bend preaching the sermon, and one in the afternoon with Reverend Klausler of Hankinson as the speaker
1919 – Pastor Lueker succeeded in starting a Sunday School
1919 – It was also deemed advisable to have the pastor live in Wimbledon. Up to this time he had been living in the parsonage which was connected with the Courtenay congregation. Building operations were begun soon after, and on November 9, 1919. The parsonage was dedicated. On November 11, Pastor Schulz moved into his new home, and the Courtenay parsonage was sold to Mr. Henry Kracht
1919 – The present Ladies Aid was organized and ever since that time has been functioning to assist the congregation in various ways
1922 – The present constitution of the congregation was adopted on May 21, 1922, and in the following June this congregation was received into membership with the Missouri Synod at the District Convention held at Great Bend, North Dakota
1924-1929 – the basement and garage were added to the church property
1933 – The congregation celebrated its 25th anniversary
1949 – St. Paul's Church celebrated its 40th anniversary
1959 – Members commune at an average rate of nearly five times a year
1965 – The Ladies group was reorganized into 4 Circles
1975-1976 – a second house of worship was built and dedicated by the congregation. Ground breaking ceremonies were held on July 13, 1975 and the work was started on October 1 of that year. The dedication was on October 31, 1976. The old building was then torn down and removed from the site
1984 – Members now commune twice a month
1984 – Every Wednesday morning the adult members are invited to attend a Bible class which is led by the pastor
1984 – During the 75th anniversary year of 1984, the congregation erected a bell tower using the bell which had previously been in the old church building. The bell tower stands roughly the height of the church and is topped by a six foot mission cross
2008 – The congregation celebrated its 100th anniversary
Ministers at St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Wimbledon
C.H. Lueker – 1903-1917
John F. Schulz – 1918-1923
C. Ed. Mix – 1923-1924, 1929
W.A. Gerdes – 1924-1929
A.N. Lange – 1929-1936
Lambert J. Mehl – 1936-1941
Clem Mehl – 1941-1950
W. Laatz – 1950-1951
Carl Fischer – 1951-1953
Fred Riedel – 1953-1954
Edward J. Rutter – 1954-1964
Redeemer Lutheran Church – Woodworth
1966 – Trinity Lutheran Church of New Home and St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Woodworth merged to form Redeemer Lutheran Church of Woodworth
1968 – The present church building was constructed. The cost was approximately $50,000
1982 – The final payment for constructing the present church building was made
1984 – Has 116 communicant members with 32 in Sunday School. There is also a church choir, youth group and a very active LWML unit
Ministers at Redeemer Lutheran Church – Woodworth
Trinity Lutheran Church – New Home
1910 – Was organized in Lowery Township School No.3 where services were being conducted. Pastor Felton organized the congregation. The charter members were: Martin Leapaldt, Daniel Wutzke, Rudolph Leapaldt, Edward Goter, Edward Stebner, Gottfried Retzlaff, Gustav Zimmer, Gustav Brunsch, Gottlieb Leapaldt, M. Kelm and Daniel Goter
1912 – The congregation merged with a congregation in Roosevelt Township
1917 – The congregation drew up plans for building a new church. Final costs were set at $1960
1917-1966 – the two congregations, Trinity Lutheran Church of New Home and St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Woodworth, continued to be served by a common pastor
1966 – Under the guidance of District officials and Pastor Lyle Knuth, Trinity Lutheran Church of New Home and St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Woodworth merged to form Redeemer Lutheran Church of Woodworth
Ministers at Trinity Lutheran Church – New Home
Reverend Felton – 1910 -1911
Pastor Heinrichs – 1912-1916
C. Ed Mix – 1916-1921
Louis Wohlfall – 1921-1924
W.A. Brockopp – 1947-1953
Donald Winter – 1955-1956
Robert Novotny – 1956-1958
Ed Zimbrich – 1958-1961
Harry Soper – 1961-1965
St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Woodworth
1917 – The "German Lutheran Church" first held a meeting
1919 – The congregation was served by a minister from Wilton. Congregational members were: Julius Loose, Gust Steinhouse, August Krenz, Otto Pieske, Albert Defner, John Dittbener, Bill Dittbener and Pastor Brandt
1923 – The services were held in the Adventist Church. Services were later held in "the Dittbener Store" which was remodeled to serve as the church
1923-1966 – the two congregations, St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Woodworth and Trinity Lutheran Church of New Home, continued to be served by a common pastor
1966 – Under the guidance of District officials and Pastor Lyle Knuth, St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Woodworth and Trinity Lutheran Church of New Home merged to form Redeemer Lutheran Church of Woodworth
Ministers at St. Paul's Lutheran Church – Woodworth
C. Ed Mix – 1917
Pastor Brandt – 1919
Pastor Wahl – 1923
Louis Wohlfall – 1924
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Wimbledon, ND • Kensal, ND
307 Gibson Street • Wimbledon, ND 58492
First and Third Sunday
Alternating Fifth Sunday
510 Second Avenue • Kensal, ND 58455
Second and Fourth Sunday
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Pettibone, ND
104 Main Street N • Pettibone, ND 58455
Woodworth, ND
123 2nd Avenue NE • Woodworth, ND 58496
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
The North Dakota District, LCMS
Main Street Living North
We are happy to answer your questions, and look forward to hearing from you. » Contact Us «
307 Gibson Street
Wimbledon, ND 58492
Kensal, ND 58455
© 2019 St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Powered by Fargo Digital


text:
With 30 points in a quarter, Kalamazoo Central guard just short of Detroit Cooley legend Fogle
Mick McCabe
Special to Detroit Free Press
Trevon Gunter figured it was not going to be his night when his first shot against Richland Gull Lake missed its mark — badly.
"The first shot I shot in the game was an air ball," he said, laughing. "I tried to shoot a 3 coming off a screen and I was kind of off balance, I didn't expect to be that open, and I air-balled it."
The Kalamazoo Central senior guard recovered and had a decent first half.
And then the third quarter began.
"I just got hot," he said. "I don't know how to describe it. It's one of those things where I couldn't miss and everything I was shooting up was going in. It was one of those nights when I just got rolling."
[ Michigan high school basketball: Vote for boys player of the week ]
By the time the third quarter ended, Gunter had scored 30 points, including 8 of 9 from 3-point range — in eight minutes — and broke open a close game Jan. 17 that turned into an 84-56 victory.
The 30 points are the second-most scored in a quarter in state history, only two shy of the record the great Larry Fogle of Detroit Cooley scored against Detroit Cody in 1972, long before the 3-point shot was adopted.
"Actually when I made a two-dribble pull-up, I think it was my 12th straight point," he said. "I knew I was hot and to keep shooting."
Although he played only a couple of minutes in the fourth quarter, he finished with 42 points, including a total of 10 of 14 attempts from 3-point range.
"I can't recall a time in my career when I felt like that," he said. "It was a home game so the fans were behind me 100% and it was one of those nights I'll never forget for the rest of my life."
[ McCabe: Boys, girls basketball state rankings ]
Gunter, who has not decided on a college, is averaging 18 points this season. A year ago, he led the state in 3-point field goal percentage (54.4) and averaged 12 points a game.
Gunter had never heard of Fogle, who came from New York and played his senior year at Cooley before attending Southwest Louisiana and then Canisius, where he led the country in scoring.
In that game against Cody, he followed his 32-point second quarter with 27 points in the third, and finished with 73 points, fifth-best in state history.
"It's been pretty surreal to be second in the state for most scoring in a quarter," Gunter said. "It's just an honor to even be considered among some of the greatest players to ever come through Michigan."
Not just quantity
Pewamo-Westphalia girls basketball coach Steve Eklund figures he understands the profile of what a career 1,000-point scorer is like.
[ Michigan high school basketball: Vote for girls player of the week ]
"I feel like it's kids that have been four-year varsity players, sometimes three, and usually they're the go-to player," he said. "They take 20 shots a night."
Having one player score 1,000 points is a big deal, but having two on the same team is downright stunning.
P-W seniors Hannah Spitzley and Ellie Droste don't quite check all of the boxes for 1,000-point scorers.
They have been four-year starters, but that is about where it ends. Neither has been the Pirates' go-to scorer because there are two of them.
As far as taking 20 shots a game — well, that would be a total for them in a span of a week or two.
"It's kind of weird because Hannah's had two recent games where she was like 7 of 8 or 7-for-9," Eklund said. "Neither one takes a lot of shots. It's not like they're volume chuckers."
Yet both have surpassed 1,000 points, and they did it in consecutive games — Spitzley on Jan. 17, Droste on Jan. 21.
If a player isn't going to attempt 20 shots a game in order to reach that benchmark, it would be necessary to play in a lot of games.
"We've made three straight good tournament runs," Eklund said. "I told the girls before the season, I think they've played more basketball over anybody in the state over the last three years."
When the pair were freshmen, P-W lost in the state finals; the next season, it lost in the semifinals. They finally captured the Division 3 state championship in March.
The Pirates have played 81 games in three seasons. Because teams are permitted only 20 regular-season games, Droste and Spitzley essentially have played an extra season's worth of games.
Both have signed letters of intent. Spitzley, 5-feet-10, will play at Western Michigan, and 5-8 Droste is headed to Grand Valley.
It would be easy for egos to get in the way when you have two potentially big scorers, but that hasn't happened with this pair, which helps explain the success at P-W (10-2, ranked No. 2 in D-3 this season).
"You would sometimes worry about how to handle it, one getting it one night, the other the next," Eklund said. "Who gets how much attention? But they're quite low-key about the individual stuff. Maybe they're the kind of kids who are a little embarrassed about it. I'm not sure they want that attention."
The two began playing in the youth program in fourth grade; by fifth grade, they looked as if they had varsity potential. .
"They were a little more aggressive than everybody else," Eklund said. "Ellie's quickness and her strength — she's just fast. But there was nothing that said those are the two superstars. They were a couple of nice pieces to a really deep class."
As often happens at P-W, the girls showed a gradual progression. Each became all-staters as juniors, and they did it in the framework of the program.
"Ellie was a very hesitant shooter," he said. "We had to run things where she had no choice but to shoot the ball.
"Hannah averaged 5 or 6 shots. Her bread and butter has been her defense. The neat thing about Hannah is I still say I think she's the hardest-working player in the state of Michigan."
In her first three seasons, Spitzley found herself guarding Detroit Edison's Rickea Jackson, who last season was named Michigan's Miss Basketball and was an All-American.
"That is what got her name out there," Eklund said. "She may have given up 21 points that night, but it was how she competed against Rickea."
Mick McCabe is a former longtime columnist for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at mick.mccabe11@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter @mickmccabe1

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The Physicist and I are on a life makeover journey together. First, I lost 30 pounds and he needed to find something that would work for him too. He started a program called Naturally Slim. Every week for 30 weeks, he receives a set of videos covering wellness from a holistic viewpoint. This isn't a diet. There's no counting carbs, points or calories.
This video series is about transforming the way people live, eat and more. Week by week, we are transforming not only our bodies, but our minds and spirits and overall health. We've been watching the videos for 12 weeks now. The Physicist has lost 10 pounds without trying! And I've lost another 5 which brings me down a total of 35 pounds gone! Woot!
One of the videos discussed vital needs. We all have them. Things that make us feel happy and fulfilled and good about ourselves. Some of our vital needs matched like spending quality one on one time with quality people. And others were very different. I like order and closure and completing projects.
I also need SLEEP. I suffer from insomnia and if I get up at 3-4AM, I have learned to roll with that wake up time. I get a lot done between 5 and 10 or 11AM. But it's hard to stay awake for everything else. I used to try to push through the day.
Not anymore. I work from home as a freelance author/editor. Instead of pushing through the tiredness in my brain and body, I've discovered the absolute awesomeness of taking a nap. Yep. I stop what I'm doing around 1-2PM, head for my bedroom with my nice snuggly blanket and set u a napping nest. Sometimes I don't sleep, but I just lay there and breathe with my eyes closed and if the sleep happens, great, but even if all I do is daydream I get up about 45 minutes to an hour later and feel refreshed, ready to start back to work and spend time with the Physicist when he gets home.
It revitalizes me. Gives me more energy to do my writing and all the other stuff I have to do too. And best of all, every time I go in for a lie down, I get up with new ideas and thoughts about my current works in progress and new stories I'm developing.
So if you are able and you're tired around midday and you can take one, I highly recommend napping. It's good for the body, good for the soul, and good for generating more energy to do the things you love!
The Physicist & I have been participating in a program called Naturally Slim. Frankly, this is the first time I've been completely happy with a lifestyle change because it's not about counting points, carbs, or calories. It's about learning how to eat like a True Thin and how to live a fit and full life. This has been revolutionizing the way we think about ourselves and our future. We're not just losing weight, we're gaining valuable insights about ourselves.
In addition to the Naturally Slim program, I've been involved in a new Life Makeover Journey. Many years ago, I and a few close friends decided to go on the journey together. That journey led to my writing my first novel and now, all these years later, I'm published and continuing to write books, edit, and present workshops to other writers about how to stay focused and in the chair. I figured I had the program locked in place, but a new friend propelled me to revisit the Life Makeover with her. I'm so glad I did. I'd forgotten some of the valuable lessons within the program and I needed a mental and emotional reboot.
Both programs, along with really good articles I've read in the Romance Writers of America's monthly magazine RWR by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, have reinforced my desire to live a quality life over chasing a life filled with quantity.
My desire to have a quality life has given me a brand new perspective on the choices I make as an author, a wife, a friend, a mother, and for me. I believe that as I lost the weight I gained and as I rebuilt my fitness, I also discovered my spirit needed a little help. I'd smothered her in a pile of fat and frustration. I'd allowed negative words to creep back into my vocabulary. I started to believe I might be a failure because I didn't excel at marketing my books and I wasn't taking on enough projects and I didn't get everything completed on my to-do lists.
But my best friend gave me a wake-up call in January 2017 that began my transformation physically, emotionally and spiritually. I needed this wake-up call. Then the hard work began both physically and mentally. First, I identified what my spirit didn't need.
Just as my body doesn't need to stuff itself with food to bury her negative emotions, my spirit doesn't have time for pettiness, mean words, or people using her confidences as weapons against her. My spirit doesn't want to be attacked when she can't or won't say yes to other people. My spirit doesn't want negativity in her life.
My spirit doesn't chase dollars or write twenty books in a year in an effort to remain relevant. My spirit doesn't need to eat food that isn't delicious and special. My spirit craves physical activity. My spirit yearns for quality one on one time with quality people who edify her and make her stronger.
In searching for the things that fill my spirit, I've actively been gathering strong and supportive people in my life. I've focused on building the relationships that matter to me. Some I've had for decades, others are new and special too. And in focusing on the positive, I've been given a fabulous new treasure trove of stories to write in my time and in my way and with the support of people who believe in my ability to do so. This brings me so much joy! Now my spirit is full, happy and determined to live a centered, quality life.
Doing something I love in the time I want while nurturing special relationships and bringing others support and encouragement is my passion. My sincere wish is for all the people in my corner of the world to find their passion too.


2018: You are supposed to learn how to let your garden feed you. This year is about finishing up what began in 2018, and allowing yourself to thrive in it. It is about making serious relationship commitments, becoming more financially stable than ever, and adjusting to your highest vision of yourself – because deep down, that's who you've been all along.


text:
Turan apologises for poor performance
Turkey's Arda Turan was quick to apologise after failing to catch the eye in their defeat at the Parc des Princes.
Arda Turan issued a public apology for his own performance in Turkey's 1-0 loss to Croatia at Euro 2016.
A superb volley from Luka Modric settled the Group D contest at the Parc des Princes on Sunday, earning Croatia all three points ahead of fixtures with Czech Republic and Spain.
Turan was unable to spark Turkey into life as an attacking force, with the Barcelona player withdrawn by coach Fatih Terim in the 65th minute.
"First of all I have to apologise because of my poor performance today. I think I played bad," he told TRT.
"My team-mates gave everything they could. Croatia is a nice team. We could draw but it just didn't happen. We'll do our best.
"The tournament isn't finished yet. But we have to pull ourselves together after this defeat. I hope we can perform better in Nice against Spain. We won't give up. We are in a tough group."
Hakan Calhanoglu called for the Turkey squad to quickly pick themselves up ahead of Friday's clash with reigning champions Spain in Nice.
"We are very disappointed with the goal we conceded," he said.
"We started well. Both sides had their chances but they were better on crosses. [Goalkeeper] Volkan [Babacan] didn't see the moment when Modric kicked the ball when he conceded it.
"It's very unpleasant to lose obviously but we won't give up. We have two remaining games. We should concentrate ourselves quickly."
Hakan Calhanoglu
Quiz! Can you name the Bayern Munich line-up from the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund in 2013?
Quiz! Can you name the Chelsea line-up from the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 2012?
Quiz! Can you name the Barcelona line-up from the Champions League final against Manchester United in 2009?
Quiz! Can you name the Liverpool line-up from the Champions League final against AC Milan in 2005?
Manchester United captain Harry Maguire praises 'phenomenal player' Casemiro


text:
AllThingsD
View by Writer
Trending — You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello
John Paczkowski
Follow @JohnPaczkowski
Recent Posts by John Paczkowski
Rubinstein and McNamee: Remaking Palm
May 28, 2009 at 12:14 pm PT
What a wonderful curative the Palm Pre has proven to be for Palm. Especially considering that the device has yet to ship. In early January of this year, the company's shares were trading below $3, having been dragged deep into the mud by a string of nasty quarterly losses. Five months later, after the Pre's announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show, they're trading at over $10.
And Jon Rubinstein and Roger McNamee are largely responsible for that. Rubinstein is an Apple (AAPL) veteran who's now Palm's (PALM) executive chairman. And McNamee, managing director of Elevation Partners, is the guy who recruited him for that position. Together, they're remaking Palm in a bet-the-company move to recover its long-lost glory. Should be an interesting session.
Session Highlights
A couple pieces of Palm-related breaking news before we begin. Verizon Wireless (VZ) CEO Lowell McAdam this morning said the company intends to sell the Pre about six months from now. Also, the Pre will reportedly sync with iTunes.
This session is prefaced by video of a faux-advertising shoot in which McNamee makes increasingly preposterous claims about the Palm Pre over Rubinstein's protestations. It's funny as hell, and not all that far off from reality if you know the company's recent history. McNamee, as you may recall, made some silly claims about the Pre's prowess in a March interview with Bloomberg–so silly that Palm was forced to file a Free Writing Prospectus with the SEC refuting them. So to hear McNamee boast that the Pre is the only handset based on alien technology–well, I wouldn't be surprised to read that in Bloomberg tomorrow.
While the audience is still chuckling, Walt and Kara welcome Rubinstein and McNamee to the stage.
Walt kicks things off by noting Palm's history of developing breakthrough devices and asking how the company's doing now. "We hired a lot of new people into the company," says Rubinstein. "Palm is a new company today….Palm had tremendous assets. The DNA is there. The way of thinking about great products is there."
Walt asks McNamee about his claim that all iPhone owners with expiring contracts will switch to the Pre. At what time will that happen? "4:25 p.m," quips McNamee.
What's the depth of Elevation's involvement in Palm? Pretty deep. McNamee says that because the opportunity at the company is so huge, he spends a lot of time on it. He notes that leaders in the smartphone market–Palm and RIM–each have very small market share. That means there's a great opportunity for Palm to join them. "I wish I had the entire fund in Palm," he said. "This is the thing that will define us."
Kara asks how Rubinstein came to Palm. He says it was a compelling idea to take something that needed to be turned around and rebuild it. "It's so rare to be able to start with a blank sheet of paper and start over. And we were given a blank sheet of paper with the device and the OS. The old Palm OS lasted 15 years but had run its course. We set out to develop a platform that will last us another 10 or 15 years."
What lessons from Apple has Rubinstein brought to bear on his new work at Palm? "I worked with Steve for many years and learned a tremendous amount from him, the value of user experience and design–taste. I also learned the idea of great marketing…On the engineering side, I helped create the engineering culture at Apple, so obviously, the engineering culture at Palm bears some similarities to it."
On to the demo. Discussing the idea of synergy–managing information across applications and multitasking. Multiple apps can be run at the same time. Not an infinite number, Walt notes, but quite a few.
On to media. MP3 player includes onboard support for Amazon's (AMZN) MP3 Store. Files are downloaded directly over the air to the device. Very slick.
Plug the Pre into a PC and you're offered the option of using the device as a USB drive, charging it or beginning a "media sync." Interesting, using media sync, the Pre does indeed sync with iTunes, though it's hamstrung by Apple's DRM-protected songs. Can't imagine that Apple's too happy about that. Presumably, Apple legal is already drafting a letter. Pre appears to make iTunes think it's an iPod.
How is Apple going to feel about that, asks Walt. Rubinstein dodges a bit, noting that there are a variety of ways of getting music out of iTunes. Walt pushes back, pointing out that this is the first non-Apple device that is recognized as an Apple device by a Mac. Rubinstein dodges again. Seems he's pretty obviously using his Apple knowledge here. McNamee jumps in. "I don't think so," he says. "They are practically a monopolist and this is what consumers want. Consumers own all this media. I find it hard to believe that Apple will get bent out of shape."
The media sync feature also works with iPhoto and syncs photos to the Pre. That's not likely to go over well at Apple either.
Moving on now to WebOS, Palm's new operating system. The key feature is the Web App Catalog, Palm's analog to Apple's App store. Palm will have just a dozen or so apps in the store when the Pre launches next week. Kara jokes that Palm should simply port all the apps in the Apple's App Store over to its own store.
Rubinestein and McNamee demo a download of Fandango. Tap to download. App is downloaded over the air. Apps do not sync with iTunes, they're stored on the device.
Fandango on the Pre looks and works pretty much as it does on the iPhone and the BlackBerry. It does have an interesting additional feature or two. A simple gesture adds a movie time to the calendar. Tap the screen and the Pre's calendar ingests info from Fandango. Pretty elegant integration with the Pre's core applications.
Moving on to universal search. Very slick and something the iPhone lacks. Search for D7 on the Pre device yields no results, but the user is offered the option of searching Google (GOOG), Twitter, etc., for the same query. The Twitter search reveals the following Tweet about iTunes syncing: "Apple may not like this, but it's damn cool." Indeed.
McNamee says the model here is "When in doubt just type." Simple. Elegant.
When the demo ends, Walt asks about Palm's competitors. Clearly Apple and RIM (RIMM), says Rubinstein. He adds that the battle that's going to be fought is not about hardware, but software. McNamee interrupts to say the opportunity here is to persuade people to move from the "feature phone" to the integrated device. Apparently, the iPhone is a feature phone and the Pre is the integrated device here. McNamee going on and on about the Pre's design. Feels great in the hand. The Pre has a mirror. "Never before has a device like this been designed for a woman." Nice, Roger. Perhaps someday it will include a blow dryer as well.
Walt asks about the Pre's keyboard, Rubinstein says that there are a lot of people who want keyboards. Applause from the audience. That said, the iPhone's lack of a keyboard clearly hasn't hurt it in the market.
More talk about McNamee's "women like mirrors" comment. McNamee says device makers typically do not target the female audience. They traditionally target a male, testosterone-driven audience. McNamee seems to think the Pre will appeal to a wider audience–one with a larger female contingent than the iPhone and BlackBerry. McNamee appealing to audience to confirm its love of mirrors…
How do you woo developers away from the iPhone? Rubinstein says Palm doesn't need to. It's easy to develop for the Pre. "We have a great SDK." Walt notes that the SDK hasn't been widely distributed yet and the Pre is just days away from launch. Rubinstein says this was intended. "We're doing this methodically." There are hundreds of developers with the SDK right now, and thousands in the queue waiting for it. Why? McNamee jumps in again and says the company wants to get it right, but seems to suggest that the SDK may not be quite as polished as Palm would like.
When the Pre debuts will there be a shortage? Walt cites varying rumors about how many handsets will be available initially. Rubinstein says the company is in full production now and shipping devices every day to Sprint (S). That said, he expects there may be shortages due to high demand.
On to the Q&A: When will there be a GSM version? Palm expects to have one at some point in the future. What about the Verizon deal, asks Walt, noting this morning's Verizon story. Rubinstein says he can't comment. We do love Sprint and they are our exclusive launch partner," Rubinstein said. "It sounds like AT&T (T) and Verizon both want it. I can't comment on unannounced relationships." He notes that BellMo will distribute the Pre in Canada.
Questioner wants to know about overlapping features in Pre, iPhone ? Yes, says McNamee, refering to the Pre's EAS. As a generalization, everything you're used to in an iPhone will be in the Pre as well. And if it's not there initially it will be there soon.
Does Palm worry that Apple might break the Pre's iTunes sync feature? McNamee doesn't seem to think so. "We're recognizing their market dominance…and they can't tell people what to do with their music.
McNamee on his investment in Palm and the Pre: If I could have put everything into it, I would have.
End of Q&A
A note about our coverage: This liveblog is not an official transcript of the conversation that occurred onstage. Rather, it is a compilation of quotes, paraphrased statements and ad-lib observations written and posted to the Web as quickly as we were able. It was not intended as a transcript and should not be interpreted as one.
Jon Rubinstein and Roger McNamee Session Photos
1 of 27 Back Next
Elevation Partners' managing director Roger McNamee, onstage with Palm chairman Jon Rubinstein.
Tagged with: Amazon, Apple, AT&T, BellMo, BlackBerry, Bloomberg, Canada, Consumer Electronics Show, D: All Things Digital, digital, Digital Daily, DRM, EAS, Elevation Partners, engineering, Fandango, female, Free Writing Prospectus, Google, GSM, innovation, interview, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, John Paczkowski, Jon Rubinstein, Jon Rubinstein Session, Kara Swisher, keyboard, losses, Lowell McAdam, male, market, Media, mirror, MP3, operating system, OS, Palm, Palm Pre, PC, phone, platform, player, Pre, Pre Feature, quarterly, RIM, Roger McNamee, Roger McNamee Session, SDK, shares, shortage, Silicon Valley, smartphone, Social, Sprint, Store, universal search, USB, Verizon Wireless, video, Walt Mossberg, Web App Cataog, webOS, women
Late Start May Be Tempering China Mobile's iPhone Preorders
December 30, 2013 at 10:17 am PT
Twitter's Tanking
December 30, 2013 at 6:49 am PT
2013 Was a Good Year for Chromebooks
December 29, 2013 at 2:12 pm PT
BlackBerry Pulls Latest Twitter for BB10 Update
Apple CEO Tim Cook Made $4.25 Million This Year
December 28, 2013 at 12:05 pm PT
D7 Conference
All D Conferences
api-video/find_all_videos.asp&fields=id,videoStillURL,thumbnailURL,guid,video320kMP4Url,name,duration&count=4&doctype=128
D: All Things Digital Conferences
The D Conference
Dive Into Mobile
Dive Into Mobile 2013
Dive Into Media
Dive Into Media 2013
AsiaD
D Conference Mailing List
Sign up for News about D Conferences
You are so lucky I wasn't born in this country!
— Arianna Huffington, on running for president
AllThingsD by Writer
Walt Mossberg
Katherine Boehret
Peter Kafka
Ina Fried
Liz Gannes
Arik Hesseldahl
Lauren Goode
Mike Isaac
Bonnie Cha
Jason Del Rey
AllThingsD.com is a Web site devoted to news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media. But it is different from other sites in this space. It is a fusion of different media styles, different topics, different formats and different sources. Read more »
Comments Policy »
Cookies Policy »
Terms of Service »
Your Ad Choices »
Send a Tip »
Daily Headlines Email »
Follow AllThingsD Your Way »
Featuring the most influential figures in technology, unscripted
and upfront. More »
D: All Things Digital. »
D: Dive Into Media »
D: Dive Into Mobile »
@allthingsd (All Things Digital)
@ATDapple (Apple)
@ATDgoogle (Google)
@ATDmedia (Media)
@ATDmobile (Mobile)
@ATDreviews (Reviews)
@waltmossberg (Walt Mossberg)
@karaswisher (Kara Swisher)
@JohnPaczkowski (John Paczkowski)
@kabster728 (Katherine Boehret)
@pkafka (Peter Kafka)
@inafried (Ina Fried)
@LizGannes (Liz Gannes)
@ahess247 (Arik Hesseldahl)
@LaurenGoode (Lauren Goode)
@MikeIsaac (Mike Isaac)
@BonnieSCha (Bonnie Cha)
@DelRey (Jason Del Rey)
Select Feed
Mossberg's Mailbox
The Digital Solution
© 2005-2020 Dow Jones & Company Inc.


Description: The second largest and oldest University in Chile wanted to to have a CD-I, that could be used as a Multimedia tool on visits by University professors to selected schools. The university had a strict house style that had to be followed and worked with their comunication department.
Client: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.


"Pushed to his death by his government," lamented his father.
Enlarge / Mourners leaving Central Avenue Synagogue after the funeral for Aaron Swartz.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS—On a cold but sunny January morning, the family and friends of Aaron Swartz gathered at Central Avenue Synagogue in suburban Chicago to mourn his passing and say their farewells. Not in attendance—or at least not anywhere that anyone would take notice of them—was hate group Westboro Baptist Church, which had threatened to picket his funeral. But the Highland Park Police Department was ready anyway should they have shown up, with squad cars set up to keep would-be protestors far away from the service.
But this morning was all about Swartz. Facing onerous federal charges for scraping 4.8 million documents from an academic archive at MIT, the young man took his own life on Friday, January 11 at the age of 26.
The crowd packed the sanctuary, numbering in the hundreds, with some mourners standing in the back. It was a diverse group, sprinkled with old men sporting foot-long beards and young men with pink mohawks. But such was the reach of Swartz.
The funeral service lasted over an hour-and-a-half, with remembrances delivered by friends and family bracketed by ancient prayers recited in Hebrew. There were moments of laughter spurred by memories of Swartz, but the atmosphere was one of incredible sadness befitting the tragic passing of one so young and bright.
Swartz was eulogized by his partner, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, his defense attorney Elliot Peters, and a couple of his friends, as well as tech luminaries Tim Berners-Lee and Lawrence Lessig.
Berners-Lee recalled Swartz's precociousness, sharing his surprise at finding out that one of his conversation partners in a standards-setting group was just 14 years old. "We've lost an elder… a fighter," Berners-Lee remarked.
Struggling at times to compose himself, Lessig described his decade-long friendship with Swartz. "Aaron was the mentor and I the mentee," Lessig explained. He inveighed against the prosecution of the case, arguing that the prosecutor was incapable of recognizing the distinction between "stealing with a computer" and "stealing with a crowbar."
Swartz's lead defense attorney, Elliot Peters, also had harsh words for the US attorney managing the case. He mourned the fact that he would never be able to invoke Boston Harbor and the American Revolution during his closing arguments.
Since his death, the Swartz family has laid blame for his demise at the feet of overzealous federal prosecutors. Indeed, the prosecutors arguably lost all sense of perspective with this case, insisting during plea negotiations that Swartz admit guilt to all charges and serve a stint in prison.
During a heart-wrenching eulogy, Swartz's father Robert accused MIT of betraying "all of its basic principles" by pursuing the case. "Aaron was pushed to his death by his government and the most prominent technical institution in the world," he mourned.
O God, full of compassion, Thou who dwellest on high! Grant perfect rest beneath the sheltering wings of Thy presence, among the holy and pure who shine as the brightness of the firmament unto the soul of Aaron Swartz who has gone unto eternity. Lord of mercy, bring him under the cover of Thy wings, and let his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life. Be God's possession, and may his repose be peace. Amen.
Let it be so. Peace to the memory of Aaron Swartz.


Travelers everywhere are familiar with Texas' big commercial airports, such as Dallas/Fort Worth International or Houston's Bush Intercontinental. Less familiar, however, are the many smaller airports and heliports that also serve the state of Texas. TxDOT's Aviation Division helps the state's general aviation airports secure funding and adhere to regulations.
General aviation and "reliever" airports typically support limited scheduled air service and board between 2,500 and 10,000 passengers every year. Besides providing air access to smaller, more remote communities, these vital facilities support aeromedical flights, aerial firefighting, law enforcement and disaster relief. With approximately 300 of these airports open to the public, Texas' general aviation airport system is one of the largest in the nation.
Note: Please call the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at (866) 835-5322 for questions relating to federal aviation responsibilities including low-flying aircraft, pilot behavior, fuel quality and commercial airlines.


There are numerous sofa stores are available in the UK which sell faux leather sofas. The Nice and Le Mans are the most popular brand for faux leather corner sofas and are available at the sofa bargains sofa store.
Why not add a contemporary touch to your room with our Corner Sofas. Our Corner Sofas come in range of different designs, colours and materials. We hold both material type of Corner Sofas, Leather and Fabric Corner Sofas.
Great additions to any home, a sofa bed is a practical solution for many living rooms or spare rooms and can be added to many fabric sofas or leather sofas. We even make a Chesterfield Sofa Bed!
Known as one of the most reliable companies in UK, Bachs Furniture is the ultimate destination for cheap Leather Corner Sofas and stylish sofa sets.
In Leather Sofas collection sofa bargains have cheap and discount price grey, white, brown and black colour leather sofas with vintage, distressed and contemporary style.
Buy Modern Sectional Leather Sofa Online – shop beautiful l shape wooden sofa set design online with variety of colors and design at style crome, India's biggest manufacturer and suppliers of sofas across India.
Corner couch is a good option for a family home or front room given that they are stunning and come in many different designs to suit any decor. Even so, they vary considerably in price and high-quality.


text:
Q: Logging into website using selenium with python I am trying to use selenium to log into this website:
but it says the password and login are not visible. I looked around and saw that some people said to wait, but waiting does not seem to help. Here is my code:
    # importing libraries
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import re, time, csv

driver = webdriver.Firefox()

driver.get("https://platform.openquake.org/account/login/")
driver.switch_to
driver.maximize_window
time.sleep(10)

username = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='username']")
username.send_keys("hi there")

Error message is :
ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with

A: Modify your xpath:
username = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='controls']/input[@id='id_username']")

A: Your XPATH actually matches two elements. The non-plural driver methods (find_element_by_XXX) return the first element they find a match for, which in this case is not the one you want.
A good debugging tool for situations like this is to use the plural forms (find_elements_by_XXX) and then see how many elements matched.
In this case, you should do what Tanu suggested and use a more restrictive XPATH:
username = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='controls']/input[@id='id_username']")
password = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='controls']/input[@id='id_password']")

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Home National	Capricorn Group gives Women's cricket a special sent off to Rwanda.
Capricorn Group gives Women's cricket a special sent off to Rwanda.
Windhoek, June 3 – Capricorn Group and its subsidiary Capricorn Asset Management, and Capricorn Private Wealth sent off the Namibian National Women's Cricket Team – The Eagles – yesterday , to the Women's Kwibuka Tournament scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda.
The Group announced that they have entered into an agreement with Cricket Namibia on becoming a main sponsor of Women's Cricket, focussing on the National Women's Team and the Girls festivals/tournaments & school league to develop girls' programs.
The official announcement of the partnership between Capricorn Group and Cricket Namibia and details on the sponsorship agreement will be shared at an official event when the team returns from their tournament in Rwanda.
At the sent-off on Wednesday, 02 June 2021, Marlize Horn, Group Executive: Brand & Corporate Affairs, said, "For us at Capricorn Group, together with Capricorn Asset Management and Capricorn Private Wealth, it is an honour to become involved in
women's cricket in Namibia. We are very proud of their achievements of being ranked 23rd globally, top 3 in Africa, and in 2019 they were 13th on International Cricket Council
(ICC) International Scorecard. With this outstanding reputation, we foresee a positive future for them."
Capricorn Group is excited to partner with Cricket Namibia, whose leadership has demonstrated passion and commitment to cricket over the years. Cricket Namibia is known to have an excellent track record of managing the sports code professionally and efficiently and have a clear vision and strategy for the development of Cricket across Namibia for girls, boys, men, and women.
The Group extended thanks and gratitude to Johan Muller, CEO of Cricket Namibia, for the opportunity to collaborate. They also acknowledged that female sport shows tremendous growth. Through their support of women's cricket in Namibia, they hope to grow enthusiasm for the sport in Namibia and look forward to increasing female participation and creating more opportunities in a safe environment.
At the event Mr Muller said, "We want thank Capricorn group for their involvement in our National Women's team and girls school program. Women and girls' cricket lead to women empowerment through equal opportunities.
Upliftment of the women's game is a key strategic focus for Cricket Namibia. It is great to partner with a company that share the same vision. Capricorn is a truly Namibian company that has served the people of Namibia over many years. It is an absolute privilege to have them as a partner. We are looking forward to the Women's tour to Rwanda and later this year to Uganda. The team has trained very hard and we believe that this will show on the field."
The Women's Kwibuka Tournament is a build-up and preparation for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers. This prestigious five-day-long tournament commencing on the 6th of June 2021 brings excitement as the National Women's team will compete
against four other African cricket nations.
Robert Maseka
mrobert@namibiadailynews.info
U.S. suspends tariffs on six trading partners for digital service tax negotiations
Didier Drogba gets an honorary 'doctorate degree'.
Brave Warriors to face Zambia in Cosafa
Namibia to send Women's Basketball Team to inaugural...
MTC NPL PREMIERSHIP ROUND 24 & 25 FIXTURES
Namibia names squad for Cosafa Cup
Guinea, Zambia into CHAN quarterfinals
Kenya, Namibia to miss tennis Davis Cup tourney...
Gladiators, Uganda draw
Mannetti, players and union praise Namdia
Zimbabwe crowned Rugby Sevens African champions
Battle for bragging rights in the EPL with...
Fortune Games® Real Money Casino Slot Games Slots October 4, 2021 - 1:10 pm
[…] Find More on on that Topic: namibiadailynews.info/capricorn-group-gives-womens-cricket-wings/ […]
service virtualization December 22, 2021 - 6:54 pm
[…] Information on that Topic: namibiadailynews.info/capricorn-group-gives-womens-cricket-wings/ […]


text:
Prima guerra di mafia  – conflitto interno a Cosa Nostra scoppiato nel 1962
 Seconda guerra di mafia  – conflitto interno a Cosa Nostra scoppiato nel 1981
 Guerra di mafia di Melbourne  – conflitto malavitoso perdurato dagli anni '90 sino all'aprile 2010

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
The  are a Japanese women's softball team based in Takasaki, Gunma. The Solfille compete in the Japan Diamond Softball League (JD.League) as a member of the league's East Division.

History
The Solfille were founded in 1984, as Taiyo Yuden softball team.

The Japan Diamond Softball League (JD.League) was founded in 2022, and the Solfille became part of the new league as a member of the East Division.

Roster

References

External links

 Taiyo Yuden Solfille - JD.League

Japan Diamond Softball League
Women's softball teams in Japan
Sports teams in Gunma Prefecture


text:
The Renegade Calligraphy of Fung Ming-Chip
Sarah Karacs June 6, 2017
Fung Ming-chip might well be the first and last individual to ever compliment my handwriting. The eminent calligraphic innovator does so mid-interview, unsolicited, as I'm scribbling away in the spidery, strange, illegible-to-anyone-but-myself script that once incensed teachers. Happily, Fung's critique is a bit a different: he appraises it as expressive. This idea of how personality can be read in the way we physically write is one that Fung is highly enthusiastic about. It is a concept that is deeply embedded in the tradition of Chinese calligraphy that has developed since the discovery of paper – and even before that, ascribed great intellectual activity to the pursuit of self-knowledge and artistic expression through poetically playing with the pictograms that have come to shape the language used today.
Progress of Phenomena, Acrylic on Hand Engraved Wood, 1990 – Fung Ming-chip
Bright-eyed and beaming behind tiny, round frames that recall those of the last emperor, Fung talks buoyantly about how no two signatures are the same, how everyone's script reflects the uniqueness of its owner – and what it says about their emotional landscape when pen, or brush, meets paper. He has a philosophical outlook on how fate, spirit and emotional courage blend together to invoke art, drawing from Chinese mythology and conceptions of the world to create expressions that are applicable to modern society. With a love of the world of meaning that stands between words and images that bears a particularly important legacy in the world of Chinese, Fung has devoted his career to pushing the boundaries of calligraphy with elegance, ingenuity, and wit.
We are talking just ahead of the opening of Fung's latest exhibition at Galerie du Monde, which showcases a body of work devoted to exploring the Chinese language and symbolism in three dimensions as much as in two dimensions. Putting together pieces from disparate themes and times, the show expresses the diversity of a career that has seen the fruition of over one hundred unique scripts. The exhibition feels something like a wonky and wild adventure through Fung's mind – a mind that has stayed as open as it can to new influences and possibilities for calligraphic expression. For someone whose practise is so orientated around drawing from tradition's daunting canon, Fung is refreshingly flexible and whimsical about the prospective avenues of script, using among his materials a laptop from 1987 as a canvas.
One corner of the exhibit tells stories that nods to the origins of Chinese language as expressed by its oldest relics, the oracle bones, on which pictograms evoke scenes of clouds and thunder, two recurrent themes in Fung's works that nod to ancient Chinese ideas about divine retribution. These scenes are stretched across a mural in a dark corner of the room that needs to be lit up by the viewer with their own phone, playfully creating a sense of being in a cave with a torch. Fung's devotion to traditional Chinese culture made him somewhat démodé in the 1990s and 2000s, at the height of cynical realism and Western-inspired aesthetics. That trend has abated, and artists like Fung, who have stuck to the work of rejuvenating old expressions to break new ground, are becoming increasingly recognised.
Gold is Meaningless, Traditional Script, Ink on Xuan Paper, 1982 – Fung Ming-chip
Fung's cloud scenes are also recreated in a little animation that shows rows of clouds floating in one direction. Occasionally, a cloud floats by out of sync with the others, and is swiftly struck by lightning. Watching it, Fung giggles. The animation speaks to an old Chinese idea that lightning strikes down those who go against the grain. This thunder is nature's amoral way of making the world and the forces within behave in a more harmonious fashion. I ask Fung if he identifies with the struck-down, misbehaving cloud, and he responds in the affirmative. "When I chose to be an artist, my family would not support me, I had to go on my own way," he says. Conservative and practical, Fung's family did not think much of the career prospects of an artist, and turned their back on him.
Born in Guangdong, Fung's family moved to Hong Kong in 1956 when he was a boy, and then later moved to New York. He completed his primary school education and went straight to work. While working as a delivery boy in Chinatown, he felt a longing for a more creatively expressive life, a sad stage that colours several poems he has since used as texts for his calligraphy. At the age of 30, after much unhappiness, he faced rejection from his family and steered himself on a bumpy course as an artist focusing on traditional Chinese culture with no formal training. While acquiring recognition was a struggle, Fung is now thankful to have developed his own artistic voice away from the prescriptive world of academia and scholarship. "My lack of education liberated me from the metal box the system puts on so many people," he has said.
Fung started off carving seals, the ancient stamps crafted for emperors that have become artworks in their own right, and which are used by artists to sign their own works. Living in New York, Fung was exposed to a wealth of galleries. He later took on artist residencies, including one at Cambridge University, where he learnt to hone and develop his craft. But as an artist he has always very much gone down his own path. While in New York, artist friends of his scoffed his interest in traditional culture. "Chinese characters are deep down in my blood," he says. "My friends saw my carving and they said it had no creativity. But creativity isn't about the medium. Creativity comes from the artist, it's about how you give the media new life."
Fung eventually focused on calligraphy, while writing poetry taps into ancient wisdom, managing to feel both timeless and idiosyncratically fresh. Chinese ideas of balance and a harmony of opposites run as a strong undercurrent in his works, a Taoist philosophy that resonates today as it would have millennia ago. One such example is in his poem "Night":
Freezing quiet streets
Whipping away
Occasional passing cars
Heartless streetlights
Faint north winds
Revives the dancer with a kiss
Deep within the emptiness
the colour turquoise
MEME, Wood Tablet, Painted in Red and Gold Color, 2017 – Fung Ming-chip
The idea that a life worth living is one with an emotional spectrum that encompasses both the light and the dark is also expressed in Fung's monument to pain, which is featured in the new exhibition. It takes the form of a corrugated freestanding cardboard structure, which he shows me while steering the interview into a dialogue about the meaning of life. Intensely inquisitive, Fung is a rare breed of interviewee who turns the interview on its head, transforming what is usually a download of information into a real conversation. His wife, Yim Tom, who has been hovering nearby, chimes in with her own philosophies, which compliment those of her husband. Whip-smart and warm-hearted, she insists, along with Fung that if you want something, you might very well have to suffer greatly for it. Pleasure and pain are sides of the same coin, and art arises out of the tensions that come from grappling with life's messy and strange ups and downs.
As our interview comes to an end, I ask Fung the questions crucial to any interview about the written word and calligraphy: where does he think the language is headed, and what does he think of the case of the disappearing brush in modern Chinese society? Of the former, he's quite clear that someday we will all be speaking a universal language, and that this will be quite boring. Of the latter issue, he's surprisingly unruffled about the prospect of an end to his chosen art form. "If you tell me calligraphy is going die, that's not my problem," he says. "If it vanishes, it vanishes, and if everyone is using their cellphones to write, that's okay. The energy is in the person who makes the art."
Fung Ming-chip's recent works are now on show at Galerie du Monde until July 15, 2017. On June 10, in conversation with art critic Catherine Maudsley, Fung will discuss his sources of inspiration and the exhibition's wide range of media. For more information, click here.
Sarah Karacs
Sarah Karacs' first window into the world of Hong Kong came from a memoir of a young girl whose family fled to the Fragrant Harbour from Tianjin. A polyglot avid reader and tireless writer, she has always loved words and how they help us explore new landscapes, ideas, and conceptions of the world. Born to Norwegian and Hungarian parents, Sarah moved to China after studying German and Czech at the University of Oxford. She has written for Der Spiegel, the Prague Post, the London Times and the South China Morning Post. She plans to get to the heart of the Hong Kong arts scene for Zolima CityMag as the city steers itself towards a new, fascinating and complex chapter in its cultural and sociopolitical story.
Hong Kong's King of Commercial Calligraphy: Au Yeung Cheung of King Wah Signboard
Billy Potts October 22, 2020
Hon Chi-fun's Circles of Life: A Look at One of Hong Kong's Most Important Artists
Christie Lee May 1, 2019
Hong Kong Modernist Cheung Yee Looks Back at Four Decades of Art
Christie Lee May 16, 2019
Hong Kong's Ink Art Revolution
Sarah Karacs December 7, 2016
The self-taught Hong Kong artist has created over 100 scripts, each one pushing the boundaries of a curious world where words and images collide.
Calligraphy, Galerie du Monde
Zolima CityMag


The Seattle design studio has designed a piggy bank with a chalkboard surface and a set of utensils with colourful handles.
At the newly renovated Groninger Museum, there's a lounge by Studio Job, a computer centre by Jaime Hayón and a restaurant by Maarten Baas.
As the Jan/Feb issue issue hits the newsstands – with its compendium of eco-smart dishwashers, stoves and laundry machines – check out these sleek streamlined range hoods from Bulthaup, Faber and Scholtès.


text:
Q: How to modify ASP.NET MVC static file root  I want to be able to reorganize my ASP.NET MVC site structure to more closely match the way Rails does it (We do both rails and ASP.net at my company).
In Rails, there is a "public" folder that behaves as the root of the site. For example, I could drop in a "test.html" and access the file with the url http://domain.com/test.html which would serve up the static html file.
In asp.net MVC there is a "Content" folder that I want to behave as the root. So instead of accessing http://domain.com/content/myfile.html, i want to be able to do http://domain.com/myfile.html.
I know I can just drop the file in the root of the project, but i need to do this with many files including css, js, html, images, etc and want to share some standardized assets across rails and aspnetmvc.
Is there a way to do this?

A: There is another possible solution. Instead of using code, you can use a rewrite rule to handle this for you. If you are using IIS 7 or above, you can use Microsoft's URL Rewrite Module.
A rule like the following would probably do it:
<rule name="Rewrite static files to content" stopProcessing="true">
  <match url="^([^/]+(?:\.css|\.js))$" />
  <conditions>
      <add input="{APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH}content{SCRIPT_NAME}" matchType="IsFile" />
  </conditions>
  <action type="Rewrite" url="/content/{R:1}" />
</rule>

The rule checks for a request to a css or js file off the root of the site. Then it checks to see if the file exists in the content folder. If it exists, then the rewrite will return the file in the content folder.  I've only tested this a little bit, but it seems to work.  It certainly needs more testing, and possible refinement.

A: The only solution I can think of, is to use a custom controller and route to do this for you. But it isn't a clean solution.
First you need a PublicController class with a GetFile action method. This assumes that all files are in the public/content folder directly. Handling folders makes things more complicated.
public class PublicController : Controller
{
    private IDictionary<String, String> mimeTypes = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                                                        {{"css", "text/css"}, {"jpg", "image/jpg"}};

    public ActionResult GetFile(string file)
    {
        var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Content"), file);

        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(path)) throw new HttpException(404, "File Not Found");
        var extension = GetExtension(file); // psuedocode
        var mimetype = mimeTypes.ContainsKey(extension) ? mimeTypes[extension] : "text/plain";
        return File(path, mimetype);
    }
}

Now, you just need a route near the bottom of your list of routes that looks like this:
routes.MapRoute("PublicContent", "{file}", new {controller = "Public", action = "GetFile"});

The problem is, now when you just put in a controller name like 'Home' instead of defaulting to the Index action method on the HomeController, it assumes you want to download a file called "Home" from the content directory. So, above the file route, you would need to add a route for each controller so it knows to get the Index action instead.
routes.MapRoute("HomeIndex", "Home", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });

So, one way around that is to change the route to this:
routes.MapRoute("PublicContent", "{file}.{extension}", new {controller = "Public", action = "GetFile"});

And the action method to this:
    public ActionResult GetFile(string file, string extension)
    {
        var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Content"), file + "." + extension);

        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(path)) throw new HttpException(404, "File Not Found");

        var mimetype = mimeTypes.ContainsKey(extension) ? mimeTypes[extension] : "text/plain";
        return File(path, mimetype);
    }

Like I said, this assumes that all files are in the content directory, and not in subfolders. But if you wanted to do subfolders like Content/css/site.css you could add your routes like this:
        routes.MapRoute("PublicContent_sub", "{subfolder}/{file}.{extension}", new { controller = "Public", action = "GetFileInFolder" });
        routes.MapRoute("PublicContent", "{file}.{extension}", new { controller = "Public", action = "GetFile"});

Now the action method has to change too.
    public ActionResult GetFile(string file, string extension)
    {
        return GetFileInFolder("", file, extension);
    }

    public ActionResult GetFileInFolder(string subfolder, string file, string extension)
    {
        var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Content"), subfolder, file + "." + extension);

        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(path)) throw new HttpException(404, "File Not Found");

        var mimetype = mimeTypes.ContainsKey(extension) ? mimeTypes[extension] : "text/plain";
        return File(path, mimetype);
    }

If you start getting multiple levels deep in the folder structure, this gets uglier and uglier. But maybe this will work for you. I'm sure you were hoping for a checkbox in the project properties, but if there is one, I don't know about it.


Rodney G.S. Carter is the Archivist of the St. Joseph Region of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, based in Kingston, Ontario. He received an Honours B.A. in Art History from Queen's University in 2002 and a Masters of Information Studies, Archival Stream, from the University of Toronto in 2005. His Masters thesis was entitled "Other Archives: The Archival Value of Photographs of Anonymous People." He was a member of the ACA Membership Committee's sub-committee on the formation of student chapters in 2002–2003 and has been recently named the Chair of the ACA Religious Archives Special Interest Section.


Do we need something like Space Marines into the new Trek alternate universe?
KMC Forums > Movie Franchises > Star Trek > Do we need something like Space Marines into the new Trek alternate universe?
I mean the federation has no real ground forces, just starfleet.
I don't think many ground vehicles would be viable in the Star Trek universe. But it would be nice if they upped the ante on their security teams though. Like up their tactics and whatnot. For everyone. Granted, fight scenes weren't usually the backbone of the entertainment but it'd be nice if it was a little more "realistic".
" don't think many ground vehicles would be viable in the Star Trek universe."
I think technology is to the point where the amount of resources you'd require to keep such vehicles safe would leave you with pretty much a land shuttlecraft. So why not just heavy up some shuttlecrafts? Also, at that point, when one of these tanks do explode the explosion would wipe out a lot of people.
The dunebuggy thing was okay, though in the context it was pretty goofy, because it's fast and lightweight. You can get troops in quickly, maybe put a small forcefield on it. If transporting doesn't work that is.
Yeah but we still need groundfrce, Starfleet is just not enough.
I think technology is to the point where the amount of resources you'd require to keep such vehicles safe would leave you with pretty much a land shuttlecraft. So why not just heavy up some shuttlecrafts? Also, at that point, when one of these tanks do explode the explosion would wipe out a lot of people.^This. And I think the Runabouts, Delta Flyer, and other heavy support craft pretty much prove that simple shuttlecraft aren't Starfleets only air superiority ships.
Seriously, with the level of technology that we see in Trek (sensors able to target huge groups or individuals from orbit, or transporters for example) ground force simply aren't as important as space/air superiority. Besides that, the Dominion War states the existence of ground soldiers, we just aren't given the specifics of size how they operate. We know the technology they use, however, from previous episodes.
They canat station Starships above every planet, sometimes they have to occupy planets.
They canat station Starships above every planet, sometimes they have to occupy planets. Occupation really doesn't align with Starfleet or the Federations way of working. They don't conquer planets; they're a peacekeeping and defense force. However, as I stated above, the Federation has ground forces numbering in the millions, which have been referred to in several Ds9 episodes.
What if they have to occupy one until the new just government is set up?
The Federation does have elite forces like "Space Marines", they're just not abroad the exploration vessels. They're essentially just higher combat trained Federation personnel.
Unless the story involves a war, I don't see a need to bring this in. Besides, there's nothing Cpt. Kirk can't handle himself with a punch and/or kiss.
"Unless the story involves a war,"
There were many wars in Trek.


text:
Q: Java: Comparing [All] Instance Variables of an Object I've a little problem.
Myself and a few friends were playing poker yesterday but we didn't have chips so I decided to start writing a program for that [Without Cards, just Chips].
In my code I have two main variables in the Game Object.
private int id;
private long bank;

I have a different file called Aside in which I can do different calculations.
In the code below I am trying to compare all instance bank variables to see if all the banks matched [In this case this will mean a new card can be drawn, otherwise users will have to keep to either raise or fold].
Is there a way of writing this in an easier term:
package poker;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Aside
{

    public boolean compareBanks(ArrayList<Game> x)
    {
        ArrayList<Game> players = new ArrayList(x);

        if(players.get(0).getBank() == players.get(1).getBank() && players.get(0).getBank() == players.get(2).getBank()
            && players.get(1).getBank() == players.get(2).getBank())
        {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

Later I use this here:
while(aside.compareBanks(players))

But the loop keeps going.
I'm fairly intermediate in programming so go easy on me with mistakes.
Thank you for your time.
P.S: This is NOT a code dump.
while(aside.compareBanks(players))
        {

            for(Game x : players)
            {
                if(x.hasPayedBid() == true)
                    {

                    System.out.println("Player : " + x.getName() +  " [Call, Raise, Fold]:");
                    action = in.nextLine();
                    if(action.equalsIgnoreCase("call"))
                    {
                      break;
                    }else if(action.equalsIgnoreCase("raise"))
                    {
                        System.out.println("How much are you raising? $");
                        int raise = in.nextInt();

                        table += raise;

                        x.raise(raise);
                    }else
                    {
                        x.fold();
                    }
                }
            }

            in.nextLine();

            for(Game x : players)
            {
                System.out.println(x.toString() + "\n");
            }

        }//End While

A: You can do it using java-8 Stream API something like this
return  players.stream().allMatch(p ->  p.getBlank().equals( players.get(0).getBalnk()))
However if you will use while(aside.compareBanks(players)) and all elements of the list have equal blank value, your while loop will never stop. It is the same as while(true). So in this case you probably need to use if(aside.compareBanks(players)) or in case of equal blank values change them.

A: Try this
long bankValue=0;
For(Game player: players){

bankValue+=player.getBank();
}
if(bankValue==(players.get(0).getBank()*players.size)){

return true;}
else return false;


Governor Larry Hogan gives a statement and then takes questions from the kids. Governor Larry Hogan hosted a mock press conference for the children of State House staffers as part of Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Thursday in the Governor's conference room.
The crowd listens to Baltimore Sun reporter Erin Cox give the children a lesson on what a reporter does and how to ask questions at a press conference. Governor Larry Hogan hosted a mock press conference for the children of State House staffers as part of Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Thursday in the Governor's conference room.
Governor Larry Hogan hosted a mock press conference Thursday for the children of State House staffers as part of Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.


text:
Government, Law
An embassy was a building where diplomats representing a specific government could live and/or work on the territory of another polity. A consulate was a subdivision of an embassy. The head of an embassy was called ambassador.
Embassy locales Edit
Andor Edit
As a junior officer, Lisa Cusak worked at the Federation embassy on Andor as an attaché. While there she started a long relationship with an Andorian who worked at the Andorian Agricultural Ministry. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")
Breen Edit
Gul Dukat suggested that if he was to get his position back as military advisor to the Detapa Council, he would post Gul Marratt to the Cardassian embassy on Breen in 2372. (DS9: "Return to Grace")
Deep Space 9 Edit
The Klingons, Bajorans, and the Federation maintained consulates, and the Vulcans an embassy, on Deep Space 9's Promenade by 2370. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine set decoration)
Earth Edit
In the 22nd century, the Vulcans had a consulate on Earth in San Francisco. T'Pol worked in the Vulcan consulate in San Francisco for two years before assigned to the Enterprise in 2151. (ENT: "Fusion")
By 2155, Vulcan consulates also existed in Berlin and Canberra. Terra Prime operatives saw no indication of the Vulcans leaving the consulates in those locations despite an ultimatum for all aliens to leave the Sol system. The Andorians also had an embassy on Earth that year, which was targeted by Terra Prime protesters. (ENT: "Terra Prime")
In the mid-2270s, Commander Sonak was killed in a transporter accident while beaming up to the USS Enterprise. Admiral James T. Kirk asked Starfleet Command to send his condolences to Sonak's family, who could be reached through the Vulcan embassy. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
In the novel A Flag Full of Stars, there was a Klingon embassy in San Francisco in 2271.
The holographic wife of Kenneth, Charlene, was supposed to speak at the Bolian embassy in 2373. (VOY: "Real Life")
Farius Prime Edit
In 2374, the Orion Syndicate mounted a failed attempt to break into the Klingon embassy on Farius Prime to assassinate their ambassador. (DS9: "Honor Among Thieves")
Khefka IV Edit
Before being recalled to Trill, Verad had been the communications clerk of the Federation consulate on Khefka IV. (DS9: "Invasive Procedures")
Mazar Edit
In 2152, a Vulcan consulate existed on Mazar. Mazarites opposed to corrupt government officials asked the consulate for help to expose the criminals. (ENT: "Fallen Hero")
Mordan IV Edit
In 2364, the staff of the Federation embassy on Mordan IV was taken hostage. (TNG: "Too Short a Season")
Qo'noS Edit
The Orion embassy outpost on Qo'noS
The Orions operated an embassy outpost on Qo'noS, which was built above an ancient shrine to Molor. It served as a center for unscrupulous activities for individuals of many species. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")
Star Trek: Discovery Production Designer Tamara Deverell stated, "We decided to go to Qo'noS, but not just the average Klingon Qo'noS, but the Orion embassy within the planets." ("Designing Discovery", DIS Season 1 DVD & Blu-ray special features) This statement seems to imply that there was intended to be only this one Orion embassy in all of Klingon space. Deverell concluded, "I don't know what all the Trekkies will say about us making an Orion embassy on Qo'noS, but I think it's an interesting departure from canon a little bit, but, you know, canon comes from Star Trek doing what it does best: telling stories." ("Designing Discovery", DIS Season 1 DVD & Blu-ray special features)
One of Odo's friends in Starfleet Intelligence was formerly assigned to the Federation embassy on Qo'noS. This friend still had a contact with a former agent of Klingon Intelligence by 2371. (DS9: "Visionary")
Romulus Edit
Early in his Obsidian Order career, Elim Garak was posted to the Cardassian embassy on Romulus. According to Garak, however, he was merely a gardener there. (DS9: "Broken Link")
In a deleted scene found in the script for "The Wire", it was stated that sometime in the late 2350s or early 2360s the Tal Shiar arrested a member of the Romulan kitchen staff at the Federation embassy on Romulus for political improprieties. It was at this time Benjamin Sisko was supposedly to said embassy, this, however, would have been inconsistent with the fact that the Romulans did not have any official contacts with the Federation between 2311 and 2364.
Vulcan Edit
The United Earth Embassy on Vulcan in 2154
The United Earth Embassy on Vulcan was bombed in 2154. (ENT: "The Forge")
Diplomatic mission at Wikipedia
Retrieved from "https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Embassy?oldid=2422956"


With a pleasant, Ginjo aroma, and gentle yet refreshing mouth-feel, this well-balanced sparkling sake finishes with the clear presence of umami from the rice.
This "innovative sake" from Nanbu Bijin aims higher than ever, by incorporating the newest theories and thinking, while protecting those things which should never change.
**Be sure to serve well chilled. When opened at higher temperatures, contents may spray out.


text:
The Little Drummer Boy Challenge, styled LDBC, is an informal internet competition in the United States to avoid hearing any version of the song "The Little Drummer Boy" for the duration of the Christmas and holiday season shopping period beginning at 12:01am on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday, and extending until December 24, Christmas Eve.  Versions of the game have reportedly been around since as early as the 2000 holiday season, with variations including competitive elements and alternative starting and ending dates.  The game has been placed in a genre referred to by one writer as "tests of obliviousness."

History
While versions of a game avoiding "The Little Drummer Boy" may have been around since about 1990, Michael Alan Peck launched the LDBC specifically after friends began to play it among themselves.  The game's growing appeal, which has been increasing since 2011, has been attributed to a response to the perceived increase in holiday music played in retail spaces.

Participants have, since 2014, been able to post "elfies" to the official Facebook page showing their horror when they hear the song and lose.  As of 2018, some 10,000 people have either liked or followed the contest page on Facebook.  Peck asserts he does not hate the song, but that it is an ideal challenge for holiday song avoidance as "you hear it a lot, but not so much that the game is impossible."  Peck also considers it "really weird" that the story is based on the notion that an appropriate gift to a newborn is someone banging on a drum.

To support players, Peck in 2018 published a list of "toxic media" which has caused others in the past to lose the game.  Nevertheless, only 28% of players reported winning in 2017.  The version by Bing Crosby and David Bowie disqualifies the most players, according to statistics Peck has collected.

Rules
Participation is automatic, although reporting of losses and wins is voluntary.  Winning requires not hearing even a snippet of "The Little Drummer Boy" between Black Friday and Christmas Eve inclusive, the only exception being that being deliberately ambushed by someone singing or playing the song results in a loss for the offender, not the victim.  On the other hand, as of 2017 players may not harass musicians in advance to keep them from playing the song.  Parodies of the song, as of 2018, will also cause elimination per the "blurred lines rule."

Some players go about in public wearing headphones to tune out holiday music which might trip them up.

Variants
There are other versions of games for which avoiding "The Little Drummer Boy" is central, some of which likely predate the version advanced by Peck.  The most significant difference is the start and end dates; in one version, for example, the game begins when Christmas music is first played in stores.

See also
 Whamageddon, a similar challenge using "Last Christmas" as the song to avoid

References

External links

Games of mental skill
Internet memes
Musical culture
Christmas in the United States


There is actually nothing here yet. I want to make a Patreon for pixel art and programming but I don't want to commit to it until I have some kind of project to show off.
So far there's no reward here. Working on it.


text:
Die Grünen Nidwalden sind eine Partei aus dem Kanton Nidwalden (Schweiz).

Geschichte und Mandate
Die links-grüne Partei wurde am 8. Januar 1982 in Stans als Demokratisches Nidwalden (DN) gegründet. Das DN gehörte seit dem 16. April 2005 der Grünen Partei der Schweiz an. Am 1. Januar 2009 wurde die Partei in Grüne Nidwalden umbenannt.

Den ersten Sitz im Landrat (Kantonsparlament) gewann die Partei 1982. Damals trat sie nur in zwei der elf Nidwaldner Gemeinden an. Bereits 1986 erreichte sie einen Wähleranteil von 7,5 % und drei der 60 Parlamentssitze. Nach einem Höhepunkt mit acht Sitzen im Jahr 1990 im Landrat stellt sie bis 2010 sieben Parlamentsmitglieder. Sie erhielt 2002 19,7 % und 2006 (SP mit separater Liste) 15,5 % der Wählerstimmen. Von 2010 bis 2014 hielten die Grünen Nidwalden fünf Sitze im Kantonsparlament mit einem Wähleranteil von 14 %. Seit 2018 hat die Partei drei Landrätinnen und fünf Landräte und stellt zusammen mit der SP Nidwalden eine 11-köpfige Fraktion. Die Grüne Landrätin Regula Wyss-Kurath, Stans, präsidiert 2019/2020 den Nidwaldner Landrat.

Seit dem Gründungsjahr stellt die Partei stets Mitglieder in den örtlichen Gemeinde- und Schulräten. Die Grünen sind im Kantonsgericht, Ober- und Verwaltungsgericht vertreten.

1998 wurde Leo Odermatt als erster DN-Vertreter in den Regierungsrat gewählt. Er stand dem Gesundheits- und Sozialdepartement vor. Nach seinem Rücktritt 2010 konnte der grüne Regierungssitz nicht gehalten werden.

Erster Parteipräsident war von 1982 bis 1984 Peter Schmid aus Stans. Nachdem mehrere Männer und Frauen dieses Amt ausübten, hatte die Partei ab Juni 2006 mit Norbert Furrer und Vreni Perret einen Doppelvorsitz, von 2008 bis 2015 präsidierte Norbert Furrer die Partei alleine. Seit 2015 ist Leo Amstutz der Präsident der Grünen Nidwalden.

Politische Ausrichtung
Die Grünen Nidwalden gehören dem links-grünen Lager an und setzt sich besonders für den Umweltschutz, den Öffentlichen Verkehr, die Gleichstellung von Behinderten, das Bildungs- und Gesundheitswesen, sowie mehr demokratische Mitsprache des Volkes ein. Einer der Auslöser für die Gründung der Partei war die Atompolitik mit einem geplanten Atomendlager in der Nidwaldner Gemeinde Wolfenschiessen am Wellenberg. Zahlreiche Parteimitglieder waren gleichzeitig Mitglied beim MNA (Mitsprache des Nidwaldner Volkes bei Atomanlagen). Dennoch hat die Partei ein weiter gefächertes Spektrum an politischer Orientierung als viele andere Mitgliederparteien der Grünen Partei der Schweiz. Dies hat historische Gründe. Vor der Gründung des DN gab es in Nidwalden nur zwei konservative Parteien: die Liberalen (heute FDP) und die CVP. Das DN deckte somit auch den Bereich der damals noch nicht existierenden Kantonalpartei der Sozialdemokraten ab.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
Website der Grünen Nidwalden
Kantonale Wahlen - Nidwalden, in: Année Politique Suisse

Grüne Partei
Kantonalpartei (Schweiz)
Politik (Kanton Nidwalden)
Grüne Schweiz
Gegründet 1982


Live video usage is soaring, with more and more people expecting to see their concerts, sports events and news live from their computers and mobile devices. This means higher traffic spikes and higher demand for websites and apps that don't crash when streaming live. Are you ready?
Check out this infographic for more statistics and tips on how to get ready for the live streaming rush.


And the lost art of "minding your own business"
The only way to be DISILLUSIONED with life is to first have an ILLUSION about it.
Deal with it. Swallow it. Hide it. Slow down the machine. Or, instead of these things STOP THE MACHINE.


Home NEWS Festival vibes with JEAN MARIE amazing live performance at Ultra !
Festival vibes with JEAN MARIE amazing live performance at Ultra !
Connect with Jean Marie on Facebook and Instagram.
Previous articleDaft Punk and The Weeknd have been sued for supposedly stealing "Starboy"!
Next articleDon Diablo played this great future house pearl by Bertello & Neil Bronson for a reason!


We're kicking off Tatiana Ryckman's series this morning with her first author.
Chelsea Martin is the author of Even Though I Don't Miss You (SF/LD, 2013). Her website is jerkethics.com.
Follow the link below to purchase Chelsea's Awst Collection in print.
These are four writers who have, at one point or another, kicked my teeth in (with their writing). It's my literary fantasy football league, if you will.


A one week course combining interactive spaces, prototyping, and mixed reality.
We cover doing projection mapping using the keystone library which you can import into Processing.
The Microsoft HoloLens offers many challenges to design for, but each student in the workshop is able to form an understanding of where the medium is going and how their ideas might work in Mixed Reality.
In the second half of Day 2 we practice bodystorming techniques and rapid prototyping of our ideas. Video documentation is available on the Facebook Group for the course.
OpenTSPS is a toolkit for sensing people in space using computer vision. It supports webcams, built in cameras, and kinects.
Imagine we are using the space of the Omar Dengo Foundation to host a temporary exhibit that highlights the relationship between San Jose and the rest of Costa Rica with the goal of helping bridge the city and nature. Over the next week we will transform the space using techniques from the course to create interactive installations.  On Friday, the exhibit will open.
We will work in groups of 3-5 work through the process from concept to delivery of the idea. In this exhibit we are looking to create interactive spaces that create experiences that not only tell visitors about nature but allow them to feel aspects of the natural world. We are using Omar Dengo Foundation because we are expecting you to create an interactive prototype of your exhibit at full scale.
Starting on Day 4 we begin synthesizing the various methods and technologies we cover in the course into a rapid prototype of an interactive installation.
On the 5th day we bring visitors into our experiences. The prototypes for interactive spaces use the framework of an exhibit. Visitors get to try to the experiences hands on and participants in the workshop get to evaluate their concepts and how they might evolve their designs towards new prototypes.
In conclusion the workshop ends with a reflection session where we review the journey that we have gone on together and where we might go next.
Want to host a workshop? Contact us here.


text:
Travellers forced to cope with weather related flight delays
Posted Dec 27, 2010 6:01 pm EST
FREDERICTON, N.B. – The wicked storm whipping the east coast has cancelled 187 flights at Pearson, and has resulted in some very unhappy travellers.
New Yorker Catonia Whalen spent Christmas with her family in Fredericton and was supposed to go home Monday, but her Air Canada flight was cancelled, leaving her feeling "a little stranded, I guess, and frustrated."
"I'm trapped in Fredericton. My original flight was cancelled, and I was rebooked on an earlier flight that was also cancelled and now they're telling me I can't get out until the 31st," she told 680News.
"I was on hold at least two hours each time with Air Canada trying to get someone on the phone – just really frustrating," she added. "Thankfully I'm at my mom's house, so I guess just hanging out with family longer this week. They might get sick of me."
Meanwhile, in Manhattan, people are skiing on the snow-covered roads near Central Park.
"Many portions of the sidewalks have not been cleared yet, so people are walking in the streets," said reporter Mara Rubin.
"I haven't seen the city fail to plow the roads like this, ever," said a resident of the Big Apple.
Most of the flights cancelled at Pearson were to New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
flight delays|Fredericton|New York|travellers


text:
Five lingering questions about Google's move to mobile-first indexing
Google's move to mobile-first indexing is under way, but there's still a lack of clarity in a number of areas.
Remember that with mobile-first, Google's going to be primarily crawling and indexing the mobile version of your website, and using that to determine rankings. This is an idea that Google first mooted in 2016 but has only recently started cautiously rolling out, with plenty of testing to make sure things run smoothly.
By Marcus Tober May 27th 2018 10:10
Here are some of the issues that people are still asking questions about.
1. With so many fully responsive websites today is mobile-first really a big deal?
Many sites today use responsive technology, which means their pages automatically adapt to the device they're viewed on – whether a desktop or mobile screen. It's really only those sites that rely on a separate mobile subdomain that are going to be most affected by mobile-first. So why all the fuss?
The problem is, there are still plenty of sites that have separate domains. And it's usually the bigger and longer established ones that do. For example: m.ebay.com, m.facebook.com and m.wikipedia.org!
While the big brands such as Facebook, eBay and Wikipedia, will obviously have invested heavily in ensuring they are ready for mobile-first, others with mobile subdomains will still have work to do. They may have been focusing more on optimising their desktop sites (as until now Google has had more a 'desktop-first' strategy). And they'll need to ensure their mobile version contains everything (content, structured data, meta, images etc.) the desktop version does – and to ensure it's all optimised for mobile. It could all add up to a lot of work.
2. What will mobile-first mean for the value of external and internal links?
Links are still one of the cornerstones of Google search. The search engine looks at how websites are linked to each other in order to help determine rankings (sites with more recent high quality backlinks from relevant high authority sites are more likely to rank higher). It also relies on links as the basis for web indexing i.e. it needs links to find, index and rate as many websites as possible.
But the role of links after mobile-first is not yet sufficiently clear. We know that Google will eventually focus mainly on crawling and indexing mobile websites. So, if a site has separate desktop and mobile domains and the main desktop site has more backlinks (which is often the case), will Google no longer be acknowledging those desktop links? And importantly for marketers, will those links no longer help to provide a ranking advantage?
3. Should you now have exactly the same content for both mobile and desktop users?
With the introduction of mobile-first, many digital and content marketers are assuming that the best strategy is for desktop pages to be identical to mobile. But is that really true?
After all, content on a desktop is consumed differently. On larger desktop screens, users are comfortable consuming more content elements and more detail. People expect a richer experience and might be more ready (and expect) to digest content in greater depth than when viewing short snippets on the move using their mobiles.
On phones its possible (and helpful for the user experience) for webmasters to offer certain content optionally – for example 'hidden' behind tabs or accordions that users have to click. There might even be certain content elements that are considered less relevant (or unnecessary) to show to mobile users (sometimes because of where they may be in the consumer journey).
The significant thing is – even with the introduction of mobile-first – it's still going to be important to think about creating content for both mobile and desktop users, and to provide an optimised experience for each. And in ecommerce and retail especially, devoting resources specifically to the desktop content and user experience is going to remain key, because desktop sites still enjoy higher conversion rates than mobile sites.
4. Which KPIs are important for mobile SEO?
Another question that people are asking is how mobile-first will change which KPIs are important for SEO. Let's start with the similarities – many of the mobile SEO KPIs are identical to the desktop KPIs. Where are my pages ranking? How is the technical optimisation of my site? Is the site accessible, is it fast and can the content be crawled easily by Google?
But especially for mobile, one of the most important KPIs (that webmasters can already measure) is what percent of my pages are already being crawled by the mobile Googlebot or crawler. Also, how often Googlebot comes and crawls the mobile pages is an important indicator of how Google 'sees' the site. These factors depend a lot on the size and freshness of your pages, but the more the mobile bot is visiting your site, the more "interest" Google has in the mobile version of your website.
5. Can we relax after mobile-first or are more big mobile search changes coming?
Mobile-first will very definitely not be the end. Google has already told us to expect the Google speed update in July which will make page speed a ranking factor for mobile searches. And some experts are predicting an even wider adoption of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) – a Google initiative that's all about providing a faster, more mobile optimised experience on media sites – across non-media sites. In fact Google has already confirmed that 60% of search AMP clicks go to non-news sites and Searchmetrics' own data also backs this up.
But there's another very interesting development in mobile search that could be next big thing: Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). These are a cross between responsive sites and mobile apps and you might think of them partly as an attempt by Google to react to the growing importance of content in mobile apps (which is harder to crawl and surface in search results).
PWAs can be crawled by Google, have the look and feel of native mobile apps and use caching technology which allows pages to load quickly even with a weak connection – but they don't require users to actually download an app. They react quickly to user interaction (e.g. no delays when scrolling down the page) which helps deliver a high quality app-like experience. And they work on any device or mobile operating system.
Article Google Mobile SEO
Why apathy towards apps is rising (and how to combat it)
People just aren't that bothered about apps any more.
Or at least, that's what recent research suggests.
May 15th 2018 14:04