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Over the years, we and our visitors have puzzled over the mysterious mural behind the stage in the Recreation Hall at Camp SP-13, Morrison. Some of the mystery was resolved several years ago, when a friend connected us with John Stencel, who formerly served as president of the Rocky Mountain Farmers' Union.
The Rec Hall/museum in 2009.
By 2008, Chapter 7 alumni were wrapping up their long use of the Morrison Camp, but wanted Denver Mountain Parks to continue hosting a display of artifacts they'd collected. The Rec Hall still houses their museum today. An Open House was held there on August 10, 2019, with about 500 people attending.
Mr Stencel writes:
The Red Rocks camp (CCC) brings back many wonderful memories. I attended Farmers Union Camp at Red Rocks as a boy in the 1950s. In 1959, National Farmers Union purchased the old Bailey Ranch and built their own facility, now known as the Farmers Union Education Center, near Bailey, Colorado. Starting in 1960, I was a camp counselor at Bailey and then in 1964, I helped conduct camps at Bailey. Sorry for the side-bar, but it helps me with time frames.
I am not sure when Farmers Union started renting the facilities at Morrison, but I believe it was in the late 1940s. Rocky Mountain Farmers Union and National Farmers Union held camps at the old CCC facilities for more than 10 years, before moving the camps to Bailey. I attended Jr. and Sr. camps at Red Rocks from 1952 to 1959. These were Farmers Union Camps for Jr and Sr high school age children. I went to the National Farmers Union All-States Camp at Bailey in 1960. All-States is a national camp where high school graduates come from all over the country to attend a ten-day leadership training camp.
Closer view of the Farmers Union mural at the back of the stage. The stage is set up as it was for the Chapter 7 alumni meetings, with podium and chapter seal.
I remember the mural on the wall that you are talking about… Square and Round dancing was always a part of the evening activities. I can't give you a date on when it was painted, but it had to be in the mid-1950s. I remember it appearing one year when I returned to camp in the mid '50s, when I was in high school. We always had a co-op store where we sold candy and soda pop and souvenirs. Profits from the co-op were used to buy something for the camp. Perhaps the All-Staters decided to use their profits to paint the mural. I am just guessing this, but it is a possibility.
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Note: The following post is an edited summary of a report received in 2014 from Grant Houston, editor of the Lake City newspaper Silver City World. He notes that his interest and appreciation for CCC architecture was ignited as a result of the tour of the Morrison CCC camp several years earlier. Apparently we never received photos of this project, but we're including a few from Denver Mountain Parks files as examples.
By Grant Houston
A while back I mentioned I'd located two 18′ long, 7′ wide rustic-style log CCC outhouses which had been saved from demolition in the 1960s and put up on blocks in a virtually inaccessible area at 30-Mile Resort, a mile or so below Rio Grande Reservoir on the Upper Rio Grande River in Hinsdale County. I had discussions with Rio Grande National Forest officials and received permission that one of the outhouses would be donated to Hinsdale County Museum and moved to the Lake City museum after we decided how the structure might safely be moved.
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Congratulations to the Denver Mountain Parks Foundation on the thorough article on all their new projects, just published in Westword on May 9, 2018.
Denver Mountain Parks Are Ready for Their Close-Up, by Margaret Jackson.
In addition to background and overall coverage on planned park improvements, much of the article features the City's new partnership with HistoriCorps, an organization modeled somewhat after the CCC, which will assist in park projects and be housed in renovated barracks at the Mount Morrison CCC camp formerly occupied by those who built the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, among other park projects.
You can arrange to tour the CCC camp by contacting Denver Mountain Parks Cultural Resources Administrator Shannon Dennison (shannon.dennison AT denvergov DOT org, or leave a message at 303.526.0740.)
Chet Nolte, left, and Dick Henderson with Woodsy Owl at the Evergreen Earth Day Fair.
Among notable CCC alumni slogans in the 1980s and 1990s, "Before Earth Day, There Was the CCC" ranked high, along with "Bring Back the CCCs." Connecting modern environmental awareness with the work of CCC companies in the 1930s made good sense, as many camp projects were aimed at improving our nation's forests, fighting soil erosion, and building parks. For many, the Conservation Corps workers are best known for planting trees—21,848,085 of them in Colorado alone!
CCC exhibit on display at the Evergreen Earth Day Fair, 1997 or 1998.
Allying Earth Day with CCC alumni was a natural idea, and in about 1997-98, Chapter 7 attended the Evergreen Earth Day Fair, with an educational exhibit promoting their activities and the accomplishments of the original CCC. Several Chapter 7 members enjoyed talking with guests throughout the day, as well as celebrating with Earth Day representatives Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl.
Earth Day just isn't the same without you! We miss our alumni friends!
Charlie Burton discusses the CCC exhibit at Evergreen Earth Day.
Dick Henderson, left, and Chet Nolte join Smokey Bear for a photo op at the Evergreen Earth Day Fair.
Carl Myers and Dick Henderson were on hand to talk CCC with visitors at Evergreen Earth Day Fair.
Carl Myers with the CCC display at the Evergreen Earth Day Fair.
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BELVE BEASLEY, (Pete), I grew up in Rusk, TX, one of 11 children. I attended Maydelle High School, I first joined the CCCs in November of 1936 and was sent to camp at Castle Rock, CO. There I worked on the Explosives Crew, blasting a rock quarry. I went home at the end of my term.
There was still no jobs there, so I re-enlisted for another term in the CCCs on April 5,1939, and was sent to Douglas, AZ to become a GI driver for the Army Dept, and held this job until February 1941.
My duties were to haul supplies for the camp, handle company mail, pick up canteen supplies, laundry, etc. I was also on 24 hour stand-by as Ambulance Driver. I also drove staff cars to trans¬port dentists, doctors, and officials to other camps in all parts of the state. I drove enrollees to Phoenix to attend GI Drivers School.
Later I went to Barber School in Douglas, AZ and became the Company barber. I also took a Sr. Life Guard course through the Red Cross. It was compulsory to have a first aid card and take a refresher course every 90 days. I assisted in saving one life in a lake in Monument.
I became an Assistant Leader in August 1939, and was assistant to the Company Commander.
In 1939 our Company changed from Co. 828, CNM-2-A to Co. 828, NP-9-A. On June 25,1940 our company was transferred to Monument, CO Co. 828, Camp F-60-C. There, in addition to the above duties, I participated in Army planning their recreation. I helped train enrollees and issued their clothing and supplies, I also played on the baseball team.
I received the State Safety Driver Award in Arizona for driving over 100,000 miles without an accident.
I gained valuable experience while in the CCCs and made many life long friends.
I met and married a girl from Monument, Evelyn Eckerson, and we have been married a little over 49 years. We have one son and two grandchildren. We have lived in Colorado Springs most of these years.
I was honorably discharged on Feb. 5, 1941. After leaving the CCCs, I was employed by Civil Service and retired from the Air Force Academy in 1966. After that I owned and operated a Trailer Hitch shop which I sold in 1974. Since then I have enjoyed traveling and fishing.
1 would like to hear from any of the fellows that were in the same company at the time I was. Please contact me at: Belve (Pete) Beasley, Colorado Springs, CO.
All personal accounts are from Civilian Conservation Corps: the Way We Remember It, Nolte, M. Chester (ed), 1990, unless otherwise noted.
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Hello, my name is Gene (for Eugene) Battles, a native of Salina, OK. I just missed being an Arkansan by 60. mi, but I'm proud to be called a "Sooner," and don't object to that.
Most guys got into the Army after they had been in the CCCs, but I reversed the process. In 1931 I enlisted in the 2d Army Div. in San Antonio, and attended Cook and Bakers School at Ft. Sam Houston. In 1935, when my hitch was about up, they sent me up here to Ft. Logan to instruct the cooks and bakers. A lieutenant there said that the CCCs were short of cooks and bakers, and he talked me into joining up. My first camp was Co. 1822 (SP-14-C), Golden CO, where I stayed a short time, transferring to the Ft. Collins, CO Camp (Co. 809, SCS-8-C) near Wellington. George Mauk was Project Superintendent, and Galen Emerine and Carl Kling of our Chapter 7 were also there at that time.
Talk about being out in the "boonies!" We were about 11 miles from nowhere, on Box Elder Creek; rattlesnakes were everywhere. The camp Co offered a carton of cigarettes to the enrollee who killed the most snakes in any one week. (One week the count was over 300 snakes!) You had to watch it when going to the latrine in the middle of the night! For pastime, Doc (Lt. Herbert) Bell, the camp surgeon, and I would take our forked sticks out after supper and have fun catching the critters. We had a cigar box full of rattles. We planted buffalo grass and trees, some of which are still standing there, although the camp is gone. I guess the thing that put an end to the snakes was when we poisoned the prairie dogs, and that eliminated their food supply. Anyway, that part of the country is now free of snakes.
I got "antsy" in the Cs and wanted to try my wings outside, so, in 1938, I found a job as a cook and baker in the Chicken Inn in Greeley, CO, only to quit that job and go back into the same camp in October 1938. During this time I was in the National Guard, each summer cooking for 30 days at Camp George West during the annual encampment. In October, Mary and I decided to get married, and, since you couldn't be married and be in the Cs at the same time, I got mustered out in January 1939. Then came the war.
Since I was already an Army vet, I was drafted early and joined the 45th Div. at Ft. Sill, OK, making Staff Sgt. (Motor Pool) early in 1940. My job was training draftees, and I served in that capacity in Wisconsin, TX, and Georgia. In May 1943, I was assigned to desert training in the Mojave Desert (CA) in preparation for the North Africa Campaign. I was with Gen. Patton all across North Africa, then on to Sicily as a First Sgt. with the 53d Amphibious Engineers. We made the initial landings at Anzio and Salerno, and on up the 'boot'. I was Jockying a "Duck," a land-and-water craft that swam and ran like hell on land. At Anzio, I got a busted ear drum but no Purple Heart. I was a caterpillar mechanic in the Cs, so that helped me on into France, Germany, Austria; and I was with the 101st Airborne at Berchtesgaden.
All in all, I had put in 12 years in the Army and four years in the CCCs. After the war, I got into home construction, but quit that to go to work for Schwayder Bros., retiring from that company after 25 years in 1976. Somewhere I have seven Battle Stars and a Bronze Arrowhead, the latter indicating an initial landing. Our outfit got a special citation for fighting at Anzio, too. The lessons I learned in the Cs helped me to no end in the military. I like to get together with my buddies at Chapter 7 meeting and go over old times. Without the Cs, I doubt that we would have won the war, its that simple. At least, that's the way I remembered it.
I was born in Oklahoma, and educated in Texas and Colorado.
A little over 50 years ago, on Mar. 1, 1938, I joined the CCCs at Florence, CO with five others. Two of the boys were from Florence and the others from Canyon City. On the second day we were picked up at 8:00 AM at the Fremont Bus Station by truck and taken to Colorado City. We arrived at ten, and had our lunch. We waited around until 1:45 in the afternoon and then we were taken to Pueblo. We had to sleep on the floor. To top that off, we had Chili for breakfast! That was a first! We boarded a train at Pueblo for Colorado Springs. Well, the train arrived on time—but the CCC bus was late. When it arrived, we piled in and went north. After about ten miles, we found the camp at Woodland Park. After a big supper (who said the CCCs didn't feed well!) we got our bunk assignments which we had while at the camp at Woodland Park.
Next day we were issued our CCC clothes, and taken to the Rampart Range area, where we started to plant seedling trees. We did this for 3 to 4 months, then we went to de-bugging trees by Cheesman Dam. We also were to look out for horses — which we never found. That took a lot of walking.
I was in that camp for six months. I learned many valuable things. I found out that the CCC can play an important part in a young boy's life, as it did in mine. At that time, jobs were very hard to find, and when you did get one, it paid very little. The CCC was very valuable to me.
At least, that's the way I remember it.
I was born and grew up in Walsenburg, CO, as were my parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. I signed up at Walsenburg to join the CCC, along with three other young boys whose names were Ted Barros, Tony Anselmo, and Pat Vigil. We were sent to Co. 1848, Camp 13 at Morrison, CO the summer of 1935. I was there until late in 1937.
I am proud of having been a member of Camp SP-13-C. We had a fine relationship that existed between the members of our Company and the citizens of Morrison.
I am especially proud of having had a part in building the Red Rocks Park Amphitheatre; a masterful monument that will be there for Centuries for people to enjoy. I'd say it's the most beautiful monument ever built by CCC. I wish all America could see it.
All the work was done by Co. 1848*, Camp SP-13-C members, of which 95 percent were Colorado Natives, working with pick and shovel and jackhammers. I operated a jackhammer. Sometimes in carving out the side of a cliff I was suspended by a rope which was attached to my belt and held by three men. I once injured my foot and was unable to work for a month. I still have a snapshot of my foot in bandages. Sometimes it was dangerous, but mostly it was hard work and we Colorado boys loved it.
After dinner at 5 pm a GI Truck would take us to Denver, drop us off in front of the State Capitol and we all scattered out to movies, dances, meeting girl friends and having fun. The deadline for pick-up back to Camp was midnight. Well, one night I missed the truck by five minutes and needless to say, I walked all the way (every inch of it) to Morrison. It was 15 miles, pitch black out (it was dark!) In those days with no lights, just open country and farms. I got into camp at 6 am just in time for roll call and breakfast, and a hard days work. Later I solved that problem by buying myself a Model A Convertible which took me into Denver every night. We were not allowed a car at camp so we parked in Morrison.
Camp SP-13-C was a meticulous camp, a show place. Many Dignitaries, political and business people came to visit the camp, from Denver and elsewhere.
After I left the CCC I served as Constable in Walsenberg, CO until 1941 when I moved to California where I now live.
I scan the CCC [Alumni] Journal for names of our Company members. I have never found one, I remember them all—Where are they? I still have the Roster with all their names and the towns where they lived in Colorado.
In June 1989 I attended a Colorado State CCC Reunion at the Camp hosted by Mile-High Chapter 7 Denver who have preserved and beautifully maintained the camp. I was graciously welcomed by all — a swell bunch of old time CCC fellows. The old feeling of camaraderie and friendship was still there.
Thanks to CCC!
—Demas Atencio, Sutter Creek, CA
*Co. 1848 left the Mt. Morrison Camp in June 1937; Co. 1860-V then occupied the camp and completed work on the amphitheatre (through 1941), along with Co. 1822-V, from Genesee Camp SP-14-C.
Although we will probably never have a complete list of individual CCC efforts in Colorado, the agency kept a variety of statistics on projects at the time. Thanks to a request last week, we're going to try to recap some of the more visible ones here, but that will be a work in progress! Meanwhile, here's some general information. (Also see our Projects page.)
Summary of Colorado CCC work, 1933-1942 (NARA)
According to Director James J. McEntee's final report, 35,495 Colorado men, out of 57,944 total, were employed here during the program's 9.5-year duration. They received more than $63.7 million in pay, of which almost $7 million was sent home to benefit their families. Click image to enlarge this summary report, from the National Archives (NARA) at College Park, MD, via Bob Audretsch. An agency-by-agency overview of work in the first three years is here.
Listing camps, as with projects, is also complicated. Although some were stable for years, other camps moved locations or switched designations. Many camps set up "side" or "fly" camps, smaller groups of men settled away from the base temporarily to work on particular projects. Working through these challenges in his three years of research, historian Audretsch has arrived at a total of 125 camps in Colorado over the life of the CCCs. The summary report above estimates an average of 34 camps were active in Colorado at any given time.
In January 1934, the Steamboat Pilot newspaper provided a summary for the first season in 1933:
A total of 289,433 days were devoted to field work during the past summer at the 23 civilian conservation camps in Colorado. The maximum strength of these camps was 4600 men, of which 2800 were enrolled in Colorado, 1300 from Oklahoma, 460 from Texas and 40 from Wyoming. The fieldtime represents the work of 2000 men for a period of 100 days.
Our camp lists on this site are still incomplete. The U.S. Forest Service oversaw more CCC camps in-state and nationwide than any other technical service agency. Our coverage here has so far neglected the 52 forest camps, so we'll try to get more posted about their work soon. These camps will be featured in Volume 1 of Audretsch's book.
Colorado Book Coming Soon!
Audretsch, Robert W., "The Civilian Conservation Corps in Colorado, Volume 1" will be published by Dog Ear Publishing by July 2017 and available on Amazon.
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Researching Colorado CCC
Good news! There's going to be a book on the Colorado CCC!!
For two years, author Bob Audretsch has been researching here and across Colorado, collecting material for his book on the CCC efforts here in our state. And we've been helping as best we can. A lot has happened in the last two years, and I need to write a major update, but for now, let's just settle for this announcement. We hope the book will be available in the next year or so.
Bob's book will become the go-to source for information on CCC work projects statewide. Among other sources, he's been reviewing local newspapers around the area. They often reported what the CCC boys were doing in the small towns and remote forests of our state, and Bob is uncovering a treasure trove of information there. Bob has been sharing information with us as he goes along (and vice versa)!
Bob has already published books on the CCC in Arizona, where he was a ranger and interpreter at Grand Canyon National Park for many years. He moved to Colorado in 2014. We'll share more on Bob's Colorado work and discoveries soon.
Books by Robert W. Audretsch:
Shaping the Park and Saving the Boys
The Civilian Conservation Corps at Grand Canyon, 1933-1942
From May 1933 to June 1941, the park's infrastructure advanced as much as fifty years with the installation of trails, buildings, trail resthouses, roads, telephone lines, and many other improvements.
2011. 140 pages. 72 b&w photos. 1 map. Bib. Index. $19.95 paper.
Grand Canyon's Phantom Ranch
Located at the bottom of Grand Canyon along the Colorado River, Phantom Ranch was designed by architect Mary Jane Colter in 1921 and can only be reached by hiking, mule ride or river trip.
2012. 128 pages. 206 b&w photos. $21.99 paper.
We Still Walk In Their Footprint
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Northern Arizona, 1933-1942
In northern Arizona, the CCC boys planted trees, built roads and buildings, strung telephone lines, erected fences, constructed trails and campgrounds, put out forest fires, and rescued hundreds of ranchers and their livestock during the terrible winter of 1936-1937.
2013. 212 pages. 53 b&w photos. Bib. Index. $21.95 paper.
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona
Robert W. Audretsch and Sharon E. Hunt Foreword by Michael I. Smith
In Arizona the CCC battled soil erosion on grazing lands, developed state and national parks, and improved the state's national forest lands.
2014. 128 pages. 188 b&w photos. 3 maps. $21.99 paper.

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Uncovering atomic movements in crystal
by Simone Ulmer, ETH Zurich
Calculated correlated local dipoles in lead telluride (PbTe). The colours illustrate the asymmetric electrons around the Pb and Te atoms which generate the dipoles. Credit: Institute of Materials Theory/ETH Zurich
Scientists can spend a long time in heated debates over tiny details – for example, how and whether atoms in a crystal move when heated, thereby altering the symmetry. Using computer simulations for the mineral lead telluride on the CSCS supercomputer Piz Daint, ETH researchers have resolved a long-standing controversy.
To outsiders, scientific questions can sometimes look like hair-splitting. These questions, however, are often crucial, as in materials science: the commercial use of a material stands or falls on its properties. One question that very much depends on such hair-splitting is the one that Boris Sangiorgio pursued in his doctoral thesis. In ETH Professor Nicola Spaldin's research group at the Institute of Materials Theory, Sangiorgio used the supercomputer Piz Daint to examine how lead telluride (PbTe) behaves when it warms up. Lead telluride appears in nature as altaite, a sulfosalt mineral. Altaite can convert heat energy into electrical energy, meaning it has thermoelectric properties.
Mars rover moves using lead telluride
Thermoelectric materials became popular in aerospace in the 1960s, and remain in widespread use today; for example, a thermoelectric generator made of lead telluride powers the Mars rover Curiosity since 2012.
About seven years ago, however, a study on lead telluride ignited a dispute among materials scientists. Back then, researchers came to the conclusion that when lead telluride is heated, the phenomenon of emphanisis occurs. In simple terms, heating causes the lead atoms to shift locally in the crystal, reducing local symmetry. Previously, only the reverse process had been known: heating caused an increase in symmetry.
Emphanisis remained poorly understood until Spaldin's team examined this phenomenon in lead telluride using the supercomputer. The simulations show that when the mineral is heated, the symmetry is broken locally. However, when the crystal is viewed as a whole, the original cubic symmetry is retained.
For real experiments with the mineral, the scientists worked in collaboration with researchers at the X-ray platform in the Department of Materials at ETH and used an X-ray scattering technique that provided high-precision visibility of the atomic crystal structure. The results from these trials corresponded very closely with those of the simulation, thereby confirming the simulation results. The researchers were then able to go a step further in the simulations than in the experiment and discover what was behind the process of emphanisis in lead telluride.
New phenomenon
The simulations show that heating the crystal leads to strong acoustic and optical vibrations. These vibrations overlap and are coupled together, which produces a phenomenon that has never been observed before: due to the coupled vibrations, correlated dipoles form in the crystal, with pairs of Pb and Te atoms both fluctuating and orienting according to their charges. "Seen as a whole, however, the atoms are still in a highly symmetrical position," says Sangiorgio. The global symmetry is retained. The researchers suspect that this process is essential for lead telluride's thermoelectric behaviour. It could also be true of other materials (so called ferroelectrics) that, like lead telluride, are close to a ferroelectric phase transition.
"The functionality of lead telluride is likely based on a sensitive balance between electronic and structural properties," says Sangiorgio. Understanding the local structure and dynamics of lead telluride is essential for scientists to explain the behaviour of the material. These findings will help them to create or find more efficient thermoelectric materials in future. Thermoelectric materials are not only of interest in aerospace research; they could also help to make more efficient use of waste heat from incineration plants or cars in electricity generation.
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More information: Boris Sangiorgio et al. Correlated local dipoles in PbTe, Physical Review Materials (2018). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.085402
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Q: OnDataChange Firebase Android Listener I' am trying to retrieve data from firebase database, this method is called when you enter to the app and never listens OnDataChange. If I upload a new image to firebase, OnDataChange is called and shows the last url I have introduced. I want to retrieve all data urls but I thought this method is always called no matter is new data on the realtime database. Thank you in advice.
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I solved the problem like this
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A: Add the declaration of your urlArray in your onDataChange() method. Otherwise is null because this method is executed asynchronously.
For other approach, please visit this post and this post.
Hope it helps.

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Das Anwerbeabkommen zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Jugoslawien wurde am 12. Oktober 1968 (Kabinett Kiesinger) unterzeichnet und führte zum Beginn einer jugoslawischen Einwanderung in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die angeworbenen Arbeiter wurden in Deutschland als "Gastarbeiter" bezeichnet.

Gemäß dem Anwerbeabkommen wurde jugoslawischen Staatsbürgern zur Erzielung von Erwerbseinkommen ein zeitlich unbefristeter Aufenthalt in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gewährt. Die Anwerbeabkommen mit der BRD wurden auf Initiative der Entsendeländer zum Ausgleich von deren Leistungsbilanzdefizit gegenüber der Bundesrepublik Deutschland geschlossen.

Ähnliche Anwerbeabkommen schloss die Bundesrepublik Deutschland seit 1955 auch mit anderen Staaten. Nach dem Abkommen mit Jugoslawien wurden keine weiteren mehr geschlossen. 1973 wurde vom Kabinett Brandt I die Anwerbung angesichts der Ölkrise gestoppt.

Weblinks
 Deutsche Welle: Jugoslawische Gastarbeiter in Deutschland, 12. Januar 2013

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Anwerbepolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Wirtschaft (deutsche Nachkriegszeit)
Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag
Politik (Jugoslawien)
Deutsch-jugoslawische Beziehungen
Vertrag (20. Jahrhundert)
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Nepal needs over $16b to meet MDGs
Kathmandu, October 17:
If Nepal wants to meet its development goals by 2015, especially as outlined by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and rural infrastructure, it requires $16.4 billion (Rs 1148.8 billion), says a fresh study on Needs Assessment for Nepal, carried out jointly by the National Planning Commission (NPC) and UNDP.
Out of the total government expenses, Rs 263.9 billion ($3.8 billion) has to be borne by sources other than the public sector. The total public sector investment required for achieving MDGs and rural infrastructure targets is Rs 884.9 billion ($12.6 billion) at 2004-05 prices.
Out of this, according to an assessment, Rs 332.9 billion is to be met by the domestic resources (revenues and borrowings) of the government. For the remaining Rs 552.1 billion ($7.9 billion), Nepal will have to rely on external development partners.
Matthew Kahane, UNDP resident representative said that Nepal requires a major increase in donor funding to properly finance development efforts, especially if the nation is to reduce hunger, improve education and meet development goals.
Kahane also said that the international community is willing to invest in well-planned, well-managed and well-monitored national efforts. However, this willingness must be complemented by an environment where national development initiatives can be carried
out impartially and transparently, without threat or intimidation and reach the most disadvantaged.
Finance minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat stated that public institutions will be improved to expedite development initiatives and attain goals by 2015 as per MDGs. He hoped that once the country acquired peace, resources would be generated and development activities will gain momentum.
Mahat, after launching the new report, said that the government is thinking of formulating a long-term vision and is holding consultations with concerned stakeholders. An assessment for achieving MDGs needs to be done and then it must be collectively implemented to achieve our social, economic and political goal, as poverty is deeply rooted and is the biggest challenge for Nepal, Dr Mahat said.
Kahane at the UNDP observed that Nepal, in a critical stage of development efforts intended to deliver services to the country's most vulnerable groups, is being held back by an increase in breaches of the basic operating guidelines which is a great concern to the UN.
He called for developing necessary skills and capacity to ensure that national
and local institutions are able to meet the requirements and aspirations of people, especially the poor and vulnerable.
He underlined the need to invest heavily to reduce hunger and boost rural industries so that the majority of Nepalis, who live in far-flung places, have better income opportunities.
According to UN, since April 2006, violations of the Basic Operating Guidelines have risen sharply, holding back critical activities intended to deliver services to Nepal's most vulnerable groups and eroding donor confidence.
As per the report, Nepal has a financing gap of $7.9 billion. Assuming a relatively quick resolution to the current conflict, it would still require double level of financial support by external development partners to bridge this gap.
Dr Bal Gopal Vaidya presented the findings of the 'Needs Assessment' report and urged donors to support Nepal financially to achieve development goals in the areas such as agriculture, education, gender, health, drinking water, rural infrastructure, electrification and gender requirement.
Dr Jagdish Pokhrel, vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC), said to achieve MDGs all concerned institutions such as the government, donors and local bodies should join hands. At the same time, confidence building is urgently needed to expedite development activities, he said.
Slow capital spending irks FinMin Paudel


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Few of us have clean hands over reforms
Fred Forrester
23rd June 2000 at 1:00am
Higher Still and the 5-14 programme may founder because of institutional conservatism, fears Fred Forrester
I WROTE about the 10-14 curriculum in the TESS last December, and said that "In Scotland, radical proposals must be tempered by pragmatism or they will surely be lost". There is now the strong possibility that both the 5-14 programme and Higher Still will ultimately founder because their architects did not sufficiently allow for the institutional conservatism of our educational system.
Institutions consist mainly of individuals whose interests may be adversely affected by change. In Scotland, however, the client bodies - parents, students, local politicians - often form part of the resistance. Typically, a reform will be welcomed in principle but resisted in practice. Many concerned with developing Scottish education, including the Educational Institute of Scotland and myself, have some complicity in this. Few of us have clean hands.
First, take the 5-14 programme. It was a major reform extensively discussed in the wake of the Munn and Dunning reports of 1977. It sought to bridge the gap between primary and secondary schools in a way which would address problems in S1 and S2 even then being identified. The curriculum was analysed according to a primary sector child-centred philosophy, identifying five broad areas. Little attention was paid to how this pattern could be operated in a subject-based S1 and S2, though there was much bland talk about better primary-secondary liaison.
Some progress has now been made in implementing 5-14 in the two secondary departmental areas, English language and mathematics, which corresponded to primary school curriculum areas. Clearly the persistent workload and resourcing problems of the last decade and a half have not helped.
A more fundamental problem, however, has been that the ethos of the secondary school is geared to external assessment. While there is no external examination at the end of S2, in fact the S2 year is increasingly dominated, for teachers, pupils and parents, by subject choices for Standard grade.
The Higher Still reform was also widely debated in the wake of the Howie Report and the earlier 16-18 Action Plan. There was wide support for the concept of extending comprehensive and inclusive education, especially as the pupil stay-on rate meant that this age was less of a meaningful threshold. The consensus was that an academicvocational divide did not serve the interests of a large body of pupils. In retrospect , the Howie Committee's call for two parallel certification systems was too lightly dismissed.
But no one anticipated the huge problem of delivering the system in both secondary schools and further education. Filling educational gaps is an important part of the raison d'etre of further education. The large number of short-term andor part-time students and of adult returners necssitates a short-term approach to assessment. Hence the Scotvec modular system and the use of moderated integral assessment.
The Scottish secondary school, on the other hand, takes an essentially long-term view and expects its senior pupils to stay for at least the full school session.
So the secondary programme is geared to session-long courses with external assessment. This truth was blurred but not obliterated by the introduction of some internal assessment at Standard grade and the offering of Scotvec modules in the upper school.
It is hence not surprising that the secondary schools struggle with the internal assessment of Higher Still units while the FE colleges are apprehensive over external examinations. A second diet of such examinations has been introduced to meet the needs of FE (but may cause some unintended problems in the secondary sector).
Internal assessment in secondaries is now the major problem affecting Higher Still implementation, however. Discontent among secondary teachers about both the rationale and the workload burden of internal assessment is rife. "Academic" subjects such as English are most affected.
Among the solutions being informally canvassed are different approaches to assessment for different groups of "cognate" subjects, where some groupings would see mainly secondary school subject areas and others are mainly FE areas. However, any resolution along these lines will be at the expense of the rationale of a unified system and will produce problems in the slightly longer term.
We cannot quibble over the efforts of those responsible for the curricula - whether the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum for 5-14 or the Scottish Qualifications AuthorityHigher Still Development Unit for Higher Still - to make the systems work. From the point of view of these bodies, their role is limited to carrying out the political remit they have been given and smoothing out the problems.
While there is evident truth in this attempt to allocate roles and responsibilities, the Scottish Educational establishment has some collective responsibility. Politicians rely on the advice of experts and they have not always been well advised over the years.
If 5-14 and Higher Still are now, after mature reflection, seen as bridges too far because they did not factor in the problems of institutional and sector identity and resistance, then an attempt should be made to find new solutions which will build on all the development work of recent years.
Ultimately, political decisions will be required. We have a new political sounding board in the form of the education, culture and sport committee of the Scottish Parliament. But the educational establishment should get its act together before approaching the politicians.
Fred Forrester is former depute general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland.
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Dubai moves from 33rd spot to enter global top 10 booked destinations: Expedia report
In its Q3 2021 report, Expedia notes that despite new border restrictions and re-emergence of testing or quarantine requirements, the industry maintained its momentum and some positive progress was noticed at a regional level – including new vaccination corridors, travel green lanes and the return of business travel.
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In APAC, business travel demand was up nearly 50 per cent year-over-year, with destinations in China and India making the top 10 list, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. This was one of the findings revealed during the Expedia Group Media Solutions Q3 2021 Travel Recovery Trend Report. The quarterly report combines Expedia Group's first-party data and custom research with actionable insights to help travel marketers on their continued road to recovery.
Top 10 booked destinations
The report notes that in Q3 there was a lot of movement in the top 10 booked destinations compared to Q2, with more international destinations making up the top 10 list in each region of the world. While cities such as Dubai, Paris, London, and Istanbul moved up the rankings quickly and entered the global top 10 for September bookings, New York topped the list globally. Dubai had a particularly strong showing as the destination jumped from the 33rd position in July to 10th position in September.
Looking at types of accommodation, the global share of demand for hotels grew 5 per cent quarter-over-quarter when compared to vacation rental properties. This was most pronounced in EMEA, where the share of demand for hotels grew 20 per cent from Q2.
Global search volumes
Following a strong Q2 and first half of the year, global search volumes held steady during Q3, with nominal change quarter-over-quarter. EMEA and LATAM saw the strongest quarter-over-quarter change from Q2, with increases of 50 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. APAC and NORAM saw modest decreases, likely in part due to travel restrictions and the rise of the Delta variant of Covid-19. However, searches globally began to rise again in September, and when compared to Q3 2020 global search volumes, Q3 2021 delivered triple-digit growth year-over-year. Even NORAM, which saw some of the strongest impacts from the Delta variant, still saw search volumes up 80 per cent year-over-year for the quarter.
Travel relaxation and border reopenings boost searches
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include resistance to gastric acid inactivation, resistance to inactivation by penicillinase, and the spectra of antimicrobial activity.
Although the penicillins are virtually nontoxic to mammalian cells, there is a significant incidence of anaphylaxis in varying degrees. Reactions include skin rash, contact dermatitis, mild gastrointestinal upset, oral lesions, and fever. Because of the basic structure, there is a high degree of cross-sensitivity among the various forms.
ACTION AND USE.— Penicillin G is indicated for susceptible infections as listed under the discussion of penicillins. It is available as a potassium or sodium salt and is for parenteral use only.
USUAL DOSE.— The dosage varies with the infection. Doses of 10 million units or higher should be given by intravenous infusion only.
ACTION AND USE.— Penicillin G procaine is indicated for deep intramuscular usage only in susceptible infections as listed under the discussion of penicillins. The action is more prolonged than penicillin G.
USUAL DOSE.— For uncomplicated gonorrhea, 4.8 million units intramuscularly at two sites with 1 g of probenicid orally. Other dosages are as prescribed by the physician.
ACTION AND USE.— This drug is indicated for deep intramuscular usage in susceptible infections. It has a longer duration of action than most of the other penicillins.
ACTION AND USE.— Penicillin V is used in the treatment of susceptible infection as listed under the discussion of penicillins. It is available as oral tablets or powder for reconstitution for oral suspension. It is more stable in acid media than most of the other penicillins. It has the same spectra of activity of penicillin G and is usually the drug of choice for uncomplicated group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections.
ACTION AND USE.— This drug is a penicillinase-resistant penicillin effective in treating penicillinase-producing staphylococci. It may be used to initiate therapy in any patient in whom a staphylococcal infection is suspected.
USUAL DOSE.— 250 to 500 mg every 6 hours. It is available in capsules or powder form for oral suspension.
ACTION AND USE.— Ampicillin is relatively stable in an acid medium and is readily absorbed after oral ingestion. It is effective against gramnegative and gram-positive cocci and some gramnegative bacilli. It is available in both oral and parenteral forms.
USUAL DOSE.— The range is 250 to 500 mg every 6 hours, depending upon the diagnosis. For the parenteral dosage, normal saline is the recommended diluent.
ACTION AND USE.— Methicillin is a penicillinase-resistant drug reserved for treatment of penicillinase-producing staphylococcal organisms. It is administered parenterally only.


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West Brom legend Ally Robertson: From Jersey to Yugoslavia - you can't beat team bonding
By Ally RobertsonWest Bromwich AlbionPublished: Nov 30, 2022 Comments
Carlos Corberan and the Albion squad are away on the continent doing some mid-season training. Holland, Spain, Yugoslavia, you name it and we'd be going out there in my day, it was normal.
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The big thing I always remember was in the big freeze, of 78/79, we went across to Guernsey when there were no games for four weeks. Birmingham came across and we played them out there.
Under Gilesy and Big Ron, we would play the first round of the FA Cup in early January and if we got through we'd go to Jersey for four or five days to get a break from what had happened.
Importantly it got all the lads together, the hope is you have a good time together and therefore the dressing room gets better and you will then kill for each other.
We would do a little bit of work on these breaks, but we would also play golf and go out at night!
The weather in Jersey was always nice, we were lucky. My main memory is that it just got the lads together as a group.
Some of us would never come back at night and go straight into training the next morning! We all used to laugh about it, it was great camaraderie.
Some lads drank, some didn't, but we'd all sit together and have a couple of drinks after dinner, then the ones that would go out went out and others would stay. We'd all just take the mickey and have a laugh.
The ones that could manage a drink would still be at the front in the all the training drills. Other younger lads might have tried to keep up with the first-teamers, but they were absolutely knackered in training the next day.
We used to make jokes out of everybody. I used to be the water baby and throw water over everybody.
If one of the lads went to bed early, I'd say to the person behind the desk 'can I have room 131?' and I'd go up with a bucket of water, drench them and wander off.
But when we went on trips during the summer in pre-season those camps were more strict. Players knew they had to do things right.
It was quite funny, we went to Yugoslavia and all of the directors were there, so we got a boat to this little island to have a drink. The pub was called 'No name', we'd get the boat, have a few beers and come back so nobody knew.
Just a few years ago I went on holiday, the missus booked it and we ended up at this little island, Sipan, I said to her there was a pub in the corner called No name, she said 'don't be stupid!' - and it turned out it was still there! That was our little hold-up of the afternoon to have a few drinks away from the directors.
It wasn't a big drink then though, because you had to get yourself fit for the season, the main thing was not getting injured. We made sure we trained, did everything right, so you would get fit in those days.
When Big Ron took us away we would swim in parts of the sea, competitive fun races in ponds too, and that was great. You could get fit and enjoy yourselves.
I loved pre-season, it was hard but we would've had about 10 weeks off. I'd be in Scotland, come back and before we actually started training I'd have to do a couple of weeks myself. I always remember after joining Albion being unable to walk going back to my digs after pre-season training, it was that tough.
I wished a bit that there was no break for the World Cup at the moment, because of the way the team was playing and how we were winning, but the squad are abroad in Spain and hopefully it will get the lads together.
When things are not going well the dressing room is abysmal, I'm hoping the head coach has seen things change and the players he has selected have responded to him.
Carlos has had a couple of weeks, some time at the training ground and now abroad, and he can get more work done to get them in good shape for the first game back at Sunderland.
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Marina Jones was brought up with the love of travel. From the time she was a little girl she recalls her family spending summers driving from New York to California -- 6 weeks each summer. By the time she was 12 she had been to 48 states and all the National Parks. As an adult, Marina wanted to continue her love of travel and chose to become a flight attendant. At the age of 21 she flew to Minnesota from California to interview with Northwest Airlines (now Delta Airlines), officially beginning her career as a flight attendant in June of 1973. She recalls that two things were stressed in training -- that "take offs" and "landings" were probably the most intense and dangerous part of the flight. Of course, this made every take off and landing exciting and always amazing to her, how these massive planes did what they did. Little did Marina know that there was another danger lurking on that massive aircraft she spent her days on.
In 1986, after hearing from attendants, employees and even consumers, Northwest Airlines made a bold move and decided to ban smoking on all domestic airplanes. Many people protested and were outraged, stating that customers would not fly NWA any longer and they would lose more customers. While that might have been true initially, the industry began to see consumers choosing to fly a non-smoking aircraft, and slowly other airlines came on board.
Thanks to Northwest's example, smoking on all domestic U.S. airliners was Federally banned on all domestic flights (with a duration of two hours or less) beginning in 1988, with ALL planes, including international, being smoke-free by the end of the 1990s.
In 2007 Marina retired after 35 years of flying – she loved her job, and every year she flew. In the fall of 2007 she had a pain in her lower stomach and thinking it might be a ulcer, her physician ordered a CT scan. When the results came in there was no ulcer, but they did notice a spot on her lung. A biopsy followed and a week later at her physician's office she was told she had Lung Cancer, most likely from second-hand smoke. Devastated, all she could think of was the job she loved had given her cancer. No one in her family had ever smoked.
On February 4th 2008, she had a third of her lower right lung removed. Fortunately it was caught early and she did not have to have radiation or chemo. Following a regime of annual visits to her Oncologist every 6 months, she has been clear of cancer for 10 years -- a huge milestone in cancer survivorship!
As a hobby, Marina started running in 1981. Ironically, she had never really been athletic after having Rheumatic Fever at age 7, but in 1982 she ran her first marathon. She continued running throughout her cancer and now also looks back on a great running career. She has completed over 50 sub 3 hour marathons and qualified for the Olympic Trails in 1996 and 2000. This May, Marina celebrated her 10th year being cancer free by completing her 100 marathon in Orange County, California in The OC Marathon and Half Marathon. She hopes to give lung cancer patients, and those who love them, hope that there is life after a cancer diagnosis. Never give up.
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Узбек, Султан Гіяс ад-Дін Мухаммад Узбек (, , 1282 – 1342) — хан Золотої Орди (улус Джучі), син Тогрула, онук Менгу Тимур-хана, праправнук хана Батия.

Правління Узбека тривало найдовше з усіх ординських ханів. Він завершив період міжусобиць в Орді, довівши її до зеніту розвитку. Узбек запровадив державну релігію — іслам, прийнявши ім'я султана Мугаммада.

Правління

Прихід до влади та запровадження ісламу
Виріс при дворі Токти. Після його смерті, за допомогою беклярбека Кутлуг-Тимура, захопив престол (січень 1313), особисто вбивши головного конкурента — сина Токти Ільбасара. Маючи дієву підтримку сановників-мусульман, запровадив іслам як державну релігію і сам прийняв його 1320 року, при цьому жорстоко розправився з прихильниками старих монгольських звичаїв, багато з яких втекло на землі, захоплені литовським князем Гедиміном.  Жорстоко придушив змову емірів, що бажали зберігати віру свого предка Чингізхана і противились переходу на віру арабів, зокрема знищив 120 власних родичів-чингізидів.

Стосунки з Галицько-Волинським князівством
На часи правління хана Узбека припав період загибелі короля Русі Юрія І Львовича, його синів князів Андрія II і Лева ІІ — останніх спадкоємців по чоловічій лінії князя Романа II Великого, правління Юрія ІІ Болеслава. Цим вирішив скористатись король Польщі Казимир III, загрожуючи князівству. Для протидії цій загрозі Юрій ІІ Болеслав спробував повернути Люблінську землю і на прохання князя хан Узбек надав 1337 року військо для походу. Після нападу на Львів 1340-го Казимира ІІІ на прохання голови боярської ради Дмитра Детька надав 40-тисячне військо для походу на Польщу, що змусило Казимира ІІІ замиритись і тимчасово відмовитись від претензій на Королівство Русі. Лише смерть хана Узбека і наступний тривалий період міжусобиць в Золотій Орді дозволив Казимиру ІІІ отримати у ханів ярлик на правління, за що він сплатив за рік наперед данину і зобов'язався сплачувати її надалі, що номінально робило його васалом ханів.

Стосунки з Московським князівством
За панування Узбек-хана відбулось піднесення значення Москви завдяки одруженню 1317 року московського князя Юрія Даниловича з його сестрою Кончакою і передачі йому права збирати данину замість баскаків. Вірогідно, з нагоди весілля хан подарував князеві золоту тюбетейку, згодом названу шапкою Мономаха. Майже відразу князь випросив у хана дозвіл на перетворення Москви на центр збирання данини з сусідніх Тверського, Владимирського князівств і військо з воєводою Ковгадиєм для захоплення Твері. Однак тверський князь Михайло Ярославич розбив це військо. Юрій Данилович звинуватив тверського князя у смерті Кончаки, через що того після місяця катувань замордували в Орді люди московського князя і хана. У XVI ст. тверський князь був канонізований РПЦ.

Узбек-хан передав ярлик на збирання данини Юрію Даниловичу, який зібрану данину став використовувати для власних цілей, передавши її до Новгороду брату для закупівлі товарів. Син страченого тверського князя Дмитро Михайлович 1322 року поїхав до Узбек-хана, звинувативши Юрія Даниловича у приховуванні зібраної данини. Хан надав йому ярлик на велике княжіння. Князь Юрій Данилович втік від хана і лише через два роки прибув на суд до Орди. Тут він зустрівся з князем Дмитром Михайловичем, який у річницю страти батька його вбив і сам став чекати суду хана. Узбек-хан не міг його пробачити через те, що московський князь був його родичем і після 9-місячних роздумів у вересні 1326 року наказав стратити.

У Твері став княжити середній син князя Михайла Ярославича Олександр, що був одружений з Анастасією — донькою короля Русі Юрія І. 1327 року він брав участь у повстанні міщан Твері, які вбили ханського посла Чол-хана, що прибув збирати данину. Московський князь Іван Калита спішно приїхав в Орду, сповістивши Узбек-хана про подію. Той дав йому ярлик на велике княжіння і 50-тисячне військо. Іван Калита разом з татарським військом і суздальським князем спустошив Твер, Тверську землю. Олександр втік до Пскова, що належав до Литовського князівства. За намовою Івана Калити митрополит Феогност наклав анафему на Псков, що змусило Олександра Михайловича 1337 року приїхати до Узбек-хана, просячи помилування. Той його простив і князь повернувся до Твері. Через нове піднесення значення міста Твер Івана Калита звів наклеп на князя — хан Узбек, родич останнього, наказав замордувати його разом з сином Федором у жовтні 1339 року. Згодом обоє були канонізовані РПЦ. Після цього розпочалось піднесення Москви.

Зносини з іншими державами
Узбек-хан в 1319 році розпочав невдалу війну з Абу-Саїд Багадур-ханом з династії Ільханів і був розбитий на ріці Кура біля Дербенту . Наступного року його брат Газан був розбитий на теренах Грузії.

1321 року атакував візантійську Фракію. 1323 року змусив болгарського царя Михайло I Шишман знову визнати зверхність Золотої Орди. Потім ординське військо у битвах біля Проомосулу і Черномена зазнало поразки від візантійців на чолі із Іоанном Каннтакузином. Узбек-хан у 1325 році атакував Закавказзя, через що ворог у відповідь спустошив його володіння до Тереку. Водночас почалися конфлікти з генуезцями Сугдеї, яка з перервами тривала до 1327 року.

1331 року відбулося нове вторгнення до Візантії, під час якого візантійці  зазнали поразки й відступили до Росокастрона. Імператор Андронік III Палеолог вимушен був визнати зверхність Золотої Орди та почати сплачувати данину Узбеку. 1332 року хан видав венеційцям спеціальний ярлик на право торгувати у своїх володіннях. 1335 року безуспішно атакував нового ільхана Арпа-хана в південному Кавказі. 1337 року, коли візантійський імператор відмовився платити данину, ординське військо сплюндрувало землі до Геллеспонту. 1341 року готувався новий похід, але смерть імператор та посольство на чолі із Д.Кідонісом попередило це.

Урбанізація
Консолідація влади в часи Узбека, його політика ісламізації призвели до значних змін в ординських містах. В цей період було закладено підвалини та в значній мірі сформована своєрідна індустрія державної економіки, повязаної з посередницькою торгівлею між Балканами, Руссю, Кавказом і Мавераннахром в Центральній Азії. Важливим елементом стала централізована система  управління торгівельних шляхів, яку створив Узбек. Вона складалася з даручів (спеціальних чиновників), що слідкували за базарами, митами тощо, перекладачів, погонщиків коней і верблюдів, караван-сараїв уздовж шляхів, системи колодяців та їх охорони. Впроваджено стабільний розмір ввозимого мита — 3%.

Розвиток торгівлі призвів до зростання населення, що призвело до формування духовної та економічної культури, заснованої на монгольських традиціях та  арабських звичаях. При цьому відбувалося знайомство з європейською культурою через генуезців та венеціанців (в меншій мірі — пізанців), які створили близько 28 факторій в межах Золотої Орди. Водночас розширення міст почало призводити до зменшення лісів, байраків, що сприяло ерозії ґрунтів.

Кліматичні зміни
У 1320-х роках починається різький підйом рівня Каспійського моря, викликаний сейсмічною активністю та зміною річища Амудар'ї. В результаті до кінця панування Узбека міста в нижньому Надволжжі та в Надараллі опинилися під загрозою підтоплення. Все це сприяло подальшій аридизації землі. Водночас негативний вплив мала й урбанізація. Втім за часів Узбека ці чинники ще не впливали на економіку Золотої Орди. Негативні наслідни їх стало відчутно лише у 1360-х роках, коли до аридизації додалася потужна посуха.

Шлюбна дипломатія
Був одружений з донькою імператора Візантії Андроніка ІІ, через шлюб племінниці Тулубай споріднився з мамелюцьким султаном Єгипту  ан-Насиром Мухаммедом.

Сім'я та діти

Примітки

Джерела
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 Atwood, Christopher P. Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. New York, NY: Facts On File, 2004.
 Morgan, David. The Mongols. Oxford: Blackwell, 1990.
 Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона: В 86 томах (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890—1907.

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Q: Proof and geometrical significance of $F(n+1)^2-F(n) \cdot F(n+2)$? My son notes that for Fibonacci numbers $F_n$,
$$
 (F_{n+1})^2-F_n \cdot F_{n+2} =(-1)^n
$$

*

*I assume that this is true.
Update:  I see that the proof is already here: Prove the given property of the Fibonacci numbers , so never mind about that part.

*I'm really looking for a good geometrical intuition, since those two terms seem like likely areas in those spiral diagrams.  Is there a direct way to think about this identity geometrically?

A: $$
 (F_{n+1})^2-F_n \cdot F_{n+2} =(-1)^n
$$
So, I am assuming by the spiral you are referring to the golden ratio. deMoivre found a closed-form expression of the Fibonacci numbers.
Binet's Formula:  $F_n=\dfrac{\phi^n-\psi^n}{\sqrt{5}} $ where $\phi$ is the golden ratio given by $\dfrac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}$ and $\psi=1-\phi=-\dfrac{1}{\phi}$ .
$$\left(\dfrac{\phi^{n+1}-(-\phi)^{-n-1}}{\sqrt{5}}\right)^2-\dfrac{\phi^n-(-\phi)^{-n}}{\sqrt{5}}\cdot\dfrac{\phi^{n+2}-(-\phi)^{-n-2}}{\sqrt{5}}$$
Simplifying this expression indeed does give the desired result:
$$(-1)^{n}$$
Note that the golden ratio also satisfies the equation below:
$$\phi^2=\phi+1$$

A: Consider the following diagram, the Fibonacci spiral arrangement of squares up to $5^2$:
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I claim that $5^2 = 3\cdot8+1$. This is equivalent to $A+B = A+C+1$, which simplifies to $C = B-1$. In other words, it remains to show that $3^2 = 2\cdot5-1$, and the rest is induction.


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5 Most interesting coincidences in cricket history
The first-ever international game was played way back in 1877. It's been almost a century and a half and cricket has evolved in a huge way. In fact, it seems to be improving every single day. More than 7500 international games (2365+ Test matches, 4210+ ODIs and 985+ T20Is) have been played so far.
Out of so many, coincidences are a little common. You will tend to find similar patterns between two games separated by years, decades and even centuries. Quite a few players tend to get compared by their scoring patterns and consistency. Coincidences occur between numbers or any sort of stat between players from two different eras as well.
Hence, here we look at the five most interesting coincidences in the history of the game.
1. Scoring 183 and becoming India's next captain
Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: Twitter)
183 is a special and an interesting number in Indian cricket. It is the highest ODI score of three Indian greats. Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, all of them have a career-best ODI score of 183. Moreover, another interesting fact is that, all three of them became the Indian captain soon-after making that score.
It was in the 1999 World Cup that the 'Prince of Kolkata' made that score. In the 21st game of the tournament, Ganguly smashed Sri Lanka to pieces when he struck 183 off 159 balls. And in 2000, after the spot-fixing controversy broke out, Ganguly became the Indian captain.
In 2005, Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 183 when he was promoted to No. 3 in a chase of 299 against Sri Lanka in Jaipur. A couple of years later when most of the seniors opted out of the T20 World Cup in 2007, Dhoni was made the captain. Right after the tournament, he ascended to the ODI captaincy as well but had to wait for a year to reach the helm in Test cricket.
In 2012, during an Asia Cup game against Pakistan, India were chasing 330. Kohli stroked a fine 183 to lead the 'Men in Blue' to a win. A year later, he made his captaincy debut and in December 2014 when Dhoni retired from Test cricket, the Delhi lad took over the captaincy in the longest format. In January 2017, he became captain of all formats.
2. Double tons, Sachin, Sehwag, Rohit and mother of all coincidences
Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: Twitter)
Before 2010, there were a few players who came close to breaching the 200-run mark in ODI cricket. But when it was breached, the first three to do so were all Indians. In fact, the first four double tons were all by Indians. Moreover, there is another big coincidence with all three of those double hundreds.
It was Sachin Tendulkar who became the first man on the planet to register an ODI double ton. He did it against South Africa in Gwalior in 2010. About 18 months later, Virender Sehwag followed his idol's footsteps as he became the second man to do it ODI cricket when he smoked 219 against West Indies in Indore.
But Sehwag had broken the record of the highest individual score. Rohit Sharma did it once against Australia in 2013 but became the first man to score two double tons in ODI cricket a year later. In November 2014, Rohit smashed Sri Lanka to all parts of the Eden Gardens when scored a record-shattering 264.
In 2010, 2011 and 2014, each time the three players scored a double ton, the highest individual score by a batsman in ODIs was broken. But another interesting fact was India won each of those by a margin of 153 runs.
3. Nelson of all Nelsons
Nelson of all Nelsons. (Photo Source: Twitter)
The first Test between South Africa and Australia in November 2011 which took place at the Newlands in Cape Town was a peculiar and a very interesting one. It broke multiple records. We are used to seeing two innings on a single day of a Test match. But in this Test, all four innings were a part of a single day's play (Day two of the Test match).
Australia were 214/8 at the start of the second day. They were bowled out for 284 before lunch. However, South Africa collapsed and were dismissed for 96. All it took Australia was 24.3 overs. Meanwhile, Australia in their third innings suffered a worse collapse. They were shot out for a mere 47 and the innings lasted only 18 overs. Hence, South Africa batted for 18 more overs in the second innings and ended the day on 81/1.
While a manic 23-day wicket day two entered the record books, a very interesting yet bizarre incident occurred on day three. 'Nelson (111)' struck from all corners. South Africa needed 111 runs to win at exactly 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month in 2011 (date was 11/11/11, time was 11:11). Cricket South Africa asked its fans in the stadium to stand on one leg. In fact, umpire Ian Gould also was in good spirits in what was a Nelson of all Nelsons.
4. Michael Clarke + Alistair Cook = Sachin Tendulkar
Michael Clarke, Alistair Cook and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Sky Sports)
Sachin Tendulkar is arguably one of the best batsmen to have ever played the game. No player in the history of the sport has more runs than the Indian master in Tests and ODIs. He has scored 15921 runs in Test cricket and 18426 runs in ODIs. He even has the most hundreds in both formats as well.
Tendulkar retired from all forms of cricket in 2013 and retired with exactly 200 Test matches to his name. However, in December 2013, a weird yet very interesting coincidence was trending. Michael Clarke and Alastair Cook played their 100th Test match together. It was the third Ashes Test which was played in Perth.
After the first innings of that Test match, Cook had mustered 7955 runs in his Test career with 25 Test hundreds. At the same time, 7964 runs with 26 Test tons. When you add them up, it comes up to 15,919 Test runs and 51 Test hundreds. Tendulkar had 15,921 runs and 51 centuries in Test cricket. Hence, at that point of time, it was indeed Michael Clarke + Alistair Cook = Sachin Tendulkar.
5. 1st and Centenary Test: Same teams, same result, same margin
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Australia and England are the oldest Test teams and played the first-ever Test match in the history of the game. That was back in 1877 and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) hosted it. A century years later, the two teams played a Test match to mark the 100th anniversary of Test cricket at the same venue where it all began.
In 1877, Australia batted first and made 245. England replied with 196 giving Australia a 49-run lead. However, the English bowlers came back strongly and skittled Australia out for 104. Needing 154 to start the Test history with a win, England were bundled out for 108. In the Centenary Test, Australia were put in to bat and were shot out for 138.
However, England couldn't capitalize and were bowled out for 95 in return. The Aussies turned the tide and declared at 419/9. England needed 463 but fell agonisingly short as they were all out for 417. In both games, the result went in Australia's favour. Not only that, they won both games by 45 runs.
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Q: Total Variation Distance for continuous distributions in Python(or R) I would like to calculate the total variation distance(TVD) between two continuous probability distributions. I would like to point out that while there are two relevant questions(see here and here), they are both working with discrete distributions.
For those not familiar with TVD,

Informally, this is the largest possible difference between the
probabilities that the two probability distributions can assign to the
same event.

as it is described in the respective Wikipedia page. In the case of continuous distributions, TVD is equal with half the integral of the absolute difference between the two (since I cannot add math notation see this for a proof and for the notation).
So far, I wasn't able to find a tool for my job in Python. I would be interested in one if exists. Also, while I have no experience in R, I understand that is commonly used for such tasks so I would be interested in one as well (TVD calculation is the final step of my algorithm so I guess it won't be hard to read some data from a file, do the calculation and print a number even if I am completely new to R).
I would like to add that I am mainly interesting in normal distributions so a tool strictly for those is more than welcomed.
If no such tools exist, then any help adapting answers from this question to use the builtin probability functions will be of great help as well.
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Viking Queen - finally arrives
Augusta Sun - new name
Asterix arrival
Boxing Day cleanup
Endeavor returns
Halterm crane updates
Sub to Sea
Harry DeWolf takes shape
Salarium - we will need it soon
December 26, Boxing Day, is a holiday for most people in Halifax, and a day to clean up after Christmas. Shipping began to move again after a fierce windstorm that left many without power. Gusts up to 100 kph were recorded in some parts of western Nova Scotia and ferry services to New Brunswick and Newfoundland were disrupted again as they have been for several days. Temperatures in Halifax rocketed up to +7C Christmas Day as heavy rain accompanied the winds, and dropped again to -7C for Boxing Day.
One can only imagine conditions at sea, as several ships waited out the storm offshore or were delayed in arriving. There was of course the usual pre-Christmas rush as several ships finished up their work and got off to sea before the holiday - and the weather.
Irving Oil Woodside played host to the tanker British Sailor December 19 to 21. As usual with Irving Oil imports the ship arrived from Amsterdam via the Ijmuiden sea lock and sailed for Saint John.
From this angle, the background is the now denuded Imperial Oil refinery site, but the ship is berthed at Irving Oil's Woodside terminal.
BP, unlike many other oil majors, still operates a fleet of tankers, but they are no longer the elegant and distinctive vessels of the 1950s and 60s. Although nominally British, (it is flagged in the Isle of Man) the ship was mass produced in 2016 by Hyundai Mipo in Ulsan, and is of the Mid-Range size of 30,948 grt, 45,999 dwt. The larger gross tonnage is apparently due to an extra accommodation deck in the superstructure. See the following
Also beating the rush was the tanker Beryl which arrived from Houston with refined product for Imperial Oil.
A more typical Mid-Range tanker, it measures 29,766 grt 49,990 dwt and was built in 2015 by SPP Shipbuilding Co of Incheon. It sailed early Christmas morning for Come-by-Chance, NL.
A heavy lift cargo arrived at pier 31 on December aboard the Spliethoff "F" class ship Floragracht.
By the time I caught up with her, the green object in the foreground had been unloaded and the ship was
loading what looked like reinforcing steel, using Logistec's mobile crane. The ship's last port was Baltimore, but the cargo could have originated almost anywhere, since these ships trade world wide.
On December 23, the ship was re-stowing tween decks, using its own gear, which consists of three 80 tonne cranes.It sailed later in the day giving Aberdeen. Scotland as its destination.
The 8620 grt, 12,178 dwt ship was built in 2011 by Jiangsu Changbo Shipyard in Jingjiang China, one of six multi-purpose ships of the class in the Spliethoff fleet.
The impressive autocarrier Grande Baltimora made its second appearance in Halifax in as many months. Owned by the Grimaldi Group it was delivering cars to Autoport (likely Fiat products). Unusually however, it then moved to Fairview Cove to unload more RoRo cargo.
Since the Grimaldi Group also owns Atlantic Container Line, it is possible that the ship was carrying some ACL cargo. After that the ship went to anchor to wait out a big blow, and sailed early December 24.
Built by Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, the ship was delivered in July of this year, and measures 62,134 grt, 18,447 dwt and has a capacity of 6700 autos. It also has a 150 tonne stern ramp for other RoRo cargoes.
The tanker Alhena arrived from New Orleans for Imperial Oil, but did not spend long at the dock. It moved to anchor in Bedford Basin early on Christmas morning.
A slight variation in the usual run of handy size tankers, this one was built in 2012 by Guangzhou International in China. Tonnages of 30,240 grt, 52,420 are on the high side for Mid-Range. The Bahamas flag ship is managed by Super-Echo Tankers Management Inc for the obscurely named Nightingale Seacarriers Ltd.
Meanwhile three container ships left port, all delayed by high winds the night before. Since all three were scheduled for about the same time, I chose to go after Dalian Expres, one of the few HAPAG-Lloyd ships on the THE Alliance services, which is almost exclusively carried out in Halifax by Yang Ming and K-Line. ships.
Dalian Express makes the dogleg turn in the Narrows, as the cable ship IT Intrepid lies at its winter base at Pier 9A.
The former Hamburg Express to 2011, is a 7506 TEU vessel of 88,493 grt, 100,006 dwt, built in 2001 by Hyundai, Ulsan, and is about the largest size ship able to transit the two harbour bridges to reach the Ceres terminal in Fairview Cove.
CMA CGM Ivanhoe and Maersk Patras sailed from Halterm at about the same time
After an almost springlike December 24, high winds picked up again Christmas morning, bringing rainy and squally conditions off and on. The tanker Alhena made for Bedford Basin anchorage, since its berth at Imperial Oil was exposed to the brunt of the winds.
Alhena in blustery conditions with the cargo ship Thorco Logos in the background, joined Fagelgracht, another of the Spleithoff "F" class ships, that arrived the night before from Liverpool. UK. There was an afternoon sunny break but it could not cut through the salt laden spume blowing in from sea.
Fagelgracht has some containers on deck forward, but otherwise appears light. The ship may be the first of the winter callers for Spliethoff. The company has a regular schedule to Great Lakes ports such as Cleveland and Chicago in season, but with the St.Lawrence Seaway closing December 31, this ship would not have time to make those calls and exit before shutdown. Last winter the ships called regularly in Halifax until the Seaway re-opened in spring.
With conditions returning to fairly calm, it was a very different picture in Bedford Basin.
Thorco Logos, with its holds fitted for cable transport, has been idle in the Basin since mid- November (aside from a brief stores replenishment visit to Pier 9C December 12 to 14) . Alhena does not appear to have dragged much, and is ready to take bunkers later in the day from Algoma Dartmouth.
Aboard Fagelgracht a crew member attends to some maintenance. He is just visible in orange trousers and yellow coat atop the open hatch.
Among the arrivals today is the impressive research ship Fugro Discovery. It has been hired by Fisheries and Oceans for the Newfoundland Oceanography Monitoring Program normally carried out by CCGS Hudson. That ship's interrupted refit, now due for completion sometime in the spring of 2018 (a year late) has resulted in millions of dollars spent on chartered ships to do its work.
FugroDiscovery's charter alone will be in excess of $880,000 (not including taxes).
Built by the Marynaki naval shipyard in Gdynia, Poland and completed by Mykleburst MV in Gurksen, Norway in 1997, as Tromso the ship served out a ten year charter to the Norwegian Coast Guard as an offshore patrol vessel. It was armed with a 40mm/L60 Bofors cannon and carried out EEZ patrols, fisheries inspections, search and rescue missions and pollution control.
In March 2007 it ended the charter and was sold to the Dutch survey company Fugro and converted to a research vessel, flying the Panama flag. It was fitted with a 16 tonne capacity A-frame and other gear to support a ROV. It has accommodation for 24 persons.
Last year the ship assisted in the unsuccessful search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.
This year Fugro applied for a coasting license to survey the Flemish Pass, Orphan Basin and Carson Canyon off Newfoundland for Nalcor Energy. So far I have been unable to find a record that the license was granted. The application covered the period from mid-August to December 31.
In the background the idle CCGS Hudson lies alongside the Bedford Institute, its refit not yet complete. Also alongside is the decommissioned survey vessel Matthew which has been for sale off an on for several years, without any takers.
Also at the Bedford Institute, two new long range SAR lifeboats, Baie de Plaisance and Pennant Bay are undergoing trials and training before entering service in the spring.
Baie de Plaisance will be stationed in Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, replacing Cap-aux-Meules and Pennant Bay in Sambro, NS, replacing Sambro. They are part of a large order for twenty craft replacing boats on both coasts.
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How does one account for the fact that if you do a FIRECalc model using $1M in January or do it in September, the result will be the same? I would think that if money had 9 months longer to be invested, the results would be different at year end. What am I missing?
Hi, Chince. I'm not a FireCalc expert. Nevertheless . . . I think that FireCalc uses historical results for the performance of the various markets. These results were collected for predetermined periods -- for example, Jan 1 thru Dec 31 of each year. So, the results you get are accurate, strictly speaking, only for the same periods, and, in this example, would not be accurate for Sept 1 thru Aug 31. However, this probably doesn't make much differnce in a practical sense. I would add my own little caution -- if the difference is make-or-break to you, you might be cutting things too close.
Bogart is correct. On the "How it works" page at the Firecalc site, it explains that Firecalc "simply takes a given portfolio on an assumed retirement on 12/31/1871, and adjusts it for actual market conditions with the given (inflation adjusted) withdrawal each year for as many years as you expect to continue making your withdrawals. Then, the web page starts over, assuming retirement was 12/31/1872. Then 1873, and so forth ..."
In FIRECalc, when is the end of year 1? Is it Decamber 31 of the year in which one retires or is it December 31 of the year after one retires?
The first withdrawal is assumed to be Jan 1 the year after you retire, and is based on the 12/31 of the year you retire.
"First year withdrawal: Withdrawals are calculated as of the end of each year, so interest, dividends, and growth continue to be applied until then. This means the first "normal" withdrawal will not take place until up to a year after you begin retirement, if you retire early in the year.
[ ] Check this box if your first year living expenses will have to come out of the amount you entered for the initial portfolio value, above. If checked, your first year's withdrawal will include one withdrawal immediately, prior to any growth or inflation, and a second withdrawal, at the end of the year. Do not check the box if you prefer to handle first-year expenses ouside this model, as recommended by the author. "


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