UNITED NATIONS — U.N. ambassadors from Britain and France said Tuesday they will seek to punish members of the Syrian regime implicated in the use of chemical weapons during the country's civil war, but Russia's envoy said his country would not support any such action.
Ambassadors Matthew Rycroft of Britain and Francois Delattre of France said they are drafting a Security Council resolution aimed at ensuring regime members involved in the use of chemical weapons in Syria will face consequences and that they hope to have it voted on in the coming days.
Delattre said the credibility of the Security Council was on the line after inspectors determined the Syrian regime had used the banned weapons on at least three occasions and that the Islamic State group had used them at least once.
"If the Security Council is not able to react strongly and unanimously when, not only the proliferation, but the use of weapons of mass destruction is at stake against civilian populations then, frankly, there is a big question mark about the credibility of the U.N.," Delattre said.
While Russia supports sanctions against the Islamic State group and other extremists, it has repeatedly rejected sanctions for the government of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, its close ally.
Russia's ambassador Vitaly Churkin said that inspectors — known as the Joint Investigative Mechanism, or JIM — had failed to turn up "enough information to accuse anybody of anything," aside from the single allegation against the Islamic State group.
"We believe first of all that JIM has been working very hard in a very professional way but they've been given a task and put in a situation that won't allow them to produce credible evidence," Churkin said.
Earlier this month, the Security Council approved a one-year extension to the JIM's mandate but Churkin said that Russia supported that measure for the inspectors' deterrent effect and because they were able to expand the mandate to look more closely at terrorists' use of chemical weapons.
Commenting on a proposed Security Council resolution calling for a 10-day pause to allow humanitarian aid into the besieged city, he said he believed it had been overtaken by events.
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Broadening the Toolbox in Drug Development and Analysis
Patricia Van Arnum
Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Technology-01-02-2012, Volume 36, Issue 1
Some recent advances involve strategies for accelerating reaction discovery, approaches for inducing chirality and stereochemical analysis, and applications in nanotechnology for protein elucidation.
Producing pharmaceutical compounds in a cost-effective and operationally efficient way is an ongoing challenge for process R&D chemists. Improving product yield, purity, and enantioselectivity requires a myriad of approaches and tools to enhance process understanding and analysis. Some recent advances involve strategies for accelerating reaction discovery, approaches for inducing chirality and stereochemical analysis, and applications in nanotechnology for protein elucidation.
Accelerated serendipity
Researchers at Princeton University recently reported on the use of "accelerated serendipity," a process involving robotics and high-throughput and automated workflow as a tool in process R&D. The researchers wanted to see whether serendipity could be forced or simulated to occur on a predictable basis in the realm of reaction discovery to provide a reliable platform to access valuable transformations or unexpected reaction pathways (1). The researchers used a high-throughput, automated workflow and evaluated a large number of random reactions and discovered a photoredox-catalyzed carbon–hydrogen arylation reaction for constructing benzylic amines, an important structural component within pharmaceutical compounds that is not readily accessed by means of simple substrates. The mechanism directly coupled tertiary amines with cyanoaromatics by using mild and operationally manageable reaction conditions. The researchers asserted that this carbon–carbon bond-forming protocol can be widely used in the synthesis of benzylic and heterobenzylic amines (1).
"This is a very different way of approaching how we come up with valuable chemical reactions," said David MacMillan, professor of chemistry at Princeton University and co-author of the recent study, in a Nov. 28, 2011, Princeton University release. "Our process is designed specifically for serendipity to occur. The molecules that should be combined are those for which the result is unknown," he said. "In our lab, we used this technique to make new findings in a much more routine and rapid fashion, and we show that if you have enough events involved, serendipity won't be rare. In fact, you can enable it to happen on almost a daily basis."
MacMillan conceived of accelerated serendipity following his doctoral work at the University of California–Irvine during the 1990s, according to the Princeton University release. When envisioning his team's recently reported project, MacMillan calculated that if, in a single day, he ran the equivalent of one reaction per day for three years—nearly 1100 reactions—the odds favored a new discovery, according to the release. The Princeton University researchers began running reactions once a day using a high-throughput, automated reaction accelerator in Princeton's Merck Center for Catalysis.
A key part of the process was applying photoredox catalysis, an approach to synthesize chemical reactions using a low-power light source, according to the university release. MacMillan had earlier reported on the use of photoredox catalysis with organocatalysis in the direct asymmetric alkylation of aldehydes (2). The use of photoredox catalysts in organic-compound synthesis is relatively new comparative to other chemocatalytic approaches and broadened the compounds and reactions under study. For their latest work, MacMillan and his team carried out this process on the molecules before each reaction cycle. In the case of the researchers' recent work, the focus was on benzylic amines, important in many pharmaceutical compounds.
"We quickly realized that any pharmaceutical research chemist could immediately take these very simple components and, via a reaction no one had known about, start assembling molecules with an adjacent aromatic ring rapidly," MacMillan said in the university release. "Instead of having to construct these important molecules circuitously using lots of different chemistry over a period of days if not weeks, we can now do it immediately in the space of one chemical reaction in one day," he said.
Chiral chemistry
Inducing chirality. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed a "top-down" approach to introduce chirality into a nonchiral molecule by using a macroscopic blunt force to impose and induce chirality. "The key is that we used a macroscopic force to create chirality down to the molecular level," said Charles Rosenblatt, professor of physics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in a December 2011, press release and senior author of a recent paper on the research (3).
Specifically, the researchers imposed a macroscopic helical twist on an achiral nematic liquid crystal by controlling the azimuthal alignment directions at the two substrates (3). On application of an electric field, the director rotates in the substrate plane. This electroclinic effect, which requires the presence of chirality, is strongest at the two substrates and increases with increasing imposed twist distortion (3).
Formulation development forum: nanosized dendrimers
The researchers treated two glass slides so that cigar-shaped liquid crystal molecules would align along a particular direction. They then created a thin cell with the slides, but rotated the two alignment directions by approximately a 20-degree angle, according to the university release. The 20-degree difference caused the molecules' orientation to undergo a right-handed helical rotation, or a so-called imposed "chiral twist." Because of the higher energy needed to maintain the naturally left-handed molecules in the crystal, some of the left-handed molecules in the crystal became right-handed, with this shift being the induced chirality. To test for chirality, the researchers applied an electrical field perpendicular to the molecules. If there were no chirality, there would be nothing to see. If there were chirality, the helical twist would rotate in proportion to the amount of right-handed excess. The result was a model involving a trade-off among bulk elastic energy, surface anchoring energy, and deracemization entropy that suggested the large equilibrium director rotation induced a deracemization of chiral conformations in the molecules or "top-down" chiral induction (3).
Stereochemical analysis. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University successfully used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to analyze the stereochemical structure of gold nanoparticles, a potentially important advance in drug development. Determining a nanoparticle's chirality is a key step toward developing them as chiral catalysts.
The researchers reported on the chirality in gold nanoclusters by NMR spectroscopic probing of the surface ligands. The Au38 (SR)24 and Au25 (SR)18 (where, R = CH2CH2Ph) were used as representative models for chiral and nonchiral nanoclusters, respectively (4). The researchers compared the NMR signal from the hydrogen atoms in the nonchiral gold nanoparticle with the NMR signal from the hydrogen atoms in the chiral gold nanoparticle. The NMR method overcame the limitations of circular dichoism spectroscopy in determining the chirality of gold nanoparticles in a racemic mixture. The nanoparticles' chiral core induced the methylene group's two hydrogen atoms to give off different frequencies, a phenomenon known as diastereotopicity.
The researchers compared the NMR signal from the hydrogen atoms in the nonchiral gold nanoparticle with the NMR signal from the hydrogen atoms in the chiral gold nanoparticle. The nonchiral nanoparticle's NMR spectrum did not reveal any differences, but the chiral nanoparticle's NMR spectrum revealed two different hydrogen signals, providing a simple and efficient way of telling whether the particle is chiral or not, even for a 50/50 mixture of isomers, according to a Dec. 7, 2011, Carnegie Mellon University release. The researchers concluded that NMR spectroscopy can be a useful tool for investigating chirality in gold nanoclusters. Since the diastereotopicity induced on the methylene protons by chiral nanoclusters is independent of the enantiomeric composition of the chiral particles, NMR can probe the chirality of the nanoclusters even in the case of a racemic mixture while circular dichroism spectroscopy is not useful for racemic mixtures (4).
Interdisciplinary approaches in chemistry, biology, polymer science, and the new sciences, such as nanotechnology, are important in advancing drug development and drug delivery. Researchers at the University at Buffalo have synthesized tiny, molecular cages that can be used to capture and purify nanomaterials. The traps are derived from a special kind of molecule, so-called a "bottle-brush molecule," which consists of small organic tubes whose interior walls carry a negative charge. This feature enables the tubes to selectively encapsulate only positively charged particles, according to a Dec. 5, 2011, University of Buffalo press release. The researchers reported on the new method for fabricating amphiphilic organic nanotubes from multicomponent bottlebrush copolymers with triblock terpolymer side chains. The obtained nanotubes were highly selective carriers for positively charged molecules and nanometer-size macromolecules by means of liquid–liquid extractions. The researchers were able to discriminate between dendrimers with about 2 nm size differentials (5). These kinds of cages could be used, in the future, to expedite tasks, such as segregating large quantum dots from small quantum dots or separating proteins by size and charge.
"The shapes and sizes of molecules and nanomaterials dictate their utility for desired applications," said Javid Rzayev, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Buffalo and co-author of the study, in the university release. "Our molecular cages will allow one to separate particles and molecules with predetermined dimensions, thus creating uniform building blocks for the fabrication of advanced materials."
To create the traps, Rzayev and his team first constructed a special kind of molecule called a bottle-brush molecule. These resemble a round hair brush, with molecular "bristles" protruding all the way around a molecular backbone, according to the university release. After stitching the bristles together, the researchers hollowed out the center of each bottle-brush molecule, leaving behind a tube-like structure. When building the bottlebrush molecules, the scientists constructed each molecule using molecular structures that disintegrate upon coming into contact with water and around this core, attached a layer of negatively charged carboxylic acid groups. To design the molecule, the scientists immersed it water, in effect hollowing the core. The resulting structure was the trap, a nanotube whose inner walls were negatively charged due to the presence of the newly exposed carboxylic acid groups, according to the university release.
To test the tubes' effectiveness as traps, the researchers designed a series of experiments involving a two-layered chemical cocktail, according to the university release. The bottom layers consisted of a chloroform solution containing the nanotubes, and the top layer consisted of a water-based solution containing positively charged dyes. After shaking, the nanotubes collided with and trapped the dyes, bringing the dyes into the chloroform solution. In similar experiments, the researchers used the nanotubes to extract dendrimers from an aqueous solution. The nanotubes were designed so that dendrimers with a diameter of 2.8 nm were trapped, and dendrimers that were 4.3 nm across were left in solution. To remove the captured dendrimers from the nanotubes, the researchers lowered the pH of the chloroform solution, which shut down the negative charge inside the traps and allows the captured particles to be released from their cages, according to the university release.
1. A. McNally, C.K. Prier, and D.W.C. MacMillan Science 334 (6059), 1114–1117 (2011).
2. D.A. Nicewicz and D.W.C. MacMillan, Science 322 (5898) 77–80 (2008).
3. C. Rosenblatt et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (23), 237804–7808 (2011).
4. R.R. Gil et al., ACS Nano5 (11), 8935–8942 (2011).
5. J. Rzayev and K. Huang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (42), 16726–16729 (2011).
Patricia Van Arnum is a executive editor at Pharmaceutical Technology, 485 Route One South, Bldg F, First Floor, Iselin, NJ 08830 tel. 732.346.3072, pvanarnum@advanstar.com.
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Punjab Congress spokesman Sukhpal Khaira on Thursday ridiculed chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's claim of spending 17 years in jail for the sake of people of Punjab and their rights, challenging Badal to prove this assertion.
"Akali leaders like Gurcharan Singh Tohra and Simranjit Singh Mann had spent much more time in prison than Badal, who actually did not spend more than four years if we recount history," Khaira said at a press conference here.
"I ask Badal to prove the total period of 17 years in jail as claimed by him. Most of his jail term, which does not cross four years in all, was in comfort zones when leaders like Tohra, Mann and my father (Sukhjinder Singh) were kept in isolated cells for months together," Khaira said.
He said he had sought details about the total number of days Badal had spent in jail on different occasions under the RTI Act, but the state home department had replied that there was no such record available.
Khaira said Badal's comparison with Nelson Mandela, by his deputy chief minister son Sukhbir Badal in 2009, was "absolute nonsense".
"Mandela, who spent 27 years in jail in his fight against apartheid and for the freedom of his countrymen, never earned seven-star hotels like Badal. And Mandela never appointed any of his kin as successor, either in the party or as the South African President," Khaira said.
"The assertion of spending 17 years in jail was for self-glorification and for getting titles like 'Fakr-e-Quam'," he added.
The Punjab Congress spokesman said it was not only Badal but also other Akali leaders, like Balwant Singh, who had supported Operation Bluestar.
Khaira produced a letter from slain Akali minister Balwant Singh, dated June 9, 1984, addressed to Indira Gandhi, in which he justified the army action, and further wrote that he would refrain from active politics of the Akali Dal.
Pointing out that Balwant Singh was later killed by militants, Khaira said that Badal's arrest and being kept "in comfort" at Panchmari after June 10, 1984 was rather a blessing for him to escape any untoward situation of giving explanations to the people of Punjab after Operation Bluestar.
When asked why the Congress leaders in Punjab were blaming Badal for Operation Bluestar instead of conveying the party's firm standing on the military action to flush out the militants, Khaira said, "I am a small leader and my personal opinion is that the army action could have been avoided, but I am not saying it as a Congress spokesperson."


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Q: Feasibility of the Aharonov-Bohm effect The Aharonov-Bohm effect is often presented via a region in space where the magnetic field $\textbf B=0$, but the vector potential $\textbf A \neq 0$. Usually, this is motivated via an infinitely long solenoid, which is said to have a vanishing magnetic field outside the coil.
However, if the solenoid becomes infinitely long, it appears to be more and more like an infinitely long wire, which does have a magnetic field surrounding it. So my question is: How can we really prepare a region where $\textbf B=0$, but $\textbf A \neq 0$, considering that an infinitely long solenoid coil looks like a wire?

A: Experimentally, you're never going to get field that's exactly zero. However, it would help to have 2 coaxial solenoids, one wound right on top of the other. Current flows up through one and back down through the other. The solenoid-like field is the same for both, but the wire-like field is opposite and cancels out.

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Ichszydydzi – dynastia rządząca Egiptem w latach 935-969, oraz od 941 Syrią i Palestyną, a od 942 Al-Hidżazem.

Założona została przez Muhammada ibn Tughdża, tureckiego żołnierza najemnego, który został namiestnikiem Egiptu i uniezależnił się od zwierzchnictwa kalifatu w Bagdadzie. Fakt ten kalif Ar-Radi (934-940) uznał oficjalnie w 939 i nadał Ibn Tughdżowi zaszczytny tytuł "ichszid" (oznaczający po persku "księcia"), od którego wzięła nazwę cała dynastia.

Po śmierci Ibn Tughdża faktyczną władzę w Egipcie sprawował czarnoskóry eunuch rodem z Abisynii, Abu al-Misk Kafur, najpierw jako regent jego dwóch synów, których był wychowawcą, a następnie samodzielnie. Udało mu się obronić Syrię i Egipt przed rosnącą w północnej Syrii dynastią Hamdanidów. Za jego panowania tworzył w Egipcie słynny poeta Al-Mutanabbi (ok. 915-965), który zaczynał jako panegirysta Kafura, a następnie naraził się na jego niełaskę i w 961 zbiegł z Egiptu.

Panowaniu Ichszydydów położyła kres szyicka dynastia Fatymidów (969-1171). W 969 Egipt podbiły wojska fatymidzkie pod wodzą Dżawhara as-Sikilli.

Dynastia Ichszydydów

 Muhammad Ibn Tughdż 935-946
 Abu al-Kasim Unudżur 946-960 (syn w/w)
 Abu al-Hasan Ali 960-966 (brat w/w)
 Abu al-Misk Kafur 966-968 (niewolnik Ibn Tughdża)
 Abu al-Fawaris Ahmad 968-969 (syn Alego, zdetronizowany, zmarł w 987)

Zobacz też
 Tulunidzi

Dynastie
Władcy Egiptu
Historia Arabów

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Indonesia AirAsia-vlucht QZ8501 is een vaste lijndienst tussen de Indonesische stad Soerabaja en Singapore, uitgevoerd door luchtvaartmaatschappij Indonesia AirAsia, een dochteronderneming van de Maleisische maatschappij AirAsia. Op 28 december 2014 verdween de Airbus A320-200 met vluchtnummer QZ8501 om 0:24 uur (CET), ongeveer veertig minuten na vertrek uit Soerabaja, van de radar toen het boven de Javazee vloog. Het vliegtuig zond geen noodsignaal uit. Aan boord van het vliegtuig waren 155 passagiers en 7 bemanningsleden.

Er kwam meteen een zoekactie op gang onder leiding van Indonesië. Op 30 december troffen reddingswerkers in de Javazee lichamen en wrakstukken aan die afkomstig waren van het vliegtuig. De zwarte dozen werden half januari geborgen. Eind februari 2015 werd het laatste deel van de romp geborgen.

Verdwijning
Nadat het vliegtuig om 22:35 (CET) was vertrokken vanaf luchthaven Juanda nabij Soerabaja, namen de piloten om 23:12 (CET) contact op met de Indonesische luchtverkeersleiding. Ze vroegen permissie om op 38.000 voet (11.000 meter) hoogte te gaan vliegen in verband met het slechte weer.
Deze toestemming kon niet worden gegeven omdat er al een ander vliegtuig op die hoogte vloog. Om 00:24 (CET) verloor de luchtverkeersleiding het contact met vlucht QZ8501. Het vliegtuig had om 1:30 uur (CET) moeten landen op luchthaven Changi in Singapore.

Vondst en berging
Na twee dagen werden lichamen, reddingsvesten en drijvende wrakstukken van het toestel in de Javazee gevonden. In een ziekenhuis in Soerabaja werd alles klaargemaakt voor het identificatieproces. Op 10 januari werd het staartstuk geborgen. Op 14 januari vond een schip van de Singaporese marine de romp van het toestel. Duikers slaagden er op 23 januari voor het eerst in om tot de romp van het toestel door te dringen. Er werden zes lichamen uit de romp geborgen, maar duikers meldden dat er nog meer lichamen in het toestel zaten. Op 27 januari 2015 meldde de Indonesische marine dat de berging werd gestopt, na een aantal mislukte pogingen om de romp van het vliegtuig te bergen. Eind februari 2015 werd het laatste deel van de romp van het vliegtuig toch boven water gehaald. Tot deze datum waren de lichamen van in totaal 103 personen geborgen.

De zwarte dozen werden op 12 en 13 januari geborgen. Deze worden in Indonesië onderzocht. Het onderzoek zal zo'n zeven maanden in beslag nemen. Volgens een voorlopig rapport van eind januari 2015 toonden de vluchtgegevens van een van de zwarte dozen aan dat de copiloot met het vliegtuig vloog. Hoofdonderzoeker Mardjono Siswosuwarno stelde dat de datarecorder een "vrij duidelijk beeld" gaf van de laatste momenten van de vlucht.

Oorzaak
Het onderzoeksrapport meldt als oorzaak:

....both RTLU (rudder travel limiter unit) failure.... The same fault occurred 4 times during the flight.The flight crew action to the first 3 faults in accordance with the ECAM messages. Following the fourth fault, the FDR recorded different signatures that were similar to the FAC CB"s being reset resulting in electrical interruption to the FAC"s.The electrical interruption to the FAC caused the autopilot to disengage and the flight control logic to change from Normal Law to Alternate Law, the rudder deflecting 2° to the left resulting the aircraft rolling up to 54° angle of bank.Subsequent flight crew action leading to inability to control the aircraft in the Alternate Law resulted in the aircraft departing from the normal flight envelope and entering prolonged stall condition that was beyond the capability of the flight crew to recover.Vrij vertaald in het Nederlands: Naar aanleiding van het meerdere malen falen van beide rudder travel units besloot de gezagvoerder om de circuitbreakers (zekeringen) voor de "FAC's" te resetten(Noot: The Flight Augmentation Computer controleert rudder, rudder trim and yaw damper inputs). Dit resulteerde in het overgaan van de besturing van "normal law" op "alternate law". Als gevolg hiervan rolde het vliegtuig naar links in een helling tot 54°. In een poging om te herstellen uit deze situatie gaf de crew diverse stuurcommando's (Noot: Soms door beide vliegers tegelijkertijd en tegengesteld aan elkaar)'' waardoor het vliegtuig uiteindelijk in een volledige overtreksituatie terechtkwam waaruit het niet meer hersteld werd.

Bemanning en passagiers
Onder de 162 inzittenden bevonden zich 17 kinderen en één peuter. De Indonesische piloot had meer dan 20.500 vlieguren aan ervaring, waarvan 7.000 bij AirAsia. De co-piloot had de Franse nationaliteit. Op een Brit, een Maleisiër, een Singaporees en drie Zuid-Koreanen na kwamen alle 155 passagiers uit Indonesië. Indonesia AirAsia heeft vrijwel direct na het ongeluk de passagierslijst vrijgegeven.

Luchtvaartincident of vliegramp in Indonesië
Luchtvaartincident of vliegramp in 2014


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NEWS: Josh Eccles Signs First Professional Contract
The midfielder has put pen to paper on his first deal...
Alex Lowe
@alexlowe95
We are pleased to announce that midfielder, Josh Eccles has agreed his first professional contract with Coventry City Football Club.
The 18 year-old was a regular in the Under-18 side last season and also featured for Jason Farndon's Under-23 side throughout the 2017/18 season.
Eccles has signed a one year-deal with the Sky Blues, as he looks to continue his development during the 2018/19 campaign.
Upon signing his deal, Coventry City Under-23s boss, Jason Farndon had this to say:
"Josh loves to have the ball at his feet. He is a passing midfielder and he likes to get the ball and dictate play and he is also versatile and able to play in numerous positions.
"He joined the club when he was just 8 years-old and we are looking forward to him continuing his stay with us."


Design an algorithm and write code to serialize and deserialize a binary tree.
the exact same binary tree is 'deserialization'.
and deserialize this string to the original structure.
Our data serialization use bfs traversal.
This is just for when you got wrong answer and want to debug the input.
You can use other method to do serializaiton and deserialization.
@param root: An object of TreeNode, denote the root of the binary tree.
can be easily deserialized by your own "deserialize" method later.
@param data: A string serialized by your serialize method.
Serialize and Deserialize a Binary Tree (pre order).


Be a part of Giant Dances We have huge dance parties on Friday and Saturday night. Come dance with new friends to some incredibly epic Electronic Dance Music.
Make friends with some Great Fandoms Coming to a convention is an experience of meeting other fans. It's cool to just come in costume, hang out, chill, and make new friends.
Be Pampered by the Maid Cafe The Fleur Royale Maid Cafe is a signature AnimeCon.org event, where you are served by your very own maids just like in a Japanese maid cafe.
Dance in The Fantasy Ball Join us for our formal dance, your chance to dress classy and waltz with friends in our ballroom. We will teach you the art and elegance of formal dance if you don't know how.
Rock Out at Cool Concerts Every year C+A+D hosts a number of awesome concerts from all kinds of bands - rock bands, anime bands, Japanese bands, and more.
Play Arcade Games We are excited to feature a room filled with awesome arcade games, which are completely free to play all weekend. This is a rare opportunity to play some incredible games for free.
Get inspired by Japanese Culture We invite special guests presenting elements of Japanese culture, so you can get inspired and understand more about the culture that created anime.
Sell Yourself in the Date Auction Our Date Auction is your chance to find a date to our formal dance. You can sell yourself as a date for one dance in the ball in our auction. ** Many rules apply.
Compete with friends at Gaming Our console gaming room has tournaments and free play all weekend, so you can come compete against your friends.
Keep memories at our Photoshoots Remember all the awesome costumes and your fun times by participating in a photoshoot or getting your picture taken in our studio.
Listen to Awesome Guests We give you a rare inside look at the world behind the industry by giving you access to awesome guests like actors, directors, writers, and more.
Con+Alt+Delete is an anime convention in Chicago, Illinois! C+A+D is happening December 20 - 22, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency O'hare in Rosemont, Illinois. Join hundreds of anime fans in events filled with cosplay, and fun.
Free ramen and Mt. Dew.
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The long awaited opening of the Race Village at St Katharine Docks, London is now just four weeks away today.
On Saturday 22 August the central London marina will be taken over by the Clipper 2015-16 Race with daily live entertainment and free open boat tours, as well as numerous food stalls and merchandise stands.
In addition to all that Clipper Race crew, their supporters and the general public are welcome to attend daily information talks and Q&A sessions with fellow crew and show off their competitive side with remote control model yacht racing.
The daily entertainment will be themed around the fourteen host ports in this, the race's tenth edition, and will include Chinese lions, African drummers, Brazilian dancers and British walkabout bands.
There will also be crew recruitment talks held in the Clipper Race Office at International House at 10am on Sunday 23 August and Friday 28 August at 6pm.
Free open boat tours will run from 11am to 6pm on Saturday 22 – Saturday 29 August as the crew make their final preparations for the first race to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The week of festivities culminates on Sunday 30 August with a spectacular parade of sail along the River Thames when Tower Bridge will open for all twelve yachts to sail through it twice before the teams head off on their 40,000 mile circumnavigation.
The first race will start off Southend on Monday 31st August at 1230 BST (1130 UTC).
For a taste of what lies in store at the Clipper 2015-16 Race Start Village click here to watch our highlights video from the last edition of the race.


PRT (personal rapid transit) is an electric, 200-mpg-equivalent, elevated transit system with many 3 to 4-person vehicles. First deployment of the ULTra PRT system is scheduled for London Heathrow Airport in 2010, to serve Heathrow's new Terminal 5. Working as circulator transit for office parks, airports, universities, and other major activity centers, PRT is faster than a car. In these applications, PRT makes carpooling, BART, Caltrain, and SamTrans bus more effective, by solving the "last mile problem." PRT also enables longer bike commutes and shopping trips. A 3-minute PRT video and Heathrow tour can be found at: http://www.ultraprt.net/cms/. Peer-reviewed market research for two other Bay Area transit-served major activity centers, Palo Alto's Stanford Research Park (SRP) and Pleasanton's Hacienda Business Park, forecasts a PRT-induced commuting mode reduction from more than 80% single occupancy vehicle (SOV) down to 45% SOV. This research forecasts Caltrain and BART profit increasing by $4M per year.
Proposed is a 7-station, 3 miles of one-way guideway PRT system for San Bruno Downtown, BART, Caltrain, transit corridors, and Tanforan. A very rough capital cost estimate is $21M to $45M. The latest PRT cost information may be found at: http://www.ultraprt.net/cms/index.php?page=cost-per-mile-7m---15m.
Faster than a car. PRT trip time from Community Heart to San Bruno BART is less than 3 minutes. Driving time, via Google Maps (assumes light traffic), is 3 minutes, plus additional time spent parking.
Creates a much more convenient multi-modal transit network. Provides a seamless, no-wait transfer from Caltrain to BART and BART to Caltrain.
The PRT system may grow to connect to future destinations such as jobs/housing to the west and/or SFO AirTrain Rental Car station.
PRT systems are being actively pursued in the US for places including San Jose Airport, Santa Cruz, Alameda Point, Minnesota, and Virginia. One of the advantages of a PRT network "is that it offers a lot of flexibility. It's much less expensive than traditional transit. It doesn't serve the same needs as high-speed rail or BART. It's a complement to those systems," Laura Stuchinksy, Sustainability Officer, City of San Jose Department of Transportation. "We've concocted a system where local trips take an auto. That's our biggest tragedy. Streetcars, such as those used in Portland's Pearl District, and elevated people movers, like those in downtown Miami, are moving people from rail stations to their final destinations. But a new concept, PRT, may help revolutionize urban transportation, providing a cost-effective way to get people from train stations to where they need to go." - Peter Calthorpe, Berkeley-based Calthorpe Associates (Alameda Point, etc).


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Also after when installing development tools like gcc git svn etc "Run new application?" message pops up with two monitor icons. The line next icon that should probably tell the name of the application, does not show anything. It is empty so no idea what applications it is suggesting to run..
The UI designers just wanted a global progressbar.
> empty so no idea what applications it is suggesting to run..
I'll mark this part of the bug as a dupe, as the core issue is a design feature, not a bug.


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Q: WebM / MP4 video in Android Chrome version 29.0.1547 WEBM / MP4 LOCAL files (from SD CARD) are not playing for me in the Android Chrome Browser (29.0.1457.59).
When i browse to this page in Android Chrome both the WEBM and MP4 are playing fine.
http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html
But if i download the 2 videos (big_buck_bunny.mp4, big_buck_bunny.webm) in the above URL in my Android Device and access them from the Chrome browser, both the videos are NOT playing for me.
I have also created an HTML page with the following VIDEO Tags. These are not working as well and i just get the BLACK Player with the controls.
<!doctype html>

    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title></title>

    <video id="vid_1" controls>
        <source src="file:///mnt/sdcard/big_buck_bunny.mp4" type="video/mp4">

Your browser does not support H.264/MP4.

    </video>

    <video id="vid_2" controls>
        <source src="file:///mnt/sdcard/big_buck_bunny.webm" type="video/webm">

Your browser does not support WebM.

    </video>

Thanks

A: Seems to be fixed in the latest beta v30.0.1599.50
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en


Our local football club, Ipswich Town, are not doing very well at the moment. Currently 8th in the Championship they are unlikely to qualify for a play-off place this year, unlike last year. I remember last season a commentator saying that Town were playing '10% above themselves'. Everybody expected them to push on and do great things this season – but the warning signs were there in that statement. You cannot sustain playing 10% above yourselves and our position in the league this year does reflect a 10% drop in performance. We hear managers talking about expecting 110% of their players – but that is unsustainable.
Is that how we treat ourselves? Do we set ourselves such high standards internally, often to compensate for low self-worth, that we have set ourselves up to fail? If we are comfortable with ourselves, we can give 100% in a consistent and enjoyable way. If our view of ourselves is say, 20% lower than where it should be, we will always be striving for 120% to compensate.
Recently I picked up a lung infection. It was very unpleasant, with a temperature that made my joints ache and made breathing difficult. We took time out one day on the Norfolk coast. First stop was Blakeney and here I decided to breathe the sea air in as deeply as I could. I also had the bright idea of a little run to 'get my system going.' I ended up worse than when I started. Later that day we arrived at Thornham where I normally take a good three mile walk. I decided to do a shorter version and this time I would walk slowly, within my capacity. By the time I completed the walk I felt rested and refreshed – even though I had just walked 2 miles. I had to learn to work within my capacity.
Are you putting yourself under pressure? Are there voices in your head telling you that if you were a good man, woman, husband, father, wife, mother, friend, brother – or whatever – you would be doing more? Does it feel like who you are and what you do is never enough?
Someone asked John D. Rockefeller – a very wealthy man – 'How much wealth does it take to satisfy a person?' He replied, 'Just a little bit more.' Have you gone through life feeling that, if only you could do that 'little bit more', you would be the person you were meant to be? That is unsustainable. In the end something in our spiritual, emotional and even physical system breaks down and we are left feeling an utter failure.
Paul wrote, 'think of yourself with sober judgement.' Be sensible about yourself. Don't ever try and be someone you are not, or someone else. Enjoy being you and expect others to do the same.
I really love this comment from Paul and think I will keep it with me. I very recently had to do a presentation... I must add here presentations/public speaking fills me with terror and dread, I don't like failing and so I think put myself under pressure to give 120%.
I have learned from this talk but not sure how and where to take this further.
I hope you have improved from your lung infection and now feeling a lot better and stronger.
The key here Mindy is the way we feel about ourselves. If we know we are have 100% value before the Lord we don't need to strain. We need to be able to 'just be' and not have 'to do' all the time. That comes from our walk with the Lord, learning to be comfortable in his presence, specifically learning to value our introvert so we can be still in our innermost being. To do that we need to talk, share what we are feeling so we learn to stop rubbishing ourselves. In other words, allow God's Spirit, often through a Christian brother or sister to help us to get God's view on who we are.
I really identified with this bible insight. From school it was always said about me 'could do better'. I've carried this view of myself into adulthood and tended to work under unnecessary pressure to be acceptable. Only when God's view overrides our own is it possible to relax in our skin - I still have to slow down and remind myself occasionally but by believing God's view even when I don't feel it is half the battle won.


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Why You Shouldn't Use YouTube for Enterprise Videos
With 3 billion searches per month, YouTube has become the second-largest search engine after Google. Yet, it is far from being an ideal platform for business use. In the following blog post, we name a few reasons why businesses should reconsider hosting their business videos on YouTube and feature the alternative—CorporateTube—everything you'd expect from YouTube and more, plus an enterprise-focus.
Have you ever asked yourself, "can't I just upload my company videos to YouTube?" After all, it offers free hosting and makes it easy to share videos with others. However, and on the flip side, YouTube has some pitfalls that are important to be aware of. Here are a few of the main ones:
One of YouTube's most considerable drawbacks has to do with its security and privacy settings. The platform is public by default and, as such, offers companies a limited number of security features that are not up to par with stringent, enterprise-level security protocols.
Are Your Company Videos Truly Secure?
For example, YouTube's users can change their privacy settings to either private or unlisted, but none of these options is granular enough. Private mode means the videos are made available to the uploader alone, whereas unlisted mode allows users to not only access but also share "private" content via a direct link, making content vulnerable to various security breaches.
Not to mention, YouTube operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. Google is an American corporation with eight large data centers, and various cloud sites spread across the world. As a result, users have no control over where their videos are stored or processed.
CorporateTube, on the other hand, provides admins with full control over their videos distribution and user rights. They can decide who can access which content, verify their identity, and assign them with certain rights and roles (e.g., editing, downloading, etc.). Common, advanced security features include deletion time, tokens, and even geo-blocking.
Unlike YouTube, CorporateTube stores and processes video data within the movingimage enterprise video platform. The platform is hosted on European, ISO 27001-certified servers, making its range of products GDPR-compliant.
One of the strongest arguments against using YouTube for enterprise videos is content ownership. In theory, copyrighted material is a legal right. However, by uploading a video to YouTube, you forfeit your copyrights by complying with the platform's terms of Service, including royalty-free and non-exclusive rights over your content.
In other words, any user, including your competitors, can use, reproduce, distribute, and prepare derivative works of your videos. Let it sink in.
Moreover, YouTube reserves the right to stop its video hosting and delivery services at any given time. According to its terms and conditions "Content is the responsibility of the person or entity that provides it to the Service. YouTube is under no obligation to host or serve Content."
CorporateTube, on the other hand, is a private video portal, allowing you to maintain your copyrights and prevent any unauthorized bodies from using it or even accessing it in the first place. It goes without saying that the Service cannot interfere with uploaded content, remove it, or stop streaming at its own discretion.
Branding and Focus
While YouTube offers a host of features, branding is not one of them. If you switch between different channels on YouTube, you may notice the look and feel is almost identical.
The platform does offer some extent of customization. Yet, much like its security features, those are very limited. In fact, the only way users can customize their content is by adding a profile picture and/or a banner to their YouTube channel. Users can't change the video player, colors, and related videos, determined by YouTube's algorithm. Not to mention, they can't change the ads appearing before, during, or on top of their videos. In fact, and according to section 4 of YouTube's terms and conditions, they can't include any promotions or other advertisements in their video.
CorporateTube Video Portal, on the other hand, allows users to customize the portal and brand it as their own in terms of colors, logo, fonts, and video playlists.
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See What Our CorporateTube Looks Like
Success Manager and Support Teams
With nearly 2 billion monthly users, it's virtually impossible for YouTube to offer dedicated customer service. Users can only rely on community forums and generic online articles to solve their problems on their own.
Unlike YouTube, movingimage offers its customers a suite of support services: from dedicated account managers to success managers, to support teams, to video experts. All are available at their customers' disposal from the very beginning.
CorporateTube: the Enterprise Alternative to YouTube
Luckily, there is a business alternative to YouTube. Such is movingimage CorporateTube, a portal that offers companies and enterprises a YouTube-like video portal for effective internal and external corporate video communication.
The portal operates as a central video hub covering a wide range of use cases and enterprise requirements such as data protection, scalability, and enterprise-level security, allowing organizations to save time and money, improve workflows, and promote corporate digitalization.
Video Portal for companies: What Are the Advantages?
Video content for companies is an indispensable part of modern corporate communication.
It envelopes key qualities that other conventional media typically lack, streamlines communication between departments and employees, and unlocks a wide variety of business use cases.
Among other things, you can use video to:
Optimize onboarding, simplify training, share knowledge
A video portal in your company can serve as the core of all educational video resources. Companies use videos to onboard new team members, create targeted learning programs to train existing employees, and facilitate the transfer of knowledge beyond individual teams to the entire organization.
Increase commitment, strengthen employee loyalty, promote transparency
A dedicated video platform is an integral part of your social intranet. It offers you a unique opportunity to enhance your employer branding and nurture special programs (e.g., Employee Brand Ambassador Program). You can also use it to strengthen your corporate culture, instill work ethics, and add an interactive layer.
Inspire customers, solve problems, save money
Video adds clear value to your customer care initiatives and supports your brand by illustrating, and thus simplifying, even the most complex topics. In addition, video is the ideal format to minimize time and cost expenditures and enhance customer satisfaction.
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Millions of euros behind dialysis
About a year ago, two PASOK deputies who have both received kidney transplants submitted a proposal to Parliament. Dimitris Pipergias and Yiannis Diamantidis proposed broadening the law to allow organ donation by family members up to the fourth degree and non-relatives with close ties to the patient, subject to approval by a special committee. The proposals were popular, and the consent of the late Archbishop Christodoulos had been secured («We would be the first to donate an organ,» he told the deputies) but the bill was not accepted. At the time, Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos promised that within a month he would submit a draft bill incorporating many of the proposals. Eleven months down the line, nothing has been done. «It was to be expected,» Diamantidis told Kathimerini. «Millions of euros are at stake with dialysis. There is organized opposition to making the organ donation system more flexible, so that the use of filters, drugs and machines continues. There is no other explanation. The Greeks, who are so emotional, cannot be the laggards of the EU. The situation is being perpetuated because it serves someone's interests.»
North of Cyprus set for revamp
Public convinced Siemens bribed
Ship firm told to clean up mess
Stores agree to bin plastic bags
Stress plagues men calling sex helpline
'I couldn't bear the waiting list anymore'


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The Plenary makes society's collective knowledge¹ on current issues² accessible to everyone³.
We incorporate multiple ways of knowing to construct society's best emergent understanding of a given topic. That means respecting and communicating insights from across sciences, scholarships, and traditional knowledges. We also recognize that the best information changes as our methods and foundations improve, so we also include the skills and mindsets that promote ongoing updating as evidence evolves.
General science communication, museum education, and other informal learning devices are all powerful tools for adults to continue their education outside of school. We believe the gap is in topical and digestible resources that provide an interdisciplinary, nuanced account of current knowledge on pressing, current issues, such as bias, sustainability, mental health, and economics.
Movements like Open Access and many internet outlets have made incredible strides towards financially accessible information (i.e. that everyone can afford). Outreach initiatives like Nerd Nites, The Conversation, and Ted Talks also do important work making information technically accessible (i.e. that non-experts can understand). We work to also ensure our efforts are psychologically accessible, which we define as feeling as if the event or resource was designed with you in mind. This means evaluating the human aspect of design: is representation of people of all backgrounds and abilities present in both the design and content? Does it break stereotypes about what science is and who it's for? Does it start a meaningful conversation rather than assume the public has a deficit that needs to be filled? We believe that engaging learning opportunities that are financially, technically and psychologically accessible to everyone is key to individual and societal success.
The Plenary supports informed, curious, and reflective communities through usable knowledge, immersive educational experiences, and community building.
The heart of democracy is education — specifically understanding of the self, others, and information (as well as the interactions between them). These principles are rarely taught in school and, historically, those in power have been known to leverage them to manipulate the body politic for personal gain. Thus, a resilient and autonomous democracy is aware of the invisible psychological and systemic forces that shape society.
Sustainability starts with intention. Our society has been built largely by a series of reactions. Systems are often inertial and new innovations are often fastened on top of old ones. Discoveries are made and implemented without much attention to their downstream implications. As society grows increasingly complex and the unintended consequences of unsustainable systems come to a head, it is becoming vital to rethink our assumptions and foundations and design thoughtful, intentional solutions, with the future in mind.
A truly equitable society is reflective, adaptable, and maintains a power structure that is representative of all of its people. To support an equitable future, we need to analyze and improve upon institutions that disproportionately and negatively impact members of historically marginalized groups. We need to understand the biases embedded in ourselves and our systems, so that we can intentionally counter their impact through the design of checks, balances, and patterns of progress that are proactive, self-aware, and inclusive.
Humans are innately curious. Unfortunately, the impacts of our social groups and echo chambers can limit our openness to new experiences and evidence. We need to cultivate a culture of curiosity that no longer celebrates overconfidence. We need to cultivate communities that normalize being wrong sometimes, that prioritize exploration of criticism through reflective practices, that reward growth, and that see lifelong change as a key ingredient to all of our successes.
The Plenary is committed to effecting change through evidence-driven, equitable, and novel designs that scale.
Everything we do is filtered through the lens of several disciplines and communities. In particular, we prioritize the amplification of voices from members of historically marginalized groups across fields. Additionally, we consider and evaluate all perspectives on a given topic — paying particular attention to beliefs across partisan lines — even if those perspectives are not mainstream.
To effect change we must translate usable knowledge into meaningful action. We want to make sure everyone who experiences our events and resources is prepared to take a next step. Whether that is a follow-up resource, a specific call to action, or an opportunity to get involved, we want each experience to be a gateway to the next one.
Complexity can be engaging if broken down into component parts. We reject clickbait headlines and sensationalized claims in favor of context and frameworks that support engagement. We contextualize and balance our claims so that they reflect the best current knowledge on a given topic, even if that topic is complicated.
No risk, no reward. In addition to using tried and true strategies from across the psychological and learning sciences in our designs, we always make space for play and experiment. By welcoming designers, artists, and inventors into the planning room, we create a sandbox for new ideas to flourish and be put to the test.
We do our best to devise informed frameworks built on the foundation of decades of scholarship in public understanding of science, science communication, learning sciences, and other relevant fields. Of course, that doesn't mean we've thought of everything or will get it right the first time. We commit ourselves to the same practice we preach: keep evaluating, keep reflecting, and keep changing as the evidence is updated.
We recognize that everyone starts at a different point physically, psychologically, financially, and academically. We prioritize creating access points that work for as many people as possible, in particular those who have often been marginalized in information and science communication efforts historically. We encourage feedback from individuals who feel their needs are not being recognized and met.
The Plenary designs creative fusions of the things we know, the things that matter and the things we love to do.
We chose the name "The Plenary" for a reason.
Plenaries are often the center point of conferences and summits. Everyone is invited to come together to learn about a topic of utmost importance. The roots of the term are about being full and complete, which to us means prioritizing inclusivity and nuance.
We believe society needs a few thoughtfully designed plenaries of its own. We're giving the concept new life by providing grassroots teams with the tools and training they need to create powerful gatherings for their community to explore and reflect on the issues that matter most.
Our team identifies urgent topics to focus on and brings together an interdisciplinary team of leaders who can provide a diverse range of perspectives on them. Together with our contributors, they become the project's "Collective". Each Collective pools their knowledge and ideas at a weekend retreat where they're charged with crafting the event and campaign using The Plenary framework.
At the end of the weekend, Collective members gather to provide a public "Preview" into the upcoming Plenary topic through talks and panels. This fundraising event is also recorded and made freely available once the resources launch.
Each topic's resources will be tailored by the advice of the Collective. Topics will include an immersive experience -- typically an event -- designed using The Plenary's framework that blends art, science, technology, and games. We work closely with a wide range of communities to welcome them to these events. Additional resources may include supplementary courses, pop-up events, trivia, or media that reinforces or provides additional access points into the themes of the year.
At the end of each year, these resources are added to The Plenary's library. Over time, the library will become a hub of collaboratively crafted resources on critical current issues.
The best resources are useless if you can't get the word out. We use traditional, social, and new media platforms to promote resources and design a campaign around each topic. We partner with other organizations and support their doing the same.
The goal is to build a network of individuals and organizations to collaborate on large scale educational campaigns around the annual topic. By focusing and coordinating our efforts, we can have a greater impact on the status quo.
Scalability is critical to meaningful impact. We work closely with creative makers and engineers to develop event toolkits that can be feasibly copied and shared. We partner with libraries, student groups, neighborhood associations, churches, schools, and museums -- anyone with the necessary passion and humanpower is eligible to host a local event.
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February 28, 2012 | Russ Baker
Politicians' Religious Beliefs Are Generally Fair Game
The GOP candidates' struggle to outdo each other in appealing to Christian fundamentalists continues. Rick Santorum, the current favorite of this constituency, topped his previous plays with his remark that John F. Kennedy's famed 1960 speech on the importance of a separation between religion and government "makes me throw up."
The separation of church and state is not some abstract notion, nor is it a means of oppressing people. It very reasonably keeps people from imposing their religious beliefs on other people. These are not beliefs that can be objectively measured or empirically tested—like, say, the hypothesis that public spending can affect employment levels. Religious beliefs may be comforting or helpful to some people, but no matter how deeply felt, they can have no place in a rational, shared system of managing outcomes for all Americans.
Yet because of the current political climate in this country, we're not supposed to talk about any of that. The other day, the New York Times op-ed columnist Charles Blow got in a little trouble. He tweeted an admittedly rude and rather inappropriate remark about an eccentric element of Mitt Romney's faith—the belief that wearing special underwear literally protects the person from harm.
Blow was hit with a barrage of criticism, and quickly apologized—which makes sense given the contextual irrelevancy and vulgarity of the comment. As a proud single parent, he was responding to a remark of Romney's implying that single-parenting is per se bad for kids, and he should have stuck to that point in his rejoinder.
But that doesn't mean that Romney's avowed Mormon faith is incidental to his view on single-parenting or that a candidate's religion is always out of bounds in political discourse. There are a number of valid questions that can be asked about practices of the Mormon Church, and their potential impact on policy decisions of a political leader of that persuasion.
One question would be about the effect of Mormon missionary work around the world, at a time when people of other faiths may strongly resent the presence of people trying to convert their children to a faith so clearly identified with American interests.
Another would concern the repeated, pernicious practice of posthumously baptizing Holocaust victims—obviously without their permission and presumably against what would be their wishes. Stephen Colbert made this point when he tweeted: If Mormons Posthumously Baptize Holocaust Victims, I'll Posthumously Circumcise Mormons
There's no reason we can't talk about these things. And plenty of good reasons we should talk about them.
Making fun of religious beliefs is intellectually pointless since such beliefs by definition are beyond rational argument. ("Faith" is what you proclaim when you have no objective evidence for a particular belief.) Yet there's an inherent double standard in the way we chuckle about Scientologists and "Xenu" or various cults that bubble up before quickly disappearing, when one could argue that, empirically, all beliefs about miracles, supernatural interventions in the natural course of events, etc. are delusions designed to comfort us in times of trouble—or distract us from the recognition that if we act in concert we can make life better by and for ourselves.
At the same time, questioning religious belief systems in terms of how they affect other people is certainly legitimate—a lot more legitimate than the subtly racist rhetoric aimed at Barack Obama. Clearly, we don't choose what race we are born into, or what nationality, or even what religion. However, we certainly do decide, as adults, the values and beliefs we live by—whether or not they match what we were taught as children.
The fact is, we shouldn't ridicule or question people for attributes or circumstances that are beyond their control, and that certainly includes their ethnicity. For example, an ESPN writer was rightly fired recently for the mobile headline "Chink in the Armor," about the Chinese-American basketball player Jeremy Lin.
But when someone consciously embraces a particular religion and set of tenets, then asks to be selected to run this country, those beliefs could be seen as relevant—for praise or criticism, or even humor. That's part of a vigorous discussion, and central to freedom of speech. Also, those who seek public office in a country where declared religious beliefs are at or near the center of the discussion of values can, and should, expect scrutiny and even criticism of those beliefs.
Now, Stephen Colbert is a humorist, so he has special license, but, really, isn't the practice of posthumously baptizing those who would not have wished to be baptized something that can be discussed? And, given that Romney allots a substantial portion of his income to the Church of Latter Day Saints, why is it not okay to examine this practice and wonder what it says about prospective President Romney? If a leading candidate was a Muslim of any stripe, or, say, a Hasidic Jew, we would expect close scrutiny of what those beliefs entailed and what they might say about the values and likely actions of a future president (concerning, for example, the reproductive rights of women). Because if one's religious beliefs have nothing to do with practical matters—well, why have them? And why tell others about them? And why reference them, explicitly or implicitly, when one seeks votes?
And what of the practice of other public figures—athletes, entertainers, etc.—choosing to openly draw attention to their beliefs? These figures inject their faith into the public arena as part of their brand. Does that make them fair game for criticism of those very beliefs? If so, should only those who explicitly draw attention to their beliefs face scrutiny? What about people who proclaim belief in religions that explicitly discriminate against other citizens – as official policy of the Church of Latter Day Saints did against blacks until 1978 and as the Catholic Church and other religious institutions do today against gay people? If a person's faith has consequences that impact other people, why should that faith be out of bounds for public discussion?
Some of the online criticism of Charles Blow, an African-American, came from those who couched their protests in an overtly racist manner. Why do those critics think that skepticism toward religious beliefs is somehow worse than racism—or than the kinds of comments routinely directed at those from other backgrounds and countries that don't fit into an America-centric, Christian-centric world view? What about the ways in which at least some of the Republican candidates implicitly but very obviously take swipes at those who are different through constant references to "American values" and "Christian values"?
Is the idea of special non-armored undergarments providing protection more or less credible than believing that one goes to heaven and is provided with sensual pleasures, including 72 virgins? Or the attitude toward the deity that prescribes the yarmulkes and tzitzit worn by religious Jews? Or ostentatiously displayed crosses, or anything else of this nature? Can someone's belief in anthropogenic Climate Change more legitimately be attacked or ridiculed than faith in a God—who believers insist— would never let environmental harm come to his chosen flock (unless and until he deemed such punishment appropriate)?
In fact, isn't the battle over religious beliefs and the secular practices they influence a central part of our political debate today? Isn't evidence of anti-scientific, superstitious views a legitimate consideration when we choose whom we want to administer scientific funds, set broad educational policy, or consider whether to go to war with people who have different cultures, values and ideas?
If so, how can we not talk openly—even critically—about religious beliefs in choosing our leaders?
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Coritiba Foot Ball Club is een Braziliaanse voetbalclub uit de stad Curitiba in de staat Paraná. De club werd op 12 oktober 1909 opgericht door Duitse immigranten en hun nakomelingen. Coritiba staat ook wel bekend als 'Coxa', hetgeen afgeleid is van de bijnaam voor haar supporters 'Coxa-Brancas' (witte dijen). Coritiba's belangrijkste titels en prijzen zijn het Braziliaans kampioenschap in 1985, het kampioenschap van de Série B in 2007 en 2010, 38 kampioenschappen van de staat Paraná en de winst in het 'Torneio do Povo' van 1973. Het thuisstadion is het in 1932 gebouwde Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira dat aan 37.182 supporters ruimte biedt. In 1972 werd in het noorden van Brazilië de club Itabaiana Coritiba FBC opgericht, die naar Coritiba vernoemd werd. De grootste rivaal van Coritiba is Atlético Paranaense, gevolgd door Paraná Clube.

Geschiedenis

Oprichting
Het jaar 1909 is belangrijk voor alle fans van Coritiba. In dat jaar was het Frederico Fritz Essenfelder die de leden van de 'Clube-Ginástico Teuto-Brasileiro' (de Duits-Braziliaanse Gymnastiek Vereniging) voor het eerst kennis liet maken met een voetbal. Een deel van de leden begon regelmatig wedstrijdjes te spelen en besloten uiteindelijk een voetbalclub op te richten, die 'Coritibano Football Club' moest gaan heten. Op de avond van 12 oktober 1909 werd de club in het oude Teatro Hauer opgericht.

Tijdens een vergadering op 21 april 1910 werd de clubnaam officieel veranderd naar 'Coritiba', de naam van de hoofdstad van Paraná in de oude spelling, om vergissingen met de societyclub 'Clube Coritibano' te voorkomen. Tijdens deze vergadering werd bovendien de eerste bestuursverkiezing gehouden, met de volgende uitslag:

 Voorzitter: João Viana Seiler
 Vicevoorzitter: Arthur Hauer
 1e Secretaris: José Júlio Franco
 2e Secretaris: Leopoldo Obladen
 1e Penningmeester: Walter Dietrich
 2e Penningmeester: Alvim Hauer
 Aanvoerder: Fritz Essenfelder

De eerste wedstrijden
Op 23 oktober 1909, elf dagen na de oprichting, speelde Coritiba haar eerste officiële wedstrijd.
Een team van spoorwegmedewerkers uit het nabijgelegen Ponta Grossa stuurde Coritiba met een 1-0 nederlaag terug naar huis. Het team van Coritiba in deze eerste wedstrijd bestond uit: Arthur Hauer, Alfredo Labsch, Leopoldo Obladen, Robert Juchsch, Carlos Schlender, Fritz Essenfelder, Carl Maschke, Waldemar Hauer, Rudolf Kastrup, Adolpho Müller, Emílio Dietrich, Erothides Calberg en Arthur Iwersen.

De tweede wedstrijd vond plaats op 6 januari 1910, ook in Ponta Grossa en tegen dezelfde tegenstander. Dit keer werd het 1-1. Als tegenprestatie voor deze twee wedstrijden nodigde Coritiba haar tegenstander uit voor een wedstrijd in Curitiba. De eerste officiële wedstrijd ooit in Curitiba werd met 5-3 gewonnen door de thuis spelende ploeg.

Herkomst van de naam
In het begin van de twintigste eeuw werd de naam van de hoofdstad van Paraná op twee verschillende manieren geschreven: Coritiba en Curityba. De meeste kranten en documenten uit die tijd gebruikten de naam Coritiba, en die werd dan ook aangenomen als de naam van de club. Ook de clubkleuren zijn op een geografische link gebaseerd: de kleuren wit en groen zijn de kleuren van de vlag van de staat Paraná.

Bijnaam
De bijnaam van Coritiba is Coxa, afgeleid van coxa branca, hetgeen witte dij betekent. De naam werd ironisch genoeg in 1941 bedacht door de latere voorzitter van aartsrivaal Atlético Paranaense: Jofre Cabral e Silva. Tijdens de grote klassieker Coritiba - Atlético Paranaense (Atletiba) bleef deze opmerkingen maken naar Hans Egon Breyer, verdediger van Coritiba. Hij beschuldigde de speler van Duitse oorsprong van landverraad, verwijzend naar de oorlog in Europa. De toekomstig voorzitter sprak tijdens zijn relaas de volgende woorden: "Wie Braziliaan is zou voor Atlético moeten zijn! Coritiba heeft een Duitser in het team, Breyer, witte dij (coxa branca) daar!" Hij bleef de speler de rest van de wedstrijd coxa branca noemen.

In het begin waren zowel de fans als Coritiba's voorzitter Couto Pereira niet erg blij met de bijnaam. Door de jaren heen contracteerde Coritiba echter spelers uit alle hoeken van het land en verloor het haar Duitse karakter. Hiermee werd 'coxa branca' van een licht racistische opmerking een soort link naar de wortels van de club, die ook door de supporters geëerd werd.

Het eerste kampioenschap
In 1916 wint Coritiba haar eerste prijs. Coritiba zelf had de finale van het kampioenschap van de Associação Paranaense de Sports Athlético gewonnen en mocht daarmee voor het algehele kampioenschap van de staat uitkomen tegen Britânia, dat kampioen geworden was van de Liga Sportiva Paranaense. In deze tweede editie van het Campeonato Paranaense won Coritiba in haar eigen nieuwe stadion 'Parque Graciosa' met 2-1.

Actuele situatie
In het afgelopen decennium heeft Coritiba vele hoogte- en dieptepunten beleefd. In 2005 degradeerde de ploeg, om twee jaar later kampioen te worden in de Série B. In 2008 had de club een goed seizoen, maar in 2009 werd de druk van het eeuwfeest te veel. Er werden geen prijzen gepakt en toen na afloop van het laatste duel bleek dat de club zelfs gedegradeerd was, braken er rellen uit in het stadion.

In 2010 verwachtte niemand veel van de club. Het stadion moest beter beveiligd worden, de CBF verlangde een recordboete, en de eerste tien wedstrijden moesten buiten het eigen stadion gespeeld worden. Toch wist de club een zeer goede campagne neer te zetten en won het zowel het onder leiding van Ney Franco staatskampioenschap als het kampioenschap van de Série B. In 2011 wist de club een groot deel van de spelers te behouden, hetgeen tot een ongekende rij overwinningen leidde. Het staatskampioenschap werd, voor de derde keer in de historie, zonder nederlaag gepakt. Na een historische 6-0-overwinning op Palmeiras heeft het team bovendien al 24 overwinningen op rij geboekt, een nationaal record.

Stadions

Jockey Clube
Het eerste probleem voor de in 1909 opgerichte club was het verkrijgen van een speelveld. Met João Viana Seiler aan de leiding lukt het de club een geschikt veld te vinden in de wijk Guabirotuba (vandaag de dag Prado Velho), waar vandaag de dag de katholieke universiteit PUC-PR staat. Het terrein werd beschikbaar gesteld door de Jockey Clube in Curitiba, maar moest wel nog enkele veranderingen ondergaan. De spelers zelf gingen aan het werk; zij effenden het terrein, plantten gras, timmerden doelen in elkaar en kalkten de lijnen op het veld. Bij de openingswedstrijd tussen Coritiba en Tiro Pontagrossense waren meer dan 500 mensen aanwezig. Coritiba won met 3-1.

Parque Graciosa
In 1915, toen Coritiba voor het eerst aan een competitie deelnam (het net opgezette staatskampioenschap), besloot het bestuur van de club op voorstel van clublid Epadminondas Santos, een eigen stadion te gaan bouwen. Om in de wijk Juvevê geplande stadion te kunnen bekostigen werden 500 obligaties uitgegeven. Een jaar later, in 1916 al, was het stadion klaar, en won Coritiba meteen haar eerste prijs in haar nieuwe thuisbasis. In mei 1927 wordt het exploitatiecontract voor Parque Graciosa opgezegd, met als resultaat de zoektocht naar een eigen terrein.

Belfort Duarte
Het geld dat nog uit het contract te halen is echter niet genoeg, en weer wordt er hulp gezocht. Een lening wordt afgesloten en de voorzitter, Antônio Couto Pereira, gaat op zoek naar een stuk grond dat makkelijk toegankelijk is voor het publiek en geschikt is voor de bouw van een stadion. In 1928 koopt Coritiba een stuk grond van 35.000m2 aan de Rua Ubaldino do Amaral, in de wijk Alto da Glória. Op 20 november 1932 wordt het nieuwe stadion 'Belfort Duarte' geopend. In het openingsduel verslaat Coritiba de tegenstander América, uit Rio de Janeiro, met 4-2.

In de jaren 50 is de fanbasis van de club inmiddels zo groot geworden dat een groter stadion nodig lijkt. Vanaf 1956 begint een serie aan loterijen die uiteindelijk genoeg geld moeten opbrengen om het stadion te verbouwen. Twee jaar later gaat het Belfort Duarte dicht voor de verbouwing en gaat Coritiba over naar het stadion van aartsrivaal Atlético Paranaense: het Estádio Joaquim Américo. In een tergend langzaam tempo wordt er aan het stadion gewerkt. Het duurt uiteindelijk tot 1972 voor de verbouwing af is; het Belfort Duarte biedt dan plaats aan 55.000 mensen. Het is in dit stadion dat Coritiba de nog altijd onovertroffen reeks van zes opvolgende staatstitels weet te winnen (1971-1976). Ook het 'Torneio do Povo' wordt hier gewonnen.

Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira
In 1977 wordt het stadion Belfort Duarte hernoemd; om de oud-voorzitter die Coritiba als eerst een eigen stadion gaf, te eren krijgt het stadion de naam 'Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira'.

Hoogtepunten

Erelijst
 Campeonato Brasileiro - Série A: 1
(1985)
 Campeonato Brasileiro - Série B: 2
(2007, 2010)
  Campeonato Paranaense 39
 (1916, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2022)
  Torneio do Povo: 1
1973
  Fita Azul: 1
(1972)

Campeonato Brasileiro
In de jaren 1980 was het ondenkbaar dat een team uit een andere staat dan 'de grote vier' (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais en Rio Grande do Sul) kampioen zou worden, totdat Coritiba in 1985 het taboe doorbrak onder leiding van trainer Ênio Andrade. In de eerste fase wint Coritiba de terugronde, hetgeen kwalificatie tot gevolg heeft. Uit dezelfde groep kwalificeren zich ook grootheden als Atlético Mineiro en Corinthians, terwijl Palmeiras, Botafogo FR, Grêmio en Fluminense tot de achterblijvers behoren.

In de tweede fase komt Coritiba in een groep met Sport Recife, Joinville en Corinthians. Coritiba won de groep en kwam in de halve finale een oude bekende tegen: Atlético Mineiro. Thuis wint Coritiba met 1-0, en uit wordt er met 0-0 gelijk gespeeld. In het Mineirõ wordt Coritiba's keeper Rafael de grote held door in een wedstrijd waarin zijn doel werkelijk van alle kanten wordt gebombardeerd, zijn doel schoon te houden.

In de finale speelt Coritiba tegen Bangu. In een vol Maracanã, vol met supporters uit Rio die allemaal achter Bangu stonden, sleepte Coritiba een 1-1 uit het vuur, dankzij een doelpunt van de aanvaller Índio. Bij de penalty's wordt het 5-5, maar dan mist Bangu's spits Ado de zesde penalty van zijn club, en maakt Coritiba's centrale verdediger Gomes het sprookje compleet. Tot dat moment had nog nooit een team uit een andere staat dan de grote vier voetbalstaten het nationale kampioenschap, dat in 1970 werd opgericht, binnen kunnen halen. Coritiba was bovendien de eerste club die de nationale titel naar Paraná bracht, hetgeen pas in 2001 door aartsrivaal Atlético Paranaense herhaalt kon worden.

 Trainer: Ênio Andrade
 Opstelling: Rafael; André, Gomes, Heraldo en Dida; Almir (Vavá), Marildo (Marco Aurélio), en Tobi; Lela, Índio en Édson

In 2005 degradeerde Coritiba naar de Série B. Het zou echter niet lang verblijven in deze tweede divisie van het Braziliaans voetbal. Na in 2006 al een tijdje bovenaan te hebben gestaan, werd in 2007 het kampioenschap behaald, zoals onder 'actuele situatie' al beschreven is.

Campeonato Paranaense
In 1915 werd voor het eerst de 'Campeonato Paranaense' gehouden; het staatskampioenschap van Paraná. In de tweede editie pakte Coritiba meteen haar eerste titel door in de finale te winnen van later zevenvoudig winnaar Britânia. Vanaf de jaren 20 wordt het staatskampioenschap vooral een strijd tussen de twee grootste teams en aartsrivalen Coritiba en Atlético Paranaense. Tot nu toe leidt Coritiba de strijd met 35-22.

De grootste successen behaalt Coritiba tussen 1968 en 1979. In deze tijd wint Coritiba 10 van de 12 staatskampioenschap, waaronder zes opvolgende kampioenschappen van 1971 tot 1978. Alleen Atlético Paranaense (1970) en Grêmio Maringá (1977) slagen erin een nog grotere reeks te voorkomen door Coritiba in de finale te verslaan. In '69, '72, '73, '74 en '78 lukt het Atlético echter niet. In de andere jaren worden União Bandeirantes ('69 en '71) en Colorado ('75, '76, '79) verslagen.

Vanaf 1989 duikt Coritiba in een zwart gat. De Paranaense wordt gedomineerd door het uit een fusie opgerichte Paraná Clube, en Coritiba verliest twee finales. Het duurt tot 1999 voordat Coritiba weer een titel pakt. Zij doet dit door datzelfde Paraná in de finale te verslaan. De zoetste overwinningen in de recente geschiedenis is die van 2004. Na een 2-1-overwinning in het eerste finale duel in het Couto Pereira, wordt aartsrivaal Atlético in haar stadion Joaquim Américo op 3-3 gehouden. Coritiba pronlongeert daarmee de titel van 2003 ten koste van haar grote rivaal. Een jaar later herhaalt de finale zich. Coritiba wint wederom het eerste finaleduel, dit keer met 1-0 dankzij een goal van rechtsback Rafinha (nu Schalke 04). Het uitduel gaat met diezelfde cijfers verloren. Atlético Paranaense neemt daarop de penalty's beter (4-2) en voorkomt het derde kampioenschap op rij voor Coritiba. In de edities van 2006 en 2007 weet Coritiba niet tot de finale door te dringen. In 2006 wint ADAP op penalty's de halve finale en in 2007 wordt Coritiba in de halve-finale uitgeschakeld door later kampioen Paranavaí.

In 2008 behaalde Coritiba weer op klassieke manier het kampioenschap: na een ronde eerder Paraná te hebben vernederd, werd in de finale thuis met 2-0 gewonnen van Atlético Paranaense en in de terugwedstrijd kon de aartsrivaal dit niet meer goed maken. In het jaar van het 100-jarig bestaan van de club, weet de grote rivaal Coritiba echter voor te blijven in een staatskampioenschap met een nieuwe opzet, hetgeen trainer Ivo Wortmann de kop kost. Een jaar later wordt de titel echter weer binnengehaald en in 2011 zelfs op weergaloze wijze geprolongeerd. Met twee remises en twintig overwinningen is de beste campagne in de laatste 90 jaar neergezet.

Torneio do Povo
Het Torneio do Povo (toernooi van het volk) werd tot en met 1972 gespeeld door vier teams die elk het meest aantal fans hadden in hun eigen staat. In 1973 werd besloten om het aantal afgevaardigde staten te verhogen tot zes, en behalve Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais en Rio Grande do Sul, mochten ook Paraná en Bahia een team afvaardigen. Als team met de meeste fans mocht Coritiba dus aansluiten bij Flamengo, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro, Internacional en het eveneens nieuwe Bahia.

In de openingswedstrijd wint Coritiba met 2-1 van Atlético Mineiro in het Mineirão te Belo Horizonte. Ook al speelde Coritiba goed, alles en iedereen schreef het vooral af op geluk. Maar ook in de rest van het toernooi blijft Coritiba goed spelen, en verliest alleen één keer van Bahia (1-0) in Salvador. Een overwinning (2-0) op Flamengo en een gelijkspel (0-0) tegen Corinthians zorgen er echter wel voor dat Coritiba door mag naar de tweede fase.

In het Maracanã werd er gewonnen van Flamengo, en ook Corinthians werd opzij geschoven in het eigen stadion. Voor de laatste wedstrijd tegen Bahia had Coritiba dus aan een gelijkspel genoeg. In de laatste wedstrijd in Salvador opende Aladim al snel de score waardoor Coritiba met 1-0 aan de leiding ging. Vanaf dat moment werd het de wedstrijd van scheidsrechter José Marçal Filho, die volgens de lokale kranten uit die tijd een buitenspeldoelpunt voor Bahia goedkeurde en een onterechte penalty gaf. Bahia leidde bij rust met 2-1.

In het begin van de tweede helft drukte de scheidsrechter nog een keer zijn stempel op de wedstrijd door Hidalgo en Cláudio Marques van het veld te sturen, waardoor Coritiba nog maar negen man op het veld had staan. De trainer Tim haalde onmiddellijk Negreiros en Leocádio van het veld om ze te vervangen door Dreyer en Reinaldinho. Bovendien stuurde hij Hélio Pires naar de spits en zette hij Zé Roberto op linksbuiten om Hélio van goede voorzetten te voorzien. In de 76e minuut kwam het antwoord van Coritiba: Zé Roberto passte naar Hélio, die dankzij een fout van zijn directe verdediger en het goed uitspelen van de keeper de 2-2 kon aantekenen. De stand bleef zo en voor het eerst in de geschiedenis van het Braziliaanse voetbal kon Coritiba een nationale prijs terug nemen naar Paraná.

 Voorzitter: Evangelino da Costa Neves
 Trainer: Tim (Elba da Pádua Lima)
 Team: Jairo, Orlando, Oberdan, Cláudio, Nilo, Hidalgo, Negreiros, Sérgio Roberto, Tião Abatiá, Hélio Pires, Zé Roberto, Néo, Dreyer, Aladim, Reinaldinho

Fita Azul
De Fita Azul is een prijs die wordt uitgereikt aan teams die een buitenlandse campagne ongeslagen hebben afgesloten. In eerste instantie werd de prijs door de bond (CBF) zelf uitgereikt (aan Portuguesa en Santa Cruz), maar vandaag de dag heeft de sportkrant Gazeta Esportiva er een persprijs van gemaakt nadat het CBF de prijs afschaftte.

In 1972, na campagnes in Europa en Afrika in 1968 en 1970, ging Coritiba wederom op wereldreis. Met sterren als Zé Roberto, Dreyer, Hélio, Cláudio Marques en Leocádio trok het team door Turkije, Marokko en Algerije en speelde tegen het Turks nationaal elftal, Fenerbahçe, Portuguesa, M.C. Algerois, WRS en het Marokkaans Olympisch Elftal. Na zes wedstrijden keerde Coritiba terug naar Brazilië met vier overwinningen en twee gelijke spelen, en werd daarvoor beloond met de Fita Azul.

Copa Libertadores
De Copa Libertadores is de Zuid-Amerikaanse equivalent van de Europese Championsleague. Dankzij het kampioenschap in 1985 mag Coritiba voor het eerst meedoen aan het prestigieuze toernooi. In de editie van 1986, die gewonnen zal worden door River Plate, komt Coritiba in een groep met Barcelona SC, Deportivo Quito (Ecuador) en Bangu (Brazilië). Alleen Deportivo Quito slaagde erin Coritiba te verslaan (1-0), maar datzelfde Quito en Bangu worden op hun beurt verslagen door Coritiba. In de groep eindigt Coritiba op de tweede plaats, met slechts één punt achterstand op groepswinnaar Barcelona, waardoor het internationale avontuur al ophoudt.

In 2003 haalt Coritiba weer de Libertadores. Voor het eerst in 68 jaar wordt Coritiba ongeslagen staatskampioen en dankzij een 2-0-overwinning op Criciúma in de laatste speelronde van het Campeonato Brasileiro wordt Coritiba 5e, hetgeen recht geeft op een plaats voor de Libertadores aangezien kampioen Cruzeiro al verzekerd was van een plaats door de Copa do Brasil te winnen. In een groep met Sporting Cristal (Peru), Rosário Central (Argentinië) en Olímpia (Paraguay) lukt het Coritiba weer niet om zich te kwalificeren. Met 8 punten haalt Coritiba de derde plaats, achter Sporting Cristal en Rosário Central, en is wederom uitgeschakeld.

Dieptepunten

1989-1995
De zwartste periode uit de geschiedenis van Coritiba loopt van 1989 tot 1995. In 1989 wint Coritiba het staatskampioenschap, en alles lijkt er op dat Coritiba een goede kans heeft zich te kwalificeren voor de tweede fase van het Braziliaans kampioenschap. De supporters vonden het team beter dan in 1985 toen het nationale kampioenschap behaald werd. Zij hopen dan ook dat spelers als Edu Coimbra (de broer van Zico), Tostão, Serginho en Chicão hun team naar nieuwe grote successen kan brengen. Alles zag er rooskleurig uit, totdat de CBF (Braziliaanse bond) alles in de war schopte.

Het begint allemaal met de wedstrijd tegen Sport op 4 oktober 1989. In het Couto Pereira betreedt een supporter van Coritiba het veld om de held van 1985, doelman Rafael die dan voor Sport speelt, te bedanken. Coritiba wint wel met 2-1, maar moet twee wedstrijden op een neutraal veld spelen. Coritiba wijkt uit naar Juíz de Fora (MG) voor de wedstrijd tegen Santos. Op de 22e oktober stond de beslissende ronde voor groep B van het campeonato brasileiro gepland, en voor Sport Recife, directe concurrent, stond er een wedstrijd tegen Vasco da Gama uit Rio op het programma. Laatstgenoemde moet echter drie spelers afstaan aan het nationale elftal voor een wedstrijd tegen Italië, en de wedstrijd van Sport wordt verplaatst naar 25 oktober. Coritiba accepteert dit niet en wint bij het sporttribunaal een kort geding waardoor de wedstrijd tegen Santos ook verplaatst moet worden naar 25 oktober. Op de 22e echter, verschijnen zowel Santos als een bondsscheidsrechter op het veld in Juíz de Fora, en Coritiba verliest het duel omdat zij niet zijn komen opdagen. De volgende dag verwerpt het CBF het oordeel van het sporttribunaal en de voorzitter van het CBF, Ricardo Teixeira, schorst Coritiba wegens grove overtreding van regels. Als straf mag Coritiba een jaar lang niet meedoen aan geen enkele nationale competitie, waardoor zij verbannen wordt naar de série B en uitgesloten van de Copa do Brasil.

In het opvolgende jaar krijg Coritiba met een leegloop te maken, en verliest het in de finale van het Campeonato Paranaense van Atlético Paranaense. De verschillende klappen nog steeds niet te boven, heeft Coritiba het slechtste jaar ooit en degradeert zelfs naar de série C. Waar de CBF echter eerder de grote boosdoener was, is zij nu de redder. Door een herstructurering blijft Coritiba in de série B. In 1991 laat Coritiba wel goed voetbal zien, maar tot promotie komt het niet; in de beslissende wedstrijd verlies Coritiba op penalty's van Guarani. Wel wordt de halve finale van de Copa do Brasil gehaald, waarmee bijna internationaal voetbal wordt afgedwongen. Pas in 1995, met een 3-0-overwinning op Atlético Paranaense, keert Coritiba terug naar het hoogste niveau.

2005
Ondanks een goed begin in het Campeonato Paranaense is 2005 het nieuwste rampjaar voor Coritiba. Met een behoorlijke campagne bereikt het team de finale van het staatskampioenschap, en na de 1-0-overwinning in de eerste finaleronde leek de uitgangspositie voor het derde kampioenschap op rij niet slecht. Maar Atlético Paranaense liet zich niet een derde keer op rij in eigen huis foppen. In de laatste minuten van de wedstrijd sleepten zij een 1-0-overwinning in de wacht en vervolgens namen zij de penalty's beter.

In het landskampioenschap begon Coritiba niet slecht, en na een aantal wedstrijden stond het stevig in de middenmoot. Met het aanbreken van de transferperiode in Europa echter, verloor Coritiba enkele van zijn belangrijkste spelers. Rafinha ging na zijn succesvolle optreden op het WK voor spelers onder de 20 naar Schalke 04, Adriano werd verkocht aan Sevilla en Fernando zocht zijn geluk in Portugal. Met het geld dat vrij kwam werden geen goede versterkingen gehaald, en in de terugronde verloor Coritiba dan ook 8 wedstrijden op rij waardoor het richting degradatiezone ging.

Op het moment dat de rode streep in zich kwam, begon Coritiba echter weer te spelen en punten te pakken, en het leek er op dat zij de degradatie nog konden ontsnappen. Het grote Flamengo, een handje geholpen door de bond die het wedstrijdschema aanpasten en het trainingscomplex van de bond beschikbaar stelden, begon echter nóg meer te winnen, waardoor Coritiba toch in de gevarenzone terechtkwam. Ondanks goede overwinningen kwam Coritiba toch niet meer van de 19e plek af. Tegen São Caetano, een directe concurrent, kwam het niet verder dan een gelijkspel, en ook op de laatste speeldag hielp de 1-0-overwinning tegen gigant Internacional niets omdat ook de directe concurrentie haar wedstrijden won. Daarmee is Coritiba voor het eerst in de historie op sportieve prestatie gedegradeerd naar de Série B.

De rellen van het Eeuwfeest: 2009
Na een indrukwekkende terugkeer naar de hoogste afdeling in 2008, dat met een behoorlijke negende plaats werd afgesloten, verloor Coritiba voor het seizoen 2009 sterspelers als Keirrison. In 2009, het jaar van het eeuwfeest, moest de club minimaal één prijs pakken. Het makkelijkste doelwit, het staatskampioenschap van Paraná, eindigde echter in een teleurstellende derde plaats. Alles werd daarom ingezet op een eindoverwinning in de Copa do Brasil 2009. Coritiba haalde uiteindelijk de halve finale en maakte een uitstekende indruk, maar verloor over twee wedstrijden met 3-2 van Internacional.

De Série A had het ondertussen verwaarloosd, waarvan een degradatieplek het logische gevolg was. Met een 5-0-overwinning op latere kampioen Flamengo behaalde Coritiba pas na anderhalve maand haar eerste overwinning. Vanaf dat moment begon de ploeg echter langzaam omhoog te krabbelen en een kans op continentaal voetbal leek steeds groter te worden. Met slechts een half dozijn wedstrijden te gaan leek degradatie erg onwaarschijnlijk, maar een verbazingwekkende reeks van het als gedegradeerd beschouwde Fluminense zorgde ervoor dat Coritiba toch in de degradatiezone terechtkwam. Met nog één wedstrijd te gaan, nota bene tegen Fluminense, had Coritiba alles in eigen hand. Een overwinning thuis zou de club behouden voor de Série A. De wedstrijd eindigde echter in 1x1 en dus degradeerde Coxa, onverwacht, wederom naar de Série B. Na afloop van de wedstrijd betraden rond de 100 fans het veld. De fans van Fluminense konden door de beveiliging tegengehouden worden. In het tumult raakten verschillende politie-agenten en scheidsrechters lichtgewond.

In de disciplinaire zaak die volgde wilde het CBF een voorbeeld van Coritiba maken. Vrijwel unaniem werd een straf van 30 wedstrijden buiten het eigen stadion opgelegd, geflankeerd door een boete van enkele honderdduizenden euros. In verschillende andere procedures en hoger beroepen werd uiteindelijk duidelijk dat ook de bond en andere instanties in bepaalde opzichten blaam troffen. Daarmee werd de straf gereduceerd tot 10 wedstrijden en een vergelijkbare geldboete. Wel duurde het tot halverwege de staatscompetitie tot het stadion weer vrijgegeven werd, waardoor Coritiba effectief zeven thuiswedstrijden miste. De eerste tien thuiswedstrijden in de Série B werkt Coritiba af in Joinville.

Spelers
*Update: 6 mei 2013.

Bekende oud-spelers
 Reinaldo Felizbino - Lela
 Rafael Cammarota
 Aroldo Fedato
 Hamilton Guerra - Miltinho
 Jairo
 Manga
 Bequinha
 Hermes
 Zé Roberto
 Dida
 Krüger
 Dirceu
 Alex
 Pachequinho
 Liédson
 Tcheco
 Miranda
 Zé Roberto (de Oliveira)
 Robert
 Rafinha
 Adriano
 Henrique
 Wilton

Referenties

Zie ook
 Atletiba, Atlético Paranaense
 Paratiba, Paraná Clube

Externe links
 Officiële website
 Coxanautas
 Império Alviverde
 Kampioenschap 1985
 Torneio do Povo 1973

Voetbalclub uit Paraná (staat)
Sportclub in Curitiba
Braziliaanse voetbalclub


Mrs. Kostyra used Polish borowik mushrooms in this recipe, but dried porcini work just as well. Martha made this recipe on Cooking School episode 308.
1. Place the mushrooms in a small bowl. Add water and let soak overnight. Transfer mushrooms and soaking liquid to a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the mushrooms are tender, about 40 minutes. Drain mushrooms, reserving soaking liquid. Coarsely chop mushrooms; set aside.
2. Add barley to a small saucepan with 3 cups stock. Bring to a boil and let simmer until the barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Stir in butter; set aside.
3. In a medium saucepan, bring the remaining 7 cups stock to a boil with the carrots, celery, and reserved mushrooms and soaking liquid. Stir in the cooked barley mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
4. In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream and the flour. While stirring, slowly add 1 cup of the stock. Stir into soup with dill. Serve immediately.
Polish borowik mushrooms are available from the Polish Art Center, 9539 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, MI 48212; 888-619-9771 or www.polartcenter.com.
Absolutely fantastic. I found this recipe while looking for a way to re-create the Polish mushroom barley soup I remember from the Polish restaurants of the East Village, in NYC. So few ingredients (count them!) and so much flavor. I'm obsessed. I used dried porcinis, which worked perfectly.
how long did you cook the soup once you put the barley in the boiling stock at the end? did you stir in the sour cream while the soup is boiling?
An addition to my comment above: Use the sour cream and flour (listed as optional). You'll be glad you did. And don't stint on the black pepper and salt.
The addition of the carrot gave some nice color and the celery some delicate flavor. Our guests liked the soup very much, we served it with a slice of southern cornbread. To the leftovers tomorrow we'll add some cooked barley for a mushroom-barley soup.


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