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Q: Correct way to resize srcset images What is the correct way to resize srcset images? For example say I have an image that is 2000 x 1337. I resize it to 255 x 170. For 2x srcset should it be:

*

*510 x 340 (based on current image)

*510 x 339 (based on original image)

Edit
To clarify I want to know how srcset works. For example if I use the 510 x 339 image (technically more correct dimensions based on the original) for 2x will the browser "create" a 510 x 340 container (current dimensions x 2) and then resize the 510 x 339 image to fit inside it?

A:

With srcset, the browser does the work of figuring out which image is best
In the simple example above, all we're doing is telling the browser about some images that we have available and what size they are. The browser then does all the work figuring out which one will be best.
Mat Marquis demonstrated this by showing how the browser approaches it with math. Say you're on a device with a screen width of 320px and is a 1x (non-retina) display. and the images you have are small.jpg (500px wide), medium.jpg (1000px wide), and large.jpg (2000px wide).
The browser goes:
Lemme do some quick math that nobody cares about except me.
500 / 320 = 1.5625
1000 / 320 = 3.125
2000 / 320 = 6.25

OK, so since I'm a 1x display, 1.5625 is the closest to what I need. It's a little high, but it's the best option compared to those other that are way too high.
Now another browser visits the site. It's also a 320px display but it's a retina (2x) display. That browser does the same math, only then goes:
OK, so since I'm a 2x display, I'm going to throw out that 1.5625 image because it's too low for me and might look bad. I'm going to use the 3.125 image.
See how that's already useful? You're letting the browser do the work of figuring out what's best for it rather than you trying to figure it out

To what you asked specifically that change in one or two pixel does
  not matter .What you should be looking at is basically for higher
  pixel density the large image will be loaded
and for 2X just use double the width 100% percent precision is not
  required
  and for getting the width you want you can use the w descriptor:

The actual implementation where you'd want a different size image (different height, width) on different screen sizes is accomplished by using sizes attribute along with the w descriptor of srcset attribute. Let's again learn through a couple of examples:
Example 1
Say you want the image to be viewed in half of the viewport width. You'll type:

The browser will now decide which image to download based on the browser width and the device pixel ratio. For example:
If the browser width is 500 CSS pixels, the image will be displayed 250px wide (because of 50vw). Now, this is equivalent to specifying:
srcset="images/space-needle.jpg 0.8x, images/space-needle-2x.jpg 1.6x,
images/space-needle-hd.jpg 2.4x"

So, for a 1.5x display, images/space-needle-2x.jpg will be downloaded by a browser, since it gives a device-pixel ratio of 1.6x (which is most suitable for a 1.5x display).
EDIT 1:-
And what you are actually looking for is rather than srcset.You dont want your images to be blurred in resize or what you call responsive images should maintain its orginal quality and do not blurr.
I have added the Q&A from SO regardiing the same issue here
which explains the use image-rendering css property
EDIT 2:-
img{

      image-rendering: -moz-crisp-edges;
    image-rendering: -o-crisp-edges;
    image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast;
    -ms-interpolation-mode: nearest-neighbor;
    image-rendering: pixelated;
}

The issue regarding image rendering on scaling can be addressed using the image rendering css proprety upto and extant try it out on the scaled image .Documentation is given below.
On the question whether browser will change the size of image by adjusting the image to fit to the container size answer is ie changing from 539 to 540 :-
NO it wont srcset depending upon the constraints used only takes the best picture suited for that display wrt pixel density or screen size which ever may be the given contraint.Rest depends upon the css .
Simple example without srcset
https://jsfiddle.net/f03hwb7p/1/
https://drafts.csswg.org/css-images-3/#the-image-rendering
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/image-rendering
Image downscaling with CSS … Images are blurry in several Browsers
http://heygrady.com/blog/2012/05/25/responsive-images-without-javascript/
External Reference 1
External Reference 2
Orginal Article from where this paragraph was taken
W3c examples adn explanation

A: The correct way is option 1: 510 x 340 (based on current image)
If you use 510 x 339 (based on original image) the browser will just stretch it until it fits inside the 2x box.
The image you use must have dimensions divisible by 2 (for 2x) or 3 (for 3x) otherwise the browser will resize it even if you don't have a width or height set.

Test 1 - 600x300 (3x) image inside 200x200 img container on Chrome, Nexus 5

This image originally contains a circle, as you can see the browser stretches the image to fill the 200 x 200 container.
Test 2 - 600x600 (3x) vs 600x599 (3x) image inside 200x200 img container on Chrome, Nexus 5

Checking just in case the browser has some smarts to leave images that are 1px different alone (because it is possible that these images would be the "correct" dimensions). Doesn't seem to.

A: If your image container is fixed to 255 x 170, do the math for
(2x = *2) = (CurrentImageSize * 2 = x)
Ratio is calculating lowest to high (Ascending)
e.g.
iPhone: 57 x 57 (1x)
Retina iPhone: 114 x 114 (2x)
iPad: 72 x 72 (3x)
Retina iPad: 144 x 144 (4x)

Technically: if (1x = 57) then (2x = 114)
Demo Example: https://webkit.org/demos/srcset/

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Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:07 - Updated Thu, 07 Nov 2019 07:36
Hockey: Académica, Petro close regular stage of national tournament
Luanda - The senior teams of roller-skate hockey of Académica and Petro, both from Luanda, will face each other this Thursday evening, in the match of the ninth and last round of the Regular Phase of the roller-skate hockey national championship, a game set to happen in Cidadela Pavilion, in the country's capital.
Académica, Petro close regular stage of national tournament
Photo: Antonio Escrivao
Deemed the most regular squads of the competition, with 21 and 19 points respectively, the encounter between Academica and Petro is being awaited with much expectation and with the predictions pointing to a very balanced match, despite the fact that both are already qualified for the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, before this match and for the same round will play Exército versus Marinha de Guerra, 1º de Agosto versus Instituto Técnico Militar (ISTM) and Sagrado Coração de Jesus versus Estado Maior, while Codefa will rest.
The last qualified of this phase will be left out of the next stage, while the first four will dispute the semi-finals, in the robin-round system of three round.
Standing:
1. Académica de Luanda – 21 points
2. Petro de Luanda – 19
3. Marinha de Guerra -14
4. 1º de Agosto - 13
5. ISTM - 9
6. Exército - 9
7. Estado Maior General - 4
8. Codefa - 4
9. Sagrado Coração de Jesus - 0.
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2014 COUS COUS FEST IN SAN VITO LO CAPO
From: 19/09/2014 - To: 28/09/2014
Place: san vito lo capo
It has been told the program of the seventeenth edition of the Cous Cous Fest in the beautiful San Vito Lo Capo, which has received this important recognition of the 5 sails from Legambiente and the Italian Touring Club for the beauty and cleanliness of the sea and the beaches and the efficiency of the services offered - 5th place, but equally prestigious in the national ranking of guidablu.
It could not be otherwise given the exponential growth in terms of tourist numbers and satisfaction that the event made its debut record to date.
This is why it is good to start talking about it even now, even if the highly anticipated event will be held from the 23rd to the 28th of September. Not surprisingly, Sicily and San Vito, were recently counted by the famous newspaper Repubblica as among the best destinations as regards the summer program of events.
(picture from www.couscousfest.it)
An appointment that has continued for sixteen years, with the delicious typical dish of couscous from Trapani always at its centre, inherited from ancient traditions and much more distant places, geographically speaking. A symbol of good cooking but also of integration, making it a veritable cultural ans social event , thus going beyond the simple culinary aspect. Not only tastings and culinary delights in the Gourmet Village will come to life, but also performances and the participation of national and international artists, in addition to the presence of local craft products with the Expo Village.
The programme of events was published on the 10th of August and there will be the presence of the internationally acclaimed chef Claudio Sadler - awarded 2 Michelin stars - or his stellar colleague Giancarlo Morelli, but also chefs of other nationalities, as anticipated at the beginning, such as the Palestinians Hani Kasabri and Oden Abul Hawa.
Last year chefs from Palestine took part - as we wrote, and also confirmed for this new edition are chefs from Israel, Tunisia, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Ivory Coast, and even the United States, for the first time in the history of event. Again this year, all the recipes will be judged by a special jury composed of professional chefs and well-known, renowned journalists and, inevitably, by tasters and "food lovers".
Last year, tourists and visitors were able to attend two concert events free of charge. Not any old singers, but Max Gazzè, a veteran of the Sanremo Festival - with a fun solo album coming out made together with colleagues and friends Nicolò Fabi and Daniele Silvestri - and the extraordinary singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori, who having produced songs such as "Rimmel," "La donna Cannone" and "Generale" does not need any special introduction.
Also of note, the appreciable performance - also free - of Sud Sound System, a characteristic band pioneered by the so-called "Italian ragamuffin", an interesting variant of reggae.
2014 Cous Cous Fest Programme
The event in 2014 will see many new attractions and many confirmed attractions scattered along the streets of the charming village of San Vito lo Capo.
First of all, every day, from 12 to 24, you can visit, on the beach, the reconstruction of a Berber oasis in the event called Al Waha.
Several cous cous houses will be able to be seen at the gastronomic village, from the house of cous cous in San Vito lo Capo to the Mediterranean one, ending in one dedicated to the cous cous in the world.
For the most patient and curious, a cous-cous school has been set up where experienced teachers will pass on the ancient art of preparing this exotic dish.
An Expo village will complete the picture with a stand where you can buy ethnic handicrafts, spices, clothing and much more.
This year, the administration decided to combine two events under the same banner: the Cous Cous Fest and Tempuricapuna event, dedicated to the bluefish that, in past years, had its own event period.
Thus, there will be a space for tasting fried fish in Marinella Piazza San Vito lo Capo, a few metres from the famous beach, every day, from 12 to 24.
But the highlight of each day will be reached in the evening when the lights go out and the live show starts, which this year will see very popular and much loved artists perform.
The program seems still being finalized, but some events have already been organised.
On September 19, Sasà Salvaggio, the well-loved comedian from Palermo, who has starred in several editions of the popular Italian television programme "Striscia la notizia", will entertain the audience with his explosive comedy show "Sasao Meravigliao"
On 20 September it will be the turn of an artist loved not only by Sicilians. Jaka who with his enthralling rhythms of reggae and ragamuffin will make the square of San Vito lo Capo dance whilst singing about the beauty of Sicily and more.
On September 21, more laughter is in store with Ernesto Maria Ponte who will tell us about the paradoxes of modern life with his cabaret show.
Great music, on September 23 for one of the two concerts highlight of this San Vito summer. Pino Daniele will charm and pamper the audience with his soft and poetic guitar. Excerpts from his latest album "The Great Mother" as well as the historical pieces that were as a scaffold to the great blues tradition of Italian pop music.
The Other great musical event of the Cous Cous Fest of San Vito lo Capo is sure to be the concert of Irene Grandi September 24, returning again in Sicily to present his historical repertoire and bubbly: burn the city, are as you want me , let her go are just a few of the pieces that will thrill audiences of San Vito lo Capo.
To close, September 23, with a band as hot as the land from which it comes: Sicily. Let´s talk about that Tinturia with their rhythms and melodies Mediterranee will certainly round off the summer in San Vito lo Capo and this 2014 edition cous cous fest.
But it does not end here, because the show continues until 28 !!!
On September 26, will be up to Tarantolati of Tricarico with their tarante hypnotic and syncopated, from 23:00 to midnight, always in square shrine (let´s enjoy a nice video below)
The 27 will dance with the rhythms of Claudio Coccoluto Vynil set, always in square sanctuary from 23.00 to 12.00 per round off (it´s appropriate to say) September 28th with a parade of fashion, from 20.00 to 21.00 ingentilirà San Vito lo Capo dismissing all those present at the next edition of the Cous Cous Fest!
Other infos can be found on Cous Cous Fest official Website
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An end-times study from the New Exodus perspective
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Two summers ago my book The Second Coming of the Antichrist (now available for free) was published by Tom Horn. At the heart of my book was an in-depth study of an extensive prophetic message from the book of Isaiah, chapters 9-14. This section begins with a warning against Israel that is summed up in Isaiah 9:10, a verse that received a lot of exposure through the success of Jonathan Cahn's book, The Harbinger, and subsequent video. Cahn's work showed the many parallels between the Isaiah 9:10 warning and the terrorist attacks of 9-11 that triggered other events that followed, including the global financial crisis. Cahn's conclusion was that prophetic parallels showed that the USA was on the very same course of pride, corruption, and rebellion that Israel was warned against during the life of Isaiah.
In Isaiah's day the judgment against Israel fell in the form of the invading Assyrians who conquered the northern kingdom in 722 BC, taking the ten tribes into captivity and beginning the great dispersion of Israel in fulfillment of Moses' warnings found in Deut. 28:15-68. Israel's exile from the Promised Land then became complete in 586 BC when the southern kingdom of Judah was invaded and Jerusalem and the Temple were razed by the Babylonians.
The exile of the twelve tribes of Israel then set the stage for the New Exodus predicted by Moses in Deut. 30:1-6, which is the gathering of God's people from throughout the entire world. This New Exodus is also the primary theme of Isaiah 40-55 which predicts the regathering of Israel through the ministry of a mysterious Servant of the Lord. The Gospels draw upon Isaiah to prove that this righteous servant was Jesus of Nazareth, who is God's appointed messenger announcing the way of salvation and leading God's people (now including both Jews and Gentiles) in a New Exodus out of the bondage of sin and death, through the wilderness of this dark world, and on to the promised land of the New Jerusalem.
The second half of Isaiah focuses on the redemption and regathering of God's people under the guidance of their messianic Deliverer, whereas the first half of Isaiah focuses on the reasons for Israel's exile and on the figure that plays the role of the anti-Messiah. In Isaiah 10 we find that God's judgment against the northern kingdom was predicted to come through this figure, who is named Asshur. He was an historical figure whose ancient career was memorialized in many pagan cultures, and in Isaiah's time he was worshiped as the primary god of the Assyrians. In fact, the name 'Asshur' is (mis)translated in most English bibles simply as 'The Assyrian,' but this is a misnomer. He is not some generic figure who happens to be an Assyrian, rather he is Asshur, the specific historical figure who was recognized by the Assyrians as their god and the father of their nation!
Asshur appears as an enigmatic figure throughout Isaiah, and also in Ezekiel, Hosea and Micah. As shown in my book, these references to Asshur connect directly with the many New Testament predictions of the Antichrist. The conclusion put forward in my book is that the historical Asshur is in fact the Antichrist who is to come, and the many OT references to Asshur add to our understanding of the Man of Sin's end-times career.
Isaiah introduces Asshur as the punisher and destroyer of Israel in Isaiah 10:5, but the entire prophetic section that begins back in Isaiah 9:8 is not concluded until Isaiah 14:27. This important fact is demonstrated by the repeated use of the following phrase as God's judgments against Israel are announced: "For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still." As the table of texts above demonstrates, God's anger will not be turned away until the very end when Asshur himself is defeated and destroyed.
The Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Thes. 2:8 that the Antichrist would be destroyed by the fiery breath of the Lord Jesus, and Paul was simply drawing from three separate predictions in Isaiah that portray Asshur as the end-times enemy of Israel whose destruction is predicted to come by way of a fiery torrent of the breath of the Lord (see Isaiah 11:4, 30:33, and 33:11). Of course if this is true then it also becomes clear that "Lucifer," referred to in Isaiah 14:12, is not Satan as it is traditionally believed, but is merely another name for Asshur, the King of Babylon, also known as the Antichrist.
From this perspective we see that Isaiah's predictions in both Isaiah 10 and Isaiah 14 that deal with the purpose and destiny of Asshur span from the time of Israel's defeat in 722 BC all the way forward in time to the Second Coming. Isaiah predicts that Asshur, in the form of the Assyrian army, will initially be called forth as God's instrument of punishment upon Israel, causing destruction and dispersion. However, Asshur's destructive role is also cast forward into the time of the end. Isaiah 10 predicts that as a result of his achievements Asshur's heart will be filled with pride and he will go far beyond the limits of his original divine mandate, leading God to turn against Asshur, humbling and destroying him at the very end of the age.
In my book The Second Coming of the Antichrist I documented how Isaiah 14 depicts Asshur, the King of Babylon, as the Antichrist. Not only is he to be destroyed by the breath of the Lord, but he is also identified in 14:20 in the Septuagint (LXX) as the "evil seed" in fulfillment of Genesis 3:16. Furthermore, we also see in 14:20 that the dead corpse of the King of Babylon will be trodden underfoot but never see burial. This is because, when combined with insight from Revelation 19:20, we find that as the evil counterpart to the true Messiah (Jesus, the first fruits of the "first resurrection"), the dead body of the Antichrist will be resurrected after the battle of Armageddon and then immediately cast alive into the lake of fire, thereby becoming the first fruits of the "second resurrection" of the wicked.
When we look at Isaiah 10 we find elements contemporary to the time of Isaiah, but also hints of certain end-times fulfillments. However, Isaiah 14 is purely an end-times prediction because it describes Israel looking backwards in time taunting and exalting over the King of Babylon after he has already been defeated. Yet the connections between Isaiah 10 and Isaiah 14 are clearly there, centered around the figure of Asshur, and the themes that are first introduced in Isaiah 10 are brought to completion in Isaiah 14, as shown below:
The redemption of the people of God at the end of the age coincides with the judgment of the wicked. The people of God are the Body of Christ, described as the wife of the Lamb presented as the city of God, the New Jerusalem shown in Revelation 21-22. Jesus Christ is our King and in that sense our destiny is to become His Queen after remaing faithful during our season of engagement. The marriage ceremony referred to in Revelation 19:7 is the glorious consummation of this courtship.
In direct contrast to this positive picture of the people of God the Scriptures also paint a picture that describes the wicked who are destined for judgment and destruction. Babylon the Great is their city, as opposed to the New Jerusalem. The Antichrist is their King, as opposed to Jesus Christ. Jesus loves His bride and He gave His life for her salvation, whereas the Antichrist (whose spirit actively works in the world today) manipulates and deceives his bride. In the end the Antichrist will actually turn against his bride when he and his ten kings, "...shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire" (Rev. 17:16).
The people of God are to be presented to Jesus as an innocent virgin bride, without spot or wrinkle, clothed with white robes that represent her righteous acts motivated by unselfish sacrificial love. On the other hand the wicked are personified in Revelation 17-18 as a corrupt adulterous harlot, full of abominations and blasphemy, selfishly pursuing the "lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life." The Church of Jesus Christ is the Body of Christ, whereas the wicked are collectively identified as the Body of the Antichrist, the proud Queen of Babylon, the great city doomed to destruction.
Many are aware of the glorious descriptions of the Bride of Christ and how she will be united with her Husband at the end of the age. On the other hand, few are aware that Scripture also paints a vivid picture of the destiny of the wicked, personified as the King and Queen of Babylon, who will both experience a horrible end. This picture is presented to us through two great end-times descriptions of God's justice in a parallel poetic form. Isaiah 14 speaks of the King of Babylon, while Revelation 18 speaks of the Queen of Babylon. These passages give a glimpse of the future in the immediate aftermath of God's righteous judgment upon unrepentent rebellious humanity, personified as the Antichrist King and his corrupt Queen.
The table below shows how these judgments progress. First, the stage is set for a voice to make an announcement against the rulers of Babylon. In Isaiah 14 Israel then speaks against the King of Babylon, while in Revelation 18 an angel from heaven speaks against the Harlot Queen of Babylon. Then both rulers are described as having fallen from greatness to nothingness. The King of Babylon had fallen from heaven to be cast down upon the earth, whereas the Great Harlot had accumulated glory and luxury for herself only to reap torture and grief in the end. The heart of the King of Babylon is revealed as being filled with a prideful desire to rule over heaven, which leads to his punishment in the depths of hell. The heart of the Harlot is revealed as being full of pride mixed with delusions of enduring grandeur, which leads to her punishment of plagues falling on her in one day. The complete destruction of Babylon is then announced, with Isaiah declaring that the King of Babylon and all his descendants will be destroyed, and Revelation describing the merchants reacting to the fact that all of Babylon's wonderful commodities that were desired by the Harlot are gone forever. The parallel ends with a prophetic warning from God against Babylon in Isaiah, whereas in Revelation the annihilation of Babylon is compared to the sinking of a stone into the depths of the sea.
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estonia war von 1985 bis 2004 der Name einer zunächst vielsprachigen, später deutschsprachigen Zeitschrift für estnische Literatur und Kultur. Sie trug die .

Geschichte
Die Gründung einer Zeitschrift, die sich ausschließlich mit der estnischen Literatur befassen sollte, wurde im Januar 1984 von Cornelius Hasselblatt aus Hamburg und Tapio Mäkeläinen aus Helsinki, damals noch Studenten der Finnougristik, während eines Treffens in Hamburg beschlossen. Nach einem Jahr Vorbereitung erschien die erste Nummer im Februar 1985.

Die ersten sechs Jahrgänge (1985 bis 1990) war die Zeitschrift vielsprachig und erschien viermal im Jahr. Druckort war Hamburg (bis auf 1990, wo in Helsinki und Tallinn gedruckt wurde). Der Umschlag wurde von Epp Meisner in Estland gestaltet (1989 und 1990 von Aavo Ermel). Die Redaktion war auf Hamburg und Helsinki verteilt.

Die Intention der Redaktion war, "eine internationale, daher polyglotte und grenzüberschreitende wie Grenzen überwindende Zeitschrift herauszugeben". In der ersten Ausgabe heißt es: "ESTONIA soll überall gelesen werden: In Helsinki und Budapest, in Hamburg und Tallinn, in Moskau und Toronto, in Stockholm und Tartu".

Nach der politischen Wende von 1989/1991 und der Wiedererlangung der estnischen Unabhängigkeit schien die Zeitschrift zunächst eingeschlafen zu sein, aber 1992 erfolgte eine Neugründung durch den in Frankfurt/Main ansässigen dipa-Verlag. Von nun an erschien die Zeitschrift nur noch zweimal im Jahr und war ausschließlich deutschsprachig. Seit 1996 wurde estonia vom estnischen Kulturministerium und später vom Estnischen Kulturkapital gefördert.

Nach dem Konkurs des dipa-Verlags erschien die Nummer 2/2000 im Selbstverlag. Danach sind noch sieben Hefte (1/2001–2004) im Hempen-Verlag in Bremen erschienen. Die Nummer von 2004 war die Abschlussnummer.

Zusammensetzung der Redaktion

 1985: Cornelius Hasselblatt, Tapio Mäkeläinen
 1986: Cornelius Hasselblatt, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Iris Réthy, Jack Rueter, Hannu Oittinen
 1987–1988: Cornelius Hasselblatt, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Iris Réthy, Jack Rueter, Hannu Oittinen, Riho Grünthal
 1989: Cornelius Hasselblatt, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Iris Réthy, Jack Rueter, Hannu Oittinen, Riho Grünthal, Aet Bergmann
 1990: Cornelius Hasselblatt, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Iris Réthy, Jack Rueter, Riho Grünthal, Aet Bergmann
 1992: Irja Grönholm, Cornelius Hasselblatt
 1993–2004 Irja Grönholm, Cornelius Hasselblatt, Marianne Vogel

Außerdem war Gisbert Jänicke, ohne offiziell Mitglied der Redaktion zu sein, von 1992 bis 2004 regelmäßiger Mitarbeiter.

Statistik zum Inhalt
 In den ersten sechs Jahrgängen wurden Beiträge in insgesamt 15 Sprachen gedruckt: Deutsch, Estnisch, Finnisch, Englisch, Esperanto, Französisch, (Neu-)Hebräisch, Italienisch, Lateinisch, Lettisch, Litauisch, Niederländisch, Russisch, Schwedisch und Ungarisch.

 Der Gesamtumfang aller 47 Hefte beläuft sich auf über 2.600 Seiten.

 Beinahe 200 Bücher wurden rezensiert (die Mehrheit der Rezensionen, beinahe drei Viertel, ist deutsch).

 Allein in den deutschsprachigen Ausgaben (1992–2004) wurden 22 Lyriker mit einer übersetzten Gedichtauswahl vorgestellt: Artur Alliksaar (1/1994), Betti Alver (1/1992), Contra (2/2002), Andres Ehin (2/1996), Kristiina Ehin (2004), Jaan Kaplinski (1/1999), Doris Kareva (1/1998), Jaan Kross (1/1995), Hasso Krull (2/2001), Ilmar Laaban (2/2000), Leonhard Lapin (1/2003), Viivi Luik (2/1999), Ene Mihkelson (2/1995), Ellen Niit (2/1998), Tõnu Õnnepalu (1/1996), Kristian Jaak Peterson (1/2001), Paul-Eerik Rummo (2/1997), Mats Traat (2/1994), Debora Vaarandi (1/1993), Mari Vallisoo (2/2003), Elo Viiding (1/2002), Juhan Viiding (1/1997).

 Ebenso wurden allein in den deutschsprachigen Ausgaben (1992–2004) 22 Autoren mit Prosa vorgestellt: Maimu Berg (1/1995, 2/1996 und 1/2001), Jüri Ehlvest (1/1999), Mehis Heinsaar (2004), Jaan Kaplinski (2/2002), Merle Karusoo (2/1999 und 2/2002), Andrus Kivirähk (2/1997, 2/2000, 2/2001 und 2/2003), Jaan Kross (1/1998), Jaan Kruusvall (1/2002), Viivi Luik (1/2003), Ülo Mattheus (1/1994 und 1/2003), Mihkel Mutt (2/1998 und 1/2003), Dagmar Normet (2/2003), Eeva Park (2/1996), Asta Põldmäe (1/1997 und 1/2000), Peeter Puide (2/2003), Helju Rebane (1/1996), Karl Ristikivi (2/1995), Mari Saat (2/1994), Jaan Tätte (1/2001), Mati Unt (1/1992), Enn Vetemaa (2/2001) Toomas Vint (2/1998).

 Zweimal ist ein Gesamtregister der Beiträge veröffentlicht worden:
 In Heft 2/2000 (S. 65–87) für die Jahre 1985 bis 2000 mit insgesamt 550 Einträgen.
 In Heft 2004 (S. 72–76) für die Jahre 2001 bis 2004 mit insgesamt 68 Einträgen.

Wirkung
Erstmals in estonia veröffentlicht wurden zwei Briefe der estnischen Nationaldichterin Lydia Koidula (2/1985), die in Budapest entdeckt worden waren. Sie wurden erst danach auch in Estland publiziert. Ebenfalls wurde in Heft 1/1997 ein bis dahin unbekannter Brief von Gustav Suits publiziert, der in einem antiquarischen Buch entdeckt worden war. Des Weiteren haben viele junge Autoren aus Estland in estonia Gedichte veröffentlicht. Für viele Übersetzer bot die Zeitschrift eine erste Publikationsmöglichkeit.

In der Sowjetunion war man anfangs skeptisch, da man nicht genau wusste, wie man mit einer Zeitschrift, die zwar aus dem Westen, aber eindeutig nicht aus Exilkreisen kam, umgehen sollte. Anfangs konnte jemand aus Sowjetestland, der in estonia publizierte, Schwierigkeiten bekommen. So war in Nummer 3/1985 eine Abhandlung von Sirje Kiin über Uku Masing erschienen, der kurz zuvor in Tartu gestorben war. Da Masing jedoch Persona non grata in Sowjetestland war, durfte über ihn nichts erscheinen. Folglich erhielt Kiin eine Weile Publikationsverbot, d. h., sie schrieb etwa ein Jahr lang unter dem Pseudonym Jüri Kiis.

In Westeuropa bot die Zeitschrift einer kleinen Schar Estland-Fans (die Abonnementszahl war nie höher als gut 200) die Möglichkeit, Informationen über die estnische Literatur und Kultur in ihrer Muttersprache zu bekommen. Sie ist in ca. einem Dutzend wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken vorhanden.

In der Rückschau wurde estonia im Zusammenhang mit der estnischen Zeitschrift Vikerkaar ("Regenbogen") besondere Bedeutung zugemessen. Rein Ruutsoo behauptet in seinen Erinnerungen: "Der Fall Estonia (d. h. die Entstehung der Zeitschrift|) hat sich auf uns aber positiv ausgewirkt – Veidemann [der erste Chefredakteur von Vikerkaar] meinte, dass dies die Geburt von Vikerkaar beschleunigt habe.

Trivia
Als der dipa-Verlag im Jahre 2000 schon dem Konkurs entgegensah, wurde die komplette Auflage von etwa 200 Stück von der Druckerei versehentlich an die Redaktion und nicht an den Verlag geschickt. Die Redaktion nahm sich ihre Belegexemplare heraus und schickte den Rest an den Verlag, der für den Vertrieb an die Abonnenten verantwortlich war. Das funktionierte jedoch nicht mehr, und so ist Nummer 1/2000 weitgehend verlorengegangen.

Literatur
 Roman Bucheli: "Erkundungen in Estland: Die Rezeption einer vergessenen Literatur kommt in Gang." In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung Nr. 44, 22. Februar 1995.
 "»Estonia« – neu bei Dipa." In: Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel 89, 6. November 1992, S. 15.
 Cornelius Hasselblatt: "Ajakirja sünd." In: Kirjanduse jaosmaa '85. Tallinn 1987, S. 217–220.
 Cornelius Hasselblatt: Estnische Literatur in deutscher Übersetzung. Eine Rezeptionsgeschichte vom 19. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2011, S. 294–303.
 Andres Heinapuu: "Kõvas valuutas. "Estonia" kolm ja pool aastat." In: Looming 11/1988, S. 1576–1577.
 "Kes te olete, «Estonia» toimetajad?" In: Vikerkaar 10/1988, S. 79–87.
 Mati Sirkel: "Ajakiri Estonia." In: Keel ja Kirjandus 11/1996, S. 790–791.

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Kulturzeitschrift (Deutschland)
Literaturzeitschrift (Deutschland)
Antiquarische Zeitschrift (Deutschland)
Ersterscheinung 1985
Erscheinen eingestellt 2004
Literaturzeitschrift (Estland)
Deutschsprachige Zeitschrift
Deutsch-estnische Beziehungen

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Students express style with decoration trends
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In the spirit of back-to-school, Augustana students have been working diligently to decorate their spaces for the new school year. From tapestries to guest seating to foliage, the dorms are as unique and individualized as the student body.
Freshman Annika Meyer said the care she and her roommate put into setting up their room in Tuve Hall helps her feel more at home.
"Our theme was 'boho in neutral' to make it seem like home without it being crazy and chaotic," Meyer said.
Of everything in her room, Meyer said she's most proud of her closet.
"I love to color coordinate things, so I have my closet very organized […]," She said. "I don't want [my room] to feel cluttered because the chaos just makes it harder to focus."
As returning students can attest, a dorm room is often the place to build community among peers. This aspect of dorm life is reflected in the way Meyer has set up her room. "We added two chairs underneath the bed, and then we have little movable ottomans to also work as chairs. And then my bed is low enough that people can sit on that. So we made it so that there can be seating all around the room," Meyer said.
Sophomore Sarah Grimes took a slightly different approach to decorating her Stavig Hall room. She likes having designated areas for everything she does in her room. There's a place in Grimes's room for eating, for studying and for resting.
"I want my room to feel like me," Grimes said. "I don't want to come back to a space and feel like someone else is living there. I want it to feel like me even when I'm away from home."
Grimes said she is proud of her plants and the art on the wall, both features that bring out the individuality and creativity expressed in her decorations.
Perhaps DIY is the way to go, as the students that attended Union Board of Governors (UBG)'s room decor crafting event proved. Students created colorful tapestries and inspiring signs that will brighten their dorm rooms and enhance their spaces.
Whether decorated with made-from-scratch pieces or items bought online or in a store, dorms are students' homes away from home, and students are using decorations to help make their space feel personalized.


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Nearly two-thirds of divorced Brits say they wanted to remain friends with their ex-partner after splitting up, revealing a recent rise in celebrity-inspired 'conscious uncoupling'.
Instead of lengthy and aggressive court battles new research has revealed that 64 per cent of separated couples said they wanted to have a good relationship with their ex after their divorce and just 28 per cent saying they aren't interested in staying civil with their ex.
Most respondents (68 per cent) said they would be happy to spend time with their ex and more than a third said they would even feel comfortable going on a family holiday with their ex like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin did with their children last year.
Since Gwyneth first coined the term 'conscious uncoupling' in 2014, divorce lawyers at Slater and Gordon have seen an increase in couples making an effort to remain cordial throughout their separation prompting them to commission the research of 1,603 recently divorced Brits.
Amanda McAlister, Head of Family Law at Slater and Gordon, said: "When a high profile couple like Gwyneth and Chris split it is common for us to see a rise in couples looking to replicate a celebrity inspired separation.
"The fact that their divorce has been so amicable can be quite eye opening for couples who might have stayed unhappily married because they don't want to go through an acrimonious and bitter divorce.
"We saw a similar trend for 'quickie' divorces after Nigella and Saatchi split and a trend for aggressive court battles when Paul McCartney and Heather Mills divorced.
"It's always nice if a couple can remain friends and continue to take the kids away on holidays together but it's not always realistic.
"Couples are often hurt and angry and don't want to compromise during a settlement. If you don't have the money that celebrities do then it's important to secure your future and the security of your children - even if that means taking a more aggressive approach."
More than half of those surveyed said they made an effort to stay friends with their ex and a similar number said they found it easy to stay friends.
Nearly a quarter said they found it easier to become friends again as time passed and they both moved on.
The most common reason for recently separated couples to stay friends was for the sake of their children and to make the divorce process easier in the long run.
One in five said they had a lot of history with their ex and one in ten said they wanted to make it easier for their mutual friends.
Six per cent said that they still loved their ex despite not being 'in love' with them while four per cent said they worried about their financial situation so wanted to stay on good terms with their ex to avoid aggravating them.
One in twenty said they were close to their ex's family which had prompted them to remain friends, while more than half still have contact with their ex's family since the separation.
Nearly a third admitted to being inspired by amicable celebrity break-ups and 21 per cent said they thought it was nice that couples would still go on holiday together after a divorce.
Twenty nine per cent said they had tried mediation in their own divorce and 37 per cent said they did not use it, but wished they had.
Amanda McAlister, divorce lawyer at Slater and Gordon said: "It can be complicated and difficult to maintain a civil relationship during divorce proceedings.
"But there are some steps that can potentially make a divorce less traumatic for all parties. This includes engaging solicitors who are committed to the amicable divorce process through informal roundtable meetings. It's also about having an attitude that generally takes away the need for conflict and battle lines.


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JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT
Transcript: 'The Journal Editorial Report,' February 16, 2008
This is a rush transcript from "The Journal Editorial Report," February 16, 2008.
STUART VARNEY, GUEST HOST: Coming up next on the "Journal Editorial Report," he is riding high after back-to-back primary wins. Is Barack Obama unstoppable or is the wave about to crest?
Terror on trial. The U.S. gets set to give a 9/11 mastermind his day this court but should the world be able to watch it on TV?
Baseball steroid scandal comes to Capitol Hill. Were this week's hearings all for show or does Congress have a role in policing professional sports?
Our panel weighs in after these headlines.
(NEWSBREAK)
VARNEY: Welcome to the "Journal Editorial Report." I'm Stuart Varney, in this week for Paul Gigot.
He swept the Potomac primaries in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. He is favored to win Tuesday's races in Wisconsin and Hawaii. The emerging story line this week, the Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is unstoppable. But is he?
Joining the panel this week, "Wall Street Journal" columnist and deputy editor Dan Henninger, deputy taste paste editor Naomi Schaefer Riley, opinionjournal.com columnist John Fund and, in Washington, editorial board member Steve Moore.
Dan, he has the momentum, the primary victory, the delegate count. He's on a role. He has money. Has he peaked?
DAN HENNINGER, COLUMNIST & DEPUTY EDITOR: Every political prediction these days is worth its weight in word. I don't think he has peeked but I think he is finally cresting.
He has dazzled people with his rhetoric and presentation. But after the victory this week at the Potomac primaries he gave a 25 minute speech at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and if you look past the rhetoric and presentation and focus on the words, what you see is a candidate running on a vision of America that is grim. It is a downer. He says you know parents are competing with their teenager children for jobs at Wal-mart. He describes teachers who have to take second jobs at Dunkin' Donuts. And he is attacking the basic structure of American society. In his world, people are getting shafted at every turn.
VARNEY: Very well received in Wisconsin though.
HENNINGER: Yes, but this presidential election will be decided by Independents in the middle, about 35 percent of voters, who have to at some point listen to this and they will hear it over and over again and decide if this comports with the reality of their own lives. I think at the margin, Barack Obama's sheen is going to wear thin.
VARNEY: Steve, he revealed more of his economic thinking. He certainly felted left this time around. Do you think that will lose him any support Monday Democrats?
STEVE MOORE, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER: I don't know about Democrats but certainly the Independents.
Dan, when you talked about his message being a downer, take a look at his tax-and-spending plans. I mean this is the nanny state you know times three. It is huge new spending increases in infrastructure and education and health care and job training and then massive increases in tax rates to pay for all of this. So tax rates would be as high as they were in the 1970s.
I don't think that's a message the American people want to hear. The way to get out of economically troubled times is by raising taxes through the roof.
VARNEY: John, two delegate count issues, Michigan, Florida and John Edward, whom we have fought heard much from lately, but he has delegates.
JOHN FUND, OPINIONJOURNAL.COM COLUMNIST: Michigan and Florida had primaries but their delegates were disenfranchised by the Democratic National Committee because they broke the rules. Hillary Clinton wants their votes to count. She collected most of the delegates.
This week the NAACP called for the delegates to be seated. That could be a big credential slide if the delegate count between Obama and Clinton remains close.
On John Edwards there is a chance he endorses Obama but he may endorse Hillary Clinton. Those 40 delegates that he had before he dropped out, if they went to the Clinton column, they would tighten the race dramatically.
VARNEY: Naomi, has Obama peaked or crested, call it what you will?
NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY, TASTE PAGE EDITOR: No, the Democrats want to win. Hillary's message is increasingly becoming this is what you owe me. This is what you owe me as a woman, as a feminist, as a Clinton, and it is a depressing message to hear.
Even John Lewis, the civil rights leader who originally supported Obama -- originally supported Hillary came out and said he felt the movement was going toward Obama. I think that's a sign that it will keep going.
FUND: Stuart, negative ads are coming. Barack Obama went this far because he is the great black hope. He has not had a single negative ad against him, a single series of negative stories. They are coming. It won't dent his popularity dramatically but he will come under scrutiny.
STEVE MOORE, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER: John, the interesting thing about that is I do think Barack Obama has a message that, to the Independents and certainly to conservatives, they will be very hostile to that.
The problem for Hillary Clinton is the things to attack Barack Obama on, his liberalism, is something she doesn't want to expose because she is liberal herself.
HENNINGER: What I think she just may do to him in Ohio what he did to her in the Potomac primary. She is ahead in Ohio. Look, it hasn't been widely noticed, she did very well in the Potomac primaries among Catholic voters. There are a lot of Catholics in Ohio both in southern Ohio. And in northern Ohio, they are blue collar Catholics. She does well among blue collar voters. She could have a good day in Ohio.
VARNEY: Naomi, don't you think it is possible Democrats would take at that deep breath be pull in a little before they go wholeheartedly to support a newcomer with no experience whatsoever as their man in the presidential race?
SCHAEFER RILEY: I don't think so. I think they want to win and this is really -- what it is is a triumph of cool for liberalism. They want somebody cool. Hillary does not look cool these days. This is an entire generation, both bombers and young people, who have just embraced Barack Obama the rock star.
FUND: ... politics.
VARNEY: That's the word.
Still ahead, terror on trial? They are accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks. Now the Pentagon says it will seek the death penalty against six men held at Gitmo. Should the world get to see the trial on TV? That debate is straight ahead.
VARNEY: The Pentagon announced this week it will seek the death penalty against alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and five other men currently held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. All face charges of conspiracy as well as separate counts of attacking civilians, murder, war crimes, hijacking and terrorism. Though it may be months before the case against the six is ready to go to trial, should it be televised before it does?
We are back with Dan Henninger and Naomi Schaefer Riley. Also joining the panel is columnist Bret Stephens and editorial board member Brian Carney.
Bret, lights, camera, cue the lawyers, why not?
BRET STEPHENS, COLUMNIST: Two word, O.J. Simpson. The history of televising trials is not a happy one. It rarely enhanced our understanding of what the crimes are. But what it has often served to do is enhance a kind of sympathy or at least a sense of understanding with the person who stands behind the dock, with the accused. And it happened with O.J. It could happen with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
Remember, this going back even to the trial of Eichmann where suddenly, instead of having a mastermind of evil, you had the banality of evil and I am afraid if we televise KSM's trial, we will have a replay of that where we lose sight of the enormity of what he is responsible for.
VARNEY: Brian?
BRIAN CARNEY, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER: I couldn't disagree more strongly. I think we have already lost sight of the reason this guy has been at Guantanamo. Right now he is remembered as the guy who George W. Bush tortured, who was kidnapped and kept in prison without charges being brought for years. All anybody knows about him is the sad picture of him looking confused and with his shirt collar torn open and so on.
What the world could use is a recounting of the crimes that he and his associates have committed, to remember he is the mastermind of 9/11. And to hear the case made against him. And to remember that he is the man behind Danny Pearl's murder and to hear those charges laid out. The world could use a reminder of who it guy is.
If tried this secret and sentenced to death he will be remembered as the guy who kidnapped, water boarded sent into a hole, never to be heard from again.
STEPHENS: Stuart, you know as well as anyone television isn't simply sunshine. Television is a prism. And you are going to view it through the particular prismatic window that television offers, which is all of the experts who are going to come on TV to tell you the technical mistakes the judges, are making. KSM will have a soap box from which to talk about his water boarding.
Let's not forget too, the audience is not simply an American audience. There will be a huge Arab audience, and if you look at the trial of Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein's stock rose in the Arab world.
CARNEY: You will get the spin anyway.
VARNEY: Naomi, what do you think?
SCHAEFER RILEY: I think that Bret is largely right here in the sense that the American people are used to a certain kind of understanding of a trial. They are used to law and order. What you will have here is a trial that drags on for months and months and months. And let's just start to think about some of the absurd things that will be wrought up here. There is -- everyone remembers the Atlanta courtroom shooting from a few years ago. Dozens of eyewitnesses. That man is still on trial. Jurors are sitting around listening to a psychological work-up of this man, every slight he suffered since the age of three. Do I want the American people, or do I want to listen to that for KSM?
VARNEY: You are comparing it to the O.J. Simpson trial, which was on minute to minute, day after day. A KSM trial doesn't have to be on all the time. You can dip into it.
HENNINGER: It is a serious undertaking for sure. Naomi is right that even law and order is a simple version of the American justice system. To Brian's point, he is saying trust the common sense of the American people to see through all of this spin that Bret is talking about and come to the right conclusion.
I think one of the biggest problems here is that, first of all, it is a military commission trial. And it will have much simpler rules than the normal justice system. But they haven't figured out how to do it yet. I believe what the American people would see is what a procedural morass our system has become as the commentator sat there discussing how endless numbers of ways in which KSM was not being accord the right of a normal defendant. It would simply bog down.
CARNEY: That might bring moral clarity to the American people. I think when they are reminding of who this guy is and they see the lengths to which his defense may go to defend him or turn it around on the Bush administration, I think people might look back and say hay wait a minute. This guy masterminded 9/11. Why are we going through this? I think that could be healthy.
SCHAEFER RILEY: To your question about dipping in and out of the trial, then you sort of fall into the trap that all of the commentators want you to, you didn't see the last hour but I bet what happened was -- and then you have this whole -- then the trial is being censored for the American people. You can't win in this.
STEPHENS: Sure, there will be points where there is secret evidence and people will say I want to know what the secret evidence is. If you can't see the secret evidence he is not getting a fair trail. This is victor's justice and KSM becomes the victim being railroaded by the American Military Commission. That would be the outcome. It would be a disaster.
CARNEY: So it is better for it all to be secret?
STEPHENS: No, we have a long tradition of having reporters sitting in courtrooms taking notes, offering a view of what is happening but television is a very difficult relate prism from newspapers and, as I said, our record with it for the last ten years is not happy.
HENNINGER: Let's look at the in fundamental point here. He admits he did it. We pretty much know he is guilty. We are going to find out how almost impossible it is, under our system, to prove his guilt.
VARNEY: 3-1 against Brian.
Still ahead, Congress's dog and pony show. What we learned from the steroid hearings on Capitol Hill. That is when we come back.
BRIAN MCNAMEE, FORMER ROGER CLEMENS TRAINER: When I told Senator Mitchell I injected Roger Clemens with performance enhancing drugs, I told the truth.
ROGER CLEMENS, BASEBALL PLAYER: I am saying Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong. Let me be clear. I have never taken steroids or HGH.
VARNEY: Clearly, it was he-said-he-said Wednesday on Capitol Hill as all star pitcher Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, testified for almost five hours before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. At issue, whether McNamee injected Clemens with performance enhancing drugs ten years ago.
Steve Moore, to you first, if I may. I know you think this was basically Congress grandstanding on the issue of steroid but I have a question for you: would you rather have Congress sticking its political fingers into the economy or into baseball?
MOORE: Well, that is that's at that tough question, Stuart, but I will say this, here is an institution with an 18 percent approval rating and put on this circus show trial most of the American public, though they were riveted by it, they were annoyed that Congress -- here we have a $400 billion budget deficit, struggling economy, war in Iraq and Congress is wasting their time investigates whether baseball players are shooting steroids.
A lot of Americans, I think, are like me. I am a Libertarian. I don't think this is something Congress should get involved in, in the first place.
And the real stain of this scandal is Major League Baseball. They knew steroids were going on and they turned a blind eye on this for ten years.
VARNEY: Dan?
HENNINGER: Well, I think that in some ways the indeterminateness of this congressional hearing reflects mesh society generally in their attitude toward what is going on. These people are super stars, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds and so forth, and most fans largely don't care what they do. They just simply want a good show. So we can't quite make up our mind whether these players ought to have access to this legally or whether they ought not to. Did he really break rules? Did does it make a difference? I think that's the problem the Congress waded into there. They don't know what exactly to think. We are awe again cheating. But should this be cheating?
VARNEY: Naomi?
SCHAEFER RILEY: The logic behind this show trial was ostensibly that we have these heroes out there, these great American baseball heroes, what will the children think when they find out what's really behind the home runs?
I have to say this discussion has just descended into a level of detail I think it horrendous. There are entire articles about the infections in Roger Clemens rear end as a result of these injections. When we get to that point, I would rather lie to the children about the whole thing.
STEPHENS: I would say this. I think there was an opportunity here. It may have been missed, but there was an opportunity to raise some significant -- actually moral questions.
And the real issue you brought up, Dan, is when we watch baseball, are we watch a sport? Or are we watch entertainment? And what is the difference between the two?
Do we want to see human beings performing at the outer limit of what a human be can do? Or do we want to watch freaks and humanoids and androids who have been pumped up with various drugs do things you ordinarily would see in video games?
MOORE: Bret, my point is, you may be exactly right about that, that this is perverting the game of baseball. But isn't that for the Major League Baseball owners and Major League Association to deal with? Not Congress?
We have these major problems in the country and we are focusing on this. It is amazing that the day after the Roger Clemens' testimony. We had Ben Bernanke the Federal Reserve chairman, there was less media there for that, the state of the economy, than the Roger Clemens hearing.
VARNEY: What is wrong with accomplishing a public forum, like congressional hearings, in a non-legalistic framework, non-courtroom framework, to discuss the major issues on the day that effect America? What's wrong with that?
SCHAEFER RILEY: It is not a non-legalistic framework. These people can go to jail for lying. This is an abuse of congressional power. Not only are they wasting people's time and not only is it turning into a circus and not only should they be focusing on other things, but the idea that you're going to threaten people for jail for this, for lying about
steroid they did or did not have taken ten years ago? It strikes me as an abuse of congressional power.
VARNEY: So you don't think it should have been in Congress?
SCHAEFER RILEY: Absolutely not.
HENNINGER: I think they should open the issue. Competition is a fundamental value in our system. You either play by the rules or cheat. It is true this business, politics and it ought to be true in sports. If can you cheat in sports, why not cheat in business.
VARNEY: Steve, you don't think it should be before Congress?
MOORE: Dan, that's well and good, but the truth is Major League Baseball did nothing about this. And the reason people like Barry Bonds used steroid is they saw Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were using steroids and nothing happened to them, and they were sitting 70 home runs. To be on par with them, it created a situation where more players had to take steroids just to stay up with the rest of the field.
STEPHENS: I hate to say this, Steve, but then it would be a classic example of market failure. A market that is failing to police itself own and police itself. The one argument about why congress should intervene.
I agree with Naomi. This shouldn't be legalistic, nobody should go to jail, but it is an opportunity to learn something.
VARNEY: Fair enough.
We have to take one more break. When we come back, our "Hits and Misses" of the week.
VARNEY: Winners and losers, picks and pans, "Hit and Misses," it's our way of calling attention to the best and the worse of the week.
Item one, a seven hour stroll through space -- Dan?
HENNINGER: Yes, the space shuttle. We kind of take it for granted now, but frankly I find the space shuttle is stunning. You are right. Two astronauts were out there for seven hours, 200 miles above the earth trying to attach a 550 pound nitrogen tank to the side of the space station. I still don't under how all of this works and I don't want to know. I simply want to sit back and be amazed by it.
Incidentally one of the astronauts was a German astronaut. He is 56 years old, Stuart, proving great adventure is still possible for the baby boomers.
VARNEY: Well said young man.
Bret, you have a big win in the War on Terror?
STEPHENS: Yes, Imad Mughniyah -- you'll be happy to know you won't have to pronounce his name again. Mughniyah was the mastermind of the bombings of the U.S. embassy and the Marine barracks in Beirut. He was the mastermind of the taking of a TWA flight where Navy diver was murdered. He was the mastermind of bombings of the Israeli embassy and Jewish Cultural Center in the 1990s. Really, until the Usama bin Laden, Mughniyah was the world's most dangerous terrorist.
Well, earlier this week, in circumstances that still are somewhat mysterious, he met a swift and fateful end. His car blew up while apparently allegedly coming from a meeting with Syrian intelligence officials. Tells you something about Syria. We don't know who actually killed him, but whatever it is, that person was an instrument of justice.
VARNEY: You are chalking it up as a big win?
BRET: It's a big win.
VARNEY: Got it, Bret.
Finally, a hit to the board at the College of William and Mary -- Naomi?
SCHAEFER RILEY: They decided not to renew the contract of President Jean R. Nickel earlier this week. He decided to resign in protest. I think this is a great development. Nicole, you may recall, was responsible for removing the historic cross from the chapel at William and Mary. And he has been responsible for bringing the Sex Workers Art Show to William and Mary.
You may know that William and Mary is a public university. And I think the people of Virginia had finally had enough. So good-bye, Gene Nichol, we will not miss you.
VARNEY: That's a hit to the College of William and Mary, and the people of the state?
SCHAEFER RILEY: Yes.
VARNEY: Naomi, well said.
That's it for this week's "Journal Editorial Report." Send your e-mails to jer@foxnews.com and visit it us on the Web at www.foxnews.com/journal.
Thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching.
I'm Stuart Varney. Paul will be back next week. We hope to see you then.
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A horrific act may wind up having a Hollywood ending.
Four kittens that were dumped in a box and left on the side of the road during a blizzard in Cleveland last week have been saved. Someone spotted the animals and called the police, who acted quickly to make sure they'd be okay.
The felines have since been named Smalls, Squints, Repeat and Benny -- characters from the beloved movie The Sandlot.
The kittens have been taken in by the Cleveland Animal Protective League and will be moved to a foster home until they're big enough for someone to take them in. Something tells us that probably won't be too long.
There's no word on who left the animals on the side of the road.


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Huge new solar farms near Bosworth Battlefield could power 18,600 homes
Sites are close to edge of Bosworth Battlefield where King Richard III lost his crown and his life in 1485
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Plans have been put forward for huge solar farms capable of generating enough electricity to power more than nearly 20,000 homes.
Rival energy companies have drawn up plans saying farmland sites north of Hinckley have the potential for large-scale renewable energy schemes.
Plans for the sites which are close to the edge of Bosworth Battlefield where King Richard III lost his crown and his life in 1485, have been lodged with Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.
Planning officers are considering both schemes to determine whether permission should be granted.
Elgin Energy is behind the larger of the two proposals – for a 153 acre solar park at Hangman's Hall, Twenty Acre Lane, Sutton Cheney.
The firm says the 35 megawatt project would create enough electricity to power some 10,500 homes a year for a 30 year period.
NextEnergy says its 79 acre scheme off Kirkby Road near Stapleton could generate enough power for 7,100 homes annually.
Both companies say their proposal will help the Government meet its low carbon energy targets.
Both schemes would have elevated solar panels to allow the land to be used for sheep grazing.
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An Elgin spokesman said: "There are significant benefits associated with this proposal, primarily through the generation of renewable energy to provide enough low carbon electricity to power 10,500 homes every year.
"That will provide a valuable contribution towards meeting the challenging obligations of the Government regarding renewable energy generation, and also in the form of ecological and landscape enhancements, which weigh heavily in favour of support for this development.
"Such benefits which will remain long after the 30 year lifetime of the planning permission."
NextEnergy said: "The proposed solar farm will generate enough renewable energy each year to power approximately 7,120 homes in the local area.
"This will make a valuable contribution to the country's efforts to tackle climate change and it is noted that the Council have declared a climate emergency.
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"There will also be substantial biodiversity enhancements, in the form of the retention of the vast majority of existing habitats on site and their enhancement through additional tree and hedge planting, proposed bird boxes and bat boxes, wildlife habitats and wildflower margins.
"Information boards near the existing Public Rights of Way which cross the site can provide an educational and recreational opportunity."
The company says it has set up a fund with Barwell and Peckleton Parish Councils help with local projects.


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Qatar provides shelter for displaced families in war-torn Yemen
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Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched Phase 1 of its project to help Yemenis in need, providing shelter for internally displaced people (IDPs) across the country.
Displaced Yemeni families across the war-torn country received shelter and aid as part of efforts by the Qatar Red Crescent Society, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Phase 1 of the project targeted internally displaced people in Taiz, Ibb, and Saada governorates, the organisation said on Tuesday.
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QRCS will provide shelter kits and nonfood items (NFIs) to roughly 4,000 families in Yemen, in addition to cash aid to pay for home rentals for six months for another 1,700 families, the organisation said, in ongoing efforts to support Yemenis severely affected by the brutal war.
During the QRCS ceremony in Saada, Hassan al-Hajj, director of Razih District, thanked the Qatari organisation for its relentless humanitarian activity in Yemen and expressed gratitude for the projects.
More aid is needed for the vulnerable population of Razih, al-Hajj added.
Yemenis have been ravaged by more than five-years of war that has been described by the United Nations as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The target districts – Maqbanah, Al-Ta'iziyah, Razih, Al-Hashwah, Al-Udayn, and Dhi Al-Sufal – are among those worst affected by the conflict.
"We suffered under bad financial and emotional conditions. In the past, I lived with my family in a poor home in Al-Wazi'iyah. As a result of the escalation of violence, we moved to Maqbanah to take shelter under makeshift structures, with no food or other living requirements," Rasheed, a beneficiary of the aid from Taiz, said.
"When we were told by the villagers that a team from QRCS came to select eligible beneficiaries for an emergency shelter aid project, my wife and I went immediately to register our data."
Read more: Doha calls for end to 'humanitarian tragedy' in Yemen
"It was a nightmare to see my children ill or in need of basic things while I stand helpless. Today, I am happy to receive this aid. These mattresses, blankets, kitchenware, and clothes will alleviate some of our suffering. I feel happy and content. I wish that this support will continue for the sake of us and others suffering," added Aisha, the wife.
Funded by OCHA's Yemen Humanitarian Fund, the initial phase, which will provide aid in six districts, will cost a total of $2,133,482.
Last month, QRCS also distributed protective medical supplies to several hospitals in Taiz, in a bid to assist local health professionals to serve the coronavirus-hit city despite difficult humanitarian conditions.
The Qatar Red Crescent has launched a range of humanitarian projects in Yemen since 2012 to alleviate the suffering of thousands in the region's most-impoverished nation. Efforts have stepped up since the 2014 conflict erupted.
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While Joy has been in PSA since Bob Leonard signed her up in 1998, she inherited her love of photography from her Dad. She began shooting with her sister's Brownie that melted on the dashboard & now relies on a Nikon D80, a Lumix p&s, and her android's camera.
Joy eschews high-end equipment and processing (though P/S can be fun) for the thrill of capturing a moment in time & light as they come. She credits much of her photo success to luck and her husband's support.
Joy received her PPSA in 2013.


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Notation plays a relatively minor role in the oral traditions of Indonesian gamelan but, in Java and Bali, several systems of gamelan notation were devised beginning at the end of the 19th century, initially for archival purposes.
A short melody in slendro notated using Kepatihan notation.
Kepatihan is a type of cipher musical notation that was devised for notation of the Indonesian gamelan.
The system was devised around 1900 at the Kepatihan (the Grand Vizier's compound) in Surakarta, and was based upon the Galin-Paris-Chevé system, imported in the nineteenth century by Christian missionaries to allow the notation of hymns. It superseded several other notation systems of Javanese origin devised around the same time.
To this day, the value of notation is disputed. As the kepatihan cipher system records primarily the skeletal melody line (or balungan), the wide range of improvisational techniques performed upon this line by the various instruments in gamelan are not represented. Whether they should be represented has been a matter of discussion in modern Indonesia.
The pitches of the seven-tone pélog tuning system are designated by the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; while the five-tone slendro pitches are notated as 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. The octaves are noted by dots above and below the numbers, as in Chinese jianpu, although of course the pitches do not correspond. A dot over a note indicates the octave above, and a dot below a note represents the octave below. Two dots over a note indicate a note two octaves higher than standard, and so on.
Depending on the tuning of the individual gamelan, it is often possible to hear the pitches 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 of slendro as an anhemitonic pentatonic scale, do-re-mi-sol-la. However, in the pélog system pitches are simply numbered from low to high 1–7 and there is no question of interpreting these sounds diatonically. As the pélog scale is essentially a five-note scale, the notes 4 and 7 function similarly to 'accidentals' in Western terms: a 4 may serve as a 'sharp' or raised 3 (common in patet lima or nem) or as a 'flat' or lowered 5 (usual in patet barang). Similarly 7 functions as a 'flat' 1 in patet lima or nem; 1 in patet barang may function as a 'sharp' 7, but is more often interpreted as a temporary change of pathet.
By default, kepatihan notes are assumed all to have the same duration. Deviations from these regular rhythms are noted in two ways. Beams or lines (overscores) above notes indicate half the standard duration (although this is an area of notation that is often inaccurate in practice). A dot (pin) in the place of a note indicates the continuation of the previous note, not a rest. In vocal parts the figure 0 represents a rest, but rests are not written in instrumental parts, because the instruments normally play continuously and any rests are part of the basic playing style of the instrument. Additional symbols are needed for some instruments; for example, melismas and slurred bowing are noted by lines above or underneath the numbers. Strokes on colotomic instruments are indicated by diacritical marks over or around the kepatihan numbers. There are numerous sets of such marks in use; for example, one set (not an agreed standard) uses a circle for gong ageng, parentheses for gong suwukan, ^ for kenong, ˇ for kempul, + for ketuk, and – for kempyang. All or some of these marks may be omitted, as they can usually be determined from the form (bentuk).
Ordinarily the system only notates the balungan (the core melody as it is played by the sarons) and gerongan (choral parts). However, for pedagogical purposes, other patterns, such as the melodic formulas sekaran and cengkok used on the panerusan instruments may be notated.
The description above applies to central Javanese music. In the Sundanese music of West Java, the system works in reverse, with 1 representing the highest note instead of the lowest; also a dot over a note indicates the octave below, and a dot below a note represents the octave above.
The same notated using the Surakarta method.
The same approximated using Western notation.
The Solonese script could capture the flexible rhythms of the pesinden with a squiggle on a horizontal staff.
The same notated using the Yogyakarta method or 'chequered notation'.
In Yogyakarta a ladder-like vertical staff allowed notation of the balungan by dots and also included important drum strokes.
Kepatihan is widely used in ethnomusicological studies of the gamelan, sometimes accompanied by transcriptions into Western staff notation with approximate mapping of slendro and pelog tuning systems of gamelan onto the western staff, with and without various symbols for microtones. The relative merits of kepatihan and staff notation are sometimes debated, but staff notation is essentially incompatible with the 'end-weighted' nature of melodic structures in Indonesian music. In this respect, kepatihan is more suitable, although the usage of overscores (taken from the Galin-Paris-Chevé system) continues to cause practical difficulties.
^ a b c d Lindsay, Jennifer (1992). Javanese Gamelan, p.43-45. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-588582-1.
Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (2007) by Benjamin Brinner, Oxford University Press, New York, ISBN 0-19-514737-5 (paper), on the functions and risks of kepatihan usage in Java.
A Gamelan Manual: A Player's Guide to the Central Javanese Gamelan (2005) by Richard Pickvance, Jaman Mas Books, London, ISBN 0-9550295-0-3, for further details of how kepatihan is used in practice.