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Obscure Works by Chandler, Christie Published this Week
by Hillel Italie
Monday October 5, 2020
Agatha Christie in 1957, left, and Raymond Chandler in 1946. (Source:AP Photo)
Two of crime fiction's most famous storytellers, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, also knew how to get a laugh.
Chandler, beyond the terse and cynical narratives of such Philip Marlowe novels as "The Big Sleep" and "The Long Goodbye," was able to poke fun at his own life. His rarely seen "Advice to an Employer" is a list of suggestions for how you can ruin the day for those stuck on your payroll, including "If you cannot find anything, just roar," and "Always tell your secretary you have nothing to dictate until it is time for dinner. Then rattle off a lot of letters you have left since domesday."
Christie's detective Hercule Poirot enjoys an amusing holiday in the 1923 story "Christmas Adventure," only now being released in the U.S. It's an easygoing tale of a Christmas gathering and a foiled attempt to fool the wily sleuth. When a guest calls out to him, "Come down at once, please. Someone's been killed," Poirot calmly replies, "Aha, this is serious."
Both pieces appear in the new issue of Strand Magazine, a quarterly which has published obscure work by John Steinbeck, Mark Twain and William Faulkner among others. The magazine's focus is on crime and mystery, but managing editor Andrew Gulli said he wanted to offer some relief during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
"We decided early on that we needed to publish an issue that will provide something light-hearted for our readers," Gulli said.
Christie's piece, the basis for the longer "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding," was originally part of a series called "The Little Grey Cells of Hercule Poirot." According to Tony Medawar, producer of the International Agatha Christie Festival (in Devon, England), Christie likely drew upon her own childhood in setting a playful atmosphere, with the kids showing proper irreverence for the supposedly world famous detective.
"Christmas Adventure" also is appearing in the upcoming Christie collection "Midwinter Murder," which comes out Oct. 20.
"'Christmas Adventure' is a particularly light-hearted story," Medawar says. "Agatha Christie is known for the rigour and ingenuity with which she constructed a mystery and laid clues for the attentive reader to detect, and it is often forgotten how much humour there is in her stories, even in her darkest tales of murder and mayhem."
Chandler's employer guide, according to Chandler scholar Dr. Sarah Trott, was likely written in the early 1950s, when Chandler hired a private secretary, Juanita Messick. Chandler long suffered from depression, but seemed at ease with Messick. Addressing her as "Nita," Chandler would send her humorous notes, such as one around Easter weekend of 1951: "Office will be closed Thursday and Friday. On Friday you should go to church for three hours. On Thursday you will have to be guided by your conscience, if any."
"The two remained good friends even after she ceased working for him and continued to provide a shoulder of support for the ailing writer, helping to arrange his wife Cissy's funeral in January 1955 and supporting him through alcoholism, hospitalization, and various suicide attempts until his death in March 1959," Trott writes in an afterword that appears in Strand Magazine.
"'Advice to an Employer' shows us two significant facets of Chandler's personality that enhance our understanding of the author," Trott writes. "While it illustrates his renowned humor and wit, it also shows a far more personal, human side. This light-hearted and teasing tone is infrequently seen in Chandler's personal correspondence. Chandler's guard has dropped completely, allowing us a glimpse behind the curtain."
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Collaborative legislation is a regulated system of negotiation between clients and lawyers. We will also counsel that one of the biggest strengths of Earth jurisprudence is its capability to mix a rational critique of some of our oldest western, authorized, and governance constructions, with a less rational and extra emotive name to return to a sacred appreciation of the Earth and the broader Earth Neighborhood.
Embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday issued a conflict cry to his supporters and threw down the gauntlet to his opponents by pledging to not grow to be premier if his celebration receives fewer votes than the variety of abstentions and votes against him.
The necessity for new governance systems has by no means been better: as we transition away from our destructive reliance of fossil fuels, human societies have to create new methods of working together and nurturing the broader Earth community.


Opera feature to save pages using + button is my favorite reason to use opera android browser .
Even morzilla doesn't save in same format . morzilla removes images and saves web page .
Question is how do I export and organise the save pages without manually going into the android root folders .
Is there an app to organise saved pages from browsers .
Hey, no there's not much much in ways of fancy functionality built into Opera when it comest to managing your saved pages. It does sound like another use case for extensions IMO.


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What I've played lately (Halloween Edition!): Rule of Rose
Since it's Halloween it's the perfect time to play survival horror games!
Rule of Rose is a very Silent Hill-esque game, in the sense that it's every thing is some sort of clue to the mystery of your character.
In this case, the character is Jennifer, when we first meet her, she's riding a bus (this game takes place in 1930, did they even have buses back then?) to an unknown destination, when a kid gives her a story book and runs away. You follow the kid and end up in an abandoned orphanage, yet you hear creepy laughter and see some kids creep around. When you catch up with the kid you get captured and wake up in a...
Zeppelin? It seems you've been forced in to a a kid's group called the Aristocrats Club, and it seems every single kid in it is insane, but not creepily insane.
You get kinda creeped out by the previous part, but from this part it just gets... disturbing, but not too disturbing in my opinion, you will meet monsters but you can avoid 99% of them and don't have to fight them unless it's a boss or they lock you into a room and force you to fight.
You'll soon find a dog you meet in the intro who will be your faithful companion.. and the only thing you'll use during 90% of the game, once you meet him, the game turns into a "follow the scent" game. You find an item, the dog follows the scent, but... They didn't get the scent following simulation, right. Sometimes the dog will just go towards the item, and if there is chasm, or if it's on the other side of a wall, he'll lead you to a dead end, which i usually full of monsters. I'm pretty sure this shouldn't happen, when following a scent you should travel the same route the item did!
You can also search for food items or items to trade for food and secret items that unlock other secrets... But that's not really necessary. This is the EASIEST survival horror game I've ever played. I only got killed once out of cockiness. ONCE! True, I did have just enough items to beat the game, but I didn't bother to stop to scavenge for food.
The enemies are kinda dumb, which is good because you control TERRIBLY specially in combat. Thank god the game is easy, you can get a gun in the game, but you do not need it, which tells you how easy the game really is.
The story is interesting, but it has way too many holes in the plot, when you finish this kind of game everything should make sense, but now I have even more questions.
Since this game is easy and short, you might want to rent it, since it doesn't have much replay value, you can dress up the little girl in new costumes after beating it, like in most survival games, but that's about it
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Carrington é uma cidade localizada no estado norte-americano de Dacota do Norte, no Condado de Foster.

Demografia
Segundo o censo norte-americano de 2000, a sua população era de 2268 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 2152, um decréscimo de 116 (-5.1%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
3,8 km², dos quais 3,8 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 36 km ao redor de Carrington.

Ligações externas

Cidades da Dakota do Norte

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Dimitri Jermakov
D. Jermakov, one of the most important photographer and professional of pre-revolutionary Tiflis, was born in 1846. Since 1866, he's been ingaged in photography and after 4 years he becomes one of the most well-known experts in this field. "Jermakov's photos are distinguished by their artistic perfection and are of great interest from the standpoint of ethnography and archeology" -- write the newspaper "Kaukaz". In 1877-78 years he takes a part in war between Russia and Turkey as a military photographer. In 1880 D. Jermakov founds his own photo studio in Tiflis and works successfully in many different genres.
Photographer traveled a lot in different regions of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Persia, Turkey and North Caucasus taking pictures of cities, landscapes, architectural monuments and ethnic groups. D. Jermakov took part in a number of exhibitions and received high rewards. In 1897 he was chosen as a corresponding member of Caucasus Fine Arts Supporting Society. In 1907 year he becomes the member of Caucasus Departament at Moscow Archeological Society. Later in 1912 he becomes a founding member of Tiflis Fine Arts Society.
D. Jermakov often participated in scientific expeditions. In particular, during 1910 he carried out a travel in Svanety, Where he took about nine handred photos; among them are many architectural and archeological monuments. In Imereti, he photographed in details architectural monuments such as Jruchi, Katskhi, Savanee, Mgvimevi Monastery. Among the monuments photographed by him are ones that do not exist any more. We can only keep the image of those monuments according to his photos.
D. Jermakov died on November the 10, 1916 in Tiflis.
The result of his creative work for half century is a vast photo-collection that consists of about thirty thousand negatives. Even only naming the separate photographic series gives us an idea about his vast geographic range -- Tiflis and it's surroundings, Kutaisi, Batumi, Erevan, Anisi, Baku, Kislovodsk, Jalta, Ashkabad, Samarkand, Bukhara, Konstantinopol, Trapzon, Athens, Varna, Tehran, Isfahan, Abkasia, Kakcheti, Kchevsureti, Pshavi and etc.
What draws the particular interest is Tiflis series dedicated to city that has always been the creative objective of the photographer. Preserved negatives give picturesque image of almost chronological history of Tiflis's development for more than fifty years.
Collection of Jermacov, undoubtedly has a particular historical value, later bought by Georgian Society of History and Etnography and University of Tbilisi in 1918.
Besides the documentary value, works of D. Jermakov have a great artistic value too. The technical way of completing work differs by its high professionalism.
The photographer kept an eye on technical development of contemporary photography and used all the new achivements in his work. At first he worked on wet colloidal plate, later with dry bromine gelatinous plate of different formats. Contact sheets were printed on brown coloured paper. He almost never edited a film shot as the he always chose the suitable composition to fit the shot.
The characteristic feature of his artistic style is inclination towards revealing of space at most.
While shooting historical monuments, he was trying to show the nature of the monument not only to make a documentary shot of them, at the same time trying to create an impression on those who would see.
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Negatives by D. Jermakov are kept in the State Museum of Fine Arts and the S. Janashia State Museum of Georgia.


Old Lyon Stretches from the River Saône to Fourvière and is comprised of three districts (Saint-John, Saint-Paul et Saint-Georges). The old town used to be the centre of industry and the home of the Lyons silk workers. At the end of Francois I's reign a census reported that there were 180,000 looms in the city. The houses built by the Brokers and bankers now gives the town an exceptionally urban look. More that 300 of these houses still remain. There are four general styles of architecture which correspond to the buildings. Late Gothic houses have Flamboyant façades, Renaissance houses have flowery façades (the most beautiful), and French Renaissance houses in the style sponsored by Philibert Delorme and late 16C or Pre-classic houses with harsh lines. It is also the district of the famous covered passage ways(traboules) (between the rue Saint-Jean, the rue des Trois-Marie and the Romain Rolland quay or between the rue Saint-Georges and the Fulchiron quay) that link the buildings either by arched ogival corridors or with French ceilings and by interior courtyards with Renaissance galleries.


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Vlastimil Hort: Karel Opočenský
by Vlastimil Hort
6/23/2017 – In his series about great chessplayers of the past Vlastimil Hort honors Karel Opočenský, the first Czech chess professional. Hort knew him personally and Hort knows that it was Opočenský who once showed Najdorf an interesting new idea in the Sicilian.
K.O. – the first Czech chess professional
I wonder when we first met in person? As a young chess talent from the countryside I had heard a lot about K.O.. I regularly read his columns which he published in various newspapers and I also knew his book "AVRO 1938" by heart. I also knew which scene in Prague he frequented and I had toyed with the idea to seek him out. But whether the "almighty Opo" would even talk to me was very much an open question.
Autumn 1961 – I was in Prague to study and had made my bed in the student hall of Jarov but my first steps did not lead me to the lecture hall of the university but to the famous chess café U Nováků. There, K.O. had a regular seat, reserved for him till kingdom come – only the chosen few were allowed to sit down to discuss, to analyze, or to play cards or blitz with him.
The head waiter Lhotak had his eyes everywhere and for the Maestro he kept a jealous watch over a bottle of Châteauneuf du Pape. The good red wine from France was locked in a drawer but always at hand. While "ultimate socialism" was built outside of the café and the Iron Curtain separated West from East, the head waiter calmly uncorked the bottle. This scene had something celestial. Opočenský came almost every day to the chess café. His taxi arrived around 3 pm in the afternoon and around midnight he was picked up again. Naturally, the bon vivant K.O. also dined luxuriously in the café and liked to light a "Virginia" with relish after dessert.
His daughter Eva Franzova has fond memories of him: "My father was a bohemian, he was incredibly well-read, sophisticated, a fantastic story-teller and a dazzling charmer. But for him chess came first. He lived only for a few years with us, during my childhood. He was often and for long times away on chess tournaments. But I will never forget his nice Christmas presents, exciting, entertaining and wise children's books."
In 1931, under the aegis of the then president G. Masaryk, the Chess Olympiad was played on all floors of the U Nováků house. Opočenský, the sad hero, was the last to sit at the board. If he had successfully converted his better position against Hans Kmoch from Austria the team of Czechoslovakia would have won silver. Unfortunately, in the end Opočenský had only bishop and knight left while Kmoch had a knight. Pity! 1. USA, 2. Poland 3. CSR.
The following Olympiad took place in Folkestone two years later, in 1933. In this Olympiad Opočenský achieved the best result of his career, 11.5/13 and thanks to him Czechoslovakia came second!
I, The economics graduate to be, patiently searched for the master. At that time I did not know that I was waiting for the Equator Blitz Champion. In the summer of 1939 the ship Piriapolis took out to sea from Antwerp, destination Buenos Aires. Participants of the Chess Olympiad were also on board. Opo remembers: "The journey was very long and near the equator Keres challenged me to a blitz-match. The English master Harry Golombek immediately seized the chance and opened a betting office. Our match ended with a 10-10 tie, a rich harvest for Golombek because no one had predicted this result. This whetted the appetite of another Englishman, Mister Wood, who organised the "Equator Blitz Tournament" the following day.
1. Opočenský (7.5), 2. Engels, 3. Stahlberg. Among the other participants were Tartakower, Lundin and Golombek to name just a few.
Miguel Najdorf missed the tournament because the heat caused him to oversleep. With his flat, stylish cap he came just in time for the winner's ceremony, however, not without protesting loudly and challenging me for a new match." Result: Opočenský +3 =2 -0. Guerra, Guerra! After arriving in Buenos Aires World War II disrupted the Chess Olympiad.
"Young man, for you, there is always a seat at my table. Please, Mr. Lhotak, give the man a glass of my wine." For the first time in my life I drink Châteauneuf du Pape. The maestro even wanted to acquaint me with Liduška, the waitress. We finished the evening playing cards and I lost 60 crowns at Czech Skat. A staggeringly high amount for a student whose lunch in the university canteen cost just two crowns and 60 heller. I could only pay my debts by installments and this lasted for months. Chess, cards, billiards - no matter the political system, the police always kept the "sinners" of Prague under control.
Vlastimil Hort, Karel Opocensky, Slavoj Kupka
An accident? They were born in the same year and for decades Alexander Alexandrovic Alekhine (born 31st October 1892) and Karel Opočensky (born 7th February 1892) remained good chess friends. An unusual relationship. Former World Champion Boris Spassky told me a macabre story pertaining to it, which I here retell with his personal permission. The scene is an international tournament in Bukarest 1953. K.O is the main arbiter of the tournament, he smokes his beloved Virginias, and cadet Spassky is curious and asks him: "'Please tell me, Karel Ivanovich, is it true what our chess journalist IGM Kotov writes about Alekhine? Was Alekhine homesick for the Soviet Union? Would he really have liked to return from exile?' Opočenský puffs pensively on his cigar and finally replies: 'But of course, young man, he always wanted to return, ideally on German tanks!'"
As a matter of form – a few sentences about Opočenský's beginnings. His father, Jan Opočenský, a well-known building tycoon in Prague, had decided that little Karl, the middle child and the most gifted of his seven children, was to take over the family business. But instead of studying diligently little Karl preferred to play chess. Faust sold his soul to Mephisto, Opočenský fell for the chess goddess Caissa.
The famous Café Louvre, where the members of Prague's oldest chess club "Dobruský" regularly met in the back, still exists today. But the Czechs not only played chess there, they also dreamt of independence and statehood. In 1910, when Opo still went to grammar school, he played the first chess tournament of his life in this café. His father was furious and gave him the choice whether - or... "I was very sorry to give my father such a lot of grief but I have never regretted my choice."
But Opo was no prodigy, he had to work hard for his chess knowledge. His father remained stubborn and little Karl had to see how to get by. But Opo was very ingenious when in need, he writes chess articles, he reports from tournaments, he annotates games, he teaches. Just before midnight, when the newspapers have their deadlines, he is particularly active. He looks for allies wherever he can and step by step increases his playing strength.
The year 1914 - K.O. plays in two tournaments abroad. The well-known chess master and journalist Marco from Vienna organized an analytical gambit tournament in Baden. A lot of chess aces gathered there: Spielmann, Schlechter, Tartakower, Reti, Breyer, and an unknown master from Prague. In Baden Opo develops his own chess style and his whole life he is faithful to it: surprise and trap – trap and surprise. In worse positions he prefers a last try - that is a quick counterattack with tactical chances - to long hours of defense.
German chess congress in Mannheim. Alekhine clearly led the Masters Tournament, K.O. played in the Main Tournament. World War I brought both tournaments to an early end, the players had to return home empty-handed. To his displeasure Opočenský finds that Jan, his oldest brother, started a political career with the extreme right.
Let us once again quote Opočenský's daughter, Eva Franzova: "When we strolled through Prague with Alekhine and his wife, Madame Alekhine often caressed my hair. All the chess greats, including Dr. Euwe, respected my father, although he was a staunch communist. His attitude and his philosophy of life only partly changed after the Russian occupation (brotherly help) in 1968."
From politics back to chess. I quote my colleague L. Kavalek: "The variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6, 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6) was also an invention by K.O, who back in 1946 had insisted that Black's next move should (had to) be 6...e5. After 6. Be2 e5 Black is right, but after 6.Bg5 the move 6… e5? would be a flop and the hole on d5 ugly. In contrast to Opočenský Najdorf understood that the square on d5 had to be defended and therefore he played 6… e6, even before World War II."
Vlastimil Hort: "Opočenský tried in vain to claim his copyright to the variation. He told me dejectedly that he himself had shown his variation to Najdorf. Later Najdorf included the whole system into his repertoire. Miguel Najdorf was of course much better known and the stronger player. What decsion would King Salomon have made?"
What is Opočenský's literary heritage? Back in 1923 he published a small book for beginners, "Chess Methodology". He dedicated it to his brother Wenzel who had been killed in action during World War I. In the era of communism three entertaining books about chess followed, which, however, appeared only in Czech: "Play chess and laugh", "Over there (in Russia) they all play chess", "On the chess boards of the world". They all have a very fine narrative. Today, you still find them in antiquarian bookstores. For some time he was also part of the editorial team of the "Revue Fide".
One should not forget his commitment to bring arbiters to chess events. In 1951 and 1954 he is main arbiter of the World Championship matches in Moscow. His fee was a car, a Schiguli, which he immediately converted into cash to go back to get chauffeured by taxi.
Prague has always been a chess friendly city. Like Vienna, at the end of the 19th century Prague was full of coffeehouses and chess was played in most of them. But how did chess fare in Bohemia and Moravia during World War II? Playing chess was not on the black list and, provided the club was registered, could be played till a quarter to nine in the evening. However, there always had to be a watchdog who was responsible that it was not a political gathering.
In this time two important tournaments were played in Prague, in the Hotel Palace. Alekhine won both.
Our focus is on the Easter Tournament 1943. It was a big social event. Honorary chairman was Vlasta Burian, the best Czech comedian of all time. In the tournament committee we do find one of the most famous Czech soccer players, Josef Bican (Slavie Prag). From the German occupants Erhard Post, general manager of the Greater German Chess Federation, was there. The owner of the Hotel Palace, E. Oppel, was very generous and the tournament director Citibor Kende (Tibor Kendelényi) again and again managed to come up with an enormous sum for the tournament. Kende loved chess more than anything but unfortunately wrote for the wrong side. After the war he received six years for collaborating with the Germans. He exchanged the prison sentence for ten years of work in an uranian mine. Like K.O. he remained faithful to chess until he died.
The tournament table shows a number of illustrious names. Masterful and superior, Alekhine, Keres superclass, big surprise an amateur, Katětov, professor of mathematics. The German participant Carl Carls from Bremen, had to stop playing because of personal reasons, he was replaced by the Czech player B. Thelen. True to his "feast-or-famine" approach Opočenský can be found in the middle of the table. Next to him is Ludek Pachmann, who appears on the chess scene for the first time. But who is Max Dietze, who finished 18th?
The German Erhard Post was in charge of the festive prize-giving. Alekhine, who finished first, shook hands with Post. Two of the Czech prize-winners thanked with the nazi salute. In the sixties Urbanec, a master from Prague, who had played in the tournament, offered me two photos from the prize-giving ceremony which show the two players offering the nazi salute. I am still sorry that back then I did not want to pay the high fee for the photos.
Prague 1943 (Photo: Chess Society Prague)
Alekhine-Keres, Prague 1943 (Photo: Chess Society Prague)
Karel Opocensky, Edvard Beneš (right)
Jan Foltys and Jaroslav Šajtar were the two players who had raised their hand. The former had serious problems after the war, the latter joined communist intelligence. Šajtar later advanced to the post of general secretary of the Czech Federation and even became FIDE Vice President. All of this was seen and known by K.O. who after the February putsch in 1948 suddenly held all the trumps and had the best conditions for a political career. All his red buddies were supporting him and the minister of information Kopecký (the left hand of Klement Gottwald) appointed him as councillor.
I think it is much to Opo's credit that he only wanted to make a career on the 64 squares. He never took part in a witch hunt, he never took revenge and he never harmed his former political opponents. However, he was really delighted that certain subjects reluctantly had to address him as councillor. Unfortunately, the plans for a chess palace in Prag-Dejvice, his chess dream, never became reality even though the construction plans had already been drawn. Another disappointment - the Soviet Union declaring chess as a sport. For Opo this was nonsense! For him chess was always culture.
Coming at 3 pm by taxi, going back around midnight. His daily schedule never changed. He was only missing after the invasion of the Russian army in 1968. Did he analyze or change his approach to socialism or was he afraid? Opo saw his successor in me although I have tried again and again to convince him that even communism with a human face does not keep what it promises.
Gens una sumus. I saw Opo in the U Nováků a few days before his death. On 16.11.1975 the Czechoslovakian master of 1927, 1929, 1938 and 1944 left his regular seat forever. His humor, his commentary, his ideas, his originality remain immortal.
Photos, if not indicated differently, are from the book: "Karel Opocensky - 1. cesky sachovy profesional" (Karel Opocensky - 1st Czech chess professional): http://www.praguechess.cz/knihy-vydane.php?langue=en
Translation from German: Johannes Fischer
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Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort was born January 12, 1944, in Kladno, Czechoslovakia. In the 1970s he was one of the world's best players and a World Championship candidate. In 1979 he moved to West Germany where he still lives. Hort is an excellent blindfold player, a prolific author and a popular chess commentator.
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CMPonCB 6/27/2017 05:37
Another wonderful article. Who knew that Grandmaster Hort had so many stories in the locker? Please encourage him to keep them coming!
anandymous 6/25/2017 03:25
Another terrific article by GM Hort. Please write more. Perhaps something on Pachman...
rohuegel 6/24/2017 07:46
An excellent article! However, it's not correct that his books only appeared in Czech. I have a book by Opočenský, co-authored with Vitezslav Houska, entitled "Heiteres aus der Welt des Schachs" (1961).
indiankid 6/24/2017 08:43
More such articles please! I am a great fan of Chess history and keep imagining how they would have played or practiced their art. Wonderful !!!
Igor Freiberger 6/24/2017 06:07
Excellent article! But the game comments were not translated from German.
RayLopez 6/23/2017 09:27
Nice article, I learned something and did not know the artist Duchamp was so strong a chess player. I like this part: "Young man, for you, there is always a seat at my table. Please, Mr. Lhotak, give the man a glass of my wine." For the first time in my life I drink Châteauneuf du Pape. The maestro even wanted to acquaint me with Liduška, the waitress. We finished the evening playing cards and I lost 60 crowns at Czech Skat. A staggeringly high amount for a student whose lunch in the university canteen cost just two crowns and 60 heller. I could only pay my debts by installments and this lasted for months." - seems the old master was a bit of a card shark, and the young man fell for the 'gambit' of a free glass of wine in exchange for a later debt of 60 crowns, haha! :-)
The Sniper is a universal opening framework which can be played against all main first white moves - 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, 1.f4 and 1.Nf3. Black plays 1…g6, 2…Bg7 and 3…c5 against practically anything!


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Govt allows European Parliamentary panel to visit Kashmir
8:08 pm October 28, 2019
SRINAGAR: Nearly three months after its decision on Article 370, the Union government has decided to allow a delegation of European parliamentarians to travel to Srinagar and see the situation in Kashmir, media reports said on Monday.
Quoting a source from Delhi and Srinagar, a report by The Hindu said that a 28-member delegation comprising Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and Poland will visit Srinagar on Tuesday. On Monday, they met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended a lunch hosted by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. They met a few mainstream Kashmiri leaders, including former Minister Muzaffar Beigh from the PDP and winners of the Block Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir last week.
"PM Modi expressed the hope that [the MEPs] have a fruitful visit to various parts of the country, including Jammu and Kashmir," said an official statement. "Their visit to Jammu and Kashmir should give the delegation a better understanding of the cultural and religious diversity of the region of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh; apart from giving them a clear view of the development and governance priorities of the region," it added.
The visit to Jammu and Kashmir is being coordinated with the NSA's office, said officials in Srinagar, as he has been the government's point-person on the move to dilute Article 370 and bifurcate the State into Union Territories on August 5, The Hindu reported.
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Includes bibliographic references (pages 151-154).
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Myers, Donald Forrest, "Pointwise and uniform convergence of fourier series on SU(2)" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations. 2515.


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JOHN ESSIGMANN: I'm always interested in listening to JoAnne's lectures, and she talks about how she got interested in biochemistry from a background in what I would call more physical organic chemistry by attending a lecture and being completely inspired. And I am a toxicologist by training. And how did that actually happen. I have a similarly inspiring story, so I thought I would tell that.
I went to a lecture about 45 years ago, by a fellow by the name of [Richard] Evans Schultes. He was the director of the Herbarium at Harvard-- and I'd been to it; it was very interesting-- and a professor there. And he is arguably the father of the field called ethnobotany.
I went to this talk-- there were only about 10 people at the talk. He-- because it was a small talk, he gave it sitting down, he asked permission to do that, he's a very polite man. And it was very informal, only a few slides. And the slides were mainly of him living with indigenous peoples, Native Americans in the Southwest, Amazonian native peoples, very interesting.
And he talked about, for example, he had just graduated, his undergraduate degree from Harvard. His parents were eager to have him go to medical school. He was very interested in botany and in native languages.
So he went to live with the-- I think it was the Kiowa people in the Midwest-- I think it was probably Oklahoma. And he learned about peyote and a lot of other chemicals that were hallucinogenic. And he realized, of course, that many of these kinds of compounds that were used in a lot of rituals, were also medicines at other concentrations, anesthetics and so on.
He then went down to South America, living with various tribes. He'd be gone for up to a year at a time. There are wonderful stories, well actually terrible stories, I guess, about him paddling his canoe for 40 days with malaria-- it was terrible-- to get to a hospital, things like that.
But anyway these are stories-- I was a young scientist at the time-- these were very influential to me. And he talked about, I was down in South America and they-- and I found the plants from which the native people got their dart and arrow poisons. And he said, out of that we isolated curare, and initiated the path toward the clinic of curare as a muscle relaxant.
He said that it didn't work so well. I remember this lecture like it was yesterday. He said that it was the beginning of World War II, we were cut off from the rubber plantations in the Philippines and other places. And since South America had jungles, his form of, quote unquote "military service," involved trying to find sources in the jungle of latex that could be used to make rubber so that we could have an effective war machine.
So anyway, I went up to this fellow after he gave his talk. And I said, look, I just got to do this kind of stuff. This sounds really interesting. And he said, what's your background? I said, well, you know, I worked as a chemist. I was a biology major but I worked as a chemist at an industrial consulting company during my undergraduate years.
And he said, oh, you got to go talk with Gerry Wogan at MIT. He said that he isolates toxins from fungi that you find out in the jungles of Southeast Asia. And, so anyway, that's how my career began. As you know, I got to eventually meet Gerry Wogan and work with him. He had already identified this toxin, aflatoxin. But he needed somebody to figure out how it worked, and that's how I got my start.
So my interests have been in chemicals from the environment. It could be a pollutant. Or it could be a chemical that could be a precursor to a therapeutically useful molecule, and how do they interact with biological systems. And that's what toxicologists and pharmacologists do.
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Vritra
(Redirected from Vrtra)
Vritra (Sanskrit: वृत्र, vṛtra, lit. 'enveloper') is a Vedic serpent or dragon in Hinduism, the personification of drought and adversary of Indra.[1] Vritra is identified as an Asura. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi (Sanskrit: अहि ahi, lit. 'snake'). He appears as a dragon blocking the course of the rivers and is heroically slain by Indra.[2]
King of deities Indra kills the vritrasura with a thunderbolt
In many 20th-century interpretations of the Rigveda, Vritra was interpreted as a reference to the dams and irrigation systems of the non-Vedic Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), which were disliked, attacked, and probably destroyed by the Vedic Aryans, thus contributing to the end of the IVC. Ideas about the end of the IVC have changed in recent decades, and this theory is now less popular, but it can be seen, for example, in the classic An Introduction to the Study of Indian History of 1956 by D.D. Kosambi, written when this was the conventional academic view.[3]
1 Vedic version
2 Puranic and later versions
3 Buddhism
Vedic versionEdit
Indra kills Vrttirasura (story from Rig Veda, featured in Bhagavatha)
According to the Rig Veda, Vritra kept the waters of the world captive until he was killed by Indra, who destroyed all the 99 fortresses of Vritra (although the fortresses are sometimes attributed to Sambara) before liberating the imprisoned rivers. The combat began soon after Indra was born, and he had drunk a large volume of Soma at Tvashtri's house to empower him before facing Vritra. Tvashtri fashioned the thunderbolt (Vajrayudha) for Indra, and Vishnu, when asked to do so by Indra, made space for the battle by taking the three great strides for which Vishnu became famous. [4]
Vritra broke Indra's two jaws during the battle, but was then thrown down by Indra and, in falling, crushed the fortresses that had already been shattered.[5][6] For this feat, Indra became known as "Vṛtrahan" (lit. "Slayer of Vritra" and also as "slayer of the first-born of dragons"). Vritra's mother, Danu, who was also the mother of the Dānava race of Asuras, was then attacked and defeated by Indra with his thunderbolt.[5][6] In one of the versions of the story, three Devas – Varuna, Soma and Agni – were coaxed by Indra into aiding him in the fight against Vritra, whereas before they had been on the side of Vritra (whom they called "Father").[7][8]
In one verse of a Rig-Vedic hymn eulogising Sarasvati, she is portrayed as the one who slayed Vritra. Mention of this occurs nowhere else.[9][10]
Hymn 18 of Mandala IV provides the most elaborate account of the Vedic version. The verses describe the events and circumstances leading up to the battle between Indra and Vritra, the battle itself, and the outcome of the battle.[11]
Puranic and later versionsEdit
Sanaka and other sages preaching to Shukracharya and Vrutrasura
As told in the narration given to King Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata, Vritra was a demon created by artisan god Tvashta to avenge the killing of his son by Indra, known as Triśiras or Viśvarūpa. Vritra won the battle and swallowed Indra, but the other Gods forced him to vomit Indra out. The battle continued and Indra was eventually forced to flee. Vishnu and the rishis (sages) brokered a truce, with Indra swearing that he would not attack Vritra with anything made of metal, wood or stone, nor anything that was dry or wet, or during the day or the night. Indra used the foam (which Vishnu had entered to ensure victory) from the waves of the ocean to kill him at twilight.
Srimad Bhagavatam recognizes Vritra as a bhakta (devotee) of Vishnu[12] who was slain only due to his failure to live piously and without aggression.[13] This story runs thus:
SB 6.9.11: After Visvarupa was killed, his father, Tvashta, performed ritualistic ceremonies to kill Indra. He offered oblations in the sacrificial fire, saying, "O enemy of Indra, flourish to kill your enemy without delay."
SB 6.9.12: Thereafter, from the southern side of the sacrificial fire known as Anvaharya came a fearful personality who looked like the destroyer of the entire creation at the end of the millennium.
SB 6.9.13-17: Like arrows released in the four directions, the demon's body grew, day after day. Tall and blackish, he appeared like a burnt hill and was as lustrous as a bright array of clouds in the evening. The hair on the demon's body and his beard and moustache were the color of melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like the midday sun. He appeared unconquerable, as if holding the three worlds on the points of his blazing trident. Dancing and shouting with a loud voice, he made the entire surface of the earth tremble as if from an earthquake. As he yawned again and again, he seemed to be trying to swallow the whole sky with his mouth, which was as deep as a cave. He seemed to be licking up all the stars in the sky with his tongue and eating the entire universe with his long, sharp teeth. Seeing this gigantic demon, everyone, in great fear, ran here and there in all directions.
SB 6.9.18: That very fearful demon, who was actually the son of Tvashta, covered all the planetary systems by dint of austerity. Therefore, he was named Vritra, or one who covers everything.[14]
Vritra became the head of the Asuras (portrayed as inherently demonic here, as opposed to the Vedic version in which they can be gods or demons). He renounced his dharma – duty – to do good unto others and turned to violence, battling with the Devas. Eventually, he gained the upper hand and the Devas were frightened of his evil might. Led by Indra, they approached Lord Vishnu for help. He told them that Vritra could not be destroyed by ordinary means, revealing that only a weapon made from the bones of a sage could slay him. When the deities revealed their doubts about the likelihood of any ascetic donating his body, Vishnu directed them to approach the Rishi Dadhichi. When approached by the Gods, Dadhichi gladly gave up his bones for the cause of the good, stating that it would be better for his bones to help them attain victory than to rot in the ground. The Devas collected the bones and Indra crafted the Vajrayudha from them. When they engaged Vritra again, the battle lasted for 360 days before Vritra breathed his last.
As per the Puranic (Mahabharat) references, the terrible anthropomorphic personification of Brāhmanahatya (Brahmanicide) chased Indra and forced him into hiding for his sin,[15][16] and Nahusha was invited to take his place.[17][18]
BuddhismEdit
In the Pali Canon, Vritra is alluded to when the Buddha addresses Śakra with the title "Vatrabhū."[19]
Aesir-Asura correspondence
Chaos (mythology)
List of dragons in mythology and folklore
Nāga
Nagavanshi
Susna
Vala (Vritra's brother)
Vedic mythology
Verethragna
^ Vritra at the Encyclopædia Britannica
^ Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 63.
^ See section 3.4, pp 72-75, 93-94
^ Rig-Veda 1.154 (Sanskrit)
^ a b Rig-Veda 1.32 (English)
^ a b Rig-Veda 1.32(Sanskrit)
^ Rig-Veda 1.124 (English)
^ Rig-Veda 6.61 (English)- Griffith replaces the "Vritra-slayer" found in the Sanskrit (verse 7) with a generic "foe-slayer".
^ Rig-Veda 6.61 (Sanskrit) - See verse 7
^ The birth of Indra and slaying of Vritra according to Vamadeva mandala - RV 4.018
^ "True grace". The Hindu. 15 October 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ "Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 9". vedabase.net. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ Srimad Bhagavatam 6:9
^ Mahabharata 5.9 and Mahabharata 5.10 (English).
^ Mahabharata 5.9 and Mahabharata 5.10(Sanskrit)
^ Mahabharata 5.11 (English).
^ Mahabharata 5.11(Sanskrit)
^ "SN 2.3".
Radhakrishna, B.P (1999). Vedic Sarasvati and the Dawn of Indian Civilization (42 ed.). Memoir Geological Society of India.
Griffith, Ralph (1896). Hymns of the Rigveda. ISBN 0-8426-0592-4.
Ganguli, Kisari (1883-96, reprinted 1975). The Mahabharata. ISBN 0-89684-429-3.
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Context – Chucalissa is situated on 100 forested acres that are adjacent to another 1000 acres of the T.O. Fuller State Park. In a recent survey of our monthly e-newsletter readers, respondents suggested we develop more programs on our natural environment. In 2008, the Southwind Garden Club created a state certified arboretum at Chucalissa. This summer members of the Westwood community will plant traditional foods in an urban garden at Chucalissa. This past Saturday we launched our Traditional Medicinal Plant Sanctuary funded through Green Fee at the University of Memphis. Of note, the Memphis Botanic Garden (MBG) also recently created a medicinal plant garden. In conversation with MBG Garden Curator, Chris Cosby, we discussed how Chucalissa and MBG gardens might complement and not be redundant to each other. As Chris noted, at Chucalissa, our plants are in their natural context and allow an appreciation of the micro-environments that support the different species. At MBG's made environment this appreciation is not as apparent – a great example of living into our mutual strengths and opportunities.
Resources – As a regional repository for the past fifty years, the C.H. Nash Museum has accumulated a considerable educational collection of historic and prehistoric materials. Educational collections result from the past practice of the museum accepting donations of unprovenienced artifacts from surface collections or other unknown sources. Although we no longer accept such donations, in the past we accumulated 30 or so cubic feet of collections with no research value but plenty of educational worth for exhibits and programs. These educational collections allow us to use real artifacts in our hands-on archaeology lab and in other offerings, such as our stone tool program. This opportunity is unlike any other in our region – again, a niche that we can live into.
The Chucalissa Site – One of our greatest strengths is that our Museum is located on the grounds of a temple mound complex built by Native Americans 1000 years ago. The greatest weakness our Graduate Assistants identified last fall in assessing our current programs and exhibits was our museum's lack of interpretation of the site. That is, we do a good job of interpreting both prehistoric and modern Native American cultures, in general, but our Museum presents little specific to those people who lived at Chucalissa. At the same time, we curate collections from a 50 year archaeology program at the site on which to base those presentations – obviously, a niche that we can fill best.
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Immigrant Ships
SS Imperator Ephemera Collection
All Digitized Ephemera for the SS Imperator available at the GG Archives. Common items of ephemera in our maritime collection include passenger lists, brochures, event and entertainment programs, and other memorabilia produced for a voyage or ship.
Hamburg-Amerika Linie Nordseebäder-Fahrplan - 1914
Viele Fotos der Schiffe, Innenansichten und Bilder der Wahrzeichen von Hamburg, Deutschland, machen diese Broschüre zu einer ungewöhnlich guten Broschüre der Hamburg- Amerika Linie von 1914. Zwei farbige Karten enthalten die Nordsee und die Umgebung.
Hamburg America Line North Sea Resorts Timetable - 1914
Many photographs of the ships, interior views, and images of Hamburg, Germany landmarks help to make this an unusually good brochure from the Hamburg America Line in 1914. Two color maps are included of the North Sea and Vicinity. Ships Featured: Königin Luise, Kaiser, Imperator
Ephemera contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenirs provided to the passengers of each voyage. Many of these souvenir ephemeral items have disappeared over the years.
Our selection varies considerably by ship, and likely contains only a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines.
Bookmark pages you're researching and check back periodically for additions as we continue to digitize our extensive ephemera materials.
The "Imperator," the Largest Vessel in the World
The S.S. Imperator of the Hamburg America Line, the Largest Vessel in the World. Leslie's (6 June 1912), p. 638. GGA Image ID # 103401189d
And the "Borussia," the First Steamship of the Hamburg America Line.
The lar test vessel in the world, the Hamburg America Line's new steamship Imperator," was launched from the Vulcan Yard at Hamburg, Germany, on May 23.
The ceremony was witnessed by tens of thousands of spectators, including hundreds of German military, and naval officers and civil officials. A "baptismal" oration was delivered by Johannes Burchard, chief Burgomaster of Hamburg, and Emperor William christened, the vessel, breaking a bottle of German champagne against her bows as she glided down the ways.
Throughout Germany, the event was considered of national significance, as the "Imperator" is expected to bring back to the fatherland the laurels wrested away by the prominent English, transatlantic liners.
The Imperator − which has been built in conformity with the German laws said to be the most rigid in the world—is 900 feet long, and will have a tonnage of 50,000.
She is more than four city blocks in length, and as she has a beam of 96 feet, her deck Space is acres in area. She will be driven by Parsons quadruple turbine, engines which will develop 70,000 horse-power and ensure an average speed of 22 1/2 knots.
These will be the most powerful marine engines ever constructed. The ship will be equipped with Frahm anti-rolling tanks, which will render her steady in the roughest seas.
The mammoth Yessel has a double bottom, and also, will have coal bunkers at the sides, virtually giving her a double skin. She is also equipped with many transverse bulkheads, with doors, worked by hydraulic power from the bridge, and quickly closable.
There will be electrical communication throughout the ship, and she will carry sufficient lifeboats to accommodate all her passengers, and crew-her passenger capacity is 4,400, and her crew will number 1,100. The most powerful wireless apparatus will be in service on board at all hours of the day and night.
If she were standing on end, the "Imperator" would be higher than the highest skyscraper in the world. Her essential structure weighs more than 100,000,000 pounds.
Besides, there will be an enormous weight of ſurniture, pictures, dishes and other objects. It would require a train 45 miles long to carry the material used in her construct. When the passengers and crew go aboard 750,000 pounds will be added to her weight.
While she is the largest, the "Imperator" will also be the most up-to-date of ocean liners. Her main dining salon will be spacious, and her public cabins will be the largest ever built.
Her main lounge can be converted into a ballroom, and at one end of this will be a stage for concerts and other performances. A unique feature of the vessel will be a magnificent swimming pool, reproducing a luxurious Roman bath.
The vessel will have handsome suites of rooms for those desiring exclusive privacy, squash courts, a winter garden, a tennis court, and a gymnasium.
The commander of the "Imperator" will be the line's veteran captain, Hans Ruser. No captain is better known to transatlantic passengers or enjoys a fuller measure of confidence than he.
He will superintend her completion and bring her to America in the spring of 1913. Two sister ships of about the same size are also to be constructed.
"The 'Imperator,' the Largest Vessel in the World," in Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, Vol. CXIV, No. 2961, 6 June 1912, p. 638.
Quadruple Turbine	Express Mail Steamer IMPERATOR - The	Largest	Vessel in the World.
Capacity: 50 000 Tons Gross Register
Length: 919 Feet
Breadth: 98 Feet
Depth: 63 Feet
Horsepower: 62000.
Some of the Advantages Offered by the Steamer:
Safety - Arrangements, guaranteeing the greatest measure of safety that engineering science of today can devise. Steel Double-bottom over the whole length of the vessel. Longitudinal and Tranverse Bulkheads reaching far above the water-line. Submarine Bell Signalling System.
Search-lights of 34 000 candle-power. Life-boats for a considerably larger number of passengers than the Imperator has on board when full. In addition, two motor-launches with their own wireless telegraphy on board. Four Pro-pellers, so that if the rudder of the steamer is disturbed, the steamer can still be steered.
Gyro-compass. One Commander and four Captains (for Navigation, Public Safety, and General Superintendence) watch day and night over the ship's course. Wireless Telegraphy carrying the longest distance, separate apparatus for the latest news of the day and for navigation signals.
Three Telegraph Operators on duty in turn, keeping the steamer day and night in constant communication with other steamers. Regular smooth running of the vessel ensured by her large dimensions and Frahm's anti-rolling tanks.
Passenger-staterooms of unsurpassed size with metal bedsteads. Marble Wash-stands with hot and cold fresh water. Imperial and numerous other suites, in all 150 staterooms with private bath and toilet, or shower and toilet. All rooms supplied with electric current for lighting, heating, bells, ventilators etc.
Social-Rooms:	Dining-room	extending	through	two decks, also Ritz-Carlton Restaurant, Grill Room, Grand Ball Room with stage, Smoking Room, Private Dining-room, Ladies' Saloon, Verandah Cafe.
Other Features Deserving of Notice:	Gymnasia both in First and Second Cabin. Swimming-Pool in Pompeian style, reaching through two decks. Seawater constantly renewed by cascades. Electric, Turkish and Vapor Baths. Covered and Open Promenade-decks. Promenade- concerts, Trained Band and Table-music. Telephone system. Office of the Representative of the Passenger-Department, Office of the Baggage Officer. Passenger-lifts.
The sister-ship of the Imperator, the Vaterland was launched on the 3rd of April 1913. This steamer will enter the Hamburg- New York passenger service spring 1914. In addition to these steamers a third vessel of the same type is in course of construction.
Shut up in Hamburg all through World War I, the Imperator was one of the German ships turned over to the Allies after the Armistice. She has recently be^n purchased by the Cunard Line and is now on their New York-Cherbourg-Southampton run. GGA Image ID # 1421129a95
BY PURCHASING THE huge Imperator, the largest passenger carrying steamship in commission, the Cunard Line has in service a trio of sea giants unparalleled in the maritime history of the world, the other two being the
Aquitania and the Mauretania.
The Imperator was given a long tryout by the Cunard Line before she was finally purchased. She entered the company's passenger service in December, 1919, and has been almost constantly in the service ever since.
Reported by the Shipping Magazine, 10 March 1921, p. 17.
"I" & "J" Immigrant Ships - Ephemera & History - GG Archives
Immigrant Ships Beginning with "I" or "J"
SS Ile De France
SS Imperator
SS Independence
SS Ionian
SS Ionic
MS Italia
RMS Ivernia
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Ship Names "I&J"
Ship Names "K"
Ship Names "L"
Ship Names "M"
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Audi e-Tron Sportback Will Look Exactly Like This
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Audi's second EV will debut at the 2019 LA Auto Show next month.
Audi's electric car lineup is about to expand rapidly. Earlier this month, Audi previewed a new electric coupe concept that will ride on Audi's Premium Platform Electric platform that can support a range of body styles including sedans and SUVs. Production versions of the e-tron GT and Q4 e-tron concepts are also in the pipeline.
Audi's next EV, however, will be shown next month, as the e-tron Sportback will debut at the 2019 LA Auto Show in November. Since the standard e-tron has already been revealed and a pre-production prototype of the Sportback was shown at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show back in March, we already have a good idea what Audi's second EV will look like.
This has enabled the artists at Kolesa to produce an accurate render of the production Audi e-tron Sportback before the official reveal. Visually, the e-tron Sportback looks more stylish than the regular model thanks to its coupe-style sloping roofline, but this will come at the expense of practicality as cabin space will inevitably be compromised. At the back, Kolsea has also added a subtle trunk lid spoiler for a sportier look.
Other than these changes, it should look virtually identical to the standard e-tron. Overall, the design will be toned down compared to the e-tron Sportback concept that was shown at the 2017 Shanghai Motor Show.
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Like the regular e-tron, the Sportback will be powered by a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive setup delivering 400 horsepower and 490 lb-ft of torque. In the e-tron, 0-62 mph takes 5.5 seconds before the electric SUV tops out at 124 mph.
Thanks to its 95-kilowatt-hour battery, the e-tron delivers a range of 250 miles and supports 150kW fast charging. This can charge the e-tron to 80 percent in under 30 minutes and 100 percent within 50 minutes. Audi will lift the wraps off the e-tron Sportback on November 19 at the 2019 LA Auto Show.
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ENDA STEVENS' DISAPPOINTING three-year stay at Aston Villa has come to an end with the Premier League club confirming the Irish defender has been released.
Stevens, an Irish U21 international, failed to make an impression during his time at Villa Park after moving from Shamrock Rovers in January 2012.
After spending the first few months in the Villa reserve team, Stevens was drafted in to make his full debut against Manchester United in November 2012 due to injuries and suspensions.
He made just nine appearances for the club having been shipped out on loan to various lower league sides throughout his time at Villa.
The 24-year-old spent the second-half of last season with Doncaster Rovers where he made 28 appearances for the League One outfit, scoring once. He also had spells with Notts County and Northampton Town.
Stevens spent two seasons at Rovers after progressing through the ranks at UCD and then impressing for St Patrick's Athletic. He was part of the Hoops side that became the first Irish team to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League.
Stevens isn't the only Irish player to be leaving Aston Villa with Dubliner Graham Burke failing to earn a contract extension.
Burke made his senior debut for the club in August 2012 during a League Cup tie against Tranmere Rovers but, like Stevens, was unable to kick-on.
England international Darren Bent has also been released but club captain Ron Vlaar has been offered a new contract at Villa Park.
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In Moscow, they'll perform at the prestigious DOM cultural center where they played last year and were immensely applauded. The venue's website is here.
Surely more dates are to be added. We'll let you know more about the tour later, so stay tuned.
The release date of the two upcoming reissues, "Uwasa No Jinrui" [The Human Being] (originally from 1981) and newly-titled "Fushigi o Mitsumete" [Watching the Wonderment] (originally released as "Orguss 02 OST" from 1996) has been set on August 12.
Needless to say, both albums are remastered with 5.6MHz DSD technology, and come with cardboard sleeve.
The remaster edition of "Fushigi o Mitsumete" has a bonus track (a short version of the title song) and new artwork.
HMV Japan has already listed the albums, here and here.
The performance of the augmented Hikashu (or Godzilla Legend) at Fuji Rock Festival this year featured a series of the selections from the classic Japanese monster movies.
Special guest Marianne Shinonome (from Kinoco Hotel) sang a song "Kaese Taiyo o" [Give Us Back The Sun] from the classic Japanese monster movie called "Godzilla vs. Hedorah" (1971).
The mortals repeatedly make mistakes and it's the monsters who suffer and come to the rescue.
English version of the song entitled "Save the Earth," performed by Adryan Russ. The English lyrics is well made - properly reflected the original lyrics in Japanese.
This year's Fuji Rock Festival has ended without a hitch. Hikashu did two shows on the last day of the event (they were the only act who did multiple shows in a day for the festival), and now the site called Fujirockexpress.net published the photo galleries of both shows.
Their performance was such an apparent success; many of the audience tweeted their stage was "the best of the year's festival."
"Fude o Fure, Kanata-Kun" [Wave the Brush, Mister Beyond] is now uploaded on the band's MySpace account.
It is the opening track of their latest effort, Uragoe, and now regularly featured at their gig. This is also the recording Makigami ever tried his shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) for the first time.
The song is placed at the end of the playlist. Just scroll down the list and click the play button appropriately.
It is most likely that the number will be played at Fuji Rock Festival this weekend.
Performed on December 25, 2011 at Daikanyama UNIT, Tokyo.
In the introduction, keyboard player Shimizu Kazuto played RADIOACTIVITY in morse code.
This performance marked a highlight of the evening, and surely the number will be featured again at Fuji Rock Festival this weekend.
This weekend Hikashu will do a special gig at a jazz club in Yokohama called Airegin.
Hikashu's gig at Airegin is a sporadically-occurring event - once in a few years. But everytime it's special, both for the band and the audience.
This is not an ordinary gig of the band - even if there's such thing because they play differently every time, but anyway this is special - their gig at Airegin is mostly instrumental, extended jams and improvisation. Or they try out some unreleased compositions or works in progress. In short, the band utilizes the opportunity as a hotbed for experimentation in music.
Last time they played at Airegin was April 10, 2010. At that gig, they played a series of extended improvisation, an old original Mita just discovered from his vault (later rearranged and finished as "Ashita Ni Kaketa" [Hung On Tomorrow]), and even a Calypso tune. The main set closed with a new arrangement of "Sun Ra is the Pianist," a crowd-pleaser but still unreleased tribute song to the great bandleader who has departured from the earth some time ago (the arrangement featured a chant in outro - very afro, and spaced out).
For audience, it's very interesting to see the band working on compositions and jams - and as already mentioned, they try out new things at Airegin - they know the audience expecting it. The crowd gathering there is a sort of connoisseur - the people who have no hesitation to confront new things, even appreciate it. Everything could be accepted there.
Anyway, do not miss this opportunity or you'll have to wait a few more years. It's better to call the venue for reservation because the admittance is limited.
-- "Sun Ra is the Pianist"


The Rockets matched the franchise record for wins through 50 games at 33 by beating the Phoenix Suns 122-108 at Toyota Center on Wednesday night. The win allows them to keep pace in the ridiculously competitive Western Conference where, despite their accomplishments, they still remain in fifth place. All five of the top teams in the West are on pace to win 50 games this season. By comparison, only two Eastern Conference teams -- the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers -- are on pace to hit the 50-win mark.
The Suns had already beaten the Rockets twice this year and had been on a roll of late until a loss at home Tuesday to the Chicago Bulls. The win gives the Rockets a four-game winning streak, their second of that length this year, as they head into a stretch of games against mediocre to below average opponents and the All-Star break.
Their next four games are against the Bucks (9-40), the Timberwolves (24-25), the Wizards (24-24) and the Lakers (17-32), teams that combine for a .379 winning percentage. Additionally, those games are spread out over 10 days. Once they get through All-Star weekend, however, they will launch into a four-game West Coast road trip that will include games against the Warriors, the Suns, the Kings and the Clippers. Phoenix, Sacramento and the Clippers have two wins each against the Rockets, so they will need to make hay while they have a favorable schedule.
Still, there is no question the Rockets are playing better, particularly on defense. They held Phoenix to 49 percent shooting and just 8-30 from behind the three-point line. After giving up 63 first half points, they only allowed 45 in the second half including just 18 in the fourth quarter.
The Rockets starting five plus Jeremy Lin have been particularly good lately and that continued against the Suns. Dwight Howard had 34 points and 14 boards, James Harden had 23 and both Terrence Jones and Chandler Parsons had 19. Jones chipped in 9 points while Parsons added 7 boards and 6 assists. Coach Kevin McHale said today they expect Omer Asik to practice with the team tomorrow and he could be back on the floor as soon as Saturday when they travel to Milwaukee.
There is still a lot that needs to go right for the Rockets and plenty of tough match ups to come. The Clippers and Thunder continue to dominate despite the losses of both their All-Star point guards. San Antonio has been wracked with injuries but has the second best record in the conference. Then there is surprising Portland, who continues to roll, and teams like the Mavericks and Suns, who have been better than anticipated.
The West is quite simply loaded, but so are the Rockets. With the emergence of Jones and the chemistry developing with Lin and Patrick Beverly on the floor together, it appears some of the issues at the start of the season have begun to work themselves out. There is a long way to go and the Rockets still must drastically improve their defensive consistency, but getting healthy will go a long way towards doing just that and continuing to improve on the whole.
Maybe the record for most wins in the first 50 games of a season won't be the only one they tie...or break.


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The legal forum "Protection of human rights in Ukraine" in NU «OMA»
The legal forum "Protection of human rights in Ukraine" took place in NU «OMA» on December 7, 2016. L.V. Yarovaya, Ph.D. in Political Science Professor, Head of Administrative and Criminal Law Department of NU «OMA» made a welcoming speech and noted that the Ukrainian Law Week was started in our country in accordance with Presidential Decree dated December 8, 2008 on the eve of Human Rights Day, the international holiday, which is celebrated on the 10th of December on the proposal of the United Nations General Assembly.
In this regard, Maritime Law and Management Faculty is conducting a series of measures aimed at increasing legal literacy, the cadet's education and familiarization with human rights issues and mechanisms for their protection, explanation of law and legal institutions in Ukraine. The last decade of Human Rights Day has been held annually under the slogan that elects the UN. The slogan of the 2016 day is "Stand up for someone's rights now!", which is based on the Declaration's provisions on the fact that each of us is obligated to protect human rights.
M.V. Stanischuk, Head of Territorial Administration of Justice in Odessa region made introductory statements and presented the history and characteristics of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on measures to hold the Ukrainian Law Week in the main Territorial Administration of Justice in Odessa to the cadets of NU «OMA».
Besides, A.S. Pazychuk, the representative of Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Human Rights in Odessa region made a presentation on the statistics of human rights and freedoms' observance in Odessa region, taking into account the features of discharging their authority.
O.I. Grygoriuk, the First Vice Chairman of the Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine made a report on the history, activity and international cooperation of the Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine and answered many questions of the cadets and tutors of NU «OMA».
V.S. Boer, the Leading Specialist of Systematization of Legislation Department, legal work and legal education of the Main Territorial Department of Justice in Odessa region, told about positive and negative consequences of the introduction of the private enforcement institution in Ukraine. Statistical examples were given on the work of state enforcement officers as well.
Y.S. Grigorenko, Lawyer, a member of the Committee on the Protection of Lawyers' Rights, a member of the Coordination Council of Young Lawyers of Ukraine held the debate on the norms' implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in criminal proceedings, as well as the practical enforcement of criminal proceedings under preliminary investigation.
V.V. Polyakov, the Leading Specialist of the Main Territorial Department of Justice in Odessa region reported on the adoption of new Law of Ukraine "On State Service", obligatory contest for the job position, disciplinary responsibility and financial control of civil servants. Moreover, he suggested the cadets to complete an internship at the Main Territorial Department of Justice in Odessa region.
In summary, it should be noted that the event orginized by Maritime Law and Management Faculty, with the participation of leading experts in the field of human rights protection at all levels was very informative and fruitful. We hope that such event will become regular and traditional for our university.
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Roderick has much experience in the real estate industry. In 2001, he started as a listing/sales agent with Harlem Homes Realty, Inc. He once held a Managing Sales Associate position with Triumph Property Group in its 28th Street, corporate location.
Roderick, was also, Harlem Branch Manager for Century 21 NY Metro until 2008. Roderick now has teamed up with The David Hoffman Group, KW in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a Charlotte homeowner he is glad to take part in the continuing revitalization of the Charlotte Real Estate market and its surrounding communities.
Roderick is an alumnus of Morehouse College, Purchase College, SUNY – City College and attended The NY Real Estate Institute for his real estate license. Roderick has also been a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer for over ten years, which adds to his drive to achieve personal excellence.
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Renovating your home can be both exciting and stressful. It is pointless to debate whether it's a good idea or not. It can be a good investment if budgeted and planned well. If nothing else, the effort will make your home appreciate in value and you can sell it at the best market rate.
Before you embark on the journey of renovating your personal space, you need to fix a budget and ensure you include every detail. You must decide on the amount you wish to spend on furniture, paint, fixtures, repairs, and construction. It helps to create a detailed budget keeping the big picture in mind. Whether you decide to apply for a home loan or fund the renovation yourself, preparing a budget is a must.
The biggest mistake most of us tend to make is to underestimate the cost of the renovation. This often leads to expenses that go beyond one's budget. The anticipated budget may be realistic for small spaces, especially if you use low quality material, but this may not be ideal. On the other hand, while (say) choosing window frames, if you decide to forgo cheap aluminium and go for the best quality in wood, it could easily double your financial outlay. So keep a margin in your budget for a slight increase in costs.
Before fixing a realistic budget, you may need to do some legwork. Getting multiple quotes is important. Do not settle on a contractor before you get a quote. Ask what the cost covers and how they intend to handle the problems in your home. You also need to consider the time the contractor will require to finish the job, because renovations are neither cheap nor quick. Stop comparing your home with the ones in the magazines you read. Consider why you want to redo your home and look for ways you can achieve it within your budget.
There are always extra costs that you may end up incurring. This is because you necessarily have to leave some parts to guesswork. To avoid blowing your budget through the roof, you need to add a contingency fund. This could be anywhere between 10% and 20% of your budget, depending on the type of project. Talk to your shortlisted contractor to get an idea of the extra cost and what it could cover.
This is the most important aspect of renovating your home. You have finalised the contractor, prepared a budget, and even set aside a contingency amount. But how are you going to finance the renovation? You cannot blow all your savings on it. Before the work begins, you will have to decide how to pay for the project. If you do not have all the required money in hand, apply for a Home Renovation Loan. It can help you fund the expenditure without bankrupting you. This loan is available for the construction of a new home as well.
Applying for a Home Loan is a simple and straightforward process. Once you prepare a budget, you can try to get your home renovation funded through a loan. Use the Home Loan EMI Calculator to estimate the amount you will need to pay each month. Home loans are offered at competitive interest rates and come with flexible repayment tenures.
Lastly, have patience. It will keep you from making impulsive – and costly – decisions and ultimately save time and effort!


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Turning Point is a health and social care organisation that works across mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care, the criminal justice system and employment. In 2017, Turning Point won the contract to deliver sexual health services in 3 London boroughs and Autism Plus joined the Turning Point group. Many of Turning Point services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission.

Organisation
Turning Point is a social enterprise and registered charity based in the United Kingdom that runs projects in more than 240 locations across England and Wales. In addition to providing direct services, Turning Point also campaigns on behalf of those with social care needs.

It has a turnover of £111m, £60m of which is for the delivery of substance misuse services, £18m for the delivery of mental health services and £34m for the delivery of support to people with a Learning Disability.

The organisation provides services support for a range of people, including those with mental health issues, learning disabilities and/or substance-related disorders.

History
Turning Point developed out of The Camberwell Alcohol Project in South East London and was founded by Barry Richards, a London businessman, in 1964.

The charity was described as "one of Princess Diana's favourite charities"; she acted as its patron from 1985 to 1997.

In 2001, Lord Victor Adebowale became Chief Executive. He left in 2020 to start a new position as permanent Chair of the NHS Confederation.

In 2015 the charity denied accusations of "black on black racism" in its appeal against the decision of an earlier employment tribunal that Adebowale had unfairly dismissed the charity's IT director, Ibukun Adebayo. The tribunal found that Adebayo's actions in accessing lewd emails about her from the charity's deputy chief executive to Adebowale constituted gross misconduct, but ruled that this did not justify Adebowale's actions. Adebayo's lawyers said that the actions were unfair because the deputy chief executive's behaviour "was more serious than the claimant's by way of his seniority and position as sponsor of Turning Point's equal opportunities policy."

Rightsteps and livelife
In 2010, Turning Point established Rightsteps, a business-to-business mental wellbeing and health solutions provider that supports employers and employees in large organisations, SMEs and not-for-profit organisations.

In 2019, in order to reach more people and respond to a growing number of people looking for support, Turning Point established livelife, a private pay, direct-to-consumer, online therapy service. The objective of livelife is to support those who do not qualify for mental health help because their issues are not considered severe enough, and to support those who don't want to wait for an NHS appointment, but want the same assurances of quality. All livelife and Rightsteps profits go back to Turning Point, to support the most vulnerable people in society.

See also
Care Quality Commission
NHS England
Public Health England
National Voices
Centre for Mental Health
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
Mental Health Foundation
Mental Health Providers' Forum
Nacro
Together

General:
 Mental health in the United Kingdom

References

External links

Rightsteps
livelife

Addiction organisations in the United Kingdom
Charities based in London
Health in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Organisations based in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Social care in the United Kingdom
Social enterprises
Therapy
Mental health organisations in the United Kingdom