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"I think the need to be trendy when making music is ultimately unhealthy, but in some ways it's hard to avoid." @grapefruitlore
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GETTING TO KNOW GRAPEFRUIT LORE
by Jacqueline Jax
Each of us found music somewhat differently….
My father, Jim Walker, is a professional flutist so I grew up taking music lessons and having music in the house all the time. Emily's dad is also a great musician who I think helped her get into it. Mattan is a little more self-taught – he had a piano in his house and started writing songs just on his own in high school, and he's been scoring his own films for years.
Mattan and I have always said that we have parallel lives – there are some eery similarities to our personalities and upbringings. This idea – that our older sisters are just plainly, objectively, and empirically BETTER than us in every way was one of those similarities we've joked about. Both of our sisters are two years older than us, mine is in dental school, his is in medical school, etc. So he wrote the main pieces of the song, Older Sister, a couple years ago, and when I heard it I suggested we make it a duet, wrote my own verse and came up with a little bridge section and it was done.
We're all from the LA area and our band is based in LA, where Mattan and I went to school and met each other. I can only speak for myself, but in my view there isn't much of a scene to speak of. People think of LA as this music mecca but a lot of that comes from the history and the lore of these famous venues. But the fact that all these iconic bands played at these venues years ago does nothing for fostering a music scene today. What's missing is the kind of culture where people go out together and hang out at music venues, meet people, have drinks, and check out whoever is playing. That ingredient is crucial to having a real "scene" and in my experience it's been totally absent. When you don't have these built-in audiences, the result is venues passing the burden on to the artist. You're told that you have to promise to draw 50 heads or some number like that, or sell tickets in advance (i.e. pay to play). I have no problem with promoting our shows but there's only so much a band can do. Even if we do manage to get 50 people to show up, they're all going to be our friends and family because no one else knows who we are yet, so we're going to end up wasting time, money and energy playing a show that we might as well have done in our back yard. One venue I did like was the Santa Monica Central Social Aid and Pleasure club. They had a few people there getting drinks on a Friday night, we played, and they all came over to the stage and gave us some great vibes. Aside from music Mattan and I like to work on film projects, Mattan is into swimming and running, and I'm a total Ice-Hockey fiend. Emily is involved in her choir and music groups at her high school (yes, she's still in high school).
I like that social media can be a great catalyst for movements like the Arab Spring. Logistically it's incredible how much things like twitter and facebook help keep people informed on important things. We haven't had too many challenges within social media.
I know Mattan is a total Beatle-maniac; Emily has been into St. Vincent and HAIM of late; my favorite artist is the Shins, who are definitely one of my primary songwriting influences. I think James Mercer is the best songwriter of this generation and he never ceases to amaze me. Lyrically and melodically there is so much color to what he does. You never know exactly where he's going and it's always a pleasant surprise. I did actually get to go to their soundcheck before a show back in 2012 through Grammy U, and we had a Q&A afterward. He and the rest of the band were so cool and had some great things to say.
I think the need to be trendy when making music is ultimately unhealthy, but in some ways it's hard to avoid. Our goal is always to write a song that feels honest and instinctive, and then arrange it in a way that does it justice. At the same time we don't want to make decisions that make our music sound dated or irrelevant. So it can be tough. Going back to Older Sister, we actually tried to record it numerous times, and a lot of those attempts failed because we were trying to arrange it and produce it in a trendy way. We tried electronic stuff, samples, all kinds of approaches. At the end of the day that song has a very celebratory tone to it, so the fanfare at the beginning worked to our ears. I wouldn't exactly describe flutes, clarinets and oboes as trendy but we have to go with what works for the song.
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My definition of success is enjoying what you do to pay the bills.
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We're working on some cover videos and music videos, then recording another EP this summer that will probably be released in late 2015 or early 2016.
The roots of Grapefruit Lore can be traced back to the fall of 2011, when founders Preston J. Walker and Mattan Cohen began collaborating as college freshmen. They wrote and recorded their first songs in Mattan's dorm room, amidst a healthy surrounding of cracked out roommates, angry RA's and endless stampedes of sorority girls through the hallways (who elected, on almost all occasions, to pass by rather than stop by the open door).
In 2014, Mattan and Preston added bassist/vocalist Emily McCrite to the lineup and christened the newly minted trio "Grapefruit Lore". After working with producers/engineers Cal Campbell and John DeBold, their debut EP, "Camp Debacle", is now available on Soundcloud and Bandcamp.
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Co-operative Travel's homeworking business achieved sales of £10 million in the six weeks after Christmas, making it the best ever peak booking period in its seven-year history.
The Personal Travel Agents saw a 5% increase in sales over the same period of 2018.
The homeworking division, which has 160 agents based around the UK, also reached £50 million of sales for the 2018-19 fiscal year on January 23.
Head of The Personal Travel Agents at Co-operative Travel Sheena Whittle said: "We're thrilled to have achieved £50 million sales - a major milestone in our business' young history. We're also delighted with how our homeworkers have performed during a challenging peak period that's been dominated by political headlines which have caused uncertainty amongst some consumers.
"We worked hard in the run up to the peak booking period to ensure our homeworkers were prepared and had a strategy in place and we are pleased to see a rise of five per cent compared with the 2018 peak."
Whittle said sales generated via social media were up 20% during the peak period after the company focused on improving agents' digital communcation skills.
"We paid particular attention to nurturing the digital communication skills of our Personal Travel Agents, with a training module called 'Typers not Talkers'. Handling enquiries that come via digital live chat, for example from Facebook messages, requires a different skill set from traditional phone and face-to-face conversations and we wanted to ensure our homeworkers were ready to maximise on the opportunity that social media sales presents," she added.


I was a little suprised I woke up swollen again today. The swelling is now generalized and not just mostly in my eye sockets (glass half full). Redness reduced tremendously. No bad side effects on this treatment. My skin is starting to feel like alligator skin so I am guessing it is about to start peeling. Yah..I guess. You can see the generalized dry, flaky look all over my face. I had just mosturized! Soaks it up like a sponge.
I do plan on working tomorrow. I will draw the mini blinds and keep my door shut most likely. I am not really vain, but not necessarily wanting a big display of my Fraxel at work you know. I will probably be sloughing skin all day. I hope we do not have meetings but have a feeling we will. Oh boy.
I will upload a picture a bit later this morning. I am having coffee now and need to get awake a bit more. I am not in pain or anything at all. I am getting itchy though. I really do not like scratching my face so I try to use a rubbing techinque with the back of my hand so I don't put a big scratch on my face.


Alright - here we go again. This is true film, good old Kodak T-Max.
One of my fav b/w shooters, Markus Hartel, made life easier for those of us who shoots digital too. He made a Photoshop plug-in, that converts color photographs to black&white, but not only that: the plug-in lets you choose different asa-settings too, so the final print looks like it was shot on Tri-x 400 or 800 or 1600!
If you`re able to translate the text on this wall, I`d be happy to learn what it says.
Compare this photo to the previous one. Here, we used the reflector pretty close to their faces. They`re still in a shady area in our garden, but the reflector throws light in their faces, and gives their eyes life.
If you want to use a reflector, but haven`t got anyone to help you, simply give the reflector to the one you photograph, adjust the angle of the reflector as you watch the light in their face, move in close with your camera, and shoot.
I wanted to show you the difference a reflector can make, but I`m not able to place two photographs next to each other on my blog. I`ll just post the other photograph tomorrow. Then you can use the previous/next buttons to see what I mean. This is Tiril. I wanted to use the hedge to the left as a backdrop, but she`s five years old, and moves a lot faster than me. We photographed her in the shade to avoid harsh shadows. It didn`t work to good here. Her eyes are way to dark, and the light is just dull and boring. This could be easily fixed in photoshop, but that`s a different story. I`s time to bring out the reflector! As I`ve mentioned earlier, a big piece of cardboard is all you need to make those eyes sparkle. Move in close, and the reflected light is bright and hard. Take a step or two back, and the light gets softer and less obvious.
The last few weeks has been a true nightmare. I`ve been so focused on a meeting we had at work two days ago, that I`ve neglected everything else. I hate it when I`m not really present , but in order to get things done without freaking out, I just have to act the way I do. It`s not like I turn angry or acts differently, I`m just not mentaly there.
So - I haven`t photographed that much lately, except for today. Tiril and her mother showed up today, and I photographed her while Jeanette controlled the light (natural daylight) using a reflector.
We used to use a big white sheet of cardboard with tin foil glued to one side. It works great, but was a hassle to carry without destroying it. So we bought a "Trigrip" from Lastolite, and halleluja - it works great. I`ll post two photos from todays shoot to show you the difference.
Today`s post is from Tunis. I`ve developed the two neglected rolls, scanned the film, and promise to post a little more often than I`ve done lately.


Recreational fishing license fees have been increased twice in recent years to meet shortfalls in the Department of Natural Resource's operating budget for the administration of recreational programs. As a result, DNR brings in enough money to fund its sport-fishing management, including police enforcement.
Cold and rain have had me housebound and dreaming of last fishing season. Along with great memories, I learned a couple of new lessons.
My fishing partners and I experimented with different types of fishing lines during an extended chumming and live-lining rockfish bite in the mid-Bay. We fished often, up to four times per week, trying braid, monofilament and fluorocarbon lines.
In a bold, all-encompassing and optimistic plan, the National Park Service (NPS) has finally brought together all of the players that enjoy the waters creating our great Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Public Access Plan includes Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, New York and the District of Columbia. No prior federal planning efforts for the Chesapeake have attempted anything of this geographical scope.
If you're like me, you tried to fish all the way to the end of the season. So your tackle was never put up properly.
Now that there's little angling left, outside of possibly a little pickerel action, it's time to care for your tackle. The chore is necessary if you expect to hit the ground running in the spring.
Anne Arundel County has the longest Bay shoreline in Maryland at 534 miles, embracing five major rivers and countless creeks and streams. It is home to 40,000 registered boaters. Yet unless you own waterfront property or live in a water-privileged community, you have virtually no access to the Chesapeake or its tributaries.
Look up the word ubiquitous in any saltwater fly-fishing dictionary and you'll see a picture of a Clouser Deep Minnow streamer fly. Look up the word quintessential and pictured will be that fly in a chartreuse-over-white pattern.
The coming year will be filled with many outdoor opportunities on the Tidewater, particularly if you're an angler. The best part is your adventures could start very soon, mid-January, in fact.
Yellow perch continue their remarkable comeback around the Chesapeake. The bite traditionally begins this month on the Susquehanna Flats at a large staging area near the mouth of the Elk River.
Friday, December 14, 2012, is a day that makes a difference. On that day, menhaden — a fish virtually inedible to humans and once numerous but now endangered — gained recognition and protection as a vital component of our complex marine ecosystem.


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Makes 8 servings. These mushrooms develop a rich jus that acts like a sauce. The surprise ingredient? Cinnamon.
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil and swirl to evenly coat the pan. Add mushrooms and toss with salt and pepper. (You can also use two skillets or cook mushrooms in batches.) Cook until mushrooms release their liquid, about 2 minutes, and then continue to cook until the liquid evaporates. Add shallots and garlic and cook until shallots soften, 2 minutes.
Add Calvados and reduce to dry. Add cider, stock, and cinnamon; bring to a boil, then simmer until the liquid reduces to a ½ cup. Stir in butter, letting it gradually melt to emulsify. Remove garlic and season with salt and pepper. Off the heat, stir in tomatoes and garnish with chives.
Do ahead: Up to 2 days ahead (omit the tomatoes and chives); cover and chill. Reheat and garnish before serving.


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Jennifer grew up torn between her two great loves: books and music. She spent most of her younger years unable to choose whether to be a writer or a singer. After spending her youth writing in private and singing in public, she now only sings in her car and has fully embraced her lifelong passion for writing.
Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Jennifer lives there currently with her two young sons.
Jennifer got her AA in Music from Dean College, attended Berklee College of Music for 2 years, and eventually got her BA in English from Molloy College. She worked as a copy editor before choosing to stay home full-time to raise her children. Now, she is copy editing and proofreading steadily on a freelance basis.
When she isn't taking care of her family, reading, copy editing, or feeding her addictions to Twitter & Facebook, Jennifer is writing.
Jennifer is a member of the Romance Writers of America and is active in the Long Island Romance Writers (RWA Chapter 160). In 2014, she is serving as Secretary & Membership Chair for the LIRW, her first time as a board member. She is also a member of the CTRWA.
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He also played college football at Texas. His dad was also a U. S. Army. He also attended Shoemaker High School and moved into University of Texas in Austin. He's half an Samoan and also a devout Christian. He's been awarded with various awards like Fiesta Bowl Defensive MVP honors and was a prep American that obtained training MVP honors in the U.
S. Army All-American Bowl. Speaking about his private life he's a married guy. He's thought to have five kids but their details aren't given to the origin. He's frequently seen together along with his candy heart, the few are busy in social function and respective non-profit company. He's a President and Co-founder of this Accumulative Advantage Foundation, that assists young men and women realize the little chances that result in larger opportunities.


It's taken United more than two years to integrate a workforce of 88,000 employees meaning major headaches await American should it merge with US Airways for a total of 118,000 workers.
As American Airlines' board meets next week, expectations are high that it will give more concrete shape to the airline's plans to either merge with US Airways or stay independent.
The directors of parent AMR Corp plan to review a tie-up with its smaller rival against an alternative plan to exit bankruptcy as a standalone company, several people familiar with the matter said.
But the people close to the talks told Reuters they do not expect the AMR board to formally choose one option over the other next week, as detailed terms of a deal, such as price and the new management team, have yet to be hammered out. There are currently no plans for an announcement after the meeting.
The meeting that starts Wednesday could still provide clues about whether American is finding merit in the idea of merging with US Airways while it is still restructuring in bankruptcy.
AMR Chief Executive Tom Horton rebuffed an aggressive takeover push from US Airways early in the bankruptcy process, saying American preferred to exit court protection on its own and consider a deal later.
Now, after several months of talks with US Airways and AMR's creditors, Horton has softened his approach at the insistence of the creditors' committee and agreed to consider all options.
"I can assure you we are conducting a collaborative, fact-based analysis to determine the best path forward for American," he said.
US Airways, which has pursued the merger for more than a year, is hoping that AMR's board recognizes the benefits of a combination and will choose to move quickly to negotiate final terms of a deal as soon as this month, the people said.
US Airways declined to comment for this story.
A deal in bankruptcy remains uncertain and could still founder on price or other issues. The pilots union for US Airways must still vote on how to integrate labor contracts, but the process got a boost late on Friday with a recommendation by the board of the US Airline Pilots Association. Other unions also are reviewing the details.
The equity split also remains at issue. US Airways' formal merger proposal in November suggested that AMR's creditors would own 70 percent of the merged entity, and the US Airways shareholders the remainder. AMR has said its creditors deserve closer to 80 percent.
Still, Horton's new tone and other recent events suggest the combination long championed by US Airways and by pilot unions at both airlines will get a serious review by AMR's board.
With one major obstacle – labor integration – appearing closer to resolution, AMR board members will be faced with a merger scenario that is becoming more specific.
The board of the Airline Pilots Association, the union representing AMR pilots, last week approved a memorandum of understanding laying the groundwork for how it would integrate its workforce with that of US Airways.
The board of the US Airline Pilots Association voted on Friday to recommend its member ratify that MOU. The move sent a "pretty strong message" of support, a pilot at US Airways said.
Voting is likely to take several weeks. If the union's 5,000 members ratify it, the deal would mark a major step toward ensuring relative labor peace between the unions, something many tie-ups in the airline sector have historically lacked.
AMR leaders had previously warned that labor integration challenges could render any benefits of a merger smaller than what US Airways has said.
American is the last of the three major U.S. airlines to restructure through bankruptcy. AMR declared bankruptcy in November 2011 citing high labor costs, and eventually reached new, cost-saving contracts with its three primary unions, including its pilots, after bitter negotiations.
A lot is riding on AMR's choice. A tie-up with US Airways would give American Airlines the scale to match bigger rivals that are upgrading service and expanding international routes. Yet going it alone could spare the company the operational headaches associated with mergers, preserve existing management and give it more control over its destiny.
A combined American-US Airways would have revenue of $37.03 billion based on 2011 figures, on par with the $37.11 billion delivered by United Continental Holdings, which became the world's biggest carrier when it was formed in 2010. The new American would have 118,000 employees, compared with some 88,000 at United.
The new carrier would have a solid presence on the important U.S. East and West coasts and on North Atlantic routes, given American's revenue-sharing joint venture with British Airways and Iberia. American currently has East Coast hubs in Miami and New York, while US Airways has key operations in Philadelphia and Charlotte, North Carolina.
The East Coast operations could be structured in a way to make a combined American-US Airways more competitive against Delta Air Lines, which operates out of Atlanta and New York, and United Continental, which has a major hub in Newark, New Jersey. Delta and United are both the products of mergers.
A merged American "could potentially become the dominant player on the East Coast," said John Wensveen, head of airline advisory services at Radixx International, which provides distribution systems and management consulting.
He said American already faces the prospect of greater competition for corporate clients on the lucrative New York-to-London Heathrow route now that Delta is buying a stake in Virgin Atlantic and plans to apply for a joint venture that would allow revenue-sharing.
Still, analysts say a combined carrier would have challenges such as integrating its workforce.
George Hamlin, an aviation consultant in Fairfax, Virginia, said US Airways staff working under bankruptcy-era contracts could expect to be brought up to the same pay level as American Airlines employees, likely raising costs of the combined entity.
American Airlines doesn't have to take the merger path. Reported results since the carrier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year suggest the leaner company would be profitable when it emerges.
In the third quarter, American produced a profit of 33 cents a share, excluding one-time items. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization and restructuring costs (EBITDAR) came to $1.61 billion.
With cost and revenue benefits from the bankruptcy filing included, AMR projects that EBITDAR figure could nearly double to $2.95 billion by the third quarter of 2013, according to data from the carrier.
But Helane Becker, an airline analyst with Dahlman Rose, said an independent American and US Airways would both face challenges of how to grow to compete effectively longer term.
The case is In re AMR Corp et al, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-15463.


Research into the science of sound healing and the healing power of sound is a recent phenomena, yet it was a way of life for the ancient world, and in the India subcontinent it is alive until today. Our Master has used it for the last 37 years, for both healing and self-empowerment. It is a very vibrant love making tool that will take the lovers into the state of oneness.
Bija Mantras are the sounds of the Universe, it can reprogram our DNA thus help harmonize our body to the Universal rhythm.
Listen and practice the bija mantras that we offer on the right top hand of the page every day and it will have a transformative effect on every aspect of your life. We suggest giving it a try for a few weeks and seeing what a difference they can make! Do it before your daily meditation and you'll really see a major change. Or combine it with your existing energy healing works, and see how much more powerful it becomes.
The western world has made scientific advancement in the effect of sound on plants, and water, but has been reluctant to use it to help humanity, as the profit margin was very low. It took Russian biophysicist and molecular biologist Pjotr Garjajev and his team to publish the findings that our DNA will react to human language and even radio waves, if the proper frequency are been used. Both Vedic Astrologers and Ayurvedic doctor have known for ages that our body is programmable by use of Sanskrit Syllable and Mantras (Sound of the Universe) for healing purpose for 1000s of years. Para-Tan use the frequency of Bija Mantras that will release emotional blocks, restore the correct spin of the DNA on a cellular level thus guaranteeing you freedom from medicated-living.
Reprogramming our DNA a new scientific discovery by Russian biophysicist and molecular biologist Pjotr Garjajev.
Since the basic structure of DNA-alkaline pairs and of language are of the same structure, no DNA decoding is necessary. One can simply use words and sentences of the human language! This, too, was experimentally proven! Living DNA substance (in living tissue, not in vitro) will always react to language-modulated laser rays and even to radio waves, if the proper frequencies are being used. This finally and scientifically explains why affirmations, autogenous training, hypnosis and the like can have such strong effects on humans and their bodies. It is entirely normal and natural for our DNA to react to language. While western researchers cut single genes from the DNA strands and insert them elsewhere, the Russians enthusiastically worked on devices that can influence the cellular metabolism through suitable modulated radio and light frequencies and thus repair genetic defects.
Bija mantras are created to resonate with the frequency of our DNA, 1000s of years ago seers in India have know it, and now the scientific world has proven it to be a fact.
"In Dr. Mitchell Gaynor's book, The Healing Power of Sound, he cites specific case studies proving the effect. According to Gaynor, a researcher in Minnesota found that agricultural plants such as corn respond and grow at an amazing rate when they are exposed to the sounds of the sitar, a traditional stringed instrument of India.
Another researcher in Denver, Colorado, compared the effects that different kinds of music had on plants. We found this research into the science of sound healing very interesting. Plants were placed in five identical greenhouses. Soil, light and water conditions were all identical, and the types of plants were the same in all of the greenhouses.
For several months, the researcher pumped different kinds of music into each of the greenhouses. In one, Bach was played, in the second, Indian music, the third, loud rock, and the last, country and Western music was played. In the fifth greenhouse, no music was played at all.
The plants in the greenhouse where only heavy rock music was played did not do well at all. Their growth was stunted, and they would not flower. In the greenhouses with Bach and Indian music, the plants were green and healthy, with many flowers. The plants that heard country and Western music grew the same as those with no music - at a moderate rate, and with a normal amount of flowers."
We bring to you YouTube videos about the effect of sound frequency and vibration by famous scientist in the likes of Dr. Masaru Emoto, Dr. Hans Jenny, Alexander Lauterwasser and many other share with us.
Masaru Emoto Welcome to the World of Water!
Until the groundbreaking work of a pioneer Japanese researcher whose astonishing discovery about water, documented photographically, changed most of what we didn't know and led to a new consciousness of Earth's most precious resource.
Cymatics - Bringing Matter To Life With Sound (Part 1 of 3) These original films of Cymatics experiments were made in the 1960's by Swiss scientist, Dr. Hans Jenny.
"We are the Fractalated Tendrils of Reality, Forever Undulating Towards the Realm of Evolution and Great Mystery. Cymatics is the study of the effect sound frequency and vibration have on particles and mass.. the images you will see superimposed throughout this video are simply fungus spores orienting their geometry to specific tones being generated. This, I feel is exactly how the universe functions. You will notice the gyrations of the mold mimics the cosmic interplay of galaxies and star systems. Sort of an enormous galactic symphony expressing it's beauty through mathematics and numerology. DMT, the spirit molecule is the gateway and the source. Prepare thyself for purified Gnosis. We all have the ability to Tune."
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We are proud to bring to you Bija Mantras of the Goddesses. On the top right top hand corner you will find sound healing YouTube Video. When listening to this Audio-Video, please use good headphones to enjoy the maximum healing benefit of the sounds. This is only a recording, when you receive a sound healing personally, it is much, much, more powerful. For bija mantra notes used during a sound healing session click here.


(Messy) Queen Naija & Ex- Chris Sails Are Both Fight Over Old Sh*t on Youtube! Both Accuse Each Other of Cheating!
Queen Naija and Chris Sails split at the beginning of the year and are now beefing on the internet over the real reason why they broke up.
Chris claims that Queen Naija cheated on him in Detroit a few years back; the couple had apparently been broken up at the time. Meanwhile, Queen Naija makes claims that Chris had been talking to other girls during that time as well!
Could Chris be mad that Queen Naija moved on and is now having a baby by someone else?
Take a look at his side of the story below.
Queen Naija, on the other hand, seems very happy and content with her new boo and new baby daddy, Clarence, yet still makes time to vlog about her ex, Chris Sails. Is she really over him???
Watch her tell all about the infidelity during their marriage below.
This is just a story of two young kids who fell in love at a young age and got hurt. Why keep bringing up the past if you have really moved on?
Because, they still love each other!!!


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Зелёная Роща  — посёлок в Советском районе Республики Марий Эл. Входит в состав Солнечного сельского поселения.

География
Находится в центральной части республики Марий Эл на расстоянии приблизительно 27 км по прямой на юг-юго-запад от районного центра посёлка Советский.

История
Посёлок образован в 1978 году на базе бывшего военного объекта. Здесь была организована республиканская психотуберкулезная больница «Лесное» (с 2014 года закрыта).

Население
Население составляло 170 человек (русские 39 %, мари 48 %) в 2002 году, 141 в 2010.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Советского района Марий Эл

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Discovery of 'Snow Algae' on Ice Spires in Chile Suggests Possibility of Alien Life on Pluto
SnowBrains | July 11, 2019 |
Dramatic ice spires in one of the harshest environments in the world are home to algae. Credit: Steve Schmidt / University of Colorado Boulder
The discovery of 'snow algae' in ice spires in the high remote Andes Mountains points to the possibility that alien life could thrive on Pluto. Microbes have been found in Chile near Llullaillaco, the world's second-highest volcano. It is one of the harshest environments on Earth, home to extreme winds, temperature fluctuations and high ultraviolet radiation exposure, writes the Independent.
Lara Vimercati, the lead author of the study, said: "Our study shows how no matter how challenging the environmental conditions, life finds a way when there is availability of liquid water."
The dramatic ice spires, or penitentes, can grow up to 15ft in height and are only found at high elevations in the dry Andes. They have also been discovered on Pluto and are speculated to also exist on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.
Related: Brain Post: Pluto… Why It's No Longer a Planet
Pluto via New Horizons spacecraft
Biologists at the University of Colorado Boulder noted red coloration – a giveaway sign of microbial activity – in penitente fields 16,000ft above sea level. Samples confirmed the presence of two algal species in the ice, the first documentation of any life forms in such an environment. According to researchers, these spires provide shelter for microbes by providing a source of water in an otherwise arid and nutrient-poor environment.
Steve Schmidt, a professor of microbial and co-author of the study, told the Independent: "We're generally interested in the adaptations of organisms to extreme environments. This could be a good place to look for upper limits of life."
The name "penitente" comes from the Spanish word meaning "penitent one" and comes from their resemblance to a procession of monks in white robes doing penance. They form in snowfields subject to a unique combination of high radiation, low humidity, and dry winds.
SnowBrains | July 11, 2019


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Charity Commission chair promises 'no political interference' in recruitment of chief
04 February 2014 by Sam Burne James
Commission chair William Shawcross also tells the Public Administration Select Committee he has not shown any party political preference in his time at the regulator
William Shawcross
William Shawcross, chair of the Charity Commission, has said there will be no political interference in the appointment of its new chief executive, and that he himself had not shown any party political preference in his time at the regulator.
Shawcross, who was giving evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee in Westminster this morning, was asked by Greg Mulholland, the Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North West, about alleged political interference in public appointments, following comments made by Baroness Sally Morgan, the outgoing Ofsted chair, last weekend.
Morgan had claimed that political motivations had been behind a number of top government appointments at public bodies, including the Charity Commission.
But Shawcross told MPs on the committee this morning that the civil servant heading the appointment committee would "absolutely not allow" any political interference in the recruitment process.
He also said he hoped that the MPs scrutinising the regulator on the PASC would not have perceived any political partiality in him.
"I hope you would agree that that isn't the case," he said. "I try to run this organisation in the way it should be run and in a non-partisan way. I have not been part of a political party for a very long while, and I cannot think of anything I have done that would be construed in such a way."
Three members of the PASC, including Mulholland, had objected to Shawcross's appointment as chair of the commission in 2012 because they said he could not be considered to be politically impartial. They cited an article he had written in 2010 saying the Conservatives were the only hope for Britain.
The committee also heard today that the recruitment firm hiring the new chief executive was being paid a fee of £23,000 and that one applicant, who the commission had seen as a strong candidate, had withdrawn from the process because he considered the £123,000 salary too low.
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JBS GmbH & Co. — немецкая компания, производящая велосипеды и велосипедные комплектующие. Также компания занимается оптовыми поставками велосипедных комплектующих других компаний. Компании принадлежат торговые марки VORTRIEB™ и DRÖSSIGER™. Является официальным дистрибьютором компании Commençal.

У компании есть своя велосипедная команда — Firebike-DRÖSSIGER.

История

 В 1996 году компания состояла из одного человека
 В 1999 году в компании насчитывалось уже 5 сотрудников. Общая площадь помещений 800 м²
 В 2000 году начато производство велосипедов по индивидуальным заказам. Начато производство колес. Количество сотрудников: девять
 2002 г. Налажен полный цикл сборки колес. Сотрудников: пятнадцать
 2004 г. Запуск бренда Drössiger™
 2006 г. Приобретена установка для порошковой покраски. Количество сотрудников: двадцать пять
 2010 г. Общая площадь складских помещений 5600 м². Количество сотрудников: сорок

Примечания

См. также
 Список производителей велосипедов
 Biria

Ссылки
 «Vortrieb — значит "тяга"» — статья на twentysix.ru

Производители велосипедов Германии


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Q: VBA: Call event listener on  element? I need to call the keydown method for a site to submit my text entry as I do not want to SendKeys. The keydown method is attached to the top element of html, labeled . How do I reference the head and how do I call it's keydown method with the "enter" key value?

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Being not as popular as feature films, shorts are of great importance in the cinema industry. These are the ones every filmmaker chooses for their first works, let's say they are a kind of trainee. They are also their introduction to reach their goal: making a film. It is not that short haven't been important in history: La Cabina and Un Chien Andalou are so.
In these series of articles I am presenting a general overview of Spanish fantasy and horror short films. There may some not pure horror or fantasy but they have been included due to their importance or subgenre. We have chosen current directors mainly but renowned ones are also included: Álex de la Iglesia, Jaume Balagueró and Eugenio Mira. Even though, I am aware that many readers will miss some so I recommend you to continue searching. This is only a general vision.
Unfortunately, some of the Works chosen are not available on Internet so, in that case, we have included information for their search.
We start now with the first chapter of the list. In here there are two shorts by two authors who became really successful some years after: Santiago Segura and Alejandro Amenábar, two newbies in features films: Leticia Dolera and Miguel Llansó and others who make history in this genre: Chema García Ibarra, a kind of guru whose style has been imitated several times.
In these 10 short films we can find lots of subgenres: gore, surrealism, adult animation. Social-fantasy, scifi…. Just enjoy!
Sole Survivor looking for your help!
So far, I like "Canis". It is especially well done and I always appreciate the work that goes into stop motion animation.
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Q: Time Series Decomposition on a few months of data? I'm trying to decompose my data to see what the trend and seasonality effects are. I have 4 months of data, recorded daily. Data looks like:
date    amount
11/1/2000   1700
11/2/2000   11087
11/3/2000   11248
11/4/2000   13336
11/5/2000   18815
11/6/2000   8820
11/7/2000   7687
11/8/2000   5514
11/9/2000   9591
11/10/2000  9676
11/11/2000  14782
11/12/2000  18554

And so forth to the end of Feb 2001. I read in the data like so and generate a timeseries object:
myvector <- read.table("clipboard", sep="\t", header=T)
myts <- ts(myvector$amount, start=c(2000,11), frequency=52)

I'm very confused as to how to read this data in as a time series object. The data is recorded daily, but if I use frequency=365, then try
fit <- stl(myts2, s.window="periodic")

I get:
    Error in stl(myts2, s.window = "periodic") :
      series is not periodic or has less than two periods
Every example I find does the object casting with multiple years worth of data. Is this not possible in my case?
I know the next steps for plotting the trend and decomposition are:
fit <- stl(myts, s.window="periodic")
plot(fit)

A: Try seasonal differencing, which is similar to regular differencing except is applied over different periods:

An example:
data(austres)

plot(austres)

seasonal <- diff(austres, lag = 12, differences = 1)

plot(seasonal)

d.seasonal <- diff(seasonal, differences = 2)

plot(d.seasonal)

Now you've made stationary the seasonal component of the time series.


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60G is closed and has been for some time, sorry!
Unfortunately Panda 60G server will be closing at the end of March.
hehe yes that was a great place.
SG5 for sure, community spirit and loads of fun!
RIP 60G and thanks for all the fun and lasting friendships, a special thanks to Stacey and to Ray ofc who's vision and enthusiasm was the foundation of all that we have created here.


Aehem Ahmad, the "pianist amid the rubble," had to flee from the civil war in Syria.
In our special online feature, we tell stories about artists who have had to escape from their native countries, and how they have managed to turn their new destinations into home. Or not.
What happens after the escape?
Six artists, four continents, one fate.
Aeham Ahmad fled terror in Syria; Judith Kerr fled the Nazis. Saša Stanišić escaped the bombs and bullets in Bosnia. Heinrich Heine ran way from censorship and persecution. Antonio Skarmeta escaped the military dictatorship in Chile. Nneka Egbuna of Nigeria turned her back on the violence in her family.
The video of a young man playing the piano in the ruins of Yarmouk, a bombed out district in the Syrian capital Damascus, was broadcast around the world. In it, he sang and played for his people: to comfort and encourage them during the civil war. The young man was Aeham Ahmad, the "pianist amid the rubble."
... talks about a dramatic experience in Damascus.
Pause the video for a translation.
"It was my birthday: April 17, 2015. I wanted to celebrate it as a change of pace from everyday life since people were already starving there. Someone had said in Yarmouk that the IS would show up. But we didn't expect them on that day. I was playing my piano outside and they fired at the piano and then threatened to cut off my fingers if I didn't stop playing. My father was also there and told them that it was his piano and not mine. He wanted to keep me out of it."
... talks about his escape from Syria, and the valuable things he had to leave behind.
"My wife Tahani, our children and I fled Yarmouk, in the middle of Syria. We were then imprisoned because we did not leave legally. After being in prison for 20 days, we bought our way out. Tahani stayed there and I moved on.
But we lost a lot of money. We had to pay 11,000 euros to come to Germany."
The family had to separate: Aeham's wife Tahani went back to Yarmouk with their children to stay with her parents. Aeham Ahmad managed to escape via the Balkans and the Mediterranean Sea, finally arriving in Munich in southern Germany.
After staying in Stuttgart, Bochum, Olpe, Münster, Gießen and Kirchheim, he was assigned to live in Wiesbaden at the beginning of 2016.
He first shared a room 10 square meters (108 sq. feet) in size with five other men in a residential home.
Music kept its hold on him. He would go to music stores and schools and ask whether he might sit down and play the piano. He was eventually invited to play at concerts, and got to know other musicians. He also found a manager.
In the beginning, he would play for little or no money. News of his story spread, however, and Aeham Ahmad ended up touring throughout Europe. At concerts, he prefers playing his own compositions and traditional pieces.
... sheds tears at a concert.
"It is a great pleasure for me to play this song in Kassel today, together with a wonderful friend. We will play songs from Yarmouk and Germany. Maybe something will change so that this horrible war will not get even worse."
Aeham Ahmad sometimes hates himself for being successful as the "pianist amid the rubble." He has meanwhile written an autobiography: "And the Birds Will Sing."
"'What are you thinking, you good-for-nothing impostor?'" he writes. "I think sometimes. 'Here you are, basking in the spotlight. So many have kicked the bucket. Why are you one of those who survived?'"
Saša Stanišić fled war-torn Bosnia with his parents in 1992. After the Cold War, the multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia collapsed. People who once lived alongside each other began fighting one another: Croations, Serbs, Bosnians. And that in the middle of Europe.
"You are fortunate if you can have a say in your escape," Saša later wrote.
Saša Stanišić was 14 years old when he arrived in Heidelberg with his mother in 1992. It was a city located on a river, just like his home city of Visegrad.
His uncle vouched for them. They were permitted to stay, but without a permanent right of residence. The horrors of war, however, stayed with Saša for a long time.
Following occupation by Serbian troops, the Bosnian refugees just wanted to leave their country. Everything was in ruins; the cities were completely destroyed.
In Germany, everything was foreign to Saša Stanišić. And yet, somehow, it also seemed familiar: the ruins of Heidelberg Castle, the bridge, the river.
The only words Saša knew in German were "Fussball" and "Lothar Matthäus." "Schokoladen-Eis" (chocolate ice cream) was added to his vocabulary on his first day in Germany. For Saša , it was a taste of home.
He learned quickly, with a real thirst for knowledge. He was lucky to have a patient German teacher in his integration class. He mastered the German language and read books with a passion.
... about language as a key to understanding a city.
Pause the video for the English translation.
"I think it was a situation in which anonymity prevailed for a while. It wasn't clear what the buildings were for, or where things were, or who was responsible for what, or where one had to go. We more or less had to be taken by the hand. We had to depend on someone virtually every step of the way, also for all the bureaucratic matters.
It was a new world. That Nintendos were displayed in department stores and you could play computer games for free — that was amazing to me. They may be mundane things, but they were things that opened up a whole new world for me."
The family left the city for Emmertsgrund, a suburb where immigrants live. "An urban development project where you see a lot of concrete," he wrote. The family didn't invest in new furniture since Saša's parents were convinced that they would soon return to Bosnia.
"Arriving in the city and departing from it — those things are important to me. And becoming familiar with certain buildings and making them my own. That's the way it is throughout the city; it doesn't really matter where. I like being in certain places a lot; other places, I hate. But I think that's true for anyone who lives in a city."
... about life in Emmertsgrund. Few people spoke German, and playing soccer in the streets served as an integration course for newcomers.
"I was familiar with certain things from back home. High-rise and concrete buildings from the Communist period. It didn't look that different in some places. In other places, there was a big contrast, but still, there weren't a lot of surprises. It wasn't like a completely different planet ... What was really impressive was being able to walk down the streets without fear. To be able to meet people from all different classes and places, but where there was a sense of security, that one was protected. People always knew, 'ok, he's from Bosnia. He's lived through this and that. Ok, and we've come here from Silesia and have a completely different background.' We were able to get a sense of how other people lived in uncertain situations. We realized that, in the end, everyone just wants to live in peace and harmony with each other."
... about a key place during his youth: a gas station. Later, he used the material in his novels.
"The social institution that did the most for us was a dingy Aral gas station. It was our youth center, our place to get a cold drink, our dance floor and a place to go to the bathroom. Different cultures united in neon light and the smell of gas. In the parking lot, we learned bad German from each other and how to reinstall car radios. The only rule that applied was not smoking near the fuel pumps."
Saša Stanišić began writing his first poems and stories in a German class for foreigners. Looking back, he now calls it "horribly pathetic stuff." He is still friends with his German teacher from back then.
Stanišić's confidence grew, and he switched to college-preparatory classes at the Internationale Gesamtschule in Heidelberg. He threw himself into mastering the world of German vocabulary.
After graduating from high school, he was nearly sent back to Bosnia in 1997. But someone at the foreigners' registration office helped him out and gave him some advice: register to study at the university. His parents, however, had to leave Germany.
The sun was shining over Chile's capital city on September 11, 1973.
But on the radio, the announcer said that it was "raining over Santiago." It was code for those who were informed and it alarmed many people. Something happened on that day that would affect Chile for a very long time.
... about the coup in Chile that changed his life forever.
Please pause the video for the English translation.
"I was living in Santiago on September 11, 1973. It was the day of the coup d'etat that brought our democracy to an end. Socialist President Salvador Allende was leading the government at the time. But the idea that the government could take on positions that were a little more to the left than before instilled fear in some people in the country. That's when the military staged a very brutal and repressive coup."
On Sept. 11, 1973, a formerly democratic Chile was overthrown and turned into a military dictatorship by General Augusto Pinochet, who was supported by the United States.
President Salvador Allende's socialist reforms, which included nationalizing natural resources such as copper, went too far for the Americans' taste.
After all, the Cold War was underway — the US and NATO on the one hand and the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries on the other were bitter rivals.
Salvador Allende's last words in the Presidential Palace "La Moneda"
"Long live Chile! Long live its people! Long live the workers! Those are my last words, and I am certain that my sacrifice will not be in vain."
On the same day as the coup, President Allende died at the Presidential Palace, which had been bombed. For a long time, the circumstances of his death were unclear. Only after an exhumation and an autopsy in 2011 was it revealed that Allende had committed suicide, and was not shot by the insurgents.
The National Stadium, where soccer players had previously battled for the ball on the field, was turned into a concentration camp by Pinochet.
People loyal to the former government, leftists, and even men who simply had long hair: tens of thousands were picked up off the street in the following weeks. They were tortured and imprisoned, and several thousand were killed. To this day, over 2,000 people are still missing.
Chile's dictatorship did not end until 1989.
... left Chile just in time.
"I left the country willingly. I was not tortured. I only lost my job. And that was little in comparison to what happened to others."
"My name is Antonio Skarmeta. I am a writer from Chile. I left my native country in '73 because of a putsch against the Democratic President, Salvador Allende. Ever since, a military dictatorship has ruled my country. For the past eight years, my family and I have lived in West Berlin."
Having received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service, Skarmeta lived together with his wife, Cecilia Boisier, and their two sons in Berlin. But the writer needed his language, and German was too foreign to him in the beginning. So, too, was everyday life in Berlin. What was he supposed to write about?
This was precisely what would become his literary subject. He began to write about how to manage life in a foreign country.
Antonio Skarmeta wrote the story "Nothing Happened" in 1977. 13-year-old Lucho, son of Chilean refugees living in Berlin, is the protagonist.
Lucho is torn between the world of his parents, who wish to return to Chile at some point, and Berlin, which has increasingly become home for him.
Helping one's parents — or going out with one's girlfriend?
This is a scene from the film "I See This Land From Afar" from 1978, directed by Christian Ziewer, and based on the book by Antonio Skarmeta.
... about one of the most profound experiences in his life.
"And then I had a very profound experience: that of exile. So I started focusing my writing on that, but at the same time, I began referring to what I had in common with my German and European audiences. So my subjects and my literary motifs began changing as a result of my life experiences."
While in exile in Berlin, Skarmeta wrote his most famous novel, published as "The Postman" in English, in 1985. It tells the tale of a postman who is aided by the country's most prestigious poet, Pablo Neruda, in gaining favor with his beloved by way of poetry. The novel was turned into a film twice.
Neruda himself was already long deceased. It was maintained for many years that he died of illness shortly after the military coup in 1973. He was, however, likewise a supporter of former President Allende.
Now it is clear that Neruda was actually poisoned.
The number of people who flee their countries is higher than ever before, according to the UN refugee agency. Fleeing is no new phenomenon: in 1831, German poet Heinrich Heine fled to Paris to elude censorship and hostility.
When Heinrich Heine reached Paris, the citizens of France had just toppled their king from the throne in the 1830 July Revolution.
It was the second uprising after the French Revolution of 1789 — and it put an end to the rule of the Bourbon monarchs. France's citizens demanded press freedom and more rights. In a city that appeared to him as the "pinnacle of the world," Heinrich Heine hoped he would be allowed to write whatever he pleased.
He missed his native Germany all the same — and embraced his longing in a poem.
Heine had lived in exile in Paris for 12 years when he wrote the poem "Night Thoughts."
Teardrops flow with quenchless yearning.
The years come by, the years go past!
Since I saw my dear mother last.
Aching with desire and longing.
Were not my mother there, I know.
That dear old woman may die, however.
and smiles away this German sorrow."
Heine was not the only one attracted to the new freedom. From all over Europe, people flocked to Paris, among them many Germans including Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Heine's greatest competitor, publicist Ludwig Börne.
Paris was Europe's cultural and political hub —and the second largest city in the world after London.
Germany, on the other hand, was ruled by many, and a national state did not yet exist. Born in Düsseldorf on December 13, 1797, Heine faced enmity for his critical journalistic texts. And from childhood, he was discriminated against because he was Jewish.
In his memoirs, he recalls being beaten up because he told the class his grandfather was a "short Jew with a long beard." It was his first thrashing ever, he wrote.
In later years, a Göttingen fraternity excluded him because he was a Jew.
In exile in Paris, Heinrich Heine went by the name "Henri." Thanks to private French lessons when he was a boy, he already spoke the language fluently and was soon accepted as a virtual French author.
Heine was invited to salons, met Honore de Balzac, George Sand, Frederic Chopin, and Eugene Delacroix. He was friends with the creme de la creme of the Paris art scene. Over the years, however, he drove most of them away.
Eventually, he felt quite lonely in Paris.
Unlike many of his friends, Auguste Crescence Mirat, the French woman he called Mathilde, stayed with Heine throughout.
In 1841, the couple married, by her request in a Catholic ceremony. She never knew he was Jewish, and she never asked. He was to her a "German poet," she said, with a clarity he himself never possessed.
Even his thoughts, he wrote, were in exile in a foreign language.
In November 1842, Heine applied for the right of residence in France. At that point in time, he already received a pension from the state, and was well connected to French ministries. His petition, however, was refused.
A year later, in October 1843, Heine traveled to Germany for three months, not long after penning his "Night Thoughts." It was his first visit since leaving Germany 12 years earlier.
Shortly after his return to Paris, Heine wrote "Germany. A Winter Tale."
Heinrich Heine: "Germany. A Winter Tale"
My eyes grow moist and tearful.
In the moonlight, quick and quiet.
Say, how have things been going?
... Yes, this is my homeland's native air!
It glows on my cheeks like fire!
She cried "Dear Child!" and clapped her hands..
With many a pointed query.
Which people do you prefer now?"
Or else I'd stifle and smother.
That they call this foolish yearning.
A sickness, a sick fixation.
In "A Winter Tale" and other writings published in 1844, Heine shamelessly poked fun at the Bavarian and the Prussian Kings. Printed in a pamphlet, the poem "The Silesian Weavers" accused Prussian soldiers of a bloody attack on poor weavers.
The Prussian Interior Ministry accordingly issued an arrest warrant for Heine for attempted high treason: If he ever entered Prussian territory again, he was to be jailed. Heinrich Heine was then truly in political exile.
The arrest warrant was issued, and wanted posters circulated: "Heine, writer, 50 years old, medium height, prominent nose and chin, Jewish characteristics, excessive lifestyle, and whose flaccid body shows signs of decay."
Despite the dangerous situation, Heine and Mathilde were in Hamburg from July through October 1844. His longing for home was too strong and he also wanted his wife to meet his mother. Heine sensed it would be his last visit to Germany.
In 1848, at the start of the German Revolution, Heine collapsed, a victim of paralysis. Bed-ridden, he could no longer leave what he called his "tomb of mattresses." But he wasn't about to die just yet.
"Long ago my measure was taken for a coffin, and also for an obituary notice, but I am dying so slowly that it is all gradually becoming as tiresome for me as for my friends. But patience — everything has an end. One fine morning you will find the booth closed where so often you were entertained by the puppet show of my humor."
London has been her home for over 80 years. Only seldom does she travel to Berlin, where she was born in 1923.
Due to her massive success, she would not have to work as she has sold millions of books. They line the shelves of many a child's room. Yet she continues to write and illustrate children's books to this day. She has published over 30 of them.
Judith Kerr likes coming to Germany most for children's readings, like she did for the 2016 International Literature Festival in Berlin. Over 90 years old, she is a true lady: polite, curious and "very British."
Judith Kerr grew up in Berlin, living with her parents and her older brother Michael in a house in the idyllic suburb of Grunewald. It was a carefree period. Her father was the famous theater critic Alfred Kerr, who was vehemently opposed to Adolf Hitler.
In 1933, however, the Nazi seizure of power brutally altered Kerr's childhood.
Alfred Kerr suddenly had to flee to Prague. Back in Berlin, everything had to happen very quickly for the rest of the Kerr family. As Judith's mother was packing the family's bags, she remembered to take along some of her daughter's drawings. However, Judith left her famous pink rabbit behind in her bedroom.
Judith's mother and the two children were on a train heading toward Switzerland on the day before the Reichstagwahl in March 1933. It was just in the nick of time — before the Gestapo could seize their passports.
The family reunited in Switzerland. Lugano, Zurich, Küsnacht, and then Paris — these were the family's stations after they hastily fled Nazi Germany. Alfred Kerr's name had already been placed on the list of people to be denaturalized.
The Kerr family was suddenly stateless. Judith liked Paris very much. Her father bought her a little hat there, and she loved the food and the language. She and her brother did not realize that their parents could hardly pay the rent. In March 1936, the family moved to London. In utter poverty, they lived in a dingy hotel full of immigrants.
... about the challenge of a new language.
"For a while, after we came to London, I can remember that I could only speak with my parents. I'd start a sentence in German, then some French would flow into it, then English. I realized that no one else could understand what I was saying. But then things got better. The strange thing is I cannot recall anymore when my brother and I began speaking English with each other because it was easier. And I also always spoke English with my mother. That must have been odd to her. She spoke English very well, but it wasn't her language. It was a different language than that of her children. That must have felt strange."
The Second World War broke out on September 1, 1939. London was also bombed, with Hitler's Luftwaffe demolishing the city in a blitzkrieg.
The terrible war was finally over in May 1945. Thanks to a scholarship, Judith Kerr was able to study at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, where she gleefully learned to draw and paint. She also held odd jobs to pay the family's bills. Her father was 80 years old by that time.
Judith's mother Julia worked in defeated Germany as an interpreter for the Americans. Her father, however, did not survive his first trip back home after the war. He died on October 12, 1948.
In the early 1950s, Judith began working as an editor at the BBC. That's also where she met her husband and began writing screenplays.
"At the end of the war, it became clear to me that this was our home. But of course it wasn't home for our parents. They never belonged anywhere."
Judith Kerr has lived in her narrow townhouse in the district of Barnes for over 50 years. She works on her children's books in the study; this is where she is at home — in the world of Mog, the forgetful cat and the tiger who came to tea.
Nneka Egbuna left her native country Nigeria when she was 19, and moved to Hamburg. Living in Germany was tough at first, but she persisted: she learned German, graduated from high school, went to college — and finally, she discovered music. To this day, it has been a key influence in her life.
Nneka Egbuna was born on December 24, 1980 in the Nigerian city of Warri. Ethnic conflict and violence were part of everyday life in the city in the Niger Delta. "I had no choice," Nneka said about the reasons she left Warri. "Circumstances forced me to leave my country, my family. I didn't know where my life would take me."
Nneka, the daughter of a German and a Nigerian, ended up in Hamburg. First she lived in a refugee shelter, then she moved to a home for youths. She quickly learned the language, graduated from high school and went to college. She didn't consider a career in music — but that changed when she met Farhad Samadzada, aka DJ Farhot.
... about how hip-hop came into her life.
... and what it sounds like when hip-hop meets dub, soul, reggae and afrobeat. She released her first album in 2005.
... remember the first time they met — a surprise for the manager.
"I like your courage, young lady"
"So she sat on the couch, totally shy. It was irritating — this is, after all, the music industry. She kept addressing me with the formal "Sie." I told her she could use the less formal "du," but she declined. She explained that in her culture, older adults are addressed formally out of respect.
She had two songs with her. One was "Change," which I thought was amazing. It's one of the songs on the first album."
... about morality and the meaning of family, but she also sings about politics and social problems in her native Nigeria.
Those first few years in Germany, Nneka never felt homesick. "I knew I had a goal and I wanted to achieve it. And I could not show any signs of weakness," she told herself. "Focus! Your life is here now, so focus. There is no time to be sad or cry." But then, one day, she was overcome by nostalgia.
... remembers returning to Nigeria for the first time.
Nneka Egbuna, Aeham Ahmad, Saša Stanišić, Heinrich Heine, Judith Kerr, Antonio Skarmeta — they all had to leave their native countries and try to adjust to life in a foreign country. Have they been successful?
Nneka now lives in Lagos, Hamburg and Paris — and tours the world with her band. Her home is not limited to one place; she says she doesn't feel completely "at home" anywhere. Instead, for her, "home" is more of a feeling and life is a journey.
Antonio Skarmeta returned to Chile in 1989, at a time when Pinochet's dictatorship was coming to an end.
He lived in Germany again from 2003 until 2006, serving as his country's ambassador.
He now lives in Chile with his second wife, whom he met in Germany, and his youngest son. His two older sons remained in Berlin.
Language is his home, and writing is Saša Stanišić's profession. His debut novel "How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone" was published in 2006. The young author became well-known all over Germany soon after. Winning the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2014 catapulted him to the bestseller lists.
"I have a very good memory and that is a real gift for a writer. Without having to refer to a recording or notes I have made, I can often recall a situation that I once thought was something worthy to write about or that I would later use. It doesn't just have to be people, but also places. Since I often change the places where I'm writing, it's often not possible to remember where certain parts of texts were written. Strangely enough, though, it's silly little stuff that I may remember. Then I know precisely what day it was, or where I was. And that's really nice because it's a narrative about me … When you've focused on a certain subject for four years and have often been on the verge of kicking it all into a corner and you're ready to give up, then it really gives you the courage to keep going."
Heinrich Heine, the German poet wanted for high treason, died on February 17, 1856 in exile in Paris. His grave is in the cemetery of Montmartre, the district where he lived for 25 years of his life.
In his last will and testament, Heinrich Heine bade his native country, Germany, farewell – as well as the French people. He was so very fond of them, he wrote, and thanked them for their hospitality.
In August 2016, Aeham Ahmad's wife Tahani and his sons were finally permitted to come to Germany — over a year after he escaped Syria.
The family moved into an apartment in Wiesbaden. Aeham Ahmad also owns a piano again.
Her partly autobiographical trilogy, which began with "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit," became her legacy. She has never wanted to write an autobiography.
Now in her 90s, Kerr enjoys visiting Germany, but that took a while. When she does visit, she not only talks about the heroes from her books, but also about her past.
Judith Kerr's life journey is bound to awe and inspire the many young refugee children in her German audience these days.
In the beginning, Saša Stanišić dreamt only in Bosnian.
Antonio Skármeta: "I left Chile voluntarily."
A writer without his language. Now what?
Antonio Skarmeta: "Exile — a deeply profound experience"
A global success: "The Postman"


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Dodoma
Located in the heartland of Tanzania, Dodoma is the nation's official political capital and the seat of government in the country. Comparably, it is much smaller and less developed than the country's commercial center, Dar es Salaam.
Dodoma remains a center for national politics. Situated on the eastern edge of the southern highlands, the city of Dodoma is surrounded by a rich agricultural area and pleasant scenery. Dodoma has many places and items of interest to recommend to the passing visitor. It is the center of Tanzania's growing wine industry and the Tanganyika Vineyards Company is active in promoting its products.
Historically, Dodoma was a stopover on the overland caravan route that travelled from the Swahili Coast inland toward Lake Tanganyika. Early in the 20th century, the city became a major point on the Central Line railway, which carried agricultural crops for export to the harbor in Dar es Salaam. In recent times, the town's economic base has declined in favor of the coastal city, but in the early days of Tanzanian independence, there was a popular political motion to move the entire government to the town in the southern highlands. These days, the government legislature meets in Dodoma, and divides its time between the inland city and Dar es Salaam on the coast.
Kigoma
The bustling town of Kigoma is the regional capital of western Tanzania and a central port in the area. Located on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma is surrounded by rugged mountains and forests that make it a pleasing and beautiful location.
In the past, Kigoma has been in competition with nearby Ujiji, but over the last decades Kigoma has gained a strong economic foothold in the region and its port is of central importance to the activities of the area.
Historically, the town was the final stop of the Central Line railway, built in the 20th century to transport agricultural goods from the African hinterland to the East African Coast. The town makes a good overland base for visits and chimpanzee safaris to both Gombe Stream National Park and Mahale Mountains National Park.
Kigoma is at the end of road B381, leaving the national road B8 at Kasulu. Roads are passable and steadily being improved. Traversing the country takes 3-4 days.
The ancient MV Liemba, built in 1913 by Germans, still plays up and down Lake Tanganyika between Kigoma and Mpulungu on the southern shores of the lake in Zambia, stopping at several cities along the coast. There are both first, second and third class onboard.
TO SEE AROUND KIGOMA:
Ujiji, the nearby former Arab slave trading settlement, the famous meeting place of Stanley and Livingstone.
Gombe National Park for chimpanzee viewing
Tabora
The sleepy town of Tabora, in the hinterland of western Tanzania, remains a key transit point in the country. The Central Line railway branches at Tabora to both Kigoma and Mwanza, and visitors travelling by train often use Tabora as a stopover point during their journeys.
The regions around Tabora are famous throughout Tanzania for the honey they produce, and large jerry cans and bottles of the famous liquid can be bought in the village market.
Historically, Tabora was once a major trading point and stopover for caravans that connected Lake Tanganyika and Central Africa with the coastal town of Bagamoyo to the northeast. Its former importance is illustrated by the fact that the infamous trader Tippu Tip, who lived during the 19th century, made Tabora the center of his vast trading empire of ivory and slaves. The town was also an important mission station during early European exploration of Tanzania. Stanley and Livingstone both stopped here on their journeys. During the German occupation, Tabora was one of the most populated and prosperous towns in the whole of East Africa.
SONGEA
Songea was the centre of Majimaji rebellion in German East Africa in 1905 to 1907; it has been marked as the strongest colonial resistance in East Africa. Songea is named after a great chief of Ngoni ancestry. Songea has been identified by its rich tourist's attractions, mainly cultural heritage, historical sites, Majimaji museums and several breathtaking sceneries.


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