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Putin – Trump meeting in Hamburg: what paradigm for development of US-Russian relations should we look for?
gilbertdoctorow International July 9, 2017 7 Minutes
by Gilbert Doctorow, Ph.D,
The much-anticipated first face-to-face meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin finally took place on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg on July 7. The attention of the world and even of the other participants of Summit was so riveted to the Trump-Putin meeting, and the Summit schedule was so interrupted by that meeting, that clever tongues are speaking of the G-20 having taken place at the sidelines of the Trump-Putin talks.
The two big news items to emerge in U.S. media concerned a) the length of the meeting and b) Trump's having raised the issue of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, thus addressing the demands for confronting the Kremlin on the issue that came out of the hysterical "Russiagate" campaign of Trump's detractors and political enemies.
Indeed, the meeting went on for two hours and fifteen minutes, as opposed to the 25 minutes advised in advance by the White House. There were a total of six participants: the two presidents, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, his counterpart Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and the interpreters.This is important, because Trump dispensed with the large delegation of "advisers" and Russophobes, like Fiona Hill, whom he was urged to take along to the meeting to keep him on the straight and narrow.
As for Russian hacking and other alleged interference in the U.S. elections, we are told that the subject took up 40 minutes, nearly a third of the meeting time. The New York Times confides that the discussion was tense and heated. In answer to journalists' questions following the meeting, Sergei Lavrov and then later Vladimir Putin himself expressed confidence that the Russian's vehement denials of any involvement were persuasive and were accepted. So far, the Trump camp has been quiet on the persuasiveness.
Regrettably, this very tightly focused attention of U.S. media has left unreported what was actually achieved during the meeting. To be sure, that was not much of substance, because substance requires detailed advance preparation by teams from both sides, something which could not and did not occur due to the intense pressure of Trump's political opponents and even of several of his own advisers, who wanted no meeting at all or a confrontational meeting as opposed to constructive meeting if any.
That being said, there was one concrete piece of business which Lavrov mentioned in his press briefing immediately afterwards: the creation of a joint U.S.-Russian center for deconfliction in Jordan, where the U.S. military coordination of the Syrian theater is located, to look after the implementation of a local pacification and return to civilian life in the southwest region of Syria. Moreover, the supervision on the ground of this deconfliction will be performed by Russian military police. That all appears to be a very positive development, adding to the 6 deconfliction areas in Syria that were agreed in Astana at meetings of all warring parties and are under the guaranty of Turkey, Iran and Russia.
It would be still better if there had been some progress on the more dangerous zone of eastern and southeastern Syria along the Euphrates, where U.S. backed forces of the Free Syrian Army have clashed with Assad's forces and where the U.S. shot down a Syrian bomber a couple of weeks ago, causing the Russians to cut military hot lines and to threaten to target all U.S. and Allied planes flying West of the Euphrates.
We also are informed that the United States will now be taking an active role in pressing for the implementation of the Minsk Accords for the sake of a properly observed cease-fire and a political solution. A point man for relations with Ukraine has been named. In practice, this will likely mean applying pressure on Kiev to live up to its commitments – on voting in the Donbass, on decentralization….
There was also an agreement to set up a joint body to deal with cyber security so as to ensure there will be no possible attacks on electoral processes in either country. The Russians, in particular, seek such cooperation in the knowledge that cyber attacks are considered a causus belli by the Americans.
More generally, what seems to have been achieved at the Putin-Trump meeting was agreement on procedures to begin a normalization of bilateral relations, including the early appointment of new ambassadors in both capitals. No agreements on anything specific as yet, but the identification of outstanding issues and the start of assignment of responsibility on both sides to enter into detailed discussion to find solutions. If followed up, that could turn out to be a turning point in relations.
Before the meeting took place, journalists and pundits were looking for scenarios from the past which might characterize the emerging relationship of the two presidents. Optimists, in particular, spoke of the enormously important example set by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan, which led to very significant agreements on arms limitation and to the resolution of the underlying cause of the Cold War: Europe's division into Russian and Allied spheres of control. Donald Trump's repeated indications on the campaign trail that he believed Putin was someone with whom he could do business was redolent of Reagan's and Margaret Thatcher's views of Gorbachev.
But I think that this conceptualization of what may lie ahead is deceptive and a cul de sac. Today there is no Soviet Union, no Russian empire in Europe and nothing of the kind to resolve. Moreover, with all of the negative associations for today's Kremlin coming from the naïve and unjustified trust of Gorbachev in the good intentions and fair play of his interlocutors, references to that political duo is a nonstarter for the Russian side.
Instead, I see the frame of reference for what lies ahead in the Nixon-Brezhnev detente. One of the great implementers of that détente was Henry Kissinger, whose Realpolitik underlies Trump's America First thinking. And Kissinger himself has been very visible in the Trump foreign policy circle. He was with Trump when he received Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Kislyak in the Oval Office a couple of months ago. He was Trump's messenger to Putin a week ago when he arrived in Moscow and was taken to a tête-à-tête with the Russian President that Russian state television considered newsworthy.
Nixon-era détente was all about peaceful coexistence between two world super-powers pursuing their own national interest, not about cozy friendship.
We do not have today an ideological divide driving the competition of these two powers, but we do have heightened and currently malicious or malignant competitiveness that can run amok. The objective is to agree on national interests of the sides, a polite way of saying the unspeakable in American politics, "spheres of influence." At the highest level of abstraction, we are talking about an agreement on world governance.
In the heyday of detente, and even as late as 1978 or so, Brezhnev offered Nixon a condominium: if we and you agree, said Leonid Il'ich, no one else in the world will dare raise a finger. The Americans did not buy it. Nixon could not have accepted that even if he wished to because Congress would never agree. Putin is not offering such a condominium, but instead is offering mutual responsibility for governance through the UN and other fora like the G20. Maybe, just maybe Trump will go for it.
In trying to understand how the Russians have assessed the Putin-Trump meeting, as usual I have found the country's highest level political talk show, Sunday Evening with Vladimir Soloviev, to be an invaluable aid.
Opinion is divided between politicians and think tank intellectuals who are openly optimistic and those who are guardedly optimistic.
The openly optimistic believe that Trump and Putin got off to a good start, with good "personal chemistry" which promises an improvement of bilateral relations. And in general they believe that Russia did well from the encounter, with the eyes of the world directed respectfully at their President. The world had returned to the good old days when everyone looked to Washington and Moscow as the arbiters of global stresses.
The guardedly optimistic believe that the meeting does not hold the promise of good relations, but marks the end of deterioration and so averts war, which otherwise was quite possibly on the horizon. The meeting and its duration highlight the understanding in the United States that maintaining working relations and open dialogue with Russia is essential for world peace. But the sanctions will remain, and the major power blocs of the United States and Europe, Russia and China will vie for influence and keep their distance from one another for many years to come.
It also bears mention that the Russians were bemused by the insistent implicit and sometimes explicit criticism of Trump from American journalists and other attendees of the Summit for being incompetent, something of a deranged fool. No one in living memory had witnessed such contempt for the Commander in Chief from his own fellow citizens. This fact curbed Russian expectations that anything promised by Trump could be realized.
Apart from the meeting of the Russian and American presidents and from the obvious isolation of the US delegation at the conclusion of the summit when the other 19 members joined in a common statement reaffirming their countries' commitment to the Paris Climate Change treaty from which Trump has withdrawn the United States, the other main aspect of the G-20 in Hamburg that captured the headlines of U.S. and European press was the violence of the demonstrators who, as is now customary at such events, came to curse globalization and the free trade pacts that G-20 members have traditionally subscribed to. More than 100 German police fell victim to the demonstrators actions.
The very curious thing is that no one from the opponents of globalization took notice of an extraordinary fact: that Donald Trump is the first American President ever to have taken a policy stand AGAINST globalization. If logic had any place in these political struggles, the demonstrators should have been lined up to shake Trump's hand, wish him well in deconstructing the trade pacts, and asked for autographs.
But logic and politics often part company, and the demonstrators 'did their thing' without a nod of any kind to their American ally in the White House.
Gilbert Doctorow is an independent political analyst based in Brussels. His latest book Does Russia Have a Future? was published in August 2015. His forthcoming book Does the United States Have a Future? will be published on 1 September 2017.
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Wed and Circuses
Circus the First: Sexuality
I noticed, well over a decade ago, that many gay young men, once they finally accept themselves and their sexuality, over-compensate. They jump straight from self-hatred into embracing extreme gay stereotypes – not because that's who they are, but because that's the only way to be gay that they're aware of. The jump from "I'm okay! I'm gay; gays do X, therefore I must want to do X" has always saddened me.
I think a lot of people would be much happier if they were able to just say "I'm okay! I'm gay" and not think that they have to radically change every aspect of their life. That's not going to be a common thing until every gay child grows up being aware that they are surrounded by gay people, who are just as diverse as the rest of the people they know.
Unfortunately, we live in a world where teachers, actors, singers, sports people, politicians (to name just a few) all feel they need to stay in the closet in order to have a career; where children are routinely told that gay love is "different" and "inferior" and "we can't let those dirty gays have our precious marriage". Until all of that changes, gay kids are going to grow up only having one kind of role model – they're going to believe that the only way to be authentically gay is to "be here, be queer, get used to it".
I lucked out and (mostly, I think) avoided this mistake myself – although I certainly went through a period where I was certainly acting the way I thought I ought to behave, and not the way I wanted to behave. A big part of how I got lucky was that I happened to fall in with a crowd of gay men who showed me that I don't need to change who I am in order to be gay.
I would like every child to have the chance to make the discovery I made *before* they start trying to mutilate their personality until it fits into the only mould they've ever been aware of. Until we get a critical mass of public figures being visbly out of the closet, Mardi Gras is one of the best ways to achieve this. It gives a very distorted, one-sided extremist view of what it means to be gay; and that does cause some harm – but it causes much less harm than having children growing up believing they're the only gay in the village.
Fortunately, I think that this circus is drawing to a close. There are far more out public figures now than there 10 or 20 years ago, when I was struggling. Most of the ways the law treats heterosexual couples different from other couples have been removed. There are still remnants of discrimination that are politically infeasible to remove just yet – but there's a growing awareness that the political problems stem from a very vocal minority and don't actually reflect the views of the majority of the population. I'm reasonably confident that children born this decade will be able to mature without going through too much trauma if they realise that their sexuality is something other than 100% hetero.
In short, I believe that Mardi Gras is going to become far less relevant over the next decade or so – and we're going to see far fewer young gay men making drastic changes to their lifestyle and harming themselves in the process. This won't be achieved solely because of the noisy extremists who started the gay rights movement in this country 30+ years ago – but it *will* be achieved because their noisy, violent, rude pioneering made it possible for ordinary everyday gay people to make themselves known to the people around them.
Circus the second: Religion
For myself, being able to accept my sexuality meant that I first had to modify some of the religious beliefs I'd grown up with. However, I didn't happen to fall in with a crowd who showed me that it's possible to only modify parts of my religious belief. I'd grown up surrounded by one end of the religious spectrum (the end now represented by the ACL, although if it existed at the time I wasn't aware of it). The only alternative I was aware of – thanks to a lot of very noisy extremists – was right at the other end of the religious spectrum. Consequently, that's where I went – one huge leap, discarding huge portions of my prior belief system, because that was the only change I believed possible.
I did start to meet people who showed me that there was another I could have taken much later – but by then, it was too late. There's as little chance of me tweaking my beliefs from my current extreme as their was when I started. In fact, even though I've been aware of the first Circus for a long time, I really only became aware of that I'd done essentially the same thing in the second Circus tonight.
I believe that the largest part of why I was unaware of other possibilities is because moderate Christians tend not to speak out publicly against the extremists – at least, not the extremists they regard as being within the fold of Christianity. There are good biblical reasons for this – 1 Corinthians 6:1-11, for instance. Because of passages like this, many Christians seem to feel that the correct way to handle people at the extremes of Christian belief is quietly – within the church, or just maybe, by expressing a very quiet contrary opinion only when directly questioned – but never, ever speaking out loudly against the extreme viewpoints.
I can sympathise with this view. Unfortunately, it means that this circus looks very different from the first circus. The first circus started with loud extremists at both ends of the spectrum – but is going to end because the vast majority of people in the center stood up and made themselves known. The second circus has also attracted loud extremists at both ends – but so far at least, the vast majority in the center refuse to make themselves known.
I'd love to see the second circus draw to an end too. I'd love to see the ACL and their ilk to be understood as the extremist, vocal, minority that I believe they are. I'd love to be able to tell the atheists currently gathering in Melbourne that their conference has no more value than I believe Mardi Gras will have in a few years time – a fun spectacle, perhaps, but not a vitally important way of letting people understand that they aren't alone. I'd love for children who grew up with a Christian background be able comprehend the enormous diversity of opinion within the Christian churches, and were able to make minor corrections instead of having to ditch Christianity entirely.
However, none of this is going to happen while the only people willing to speak up are the people at the extreme ends of the spectrum. If you're neither an extreme atheist nor an extreme Christian, it's *vital* that you be willing to be loud and proud about your beliefs. It's vital that you step forward and say "The ACL does not entirely represent what it means for me to be Christian" or "Extremists like PZ Myers do not entirely represent what it means for me to be atheist", just as it was vital for the silent majority of gays to step forward and say "Mardi Gras does not entirely represent what it means for me to be gay". As long as the moderates refuse to loudly, publicly, visibly repudiate the extremists who claim to speak for all Christians or all Atheists, *those will be the only voices that are heard*.
As it happens, there's a fantastic opportunity open *right now* for everyone to have their say. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs is holding a a verbosely-named Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 which is calling for public submissions on the topic of marriage equality generally, and two specific bills in particular. The ACL are encouraging their constituency to make their feelings known; and of course, we gasbagging noisy atheists are doing the same. If you're a moderate, this is your chance! Don't let the extremists make it look as though there are only two opinions here! Don't let the ACL or the noisy atheists get away with pretending they talk for you!
All you need to do is answer 5 multiple choice questions (and, optionally, say a few words (very few – only 250 words will be accepted) in response to two more open-ended questions) in order to make sure that our Parliament is able to understand the full diversity of opinions in the community.
Two of the questions on the survey ask you whether you support each of the bills named in the Inquiry's title. If you believe that any amendments to remove the "Man and Woman" clause from the Marriage Act would be bad, there's no need for you to read either of the bills.
Everybody else should read both of the (very short) bills before they complete the survey. The bills do differ – for instance, both aim to preserve the right ministers of religion already have to refuse to solemnise any wedding that falls outside of their religious belief, but both bills approach this in slightly different ways.
Both bills – and some other background information, if you want to learn more – are linked from the Inquiry page. If you'd like to read the full text of the existing Marriage Act, that's available over at ComLaw
And so, to bed
This was meant to be a quick response, just a tiny bit too long to fit in a single tweet. 3.5 hours later, I'm not sure the words I'm writing make sense any more. It's time for bed.
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State Theater Wurlitzer
Spotted in the State Library's Flickr feed a few days ago: one magnificent Wurlitzer being installed into the State Theater:
I visited the Museum Speelklock while in the Netherlands last year and was amazed by some of the automated music machines they had on display there – simple cuckoo-clocks, clocks that use a circular bow and intricate fingering mechanisms to play four violins at once, all the way up to some enormous steam organs. I was amazed at how much ingenuity went into building some of these instruments.
I've been in the State Theatre a few times, but don't remember noticing any visible parts of this organ. I wonder if it's still intact?
Go here! No, don't go here!
I took a photo yesterday, on my Android phone. Google Plus Instant Upload pushed it up to Picasa for me. This seems to have triggered an email notification.
Not the warning: "Content has been removed for a violation of terms of service". This concerns me – I don't think anything I've uploaded should violate the terms of service. There doesn't seem to be any way to discover what content was removed, or from where, or what terms of service it violated – just a "Give Feedback" link.
That link takes me to https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/gmail-labs-help-media-previews – which tells me right at the top that this isn't where I want to be.
Good job, Google!
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Nevis & NASDAQ 5000
Fifteen years ago, the tech-stock heavy, dot-com laden NASDAQ hit 5000, a level it hasn't seen since – until today – March 2nd, 2015. Whether or not it will maintain a closing price above 5000 remains a work in progress, but in all likelihood, we'll get there.
To be honest, I wasn't so sure that the NASDAQ would hit 5000 again after painfully enduring the gut punch that would become a watershed event of my budding and still building career in money management. A framed picture of a Barron's cover story on the tech fund I managed at the time remains at the bottom of my sock drawer, testament to the pain that can so easily accompany one's fleeting fifteen minutes of fame. (Thank you, Frank Chiodi, the best salesman ever!) (View a printable version of this Economic Update: The NASDAQ and Nevis).
It's crazy, but the first year I managed the fund, I recall telling our company's IT director how I regretted the fact it was up only 100% in 1999, a year in which the average tech fund did much better, with some up even 200%, engorged on a high-fat diet of pre-revenue, pre-earnings dot com offerings no longer in existence today. I only owned the "bricks and mortar" companies of the Internet Gold Rush, the August 2000 Barron's article reminds me, the one's selling "Levi's and pick axes" to prospectors in the internet's early days. You know, the one's with real products and real earnings.
The following year, our fund did very well, and if my memory is accurate, we were one of if not the top performing tech fund in all of 2000. The cover story in Barron's followed and I recall picking up several personal copies from the Albany, NY airport en route to vacation in Vermont with my young family.
Jim Cramer, of CNBC's Mad Money fame, wrote a favorable Street.com article on the fund around this time, extolling its small size and potentially more nimble ability to navigate more turbulent stock market waters relative to the larger tech fund peers.
Back from vacation in Vermont, I remember a period of just a few days in August where our fund complex received hundreds of millions of dollars in new deposits from investors who were hoping to strike it rich during the internet's infant years. I honestly remember wondering anxiously and nervously whether or not it was wise to invest these new dollars in additional shares of semiconductor company Broadcom at $180 when they had just cost us $18 a year or two earlier.
The answer, in hindsight, was no.
Broadcom trades at $46 today, still substantially below its $180 NASDAQ 5000 level highs, while Cisco Systems, a perennial "bricks and mortar" favorite at the time trades at $30 today, well off its all time $9 lows, but also substantially below its $80 all time highs.
What strikes me about this unique time period was that it wasn't just a few companies trading at values implying complete dominance of the internet, but that EVERY company that managed to go public traded in that fashion. With the benefit of hindsight, it was as though every company would become an eventual Google, something that we now know, like ligers, are real but far and few between.
After the dot com business model fell apart, bankruptcies followed and excess supplies of servers, storage, semiconductors and routers hit the cyberspace shelves of places like eBay, one of the few companies of the dot com era surviving today. While the internet was real, this was the first sign that just like all businesses, the industry could and did experience real periods of over and under supply. The wreckage that hit the tech sector ushered in a shallow and short lived recession, as the broader economy caught the cold. The S&P 500, as a far more diversified stock market index, took seven years to recover its former highs, compared to fifteen years for the NASDAQ today.
While I had hope in 2002 that the S&P 500 would eventually recover and move onto new highs during my lifetime, I wasn't so sure about the tech-heavy NASDAQ. I recall wagering a trip to the Four Seasons in Nevis, a Caribbean island, to friends if it ever got back to 5000 in my lifetime, figuring that even if it did, I'd likely be rich enough to afford it.
Fortunately, friendships have a way of shifting in and out of touch over the years, so I'm hopeful they won't read this and recall the wager. If they do, however, I have two backup plans. First, I'm pretty sure the Four Seasons in Nevis has been destroyed by hurricanes on at least two occasions in the past decade and second, having started my own business just prior to the implosion of the housing bubble and the far more destructive Great Recession, I certainly don't FEEL very rich, at least in the way the world defines the term. But if neither of these approaches works, I will beg for mercy with the visions of four college-aged kids with tuitions dancing in my head.
I don't know if it will work, but I'll try.
Of course, no one should ever let the bad times go to waste. In the wreckage of life lies a storage heap of wisdom for those willing to linger in its unpleasant remains, questioning how things could have gone so wrong and how things could be better the next go around. I like to call such experiences "touching hot stoves" after my mother, who once told me to stop smacking my four year old kid brother's hands away from the red hot burner on the stove, admonishing me with the true, albeit perhaps perverse, wisdom that one touch would be his last.
While I know the tech and housing fiascos won't be the last of the asset bubbles, these early experiences do inform my opinions on the troubles in the oil patch and emerging markets today. Experience has taught me that while we do eventually recover from troubled times, it almost always takes longer than just a few quarters. Sometimes, it can pay to be patient, waiting for even better prices most often associated with despair.
I won't ruin a perfectly digestible Economic Update by sharing the more mundane details behind our 2015 Investment Playbook. It's not that we don't have an academic basis for our views or the ability to share the details behind this quarter's solid earnings in a coherent fashion, it's just that sometimes, and oftentimes, experience speaks more loudly than words. I recall my mother once telling me that my former boss likely had a method to his investment madness, an intuition that had been crafted over time through experience that, while not necessarily expressible, might nevertheless be valuable.
We remain constructive on the markets, but know that as we flirt with new and ever increasing stock market highs, nothing can go up forever. The United States sits in an excellent position from a global economics point of view, but this doesn't mean we won't have corrections along the way. To a very real extent, this period feels a lot like the mid 90's, a period that was lean on recessions, but heavy on stock market corrections. Fed rate hikes, Vladimir Putin, and lower oil all have the very real power to derail this market for awhile, but the general trajectory nevertheless feels decent.
My biggest worries remain with China and the energy markets, two areas that in my reading of the tea leaves haven't yet come to grips with the idea that the times have changed and what was "working so well" yesterday will not "work so well" tomorrow. With more money flowing into energy related exchange traded funds this year than any other sector and the Chinese stock market surging obliviously to new highs in the face of troubling fundamentals, I'm content to be an investor in the United States.
It just "feels" right.
Doug MacKay
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I've been asked by several people about how I made my menu board. I've spent many hours on Pinterest pinning away at all the things I someday want to try. Finally, I am putting my efforts to use!
In searching for the perfect menu board to suit my needs…I ended up having to pull from several different ideas to come up with one that would work for me!
If it were up to me, Tacos or some other form of Mexican food would be listed for every night of the week.
Sadly my husband doesn't agree and appreciates a bit more variety!
So, I sat down and began writing down about 30 meal ideas.
The goal is to not have too many of the same color each week. And to rotate through the stack of recipes before you start using them again.
Once a week… I can sit down and plan the meals for the menu.
On the back I've written all the ingredients needed to make each meal.
This way, when I go to make my shopping list…It's pretty quick and painless.
This shopping list was actually given to me as a gift and it's pretty handy to use!
They can be found online here.
Anyone who knows me…knows that cooking isn't my favorite thing and I am not that great at it.
So, I won't lie… the 30 meals I've got here are all relatively easy (for me). If a recipe has too many ingredients in it I get a bit intimidated and don't want to try it!
My goal is to attempt to try 2 new recipes a month. Life with a newborn has been a bit of an adjustment…So, hopefully this will help me to stay on track better!
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Fabian Kohl (* 3. Juli 1989 in Villingen-Schwenningen) ist ein deutscher Volleyballspieler.

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Fabian Kohl begann bei seinem Jugendverein TG Schwenningen mit dem Volleyball. Über die Stationen Friedrichshafen und Berlin kam er nach Düren. Dort spielte er von 2009 bis 2012 in der ersten Bundesliga. 2010 stand er mit dem Verein im Finale des DVV-Pokals und wurde Dritter in der Liga. Außerdem nahm er mit der deutschen Juniorennationalmannschaft an der Europameisterschaft teil und belegte den zweiten Platz. 2012 wechselte Fabian Kohl zum Zweitligisten TSG Solingen Volleys, um sich mehr seinem Lehramts-Studium widmen zu können. 2015/16 spielte Kohl beim Drittligisten TVA Hürth-Fischenich, mit dem er 2016 die Meisterschaft gewann.

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 Ranglisten 2011 - Männer (pdf; 459 kB)

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Volleyballspieler (VfB Friedrichshafen)
Volleyballspieler (VC Olympia Berlin)
Volleyballspieler (SWD Powervolleys Düren)
Volleyballspieler (TSG Solingen Volleys)
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Paul and I got married 4th of July weekend. It was the best. There's so much I want to share about the joy and beauty that happened and everything I learned about throwing a gigantic party so I'll gradually be posting a lot more. It was so amazing to see the plans we made come to life, but some of my very favorite moments were the unexpected ones, like the way the ground was sprinkled with confetti and eucalyptus leaves after our ceremony. More soon!


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Featured: Sunday, 31st December 2006
Trescom: New Beginnings – Chapter 5: Escape
Up ahead, the structure ends abruptly several yards over the fence. "Oh great," she says. She looks back, the dinosaur jumping from the building onto the structure.
Running along the center of the concrete path is a six inch high concrete rise, and Anne keeps alongside it. Behind her, the dinosaur tries to balance on it with one foot, while trying to keep its other foot on the lower ground.
Soon it gives up, and begins moving over slightly to level itself on the lower concrete. Anne turns around, now directly above the fence. She grips the bar tight, planning her attack.
She hopes to knock the dinosaur over the edge on the building side of the fence, so she can jump off the unfinished end to escape.
The dinosaur nears, snarling. It begins running faster, and leaps. Its claws extend; flying out front, its legs held high in the air. She hurls the bar like a javelin, landing it straight in the underside of the dinosaur's neck. It's caught off guard—dropping just short a few feet from Anne.
Its foot lands on the concrete, sliding off in the opposite direction. The dinosaur trips, landing on its side. It snarls, and Anne runs close to grab the bar, which has begun to roll off the side.
Anne feels something hit her leg, and she flips, falling onto the concrete. The bar slips, and lands on the concrete with a clang, beginning to roll towards the edge once more.
She reaches for it, seeing the dinosaur flailing to get up from its odd position. Her fingers wrap around it, and she pulls herself up.
She flips the bar in her hands, and smacks the dinosaur's chest. It shrieks, and Anne backs off instinctively. She starts to go for it again, when the dinosaur gets up.
It raises its claws, walking forward. It hisses, watching Anne, waiting for her next attack. Anne swings, but this time the dinosaur ducks. Anne spins, nearly falling to the ground at the unexpected dodge.
She falls towards the edge, ready to fall on the wrong side of the fence. The dinosaur behind her darts forward, but she regains her balance, and moves.
It stops itself at the edge, spinning to attack, but Anne swings. The bar collides with the dinosaur's face, only an inch from its eye, and it goes over the edge.
She hears the scrape of claws as the dinosaur tries to keep falling. Anne moves to the edge, as the dinosaur disappears over the side.
She smiles, as it hits the ground below with a thud. It lies on its side, curled up. She grips the bar, watching as it slowly gets up, looking around.
"Yeah," Anne says. "Like that?"
The dinosaur stands, turning in circles, looking up at her. It snarls, and jumps. Anne takes a step back, as its head appears slightly over the edge. It snaps, trying to get her, and Anne raises the bar.
Forget it Anne. Time to go.
She turns, and begins running down the structure once more. She passes over the fence, where the dinosaur is forced to stop, after following her. She stops at the edge, looking down.
She takes a breath, and jumps. She lands on her knees, feeling a slight jolt of pain. After a moment she gets up, listening to the dinosaur snarling and hissing. It claws at the wood, trying to get to her. The fence shakes, and Anne starts to run.
All around her now is forest, trees spread out in different areas. She stops cold, as she hears the faint caws of the dinosaur. She turns, staring at the fence.
The dinosaur continues to caw, frantically. "What's it doing?"
Anne listens, silently, as the dinosaur continues to caw. Then her heart freezes. Somewhere in the forest around her there is an answering caw.
From her side of the fence.
"Oh no," she whispers.
Still holding the bar, she begins to run straight—away from the fence. To her right she hears a hiss, and turns her head to look. Something's coming.
From up ahead she hears another snarl. She's running into a trap.
Anne spins left, and darts into the forest. She throws herself up against a tree, letting go of the bar to grab a thick branch. She pulls herself up, doubling over on the branch as she pulls.
She gets footing on the branch, reaching for a higher branch. As she pulls, she hears the fence rattle again as the dinosaur pounds it. As she reaches for the next branch, she glances at the fence, to see that the dinosaur was poking its head through the hole it had made earlier with its foot.
She looks down. She's pretty high up, but she continues anyway. Somewhere around her there is another snarl, and she finally stops. Anne is covered in the foliage, only her legs dangling into view. She pulls them up, using another branch for support.
Only if someone—or something—was to directly look up from the base of the tree would they be able to see her. She hoped nothing would.
Gripping another branch with her left hand, she uses her right hand to part open the foliage. She sees the fence, and hears a snarl, as the dinosaur on the other side leaps onto it. She hears claws scraping, and sees that it is using the hole to gain footing.
"Son of a bi—"
She stops, as something hisses on the ground below. She freezes, risking several glances down. At the fence, the dinosaur flips over, landing on its back, and then rolling to right itself.
As it does, another dinosaur of the same type appears from the forest, stopping several feet from the first dinosaur. It makes an odd, rolling caw sound, which is answered by the first dinosaur.
The second dinosaur is slightly different than the first. It's a bit larger, with a lighter green mixed with brown. Dark brown lines, though, run down its back. It caws again, this time with different tones, and Anne realizes what they're doing.
Talking.
She shifts her weight to the right slightly, moving towards the tree itself, and stops, frozen once more. Below her, another dinosaur passes under the tree. It snarls, moving faster towards the other two. Anne watches, thinking it is going to stop short like the other one had, but it doesn't.
It pushes into the first dinosaur, which snarls back. It doesn't attack.
Anne stares at the toe claws, and tries to remember their names.
It started with a V. Veli—no. Velociraptor!
These dinosaurs were velociraptors. Anne remembered Hammond had wrote that they were vicious carnivores. Pack hunters. Very intelligent.
She watched as the new raptor continued to push the first, and finally backed off. The second one cawed: a low, three-pitched sound.
The third stepped back, snarling. The first raptor positioned itself near the second, and then began looking around. The third, which had an odd mix of purple, blue, and a hint of black as its skin color, replied to the second raptor's caw.
Anne whispered, "I wonder what they're saying."
None of them are really facing her direction, and she takes this fact in. "I think I can outrun them. Make it down this tree and head over—"
She twists her head, using her left hand to push open the foliage behind her. Anne says, "I can run there."
From her spot in the tree, she can see another of the concrete structures lying across a small, leave-covered rise, where the ground slopes around, leading down towards it. She can either jump the rise, or take the slope down and around.
The structure, she sees, has no building near or around it, save for a little shack near the end. Next to the shack is an odd crane of some sort, that she can't see to well. Much of it is hidden near the end of the structure. The structure isn't complete, only running a few dozen yards, standing alone. Near Anne's end, she sees a short stack of construction crates she can use to climb up onto the structure if she needs to, and make her way to the other end.
Anne looks back at the raptors.
Time to go Anne. Quietly.
She moves her way back through the foliage, so she can climb down behind the tree, hidden from view of the raptors.
The branch under her foot snaps. She falls, throwing her arms out. She grips another branch, her fingers wrapping around it.
Snap.
Her hands go through the branch, and she starts to tumble down. She reaches for another branch as she descends, stopping momentarily. She starts to wrap her legs around another branch, but it's too late.
She quickly glances away: the raptors are looking straight at her, moving forward, snarling.
She lets go of the branches, letting herself fall. She feels the whip of branches lashing at her clothes and skin, and then the soft crunch of leaves as she lands on the ground.
Anne rolls over, looking for the metal bar. She glances up; the raptors are closing.
She gives up, and starts to run, the dinosaurs snarling and hissing behind her. Up ahead she sees the ground begin to slope away and around the rise. To her left she can see the rise angle upward, towards the treeline, and then stop.
Ah, what the hell.
Anne turns towards the rise, and looks back. The odd, purplish one is in the lead; the other two close behind.
She feels the slope under her feet, and nears the edge. Anne looks over. The rise is cut short, like a cliff—falling almost straight down nearly fifteen feet. "Oh my God," she says, turning around.
The two other raptors break off, going down the slope, while the purplish-one continues towards her. Ten feet… Eight feet… Six feet… Four feet…
Anne turns, and jumps off the rise. Above her, she hears the raptor hiss, and realizes that it has jumped down after her.
I'm going to be fine.
As she nears the ground, the two raptors dart out from her right, after taking the slope down.
The ground rushes up to greet her, and she hits it hard. She feels her body slide, and then hears a shriek. She rolls over on her back, looking over at the two raptors, who are now looking up, ignoring her.
One turns, baring its teeth, and begins stalking forward.
Anne watches in horror as it prepares to leap, and then closes her eyes, as the shriek is cut short. She opens them, seeing that the purplish raptor that jumped after her had collided with the raptor preparing to attack.
They rolled away; an odd snarl-hiss mix filling the air. The second raptor, which had not been hit, looks around in frustration, and Anne picks herself up.
She turns, running, as the two raptors on the ground roll off of each other and get up, warily. As Anne closes the distance to the crate stack leading up to the structure, she hears the snarls begin to fade. She glances back, seeing that the raptors have disappeared into the forest on her left.
When she gets to the crates, she looks to her right, where another slope—stretching away for quite a distance—rolls down into a forested area below. Anne thinks she sees something white amongst the trees, but can't be sure.
Somewhere in the forest to her left she hears another raptor caw, which is answered by another one elsewhere.
They're coming.
She jumps up onto the crates, pulling herself up. One by one she climbs, kicking them off so the raptors can't get up. When she finally reaches the top, she kicks the entire top portion of the stack off, kicking three crates in one blow, which causes the others to tumble down along with them.
She takes a breath, her legs dangling over the edge, and then gets up. She follows the concrete structure, crouching down alongside the concrete rise running along the center, like the other one she had been on. Ahead, she could see the roof of the shack, as well as the crane.
The vehicle looked old; its crane rising up past the surface of the concrete structure. She looked down, stopping above the shack, and could see that there was a window covering near the front of the vehicle. A driver's seat.
"Maybe it still works."
She moved to the end of the concrete structure, and looked up. The filth-ridden underside of the crane's carrying cart looked down upon her, and she could see the hinges on the actual crane and the cart were rusted over.
Anne reached out, grabbing hold of the crane itself, and began slowly shuffling down. "Easy Anne, Easy Anne."
The ground was only a few feet below, and she could see the base of the crane slowly appearing in her vision.
A raptor shrieked.
She jumped, her pant's leg snagging on a metal fixture. She tried to move, but her entire leg twisted. She yelled, falling from the crane. She landed on her side on the ground, in-between the crane and the shack, and got up.
She heard the crunch of leaves from the forest, and quickly moved around the shack to the front. Much of the doorway was boarded up, and without hesitating, she kicked. Several of the boards instantly cracked, and she climbed into the dark confines of the shack.
The shack was wood inside, with a corrugated tin exterior, including tin roof. "Now this is where I've always wanted to live," she said, sarcastically. Only a few beams of light shone in on the entrance from the places where the wood had been broken by Anne.
In the back, the entire shack was nearly dark, and there were two large crates. Outside there was a snarl.
It's coming.
She positioned the two crates to align, and then lay down, crunched up, behind them, in the back of the shack. Her legs were tucked under her arms, because the shack was not very accommodating. She closed her eyes, breathing. The floor wasn't paved, and she was lying in the dirt.
She twisted her head, so it faced the wall of the shack. There was a slight crack between the bottom of the shack and the ground, and a tiny bit of light shone in.
Outside she heard a low-rolling, two pitched squawk, answered by a purring caw. She gasped silently as the light coming through the small crack was blocked out momentarily, as something walked by. She closed her eyes, inhaling the dust-filled air.
The dust was scratching her throat. She had to cough.
Something scratched along the tin exterior, continuing its way around, towards the front. She heard a low hiss.
The scratching stops, and Anne hears sniffing. The raptor has moved to the entrance, sniffing the outside momentarily before sticking its head in through the broken wood. It snarls, but doesn't push in.
It sniffs the air, getting ready to inspect.
Anne closes her eyes, waiting for the wood to crack and the raptor to enter, only to find her and kill her.
The sniffing stops.
She hears distant thumps as the raptors depart the area. She sighs, coughing. "I wonder why they're in a hurry."
She steps over the crates, quickly bending down through the entry she had made for herself. She stands, looking around. She's facing the large slope, and to her left is the crane, which is also—she realizes—facing the slope.
She looks past the crane, where the path goes on, bending away deeper into the forest. "I guess I'll go that way."
Anne takes a single step, when she hears a steady hiss to her left.
It was a trap.
She turns around, looking up at the shadow on the concrete structure above the shack. The raptor is perched there, watching her, snarling.
Anne takes a sidestep towards the crane, and it moves forward, from its crouched position. She runs, as It leaps onto the shack roof and then onto the ground. It swipes, and she hears a low whistle as its toe claw narrowly misses her back.
She spins around the crane, hoping to throw off the raptor, and presses against it, looking to her right. The raptor doesn't appear. She slowly moves left, breathing quickly, her adrenaline pumping. No sign of the raptor.
She turns, facing the crane, and screams, as the raptor leaps up onto the crane. It slides down several inches, unable to stand correctly on the angle, and jumps off.
She runs left, back around the crane. The raptor goes right, and she doubles back. She jumps onto the crane, looking for a latch on the window to the driver's seat.
Instead she finds a padlock, and she tugs on it. It's open!
For a moment she thinks it isn't, expecting to be locked. She laughs, pulling off the padlock and holding it in her right hand. With her left, she slowly maneuvers the window open, and spots the raptor coming around on the opposite side.
She hurls the lock at the raptor, who snarls as it scrapes its side. It backs away, looking at Anne, who's already inside the driver's seat. She closes the window, as the raptor leaps high, landing on it.
She screams, watching as it claws the window above her. Several cracks begin to form.
She looks around the enclosed space, looking for a key to start the crane.
She puts her hands through her hair, thinking she has failed, when something jingles by her foot. "What the–?"
She looks down, and claps once, spotting a set of keys on a ring by her foot. She reaches down, pulling them up. One by one she tries them in the ignition, each one failing.
Above her, a larger crack is beginning to race across the center window. The raptor claws harder. "Come on, come on!"
From below the crane there comes an odd rumble, and the raptor stops clawing, suspicious. Anne twists the key.
The crane begins to move forward, towards the slope. The raptor shrieks, jumping off. Anne sees it run off to the right several yards, before turning to stare at the crane. Anne grips the control stick, trying to turn the crane from the slope.
In the back of the moving vehicle, the crane itself drops, rocking the entire vehicle. It jars over slightly, moving as Anne furiously tries to get control.
Anne screams, as the crane goes over the slope. The engine stops, and for a moment it hangs there. Anne looks right, watching as the raptor cautiously walks forward, getting ready for another attack.
Anne curses, knowing that there is no escape now. She only has two choices: To run and get eaten, or stay here in this God-awful crane and get eaten.
Just let them get me.
A single tear goes down Anne's cheek, as the raptor begins moving faster.
The crane groans. It begins moving forward, pushed by the slope. Anne sees an entire hillside covered in leaves before her, leading the way down into several more trees. It pushes forward, and the raptor starts to back off once more.
Everything moves slowly at first, as the crane starts moving down the hill. Anne turns her head to look at the raptor, who starts to flee. She breathes deep, relieved, when the crane begins to pick up speed.
"Not good."
Everything starts to roll by, and she looks up at the cracked window.
If I'm in this thing when it crashes into those trees, she thinks, then I'm going to hurt.
She says, "Time to go then."
Anne pushes on the window, waiting for it to pop open.
It doesn't.
She yells, looking down at the oncoming trees. "No!" She pushes again, and the window budges. She pushes again, and it seemingly flies: landing on the opposite side with a short clang against the metal. She stands up on the seat, looking down.
"Like riding a surfboard," she says. Anne leaps off the crane, hitting the ground hard. She rolls alongside the crane, and finally puts a foot out, stopping her slower descent. She looks down, as the crane crashes into the trees below with a loud crack and crunch.
It stops moving, and she looks up the slope. All the way down there is a trail in the dirt and leaves. She laughs, looking back down at the crane.
She sees the white again that she had seen earlier. It's in the trees, just beyond where the crane stopped, but she can see it now; unmoving.
Anne stands up, slowly walking down the slope.
"Did InGen add some ostrich DNA?" - Alfaraptor


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Wilson's tears over Grammy nod
metrowebukmetroMonday 25 Jan 2010 6:18 pm
Charlie Wilson has admitted that being nominated for a Grammy moved him to tears.
The RnB star spent two years homeless after a combination of slow cash flow and drug and alcohol addiction.
Charlie said: "People really don't know how I laid in the streets – from that to this, I cried when they told me I had a Grammy nomination."
He went on: "It still doesn't seem real to me, because so many doors have been shut on me so many times … everything was derailed."
The former lead singer of 1980s group The Gap Band added he didn't want to be seen by anybody aside from his homeless friends while he was on the streets, and would hide away until dark.
"It was horrifying," he said. "When the sun came up, I ran like Dracula. I tried my best to hide."


"Probably. Who knows? The solar priestess may be closer than you think."
Rin sank deeper into the water. The water helped soothe her bruise, which she hoped Chikane didn't notice. It made her a bit jealous of her friend's wealth.
"What is it you mean by that, Rin?"
I asked immediately following her statements. Perhaps she knew something. Anything would be of help at this point.
"That, I'm afraid, you'll have to find out on your own."
Rin would have liked to tell Chikane the bits and pieces she knew about the solar priestess, but that would be too easy. Plus, Miyako would have her head if she even found out the stuff that she already told.
"Alright, that's fine with me. I suppose this whole thing is my journey and it's not getting me anywhere if I ask you for all the answers."
I took a pause and thought a moment, it was a long pause as I was relaxing in the waters. But the thought struck me; Rin was an Orochi? Did she not mean the same Orochi which were trying to destroy me, the solar priestess and reform the world? Was she, then, not my sworn enemy? And yet, we'd become such great friends, I only thought of her in that light. As a good friend. One I could depend on, apparently, too. She was one of the truest, I suppose, I've ever had, not just another fan sending me a love letter. As for my request, I'd need to be careful about it, not in the asking, but if she said yes. Things could get ugly, if I wasn't careful.
"Rin, would you like to stay with me in my estate? You could live here with me. Or you could stay for as long as you wish. I have plenty of room and the food tastes great."
I looked down at the water, was that a stupid thing to ask?
Rin couldn't help but smile at that. Just thinking about it though made her homesick. This was the longest she had ever been away from her friends, but she could see where Chikane was coming from. It must have been somewhat lonely staying in such a huge mansion by herself. Then again, Miyako would be ticked if she found out she wasn't going to be staying at the hideout, with their supposed mortal enemy no less.
She stayed silent for a moment to take time weighing all the odds. She had somewhat of an idea that would probably keep everyone happy.
"Sure, of course I'll stay with you."
I smiled and continued relaxing in the bath. The waters just felt so divine. But then I wondered, did she need help washing? Or was she perfect capable of doing it herself? I reached for the soap and began to place it on my body smoothly. I enjoyed its texture. Soon I'd be done and we were free the whole day able to do whatever we pleased.
Rin smiled and continued soaking in the water until Chikane was finished with the soap. She began thinking of what they could do later in the day. She didn't have many ideas, hopefully Chikane could come up with something. Now, it was back to the matter at hand. A slightly embarrassed smile formed on her face.
"Hey... You wouldn't mind washing my back for me, would you?"
I smiled and made my way over to her, grabbing the soap and using it to wash her back slowly. Her skin felt so smooth. Unlike anything I'd ever felt before. I couldn't deny that I found myself blushing and yet I continued. I couldn't let her know anything was up.
Rin sighed as she relaxed her muscles. Chikane's touch was so soothing. She too found a light pink color staining her cheeks, not at all really understanding why.
I blushed a little deeper too, but only continued to wash her back with the soap lightly, tracing over her smooth skin. I deemed it okay to give her a little massage, after all, she might be tense from fighting the other day and from wandering all the way here to find me. I should give her muscles a break.
I didn't dare speak, just letting my hands rub little circles on her shoulders and the "wings" of her back. Hopefully, she'd just relax.
Rin was a little surprised that Chikane started massaging her back. She couldn't deny the fact that it felt really good. Her muscles relaxed even more as she let out another relaxed sigh.
She wondered why the other hadn't spoken for a while. Was it awkward? Was it something she had said? Shifting a bit in the water, she turned her head to look at her through the corner of her eye, the worry plainly visible on her face.
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just trying to do my best to make you feel the most relaxed."
I smiled and sighed. I don't think I've ever been this intimate with another woman before, much less, anyone else.
Rin smiled, blushing a little bit darker. She felt guilty that Chikane was willing to 'pamper' her like this.
"If anyone deserves this kind of treatment, it's you.... After what I put you through..."
I continued my massage, firm but gentle.
"Well, you're my guest, you deserve this just as much as anyone."
"I guess... I just don't want you to think you have to do all of these nice things for me."
Rin still felt guilty, she never really liked it when people went out of her way to do things for her. She figured that she should massage Chikane in return.
"Do you want me to massage you next?"
I only continued until she would tell me to stop. I took it she enjoyed it.
Rin nodded to say that it was okay for her to stop. She then got behind her and let her fingers work their magic, trying to get all of the tense areas on her back.
"I know I'm not as good as you, but do you like it?"
I nodded, sighing and relaxing. Her fingers were soft and yet they pressed where all my tight muscles were, where the knots were. In fact it felt really good to get rid of the tenseness from shooting archery the other night. I closed my eyes and relaxed fully into her touch. I smiled.
Rin continued to massage her, smiling at how she practically melted into her touch. She massaged a little harder in certain areas that seemed tenser than others, hoping that she wasn't starting to hurt her friend, wanting to make this as enjoyable as possible.
I blushed to some extent. This was all so new but it felt so good. Her hands made me feel like butter. They were at just the right texture to make me relaxed. How was she so good at this? Had she practiced this before? She was probably better than some of the massage therapists around town.
"You have quite the skill for this."
"Wow, I've never really done this before. Thank you."
She had only done massages a few times before for her friends after strenuous missions and training. She never considered herself great at it and hearing the compliment from Chikane made her feel even better.
There was a pause as I sighed and relaxed more, thinking what my next statement or question would be.
"Of course, it felt really nice. Where did you learn to massage, anyway?"
Rin smiled as she got the last of the knots out of Chikane's back, beginning to work her way up to her shoulders. Occasionally, she just drummed her fingers on her friend's shoulders, loving how soft her skin was.
"I must have picked a few things up along the ways of getting massaged by Otoha every time I practiced archery. She said it always cramped up my muscles and made them tighter and harder to move with. She said it wasn't good for my health and that I should stay loose and relaxed. And that's why she gave me the massages. She's a good person. And she even complimented me and said I had smooth skin? Well, if I do it's because she makes sure to buy the best products for my health when I shower."
I smiled and continued to love the massage. She'd went up to my shoulders, perhaps tinting my cheeks a brighter pink and my eyes still remained closed. Little did I know that Otoha was eavesdropping on the other side of the door. She was happy about all I said, her heart fluttering and yet she was insanely jealous that Rin was the one in here massaging my back naked. It was hard to tell why Otoha was jealous. Did she perhaps have a crush on me? Or was she just too loyal that she became over protective? Hmmm..
"Hm, whatever it is you want to do today. I don't mind much. Maybe we could go out shopping."
So that's how Chikane was so good at massages. Rin smiled, continuing to work at her shoulders until she noticed the brightening pink color on her cheeks. She couldn't help but giggle some, thinking that it was cute to see her like that.


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Filippo Ghirelli (born 23 January 1980) is an Italian businessman and philanthropist based in the Principality of Monaco. Filippo is the founder and Executive Chairman of Genera Group which operates in fields of energy and process efficiency, energy production, green infrastructures and EV charging stations. Genera is one of the European top circular economy investment firms with branches in Europe, Brazil, China and the U.S..
Filippo also promotes international operations in the field of industrial conversion and  capture, oil & gas, real estate development, general construction contract, mining and diversified investments. Filippo is chairman and majority shareholder of green energy trader OV Energy S.p.A; he is also founder of Mareterra Group Holding which operates in the field if oil & gas by converting such assets into sustainable.

Biography
Filippo was born in an Italian family of real estate entrepreneurs in Rome, attended international schools and graduated from the University of Rome in Civil Engineering with further specialization courses at MIT and Harvard. Also, he obtained a Master in Business Administration and a Master in Financial Markets.

After BA degree he started his career as Project Engineer in Guinea, Ghana and Mali working with various construction multinationals. Later on he returned to Italy to follow high speed train infrastructures. In 2007 he became General Manager for real estate and healthcare operator De Angelis Group. After sudden death of its founder, Filippo started his own construction business with Italian and international projects in 2009. Also, he has been the director and shareholder of Leaf Investments, an investment boutique based in London. Later he opened a retail real estate development company and started to invest in energy assets. Ghirelli's group presently operates in various countries, such as Italy, Spain, France, Brazil, China, Morocco, Algeria, India and the UAE and has JV's with major multinationals and financial institutions.

Filippo is actively involved in international business community life, visited events such as "The companies and banks in the state of crisis of competence, responsibility and prevention".

Filippo is also an active member of Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Monaco Ambassadors Club and, in 2019, he joined the executive board of the Young Presidents Organization, with more than 28,000 members worldwide. Filippo and his wife Daniela recently founded The Venetian Arts Foundation, with the purpose of promoting venetian arts around the world.

Assets
Filippo owns Genera Group Holdings which also invests in R&D and acts as incubator for start-ups. Through his company, Ghirelli holds stakes in many other ventures. He pursues the idea of  "exponential sustainability" with a focus on all those infrastructural projects that allow future generations to be able to make choices rather than inheriting what others have elaborated in the past with a less effective technology base.
His group has recently seen the entrance of Swiss fund SUSI PARTNERS with performed investments exceeding 1.5 B€.
Filippo was also involved in football team Mallorca acquisition in late 2014.

References

1980 births
Living people
Italian businesspeople
Italian philanthropists


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Rapisardi, Parlen Receive NYLJ Professional Excellence Awards
New York, NY—October 18, 2017—Co-Chair of O'Melveny's Global Restructuring Practice John Rapisardi was honored last night as a distinguished leader at the 2017 New York Law Journal Professional Excellence Awards. In addition, O'Melveny Bankruptcy & Restructuring partner Andrew Parlen was named a Rising Star.
In his profile in the NYLJ's special awards supplement, Rapisardi discussed some of his proudest recent achievements, including leading Puerto Rico in its restructuring of US$72 billion in debt, as well as what it means to be a leader, and how the business and profession of law are changing. "The by-product of instantaneous impersonal communications has been to make us more insular and prone to jumping from problem to problem without sufficient thought to long-term implications of the decisions made in that process. The challenge for lawyers in the future will be to look for ways to slow down the pace of events that enhances quality time for thinking through problems and issues and allow for direct conversations to avoid misunderstandings," Rapisardi told NYLJ.
In its profile of Parlen, the NYLJ noted his work for "numerous companies in both Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructuring matters," as well as his leadership, pro bono and civil work. "He is deeply committed to LGBT equality and dedicates substantial time to this cause, including by serving as co-chair of the Legal Council of the Williams Institute, the nation's leading LGBT think tank," the NYLJ wrote.
Based in New York, Rapisardi has 30 years of domestic and international debtor and creditor restructuring experience across a variety of industries, including automotive, casinos, chemical, health care, retail, real estate, satellite, sports franchises, textile and telecommunications.
Whether representing a business restructuring, an equity holder protecting its interests, a creditor pursuing its claims, or an acquirer seeking to purchase distressed assets, Parlen, also based in New York, understands that each client requires flexible, individually tailored guidance to navigate the ever-evolving restructuring field.
Chris Till
ctill@omm.com
John J. Rapisardi


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This entry was posted in weight loss and tagged weight loss, weight loss tips on September 12, 2014 by Marshall.


If I meet people they generally mention two things: the song after '87 and when I kicked out on the full against Essendon in round two of 1993.
The year 2018 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Baby Bombers' premiership triumph. In that 1993 Grand Final, Essendon defeated their traditional rival Carlton by 44 points. However, given the recent woes of both clubs, this moment certainly feels like a distant memory. So perhaps it is more appropriate this week to reflect on the 25th Anniversary of another match, a match that neither team was able to win.
Kernahan: The siren went, and I think that threw me. But I went back and I just tried to steer it through and I missed by a long way.
Kernahan: Afterwards I took that really hard. I was as flat as a track because in my mind those are the things that I was meant to do. When it's time to win a game, that's what you're meant to do. I think all guys in a similar role would say that's what they pride themselves on.
Kernahan: You wouldn't believe it, but the week after the Essendon draw I take a mark and the siren goes again. We were four points down against Hawthorn, and low and behold, at the end of the game and the ball comes my way again. I was 50 metres out, and there was a massive gale down that side of the ground. I went back that quickly, because the siren was about to go, and I kicked the goal to put us two points in front. The ball went back to the middle, it was bounced, and the siren went. I let my emotions spill out because it had been a hard week. It was redemption in the space of seven days. But no one remembers the Hawthorn game, do they?
Kernahan: Once more the Carlton players' ability to celebrate long and hard stood the ultimate test. But one drawback of the '87 premiership occurred at our local watering hole, Naughton's Hotel, with my rendition of Tammy Wynette's 'Stand By Your Man', which I knew word for word from the Blues Brothers movie. Former Channel 10 sports reporter Peter Donegan is a top bloke in TV circles, but I'll never forgive him for getting the whole song down on videotape. That song still haunts me today, and what a demon the drink is.
It has been tough going for Carlton in 2018. In the off-season they lost Bryce Gibbs to Adelaide and in the pre-season they lost Sam Docherty to a season ending injury. And then in the season proper they have had untimely injuries to both Matthew Kreuzer and Marc Murphy. That quartet represents the Top-4 in Carlton's Best and Fairest from last year. The one constant on the field from last year's Top-5 has been Kade Simpson.
Like a fine wine, Simpson appears to be getting better with age. Simpson infamously failed to gain a possession in any of his first 3 games at AFL level back in 2003. Closing in on 300 games and celebrating his 34th birthday last week, could Simpson be on the way to his first All-Australian nomination this year? He has taken over from Sam Docherty as the go-to player out of Carlton's defence. But has he been the best attacking halfback in the AFL this season?
An attacking halfback should be judged on their ability to accumulate possessions in the defensive half and gain territory (preferably by foot) in an effective manner in order to break through congestion and transition from defence to offence.
Played a minimum of two-thirds of matches this season. After Round 7, a player would need to have played 5 games to be under consideration.
Achieved a minimum 75% Disposal Efficiency.
Accumulated a minimum of 75% of their possessions in the defensive half of the field. This is in order to differentiate a halfback from a wingman, who gets the ball further up the ground but also has high kicking rates and metres gained.
Based on the above, Figure-1 presents the AFL Half Back Rankings after Round 7. At the top of the rankings is Carlton veteran Kade Simpson, with James Sicily his potential teammate on the other halfback flank in the All-Australian team. Essendon, with Michael Hurley, also have a player in the Top-4. But perhaps it is not surprising that for two struggling sides that their best defenders are getting a lot of the football.
Note: This article represents a continuation of a series of articles to determine the form players of the competition in each position. The premise is to assess each position based on an easily identifiable collection of variables. Each week the rankings will be updated and an All-Australian team will be auto-populated and presented on a stand alone page. So far, metrics for attacking halfbacks and key defenders have been developed.
Carlton and Essendon are two teams in terrible form. Carlton may lack the cattle on the park, but in trying to go away from their defensive-first style from the last few years, they now appear to neither attack nor defend well. Essendon on paper appear to be full of talent but they are low on confidence and their methods are failing them. Poor coaching is not something that can be turned around quickly, so there may still be some pain ahead for both clubs. Carlton's best hope this week is for a rain-affected match similar to what they had last year in their upset win over the Bombers. If conditions stay reasonably dry, Essendon will still have the edge.
 Kernahan. S. & De Bolfo, T. (1997). "Sticks: The Stephen Kernahan Story". Random House Australia Pty Ltd, NSW, Australia.


Ever since discovering my beloved Tangle Teezer all those years ago (review here), I honestly never thought I would want for another hairbrush. The 'Teezer seemed to do everything - get through my ever-so-present knots and leave my hair looking smooth and, you know, like it's been brushed (trust me, most brushes don't do this).
However, as the time has passed I've slowly fallen out of love with my Tangle Teezer. I felt like it wasn't really doing what it had claimed to do anymore - yes, it leaves my hair looking brushed, but underneath the layers of smoothness hides knots, tangles and many unhappy a hair. I persevered with it though, as it was still the best brush I'd come across... before now.
Enter The Wet Brush. A couple of months ago I was sent this brush unexpectedly and fell in love with it almost immediately. At first glance it looks like your average, run-of-the-mill hairbrush, but when you use it you because to realise just how magical this brush is. This brush glides through my hair like no other, it never pulls and it always leaves my hair looking smooth and soft. It gets through my matted, knotty, hellish post-shower hair an absolute treat, and works just as well on dry hair. I couldn't quite believe that such a seemingly normal-looking brush could work this well, so I thought I'd better read up about the science behind this badass brush and fill you guys in.
Basically, the reason this brush works so incredibly well is because its bristles are of the IntelliFlex variety, which means they're extremely flexible and move with your hair, not against it, and so are really gentle on the scalp. As well as this, they bounce back with each stroke, eliminating any breakage (and the god-awful pain we all know so well) that you usually get when brushing through knots. The SofTips on the brush work to massage the scalp and stimulate circulation - thus helping your hair grow. A must-have brush for aspiring Rapunzels!
Overall I am delighted with this brush and I always choose it over my Tangle Teezer - something I thought I would never do. The brush does everything I want from a brush and more, and I don't feel guilty using it on my wet hair - as that's what it's designed for! It's also meant to be great on hair extensions (real or synthetic) which is always a bonus.
Like the Tangle Teezer, this brush is around the £11.99 mark, although I did find it online for £8.99 here. It's available in a plethora of colours and I honestly recommend this to anyone who struggles with knotty hair - it is the BEST.
Have you tried The Wet Brush yet?


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Q: How Can I Add a New File to a Document Library With Client Object Model? I'm a beginner with SP COM. I can't find any samples about this online.
Could anybody tell me how I should proceed to add or remove a file from a document library in SP 2010 with the Client Object Model?
Thanks!

A: To add a document to a document library in VB.Net:
Imports SP = Microsoft.SharePoint.Client

Public Sub LoadFileToLibrary()
    Dim clientContext As SP.ClientContext = GetYourContext()
    Dim fileContent As Byte() = GetYourByteArrayOfYourFilesContents()

    Dim fileCreationInfo As SP.FileCreationInformation = New SP.FileCreationInformation()
    fileCreationInfo.Content = fileContent
    fileCreationInfo.Overwrite = True
    fileCreationInfo.Url = "Your full destination URL here including file name"

    Dim file As SP.File
    Dim folder As SP.Folder = list.RootFolder

    file = folder.Files.Add(fileCreationInfo)
    clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
End Sub

Same classes and everything in C# too. Should be easy enough to translate this snippet.
To delete a document, you can use the same code you would use to delete a list item (because a document library is just a special type of list). You should read How to: Create, Update, and Delete List Items.
Hope this helps.

A: This should get you started on uploading a file in SharePoint with the Client Object Model:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sridhara/archive/2010/03/12/uploading-files-using-client-object-model-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx

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Data-Driven Visualizations is a concept-based overview of visualization better practices. Know when different types of graphs are appropriate; make color choices to maximize legibility; and learn about considerations for graphs for manuscripts vs presentations.
Registration is recommended. All exercises will be using whiteboard or paper and pencil, so a computer is not needed.


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, or gyakujujijime, is a chokehold in judo. It is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list. Danzan Ryu includes this technique in the Shimete list under the name Namijujijime.  Ura-Juji-Jime is described in the Canon Of Judo and demonstrated in The Essence of Judo by Kyuzo Mifune.

The technique is called 'reverse' because the palms of the person applying the choke are facing the person who is being choked. The thumbs are on top, outside of the clothing and the fingers grab inside underneath the gi or clothing. The hands are high up each side of the neck. Scissoring the hands applies pressure to the carotid arteries reducing blood flow, rapidly resulting in loss of consciousness. In judo, this technique is always taught under strict supervision and is similarly closely observed by referees in competition.

Examples of contest this finished
2018 World Judo Championships – Men's 90 kg Bronze medal match
Loss Eduard Trippel (GER) (1:55 Kata-Juji-Jime) Axel Clerget (FRA)Win
Video (This movie can not be seen in Japan etc.)
Video Judo(IJF)channel

See also
The Canon Of Judo
Nami-Juji-Jime
Kata-Juji-Jime
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Theory and Technique

References

External links
  Alabama Judo Federation is sanction and charter by United States Judo Association (USJA). Sensei Tirdad Daei. Judo: Shime Waza - Nami-Juji-Jime: Normal Cross Choke. Gyaku-Juji-Jime: Reverse Cross Choke. Kata-Juji-Jime: Half Cross Choke.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5WGdsVP90

Judo technique
Grappling
Grappling hold
Grappling positions
Martial art techniques


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/* -*- mode: C; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*- */
/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008  litl, LLC
 * Copyright (c) 2012  Red Hat, Inc.
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
 * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
 * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 * IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */

#include <config.h>

#include "gtype.h"

#include <gjs/gjs-module.h>
#include <gjs/compat.h>
#include <util/log.h>
#include <girepository.h>

GJS_DEFINE_PROTO_ABSTRACT("GIRepositoryGType", gtype);

/* priv_from_js adds a "*", so this returns "void *" */
GJS_DEFINE_PRIV_FROM_JS(void, gjs_gtype_class);

static GQuark
gjs_get_gtype_wrapper_quark(void)
{
    static gsize once_init = 0;
    static GQuark value = 0;
    if (g_once_init_enter(&once_init)) {
        value = g_quark_from_string("gjs-gtype-wrapper");
        g_once_init_leave(&once_init, 1);
    }
    return value;
}

static void
gjs_gtype_finalize(JSFreeOp *fop,
                   JSObject *obj)
{
    GType gtype = GPOINTER_TO_SIZE(JS_GetPrivate(obj));

    /* proto doesn't have a private set */
    if (G_UNLIKELY(gtype == 0))
        return;

    g_type_set_qdata(gtype, gjs_get_gtype_wrapper_quark(), NULL);
}

static JSBool
to_string_func(JSContext *context,
               unsigned   argc,
               jsval     *vp)
{
    JSObject *obj = JS_THIS_OBJECT(context, vp);
    GType gtype;
    gchar *strval;
    JSBool ret;
    jsval retval;

    gtype = GPOINTER_TO_SIZE(priv_from_js(context, obj));

    strval = g_strdup_printf("[object GType for '%s']",
                             g_type_name(gtype));
    ret = gjs_string_from_utf8(context, strval, -1, &retval);
    if (ret)
        JS_SET_RVAL(context, vp, retval);
    g_free(strval);
    return ret;
}

static JSBool
get_name_func (JSContext *context,
               JSObject **obj,
               jsid      *id,
               jsval     *vp)
{
    GType gtype;
    JSBool ret;
    jsval retval;

    gtype = GPOINTER_TO_SIZE(priv_from_js(context, *obj));

    ret = gjs_string_from_utf8(context, g_type_name(gtype), -1, &retval);
    if (ret)
        JS_SET_RVAL(context, vp, retval);
    return ret;
}

/* Properties */
static JSPropertySpec gjs_gtype_proto_props[] = {
    { "name", 0,
      JSPROP_READONLY | JSPROP_PERMANENT | JSPROP_SHARED,
      JSOP_WRAPPER((JSPropertyOp)get_name_func),
      JSOP_WRAPPER(JS_StrictPropertyStub) },
    { NULL },
};

/* Functions */
static JSFunctionSpec gjs_gtype_proto_funcs[] = {
    { "toString", JSOP_WRAPPER((JSNative)to_string_func), 0, 0 },
    { NULL }
};

JSObject *
gjs_gtype_create_gtype_wrapper (JSContext *context,
                                GType      gtype)
{
    JSObject *object;
    JSObject *global;

    JS_BeginRequest(context);

    /* put constructor for GIRepositoryGType() in the global namespace */
    global = gjs_get_import_global(context);
    gjs_gtype_create_proto(context, global, "GIRepositoryGType", NULL);

    object = g_type_get_qdata(gtype, gjs_get_gtype_wrapper_quark());
    if (object != NULL)
        goto out;

    object = JS_NewObject(context, &gjs_gtype_class, NULL, NULL);
    if (object == NULL)
        goto out;

    JS_SetPrivate(object, GSIZE_TO_POINTER(gtype));
    g_type_set_qdata(gtype, gjs_get_gtype_wrapper_quark(), object);

 out:
    JS_EndRequest(context);
    return object;
}

static GType
_gjs_gtype_get_actual_gtype (JSContext *context,
                             JSObject  *object,
                             int        recurse)
{
    GType gtype = G_TYPE_INVALID;
    jsval gtype_val = JSVAL_VOID;

    JS_BeginRequest(context);
    if (JS_InstanceOf(context, object, &gjs_gtype_class, NULL)) {
        gtype = GPOINTER_TO_SIZE(priv_from_js(context, object));
        goto out;
    }

    /* OK, we don't have a GType wrapper object -- grab the "$gtype"
     * property on that and hope it's a GType wrapper object */
    if (!JS_GetProperty(context, object, "$gtype", &gtype_val) ||
        !JSVAL_IS_OBJECT(gtype_val)) {

        /* OK, so we're not a class. But maybe we're an instance. Check
           for "constructor" and recurse on that. */
        if (!JS_GetProperty(context, object, "constructor", &gtype_val))
            goto out;
    }

    if (recurse > 0 && JSVAL_IS_OBJECT(gtype_val))
        gtype = _gjs_gtype_get_actual_gtype(context, JSVAL_TO_OBJECT(gtype_val), recurse - 1);

 out:
    JS_EndRequest(context);
    return gtype;
}

GType
gjs_gtype_get_actual_gtype (JSContext *context,
                            JSObject  *object)
{
    /* 2 means: recurse at most three times (including this
       call).
       The levels are calculated considering that, in the
       worst case we need to go from instance to class, from
       class to GType object and from GType object to
       GType value.
     */

    return _gjs_gtype_get_actual_gtype(context, object, 2);
}

JSBool
gjs_typecheck_gtype (JSContext             *context,
                     JSObject              *obj,
                     JSBool                 throw)
{
    return do_base_typecheck(context, obj, throw);
}

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Three of the world's worst excuses!
We have our identity in the process of depressing. We are afraid that if we stop, we won't know how to be, won't know who to be, won't know what life will expect.
Can I realize I do this (reject well-being) without being depressed about it?
It's depressing to realize that I've spent my whole life depressing myself.
The most important part is that I've thought it was external. Now I'm getting the sense that it is something I've learned to do and now to do to myself.
To say this is depressing information is like saying that you are on a sinking ship and you have just discovered a lifeboat.
You can stand there and be upset that this ship is sinking or you can take the lifeboat.
We're talking about being compassionate with yourself because everything else springs from that.
It is not selfish to love yourself.
If you can't find compassion for yourself, you'll never find it for anyone else. You won't know how. You will never be truly generous to anyone else. You won't know how. You will never be truly generous to anyone while depriving yourself.
The reason we don't tell anyone they should do this is that a person won't do this until they are ready.
Most people never will in their life.
All we're saying is that when you're ready here's the way you can do it. This definitely is not another stick to beat yourself.
When you've suffered enough, you'll remember that you know how to do it. It doesn't really matter what you have thought, believed, felt or done before.
These are three of the world's worst excuses.
It's OK to try something new.
It's OK to try something radically new…There isn't really anything new because if you try it and don't like it, you can always return to how you were doing it before. No problem. No shoulds. Trying anything once or twice doesn't mean you have ever to do it again if you don't want to.
Sources: The Depressed Anonymous Workbook. (2001) DAP. Louisville. Pgs.45-46.
Believing is seeing: 15 ways to leave the prison of depression. (2015) DAP. Louisville.
← I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!


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Charles Edward Baker (ur. 27 lutego 1971 w Waszyngtonie) – amerykański aktor, komik, producent i reżyser telewizyjny i filmowy.

Życiorys
Urodzony w Waszyngtonie, dorastał na Hawajach. Jako syn pułkownika armii, podróżował dookoła świata do czasu, gdy skończył 17 lat, a ojciec stacjonował na całym świecie, w tym w Izraelu i Anglii. Życiorys ojca został opisany w "Los Angeles Times" w 1994 przez Robina Wrighta.

Studiował w wielu szkołach w Stanach Zjednoczonych, w tym Southwest High School w Fort Worth w stanie Teksas oraz London Central Elementary High School.

Zdobył stypendium wokalne Tarrant County College w muzyce, a później uczęszczał do University of Texas w Arlington. Swoją karierę muzyczną rozpoczął w teatrze. Potem jednak zdecydował się kontynuować karierę aktorską. Pracował w bardziej znanych teatrach w Teksasie i poznał swoją przyszłą żonę, Rachel. Mają córkę Kiery Janel Aile Baker.

Na ekranie rozpoczął się grać role w filmach niskobudżetowych: Gry martwe (Playing Dead, 2000), Paramount Television Strażnik Teksasu - Próba ognia (Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire, 2005) z udziałem Chucka Norrisa, Sheree J. Wilson, Judson Mills, Stevena Williamsa i Janine Turner oraz Fat Girls (2006).

Użyczył swojego głosu w japońskiej serii One Piece (1999-2004). W 2006 napisał scenariusz, wyprodukował i wyreżyserował swój własny krótki film The Waterson Project. W 2007 został obsadzony w sequelu Z podniesionym czołem 2: Odwet (Walking Tall: The Payback, 2007) z Kevinem Sorbo. Stał się rozpoznawalny dzięki roli Skinny'ego Pete'a, bliskiego współpracownika i przyjaciela Jessego Pinkmana (Aaron Paul) w serialu Breaking Bad (2008-2013). Na początku 2013 otrzymał rolę Greya w pilocie serialu NBC Czarna lista (The Blacklist) z udziałem Jamesa Spadera.

Filmografia

Filmy fabularne
 2000: Gry martwe (Playing Dead) jako Barman
 2005: Strażnik Teksasu - Próba ognia (Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire) jako Herman Van Horne
 2006: Fat Girls jako Chłopak na wrotkach Rink Attendant
 2007: Z podniesionym czołem 2: Odwet (Walking Tall: The Payback) jako Nate
 2008: Cierń (Splinter) jako Blake Sherman Jr.
 2009: Całun (Shroud) jako William 'Billy' Sidehammer
 2010: Temple Grandin jako Billy
 2012: To the Wonder jako Carpenter
 2013: Ain't Them Bodies Saints jako Bear
 2013: Flutter jako Lonny
 2014: Dzika droga (Wild) jako T.J.

Seriale TV
 1999-2004: One Piece jako Kuromarimo Braham (głos)
 2001: Baki the Grappler jako Kohei (głos)
 2003: The Galaxy Railways jako Hijacker (głos)
 2004: The Long Firm jako Konferansjer
 2006: Skazany na śmierć (Prison Break) jako biwakowicz w samochodzie kempingowym
 2006: D.Gray-man - dubbing
 2007: El Cazador de la Bruja jako Jose (głos)
 2008: Czas Komanczów (Comanche Moon) jako Monkey John
 2008-2013: Breaking Bad jako Skinny Pete
 2010: Bez powrotu (In Plain Sight) jako TJ
 2010: Claymore jako Szef bandytów
 2010: The Good Guys jako Wolf Cellmate
 2010: Detroit 1-8-7 jako Marcus Mosier
 2011: Pościg (Chase) jako więzień Wiry
 2013: NTSF:SD:SUV:: jako Milo
 2013: Czarna lista (The Blacklist) jako Grey
 2014: Murder in the First jako Chris Walton

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Amerykańscy aktorzy filmowi
Amerykańscy producenci filmowi
Amerykańscy reżyserzy filmowi
Urodzeni w 1971
Ludzie urodzeni w Waszyngtonie
Ludzie związani z Arlington (Teksas)


The Tuttle Creek Bridge was built in 1962. Like many older welded steel bridges, it has developed fatigue cracks. The majority of cracks were forming in the upper web-gap region. In addition, fatigue cracking was occurring along gusset plates in the structure. A retrofit was performed in 1986 to prevent further fatigue cracking. Unfortunately, the cracks propagated after the retrofit. Therefore, finite element models were created at the University of Kansas to investigate the continued fatigue cracking. The models supplied a more effective retrofit procedure that included attaching the connection stiffener to the upper flange of the girder. Two tests were planned to determine the effectiveness of the retrofit. The first field test occurred before the repair was started. Its purpose was to provide stress values in key areas for comparison after the repair. In addition, the pre-retrofit test provided information for future finite element models. In 2005, the second retrofit was completed. The purpose of this report is to present results of the post-retrofit test with data from the pre-retrofit test. Comparisons of stresses for each key area are included in the report. Details of the Tuttle Creek Bridge and testing procedure are provided. In addition, minor changes from the previous test are described.
Anderson, B., Rolfe, S.T., Matamoros, A. B., Bennett, C., and Bonetti, S., "Post Retrofit Analysis of the Tuttle Creek Bridge Br. No. 16-81-2.24," SM Report No. 88, University of Kansas Center for Research, January 2007, 80 pp.