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Entrepreneurship the mediating role of finance and entrepreneurial education for small farmers in developing countries: Evidence from India
Sandhu, Navjot and Hussain, Javed G. (2021) Entrepreneurship the mediating role of finance and entrepreneurial education for small farmers in developing countries: Evidence from India. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. ISSN 1355-2554
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Purpose: This paper investigates the mediating role of access to finance and entrepreneurial education for Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) in the Indian northern state of Punjab. Furthermore, it examines the inter-mediatory role of entrepreneurs and the access to finance in the promotion of innovation, development and consequently poverty alleviation.
Design / methodology / approach: To gain a deeper insight, we used a purposive sampling technique, involving in-depth, face-to-face interviews based on a semi-structured questionnaire amongst 185 farmers from the state of the Punjab in India. The combination of open ended and dichotomous questions amenable to the Likert scale, captured responses and the transcribed questionnaires were thematically analysed.
Findings: Using the analysis of the quantitative and qualitative responses, we explain the cause and consequences of the finance gap and the impact of poverty on household income and the debt levels of SMFs. The findings suggest the expanding pool of SMFs is due to land ownership fragmentation that disenfranchises SMFs from accessing adequate finance thus limiting their ability to adapt to technological innovations, and therefore limiting their productivity and growth. This essentially limits their ability to transform their economic and social wellbeing. The findings from the data analysis suggest a lack of access to finance negatively impacts on SMFs' ability to use innovative practices, technologies and productivity. This adversely affects income level, access to education and social goods to propel them out of poverty. The findings advocate that government policy should focus on land reforms, which provide adequate access to finance to enable the adaption of technology and an access to markets to empower marginal farmers.
Research implications / limitations: Land fragmentation resulting with population growth in emerging economies continuously expands SMFs. To improve efficiency, productivity and entrepreneurial traits amongst SMFs, it is a pre-requisite to have an agile economy. However, in emerging economies such as India, the responses of 185 farmers suggest, a bespoke policy to promote the interest of SMFs through enabling them access to finance, technologies, training and education, continues to prove elusive. This novel empirical research provides evidence that demands that policy makers, commercial institutions and donors need to respond to the needs of SMFs to ensure food security and an optimal utilization of farmland. The limitation of this research is that the sample is from one country, which limits its generalization. The findings of this study could be enhanced by conducting comparative studies in other regions or economies.
Originality / value: This empirical study examined the barriers to enterprise for SMFs in the Indian Punjab; it examined the causes and consequences and the implications for food security for India. The findings of this study highlight the importance of developing the entrepreneurial capabilities of SMFs through effective education, training and above all through an adequate access to finance to enable them to adapt their technology. Furthermore, the findings make a case as to why SMFs are an integral part of the food chain and why it is necessary to enhance their efficiency, productivity and their access to finance.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-09-2020-0600
11 November 2020 Accepted
23 February 2021 Published Online
CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-07 - finance
Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > Birmingham City Business School > Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
Navjot Sandhu


High-profile adaptations are no stranger to subjects disputing their portrayal, but it's a special case when the legendary Olivia de Havilland takes FX's Feud to task, as the last-living star depicted. The 101-year old actress may even get her wish for an expedited trial, though Fox is hitting back.
Per Deadline, de Havilland filed with Los Angeles Superior Court to approve fast-tracking the trial on September 13, owing to her advanced age. If granted, that would place arguments before a judge four days before the September 17 Emmy awards, in which leads Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon are both nominated for Best Actress in a Limited Series, and creator Ryan Murphy competes for directing and writing.
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Author Lopes, A.C.C.; Villacorta-Correa, M.A.; Carvalho, T.B.
Title Lower light intensity reduces larval aggression in matrinxã, Brycon amazonicus Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Behavioural Processes Abbreviated Journal Behavioural Processes
Volume 151 Issue Pages 62-66
Keywords Animals
Abstract Brycon amazonicus shows a high frequency of aggressive behavior, which can be a limiting factor in intensive farming systems. Environmental changes can modulate the social interactions of fish and reduce aggression during the different stages of production. Groups of three larvae at 12 h after hatching (HAH) were subjected to different levels of light intensity: low (17 ± 3 lx), intermediate (204 ± 12.17 lx) and high (1,613.33 ± 499.03 lx), with eight replicates for each level. The lower light intensity reduced the frequency of aggressive interactions and locomotor activity exhibited by the animals. Based on these results, light intensity modulates aggression in B. amazonicus larvae. Manipulation of this factor could improve the social conditions of this species during farming and contribute to the development of new production technologies.
Author Lowden, A.; Lemos, N.; Gonçalves, B.; Öztürk, G.; Louzada, F.; Pedrazzoli, M.; Moreno, C.
Title Delayed Sleep in Winter Related to Natural Daylight Exposure among Arctic Day Workers Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Clocks & Sleep Abbreviated Journal Clocks & Sleep
Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 105-116
Abstract Natural daylight exposures in arctic regions vary substantially across seasons. Negative consequences have been observed in self-reports of sleep and daytime functions during the winter but have rarely been studied in detail. The focus of the present study set out to investigate sleep seasonality among indoor workers using objective and subjective measures. Sleep seasonality among daytime office workers (n = 32) in Kiruna (Sweden, 67.86° N, 20.23° E) was studied by comparing the same group of workers in a winter and summer week, including work and days off at the weekend, using actigraphs (motion loggers) and subjective ratings of alertness and mood. Actigraph analyses showed delayed sleep onset of 39 min in winter compared to the corresponding summer week (p < 0.0001) and shorter weekly sleep duration by 12 min (p = 0.0154). A delay of mid-sleep was present in winter at workdays (25 min, p < 0.0001) and more strongly delayed during days off (46 min, p < 0.0001). Sleepiness levels were higher in winter compared to summer (p < 0.05). Increased morning light exposure was associated with earlier mid-sleep (p < 0.001), while increased evening light exposure was associated with delay (p < 0.01). This study confirms earlier work that suggests that lack of natural daylight delays the sleep/wake cycle in a group of indoor workers, despite having access to electric lighting. Photic stimuli resulted in a general advanced sleep/wake rhythm during summer and increased alertness levels.
Author Lu, H.; Zhang, M.; Sun, W.; Li, W.
Title Expansion Analysis of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Imagery for 1993 to 2012 Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information Abbreviated Journal Ijgi
Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 52
Keywords Remote Sensing
Abstract Investigating the characteristics of urban expansion is helpful in managing the relationship between urbanization and the ecological and environmental issues related to sustainable development. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program/Operational Line-scan System (DMSP/OLS) collects visible and near-infrared light from the Earth's surface at night without moonlight. It generates effective time series data for mapping the dynamics of urban expansion. As a major urban agglomeration in the world, the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA) is an important intersection zone of both the "Belt and Road Initiative" and the "Yangtze River Economic Belt" in China. Therefore, this paper analyses urban expansion characteristics of the YRDUA for 1993–2012 from urban extents extracted from the DMSP/OLS for 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, and 2012. First, calibration procedures are applied to DMSP/OLS data, including intercalibration, intra-annual composition, and inter-annual series correction procedures. Spatial extents are then extracted from the corrected DMSP/OLS data, and a threshold is determined via the spatial comparison method. Finally, three models are used to explore urban expansion characteristics of the YRDUA from expansion rates, expansion spatial patterns, and expansion evaluations. The results show that the urban expansion of the YRDUA occurred at an increasing rate from 1993–2007 and then declined after 2007 with the onset of the global financial crisis. The Suxichang and Ningbo metropolitan circles were seriously affected by the financial crisis, while the Hefei metropolitan circle was not. The urban expansion of the YRDUA moved from the northeast to the southwest over the 20-year period. Urban expansion involved internal infilling over the first 15 years and then evolved into external sprawl and suburbanization after 2007.
Author Lu, Y.; Coops, N.C.
Title Bright lights, big city: Causal effects of population and GDP on urban brightness Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication PloS one Abbreviated Journal PLoS One
Volume 13 Issue 7 Pages e0199545
Abstract Cities are arguably both the cause, and answer, to societies' current sustainability issues. Urbanization is the interplay between a city's physical growth and its socio-economic development, both of which consume a substantial amount of energy and resources. Knowledge of the underlying driver(s) of urban expansion facilitates not only academic research but, more importantly, bridges the gap between science, policy drafting, and practical urban management. An increasing number of researchers are recognizing the benefits of innovative remotely sensed datasets, such as nighttime lights data (NTL), as a proxy to map urbanization and subsequently examine the driving socio-economic variables in cities. We further these approaches, by taking a trans-pacific view, and examine how an array of socio-economic ind0icators of 25 culturally and economically important urban hubs relate to long term patterns in NTL for the past 21 years. We undertake a classic econometric approach-panel causality tests which allow analysis of the causal relationships between NTL and socio-economic development across the region. The panel causality test results show a contrasting effect of population and gross domestic product (GDP) on NTL in fast, and slowly, changing cities. Information derived from this study quantitatively chronicles urban activities in the pan-Pacific region and potentially offers data for studies that spatially track local progress of sustainable urban development goals.
Address Integrated Remote Sensing Studio, Forest Recourses Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Author Ludvigsen, M.; Berge, J.; Geoffroy, M.; Cohen, J.H.; De La Torre, P.R.; Nornes, S.M.; Singh, H.; Sorensen, A.J.; Daase, M.; Johnsen, G.
Title Use of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle reveals small-scale diel vertical migrations of zooplankton and susceptibility to light pollution under low solar irradiance Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Science Advances Abbreviated Journal Sci Adv
Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages eaap9887
Abstract Light is a major cue for nearly all life on Earth. However, most of our knowledge concerning the importance of light is based on organisms' response to light during daytime, including the dusk and dawn phase. When it is dark, light is most often considered as pollution, with increasing appreciation of its negative ecological effects. Using an Autonomous Surface Vehicle fitted with a hyperspectral irradiance sensor and an acoustic profiler, we detected and quantified the behavior of zooplankton in an unpolluted light environment in the high Arctic polar night and compared the results with that from a light-polluted environment close to our research vessels. First, in environments free of light pollution, the zooplankton community is intimately connected to the ambient light regime and performs synchronized diel vertical migrations in the upper 30 m despite the sun never rising above the horizon. Second, the vast majority of the pelagic community exhibits a strong light-escape response in the presence of artificial light, observed down to 100 m. We conclude that artificial light from traditional sampling platforms affects the zooplankton community to a degree where it is impossible to examine its abundance and natural rhythms within the upper 100 m. This study underscores the need to adjust sampling platforms, particularly in dim-light conditions, to capture relevant physical and biological data for ecological studies. It also highlights a previously unchartered susceptibility to light pollution in a region destined to see significant changes in light climate due to a reduced ice cover and an increased anthropogenic activity.
Address Centre for Autonomous Operations and Systems, Department of Biology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

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Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins (over 192,000 names).
I've added a new "hot key" to my Welcome Page. It is the ancestry of my husband and is called "Dennis Lundahl's Genealogy Site." His ancestry includes people from Sweden (Skåna & Väster Götland (was Skaraborg) counties), Switzerland (Solothurn canton), & New York State Palatine & Dutch settlers. "Last Edited Date" is now a data element in each record. My ancestry is from New England, Virginia, England, Scotland, Germany, & Switzerland (as of 4 April 2020). My current concentration is on combining the database of a dear friend who recently passed away with my database. Her ancestry is heavily into New England, with additional ancestry from Scotland & Switzerland.
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Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen1
Last Edited 15 Feb 2008
M, #96795, b. 6 October 1654, d. 8 August 1705
Father Manfred, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen1 b. 5 Jun 1625, d. 15 May 1662
Mother Juliana von Oldenburg1 b. 2 Jul 1615, d. 16 May 1691
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen was born on 6 October 1654 at Weiltingen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.1 He married Elizabeth von Württemberg, daughter of Georg II, Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard and Anne de Coligny, between 9 September 1689 and 19 September 1689 at Ols, Lower Silesia, Poland.1 Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen died on 8 August 1705 at Weiltingen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany, at age 50; Buried there.1
Elizabeth von Württemberg b. 17 Mar 1665, d. 5 Jul 1726
Juliane Sibylla Charlotte von Württemberg1 b. 14 Nov 1690, d. 30 Oct 1735
Hedwig Fredericke von Württemberg1 b. 18 Oct 1691, d. 14 Aug 1752
[S2] Detlev Schwennicke, Europaische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. I/2, Tafel 264.
Hedwig von Württemberg1
F, #96796, b. 24 March 1667, d. 27 December 1715
Father Georg II, Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard1 b. 5 Oct 1626, d. 1 Jun 1699
Mother Anne de Coligny1 b. 4 Sep 1624, d. 13 Jan 1680
Hedwig von Württemberg was born on 24 March 1667 at Mömpelgard, Doubs, France.1 She died on 27 December 1715 at Breslau, Lower Silesia, Poland, at age 48; Buried at St. Adalbert.1
Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard1
M, #96797, b. 21 May 1670 or 22 May 1670, d. 25 March 1723
Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard was born on 21 May 1670 or 22 May 1670 at Mömpelgard, Doubs, France.1 He died on 25 March 1723 at Mömpelgard, Doubs, France; Buried there.1
Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt1
M, #96798, b. 9 April 1652, d. 5 April 1704
Father Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Oels & Württemberg-Weiltingen1 b. 2 May 1622, d. bt 16 Apr 1664 - 26 Apr 1664
Mother Elizabeth Maria von Münsterberg1 b. 11 May 1625, d. 17 Mar 1686
Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt was born on 9 April 1652 at Ols, Lower Silesia, Poland.1 He married Anna Elizabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg, daughter of Christian II, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg and Eleonore Sophie von Schleswig-Holstein, on 13 March 1672 at Bernburg, Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.2 Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt married Sibylla Maria von Saxe-Merseburg, daughter of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and Christiane von Holstein, on 27 October 1683 at Doberlug, Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany.3 Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt married Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland, daughter of Enno Ludwig, Prince of Ostfriesland and Justine Sophia von Barby, on 6 December 1695 or 7 December 1695 at Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.4 Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt married Sophia von Mecklenburg, daughter of Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp, on 6 December 1700 at Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.5 Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt died on 5 April 1704 at Ols, Lower Silesia, Poland, at age 51; Buried at St. Johannis, Ols.1
Anna Elizabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg b. 19 Mar 1647, d. 3 Sep 1680
Luise Elizabeth von Württemberg1 b. 4 Mar 1673, d. 28 Apr 1736
Christian Ulrich von Württemberg1 b. 21 Feb 1674, d. 2 Jul 1674
Friederike Christine von Württemberg1 b. 13 May 1675, d. 3 Jun 1676
Leopold Viktor von Württemberg1 b. 22 May 1675, d. 30 Apr 1676
Sophia Angelika von Württemberg1 b. 30 May 1677, d. 11 Nov 1700
Eleonore Amöna von Württemberg1 b. 21 Oct 1678, d. 2 Apr 1679
Theodosia von Württemberg1 b. 10 Jul 1680, d. 21 Sep 1680
Sibylla Maria von Saxe-Merseburg b. 28 Oct 1667, d. 9 Oct 1693
Christiane Maria von Württemberg1 b. 17 Aug 1685, d. 24 Mar 1686
Christian Erdmann von Württemberg1 b. 24 Jul 1686, d. 8 Jul 1689
Eleonore Hedwig von Württemberg1 b. 11 Jul 1687, d. 25 Oct 1687
Ulrike Erdmuthe von Württemberg1 b. 5 Feb 1689, d. 5 Sep 1690
Carl Friedrich, Duke of Württemberg-Oels1 b. bt 7 Feb 1690 - 17 Feb 1690, d. 14 Dec 1761
Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg+1 b. 27 Jan 1691, d. 7 Feb 1734
Elizabeth Sibylle von Württemberg1 b. 9 Mar 1693, d. 24 Feb 1694
Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland b. 17 Oct 1659, d. 4 Feb 1698
Augusta Luise von Württemberg1 b. 11 Jan 1698 or 21 Jan 1698, d. 4 Jan 1739
Sophia von Mecklenburg b. 21 Jun 1662, d. 7 Jun 1738
Anna Elizabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg1
F, #96799, b. 19 March 1647, d. 3 September 1680
Father Christian II, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg1 b. 11 Aug 1599, d. 22 Sep 1656
Mother Eleonore Sophie von Schleswig-Holstein1 b. bt 14 Feb 1603 - 24 Feb 1603, d. 5 Jan 1675
Anna Elizabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg was born on 19 March 1647 at Bernburg, Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.1 She married Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt, son of Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Oels & Württemberg-Weiltingen and Elizabeth Maria von Münsterberg, on 13 March 1672 at Bernburg, Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.1 Anna Elizabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg died on 3 September 1680 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at age 33.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis, Ols, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt b. 9 Apr 1652, d. 5 Apr 1704
Sibylla Maria von Saxe-Merseburg1
F, #96800, b. 28 October 1667, d. 9 October 1693
Father Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg1 b. 27 Oct 1615, d. 18 Oct 1691
Mother Christiane von Holstein1 b. 22 Sep 1634, d. 20 May 1701
Sibylla Maria von Saxe-Merseburg was born on 28 October 1667 at Merseburg, Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.1 She married Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt, son of Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Oels & Württemberg-Weiltingen and Elizabeth Maria von Münsterberg, on 27 October 1683 at Doberlug, Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany.1 Sibylla Maria von Saxe-Merseburg died on 9 October 1693 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at age 25; Buried at St. Johannis, Öls.1
Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland1
F, #96801, b. 17 October 1659, d. 4 February 1698
Father Enno Ludwig, Prince of Ostfriesland1 b. 29 Oct 1632, d. 4 Apr 1660
Mother Justine Sophia von Barby1 b. 14 Apr 1636, d. 12 Aug 1677
Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland was born on 17 October 1659 at Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany.1 She married Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt, son of Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Oels & Württemberg-Weiltingen and Elizabeth Maria von Münsterberg, on 6 December 1695 or 7 December 1695 at Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.1 Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland died on 4 February 1698 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at age 38.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis, Ols, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Enno Ludwig, Prince of Ostfriesland1
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M, #96802, b. 29 October 1632, d. 4 April 1660
Father Ulrich II, Graf & Herr von Ostfriesland1 b. 6 Jul 1605, d. 1 Nov 1648
Mother Juliana von Hesse1 b. 14 Apr 1606, d. 15 Jan 1659
Enno Ludwig, Prince of Ostfriesland was born on 29 October 1632 at Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany.1 He married Justine Sophia von Barby, daughter of Albrecht Friedrich, Graf von Barby and Sophia Ursula von Oldenburg, on 7 November 1656 at Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany.1,2 Enno Ludwig, Prince of Ostfriesland died on 4 April 1660 at Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany, at age 27; Thrown from his horse. Buried at St. Lamberti, Aurich.1
Justine Sophia von Barby b. 14 Apr 1636, d. 12 Aug 1677
Juliane Luise von Ostfriesland1 b. 16 Nov 1657, d. 29 Oct 1715 or 30 Oct 1715
Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland+1 b. 17 Oct 1659, d. 4 Feb 1698
[S11569] Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. XII, Tafel 38.
Justine Sophia von Barby1,2
F, #96803, b. 14 April 1636, d. 12 August 1677
Father Albrecht Friedrich, Graf von Barby2 b. 28 Feb 1597, d. 7 Dec 1641
Mother Sophia Ursula von Oldenburg2 b. 9 Dec 1601, d. 5 Jun 1642
Justine Sophia von Barby was born on 14 April 1636 at Rudolstadt, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany.1 She married Enno Ludwig, Prince of Ostfriesland, son of Ulrich II, Graf & Herr von Ostfriesland and Juliana von Hesse, on 7 November 1656 at Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany.1,2 Justine Sophia von Barby died on 12 August 1677 at Berum, Ostfriesland, Germany, at age 41.1
Enno Ludwig, Prince of Ostfriesland b. 29 Oct 1632, d. 4 Apr 1660
Sophia von Mecklenburg1
F, #96804, b. 21 June 1662, d. 7 June 1738
Father Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow1 b. 26 Feb 1633, d. 26 Oct 1695
Mother Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp2,1 b. 14 Nov 1631, d. 22 Sep 1719
Sophia von Mecklenburg was born on 21 June 1662 at Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.1 She married Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt, son of Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Oels & Württemberg-Weiltingen and Elizabeth Maria von Münsterberg, on 6 December 1700 at Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.1 Sophia von Mecklenburg died on 7 June 1738 at Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland, at age 75; Buried at St. Johannis, Öls.1
[S2] Detlev Schwennicke, Europaische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. I/3, Tafel 292,.
Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow1
M, #96805, b. 26 February 1633, d. 26 October 1695
Father Johann Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow1 b. 5 May 1590, d. 23 Apr 1636
Mother Eleanore Maria von Anhalt-Bernburg1 b. 7 Aug 1600, d. 7 Jul 1657
Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was born on 26 February 1633 at Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.1 He married Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp, daughter of Friedrich III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Maria Elizabeth of Saxony, on 28 November 1654 at Gottorf, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.2,3 Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow died on 26 October 1695 at Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, at age 62.1
Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp b. 14 Nov 1631, d. 22 Sep 1719
Johann Albrecht von Mecklenburg1 b. 2 Dec 1655, d. 6 Feb 1660
Eleonora von Mecklenburg1 b. 1 Jun 1657, d. 24 Feb 1672
Maria von Mecklenburg+1 b. 19 Jul 1659, d. 16 Jan 1701
Magdalena von Mecklenburg1 b. 5 Jul 1660, d. 19 Feb 1702
Sophia von Mecklenburg1 b. 21 Jun 1662, d. 7 Jun 1738
Christina von Mecklenburg+1 b. 14 Aug 1663, d. 3 Aug 1749
Karl, Archduke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow1 b. 18 Nov 1664, d. 15 Mar 1688
Hedwig Eleonore von Mecklenburg1 b. 11 Jan 1666, d. 19 Aug 1735
Luise von Mecklenburg+1 b. 28 Aug 1667, d. 15 Mar 1721
Elizabeth von Mecklenburg1 b. 3 Sep 1668, d. 25 Aug 1738
Augusta von Mecklenburg1 b. 27 Dec 1674, d. 9 May 1756
Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp1
F, #96806, b. 14 November 1631, d. 22 September 1719
Father Friedrich III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp1 b. 22 Dec 1597, d. 10 Aug 1659
Mother Maria Elizabeth of Saxony1 b. 22 Nov 1610, d. 24 Jun 1684
Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp was born on 14 November 1631 at Gottorf, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.1 She married Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, son of Johann Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow and Eleanore Maria von Anhalt-Bernburg, on 28 November 1654 at Gottorf, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.2,1 Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp died on 22 September 1719 at Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, at age 87; Buried at Güstrow Cathedral.1
Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow b. 26 Feb 1633, d. 26 Oct 1695
Sophia von Mecklenburg1,3 b. 21 Jun 1662, d. 7 Jun 1738
Julius Sigismund, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt1
M, #96807, b. 18 August 1653, d. 15 October 1684
Julius Sigismund, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt was born on 18 August 1653 at Ols, Lower Silesia, Poland.1 He married Anna Sophia von Mecklenburg, daughter of Adolf Friedrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince of Schwerin & Ratzeburg and Maria Katharina von Braunschweig, on 4 April 1677 at Grabow, Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.2 Julius Sigismund, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt died on 15 October 1684 at Juliusburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, at age 31; Buried there.1
Anna Sophia von Mecklenburg b. 24 Nov 1647, d. 13 Aug 1726
Karl, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt1 b. 1 Mar 1682 or 11 Mar 1682, d. 8 Feb 1745
Anna Sophia von Mecklenburg1
F, #96808, b. 24 November 1647, d. 13 August 1726
Father Adolf Friedrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince of Schwerin & Ratzeburg1 b. 15 Dec 1588, d. 27 Feb 1658
Mother Maria Katharina von Braunschweig1 b. 10 Jun 1616, d. 1 Jul 1665
Anna Sophia von Mecklenburg was born on 24 November 1647 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.1 She married Julius Sigismund, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt, son of Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Oels & Württemberg-Weiltingen and Elizabeth Maria von Münsterberg, on 4 April 1677 at Grabow, Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.1 Anna Sophia von Mecklenburg died on 13 August 1726 at Medzibor, Lower Silesia, Poland, at age 78; Buried at Juliusburg.1
Julius Sigismund, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt b. 18 Aug 1653, d. 15 Oct 1684
Kunigunde Juliane von Württemberg1
F, #96809, b. 20 March 1655, d. 21 March 1655
Kunigunde Juliane von Württemberg was born on 20 March 1655 at Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1 She died on 21 March 1655 at Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland; Buried at St. Johannis, Öls.1
Silvius von Württemberg1
M, #96810, b. 8 May 1669, d. 8 May 1669
Silvius von Württemberg died on 8 May 1669 at Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland; Buried at St. Johannis, Öls.1 He was born on 8 May 1669 at Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
August von Württemberg1
M, #96811, b. 5 November 1656, d. 10 March 1689
August von Württemberg was born on 5 November 1656 at Weiltingen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.1 He died on 10 March 1689 at Weiltingen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany, at age 32; Buried at castle church, Weiltingen.1
Manfred von Württemberg1
M, #96812, b. 18 September 1658, d. 7 July 1688
Manfred von Württemberg was born on 18 September 1658 at Weiltingen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.1 He died on 7 July 1688 at Weiltingen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany, at age 29; Buried at castle church, Weiltingen.1
Luise Elizabeth von Württemberg1
F, #96813, b. 4 March 1673, d. 28 April 1736
Father Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt1 b. 9 Apr 1652, d. 5 Apr 1704
Mother Anna Elizabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg1 b. 19 Mar 1647, d. 3 Sep 1680
Luise Elizabeth von Württemberg was born on 4 March 1673 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She married Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt, son of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and Christiane von Holstein, on 17 August 1688 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.2 Luise Elizabeth von Württemberg died on 28 April 1736 at Forst, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at age 63; Buried there.1
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt b. 26 Oct 1657, d. 1 Jul 1690
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt1
M, #96814, b. 26 October 1657, d. 1 July 1690
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt was born on 26 October 1657 at Merseburg, Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.1 He married Eleonore Sophia von Saxony-Weimar, daughter of Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxony-Weimar and Christiane Elizabeth von Schleswig-Holstein, on 9 July 1684 at Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.2 Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt married Luise Elizabeth von Württemberg, daughter of Christian Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt and Anna Elizabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg, on 17 August 1688 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt died on 1 July 1690 at Battle of Fleurus, Hainaut, Belgium, at age 32; Buried at Merseburg at the cathedral.1
Eleonore Sophia von Saxony-Weimar b. 22 Mar 1660, d. 4 Feb 1687
Luise Elizabeth von Württemberg b. 4 Mar 1673, d. 28 Apr 1736
Eleonore Sophia von Saxony-Weimar1
F, #96815, b. 22 March 1660, d. 4 February 1687
Father Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxony-Weimar1 b. 11 Sep 1627, d. 16 May 1683
Mother Christiane Elizabeth von Schleswig-Holstein1 b. 23 Jun 1638, d. 7 Jun 1679
Eleonore Sophia von Saxony-Weimar was born on 22 March 1660 at Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.1 She married Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt, son of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and Christiane von Holstein, on 9 July 1684 at Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.1 Eleonore Sophia von Saxony-Weimar died on 4 February 1687 at Lauchstädt, Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at age 26; Buried at Merseburg at the cathedral.1
Christian Ulrich von Württemberg1
M, #96816, b. 21 February 1674, d. 2 July 1674
Christian Ulrich von Württemberg was born on 21 February 1674 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 He died on 2 July 1674 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 He was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Leopold Viktor von Württemberg1
M, #96817, b. 22 May 1675, d. 30 April 1676
Leopold Viktor von Württemberg was born on 22 May 1675 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 He died on 30 April 1676 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 He was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Friederike Christine von Württemberg1
F, #96818, b. 13 May 1675, d. 3 June 1676
Friederike Christine von Württemberg was born on 13 May 1675 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She died on 3 June 1676 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at age 1.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Eleonore Amöna von Württemberg1
F, #96819, b. 21 October 1678, d. 2 April 1679
Eleonore Amöna von Württemberg was born on 21 October 1678 at Breslau, Lower Silesia, Poland.1 She died on 2 April 1679 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Theodosia von Württemberg1
F, #96820, b. 10 July 1680, d. 21 September 1680
Theodosia von Württemberg was born on 10 July 1680 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She died on 21 September 1680 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Christiane Maria von Württemberg1
F, #96821, b. 17 August 1685, d. 24 March 1686
Mother Sibylla Maria von Saxe-Merseburg1 b. 28 Oct 1667, d. 9 Oct 1693
Christiane Maria von Württemberg was born on 17 August 1685 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She died on 24 March 1686 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Christian Erdmann von Württemberg1
M, #96822, b. 24 July 1686, d. 8 July 1689
Christian Erdmann von Württemberg was born on 24 July 1686 at Merseburg, Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.1 He died on 8 July 1689 at Merseburg, Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at age 2; Buried at Merseburg Cathedral.1
Eleonore Hedwig von Württemberg1
F, #96823, b. 11 July 1687, d. 25 October 1687
Eleonore Hedwig von Württemberg was born on 11 July 1687 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She died on 25 October 1687 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
Ulrike Erdmuthe von Württemberg1
F, #96824, b. 5 February 1689, d. 5 September 1690
Ulrike Erdmuthe von Württemberg was born on 5 February 1689 at Breslau, Lower Silesia, Poland.1 She died on 5 September 1690 at Bernstadt, Alb-Donau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at age 1.1 She was buried in 1700 at St. Johannis Church, Öls, Lower Silesia, Poland.1
I've added a new "hot key" to my Welcome Page. It is the ancestry of my husband and is called "Dennis Lundahl's Genealogy Site." His ancestry includes people from Sweden (Skåna & Väster Götland (was Skaraborg) counties), Switzerland (Solothurn canton), & New York State Palatine & Dutch settlers. "Last Edited Date" is now a data element in each record. My ancestry is from New England, Virginia, England, Scotland, Germany, & Switzerland (as of 4 April 2020). My current concentration is on combining the database of a dear friend who recently passed away with my database. Her ancestry is heavily into New England, with additional ancestry from Scotland & Switzerland. I've also taken time to fill in my Hoover and Brooks ancestry.
Compiler: Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR


In order to properly celebrate Father's Day, we must look back in time to 1909. Sonora Smart Dodd was sitting in church in Spokane, Washington, ironically enough, listening to a sermon for Mother's Day. She began thinking about her father, a widowed Civil War veteran, who was raising six children alone. His birthday, June 19th, was the first Father's Day celebration, and it had a much larger than anticipated attendance. Year after year, this celebration kept growing, until it reached the ears of the US President, Calvin Coolidge, who supported Dodd's petition to create a national Father's Day. This holiday was then enthroned in Western culture, to be celebrated on the on third Sunday in June.
The traditional flower of Father's Day is the rose. Normally, red roses are given or worn, or if the father is no longer with us, a white rose is the appropriate choice. Although flowers are typically associated with the feminine, men love to get flowers as well! Flowers are an emotional symbol, they are beauty for beauty's own sake, and nothing cuts through the noise of the many stresses and pressures that modern dads face better than a gorgeous bouquet prepared just for him. This is a gift that will remind him for weeks of the acknowledgement of all the work he's done for his children. For something longer term, and for the Father with a green thumb, a plant or dish garden is your solution. A perfect reminder of your love for him; one that lives and grows at work, or in his favourite spot at home.
In addition to Father's Day arrangements, bouquets, and fresh cut flowers, Father's Day baskets deserve a special mention. At Ottawa Flowers, we can prepare an impressive basket arrangement for any dad's taste. Is your father a foodie? No problem, our fruit and gourmet basket can take care of that. Is Dad a more practical type? The cheese and deli basket is a delicious partner for him as he relaxes in his favourite spot. Or, better yet, give Dad the pampering you know he won't give himself. We craft baskets with hair and skin care products, and soaps that will blow Dad's mind while turning his everyday shower into a spa treatment.
Archeologists discovered a clay tablet dating back four millennia, with a child's message of gratitude to their father. And he deserves it. Fathers are coaches, cheerleaders, teachers, first aid workers, taxi drivers, and emotional pillars. And in this modern era of emotional intelligence, sensitivity, and acknowledgement, Dad should be a key candidate for celebration. He's your clutch performer, the one who always has your back, and is strong enough to get the job done. And all your fond memories of him should be dignified. Lucky for you, Ottawa Flowers is the best in the celebration business, and it's our pleasure to work with you to make sure that on Father's Day, Dad feels like the champion he is.


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Woman Pulled From Flooded Car By MN State Trooper Offers Thanks
By Jennifer Mayerle June 17, 2014 at 11:08 pm
Filed Under:Flooding, I-90, Jennifer Mayerle, State Trooper
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Wide spread flooding affected the northern and southern parts of the state after heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday.
It led to a daring car rescue.
Julisa Jones said she was terrified. She was on her way home to Anoka, Minn. from Sioux Falls, S.D. when the road she was on was covered with water that was rising fast.
"I was going too fast, so I went into the water and my car spun," Jones said.
The 21-year-old quickly realized she was in trouble. And she needed to get out of her car fast.
"The ditch, it looked like an ocean wave, and then it was just flooded fields. The water in my car was rising very quickly and I could feel the current was so strong that it was, it kept slowly pushing my car toward the ditch. I thought I was going to die," Jones said.
She called 911, but feared help wouldn't arrive in time.
That's when Minnesota State Trooper Brian Beuning made his way, wading through the floodwaters.
"He didn't know what was going to happen and he didn't care. He just wanted to at least try to save me," Jones said.
Jones went out of her back window and into Beuning's arms. Right after, her car was gone.
"It just literally disappeared in less than 15 seconds," Jones said.
The current was too strong for a boat to save the two. So they braced the cold rushing water until firefighters in special water rescue suits tied to a semi-truck could save them.
Jones is thankful for all the heroes who helped, but especially for Beuning.
"It really touched me and meant so much to me. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here today," Jones said.
The car is still in the ditch. Jones said her truck was in the shop, so that one still in the ditch is a rental.
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Mary Berry's Quick Cooking TV show has really elevated our Monday nights. If anyone can make you want to cook, it's our nation's sweetheart. The 84-year-old really knows her stuff - especially when it comes to making classic recipes. Interestingly, Mary Berry once revealed she no longer follows a traditional recipe when making a classic Victoria sponge cake, instead, she takes a shortcut to cut the preparation time down to just five minutes. Be warned: You're going to want to try it! The former Great British Bake Off star said that many people perceive baking to be more complex than it is, and you can actually whip up a tasty cake in less than an hour.
Writing for The Telegraph, Mary said: "I no longer prepare a Victoria sandwich with the traditional creaming and folding methods, as this all-in-one method gives excellent results every time. All that creaming of butter and sugar. I never seem to have the butter soft enough. And then the tins have to be lined and everything has to be just so."
Mary Berry has shared her method for making a quick Victoria Sponge cake
Rather than following the traditional method of creaming sugar and butter together, Mary uses baking spread, which she simply places in a large mixing bowl with sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder until it's smooth. This all-in-one method can take as little as five minutes, and Mary encouraged budding bakers to apply a similar method to other classic cakes and biscuits too.
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"Cakes, tea breads, and biscuits can all be made quickly and easily with the minimum of fuss and trouble. There is no need to bother with fancy tins or piping bags to produce an informal, yet professional, finish to all kinds of teatime specialities," she said, adding that the most important thing was to "have fun" during your time in the kitchen.
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Alaa Alali
Alaa Alali is a cultural mediator at the Peace Institute in Ljubljana within the project Refugee Action. He is a refugee in Slovenia, born in Damascus, Syrian Arabic Republic. He has been living in Ljubljana since 2015, and collaborated with the Asylum Center and non-governmental organisations, providing translation. Within the project Refugee Action at the Peace Institute he is contributing to empowerment of members of the refugee and migrant community in Slovenia for employment and integration in labour market, organising workshops, consultations, meetings with the employment agency etc. The conversation with Alaa Alali was conducted by Brankica Petković. She works as a researcher at the Peace Institute and also created the Fact sheet on Media and Migration in Slovenia for the New Neighbours project. Here's a summary of the interview, held on 21 June 2019:
In the interview, Alaa Alali presents his view on the situation of media and migration in Slovenia. As he tells, he can follow Slovenian media based on his basic knowledge of Slovenian language. He notices that the media in Slovenia are reporting migration and migrants as one of the main issues on news agenda. In his opinion, not only quantity of the reporting, but also the prevailing discourse is misleading as it implies that migrants and migration are the main problem in Slovenia. He also raises concern about the organised spread of disinformation and prejudices against migrants in the right-wing media, but he sees the problem in reporting patterns of other media which do not systematically counter disinformation and propaganda by providing comprehensive approach to the topic, presenting different angles and complexity of migration and of the situation of migrants and refugees in Slovenia.
»The journalists do not make efforts to get inside the community to figure out the truth and learn about problems«.
Alaa Alali emphasizes that media should not report neither black nor white picture about migrants, since the situation is more complex. He understands that the arrival of refugees and migrants to Slovenia in the recent migration pattern is a new experience for journalists and other citizens of Slovenia. This migrant community is new for them, but journalists would not make efforts "to get inside the community to figure out the truth and learn about problems". They look from outside, see and present only part of the picture. That is the problem of media report on migration in Slovenia and in whole Europe, he notes. According to Alaa Alali, the journalists are framing the reports on migration and migrants reflecting their ideological and historical frames. The topic is presented either through hate propaganda or by using rational approach with references to facts, numbers and laws. "But we, in our migrant community, are out of these statistics, we are going through our own ideology."
As Alaa Alali further explains, he maintains contacts with several journalists who cover migration in Slovenia. He appreciates professional and personal efforts they are continuously making to contribute to better understanding of migration and migrants, reporting in media and publishing books about the phenomena. He particularly appreciates the work of Radio Študent to stay open to members of migrant community and has collaborated with authors of the radio broadcast for migrants. But he also sees the need for the community radio to reform its own traditional patterns of addressing the issues such as migration. "We are not only victims," Alaa Alali remarks. It would be important to come close to the truth as much as possible, at least 90 percent, not to hide it, if you as a media want to gain trust.
»It would be good for the host society and for us to get to know each other«
He would be very glad if he got the opportunity to work in the media, says Alaa Alali. He already had the idea of establishing a migrant radio in Slovenia, but later realized that it would have very limited reach and impact. Therefore, he thinks it would be more useful if the mainstream media, such as the public service media RTV Slovenia, provide space and time for regular content of the migrant community to reach a wider audience throughout Slovenia. "It would be good for the host society and for us to get to know each other."
On the other hand, he adds, it would be good to have a small community medium for the migrant community as well. Many people in the migrant community are interested in working in the media, but the missing part is education, emphasizes Alaa Alali. They, including himself, wouldn't have sufficient knowledge to immediately enter that profession, despite trying hard to be informed, to collect and analyse the information available. Training courses would be helpful, but the biggest challenge would be to recruit people from the migrant community who are really capable and to ensure the sustainability of such media activities. Mostly, they can afford to work in media productions on voluntary basis only occasionally, if they have other sources of income. Moreover, learning and speaking the Slovenian language is very important, Alaa Alali concludes.
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Q: If Ruby supports open classes, why does class in Rails project get overwritten by Gem class of same name? So I created a gem. It has a class like this:
class MyRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.gem_method
  end
end

Now in Rails app, I have a class with same name in models directory but with a different method:
class MyRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.rails_method
  end
end

Now I added the gem to my Gemfile and ran bundle install and then launched rails console. And check out these results:
2.1.2 :002 > MyRecord.respond_to? :gem_method
 => true
2.1.2 :003 > MyRecord.respond_to? :rails_method
 => false

My expectation was that the MyRecord class in my Rails project would "open" up the MyRecord class in the gem and add methods to it. But obviously this is not what happened. What am I missing?

A: I don't think you will achieve the desired result with this approach. What are you trying to do?
As far as I know you should be namespacing your gem classes properly anyway. Meaning you wrap all of your class definitions in a module named after your gem:
module MyGem
  class MyRecord < ActiveRecrod::Base
    #some stuff like def self.gem_method
  end
end

This way the definition of your classes don't interfere unintentionally with the application using the gem or in a way that is non transparent (i.e. confusing) for the user.
If the user really wants to use the MyRecord class as delivered by the gem he can just refer to it like MyGem::MyRecord, e.g. he could do
class MyRecord < MyGem::MyRecord

This would be the solution if you want to really seperate the two classes.
If you actually aim to monkey patch a class defined in the application: just don't.
Instead, provide the methods you want to be given by the gem in a module
module MyFunctionality
  def gem_method
    # ...
  end
end

and let the user include this by the class that should be able to access these methods:
class MyRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
  include MyFunctionality
  # ...
end

This needs to be actively done by the user of your gem but this way it does not happen unintentionally. So the "problem" you described is actually a feature for better transperancy. If I come up with an explanaition why it technically works as you describe, I'll let you know. But for the moment I suggest you accept it and solve it in a way that is more compliant with ruby best practices.
If you want to read more about Monkey Patching and module inclusions; The top answer to this question describes very well what you should do and why: When monkey patching a method, can you call the overridden method from the new implementation?
Please let me know if you have questions about my answer.

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import net.minecraft.network.handshake.client.C00Handshake;
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Manisha Balwani, MD, MS
Co-director, Comprehensive Gaucher Disease Treatment Denter; Co-director, Comprehensive Porphyria Diagnostic and Treatment Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City.
Dr. Balwani specializes in Clinical Genetics with a focus on Gaucher Disease and Porphyria. She was appointed Co-Director of Mount Sinai's Comprehensive Gaucher Disease Treatment Center, the single largest clinic in the world devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of Gaucher disease, in 2006. In 2007, she was appointed Co-Director of the Comprehensive Porphyria Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
Dr. Balwani is currently involved in at least ten studies exploring treatment for inherited metabolic disorders, such as Gaucher and Porphyria, including development of a Gaucher Registry. Dr. Balwani has authored or co-authored numerous articles for scientific journals and presented research at dozens of medical conferences. She's also authored or co-authored a number of book chapters and is often invited to present at medical centers around the country.
Dr. Balwani has been an Attending Physician at Mount Sinai's Department of Medicine and in the Department of Pediatrics since 2006. That same year, she was appointed an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and in the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Balwani received her M.D. from T.N. Medical College in Bombay, India in 1997 and earned an M.S. in Human Genetics in June 1999 from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She did her Residency in Internal Medicine at New York's North Shore University Hospital from July 2000-June 2003 and joined Mount Sinai School of Medicine with a fellowship in Clinical Genetics from July 2003-June 2005, followed by a Fellowship in Clinical Biochemical Genetics from September 2005-Aug 2006.
Dr. Balwani is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Genetics.
She is an Advisory Board Member for the North American International Collaborative Gaucher Group (ICGG) and a "Protect our Future" physician for the American Porphyria Foundation.
A recipient of the NORD/ Roscoe Brady Lysosomal Diseases Fellowship Award in 2006, Dr. Balwani received the Genetic Disease Foundation 'Clinical Excellence Award' in 2009.
More about Dr. Balwani on the Mount Sinai Medical Center website.
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PlusOne not enough for volunteer Lydia
Posted January 02nd 2015
When Lydia Niziblian from Cardiff volunteered to take part in NCMH research in support of her husband, she wasn't content to just be a PlusOne – so she single-handedly recruited 13 more people to take part too.
When Lydia found out about the PlusOne scheme, which encourages friends and families of people with mental health problems to get involved with research, she was keen to take part in support of her husband, Lann.
"My husband has bipolar disorder, and for the last five years the process of seeking help, being diagnosed, and finding treatment has been a tremendous battle for him, and for our whole family" explains Lydia, a mum of two who runs her own business making silver jewellery. "I got involved with the PlusOne research at NCMH because it was something I could practically do to help."
But Lydia wanted to do more, so she encouraged friends and family to take part too.
"We all know someone who has suffered, or is suffering from mental health problems" says Lydia. "As with any illness, the more we know about it, the better equipped we will be to treat it. It is so easy to help, and could make a vital difference to someone you love in the future."
Professor Ian Jones said: "Everyone at NCMH is extremely grateful to Lydia for the fantastic contribution she's made. We launched PlusOne so that friends and family of volunteers could help make a difference, and she's gone above and beyond our expectations."
"I'd urge anyone who wants to make a difference for those with mental illness to get involved with our research, even if they've never experienced it themselves. Their information allows us to make important comparisons, so it's extremely helpful in learning more about the causes of mental health problems."
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Recently, the human connectome (the structural and functional connectivity patterns of the human brain) has aroused great interests of neuroscientists and attracted large amounts of investment and public attention (e.g. the Brain Initiative Project). Currently, the analysis of non-invasive neuroimaging data has faced two critical challenges. Firstly, an increasing number and size of datasets are generated in the community, which leads to very high requirements for the computational capabilities. Second, the high-resolution neuroimaging data requires more efficient and reasonable statistical methods for the high dimensional data analysis.
In response to these transformations, our research interests start from three aspects: a heterogeneous platform with high computational capabilities, efficient methods for high-dimensional neuroimaging data analysis, and emerging applications in cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
An important and promising way to study the human connectome is to combine non-invasive neuroimaging techniques and graph theoretical approaches. However, an increasing number and size of datasets are generated in the community currently, and there are very high requirements for the computational capabilities in the study of human connectome, especially for the high-resolution neuroimaging data analysis. We propose a hybrid CPU-GPU framework to accelerate the mapping of the human brain connectome. We applied this framework to a publicly available resting-state functional MRI dataset. The results demonstrated that our hybrid framework saved a tremendous amount of time for such a graph theoretical network analysis method. Further analyses revealed some topological properties of high-resolution functional brain networks that are largely compatible with previous ROI-based human brain network studies. We also present a GPU-based accelerating framework for brain fiber tractography based on diffusion tensor MRI. In the probabilistic streamlining fiber tracking, we find that fiber lengths are exponentially distributed, and propose a novel segmenting strategy to improve the load balance. On mid-range GPUs, we achieve performance gains up to 30x over CPUs for the whole process. Taken together, our proposed framework can substantially enhance the applicability and efficacy of high-resolution (voxel-based) brain network analysis, and have the potential to accelerate the mapping of the human brain connectome in normal and disease states.
The brain is preferable to be modeled as a complex network (or graph) that contains a large quantity of nodes and connections. The brain nodes are usually defined by imaging voxels or regions of interest (ROIs); the brain edges are defined by measuring the structural or functional association between the nodes based on neuroimaging data. Voxel-based brain networks possess more naturally defined nodes (i.e., imaging voxels) in a higher spatial resolution, which may unveil more detailed connectivity information especially for regions that contain multiple sub-divisions and reduce the effects of the possible spatial inhomogeneity in ROI-based studies. However, to construct a brain network using graphical model, we need to face the curse of dimensionality, especially for the voxel-wise functional network. Currently, we are looking for more efficient and precise graphical estimation and inference methods for functional brain networks instead of the traditional approach using Pearson correlation matrix. We are also interested in the feature extraction from brain networks in both normal and disease states. For example, the functional hub distribution may be a critical feature for the cognitive learning of human brain (Fig. 2), and can be disturbed by neuropsychiatric disorders. Our ultimate goal is to learn more about the brain features of different subjects and find useful and robust biomarkers for multiple diseases.
We intend to validate the efficiency of our platform and methods in several emerging applications in cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
First of all, reliable measures with both low intra-subject and high inter-subject variability are essential for both clinical and theoretical study. Although the studies of human connectome using graph theory have provided insights into the topological organization of the human brain in health and disease, the test-retest reliability of the graph metrics in brain networks remains to be further investigated, especially in voxel-based whole-brain functional networks during resting-state. We studied the short- and long-term test-retest reliability of high-resolution functional connectomics using a resting-state fMRI dataset containing 53 young healthy adults. The test-retest reliabilities of network metrics were sensitive to the scanning orders and intervals. Most network metrics were generally test-retest reliable in long-term case, with the highest reliability in the clustering coefficient among global metrics and in nodal degree and efficiency among the nodal metrics. Our study provides important guidance for choosing reliable network metrics and analysis strategies in future studies.
In future studies, our research will focus on categorizing brain image data from subjects in healthy state and multiple disorders, using state-of-the-art statistical machine learning methodologies. We are also interested in the topological structure of brain network, and the role it plays in cognitive and learning task. The study can provide potential insights into brain-inspired computation, which is a major research direction of our lab.
Sheng-Qing Shi, Kai Chen, Yu Wang, Rong Luo, Node importance analysis in complex networks based on hardware computing , in Dianzi Yu Xinxi Xuebao (Journal of Electronics and Information Technology), vol.33, No.10, 2011, pp.2536-2540.


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Syrian Army Pushes Extremists out of Key Areas Bordering Turkey
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) assisted by Russian forces and Hezbollah fighters is on a roll in northern Latakia, pushing extremists out of strategic areas close to the Syrian border with Turkey, where the Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down earlier this week.
"The Syrian forces' operations in the northern parts of Latakia, near the border with Turkey, have gained much success in recent days and the [Sunni] militant groups are retreating from most of their position," the Fars news agency reported.
Damascus-led forces freed al-Rahmalia and al-Khidr hills, as well as Tal Sifah and Tal al-Malouha, killing an undisclosed number of extremist fighters and destroying militant infrastructure.
Following days of intense fighting, the SAA has reportedly taken al-Markashileh and Jab al-Ahmar regions under control. On Friday, Damascus-led forces managed to push militant fighters from Tal Sifah and Tal al-Malouha in northern Latakia.
Earlier this week, the Syrian Army reportedly killed three senior commanders of the Free Syrian Army in the province of Latakia. One of them, Rasheed Bikdash, who the media outlet described as one of the "Mujahidin Army" leaders, is said to be "the highest-ranking defector" from the SAA.
Various radical groups, including ISIL and al-Nusra Front, have been trying to overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad for nearly five years. On September 30, Russia launched an aerial campaign sending Su-24M, Su-25 and Su-34 warplanes to conduct precision strikes on ISIL and other terrorist targets in Syria at the request of Damascus.On November 24, a Turkish F-16 shot down the Su-24, claiming that the aircraft had violated its airspace. Russian officials and the Su-24 pilot, who survived the crash, insist that the plane did not cross into Turkey. The crew, according to the pilot, did not receive any warning prior to the attack.
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Corporate security has often been an afterthought in many industries. Although companies are quick to introduce new software applications, improve network architecture, and adopt cloud for storing data, security aspects of these technologies is put on the back burner. For example, many companies have adopted modern software development frameworks such as Agile/DevOps. A better approach should be on implementing DevSecOps wherein security is an important constituent in the entire scheme of things. DevSecOps takes a security-driven approach from the outset. Lack of focus on security is partially due to the shortage of skilled security individuals in the industry. The need to ramp up the talent pipeline—to focus on the growing importance of IT security—is slowly picking up pace and will hopefully be an essential forethought for business in the future.
Consider the insurance industry which currently relies on a reactive approach wherein clients buy insurance for tangible goods; however, we find ourselves in an ethereal position when it comes to IT security and the potential loss of data. This is demonstrable in the Wanna cry ransomware attack in May 2017, where a company reported potential loss of up to $300 million. The company then looks to an actuary that is required to stipulate a specific amount of money which could vary depending on the type of and amount of data that was compromised.
48 of the 50 states in the U.S. have their own data privacy laws. It is essential to ensure that data security policies are developed and adhered to within a company. That said, it is crucial to ensure that these data privacy policies are aligned with global regulatory standards, essentially, satisfying compliance mandates. With the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)—effective May 2018—many organizations are scrambling to meet compliance requirements. In the last year there has been no shortage of third-party companies that have introduced programs to aid these organizations. The key for any organization in this scenario is to map out a strategic plan on how to achieve the regulatory goals. With regards to global organizations, introducing impact assessments is critical in addition to identifying where sensitive data resides because obligations exist to protect personal information. Next is the exercise to map out data flows; whether those reside within systems on-premise or in the cloud.
"Security needs to be a primary focus. It cannot be a mere afterthought rather it must go hand-in-hand with development and planning efforts"
When we talk about security, there are several aspects that need to be taken into consideration; different organizations have varying levels of risk appetite. Consider the recent financial crisis, there were some banks that were very aggressive in nature and took on high risks with loans. Some were monetarily successful, while others didn't factor in the risk element appropriately. This is applicable to the manufacturing sector as well. Smaller organizations do not necessarily possess the resources to routinely test and verify solutions, hence take risks. Building strong relationships with partners that have worked to institutionalize their processes is vital. Small organizations can learn from larger organizations that have more funding and have effective SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) type processes.
Security needs to be a primary focus. It cannot be a mere after thought rather it must go hand-in-hand with development and planning efforts. We are fast approaching a tipping point in the IT Security solutions space where a consolidation of solutions is required. This scenario was experienced shortly after the .com downturn in the early 2000s. Organizations need to consider what solutions they have in place and balance their effectiveness versus the overall investment to prove true value.
Looking back at my career, that started more than 20 years ago, much of what we as an industry did was completely reactionary. We weren't mindful of considering the repercussions for aggressive responses to security incidents that could be caused downstream. Security breaches were dealt with a very narrow focus and without thoughtful regard to risk. Today, however, threat detection and incident response is performed more attentively following a risk based approach. Therefore, I recommend thinking long-term and avoiding knee-jerk reactions. Be thoughtful when planning responses and delivering appropriate communications. Also, it is important to be risk-averse but sometimes there is a need to take a risk. In my career, I have had to take risks and I have often learned new things that helped me stay ahead of the game. Lastly it is extremely important to maintain a high-level of integrity throughout one's journey, both in their personal life and professional career.


Platinum Rhodium Alloys are used for applications at high temperatures. With a relatively low temperature of the pahe separation, platinum rhodium alloys do no normally arise under practival conditions. Platinum rhodium alloys have substantially higher strength than pure platinum while still deomonstrating the oxidations resistance of pure platinum.
The mechanical strength, thermal and corrosion resistance of 90Pt/10Rh becomes greater with increasing rhodium content. Minimal weight loss will occur in oxidizing atmosheres.
Pt/Rh can be used to manufacture electrodes for implantable medical devices.


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The Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 was an Act passed by the Oireachtas. It abolished the County Dublin and awarded county status to:
 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and established Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council,
 South Dublin and established South Dublin County Council and
 Fingal and established Fingal County Council.

These new administrative counties have all the powers and institutions of the traditional counties.

Section 9 Part 1(a) states that on the establishment day (1 January 1994) the previous county of Dublin "shall cease to exist."

Section 15 Part 2 dissolved the former Dún Laoghaire Corporation.

The Bill had been proposed by the Minister for the Environment, Michael Smith.

See also
Politics of the Republic of Ireland
History of the Republic of Ireland
History of Dublin

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2nd Lieutenant Pieter Hermans
A significant bone of contention was the career of Pieter Hermans, the only African who rose to the rank of officer in the course of the 19th century. His unusual career did not fit the colonial pattern and, therefore, became a source of conflict and considerable correspondence. The African sergeant had been appointed second lieutenant with the 1st infantry battalion, and received half the amount of pay to which a European second infantry lieutenant was entitled. That meant that he was treated as an Amboinese lieutenant. Not surprisingly, he complained. As a sergeant, he had received a regular European salary. Pieter Hermans, born in Axim, Ghana, in 1812, was literate and put his complaints in writing. He was probably of mixed Afro-European descent because his father's name was given as Jan Hermans while his mother is mentioned only as Johanna. He belonged to the very first detachment of recruits that had arrived on the ship Rotterdams Welvaren in Batavia on 15 March 1832. His career was quite successful. By April 1834 he had been promoted to sergeant, followed by this promotion to second lieutenant in 1837. Yet all was not well. Hermans complained about being paid as a �native lieutenant� and he also added a number of grievances voiced by his mates who had travelled with him in 1832. The Africans complained about ill treatment and a lack of proper bedding and said that they received neither rice nor meat. The issue of maltreatment was investigated and was found to be �highly exaggerated�, while redress was given for unspecified �real grievances�. Colonel Michiels, commander on the west coast of Sumatra, explained to Hermans that he was not being treated as a native but as an Amboinese, and therefore as a Christian. Hermans, baptized in 1835, remained deaf to this argument and insisted that the colonel put his grievances to the commander-in-chief of the army in the Indies. His superiors warned the African lieutenant that his behaviour would block opportunities for advancement for his fellow Africans. Hermans�s military career came to an end due to his insistent demands for equal treatment. In 1842, the commander-in-chief proposed dismissing him since his �misconduct and lack of zeal� was deemed harmful to the army. He was to be sent back to Africa via the Netherlands with an annual pension of Dfl 184.
Throughout the 1840s, a few reports trickled in about new disturbances and fights, but army correspondence no longer reflected a sense of urgency. Obviously, both the army and the Africans had settled into a routine both sides could live with. The disturbances apparently did not exceed normal patterns, and once or twice the commander in chief even concluded that the Africans had understandable grievances that needed redress. The story of the Africans in the East Indies was given anew and unexpected turn by the 3rd Expedition to Bali in 1849, a succesful expedition after two previous failures, which was celebrated with much pomp and circumstance on the main square in Batavia. The untiring efforts of the Africans, their courage, loyalty, state of health, strength and endurance had greatly impressed the newly arrived commander -in- chief, Duke Bernhard van Saxen-Weimar Eisenach. In his view, this experience proved that Negroes were very suitable as troops. Copyright � 2001 Ineke van Kessel. Kessel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
The Africans compared favourably with the European part of the Army below the rank of officer, which consisted for the greatest part of "soldiers with a criminal record, deserters from the Dutch National Army, drunkards, deserters from the the Belgian and French and Germans, most of whom are rascals and tramps, and for whom the service in this colony is a last refuge." The Africans could hardly be blamed for all the problems which were elaborated in earlier military correspondence: they simply had been unable to understand that promises of equal treatment, which had made in the name of King, were not kept. And since they had been unable to express their grievances in Dutch or Malay, discontent had escalated to violent protest. The new commander -in -chief, supported by new govenor in Batavia, urged a resumption of African recruitment. The enthusiasm of the Duke is perhaps not so surprising: twenty years earlier, he had been one of the main advocates of recruitment of Negroes(either from America or from Africa) to solve the manpower problem of the army in the East Indies. Copyright � 2001 Ineke van Kessel. Kessel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Jan Kooi The African corporal Jan Kooi achieved some fame in the Netherlands for his courageous feats in the Atjeh (now Aceh) war, the longest, deadliest and most inconclusive war in Dutch colonial history. The sultanate of Atjeh, on the northern tip of Sumatra, was known to be a stronghold both of piracy and of orthodox Islam. During the 19th century, the Dutch gradually expanded their control over Sumatra. The Atjeh war commenced in 1873 and ended only in 1904. To this day, there is a secessionist movement in Aceh fighting against Indonesian government troops. Jan Kooi entered into the service of the Dutch East Indies army in 1869, at the age of 20 years. He was born in Elmina in 1849. His mothers� name was Essowa. His father�s name is poorly readable in the army records: something like �Dinaba�. With his new Dutch name of Jan Kooi, he enlisted at the recruiting station in Elmina for the duration of 12 years, receiving a considerable bounty of 200 guilders. On 30 May 1870 he left Elmina on the ship Ternate, arriving in Batavia (Jakarta) on 14 August 1870. With the other new arrivals, he was sent for training with the 1st infantry bataillion. Almost a year later, training was completed, and Kooi was sent to Atjeh with the 2nd infantry bataillion. From 1874 to 1879 he was engaged in numerous military expeditions in Atjeh, earning himself a range of distinctions: the Atjeh medal 1873-1874; the distinction for extraordinary efforts in Atjeh 1873-1874; twice he is mentioned with distinction in the campaign records; in 1881 he is awarded the bronze medal. On top of these decorations, Jan Kooi was the first African soldier to be awarded the highest military honours in the Dutch army:the Militaire Willemsorde (4th class) No wonder that he was a famous man during his brief stay in the Netherlands in 1882, on the way back to his native Elmina. Newspapers reported how he had saved the life of his commander by killing two Atjeh fighters, while himself suffering ten bullet wounds under enemy fire. Later that year he earned a reward of 100 guilders for saving the life of lieutenant Bijleveld by killing a heavily armed Atjeher. The article in the Overveluwsch Weekblad noted that Kooi spoke perfect Dutch, but also spoke warmly about his family and homeland. During his stay in Harderwijk, the garrison town with the recruiting station for the colonial army, he had twice his portrait painted. Two very different portraits: the highly formal soldier�s posture on the portrait by J.C. Leich; and the impressionistic portrait by Isaac Israels, one of the most famous Dutch painters in the 19th century. After army service, Jan Kooi settled in his native Elmina, which meanwhile had been handed over to the British. Here we encounter him once more in the baptismal records of the church of St. Joseph: on 30 May 1886, Joannes Kooi is mentioned as the godfather to Grace Maria Plange, daughter of Jacob Plange and Arala Yaniba.Copyright � 2001 Ineke van Kessel. Kessel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl


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Home NEWS Şişecam Group recycled 1 million tons of glass waste
Şişecam Group recycled 1 million tons of glass waste
Şişecem Group recycled 1 million tons of glass wastes with the "Glass is Glass Again" project, one of the most extensive sustainability and social responsibility projects of Turkey which was started to be implemented in 2011. The Group prevented wastes equal to 6 billion bottles to be thrown away, thanks to the glass wastes which were recycled during 7 years.
The world's third largest household glassware producer, fifth largest glass packaging and flat glass producer Şişecam Group implemented the "Glass is Glass Again" project in 2011, one of the most extensive sustainability and social responsibility projects of Turkey, based on the fact that glass is the most sustainable packaging material. Within the scope of this project, the group has recycled 1 million tons of glass wastes since 2011 which has prevented 1 million tons of glass – in other words 6 billion pieces of glass bottles – from going to waste during these 7 years.
During this period, more than 20 thousand glass banks were supplied to municipalities for use, and awareness training was given to more than 250 thousand primary school students.
Glass, which absolutely does not interact with the product inside and accordingly, which is the healthiest packaging material, not only contributes to the environment with its recycling capability, but also saves fuel and energy. Today, as the concept of sustainability acquires more importance, glass packaging is defined as the "most sustainable packaging material" with all its characteristics.
Moreover, carbon emission prevented equals to 384 thousand cars taken off the roads.
The use of cullet at the rate of 10% as input in the glass production, provides a reduction of 12% in the raw materials, 2.5% in energy and 5% in carbon emissions. With glass, which is a packaging material that can be recycled 100% without any quality loss, it is sufficient to use 1 glass bottle waste as input in order to produce 1 glass bottle. By recycling 1 glass bottle, it is possible to save electricity energy that can operate a computer for 25 minutes, a television for 20 minutes.
The contributions of the Glass is Glass Again project aiming the transition to a recycling society, to environment within the frame of the works carried out since 2011 are as follows:
with the Glass and Glass Again project, carbon emission, which equals to the air cleaned by 33 million trees in one year, is prevented;
energy at a level to provide for the heating and hot water needs of 44,747 houses for one year, is saved;
in raw material use, sand, which would create a beach of 10 meters wide 112 kilometres long, is saved.
One of the most established enterprises in Turkey, Şişecam Group is a global actor in business fields including all main areas of glass industry, i.e. flat glass, glassware, glass packaging and glass fiber, as well as soda and chromium chemicals. Today Şişecam, the world's leading supplier of chromium compounds and the 10th largest soda ash producer in the world, is the 3rd largest glassware, the 5th largest glass packaging and flat glass manufacturer globally.
The Group, which has 43 production facilities in total, has manufacturing activities in Turkey, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Ukraine, Egypt and India. With its more than 80 years of experience, 22,000 employees, production in 13 countries, and sales in 150 countries, Şişecam is a group at international scale and continues on its journey to become one of top three global producers in its all-main business fields.
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