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Iran's Nuclear Extortion Continues
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), recently proclaimed that the Islamic Republic is ahead of schedule on a parliamentary mandate to enrich 120 kg of uranium to 20 percent purity by the end of 2021. Eslami's comment builds on months of atomic advances, all of which serve as proof of Tehran's continuing commitment to a policy of nuclear escalation and coercion.
Uranium enriched to 20 percent and above is qualified as highly enriched uranium (HEU), which Iran is prohibited from producing and stockpiling pursuant to the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). HEU at higher purities is used in nuclear weapons. States that can enrich up to 20 percent have mastered the lion's share of the technical work to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons, should they decide to develop them.
At present, it is unclear if the 120 kg of 20 percent enriched uranium is all in the gaseous form known as uranium hexafluoride (UF6), which is suitable for enrichment via centrifuge. The 120 kg figure could be a rough composite of Iran's 33 kg of 20 percent enriched uranium that remains in different chemical forms and the 84.3 kg of 20 percent enriched uranium that the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said was in UF6 form as of August 2021.
According to experts, it is also possible that Iran is using a different technical measurement, hexafluoride mass, rather than uranium mass and is choosing to tout this repackaged higher figure for political purposes. It may also be possible, but less likely, that Iran's rate of production at its declared enrichment facilities, the underground Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant and the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant at Natanz, has increased.
While this question is unlikely to be resolved until the IAEA's next quarterly report, Eslami's announcement conveys Iran's intent to benefit from its nuclear expansion by increasing pressure on Washington to make more concessions. Earlier this year, an unnamed Iranian official explicitly stated that Iran would not cease enrichment to 20 percent purity until the removal of U.S. sanctions. "I expect Mr. Eslami to implement the system's strategy well," said Fereydoun Abbasi, one of Eslami's predecessors at the AEOI, in an interview last month.
Although it can be tempting to see Iran's growing 20 percent enriched uranium stockpile as the result of guidance given by the new ultra-hardline President Ebrahim Raisi and his internationally sanctioned cabinet, the Islamic Republic resumed enriching to 20 percent purity in January 2021, late in the presidency of Raisi's predecessor, Hassan Rouhani. According to the IAEA, Tehran produced 17.6 kg of 20 percent enriched uranium this February and 62.8 kg this May, all in UF6 form and measured in uranium mass.
Iran's parliament, which mandated this escalation, did so in response to the killing of Iran's top military-nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, in late 2020. Since then, Tehran has used more alleged sabotage as a reason to press for further advances, such as enrichment of uranium to 60 percent purity, a threat the regime has been making for about a decade but did not act on until this April.
Despite the change in style between Rouhani and Raisi, as well as the changes in Iranian government personnel, Tehran has remained consistent in its nuclear policy since Washington left the JCPOA in 2018. While the likely overall aim of this policy is to force America to re-enter a fast-expiring nuclear accord and win sanctions relief, the more the program presses ahead unimpeded, the less restraint Iran may feel down the line. This policy appears to have gone through three different phases, representing the varying levels of risks the regime is willing to run — which are informed first and foremost by Tehran's understanding of America's stomach for escalation.
The first phase, starting in mid-2018, is when Iran sought to show "strategic patience." Tehran was openly hoping that Washington's unilateral sanctions policy would backfire and fail. Spurred by a desire to respond to the surprising efficacy of U.S. sanctions, Tehran commenced phase two in mid-2019 — gradual and overt violations of the JCPOA while escalating regional and maritime tensions through aggressive military and proxy militia actions. The third and final phase, which began in 2020 and continues until today, features significant nuclear escalation. These moves — such as the production of uranium metal and the knowledge Iran is gaining from making 60 percent enriched uranium — can no longer be considered reversible. By directly impeding IAEA access to monitoring equipment and data, Tehran has also aimed to be more provocative.
The third phase therefore offers the Islamic Republic a chance to develop new nuclear facts on the ground while taking its strategic competition with Washington to a new level. This is why if the Biden administration is serious about preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon, it must advance a strategy of its own to hold the regime accountable for its nuclear advances.
Currently, the Biden administration has not even used counterproliferation authorities to sanction Eslami, the man overseeing this escalation, while the United Nations, United Kingdom, and European Union already have. Eslami has a worrisome past that includes leading organizations supportive of Tehran's nuclear weapons drive as well as serving in key positions in firms that produce drones and ballistic missiles for the Islamic Republic.
At the very least, Washington should work with international partners to censure Tehran at the next quarterly IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Tehran has thrice managed to avoid censure this year. The Biden administration should also support the efforts of its European partners, who in 2020 triggered the JCPOA's dispute resolution mechanism within the Joint Commission — the body created by the accord to resolve issues pertaining to implementation — to address Iran's mounting deal violations. And finally, should Tehran not relent, Washington and its international partners should "snap back" UN Security Council resolutions and penalties on Iran, a process that would occur once the IAEA Board forwarded Iran's nuclear file back to the Security Council. This would ramp up the multilateral pressure on the Islamic Republic and fortify the Biden administration's claims of a closing "window" and a diminishing "runway" for diplomacy.
Currently, the Biden administration continues to hope that its offer of talks will be sufficient to bring Iran back to the negotiating table. But Tehran's growing confidence in its nuclear escalation — particularly its growing stockpiles of 20 percent and 60 percent enriched uranium — indicate that this may not happen soon or even in the manner the administration desires.
Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where he contributes to FDD's Iran Program and Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP). For more analysis from Behnam, the Iran Program, and CMPP, please subscribe HERE. Follow FDD and the Iran Program on Twitter @FDD and @FDD_Iran and FDD_CMPP. FDD is a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy.
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CDC Study on 12- to 17-Year-Olds Who Got Pfizer Vax: 397 Reports of Heart Inflammation, 14 Deaths
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In a study published July 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledged nearly 400 reports of children between the ages of 12 and 17 who experienced heart inflammation after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The CDC study also included 14 reports of deaths after vaccination in teens. Among those who died, four were between the ages of 12 and 15, and 10 occurred in 16- to 17-year-olds.
Deaths reviewed by the CDC included two reports of pulmonary embolism, two suicides, two intracranial hemorrhages, one report of heart failure and one rare blood disorder.
The CDC's corresponding author, Anne M. Hause, Ph.D., said:
"Impressions regarding cause of death did not indicate a pattern suggestive of a causal relationship with vaccination; however, cause of death for some decedents is pending receipt of additional information."
All deaths were reviewed by CDC physicians and six deaths are pending further analysis. None of the death reports were determined to have been caused by heart inflammation.
Last month, The Defender reported on a 13-year-old boy who, according to a preliminary autopsy, died of myocarditis three days after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Michigan health authorities reported the 13-year-old's death to the CDC, which said it was investigating. It's not known if the boy's death is one of the six still pending investigation by the CDC.
Overall results for 12- to 17-year-olds
Overall, the CDC study reviewed adverse events among 12- to-17-year-olds reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) between Dec. 14, 2020, and July 16, 2021. VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S.
The FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer vaccine for children 16 years and older on Dec. 11, 2020. The FDA expanded the authorization to children 12 and over on May 10.
The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (marketed under the Janssen brand) vaccines are authorized for emergency use only in people age 18 or older.
According to the CDC study, as of July 16, about 8.9 million U.S. adolescents aged 12-17 years had received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. VAERS received 9,246 reports after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination in this age group — 90.7% of these were for non-serious adverse events and 9.3% were for serious adverse events, including myocarditis (4.3% or 397 reports).
The CDC also reviewed adverse events for the 12 – to 17-year-old age group reported during the same timeframe to V-safe, a smartphone-based safety surveillance system controlled by the CDC and private partners.
According to the study, 129,000 U.S. adolescents aged 12-17 years enrolled in V-safe after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination. They reported local (63.4%) and systemic (48.9%) reactions with a frequency similar to that reported in preauthorization clinical trials. Systemic reactions were more common after dose two.
The study stated that a small number of V-safe participants reported they were hospitalized after vaccination, however, V-safe does not record a reason for hospitalization, and it cannot be determined whether hospitalization was related to vaccination. Though run by the CDC, V-safe data is not accessible by the public.
Most common reactions related to myocarditis
Although the CDC study did not link any of the deaths that occurred in the 12- to-17-year-old group to heart inflammation, it did find the most commonly reported serious adverse events in that age group included chest pain, increased troponin levels, myocarditis, increased c-reactive protein and negative SARS-CoV-2 test results.
According to the CDC, the findings were consistent with a diagnosis of myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle that can lead to cardiac arrhythmia and death.
According to researchers at the National Organization for Rare Disorders, myocarditis can result from infections, but "more commonly the myocarditis is a result of the body's immune reaction to the initial heart damage." According to Mayo Clinic, severe myocarditis can permanently damage your heart muscle possibly causing heart failure.
The CDC's Hause said the study was subject to several limitations, including:
VAERS is a passive surveillance system and is subject to under-reporting and reporting bias.
Documentation might be delayed or unavailable for medical review.
A lack of statistical safety signal in planned monitoring does not preclude a safety concern.
The study was not designed to identify all cases of myocarditis –– only those reports that listed the MedDRA term "myocarditis" were included.
The study also noted that V-safe is a voluntary self-enrollment program that requires children older than 15 be enrolled by a parent or guardian and might not be generalizable to the overall vaccinated adolescent population.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) conducted a risk-benefit assessment based on the adverse reaction reports and continues to recommend the Pfizer vaccine to children aged 12 and older.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 25 added a warning to patient and provider fact sheets for Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines indicating an increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination.
The warning notes reports of adverse events suggest increased risks of myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly following the second dose and with onset of symptoms within a few days after vaccination.
The FDA's update followed a review of information and discussion by the ACIP meeting on June 23 where the committee acknowledged 1,200 cases of heart inflammation in 16- to 24-year-olds and said mRNA COVID vaccines should carry a warning statement.
Health officials said the benefits of receiving a COVID vaccine still outweigh any risks. Physicians and other public commenters accused the CDC during the meeting of exaggerating the risk to young people of COVID and minimizing the risk of the vaccines.
Pfizer and its vaccine partner BioNTech submitted an application in May to the FDA requesting full FDA approval of its COVID vaccine. Pfizer was the first COVID vaccine maker in the U.S. to request full approval.
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Pasqualina's initial exposure to the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales was from her mother, who read and re-read his Introduction to the Devout Life. The seed planted by her mother began to grow most vigorously when she became a member of the St. John Neumann parish in Reston, VA, a parish staffed by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. As a consequence of this influence, Pasqualina joined the Daughters of St. Francis de Sales about twenty five years ago. It was abundantly apparent at the time, and continued to be throughout the rest of her life, that Pasqualina had found her spiritual home in the Daughters.
After she recovered from her first bout with cancer over twenty years ago, Pasqualina started to take courses at the De Sales School of Theology in Washington, DC. Here she became deeply steeped in Salesian spirituality. She received a Masters Degree in Theology from De Sales in 1997.
Shortly after that, Fr. William Dougherty, OSFS of our parish asked Pasqualina to start writing Salesian reflections on the Sunday Mass readings for the weekly parish bulletin. Thus began the series of reflections that are now presented on this website. This endeavor was truly a labor of love, a labor on which she spent countless hours researching, writing and rewriting these reflections. She continued writing, revising and improving these reflections for the next seven years. Then cancer struck again, and she became too weak to continue.
Pasqualina's joyful, loving spirit was a blessing to all who knew her. We are deeply grateful to Fr. Michael Murray, OSFS for giving others the opportunity to know her through her reflections. We sincerely hope that they will offer inspiration to many for years to come.
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In this narration the Holy Prophet declared most crual person is the one among people who killed the Camel of Hazrat Salih (as )and most crual person after him is the person who will kill Ali (as).
Ali ibn Abi Talib and myself participated in one war for Islam. The Prophet stayed on one place, we saw the people of Banu Madallaj they were working in their garden. Ali ibn Abi Talib said to me "Oh Abu Yaqzan, do you want us to see how this people work in their fields." I said "If you want we can go and see them." We went there and we saw them for a while. Then we felt sleepy, we left that place and we came on another place and we lay down on the ground under the shadow of the Date tree. We slept there.


Much like the weatherperson or traffic reporter on a day like today, sometimes one just has to deliver bad news.
In my role as a technology consultant, that might involve letting a vendor know that they were unsuccessful in a selection process, having to reschedule a standing meeting, or informing a client that they have "champagne tastes and a beer budget." But whether the news is good or bad, it's frequently how the message is conveyed that helps shape the reaction to it.
While nobody likes being the bearer of bad news, consider how that news gets delivered. In the IT world, this point also holds when explaining a new concept to someone; while it's not bad news per se, it's often something that may be viewed as utterly foreign or unintelligible.
In my experience, nothing turns off a listener more than getting a "non-answer" from an IT professional that is laced with arcane technical terms known only to the initiated. Conversely, end users who make requests (or demands) that are vague and nebulous can be equally frustrating to those in IT.
In fact, it's the translation function that is one of the key values we provide in some engagements. In order to be heard, one must first hear – active listening is the first step in creating a true dialogue with colleagues and vendor partners. This can require a measure of empathy.
Next time you find yourself in a difficult or technical discussion, put yourself in the other party's shoes and imagine how you might sound from their perspective. You might be surprised at what you hear yourself saying.
Often technology projects go astray (at least in part) because of miscommunication among the people involved. To prevent this, we might all pay attention not only to the messages we bear, but also to the manner in which we deliver them.
Here's the bottom line: if you proceed with candor and compassion, sparing the jargon and forgoing any double-talk, you might find the intended audience far more receptive to what you have to say.


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In the long-term, we visualize OmFlag fostering real physical communities.
Imagine looking for a home and being able to discern the disposition of your neighbors, or the character of the neighborhood simply by the presence of OmFlag. This will be one of the most powerful ways the International United State of Consciousness will politically crystallize -- thru a slow and organic growth of intentional communities of independent homeowners or tenants. Although perhaps slower to form, how much more flexible and practical than the current ideal of 'intentional community' with their political, social, financial and structural challenges.
Imagine also, being able to discern like-minded businesses. Of course there is always a risk of OmFlag being used as a ploy. We will have to be vigilant, get to know a person's true nature. But even used as a ploy to bring clientele to their place of business, in due time, that business will be positively affected by the vibration and vision which IN-US brings to them; and before long, the impact will manifest as a positive change nonetheless. This subtle yet powerful influence will draw more and more people to the vision. This is where the true magic lies.
Before long a small but discernible international-nation will emerge, once visible, it will burgeon very quickly; after all, as with conscious awakening, growth is the only possible direction. People are ready to let go of the old ways of being and doing things, they see their life and reality falling apart. If there is an offer of an alternative and positive vision, especially if its being held by many, they will move towards it, like a beacon on the stormy sea of life.
This movement will only grow; perhaps slowly at first, like a giant ancient wheel of magnificent proportions, beginning a creaking roll, going ever so slowly and taking ages for the first revolution but speeding up at every turn - even the most pessimistic would agree that when more people hold a vision of a kind and loving world, the more we can expect quick and exponential growth.
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Q: Something is different between @"" and @"123"? when I test method "retainCount", I met a question, just as below:
NSString *s_afmt0 = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@""]; //-1
NSString *s_afmt1 = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"123"]; //1
NSLog(@"s_afmt0:%d", [s_afmt0 retainCount]);
NSLog(@"s_afmt1:%d", [s_afmt1 retainCount]);

result :
s_autf0:-1
s_autf1:1
I don't know why? why s_afmt0's retainCount is -1, and s_autf1's retainCount is 1. What is the difference between @"" and @"123"?  anyone can explain ? thanks

A: you're printing the retainCount as a signed integer, when in fact it is an unsigned integer (type NSUInteger with a format specifier of %u, not %d). -1 is equivalent to UINT_MAX, and means the object has no retainCount. It is likely that NSString has recognized that the given string is immutable, and assigned the pointer to the static @"" empty NSString, rather than placing one on the heap.
In fact, you can confirm this with the following code:
NSString* str1 = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@""];
NSString* str2 = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@""];

NSLog(@"string1: %p, string2: %p", str1, str2);

The above code should print the same pointer address for both str1 and str2, confirming my theory that NSString optimizes this particular case out, and indeed it does:
06:46:30.142 StringTest[45214:303] string1: 0x7fff7d8acf90, string2: 0x7fff7d8acf90

So let's see if this is specific to NSString. It should be, otherwise all NSMutableString objects initialized to an empty string would point to the same memory!
NSMutableString* str1 = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithFormat:@""];
NSMutableString* str2 = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithFormat:@""];

NSLog(@"string1: %p, string2: %p", str1, str2);

Outputs:
06:53:36.688 StringTest[45278:303] string1: 0x10010a850, string2: 0x10010a890

Two different memory locations. So there you have it, a neat little optimization in the Foundation framework. TIL
Edit:
As bbum points out, you should never rely on retainCount, and this is an example of where things can go wrong if you do

A: While you should never use retainCount, the most likely reason for what you are seeing is that the empty string @"" is being treated special by the compiler since it is such a common literal.
Also, why are you using string formats with string literals? I suppose this is just for testing purposes but you should just have:
NSString *s_afmt0 = @""; // no need to use stringWithFormat here

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News Weekly, November 5, 2005
Since abortion became widely available in Australia, some three million babies have been aborted. But there are a number of simple measures Australia could adopt to give women a better alternative, argues David Perrin.
Victoria has become the late-term abortion capital of Australia. A doubling of late-term abortions in Victoria has prompted the state's Health Minister Bronwyn Pike to propose regulations to make mothers contemplating a late-term abortion undergo a 48-hour cooling-off period and compulsory counselling.
Unfortunately, the proposals are only for mothers considering a late-term abortion for psychosocial reasons, leaving mothers who may have deformed babies free to go ahead with their abortions.
The counselling proposed by the self-admitted pro-abortion Victorian Health Minister is undefined and could actually encourage a mother to go ahead with abortion.
This Victorian proposal will also give the legal green light to late-term abortions which are currently a crime under the Victorian Crimes Act.
With late-term abortions nobody can deny that the aborted child is a baby because the body parts are clearly visible with little heads, arms and legs.
All methods that an abortionist uses to kill a baby are gruesome, but all are justified by the medical profession as a legitimate means for late-term abortion. This is despite the fact that an aborted baby at this level of maturity undoubtedly feels pain before it dies.
As a financial inducement to discourage women from undergoing abortion, Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott is seeking to pay the current baby bonus in instalments from 14 weeks into the pregnancy in order to encourage mothers to keep their babies. He is also proposing to add voluntary pregnancy counselling to the Medicare schedule.
There is no guarantee that any of these proposals will be approved by his federal colleagues, as some of them are actively pushing for the chemical abortion pill RU486 to be made available in Australia, especially now that the pro-life champion, Brian Harradine, is no longer a senator.
Prime Minister John Howard is reportedly favourably disposed to making the abortion pill available.
There is not the slightest possibility that any MP, state or federal, will be successful in reducing the number of abortions, estimated to be at least 90,000 every year.
Reliable estimates indicate that, since abortion became legal and freely available in Australia, some three million babies have been aborted - that is, three million lost citizens who could have made a significant positive addition to Australian society.
The Australian Family Association believes that urgent measures should be taken to save future babies from abortion.
Abortions are not in the national interest. They deprive the country of countless potential citizens, together with the talents and benefits they could bring to Australia.
Unborn babies are the future of our nation, and our political leaders need to be stung into action to protect these little Aussies and to give them every opportunity to make their contribution.
The AFA proposes a series of initiatives that could significantly cut our country's abortion rate. The AFA calls on the government to:
Conduct a federal public inquiry into all surgical and chemical abortions to obtain accurate information on the number and impact of abortion on our community. This would include the full costs of abortion, including the consequences of our ageing population on defence, health and the economy, and also the severe trauma suffered by mothers who have had abortions.
Introduce mandatory counselling for any mother considering abortion and inform her of the superior alternatives to abortion.
Offer financial incentives to mothers not to abort but rather to continue their pregnancy to birth. This may, or may not, include Health Minister Tony Abbott's proposed advanced baby bonus.
Support programs of assistance provided by religious and community groups that help pregnant mothers to continue their pregnancy.
Introduce a relinquishing mother's payment to reward mothers who give up their babies for adoption.
Introduce an adopting parent's payment to reward parents who adopt a baby not wanted by its mother.
Legislate for a risk-recognition statement, to be signed by both the abortionist and aborting mother, outlining the physical and psychological risks associated with abortion, including increased risks of breast cancer, infertility, depression and suicide. This risk-recognition statement should be the legal pre-condition of any Medicare payments for future abortions.
Provide grief counselling for all mothers who have had abortions so that they can cope better with the resulting psychological trauma.
Politicians are very reluctant to be involved with any abortion-reducing initiatives, so it is entirely up to the community to push for these reforms.
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Indian American industrialist and the founder of the Republican Hindu Coalition Shalabh Kumar has rejected reports that he is lobbying to be the next US ambassador to India, as reported by the Washington Post.
Indian American industrialist and the founder of the Republican Hindu Coalition Shalabh Kumar has rejected reports that he is lobbying to be the next US ambassador to India, as reported by the Washington Post. But who is Kumar, and why is his name in the fray.
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In July 2016, Kumar became a public supporter of the Republican candidate Donald Trump's candidacy, emerging as one of the biggest donors. Kumar cited Trump's stance on Pakistan and Muslims, namely Trump's plan to profile Muslims. Kumar also lauded Newt Gingrich's calls for increased scrutiny of American Muslims and increased surveillance against mosques in the United States.
Shalabh Kumar also created the 'Ab ki Baar Trump Sarkar' campaign which went viral, instantly gathering over 2 million views in the first week. He ran multiple digital ad campaigns in favour of Trump through video and social content targeting Indian-Americans and undecided voters in battleground states. Kumar and his family members donated over $1.5 million to Trump. In addition, Kumar bundled $150,000 in political donations to the Trump campaign.


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Since well before Henry Morgan Stanley's fabled encounter with David Livingstone on the shore on Lake Tanganyika in the late 19th century and his subsequent collaboration with King Leopold of Belgium in looting the country of its mineral wealth, the Congo's history has been one of collaboration by a minority with, and struggle by the majority against, Western intervention.
Before the colonial period, there were military struggles against annexation. During Belgian rule, charismatic religious figures emerged, promising an end to white domination; copper miners struck for higher wages; and rural workers struggled for survival. During the second half of the 20th century, the Congo's efforts at disentanglement from Belgian rule, the murder of the nationalist leader Patrice Lumumba and the long dictatorship of General Mobutu culminated in one of the bloodiest wars the world has ever seen.
At the start of a new millennium, this book argues that the West has plundered Africa to its own advantage and that unrestrained global capitalism threatens to remake the entire world, bringing violence and destruction in the name of profit. In this radical history, the authors show not only how the Congo represents and symbolises the continent's long history of subordination, but also how the determined struggle of its people has continued, against the odds, to provide the Congo and the rest of Africa with real hope for the future.
Leo Zeilig is senior research fellow in the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and senior research associate with the Research Chair in Social Change at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of several books on African politics and history.
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LOrdine dei Fratelli della Casa di Santa Maria in Gerusalemme, comunemente noto come Ordine teutonico (sigla O.T., in latino Ordo Teutonicus o, estesamente, Ordo Fratrum Domus Hospitalis Sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum in Jerusalem; in tedesco Deutscher Orden, o estesamente Orden der Brüder vom Deutschen Haus St. Mariens in Jerusalem) è un antico ordine monastico-militare e ospedaliero sorto in Terra santa nel 1191 all'epoca della terza crociata (dopo quello gerosolimitano - gli Ospitalieri - nel 1099 e del tempio - i Templari - nel 1119) ad opera di alcuni tedeschi di Brema e Lubecca per assistere i pellegrini provenienti dalla Germania. I membri di questa congregazione pospongono al loro nome la sigla O.T..

Fino alla perdita di Acri nel 1291, il principale teatro di operazioni dei Cavalieri teutonici rimase la Terra santa. Tuttavia già a partire della fine del XII secolo operarono sulla costa baltica, nella zona che si estendeva a nord-est dei territori polacchi, e a partire dal secondo decennio del XIII secolo operarono nell'Europa orientale-danubiana, più precisamente in Transilvania, per proteggere il Regno d'Ungheria dai nomadi Cumani, su richiesta di re Andrea II d'Ungheria. Attuarono una vasta opera di conquista e di cristianizzazione dei territori occupati dalle tribù baltiche, che in precedenza erano perlopiù pagane: tali operazioni sono state denominate Crociate del Nord. I Cavalieri teutonici avviarono un programma di conquiste che, in meno di un secolo, li portò a sottomettere un vastissimo territorio; gli abitanti pagani vennero convertiti o sterminati e si organizzò l'immigrazione in massa di contadini tedeschi.

Il loro dominio nella regione li portò successivamente allo scontro sia con i russi ortodossi di Pskov e Novgorod (la battaglia del lago ghiacciato venne raffigurata, seppur con diverse imprecisioni e invenzioni storiche, nel film Aleksandr Nevskij) sia con i polacco-lituani. Questi ultimi, guidati da re Ladislao II Jagellone, inflissero loro una dura sconfitta nella battaglia di Tannenberg (o Grunwald) il 15 luglio 1410. Alla fine della guerra dei tredici anni, il secondo trattato di Toruń ridusse il dominio territoriale dell'Ordine alla sola Prussia Orientale (oltre ai vari possedimenti minori in territorio germanico) e allo status di vassallo della corona polacca.

Nel 1525 il trentasettesimo Grande maestro dell'Ordine, Alberto di Hohenzollern-Ansbach, si convertì al luteranesimo e secolarizzò i possedimenti prussiani, assumendo il titolo di duca di Prussia. Quanto sopravvisse dell'Ordine rimase in possesso di alcuni territori del Sacro Romano Impero e della Livonia, retta in maniera indipendente dal ramo livoniano, che nel 1561 fu a sua volta secolarizzata nel Ducato di Curlandia e Semigallia.

Le commende dell'Ordine teutonico vennero secolarizzate da Napoleone Bonaparte nel 1809, ma in seguito furono ripristinate dagli Asburgo. Venne riformato nel 1929 dalla Santa Sede che lo rese un ordine di canonici regolari per la cura d'anime e le opere di carità.

Storia

La fondazione e le crociate
Hermann von Salza servì come quarto gran maestro dell'Ordine dei cavalieri teutonici dal 1209 al 1239. Pare che l'origine dell'ordine risalga al 1099, quando un cavaliere tedesco ferito durante i combattimenti per la presa di Gerusalemme venne assistito e curato da una coppia di pellegrini tedeschi, presumibilmente mercanti, che decisero in seguito di dedicarsi, con il beneplacito del Patriarca di Gerusalemme, all'attività di ospitalità e assistenza dei pellegrini, fondando un piccolo ospedale dotato di foresteria ed una cappella dedicata alla Vergine Maria. L'ospedale andò distrutto nel 1187 con la caduta di Gerusalemme.
In seguito alla caduta della città fu indetta la terza crociata e il 1º settembre 1189 55 navi che trasportavano i cavalieri crociati tedeschi attraccarono ad Acri, una città portuale situata nella parte settentrionale dell'attuale stato di Israele.

Alcuni di loro costruirono un ospedale da campo utilizzando una delle vele di una nave e si dedicarono alla cura dei feriti fino al loro rientro quando lasciarono l'ospedale a due religiosi tedeschi, ai quali nel tempo se ne aggiunsero altri, che lo ampliarono acquistando un terreno e costruendovi un edificio con annessa cappella e costituendo l'ordine dei fratres domus hospitalis sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum in Jerusalem. Il 6 febbraio 1191 all'ordine venne concessa l'approvazione e la protezione del pontefice Clemente III. La regola seguita dagli appartenenti all'ordine era quella dei cavalieri ospitalieri di San Giovanni in Gerusalemme. Il 21 dicembre del 1196 furono confermati all'ordine i possedimenti del tempo e futuri. Nel 1197 avrebbe dovuto aver luogo una crociata guidata dall'imperatore Enrico VI. Quando questi morì, i cavalieri che lo avevano preceduto in Terra Santa rientrarono, ma prima del rientro decisero di trasformare l'ordine in un ordine cavalleresco con compiti di protezione dei pellegrini. L'attività religiosa proseguì seguendo la regola dei Giovanniti mentre quella militare adottò la regola dei Templari. I teutonici avevano la tendenza a trascurare più punti di quest'ultima regola, ma nel 1244 papa Innocenzo IV concesso al loro maestro il diritto a modificarla sulla base delle necessità dell'ordine.

Papa Innocenzo III confermò la trasformazione il 19 febbraio del 1199 e ai religiosi venne assegnato il mantello bianco con croce nera. Nel 1221 papa Onorio III parificò l'Ordine teutonico all'Ordine dei templari e a quello degli ospitalieri.
In seguito a cospicue e ripetute donazioni l'ordine si diffuse molto rapidamente: dal Duecento al Trecento il numero delle commende (nome dato alle case dell'ordine) crebbe al ritmo di una ma spesso anche 3 o 4 all'anno; nel 1300 erano circa 300 diffuse in Terra santa, Cipro, Grecia, Italia, Spagna, nel Sacro Romano Impero, nei Paesi Bassi e nell'area baltica.

Secondo lo storico polacco Henryk Samsonowicz, tuttavia, gli inizi della confraternita sarebbero stati molto più antichi. Nel 1143, un documento papale dirimeva una disputa tra gli ospedalieri teutonici ed i Giovanniti, menzionando dei possedimenti dei primi in Europa. Se ne evince, dunque, che la comunità tedesca era stata fondata, al più tardi, nella prima metà del XII secolo, e che era subordinata (probabilmente dal 1130) ai Giovanniti.

I territori dell'Ordine (1191-1230)

Nel 1191 l'Ordine abbandonò l'ultima roccaforte in Terra Santa e si mise alla ricerca di una collocazione in Europa. Nel 1211 Andrea II d'Ungheria offrì, in cambio di appoggio militare contro la popolazione nomade e pagana dei Cumani, il territorio del Burzenland in Transilvania (in tedesco Siebenbürgen). L'ordine istituì uno stato indipendente e iniziò un'intensa attività di colonizzazione ed evangelizzazione ma nel 1225 Andrea II, impaurito dalla nascita di uno stato entro il suo regno, scacciò l'ordine dall'Ungheria.

Il secondo tentativo di colonizzazione di un'area geografica fu più efficace; dopo alcuni falliti tentativi di conquista dei territori occupati dai Pruzzi, Corrado di Masovia chiese l'appoggio militare dell'Ordine offrendo in cambio dei territori. Hermann von Salza (Ermanno di Salza), Gran maestro dell'Ordine teutonico, inviò quindi un distaccamento sulla Vistola nel 1229 e, qualche anno dopo, divenne comandante anche delle truppe appartenenti al soppresso Ordine di Dobrzyń.

L'alimentazione dei militi dell'Ordine teutonico era costituita da latte, uova, una minestra di fiocchi d'avena e acqua. Chi aderiva non poteva far mostra del blasone, né cacciare (se non lupi e orsi). I castelli venivano eretti in pietra - e dal XIV secolo in mattoni - e questo fu di capitale importanza. Importante era anche l'impiego della balestra e della catapulta, perché consentivano di difendersi con piccoli contingenti.

Memore della passata esperienza con il sovrano ungherese, il Gran maestro dell'Ordine Hermann von Salza si fece confermare i diritti sui territori conquistati tramite la bolla d'oro di Rimini emessa dall'imperatore Federico II e la bolla d'oro di Rieti emessa dal papa Gregorio IX. Entrambe garantivano che dopo la conquista e conversione religiosa dei territori baltici questi sarebbero stati assegnati all'Ordine, garantendo all'Ordine teutonico la sovranità ed al suo Gran maestro il rango di principe imperiale.

La campagna di appoggio al duca polacco cominciò nel 1226. Corrado, dopo lunga esitazione, tramite il trattato di Kruschwitz (1230) assegnò all'Ordine la città e il territorio di Kulm (Chełmno).

La colonizzazione dell'Europa dell'Est
Negli anni trenta del Duecento, subito dopo l'annessione di Kulm, l'Ordine diede un forte impulso alla colonizzazione tedesca della Prussia orientale (Marienwerder, Elbing ecc.), portando il cattolicesimo sempre più a Oriente ed assorbendo i cavalieri dell'Ordine di Livonia (1237): tuttavia, questi ultimi seppero conservare sempre una qual certa autonomia, tanto da sopravvivere più a lungo dei teutonici. In quegli stessi anni passarono definitivamente sotto il controllo dei tedeschi parte della Livonia e della Lituania. Nel 1241 unirono le loro forze a quelle della Polonia nel tentativo di contrastare le orde mongole guidate da Batu Khan; la battaglia che ne seguì terminò con una sanguinosa disfatta per le forze della coalizione e lo stesso duca di Slesia Enrico perse la vita nello scontro, avvenuto a Liegnitz, nei pressi dell'attuale Wahlstadt.

Sperando che le invasioni svedesi e mongole avessero minato la potenza degli Stati russi, i Cavalieri teutonici attaccarono la vicina Repubblica di Novgorod e occuparono Pskov (in tedesco Pleskau), Izborsk e Koporye nell'autunno del 1240. Quando minacciarono la stessa Novgorod, i cittadini richiamarono in città il ventenne principe Aleksandr Nevskij, che avevano confinato a Pereslavl l'anno precedente. Durante la campagna del 1241, Alexander riuscì a riconquistare Pskov e Koporye dai crociati. Avendo udito che gli invasori germanici avevano bruciato sul rogo dei bambini, Alexandr rispose tenendo in ostaggio dei cavalieri e impiccando alcuni Voti (popolo locale alleato dei Teutonici) e dei fanti estoni.

Nella primavera del 1242, i Cavalieri teutonici annientarono un distaccamento in ricognizione dell'esercito cittadino di Novgorod circa 20 km a sud della fortezza di Dorpat (Tartu). Pensando di ottenere una facile vittoria, condotti dal Vescovo Principe Hermann von Buxhövden del Vescovato di Dorpat, i cavalieri e le loro truppe ausiliarie composte da Estoni Ugauni incontrarono le forze di Alexandr presso lo stretto passaggio che collega la parte settentrionale e meridionale (detta Lago di Pskov) del Lago dei Ciudi, il 5 aprile 1242, ma l'attacco terminò infelicemente con la disfatta del Lago Peipus, presso Vybiti. Tale sconfitta subita dai cavalieri dell'Ordine segna una battuta di arresto nella loro espansione verso est.

La conquista di Königsberg (1255) sarà seguita nei decenni immediatamente successivi dall'occupazione dell'intera Prussia Orientale e di ampie zone della Pomerania. Repressa un'insurrezione dei prussiani nel 1260, i Cavalieri, già famosi per i metodi brutali con cui imponevano la conversione al cristianesimo, procedettero a un largo sterminio dei popoli baltici, per lo più rimpiazzati da coloni tedeschi.

Nel 1283 si concluse la conquista e l'evangelizzazione della Prussia. Nel 1309 venne acquistata la Pomerelia a spese dei Polacchi e in quello stesso anno l'Ordine trasferì la sua capitale a Marienburg, nei pressi della città di Danzica. Approfittando delle lotte per il trono di Svezia, i teutonici si impadronirono di Gotland e, più o meno nello stesso periodo, strapparono dei territori ai duchi di Masovia. L'apogeo della potenza dell'Ordine fu raggiunto nel corso del XIV secolo, allorché fu completata la conquista della Livonia (città di Narva e Reval) e furono annessi alcuni importanti nuclei urbani lituani, fra cui la città di Kaunas.
Nel 1346 l'Ordine acquistò l'Estonia dalla Danimarca, e inoltre, nel 1398, con un accordo con il Granduca di Lituania Vytautas, che si preparava ad imporre a est il suo primato sulle terre russe, i teutonici ottennero la Samogizia e la Neumark (nel 1402).

Apogeo e decadenza
Alla sua massima espansione l'Ordine teutonico possedeva un vasto stato sovrano che dalle rive della Vistola arrivava fino all'Estonia:
 in Prussia (1230): Elbing (odierna Elbląg, 1212), Marienburg (Malbork, 1274-1460), Braunsberg (Braniewo, 1240-1466), Marienwerder (1233-1525), Königsberg (Kaliningrad, 1255), Wehlau (Znamensk), Tilsit (Sovetsk), Allenstein (Olsztyn, 1348), Graudenz (Grudziądz, 1220-1466), Insterburg (Cernjachowsk, 1336), Ermland (Varmia, 1243-1466), Tannenberg (Stębark), Lübau, Rüdau, Löchstadt, Fischhausen (Primorsk), Frauenberg (Frombork);
 in Samogizia (1384): Goldingen (Kuldiga), Memel (Klaipėda, 1252), cave d'ambra di Palmicken (Jantarnyj);
 in Curlandia (1230): Riga (1201-1561), Uxhüll, Kokenhausen, Jelgava, Rahden, Windau (Ventspils, 1378), Mitau (Jelgava), Dünaburg (Daugavpils);
 in Livonia (1237-1561): Dorpat (Tartu, 1224-1558), Wenden (Cēsis), Lemsal (Limbaži), Wolmar (Valmiera), isola di Gotland (1398-1408), Libau (Liepāja, 1263-1418);
 in Estonia (1346): Reval (Tallinn, 1228-1237, 1346;), Pernau (Pärnu, 1250-1562), Maholm, Narva (-1558), Wiek, isola Dagö (Hiiumaa), isola Ösel (Saaremaa, 1227);
 in Lituania (1398): Kauen (Kaunas, 1362-1469), Welun;
 in Pomerelia (1310): Danzica (Gdańsk, 1309-1454), Oliva (Oliwa), Dirschau (Tczew), Konitz, Bülow, Zarnowitz, Schwetz (Świecie), Pelplin, Neuenburg (Soldin, oggi Nowogródek Pomorsk), Stargard (in Pommern);
 in Kulmerland (1328): Kulm (Chełmno, 1226-1466), Kulmsee (Chełmża, 1251-1466), Thorn (Toruń, 1231-1328, 1343-1454), Gollob, Strasburg (Brodnica), Włacławeck (1100);
 in Neumark (1402): Küstrin (Kostrzyn nad Odrą), Driesen (Drezdenko).

Il 15 luglio 1410 l'Ordine subì una memorabile sconfitta a Tannenberg (Grunwald), in Prussia orientale, ad opera di polacchi e lituani: da allora iniziò un rapido processo di decadenza, culminato con il trattato di Toruń (1466). Con tale accordo l'Ordine teutonico riuscì a mantenere sotto il suo controllo i soli territori prussiani dovendo però riconoscere la sovranità nominale del re di Polonia su di essi. Si era definitivamente chiusa un'epoca.

Nel 1525 Alberto di Brandeburgo, Gran maestro dal 1511, aderì alla Riforma ed attuò la secolarizzazione dei beni dell'Ordine: col trattato di Cracovia venne riconosciuto duca ereditario di Prussia, la quale passò così alla casa di Hohenzollern, mettendo fine allo Stato teutonico. Dopo tre secoli l'Ordine teutonico perdeva la sua sovranità, pur tuttavia rimanendo in possesso di numerosi feudi imperiali e proprietà in Germania. Al Gran maestro venne concessa la dignità di principe-abate dell'impero con rango cardinalizio e la precedenza su tutti i vescovi e abati. La sede dell'Ordine fu trasferita a Mergentheim nel 1526, mentre il Gran maestro assunse come sua residenza il castello di Ellingen a nord di Weissenburg. Fu così riorganizzato in 12 province e baliaggi (Balleien) che si estendevano su tutti i feudi imperiali tedeschi:
 Turingia: con le tre commende di Zwaetzen, Lehesten, Liebstedt; aveva la contea di Hohenstein;
 Austria: con 10 commende e 7 parrocchie, avente il diritto di voto al Reichstag;
 Assia, con sede a Magonza poi Wetzlar (1693): con 6 commende: Marburgo, Magonza, Gelnhausen, Marienburg, Wetzlar;
 Franconia con la sede dell'Ordine a Mergentheim: avente 18 commende e 12 parrocchie e il diritto di voto al Reichstag: Münnerstad, Eschenbach, Sachsenhausen, Ehrenstein, Waldstetten, Gelchsheim, ecc.;
 Coblenza; con 6 commende di Colonia, Anversa, Coblenza, Muffendorf, Trar e Rheinberg ed il diritto di voto al Reichstag;
 Lorena con 6 commende e le tenute di Rachtig e Tammels;
 Alsazia e Burgundia, con sede principale ad Altshausen e con diritto di voto al Reichstag (1729), aveva 9 commende; contea di Bonndorf, Mainau, Beuggen, Horneck, Neckarsulm, Heilbronn, Blumenfeld, Kuesselburg, Grafenhausen, Ühlingen-Birkendorf, Merdingen, Lauchheim, Kapfenburg, Bodenburg;
 An der Etsch und im Gebirge ("all'Adige e nei Monti") con sede a Bolzano e avente 5 commende e 5 parrocchie; le commende di Bolzano, presso la chiesa di San Giorgio in Weggenstein, Vipiteno, Silandro, Longomoso al Renon e Trento, tra le parrocchie, Lana, Auna di Sotto, Sarentino;
 Utrecht, appartenente al ramo protestante dell'Ordine (indipendente dal 1637 come Ordine teutonico del Baliaggio di Utrecht);
 Alten Biesen con sede a Liegi, avente 13 commende;
 Sassonia con 5 commende;
 Vestfalia con 6 commende e 3 parrocchie (Morsbroich-Leverkusen).

Anche l'Ordine teutonico non fu risparmiato dalle secolarizzazioni napoleoniche. Ancora membro del Collegio dei Principi, nel 1801 fu depauperato di tutti i ricchi possessi posti sulla riva sinistra del Reno, perdendo così gran parte delle proprie rendite. Tuttavia, ricevette a compensazione vari capitoli, abbazie e conventi immediati in Austria e Svevia. I tentativi dell'ultimo Gran maestro sovrano, l'arciduca Carlo d'Asburgo-Teschen, di acquistare la dignità di grande elettore furono vanificati con la dissoluzione dell'Impero nel 1806; l'Ordine fu definitivamente soppresso come entità politica nel 1809.

L'Ordine teutonico contemporaneo

L'Ordine teutonico, ridotto alla sua originaria attività ospedaliera, continuò ad esistere in Austria. Solo a partire dal 1834 fu nuovamente chiamato in maniera ufficiale Deutscher Ritterorden (ordine cavalleresco teutonico). A partire dal 1804 fu posto sotto il protettorato e amministrato direttamente dai membri più alti della dinastia degli Asburgo fino alle dimissioni, nel 1923, dell'ultimo Gran maestro della casa d'Asburgo, l'arciduca Eugenio d'Austria, il quale in maniera illuminata, aveva compreso che l'unico modo per far sopravvivere l'Ordine era legarlo al papa e subcollarlo direttamente alla Santa Sede, attraverso il riconoscimento canonico. Tuttavia, il sospetto che l'istituzione fosse legata alla causa monarchica asburgica non venne meno ed i Teutonici subirono nel 1938, nonostante l'avvenuta trasformazione in ordine religioso non più militare, la persecuzione dei nazisti, notoriamente avversi alla Casa d'Austria, i quali soppressero l'Ordine nei territori austriaci e in Boemia-Moravia (1939).

L'Ordine teutonico, come da auspici dell'arciduca Eugenio e per volere di papa Pio XI, nel 1929 fu trasformato in un ordine canonicale, proteggendolo così definitivamente dal pericolo nazista e limitandone l'azione al solo campi assistenziale e spirituale.

Struttura dell'Ordine
Oggi l'Ordine dei Fratelli della Casa di Santa Maria in Gerusalemme è un istituto clericale a struttura meramente religiosa di diritto pontificio, anche se il Gran maestro, con dignità di abate mitrato, ha facoltà di concedere dignità equestri cavalleresche: la fons honorum, a tenore degli statuti del 1929, è direttamente quella del papa. All'Ordine è aggregata la congregazione delle Suore di carità dell'Ordine teutonico, poste sotto la direzione del Gran maestro, che rappresenta il ramo femminile dell'Ordine, le cui suore, sole nel panorama canonico, riconoscono lo stesso superiore del ramo maschile nella persona del Gran maestro. I membri dei due istituti, maschile e femminile, sono religiosi

Nell'Ordine è tradizionalmente sempre stata presente la componente laica, che è ora strutturata nell'Istituto dei Familiari, aggregato all'Ordine teutonico, associazione pubblica di diritto canonico, confermato dalla Santa Sede, e sottoposto alla vigilanza di quest'ultima, e posta sotto la direzione del Gran maestro. I membri, uomini e donne, di stato laico o spirituale (sacerdoti, vescovi e cardinali che non emettono i voti solenni), sono chiamati "Familiari" (familiares) o Cavalieri Mariani dell'Ordine Teutonico, possono posporre al loro nome la sigla FamOT, e possono aderire dietro prove di alta moralità ed integerrima fede cattolica, hanno lo status canonico ecclesiastico di terziari dell'Ordine teutonico con regola agostiniana e l'obbligo di ispirare la propria vita ai precetti evangelici e il dovere di recitare il rosario ogni giorno. I'Istituto dei Familiari si articola in Baliati (Ballei) e Commende (Komturei).

Tra i Familiari esiste una classe particolare destinata a persone meritevoli o benefattori di alto rango, che non siano già Familiari, che possono essere ammessi all'Ordine, in numero esiguo, come Cavalieri d'onore, senza gli stessi obblighi dei Familiari e con diritti d'onore nell'Ordine. La loro nomina è esclusiva del Gran Maestro. Tra le personalità ammesse a questa dignità: Konrad Adenauer, Otto e Carlo d'Asburgo, i cardinali Meisner e Schönborn, il vescovo Peter Kohlgraf, l'arcivescovo Stefan Heße, i duchi Filippo Alberto e Carlo Maria di Württemberg, il principe Francesco Giuseppe del Liechtenstein.

L'ammissione di Familiari spetta quindi solo al Gran Maestro; sua infatti la nomina ufficiale dei nuovi membri dell'Ordine e sua la benedizione delle loro insegne.

Fino al 1929 erano previste prove nobiliari molto rigide per l'accesso nell'Ordine, tanto che occorreva che i titoli nobiliari fossero di diretta promanazione imperiale; oggi la caratteristica nobiliare si è in parte perduta, anche se resta la necessità di appartenere a classi sociali di assoluto spicco oltre, ovviamente, a dimostrare piena fedeltà cattolica e coerenza di vita. In questo senso l'Ordine teutonico, attraverso i suoi canonici e cavalieri continua a raccogliere il fiore dell'aristocrazia cattolica (inteso in senso prettamente nobiliare ma anche culturale, scientifico, teologico, letterario) all'interno delle sue commende.

L'abito dei canonici consiste di una talare nera con fascia e un mantello bianco con la croce nera con bordi argentati; come decorazione indossano una croce pettorale al cordoncino nero triplice e una croce a spilla a forma di croce teutonica al petto sinistro. Per i Familiari il mantello è nero con la croce teutonica ricamata sulla spalla sinistra; la decorazione è una croce latina patente, nera con bordi bianchi, da portare al collo appesa a un fiocco per metà di colore nero e per metà di colore argento. Le vesti dell'Ordine possono essere indossate dai Familiari solo durante le funzioni sacre, nelle chiese dell'Ordine e nelle processioni, e solo partecipando collegialmente.

Il collare dell'Ordine per i Familiari e quello particolare per i Cavalieri d'onore deve essere restituito alla Cancelleria dell'Ordine in caso di rinuncia, espulsione e decesso dell'insignito, in quanto di proprietà dell'Ordine stesso.

L'ammissione all'Ordine, come detto, è manifestazione della residua facoltà equestre del Gran maestro concessa dagli Statuti approvati dalla Santa Sede. Si tratta comunque di concessioni sporadiche: in tutto il mondo i Cavalieri sono nell'ordine delle decine, ultimi custodi di una quasi millenaria eredità cavalleresca crociata in Europa e in Terra santa. L'Ordine si occupa di pastorale parrocchiale e gestisce ospedali, scuole, collegi per studenti e case di riposo: opera in Austria, Germania, Cechia, Slovenia, Slovacchia ed Italia con Baliati e Commende in Roma, Padova, Sicilia e Alto Adige; gruppi permanenti e organizzati di Familiari e Commende in corso di formazione sono altresì presenti a Torino, Bologna e Veroli;
nel 2005 l'Ordine contava 35 case ed 81 membri professi, dei quali 65 sacerdoti.

La sede centrale dell'Ordine teutonico si trova a Vienna in Singerstrasse 7, nei pressi dello Stephansdom. Allo stesso indirizzo si trovano la segreteria e il Gran magistero. Il Gran Maestro dell'Ordine teutonico, ufficialmente Hochmeister, letteralmente "alto maestro", è dal 1923 sempre un frate sacerdote (canonico), attualmente dal 2018 la carica è ricoperta da S.E. rev. ma mons. Frank Bayard, O.T.; il Gran maestro emerito è S.E. rev.ma mons. Bruno Platter, O.T. L'elezione canonica del Gran maestro viene confermata dalla Santa Sede e viene autorizzato a portare le insegne e il rango di abate mitrato. La benedizione abbaziale viene di norma sempre fatta nella Cattedrale di Santo Stefano a Vienna, per le mani del Cardinale Arcivescovo di Vienna e su mandato del Santo padre. Dopo la benedizione, il nuovo Gran maestro si reca processionalmente nella Sede dell'Ordine, adiacente al Duomo, solennemente accompagnato dall'Arcivescovo.

L'Ordine teutonico attualmente è presente solo in Europa e non possiede nessun tipo di altra rappresentanza nel resto del mondo. È diviso in baliati, alcuni dei quali hanno sotto la loro giurisdizione delle commende. La Procura generale presso la Santa Sede è a Roma in via Nomentana, 421. Il Baliato d'Italia per i Familiari è il "Baliato ad Tiberim", sempre a Roma, in via Nomentana, 421. A distanza di oltre 500 anni, il Gran maestro Bruno Platter, con decreto dell'8 dicembre 2009, solennità dell'Immacolata Concezione di Maria, Patrona della Sicilia, ha sancito il ritorno dell'Ordine in Sicilia, con la creazione della Commenda autonoma di Santa Maria degli Alemanni. Dal 17 ottobre 2013 la Commenda dell'Ordine teutonico di Sicilia ha la sua sede definitiva presso la Chiesa del Sacro Cuore in Monreale.

Onorificenze

Luoghi legati alla Storia dell'Ordine in Italia
 Chiesa di Santa Chiara (Bari)
 San Giorgio in Weggenstein (Bolzano)
 Ospedale Vecchio (Parma)
 Santa Maria di Selva della Rocca (Apricena)
 Abbazia di Casamari
 Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea (Veroli), nel cui tesoro è conservata la preziosa Stauroteca di oreficeria sveva, detta "Croce Teutonica", donata nel 1222 a Veroli dall'Imperatore Federico di Svevia a Papa Onorio III, auspice il Gran Maestro dell'Ordine Teutonico Hermann von Salza, presente all'incontro
 Chiesa di Santa Maria Lacrimosa degli Alemanni (Bologna)
 Abbazia di San Leonardo di Siponto (Manfredonia)
 Torre Alemanna (Cerignola)
 Chiesa della Magione (Palermo)
 Castello della Margana (Prizzi)
 Chiesa di Santa Maria Alemanna (Messina)
 Castello di Mesagne

Influenze nei media

Cinema
 Aleksandr Nevskij (Александр Невский), regia di Sergej Michajlovič Ėjzenštejn (1938)
 La chiesa, regia di Michele Soavi (1989)

Letteratura
 Trilogia del Teutone di Guido Cervo:
 La croce perduta, Piemme, 2010
 La battaglia sul lago ghiacciato, Piemme, 2011
 La setta dei mantelli neri, Piemme, 2013

Note

Bibliografia

 Pietro di Dusburg, Cronaca della terra di Prussia (1326), testo latino a fronte, traduzione e commento a cura di Piero Bugiani, CISAM, Spoleto 2012.
 Piero Bugiani, I Cavalieri Teutonici. Crudeltà dei pagani e vite esemplari dei fratres, in «Nobiltà. Rivista di araldica, Genealogia, Ordini Cavallereschi », 100 (2011), pp. 89–104.
 Piero Bugiani, Sul prussiano Criwe e la sua preistoria, in «Res Balticae», 12 (2012), pp. 25–37.
 Sylvain Gouguenheim, Le procès pontifical de 1339 contre l'Ordre Teutonique, Revue Historique, T. 310, Fasc. 3 (647) (Juillet 2008), pp. 567–603
 Henryk Samsonowicz I cavalieri teutonici, Storia e Dossier, Giunti Barbera Firenze, gennaio 1987.

Voci correlate
 Stato monastico dei Cavalieri Teutonici
 Gran maestro dell'Ordine teutonico
 Deutsches Eck (Coblenza)
 Nazionalismo tedesco

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Teutonico

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CAMPAIGN LESSONS: Winning for the Whitsundays
Tourism and Events Queensland wanted a campaign that would win back tourists for the Whitsundays from overseas destinations. The Hallway thought outside the box. Lucy Clark finds out what lessons were learnt along the way.
TEQ's brief to The Hallway was to create a socially-fuelled idea that would stimulate earned conversations and drive awareness of the Whitsundays as a holiday destination. The target audience was Australia's 'social fun-seekers' – people who are digitally savvy and socialise as much online as they do offline.
Simon Lee, creative partner at The Hallway, explains: "The Whitsundays was starting to lose it cachet as a world-class destination. Back in the '70s it was unmistakably a world-class, glamorous place to holiday. The social fun-seekers acknowledged it's beautiful, but were starting to see it as slightly boring – the Whitsundays was losing market share to overseas destinations."
Steve McRoberts, group executive for marketing at TEQ, adds: "We wanted to rebuild that reputation that the Whitsundays used to have, and give people a deeper understanding of what the islands have to offer."
The Hallway created 'The Whitsundays: A movie that's waiting to be written'.
The campaign ran on Facebook and invited people to write a scene of a movie, set in the Whitsundays. Every day for 21 days, a new photo was posted, along with a tip from screenwriter and campaign partner Craig Pearce (who wrote films including The Great Gatsby, Australia and Strictly Ballroom). A winning scene was picked by Pearce each day to continue the story.
One of Pearce's tips:
"We wrote the first scene, setting up the character of Jake sitting by a pool," says Lee. "Then a picture was posted and it was open to the public to write the next scene. Based on what people wrote, we then posted images for the next scene from a bank of photos we had shot. We were able to be totally reactive to what people wrote."
The opening scene:
Entrants were tasked with writing 100 words. The writer of every winning scene won a $500 movie voucher, and the writer of Pearce's pick of the best single scene won a $10,000 luxury holiday to the Whitsundays.
The grand prize winning scene (scene 5):
The insight
The insight that formed the backbone of the campaign was that nothing says 'world class' more than being a movie location.
"The truth that we hit on was that, with its fabulous location and activities, having a holiday there does actually feel like being in a movie," explains Lee. "From that thought, we decided to create an immersive experience that would enable and incentivise our target audience to discover this reality for themselves."
It was this insight – and having 100% confidence in it – that ensured the campaign's success, argues Lee.
"This was an experiment in contemporary crowd-sourced storytelling," he says. "But it could not have gone horribly wrong because of the parameters we set around it. You have to be confident in your insights, and you have to trust in the integrity of a great story. We never had a doubt that people would enter."
The launch
The campaign was launched with a video outlining the competition (below). The Hallway kicked off the campaign with a PR-led launch.
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Louise Pogmore, head of PR at the agency, says: "The beauty of the initial piece of content was that I used it as an editorial asset. It was a really compelling call to action. It was supported by YouTube pre-rolls and an exclusive partnership with Channel Ten, so the launch content was featured on The Project and Brisbane News. We also leveraged our biggest asset – Craig Pearce – with exclusive media interviews."
The competition attracted between 400 and 500 entries every day. There were 7,600 scenes written overall.
The average amount of time that people spent on the site was two minutes. The Facebook site attracted five million unique users, and 3.5 million people saw the launch movie trailer.
"The quality of the scenes that people wrote was really gratifying," says Lee. "We have a tendency, as people in advertising, to think that we are the only ones that understand storytelling. But everyone has a sense of story, so we saw a multitude of genres and exciting twists and turns. I was buoyed and encouraged by the quality and the level of participation."
Pearce's closing tip:
The lessons
Be responsive: Lee says that 95% of the comments during the competition were positive, but "there was one day when a few people were not as excited by that day's entry. We were able to respond to that by putting in new images". Pogmore adds: "That was one of the lessons – to be as responsive as possible and really listen to the commentary."
Time management: Pogmore outlines: "Crowd sourcing and real time optimisation is very time consuming. The competition was open from 8am to 9pm every day, so we had to work late into the night every night to do the final scene selections. That was a lesson."
Invest in talent: Lee believes featuring celebrities as the actors would achieve more success for the campaign. "In a blue sky world, where budget isn't an issue, I think it could have benefitted from having well known actors as the two main characters. If we did it again, I would invest in that if the budget allowed."
The value of a story: Lee explains: "Traditionally, the satisfaction has been at watching a 90-minute feature unfold. But here, the satisfaction is coming from each individual scene. There is something to learn around that attention span of a digital audience. Perhaps it indicates that scenes don't have to weave together with quite the same fluency that they have done traditionally to be compelling to an interactive audience."
Consumer insights: TEQ's McRoberts says he leant a lot from the competition entries. "It's amazing how many insights we got from consumers – some of the words and images they uploaded said a lot about their view of the destination."
The value of crowd participation: McRoberts says: "Crowd participation, if it's done strategically, is very powerful. It's not all about one-way communications anymore. It's definitely something we'll investigate further."
Traditional media: If they were to run the campaign again, McRoberts says they would use traditional media too. "TV is still a very powerful platform, we don't underestimate that," he explains. "TV could have brought another valuable angle to the campaign."
The Hallway is now working on an interactive visual of the entire "story universe" – all the entries received. The plan is to make it interactive so people can search and stitch together the narrative by genre.
"The final storyboard is one iteration of the narrative," says Lee. "But with all the entries, there is an almost infinite number of ways the scenes could be put together."


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Played the Jones course. Nice course to play. It was a little windy but really warm. I don't think it should cost as much as it does before the twilight rates kick in.
Played with my son and 2 other gentlemen today after driving 1 1/4 hours. Last time I played was 25 years ago. Layout is pretty nice and challenging. However fairways were burned out. Couldn't believe my eyes! When inquired about the burned out fairways, started and ranger indicated local municipality did not allow them to use city water to water the fairways. Probably because the bill was not paid. So for 9 days in all of the heat the area was under, the fairways suffered. Greens were OK. Not the fastest, but OK. Went to clubhouse and voiced displeasure. The lady behind the counter was very nice to talk to and she asked if I would return this year. I stated not until conditions improve. She gave us a rain check for 2 players since we were not real happy. Class act!! I would not play Jones course until conditions improve.
Thank you for the review - I am glad to see you were given a rain-check round as we want all our golfers to have the best experience possible.
Please allow me to shed some light as to why our course is in its current condition. We recently faced water restrictions mandated in response to the failure of the County water tank (which feeds our irrigation system). This led to increased demands put onto the City's water supplies.
In turn, our golf courses received water levels significantly below normal needs. It also coincided with the hottest and driest time of the summer.
Unfortunately for the Jones and Palmer, fairway turf quality took a hit. Poa annua (Jones' Grass) is less resistant to sweltering heats. Extensive re-grassing will now take place late-July. Bent grass (found on the Palmer) is more resistant to hot, dry conditions. Just four fairways will be reseeded, along with small swales and high tops.
We pride ourselves on being straightforward with guests. Our team is working tirelessly to restore Oglebay's championship-level conditioning standard. While I assume you we paid our 'water bill' we hope to see you back at Oglebay to use your rain - check round.
An excellent RTJones designed course.
This is a typical RTJones design. Most greens are elevated, so no way to roll up onto the greens. Greens large and rolling, fairly fast. Front nine is extremely hilly, don't even think about walking it! Back nine a little less severe. Played in slightly over 3 and one half hours. Quite a few forced carries to the start of the fairway, be sure to pick the length appropriate to your ability. A good 5 star course, wish it was a little flatter!
Played the Jones course, and it was an interesting layout. Had a few quirky L shaped holes, including 18, and 8 was a very tricky narrow tee shot with the hillside left and the fairway sloping towards OB right (the driving range). The rough was thick and lush, especially where there would be run off, which seemed a little penal since I had a few tee shots run just off the fairway thanks to gravity into rough that was more than ankle deep. Greens were in good shape, quick going down slow going uphill. Only main issue is it was very slow as you'd expect at a resort course - I started solo and played the first 6 or so holes in 30ish minutes. From there the last 12 took almost 3:30.
Overall though you can probably do worse and it's a fun mountain course. Find a deal online and it's worth the few miles from I-70 if you're driving through the area.
Took our annual 20 man buddies trip here for 3 days of golf and the golf courses were top notch but the staff screwed up our billing and demanded we pay more for our last day there, so we said see ya, thought it was bush league for them to ask us to pay more for their mistake.
Got a hot deal at $18, versus the rack rate of $69. Course may be a little overpriced at $69, as a lot of tee boxes are showing signs of heavy play. Greens , particularly on the back 9 are treacherous, do not get above the hole and expect to 2 putt. . #17 is borderline unfair, as drives all funnel into the rough, and the green is severely sloped.
Cart personnel and refreshment lady were great, and friendly. Course will shut down soon for Winter, try and snag a hot deal if you can this Fall.
Call before you go! We went on 10/10/16 for a 1:44 tee time. We were informed due to frost they were running an hour and forty five minutes behind. I didn't have frost at my residence so, had no clue. I realize they can't control the weather but also notice that they overbooked the course as groups were waiting for carts causing more delay. Evidently they don't have marshals on the course as at #7 tee there were 5 groups waiting to tee off. We were only able to get 14 holes in before it was too dark. I doubt that I will return.
Have played this course numerous times, but this was the first time in years. It's not my favorite course, simply because at times it can be flat out unfair - grass cut too low in certain spots and you are penalized for hitting fairways. This time around the greens were pretty beat up and it looked like they aerated somewhat recently. Fairways were shredded, not sure what had happened - not just bare spots, but multiple GUR locations. Booked online and it was a decent deal at $19 for 9 holes. Palmer/Wheeling CC significantly nicer.
Greens were a little rough but fairways were generally solid. Thick rough. Outstanding value for a RTJ designed course- thanks Military Tee Times!
9 out of 10.great course staff and amentities great!
Course is a beautiful one, extremely hilly with several blind shots. Unfortunately, they received 2 " of rain the prior day, so we were cart path only. The course is tough enough normally, without having to walk up and down huge hills on virtually every hole. Cart path only was the correct call, as there was quite a bit of casual water in low spots.
They say the locals prefer this course over the Palmer Course at Oglebay Resort, but after playing this difficult Robert Trent Jones layout, the only thing I can conclude is that because it's priced lower than the Palmer, the locals feel like they get more value here. Still, it's a great test, and you can understand how the better player would appreciate this RTJ design, which features very narrow fairways and even more sidehill lies than the Palmer Course. In fact, several times, I thought I turned the ball enough into the sloping fairways, only to find the ball still well into the rough. With that said, the course has great views, numerous blind shots and requires good players to hit all their shots. If you're a recreational player and can only play one of the championship layouts at Oglebay, I'd recommend the Palmer Course. But if you have time, play them both. They're quite different from each other.
We played the Jones Course on the 3rd day of our getaway. The course was in great shape and enjoyable even though I didn't play it well. The greens needed cut but really tough when you got on the wrong side of the hole. OVERALL a very nice day of golf !
Played the Robert Trent Jones, Sr. course the first day, the Arnold Palmer course the next. Both courses had their share of side-hill and blind shots, the Palmer one a little more though. That being said both were very nice to play, I'd definitely play there more if it was closer to home. There are plenty of great views from tee boxes and other areas on the course (see attached).
Oglebay is quite a facility. It has all the charm of an exclusive private club, but affordable. The Jones course is "links-style" with rolling fairways, bunkers, large semi-fast greens in distinctly Appalachian surroundings. It does have its challenges, but you can get away with less than your "A" game as long as you keep your ball away from the gorse. A low score can be had if you are on. It is in a protected area, so there are lots of critters to enjoy, especially families of deer. Marvelous round of golf. I will be back with more family in tow.


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import { Type } from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
import { RouteRegistry } from './route_registry';
import { Pipeline } from './pipeline';
import { Instruction } from './instruction';
import { RouterOutlet } from './router_outlet';
import { Location } from './location';
/**
 * # Router
 * The router is responsible for mapping URLs to components.
 *
 * You can see the state of the router by inspecting the read-only field `router.navigating`.
 * This may be useful for showing a spinner, for instance.
 *
 * ## Concepts
 * Routers and component instances have a 1:1 correspondence.
 *
 * The router holds reference to a number of "outlets." An outlet is a placeholder that the
 * router dynamically fills in depending on the current URL.
 *
 * When the router navigates from a URL, it must first recognizes it and serialize it into an
 * `Instruction`.
 * The router uses the `RouteRegistry` to get an `Instruction`.
 *
 * @exportedAs angular2/router
 */
export declare class Router {
    _registry: RouteRegistry;
    _pipeline: Pipeline;
    parent: Router;
    hostComponent: any;
    navigating: boolean;
    lastNavigationAttempt: string;
    previousUrl: string;
    private _currentInstruction;
    private _outlets;
    private _subject;
    constructor(_registry: RouteRegistry, _pipeline: Pipeline, parent: Router, hostComponent: any);
    /**
     * Constructs a child router. You probably don't need to use this unless you're writing a reusable
     * component.
     */
    childRouter(hostComponent: any): Router;
    /**
     * Register an object to notify of route changes. You probably don't need to use this unless
     * you're writing a reusable component.
     */
    registerOutlet(outlet: RouterOutlet, name?: string): Promise<boolean>;
    /**
     * Dynamically update the routing configuration and trigger a navigation.
     *
     * # Usage
     *
     * ```
     * router.config({ 'path': '/', 'component': IndexCmp});
     * ```
     *
     * Or:
     *
     * ```
     * router.config([
     *   { 'path': '/', 'component': IndexComp },
     *   { 'path': '/user/:id', 'component': UserComp },
     * ]);
     * ```
     *
     */
    config(config: any): Promise<any>;
    /**
     * Navigate to a URL. Returns a promise that resolves to the canonical URL for the route.
     *
     * If the given URL begins with a `/`, router will navigate absolutely.
     * If the given URL does not begin with `/`, the router will navigate relative to this component.
     */
    navigate(url: string): Promise<any>;
    _startNavigating(): void;
    _finishNavigating(): void;
    /**
     * Subscribe to URL updates from the router
     */
    subscribe(onNext: any): void;
    /**
     *
     */
    commit(instruction: Instruction): Promise<List<any>>;
    /**
     * Recursively remove all components contained by this router's outlets.
     * Calls deactivate hooks on all descendant components
     */
    deactivate(): Promise<any>;
    /**
     * Recursively activate.
     * Calls the "activate" hook on descendant components.
     */
    activate(instruction: Instruction): Promise<any>;
    _eachOutletAsync(fn: any): Promise<any>;
    /**
     * Given a URL, returns an instruction representing the component graph
     */
    recognize(url: string): Instruction;
    /**
     * Navigates to either the last URL successfully navigated to, or the last URL requested if the
     * router has yet to successfully navigate.
     */
    renavigate(): Promise<any>;
    /**
     * Generate a URL from a component name and optional map of parameters. The URL is relative to the
     * app's base href.
     */
    generate(name: string, params: StringMap<string, string>): string;
}
export declare class RootRouter extends Router {
    _location: Location;
    constructor(registry: RouteRegistry, pipeline: Pipeline, location: Location, hostComponent: Type);
    commit(instruction: any): Promise<any>;
}

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