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Music for Solo Performer. Alvin Lucier
May 29th, 17.00h. Korzo 5HOOG/Theaterzaal. Den Haag (The Netherlands)
Music for Solo Performer (1965) for amplified brain waves and percussion.
Performed by Alvin Lucier, Nicolas Collins and Anne Wellmer, with the cooperation of Royal Conservatory- and Royal Art Academy students: Michael Schunior, Alberto Novello, Juan Cantizzani, Auris Bavarkis, Pablo Sanz, Matteo Marangoni, Pepe Garcia / Slagwerkgroep Den Haag.
Listen to an extract from the performance here:
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The idea for Music for Solo Performer (1965) came out of a conversation I had in 1964 with physicist Edmond Dewan. I was teaching at Brandeis at the time and Dewan, a devoted amateur organist, had come over to the Music Department eager to share his ideas and equipment with any composer interested in exploring this hitherto uncharted region. At that time Dewan was engaged in brain wave research for the Air Force. It was believed that slow propeller speeds were locking onto corresponding brain wave frequencies of aircraft pilots, causing dizziness and blackouts. I was not composing music during this time and needed a new idea. With nothing to lose I took Dewan up on his offer.
Working long hours alone in the Brandeis University Electronic Music Studio with Dewan's equipment (two Tektronix Type 122 preamplifiers, one Model 330M Kronhite Bandpass Filter) I learned to produce alpha fairly consistently. I did not attempt any experiments in bio-feedback as such but was aware of the reinforcement of my own alpha-producing ability while monitoring in real-time the sounds that came out of the studio loudspeakers. As I was generating alpha in the Brandeis studio I was struck by the violent movement of the cones of the acoustic suspension loudspeakers that were moving in and out rapidly with large excursions. I realized that the loudspeakers were capable of doing physical work, not just reproducing sounds.
From the beginning, I was determined to make a live performance work despite the delicate uncertainty of the equipment, difficult to handle even under controlled laboratory conditions. I realized the value of the EEG situation as a theatrical element and knew from experience that live performances were more interesting than recorded ones. I was also touched by the image of the immobile if not paralyzed human being who, be merely changing states of visual attention, could communicate with a configuration of electronic equipment with what appears to be power from a spiritual realm. I found the alpha's quiet thunder extremely beautiful and, instead of spoiling in by processing, chose to use it as an active force in the same way one uses the power of a river.
In designing the work I decided to use alpha to resonate a large battery of percussion instruments, including cymbals, gongs, bass drums, timpani, and snare drums. In most cases, it was necessary physically to couple the loudspeaker to the instrument, although in the case of highly resonant bass drums and timpani, the loudspeaker could be place an inch or so away from the drumhead.
Music for Solo Performer was first performed on May 5, 1965 at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, with the encouragement and participation of John Cage. I sat on a landing between the two floors of the Museum, electrodes attached to my scalp. The mono output of the alpha amplifiers was routed to the inputs of 8 home stereo amplifiers, the outputs of which were sent to 16 loudspeaker-percussion pairs deployed around the Museum. During the course of the 40-minute performance Cage randomly raised and lowered the stereo amplifiers' volume controls channeling the alpha signal to various instruments around the room.
In 1982 two versions of Music for Solo Performer were released on Lovely Music LP VR 1014. On Side A the composer superimposed eight pairs of Western Classical percussion instruments, as well as a cardboard box and a metal trash can. On Side B Pauline Oliveros recorded four versions, each with a separate World Music percussion orchestra. For that version composer Nicolas Collins designed a number of voltage-controlled solenoids that were used as electric drumsticks to play various small drums and gongs.
This recording of Music for Solo Performer was produced under the supervision of Wesleyan Professor of Music Ron Kuivila with the assistance of Graduate Students Ivan Naranjo and Phillip Schulze and Undergraduate Forrest Leslie, at the Wesleyan University Experimental Music Studio, on December 8 and 9, 2007.
These recordings were mastered by Tom Hamilton.
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This text has been reprinted in the book "Everything is Real", published by TAG publishing, The Hague 2010.
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I am sitting in a room / Everything is real. Concert and lecture by Alvin Lucier
May 30th, 14.00h. Royal Conservatory. Den Haag (The Netherlands)
Listen to the lecture here:
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"I Am Sitting in a Room" was performed by Alvin Lucier and the Spatial Interaction Lab of the ArtScience Interfaculty, supervised by Edwin van der Heide.
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Aribo Admits Not Hitting Personal Target In First Season At Rangers
Rangers midfielder Joe Aribo has revealed that he did not meet his own expectations in his first season at Ibrox.
Aribo joined Rangers in he summer of 2019, penning a four-year deal at Ibrox after leaving English Championship club Charlton Atheltic; Steven Gerrard personally convinced him to make the move to Rangers.
The Nigeria international quickly
became a key man under Gerrard, who handed him regular game time and was glowing in his praise. The 23-year old revealed he has experienced a few ups and downs during his stay at the club, but is happy to be at Ibrox.
However, Aribo feels he did not live up to the expectations he set for himself at Ibrox in his debut season, but is aware of the nature of football and insisted overall he has had a good first year.
"I'd say I had a few ups and downs but as a whole I really enjoyed every minute of it," Aribo told Rangers TV.
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"Because you know that's how football goes you have your ups and downs anyway.
"I'd say I didn't really hit the heights I wanted to, stats and number wise. But altogether, it was a good year"
Aribo made 27 appearances in the Scottish Premiership last season, scoring three goals and registering three assists, and will be looking to hit the ground running when the new campaign kicks off in August.
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Sports d'Epoque pays tribute to Joseph Guillemot, 5000m Champion in 1920.
It was no mean feat as he was gassed during WWI and had a damaged right lung. He was up against Paavo Nurmi, the Finnish athlete who was on a roll at the time with 3 gold medals so far in this competition, and nicknamed the flying Finn.
Sports d'Epoque and its partner the National Sports Museum pay tribute to this Champion who, on this memorable day, wore the number 329.


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Aajeedh Khalique Net Worth, Age, Height, Relationship Status
Aajid Khaliq is an Indian singer and musician, mainly active in the Tamil film industry. He is known for his songs "KO KO KO" and "Angry Birds". In 2011, Aajid Khaliq participated in the reality show Super Singer Junior 3 and won the title.
He is best known for his TikTok and YouTube videos that went viral on social media overnight. Aajid recently participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil 4 as a contestant.
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Full Name Aajeedh Khalique
Nickname AK
Birth Place Tiruchchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Profession Playback Singer and Musician
Debut TV: Super Singer Junior 3 (2011)Song: Thikki Thenarudhu (2013)
Famous For Bigg Boss Tamil 4 Contestant
Hometown Tamil Nadu
School Alpha Wisdom Vidyashram Senior Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduNational Institute of Open Schooling
College / University Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Education Qualification Pursuing Graduation
Net Worth Under Review
Father Name Nisar Ahamed
Mother Name Shabana Begum
Brother Name Roshan Riyaz
Girlfriend –
Height (approx) in centimeters: 165 cmin meters: 1.65 min feet inches: 5' 5"
Weight (approx) in kilograms: 67 kgin pounds: 147 lbs
Phone Number 9190675747
Residence Address Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ajid Khaliq was born on March 19, 2002 and will turn 18 in 2020. He was born and raised in a middle-class family in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. His zodiac sign is Pisces.
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He completed his initial education at Alpha Wisdom Vidyashram High School, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. In 2018 she also visited the National Institute for Open School Education. She then enrolled at Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and is currently pursuing a BA in Visual Communication.
He was interested in singing and music from an early age and always dreamed of becoming a successful singer and musician in the entertainment industry.
Aajid Khaliq comes from a middle-class Muslim family from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is Indian by nationality and believes in the Muslim religion.
His father's name is Nisar Ahamed and he works for a private company in Chennai. Her mother's name is Shabana Begum and she is a housewife.
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Aajid Khaliq is a handsome boy with an attractive personality. He attaches great importance to fitness and health and spends hours in the gym. He is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs approximately 67 kg.
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Ajid Khaliq began his career as a singer and was a contestant on the reality show Super Singer Junior 3. He received an award for the show and a title from the Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman.
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We told you recently that Samsung is getting ready to launch the Galaxy A5 in South Korea, and yesterday some press material leaked revealing the new Galaxy Grand Max which we haven't seen thus far. The report also stated that both of these devices, along with the Galaxy A7, will be released in South Korea soon. Well, today we have some new info regarding this launch coming our way from Korea, so, let's see what's what.
According to a Korean portal Ruliweb, Samsung will launch the Galaxy A7 handset on January 14 alongside the Galaxy A5, keep in mind that the Galaxy A5 is already available in select parts of the world. We've already covered both of these devices at length, but let's check out their specs once again. Galaxy A7 is the more powerful of the two, this handset features a 5.5-inch 1080p (1920 x 1080) display along with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of in-built storage (expandable via MicroSD card). This thing is powered by Qualcomm's 64-bit Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.5GHz and it ships with a 2,500mAh battery. Android 4.4 KitKat comes pre-installed on this device with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top of it, of course. 13-megapixel camera is located on the back of this device, while there's a 5-megapixel shooter available on the front side of this handset. Galaxy A7 measures 150.9 x 75.9 x 6.3mm and weighs 133 grams.
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Singapore's Parliament discusses discrimination, payslips, leave, and more
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The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has recently released various parliamentary answers from Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo and Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad on issues including discrimination, payslips, leave, and foreign manpower.
Here's what the ministers have to say.
Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad on discrimination against people with disabilities (PWDs)
Responding to questions by Jurong GRC's Member of Parliament (MP), Rahayu Mahzam, the minister reiterated that MOM takes a serious view of workplace discrimination - including unfair employment practices against PWDs.
The questions by MP Rahayu Mahzam and corresponding response by minister Zaqy Mohamad are as follows:
From 2012 to date, what is the number of complaints received regarding job discrimination faced by people with disabilities?
During that period, about 1,600 complaints on workplace issues were received by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP). Among those, four complaints were allegations of discrimination against persons with disabilities.
However, upon investigation, TAFEP found no evidence of discrimination, with the main reason for the complaints stemming from poor communication and lack of sensitivity when working with PWDs. The cases were closed after TAFEP provided advice to the employers to improve their employment practices.
Minister Zaqy Mohamad ended the response by urging all individuals who feel discriminated against to approach TAFEP for advice and assistance, adding "MOM will not hesitate to take actions against offending companies and curtail their work pass privileges."
Whether the MOM will study the need for an anti-discrimination law to protect such persons?
"There is no conclusive evidence that anti-discrimination laws necessarily improve employability of persons with disabilities," minister Zaqy Mohamad said.
Rather, such laws may have the unintended consequence of deterring employers from hiring PWDs as employers may fear workers cannot be dismissed even with legitimate reasons or that their actions would be misconstrued as being unlawful.
Beyond legislation, the key to addressing discrimination is to change mindsets.
Giving some examples, minister Zaqy Mohamad said: "MOM supports employers through the Open Door Programme and Special Employment Credit scheme to improve employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. TAFEP also promotes fair and inclusive employment practices, and contribute to better employment outcomes for persons with disabilities."
Minister Zaqy Mohamad on itemised payslips
Responding to questions by Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC's MP, Zainal Sapari, on itemised payslips, the minister said MOM will continue to monitor the situation and work with tripartite partners to raise awareness and strengthen enforcement as needed.
The questions by MP Zainal Sapari and corresponding response by minister Zaqy Mohamad are as follows:
What is the number of workers who have lodged a complaint against their employers for failing to provide itemised payslips since the time such payslips were made mandatory on 1 April 2016? And how many companies have failed to issue itemised payslips to their workers?
Over the past two years, about 500 complaints were received by MOM against employers for not issuing itemised payslips.
Through proactive inspections on employers, another 1,200 employers were formally notified to rectify their practices.
What measures are being taken to educate and help employers, especially those in small-to-medium enterprises, in complying with the legislation to issue itemised payslips to their employees?
When the requirement was introduced, employers were given sufficient time to prepare with ample access to solutions and resources to comply.
MOM worked with tripartite partners and industry associations such as the NTUC U Care Centre, U SME, Federation of Merchants' Associations Singapore, and the Association of Small & Medium Enterprises to increase awareness and offer solutions.
Guidebooks on complying with the requirements and templates for payslips have been distributed to about 180,000 employers so far. Small and Medium Enterprises can also tap on HR Shared Services providers, such as those appointed under Enterprise Singapore's HR Shared Services scheme, to help them to be in full compliance with the law.
Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo on hospitalisation leave
In response to questions by K Thanaletchimi, NTUC central committee member and nominated MP, minister Josephine Teo explained that the Employment Act (EA) does not currently name the community hospitals as among the list of approved medical institutions for certifying hospitalisation leave.
The questions by MP K Thanaletchimi and corresponding response by minister Josephine Teo are as follows:
Is hospitalisation leave issued directly by community hospitals to an employee is recognised as hospitalisation leave by the employer? And will the Employment Act will provide for such recognition in light of increasing follow-up visits made by patients with community hospitals directly?
In general, community hospitals receive patients referred from acute hospitals. Hospitalisation leave certified by a doctor from an acute hospital remains valid under the EA, even if the patient is subsequently transferred to a community hospital. This remains the typical route by which patients enter the community hospital.
Currently, the EA does not name the community hospitals as among the list of approved medical institutions for certifying hospitalisation leave.
However, the minister acknowledges that hospitalisation leave issued for patients directly admitted to a community hospital should be recognised under the EA, similar to stays in other public hospitals. Hence, MOM intends to work with the Ministry of Health to update this list, and will consult the tripartite partners before finalising it.
Minister Zaqy Mohamad on foreign manpower
Responding to questions by Holland-Bukit Timah GRC's MP, Christopher De Souza, on foreign workers agency fees, the minister said Employment Agencies (EAs) operating in Singapore are not allowed to collect fees exceeding one month of the worker's salary for each year of contracted service here, capped at two months' salary.
The questions by MP Christopher De Souza and corresponding response by minister Zaqy Mohamad are as follows:
What enforcement actions have been taken against agencies who charge foreign workers more than the maximum cap for agency fees? And how have these enforcement actions benefited the relevant employees?
Between 2015 to 2017, MOM took action against 23 errant EAs for violating the rule above. Three were prosecuted and had their licences revoked while the remaining were given written warnings or had composition fines imposed on them.
MOM also helped the workers who were in Singapore to recover their excess agency fees in full.
What can be done to prevent a person from incurring overly burdensome debts to come to Singapore to work
While MOM has prohibited the EAs in Singapore from charging workers beyond the stipulated fee cap, it is beyond MOM's jurisdiction to regulate agents in the workers' home countries.
However, whenever MOM investigations reveal suspicious or irregular fee practices, pertinent information is shared with the foreign embassies to enlist their help to combat any malpractices in their respective countries.
What can be done to ensure that deductions from employees' salaries made by employers are legitimate?
When applying for Work Permits, employers are required to declare key salary terms, in particular the basic and fixed monthly salary, and salary deductions, to prospective foreign workers. These terms are stated in the In-Principle Approval (IPA) letters, which are available in the workers' native languages, and must be sent to the workers prior to their departure for Singapore.
Employers are not allowed to increase salary deductions from what was stated in the IPA, unless they have obtained the workers' written agreement and notified MOM of the revisions. In addition, these deductions must comply with the maximum deductions allowable under the EA.
Foreign workers who have had their salaries deducted without their written consent, or beyond what is allowable under the law, should report this to MOM as early as possible. This point will be made clear through the Settling-in Programme which will be gradually rolled out to all new non-Malaysian foreign workers in Singapore starting with those in the construction sector from October 2018.


Does Cocoa Beach Florida property owners insurance cover roof damage and roofing leakages?
Cocoa Beach Home insurance plan typically cover roof damage brought on by fire, vandalism and "acts of God," such as typhoons and twisters. Whether they will pay for damage caused by wind, rain or hail is figured out by your policy and the age of your roofing.
For example, if your roofing is less than Ten Years old, your insurance provider will likely cover the replacement in complete. An insurance company might not reimburse you if you have an older roof (specifically one that is more than Twenty Years old) or the company might just pay what it deems the roof is worth after years of wear and tear.
A dripping roof may be covered, but insurance coverage business believe homeowners should avoid leaks and subsequent damage. It depends on the property owner to take the essential safety measures to keep the home. If a dripping roofing isn't fixed effectively, an insurer might not cover damage.
Whether you're compensated partly, completely or not at all depends upon your policy, so inspect with your insurance provider if you experience any damage in your Cocoa Beach Fl home.
Take pictures of your roof so you have them on file in case of any damage. If your roof is damaged, then take a set of "after" images so you can document the damage and submit it to your insurance provider.
If your roof is more than Ten Years old, you may want to work with a roofing inspector who can inspect for any damage and areas that need repair.
Replace any damaged or worn shingles or tiles. A broken shingle may seem small, however it's not safeguarding your house and can lead to damage. An insurance inspector may perform a check of your home from the street. Insurance coverage business can cancel your policy if the house is thought about to be in disrepair which can include a dripping roofing and broken or displaced shingles.
Insurer cover roofing systems differently and your state can play a huge part regarding whether or just how much you're reimbursed. It's best to talk to your insurance coverage company if you have concerns about whether or not roofing system damage will be covered by insurance.
The timeframe an insurance provider provides you to sue can depend upon the type of damage and the business's policy. It's finest to contact your insurance provider as quickly as there is damage.
If possible, provide "previously" and "after" pictures to your insurance company so they can examine the damage.
Discover a certified roofing professional as soon as possible. A damaged roofing system is not correctly securing your home so you must get it fixed rapidly.
Jeff says changing a roofing can cost anywhere from $10 to $20 per square foot. He recommends that house owners check out the Roofing system Professional Institute's website to discover a qualified roofing system consultant to evaluate the roof or National Roofer Association (NRCA) to find a qualified roofing professional prior to making this significant investment.
Insurance provider view roofs as one of the most vital parts of a house because they safeguard homes from the elements. If you have actually a harmed roof, you're most likely going to have issues within your house that will result in more claims.
Wanting to limit the variety of claims that can come from a leaky roofing, numerous insurers are ending up being more restrictive with roof coverage.
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Museums in Brazil
House of Rui Barbosa Museum
Read more about House of Rui Barbosa Museum
"The mansion housing this museum was the home of Rui Barbosa, a legal expert, journalist, politician and - diplomat during the last 28 years of his life. Dating back to 1849, it is an important landmark in XIX century architecture in Rio, reflecting some neo-Classical influence.
Jalopy Museum "Reniero Bressan"
Read more about Jalopy Museum "Reniero Bressan"
Reniero Bressan was a master Ford mechanic. He died in 2001 and today his work is commemorated in this collection of 35 cars, mainly Ford models, but there are one or two other brands shown.
Read more about National History Museum
The National Historical Museum, created in 1922, is one of the most important museums in Brazil, consisting of over 287 thousand items, among which the largest numismatic collection of Latin America. The permanent exhibition, "From Early Travelling To The Automobile" tells the story of the country's form of travel, from the sedan chair carried by slaves to the automobile. There's a Protos among which was used in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1910s
Roberto Lee Museum
Read more about Roberto Lee Museum
The museum emerged from a private collection of automobiles and other mechanical parts acquired by entrepreneur Roberto Eduardo Lee, since 1948.
Two Wheeler Museum
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This museum, which has been around for more than 30 years, is the first and biggest motorcycle collection in Brasil. There are more than 300 bikes, including a Pannonia from Hungary and a Vespa from Italy.


It is obvious that the concept of truth has become suspect. Of course it is correct that is has been much abused. Intolerance and cruelty have occurred in the name of truth. To that extent people are afraid when someone says, "This is the truth", or even "I have the truth". We never have it, at best is has us. No one will dispute that one must be careful and cautious in claiming the truth. But simply to dismiss it as unattainable is really destructive. (...) We must have the courage to dare to say: Yes, man must seek the truth; he is capable of truth. It goes without saying that truth requires criteria for verification and falsification. It must always be accompanied by tolerance, also. But then truth also points out to us those constant values which have made mankind great. That is why the humility to recognize the truth and to accept it as a standard has to be relearned and practiced again. The truth comes to rule, not through violence, but rather through its own power; this is the central theme of John's Gospel: When brought before Pilate, Jesus professes that he himself is The Truth and the witness to the truth. He does not defend the truth with legions but rather makes it visible through his Passion and thereby also implements it.
Pope Benedict XVI Quotes. Jar of Quotes, 2019. https://www.jarofquotes.com/view.php?id=it-is-obvious-that-concept-truth-has-become-suspect-of-course-it-is-correct-that-is-has-been-much-abused-intolerance-cruelty-have-occurred-in-name-truth-to-that-extent-people-are, accessed .
Respecting the environment does not mean considering material or animal nature more important than man. Rather, it means not selfishly considering nature to be at the complete disposal of our own interests, for future generations also have the right to reap its benefits and to exhibit towards nature the same responsible freedom that we claim for ourselves. Nor must we overlook the poor, who are excluded in many cases from the goods of creation destined for all.
Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow. It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried out prudently, in dialogue with experts and people of wisdom, uninhibited by ideological pressure to draw hasty conclusions, and above all with the aim of reaching agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances.
We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to him, we must take a step towards meeting one another. To do this we must learn the great lesson of forgiveness: we must not let the gnawings of resentment work in our soul but must open our hearts to the magnanimity of listening to others, open our hearts to understanding them, eventually to accepting their apologies, to generously offering our own.
By itself, the question of the liturgy's essence and the standards of the reform has brought us back to the question of music and its position in the liturgy. And as a matter of fact one cannot speak about worship at all without also speaking of the music of worship.
The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time.
I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people, who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the Gospel, continue to thirst for authenticity, goodness and truth. Much remains to be done, particularly on the level of preaching and catechesis in parishes and schools, if the new evangelization is to bear fruit for the renewal of ecclesial life in America.
The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for the Lord, and the less freedom there is. It is my opinion that we ought to begin an unsparing examination of conscience on this point at all levels in the Church.
It is imperative that the entire Christian community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public moral witness presented by a militant atheism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres. The seriousness of these threats needs to be clearly appreciated at every level of ecclesial life.
One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay men and women [...] to cooperate generously in the 'missio ad gentes.' As Vatican Council II stressed, the work of evangelization is a fundamental duty incumbent upon the whole People of God.
Can we disregard the growing phenomenon of "environmental refugees", people who are forced by the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake it - and often their possessions as well - in order to face the dangers and uncertainties of forced displacement? Can we remain impassive in the face of actual and potential conflicts involving access to natural resources? All these are issues with a profound impact on the exercise of human rights, such as the right to life, food, health and development.
The Catholic community must offer support to those women who may find it difficult to accept a child, above all when they are isolated from their family and friends. Likewise, the community should be open to welcome back all who repent of having participated in the grave sin of abortion, and should guide them with pastoral charity to accept the grace of forgiveness, the need for penance, and the joy of entering once more into the new life of Christ.
The relationship between individuals or communities and the environment ultimately stems from their relationship with God. When 'man turns his back on the Creator's plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order.


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Květoslava Burešová (1933, Nepomuky u Staré Říše – 20. července 2008, Třebíč), byla významná česká ekopedagožka. Po celou kariéru působila jako učitelka, krom ochrany přírody vyučovala tělocvik, pozemkové práce a přírodopis. Je známa jako propagátorka školních zahrad. Byla činnou sokolkou a evangeličkou, podílela se na životě farního sboru Českobratrské církve evangelické v Třebíči.

V letech 1950–1953 vystudovala Pedagogický institut v Jihlavě. Mezi roky 1953 a 1956 učila na odborném učilišti v Trutnově, v letech 1957–1960 působila jako metodička tělesné výchovy. Od roku 1961 učila 33 let na Základní škole v Kněžicích, kde bydlela od roku 1956 do roku 1996 s manželem Vladislavem.

Ač začínala jako tělocvikářka, přes Hnutí Brontosaurus se dostala k ekologické výchově. Propagovala využití školních zahrad pro ekologickou výchovu a pro všechny vyučovací předměty. V roce 1995 uspořádala první celorepublikový seminář na toto téma, později zavedla tradici tzv. "Toulavých autobusů" po školních zahradách. Toto své životní téma završila rozsáhlou kolektivní publikací – manuálem Učíme se v zahradě.

Společně s manželem založili a vedli od roku 1973 oddíl Mladých ochránců přírody, později Stanici mladých přírodovědců při Lesní správě Jihlava. V roce 1988 zde založili i ZO ČSOP Kněžice, jejíž byla Květoslava Burešová dlouholetou předsedkyní. Nedaleko odsud v Nové Brtnici založila v roce 1990 Středisko ekologické výchovy Chaloupky. Až do své smrti zde působila jako programová ředitelka a metodička ekologické výchovy.

V roce 1997 obdržela cenu Rezekvítku za celoživotní přínos ekologické výchově Nestor ekologické výchovy, v roce 1999 Cenu ministra školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy. V roce 2004 jí byla udělena Cena ministra životního prostředí.

Jejím mottem bylo: "Řekni mi a zapomenu, ukaž mi a budu si pamatovat, nech mě udělat a budu si pamatovat na celý život."

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 Web sdružení Chaloupky o.p.s.
 Sedláková, Lenka: O lásce k přírodě slohovky nepište – rozhovor s Květoslavou Burešovou v časopise Sedmá generace 5/2007
 Květoslava Burešová v publikaci Osobnosti ekovýchovy, vydané v roce 2011 Ministerstvem životního prostředí

Ochránci životního prostředí
Čeští ekopedagogové
Členové Sokola
Nositelé Ceny ministra životního prostředí
Narození v roce 1933
Narození v Nepomukách (Stará Říše)
Úmrtí v roce 2008
Úmrtí 20. července
Úmrtí v Třebíči
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All aboard Olbrich's Holiday Express
The Flower and Model Train Show opens this weekend.
Hundreds of festive poinsettias and fresh evergreens are the backdrop to this year's featured carnival theme.
By Gabriella Rusk
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The trains are back on track at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens for the Holiday Express Flower and Model Train Show.
Members from the Wisconsin Garden Railway Society will travel from all over the state to show off their garden scale model trains. Hundreds of festive poinsettias and fresh evergreens are the backdrop to this year's featured carnival theme.
The circus theme includes clever displays, including a county fair food booth, topiary elephants, and a poinsettia ferris wheel.
It takes about a month to set up, but the planning and selecting the theme for each year starts about a year in advance.
It's all festive fun and carnival games at Olbrich Botanical Gardens! 🎄 We're giving you a sneak peek on @nbc15_madison at this year's Holiday Express Flower & Model Train Show before it opens this weekend. 🚂 pic.twitter.com/26JEBNLXcC
— Gabriella Rusk (@GabriellaRusk) December 2, 2022
Olbrich Botanical Gardens Marketing Manager Katy Nodolf says you may see a different train each time you visit this holiday season.
"There's a bullet train, a Santa train, a circus train, so you could see up to four different trains depending on which members are here," said Nodolf.
For many families, making a stop to see the Holiday Express is part of an annual tradition.
"I came here with my grandparents and now I get to bring my daughter and son," said Nodolf. "It's amazing it has continued for so long that you can come back with your kids and see something you remember when you were younger."
The Holiday Express Train Show is included in your price of admission to Olbrich Botanical Gardens, as well as the tropical Bolz Conservatory or the outdoor gardens. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children six and under.
December 3 - 31, 2022
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily
Closes at 2 p.m. December 24
Closed all day December 25
For more information, head to the Olbrich Botanical Gardens website.
The trains are back on track at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens for the Holiday Express Flower and Model Train Show.


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Not Snave , typical first post if it is, nothing to add, just snide comments, get your moderator hat on John!! https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/50497-snave/ Apologies if it's not you, but 2+2 makes 4 in this case.
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John and team, thanks for your support of XP, I moved away from 30 years of MFS and enjoy XP more, I was going to say your new scenery is the icing on the cake, but it's much more than that. XP11 is really lacking in some area's, but the future looks bright! I will be picking up Meigs this evening, I think the first FS I had was the one that only had Meigs field, the box came with a paper chart of the area and the VOR's, it may have been the bay area though, FS3 I think, 1988 when I was 13, I flew of off Meigs field 1000's of times in the Cessna, looking forward to your latest version.
It's 20:05 on the 21st here, I went with 1400Z tomorrow, as was mentioned in the other thread, pretty obvious now though.
Oh well, I read 22nd and thought of 14:00, cart was quite full but decided not to get caught at work doing private stuff. Will wait for the next one. Why not post the end time in Oz, CET, USA, would save the 13hr shift workers who can hardly keep their eyes open at work from missing out.
Great update. I have not been part of Orbx in 2016 due to a switch to X-plane 10, I fell in love with the IXEG 737 and haven't been able to let go. Took me a few weeks/months to get to grips with that sim and the general way it does things, very awkwardly at times. There are some great freeware airports out there. KBOS springs to mind, however you can still get down to low FPS, even though it's 64 bit. Would love to see Orbx do a similar mix of regions and airports in X-Plane where the runway was big enough for the 737 but remote enough to keep the sim smooth. Orbx on X-plane will be a dream for VFR lovers. The lighting system is so advanced compared to FSX, the character and atmosphere in the sim is way past anything FSX can generate, it's something that isn't programmed into the sim, it's just there. There are a lot of negative sides, but for me, the positives outweigh the negatives. I can fly the IXEG 737 on 20 consecutive flights to the US east coast, no need to reset my pc, no need to ever restart the sim, no stutters, constant 25fps, no pop up scenery, no blurries!!! Ok, it's not all perfect, the weather system looks fine but needs a major development with something like ASN, the AI system is poor, or at least it needs a lot of time to setup, as far as I know there is no plug and play Mytraffic or UT. With PMDG and ORBX onboard, we just need a good GA aircraft from Orbx, RealAir, A2A to really advance this sim! Carenado do a lot of stuff from X-plane, but without being rude, they are pretty poor compared to others. Living is Switzerland, I have had Aerofly FS for years, played it quite a bit. It has a lot of positives, but many negatives. I haven't tried it for a few months so maybe there are some updates. The flight model on the whole is ok, if you fly it in a sensible fashion it reacts quite well, if you fly it in a highly unrealistic fashion, it plays along and your aircraft flies in a crazy way too! The flight engine is basically a training software for RC model flying, Aerofly FS simply puts you a cockpit and with some great photscenery to fly in...just be gentle on the controls. Loads of potential though... EDIT, and there you see, Aerofly FS2, told you I haven't looked at it for months!! I need to check that out Good luck Orbx with your plan, if you develop for X-plane, my credit card is at the ready!
What annoys you the most about current flight sims?
Lack of feeling of flying through moving air and turbulence. No matter how bad the weather, you really need so little control input to hold the aircraft steady. It's annoying when you watch real life videos and see the amount of control required. Majestic come closest, the rest are very far away. This was my once biggest shock when I flew a 152 and a glider in real life, no FS is just too easy. Example here from 21mins onwards.
Get well soon, hope the food isn't too bad! Gonna be in the lakes next week, can drop in a wee short crust pastry steak pie or a Cumberland!
Great site, very interesting to compare to the metars in asn. Surface snow is a cool feature.
PMDG 737/are there different levels of difficulty?
It does meet your criteria. It can be flown in a very simple manner or as complicated as you want. You do need a little bit of patience to learn how to do that though. Cost, that's a personal choice.
Well, I'm the only one who commented on people not using this discount, flame mode off, as long as your happy not to use it then fair enough.
To a new use like the OP, buying Global and Vector will give him a nice discount, enought for a region plus airfield or similar. Not sure what you gain from posting that you can't be bothered to use this discount, unless your intention is to insult Orbx for doing it or not giving more.
Exactly, blown out of proportion, everyone makes mistakes. Sure it will be sorted out. I saw this statement too, I only had to wait a few days to see if it came true, common sense!


The candidate for this position will be safety oriented, extremely motivated, and must be able troubleshoot and perform preventative maintenance for the mechanical equipment in the plant. Candidates must be proficient in the basic electrical theories learned in " A" school. They will perform mechanical, electrical and electronic repair and maintenance on equipment used in various stages of the steel production process. They will work with a variety of systems and equipment including but not limited to PLCs, high voltage electrical systems, electrical motors, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, AC/DC drives, and power distribution systems. Employees will be direct hires for the company and will not be asked to participate in a union environment. Eventually employees will work rotating day and night shifts.
$65, 000+ salary to start depending on background and experience. Aggressive bonus structure with the possibility of earning 80-170% of base wage in bonuses. Total compensation for this position can reach as high as $80K depending on company, team, and personal performance; Full benefits- Medical, Dental, 401(k), Workers Comp, paid holidays, Pension Plan; Potential within the company to grow and lead at this plant or other company facilities across the country.


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package mindomset.algorithm.chapter7;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import mindomset.datastructure.graph.Graph;

import com.carrotsearch.hppc.cursors.IntCursor;

public class Algorithm34Vertex extends Thread {
	private Graph g;
	private LinkedHashSet<Integer> W;
	private Set<Integer> S;
	private Set<Integer> G;
	private Integer v;
	private Object lock;
	private Object waitingForSpans = new Object();
	private Map<Integer, Integer> spans;
	private LinkedHashMap<Integer, Algorithm34Vertex> instances;
	private final Object canJoinLock = new Object();
	private Integer canJoin = 0; // mutex - how many unfinished joins are in
								// neighbourhood
	private LinkedHashSet<Integer> dist2notSorG;
	private final Object wLock = new Object();
	private Integer w;

	public Algorithm34Vertex(Graph g, Integer v, Set<Integer> S, Set<Integer> G,
			LinkedHashMap<Integer, Algorithm34Vertex> instances, Object lock) {
		this.g = g;
		this.v = v;
		this.S = S;
		this.G = G;
		this.instances = instances;
		this.W = new LinkedHashSet<>();
		for (IntCursor intcur: g.getN1(v)) {
			this.W.add(intcur.value);
		}
		this.spans = new LinkedHashMap<>();
		this.dist2notSorG = new LinkedHashSet<>();
		for (IntCursor intcur : g.getN2(v)) {
			this.dist2notSorG.add(intcur.value);
		}
		this.lock = lock;
		this.w = computeSpan(v);
	}

	private boolean hasWhiteNeighbours(Integer v) {
		Set<Integer> A;
		synchronized (W) {
			A = new LinkedHashSet<>(W);
		}
		A.remove(v);
		return !A.isEmpty();
	}

	private Integer computeSpan(Integer v) {
		Integer result;
		synchronized (W) {
			result = Integer.valueOf(W.size());
		}
		return result;
	}

	public void recieveSpan(Integer from, Integer span) {
		synchronized (spans) {
			spans.put(from, span);
			// System.out.println("span recieved from " + from + " at " + v +
			// " value " + span);
		}
		synchronized (waitingForSpans) {
			waitingForSpans.notifyAll();
		}
	}

	public void recieveRemoveFromW(Integer from) {
		synchronized (W) {
			W.remove(from);
			// System.out.println("W remove recieved from " + from + " at " +
			// v);
		}
		synchronized (wLock) {
			w = computeSpan(this.v);
		}
	}

	public void recieveJoinS(Integer from) {
		synchronized (dist2notSorG) {
			dist2notSorG.remove(from);
		}
	}

	public void recieveJoinG(Integer from) {
		synchronized (dist2notSorG) {
			dist2notSorG.remove(from);
		}
	}

	private void joinS(Integer v, Graph g) {
		synchronized (dist2notSorG) {
			System.out.print(v + " <-- ");
			System.out.print(dist2notSorG);
			for (Integer v2 : dist2notSorG) {
				instances.get(v2).takeABreakPlease();
				// System.out.println(instances.get(v2).getW());
			}
			for (Integer v2 : dist2notSorG) {
				Algorithm34Vertex alg = instances.get(v2);
				alg.recieveRemoveFromW(v);
				// alg.recieveSpan(v, 0L);
				if (!v2.equals(v)) {
					alg.recieveJoinS(v);
				}
			}
			synchronized (lock) {
				// System.out.println("S += " + v);
				S.add(v);
			}
			System.out.println(" --> " + v);
			for (Integer v2 : dist2notSorG) {
				instances.get(v2).thankYou();
			}
			dist2notSorG.remove(v);
		}
		return;
	}

	private void joinG(Integer v) {
		synchronized (G) {
			G.add(v);
		}
		for (Integer v2 : dist2notSorG) {
			Algorithm34Vertex alg = instances.get(v2);
			alg.recieveRemoveFromW(v);
			// alg.recieveSpan(v, 0L);
			if (!v2.equals(v)) {
				alg.recieveJoinG(v);
			}
		}
		return;
	}

	public void thankYou() {
		// System.out.print(v + " resumed. ");
		synchronized (this.canJoinLock) {
			this.canJoin = this.canJoin + 1;
		}
	}

	public void takeABreakPlease() {
		// System.out.print(v + " is taking a break. ");
		synchronized (this.canJoinLock) {
			this.canJoin = this.canJoin - 1;
		}
	}

	public Set<Integer> getW() {
		return W;
	}

	public boolean recievedFromAll() {
		boolean b = false;
		synchronized (dist2notSorG) {
			b = spans.keySet().containsAll(dist2notSorG);
		}
		return b;
	}

	@Override
	public void run() {
		while (true) {
			if (hasWhiteNeighbours(v)) {
				w = computeSpan(v); // span

				synchronized (dist2notSorG) {
					for (Integer v2 : dist2notSorG) {
						instances.get(v2).recieveSpan(v, w);
					}
				}
				synchronized (waitingForSpans) {
					while (!recievedFromAll()) {
						try {
							waitingForSpans.wait(0, 1000);
						} catch (InterruptedException e) {
							e.printStackTrace();
						}
					}
				}

				// if (spans.keySet().containsAll(dist2notSorG)) {
				LinkedHashMap<Integer, Integer> oldspans = new LinkedHashMap<>();
				oldspans.putAll(spans);
				w = computeSpan(v);

				boolean isBiggest = true;
				synchronized (dist2notSorG) {
					for (Integer v2 : dist2notSorG) {
						Integer getV2 = spans.get(v2);
						if ((getV2 > w)
								|| ((getV2.equals(w)) && (v2 < v))) {
							isBiggest = false;
						}
					}
				}
				if (finalTest(isBiggest)) {
					joinS(v, g);
					System.out.println("koniec+ " + v);
					return;
				}
				spans.clear();
				// }
			} else {
				joinG(v);
				System.out.println("koniec- " + v);
				return;
			}
		}
	}

	private boolean finalTest(boolean isBiggest) {
		boolean b = isBiggest && hasWhiteNeighbours(v);
		synchronized (canJoinLock) {
			b = b && (canJoin == 0);
		}
		return b;
	}
}

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Value Added Tax (VAT), stamp duty, State Excise, land revenue and tax on professions are levied by the State Governments. Local bodies are empowered to levy tax on properties, octroi and for utilities like water supply, drainage etc.
In last 10-15 years, Indian taxation system has undergone tremendous reforms. The tax rates have been rationalized and tax laws have been simplified resulting in better compliance, ease of tax payment and better enforcement. Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime shall be implemented soon.
Companies residents in India are taxed on their worldwide income arising from all sources in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Non-resident corporations are essentially taxed on the income earned from a business connection in India or from other Indian sources. A corporation is deemed to be resident in India if it is incorporated in India or if it's control and management is situated entirely in India.
Domestic corporations are subject to tax at a basic rate of 30% and surcharge varying from 0-12 % depending on the total income.
Foreign corporations have a basic tax rate of 40% and surcharge of 0-5% depending on the total income. In addition, an education cess at the rate of 3% on the tax payable is also charged.
Domestic corporations have to pay dividend distribution tax at the rate of 16.995% (including a 12% surcharge and a 3% education cess)on dividends declared. However, such dividends received are exempt in the hands of recipients.
LLP's are required to pay tax @30%+surcharge+education cess. There is no tax on profits distributed.
Corporations also have to pay for Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT).In cases where the tax payable according to regular tax provisions is less than 18.5% of their book profits, corporations must pay 18.5% (plus surcharges and cess as applicable).
Alternate Minimum Tax (AMT) for partnership firms, LLP etc. In cases where tax payable according to regular tax provisions is less than 18.5% of adjusted total income, then AMT on such total income at the rate of 18.5% (plus applicable cess) has to paid.
Branch Office/Project Office/Liasion Office or Permanent Establishment: The fixed place of business in India is treated as a permanent establishment an is required to pay tax @40%+surcharge+education cess. There is no tax on profits distributed.
• In case of shares, securities listed on a recognized stock exchange in India, units of specified mutual funds, the period for holding is one year.
1,000,000 and above Rs1,25,000 + 30% of the amount exceeding Rs 1,000,000.
Surcharge of 12% on total tax is levied if income exceeds Rs. 100,00,000.
Education cess (total) : 3 percent of income tax and surcharge.
• Deductibility of certain expenses subject to certain conditions.
Manufacture of goods in India attracts Excise Duty under the Central Excise act 1944 and the Central Excise Tariff Act 1985. Herein, the term Manufacture means bringing into existence a new article having a distinct name, character, use and marketability and includes packing, labeling etc.
Excise duty rates has been fixed at 12.5% applicable from March 01, 2015. Education cess and secondary and higher education cess has been subsumed in the Central Excise duty.
• Education cess and Secondary and Higher education cess to be subsumed in the Central Excise duty.
• Online central excise and service tax registration to be done in two days.
Central Excise duty is administered by the Central Board of Excise and Customs.
The levy and the rate of customs duty in India are governed by the Customs Act 1962 and the Customs Tariff Act 1975. Imported goods in India attract basic customs duty, additional customs duty and education cess. The rates of basic customs duty are specified under the Tariff Act.
Custom duty rates depend on classification under the customs tariff.
Customs duties in India are administrated by Central Board of Excise and Customs under Ministry of Finance.
• Basic Custom duty on certain inputs, raw materials, intermediates and components in 22 items, reduced to minimise the impact of duty inversion.
Service tax is levied at the rate of 14% on certain identified taxable services provided in India by specified service providers. Service tax on taxable services rendered in India are exempt, if payment for such services is received in convertible foreign exchange in India and the same is not repatriated outside India. The Cenvat Credit Rules allow a service provider to avail and utilize the credit of additional duty of customs/excise duty for payment of service tax. Credit is also provided on payment of service tax on input services for the discharge of output service tax liability.
4. Service provided by employee to employer in the course of employment.
Services provided outside India will not be liable to service tax. Such services will be deemed as exports, subject to the fulfilment of conditions.
• Service-tax plus education cesses increased from 12.36% to 14% to facilitate transition to GST.
A Central Sales Tax at the rate of 2% is also levied on inter-State sales.


Why Your Hot Air Tool Needs Airflow - Articles - STANMECH Technologies Inc.
Adequate airflow ensures safe operation of a tool because while the air is heated by the element, the temperature of the element is subsequently kept lower because of the transfer of energy to the airflow. This transfer of energy keeps the element at a safe operating temperature and allows for high temperature outputs. Air must continually pass through the heating element to ensure the temperature does not exceed the safe limits of the materials.
When shutting down Leister heaters it is important to allow them to cool to ambient temperature before the airflow is turned off. This is accomplished by reducing the heating power of the tool to zero and allowing the air to continue running for several minutes. STANMECH recommends a 5 minute cool down period as a rule of thumb. If a cool down cycle is not performed at shutdown and the tool is turned off hot, the ceramic portion of the heating element will suffer from thermal shock and can crack. This will also drastically reduce the expected life span of your heating element.
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ASTANA TEAM PROFILE 2010
There is much that is unique about Kazakhstan, but it must be the only country in the world where the coach of the national football team has been heard to complain that the nation's cyclists enjoy a higher profile and greater financial resources are available to the athletes pedalling on two wheels than their counterparts kicking round balls.
That, however, was the claim made by the former soccer team head Arno Pijpers after he was sacked by the Kazakh Football Federation following his team's failure to qualify for the World Cup. Indeed, at the time of Pijpers' removal, one explanation that was suggested was that the state-sponsored professional squad Astana – named after president Nursultan Nazarbayev's sparkling new capital city – had been so successful that it was impossible for the soccer players to match them. Pijpers himself commented that the president's interest in cycling meant it was far easier for the cyclists to get big sponsors than for his soccer players.
It is all part of a bigger picture in which, through its sponsorship of the Astana squad, Kazakhstan has turned itself into one of the biggest movers in professional cycling worldwide. Since their foundation in late 2006 Astana have scored two wins in the biggest and toughest cycling event in the world, the Tour de France, as well as victories in the other three-week Tours, Spain and Italy and a host of lesser races worldwide. Alongside Kazakh national hero Alexandr Vinokourov – universally known as 'Vino' – who was the prime mover when it came to finding sponsorship money in his homeland, the team currently boasts the undisputed world No1 when it comes to stage racing, the Spaniard Alberto Contador.
On the back of the team's success, it is likely that major cycle races may be brought to Kazakhstan. This summer the president of the International Cycling Union Pat McQuaid was expected to visit the country in the company of the greatest cyclist ever, Eddy Merckx, to investigate the possibility of its hosting one or two rounds of the ProTour series. This is a calendar of international races that draws the best teams in the world and which already includes nations outside cycling's West European heartland: the USA, Australia, Poland. The inclusion of races in Kazakhstan would be a springboard to nations further East with a growing interest in cycling: China, Japan.
The blond, taciturn Vinokourov is one of the most charismatic racers in pro cycling. He is synonymous with the Astana team having been behind its formation in 2006. "The idea of a Kazakh team had been in the air since 2000, just after the Sydney Olympics," explained Vinokourov. "My silver medal was a huge turning point in my country" – the Olympic Games had of course enjoyed colossal prestige in all the countries of the former Eastern bloc since the post-war years – "and everyone became much more interested in professional cycling. The administrators saw what was going on, and realised that they could have a professional team as well. The cycling tradition in our country goes back to the days of the Soviet Union. There have always been good Kazakh cyclists, because we have the countryside and the climate you need to progress. We have everything: flat roads, high mountains, fine roads."
Now 36, Vino' began racing in his native Petropavlovsk when he was only 13. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the droves of promising young cyclists produced by the academies of the former Soviet sports system had headed west to seek their fortunes in France and Italy, where there was good money to be made on two wheels. Vino' was typical of the breed: well drilled, hard as nails and willing to work hard to succeed. From 1996 he raced out of the grim French industrial city of Saint Etienne: now he lives in Monaco. A little nucleus of fellow Kazakhs formed around him in France: for Vinokourov a personal turning point came when one of their number, Andrei Kivilev, died in a racing accident early in 2003. Afterwards Vino' raced even more aggressively, dedicated his wins to Kivi and formed a Foundation to care for his extended family. That year, he threatened Lance Armstrong's domination in the Tour de France, and eventually finished third overall.
By the time he won a silver medal at Sydney Vino' was already established as one of the big characters in professional cycling. That was partly down to his piercing blue eyes and air of impenetrable confidence, but also the way he raced: Vino' holds nothing back and is a master at choosing the perfect moment to launch a searing attack. He was particularly popular in France but he never forgot about his fellow cyclists back home. Early in his career as a pro he donated bikes to the Kazazh Cycling Federation, and 20 sets of cycling kit to his old club in Petropavlovsk. It was well known that if an ambitious young Kazakh cyclist wanted to find a place at a French team, his first call would be to Vino', who would smooth the way. And as his profile at home rose – after Sydney he was given a captain's rank in the army and received as a national hero by president Nazarbayev – he became friendly with the then prime minister Danial Akhmetov, a former cyclist himself. Akhmetov would later become president of the national cycling Federation.
Vino' himself is one of a handful of cyclists who crystallise the issues currently facing their sport. In July 2007, his expulsion from the Tour de France after a positive test for blood doping shocked many observers, because Vino's never-say-die attacking style and nose for the perfect moment to make his move had made him a darling to the media and the fans. In April this year, having served his two-year-ban, he snatched victory in one of cycling's most prestigious one-day races, the Belgian Classic Liege-Bastogne-Liege, but he was booed at the finish by sceptical fans. But Vino' himself is adamant that he is racing "clean" and other stars have called for him to be given the benefit of the doubt. "I never stopped training," he said when asked to explain his form. "In January to prepare for this season, I was doing seven-hour rides in the mountains." Well before the 2010 Tour de France started, Vino' had established himself as one of the season's stars, thanks to that Classic win and a spell in the race leader's jersey at the Giro d'Italia.
The name Astana was first seen in cycling in mid-2006, when Vinokourov brought in finance from his home land after his team of the time, Liberty Seguros, when their sponsors quit a few weeks before the Tour due to a doping scandal involving their manager of the time. The moment was timely. Kazakhstan was looking for ways to raise its profile on the international stage, and professional cycling is one of the best ways to do that. It has a world calendar, copious amounts of live television coverage – particularly for the Tour de France – and a sponsorship system similar to that of Formula One, in which major backers acquire name identification with the team they finance, rather than being a mere presence on the strip.
Since 2006, a graph of the team's fortunes would resemble the profile of a mountain stage in the Tour de France: some incredible highs, and corresponding low points. It has been a roller-coaster ride. "Many ups and downs, but our strength is to retain only the best moments and use the bad to rebound," says Vinokourov. The team in the Kazakh national colours, light blue and yellow, with the emblem of the sun on its jersey, has been through three different management structures in four seasons and has been restructured twice. But that reflects the current instability of professional cycling, which is expanding rapidly worldwide, and is still struggling across the board to come to terms with a drug problem that has proved more deeply embedded than administrators and fans initially hoped.
In 2006, the Kazakh team didn't actually start the Tour, in spite of frenetic work to put logos and team colours in place on the Liberty Seguros kit, bikes and buses. They got to the start in Strasbourg, but the Tour was rocked that year by a doping scandal, with a large group of riders excluded just before the flag dropped: Astana lost several riders and did not have enough personnel to ride the race. Vinokourov was not one of the accused but was denied a chance to race. He showed what might have been when he wore the team's colours to a win in that autumn's Vuelta a Espana, the three-week Tour of Spain, with his team mate and fellow Kazakh Andrei Kashechkin in third.
For 2007, the squad was completely overhauled, and a fully-fledged team was overseen by the Swiss businessman Mark Biver. The jersey bore the names of Kazakhstan's national rail and air companies, and the state-owned mining and oil and gas enterprises. Vinokourov brought in a strong mix of riders from his homeland and former team mates from the top German squad T-Mobile. In July 2007, the team started its first Tour de France in London. The way the team is seen in its homeland was made immediately obvious to Tour followers when the ambassador Erlan Idrissov hosted a team launch at the Institute of Directors. Before the assembled media, Idrissov waxed lyrical about Vinokourov, describing him as "a snow leopard," comparing him to Alexander the Great and adding "he is called a dark horse by the media. For the Kazakhs, this is a good thing. In our culture, horses symbolise independence and strength."
This underlined one of the most unusual aspects of the Astana team: its stature as a de facto "national" team, with a core of Kazakhs on a mission to promote their homeland. This notion not completely unique in cycling, however. Although the bulk of professional cycling teams are sponsored by companies that wish to advertise and market products as diverse as pregnancy testing kits and satellite, Astana is not the only "national" team within the pro side of the sport.
The pioneer in that respect is a far smaller yet equally proud nation: the Basque Country, which founded its own "national" squad, Euskadi, in 1995. Now sponsored by the Basque phone company Euskaltel, the squad is more narrowly nationalist than Astana in that it only hires riders and staff who come from the Basque-speaking areas of France and Spain. Astana on the other hand, has a fully international staff, with sports directors from France, Italy and Russia overseeing cyclists from Australia, Italy and Spain around the Kazakh core led by Vinokourov. In this it is similar, for example, to the British squad Team Sky, which has a nucleus of British riders supported by international team mates and sports directors.
Where the Astana team is unique, however, is in its finance, which comes from the national holding company Samruk-Kazyna, whose backing for 2010 is worth an estimated £15million GBP. Samruk is to finance the team until 2012 at least. The company was formed in late 2008 after the merger of the company that manages Kazakhstan's state assets (Samruk) and the country's sustainable development fund (Kazyna). Its website states that the company's key purpose is "to manage the shares of national development institutions, national companies and other entities it owns to maximise their long-term value in the world markets." It is a massive, diverse brief which underpins much of the country's economy. In cycling terms, no other team has a backer of such magnitude.
That stems from a subtly different mindset to that of free-market based Western Europe. "Samruk is a state foundation that draws together the main natural resources of the country," explains Vinokourov. "It stands for Kazakhstan's economic power and it supports projects that have national significance. The Astana team is one of those projects that have huge value for the way our country is seen throughout the world. Our economic system is essentially dependent upon the state and it is inconceivable that a cycling team that is flying the national flag could not be backed by the state. It's a matter of national pride rather than business. The men who run the Kazakh economy don't need a cycling team to do business."
The closeness of the company's ties with the sport in Kazakhstan was illustrated over the winter of 2009-10 when its chairman Kairat Kalimbetov was named head of the country's national cycling federation. He was explicit about the team's mission: to promote the country abroad and inspire its people at home. "Your achievements are important for enhancing Kazakhstan's image worldwide. The cyclists have set a very high standard, which we must all attain." He was echoing the words of the iconic Russian cyclist Viatcheslav Ekimov, who described the team as "the bridge to Kazakhstan."
Vinokourov's ban had led to a clear-out of the team's senior management at the end of 2007, and in 2008 the squad was run by Lance Armstrong's former boss at the Discovery Channel team, the former Belgian pro Johan Bruyneel. Bruyneel had masterminded all seven of Armstrong's Tour wins between 1999 and his retirement in 2005 and had retired when the Discovery sponsorship deal ended at the end of 2007. He was brought back into the sport and brought Contador and a nucleus of the Texan's former team mates and team management with him to Astana. They included Ekimov, an Olympic gold medallist at Seoul and the first Russian to win a stage in the Tour de France. Under Bruyneel, Astana introduced an independently-administered anti-doping system run by a reputable Danish scientist, Dr Rasmus Damsgaard. It also used Trek bikes, the make made famous by Armstrong as he rode to those seven Tour wins.
With Vinokourov on the sidelines in 2008, Astana did not receive an invitation to that year's Tour de France. They did, however, get an offer to race in the Giro d'Italia, second only to the Tour in prestige and toughness, but it came at a week's notice since the organisers of the Giro had been unable to decide whether or not they wanted the Kazakh squad. Most teams would not contemplate winning a race as long and hard as the Giro with only a week to put a roster together, but Astana were lucky to have Alberto Contador in their ranks. The little bird-like Spaniard is one of the finest mountain climbers in cycling, nicknamed El Pistolero, because of a distinctive "shooting gesture" he makes whenever he wins a race. He had been among the first draft of riders who joined Astana when it changed management in 2006. He was then signed by Bruyneel, one of the best talent-spotters in the sport, and went on to win the 2007 Tour de France racing for the American team Discovery Channel.
The Spaniard was dragged away from a beach holiday, but ended up winning that Giro with his usual devastating displays in the mountains. He followed that one up with victory in his own national Tour at the end of the season, meaning that Astana had won both the three-week Tours it entered in 2008. But Bruyneel's presence at Astana was to lead to even bigger things for the Kazakh team. When Armstrong began contemplating a comeback to cycling in early September 2008, it seemed incredible at the time, but the only team he was ever likely to choose was Astana. As he said, why would he consider racing with anyone other than his old Belgian mentor? Astana was managed by the same core group that had helped him win all those Tours, and included the nucleus of devoted, selfless team riders who had supported him: the Spaniard "Chechu" Rubiera, for example, and the American Levi Leipheimer.
Armstrong's signature was on a contract by late September 2008. In essence, Armstrong was coming home in coming to Astana, but having the most high-profile cyclist in the sport in their colours was a twist that Vinokourov and his contacts in the Kazakh government could never have contemplated when they had begun putting the team together only two years earlier. This was the biggest comeback the sport had ever seen: the biggest winner the Tour de France had ever produced, returning to the top at nearly 40 years old. And he was doing it in the colours of Kazakhstan. That unlikely alliance raised eyebrows back in the states, to put it mildly.
Armstrong would race for Astana in 2009 for expenses only – his comeback was intended to be free publicity for his cancer charity – and the buzz began immediately: the testicular cancer survivor was determined to win the Tour de France. That, however, ignored the fact that Astana already had a leader in Contador, who had won all three of the major Tours, a feat that had eluded the American. It meant Bruyneel faced a nasty dilemma as 2009 began. He had hired his former protégé Armstrong. The bond between the pair was unbreakable, dating back 10 years, to the period when, with Armstrong's cancer a recent memory, no other manager believed the Texan could win major races, let alone figure in the Tour de France. On the other hand, he also had Contador, who was younger and stronger than the Texan, but with whom the bond could never be the same. He had to choose between the best Tour de France racer of the moment – Contador – and the best in history, and probably the most single-minded: Armstrong.
That triangular relationship was what made Astana's second Tour de France, 2009, the polar opposite of its debut in 2007. Astana was the team that wrote the story of the race, from start to finish. From the off, it was clear that Armstrong wanted to win the race, and Bruyneel would probably behind him, while Contador would have to race for himself. But it was equally obvious that Contador was far stronger than the older man: in the opening time trial in Monte Carlo, the Spaniard finished faster. Two days later it was Armstrong's turn to steal a march, escaping from the field on the stage into the Mediterranean resort of La Grande Motte to gain time on Contador. As Armstrong and his Spanish team mate eyed each other suspiciously, each day seemed to mark a new round in their psychological battle. Armstrong's break had enabled him to slip ahead of Contador in the standings: when Astana won the team time trial stage at Montpellier the following day, it seemed briefly as if the Texan might pull on the fabled yellow leader's jersey. But he fell a fraction of a second short, and that left the way open for Contador to make his move, when the Tour entered the Pyrenees. His solo attack at Andorra put him in the race lead, but it was not welcomed by Armstrong, who commented that it had not been in the team's plan.
Disunity of this kind is rare in a Tour de France team, where success is largely dependent on a team functioning as a perfect unit, with each rider willing to subordinate his personal interests to the squad's plan for the three weeks. But as the race went on, Contador became more isolated. There were tense moments around the dinner table in the evening, and by the final week he was looking after himself, for example relying on his brother to drive him to the race start on occasion. It was tense for the Astana riders and management, but it made for a great race as far as the watching media were concerned and it guaranteed the team celebrity status.
As the Tour went on, it became clear that the Armstong-Contador-Bruyneel trio was not going to last beyond the finish in Paris. The tensions had begun to emerge earlier. The build-up to the 2009 Tour de France had been marked by a brief period in which the team seemed to be running out of money, apparently because Samruk-Kazyna was having to direct funds elsewhere during the worldwide financial crisis. During the Giro d'Italia, the lack of cashflow prompted Armstrong and his team mates to race with "faded" jerseys, on which most of the sponsors' logos had been washed out. The issue was only resolved 18 days before the Tour de France began, it seems after intervention at the highest level. While this was going on, Armstrong had begun speculating publicly about financing the team through his personal contacts, and after the Tour was over, he confirmed that he and Bruyneel would be leaving to form their own squad financed by the American electronic store firm Radioshack.
Armstrong had never seemed entirely to take the Astana project on board – he was often seen wearing kit from his Livestrong cancer charity or the bike shop he owns in Austin, Texas rather than team strip – and the suspicion persists that Astana was a handy launchpad for founding his own squad. "It's not my team, it's not my sponsor," he said at one point. The period after the Tour was marked by uncertainty: would Vinokourov return to the team after his drugs ban – he had held a press conference before the start of the Tour at which he announced he would come back to Astana whether or not Bruyneel wanted it? In that event, would Bruyneel leave? And would Contador respond to the overtures of other teams?
Upheaval followed uncertainty: Vino's return to the team he had founded and Bruyneel's departure led to massive changes within Astana, for the second time within two years. Most of Armstrong's former team mates who had come with the Belgian left as well, and that left Astana in search of management and riders at comparatively short notice. For a while it was unclear quite who would be supporting Contador as he attempted to win the Tour de France in 2010, but eventually the roster took shape.
The French manager Yvon Sanquer was hired, an intriguing choice because his previous experience included rebuilding the French squad Festina after it was hit by the sport's biggest ever drugs scandal back in 1998. Along with him came the wily Italian [italic] direttore sportive [end italic] Giuseppe Martinelli, for years the management power behind the iconic Italian Marco Pantani. Contador stayed, and with the Spaniard and Vinokourov on board, all that the management needed to find was support riders.
The most high-profile of these is the Spaniard Oscar Pereiro, a quiet man who was awarded victory in the 2006 Tour de France after the first man home, America's Floyd Landis, was disqualified for doping. Martinelli brought in two strong Italians, Paolo Tiralongo and Enrico Gasparotto, both men capable of riding alongside Contador in the hardest phases of the Tour. The Kazakhs make up 13 of the 27 men on the roster, ranging from seasoned names like Dimitri Fofonov, who has spent 10 years racing for French teams to a bevy of youngsters. The project they have taken on is simple, yet massive: keeping Contador at the top of world cycling, and guiding him to a third Tour de France win in four years.
This article appeared in "K" magazine in August 2010