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Polazk bzw. Polozk (/Polazk oder /Polazak, /Polozk, ,  Plotzkow) ist die älteste Stadt von Belarus. Sie liegt im Norden des Landes an der Düna in der Wizebskaja Woblasz und ist Hauptstadt des Rajon Polazk. 2018 zählte die Stadt 84597 Einwohner. Im frühen Mittelalter war Polazk Zentrum des Fürstentums Polazk, das eines von drei aus der Kiewer Rus hervorgegangenen Fürstentümern auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Belarus, von diesem als Vorläuferstaaten postuliert. Westlich von Polazk liegt die große Trabantenstadt Nawapolazk.

Geschichte

Der alte ostslawische Name Polotesk leitet sich vom Fluss Polota ab, der nahe der Stadt in die Düna mündet. Seit etwa 800 siedelten hier die ostslawischen Polotschanen. Die Wikinger verballhornten den Namen der Stadt zu Palteskja oder Paltejsborg.

Polazk ist eine der ältesten Städte der alten Rus. Schon im Jahre 862 wird es zusammen mit Murom und Beloozero erwähnt. Die nordischen Sagen beschreiben sie als die bestbefestigte Stadt der ganzen Rus.

Zwischen dem 10. und 12. Jahrhundert entwickelte sich das Fürstentum Polazk zum wichtigsten Machtzentrum auf belarussischem Gebiet, neben dem weniger wichtigen Turau im Süden. Mehrmals verteidigte es seine Selbständigkeit gegenüber anderen Zentren der Kiewer Rus und wurde zur politischen Hauptstadt und zum Bischofssitz. Von hier aus wurden die baltischen Untertanenländer im Westen kontrolliert. Der mächtigste Herrscher war Fürst Wseslaw Brjatschislawitsch (1044 bis 1101).

Seit 1307 war Polazk Teil des Großfürstentums Litauen und ein wichtiges Handelszentrum. Im Jahre 1498 wurde der Stadt das Magdeburger Recht verliehen. Mit der Verwaltungsreform Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts wurde eine Wojewodschaft Polazk gegründet. Stefan Batory errichtete hier ein Jesuitenkollegium, dessen erster Rektor Piotr Skarga wurde. Iwan der Schreckliche eroberte Polazk 1563, musste es aber 16 Jahre später wieder zurückgeben. Mit dieser Eroberung begann allerdings der Niedergang der Stadt; nach der Ersten Teilung Polens sank sie zu einem Provinznest des Russischen Reiches ab.

Im Russlandfeldzug Napoleons fand hier 1812 die Erste Schlacht bei Polozk zwischen russischen Truppen und den bayerischen Verbündeten Napoleons statt. Die bayerische Armee konnte das Feld behaupten und den russischen Angriff, der auf die Flanke des französischen Vormarsches zielte, abweisen. Das bayerische Kontingent der Grande Armée erlitt aber hohe Verluste. Die bayerischen Generale Erasmus von Deroy und Justus von Siebein fielen bei den Kämpfen. In der Zweiten Schlacht bei Polozk, die vom 18. bis 20. Oktober 1812 stattfand, siegte die russische Armee und war danach imstande, die Versorgung der Grande Armée zu gefährden und zu behindern.

Im Ersten Weltkrieg wurde Polazk im Zuge der Operation Faustschlag im Frühjahr 1918 während der Verhandlungen zum Friedensvertrag von Brest-Litowsk von deutschen Truppen besetzt, bis sich diese im November 1918 zurückzogen. Im Polnisch-Sowjetischen Krieg war Polazk von September 1919 bis Mai 1920 unter polnischer Kontrolle.

Beim deutschen Überfall auf die Sowjetunion im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde Polazk am 16. Juli 1941 von der Wehrmacht erobert. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt lebten in der Stadt etwa 45.000 Menschen, von denen etwa 60 % belarussische Juden waren. Sehr viele von ihnen wurden im Holocaust ermordet. Nur 551 Polazker Juden lebten nach Kriegsende noch in der Stadt. Im Sommer 1944 wurde die Stadt durch die Kämpfe während der Operation Bagration zu über 90 % zerstört. Am 4. Juli 1944 wurde Polazk nach tagelangen Kämpfen durch die Rote Armee befreit. Nach dem Krieg wurde die Stadt von den überlebenden Bewohnern neu aufgebaut.

Wappen
Beschreibung: In Blau eine dreimastige goldene Kogge mit zwei geblähten weißen Rahsegeln und drei Mastflaggen über einem silbernen Wellenschildfuß.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur

Verarbeitende Industrie
Die Stadt beherbergt mehrere Unternehmen der textil-, chemischen, metall- und holzverarbeitenden Industrie sowie der Branchen Maschinenbau, Druckindustrie und Glasfaserproduktion. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Lebensmittelwirtschaft.

Unternehmen
 Nasledie F. Skoriny: Druckerei, die sich mit ihrem Firmennamen auf die historischen Verdienste des ersten belarussischen Druckers Francysk Skaryna beruft, 1918 gegründet
 Technolit-Polazk: Herstellung von Kunst- und Graugussprodukten, 1923 gegründet
 Polazk Steklawolokno: Glasfaserproduktion, die einzige in Belarus, 1958 gegründet
 Polazkles, Sägewerk und Möbelherstellung. Das Tochterunternehmen der Mostowdrew AG beschäftigt sich mit Harzextraktion, der Bereitstellung von Holz zur Energiegewinnung und der Möbelproduktion.
 Die Fabrik "Mona", ein Tochterunternehmen der Mogoteks AG: Produktion von Uniformen, Berufskleidung und Wohntextilien
 Polazkij winodel'tscheskij Sawod: Weinkellerei, 1929 gegründet
 Polazkij molotschnyj Kombinat: einer der größten Molkereibetriebe in der Wizebsker Region, 1944 gegründet
 Polazkie Napitki i Konzentraty: Herstellung und Abfüllung von Bier, Kwas und Mineralwasser, 1968 gegründet
 Polazkij Kombinat Chleboproduktow: Großbäckerei, 1974 gegründet

Unternehmen der Energiewirtschaft
In der sieben Kilometer entfernten Satellitenstadt Nawapolazk ist seit 1958 ein Zentrum der Erdölverarbeitung entstanden, das auf den Wirtschaftsstandort Polazk ausstrahlt. Die Ölraffinerie Naftan nahm 1963 ihren Betrieb auf. Seit 2010 verarbeitet das Unternehmen importiertes Rohöl zu leicht brennbaren Erdölprodukten (Heizöl, Hochofenbrennstoffe). Sie sind für den Export, den Inlandsverbrauch und für die Belieferung der belarussischen Petrochemie konzipiert. Aufgrund hoher Exportzölle von seiten Russlands wird seit Sommer 2022 russisches Rohöl der Sorte Ural mit venezolanischem der Sorte Santa Barbara verarbeitet. Im Jahr 2017 beschäftigte das Unternehmen knapp 10.000 Mitarbeiter.

Infrastruktur der Energiewirtschaft
Nach Polazk führen Rohrleitungen zum Transport von russischem Erdöl nach Belarus und in die baltischen Staaten Lettland und Litauen:

 Ölpipeline von Surgut nach Polazk
 Ölpipeline von Polazk nach Ventspils in Lettland
 Ölpipeline Unetscha nach Polazk
 Ölpipeline von Polazk nach Biržai in Litauen

Verkehr

Straßenverkehr
Polazk ist ein wichtiger Verkehrsknotenpunkt in der Region Wizebsk. Durch die Stadt führen die Republikstraßen  (Polazk – Brazlaw),  (Wizebsk - Polazk - lettische Grenze),  (Polazk – Rassony),  (Polazk – Hlybokaje - litauische Grenze) und  (Lepel - Polazk - russische Grenze).

Öffentlicher Personenfernverkehr
Es gibt regelmäßige Busverbindungen zu baltischen Städten wie Riga, Tallinn und Daugavpils, nach Sankt Petersburg sowie nach Minsk, Wizebsk, Homel und Mahiljou.

Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr
16 Buslinien fahren zu Zielen innerhalb der Stadt. In die benachbarte Trabantenstadt Nawapolazk kommt man mit den Linien Nr. 5, 10 und 10a.

Kultur
Die Sophienkathedrale (1044–1066), die ihre Parallelen in den Sophienkathedralen von Kiew und Nowgorod (und letzten Endes in der Hagia Sophia von Konstantinopel) hatte, unterstreicht den herrschaftlichen Anspruch der Fürsten von Polazk. Das mittelalterliche Gebäude wurde allerdings im 18. Jahrhundert nach Entwurf des zur gleichen Zeit in Vilnius wirkenden Baumeisters Johann Christoph Glaubitz durch eine Barockkirche ersetzt. Das St.-Euphrosyne-Kloster enthält noch Bauteile des 12. Jahrhunderts, aber auch eine große neobyzantinische Kathedrale des Architekten Konstantin Thon.
Ehemals bestanden in Polazk auch die Jesuitenkirche und die römisch-katholische Nikolaus-Kathedrale.

In der Stadt ist der historisch-kulturelle Museenkomplex ansässig, dem folgende Museen angehören: Das landeskundliche Museum Polazk, das Museum für Buchdruckkunst, die als Museum fungierende Simeon-Polazki-Bibliothek, das Museum für traditionelle Webkunst der Paazerje-Region, das Museum für Kriegsruhm, das Museum für die Architekturgeschichte der Sophienkathedrale, das Kindermuseum, das Haus von Peter I., die Ausstellung "Прагулка па Ніжнепакроўскай" (Spaziergang über die Nižnekaproŭskaja, die heute als Leninstraße bezeichnete ehemalige Hauptstraße im historischen Stadtzentrum) sowie die Kunstgalerie.

2003 eröffnete das Janka-Kupala-Theater Minsk eine Filiale in Polazk.

Im 12. Jahrhundert wirkte in Polazk die Nonne und Schriftstellerin Euphrosyne von Polazk (Преподобная Евфросиния Полоцкая, belaruss.: Ефрасіння Полацкая) (1110–1173), die Klöster errichten ließ, Bücher übersetzte und Literatur und Kunst förderte (etwa das als nationale Reliquie geltende "Euphrosynenkreuz" des Polazker Handwerkers Lazarus Bohscha, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg verlorenging, und die kirchenslawischen Predigten und Schriften des Bischofs Kyrill von Turau, 1130–1182). Sie verstarb bei einer Pilgerreise nach Jerusalem. Ihre Gebeine wurden zunächst im Kiewer Höhlenkloster (Киево-Печерский монастырь) aufbewahrt, im Jahre 1910 aber nach Polazk überführt. Euphrosyne von Polazk gilt als Schutzheilige der Belarussen.

Der erste Drucker von Belarus, Francysk Skaryna, wurde um 1490 in Polazk geboren. Er druckte im Jahre 1517 die erste Bibel in ostslawischer Sprache (in Altruthenisch), nur wenige Jahrzehnte nach Gutenbergs Bibeldruck und wenige Jahre nach der ersten tschechischen Bibel (1506). Skaryna hatte mit seinen Leistungen als Buchdrucker, aber auch mit seinen Bibelübersetzungen in eine Form des Altweißrussischen bzw. Altruthenischen einen nachhaltigen Einfluss auf die weitere Entwicklung der belarussischen Sprache und gilt heute in Belarus als nationale Identifikationsfigur.

Im September 2003 wurde im Zuge der zehnten "Tage der belarussischen Literatur" ein Denkmal für den belarussischen Buchstaben Ў enthüllt, der in keinem anderen kyrillischen Alphabet vorkommt.

Bildung und Wissenschaft
In Polazk ist die historisch-philologische Fakultät der Staatlichen Eufrasinnja-Polackaja-Universität Polazk beheimatet. Alle anderen Einrichtungen der Universität befinden sich in Nawapolazk.

Söhne und Töchter der Stadt
 Euphrosyne von Polazk (1110–1173), Schutzheilige der Belarussen
 Francysk Skaryna (1486–1541), erster Drucker in Belarus
 Symeon von Polazk (1629–1680), Schriftsteller der Belarussen
 Salomon Bennet (1767–1841), Kupferstecher
 Dmitri Kaigorodow (1846–1924), russischer Forstwissenschaftler, Ornithologe und Hochschullehrer
 Boris Galjorkin (1871–1945), Ingenieur und Mathematiker
 Mary Antin (1881–1949), Autorin von The Promised Land
 Georg Barkan (1889–1945), Pharmakologe
 Uladsimir Arlou (* 1953), Historiker und Dichter
 Natallja Katschanawa (* 1960), Politikerin
 Ihar Schytau (* 1986), Fußballspieler
 Dsmitryj Dsjubin (* 1990), Geher

Verschiedenes
Ein Krater auf dem Mars trägt den Namen Polozk.

Partnerstädte

 , seit 1990

Literatur
Stefan Rohdewald: Vom Polocker Venedig: Kollektives Handeln sozialer Gruppen in einer Stadt zwischen Ost- und Mitteleuropa. (Mittelalter, frühe Neuzeit, 19. Jh. bis 1914) Stuttgart 2005.
Rotraut und Jürgen Binder: "POLOZK – Gibt es da auch einen Urwald" Ein Lesebuch zur Partnerschaft mit der belarussischen Stadt Polozk. Verlag Robert Gessler, ISBN 3-86136-139-6
 Polotsk, in: Guy Miron (Hrsg.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5, S. 609

Siehe auch
 Geschichte von Belarus
 Goldenes Zeitalter (Belarus)

Weblinks

 abgerufen 2022-12-16
 Polacak
 Fotos auf Radzima.org
 ePOLOTSK.com
 Polozk

Einzelnachweise

Ort in der Wizebskaja Woblasz
Ort der Wikingerzeit
Ort an der Düna
Namensgeber (Marskrater)
Ersterwähnung 862
Ghetto

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The 1980 Galleon Shippers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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New team
Galleon Shipping Corporation, a company owned by Rodolfo Cuenca, acquired the franchise of the disbanded Filmanbank. The franchise debuted in the 1980 PBA season as the Galleon Shippers. The core team was built around former Filmanbank players that included skipper Rudolf Kutch, Larry Mumar, Romulo Palijo, Nilo Cruz, Angelito Ladores and Ben Ocariza. It acquired two former U-Tex Wranglers; Anthony Dasalla and Renato Lobo, and a recruit from the amateur ranks, Robinson Obrique. The team was coached by Nic Jorge with assistant Adriano "Bong" Go, a former national youth team trainer.

Galleon's two reinforcements in the Open Conference were Paul McCracken and 6-10 Larry Jackson. After five games, Jackson was replaced by 7-foot center Jeff Wilkins.

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Mondays and Thursdays at 11h, join me for SLOW FLOW, a new class where we will keep it moving in the spirit of vinyasa, but more like honey and less like hot sauce. Think of it as the softer side of yoga: some gentle flow to get the energy moving, and sequenced poses to increase both strength and flexibility with more emphasis on release and relaxation. We will incorporate core strengthening, yin yoga, restorative yoga, and a long savansa to invite a feeling of inner and outer support. This class is for you if you are already running at a high frequency and need to slow down, or if you are dealing with injuries or limitations.
BASIC FLOW *now at 9h15* will concentrate on learning variations of the sun salutation or surya namaskar, essential alignment and foundational strength and flexibility for more advanced postures, and the principles of vinyasa or breath-linked-to-movement.
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10 secret celebrity weddings, from Ariana Grande to Joe Jonas
Whilst some like to throw a lavish bash and have an extravagant affair, others like to keep it more low-key. Here, we take a look at some secret celebrity weddings that had all fans a little stunned.
From Beyoncé-Jay Z to Ariana Grande-Dalton Gomez and Jonathan Van Ness-Mark Peacock, we have rounded up a list of celebrities who ditched the extravagance for an intimate and, for many, a secret wedding ceremony that surprised their fans.
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In April 2008, Queen Bey married rapper Jay-Z at his 13,500-square-feet Manhattan penthouse, which was adorned with 70,000 dendrobium orchids from Thailand. The couple has been known to keep their lives private even before they tied the knot. The intimate celebration with family and friends was kept under wraps until Jay-Z spoke about it in a 2008 cover story to Vibe.
The celebrity duo didn't get engagement rings. Instead, they got matching 'IV' tattoos on their ring fingers to signify their wedding date — 4 April.
Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez
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This secret celebrity wedding was a happy surprise. The American pop star tied the knot with real estate agent Dalton Gomez in an elegant, private ceremony with family and close friends at their Montecito home in California, US. Grande later released pictures on Instagram of their wedding with the caption '5.15.21' depicting their wedding date.
She looked ethereal in a Vera Wang gown and Gomez looked dapper in a Tom Ford suit.
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The celebrity couple started dating in 2016, got engaged in 2017 and eloped to get secretly hitched right after the Billboard Music Awards at Las Vegas' Little White Wedding Chapel in 2019. In a surprisingly goofy celebration, officiated by an Elvis impersonator, they chose ring pops as engagement rings with Diplo as the DJ.
Later, Diplo posted Instagram Live clips from the wedding with one of the captions reading: "Gonna hit this wedding real quick." The couple planned a follow-up, grander ceremony in Sarrians, France, and exchanged vows again on 29 June 2019 at Château de Tourreau.
Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley
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Margot Robbie surprised the world when she took to Instagram to announce the secret wedding to her long-time boyfriend and British film producer Tom Ackerley. The Suicide Squad star met Ackerley in 2013 on the set of Suite Française and they soon started dating.
The wedding ceremony took place in a beach setting at an undisclosed location in Australia's Byron Bay in December 2016.
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden
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Actress Cameron Diaz and musician Benji Madden tied the knot in January 2015 in a private ceremony attended by close friends and family members. The couple reportedly exchanged vows at sunset in front of a small group of people that included Hollywood A-listers like Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Richie and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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The duo met on the set of That '70s Show as teens in 1998, but they didn't start dating until 2012 and soon decided to move in together. They got married in 2015 in a secret ceremony in Oak Glen, California, over the 4th of July weekend. The guest list was limited and details of the location were shared just a day before the ceremony. The couple reportedly bought their engagement rings on Etsy for just $190.
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Brazilian model and businesswoman Gisele Bündchen tied the knot with famed American football quarterback Tom Brady in a secret wedding ceremony in 2009.
In early 2009, Brady asked the supermodel to marry him with a romantic proposal and the couple soon married on 26 February the same year in an intimate ceremony in Santa Monica, California. Later, they held a private reception for their extended families in Costa Rica.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
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Hollywood's power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds reportedly started dating in 2011 and surprised the world with their nuptials in a low-key wedding ceremony in September 2012. The wedding took place at the Boone Hall Plantation in South Carolina and the couple later released photos of the reception venue, wedding bouquet, cake and other details.
Jonathan Van Ness and Mark London
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Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness managed to keep his wedding with husband Mark London under wraps until they announced it on 31 December 2020 and shared pictures on Instagram. The couple married on 1 January 2021 in an intimate ceremony in a rented home while their parents attended it via FaceTime.
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The English singer-songwriter got engaged to his teenage love Cherry Seaborn in December 2017. After a little more than a year, the duo married in a low-key winter ceremony at his country estate in Suffolk, England, in February 2019. It was an intimate, fuss-free wedding of about 40 guests that included their respective families and close friends.
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Pope says sex abuse crisis is 'terrifying' example of church failings
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO PORTUGAL – Pope Benedict XVI said the priestly sex abuse scandal is a "terrifying" crisis that comes from inside the church – not from an outside attack – and requires purification and penance to overcome.
The pope made some of his strongest remarks to date on the sex abuse cases during an in-flight press conference May 11 on his way to Portugal for a four-day visit that was to include the Marian shrine of Fatima.
Asked if the message of Fatima, which foresaw times of trials and suffering for the church, could be applied to the sex abuse crisis, the pope said essentially that it could.
"Today we can discover in this message that attacks on the pope and the church come not only from the outside, but the suffering of the church comes from inside the church, from sins that exist inside the church," he said.
"This we have always known, but today we see it in a really terrifying way. The biggest weight on the church doesn't come from the enemies outside but is born from sin inside the church," he said.
"And so the church has a profound need to relearn penance, to accept purification, to learn on the one hand forgiveness but also the necessity of justice. And forgiveness does not substitute justice," he said.
"We have to relearn these essentials: conversion, prayer, penance," he said.
The pope, who helped explain the third secret of Fatima when it was published in 2000, said the Fatima messages extend in time to apply to the church's continuing journey, which is accompanied by suffering.
The pope also spoke about the economic crisis that is shaking Portugal and the rest of Europe, saying it illustrates the need for a greater infusion of ethics and morality in the market.
"I would say this economic crisis has a moral dimension that no one can fail to see," he said. "The events of the last two or three years have demonstrated that the ethical dimension must enter into the world of economic activity."
Pure economic pragmatism will always lead to problems, he said.
The church's social teaching has a big role to play, seeking to create a serious dialogue with the financial world and highlighting the moral responsibilities of economic systems, the pope said.
"So here we need to enter into a concrete dialogue. I tried to do this in my encyclical, 'Caritas in Veritate,' " he said.
The pope said secularism was not a new problem in Portugal or Europe, but had taken a more radical turn in recent years. He said here, too, the church needs to engage in bridge-building and dialogue, making sure its voice is heard and helping to restore an openness to transcendent reality.


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Early Bird Report: Falcons among NFL's most-improved teams
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Today's Early Bird Report includes the most- and least-improved NFL teams and a sneaky-good early season matchup that includes the Falcons.
Deion Jones is the perfect modern linebacker
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During the 2019 NFL offseason, the Falcons chose to invest heavily in their offensive line, signing free agents James Carpenter and Jamon Brown (among others) and using their first two draft picks on guard Chris Lindstrom and tackle Kaleb McGary.
The moves were made with an emphasis on protecting Matt Ryan and striking more balance offensively, overall. A trio of ESPN writers are fans of the Falcons' approach this offseason. Dan Graziano, Kevin Seifert and Mike Clay believe Atlanta is the eight-most-improved team heading into the 2019 season, putting them in the top quarter of the league in that regard.
"The Falcons put an emphasis on improving quarterback Matt Ryan's protection, a year after he took the second-most sacks (42) in his career," Seifert writes. "It was a necessary step toward improvement. But did the Falcons do enough to restore a defense that allowed 26.4 points per game last season, eighth-most in the league?"
To see the rest of ESPN's rankings of the most and least improved teams, click here.
CBS Sports: Sneaky early season games we want to see
Two years ago, the Falcons and Vikings were entering the 2017 season as primary Super Bowl contenders in the NFC. They may not be at the forefront of that discussion right now, but both teams are certainly capable of making a strong postseason push. The Falcons and Vikings will get to test one another right out of the gate as they square off in Week 1 in Minnesota. That's a game CBS Sports' Will Brinson is ready to watch right now.
"You could make the case these two teams are too good as well, but I don't think this will qualify as a game that anyone is obsessed with watching," Brinson writers. "I am though! I want to see how the Vikings offense looks with Gary Kubiak's influence taking hold. How will the Falcons new, reworked and young offensive line hold up against a fierce Vikings pass rush? Both teams aren't on the top list of favorites around the NFL, but they're both thinking Super Bowl. I want to see how they jump out of the gate in Week 1."
To see the rest of Brinson's list of sneaky-good early season games for 2019, click here.
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ESPN: How Dan Quinn began his coaching career
There are only 32 head coaches in the NFL, but each and every one of them started down near the bottom of the coaching ranks. Falcons coach Dan Quinn is no exception.
Quinn shared the story of how he broke into coaching with ESPN's Vaughn McClure, and it's quite the tale. As a volunteer football assistant for William & Mary, Quinn slept on a couch in the locker room, worked part-time jobs in addition to coaching and even cut the head coach's hair.
"I don't remember how we got him there or anything because I'm an old dude, but I know 'Quinny' was a hard worker," Russ Huesman an assistant at William & Mary when Quinn was there told McClure. "I don't think you sit in the head coach's seat, now, but Dan was tremendous. Sometimes when you're that young, you don't know what it takes to coach. But, man, he was conscientious. He was probably mature beyond his years."
Quinn's maturity and hard work led him to the role he currently occupies, looking to get the Falcons back into the postseason for the third time in four years.
To read the rest of McClure's interesting and enlightening piece on Quinn's coaching start, click here.
CBS Sports: One make-or-break game for each NFL team
Every game during an NFL season can mean the difference between a team making the postseason or missing it, but while all games carry the same weight some feel more important than others. CBS Sports' John Breech recently combed through every NFL team's schedule to single out one "make or break" game for the 2019 season.
The contest Breech chose for the Falcons is likely one fans already have circled on their calendar – the Week 13 home game against the New Orleans Saints on Thanksgiving night.
"The Falcons have lost three in a row to the Saints and they're going to need that drought to end if they want to compete for the NFC South title," Breech writes. "The Saints ruined Thanksgiving for Falcons fans last year with a Turkey Day win in New Orleans and Falcons fans are probably hoping that the Saints don't make them sick to their stomach for the second straight season."
To see the rest of the make or break games Breech picked, click here.
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The 2018 season marked the Falcons' worst under coach Dan Quinn but that was largely the result of poor injury luck. Since Quinn's arrival, the Falcons are 36-28 in the regular season with two playoff appearances in four years and a trip to the Super Bowl. Quinn is betting on himself in 2019, assuming the defensive coordinator responsibilities in addition to his role as head coach, but he was one of the best coordinators in the league while with Seattle.
NFL.com's Elliott Harrison remains high on Quinn. In a recent power ranking of NFL head coaches, Harrison had Quinn just outside of the top 10 at No. 11.
"The Falcons struggled to their worst season under Dan Quinn, finishing second in the NFC South at 7-9," Harrison writes. "Which should tell you much about Quinn's run in Atlanta. In four seasons, after inheriting what had been a floundering football team, the former Seahawks defensive coordinator pushed them to two postseason appearances and a narrow Super Bowl loss. Last season seemed to go up in smoke from Week 1, when Atlanta lost Deion Jones and Keanu Neal to injury right away. Devonta Freeman played in just two games, and the secondary was never right. Yet, in the end, Quinn was able to keep the team from fading from respectability. Still, 36-28 is a healthy regular season record for one of the youngish head coaches in the league."
To see the rest of Harrison's list and the coaches he has ahead of Quinn, click here.
CBS Sports: The top 100 players in the NFL
Heading into the 2019 season, the experts at CBS Sports sat down and ranked their top 100 players in the NFL. This is a pretty common practice among national media outlets, but it provides a good sense of how certain players are viewed nationally. Four Falcons players made the list, with Julio Jones ranked highest among them at No. 11.
"Jones has now led the league in receiving yards in two of the past four seasons, and led it in receiving yards per game in three of those four," CBS Sports states. "Oh, and he's led the whole league in PFF's Yards Per Route Run in each of those four seasons. He also broke the silly 'Julio Jones can't score touchdowns' curse last season, with eight of them. This is a receiver at the top of his game, which means he is very near the top of the NFL's game as well."
Joining Jones on the list were Matt Ryan (No. 30), Grady Jarrett (No. 70) and Deion Jones (No. 74). It's good to see Jarrett and Deion Jones make this list and earn some national recognition for their strong play in recent seasons.
To see the rest of CBS Sports' list, click here.
ESPN: The best and worst NFL offensive arsenals
Atlanta's offense has been among the best in the NFL for several years now and with a vast majority of skill players returning in 2019 there is reason to believe the Falcons will continue to put up points. But where do the Falcons rank among the league's best offensive units?
ESPN's Bill Barnwell provided his rankings of the NFL's offensive arsenals prior to the 2019 season, and he has the Falcons at No. 10. An argument could certainly be made that Atlanta should be higher on the list given the level of talent at quarterback and receiver alone, a point Barnwell acknowledges.
"If I was making a list of the scariest wideout sets in football, the Falcons would rank in the top five for a third consecutive campaign," Barnwell writes. "Calvin Ridley slowed down after a hot start, but he became just the fifth wide receiver over the past 40 seasons to top 800 yards and 10 touchdowns in his rookie campaign. The other guys in that group are Odell Beckham Jr., Mike Evans, Mike Williams (Tampa edition) and Randy Moss. Mohamed Sanu, overqualified for third wideout work, racked up 838 receiving yards as what amounted to Atlanta's third target. You know Julio Jones, and his bizarre touchdown-less streak dissipated with eight over his final nine games. Jones has also only missed two games over the past four seasons."
The reason Barnwell has the Falcons at the bottom of his top 10 is the rest of the skill positions. He's not as high on tight end Austin Hooper as others are, and he is apprehensive about what Devonta Freeman can bring to the offense after sustaining injuries in each of the last two seasons. And the loss of Tevin Coleman in free agency didn't help matters in Barnwell's opinion, either.
To see the rest of Barnwell's rankings and what else he has to say about the Falcons, click here.
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The Falcons have long boasted a number of versatile and dangerous offensive weapons. Recent injuries to Devonta Freeman have somewhat stifled Atlanta's rushing attack, but if he's healthy the Falcons have a trio of skill players in Matt Ryan, Julio Jones and Freeman that can rival many in the league. NFL.com deputy editor Ali Bhanpuri appears to feel the same way as he ranked the Falcons sixth on his ranking of NFL triplets heading into the 2019 season. He ranked Ryan No. 7 among quarterback, Freeman No. 24 among running backs and Jones No. 2 among receivers. It does appear he grappled with that decision a bit, however.
"I put off writing this blurb until the end because I knew it meant defending my decision to rank Julio Jones No. 2 among pass catchers and figuring out where to place Devonta Freeman," Bhanpuri writes. "(Matt Ryan is great, and I can't imagine anyone taking issue with his place among the QBs.) Jones, who turned 30 in February, had one of the best seasons of his career in 2018, silencing critics who say he's too inconsistent from game to game (his 10 100-yard performances were the most of his career), doesn't score enough touchdowns (went from 3 to 8) and gets hurt too often (started all 16 games in back-to-back seasons). Only Jerry Rice has more receiving seasons of 1,400-plus yards (six) than Jones' five, but not even the 49ers legend managed the feat five years in a row like Julio. The only reason Hopkins ranked higher than the two-time All-Pro was because of the drop differential (0 for Nuk in 2018, 8 for Jones). While I lamented not putting Jones one spot higher, I'm worried I perhaps put Freeman too high. The two-time Pro Bowler has missed 16 of his last 23 games due to a series of ailments (hamstring, groin, concussions). But I'm banking on the back returning to his shifty, versatile self this year with the help of an upgraded offensive line, a plethora of talent on the perimeter and, most importantly, a clean bill of health."
To see the rest of Bhanpuri's rankings and who he had ahead of Atlanta, click here.
The Ringer: Who is the best receiver in the NFL?
It is an undeniable fact that Julio Jones is not only one of the best wide receivers in today's NFL, but he's also making a strong case as one of the top all-time players in history at the position. Jones led the NFL with 1,677 receiving yards in 2018, and he doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon.
In our society, it's not enough to be among the best; everyone wants to know who holds the No. 1 spot. Jones claims that top spot in the eyes of many Falcons fans, but it's an ongoing debate nationally and one that The Ringer's Robert Mays dove into recently.
Mays made the case for five wide receivers as the best that the NFL currently has to offer. Here's a portion of what he had to say about Jones:
"Julio Jones makes defenders play scared. At 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds with 4.34-second 40-yard dash speed, Jones is one of the most physically gifted and imposing receivers the NFL has ever seen. So even if that fear shouldn't come as a surprise, it's still amazing to see how cornerbacks react to him. When threatening receivers downfield, Jones chews up yardage at an incredible pace. Even the fastest corners seem shocked by how quickly he gets on top of them, and it leads to most players retreating as fast as possible. That respect for Jones's deep speed makes his comeback and out routes some of the most devastating plays in football. Watching the way Jones navigates the defensive backfield is akin to how LeBron James moved around a basketball court in his prime; it's hard to reconcile a man that big covering that much ground, and the way he owns space changes how the rest of the game is played."
Despite his immense respect for Jones' talent and production, Mays ultimately went with Houston's DeAndre Hopkins as his choice for the top receiver in the league right now. However, Mays did admit that his decision was basically "a toss-up" between Jones and Hopkins with the Texans receiver getting a very small nod because of his reliability catching the most difficult passes.
To see Mays' case for the other top NFL receivers as well as the rest of what he had to say about Jones, click here.
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Hamilton Mausoleum – Home to the World's Longest Lasting Echo
Congratulations to Rob from Amersfoort, winner of yesterday's Place-of-Mystery Contest. He correctly identified the Hamilton Mausoleum in Hamilton, Scotland, as the place in the image.
Hamilton Mausoleum
Recently, I was reading about acoustics for musical venues when I read a line about the Hamilton Mausoleum in Hamilton, Scotland. The person was commenting about the lengthy echo of the chamber. At a full 15 seconds, it's reportedly the longest echo in any man-made structure.
The Hamiltons were one of the most influential families in Scotland and the Duke of Hamilton is the senior dukedom in the Peerage of Scotland (excepting the Sovereign's eldest son). At one time they had a grand estate esteemed to be the largest non-royal residence in the Western world.
Hamilton Palace
The main house was built on the site of a 13th century tower house having been continually enlarged over the years beginning with the South Front erected in 1695 for the 3rd Duke of Hamilton. The North Front was planned by the 5th Duke in the 1730s, but not complete until the time of the 10th Duke in 1842. The home contained a great deal of fine furniture and art including works by Rubens, Titian, and Van Dyck. The 10th Duke in particular was an avid collector of fine art and travelers from afar came to the home to admire his home, grounds, collections, and historical treasures.
The Gallery at Hamilton Palace
Chimneypiece in Gallery
Stone Hall
Ambassadorial Throne and Canopy
Dutchess' Bedroom
Classical Statues in Stone Hall
Great Dining-Room
North Front Vantage
North Front Portico
South Front Vantage
Detail of the Center of the South Front
While it may have been fashionable in the 1800s to publicly display your wealth, large and opulent homes fell out of fashion by the 1900s. By the twentieth century, nearby mining (from the family's own coal mines) had created noticeable subsidence. Increasing tax levies and the cost of upkeep necessitated the eventual sale of some of the Hamilton treasures. The Palace was used as a military hospital during World War I, but after the war, the state of neglect was beyond repair and in 1921 the Hamilton Palace was demolished.
Châtelherault Hunting Lodge
Hamilton Palace lay at the center of extensive lands owned by the Hamiltons, that included a hunting lodge with kennels and stables, known as Châtelherault, completed in 1734.
Ruins of Cadzow Castle as seen in 1882
Included in the grounds were the ruins of Cadzow Castle (Hamilton was originally known as Cadzow), an occasional royal residence since the time of King David (1084-1153) and an earlier hunting lodge for the kings of Strathclyde before him. It was destroyed in the late 1500s in retaliation for the Hamilton's support for Mary, Queen of Scots, who stayed at the castle following her escape from Loch Leven Castle. To this day, the Hamilton family retains Mary's death mask, the famous silver casket where the damming letters were located, and her sapphire ring.
Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, the 10th Duke of Hamilton
It was during the time of the 10th Duke, the one responsible for the enlargement of Hamilton Palace, that he decided to replace the family burial vault at the local church with a mausoleum on his grand estate. Construction on the 123 foot structure began in 1842 and was complete in 1858, five years after the death of the 10th Duke. It was originally conceived that the upper story of the mausoleum would be a working chapel holding his remains in an Egyptian sarcophagus from the Ptolemaic period he had purchased for that purpose below the chapel lay the crypt where he had moved the bodies of 17 of his ancestors.
After its completion, the Hamilton Mausoleum revealed a remarkable but unintended acoustic quality of allowing complex and noisy reverberations throughout the structure including an echo of up to 15 seconds in length. This echo made the chapel unusable for its intended use, but became the subject of intense curiosity by travelers and tourists. The high stone vault with its Roman styled dome and marbled floors produce the world's longest lasting echo of any man made structure in the world. Like many domed structures of stone, tourists have fun whispering from one side wall to a friend at the other side who may perfectly hear the quiet words.
Hamilton Mausoleum Chapel Interior
Stonework Detail on Vault
Looking Upwards Towards the Oculus
The same subsidence that had required the destruction of Hamilton Palace also threatened the hunting lodge and the mausoleum. The structural danger required the removal once again of the Hamilton family including the 10th Duke to a new resting place in nearby Bent Cemetery, still in his Egyptian sarcophagus. Although both structures have felt the effects, efforts have been made to save and right the remaining buildings.
Now Empty Crypt Below the Chapel
Engraving from the 1800s Showing Visitors at the Mausoleum
Sarcophagus Photographed in the Hamilton Mausoleum
Black Marble Pedestal Today without Sarcophagus
Now for those of you musically inclined, you may be wondering about the acoustics. I used to play the cello and I tried to imagine what a 15 second echo would produce. Since the grounds became a county park back in the 1970s, there have been a number of concerts with most saying that the echo produces a unique challenge to the musician. Here is a short video of the Kronos Quartet performing in the Mausoleum:
Finally, I had no place to put another little bit of Hamilton trivia, so I'll place it here at the end. In later years, the 14th Duke of Hamilton, an accomplished aviator and the first to fly over Mount Everest in 1933, became the subject of intense interest during World War II, when Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer of Nazi Germany, flew a solo mission and parachuted into Scotland on May 10, 1941. Upon landing he asked to see the Duke of Hamilton for the purpose of negotiating a peace treaty between Great Britain and Germany. Although the Duke had visited Germany during the 1936 Olympic Games, it is not known how well the two knew each other. After visiting Hess in prison, the Duke of Hamilton promptly reported the matter to Winston Churchill and Hess was imprisoned for the remainder of the war.
Rudolf Hess with Hitler in 1938
Hess' Airplane Wreckage in Scotland
After the war, Hess was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment for his position in the Nazi regime and although later efforts were made to secure his release from an Allied prison in East Germany, he mysteriously took his life or was killed in 1987. Today there is a small memorial to Hess' quixotic peace attempt in Scotland.
Details of this curious episode will not be known for years as the British files on the episode are sealed by state order until 2041.
Posted by Nate Maas at 3:51 PM
Labels: England, Germany, Grand Reveal, History, Monuments, Music, Scotland
The variety & uniqueness of the things I learn on your site are something else, Nate. Thanks!
Some incredible history -thanks Nate! The quartet sounded great on my Bose but that must have been awesome to hear them in the mausoleum.
Another interesting eclectic post, thank you! So the whole palace has disappeared, amazing.
Blerger said...
The Hess "memorial" was placed there with the knowledge of far-right activists in the UK. It was, thankfully, destroyed, as it was not officially approved whatsoever.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12706575._apos_Offensive_apos__monument_to_Hess_destroyed__apos_Offensive_apos__monument_to_Hess_is_destroyed/
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Sony Xperia XZ sells out in 45 minutes in Taiwan
Sony hasn't necessarily had the best year when it comes to smartphones. And it hasn't been so just this year. Sony has been struggling for a long time even with acclaimed devices like many of the Z series phones.
What they needed to improve were the pricing and marketing, but when instead Sony introduced the Xperia X and siblings, underpowered and even more expensive but beautiful pieces of tech, many were quick to put the new Xperia X lineup down because of its drastic change over the previous Z models and higher-than-expected retail pricing; not to mention the lack of a fingerprint scanner in US variants of all Xperia models which will still continue for "business reasons."
However, Sony claimed profit from it's smartphone department finally with the Xperia X series and now we have some more unexpected news.
"Sony Mobile Taiwan opened pre-orders for the Xperia XZ yesterday and managed to sell out within 45 minutes. Sony was offering a special pre-order promotion where it included a number of freeibies including a DK60 USB Type-C Charging Dock, a 16GB USB Type-C OTG connector, a flip style leather case and a protective back cover. It is safe to say that this was enough of an incentive to see those pre-orders rolling in."
While this sounds great, it's worth noting that it's easy to 'sell out' if you only have a 100 items for pre-order. Not to say this is the case but this shouldn't be taken as a sign that Sony Mobile is somehow experiencing some form of resurgence in Taiwan and it's likely that we'll see another year-over-year decline in sales in 2016 as well. Also worth noting is the sheer number of freebies thrown in. I have to assume that for Sony, it was more about getting some buzz around the Xperia XZ and less about squeezing a profit from that initial run.
The Xperia XZ features a 1080p 5.2 inch LCD display, Snapdragon 820 CPU paired with 3GB of RAM in either 32 or 64GB of internal storage. That also includes the IP68 immersion protection that always came standard with all Xperia Z models. There's a 23MP rear camera capable of taking 4K video and a 13MP front facing camera. Note that the global model has a fingerprint scanner on the power key while the US variant will not feature this scanner.
Will you be pre-ordering the Xperia XZ once it becomes available locally?
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Sony smartphones never will be focus on the US market. But it's an Asian and European thing. People are crazy about the new release of the XZ. Who cares about US market when its already been dominated by Apple. That's why Sony doesn't even bother to bring the fingerprint to the states. Stop criticizing Sony,clearly Sony is not your Americans favourite.
Vivek Tiwari says:
The market in US is dominated by Samsung. Samsung tried and it displaced Apple. Sony doesn't even try. It's decisions are bizarre to say the least.
I would say because of too much negative criticism about their product in the US, it's a wide decision for Sony not to expand or try in this market. After all, Sony is doing really good in Europe and Asia. They gained a lot of loyal customers there. Some products they don't even release here. LOL
There's a lot of negative criticism about Apple as well. More than Sony. Sony is instead one company everyone wants to succeed but they keep disappointing fans. What possible reason would you give for them disabling fingerprint scanners in the US.? its there, just disabled and for no reason. If they don't want to sell in the US why even bother. Its clear they do want to sell but just like the fingerprint scanners, their readonong doesn't make sense.
Oh my gosh, u seem know nothing about Sony. They couldn't pass the license issue to add fingerprint in the US. It's entirely NOT Sony's fault. Canadian version has the fingerprint. But this is not important. The thing is they don't care about US, that's it. And get over it.
There's nothing to get over. Its obvious they don't care about US and it's why the Sony fans in US are bothered and are moving to other brands. When chinese companies can bring fingerprint scanners to US, Sony can't really have an excuse about license issues. Sony has never done well in the US even before smartphones. And the reasons are clear. Anyways, i'm not American
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He must wait until early next year to find out if FIFA's referees committee will keep him on their list of officials for next summer's finals. A FIFA spokesman said: "Whether what happened on Wednesday will have a bearing on if Mr Hansson, who is one of our senior referees, is part of the team is something the committee has to decide.
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This project is presented by Jolien Makkinga from the Meertens Institute, the Netherlands.
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Nature and nurture both probably influence the likelihood of developing MS and its clinical course.1,2
For instance, researchers have linked a multitude of genetic variants to MS but the number of MS cases is rising more rapidly than genetic drift can explain. Disease prevalence increased by around 2.4 per cent annually between 1990 and 2010 in the UK,3 leading to the conclusion that drivers of the increase are probably environmental. Indeed, studies associate a growing number of environmental risk factors with MS, including vitamin D, Epstein-Barr virus, cigarette smoking, obesity and the Western diet.1,2
The emerging link between MS and the Western lifestyle could partly account for reports that co-morbidities are "more common than expected in MS, even at the time of diagnosis".3
A Canadian study compared 23,382 people with newly diagnosed MS and 116,638 controls. Depression (relative risk [RR] 2.04), chronic lung disease (RR 1.34), epilepsy (RR 2.18), fibromyalgia (RR 2.87), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; RR 1.68), anxiety (RR 1.61), bipolar disorder (RR 1.86) and schizophrenia (RR 1.32) were commoner in people with MS at diagnosis.
Lifestyle links
The study also linked several lifestyle-related co-morbidities to MS, including diabetes (RR 1.17), hypertension (RR 1.17) and ischaemic heart disease (RR 1.30).4
The risk of hypertension was 48 per cent higher in men with MS than male controls and 16 per cent higher in women. Men also had a disproportionately higher prevalence compared to women for diabetes (31 and 10 per cent respectively), epilepsy (184 and 125 per cent), depression (82 and 59 per cent) and anxiety (78 and 57 per cent).4
Further studies need to confirm these findings and examine the causes of the sexspecific differences4, but several factors potentially link MS and the co-morbidities. For example, doctors may be more likely to diagnose a comorbidity because of increased surveillance or more frequent contacts.
Multiple sclerosis and the co-morbidity may share risk factors – for instance, some of the same genes contribute to MS and IBD. Low levels of vitamin D seem to increase the likelihood of developing MS, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes.4
Autoimmune reaction
The autoimmune reaction underlying MS seems to be largely mediated by Th1 and Th17 lymphocytes. Several adipokines – chemical messengers released by fat cells – seem to regulate immunity and inflammation. Leptin, for example, modulates food intake and energy expenditure, increases secretion of the inflammatory mediators interleukin (IL)-1 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF), and enriches numbers of Th1 cells. Obese people show high levels of leptin and low levels of adiponectin, which is antiinflammatory. 5
Against this background, MS patients taking metformin and pioglitazone showed a decrease in the number of MRI changes that indicate inflammation and an increase in the number of regulatory T-cells. These cells suppress pro-inflammatory Tlymphocytes' effects. Patients receiving metformin showed fewer cells secreting the inflammatory mediators interferon and IL-17, while pioglitazone seemed to reduce the number of cells secreting IL-6 and TNF (both involved in inflammation).
Despite between 75 and 80 per cent of patients receiving disease-modifying therapy, they presented with highly active MS, suggesting that metabolic syndrome can affect the course of MS. The authors suggest that the results warrant further study to see if they can help improve treatment.5
In other words, MS seems set to join the growing number of conditions – alongside diabetes, heart disease and some cancers – linked to obesity and diet. A salt-rich diet, for example, may contribute to autoimmune responses in the central nervous system as well as being an important risk factor for hypertension. Certain fatty acids and the composition of the gut microbiome may also influence MS risk. As such, dietary measures might become an adjuvant treatment to established MS therapies.2
Multiple sclerosis will probably remain a neurological sphinx for some time to come since numerous questions remain, such as how diet, the microbiome and the immune system interact to cause the disease.2 Clearly we're still some way from fully understanding this fascinating, but enigmatic, condition.
The study linked several lifestyle-related co-morbidities to MS
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Hans Bauer, född 1878 och död 1937, var en tysk orientalist.

Bauer blev filosofie doktor i Berlin 1910, och professor i Halle 1922. Han tillhörde sin tids ledande semitister, främst genom sina grammatiska arbeten, av vilka flera tillkom under samverkan med Pontus Leander. Ur Bauers produktion märks: Die Tempora im Semitischen (1910), Zur Entzifferung der neuentdeckten Sinaischrift und zur Entstehung des semitischen Alphabets (1918), Historische Grammatik der hebräischen Sprache des Alten Testaments (i samarbete med Leander 1918-22), Zur Frage der Sprachmischung im Hebräischen (1924), Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen (tillsammans med Leander 1927).

Bauer tillhörde 1913-22 redaktionen för Enzyklopädie des Islam.

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On Sunday, J and I ran necessary errands, and we stopped at Perino's Nursery on Veterans Blvd. to purchase a flat of purple petunias for the cast iron urns on the front porch (for Mardi Gras, of course).
While in the fabulous gift shop section of Perino's, I found this great green square tablecloth square with four crown appliqués. I knew the tablecloth would be perfect for the breakfast room table covered in a burlap round. The Mardi Gras tablecloth looks great.
Take a closer look. Each crown appliqué is made of pressed velvet adorned with purple and green stones and embroidered in shiny gold thread.
The tablecloth is perfect for the Carnival season.
The crowns on it are perfect for you! Love it!
It's so beautiful...I love the crown!!!!
Love the tablecloth, and I adore Perino's! I haven't been there in quite a while, but I believe it might be worth a trip soon...and if the RAIN ever ends!
Ron, You find the most Beautiful things for your Stunning home!!!


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This is the first in a series of articles aimed at the reinvention of retail business for the 21st Century. It goes beyond computers and technology and offers insights as to why many retailers have failed and why they will continue to fail unless they take action to reinvent themselves while there is still time.
In order to do this, a person has to first revisit the past. For some of you that may be only a few years, but for others, it may go back to your parent's and even your grandparent's time when they began in the business you inherited. The probability is that most of you may be operating under business plans that if created today, might seem ridiculously inadequate for the current times; and here's the problem: As your business has changed, your business 'plan' has become obsolete.
It's a mistake to say a business plan is a document to get financial backing for a new venture.
A Business Plan is a living document and guide for running operations once the enterprise is started and on its way, with the express benefits of pulling the management team together and forcing them to more fully appreciate the task ahead of them.
It's been my experience that when turning businesses over to their sons and daughters, one of the biggest mistakes parents make is to suggest policies, which worked well in their day, will also work equally well after they have gone. The fact is that every business will face a crisis every three to five years, and plans that worked well a decade ago are obsolete and desperately need to be changed.
The first cars were called 'horseless carriages', because they resembled a horse carriage, without the horse of course. The first radios we called 'wireless' because they suggested some resemblance to telegraphy without the wires. It wasn't until years later that they were renamed when someone realized 'cars' bared no resemblance to horses as 'radios' bared no resemblance to telegraphy. Both of the above technologies have been called 'disruptive technologies', not merely because they replaced existing ones, but more importantly, they demanded a complete restructuring of the enterprises that created and used them.
A quarter of a century ago, small to medium-sized enterprises (those with less than 500 employees) began to introduce computers into their environments and a forced restructuring of businesses took place without well thought out plans to make the transition. The obvious reason being that most business owners had only heard the word 'computers' and really had no idea what they were going to do with one. I know, because when I began selling computers in 1978, I would ask people what they expected to do with them and I watched their eyes glaze over. I actually remember more than one customer telling me they just wanted to put it in the front office so their customers would see they had one.
It's impossible to imagine what you can do with a new technology until you understand its capabilities. More often than not, when you acquire a new product you may go for months or even years before you exhaust all of its capabilities. By then it's already obsolete and it's time to learn something new. For example, in the eighties I had a good friend who bought a VCR because everyone he knew had one and he thought he should have one too. After several instructions on how to insert a tape and play it, that was the extent of his total knowledge about VCRs.
When not knowing how to use a new product becomes an obvious liability, for example when a competitor starts using the same technology to make your life miserable, a person may panic and make matters worse by trying to make the product perform in ways other than which was designed.
Companies that once relied on fifteen office employees soon reduced their staffs to five, or less. The decision to 'computerize' was not based on the idea that it would eliminate employees — quite the contrary. In fact, even suggesting that computers would replace personnel was considered politically incorrect. But looking back, that's exactly what happened.
Very few, if any small businesses planned for their transition into data processing. Without proper planning, many invested in the wrong technology and went belly-up. The primary reason for most all business failures can be traced back to the lack of planning – probably at the rate of 95 percent would be a conservative estimate. Conversely, most business victories were a direct result of proper planning. Surely there is always 'dumb luck', but it's usually temporary. The successes attributed to Walmart's planning are legendary. Sam Walton was an expert at planning. If he had not done so, the name Walmart would not be known today.
Planning can and should result in the perpetual restructuring of a business, and the bane of restructuring is often the resistance of management. Attempting to use a company's own management to construct a plan is difficult if not impossible, mainly because it will require a change of the jobs and responsibilities of the planners, and we are all painfully aware of our inherent rebellion against anything new. Oftentimes, as in Walmart's case, a plan must come from a single individual within an enterprise with the vision, determination and authority to see a plan through to its end, else it will be consciously or subconsciously sabotaged by those who see it as a threat.
That's it. The most important step in planning is to start with two or three simple goals. Later, you can break these goals down into objectives and processes to make them a reality. A plan started with three simple goals can quickly become a thousand pages, but for now, don't waste your time with more grandiose plans such as 'building ten new stores in the next twelve months', or how you will reach those goals. All of this will come into play as the plan develops.
The next step is to create an overview model of your business. This is a step that is frequently skipped and will result in the plan coming apart before you even get started. A thorough understanding of the current structure of an enterprise is important prior to a discussion with management regarding restructuring.
A thorough understanding of the structure of a business is desirable before dialogues with top management regarding restructuring. The process of analyzing goals, problems, critical success factors (CSF's), technology impact, and strategic opportunities will most certainly cause a refinement of the business model.
The 'business model' is a living document and we will constantly revisit the business model to determine what alterations need to be made to meet our goals.
Next to the formation of a living business model, the most important factor in restructuring is gaining the commitment of the participants. Without a fully committed management team, the plan is dead in the water before it even starts.


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This brain protein may be key to treating Parkinson's – study in rats shows
Americans have unrealistic expectations for a COVID-19 vaccine
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Whether slow or fast, here's how your metabolism influences how many calories you burn each day
Hepatitis D: how the virus made the jump from animals to humans
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Alzheimer's: new research shows a leap forward in identifying neurons vulnerable to the disease
The price of a drug should be based on its therapeutic benefits – not just what the market will bear
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Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?
HIV/AIDS Cure: Biotechnology company approved by the FDA to conduct human trials for potential HIV treatment
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HIV/AIDS cure is one of the most discussed topics in the world of health and medicine. This is because this disease has been around for decades yet there is no definite treatment for it yet.
Although this chronic disease is manageable when proper treatment is administered the patient is still not free from the illness and had to be treated throughout his or her life. Continuous consumption of drugs and treatment may help but this process has negative side effects for prolonged use like aging and health complications.
This is also too expensive to maintain and not everyone can keep up with this. This is why finding the ultimate HIV/AIDS cure is still the best.
Is a cure possible?
At the moment, doctors and medical professionals have tried various strategies and approaches to formulate the cure to HIV/AIDS however, they still need to test these out and see if they will be effective and if there are possible negative effects. Patients are currently being treated with antiretroviral therapy which proved to be helpful in improving their lives but a total cure is yet to be found as per the National Center for Biotechnology Information or NCBI.
Finding the HIV/AIDS cure is needed right now to prevent life-long treatments and normalize the lives of patients again. Having a cure will also avoid hurting the person's vital organs like the liver and kidneys due to medications. The good thing is - achieving the cure is still possible especially with the technology that is available today.
Potential HIV cure is ready for human trials
In fact, the FDA just recently approved the human trials to begin for the HIV/AIDS cure. This means that we are not getting closer to finally having a proper and exact medication for the disease.
CBS Baltimore reported that the American Gene Technologies (AGT) that is based in Maryland was given the go-ahead from the FDA. Thus, they can proceed with phase 1 of their clinical trial called AGT103-T. This is a gene therapy that will get rid of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS in infected patients.
In the preclinical studies that were published on The Molecular Therapy Family of Journals, the AGT103-T was said to have shown the ability to clear HIV when challenged with the virus and infected human cells.
"I am confident AGT103-T will be an important step towards an eventual cure for HIV," The Washington Times quoted Jeff Galvin, the CEO and founder of AGT, as saying.


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Q: How to develop a standalone webserver I try to explain my project. I have a server with 2 interfaces one has to offer a website  and absolutely nothing else. The other interface will be used to control and manage this server. To the interface of the webserver will be attached a access point to get connected to this server.
The picture
Internet ---> eth0 = SERVER |FIREWALL| WebServer = eth1 --> AP --> USER1, USER2, ...
I installed Apache2 and dnsmasq who is now offering DHCP to LAN. What I want to do is to redirect everything from eth1 to eth1 172.28.1.1 port 80. And block everything else. This is just for security.
Thanks!
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After searching a lot and with the guide of the first response, I get the solution. My problem was to make a captive portal and redirect everything to local ip.
Solution, quite easy. Setup dnsmasq and set this setting:
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
 address=/#/172.28.1.1

Block any kind of traffic and redirect it to local ip
# iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -j DNAT -s 172.28.0.0/16 -p tcp --to-destination 172.28.1.1
# iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -j DNAT -s 172.28.0.0/16 -p udp --to-destination 172.28.1.1

A: You can achieve this as follows:

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*Install a DNS server with a fake root zone, where you direct everything to your ip address 172.28.1.1. (e.g. * IN A 172.28.1.1).

*Install apache on 172.28.1.1.
Of course, you will need to configure DHCP to hand out your fake DNS server's IP address to your clients. Also, make sure that server doesn't forward packets from eth1 to eth0 (i.e. switch off ip_forward).

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from loguru import logger

from flexget import options, plugin
from flexget.entry import EntryState
from flexget.event import event
from flexget.task import logger as task_logger
from flexget.utils.log import log_once

logger = logger.bind(name='verbose')

class Verbose:
    """
    Verbose entry accept, reject and failure
    """

    # Run first thing after input phase
    @plugin.priority(plugin.PRIORITY_FIRST)
    def on_task_metainfo(self, task, config):
        if task.options.silent:
            return
        for entry in task.all_entries:
            entry.on_accept(self.verbose_details, task=task, act=EntryState.ACCEPTED, reason='')
            entry.on_reject(self.verbose_details, task=task, act=EntryState.REJECTED, reason='')
            entry.on_fail(self.verbose_details, task=task, act=EntryState.FAILED, reason='')

    @staticmethod
    def verbose_details(entry, task=None, act: EntryState = None, reason=None, **kwargs):
        msg = f"`{entry['title']}` by {task.current_plugin} plugin"
        if reason:
            msg = f'{msg} because {reason[0].lower() + reason[1:]}'
        task_logger.opt(colors=True).verbose(f"{act.log_markup}: {{}}", msg)

    def on_task_exit(self, task, config):
        if task.options.silent:
            return
        # verbose undecided entries
        if task.options.verbose:
            undecided = False
            for entry in task.entries:
                if entry in task.accepted:
                    continue
                undecided = True
                logger.verbose('UNDECIDED: `{}`', entry['title'])
            if undecided:
                log_once(
                    'Undecided entries have not been accepted or rejected. If you expected these to reach output,'
                    ' you must set up filter plugin(s) to accept them.',
                    logger=logger,
                )

@event('plugin.register')
def register_plugin():
    plugin.register(Verbose, 'verbose', builtin=True, api_ver=2)

@event('options.register')
def register_parser_arguments():
    exec_parser = options.get_parser('execute')
    exec_parser.add_argument(
        '-v',
        '--verbose',
        action='store_true',
        dest='verbose',
        default=False,
        help='verbose undecided entries',
    )
    exec_parser.add_argument(
        '-s',
        '--silent',
        action='store_true',
        dest='silent',
        default=False,
        help='don\'t verbose any actions (accept, reject, fail)',
    )

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Leica Oskar Barnack Award
The depiction of the relationship between man and their environment in a series of photographs captured with incisive powers of observation is and remains the mission of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
First place in the main category went to JH Engström for his series titled Tout Va Bien. The Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award, first presented in 2009, has been won by Wiktoria Wojciechowska for her series Short Flashes. The members of the jury – Michael Biedowicz, picture editor of Zeitmagazin; Christian Caujolle, curator, founder and former director of Agence VU; Martin Kollar, photographer and winner in 2014; Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, general director of Leica Galerien International; and Brigitte Schaller, art director of Leica Fotografie International – agreed on the choice of the two winners and nine finalists. The awards was presented in the course of the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie photographic festival held in Arles, in the south of France, on 8 July 2015.
Tout Va Bien does not handle a concrete subject in the traditional sense. The Swedish photographer JH Engström intends his project to be seen much more as visual poetry – a photographic narrative with strong autobiographical elements. Despite this, it does not exclusively depict aspects of his own life. Tout Va Bien is a sequence of widely differing images. The winning series includes both portraits and landscapes, as well as bizarre snapshots like the photograph of the birth of his twins. The photographer also switches between exposures in black and white and colour. Engström plays with contrasts and leaves it to viewers to find their own ways of reading and interpreting each picture. The complete project comprises 90 images and will be published in book form by Aperture in July.
JH Engström, born in 1969 in Karlstad, Sweden, spent the early part of his career as a photographer between Sweden and France. After working as an assistant to Mario Testino and Anders Petersen, he studied film and photography at the University of Gothenburg and graduated in 1997. Engström has already published a number of different books of photography – these include Trying to Dance (2003), Haunts (2006), CDG/JHE (2008), From Back Home (with Anders Petersen, 2009), La Résidence (2010) and Sketch of Paris (Aperture, 2013) – and has won numerous international awards.
In her winning series, the Polish photographer Wiktoria Wojciechowska focuses on fleeting moments of everyday life in China. Over a period of several months, she portrayed Chinese cyclists pedalling their damp ways through the incessant rain of the sprawling megacities of Beijing and Hangzhou. The project was shot as the streets were almost flooded in the typhoon season of 2013 and 2014. Alone, and without speaking a word of Chinese, the young photographer explored this new terrain without any means of communicating with the people around her. She identified with and felt the anonymity of the nameless cyclists and scooter riders who whizzed past her on the streets. This was the source of her idea for giving these people an identity – picking them out from the masses – and preserving them in captured instants. Her snapshot-like images tell the truths of genuine moments. Because, in contrast to posed and tightly controlled portraits, these spontaneous and unnoticed exposures show the reality and authenticity that exists between ingrained behavioural patterns.
Wiktoria Wojciechowska was born in 1991 in Lublin, Poland, and is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Her work has already been shown in various exhibitions and at festivals and has been published in magazines such as ArchivoZine, Beijinger, ArtPhotoMag, Gente di Fotografia, GUP, L'Oeil de la Photographie and Urbanautica.
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Space travel for recreational and leisure purposes is here.
While suborbital space tourism is in its infancy, as it becomes more affordable it will become more popular and is viewed as a money-making proposition by many companies.
Space: The Final Frontier? Not quite – most private space tour operators will only offer suborbital adventures in the near future. While the Kármán Line at 100 kilometers altitude is officially considered space, it will only take travellers into a zero-gravity environment for several minutes before returning to earth.
And it's closer than you think!
An Australian brewery release their Vostok Space Beer, which can be consumed in zero-gravity, in January 2011 and tour operator Thirsty Swagman launched their "Beer in Space" tour in April 2011 offering suborbital flights where budding astronauts can drink a beer in space.


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The last three years have been nothing short of a whirlwind for guitarist Mark Tremonti, currently in the throes of one of the most active periods of his 20-year career since co-forming rock radio juggernauts Creed in Florida in 1993. In addition to that group's brief reunion and eventual disbandment in 2012, Tremonti has also logged time with offshoot Alter Bridge and, this summer, released his second solo album, "Cauterize," which may be his most personal yet.
"What I write is almost always related to my personal experiences," he admits. Though Tremonti has yet to pen a juicy tell-all like former bandmate Scott Stapp, on "Cauterize," he doesn't stop some of his own stories from bleeding out — the most telling being "Flying Monkeys," which conjures up the contentious "Wizard of Oz" climax amidst a deafening metal chug.
"It's about someone who can't give up a grudge. It's someone I don't want to be. It's somebody who I was for years," he says, perhaps coyly referencing the two decades with the often-maligned Stapp, whose ongoing addictions and personal woes nearly derailed the multi-platinum group that was one of the most successful post-grunge outfits of the late '90s and early 2000s.
Though things seem amicable — the two recently met to discuss the possibility of a Creed box set, and Tremonti says he's "glad that [Scott's] doing well" after a very public breakdown — there is no impending plan to reunite the group. The hiatus has instead afforded Tremonti the time to finally focus on his lifelong solo project.
In fact, Tremonti's solo work might come as a shock to those who just know him as the backbone of songs like "Arms Wide Open" and "Higher." On his own material, all soft and alternative rock traces are swapped out for the heavier head charge of "Radical Change" and the melodic mayhem of "Another Heart," a style preference that traces back to Tremonti's earliest musical memories. He spent a number of his preteen years in the idyllic suburb of Wilmette and would often scour local record bins for "the darkest, heaviest, meanest, creepiest stuff I could find," he says, referencing speed and death metal scions like Metallica, Slayer and Obituary and punk groups like Minor Threat and Black Flag as early influences.
Tremonti's family still resides in the Chicago area and has turned his latest pursuits into a kind of family business, with older brother Mike running social media, and another brother, Dan, designing artwork for albums and merchandise as well as running Tremonti's management company and lifestyle brand and community called Fret 12. It offers novice players a host of instructional videos, in-depth interviews, signature gear and apparel from both Tremonti and friends like Slipknot's Jim Root, Shinedown's Zach Myers and Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy.


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Position: Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialty: Obstetrics/Gynecology
About Dr. Lopez
Dr. Juan Lopez is the Chairman of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kern Medical.
Dr. Lopez received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Saint Mary's College and his Medical Doctorate Degree from Ross University School of Medicine. He went on to complete his OB/GYN Internship and Residency Program at Kern Medical. He was a Faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2004-2012 before serving as Chairman of the department starting in 2013. He also serves as an attending physician of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Omni Family Community Health Centers.
Dr. Lopez has been awarded Faculty of the Year in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kern Medical two separate years, and was awarded National Faculty of the Year for Excellence in Resident Education by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists in 2013. He was awarded Resident of the Year and Best Resident on three separate occasions and was awarded both Best Teaching Resident and Intern of the Year. Dr. Lopez is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is a member of the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.
Affiliations, Societies and Memberships American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
Ross University School of Medicine Portsmouth, Dominica
Kern Medical Bakersfield, CA
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care Philadelphia, PA


People are more connected to their technology now than ever before. Our credit card information is saved on our phones and laptops. All of our social media accounts are just a tap away. But as convenient as it is to have access to a smartphone and computer, these devices are potential stalking gateways if not protected.
January is National Stalking Awareness Month and we want to help broaden your grasp on possible stalking threats. So first thing's first — let's take a look at your iPhone.
Stalking via phone has become much more advanced than sending threatening texts or serial calling. Take for example the "Find My Friends" iPhone feature, which allows you to see the whereabouts of other iPhone users. Whether you signed up for the feature yourself, or someone signed up for you by gaining access to you phone, your location could be easily traceable through the app. Luckily, it's simple to tweak the app's settings so potential threats aren't able to follow you from their own device.
But if someone has access to your Apple ID information, they may be able to install a parental lock on the Find My Friends feature, thus making it nearly impossible for you to deactivate it. If this happens, Jacqui Cheng from ArsTechnica.com suggests restoring your phone to its factory settings to set it up as a new device. From there, immediately change all your Apple passwords.
In 2016, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned that that potential stalkers who have access to your phone could be able to install a surveillance app, or spyware, onto your device. According to NPR, spyware can be purchased as a subscription service like Netflix or Amazon. Once the stalker has signed up for the software, all they need is a few minutes alone with their target's phone to install the coinciding app. The companies even explain how to hide the app within the phone so it stays undetected.
These spyware softwares don't just stop at tracking location. They can pick up text conversations, passwords, websites, and anything the target types into the phone. A stalker can even block other numbers from contacting their target and listen in on phone conversations.
Always keep a watchful eye on your smartphone, especially if a potential stalker is frequently in your vicinity.
Social media sites and apps are also incredibly useful tools for cyberstalkers. Tagging yourself at a location on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, or even posting a photo with a recognizable background, can open you up to being stalked. You may even be unknowingly tagging your location when you post if an app is connected to you phone's GPS.
Go into your phone's Privacy settings and either disable all location services or toggle them on and off for selected apps. Also, check your in-app location settings often and refrain from including specific location-related details in social media posts.
The FTC also notes that Bluetooth can be used to track people. When not in use, turn off your Bluetooth on both your phone and computer.
If you're under suspicion that someone is stalking you, do your best to stay away from social media altogether. Change your passwords for social media and banking accounts, email, and anything else you can think of frequently. Do not accept any new friend requests and privatize your social media profiles. Remove as much personal information as you can from these sites.
Always feel free to contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE. And if you ever feel in immediate danger, dial 911 right away.


I am a Team Leader with CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, with expertise on the identification, analysis, management and conservation of marine biodiversity and data systems to support these efforts. This work has been part of the CERF, NERP and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hubs, leading projects on prediction of biodiversity, cumulative impacts and management of biodiversity within Australias EEZ. This work includes the develop approaches to the management of marine biodiversity for the Australian Government. I am developing statistical tools to robustly quantify the effects of human activity on marine biodiversity and quantifying patterns of distributions. This involves collaboration with a broad range of scientists including ecologists, taxonomists, geologists, oceanographers, spatial modellers, fisheries scientists and statisticians.
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