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Eastern Front1st October 1941
Stalin the War Lord
Just before dawn on Sunday, 22 Jun 1941, the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in the largest land invasion in the history of the world. More than 3 million troops advanced through the Baltic States, Belarus and the Ukraine.
Initially, Stalin seems to have been in a state of denial about the German attack. He ordered Soviet forces not to confront the enemy in case the activity on the border was just some kind of 'provocation'. But when, within hours, it became clear that this no 'provocation, Stalin reacted by issuing a series of fantasy orders. In 'Directive Number 3', for example, he called for the Red Army to push forward into German territory. And in indulging in this kind of alternative military reality, Stalin illustrated part of the broader problem the Soviet military now faced.
'The Soviet military doctrine was bizarre,' says Professor Robert Service, 'because it was based on the idea that no invasion would be effective, and that therefore no great defence works had to be put in hand, even after the Sovietisation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. There was no great hurry about that because the war would be fought on the territory of the enemy, and so all preparations were made on that basis. Together with the fact that the Red Army wasn't allowed to respond actively to the first battles in which it was engaged, this was disastrous for the Soviet Union.'
Many soldiers of the Wehrmacht could scarcely believe their luck: 'You thought it was a doddle,' says Albert Schneider, who fought with the German 201st assault gun battalion in the initial days of the invasion. He thought 'the war will be over in six months – a year at most.' And it certainly appeared to be a 'doddle' for the Germans in those first days. For though there were isolated pockets of fierce Soviet resistance the wider picture was one of near-collapse.
Stalin's leadership was largely to blame for this terrible catastrophe. It wasn't just that his purges had weakened the Red Army, and that he had personally ignored intelligence reports which pointed clearly to the danger of an imminent German invasion, it was that his inability to trust the people who worked for him had resulted in a political and military system within the Soviet State that considered the exercise of personal initiative positively dangerous. Almost no one within the leadership structure wanted to take swift or courageous decisions.
It was a potentially fatal fault in the Soviet system that was made even worse by the fact that their German opponents were successful in large part because they practiced the opposite system of command – not rigid, but fluid. Their use of 'Auftragstaktik' ('mission command') meant that decision making on the battlefield could often be delegated right down to NCOs. Whilst commanders set the overall objective it was up to the soldiers on the ground to determine how best to achieve the desired result.
The realization of just how grim the situation had become hit Stalin at a meeting on 29 June in Moscow – just one week after the invasion had been launched. When he was told that they Germans were about to take Minsk, capital of the Soviet republic of Belrus, he stormed out the meeting, uttered an expletive, and went and sulked in his dacha. When he didn't turn up for work at the Kremlin the next day, a delegation of the Politburo visited him. Several of those who went in to see Stalin later said that they believed that he thought he was going to be arrested. But this was no coup. Because, as Sebag Montefiore says, 'They all still felt that he was a genius and that he was incredibly impressive and he was an amazing organiser, and it was going to take a huge organiser to do this [defeat the Germans]. There was no one with the authority to do it, no one, and there hadn't really been anyone since Lenin who had the authority necessary to do this….. Stalin in a sense was protected by his reputation, by his cult of personality, because to remove him would undermine the whole regime. So they had to keep him, and they felt they needed him.'
It was Stalin who had largely been responsible for getting them into this mess, but because of the very repressive techniques that he had used in doing so, he was now the only person who had the authority to get them out of it.
But Stalin's leadership was not subsequently decisive that summer – far from it, since by October 1941 the Germans were at the gates of Moscow. After victories at Kiev, Bryansk and Vyazma, it seemed as if the Wehrmacht might now take the Soviet capital itself. And it's only since the fall of communism that we've learnt just how desperate the Soviet leadership felt at this crucial moment. There were plans to evacuate the government to safety further east, and there was panic in the air.
But Stalin held firm. He decided he would not leave the capital. He would stay and fight. 'I think it was, from the point of view of morale, very important that Stalin stayed on in Moscow,' says Professor Robert Service, 'and he was tempted to move off to the Volga region for security, but at the last moment he changed his mind. He appreciated that if it was known that the leader was staying in Moscow within bombing range of the German armed forces then the morale of the Soviet defence effort would be all the greater.'
This was the defining moment of Stalin's war. He could easily have decided to cut and run – but he didn't. Helped by knowledge from Intelligence sources (that this time he believed) that the Japanese were not planning to attack the Soviet Union, Stalin ordered a state of siege implemented in Moscow and reinforced the troops guarding the capital with fresh units from Siberia. It was a strategy that worked. Not only were the Germans – who were themselves almost broken with exhaustion – held back outside the Soviet capital, but early in December the Red Army was able to counter attack.
'When he [ie Stalin] started to run the war, particularly after the early period when the whole thing was in free-fall and he really was out of his depth, he really did become a superb organiser of war materials,' says Sebag Montefiore. 'I mean even in the Battle of Moscow, which was the key battle of the war, his grasp of the material of war was astonishing, the fact that he had the number of tanks of the entire Soviet Army in a little notebook on his desk. This was very impressive to people, and it's easy when we know about the colossal disasters, which he cared little about, to forget this.'
But despite his undoubted gifts as an organizer, together with the strength of character he had shown in October 1941 with the Germans closing on Moscow, Stalin could still have lost the war for the Soviet Union. Because in the spring of 1942 he once again demonstrated – with catastrophic results – his incompetence as a military commander.
On 12 May 1942, Soviet troops moved towards Kharkov in the Ukraine as part of an ambitious and widespread offensive ordered by Stalin. It turned out to be a disaster, as the Red Army were lured into a German trap. The Wehrmacht eventually took over two hundred thousand Soviet prisoners. It was a catastrophe reminiscent of the bleak days of the previous summer. Moreover, once again, it was Stalin's fault. It had been Stalin who had championed the Kharkov attack and it had been Stalin who had refused to allow Red Army soldiers to pull back once it became clear that they were about to be encircled.
Soviet forces had outnumbered the Germans at the battle of Kharkov by more than two to one – and yet still they had lost. It was a sign that no matter how many resources the Soviets might be able to bring to this war, Stalin's military incompetence could still lose it for them.
But then, in the autumn of 1942, as the Germans tried to take Stalingrad, Stalin changed. 'Stalin was a great learner,' says Professor Robert Service. 'He wasn't a very good forgiver, but he was a great learner when his personal interests were at stake. And he came to the conclusion that he was running the army too brutally and that he had to trust the professional judgment of his own high command. That high command had to prove itself as having superior professional judgment, so he kept on at them to tell him why, for example, they had to make tactical retreats. He didn't like retreats of any kind, but he came to admire the professional expertise of Zhukov, Vasilievsky and others, people whom previously he wouldn't have given much time to. So there was a change in Stalin's attitude. That's not to say that the commanders didn't still fear for their lives in his presence; they did. So he kept this severe, suspicious demeanor right the way through to the end while taking seriously the purely professional questions that came up in planning the campaign.'
Stalin first showed this new desire to listen rather than dictate to his Generals in September 1942, in connection with the planning of Operation Uranus. He let Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Vasilievsky devise this massive offensive against the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad without interfering in any of the detail. And when the offensive was a triumphant success, Stalin had all the proof he needed that his interests – and those of the Soviet Union – were best served when he let the professionals do their job.
And it wasn't as if Stalin didn't have plenty to do within his own area of expertise – politics. Because, as it became clear that the Germans would lose the war, Stalin realized that the decisions he reached with the other Allied leaders would now help determine the future of the post war world. And in this respect, Stalin, most definitely, had his own agenda.
Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy
Dmitri Volkogonov


I have a bit of a cognitive dissonance problem when it comes to design. On one hand, I have always had a strong predilection towards the scrappy, cutesy, retro-chic subsection of the design spectrum. I just recently professed my love for all things scout-themed and I have been known to collect such functionless items as vintage toy tractors, glass soda bottles, and rusted-out cigarette tins—not to mention a whole slew of midcentury children's books that I have no intention of reading. Despite the fact that I was born in the 80s, I can't seem to prevent myself from waxing nostalgic or even inventing sentimental feelings about the good ol' days of yore. On the other hand, part of me has fallen head-over-heels for the pared-down utilitarian creations that have taken the design world by storm as of late—something that has made me seriously re-evalute my love for the more frivolous side of things. Over the past year, I've found myself navigating a treacherous territory of mixed design emotion: do I indulge my deep-rooted love for all things kawaii or lighten my clutter intake by opting for a more carefully considered, minimal design diet? Luckily, it appears that I can have my cake and eat it, too!
If the booths lining the corridors of ICFF this year were any indication, the world is feeling the exact same way (or all designers have simultaneously read my mind—in which case, get out my head, designers!). Everywhere I look, design companies are negotiating the seemingly paradoxical desire for liberating simplicity and spirit-enriching whimsy. Although design companies are as interested as ever in crafting with industrial materials, they are adding warmth to their creations by combining them with organic materials and, more frequently, bold splashes of color. One such company is the LA-based Scout Regalia.
Above image: The new Ranger Stool.
Above image: SR's White Oak Table Set is crafted using powder coated aluminum and tight-grained American white oak hardwood. The color of the powder coating can be customized to your specifications from a collection of 210 colors.
Above image: One of SR's latest productions, these handy-dandy plant markers are a simple, colorful way to keep your garden organized (coming soon!).
Above image: SR's Raised Garden kit takes the legwork out of assembling a custom raised garden.
Above image: The interior of the New Belgium Ranger Station, a Snowmass, CO based restaurant and brewery. Interior photos by Laure Joliet.
Above image: Spaces that SR designed at the Snowmass-based Wildwood Resort, also home to SR's Steven Alan retail space. Interior photos by Laure Joliet.
I want that bike! And that stool. And the raised garden kit. And everything else. So cool.
i don't take umbrage with them and you're certainly welcome to your feelings, but i would love the chance to respond.
design*sponge actually started as a design product site, and was one of the first ones doing that. for the first few years (2004-2007) i only covered what was new and cool in design goods, and gradually expanded to cover other types of content. as it stands, we only post 1-2 product posts per day and the rest are non-product related. that's 1/3 of the daily posts at most, so there should still be plenty of content for you if you don't want to hear about what's happening in the design world at large.
we're posting more products than normal right now because last week all the big design shows happened. the vast majority of readers request and love that sort of coverage so we try to strike a balance between the two.
Oh man, I want all of this, but especially the bike and that oak table set. Just need to, you know, move to an apartment with room for a dining table.
Ann, I'm afraid to say I'm with you on that one. I think the links to shopping websites are fine per se (some people do actually want to buy what they've just read about, or at least find out how to get something similar), but the advertising and more commercial feel is definitely dominating D*S as of lately. The D*S Book harnesses what used to be the best things about the website, in that it shows unique and creative ideas, and for which the commercial motivation was secondary. Perhaps this is a sad reality of our world these days.
i'm not sure what's making you feel that way (we limit sponsored posts to 4-6 a month) but i'm sorry if that's the case. i really don't think d*s is lacking in unique and creative ideas. i think you're probably just noticing that some of the regular original content has a sponsor tag at the bottom.
the sad reality of the blog market right now is that no one (seriously, the ad networks stopped selling them all together) buys regular banner ads anymore. the only way to support a blog and pay team members fairly is to integrate some sponsored content. i personally hate it (a lot) but i also hate the idea of not paying the people who work here every day and pour their hearts into everything they do. i'm testing out some alternate revenue streams right now, but we've got to make due until they kick in, so we're integrating a small handful every month.
I've been wondering about that, assumed it was something along those lines. Thanks for the background info Grace.
i've been trying to avoid discussing the changing ad market online, since i don't think most readers care about issues that are ours and not theirs. but it's been rough. the only option is to basically sponsor everything. it makes me want to quit and give up, but instead we're working triple over time to try to find other ways to produce income without selling things in the content section- which is my own personal hell.
I love most of this, but $95 for a package of screws and corner brackets so that I can purchase wood and build my own garden box seems ridiculous.
Just wanted to add my two cents. I really appreciate the product reviews. It's hard to find great design that isn't mass produced. Plus D*S often introduces the people behind the products. I love that. Sure, sometimes items are too expensive, but that doesn't mean I don't have fun looking at the photos. Many favorite items around my house where found on D*S. I say, keep up the good work!
I agree, Annie. D*S is doing a great job of staying true to providng real content in a changing online environment. It seems to me that the D*S staff has chosen to sacrifice maximizing income for the sake of providing readers with what we've always loved about this blog. Surely we can all agree that Grace and her team deserve to be able to make a decent living!
Just wanted to add that I think it has been important to share the business side of your blog , why content has shifted and the addition of sponsored content. When I first started to notice the "this was sponsored by ……." at the end of an article that I just read, truthfully I was put off. But because you came forward and explained the change in ad revenue it was easier for me to let it go. You are the one who has to make the decisions on where you feel comfortable with sponsors and content. Thanks for hanging in there and trying to figure out a way that it works for you and your team.
As a long time reader I love the product reviews and the back stories that you provide about the makers.
Thanks, Grace, I hear you, sounds really tough. I actually don't mind the sponsored posts and I love your design reviews, I have bought many things from your links over the years, wallpaper, fabric, pillows, etc., too bad you can't get a commission on these sales, I am sure you generate a lot of business and these are things that I would not come across anywhere else so thank you. I am just not into the product posts that mass things together in a theme for the most part.. but you know what your readers like. I think perhaps that some of the posts by others are too long, they could be a little shorter, and Grace your readers love you, and have parts of your taste in their houses..
The quality of your final product and the humor and love that's there makes the interjection of ads bearable. I always look forward to "the news" you offer and marvel and the beauty of the site in general. Thank you, thank you.
I was going to gush over the bike and say how much I wanted it, when I realized I already own a beautiful white bike very much like that one already! Silly me. Love their work, thank you for showing them to us.
Wow, I love these designs. So sleek and yet still warm. Next time I'm near Snowmass, I'll have to check out the Ranger Station.
I LOVE the Scout Regalia stuff!! A few months ago I used one of their free online plans to build an outdoor bonsai bench. It turned out great!
Did I see them in Sunset Magazine a while back? They seem familiar and I love that picnic table set!
Fwiw, I agree with Annie, Mera, and Andrea. Thanks for your hard work Grace!
D*S is awesome just the way it is! I've been a reader for about 4 years, and have only noticed it getting better and better!
We have two Scout Regalia Table and Benches. One is Yellow which is awesome.
I always like to hear about the back story to how this amazing blog stays functioning, and I think it's good for people to hear how hard it can be to make revenue off of a free website. But I'm biased, coming from a free alt-weekly background – I know how critical people can be while enjoying, for free, all of the hard work that goes into a site.
I also enjoy the product features, and actually miss the product round-ups that used to occur sometimes, like best couches under $1000, etc. I don't have a ton of time to go find all of this cool stuff on my own, and I look to Design*Sponge to let me know what's out there. I get my best gifting ideas from this site! Also – y0u don't always have to buy that thing that you love that you see here. The products I see inspire me to find my own personal version of them, or make them myself. Thank you to the whole D*S team for all of the hard work that goes into this site!
Do you think you could have a post in your Business Ladies section that addresses pricing for designers and small makers/producers/manufacturers? As a designer, I don't have tons of money to spend, but I still take offense at people complaining about the price points of small companies' items. I don't think most people realize that in order to manufacture something responsibly and make a living designing those things, you have to charge more than mass manufacturers. If one could purchase the Raised Garden Kit at Target, it wouldn't cost $95.00, but it would be made offshore in huge quantities. The factories could very well have poor working conditions, the quality might be worse, the energy footprint would certainly be larger. And that's if someone like Target chose to offer something like this. The reason smaller companies' wares are often more innovative and interesting is because they don't have to appeal to everyone, because they don't need to sell in huge quantities (although I'm sure they would like to).
In short, I am a believer of everything having a true cost: Food that is grown environmentally responsibly costs more. Clothing that isn't produced in Bangladeshi sweat shops costs more. Items that are designed and produced in Western countries with labor laws cost more.
Where can I find a print of the "look outside" painting? I love it!


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A city centre pub is to get a new lease of life including a new name, its original one, care of a Birmingham beer institution.
Davenports Brewery, established in Birmingham in 1829, have taken on a traditional Victorian pub and plan to restore it to its former glory, including the original name, The Bulls Head.
The pub, which has been known as the City Tavern since 1984, is only yards from the site of one of Davenports original breweries on Bath Row.
Constructed in 1901 and designed by James and Lister Lea, the 'backstreet boozer', will undergo a sympathetic refurbishment and reposition it's offering. Sitting just behind the newly redeveloped Five Ways Island, it adds to a growing number of high profile changes in the area.
Being a Davenports pub, The Bulls Head will be offering traditional, award-winning cask beers made here in Birmingham and which have not been seen for many years, giving Brummie drinkers the chance to taste some local history. Combined with new craft beers, unique cocktails, coffee and a grilled food menu created to perfectly compliment the new range of drinks, the new offering marks a worthy upgrade to a venue with such a long and illustrious history.
The venue is being brought back to life by Davenports and headed up by Brummies Simon Key (Brand Director at Davenports) and Gerard Glenholmes-Walsh (General Manager).
Talking further about Davenports re-emergence into the market, Simon added, "We are soon to be opening brand new venues in the Jewellery Quarter and Moseley, which have been delayed, but we could not wait any longer to bring back an iconic name to the city centre."
Food from the Davenports dining room offers great casual dining, using local suppliers and favourites such as Lashford's award winning 12 inch dogs to more recent Brummie fair like spiced Kati rolls and popcorn prawn pakora and even our own Bombay bad boy which is bostin with a cold beer!


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Fortnite player Tfoust10 misses the Grappler so much that he decided to recreate it in real life. He shared a picture of the prototype on the Fortnite subreddit last night.
The plan is to propel the plunger with nitrogen gas at 180 psi, which is pressure about six times higher than the air pressure inside a car tire.
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Tfoust also said he's taking suggestions on what other game items he should try to build in real life after the Grappler experiment is over. For now, Fortnite fans will patiently wait to see if his first creation will work and take the Grappler out of the vault in real life.


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Inspirational culture drives Matt Eikenhout, Club Lime's fitness expert
John Thistleton 10 July 2019 8 July 2019
Matt Eikenhout, Head of Fitness with Club Lime, enjoys personal training, and working with people as motivated as he is in keeping in top shape. Photos: Supplied.
Naturally drawn to the gym from his teenage years completing high school at Daramalan College, Matt Eikenhout soon found himself at the coalface of Australia's pace-setter in the health and leisure industry.
But there was a catch. In this position, you can't keep still. Slow down here and you could get swept away.
Matt's in top shape as a personal trainer and one of the key people in Canberra-based Viva Leisure, which runs fitness and wellbeing services including the Club Lime brands.
Viva Leisure listed on the Australian Stock Market recently, swiftly raising $20 million, and turning away many eager investors when the public offer was quickly filled.
Most of Matt's clients are in equally great shape, as are his fellow trainers. They are all as motivated in the daily, grinding regime as he is these days.
"You have up and coming younger trainers in the industry, you are trying to keep up with those guys and girls, and their competitive nature, and it doesn't get any easier, that's for sure," Matt says.
Matt's daily routine is so full of energy, some of us might find it difficult to keep up!
The 33-year-old loves the challenge of keeping pace with Club Lime's rapid growth.
"Sometimes it is a cyclone, you either jump in, run around in the middle there or you get blown away on the outside, that's what I always explain to people," he says.
"You have to prioritise what needs to be done. At the same time, we have a great team who are always supporting our ideas and what we are trying to achieve as well.
"It is not one person doing absolutely everything. We are all quite busy, juggling everything and doing it quite well. It means you have to be on point every day and help each other when needed."
Matt's early career began while he was a regular at Canberra Institute of Technology's gym. He completed his Certificate 3 for fitness training at CIT and, encouraged after a careers night, continued training and started working as a Gym Floor, taking boxing classes and group Circuit classes.
In 2005, he completed a Certificate 4 enabling him to become a full-time personal trainer. Moving to several different gyms to widen his experience, by the end of 2005 he was at Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre doing full-time PT sessions.
"I was running my own business there, as a contractor and eventually managing other contractors before Club Lime offered me a full-time position," he says. "To be honest I was tucking away 60 hours a week comfortably across a number of different sites, doing a bit of travel here and there, it was long days," he says.
"A personal trainer usually has their first clients around 5-6 am every day, prime time for us, and in the evenings, you find yourself back to back with clients until 7-8 pm. During the day, you would generally train yourself or preferably other trainers, do life administration, business administration and get back into it from 2 pm to 7 or 8 pm with clients," Matt says.
Often a group workout session will see Canberra superstars join in on the action. Last week, Joe Tapine, Sia Soliola (a Club Lime Sponsor), Dunamis Lui, and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad from the Canberra Raiders dropped in for a workout.
He was delivering 40 plus sessions a week. "For me I love it. I live it, I breathe it, I'm a pretty energetic person, so the job is perfect for me.
"I'm quite motivated and generally have no issues with talking to people, it was quite easy for me to be with 40 different people in the one week and those sessions would be 45 minutes. It stacks up, it can be mentally exhausting, but at the same time you get used to it," he says.
"You always have to be switched on, because you have to remember how much they [his clients] can lift, how fast they can run, what they can and cannot do in the gym, injury concerns as well," he says.
Now Head of Fitness with Club Lime, he is overseeing the roll-out across Canberra and NSW of current and new Hiit Republic facilities, which offer a boutique functional fitness class-based environment. When a new gym opens, or a gym needs equipment it is down to Matt to investigate and organise everything, based on what is going on in the industry.
"Leaving my previous role back in 2012 was a tough decision, but certainly the best decision I have made in my career," he says.
"Seven years on, I have certainly been given amazing opportunities within Viva Leisure, and get excited about coming to work every day. Each day is different, and the people you work with and meet [the members] along the way are inspiring, and every day still starts off with a 5 am alarm clock and a few coffees to get me through the day."
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Schedules are out. Why doesn't the '04 group have a final? Just two brackets (A and B) that each play 3 games, but no crossover? Seems hokey, practically every other age group has a final, or at least gets 4 games in. Am I wrong for thinking there should be an A vs. B final?
I am sure there will be a final. As with most tournament schedules that are posted, the first posting always has errors.
We played in a tournament in St Louis this weekend and there were only 4 Gold teams. Played three games.
I agree with t-town05, that Gold bracket is too good not to have the A & B winners play each other in a final. More than likely you'll have top 2 from each bracket advance to a semi-finals round.
Hopefully the rain won't win this tournament like it did Cosmos Cup.
Hope so! Any predictions of who will be in the finals?
yoyokix wrote: Hope so! Any predictions of who will be in the finals?
I will stay in state and say OFC and Blitz. Never know with tournaments. Out of state teams + guest players can change things.
On the 04 girls side it would be extremely disappointing if its not Blitz v. OFC in finals. That said its a tournament so you never know.
I predict TSC Careeno and Blitz in the final with the skill of TSC being to much for the blitz team. If the opponents agianst OFC match their physical play and the match has competent referees then OFC will not make the finals.
Congrats to Blitz for making the finals and OFC for taking the trophy. OFC 05 had a good showing and the TSC 05 group was impressive this weekend.
Besides the TSC05 team that tied them they really didnt have much competetion.
nice little jab there Sparky. I am guessing that made you feel better about yourself.
All of the teams were good teams, just looks like OFC had their Wheaties Sunday morning. I wish there would have been semis to see more crossover games. For TSC '05 to win two and tie one and not get to move on is tough, semis are great for instances like that. Good weekend of soccer, OFC finished strong.
We saw some good matches this weekend and always enjoy watching our kids compete, but this was most likely our last blitz tournament due to the poor organization. We experienced several instances in which the referees were 15-20 minutes late, elimination games played with only a center ref (these were not academy age games either....these were top brackets in age group) and the fact that there were no semi finals just really seemed cheap. Also, I definitely noticed some discrepancies in bracket structure/scheduling (which I know this always happens, but at least there is typically a semi final to counter that approach). Its unfortunate, but these experiences prohibit Tulsa soccer from drawing more out of state competition. Bummer!


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Jackett: Finishing The Difference
Boss looks ahead to Peterborough test
Pompey have enjoyed an upturn in fortunes in the past fortnight.
A run of four successive defeats had halted their climb up the table and ensured an early exit from the FA Cup.
But a Checkatrade Trophy win at Charlton was followed by successive league victories over Blackpool and Southend.
Kenny Jackett does not believe that is down to a huge improvement in performance levels, but simply more chances being taken.
The Blues boss said: "There were a number of those defeats where we could have got results.
"We created quite a few chances but, as ever, if you don't put them away then you can't complain about that.
"Finishing is such an important part of the game – and at the moment we've got someone who can do that."
Kenny Jackett
"There have been a lot of very tight games that could have gone either way, but the bottom line is the result.
"Finishing is such an important part of the game – and at the moment we've got someone who can do that and make a real difference.
"The side is set up for Brett Pitman and his strengths because you have to use your assets, although would I like more goals to come from other areas? Yes, I would."
Pompey will look to extend their winning run when they visit 11th-placed Peterborough on Tuesday evening.
Jackett said: "They are one of many teams who are chasing those top places and are in a good position to do so, as we are.
"Peterborough started off like a house on fire, but this is a tough division and there's a lot of quality in the top half.
"I remember when they went down from the Championship with 54 points a few years ago and they're always one of the teams in League One who are playing the best football.
"We're not underestimating how hard it's going to be, but a win has to be our aim. It's a big week for us and we want a good total from the nine points that are available.
"Nobody's going to give us that, however, and we have to work hard for every single one that we get."
Kenny Jackett pre-Peterborough United
Manager Kenny Jackett looks ahead to Pompey's midweek Sky Bet League One visit to Peterborough United.
Peterborough United vs Portsmouth on 21 Nov 17


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WAT PHO NGAM
Wat Pho Ngam, or the Monastery of the Beautiful Bodhi Tree, was located on Ayutthaya's city island in the eastern part of the city in the Ho Rattanachai Sub-district in a locality called Bang Ian (1).
The monastery was between Khlong Na Mueang (2) and Khlong Makham Riang (3). Wat Jan stood northeast (defunct) and Wat Khok Dokmai (defunct) southwest. The temple was located in a swampy area.
The site shows on a 19th-century map of an unknown surveyor. Wat Pho Ngam stood between Khlong Makham Riang and Khlong Na Mueang, but closer to the latter. Wat Jan stood north and Wat Pa Thon south. Wat Pho Ngam was more or less aligned with these two temples. The map indicates the presence of a chedi.
Phraya Boran Rachathanin indicates a spot northeast of Wat Khok Dokmai on his map drawn in 1926 CE, which was not yet excavated at that time. This place could have been the location of Wat Pho Ngam. Phraya Boran (1871-1936 CE) was the Superintendent Commissioner of Monthon Ayutthaya from 1925 till 1929 CE but occupied important functions since 1896 CE in Monthon Ayutthaya.
Wat Pho Ngam should have been located in approximative geographical coordinates: 14° 21' 26.35" N, 100° 34' 44.15" E.
(1) Bang Ian was in the Ayutthaya era, a hamlet situated across the city walls on the banks of the Front City Canal, an old defence moat later enlarged wherein the Lopburi River deviated at the end of the 16th century. The hamlet was more or less situated between Pa Than Road (renamed Naresuan Road) and Pa Thon Road, as we can see on Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map of 1926 CE. In between these two roads, there is now Bang Ian Road referring to the hamlet. Because the hamlet's name starts with 'Bang', it was located along a waterway and referred to a fish (eel), as other hamlets in the area do such as Ban Pla Het, Ban Pla Mo, etc.
(2) Khlong Na Mueang or Khu Khue Na (Front Moat) ran east of the city of Ayutthaya. The former moat is said to have been dug in the reign of King Ramathibodhi I, also called King U-Thong. It was initially a defensive moat or could have been a separation ditch (borderline) between the ancient city of Ayodhya situated in the oxbow of the Pa Sak River and the new established city of Ayutthaya in the oxbow of the Lopburi River. The Royal Palace stood on the premises of the present ruins of Wat Phra Si Sanphet, and the earthen walls surrounding the city were likely not further than the moat, which became later known as Khlong Pratu Khao Pluak.
(3) Khlong Makham Riang, or the Canal of the aligned Tamarind Trees, was before called Khlong Nai Kai. It is a still existent canal situated east on Ayutthaya's city island. The canal was a shortcut in the oxbow of the old Lopburi River. It has today its origin at Khlong Ho Ratana Chai below Wat Senasanaram and the Front Palace, and its mouth at the present Chao Phraya River, west of Phet Fortress. At the mouth was one of the eleven water gates of Ayutthaya called Pratu Nai Kai. The southern exit, which has today a water regulator, has been altered. The original mouth of the canal was about 170 metres more south, close to Pom Phet. Khlong Makham Riang is one of the three large canals running north to south, of which two still are in existence.


1968. Like a number of other paparazzi, Elio Sorci has a second line of work taking portraits of movie stars. Among his friends are Gina Lollobrigida and Claudia Cardinale (pictured here). But who's that with the camera in the background? Sorci is also a born entrepreneur and, like Pierluigi Praturlon, sets up a photographic agency. Photo: Elio Sorci.


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Affonso has made a huge difference at Mamelodi Sundowns - Ntombela
31 December 2019, 18:00 UTC
The retired Masandawana midfielder has backed the current squad to go all the way but he's pleased with the contribution of the lanky striker
Mamelodi Sundowns legend Mike Ntombela believes the win over USM Alger augurs well for the club's ambitions to lift their second Caf Champions League trophy.
The retired midfielder praised Sundowns for their hunger as they occupy top spot in Group C with seven points. They still have to travel to Angola, host Wydad Casablanca and USM Alger.
However, Ntombela tips Pitso Mosimane's men to at least reach the semi-finals.
"I think it's quite difficult to say how far they can go but we have started very well - a win at home to Petro de Luanda and a draw away in Morocco as well as this one in Algeria," Ntombela told Goal .
"These are the signs that Sundowns are getting better as a team in the Caf Champions League. I once predicted that we (Sundowns) can go to the semi-finals.
"The experience is there. Remember some players are in their final Champions League. Players such as (Hlompho) Kekana, (Tebogo) Langerman and (Anele) Ngcongca are experienced and can guide the team to glory.
"They'll need the experience because once you reach that stage, it really becomes difficult but I would be very happy for the club to win the second star and go to the Club World Cup. I'm not really sure how far we can go, but judging from what we have done and the quality in the team, it looks like we can go all the way to the final."
Speaking about options Mauricio Affonso is bringing to the team and the influence of Themba Zwane, Ntombela praised the technical team for making good signings.
"Even if we play Alger or Wydad here, they are always tough but players such as Affonso have really made a huge difference in the attacking third," he added.
"On the other hand, the technical team is very experienced and it's how they scouted good players to give the team options upfront.
"Players such as Zwane are shining and doing exceptionally well. Such players give the technical team an opportunity to plan well for the opponent.
"I think going to Wydad and Alger and come back with four points is significant and I think it augurs well for the club's ambitions.
"Once the boys reach the knockout stages of the Champions League, they will be able to do well in their domestic schedule but it seems they are more focused on the continental competition.
"It's good to target this big competition but the league remains a big one because we want to go back to the Champions League next season. I just wish the team all the best, the players, president, coaches, and the supporters the best of luck in 2020," concluded Ntombela.


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Carl Watzinger (1877–1948) était un archéologue né en Allemagne. Il a fait partie de l'équipe qui a découvert le site archéologique de l'antique cité de Jéricho entre 1907 et 1908 et celui de Capharnaüm. Son collègue était le théologien Ernst Sellin.

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This little guy is another one of my sweet babies from this week. I traveled down to Virginia for his first photo shoot. He also had other plans for us, I'm telling ya, I think it has something to do with Christmas. haha =) But with a few snack breaks and lots of snuggles we were finally able to get him to settle in. How sweet is that picture with his big sister giving him a kiss? Oh she was so sweet, she loved giving him kisses!


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Étienne-Émile Baulieu (born 12 December 1926) is a French biochemist and endocrinologist who is best known for his research in the field of steroid hormones and their role in reproduction and aging.

Biography
Baulieu was born Émile Blum to Jewish parents in Strasbourg, France. His father, who died when he was four was Léon Blum, a physician, and an early specialist in diabetes. Baulieu changed his name during World War II when his family fled to the area near Grenoble and he engaged in the French resistance. After the war he attended the Faculté de Médecine de Paris and became a doctor of medicine in 1955. He studied further under his mentor Max Fernand Jayle in the field of steroid hormones and obtained his PhD degree in 1963 at the Lycée Pasteur, Faculté de Médecine and Faculté des Sciences in Paris.

In 1963 Baulieu was named director of INSERM, and in 1970 he became a Professor of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine of Bicêtre, affiliated with University of Paris-South. Since 2004 Baulieu is a member of the French "Ethical Advisory Committee" (Comité consultatif national d'éthique) for science and health. He is also associated with the "Institute of Longevity and Aging" [L'Institut de la longévité, des vieillesses et du vieillissement]. In 2008, he started the Institut Baulieu to foster research into healthy longevity.

Research
Baulieu has had an ongoing interest in dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). In 1960 he demonstrated that DHEA was the main adrenal androgen, was largely conjugated as a hydrophilic sulfate, and described its metabolism and functions. He worked to uncover the production of estrogens by the placenta during pregnancy and this led to the concept of DHEA being a "prohormone". Upon the invitation of Seymour Lieberman Baulieu became visiting scientist at the Columbia University in 1961–1962, and during this time he met Gregory Pincus, the father of the "birth control pill". Baulieu then turned to more studies in contraception and in the regulation of fertility and pregnancy. He became a pioneer in the description of intracellular sex steroid receptors and identified major intracellular participants such as the heat shock proteins. He worked on the progesterone receptor and androgen receptor. While steroid receptors are generally found within the cell, Baulieu identified a membrane receptor for a steroid hormone in Xenopus laevis.

Neurosteroids
Baulieu discovered that DHEA and pregnenolone are produced in the brain and introduced the term "neurosteroids" in 1981. These steroids are active in the nervous system, help repair myelin, protect the nervous system, and enhance memory. Such agents may prove to be useful in the maintenance of brain function during age, and Baulieu suggests that use of DHEA in the elderly may ameliorate certain age-associated deficits including memory loss and depressive mood. Baulieu conducts clinical research about the potential benefits of DHEA in the elderly population.

RU486
Baulieu is worldwide known for his work on RU486 (Mifepristone) and has been termed the "Father" of the abortion pill. Baulieu who had identified the progesterone receptor suggested to Roussel-Uclaf to modify the progesterone molecule to create an anti-progesterone. Georges Teutsch then synthesized an agent that became initially known as RU468 in 1980. Baulieu investigated the actions of this agent as an anti-progesterone steroid that proved to be able to induce early abortion and became more effective in conjunction with misoprostol. As a proponent of a nonsurgical approach to abortion Baulieu became an advocat RU468 even when the company withdrew from the product and propelled him into the limelight of the abortion debate. As an anti-progesterone RU468 also has other potential such as in the treatment of certain conditions (breast cancer, brain cancer, endometriosis, diabetes, hypertension), and the anti-cortison activity he discovered may be useful to manage depression or Cushing's syndrome.

Longevity
Baulieu has taken increasingly more interest in what he has called the "longevity revolution", that people are living longer, and its implications. As part of this, he is investigating the potential of hormonal substitution such as DHEA to increase well-being in old age. The "Institute Baulieu" was started in 2008 to address issues that are detrimental to health in older people. One focus of research in the 2020 decade is finding ways to decrease the problems of the elderly as to functioning independently.

Honours and awards
 1967 Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite
 1982 French Academy of Sciences, President, 2003–4
 1989 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research,
 1990 National Academy of Sciences
 1990 Grand Officier of the Légion d'honneur
 1990 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
 2002 French Academy of Medicine,
 European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Bibliography
Baulieu EE, Kelly PA. Hormones — From Molecules to Disease. Springer (1990)
Baulieu EE. Neurosteroids: A New Regulatory Function in the Nervous System. Humana Press (1999)
Baulieu EE. Abortion Pill. Simon & Schuster (1991)
Baulieu EE. Etienne-Émile Baulieu. Génération Pilule (Paris: 1990).(Autobiography in French)

References

External links
An interview with Étienne-Émile Baulieu about his research (French)
Étienne-Émile Baulieu: fragments de vie et de recherche A portrait of Étienne-Émile Baulieu by BioTV (French)
Lecture on Aging and Hormones

1926 births
Living people
French endocrinologists
French biochemists
French Resistance members
20th-century French Jews
21st-century French Jews
Academic staff of the Collège de France
Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
Officers of the French Academy of Sciences
Lycée Pasteur (Neuilly-sur-Seine) alumni
Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award


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Betty Buckley: Where She's Been, Where She's Going
By John Amodeo, Contributor
"I loved Led Zeppelin, all those bands of the '60s." says Tony Award-winning Broadway actress Betty Buckley, in a surprising revelation about her musical tastes. "I especially loved Jefferson Airplane because they were very psychedelic, and there was this sense of surrealistic space. I loved the atmosphere of the records."
In fact atmosphere is very important to Buckley, whose latest studio recording, "Ghostlight" is very much about creating a singular atmosphere for what is an eclectic group of songs. Buckley will share her music from "Ghostlight" this Friday, 3/13 and Saturday, 3/14 at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, with her musical director and pianist Christian Jacob.
Looking back on Buckley's recording and concert career, she has always had an eclectic taste in music. Indeed, growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, her mother, Betty Bob, was a big influence on Buckley's musical theater career, taking her to the local regional theater, Casa Manana, to see Broadway shows, and exposing her to a substantial collection of Original Cast Recordings, especially anything having to do with Julie Andrews.
But in her teens, Buckley would run to Record Town with her babysitting money, and come back with Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, even Janis Joplin. A child of the '60s, she imagined she had to head to California to be free of conservative Fort Worth. "I really wanted to go to college in Berkley, but my father said 'Over my dead body. You will go to Texas Christian University and be happy,'" laments Buckley. "I was also very struck by Janis Joplin. She was from Belmont, Texas and I thought, 'Well, Hell, if she can go out and sing like that, well so can I.'"
Finding the right atmosphere
In addition to the socio-politically-charged music of the '60s, Buckley gravitated to World Music, like Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Brazil 66, and the jazzier sounds of Dave Brubeck and Andre Previn, as well as Henry Mancini's scores for film and television. For her, much of the appeal was the atmosphere they created.
And atmosphere is exactly what Buckley wanted for "Ghostlight," with the help of an old friend from Fort Worth, multi-Grammy Award-winning and Oscar-winning Record producer, T Bone Burnett. Burnett called her up a few years ago suggesting they record an album together. Burnett suggested they begin with some 75 songs she had been singing in concert, which they narrowed down to 12, including songs from musical theater, like "Come to Me, Bend to Me" ("Brigadoon"), "Bewitched" ("Pal Joey") and "This Nearly Was Mine" ("South Pacific"), and "Lazy Afternoon" ("The Golden Apple"); plus songs from the Great American Songbook, such as "Blue Skies," and "Body and Soul." In addition there are songs by jazz and folk contemporary writers such as Abbey Lincoln, Tom Waits, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
But perhaps the most evocative of the atmosphere that Buckley and Burnett aimed to create is "Comin's Back to Me," a Jefferson Airplane song, written by Marty Balin. On this and a number of other songs on the recording, Bill Frissel's acoustic guitar combines with the unique sounds of Chas Smith to create a real mystique. "He's quite a genius guy," remarks Buckley. "He plays pedal steel guitar, and makes these strange fascinating instruments [like running a bow across glass] that he has in his home studio; we did the overdubs with the pedal steel guitar and his wonderful home-made instruments to create this haunting atmosphere on the record." It is in fact that atmosphere that Buckley and Burnett wanted to unify the ensemble of songs. "I think we captured that on the 'Ghostlight' record. The real sense of place, and an expansive sense of space," concludes Buckley.
"Ghostlight," as a recording, allows their partnership to come full circle. Buckley and Burnett grew up together in Fort Worth, where Burnett was 17 when he started his own recording studio "and I was a girl singer about town," adds Buckley. Two years later, when they were both 19, Burnett recorded Buckley's first album, now known as "Betty Buckley 1967," which didn't get a formal release until 40 years later, in 2007. There were only 2 original copies of the recording, one of whom she gave to her first agent, Roger Hess, who went on to become a big Broadway producer, and one copy to her mother. She'd sent Hess the recording right after it was made, and he had held on to it. In 2007, Hess played the recording for the publisher of the theater magazine Playbill, Phil Birsh, who was just starting a record label, and Phil wanted to release it on his new label.
"I was a little conflicted about it," admits Buckley. "I hadn't heard it in a number of years. But when I listened again, there was something really sweet about that girl's voice." Buckley often used her mother as a career adviser so before she decided, she had to first listen to it through her mother's ears. "My mother's my sounding board," Buckley admits. "I play everything I do for her, and when I do, I inevitably hear from her something that needs to be fixed or what's acceptable that I've been maybe too hard on myself about." With her mother's support, Buckley agreed to have it released, even though she was more concerned about finding someone to release her then just-completed recording "Quintessence," for which she hadn't yet found a distributor. Fortunately, Birsh agreed to release both, and in 2007, both were released on Playbill Records.
When Buckley speaks, she is very grounded, thoughtful, and clear. She appears to know exactly where she's been, where she is now, and where she needs to be going. She isn't interested in resting on her laurels, numerous as they are, such as Broadway, where she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her poignant portrayal of Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats." She has followed that with noteworthy turns in "Triumph of Love," and "Mystery of Edwin Drood" (as the title character), and donning the turban as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard."
A different path
She is as well known in London's West End as she is on Broadway, having been nominated for the Olivier Award for "Sunset Boulevard" in the West End, before replacing Glenn Close as Desmond on Broadway. She has done film, appearing as the gym teacher in Brian De Palma's original "Carrie," and as country singer Dixie Scott in "Tender Mercies." She may be known best of all to television fans for her work in "Eight is Enough" and the HBO series "Oz." In 2012, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
But if it were up to her father, she would have taken a very different path. "My father was very, very strict, and told me that I could not be a singer/actress, but that I could have a profession, but it could only be pursued in support of my husband-to-be's profession," groused Buckley. "None of it made any sense to me. I was pretty much a rebel in my thinking from an early age." In spite of the sexist environment in which she grew up, Buckley observed the double standard in relationships around her, where cheating on one's spouse, and other hurtful behavior, was acceptable for men, but not for women. In college in the '60's, Buckley became "a charter subscriber" to Ms. Magazine, and a fan of its co-founder Gloria Steinem.
"They gave words to the feelings I had," recalled Buckley. "I always felt to be a humanist, you had to be a feminist, and believe in equality of the sexes. I couldn't see that we were really that different."
This presented Buckley with a conundrum as a performer, and trying to find role models among the great female singers. "I noticed that many of them had thwarted relationships and had problems with drugs and alcohol, and I thought, 'Why does that need to be?'" Buckley queried. "And the great lady singers sung about such heartache. When I was very young, I thought, I don't want to be like that. I didn't want to sing about love and loss the rest of my life, even though it goes with the territory of being a lady singer." Though she did finally make a recording of torch songs at the insistence of record producer Tom Shepard, she has generally eschewed those "Man Done Me Wrong" ballads, in favor of songs with more empowering messages.
Moving to NYC
Growing up as an aspiring actress, Buckley dreamed of going to NYC, escaping in such films as "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Two for the Road," and television series like "Peter Gunn," each with those jazzy and evocative Henry Mancini musical scores that created that NYC atmosphere. "They gave me a sense of what NYC would be like," explains Buckley. "And [in those films] all the people in NYC had these floor-to-ceiling glass windows; I thought everybody in NYC lived like that. I just loved that music. It had that sense of place. And a place I was going to go live, and a way I was going to live." Buckley included Mancini's "Dreamsville," from the "Peter Gunn" series on "Ghostlight," as a nod to her NYC teenage dreams.
But getting to NYC was a more complicated road, with many detours. Having started performing at the age of 11, and professionally since 15, Buckley was well-known enough at 20 to be invited to be a guest entertainer at the Miss America Pageant. A NYC agency had viewed the Pageant, and invited Buckely to audition for the agency in NYC. When she did, the chief agent said "Sign her," and assigned her to Roger Hess, then a junior agent. So far, so good.
But Buckley wanted to finish college, and Hess granted her a deferral of her agency contract until her graduation. But after graduation, in 1968, she was invited to join Miss America on a USO tour of US Military Bases in Korea, and US wounded in hospitals in Japan, sent there from Viet Nam because they were not well enough to be shipped to the US. "We were both 21, and we went to all these intensive care units, and we saw the results of war, at 21," Buckley says soberly. "I came back really stressed, with this delayed stress reaction to all the things we'd witnessed in Korea and Japan. I lost all sense of my dream of going to NY, because it all seemed pretty trivial."
Hess kept calling, and she demurred, until finally, he invited her mother and her to see this industrial show for BF Goodrich in Dallas, where she was, surprise, called up to sing, to great audience response, and she was put in the show, which toured the country, landing finally in Philadelphia. There, she got another call from Hess, offering her another industrial, this time in NYC for the department store Gimbel's. Her day job back in Fort Worth as a journalist for a local newspaper said they would keep her job waiting for her, and encouraged her to take the offer, as did her friends and her mother. Her father was the only naysayer, but at this point she had too much momentum behind her, and she accepted, taking the train direct from Philadelphia to NY.
Moving to LA
Buckley arrived in NYC, checked into the Barbizon Hotel for Women, and promptly called her agent, Hess to let him know she'd arrived, but to a surprising welcome. "He said, 'You have an audition in 15 minutes. Can you go?'" mused Buckley. So she went, and she sang in front of 11 guys, "who looked pretty important." At this point, the 21-year old Buckley didn't know what to do. "After I sang, they asked, 'Who are you?' and I said 'Betty Lynn Buckley.' And they said, 'When did you get to town?' And I said, 'Today.' And they said 'Today!' It was like a movie."
Buckley was asked to stick around, and run scenes with other actors. "The stage manager came out, asked me, 'Do you know what this is for? 'And I said, 'No.' He said this is for the musical '1776' for the role of Martha Jefferson, and he said 'If you get this part, you will be luckiest little girl I've ever met,'" recalled Buckley. When they taught her the song "He Played the Violin," they tried different keys, and discovered that she could sing it as a legitimate soprano or a high belter.
"They were intrigued by that because it left them with all these possibilities with what they could do with the part," noted Buckley. "They had initially cast a conventional soprano in the role, a lovely girl. And that territory of the show wasn't working to their satisfaction, but they didn't know what they really wanted. So they reopened the auditions and I came in offering them options." And we know now which option they chose, with Buckley giving us one of the most thrilling renditions of "He Played the Violin" ever to be recorded, her signature high belt in full throttle.
It would be years before she returned to Broadway, however, instead, going out to LA to film "Carrie" and to do the television series "Eight Is Enough," before landing "Cats." That was a stressful time for her, but led her to meditation, which she claims has been at the root of her success. "I was really burned out by the whole experience of making the film, that whole LA lifestyle," grumbles Buckley. "I had a real lack of focus and sense of purpose in show business, and the meditation was really transforming. And I started feeling better immediately."
Saving Rufus
She began practicing yoga and meditation regularly, traveled to India three times, and met with learned people there. "I found a way of working in my acting and storytelling and singing that was a very focused thing, and my work started to open up in a way that I hadn't thought possible, and people started responding to my work very differently during those years. I would say it is all because of the meditation."
While in India, she studied comparative religions, which revealed a whole new area of understanding. "What I learned is that there is an essential truth that we all have in common. That's the core of every religion or major philosophy on our planet, a kind of heart-to-heart sensibility that is the essence of who we all are," she explains. "The world is a very complicated and distracting place, that can have you thinking all kinds of things about the world and the people who inhabit it that aren't true. Then we get lost in that chaos." She uses this to great effect in her performing. "That sense of appreciation, love, and compassion is really at the heart of being a good storyteller in our culture. I attribute every good thing I've ever done to meditation."
Well maybe not every good thing. Buckley changed the shape of the musical landscape by saving the life of a 4-year old Rufus Wainwright in 1977, though she didn't know who he was at the time. Poolside at the Chateau Marmont, in LA, Buckley, seeing this young boy floundering in the pool, and that his parents weren't watching, jumped into the pool and saved him. "Years and years later, my sound guy was working for him in a concert, and Rufus told the story of me saving him, and my sound guy called me and he said 'OMG, you saved Rufus Wainwright from drowning!' And I said, 'Really, was it Rufus?' I was so excited. So I saved Rufus Wainwright," marvels Buckley.
This isn't surprising to anyone who can see that Buckley is an active participant in life. It is clear that she creates the stepping-stones to her own destiny, following in the footsteps of those she admires. "All my role models, they inspired in me or invoked in me a very dreamy world that I wanted to be a part of. All the musicians that I've loved the most did that for me. Provide a sense of place, an atmosphere that I want to reside in." And though we might not expect it, she is creating that atmosphere for us when she sings, though with an unexpected twist. "I sing from the core of my being," reveals Buckley, "And at that core is the world of Julie Andrews,' then adding, with a laugh, 'with the soul of Janis Joplin.'"
Betty Buckley appears on Friday and Saturday, March 13 & 14, Showtimes: 8 & 10 p.m. at Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134.
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Die HMU Health and Medical University (vormals: HMU Health and Medical University Potsdam) ist eine private staatlich anerkannte Hochschule im Bereich Gesundheit und Medizin mit Sitz in Erfurt und zwei Campus in Potsdam (Villa Carlshagen und Schiffbauergasse). Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin der HMU ist die Hochschulunternehmerin Ilona Renken-Olthoff. Zu den Partnerhochschulen der HMU gehören die MSB Medical School Berlin, die BSP Business School Berlin sowie die MSH Medical School Hamburg.

Die in Potsdam gegründete Hochschule verlegte 2021 ihren Sitz nach Erfurt.

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Zum Wintersemester 2020/21 nahm die HMU ihren Studienbetrieb an zwei Fakultäten auf. Neben dem Staatsexamensstudiengang Humanmedizin (Fakultät Medizin) bietet die Hochschule an der Fakultät Gesundheit weitere Studiengänge mit universitärem Abschluss sowie Fachhochschulstudiengänge zur Ausbildung von Akteuren der Gesundheitsversorgung an. Ausbildungskrankenhaus ist das Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann in Potsdam.

Fakultät Medizin
 Humanmedizin (Staatsexamen)

Fakultät Gesundheit

Bachelor-Studiengänge
 Psychologie B.Sc. (universitärer Abschluss)
 Medizinpädagogik B.A. (Teilzeit) (Fachhochschulabschluss)
 Medical Controlling and Management B.Sc. (Fachhochschulabschluss)

Master-Studiengänge

 Psychotherapie M.Sc.(universitärer Abschluss)
 Medizinpädagogik M.Ed. (universitärer Abschluss)

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 Website der Hochschule

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Hochschule in Deutschland
Bildungseinrichtung in Potsdam
Medizinische Hochschule
Hochschule in Brandenburg
Gegründet 2020
Hochschule in Thüringen
Organisation (Erfurt)
Private Hochschule in Deutschland


Low carbohydrate diets became well-liked since they promised a rapidly fat loss. You may drop weight initially, but numerous have reported gaining it back after they returned to a normal diet program. Breakfast include products like our delicious Western Omelet and Spinach Quiche lunches function meals like Chicken Fontina and Veal Parmesan and dinners satisfy you with issues like Prime Rib and Chicken Italiano. The problem with low carb diet strategy is men and women get bored very easily when they eat the same food once more and again.
In the United States, the recent suggestions for people with diabetes in fact promote a decrease carbohydrate intake. Pretty basic logic but dietitians can not or wont see it, As I am not certain why these professionals continue to profess the existing diet plan but they genuinely need ot get with the tomes and realise that they are incorrect. Even though the Atkins diet can peel the weight off swiftly, numerous professionals question its lengthy-term healthfulness.
When you stick to the low carb diet the level of glucose in the body is much less and you are less prone to diabetes. If you program for them, these low carb diet side effects can be minor obstacles, and following you adjust to the diet regime, they must get far better and finally subside. But in the end I was constantly extremely hungry simply because I was cutting all the fat out of my diet regime and was just loading up on carbs. Carbohydrates, expecially simple carbohydrates, are also linked with low HDL levels. Nonetheless low carb, higher plant based diets (much more South Beach style) are helpful.
This one particular is a biggie, so we'll start with it. 1 of the principal factors for consuming a low carbohydrate diet is since your blood sugar levels keep far more stabilized. It really is not very surprising, given that Kennewick man was believed to be a seal hunter whose diet program was low in sugar and starch. When you all of a sudden drop your carb intake on a ketogenic diet program, you could have some transient low blood sugar episodes that will feel really scary. So, it really is not as strict as a low carb diet since you can carb up for a day or two.
The term net carb count is extremely misleading, at 1st glance an person may assume that there truly is only five grams of carbs in the item. That being mentioned, I have zero doubt that if I went back to eating processed foods and sugar and stopped exercising, my lost weight and diabetes would return with a vengeance. So if you are on a low carbohydrate diet program, I hugely advocate carbohydrate intake for exercising sessions that are 1) intense two) involve weight training three) are longer than two hours in duration. If your benefits are worse than that, eat much less than 30% starch to start worth, and test oneself periodically to see if your insulin sensitivity improves.


I have over 15 years of experience teaching riding lessons and training horses. I have been through instructor certifications and am licensed and insured. I also have a business management degree which has really come in handy!


My approach to portrait photography sessions with children is that they should be playing, smiling, generally having fun and essentially unaware that they are being snapped. I therefore try to arrange for the shoot to be in a relaxed and informal environment, such as in these images of Alex, aged four, where the backdrop was Naylor's Walk near Warley.
My philosophy is that if the child in a good frame of mind, having fun and happy, the photos taken during the session will reflect this and capture the child's true nature, making it easier for me to achieve my prime objective, which is to take as many high quality images as possible whilst allowing the child to have a pleasurable and memorable experience.
Alex really enjoyed feeding carrot's to the horses, splashing about in the stream, climbing the gates and walls, and picking dandelions – and it kept him entertained whilst I took my photos of him – although as you can see, by the end he was ready for home!


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On Click of Button I am able to see Modal and then see the progress icon.

But How can I do a operation or function on Load of Modal Window??
Let's say , I want to download a file from server , when the modal window appears (..showing the progress icon)

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See jsFiddle:
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Self-described "dirty trickster" Roger Stone will still be able to speak about his upcoming criminal trial under a gag order issued on Friday, but the U.S. judge handling the case warned the former adviser to Donald Trump that he might want to choose his words carefully.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she was issuing the modified gag order to "maintain the dignity and seriousness of the courthouse" in a case that has generated a carnival-like atmosphere since Stone's arrest in Florida on Jan. 25.
The order prohibits lawyers involved in the case from speaking with news media outlets and prohibits other participants, like Stone himself, from making statements that may affect the case when they are near the courthouse.
It does not stop Stone from talking about his case when he is not near the courthouse. However, Jackson warned Stone that he may not help his prospects by speaking out.
"One factor that will be considered in the evaluation of any future request for relief based on pretrial publicity will be the extent to which the publicity was engendered by the defendant himself," Jackson wrote.
One of Stone's attorneys said he was satisfied with the order.
"We are pleased that Mr. Stone's First Amendment rights have been safeguarded. Courthouse steps are reasonable places for restraint for all," Stone lawyer Bruce Rogow said. The amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech.
Stone has pleaded not guilty to charges of making false statements to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election and whether President Trump's Republican campaign conspired with Moscow.
The 66-year-old self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" has embraced the spotlight since his arrest. After he was released from arrest, Stone flashed twin "V for Victory" signs that were made famous by his former mentor, disgraced Republican President Richard Nixon.
He has criticized Mueller's investigation as an "inquisition," and told Reuters that his charges amount to "process crimes" that did not involve intentional lies.
Stone is accused of telling unidentified members of Trump's 2016 campaign team that he had advance knowledge of plans by the WikiLeaks website to release damaging emails about Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Prosecutors say those emails were stolen by Russia. Stone's ties to Trump go back four decades, and he had urged Trump to run for president since 1988.
Moscow has denied meddling in the campaign. Trump, who has frequently derided Mueller's probe as a "witch hunt," has denied any wrongdoing.


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Campaign Urges USDA to Let Animals Used in Experiments Be Adopted, Not Euthanized
Home » News » Campaign Urges USDA to Let Animals Used in Experiments Be Adopted, Not EuthanizedBy Carly Day | March 22, 2019
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The New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) and Advancing Law for Animals (ALA) have submitted a petition to the USDA urging them to issue new regulations on the adoption of cats and dogs used in medical experiments in America.
The three new regulations proposed by NEAVS and ALA would address a discrepancy between state legislation and federal law, and potentially prevent the needless euthanasia of thousands of animals.
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) would be required to make sure that during the experiments, the final outcome of adoption is given priority, and proper planning would need to be done to make sure the cats and dogs are adoptable once they are no longer useful to researchers.
Vanessa Shakib, general counsel at Advancing Law for Animals, stated, "Planning post-research adoption at the beginning of an experiment makes sense and saves lives. Our proposed regulations would make sure that experimenters are in compliance with state law."
Currently, there are nine states with laws stating that cats and dogs used in medical experiments should be adopted out instead of automatically euthanized: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, and Rhode Island. Eight more states have similar legislation on the table.
However, federal law has no such decree, and since research facilities abide by federal regulations, the laws are not in sync.
Under federal law, animal experimentation must be approved by local IACUCs. During their review and approval process, they are not required to take into consideration any of the state's post-research adoption laws.
"As a former researcher who conducted experiments using animals, I fully agree with NEAVS and ALA that the regulatory change promoting adoptions is needed," said John Gluck, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. "This proposal will help encourage that researchers broaden their sense of responsibility to the animals in their research beyond humane disposal to promoting post-experiment adoption and a continued meaningful life. Maintaining a compassionate professional identity requires practice."
With these new regulations, researchers can save the lives of thousands of animals every year, who deserve to find a loving forever home.
NEAVS Director of Government Affairs Mike Ryan said in a statement, "In 2017, nearly 15,000 dogs and cats suffered in experiments that took place in states where these animals are supposed to be given a shot at adoption. We need these regulations on the books to ensure these animals get that chance."


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After acquiring Fox, Disney eyes Star India
As Walt Disney Co. and Comcast Corp. gear up for a possible bidding war over a big chunk of 21st Century Fox , both companies are interested in Fox's marquee Hollywood franchises like "The Simpsons," "Avatar" and "X-Men."
But among the most desired assets is Indian media conglomerate Star India, which is fully owned by Fox, people familiar with the situation said.
Comcast and Disney, neither of which has a big presence in India, each view Star India as an important piece in their plans to challenge Netflix Inc. and tap growth in emerging markets, the people said.
Star India reaches 700 million customers a month, with 60 channels in nine different languages; owns rights to air popular cricket tournaments; and has a stake in a production company that makes Bollywood movies.
Perhaps its biggest selling point now is Hotstar, a mobile-first streaming service that features its content and has 150 million active monthly users.
Around 80% of the content is free on Hotstar, with the company charging as little as 199 rupees ($2.95) a month for Hollywood movies and shows or 299 rupees for a year of live sports. The service, which also is available in the U.S. and Canada, has benefited from an explosion of mobile data usage by Indian consumers as prices have fallen in the past two years.
"Hotstar is setting the agenda for the future," Star India Chief Executive Uday Shankar said.
Wall Street research firm MoffettNathanson estimated Star will make earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $826 million by 2020, a 91% jump from this fiscal year. Fox, which had $7.17 billion in adjusted operating income on $28.5 billion in revenue in its most recent fiscal year, has said it believes Star will earn $1 billion in Ebitda by 2020.
Mumbai-based brokerage Edelweiss Securities pegged Star's value at $14.3 billion as of 2016.
Disney in December reached a $52.4 billion all-stock deal with 21st Century Fox. Cable giant Comcast said last month that it is in the advanced stages of preparing a rival, all-cash bid.
The assets for sale include the Twentieth Century Fox film and television studio, various cable networks and Fox's stake in the streaming service Hulu. But among the most compelling assets—especially for Comcast—are the international ones, Star India and Fox's interest in European pay-TV operator Sky PLC.
21st Century Fox and Wall Street Journal-parent News Corp share common ownership.
Buying Star would come with some risks. Sports rights deals, if they follow the course of the U.S. and Europe, could become much more expensive upon renewal. And there could be new competition from the telecom companies driving India's wireless data boom, including Jio, as they start offering their users content.
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Those who're not familiar with the name of Ralph Russell, have no right to call themselves the lovers and readers of Urdu literature, opined Khushwant Singh in 1997, when Russell visited India and Pakistan to deliver lectures on Ghalib's bicentenary year. By the way, Ghalib was born on December 27, 1797 in Agra and breathed his last on February 15, 1869.
Scholars of Ghalib all over the world are unanimous that no one has ever explained and elucidated Ghalib's persona and poetry as emphatically as Russell did.
While studying Urdu poetry and literature at the famed School of Oriental and African Studies, London, I was fortunate to have Professor Russell as my teacher. The way Russell would explain Ghalib's rather recondite and abstruse poetry, every student would look forward to attending his lectures.
Oxford-based diminutive Bengali-English writer Nirad C Chaudhury would often say about Sir Russell, ''The man has drunk Ghalib to the lees." Russell indeed drank Ghalib to the lees. Never did I see him refer to Deewan-e-Ghalib (Compilation of Ghalib's poetry) because all 235 Urdu ghazals by the maestro were on Professor Russell's tongue. Such was his love for Ghalib and mastery over Ghalib's Urdu and Persian poetry.
His Urdu was simply impeccable and Persian was near perfect, though he had the magnanimity to admit that he often fumbled and faltered while explaining Ghalib's Persian poetry to the students. That was his greatness and humility.
Russell had a unique style of teaching. He'd first give the background to a ghazal/couplet of Ghalib before enumerating upon it. He was pleasantly anecdotal and lively while teaching Ghalib.
Once someone asked him, "Given a choice between Shakespeare and Ghalib, who'd he opt for? " The ever-modest Russell replied in his immaculate Urdu, " Yoon toh har zarra apni jagah pe aaftaab hai, lekin sach poochhiye toh mera zehan Ghalib ki jaanib zyada raaghib hota hai " (Though every particle under the sun has its own place but to be honest, I'm more inclined towards Ghalib).
Ghalib was Professor Russell's life. In other words, Ghalib resided in Russell's consciousness. No one, not even American scholar of Ghalib Dr Brian Quayle Silver or Shamsur Rahman Faruqi of India, could understand Ghalib so comprehensively as Professor Russell could.
He was a remarkable authority on Ghalib and will forever be remembered for his contributions to Urdu literature and poetry, especially for simplifying Ghalib for the scholars as well as students.


It's the new year and the new you. This is the best time for self-help, goal setting, inspirational, healthy recipes, and weight loss books. It's also the worst for summer reads and fiction. Why? Everyone is so occupied in changing their lives and summer is still very far off. Most fiction authors will see a dip in sales around this time.
Valentine's day is here and this is prime time to get your romance and poetry books out there. This is also after the new you rush of January so recipe books are going to take a hit. People have already bought what they wanted so if you haven't got your latest and greatest cookbook out now, you might as well wait.
March shower bring April flowers and March Madness. Everyone is getting sports fever, and those who aren't are itching for spring. This is the best time to release any sports themed books or books based around spring. Spring planting. Spring projects. Any sports themed hashtags will also be very popular. What's not popular is anything to do with self-help, fitness, and the Holidays. People are over that and the treadmill is already collecting dust.
This brings us Easter. Family is coming together the first time after the Holidays. It's like a mini Christmas all over again. This is prime time for religious books, books on Easter, and memoirs. It's also the worst time to bring out anything to do with romance or winter. Sorry, that ship has sailed for now.
Summer is on its way. Kids are getting the summer vacation itch. This makes it the perfect time for you to slip your award winning summer read under their noses or dropping your newest parenting book. As a warning to anyone writing romance, self-help, or holiday books, it's now the time of year that your books have sailed so far away there's little hope.
Contemporary fiction seems to make a boom around this time of year along with niche fiction. This is a good time to release something new and edgy. This give it time to gain ground on the market. People are well into summer and are wanting fun reads. This makes it a bad time to push your thick non-fiction.
Fiction will continue to be popular along with patriotic and war related novels. If you've got a bit of political fiction of a great heart sting puller with a strong military aspect now would be a good time to push it as long as you start early enough to catch the July 4th crowd. Self-help books also tend to plummet during this month, but that has a lot of give and take. Be very careful and know your audience well before releasing a self-help in July.
Everyone is getting college ready so now's the time to push heavier reading and informational books. This is the biggest time of year for people buying textbooks, so use that to your advantage. Got a book on how to get through college math? Not is prime time to release it and push hard. Holiday and festive books, though, will take a hit. July 4th is over and no one wants to think of Thanksgiving and especially not Christmas.
College is still going so ride that wave. History books, politics, and memoirs also have a peak in sales around this time. Fiction tends to dip here, as more people are focusing on the previously mentioned.
Halloween is upon us and it's now or never to get our your mystery, horror, thriller, and dark themed novels. Be fearful of putting out thinking feel-good, loving, or romantic as it will be ignored around this time.
Thanksgiving is here and the cookbooks are flying, as long as they're feel good, home cooked, comfort food. Also, holiday books, children's books, and even religious books get higher sales during this time. Health and wellness books are forgotten, so if your recipe book is about eating green, save it for the new year.
Christmas books and only Christmas books. Launching a new book now takes time out of the busiest buying season. Focus your attention on marketing and selling.


Montreal, Canada, 08-04-2014 - The M1, a Bluetooth speaker designed by the young Montreal company Nepsu, redefines the standards of the audio industry with its minimalistic and highly functional design. This first product of Nepsu has several innovative features , including a tetrahedral shape providing both better sound quality and ease of integration at home . This design also allows to position the speaker carefully into the corner of a room.
The corner positioning allows the M1 to use the adjacent walls as acoustic panels, significantly boosting the rich sound it produces while pointing it toward the middle of the room. It also makes possible a discrete integration of the product to its environment while taking advantage of untapped space. Although it can be discreet, the M1 fully reveals its sleek and sophisticated design when placed on a flat surface.
The facade of machined aluminum M1 confirms its affiliation with technological products of high-fidelity. The entire speaker has been designed so that every detail has its visual and functional utility in accordance with the design philosophy of the company.
On the technical side, the M1 is proudly equipped with the latest Bluetooth (v4.0). The speaker offers 40W of audio codecs thanks to high-end aptX(R), AAC, MP3 and SBC high transmission quality. The combination of Bluetooth technology to a standard audio 3.5mm plug makes the M1 compatible with all audio devices. Listening in stereo is also possible through a simple connection between two M1 speakers.
Founded in Montréal in 2013, Nepsu is in the line of companies focusing on the user experience by putting forward the sensory and emotional aspects related to the product. The company aims to create home automation products in order to democratize home automation to " capture comfort " linked to the evolution of technology.


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Copies of the line segment AB that joins the points (0,0,0) to (1,1,1) are linked together (end-to-end) in a chain starting at (0,0,0). What would the coordinates of the ends of the tenth segment be?
If a second line segment (CD) starts at (0,0,0) and ends at (1,3,2) and copies of this are made and joined end-to-end to it, what would the coordinates of the ends of the 2nd segment be? The tenth segment? The nth segment?
What if the chain of the line segment AB described in the first paragraph started at (1,0,-1)?
Where would the ends of the nth segment be this time?
Where would the ends of the nth segment be if the first segment started at (a,b,c)?
What if copies of the second line segment, CD, started at (-3,0,2) and were placed end to end. Where would the ends of the nth segment be?
If the chain started at (a,b,c) where would the ends of the nth segment be?
If you now make lots of copies of the two line segments and decide to place them end-to-end alternately, investigate the end points of the nth segment for different starting points.