text: Overview -- Russia's Tomsk Oblast's budgetary performance will likely be moderate in 2012-2013 due to cost-containment measures, and its cash and committed facilities cover debt service over the next 12 months, in line with our base-case scenario. -- The oblast plans to issue an amortizing senior unsecured bond of up to Russian ruble (RUB) 5 billion (about $160 million) before the end of this year. -- We are affirming our 'BB' long-term rating and 'ruAA' national scale rating on Tomsk and assigning a 'BB' issue rating and '3' recovery rating to the proposed debt. -- The stable outlook reflects our expectation that the oblast will deliver a moderate financial performance and continue the existing borrowing and liquidity policies. Rating Action On Dec. 12, 2012, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'BB' issuer credit rating and 'ruAA' national scale rating on the Russian region Tomsk Oblast. The outlook is stable. At the same time, we assigned a 'BB' issue rating to the oblast's proposed senior unsecured five-year amortizing bond of up to RUB5 billion (about $160 million), partly to be placed in late 2012. The recovery rating on the proposed debt is '3' indicating our expectation of meaningful (50%-70%) recovery for bondholders in the event of a payment default. Rationale The ratings on Tomsk Oblast incorporate our view of its limited financial flexibility and predictability, exacerbated by relatively large infrastructure needs and the dependence of its revenues on volatile commodity markets. Offsetting these factors are our expectation of the oblast's ability to deliver moderate budgetary performance and Tomsk's modest debt burden. Like many other Russian regions, Tomsk Oblast has limited control over its revenues, the predominant share of which comprise centrally regulated taxes and federal subsidies. Also, the oblast faces high infrastructure needs over the long term, further constraining its budgetary flexibility. Moreover, the oblast's creditworthiness suffers from low predictability of its financial indicators. Despite the growth of services, the regional economy remains dependent on the oil and gas sector, which accounts for about 25% of its gross regional product and 30% of budget revenues. This exposes Tomsk's economy to volatility in global commodity markets and limited visibility concerning Russia's tax regime for the natural resource extraction sector. The oblast, backed by the federal government, strives to foster diversification of the local economy by using its developed educational and scientific base. We therefore assume that these efforts will only have a visible impact on the oblast's tax base in the long term. In addition, Tomsk's budgetary performance will be challenged by the federal government's recent decision to significantly raise regional public-sector salaries. This will subject Tomsk to significant long-term spending pressure because the federal government is unlikely to fully compensate it for the higher imposed expenditures, which will somewhat undermine the oblast's performance after solid financial results in 2010-2011. Nevertheless, in our base-case scenario we assume that Tomsk Oblast will be able to deliver a moderate budgetary performance in 2013-2015, with operating surpluses of 1.5% of operating revenues and deficits after capital accounts of 2%-2.5% of adjusted total revenues on average. This scenario is based on the oblast's positive track record in containing costs, the relatively conservative three-year budget proposed by its new governor (zero deficits in 2014-2015), and continued moderate support from the federal budget. Also in case of stress the oblast has the flexibility to postpone certain capital expenditures. Despite a minor increase, the oblast's low tax-supported debt (which includes direct debt and guarantees) is likely to remain below 30% of consolidated operating revenues through to 2015. Liquidity We regard the oblast's liquidity as "neutral", as defined in our criteria. In accordance with our base-case scenario, the oblast's cash and committed facilities will sufficiently cover its debt service within the next 12 months. The liquidity position is somewhat mitigated by the oblast's "limited" access to external liquidity, due to weaknesses in the Russian capital market and banking sector. This year, some erosion of the financial performance has weakened the oblast's cash position, with free cash averaging RUB2 billion compared with more than RUB3 billion in 2011. However, the oblast has prudently secured access to committed bank facilities. In early December 2012, its two-year to three-year committed bank lines totaled RUB5.5 billion, of which more than 70% is undrawn. According to our base case, free cash and undrawn facilities should still cover Tomsk's debt service needs over the next 12 months. We assume in our base case that Tomsk will maintain its policy of attracting medium- to long-term borrowings. This will likely support a smooth debt repayment profile in the medium term and keep debt service below 10% of operating revenues. The oblast currently has good access to domestic loans. However, Russia's capital markets are volatile, and we view access to external liquidity as "limited". The weaknesses of the domestic banking sector are reflected in our Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA), which classifies Russia in group '7' on a scale of 1 to 19, with '1' denoting the lowest-risk banking industry and '10' is the highest risk (see "BICRA On Russia Revised To Group '7' From Group '8'," published on Nov. 9, 2011, on RatingsDirect on the Global Credit Portal). Recovery analysis The recovery rating of '3' on the oblast's proposed unsecured debt indicates our expectation of 50%-70% recovery in the event of a payment default. For more information on our rationale for the recovery rating, see "Recovery Ratings Assigned To Debt Of 22 LRGs; Issue Ratings On Those 22 LRGs Affirmed," published May 24, 2010. Outlook The stable outlook reflects our base-case expectation that, despite significant salary-related spending pressure triggered by federal decisions, the oblast will deliver a moderate performance, backed by cautious spending policies and some federal support. The outlook also factors in the continuation of the oblast's shift to medium- and long-term borrowings and existing management of committed facilities. We could lower the rating over the next 12 months if rising spending pressure were to lead to a significant weakening of the oblast's budgetary performance, resulting in operating deficits in the medium term and higher debt. A change in liquidity policies that caused the debt-service coverage ratio to fall below 120%, could also be negative for the ratings. On the other hand, a structurally stronger budgetary performance, with operating surpluses consistently exceeding 5% of operating revenues, and cash reserves that cover debt service within the next 12 months, as envisaged in our upside case, could be positive for the rating. Economic growth that translated into higher wealth levels would also be positive for the ratings in the longer term. Related Criteria And Research -- BICRA On Russia Revised To Group '7' From Group '8', Nov. 9, 2011 -- Methodology For Rating International Local And Regional Governments, Sept. 20, 2010 -- Recovery Ratings Assigned To Debt Of 22 LRGs; Issue Ratings On Those 22 LRGs Affirmed, May 24, 2010 -- Methodology And Assumptions For Analyzing The Liquidity Of Non-U.S. Local And Regional Governments And Related Entities And For Rating Their Commercial Paper Programs, Oct. 15, 2009 -- Assigning Recovery Ratings To International Local And Regional Governments' Speculative-Grade Debt, Feb. 3, 2009 Ratings List Ratings Affirmed Tomsk Oblast Issuer Credit Rating BB/Stable/-- Russia National Scale ruAA/--/-- Senior Unsecured BB Senior Unsecured ruAA Recovery Rating 3 New Rating Tomsk Oblast Senior Unsecured BB Senior Unsecured ruAA Recovery Rating 3 Complete ratings information is available to subscribers of RatingsDirect on the Global Credit Portal at www.globalcreditportal.com. All ratings affected by this rating action can be found on Standard & Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com. Use the Ratings search box located in the left column.


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Definitions of empirical
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; " an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; " empirical laws"; " empirical data"; " an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
relying on medical quackery; " empiric treatment"
Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; - said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
1. Founded on experience. 2. Relating to an empiric.
Resting on experience, or experiment and observation; versed in experiments; known only from experience; applied without science or rationale.
Resting only on experience; applied without science.
Antonyms for empirical
divinatory, disputable, hypothetic, suppositional, conjectural, notional, unverifiable, Disprovable, speculative, unsupportable, supposed, metaphysical, unproven, theory-based, theoretical, unsubstantiated, transcendentalist, a priori, suppositious, visionary, insupportable, unprovable, abstractive, refutable, hypothetical, debatable, Indemonstrable, theoretic, supposititious, unsustainable, academic.
Quotes of empirical
When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical – Jon Carroll
The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions. – Paul Deman
Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. – John Fiske
Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one. – Imre Lakatos
Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory. – Gottfried Leibniz
I had some of the students in my finance class actually do some empirical work on capital structures, to see if we could find any obvious patterns in the data, but we couldn't see any. – Merton Miller
I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of what hypotheses and theories might account for that data. So there's a continuity between philosophy and science in that way. – Robert Nozick
Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems. – Talcott Parsons
In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances. – Talcott Parsons
It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact- hence changing general statements about it- and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system. – Talcott Parsons
Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific. – Talcott Parsons
Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems. – Talcott Parsons
People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. – Steven Pinker
Usage examples for empirical
The British sea- plane, although still in an empirical stage, like everything else in this sphere of warlike operations, has reached a point of progress in advance of anything attained elsewhere. – The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton
Instead, however, of considering these kinds of exercise in this empirical way, I will devote a brief space to an examination of them in a more scientific form. – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
Dr. Moehrlein's knowledge of the occult of India was wholly empirical – The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Wardon Allan Curtis
But presently comes the empirical method, which refuses authority to any idea unless it can stand the test of experiment, and prove that it corresponds with reality. – The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society by Upton Sinclair
To a man less thorough and empirical in method than Edison, it would have been sufficient to have made his plans clear to associates or subordinates and hold them responsible for accurate results. – Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
The practical application of the theory of heat transfer, as developed at present, seems consequently to rest on these last two formulae, which from their nature are more or less empirical – Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Co.
Logic alone can give us no information as to which of these cases actually occurred, and we are thrown back on to a discussion of empirical evidence. – by
Of course a large number of apparent cures were due solely to nature; which is true under every form of treatment, orthodox or empirical – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
Moreover, it is not conditioned like every other empirical fact, but as consequence and substance of a voluntary act entirely unconditioned. – The Red Room by August Strindberg
Of these three, the problem of logic can be solved exactly and perfectly; the problem of physics can probably be solved with as great a degree of certainty and as great an approach to exactness as can be hoped in an empirical region; the problem of theory of knowledge, however, remains very obscure and very difficult to deal with. – Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
In the religious poems the Jewish standpoint is illustrated in " Saul" and " Rabbi Ben Ezra," the Christian in the portrait of John in " The Death in the Desert"; the empirical reasoner in " Paracelsus." – by
But even at the best, such a popular or empirical psychology has no special claim to be ranked as science. – Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The difficulty of defining the limits of intimately- connected studies has been increased, because for centuries it has been customary to designate various branches p 58 of empirical knowledge by terms which admit either of too wide or too limited a definition of the ideas which they were intended to convey, and are, besides, objectionable from having had a different signification in those classical languages of antiquity from thish chey have been borrowed. – COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
I wonder if the Portuguese of Angola observed it long ago and adopted violet glass for basins, or was it merely accidental and empirical – West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
Not until the real, individual man is identical with the citizen, and has become a generic being in his empirical life, in his individual work, in his individual relationships, not until man has recognized and organized his own capacities as social capacities, and consequently the social force is no longer divided by the political power, not until then will human emancipation be achieved. – Selected Essays by Karl Marx
But the empirical aspect of this teaching was pushed into the background through the teachings of Socrates and Plato. – An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by W. Tudor Jones
This empirical method may perhaps be better illustrated by a specific example. – Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
The nature of the Church itself as an empirical institution in the midst of human society was subjected to the same criticism with the State. – Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Moore
Social Science is a vast and complex science; it can not be discovered and constituted by the aid of empirical observation and reasoning: the Inductive method can not do its work here. – History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes

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This November we were honored to host Hitohira Saito Sensei again in California. Sensei's visit continues a decades-long tradition of Iwama Aikido here on the West Coast of the United States started by his father in the 70's. The November 2015 Seminar represented Hitohira Saito Sensei's 3rd visit to Sonoma County and Takemusu Aikido of Sonoma (T.A.O.S.) looks eagerly forward to his next visit!
After a quick recovery from his flight, Sensei started off the next morning with sunrise meditation and bukiwaza with the core TAOS students and joined by Makoto san who served as Sensei otomo during his visit. That night Sensei volunteered to teach at the Sonoma State University Aikido, and the class was joined by other local Iwama Aikido deshi as well as the rest of the TAOS students.
During his visit sensei was able to reconnect with dozens of long-ago Iwama deshi, many of whom had served as uchideshi under Morihiro Saito Sensei. Most importantly, the visit gave time to be with Dennis Tatoian Sensei (the head of the TAOS group of dojos).
The weekend seminar was a tremendous success as Sensei worked the group gradually through the increasingly complex Aikido curriculum. There were students on the mat ranging in age from 15 to 80, 5th kyu to 6th dan, and students from many different affiliations, countries, states and schools that were all able to come together in the spirit of aiki. Though the mood of the weekend was a bit overshadowed by news of the Paris attacks, Sensei's kind and encouraging words of coming together as a global family to promote peace and understanding, lifted everyone's spirits. Good food, good company, and karaoke sung in several languages helped guarantee that a fantastic time was had by all!
Domo Arigatou Gozaimashita!!!
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text: The third Student Conference organized by the Student Council was held on Tuesday, 10 March 2015. We were honored by the presence of our professors, Prof. Dr. Emillija Canevska, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mevludin Ibish, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Benjamin Shultz who gave their personal insight on the topic " Intercultural Communication". They explained what is a multicultural environment, how to reach an effective intercultural communication, how to use language as a tool for proper communication, and what "thinking outside the box" actually means. The conference served as a sound ground for further discussions initiated by the students through the numerous questions they posed.


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Storytelling Tips: Quit trying to be perfect
Today's tip from JerryBrownPR's Storytelling Tips on the Experience Pros Radio Show
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By Jerry Brown, APR
Public Relations Consultant
Do your best. But quit trying to be perfect.
Perfect Draft Syndrome is one of the major causes of writer's block.
Perfection's a worthy goal. But it can get in the way of saying what you want to say. Or even saying anything at all.
When I was a reporter, it sometimes took me as long to write my lead — my opening sentence — as it did to write the rest of the story. And I wasn't alone. Many of my colleagues had the same problem.
We told ourselves we were looking for the "perfect" lead. But we were just stuck. We had writer's block.
If you find yourself stuck because you're trying to make your first draft "perfect," then you've fallen victim to Perfect Draft Syndrome.
There are a couple strategies I've found useful when I find myself stuck trying to write the "perfect" lead.
I start by asking myself this question: What do I really want to say? Then I say that. And it works most of the time.
If that doesn't work, I sometimes skip my lead and start writing somewhere in the middle of my story. When I'm ready, I go back and write my lead. I've written stories where my lead was the last thing I wrote. And it was easy because by then I had said what I wanted to say. I just needed an opening paragraph summarizing what I'd said and, with luck, piquing the interest of my audience enough to get them to read it.
So, next time you find yourself stuck trying to tell your story, ask yourself if trying to be "perfect" is getting in your way. If the answer is yes, just say what you mean. And quit trying to make your first draft "perfect." That's what editing is for.
That's my two cents' worth. What's yours?
Jerry Brown, APR, is a public relations professional and former journalist. He specializes in helping clients develop the content they need to tell their stories. He also helps them develop strategies for getting their stories heard, understood and remembered. And he provides media training and presentation coaching for clients who need to tell their stories to reporters or in front of an audience. 303-594-8016 | firstname.lastname@example.com.
Listen to Jerry's Tips for Telling Your Story every Tuesday at 11:05 a.m., Mountain Time, on the Experience Pros Radio Show on KLZ 560AM in Denver or at www.560thesource.com on the Internet. Missed it on the air? Listen to the archived tips.


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Hi there, being an experienced SEO I will help you bring in a flood of new customers to your company if you select me as your search engine optimization expert. I have been in this industry for an extremely long time and am confident in my skill set, in contrast to the many unpracticed businesses that currently provide search engine optimization services.
It is possible you may be thinking that I sound a little arrogant when I say that I am confident in my skill set. There is a basis for this statement. I didn't at the spur of the moment just come up with the idea that I was going to begin taking on the entire search marketing industry, and put out a little ad to present myself to the world. If you would like information about the basics of SEO a really good article on the topic is here, so that you get a feel for what sort of things are involved and the type of work that is done.
It is the opposite. I perfected my understanding – similar to how you were required to learn the business that you do. I cultivated my learning, and practiced, through tests and keeping records of all the tasks I did, along with what rankings I achieved, for a period of time that extended many years before I took on other companies. I do not test with company's precious money. I use time tested strategies.
That does not mean that I don't modify and renew my methods and strategies in the process. I definitely do and is an essential requirement as the internet is ever changing.
As the changes rapidly, it's imperative that you put your online marketing to a person who understands what they are selling or you will end up just damaging your online properties through time, which will end up damaging your business down the line.
As I previously spoke about, I have been practicing as a Wellington SEO Guy for a very long time and worked alongside multi-million dollar companies to improve their business through SEO.
In addition to having worked with multi-million dollar companies… I have also been employed by search engine optimization agency's closely for complete work when they had an overflow of work for the clients.
It is often shocking to me how much these companies do not know. They are poor at SEO, they are often time just competent at outreach and selling clients (such that they will get you to sign on with them, but not achieve any results).
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I inquired, "Alright, what other optimization did you perform?" They had a confused look on their faces as if they had misunderstood my question. I further inquired, "Did you use only those keywords? Or to you distribute throughout latent semantic terms or synonyms? Did you use words that were of similar type and put them in of course into the <h1>, <h2>, <h3> tags? Did you link the pages within the site together that were related? Did you acquire accounts on Foursquare and Yelp? What Social Media properties do they have?"
I asked extensively about tasks like those – a lot of which you'll hear about in other parts of this site. They said that they don't go into that much detail as they were fully confident in how to do that. Take a read a few articles at Search Engine Land so that you get a dynamic nature of the SEO industry.
Well, that's a part of what I am saying when I say that the bigger firms don't in all cases keep up to date in regards to the best practices in so far as improving the customer with their online marketing. In their eyes, after this, they were going to basically get some Pay per Click running and cross their fingers. This, of course, would be costing the client more money and may or may not be helpful.
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You can see that my company owns the top 4 spots for my main keyword, and this is not rare for me to accomplish, it simply is dependent upon what your requirements are.
As previously mentioned, there is much more that I can do in the future. We can get to know your particular requirements when we meet. On top of getting your site(s) into a prominent position in the search engines, I can also optimize and make YouTube videos which will give a huge amount of value to your incoming customers, make and look after those Facebook pages which I spoke about earlier, get your Twitter set up and moving, Instagram, and Pinterest if those are in line with your business, and a bunch more.
As well as, I can do web design, manage your reputation, PPC and SEO analysis of your existing sites, Social Media Management, and any other way you want to bring in traffic.
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To move forward get in touch via e-mail or call me for Wellington SEO services (or all around the world). It's imperative that you get your SEO work completed by a person such as myself who is an expert at what they do, or you are simply going to be running in circles. Stay away from the bigger firms so that you don't get sucked in by their sales tactics and give you mediocre results if any at all.
I say that I can assist you regardless of where you are in the world. That's one of the beauties of this industry! We can meet on Skype, individual webinars – similar to conference calls as well as via phone an email. A part of my service which my clients love and look forward to is our update monthly webinars in which we swap computer screens with each other. For my clients which are in the local area, we do organize to meet in person, though after a few meeting, they are also good with meeting online as it saves a lot of time and time is money, so using online tools will assist us to save both!
And keep in mind, I am content to work on your CURRENT website – but remember I will need to conduct an initial audit that I talked about previously that make sure that there has not been any damage which cannot be undone by any earlier work that was done on your website, alternatively I can overwrite your current set up by creating you a brand new one, and then do work on ascending to the top! Again, there is a lot of techniques guys like me have in our "arsenal."
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We are so excited to share The Pink Clutch's terrific blog post featuring DecoratorsBest with you! Enjoy!
More from Paige Minear of The Pink Clutch!
"I have absolutely loved using DecoratorsBest wallpaper and fabrics in my last two One Room Challenges projects. With both the Kitchen and Den reveals behind me I love looking back at all the details that were truly my favorite.
In both spaces I started with one thing that inspired me and built the room from there. I always have a jumping off point when designing our home. For the kitchen it was the Clarence House The Vase wallpaper. I had seen the paper in an episode of Lipstick Jungle about ten years ago and I never forgot it. When I knew I would be using it in the kitchen I was thrilled to see it was available from DecoratorsBest."


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Category: Stock Graphic, Patterns
Stock Graphic >> Pattern - Tile Patterns Blue Gold 41270 by scrapster @ CreativeMarket
File Size: 28.61 MB; DPI: 300 DPI; Dimensions: 12 x 12 in.
A collection of 6 different tile patterns in blue and gold.
Keywords: islamic patterns, morroccan, moorish, arabesque, tile patterns, metallic, gold, gradient, blue, turquoise, interlocking, geometric, middle eastern, floor tile patterns, decorative, ornate, north african, persian, stars, rectangles.


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Rooms, services 45 comfortably furnished rooms are offered by Bodensee-Yachthotel Schattmaier Retterschen to guests looking for accommodation in Retterschen. The hotel is offering you freshly prepared fine local meals in its restaurant every day. Car parking possibility is available nearby. You may also enjoy refreshing wellness services at the hotel, <a/an> steam room will also be available to you. The fans of actively spent leisure time may take the nearby opportunities to rent a bike, play bowling, minigolf, go sailing and rent a boat. The local gym will provide a great opportunity to do sports and exercises. The café or the bar can be an ideal place for a meeting or a pleasant evening talk. In the safe your valuables may be the safely secured. If you have a suitable portable device, you can connect to the Internet via a wireless network (WiFi) available at the hotel. If you wish to learn more about the exact scope of services provided by Bodensee-Yachthotel Schattmaier Retterschen (including those available for an extra fee) or about the equipment of the rooms, you can find the complete list on the information sheet below.
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Arrival, opening hours The earliest time to check in at the hotel is 15:00, the latest time to check out is 10:30. The personnel can speak English and German languages.
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SWEDEN: IF Metall asks Barack Obama for Saab licence help
By Simon Warburton | 15 May 2012
Main Saab blue collar union, IF Metall, has taken the extraordinary step of writing directly to US president Barack Obama in a bid to put pressure on former owner, General Motors, to make its licences available.
The licence issue is continuing to take centre stage as GM is reluctant to allow them to be transfered to a potential competitor - particularly given its relationship with Chinese automaker, SAIC.
However, with unemployment levels in Saab's Swedish home town of Trollhattan soaring to 40%, IF Metall has taken the decision to write to the president as the American taxpayer still owns part of General Motors.
"We asked Mr Obama to talk to GM to let the licences free [for] a new buyer of Saab," IF Metall Trollhattan plant chairman Hakan Scott told just-auto from Sweden. "We have not had any answer yet.
"It is a chance we take and hopefully we will get some answer back and we hope that answer will be positive. The government has ownership in GM and we hope we will have some kind of influence."
IF Metall legal adviser Darko Davidovic told just-auto the Trollhattan division of the union "didn't have any option" but to write to the US president following a meeting of the labour body.
"They decided 'let's give it a shot' and at least somebody will see it and try maybe to understand the situation," Davidovic told just-auto. "They sent it yesterday [14 May] so I don't think Obama is just waiting for a quick answer."
Saab's receivers in Gothenburg have yet to make any decision as to which of a reported three buyers will succeed in taking over the bankrupt automaker but IF Metall said state guarantee money to Saab's near-4,000 employees is fast running out.
"People are getting frightened because they have to do something before June," said Davidovic.
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Drybrook u18s girls travelled to Wales to play Ynysddu RFC.
The game played in wet and windy conditions was a great team effort
and despite the weather was a brilliant display of skilful rugby, the
defence and ball skills were outstanding.
Drybrooks great performance landed them a 53-0 win against their
welsh opponents.
Tries were scored by Emma Hughes 3, Harlie Field 2, Shauna Bennett,
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Americans and Hard Times
Born in the summer of 1951, I'm one of those Boomers who've lived the transformation from simpler, more innocent times, to the hi-tech, everything's gotta be in the fast lane, in your face 21st century. 1951? Possibly the best debut year in post WW II Major League Baseball, as both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays broke in that year. I grew up watchin' both of 'em in their primes, as they played at levels normal human beings could only daydream about.
America was a country in transition. The big war victoriously concluded, albeit at horrific cost, the Korean 'Police Action' about done, and Boomers were being born by the dozens everywhere you looked. So many paradigms were shifting all at once it seemed. The GI Bill was sending thousands of young men and women to college — folks who before the war would only have fantasized about affording a college degree and the life it promised. Suburbs entered our vocabulary. Home ownership begin to grow at prodigious velocity. Cars became a must have item.
It all sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? It was, but it wasn't all Channel No. 5 and Willie makin' basket catches.
My memory really only goes back to around 1956, when I turned five, started kindergarten, and got to attend 'regular kid' Sunday school at Dad's church. Of course, it wasn't 'till much later in life that I realized why I had such a good time with the older kids — duh, I was the preacher's kid, but wasn't anything in the same zip code as a goody two-shoes. Yeah, even back then.
Ironically, like many in my generation I learned how Americans handled hard times by listening to my grandparents tell about the Great Depression. Once you've heard enough of those stories from folks who lived through it as teens and emerged as adults of tempered steel, you tend to shy away from self pity when hard times come knockin' at your door — hard times hardly in the league about which they talked.
Grandma was the oldest of eight kids who were born and raised in rural Missouri. Hard times? Most don't realize this, but hard times hit rural areas long before the big crash of 1929. In the mid to late '20's Grandma and Great-grandpa (also a preacher) several times headed out on a freight train, leaving the rest of the family to work on dairy farms in Ohio, pick crops in other surrounding states, or in one case shuck corn at harvest time in Nebraska. She was 14 when her dad began bringing her with him on those sojourns.
Hard times? Those were hard times. And that's how Americans back then got through them. They relied on family and neighbors and themselves, making incredible personal sacrifices as a matter of course. It takes a village? My ass. It took rugged individuals who helped those who helped themselves. Their hard core sense of self reliance, responsibility, duty to family and those in need was fierce. Wanna know what was missing?
A sense of entitlement and moral relativism. Even those showing up at Grandma's door, later on during the actual Depression, in Vista, California, would refuse even a sparse meal of scraps unless they could do something, anything to earn their way. The worst of it though was when, "We literally didn't have anything to share — then being thanked for our kind hospitality."
Hard times.
We're in the middle of a giant helping of what my Uncle calls FUBAR. Don't know what it means? Ask anyone who's been in the military. It means things are screwed up pretty badly. Having lived through several recessions, I have my own sad stories, which I won't share here, as my stories are surely no different than yours. I've stared into the black abyss alone too.
It's an experience we've all had when times turn harder than Aunt Evie's stare after you've crossed her. It's the sudden awareness that your worst fears may indeed become the new reality in your life. The cold chill of desperate fear that sweeps through every part of you with a sometimes literal sense of temporary paralysis. It's when we look directly into the black abyss — alone with our thoughts. It makes some, it breaks some — but it's difficult to imagine it leaving anyone the same as before.
And the nights? Geez, Louise, Mytle — who hasn't gone through a 20 hour night of your mind playing horror movies with you as the victim? It can be debilitating.
So many of those in real estate and related fields have been playing out the black abyss part of their life's script lately. We all make that trip alone, regardless of our support system. It's like major surgery — your family and friends will be there for you, but you're still the only one on the table with a doctor standing over you wielding a scalpel. Support only goes so far.
I write about this only to remind you — you're not alone — not by a long shot. Speaking only for myself and my past trips through the black abyss, I can tell you this without reservation. I came out a better person, with a stronger sense of who I am, and a steely confidence born only from the heat it takes to temper high quality steel.
I also discovered quite happily that my spiritual faith had been tested. Turns out my faith and beliefs were strong, and made stronger — a blessing from which I benefit to this day. There's nothing like getting your priorities right, while learning you were up to the task.
Would most of us go through the black abyss again by choice? No sir, not me. But I'll tell ya something that surprised me about myself — I wouldn't go back and erase those experiences for all the gold in Fort Knox. There's a freedom that comes with successfully staring down the demons that seem to arise in us during soul-wrenching, character testing, hard times.
There's no feeling freer than the knowledge you measured up. You were knocked down, but not out. You emerged as a higher quality, tempered steel. And even better than that? Hard times will never scare you again.
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Brian Brady July 22nd, 2009 8:39 pm
"It took rugged individuals who helped those who helped themselves. Their hard core sense of self reliance, responsibility, duty to family and those in need was fierce."
Thanks for being that "light" when the abyss got darker. Bad days are best cured with a call to you. I NEVER doubt my ability to thrive after 10 minutes on the phone with you, Jeff.
Jeff Brown July 22nd, 2009 8:49 pm
I genuinely hop you're not surprised to learn that's a two way street. Always has been.
Greg Swann July 23rd, 2009 7:08 am
Damn good writing, Jeff. Moving, inspiring — and musical. My hat is off to you!
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Benjamin Dona July 23rd, 2009 6:30 am
Thanks for a good read and the reminder Jeff. "Been there, done that" is a good thing to remember in this day and age.
Teri Lussier July 23rd, 2009 6:40 am
You usually kick my booty in your posts, Jeff, but today you brought a little tear to my eye.
>There's no feeling freer than the knowledge you measured up. You were knocked down, but not out. You emerged as a higher quality, tempered steel. And even better than that? Hard times will never scare you again.
Amen, Brotherman.
Dan Connolly July 23rd, 2009 7:22 am
From someone also born in the summer of 1951, I can relate! Good stuff Jeff!
Jeff Brown July 23rd, 2009 10:05 am
Teri — My experience with you has convinced me tempered steel is part of your DNA. 🙂
Jeff Brown July 23rd, 2009 10:08 am
Greg complementing my writing — sweet — and very much appreciated.
SuiteSusan July 23rd, 2009 11:32 am
So true,all makes sense to me. Work hard, go through tough times, and then come out the other side with new found appreciation for whats important. Too bad these days we don't get the chance to hear or tell the stories enough that this generation gets it before they go through their own tough times. I guess you live and you learn! God Bless and thanks. Brewer Caldwell
David Orsini July 23rd, 2009 12:47 pm
"> It's when we look directly into the black abyss — alone with our thoughts."
Reminds me of a good Edgar Allen Poe quote:
"Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
Deep stuff man.
Marian Brown July 23rd, 2009 1:23 pm
Hey, son, you make me very proud…particularly your skills at expressing yourself with your writing. As a parent, it's always rewarding to realize that you did get through to your kids, even tho they won't always admit it ["Do your understand me? yeah, yeah yeah".] Sometimes, they don't even know it until the circumstances reveal that it's become part of their true character. Keep washin' those baggies and clippin' coupons!…love, mom
Tom July 23rd, 2009 3:32 pm
Interesting to me, as I am of the end of the Boomer gen, born in 1960. (But my father was WW2.)
Times are very different now. You never see throngs of children running around the streets, playing sports any longer. Everything is arranged and planned. Families are smaller. Video games, tv and movies. (When I was growing up, it was just the tube, which had much less to watch.)
Perhaps some of the older values will re-assert themselves in this tough period. Here's hoping.
Jeff Brown July 23rd, 2009 7:17 pm
Ah, washin' baggies and savin' coupons. I remember now. BawldMom has left the building. 🙂
Jeff Brown July 23rd, 2009 7:22 pm
Hey Tom — I was one of those kids. We could walk or bike anywhere with impunity. Played the season's sport 'till we dropped. Played baseball and football in the streets 'till we couldn't see to play, or our moms yelled at us to come in for dinner and/or homework. Our outside curfew? Dark-30.
Today's kids don't know what they're missing, do they?
Dan Connolly July 23rd, 2009 8:14 pm
I don't think we ever locked the doors on our house when I was a kid. We would hitch hike to get to the movies from about age 10 on and no one gave it a second thought. Get in a stranger's car… Why not? Didn't have to check in after school, we just had to be home by 6:00 for dinner, then back out until the street lights came on.
Boys settled their differences by fighting in the school yard. A circle would form. You had to fight fair and when one kid "gave in" it was over. No one got in trouble for it, the teachers would watch and let it go on.
Jeff Brown July 23rd, 2009 8:31 pm
Dan — I lived that childhood. We fought 'behind the kindergarten bungalows after school'. Teachers knew about the fights, kept their distance. Also, there were periods when I hitchhiked everywhere without a problem ever.
Greg Dallaire July 24th, 2009 4:33 am
Now if we only could look back more on history and learn from the past on a daily basis we would be less likely to repeat it.
I sometimes wonder why our government stray's away from what makes it great. We are now going down a clear path that is extremely similiar to an era that our elders have been through and I can guarantee they would be telling us to run the other direction.
Jeff sorry for the rant your post was a breath of fresh air but got me thinking about what were going through on a daily basis. Keep up the insightful blogging.
Geno Petro July 24th, 2009 8:09 am
'Geez, Louise, Mytle' I loved that read this morning.
Cam July 24th, 2009 9:48 am
Wow…you really brought me back. While I am not a 50's generation guy, I can definitely relate to your post…really inspirational in these times. Thanks!
Jeff Brown July 24th, 2009 9:50 am
How cool is that? A 'Geno' feather in my cap. You made my day, thanks.
Al Lorenz July 24th, 2009 11:03 am
Thanks for reminding me again that trying times are the forges of confidence.
Jeff Brown July 24th, 2009 9:49 pm
Cam — It gratifying to hear that — thanks.
John hamrick July 25th, 2009 6:51 am
Very inspirational Jeff, it is a shame that most of the problems we face today are self-inflicted based on reality that we as a nation have strayed so far from the core value system that our ancestors enjoyed.
Although painful, the events of today had to happen sooner or later, we all knew they would, now its up to us individually and as a nation to understand how we got here and make some major adjustments in the way we think and act.
Jeff Brown July 25th, 2009 11:45 am
That core value system was based solely on the Judeo-Christian ethic.
The consequences of volitional responsibility are like the tides — they won't be controlled. They just 'are'.
Lisa Bosques July 25th, 2009 12:47 pm
Thank you for writing this. Looks like fate brought me to Bloodhound today, as this was something I really needed to read and hear today.
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The typical circuit riding preacher of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries wasn't someone who had been afforded formal seminary training. Rather, it was more likely a former common laborer like a blacksmith or carpenter who, following a dramatic religious conversion, answered the call to preach to the masses by riding from village to village spreading the Gospel. It certainly wasn't a well-paying job and many died at a young age. In 1855 a man who signed his editorial "An Old Circuit Rider"1 knew all too well the pittances afforded the itinerant preacher.
In 1827 missionaries received only fourteen cents a day on average and he had heard of ministers who hadn't received one cent in a six-month period. The itinerant minister might "pass the hat" and gather enough to send him down the road a bit further. One minister receive a saddle girth for his services. That would keep his saddle in place but not food in his belly.
Yet another minister known by the "old circuit rider" made only one "cut bit" one year. He went on to explain how in those days it was customary to make change by cutting larger pieces of silver into smaller ones. A cut bit was an eighth of a dollar, also called a "sharpskin". The man was about to set upon a trip of 250 miles and what was he to do? He started riding, making stops along a seventy-mile stretch. Upon preaching the last service of the stretch the "cloud bursted" and his act of faith was rewarded.
A friend had heard about his plight and informed the congregation ahead of his visit. Within a few minutes the minister had enough to attend Presbytery and return to the circuit. A mere $9.25 was enough to last the entire year. Oh what a difference a couple hundred years makes, eh?
Circuit riders hold a special place in American history, or as one graphic I saw recently read: "Simple Obedience Changes History". Sometimes the first person a new settler might meet wasn't a neighbor but a circuit riding Methodist minister. Many people associate circuit riding with the Methodists, citing Francis Asbury as the original standard bearer.
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Ezra Holdings to Add 4 PSVs to Fleet
Ezra Holdings will add four high-end multi-purpose platform supply vessels (PSVs) to its fleet in the light of the positive outlook for the sector. The investment of approximately US $130 million underlines its commitment to strengthening the capabilities of its core businesses and driving its next growth phase.
At the same time, the Group has also announced that EMAS Offshore Pte Ltd, the Group's operating entity for offshore support services, has secured letters of intent and/or letters of award for approximately US $51 million worth of new contracts which will charter five anchor, handling, towing and supply (AHTS) vessels and a PSV to oil majors, national as well as independent oil companies, for operations in Asia and Australia. In aggregate, the average period for the new charters will exceed two years.
Mr. Lionel Lee, Ezra's Managing Director, said, "We are currently fortifying our key offshore support, deepwater subsea and engineering services units in preparation for our next leg of growth, which will see Ezra becoming a truly global player in the offshore O&G sector.
"The offshore support services division brings in steady cashflow and remains integral to the Group's overall operations. The latest contracts will keep the overall fleet utilization high, reflecting the underlying positive tone of the industry. As we grow our fleet, we
expect to enjoy rising recurrent income from the charters of our young and technologically advanced vessels."
The US $130 million will fund the purchase of four multi-purpose PSVs of up to 5,200 deadweight tonnes over the next two years. These vessels will meet the latest code of safety and oil recovery guidelines.
The Group recently announced the strategic purchase of a well-equipped US fabrication facility in Houston, Texas, which is expected to anchor its position as a global O&G engineering services provider. This comes shortly after the announcement of Ezra's proposed US $250 million acquisition of Aker Marine Contractors, an established SURF and floater installation company, which is poised to help the Group join the ranks of the world's top players in the subsea services sector.
- Singapore Banks' Sour Loans In Focus As Oil Service Sector Stresses (Feb 10)
- Japan's NYK Completes Acquisition of 25% Stake in EMAS CHIYODA Subsea (Sep 30)
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#301 – The 63rd Annual Lighting of Macy's Great Tree at Lenox Square is Tomorrow, with Headliner Katharine McPhee! Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tomorrow evening – Thursday, November 25, 2010 – after you've finished up your turkey and stuffing, finished off the last of the pie, and counted your blessings, head on over to Lenox Square Mall for the 63rd Annual Lighting of the Macy's Great Tree!
The pre-show festivities begin at 6:15 PM, with pre-show performances by the evening's star-studded line-up, which includes Katharine McPhee, Chuck Wicks, Bobby V., and local artist Austin Renfroe. The 70-foot tree sits atop Macy's every year and is celebrated with music, lights and a fabulous fireworks finale set to holiday favorites. It's a grand, exciting way to kick of the holiday season and to end your Thanksgiving Day! The lighting takes place at 7:00 PM.
Whether this is already a part of your Thanksgiving Day tradition or you want to make it a new part of your traditional family celebration, plan to be there for the lighting of Atlanta's most beloved and recognizable tree! Do get there early and try to take MARTA or carpool, if possible, as crowds of more than 100,000 are expected for this spectacular event.
WHERE: The 63rd Annual Lighting of Macy's Great Tree at Lenox Square Mall – 3393 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA


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Meeting for a cup of coffee is always a start. But open to other ideas.
A Michelin cooked meal nice bottle of wine, followed by a walk under the stars
Come share a spa, maybe play some volleyball, have dinner and drinks!
public park
I leave it up to the both of us as to go out and about for the day so to get to know each other, it can be a walk or car ride with some lunch and a drink and a good old chat.
Meet at Shangra La go swimming, decide if we want to go for lunch or dinner then go from there.
a relaxing full body massage would be nice...giving and recieving...once relaxed ...an adult beverage and get to know each other Much better! 😛🖕
A drive to the beautiful Redwoods. To view the giant Sequoia trees. A walk in nature under the tallest trees in the world.
Coffee and a pastry, and taking to each other, and then take in a good movie.
Walking admiring nature eventually holding hands. Talking about life's experimces and visions of the future.
As I have lots of interests, from the cinema, to music, to board or card games, it is really up to both of us to come up with a relaxed activity. But is should involve drinks and good chat.
Invite him over for a cook out and have a few drinks to relax the atmosphere and sit down to watch a few good movies.
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Letters To Papa #1 – Sunrise View of Himalayas Was Calling!
My Dearest Papa, If I could name one of the most beautiful things in the world that I've seen, I'm sure the sunrise view of Himalayas would rank within top 5. I remember waking up at 5am (we almost couldn't make it due to laziness!) just to catch the sunrise, which was the entire purpose of our trip up to Nagarkot. With our groggy eyes, we put on a few layers of clothing (3 to be exact!) as it was really cold outside our room, being 7,200 feet above sea level, surrounded by snow capped Himalayan mountains. I estimated that it would have been around 2 Degrees Celcius that morning. Everyone who woke up for sunrise in Nagarkot had thick… View Post


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A dispatch to Capt. E.P. Dorr, 27th, inst. says that the prop. DALHOUSIE was burned on her way up, 10 hours from Kingston. No further particulars.
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Port Dalhousie, Sept. 27 - The propeller DALHOUSIE, bound from Kingston to Hamilton, took fire at noon yesterday, ten hours after leaving Kingston, and burned to the waters edge. The crew were all saved. They were picked up by the propeller CITY OF CONCORD and brought to this port this morning.
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The prop. DALHOUSIE, Capt. McGrath, bound from Montreal to Chicago with pig iron and merchandise was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon about 45 miles below the Niagara River. The prop. CITY OF CONCORD, which was in hailing distance when the fire broke out, went to the relief of the unfortunate propeller, and towed her to about 3 miles of the shore when she sank. The crew together with teir effects and some of the bedding were taken aboard of the CONCORD. The DALHOUSIE was owned by the Welland Railway Co., of Canada. - Oswego Advertiser.
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Don't be scared by the time it takes; it's mostly unattended. I've taken up where my mother and aunt left off; this is the perfect fall/winter "stick-to-your-ribs" meal.
- Yield
- 8-10 servings
- Brisket: approx. 7 lbs; 1st or center cut.
- Vegetable Oil: 1/4 cup.
- Chicken Stock: 3-4 cups; fresh (if packaged, use dark).
- Sherry or Sherry Vinegar: 1 cup.
- Carrots: 1 lb; sliced lengthwise approx. 2 inches.
- Baby Potatoes: 1 lb; quartered.
- Onion: 2 small; halved.
- Celery: 2-3 stalks; sliced lengthwise approx 2 inches.
- Garlic: 3-4 medium cloves; halved.
- Kosher Salt: 2 tsp.
- White Pepper: 2 tps.
- Paprika: 1 TBL.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack placed in the middle. On stove, preheat oil and garlic in heavy 3-4 inch deep metal roasting pan (can use glass if necessary). Rub dry brisket with one tsp salt & one tsp pepper; brown over medium-high heat for 5-6 minutes per side (begin with fat side down). Meat can be cut into pieces either to fit pan or if different thicknesses. Slowly add sherry (or sherry vinegar) to pan over medium-low and bring to slow boil. Remove from heat; add stock; cover tightly with lid or foil; place in oven for two hours. Add carrots, potatoes, onions, & celery; recover; continue cooking for 30-45 minutes (until tender to fork probe). Remove pan from oven; cool to room temperature; refrigerate at least 12 hours. Again, preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack placed in the middle. Place meat on cutting board; remove fat from brisket; slice across grain to 1/4 inch thick. Skim fat from juice and vegetables. Return meat to pan; add remaining salt & pepper (to taste, if needed); add paprika; reheat thoroughly 30-40 minutes. Serve on platter able to accommodate vegetables and juice.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories1275
- Carbohydrates21 g(7%)
- Fat97 g(149%)
- Protein75 g(150%)
- Saturated Fat36 g(182%)
- Sodium911 mg(38%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat5 g
- Fiber4 g(14%)
- Monounsaturated Fat43 g
- Cholesterol376 mg(125%)


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Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930) is a German film actor, painter, writer and musician. He started his career as a socialist matinee-idol in the DDR. At 50, he had to emigrate to West-Germany where he found work with such major film directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Later he had a successful career in Hollywood as well.
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 2254. Photo: Schirmer.
Matinee Idol
Armin Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, Germany (now Sovetsk, Russia) in 1930. His father, Alfred Müller, was a bank teller who changed the family's surname to the more aristocratic-sounding Mueller-Stahl. His mother, Editha Maass, was from an upper class family, and she became a university professor at Leipzig. While his father fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, Editha moved her five children to Berlin. (Armin's elder brother is director and actor Hagen Mueller-Stahl and his sister Dietlind Mueller-Stahl is an actress). Alfred was to join the family in Berlin, but in 1945, only two days before the fighting ended, he was killed. Armin studied at the Städtischen Konservatorium and became a concert violinist, but he did not want to end as a music teacher. So in 1952, he enrolled in an acting school in East Berlin, but he was soon kicked out. However, he got an engagement at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm and moved in 1954 to the Volksbühne, where he stayed till 1979. In 1956, he made his film debut in the DEFA production Heimliche Ehen/Secret marriages (1956, Gustav von Wangenheim) with Paul Heidemann. He became a successful stage actor in East Germany and also a matinee idol with such popular DEFA films as Fünf Patronenhülsen/Five Cartridges (1960, Frank Beyer) with Ernst Busch and Manfred Krug, the anti-fascist love story Königskinder/And Your Love Too (1962, Frank Beyer) with Annekathrin Bürger, and the war drama Nackt unter Wölfen/Naked Among Wolves (1963, Frank Beyer). On East-German TV he became popular with the series Flucht aus der Hölle/Flight From Hell (1960) and later he had again success with Wolf unter Wölfen/Wolf Among Wolves (1965, Hans-Joachim Kasprzik). He was chosen five times as the most popular actor of the DDR. At a certain time he owned a Volvo limousine, a villa in Köpenick and an annual salary of 300,000 East German marks ($70,000). In 1965 a newspaper poll selected him 'the man most East Germans would like to have a beer with.' He starred in such films as Der Dritte/The Third (1972, Egon Günther) as a blind musician opposite Jutta Hoffmann, and the classic war comedy Jakob, der Lügner/Jacob, the Liar (1975, Frank Beyer) featuring Vlastimil Brodský. On TV, he played the main character of the very popular spy thriller series Das unsichtbare Visier/The invisible visor (1973–1979, Peter Hagen). The series was designed in co-operation with the Stasi, as an East Bloc counterpart to the James Bond films. When the communist regime clamped down on protest singer Wolf Biermann in 1976, 26 members of the artistic community, including Mueller-Stahl, issued a protest. As a result the government blacklisted him from show business. He stayed in East Berlin and in the next two-and-a-half years he wrote the political thriller Verlorener Sonntag (Lost Sunday), that became a best-seller. In 1980 the family was permitted to emigrate to West Germany. They gave up their East German villa and moved into a small flat in West Berlin.
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 1910, 1963, Retail price: 0,20 DM. Photo: DEFA-Pathenheimer.
Head of the Secret Police
At 50, Armin Mueller-Stahl had to start his career over again, but he found ample work in the West German film industry. He appeared in such prestigious films as Fassbinder's political riff on post-war Germany Lola (1981, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) with Barbara Sukowa, Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss/Veronika Voss (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) featuring Rosel Zech, and Wajda's Eine Liebe in Deutschland/A Love in Germany (1984, Andrzej Wajda) with Hanna Schygulla. He appeared as Jean-Hugues Anglade's father in the French homosexual drama L'homme blessé/The Wounded Man (1983, Patrice Chéreau). Other interesting films were the war drama Bittere Ernte/Angry Harvest (1985, Agnieszka Holland) and Oberst Redl/Colonel Redl (1985, István Szabó), the latter about Alfred Redl (Karl Maria Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Both films were nominated for an Oscar, and several offers from Hollywood came his way. Mueller-Stahl made his US film debut opposite Jessica Lange in Music Box (1989, Constantin Costa-Gravas). He played Mike Laszlo, the Lange character's father who - unknown to her - was during WW II a pro-Nazi war criminal who buried his sadistic past in Hungary under a lifetime of solid American deeds. Next Mueller-Stahl had a leading role in Avalon (1990, Barry Levinson), about a Polish-Jewish family which comes to the US at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. He subsequently took strong character roles in Kafka (1991, Steven Soderbergh) with Alec Guinness and Jeremy Irons, and Night on Earth (1991, Jim Jarmusch) with Gena Rowlands. In 1992 Mueller-Stahl won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival for the title role in Utz (1992, George Sluizer). He received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the father of Australian pianist David Helfgott (Geoffrey Rush) in Shine (1996, Scott Hicks). His first film as director was Conversation with the Beast (1996, Armin Mueller-Stahl) about an old man who claims he is Adolf Hitler (played by Mueller-Stahl himself). Next he played in the thriller The Game (1997, David Fincher) starring Michael Douglas, and a German scientist and syndicate member in the feature film The X-Files (1998, Rob Bowman).
Trailer Lola (1981). Source: RialtoFilm (YouTube).
Trailer Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss/Veronika Voss (1982). Source: RialtoFilm (YouTube).
Thomas Mann
Armin Mueller-Stahl gained applause for his portrayal of author Thomas Mann in the epic German documentary/drama mini-series Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman/The Manns - Novel of a Century (2001, Heinrich Breloer) with Sebastian Koch as his son, author Klaus Mann. In 2004, Mueller-Stahl made another rare foray into American television, guest-starring in four episodes of the much acclaimed TV series The West Wing (2004) as the Prime Minister of Israel. With Katja Riemann and Karin Dor, he appeared in the controversial drama Ich bin die Andere/I Am the Other Woman (2006, Margaretha von Trotta). The next year he won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Eastern Promises (2007, David Cronenberg), starring Viggo Mortensen and British-Australian actress Naomi Watts. Watts also starred in the thriller The International (2007, Tom Tykwer) which co-starred Clive Owen and Mueller-Stahl. He starred in the Thomas Mann adaptation Buddenbrooks (2008) a TV series directed by Heinrich Breloer, who also created the acclaimed Die Manns. Then Mueller-Stahl played the role of Cardinal Strauss in the blockbuster film Angels and Demons (2009, Ron Howard), based on the bestseller by Dan Brown and starring Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor. Mueller-Stahl launched a career as an artist and presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2007, the Brockhaus encyclopedia with book covers and spines designed by him. He also started to sing again. With Günther Fischer, he performed songs in 2010 which they had performed 40 years earlier on DDR television. In 2011 he was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. Armin Mueller-Stahl was married twice. His first marriage was to actress Monika Gabriel. Since 1973, he is married to dermatologist Gabriele Scholz, and they have a son, Christian (1974). Christian appeared in Utz (1992) as the son of his father's character. Mueller-Stahl lives in Pacific Palisades, California, Dierksdorf (Germany) and Berlin. He has now both the German and the American nationality.
Trailer Music Box (19890. Source: sonysloba (YouTube).
Trailer Eastern Promises (2007). Sources: The CultBox (YouTube).
Sources: Mary H.J. Farrell & Franz Spelman (People), Scott Roxborough (The Hollywood Reporter), Ines Walk (Zeit.de) (German), F.-B. Habel & Volker Wachter (Das große Lexikon der DDR-Stars) (German), Wikipedia (German and English) and IMDb.


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Have you ever wanted a Princess bedroom? By this, I do not mean a hot pink bedroom with a white canopy bed and Cinderella themed sheets. I mean a special bedroom retreat, a relaxing refuge from the busy day, a place fit for, well…a Princess!
In a Princess bedroom there are probably rules too…like the following:
- Children are not allowed to burst the door open, jump on the bed after running around barefoot outside, make flatulent noises or spill bright colored beverages.
- There is absolutely no talk of bills, errands to run or upcoming school/extra-curricular events.
- There are no clocks, no alarms and no electronic devices that can create an annoying sound.
- Household pets will never shed a hair, leave a dirty paw print or any other unpleasant treat to be discovered only when you step in it, at 3 a.m., in the dark.
- Clothes will put themselves away in the closet and the dresser.
- The bed will always be made. Always.
- And most importantly, a Princess bedroom will NOT look like this:
This is the kind of bedroom I have wanted for a long time. For four years to be exact (that's when we purchased our older home). It's now time to make this dream a reality. While I can't make the clothes put themselves away, I can get rid of the crap-tastic aluminum blinds and the wobbly ceiling fan. I can create an oasis of peace and calm with furniture and paint, but what I need first is a little inspiration:
Well, there you have it! A few photos I've saved that have inspired me to tackle the Master Bedroom Before-N'-After. Stay tuned for some reveals and let me know what you think of these bedrooms!!
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Bring your logistics innovation to life in America's distribution hub
Applications are now open for the 2017 EPIcenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator. Sponsored by FedEx and now in
its third year, the entrepreneurship accelerator program helps startups bring innovative logistics products and technologies to market.
The program is strategically located in Memphis, Tenn. – America's distribution hub – home to the busiest cargo airport in the United States and in close proximity to five Class 1 railroads, the mighty Mississippi River, FedEx World Headquarters, and the I-40/I-55 corridors – making it the ideal place to launch new logistics innovations. Teams also have direct access to a network of logistics expertise in Memphis, including mentorship by FedEx staff members.
The Details
Companies with teams of two or more members are invited to apply for the program. We're looking for companies investigating transportation- or logistics-oriented applications and hardware within areas such as:
- First-Mile/Last-Mile Delivery
- Data-Driven Supply Chain Management and Predictive Analytics
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Smart Packaging
- Robotics
- Location- and contextual-based services
- Additive Manufacturing
Through a competitive application process, up to six companies will be selected for the 2017 cohort and each will receive $50,000 in initial seed capital, including an investment from Innova, one of the country's most active micro-venture funds that has invested in more than 75 early-stage companies and co-founded the nationally ranked ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator with Memphis Bioworks.
During the 15-week accelerator, entrepreneurs go through an intense, mentorship-focused program that includes classroom activity, hands-on exercises and rigorous business-building curriculum. The companies spend the bulk of their time on market validation, refining their business models, and proofs-of-concept. Post-acceleration programming will be available to help teams continue to develop and grow their startup companies.
The accelerator is operated by EPIcenter. Participating businesses have the added advantage of being immersed in a collaborative Summer of Acceleration experience in Memphis among seven other business accelerators. During the Summer of Acceleration experience, Start Co., a member of the Global Accelerator Network that has led accelerator programs for more than 80 startup companies, provides core accelerator programming, while EPIcenter provides logistics-specific programming.
At the end of the program, each team presents its business to investors, business leaders and community supporters at Memphis Demo Day on August 10, 2017.
The accelerator begins on May 1 in Memphis, Tenn., and the teams will be required to be onsite for the duration of the program.
Apply Now
The 2017 application deadline is March 1. Click here to access our application form on the F6S platform or request additional information.
More Information: 2015 and 2016 Cohorts
"Coming to Memphis from San Francisco for the EPIcenter accelerator was a no-brainer. It's one of the best things we've done to move our business forward. The connection to logistics expertise, potential customers, and mentors were all benefits we couldn't have found anywhere else."
– Vijay Harrell, CEO of OneClickShip Logistics and a graduate of the accelerator's 2015 cohort
- Watch the inaugural cohort's Demo Day presentations from November 2015 here.


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NE - Western Canadian Judging Competition
|Deadline: February 21, 2018 4:30 PM
|Start Date: March 09, 2018 8:30 AM
|End Date: March 09, 2018 3:00 PM
|Location: Lakeland College, Vermilion
Sponsor: Lakeland College
Program Description:
Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alberta, would like to extend an invitation to you and your team to attend our 29th annual competition. The competition will again include both intercollegiate teams and 4-H teams.
The classes to be judged will include both livestock and crop classes. A list of potential classes is on the next page. Teams will consist of four judges, but in the calculation of team scores, the lowest score will be dropped and your team score will include the three highest scores. If there are changes in team membership after you have registered your team, please let us know at the time of registration on March 9.
Registration fees are:
- $55 per 4-H team
- $75 per college team
- $25 per individual judge
The deadline for pre-registration is February 9. Please return the form as soon as possible and make cheques payable to "Lakeland College."
Ag-Citing, the open house for the Agriculture School at Lakeland College is also being held on March 10, so there will be lots to see and do that afternoon.
The final schedule and rules will be sent out once we have received your paid registrations.
If you have questions or require more information, please contact Darrell Hickman (email@example.com, 780 853 8663) or Bevin Hamilton (email@example.com, 780 853 8653).
- Beef
- Dairy
- Sheep
- Goat
- Horse (Light)
- Seed
- Forage
- Swine
- Consumer Decision Making
- Meat
(make cheque payable to: LAKELAND COLLEGE) Entries due by February 21. (Earlier would be better.) Mail entry form and payment to:
Denise Martin
Lakeland College
5707 College Drive
March 9
8:30 am Judging Teams report to Riding Arena
9:00 am Judging of Classes and Reasons
12:00 noon Presentation of Judges' Official Reasons in the Riding Arena
12:30 pm Lunch (on your own)
3:00 pm Results Announced and Awards Presented
|Cost: *Check the registration form for more details.
|Region: Northeast
|Who can apply: Clubs , Families , Leaders , All Members
For more information contact: Darrell Hickman, Phone: 780-853-8663, Fax: 780-853-8704, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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