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£77m investment in cycling: Where is the cash going?
There’s also talk of a single cycle route to mirror the new HS2 route. A feasibility study into a cycle path broadly following the route will look into how existing footpaths or cycle tracks could be joined up or upgraded to create a single route between London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
Tourists and locals along the route would potentially benefit. The study and its conclusions would be separate from ongoing work on HS2, giving "plans for cycle paths the flexibility to work to their own timetable". It will not be part of the HS2 Bill processes with no land-take or cost impacts.
The funding will kick start Velocity 2025, which will, over time, create a city-wide cycle network. Initially, as part of the CCAG funding, this will involve a series of high quality cycle lanes that will lead from the city centre out to the M60 like spokes of a bicycle wheel. Spokes will have a Cycle and Ride station located several miles from the city centre, allowing cyclists to leave their bikes and swap onto Metrolink or a local rail service for the last leg of their journey if they wish. As part of a door to door approach the proposals involve the introduction of 20 mph zones in some residential areas adjacent to the cycle “spokes” to enable safer access to the cycleways. Greater Manchester’s vision is to double the number of cycle journeys within 5 years and to double them again by 2025. The Government funding will bring 56km of new or improved cycle paths and predicted health and wellbeing savings of around £7 million a year.
Building on Yorkshire’s hosting the Tour de France’s Grand Depart in 2014, a package of cycle infrastructure improvements is proposed. A new segregated Super Highway from east Leeds to Bradford City Centre will be delivered with new connections in Leeds City Centre to provide continuity to other radial routes. In addition new secure cycle parking facilities are included and the Leeds Liverpool Canal Tow Path will be upgraded. At 14 miles this will be the longest continuous cycleway in the north of England, connecting key employment and regeneration sites in both cities. The ambition in West Yorkshire is to triple current cycling levels and increase cycling to account for 12% of all journeys in the target areas.
Birmingham Cycle Revolution is a 20 year strategy to make cycling a mainstream form of transport across the city. It aims to have cycling accounting for 5% of all journeys within ten years and 10% within 20 years. This fund will accelerate this ambition through the creation of the first phase of a city-wide strategic cycle route network along radial corridors initially extending 20 minutes cycling time from the city centre. Key features include 71 miles of new cycle routes, improvements to 59 miles of existing cycle routes, segregated cycle facilities, lower speed limits, off-road routes using canals and green spaces and secure cycle parking and supported by a programme of smarter choices measures.
Building on its previous successes, the West of England’s ambition is to increase cycling by 76% by 2016. The bid focuses on linking people to major employment opportunities across the city of Bristol. Central to this is a new pedestrian and cycle promenade running east to west across the city following the route of the River Avon and terminating at Bristol Temple Meads station, where a new enterprise zone aims to bring 17,000 new jobs to the city. The scheme will create five new or improved river crossings for cyclist. In addition the bid includes the Cribbs Causeway to Emerson’s Green trunk cycle route in the North Fringe of Bristol; and, the Seven Dials National Cycle Scheme in Bath City Centre.
Central to Newcastle’s bid is linking employment and training opportunities to new housing developments in Newcastle and to existing communities where people are currently least likely to cycle. Newcastle plans a network of seven major cycle routes across the city making the best use of existing infrastructure and linking in with the major improvements currently underway in the city centre. This Government investment will be supported by an Active Travel Centre where people can go for cycle maintenance, parking and information. Recognising the potential for cycling, almost a million of public health funding in Newcastle is being invested in this initiative. Newcastle’s vision is to achieve 12% of all journeys under five miles by bike in the next ten years.
Cambridge competes on a global scale as somewhere to live, work and invest. Congestion in the city is seen as one of the major risks to its future success and cycling is seen as an intrinsic part of the solution.
In ten year’s time, Cambridge aims to have 40% of all journeys in the city by bike, bringing it in line with some of the best cycling cities in Europe.
The funding allocated today will create new, segregated cycle paths along some of Cambridge’s most used cycle routes and will also provide much improved cycling facilities to some of the major employment sites in the South Cambridgeshire District.
Local match funding will provide parking for 3,000 bicycles at Cambridge station and a new direct foot/cycle route between the station and the Cambridge Science Park – a major employment centre for the city that has a new station planned to open in 2015.
Norwich’s ambition is to use cycling as the catalyst to make the city even more liveable and prosperous. Working with the public health funding partners, the city aims to double cycling in the next ten years, from an already high base. It will generate economic growth by connecting communities to centres of employment. At heart of its proposals is an eight mile cross-city route linking population centres to the locations of 51,500 existing and 12,500 planned jobs. Norwich’s targets are to increase the number of adults cycling once a week to 44% and adults cycling to work to 15% by 2023.
The scheme will remove one of the main barriers to cycling into and out of Oxford city centre, making The Plain roundabout safer and more attractive for both cyclists and pedestrians. The Plain roundabout is a busy five-arm roundabout with a high level of bus traffic and a history of cyclist casualties. The scheme will reduce the width of the circulatory carriageway and improve the roundabout’s design to unlock access to the city for cyclists of all levels of experience. This scheme will supplement a wider package of measures both planned and existing to help the city’s cyclists.
3.5 million people in the surrounding urban areas of Greater Manchester, Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and Stoke-on-Trent will have better access to the cycle ways of the Peak District. The scheme provides four new routes which will enhance the network of traffic free cycling in the Peak District. The programme aims to target public health in the cities that connect to the national park.
The funding will deliver major improvements to 93 miles of cycle ways, with a further 86 miles benefitting from smaller upgrades such as improved signage. The focus of the scheme is new family-friendly routes to and through the park, supported by cycling hubs and provisions for access by those with limited mobility.
The scheme provides opportunities for leisure cycling for the 5 million people who live within an hour of the South Downs National Park. The scheme will focus on improving access to the National Park from major rail stations. 55km of new routes will be built across England’s most visited and densely populated National Park.
The scheme focuses on a new network of cycle docking stations that will allow people to cycle between key attractions, communities and transport hubs, supported by a new family cycling centre adjacent to Brockenhurst station. The scheme will also work with tourism businesses to ensure high quality family cycling facilities are widely available.

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Medical Tourism is when people travel to another country to get health, medical and surgical care while at the same time recovering in privacy.
Why people travel internationally for medical treatment?
Patients are traveling for different reasons. Some of the reasons are; high quality healthcare, affordability, access to advanced technology, no waiting lists, and excellent aftercare.
A Medical Tourism Facilitator is a company that helps coordinate the patient’s health travel to another country for health and medical care. At Gate To Wellness, we do the research, use our contacts and knowledge to provide you with top options. We can also, take care of all the details of appointments, bookings and travel needs.
Why should I work with a Medical Travel Facilitator?
You do not have to work with a medical travel facilitator. You can search for overseas facilities, find out which is better, contact them, send your reports, schedule your appointments, fill all needed forms and book all your arrangements. However, working with Gate To Wellness relives you of all the guesswork.
We did our homework and personally inspected the facilities of our network, met the doctors, and established strong relationships with them. We will save you time, effort and guess work. These are only a few examples of the value of working with us, versus attempting to manage the process on your own.
How does the system work? What are the main steps?
What if I need an appointment with a doctor or facility you do not work with?
Why don’t I deal with a travel agent?
A travel agent might be able to book you an appointment, but will not be able to do the research, will be unqualified to handle the complexities and privacy of medical tourism. It needs to be someone who understands the patients’ needs and the relationship between the patient and the practitioner. Gate To Wellness is a Member of the Medical Tourism Association and operated by a Certified Medical Travel Specialist.
How can I trust the quality of the foreign doctors?
Can I speak to the doctor before any commitment?
Calls can be done via phone, and/or Skype from our office, if needed or possible (according to the doctor’s availability). We will try our best to arrange a call if needed.
Can I speak with a past client about their experience?
We will try our best to get approval from our past clients in order for you to speak to them. Once you decide to move forward with Gate To Wellness, we will gladly refer you to past clients that have had the same procedure as you are planning to undergo. In return, we will appreciate to get references from you once you return from your medical travel – you can obviously rest assured that we totally respect the privacy of all our clients and will only assign referrals to those that give us the permission to do so.
Can you select or advise which doctors and/or hospitals to visit?
Gate To Wellness purpose is to provide you with the necessary information for you to make an informed and educated choice about the medical travel options we propose. We do not have the authority to encourage, advice, advocate or underwrite any of the doctors or healthcare facilities in our network. The final choice comes back to you; we will facilitate and provide answers to questions that you may have.
Can I make my own flight, accommodation arrangements?
Of course, you can make your own travel arrangements. However, if you need help we are more than happy to help.
Your doctor will give you a length of stay estimation in your pre-travel treatment plan. Keep in mind that this estimation might change after you undergo the procedure depending on what your doctor will judge best for you; not everyone heals at the same speed.
What if I need to make changes to my itinerary when I am already abroad?
You can make changes, but changes may cost you money, please read the payment and cancelation policy of your facility, before you make any changes. If you need to make any changes to your hotel, air tickets, or any other booked services, please contact your service provider and check the cancelation fees.
How can I contact Gate To Wellness while I am abroad?
Prior to you departure, you will be given your Gate To Wellness contact number, as well as a contact of a person in your destination country (if needed).
If I bring a relative or friend, will there be an additional charge?
What if I arrive at the destination and decide not undergo the treatment?
You have the rights to change your mind and we respect that. However, keep in mind that the payment and cancellation policy of Gate To Wellness, the facility and other services booked will apply. In that regard, we recommend you to subscribe to a trip cancellation insurance to protect your investment in case of a cancellation. These insurances might reimburse you for non-refundable prepaid expenses for things such as airfare, hotel accommodations, and the medical procedure itself.
We have very good relationship with our network and might be able to fit you in as soon as possible; this usually depended on the hospital, country, and time of the year you are planning to travel. We recommend starting as early as possible. In an emergency, we will do everything we can to get you an appointment.
How do I deal with language barrier?
There are no guarantees when undergoing surgery or medical treatment, but that goes for your local hospital down the street from you as well. With travel, the risks might be higher especially if you are not feeling well. Always check with your local doctor and get the green light from him that you can fly. Gate To Wellness focus is to minimize the risks by working with some of the best-known facilities in the world.
Can you tell what my medical condition might be?
We are not medical professionals and therefore will not discuss or advise in any issues relating to medical treatment and will not recommend any preferred or specific doctors for your desired medical treatment. Always seek the advice of your medical doctor or other qualified health care provider on any questions regarding personal health or medical conditions.
What services will Gate To Wellness provide?
How does Gate To Wellness chose the medical providers?
Gate To Wellness is committed to providing access to the high quality medical treatment to all our clients. Therefore, we work with hospitals and clinics which offer high standards of care and have an international reputation of excellence.
Who select the facility or doctor for my medical needs?
It is completely your decision which hospital, clinic, or doctor you select to undertake the medical treatment. Gate To Wellness will provide you with all the necessary information to make that decision.
I would like to take a vacation while away. How realistic is it to combine a vacation with medical travel?
Depending upon your medical condition and the extent of treatment you require, you may consider taking the vacation before your operation rather than after. This is a decision that only you and your treating doctor can make because it depends on the assessment of your medical needs and your wish to take a vacation. Your personal doctor may be willing to assist you in making this decision.
How do I know that Gate To Wellness is the right company for me?
It will be our pleasure to meet you, talk to you by phone or Skype to understand your needs, answer your questions.
Our staff have Arabic speakers who understand your language, culture and concerns.
What are Gate To Wellness accreditations?
Gate to Wellness is a member of the Medical tourism Association, which is an international non-profit trade association for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry made up of the top international hospitals, healthcare providers, medical travel facilitators, insurance companies. All with the common goal of promoting the highest level of quality of healthcare to patients in a global environment. The Manager of Gate To Wellness, Reem Al Daghma, is a Member of the Medical Tourism Association and a Certified Medical Travel Specialist.
A legitimate concern that most people have when considering medical care abroad is legal recourse in the event that something goes wrong. To date no formal legal framework established to protect international patents while receiving medical care abroad. If this is an overriding concern to you, then you should perhaps consider remaining at home for your medical procedure. In the unlikely event that some medical malpractice error does occur, it would be very hard to get any financial recourse in a foreign country.
I would like to have surgery performed abroad. Will my health insurance cover me if I have complications?
One of the things that anyone who is contemplating surgery abroad should do is check with their insurance company on what care if any is covered under this circumstance. Some medical tourists may wish to buy additional insurance. Those without insurance should make sure they have the resources to extend their trip in the event of complications until they are fit to travel.
A recent option that provides additional security and financial insurance for patients is “complications insurance”. This optional insurance policy covers the cost of medical care and travel in the event of a complication resulting from the medical procedure or surgery.
Which countries does Gate To Wellness work with?
We have a network of medical facilities, clinics, and doctors in Switzerland, France, Germany, Turkey, USA, Great Britain and Malaysia.
Wellness centres in; Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Thailand and India.

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Optimal Facility Location. Spatial Analysis. Geographic Information Systems and Science.
The Center for Location Science at George Mason University is dedicated to interdisciplinary research that addresses applied and theoretical problems with a fundamental focus on spatial relationships and efficiently solving problems of a spatial or geographic nature. The Center supports a broad range of scientific approaches and technologies and serves a wide community of scholars at George Mason University, across Virginia, and beyond. The Center provides research, education, training, and outreach opportunities to students, faculty, and our community of stakeholders.
The Center collaborates with complementary centers and departments across Mason in order to meet our common educational and research goals. The Center partners with other high-quality institutions in order to promote activities at Mason and broaden our intellectual reach.
The Center promotes an entrepreneurial approach to research, education, and outreach through cooperative agreements with external institutions including universities, corporations, and federal, state, and local government agencies.
Basic research. Conceiving, designing, and executing fundamental research projects, in the disciplines and research areas previously identified, to advance the boundaries of scientific knowledge.
Applied research. Validating theoretical knowledge with systematic comparisons to the results of empirical experiments in order to meet specific partner- or client-driven goals.
Technological research, development, testing, and evaluation. Transferring the results of basic and applied research into functional, scalable, and reliable technological solutions.
Student mentorship. Guiding the scholarly and professional development of students through internships, employment, and other career advancement opportunities.
Training. Initiating and organizing GIS training workshops, seminars, and colloquia for faculty, staff, and community members to permit them to obtain maximum benefit from the GIS technology at Mason.
GIS consultancy. Providing advisory, implementation, installation, technical support, and problem-solving services to partners and stakeholders.
Community outreach. Engaging with affiliated organizations such as the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, the Association of American Geographers, and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
Dissemination. Publicizing the successes of The Center on behalf of Mason, and disseminating research results in the highest quality outlets.

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Our taxi service from and to La Tercia Club Resort is door to door and private. We offer the most competitive taxi prices without compromising the quality of service.
Clean and comfortable, fully licensed and insured vehicles are used for transfers from La Tercia Club Resort. Top class sedans and estate cars are available as well as Van and Minibus transfers for up to 8 passengers. Bus or Coach transfers for groups of up to 54 passengers from and to La Tercia Club Resort are available on request.
All our chauffeurs are professional, experienced and courteous. They will help you with your luggage and try to make your journey from La Tercia Club Resort to your destination as pleasant as possible.
The La Tercia Club Resort taxi fare is always fixed, fully inclusive and it's not affected by traffic jams or diversions. Payment for the service is to the driver on the day of the transfer. Advance payment is available on request.
How to book your transfer from La Tercia Club Resort ?
Book your La Tercia Club Resort taxi using the instant quote form on this page. In order to proceed to the booking page you must select all details related to the La Tercia Club Resort transfer. Once all details are selected you will receive a quote and will be able to continue to the booking page. You can also book your transfer from La Tercia Club Resort by email or by phone. We suggest that you book your La Tercia Club Resort taxi at least 48 hours before the transfer, but we also take last minute bookings (subject to availability).
Transfers from La Tercia Club Resort to destinations listed are available for the online booking.
For transportation from La Tercia Club Resort to a destination that is not listed please email us.
Transfers to La Tercia Club Resort are operated also from city, airport, train station and any address in Alicante.
All vehicles used for the transfers in La Tercia Club Resort are licensed and fully insured and include saloons (sedans), estate cars (station wagons) and People Carriers (Mini Van MPV's). Mini Buses and Buses for groups for up to 54 passengers are also available.


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News of the week is discussed in this episode of the Press Row Podcast, including details on a major patch for Madden NFL 19, trailer for MyCareer Mode in NBA 2K19, and comments from EA regarding the possibility of MVP Baseball making a long-awaited return. Before that Bryan and Rich update on progress with the Madden 19 Online Franchise and early returns from the experiment running with the Arcade setting combined with All-Pro difficulty and slider adjustments.
The multi-tiered release of Madden NFL 19 is now complete and the game is fully in the wild! After last week's 90 minutes of first impressions, this review roundtable episode of the Press Row Podcast features a full panel of sports game experts discussing everything to do with Madden NFL 19 - going through areas such as gameplay, Franchise, Ultimate Team, and Longshot.
Madden NFL 19 has arrived for those with EA Access and Origin Access subscriptions and is now only days away from its official release. With his complete review out on Sporting News Pastapadre talks with Rich about the game including its strengths, weaknesses, and random observations. Franchise Mode, gameplay, presentation, graphics, Longshot, and much more are covered. A number of listener questions are also addressed. Additionally the controversy over EA Sports removing a reference to Colin Kaepernick from a song on the soundtrack is discussed.

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Do you know anyone that got engaged over the last few weeks? The holidays is a popular time for proposals! It seems to me that it is because it is a feel-good time with lots of family gatherings, sparkly lights everywhere and people are in the mood to unwrap things. It is no surprise that about a third of engagements in the United States happen between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve!
If you happen to be one of those lucky brides-to-be or know someone who is, we have quite the exciting year ahead at Isabel O'Neil Bridal Collection! Check out the trunk shows we have booked so far and stay tuned for additional trunk shows added to the calendar as well as sale events. We will also be introducing new designers including Jenny Yoo Bridal and bridesmaids this year.
Also, stay tuned regarding updates on bridal shows and related events in the Tampa Bay area that we will be participating in.
Happy 2014! It's going to be a great year!

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A TREE-PLANTING ceremony organised by the Friends of Whitby Park marked the end of Tree Week 2004.
Members put in the tree to mark the first anniversary of the completion of the park's £1m works.
The tree, a Caucasian maple, was given to the group by the borough council.
The same type of tree had been planted a few days earlier in Stanney Fields Park, Neston, to mark the completion of the first stage of a £250,000 project there.
The Ellesmere Port ceremony also marked a busy year for the Friends.
A feasibility study on the provision of a skate park.
Borough council parks development officer Peter Campbell said: 'The tree-planting ceremony was a great way to round off Tree Week and celebrate the group's hard work.

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I finished moving Tine’s site to WordPress last night. I moved the data over from MT a while ago, and only now had a chance to sit down and whip up a template. The first one I did was for planetkris and the second was for rallynotes. As far as page complexity, rallynotes is a repeating background and two nested tables in HTML. I made Christine’s site a little more colorful and tweaked some other things.
Unlike MT, I have some idea of what WP is doing in the background. I can at any point, open up the PHP hood and tweak a few settings. All of the templates use the same CSS tags, so if I see something on a forum or another site I like, I can grab it and tweak it into my home.
I found a sweet as in free GNU CSS editor called JustStyle CSS Editor over at ucware.com. It shows all the CSS tags possible in a list, so you can quickly hunt down what you want to change, or remember the more obscure tags like ‘background-attachment’.
Side note – some of you may have seen that Matt from WordPress.org recently got pWn3d by Google for hosting hundreds of hidden indexed pages off of wordpress.org’s site. I still love WP and I’m still loyal – but I removed the default WP link off the bottom of all of my pages.

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Billy Joel Comes To Broadway!
Twyla Tharp created the new Broadway original Movin' Out, Twyla choreographed, and directed the play, based on 24 classic Billy Joel songs. The story is about six lifelong friends and the events of two decades of tough times.
Based in the heart of the 1960's Vietnam era and under the award winning direction of Twyla Tharp, Movin Out is based on the Billy Joel song catalog, the story tells of two decades of turbulent times for six lifelong friends.
The storyline continues the story from the Billy Joel classic "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" in which "Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies, And the king and the queen of the prom."
Now you get to see what happens to Brenda and Eddie as life moves on past those glory days, and the two young lovers and their friends enter adult life and all their problem which come along.
Movin out is basically a pure musical show, with little dialogue, the entire show is filled with brilliant dance in front of the great Billy Joel songs, Each song tells the story, as the actors dance and act out the scenes.
The idea from Twyla Tharp, with Billy Joel's permission, was to entwine a story of song and dance the the work of classic songs, to use each song and put them together to tell a story. Even though non of the songs are related and all tell a different story, starting with "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" Tharp was able to continue the characters lives through other unrelated songs, but tie them together as if they were all written to tell one story. A brilliant fresh Broadway concept which has been rewarded in ticket sales, awards and critical review.
Movin out won 2 Tony award in 2003 for Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations.
Take the C and E trains to 50th Street and 8th Avenue.
Take the A train to 42nd Street and 8th Avenue.
Take the 1 and 9 trains to 50th Street and Broadway.
Take the N and R trains to 49th Street and 7th Avenue.


text: Whether you're looking for a restaurant with white tablecloths and prime top sirloin, a hole-in-the-wall local favorite with down-home cooking or something in-between, Oklahoma City has treats for all tastes and budgets. Explore the diverse cuisine that Oklahoma City restaurants offer, from Lebanese food to Japanese and more. Don't forget to check out the Oklahoma City food truck scene for an exciting change when you're on the go.

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Make your digital art come to life with the Huion GT-190 19-inch drawing tablet. This device combines electromagnetic pen digitizer technology with a 19” LCD monitor to create an intuitive digital art experience. The display is a TFT panel with a resolution of 1440x900, a brightness of 250cd/m2, and wide viewing angles, and features VGA and DVI video inputs. It can also be adjusted freely to suit your needs, The pen has 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity and a report rate of 220 RPS. The Huion GT-190 is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Painter, Autodesk Sketchbook, and other major drawing software, and works with Windows XP onwards, and Mac OS X 10.8 and up.
Get a 7% discount on the Huion GT-190 and purchase it for £304.12.


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Here’s a great little video created by Rosemary Alexander-Jones. It documents some of the preparations and processions for last years Night of Festivals in Nottingham, from the perspective somebody at the centre of it all.
For the Nottingham leg of the touring festival, City Arts helped bring together international artists and companies with local people. We worked closely with Carnival specialists Mandinga Arts and Paraiso School of Samba, hosting dance workshops and samba drumming master-classes.
If you missed out, or would like to see it again, the ArtReach festival will be in Slough on the 30 & 31 May 2014, and in Leicester on 16 & 17 August 2014.


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In recent years, the microhistorical turn in Holocaust history has placed increasing importance on individual practices and experiences by exploring new, nominative mass sources and combining a prosopographical approach with quantitative analysis of individual trajectories. As Claire Zalc and Tal Bruttmann state in the introduction to Microhistories of the Holocaust (2016): “Reducing the level of analysis increases knowledge, because smaller spaces can better elucidate the complexities of decision-making, help reestablish the “space of the possible”, show how reality was experienced at the individual level, and ultimately provide more compelling insights into the events that contemporaries faced in their day-to-day lives.” The micro-level of the individual and the family is a scale of observation that sheds light in a new way on the relationships between Jewish migrants and representatives of state authorities and places individual behaviour in the context of its social and political environment. It enables us to observe migrants in their networks and groups of belonging, trace their biographical and migratory trajectories and identify their agency, the means at their disposal and the opportunities or obstacles that the policy framework allowed them, so that we can identify their spaces of possibility and constraint.
The conference is organised by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) / University of Luxembourg, the Institut d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris (CNRS), the Institut für Zeitgeschichte, München and the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam (NIOD).
Dalia Ofer, born in 1939, is a well known historian of contemporary Jewry, with a research specialization in Holocaust studies. Illegal immigration to Palestine and daily life in east European ghettos are Dalia Ofer's main areas of research. In her keynote - which is opening the conference "The Way Out. Microhistories of flight from Nazi Germany" - the historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem gives insights into her work and explains why every voice and micro-history of involved protagonists counts when constructing a historical narrative.
In the course of her research on immigration, she encountered multiple protagonists: persecutors and victims, political leaders, immigration activists, heads of communities, ideologues, and organizations and institutions from different countries such as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). All contribute their accounts as parts of a big puzzle. However, the narrative had many gaps until the scale of analysis was modified. The voices of different individuals had to join the orchestra not as illustrations but as a major factor that enables an integrated narrative of the protagonists I selected.
In the dialogue she conducted with her various sources, the micro-history of different immigrants and their families enriched her understanding of the role of other protagonists, such as youth movements, Zionist activists, Nazi rulers, concentration camps, and more. Only then did the emplotment merge into a fabric that presented a troubled and nuanced narrative. This left the historian and the reader uneasy and still questioning. In many respects, this is the root of the Holocaust era, with never a happy and satisfying ending. Micro-history is a necessary tool of the historical craft. It negotiates constantly with macro-history and assists in creating the complexity of the past for the present.
The views or opinions expressed on this website, and in the context in which the image is used, do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of, nor imply approval or endorsement by, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.


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The Middle School cross-country team completed another strong season.
The team consisted of 26 runners from fifth through eighth grade, with the majority of the athletes in the younger grades. The boys and girls had a combined regular season record of 7-7-2, with the boys going 6-3 and the girls finishing with a 1-4-2 record.
The Knights did especially well at championship meets. At the Ed Scott Invitational, the girls finished fourth and the boys placed sixth out of nine teams. Seventh-grader Zoe Calimani finished fifth, eighth-grader Brendan Halstead finished 12th, and fifth-grader Cece Criscola finished 17th out of a field of 63 boys and 51 girls. At the 19th annual GSB Pumpkin Run on October 26, Calimani placed seventh overall out of 97 female runners.

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We are much more than our name conveys. Located in New Iberia, Louisiana, Catholic High hosts grades 4 through 12 on one campus. This allows us to offer a unique continuity in curriculum across all grades, ensuring that every child receives a quality education and is prepared for the next level. Our elementary, middle school, and high school students each have their own unique spaces and age-appropriate opportunities; yet, the school comes together for things like masses, pep rallies, and athletic events.
Success for all learners is the vision of Catholic High, New Iberia. We seek to inspire our students to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners who keep Christ at the center of their words and actions.
The Catholic Church provides the foundation of faith and truth.
As a child of God, every person is a valued individual.
The school must provide a safe, caring, family-oriented environment.
All students have the ability and the need to learn.
Students must be provided with engaging, challenging, and diverse learning opportunities.
Common goals and shared values, which honor the traditions of the Christian Brothers and the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, are a part of the culture, community, and success of our school.
A zealous commitment to continuous improvement is imperative.
Meet our talented faculty and staff.
Catholic High School continues a long and distinguished history of Catholic education in Iberia Parish, beginning with the opening of Mount Carmel Academy for girls in 1870 by the Sisters of Mount Carmel. Three years later, Holy Cross College began offering a college preparatory education to young men of the area.
In 1918 Holy Cross, now named St. Peter’s College, moved to East Main Street with 106 students and 5 Christian Brothers. The growing school moved to de La Salle Drive in 1957, outside the parish boundary of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, taking the name Catholic High School. The school became co-educational in 1987 and continues to pride itself on its rich history and traditions.


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I had no issues with displaying them. You said the ebony were fine. You comlain two cherry are scratched or marked. Of course they are not perfect but you paid $400 for 5 Lsi7’s! Now you want them for $200.
Nice. Filed aclaim with pp and put my account into a neg balance.
The grills were ALL mint when they shipped. I think they are in great shape for their age. I never said they were mint. They are 20 yo! Condition is subjective and you asked me nothing!
You used your shipping account to ship. If the grills are truly damaged file a claim for the grills. They did ship from Maine to CA!
I wonder if this is the same guy that tried to pull similar BS when I sold my Krell. Where in CA is this guy?
Anaheim is where he is from.
The drivers and grills were mint. The cabs arent mint but I was using them. If they were like new I would have sold them on Audiogon. $400 for 5 Lsi7’s and he files a claim with PayPal. If you want the sides perfect, how hard is it to sand and finish?
They are in great shape. I will gladly take them back. I will give him a full refund upon return. He wants $214 refunded and to keep them. No way. Especially after filing a claim and calling me out in such a way.
FYI: I bought something from dbryant several years ago and while I can't remember what I bought, I do know that there were no issues whatsoever. I would buy from him again without thinking twice about it.
I will stand by the sale. I will gladly refund him upon return. He already wants to do a chargeback.
Im not perfect but generally if someone is expecting a 9-10 on the Audiogon scale, they ask questions. Im just surprised when this is a steal. The parts alone sell for more than what I received. After paypal and bubble wrap, I cleared $390. He was trying to flip the black pair before he got them. That is the issue.
He sent me his own shipping labels. If any grills were damaged, he can file his own claim. Grills and drivers were perfect.
When two people air their grievances publicly, comments such as Airplay's are bound to happen. That is why this should have been a private matter from the start.
It didn’t add to and wasn’t necessary. Airplay actually didn’t follow through after a lengthy process.
Nothing is stopping you from ceasing comment in a public thread and taking things to PM... I agree you did not start the public discourse, but that does not mean you should continue it.
Nothing is stopping you from staying out of it as well. You have had plenty to offer in regards to your opinions but nothing helpful.
How about this little morsel then... Did you bother to look at your buyer's post history? Based on what I see there, I wouldn't have sold him gum from the bottom of my shoe. By your actions, I think you bear some responsibility as well. Was that helpful?
That is feedback that is helpful. I appreciate that. No I thought I could trust people on the site. I didn’t check.
Admittedly I’m pretty ticked. I have money frozen in my PP account. I have messaged several times without response.
Be sure to communicate that to Paypal. They are NOT on your side here, and will do everything to burn you, including telling your buyer they are free to keep the speakers AND have their money back as well.
I've bought from Dorian before. Everything went smoothly & the gear was in better than expected shape. @jhracer3, how about posting some detailed pics?
If the buyer is not happy he MUST return the speakers to dbryant, who has stated he will refund the buyer after the speakers are returned.
dbryant is being the stand up person here, the buyer isn't.
Nice. Already opened a paypal case and whats a refund of $214. This smells like a scam. You want 5 Lsi7 speakers for $200. Really?
it is quite informative to note that the buyer has yet to comment in this thread at all since his calling out dbryant….
none of those pics shows the speakers in any detail. when i see "great condition" on an enthusiast forum like this, I assume the seller is being as least mildly honest in the description. a few minor scratches or bumps is one thing, and I was fully expecting that, but of the 5 speakers only 1 could charitably be described as great. the color issue on the veneer, ripped grills, significant scratches, etc., are all items that should have been mentioned alongside "great condition." failing to list those kinds of issues and then posting pics that don't show speakers from the problem sides is intentionally misleading.
send a return label and I'd be happy to send them back. i'm not eating return shipping on fraudulently described speakers. blows my mind that people try to play games like this with descriptions when chargebacks are always on the table.
when bad sales are ignored or quietly swept under the rug, other buys get screwed in the future. i checked his post history and didn't see any other issues so gave him the benefit of the doubt.
when you sell something and misleadingly describe it, you've already acted in bad faith. given that these cost me $105 in shipping, easy solutions are already off the table.
I paid $275 a pair, plus the (nearly useless) single speaker. the going rate for LSi7s in excellent condition on ebay is around $350 a pair, or $250 a pair in poor to acceptable condition. the original selling price is irrelevant. the idea that these speakers were some kind of a giveaway and thus the condition is a free-for-all is absurd.
You show your true colors pal. The speakers were photographed where they had been for months. Your claims are false, unreasonable, and it’s quite obvious you have had ulterior motives.
You will send them back the same way you got them. The burden is on you to ship them back and then you will get a full refund. The grills are mint. You are greatly exaggerated or just delusional in your description. It’s quite apparent you have had a motive of trying to do a chargeback.
Acted in bad faith? You had pictures. You had every opportunity to ask anything. You could have asked for more pictures, but you didnt. You did in your previous posts when you considered purchasing an LSiC. You asked questions then but not now? Right, then you werenot planning on trying to obtain a fraudulent chargeback.
Then you were making untruthful claims and unreasonable demands.
Read this: I DONT CARE if you try to defraud your CC company with a fraudulent chargeback.
You arent happy? (Aside from the straight up narcissistic and paranoid affect) send the speakers back.
I generate shipping through paypal. Ooopps you locked up my paypal account so you get no label. Im not LL Bean, you gotta send the merch back for a refund chief.
Are you able to provide pictures with some of the described issues?
I find it offensive you accuse me of trying to cheat you. Your ignorance aside, I have tons of pics and know exactly the condition they were in when shipped.


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Random Thoughts about the Random Momentousness: GOD IS GOOD!! The ever fewer times with my grown daughters makes each of those times more meaningful and precious.
Carly is a college senior now. That is both a brick of sadness and a feather of happiness. She will be off for good one of these days, but no more college payments will be a wondrous blessing!
Our now three month long, month-long house project has morphed into a not-so-random opportunity (since we chose to do this to ourselves in a moment of brain warpitooity) for growth in patience and marital bliss. Yes! How great is that?
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I recently finished Primal Bounty and am working on getting my Shadow Destroyer series polished up and ready for re-release.
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ARRANGING A BAPTISMP: lease give at least ONE MONTH'S NOTICE to the local priest preceding the date of baptism. If you don't live in the TORRY area of Aberdeen you can only be prepared by the parish priest of TORRY, if you obtain permission from the parish priest of the area where you live.
PREPARING FOR A BAPTISM: we will have two meetings (30 minutes each) at a time mutually arranged.
DONATION FOR BAPTISM: Baptism is God's gift to your child and you, so if you also wish to give a gift in return it will be much appreciated!
2. Supply us with the Full names of parents and Godparents of the baptised. This information will enable us to supply you with the correct record of your baptism from the baptism register.
3. If you are not a regular member of Sacred Heart Church you are kindly asked to make a donation to cover postage.
If you live in the Torry area of Aberdeen, please contact the parish priest of Sacred Heart Church in Torry (see the CONTACTS link of this website) to obtain permission, because it is his responsibility in the first place to baptise your child. If you do not live in the Torry area there is no need to obtain permission.
Please click document below to download and complete the baptism enquiry form, which you need to bring with you to our meeting for baptism.


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Cameroon's HIV prevalence has dropped from about 12% in 2003 to 5.5% this year, according to a new health survey released Wednesday by the country's National AIDS Control Committee, the Associated Press reports. Health officials stressed that the reduction was because of new survey techniques, not a decline in the number of HIV cases, according to the Associated Press. For the first time, people took HIV tests anonymously. Previously, participants were required to give their names (Tumanjong, Associated Press, 10/28). Ninety-one percent of 11,400 people who participated in the Demographic and Health Survey -- which was conducted between October 2003 and August 2004 -- agreed to undergo HIV testing, Joseph Tedou, director of the government's National Institute of Statistics, said, according to IRIN News. The study showed that 6.7% of women and 4.1% of men tested HIV-positive. The government previously estimated the country's HIV prevalence to be 11.8%. "The study that put Cameroon's prevalence rate at nearly 12% was carried out by monitoring pregnant women during their prenatal consultations in clinics and AIDS screening centers," Tedou said, adding, "The [new] survey is more scientific and more broadly based." UNAIDS estimates that Cameroon's HIV prevalence is 6.9% (IRIN News, 10/29).
Cameroon's Health Minister Urbain Olanguena Awono said, "The low serology rate announced through this survey does not mean that we should fold our hands and say Cameroon is not really affected by HIV/AIDS," adding, "This is the time for us to examine the strategies used to fight the pandemic and seek ways of ameliorating the existing strategies to better combat the plague" (Associated Press, 10/28). Valere Mve Koh, an OB/GYN in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, said, "Every year at the end of November, there is a Cameroonian week to fight AIDS, during which free screening is available throughout the country, and the figures we get from that are similar to those revealed in this survey" (IRIN News, 10/29).
Reprinted with permission from kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv. The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, by The Advisory Board Company. © 2004 by The Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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Famitsu has just released a list of the top Japanese video game publishers in 2015, and Nintendo has come out on top with a huge lead, selling over 7,000,000 games (not including digital sales). This is only for the period between December 29th, 2014, and November 29th, 2015, so the numbers are still subject to change after the holiday season.
Following Nintendo are Bandai Namco, Square Enix, Capcom, and Level-5, as well as a few others. The best-selling games of the year are Yokai Watch Busters, Monster Hunter X, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and Splatoon.
Famitsu also provided more in-depth sales data for the five top-selling games from each company. Keep in mind, this list does not account for digital sales, or any sales outside of Japan.
What do you guys think about all this? Let us know in the comments below!


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Q. Will I be notified when my library card is about to expire?
If you have an email address associated with your library account you will receive an email three months before the expiration date.
If you do not have an email associated with your library card simply log into your account, choose Modify Information then enter your email address.


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Rob is Owner and Administrator of Home Care Assistance of Anchorage and is a retired Alaskan public school teacher. He is also a Board Member for Challenge Alaska, an organization that provides recreational therapy for disabled Alaskans. He is a husband and father of three children, one of whom is severely disabled and needs twenty-four hour care. It is through this experience of dealing with home care agencies and caregivers that brought him to ownership of a Home Care Assistance franchise. He is committed to the idea that being at home is the best way to live regardless of circumstances. Rob is determined to Change the Way the World Ages, one client at a time.
Clare Jackson RN, BSN has been practicing as a nurse for the past seven years. She began her career in adult and pediatric emergency medicine after graduating from Cedarville University nursing program. After several years working with chronic and acutely ill patients, she has most recently transitioned into clinic nursing at a local community health center. Clare is passionate about seeing patients and their families provided with excellent care. Her critical care experience has prepared her to understand the needs and challenges faced by elderly loved ones and their caregivers.


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Named in commemoration of Charlie On, (1941-1994) businessman and pastoralist, who was born in Darwin in October 1941 to Charlie (Snr) and Lily On at their Parap home. Charlie left school as a teenager to work as a mechanic at Parap Garage. Later he shot buffalo for pet meat throughout Humpty Doo, Koolpinyah and Donalds Lagoon. He also carried out prawning and fishing in Shoal Bay to supply the local market and sell at his family store, known to locals as Charlie On?s General Store.
Charlie bought large tracts of land in the Humpty Doo and rural areas in the early 1960?s which are progressively being subdivided. Charlie also purchased Hodgson River Station, selling cattle to both the Katherine and Berrimah abattoirs.
Charlie married Margaret Petherick in 1965 and raised four children. Surviving cyclone Tracy, he stayed and helped rebuild Darwin. After selling Hodgson River Station he moved back to Humpty Doo to establish one of Darwin?s earliest mango orchards. In the early 1980s he purchased Donalds Lagoon Station to run cattle and buffalo.
Charlie died in December 1994 in Darwin and is buried at his property in Humpty Doo.

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text: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Berlin Freie Universität’s Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik invite you to a half-day symposium on New Zealand environmental policy. The symposium will present an overview of recent environmental policy in New Zealand, with a focus on New Zealand’s greenhouse gas Emissions Trading Scheme and on New Zealand’s innovative market approach to water quality management. There will be a particular focus on the potential role for, and ongoing challenges of, market-based instruments to achieve environmental goals both in New Zealand and Europe. The symposium will include brief presentations, interactive learning games, videos, and plenty of time for questions and discussion. An agenda and further information can be found here.


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if you’re not adverse to secondary meds, try something like adderall to fight the droop. you can take it as needed, and it’s ADHD -fighting effects help with the cognitive issues that sometimes come along with the darn fatigue. because you’re right – sometimes sleep just isn’t enough, no matter how many naps you take. and it’s unrealistic to spend all day in bed when there’s a great big world out there.
i haven’t looked into secondary meds at all, preferring to keep things simple with just avonex (not that any part of taking drugs is really simple).
i’ve talked briefly with my doctor(s) about anti-depressants, but my dips in mood are so fleeting that they don’t recommend i take those.
but! adderall is something i have heard about from my MS support group. i’ll ask them about their experiences with it at our next meeting, which is tonight!
I’m struggling to type this as crushing fatigue and weakness has overwhelmed me. I want to cry, but I’m too tired and numb physically and emotionally.
Adderrall is highly addictive and often dosage will need frequent upping ss you become use to it. Have had MS for over 20 years. A doctor put me on adderall and I lost so much weight. It was very dangerous. I went down to less than 85 lbs. It works for some, just be extremely cautious! I now take B complex and that helps a lot and it is safer.
I’ve been on Adderall (15mg) for 1 1/2 years. I’m finding that the fatigue and lassitude are one the rise again. It just doesn’t seem like the Adderall is working as well as when I first started. While I recognize that the dosage is quite low, I’m not sure I want to increase it. Not sure what I’ll do – I see my doctor in a few weeks.


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On this page, you will learn to enable USB debugging in Tecno L8 Plus. You will be able to start enabling USB debugging on your Tecno L8 Plus by following the steps below. If you own any one of Tecno devices and want to enable USB debugging on your Tecno device, read the rest of article. You can also download L8 Plus USB drivers to prevent unrecognized USB connections.
After tapping over build number, your L8 Plus device will display popup message saying that "you are now a developer"
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Unexpectedly high economic performance figures out of China caused a boost for a number of currencies as trading got underway on Monday.
According to a data release, factory activity in the major Asian economy went up in March – for the first time in more than three months.
Overall, the country’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) went up to 50.5, which was higher than the predictions made by economists of 49.5.
The Chinese offshore yuan itself did well due to the developments and rose by 0.2% in the CNY/USD pair to $0.7107.
The US dollar managed to undermine the so-called safe haven Japanese yen as a result of increased investor confidence. It went up by 0.15% in the USD/JPY pair.
The Australian dollar, which generally performs well when the Chinese economy does due to the complex trading relationship between the two, rose by 0.15% in the AUD/USD pair to $0.7107.
As a new forex trading week begins, it’s time to look at the economic calendar to see what’s in store for traders this week.
Today (Monday) there will be a range of data releases, including a preliminary European consumer price index covering the month of March, which is due out at 9am GMT. This is expected to show a year on year change from 1% to 0.9%.
Later in the day, there will be a retail sales data release for the month of February from the US. This is anticipated to show a month on month change from 0.2% to 0.3%.
At 1pm GMT, there will be a speech from a European central banker. Luis De Guindos, who is the Vice President of the European Central Bank, is due to speak at 1pm GMT.
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will release its manufacturing PMI index for March at 2pm GMT. This is expected to show a change from 54.2 to 54.5.
Looking ahead to Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is set to release its interest rate decision at 3.30am GMT. It is widely forecast that this will be held steady at 1.5%.
The overall European unemployment rate for the month of February is due out at 9am GMT. It is believed that this will also show no change from its previous position of 7.8%.
US durable goods orders for the month of February will be announced at 12.30pm GMT. It is believed that this data release will show a change from +0.3% to -1.2%.
On Wednesday, Australian import and export data for February is due out. Export data was last recorded at 5%, while imports data was last recorded at 3%.
European Markit services PMI data covering March is expected at 8am GMT. This was last recorded at 51.3.
On Thursday, the main event will be the usual round of weekly unemployment figures out of the US, which will come at 12.30pm GMT. Initial jobless claims for the days around March 29th were last recorded at 211,000. While continuing jobless claims for the previous week were recorded at 1,756,000.


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text: Looking back to the past in search of answers for the future, we uncovered that before the rush to create the most potent plants, cannabis was prized for the multiple cannabinoids it contained in addition to THC. CBD is the second most prevalent cannabinoid, known for its calming effects. Over the years since founding spot, we’ve discovered that blending CBD with THC yields a multidimensional & more luxurious experience compared with straight THC alone. Now that we’ve covered the past and the future, try one of our THC to CBD blends and enjoy the present.

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Emmanuel Macron, the French President, is facing mounting pressure to explain his failure to order immediate legal action against a close aide filmed assaulting protesters, after the interior minister and the Paris police chief sought to shift blame on Monday.
Mr Macron cancelled a plan to join spectators at the Tour de France on Wednesday. It would have been his first public appearance since the scandal over the alleged cover-up erupted last week.
Gérard Collomb, the interior minister, and Michel Delpuech, the Paris police chief, testified separately to a parliamentary committee of inquiry that it was left up to the president’s office to report the aide’s actions to public prosecutors.
It was only after French newspaper Le Monde published mobile phone footage last Wednesday showing Alexandre Benalla, a security officer who was a deputy chief of staff at the Elysée Palace, attacking two protesters at a May 1 protest, that he was sacked.
He was charged on Sunday with assault and impersonating a police officer. The video shows police officers watching without intervening. Mr Benalla defended his actions by saying he was “lending [the police] a hand,” according to his lawyers.
He was suspended for two weeks after the incident but subsequently continued to appear in public alongside the president.
It is the most damaging political crisis since Mr Macron took office 14 months ago,promising “a new morality” in public life.
The interior minister and the police chief both acknowledged learning of the footage on May 2, the day after it was filmed. Mr Collomb said he had raised the matter with the office of the president, who was then visiting Australia, and was told that the police chief had been informed.
Three senior police officers have been charged for allegedly passing CCTV footage to Mr Benalla in an apparent attempt to conceal evidence of the incident.
Vincent Crase, a bodyguard employed by Mr Macron’s party, was also charged with assault and impersonating a police officer.
Opposition leaders and newspaper editorials condemned the existence of “parallel police” and demanded that Mr Macron himself appear before the inquiry.

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Visual Farm designs unique experiences that will help its clients to gain a competitive advantage.
By combining innovative technology the company creates immersive and interactive installations. The primary focus is video projection mapping on buildings, augmented reality, interactive displays, custom video content and architectural lighting design.
The international studio operates from its Berlin and Bangkok offices with a production team of digital artists, architectural lighting designers, programmer and engineers that is striving to bring their ideas and vision to set a new paradigm in design.
Video Projection Mapping has become a very essential discipline in theater, fashion, marketing and advertising.
We speak of video mapping when a projection device is used to project pre-edited video content onto an irregular shape, like for example a building. Visual Farm has more than 10 years of experience in mapping projectors in very challenging environments and situations.
The creation of suitable visual content is as important as the structure on which the projection will be applied. Visual Farm has capabilities for producing animated 3D video content, filming and editing it in order to push its creative ideas to the limit of what can be imagined.
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Visual Farm creates interactive environments where the viewers actions determine some of the visual outcome.
Thanks to the use of visual development platforms like Touchdesigner we are able to receive and process multiple types of inputs through the use of motion or proximity sensing input devices, microphones for sound and music or data that can be retrieved from any live dataset.
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Visual Farm creates real-world environment where certain elements are enhanced with computer generated perceptual information.
Augmented reality uses an existing environment and it overlays computer generated virtual information on top of it through the use of technologies like video projection mapping and motion tracking, or through special AR mobile applications that can superimpose any type of relevant information on specific elements in real time.
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A sample of the portfolio of video projection mapping installations, lighting design projects and live events that Visual Farm has produced for its top clients. Our visual production company is always sharp focused on creatively using the latest technology to design unforgettable experiences.
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We are a one-of-a-kind studio shaped by the most creative minds always willing to embrace new challenges.
Our biggest strength is the cumulative experience of skills and competences of our very talented team.
We have significant experience working in Asia and Europe with strong partnerships in both continents.
Casa Vogue on Provocateur Hotel, Berlin.
Entree Magazine on Mad Fox Club, Amsterdam.
We just uploaded a new video about the LED lighting installation that we made in Amsterdam for Mad Fox Club.
For TouchDesigner Summit 2018 in Berlin, Visual Farm founder will give an exciting workshop on Projection Mapping and Pixel Mapping techniques.
The French Embassy of Bangkok asked us to put together this visual installation for the COP23 that was held in Paris.
Visual Farm is a Projection Mapping, AR and lighting design company that operates from its offices in Berlin and Bangkok. We have important partnerships in Europe and Asia, thanks to the network we have developed in over 10 years in the sector.