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A Different Kind of Match: Tennis Bundesliga in Europe
Welcome to the Tennis-Point Bundesliga, an annual team competition in Germany which is played in a round-robin format during the summer months of July and August. For the players on the ATP Tour staying in central Europe during this time, it is a great opportunity to get some practice and match play in the weekends in addition to their regular tournaments and, of course, to earn some money as well.
Every year ten teams participate in this competition. This season's favourite is again the champion of the last two years, TK Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen.
Most of the German top-players like Philipp Kohlschreiber, Florian Mayer and Daniel Brands get on court for this team. Fourteen top-50 players are named by the team captains in this season. Janko Tipsarevic and Tommy Haas are in the squad of TK Grün-Weiß Mannheim, Marcel Granollers and Marcos Baghdatis play for TC Blau-Weiß Halle, two other teams which have to be considered as contenders for the title.
"Every match is played with teams consisting of four players each and due to the match tie-break rule in the final set, upsets are always possible," says Gerald Marzenell, team manager in Mannheim.
Today it was match day five, where the teams of Rochusclub Düsseldorf and SV Wacker Burghausen faced each other at the same venue where the ATP 250 Power Horse Cup was held a couple of weeks ago.
Düsseldorf is ranked in fourth position, the Bavarian team on position six. With a victory today, the Rochusclub wants to seal the team's disposition in the league for another year.
"It won't be easy but we have four great single players and one doubles specialist on board today," said Düsseldorf's team captain, Detlev Irmler.
Pablo Andújar (ATP No. 50), Pere Riba (ATP No. 201), Jesse Huta-Galung (ATP No. 134), Jozef Kovalik (ATP No. 246) and Martin Emmrich (ATP doubles No. 42) were named for today's encounter. The Spaniard Albert Montaῆés (ATP No. 53), who is also member of Düsseldorf's squad, did not play.
"He turned me down," a disappointed Irmler said yesterday. "It is important that the players put their heart and soul into the matches like Pablo Andújar and Pere Riba do. Both have been playing for several years at the Rochusclub and they have a great attitude," Düsseldorf's team captain added.
Wacker Burghausen, on the other hand arrived without their top six players. Aljaz Bedene, Carlos Berlocq, Guillermo García-López Joao Sousa, Kenny de Schepper and Andreas Haider-Maurer were absent. So the Bavarian squad consisted of Blaz Rola (ATP No. 302), Philipp Oswald (ATP No. 554), Jeremy Jahn (ATP No. 620) and Johannes Ager (unranked).
The matches took place in sunny 30 degree conditions and the top players of the home team fulfilled their role as favorites, with Pablo Andújar defeating Blaz Rola in straight sets. The Spaniard broke his opponent's service twice in the opening set to serve out in the eighth game. Andújar, who was supported on the bench by his teammate Oscar Sabate-Bretos, played solid baseline shots and returned pretty well. It was no surprise that the 27-year-old from Cuenca was in total command in this encounter. Consequently he closed the match out after about 80 minutes by winning 6-2, 6-3 to give the Rochusclub a 1-0 lead.
"I played a good and solid match today. This made the difference between (Rola) and me," a satisfied Andújar told us after the match. "I've already played for seven years here in Düsseldorf and I'm a friend of Detlev Irmler. There is a good spirit in the team, which makes me happy to return and to join the team," the Spaniard explained his motivation to play in the Bundesliga.
For the next ATP tournaments in Gstaad and Kitzbühel he added: "I was a bit unlucky the last two tournaments in Stuttgart and Hamburg, where I lost a match having already match point. So I will try to keep my level of today for the next challenges."
In the second singles match Jesse Huta-Galung faced a difficult task against Jeremy Jahn. Although the German is ranked about 500 places below the Dutchman, Jahn played more aggressively and just made less unforced errors than his opponent. The 23-year-old German eventually took the match in three sets by 3-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Back on centre court Pere Riba met Philipp Oswald. The Austrian is better known as a doubles player on the ATP Tour but has some solid groundstrokes and a big service, which makes him also a decent competitor in singles competitions. Nonetheless it was Riba, who recently won the ATP Challenger in Todi, to be the more consistent player of the two. The Spaniard won the first set by serving it out in the tenth game and eventually closed the match winning 6-4, 6-4.
"I'm very happy with this win today. Philipp serves very well, which is difficult to return. I was very concentrated in particular on my own service games. I was also able to break him at least once in every set, which made me win the match," Riba analysed afterwards. "It's always a motivation to be here. I've been playing here in Düsseldorf for five years now and when you're at a club for such a long time you identify with the club and you feel the colours of it, you know. It's also a very competitive league and our team captain has always confidence in me. That's a nice feeling," he told us about playing the Bundesliga in Germany.
Concerning his recent injury the Spaniard added: "I have had to stop playing tennis for eleven months due to my injury and I've only played twelve tournaments so far this year. It's great to compete again as it wasn't sure if I was able to return to the courts at all."
The last singles rubber of the day was an even affair. Jozef Kovalik, who hasn't been able to win a match so far this Bundesliga season, couldn't gain victory again. The unranked Austrian Johannes Ager, who faced some problems in his lower back during the match and even received some treatment, overcame the Slovakian by going the distance winning 1-6, 6-3, 13-11 and therewith evened the tie 2-2 after the singles.
Two doubles rubbers had to decide the tie and again the Spaniards didn't disappoint. Pablo Andújar and Pere Riba defeated Blaz Rola and Jeremy Jahn 6-4, 7-6.
The Rochusclub could still count on Martin Emmrich. The German doubles specialist, who is currently ranked on 42nd position, claimed his first ATP 250 doubles title at this year's edition of the Power Horse Cup right here in Düsseldorf a couple of weeks ago. Today he teamed up with Jesse Huta-Galung to eventually seal victory for the Rochusclub winning the last encounter of the day against Philipp Oswald and Johannes Ager 7-5, 7-6.
With today's win, Rochusclub Düsseldorf climbed up the ranking to third position and Wacker Burghause remains in sixth position. After match day five, Kurhaus Aachen and Blau-Weiß Halle remain the only two undefeated teams in the Bundesliga and represent the two contenders for this year's championship. Both teams will face each other on Sunday August 4th.
WTA Nürnberg Photo Gallery: Practice Sessions, Press Conference
(June 9, 2013) The WTA International event in Nürnberg continued its qualifying action today, as several main draw ladies hit the practice courts. No. 8 seed Annika Beck and wildcard Dinah Pfizenmaier held a joint press conference prior to the start of main draw play scheduled on Monday.
As Nürnberg celebrates its inaugural year young German Beck had nothing but praise for the event.
"The facility is super nice," she said with a smile. "The courts are great. I cannot complain."
Given the rarity of German WTA players being able to play at a home tournaments, Pfizenmaier commented on the positive effect this has.
"The fact that there is a second German tournament in addition to Stuttgart is great," she stated. "The support of the spectators is much larger which gives more energy to the players."
The final round of qualifying kicks off tomorrow, as well as the first round of main draw play, which will see Beck, Alize Cornet, Lucie Safarova and Julia Goerges among others.
Today's gallery also includes Arantxa Rus, Olga Savchuk, Grace Min, Simona Halep and more.
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The Three Tiers of Triumph at Roland Garros
At the start of every major tournament, a draw of 128 randomly placed names can be daunting to even the most experienced of tennis fans. It helps to know how to separate the melting pot of names into three categories, thereby organizing them by expectation.
The favorites and the also-rans make up the extreme ends of this three-tiered cake gauging Slam success. The favorites, small in number, backload the pressure they might feel if they enter the event with sufficient confidence in the belief that they will have to eventually defeat a co-favorite for the title.
The also-rans make up the majority of the draw, though most will be gone within the first few days of any given event. Free from expectation of any kind, winning seven matches in two weeks is rarely on the menu for this kind of player, but that freedom can catalyze a good story and an even better run if things go right early on.
As in tennis draws as in families, the middle tier is where a tournament experiences most of its angst. Occupying a space just above the also-rans (but significantly below the favorites) the darkhorses arguably have the most pressure from the get-go, as by definition these are the players tagged to do that which often contradicts their ranking or prior results. However, if they can get on a roll, that seemingly insurmountable weight of expectation lifts with each match won, and finds itself more and more on the favorites' shoulders, whose mettle will finally be tested after a week-long warm-up.
The best part about the early rounds of a Slam, then, is getting to see all three kinds of player compete not only at once, but against one another, and how each deal with the presence (or lack) of expectation.
One potential darkhorse who appeared not ready for primetime in Paris was German sensation Julia Goerges. The former Stuttgart champion, tapped by many as a legitimate contender for the title in 2011, has been struggling with bouts of dizziness and a GI illness, both of which hampered her progress throughout the clay court season. Faced with the opportunity to play an unranked veteran in the first round, Goerges must have liked her chances despite the cloud of misfortune that had followed her into the event.
But Zuzana Kucova had other ideas. Playing Roland Garros as a way of saying goodbye to tennis (the 30-year-old Slovak plans to retire by tournament's end), Kucova played inspired tennis, first to out-gut Goerges in an extended first set tiebreak, then to bagel the German, who failed to find much of a rhythm on her extreme-gripped forehand. In her last tournament, Kucova finds herself in the second round of a Slam main draw for the first time, and while the win hardly elevates her to "darkhorse," it makes for a great story, and what makes the Grand Slams so special.
Another player exhibiting few signs of pressure was defending champion and second-favorite to repeat (behind nemesis Serena Williams) was Maria Sharapova. Playing a similar warm-up schedule to last year, the Russian has felt at home on the terre battue in the last few years in a way that feels both shocking and refreshing. Once a "cow on ice," Sharapova has conquered a surface that once gave her fits. If the draw suddenly lacked Williams, she would be the overwhelming favorite to defend the title that earned her the career Slam a year ago.
The American's presence in the draw serves two purposes for Sharapova. While it decreases her eventual odds of winning, the accompanying decrease in expectation frees her up to play (dare I say it?) Kucova-like tennis. Against a familiar opponent in Hsieh Su-Wei, Sharapova played a perfect match, holding serve throughout, cracking more winners than errors, and led the star from Chinese Taipei in all stats except double faults; in what was the biggest upset of the day, Sharapova served none.
For all of the "feel good" stories a Slam brings, however, there must always be some element of tragedy. Such was the case for two darkhorses, Carla Suarez Navarro and Simona Halep. Both had fantastic results coming into Paris, the former with a run to the finals of Oeiras and the quarterfinals in Rome. By contrast, Halep had saved all of her magic for the Foro Italico where, as a qualifier, she stunned three current and former top 2 players (Kuznetsova, Radwanska, Jankovic) to reach the semifinals. Both were expected to do big things at the second Slam of the year provided, of course, one defeated the other in their first round match.
In what was ultimately the bad luck of the draw, the two darkhorses came out on a non-televised court, played three sets of high quality tennis (both hit more than 20 and less than 30 errors over three sets), only for Halep to find herself on the losing end of the tussle. Suarez Navarro evidently played stunningly perfect clay court tennis, but sympathy must lie with the Romanian who, on Day 2 of Roland Garros, is out of a tournament where she was expected to do well with nothing tangible to show for it.
This dynamic of favorites, darkhorses and also-rans may seem complicated, but how all three forces come together over a two week span is what gives a Grand Slam tournament much of its "epic" qualities. While the field may decrease with each passing day, the three tiers of triumph help serve both dramatic tennis and compelling stories.
Nicolas Almagro So Close to Stepping Up, But Still So Far
By Yeshayahu Ginsburg
Unfortunately for Nicolas Almagro, his last match against Rafael Nadal feels like it went pretty much the same way all of his other matches have. Almagro is very good against most players on tour, especially on clay. He has improved on all surfaces over the past few years and now consistently goes deep in a lot of tournaments. However, he also consistent loses to just about every top player on tour.
Almagro is a combined 1-21 against the "Big 4", with that one win coming against Andy Murray at the French Open in 2008. Almagro is also 0-13 against David Ferrer, 3-9 against Tomas Berdych, and 0-6 versus Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. With records like that, it's easy to see why Almagro likes to play a lot of 250-level tournaments and why it's incredible that he manages to stay as close to the top 10 as consistently as he does.
It is often said that consistency is what separates the Big 4 from the rest of the tennis world. Most of these top players can win any given point against anyone else. But when it comes to the Big 4, they play at or near their top level for just about every point of a match. Thus, to beat them, any other top player would have to play at that level for an entire match as well.
Watching Almagro's matches against the top players, it is easy to see why this rule is mostly true. Almagro always seems to start out strong, especially against Nadal. He plays a power game on clay and keeps the ball deep, pinning his opponents back until they finally can't defend anymore. This works well, especially against Nadal, and Almagro often keeps things close or even jumps out to a lead. In Barcelona on Sunday, Almagro won the first three games of the match, going up a double break to start.
What Almagro cannot seem to do is to keep at this level for an entire match. Once Nadal gets back into things, Almagro crumbles. This was epitomized in the 4-4 game of the first set on Sunday, when Almagro was up 0-30 on Nadal's serve. Nadal won an incredible point that Almagro must have felt should have been his (I'm sure that everyone has seen the video of that tweener by now), followed up by a massive Nadal forehand right down the line the next point. Almagro just couldn't shake those points off. Nadal went on to win that game, broke to take the first set the very next game, and then picked up an early break in the second set with which he could cruise towards the win.
This was not an aberration or a one-match phenomenon. This seems to be how the majority of Almagro's matches against the top players go. I honestly don't know what Almagro has to do to get over that hump. He needs to find a way to put previous points out of his mind and to just play every point with the same level of consistency, just like the top players do. What I do know is that it is not for lack of talent that Almagro can't beat these guys. And that, in my mind, is quite a shame.
Americans Nowhere to be Found on European Clay
It sometimes feels like there is a long-standing tradition of Americans skipping the European clay court season. Oh, everyone will play Roland Garros because even a first-round loss at a Slam is too much money to pass up and the Slams are prestigious enough to merit playing on an uncomfortable surface. But no American since Agassi really seems to expect to win more than a few matches in Paris. The evidence is in the fact that no American ever really seems to take the clay preludes to Roland Garros seriously.
John Isner looks like he wants to buck the trend. Even though it ended disastrously for him, he took a late wild card to play Monte Carlo and really looked like he wanted to get more match play in on the dirt. Of all the Americans, he has the best chance to do well on clay and appears to have finally decided to try and pick up his results in Europe—which have not been good in his career, to say the least. Isner will also play Nice the week before Roland Garros. And while it is often debated whether or not playing the week before a Slam is a good idea, it clearly shows that Isner is in the right frame of mind here.
Sam Querrey seems to have gone the standard American route and will only play Madrid and Rome before the French Open. And, while we should not conjecture anything bad here, Americans since Andy Roddick have often found ways to avoid playing one or two of those Masters events each year.
After those two, it's not only in Europe where Americans can't be found. It's really anywhere. Mardy Fish is still in the top 50 on the back of a good summer last year, but he has only played 1 tournament in the last 6 months and a heart condition isn't always something that you can heal or fix. He is playing in the Savannah Challenger this week, but you have to begin to wonder how much longer he can physically play tennis.
Brian Baker, last year's amazing comeback story, is still out with a torn meniscus suffered at the Australian Open. Ryan Harrison and Donald Young, both of whom have been in the top 50 within the past year, have dropped considerably. James Blake and Mike Russell are consistently in the tail end of the top 100, which seems to have been their constant place in the last 5 years.
The most spirited American tennis during the clay season always seems to come on the Challenger tour. This is because the USTA gives their wild card for the French Open to the player who earns the most total points in the Sarasota, Savannah, and Tallahassee Challengers. These players mostly know that their chances of getting through qualifiers and actually playing in a Slam, especially on clay, aren't so high. Thus, we often see these 100+ ranked players giving everything they can and more in these tournaments.
Of the Americans outside the top 100, Rhyne Williams is rising. He began really improve last season and this looks to be his breakout year. He gained over 300 rankings spots in 2012, from 510 up to 191 and is currently ranked #119 in the world. Jack Sock and Steve Johnson, two talented youngsters, are still looking for their first breakthroughs on the professional tour. And Alex Kuznetsov, a once-hyped player who hasn't been able to do that much with his career won the Sarasota Challenger and has the inside track for that wild card and his first-ever French Open Main Draw.
Despite Monte Carlo Loss, Isner Picking Up Speed on Clay
By Yeshayahu Ginsburg
A few months ago, we looked at John Isner and his apparent distance away from the red clay. We went through his good match history on clay and how, when he played up to his potential, he could challenge just about anyone in the world. It was also puzzling, though, why Isner wouldn't take opportunities to play more on clay and further that aspect of his game.
Well, it looks like Isner has finally decided to go for it. He played in Houston, the only clay court tournament in the United States. This isn't really surprising, though. Many Americans come to this tournament as a matter both of pride and collecting a bit of money. Also, it is a good introduction to the clay season and often has a relatively weak field, allowing decent players to get more match play on the dirt (when Andy Roddick has won a clay tournament three times, you know the fields can't be that strong).
Isner started off this year in a bit of a slump, to put things mildly. He reached a few semifinals of 250-level tournaments but has some bad losses and hasn't really looked good all year. He was forced to skip the Australian Open with a fluke knee injury and hasn't been able to find much of a rhythm this season. In Indian Wells, where he was defending a semifinal showing, Isner lost his first match to Lleyton Hewitt. He managed to win one match in Miami before being beaten by Marin Cilic without much trouble. And Isner was easily handled by Djokovic in Davis Cup, but there is no shame in that.
Now, though, is where Isner is getting smart. He won the tournament in Houston, beating some good clay-courters along the way. You could see his confidence increase in each successive match. He was playing attacking tennis, taking everything in his hitting zone and absolutely blasting it.
Isner is not the most precise baseline player and having to hit low, awkward balls is a problem for him. But on clay, everything bounces up. He keeps enough spin on the ball to keep it coming back where he can just tee off on it. I've joked before that Isner doesn't need to ever hit anything other than his massively high-bouncing kick serves. And while that is obviously an exaggeration, the point behind it stands. Isner was made to play on high-bouncing clay.
Isner took a very late wild card to come and play Monte Carlo, the optional Masters 1000 event on the tour. He had a very short turnaround from Houston (he played his first Monte Carlo match less than 48 hours after the Houston final and over a quarter of that gap was spent travelling across the Atlantic, time difference included), something he probably didn't expect when he got the wild card. He played well against Gulbis before succumbing to fatigue and an injury, but the match did show that he kept to his strategy of attacking everything in his hitting zone. He now has 3 weeks to heal and rest up as he will not play between Monte Carlo and the two Masters events in May.
Isner seems to have realized that clay is the surface that he can really hit his stride on. Deciding to play Monte Carlo is a great sign from him, regardless of how it turned out. At 27, Isner is not one of the younger guys on tour anymore. You almost get the feeling that if he wants to have a breakthrough stretch of his career, it has to come during this year's clay season. And, well, at least he's giving himself a chance to do that.
Why Won't John Isner Play on Clay?
By Yeshayahu Ginsburg
John Isner is honestly baffling as a player. He has probably the best serve in the world. It is certainly one of the biggest, it is quite accurate, and his height allows him to do things with it that most others can't. Even when compared to similar players like Milos Raonic or Kevin Anderson, Isner's serve just seems more effective. So it would stand to reason that, like other powerful servers and big hitters, Isner's best bet at being a top-level player is to play as much on hard courts as possible and to try and just power his way through as many matches as he can.
This theory has worked for him and brought him into the top 20 in the early years of his career. Unfortunately, it is the wrong outlook. Because if there is one surface that can put Isner over the top—if there is one area in which he can truly become a top player in the world—it is the red clay courts of Europe. Does this sound strange? After all, Americans and big servers are not known for their prowess on this surface. So why would Isner be at his best on clay? Let's look at Isner's history.
Isner has played several memorable and historic matches, the highlight obviously being his record-shattering marathon against Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010. But, if I was forced to judge, the best match that Isner has played in his career was actually one that he lost. After a poor 2010, Isner's ranking had fallen into the 50s. As such, he was unseeded at the 2011 French Open. Unluckily for him, he drew Rafael Nadal in the first round.
It was a match that was expected to be potentially troublesome for Nadal but no one had thought for a second that Isner could win. Isner played the match of his life, serving well and really hanging with Nadal on clay. He managed to break Rafa once and took two tiebreaks to really give him a chance to win the match. No one else took two sets off Rafa that entire tournament. What doesn't often get mentioned, however, is that Isner could have played that match even better.
Isner's forehand on any ball sitting up in the middle of the court is lethal. Isner's kick serve on the high-bouncing clay is nearly unreturnable, and certainly cannot be kept low if put back in play. This is a combination that Isner used during that match, but not nearly enough. He had serves that would bounce over Rafa's head. Rafa would sometimes stand as far as 15 feet back to return Isner's second serves. This is a potent weapon that Isner for some reason just doesn't use.
Isner's clay skills were not only shown once, though. If he has had one match in his career as impressive as that Roland Garros match against Rafa, it was his first-round Davis Cup rubber against Roger Federer last year. Isner used his variety of serves and massive forehand to really just beat Federer off of the high-bouncing clay court. Isner has these skills and has shown that they are not only flukes, the only real question is why isn't he embracing his clay court potential. Not to mention, of course, that Isner also took Djokovic to 5 sets on clay in a Davis Cup match back in 2010 and really could have won that match. Now, 2010 Djokovic is not quite the Djokovic of today, but he was still a top 3 player in the world and was one of the best on clay. That match showed us the beginning of Isner's potential on clay. The Nadal and Federer matches cemented it.
Isner is playing at least five tournaments in a row at this point in the year. Last week he played in San Jose, losing in the semifinals to Tommy Haas. He is currently playing the 500-level tournament in Memphis and will follow with Delray Beach, Indian Wells, Miami, and then probably Davis Cup. These are all on hard courts. I can understand why he wants to stay in the United States and that he might not want to go to clay before coming back to the two hard court Masters events in Indian Wells and Miami. But this is his chance. He could be playing in the South American clay court swing instead, which in turn would prepare him well for the European clay court swing in a few months and Roland Garros at the end of May.
Isner is a very good player. His lack of a real baseline game is a major inhibition, but it certainly isn't so prohibitively bad that he can't compete with the top players. He needs to embrace who he is, though, and realize what surface and style will best suit his game. He is muddling around in the top 10-20 right now, which isn't bad. But he could definitely do better. He needs to work on his baseline game (obviously). Most of all, though, he just needs to play on clay, utilize his lethal high-bouncing serves and shots, and attack at every opportunity he gets. Doing that almost earned him an epic upset over the best clay-courter of all time. Doing that did earn him an upset over arguably the greatest player of all time. If he can finally realize that and consistently utilize his game in that fashion, there really is no telling how much he can achieve.


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Summer School on Quantum Many-Body Physics of Ultra-Cold Atoms and Molecules
Organizers (Directors):
Sungkit Yip (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Carlos Sa de Melo (Georgia Tech, Atlanta)
Andrea Perali (University of Camerino)
Christophe Salomon (ENS, Paris)
Local Organizer: Mikhail Kiselev (ICTP, Trieste)
The aim of this School is to bring together both leading scientists from all over the world to discuss current frontiers of research in ultra-cold atomic and molecular gases and young PhD students, postdocs, researchers working on ultra-cold gases. The program will focus on the analysis of novel quantum phases and quantum phase transitions in mono-atomic gases, mixtures of fermionic and bosonic atoms in traps and optical lattices and its applications to quantum information processing and metrology. In particular, ultra-cold gases have been used to simulate many known condensed matter phenomena such as superfluid-insulator transitions, BEC-BCS crossover, Anderson localization with unprecedented control. In addition, the ultra-cold atomic and molecular gases reveal completely new phenomena which are not possible to realize in standard condensed-matter systems, since interactions, hopping, dimensionality and temperature can be fully controlled in traps and optical lattices.
The School program will consist of 10 lecture mini-courses (3-4 lectures each) that pedagogically summarize the main challenges and recent results on each area. The lecture courses will be delivered by the leading experts in both theory and experiment in ultra-cold atomic and molecular gases. A computer based laboratory will be organized to make some practice on the numerical simulations of many-body physics of ultracold-cold gases, giving particular importance in this session to quantum Monte Carlo simulations, which are widely used in the context of ultra-cold atomic physics
Research conference on ultra-cold atomic gases as quantum simulators will follow the School.
• Ultra cold atomic gases – general theory; dipolar gases
• Optical lattices, BCS-BEC crossover
• One dimensional physics in- and out- of equilibrium
• Quantum Monte-Carlo methods for imbalance Fermi gas
• Dissipative transport in BEC
• Artificial gauge fields
• Resonant Fermi-Gases, Feshbach resonsnces, Efimov's states
• Quantum Monte-Carlo for many-body physics of ultra-cold gases
• Strongly interacting Fermi and Bose gases
• Ultra-cold gases out of equilibrium
G. Shlyapnikov (Univ Paris Sued XI, France)
T. Giamarchi (University Geneva, Switzerland)
N. Prokofev (UMASS Amherst, USA)
H. Stoof (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) *) to be confirmed
C. Salomon (ENS Paris, France)
M. Olshanii (UMASS Boston, USA)
R. Hulet (Houston, USA) *) to be confirmed
Z. Hadzibabic (Cambridge, UK) *) to be confirmed
R. Grimm (Innsbruck, Austria) *) to be confirmed


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Five Ways To Green Your Parenting
Five Ways To Green Your Parenting
Why not make it the year to green your parenting, and start the journey of a thousand miles with a few small steps? Being a green parent doesn't have to be a complicated, expensive or labour-intensive proposition. There are many small ways to become a greener parent. Here are five easy ways to green your parenting:
1 – Practice the three R's. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Reduce your consumption of goods. Avoid buying unnecessary gadgets (do you really need that gravity-defying pen or that LED Message License Plate Frame?). And, when you have stuff you are no longer using, instead of throwing it away, Freecycle it. Freecycle is a non-profit movement of people who are giving and getting stuff for free in their cities and towns. By finding new homes for their stuff, they are keeping it out of landfills. For more information, check out www.freecycle.org. Consignment shops, community fairs, garage sales and online swap sites provide other great ways to reuse and recycle. You'll find many designer treasures. Be the hippest parent on the block, save money and still do your part for the environment.
2 – Green your house.
Think energy savings (and again, saving your hard earned money!). Lowering your thermostat by even just one degree in the winter and raising it by one degree in the summer can make a real difference. If you're feeling brave, try a two degree difference. Switch off lights and small appliances when they're not being used and teach your kids to do the same. Turn the tap off when you brush your teeth and shave. And what about cleaning? There are so many chemicals and pollutants in conventional cleaners. The good news is many alternatives are making their appearance on the market. In fact, some have been around for some time. Ecover has a great line-up of effective, safe and completely biodegradable cleaning products. They make it easy to go green when you clean! Finally, what about the outside of your home? Do you really need that perfect, fairway-like lawn? Consider the damage done by pesticides and kick them to the curb. Pesticides are linked to cancer, reproductive disorders and acute toxicity. Definitely not substances you want to be spraying your lawn with – especially where small children might be playing.
3 – Be mindful of what your family eats and drinks and how they consume it.
Avoid processed foods which are usually full of chemicals. Buy locally as much as possible. You'll be supporting local growers and helping cut emissions produced by transport. And buy organic when you can. You'll be avoiding exposure to pesticides and helping waterways, wildlife and agricultural workers do the same. Kick your addiction to bottled water. Think of all the waste left behind by those plastic bottles, not to mention the pollution produced during the making of those bottles, and the fact that they could be leaching contaminants into your water. Mountain Equipment Co-op recently pulled most food and beverage containers made of polycarbonate plastic from its shelves. You can read more about MEC's decision here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071207.wcoop07/BNStory/National/home. A great alternative to the plastic water bottle is the reusable stainless steel bottle such as the Klean Kanteen. Klean Kanteen offers bottles in a variety of styles with a variety of drinking caps. There's one to suit every family members' need!
4 – Transportation
While for many of us living in the suburbs it is difficult to avoid owning a vehicle, there are ways to reduce our impact on the planet. For starters, choose the smallest possible vehicle to suit your family's needs, and maintain it well. And, use public transportation for your commute to work as much as you can. On weekends walk to your local shops to do errands. A trip to the grocery store can be a family affair – bring the kids, the wagon (use it to pull your provisions back home – in reusable cloth bags of course) and spend some quality time together.
5 – Take care of your and your family's health
Eat well (think fruits, veggies, whole grain, local, organic), exercise and maintain a healthy body weight. When you are fit and well-nourished you won't get sick as often and when you do, you'll recover faster. You'll be less likely to need medical intervention and less likely to need pharmaceutical products. Pharmaceuticals continue to have an impact long after they are consumed and metabolized by their target populations. They have been found in creeks and waterways. Like pesticides, some pharmaceuticals are hormone-disrupting to those exposed to them – not only humans, but the animal and fish populations too. That's enough to make someone feel sick!
The ultimate reason for taking care of your health? You'll be able to enjoy each other and life as you undertake your journey of a thousand miles. Happy walking and best wishes for a green new year.
|Natalie Carriere McGowan is a busy mom of very active 16 16-month-old triplets. She has always been interested in anything and everything to do with living green. Having three babies at the same time has provided her with countless opportunities (and challenges!) to discover the latest and greatest in green parenting. She is also the owner of http://www.ecomama.ca, an online retailer of earth-friendly products for young families and a meeting place for like-minded individuals. In 2008, she will be continuing her journey of a thousand miles and encouraging others to join in.
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This book contains conversations with fifteen prominent Post Keynesian economists on the current state of economic theory and policy, and how both might be improved. Among those interviewed are major economists in Britain, North America and Austria, including Paul Davidson, Basil Moore, Victoria Chick, Geoff Harcourt and Kurt Rothschild, who express their opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of Post Keynesian theory and on the relations between Post Keynesian thinking and the views of other dissident schools.
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A Belfast-based company is hoping to revolutionise home care for the elderly with a TV smart device.
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It sits on top of the TV as a connected device, linking the elderly to their carers or family members through the screen.
Invest NI has offered the firm £150,000 of research and development support for the smart device, which can remind users to take medication, complete house-keeping tasks and send alerts - all without the need for a mobile or other devices.
Kraydel founder and chief technology officer Paul Moorhead said the idea came to him around three years ago when he was working for Intel.
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"My mum was 88 then and was and still lives independently, like many elderly people today.
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The technology will go live for testing in October and Kraydel aims to launch next year.
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Mr Moorhead said device has been very popular with focus groups.
User interface is at the stage where less able clients with the likes of visual impairments or learning difficulties are confident in using it within minutes.
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This has been a really busy month travel-wise. I'm having a great time, but at the same time, I'm seeing myself get tired. When fellow author, Alisha Yvonne, and I went to the Rawsistaz Affair in Richmond, I didn't even have the energy to hang out one night. And that is SO unlike me. Not that I'm a party animal, :-) but I enjoy going out while I'm out on the road because that's the only time I get a chance to do so. But I'm starting to feel drained.
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Ice Hockey won its third straight NE-10 regular season championship as well as the tournament title.
Women's Track & Field won its third straight NE-10 Indoor Championship (PHOTO BY Lewis Glass/SportsPix)
Men's Basketball won its third regional championship and trip to the NCAA II Elite Eight. (PHOTO BY Tom Weishaar)
Skyhawks also NE-10 best 20th in latest Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings
NE-10 Presidents' Cup Winter Update
EASTON, Mass. (March 31, 2016) – Five-time Northeast-10 Conference Presidents' Cup Champions Stonehill College moved up two spots from the fall season to third place in the 2015-16 Presidents' Cup standings following the winter athletic season the league announced today.
Stonehill, which has finished in the top three of the final NE-10 Presidents' Cup standings 11 straight years with first place finishes four of the last six, has accumulated 116 points through the winter sports season after sitting fifth after the fall with 71 points. Eight time Presidents' Cup champions Bentley University took over the top spot in the standings with 131.5 points, while fall leaders and two-time champions Adelphi University is second with 123 points. Stonehill stands 6.5 points ahead of fourth place Merrimack College (109.5) and 13.5 points in front of fifth place American International College (102.5) heading into the spring season.
In addition to its third place standing in the NE-10 Presidents' Cup, Stonehill is ranked a Northeast-10 best 20th in the latest Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings released today. The Skyhawks have earned 269.50 Learfield Cup points from NCAA Championship participation from the fall season as well as women's track and field (33 points) and men's basketball (73) during the winter. Stonehill, which finished a Northeast-10 high 30th in the final 2014-15 Learfield Cup standings, leads all NE-10 member institutions again, with Merrimack ranked 38th (223.50 points) and Adelphi 44th (188). The Learfield Cup is presented annually to signify success in 14 NCAA Division II Championships (seven men, seven women) over the course of the academic year.
Stonehill has won the NE-10 Presidents' Cup five times, following the 2005-06, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2014-15 academic years. The Presidents' Cup is presented annually to signify overall athletic excellence in the Northeast-10. The honor is awarded to the institution that compiles the most cumulative points, based on finishes in the regular-season standings, from all of its programs competing in league championships. Points for men's and women's cross country, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field, and men's golf are awarded based on placement in those sports' respective conference championships.
Stonehill won a third straight Northeast-10 regular season championship in ice hockey, while also capturing the NE-10 Tournament title, and the women's track and field program won a third straight NE-10 indoor championship this winter. Men's basketball finished tied for second in the NE-10's Northeast Division before earning a second straight NCAA Tournament bid, with the Skyhawks claiming a third East Regional Championship to advance to the Division II Elite Eight for the third time in ten years. Stonehill received maximum Presidents' Cup points from its seventh straight women's cross country NE-10 championship in the fall, while field hockey went on the win a second straight NE-10 tournament crown.
All five of Stonehill's winter sports competed in postseason play, giving the Skyhawks ten postseason appearances out of 13 programs through the fall and winter seasons.
With 20 intercollegiate sports, Stonehill boasts one of the top athletic and academic programs in the country. In addition to winning its fifth Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup following the 2014-15 academic year, the Skyhawks have received the NCAA Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Achievement each of the first five years of the program's existence of honoring institutions with an Academic Success Rate (ASR) of 90-percent or better. Stonehill has earned a 96% Academic Success Ranking (ASR) by the NCAA two straight years, which considers the academic success rate of the institution based on the graduation rate of student-athletes, good for fifth among all NCAA Division II institutions, with 12 Skyhawk teams receiving a perfect rating of 100%. In addition, the Skyhawks are ranked third in the National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Power Rankings for Division II used to assess the academic and athletic standards of all NCAA and NAIA athletic programs. Stonehill has also been selected as the host of the 2016 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championships at W.B. Mason Stadium.
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The Mercenary's Marriage, Rachel Rossano (Review)
The Mercenary's Marriage, Rachel Rossano
Brice was born a slave in a world ruled by men. She had almost made it to freedom when he caught her, the kings right hand man and personal bodyguard mercenary Darius. Darius caught Brice right before she ran into a group of ruthless soldiers, women were a prized commodity in a camp full of men. Only able to claim one prize at each battle he chose to claim Brice as his wife.
Bookswagger Marcia: Four Crowns, good read, on the way to swagger. The Mercenary's Marriage had a plot and I read it straight through. I just had to know how Brice and Darius would end up before I went to bed…So many people sleep on sweet romances, which I do not understand. The story of how the couple comes to be is the heart of a romance. Darius a former slave, confident yet awkward with the woman of his heart was well done, he was written they way I would want him to be. Brice a former slave and whipping girl did not trust Brice from the start, which made me sigh in relief and relax into the book, I realized this was going to be a good one. I hate when a captured female trusts her captor without question in the first 5 minutes. Bottom line check it out, I think you might like!
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Artificial intelligence processing might best be done at the edge of the network, or where sensors collect data. And GreenWaves Technologies is unveiling an open-source-based processor that can do just that today, with the hope of enabling a new wave of products from smart toys to smart cities. Grenoble, France-based
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GreenWaves Technologies Unveils GAP8, the Industry's Lowest Power IoT Application Processor, Enabling Groundbreaking Embedded Artificial Intelligence at the Very Edge
After raising 3.1 million euros in funding, GreenWaves brings to market innovative RISC-V based solution to process rich data on battery-operated devices used in AI and IoT applications. This press release is published by an Embedded Vision Alliance member company.
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GreenWaves launches RISC-V based solution to process rich data on battery-operated devices used in AI and IoT apps.
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GreenWaves Technologies has unveiled a new open-source processor in the form of the GAP8 which comes with a big focus on AI. The company, which was founded
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GreenWaves Technologies today announced its GAP8 IoT application processor and the availability of the GAP8 Software Development Kit.
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By Sahid Fawaz
Labor leaders and members are gearing up for a big protest today in support of those affected by the Trump administration's assault on immigrants and their children.
"Philadelphia labor leaders say they'll jam Penn's Landing with 5,000 demonstrators on Wednesday afternoon, drawing busloads from across the East Coast to support immigrant families who have been detained or separated at United States borders.
'We are here in solidarity with each other,' said AFSCME secretary-treasurer Elissa McBride, 'as Americans, as labor unions, as social-justice warriors.'
'What's happening in this country right now is really disturbing,' said Esteban Vera, business manager for Laborers Local 57. 'If it's a fight the leadership wants, it's a fight they're going to get.'
Trump rescinded the administration's policy of separating immigrant families in June, amid national outcry and news coverage of terrified children and tearful parents. Instead, the administration intends to expand the number of beds and facilities in which to jail families, as is done now at the Berks County detention center in Pennsylvania.
The president's crackdown on immigration, legal and illegal, has driven rights groups and their supporters into the streets. Philadelphia has been a center of protest and resistance as a sanctuary city, places that generally strive to treat undocumented immigrants like everyone else."
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Ever been there? You want to jump into the water, yet fear is holding you back and all you can do is dip your big toe into the vast sea? I can completely relate. Here is my story:
All things music and art have always come natural to me. Math and science unfortunately, not so much! Professionally, instead of going for the stuff that comes easy, I went for the stuff that was difficult for me. I figured, rather than trying to make it in the world of art and music it was safer to apply for an administrative position. And so the story goes – until 40 years later. My husband and I have been going back and forth on the issue for a while, and in October 2018 we finally decided to go through with it: I left my safe corporate position and became self-employed. Evelyn's Music Entertainment with focal point on Memory Care was born. Yesterday I sang "Somewhere over the rainbow" with dementia patients humming along. I got goose bumps.
If our instinct is to run and hide when in our heart of hearts we know we should do a leap of faith, we need to remember: Avoiding risks at all costs, we may just miss out on an adventure of a lifetime!
Against all odds, God's love somehow manages to overcome anything and everything. I can't explain it, but once several steps into my new adventure, things just happen. There's trial and error, there are good days and bad, but overall I'm a happier person because I know I'm doing what I love to do.
We have a very good reason not to be afraid. God's love empowers us to be bold! Walking with God, we can face our daily uncertainties. His love drains our fears, and we know we are as safe as can be.


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A Brooklyn man was killed in a barrage of bullets on the Lower East Side early this morning, police said.
Responding cops made the gruesome discovery at 12:33 a.m. and found Jonathan Alston shot multiple times throughout the body inside an apartment building on Pitt Street near Rivington Street.
The 23-year-old victim was struck in the head, right arm, knee, neck and back. He was rushed to Beth Israel hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police found crack cocaine on him and believe the killing may be drug related, police sources said.


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Adventure in the Balkans. Belgrade
I feel like every time people think of Eastern Europe, the Balkans and of course Romania, they imagine this little grey cloud always being present above this area. A lot of people are still under the impression that Eastern Europe is this place where nothing interesting happens, a place destroyed by the Communist Era and…
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Category: Around the World, Blog


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"People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion" Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist
Jack P Rocket-Man Chronicle, REV.15.
Jack P Rocket-Man is FICTION. No warranties expressed or implied.
REM: You were in the Black Jet with the Four Visitors. They were taking you forward in time just prior to 2103, insisting it's all over for our Earth at that point. The time-travel required a form of suspended animation. Is that right?
JPRM: That's four questions, you know how many questions I can handle. Yes to all four.
The "ten-year old little engineer" flashback was a side-effect. A variation of Lucid Dreaming. What surprised me was the reverence with which the Visitors cherished the effect. The Visitors, "Homo Sapiens Tempus" I called them, were still people. They worshipped knowledge, and dreams. I guessed that made the Black Jet a church of sorts.
My bicycle wheel, the little boy-genius story, it did not revert miraculously an hour before sunset! Wheelbuilding is not simple. I never figured that one out. Remember Occam's Razor? I spent the money I earned selling blueberries on a new wheel!
Have you read Clif High about Occam's Razor? Clif High is simultaneously arguing for and against the William Of Ockham. I find that both ironic and admirable.
The "wheel story" was a lesson in efficiency and truth. Everything turned out fine, just not as expected.
The Four Visitors and me were once again conscious, and alive, even. Comically, Silent Karl is the Flight Attendant: there are energy drinks, coffee black, and my favorite nutrition bar. Everyone's a taker. We made it, I figured.
The Future Visitors seemed to require the same basic food groups: a few calories, lots of energy, and vitamins. They stared at me as if: "What do you think, we run on hydrogen, ion, and nuclear propulsion, like the Black Jet?"
I noticed the Black Jet is heading in the opposite direction, North-West based on the location of our Sun.
We are flying really low over the Atlantic; the angle of the sun and the depth — lack of depth actually — of the water transforms the ocean into rumpled blue cloth. The contrast isn't right, there's too much turquoise in the sky where azure should be. A sky above, sky below illusion that scared me!
Karl's voice is in my head again, "Sky Island below, two cemeteries. Civil War-era. Some say it's haunted. Skyhaven ahead, you can see Parrot Cove." I could, but there was a problem. The luxury homes on Great Parrot Avenue were gone.
When I was a kid there were some cheap "polarized" sunglasses you could buy for almost nothing. This was prior to photochromic lenses, like I was wearing. I noticed the Sun was running on lower wattage, dimmer. The Visitors had warned me….
We touched down on what was once a private drive for the ultra-rich people of Skyhaven. Next, the Black Jet proceeded to descend vertically by virtue of some elevator mechanism in the runway. We left the vehicle.
We were inside a tunnel, like a subway but clean, which ran beneath Route US-1A, based on my rudimentary sense of direction. I wondered if there was a branch to E Street, near The Casino, where Louise and I lived in 2003…. I stopped wondering.
Gracie, my favorite Visitor, was talking again, not that telepathy-stuff they employed within the Black Jet. These aliens were living contradictions. They could read and write minds, but only sometimes. They got buzzed on strong coffee and energy drinks. They were careful to take their vitamins.
"We're headed towards the Skyhaven Shoal Project, 23 Condominiums, facing the Shoal Isles," Gracie, the loquacious matte-finished Homo Sapiens Tempus began.
"We could have walked outside, it's still morning albeit another century. The Tunics don't enjoy the daylight, they stay in mostly in the daytime, but we didn't want you to burn."
Gracie's aware that I don't have their acquired layer of built-in sunscreen. I'm just a twenty-first century white-boy. Apparently the "Tunics," she called them, could acquire a really great suntan, but not dark enough, when the Sun is making subatomic holes in everything.
The Skyhaven Shoal Project was supposed to start in 2003. That was when the second iteration of financial and cultural deterioration began in what was the USA. Just prior to the Earth Sun Mystery Particles and Main Sequence problems.
The Toronado Motor Inn at Skyhaven, New Hampshire had a checkered past. It was constructed on a squarish patch between the Skyhaven Salt Marsh Conservation and US Route-1A, angled so that the two-story single-row eighteen-unit conglomeration of concrete, glass, and crooked wood, painted white with carolina blue trim featured a perfect ocean view. The rates were low.
As with virtually any structure or system geared toward generating an honest income for the proprietors, and shelter and calm for the guests, little things began unravelling with the passage of time. Entropy.
The two rows of nine units, excluding the office and maintenance areas at the end nearest the state highway, were numbered ZERO through EIGHTEEN. The reason for this apparently was triskaidekaphobia, "fear of the number thirteen."
Furthermore, when viewed from the front, the unit numbers were counter-clockwise, ZERO thru EIGHT, NINE (above EIGHT) thru TWELVE, FOURTEEN…. I found myself strangely attracted to the Toronado during walks I took while breaking up my daily routines.
There were other odd things about the Toronado, such as when peering through the front slider-doors and being able to see straight through the building, it was just a single row deep –the other side of the world appeared shinier and darker than it should be.
Some of the locals were attracted to my attraction of the place. I keep to myself, most folks are insufficiently insane to be interesting, yet I always remain courteous. Consequently, after my repeated stopping, re-reading the expired building permit, looking inside — the place was gutted — I was informed why the Toronado had lost favor.
There was a family named Parsons, same name as Uncle Jack, but no relation, who had stayed that year 2002. It was in May, before things got busy. Big car, a small but seaworthy twenty-two foot boat. Middle of the week.
The family signed the register. They asked the Motor Inn Management about Sky Island, a tiny dot barely visible off-shore.
The next morning a report was filed with the Skyhaven Police Department: two missing children — girls, eight and ten. The Parsons kids. The parents remained at the Toronado for a full week for the search. The children were not found. The parents had clean criminal records. Some notes were taken, but how does one prove a lack of something, even people?
The only peculiarities were the twenty-two foot boat had recently been in the sea….
And the parents, according to the register, had checked into Unit THIRTEEN.


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There's a special kind of place in hell reserved exclusively for those smug bastards in Berlin who brag about 'their' secret lakes, 'which they've discovered like, 10 years ago or something, and is only 5 minutes away if you crawl slowly, and has pristine waters and an infinity pool set amidst the sunset, and it's on the way to the asparagus wonder factory, and you can rent Yachts there, too, and it's so untouched and unspoiled and Hitler used to tan here', but then refuses to take you there or share the info with you.
That's the same cunt that produces a condescending grunt ('aww honey, that lake is SO over?') when you tell him about Liepnitzsee, then proceeds to throw confetti and vanish on a speedboat into the mythical lake country around Berlin.
You know what? Fuck that noise. There's no mythical secret lake. Every lake is crowded in the summer around Berlin. Do you know why?
Because there are 3 million roasted potatoes in the city during at heatwave, but only so many lakes you can reach easily without a car. So here's the secret to finding a non-crowded lake: go as far away as you can from Berlin. But since that isn't feasible for most people on a Sunday afternoon, you might as well just get on board with everybody's favorite lake: Liepnitzsee.
Did your pretentious dick friend mention that they woke up at 7 AM on a Sunday, like the fucking German broomstick that they are, because the car ride takes 2 hours? What kind of fun is that supposed to be?
So Liepnitzsee used to be one of those mythical "lakes" in Berlin that allegedly, nobody knew about, but now everybody knows about it and everyone's yapping. EYE ROLL HARD.
The water is crystal clear, the grass is green and fresh, and when I visited it was extraordinarily calm. It gets really crowded on hot weekends, especially if you go to the wild beaches (which are basically mud-spots on the lakeside). But don't be fooled: it's just as overcrowded as any other lake or public pool in Berlin, you just drive or bike further out to get there, and unless you pay entrance to the beachside, there's no Späti or kiosk or toilets nearby.
Right within a forest, Liepnitzsee is known for having the best waters around the city (and, if I can remember correctly, the cleanest water in Brandenburg). There's a reason why it's always been popular.
There's an island amidst the lake that you can reach via ferry. If you're fit you can swim there. There are boat rentals for fishing and if you opt to go to the official "beach"-site (you'll have to pay a couple of Euros entrance), there are also showers, toilets and the obligatory Pommes and Currywurst Kiosks.
How to reach Liepnitzsee
Take the S-Bahn or Regionalexpress to Wandlitz or Bernau, then bike about 30 minutes to the lake. Don't walk.


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A recent survey by the British Veterinary Association has found areas of pet owner habits which are a cause for some concern. Chief among these are the regularity with which owners attempt to self-diagnose their pet's ailments, and how often this leads to misdiagnosis.
The survey suggests that vets believe up to 98% of pet owner's first point of call when their pet begins to suffer from a condition is to check online for any relevant information. It also shows that a good proportion of vets who've looked themselves at the available information regarding any common issue pets are likely to encounter is woefully inaccurate, and is itself often the cause for misdiagnoses.
Vets also suggest that examples of this behaviour often lead to the animal reaching them first at a later date than they should have done, and in much worse condition than they would have been if they'd been presented with the pet in a timely fashion. They also say that the likely cause of this behaviour is financial in nature.


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In this paper, the development of decision support tools for dynamic ambulance relocation and automatic ambulance dispatching is described. The ambulance dispatch problem is to choose which ambulance to send to a patient. The dynamic ambulance relocation problem occurs in the operational control of ambulances. The objective is to find new locations for some of the ambulances, to increase the preparedness in the area of responsibility. Preparedness is a way of evaluating the ability to serve potential patients with ambulances now and in the future. Computational tests using a simulation model show that the tools are beneficial in reducing the waiting periods for the patients.
In this work, decision support tools for dynamic fleet management problems are developed. The operational management tasks include dispatching, supervising and sometimes reconstructing the vehicle schedule. These tasks are often complex, while the time available to complete them is short. Therefore, decision support tools assisting the controller can be of great service.
Two studies on dynamic fleet management problems are presented. The first concerns airline planning and the problem of how to handle schedule perturbations. The second study is within the field of ambulance logistics, with focus on operational ambulance control.
For an airline, the flight perturbation problem arises when it is impossible to continue executing the original aircraft schedule, e.g. due to an aircraft breakdown. The flight controller then has to decide whether some flights have to be delayed or cancelled, or perhaps flights have to be reassigned to new aircraft. This is done in order to find an attainable, cost effective solution, where the airline can continue to serve the passengers. In this work, a decision support tool that can repair the aircraft schedule is suggested. The tool is based on a multicommodity network flow model with side constraints. A number of different solution strategies are suggested for the model, including heuristics based on column generation and meta heuristics utilizing path relinking. Computational tests show that several of the solution algorithms find near optimal solutions within a few seconds.
Ambulance logistics comprises most aspects of managing an efficient ambulance health care. This involves both emergency medical services and patient transportations. Controlling a fleet of ambulances includes deciding which ambulance to dispatch to a call. The controller also has to ensure that most or all parts of the area of responsibility can be reached by an ambulance in a short time. This is referred to as maintaining an adequate level of preparedness in the area. In this work, a way of calculating the preparedness is presented. It is incorporated into a number of decision support tools, including a dispatch tool and a relocation tool. The dispatch tool can suggest which ambulance to assign to a new call. The relocation tool suggests a way of relocating the ambulances, i.e. sending them to new locations, to increase the level of preparedness in the area. A simulation tool is also developed and used to study the effect of dynamically relocating ambulances. Furthermore, it is used to test if new locations for the ambulance stations will affect the waiting periods for the patients. The results show that the decision support tools have a positive effect on the system performance.


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Great location
Calm Neighborhood. Near by shopping mall. Nearest tram stop.
"Very good boutique hotel. Close to the city center with easily acessible parking. Fantastic service."
Excellent boutique hotel
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"Spacious rooms. Friendly service."
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Hotel description
Property Location A stay at Hotel An Der Messe places you in the heart of Frankfurt, walking distance from Senckenberg Museum and Messeturm. This boutique hotel is within close proximity of Festhalle Frankfurt and Frankfurt Trade Fair. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 45 guestrooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access. This hotel also features concierge services and tour/ticket assistance. Dining Satisfy your appetite at a coffee shop/café serving guests of Hotel An Der Messe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite. You must present a photo ID when checking in. Your credit card is charged at the time you book. Bed type and smoking preferences are not guaranteed. Your reservation is prepaid and is guaranteed for late arrival. The total charge includes all room charges and taxes, as well as fees for access and booking. Any incidental charges such as parking, phone calls, and room service will be handled directly between you and the property.
Pets are not allowed.
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Concert The Nuggers live! @ Silencio
Friday, January 17th, 2014 – 22:59
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Come make some noise in Silencio !
The Nuggers will dish out some of their raw energy for you garage lovers, followed by djs Suzee Lee, Mixmaster Burrito and Nino de Pecado keeping it deep down and dirty for the rest of the night !
The Nuggers are a garage rock n' roll 5-piece from Bucharest, Romania. They play raw, fast songs about booze, women and nonsense. They formed in 2010.


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11162 - Bromeliads (Garden) - 2013-10-25
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Guzmania arenaria
Locality: Costa Rica - Unknown - I obtained this specie from Harry Luther at Selby in Jan 2006. It had an ID: 2002 2034A on it. I bloomed it in 2009 and again in 2011. In email with Harry in 2011, Harry stated that it is "Guzmania arenaria H. Luther & K. Norton, sp. nov. Should be published middle of 2012. Related to G. bergii & G. verecunda." When I bloomed it, it was 53cm high with leaves 83cm long by 5.5cm wide. Bracts 2 cm wide at base by 13cm long.
Photographer: Jerry Raack
Note: Leaves are heavily striated on new pups, also somewhat stiff and leathery.


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(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth agreed with a coalition of 20 states that a change in tax law last year eliminating a penalty for not having health insurance invalidates the entire Obamacare law.
O'Connor's decision is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The South Georgia ecosystem-based habitat restoration project is a major project that began with the eradication of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus) and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), 2011–2017. As part of this restoration programme a non-native plant management strategy was developed and implemented. With only 8% of the whole South Georgia landmass suitable for vascular plants (ca. 283 km²) due to permanent ice and bare rock, there have been 25 indigenous vascular plants and 41 non-native plants recorded from earlier surveys.
Global biodiversity loss is disproportionately rapid on islands, where invasive species are a major driver of extinctions. To inform conservation planning aimed at preventing extinctions, we identify the distribution and biogeographic patterns of highly threatened terrestrial vertebrates (classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature) and invasive vertebrates on ~465,000 islands worldwide by conducting a comprehensive literature review and interviews with more than 500 experts.


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My 2 cats out of four have been having pissing wars for three years now. I'm so fed up I've completed and tried all the pieces. Each inch of the outer perimeter of my dwelling and eating room has been pissed on. I clean and block a spot, the subsequent day they mark a new spot down 3 or 4 inches from the blocked spot. I block the brand new spot the following day they only make a new spot. They have even peed in entrance of the 40 greenback feliway plug in diffusers. My drapes are ruined from continually washing them of pee. The backing is disintegrated. They sprayed a brand new mattress, have ruined the facet of a dresser. They pee in front of the doorways, what a welcome scent. Each are spayed and wholesome It is all territorial with them. I've four litter boxes. Have tried calming collars, sprays, feliway, aluminum foil, flower essences and many others. I think I've to eliminate 1 of them.
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