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Migration and Knowledge Panel Series
September 29 - October 2, 2016
Panels Series at Fortieth Annual Conference of the German Studies Association in San Diego, CA
Conveners: Simone Lässig (German Historical Institute Washington), Swen Steinberg (University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Dresden)
Participants: Daniel Bessner (University of Washington), Lisa Gerlach (University of Braunschweig), Deniz Göktürk (University of California, Berkeley), Jan Logemann (Göttingen University), Rebekka von Mallinckrodt (University of Bremen), Caitlin Murdock (California State University, Long Beach), H. Glenn Penny (University of Iowa), Kristina Poznan (College of William & Mary), Miriam Rürup (Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg), Anne Schenderlein (German Historical Institute Washington), Allison Schmidt (University of Kansas), Philipp Strobl (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne), Konrad Sziedat (University of Munich), Anna Vallye (University of Pennsylvania), Brian Van Wyck (Michigan State University)
This panel series focused on a field of research that is emerging at the intersection of the history of knowledge and the history of migration. This dynamic field, as series organizer Simone Lässig emphasized in her opening remarks, offers potential not only for historians but also for scholars from other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Up to this point, the historiographies of migration and of knowledge have not had much to say to each other. State, NGO, and academic actors have produced knowledge about migration and migrants, and the production of this knowledge is sometimes studied. We know little, however, about how knowledge was used, produced, and mediated by the migrants themselves. We can fill this gap, we can shed new light on migrants as actors, Lässig argued, by linking the two research fields. In this way, we can learn how migrants acted as bearers, translators, and producers of knowledge in their old and new homelands. It is also possible to investigate how and the degree to which migrants were able to convert the knowledge they brought with them into usable cultural capital in new social, economic, and cultural contexts.
Of course, there is also much more to learn about the production and distribution of governmental knowledge in the face of migration processes. This topic was the focus of the first panel, entitled "Knowledge and Trans-Migrants in the late Holy Roman and Habsburg Empire." In the first paper, Rebekka von Mallinckrodt investigated the history of trafficked persons within the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in the eighteenth century and how this forced migration changed legal concepts within the state. German individuals such as soldiers, seamen, missionaries, and merchants actively participated in colonization and slave trading, trafficking people back to the empire. Consequently, German courts and administrations eventually had to take a stance on the issue of slavery. In order to find a solution, they looked to their own past and that of their European neighbors – mostly France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. But it took time for the empire to establish its own system – much of the eighteenth century, in fact. According to Mallinckrodt, "the otherwise eloquent parties" involved in these discussions were "relatively laconic" when it came to differentiating between terms such as "slavery" and "serfdom." She showed that the Holy Roman Empire was not looking for a debate about slavery as such but rather trying to find practical solutions that served its own purposes at the time.
Moving to the next century and in part beyond the German-speaking lands, Kristina Poznan focused on the influence that migration had on governmental knowledge and the challenges Austria-Hungary faced as a Dual Monarchy. Concentrating on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Poznan investigated a timespan that was shaped by transatlantic migration from Europe to the United States. She showed that governmental institutions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a strong interest in gathering knowledge about how and why their residents migrated and what happened to them overseas. This interest was rooted in the contradictory circumstance that the Dual Monarchy was able to profit from emigration monetarily because of remittances but at the cost of losing a significant portion of its population. In the particular case of Austria-Hungary, some aspects of governmental supervision over migration fell to the Empire's joint foreign ministry while others fell into the jurisdiction of Austria's and Hungary's respective "national" governments, which controlled domestic policy. This situation evinced both advantages and disadvantages for the stability and outreach of their administrative networks as well as for the flow of information. Changing perspectives at the end of her presentation, Poznan also shed light on the considerably lower interest displayed by American authorities in the new migrants' countries of origin.
In the last paper on this panel, Allison Schmidt investigated the "German and Austro-Hungarian Surveillance of Transmigrants in the Age of Open Borders," using the example of Josef Gärtz, a Transylvanian Saxon who migrated to the United States in 1910. For this case study, Schmidt drew on Gärtz's diary, which she supplemented with documents produced by steamship companies and government health officials on the millions of eastern Europeans who traveled by train from Austrian-Hungarian territories to the northwestern ports of departure in Germany. In this way she was able to connect institutional perspectives with individual experience. At the individual level, the protagonist found himself forced to ride atop two trains to avoid migrant inspectors when he crossed the Austrian and the German border. At the institutional level, Schmidt convincingly argued that there was strong governmental interest in monitoring and policing the travelers. In this way, her research confirms recent scholarly findings on the existence of state border controls even before the First World War.
Caitlin Murdock's comment on the first panel spoke to the broader project of linking the historiographies of migration and knowledge. She characterized migration as a process that – by its very nature – requires the active construction, interpretation, and appropriation of knowledge by a variety of historical actors. Murdock suggested that the people and institutions mentioned in these papers created knowledge about migration through the lenses of their own circumstances and in this way were acting on strategic choice and/or selective ignorance. The main challenge for historians is to approach migration and knowledge as a multivalent conversation in which they have to look for the subtext of underground knowledge intertwined with official understandings – and in which they have to consider not just what information people had but what they chose to embrace or discount.
The second panel, "Transfers and Disconnects," considered transatlantic migration since the 1930s and the transfer and cultural translation of knowledge. In his paper, "Lost in Translation," Jan Logemann shifted the focus from stories of "successful" transfers of knowledge and the positive influence of migration on home and host countries to knowledge transfers that led to conflicts or failure. Concentrating on European emigrants rooted in industrial design and marketing who came to the United States between 1930 and 1950, he demonstrated that translation is not a question of language but of culture. He also made clear that successful translation efforts depended not only on émigrés as cultural brokers open to adapting their knowledge to new contexts. These brokers also needed to find "receiving partners" interested in their new perspectives.
How and why the "Ghosts of Weimar" were present in the thoughts of émigrés from the 1930s to the 1960s was the topic of Daniel Bessner's paper. He argued that some German intellectuals who immigrated to the United States between 1933 and 1939 were influential in shaping the Cold War and U.S. foreign relations. Focusing on Hans Speier, who became a propaganda specialist and then a Germany expert for the U.S. government, Bessner showed that some exiles saw their fate as an opportunity to combat the regime that had forced them to migrate. As a counterpoint to Speier's efforts to adapt to and integrate himself into the American intellectual and governmental establishment, Bessner turned to Max Horkheimer and his circle, who continued to see themselves as German scholars and thus isolated themselves from their American colleagues. Bessner's talk also spoke to the larger question of the role personal trauma can play in shaping political and cultural knowledge and thought.
In the last paper of this panel, Miriam Rürup focused on the translation of migrant experiences into law, showing how the fates of stateless migrants shaped the human rights discourse of the United Nations. Emphasizing the rising influence of supranational institutions and discourses after the Second World War, Rürup focused on events and discussions that lead to the 1954 U.N. convention on the status of stateless persons. She showed that stateless Jews and émigrés played a significant role in shaping the human rights discourse, as for example in the work of Hannah Arendt, Stéphane Hessel, Hans Kelsen, and Hersch Lauterpach. Their knowledge and experience manifested itself in three important ways – as legal knowledge from the past, as biographical experience through their own migration experience, and sometimes as personal encounters regarding the situation in the Displaced Persons camps. In addition, she showed that the post-World War Two right of belonging – and therefore the right to be granted citizenship that had been revoked– in its consequences did not always comport with the intentions of the displaced persons themselves.
In her comment, Anna Vallye summed up some things the papers had in common. All three emphasized the role of individuals. Working within and against institutional structures or philosophical systems, these people shaped the discourse as social actors vested with certain kinds of social and political agency. This circumstance made Vallye wonder about what kinds of social actors the papers in this panel were actually dealing with, positing in Foucauldian terms that they resembled more "specific" and not "universal intellectuals." She also pointed out the pitfalls of the notion of "Germany" itself, asking how German sovereignty as a historical problem framed the German diaspora as paradigmatic for the study of twentieth-century transnational processes.
The last panel focused on the role of knowledge as profession, network, and experience in processes of migration from and to Europe. H. Glenn Penny's paper investigated "German Migrants and the Production of Knowledge in Latin America, 1880s–1960s." Focusing on Guatemala, while also taking Argentina and Chile into account, Penny looked at a variety of German communities with German schools, communities that took part in shaping the knowledge of these countries. Those communities, he argues, drew on global pedagogical networks. Furthermore, they contributed not just to the knowledge of children with German heritage because the children of local elites also attended the schools. Investigating textbooks produced in Germany with knowledge of mostly German researchers for German schools abroad, Penny showed how mindsets of race and nationalism challenged those transnational communities.
Philipp Strobl's paper examined the case of Anton Charles William, who migrated to Australia in 1938, the year of Austria's Anschluss to Germany. Strobl showed how the knowledge William accumulated in the interwar years in Austria travelled with him and gave him the idea to bring Austrian skiing to the Australian mountains. He founded the Australian Alpine Club in the 1950s, drawing on his knowledge of Austrian and German Alpine Clubs and maintaining contact with Austrian experts. This knowledge needed to be adapted when skiing was transformed from an elitist sport to a leisure activity for the masses. Consequently, William, who had rejected mass tourism before 1938, accepted the new circumstances and opened a chain of ski lodges. In this way, he can be seen as a textbook social agent who transferred ideas between two countries.
Turning to West Germany between 1972 and 1992, Brian Van Wyck examined the history of Turkish teachers' "dual responsibility." German education officials entrusted Turkish teachers – chosen by the Turkish education ministry – with instructing children of Turkish "guest workers" in Turkish language, culture and history in Germany. These teachers were tasked with ensuring the integration of Turkish children in West Germany. On the other hand, and more contested, they were responsible for preparing students for a planned return to Turkey, preventing their alienation from their Turkish cultural heritage, or, according to some, helping them come to grips with their bifurcated identities. Showing how the priorities of integrating and reintegrating differed not only over time but also across regions, van Wyck made clear that this phenomenon was more complex, fluid, and diverse than recent research would have it.
In the final paper, Konrad Sziedat highlighted the importance of "biographical capital," showing how not only academic expertise and overlapping opinions and ideals but also the migration experience of the Listy Group (leaders from the Prague Spring) influenced political discourse on the West German left in the 1980s. Characterizing this group of experts as "managers of collective expectations," Sziedat outlined their major impact in the late 1980s on ideas about future political change in Eastern Europe. Thus, he illustrated how exiled experts helped shape both the Ostpolitik of the SPD and the foreign policy stances of the Greens in the late so-called Bonn Republic – with implications for the latter party's attitude toward NATO collaboration with the United States outside the borders of the alliance's member countries.
Summing up the different types of "migrant knowledge" in her comment, Deniz Göktürk argued that it is useful to distinguish three types of knowledge: knowledge produced and carried by migrants, knowledge about or for migrants produced by state institutions, and migrating knowledge. Scholars have to ask who produced, stored, and disseminated this knowledge and to what end. Which positions, intersections, and interests mattered in the circulation of knowledge? How did knowledge as cultural capital relate to the consolidation of elites and the hardening of class distinctions? One of the main challenges scholars face, according to Göktürk, is to understand knowledge as situated and moving.
At the end of the last panel, series co-organizer Swen Steinberg identified two key fields for further research at the intersection of migration and knowledge. On the one hand, many papers highlighted the potential of focusing work on concrete actors, both individuals and groups, in order to analyze processes of knowledge modification, translation, or adoption. This perspective is promising for migrant groups such as families and their intergenerational relationships. On the other hand, the intersection of migration and knowledge also reveals the role of ignorance as well as the various relationships of "knowledge in the plural," such as tacit knowledge or situated knowledge, in the process of migration and integration (e.g.). This perspective also deserves to be given greater attention in the future.
Lisa Gerlach (University of Braunschweig)
The German Historical Institute in Washington (GHI) is organizing a panel series on the topic of knowledge and migration. The series aims at raising interest for a field of research, which is emerging at the intersection of the history of knowledge and the history of migration. It promises to become a very dynamic field, which has the potential to address not only historians but also scholars from the cultural and probably also social studies.
The papers presented in the three panels of the series cover a period reaching from the late 18th century to the 1990s in different regions and in different constellations of migration. With different focal points all papers of this panel series are led by the question as to how knowledge was produced, shared, and transformed in connection with migration.
The first panel focuses on Europe and the production, distribution, and practice of knowledge in administrations or governments in processes of trans-migration. The second panel analyzes the transatlantic migration since the 1930s and processes of transfers and the cultural translation of knowledge. The role of knowledge as profession, network and experience in processes of migration from and to Europe is in the limelight of the last panel. All papers are connected to German history in Atlantic or global contexts (migration from German territories/Germany and the other way round). In comparison the panels also deal with the relationship of voluntary and forced migration: with knowledge as strategy for integration or the strategic use of knowledge. Partially, processes of failed knowledge transfers and translations are addressed as well. The three commentators complement the session as specialists in borderland studies, transatlantic knowledge transfers, and refugee studies. This extents the panels and connects the discussion of the papers to recent approaches in cultural studies and timely challenges regarding migration and knowledge.
Panel 1: Knowledge and Trans-Migrants in Late Holy Roman and Habsburg Empire
Panel 41 at the German Studies Association Conference
Friday, September 30, 2016, 10:30 AM – 12: 15 PM, Hampton
Moderator: Simone Lässig (GHI)
Commentator: Caitlin Murdock (California State University, Long Beach)
- "How do the Neighbors Go about This?" Intra-European Knowledge Transfer in Dealing with Trafficked Persons in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation during the 18th Century
Rebekka von Mallinckrodt (University of Bremen)
- Migration and Governmental Knowledge: The Challenges of Dualism in Austria-Hungary's Governmental Knowledge about Transatlantic Migration
Kristina Poznan (College of William & Mary)
- German and Austro-Hungarian Surveillance of Transmigrants in the Age of Open Borders: The Case of Josef Gärtz
Allison Schmidt (GHI/University of Kansas)
Panel 2: Transfers and Disconnects: Complicated Translations of Knowledge and Émigré Experiences in the Transatlantic World
Panel 183 at the German Studies Association Conference
Saturday, October 1, 2016, 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM, Tiki Pavilion
Moderator: Anne Schenderlein (GHI)
Commentator: Anna Vallye
- Lost in Translation: Conflicted Adaptations and the Limits of Knowledge Transfer among European Émigrés, 1930s–1950s
Jan Logemann (Göttingen University)
- The Ghosts of Weimar: The Weimar Metaphor in Émigré Thought, 1930s–1960s
Daniel Bessner (University of Washington)
- Translating Experience into Law: Stateless Migrants and the Shaping of a Human Rights Discourse at the United Nations
Miriam Ruerup (Institute for the History of the German Jews)
Panel 3: Migrant Knowledge as Profession, Network, and Experience
Panel 280 at the German Studies Association Conference
Sunday, October 2, 2016, 8:00 AM – 10:15 AM Windsor
Moderator: Swen Steinberg (Technische Universität Dresden)
Commentator: Deniz Göktürk (University of California-Berkeley)
- German Migrants and the Production of Knowledge in Latin America, 1880s–1960s
Glenn Penny (University of Iowa)
- Knowledge Transfer by Forced Migrants: Austrian Skiing Expertise in Australia
Philipp Strobl
- "Doppelte Aufgabe?" Turkish Teachers in West Germany, 1972–1992
Brian Van Wyck (Michigan State University)
- Exiled Experts as Expectation Managers: Transnational Knowledge in a Transforming Europe, 1985–1990
Konrad Sziedat
The German Historical Institute in Washington (GHI) is organizing a number of panels on the topic of knowledge and migration for the 2016 Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, to be held on September 29 - October 2, 2016, in San Diego, California. We invite proposals for individual papers or for complete panels addressing the intersection of the history of knowledge and the history of migration in any time period. We are particularly interested in the question how knowledge was produced, shared, and transformed in connection with migration.
Possible topics are:
- religious knowledge in processes of migration and integration
- education and strategies of acquiring cultural capital in processes of migration
- migrants' media; migrants as producers, distributors, and translators of new knowledge and/or as preservers of traditional social and cultural knowledge
- the migration of theoretical and applied knowledge: scientists and scholars, artisans and craftsmen as migrants — knowledge between transfer, modification, and adaption
- organizing knowledge: migrant strategies and knowledge in institutions, associations and networks
- knowledge transfer in connection with forced migration: carriers and orders of knowledge in contexts of exile and emigration
- children and adolescents as carriers, translators, and producers of new knowledge in processes of migration and integration
Please send a brief CV and a proposal of no more than 300 words by January 15, 2016, to Susanne Fabricius. Panel proposals should include 3-4 papers, moderator, commentator (if necessary, we can help find moderators and commentators).
The panels will be organized and coordinated by Simone Lässig/GHI Washington and Swen Steinberg/UCLA. The GHI will provide lump sum travel grants to successful applicants from Europe and North America.

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We spent a few weeks before gathering up sticks. Julie's own backyard ended up being the perfect spot to collect enough sticks for the Wilderness Works group!
The night started off with Miranda giving a quick talk and answering a short Q & A. Miranda explained to the students how they could find and create art from materials found in nature...like sticks! With creativity a stick can be transformed into a beautiful sculpture. She showed the students some of Andy Goldsworthy's nature inspired artwork. From there we dove right into the project. It was awesome creative madness!
Their work using found pieces was really special. after putting together the stick sculptures, many of the students went on to paint and further alter their pieces. We are so thankful for the volunteers we had on site that night!
We later learned that while on a hike, the students of Wilderness Works were collecting sticks to make more sculptures. We love that this project made a lasting impression!


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As I dive back into the swing of things, it's nice to look back on my holiday time and appreciate how restorative it was. Restoration came in the form of quality time with dear friends, lots of wandering around random NYC neighborhoods, and nourishing food. One particular evening combined all three of these things. It involved a trip to Eat restaurant in Greenpoint with my friend Rose, a writer and photographer whom I first met when we were editorial assistants together in what seems like another lifetime. My friendship with Rose is very dear to me; we've always admired and taken care of each other, applauding each other's endeavors and encouraging each other to be our best selves. I always look forward to seeing her when I go home, and I can always count on her to suggest cool places to meet.
On this particular evening, she suggested Eat, a restaurant that features local, organic fare and unique serving pieces.
The food at Eat is sourced exclusively from small, local producers. Unlike some local and organic eateries, however, Eat prices its food reasonably; a filling vegetarian entrée is $14, and a cup of organic soup, served with bread, is $4. In addition to serving healthy, organic food, Eat's mission is to promote and preserve what the restaurant calls "a handmade life." All of its furniture, metal work and ceramics are made by the restaurant's seemingly tireless owner, Jordan Colón, and other regional artisans.
On the evening Rose and I visited, Eat was hosting a communal, donation based supper and also putting up some of its beautiful ceramic items for sale. I was really touched to see locals flocking in, enjoying the good food, and examining some of Jordan's craftwork. A plethora of freshly cooked dishes were perched on the counter, and patrons could help themselves:
Meanwhile, Eat's chefs were busy prepping more as the dishes ran low:
Highlights of the evenings offerings included roasted rutabaga and greens, which were so good my mouth is watering just recalling them:
A farro salad with (I think) fennel and leeks:
And sauteed kale with pumpkin seeds:
There was also house made kimchi with polenta (an odd combination, but really good), fresh bread, eggnog made with coconut milk (the restaurant is not vegan, but it was mighty vegan friendly) and my personal favorite, a farro dish with beets and carrots. I had multiple servings of all of the above, and savored every bite.
I also decided, a few days later, to imitate the beet, carrot, and farro dish. What resulted was really great, and I'm pleased to say it's one of the vegan dishes that my mom has raved about most. It's not hard to make, and it is absolutely beautiful to look at.
Farro Salad with Beets and Carrots (vegan, soy free)
Serves 4-6
3 medium beets, about 3″ in diameter, stems removed and cut into quarters
4 large carrots, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
1 small yellow or white onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups farro, soaked overnight if desired to reduce cooking time
3 1/2 ups vegetable broth
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp maple syrup
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
1. Bring a medium pot of water to boil, OR fill the bottom of a vegetable steamer with water according to steamer directions. Once water boils, either steam the beets and carrots by placing them in a strainer and covering it over the pot, or use the steamer insert and cover them. Steam for 15 minutes, or until you can easily pierce the beets with a fork. Remove vegetables from heat. Peel the beets by running them under cold water and slipping off the skin. Let all vegetables dry and cool.
2. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a medium pot. Add garlic and onions and sauté till the onions are translucent. Add the farro and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, covered but with the lid just slightly ajar, till farro is plump and all liquid is absorbed. This should take approximately 20-40 minutes, depending on whether you soaked the grain first.
3. Add the vegetables to the farro. Whisk the 2 remaining tbsp olive oil, the lemon, the mustard, and the syrup together. Pour over hot grains. Add a drizzle more olive oil or a squeeze of lemon if desired. Season to taste, and serve warm.
This dish is satisfying and soulful. The electric pink color makes it feel celebratory, too! I would serve it with a large salad and/or a hot cup of soup for a perfect winter meal.
Big thanks to Eat restaurant for bringing community together, for offering people food with so much generosity, for the cool art and the groovy music, and for inspiring this new, much beloved recipe.


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Full Throttle Pro Wrestling with Ethan Carter III (EC3) is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at The Kelsey Theater, 700 Park Ave., Lake Park in Palm Beach County.
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WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi and former WWE Superstar Tatanka will be at Paradise City Comic Con on Friday, Dec. 9-Sunday, Dec. 11 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhower Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 33316.
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Tickets $18, 25, 35, 50. Kids under-7 free.
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Coastal Championship Wrestling offers a free show at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 at the Opa Locka Hialeah Flea Market, 12705 NW 42nd Ave. in Miami-Dade County.
Winter Wonderslam features former WWE superstar Gangrel along with CCW favorites The Droogs, Jimmy Jannetty, Lost Soul Ricky Rush, The SoFlo Wrecking Crew, Chelsea Durden, The Red Dragon, So Shibata, and more.
Visit www.ccwevents.com.
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WWE returns to Miami for the holidays with a house show (no TV) on Friday, Dec. 30 at the AmericanAirlines Arena, home of the three-time NBA champion Miami Heat.
The card will feature SmackDown Live talent including John Cena.
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Platinum Pro Wrestling presents #SeasonsBeatings on Saturday, Jan. 7 at The Platinum Pro Arena at VFW Post 1966, 350 SW 25th St., Fort Lauderdale 33315.
Card features Sean Maluta, Rachael Ellering, Gangrel David Heath, Angel Rose, Braydon Knight, Kennadi Brink, Johnny Knockout, Martin Stone, Prodigy J-Dawg Brooks, C.J. O'Doyle, Romeo Quevedo, Dynamite DiDi and more.
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Ronin Pro Wrestling presents #Ronin13 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 at Broward College South Campus Gymnasium, 7200 Pines Blvd. in (South Florida) Pembroke Pines, 33024.
Main Event: Former NXT Superstar Martin Stone vs. Indie Standout Alex Chamberlain.
Fatal Four-way: Matthew Palmer, Edward Malken, Donovan Danhausen and Joey Ryan.
More matches TBA.
Doors open 6 p.m.
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New ICW champ Angel Rose will make her first title defense against former WWE superstar Gangrel on Friday, Jan. 20 at the Thunderplex, 1440 NW 82nd Ave., (Miami) Doral 33126.
Also, ICW PURE X CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP: FATAL FOUR WAY
Julian Kelevra (Champion) vs. Dude Hate vs. Ernest R. Alexander III vs. Nick Nero.
The System (Champions) vs. Movement 726.
And more.
Bell time is 8 p.m.
For tickets to the show, dubbed ICW Road 2 Ruins 2017, go to GetTickets.
Independent Championship Wrestling has been providing local pro wrestling entertainment in Greater Miami area for more than 14 years. ICW has been featured on local channels such as Univision and America TeVe.
For more information on ICW:
Visit ICW www.ICWMiami.com
Like ICW on Facebook @ Facebook.com/indycw
Subscribe to ICW's YouTube Channel @TheIndyCW
Follow ICW on Twitter @TheIndyCW
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WWE's NXT is Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Havert L. Fenn Center in (South Florida) Fort Pierce.
See some of the newer faces on the NXT roster as well as progressing talent who are continuing to build a hot NXT brand and working toward joining the ranks of the main roster in WWE.
There will be a pre-show meet-n-greet around ringside included in the price of admission. WWE NXT Superstars Aliyah, Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight participated in the November meet-n-greet at the Havert L. Fenn Center.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Bell time is 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: General Admission $10; Gold Circle (Ringside) $20.
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The second video and song is "Love Me Love Me," and interestingly enough, while "Really Really" dominated over "Fool" last time, both tracks this time seem to be on the same level. Both music videos have around the same views, and both are doing well on the charts. I think I like "Love Me Love Me" more than "Island," although I still really enjoy the latter. The vibe of "Love Me Love Me" is more chill than "Island," less tropical but definitely still groovy. The video is in the same gorgeous setting as "Island," but with more laidback, photo shoot style shots.
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PKG1341 Best of Mysore - Ooty - Kodaikkanal 5 Nights Rs. 24,756/- (Per Person)
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Package Day Description
Day 1: Arrival in Bangalore - Drive to Mysore (140 kms / approx. 3.5 hours)
Meet our representative upon arrival in Bangalore and drive towards Mysore and check-in at hotel. LaterVisit Chamundi Hill and the Brindavan Gardens- spread over 150 acres. Later, visit Mysore Palace - The interior of Mysore Palace is richly carved, intricate, colorful and architecturally thrilling. It is from this palace the erstwhile rulers, the Wodeyars, ruled the Mysore Kingdom. A Sound & Light show which narrates the palace's history with effects of illumination is a must-watch for palace. Overnight in Mysore.
Day 2: Drive from Mysore - Ooty (35 kms / approx. 1 hours)
After breakfast, drive to Ooty - also called 'Queen of hill stations', capital of Nilgiri district, used to be popular summer and weekend getaway for the Britishers during the colonial days. Lofty mountains, dense forest, sprawling grasslands and miles and miles of tea gardens made this place so popular in southern India. Upon arrival, check-in at the hotel for overnight stay.
Day 3: Sightseeing in Ooty
After breakfast, enjoy a tour to Dodabetta Peak for a spectacular view. Later, drive to Coonoor and visit Sims Park and 'Dolphin' Nose Point. In the afternoon, visit the Botanical Gardens and the popular Ooty Lake. Return to the hotel after sightseeing and have a comfortable overnight stay.
Day 4: Drive from Ooty - Kodaikanal (250 kms / approx. 7 hours)
After breakfast, drive towards Kodaikanal - Centered on a very pretty lake, Kodai rambles up and down hillsides with patches of shola forest, unique to the Western Ghats in South India, and evergreen broadleaf trees such as magnolia, mahogany, myrtle and rhododendron. Another plant specialty around here is the kurinji shrub, whose lilac-blue blossoms only appear every 12 years: next due date 2018. Check-in at the hotel upon arrival, for overnight stay.
Day 5: Sightseeing in Kodaikanal
After breakfast proceed for local tour of Kodaikanal covering - Bryant Park, Coaker's walk, Pillar Rock and Suicide point. In evening, visit Kodai Lake, the man-made star shaped lake, which spreads out over sixty acres. Evening return back to hotel and overnight stay at hotel.
Day 6: Drive from Kodaikanal - Madurai (115 kms / approx. 3 hours)
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Madurai airport for return flight back home. End of Services.
Choice of hotels and tour prices
Cost Includes
Cost per person on twin sharing basis
5 night accommodation in well-appointed rooms as mentioned below hotels or equivalent
Daily Breakfast
Private Car For Your Entire Tour Use As Mentioned In The Itinerary
All Driver Allowance, Toll, Permit and All Parking Charges
Sightseeing As Per The Itinerary
Cost Excludes
Any Air/Train Fares
Personal Expenses Like Telephone, Fax, Internet, Laundry
Entry Ticket, Permit Fees, Boat/Ferry Ticket, Camera Ticket At Various Places Of Sightseeing
Supplement for Guide service as per the itinerary & SOUND & LIGHT Program at Mysore Palace & Supplement for Entrance fee at Monuments as per the itinerary
Cancellation Policy
For cancellation made before 15 days of check-in date 25% retention on the package amount
For cancellation made between 15 - 7 days of check-in date 50% retention on the package amount
For cancellation made between 7 - 3 days of check-in date 75% retention on the package amount
For cancellation made within 3 days of check-in date 100% retention on the package amount
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Terms and Conditions
If the hotels mentioned in the itinerary are fully booked, under such unavoidable circumstances the passengers will be accommodated in similar hotels
No refunds for absences from a tour or for any missed sightseeing
This price is hiked by 20% during Dassera / Diwali / Christmas / New year Season Rates Applicable
Additional supplement will be charged for stay between 10th Nov to 02nd Dec 2016 & 15th Dec 2016 to 15th Jan 2017
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In the spirit of full disclosure, I should reveal that I haven't played a Samurai Warriors game since the days of the PS2. It wasn't because the titles were terrible. It was because of the franchise's representational focus on the various regions and clans of feudal-era Japan as a way to frame the gameplay was uninteresting to me. Apparently, other fans of the series felt the same way and Koei Tecmo listened.
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The visuals in Samurai Warrior 4-II look amazing on the PS4 and I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of detail that each of the characters sport. This period in Japanese history contained some very colorful characters as well as very ornate battle armor that not only provided a certain amount of body protection, but was also a reflection of the level of craftsmanship that the makers of the armor took pride in. I don't know if the armor is historically accurate, but it looks awesome and really helped to bring the characters to life.
While the many character models of the enemies that you will face are very repetitive, they are no less impressive. Even the environments that you will encounter such as army garrisons and portions of the Japanese countryside are exquisitely crafted. A lot of care was taken to polish and make sure that the game looked amazing at every turn.
The sound effects and the soundtrack in Samurai Warriors 4-II really stands out as one of the finer points of the game. The fidelity of the sounds of battle is immediately engrossing; I actually found myself stating out loud "Oh, $#!T" as literally hundreds of enemies were headed in my direction screaming their battle-cry at the top of their lungs.
The soundtrack as well provides music that fits the time period well while providing a sense of action and adventure and makes you feel like you are actually in the heat of battle. The voice over work is top-notch as well even though there is no English dub; all spoken lines are in Japanese with English subtitles. Koei Tecmo has had a lot of practice in creating sounds and music that perfectly compliments the Samurai Warrior games and it is very evident that this is the case with this game.
Samurai Warriors 4-II was a pleasant surprise to me in the fact that I wasn't expecting to have as much fun with this title as I did. I am a huge fan of the Japanese culture, this time period in particular, so I tried to soak up as much of this game as I could. While the game has no qualms about giving you what you want, at times it could be very overwhelming. During battle, many of the characters in the story speak dialogue right as you are in the heat of battle and will divulge information that could be helpful to you during the mission.
However, I found myself missing parts of the conversations because I was too busy trying to wipe out two-hundred foot soldiers that were charging in my direction all at the same time. Being that all of the spoken dialogue is in Japanese, and I don't speak Japanese, you have to take your eyes off of the action in order to read what is being said and when you do that, then of course you are going to get pummeled because you are not looking at the part of the screen where the action is taking place. This could have been easily avoided with an English dub or not have so much of this happening while you are in the thick of battle.
Japanese developers often choose feudal-era Japan as the backdrop of their games and for good reason. That time period was filled with interesting characters that make for interesting games. Samurai Warriors 4-II definitely benefits from being set in a time where your skill on the battle field was demonstrated face-to-face and not necessarily from thousands of yards away.
If you are a fan of the Samurai Warriors games and wanted a more character-focused entry in the series, then this is the title for you. It has all of the elements that Samurai Warriors fans love like hordes of enemies to defeat, strategy in determining the best ways to complete the missions and a custom character creation system while offering tons of weapon customization to keep you playing for hours. You can get the game now on the PS4, PS3, PS VITA and PC on Steam for $49.99 and for all that this game is packed with, that is not a bad price in the least.
Being a Samurai warrior never felt this good
+ Great gameplay
+ Not just a button masher
+ Characters are interesting
+ Strategy needed to beat the best the game has to offer
– Too much dialogue during battles
– No English voice-overs


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- What You Type Is What You Get format. The other approach is to use a programming language to create the document you are working on. This is a harder approach because you need a deeper knowledge on how to use computer possibilities. LaTeX is a very useful alternative in this format which is most helpful when dealing with equations in a regular basis.
- Creating the final document in the right format. Regardless on the format that you choose to create the document and make the modifications, you will be able to convert to another file formats. The most useful one by far is PDF (Portable Document Format), which can be read in most devices nowadays. In addition, it is quite useful because it does not allow further modifications.
- Dividing the work to be more effective. Because of the extension of a research paper, it is useful to work on tiny pieces of the text rather than the whole document. Whenever you have the chance of dividing the work in smaller pieces, you should highly consider doing so. In addition, the editing becomes much easier when you focus on a small section. One more important thing to consider is that it takes less computing time to process sections than the whole document; especially when you have a lot of figures, charts, etc.


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We welcome all parents and carers as partners and hope that by working together we can enhance the life, opportunities and education of our pupils.
Through the year we have lots of opportunities for parents and carers to come along to the school to talk to teachers and other staff. We run workshops on curriculum topics and new initiatives so parents and carers can find out more about the kinds of learning that takes place and better support their children.
We also hold Parents' Evenings in the Autumn and Spring terms to give the opportunity to discuss progress and next steps in more depth and a Celebration Afternoon in the Summer term to review the year. Parents and carers are encouraged to come along and explore their child's work with them and to talk through any particular concerns or interests with the class teachers.
If there are ever any questions then please do get in touch with us! The beginning of the day is often not the best time for class teachers to have a chat so if you do need to talk then please do mention it to the teacher and they'll be able to find time for you after school or arrange a time that suits everyone.
All our teachers also have school email addresses and are more than happy to respond that way too.
The Sheffield Parents' Survey
Sheffield City Council have launched The Sheffield Parents' Survey and are interested in your opinions about raising a family in Sheffield.
You can fill out the survey here:
The Sheffield Parents' Survey
The Parent Engagement team at Sheffield City council say...
"We want to give as many parents as possible the opportunity to express their views about the services that affect them and their families. The survey asks important questions about the area where you live, parenting & family life, health, childcare, safety, crime & antisocial behaviour and schools. Responses will help council and partner organisations (including schools) to plan, deliver and commission appropriate services in a more effective and efficient way."
The Sheffield Parents' Survey - More than just ticking a box!
Leading Parent Partnership Award (LLPA)
Dear Parents/Carers,
Governors and staff at our school are committed to strengthening home-school links. Since 2010 we have been working towards the Leading Parent Partnership Award (LPPA) which the school was awarded earlier this year.
It is a national award that recognises the work schools are doing with parents and carers and offers a framework to support schools in their work.
Using the LPPA criteria we are keen to improve communication between home and school and highlight the benefits of better relationships ~ such as improved pupil attendance, behaviour and increased involvement and support.
If you would like to find out more or become part of our working group, please contact Mrs.Waters.
Looking forward to your ideas!
Colette Waters


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Going to the dentist can be a stressful experience, as many of us know. Dr. Karim El Sobky is determined to change that. His goal is to make sure every patient's experience at his dental clinic is stress-free and pleasant. He pays close attention to the needs and concerns of every patient, and his individualized treatments have gained him high rates of patient satisfaction. From the moment you step into Dr. Karim El Sobky's clinic, you are struck by the calming, welcoming atmosphere, making you feel right at home and perfectly at ease.
Why did you choose dentistry?
When I was young, I went with a friend of mine to the dentist, and I would later continue to go there for 11 years. I was inspired by the man. I liked the atmosphere of the clinic, the way he treated patients and the whole idea of relieving pain, which is one of the most interesting things about this job – when you have someone coming in with pain or agony, and then you make it disappear; that's the magic of medicine.
What is your specialty?
I'm a general dentist, but my clinic is a polyclinic; we have many specialties like orthodontists, surgeons and periodontists. I believe in specialties, so I have only the best doctors working at my clinic. As for myself, I do general and cosmetic work. The rest of the work, like crowning and such, goes to the orthodontists.
What makes your clinic stand out from the rest?
The way we treat patients is very special. We are very punctual; waiting time is around five minutes at most. We also make sure they do not feel aggravated. Even the needle has a special technique, so that they do not feel pain when given an injection. It is extremely important to make patients feel comfortable by gaining their trust. Once they do, you become friends with them and manage to calm them down and ease off any anxiety. So, we make sure it is a pleasant experience.
How important is it to have a great smile?
People, nowadays, are very keen on having straight, white teeth. It is not just about being healthy anymore. People are not only educated about health, but also the cosmetic aspect. A lot of people now want to get the "Hollywood Smile." Everybody wants to have the perfect look, perhaps due to the technological advancement in this area. It has become a simple, computerized procedure that could transform the way you look. If you have crowding in your teeth, for example, and you did not get orthodontic treatment at a young age, but you do not want to put on braces, there are several options that are almost invisible. Nobody will ever notice that you are wearing them. Also, there are new cosmetic techniques that are much easier and more efficient than ever before. Having healthy teeth is good, but having a nice smile makes you look and feel better about yourself.
Can the condition of one's teeth have a psychological impact on oneself?
Definitely! It affects your personality, mood and self-confidence. With healthy, good-looking teeth, you can easily smile and feel better about yourself. On the other hand, imagine yourself with dark, crooked teeth; you wouldn't want to smile or even socialize.
What is the most common aspect of dental care that is overlooked by patients?
The condition of teeth is very important for the general health of patients. A lot of people are unaware that periodontal and gum problems can cause heart diseases from bacteria. Also, healthy chewing is essential for your digestive system. If you lose your teeth early on, you start to have digestive problems; you might develop a stomach ulcer and suffer from indigestion. It is not always about just how your teeth look on the outside. This is why we make sure the patients maintain good hygiene and come in regularly for checkups, because the sooner we catch the problem, the easier it is to provide a solution.
What treatment do you offer brides and grooms so they can get the perfect smile on their wedding day?
Most people preparing for their wedding come to get a cleanup and bleach their teeth. Also, for those who have any dental problems, I recommend they get it dealt with before their honeymoon because toothache is very common when you get on the plane and the pressure of the flight starts to trigger the pain of a root canal, for example.
Others, who want bright, nice teeth, ask for veneers and laminates, which are techniques that cover the outside of the tooth and are used only for deep discoloration that cannot be corrected with bleaching, and for minor crowding, as well. At first, it was sort of an aggressive approach, but now, it is only used for minimal reduction of teeth, or sometimes not at all. It is still not recommended for everybody. Some people have good-looking, straight teeth, and the only thing they need is bleaching, but they come in asking for veneers; I do not recommend such a thing for them. If you don't need it, do not get it. That's what makes us special as a clinic; gaining people's trust by giving them personalized recommendations that will ensure the health and beauty of their teeth. We do not recommend unnecessary or outdated procedures. We tell the patients what is best for them.
What is the best advice that you can give a patient to maintain healthy teeth?
I would say brushing regularly and flossing, which is very important. You don't have to floss all your teeth… only the ones you want to keep! Also, never underestimate the power of regular checkups. They can spare you a world of hurt.


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What is business model innovation?
There has been a growing interest in business model innovation (BMI). What exactly is BMI and how does one go about it?
Business model innovation is a new way the company creates and delivers value to a set of consumers and customers at a profit. For easier understanding, BMI has 3Vs and 4Cs.
The 3Vs refer to value creation (target market and value proposition), value capture (revenue model and cost) and value maneuvering (resources and processes, as well as value network), which all aim to attain superior economic value (profit and cash flow) for the firm.
Imagine a triangle with each of the 3Vs at each corner and their two elements mentioned above on each side. For the value proposition to reach its target market, the appropriate channel needs to be established. For the value proposition to reach sustainable revenue, customer bonding strategy is needed. A new configuration of process and resources may be needed to reduce cost, while complementors need to be identified in the value network to deliver the new value created.
Channel, customer bonding, configuration and complementors are the 4Cs in a business model.
BMI is needed by companies to attain a desired growth target beyond their existing offering level, beyond their operating system, beyond being limited to their core and adjacencies, and beyond resorting to mergers and acquisitions to meet target numbers.
Mansmith and Fielders, Inc. lists some situations when a BMI must be considered:
1. when the company's offering level is being commoditized;
2. when the company's revenue and market shares are falling;
3. when the company is introducing a new, major product or relaunching an existing product, especially if using new technology;
4. when there is an opportunity to reduce cost and/or increase revenue significantly;
5. when there are huge unserved and underserved markets;
6. when consumer needs are changing;
7. when competition is fast catching up; and
8. when a new disruptive competitor enters the industry
In Mansmith's 3Vs and 4Cs of business model innovation, firms must start to accept the need for new business assumptions to be different, not just better than current players. Then following the principle of selectivity, a series of experimentation can be done in each of the building blocks to come up with a business model that can create totally new combinations that will result in a superior way of providing customer bonding, which hopefully will lead to a superior financial result. This means firms must consider the following it may have overlooked and may have never done or tried before:
· a new market;
· a new value proposition that is relevant to the new target market;
· a new distribution channel;
· a new customer bonding strategy;
· a new revenue model;
· a new break-even point and duration;
· a new business process and metrics;
· a new cycle time and specifications;
· a new asset and a new set of competencies; and
· a new partner.
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Looking back at history, Xerox, then known as the Haloid Company, launched a new technology, the Xerox 914 in 1959 using a superior dry process instead of old wet chemicals. Unfortunately, the new machine cost $2,000 versus the prevailing $300 price tag then.
Xerox, instead of selling the machine to only a few companies, introduced the high-quality, high volume machine using the innovative lease method (value proposition) via direct sales (channel) to large private companies and government offices (target market). It offered parts and sales support (customer bonding), allowed companies to simply pay $95 a month and have as many copies as they want, with an extra charge of four cents a copy only if the output exceeded 2,000 copies a month (revenue model). The prevailing output at that time was only 15-20 copies a day.
Xerox invested in machines and maintenance (cost) but made a bigger profit from the supplies as a result of high usage. It patented its products (resources), and had to excel, among others, in service response time, machine usage monitoring and billing (process). While it developed everything internally (value network), it allowed plain papers made by others to fit the machine (complementors) and provided dry ink and parts at no extra cost (new configuration). Total sales of the Xerox 914, including rebuilt and upgrading reached a total of 600,000 units.
Josiah Go is chairman and chief marketing strategist of Mansmith and Fielders, Inc., the leading training company in marketing, sales, strategy and innovation. He will be speaking in the first-ever Business Model Innovation executive boot camp in the Philippines. For a free copy of Mansmith business model map, please e- mail firstname.lastname@example.com for details.
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Online Support Awarded Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner Status
Online Support is pleased to announce they are Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner. Only a small percentage of Microsoft partners currently hold this Partner Status.
By: Online Support
In order to gain the Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner status, partners have to go through a strict criteria process. They have to successfully demonstrate their Cloud expertise by taking sales and technical assessments. Partners also have to deliver Office 365 to more than 250 users and provide Microsoft evidence of their successful implementations.
Online Support was awarded Cloud Accelerate Partner status after successfully providing Office 365 to businesses and demonstrating a high level of Microsoft Cloud expertise. Their Office 365 customers include HKR Architects who have seen many benefits of moving to a Cloud solution.
With staff based in different locations HKR Architects needed a solution that could enable their employees to easily access shared folders, view shared calendars of employees in all locations and have an effective email system. With Office 365 business processes have been streamlined so that employees can now work more efficiently and effectively. Being a Cloud solution, Office 365 has also helped the business reduce IT costs.
Charlie Wetherall, Sales Director, Online Support, says, "We are delighted that we have become a Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner. Online Support holds many accreditations including Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Our Microsoft partner status's means we can continue providing our customers with high level of technical expertise and knowledge on Microsoft products."
For further information on Microsoft Cloud solutions offered by Online Support, please contact Online Support on 020 8232 1190 or visit www.onlinesupport.co.uk
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Happy Lists // four
I was reminiscing about our gorgeous and fun engagement photos way back in Oct 2012, oh my has a lot changed since
Life Happy
I was sick last week and my parents offered to take William for an
entire day
so I could have some quiet to rest and it was awesome // we set up the pack 'n play to let William play in and I'm not sure why we didn't do that before now // I bought the most amazing gel memory foam pillows at Costco ($9.99/two) and they are the most legit pillows ever // only two more weeks until we are homeowners // I joined
// having fun on
, you should join too! // attended my friend's
and made the desserts and snacks for it //
Food Happy
I'm getting
to hang in my pantry to hold onions and potatoes // vegan
? Yes please! //
for gorgeous abstract art macarons looks pretty and fun //
doesn't even look real //
spinach artichoke white cheese pizza
is my favorite kind of pizza // the best
you will find // this
looks legit // I really love caramelized onions lately //
, gimme! // I quite like Earth Balance's vegan white cheddar mac 'n cheese //
Internet Happy
previous to the Superbowl there was lots of talk about sex trafficking, but
not just during big events // you guys, this little girl
, according to her // I don't want to cause drama but this is
what happens to other children when you don't vaccinate your own
, viruses mutate people // loved
this post from Sometimes Sweet
about her life right now raising two little boys // I'm in love with
and I think I'm going to see if Seth will let me have a big splurge so I can get it // this
reminds me of Montana // local peeps, here are some
in Southeastern PA //