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My creations are the result of a free-flowing mind seeking to express my many ideas, observations and experiences of life, where an abundance of creative artistic energy stimulates and inspires.
Primarily, I work with sculptures for which a rough sketch serves as the starting point for my reflections on shapes, which are my first source of inspiration. In this process, focus is a crucial component in developing the sculpture which feels authentic and personal. My process involves an interplay between the spontaneous, intuitive touch and careful consideration and intent. I can be moved by a simple combination of structures and shapes, or the relationship between shapes and edges, or the interaction between the pattern and the scale. I think of it as letting things happen and thus the sculpture reveals something new to react to. Each step can change the entire sculpture and establish a new set of challenges. It takes practice and continued efforts to be present in this dialogue and not be carried away by the desire for a quick result or an easy solution. It requires trust in my own, intuitive feelings. It is the abstract elements – colours, shapes, lines and textures – which create the visual sensitivity. With the language of shape, I latch on to my emotions in order to arouse interest and inspire. Through this, I develop my own, intimate organic compositions based on a need to express myself and a deep desire to understand the compositions of shape. The shapes between create an immediate, visual harmony, and make it a special moment in the present.
Life inspires my art. Art is the instrument through which I express my deepest feelings. My art's ability to convey emotion in the viewer, that was what made me understand the importance art can have when the beholder connects with the communication expressed by an artist.
To be able to create, I feel, is a privilege. And so is having this unique opportunity to inspire deeper conversations and curiosity by using shapes to create a better understanding of art's significance and the value it holds in our lives.


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In photography, photographs are made in a brief moment, a split second where a particular event becomes unique, a moment that would otherewise have been invisible to us. Photographs can make the pastthe present and hold a unique meaning, they reflect our dreams and emotions. Visual images serve as an abstract representation of the personal and collective unconscious, photography is all things to all people.
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We are offering special Ramen Cooking Class in Tokyo, Japan. It's one day class, 2-3 hours. Ramen is usually offered in professional restaurant but not at home. But we have prepared easier recipe so that even beginners can cook ramen at home.
The example menu is as following.
- Miso Ramen with sautéed ground pork and simmered pork on top
- Gyoza (dumplings)
- One side dish ( ie. Crushed Cucumber marinated with soy- ginger)
- Rice
Please understand that we don't cook noodle from scratch. Instead, we just boil the noodle which is available at the supermarket.
The class is held near the Yotsuya Station which is midtown Tokyo.
The example of the Ramen class.
It is Ramen Class today!
Miso Ramen with sautéed ground pork and simmered pork on top
Crushed Cucumber marinated with soy- ginger
Matcha cake
Welcome to my kitchen, wonderful family from New Zealand and food lover Spanish man! They loved Miso Ramen. The class was a lot of fun and I laughed a lot during the class. Thank you everyone to make the class delightful!
I'm glad to hear that the family cooked Ramen after they got back to their home in New Zealand.
This is Miso Ramen we cooked at the class.
I prepare chicken soup and simmered pork hours ahead and we will finish wish season the soup, stair fly vegetables and sautéed ground pork and preparing ramen noodle together at the class. we made Gyoza in the class. everybody like to wrap the gyoza, and did very well!
Ramen Class report
Here is the Ramen class!
Today's students are from U.K and Australia.
The Ramen soup stock made by Chicken carcasses and Chicken wings,Pork Spearib and Green onion and yellow onion, Garlic and Ginger and Sake and Water. It takes full day to make the Ramen Soup stock so I start to prepare the day before the class.
Always yummy and taste naturally!
At the Ramen class, we make Gyoza(pork dumplings) and one more side dish. Making Gyoza with friends or family is always so much fun!
Looks so yummy !
It was an another fun class!
thank you so much for coming.
Ramen without Dashi broth, still yummy! /June 2017
At this class, one of the guest preferred not to use any seafood. I usually make Dashi stock and pork /chicken stock for making Ramen soup. As you may have heard, Dashi stock is the backbone for Japanese culinary but it uses smoked bonito fish flakes etc., thus not recommended if you do not like seafood. But don't worry, Ramen without Dashi turned out absolutely gorgeous with other seasonings.
In fact, there are many recipes of Ramen around Japan and the variety just keeps growing all the time. There are not a few bloggers in Japan who enjoy Ramen shop-hopping and report on each Ramen they tasted.
Talking about blogs, another guest lady was a food blogger and her page was full of yummy photos. It was a pity I cannot read Spanish or Italian, the language she is writing, but all the photos are really mouth-watering.
Her lovely daughter was also joining my cooking class. As a youngest participant, she was naturally appointed to hand-mixing of sticky Gyoza fillings, the most tiring part of Gyoza making but she has completed her mission very well.
The whole family were such foodies that the father, a very skilled vegetable chopper, explained to me some interesting stories about Italian Ravioli making. It was a fun class with lots of food information exchange!
I hope they enjoyed their time at my kitchen. Many thanks for coming,
Seafood Ramen class!
Back to school, back to work and back to cooking class in September!
My guest was a music performer at literally the most famous and popular theme park in Tokyo. It was her last days when she visited us and she chose to cook Ramen with seafood and vegetables.
It was a private class so she prepared almost everything by herself but all turned out really yummy! I was happy she liked our smoked bonito. She dercribes the taste similar to Bacon. Yes, the smoky flavor and Umami from red meat!
Many thanks for coming & best of luck in LA!
The places we shared at the class….
When there are more than two groups in a class, we often share the trip information. I often realize that there are many aspect of Tokyo even Japan, like food, hot springs and amusements but I haven't know a lot of things. Now I learn a lot from my gests. I appreciate that very much!
This is a nice sushi restaurant. The price is super, but believe it worth.
Kyu bei
sushi shou in yotsuya Alain Ducasse's favarite, pricy too
This is not that so expensive but really nice sushi. There is a brunch in tsukiji outside of the market. "Sushi-sei"
This is Okinawa shop in Ginza. The shop might have sea grapes.
This is a website for taco rice in Tokyo written in Japanese but pics are nice.
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Photo by Erin Nelson.
Lake Graham, a seventh-grade science teacher at Liberty Park Middle School, and Mitch Cleveland, the eighth-grade special education instructor, mark items on survey data as members of the 1 Park Leadership Team analyze data from last year and prepare to draft new goals and expectations for the 2019-20 school year July 10.
Vestavia Hills City Schools Director of Public Relations Whit McGhee said he's heard the first day of school is like "Christmas morning" for teachers and school leaders who work tirelessly over the summer to get to day one. The excitement, he said, is "palpable."
"This is what they have been building toward," McGhee said.
While no students roam the halls at Vestavia Hills City Schools until Aug. 8, there is still plenty to be done from the end of one school year to the next in order to welcome new and returning students in the fall.
While teachers are not required to be at school over the summer, many spend time preparing their classrooms as well as taking part in professional development, the nature of which has changed over the last several years.
The school district offers its own professional development, VHCS Superintendent Todd Freeman said, but teachers are also given the option to do "design-it-yourself" professional development, submitting their requests to the central office. None of the development is mandatory.
"Summer is a really grand time to affirm that teaching is a calling," Freeman said.
The DIY approach to professional development not only allows teachers to construct what they want to learn and study, but to do so as a group. Brooke Brown, director of curriculum and instruction, said a group of fourth-grade teachers wanted to improve their ability to teach Alabama history, so they reached out to teachers at other local schools and designed a group to grow in that area.
Tonya Rozell, principal of Liberty Park Middle School, said just because the school year ends doesn't mean teachers no longer dedicate time to continuing education. A "majority" of LPMS faculty is engaged in some form of professional development over the summer, she said.
Lisa Williams, a teacher and cheer coach at LPMS, said she's spent time organizing her room, doing some self-study and getting organized for the first few months of school.
"It's nice to be able to take a step back … [and] plan from a distance," Williams said.
Tyler Burgess, principal of Vestavia Hills High School, said with all of the maintenance work that goes on at schools over the summer, professional development also has to work in conjunction with the cleaning schedule, with those participating only able to access certain parts of the building.
Photo by Erin Nelson.
Tonya Rozell, principal at Liberty Park Middle, leads the 1 Park Leadership Team as they analyze survey data from last year and prepare to new draft goals and expectations for the 2019-20 school year.
Maintenance takes center stage over the summer, as custodians and other building staff work hard to clean the school and prepare it for another year.
In May, Rozell said school leaders work to develop a list of facility needs and upgrades, with work beginning as soon as students leave for the summer. Floors are redone and are rewaxed, which necessitates the moving of furniture all over the school. Air filters are replaced, which, at LPMS, takes three days because of how many filters are at the school, including some that aren't at ground level, Rozell said.
The school also receives a "facelift" from pressure washing, Rozell said. Safety inspections are performed, making sure the school is up to date and meeting code on things like fire alarms and lighting, Rozell said.
Burgess said workers at the high school maintain the school's air conditioning, which has to run all year. The staff also has to coordinate cleaning and maintenance work with construction projects, like when a wheelchair ramp was built on the visitor-side bleachers at the football stadium earlier this summer.
At the high school, maintenance work also has to be done in conjunction with community events often held in the building, such as I Love America Night on June 27, which was held at VHHS this year due to the ongoing construction at Wald Park.
While much of the hiring is done early in the summer, in order to allow new hires to get comfortable in their new school, there's still training that occurs over the few months before students come back.
Four days of new teacher training are held in July, with a half-day of mentor training, Brown said. Mentors help train and encourage new teachers, she said.
Freeman said work is also done over the summer to make sure teachers who must renew their certification do so before the deadline on July 30.
Burgess said at the high school, administrators meet together to discuss duties and goals for the upcoming school year. This summer, the staff welcomed Amy Banaszek, who replaces Charles Bruce as an assistant principal, after Bruce retired at the end of last school year.
Photo by Erin Nelson.
Tonya Rozell, principal at Liberty Park Middle, leads the 1 Park Leadership Team as they analyze survey data from last year and prepare to new draft goals and expectations for the 2019-20 school year.
Rozell said she meets with teachers to discuss curriculum, state mandates and scheduling over the summer. The staff also makes sure they have enough resources to take care of and educate each student with special needs.
In July, new student enrollment also picks up, Rozell said. Burgess said this summer, the staff at VHHS has registered four to five new students per week.
Scheduling at the high school is a "beast," Burgess said, as there are so many courses available for students. Administrators and support staff help build those courses to allow students to take what they want while ensuring they're on the right track to graduate, he said. Burgess said those creating the schedules must make sure teachers are teaching in their certified subject areas.
The staff that works on that at the high school is small, made up of administrators and support staff, he said.
"We all get to know each other pretty well," Burgess said.
Vestavia Hills Elementary East Principal Mark Richardson said the atmosphere over the summer is more akin to a typical office job than it is during the school year, but there's still plenty of work to be done.
With all of the moves taking place across the district this summer, Richardson said it's been a little more "crazy" this summer.
Nineteen teachers have made internal moves within East, while 15 teachers have moved from East to the new campus at Dolly Ridge. Ten teachers have moved to East from Vestavia Hills Elementary Central, which closed its doors in May.
At the central office, Brown said she spends time over the summer meeting with school leaders to get information about what curriculum and materials need to be ordered. Textbook committees work throughout the year to determine which textbooks are needed. Brown spends time talking to publishers and representatives to get quotes and order materials.
Freeman works with CSFO Courtney Brown to develop a budget, meeting state deadlines and bringing it to the board in August. That's complicated by the fact that school budgets stretch over two fiscal years, meaning Freeman and other administrators must not only create a budget based on present needs and resources, but on anticipated costs and resources in the future, McGhee said.
The central office also works to enact policies and procedures necessitated by any legislative changes, such as the Literacy Act passed this year. The act requires third-grade students to have a certain mastery level in reading. In order to follow the new law, administrators had to determine what needed to change at elementary schools to implement the measure, Freeman said.
On day one, when new and returning students once again fill the halls of the city's schools, there's a way, Freeman said, to determine whether or not the summer was a success.
If there is, as Freeman said, a "level of calm," a feeling of having been there for several weeks already, at the schools, then it helps school leaders to know that all of their hard work leading up to the first day of school was successful.
"I typically can judge a summer's success by getting into a school on the first day," Freeman said.


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Results of a Survey of Academic Hospitalist Researchers
1Ralph H. Johnson VAMC, Charleston, SC
2South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX
3Colorado University School of Medicine, Denver, CO
4University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Meeting: Hospital Medicine 2012, April 1-4, San Diego, Calif.
Abstract number: 97663
Hospital Medicine (HM) has become one of the fastest growing U.S. medical specialties, and many academic medical centers have developed HM programs. Concerns have been raised regarding the challenges that face HM researchers, particularly a lack of adequate mentoring and institutional support for academic pursuits. Little is known about the strengths and weaknesses of hospitalist researchers or the threats and opportunities confronting them. In order to better plan advocacy efforts and educational programming for SHM constituents, members of the SHM Research Committee conducted a webbased survey of SHMaffiliated researchers.
We developed and distributed a 16item webbased questionnaire to 130 members of the SHM Academic Committee and to 316 individuals previously participating in the research portion of the SHM RIV competition. Survey data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools.
Overall, 60 individuals (13%) responded to the survey indicating their research activities over the past 3 years. Eightyone percent of respondents had given oral or abstract presentations at an SHM Annual Meeting. Respondents most frequently reported projects in the areas of quality improvement (QI) (32.7%), health services (22.9%), and education research (16.3%), and many conducted more than one type of research. Only 36.2% reported completing fellowship training in research methods. However, 57.6% reported receiving extramural funding for research, QI, or educational initiatives. Private foundations were the most frequently cited funding source (33%), with 25.4% and 20.6% reporting NIH and AHRQ funding, respectively. Several respondents reported success in acquiring intramural funding from departmental funds (37.9%), hospitals or health systems (31.8%), or local clinical and translational research institutes (CTSA) (13.6%). Lack of suitable mentors (31.3%), available funding (29%), and institutional support for earlycareer investigators (26%) were most frequently listed as key challenges facing hospital medicine researchers.
These survey results offer several insights into the current status hospital medicine research. Among SHM members responding to this webbased survey, over half of respondents had received extramural funding. Private foundations were a strong source of successful funding acquisition, and many respondents took advantage of available intramural resources for research and QI projects. Nevertheless, this survey is congruent with prior research suggesting limitations in appropriate hospitalist mentoring. Lack of suitable mentors was felt to be a challenge by a significant proportion of respondents, and only 4 individuals reported serving as a mentor for extramurally funded research projects. Limitations of our survey include a small sample size, poor response rate, and potential sampling bias.
To cite this abstract:Meltzer D, Wald H, Leykum L, Axon R. Results of a Survey of Academic Hospitalist Researchers. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2012, April 1-4, San Diego, Calif. Abstract 97663. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2012; 7 (suppl 2). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/results-of-a-survey-of-academic-hospitalist-researchers/. Accessed March 28, 2020.
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Happy birthday to the fabulous Sienna Miller! The British-American actress and model turns 33 today. Best known for her roles in Layer Cake, Factory Girl, and The Edge of Love, Sienna was nominated for Best Actress at the BAFTAs and Golden Globes for her role in the 2012 TV film The Girl. This month, you catch her in the biographical action-drama American Sniper, opposite Bradley Cooper.
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Welcome to the Gifted and Talented section our school's website.
Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator
Mrs. Zoe Buss, supported by all staff.
The term 'gifted' refers to a child who has well developed learning skills and has a broad range of achievement at a high level.
The term 'talented' refers to a child who excels in one or more specific fields i.e. sport or music, but does not necessarily perform at a high level across all areas of learning.
At Silverdale Primary Academy we aim to provide a curriculum that is appropriate to the needs and abilities of all our children and provide opportunities for our children to compete and experience a variety of different stimuli (sporting events, science days with children from other schools etc.) We plan our teaching and learning in such a way that we enable each child to achieve the highest level of personal achievement.
Identification is not an exact science. It is an ongoing process based on a mixture of 'hard' data (assessments and tests) and 'softer' evidence (teacher input based on contributions in class, parent and peer nominations).
Our Gifted and Talented register is updated termly; identification enables our staff to meet the learning needs of your child- helping to improve attainment, motivation and self- esteem. Children are identified in areas across the curriculum- from Literacy through to swimming! If you feel that your child is gifted or talented in any area please help us to identify them by contacting the class teacher or Mrs Buss.
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Confidence intervals for the population mean
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The owner of Britten's Egg Farm wants to estimate the mean number of eggs laid per chicken. A sample of 18 chickens shows they laid an average of 25 eggs per month with a standard deviation of 7 eggs per month.
(a-1) What is the value of the population mean?
It is unknown.
(a-2) What is the best estimate of this value?
Best estimate
(c) For a 95% confidence interval, what is the value of t? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
Value of t
(d) Determine the 95% confidence interval for the population mean. is (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Confidence interval to
(e-1) Would it be reasonable to conclude that the population mean is 19 eggs?
(e-2) What about 22 eggs?
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(a-1) What is the value of the population mean?
Answer: it is unknow as the value is not given in the question.
(a-2) What is the best estimate of this value?
Answer: Best estimate is the sample mean which is 25.
(c) ...
Solution Summary
The expert examines confidence intervals for a population mean.


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The fine tuning begins
In the meantime, we have completed all wood, drywall and metal construction work . While our electricians are installing the last wires, the first play areas are already being prepared.
In addition, the entire location is being cleaned and tidied up step by step.
Update on Donations for February
Work in progress
We are still working with highest priority on everything we need for the reopening. Here are a few impressions from the construction site:
Update on donations and status of works and tasks
How much money has already been donated? And how are things going on the construction site?
Two questions that we would like to answer with the following two grapics.
We are making good progress with the construction work, but when it comes to donations we still need your support!
Many thanks to all donors and helpers!
Current donation status
Status of work and tasks
Back on the construction site
Construction works have started in our rooms. We are refitting the gallery, installing additional sanitary facilities and improving the lighting to make "your playroom" an even more safe and comfortable place! A reopening date has not yet been scheduled but please stay tuned.
Appeal for donations
Dear friends of Quälgeist Berlin e.V.,
For more than one year, our new rooms at Lankwitzer Straße remain closed now. In the past twelve months, we fought to save the club and the location.
After numerous discussions, negotiations, applications and expert opinions, we are now on the verge of preparing our rooms for the upcoming reopening.
Therefore we need your support in form of donations!
Why do we ask for donations?
Due to the closure of our venue, there has been no income from our regular events for more than a year. Nevertheless, monthly costs have incurred, for example the rent for our rooms. The monthly membership fees are not sufficient to cover these costs. In addition, we had to pay various surveyors and administrative fees in the course of the approval process. As a result, our reserves are now depleted completely.
Before a reopening can be scheduled, some parts of our location have to be upgraded in order to meet the official requirements. arious small and medium-sized modifications have to be carried out, which will be a major financial challenge to us.
How much money is needed and what is it used for?
The collected money will be used exclusively for the upcoming construction measures. An exact sum cannot be stated yet. However, according to present knowledge we assume a total amount between 25.000€ and 30.000€.
The following excerpt from our construction planning can serve as examples:
- various drywall construction and painting work, application of fire-retardant paint
- Extension of the electrical system, emergency lighting and escape route markings
- Extension of the sanitary area, completion of the toilet for the disabled
- Exchanging the entrance door
- Completion of the gallery construction and the smoker's loung
How can you support us?
First and foremost we need monetary donations. You can pay directly into our account at Berliner Volksbank or you can send us a donation conveniently via PayPal.
Our account details are as follows:
Berliner Volksbank
Reference: Donation
The following link will take you to the PayPal donation page:
http://paypal.quaelgeist.org .
Please indicate the intended purpose "donation".
ou may also support us with donations in kind:
Do you have BDSM equipment or fetish gear that you don't need anymore? Leave it to us for our regular BDSM and fetish flea markets. Your donation in kind will be sold and converted into money for the construction work. Please contact us by e-mail to coordinate the details, write to email@example.com .
We ask you to continue to support us in this way so that we can meet the upcoming challenges and tasks until the reopening.
Thank you for standing with us in this difficult situation. Thank you for your donation. Thank you for your solidarity along this path!
Best regards
Board and members of the Quälgeist Berlin e.V.
About us
Quälgeist Berlin e.V. is a non-commercial association of BDSM and fetish enthusiasts. During the last
30 years, it has become an important part in the Berlin gay and fetish scene.
We regularly organize events, which are mainly addressed to gay men. Besides that, we have
various events for mixed and queer audiences as well as for women and FLIT* in our program. We
also organise workshops on various BDSM topics and offer meetups with the opportunity to get
together in sheltered rooms.
Security and mutual respect have highest priority at all Quälgeist Berlin e.V. events.
We advise on all questions related to BDSM and fetishes, safety as well as health and violence
Any news yet? – Information for Folsom
Dear guests and friends of Quälgeist Berlin e.V.,
in September many of you are coming from all over Germany – and indeed from all over the world – to Berlin where we celebrate Folsom Europe together with the fetish and BDSM community. For many of you a visit at our place is a fixture of the Folsom agenda.
Unfortunately this year we're not yet able to open our doors for you.
As some of you probably know, we have been closed for ten months now due to missing permissions, and this will remain to be the case for the coming weeks as well. Even though we have – with the help of local politicians and numerous supporters – finally managed to get a permit for our current location, we still can't reopen, because we have to deal with a lot more building and administrative steps. It is therefore very difficult for us to announce a concrete opening date, not least because the past few months have shown us that each of these steps is considerably more time-consuming than any of us had expected.
But at the Folsom Street Festival we are still there for you. We will again be present with our big club stand, where you can meet us for talks, advice, just to say hello and even for some BDSM performances. This year you will find our booth (no. 34) at Fuggerstraße 27. We are looking forward to seeing you!
At our stand at the street festival we will also advertise on our own behalf. The further construction measures in our rooms as well as obtaining the necessary official and/or expert appraisals cause considerable costs. The membership fees of our club members will not suffice to financially support us all the way through to the reopening. Therefore we ask for your solidarity, not least in the form of donations. For this purpose we have set up an information page on our homepage, which you can find here: >Donations and Support
Together with your support we will continue to do our utmost in order to reopen "Your Playroom".
Your Team at Quälgeist Berlin e.V.
On air – pain and lust
On April 14, Quälgeist members Felix and Alex had the opportunity to chat with radioeins presenter Anja Caspary about BDSM, fetish and the Quälgeist Berlin e.V. Anja asked many exciting questions about different aspects of SM and fetish, which we were happy to answer.
You can listen to the interview under the following link. (Playing time approx. 14 minutes)
Radioday Schmerz – Interview mit Felix und Alex vom Quälgeist Berlin e.V.
Quälgeist remains closed
Since 16th of October 2018, there haven't been any events at Quälgeist. Despite all efforts to find a solution, there is still no breakthrough: We focused on discussions and meetings with members of the city politics and municipal authorities during the past weeks. There are further meetings planned for the next days.
Our main problem is still the development plan for the area where we are located, at Lankwitzer Straße 42/43. The Quälgeist is classified as a so called "place of entertainment" by the district authority of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. According to the development plan, such establishments can not be operated in this area.
In order to avert us falling in the prohibited category, we also consider and check whether we can restructure our location into a clubhouse. Any events would be for members only but this approach seems not to be promising at the moment.
According to press reports, the district authorities focus on other locations that are part of the queer scene as well. For example: There has been raid at the sex club "Ajpnia" that is also located at the district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Like they argued at Quälgeist and Böse Buben, that fire protection has to be handled strictly since the devastating fire in a gay sauna in 2017.
Please rest assured, that all persons responsible at Quälgeist pay particular attention on the safety of our guests. By the time we opened our new rooms in spring, we took the necessary precautions, which were explicit acclaimed during an official on-site inspection in April 2018. If there is a chance to open again, we will, of course, do what is necessary to comply with official requirements concerning fire safety to ensure your safety at Quälgeist.
We are looking for a way for the survival of Quälgeist Berlin e.V. with all our strength since October now. Many thanks to all persons involved, who give up their free time to prepare and conduct meetings, reorganise our planning or create construction drawings.
We are aware that we will not be able to endure this situation for an unlimited time. We still have to pay rent and incidental costs. This amount can not be borne by the membership fees. With every month without the event income, our account balance is decreasing. Therefore we are trying to take a definitive decision regarding our future at Lankwitzer Straße as soon as practicable.
Please keep in touch for updates on the further development of the current situation.
Press reports on this topic:
The views expressed in the linked articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of Quälgeist Berlin e.V.
> Queere Sexclubs bedroht: Wie geht es weiter? (siegessaeule.de, 01.01.2019)
> Der Angriff auf Berlins queere Sexorte (siegessaeule.de, 03.12.2018)
> Razzia in schwulem Sexclub (siegessaeule.de, 16.11.2018)
> Vendetta gegen Sexclubs? (blu.fm, 11.11.2018)
> "Quälgeist Berlin" kämpft um seine Existenz (siegessaeule.de, 30.10.2018)


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|Date of Birth:
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|52 years old
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This will be my first Christmas with a grandchild. She's gonna get whatever she wants! pic.twitter.com/5kccFHNNQe
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Getting Old?
Morning Guys,
Does it really get harder to progress with age or is that just an excuse?
Truth be told, it's a bit of both excuse and change but all you have to do is learn from those changes and adapt accordingly.
While getting old comes there are changes in your bodies overall homeostasis which does mean some things need to be rethought, but there is no need to let yourself fall to pieces and pile on the pounds. If you were active as a youngster then there is no reason not to stay active well in to your golden years (look at farmers), in fact staying active could actually help you maintain a better quality of life overall.
As you age training might take a different avenue due to your physical capabilities/limitations but you can still train.
Here is what we suggest to keep in mind when training NOW so that when you get look back in a few years you won't be saying "I wish I had done more of X".".
Mobility Work – It takes 5-10 min at the start of your workout, you can even do a mobility routine each to day help keep your body in tip top condition. Look up Ido Portal for all your mobility needs.
Strength Work – A staple of any workout program that should always be there. This helps increase your bone density and will also make you slightly more robust, which can help turn a slip trip or fall in to a hilarious you tube clip instead of a broken hip.
CV Work – The benefits of CV training have been well documented over the years so there is no need to delve in to them today, but keeping your heart strong will undoubtably mean you can still run and catch that bus and enjoy the benefit of a bus pass to it's full potential.
You will notice that these three things are the basis of any decent gym program, they will become more diverse as you train specifically for different things but the basic skeleton will always consist of these elements.
No Stretching?
Provided you're doing adequate mobility and keeping your muscles balanced in your training there is little need to stretch (unless you have problem areas).
Getting older is not a valid reason for becoming lazy.
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2019 State of the Republic Address
"As leaders of a small island nation, we will always be faced with unique island issues of vulnerability, such as lack of resources, distance from markets, high energy costs, and limited capacity. This is the reality of our situation and our planning process must take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself in order for us to remain on a sustainable growth path and achieve our development goals for the benefit of our people.
One of the primary sources of creative and innovative financing of development comes from Public Private Partnerships. Only through entering into such partnerships will we be able to finance investments in our major infrastructure such as airports, energy, seaports, and other basic infrastructure that define a modern society. We must not look at these opportunities as unsolicited intrusions by outside entities. Rather, we must see them for what they are. Partnerships, where both parties benefit from their long-term relationship. If we have the opportunity to build and operate a state of the art modern airport terminal or seaport through such a partnership, we must take advantage of the opportunity through world standard criteria. If we have the opportunity to replace high cost diesel fuel power generation with low cost solar power generation through such a partnership, we cannot reject the concept simply because there is a partner involved.
My fellow Palauans, these opportunities do not come around every day. We cannot reject them out of hand because we are not familiar with how they work. We need to learn how they work, seek outside expertise, where necessary, and make the right decision based upon the facts. The final criteria is: will our people and our economy be better off with or without this project. If an objective analysis indicates that the answer is yes, then our leadership must proceed accordingly.
Making use of many of these available partnerships, we have made great progress over the past decade. We recently finalized our Compact Agreement with the United States. We have greatly improved our primary and secondary roads. We are moving towards implementation of renewable energy that will lower power rates. Our tourism is poised for growth with a focus on quality rather than quantity. And our construction industry continues to expand to meet our development challenges. But while we applaud our success, we must remember that it is not all about the money. For example, with our new housing program, we now have the money. But in many instances, we don't have the building sites, the roads, the electricity, the water or the sewer. Before we can find success, we must lay the proper foundation to achieve the results that we want. We must therefore work together creatively to lay these foundations.
Our leadership must recognize that, for the most part, we actually find ourselves in agreement 90 percent of the time. Unfortunately, it seems that we get bogged down with the remaining 10 percent on which we have differing views. Let us commit ourselves to focus on those matters upon which we find agreement and leave the 10 percent for later discussion. And when we get to the 10 percent, let us seek to find common ground upon which we can begin to build a consensus. If we take this approach, I believe that we will move our national agenda forward at a much more rapid pace for the benefit of all of our people.
In working together to build a stronger nation, we must always remember just who we are building this nation for – the People and our future generations.
I commit myself to working with all of Palau's leadership to help provide all the information needed so that the best decision can be made. "
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Oh, 2 Peter is good stuff! I love 2 Peter. It is so direct. As TBG stated, we are a very "me centric" society - in and out of the church. 2 Peter reminds us where that attitude can lead. And it's very easy to begin to slide in that direction as there are always folk who will encourage you in your slide! But it describes this corrupt desire of the flesh as being like unreasoning animals. We are better than that with God's help.
I believe the false prophets can sneak up on you as a Christian if you are only listening and semi-worshipping your pastor. But if you keep your focus in the word, I think you'll recognize it. I once belonged to a wonderful church. I learned so much there and the pastor was truly annointed by God. But as the church grew and expanded things started to change. And it didn't sit well with my spirit. Eventually, I left that church, and it has since "fallen from glory". I often think back to how much I grew spiritually when the pastor was allowing himself to be used by God.
These days you can go to church and rarely open the Bible. It's projected on a screen for you. Or it's printed out on a handout for you to take notes. Those are good things. But, I like to pull out my notes later when I'm home and read for myself exactly what the Bible says. I expect it to line up. And it usually does. But, I think we get to know our Bible better by thumbing through and looking up verses and such.
Lastly, we are reminded of the last days, and not to be swayed by people planting seeds about why it's taking so long! Our time is not like God's time. And we don't need to be worried about that. We do need to be mindful and stay prepared. We all want God to be pleased with our efforts.
Again, good stuff. I feel encouraged
S...11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness 14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless 15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation
O... *We are always in a rush, especially in our culture. But God is not bound by time. He has a perfect plan and we cannot force His timing.
*Who ought I to be? He will come when we least expect it, so we should be ready, busy about the Father's business...not our own.
*Because of what we know, we have much to look forward to....but be sure to be diligent about doing what He has asked.
*Longsuffering IS salvation...we may think it is is slackness, but God has purpose in His timing and has reason for waiting.
*You know the truth, so be in the Word so as not to be led astray by error of the wicked.
A...1. Be in the Word! You can't know truth if you don't spend time reading it.
2. What will I be doing when Jesus returns?I want to make sure I am busy doing His work.
3. God has gven me discernment...be in the Word so that gift can be used to discern truth.
P...God, You are coming again and I don't want to be found walking in the flesh when you arrive. You've given me all I need to walk with You...help me to put it into action continually.
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When you seek the truth and know the truth in your heart, you won't be lead by false teachers. I've always taken notice what doesn't sit well with me and want does, although I might not always act on it. Something to be alert to for sure. As TGB and sweetlight touches on, it's so true that when I'm not in the word and praying, I definitely notice a difference in my day to day.
Yes, I have noticed that with the government during more for less and having to deal with the challenging at work on a daily basis, when I have my scripture studying prior to work, it makes a significant difference. Sometime, I will study at night but i really need it in the morning. It makes a significant difference in my day. Amen!
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Last time, we gave a brief primer about proxy servers. This time, let's discuss best practices for maintaining one of the most critical rooms in your office, your server room (or closet). If you don't consider your server room critically important to the survival of your business, you should. Remember, the majority of companies that lose their data go out of business, and an overheated server is a sure way for that to happen.
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Email is (and has been) a prime method of communication for businesses of all sizes. With email comes a whole slew of issues that are essentially synonymous with the technology; spam, information overload, phishing, and information privacy. Even Maryland small businesses that only do business locally are at risk of these issues. Personal email accounts are equally at risk. Employing proper precautions and practices whenever communicating via email is very important to prevent the risk of security compromises, monetary loss, and even legality issues.
Sometimes when your workstation feels bogged down, a relatively cheap and simply hardware update can make a huge difference in performance. Adding more RAM (Random Access Memory, often just referred to as memory) can be a game changer for your bogged down PC.
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Microsoft's booth at CES was a mishmash of Surface units, interactive exhibits, and video games. It was also the place you could put your hands on Game Room, the upcoming addition to Xbox Live that allows you to buy classic arcade games for your own virtual space. You're able to play the games, compare high scores with friends, and even invite other avatars over to play with you. For entertainment, in this case, Microsoft is looking backward.
Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg compared Game Room to listening to classic music on the original vinyl. Xbox Live Arcade games are often remixed, upgraded, and switched around. The feel is different, and the music will often be redone. The classic video games that will be sold via Game Room on the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live will be the original code, with absolutely no changes. "The code still thinks it's in the arcade machine," a rep at the booth told me as I pushed the pixels around the screen. "This makes achievements interesting to prepare for, but we're not allowed to touch the code." There is also a staggered pricing structure for the games themselves, giving you a few ways to interact with the properties.
"It's a crawl-walk-run system," Greenberg said. You can hit up a friend's game room and give the game a single play for free. After that, you can play a single time for 40 Microsoft points, or fifty cents, twice as much as the old arcade days. $3 buys the game permanently for your own game room on your PC or your 360, and $5 buys the game for both your PC and Xbox 360. Using Games for Windows Live, you'll also be able to make the trek to your friend's game room on their system through your PC. Cross-platform play is not only possible, it's encouraged.
Playing with Game Room on the floor was an interesting experience. You're given a large space as a free download, but filling it up with arcade machines—complete with the original artwork, of course—is where you'll be spending your money. You'll also see decorations or accessories that you can download, and it's a sure bet that many of these items will be offered on a for-pay basis as well. When you decide to play a game, the screen is changed to the game, although it's shown windowed, with your arcade darkened around the edges. Your gaming selections will also prompt the system to introduce you to other games being offered; the recommendation system may be able to point you towards classic games you haven't played before.
A banner above each machine is color-coded: a red banner means a player on your friends list has beaten your high score. A green banner means you're still the top dog. The competitive gamers out there are going to spend a lot of time looking above their machines to make sure they're still the masters of their own space.
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Do gamers have an appetite for classic games? Microsoft is promising 1,000 classic arcade titles in the next three years, and selling these titles in branded arcade areas at $3 to $5 a pop is a much better business model than packaging them together on discs and selling a collection for a flat price. Like it or not, we're stuck with a la carte pricing for our classic gaming needs for now on.
Microsoft, thus far, hasn't been interested in a broad platform of virtual spaces linked together; it's clear Home doesn't have much to worry about in terms of direct competition. Instead, the company is much more interested in focused, self-contained experience for your Avatars, such as 1 vs. 100 and now Game Room. Publishers must be eager to re-monetize their classic properties. Do consumers want to go back to the days of arcades, albeit virtually? After spending some time in the virtual world, chasing the high scores, I have to say... a part of me is going to miss the cigarette smoke.