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The mainly unperforated, massive building form contains a multistory foyer, which is punctuated with generous glass façades, creating a dialogue between the interior and exterior. © Brigida GonzálezThis presents an ambivalence between inside and out, intentionally erasing the threshold. At the same time, the lively structured, hand-laid surface lends the building a very human scale. he finely scaled wood interior of local oak with its warm color presents a deliberate haptic and visual contrast. This natural material shines with its multifaceted applications as veneer and solid wood in furniture and also as acoustic paneling. © Brigida GonzálezThe large auditorium contains a large façade opening to the eastern outdoor terrace which can be used together with the auditorium for events The nearly seamless dark terrazzo flooring appears generous and is visually continued up the wall with black MDF panels up to the top of the glazing filigree wood interior is placed on top of this dark base You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Thorns FC have signed experienced German international goalkeeper Nadine Angerer, it was announced today. She will be added to the roster pending league approval and receipt of her International Transfer Certificate (ITC). Per league and club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. A capsule collection made to keep the spirit of Soccer City USA Alive. Available for a limited time online and in-stadium. I’ve known the story of his death as long as I can remember but I wanted to learn the story of his life I learned about Arthur from the elder of his two surviving brothers—Herbert Kahn the whole table would seem to brace itself for his palpable despair I liked it better when Opa would sidle up and tell me stories Opa died three months before I graduated from college. It was a shock to realize that I was now older than Arthur had ever been. That summer, I tracked down the New York Times article that announced the Dachau murders. Its headline parrots the Nazi lie: “Nazis Shoot Down Fleeing Prisoners.” I read Timothy W. Ryback’s book Hitler’s First Victims a meticulous account not just of the killings themselves but of the prosecutor who tried to indict the men responsible for them at tremendous personal risk He hadn’t believed the official explanation He couldn’t overlook the obvious—four victims I wanted to know where the police found Arthur in Nuremberg—had he known he was doomed searching for answers with a determination that bordered on compulsion I struggled to explain what I hoped to find Scholars invited me to tour their institutions submitting files concerning Arthur’s fate to a translator so that I could read them I took notes on the names of his torturers I traveled to Germany—to the sites of Arthur’s life and death—four times as if walking in his footsteps might tell me something about the person whose gruesome death had come to define his life I needed to make present the person I had known as an absence Not long after the Axis powers surrendered the Allies turned their attention to the business of commemoration liberators tacked up posters showing stacks of Jewish corpses Concentration camps such as Majdanek and Auschwitz and Dachau were secured and preserved The land would be evidence in imminent war-crime trials God had confronted Cain; the Allies heard the blood-soaked ground too The camps would become three-dimensional keepers of the historical record—geographical testimonies of the incontrovertible horror of the Holocaust concentration camps throughout Europe were restored and opened to the public So were several Nazi headquarters and the estate in bucolic Wannsee where Nazi officials had feasted and drank together Germans still cast themselves as the war’s true victims Some concentration camps fell into disrepair the first memorial commemorating the Jewish genocide wasn’t built until 1960 The camps—like Buchenwald—that stood on East German land were better-maintained The German Democratic Republic framed the war as a struggle between German fascists and Marxism The extermination of the Jewish people was an afterthought Read: The other history of the Holocaust But memorialization soon became a fixation on both sides of the Atlantic A record number of German citizens tuned in to watch the melodramatic but affecting miniseries Holocaust in 1979 Congress established the United States Holocaust Memorial Council which set about planning the development of a Holocaust museum in Washington as well as an annual national event to remember the devastation One event begat two and then 10 and then thousands a writer for The New York Times took stock of Holocaust-memorial projects The 1988 index she consulted listed “19 museums and five libraries.” We remembered with a kind of desperation part of Generation “Never Forget.” I was a toddler when the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened its doors next to the National Mall I read The Number on My Grandfather’s Arm in kindergarten I learned that a friend had zero grandparents who were Holocaust survivors “Never forget” was a promise we kept with ourselves and expected the world to keep Normal children in normal households have parents and grandparents who attend their school recitals and clap when the curtain falls The people I knew had parents and grandparents who attended our school recitals and “Hitler didn’t win.” We were the real and durable survival—the triumph he’d wanted to wipe out We knew whose grandfathers had been married before had had first wives and first children murdered in the camps I knew Arthur’s historical distinction: the first I collected a few more details about him—his brilliance Arthur Kahn as a teenager (Courtesy of Mattie Kahn)But of course most of what I knew concerned that terrible week in April—the sequence of murder and heartbreak and burial had paid to have his son’s coffin released from Dachau We inherited these stories as we inherited our hair colors The Nazis ruled that Arthur had been killed in an attempted escape But I had been told—had I ever not known?—that Levi pried open the coffin He saw that his son had been shot through the forehead and their two surviving sons didn’t leave for America until August 1939 Arthur’s death was supposed to be a freak act of violence I arrived in Berlin for the first time in October 2018 I had been invited to visit German and Norwegian prisons with a mixed group of elected officials I wanted to get a feel for the area and learn what I could about the first concentration camps prison staffers explained the strict laws that governed the treatment of incarcerated people The German constitution—adopted in 1949 and written to safeguard democratic processes in the aftermath of the war—declares that “human dignity shall be inviolable.” In 1977 as a new generation began to grapple with the Holocaust reversing an earlier legal principle holding that incarcerated people were not entitled to basic civic rights The law established “resocialization”—as opposed to punishment or protection of the public—as the purpose of prison These laws—a kind of “Never forget” infrastructure—informed not just the nation’s approach to restorative justice but the architecture of its penitentiaries Incarcerated people cooked their own meals in communal kitchens We toured a courthouse that had been operational since 1906 to observe a sentencing I was sitting in a German courthouse that had been operational since 1906 Researchers delivered lectures about the nation’s slide into fascism We visited the Sachsenhausen concentration camp I found a doorstop of a book documenting the rise of Nazi concentration camps page 55.” The book details how SS guards took over for state police After a nauseating description of the hours of torture that Arthur endured before his execution the future mastermind of the Final Solution and the architect of the SS held a press conference announcing the four Dachau murders I retrieved files of photocopied letters that Opa had sent historians He’d tracked down each mistaken mention of his brother in various histories of the Holocaust and organized his correspondence in order In some cases scholars had confused the timing of Arthur’s death Opa chafed in particular at the books and articles that reinforced the Nazi claim that Arthur had been a political radical I found the letter that he sent in 1943 to the president of the Agudath Israel Youth Council who’d had a part in helping him secure safe transport to America both Opa and his brother had enlisted in the Army he was still in basic training in Alabama.“I would not mind to be sent over to Europe,” he told the man in a new “There is nothing I would rather do than fighting Hitlerism.” he recounted his travails as an observant Jew including his struggle to find kosher food on base He wrote about how he tried to squeeze ritual in when he could sometimes reciting the morning service while he marched He studied Jewish texts when he should have been sleeping where he had been arrested and later buried; Dachau where he was killed; and Frankfurt and Munich where I scheduled interviews and requested boxes of files from the state archives I took the two photos I had of Arthur with me The ID lists addresses for his two apartments near the Würzburg campus and the name of his father But even the ID is tainted with catastrophe Etched in faint pencil is a handwritten line that someone in the enrollment office must have added later The largest decentralized memorial ever created—gargantuan in scale but miniature in its individual components—is the work of the German artist Gunter Demnig or “stumbling blocks”—square brass plaques that Demnig has been setting into the pavement since 1996 He has placed close to 100,000 in more than 2,000 cities and towns across Europe The stones are installed in front of the last known residences of victims of the Holocaust Each is engraved with someone’s name and a line or two that describes their fate Read: Escaping Nazis: The story of a girl who lived Demnig is 74. He books deliveries of the stones back-to-back, sometimes stopping in multiple cities in an afternoon. He has said in interviews that he was inspired to embark on the project after hearing a French rabbi quote a line from the Talmud: “True death is when someone is forgotten.” I saw the stone that had been laid for Arthur’s sister she fell in love with one of Arthur’s best friends and married him told me that he had realized that Arthur didn’t have a stone—nor did his nephew—and he recommended that The house that Arthur grew up in is a few doors up the road from a tourist office that advertises popular activities A woman was sitting behind the desk there when I walked in To one side of her was a wall covered in pamphlets The woman explained that students had researched the lives of Jewish families in Gemünden She cried as she spread the brochure across the counter I mentioned the Stolpersteine and wondered if she knew how to reach out to Demnig She promised to introduce me to someone who could help Sure enough I had an email waiting for me when I arrived back home It was from the teacher who’d advised the students who produced the pamphlet in emails translated from English to German and back He would handle the coordination with Demnig’s office I returned to Gemünden to see Demnig place Stolpersteine for Arthur and Nathan Fourteen descendants of Martha and Levi were there to meet him and Nathan Weinberg (Mattie Kahn)Jürgen Endres—the teacher—had insisted on picking us up from the train He stood outside the station with his students Most had lived in the area all their lives Endres had planned an afternoon of performances and remarks for the occasion; he asked me to give a speech to close out the event and I still knew most about Arthur’s final moments I hadn’t found his diaries or letters he’d written I decided to speak about how the past can shape-shift under manipulation—how historical truths can be overwritten with a careful editor It’s not just a matter of remembering or forgetting I settled on the truth: “I am so proud to be a German Jew.” Fewer than 400,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive Thousands have been interviewed as part of oral-history projects Their photos and memories have been recorded but I wonder whether we asked too much of the remembering “Never forget” was supposed to be our guarantee—“Never again.” More than 10 percent blame the Jews for their own extermination Read: 75 years after Auschwitz, anti-Semitism is on the rise The Auschwitz Memorial has 1.3 million followers on Twitter. Most of its posts are short descriptions of people who were deported to the camp. But it often has to break from its usual programming, compelled to weigh in on the latest statement from a politician comparing the demonization and annihilation of persecuted people to vaccine mandates. In 2021, the American Jewish Committee released research about the state of anti-Semitism. One in four American Jews reported experiencing an anti-Semitic incident in the previous 12 months. In New York, anti-Semitic hate crimes went up almost 50 percent from 2020 to 2021. A slogan can’t bring about redemption. In searching for Arthur’s life amid the wreckage of his death, “Never forget” started to feel inadequate. The work of historical excavation is not just to remember what happened. It’s to sit with the gaps that no amount of research or reading can ever fill in. There are questions I will never answer about Arthur. There are millions of Arthurs. Memorialization has its limits. I have recovered all I can about Arthur Kahn. Across the Atlantic, in Germany, a dozen students and their teacher now remember too. It mattered to me more than I’d thought it would to see Demnig wedge the stones into the ground. Arthur was there once. And so were we. Two weeks after I returned, I woke up to an email from Jürgen Endres. It had been hard coming back to New York. I felt the same as I had when I’d visited Arthur’s grave in Nuremberg in 2019. Bewildered. I hadn’t wanted to leave him. That’s how I feel writing this now. I don’t want to be finished. The Stolpersteine installation had made the news, and one of the stories reached the chair of the historical museum in the town of Lohr am Main, 17 minutes from Gemünden. “I consider it a small sensation,” Endres wrote, “that another photo of Arthur Kahn was sent to us.” Dotter said that he and Arthur had been not just classmates, but friends. He wrote that Arthur was the “best student of the class, popular and respected for his quiet manner.” He was appalled to learn what had happened to him. “Arthur Kahn thus became the first victim of the Dachau murderers as a former student of the Lohr [School],” Dotter continued. “I therefore believe that I can assume this sad event is also worth a silent commemoration.” Arthur Kahn (far left) with his classmates at his high-school graduation (Stadtarchiv Lohr am Main)With the note, he enclosed the photo. I hadn’t known that Arthur had studied in Lohr. Now I had the third photo of him I’d ever seen. It’s the kind of document I had been so desperate to track down. It proved what I had hoped—that there had been an Arthur before. I tried not to dwell on what happened next in the timeline. The photo was taken at Arthur’s graduation. Dotter had written that Arthur—the class’s lone Jew—was named valedictorian. He stands on one side of the group, with a hand on his hip. There is not a Jew in the world who wouldn’t assess the lineup, consider his classmates, and hazard a guess—who went Nazi? All of the students are dressed in their finest. Arthur is wearing a suit and a pocket square. He smiles wide, almost blinking in the sun. There he is. The man I can almost remember. Hitler's First Victims: The Quest For JusticeBy Timothy W RybackBuy Book​When you buy a book using a link on this page Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Leo Walter Mayer will be missed by all those who considered him family he was ever proud to show his Bavarian heritage As a teenager he became a member of D’Lustigen Isartaler Trachten Verein in Munich where schuhplattling became his passion In the early 50’s he came to the States with his parents settling in Chicago Illinois where he met his bride of 59 years Barbara at the D’Lustigen Holzhacker Buam It was at this time he also found time to provide service to the National Guard (3 years) and serve as an Army reservist (3 years) Leo and Barbara raised three children; son Leo (currently of Munich) daughters Barbara (of Littleton) and Maria (of Lakewood) and moved to Colorado where the mountains reminded him of Bavaria's beauty and the skiing was just around the corner play soccer and supported them in their musical endeavors as well as taught them their heritage which included schuhplattling He played and coached several soccer teams volunteered as a parent chaperone for many of the Denver Youth Musicians camp trips as well as volunteering for numerous other organizations where help was needed As the family changed so were the needs for more transportation so he went out and purchased a van; this was back when vans were rare The van was used to haul everything from rocks It was while he was on one of his many ski trips that he decided that the skis being transported inside the Van needed to be transported on the outside and with that he came up with a secure and safe This idea and invention received Leo his first patent for a ski rack that adjusted to; what was at the time Leo also dedicated nearly two decades of service to the Gauverband Nordamerika as a strong advocate of educating and preserving the Bavarian culture as a judge and officer He campaigned vigorously to bring the younger generation closer to the dancing with the Gauverband by helping to establish a youth competition Throughout his years with the Gauverband he was a Gaubeisitzer earning him the distinguished title of Ehrenbeisitzer He was recognized and given an award by the Bavarian Government for his efforts and work to preserve the Bavarian culture and for his Gauverband service Edelweiss Verein Denver in 1967 where he served as a Vorplattler and President throughout the many years as a member It was also at this time that he thought it was important to expose other children in the Verein to schuhplattling and began a children's (kinder) group so that none of them would be left out and to preserve and continue the heritage through dance and language His favorite thing was teaching kids to dance Always active in the German community Leo helped to establish the Edelweiss Preservation Foundation where he was President for 14 years After 20+ years of service to Coors Brewing Company and multiple patents with Coors he retired and began a small business in his garage working with inventors and engineers who needed quality help He never turned down a chance to help friends with projects as well as kept busy with his son-in-law projects (Victor and Michael) Leo was one to always brainstorm and come up with new ideas and inventions; never did his mind stop He also started hand honing knives with carved deer horn handles and handmade leather sheaths with fine silver work; all with beautiful designs for his family and fellow Trachtlers Many of these knives are out there today with his personal stamp Leo was such a proud grandfather (Opa) of his grandchildren (Aana and Kevin) He rarely missed opportunities to participate with them whether it be skiing to traveling with them to Germany or the mountains He was never one to pass up an opportunity to watch a fine concert or a good game of baseball; he was always watching and supporting them in their many activities spoke with careful consideration of facts – his purpose was always to improve upon whatever project in which he was involved He loved his family with great passion and held friendships like gold The heavens received a truly special and caring man In lieu of flowers donations to National Jewish Health Horan & McConaty - SW Denver/Lakewood3101 S. Wadsworth Blvd.Lakewood, CO 80227 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church1985 Miller StreetLakewood, CO 80215 This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors A inland freighter found itself pinned in a peculiar way on Germany’s Main river after the drunken ship captain allegedly ran the vessel into a bridge and then the river bank.  Local media reports that the 105-meter vessel Elsava became pinned crossways between a bridge and the edge of the river in Lohr am Main Photos and video of the incident show the vessel’s bow protruding several meters up onto the riverbank.  Upon boarding the vessel police found that the Captain was smoking cigarettes and drinking He later blew a .15 BAC in a breath test and was taken to the police department for booking The ship remained pinned Friday but was expected to be pulled free later in the day Sign up for gCaptain’s newsletter and never miss an update and updates delivered daily straight to your inbox May 2 (Reuters) – A ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists for Gaza was bombed by drones in international waters off Malta early on Friday Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran on Wednesday that it will face consequences for supporting the Houthis even as the United States has relaunched talks with Iran over its nuclear program The US economy contracted at the start of the year for the first time since 2022 on a monumental pre-tariffs import surge and more moderate consumer spending a first snapshot of the ripple effects from President Donald Trump’s trade policy Subscribe to gCaptain Daily and stay informed with the latest global maritime and offshore news Stay informed with the latest maritime and offshore news For general inquiries and to contact us,please email: [email protected] To submit a story idea or contact our editors, please email: [email protected] For advertising opportunities contactEmail: [email protected]Phone: +1.805.704.2536 Essential news coupled with the finest maritime content sourced from across the globe Rotork’s electric and pneumatic actuators have been installed at two sites in Germany with 39 GT pneumatic piston actuators and 13 CK modular electric actuators to be used at two municipal water works which supply the town of Lohr am Main At both sites water is extracted from six springs and two deep wells while the treatment takes place at seven waterworks which have been installed on butterfly and gate valves ranging from 2-12 in are being used to drive isolation valves on the water stream to allow filtering Underground containers with capacity for 5,500 m³ store the treated water before it is distributed through a pipeline network which is around 180 km long Rotork’s GT range of single and double-acting pneumatic piston actuators offer torques from 2.4 to 15,300 Nm and air pressure of 2 to 10 bar and is suitable for use in hazardous areas The watertight CK range actuators are suitable for all valves in non-hazardous locations and can operate under the stress of high temperatures and strong vibrations by using separately mounted controls Free access to this content is for qualifying individuals only Corporate and institutional access requires an appropriate license or subscription For more information contact institutions@markallengroup.com New Thorns FC goalkeeper Nadine Angerer displayed nerves of steel during the 2013 UEFA Women’s European Championship final between Germany and Norway stopping a penalty kick in each half to help lead the Germany Women’s National Team to its sixth straight European title with a 1-0 win She also won the Best Goalkeeper award at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup – not allowing a goal in a record-setting 540-minute span as Germany won its second World Cup title – so it’s safe to say that the phrase “impact player” is suitable in this context Angerer’s got another award to put in the trophy case – the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or presented this morning to the world’s best male and female players A capsule collection made to keep the spirit of Soccer City USA Alive Available for a limited time online and in-stadium And for those who like to go club-hopping into the night loud music and dancing all night long during religious holidays has been verboten where the most popular clubs don't get going until after midnight "I don't find it modern at all," said Matthias Jeromin "It contradicts my idea of a secular state." Germany has restricted dance celebrations on religious holidays since the Middle Ages each of Germany's 16 states decide when and how to enforce the ban which prohibits all manner of raucous behavior in public during state-recognized religious holidays which is the focus of the Easter holiday in this country In southern Germany's Catholic-dominated Bavaria there's only a short dancing ban on Good Friday Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled that making citizens hang up their dancing shoes on religious holidays violates their constitutional right to assemble but many German states have yet to revise their bans Germany's influential Protestant and Catholic churches defend the ban as part of a social contract "Germany is a secular society in the sense that church and state are separate but they have a cooperative relationship with one another," said Heike Krohn-Bräuer a spokeswoman for the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz "There are people that don't accept that," she added "But the societal consensus is that we have these quiet public holidays that society has to comply with." In Berlin — known as the country's party as well as political capital — residents nightclubs and police largely ignore the ban a dancing ban is in effect throughout Good Friday until 4 a.m Violating the ban carries a maximum fine of more than $1,000 They're protesting the ban by throwing two separate parties over the weekend — despite warnings from police "They threatened us with fines if we go through with it .. but we're going to do it anyway," said member Philipp Ziems Ziems said he's got nothing against those who celebrate religious holidays but "to dictate to people of other faiths or atheists what they can or cannot do on these days is absurd." Asked if the city will enforce the ban and shut down the Spartacus party said that if "we're tipped off that the law is being breached The story began in 1795 when Georg Ludwig Rexroth launched the water-driven forge for iron production in the Spessart mountains in Germany Rexroth founded what now is one of the oldest technology companies in the world Bosch Rexroth AG's drive and control technologies are used by mechanical and plant engineering partners around the world The company boasts approximately 31,000 employees Bosch Rexroth has seized the opportunities offered by technological advances turned them into innovations and adapted its business model to them,” said Rolf Najork managing director of Robert Bosch GmbH with responsibility for the industrial technology division The company was established during the French Revolution and at the start of the industrial revolution The Rexroth family led the company through turbulent times and moved the company headquarters to Lohr am Main in 1850 Rexroth achieved a breakthrough at Hannover Messe in 1954 when it presented the first products from its new line of business – hydraulics this is followed by electric drives and control systems mobile electronics as well as linear motion and assembly technology Following the merger with Bosch Automationstechnik it has been part of the Bosch Group since 2001 "We know from our 225-year company history how important sustainable growth is,” said Najork "We develop all new solutions with a view to improving the energy efficiency of the machines and systems equipped with them and helping our customers to achieve economic success." Earlier this year Bosch Rexroth achieved its goal of CO2 neutrality when manufacturing all its products.  Bosch Rexroth invested 348 million euros in research and development the company celebrated the topping out of the second building for its Customer and Innovation Center in the German city of Ulm The company says everything there revolves around the future – the company plans to develop new digital business ideas system solutions and services and work with partners on specific customer projects The new building will house a model factory for Industry 4.0 solutions There will also be laboratory and workshop areas seminar and training rooms and an exhibition room The company is currently expanding in Africa and opened a new site in Egypt this year but a successful history isn’t enough to take you to future success," said Najork we’re moving into the future with confidence and we’ll shape the company’s third century through innovations."   I would like to receive the bi-weekly Foundry-Planet newsletter with all latest news Plus the special newsletters – all can be cancelled anytime and at no cost The Federal Environment Ministry of Germany has announced that it is funding a project that supports sustainable glass production in Bavaria with around €9.9 million In order to make glass production sustainable and climate-friendly the government body is supporting Gerresheimer AG at the Lohr am Main location with the application of a new process for the production of high-quality primary packaging made of glass for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry This means that the annual CO2 emissions caused can be reduced by around 22,000 tons per year the optimisation of the production process enables savings of 5,000 tons of raw material per year The funds for this come from the environmental innovation programme of the BMUV The manufacture of glass containers for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry requires compliance with high quality standards for the glass as well as offering a wide range of products large amounts of energy and raw materials are usually used With the planned project, as part of its ambitious global sustainability strategy  the company will  invest in a melting tank that can be operated with a significantly higher proportion of electricity than conventional melting tanks electricity is obtained from renewable energies the company will equip its production process with an innovative control system This holistic project for glass production provides important impulses for climate-friendly and sustainable glass production It is a model for the entire glass industry “The environmental innovation programme promotes the first-time large-scale application of an innovative technology The project must go beyond the state of the art and should have the character of a demonstration,” a source disclosed The TimesThe mirror on the wall could not talk The dwarfs were probably just grubby children And while the stepmother was undoubtedly a bit of a battleaxe it seems unlikely that she would have spiked an apple with narcotics A museum in Bavaria has discovered the gravestone of an 18th-century German aristocrat who is claimed to have been the historical figure behind the fairytale of Snow White the sister of the powerful Archbishop of Mainz a medieval town in a densely forested region of central Germany known as the Spessart Von Erthal lived in a castle in Lohr am MainALAMYThe family chronicle describes her as a “girl of unusual loveliness” who did University of Notre Dame Church Life Journal A Journal of the McGrath Institute for Church Life Humor is a nearly impossible topic to write about and I am perhaps the worst person to even attempt it I am a one-man communications team for a small university academic center and my center’s particular mission does not involve regularly telling jokes We also need to acknowledge the elephant in the room: there is nothing that kills a laugh faster than having to explain a joke trying to unpack and re-present what was said in order to make the joke clearer to an uncomprehending audience and that only leaves everyone in the room uncomfortable and looking for the exit There are challenges to using humor in reporting The first obvious fact is that not everyone agrees about what is funny Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” Or perhaps you have heard that Jerry Lewis films are (or at least were) wildly popular in France But when is the last time anyone laughed at them here in America We also should recognize that humor or levity is not always appropriate it might be considered in bad taste to insert a wry observation or attempt to add levity doing so may be seen as disrespectful to the story itself or even demeaning to the Church or host institution This is where good editorial judgment comes in Then there is the question of whether official communications channels of the Church ought to be using humor at all If many different interpretations can be taken from a single sentence Is it not better and safer to simply report the facts as they are and let others do the interpretation It is hard to fault any editor or publisher who follows this path Paul has something to say about humor that we should keep in mind which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving” (5:4) The concept of “levity which is not fitting” is a good warning about the limits of humor a reminder to consider the situation and the audience and a deeper call to reflect on why we use humor at all why should we even be interested in plotting a path over that dangerous ground The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin In this Exhortation I wish to encourage the Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization marked by this joy while pointing out new paths for the Church’s journey in years to come (§1) He builds upon this theme of joy in his 2016 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia which begins: “The Joy of Love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church” (§1) The Holy Father calls us to be evangelists who share the joy of the Gospel in a world that is increasingly divided there has been division in the world since our first parents decided to enjoy the forbidden fruit and it was to heal this division that Christ became incarnate A story from the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Mark illustrates how Jesus worked across the lines of division: Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” She replied and said to him even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.” Then he said to her The demon has gone out of your daughter” (Mark 7:24–29) How can we read this as a story of humor or joy? Jesus sounds a bit cruel after all, calling the woman a “dog” just because she was not Jewish. But in his book Discovering Humor in the Bible, theologian Howard R. Macy suggests that if we envision ourselves as wallflowers in the scene, and we focus on the faces of Jesus and the woman during their interaction, we might discover something different: The text doesn’t give us facial expressions or vocal inflections; we bring those to it Imagining Jesus smiling and even being a bit coy rather than being cranky makes a lot of sense particularly when we remember Jesus’ response in so many other stories “My colleague Ron also tells me that this passage is very important to missiologists They see this as one of the ways Jesus was teaching the disciples the wide range of the gospel posits that jokes “represent a release of the psychic energy we normally invest in maintaining certain socially essential inhibitions” (Eagleton Freud’s interpretation helps explain perhaps why we laugh uproariously at funerals or other moments when it is considered inappropriate points out that we relish the spectacle of others indulging in the preposterous antics we would secretly like to engage in ourselves” (Eagleton This theory and form of humor lends itself well to longer fiction unless you are writing for an audience that already shares a common set of cultural understandings or stock characters as in the traditional British “Punch and Judy” shows or the Italian Commedia dell’Arte The second theory is the “Superiority Theory.” This particular form of humor “springs from a gratifying sense of the frailty, obtuseness, or absurdity of one’s fellow beings” (Eagleton, 36). This is a very common form of humor in contemporary culture. It drives much of the feigned or sometimes very real outrage that often plagues our social media timelines. It is sarcasm taken to a high degree where does this clown get the nerve?” The German word schadenfreude defined as “taking joy at another’s misfortune,” is the quintessential example of the Superiority Theory Much of meme culture on the internet is a form of Superiority Theory In his book, Eagleton points out that the Superiority Theory can play an effective role in social reform when used well. “If men and women cannot be scolded into virtue,” he writes, “they might always be satirized into it” (Eagleton, 41). He cites Evelyn Waugh as a particularly effective modern writer employing this form One could illustrate the Superiority Theory with the proverb “There but for the Grace of God go I,” but this form of humor is a dangerous tool for practitioners of Catholic writing to employ as it usually does not exhibit the virtue of charity but rather cuts one’s opponent to the ground Eagleton notes that the word “sarcasm” comes from an ancient Greek word meaning “to tear the flesh” (42) the Superiority Theory of humor should provoke a response of compassion inviting us to recognize that it is indeed by the grace of God that we are saved from misfortune that grace of God impels us to bind the wounded The final theory of humor is my particular favorite the “Incongruity Theory.” An illustration: At the end of one of his arms he has a ship’s wheel attached to his wrist He walks up to the bar and says to the bartender can ye pour me a shot of rum?” The bartender pours a shot of rum do you know you have a ship’s wheel attached to the end of your arm?” The pirate responds can you make me a Dirty Marrrrtini?” Now if you know anything about dirty martinis you know that it contains a little bit of olive brine so it’s appropriate that a pirate would order such a drink did you know you have a paper towel on your head?” “Yarrr This pair of jokes is how I like to explain the incongruity theory The basic concept of the theory is that the setup portion of a joke works to get the listener on a particular track of logic All of the setup is aimed at getting the listener to think in one direction perhaps even to anticipate where the punchline is going it is not on the logical track that the listener has been traveling it comes in at a ninety-degree angle and T-bones the listener at full speed there is the experience of cognitive dissonance defined as “the mental discomfort (psychological stress) experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs Laughter results when the listener has processed the new information (the punchline) and discovers how it also logically fits with the same joke setup thus releasing the psychological stress of cognitive dissonance that because merely listening to a joke is non-threatening (it was an artificial situation induced by the comedian) the actual psychological stress is relatively low Note that the moment of comprehension allows for a release of stress which places this theory in relation to the “Release Theory” discussed earlier And that moment of comprehension may take a bit of time as the listener’s brain unravels the logical conundrum “She who laughs last finally got the joke.” But why include the details about the olive brine in the dirty martini That is easy: because I wanted to get you off of the logical train track that you were already riding from the first joke Both jokes employ exactly the same setup and payoff—a groan-inducing pun I doubled the return from the same setup structure while at the same time anticipating that you we are back to the idea of humor being a form of respect for the intelligence of one’s audience This brief digression into humor theory has illustrated that to do humor well requires that the writer have enough familiarity with her intended audience to anticipate what they share in common so that they can employ their intelligence as an aid to building a connection Humor is a two-way form of communication that can bridge the gaps in a normally one-way medium where so many conversations begin via a single post The third payoff of humor is that it helps to personalize the writer and publication Readers and listeners want to know the writer behind the column This is why fan communities build up around TV shows why people go to author’s readings at bookstores and why things like live podcast recordings are a real thing A personal connection is an invaluable form of communion—as the COVID years made painfully clear the fourth payoff of using humor: it helps establish a common culture among writers Catholics already share many common symbols and experiences in the sacraments and even the hierarchical structure of the Church Humor can help highlight those things that help us identify one another beyond the doors of the Church to connect our daily lives with our faith lives An example of this common culture: comedian John Mulaney talks about being raised Catholic But I went on Christmas Eve with my parents because you know how you lie to your parents And then I got schooled because they introduced a bunch of new [stuff] I was going through Mass and I was batting “And with your spirit.” And I was the one pre-Y2K [guy] going They changed it to “And with your spirit.” Because that’s what needed revamping in the Catholic Church That was the squeaky wheel that needed the grease This common Catholic culture is something that we can celebrate and share and invite people to join because it reinforces our experience as members of the Body of Christ And we can even joke about it (within the bounds that St Imagine Jesus walking with his disciples along the dusty roads of Galilee as Jude the less eagerly squirms his way to the front of the pack: I forgot.” [slinks to the back of the crowd] Now some practical process advice for employing humor things that can help both writers and editors then sharpen everything to point in that direction your reader will not be in position to receive the payoff—they will have gotten bogged down in the details so read your piece out loud to someone to see what lands and what does not Humor often relies on strategic holes so that the reader is forced to take leaps you should work for concision and edit ruthlessly Get it down on paper or keyboard as fast as you can Walk away from the piece for several weeks if you have the ability and you will have fresh eyes when you return As the saying goes: “Comedy is tragedy happening to someone else.” So be that person for your readers Do not be afraid to be vulnerable or humble A brief word about those times when humor or levity is not appropriate As mentioned earlier when discussing the challenges of humor sometimes it might be considered in bad taste or even demeaning to employ levity or humor in a piece to shoehorn a joke into a story about a parish closing This is a case where “caution is preferable to rash bravery,” in the words of Shakespeare’s Falstaff in Henry IV When faced with a preponderance of heavier topics, one option is to look at the overall story balance in a given issue, and pepper in a column or freelance piece with a lighter tone to provide a sort of palate cleanser or antacid, as it may be. Not every piece needs a punchline or has to read like the script to an Adam Sandler film. As Gaudium et Spes teaches it is not just “the joys and the hopes,” but also “the griefs and the anxieties of the people of this age especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted” that are “the joys and hopes the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ” (§1) A few types of writing and presentation are particularly suited to humor: Lists are awesome because they do not require backstory or character or setting—only internal cohesion it carries a certain momentum and can help generate further items they are clickbait-city: the headlines are easy familiar tone that gives freedom to write colloquially An open letter can make leaps of logic that otherwise would have to be spelled out in a more formal piece My favorite kind of open letters are those in which a lighthearted topic is made out to be much more important than it is like Gilda Radner’s “Emily Litella” sketches on early seasons of Saturday Night Live where she would encourage people to conserve our “natural race horses,” only to lose all interest when it was pointed out to her that it was our “natural resources” that were endangered Miscommunications are the bread and butter of sitcoms and they can be employed in your writing as well a list of “What the youth minister said versus what the teenagers heard.” There are also some specifically Catholic forms of writing that are ripe for application in a different context or even gentle parody for years there has been a bit making the rounds about questionable bulletin announcements that include items like: “Barbara remains in the hospital and requests your prayers She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Father Nelson’s homilies.” “The parish office will be closed on Easter Monday “Please remember in prayer the many who are sick of our parish.” The shortest verse in the Bible tells us that “Jesus wept” (John 11:35) But I have a sneaking suspicion that he laughed a bit as well Let us look for opportunities to bring joy and humor to our world to reflect the hope that we have been given in Christ Jesus EDITORIAL NOTE: This essay was originally presented as a live workshop for journalists and Catholic communications professionals at the 2022 Catholic Media Conference in Portland Featured Image: Life-size figures for the Good Friday procession in Lohr am Main in Bavaria, Germany, photo taken by Maulaff; Source: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Posted in News Ken Hallenius is the communications specialist for the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. 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digital business ideas and the unicorn symbolizes innovation and creativity—ideas with a wow factor that make a lot of money Regardless of how the outside world perceives hydraulics the global economic importance of hydraulics is undisputed with sales amounting to many tens of billions of dollars the economic importance of fluid power technology still contrasts sharply with the way it is perceived by users How can hydraulics technology transition its image to the new world The answer is simple; the dinosaur must adapt by integrating new technologies especially electronic control and electromechanical power transmission this means retaining hydraulics’ strengths and combining them with the opportunities and benefits found in the technical “IT consumer world.” Users will then perceive “hidden” hydraulics as a compact hydraulics must maintain its position against electromechanical drives The technological shift is already highly advanced in many sectors easier connectivity and simpler IT connections have long been integral to the DNA of electromechanical solutions But how can we ensure the future viability of industrial hydraulics over the next decade and what must we do to make it more competitive Industrial hydraulics is not immune to the developments taking place in a constantly changing market environment hip new technology topics are not the sole factors shaping the scene in the years ahead Several familiar trends will continue to be essential to future growth invariably the environment and the scarcity of resources play an important role They require more energy-efficient drive systems energy-related regulations apply on a component level (e.g. many standards and codes are in place for machines—efficiency labels for mass-produced machines The importance of energy efficiency is growing beyond just industrialized nations Energy is still far too cheap in many regions of the world approaches will only emerge from supply and price pressures Given its specific advantages (high power density hydraulics is predestined for powerful machines This applies especially to pressure supply stations where energy-saving drive solutions are particularly beneficial The ever-present issue of energy efficiency has sparked a steady rise in the use of speed-controlled drive systems Highly efficient servo motors are increasingly replacing standard asynchronous motors Technically scalable solutions are already available on the market Sytronix variable-speed pump drive of a trend in hydraulics that combines a variable-speed electrical drive with a variable-speed electric motor and hydraulic pump into an integrated drive unit Industrial hydraulic systems are used under a wide variety of environmental conditions Governing bodies impose specific regional regulations on sustainable production As an indispensable pressure transmission medium and lubricant hydraulic fluid plays a special role in terms of environmental impact and the functional safety of systems Although rapidly biodegradable oils have been available for more than 60 years mineral-based oils are still used most frequently continuous improvement is not only pertinent to hydraulic fluids: Seals must also be further developed as regards their compatibility with hydraulic fluids Lower oil volumes are another way of reducing the environmental risk These can be achieved through an intelligent tank design with active degassing or smaller Reducing the oil volumes used and improving environmental compatibility remain ongoing issues Environmental regulations are expected to become more stringent in the future and hydraulics manufacturers will probably form alliances in order to further improve environmental compatibility Safety issues will remain a priority in the future design guidelines) are also to be expected in other regions Industrial users are increasingly expecting the same level of convenience they are accustomed to from the consumer world—configurators products themselves will have anything from simple digital interfaces (e.g. IO-Link) to real-time-capable multi-Ethernet connections A new 5G communications standard will result in more private industrial networks being used in an industrial setting from 2023 sensor-actuator cycle times of less than 1 msec can be achieved typical controller requirements in plastics processing machines can be met Sensors and 5G communication integrated into a product will provide information for status monitoring and even data use for preventive maintenance a large number of data-based business models are to be expected Electrohydraulic components will benefit from the technological influences of the automation and IT world hydraulic component providers are preparing to work with other relevant providers on Artificial Intelligence and cloud-based solutions More cross-technology partnerships will be needed Individual manufacturers will no longer have all the necessary skills under one roof Current mindsets about partnerships will also change future partners will be the previous ones while some previous partners may become competitors Conventional mechanical engineering and plant construction will only benefit from the much shorter innovation cycles in the IT world if the necessary structural change as regards digitalization and communication takes place and employees are equipped with the necessary qualifications It has been apparent for some time now that the number of potential employees with specialist hydraulic knowledge is declining This applies to both the commercial and the engineering sector As far as professional basic and further training are concerned hydraulics specialists are mainly recruited from related professions such as agricultural or construction machine fitters no specific training leads to a qualification as a fluid mechatronics specialist Universities do not offer dedicated hydraulics courses and hydraulics is barely a basic module in engineering courses The situation at universities is unsatisfactory the curriculum is restricted almost exclusively to standard hydraulics rather than electrohydraulics Reaching the Golden Unicorn requires modern the transfer of technologies and the creation of a new “fluid mechatronics specialist” qualification in both academic and commercial fields This is one of the key joint tasks facing education policymakers and the national/international fluid technology associations two different career profiles in the field of hydraulics will be needed One will be a component-oriented specialist with mechanical engineering skills who develops and optimizes products The other will be a systems-oriented fluid mechatronics specialist who has a knowledge of control technology and is well versed in the toolboxes for hydraulic and electro-mechanical drives it is unlikely that the current educational situation will change much in the near future improved education leading to in-depth knowledge will be essential This is because if knowledge is lacking in control technology electrohydraulic system solutions will not succeed Machine manufacturers already are outsourcing engineering work to suppliers and are increasingly procuring complete subsystems as “functional modules.” Large end-users are increasingly enlisting specialist firms to carry out maintenance work be made as easy as possible for users and hydraulics should continue to offer young people an attractive future-oriented career There is surely no standard preferred technology for all applications each type of drive carries its own set of strengths and weaknesses that can only be assessed according to their suitability to specific applications To make reliable statements regarding future viability (over a 10-year observation period) an investigation was carried out to determine whether the most important applications in 10 of the main sectors for industrial hydraulics could be substituted Overview of important industries and applications for industrial hydraulics The following drive types were considered for the aforementioned main applications: Drive types in hydraulic and electromechanical drive technology The overall assessment of the most suitable drive types for the future was based on an investigation of the following four main categories with a total of 13 criteria for each application: it is evident that electromechanical systems for linear movements max out at around 500 kN or more electromechanical systems hold great potential to replace hydraulics in many applications Although slight improvements in power and speed could be achieved by further developing materials Any further increase in power and torque through mechanical transmissions will then be limited by the masses to be accelerated This comparison of linear motion technologies shows that hydraulic continue to outpace electromechanical actuators in both speed and force Hydraulic drives already transmit forces that are more than 100 times greater than in the past As far as the physical performance limits of electromechanical systems as distinct from hydraulic systems are concerned Evolutionary further developments are thus to be expected in both areas Hydraulic systems in metal cutting machines and rotor drives will likely face even stiffer competition too—through energy savings with valve control systems and more user-friendly products and systems As far as linear applications are concerned hydraulics will maintain and even improve its position through further innovative developments in compact axes Once such development is autonomous electrohydraulic axes These axes are virtually maintenance-free and commissioned the same as with electromechanical drives The specifics relating to hydraulics are already included in software libraries even complex travel profiles—such as those for forming and other large-force applications—can be parametrized very easily Machine manufacturers and system integrators can also achieve safety levels up to SIL 3 as part of the specification process This autonomous servohydraulic actuator is an all-in-one unit that can be commissioned using the same techniques as with electromechanical actuators and fields of application make very different demands on industrial hydraulics The development areas which have emerged in recent decades essentially concentrate on the following: Although these issues will still play a role in the future they will no longer be sufficient on their own Industrial trends such as 3D metal printing offer new technical opportunities for hydraulics for example in optimized core design (sand printing procedure) to improve flow properties or in the production of servo valves left as an example of how 3D printing can make components more compact One segment of industrial hydraulics is characterized by special environmental conditions and often by continuous processes It includes industries such as marine and offshore steel construction for hydraulic engineering where systems are installed either outdoor or similar environments When it comes to production systems involving continual processes the focus is on OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) whereby productivity improvements are achieved by optimizing processes High-performance diagnostic systems based on machine learning—such as Rexroth’s Online Diagnostics Network (ODiN)—which can already reliably predict when components will fail Current diagnostic systems based on machine learning—such as Rexroth’s Online Diagnostics Network (ODiN)—can reliably predict when components will fail compliance with environmental protection classes (explosion protection and the use of biodegradable fluids are required In light of the environment described here further environmental regulations are likely to be imposed in the future An effective method of avoiding risk from fluid spills is to reduce the volume of oil used in a system The basis for progress is tank design that allows natural passive degassing Using an active degassing module that includes sensors to monitor the proportion of air released in the fluid can lead to further reduction in oil volume the oil volume can be reduced by as much as 70% Other positive effects include a 50% smaller installation space and significantly reduced oil costs In addition to the further development of the technology and fluids to help improve environmental compatibility these industries will undergo a transformation process prompted by digitalization The other market segment is influenced by developments and trends from the factory of the future and similar machines installed in modern factories The factory of the future must be described before we can identify the requirements imposed on industrial hydraulics The main aim will be to increase productivity and efficiency through transparency The factory of the future will be highly agile High flexibility and adaptability are key objectives while transparency will help to avoid unplanned and the ceiling will remain in place—everything else will be mobile Assembly lines will have a modular design and machines will be restructured to create new lines for new purposes They will communicate wirelessly with each other via 5G and will be supplied with power by an inductive charging system in the floor High flexibility and adaptability are key objectives of the factory of the future everything will be connected—from field level to cloud-based IT systems Automation and drive solutions will only fit into this environment with open-standard communication with features and classes stored in the device data and controlled or managed by the firmware Industrial hydraulics must adapt to this world by adopting open standards such as multi-Ethernet and IO-Link These data then need to be implemented in all future product generations because value stream mapping in the factories of the future will be digitalized Digital business models will continue to be based on prepared operating data from all actuators and machines that make up both new and existing infrastructure Pressure valve with IO-Link/ Bluetooth (left) and high-response valve with multi-Ethernet interface for positional and force control as well as closed-loop control (right) One these is the CytroBox from Bosch Rexroth our latest generation of hydraulic power units The CytroBox is a decentralized unit that is both mobile and flexible It has a plug-and-run concept and decentralized intelligence offering machine manufacturers a ready-made drive controller with numerous built-in functions Key safety functions and drive controls are included and can be easily integrated and configured to suit a specific application Integrated and wired sensors provide information on the filter The collected sensor data are bundled via IO-Link and preprocessed by the drive controller to network with modern machine designs Similar machines and their modules will be wireless will exchange information and instructions via open interfaces With its multi-Ethernet interface and open core engineering the unit is IoT-ready using Bosch Rexroth’s CytroConnect All information on the unit–from component and operating status or scheduled maintenance work to predictive maintenance analyses from Rexroth’s Online Diagnostics Network (ODiN)—is conveniently available other additional packages for the maintenance function and predictive maintenance are available as an add-on services The CytroBox is an all-in-one hydraulic power unit containing a variable-speed pump drive Conventional hydraulics will change significantly over the next 10 years and software will increasingly be incorporated into steel and cast iron This will be strongly influenced by IT and automation trends Users will experience industrial hydraulics as a ready-made functional module with the same level of user-friendliness they are accustomed to in the IT consumer world Although it is currently perceived as a dinosaur by many industrial hydraulics will gradually evolve into an attractive unicorn—the industrial hydraulics of tomorrow New developments in electrical automation and IT technology will make it easier to integrate industrial hydraulics and will make it more competitive Areas that offer industrial hydraulics potential for development include compact axes Developments from the new IT-based world of automation will complement previous key areas in hydraulics etc.) will inevitably conquer the world of industry Dr. Steffen Haack is head of the Industrial Hydraulics Business Unit, Bosch Rexroth AG, Lohr am Main, Germany. Click here for details on Bosch Rexroth’s vision of the future of industrial hydraulics Demian Hauptmann came to Umeå University as an Erasmus exchange student but later returned to study for his Master’s degree He will also get his doctoral education at Umeå University ”It was a chain of incidences that led me here” he says In Germany he was studying to become a teacher in geography and chemistry and when that ended Demian Hauptmann realized he had more time on his hands take more courses in Germany or maybe go somewhere else Through the Erasmus programme he saw the possibility to do something different and have a new experience During the year in Umeå he also re-evaluated his study plans ”I’m still convinced I would be a good teacher I have had good experiences when I have been out in classes but I didn’t feel I had the connection to chemistry I would need to teach it With geography I could always say why I think it’s an important subject but with chemistry I didn’t have the same feeling.” Demian went back to Germany and finished his Bachelor’s degree but while searching for universities in Germany to study for his Master’s he realized that the teaching courses he had taken wouldn’t qualify him The chemistry lab at the researchstation in Abisko has a stunning view of Torne träsk ”I would have been admitted conditionally and have had to take a lot of extra basic courses the first year why not apply for the Master’s programme in Umeå because there I knew I could count all my courses.” Back in Umeå he also took the opportunity to return to the research station in Abisko where he had taken courses during his Erasmus year In Abisko he also did his Master’s thesis work In the project Demian studied what resources such as light and nutrients control stream biofilm growth throughout the year bacteria and fungi that colonize the stream bottom and form the base of the food web Streams in Abisko has been Demian Hauptmann’s study subject both as a Master’s student and now as a field assistant When I got there in March there were few people you get to know people at the station and how to use the facilities Because there was chemistry involved in the project I was always in the lab where you have two windows facing Torne träsk I listened to music while I worked and could look out to that wonderful view.” Being in Abisko also meant great opportunities to go out skiing or hiking with others Demian Hauptmann also describes studying in Sweden as more student friendly compared to Germany ”In Germany you would have 5-8 different courses that run through the term and exams in the end It’s super stressful and you still don’t learn a lot you just learn for this one occasion” he says You take one course at a time and lectures have more of a seminar structure because there are fewer people.” Demian also appreciated that the study environment is less formal than in Germany where he would have to use titles and last names when talking to or writing emails to his teachers ”Here you don’t have that distance between teacher and student and they encourage you to think more and tell your thoughts.” Following his Master’s degree Demian Hauptmann has stayed on as a field assistant scraping the bottom for insect larvae to identify and analyse in the lab In the autumn of 2019 he will begin his doctoral studies In his PhD project he will study green house gas emissions from streams in boreal forests Demian Hauptmann taking samples in a stream in Abisko Following his Master’s degree he got a job as a field assistant and will later continue as a doctoral student ”The context is land use and the research is done in collaboration with a forestry company and SLU” he says ”We want to see how tree harvesting affects in-stream processes and subsequently greenhouse gas emissions the study will be conducted one year before the harvest and continued for two more years to see what kind of influence the land use has on the stream draining the harvested area.” What would you say to someone thinking about doing their Master’s in Umeå Why should they come here?”If they have a basic interest in nature and being outdoors especially when thinking about  the possibility to go to Abisko There are always people going out bird watching or hiking” he says there are lots of good teachers and researchers Germany.Education: Bachelor’s degree from University of Würzburg and Master’s degree in Geoecology from Umeå University.Lives: in a shared apartment at Nydalahöjd Find us Media relations Departments and units About the website Accessibility of umu.se Personal data Cookie settings Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube LinkedIn prayers and re-enactments to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ Photograph: Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images Photograph: Gari Garaialde/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images we’d like to thank you for joining the debate - 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