New lakes and aggressive bunkers and mounding add challenge to the Black nine The new Black nine and the renovated Red nine Nine new holes designed by architect David Krause have been completed at GolfCity Cologne Pulheim in western Germany Jösef Potter Golf began construction work in April 2022 and seeded the new holes in September Some renovation work was also undertaken on the original nine.  An expansion was “self-evident” according to the GolfCity Cologne CEO Hermann Bögle given that the original nine was hosting over 45,000 rounds per year.  “The course has attracted many new members over the years and the plan to extend has been in the CEO’s vision since 2010,” said Darryl Spelman of Jösef Potter “David was appointed to draft a plan which would integrate the existing golf and a completely new nine focusing on creating two separate challenges.”  The new Black nine is a par 35 and the renovated Red a par 32 “The routing that Krause has created leads to some great sights across every corner of the property,” said Spelman “Two holes which have been laid out facing the west provide views of the old Brauweiler Abbey whilst the northern-facing holes provide a view of the famous Cologne Cathedral.  “There are also various areas holding old Roman ruins across the site extensive planning and communication were key to working around these areas with no disruption.”  Three lakes covering just over 20,000 square metres have been constructed meaning there is a significantly higher presence of water compared to the existing nine “There is also more aggressive mounding outside of the fairways which are complemented by detailed bunker shaping to add more fun and attraction,” said Spelman.  The existing irrigation system has also been upgraded.  There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Your support helps make our show possible and unlocks access to our sponsor-free feed Morning dew hangs on blades of grass on April 18 Lauren Sommer talked with Short Wave about the dangerous combination of heat and humidity in the era of climate change and how the heat index can sometimes miss the mark in warning people how hot it will feel That reminded us of producer Thomas Lu's conversation about relative humidity with Maddie Sofia He digs into why some meteorologists say it's important to pay attention to dew point temperature and how moisture in the air and temperature influence the way our body "feels" when we're outside This episode was reported and produced by Thomas Lu The audio engineer for this episode was Kwesi Lee Become an NPR sponsor You don't have permission to access the page you requested. 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Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time by 2023-08-28, 12:24 PM Debombourg transforms commonplace objects—such as coffee shop chairs He frequently uses extensive sheets of glass to produce dynamic flowing movements; these glass sheets may either hang from abbey windows or fill a courtyard often requiring a considerable weight of the material In his most recent installation, titled “Black Tide,” Debombourg employs a blend of black varnish, shattered glass, silicone, and various other elements to flood an art gallery in Quebec This powerful surge engulfs all objects in its path The half-submerged furniture dispersed throughout the flooded space alludes to the environmental catastrophes that humanity both instigates and endures These appear to be propelled by strong winds turning into a viscous substance as they near the floor and spread outward Artist’s Name: Baptiste DebombourgNationality: FrenchArtistic Medium: Large-Scale InstallationsCommon Materials: Glass Online Presence: Official website, Instagram By transforming everyday objects and utilizing architectural elements Baptiste Debombourg crafts immersive installations that challenge conventional perceptions and evoke complex emotions His works serve as a commentary on human vulnerability as well as environmental impacts making him a significant figure in contemporary art Report Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website Here you'll find all collections you've created before MenuThe world in briefCatch up on global daily news var(--mb-colour-greyscale-london-5));} | Defying Dunkelflaute.css-1ugm8pm{color:var(--header-headline-color 1fr));}}@media (min-width: 52.125rem){.css-1uuz26i{grid-template:auto/repeat(9 1fr));}}@media (min-width: 89rem){.css-1uuz26i{grid-template:auto/repeat(12 three people are looking after the grid run by Amprion It displays a circuit diagram of the grid Amprion manages in Germany and of the other grids onto which it abuts Amprion’s grid is an integrated part of the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA) which covers 24 countries from Portugal to Poland it can call on some 900GW of all sorts of generating capacity This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “Defying Dunkelflaute” Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents The Mexico-based artist has parked six cars outside the synagogue and attached their exhaust pipes to the building using plastic tubes Visitors are invited to go inside one by one wearing a gas mask they have to sign a disclaimer stating they realise the room is full of carbon monoxide The project opened to the public on Sunday Sierra says the installation - entitled 245 cubic metres - is a protest against the "banalisation of the Holocaust" Sierra's previous artistic targets have included capitalism Jewish leaders in Germany reacted furiously They described the installation in the small Rhineland town of Pulheim as "an abuse of artistic freedom" It's an unbelievable provocation at the expense of Holocaust victims," said Stephan Kramer secretary of Germany's central Jewish council He added: "It doesn't just insult them but the entire Jewish community." "It's despicable," Ralph Giordano a writer and Holocaust survivor told German radio "What's artistic about attaching the poisonous exhaust from six cars into a former synagogue?" He added: "And who gave permission for this?" Local mayor Karl August Morisse yesterday refused to comment he defended his decision to stage Sierra's work in the synagogue and has previously hosted other international artists and is next to a restored Jewish cemetery desecrated by the Nazis "Reykjavík 2,671 km," "Helsinki 1,734 km," "Soltau 861 km." The discarded skis along the Pardatschgrat ridge high above Austria's Ischgl ski resort were left behind by vacationers from all over the world inscribed with the names of their hometowns and screwed to a post Dutch and Scandinavians could be found skiing and partying in Ischgl -- the "Ibiza of the Alps." Then came that fateful Friday when thousands of people began to flee from the coronavirus-infested Paznaun Valley has been disparaged as "ground zero," a hotbed where the virus was allowed to spread According to research by the Austrian broadcaster ORF more than 11,000 EU citizens alone infected themselves with the virus in Austria mostly in Ischgl and the surrounding ski resorts That doesn't include those who were infected by people coming back from Ischgl Virologists at the Medical University of Innsbruck later discovered that more than 42 percent of Ischgl's population carries coronavirus antibodies Some residents began noticing symptoms in late February supposedly paid for the fun they had in Ischgl with their lives a father from the western German city of Bochum who had no idea when he left Ischgl that he only had nine days to live who ended up in the emergency room even though his coronavirus test originally came back negative The après-ski capital Ischgl: "Ibiza of the Alps" Those they left behind are now demanding light be shed on what unfolded in February and March Criminal charges are pending at the public prosecutor's office in Innsbruck as well as at the Vienna-based public prosecutor's office for economic crimes and corruption -- charges against Austrian politicians Civil lawsuits are to follow in autumn at the latest At question is who bears responsibility for the virus being allowed to spread unhindered for days in the Paznaun Valley Were the chairlifts and parties allowed to keep going for 10 days after the first warnings due to sloppiness and greed The search for answers leads back to Ischgl It leads back to local mayors and bar operators to the Tyrolean provincial government and to the chancellor of the Republic of Austria It also leads back to the homes of those mourning lost loved ones Doris Henkel sat in her office and wrote a WhatsApp message to her husband Thomas Henkel had come back from skiing in Austria the previous evening and felt weak given that the resort is eight hours from Bochum Or maybe it was the long evenings in Ischgl where the days are filled with snow and the evenings with schnapps and champagne though he did have a fever: 39.8 degrees Celsius (103.6 degrees Fahrenheit) He kept his distance from his family and called the Bochum health department He asked if he could be tested for coronavirus He wrote his wife: "They said I should wait The people from the health department said it sounded like a stomach bug they had asked unsuspectingly -- a week after Ischgl had been declared such an area by Iceland Had he been in contact with anyone who was known to have been infected Henkel wasn't given an appointment to be tested until two days later Ischgl had finally been declared a high-risk area by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin Henkel was given an appointment to come in for a throat swab in about a week's time paramedics showed up in protective gear and loaded a listless Henkel into an ambulance His wife Doris wasn't allowed to accompany him to the hospital in Bergmannsheil It was the last time she would see him alive Thomas Henkel died of multiple organ failure The city of Bochum expressed its sympathies for Henkel's death medical authorities around the country were still following the RKI's guidance that only patients who "persistently" complained about "respiratory symptoms," such as shortness of breath Those responsible in Ischgl also expressed their sympathies but also insisted that they had complied with all official regulations died at the age of 54 and was buried in a Protestant cemetery in Bochum-Wattenscheid because some people in a Tyrolean ski village decided to treat the coronavirus like a far-off problem despite the fact that four days before Henkel had packed his skis into a VW Golf and set off for Tyrol with his boss André and two other colleagues the first warnings about infected Icelandic vacationers in Ischgl had already trickled into Tyrol If the looming danger had been handled less carelessly in Ischgl tennis and badminton player -- might have lived for several more decades He had his high blood pressure under control He could have continued to care for his family his wife and son are struggling to pay their rent Sometimes he would play the piano he inherited watch the guppies in his aquarium or crank up the Yamaha amplifier he had at home or the throttle of the Honda CBR 650 he had parked outside Leonard: "Dad's death can't have been in vain." There's now a photo of Henkel placed next to a tea light on a chest of drawers in their Bochum apartment The picture was taken years ago on the Baltic Sea Doris Henkel has joined an Austrian initiative for a class action lawsuit She wants those responsible for her husband's death to be investigated and identified That lawsuit is being speerheaded in Vienna a man with neck-length hair and a thick Viennese accent Kolba is a lawyer and the head of the independent Consumer Protection Association He's considered a specialist in class action lawsuits His computer contains the stories of people from all over the world who traveled to Ischgl and went home sick Kolba is in charge of the effort to bring those responsible to justice His list of registered victims includes 6,151 men and women from five continents More than 3,200 of them were infected directly in Ischgl or through contact with someone who was there Two-thirds of the victims are from Germany but Kolba is also handling cases in Israel He wants to file a civil class action lawsuit with the hopes of collecting millions in damages "Our great advantage in preparing further lawsuits is our database," says Kolba I have access to over 6,000 people I can interview." The victims' protocols show the extent of the Ischgl tragedy the injured parties describe their experiences with the disease Next to them are the names of the Ischgl après-ski bars they frequented businesses that have now become infamous as virus hotspots: Kitzloch attorney: "I have access to over 6,000 people I can interview." He's going to die," writes one Dane who was infected at Kitzloch and traveled home without suspecting a thing "My life is totally ruined," a Belgian complained was a guest at Kitzloch and transmitted the virus to his mother "I hope that Austrian justice system does its job." According to paragraph 51 of Austria's Epidemic Control Act the Austrian government is responsible for combating reportable diseases this means the Ministry of Health in Vienna could have ordered the closure of all ski lifts hotels and après-ski bars at the slightest sign of that the coronavirus had arrived in the Paznaun Valley which welcomed roughly 11,000 vacationers in the beginning of March The first warning about an infected person who had returned from Tyrol was received at the affected hotel in Ischgl on March 3 at 8:26 p.m The official alarm was sounded shortly before midnight the following day An email from Iceland's highest health authority in Reykjavík was sent to Vienna via Europe's Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) a web-based platform for controlling the spread of communicable diseases it took another six days for all of Ischgl's après-ski bars to close -- and nine days for lift operations to be suspended believes that's no reason to start pointing fingers Sebastian Kurz sits under a huge chandelier in his wood-paneled office on Vienna's Ballhausplatz square He says: "If you are trying to make it sound like Ischgl was responsible for a pandemic then go ahead." The chancellor seems determined not to discuss his government's failure to act Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: "Our health authorities have learned a lesson." Is Kurz afraid of legal consequences for himself or parts of his government "No." People close to the chancellor say that the government in Vienna was "only the mailbox between Iceland and Tyrol." And besides: What happened in Ischgl will not happen again Kurz says: "Our health authorities have learned a lesson." The physician heads the Health Ministry's IX/A/7 department making him the country's leading epidemiologist and an adviser to Health Minister Rudolf Anschober All messages from the EWRS system pass through Benka's desk sent by an Icelandic counterpart at 11:55 p.m It read: "8 cases from the skiing area in Ischgl." Benka says that although the warning was "discussed in the state crisis committee" on March 6 the district administration in Landeck should have been the one to act the blame lies with the authorities in the state of Tyrol Benka blames the three-hour delay of another urgent email to Tyrol -- with the names of the infected and the hotels where they were staying -- on "slight delays" in the heat of the moment And who bears responsibility for that ill-fated Friday the 13th when thousands of vacationers were shooed out of the valley without first undergoing coronavirus tests Benka says the Health Ministry is not to blame were responsible for implementing the decision The place where the Bochum-based software developer Thomas Henkel spent the last carefree evening of his life no longer exists: The Trofana Alm one of the largest après-ski huts in the Alps as if razing a building could lift its curse A new building is now being constructed on the property The last photos Henkel sent to his wife Doris in Bochum from Ischgl show him with his companions: four men holding their glasses up to the camera with two 3-liter bottles of Havana Club rum on the table in front of them along with a sign: "Reserved for André." Henkel's boss had secured a standing table at the top of the balustrade word had already spread in town that the virus was going around the waiter approached the Germans around 7 p.m. advising them to finish their bottle of rum that evening The district administration had ordered all après-ski bars that afternoon to close "immediately," but the Trofana Alm's operators wanted to squeeze in one more evening of business 300 liters (634 pints) of beer were served at the Trofana Alm -- per hour -- and the schnapps The walls were decorated with sayings encouraging people to drink away their inhibitions The restaurant's operator was Alexander von der Thannen the chairman of the Paznaun-Ischgl tourism association His father is the likely most successful entrepreneur in the area Johann von der Thannen orders coffee and smiles He rakes in tens of millions of euros a year with his gastronomy empire In what was once an alpine farming village those sums put him far ahead of the competition When von der Thannen first heard the winter season would be ending abruptly on March 13 His view of the pandemic seems shaped by his balance sheet The early end to the season cost his company 6 million euros ($6.7 million) in sales But now von der Thannen and his son are again looking to the future The new Trofana Alm will have fewer seats and The elder von der Thannen shows the new construction plans then escorts the group through the rubble of what was the locale's 1,500-seat show arena famous for its table dancers and "emergency sexy nurse parties." The nightlife business is dead for now the pandemic has less to do with the fates of those who caught the deadly virus at hotspots like the Trofana Alm and spread it to countless others and more to do with dark forces at work in the shadows Maybe in reality there's some expropriation of the people at hand," von der Thannen says Things were still going well in Tyrol on Feb There wasn't a single confirmed coronavirus case in the entire state Sebastian Kurz met with representatives of the "Tiroler Adlerrunde," a powerful business interest group whose members include Johann von der Thannen and his son lift operators and sponsors of the chancellor's center-right ÖVP party at the Grand Hotel Europa it was determined that a receptionist at the hotel had been infected with the coronavirus The authorities reacted exactly as they were supposed to: The hotel was sealed off guests' contacts were traced and those affected were quarantined for 14 days If the reaction had been the same seven days later when the first warning from Iceland reached Ischgl would Thomas Henkel from Bochum and the other victims still be alive who for 12 years has been the most powerful man in the state capital of Innsbruck Then he says: "In the biggest crisis since World War II," he says Platter was the head of operations in Tyrol Now the objective is to carry out a very critical review free of special regard for individual people or institutions." He argues that this is now the task of the public prosecutor's office and an independent parliamentary inquiry panel A third of all money earned in Tyrol in a year is directly or indirectly related to tourism The prosperity of this alpine world is rooted in its business with outsiders especially those from Austria's immediate neighbor to the north This love-hate relationship was once the subject of a scathing four-part made-for-TV movie by the Austrian director Felix Mitterer Did those responsible in Tyrol put the health of their guests at risk by waiting too long to close given that they were in the midst of the lucrative month of March but also from the cable car operators," says Christoph Walser the president of the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce The state governor is up front about the fact that lift-operator lobbyists like Franz Hörl a Tyrol native and a member of parliament with the ÖVP long resisted an early end to the ski season that there was no alternative to imposing a quarantine over the entire valley and forcing all ski guests to depart immediately "What do you think would have happened if the news had been: 'Tyrol is locking up German guests who show no symptoms for two weeks in the Paznaun Valley'?" The governor isn't worried about possible criminal charges Platter kicks the ball into Vienna's court "All decisions were made in consultation with the federal government." All in all Tyrol took action against the virus more strongly and before all the other federal states which is "a success story that I won't allow to be bad-mouthed." But is this cynicism or a delusion of grandeur more than two dozen people lost their lives A new advertising campaign designed to attract tourists back to Tyrol this summer -- with a price tag of up to 4 million euros -- is already underway If you want to understand how Ischgl became what it is today Steibl is head of the tourism association and has been responsible for the Tyrolean ski resort's image for decades "The Ischgl brand transports different worlds of experience," Steibl says In other words: A tourist can ski in powder during the day and enjoy gourmet cuisine at night but they can also drink themselves into a coma and shove rolled-up euro notes into go-go dancers' garter belts at the Schatzi Bar we're more like Ibiza than Mallorca," says Steibl Tina Turner and Rihanna have all performed in Ischgl They even once flew Bill Clinton in for a 30-minute speech Ischgl's millionaires have come a long way since the days when their poor families sent them to Germany as kids to work as herders and farm hands so they wouldn't starve It wasn't until the '60s that the flow of people reversed and the Germans started coming to Ischgl very sorry" for those affected by the virus which the tourism association has confirmed reveals that a large group of Chinese vacationers was staying in Ischgl at the end of December Some of them apparently came from the area around Wuhan Tourism chief Steibl: "The media is painting us into an unfavorable corner Sitting beside Steibl and looking displeased Mayor Werner Kurz adds that he's not only "sorry for the guests but also for the locals and employees who were affected." He says: "The media is painting us into an unfavorable corner There will continue to be après-ski in Ischgl but with more quality." Kurz is pleased that the criticism of his town is gradually "giving way to more bookings." The first cable car is due to transport guests back to the Idalp mountaintop restaurant on July 3 a place that is constantly reinventing itself If you can..." A 60 million-euro thermal spa is currently being built Bernhard Zangerl's family has commissioned a new slogan for its après-ski bar "The Art of Wahnsinn," or "The Art of Madness," is what they came up with where pigs can be seen wallowing in the mud next to peacefully grazing gray cattle whose DNA has been crossed with genes from Japan The animals are eventually slaughtered and turned into "Wagyuburgers," which are sold for 29 euros a pop in the family's other après-ski restaurant Kitzloch was the site of Ischgl's first confirmed coronavirus case who only took over the restaurant at the end of last year He denies that partiers in the pub were spitting pingpong balls from one beer glass to the next which waiters use to let people know they're coming were sometimes passed around without being sanitized first Kitzloch's heavy wooden stools are still upside-down along its bar The double magnum bottle of Perrier-Jouët that costs 1,880 euros has been temporarily put away "It won't go bad before the winter season." That's when the bar is set to reopen under its old name the politicians responsible are accused of having "avoided closing the Ischgl ski area at the time of the arrival of a new week of guests on March 7 and 8 2020." The guests that were arriving were not informed: "Because of this Kitzloch manager Zangerl: "It won't go bad before the winter season." a member of a local carnival association who goes by "Rudi," has the kind of cheerful nature people from Cologne are known for When two friends picked him up in front of his apartment in the city The group arrived in Ischgl around noon and checked in at the Hotel Urezza A week's accommodation with breakfast cost around 1,200 euros with the total expenses for the week budgeted at about 3,000 euros gold-plated bottle of Dom Perignon for 55,000 euros people carry around sex dolls on the streets and abuse them Everyone seems to have a different definition of the word "tourism." Rudi and his buddies headed to Geri's pub in the Maria Theresia Hotel The virus didn't even seem to be a thing at the hotel They were joined by six friends from Cologne they'd been meeting up with for years -- on the North Sea island Norderney in summers and Ischgl in winters The men started with beer and later switched to vodka They were right in the middle of all the dancing and sweating "We're always knocking them back," says one of Lempik's buddies Rudi couldn't ski much anymore because of his knee the group spent most of their days at the bar in the Maria Theresia Hotel or in the Champagnerhütte The men first learned that the coronavirus was spreading rampantly through the town when they were at Plangger got tested and turned out to be the only one in the group who tested negative Lempik worked at a car repair shop in Cologne He was not the kind of guy who ran to the doctor for every little ache and pain Lempik got a fever and started hallucinating he was taken by ambulance to the Marien Hospital in Erftstadt where he was admitted into the intensive care unit because of an acute shortness of breath he was transferred to Cologne's university hospital that if she wanted to see Rudi one more time Dörte says she laid her hand on Rudi's chest and felt his heart stop beating The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is Germany's highest authority for disease control It's located in Berlin's Wedding district in a venerable vine-covered brick building dating back to 1900 The institute receives risk assessments from the EWRS early warning system a service provided by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Solna a German who also worked as an expert at the RKI The ECDC in Solna or the RKI in Berlin could have sounded the alarm and the whole place here would have been shut down," says one hotelier in the resort town the city government in Hamburg was the first to become suspicious due to an increase in cases the city announced that it had "urgently requested an examination" of whether Ischgl should be declared a risk area The Kiel Institute for the World Economy says that the consequences of the belated reactions to the coronavirus infections in Ischgl were "fatal." The failure including of Germany's highest federal authority for disease control is also substantiated through in-house data from the RKI didn't answer questions regarding possible failures on the part of her authority The RKI released a statement in which it wrote: "On the basis of the available information on the criteria of incidence local measures as well the likely place of infection for cases that were emported internationally," officials had not yet come to the conclusion that Ischgl should be declared a risk area How likely is it that charges will be brought in the Ischgl case the attitude of the person at the time of the crime very high when it comes to providing evidence," says Kolba "Everyone will probably try to shift the blame from themselves to others -- the district administration Kolba has served as a member of parliament alongside Justice Minister Alma Zadić Does he think his former colleague will back his desire to resolve the case And make it so the investigations will head where he'd like them to go -- ie to the special public prosecutor's office for business and corruption in Vienna which is governed by the center-left SPÖ in a coalition with the Greens "but she's not doing so because otherwise there would be problems with the coalition partner." In other words: with Chancellor Kurz and his ÖVP party because "all mistakes made in the hierarchy all the way down to the municipality of Ischgl would ultimately lead back to the Health Ministry." And that ministry Kolba now wants to request access to the minutes of all the crisis management teams He says his goal is an "expansion of the complaint" -- to include members of the federal government with American imports pitching for almost every team who resigned him in 2011 where he walked away Lamb-Hunt’s foray in to professional baseball was delayed but by no means accidental.  Growing up, Lamb-Hunt identified himself as a fast pitch softballer and at age 17 made the fluid transition “I believe softball gave me a good base, and working at a high level with people like Nathan Nukunuku and Donny Hale the game also provided me with the basic skills.” “When I was growing up I didn’t have baseball the only other Kiwi I knew playing the game was Travis Wilson with the Braves and he was overseas so I didn’t know much about him” Lamb-Hunt was signed by the Braves organization and credits Academy coaches Damien Shanahan and Brent Phelan with preparing him for this development The story of Lamb-Hunt and Baseball New Zealand runs parallel – although they are late to the table, they’re rapidly progressing, eternally grateful for their achievements so far.  “I’m living a dream – not the dream, as pro in the US would be the dream this experience is a gift to see the world; it’s always a good time” Lamb-Hunt was the first player of New Zealand heritage to migrate to the Australian Baseball League and is fortunate enough to have the complete ABL experience starting at the ACT Academy of Sport then the MLBAAP Lamb-Hunt has competed for the coveted Claxton Shield and joined the Brisbane Bandits for two seasons Lamb-Hunt was reunited with Auckland pitcher Andrew Marck This year will see Lamb-Hunt spread across the globe which started in Australia will conclude in Taiwan for a World Baseball Classic qualifying shot as a Diamondblack; a busy schedule for a baseballer who started his career in adulthood “When I signed and made the switch to baseball so I had to move to Australia to get what I needed I am proud to see the New Zealand game coming up in leaps and bounds I am very excited to get back involved with my country of birth a chance to represent them in November is very exciting and something I am working towards.” his positivity is tinged with sadness “I’m always looking for an opportunity but I have come to the fact that that time for me has passed I would love to get over to the US and play a season but the game over there is so cutthroat  I am really happy doing what I’m doing now.” Lamb-Hunt referring to potentially missing the metaphorical baseball boat to the Big League “Of course I’m always working towards it I’m always looking for that opportunity to prove my worth.” fortunately for Lamb-Hunt and Baseball New Zealand the opportunities to showcase their talent are a plenty; starting at the WBC qualifiers Their future in the game is promising because already they’ve learnt the most important lesson of all: in between all of the heartbreak and victory in baseball there’s faith and a whole lot of hard work Other Related articles by Anna James… ERROR: si-captcha.php plugin: securimage.php not found Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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At: https://www.wilson.com/custom/gloves/ Terms and Privacy Policy | Looking to access paid articles across multiple policy topics Interested in policy insights for EU professional organisations Police arrested dozens of suspected mobsters in Europe and South America on Wednesday (5 December) in a huge international swoop targeting Italy’s notorious ‘Ndrangheta mafia clan Police search the Italian restaurant 'Osteria da Mario' in Pulheim the Netherlands and Belgium have carried out a large-scale search against members of the mafia organization 'Ndrangheta' This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page A lethal dose of exhaust is pumped into the former synagogue where visitors wear special protective gear and oxygen tanks to protect them from the fumes Car exhaust fumes being pumped through a plastic tube into the synagogue visitors wearing protective masks and oxygen tanks are exposed to exhaust from six cars Spanish artist Santiago Sierra said he was seeking to honor the memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust A fireman wearing security apparatus stands in the former synagogue Hoses attached to car exhaust pipes lead in through the window The exhibition is being held in a former synagoge in the city of Pulheim-Stommeln near Cologne The Bundesliga has welcomed many promising unknown talents in the last few seasons. From Kai Havertz to Jadon Sancho, youngsters are taking centre-stage in Germany. And now another rising baller Florian Wirtz has entered the scene Florian Richard Wirtz was born on the 3rd day of May 2003 to his mother A post shared by FootTheBall (@foottheballofficial) Just when nobody expected a new youngster to emerge Peter Bosz boldly started the unknown Wirtz in a must-win game for Bayer Leverkusen away to Werder Bremen It was the club’s first match since the league’s restart Wirtz surpassed Kai Havertz as Leverkusen’s youngest debutant He also became the Bundesliga’s third-youngest in history behind Nuri Sahin and Yann Aurel Bisseck not many fans and experts know about his off-the-pitch life FootTheBall has got you covered in that regard as the wonderkid continues his positive trajectory on the pitch Wirtz was born in the Brauweiler district of Pulheim and started playing football at the local side Grün-Weiß Brauweiler and his sister Juliane is a German international and plays for Bayer Leverkusen as well Florian Wirtz was among Germany’s most coveted players A loophole in his contract practically made him a free agent by the end of the summer and there were a lot of clubs sniffing around for the super-talent Florian heeded the advice of those around him and made the switch to Leverkusen which has paid dividends so far Having made tentative steps into the first team the 17-year-old took on the number ten role from his predecessor and has made it his own Widely regarded as one of the most exciting young players in Germany Wirtz was hailed as the brightest German prospect in the under-17 category last year when he was handed the gold Fritz Walter medal I have really been looking forward to having it in my hands Winning this medal was a long-term goal of mine Getting this recognition means a lot to me,” said Wirtz after being handed the medal She is also a footballer who plays as a defender for Bayer 04 Leverkusen’s women Juliane also features for the Germany national team being a younger brother sometimes gives him the right to annoy her studying for his Abitur (high school diploma/A-Levels) an exam made him miss a Europa League game against Slavia Prague last year and the youngster had a teacher with him when he was with the senior national team in March A post shared by Florian Wirtz (FW) (@flowirtz27) “I have to admit that it is exhausting managing both at the same time I know that I have to approach my studies and football with the same amount of energy even though football comes a bit more naturally to me But I realise that I don’t have much time left in my studies and I cannot give up so close to the end,” Wirtz said in an interview with the German Football Association Wirtz has surely caught the eye of Europe’s top sides with his performances and should the highly-rated midfielder want to take the step to a bigger club in the future he would apparently prefer a move to Barcelona but until then I still have some time,” Wirtz revealed in an interview with Sport Bild One of the most viewed topics for football fans is the amount of money their favourite or prominent players earn Although the star of today’s article is a young player and has entered the football world not a long time ago Florian Wirtz’s net worth and salary are hot topics his net worth is between $1 million to $5 million no more fact is available around his salary in 2022 A post shared by FootTheBall (@foottheballofficial) where he became the youngest player to reach a fifth league career goal before his 18th birthday