A group of German intellectuals warned on Wednesday that a planned antisemitism resolution in parliament later this week would have a significant impact on the country's academic freedom When it comes to the resolution titled “Never Again is Now: Protecting Preserving and Strengthening Jewish Life in Germany,” they also want to protect Jewish life in its diversity in Germany "we just believe that the means are wrong," said the rector of Berlin’s Wissenschaftskolleg Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger at a press briefing in Berlin attended by other legal experts and other academicians The main problem is "that academic freedom would be massively threatened," she added The final draft of the bill was recently agreed upon by the ruling coalition which includes the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as well as the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) which critics argue will effectively stifle any criticism of Israel is scheduled to be introduced to parliament later this week Stollberg-Rilinger pointed out that antisemitism is at times being instrumentalized to silence critics of Israel "The accusation of antisemitism is used as a political instrument to silence certain positions," she said adding that the resolution's usefulness is “limited.” Stollberg-Rilinger’s remarks were echoed by Matthias Goldmann who is a professor at ESB University in Wiesbaden "This resolution raises concerns," Goldmann said echoing the sentiments of many of his colleagues It primarily affects freedom of expression pointing out that state funds could be withheld for artistic and scientific events that are deemed antisemitic The non-binding resolution emphasizes that antisemitism has no place urging that organizations or projects that spread antisemitism It also proposes adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism The federal government is urged to assist states in enforcing disciplinary actions against students who commit antisemitic offenses such as suspension or expulsion from schools and universities The resolution also calls for a review of university regulations to support this effort it calls for the investigation and potential ban of other organizations and associations alongside the prohibition on Hamas activities The resolution also seeks to close legal loopholes related to antisemitism within Germany's criminal law Affirming Israel’s right to self-defense under international law against attacks that violate international law the resolution calls on the government to actively uphold Israel’s existence and legitimate security interests as a core principle of Germany’s foreign and security policy It also urges intensified efforts toward a negotiated two-state solution (TSXV: DMX) (Nasdaq First North: DMXSE SDB) (OTCQB: DMXCF) (FSE: DFPP); ("District" or the "Company") is pleased to report on drill assay results for five drill holes (GRAGR-151 to -155) completed during the Fall 2024 drill program at the base metal polymetallic Stollberg Property located in the Bergslagen Mining District in south-central Sweden A total of 2,438 m was drilled in five holes around the historic Gränsgruvan Mine (operated intermittently from 1943 to 1978) located within the Stollberg Property This drill program was carried out from mid-October to mid-December 2024 as part of the collaboration with Boliden Mineral AB A summary of the Stollberg Property is presented in the news release on October 16, 2024 Compilation work in combination with extensive review and sampling of historic drill core from the historic Gränsgruvan Mine resulted in a better understanding of the geological setting alteration system and tectonic framework of the area Whole rock lithogeochemistry from historic drill core samples revealed that the alteration system and style of mineralization are analogous to that at Boliden's operating Garpenberg Mine which is located approximately 50 km east of the Stollberg Property As a reference point 3.5 million tonnes with grades of 3.4% Zn and 0.33 g/t Au was mined at the Garpenberg Mine in 20241 This tonnage and grades from the Garpenberg Mine is to provide context but is not necessarily indicative that the Stollberg Property hosts similar tonnages or grades of mineralization Drill hole GRAGR-152 intersected 28.00 m at 3.68% Zn Drill hole GRAGR-154 intersected 9.85 m at 4.52% Zn Down-hole electromagnetic results show multiple off-hole conductors: all drill holes were followed up by Boliden's in-house three component electromagnetic (DHEM) survey2 and all holes showed both in-hole and off-hole EM conductors that likely represent sulphide mineralization The Stollberg Property contains similar host rocks and mineralization styles as the Garpenberg Mineralized Trend which gives significant support in making a similar new discovery3,4,5 A drill hole plan is shown in Figures 1 and drill assay results are shown in Table 1 commented: "Our geological work shows that at the old Gränsgruvan mine the mineralization occurred as massive to semi-massive polymetallic sulphide lenses and also as impregnation and network vein mineralization (stringer vein system) within the volcanic rocks on the stratigraphic footwall side of the limestone This situation is analogous to the mineralization at Boliden's near-by giant Garpenberg deposit the mine geologist made a tentative interpretation that the main limestone unit and perhaps the mineralization were folded the geological structure at Gränsgruvan could well be more complicated than originally thought as this has been shown to be true in recent work at many of the polymetallic sulphide ore deposits in Bergslagen the complicated geometry of the mineralization and host rocks could be the main reason that the high-grade mineralization could not previously be traced along strike and to depth at Gränsgruvan our strategy has been that if we can understand the geological structure better confirm whether the mine stratigraphy is folded and determine the geometry and continuation of the folds then we would generate new drill targets for high-grade ore has been a major success in achieving that goal we have made a major breakthrough in understanding the geological structure of the Gränsgruvan mine area We can now confirm that the mine stratigraphy is tightly folded our geological work shows that the limbs of the folds are deformed (attenuated This is the main reason that the mineralized zone has been difficult to follow and has been missed by many previous drill holes Our preliminary geological interpretation indicates that there are several fold and fault repetitions of the main mineralized host zone within the Gränsgruvan mine area We have intersected a couple of these repetitions in the current drill program we will be able to extend our geological interpretation further and target the mineralized zone in areas that have been missed previously The knowledge we have gained also encourages us to explore the extensions of the fold structures to the north commented: "The Fall 2024 drill program at the Stollberg Property was the first under the current District and Boliden collaboration and has delivered some good base metal polymetallic drill assay results the joint technical committee has uncovered some geological breakthroughs at the historic Gränsgruvan Mine which will make follow up drilling very exciting in H2 2025 Similarities between the Stollberg Property and Boliden's operating Garpenberg Mine suggest exploration potential to make a significant discovery at Stollberg There are numerous historic drill holes with wide intervals of base metal polymetallic mineralization at the Gränsgruvan Mine which gives us an advantageous head start." Figure 1: Plan map of Fall 2024 Drilling at the historic Gränsgruvan Mine The Fall 2024 drilling at the historic Gränsgruvan Mine on the Stollberg Property is summarized below and the location of the mentioned drilling can be found in Figure 1 dip and total depth can be found in Table 1 The first part of the hole (up to ~100 m) is composed of unmineralized locally strongly altered (muscovite-biotite-silica>garnet) felsic volcanic rocks The following 100 m are represented by strongly altered (silica-k-feldspar>biotite-muscovite>albite) felsic volcanic rocks possibly a coherent rhyolitic lava or intrusion Trace to locally 2% py-po>cpy-gn occur throughout this interval Between 200 to 310 m the hole intersected strongly altered (biotite\phlogopite-muscovite-k-feldspar>silica) felsic volcanic rocks From ~220 to 305 m the section shows a weak average of 2-5% sulphide content (py-po>cpy-sph-gn) The last 5 meters (310-315 m) consist of strongly altered (biotite\phlogopite-garnet-muscovite) felsic volcanic rock with trace sphalerite and galena About 70% of the hole stayed in the hanging wall part of the mineralization and intersected the following lithologies: i) unmineralized and weakly to moderately altered (muscovite-biotite-silica-cordierite patchy to pervasive) felsic volcanic siltstone and mass flows deposits which locally show a fining upward sequence; ii) two unmineralized marble units 269.1-289.7 m and 326.5-332.5 m; iii) early 92.5-97.2 m and 220.1-255.6 m; and iv) late Moderate to intense mineralization was intersected between 375.55 m and 445.4 m Highest sulphide (py-po>sph-gn-aspy) contents are hosted in marble ~10-20% sulphides 375.5-380.5 m and semi-massive sulphides (up to 80%) Moderate to strong stringer style mineralization extends for over 60m (between 382.5 - 445.4 m) with an average of ~10% sulphide content (py-po>cpy-sph-gn) in strongly altered (silica-k feldspar-muscovite-biotite and patchy magnetite mineralized section occurs between 447 and 469 m within the following lithologies: i) marble and pyroxene skarn beds 447-453.6 m; ii) interlayered/banded skarn and silica-biotite/phlogopite-garnet altered felsic volcanic rocks 453.6-457 m; and iii) silica-biotite/phlogopite-garnet-magnetite altered felsic volcanic rocks From 500 to 531 m the unit is weakly mineralized (1-5% Fine grained felsic volcanic layers occur within the marble 522.85-524.45 m and host ~10-20% sphalerite rich stringers The last 11.2 meters (531.7-542.9 m EOH) are characterized by weakly to moderately altered fine grained felsic volcanic rocks which look like the felsic siltstone layers from the hanging wall unit these are interpreted as hanging wall rocks that were structurally repeated through a fold structure sph-py-po stringers occur throughout this interval (<5% sulphide content) Up to 454.5 m the hole stayed in the hanging wall part of the deposit composed mostly of unmineralized and weakly to moderately altered (muscovite-biotite-silica-cordierite>garnet phlogopite altered and amphibole rich mafic dykes occur throughout Mineralized marble unit was intersected at 447.9-463.35 m Stringer sulphides (10-20% sph-gn-py-po) and disseminated magnetite occur in the lower part of the marble The mineralization is stronger close to the contact with strongly altered (silica-k-feldspar-muscovite-biotite and patchy magnetite garnet) felsic volcanic rocks (463.35-516.7 m) The latter unit hosts intense stringer style mineralization (py-po>sph-gn-cpy) that decreases downhole: 10-20% sulphides patchy to stringer style mineralization (1-5% py-po>cpy) also occurs downhole within interlayered/banded skarn and silica-biotite/phlogopite-garnet altered felsic volcanic rocks This is followed downhole (580 to 614 m) by weakly to moderately altered fine grained felsic volcanic rocks which look like the felsic siltstone layers from the hanging wall unit The felsic rocks transit downhole into an interbedded section (614-618.3 m) composed of thin (dm to meter sized) marble and silica-biotite altered felsic volcanic rocks Patchy to stringer style mineralization (~5% py-po-cpy±sph-gn) occurs in the last part of this interval and continues into the unit below (618.3-623.3 m) The hole ends into a strongly altered (phlogopite-muscovite-silica±k feldspar) felsic volcanic unit (623.3-635.8 m) Up to 334 m the hole stayed in the hanging wall part of the deposit composed mostly of unmineralized and weakly to moderately altered (muscovite-biotite-silica-cordierite>garnet Trace sulphides occur throughout the section except for the last 10 meters which show a very weak patchy mineralization (1-2% py-po±sph-cpy) undeformed and unaltered mafic dyke intrudes The hanging wall felsic volcanic rocks transit into an unmineralized marble and skarn dominated unit (334 - 349 m) which subsequently transits into an interlayered/banded unit of skarn marble and silica-biotite/phlogopite-garnet altered felsic volcanic rocks (349 - 359 m) This section is characterized by intense stringer style mineralization with an average of ~20% sph-gn>py-po between 352 and 359 m The mineralization continues downhole in the following unit (359-367m biotite/phlogopite-garnet-amphibole-silica altered felsic volcanic rocks) but decreases gradually (5-10% EOH) is represented by strongly altered (silica-k feldspar-muscovite-biotite and patchy garnet) felsic volcanic rocks which show a weak (<5%) patchy to stringer style mineralization (py-po>sph-gn-cpy) The first 13 meters (11-24 m) are characterized by typical hanging wall felsic volcanic siltstones locally brecciated by quartz and phlogopite veins and strongly altered (silica-biotite/phlogopite-garnet-amphibole-andalusite) This section is probably linked to a fault zone Trace py-po stringers are common along foliation From 40 to 83.2 m the hole intersects a magnetite-rich and partially mineralized marble>skarn unit: 50-69 m patchy po>py±gn-sph-py; 69-76 m stringer style From 83.2 to 451.2 m the hole stays in unmineralized and moderately altered (muscovite-biotite-silica-cordierite>garnet typical of hanging wall part of the deposit Between 458.85 m to 488.5 m the hole intersects a strongly altered (silica-biotite>garnet>muscovite) felsic volcanic rocks which are partially mineralized: 466-473 m This unit transits into an interlayered/banded unit (488.5-522.6 m) characterized alternating dm to meter size layers of pyroxene skarn and silica-biotite-garnet altered felsic volcanic rocks patchy to stringer style mineralization occurs throughout The hole ends in strongly altered (silica-biotite-garnet,522.6-529.15 m and silica-k feldspar-muscovite-biotite 529.15-545.8 EOH) felsic volcanic rocks with trace 1 https://www.boliden.com/490349/globalassets/operations/exploration/mineral-resources-and-mineral-reserves-pdf/2024/resources-and-reserves-garpenberg-2024-12-31.pdf 2 Allen, Rodney L., Jonsson, Rolf H. 2014. Boliden's Garpenberg Zn-Pb-Ag mine, Sweden - Critical factors behind the discoveries that turned mine closure into a large expansion project. SEG Conference Abstract 0393-000191. https://www.segweb.org/SEG/Events/Conference-Archive/2014/Conference-Proceedings/data/papers/abstracts/0393-000191.pdf?v=020606 3 Frank, K.S., Spry, P.G., Raat, H., Allen, R.A., Jansson, N.F and Ripa, M. (2019). Variability in the Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Characteristics of Base Metal Sulfide Deposits in the Stollberg Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Sweden. Econ Geol 114: 473-512. doi: https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4646 Evolution of the Paleoproterozoic volcanic-limestone-hydrothermal sediment succession and Zn-Pb-Ag and iron oxide deposits at Stollberg Sweden: Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits All scientific and technical information in this news release has been prepared by Ainsworth is a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects The drill core reported in this news release was logged and prepared at the District Metals AB core facility in Säter Sweden before submittal to Palsatech Oy in Sala Sweden where the NQ-size drill core is cut and bagged The samples were prepared for analysis at ALS Geochemistry in Piteå Sample pulps were sent to ALS Geochemistry in Ireland (an accredited mineral analysis laboratory) for analysis Samples were analyzed using a multi-element ultra trace method combining a four-acid digestion with ICP-MS analytical package ("ME-MS61") Over limit sample values were re-assayed for: (1) values of copper >1%; (2) values of zinc >1%; (3) values of lead >1%; and (4) values of silver >100 g/t using the high-grade material ICP-AES analytical package ("ME-OG62") and palladium were analyzed using the 30 g lead fire assay with ICP-AES finish analytical package ("PGM-ICP23") and duplicates were inserted into the sample shipment to ensure integrity of the assay process Selected samples were chosen for duplicate assay from the coarse reject and pulps of the original sample No QA/QC issues were noted with the results reported is led by industry professionals with a track record of success in the mining industry and develop prospective mineral properties through a disciplined science-based approach to create shareholder value and benefit other stakeholders District is a polymetallic exploration and development company focused on the Viken and Tomtebo Properties in Sweden The Viken Property covers 100% of the uranium-vanadium Viken Deposit which is an asset with substantial exploration and development expenditures that resulted in the definition of historic polymetallic resource estimates in 2010 and 2014 The advanced exploration stage Tomtebo Property is located in the Bergslagen Mining District of south-central Sweden and is situated between the historic Falun Mine and Boliden's Garpenberg Mine that are located 25 km to the northwest and southeast Two historic polymetallic mines and numerous polymetallic showings are located on the Tomtebo Property along an approximate 17 km trend that exhibits similar geology alteration and VMS/SedEx style mineralization as other significant mines within the district For further information on the Tomtebo Property, please see the technical report entitled "NI 43-101 Update Technical Report on the Tomtebo Project, Bergslagen Region of Sweden" dated effective October 15, 2020 and amended and restated on February 26, 2021, which is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca President and Chief Executive Officer(604) 288-4430 Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release Cautionary Statement Regarding "Forward-Looking Information" This news release contains certain statements that may be considered "forward-looking information" with respect to the Company within the meaning of applicable securities laws forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans" "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions "occur" or "be achieved" and any similar expressions projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking information Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead represent management's expectations estimates and projections regarding future events Forward-looking information in this news release relating to the Company include statements relating to the Stollberg Property including results of exploration and drilling and interpretations thereof and future exploration; the benefits of mining Sweden; the Company's Swedish polymetallic properties; the Company's planned exploration activities including its drill target strategy and next steps for the Swedish properties; and the Company's interpretations and expectations about the results on the Swedish properties These statements and other forward-looking information are based on opinions assumptions and estimates made by the Company in light of its experience and perception of historical trends current conditions and expected future developments as well as other factors that the Company believes are appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances without limitation the reliability of exploration and drill results; reliability of data and the accuracy of publicly reported information regarding current past and historic mines in the Bergslagen district and in respect of the Swedish properties; that the Swedish government will eventually lift or amend its moratorium on uranium exploration and mining in Sweden; the Company's ability to satisfy the terms of the Company's agreement with Boliden; the Company's ability to raise sufficient capital to fund planned exploration activities maintain corporate capacity; and stability in financial and capital markets These factors and assumptions are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors and assumptions that could affect the Company Although the Company has attempted to identify factors that would cause actual actions events or results to differ materially from those disclosed in the forward-looking information or information there may be other factors that cause actions events or results not to be as anticipated many of such factors are beyond the control of the Company readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information The forward-looking information is made as of the date of this news release and the Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise such forward-looking information except as required by applicable securities laws For more information visit www.districtmetals.com District Metals is led by industry professionals with a track record of success in the mining industry. The company's Viken property covers 100% of the Viken deposit, which is amongst the largest... LEARN MORE (TSXV: DMX) (OTCQB: DMXCF) (FSE: DFPP); ("District" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of core drilling at the high grade polymetallic Stollberg Property located 35 km to the southwest of the Tomtebo Property (Figure 1) within the Bergslagen Mining District of south-central Sweden The Stollberg-Tomtebo Properties are being explored in collaboration with Boliden Mineral AB commented: "Over the last year important geological and geophysical data from the Stollberg Property has been obtained and compiled by the technical team through a collaborative process that has delivered priority areas for drilling During this process the historic Gränsgruvan Mine stood out as one of several priority areas to drill within the Stollberg Property the whole rock geochemistry from historic drill core and outcrop rock sampling at the Stollberg Property is highly analogous to the setting associated with Boliden's operating Garpenberg Mine There are numerous historic drill holes with wide intervals of high grade polymetallic mineralization at the Gränsgruvan Mine The Fall 2024 drill program will focus on step outs from known mineralization at the Gränsgruvan Mine to expand upon known mineralized bodies and to potentially discover new polymetallic mineralized bodies Leading edge whole rock geochemistry and DHEM will be completed on all drill holes to increase the team's technical understanding of the Stollberg mineralized trend and to increase the probability of making new discoveries." The Stollberg Mineralized Trend is located in the Bergslagen region of the Fennoscandian shield The Stollberg Trend comprises a 5.0 km long steeply east-dipping belt of manganese-rich magnetite and Zn-Pb-Ag sulphide deposits hosted by marble skarn and hydrothermally altered meta-volcanic rocks The deposits have been mined continuously from medieval times until 1982 Most deposits in the Stollberg Mineralized Trend occur along the N-S striking eastern limb of an upright to steeply east-dipping The historic Gränsgruvan Zn-Pb-Ag Mine is located 2.0 km west of the historic Stollberg workings and is interpreted to be stratigraphically equivalent representing the western limb of the syncline The core of the syncline comprises meta-sediments which are separated from the mineralized horizon by 800 m of massive to banded rhyolitic meta-volcanic rocks These hanging-wall rocks are generally not strongly altered but locally contain abundant patchy calc-silicate aggregates and local zones of elevated cordierite interpreted as regional metamorphosed syn-volcanic alteration zones Proximal to the mineralized horizon on the eastern limb gradation into biotite and quartz rocks with abundant porphyroblasts (locally more than 50 vol.%) of garnet These grade further eastward into marble and skarn Formation of these polymetallic deposits directly followed a major rhyolitic volcanic eruption and formation of a submarine caldera The earliest mineralization comprised exhalative iron oxides concurrent with limestone formation Post-caldera subsidence and burial induced a shift in style of mineralization whereby the limestone became a trap to replacement-type magnetite and Zn-Pb-Ag sulphide mineralization The polymetallic sulphide mineralization is dominated by sphalerite (Zn) arsenopyrite and lesser chalcopyrite (Cu) and pyrite They grade irregularly into semi-massive and locally massive sulphide bodies which are considerably richer in galena (Pb-Ag) Average grades in the mined deposits ranged between 0.5 to 5.0% Zn Boliden acquired the historic Gränsgruvan Zn-Pb-Ag Mine in 1972 and produced 0.26 Mt at 4.8% Zn 2.1% Pb and 29 g/t Ag down to -225 m depth until mine closure in 19784 Boliden restarted exploration activities in the Stollberg Mineralized Trend in 2000 The newly discovered mineralization at the Västansjö deposit is situated on the eastern limb of the Stollberg syncline alteration and mineralization style to the marble-skarn hosted Zn-Pb-Ag-(Cu-Au) deposit of Garpenberg imply potential for finding significant mineralization at the Stollberg Property2,3,4 Figure 1: Location of Stollberg and Tomtebo Properties Figure 2: Proposed Drill Holes at the Historical Gränsgruvan Mine 1 Allen, Rodney L., Jonsson, Rolf H. 2014. Boliden's Garpenberg Zn-Pb-Ag mine, Sweden - Critical factors behind the discoveries that turned mine closure into a large expansion project. SEG Conference Abstract 0393-000191. https://www.segweb.org/SEG/Events/Conference-Archive/2014/Conference-Proceedings/data/papers/abstracts/0393-000191.pdf and Geochemical Characteristics of Base Metal Sulfide Deposits in the Stollberg Ore Field Komplettering till ansökan om bearbetningskoncession Västansjö K nr 1 Supporting document for mining concession application Västansjö K nr 1 from Boliden Mineral AB including a Mineral Resource Estimate to the Mining Inspectorate (Bergsstaten) Ainsworth is a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects The data disclosed in this news release is related to historical results District has not undertaken any independent investigation of the sampling nor has it independently analyzed the results of the historical exploration work in order to verify the results District considers these historical results relevant as the Company is using this data as a guide to plan exploration programs The Company's current and future exploration work includes verification of the historical data through drilling Ainsworth has not verified any of the information regarding any of the properties or projects referred to herein other than the Tomtebo and Stollberg Properties Mineralization on any other properties referred to herein is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Tomtebo and Stollberg Properties which is an asset with substantial exploration and development expenditures that resulted in the definition of large historic polymetallic resource estimates in 2010 and 2014 The Viken Deposit is amongst the largest deposits by total historic mineral resources of uranium and vanadium in the world For further information on the Tomtebo Property, please see the technical report entitled "NI 43-101 Update Technical Report on the Tomtebo Project, Bergslagen Region of Sweden" dated effective October 15, 2020 and amended and restated on February 26, 2021, which is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca Cautionary Statement Regarding "Forward-Looking Information" statements relating to the Purchase Agreement and closing thereof; the Company's Swedish polymetallic properties; the Company's planned exploration activities assumptions about the reliability of historical data and the accuracy of publicly reported information regarding past and historic mines in the Bergslagen district; and in respect of the intention of the Swedish government to eventually lift or amend its moratorium on uranium exploration and mining in Sweden; the Company's ability to raise sufficient capital to fund planned exploration activities Tim Hanley acting Keyes Dean of the College of Business Administration has announced the expansion of the college’s executive-in-residence program with the naming of five former executives to mentorship positions across five programs Prior to being named acting dean, Hanley was named Marquette’s first executive-in-residence in October 2019 which served as the start of an initiative to elevate the business school’s engagement with the business community “I was honored to return to my alma mater as its first executive-in-residence in 2019 to participate in Dean Joe Daniels’ vision of elevating the college’s engagement with the business community,” Hanley said “Following an initial discussion with a former dean Joe Daniels brought me in to offer the faculty and students coaching and mentoring from my global experience and networking We are excited to expand the opportunity across several areas where these successful executives will be able to work directly within our college.” The College of Business Administration’s executives-in-residence are: Faculty will be able to leverage these global executives’ expertise in their classrooms where they will provide firsthand knowledge real-world experience and establish valuable connections between business students and the corporate world “This group of executives brings to Marquette a diverse collection of experience and successes in their fields,” Hanley added “We also have a few alumni that are especially eager to give back and contribute to a transformational education experience for our students who are the next generation of corporate executives that will go out and Be The Difference.” Take part in Baccalaureate Mass, May 10  Apply to join Les Aspin Washington, D.C., internship program by May 5  A Nurses Week reflection from Dean Jill Guttormson but thanks to her chameleonic skill in front of the camera See Stollberg take a bold attitude in a plaid mini Jacquemus shirt and high-heeled leather cuissardes or exude coyness in a burgundy Ann Demeulemeester frock and matching shades she immediately has an elegant pose,” explains Markus Strasser “If I put something trashy or something cool on her her attitude changes immediately for that kind of look This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. 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Volume 6 - 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00649 When their sense of personal control is threatened people try to restore perceived control through the social self We propose that it is the perceived agency of ingroups that provides the self with a sense of control we for the first time tested the hypothesis that threat to personal control increases the attractiveness of being part or joining those groups that are perceived as coherent entities engaging in coordinated group goal pursuit (agentic groups) but not of those groups whose agency is perceived to be low Consistent with this hypothesis we found in Study 1 (N = 93) that threat to personal control increased ingroup identification only with task groups but not with less agentic types of ingroups that were made salient simultaneously personal control threat increased a sense of collective control and support within the task group mediated through task-group identification (indirect effects) Turning to groups people are not (yet) part of Study 2 (N = 47) showed that personal control threat increased relative attractiveness ratings of small groups as possible future ingroups only when the relative agency of small groups was perceived to be high Perceived group homogeneity or social power did not moderate the effect Study 3 (N = 78) replicated the moderating role of perceived group agency for attractiveness ratings of entitative groups whereas perceived group status did not moderate the effect These findings extend previous research on group-based control showing that perceived agency accounts for group-based responses to threatened control in the present article we aim at investigating what kind of groups work best for restoring a sense of control we tested the novel hypothesis that when a sense of personal control is threatened people identify more strongly with agentic ingroups and find it more attractive to join agentic than less agentic groups The reported control threat effects were obtained for different ingroups ranging from classic social categories like nationality whether people deprived of personal control support and identify with any ingroup The model of group-based control suggests that people prefer groups that appear as (collective) agents and that could equip the self with a sense of (collective) control This novel hypothesis is tested in the present research for both identification with present ingroups and perceived attractiveness of joining new groups What are the properties of groups that give people a sense of collective control? According to Skinner (1996), personal control comprises the idea that the self as an agent can affect end states through instrumental actions (means). In a related vein, Preston and Wegner (2005) proposed that people are motivated to think of themselves as agents (“ideal agency”) agency is experienced for voluntary actions and can be traced back to three features: an intention to act The concept of agency closely resembles and helps to specify the foundations of control we define a sense of control as the perceived potential to affect important aspects of the environment through the autonomous self perceptions of agency are essential for perceiving control and striving for perceptions of the self as agentic should be a means to (re-) establish a perception of control proposing that entitativity is necessary but not sufficient for group-based control to emerge We hypothesize that threat to control increases identification with ingroups and increases the attractiveness of new groups when these groups are highly entitative and at the same time highly agentic we control for other group features that may be related to collective agency or status to flesh out the unique effect of collective agency for increasing group identification and group selection under threat and therefore maintained the belief that the ingroup can attain its goal collectively who investigated the impact of several individual and group factors on collective efficacy beliefs and who did not find a relation between group size and collective efficacy beliefs of group members The ambiguity of these results suggests that whether small or large groups are perceived as more agentic may vary from situation to situation We hypothesized that following threat to personal control participants should be more strongly attracted to groups of that size they perceive as relatively more agentic Other perceived group characteristics that do not represent full-blown agency such as social power or unspecific homogeneity are not expected to moderate the effects of personal control threat on relative group attractiveness we measured the three components of perceived ideal group agency for entitative and non-entitative groups hypothesizing that control threat affects group attractiveness only when the group is entitative and highly agentic we assessed the attractiveness of entitative and non-entitative realistic groups that were displayed on pictures and measured perceived agency and perceived group status as possible moderators None of the studies investigating need fulfillment by these four different group types has explicitly investigated a need for control as a driver of ingroup identification it seems obvious that task groups are those that are most intimately associated with the notion of agency and therefore collective control as we expect an increase in identification following threat to control only for task groups because these groups are primarily perceived as agentic groups we tested for indirect effects of control threat on collective efficacy and within-group support mediated via identification with task groups One hundred and one university students participated in the study We excluded three participants who had guessed the aim of the study and five who had participated in a similar experiment previously the final sample consisted of 93 participants with a mean age of 21.41 years (SD = 2.22) The experiment had a 2 Control Salience (high/low) × 4 Group Identification (task group/intimacy group/social category/loose association) design with repeated measurement on the last factor Participants were recruited at the campus of a German university. After they had agreed upon participation, they received a questionnaire, which introduced the study as a survey on personality traits. Then, participants were exposed to a control salience manipulation, similar to a manipulation that has been used previously in control threat research (Whitson and Galinsky, 2008) participants read the following instruction (instructions for the high control salience condition in parentheses): Please think about an important situation in your life in which you had no (full) control over the things going on try to remember exactly and imagine the event vividly describe the situation and your thoughts about it in the following lines For each group type they were asked to identify an example group to which they belonged The order in which the group types were presented was counterbalanced resulting in four different versions of the questionnaire participants completed four items (1 = do not agree to 4 = agree) assessing collective efficacy beliefs for each group: “Together we are strong.” “We can achieve things collectively “Nobody should think you cannot count on us.” “Together we even come through hard times.” Perceived support among group members was assessed with three items (1 = do not agree to 4 = agree) for each group, adapted from Zimet et al. (1988): “There is always a member of the group around when I am in need.” “I get the emotional support and help I need from my group.” “I can count on my group when things go wrong.”α(task group) = 0.80 participants were debriefed and thanked for participation and received a chocolate bar We expected low control salience to increase identification with the task group, but not with other group types. Therefore, we conducted a 2 Control Salience (low/high) × Order of Group Types × 4 Group Identification (task group/intimacy group/social category/loose association) analysis of variance, with repeated measurement on the last factor (for cell values see Table 1) The general level of group identification differed marginally for the order of group type presentation as it did not interact with control salience we report the descriptive values of the analysis regardless of presentation order The results showed different levels of identification Participants reported the highest level of identification with intimacy groups followed by social categories and task groups with the lowest levels of identification with loose associations a significant interaction of control salience and group type suggests that control salience affected participants' identification with ingroups differently people with low perceptions of control reported higher levels of identification with the task group than people with high perceptions of control There were no simple effects of control salience on identification with intimacy groups Mean and standard deviation scores for identification with different group types as a function of control salience (Study 1) To test whether increased identification with a task group mediates the effect of control salience on collective efficacy beliefs and perceived within-group support from the task group, we conducted two separate simple mediation analyses (see Figure 1), using the macro process for SPSS (Hayes, 2013) Control salience was contrast coded for both analyses (low control = −1 vs Participants in the low control salient condition showed more identification with their task group as participants in the high control salient condition (a = −0.15 as identification increased in participants collective efficacy beliefs increased too (b = 0.56 A bias-corrected 95% confidence interval based on 2000 bootstrap samples for the indirect effect (ab = −0.09) was entirely below zero No evidence was found for a direct effect of control salience on collective efficacy beliefs (c′ = 0.05 Indirect effects of control threat in Study 1: Task group identification mediates the effect of control threat on both perceived within-group support and collective efficacy perceptions Control salience was contrast coded: Low control (−1) Simple mediation analysis for within-group support revealed that low control salience increased participants identification with their task group as compared to high control salience (a = −0.15 perceived group support increased too (b = 0.79 a bias-corrected 95% confidence interval (2000 bootstrap samples) for the indirect effect (ab = −0.12) was entirely below zero Both reported mediations support our prediction that control threat indirectly increased collective efficacy beliefs As the control salience manipulation did not affect identification with another group type whether there was a direct effect of control salience on collective efficacy beliefs and within-group support for the other group types No direct effect could be observed for any of the two dependent measures the present study made salient the differences between the group types some ingroups are better suited to restore control perceptions than others probably because they can provide a greater sense of agency threat to personal control should increase the attractiveness of groups that are perceived as being agentic The results of Study 1 are a first indication that agentic ingroups are especially attractive for people who lack personal control In Study 2 we extend this hypothesis to potential ingroups of which people are not part of yet to test whether the effect of perceived collective agency is unique perceived group power or perceived unspecific group homogeneity should be teased apart from agency perceptions we investigated the impact of control threat on attractiveness of groups differing in size Small groups are better able to act in a coordinated manner whereas in cases where large groups solve their coordination problems they will have more social power to attain resources and could thus elicit effects on the environment small and large groups' agency may be in the eye of the beholder assessing participants' idiosyncratic perceptions of how agentic large groups are in comparison to small groups we measured participants' relative perceptions of large vs small groups on the possible group attribute moderators power and homogeneity as well as group attractiveness as dependent variable We expected participants to respond to threatened personal control by showing a relative preference for groups of that size they perceive as relatively more agentic Although both group power and homogeneity could be related to perceptions of collective agency they are each insufficient to cover all aspects of agency but also to the possession of resources and high status Only the former perception shows a conceptual association with the outcome aspect of agency but less so with its process (shared intention and coordinated collective action) homogeneity may prepare the ground for building shared intentions but is not implying that coordinated action or visible outcomes do occur That is why we only expected full-blown agency to moderate control threat effects on group attractiveness Fifty university students participated in the study We excluded one participant who had guessed the aim of the study and two participants who participated in a similar experiment previously resulting in a final sample of 47 participants with a mean age of M = 27.81 years (SD = 7.95) A manipulation of control salience (high/low) served as independent variable we used measures that assessed participants' relative perceptions of large vs small groups as a function of control threat on relative group attractiveness ratings Participants were asked at the campus of a German university to take part in a study on attitudes which opened with a control salience manipulation similar to those used in Study 1 In the low control salience condition (high control salience in parentheses) they read: Take a moment to think about situations or incidents in which you realized that you have very little (very much) control and impact on important things in your life Please describe briefly in your own words one event or situation that made you feel helpless (influential) participants were asked to indicate on a 7-point-scale (1 = not at all to 7 = very much) how much they felt in control over important aspects in their life in the situation they had just described This was followed by a questionnaire on sleep- and awakening patterns participants made attractiveness rating for six pairs of groups the group descriptions differed only in group size (one small group Participants were instructed to imagine that both groups would equally correspond to their attitudes and beliefs and that they should make a decision which group they would rather like to join participants made ratings for each group of the pair with regard to the likelihood that they would join the group on a 7-point-scales (1 = very unlikely to 7 = very likely) To preserve the comparative nature of the judgments we computed a difference score for the dependent variable of group attractiveness ratings subtracting ratings of small groups from ratings of large groups resulting in a variable that reflected the relative attractiveness of large compared to small groups Group attributes were assessed as relative measures which attributes large groups possess as compared to small groups: “Large groups are rather…” (1 = powerless to 7 = powerful); “Members of large groups are rather…” (1 = dissimilar to 7 = similar); “Large groups are rather…” (1 = non-agentic to 7 = agentic) fully debriefed and received a chocolate bar for their participation Participants in the low control salience condition indicated having perceived less control over important aspects in their life (M = 2.19 SD = 1.33) than participants in the high control salience condition (M = 5.40 the manipulation of control salience was successful when large groups were perceived as less agentic than small groups (−1 SD) the relative attractiveness of small groups increased under low control salience compared to high control salience No effect of control salience on relative attractiveness could be observed when large groups were perceived as more agentic than small groups (+1 SD) participants in the low control salience condition perceived large groups as relatively more attractive than small groups when large groups were perceived as more agentic (+1 SD) than when large compared to small groups were perceived as rather non-agentic (−1 SD) Relative attractiveness of large groups compared to small groups (difference score) as a function of control salience (low vs high) and relative agency perception of large vs Agency plotted at +1 SD (high agency large groups) and −1 SD (high agency small groups) about the mean (Study 2) as well as the interaction terms of Control Salience × Agency No moderation was found for power or homogeneity The initial interaction effect of Control Salience × Agency and the pattern of results remained the same The results of Study 2 confirm our hypothesis that agency and not perceived power or group member homogeneity moderates the effect of control salience on perceived attractiveness of potential ingroups Threat to control increased the relative attractiveness of small groups when these were perceived as more agentic than large groups For people with low perceptions of control attractiveness of small compared to large groups was higher when they perceived small groups to be relatively more agentic than large groups control threat did not increase preference for large groups when large groups were perceived as relatively more agentic than small groups Perceived group power and member homogeneity did not moderate the control salience effect on group attractiveness These findings emphasize the importance of agency as the crucial group feature that defines whether groups can serve as a resource for personal control By employing realistic pictures of entitative and non-entitative groups we thought to use a more subtle procedure to present group features to participants Groups were preselected as entitative or non-entitative the degree to which they were perceived to form a coherent entity (“groupness”) This allowed us to test directly our assumption that entitativity is necessary for perceptions of collective control but that it is not sufficient to explain control threat effects on group attractiveness ratings We expected personal control threat to increase attractiveness ratings of entitative and agentic groups whereas attractiveness of groups that lack either entitativity or agency should not be affected by control threat Eighty university students participated in the study two participants were excluded from the sample and one participated in a similar experiment previously the final sample consisted of 78 participants with a mean age of 23.44 years (SD = 4.50) A manipulation of personal control salience (high/low) served as independent variable participants were presented with 12 pictures of an aggregate of people six pictures depicted people forming an entitative group whereas six other pictures depicted people in a similar context who did not form an entitative group (see Supplementary Material) The pictures were selected from a Pre-Study (N = 40) where we asked participants to estimate the degree to which the people displayed in the pictures constituted a real entity The people in the entitative group pictures that we used in this study were perceived significantly more as a coherent entity than the people in the non-entitative pictures We told participants to imagine that they would like to start a similar group as it was depicted in the picture with people they like We did so to ensure that participants perceived all groups as potential future ingroups The pictures differed with regard to content representing typical groups of the daily life Then participants should rate each of the depicted groups on attractiveness of the group for the self Participants rated the attractiveness of the group for the self on four items: “I find the group attractive,” “I can nicely imagine myself being a part of a similar group,” “I think the group members feel comfortable with their group,” “I would found a similar group myself.” Ratings were made on a 7-point-scale (1 = not at all to 7 = absolutely) Internal consistency of attractiveness ratings for each group ranged from α = 0.75 to α = 0.92 Group ratings were averaged over six pictures each to build two composite score of general group attractiveness one for entitative and one for non-entitative groups We created a five item measure of perceived agency to assess the three components of agency as we initially defined it: Sharedness of a common goal voluntary group coordination to achieve the goal Items were: “The people in the group have a common goal that they are able to attain,” “I think it is likely that the group will reach their common goal,” “The group is pursuing its goal collectively,” “The people in the group are actively working together,” “The group acts rather passively.”(reverse coded) Ratings were made on a 7-point-scale (1 = not at all to 7 = absolutely) internal consistency was good for all groups ranging from α = 0.80 to α = 0.90 except for one group depicting people in a seminar room with an internal consistency of α = 0.65 ratings were averaged over six groups each resulting in perceived agency of entitative groups and perceived agency of non-entitative groups on a 7-point-scale (1 = not at all to 7 = absolutely): “The group gives the impression of being held in high esteem.” we assessed perceived personal likeability of the individuals depicted in the pictures with one item (“The people in the group look sympathetic”) We intended to make sure that the depicted individuals did not a priori differ on personal likeability As likeability ratings for people in entitative and non-entitative groups pictures did not differ for participants with low as compared to high perceptions of control we did not consider likeability in any further analysis very agentic groups were more attractive than less agentic groups whereas agency perceptions were not related to attractiveness ratings when high control was salient the results fully supported our hypothesis Attractiveness ratings of entitative groups as a function of control salience (low vs high) and agency perceptions (plotted at +/− 1 SD about the mean) Results are controlled for perceived group status (Study 3) We conducted the same moderation analysis for non-entitative groups Attractiveness of non-entitative groups was neither affected directly by control salience nor did perceived agency or perceived status moderate the effect The results of Study 3 further support our hypothesis that threat to control increases the attractiveness of groups that are perceived as both coherent entities and as highly agentic Low control salience increased attractiveness ratings of entitative groups when these groups were perceived as highly agentic perceived status did not moderate control threat effects on attractiveness ratings we assessed group status with a single item measure the results support our contention that perceived collective agency but not collective status accounts for the effects of personal control threat on group-based cognition and action This enables us to distinguish processes of group-based control from processes of self-esteem maintenance which should both represent central functions fulfilled by group membership Study 2 yielded more specific evidence that agency is the crucial group feature making groups attractive for group-based control restoration Salient threat to personal control increased the relative attractiveness of small vs large groups only when small groups were perceived as relatively more agentic than large groups such as perceived group power and perceived ingroup homogeneity did not moderate the effect of threatened control on group attractiveness ratings This provides specific evidence for the moderating role of agency perceptions homogeneity and power may relate to specific components of agency perceptions they cannot be equated with agency While similarity among group members may facilitate the generation of a shared group goal that increases agency perceptions it does not imply joint goal pursuit and action group power usually allows for more opportunities and access to resources that could be used for effective goal pursuit but powerful groups do not necessarily engage in goal achievement because they might be satisfied with their current situation and behave rather passively we conceptually replicated that perceived group agency moderates control threat effects on group attractiveness Threat to control increased attractiveness ratings of entitative (but not of non-entitative) groups when these were perceived as highly agentic when the groups were perceived as collectively and actively pursuing a common goal perceived group status did not moderate control threat effects on attractiveness ratings The mere perception of high status or majority status (which is often used as a proxy for a high status group) is not sufficient to attract people with a deprived sense of control our findings show that although entitativity seems necessary for group-based control control deprived people only increase identification with those groups that are additionally perceived as agentic Further research could investigate this more directly by manipulating group entitativity and group agency as independent between-subjects factors Future research should clarify the conditions under which people get to behavioral activation and regain a sense of agency and control either by engaging in personal or in social responses The present research on group-based control indicates that threat influences social interactions on the group level as it determines people's sense of whom they belong and which groups they seek to join or to found The present findings support a control path on which the curative function of ingroup identification can unfold They show that control threat enhances identification with agentic groups that in turn alleviate control loss: membership in agentic groups can help to restore and defend a threatened sense of control by providing group members with sense of collective control No differences were observed between high control and the neutral topic future research would benefit from including a neutral condition to distinguish the control threat effects from possible effects of boosted control collective action participation might be fertilized by threat to people's personal sense of control Our findings further imply which group people prefer when different groups are available For control-deprived individuals groups focusing on similarity and similar appearance and less on coordinative effort in goal attainment if other groups exist that appear highly agentic might be attractive to people because of the shared idea to live for art and love in an unorthodox but that group will probably not be known for its agency and might be therefore not primary for experiencing collective control a successful political action group that actively fights for its goals may provide collective agency to potential members This implies that the attractiveness of groups for new members could be emphasized by indications of agency project planning or other forms indicative of concerted action should foster the perception of the group as agentic and allure people especially in times of personal threat radicalized groups can provide a sense of collective agency that helps to restore their sense of control Violent extremist groups may stress their agency when they violate all norms of human co-existence as this highlights absolute commitment to a shared superordinate goal (it is even worth to violate all rules of conduct) free decision (against “social desirability” concerns) and the strength of active goal pursuit (which obviously cannot be prevented by others although they should be extremely motivated to stop the violations) the rapid surge of extremist groups that attract foreigners from different countries who want to fight zealously for an “Islamic State” illustrates nicely the agentic potential these extremist and inhuman groups could offer Personal feelings of lacking control may be one motivational factor that helps to explain why such vigorous campaigns gain support and new followers The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest The present research was supported by the 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Read our policy By 2015-11-02T11:47:01+00:00 Dürr Somac which makes filling equipment for the automotive industry has opened a warehouse and logistics centre in the German town of Stollberg following an investment of €1.5m ($1.6m) The company already has a manufacturing facility in the town and has been present in Stollberg for 10 years with a floor space of 1,500 sq.m will help us make our logistics processes more efficient,” said Bernd Preissler Dürr Somac’s managing director.  “For example we are now able to deliver spare parts we have in storage to customers around the world within 24 hours.” Dürr Somac’s equipment facilitates the filling of vehicles with up to 12 different fluids or gases during final assembly The company’s manufacturing facility makes around 130 filling facilities a year The company said the units are shipped from the logistics centre to vehicle makers in Germany and around the globe Once on site they are installed and commissioned by Somac specialists This year Dürr Somac expects revenues of more than €75m Site powered by Webvision Cloud head of Corporate and Culture Communications Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BMWGroup Twitter: http://twitter.com/BMWGroup YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BMWGroupView Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmwgroup Here you can see the webcast of the BMW Group Press Conference at the Auto Shanghai 2025 By Michael Tsai Editors' PicksFeatured Columns “Part of what attracts both of us to paleontology is the question of how life came to be on Earth.” Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading Andrew’s Schools head Ruth Fletcher and eighth-grader Jemma Stollberg took in a matinee showing of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” the fifth installment in Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur- driven film franchise Both gave the film favorable reviews as a worthwhile summer popcorn action-thriller But as par­ticularly discerning view­- ers of dinosaur-driven cinema they also took critical note of a few dramatic embellishments “In real life they were only 1 to 2 feet tall had feathers and were as intelligent as chickens,” Stollberg said with incisive precision “If I were locked in a lab with them I wouldn’t be fearing for my life.” But the exaggerated depiction serves the storytelling just as the gross misrepresentation of the mosasaurus — “They were about 60 feet in real life it’s shown as more like 600 feet” — did for 2015’s “Jurassic World.” picking out the inconsistencies is half the fun for two people who share a passion for paleontology a whip-smart teen who has loved dinosaurs for as long as she can remember a former paleontologist with experience in paleo-oceanography and bio-stratography Stollberg enjoyed a childhood spent nose-deep in books about prehistoric animals Her passion was further stoked by Nigel Marven’s “Prehistoric Park” series For Stollberg the magic of the dinosaurs is the great mystery they represent “They had such raw power,” she said “They were forces of nature and then they disappeared It happened such a long time ago that a lot of what we learn about them is up to our imagination.” Fletcher said her own fascination with the geological past dates back to her investigations of rocks and fossils during family camping trips as an undergraduate at the University of Delaware she found herself enamored with historical geology “I couldn’t believe it was a science,” she said Fletcher would go on to graduate with a dual degree in biology and geology She would return to Delaware to complete a master’s degree in geology and paleontology and a Ph.D She spent her early professional life helping to identify potential reservoirs for an oil and gas exploration company She was later hired by Exxon to examine fossils to determine the time periods of dig sites was hired as a professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Hawaii Fletcher took the opportunity to pursue her interest in education landing a job as a science teacher at Punahou School where she would also serve as science department head college counselor and dean of professional programs She also would earn a second master’s degree in private school leadership through a joint program between UH and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools Two years ago she took over as head of schools for St Fletcher’s education and career in science were realized prior to the current push for greater inclusion in STEM-related fields It was her interest and aptitude that led to her acceptance in a field dominated by men She credits her success in part to the guidance of devoted mentors Fletcher has found an opportunity to be the type of role model and mentor she lacked as a young scientist “It’s just refreshing,” she said “It’s nice to talk to someone who knows so much Most people don’t want to go into depth and ponder the big questions Part of what attracts both of us to paleontology is the question of how life came to be on Earth.” a tangible reminder of the grounding in fieldwork that paleontology requires as well as a symbol of the imagination required to re-create reality Reach Michael Tsai at mtsai@staradvertiser.com Cosmos » Earth An extremely powerful laser has diverted the course of lightning The study, published in Nature Photonics, suggests that lasers could be used instead of, or in addition to, physical lightning rods (also called Franklin rods, after their 18th-century inventor) They could ultimately be used as extra, portable, protection for airports and other big infrastructure. They could even reduce the risk of bushfire from dry lightning strikes Researchers have been interested in using lasers to change the course of lightning for decades – almost since the development of lasers in the 1960s The logic is that powerful laser pulses create tiny amounts of plasma in the air – called laser-induced filaments These filaments can conduct and direct electricity But while the trick has worked in labs, attempts to do it in the real world – including in the US in 2004 and Singapore in 2011 – have been unsuccessful This international team of researchers at Ecole Polytechnique installed a car-sized terawatt laser near a telecommunications tower on the stormy Säntis Mountain The telecommunications tower is hit by lightning roughly 100 times a year the researchers ran the powerful laser for a total of six hours during thunderstorms it successfully diverted four lightning strikes As well as directly recording one of the strikes with a high-speed camera the researchers were able to confirm that the diversion worked by detecting the electromagnetic waves and X-ray bursts coming from the four lightning strikes While the researchers are excited by the results they want to run a few more experiments in different places to confirm their findings before recommending every airport install a laser they hope their technique can provide a new way to protect objects Media website: www.press.bmwgroup.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bmwgroup/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BMWGroup YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BMWGroupview YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BMWGroupview Telefon: +49 89 382-39169, Fax: +49 89 382-24418, birgit.hiller@bmw.de Internet: www.press.bmwgroup.com e-mail: presse@bmw.de Up-and-coming stars drive MINI at the International Film Festival in Berlin Telephone: +49 89 382-38770, Fax: +49 89 382-24418, almut.stollberg@bmw.de Telephone: +49 89 382-39169, Fax: +49 89 382-24418, birgit.hiller@bmw.de Telefon: +49 89 382-38770, Fax: +49 89 382-24418, almut.stollberg@bmw.de Internet: www.press.bmw.de will be representing Team Canada Dance at two different world championship events being held in Germany this month and next - photo by Nikki Wesley - Burlington Post (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) seven Burlington dancers auditioned and made it to one of largest dance competitions The World Dance Championships The International Dance Organization (IDO) is a world dance and Dance-Sport Federation with a membership of more than 90 nations representing more than 250,000 dancers from six continents and the information within may be out of date Three Team Canada dancers — Ella Grace Kocijancic-Silk Rowan Bailey and Flora Ferguson — will be flying to Wetzlar Jazz and Modern Dance Championships from Oct while the other four dancers — Victoria Bonnell Madeline Stollberg and Katie Allen — will travel to Riesa Germany to compete at the IDO World Tap Dance Championships from Nov The local dancers gladly gave up their summer holidays and weekends to train for this chance to represent Canada on the world stage As there is no government support for Team Canada Dance each member must raise their own funds to attend the world championships Team Canada Dance National Director Bonnie Dyer noted that Canada has been quite successful in all dance disciplines at the world championships “It is great to see the best of the best in Canada that come from various studios all working together as one team with one goal — and that is to represent Canada,” she said The world championship format is Olympic style with one gold silver and bronze being presented on the podium with the world champions’ national anthem being played as the top three medalists’ flags are raised Kocijancic-Silk has been dancing since the age of two and at nine years of age is the youngest Team Canada dancer at the world championships She trains at the Burlington Dance Company and is representing her studio choreographers and her country on the world stage in Germany She is currently in her third year of competitive dance at Dancemakerz in Waterdown Though she danced recreationally from an early age she did not find her love of dance until recently and since then has worked tirelessly to excel and compete Her dedication and love of the sport led her to try out for a spot on Team Canada and she is both excited to represent her studio and country this fall in Germany Ferguson began her dance training at 2 1/2 she is a Grade 10 dance major/repertoire company member at Cawthra Park Secondary in Mississauga; by night and weekends she is an elite level dancer at Sean Boutilier Academy of Dance in Etobicoke/Mississauga She is excited to represent Canada in ballet and modern dance Bonnell was on a Junior Canadian Tap Team in 2013 and is looking forward to competing on the adult team this year She is currently training at Dancemakerz Dance Studio in Waterdown McMillan has been competing in tap for the last 11 years at Dancers Burlington Tap is her favourite dance style because she enjoys making intricate sounds and rhythms with her feet She is representing Team Canada Tap in Germany this year and looking forward to the new challenge Stollberg is a part of the Team Canada Adult Tap Team for the second year in a row As one of the younger members on the adult tap team she loves the challenge of the choreography of Matthew Clark She has been dancing with Dancers Burlington since she was three years old and tap has always been her favourite style is representing Canada again this year on the adult tap team jazz and modern dance elite teams winning numerous medals and trophies “Team Canada is very welcoming and the (last six) worlds dance competitions were incredibly exciting I’m really looking forward to competing in Germany this fall,” she said She acknowledged Team Canada choreographers sponsors and her home studio McCarthy School of Dance for its encouragement For more Information on the official Canadian World Championship Dance Team (Team Canada Dance), visit www.teamcanadadance.com. 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November is an action month for drawing attention to eliminating violence against girls and women.Image Credit: CeDiS people around the world observe the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – also known as the International Day against Violence against Women – with protest and awareness campaigns Freie Universität has also been observing this day for years Wendy Stollberg from the Chief Gender Equality Office team and manager of the Office of the Standing Working Group on Sexual Harassment Discrimination and Violence at Freie Universität spoke with campus.leben about this year’s plans Ms. Stollberg, why is the whole month of November being dedicated to the day of remembrance and action against violence against women this year? We want to give this important topic more space because one day goes by very quickly. At the same time, we want to increase awareness that we are all responsible for treating each other in a respectful and nonviolent manner. The past two years on November 25, we held a counseling day at Freie Universität for those affected by violence. It was well received and helped make people more aware of the various opportunities for counseling on campus. Wendy Stollberg points out that we are all responsible for treating each other in a respectful and nonviolent manner.Image Credit: Personal collection What counseling contact points are available for people who have experienced violence at Freie Universität I would always advise anyone affected by violence not to remain alone Are universities dangerous places for women can be dangerous for women because they are part of society there are strong hierarchies and dependencies at universities These are conditions that favor discrimination and violence around 55 percent of female students are affected by sexual harassment at least once These figures pertain only to the time while they are enrolled as students about half of university employees experience sexual harassment in the workplace Some groups of people were not even included in this survey That is why in 2015 we set up the Standing Working Group on Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Violence at Freie Universität. The group, which includes people from many areas of the university, drew up renewed regulations for dealing with sexualized violence What is the focus of this year’s action month This year our emphasis in on information, in particular the new blog, GESCHLECHTER*GERECHT It went online on November 1 with articles by authors from Freie Universität as well as outside the university The focus is on sexualized violence at universities as well as research and activities at Freie Universität what women’s rights organizations are doing point out the central rally on November 25 and highlight work being done by the women’s advice centers and emergency hotlines How can students and employees at Freie Universität participate in the action month We would like to invite all the members of the university to read our articles and contributions, to discuss them, and to share them – on our blog and on the website of the working group, both in German and in English the Margherita von Brentano Prize from Freie Universität will be awarded to a project with a related theme is awarded every two years to projects or people involved in the advancement of women or gender research the laudation will be held by Beate Rudolf She was a professor of law at Freie Universität and is currently the director of the German Institute for Human Rights In 2017 she herself was awarded a Margherita von Brentano Prize Will there be more information or events on the topic at Freie Universität after November The topic of gender-related violence always plays an important role, for example, on the website of the Standing Working Group on Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Violence. A practical workshop for employees will be offered on February 17 This is intended as a prelude to further information and training events I would like to invite all the members of Freie Universität to contact the working group or me with their questions The more we learn from people at the university This article originally appeared in German on October 29, 2021, in campus.leben, the online magazine of Freie Universität Berlin. udc1web39www.uni-muenster.de/de/notfound.html2025-05-06 09:05:22 Sorry, this audio is not yet available or has expiredBrought to you by Local poet Sarah Day reads three of her poems and talks about efficiency of words in poetry.  In today's Tricky Conversation, Dr Louise Richardson Self, philosopher, discusses girls being told to cover up at school to not distract boys, and about appropriate workplace attire.  Tennis great John Alexander analyses the latest news from Wimbledon.  Emma Bett, gallerist, previews some of the best arts events, shows and openings across Hobart.  Kitana Mansell, manager of palawa kipli, is excited to share traditional palawa food on SBS's The Cook Up tonight and calls for Aboriginal people to hold the rights to native foods and ingredients.  PhD candidates at the University of Tasmania are calling for a pay rise. 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One of their models, Joyce Carey featured in the media last November as being Australia’s oldest model Silverfox Mgmt have announced 2017 as the year of the age positive movement and said age was becoming less of a factor in consumer behaviour cream #park_vienna #parkonlinestore #mondscheingasse #bernhardwillhelm #cattshirt #lemaire #wrapskirt #anndemeulemeester #plateausandals #ss17 #ourerni #ourbonni #wien #paris #losangeles #antwerp A post shared by PARK Ruthner & Strasser GmbH (@park_wien) on Mar 30 If you spend any time trolling through fashion posts\u00A0on Instagram you might be forgiven for thinking they are all the same Now meet Ernestine \u201CErni\u201D Stollberg come on, vogue! #park_vienna #mondscheingasse #parkonlinestore #anndemeulemeester #blackminidress #blacktanktop #bodysuit #sunglasses #jacquemus #pointyheels #ss17 #ourerni #wien #antwerp #paris \u00A0Speaking to Vogue Their \u2018special collaboration\u2019 has not only brought her fame but that of the store erni now also on voguerunway ?\u2764\uFE0F thankx to @voguerunway \u2018erni rocks it for us all\u2019 #voguerunway #ourerni #wien \u201CWe just sold a Jacquemus top to a visitor from Australia She must have been in her early 20s,\u201D says Strasser \u2018I am just here because of you.\u2019 \u201D illusion #park_vienna #parkonlinestore #mondscheingasse #christianwijnants #flowerdress #delcarlo #ankleboots #wienertimes #pillowhand #robertlarochevintage #sunglasses #ss17 #ourerni #wien #antwerp #milano premi\u00E8re #park_vienna #parkonlinestore #mondscheingasse #hollyfulton #eventdress #embroidery #delcarlo #metallicheels #ourerni #wien #london Read more: Mature model features in new lingerie campaign grey heron #park_vienna #parkonlinestore #mondscheingasse #lemaire #menswear #greycoat #ss17 #greyheron #ourerni #wien #paris Read more: Models that look like real, older women Silverfox\u00A0Management is one such agency, representing models only over the age of 30. One of their models, Joyce Carey featured in the media last November as being Australia\u2019s oldest model cream #park_vienna #parkonlinestore #mondscheingasse #bernhardwillhelm #cattshirt #lemaire #wrapskirt #anndemeulemeester #plateausandals #ss17 #ourerni #ourbonni #wien #paris #losangeles #antwerp To curate to the needs and wants of over-60s online — from news and retirement guides to cruises and exclusive holidays — and get members a better deal wherever possible through the power of our huge online community SubmissionsContactAdvertising & PartnershipsTerms & ConditionsMedia Ethics