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GRID Autosport achievements

GRID Autosport

3.5 from 404 votes

There are a maximum of 60 GRID Autosport achievements (50 without DLC) worth 3,829 (1,250)

5,067 tracked gamers have this game, 101 have completed it (1.99%)

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The Journeyman in GRID Autosport

The Journeyman36 (10)

Race a season with each of the 10 teams in the career.

  • Unlocked by 385 tracked gamers (8% - TA Ratio = 3.62) 5,067

Achievement Guide for The Journeyman

Manic Ado
518,586 (279,450)
Manic Ado
Achievement won on 05 Jul 14
TA Score for this game: 3,218
Posted on 05 July 14 at 01:18
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The achievement description can be slightly misleading. What this achievement means is that you finished several seasons using all the teams available.

From the main menu, you enter career. Upon arrival in here you get a set of Disciplines to chose from.

For each discipline there are only a few to choose from and every season they are randomly generated. (Ravenwest will always show up after you finish the event in 1st.)

The 10 teams are: Intel, Oakley, Razer, Kicker, Liqui Moly, Forge, Monster Racing, Cusco, Ravenwest, K&N.

Here are the disciplines which you can find them:

Touring Cars:
Forge Motorsport, Team Kicker, Monster Energy, Cusco Racing, Oakley Motorsport, Liqui Moly, Razer Motorsport and Ravenwest Motorsport.

Ravenwest Motorsport, K&N Motorsport, Forge Motorsport, Monster Energy Racing, Intel Motorsport, Team Kicker, Razer Motorsport and Oakley Motorsport.

Open Wheel:
Ravenwest Motorsport, Team Kicker, Forge Motorsport, Liqui Moly Racing Team, Monster Energy Racing, Cusco Racing, Intel Motorsport and Razer Motorsport.

K&N Motorsport, Ravenwest Motorsport, Oakley Motorsport, Monster Energy Racing, Razer Motorsport, Forge Motorsport, Cusco Racing and Team Kicker.

Street Racing:
Ravenwest Motorsport, Intel Motorsport, Team Kicker, Monster Energy Racing, Razer Motorsport and Oakley Motorsport.

This achievement will unlock after you finish the season with the team.
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Project Spark achievements

Project Spark

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There are a maximum of 148 Project Spark achievements (92 without DLC) worth 9,757 (2,300)

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Daily Obsession in Project Spark

Daily Obsession24 (10)

Complete all Daily Challenges in one day.

  • Unlocked by 12,060 tracked gamers (17% - TA Ratio = 2.43) 71,745

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202,483 (120,005)
Achievement won on 05 Dec 14
TA Score for this game: 5,854
Posted on 30 October 14 at 13:08, Edited on 31 May 16 at 23:19
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Edit - Still seems really buggy then guys, and with the game effectively being canned, I don't imagine we will ever see a solid fix for it. My only suggestion is to keep trying right after the reset and maybe try hard resetting your xbox inbetween.
A patch has been released that works retroactively, meaning that anyone who has completed all daily challenges in a day before will unlock this once they load up their game (may take a few minutes once in game so just play a community game or edit something).

As to obtaining this, the majority of the Daily Challenges are really easy, while some WILL require you to own some of the DLC packs. My advice would be to buy the starter pack, and then earn as many coins as possible and purchase additional DLC packs with them. You can wait until a day comes round where you only need an additional DLC and purchase it then.

MathGuy42 has created a library of all brains that may be featured as a daily challenge. Simply download The Daily Brain Library and use it as a guide to make them for the challenges.
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ScreamRide achievements

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Screamer in ScreamRide

Screamer275 (30)

Complete all ScreamRider levels

  • Unlocked by 265 tracked gamers (1% - TA Ratio = 9.16) 22,335

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Posted on 17 July 15 at 15:29, Edited on 17 July 15 at 18:37
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There is a 7th security level. It requires 80 commendations to unlock. There are 19 rides before security level 7. You would need 4 commendations on 15 rides and 5 commendations on 4 rides to unlock level 7.

I am only posting this because I spent the time trying to unlock level 6 to get this achievement only to find this out once I got there and figured I might save someone else the frustration.
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Zombie Army Trilogy achievements

Zombie Army Trilogy

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There are a maximum of 68 Zombie Army Trilogy achievements worth 2,452 (1,000)

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Broadsword calling Danny Boy in Zombie Army Trilogy

Broadsword calling Danny Boy23 (10)

Successfully complete The Keep

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557,691 (329,524)
Achievement won on 19 Oct 15
TA Score for this game: 2,067
Posted on 19 October 15 at 08:57
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This achievement is for completing the 4th mission in Chapter 3, called The Keep.

Some of the sections in this level are quite challenging, such as the summoners in the windows of the castle at the start, but the main issue I had was with the end of level bottleneck.

When you get back to the cable car, you are effectively assaulted by a reasonable number of zombies, plus the suicide bombers and 2 elites. The combination of these meant that (on Marksman difficulty, single player), I was always overwhelmed in the corner, even when using the mounted machine gun for as long as possible.

The way I did it, was to trigger the finale (the doors shut on the house), then turn around and run up the hill to the right, all the way to the bridge that is blown (you crossed it earlier). This is where the suicide bombers spawn. What I did was kill the first 4 the instant they spawned (plus one you meet en route).

After this, I then sprinted back down to the machine gun nest, near the house. The tricky bit here is surviving running past the elites - what I did was run back and hide in the keep, and ran out when the first elite was entering so he didn't get chance to shoot at me. By the time you get back to the machine gun, the zombies/elites will be well up the hill, and as such, this gives you loads more time to waste them on the machine gun as they amble towards you (also the suicide guys stopped spawning). It was still tough, but I did it first time this way, unlike 15 failed tries by just camping there. Good luck!

P.S The achievement title is a reference to the call sign used by Richard Burton in the film "Where Eagles Dare". Its a top war film (my all time favourite), and I recommend it if you haven't seen it
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Goat Simulator (Xbox 360) achievements

Goat Simulator (Xbox 360)

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There are a maximum of 85 Goat Simulator (Xbox 360) achievements (30 without DLC) worth 4,165 (2,375)

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Demogoat in Goat Simulator (Xbox 360)

Demogoat36 (30)

Have 10 gas canisters explode at the same time

  • Unlocked by 9,266 tracked gamers (70% - TA Ratio = 1.19) 13,271

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370,650 (239,599)
Achievement won on 18 Apr 15
TA Score for this game: 1,326
Posted on 18 April 15 at 01:33
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On the construction building roof are a bunch of explosive canisters that look like helium tanks. Simply head butt one of them, they will all explode and send you flying across the map.
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Superstar Karaoke achievements

Superstar Karaoke

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There are a maximum of 10 Superstar Karaoke achievements worth 1,220 (1,000)

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연습생 졸업하기 in Superstar Karaoke

연습생 졸업하기54 (50)

웅이 캐릭터를 이용하여 연습생 랭크를 클리어 합니다.

  • Unlocked by 55 tracked gamers (87% - TA Ratio = 1.07) 63

Achievement Guide for 연습생 졸업하기

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Achievement won on 16 Sep 09
TA Score for this game: 154
Posted on 06 October 09 at 02:24
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Choose the Top Selection on the main menu ...
then chose the achievement pic character ...

then takes 20+ Karaoke songs to win with a S Rank.
Each song , if good ; can net 2K to 3K points .
You will surpass to Level 2 @ 60K points then the achievement will unlock after current song results.
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Why you Should Add Humor to your Leadership Toolbox

You could say humor is a funny thing (pun intended). It’s subjective, for instance you might be a huge fan of “The Hangover” films while your significant other finds them as humor-less as a congressional hearing. Still, the one thing everyone can agree on is they like to laugh from time to time but, unfortunately, many workplaces operate in a laugh-free zone.
While direct reports might have a laid-back relationship and share plenty of laughs at the water cooler, it’s typically a different relationship with their boss. It’s hard to tell where the boundaries are and in our politically correct world, no wants to offend anyone.

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We talk often about innovation, feedback and engaging your employees. However, maybe one way to really make a difference at your work is to develop a sense of humor. In fact, humor might be the key to help you persevere no matter what life throws at you.

Effective leaders demonstrate an ability to persevere until they are successful. These types of leaders are seen as take-charge people who know how to handle crises in a confident manner. Ask yourself these questions: Do you maintain your enthusiasm and determination in difficult circumstances? Are you willing to stick with an idea if you are convinced it is the right direction, even if your ideas are in the minority?

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July 9, 2018 2:45 PM, EDT

Thor Trucks to Launch New Entry in Battery-Electric Class 8 Market

ET-1 Projected to Have 100-Mile Range, Cost $150,000
Dakota Semler and Giordano Sordoni Thor Trucks co-founders Dakota Semler (left) and Giordano Sordoni. (Bob Beresh Photography LLC)

Thor Trucks Inc., a startup not quite 2 years old, will manufacture electric-battery Class 8 trucks beginning next year, according to the Los Angeles-based company. At the same time, California has a new multimillion-dollar funding stream to proliferate such vehicles and encourage additional manufacturers to make them.

Thor intends to market in 2019 the ET-1, a battery-electric Class 8 day cab that will have a 100-mile range and cost $150,000. Through savings — and not public subsidies — the truck will pay for itself in three to four years, according to the company, which also is exploring opportunities in China and Europe.

Another Class 8 costing $250,000 with a 300-mile range is planned as part of Thor’s strategy of relying on contract manufacturing and alliances with existing suppliers instead of a factory of its own and vertical integration of key components.

“We have established manufacturing agreements with two different manufacturing facilities in the Midwest, and that’s where we will be doing our series production,” Thor CEO and co-founder Dakota Semler said during a conference call hosted by investment firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

Thor truck

Thor Trucks will manufacture electric-battery Class 8 trucks beginning next year. (Bob Beresh Photography LLC)

One of the agreements has been solidified; the other is in process, Semler said June 27 during the call.

“And beyond that, there is obviously some engineering process that has to be done to integrate the trucks into those production lines,” he said. “But 2019 is very realistic to achieve our goals for production.”

Thor is placing the majority of its focus on drayage, food and beverage delivery, and less-than-truckload fleets, Semler told Transport Topics.

Meanwhile, Thor and other new manufacturers of alternative-power trucks stand to benefit from a portion of California’s $423 million share of the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust. The trust was established after VW’s use of software designed to cheat during emissions tests in 2.0- and 3.0-liter diesel vehicles, and funding is available to states where those cars ran.

The California Air Resources Board announced it intends to use $90 million of California’s overall share to replace eligible Class 8 freight trucks and port drayage trucks with new zero-emission technologies.

“While zero-emission Class 8 trucks are commercially available today, manufacturer diversity is limited. The focus of this funding is to support the market introduction of zero-emission trucks from a wide range of manufacturers that will be deploying trucks in the next five years,” according to the state’s plan.

One industry executive said vast changes in trucking were at hand.

“There are a lot of ideas coming out now that can help simplify the complexity in the marketplace,” said Gerry Mead, executive director of innovations for Phillips Industries.

“When you look at electric trucks in general and you look at the operational cost for a trucking company, maintenance is a very large part of that, and you can lump in diesel fuel with that,” Mead said. “So if you have the ability to take a really large cost item and drastically cut it out of your [operation], obviously that improves your bottom line.”

A Thor truck’s battery design is different in its layout and cooling process compared with most electric batteries, Thor co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Giordano Sordoni told TT.

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Interior of a Thor truck. (Bob Beresh Photography)

“These key engineering differences mean that Thor’s battery is one of the most energy-dense on the market, so much so that it is competitive on a shorthaul basis with diesel engines in terms of energy efficiency and cost,” Sordoni said.

Thor is using cylindrical-shaped nickel, cobalt and manganese (NCM) batteries whose cost already is below $400 per kilowatt hour, Semler said. “The price tier that we have to get below, and we have a clear path to that, is $200 a kWh. The reality is there are very few people selling battery packs at that $200 kWh price range. So we have basically focused on trying to achieve that so that we could achieve a market-viable truck. And we expect to hit that in the early part of 2020.”

Thor will warrant that its batteries operate for 2000 cycles, Semler said. “Two thousand cycles is just the period in which we warrant the pack to retain 80% of its original rated capacity.”

Some fleets have agreed to purchase demonstration vehicles to use at Southern California ports.

Drayage occurs in an area that is “pretty seeded with utility infrastructure so we don’t have too many issues there deploying charging systems,” Semler said.

If needed, Thor will consult with fleets on the necessary charging infrastructure, which can run from $25,000 to $100,000, he said.

“We all aim to be aggressive in this space in order to compete with diesel,” Semler said.

All the traditional heavy-duty truck makers that sell in North America also are developing electrified vehicles in existing models. Plus Tesla Inc., and Nikola Motor Co. are readying new trucks for sale and tests, respectively, in 2019. Toyota Motor North America has a pilot project underway using a hydrogen-electric Class 8 truck at the Southern California ports.


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Lecture hall in the former Institute of Chemistry (1909)
Lecture hall in the former Institute of Chemistry (1909)Image: TUM.Archiv

History of the Technical University of Munich

Ever since its founding in 1868, our university has been at the forefront of innovation. Scientists today have the same goal as their 19th century counterparts: finding solutions to the major challenges facing society as we move forward. The university was founded to provide the state of Bavaria with a center of learning dedicated to the natural sciences. It has played a vital role in Europe’s technological advancement and has the prestige of having produced a number of Nobel Prize winners.

From an agricultural state to an industrial state

In its capacity as an academic stronghold of technology and science, the Technische Universität München (TUM) has played a vital role in Bavaria's transition from an agricultural state to an industrial state and Hi-Tech centre. Even to the present day, it is still the only state technical university. Numerous excellent TUM professors have secured their place in the history of technology, many important scientists, architects, engineers and entrepreneurs studied there. Such names as Karl Max von Bauernfeind, Rudolf Diesel, Claude Dornier, Walther von Dyck, Hans Fischer (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1930), Ernst Otto Fischer (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1973), August Föppl, Robert Huber (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1988), Carl von Linde, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Walther Meissner, Rudolf Mössbauer (1961 Nobel prize for Physics), Willy Messerschmitt, Wilhelm Nusselt, Hans Piloty, Friedrich von Thiersch, Franz von Soxhlet are closely connected with the TUM.

The prerequisites for an academic training in engineering were created at the start of the 19th century when the advancement of technology on the basis of exact sciences commenced. There were also calls for a 'university for all technical studies' in Bavaria. The 'polytechnic schools' set up in Augsburg, Munich and Nuremberg, which bridged the gap between middle schools and higher education colleges in their capacity as 'lyceums' (or high schools), were the first approach. For further qualification purposes, a 'technical college' was set up in 1833 as part of the Faculty of State Finance (Staatswirtschaftlichen Fakultät) of the Ludwig Maximilian University, which had been transferred from Landshut to Munich seven years previously. The experiment failed. Instead, an advanced 'engineering course' was established at the Polytechnic School Munich in 1840, which was the forerunner of what was later to become the 'Technische Hochschule München'.

Foundation of "Polytechnischen Schule München"

In 1868 King Ludwig II founded the newly structured Polytechnische Schule München, which had the status of a university, in Munich. It was allowed to call itself 'Technische Hochschule' as from the academic year 1877/78. The first Principal was the former Head of the Engineering Course, Karl Max von Bauernfeind. In the year of its foundation, the college took up residence in the new building in Arcisstrasse which was designed by Gottfried v. Neureuther. In those days, more than 350 students were taught by 24 professors and 21 lecturers. The college was divided into five sections: I. General Department (Mathematics, Natural Science, Humanities, Law and Economics), II. Engineering Department (Structural Engineering and Surveying), III. Department of Architecture, IV. Mechanical/Technical Department, V. Chemical/Technical Department. Department VI. (Agriculture) was added in 1872.

Two of the university's long-standing requests were met by the State after the turn of the century: it was granted the right to award doctorates in 1901, and in 1902 the election of the Principal by the teaching staff was approved. With an average of about 2,600 to 2,800 students, the TH München ranked ahead of the TH Berlin as the largest German Technical College for a while. The first female undergraduate matriculated in architecture in 1905, after the Bavarian government officially allowed women to study at a technical college in the German Reich. However the proportion of female students remained negligible; women accounted for just 0.6 per cent of the student body in the winter semester of 1913/14.

During the Weimar Republic, the TH München was obliged to make due with low funds and was drawn into radical political struggles in 1918/19 and again between 1928 and 1933. In the winter term of 1930/31 the National Socialist German Student Union (NSDStB) became the strongest group within the AStA general student organisation of the THM for the first time.

Broadening its spectrum of subjects

The TH München was able to broaden its spectrum of subjects by taking over several smaller colleges that were no longer viable. In 1922, the former commercial college 'Handelshochschule München' became the VII Department of Economics. The former College of Agriculture and Brewing in Weihenstephan was integrated in 1930. Its agricultural unit was absorbed into the Department of Agriculture – which was located in Munich until 1947 before transferring toWeihenstephan, while the brewing section became Department VIII 'Brewing Technology' belonging to the TH München yet located in Weihenstephan. The tradition of the Weihenstephan campus dates back to the agricultural school founded in 1804, which was elevated to the status of an academy in 1895 and a university in 1920.

The eight departments of the TH München were reorganised into six faculties in 1934. This was reduced to five (General Sciences, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Agriculture, Brewing) in1940.

The "Technische Hochschule" in the Third Reich

During the Third Reich, the 'leadership principle' was imposed on the TH München. Its autonomy suffered considerable restrictions which affected such matters as the appointment procedure (for lecturers), etc. Based on the newly introduced 'Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service', lecturers of non-Aryan descent or those who were married to 'non-Aryans' were removed by the State, likewise politically 'undesirable' professors. The National Socialist German Student Union (NSDStB) and the like-minded German Students' Association (Deutsche Studentenschaft) endeavoured to organise and influence the undergraduates with their radical national socialist doctrine.

Similar organisations were in place on the lecturers' level. Jewish students no longer enjoyed the same rights and were barred from matriculation from 1938 onwards. The TH München was required to contribute towards the Second World War effort with large-scale armament research. However, top-level basic research was still conducted in numerous institutes. The attitude of the university professors was characterised by opportunistic conformance on the one hand, and critical distancing and inner emigration on the other. A number of individual professors, employees, workers and students dared to demonstrate disobedience and obstruction.

It was under the hardest possible conditions that teaching activities recommenced in April 1946. 80% of the buildings on the main campus had been bombed. For many years, undergraduates actively supported the rebuilding of their university by providing hands-on (voluntary) restoration service. The Department of Economics had to be surrendered to the Ludwig Maximilian University in 1946.

Third location "Research Reactor Munich" (FRM)

With the internationally acclaimed installation of the Research Reactor Munich (FRM) in Garching in 1956/57, the TH München gained third location. The Physics Department building was opened there in 1969, followed by the new building for housing the departments of Chemistry, Biology and Geoscience in 1977.

In December 1957, the university was granted its long-standing request to acquire the status of a 'public legal body'. In the following year, the first constitution drawn up by the university itself came into force. From the 1960s onwards, the university had to cope with an enormous influx of students. When the first economising measures were introduced by the State in the mid-Seventies, the conditions for students began to deteriorate.

A Faculty for Medicine spanning two sites: Munich-Haidhausen (Clinic 'right of the Isar') and Munich-Schwabing (Biederstein, Children's Clinic at Schwabing Hospital) was founded in 1967.

University's 100th anniversary

The university's 100th anniversary fell in the 'hot May' of 1968. Critical tendencies were also in evidence at the TH München, particularly in the Departments of Architecture, Geography, Medicine and Social Sciences. In the 100th year since its foundation, the TH München comprised six faculties, 168 chairs and institutes, about 8,400 undergraduates and somewhere in the region of 5,700 university staff, who were employed in teaching, research, running operations and administration. In 1972, a sports centre with a 'central sports ground' covering an area of 45 hectares, that had previously been used for the Olympic Games was set up in the grounds of the Olympic stadion.

A new name: „Technical University of Munich“

The new designation of 'Technische Universität München' was conferred in August 1970. With the introduction of the Bavarian Higher Education Law in 1974, the six faculties were replaced by eleven smaller departments, which soon resumed the designation of Faculties: 1. Mathematics and Informatics, 2. Physics, 3. Chemistry, Biology and Geoscience, 4. Economics and Social Sciences, 5. Structural Engineering and Surveying, 6. Architecture, 7. Mechanical Engineering, 8. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, 9. Agriculture and Horticulture, 10. Brewing, Food Technology and Dairy Science, 11. Medicine. In addition, several interdisciplinary central institutes were established, initially for regional planning and environmental research, as well as sports sciences. The 'regulated student organisation' was abolished in Bavaria and replaced by structures of student involvement within the context of the newly introduced group representation concept.

New philosophy "Entrepreneurial University"

Numerous other reform procedures have been realised since 1995 under the auspices of TUM's president, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, such as the introduction of efficient guidance and decision profiles, the resolute expansion of the university's autonomy in keeping with the new philosophy of an 'entrepreneurial university', university-wide core competences in the field of informatics, the establishment of central institutes and research platforms with an interdisciplinary focus, the introduction of numerous, attractive Bachelor/Masters degree courses, strategic internationalisation, enhanced collaboration with industrial and social partners, stepping up professional fundraising, the inauguration of the Carl-von-Linde Academy to house the Humanities, Cultural and Social Studies.

In 2002, the TUM initiated the setting-up of the very first subsidiary of a German university abroad with its 'German Institute of Science and Technology' (GIST) in Singapore.

The commissioning of the new 'Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Reactor Munich' (FRM-II) in 2004 heralded in a new era of neutron research with lots of promising applications in the fields of science, technology and medicine. The high-flux Neutron Source has served to place the TUM among the world's leaders in terms of scientific and technical research.

In the summer semester 2010, the TUM comprises thirteen faculties with more than 25,000 students (about 20 per cent of whom come from abroad), just under 460 professors of both sexes and roughly 8,500 members of staff.

Established in 2005, the TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS) bundles TUM’s research efforts in 15 specially selected areas positioned at the cutting edge of modern science. The TUM-IAS was set up to give top researchers at the university academic freedom; synergize knowledge across engineering, natural sciences, life sciences and medicine; integrate international fellows into the university’s research spectrum; and introduce outstanding students to research work as soon as possible after commencing their degree courses.

14 departments and four main locations

In 1992, a twelfth department 'Informatics' was created by splitting the former Department of Mathematics and Informatics into two. Ten years later, a Department of Sports Science and a School of Management were set up. The latter incorporated the former 'Faculty of Economics and Social Science. The Mechanical Engineering department and the Departments of Mathematics and Informatics moved from the main Munich campus to the spacious, well-equipped new buildings in Garching in 1997 and 2002 respectively.

The Weihenstephan campus was restructured for the start of the winter semester 2000/01 and realigned along scientific lines: the former Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture, Brewing, Food Technology and Dairy Science, as well as the Forestry department that previously belonged to the Ludwig Maximilian University, were collectively accommodated in the newly established Weihenstephan Science Centre for Life&Food Sciences, Land Use and Environment (WZW).

Following the establishment of the TUM School of Education (2009) and the TUM School of Governance (2016), the university now has a total of 14 departments.

In 2017, the TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability became the fourth main location of the university, joining Munich, Garching and Freising-Weihenstephan.

Success in Excellence Initiative

In 2006, the German Council of Science and Humanities (WR) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) selected TUM as a “University of Excellence” for its forward-looking strategy TUM. The Entrepreneurial University. TUM’s International Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE) and the Clusters of Excellence Cognition for Technical Systems (CoTeSys) and Origin and Structure of the Universe have also been selected for funding.

In a move that shows they believe in Technische Universität München and indicates that the spirit of philanthropy is beginning to take hold in German academia, benefactors and patrons joined forces to set up the TUM University Foundation on July 22, 2010. The TUM University Foundation shapes the alliance between the state and society using a first-class university as an example.

TUM retained its titel as University of Excellence in the second round of the Excellence Initiative in 2012, when its institutional strategy was approved together with its Tenure Track career system for young scientists – the first of its kind in Germany.

Additional literature:

Herrmann, Wolfgang A. (Ed.) (2006):
Technische Universität München - Die Geschichte eines Wissenschaftsunternehmens, Berlin
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State Capital Munich (Kulturreferat, Abt. 1) (2016):
"ThemenGeschichtsPfad - Auf den Spuren berühmter Forschender und Nobelpreisträger in München"  (Brochure)
Link to the brochure: muenchen.de

Dienel, Hans-Liudger/ Hilz, Helmut (Ed.) (1993):
Bayerns Weg in das technische Zeitalter - 125 Jahre Technische Universität München ; 1868 - 1993, Munich
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Wengenroth, Ulrich/ Dienel, Hans-Liudger (Ed.) (1993):
Technische Universität München - Annäherungen an ihre Geschichte, Munich
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The short stories that make up Flying to Yellow recreate the small, yet huge world of family relationships-- the nuances, the silences, the subtle exchanges between people together for the reasons that make a family- blood ties, love, necessity. They embody the unvoiced emotions that we experience as children, siblings, parents, and lovers-- the thin web of relationships which bind us together.

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Broadcasters warned to keep standards simple

Broadcasters at are at risk of repeating old mistakes in the multiscreen and hybrid TV era by making standards too complex.
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Broadcasters at are at risk of repeating old mistakes in the multiscreen and hybrid TV era by making standards too complex and deploying customized equipment that consumes time and money to get working properly.

This was the key message from a recent meeting of the EBU's Broadcast Technology Futures (BTF) group, an alliance of Research and Development laboratories including NHK STRL (Japan Broadcasting Corporation Science and Technology Research Laboratory) and CRC (Communications Research Centre, Canada), as well as three from Europe: RAI CRIT (the Media and Innovation Centre of RAI, the national broadcaster of Italy), IRT (the Institute for Broadcasting Research of the national broadcasters of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria) and BBC Research and Innovation (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK).

The group discussed the perennial "buy now or wait" dilemma with reference to satellite broadcasting, with some arguing that it was better to wait for a new, common, open standard rather than go for an existing proprietary successor that offers higher performance and lower headline cost. This was probably a reference to technology from Israeli company NovelSat, which exploits chip performance improvements since the current second-generation DVB- S2 was conceived to reduce the guard interval (the portion of spectrum left empty between adjacent transmissions or channels to provide immunity from the interference between them that would otherwise result from propagation delays or echoes).

This, combined with some other developments, has achieved around a 30-percent increase in capacity, and NovelSat has been lobbying hard to have its technology adopted as a third generation DVB-S3. It has been tested successfully on satellites from Eutelsat and Inmarsat, but until recently at least the DVB has appeared reluctant to endorse it as its DVB-S3, which would be a big step and require absolute confidence that the investment in a major upgrade for satellite transmission was worth it.

The BTF also discussed the situation with hybrid broadcasting, where national variations may be emerging within the realm of the HbbTV standard taking hold in Europe. Klaus Illgner, who works with Europe’s German-speaking broadcasters at the IRT, argued that unless broadcasters stop this fragmentation and cooperate, they are “just making themselves poorer and the manufacturers richer."

Perhaps, inevitably, the lesson of the D-1 video tape recorder was brought up as an example of an over-engineered standard leading directly to commercial disaster. This story dates back to the early 1980s, during the transition to digital video recording, when broadcasters intervened to prepare a common standard in the EBU’s MAGNUM group. It brought together both broadcasters and manufacturers in the same group to develop the D-1 in the belief this would satisfy all parties. However, it turned out to have fewer unit sales than any other VTR, before or since, because it was too complex and therefore expensive to manufacture with features most people did not want.

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In an obituary on Henry Kloss (TWICE, Feb. 11, p. 3), some information was incorrect. Kloss was at Advent in 1970 when he launched the first separate Dolby processor for use with any tape deck. That same year Kloss was at Advent when he marketed the first Dolby B noise-reduction add-on for consumer reel-to-reel tape recorders and sold the first reel-to-reel recorder with built-in Dolby B noise reduction.

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Gateway and Toshiba added to their notebook computer lines last week with the former introducing a gaming model and the latter an “upscale” entry-level unit.

Gateway's high-end M680 Series, with street prices ranging from $1,399 to $2,834, is being geared toward the hot notebook computer gamer market. The models feature a 17-inch screen and wireless networking. They come with a choice of Intel Pentium M processors based on the Intel 915 chipset. Each can be configured to hold 2GB of dual-channel DDR2 memory along with a 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI Express graphics card. A variety of hard drives are available along with a dual-format, double-layer DVD burner and several types of Wi-Fi networking.

Gateway also launched the entry-level priced M360. The series' street prices rang from $849 to $1,149, depending upon configuration. A basic model uses an Intel Celeron M Processor 350, 15.4-inch display, 40GB hard drive and 256MB of DDR memory. The top model doubles the memory and has a 60GB hard drive and a higher-rated processor.

Toshiba's M35X-S163 Satellite is being marketed as a high-quality, yet affordable, notebook for a first-time notebook computer buyer.

The unit features a 15.4-inch display, the Celeron M processor 360 running at 1.4MHz, 802.11b/g networking 512MB of memory, 60GB hard drive, a DVD/CD-RW drive, and an Intel Extreme graphics card. The unit weighs in at 6.8 pounds.

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Bellevue, Wash. - T-Mobile launched a new mobile broadband plan targeted to heavy users of wireless USB laptop sticks and the carrier's cellular-embedded tablets and netbooks.

These consumers get the option to choose an overage-free 10GB mobile broadband plan. Although the plan doesn't charge for usage over 10GB, the carrier said it will reduce data speeds and throughput if a customer exceeds 10GB of usage per month.

The new postpaid plan is available at $84.99/month for customers who don't have a T-Mobile phone. It's $67.99/month for consumers who have a T-Mobile phone.

One of two existing postpaid broadband data plans cost $29.99 for 200MB of data, plus overage charges, for customers without a T-Mobile phone and $23.99 for customers with a T-Mobile phone. For consumers without a T-Mobile phone, a second plan costs $49.99 per month for 5GB with no overage charges but with speeds that can be throttled back when usage exceeds that amount. Customers with a phone pay only $39.99 per month for the 5GB plan.

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As shipments of DVD players have slowed down, DVD recorders are poised for growth.

When 2004's final sales numbers are tallied, In-Stat expects DVD recorder unit shipments will reach over one million in the United States in 2004. By 2008, annual DVD recorder shipments will increase to 20 million as the price difference between a DVD recorder and a DVD player declines.

The DVD recorder market has not taken off as quickly as manufacturers had hoped. However, manufacturers are seeing an increasing growth trend in the last three to four months according to Alberto Reggiani, national DVD marketing manager at Panasonic. “Consumer awareness is increasing as more DVD recorder models are available and retailers are dedicating more shelf space to DVD recorders.” Panasonic has made a large investment in advertising, retail displays and training to improve sales.

DVD recorder prices have been a factor in slower sales, but are becoming less of an issue. DVD recorders were offered for prices as low as $129.99 on Black Friday, which is about $20 less than the previous low. In-Stat expects a number of DVD recorders to be available for $99 during the holidays in 2005. Component suppliers are certainly gearing up for the downward price spiral.

Returns of DVD recorders have been high, as the functions on a DVD recorder are more complex. Some consumers do not understand that they cannot use a DVD recorder to copy their DVD collection. To help with the complexity, DVD recorder manufacturers are creating more user-friendly product manuals.

Lower prices will not be enough to convince all consumers to buy DVD recorders. In a Web-based survey of In-Stat's Technology Adoption Panel conducted in November 2004, less than 50 percent of respondents plan to buy a DVD recorder in the next two years. These respondents are more technology savvy than the general population. Over 90 percent of the respondents own a DVD player and 66 percent have a broadband connection.

DVD recorder manufacturers and retailers have their work cut out for them. Currently, DVD recorders sell despite poor retail displays. In many retail locations, DVD recorders are displayed on rows of shelves. They are not connected to a TV, so there is no way to demonstrate to the prospective buyer the benefits of DVD recorder features such as electronic program guides. According to Maria Gonzalez, DVD/VCR marketing manager at Samsung Electronics, “a key component of consumer education has to be retailer participation. Explanations have to be made in a way that even non-technical consumers will understand.”

Based on the survey, the most important feature for a DVD recorder is still to play prerecorded DVD discs. Transferring personal videos rated second in the survey. DVD recorder manufacturers can improve the personal video- transfer process by offering simple and easy-to-use personal video-editing applications, such as YesDVD. The problem then becomes demonstrating these additional features at retail to help the consumer understand why they may be interested in one recorder over another.

Time shifting TV with a DVD recorder generated the third highest interest. About half of the respondents who own a DVD recorder or plan to buy one in the next two years were extremely or very interested in a DVD recorder with a hard drive. Over 75 percent want to spend less than $100 extra for that option.

However, In-Stat does not expect DVD recorders with hard drives to be as popular in the United States as they have been in Japan, where more than 75 percent of DVD recorders shipped in 2004 have hard drives. The greatest difference between the two markets is that cable and satellite providers in the United States are offering their set-top receivers with hard drives at subsidized prices. Why buy a more expensive DVD recorder with a hard drive when a cable set-top box with a digital video recorder (DVR) can be rented from the cable operator for $10 a month? Or a satellite receiver with a DVR purchased for $49 after rebates? Still, owning a DVR does not preclude interest in DVD recorders. In the survey, those with DVRs were more likely to buy a DVD recorder within the next 12 months.

On the other hand, VCR/DVD recorder combination products have proven popular in the United States. Consumers easily understand the concept of combining VCR and DVD recorder functions in one box. VCR/DVD recorders make it easy to copy VHS tapes, though they are not supposed to enable the copying of those that are copy protected. Consumers can easily find their way around this restriction. In-Stat has heard of sales people in some stores handing out lists of Web sites that can be consulted for copying instructions.

DVD recorders will continue to replace DVD playback -only functions in combination products like home-theater-in-a-box systems. Manufacturers are working to make the user interfaces and remote controls as simple as possible.

One future feature that is a big question mark is the addition of digital TV tuners to DVD recorders. By FCC mandate, all DVD recorders shipped after July 1, 2007 must have an ATSC tuner or no tuner at all. In 2007, In-Stat expects to see some DVD recorders on the market without tuners and some with tuners. The number of U.S. homes with set-top boxes for TV reception keeps climbing, thereby decreasing the number of homes that would need a tuner in their DVD recorder. DVD recorders without tuners will be less expensive and can still be used for personal video storage as well as recording TV programming output via a set-top box.

In the survey 36 percent of respondents want to be able to record HDTV programs. This is good news for those developing DVD recorders based on blue laser technology that enables recording of HD. These higher capacity DVD recorders are available now in Japan. They are expected to be available at retail in the United States for the 2005 holiday season. The over-$1,000 price point will be a deterrent.

While the growth is in recorders, the DVD player market is not going away yet. Portable DVD players were a hot item in Black Friday ads. Growth in mobile DVD players for cars is expected. However, standalone DVD players have peaked and DVD recorders will replace DVD players in combination products. In a few years, DVD players may disappear from the U.S. market as DVD recorders reach similar price points.

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Decision on historical abuse compensation delayed

The case will resume "no later than November"

A legal challenge to the ongoing failure to compensate survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland is to be put back until November, a High Court judge ruled today.

Proceedings aimed to compelling the Secretary of State to implement a major inquiry's recommendations in the absence of devolution were due to be heard this week.

But Mr Justice McCloskey granted an application by Karen Bradley to adjourn proceedings amid steps to introduce legislation enabling civil servants to take major decisions.

He rejected claims that it was an attempt to stymie the legal action.

The judge stressed, however, that if necessary, the case will resume "no later than November".

The case has been brought on behalf of those molested in children's homes.

In 2017 the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry concluded there should be a public apology to all who suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse between 1922 to 1995, and compensation ranging from £7,500 to £100,000.

Inquiry chairman Sir Anthony Hart has since made repeated pleas to politicians to act on his recommendations and provide the financial, social and educational support as a matter of urgency.

Earlier this year the head of the civil service in Northern Ireland revealed work was underway on draft legislation around the inquiry's proposals.

Legal action is being taken in a bid to have the Secretary of State and Executive Office ordered to take immediate steps to implement the redress scheme.

Lawyers representing one of the victims, granted anonymity and referred to as JR80, contend there is a obligation to propose an early date for Assembly elections.

The Secretary of State maintains, however, that the redress issue is a matter for the devolved administration.

In an announcement to the House of Commons last week, Mrs Bradley ruled out a new Assembly poll and set out legislative plans to provide civil servants with greater decision-making powers.

Counsel for the Secretary of State claimed this dealt with central issues in the case.

Seeking the adjournment, he argued that the legal landscape is now likely to change fundamentally.

Lawyers for JR80 resisted the move, alleging that Mrs Bradley is in breach of a legal obligation to set a date for Stormont elections - irrespective of her views on whether it would help the political impasse.

Granting the adjournment sought, Mr Justice McCloskey directed the Secretary of State's representatives to provide an update report by October 22.

He confirmed the availability of hearing dates in November "in the event a resumed hearing is the appropriate course in the somewhat unpredictable circumstances prevailing in this case".

A solicitor for JR80 stressed the ruling was about keeping the case under judicial scrutiny and limiting any future delay.

But Claire McKeegan also said: "This adjournment is yet another frustrating delay for survivors and victims who have campaigned tirelessly for the last 20 months for redress, a debt that is owed to them by society.

"Without these proceedings we are of the firm view that the government would have been content to allow the issue of redress to drift unimplemented indefinitely."

She added: "The fact that the Secretary of State has announced bringing forward legislation to give the Executive Office powers to legislate two days before this challenge was due to proceed represents a concession by her and a partial victory on the part of the Survivors."

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Frequently Asked Questions

Curious? Want to know more about the UAB Genetic Counseling Program?  You might find the answers you're looking for in our "Frequently Asked Questions."  If you do have a question not listed here, please email it to: askcds@uab.edu.

Is the program full-time or part-time?
The program is a 21-month, full-time program.

Is the UAB Genetic Counseling program accredited?
Yes. The Genetic Counseling Program is fully accredited by The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC).

Do I have to have a science background to enter the program?
No. All students must have successfully completed the pre-requisite coursework to enter the program, but many genetic counselors have undergraduate degrees in psychology, social work, or education.

How many students does the UAB program admit each Fall?
The number of students varies depending on available clinical rotations. Generally, we admit between six to ten students each year.

When is the application deadline?
The deadline to receive all applications at UAB is January 7 of each year. Interviews for qualified candidates are typically scheduled in February and March.

When is offer day?
The National Match Day for genetic counseling programs is usually in late April.

What if I have not completed the pre-requisite courses prior to the application deadline?
You do not have to complete all the pre-requisite courses before the application deadline. However, you will have to successfully complete all pre-requisites before enrollment in the Fall you plan to begin the Genetic Counseling program to be officially admitted.  If you have not completed all pre-requisites at the time of your application, indicate when a prerequisite will be completed in your application.

How can I arrange to shadow a genetic counselor or meet with a genetic counselor to get more information?
Exposure to genetic counseling (i.e., shadowing a counselor in clinic) and/or meeting with a genetic counselor to discuss the career is strongly encouraged prior to applying to the program. You can visit the NSGC “Find a Counselor” link (www.nsgc.org) to find a counselor in your area.  To request a time to shadow in a UAB clinic, email askCDS@uab.edu.

I do not live near a Genetic Counselor and have not been able to interview one via telephone. Is there another way for me to get a sense for what genetic counselors do?
If you are unable to find a genetic counselor through NSGC’s website, click here to view a recorded genetic counseling session. Viewing these videos is a great way to get a glimpse into a Genetic Counseling session. Another option would be to enroll in the online course “Genetic Counseling: Career for the Future,” which is designed for prospective students to learn more about the field of genetic counseling. More information can be found here: http://geneticcounseling.med.sc.edu/onlinecourse.asp.

What makes the UAB Genetic Counseling program special?
UAB is built with adventurous students in mind.  A culture of collaboration and fearless exploration create a special experience for students in the UAB Genetic Counseling Program.  These include:

  • Diversity of clinical training sites both at UAB and with our partners across the country
  • Service learning and volunteer opportunities with advocacy organizations and community partners
  • Graduate projects tailored to students’ interests
  • Interdisciplinary education
  • MANY resources that come with being part of a University and major medical center (seminar and grand rounds, libraries, recreation centers, graduate student organizations, etc.)

Check out our student life, graduate projects, curriculum and clinical rotations pages to learn more.

What is the career outlook for genetic counselors?
The genetic counseling profession is rapidly expanding and diversifying. Graduates of the UAB Genetic Counseling program typically have job offers before graduation.

What is the tuition for the UAB Genetic Counseling training program?
Click here for the current Tuition and Fees for this graduate program.

Does UAB participate in the Southeastern Academic Common Market (and what does this mean)?
Yes.  If you are a student in another state in the Southeast, and your state participates in this program, you may be eligible to attend our program for in-state tuition. Click on this link to learn more.

Are there scholarship, assistantship, or work opportunities for enrolled students?
Availability of scholarship, assistantship, and work opportunities change yearly, and should be discussed with the program director at interviews or when gathering information about our program. UAB's Financial Aid Office may also be able to answer additional questions regarding costs.

What is the format of the curriculum?
In general, the first year of training includes classes, clinical preparation, and work on a graduate project.  Second year students have seminar classes that they can join remotely or in person, complete clinical rotations, and complete their graduate project work.

What clinical training opportunities are available?
Students at UAB benefit from diverse, expansive clinical training opportunities.  Most students complete a summer rotation in a location of their choice, followed by one or two semesters of offsite rotations in their second year. Prospective students rank the available training tracks as part of the Match admission process.  (In other words, you get to choose the tracks you are interested in.) Affiliation agreements have been established between our program and clinics in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Indiana, Minnesota, Georgia, Ohio, Oregon, Missouri, Maryland, Illinois, South Carolina, North Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Australia. Others are possible, and we are very open to working with students to establish new opportunities whenever possible.  To learn what tracks are available to you, visit the Clinical Education page or contact the program director.

Where do UAB Genetic Counseling students come from?
The UAB Genetic Counseling Program welcomes students from around the US and beyond.  The University of Alabama at Birmingham values diversity in all of its forms (https://www.uab.edu/dei/ ).

How do I become a boarded/certified genetic counselor after graduation?
Individuals who graduate from a genetic counseling program are eligible to become board certified via examination by the American Board of Genetic Counseling . The exam is offered during August and February of each year. Some states also require licensure with state-dependent requirements after certification. After certification, all counselors are required to maintain continued education credits to renew their certification every five years.

How can I learn more about genetic counseling?
Visit the following sites to learn about genetic counseling.

Can I make an appointment to talk to or meet with the program director or advisor?
Yes, we welcome student contact. Please email askcds@uab.edu to set up a meeting.

Do UAB Genetic Counseling students get funding to attend national conferences?
Yes, the UAB Genetic Counseling Program provides funds to cover the majority of costs for second year students to attend a national conference related to genetics or genetic counseling.

Do UAB Genetic Counseling students engage in community service?
During the first year, students volunteer for multiple support group fundraisers and educational events in the Birmingham area. In the second year, students take a service learning course (GC 600) that enables them to participate with a community partner and spend valuable time getting to know adults with disabilities. This is a course unique to our curriculum. Second year students also give educational talks and lectures to local college, high school, middle school and other audiences.

Outside of program requirements, students can volunteer in a variety of ways during their time in the program. Some students engage in crisis counseling, work with children who have special needs, or participate in a number of other available opportunities.

Do UAB Genetic Counseling students get to participate in simulations?
Yes, UAB Genetic Counseling students participate in both informal role plays in class and also have the opportunity to work with standardized patients in our professional simulation center. Simulations enable students to gain experience counseling rare indications and delivering an abnormal diagnosis in a safe environment where feedback is available.

What else does the UAB Department of Genetics do?
The UAB Department of Genetics is an integral partner to Genetic Counseling Program. UAB is a world-renowned center for genetic and genomic research and clinical care.

What research projects are the UAB Department of Genetics faculty involved with?
The UAB Department of Genetics faculty are actively improving the lives of individuals with genetic disorders through their research. UAB is also a recruitment site for national genomic research initiatives like All of Us and the 1000 Genomes Project and is the home site for the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative.

What other degrees does the UAB School of Health Professions offer?
Visit the School of Health Professions webiste to learn more about degrees offered by the UAB School of Health Professions.

Still have a question? Contact us at 205-975-4237 or askCDS@uab.edu.


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The image collection at the University Library – everything from photographs to drawings
The University Library has a large collection of images of various kinds, of which many are digitised and searchable in the University Library’s image collections:

Tage Erlander, Olof Palme and Ingvar Carlsson engaged in discussion

Tage Erlander, Olof Palme and Ingvar Carlsson at "Studentafton", Lund 1959. From the Firma Hagblom-Fotos collection.

Highlights of the collections

The Firma Per Bagge photographic collection

Photographs from Lund from around 1890 to 1935. Among these approximately 15–20 000 photographic plates are images of the urban environment and of inhabitants of Skåne and the city of Lund.

The Firma Hagblom-Foto collection

Photographs from Lund from approximately 1930 to 2000. This collection of approximately 1 200 000 negatives with press images of Lund subjects is in the process of being digitised. It is already possible to view many fantastic photographs in our image database!

Mårten Sjöbeck’s landscape photographs

Landscape photographs from approximately 1920 to 1960. This collection contains about 3000 images of high artistic value which depict the southern Swedish cultural landscape over four decades.

Chinese watercolours

50 well-preserved watercolour paintings from the 1700s representing porcelain production in China.

The De la Gardie map collection

Approximately 1200 maps in various techniques, mainly from the 1700s.

In addition, we have thousands of portraits in various techniques of both Swedish and international subjects, oriental and military history maps, drawings of birds and much more.

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Bird painting
Större korsnäbb. Sketch by Magnus Körner, from the Sven Nilsson collection.

Nova Tabula Scaniae
Nova Tabula Scaniae (1716), from the De la Gardie map collection.


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Monday, February 26
Dayton Jazz Ensemble & University Jazz Band
08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Location: Kennedy Union Ballroom
Cost: Free and open to the public

A performance by the Dayton Jazz Ensemble, directed by Willie L. Morris III, and the University Jazz Band, James Leslie, director.

Music is our passion. The mission of our department is “to help each student discover the transformative power of music and develop musical interests, talents and skills that they will use to change the world.” Our ensembles - choral and instrumental, large and small - welcome students from across the university as well as from all music major programs (Music Education, Performance, Music Therapy, Composition, Jazz, and Music Studies). This semester’s performances include world premieres of new works, favorites from the classical and jazz repertoires, and sounds from around the world.

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Phone: 937-229-3936


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First aid provision

In the event of an injury call the University Information Services first Aid number 36060.

There are seven First Aiders within the UIS.

NameLocationTelephone number
Mark Barringer GN57 34665
Ruth Charles 1N63 35467
Monica Gonzalez GS15 34754
John Mayes GN51 34996 or 50566
David McBride 1N13 31843
Sue Rogers GS21 48434
Adrian Stone GN67 35634

The names and locations of all University First Aiders are at the back of the University of Cambridge Telephone Network Directory.

If medical aid is obviously needed urgently and the casualty has to go to hospital by ambulance, call 999 or 1999 on the network. Tell the ambulance exactly where to come, what has happened (how many people, type of injury etc.) and arrange for the ambulance to be met.
Don't forget to report the accident to the Departmental Safety Officer as soon as possible and complete the report form.

For further information please refer to the First Aid web pages.

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I stayed at Goosewood for a couple of days but didn't get to fish it too much. The first night I was there I noticed no-one on the lake was catching anything. It was all bivvy's, bite alarms and heavy duty carp gear, no-one seemed to be float fishing and most weren't even sat next to their rods. I decided to just set up a float rod and have a little try with rubber worm and a rubber maggot until I could get some bait the next day. With everyone else fishing for carp I figured I might be able to...

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Tough day here today. I hadn't been able to get out fishing at all so far this year, but the weather this week was meant to be glorious so I decided I had to make time to get out there. Wasn't a good day though, the sun was nowhere to be seen and when I got there I noticed the carp were spawning, which is obviously not good.

So, having dressed for what I thought would be a relaxing day in the sunshine I ended up sat there freezing as a biting wind swept across the lake into my face,...

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Just back from fishing on Moss Lake. Got there about 2.30pm and fished until 8.00pm. It was an enjoyable day, I caught 8 carp in total and lost a couple more.

I fished here last year using light tackle and maggots, hoping to get some nice roach and skimmers. It was fairly quiet that day, nothing to write home about, but the lake came to life late in the day and I was snapped three times in quick succession by carp in the margins. The bailiff told me afterwards that the carp...

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Having fished Mescar Lake previously, I decided to give the smaller water - Greens Lane Pond - a try. It was an awful day, as I clearly got my choice of swim badly wrong. It was windy, but there was a little bay area in the swim nearest the car park that was sheltered from the wind and had lots of tree roots in it that I assumed would be an attraction for fish.

I tried the feeder to start with, with double red maggot on the hook. I then switched to the waggler to see if that brought...

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Spent a day fishing here in July. I started off fishing the margins next to some lilly pads using pellets. It's a very deep water, even close in it's at least six feet deep. I wasn't getting anything with the pellets, so switched to meat. Nothing doing there either. In the end, I opted for the maggot feeder and targeted a spot about twenty yards out.

Straight away I started catching skimmers and roach. The idea was keep hitting the same spot, get plenty of maggots in there...

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Nokia's Patent Row with Apple Escalates

Nokia's Patent Row with Apple Escalates

Nokia has opened up a new front in its patent war with Apple, launching 13 fresh complaints in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

The Finnish phone maker now accuses Apple of infringing 24 of its patents, including the technology behind touchscreens and on-device app stores.

Nokia's fresh complaint - its fourth against Apple - marks an escalation in the 14-month legal battle between the two companies. Apple is also counter-suing Nokia for alleged patent infringements in the UK and US.

The rapid adoption of Android smartphones have compounded Nokia's loss of market share, thanks largely to Apple's iPhone. Some analysts see the legal route as a means of "striking back" at the California-based technology leaders.

Nail Mawston, head of wireless device strategies at Strategy Analytics research group, said: "Nokia is on the back foot and may see any potential legal fight as a way of striking back at Apple. Wars over patents have become "an increasing part of the [smartphone] landscape", he added.

"This is part and parcel of the patent wars in the industry where the market is really crowded. Nokia does have a pretty big patent portfolio and they want to keep that as strong as possible."

Symptomatic of the industry-wide wrangles, Apple is also suing manufacturers Motororola, HTC and multiple vendors running Google's Android operating system. Motorola last month announced that it is also suing Microsoft in the tangled web of smartphone litigation.

Nick Jones, a mobile analyst at research firm Gartner, said Nokia is playing to its investors by claiming that its technologies were developed more than a decade before the launch of Apple's iPhone. "We have to assume that this escalation in the patent wars is a conscious policy of Nokia's new CEO Steve Elop because you don't sue Apple without telling the CEO," he said.

The dispute could rumble on for years, Jones said, adding: "What's Nokia's goal? Money or cross licensing, or both? Probably both, but the timing is interesting.

"Nokia tell me they have been unsuccessfully attempting to negotiate with Apple for years. But every year you wait Apple's mobile business grows, and my naive view suggests that the potential damages get larger."

Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant said he did not expect a quick result and that the first case likely would not go to court until late next year, probably in the Hague, Netherlands.

"We wanted to be sure that we don't just talk about these in dribs and drabs. There's obviously a lot of action going in some of these cases," he said.

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Travel grants for the UKI NETS annual meetings will be awarded to the first authors of the 30 highest scoring abstracts from the meeting *. Those who are UKI NETS members in good standing** will be awarded a travel grant of £100 and non-UKI NETS members will receive complimentary UKI NETS membership for the following membership year (commencing 1 January).

*Travel grants will not be open to those whose UKI NETS membership has recently been lapsed due to non-payment of membership fees. In accordance with the UKI NETS Byelaws, a member will be lapsed if they have not paid their fees within 9 months of the start of the renewal year.

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Easter Morning 2018 Sunrise Service — Planning Notes

Reading Notes

The Easter Sunrise Service, per se, appears to be primarily an American Protestant and largely Evangelical Protestant invention. While Moravians lay claim to the first Sunrise Service (in 1732), that service bears little resemblance to more typical Sunrise Service practices that developed later, and likely independently, in other traditions. No proper readings are assigned to it in the Revised Common Lectionary because the service does not have wider ecumenical or historical grounding. The service we have provided for Easter Sunrise this year borrows from the established readings for Easter Vigil, Year B (Ezekiel 37, Romans 6, and Mark 16). The service is also loosely structured based on the Easter Vigil.

NRSV texts, artwork and Revised Common Lectionary Prayers for this service are available at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library.
Leccionario en Español, Leccionario Común Revisado: Consulta Sobre Textos Comunes.
Lectionnaire en français, Le Lectionnaire Œcuménique Révisé

Calendar Notes

The sanctuary is restored to its full glory, colors are white or gold, and flowers may abound today and throughout the Great 50 Days of Easter Season until its final celebration on Pentecost, when the colors are red.

This particular service is generally held outdoors or in an indoor location other than the main worship space. Whether outdoors or indoors at an alternate location, bring plenty of flowers, especially white or gold flowers, and if you are an ordained deacon or elder and wearing your stole, be sure to bring out your best white or gold one.

April 1
Easter Day
                      Easter Series Begins
April 15
Native American Ministries Sunday
April 22         Festival of God’s Creation
April 25         World Malaria Day

All Month       Christian Home Month (2018 Theme: Families Called to Peace, forthcoming)
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 3              National Day of Prayer
May 4              May Friendship Day (UMW/CWU)
May 7-13
Christian Family Week (2018 resources forthcoming)
May 10
Ascension Day
May 13            Ascension Sunday
                        Festival of the Christian Home/Mother’s Day (USA)
May 19-20
Change the World Weekend
May 20           Day of Pentecost
                       Heritage Sunday (forthcoming)
May 24
Aldersgate Day
May 27           Trinity Sunday
                       Peace with Justice Sunday
May 28           Memorial Day (USA)

Pray for annual conferences convening throughout the month, for all receiving new appointments or assignments, for those leaving existing appointments or assignments, and for congregations and other ministries receiving new leadership.

For Your Planning Team — Easter Sunday: Sunrise Service

The tide has turned from death to resurrection, from sorrow to amazement, from despair to rejoicing. Christ is risen. Death is conquered. Christ is risen. Sin’s power is gone. Christ is risen. New creation had dawned.

As mentioned in the Reading Notes above, we have designed this service roughly on the model of the Easter Vigil, the historic and ecumenical (East and West, Roman and Protestant) first of three services (masses) for Easter. The Easter Vigil itself is an extended service of four movements: Fire, Word, Water, and Table. We use three of those basic elements here.

The Fire Movement in the Easter Vigil begins with a bonfire outdoors from which is lit the Paschal Candle which will be used throughout Easter Season and at all baptisms and Christian burials throughout the succeeding year. We allude to that by suggesting this service be celebrated around a bonfire outdoors and the possibility of everyone holding candles lit from it.

The Word Movement in the Easter Vigil is an extended set of readings recounting the history of God’s saving acts leading up to the time of Jesus. The five great themes of that history are Creation, Exodus, Kingdom, Exile, and Restoration. For this service, we use two of the readings from the Easter Vigil in this part of the service, Ezekiel 37 (which points to both Exile and Eestoration, and which began our Good Friday service) and Romans 6.

Romans 6 is the most complete description of the theology of baptism in the New Testament. It is used in the Easter Vigil as a strong tie to the third movement, Water. Historically and ecumenically, it is at the Easter Vigil on Saturday night that baptisms are performed, rather than at one of the other two services on Easter Day, though baptism is considered appropriate on every Sunday in Easter Season. We have provided primarily for a service of baptismal reaffirmation for this service, though we have provided a link for a full baptismal service as well. United Methodists have outstanding resources for the Easter Vigil, relatively few still use it, and those that do find these services are often not well-attended. And though we have a more frequent practice of Sunrise services, those are also typically far less well-attended than the principal service of Easter Sunday. If you desire, you could of course do a full service of baptism as part of this service.

We do not try to include the fourth movement, Table, as part of this service, leaving that for the principal service of Easter Sunday, which follows.

Logistics: Wows, Kapows, Vows, and Towels
Since this service may be observed in a setting other than your typical worship space, and especially if it is outdoors, be sure, as with the opening of the Palm/Passion service, to rehearse your blocking as worship leaders beforehand, to provide for access for persons with mobility issues (or a legal way for such persons to see and hear if they cannot safely get physically to where you are gathering), and that you have provided for sound that enables all to hear. That way everyone can say “Wow” at the bonfire and above all at the resurrection of Christ and the reaffirmation of baptism (or baptism) we celebrate in this service.

This service involves a bonfire. Bonfires take time and in some instances clearance from local officials to construct. Check with your local authorities (often your neighborhood fire department will be able to guide you) and get all needed clearances well ahead of time — preferably weeks ahead of time. These things can take longer than you imagine.

Remember as you offer either baptism or baptismal reaffirmation that while some parts of the service in our ritual are adaptable, the vows are set by Discipline (Par. 217) and are alterable only by General Conference.  The “New Service of Reaffirmation” suggested in this service (whether in English or in Spanish or both) uses those established vows verbatim, but frames them with new questions and places them in full on the lips of those who reaffirm. You may adapt the framing questions in ways most appropriate to your context. The vows themselves, however, must remain unchanged.

Finally, a reminder to your team. Whether you do baptism or reaffirmation, people will get wet!  So be sure to provide towels for those who may need them! And if you are doing baptism or receiving members, have someone with dry hands to handle the certificates and perhaps another person with dry hands to handle the ritual for you during the baptismal rite itself.


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