Ein Stadtschloss für Berlin

Der Palast der Republik war ein ungeliebtes, aber authentisches Denkmal der DDR-Geschichte. Nach der Wettbewerbsentscheidung vom November 2008 ist nun klar, dass an seiner Stelle eine Kopie des Berliner Stadtschlosses entstehen wird. Der hier vorgestellte Entwurf von Stefan Haupt illustriert, dass es möglich gewesen wäre, den authentischen DDR-Bau in seiner Substanz zu erhalten, ohne auf eine städtebaulich sinnvolle Teilrekonstruktion des Stadtschlosses zu verzichten.

Validity and use of the UV index : Report from the UVI working group, Schloss Hohenkammer, Germany, 5-7 December 2011

The adequacy of the UV Index (UVI), a simple measure of ambient solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, has been questioned on the basis of recent scientific data on the importance of vitamin D for human health, the mutagenic capacity of radiation in the UVA wavelength, and limitations in the behavioral impact of the UVI as a public awareness tool. A working group convened by ICNIRP and WHO met to assess whether modifications of the UVI were warranted and to discuss ways of improving its effectiveness as a guide to healthy sun-protective behavior. A UV Index greater than 3 was confirmed as indicating ambient UV levels at which harmful sun exposure and sunburns could occur and hence as the threshold for promoting preventive messages. There is currently insufficient evidence about the quantitative relationship of sun exposure, vitamin D, and human health to include vitamin D considerations in sun protection recommendations. The role of UVA in sunlight-induced dermal immunosuppression and DNA damage was acknowledged, but the contribution of UVA to skin carcinogenesis could not be quantified precisely. As ambient UVA and UVB levels mostly vary in parallel in real life situations, any minor modification of the UVI weighting function with respect to UVA-induced skin cancer would not be expected to have a significant impact on the UV Index. Though it has been shown that the UV Index can raise awareness of the risk of UV radiation to some extent, the UVI does not appear to change attitudes to sun protection or behavior in the way it is presently used. Changes in the UVI itself were not warranted based on these findings, but rather research testing health behavior models, including the roles of self-efficacy and self-affirmation in relation to intention to use sun protection among different susceptible groups, should be carried out to develop more successful strategies toward improving sun protection behavior. Health Phys. 103(3):301-306; 2012

Portrait of Elsa Jonas, Emilie Schloss, Elsa, Paula, Frieda and Olga, participants in the "Baby Aufführung" ("Baby Performance") given at the wedding of Edmund and Ottilie.

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Cora Berliner (dancing?) outdoors with an unidentified woman.

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Schloss and Schoeneberg family portrait on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Jeanette Bildesheim nee Schoeneberg.

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Jeanette Bildesheim nee Schoeneberg seated outdoors with her daughter Johanna Schloss and Ernst Spiegel.

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Jeanette Bildesheim nee Schoeneberg seated outdoors with her daughter Johanna Schloss and grandson Helmut Schloss; Kladow, Berlin.

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Helmut Schloss; Israel.

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Studio portrait of Lotte Schloss with her brother Helmut Schloss and their poodle Dolly; Wolfenbüttel, Germany.

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Lotte Schloss seated outdoors in a meadow; Wolfenbüttel, Germany.

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Lotte Schloss with her brother Helmut Schloss; Wolfenbüttel, Germany.

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Studio portrait of Cora Berliner with her mother and sister; Hannover Portraits Family

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Portrait of Elsa Jonas, Emilie Schloss, Elsa, Paula, Frieda and Olga, participants in the "Baby Aufführung" ("Baby Performance") given at the wedding of Edmund and Ottilie.

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Lotte Schloss with her grandmother Jeanette Bildesheim nee Schoeneberg.

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Mosse family photo collage for the wedding of Hans and Licie Mosse; family shown in blimp floating over Grosse Berliner Strasse; Berlin Portraits; Family

Verso: Die Anfahrt der Gaeste zur Hochzeitsfeier von Hans u. Licie am 10. Oktober 1909