#reitre

LA ALBORADA DEL REITRE

Arrebol… ¿eres de mi muerte albor? Pronto rompen los clarines, conmigo la vida rinde quien fuera conmilitón.

Guiñada… ¡y la fiesta es acabada! Ayer en bridón ufano, hoy en el pecho un balazo, la fría tumba mañana.

¡Qué presto vuelan hermosura y gesto! ¿Te jactas de tus mejillas cómo lucen purpurinas? ¡Ájanse rosas a cientos!

Constante, me pliego a lo que Dios mande; lucharé hoy con braveza, y si la muerte me espera: es bravo reitre quien yace.

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REITERS MORGENGESANG

Morgenrot, Leuchtest mir zum frühen Tod? Bald wird die Trompete blasen, Dann muß ich mein Leben lassen, Ich und mancher Kamerad!

Kaum gedacht, War der Lust ein End' gemacht. Gestern noch auf stolzen Rossen, Heute durch die Brust geschossen, Morgen in das kühle Grab!

Ach, wie bald Schwindet Schönheit und Gestalt! Tust du stolz mit deinen Wangen, Die wie Milch und Purpur prangen? Ach, die Rosen welken all'!

Darum still Füg' ich mich, wie Gott es will. Nun, so will ich wacker streiten, Und soll ich den Tod erleiden, Stirbt ein braver Reitersmann.

Wilhelm Hauff

New Post has been published on http://www.sctut.com/news/media-center-will-be-retired.html

Media Center will be retired

Microsoft stopped actively developing Windows Media Center in 2009, but the company still shipped an unmodified version in an upgrade pack for Windows 8. The software giant is planning to kill off Media Center in Windows 10, meaning any PCs upgraded from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 will lose the feature. Microsoft confirmed the plan to ZDNet’s Ed Bott in a recent interview.

It’s not a surprise move, but Windows Media Center has a passionate and loyal following which will undoubtedly mourn the loss of the feature. Microsoft first introduced Windows Media Center in 2001 as a separate Windows XP version. It was designed to run fullscreen as a media player, and support television channels from TV tuners. A number of PC makers created dedicated Media Center PCs for use in the living room, but it never really made it mainstream enough for Microsoft to continue developing it fully. Windows Media Center was characterized by its use of a green button to access the main interface from a remote control.

While Microsoft has focused on TV and entertainment features in the Xbox One, the company sold its Mediaroom IPTV business and set-top boxes to Ericsson back in 2013. At the time, Microsoft said it was “dedicating all TV resources to Xbox,” and its gaming console has gained a number of new entertainment apps over the past year. If you’re still a fan of Windows Media Center then it looks like you’ll need to stick with Windows 8.1, unless someone manages to unofficially port it across to Windows 10 once the new OS launches this summer.

So wait, is he or isn't he retiring?

AUSTRALIA’S baby boomers are the most work-hungry in the industrialised world and soon it could be worth $1000 for an employer to hire one.

That’s because while the seniors want jobs, they are also kept on the unemployment rolls longer than many other groups.

The Government today will release a report from businessman Everald Compton who chaired the panel inquiring into Economic Potential of Senior Australians.

“Australia is only going to prosper if we recognise the best attributes of mature-aged Australians. We are wasting good experienced talent by not harnessing them in every way we can,” according to Mr Compton.

The Government is expected to announce a scheme, capped at $10 million, to pay 10,000 employers $1000 if they hire a worker aged 50 or over for at least three months. It will start on July 1 and run for four years.

“It’s all about giving older Australians more choice, and the opportunity for some extra financial security if they want to keep bringing home a paycheck in their later years,” said Treasurer Wayne Swan.

Over the past 10 years – and particularly in the past three years – the demand for jobs by baby boomers has increased sharply.

Australia’s mature-age participation rate is now the biggest recorded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and exceeds the average for all other age brackets.

The demand for work eases back for those aged 65 and over.

However, they also make up an age bracket which finds it hard to find another job if retrenched, particularly if they are unskilled workers.

The average time on the dole queue for those aged 45 to 54 years is a year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This jumps to 75 weeks for those aged 55 and over.

This is more than twice the average period unemployed for other groups.

The Government is expected to use Mr Compton’s report to give a glowing reference for older workers, praising their low rates of absenteeism, high retention rates and the benefits of life experience they can bring to a workplace.

And they are not going away.

“The demographics of the Australian workforce is changing – we are working longer and to an older age,” said Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten.

“Longer life expectancy, better health and reward for cerebral work over brawn is favouring longer years in the workforce.”