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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 18
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 145, in _generate_tables
dataset = json.load(f)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/decoder.py", line 340, in decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Extra data", s, end)
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 2 column 1 (char 2176)
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1995, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 148, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 122, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 18
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1027, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1122, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1882, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2038, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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"Brown at 60: A Pathway to Inclusion" (Film and Panel Discussion)
Thursday, May 15th, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2019, Milstein West
1585 Massachusetts Ave.
Please join us for a screening of Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, followed by a discussion with:
* Bill Fletcher, Jr., American Federation of Government Employees
* Susan Moir, Director, Labor Resource Center, UMass Boston
* Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Sixty years after the Brown decision struck down separate but equal schooling, how far have we come in achieving equality and inclusion in U.S. society? Brother Outsider, a film on civil rights and labor activist Bayard Rustin, explores the life and times of the chief organizer of the March on Washington in 1963. Rustin faced attacks not only for his civil rights activism, but also frequent taunts from U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond and other political notables because of his sexual orientation. Join us for the award-winning film (approximately 80 minutes), refreshments, and then a panel discussion with three leading commentators on issues of social justice in the post-Brown era including former TransAfrica president Bill Fletcher, Jr., labor and LGBT activist Susan Moir, and HLS Professor Charles Ogletree, Jr.
Co-sponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute and the Labor & Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and Boston's Local 26
Website: http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/2014/05/brown-at-60-a-pathway-to-inclusion/
Contact Info: jtrumpbo at law.harvard.edu<mailto:jtrumpbo at law.harvard.edu>
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Winter Games: Australian athletes going into quarantine
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The athletes are in quarantine to get rid of flu-like symptoms Australian athletes will spend three nights in quarantine on a tropical island, just like any “summer or…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The athletes are in quarantine to get rid of flu-like symptoms
Australian athletes will spend three nights in quarantine on a tropical island, just like any “summer or winter” tourists would.
But this time, the supposed holiday is all part of an Olympics-wide effort to contain the spread of the winter flu ahead of next month’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
Officials are allowing athletes and officials, as well as hundreds of athletes’ families, to remain in quarantine.
That’s despite the fact that Australia’s vice-president of athletics wrote a letter to the Australian Associated Press that described the quarantine as “a disgrace”.
In a statement to the BBC, Australian Olympic Committee chief executive Mark Adams insisted the squad would be treated fairly and had been promised they could leave “as quickly as possible”.
Australia’s state and federal governments are involved in the vaccination and prevention programme, and support the move, said Adams.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Australia’s vice-president of athletics wrote to the Australian Associated Press that he was “horrified” by the measures
“In recent years, the AOC has consistently worked with all the relevant authorities – both nationally and internationally – to combat influenza during winter,” he said.
“The latest exercise we are undertaking is designed to avoid the spread of the disease within the Olympic family and if we are successful, there will be no spread of the disease into the general public.”
The US, Canada and Germany are among a few countries that have not imposed any quarantine of their own, which some say makes this a precedent setting measure.
The AOC has announced it will no longer take any more athletes to Korea on training or goodwill trips, and will also suspend the scholarships of any involved athletes.
Australia have already sent “a very strict delegation”, according to AFP. According to Associated Press, the Australians will cover expenses and will be allowed to stay at one of four hotels while on the South Korean island of Jeju.
The International Olympic Committee said quarantine had to be imposed for health reasons.
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A Tribute To Bold Assertions
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In Reorganizing Health Care Bankruptcy, I assert that despite their bankruptcy misfit status, health care providers can realize distinct benefits.
Did the building live up to Mayor Collins' assertion that it would be “a.
It's a bold design that stands out just as much today as it did 50 years.
Take “Self-Reliance”: the hyperbolic self-assertion sounds very much like a.
book, English Traits, which is an obituary disguised as a tribute: Emerson begins by.
westophilia: the wrath of these men, according to him, “has a bold and manly.
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Each of the writers in this tribute to James Moffett knew Jim personally and.
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assertion that an interest in intellectual processes entails a de-emphasis on con.
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I think the very best argument the LDS church has against the theology (as opposed to legality) of same sex couples being married -- my personal definition of marriage is the force that joins two entities as one -- is the need for gender complement (not to be confused with a gender compliment as is exampled by this post's title... huck-yuck).
Anyway, I remember when I was going through counseling at LDS Family Services, I told my counselor that I didn't understand why two men or two women couldn't be eternally sealed; she said something to the effect of, "I imagine it has something to do with Yin & Yang, the need for a harmonious balance of natures."
This got me thinking, and it makes perfect sense. After all, how can you make something perfectly whole if the two pieces are not complementary?
Such was back in 2005, and I've done a great deal of pondering and observing with this hypothesis that two people of the same sex cannot complement each other. In my observations, I noticed something sticking rather starkly out there, something that is found from humble acts to derogatory jokes: a homosexual's innate and inward gender balance is different than a heterosexual's -- even the "butch" and "fem" homosexuals have a noticeably different makeup of inward gender interactions than a heterosexual counterpart.
I used to think that, perhaps, this implied more than two genders, but the more I observed, the more I noticed there are, indeed, only two genders: male and female; a homosexual merely has a different composition of the two complementing genders than a heterosexual. Now, I wouldn't say such is in a more androgynous way -- meaning, I don't think gender is really a quantitative trait, and as everyone has both masculine and feminine traits, it's not "how much more masculine" or "how much more feminine" someone is but the difference in how these two genders interact with each other within an individual... if that makes sense.
To perhaps put it a different way, the following symbols represent how I see the manner in which the two genders, male and female, generally interact within heterosexuals and homosexuals:
HETEROSEXUAL MALE
HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE
HOMOSEXUAL MALE
HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE
In my observations, I noticed that, when it comes to complementing natures most perfectly, a heterosexual male and a heterosexual female complement each other most completely; a homosexual male and a homosexual male complement each other most completely; a homosexual female and a homosexual female complement each other most completely:
HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE & HETEROSEXUAL MALE
HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE & HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE
HOMOSEXUAL MALE & HOMOSEXUAL MALE
HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE & HETEROSEXUAL MALE
HOMOSEXUAL MALE & HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE
HOMOSEXUAL MALE & HETEROSEXUAL MALE
HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE & HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE
HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE & HOMOSEXUAL MALE
Of course, such is in "completely heterosexual" or "completely homosexual" cases. There is something else I have observed: as with everything else when it comes to an individual, each person doesn't follow the exact class of a "homosexual" or a "heterosexual" nor is any marriage a perfect complement -- that is, the marriages that work best, I believe, come close, but I've yet to see a perfectly whole union of two people.
Anyway, such a flux between individuals is why some mixed orientation marriages work -- and work well: the spouses' gender compositions are such that is created a mostly whole complement when united. (I've also seen that such is not reflected in how sexually attracted someone is to a specific sex.)
When applying this to rearing children, I believe there is, indeed, a need for a child to be brought up by two parents complementary joined as one. I also believe there is as equal of a complement of genders in homosexual couples as there is in heterosexual couples.
It is my opinion that children are extremely perceptive and conceptually grounded, that they innately are capable of learning and experiencing this complement, even when socially driven definitions of male and female are not present.
Of course, this is just a thesis I have according to what I have witnessed and sensed in life. I only have my observations as my sole empirical data; albeit, the more I observe, the more my thesis seems to hold true.
Original Mohomie August 15, 2008 at 9:43 AM
I've had thoughts right along these lines, myself, and while there's something in me that just insists there's a common-sense, unique duality and complement in the union of male and female well-matched/complementary in other ways, another part of me can't shake the idea that well-matched/complementary people of any gender can bring most (maybe all) of the same traits to the table.
I still think there's just something special about having a mother that I would prefer no kid goes without. And there's something different about a father that a mother can't quite replace. I'm not sure I can quantify it or defend it yet, though there are supposedly studies which do. But there's something to it that I can't shake. Yet I still insist that two men or two women can make excellent parents who can bring up very well-rounded children with all the confidence, strength, conviction, sensitivity, and love they need to maintain strong principles and build society.
All of that aside, I much love the awkwardness of the diagram of the homo male and homo female together. Beautiful. I laughed.
Chedner August 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM
I wonder if some children raised by homosexual couples would say something similar about not having 'two dads' or 'two moms.'
(p.s. It's good to hear from you; I hope you're doing well!)
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Infamous by Lori Sizemore- Pre-Order Blast!
INFAMOUS by Lori Sizemore
Justine Montgomery, daughter of a divorced beauty queen and TV magnate, is a tabloid disaster after her infamous sex tape. She’s so desperate to help save her family’s home she turns to her deal-making dad. Can she prove to him she’s cut out for a career in television or will she lose it all?
Sawyer has his own past and a successful career is his only goal. Seeing Justine fail would mean the promotion of a lifetime, but things get complicated when he develops feelings for her. Suddenly, the lines between work, life, sex, and love are blurry.
They will have to overcome the bitterness of a rejected ex, the controlling actions of her father, and the half-truths they’re telling one another to forge a lasting partnership both on the job and off the clock.
He considered her for a moment, searching her face. “I want to get you out of those expensive clothes.”
She froze and took a jagged breath.
Sawyer slid a hand behind her to pull her ponytail over her shoulder and run the curls through his fingers. “I want to mess up your hair, fist it in my hands while I kiss you until you can’t think.”
As he toyed with her curls, Justine blanked. At that second, she’d have said yes to anything he asked of her. She stood to open her door then turned back, unsure what would come out. “I can’t think right now.”
With a tilt of the head, he leaned in. “I’m going to kiss you anyway.”
A voice in the back of her mind told her she was going to have to practice telling this man no. He pressed her to the wall, sucked at her bottom lip, ran his tongue across it. Heat blasted through her.
Sawyer tugged her through the open doorway. He kicked the door shut and backed her against it slowly. Pale streetlight from outside the window cast them in shadows. The weight of how much she wanted him almost crushed her. They kissed and, despite them both being fully clothed, she felt vulnerable. Naked.
His hands pressed flat against the wall beside her, his breathing as uneven as her own. “Say it.”
“Tell me you want me. That you think about me touching you, that it keeps you up at night. Tell me it’s not just me.”
“I do.” Her voice came out fluttery.
He ran a hand through her hair, toying with the ends. “I wonder things, like how you sound when you’re excited and…”
She put a finger to his lips, still moist from their kisses. “Stop saying things like that. I don’t want to know because then I won’t be able to stop thinking about you thinking those things.” She tilted her head back against the wall and steadied a hand on his chest. His muscles bunched beneath her fingers. She needed to think. She needed to process all of this and…
He lifted her hand, nuzzling the sensitive skin on her wrist, which sent a quiver down her spine. When she couldn’t take any more, she withdrew it from his grasp. And Sawyer was there, picking up where he left off, with a leisurely, complete, thorough kiss. And, oh, she kissed him back. How could she not? His kiss, it was everything. Like something in her, that had been off her whole life, snapped into place.
Her heart jittered in her chest and propelled her past the desire, past the panic gnawing inside because she wanted more of him. She wanted to touch him and taste him and be filled by him, but even more beyond that.
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Eugene Weekly : Visual Arts : 2.21.08
Open, Yet Unbroken
Kazuaki Tanahashi’s work at White Lotus enchants, inspires
BY SUZI STEFFEN
Top to Bottom: Miracles of Each Moment (blue), Compassion, Enjoyment, Miracles of Each Moment (red) and One
Can an artist simultaneously honor hundreds of years of tradition and create something that breaks tradition?
Calligrapher Kazuaki Tanahashi would likely say yes. Tanahashi, whose “Brush Mind” exhibit opened at White Lotus on Valentine’s Day, mixes traditional methods and Zen Buddhist iconography to create work at once calming and intense.
At the gallery, it’s easy to see three distinctly different tracks emerge even though Tanahashi paints each piece on manageably sized canvas with a single acrlyic figure. One track, the least interesting, involves massive single brushstrokes across the bottom half or third of the parchment canvases. The strokes incorporate a variety of colors — orange and red, or blue and green with some yellow mixed in, for instance — and run off both sides of the paper. Tanahashi gives many of his similar paintings the same name, in this case, Happiness. The red Happiness at the gallery contains more playful brushwork, a more complex terrain for thought, than the orange painting with the same title.
Another path Tanahashi follows is that of calligraphic ideograms. In countries that use ideograms to communicate, calligraphy artists work hard. They study for many years in order to master the movements, the balance and the insight necessary to create stunning, perfectly centered ideograms on bare backgrounds. Tanahashi was born in Japan and spent many years laboring and loving his art before moving to the U.S. in 1977, and his work slyly mixes the old country and the new. Compassion, for instance, combines a wide, airy base with a more compressed peak, where a streak of gold enters the dark paint, and Enjoyment‘s bright red tangles teeter atop a playful combination of more solid strokes.
But there are also figures like One, a one-stroke work, which leap out with their powerful play of white movement on black backgrounds. At the rear of the gallery, One is paired with an explosion of white in Mystery, a lovely hanging decision. Part of the reason these white-on-black pieces jump out is, of course, the value of negative on positive, but it’s also a very Zen acceptance of what comes with large strokes of paint — splatters. Tanahashi’s splatters combine spontaneity and the awareness of deeply ingrained patterns; the arc of the white drops look like the follow-through of a basketball player’s hand after she shoots the ball. In other words, they’re both unique and a result of hours of repeated practice.
Those hours, the repeated movement and the controlled nature of this powerful gesture, emerge as the melding of tradition and invention with Tanahashi’s Zen circles. Traditionally, these circles — or Enso — would be painted in a single stroke, often one a day, with black paint on a white background. The style of an artist reveals his or her state of mind at the time of the painting. Circles can be open or closed, as the artist desires; an open circle might represent something quite different, spiritually speaking, from a closed circle. But the circles have almost always been black.
Tanahashi’s circles don’t know the word “black.” There’s one called Metal that shines gold, silver and metallic blue. A red circle — titled, like most of them, Miracles of Each Moment — leaps from white paper. And a bright blue, purple and green circle particularly disturbed White Lotus owner Hue-Ping Lin at first. Then she heard the artist speak at the Eugene Zendo, where he explained why he opened the tradition to new ways of thinking. Lin told me that Tanahashi discussed the combination of discipline and freedom. Indeed, not only his many Miracles but also his leaping, squirming fish-like half-circle, Light Within, provide glorious examples of this melding.
Most of Tanahashi’s paintings glow with exuberance and flexibility, discipline and joy, care in preparation and freedom in execution. Take your time with this show; you might think you understand it all at first glance, but a bit of meditation and contemplation can bring deeper rewards.
“Brush Mind” runs through March 4 at White Lotus Gallery, 767 Willamette, open 10 am to 5:30 pm Tues. through Sat. Tanahashi’s website (www.brushmind.net) has more info about his practice, translation of Zen works and his work for peace.
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Smokin' Hot Saturday Guest #Review for MAD ABOUT MOON by @Melissa_Foster on tour with @BeckValleyBooks
NEW RELEASE........
Fall in love with Jed and Josie in this emotionally captivating, sexy standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster. The perfect love story for those who enjoy fiercely loyal and insanely sexy alpha heroes, smart, sassy heroines, strong family bonds, bikers, babies, and more!
Can true love strike twice in one lifetime?
Josie Beckley refuses to believe there is a limit on happiness. A decade after she escaped her abusive parents and lost touch with her siblings, the death of her husband leaves her and her son homeless. But Josie has never been one to wallow in sadness, and when she takes a chance on reconnecting with her siblings, a sinfully handsome bright light from her past shows up and offers to help her find a way out of the darkness.
Most people wouldn't see Jed Moon as someone to look up to. He's been in and out of jail and has lived a less-than-stellar lifestyle. But years ago one woman saw through his bullshit, and he's never forgotten her. Now she's back in his life, and as a prospect for the Dark Knights motorcycle club, Jed promises to keep an eye on the sassy, sexy single mother who has never stopped lighting his fantasies on fire.
Jed and Josie's combustible connection is stronger than ever. Having Josie and her son in his life brings out all of Jed's protective instincts-and visions of a future he never imagined having. But when a shocking revelation knocks the insatiable lovers to their knees, it forces them to make choices that could change their lives forever.
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For more hot Whiskey love, check out Melissa's other Whiskey novels.
TRU BLUE
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TAMING MY WHISKEY
And don't miss RIVER OF LOVE, the first story in which the Whiskeys were introduced!
"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!"New York Times Bestseller Lauren Blakely
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"Melissa Foster writes worlds that draw you in, with strong heroes and brave heroines surrounded by a community that makes you want to crawl right on through the page and live there." - New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent
Guest book review by Devorah Bergman
I've been waiting to read about Jed and Josie since each one was introduced in the previous Whiskey books. I was shocked to find out that the two of them had a past together (albeit one night) but I think it made their reunion so much sweeter.
Josie was clearly feeling guilty and down after losing Brian and thinking that her siblings abandoned her and it definitely took time to get over those feelings but having Jed around definitely helped her get there much faster.
As for Jed, I was so happy to see that everything started to work out for him. He clearly sacrificed so much for his family and it was beautiful to see how his life is coming together. His reality also helped him to see clearly to allow him to start to help others in a similar situation to his own overcome their challenges and succeed.
I Can't Wait to Read the next book!
In TRU BLUE…
There's nothing Truman Gritt won't do to protect his family--Including spending years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. When he's finally released, the life he knew is turned upside down by his mother's overdose, and Truman steps in to raise the children she's left behind. Truman's hard, he's secretive, and he's trying to save a brother who's even more broken than he is. He's never needed help in his life, and when beautiful Gemma Wright tries to step in, he's less than accepting. But Gemma has a way of slithering into people's lives and eventually she pierces through his ironclad heart. When Truman's dark past collides with his future, his loyalties will be tested, and he'll be faced with his toughest decision yet.
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In TRULY, MADLY, WHISKEY…
Eight months is a long damn time to have the hots for a woman who keeps a guy at arm’s length. But Crystal Moon is no ordinary woman. She’s a sinfully sexy, sass-mouthed badass, and the subject of Bear Whiskey’s midnight fantasies. She’s also one of his closest friends.
Just when Crystal thinks she has her life under control, scorching-hot, possessive, aggressive, and fiercely loyal Bear pushes all her sexual buttons, relentless in his pursuit to make her his.
The more Bear pushes, the hotter their passion burns, unearthing memories for Crystal that are best kept buried. But there’s no stopping the collision of her past and present, catapulting the two lovers down an emotionally charged road that has them questioning all they thought they knew about themselves.
In DRIVING WHISKEY WILD...
Special Forces veteran and Dark Knights Motorcycle Club member Bullet Whiskey lives to protect his family, their bar, and the residents of his small hometown. He’s rough, unapologetic, and haunted by a secret, painful past. He’s also a master at keeping people away, and when his sister hires gorgeous and sweet Finlay Wilson to help expand their biker bar, he knows just how to get rid of her.
After losing her boyfriend and her father, Finlay moves back to her hometown to be closer to the little family she has left. She needs her temporary job at Whiskey Bro’s to get her catering business off the ground, and she’s determined not to let the gruff, arrogant mountain of a man Bullet Whiskey scare her off.
Finlay is everything Bullet has never wanted. She’s afraid of his dog, afraid of motorcycles, and sweet enough to give him cavities, but as she weaves her way into the hearts of everyone around him, he’s powerless to resist her charms. Passion ignites, but trust doesn’t come easily, and when their pasts collide, Bullet finds out the true meaning of protecting those he loves.
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HRH The Princess Royal, attends charity ball to raise money for deafblind children in Kenya and Uganda
TOPICS:deafblinddisability overseasprincess royalsense international
Posted By: Press Release 26 June, 2015
HRH The Princess Royal meeting guests Kenyan deafblind ambassadors
HRH The Princess Royal, patron of deafblind charity Sense International, attended the Sense International fundraising ball at The Artillery Garden marquee, in London on 24 June 2015.
The event, was hosted by Valerie Singleton and raised in excess of £80,000 with donations still rolling in for the charity’s Finding Grace appeal, a pioneering programme to screen 300,000 infants in Kenya and Uganda for deafblindness. The appeal is supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) who will match, pound for pound, all the proceeds from the ball, and every donation made before 10 September 2015.
During her speech, The Princess Royal, spoke about furthering the work of Sense International and the importance of a new early intervention programme in Kenya and Uganda.
The event was attended by over 300 people who were entertained with music from classical singer Charlotte Jaconelli, and a live auction hosted by TV antiques expert, Charles Hanson.
Gillian Morbey, Chief Executive, said: “We are incredibly grateful to all those who dug deep and pledged their support during this fantastic event. We were overwhelmed by their generosity and thanks to them, we are now one step closer to establishing early intervention and screening services in Kenya and Uganda for the very first time.
“Our thanks go to our sponsors and to Valarie Singleton, Charles Hanson, Charlotte Jaconelli and The Princess Royal for making such a memorable and enjoyable evening.”
To donate, or to find out more about the appeal visit senseInternational.org.uk/FindingGrace
About Sense International
Between 10 June and 10 September, the UK Government will match donations to the campaign pound for pound to allow Sense International to carry out vital early identification work.
Sense International is a global charity supporting deafblind people in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Peru, Romania and Uganda. We are one of the world’s leading international organisations working for deafblind people and their families.
Further information can be found on Sense International’s website www.senseinternational.org.uk
Sense works with the V&A to launch sensory backpack for children with sight impairments
Sports wheelchair to give a sporting chance to the next generation of Commonwealth Sports stars
£1.7mn to restore sight
Music for the Senses – a fundraising concert for deafblindness
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Nagano's Hidden Autumn Sightseeing Spots
See wonderful and wild autumn scenery at the base of the Japanese Alps.
Autumn is a wonderful time of year to visit Japan. The miserably hot and humid days of summer are behind us, convenience stores have restocked their supplies of oden and nikuman, and the scenery isn’t half-bad either.
And for autumn scenery, it’s hard to beat Japan’s mountainous areas, where colorful leaves slowly creep down the mountain tops to the valleys, creating vivid gradients of green, yellow and orange.
In Nagano, there are countless spots to enjoy autumn scenery. In fact, you can see some of our favorite—and more accessible—autumn sightseeing spots here. But if you’ve been around the block once or twice or are looking for adventure, here are some out-of-the-way locations to enjoy magnificent fall scenery.
Nagano’s Hidden Autumn Sightseeing Spots
The Matsukawa Ravine
The Takase Ravine
Nezame-no-toko and the Akasawa Forest
Shimoguri no Sato
Fujimi Panorama Resort
Boat tours on the Tenryu River
Autumn Colors and Hot Springs in the Matsukawa Ravine
The Takai Bridge in the Matsukawa Ravine behind Takayama Village
Tucked away behind Suzaka outside of Nagano City is a small village called Takayama-mura. While most foreign tourists haven’t heard of it, it’s very popular among Japanese travelers for its beautiful autumn views and mineral-rich hot springs.
As you continue past the first hot spring area of Yamada Onsen, the valley becomes narrower and steeper. This is the Matsukawa Ravine, home to several impressive waterfalls and a number of other onsen areas. The view of the Takai bridge surrounded by autumn leaves is famous, as well as the waterfall Kaminari-daki, which can be admired from any direction (you can walk behind and around the falls, probably without getting wet!).
Bathe in the atmospheric Yamada Hot Spring at the base of the Matsukawa Ravine.
There are a number of ryokan and hot springs in Yamada Onsen, including the beautiful Oyu bath, crafted from wood in the traditional style. Goshiki Onsen’s water is said to change depending on the season, becoming one of five different colors. Shichimi Onsen is an effective cocktail of seven different springs from the area—not a hot spring seasoned with Nagano’s favorite spice blend. There are several Konyoku baths here as well, for those of you who’d like to bath together with both your male and female friends.
Mid- to late October
Yamada Onsen can be reached by bus from Suzaka Station. The Yamada Oyu bath and a number of hotels are here, and there is a 40-min trekking path around the area here. To reach Kaminari-daki falls, it’s a 7-minute taxi ride.
The Takase Ravine is known for its emerald-green waters and brillaint autumn foliage
The Takase Ravine sits behind the city of Omachi and is surrounded by the Northern Japanese Alps. Following the Takase River to its source, you pass three dams along the way. After climbing the final Takase Dam—Japan’s tallest rockfill dam at a height of 176 meters—the ravine opens up wide before you, revealing the picturesque scenery of autumn colors, emerald-green waters and snow-capped mountains.
Walking along the Fudosawa Bridge
Walking through the tunnel to the right of the dam leads to the Fudosawa suspension Bridge, Nigorisawa Campground and the trailhead to Mt. Eboshi, Mt. Noguchi-Goro and eventually Mt. Yari. About 20 minutes after crossing the bridge, you can enjoy more autumn scenery at Fudosawa Falls.
Mid-October
To reach Takase Ravine, we recommend traveling by car. The Nanakura Sanso lodge is about 60 minutes by car from the Azumino IC exit of the Nagano Expressway. From there, you have to take a special taxi to the dam (6km, 15min., 2200 yen), or, you can walk 6 kilometers to the dam.
Nezame no Toko and the Akasawa Forest
The slabs of rock of Nezama no Toko are a perfect place to rest and enjoy the beautiful colors of autumn.
The Kiso Valley has long been known for its excellent lumber and dedicated craftsmen, so it’s only fair to say that it is blessed with verdant and plentiful forests. This magical season imparts a surreal beauty on the post towns of the Nakasendo as well as Kiso’s natural wonders.
The town of Agematsu is centrally located to a number of Kiso’s sites. Agematsu itself is a post town, and the famous Narai and Kiso-Fukushima post towns are just north of it as well. Buildings showcase traditional Edo period architecture, and many of the inns frequented by feudal lords remain intact. Kiso’s forests are also well-preserved, and the Akasawa Recreation Forest Park, where you can enjoy a variety of walking trails and the open-air logging train, is just within arm’s reach. Just south of Agematsu is Nezame-no-Toko, a grouping of strange rock formations along the Kiso River tied to one of Japan’s most popular folktales, Urashima Taro.
The Logging Train in the Akasawa Recreation Forest Park near Agematsu.
Late October to early November
Narai, Kiso Fukushima and Agematsu Stations are all connected via the Chuo train line. To visit Nezame-no-Toko, you can take a local bus from Agematsu Station or Kiso Fukushima Station (5 or 10 minutes, respectively). Or, you can walk along the former Nakasendo road from Agematsu Station and reach it in about 30 minutes. To visit the Akasawa Recreation Forest Park, take the Akasawa line bus (see bus timetable here) from Agematsu or Kiso Fukushima Station (30 or 45 minutes, respectively).
Shimoguri no Sato, known as the Tirol of Japan, looks especially beautiful in Fall
Shimoguri no Sato is a small village tucked into the mountains of the Southern Japanese Alps. The steep hillside here is dotted with farmhouses and fields and interwoven with zig-zagging switchbacks. While the population is dwindling, hardy old ladies continue to plow the tilted soil of this otherworldly locale.
All around the village are nothing but mountains. From their peaks, forests trickle down the hillside into the deep valleys below, and in autumn, they create a magnificent spectacle of smoldering orange and yellow leaves.
The best view of the town is from the Shimoguri-no-Sato observation point, about 20 minutes on foot from the parking lot of the Hanba-tei restaurant.
The Hanba-tei restaurant is 80 minutes by car from central Iida.
Mt. Fuji seen from the top of Fujimi Panorama Resort
See incredible views of Mt. Fuji standing above a carpet of golden leaves in the aptly named town of Fujimi (literally ‘See Fuji’).
The local ski resort, Fujimi Panorama Resort, runs their gondola during autumn, allowing visitors to enjoy the scenery from over 1,700 meters high. You can also climb to the top of nearby Mt. Nyukasa (1,955m) in just an hour for more spectacular views, including 22 out of Japan’s 100 Hyakumeizan mountains.
Beautiful autumn scenery of Yatsugatake from the top of Mt. Nyukasa
The resort is also one of Japan's premiere mountain biking destinations and remains open until mid-November.
The closest station to Fujimi Panorama is Fujimi Station, which is about 2 hours from Shinjuku Station on the Limited Express Azusa, or about 50 minutes on the same train from Matsumoto Station. A free shuttle bus runs between the station and resort once per day, or you can take a 10-minute taxi from the station.
Whitewater Boat Tours on the Tenryu River
The Tenryu-kyo gorge is one of Southern Nagano’s gems.
The Tenryu River travels from the Suwa area south to the Pacific Ocean, cutting through the Ina and Iida valleys. Once a relentless force, it carved out the vertical cliff faces of the Tenryu-kyo gorge before being dammed during the 20th century. Now its flow is gentler, but you can still enjoy whitewater rafting in modern rafts or more traditional vessels. Up above, you can enjoy the beautiful fall colors perched on the gorge’s rocky cliffs. It is easily accessible too; just get off at Tenryu-kyo Station (Iida Line) and walk from there.
Mid- to late November
Take the Iida line to Tenryu-kyo Station. The Station is located about a minute away from the river itself, and from there you can reach the area’s sights on foot.
Omachi Onsen Village, More Than Just the Gateway to the Alpine Route
15 of the Best Places to Visit in Nagano
Nagano’s Top Cherry Blossom Spots
See Nagano in a New Light with Aerial Photography by Drone
Climbing Mt. Tsubakuro
Nagano Day Trip to Obuse and Togakushi
Mountaineering Gem: Mt. Jonen Summit Climb
Where to See Autumn Leaves in Nagano
Beautiful Winter Phenomena
Canyoning in Hakuba
Snowy Spring in the Ina Valley
Hot Springs and Waterfalls in Matsukawa Gorge
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Chehade names the date: ICANN to approve first new gTLDs on April 23
Kevin Murphy, February 15, 2013, 06:12:50 (UTC), Domain Policy
ICANN expects to approve the first new gTLDs on April 23, just 68 days from now.
The long-awaited date, which of course comes with certain caveats, was revealed by CEO Fadi Chehade in a video interview with ICANN media affairs chief Brad White today.
Chehade said:
We are now targeting to be able to recommend for delegation the first new gTLD as early as the 23rd of April, and I can say this because we have made great progress in the last few weeks in aligning all the necessary pieces that would permit us to recommend a delegation as early as the 23rd of April.
Having said that, I want to be very clear there are some things that we can’t control that may cause this date to slip, but even in that case we are looking for a slippage of days or weeks, not months anymore. So we are definitely now with clear visibility on a set of processes that allow us to hit the first recommended delegation as early as the 23rd of April.
The news is surprising; those following the new gTLD program closely are more accustomed to hearing announcements about delays.
Chehade’s recent comments at a meeting of registries and registrars in Amsterdam, in which he said his personal preference would be to delay the whole new gTLD program by a year, did not suggest the imminent announcement of so ambitious a deadline.
He addresses those comments in the interview.
The news strongly suggests that ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee — arguably the biggest unknown quantity at this point in the process — is on target to submit its formal Advice on New gTLDs not too long after the ICANN public meeting in Beijing, which ends April 11.
I would have put money on that not happening.
The date also suggests that ICANN is unlikely to extend the window for filing objections against applications, currently closing March 13, despite the very tight deadline this will create for potential objectors.
Because the results of the String Similarity Panel’s deliberations — which will very likely create new contention sets — will not be published until March 1, many organizations will only get seven or eight working days to finalize and submit their strategic objections.
ICANN’s new gTLD Public Interest Commitments idea: genius or pure crazy?
Name collisions comments call for more gTLD delay
ICANN to adopt most of the new gTLD “strawman”
Tagged: ICANN, new gTLDs
Jean Guillon says:
Fadi mentions 3 hubs in the Interview: 1 in Asia, I guess the other one remains in LA, what about the third one: Paris ?
Brussels is more likely.
Agreed that Brussels is the likely outcome… but if ICANN wants to innovate, it could choose South Africa. Timezone is close enough for servicing europe registries/registrars/registrants (GMT +2), and an Africa presence would be a signal few multinational organizations sent before.
Flight availability to Asia, Middle-East and Europe is usually good, as well.
Brussels is a logical choice, as it’s central and if you’re going to be doing any lobbying / engagement with EU governments then you’re already where they are ..
AND, everybody speaks English.
Tokyo Rose says:
L.A., Singapore and Istanbul.
Ref. (in Japanese):
http://www.nic.ad.jp/ja/topics/2013/20130222-01.html
Instanbul ? Innovative indeed.
Brussels already exists as an office so I guess it will remain as it is but I agree Africa would send a nice “Internationalization” signal.
George Kirikos says:
April 23 is Saint George’s Day — methinks the dragon slayer shall prevent an approval on that date. 🙂
As per Wikipedia, in the book “Dracula”, evil things are said to occur on St. George’s Day:
(Excerpt from Dracula, 1897) “Do you know what day it is?” I answered that it was the fourth of May. She shook her head as she said again: “Oh, yes! I know that, I know that! but do you know what day it is?” On my saying that I did not understand, she went on: “It is the eve of St. George’s Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?”
Evil things….new gTLDs….need one say more?
Tom G says:
Called It
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The Theory of Elementary Waves
Started by Betsy Speicher, 27 Jan 2009
Posted 27 Jan 2009 · Report post
The Theory of Elementary Waves:
A New Explanation of Fundamental Physics
by Lewis E. Little
The Theory of Elementary Waves can now be pre-ordered from Amazon and already has become an extraordinary best-seller -- especially for a book on physics.
On January 23rd, 2009 it was #1 on Amazon's list of Movers and Shakers of books in all categories debuting at #144. As of this writing, it is currently ranked at #277.
Thales 0
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Hey! It's been a long time! Thanks for the heads up, Betsy.
KurtColville 0
Location:Prairie Village, KS
Thanks, Betsy. I'm looking forward to reading it.
Carlos 0
Oh wow, this is amazing news!
styg50 0
Location:Alaska
Thank you for the update, Betsy! I have been looking forward to this for so long that I almost forgot I was looking forward to it...
CICEROSC 0
Note that this is being published by stock market guru Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave fame, who is also a long time fan of Ayn Rand.
In regard to Prechter, regardless of what else you think of his theories, he has NAILED the current economic situation and had it pegged as coming for years in such books as "Conquer the Crash." Some say he was too negative for too many years, but now that his predictions have come to pass it's easier to see how insightful he was. I've followed Prechter's work closely for more than ten years and as far as I am concerned he is a brilliant example of following logic and evidence in whatever direction they lead.
Prechter's interest are wide and varied beyond the market, and he has published in the past on the parallels between his Elliott Wave theories and the Elementary Wave theory. That probably explains his getting behind this publication now. Here's the blurb from the Elliott Wave newsletter:
Don't Be Surprised If Prechter Surprises You
Quantum Physics For (Not) Dummies
By Robert Folsom
If asked to name the world's most complex topic, I'd probably say something like "quantum physics." Not that I have any expertise on the subject -- but the thought of studying matter so tiny that it's called "subatomic" is (so to speak) a challenge too minuscule for me to figure out.
Maybe you feel likewise. If so, you can understand why "quantum physics" would NOT be my answer to the question, "Name a field of study where the most basic assumption has recently been proven wrong...."
That's right. I don't mean a small miscalculation; I mean wrong in the way that the study of astronomy had it wrong before Copernicus -- massively, totally backwards.
If this intrigues you in the slightest, please believe me when I say that my description is one small taste of an extraordinary meal that Bob Prechter revealed today in his just-published Elliott Wave Theorist for January. If you never imagined you would learn something truly interesting about quantum physics, please keep reading. I trust you won't be surprised that Bob is the guy who surprises you.
Lewis Little’s long-awaited book, The Theory of Elementary Waves: A New Explanation of Fundamental Physics, is due off the press in three weeks. This book will revolutionize the science of sub-atomic physics. It is as ground-breaking as Benoit Mandelbrot’s Fractal Geometry and even more radical in overturning 80 years of bad science. Little writes for the intelligent layman, so you can follow his discussion of a field that has often posed as being too obscure and anti-intuitive for the common mind to grasp. But anything real can be explained, and Little spares no words in tearing down the edifice of magical thinking that permeates quantum mechanics and then erecting a new structure of reasoning from real, physical action and reaction that, as he puts it, “any 8th-grader can understand.” [T]his book provides more elegant revelations than any science book you have read. You should have a first-edition copy of this book on your shelf so when your grandkids ask about it you can say, “I was there.”
I can't put it any better, though I am obliged to say that I've read a pre-publication release of Dr. Little's book: his explanations are indeed straightforward and written plainly. Yet, the insights are uniquely deep. Read it only if you're willing to be challenged about the way (literally) the world works. The book's Amazon page went up yesterday, and already it has climbed into the top 150 by sales rank -- that page is here: The Theory of Elementary Waves: A New Explanation of Fundamental Physics.
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Preordered.
Dean M. Sandin 0
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I'm really looking forward to receiving the five copies I pre-ordered, and to discussing Dr. Little's book in this forum and others once it starts getting into people's hands!
Mine just arrived and I see it's dedicated to Stephen!
Congratulations Betsy!
GUY A 0
Location:San Marcos, CA
My copy just arrived.
I didn't see that before!
Still have a lot of other reading to do, but wanted to get in on the first printing.
After debuting at #144 on Amazon, sales of the book have simmered down somewhat, but it is still an extremely respectable #5,907. To put that in perspective, the next best-selling book in quantum physics (link) is #86,859 and Peikoff's OPAR is #43,150.
Oops! Dr. Little's book is now #2 in quantum physics and Stephen Hawkings' The Universe in a Nutshell is #3 at #6,726.
Dr. Little's book is also now available as a Kindle download by clicking on this link:
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A very strong criticism of TEW appears here.
He might have started out with his scientific or philosophic objections, rather than character attacks. I got bored reading after the first couple paragraphs.
"ttn" who wrote that criticism is Travis Norsen who has been opposed to the TEW for years because he supports a competing theory. Stephen disagreed with Norsen on the grounds that Norsen was arguing against a straw man misrepresentation of the TEW and not the actual theory, and, worst of all, was basing his criticism on the notion of non-locality which, Stephen argued on HBL and elsewhere, reduces to non-causality.
You can read Stephen's response to a Norsen's 2004 critique of the TEW here. For additional responses to Norsen by Stephen and others, see these posts on the TEWLIP list (link).
You mean Norsen calling Dr. Little "an ordinary (but perhaps extraordinarily dishonest) crackpot" in the first paragraph didn't convince you?
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Congratulations to Dr. Little. Getting the book out is a big achievement.
I got my copy in the mail and have flipped through it. I read the original 1996 paper when it came out, and I think that had more technical information than the book. I was hoping the book would have more detail, but in my brief glancing through it I don't see it. It looks like the book is aimed at a mass-market audience, rather than one more technically informed on the issues. When I have the time, I'll read it more thoroughly.
I certainly have no philosophical disagreements with TEW, but there are some technical issues that I'm not sure how to resolve, as a result of the limits of my knowledge of physics. That is, there may be scientific issues or experimental results that contradict the theory that may be well known among physics PhDs that I'm not up to snuff on. So I do need to say, in the interest of honesty, that I support discussion of the theory and let others know of its existence, but do not have sufficient context to fully support it.
I wonder what Dr. Little will work on next. Is he marketing the book online? It would be great to have him set up a FAQ to answer questions he gets in emails, or set up a discussion forum (whether it is on this forum or another is up to him). That way technical issues or questions the book's readers come up with can be answered and made generally available.
In any case, congratulations again.
I don't see it as a strong criticism. In glancing at it, he seems to be repeating arguments made a few years back, to which Stephen and others responded sufficiently. I don't plan to waste more time on it.
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I glanced at it too. I didn't read the bulk of it, but also skimmed through the conclusion to see if there would be any justification for the character attacks in the opening. The second-to-last paragraph was such a vicious, sweeping character assault beyond what was in the opening that I felt the desire to make clear that I intend to continue to mention TEW to friends and family, as a theory worthy of interest--because people I highly respect, support it. I don't know enough about the theory, or have the necessary physics background (not even close) to know whether it is true or false. But supposing it were false, that would not reflect negatively on the character of any advocates of the theory I have seen. Even supposing the theory were false, why would a denouncer have any objection to the theory being presented alongside of an argument against it? The demand that we owe silence as a "reasonable guideline" in "repayment" for reading this character assault--and that we should not mention TEW without a careful study of it, but we are to take his denunciation on faith--is almost beyond believability.
See also http://www.capmag.com/objective-science/ar..._dissidents.htm
This item addresses only the deficiencies of TEW and does not reference Dr. Little's character in any way.
In criticizing what purports to be a scientific theory character judments have no part. One addresses the theory and only the theory with contraindicating facts.
I'm not going to get involved in the physics debate over this matter on the grounds that I don't have the expertise, but I thought maybe this would be of interest to some readers here.
Lewis Little has written an addendum to his text and it has been posted here:
http://forum.objectivismonline.net/index.p...st&p=208454
That is post number 25 of the thread on OO.net.
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Well I read the accounts on the this and the other Objectivist forum.
I would like to propose something - back when I was taking physics in school, when an argument over a theory came about, instead of name calling, we did experiments specifically aimed at either refuting or confirming a theory if possible.
I realize this is elementary - but better that calling names in my opinion. One thing I really like about TEW is in the introduction - as I fondly remember telling my advanced physics teacher that much of Quantum Physics sounded like "epi-circles" using that very word, and to see Dr. Little using the same phrasing put a smile on my face.
Let the experiments do the talking!
AdamM 0
You're right, of course. Unfortunately, sometimes in physics there is a gap between technology and theory, such as after Einstein's prediction that light would be bent by gravity. Until then, we're left with handwaving which is just so dissatisfying .
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The Ivy League Educational Foundation, Inc. was established in 2002 to provide educational programs for the greater Trenton community. Additionally, we provide financial assistance in the form of scholarships and book awards for deserving minority students who are pursuing higher education. The foundation sponsors and supports educational, cultural, and other charitable events.
In 2002, under the leadership of Shirley Tyler, a committee was formed to establish a tax-exempt entity. The members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Upsilon Omega chapter believed that this would increase the chapter’s ability to give scholarships since donations to the new entity would be tax deductible.
In addition, profit from its biennial Holiday Ball would be increased because it would no longer have to pay a significant amount of its proceeds in sales taxes. Geraldine R. Eure, as the chairperson of this committee, was given the task of establishing the tax-exempt entity.
In May 2002 The Epsilon Upsilon Omega Educational Foundation, Incorporated was formed and on May 16, 2002, it was incorporated by Ms. Eure. The Foundation had no members; just a board. The initial board members were the following: Edith Boone, Monica Carmichael, Betty Vaughn Coles, Geraldine R. Eure, Patricia Hicks, Beatrice Jones, Frances L. Smith, Riva Thomas, and Shirley Tyler. Geraldine R. Eure was elected the Foundation’s first president.
On May 3, 2003, the Foundation was determined to be an I.R.C. section 501(c) (3) tax exempt organization.
The purposes of the Foundation, as set forth in its Articles of Incorporation, are to: 1) fund educational scholarships and other types of financial aid to individuals; 2) maintain and aid cultural, educational, charitable or other activities serving the community; 3) assist community groups and individuals in educational and charitable activities 4) work with youth in a variety of ways, encouraging and providing character building and leadership development; and 5) support humanitarian initiatives.
As a result of the creation of the Foundation, the chapter determined that it would no longer award scholarships but would use the Foundation as the vehicle to award scholarships. The biennial Holiday Ball, which was the major fundraiser for scholarships, became the fundraiser of the Foundation from which scholarships would be awarded. The initial funds for the Foundation included a donation received from the family of Daisy A. Morgan, funds from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Epsilon Upsilon Omega Chapter from the profit from the biennial Holiday Ball and donations.
Since its formation in 2002, the Foundation has worked hard to continue its primary mission of providing scholarships and book awards for deserving minority high school students in the greater Trenton area who are pursuing higher education.
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Algeria says will not offer to make up with France
BERLIN — Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Saturday he would not make the “first move” towards easing tensions with former colonial power France after critical comments from Paris about his country.
The diplomatic spat has been fuelled by a visa row and media reports that President Emmanuel Macron told descendants of fighters in Algeria’s 1954-1962 war of independence that the North African country was ruled by a “political-military system” that had “totally re-written” its history.
“Macron completely pointlessly revived an old conflict,” Tebboune told German magazine Der Spiegel.
“I won’t be the one to make the first move” to ease tensions, he added.
“No Algerian will accept it if I get in touch with those who insulted us.”
French daily Le Monde in early October quoted Macron as saying: “Was there an Algerian nation before French colonisation? That’s the question.”
The comments reflected “the old hatred of colonial masters, and I know that Macron is far from thinking like this”, Tebboune said.
Algeria has recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace over the tensions.
Asked by Der Spiegel if the fallout was likely to be resolved any time soon, Tebboune was defiant.
“No, if the French want to go to Mali or Niger now, they will just have to fly for nine hours instead of four,” the Algerian president said, referring to two countries where France has sent troops to help fight terrorists.
He said he would however make an exception to “rescue wounded people”.
At the end of September, France said it would sharply reduce the number of visas it grants to citizens of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, accusing the former French colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return.
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‘Misfits’ Cabrera, Straily carry the Reds
August 18, 2016 August 18, 2016 Hal McCoy 0 Comments
CINCINNATI — Sometimes it just works out that the littlest guy on the field does the biggest damage. Just ask pitchers who face Houston’s Jose Altuve, all 5-foot-5 of him.
But Altuve gets to play every day. Cincinnati Reds back-up catcher Ramon Cabrera, all 5-foot-7 of him (and that is literally a stretch on his height), is a part-timer and starts mostly when Dan Straily pitches.
Straily pitched Thursday night against the Miami Marlins, so Cabrera was behind the plate, making only his second start in 11 days.
BUT THE LITTLE GUY SWUNG the big bat against 12-game winner Jose Fernandez. Cabrera came to bat in the second inning with two on and ripped his first home run of the season, a blast over the right field wall in Great American Ball Park, his second career home run.
That gave Straily an early three-run lead and the Reds held on for a 5-4 victory, taking threee of four from the Marlins, damaging their pursuit of a National League wild card spot.
Cabrera, a 26-year-old Venzuelan, played seven years in the minors before getting a sniff of a major-league costume. He played 13 games (30 at bats) in his debut season with the Reds last year. But with the injury/surgery issues with No. 1 catcher Devin Mesoraco, Cabrera was called up to back-up Tucker Barnhart.
AFTER HIS HOME RUN, Cabrera lined out to short in the fourth and crushed one so fast and so hard off the right field wall in the sixth that he had to hold up at first with a long single. On his last at bat he lined hard to right field and Ichiro Suzuki made a diving catch.
“What was Cabrera officially (2 for 4)?” Straily asked after he pitched six innings and gave up two runs, six hits and struck out eight. “He was lacing balls, just lacing them all four times. I’m proud of the guys who don’t get a chance to play every day and they get in there and have a lot of success.”
Straily gets to pitch every fifth day right now but near the end of spring training he was nearly unemployed. But now he is 9-and-6 and is almost as much of a rescue project as Cabrerea. He was traded at the end of spring training by Houston to San Diego and the Padres immediately released him. The Reds picked him up just before Opening Day and he is the most consistent starter in the rotation.
“Going back that far, I sure didn’t know where I was going to be,” said Straily. “But this is what I expected of myself no matter where I was. I’m not finished yet, eight or nine more starts, and I have to keep that carrot out there to keep working. But it definitely feels good to be where I am right now.”
AFTER HIS HOME RUN in the second inning, when Cabrera came to bat the second time, umpire Pat Hoberg asked him, “When you hit your first major league home run last year off John Lackey, guess who was umpiring behind the plate? Me.”
What’s strange about that is that Hoberg is a minor-league umpire who is called up to work in the majors only when needed.
So how does a guy who plays sporadically walk into the batter’s box and smack the ball hard four straight times?
“It’s really hard, but I came in every day and work in the batting cage,” he said. “I do my routines and do my drills and be ready to play every day. I know I don’t play every day, but I get ready as if I am.”
And how is it as Straily’s personal catcher?
“Pretty good, pretty good,” said Cabrera. “He is a really smart pitcher, so we have a good relationship and we’re doing good. He works very hard, too. When you work hard those are the results you get.”
And that goes for Cabrera, too.
THE REDS ADDED TWO RUNS off Fernandez in the third, one on a double by Eugenio Suarez to give the Reds a 5-0 lead and Fernandez was gone after four innings.
Clearly, the 23-year-old right hander who has a 34-16 career record does not consider Great American Ball Park a vacation hot spot. In 70 career starts, Fernandez has failed to get past the fourth inning only five times, twice now in GABP.
The Marlins had their hearts torn out on Sunday before they arrived in Cincinnati when they lost marquee outfielder Giancarlo Stanton for the season.
But when they were down 5-0 they didn’t quit. They finally reached Straily for two runs in the sixth on Marcell Ozuna’s two-run home run. Straily was replaced in the seventh by Jumbo Diaz and his error and walk led to a two-run single by Martin Prado, shaving the Reds lead to 5-4.
SHORTSTOP ZACK COZART was not in Thursday’s lineup because he is suffering from some late-season repercussions from his reconstructive knee surgery at the end of last season.
“He still has some periodic issues with his patella tendon and his achilles, backd and foreth nagging issues,” said Price. “It is something we have to continue to monitor. When he started to play more (earlier in the season) it represented the fact he was feeling better and got past those first four to six weeks when we were more conservative with his playing time.
“However, he is not 100 per cent alleviated from the issues of the knee surgery in the off-season, still has some periodic soreness. Than can lend itself to overcompensating with the other knee. If I need him to play, he could play, albeit it would be uncomfortable. So today is a treatment day for him as we try to alleviate this instead of having it bother him the rest of the year.”
Price said the ouchy and tender knee hasn’t affected Cozart’s hitting, but Price did notice Cozart was a bit slow in responding to ground balls a couple of times in lthis series, breaking late, “But still making the plays.”
And this is not unexpected. It is a process of recovery and Price added, “It is part of trying to recover from that type of knee surgery. It is following a course that we anticipated. We need to get some inflammation and some soreness out.”
LEFT FIELDER ADAM DUVALL missed his third straight start due to soreness in his foot after fouling a ball off it, but did get into a batting cage to do some light hitting.
“Duvall is still a couple of days away from being considered for a return to the lineup,” said Price.
Michael Lorenzen, on berevement leave all this week, is expected back Friday for bullpen duty, if needed, when the Reds open a four-game seriew against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Tim Adleman taking the rotation spot of Cody Reed, optioned to Class AAA Louisville after his last start, a loss that dropped him to 0-and-7.
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FOX's "The Simpsons" Wins Week in L7 Ratings for First Time in Nearly Seven Years
The network also had the #1 drama ("9-1-1") and #1T unscripted series of the week ("The Masked Singer").
[via press release from FOX]
FOX's THE SIMPSONS ranked as the #1 program (tied with FOX's drama 9-1-1) in Live + 7 Day ratings for the week of October 4, marking the first time it has been the top-rated entertainment series in nearly seven years. FOX claimed the week's #1 comedy series (THE SIMPSONS), #1 drama (9-1-1) and #1T unscripted series (THE MASKED SINGER), while THE GREAT NORTH delivered its highest-rated episode ever and BOB'S BURGERS registered its most-streamed episode Hulu + FOX NOW in series history.
Season-to-date, FOX claims the #1T entertainment series (THE MASKED SINGER), #1T broadcast entertainment series among Black A18-49 viewers (OUR KIND OF PEOPLE), #1 Drama (9-1-1), #1 new unscripted series (ALTER EGO) and #1T comedy (THE SIMPSONS).
· FOX had the #1T (THE SIMPSONS and 9-1-1) and #3T (THE MASKED SINGER) entertainment programs of week three of the broadcast season.
· THE SIMPSONS (1.5/9 L7) ranked as the week's #1T entertainment program for the first time in nearly seven years (since the week of 12/29/14).
· FOX had the #1 comedy series (THE SIMPSONS), #1 drama (9-1-1), and #1T unscripted series of the week (THE MASKED SINGER).
· 9-1-1 (1.5/10 L7, up +88% vs. Live + Same Day) was Monday night's #1 entertainment program for the third consecutive week.
· Among Monday's entertainment programming, 9-1-1 outperformed its closest competitor by +25% (The Voice).
· THE MASKED SINGER (1.4/10 L7) was Wednesday's #1T entertainment program in A18-49.
· Immediately following, ALTER EGO delivered a 0.5/4 L7 rating.
· THE RESIDENT also delivered its most-streamed episode of the season to-date, averaging 1.2 million total viewers across Hulu and FOX NOW (+7% vs last week) within a 7-day viewing window.
· THE RESIDENT (0.8/6 L7, up +60% from L+SD) was steady with its prior episode and OUR KIND OF PEOPLE's 0.5/4 L7 marks a lift of +67% from L+SD.
· FOX's animation slate won Sunday night (1.0 L7 avg) among entertainment programming and posted notable highs on linear and non-linear:
· THE SIMPSONS (1.5/9 L7) delivered its highest-rated and most-watched (4.4 million P2+ L7) episode in nearly 10 months and its most-streamed episode (935K total viewers Hulu + FOX NOW 7-day viewing) since 3/21/21.
· THE GREAT NORTH (0.8/5 L7) delivered its highest-rated episode ever (excluding post-NFC), while also seeing a +8% gain in streaming vs. prior week, averaging 308K total viewers across Hulu and FOX NOW.
· BOB BURGERS (0.9/5 L7) delivered its most-watched telecast (2.2 million P2+) in more than 10 months (since 12/13/20) and delivered its most-streamed episode (1.8 million total viewers Hulu + FOX NOW, 7-day viewing) on record.
· FAMILY GUY delivered its most-watched (2.4 million P2+) episode in more than eight months (since 1/17/21) and was the series' second most-streamed episode (2.1 million total viewers Hulu + FOX NOW) on record within a 7-day viewing window (9/29/19, 2.2 million total viewers Hulu + FOX NOW).
· Season-to-date, FOX has the:
· #1T entertainment series (THE MASKED SINGER)
· #1T broadcast entertainment series among Black A18-49 viewers (OUR KIND OF PEOPLE)
· #1 Drama (9-1-1)
· #1 new unscripted series (ALTER EGO)
· #1T Comedy (THE SIMPSONS)
· 9-1-1 (FOX)
· ALTER EGO (FOX)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· GREAT NORTH, THE (FOX)
· MASKED SINGER, THE (FOX)
· OUR KIND OF PEOPLE (FOX)
· RESIDENT, THE (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)
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NBC's "Sunday Night Football" Concludes Season on Pace to Be TV's #1 Primetime Show for Unprecedented 11th Consecutive Year
NBC's "SNF" extended its record for the most consecutive years atop the charts (since 1950).
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship Nets 22.6 Million Viewers, Cable's Top Telecast in Two Years
The Dawgs' thrilling 33-18 victory over the SEC Champion Crimson Tide was up 19 percent from last year's national championship contest between Alabama and Ohio State.
ESPN's "Monday Night Football: Doubleheader Saturday" Debut Registers Viewership of 20.3 Million for Cowboys-Eagles and 19.1 Million for Chiefs-Broncos, ESPN's Most-Watched NFL Regular Season Games in More than a Decade
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CBS Sports Delivers Its Most-Watched NFL Regular Season in Six Years, Concluding with Strong Week 18 Viewership
"The NFL on CBS" averaged 21.588 million viewers for its 10 national Sunday game windows, which is more than any primetime television sports, entertainment or news series on any network this season.
"Dexter: New Blood" Shatters Viewership Records for Showtime
For its 10-episode run, the series is averaging over 8 million weekly viewers across all platforms, becoming the most-watched series in Showtime history.
"Euphoria's" Season 2 Premiere Tallied 2.4 Million Viewers Across All Platforms Sunday Night
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In its 8-9 p.m. timeslot on January 2, "Home Town" was a top 5 cable program among P25-54 and W25-54.
FOX & Gordon Ramsay's "Next Level Chef" Posts Season's #1 Series Premiere
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ESPN's 2021 "Monday Night Football" Traditional Schedule Delivers Franchise's Best Viewership Since 2013
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ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022 - Part 1" Attracts 19.6 Million Total Viewers in Late-Night
The 50th-anniversary show of ABC's annual New Year's Eve special drew in 24.2 million Total Viewers and scored a 7.3 Adult 18-49 rating in the midnight quarter-hour.
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This year's New Year's Six finished up double digits year-over-year, averaging 12.7 million viewers, and every bowl of the 2021 New Year's Six surpassed 7.5 million viewers for just the third time of the CFP era.
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A small indulgence, set two
Another month, another frivolous squandering of cash moneys: I have purchased the follow-up to that G.I. Joe DVD “battle pack” set I bought last month. While I doubt any toy in the future history of mankind will ever hit the same sweet spot of ’80s nerd nostalgia and quality as the previous pack I do have to say this one ain’t too shabby, taken on its own merits.
The second set is based on the cartoon’s second introductory mini-series, “The Revenge of Cobra.” A very original title, befitting the show’s very original premise of Cobra creating some sort of terrible device for world conquest (in this case, a weather-control machine called the Weather Dominator) only to have its vital components flung across the globe, thus instigating a race against America’s daring, highly-trained special missions force to collect them first. In other words, it’s exactly the same plot as the first mini-series. But then, it was aimed directly at 8-year-olds, and as a former 8-year-old I can speak to its effectiveness in convincing me to buy new toys. Heck, it’s still working, as you can see.
This set consists almost entirely of “animation style” repaints of existing figures. “Animation style” basically means “bolder colors and less painted detail.” In other words, they’ve finally managed to justify cheaping out on rehashed sets. Although, yeah, OK, the repaints are pretty decent; Roadblock is a bit garish, but Destro with his vivid red collar and chromed head looks almost (almost) as iconic as his pimp daddy iteration.
However, even more than with the previous collection, it is the accessories that set this collection apart. Hasbro has managed to create what may be the first-ever living tentacle vines that aren’t dripping with unpleasant overtones of sexual violence. Of course, it certainly helps that they’ve essentially designated Roadblock as the tentacle-ee rather than the character Japan’s Nerd Hummel industry would have selected:
Why yes, it’s Lady Jaye, the cigarette-voiced warrior woman who dominated the cartoon. Not in a kinky way! I just mean that she had more lines of dialogue in the course of the series than any other character, except I think for Cobra Commander (who was trotted out to be the shouty angry instigator in nearly every episode).
No, I didn’t count their lines of dialogue myself. I read it somewhere. Which means someone did count them, somewhere, but I can happily say it was not me.
Anyway, this figure is actually pretty interesting since it manages to depict the character the way she was shown in the TV series — bare-headed and wearing a shirt and pants rather than sporting her usual ball-cap-and-jumpsuit combo. I never really understood the ball cap, but at least her uniform was green. That put her miles ahead of dudes who wore football jerseys into combat. I also never understood the weird robo-javelin thing her normal figure came with, but no matter in this case: she’s equipped with a spear whose tip can be swapped out for alternate heads. Explosives, netting, whatever.
She’s basically the Penguin, except with javelins instead of umbrellas. Also: cleavage.
Also included is another component of the M.A.S.S. device, which I’ve just realized is actually going to be freaking humongous once completed. This set contains the bottom half of the main base, which is on the back side and includes the control interface.
Also included is a miniature Weather Dominator, which is the thing on top. Memory tells me that the M.A.S.S. Device and Weather Dominator never actually shared screen time, but you can nevertheless affix the latter atop the former thanks to a triangle of pegs and corresponding holes. It’s kind of a nice touch that suggests someone at the company stopped for a moment and said, “You know, while these toys are really directed toward pitiful man-children frittering away their so-called adulthood on nonsense, it’s theoretically possible that a child might somehow accidentally buy both of the sets. Maybe we should give them some added play value so they don’t have to buy the full set of five.” And so they did.
Meanwhile, the Weather Dominator itself shatters into three pieces, which you may then mail to Bolivia or wherever so that your Joe toys can go on an exciting global adventure to track them down before Cobra does.
All in all, this set is precisely what this brief line of G.I. Joe anniversary toys should be: completely ridiculous and frivolous, yet ridiculous and frivolous in a curiously compelling way. To me, that is, and probably not to you.
3 thoughts on “A small indulgence, set two”
Out of these sets, I’m really only interested in this one and only because of the Lady Jaye. I can’t justify the price for just one figure though, and considering how popular this iteration of Lady Jaye is, I bet we’ll see it single carded eventually – though in what colors is anyone’s guess. I’ll take my chances for now.
ramatut4001 says:
I bought both of these as well as the new Millennium Falcon. My wife is, of course, ecstatic about these purchases.
destro713 says:
Awwwwww yeeeah.
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A remarkable photograph of boatpeople posted recently on the Internet
Coup War on Drugs II; Aussies 'Hand Back Boatpeople'; MAS May Go Private; Bangkok Red Light Revival
By Phuketwan Reporters
UPDATING All Day, Every Day
reuters The US said it would increase security at overseas airports with nonstop flights to the country and US officials cited concerns al Qaeda operatives in Syria and Yemen were developing bombs that could be smuggled onto planes.
theage.com.au Australian PM Tony Abbott has described Sri Lanka as a ''society at peace'', amid mounting speculation that two boats carrying Tamil asylum seekers have been handed over to the Sri Lankan navy in the middle of the ocean.
scmp.com China's state-run newspaper Global Times has warned its readers that Hong Kong faces becoming the next Ukraine or Thailand if it embraces a period of ''political upheaval.''
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PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
Today's Top News Items
bangkokpost.com Suvarnabhumi airport's 60 billion baht expansion plans were put on hold after the junta's state budget monitoring and scrutinising committee demanded Airports of Thailand Plc review them. The AoT will spend 1.3 billion baht of the 2015 fiscal budget on improving security systems at Suvarnabhumi, Don Muang, Phuket, Hat Yai, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai's Mae Fah Luang airports.
telegraph.co.uk Tony Abbott, Australia's prime minister, has been accused of breaching international law amid reports he deployed the Australian navy to pick up more than 150 Tamil asylum seekers and handed them over to the Sri Lankan authorities.
bangkokpost.com The military government wants a war on drugs that focuses on prevention and rehabilitation - and bureaucrats are racing to try to start the program.
nationmultimedia.com Airports of Thailand, the operator of Phuket International Airport and five other Tha airports, maintains its goal to welcome 100 million passengers in the 2016 fiscal year.
bangkokpost.com Plans by the junta to bring more happiness to Thais continue with the announcement of August 11 as another public holiday, creating a four-day Queen's birthday weekend to shore up the sagging tourism industry.
bbc.com The US and UN have condemned the abduction and murder of a Palestinian teenager in Israel, which sparked fierce clashes in East Jerusalem. US Secretary of State John Kerry called it ''sickening'' while the UN demanded justice over the ''despicable act''.
reuters Malaysian state investor Khazanah Nasional plans to take MAS private as the first step in a major restructuring of the loss-making airline following the disappearance of its Flight MH370, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
afp France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors said, a dramatic move in a criminal probe that could wreck his hopes of a political comeback.
bangkokpost.com Two Cambodians have been arrested in Phnom Penh on charges of luring others into selling their kidneys in Thailand in exchange for money.
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afp Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has summoned the team psychologist for an extra session with players after crushing World Cup pressure left some of them in tears, a report said.
World Cup Quarter Finals Friday
France v Germany; Brazil v Colombia.
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hospitalitymagazine.com.au Chris Dodds will be showcasing his culinary expertise during a four-week residency as executive chef at Pier One Sydney Harbor. Dodds is executive chef at the Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa.
cnn.com Not only are tourists returning to Bangkok's usual party haunts, they're coming back to notorious red light districts, such as Patpong, Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza. At least two companies are cashing in on the demand from timid thrill seekers who want to safely experience infamously raunchy shows and scandalous fetish clubs by offering the security of a chaperoned, well planned and efficient evening.
bangkokpost.com Letter: Western countries that have been so critical of Thailand following the coup were being ultra politically correct in denouncing the overthrow of a democratically elected government by the army. Is it really asking too much of Western leaders to reassess their comments in light of the positive actions by the junta?
abc.net.au Thailand's ivory market is driving the African continent's elephant poaching crisis, conservationists say, accusing the kingdom of backtracking on pledges to tackle the issue. In its latest report, TRAFFIC says the amount of ivory on sale in Bangkok could not have come from Thai elephants alone.
bangkokpost.com Concerned about Thailand's international image, the Labor Ministry is cooperating with the International Labor Organisation (ILO) to introduce good labor practices at workplaces operated by about 200 seafood businesses.
PA British artist Tracey Emin's controversial creation 'My Bed' has shattered the record for one of her artworks at auction selling for 2.54 million pounds. The 1999 Turner prize nomination features an unmade bed and a littered floor including empty vodka bottles, cigarette butts and discarded condoms.
reuters London house prices soared 26 percent over the past year in the biggest annual jump since 1987 as the economic recovery and record-low interest rates stoked a boom in one of the world's most expensive property markets.
smh.com.au A ban on bananas is among the more bizarre workplace rules bothering employees at one public relations and marketing office. A staffer, who did not want to be identified, said the smell of the fruit drives her boss bananas and all new employees are introduced to the no-banana rule on their first day in the job.
stuff.co.nz British Airways has developed a ''happiness blanket'' that will analyse the ''meditative state'' of fliers and change colors according to the passenger's mental state.
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ninemsn.com.au Rights groups are calling on Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to take a tough stance in talks with Myanmar's government amid a deteriorating humanitarian crisis affecting thousands of ethnic Muslim Rohingya in refugee camps in Rakhine state. Mrs Bishop is on a three-day visit.
afp Imelda Marcos, the Philippines' most famous political survivor, toasted her 85th birthday as the country's former first lady made plans for a triumphal return for her family to the presidential palace.
abc.net.au Thailand deported former ethnic Hmong resistance leader Moua Toua Ter whose group fought for the US in Laos in the 1960s, Thai officials and rights groups said, raising concerns that he will face persecution in his homeland.
bbc.com The Malaysian government has said it will send a diplomat accused of attempted rape back to New Zealand. This would allow Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail to ''cooperate fully and assist the New Zealand authorities'' in investigations, it said.
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Soper claims he has never come across player 'burn-out'
Prospective ECB chairman Mike Soper has dismissed fears of player burn-out in the modern game and floated the idea of a new international 40-40 competition.
Soper, who will compete with Somerset's Giles Clarke to replace current chief David Morgan, says there is little justification for a cut in fixtures.
"Player burn-out is not something I've seen and a new 40-40 competition may be on the horizon," he told BBC Five Live.
However, the ICC told the BBC that "no such proposal is under consideration".
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Soper, who is currently deputy to Morgan - the man who beat him to the top job in 2002 - is regarded as the favourite to take over as chairman when Morgan steps down on 30 September.
And it was thought that one area of concern as the new chairman might be reducing the demands of international cricket on players.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen is the latest to complain of fatigue due to international commitments, but Soper said: "At certain times there is a lot of cricket, but taken over the whole year there isn't.
At certain times there is a lot of cricket, but taken over the whole year there isn't
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"If you think about it as regards one-day cricket for example, a lot of countries play a lot more matches than we do.
"There is a lot of talk of 'burn-out' but I was chairman at Surrey for eight years and I didn't see it and I don't know where this talk is coming from.
"Squads are now more specialist anyway - split between one-day cricket and four-day cricket - and so burn-out is not something I've encountered."
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Since Putin has been running Invdsting, the Kremlin has a history of is it worth investing in bitcoin its opponents in a gruesome way," the "narrative" reads. It's not clear who the document was distributed to -- but it may have been given to journalists within the Initiative's UK 'cluster', if not others. This may explain why the Institute's "narrative", and its various recommended "responses" utterly dominated mainstream media reporting of the affair for months afterwards, despite the elliott theory lack of evidence of Russian state involvement in the attack.
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Anonymous claims the document bitfoin an invitee list for a meeting the Institute convened between a number of individuals and Syria's highly controversial White Helmets group, but this is yet to be verified. Whatever the truth of the matter, the latest document dump raises yet further questions about how and why it was BBC Diplomatic and Defense Editor Mark Urban -- who was in the same tank regiment as Miller after leaving University -- came to meet with Skripal in the year before his poisoning.
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The Integrity Initiative, a UK-funded group exposed in leaked files as psyop is it worth investing in bitcoin, played a key role in monitoring and molding media narratives after the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal, newly-dumped is it worth investing in bitcoin reveal. Created by the NATO-affiliated, UK-funded Institute for Statecraft in 2015, the Integrity Initiative was unmasked in November vitcoin hackers released documents detailing a movies giving motivation to live of politicians, journalists, military personnel, scientists and academics involved in purportedly fighting "Russian disinformation.
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I looked for answers from is it worth investing in bitcoin brief look at the newly released files. More very much to follow. However, Harod's confidential report did more than just parse is it worth investing in bitcoin media reactions to the Skripal affair: It compiled a list of alleged "pro-Russia troll accounts" accused of "bombarding the audience with pro-Kremlin propaganda and disinformation relevant to is it worth investing in bitcoin Skripal case.
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I kid you not. These included boycotting the 2018 World Cup, starting campaigns to boycott the Nord Stream 2 gas investiing from Russia to Germany, blocking Russian access to the SWIFT international banking system, and banning "RT TV and Sputnik from operating in the UK. One of the more is it worth investing in bitcoin revelations from the fresh leaks is a document from 2015, in which Victor Madeira of the Institute for Statecraft proposes a series of measures targeting Is it worth investing in bitcoin, including mass expulsion of diplomats along the lines of 1971's Operation Foot.
Coincidentally, more than 100 Russian diplomats were expelled from 20 Western countries in an apparently show of solidarity with the UK following the Skripal attack.
At the time, UK Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed what she said was "the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers in history.
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Dr. Olukoya
An older lady made love confessions to me while I was in UNILAG – Pastor Olukoya
By TPC on September 1, 2018 News
General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM), Pastor (Dr.) Daniel Olukoya, has said that an older female student professed love to him while he was an undergraduate student in the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Olukoya, who graduated from the university with a first-class degree in Microbiology in 1980, explained that his rejection of the advancements made it possible for him to fulfill his destiny.
The clergyman stated this early August while speaking at the Exsilio Conference held in at the Jelili Adetola Hall of the institution. According to him, the woman in question was about 30 years old while he was barely eighteen when she made the confessions. He further recounted that the woman repeatedly sang to him in class an “I love you” lyrics composed by her.
The MFM G.O., therefore, enjoined students to focus on their academics in order to ensure guarantee their breakthrough. The prominent preacher also listed five credits needed to enroll in the ‘University of Success’ – a term he used to refer to achieving success in life beyond the academia. According to him; godliness, destiny awareness, focus, wisdom and knowledge are necessary qualities if one desires success in life. He also observed that ignorance could hinder a man from achieving success in life.
In his address – laced with jokes, stories of nostalgia and anecdotes to make the youthful audience feel at home—he warned students of the danger of spiritual ignorance. Also speaking at the event, popular disc jockey, Ehizojie Okoeguale, popularly known as “Ehiz” encouraged students to make their health a top priority. Responding to Pastor Olukoya’s address, the 2013 MTV VJ Search winner observed that without good health students could not live to enjoy success.
Ehiz also encouraged students to shun drug abuse, saying it could deter them from their success. The popular VJ also recounted his own success story while answering questions from the eager audience on how he became successful.
Other speakers at the hour-long event included media guru, Agatha Amata, advertising practitioner, Bunmi Oke; Chief Executive Officer of Amen Estate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, among others. The Exsilio Conference, organized by executives of the Faculty of Social Sciences, UNILAG, aimed at exposing to students firsthand necessities to lead a successful life.
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241 (Wanstead & Woodford) Squadron
Royal Air Force Cadets
A Brief History of 241 Squadron
Joining as a recruit
Squadron Structure
Cadet NCOs
Fieldcraft
In January 1941 Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air announced the formation of the Air Training Corps to provide a reservoir of trained young men for the RAF.
Faces of 241 Squadron in 1941
Just four days later the Squadron’s founder and first chairman, Sir James Hawkey, the Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford, applied for and was granted £400 from the council to form an ATC squadron within the Borough. As a result, the newly formed 241st (Wanstead & Woodford) Squadron held its first parade night on the 3rd February 1941, in the memorial Church Hall, South Woodford.
By the end of February Sir Winston Churchill had agreed to become the Squadrons first President. Churchill took a keen interest in the Squadron, he visited the Squadron on several occasions and his signature appears in the visitors book dated 1943. In its history the Squadron has had just three presidents, following Churchill was Lord Jenkin of Roding and the current President Lee Scott MP.
By late 1941 the Squadron had split into two and Wanstead & Woodford Wing was formed. The two squadrons had over 1000 cadets, with two full time recruiting shops in Woodford and Wanstead High Roads. The 241st Squadron (as it was known) specialised in Aircrew subjects and 1823 in Engineering. Soon after the war, 1823 Squadron was disbanded and 241 Sqn remained as the Air Training Corps Squadron in the area. A memorial to the all those who served in the Armed Forces during the war can be found in the Squadron HQ today.
For a Headquarters the Wing took over Napier College in Chelmsford Road South Woodford and many of the local schools were also used to provided extra room. Several ex cadets from these early years still keep in contact with the Squadron today. Further premises where at Eagle Lane Snaresbrook.
The Sqn had its longest HQ at its Broadmead Road HQ, a prominent local feature which was a Cricket Pavilion and then an Auxiliary Fire Service Station during the war. However, in 1987 the unit moved to its current HQ at Finchingfield Avenue, which has since been extended twice.
Other notable moments in the Squadron history:
1982 – Sqn expedition to the Alps including ascent of Mont Blanc
1992 – CWO Paul Davidson awarded the Dacre Sword for the best male cadet in the ATC
1994 – Sqn wins the Elworthy Sword military skills competition for Greater London
1996 – Sqn wins the Elworthy Sword
1997 – CWO Chris Pearson appointed Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2002 – The Sqn wins the Morris Trophy for the second best Sqn in the UK
2002 – CWO Holly Brogden-Knight appointed Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2003 – The Sqn wins the Morris Trophy for a second time
2005 – Sqn expedition to Ecuador, South America
2005 – CWO Paul Fothergill wins the Duke of Westminster’s Award, awarded to the Best Cadet of all 4 cadets forces in the UK (and was the First Air Cadet to win the Award)
2007 – Sqn expedition to the Alps
2007 – Sqn wins the Lees Trophy for the Best Sqn in the UK
2008 – CWO Kristina Pisano appointed Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2008 – Sqn wins the Elworthy Sword, new extension opens
2008 – CWO Ajvir Sandhu appointed Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2009 – Falkland Islands Camp
2010 – Sqn wings the Wing Drill Competition for the 5th consecutive time
2010 – FS Alex Dutch appointed Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2010 – Sqn expedition to Oman
2010 – Sqn wins the Wing Cross Country for the 17th consecutive time
2011 – CWO Alex Dutch wins the Dacre Broach for the best female cadet in the UK
2011 – Sqn wins the inagural Wing Field Day Competition
2011 – Sqn expedition to Red Sea (Scuba Diving)
2012 – Sqn wins the Wing Field Day for the second time
2013 – FS Akshay Mandalia appointed Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2013 – Sqn wins the Marling Trophy at CISSAM
2014 – Unveiling of Sqn memorial to Royal Marine Tom Curry – ex cadet killed in Afghanistan
2014 – WO(ATC) Phil Wright is awarded the BEM (British Empire Medal) for his services to the ATC
2014 – Sqn wins the Falling Plate Trophy at CISSAM
2014 – Sqn wins the Wing Cross Country for the 20th time in 21 years
2015 – Sqn wins the Wing Field Day
2015 – CWO Campbell Wing Representative for the Dacre Sword
2015 – Sqn comes 2nd at CISSAM
2016 – the Sqns 75th Anniversary Parade
2016 – Sqn wins the Wing Field Day for a second consecutive time
2016 – Sqn wins Wing cross country
2017 – FS James appointed at Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2017 – FS Holder appointed as the first ever Mayors Cadet for the London Borough of Redbridge
2017 – Sqn wins the London Wing Field Day for a third consecutive time
2017 – Sqn is the Top ATC unit at ISCRM and 3rd overall
2017 – Sqn wins the Win Cross Country
2018 – Sqn win Wing Innes Sword Competition
2018 FS James is the LaSER Representative for the 75th Anniversary Sword
2018 – CWO Ponteen is the 2nd Mayors Cadet for the London Borough of Redbridge
2018 – Sqn wins the Lodnoin Wing Field Day for the fourth consecutive time
2018 – Sqn wins CISSAM as best Service Rifle Shooters in the Cadet Forces
2018 – Sqn Fanfare Team wins the Corps Fanfare Championship
2018 – Sqn wins the Wing Cross Country
2019 – FS Sachdev is appointed at the Lord Lieutenants Cadet for London
2019 – Sqn wins the London Wing Field Day for a 5th consecutive time
WO Norman McGrath BEM
Warrant Officer Norman McGrath joined the Territorial Army in 1938 and was mobilized for full time service in 1939 serving until the end of the Second World War. He saw active service on the front line in North West Europe in 1944 – 45 and was fortunate to remain physically unscathed during his service. On his return he married his prewar sweetheart, Ethel, for a marriage that lasted into the 21st century.
In the late 1940’s a member of the Sqn staff, persuaded Norman to come down to the Squadron for 6 weeks to teach the cadets about the .303 rifle. He ended up serving as a member of staff for an unbroken 51 years, with over 30 years in uniform as the Squadron Warrant Officer until his death in 2002. He was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 1970s for his service and was a Brother of St John, reflecting his other passion, that of first aid. He became the “Grandfather of the Squadron” and his spirit and service are still an inspiration to the staff and cadets on the unit.
To commemorate him, the Squadron now runs an annual competition named after him. It is an inter-Section event between the 8 main sections on the Squadron testing basic military skills which they have learned through their cadet careers. More details can be found in the “Other Activities” section of the website.
Celebrating the Past
So as to celebrate its past, and its future, 241 holds an biannual Dinner and Dance to celebrate another year of 241 Squadron. All staff, Nco’s, Cadets and ex-cadets come together for a “dining-in” night in the style of an RAF Officers mess for the night, celebrating what 241 was and is today. The night includes a 3-course meal, talks about how the Squadron has progressed and its plans for the next year, as well as allowing the cadets of today to meet the cadets of yesterday. It proves to be one of the best nights of the year with our ex-cadets always returning the year after, some from over 40 years ago!
The Current Squadron
Today, the Squadron is one of the largest cadet Squadrons in the country, and is commanded by Squadron Leader Jerry Godden RAFVR(T). Other Staff include:
Fg Off Myles Webb – Adjutant
Fg Off Robin Shaw – Sqn Officer
Squadron WO Phil Wright – Drill, Discipline and Stores
NCOs (RAFAC) – FS Jack Chavner, Sgt Luke Benjafield, Sgt Harry Chavner,
Civilian Instructors – David Grant, Jason Parker, Kirsty Troy, Michelle Cheah, Dan Burgess, Jess Goldman, Alex Dutch, Jack West, Lucy Russell, Emma Hutchinson, Sam Holland, Ali Bachar, Taylor Leonard, Alan Bearn, Alex Sadler
The Squadron’s size is slightly changeable but at any given time there are about 100 current cadets, 6 uniformed staff, and 20 civilian instructors. It is classed as an “A” class Squadron with over 100 cadets
The Squadron motto ‘E pluribus unum nulli secundus’ translates as ‘One of many, second to none’.
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Addiewell in 1900
Description, map and bird's eye view - get a real feel for the old village - and its layout in relation to the present day.
Farms and farming around Addiewell and Loganlea
Ma Moore
Councillor, activist and matriarch
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U.S. Internet Firms Warn U.K. Government against “Dangerous” Surveillance Plan
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LONDON (AP) — Major U.S. Internet companies have urged the British government to reconsider a plan to make telecommunications firms help spies hack into computers and phones.
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill would require telecoms companies to keep records of customers' Web histories for up to a year, and to help security services gain access to suspects' electronic devices.
In a joint submission to a committee of British lawmakers, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo said that "to the extent this could involve the introduction of risks or vulnerabilities into products or services, it would be a very dangerous precedent to set."
They urged the government to reconsider, and warned against changes that would weaken online encryption, which they called a "fundamental security tool."
The submission was made last month and published Thursday by the committee, which is reviewing the proposed legislation.
Apple has also objected to the British proposals, saying they could weaken online security by providing a backdoor to users' data for "bad guys" as well as "good guys."
The British government insists the bill won't weaken or ban online encryption.
If approved by Parliament, the bill will let police and spies access Internet connection records — a list of websites, apps and messaging services someone has visited, though not the individual pages they looked at or the messages they sent.
Civil liberties groups have also expressed alarm at the bill. A previous version of the legislation was thrown out by lawmakers in 2013 as overly intrusive.
The government says it will set out final proposals in the spring.
Tech Firms Grapple with Protecting Free Speech versus Aiding Feds against ISIS (by Brandon Bailey and Julie Pace, Associated Press)
U.S. Demand for Encrypted Data from Tech Firms Moves from Backdoor Access to Backroom Deals (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
NSA Teamed with U.K. and Tech Companies to Override Global Internet Privacy (by Danny Biederman and Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
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#42 Egg Monsters From Mars
Front Tagline: They're no yolk!
Back Tagline: Which Came First, the Monster or the Egg? (which makes no sense but let's be with them on the pun)
An egg hunt. That's what Dana Johnson's bratty little sister, Brandy, wants to have at her birthday party. And whatever Brandy wants, Brandy gets.
Dana's not big on egg hunts. But that was before he found The Egg. It's not like a normal egg. It's about the size of a softball. It's covered with ugly blue and purple veins.
And it's starting to hatch...
This kid finds an egg in his backyard. It hatches into a creature that resembles scrambled eggs. He goes to take the creature to a scientist to help identify the creature and the scientist informs him that it is a creature from Mars. The scientist has collected most of the alien egg creatures but appeciates the boy finding another. He has kept them in a freezer in his lab and when the boy decides to leave the scientist informs him that he can't leave, he might have caught a virus or mutation from the creatures. The scientist locks the boy in the freezer with the creatures. The boy thinks he's going to freeze to death until the creatures form a blanket to keep him warm. In the morning, the scientist sees this and tries to kill the boy. The egg creatures form a solid wall and smother the scientist. The boy escapes and gets his parents to drive back to the lab but the egg monsters and the scientist have disappeared. The boy seems to be doing well and feels fine.
Fine until he stops and squats in the lawn and lays an egg.
Dana Johnson, the male narrator who's honestly a bit of a dick, and his best friend Anne Gravel, who's described as tall and funny, and also disappears half way thru the book.
When Dana goes missing, his father goes to look for him at the conveniently located science laboratory but somehow doesn't find the time call the police, not even by the time his son wanders back home the next day.
Ch 20-21:
"Ive got to find a way out of here," I said outloud, "I've got to!"
And then, I had an idea.
Sad to say, it was a bad idea.
The kind of idea you get when you're freezing to death in a total panic.
What was the idea? To call home and tell Mom and Dad to come get me.
About 40 pages in, the scientist, within two minutes of meeting the child narrator, with almost no provocation, tells Dana "There was a big storm on Mars. Two years ago. It set off something like a meteor shower. The storm sent these eggs hurtling through space."
I never read this one when I was younger since I'd already abandoned the series, but if I hadn't already quit reading these books at this point, this likely would have done it.
Spongey444 said...
how come nobodys posted here yet
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hahahaha i wondered how that would be dealt with
hi! i just did a video review for this book!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spdstGop1Cg
This was actually the first Goosebumps book I ever read / had read to me, so I was a bit disappointed to see that there was such a short synopsis. I don't really remember the plot at all, and I can't say this helps me remember.
I was also hoping that you'd make fun of the scene where Dana makes the egg monsters move into different formations by making shapes with his fingers. At one point he says "I tried to make a rectangle, but it was too hard." I found this line incredibly stupid, because it's not even remotely hard to make a rectangle with your fingers. I mean... what the crap.
This...bites!
*Here's* how you do a review of "Egg Monsters from Mars," courtesy of R.G. Quimby from "Little Snarky Two-Shoes":
http://snarkytwoshoes.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/goosebumps-42-egg-monsters-from-mars-4/
That's like writing an email to Dr Pepper telling them how much better Dr Thunder is
Troy, I know you've heard it before, but you're a lot better than Snarky two shoes or whateverthecraphisnameis. Your jokes have so much more class.
>That's like writing an email to Dr Pepper telling them how much better Dr Thunder is
You go Troy!
net\effect/null said...
Dr. Thunder IS better than Dr. Pepper...
snarky 2 shoes sucks your blogs way better than their crap
minorityalert said...
Oh, so, hey, I was just, you know, browsing through your old posts, when I realized, with a level of horror I haven't even dreamt of since first visiting your site, that no one had addressed an obvious but crucial point of this book: Dana is a really fucking gay name for a dude.
Necroman said...
I was reading these in order the books were made, and I was looking forward to this, so disappointed it's insanely short. D:
benny here. i kind of really held here like this one, i have conflicted emotions. 5.8/10.
"Dana is a really fucking gay name for a dude."
This is the first review, so it's a good place to mention the point... at the age the Goosebumps characters are supposed to be, the only boys with female best friends WERE gay. The only female platonic friends straight boys have at these ages are friends of their girlfriend's or friends of their male friends' girlfriends.
My Grandfather's middle name was Dana... so is mine but I'm a girl.
Like a few other posters, I remember this being one of my first Goosebumps books and was a little disappointed to see that it got such a short entry, until I read it...
And welp, ya, that's pretty much everything that happened in the book anyway so kudos for summarizing an entire 'novel' in under 1000 words.
I thought this was one of the "scarier" books in the series when I was a kid. Dana's parents were frighteningly inept, and the young man was held captive in a fridge with egg-type creatures by the local mad scientist who at one point threatened to kill him.
Just the fact that you knew Dana's parents totally didn't give a shit (they obviously favored the sister) and would never find him was mildly unsettling. Then the kid shits out an egg. I mean, he's now giving birth to these egg things and he's way too young to be a dad.
Scary stuff.
Benny here. I just tryed to get into snarky two shoes whatever website (funny comment by the way 9) It was "protected". What. And troy your comment to commet number 2 was funny I hardly could tell what you typed.
Benny here. Sadly this one was not made into an episode. You would be surprised of how goosebumps made the dumb, stupid books into really good episodes.
Benny here. Troy come back. Is the horrorland series really that bad. I've only read the first four and I loved them so whats the problem. C ya.
zuzu said...
This book is when I stopped eating macaroni and cheese.
Yeah, it's too bad this review was so minimal compared to later ones, because seriously, this book. It's probably not a coincidence that the male protagonist has a typically female name, because at least the scientific implausibility inherent in any mpreg story at least somewhat mitigates the unfortunate implications of the fact that our preteen protagonist totally got knocked up by aliens.
Hope you come back soon.
Wilson Schlame said...
You call that a blog post?
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Films > Jimmy, the Boy Wonder
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder (1966)
Director(s) Herschell Gordon Lewis
Top Genres Family, Musical
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Key Leadership Skill: Re- parenting Self
By ednamurdoch on May 12, 2014 in Articles, CSA Blog, Uncategorized
KEY LEADERSHIP SKILL: Re-parenting Self
This blog draws its rationale from the transactional analysis concept of the Parent ego state. That part of ourselves with which we seek to manage our lives through the beliefs, values and ‘shoulds’ about self, others and the world. Leaders may be seen as having a particular role and responsibility in offering a positive Parent to others in order to support the learning and vitality of the organisation. To offer it to others, they have first to offer to themselves. Updating and re-parenting self may well be an exciting and demanding prospect in times of turbulence and dramatic change.
Currently in some organisations the positive Parent is profoundly challenged, perhaps on occasion to the point of fragmentation:
a) Core assumptions and beliefs about the organisation may be in turbulence; for example, ‘ This is not the organisation I joined; sense of vocation has been replaced by ticks in boxes’.
b) There may be inconsistent parenting from the senior leadership team; for example, there is a stark mismatch between ‘espoused values’ and ‘ values in action’. (Chris Argyris and Donald Schon); a senior leader stresses the need for loyalty and then bails out at the earliest opportunity.
c) There may be unpredictability between members of the senior leadership team: certain actions and values being emphasised by one person, then downplayed or ignored by another.
The next tier of leaders below may consequently no longer feel ‘ held’ whilst wanting/needing to hold their staff. The fragmentation of the Parent at these middle, though possibly still senior levels may also be compounded by the loss of ‘ sanity checks’; that is, those peer colleagues to whom they were once able to turn to check reality and fantasy, “ Am I going crazy or does this directly contradict what we were told last week?”. This loss of sanity checks can be for several reasons:
a) Trusted colleagues have moved on; sometimes very quickly without the opportunity for proper goodbyes.
b) Colleagues, once trusted have sought self-protection by entering the world of political intrigue.
c) Truth telling is now seen as too risky.
A consequence of the fragmentation of the Parent is that:
a) It becomes increasingly difficult for the leader to offer appropriate Permission, Protection and Potency to others. (Pat Crossman); this at a time when these qualities may be vital for the vitality of the change programme being undertaken in the organisation.
b) It becomes increasingly difficult for the leader to offer Permission, Protection and Potency to herself; arguably, a necessary precondition to be able to offer it to others.
Much of this can happen outside awareness. Just as people can become so stressed that they no longer realise how stressed they are and consequently become ever more stressed, without realising it; until perhaps something dramatic happens such as a near miss on the motorway, the death of a close friend, a major confrontation at home……On this theme of awareness I am also reminded of the dual nature of rituals : they can be a conduit or a block to intimacy with self and/or others; they may even merge from one to the other. A regular coffee with a friend may be nourishing for both parties but then become havens of misery; or perhaps one of the friends spends too much time listening to and supporting the other; he feels drained and resentful because of having yet another person to look after.
Within such an environment reflection becomes more and more necessary, but takes place less and less; it is too painful and scary as that which is avoided/denied/minimised accumulates then it becomes ever more scary and painful. So the emphasis will switch to delivery at all costs, no matter how superficially it has been thought through. In a political climate whether with a BIG or small P, being seen to be busy is highly valued because it gives the illusion of action and achievement even when it is simply the sophisticated avoidance of dealing with key underlying issues. Hence, in some extreme cases, the persecution and punishment of whistleblowers. Part of the environment/culture may be one where there is increasing anger, which is increasingly denied. Consequently:
a) The anger may be directed at the most vulnerable. For example, a sensitive and caring colleague or an anxious junior member of staff may suffer the consequences of outrage which should, more appropriately be directed at those who are the key decision makers.
b) Small irritations may lead to the discharge of fury. Where, for example, the person feels that they have a very clear and easy basis on which to express that feeling, then suddenly all the other angers come to the surface and there ids fury about the coffee not being as hot and milky as usual; stamps (Transactional Analysis) are cashed in.
The whole dramatic and embarrassing experience may then be seen as further evidence of the need to suppress the feeling. In all this, simple truths emanating from Child Wisdom may be lost, or at least submerged. Hence the importance of the leader RE-PARENTING herself.
With this in mind, I offer some suggestions about how this might be done, whilst at the same time I recognise they may be statements of the obvious. However, in the environment described above the obvious can easily be lost.
I suggest that the leader pays attention to :
a) Ensuring that she has a good support network and regularly reviews it; for example, some of the relations may have become a bit too one-way or even toxic. Are her expectations realistic bearing in mind the changing cultural context? For example, is she now looking for a lot of emotional support from those who truly cannot/ will not provide it? Is there sufficient diversity in her support network? It can be reassuring to be in close contact with those who see the world in the same way; at the same time it may lead to closed minds or even ‘group think’ (Irving Janis).
b) Giving herself permission to ‘be in the moment’. ‘ What is really important for ME now?’. ‘Do I need an extra few minutes, or even longer, to take stock?’. ‘Do I know what is truly exciting me or have I spent so long role-playing excitement that I no longer truly know what it is?’.
c) Reflecting on accessibility. Perhaps she too readily allows others to interrupt whatever she may be engaged in. In her desire to look after others who may seem anxious and lost she fails to look after herself.
In all this, the parallels with parenting and appropriate Permission, Protection and Potency are hopefully clear. There is a need for space to play and experiment, but with appropriate safety. The greater the Permission, the greater the need for Protection. (Stan Woollams and Michael Brown). In all this, creating an environment where the Child can get in touch with her own Potency- excitement, creativity and sense of self. As already stated, in offering these qualities to herself she is then better able to offer these qualities to others, whether directly or indirectly.
Keri Phillips 2014, CSA Supervision Graduate
mailto:keriphillips@o2.co.uk
http://www.keri-phillips.co.uk/
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RE-PARENTING SELF: A KEY COACH SKILL
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Buffalo Hockey Beat
Snowstorm Edition
Auston Matthews scored 40 goals as a rookie last season. ©2017, Hickling Images, Olean Times Herald
Sabres won’t see Leafs for months after weekend set
BUFFALO – How’s this for a scheduling quirk? After this weekend’s home-and-home preseason set with the Maple Leafs – the Sabres play tonight in Toronto – the fierce rivals don’t meet again until March 5.
“It’s crazy,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said this morning inside KeyBank Center. “When I looked at the schedule, here’s one of the rivals in our division, we’re not going to see them until March. Hopefully, they’re going to be real meaningful games at that time and there will be something on the line.”
The teams then meet four times in a 29-day stretch.
Tonight’s game, which will be played at Ricoh Coliseum, is all about evaluation for Housley. The lineup for the Sabres’ third preseason tilt features a mix of veterans, AHL players and youngsters. The Leafs plan to play second-year star Auston Matthews.
Here are tonight’s likely forward lines and defense pairs from left to right:
– Benoit Pouliot, Ryan O’Reilly and Seth Griffith
– Johan Larsson, Jacob Josefson and Nick Baptiste
– Evan Rodrigues, Zemgus Girgensons and Stevie Moses
– Nick Deslauriers, Kevin Porter and Cliff Pu
– Jake McCabe and Matt Tennyson
– Victor Antipin and Cody Goloubef
– Justin Falk and Taylor Fedun
Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark, who played the third period and overtime in Monday’s 3-2 loss to Carolina, will start. Housley said Ullmark will be evaluated after 40 minutes, meaning backup Adam Wilcox could play the final period.
So far, one week into camp, Griffith, an AHL stud looking to stick in the NHL, has made a positive impression, recording a goal and two points in two appearances. Scoring will get you a look on the No. 1 line.
Still, Housley wants to see more from the 5-foot-9 Griffith, who played for three teams last season, including the Leafs.
“I just want to see his speed and (him) tenacious on the puck,” Housley said. “He made a nice play on that tying goal in Penn State (on Tuesday). He’s got good vision, and he’s got to use it more.
“When the battle requires a competitive nature, he’s got to get in there. Everybody battles in their own way. … Smaller guys got to find a way to compete for pucks and win battles.”
In other news, Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella, out the last two days resting his hip, practiced this morning. Scandella underwent offseason surgery.
Housley has said he’s not concerned about the newcomer, who won’t play this weekend.
“One day at a time,” Scandella repeated a few times after skating this morning inside HarborCenter.
Scandella would like to play next week, although he doesn’t want to rush back.
“I don’t want to be that guy coming in and then being out right away,” he said.
In other injury news, Housley said Sabres winger Alexander Nylander, out since suffering a lower-body injury in rookie camp, could skate in the “near future.”
“He’s doing well, he’s making strides every day,” Housley said. “It’s something that we’re going to be slow with.”
Author Bill HoppePosted on 09.22.17 09.22.17 Categories Antipin, Baptiste, Deslauriers, Falk, Fedun, Girgensons, Griffith, Housley, Josefson, Larsson, Matthews, McCabe, Nylander, O'Reilly, Porter, Pouliot, Pu, Rodrigues, Tennyson, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ullmark, Wilcox
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[This text was first published in 1998 in the Moscow Art Magazine N°22 <http://www.guelman.ru/xz/english/XX22/X2214.HTM>.
© 1998 - Alexander Brener / Moscow Art Magazine N°22 <http://www.guelman.ru/xz/362/XX22/X2201.htm>]
Third World Artist
Today I want my voice to get stronger, the voice of the third world artist. I need my voice to be heard. It should be heard not because it brings any news, some fresh truth, not because it promises new opportunities or inspires some incomprehensible anxiety. No, my voice should be heard because if it is not heard now, it won't be heard at all. We live in a time whose only assignment is acceleration, outstripping itself and forgetting everything that does not belong to this acceleration. A third world artist does not belong to the acceleration. This artist belongs to something else - a pitiful shout of helplessness, good-for-nothing lyrics of the abandoned, hopeless cry for help, hoarse yell of indignation.
"What is this third world artist?" - you will ask me. "Which third world are you talking about? There is no second world, is there?"
Yes, I will answer, the second world - the world of ungifted, clinical, weak-minded socialism - does not exist, while the third world is still around. It is the world of fragmented obscurantism, the world of old technologies, the world of indigent market, the world that has suffered the catastrophe of communal ideology, the world of semi-decayed ethic and aesthetic rags. This world does not belong to the West, East, North or South. It is everywhere. It is localized in a great number of spaces, as a torn scrappy blanket, which covers the gorgeous overripe body of modern neo-liberalism. The third world is the world of despised discourses and wasted hot flesh outbursts, spit and sperm in the poor districts of Mexico City and Brooklyn, in the Viennese Turkish ghetto and in the heart of Moscow. This excited, tongue-tied, pimple-faced third world also needs an artist. How else could it be? Then why can't I be this artist and explain to you what kind of unpleasant art he is trying to create?
As you certainly know, the third world artist is a product of the first - advanced, capitalist - world, and it is a product of the second - socialist -, which collapsed and vanished in thin air. The third world artist is a kid, the fruit of a monstrous parental coitus, who has appeared on an overfilled dump for god knows what reasons. Who threw him there? His father, a scoundrel? Or his mother, a bitch? The baby can't guess, unless clever uncles from the Sorbonne and Harvard help it. But if they do not? Then, well, bless them - we'll take care of ourselves.
The fact is that the uncles from Princeton and Heidelberg have already helped and taught, as well as the poets-experimenters from Paris and London and avant-garde artists from Zurich and New York. It is they who explained to the poor third world kid that culture is a great power and force, that art does not only reflect reality, but also transforms it, that art is a brutal war, and its banners read: "Negation! Freedom! Analysis! Revolution! Resistance!" And the poor kid started swinging a crooked little saber and prancing a wooden horse. The bastard took it all literally, the weak little doom. But it is the kind of consciousness that we have in the third world, the minds of minds we have - trustful and non-reflective, naive and not too smart, cunning at best. How do you expect us to make an analysis?!
Acting as though by the recipes of theorists and practical workers from the western "land of the holy stone," the third world artist got himself into a terrible heresy, created lots of trouble and made foolish declarations. But what is most important is that he was playing out of tune. He was seeking the truth being an in-born liar, demanded justice while realizing that mercy is more important, spoke about love when scare was ruling his heart. He confused success with significance, but it is the same in the first world! He rebelled, while caring about a review in a magazine, but everyone around is the same! What can you expect of a faintly educated third world artist, except for childish tricks, terrible yells and cursing? What else can an ill-bred, wriggling teenager offer? He can offer nothing.
But at the same time, I, the third world artist, reject all respected virtues and offers of this big successful world. I reject it all, because I don't believe in it, despise it and am bored of it. I reject the intellectual snobbery and the institutional well-being which have become the criteria in this world. I reject the perverted but helpless discourse industry which guarantees success in this big world. I reject the shameful ethic dualism which has become common-place in the present world. I reject the subtle frustration that has become the necessary attribute of an artist. I reject it in favor of a more comfortable, but perhaps more fruitful suffering. I reject the hypocritical and dishonest language of contemporary art in favor of an elementary political gesture. However, I am not so simple and childish myself. Enough of pathetic exaggerations! I would like to conclude as follows: I promise you to be sober-minded and cunning, resourceful and dangerous. I promise to act in such ways that you cannot sink me or surround me with silence. I promise to work against you smartly and cautiously, promise to be attentive and cool-hearted, in order to hit you slightly and strongly, where I can, as long as I have enough strength, even if there is no future in this.
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In a year of extreme weather events, December contributed a suitable climax – the biggest storm-surge since 1953. On 5th, a 9.8m tide combined with a severe westerly gale and low atmospheric pressure gave rise to high-water at least a metre above its nominal height. Large waves attacked the dune frontage all along the coast, causing severe damage especially at Formby Point where the dunes have been eroding for a century. Over the next few days I visited several parts of the Sefton Coast to make observations and take photographs. The National Trust frontage at Formby Point had retreated by 10-12m, leaving spectacular sand-cliffs and strange sculptured dune fragments reminiscent of a scene from the Wild West. Equally spectacular were the great blocks of tobacco waste washed out of the dunes and scattered across the beach, while hundreds of tonnes of rubble from the former carpark had collapsed onto the shore off Victoria Road. The disabled-access boardwalk near Lifeboat Road was damaged but not terminally, according to Coast & Countryside staff, while the adjacent Lifeguard lookout post miraculously survived intact.
Meanwhile, at Hightown, the Sailing Club premises were swamped and most of the sand tipped here in 2011 for a coast protection scheme was washed away. It was supposed to last 30 years. The weathered brick-rubble “shingle” beach was driven landwards and it remains to be seen what remains of its classic shingle flora. One of the most upsetting sights here and elsewhere was the enormous quantity of plastic refuse, especially bottle-tops washed up in uncountable numbers. The frontal dune ridge on Crosby beach also lost about 10m but, in absorbing wave energy, probably prevented the promenade being overtopped.
I was also interested to see the impact of the surge on the Green Beach north of Ainsdale-on-Sea. Here the foreshore is much wider, which usually calms the waves. Nevertheless, the youngest dune ridge, previously up to 2.5m high, had been over-washed, losing much of its height, while a slightly older ridge further north was breached in several places, seawater deeply flooding the slack behind.
Great quantities of tidal drift along the beaches included vast numbers of Razor-shells and, at Ravenmeols, my first ever specimen of Dead Men’s Fingers attached to a Scallop shell. Although fairly common and widespread, this relative of corals is mainly associated with rocky shores and was probably washed over from North Wales.
As expected, the gale brought in lots of gulls, a spectacular roost of over 15,000, mostly Herring Gulls, forming on the Ainsdale/Birkdale shore, accompanied by 650 Cormorants and impressive flocks of Oystercatchers. I also spotted an adult Mediterranean Gull at Formby Point, almost exactly where I was shown my first by Maurice Jones in 1969.
December is often a quiet month for birds but the male Baikal Teal at Crossens Marsh attracted large numbers of twitchers. I went to see it on 3rd – an exciting bird but there is always a question mark about the origin of exotic wildfowl. This species breeds in eastern Siberia and should have been wintering in China or Japan. Also visible at distance on Banks Marsh was one of two Great White Egrets on the Ribble. These often roost at dusk with Little Egrets on Southport Marine Lake’s northern island.
A tour of the mosslands inland of Formby produced a flock of 1600 Pink-footed Geese on Downholland Moss, one of them being a strange pie-bald individual. We occasionally see pale sandy-coloured “leucistic” Pinkfeet but this one had big white patches on otherwise normal plumage. The month ended with a magnificent Great Northern Diver on Southport Marine Lake. Occasionally coming close enough to the promenade to photograph, it was actively diving for food every few seconds while being admired by an excited crowd of onlookers. What a bird!
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Posted by alan gould on January 26, 2021 at 8:06am in French Grammar
solliciter
the word is new to me. the dictionary says u “solliciter info” and “solliciter un emploi." I think I saw it used to ask for a favor. I know “asking a favor” as “demander une service." i see there's also "demander une faveur" but i never encountered this. pls address this as well.
in english, only educated people use it -- to solicit someone's opinion or ideas. i've never used it. it's also seen on signs -- "no soliciting" w regard to prostitutes soliciting customers.
la de’che’ance – decline, fall
[area/industry] demeurer en déclin
i knew "la chute". i would have used that to explain the fall of the dollar, employment, etc.
i came across "la chute d’eau." is this used as well as "la cascade?" i also saw "cascade" to mean a "spate" or a "rash." a spate of accidents is a series or a run of them. the dictionary gave the example "des annulations en cascade – a spate of cancellations." it's a word i should know. cascade exists in English as a noun and a verb, but I’ve never used it. there’s a dish detergent called “cascade.”
I know the word “soupconner” but not the following which I’d like u to confirm are commonly used:
la défiance – distrust
avec defiance – suspiciously
la suspicion – suspicion
pls confirm that the following are commonly used:
Il m'a planté là et il est remonté dans sa voiture.
He dumped me there and got back in his car.
ne reste pas planté là! Don't just stand there!
Elle s’est plante’e devant la TV
Je me suis planté en maths.
I messed up my math exam.
Tu t'es planté: ça fait 128cm, pas 118.
u've got it wrong: it's 128cm long, not 118.
Permalink Reply by Chantal Savignat on February 7, 2021 at 2:51pm
First i have a question about this notion : formal language.
- langage familier
- langage courant : I suppose this is called "everyday language" ? so I think there are many levels.
- langage soutenu : I think formal langage is this one.
=> In french it's formal too, but it's very known because of used expressions to write a formal letter to some administrations, to justice system, to school system, ....
"Je sollicite votre bienveillance...."
"Je sollicite de votre part....."
=> for money, "chute" is used as a noun or as a verb for an important fall, la chute du dollar, le dollar chute.
=> "déclin" is used for something that fall but to mean that it's soon the end, that it won't be better in the future. So it's not used for a money. A money floats up and down.
=> "déchéance" is used is many meanings. For a human decline, when there is no hope. the first meaning is when someone did something very bad, he losts some rights. it's called "déchéance". déchéance de la nationalité : terrorists lost french nationality when they are convicted.
"cascade" is commonly used in french.
"chutes d'eau" is often used as a synonyme of "cascade". But "chutes d'eau" is not only a cascade, it's when a lot of water is falling. In a big thunderstorm, sometimes, there are "des chutes d'eau".
and cascade is used as "spate". Des annulations en cascade is commonly used.
My first thought was "des chutes en cascade" : this is commonly used in the meaning of a spate of people falling. But when I read that question, I thought "des chutes en cascade" may have a second meaning : une cascade d'eau. a play on the word.
=> yes it's used. more used in formal language.
=> yes "planté" is commonly used in all these ways
Permalink Reply by alan gould on February 8, 2021 at 5:59pm
In french it's formal too, but it's very known because of used expressions to write a formal letter to some administrations, to justice system, to school system, ....
me: it's very common or very widespread
to THE justice system, THE school or educational system
you: "déclin" is used for something that fall but to mean that it's soon the end, that it won't be better in the future. So it's not used for a money. A money floats up and down.
me: something that "falls" or "drops" but in the sense that it won't rebound. it's not used for money (omit "a"). money fluctuates or goes up or down.
you: "déchéance" is used is many meanings. For a human decline, when there is no hope. the first meaning is when someone did something very bad, he losts some rights. it's called "déchéance". déchéance de la nationalité : terrorists lost french nationality when they are convicted.
me: has many meanings or is used in many (different) ways. it's used to strip a privilege from someone as punishment.
u're combining 2 tenses in the last sentence. say "terrorists lose french nationality when they are convicted.
and it's "he lost" not "he losts" some rights
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From Bread and Circuses to Popcorn and Superheroes
Posted on February 21, 2018 by gavinbaddeley
I’ve been watching the hysteria over populist fantasy cinema with building scepticism and bewilderment. The 21st Century has seen not just the rise of the sci-fi/superhero blockbuster franchise, but also culture wars conducted online and reflected in the media in which these fantasies are weaponised as vehicles for social justice. Hence the handwringing and triumphalism over the gender or racial make-up of the cast in the likes of the THOR or STAR WARS franchises – not films generally regarded as heavy with political subtext.
The release of WONDER WOMAN and THE BLACK PANTHER have kicked this into high gear, with excitement over the blows they struck for feminism and black rights respectively reaching hysterical proportions.
I certainly believe that films mean something, and that successful films mean something more. But aren’t they more of a barometer than a catalyst? One thing they tell us is that social justice causes, slickly presented, are very effective marketing tools. That geeks plus liberals equals a very profitable audience demographic. Because, believe it or not, at this level, film studios are thoroughly amoral entities. If the big bucks were in a reboot of BIRTH OF A NATION, that would be the next franchise on the schedules.
On the surface, a species of entertainment which is intrinsically based upon power fantasies would seem an improbable bedfellow for a social justice movement that fetishises victimhood. Yet it’s actually proven a very happy – and profitable – marriage. For, making the film’s hero a member of a demographic recognised as oppressed, filmmakers are freed of any pressure to justify a plot which hinges on violence as the preferred solution to a challenge. What’s more, nailing your blockbuster to a social issue almost guarantees plentiful free publicity. It only takes a few disgruntled fans to bitch online about the film’s play for social justice credentials, and the publicity department can just sit back and wait for the backlash to consume the liberal web and media.
And is it significant that these films are all unabashed fantasies? Stories where the heroes are all superpowered and the villains vanquished in predictably poetic fashion. There is a long tradition of America using Hollywood to revise things that didn’t play out the way Americans might’ve wished. The Western is an entire genre dedicated to ennobling the nation’s morally problematic nativity. The first RAMBO may have been a broadly anti-war film, but the sequels were all about refighting – and winning – American military humiliations.
Is there a danger that lightweight fantasies like WONDER WOMAN and THE BLACK PANTHER are not representative of victories for social justice, but substitutes for such victories?
Because it’s easy to fight injustice if all that’s required is enjoying two hours of highly polished, undemanding entertainment while sat on your arse eating nachos.
I’m reminded of the recent campaign at awards ceremonies for glamorous actresses to show their opposition to sexual harassment by wearing black. Which is of course a very flattering shade. Might it have made more of a statement had the requirement have been to wear a shellsuit? And what, if anything, does this statement say? I would imagine most people, if asked, take an unspoken stand against sexual harassment. In practical terms, the stunt seemed more about raising profiles while condemning anyone who refused to play ball than anything more proactive.
Perhaps I’m too much of a cynic. At the very least these films illustrate that most people have no problem with a female hero or a black hero, which is cool. But maybe that’s broadly been the case for a long time, whatever the identity politics firebrands would have us believe.
I rewatched DAY OF THE DEAD recently. It’s my favourite zombie movie, and I’ve seen it numerous times. But this is the first time I’d really clocked that the hero was a tough woman, supported by a black man. Of course the film hadn’t changed, but our points of reference have, to where the race and gender of the characters are reflexively thrust front and centre.
And I’m not convinced that’s progress or even healthy.
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Supergirl (2015) - Season 3
Otto Binder (Character)
Al Plastino (Character)
Ali Adler
Andrew Kreisberg
Kara Zor-El / Kara Danvers / Supergirl / Overgirl / Red Daughter
James Olsen / Guardian
Mehcad Brooks
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
Alexandra "Alex" Danvers
Chyler Leigh
The following weapons were used in Season 3 of the television series Supergirl:
1 Glock 17
2 M4A1
3 MP40
4 Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun
Agents of the Department of Extra-Normal Operations (DEO) are seen carrying Glock 17s.
Glock 17 3rd Generation - 9x19mm
DEO agents are seen armed with M4A1 carbines in multiple episodes.
M4A1 with 4 position collapsible stock, RIS foregrip, folding rear sight, and ACOG scope - 5.56x45mm NATO
Nazi soldiers in an alternate reality are armed with the MP40 that has been fitted with ELCAN-style scopes.
MP40 – 9mm
In "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" (S3E08), Nazi soldiers in an alternate reality are armed with the MP40.
Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun
In "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" (S3E08), Browning M2 HB machine guns are seen mounted on Nazi vehicles in the alternate reality.
Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG
In "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" (S3E08), Fifty caliber Browning M2 HB machine guns are seen mounted on Nazi vehicles.
Superman Franchise
Film George Reeves Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
Christopher Reeve Superman: The Movie (1978) • Superman II (1980) • Superman III (1983) • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Brandon Routh Superman Returns (2006)
Henry Cavill Man of Steel (2013) • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) • Justice League (2017)
Television George Reeves The Adventures of Superman (1952-1958)
Dean Cain Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)
Tom Welling Smallville (2001-2011)
Tyler Hoechlin Supergirl (2015-2021) • Superman & Lois (2021-)
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Let Let Let - Announcment > Let Let Let Announcment
Eagles of the Southern Sky
'EAGLES of the SOUTHERN SKY' is a book which encapsulates the complete history of the Tainan Naval Air Group in New Guinea, from 1 April through to mid-November 1942 (please note that it does not cover the East Indies or Guadalcanal campaigns). The book sets new landmarks for historical detail, with many 'Firsts'. For the first time both the Japanese and Allied accounts have been fully reconciled.
The text is enhanced by:
- color profiles of 27 Tainan Zero fighters with a history of each aircraft, color profiles of 41 Allied aircraft against whom they fought, including RAAF No. 75 Squadron Kittyhawks, as well as numerous profiles of Japanese aircraft with whom the Tainan fought alongside;
- rare photos, never published before, from both the Allied and Japanese side;
- 26 paintings of combat over New Guinea, with reference material being aerial photography of the areas of New Guinea over which the Tainan fought;
- detailed appendices including losses, Tainan markings, crew rosters, and reference appendix.
More info here: http://www.tainanbooks.com/
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