Great work as ever mate. Loving those sunset portraits!
So much laughter and happiness captured in all these!
Oh! This is how a story is told! Love it!
Quality set, really flows nicely and the sunset silhouettes are very special indeed.
You definitely captured this fun-filled wedding very beautifully. The wedding dress hanging from the chandelier is simply amazing.
What an amazing wedding! I love the venue and the reception looks like such a great time!
Sam, your work is spectacular. Get out of Bristol dammit, you've had your day!
Congratulations Joanna and Nick, looks like you had thee *best* day!
love your take on the reception, truly.


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We have my nephews (almost8 and 11) for a sleepover tomorrow night. I'm trying to pick out a couple of movies for them. Between my mom and I and their other relatives, they see pretty much every new kids release (not that they don't like re seeing them). I was looking for movies and I'm thinking of Invincible and Rookie of the Year? Anybody see/rent these with their wee ones? Was Invincible too intense for them?
Invincible was a really good movie. My 11yr old and 7yr old both liked it, they are very sports focused. I don't think it had too many questionable parts either (I remember his wife leaving him, him kissing his girlfriend and her leading him into her house but that was as risky as it got).
Oh, Alex Rider looks good! We all saw Bridge to Terabitha, but we all liked it.
Those are good choices. My DS9 also liked the Sandlot, The Rookie, all the Air Bud movies, Jungle to Jungle, Chronicles of Narnia, maybe The Natural (don't remember what it's rated), Miracle. What about the old Superman movies? Spiderman? -- they are rated PG13 though. We watched Holes last week and the kids enjoyed that too.
Thanks for your input! Blockbuster didn't have Rookie of the Year or Alex Rider, so I went with Open Season and Invincible!


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Benjamin Ray Zambiasi (born  August 19, 1956) is a former linebacker for the University of Georgia and in the Canadian Football League.

Zambiasi was born in Valdosta, Georgia, and attended high school at Mount de Sales Academy in Macon playing on three state championship football teams there.  He played for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1974 to 1977. While at Georgia Zambiasi led the Bulldogs with 467 career tackles tackling 173 in 1977. He later graduated from the University of Georgia in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree. He was drafted by the NFL's Chicago Bears in the 10th round, 271st overall, in 1978, but ended up coming to Canada after training camp.

Zambiasi played 10 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1978–1987) and one year with the Toronto Argonauts (1988). He played in 4 Grey Cup games winning one championship in the 74th Grey Cup. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 1979 and was an all star 8 times. He was selected to the University of Georgia Bulldogs' Team of the Century and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wall of Honour in 2002. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2014 Zambiasi was inducted into the Georgia-Florida game Hall of Fame.

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Until this past May, I struggled to juggle being a wife, mother, full-time employee, and a grad student and boy was it difficult! I know many of you know what I am talking about! It can be so difficult trying to juggle so many different hats whether they include wife, mother, daughter, sister, employee, student, or a variety of other hats! Hopefully the tips in the guest post hope you find a balance!
Attending college is one of the best things you can do to advance your career, earn a higher income, and increase your self-esteem. Because of these benefits, women are beginning to dominate the college scene.
However, many women attending college are met with the unique challenge of striking a balance between being wives and students. This is a tough challenge to overcome for many female students who feel pressured to uphold the traditional requirement that wives are meant to put the needs of their loved ones before their own life goals. Having felt this pressure during my time as a wife and student, I'd like to share the unique challenges I faced to help increase the chances of your success in this venture.
A major challenge many wives face when attending college is competition with their husbands. Although many men show support for gender equality, some husbands feel threatened when their wives attend college to earn a higher degree than them. This can lead to household tension and even resentment between spouses.
One option to avoid this tension is to speak with your spouse regarding your decision to attend college before you begin classes. Express how important their support of this decision is to you and explain your reasons for pursuing the degree. It can't hurt to also occasionally stroke their ego by saying how much you appreciate them and how proud they make you feel. However, be prepared at some point in the future for your husband to express interest in also returning to college as this regularly occurs.
Although household roles are changing, many wives still tend to such duties as laundry and dinner preparation. If you're currently tending to most of the household chores, changes to the schedule should be made before you begin classes.
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Striking a balance between being a wife and a student can, at times, be very difficult. However, if you remain true to your life goals and overcome the challenges are they arise, you'll navigate through the stress and arrive as a stronger person on graduation day.


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Grinding Gear To No Longer Support Bestiary As A Core Mechanic In Path Of Exile
By QuintLyn Bowers, News Editor May 8, 2018
Despite all the work Grinding Gear Games put into it, the team has decided to not keep the Bestiary league as part of Path of Exile's core game. Among reasons for dropping the bestiary are the facts that it would require a lot of resources to maintain and would need attention when any new features are added to the game.
Another issue is that the Bestiary strays from the makeup of the core game, resulting in it needing additional tutorial elements the devs don't want to throw in with the already existing catalog. And, if that weren't enough, they also feel that the crafting system would need constant work that isn't worth it due to leveling item crafting already being taken care of in more streamlined ways.
Despite Bestiary being removed from the core game, GGG does state that some parts of it may return in future content. The entire thing may also be brought back for temporary events. In addition, Orbs and imprints will still be around. They just won't have any function.
Judging from the announcement thread on the game's forums, it seems that players are generally happy with this decision. Although, a few people did express disappointment.
New PoE Patch Adds Voidborn Reliquary Key, Corrects "Ruthless" Mode Drops, And Tweaks Current League
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Path Of Exile Devs Celebrates New Year's By Reflecting On Expansion Launches And Announcements Throughout 2022
In this article: Path of Exile, grinding gear games.
Jtancred 4 years ago
Awful league. GGG did the right thing to turf what is the worst league in ages.
Lagwin1980 4 years ago
I though it was going to go core tbh, i doubt it being unpopular really made a difference to the decision, i mean they pretty much axed breach stuff (only a 10% chance to spawn in maps) and that was really popular, some thought it bestiary would remain because of the money spent on Voice acting, but they also axed the perandus stuff, and that was popular as well (now only via the map device).
The problems i see with it was that it's ANOTHER crafting league, the game dose not really need it, they can easily expand crafting through existing methods rather than adding a "meh" league gimmick which has layered RNG and monster fights that are road blocks (particularly levelling)
People guessed that the mob difficulty (red beasts especially) was a counter to the clear speed shenanigans, in a way it was but clear speed is pretty much core to the game and requires GGG to reduce the speed of everything, if they had done so (and altered the difficulty/toughness of the beasts) then the mechanic would fit quite well.
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After the required changes of OS of the batch access in view of fransferring the computing machines (Worker Nide - WN) to OS Scientific Linux SL release 5.3 and MIT Kerberos 5, it is necessary to correct the task start scripts of users. This should be done only in case when the file remote copying instruction - "scp" - is used. One should correct this instruction so that it uses a protocol SSH version 2, not version 1, how it was earlier.
Addition to the news N1 of 18.09.2009.
In order to speed-up the changeover to OS SL53, a new interactive machine lxpub05.jinr.ru will be installed which works under OS SL53 with 64-bit architecture. The interactive machines lxpub01 -:- lxpub03 will operate under OS SL48 during 1-2 months approximately.
We are going to upgrade CCIC' batch farm and interactive machine lxpub02.jinr.ru to the OS Scientific Linux SL release 5.3 (SL53). Due to this upgrade, all batch resources will be unavailable from 25 September till 1 October.
Our apologies for the late announcement of this urgent action.
There is a problem in one of AFS servers ownered by Laboratory of High Energies (not in LIT). Due to this problem some users lost HOME directories. We are going to create temporary and empty HOMEs for such users on LIT' own AFS servers at 31.08.09 and done that for the users registered at LIT farm.
A presentation of two important infrastructure projects - a new computer communication link "Dubna - Moscow" and a Grid-segment of JINR - took place in frames of the 31-st Session of the Programme Advisory Committee for Particle Physics that was held at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
For more details please see the weekly "Dubna" of 19 June, 2009, No. 25 and the weekly "Vstrecha" of 18 June, 2009, No.25.
New Recommendations: "Systems of computer algebra on the lxpubXX farm"
In view of the new equipment has been entered at the JINR CICC the hardware configuration is changed.
In view of the reorganization of the power supply system in the CICC hall, sometimes there are power supply failures and part of the computing resources is turned off.
Due to changing the scheme of the network connections in CICC and replacements of the network equipment and the cable system, the network sometimes works unstably.
- Maximal CPU time for a multiprocessing problem (MPI) are limited by 8x100= 800 hrs.
Adjustment of the system of batch operation is not complete yet and will vary during the nearest weeks.
The completion of all the work on putting new technical equipment at the JINR CICC and the termination of adjustments of all hard- software complex is planned by the end of May.
Due to upgrade of JINR border gateway (cisco router) and LIT LAN maintenance we expect a few network interrupts for about 30-40 minutes each at 2009-03-12 from 14:00 till 18:00.
A Web-monitor has been started-up at the JINR computing farm where one will be able to get acquainted with operation of the computing cluster as well as with information on user's tasks.
12 February from 15:00 up to 23:00 some instability of the cluster expected due to replacing of main router. We ask you do not submit long jobs to the cluster at this time. Sorry for any inconveniences.
Our WN resources on the farm will be lowered from 560 to 240 CPUs till the next monday - 26.01.2009 due to moving shelfs in the computing hall.


National Education Day 2018 Essay, Speech, Slogan, Poster, Status, Quotes & Images: National Education Day is celebrated to honor the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India. He served as education minister from 15th August 1947 to 2nd February 1958. He was an Indian scholar and the senior Muslim leader of Indian national Congress during the Indian Independence Movement. He was a respectful leader of Indian National Congress. He was born in 11th November 1888 at Dubai and came to Calcutta, India when he was young. He received traditional Islamic education at home from his father.
Azad became active journalist when he was in his late teens and in 1912, he started publishing newspapers in Urdu language named 'Al-Hilal'. The newspaper was banned by the British government as it was criticising the Indians who were loyal to the britishers. After that he joined Indian National Congress. Azad led many movements with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He supported M.K Gandhi in Civil-disobedience movement e.g. Satyagrah and Salt March. He was also imprisoned several times due to his contribution in Anti-British Quit India movement during World War II. He also became the president of Indian National Congress two times. He died on 22nd February 1958 in New Delhi, India.
National Education Day is celebrated on 11th November every year. Every year, on this day, different programmes are organized in the schools, Universities and at different educational platforms. Events like debates, Extempore, Article writing, Essays writing, poster Making, Group Discussions, etc. are organized in order to celebrate National Education Day. Presentations on the life of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is presented or displayed to the students. Motivational speeches are delivered and many cultural events are organized on this auspicious day. Different competitions such as sports competition, art competitions, Nukkad-Natika are also performed by the students of different schools on this day.
To celebrate this day, these activities may be conducted any day as per the schedule of the schools. The Central Board of Secondary Education has also sent a notice to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and many others and has requested to circulate the notice to all the heads of affiliated schools of board in their particular area.


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Q: Add calendar jquery image to datepicker I am not sure how to add the ui-icon ui-icon-calendar class as a datepicker image beside the text field. I want something like this: http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#icon-trigger, but it should have the jquery calendar image.

A: <script>
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A: If you click the view source button below the example you linked to, you'll see something like this:
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A: by this we can clear the given date from the field though the field is readonly.It should be readonly not to be given by user must be choosen from datepicker.
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I watched in my dream as the woman wailed and clawed at the air around her, like she was brushing away something unpleasant.
She looked at me, her pale eyes animating almost every thought. She had seen my death, and it wasn't delightful. With ferocious eyes she stretched her mouth wider, this time it resembled a dark cave, threatening to swallow me whole.
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Noble Provides Update on its Property Transactions with Canada Nickel
V.NOB | April 6, 2020
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TORONTO - TheNewswire - April 6, 2020 - Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (TSXV:NOB) (OTC:NLPXF) (FSE:NB7) ("Noble" or the "Company") is pleased to provide updates on its previously announced property transactions (the "Property Transactions") with Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada Nickel") to be completed pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement (the "MoA") and subsequent definitive agreements (see Noble's news release issued on March 4, 2020).
Noble also announces that it has received conditional approval of the Property Transactions from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"). The closing of the Property Transactions is subject to, among other things, entering into definitive agreements, approval of Noble's disinterested shareholders, receipt of an independent geological report, and the final approval of the TSXV.
The Property Transactions are being submitted to the approval of the Noble's disinterested shareholders at the annual general and special meeting of shareholders to be held on May 5, 2020 (the "Meeting"). As further described in the management information circular (the "Circular") prepared for the Meeting (available on SEDAR under the Company's profile), the Property Transactions comprise the following:
(i)the transfer to Canada Nickel of patented properties and mining claims which Noble refers to as the "Crawford Annex";
(ii)the grant to Canada Nickel of five separate options (the "Options") the to earn an up to 80% interest in five distinct areas (comprised of patented properties and mining claims) in the following areas: Nesbitt / Crawford Townships, Nesbitt (North) Township, Mahaffy / Aubin Township, Kingsmill Township and MacDiarmid Township;
(iii)the assignment to Canada Nickel of a portion of Noble's right to purchase the title to the surface rights appurtenant to the patented mineral rights that make up part of Project 81 (the "Partial Assignment Agreement").
Details regarding the transfer of the Crawford Annex and the five option agreements have been provided by Noble in its news release issued on March 4, 2020, and all of these transactions are described in greater detail in the Circular for the Meeting.
Noble and CNC propose to enter into the Partial Assignment Agreement on the terms described in the MoA. Noble currently holds the right to acquire up to 20,000 acres of surface rights appurtenant to the patented mineral rights that make up Project 81, for a price equal to $1,000 per acre plus inflation. Pursuant to the Partial Assignment Agreement, Noble would assign to Canada Nickel the right to acquire up to 15,000 acres of surface rights with Noble retaining the buy-back rights for the balance of 5,000 acres. Assuming that Canada Nickel exercises all of its rights under the Partial Assignment Agreement, Noble would receive a total $3,625,000 as follows: (a) up to $1,000,000 for the first 10,000 acres of surface rights acquired by CNC; (b) up to $875,000 for the next 2,500 acres of surface rights acquired by CNC payable over five years from the acquisition of those rights; and (c) up to $1,750,000 for the next 2,500 acres of surface rights acquired by CNC payable over five years from the acquisition of those rights.
An independent geological report is being prepared, and this report will cover Crawford Annex and the properties subject to the Options. This report will be prepared under the requirements of National Instrument - 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Assuming that Noble`s disinterested shareholders approve the Property Transactions at the Meeting, the Company anticipates that those transactions will be completed shortly afterwards. The Circular provides further details on the reasons for the requirement of disinterested shareholder approval, as well as the shares excluded from that vote. The closing of the Property Transactions will also be subject to final approval of the TSXV, as well as any other required regulatory approvals.
Contacts (Noble):
H. Vance White, President
Email: info@noblemineralexploration.com
Investor Relations Email: ir@noblemineralexploration.com
About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.
Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is a Canadian-based junior exploration company which, in addition to its shareholdings in Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd. and MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd., and its interest in the Holdsworth gold exploration property in the area of Wawa, Ontario, holds in excess of 78,500 hectares of mineral rights in the Timmins-Cochrane areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81. Project 81 hosts diversified drill-ready gold, nickel-cobalt and base metal exploration targets at various stages of exploration. More detailed information is available on the website at www.noblemineralexploration.com.
Noble's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "NOB".
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The foregoing information may contain forward-looking statements relating to the future performance of Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. Forward-looking statements, specifically those concerning future performance, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the Company's plans and expectations. These plans, expectations, risks and uncertainties are detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with the TSX Venture Exchange and securities regulators. The Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Copyright (c) 2020 TheNewswire - All rights reserved.
April 6, 2020 - 4:30 AM PDT


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Why you shouldn't worry about rate hikes next year
by Danielle Wiener-Bronner @dwbronner May 30, 2018: 2:56 PM ET
BlackRock's Rieder: Low-rate environment will last a long time
BlackRock executive Rick Rieder doesn't think the Federal Reserve is going to raise rates much next year.
Rieder believes the Fed will raise interest rates three or four times this year. Although most analysts predict the Fed will raise rates another four times in 2019, Rieder said he'd "cut that number."
"We are going to be in a low rate environment for a long time," he told CNNMoney anchor Maggie Lake on "Markets Now" on Wednesday.
"I don't think the Fed's going that far, after they get through the moves they're going to do this year," said Rieder, a managing director and the global chief investment officer of fixed income for BlackRock.
He does think that the Fed will raise rates as inflation ticks up, but Rieder said that a strengthening dollar, among other factors, could keep the Fed from raising rates too often.
The projection has made him confident that a short-term investment in US Treasury bonds is a good bet. Investors who focus on two-year treasury yields, he said, "can sleep at night."
"For the first time in a while you're getting some real income from it."
And US government bonds remain a good investment compared to other countries' debt. "The European Central Bank can't do a lot, the Bank of Japan, they're not creating enough inflation ... so it's hard for our US interest rates to move significantly higher."
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package org.spongepowered.common.bridge;

import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
import org.spongepowered.common.config.tracker.TrackerConfig;

public interface TrackableBridge {

    /**
     * Sets an entity to be tracked or untracked. Specifically used in
     * Level#add(Entity) and
     * {@link net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel#onEntityRemoved(Entity)}
     *
     */
    default void bridge$markEntityRemovedFromLevel() {
    }

    default boolean bridge$shouldTick() {
        return true;
    }

    boolean bridge$allowsBlockBulkCaptures();

    void bridge$setAllowsBlockBulkCaptures(boolean allowsBlockBulkCaptures);

    boolean bridge$allowsBlockEventCreation();

    void bridge$setAllowsBlockEventCreation(boolean allowsBlockEventCreation);

    boolean bridge$allowsEntityBulkCaptures();

    void bridge$setAllowsEntityBulkCaptures(boolean allowsEntityBulkCaptures);

    boolean bridge$allowsEntityEventCreation();

    void bridge$setAllowsEntityEventCreation(boolean allowsEntityEventCreation);

    /**
     * Tells this trackable to refresh it's tracker states.
     * Usually these states are only needing to be refreshed
     * when the {@link TrackerConfig}.
     */
    default void bridge$refreshTrackerStates() {
    }
}


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«Переворот за інструкцією 107» — радянський художній фільм 1982 року, знятий на кіностудії «Узбекфільм».

Сюжет
У багатій на нафту мусульманській країні Сходу на виборах перемагають соціалісти, але західні країни, які не бажають втрачати контроль над концесіями з нафтовидобутку, приводять до влади прихильників військової диктатури, влаштувавши переворот під виглядом «звільнення від влади Кремля», для чого оголошують агентами радянської розвідки місцевого журналіста Хайдара і радянського лікаря з госпіталю Червоного Хреста Халіму Атаджанову. Журналісту вдається сховатися, але Халіму в ході перевороту заарештовують. Щоб домогтися від неї «визнання» в шпигунській діяльності на користь СРСР, прозахідні «революціонери», що діють за вказівкою ЦРУ, вирішують взяти в заручники її 12-річного сина Іскандера…

У ролях
 Сайрам Ісаєва —  Халіма Атаджанова, лікар
 Улугбек Хамраєв —  Іскандер, син Халіми Атаджанової
  Леонід Сенченко —  Хайдар, журналіст
 Набі Рахімов —  старий
 Рустам Сагдуллаєв —  Алі
  Георгій Шевцов —  Андерсон
 Мурад Раджабов —  Казмі
 Ісамат Єргашев —  ад'ютант
 Сергій Піжель —  Чіп
 Антра Лієдскалниня —  медсестра
  Едуард Марцевич —  шеф госпіталю
 Баходир Юлдашев —  слідчий
  Андро Кобаладзе —  прем'єр-міністр
 Юрій Леонідов —  Г. К.
 Садих Гусейнов —  майстер друкарні
 Пулат Саїдкасимов —  крамар
  Михайло Погоржельский —  посол
 Джавлон Хамраєв — епізод
 Гіві Тохадзе — епізод

Знімальна група
 Режисери — Захід Сабітов, Георгій Бзаров
 Сценаристи — Анатолій Галієв, Едуард Тропінін
 Оператор — Леонід Травицький
 Композитор — Руміль Вільданов
 Художники — Веніамін Мякотних, Рафаель Сулейманов

Посилання

Фільми СРСР 1982
Фільми студії «Узбекфільм»
Фільми-драми СРСР
Фільми Загіда Сабітова


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13 August 2017 Venue Park Avenue Attendance
Aberystwyth Town
LADIES: Aberystwyth 2 Town 1
Aber come out on top despite Durnall goal
Shrewsbury Ladies fell to their second defeat of preseason following a narrow defeat away to Aberystwyth on Sunday.
Town started off the better side and were dominant in possession, and young Aber 'keeper Katie Christopher had to make some good saves to keep the scores level.
Despite Town's positive start it was the hosts who drew first blood when a free kick fell to Cat Davies, who scored with her first touch after coming on as an early substitute.
HALF TIME 1-0
Like the first half, Town started the second as the better side and drew the scores level when Nic Durnall's free kick from 30 yards out soared past Christopher and into the top corner.
Durnall almost put Town ahead soon after with another free kick, but this time her effort hit the wall before smacking against the crossbar.
Aber started to come back into the game and regained their lead on 66 minutes when the ball fell to an Aber trialist, who was able to score from close range.
It proved to be the winner and left Town heading back to Shropshire disappointed.
Town boss Alex Owens said after the game: "I think the Wolves game took a lot out of us, physically and mentally.
"In the first half we were waiting for someone to make the movements for us, reacting after the ball had been played.
"I was pleased with the bounce back after half time. We played the first 20 minutes of the second half the way we want to play, with a high tempo and getting the ball into dangerous areas.
"We created chances throughout the game and all we were missing was the finishing touch."
Town's goal scorer Nic Durnall was making her return to preseason after injury, and Owens saved special praise for her.
"It was good to have Nic back this week," he said.
"She helped balance the team, scored a great free kick and looked to compose the players around her."


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[UPDATE—President Donald Trump signed this bill into federal law on March 12. Formerly known as the Natural Resources Management Act, it has been renamed the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. Dingell was a Michigan Democrat in the House of Representatives who died February 7 as the longest-serving member of Congress. An obituary in the Washington Post described him as "a former park ranger who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, but became one of conservationists' prime enemies for his fierce opposition to tightening fuel-efficiency standards."]
A climber rappels in Utah's San Rafael Swell, one of many areas across the country that will soon have wilderness designations if President Donald Trump signs the Natural Resources Management Act, which was passed by Congress on February 26. [Photo] John Easterling
[On February 26] the House of Representatives passed a historic bipartisan bill titled the Natural Resources Management Act, 363-62. It cleared the Senate, 92-8, on February 12. [President Donald Trump signed it into law March 12.]
The legislation combines more than 100 previously existing bills that affect public lands all over the country, and it includes provisions that pertain directly to climbers and climbing areas. The Emery County Public Land Management Act is a centerpiece of the legislation that will create nearly 700,000 acres of wilderness in Utah's San Rafael Swell, an area that has hundreds of climbing routes. The legislation also codifies the use of fixed anchors for climbing in a wilderness area.
The Access Fund explained the significance of the fixed anchor provision in a press release: "Wilderness climbing protections are poised to be written into law for the first time, creating a legal precedent that will make it easier for Access Fund and its local affiliates to protect wilderness climbing activities across the country."
The Act also appears to have mostly good implications for Native Americans. "There's a number of positive provisions for tribes in the bill," said Len Necefer, a member of the Navajo Nation and an assistant professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. He observed that tribes and Alaska Native Corporations are mentioned more than 100 times in the bill, which has nine sections that have direct focus on tribal issues. "These often relate to affirming tribal consultation in the management of new and existing federal lands that are being changed or where there are direct interests that affect them," he said. "There's nothing that's overtly harmful, however, there's a couple provisions that limit certain tribes' abilities to influence natural resource management in the selection of lands to put into trust."
Gavin Noyes, executive director of Utah Dine Bikeyah, an organization representing Native American interests in Utah, also indicated support for the Natural Resources Management Act. "As Americans we all hold shared interests in public lands and we should work together on solutions such as this one more often," he said.
While the bill does have some contentious aspects—more on that later—some other highlights include:
—The permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which had been allowed to expire in September 2018 for the second time since it was created in 1964. The LWCF is funded by offshore drilling and has generated billions of dollars that have been used for conservation and recreation projects across the country, from baseball diamonds to climbing areas;
—An addition of more than two million acres of protected lands, hundreds of miles of new scenic rivers and about 2,600 miles of new national trails, according to an early report by USA Today;
—Two 13,000-foot peaks in Colorado's Uncompahgre National Forest will be named after Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff, two influential climbers who were killed in an avalanche on Mt. Genyen (6204m) in China in 2006.
"[The bill is] historic, by any stretch of the word," Access Fund Policy Director Erik Murdock recently told Alpinist. "It's a super complicated package that was put together.... Access Fund has been working on some of these for years, taking a lot of rejection for some of these, and it took something like this to get them done."
It's also solid evidence that climbers have made an impact in Washington, DC.
"You can see the imprint of climbing on this giant bill," Murdock said. "It's neat that climbers have a presence on Capitol Hill and are able to pull off some things."
Climber representatives pose in front of the nation's capital in Washington, DC, last May during the Access Fund and American Alpine Club's third annual Climb the Hill event, which included more than 60 delegates. [Photo] Stephen Gosling
Tom Adams, director of the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation, emphasized the years of effort by many people that the Natural Resources Management Act represents.
"There's been so much work on all this," he said on the phone after the House vote. "Shout out to [Utah Reps.] John Curtis and Rob Bishop*...a lot of officials have been working on these for a long time—we have to acknowledge the people who paved the way for us." [*Utah legislators were instrumental in the development of the NRMA and many of the previously existing bills it contains.]
What you won't find in the nearly 700-page document is anything pertaining to the status of Bears Ears or Grand Staircase National Monuments in Utah, which Trump reduced from their original designations in December 2017. There were attempts to insert language into the NRMA, both to diminish the Antiquities Act—which presidents have used to bypass Congress and designate national monuments, including those mentioned previously—and to reinstate the original monument designations that were made by President Barack Obama in 2016 and President Bill Clinton in 1996, respectively.
"In order for this to pass, it couldn't include really controversial legislation," Murdock said.
Even then, the Natural Resource Management Act still presents some controversy.
A story by Joi O'Donoghue and Matthew Brow that was published in Desert News on February 25, reported:
...Several [Emery County] residents characterized the land bill as a defeat in a longstanding conflict with environmentalists. They contended that designating current wilderness study areas as formal wilderness or recreational areas doesn't provide certainty if federal land managers can still make the rules on how that land is used.
"I don't see recreation areas as the answer. I want to see wilderness come to an end. Why do we have to have a designation on every square inch of our ground. Why are we not at liberty to enjoy our American lands," said Wellington Mayor Joan Powell, as the crowd of about 60 residents applauded.
Meanwhile, Christopher Solomon wrote an opinion for The Washington Post that was published February 13, titled "The big Alaskan land giveaway tucked into a sweeping conservation bill." He wrote:
Many environmentalists are happy: Wins for public lands and wildlife have been scarce in recent years under an alternately hostile and sclerotic GOP-controlled Congress.... Slice open this giant haggis and peer inside, though: Something reeks. The act contains language that would hand over nearly a half-million acres of federal lands in Alaska—your land and mine—to private hands. That is an area roughly equal to half the size of Long Island, or 31 Manhattans....
"If this were public lands anywhere else in the Lower 48, there would be an absolute uproar. No one would accept that," a frustrated Adam Kolton, executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League, told me. But, Kolton added, "Alaska's public lands often tend to be the political grease for land conservation initiatives in the Lower 48, and that's wrong. These are the last fully intact ecosystems in the United States. They shouldn't just be trade-bait to pass broader public lands bills."
Murdock acknowledged that the NRMA isn't perfect.
"Democracy is a messy business. Compromise is needed," he said. But, he added, the huge new bill accomplishes so much more than people had previously dared to hope—"in one stroke of a pen"—and we wouldn't have it without Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the Republican who introduced it to Congress, and her colleague Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who cosponsored the bill. "Sometimes we can't let the 'perfect' get in the way of the 'good,'" he said.


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Founder of the Evil Empire
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Ronald Radosh reviews Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror, by Victor Sebestyen.
Dark Loyalties
By Ronald Radosh November 7, 2016
In her riveting page-turner, which includes information from previously unavailable archival manuscripts, Kati Marton offers us the full story of Noel Field.
The Long Rise of Liberalism
By Ronald Radosh March 10, 2014
For those who grew up on the history of liberalism and liberal thought in America as it appeared in the writings of such historians as Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Richard ...
What Should Conservatives Stand for in Regard to Social Security?
Andrew McCarthy has raised some serious and important issues for conservatives to debate. Having criticized Charles Krauthammer in a previous column for being an establishment Republican who accepts the existing ...
Will the New Trumbo Movie Rehash Old Myths?
Editor's Note: With the release of the new Bryan Cranston film Trumbo this week, NR is rerunning Ronald Radosh's November 2013 piece on the the film's Communist-screenwriter title character. A few weeks ago, ...
Creating Tyranny
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At the end of World War II, Eastern and Central Europe were "liberated" from Nazism only to see it replaced by a social order installed by the other great totalitarian ...
By Ronald Radosh October 11, 2012
In the 2008 campaign, the media, generally speaking, showed a remarkable lack of interest in some of the background of the man who ended up winning the presidency. In this ...
Apologia for Terror
David Gilbert is not as well known as Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, his old comrades in the Weather Underground, but he does deserve notoriety: He is a convicted murderer ...
His Own Drum
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Christopher Hitchens is truly sui generis: a popular television pundit, a raconteur par excellence, an unpredictable analyst of contemporary politics, a foreign reporter who has hit almost every hot spot ...
Something to Fear
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Decades ago, the historian Theodore Draper wrote about what he called the "minor academic industry" dedicated to resurrecting the reputation of the American Communist party. The industry's ranks were composed ...


The pastor started Sunday's service by acknowledging the passing of Sen. John McCain. There are lessons in this loss.
The pastor started Sunday's service by acknowledging the passing of Sen. John McCain, the six-term Republican senator from Arizona.
There was a collective sigh from the 154 members of the Village Chapel at Sunland Village East in Mesa.
"He's very much a part of us, isn't he?" Pastor Richard Koerselman said.
The dream is ended: this is the morning.
A murmur of approval. "Let's pray together," the pastor said. Every head bowed.
For scripture, Pastor Koerselman read from John, Chapter 15. Jesus knows his time is running short. He offers reason for unity.
McCain was not perfect. No one is. But he had become a unifying voice.
"In a time when our country is so divided, so partisan, he didn't care about those lines," Pastor Koerselman said.
In McCain's book "The Restless Wave," the senator left an edict of sorts.
Before I leave, I'd like to see our politics begin to return to the purposes and practices that distinguish our history from the history of other nations. I would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different.
In church on Sunday, there were lessons in this loss.
Dare to see another's point of view.


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News | International
The great wheel of China
Mine's bigger than yours
Nov 19th 2008 |
Originally designed to last for a year, the London Eye, like that other "temporary" attraction, the Eiffel Tower, is not going anywhere. Instead, with over 3.5m visitors a year London's Ferris wheel has paved the way for other cities hoping to cash in on the effect. In 2009 Chicago, the original home of the Ferris, will upgrade its Navy Pier wheel to double its original size, to over 91 metres (300ft), and Berlin's wheel, around 50 metres higher than its 135-metre London rival, will be the tallest in Europe at almost 185 metres.
But China will set the world record with its 208-metre Beijing wheel. It will take over from Singapore's 165-metre wheel. Beijing's Great Observation Wheel, as it is formally known, is a government-sponsored project set in Chaoyang park. With 48 air-conditioned capsules, each weighing 18 tonnes and containing 40 people, its maximum capacity of 1,920 people per rotation will dwarf the London Eye's 800.
Dubai, if its spending spree lasts, launches its 185-metre wheel as part of the Dubailand theme park. But things won't stop there. World Tourist Attractions, the company behind wheels in York, Manchester and Brisbane, will open its first Indian wheel in the southern city of Bangalore in April, and in 2010 the Great Wheel Corporation (responsible for the ones in Singapore, Berlin and Beijing) plans to open the Orlando wheel in Florida, standing at 122 metres and with panoramic views stretching 25 miles (40km).
With violence seemingly on the wane, Baghdad's authorities are beginning the tough sell of tourism in the Iraqi capital, having recently launched a design competition for a Baghdad wheel. Although details of the wheel, even its location, are sketchy, a municipal spokesman has confirmed that it will reach 198 metres into the sky and carry some 30 capsules. It may be just over a century since G.W. Ferris designed his attraction, but it seems no modern city skyline can be complete without a wheel—and the bigger the better.
Nicola Bartlett: editorial assistant, The World in 2009


Souvenir booklet from the Farmington Old Home Week Association, 1904.
Collection of Digital Photos of the Celebration of the Restoration of the Farmington Opera House. Varied sizes, most are around 640X425.
Metal Corkscrew with Wooden Cover. Item has black stamp or ink inscription. Item appears in good condition.
'The X.L Saloon...Farmington N.H. ..."
"G.E. Mooney & Son Inc.
Fraud letter sent to Letter sent to W.T.Thompson 1891. Document has been put on new paper and retyped at a later period circa 1950's. No sign of original document this was taken from.
A collection of news articles, photos, photocopies of articles and photos collected together in a binder accounting for the history of the Boston Post Cane.


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Head of Romania medical procurement firm Unifarm indicted over bribe-for-contract deal
The head of Romanian state-owned drug and medical equipment procurement and distribution company Unifarm, Adrian Ionel, has been charged with corruption for allegedly demanding a bribe from a supplier of medical equipment needed to fight the coronavirus outbreak, Romanian prosecutors said.
Adrian Ionel has allegedly asked for a 760,000 euro ($860,000) bribe to help an unnamed company win a contract for the procurement of three million surgical masks and 250,000 medical protective suits, the Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to DNA, the director general of Unifarm met with company representatives in a restaurant in Bucharest to discuss the illicit arrangement. The company delivered one million masks which did not meet safety standards, DNA said.
Prosecutors also said that Adrian Ionel cancelled the contract when the bribe he demanded was not offered by the company.
Adrian Ionel was placed under judicial control as the investigation unfolds, DNA said.
In March, the government announced it is granting a 1.15 billion lei ($268 million/ 237 million euro) loan to Unifarm for the urgent purchase of necessary sanitary materials and equipment to quell the coronavirus epidemic.
DNA chief prosecutor Crin Bologa told a news conference last month that prosecutors were probing 33 cases of suspected corruption related to the procurement of medical equipment needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
As of Wednesday, Romania has reported 24,505 cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) including 1,539 deaths.
A report released by U.S.-based think-tank The Heritage Foundation earlier this month revealed that Romania is still struggling with high levels of corruption and abuse of power, and the inconsistency in the jurisprudence of the courts and interpretation of the laws remain major concerns.
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Award of Fellowship, and the postnominal FGAA, following successful completion of the Association's Diploma in Gemmology and an appropriate application to the Federal Council.
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Invitations to member nights featuring guest speakers on topics pertinent to gemmology and the jewellery industry.
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Now Showing at Home
By Bob Grimm
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Blu-ray)
MOVIE A
SPECIAL FEATURES C
BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.5
(OUT OF 10)
The cavalcade of Coen Brothers films coming to Blu-ray continues with this, one of their best-looking and best-sounding efforts. This is the film that cemented George Clooney's status as a major star with staying power.
The Coens did a sly take on Homer's The Odyssey, setting the film in the Deep South during the Depression, filling it with great folk music, and doing some funny variations on Homer's characters (especially John Goodman's Cyclops!).
I still love the way Clooney's prison escapee sells the lip-synch when he and his partners (Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro) do a primitive recording of "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow." The camerawork by Roger Deakins is beyond gorgeous. This may be one of the most beautifully shot films ever made.
All right ... let's get some Barton Fink Blu-ray action now. Bring on Barton Fink!
SPECIAL FEATURES: As is usually the case with Coen discs, the special features are relatively sparse. You get a short making-of doc, a music video and some storyboard comparisons.
Modern Family: The Complete Second Season
SHOW A-
SPECIAL FEATURES B-
BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.75
This one just picked up its second Emmy in a row for Outstanding Comedy Series, and also nabbed Best Supporting Actor and Actress statues for TV-couple Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen. It's nice to see these two get some recognition for their consistently hilarious work.
Big props also go out to Ed O'Neill as the crazy family's patriarch, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as TV's funniest gay couple, and Sofia Vergara as the patriarch's smokin' hot and seriously funny wife. All received Emmy nominations this year.
Plots include a nostalgic trip in an old family station wagon, a mother-daughter sick day and an earthquake ... all of which are funny.
The third season just commenced on ABC. If you haven't started watching it yet, I heartily suggest you do. It's the best TV comedy about a kooky family since Arrested Development.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted scenes, interviews and a full episode of the cast doing a table read in front of a live audience are the best features.
The Tempest (Blu-ray)
MOVIE C+
SPECIAL FEATURES B
Director Julie Taymor gives Shakespeare another go with this highly stylized riff on the Bard's "final masterpiece."
I've always thought The Tempest was one of Shakespeare's shittier works, so I was quite surprised when I found Taymor's take on the story to be almost enjoyable. She can't get beyond the total mess of a story, but she employs some interesting changes and good actors to make this one fun in spots.
Helen Mirren makes a decent Prospera. (It's changed from Prospero ... I guess the "A" makes the name a little more feminine?) Mirren can make anything sound interesting, even if it is the sound of Shakespeare spinning his wheels. I also liked Russell Brand's goofy turn as Trinculo, and Djimon Hounsou as Caliban. I was not too crazy about Felicity Jones as Miranda or Reave Carney as Prince Ferdinand. They are a bit dull as the main romantic couple.
The film got a much-deserved Oscar nomination for costume design; they really are quite delightful!
While the film does spark on occasion, and is certainly a unique take on Shakespeare, it doesn't compare to Taymor's awesome Titus, featuring my all-time-favorite Anthony Hopkins performance. Taymor took that play and made it her own, something she ultimately fails to do this time out.
This was a colossal box-office failure, making something shy of $350,000 after a budget of $20 million. I'm thinking studios are a little afraid of Taymor at the moment, especially after she flamed out as the director of the recent Spider-Man musical on Broadway. She's a talented visual artist, and I generally like her movies, so I hope she finds herself in favor again someday soon.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Cool rehearsal footage, a documentary about the making of the movie, a Taymor commentary and a commentary with Shakespeare experts to help you figure out what in the hell is going on in this thing.
Dumbo: 70th Anniversary (Blu-ray + DVD)
SPECIAL FEATURES B+
BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 8
This one is 70 years old ... wow. I still remember seeing it as a kid in the '70s. It was one of last "kid" movies I saw before my dad started letting me see stuff like Jaws and Rocky.
The story of the ostracized flying elephant is as charming as ever—and it inspired a sweet Disneyland ride.
SPECIAL FEATURES: They include a never-before-released deleted scene and song, along with loads of making-of featurettes. This is a keeper.
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The University of Auckland takes pride of place on the Symonds Street Ridge. But a few years ago, you could drive right through it and not really know it was there. And if you were a student trying to find your way around it – well, good luck with that.
We suggested to then Vice Chancellor, John Hood, that making the precinct more visible would substantially lift the brand's profile, and an intelligent signage system would seriously help people find their way around the campus. He agreed.
As part of a larger programme to reposition The University of Auckland and increase awareness of the role it plays, the issue of its physical presence melding with the rest of the city and not defining itself was a low burner. Any fix was a significant undertaking – complex and expensive – with three key facets: Branding, Wayfinding and Positioning.
As part of a programme we were engaged in to enhance the University's reputation and profile, we emphasised the importance of tackling this lingering issue with some serious branding signage to mark out its significant presence – and some more to help people find their way around the vast and convoluted campus. The Vice Chancellor looked out his office window at an immense neon sign proclaiming Otago University's presence. Our advice resonated . . .
The green light to proceed sparked a clear brand statement for the university, and claimed the territory on three distinct parts of the city: the Symonds Street ridge, the Grafton medical precinct and the outlying Tamaki campus.
The project also involved clear location signage for every facility, lecture theatre and office throughout the university, and a clear wayfinding system throughout the byzantine meandering campus.
The signage programme needed to recognise the university's architectural heritage, and extend its research-led, elevated academic market position.
The programme was broad and deep. The simplest part was claiming the territory – with large logos 'built' into the environment at key access points and geographic perimeters.
Much more complex was the location, orientation and wayfinding programme. Mapping the access points and journeys into and around the precinct needed to be considered for first time visitors, on foot or in vehicles, as well as those who knew how to get into the campus but not how to find their way around it. Much research went into establishing how people moved through the campus to then resolve how to aid them, using architectural clues, landscape clues and signage clarity. Where to place signs was as important as what they said and what they looked like.
The design solution was sophisticated and structural in order to sit as a considered part of the fabric of the university and reflect the 'ivy league' aspirations of the institution. We recreated traditional forms, suited to the sense of antiquity through much of the campus, in fresh, crisp ways using 21st century materials. Combining traditional materials such as stone with sleek anodised aluminium finishes and matt paint finishes created a sense of longevity. Using finger signs rather than solid sign boards for directional signage created a more see-through and less obstructive object, allowing for greater flexibility of messaging and breaking up long list into visually manageable clusters.
Colour was also considered with great care – the university's corporate blue and silver assisting with branding and environmental appropriateness, and a deep ruby red being reserved solely for direction components.


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#define DirectoryReader_h

#include "bindings/v8/ScriptWrappable.h"
#include "modules/filesystem/DOMFileSystem.h"
#include "modules/filesystem/DirectoryReaderBase.h"
#include "wtf/PassRefPtr.h"
#include "wtf/RefCounted.h"
#include "wtf/text/WTFString.h"

namespace WebCore {

class EntriesCallback;
class EntriesCallbacks;
class ErrorCallback;

class DirectoryReader : public DirectoryReaderBase, public ScriptWrappable {
public:
    static PassRefPtr<DirectoryReader> create(PassRefPtr<DOMFileSystemBase> fileSystem, const String& fullPath)
    {
        return adoptRef(new DirectoryReader(fileSystem, fullPath));
    }

    void readEntries(PassOwnPtr<EntriesCallback>, PassOwnPtr<ErrorCallback> = nullptr);

    DOMFileSystem* filesystem() const { return static_cast<DOMFileSystem*>(m_fileSystem.get()); }

private:
    DirectoryReader(PassRefPtr<DOMFileSystemBase>, const String& fullPath);
};

}

#endif // DirectoryReader_h


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The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 2.2.
This version has been designated as a long-term support (LTS) release, which means that security and data loss fixes will be applied for at least the next three years. It will also receive fixes for crashing bugs, major functionality bugs in newly-introduced features, and regressions from older versions of Django for the next eight months until December 2019.
HttpRequest.headers to allow simple access to a request's headers.
Watchman compatibility for runserver to improve the performance of watching a large number of files for changes.
You can get Django 2.2 from our downloads page or from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is Carlton Gibson: E17DF5C82B4F9D00.
With the release of Django 2.2, Django 2.1 has reached the end of mainstream support. The final minor bug fix release, 2.1.8, was issued today. Django 2.1 will receive security and data loss fixes until December 2019. All users are encouraged to upgrade before then to continue receiving fixes for security issues.


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Game of Thrones Recap S8-E1
Ajené Simmons
Bruh. Bruh. Bruh! The wait is finally over.
We've been waiting almost two years for season 8 of Game of Thrones and it's finally here replete with all the intrigue, violence, politics and fantasy that we love. I'm looking to recap every episode this season and give you some theories on what each episode tells us about what is to come.
Season 8 starts off hot with an updated credits sequence. We're still going around Westeros and seeing every location that will be in this week's episode but now with the updated credits we don't just fly past the locations but actually peek inside the different castles. At Winterfell we see the interior layout from the towers to the grand dining hall all the way down to the crypts and the thing that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck was them showing the stone tiles churning under the crypts as if to say we will see beneath the crypts this season. We also see the wall has come down and the ground between the wall and Last Hearth, the home of the Umbers has turned icy blue to show that the army of the dead has made it to Last Hearth. As the credits roll on we see that the icy blue is on the other side of Last Hearth as well as if to say the dead haven't just rolled up to Last Hearth but also taken over and started to move on. More on that later…
The episode formally starts with a young boy running through the woods and along the road of Wintertown just outside of Winterfell trying to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. We see Queen Daenerys and Jon Snow on horseback riding side by side along with the Unsullied and all of team Dany marching towards Winterfell. The Hound, Jorah Mormont, Missandei and Grey Worm, Tyrion and Varys. Gang gang! It's a callback to Bran climbing the battlements to see King Robert's approaching in the first episode of the series.
We see many other northerners on the side of the road and they don't look happy to see a Targaryen queen and her army in the north. Dany looks a little shaken by the lack of love for a moment until her two dragons do a flyover and scare the shit out of half the crowd. She's reminded of who she is and quickly regains her composure. Arya is in the crowd along the road instead of waiting with the other lords and ladies at Winterfell and we see her expression as she sees Jon, (joy) The Hound, (trepidation) and Gendry (lust????)
We get inside the walls of Winterfell for the introduction of Sansa and Daenerys. Dany is very warm and gracious and is all smiles but Sansa is obviously not pleased that Jon has bent the knee. Nonetheless she does tell Daenerys "Winterfell is yours, your grace." Sansa's greeting is as cold as Old Nan's tits and the new Queen is not here for it. This frosty relationship will need to warm up quickly because we have bigger fish to fry. Bran says as much during the introductions telling everyone "we don't have time for this!" Hopefully, they heed his words.
Jon Snow rode a fucking dragon!… And right before that Jon got on Rhaegal while Dany mounted Drogon and they all flew to a secluded spot in the north so that the dragons could find some food.
Gendry was hard at work making weapons out of dragonglass at the Winterfell forge when the Hound shows up and picks up an order. He likes to give Gendry a hard time whenever they speak. Arya pops up from behind the Hound scolds him about teasing Gendry. We get the long awaited Hound-Arya reunion and it's very respectful. They wil be fighting alongside each other some time soon. Then the Hound walks off and Arya's knickers seem to get positively moist while she talks to Gendry about making her a customized weapon. The feeling is obviously mutual as they cautiously feel each other out. Maybe Gendry will need to see Ser Davos about some of that fermented crab before the show is over.
Sansa questions Jon about why he bent the knee. Jon tells her he doesn't care about anything except protecting the north. Sansa asks if he bent the knee because Dany is a good queen or because he is in love?
Down in King's Landing Euron Greyjoy and Queen Cersei meet in the throne room to confirm delivery of the Golden Company and their 20,000 men– but sadly no elephants. He starts spitting his Iron Islands game and she gives back her cold Cersei vibe and then rolls her eyes and starts to exit the throne room. Strangely though she pauses and allows Euron to follow her to her chambers. After they finish boning she tells him to kick rocks so she can drink wine alone. It all seems like a plot by Cersei. She's drinking wine right after she and Euron finish even though she told us last season that she was pregnant. She had relations with Euron moments after telling him that if he wanted some booty he needed to buy a whore. In that moment when she was getting ready to leave Euron standing in the throne room there was a look between Cersei and Qyburn right before Cersei allows Euron to follow her to her chambers… perhaps they are setting Euron up to make him think he's a father-to-be to ensure his loyalty or perhaps they are just using his lust to make him personally vulnerable. Either way my favorite pirate Euron is going to get played…
…And to underscore that point the very next scene is Theon sneaking on board Euron's ship with his team of Ironborn to free his sister Yara who Euron kidnapped last season. They kill a few guards and Theon frees Yara who is tied up. As she stands up Yara headbutts the shit out of Theon's punk ass for letting her get captured in the first place! She forgives him though and helps him up but Yara has had enough of this political nonsense and she's going home to the Iron Islands. Queen Dany can retreat there if things don't go well in the North, she theorizes. Theon has other plans. He wants to go to Winterfell and join the fight. The Theon redemption tour continues.
Back at Winterfell Dany goes to thank Samwell Tarly for saving Ser Jorah's life. This is another greet first meeting of key characters. Sam jokes that he may need a pardon for stealing books from the Citadel and stealing a sword from his father Randall Tarly. The wheels turn and Dany realizes she has flambeed the father of someone who has helped her immensely. Dany quickly tells him that she executed his father which Sam handles pretty well, until he hears that his brother was also executed. Sam breaks down and needs to be excused. This is a tough scene but the way she told him was key: she wasn't cruel and she didn't brag. There are a lot of Mad Queen/Dany has become too cruel theories out there but I'm not on board. She took responsibility. She may be callous in the field but she's not personally cruel. She doesn't relish in killing anyone but she doesn't shy away from making tough decisions either. Nobody is going to be right all the time, but I think noting her temperament is key.
Samwell is deeply hurt by the news and is still reeling moments later when he sees Jon for the first time and per Bran's recommendation tells Jon of his true parentage.
Yes, Jon knows he is Aegon Targaryen, sixth of his name. he knows he is the trueborn son of Rhaegar Targareyan and Lyanna Stark and he is rocked by this information but there was something about the way he accepted the news that made it seems like he wasn't completely blown away. He questions why Ned lied to him and his next reaction is what this news will do to Dany.
"Daenerys is our queen," he says. "This is treason!"
"She shouldn't be" is Sam's immediate response.
Sam wants Jon to claim the throne. Sam's first meeting with the queen has given him reason to believe Dany doesn't have the requisite vision or compassion to lead the world. Sam has seen Jon first give his life and later give up the northern crown to save the people he cares about. Sam asks a great question: would Dany give up the crown to save the people she loves? Now even a Dany defender like me was put on pause by that question.
We see that our favorite bear-fucking redheaded wildling Tormund is still alive. He managed to make it to Last Hearth, the home of the Umbers in the north after being on the scene when the Night King burned down the wall with his undead dragon. Unfortunately, the army of the dead has beaten them there and taken all of the dead that they wanted and continued on (as per the credits!) Poor little Lord Umber's body has been pegged to the wall with a spear or sword surrounded by the dismembered arms of a bunch of other corpses.
After Tormund, Beric and Lord Commander Edd run into each other at this ghastly scene we see little Lord Umber's eyes open blue and the body comes back to life. Beric uses his flaming sword to re-kill the body. The body and the arms are that same spiral symbol that we've seen multiple times in the show but this time with an undead body in the center. It's reminiscent of the vision that Bran has of when the Night King was created. They showed him tied to a tree and he gets stabbed through the heart with dragon glass and when they pan out the trees surrounding him fan out into a spiral. After Beric re-kills little Lord Umber the flame fans out and light up the dismembered arms in the spiral and what we see looks a lot like the sigil for House Targaryen.
Now this may be a spoiler or it may be Dothraki horseshit but I think it's a warning that the Night King's true target is the baby that Jon and Dany are going to have. We don't even know that she's pregnant yet but that's definitely happening and maybe the Night King's true target is that baby.
One of the central questions of this season is the Night King's motives. Death, for certain, but it's not that simple. We've seen him leave people alive multiple times. He could have killed Jon Snow and his whole team at the frozen lake in season 7 but his real target was the dragon. He had those spears waiting for a reason.
We know he can see Bran the way Bran sees everyone else so he can plan and strategize on a different level. He also left Craster (Gilly's father) alive and safe in exchange for Craster giving the Night King his sons so we know he is willing to make deals and not just murder wantonly. The Night King has a specific goal that he's been building towards and killing Jon Snow hasn't been it so far. It would make sense that it's a character that he hasn't met yet and that flaming Targaryen symbol doesn't feel coincidental. The show that took two years to come back and only has six episodes left doesn't have time for cute coincidences.
Finally, we see Jaime Lannister show up at Winterfell, unshaven, hooded, traveling very humbly. And we see Jaime's face turn to shock as an expressionless Bran is sitting there in his wheelchair waiting to greet him.
Jamie pushing Bran out of the tower window is what set the events of the story in motion is season 1. The War of the Five Kings and Ned Stark being killed and later Robb and Catelyn Stark. Bran being paralyzed, Rickon later dying. Arya being forced to flee King's Landing, everything that happened to Sansa at the hands of Joffrey and (even worse) Ramsay could be traced back to Jamie and that's not even talking about the fact that Jamie killed Daenerys' father and forced her and her brother to flee to Essos. Jamie could be in hot water from everyone at Winterfell except for the fact that Bran has no time for personal agendas and he always sees the bigger picture. Expect Jamie to be allowed to join Team Winterfell with Bran and Brienne vouching for him.
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10 Easter Eggs of Segregation in Lovecraft Country Episode 1
We're all familiar with movies hiding easter eggs throughout their films sending winks and nods to pop-culture references. Sometimes it will be a tip-of-the-cap to an author, actor, or creator. Sometimes it is paying homage to an inspiring series, book, or film that's near and dear to the director's heart. This week I've seen a first. A T.V. series that has several easter eggs depicting segregation and oppression that only eagle-eyed aficionado's of the black struggle might have caught on to.
Lovecraft Country is littered with important details that would fly over many people's heads, and as I watched it again, I caught more nods to the true oppression of many African-Americans during the post-World War II era.
As a film buff, nothing makes me happier than watching a review, breakdown, or hidden easter egg video on a TV show I enjoy. Yesterday I did the same with Lovecraft Country, and while many of the melanin-deficient reviewers on youtube touched on the themes of literature, horror, and fantasy, many understandably missed some of the most important historical references.
Here are 10 Easter Eggs of Segregation in Lovecraft Country Episode 1.
1. H.P. Lovecraft's little poem.
While we all know H.P. Lovecraft as an innovator of modern horror, fiction, and fantasy in literature, many people (including myself) didn't know about a poem he wrote that spoke horribly about African Americans. Lovecraft Country alludes to the poem, but never recites it. Once they mentioned the title, I went straight to my Google Search. Below is the poem called: On the Creation of N*****s (1912)
When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th'Olympian host conceived a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a N****r.
I'm sure Jackie Robinson beating the S**T out of Cthulhu at the beginning of the episode was a collective middle finger from the black community to Mr. Lovecraft.
2. Seating for Black People
Scene from episode 1
Actual photo of a segregated bus
While this may not come as a surprise to many of you, a lot of people are ignorant to the fact that, yes, black people were made to sit in the back of the bus. Many know the story of Rosa Parks' defining moment, but for decades this was the way of life for black people. Where insult to injury is predicated in the show is when the bus breaks down and the bus driver gets a local pick-up truck driver to ride the stranded passengers into the city. Immediately in the next scene, the only two black passengers were seen walking down the road into Chicago.
3. Propaganda for the Negro Soldier
In Lovecraft Country, the above poster is not shown in this episode, but instead, it's a black soldier telling other young black men that if they enlist, they can see the world. While Atticus walks by the soldier, there's a glance of recognition as if Atticus was once one of those impressionable young men, and he knows their being lied to. Black men had to be enticed to enlist by different methods than whites because it was hard to show patriotism to a country that still to that day had kept them oppressed. So, they would show a poster of Joe Louis joining the fight…why don't you? Get to see the world! Little did they know seeing the world would involve PTSD, death, and despair.
4. The Negro Motorist Greenbook
Scene from episode 1 depiction of the Green-Book
Actual Green-Book
The synopsis according to IMDB.com is: "Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Black as he joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father." While this is true, it's not the whole story. Why are they embarking on this trip? It's to help update what many people may know as, The Negro Motorist Greenbook. Yup, just like the movie, The Greenbook. If you don't know, this book was originated by Victor Hugo Green as a travel bible for African Americans. It provided details of safe roads to travel, places for food, repairs, and lodging where they wouldn't be turned away or even worse, assaulted.
5. James Baldwin's monologue on racial divide
During one of the scenes in Lovecraft Country, we see a montage of our protagonist's road trip. In the montage we see different moments where they face discrimination, others facing discrimination, and the hardships of ignorant people with all the privilege in the world monopolizing on their entitlements. Usually, during movie montages, a composer would play a score to envoke emotions during the collection of scenes. Lovecraft Country went in a different direction. Instead, they played the monologue of James Baldwin's renowned speech at Cambridge University where he debated with William Buckley on the subject of the United States racial divide. James Baldwin was a brilliant playwright, novelist, speaker, and activist that eloquently described the plight of the black man as it still stands today. Merged with the scenes during the montage, it speaks volumes about the state of America.
6. Ice Cream stand Scene
Gordon Sparks photograph
In one of the scenes in the montage, we see a black man and his children waiting at an ice cream stand for service. Right over them is a sign that says "colored" and on the other side of the stand is a group of white people with ice cream being tended to by the servers. This scene looked extremely familiar to me. When I did some research, I realized this scene was based on a famous photograph by Gordon Parks, photographer and journalist who well-documented scenes of the segregation and civil rights era. Years ago I saw his work in its full brilliant quality at the High Museum in Atlanta. The color and detail brought a realism that a black-and-white photo could never do. It made this a real thing.
7. Mother and daughter under the neon sign
Actual photo
This scene once again pays homage to another photograph by Gordon Parks. A mother and her daughter dressed elegantly as if they were going to church, standing under a large neon sign that says 'Colored Entrance'.
8. The billboard across from the gas station
Advertisement the billboard is based on
While Atticus and company are at a gas station filling up their car, they are approached by a gas station attendant pretending to be a gorilla to mock them. Leticia holds Atticus back from approaching the man as the attendant intensifies his ignorant behavior and she forces Atticus into the car. As they pull off, you can see a Billboard for Aunt Jemima in the background. Aunt Jemima has always been a misrepresentation of black culture through the lens of the white man and advertised to his fellow man as the overall perception of black people. The image of Aunt Jemima is a source reflection of the learned behavior of the gas station attendant.
9. Sundown towns
Two years ago was the first time I've ever heard of a Sundown Town. No, not through a history book, but as a warning about staying too late in a little town in Texas that exists today! If I didn't hear about this first hand, I would've thought it was a theme of the past, but no. There are currently county's that do not condemn the abuse of black people once the sun goes down! While the billboard here might be a relic from the past, Sundown Towns are definitely alive and well across America!
10. White walls
Not only is this one telling, but it also holds all kinds of subliminal messages. While the group finds a Green book safe haven for dining called Lydia's, they are surprised to find the restaurant is now called, Simmonsville Dinette. Still, they walk in and are greeted by unwelcoming faces. While the server goes to the back for what seems like their coffee orders, Atticus realizes that the walls are painted white. He asks his uncle to remind him why the white house was white. His uncle tells him about the war of 1812 when British soldiers torched it and when slaves were tasked to rebuild it, they had to paint it white to cover up the burn marks. This tells us two things. Lydia's restaurant was burnt down and rebuilt by trespassers (obviously for being a safe haven for blacks in this all-white town) and the blackness of this restaurant was erased and covered up by the 'white' paint. My goodness, I could go on and on about this one!
I was expecting this series to be littered with easter eggs, but knowing they have incorporated easter eggs specifically about the black movement and struggles has me fired up to see what else is in store for these characters. Did you see any easter eggs that I missed? Comment and let me know.
AMAZON'S "CARNIVAL ROW"
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Just three episodes in and Carnival Row has me hooked and mesmerized by the sheer amount of work Amazon Studios has put into making and building a world set in a Victorian fantasy wonderland. It may feel familiar and even remind you of majestic scales seen in Harry Potter or even The Lord of the Rings but make no mistake this series stands on its own and will be the model other similar fantasy tales are told.
Amazon studios really delivered an amazingly realistic looking world!
You also get hints of Sherlock Holmes from the many British actors the show puts on display. This world not only houses humans but it also features Fauns aka Critch or Puck. Which are humans with horns attached to their heads and goat legs for…. well legs of course. The second tier of creatures are the Fae who resemble humans at first glance but instead have wings on their backs. They are a non-violent group who fled their homeland from outside invaders. They're also called Pix. The last group of other worldly beings are called the Pact, who are no friends to the Fae. I hesitate to enter spoiler territory as the reveal of what these creatures are can be seen early in the series.
The story is essentially a civil war among three groups of people and conflicts with the overpowering government in place. Mix that with the ongoing tensions of humans and creatures attempting to live in "harmony" in one land and you have yourself an amazing story relevant to our current state of disarray in this country.
Leading the cast are actors Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne who wonderfully steer this complex interweaving beautiful fantasy world in the right direction, each playing characters opposite of each other but also having their own past backstory of fighting together in a war as well as a blossoming romance between them. Enough so to make their current situation even that more appealing and engaging.
If that's not enough there is a serial killer prowling about the city disfiguring their prey in a grotesque inhumane fashion. Another character worth mentioning is the actual city where most of the story takes place which is called the Burge. The city is brimming with life and cracks of danger lurking in each corner. Just the lighting alone from street lamps illuminating light in the dark noir city alley ways instantly puts you in that time period, not to mention the costume details of key characters. Amazon studios really delivered an amazingly realistic looking world. All worth investing your time and attention in to.
Delving into anything thought provoking and relevant to our current times, with a touch of sci fi and tech to keep the needle on the beat.
THE BEST PLAYER IN BASEBALL
It's a Friday night and i'm finishing up some work waiting for a friend. So I click over to the Angels Seattle game and the first thing I see is the entire Angels team adorning the number 45, the number worn by their fallen teammate Tyler Skaggs who died of unknown circumstances. However there was something else that I came to realize while watching. Mike Trout really is one of the best baseball players i've ever seen!
The man delivers something productive practically every time I see him play. Whether i'm watching at the stadium, in an airport or at home. He'll surely be diving in centerfield to rob a hit, stealing a base to get in scoring position or driving himself in with a 400 foot home run. His impact is beyond REAL!
If you haven't seen him play, I suggest you catch it while you can. This level of excellence doesn't come too often and you wouldn't want to regret missing it. Let's put it this way, Mike Trout signed a 12 year contract for…wait for it….$426.5 Million dollars plus a 20 million dollar bonus. And guess what? He's not overpaid! The dude is really that good.
Mike Trout really is one of the best baseball players i've ever seen!
If you don't believe me, just peep the stats. Coming into his 9th year in the league, the former rookie of the year, 2 time MVP (finished second 4 times) and 8 time all-star has been averaging 38 home runs, 101 rbi's and a batting average of .306 per season. This is a Lebron in a lifetime type of talent with a lot more in the tank to go.
It may come as a surprise to the casual sports fan since Mike isn't in every other commercial like most superstar athletes. But to baseball aficionados out there, this isn't really a revelation at all. They're just praying the Angels get some more talent around him to showcase those skills to the world or just trade him to the Yankees. I'm pretty sure New York can find a way to make some room for him.


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Alvaro Morata agrees to join Manchester United
Deal agreed between Manchester United and Real Madrid. Striker Alvaro Morata has agreed to join Premier League giants Manchester United, according to Daily Telegraph.
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Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata has agreed to join Premier League giants Manchester United, according to Daily Telegraph.
Manchester United are set to complete the signing of Morata from Real Madrid as a replacement of Zlatan Ibrahimovic who has been released by the club.
Also Read: Arsene Wenger meets President to conclude striker deal
Ibrahimovic spent one year at Old Trafford and helped the sides to win League Cup and Europa League but the United's officials believe that they do not require his services further.
Morata who has been in link with a move to Premier League several times over the past few years is finally set to seal the deal.
Arsenal were strongly interested in the Spaniard but with no Champions League football next season they failed to attract big names.
Morata scored 20 goals in 43 appearances plus lifted La Liga and Champions League trophies for Real Madrid in the recent season.
Morata's agent has confirmed that the deal between the player and club has been agreed but both the clubs will soon settle on a transfer fee. Man United have splashed money in the past, they would not hesitate to splash again.
The 24-year-old is eyeing for a regular spot at Manchester United which will help him to get an important role for Spain in next year's World Cup.
Romelu Lukaku was also linked with the club but he is expected to complete his move to his former club Chelsea.
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