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It's the day after the night and before the day in St. Louis. That means two things. First, we had the off-day press conferences. Second, two other elite eight games are happening. I'm writing this one as the Ohio St-Memphis game is starting. I'm not sure I have enough alcohol in my veins to watch the Buckeyes, although you might think otherwise after reading that first sentence. It could be the heat. I underpacked. It's 125 degrees in St. Louis today (with the wind chill) and I have nothing but long sleeves.
This is a pretty Oregon-heavy note because their guys had more interesting things to say...
Oregon is five years removed from its previous Elite Eight appearance, when the Ducks lost to Kansas. Ernie Kent was asked about what he's done differently this time. He said, "I think the biggest thing was to rest this team and let them get re-energized. If I can get their energy back and get them to where they play at a high level that way, usually we're pretty good.
Tajuan Porter got a lot of attention after his 33 points last night. Porter got off to a hot start this year with 103 points in his first three games before tailing off. When asked about that, he said, "I couldn't score 30 every night. I'm just a freshman." I guess he's never heard of Kevin Durant.
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When asked if he learned anything about playing Florida from Butler and Purdue, which are similar to the Ducks in size, if not style, Kent said, "We learned some things from how they defended in those games, but offensively we're not a team that's going to run clock on you at all."
The Florida press conference was interesting not so much because of what the players said, but what they did. Al Horford was attacked by the curtain he had to walk through to go up the stairs to the interview table. Joakim Noah and Taurean Green had an on-and-off conversation going on. Corey Brewer and Horford kept nodding their heads to questions being asked of coach Billy Donovan or to his responses. I don't think either one of them realized they were doing it or that the other was, but their reactions were always the same.
Donovan thought there were few similarities among Oregon, Butler and Purdue. The only one he could come up with was that both Butler and Oregon are good three-point shooting teams.
Noah talked about one of the team's strengths being not getting too far ahead of itself. "You can't think, 'Oh, one more win and we're in the Final Four.' We don't take anything for granted. We're just playing this game."
I think tomorrow's game will come down to Oregon's ability to get shots off and hit them. Getting into a bit of a running game is OK because if Florida is playing fast, they may not take advantage of their size inside. However, if Florida is playing a lot in transition, it means that Oregon is probably missing too many shots.
Oregon is also going to have to do a good job rebounding, especially on the defensive end of the floor. Vegas had 19 offensive rebounds last night, and Florida is bigger, stronger and faster than the Rebels. If the Gators put up that kind of number, the Ducks will be in the soup.
I like Florida in this one. They do a very good job defending what Oregon does best, which is shoot the three and I don't think the Ducks can keep Florida off the glass. Oregon can win - the Ducks are better than either Butler or Purdue - but Florida will elevate its game and cut down the nets.
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When the code is executed or exported this whole chunk of code gets wrapped in an async function so when that happens there is no error.
I need to be able to customize Monaco to remove this error because it doesn't make sense in this context.
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A: I've solved this problem myself by building a Monaco Editor package from code.
I started by forking Tim Kendrick's repo for packaging Monaco Editor: https://github.com/timkendrick/monaco-editor
I then cloned this using git's --recurse option so that I could also clone all the Monaco submodule repos.
I was then able to run Tim Kendrick's build process to package Monaco for use in my React app.
Finally I was able to remove the error message from Monaco's code and rebundle it for inclusion in my app.
It wasn't able to be configured in the way I hoped, but at least I was able to modify the code.

A: I have a new answer to this question.
Tim Kendrick's package for Monaco Editor is based on Monaco code that is over a year old. So I was looking to build directly from the vscode repo.
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Specifičnost islama je u tome što između Alaha i vjernika nema posrednika prilikom molitve – namaza, koga vjernici smatraju svojim "razgovorom s Bogom".  Ono što je vjernicima znano o Alahu sažeto je u njegovim svojstvima – sifatima i u 99 Alahovih imena.

Etimologija
Ime Allah je izvedeno iz arapskog al-ilah, što znači "Bog", da bi dodavanjem određenog člana "el" dobilo oblik "Allah", u značenju "jedan jedini bog". Zanimljivo za spomenuti da se ime "Allah" ne može mijenjati u rodu ili broju. Kršćani arapskog govornog područja također koriste ovo ime i njim nazivaju kršćanskog boga. Osim ovoga imena, islamski bog ima još 98 imena (atributa).

Alahova svojstva – sifati
Alah ima svoja svojstva – sifate, koja prema vjerovanju muslimana pomažu vjernicima da spoznaju Boga u potrebnoj mjeri. U islamu se smatra da svako dublje nastojanje da se Alah spozna može postati grijehom. Također se smatra da će oni koji zasluže Džennet (raj) moći će vidjeti Alaha, tako da će u potpunosti spoznati prirodu Boga u kog su vjerovali. Alahovih svojstava ima 14, a dijele se u dvije skupine:
 svojstva Alahova bića – sifati subutijjeh
 svojstva Alahova savršenstva – sifati zatijjeh.
Svojstva Alahova bića su:
 Alah ima i postoji – vujjud
 Alah je Jedan – wahdaniyyet
 Alah je oduvijek, jer nije postao – qidem
 Alah je zauvijek, jer ga neće nestati – beqa
 Alah ničemu nije sličan – muhalefetun-lil-havadisi
 Alah Sam po Sebi opstoji – qijamun bi nefsihi.
Svojstva Alahova savršenstva su:
 Alah živi Svojim vječnim životom – hayat
 Alah sve zna – ilm Alah sve čuje – sem
 Alah sve vidi – besar
 Alah sve Svojom voljom čini – iradet
 Alah je Svemoćan – kudret
 Alah govori Svojim božanskim govorom – kelam
 Alah sve stvara, održava i rastvara – tekvin.
O Alahovim svojstvima najsažetije govori Kur'anska sura "El-Ihlas" – "Iskrenost", čiji prijevod na hrvatski glasi:
 Reci: Allah je Jedan.
 On je utočište svemu.
 Nije rodio i rođen nije, i nitko Mu ravan nije.
Određene Allahove karakteristike je u svojim propovijedima iznio i Prorok Muhamed.

Frazeologija
U islamu se koristi veliki broj fraza vezanih uz Alaha, poglavito radi iskazivanja poštovanja i zahvalnosti prema Njemu:
 La ilahe illallah (Nema Boga osim Alaha!)
 Allahu ekber (الله أكبر) (Alah je Najveći! – fraza koja je dosta u uporabi prilikom molitve – namaza)
 Bismillah (بسم الله ) (U Ime Alaha! – najčešća fraza)
 Inshaallah (إن شاء الله) (Ako Bog/Alah da!)
 Mashaallah (ما شاء الله) (Alah je uslišio!)
 Subhanallah (سبحان الله) (Neka je slava Alahu!)
 Elhamdu lillah (الحمد لله) (Velika hvala Alahu!)
 Allahu 'alim (الله أعلم) (Alah sve zna!)

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The Gilbert Spirit Fund was created to honor the 32 years of service of Rev. Richard and Joyce Gilbert to our church and community. Rev. Richard Gilbert served as Parish Minister of the First Unitarian Church from 1970 to 2002, and Joyce Gilbert, his wife, was very active in the church, especially in the field of music. Both of the Gilberts were deeply involved in the betterment of society beyond the walls of the First Unitarian Church.
The Gilbert Spirit Fund will lend support to programs/projects that reflect the special interests of Richard and/or Joyce Gilbert, giving preference to fresh ventures and new initiatives with existing endeavors. The funded programs/projects will:
Contribute to social or economic justice; or
Promote art and music as integral parts of a responsible search for meaning in life; or
Build or revitalize partnerships that support the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
Groups receiving funds must be nonpartisan and not-for-profit with 501(c)(3) status. Preference will be given to programs/projects that involve fresh ventures or new initiatives within existing programs, particularly those of a nature that other funding sources may consider too daring to support. Requested funds are not to be used for ongoing administrative expenses.
While the organization requesting funds must be outside the walls of our church, those that involve the interest and support of a significant number of First Unitarian congregants of all ages are particularly sought. The goals of the funded programs/projects must be specific, measurable, achievable, and congruent with the interests, commitments, and vision of Joyce and/or Richard Gilbert and with Unitarian Universalist values.
Requests for approximately $500-5,000 will be considered. The fund will make at least one substantial award annually to an endeavor that fulfills the criteria outlined above, giving preference to ventures that engage a significant number of First Unitarian Church congregants of all ages.
Each organization receiving funding is asked to complete an evaluation report and forward it to the Gilbert Spirit Fund Awards Panel no later than February 1 of the year immediately following receipt of funding. Grant recipients are asked to announce receipt of the grant or implementation of the funded program/project through their internal publications as well as appropriate news media. These announcements should indicate prominently the Gilbert Spirit Fund's participation in providing the funding. Copies of the announcements should be included with the evaluation report documenting completion of the program/project.
The fund was chartered in December 2001 and made its first awards in June 2002. We will post the new application form by the October prior to the Feb 1 deadline.
SHARING THE PLATE
THE GREATER GOOD PROJECT
Organizations receiving funds must be nonpartisan and not-for-profit.
Proposals will be considered if they meet the criteria of the Gilbert Spirit Fund. Specifically, proposed programs/projects must: contribute to social or economic justice; or promote art and music as integral parts of a responsible search for meaning in life; or build or revitalize partnerships that support the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
Materials required to be submitted
NEW THIS YEAR: Applications will only be accepted online. (Applications are now closed)
A budget for the organization for the current year;
A budget for the proposed program/project for which funding is sought;
The organization's financial statement for the preceding year;
The organization's latest annual report, if one is available; and
A copy of the organization's 501(c)(3) approval letter.
Each selected organization will receive an evaluation form to be completed and returned eleven months after acceptance of the funds. Copies of announcements, news releases and/or feature articles about the program/project that appear in local newspapers and newsletters should be included with the completed evaluation form.
The recent grants have ranged from $200 to $5000.
Contact Christine Gordon, chair.


Musical fare from Haydn and Brahms to Dvorak and Handel is currently taking place around the Vale as Music in Quiet Places has returned for an 18th season.
Churches host the concerts directed by internationally renowned musician and conductor Robert Secret, as audiences enjoy a series of peaceful melodies to herald the start of summer.
And prior to each concert there is a walk around the village led by a local historian, with refreshments served at many of the locations.
The concerts are already in full swing, but still to come are the following.
Wonderful Schubert Masterpiece will be at the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Waddesdon on Saturday May 28. With clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass, the programme will include Schubert's Octet in F major D.803.
The local ticket agent is Ben Hignell on 01296 655202.
Golden Music from the Baroque is at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Mursley on Saturday June 18.
With violin, viola, cello and harpsichord the progamme will include Purcell's Golden Sonata and music by Handel, Bach and Corelli.
The local ticket agent is Margaret Dowding on 01296 720016.
Mr Secret has studied at the Royal Academy of Music and in Holland and Switzerland.
He has worked with the English Chamber Orchestra and performed before Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
All concerts start at 7.30pm, all guided walks start from the relevant church at 6.30pm.
Tickets cost £12, concessions £10 and are available from the local ticket agent and can also be bought at the door on the evening of the concert. Further information from 01296 585301.


The closure of the C13 road through Melbury Abbas will be extended until the end of May.
ThisIsAlfred spoke with Andrew Brown, Project Engineer with Dorset County Council's Highway Improvement Team. He said that the job has been, 'A bit harder than anticipated'. He explained why and promises that ratepayers won't foot the bill.
The C13 was shut to through traffic at the start of January. That was to allow workers to install technology to tackle the traffic tailbacks, caused when large vehicles get stuck in the narrow village. A new layby for HGVs is being built in the centre of the village with a vehicle-activated sign adjacent to it. That will advise northbound drivers of large vehicles that other large lorries are heading through, going south.
The work should have been finished at the end of this month and Andrew Brown accepts that this delay will add to the overall project costs. "We haven't worked out exactly how much, but time costs money," he said.
Many of us have noticed the steep hike in council tax payments, required by the new Dorset Council that takes over in April. Andrew says that the extended works won't be reflected in our local bills. "The whole works on the A350 and the C13, including the gateway signing and the resurfacing on the A350 last year, all came from a Department of Transport grant for local highway schemes. It was the route strategy between Shaftesbury and Blandford. There is no impact on the council taxpayer. The money comes from central government," Andrew said.
A £2.4 million grant was provided for that works programme. So why is the job going to take longer? "The ground has been a lot harder to dig than we anticipated. In some cases we have encountered rock quite close to the road surface, so the guys digging the trench and putting the ducting in have found it's taken longer," Andrew explained.
He says news of the extension of the closure has received a mixed reaction from locals. "In the main, everybody has been fine with the road closure and they have managed to work their lives around it – to get deliveries, to get to the shops or whatever else. People have been really cooperative and really good about working out which direction to travel when they come out of their property. The road closure has worked very well. We've been monitoring the situation in the area," he said.
Despite all the digging, Andrew says workers have not uncovered any items of note. "We haven't found any Roman coins are anything like that," he said.


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Afrykański Narodowy Związek Zimbabwe – Front Patriotyczny (ang. Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, ZANU-PF) – zimbabweńska lewicowa partia polityczna, rządząca w kraju nieprzerwanie od 1987 roku.

Historia
Partia założona została z połączenia rządzącego ugrupowania Afrykański Narodowy Związek Zimbabwe i opozycyjnej partii Afrykański Ludowy Związek Zimbabwe do którego doszło w grudniu 1987 roku. Partia przyjęła orientację marksistowską, głosiła konieczność wprowadzenia systemu monopartyjnego i afrykanizacji. W 1991 roku przeprowadziła transformację ideologiczną, zrezygnowała z części lewicowych haseł i zaakceptowała system wielopartyjny.

Obecnie najważniejszą partią opozycyjną wobec ZANU-PF jest Ruch na rzecz Demokratycznej Zmiany. W wyborach parlamentarnych w 2005 roku partia zdobyła 59,6% głosów w wyborach powszechnych i 78 ze 120 miejsc w izbie niższej i 43 z 50 miejsc w senacie. W wyborach parlamentarnych w 2008 roku, ZANU-PF po raz pierwszy w historii utraciła większość w parlamencie. Z kolei w wyborach pięć lat później, partia uzyskała aż 159 na 210 wybieranych miejsc w Izbie Zgromadzenia.

Pod względem ideowym odwołuje się obecnie do panafrykanizmu, wyraża sprzeciw wobec imperializmu i kolonializmu.

W latach 1975–2017 (do 1987 roku jako przewodniczący ZANU) na czele ugrupowania stał wieloletni prezydent Robert Mugabe, od 19 listopada 2017 Emmerson Mnangagwa pełni funkcję przewodniczącego.

Przypisy

Partie i ugrupowania w Zimbabwe


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Q: Spring Boot Service 404 error Java consuming a service I'am trying to consume a service but i got the next error when a try to consume the services but spring no give any error only the web console, am not sure where is the problem are, before a had a cors origins  problem but i fixed in my config file that it's bellow.
zone-evergreen.js:2845 GET http://localhost:8080/api/book-list 404

core.js:4442 ERROR HttpErrorResponse {headers: HttpHeaders, status: 404, statusText: "OK", url: "http://localhost:8080/api/book-list", ok: false, …}

My Controller:
@RestController
@CrossOrigin(origins="http://localhost:4200")
@RequestMapping(value="/api")
public class Controller {
    @Autowired
    private BookService bookservice;
    @PostMapping("save-book")
    public boolean SaveBook(@RequestBody Book book) {
         return bookservice.SaveBook(book);
    }
    @GetMapping("book-list")
    public List<Book> AllBooks() {
         return bookservice.GetBooks();
    }
    @DeleteMapping("delete-book/{Id}")
    public boolean DeleteBook(@PathVariable("Id") int Id,Book book) {
        book.SetBookId(Id);
        return bookservice.DeleteBooks(book);
    }
    @GetMapping("book/{Id}")
    public List<Book> AllBooksById(@PathVariable("Id") int Id,Book book) {
         book.SetBookId(Id);
         return bookservice.GetBookByID(book);
    }
    @PostMapping("update-book/{Id}")
    public boolean UpdateBook(@RequestBody Book book,@PathVariable("Id") int Id) {
        book.SetBookId(Id);
        return bookservice.UpdateBook(book);
    }
}

service.ts:
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { HttpEvent, HttpHandler, HttpInterceptor, HttpRequest } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class BookService {
  private baseUrl = 'http://localhost:8080/api/';
  constructor(private http:HttpClient) { }
  GetBookList(): Observable<any> {
    return this.http.get(`${this.baseUrl}`+'book-list');
  }
  CreateBook(student: object): Observable<object> {
    return this.http.post(`${this.baseUrl}`+'save-book', student);
  }
  DeleteBook(id: number): Observable<any> {
    return this.http.delete(`${this.baseUrl}/delete-book/${id}`, { responseType: 'text' });
  }
  GetBook(id: number): Observable<Object> {
    return this.http.get(`${this.baseUrl}/book/${id}`);
  }
  UpdateBook(id: number, value: any): Observable<Object> {
    return this.http.post(`${this.baseUrl}/update-book/${id}`, value);
  }
}

My cors config file. I think that the problem is here but i'm not sure:
@SpringBootApplication
@Configuration
@EnableAutoConfiguration(
exclude = {DataSourceAutoConfiguration.class, HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class})
@EnableWebMvc
public class BookAplication implements WebMvcConfigurer {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(BookAplication.class, args);
    }
    @Bean
    public WebMvcConfigurer corsConfigurer() {
        return new WebMvcConfigurerAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void addCorsMappings(CorsRegistry registry) {
                registry.addMapping("/**").allowedOrigins("http://localhost:4200");
            }
        };
    }
    @Override
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
        registry.addResourceHandler("/api/**")
          .addResourceLocations("/api/");
    }
}

What is the problem?


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Thailand's Junta Pushes China's Belt and Road Initiative Despite Differing Visions
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BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha's appearance and welcome at the second Belt and Road Initiative forum that ended in Beijing on Saturday suggests a warming of Sino-Thai relations, but questions remain over whether the two sides can achieve the connectivity they have so keenly emphasized.
Two years ago at the first BRI forum, Beijing snubbed the Thai prime minister due to frustration over delays to the high-speed rail line that China envisages will one day run between its southwest and Singapore. The signing at the forum of a Memorandum of Cooperation between Thailand, Laos and China, aiming to hasten construction of the HSR line between Nong Khai in northeast Thailand and Vientiane in Laos, augurs progress.
Construction on Thailand's section of the HSR line has been repeatedly delayed because of disagreements over the terms of a related loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, disputes over land rights and concerns over the project's commercial viability.
Prayut on Friday told Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang that he would accelerate construction of the Thai section of the railway to meet a notional 2023 completion date.
For Prayut, the trip also served to assure Chinese President Xi Jinping that his government remains firmly in place, despite lingering uncertainty over the results of Thailand's general elections in March.
But even if Prayuth himself does not stay as prime minister, the government is legally bound to abide by the country's 20-year National Strategy, which was implemented last October and is part of the 2017 constitution. It is the blueprint through which Prayut's military government aims to turn Thailand into a developed country by 2037.
The strategy's success is contingent on Thailand securing foreign investment for its $45-billion Eastern Economic Corridor development plan, which Prayut has positioned as the fulcrum of the nation's future economic growth. "Once the BRI is complete, it will allow great connectivity into Thailand, and the EEC, [which] will be a core economic and industrial part of Thailand, so prosperity will spread across the country and across ASEAN," said Prayuth in an interview with Chinese state-owned news channel CGTN on the sidelines of the forum.
However, the two sides likely have differing visions as to what a complete BRI in Thailand and its consequent connectivity might look like.
Under its vision for a China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor, China views connectivity in Thailand as including not just the HSR line, but also the construction of a 120 km canal across the Kra Isthmus — the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula in southern Thailand — and the clearance of rapids that prevent the passage of mid-sized commercial ships along the Mekong River.
"The EEC link to the Kra Canal, connecting the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea, is possible if the Chinese really push it," said Paul Busbarat, lecturer in international relations in the faculty of political science at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University. "The grand scheme is the EEC as a hub of industry, from which the Chinese can export through the Kra Canal without going through the Malacca Strait."
In October last year, Prayut ordered Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Board and Office of the National Security Council to look into the proposed canal project, but the government first needs to address geostrategic concerns from the likes of India and the United States, and to drum up some 2 trillion baht ($63 billion) in financing.
There are more obstacles in the path of Thailand's other BRI-related projects.
China is pushing for the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai to be the centerpiece of a cross-border special economic zone and logistics hub that would enable the elimination of tariffs on goods shipped down from southwest China via the Mekong River, while encouraging trade in e-commerce. But Thai stakeholders, including local government officials, are opposed to the plans, arguing that navigation knowledge of the river's upper reaches lies with Chinese businesses, and that e-commerce is of little relevance in a region that is largely devoted to agricultural production.
"In Thailand, civil society and local people question government policy. So it's not easy for Prayut," said Dr. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, director of Chiang Mai University's Regional Centre for Social Science and Sustainable Development. "After declaring the area an SEZ, the government has not been able to secure proper investment in their plan, or carry out the infrastructure investment in electricity or water."
The result of these various sticking points is Chinese direct investment into Thailand has so far been limited, according to Maria Brenda Lapiz, managing director of the institutional research department at Maybank Kim Eng Securities in Bangkok.
"In the BRI, mapping Thailand is missed out," she said. "That's why Thailand is insistent on getting the HSR project going despite difficulties and delays. As for Chinese investment in Thailand, many say it is growing and the industrial estate operators also confirm this. However, we don't see evidence of this in the Board of Investments data."
In 2018, Chinese applications to Thailand's BOI were dwarfed by those from the U.S.
Japan, which remains by far the largest overseas investor in Thailand on a net basis, committed 143 billion baht last year compared with China's 20 billion baht.
However, recent pledges of further investment in Thailand by Chinese companies such as Alibaba Group and Huawei suggest Sino-Thai interests are beginning to coalesce. Prayut told CGTN in the interview at the BRI forum that he expects more high-tech Chinese investment in the EEC going forward.
Prior to leaving for Beijing, Prayuth underlined in a statement to Chinese media that Thailand views the BRI's progress as contingent on its compatibility with multilateral frameworks.
He also called attention to pledges Xi made in his keynote address to find new ways to work with multilateral frameworks, which have long been anathema to Chinese policymakers, such as the European Union, African Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
For Prayut, finding a way to engage China within ASEAN is critical for Thailand to retain influence, particularly as Beijing's gaze sweeps further west, focusing increasingly on Myanmar and developing BRI projects in central and western Asia, said He Baogang, Alfred Deakin professor and chair in international relations at Australia's Deakin University.
"It's interesting to what extent China will adjust its policy to use multilateral and regional organizations to promote its agenda," he said. "ASEAN's infrastructure building and connectivity proposals, which demand involvement from a diverse array of international stakeholders, provide a test case for China's ability to work within multinational frameworks, as does China's ability to jointly develop a code of conduct for the South China Sea."
By David Green
Nikkei Asia
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Confidence, crowd help put FSU women's tennis a win from Final Four
Written by Bob Ferrante	in Women's sports
The FSU women's tennis team will play No. 2 Texas on Wednesday in the Elite Eight. (photo via FSU athletics)
The Florida State women's tennis team is in the Elite Eight for just the second time in program history. FSU has found success as a team with, yes, a pair of top-50 individuals, Giulia Pairone and Emmanuelle Salas, but more so with a deep group of veterans.
"Depth is crucial," FSU women's tennis coach Jennifer Hyde said. "You can have a top 10 Player at No. 1. The belief in the depth is the big thing. I think over the span of time, all positions realize that we can win at any spot. And you don't get any breaks in any spot that you're playing right now. I don't care if you're at one or at six, it is an absolute dogfight. The confidence that we have in all the spots is critical. And I think that's one thing that's grown over time, because we've had different people contribute at times. And then slowly, it's kind of come together for everyone. All six are on board getting the job done."
When FSU faces No. 2 Texas on Wednesday at Lake Nona, Fla., with a spot in the Final Four on the line, the Seminoles are here because top to bottom they are consistently winning at singles positions Nos. 3-5. Nandini Das is 8-4 at No. 3 singles, Petra Hule is 7-0 at No. 4 singles, Vic Allen is 10-0 at No. 5 singles and Andrea Garcia is 16-2 at No. 6.
Pairone has delivered eight wins vs. ranked players at No. 1, while Salas has four wins over ranked opponents at the No. 2 position. But while it's easy to focus on the best singles players in college tennis, especially with matches taking place concurrently, the Seminoles have showcased that depth.
"That's one thing that's pretty special about our program is the team piece that we have intact," Hyde said. "I know it's unique. I talked to the kids about it, and they talked to their friends that are at other programs. They feel that it's pretty special something to be a part of. And I think that that team part of what we do, some coaches might want to coach very individualized tennis but we do both. And we integrate both. And I think that's part of the magic and part of the fun that we have with what we do too. I think they enjoy it too. I think they believe in it."
The results have shown the past four years, part of a historic run for the program. The Seminoles reached their first NCAA quarterfinals in 2018, the second round in 2019 and were ranked No. 2 in the nation in 2020 before the pandemic shut down all sports. FSU was just a few points away from knocking off No. 1 UNC in a match at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center last winter.
This spring, FSU has been in the top 10 each week and posted a program-best 11-2 mark in the ACC.
"Playing such a tough schedule definitely helps," said Das, a fifth-year senior. "I think it lifts the teams up. I don't think there's any harm in playing such a tough schedule. After playing that tough schedule, we just get more and more prepared for the NCAA Tournament even after a tough loss like we did to Miami (in the ACC Tournament)."
Now the Seminoles are on the cusp of another first: A spot in the Final Four is theirs if they can upset Texas. It may appear to be a big leap and a tough one against a formidable opponent. No knock on Texas, which is 28-1 and has only lost to No. 1 UNC. But Das says there is a confidence in what the players have accomplished through the years.
"I think the last five years have all been 'This is the first time we've done this' and 'This is the first time we've done this,' " Das said. "If we back down from a challenge every time we thought this was the first time we were going to do something we probably would have accomplished nothing. Being in a situation now where we've continued to make history this entire time and break barriers and not just be a statistic but create the program to where we leave a legacy where it continues to grow and grow. And one day, we are here playing for a national championship. And that's just where we want to be.
"This is not a challenge. This is where we belong. And all the girls are talented and have worked hard enough — not just this year with COVID but it's just our lifestyle. Now, we want to be here, we want to play tennis. So if we get an opportunity to do that to do just that, then it's our job."
FSU players also have something of a home-court edge, playing in the Orlando area with plenty of emotion behind them.
"Our crowd, it was insane," Hyde said. "It felt like it was a home match up there. People were getting rowdy, doing the warchant up there. It's like we haven't skipped a beat. And we've had such great crowds all semester too at home. It definitely is like our backyard right now. And I think there's a lot of people in the area that are coming out to support and flying in and driving in to continue to support us. And that means a lot."
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We've put together this overview to provide an introduction to rural touring and some of the practical considerations to bear in mind. In it you'll find information on how rural touring schemes operate and on rural touring audiences, alongside pointers on staging and touring a show and what to consider when marketing a show to rural audiences.
For a more in-depth overview and practical tips and advice, you can download a copy of Eyes Wide Open. This is available to purchase from the shop on the site or free to download for NRTF members.
NRTF membership starts at £25 per year and offers access to advice, information resources and opportunities for networking with the UK-wide rural touring network, made up of touring schemes, voluntary promoters, companies and performers, venues, festivals and producers.


All 5K events begin at 8:30 a.m. local time.
T-Shirt Pick Up and Event Check-In are scheduled for 7:15 a.m. local time.
For Hikes, event times will stagger from 8:30a.m., 8:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m. Check-in 15 minutes prior to your hike time. (local time).
Please note: Participants are required to pay $7 per vehicle at the gate for park entrance. This fee allows entrance for the entire day.
After the race, don't rush off. Take in the beauty of our state parks and make a day of it. Organize a picnic with your colleagues and their families or hike the trails with friends. Click on the links below to see what each park has to offer. See you there!
and fresh air? Join us for Tabata in the Park! Open to the public, all levels welcome.
Continues from noon to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in White River State Park behind the NCAA building (weather permitting) through Aug. 30.
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No Survivors: Eight Bodies Recovered From Wreckage Of U.S. Helicopter In Nepal
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According to a statement given to the Associated Press, U.S. military and Nepali personnel are at the crash site near the mountain village of Kalinchok.
The chopper, which was part of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter squadron based at Camp Pendleton, California, was carrying six U.S. Marines and two Nepali soldiers when it crashed.
It was said to have been last seen in the mountainous region after another helicopter in the area picked up radio chatter about a fuel problem.
There were six U.S. marines and two Nepali soldiers on board.
The families of two marines told media outlets on Friday that they were informed by the Marines that their sons were on board the missing helicopter.
Capt. Chris Norgren, a 31-year-old Wichita native, was reportedly the pilot of the helicopter, his father, Ron Norgren, told The Wichita Eagle. Ron Norgren said that Marine Corps representatives informed him on Tuesday that his son was missing. He said Chris sent his mother flowers for Mother's Day while he was in Nepal.
"I told him I was very proud of him, that he's over in Nepal helping people out and that he still remembered Mother's Day," Ron told The Wichita Eagle. "He texted me back and thanked me for the compliment, and that was about it."
The family of Marine Lance Cpl. Jacob "Jake" Hug of Phoenix told AZCentral.com that their son was part of the crew on the missing helicopter. They said that the Marines have been in touch with them since the craft disappeared in Nepal.
Hug turned 22 on May 6 while he was on temporary assignment in Nepal. His father, Jim Hug, told AZCentral.com that the helicopter reported an issue with the fuel line before it disappeared.
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Post by inflatable dalek » Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:54 pm
Warcry wrote: I had no idea that happened. Yeah, it's pretty hard to deny if they poached staff from the other show.
Their first work on the show was the second half of the battle in Sacrifice of Angels. There was a great quote in an SFX interview where they were showing off the CGI shots and were like "Of course, in the final episode they'll ruin it by cutting to the actors". Getting the Trek gig (they went on to do a lot of Voyager) basically saved the company after losing the B5 job.
Well, he's not entirely wrong even if he's being a jerk about it. I'm sure there are a lot of actresses who are both talented and beautiful, but the talent isn't mandatory and it's certainly not what gets their foot in the door in Hollywood. There's a lot of stunningly beautiful "actresses" out there who can't act their way out of a paper bag but go on to long careers anyway, because acting talent isn't what they're hired for.
Mind, there's also a lot of very handsome actors on Trek who only got work through their good looks (hello Harry Kim!), so its odd to single out the girls. Unless he was never looking that hard for talent in the first place...
Worf was trying really hard not to kill anyone when he was fighting the Lakota, though. A few quantum torpedoes to the drive section would have settled things pretty quickly.
Worf must be trying to not kill people quite a lot as his success rate there isn't much worse than usual in fights!
And honestly, as much as we laugh at the Galaxy-class for blowing up so often, in the Dominion War battle scenes the Galaxies we saw were basically invincible, while Excelsior- and Miranda-class ships were getting cut in half by a single blow from the bigger Dominion ships. And heck, a handful of Maquis Raiders were able to cripple the Malinche.
Sure, the Galaxy did OK when they got to the battle, but how many crashed into planets, exploded from computer viruses or tripped over their own feet on the carpet to get there?
Those Marquis raiders always seemed a bit too tough for their size anyway, they always seemed to be going toe to toe with much bigger ships far too easily. If the Runabouts had been built that well they wouldn't need the Defiant.
They're really not, though. They're built for science and exploration, yes, but we're not talking about an equivalent to the Oberth- or Nova-class here. Voyager was bigger than a Constitution-class starship and had as many weapons as a Galaxy-class. It probably doesn't have the same endurance as the bigger ships but it's no pushover either.
Wait, it's supposed to be that heavily armed? Jeez, Star Fleet do seem to use "Science" as a euphemism for "Kill everything".
Oddly they do seem to have hugely stepped up ship production before the war anyway. Forty ships is portrayed as a serious loss in the Best of Both Worlds (though Shelby claims they'll have the fleet back up in a year and Redemption is the only story in the meantime where its an issue. They can really knock those bad boys out) but they're losing hundreds at a time during the war.
To one of the authors of the episode, you mean? Or just in general? Because I'm sure stuff like that has happened way more than just once.
Samuel R. Delany, whose novella Nova was initially rejected by the editor the Odo substitute was based on for the not changing the colour of the lead (though he had a happier ending, it simply went to another mag and became a great success). Based on his Wikipedia photo the guy now basically looks like a mad old Sisko.
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Post by Tetsuro » Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:41 pm
inflatable dalek wrote: Samuel R. Delany, whose novella Nova was initially rejected by the editor the Odo substitute was based on for the not changing the colour of the lead (though he had a happier ending, it simply went to another mag and became a great success). Based on his Wikipedia photo the guy now basically looks like a mad old Sisko.
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Post by Heinrad » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:12 pm
So what, exactly, is the Intrepid-class(that's what Voyager is. I think. Who names a ship class best known for a Constitution class heavy crusier eaten by a giant space amoeba?) supposed to be?
Conceivably, the 'reflex cannon on a rowboat' idea used for Defiant might be where it came from, which takes Starfleet back to the design ethos used on the Constitution-class heavy cruisers. A ship designed mainly to explore, do research, as well as have the firepower it needs to defend itself/the Federation member worlds. A design that Starfleet went away from when they decided to send their crews and the crew's families out on the Galaxy-class.
But if the Intrepid-class is just an exploration vessel, with one third the crew or so of a Constitution-class, sweet Primus, why all the guns?
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Or, since I've been playing Star Trek Online, the main reason theIntrepid-class might have all the phaser banks(and the ability to make more photon torpedoes, unless I missed something. Voyager went from carefully hoarding them to flinging them with wild abandon) is one of the things mentioned in some of the ship descriptions. Tougher galaxy needs more guns.
Me, I'll stick with my Kelvin Timeline Constitution.
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Post by Cyberstrike nTo » Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:25 pm
Warcry wrote: I think that's a good point. There's so much Trek out there now that the bad (or even middling) episodes just sort of fade into the background for me. Hilariously terri-bad stuff, I'll remember, and the bad movies are more memorable just for being movies, but the random terrible episodes of TNG or whatever don't come to mind at all unless someone brings them up.
Or some episodes that are just so bat crap insane like the Voyager 2 parter "The Killing Game" you can't tell if they're good or bad. The plot of this 2 parter is: The Hunters have captured the crew and are using mind control to force them to play deadly hologram games with Klingons and Nazis. We get to see Neelix dressed and act as a Klingon, while Janeway, Seven, Tuvok, and Torres as French resistance fighters, and Chakotay and Paris as American GIs. I think is the first time we hear Seven sing (and IMHO she's a damn good singer and so is Robert Picardo) With the Doctor keeping the crew alive and Kim being forced to turn the ship into a giant holodeck and both of them are trying to free the crew. When they do free the crew then it turns in wild gun fight. Then ends with a wild climax with the crew vs. the Hunters vs. the Klingons vs. the Nazis. While Janeway blows up the holodeck and shoots the leader of the Hunter with a holographic version of a real world rifle.
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Post by Heinrad » Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:25 am
Speaking of Voyager, I watched the seventh season episode "Shattered" last night, and despite the solution being complete Treknobabble(as was the problem), it was a good episode. Except for the rearing of the ugly head of the Temporal Prime Directive.
I understand the concept behind it, but they handle it so badly. Chakotay not wanting to tell Janeway from 7 years earlier what was going to happen makes sense, in a way(but to stop Seska, he threw it out the window), simply because he couldn't be sure whether or not Janeway would remember what had happened. But at the end, when everything is back to normal, he still won't say what happened. The only piece of info he'd need to be careful with is talking about future I'cheb and Naomi, and even then, I don't think they gave him any actual details.
Post by inflatable dalek » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:25 pm
Into the second season of Voyager now!
Nothing much you can say about it that hasn't been said a lot before. The best episodes are the ones that aren't just TNG season 8. The Kazon are dull as ****, but the ongoing negotiations and conflicts with them bring out the best in the format and Seska is actually a good camp villain (though really they shouldn't be running in to the same Kazon over and over when Voyager is the fastest ship out there).
I think the only episode that was just a TNG script that worked was the Q one, mainly because John de Lancie is such fun, but it also explored a serious issue in a fairly sensible way.
Character wise, why on Earth did they keep Neelix aboard for the whole seven years? He's an appallingly bad character and contributes nothing beyond a joke that the jobs he's supposed to do he's crap at.
Janeway is actually very good, as is the Doctor. Everyone else is either dull, or surprisingly badly acted (I was expecting to like Paris, he's just annoying!).
Also everyone, even the characters that are supposed to be young, feel very middle aged.
Post by Tetsuro » Sun May 07, 2017 1:00 am
Finished Voyager at last. Maybe it's just because I knew what was coming this time around, but Endgame wasn't quite as much of a letdown on the second viewing.
I mean it still is, what with all the plot threads abruptly introduced during the final season just left hanging. I mean, did they just expect the audience to assume what was going to happen, based on what actually happened in the timeline old Janeway ended up erasing?
Still, this leaves me with just one thing left on my shelf to watch; Nemesis.
Warcry wrote: Actually, a light-skinned Middle-Eastern man being treated as white is not at all out of character for that period. I don't know if it was different in Europe, but on this side of the ocean most people really had no idea about anyone from that part of the world. As long as they didn't dress like Yasser Arafat, have an obviously foreign name or really dark skin, no one would have noticed or cared. In Siddig's case, the English accent and relatively fair skin would have meant that most folks would have just assumed he was a Brit with a tan, especially with a name like "Julius Eaton".
I always thought Bashir was from somewhere in the Indian region, maybe Pakistani at most, which would at least explain the accent.
Post by inflatable dalek » Fri Jul 14, 2017 12:58 pm
I'm now coming up on the end of season 5 of Voyager.
Phhhhhhhhttttttttttttttttttgggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhffffs.
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Post by Tetsuro » Fri Jul 14, 2017 6:02 pm
Well, I finally watched Nemesis, and...well, in spite of it's flaws, I no longer think it's definitely worse than Insurrection.
That doesn't mean I think it's better either. I'm just not sure anymore.
I do get the feeling there's a lot of exposition missing so some of the character motives are left unintentionally vague. And what was the point of the whole psychic rape scene anyway?
Post by inflatable dalek » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:27 pm
The Rock was in Star Trek Voyager.
The Rock.
He played a wrestler.
IN SPACE.
He sounded like he'd been dubbed by someone else.
They have An Actual Actor play the main SPACE wrestler as obviously no real wrestler could carry a big role.
Post by Tetsuro » Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:26 am
inflatable dalek wrote: The Rock was in Star Trek Voyager.
You only just now discovered this?
(also he talks?)
It's kind of weird to consider that this happened before he was in any of those Mummy movies and went from Big to Really Big.
I saw an article a while back saying that before the Watchmen movie, they were talking about making a movie based on Marshall Law - with The Rock playing the title character. They turned him down. And then his salaries went through the roof. Whoops!
Post by Cyberstrike nTo » Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:04 pm
Tetsuro wrote: You only just now discovered this?
He doesn't talk much and speaks so softly that you can barely him with the crowd chanting in the background just like going to a major wrestling event back in the day. Ah good times.
Also he's not the only wrestler to appear in Star Trek, Paul Wright (aka The Big Show) appears as a giant Orion slave master in an episode in season 4 of Star Trek: Enterprise it one of the episodes that were a 3 parter with Brent Spinner and is IMHO is 3 of better episodes of that series despite all the fan service that is in it.
Post by Tetsuro » Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:26 pm
Coincidentally, Enterprise and Beyond are now the only Star Trek productions I have never seen.
I'm still sitting on the idea of importing the Enterprise blu-ray box set because none of my local distributors have decided to pick it up for some reason, only selling the individual seasons - and even then it's only the first two.
Post by Cyberstrike nTo » Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:22 am
Tetsuro wrote: Coincidentally, Enterprise and Beyond are now the only Star Trek productions I have never seen.
See if Star Trek is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or similar streaming service in your country. All of the Star Trek shows, in the US, are on both platforms and Amazon has most if not all the movies as their free Prime movies at various times.
Enterprise season 1 is pretty boring. It's not as bad as the first season of TNG it's mostly just boring and bland.
Enterprise season 2 is OK with some good episodes. My favorite episode from this series "Stigma" is in season 2. The finale episode of season 2 is where the Xindi War starts. The Xindi as a concept might be one of the most original races in all of Star Trek maybe even all of sci-fi. It's just how they explain what the Xindi are and how they pull the Xindi off look is a hit-and-miss though.
Star Trek: Enterprise season 3 is the best season. The Xindi War while not as good as the epic Dominion War on DS9 it does the job of some much needed character building for Archer and The Temporal Cold War finally allows the writers out the continuity box and reveal that even die hard Trekkers didn't know everything about the backstory of the Star Trek universe.
Star Trek: Enterprise season 4 is a lot of fun fan service after the third episode which ends the Xindi War and the Temporal Cold War arcs and Archer gets over his PTSD in a unique way. The 3 part story with Brent Spinner is a lot of fun and Spinner gets to play something like an anti-hero which is something he never did as Data, Lore, B-4, or the guy who made them and he's pretty good at it. There is a lot of moral ambiguity to "whole what do we do with the embryos of people like Khan" debate that runs through all 3 episodes.
The 2 part "In a Mirror, Darkly" is the second best Mirror Universe only the TOS episode that introduced it is better, (IMHO one of DS9's weakness was that they beat the Mirror Universe to death by the third one) and Scott Bakula get a chance to play a complete and total ruthless evil bastard and he is quite menacing, it also explains what happens to the Defiant for TOS episode "Tholin's Web" and the while CGI Tholin IMHO still looks pretty good, the CGI Gorn is laughable bad overall it's a lot of stupid fun in these 2 episodes.
"These Are The Voyages..." is the final episode and is a side story to a damn good TNG episode called "Pegasus" while both Sirtis and Frakes looked caked in make up and they still just barely pull that they are the same age when the filmed "Pegasus", (especially Frakes). I do like how Archer and crew look to towards the future for inspiration while Riker and Troi look to them for inspiration and there is also some funny in-jokes. The final shots showing the Enterprise from all 3 shows with Stewart, Shatner, and Bakula all saying a third of the famous motto is just a great ending.
Star Trek: Enterprise is not the best or even the most fun Star Trek TV show (IMHO that would be Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and Star Trek: Voyager respectfully) but once the Xindi War starts in season 3 and showing how the Federation comes to be in season 4, that is where it gets fun and has some of it's best stories and moments. Seasons 1 and 2 are OK, they are not as awful (for the most part) as many believe, it's that the first two seasons feel like they almost ashamed of being a Star Trek TV show and most of the episodes in seasons 1 and 2 are just boring, bland, and forgettable. Now there are some good episodes and a few stinkers here and there, just not enough either way to be great or awful.
IMHO being a prequel is what hurt this series the most because it couldn't escape the continuity and the whole reason why they did The Temporal Cold War was a chance to change the continuity by having a huge event like the Xindi War that killed 7 million people on Earth and left a canyon from Florida to Venezuela and why Kirk, Picard, Sisko, and Janeway never seemed to know anything about it. Maybe they should done a hard reboot of the franchise and shouldn't have bothered with it being a prequel. It's a series that tries so hard to be great, but was just being clobbered by other sci-fi shows on at the time like Battlestar Galactia, Babylon 5, Crusade, Stargate SG-1, and Farscape that were more interesting and made Star Trek: Enterprise look old and worn out before the first episode aired. You can't be missed if you never leave and maybe Star Trek as a whole needed a break. That is my 2 cents.
Post by Tetsuro » Wed Aug 09, 2017 3:02 pm
I'm not touching streaming. I've never wanted anything less than physical copies of everything, and even less so after the one time I actually tried renting a movie online, only for the damn thing to not work. Besides, the box set's only like 35 pounds on Amazon.
Also I never bothered with neo-BSG. I didn't even make it through the four episode pilot; I don't know what killed it for me harder, the shakycam or using the "protagonists abandon civilians in slower ships to their deaths" tactic three times in a row.
Post by Cyberstrike nTo » Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:24 pm
Tetsuro wrote: I'm not touching streaming. I've never wanted anything less than physical copies of everything, and even less so after the one time I actually tried renting a movie online, only for the damn thing to not work. Besides, the box set's only like 35 pounds on Amazon.
I would buy the complete series and half, since the best parts of it in seasons 3 and 4.
I'm like that too, but streaming is a great way to try TV shows for lot less, I never would tried shows like Farscape and Supergirl I buy a few episodes on my Xbox One and out for 2 bucks for an episode and if like it and see if it's something that I wanted to pay money for the whole series on Blu-Ray.
IMHO Farscape is one of the most criminally under-rated sci-fi shows in the last 20 years especially since The Guardians of the Galaxy movies are basically rip-off of it, good rip-offs though but the characters in the movies feel like the characters from Farscape than the comics I've read with them in it.
The whole series is on Blu-ray and packed with special features and the mini-series conclusion called Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is on DVD in the US, and it's on Blu-Ray in other countries though.
Post by inflatable dalek » Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:57 am
Farscape was one of (possibly the last?) of those US SF shows that was more popular in the UK due to better scheduling on a terrestrial network.
Personally I'd say Voyager and Enterprise aren't worth buying on physical home media. They're almost the perfect shows for streaming really in that watching them once out of curiosity is enough.
Currently watching the Voyager where Kes Comes Back. Such a shame to see the effects of the hard life the actress had after leaving. When she's pretending to be season 1 Kes she barely looks like the same person.
It's another (and there's been a few) of those time travel shows where they try and do an All Good Things and show how much the series has changed over the years but it basically boils down to Janeway having a different haircut.
Post by Cyberstrike nTo » Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:12 pm
Am I the only the Trekker who thinks Janeway looked more commanding (and sexy) when she had her cut shorter in the later seasons instead of that stupid looking bun on the top of her head at the start of the series.
Post by Heinrad » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:56 am
Nope. I always thought her hair looked much better in the later seasons.
But then, I do love me some redheads, and have always had a crush of Mrs. Columbo, so I may be biased......
Post by inflatable dalek » Fri Sep 01, 2017 7:06 pm
Seven of Nine certainly kept her mad passionate love for Chakotay hidden well for four years.
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The trunks huge decorative appeal is obviously evident and it has not lost many studs so it remains hugely attractive though it being a travelling trunk and of considerable age it has a few condition issues. It has leather loss to the top in patches and to the front so that the pine carcass is showing in places whilst the remaining leather has typical wear and splits and is lifting in places. There are shrinkage gaps between the boards to the top and the leather is completely lacking to the left end, right end and rear with some timber having been stained where the leather is lacking. There is no key or escutcheon present and the brass handles are both lacking with later hinges and some later patched to the iron straps to the trunk. The velvet interior is mid twentieth century. The large lok is shooting three botls and the hasp is possibly later.
The interior shows the original marbled paper though has some remnants of a velvet lignin which has since been removed and to the inner lid it bears an attractive cartouche shield shaped trade label for 'Smith and Lucas/Coffer and Plate-case makers to his majesty and her royal highness the princess Dowager of Wales at the Kings Arms & Trunks at Charing Cross', the company goes on to say the items they sell are at 'reasonable rates'.
Travelling trunks of this form with similar decorative brass-studding originated in the seventeenth century and continued to be produced into the eighteenth century. An example belonging to Charles I dating to circa 1640 and decorated with his royal monogram and crown is illustrated in R. Symonds, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev.edn., Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1954, vol.II, p.19, fig. 36. Richard Pigge, coffer-maker to Charles II, supplied a large number of trunks covered in 'russia leather' to members of the Court from 1667-1671.
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