Many Macross, Mospeada, Southern Cross, and Robotech collectors have mixed feelings about the non Bandai and Takatoku Robotech toys produced by Matchbox, specifically its 3 3.4 scale figures and their accessories.
Only 22 figures were produced when the line was released in 1985. Some of the figures were easy to locate and are still available on Ebay. These figures include Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes Dana Sterling, Rand, Max Sterling, Miriya in red, Robotech Master Micronized Zentraedi, Bioroid Terminator, Corg, Zor Breetai, Exedore, Khyron, Dolza and Armoured Zentraedi Warrior.
The more difficult figures to locate are Scott Bernard, Roy Fokker, Lunk, Rook Bartley, Mirya in black, large Miriya and Lynn Minmei. A special note must go out the Lynn Minmei figure as it is the Holy Grail of the line as only a handful were made and were extremely rare to locate even back in the 1980's.
With the current release of Megahouse and CM's Brave Gokin's Mospeada Ride Armor I thought I would review some of the previous Ride Armor toys. With Josh B already reviewing the legendary large scale Gakken Ride Armor I'll move ahead to one of Matchbox's foray into Ride Armor toys.
The Matchbox's Scott Bernard figures is one of more difficult figures to locate and never seem to appear on pegs at the department stores. I managed to locate the figure through the Sears catalog around 1986. Sears known for having exclusive toys only available through their catalog must have got the only catch of the Scott Bernard figures. Scott was available through mail order in a set of three figures along with Rand and Corg for $15.00. Even though it was available in their catalog I was rightly concerned that the figure would be substituted for unavailability or the order cancelled all together as another company from New York The Robot Store had done to me around the same time with some of the other Robotech action figures. Two weeks later arriving at my door was a set of three Robotech figures and in that package was one Scott Bernard. There was no special packaging just an envelope in mail that had the three figures on their respected cards.
The figure includes one carded Scott Bernard figure, one rubber helmet and one laser carbine. A cutout file card was on the back. It is assembled like a 1980's GI Joe figure with a screw that holds the body together, and the metal T leg hook that is held together by a rubber band. The arms swivel and head turns and legs bend at the knee. These figures were not assembled well as my Scott Bernard has a split in the swivel arm area that has been there since I first bought it.
Although I am glad I still own it all these years later there is a lot of disappointment in this figure. First Scott does not come with the standard rider armor but an already transformed Mospeada Ride Armor. The arms do not have any the armor on the wrist and instead of gun being attached to the wrist he holds it in his hand on a peg. The gun is a Rand/Ley type and not the Scott/Stick missiles type as seen in the cartoon. Accordingly in Matchbox's backwards way the only way one could get the standard Mospeada laser rifle was you had to purchase the Corg action figure and even then the rifle was under scale.
It would have been a better figure if the it came with a "backpack" of the wheels and nozzle Mospeada jet pack but sadly it did not. More importantly I still wish that it had came with the standard riding armor. It would have looked great and it is a shame something that should have been so easy was completely overlooked. I would have been to be able to exchange the heads with the Rand figure so he could be in his riding armor as well.
The face sculpt of the figure looks OK but it does not capture the anime look of the character designs of the series. The rubber helmet looks a bit out of scale and is long in the glass and mouth protection area. It would have been great to attach the gun to his wrist but it only a peg to attach to the hand. In the 1980's I painted the yellow on the sensor and leg lights to give it some color and added the Mars Base decal from one of my Mospeada toys to round out the look.
Being a huge GI Joe 3 3.4 scale figures fan, the Matchbox line had so much potential but delivered so poorly. For whatever reason a second series of figures were never produced which was unfortunate. With Scott, Lunk, Rook and Rand produced only two more figures, Lancer and Annie, needed to be produced to create the main cast of the series. And trust me at the time I dreamed about those figure releases often. It is a shame that Hasbro or Kenner did not produce this line, as I am sure they would have handled the line better.
Matchbox's Scott Bernard represents the worst of their Robotech line with unavailbity and a lack of basic knowledge of the subject. Trying to locate all 22 of Matchbox's Robotech 3 3.4 line of action figures is quite a daring feat due to the extreme rarity of a handful of figures not to mentioning trying to locate an original Matchbox Minmei as opposed to the recent Harmony Gold reissues from a few years back. Unless you are trying to make a run for the Matchbox Robotech series or you are a Mospeada completest, or you come across the figure for cheap at the marketplace I would pass on this one. And I am sure you already have.
Cool review, Leonardo! I like how this toy feels so connected, and yet also disconnected, to what we normally cover here. ("It's the same thing, only different", as Tommy Chong once said.) I was a big fan of GI Joe and similar figures back during this time and yet I don't recall ever seeing these. It seems somehow I was just completely oblivious to Robotech in all media back then.
one of my favorite figures from the line. I think I like the line because of its freakishness. Plus in the 80s the whole line was blown out at toys r us stores for a dollar a piece, so as a kid i had a lot of them.
I had an almost complete set of these figures for a long time, I was missing Lunk and the Black Miriya.
if you're interested in this line of figures, they can had for cheap on ebay, in the 90s, they were re-issued by Harmony Gold, except for Lunk, and most of the reissue macross figures didn't come with helmets, except rick hunter. Both the Matchbox and HG versions are made of really cheap plastic.
... and the rest are about the same to find. At least for me, when I was putting together the set in 2000-2005.
It really is a great line of figures to make a run for, and it's great that you got so close to completing it. I do own the Black Suited Miriya as it was my original figure I bought back when I was a kid, I also thought the Red one looked better I didn't realize until a few years ago what a rare variation it was.
You're right, freakishness is the perfect word for the line! It really puts my brain in a knot! Looking back they seem to be a bit charming to me now like the Vinyl Macross toys and such.
Thanks for the comment on the review! The line kind of came and went and half of the toys were unavailable to purchase. There were so many great toy lines out in 1985, GI Joe's Brilliant 1986 line was soon to be released, not to mention Mask, Inhumanoids, Transformers, He-Man, etc. and quite frankly most of the Matchbox produced Robotech toys were unattractive and out of proportion. As you can with this figure the designers didn't seem to have a clue with what made the series click. It was a huge let down! They really isolated their own fan base!
The thing about the Minmei figure is not that it is hard to find. It is. It just was not released during the Matchbox run at all and was only released as part of the later Harmony Gold-only run. You can tell because the cards are different and plastic is a lot s******r. This Scott looks like it came from the HG run, by the way. For what it's worth, I have a Minmei I got off of eBay for about 5 bucks a couple of years ago.
I actually bought Scott figure with the Rand and Corg figures from the Sears catalog back in 1986. I wish I had the Catalog page to go with the article.
I guess that's the real question, was Minmei released back in the 1980's? I never saw it, but they must have made a few as they are in the catalogs and print ads at the time and the molds were used to produce the HG reissue. If a collector is content with the HG reissue, so be it it, but if the Minmei figure was issued in the 1980's with a Matchbox package then it would be difficult to locate. I personally believe it would be like chasing ghosts and would be content with the HG reissue.
I still see this one on eBay from time to time and it never goes for that much. The big problem is with the Chinese factory HG was using, the molding is all sloppy and soft. I don't know if they didn't let them bake long enough or what. It's similar the quality drop between the original Micronauts and the Palisades reissues from a few years back.
If your Scott is from the original Matchbox run, I guess you just got really unlucky and had bad examples. My Matchbox Dana is much nicer than my HG Dana and my Matchbox Rick and Lisa are both way nicer than my HG Roy.
Maybe that's the fourth problem with these toys...quality control was never up to par with the other toys at the time. GI Joe is very much the benchmark to judge 80's 1:18 scale figures with. I think we all agree our Matchbox Cyclone Motorcycle pegs are broken off...more on that later when I review the Cyclone.
I've just picked up Microman Evangelion MA-40 Ayanami Rei Uniform Figure and I've seen the Lupin figures and that would be a great line to license more anime characters to. $6.00 isn't alot for the figure and it would still be a Japanese toy and be in the spirit of a inexpensive GI Joe style toy.
Thanks Jeremy for that link and It seems I did get a crappy version of the toy!
...but it was just so, so hideous in many ways.
I got mine back in the late 80's. He was at a Toys R Us down in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, marked down to like under 2 bucks. The quality does seem a bit off in a few areas from mine.
What a happy day it was when I found his (non-transforming) cycle. It was at a Kiddy City that was going out of business up in the Lehigh Valley Mall area of Pennsylvania. (As I recall, it was sitting next to an Interchangeables green and black version of Baron Karza).
Thanks for clearing up the issue on his gun. I liked it, but something seemed wrong. As you said, it wasn't his gun to begin with!
If I ever find Scott and his cycle amidst my toy bins, I'll probably have to go on eBay and hunt down the figure who has his real weapon!
You threw me a bit on the yellow node on the gun's front and the sticker on his side. I thought I had a weird, cheaped-out variant until you mentioned you'd added those lol. You should mention things like that sooner.
I never saw the Scott Bernard on the pegs in So California, I've always assumed they were sold on the East Coast for some strange reason. I'm glad I own it but I was so let down by the experience.
For a while there, when I was kid I got hung up on painting my figures, which I now regret, luckily I didn't paint Scott except for his gun.


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UCLan researchers unearth Britain's largest worms
Perfect conditions combine to produce invertebrate three times average weight and length
Britain's largest earthworms have been discovered on the Isle of Rum, off the coast of Scotland, by researchers from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
These earthworms are of the common species Lumbricus terrestris, but weigh up to 12.7 grams and measure nearly 40cm, more than three times the weight and length of the average sized earthworm in the UK.
The Isle of Rum, in the Inner Hebrides, is an island managed for conservation and has been described as an 'outdoor laboratory' due to the intense study of its nature. Between 2006 and 2011 UCLan researchers investigated what was thought to be some very large worm burrows. Upon further investigation they discovered the earthworms and began studying the surrounding area for factors that may have affected their size.
"There are still unanswered questions and we plan to continue our research to find out as much as possible about these creatures."
Thanks to the absence of predators, combined with incredibly fertile soil, the worms are free from danger and have optimum conditions to live in, meaning that they are able to become huge in comparison to other worms. The average life span of an earthworm is only a couple of years, however because these particular worms have a better chance of survival it is believed that they could be up to 10 years old.
The research has been published in the Scottish peer-reviewed scientific journal, The Glasgow Naturalist.
UCLan's Dr. Kevin Butt led the study and said: "I first noticed the large worm burrows in 2005, so I had my suspicions that there may be some pretty big worms in the area. We went back out to investigate the following year and finding worms of this size was very exciting, especially when the Natural History Museum team confirmed that they had no specimens like this.
"There are still unanswered questions and we plan to continue our research to find out as much as possible about these creatures. We're also looking forward to exploring more rural areas in the UK and abroad, in the hope that we will make more exciting discoveries of this nature."
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Home Features Whatever happened to libertarian minded TV?
Whatever happened to libertarian minded TV?
One of my favorites of television is "The Rockford Files". It has a rather libertarian view of the state and should be on some sort of list of car guy TV shows. For those that are unfamiliar with the show, Jim Rockford (played by James Garner) is a private investigator who served time for a crime he may or may not have committed and was pardoned. The show is never 100% clear about what got him put away, but it is implied that it was either something he didn't do or was what amounted to something the state calls a crime but nobody else does.
In a typical episode Jim gets a new client without resources to pay him and then finds himself the target of corrupt government employees and/or office holders (if not private sector criminals). Somewhere along the way we get to see James Garner show off his driving skills in a car chase or two. He often did his own stunt driving as I understand it. Rockford racking up frequent flyer miles at the body shop with his Pontiac was a running gag.
Episodes showcased corruption from speed-trap town cops all the way up to federal agents looking for a career bump regardless if it ruined someone's life. Not only did Rockford come against corrupt people in government, but in corporations and just criminals in general. He found a few friends within the system as well. Viewers got what I think is a fair view of government, that it consists of people who are as or more corruptible as any other and usually proportional to the power they had.
I'll admit that I don't watch the big three or four networks on any regular, but when I hear of or see anything they've produced in the last 20 years or so there is nothing even remotely close to "The Rockford Files" with themes of corrupt government. The idea that there are people in government who are not benevolent or very misguided in their outlook has seemingly fallen into the realm of science fiction. Science fiction, where untouchable themes have gone through most of television's history.
"The Twilight Zone", "Star Trek", and others introduced ideas to the medium that were prohibited by the censors under normal circumstances. In recent years shows such as the multiple "Stargate" programs have been where rouge government groups and government corruption/criminality is part of the plot.
I have heard "The Rockford Files" is going to be relaunched as a new series. I don't think it will do well once stripped of plot twists too complicated for modern viewers and topics we aren't supposed to discuss. But I can hope to be wrong. I just don't think we'll be seeing an episode with a side plot or opening where Rockford is in some minor trouble for not having purchased health insurance.
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swamprat March 30, 2017 at 10:34 am
Rockford had some iconic episodes that dealt directly with abuses of government. One of the most chilling and prescient ones was called the House on Willis Avenue. Filmed in 1978, it dealt with a murder of a fellow PI that was on to a case which would reveal that a company was gathering credit information and creating credit dossiers on individuals. Sound familiar. At the end of the episode, there was a quote from the US Privacy Commission. The episode "So Help Me God" dealt with the abuses in the Grand Jury system that were legal at the time. It showed a DA sending Rockford in and out of jail for contempt of court because he had waived his rights by answering questions. I may speak for myself here, but Rockford is a timeless TV show and the only program I can watch today. I watched very few programs in the 1970s and only really watched Dallas in the 1980s, as all of the rest of TV was junk by then. Dallas looks pretty dated, but Rockford has maintained freshness in today's world. The show was timeless.
bevin January 8, 2017 at 10:56 pm
Dear Eric,
"Somewhere along the way we get to see James Garner show off his driving skills in a car chase or two. He often did his own stunt driving as I understand it. "
Indeed he did!
I recently took a trip down memory lane and watched John Frankenheimer's classic F1 racing film, "Grand Prix" on video at home. I originally saw the film first run in 1966 in Houston, Texas, in college, at a theater with a 70mm Cinerama screen.
To get some more background on the film, I did some Googling.
The actual level of driving ability possessed by the movie's actors varied wildly. [Brian] Bedford couldn't drive at all and was only ever in the car for close-up type shots, with the production's driving instructor calling the actor's situation "hopeless". [Yves] Montand and [Antonio] Sabàto faced significant challenges, both of them struggling with even basic skills.
[James] Garner, on the other hand, proved competent enough that he trained exclusively with iconic Shelby Cobra driver Bob Bondurant, with the actor's interest in cars growing greatly as a direct result of his involvement in the film.
Garner's talents on the road became strong enough that some of the professional drivers, including the aforementioned Bondurant, remarked that the actor could have been a successful Grand Prix driver if he had not gone into making films; director Frankenheimer himself agreed.
Garner's devotion to the part caused him to do his own stunt in the scene in which a fuel leak in his vehicle sets it on fire.[7] Garner's car was fitted with a higher rollbar and had no seat, since he was too tall to fit in a contemporary F1 car.
Phillip the Bruce January 2, 2017 at 9:38 pm
"EDtv" – is that about erectile dysfunction?
ps June 19, 2011 at 12:21 am
Rockford was good, but for libertarian tv I think Have Gun Will Travel takes the prize. I have re-watched many of the old episodes, and while some of the acting is poor, and the fights poorly staged, the plot lines of Palidin's judgement and doing what is right, with or without the law is truly impressive.
eric May 26, 2011 at 4:57 pm
A great show – and very anti-Clover, too. Because Jim dealt in common sense, disliked arbitrary ukase and was cynical toward authority.
dom May 26, 2011 at 3:26 pm
There is no room for programs like this anymore. With the Jersey Shore, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, and Two and a Half Men how could there be? We must hurry the Idiocracy.
bevin January 2, 2017 at 8:01 pm
Dear Dom,
Then there is "Keeping Up with the Kardashians".
"The series debuted on October 14, 2007 and has subsequently become one of the longest-running reality television series in the country; the twelfth season of the show premiered on May 1, 2016."
The film "EDtv" was only two hours long. That was enough for me. It boggles my mind to think that millions can watch a bunch of narcissists carry on for 12 long years, and still not have enough.
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"Foosball" Or "Table Soccer"? A Brief Look At The History Of Our Favorite Sport
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It's a game that's been played since the dawn of humanity. Okay, maybe that isn't necessarily true, but what is true is that the history of table soccer is documented well before the game reached America. What's rather interesting, and a little bit unfortunate, is that the history of foosball is also somewhat murky. Why do some players call the sport "foosball" while others religiously stick to "table soccer" or even "table football"?
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In another blog post from Warrior Table Soccer, makers of the best-priced professional foosball table for sale, we'll be answering that question and touching on the history of what we love to do. We weren't the first to bring foosball to light, but we're confident that we've perfected the foosball table as the world knows it. Here's why.
Keep reading below to learn more about the history of this beloved game.
Foosball Supposedly Started Back In The Late 1800s
By "supposedly," we mean that table soccer — as we know it today — probably did originate somewhere around the 1880s to 1890s, but the exact date is not clear. The sole creator of the sport is also hard to pinpoint. Some aspects of history are extremely well documented, but foosball does not appear to be one of them.
Foosball most likely originated somewhere in western Europe, and there are a couple individuals who have claimed to invent it. Lucien Rosengart, a Frenchman who worked as an engineer for the automobile company Citroen, claims that he created the game as a means of entertainment for his grandchildren during the winter. Conversely, Alexandre de Fiesterra, a survivor of the Spanish Civil War, once said that he came up with the original idea when he was recovering from injuries sustained in battle.
Here's what we do know: According to The Complete Book Of Foosball by Johnny Rafols and Kathy Brainard, "The earliest United States patent for a foosball table was registered in 1901, but it is generally agreed that foosball, like soccer, originated in western Europe."
Why "Foosball"?
According to Rafols and Brainard, put simply, the word "foosball" is actually an American "corruption" of the German word "fussball", literally translating to "foot" and "ball". This makes sense, of course, considering that what Americans know as "soccer" is referred to as "football" pretty much everywhere else around the world.
Now, what may not make as much sense is why the sport is called "table soccer" instead of "table football" or "table foosball," but at the end of the day, there exist dozens of regional nicknames for what's conceptually the same exact sport.
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Though we're confident that we make the best-quality, professional-spec foosball table for sale for the price here at Warrior Table Soccer, it's true that there are different styles of tables used around the world:
American-Style Foosball (Texas Foosball)
Americans are all about power relative to gameplay. Typically, United States players use a solid, dense table made from Mahogany (or a similar material). The ball itself is usually made from a thick plastic, and the foosball men are usually made from a harder plastic than what you'd see in other tables.
French Foosball
The French typically prefer a linoleum surface with a characteristic "tacky" finish and a cork ball, meaning that foosball players sacrifice power in exchange for control.
German Foosball
German foosball (or fußall, should we say) also closely aligns with the French style of gameplay. However, German-style tables tend to be even softer, valuing optimal control.
Italian Foosball
Compared to the control-based styles of the Germans and French and the power-based style of the Americans, the Italians prefer more of a happy medium. Italian tables will use sandblasted glass for power, or plastic laminate to slow the ball down.
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A review and pictures of actress Pauline Rehne naked in "Pengene eller livet" .
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Everyone is welcome to come in out of the weather at the Johnson Valley Community Center, Saturday evening, February 2, at 5:00 p.m.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Big hot potatoes at 5:00. Donation 4.00 per person, kids 12 or younger, 2.00.
Center for our community and our weekenders.
The meeting begins around 5:45; you do not have to be a JVIA member to join in, just show up!
• Mark your datebook for the Ladies Salad Luncheon, on Saturday, February 9. Bring your favorite salad or dessert to the Community Center to share. Time, noon until around 2:00 p.m. No charge.
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Backyard Butchers: YellowTree Farm Presents Urban Livestock Workshop
by Katie Moulton
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Homegrown: Danielle and Justin Leszcz of Affton's YellowTree Farms.
Ever dreamed of butchering your own livestock? Yearned to polish off your medium-rare tenderloin and sigh, "Thanks, Bessie"?
Even if you've merely plotted to take an axe to the neighborhood's rogue rooster, this workshop on raising urban livestock may be for you. Presented as part of Brick City Gardens' agricultural series at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, 314-241-2337), the workshop will run on Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and costs $40. Co-instructor Danielle Leszcz says about a dozen people are signed up, but anyone is welcome to show up on the day of the event.
The event will be taught by Justin and Danielle Leszcz of YellowTree Farm, a 3,700-square-foot "urban homestead" in Affton, where the couple has raised all kinds of small livestock. In addition to meat products, YellowTree Farm sells its organic vegetables and the fruits of foraging trips at the Maplewood Farmers' Market in the Bottleworks' parking lot.
We caught up with Danielle for more of the bloody details.
What audience did you have in mind in putting this workshop together? Anyone interested in what it might take to raise livestock; people who want to produce more of their own food themselves. For families with young children, raising chickens is an excellent way to teach them where eggs come from, as well as some of the finer lessons of biology. Anyone can raise livestock in an urban setting - not only homeowners, but renters and condo-owners can raise livestock so long as they have blessings from the landlord or subdivision association, and also a little space of land to keep the animals happy. Perhaps the only people not suited for raising livestock are those who travel frequently. What is the connection between Brick City Gardens and Yellow Tree Farm? Brick City's workshops are affiliated with Slow Food St. Louis, as are we. Slow Food St. Louis has been very supportive of our urban farming endeavors over the past few years. Brick City approached us about whether we'd like to lead this workshop.
What kind of animals do you raise? What will you be discussing? Poultry (including chickens, ducks, turkeys, squab and quail), pigs, goats, and rabbits - and we'll also touch on popular protein sources which we have not raised ourselves, such as meal worms and guinea pigs.
Will there be any live slaughter demonstrations? No. We slaughter our animals to feed ourselves and other people, but not for show.
Do you name your animals? Is that hazardous to a farmer's psyche? While we have named our animals in the past, we generally don't do it anymore. Slaughtering and eating an animal you've named and bonded with brings a whole deeper level of connectedness and meaning to any meal, certainly. It's not for everyone. And it's certainly not the only way to feel thankful for the energy that feeds us.
What do you think is the impetus of a movement toward urban farming? Do you think it could be called a trend, maybe not in St. Louis, but other major cities? I think we approach urban farming more as a necessity than as a trend. Trends tend to peak and die out -- whereas urban farming and raising these animals requires a sincere commitment. Ecological concerns, wanting to be good stewards of the land, and food security fears are the main forces driving what we do. I believe most others doing things similar to our way of farming feel the same.
And yes, I believe this will continue to catch on in cities across the nation - especially since many urban areas across the country are tweaking the legislation to accommodate urban agrivists* (*that's agriculture + activist).
Education Meat


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The Film Academy Vienna (Filmakademie Wien) is the Institute for Film and Television at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

Curriculum

The offered programs (Bachelor/Master's degree) are:

Directing
Screenwriting
Cinematography
Editing
Production

There is also a Digital Art - Compositing program (Master only).

During the first two years of study, students take classes in all programs, before they specialize in the field of study they applied for.

Application

The application process takes place once a year: After completing given assignments, some of the applicants will be invited for one week of tests and interviews. The Filmacademy Vienna admits 15 to 20 new students per year.

Faculty
The current faculty consists of internationally acclaimed filmmakers:

Michael Haneke and Wolfgang Murnberger in directing
Götz Spielmann, Sandra Bohle and Kathrin Resetarits in screenwriting
Wolfgang Thaler and Thomas Benesch in cinematography
Michael Hudecek in editing
Franz Brandstaetter in digital-art compositing
Danny Krausz in production

External links

 Film Academy Vienna Website (german)
 International Filmfestival Filmacademy Vienna

Film schools in Austria
Education in Vienna

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Football Star in Victorian Lancashire, a tragedy and a mystery
Posted byNeal Atherton February 5, 2022 June 27, 2022 Posted inAncestry and Genealogy, Family history, Family history memoir, Football, Lancashire, Photography, SoccerTags:ancestry, chorley, Football, genealogy, Lancashire, pne, preston, Soccer, Victorian
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Jonny Parker – Chorley 1893-98 with Peter Dunn on his right and Eddie Harley to his left
John Richard Parker or Johnny Parker to give him his footballing or soccer playing name was my great grandfather. I knew him as a rather dapper gentleman, never appearing without a tie or his walking cane. He had a presence, a man who filled the room even though he was in his late 80's when I became aware that we were related. I only ever saw him at my grandparents' house in Preston. He would always be there when we arrived to visit, and this was the pattern for the years up to his death in 1967. He would enjoy his lunch and then take his leave while the rest of us menfolk would head off to Deepdale to watch Preston North End. His son, my grandfather, seemed to me to be in awe of him. When we were there, he became his young son again, a visitor in his own home. Yes, he had a presence.
I do not in all honesty ever remember passing a word with him, but back then children were still seen and not heard. Looking back over the years after doing so much family research I so regret that I never could have asked him about his life. Writing this I do have many details that have come to light, but I can never have the full story. I shall do my best to paint his portrait, especially his footballing times with Chorley FC.
Chorley football club today is a particularly important part of the local community. In recent times and particularly this season in 2021 they have become visible on a National scale by their FA Cup exploits and in lately reaching a higher tier of English football. In the late Victorian times of the 1890's Chorley would attract considerable crowds to their home games on Dole Lane, Chorley.
Chorley FC at Dole Lane Ground 1897
Back in those days there was no Sky Sports showing virtually every topflight football game. If you wanted to watch the highest level of English football you had to go in to Preston and watch North End, paying your admission. Consequently, the clamour for space on the terraces exceeded supply and clubs like Chorley filled a gap for the mill workers to still be able to go and see a live game and enjoy a distraction from what were still extremely hard-working lives. Local men in Chorley would also appreciate having a good standard of football available close to home and so avoid any travelling costs to Preston. The difference in standard between a top First Division club such as Preston North End and Lancashire League or non-league Chorley was not that great. Footballers such as my grandfather may have had decent jobs and to give that up to play full time at Preston for possibly less money did not make sense to them. My great grandfather became a mill manager and the attraction of that wage and a little on the side from Chorley FC was certainly the way to go for him. His partner in the Chorley defensive line was Charles Ostick.
Chorley team 1896/7 – Love this photo of a supremely confident, smug almost, group of players. Charlie Ostick back left, then goalkeeper Archie Pinnell with Johnny Parker next to him.
Charles worked for the local council as an inspector. Most likely that employment was arranged in conjunction with the football club. Quite often a way of paying a higher wage to quality footballers in Victorian times was to ensure that they had a regular, secure employment and Chorley would have taken that approach.
A great photo of Chorley with Johnny Parker looking confident and sure of the result to come – atmospheric shot of the members in the reserved seats
Johnny Parker gave great service to Chorley and even sixty years later he was remembered as one of their stalwart players from the early days of the club. He appears on the team photo for the season 1893/4 when he would have been 19 years old. His final game sadly would only be some five years later in 1898.
The photo of him at the start of this article shows him aged about 86 alongside two of the current players of the team in 1960 shows him being held in high regard by the club.
The local newspaper published
the photo with a report of the game.
He also featured in this cartoon in the newspaper.
Despite so many years and two world wars passing he had left his mark in local football circles. There is a sense of pride in his face in this photo, it is the same feeling in him that I detected when I knew him. It is that sense of owning the space, this is my moment, my home. The two Chorley players, Peter Dunn on the left and Eddie Hartley on the right also stay slightly aloof, knowing the photo is of the star of the show – Johnny Parker, back in the limelight. And it would have been the limelight back in his playing days. Players like my great grandfather would have been well known, local celebrities really. The crowds as we said were large and they had come to see their local heroes. I imagine Johnny Parker's wages were supplemented by fans with the odd pint or two at the local pub after the game, especially if the result had gone the right way.
Johnny Parker left a great impression in local football circles which is surprising because his career ended cruelly early at the age of 24. Let us go back to that fateful date on December 14th 1898.
That day Chorley were at home at their Dole Lane ground to a strong Burnley side in the Lancashire Senior Cup. It is a testament to the quality of the Chorley side that they more than held their own against a side that would go on to finish 3rd in the English First Division and contained full internationals in their line-up.
Chorley were the better side. The match report mentions that Johnny Parker was having one of his best ever games for the club. Unfortunately, a deflected goal left Chorley one down at half time despite their dominance. It was early in the second half that tragedy struck. Burnley's Irish international forward Tommy Morrison went into a tackle with Johnny Parker and the result of the horrific collision was a broken leg, just below the knee, for Johnny. The report describes the shocked crowd watching Dr Harris rush to attend to him and arrange for him to get to the local hospital. Sadly, in those days this was a profoundly serious injury and despite the best efforts of the hospital they could not fully repair the damage. Johnny Parker never played again, although his contact with the club endured and he became sufficiently mobile to serve as a linesman at games. He always walked with a limp for the rest of his life and a walking cane became essential. Parker and Ostick were a formidable back line of defence for Chorley. Ostick went on to play for Bolton Wanderers in 1900 and it is conceivable that Johnny Parker may also have eventually decided to take that step up into the Football League.
If we go back to the game, we can add some colour to the events that day. From all accounts it was an ill-tempered affair and Burnley were condemned as the instigators of that bad feeling. Other Chorley players also had injuries from Burnley challenges albeit not as serious as Parker. Even following his removal to hospital foul play continued from Burnley, despite knowing the consequences of Johnny Parker's injury. The Scotsman Jimmy Ross was perhaps the most famous member of the Burnley side, although shortly he was to join Manchester City. He played in the legendary Preston North End team that won consecutive League championships at the start of the Football League and gained the distinction of being one of the 'Invincibles'. In the game against Chorley he was involved in a deliberate piece of serious foul play and had to be warned by the referee as the situation between the players and spectators was becoming inflamed.
Match report of that fateful game for Johnny Parker – play became a little rough is probably a bit of an understatement
Jimmy Ross was nearing the end of his career which was in any case concluded by illness at the end of the 1900/1 season. He sadly died early in 1902. His funeral was an impressive well attended affair with wreaths and tributes to 'An Old Invincible'.
What of Tommy Morrison. He was commonly known by his nickname 'Ching'. He came from Belfast and was the first native Irish raised player, also as a Protestant in a predominantly Catholic Club, to play for Celtic in Glasgow. Tommy was brought up in the Sandy Row area of Belfast, a staunchly Loyalist area with its own code of conduct, not a place for the faint hearted. It is a part of Belfast made famous in song by Van Morrison (no relation as I know). Of Tommy it is said that he was told at Glasgow Celtic to curb his tongue and to subdue the habits that he had learned in his tough upbringing of East Belfast. The picture is of a man who is not to be messed with. Did that affect his challenge on Johnny Parker. There is no suggestion in the report that it was a foul challenge. Yet, the atmosphere of the game would have seeped into the play of a man of the disposition of Tommy Morrison. Maybe, he challenged just a bit to hard, was fired up with the way the game was being played. We will never know. Morrison went on to have a fine career with Manchester United before drifting into non-league football at Colne in 1904 before a short spell with Glentoran in the Irish League. He died in 1940 back in his native Belfast.
So, back to our original photograph, taken for the Chorley Guardian in 1960. The two players were, as was my great grandfather, well respected Chorley stalwarts. Both Peter Dunn and Ted Hartley were awarded benefits during that season, hence their appearance on the photo. Both joined the club in the mid 1950's and were regular members of an impressive Chorley side until the early 1960's. Peter Dunn was the first to leave at the end of the 1960/61 season. The benefit raised £150 each for them, nothing by today's standards, but back then some 60 years ago they would have been happy with the esteem in which they were held at the club. Life moves on and teams change, this photo represents a full circle in the life of the club and now it is almost frightening to reflect that both these players in the photo would be older than Johnny Parker was when it was taken.
Peter Dunn and Eddie Hartley receive the recognition of their loyal service to Chorley
It is amazing how much interest just one photo can raise and where it can lead. It has been fascinating to add this detail to my family history, something I have researched for many years. Chorley Football Club has always played a part in my sporting life. Firstly of course because of my great grandfather but mainly as an opponent that needed to be beaten, but rarely was. In my youth I became a fanatical supporter of Darwen Football Club, not a million miles from Victory Park. Darwen had an illustrious history but latterly never had quite the infrastructure or access to the best players that Chorley enjoyed. We played at the same level for many years, Chorley moved on for a while and then we re-joined them in the Cheshire League. I can only personally recall Darwen ever beating Chorley on two occasions. Once in 1967 at the Anchor Ground, Darwen and once at Victory Park in 1980. I did enjoy those fleeting moments of triumph. Having said that Chorley was one of the results I always looked for and still do even today, a legacy of the attachment to the club of Johnny Parker.
The player on the left of the photo intrigued me for a time as I was always told that it was Peter Watson, Chorley's record goal scorer. I always doubted that as I knew Peter Watson back in the 60's as he lived close to us in Darwen and apparently still does today. Peter, like my great grandfather was most certainly a local celebrity in the day. Darwen valued its achievers in sport, even if like Peter Watson they plied their trade elsewhere. The town had a strong tradition of producing fine weightlifters and these strongmen were feted in the town. I imagine going into town for them must have been a long process as they were stopped everywhere for a chat – I imagine Peter had the same problem. I distinctly remember as a child that it was a case of 'that yon mon's Peter Watson, ees a gret gowel scourer tha noes'. Happy days.
Peter Watson from a team photo in 1962 – The players either side of him Paddy Sowden and Ken Garrity went on to play for Darwen in my first season of watching football. Eddie Hartley is front left.
My thanks to Keith McIntosh at Chorley Football Club for getting the research underway and to Ian Bagshaw for patiently providing an incredible wealth of information and photography from the Chorley archives
Chorley Football Team
in a montage set of studio portraits taken at Luke Berry photographic studio Chorley included in the album I inherited from my G/grandfather
There is a final postscript to Johnny Parker's story at Chorley Football Club, a mystery still unresolved. The montage photos of the Chorley team back in the 1890's were taken at the photographic studio of Luke Berry in Chorley in 1897 and 1898. Berry's operated only for a short period after this time. These photos I inherited after the death of my great grandfather and he had placed them all in an album alongside many other family studio portraits. Loose in the album was a tiny (75mm x 35mm), studio portrait of a fashionably attired young lady.
Loose in Johnny Parker's album was this
tiny (75mm x 35mm),
studio portrait of a
fashionably attired
young lady.
It was also taken at Luke Berry Studio in Chorley
This photo had clearly
been well thumbed over
the years, perhaps
having been in a wallet.
I have tidied it up on the
above cropped photo
to some degree.
It is most certainly not his wife, my great grandmother – she is shown next to Johnny Parker in a studio portrait taken in Preston. This memento must have meant a lot to him to have kept it until his death, obviously admiring it many times. Who is she? Is she the first Chorley FC 'wag'? No doubt the players had many admirers and Johnny Parker was a good-looking young lad. Johnny had no other connection to Chorley other than he travelled there to play football from his hometown of Preston. The photo of the young lady must have been taken at the same time as the football portraits and no other photos in his possession were taken at Berry's – all others were in Preston studios. If anyone has this mystery woman in their archives, please get in touch – I would love to solve this one.
Elizabeth Nightingale Johnny's wife & my G/grandmother
John (Johnny) Richard Parker
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Going green is a fantastic way to save you money and help the environment in the process. There are a ton of ways that you can go green at home and some are a lot easier than others. Many individuals can perform a simple energy audit and save hundreds, whereas others will go ahead and buy a whole new car, just to save themselves the fuel bills. Whatever be your method, going green can drastically benefit your life.
In recent years, technology has advanced and has produced some interested creations that can help to protecting and preserving the world. Some are still being developed but will have a drastic improvement when it comes to the producing energy without the cost of the environment. This article will be exploring a number of these innovation and will be listing the best ones that we've seen so far.
Walking is a common aspect of daily life, but who'd ever thought that someone would ever use it to produce electricity? That is exactly what POWERleap does. The technology essentially can produce electricity from our very footsteps as we walk and this has been seen as a huge innovation in the green technology industry. The technology used piezoelectric technology to use human footsteps to produce power. Although individual steps produce an insignificant amount of power, multiple steps could have an incredibly effect. Imagine if these were placed on Times Square? They would be able to power a small village.
Nobody really liked the idea of solar panels because they're expensive and they don't look too appealing. This is very true when you live in a well-off area – sticking big blue solar panels on your roof could ruin the neighborhood look. However, this is what solar spray aims to achieve. The spray can turn windows into power and it is very effective and cheap. This product was developed in Norway and is completely transparent. It works through the nanoparticles in the substance and could easily replace the common PV solar panel.
This innovation is very similar to the above one in that it is to do with solar panel and their unattractive nature. Solar Ivy is a similar to solar spray apart from it is not sprayed on your windows. These are essentially decorative solar panels that can placed on any surface. They are incredibly thin and can conduct electricity by sparkling in the sun. They are shaped like leaves (hence the name) and are made from a polyethylene material along with piezoelectric generators. They are a fantastic innovation and can also replace the common solar panel.
This is a very cool innovation. This 3D-printer is more than just a fancy experiment. This one can build entire houses in 4x the speed of a normal construction project and will use significantly less resources to do so. The company creating this printer are trying to help produce affordable housing without the waste and resources that are usually needed. Imagine ordering a house and then only having to wait a few weeks while it is built by a robot? Pretty cool, don't you think?
Green technology has come a long way from the standard solar panels and wind turbines. Sure, they are incredibly cool, but they don't compete against the newer, more advanced methods that are being developed. The above innovations could be life changing and will definitely help the environment. Soon, we'll be able to buy spray that can generate power from our windows and also have pavements/sidewalks than produce electricity.
Solar spray sounds so cool! I wonder when this will become more widespread. Seems like there's no downside.


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namespace templ {
#include "../bin/templates.h"
}

static bool createGlobal(const String &param);

static const pair<String, char> rawLongOptions[] = {
	make_pair("output", 'o'),
	make_pair("arguments", 'a'),
	make_pair("debug", 'd'),
	make_pair("force", 'f'),
	make_pair("clean", 'c'),
	make_pair("execute", 'e'),
	make_pair("not", 'n'),
	make_pair("exec-path", 'p'),
	make_pair("project", '\3'),
	make_pair("target", '\2'),
	make_pair("config", '\1'),
	make_pair("default-input", '\4'),
	make_pair("help", '?'),
	make_pair("threads", 'j'),
	make_pair("time", 't'),
};
static const map<String, char> longOptions(rawLongOptions, rawLongOptions + ARRAY_COUNT(rawLongOptions));

static const char *helpStr =
	"Usage: %s [option...] [file...] [options]\n"
	"\n"
	"Tries to find a .mymake or .myproject file in the current directory or any\n"
	"parent directory and load any configuration there.\n"
	"\n"
	"Options:\n"
	"[option]        - use the corresponding section in the config file.\n"
	"[file]          - input files in addition to those specified in the config.\n"
	"--output, -o    - specify the name of the output file.\n"
	"--debug, -d     - specify debug level. One of the following values, or its numerical value:\n"
	"   QUIET    = 0 - no output except for hard errors.\n"
	"   NORMAL   = 1 - standard. Outputs progress information.\n"
	"   PEDANTIC = 2 - warns about suspicious things, which could be errors.\n"
	"   INFO     = 3 - information about decisions made during the build. Good for debugging.\n"
	"   VERBOSE  = 4 - all information you will possibly need when debugging your configurations.\n"
	"   DEBUG    = 5 - information usually only needed when debugging mymake itself.\n"
	"--exec-path, -p - specify the cwd when running the output.\n"
	"--help, -?      - show this help.\n"
	"--force, -f     - always recompile everything.\n"
	"--clean, -c     - clean the selected project/target. Deletes the entire execDir and buildDir!\n"
	"--arguments, -a - arguments to the executed program. Must be last.\n"
	"--execute, -e   - execute the resulting file.\n"
	"--not, -n       - put in front of --execute (or use -ne) to not execute.\n"
	"--project       - generate a sample .myproject in cwd.\n"
	"--target        - generate a sample .mymake in cwd.\n"
	"--config        - write global config file.\n"
	"--threads, -j   - compile in parallel if possible, using this many threads.\n"
	"--default-input - add this file as an input if no other is specified on command-line\n"
	"                  or in configuration. Useful when integrating with text editors.\n"
	"--time, -t      - output the time taken for various stages of mymake.\n";

CmdLine::CmdLine(const vector<String> &params) :
	errors(false),
	exit(false),
	execute(tUnset),
	showHelp(false),
	clean(false),
	times(false),
	threads(0),
	createGlobal(false) {

	bool noOptions = false;
	state = sNone;

	execName = params[0];

	for (nat i = 1; i < params.size(); i++) {
		const String &c = params[i];

		if (optionParam(c)) {
			// Nothing.
		} else if (!noOptions && c.size() > 1 && c[0] == '-') {
			if (!parseOptions(c.substr(1))) {
				errors = true;
				break;
			}
		} else if (c == "--") {
			noOptions = true;
		} else {
			addFile(c);
		}
	}

	if (createGlobal) {
		if (!::createGlobal(configParam))
			errors = true;
	}
}

void CmdLine::printHelp() const {
	printf(helpStr, execName.c_str());
}

bool CmdLine::parseOptions(const String &opts) {
	if (opts.size() > 1 && opts[0] == '-') {
		// Long option - only one.
		map<String, char>::const_iterator i = longOptions.find(opts.substr(1));
		if (i == longOptions.end())
			return false;

		return parseOption(i->second);
	} else {
		for (nat i = 0; i < opts.size(); i++) {
			if (!parseOption(opts[i]))
				return false;
		}
	}

	return true;
}

static bool checkFile(const Path &file) {
	if (!file.exists())
		return true;

	char ans;
	do {
		std::cout << "File " << file << " already exists. Overwrite? (y/n) ";
		if (!(std::cin >> ans))
			return false;
	} while (ans != 'y' && ans != 'n');

	return ans == 'y';
}

static nat askThreads() {
	nat ans = 0;
	while (true) {
		std::cout << "Preferred number of threads to use during compilation? ";
		if (std::cin >> ans)
			return ans;

		std::cin.clear();
		std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max());
	}
}

static bool createGlobal(const String &param) {
	Path file = Path::home() + localConfig;
	if (!checkFile(file))
		return false;

	String envinfo;
	if (param.empty())
		envinfo = setup::envinfo(null);
	else
		envinfo = setup::envinfo(&param);

	nat defThreads = askThreads();
	if (defThreads < 1)
		defThreads = 1;

	ofstream dest(toS(file).c_str());
	if (!dest) {
		WARNING("Failed to open " << Path::home() + localConfig);
		return false;
	}

	dest << templ::global;
	dest << endl;
	dest << envinfo;
	dest << "[]" << endl;
	dest << "#Default number of threads for compilation on this machine." << endl;
	dest << "maxThreads=" << defThreads << endl;
	return true;
}

static bool createTarget() {
	Path file = Path::cwd() + localConfig;
	if (!checkFile(file))
		return false;

	ofstream dest(toS(file).c_str());
	if (!dest) {
		WARNING("Failed to open " << Path::cwd() + localConfig);
		return false;
	}

	istringstream src(templ::target);

	String line;
	while (getline(src, line)) {
		if (line.empty()) {
			dest << endl;
		} else if (line[0] == '#' || line[0] == '[') {
			dest << line << endl;
		} else {
			dest << '#' << line << endl;
		}
	}

	return false;
}

static bool createProject() {
	Path file = Path::cwd() + projectConfig;
	if (!checkFile(file))
		return false;

	ofstream dest(toS(file).c_str());
	if (!dest) {
		WARNING("Failed to open " << Path::cwd() + projectConfig);
		return false;
	}

	dest << templ::project;
	return false;
}

bool CmdLine::parseOption(char opt) {
	if (state != sNone && state != sNegate) {
		return false;
	}

	switch (opt) {
	case 'n':
		state = sNegate;
		break;
	case 'o':
		state = sOutput;
		break;
	case 'a':
		state = sArguments;
		execute = tYes;
		break;
	case 'e':
		execute = (state == sNegate) ? tNo : tYes;
		break;
	case 'd':
		state = sDebug;
		break;
	case 'c':
		clean = true;
		break;
	case 'f':
		force = (state != sNegate);
		break;
	case 'p':
		state = sExecPath;
		break;
	case '?':
		showHelp = true;
		break;
	case 'j':
		state = sParallel;
		break;
	case 't':
		times = true;
		break;
	case '\1':
		createGlobal = true;
		state = sCreateGlobal;
		exit = true;
		break;
	case '\2':
		if (!createTarget())
			errors = true;
		exit = true;
		break;
	case '\3':
		if (!createProject())
			errors = true;
		exit = true;
		break;
	case '\4':
		state = sDefaultInput;
		break;
	default:
		return false;
	}

	return true;
}

static bool strEq(const String &a, const char *b) {
	for (nat i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) {
		if (b[i] == 0)
			return false;

		if (tolower(a[i]) != tolower(b[i]))
			return false;
	}

	if (b[a.size()] != 0)
		return false;

	return true;
}

static int findDebugLevel(const String &name) {
	if (strEq(name, "QUIET"))
		return dbg_QUIET;
	if (strEq(name, "NORMAL"))
		return dbg_NORMAL;
	if (strEq(name, "PEDANTIC"))
		return dbg_PEDANTIC;
	if (strEq(name, "INFO"))
		return dbg_INFO;
	if (strEq(name, "VERBOSE"))
		return dbg_VERBOSE;
	if (strEq(name, "DEBUG"))
		return dbg_DEBUG;

	return to<int>(name, -1);
}

bool CmdLine::optionParam(const String &v) {
	State s = state;
	state = sNone;

	switch (s) {
	case sOutput:
		output = Path(v);
		return true;
	case sArguments:
		params << v;
		state = sArguments;
		return true;
	case sDebug:
		debugLevel = findDebugLevel(v);
		if (debugLevel < 0) {
			PLN("Invalid value for debug level!");
			errors = true;
		}
		return true;
	case sExecPath:
		execPath = Path(v).makeAbsolute();
		return true;
	case sParallel:
		threads = to<int>(v);
		return true;
	case sDefaultInput:
		defaultInput = v;
		return true;
	case sCreateGlobal:
		configParam = v;
		return true;
	default:
		return false;
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}

void CmdLine::addFile(const String &file) {
	names << file;
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}

void CmdLine::apply(const set<String> &options, Config &config) const {
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		config.set("output", toS(output));

	if (!execPath.isEmpty())
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		if (options.count(order[i]) == 0) {
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		}
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	if (config.getArray("input").empty()) {
		config.add("input", toS(Path(defaultInput).makeAbsolute()));
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	if (execute == tNo)
		config.set("execute", "no");

	if (threads > 0) {
		config.set("maxThreads", toS(threads));
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}

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2017 Ontario Festival and Events Municipality of the Year announced
Media release from Festivals and Events Ontario
Provincial association recognizes industry festival and events leaders
Ontario (March 3, 2017) – Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) is proud to announce the 2017 Municipality of the Year Awards, presented by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
The Award is intended for those municipalities who openly encourages and supports festivals and special events within their region creating positive local environments for festivals and events within their communities. Through this special award, FEO is pleased to recognize those municipalities, towns or cities and markets who have worked, through concentrated efforts, to provide an atmosphere beneficial to successful festivals and events.
Submissions from FEO members were received for consideration in the fall of 2016 and were judged by an independent panel of judges. Festivals and events of all kinds from every corner of Ontario were represented in the submissions—from community festivals to internationally recognized events. The Municipality of the Year Awards were given out on Friday, March 3, during FEO's Annual Conference Celebrating the Past, Igniting the Future in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
FEO would like to congratulate the 2017 Municipality of the Year recipients under the following three categories:
Population less than 50,000
Town of Collingwood
Population more than 50,000 and less than 150,000
The City of Guelph
Population more than 150,000
The City of Mississauga
"Celebrating the Past. Igniting the Future" 2017 FEO annual conference and Awards presentation was held at the Quattro Hotel and Conference Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
About Festivals and Events Ontario
Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) supports a lively, engaged and dedicated festival and events industry by sharing knowledge, enabling networking and providing leadership on education, advocacy and promotion. FEO publishes and distributes an annual Festivals and Events in Ontario guide consumer guide with a circulation of 225,000 distributed throughout the province and bordering states. Another guide is published to promote its industry supplier goods and services.
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Nichole Fogarty
Marketing and Communications Coordinator, FEO
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Show Rundown: November 1, 2006
Borat Guesses the Celebrity Jew and How He Feels About Michael Jackson
Tracy Morgan on Family, Fame, and Staying Funny
Tracy Morgan on His Wife, the Girl Scout
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Tracy mentioned he'd been listening to the show for 10 years, and that Eddie Murphy gave him advice to "stay funny" back when his career was just getting started. Tracy noted he had three kids, and one was in college and another was set to go next year. Tracy also reported he was committed to his wife, and that their sex life was as strong as it'd ever been. For example, Tracy said he recently role played a wild fantasy scene with his wife while two of his children were asleep in their rooms, and that the couple also had a girl-scout routine they did together as well.
Tracy commented he was into sports as a kid which kept him out of trouble, but admitted he was arrested when he became a crack dealer for a short period of time. Tracy then said his arrest took place in the early 1980s when "crack was king," and that he quit selling it because his wife insisted he do so. Tracy added, as a high school graduation present from his uncle, he was taken to Times Square and had sex with a $30 prostitute.
Tracy revealed he pitched a storyline for his show, "30 Rock," that would feature him discovering that Beetlejuice was his father. Tracy also claimed Tom Green was the most difficult host he encountered on "Saturday Night Live," and that it was hard for him to make a name for himself when he first got there because of the presence of stars like Norm Macdonald, Colin Quinn and Will Ferrell.
Before the interview ended, Tracy claimed he wanted to have a daughter to go along with his three sons, and that he never had a problem having sex with women even if they'd vomited on his penis during oral sex. Tracy then talked about the time he was on the show "Punk'd," explaining his Jaguar was about to be towed at the time to a location four hours away from Los Angeles, and that he was ready to get physical with the perpetrators of the prank before he found out it was just a joke.


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Tocumbo es un municipio en el estado mexicano de Michoacán de Ocampo, la cabecera del municipio homónimo.

Toponimia
El nombre Tocumbo proviene de la palabra indígena jugcumba que se interpreta como «pinabete».

Ubicación
La ciudad de Tocumbo se encuentra aproximadamente en la ubicación , a una altura de 1607 , y a una distancia de 196 km de la capital del estado.

Demografía
Según los datos registrados en el censo de 2020, la población de Tocumbo es de  habitantes, lo que representa un crecimiento promedio de 0.50% anual en el período 2010-2020 sobre la base de los  habitantes registrados en el censo anterior. Ocupa una superficie de 3.150 km², lo que determina al año 2020 una densidad de  hab/km².

La población de Tocumbo está mayoritariamente alfabetizada, (6.93% de personas mayores de 15 años analfabetas, según relevamiento del año 2020), con un grado de escolaridad en torno a los 7 años. Solo el 0.05% se reconoce como indígena.
El 95.1% de los habitantes de Tocumbo profesa la religión católica.

En el año 2010 estaba clasificada como una localidad de grado medio de vulnerabilidad social. Según el relevamiento realizado,  personas de 15 años o más no habían completado la educación básica, —carencia conocida como rezago educativo—, y  personas no disponían de acceso a la salud.

Economía
Las principales actividades de la población son el comercio y la elaboración de productos manufacturados.

Referencias

Localidades del estado de Michoacán
Cabeceras municipales del estado de Michoacán


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Focus: Ruling explores entrapment in the digital realm
BY Gabrielle Giroday 02 Jan 2017
A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice case that alleged entrapment by police in an Internet chat room highlights important aspects of the law in the digital realm.
In R. v. Ghotra, 2016 ONSC 5675, Akash Ghotra and his counsel Alan Gold and Melanie Webb argued an undercover officer from Peel Regional Police entrapped Ghotra when she posed as a 14-year-old girl named Mia in an online chatroom.
After online conversations between the two, Ghotra went to an apartment building for a meeting, where he was arrested for Internet luring and subsequently found guilty. However, Ghotra argued he'd been "entrapped when the officer provided an opportunity to commit the offence by telling him she was 14 years old," said the ruling by Justice Bruce Durno.
In the ruling, Durno indicated Ghotra "took the lead" when it came to online discussions with Mia about her age and about sexual matters. Durno said the case was not an example of random virtue testing, and he chose not to stay the charge.
Michael Lacy, partner at Brauti Thorning Zibarras LLP and vice president of the Criminal Lawyers' Association, says the challenge for Durno was determining if "the accused controlled the circumstances of the offence or was it the officers who in fact were creating an opportunity."
Says Lacy, "I think the law of entrapment has to be re-envisioned in light of the ways in which police utilize technology to, they would say, investigate crimes; I would say, in some cases, create the circumstances to allow people to commit offences."
He says he expects the case will likely be appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal.
"With the evolution of technology and anonymity through electronic messaging, the common law rules related to entrapment do not seamlessly fit into the new modern reality," says Lacy.
"The more proactive the police become in inviting people to commit crimes rather than simply uncovering crimes through surreptitious surveillance on the Internet, the more likely that courts will see it as a problem."
In the ruling, Durno stated that he found "criminal activity was reasonably suspected in the chat room."
He cited R. v. Barnes, 1991, noting that "where officers have a reasonable suspicion that the physical location with which the person is associated is a place where the particular criminal activity is likely occurring, they are not engaged in random virtue testing."
Durno added, "The internet chat room was a place where internet luring was likely occurring," later noting that "police must be permitted leeway in their investigations depending on the type of offence being investigated.
"The nature of the internet makes that leeway essential."
Daniel Brown, a criminal defence lawyer in Toronto, says online investigations where police pose as someone underage to investigate digital crimes against children "is a concept that we're seeing a lot more of."
"There are cases that are before the court right now where lawyers are raising entrapment arguments in relation to this, and while it's not identical to the fact scenario [in Ghotra], it's just another example of the police using . . . the digital world as a way to catch people who were previously difficult to detect through traditional investigations," he says.
With prostitution moving indoor and online, Brown says, "This is a way that the police can now use to catch people who are perhaps pursuing underage sexual encounters."
He adds, "They don't have wiretaps, they don't have search warrants, all they need is a cellphone and an online account and they can attract or lure potentially hundreds of men who are engaging in this behaviour."
Brown says to expect more police sting operations.
"These types of investigations are going to be far more common in the future because they're so inexpensive to set up and, apparently, they're effective and legitimate," he says.
Edmond Brown, a criminal defence lawyer in Brampton, Ont. and president of the Peel Criminal Lawyers Association, says that, in his opinion, police handled the case appropriately.
". . . This is a legitimate investigative technique on the part of the police to deter people from getting involved with underage children and teenagers," he says.
A spokesman for the Ministry for the Attorney General said Ghotra will return to the Ontario Court of Justice in March 2017.
Scott Cowan, a criminal defence lawyer, said, "If while posing as a young girl the police made invitations to meet — or turned the conversation sexual — the result may have been different.
"But Justice Durno was not willing to characterize a mere introduction as an opportunity to commit a luring offence, even in the context of a dating chat room," said Cowan. "The case does remind us that we don't want to risk punishing curiosity when the only victim was the one the police created. A police ruse can only go so far without running afoul of entrapment principles."
Gold said he could not comment on the ruling.


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The Divas division got their moments in the sun on The Grandest Stage of Them All, from the tag team match that saw The Bellas fall to "The Frenemies" to Natalya and Naomi involving themselves in the Fatal 4-Way WWE Tag Team Title Match on the WrestleMania Kickoff. And each Diva who stepped onto The Show of Shows got a chance to show why they received that honor with a Six-Diva Tag Match on Raw. And show they did.
The Divas dished out some significant punishment to each other, with AJ Lee (showing NXT's Bayley some love) taking the brunt of it when Natalya & The Bellas isolated her from her group. The peak came when Nikki contorted AJ into a bow and arrow, but the former Divas Champion rallied to tag in a fresh Naomi to take over against Nikki Bella. Naomi's best offense turned out to be a good defense when she ducked Nikki's forearm, leaving it to smash sister Brie in the face instead. With Nikki shocked at her mistake, Naomi attacked with the Rear View and brought it home for her team.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — To say the relationship between AJ Lee and Paige has been a "little strained" is like calling Justin Bieber a "tad overexposed." When not wrapped in a series of increasingly awkward embraces, the two Divas spent much of 2014 at each other's throats. That bi-polar dynamic, however, worked to their advantage as AJ managed to capture a Divas Tag Team victory over The Bellas for herself and her "English muffin," Paige – at WrestleMania 31.
The icy relationship between AJ and Paige began to thaw on March 2 when The Black Widow returned unannounced to rescue Paige from a two-on-one Bella beatdown. With their focus on common adversaries in Divas Champion Nikki Bella and twin sister Brie, the former "frenemies" unique bond appeared to reluctantly solidify over the course of the next several weeks. Yet when a ring mishap cost Paige a chance to take Nikki's title on Raw one week before The Show of Shows, the duo's frosty friendship seemed just about over.
During The Show of Shows, Paige and Nikki kicked off the action. The Divas Champion took control of the match when her sister Brie joined in with a flying dropkick into Paige's midsection. As for AJ, she was thwarted from tagging in after being knocked off the ring apron three times, twice by Nikki and once by Brie.
Although she certainly had her hands full, Paige managed to kick out several times, including once after enduring Nikki's back-breaking Rack Attack. When the fracas spilled outside the ring, Paige was finally able to crawl back in to make the critical tag. The former longest-reigning Divas Champion mounted a flurry of offense before being able to lock on her Black Widow submission hold, forcing "fearless" champion Nikki to tap out.
And although The Bellas were dealt a humiliating blow at The Show of Shows, the fact remains, the Divas Championship is still tucked firmly under the Bella umbrella. How long it remains there, though, is another question. And will it be AJ Lee or Paige who does the asking?
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AJ Lee comes out and says they've known her as a lot of things, but she will stop the Bellas at Wrestlemania and take the title from those plastic idiots. She says she hopes Paige will team with her and it's up to her, then Paige comes out and says AJ is trying to gloss over what happened on Monday. Paige says AJ will do anything to be champion and to keep the title from her, and she isn't sure she can trust AJ anymore. AJ says they both hate losing and they need to stay on the same page to win Sunday, then Paige suggests they stop being frenemies.
The Bellas cut them off and mock them, with Nikki commenting that AJ can manipulate anyone, but it won't help her. Brie says she has a bond with Nikki that can't be broken, and she can forgive her and move on, and that's why they succeed. Nikki says AJ went on vacation and Brock Lesnar even worked more than her this year, and these "pampered plastic" women are the ones running the Divas division. Paige says she and AJ aren't afraid to be themselves and they are real women, then Nikki says a real woman would stop talking and start fighting now. She goes to the ring but Brie stops her, and Nikki calls AJ and Paige b*tches, and says she will see them Sunday.
The Divas Championship is the sole prize that will not be contested at this year's WrestleMania. So, it's only fair that Nikki Bella gave Paige, who's been boondoggled out of the butterfly title twice now, a third and final shake to kick off a third run with the Divas division's signature hardware on Raw. That she allowed Paige and AJ, who'll team up against both Bellas at WrestleMania, to choose which among them would get the match in the first place was a blatant divide-and-conquer scheme on the champ's part, though it was one that seemed doomed to fail after The Diva of Tomorrow battled her way into a stalemate, writhing free of the Rack Attack to hit Nikki with an (ultimately unsuccessful) Ram-Paige.
With Nikki in a daze, Brie attempted to pull her sister to safe harbor, but AJ Lee evened the odds and cut Brie Mode off before it could even rev up. In her excitement, however, the Black Widow blasted Paige in the face with an accidental elbow and Nikki pounced with a quite deliberate one, following up with the Rack Attack to win the title. A two-on-one attack of their WrestleMania opponents wasn't even necessary; Paige swarmed AJ after the match in frustration, leaving their partnership on some very, very shaky ground.
Before Paige's match, both girls discussed their relationship and their mutual dislike for the Bella Twins with Renee Young in the WWE App.
AJ Lee and Nikki Bella are on commentary for this match. Paige tackles Brie early on and attacks her outside of the ring. Back inside, Brie hits a bulldog and locks on the dreaded signature Brie Bella chinlock twice.
A double clothesline leaves both laying so the viewers will pay more attention to Nikki on commentary. Brie hits the Brie Mode knee, but Paige rolls her up for the pin.
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And last but certainly NOT least, thank you AJ! Our project was called "#AJis" because we wanted the fans to tell us who is AJ to them. So, I guess you guys would like to know who is AJ to us, right?
So with that being said, happy birthday AJ! Hope you have a wonderful day, filled with love & all that sappy stuff!
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Perhaps it's the mark of a gracious Divas Champion that Nikki Bella made like the hashtag says and gave a Diva a chance on Raw by going one-on-one against AJ Lee. Perhaps it's the mark of an uphill battle that the three-time titleholder didn't get the job done against the butterfly-emblazoned title's current occupier. Nikki took advantage of AJ's lengthy stay on the injured list to weaken the former champion's arm about halfway through the contest. The Black Widow was able to rally into the advantage, though, with a triangle choke and a Thesz Press that put Nikki on her heels.
As AJ picked up momentum, however, a spill outside the ring led to a spat between Brie Bella and Paige, accompanying their sister and frenemy at ringside, respectively. AJ took her eyes off a reeling Nikki to tend to Brie, and that gave Nikki the opening she needed to hit AJ with a forearm to the face and a Rack Attack for the win.
Meet AJ @ Barnes & Noble, CA!
Meet Roman Reigns and AJ Lee at the Barnes & Noble on Stevens Creek Blvd. in San Jose, Calif. Talent will be signing the "WWE Ulitmate Superstar Guide" for the first 400 fans.
Hello, hello everyone and thank you so much for taking your time to read this!
Go to twitter and use the hashtag "#AJis" along with your tweet. Basically, you will let us know IN ONE tweet (two would be difficult to keep track on and definitely wouldn't look good in what we have planned) what is AJ to you.
You can either tweet it to us or simply use the hashtag since we'll be tracking it!
You have until Tuesday to submit your tweets! Tweets that get to us on Wednesday, won't be included in the project.
Keep it cute, simple and with good grammar! And one last thing, if you're not a fan, please refrain from using the hashtag to be hateful. Thank you!


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