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Every day there are 44 flights between Oslo and Trondheim – NRK – Klima
Local Upton Local Tuesday 24th January 2023 06:58 PM
In total, there were 222,622 domestic flights in Norway last year, according to new figures from Avinor.
Oslo-Trondheim and Oslo-Bergen were respectively the fourth and fifth busiest air routes in the whole of Europe last year, according to Eurostat.
It is a well-known fact that Norwegians fly a lot, and in 2019 a group of researchers at NTNU joined forces to look at emissions from Norwegian air traffic in detail.
One of the findings is that the Oslo-Trondheim route alone accounts for 11 per cent of all CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation in Norway.
At Flytoget's platforms at Oslo S, you can follow flights and departure times from Oslo Airport. Every day, there are approximately 44 flights between Oslo and Trondheim.
Photo: Milana Knezevic / NRK
Most emissions between the big cities
The researchers created a model that shows the kind of emissions we got on each and every plane that flew in Norway.
The route with the largest emissions was Oslo-Bodø, which accounts for 12 per cent of the emissions from domestic aviation. All five routes with the largest emissions go to and from Oslo Airport.
– City traffic was the worst. The largest emissions are found on routes such as Oslo-Trondheim and Oslo-Bergen. These two together account for around 20 per cent of emissions on domestic routes, says climate researcher Helene Muri.
SAS and Norwegian will not answer NRK about how full individual routes are, citing competitive considerations.
– We have not looked at whether the planes are full or not, we have looked at the seat capacity. But you may have taken some of those planes yourself and seen from experience that it can be tricky, says Muri.
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Climate researcher Helene Muri.
Photo: NTNU
The total aviation emissions per Norwegian are also approximately twice as large in terms of CO₂ as both Sweden, Germany and France, according to Muri's research. It includes both domestic and international flights.
The reasons why Norwegians fly so much are complex, explains Muri.
In several places in Europe, the train service is cheaper and faster than in Norway.
In a long country with many fjords and mountains, some flights will probably be unavoidable, especially on the short-haul network.
– For example, Oslo-Tromsø is a stretch where it is not easy to find alternative means of transport, says Muri.
But that does not apply to all the "worst routes".
– The average Norwegian often has enough to travel with to be able to take a weekend trip and take these perhaps unnecessary flights. Trains in Norway are quite expensive, so when flying is cheaper and faster, you understand that people choose it, says Muri.
A Norwegian plane in the air between Oslo and Trondheim.
Photo: Håkon Benjaminsen / NRK
Choose the train to Trondheim
Domestic flights account for 2 per cent of Norway's emissions, according to Statistics Norway. When they measure the emissions from journeys by different means of transport, airplanes come out as the least climate-friendly way of transporting passengers, while the train is at the other end of the scale.
Frida Myklebust Amdahl (22) always chooses to take the train if possible. She has to take out the calculator to calculate how many times she has taken the Dovrebanen between Trondheim and Oslo.
– 56, I came up with!
Frida Myklebust Amdahl wants to strike a blow for train travel.
She took her first trip as a 15-year-old, for climate reasons. She begged her mother to travel by train to the Nature and Youth meeting in Oslo.
Then she fell head over heels for the train, both as a way to avoid flying, and for the journey itself. On the phone there is a separate note with the title "weird experiences on the Dovrebanen".
– Once there was a dance band in the café cart that offered to dance. Another time there was a whole wagon full of dogs going to an exhibition, she laughs.
Frida Myklebust Amdahl has taken the train 56 times on a route where many fly.
But Frida's love story still belongs to the rarities. Every day there are 22 flights each way Oslo-Trondheim, according to Avinor.
Frida is clear that she is committed to the climate and keen to cut her own emissions. She is calling for cheaper, more frequent and faster train departures so that it is not only too particularly interested.
At the same time, she encourages people to see the possibilities with trains already today. Such as not having to travel to and from airports, security checks and waiting for luggage.
– It is an opportunity to work. An opportunity to relax. An opportunity to do something good for the climate, while sitting with your eyes closed, she adds.
Landscape along the route Oslo-Trondheim.
Not easy to find alternatives
The airline industry will itself cut emissions with the help of technology. Avinor highlights electric aircraft, more efficient aircraft and fuel with lower emissions. The government also points to CO2 taxes.
Muri at NTNU acknowledges that there are geographical challenges with the development of railways in Norway, but believes that otherwise it should not be so difficult.
– The time it takes to take a train between cities in Norway has actually increased. It takes longer now than it did before. It's a bit remarkable and takes things in a bit of a wrong direction, she says.
– Increased capacity, increased speed and the availability of stable broadband in the trains are measures that can help shift traffic from the air onto the railway network.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications did not have the opportunity to answer NRK's questions about the case before publication.
France bans some short-haul flights
France is now to ban three popular flights from Orly airport in Paris in an attempt to reduce the country's CO2– emissions.
Before Christmas, the European Commission gave France the green light to introduce the ban on domestic flights between Orly and the cities of Bordeaux, Nantes and Lyon, writes the website Electrek.
France proposed in 2021 to ban commercial short-haul flights in the country, but was dependent on EU approval as a result of significant opposition to the proposal from the union UAF, writes NTB. The law must also place restrictions on the use of private aircraft.
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List Of Best Countries for Nigerian Students to Study Abroad
ByInnocent Chiebuka Anyanwu
Jan 18, 2023 Study Abroad
Every year, approximately 1.9 million Nigerian school leavers sit for compulsory entrance exams into 150 public and private universities in the country. Higher institutions can only accept about 600,000 students.
Add that to the poor perception of the Nigerian education system, then it's no surprise that abroad is the destination for many Nigerian students seeking quality higher education.
So where do most Nigerian students go to study?
In a recent study (2016), UNESCO revealed statistics of countries around the world that attract the most Nigerian students. It referred to Nigerian students that are enrolled in part-time, full-time, and distance-learning undergraduate and postgraduate programs abroad.
Below are the top 10 countries for Nigerian students to study abroad according to UNESCO research in ascending order.
10. Russian Federation
Nigerians represent one of the numerous groups of all foreign students studying in the Eastern European countries of Russia and Ukraine. Currently, more than 3300 Nigerian students are studying in Ukraine.
Also, with the Bilateral Education Agreement between Nigeria and Russia, through the Federal Ministry of Education, the number of Nigerian students studying in Russia is gradually increasing over the past few years. UNESCO placed the figure at 777 Nigerian students studying in Russia in 2016.
9. Hungary
Hungary according to the most recent UNESCO survey is gradually becoming a destination country for foreign education. Three-quarters of international students arriving in Hungary come from only ten countries, while one-quarter of the students arrive from another 100 countries. One of these ten countries includes Nigeria.
Hungary has attracted more than a thousand Nigerian students owing to its sophisticated medical program. The University of Debrecen is one of the best and most widely-known schools in the country and has over 700 Nigerian students, more than half of that number undertaking courses in the medical field.
8. The United Arab Emirates
Universities in UAE have been featured in the world university ranking. In addition, a number of highly ranked universities based in other countries have branch campuses in the UAE. These include branch campuses run by Australia's University of Wollongong, the UK's Middlesex University, and the USA's Michigan State University.
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Of more than 200 international branch campuses in the world in 2016, 41 were located in UAE, making UAE the home to more branch campuses than any other country in the world. This is part of the ambition of the Emirates, in particular Abu Dhabi and Dubai, to become educational hubs, without compromising quality. About 1,755 Nigerian students were reported studying in UAE in 2016.
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7. Saudi Arabia
You may be surprised to find Saudi Arabia on the list. But it will interest you to know that there were 1,915 Nigerian students who reported studying in Saudi Arabia in 2016.
Arab States; Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are making efforts to recruit students from abroad. These 3 countries hosted 4% of the global share of mobile students.
6. South Africa
In terms of internationalization and collaboration with foreign institutions, which are major requirements for successful evaluation and ranking of high institutions, South African universities are leading other African unis. The country attracted 32% of mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 and is fast becoming a study destination for Nigerian students, with a reported population of 2,525 students in 2016.
One downside (apart from the recent xenophobic attacks on other Africans) according to this article by a Nigerian student who went for postgraduate studies in South Africa, is that non-South African students struggle to access scholarships despite all kinds of local and international funding available in South Africa.
Canadian universities and colleges are recognized for their high standards of education, variety of programs, and friendliness to international students. UNESCO reported 3,257 Nigerian students studying in Canada in 2016.
According to Ambassador Perry John Calderwood, Canadian High Commissioner in Nigeria, more than 6,000 Nigerian students were studying in Canadian universities in 2014. He also said that Nigeria has become the 8th largest source of foreign students in Canada. There are available Scholarships to study in Canada.
4. Malaysia
The Malaysian government has set the ambitious goal to become the world's sixth-largest education exporter by 2020. As a result, the Malaysian higher education sector is rapidly advancing, making it a popular study choice for international students.
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According to Vanguard News, there are about 13000 Nigerian students in Malaysian universities. However, there have been several reported cases of Nigerian students being marginalized in this country. Constant intimidation, harassment, and illegal arrests by Malaysian authorities.
Such cases resulted in an open letter to President Jonathan by Nigerian students in Malaysia, to intervene on their behalf. But it's still a study destination for 13,000 Nigerians due to its low cost of living, relatively low tuition fees, and global recognition of academic qualifications. The Malaysian Government also offers scholarships to its international students.
The US has some of the best schools in the world, with quality education and tons of extra-curricular activities. It's no doubt why it's the second country on the list for Nigerian students.
In 2014, the United States Embassy noted that 7,318 Nigerian students were studying in more than 700 universities and colleges in the US, at undergraduate and graduate levels.
According to Mrs. Jennifer Onyeukwu, Head of Education USA Advising Centre (EAC), 80 percent of the Nigerian students who left to study in the US in 2014 were given partial and full scholarships by the schools. Six students received the MasterCard Foundation Scholarship of $311,140 each annually for 4 years.
2. Ghana
In a public lecture by Lamido Sanusi, former CBN governor, he said, "although there are no comprehensive data on the number of Nigerian students abroad, recent data have shown that there are about 71,000 Nigerian students in Ghana paying about US$1 billion annually as tuition fees and upkeep, as against the annual budget of US$751 million for all Nigerian federal universities".
This number of students reported by the former CBN governor is wide apart from the UNESCO report of 13,919 Nigerian students studying in Ghana as of 2016, a whopping 50% rise from figures as of 2012. Whatever the case, the point is that Ghana is a top destination for many Nigerians to further their studies.
The UK remains the number one destination for Nigerian students to study abroad. In 2016, there were 17,973 Nigerians studying in UK universities. Mr. Iain Steward, a member of the British Parliament, said that about 30,000 Nigerian students would be studying in UK Universities by 2020.
This number accounts for 7% of the total UK University population. As a result, there are several UK Scholarships opportunities for Nigerian Students and more scholarships every year.
The other 5 countries with Nigerian students studying abroad were India – 1,260 students, Egypt – 1,189 students, Australia – 949 students, Turkey – 876 students, and Germany with – 845 Nigerian students as of 2016.
Again the figures presented here may be underreported, but we assume it gives a representation of countries where you can find most Nigerian students.
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package com.intellij.codeInspection;

import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.quickFix.LightQuickFixParameterizedTestCase;
import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.Sdk;
import com.intellij.testFramework.IdeaTestUtil;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * @author Pavel.Dolgov
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public class SimplifyStreamApiCallChainsInspectionTest extends LightQuickFixParameterizedTestCase {

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  public void test() throws Exception {
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    return IdeaTestUtil.getMockJdk9();
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A new chapter for Giants
Four days, four Giants – one unforgettable event which will result in one very special book.
Due to popular demand, Liverpool City Council is set to produce a limited edition book which will contain more than 100 beautiful images of Liverpool's Dream – thought to be the city's biggest ever event, attracting around 1.3million people to Liverpool and Wirral.
The team wants anyone who thinks they have a fantastic or unique photograph to submit it the Giants Team for the chance for it to be included in the final publication.
In order for the image to be considered:
No more than two images per person can be submitted
Each image must be at least 3MB
There must be no copyright or permissions attached to use the image
Images must be submitted by people over the age of 16
No payment will be given for any of the images provided, but the photographer will be credited in the book.
Anyone who would like to share their photographic gem needs to head to www.giantspectacular.com/be-part-of-the-story, fill in the form and upload the images.
And if you don't want to submit a photo of the event but would like to let the team know what the Giants mean to you, head to the same page on the website. Just add your memory or thoughts, name, age, where you live and a photo of yourself, and it may also be included in the special souvenir.
In order to publish the book in time for Christmas, the deadline is tight and all images or comments about the Giants need to be received by 5pm on Monday 15 October.
Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Culture, Tourism and Events, Councillor Wendy Simon, said:
"Within hours of Liverpool's Dream finale, we were being asking if a book would be produced so people could re-live the incredible spectacle they had experienced.
"The event was such a wonderful moment in the cultural history of Liverpool and Wirral that there was no question of not having a book showcasing some of its highlights.
"We know that there will be thousands of incredible pictures captured by the audience, and this is going to make it really tough to choose which ones appear in print.
"But we urge people to share a couple of their favourite photographic moments or let us know what impact the Giants have had on them, with the chance to have their handiwork and comments on display in this very special keepsake."
Cllr Phil Davies, Leader of Wirral Council, said:
"The Giant's visit to New Brighton was an unforgettable day and many of the 80,000 visitors who came to welcome him to Wirral will have taken stunning photos of his adventure.
"The reaction to the whole event has been overwhelming and we're looking forward to seeing the images and reflections from this year's Giant Spectacular on both sides of the Mersey. This publication will allow the memories from this very special weekend to live on for many years to come."
The book is being produced in partnership with Royal de Luxe and Newhall Publishing Ltd. It will be available to purchase in November.
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Margaret M Eves says:
A truly magical experience which brought people together in friendship and fun. Something that will stay in hearts and minds forever.
Paul, elaine , sophie Johnson says:
I cannot thank you all enough for a truly remarkable and memorable experience as that witnessed this week. The people of liverpool and everyone else who visited and watched these giants brought to life have taken you into their hearts and liverpool city council should bestow the key to the city upon you all. You deserve the highest award possible for what you have achieved over the years and it is really sad to think today, sunday, was the last time the giants will ever be seen. The people tonight are full of mixed emotions happy to have seen this brilliant specticle yet deeply sad at the thought of never seeing it again. What a rollercoaster , what a day, what a memory . THANK YOU
Paul Elaine Sophie Johnson says:
I cannot thank you all enough for a truly remarkable and memorable experience as that witnessed this week.The people of liverpool and everyone else who visited and watched these giants brought to life have taken you into their hearts and liverpool city council should bestow the key to the city upon you all. You deserve the highest award possible for what you have achieved over the years and it is really sad to think today , sunday,was the last time the giants will ever be seen. The people tonight are full of mixed emotions happy to have seen this brilliant specticle yet deeply sad at the thought of never seeing it again. What a rollercoaster , what a day, what a memory . THANK YOU
I cannot thank you all enough for a truly remarkable and memorable experience as that witnessed this week. The people of liverpool and everyone else who visited and watched these giants brought to life have taken you into their hearts and liverpool city council should bestow the key to the city upon you all. You deserve the highest award possible for what you have achieved over the years and it is really sad to think today , sunday, was the last time the giants will ever be seen. The people tonight are full of mixed emotions happy to have seen this brilliant specticle yet deeply sad at the thought of never seeing it again. What a rollercoaster , what a day, what a memory . THANK YOU
Gilly Beckley says:
Absolutely love The giant puppets, they are so magical. So sad I won't get to see them. They make me feel like a child and I'm 56. Please don't go, we need more magic in the world xx
After missing the giants the last two times they were in my home City of Liverpool I was determined not to miss them again. So I booked a ferry across from Ireland and brought my 8 year old daughter to the final farewell parade where my eldest daughter caught a train from Manchester uni to join us and we met my sister and brother in law from the Wirral. It was such an amazing sight to behold, it not only brought the giants to life but it also brought the city to life. At a time where life is hard for many this event was for the many to enjoy and not just the few. It brought families and friends together and created many happy memories. A huge thank you to everyone involved.
Katie Millington says:
What a special weekend. Myself and my daughter came up from wolverhampton by train to witness the giant spectacle, i have no words to describe how magical it was to see these huge creations actually moving , life like, the music, the athmosphere all was a truely amazing experience, my daughter said it was the best weekend of her life, i cant wait to purchase the book.
Sandra Churchill says:
Well what can i say!! This was the most amazing weekend ive ever seen in my 67 years. We booked a hotel on the strand Fri till Sunday,by the Albert Dock. Not knowing this was the place to be everyday to see This spectscular display. We followed The Giants around the city. Also taking in so many of the beautiful buildings ive never seen before. Walked with the hundreds of thousands of people also following The Giants and the whole of Liverpool came together as a massive Happy Family, children, people old and young. Disabled. People from every part of the world. People were so friendly and helpful to each other. This was a very happy weekend.
WELL DONE to everyone who took part to organise this fabulas massive event.
And a great Thank you to The Giants and all of there huge hard working Family for making this all possible.
LIVERPOOL IS THE BEST
Susan Miller says:
May I ask why they are no longer performing?
Jennifer Cane says:
22nd March 2019 at 9:14 am
Hi Susan, these particular Giants have returned to the wall of planck in the sky, their original home from which they came to visit us and cities around the world. It was deemed that this is the end of their particular story but Royal de Luxe are working on a range of other stories with other Giant guests for the future and their journeys around the world.


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Who wants a car that does 111km per liter of fuel?
A futuristic-looking Volkswagen XL1 is being auctioned
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With this ultra-efficient car, you will no longer dread high fuel prices. Screw 'em. PHOTO FROM SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS
If you're concerned about rising fuel costs, then a rare Volkswagen coming up for auction in the UK might be the perfect car for you. Only 250 production units of the German automaker's XL1 were ever produced, and what you are looking at here may well be the most fuel-efficient production car ever devised. Commonly called the VW "one-liter car," this futuristic-looking planet saver started life as a concept vehicle in the early 2000s. It was designed to cover a distance of 100km on just a single liter of diesel. The final production version, which was available from 2013 onward and only sold in Europe, even managed a figure of 0.9L per 100km. Or 111km/L. No, that's not a typo.
Sci-fi fans will adore this car. PHOTOS FROM SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS
The car achieves this astonishing feat in a number of ways. Firstly, this fuel saver is insanely light. Being made of a proprietary carbon-fiber reinforced polymer and using magnesium for the wheels and aluminum for many other parts, the XL1 has a curb weight of just 795kg. It also uses specially designed low-friction wheel bearings and driveshafts, as well as Michelin tires with super-low rolling resistance. Then there's the design. With a drag coefficient of just 0.189, this Volkswagen slips through the wind easier than pretty much any other car on the road. A 2018 Golf GTI has a drag coefficient of 0.31, while other eco favorites like the Toyota Prius and the Tesla Model 3 come in at 0.24 and 0.21, respectively.
Your adventure gear may not fit in here. PHOTO FROM SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS
Finally, there's the power setup. The XL1 uses a hybrid arrangement that sees an 800cc, 47hp two-cylinder diesel engine and a 27hp electric motor (supplied with juice by a 5.5kWh lithium-ion battery) working together, with power being sent to the rear wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. If the diesel engine alone was used, the car could still manage 50km/L, but with the electric motor, the fuel mileage improves to 111km/L. While it was definitely cheap to run, buying an XL1 new would have set you back the tidy sum of €111,000 (P6.8 million), making this eco runabout a supercar when it comes to price.
It would be a hoot asking the gas station attendant for just a liter of fuel. PHOTOS FROM SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS
The example coming up for auction is a left-hand-drive unit in Oryx White Pearl. It has traveled just 127km, with the price estimate standing at £95,000 (P6.59 million) to £115,000 (P7.97 million). Seeing that VW was capable of producing such an astonishingly efficient vehicle as far back as 2002 (when then-boss Ferdinand Piëch drove the first road-legal prototype to a shareholder meeting), you have to wonder why the firm didn't go down the electrified route with more resolve. Was it really the public who demanded fuel-guzzling SUVs instead of hyper-efficient models like the XL1? Or was it the car industry itself that kept this trend alive in search of easy money? Whatever the answer, one lucky buyer (or bidder) will soon be able to enjoy this high-tech machine and see his fuel bill cut to almost nothing.
This Volkswagen XL1 will be formally offered by Silverstone Auctions at the 2018 NEC Classic Motor Show Sale on November 10-11 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
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Q: i can't get the results in gnuplot using shell scripting I have to make a shell script with gnuplot to generate a data usage of my interface wlan0. Here's what I've tried :
==> for gnuplot :
 set title "Data usage over the current hour"
 unset multiplot
 set xdata time
 set style data lines
 set term png
 set timefmt '"%M:%S"'
 set xrange ['"00:00"':'"59:59"']
 set xlabel "Time"
 set ylabel "Traffic"
 set autoscale y
 set output "datausage.png"
 plot "monitor.dat" using 1:2 t "RX" w lines, "monitor.dat" using 1:3 t "TX" w lines

==> and this is my shell :
 #!/bin/bash
 interface=$1
 mkdir -p /tmp/netiface
 while true;
 do
      recus=`ifconfig $interface | awk -F":" 'NR == 8 { print $2}' |awk '{print $2}' | cut -d "(" -f 2`
      transmis=`ifconfig $interface | awk -F":" 'NR == 8 { print $3}' |awk '{print $2}' | cut -d "(" -f 2`
      date=`date +%M:%S`
      echo -e "$date $recus $transmis">>/tmp/netiface/monitor.dat
      sleep 1
 done

===> monitor.dat
 08:18 823.6 121.4
 08:19 823.6 121.4
 08:20 823.6 121.4
 08:21 823.6 121.4
 08:22 823.7 121.5
 08:23 824.3 121.5
 08:24 824.6 121.5
 08:25 824.6 121.5
 08:26 824.6 121.5
 08:27 824.6 121.5
 08:28 824.6 121.5
 08:29 824.6 121.5
 08:30 824.6 121.5
 08:31 824.6 121.5
 08:32 824.6 121.5

but when I execute all of this, I get the following result:

How should I change my script so that my data is plotted correctly?

A: Have you tried it in the console? I get a warning about an empty x range.
Your xrange is causing problems. It looks like there's some time problem.
Try setting set xrange [*:*] and  you'll see the data. Experimenting with range values should tune you in to the right ranges.

A: Just don't use so many quotes:
set timefmt "%M:%S"
set xrange ["00:00":"59:59"]

Bonus: your output will look nicer using:
set format x "%M:%S"
set xtics "15:00"

(I changed the last point in your example file to get more than tiny little line.)

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Anime UK News Review of 2021 Part 2: Manga and Light Novels
Sarah, darkstorm, Demelza, Onosume and Ian Wolf • 22nd December 2021
2021 has turned out to be a year in which manga sales have never been better! Yet, it's not all been good news; a collision of unfortunate circumstances: the pandemic, worldwide shortages of book-quality paper, printers specializing in printing manga closing down and books printed abroad getting stuck on container ships have all left would-be customers chasing elusive copies of popular titles. We're still the poor relations here in the UK, with physical copies often scheduled 3-4 weeks later than the US and pre-orders not arriving. Publishers such as Kodansha and Tokyopop have altered their release schedules during the year to adapt, offering digital copies first, with print volumes following several weeks (or months) later.
So, please join us as we discuss the impact of digital publishing (not all bad!) look back at the highlights of the past twelve months and make some predictions for 2022.
**And if you're looking for a new series to read, do check out all our past yearly reviews as well – we've introduced a wide range of titles! **
Darkstorm
2021 was a year of not just great releases but also variety. We didn't just get new collector's or special editions of older series but also so many wonderful debuts across all genres, whether you wanted a new romance, comedy, supernatural or LGBT series – there was bound to be at least one that would be for you. I got to review some very good series this year, and even the ones I didn't review overall positively still added to the wealth of diversity that this year provided. But my top pick of the year? I was torn between the beautiful romance Sign of Affection and the fang-tastic supernatural series Call of the Night, both of which deserve the crown, but I'm leaning slightly more towards the latter, not because it's the better series, but because it's a series that got more excited for vampires again in general, and I can't wait to see where the story is going to lead to. But really, there were that many good series this year, any one of them could have taken the top spot.
Thanks to a boom in the market, this year has proven more varied than ever before, especially now Square Enix Manga has begun to find its footing. Bringing series like The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! and Beauty and the Feast to the West, they've proven that they'll deliver a selection of genres and not just fall back on the popular fantasy series like Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest (although we have had more volumes of that than anything else so far!). Meanwhile, VIZ Media brought Fist of the North Star to the market in new hardback editions like their Fullmetal Alchemist and Jojo releases, which is a nice treat for fans of older series like that.
While I largely enjoyed the continuation of series from 2020 like Sweat and Soap and Rent-A-Girlfriend, I did find myself falling in love with the cast of I Belong to the Baddest Girl at School from One Peace Books. While I've been critical of releases from this publisher before, this time around they knocked it out of the park partly in thanks to working with the translator Emily Balistrieri, who clearly had as much fun working on it as I did reading it!
Ian Wolf
When it comes for my manga highlight of the year, it's a title I was not expecting much from, but turned out to be such a surprisingly entertaining read. Sex Ed 120% from Yen Press might sound at first to be a typical sex comedy, but in fact it is an informative, educational and a genuinely entertaining read. Full of useful information, and dealing with serious subjects such as LGBT rights and consent, as far as I'm concerned the series only has two problems: first, it is only three volumes long and there is only one volume left to go; and second, Yen Press's puzzling decision to give it a "Mature" 18 rating when clearly it is aimed at teenagers who would find the information useful.
When it comes to the subject of sexuality and gender, another title worth highlighting is Boys Run the Riot, a series featuring a transgender lead character, written by a transgender author, with an English-language transgender, non-binary editor. It is great to see more diverse creators getting their work published worldwide.
Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu from Seven Seas is a breath of fresh air in a crowded field. At first sight, this looks like yet another 'country girl goes to high school in Tokyo' – which it is – but it's the character of the country girl that makes this stand out from all the others. Mitsumi Iwakura is intelligent, a hard worker and is determined to make a good academic career for herself, maybe even becoming city mayor one day? Her slightly old-fashioned ways and cheerful, earnest nature are endearing as well as amusing…and then there's the unexpected friend she makes on her first day when they're both late: fair-haired, laidback and good-looking Shima-kun. (Why does such a good-looking boy choose to hang out with her? And what's his secret?) Takamatsu has a pleasingly refreshing way of showing us Mitsumi's unusual attitude to contemporary high school life and – not surprisingly – there's an anime version on the way. Volume 3 is due out in February 2022.
My favourite manga of the past year has to be Gorou Kanbe's Like Two Peas in a Pod from Tokyopop. I love everything this mangaka produces but this – another high school story – is, I think, her best so far. It's the tale of two boys, Tanaka and Nakata, starting high school, who due to a mix-up (the kanji in their names) find all other kinds of similarities: their heights, choice of clothes, favourite music, running speeds etc. – until Tanaka starts to go out with Yuka Tanigaki who sits between the two boys in class. Subtle, funny, awkward (like all relationships at this age) and occasionally heart-breaking, this one repays many readings. The two girls in the story are also really well portrayed, something that doesn't always happen in BL.
Ongoing series well worth your time include Witch Hat Atelier and Blue Period from Kodansha.
Onosume
I agree with some of my fellow writers here in that there is now an insane amount of variety when it comes to manga published in English, and it's not the old shonen/shojo divide like it was when I first started getting into manga around 15 years ago.
Despite it being quite difficult to purchase physical volumes due to the ongoing supply chain issues, I'm certainly grateful to this year for allowing me to try different things, and my favourite titles have certainly been outside of what I would normally read. Mermaid Saga ended up being a great read and a very different and perhaps more authentic take on mermaids as fantasy creatures, taking them back to the darkness of fairy tales of old, and in the same kind of area, Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost gave a very different take on Beauty and the Beast. A lot of these kinds of stories do get missed under the more typical Shonen Jump fare, so it's been nice to be able to recommend them.
Outside of titles I've been reviewing I have been continuing to read Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, which feels like it is starting to get into the thick end of a lot of the mysteries it set up in earlier volumes. While I was initially unsure of how good it would be being a follow-up to such a classic, Clear Card has managed to add more to one of CLAMP's most beloved stories and has so far been worthwhile.
I've also been digging into Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, which I picked up on the back of the anime adaptation. While I'm nowhere near up-to-date, I'd honestly say that this is my favourite manga right now, as it is very charming and never fails to make me laugh as the captive Princess continues to get into all sorts of hijinks in her quest for a good night's sleep. If you want something fun and light-hearted, then I'd highly recommend picking it up.
Digital manga this year has largely served as a means for readers to pick up the books that are being heavily delayed in print, rather than giving us many must-have exclusives. Kodansha especially has pushed forth with their 'Digital First' plan, which largely sees the release of BL and shojo titles that more often than not never make the transition to print.
My favourite of this has ended up being How Do You Do, Koharu? from author Kanae Hazuki who is behind the popular series Say I Love You. Now I confess I am a huge fan of Say I Love You myself, so I was absolutely thrilled that her new series was coming to the English market and even happier when I discovered it's actually a sequel to Say I Love You! Two volumes in and this one already displays the same sensitivity and gentle sense of humour that Hazuki's work is known for. It's not quite as emotional yet, but there is still plenty of time for that…
If you want to keep up with the latest manga, it's been mostly digital-first in 2021 for UK readers. Which is still a lot better than nothing but frustrating if, like me, you prefer a paper-and-print copy. Anyhow…I've been very grateful for Kodansha, Tokyopop, Yen Press and SuBLime digital editions which have enabled me to keep up with their releases when the physical copies don't always make it across the pond.
Stand-out digital-only title from SuBLime is still Tomoko Yamashita's The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window with one more volume yet to come. This is a well-constructed and gripping supernatural mystery (read about the anime version in our other article).
A shout-out to online-only futekiya and Manga Planet for continuing to offer a wide range of titles to subscribers and for running several excellent value offers. On the BL front, futekiya have brought us fan-favourites for the first time in English such as Like the Beast by Kotetsuko Yamato – but have also introduced excellent manga from less familiar mangaka such as Arai Niboshiko, Tomoko Yamashita and Akatsuki Kiyoyama. A recent acquisition of a long-awaited series, Kei Ichikawa's Blue Sky Complex, is another jewel in their crown; this slice-of-life account of the relationship that develops between two chalk-and-cheese high schoolers is being released one chapter a week and is a great read. The ups and downs of this evolving relationship are portrayed in a nuanced and touching way and are constantly enlivened by little touches of dry humour, visual as well as verbal.
Ah, light novels, one of my favourite subjects as of late. Thanks to the printing issues plaguing the industry, this has been a tough year when it comes to new debuts, although our old favourites hold strong with new volumes managing to find their way to market. Although it has been disappointing for some fans as Kodansha's releases of Monogatari and Pretty Boy Detective Club have come to a halt with no new content in sight and Seven Seas have been through some turbulence as it came to light they had been heavily editing some of their series and removing dialogue wholesale and inaccurately translating scenes. Sol Press have also disappeared off the face of the earth in the last 4-5 months, leading fans to worry they've gone bankrupt before they could complete even a single one of their series. So, safe to say it hasn't been a fantastic year for the market should you have been interested in any of those.
My favourite debut in print this year came from Yen Press who brought The Detective Is Already Dead to the West. This one also had an anime adaptation air this year, but that was less than stellar, leading to many fans writing off the series completely. Nevertheless, I continued reading it and have enjoyed my time with it. I also read and enjoyed The King of the Dead at the Dark Palace (also from Yen Press) despite the fact it seems to have been dropped in Japan after a single volume.
The primary light novel I have been covering this year is Vampire Hunter D (from Dark Horse) although given that it came out as a three-in-one omnibus edition, perhaps "light" is not quite the word for go for.
Having begun in 1983 and with Hideyuki Kikuchi still writing more novels in the series to this day, these three stories make for a great introduction to a series that has true cult status within the anime world. Mixing horror with a far-future sci-fi setting, and with a central hero who mixes both human and vampire qualities, the stories are certainly thrilling. A series of audiobook adaptations are on the way too.
Digital Light Novels
Digital light novels have been through an interesting year too. Publisher J-Novel Club continued to go from strength to strength as they licensed more isekai but also dipped into the romance market with their newer series, but not only that, they also got bought by Kadokawa, putting them alongside Yen Press and Bookwalker who also fall under Kadokawa. It's still a little early to say what this means for J-Novel Club going forward, but for now, it has at least meant they could license more popular series like When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace. On top of that Kadokawa have moved into the English market themselves with a 'digi-pub' release strategy for a variety of manga and light novels. At the time of writing, they have three light novels licensed, but these are still yet to be released having been delayed from October into "December or January", so we're yet to see what the quality of these releases will be like. But since one of the titles is Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway I imagine plenty of people will be eager to find out…
In terms of releases I've found myself enjoying Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools and My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer, both from J-Novel Club. Both titles are fantasy, but Dahlia in Bloom is a slow-paced slice of life about a craftsman who works on magical tools. My Daughter Left the Nest is more of your stereotypical fantasy adventure series but focuses on a father and daughter and I especially appreciate how it jumps between the perspective of the two characters and their everyday lives given they don't live together anymore. Daughter Angeline is a top-tier adventurer out making money and defeating demons, while her father Belgrieve lives a quiet life in a small village. Both titles offer something a little different and are well worth checking out!
What to look out for in 2022…
In 2022 I'm looking forward to what will happen now that Kadokawa has both entered the light novel market and bought J-Novel Club. More generally speaking, it's exciting to see what new debuts are in store for us as so many got pushed out of 2021. Also, we will finally see the conclusion of Konosuba and A Sister's All You Need which is going to be exciting even if I'm not at all prepared to say goodbye to either of them quite yet!
Alongside my reviewed manga, I'm also still reading Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and towards the end of the year it's starting to really ramp up the mystery of Akito and Yuna, so I'm excited to see where it goes next year. Also, I hope we can get more hardback/collectors editions of older series coming through the pipeline, there's a few older CLAMP series that have yet to come back in print in English.
There are plenty of intriguing titles coming out next year. One such is a sci-fi manga Sabikui Bisco from Yen Press, which is also being released as an anime series in January. The series is set in a far future when Japan has turned into a desert, with the central hero, Bisco, journeying to find a special mushroom that is the only possible cure for his ill teacher. Also from Yen is a sequel to the horror manga Another: Another 2001, set three years after the events of the original story, which follows a cursed class whose students die in mysterious ways. Then there is Run on Your New Legs, a disability football manga.
Seven Seas meanwhile has some interesting autobiographical manga coming out, which include X-Gender by the non-binary author Asuka Miyazaki, and Hilnama's I'm a Terminal Cancer Patient, but I'm Fine.
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard by Mika Akatsuki (Seven Seas) is the manga version of the light novels on which the TV anime was based. I'd love to read the light novels as well, but am more than happy to start with the manga.
But where is our English translation of Kowloon Generic Romance? This weird and wonderful manga by Jun Mayuzuki (After the Rain) really deserves an English publication! At least Kodansha have picked up Yuhki Kamatani's series about young singers and their school choir: Shonen Note: Boy Soprano and the first volume is due out in autumn 2022; this will appeal to anyone who enjoys a music-based story. Last but not least, the long-awaited release in English by Yen Press of New York New York by Marimo Ragawa (Those Snow-White Notes) a 1995 BL set in the US. The world of BL is very different now from then and I'm intrigued to see what today's readers will make of it.
Stop Press: Fans of the imaginative dark fantasy anime series Shadows House have been delighted to learn that Yen Press have licensed it; Volume 1 should be released in summer 2022!
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Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card to Simulcast on Crunchyroll & Funimation
One of the biggest titles for the upcoming Winter 2018 season is heading to both services for simulcast.
NormanicGrav • 1st December 2017
AUKN Anime and Manga Christmas Gift Guide 2017
We've had a lot of amazing releases this year, and they all would make wonderful surprises under the tree for that special someone. But to help with the Christmas shopping blues, here's Anime UK News Gift Guide 2017!
darkstorm • 3rd December 2017
Crunchyroll & Funimation Reveal First Wave of Winter 2018 Anime Simulcasts
The first wave of anime coming to streaming services this January has begun!
NormanicGrav • 14th December 2017
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Volume 1 Review
The first volume of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc is a delightful success; from the lovely art and the characters to the new story's beginnings – all of it feels like a genuine continuation that CLAMP wanted and felt creatively compelled to do. If you're a CLAMP fan, do not hesitate to pick up this volume.
AUKN Staff • 28th December 2017
Crunchyroll Reveal More Winter 2018 Simulcasts
Crunchyroll showed off a ton of new simulcasts throughout the first week of January, so here's a recap of what they are.
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"Back to the Roots" for Climate Justice: An Interview with Kandi Mossett
This interview was conducted at the "Stop the Frack Attack National Summit," which took place in Dallas, Texas on March 2-4, 2013. We appreciate Kandi Mossett's willingness to sit down and talk to us for a few minutes–below is a link to the video (our apologies for the background noise at the beginning) and transcription of the interview.
Kandi Mossett: My name is Kandi Mossett and I'm from North Dakota. I'm member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations in North Dakota and I grew up in a reservation there. I work with the Indigenous Environmental Network and I've been with them since 2007.
Solidarity Webzine: What motivates you to be an activist against fracking?
KM: In North Dakota, we have heavy, heavy hydraulic fracturing occurring. We're actually the second largest oil producing state in the country because of hydraulic fracturing. If you look at the landmass and compare Texas and North Dakota, we're actually–and I'm not saying it's any worse–it's actually more [fracking] happening [proportionally], because we're a lot smaller. Right now, we're second in fracking, right behind Texas and in front of Alaska.
Fracking came to the reservation a long time before we even knew what was actually happening, but around 2006 was when we started to see the infrastructure, and the first thing that really motivated me was that I had a friend who was killed by one of the [semi trucks transporting the gas]. We don't have the pipeline infrastructure for the natural gas, so they're just flaring all the natural gas and transporting with trucks. That was one of the first things that happened, probably in 2008, and I got really angry as I started finding a lot more about it. It's grown exponentially since then, so we're just trying to get more community members organized against it, ever since that happened.
It's pretty environmentally destructive, especially on the reservation. You can drive around and see ditches on fire, you can see trucks driving around with their valving open, just dumping the production water right on roads, and they get away with it because there's such slack regulation. You have fracking in general–then you go to a reservation, where it's even worse.
So, it has motivated me to find out what else is going on out there and what people are doing about it.
SW: Where do you see connections between the anti-fracking movement and other movements for social justice?
KM: Well, being with the Indigenous Environmental Network, we don't have the luxury of working on just one issue. I would like to focus all of my attention on hydraulic fracturing, but I also have to work on coal mining, uranium mining, [and other issues]. There's definitely connections because of the way people are impacted, both socially and environmentally. Whenever these types of businesses, industries, and corporations come into the community, they're pretty much destructive and predominantly it's folks that are low-income [who are affected]. They're not doing fracking in Hollywood, for example, where folks have power and resources.
There's a really big necessity for people to understand that everything is connected. It's not just the anti-fracking movement, it's the food movement, it's all the farm workers that are affected, it's people really understanding connections in all the work that we do [that is needed].
It something that's ingrained in me, so I like to tell people to think in terms of a larger "ecosystem" of how one thing interacts with other things. And if you want to use science, you know, what is it, "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"–who was the scientist? [Laughs] But OK, if you want to use science, there you go!
SW: What do you think it will take to stop fracking?
KM: I can tell you a fear that I have…I have a fear that people will stop fracking and something else will take its place, because I think that's how fracking was born and grew in the first place. Everybody was against coal, saying "carbon dioxide is in the air, it's coming from coal," so [their response was], "natural gas, let's switch to that," without realizing that it's not just natural gas, it's also oil that they're getting from hydraulic fracturing, and it's actually worse because of the methane emissions, when it comes to greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. So, we're "dealing" with carbon dioxide, but we're having methane which is 22 to 23 times worse. I think it has to be an end overall to the fossil fuel "movement," whatever you want to call it…
Since the industrial revolution, we've done all these horrible things in the past couple hundred years to the planet, and it's like "wake up, and think about it," Native people and indigenous folks were living here the past 1000 years and didn't do the things that have been done in the past couple 100 because of fossil fuels, extraction, and waste. What we need isn't just a ban here or there, or a moratorium here or there, it's gonna have to be an outright end to fossil fuels, with a just transition for workers that are in those positions. Because I have uncles and cousins who are working in the fields, I'm not against the workers by any means. The people need to see that we're out for completely changing our system and society–system change, not climate change.
SW: You're talking about broader, systemic change. What type of world would you like to see and what do you think it will take to get us there?
KM: I think it's going to have to take a really close look at capitalism, colonization, going back to our roots and saying, "this is what it was built upon." Unless we go back to the basic building blocks of how we built it up, it's never going to get to the root cause. It's going to take a much larger force of people being informed about what's going on in our country, what's happening locally, nationally, and internationally. It's going to take political will, and what I keep hearing from people is that the way to move political will is to get the people [into motion]. I really believe in the grassroots and being able to build things from the bottom up.
But, right now, what I see a lot of is big NGOs and "big green" organizations that have this mentality that–and I don't think they are intentionally saying things "we can help"–but I think what happens is, they forget that the grassroots have a lot more power than [the NGOs] think they have. That's one thing we've been struggling with, that our folks really do have an answer. Give us more leeway, give us more resources to be able to help and find our place and space.
Environmental justice is all about how we speak for ourselves and, a lot of times, we're not given that opportunity to do that. I think if that changes, if it really changes to looking at your average person living on front lines, we can at least move in that direction [toward environmental justice].
It's not gonna be one thing, it's not gonna be overnight, it's not gonna be one thing that comes in and saves us. People talk about solar power, they'll talk about wind power. I'm down with that, but not with a corporate scale, not with large scale. It's going to have to be small scale, decentralized systems, and that takes power away from these big corporations. And that's just going to be how it has to be. We're going to have to go back to small scale things. Otherwise, we're putting ourselves, as human beings, in jeopardy.
Our planet is hurting, but she'll shake us off like a batch of fleas on a dog and get on with it, spinning around and doing what she needs to do to heal herself. That's our one true mother and that's who we have a responsibility to protect. If we don't, we're doing ourselves in. As humanity, we need to come to a common understanding that we have a responsibility to save ourselves and those that can't speak for themselves, the plants and animals that are here now. I think they'll eventually bounce back, but I don't think that's the same for humans.
I think that if we do ourselves in, we're going to go the way of the dinosaur. It's not far-fetched, things have become extinct before. We've put ourselves above the system instead of part of the system. So, once we get ourselves back into the balance of things, things will turn out good. It's a little ways down the road, but it's growing, it's exciting, and I'm glad to be a part of it.
Kandi Mossett is the Native Energy & Climate Campaign Organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network, which she has worked with since 2007.


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PITTSBURGH, May 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Screenwriter and director Emily Skopov is pleased to announce the acquisition of film and television rights to the Detective Emilia Cruz series by mystery author Carmen Amato. The series, which includes the novels CLIFF DIVER, HAT DANCE, and DIABLO NIGHTS, as well as a collection of short stories, features Emilia Cruz as the first and only female police detective in Acapulco. Physically tough yet emotionally vulnerable, Cruz must be her own moral compass as police investigations pit her against Mexico's drug cartel violence, government corruption, and gender bias against a woman in a traditionally male occupation. A relationship with an American man in a high-profile position further complicates Cruz's life.
Join me in a virtual margerita! Hollywood, here we come.
Congratulations, Carmen! Your series will be very exciting on the big screen!
Carmen, remember when I said it could be a franchise? I'm THRILLED for you.


Prominent transits of 2017 include the "T-Square" of Jupiter in Libra, Pluto in Capricorn and Uranus in Aries. This is going to be a very active, energetic, and powerful year as one description of themes. Jupiter in Libra will be intermittently sextile Saturn in Sagittarius. Saturn will be also be intermittently trine Uranus in Aries. Similar to the Uranus-Pluto conjunction in Virgo during the mid-late 1960s, these past several years have been rather revolutionary and transformative time period on various levels and this is not over with yet as you are seeing through major protest activities. With the "Electoral College Victory" of Donald J. Trump as U.S. President, I believe we will continue to see protests and "revolutionary" activity like most of us have not seen in our lifetime. The American people and the nations of this planet will learn much through this period through both positive and negative routes. We will see the effects for a long time to come. Feel free to contact me if you'd like to learn more or to schedule a consultation to discuss astrologically impacting transits, solar returns, and progressed / solar arc influences, and how they affect you in greater depth.
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Have you ever thought about what happens when we die? Are our minds and brains separate from a spiritual consciousness that we all possess? Since our spirits are part of us, are you open-minded to the possibility that our spirit lives on? I was grateful to be able to give a presentation on "Near Death Experience, Spiritualism, and Astrology" on November 10, 2015 at Fort Mason in the Marina District of San Francisco, California. I continue to research this area for quite some time, learning of various people's NDEs, listening to their experiences, and realizing how varied and diverse the quality of these NDEs are. Every single one is unique. We looked at the planet Neptune, the origin of Modern Spiritualism and it's astrological natal and return charts, passionate descriptions of some personal NDEs, and generally go on a journey into life, life after life, and back. What are the definititions of mind and spirit; is the brain a separate entity from the spirit within or that personality which represents our consciousness?
On May 27, 2017, I had what may be described as my own form of a Near Death Experience as I suffered a totally unexpected cardiac arrest while jogging in a park between my home and the Pacific Ocean, an activity I've performed for over 45 years of my life. Although I'm not aware of crossing over, I became unconscious and appear to have done some astral traveling. We are in some very interesting times on a spiritual level and even science is being affected as we know it.


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Młochów (od 1952 Nadarzyn) – dawna gmina wiejska istniejąca do 1952 roku w woj. warszawskim. Nazwa gminy pochodzi od wsi Młochów, jednak siedzibą władz gminy był Nadarzyn.

Za Królestwa Polskiego gmina Młochów należała do powiatu grodziskiego, a od 1867 powiatu błońskiego w guberni warszawskiej.  do gminy przyłączono pozbawiony praw miejskich Nadarzyn.

1 kwietnia 1939 z gminy Młochów (z gromady Żółwin) wyłączono miejscowości Letnisko Młochówek, willa Zarybie i osada Borowina, włączając je do gminie Helenów w tymże powiecie, gdzie z miejscowości tych utworzono nową gromadę Letnisko Młochówek w graniacach gminy Helenów.

W okresie powojennym gmina Młochów należała do powiatu błońskiego w woj. warszawskim. Po wojnie gmina zachowała przynależność administracyjną. 12 marca 1948 roku zmieniono nazwę powiatu błońskiego na grodziskomazowiecki. 1 lipca 1948 roku z części obszaru gminy Młochów (część gromady Żółwin) utworzono nową gminę Podkowa Leśna.

1 lipca 1952 roku gmina Młochów została zniesiona:
 gromady Książenice, Marynin i Władysławów włączono do  gminy Grodzisk w powiecie grodziskomazowieckim;
 z gromad Garbatka, Jabłonowo, Kossów, Krakowiany, Marysin, Mroków, Parole, Stachowo, Stefanowo, Szamoty, Warszawianka, Warszawska Kolonia, Wola Krakowiańska, Wola Mrokowska i Wólka Kossowska utworzono nową gminę Mroków w powiecie grodziskomazowieckim, którą równocześnie włączono do nowo utworzonego powiatu piaseczyńskiego w tymże województwie;
 gromady Nowa Wieś i Polesie zniesiono, włączając je do miasta Milanówek w powiecie grodziskomazowieckim, które równocześnie włączono do nowo utworzonego powiatu pruszkowskiego w tymże województwie;
 gromady Owczarnia i Żółwin włączono  do gminy Podkowa Leśna, w powiecie grodziskomazowieckim, którą równocześnie włączono do nowo utworzonego powiatu pruszkowskiego w tymże województwie;
 pozostały obszar gminy Młochów – gromady Kajetany, Młochów, Nadarzyn, Rozalin, Rusiec, Siestrzeń, Stara Wieś, Terenia, Urzut, Walendów i Wolica  – przekształcono w gminę Nadarzyn, którą równocześnie włączono do nowo utworzonego powiatu pruszkowskiego w tymże województwie.

Tak więc dniu powołania, następniczka gminy Młochów, gmina Nadarzyn, była podzielona na 11 gromad.

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We attended Peyton's baptism today. Peyton is my cousin Sam's daughter. She's a sweetie. I wasn't able to get any pictures during the service... but I got a few pictures of the kids having fun at the celebration afterwards.
Peyton was having fun making silly crinkle nose smiles for me.
My cousin Sam also has a son, Sammy. Sammy is just a few months older than Zoe... and she LOVES him. Once I mentioned we would see Sammy later in the day, she couldn't stop asking "I see Sammy, now? OK!" It's hard to explain to a 2 year old when you'll see someone. Zoe had a blast with Sammy at the party.
They were just about inseparable.
When Zoe wasn't attached to Sammy you could find her here.... She was pretty impressed with that huge television. Eventually a few chairs were brought over and Zoe claimed one.


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Much is written these days about lifestyle. When I was younger, the show everyone loved was called Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Until that show, I don't remember much talk around our house about lifestyle. We just lived our lives, not giving much thought to it. Television was our only window into the way other people lived and even that wasn't reflective of 'real life'. Media has taken a larger portion of our time and attention lately and social media has exposed more possible and alternative lifestyles than ever before. Because there are so many lifestyles portrayed wherever we look, it is now common for us, who were previously contented with our lives, to become dissatisfied. This leads us to an array of choices that we either consciously, or subconsciously, take on in the hopes that our lives will be better. So it is a fact of modern life that we are influenced by the abundance of information and visual images. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just means that we should examine from time the value of this information and how it influences our particular lifestyle. For me it means that my relationships, my activities, and my values are influenced by a overriding vision of the good life.
We all know someone who is defined by a particular lifestyle. For example, the sports fan. She wears the official sports team jersey at every opportunity. He frequents sports bars, and engages in sports talk at the water-cooler. A large portion of the weekend is devoted to watching sports on the television, retrieving scores on their mobile device, or driving to college games and participating in a tailgate party, if possible. Many of my friends are into this and I think it is a fun and family-friendly lifestyle. There is also the shopping lifestyle, the runner lifestyle, and the foodie lifestyle. Lifestyle is promoted everywhere we look. Our consumer society is fueled by lifestyle promoters. Something to think about the next time you are tempted to buy another Seahawks jersey.
My business is wine, so it is obvious that I would live a wine lifestyle. But even before I became a wine geek, the wine life appealed to me. There always seemed to be a bit of mystery to it in its use as a holy sacrament. Wine drinkers seemed a bit more reserved and thoughtful in their partaking, if not a bit snobby sometimes, but the liquid mostly evokes conversation and discussion— talk about flavors, vineyards, trips to wine regions all over the world. The wine lifestyle is subtle. I don't see a lot of swag, even among the rock stars of the wine world. What also is enchanting to me is the interconnection between wine and the place where it is made—the vineyard. The wine lifestyle always involves visits to different wine regions. Northwest vineyards and wineries are springing up everywhere, so no matter where you travel you will find a place to taste wine, which in turn leads to an enjoyable experience and meeting new friends. Of course the wine lifestyle includes imbibing in wine often. You are not living the wine lifestyle if you only partake during special occasions or when you go out for a nice dinner. The wine lifestyle demands that you drink often—in moderation of course—because it is good for you. It makes every meal taste better, it slows you down, it's good for your heart, it encourages conversation, and frankly, it makes you feel better.


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African Awakening
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People in Africa argue that natural resources are a blessing; it is the way these are plundered and used that can turn them into a curse. The continent has plenty of experience of such plunder. Rich i...
India in Africa
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Major changes are taking place in the global economy and polity. While China's relationship to Africa is much examined, knowledge and analysis of India's role in Africa has until now been limited but,...
Maldevelopment
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In this updated edition of his 1990 book Samir Amin explains with great clarity the complex changes of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including the transformations in Eastern Europe and in th...
Tax Us If You Can
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This lucid introduction to tax justice in Africa sets out the causes and consequences of tax injustice and offers options for a fairer future. Although tax revenues are essential for establishing inde...