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The Minnesota Orchestra's silence is not the Minnesota Way
October 5, 2013 by Klas Bergman
As Finnish music director Osmo Vänskä leads the Minnesota Orchestra in three extra farewell concerts this weekend in Minneapolis, emotions ran high. The man who in ten years has made the orchestra a top orchestra resigned after a year-long conflict between the Board and the Orchestra with no music, only silence, as the result.
Here in Washington, DC, in these days of government shutdown, there is much talk of public trust, or lack of public trust in the government and in Congress. The public trusts the government to stay open, and, in Minnesota, the public trusts the orchestra to play. But the Minnesota Orchestra has not played for a year in a dispute over budget and salaries.
Many of you who read this blog may have noticed that I have been going to Minnesota quite a bit lately, looking for that state's Scandinavian legacy, stemming from its hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Northern Europe. And I have found plenty of that legacy in its political leaders' and its inhabitants' pragmatism, common sense, civic spirit, willingness to compromise, and sense of responsibility to the public. That political legacy has been firmly established for decades, "part of Minnesota's earth," as one scholar put it.
But the Minnesota Orchestra's silence shatters that picture. Minnesota's former Republican Swedish-American Governor Arne Carlson – the epitome of Scandinavian pragmatism when he was governor — seems to have realized that. On his blog, he pleads for action — from the political leaders, from the whole community — writing that we cannot stand by "while our own world class symphony orchestra disintegrates."
I understand that times are tough for the Minnesota Orchestra. But the whole issue seems to have been badly handled — not negotiating for months, locking out the musicians, witnessing one orchestra member after the other resigning and leaving a newly renovated Concert Hall empty and silent.
That year-long silence, just like the government shutdown in Washington, DC, is failing the public trust, and, I dare say, that's not the Minnesota way – "the state that works!"
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Asmodee Digital Partners with Playdeck
Asmodee Digital announced a partnership with Playdek to publish select titles from Playdek's impressive, award-winning catalog of games for iOS, Android and Steam.
Titles currently transferred to the Asmodee Digital publishing arm include:
Ascension: iOS, Google Play, Steam (PC) – In Ascension: Deck Building Game, players can go alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by three Magic: The Gathering tournament champions, Ascension provides hours of strategic gameplay for enthusiast and experienced gamers alike
Summoner Wars: iOS, Google Play – Summoner Wars is a fast, tactical card game for two to four players that blends table-top strategy and collectible card gameplay. Players take on the role of Summoners: powerful beings who harness the power of mysterious Summoning Stones to lead their race to conquest on the war-torn planet of Itharia. Expandable with Factions and Reinforcement decks, Summoner Wars is a uniquely engaging experience.
Twilight Struggle: iOS for iPad only, Google Play, Steam (PC/Mac) – Designed by award winning creators Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews, Twilight Struggle puts players at the center of the Cold War, controlling one of the two modern superpowers, as they work to spread their dominance throughout the world via political influence and coup attempts.
Agricola: iOS – Based on the board game by the renowned German designer Uwe Rosenberg and Lookout Games, Agricola is a turn-based game suitable for families, as well as serious strategic players. Easy to learn, the app can be tailored for easier or more advanced play for board gamers familiar with the series. Its message of sustainable living is sure to appeal to all ages. Set in 17th century Europe, players begin the game with a farmer and a spouse, a two room hut and an empty plot of land. The challenge is to use your family members to gather resources in order to grow crops, raise animals and build the most productive farm with a balance of farm goods by the end of the game.
"Playdek is an extremely valuable player in the digital board game space, and we look forward to this ongoing development partnership to continue our goal of bringing the best possible tabletop experiences to digital audiences," said Philippe Dao, Chief Marketing Officer of Asmodee Digital.
"Publishing titles with Asmodee Digital is a strategic decision to bring the necessary resources to the well-known board games our team has worked so hard to translate digitally," said Joel Goodman, CEO of Playdek.
This entry was posted in News, Video Games and Tabletop Gaming Apps and tagged agricola, ascension, asmodee digital, digital, google play, ios, playdeck, steam, summoner wars, twilight struggle on February 3, 2018 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
Colt Express released for PC, iOS and Android
Asmodee Digital have released Colt Express on PC, iOS and Android.
Developed by Frima studio, Colt Express is the digital adaptation of the Spiel des Jahres winning board game released by Ludonaute.
The game features an extensive story mode with 6 characters and 30 chapters. Each character has their own goals and features relating to game play. Of course online multiplayer will be included. Plot out your train heist then play out your actions cards along with your fellow outlaws to see who comes out with the most loot.
Colt Express can be purchased on Steam for $9.99, Google Play for $6.99, and iTunes for $6.99.
This entry was posted in News, Video Games and Tabletop Gaming Apps and tagged android, apps, asmodee digital, cold express, google play, ios, itunes, pc, steam on December 6, 2016 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.

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Basically, there are only two positions in the golf swing: the address and the finish. Everything else is a motion and, as such, difficult to analyze. But the finish is static and allows for serious self-analysis. If you know what to look for, then how you end your swing can give you some good ideas of what's going on in your motion.
Let's begin with two common finish positions: the high and the low finish. The high finish (see Chris DiMarco for an example) is characterized by high hands and a bit of a flying left elbow (for righties). Typically, the high finish is associated with pushes, push hooks and push fades, as well as thin shots and shots struck toward the heel. While finishing high isn't necessarily a bad thing, the type of motion needed to create it can cause problems. High finishers tend to swing on a very inside-out path through impact, with the club traveling to the right of the target. Yes, inside out is the preferred path, but when taken to the extreme as evidenced by a high finish, control is minimized.
Developing an overly inside-out swing path is a fairly common mistake, particularly for better players. Accomplished players and other top-level golfers almost never move the club more than a degree or two inside to out, however. The key is to be fairly subtle with this move, not to grossly overdo it. When the inside-out move becomes severe, the most common shot error is a push. When the club comes too far from the inside with a closed clubface, the ball will hook, often badly. In addition, swinging the club too far from in to out will deliver the club below the swing plane, which often prevents the club from striking the ball on the desired, slightly descending path. Shots hit from this position don't get compressed and often are thinned.
In contrast to the high finish, the low finish results from an overly outside-to-in swing path. Players who develop this swing path typically come over the top of the plane, causing the clubhead to cut across the ball through the impact zone. Divots resulting from this type of swing will run diagonal across the target line and will tend to be fairly deep. An overly outside-to-in swing path often is caused by a downswing motion that's initiated by the arms instead of the body. When the arms outrace the body through the hitting zone instead of being dragged through, the club comes over the top of the plane and generally comes into the hitting zone on a steep angle. Shots created by this type of move are pull slices (when the face is open through impact), pull hooks (when the face is closed through impact) and shots struck on the toe.
Since the club is moving steeply and across the ball, none of these shots are typically well struck, and certainly don't often fly at the intended target. Also, you'll notice that the arms (photo, right) have a constricted, jammed look in the finish, with little freedom or extension. Because the arms have moved earlier than the body, their action tends to be impeded by the body, and have no choice but to bunch up in the finish (and also through impact).
Here's a common one, thanks to the fact that it's fueled by an equally common flaw. You know you've achieved the lunge finish when you feel that your head is in front of your left (or lead) leg at the end of the swing, or sense that you're in danger of falling forward. If your shots are thinly struck, or travel unusually low, then you may be a lunger.
Lunging in the finish is fueled by a severe meltdown of the lower body through the hitting zone. Generally speaking, all's well until the hips stop rotating through impact, causing the upper body (including the head) to get ahead of the ball. It's a recipe for disaster that destroys one of the all-time great needs of a solid swing: staying behind the ball. Good golf swings are rotation-based, mandating a turn of both the upper and lower body through impact.
To go from Lunger to Langer (as in Bernhard), work on your downswing hip rotation. Specifically, try leading your downswing with your hips instead of your upper body. Place a chair in front of your lead leg and make a few practice swings, being careful to remain in contact with the chair as you turn through impact. Finish with your head directly over your front leg.
The gap finish is not a pretty sight, nor are the shots associated with it. This finish is characterized by a noticeable, if not obvious, space between the knees (when they should be touching at the finish). While gapped knees at the finish is a disease, gapped knees at address is the sickness.
If you start with a wide stance, you'll finish with one. And while some may argue that a wide stance sets a more solid foundation and can support a more powerful swing, these individuals fail to realize that the wider the stance, the more difficult it is to rotate. Convince yourself by standing with your feet together and rotating back and forth. Now do it with a much wider stance. Harder, isn't it? A wide stance actually hinders your turning ability and limits your power potential.
Stop Gaps To clear the gaps, erase them at the start. Adopt a stance that features feet placed just outside your shoulders. Perfect. If you've been playing with a wide stance, you've likely lost your ability to turn as well. Relearn the habit of turning through the ball by swinging a club with your only right arm. This drill promotes getting your right side through the shot. Your new narrow stance will help. Look for knees touching at finish.
One of the more sublime poor finishes is the flop, although the faults that lead up to it present concrete frustrations, usually in the golfer's disgust in watching pull hooks, pulls and pull slices. What's flopping is the right (or rear) foot. Golfers who allow their right foot to flop at the finish invariably use too much right side through impact (compared to the gap finisher, who uses too little). Overusing the right side leads to cut-across and roundhouse-type motions that, depending on the position of the face, create the gamut of pulled shots. It's important to note that with the flop finish, the fact that you're flopping isn't the fault. Your excessive right-side action is the culprit.
You need to work on your shoulder movement (which should be down and under through impact, not simply over). Address a ball then toe your right foot outward. Hit balls from this stance and sense how the flared right foot keeps your right side from rotating too early and mandates your right shoulder move under and through.
A spin finish occurs when the left (lead) foot spins outward, whereas in a solid finish, the left foot remains planted in the same position established at address. If the left foot spins out and plants in a different position (below sequence), it's usually an indication that the body has rotated too quickly on the downswing, a move that often strands weight on the back leg. This is a recipe for pull hooks, which always seem to find the absolute worst spots on a golf course. To correct the left foot spin and to ensure that the left foot remains planted, move weight into the left toe on the downswing and then begin rotating your body.
To stop the left-foot spin, you need to work on both your rotation and your footwork. Place a shaft to the left of your forward hip, as pictured. Swing to the top, then try to bump the shaft with your left hip at the start of the downswing. As you bump, feel weight transfer into your front foot. Now you're free to rotate through the hitting area. Focusing on your footwork also may help. In any good golf swing, weight moves from the toes at address, to the right heel at the top, into the left toe on the downswing then, ultimately, to the left heel.
The one-time all-star finish position has been relegated to tragic flaw in the modern era. The reverse-C finish, evidenced by a severely arched back, not only places undue stress on the body, but also is a strong indicator of upper-body hang-back and lower-body slide, neither of which is good.
The golfer who slides his or her legs laterally to the left and too fast through impact suffers the fate of his or her body hanging back (due to its inability to keep up with the legs). And though the legs are sliding forward, weight remains on the rear foot, an awful combination that forces a very handsy impact. Another way to achieve a reverse-C finish is via a reverse pivot. A reverse pivot occurs when you fail to correctly transfer weight to the rear leg on the backswing, instead stranding it on your front foot on the way to the top. From this position, your weight has nowhere to go but to the back leg on the downswing.
To correct the leg drive-fueled reverse C, you need more hip rotation and less slide. To fix a reverse pivot, you need better weight transfer.
If you have a reverse pivot, try this. Make your ordinary swing while lifting your front foot off the ground on the backswing, then replant it on the downswing. This help transfers your weight to the rear foot then to the front, just like it should. If you're guilty of leg driving, build more hip rotation in your downswing by making practice swings with a shaft placed outside each hip. In a fundamentally correct swing, your hips should rotate so they never touch the shafts. If you touch, you slid.
Some golfers finish with rigid and tense arms that don't release through the impact zone. Arnold Palmer did well with this helicopter-style finish, but he also had a tremendous amount of strength, talent and practice time. Most golfers who utilize the helicopter finish also try to extend both arms down the target line after impact in an attempt not to hook the ball. However, a rigid left arm past impact and a hold-off of the release tend to bring a lot of tension—and inconsistency—into the swing.
The biggest problem with this type of finish is it doesn't allow you to fold and release the left arm, which often results in a lot of push slices. Basically, unless you have such a powerful release of the club that you constantly struggle with hooking, the helicopter release won't produce solid results and very well might cause you some back and shoulder problems.
The main cause of the helicopter finish is a rigid left arm that tries to extend down the target line instead of moving naturally with the rotation of the body. Use the headcover drill to rid your swing of the helicopter finish. Simply take a headcover and place it under your left armpit, then try to hold it there into the finish. In order to accomplish this, you'll have to finish lower, with your left arm folding down into your side through impact.
While this drill is great for fixing a helicopter finish, you'll also find it useful for developing one of the great needs of a solid swing: a proper release of the club. Keeping the cover in place and folding the left elbow almost guarantees the correct rotation of the face through impact.
Some golfers tend to finish with their hands in front of their face. The reason they wind up here is that they're slowing down the rotation of their body and the club too early in the impact area. There are a few causes for this slowdown, with the primary one being a casting motion in the downswing combined with tense arms and hands. Players who rotate properly in a counterclockwise direction—all the way through the shot—will never finish in this position because their arms and the club pass their face area and continue into a full finish.
The best remedy here is to make practice swings while consciously trying to finish with a full turn and soft, relaxed arms. When you reach the desired finish position, with your arms bent and folded and the club resting on your back (below right), hold it (it should be easy if you're relaxed), and let the feeling ingrain itself. Then hit some balls and concentrate on attaining the same, rotated, relaxed finish.
Basically, everything looks good but the chest—it faces to the right of the target. In a solid finish, the chest (along with your head and waist) should point directly at or even left of the target. With a right-facing chest, all signs indicate incomplete body rotation on the downswing. It's a flaw common to many recreational players, especially on short shots and knockdown plays. Regardless of the club in your hand and the distance you want the ball to travel, never stop your rotation. Every swing deserves a full finish, even from a short distance.
The main problem with incomplete body rotation on the downswing is that once the body stops, the hands and arms take over. Picture a rider on a horse approaching a fence. If the horse stops, what happens to the rider? He's thrown forward. The same thing happens in the golf swing. The body stops and the hands sling through, usually creating nasty hooks. If you've ever hooked a pitching wedge, this is probably the culprit, especially if you were trying to hit a soft shot into the green.
A more appropriate finish would include the chest pointing to the left of the target. Of course, this shouldn't give any golfer the green light to simply rotate the chest violently from the top to get pointed left at the finish. We've seen what this error can do with the flop finish. The key is to never allow upper-body rotation to slow down. In fact, the upper body should out-rotate the lower body at the finish until the chest faces left of the target.
Golf Swing 101: When you finish, your head should be directly over your left (lead) leg. Golfers who fail to achieve this position generally fail to get their left side through impact. It's a common malady because it's caused by a variety of errors.
Backswing Sway When you sway the upper or lower body to the right on the backswing, it's almost impossible to get back to the left side at impact. Spinning From The Top If you begin your downswing by simply rotating the upper body, it's likely you'll fail to transfer weight to the front leg. Instead, you'll hang back. Under-Tilting This error occurs when the lead shoulder raises and the rear shoulder dips on the downswing. When you swing too far under, the head is forced to stay back and causes the golfer to come up on his or her toes at impact. Expect a lot of thinned shots. Keeping The Head Still Easily the worst piece of advice ever handed from one golfer to another. In a proper swing, the head rotates with the body and comes up after impact. It never stays still. Reverse Pivot This flaw, which also can create the reverse-C finish, features weight positioned over the front leg at the top of the swing. If weight is on the left side at the top, it'll be on the right leg at the finish, which leaves you with your head and body behind.
The head-behind finish indicates such a plethora of errors that there's no single drill to make a quick fix. If you're finishing with your head behind, or find yourself in any of the incorrect finish positions detailed in this story, I suggest performing your swing at 50% speed until you can end your swing correctly. Then, make a point of holding your finish for 10 seconds. You'll ingrain the sense of what a good finish feels like while also improving your balance, rhythm and tempo.
Dr. Jim Suttie is a former PGA Teacher of the Year and is recognized as one of the top 100 instructors in America. He teaches at The Estates at Twin Eagles in Naples, Fla., and at Cog Hill G&CC in Chicago. Special thanks to instruction model Brent Jensen.


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The Twilight Zone – Complete Series Review – Season 2 Episode 28 – Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
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This is, I suppose, a science fiction episode but I always look at it as a comedy.
Two state police officers are investigating a flying saucer sighting somewhere in the snow-covered New England countryside. They observe a hole in the ice on a small pond and also footprints coming out of the water. They follow the prints back to a diner where they find that a bus is stopped and its passengers are waiting for a small bridge to be declared safe. The troopers begin interrogating the diner patrons to determine who was on the bus and who entered separately. In addition to the cook, there is a bus driver and seven people who claim to be bus passengers. Unfortunately, the bus driver is absolutely adamant that there were only six passengers. The alleged passengers include a businessman heading for a Boston business meeting, a blonde exotic dancer, a crazy old man played by character actor Jack Elam and two married couples, one older and one younger.
The Boston businessman and the old coot start accusing each other of being the intruder and even the two couples start looking suspiciously at their mates. The only one who the driver remembers is the good looking blonde for obvious reasons. While the interrogation is stalled out with bickering the juke box mysteriously starts on its own and everyone panics thinking the hidden Martian is messing with them. As the businessman continues to complain about missing his meeting the bus driver warns him that he doesn't trust that bridge and unless the state inspector gives it the all clear the bus won't be crossing on it. Once again, the juke box flares up and then all the sugar dispensers on the tables explode. Eventually, a call comes in from the inspector certifying that the bridge is safe. The troopers decide to give the bus an escort over the bridge and all the patrons settle their restaurant bills and depart.
In the next scene, the businessman walks back into the diner and asks the cook for a cup of black coffee. The cook asks the businessman what happened after he left. The businessman says that both the bus and police cruiser were on the bridge when it collapsed and no one got out. The cook said, "no one but you." But then he notes, "but you're not even wet." The businessman asks, "What's wet." After they sort that out the businessman explains that his dry appearance is an illusion. And then he makes the juke box start and the phone ring. Now we see that the businessman has three arms and he tells the cook with great satisfaction that he's the Martian and he's waiting for his fellow colonists to invade Earth.
Well, the cook tells the businessman that there are colonists coming but they're not Martians but Venusians (or Venerians if you like Latin) who had the same idea a few years earlier and have intercepted the businessman's friends. Then the cook takes off his cap and we see he has a third eye. Now the cook is laughing but the businessman is not.
I love this episode. Jack Elam is great as a crazy coot and each of the passengers and the cook and the troopers do a great job of providing the atmosphere for this goofy sci-fi tale. I love how Elam analyzes the mystery and declares, "It's a regular Ray Bradbury. That's what it is!" A+
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I liked this one as a lad, too. Jack Elam is always good.
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Just saw where character actor Richard Erdman has died. He was in the Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch".
That whole generation is gone except for a few left in their nineties. But we still have those kookie kids from the Big Bang Theory. What a trade off.


Now recognized for Excellence in Wellbeing by Great Place to Work®, Synergy Vision is launching its first Senior Development Programme this month, designed to catapult mid-level managers to senior positions as the company continues to expand.
Excellence in Wellbeing is awarded by the globally-recognized Great Place to Work® Institute to companies meeting rigorous criteria around work environment and employee financial security, mental and physical health, interpersonal relationships, work-life balance and fulfilment. Great Place to Work® applies data and insights from around 10,000 organizations globally to benchmark individual companies' performance.
SV's new Senior Development Programme augments the personal development plans already embedded in our culture. It will roll out through 2019, with six mid-level managers enjoying tailored, blended learning to hone their management and leadership skills. The programme will include 360° review and feedback, self-led and directed skills development and mentoring. The managers will also begin to mentor others through a link-up with the 2019 Graduate Development Programme.
SV's team-focused ethos seeks to promote a positive work-life balance and excellence in delivering for clients. In December 2018, SV launched a 4-day working week without reducing pay, an initiative thought to be the first of its kind in the UK healthcare communications sector. Training and development opportunities for employees mean that our people feel fulfilled professionally, which translates to outstanding service for clients. Efforts such as these are why SV has been recognized by the Great Place to Work® Institute for 3 years running.


Len Ziehm was the golf writer and covered a wide variety of other sports for the Chicago Sun-Times for 41 years prior to his retirement from the Sun-Times' sports staff in June, 2010.
Though officially retired, Len has remained the Sun-Times golf writer while also writing a weekly golf column for the Daily Herald, a chain of Chicago suburban newspapers. He is a columnist/feature writer for Chicago Area Golf newspaper and a regular contributor to Chicago District Golfer magazine. His "Beyond the Fairways'' column also appears on the Illinois PGA website.
Though his handicap has never dipped below 17, Len may well be Chicago's most avid golfer. At least he thinks so. He's taken his passion for the game to virtually every Chicago area public and private course at one time or another and isn't reluctant to hit the road for more golfing adventures.
Jim Zuccarelli started the Windy City Public Golfers Guide in 2010 as a way to scratch his writer's itch (he was initially a Journalism major in college), and his site has developed a loyal following. The life-long Southsider and avid (though average) golfer strives to present an objective, thoughtful and entertaining evaluation of the Chicagoland Public Golf scene through the eyes of a 20 handicapper in his course reviews and stories. His goal is to play and write about each and every Windy City public course from the Wisconsin to Indiana borders, and to bag that elusive hole-in-one and maybe break 80, too!
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Popinjay or Papingo (an old word for parrot, designating a painted bird), also called pole archery, is a shooting sport that can be performed with either rifles or archery equipment. The object of popinjay is to knock artificial birds off their perches. The rifle form is a popular diversion in Denmark; a Scottish variant is also known. The archery form, called staande wip in Dutch language and papegai (i.e. parrot) in French, is popular in Belgium, and in Canada among descendants of 20th-century Belgian emigrants; it is shot occasionally in the United Kingdom under the governance of the Grand National Archery Society. In Germany a traditional shooting at wooden birds placed on a high pole is called "Vogelschießen" (that is "bird shooting"). These are carried out either with small bore rifles or crossbows.

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The archery form of popinjay dates back to at least the fifteenth century. The annual papingo (popinjay) tournament of the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers, of Ayrshire in Scotland, takes place at Kilwinning Abbey, with the papingo target on the end of a pole projecting from the top of the tower. The event is believed to have been running since 1488, though the earliest records are attested in a minute of the society dated September 1688. In a tradition dating back to 1488 when the Benn was a multicoloured length of Persian taffeta three quarters of an ell broad and 3 ells long,  the winner is awarded the Captain's Benn, a scarlet ribbon worn over the shoulder and across the chest, and buys a round of drinks. The prize of a silver arrow was introduced in 1724, and following that became a perpetual trophy, with a medallion attached each year by the winner commemorating his name and date of victory. It is officially known as the "Papingo Arrow".

Popinjay archery is popular in Belgium, but is less common elsewhere. Many Belgian clubs have permanently erected popinjay masts. Popinjay can also be shot horizontally rather than vertically, though this form is even less common.

There are no international standard rules of popinjay. The definition of rules is left to national archery organisations.

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The format and rules of popinjay given below are drawn from those defined for the United Kingdom by the Grand National Archery Society. The specific rules are given in the GNAS Rules of Shooting 2006, rules 1000 to 1006. (GNAS, 2006)

The object of popinjay is to knock artificial birds off their perches. The perches are cross-pieces on top of a  mast. The "cock" (the largest bird) is set on the top cross piece. Four smaller "hens" are set on the next crosspiece down. Two dozen or so "chicks" (the smallest birds) are set on the lower cross pieces. (GNAS, 2006 - rule 1000)

The archer stands near the base of the mast and shoots arrows upwards at the birds. (GNAS, 2006 - rule 1000) The arrows are tipped with rubber blunts rather than sharp points. The blunts are between  and  in diameter. (GNAS, 2006 - rule 1001)

Points are scored for each bird knocked off. Typically, the archer scores 5 points for the cock, 3 points for a hen and 1 point for a chick. (GNAS, 2006 - rule 1004)

In Manitoba, Canada, the sport is called Pole Archery. There are currently 3 clubs shooting Vertical.  Two clubs are based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are St. Sebastian's Pole Archery Club, formed in 1923 and Robin Hood Pole Archery Club, formed in 1929.  The 3rd club is based in Richer, Manitoba and is called The Merry Men. The point scoring is slightly different for the Canadian Pole archery clubs. There are 5 rows of "Birds" plus the very tip. For the 1st 3 rows up from bottom, the Birds are just called "Singles" & are worth 1 point each. The 4th row has 4 birds called "Kullas" & they are worth 2 points each.  The 5th row has 2 birds called "Sides" & they are worth 3 points each.  On the very tip of the shooting fork is mounted the "King" bird & it is worth 4 points (it is called the "Queen" bird on the horizontal fork, see next section).  At the 1st meet of every year, the 1st person to shoot off the King bird is known for that season as the "King Shooter" and has the right to shoot 1st at all subsequent meets.  Meets usually last 1 hour with the winner being that archer who has accumulated the most points.

Horizontal
In Ontario, Canada and Michigan, United States, there are popinjay archery clubs that shoot horizontally at the angled indoor "perch" (or "rack") from a distance of .  This horizontal variation of popinjay originates from Flanders, and is called liggende wip. The perch consists of a "high bird" worth 4 points, two "side birds" worth 3 points, two "kalle birds" worth 2 points, and 30 "little/small birds" worth one point.  The "birds" consist of "blocks" (often made of plastic) for a base, with a hole in it to slide onto the pin of the perch, and feathers attached to the block by a small wire.  The objective of the sport is to shoot an arrow with a plastic or rubber blunt tip also known as a "block" (not to be confused with the base of the birds) and knock off one of the birds on the perch without the use of a sight.  At the end of the season, trophies are awarded to members who have received the most points in their division or category.

In Manitoba, Canada, there are two clubs shooting horizontal or the "Laydown Fork" as it is known locally. One club, St. Sebastianette Archery Club (ladies) is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and the other club, Artemis Archers based in Richer, Manitoba.  a 3rd club, the Ste Rose Ladies Club, based in Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba just recently disbanded. The two clubs get together for an interclub shoot the 2nd weekend of September. Points on the Horizontal fork are the same as the Vertical fork (see above) although the very top bird is called the "Queen" instead of the "King".

There are also several clubs in Southern Ontario. Towns such as Aylmer, Bothwell, Chatham, Wallaceburg, Delhi and Waterford. Each spring they have 3 tournaments. The first is called the tri-county, which consists of 3 clubs within the region's counties - Aylmer, Delhi and Waterford all compete in one while Wallaceburg, Chatham and Bothwell compete in another. This usually takes place during the first week of March. The second tournament takes place during the first week of April and all clubs attend. This tournament usually has an "open shoot" on the Friday night prior to the actual tournament. Prizes and cash are paid out for shooting off birds. This is basically a "practice" round before the big day. Two perches are placed side by side for the competition. The Saturday is the actual tournament. There are usually 20-25 teams in attendance. Teams draw for shooting order and the game begins at 11:00 AM. Each team consists of 6 shooters. The names are on the list in order and each shooter gets 10 shots, one at a time per round. The teams shoot until all rounds are completed, and the highest team score at the end of the day wins the trophy for their club. That club gets to host the tournament the following year. There is also a ladies trophy for the winning ladies team. Finally there is the International tournament in which all Canadian teams participate as well as teams from the Detroit area in Michigan. The same format is followed as the National with an open shoot on Friday night and the tournament on Saturday. Usually 23-27 teams are present at this shoot.

Festival of Popinjay
The Festival of Popinjay is an old British tradition held on the first Sunday in May. On this day, a figure of a popinjay (a parrot or other brightly marked bird) clothed in coloured feathers is suspended from a pole and used as a shooting target. The man whose ball or arrow severs the string being used to suspend the bird can claim the title "Captain Popinjay" for the rest of the day.

Muskets and rifles
Walter Scott's Old Mortality depicts a papingo shoot using muskets, set at a wapenshaw held in 1679.

In the Rifle form, members of Popinjay Clubs—likely from the upper classes—would gather in a field in front of spectators; the festivities were sometimes marked by musical bands and other entertainment.

Competitors armed with rifles would take turns shooting at the popinjay, a small bird (carving?) which would be mounted on a high pole.  An assortment of prizes awaited competitors who were first to shoot different parts of the bird.

See also
 Old Thomas, a weathervane in Tallinn

References

External links

Delhi Belgian Archery Clubs
Mirror of Literature, includes article "Shooting of the Popinjay"
The Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers
Robin Hood Pole Archery Club

Marksmanship
Archery
Shooting sports events

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There's just SO much to say. That's the lame reason i offer for my silence. Lame sounding? OH YES. But very, very true.
I'll blog all about it one day, probably. I'm like that. You know that. But for now, let's discuss Nothing of Significance. My fave!
It was a bad hair day last week. A grab a hat and pull a ponytail through the back kind of day. I couldn't FIND a hat. Everywhere, I looked. No hat. Finally, i borrowed some boy-child's Spiderman hat. It was navy. Spidey is embroidered on the front. It wasn't THAT bad. I was going to take the kids to school, have breakfast with a friend, take a dog to the vet, come home and do a lot of work in the house.
The kids disagreed mightily that my choice of hat was acceptable for ANY reason.
I think it's HIS hat. And I think it looks darling on him, and I didn't think it would be quite so…. offensive on me. SO WRONG.
And I think somebody needs to lighten uh-up. But that wasn't gonna happen.
Caden-8yr gets RIGHT to the point.
Which is ridiculous for me to try to claim. It was clearly the biggest deal around here in at least a week.
I took the boys to school. I made them kiss me in the car since they wouldn't let me walk them in, and that morning I went to the vet. He did not CARE that I had a bad hair day and Spiderman was saving the day. He probably didn't even notice. He was busy trying to convince me that yes, I do want a job, and I want a job THERE. It was interesting. He convinced me to come in for an initial interview later when his office manager would be available.
It probably won't work anyway. I took OFF the hat before the interview, by the way. But then when I told the office manager that I would only consider part-time while the kids were at school, she had no idea why I was there. They really wanted one full time person. She asked how many days and hours i was looking for, and the vet – eavesdropping in the hall – stuck his head in the door and confessed that I really wasn't looking at all – he just thought it might work out.
I'm kinda…. REALLY busy. At the moment. At this particular time. And I don't know if that's really what I'm wanting or needing to do anyway, but I figured I'd entertain the idea for a day or two.
One day I'll tell the boys about it and i will be sure and tell them that I was drafted for a job interview while wearing THAT hat. It may be my lucky hat! I hadnt' thought of that. That's actually too bad.
Because I think Seth-6yr hid it.
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I have a database that is used for equipment delivery dates. A user will schedule a delivery for a piece of equipment and then enter the date into a back-end database(SQL Server).
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A: A lot of people add columns like created_at and updated_at. When creating a record, you can assign both of these columns the same value. If these values are equal, it's a brand new record. If they're different, then it is an existing record that has been updated.

A: during the insertion create a small script that connects with google mailing services or any other choice and send an email using a predefined email created to send emails to your desired email address, like that each time a new record is being inserted a new email is sent from x@gmail.com to xxx@xxx.xx , where x is an email made for sending and xxx is the receiver.

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It has recently been announced that Duchess Catherine will be taking on a brand new patronage, at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in Kensington, London.
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Nella sua lunga carriera di docente universitario, iniziata nel 1928 come professore incaricato a Urbino, proseguitasi come ordinario a Catania, Padova e Napoli, e conclusasi nel 1977 alla facoltà di giurisprudenza dell'università La Sapienza dove fu chiamato nel 1947, ha insegnato istituzioni di diritto privato, diritto civile e diritto del lavoro.

È anche stato presidente dell'Unione giuristi cattolici italiani. È l'autore di numerose pubblicazioni, fra cui le Dottrine generali del diritto civile, prima opera del suo genere dopo l'entrata in vigore del codice civile del 1942, è un fortunato manuale di diritto del lavoro ristampato innumerevoli volte.

Ha partecipato a numerose commissioni ministeriali incaricate di redigere testi normativi in materia privatistica. Ad esempio, fu membro di uno dei comitati per il codice civile del 1942, occupandosi in particolare delle disposizioni sulle successioni. È stato anche uno dei principali ispiratori della riforma del diritto di famiglia del 1975.

Presidente dell'Ina dal 1960 al 1972. È stato anche vice presidente del Consiglio Superiore della Pubblica Istruzione e membro del CNEL.

L'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, della quale fu socio dal 1952, per ricordarlo, ha istituito il "Premio Francesco Santoro-Passarelli" da attribuirsi ai migliori studiosi del diritto civile o del diritto del lavoro.

Principali pubblicazioni
La surrogazione reale (1926)
I diritti d'uso limitato (1927)
L' accertamento negoziale e la transazione
Appunti sulle successioni legittime (1930)
La filiazione naturale nel progetto di codice civile (1931)
Legato legittimo d'alimenti (1932)
Sottoscrizione del testamento olografo (1932)
Nozioni di diritto del lavoro (1946)
Dottrine generali del diritto civile (1954)
Un libro sul divorzio (1969)
Libertà e autorità nel diritto civile: altri saggi (1977)
La transazione (1986)
Teoria della successione legittima dello Stato

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Accademici dei Lincei
Studiosi di diritto civile del XX secolo
Militanti cattolici italiani


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Francesco, Artist of Florence:
The Man Who Gave Too Much
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In this lavishly illustrated book by Anita Mathias, Francesco, artist of Florence, creates magic in pietre dure, inlaying precious stones in marble in life-like "paintings."
While he works, placing lapis lazuli birds on clocks, and jade dragonflies on vases, he is purely happy.
However, he must sell his art to support his family.
Francesco, who is incorrigibly soft-hearted, cannot stand up to his haggling customers.
He ends up almost giving away an exquisite jewellery box to Signora Farnese's bambina, who stands, captivated, gazing at a jade parrot nibbling a cherry. Signora Stallardi uses her daughter's wedding to cajole him into discounting his rainbowed marriage chest. His old friend Girolamo bullies him into letting him have the opulent table he hoped to sell to the Medici almost at cost.
Carrara is raising the price of marble; the price of gems keeps rising. His wife is in despair.
Francesco fears ruin.
Sitting in the church of Santa Maria Novella at Mass, very worried, Francesco hears the words of Christ. The lilies of the field and the birds of the air do not worry, yet their Heavenly Father looks after them. As He will look after us.
He resolves not to worry.
And as he repeats the prayer the Saviour taught us, Francesco resolves to forgive the friends and neighbours who repeatedly put their own interests above his.
But can he forgive himself for his own weakness, as he waits for the eternal city of gold whose walls are made of jasper, whose gates are made of pearls, and whose foundations are sapphire, emerald, ruby and amethyst? There time and money shall be no more, the lion shall live with the lamb, and we shall dwell trustfully together.
Francesco leaves Santa Maria Novella, resolving to trust the One who told him to live like the lilies and the birds, deciding to forgive those who haggled him into bad bargains–while making a little resolution for the future.
Wandering Between Two Worlds
In these wide-ranging lyrical essays, Anita Mathias writes, in lush, lovely prose, of her naughty Catholic childhood in Jamshedpur, India; her large, eccentric family in Mangalore, a sea-coast town converted by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century; her rebellion and atheism as a teenager in her Himalayan boarding school, run by German missionary nuns, St. Mary's Convent, Nainital; and her abrupt religious conversion after which she entered Mother Teresa's convent in Calcutta as a novice. Later rich, elegant essays explore the dualities of her life as a writer, mother, and Christian in the United States– Domesticity and Art, Writing and Prayer, and the experience of being "an alien and stranger" as an immigrant in America, sensing the need for roots.
The Church That Had Too Much
The Church That Had Too Much was very well-intentioned. She wanted to love God, she wanted to love people, but she was both hampered by her muchness and the abundance of her possessions, and beset by ambition, power struggles and snobbery.
Read about the surprising way The Church That Had Too Much began to resolve her problems in this deceptively simple and enchanting fable.
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth," Jesus says in his most puzzling Beatitude.
Puzzling, because, if we are honest, it does not feel true to our experience.
So do the meek inherit the earth? Is this true? Or isn't it?
In The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, an extended meditation on the power of gentleness, Anita Mathias grapples with this mystifying Beatitude.
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Call it millennial idealism if you will, but, for as long as I can recall, I've always wanted to make a positive impact on my local community. However, it can be difficult to identify volunteer opportunities where there is a mutually agreeable fit between a nonprofit's needs and a young professional's background, skills, and goals. Cue YNPN Boston.
I initially heard about the YNPN Boston Ambassador program through a LinkedIn post from a Leadership Team member. While I thought a cohort of nonprofit Ambassadors was an attractive concept, I wasn't sure that I was the intended audience, since my professional nonprofit experience is limited to an internship and my full-time position is in the private sector. But, I channeled my inner Mindy Kaling ("Why not me?") and submitted an application a few hours before the deadline. Nearly a year later, I'm happy to say that YNPN Boston has been a valuable experience that has strengthened my network by connecting me with nonprofit agencies, professionals, and resources.
During my Ambassador term, the primary project I worked on was the design and development of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Survey and the subsequent analysis of its results. The project allowed me to leverage the survey design and data analysis experience I had gained in the private sector and apply it to the nonprofit sector. The survey, coupled with YNPN Boston-run focus groups, deepened my understanding of and connection to Greater Boston's nonprofit community. Furthermore, the results of the survey will allow us to better align YNPN Boston's future programming with the needs of our members and the larger nonprofit community.
In addition to reinforcing my technical skills, I made valuable connections by attending YNPN Boston's regular networking and professional development events. The highlight of these events is always meeting other young professionals and learning about their work and passion for social impact. There were several instances when I was able to connect attendees with organizations or professionals that aligned with their interests and goals, which was a rewarding experience that represented both the need and value of an organization like YNPN Boston.
At its core, YNPN Boston is focused on empowering and connecting tomorrow's nonprofit leaders, so it was great to witness attendees developing connections, in addition to facilitating a few myself. Moving forward, I intend to continue my involvement in the nonprofit sector, and, in that vein, YNPN Boston's Ambassador program has been a worthwhile experience that has expanded and enhanced my nonprofit experience and network. Ultimately, my experience as an Ambassador has allowed me to make a tangible impact in my community by combining my passion for the social sector with my private sector background.
Matt Ng ("Ing") is a Research and Evaluation Ambassador at YNPN Boston. In his nonprofit life, he serves as a Volunteer Leader at Boston Cares and a Volunteer Coordinator at Saturday's/Sunday's Bread. For his day job, he works as a Consultant at Deloitte.
Matt graduated from Boston University with Bachelors of Arts in Economics and International Relations and minors in Political Science and History. You can connect with Matt via LinkedIn or mng@bu.edu.


about this book: Flying under the radar of the national media is a refugee resettlement movement that sees Trump voters and Clinton voters, pro-lifers and pro-choices, the secular and the religious, working together to help refugees. It turns out that an issue that looks so polarizing in the headlines is actually unifying Americans of all political stripes and beliefs on the ground.
"The Stranger Among You" shows chinks in the fabled Trump base because people who look like Trump voters and people who actually voted for Trump are working to help the very people the Trump administration seeks to bar.
Sometimes a literal reading of the Bible makes someone who fits the stereotype of a religious conservative act in a way that fits the stereotype of a secular liberal. This is an important point. Stereotypes can be accurate but are almost always incomplete. That's why refugee resettlement produces such unexpected partnerships.
"The Stranger Among You" examines nine states, seven of them in the Bible Belt and other red states, that have robust refugee resettlement movements. These are stories of churches looking beyond their church doors for partners in resettlement. And there are stories about the secular looking to churches for their leadership and social justice structure. Church-going, contrary to what many people think, has a moderating effect on people's beliefs. Conservatives who go to church frequently are more open to people different from themselves and are more likely to support immigration, according to the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, a research collaborative.
The book features passionate pastors, a podcasting mom, an Iraq War veteran, a low-body-fat techie, retirees, college professors, realtors, former missionaries, church workers, college students, bankers, even a pro-refugee Republican governor (Yes! His Instagram feed welcomes refugees!) It talks about the ups and downs of refugee resettlement—the joys of seeing refugees buy their first homes, the frustrating battle with the streets for the hearts of young refugees.
And there are funny stories too—like what do you do when a kid accidentally kicks a soccer ball through your church's hundred -year-old stained glass window? Answer: Patch it with duct tape and keep on going.
Those who work in refugee resettlement are taking the Bible literally and treating the foreigner as their neighbor, and that neighbor as their brother or sister. These are people seeking to live the words of the Bible in Matthew, John, and Leviticus.
"The Stranger Among You" tells a surprising story of unity in our supposedly polarized nation — and is also a how-to for anyone, regardless of religion or politics, who wants to find out how to help refugees, immigrants, migrants and anyone in need.


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Kingdom Keepers is a series of children's novels written by American author Ridley Pearson. The New York Times Bestselling series is published through Disney Editions and Disney Hyperion, and the first book was released on August 29, 2005. Its plot follows the adventures of five teens who, by day, are holographic hosts in the Disney Theme Parks. By night, they battle Disney villains to keep them from taking control of the parks, the Disney entertainment empire, and the world. The series' franchise also includes several other elements such as an online game and an interactive educational tour provided for school groups through Disney's Youth Education Series.

Synopsis

Disney after Dark
Five young teens, Finn, Willa, Charlene, Maybeck, and Philby, have been selected to serve as holographic theme park guides, Disney Hosts Interactives (DHI), in Walt Disney World. Thanks to an ability programmed in their virtual avatars by the Imagineers of Disney in the DHI technology the five teens are transported every night into the park as holograms while they sleep. They find themselves in the middle of a war against various Disney villains called the Overtakers, led by Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, and they must stop them from taking over the park and then the world.

Disney at Dawn
Things have been relatively quiet for the past few months, until things go wrong at DHI day at Magic Kingdom. The Overtakers are back, and this time the stakes are even higher. This book introduces the Fairlies, or Fairly Humans, a group of people with special powers; a Fairlie named Jez has gone missing, and her sister, Amanda recruits the help of the Keepers to help her find Jez. The group searches for clues to her disappearance while also trying to keep the Overtakers at bay in Disney's Animal Kingdom, where the Overtakers have gained control of the computer servers with the intent to wreak havoc. The Keepers must find Jez and destroy the Overtakers' servers.

Disney in Shadow
After Wayne, their friend, mentor, and head Imagineer, disappeared during the events at Animal Kingdom, Finn, Philby, Willa, Charlene, and Maybeck suspect the worst. The Overtakers would like nothing more than to eliminate Wayne, or worse, to use his power to their own ends. Their search takes the Keepers, plus Amanda and Jez, into Hollywood Studios and Epcot, where they must fight through puzzles, giant snakes, and deal with Maleficent and her friends while discovering new truths about themselves.

Power Play
For the five teens who modeled as Disney Hologram Imaging hosts, life is beginning to settle down when an intriguing video arrives to Philby's computer at school. It's a call for action: the Overtakers seem to be plotting to attempt a rescue, led by the Evil Queen and Cruella De Vil, of two of their leaders, both of whom the Disney Imagineers locked away following a violent encounter in Epcot.

Shell Game
Spring break for the Keepers means a DHI cruise from Florida through the Panama canal to Los Angeles, with stops in exotic locations—including Castaway Cay, Disney's private island. However, for the Keepers the vacation may not be as much of a break as they'd hoped. With an ongoing battle for Walt Disney World's engineering base back home, and Overtakers aboard the ship plotting something catastrophic, the Keepers are in a battle for their lives and the lives of the guests aboard the ship.

Dark Passage
The five Kingdom Keepers and their core friends have uncovered a startling truth: Maleficent and the Overtakers are plotting a catastrophic event that could have repercussions far beyond the world of Disney.

The Insider
The Keepers have enjoyed three years of relative quiet, but as they get ready to graduate high school, the Overtakers, and a nightmare they left buried in an ancient temple in Mexico, are rising again. This time they are headed to Disneyland, the park where it all began. The Overtakers are done playing games, and the Keepers are in more danger than ever. The only one who may be able to save the kingdom is none other than Disney's most beloved icon, but he has been missing for years and time is running out.

The Fairlies
A related spin off book that follows and delves more in depth into the world and life of the Fairlies Jess and Amanda.

The Syndrome: A Kingdom Keepers Adventure
Written with Brooke Muschott (as Jess) and Elizabeth Hagenlocher (as Mattie), this adventure focuses on Amanda, who is searching for the missing Kingdom Keeper Finn Whitman. Calling on her own gift (telekinesis), her sister Jez' ability to dream the future, and their fellow Fairlie Mattie Weaver's unexplained ability to read minds through physical contact, the three gifted girls must navigate treachery, deception, and the stubborn, unwilling parents of the missing Keepers if they plan to save their friends.

Unforeseen
This is an ebook novella focusing on the Fairlie sisters. It picks up after Kingdom Keepers VI: Dark Passage and leads up to Book VII: The Insider. Unforeseen opens with Jess dreaming of "cracks" in Disneyland. As Jess and Amanda set out to find answers, she encounters an old man with secrets, a young Imagineer-in-training whose future Jess wants to see, and a treasured wonderland about to shatter.

The Return (sequel)
The Kingdom Keepers series was followed by its sequel series, The Return. The theme that Pearson had wanted to explore was a fictional Imagineering school and the origins of the Overtakers, the books' villains. A father and son, who were fans of the books, initially suggested the concept of King Arthur's Carousel being a means of time travel, and the protagonist using it to go back to Disneyland opening day. Pearson was granted access to the Disney Archives to research Disneyland's opening day.

Disney Lands

In the first book, the Keepers are about to go off to college, while the Fairlie sisters are attending the Disney School of Imagineering. Finn is the only one who believes there is something else left to do—namely, that Walt's pen is not where it needs to be in the past—and attempts to follow Wayne's final clues.

The Keepers eventually discover that the music box in Walt's apartment opens an anomaly on a horse on King Arthur Carousel, allowing its rider to travel through time. It is up to the Kingdom Keepers to return to the place, and time, they are most needed—Disneyland's opening day.

Legacy of Secrets

In the second book, the Keepers have successfully arrived at Disneyland's Opening Day in 1955, there to track down Walt's pen and ensure that it is in the right place in the future. Compared to earlier missions, this seems a simple task, especially with the help of their old mentor Wayne, a teen worker at the park in 1955. But they face problems: although the Overtakers do not yet exist, there is a group of regular people who want to stop them and use Walt's magic against him. To make matters worse, Tia Dalma, in the present, has secretly reformed the Overtakers and plans to wreak havoc on the Keepers' plans.

Disney at Last!

In the third book, Finn and the other Keepers, now joined in the past by Amanda and Jess, have decided to make use of the fact that they cannot yet return home and stop Hollingsworth from creating the Overtakers. Marking the end of the sequel series, the book ends with the Keepers tearfully saying goodbye to this tumultuous era of their life.

Characters

 Finn Whitman – He is the only one that can be 100% hologram until DHI 2.0. Finn is the main character in the story, and the natural leader of the group.
 Dell Philby – A computer geek, his intelligence is the greatest among the crew.
 Charlene Turner – A star gymnast and athlete with a cheerleader body, Charlene's got both the beauty and the brawn.
 Terry Maybeck – The artistic member of the DHIs, Maybeck can be hot-tempered and impulsive.
 Willa Angelo – Willa is very good with a bow and arrow.
Dillard Cole - Finn's best friend, who "thinks of girls as a separate species."
 Amanda Lockhart - Finn's Girlfriend; a Fairlie with an ability to move things with her mind; later gets turned into a DHI.
 Jessica Lockhart - Amanda's sister; a Fairlie with an ability to dream the future; later gets turned into a DHI.
Wayne Kresky - A elder Disney Imagineer hired by Walt Disney himself. He came up with the idea to make the DHIs save the parks from the Overtakers, using the idea of them becoming hologram guides as an excuse. He lives above the fire station on Main Street.
Maleficent - The first Overtaker encountered by the keepers, and one of the strongest ones, although she is not their leader. She causes a lot of trouble early on.

Background

About 2002, Ridley Pearson and his family went to Disney World for the first time with humorist Dave Barry. Pearson indicated to Wendy Lefkon, Disney Publishing Worldwide editorial director, that he found that each attraction and ride "tells a story, with a beginning, a middle, and the end." Lefkon responded with an offer to write a teen thriller novel in a Disney park setting. Pearson then requested full access in off-hours, which Disney would not grant. Based on his writing process of hands-on and site research, Pearson turned down the offer. A month later, he was granted full access during off-hours. Pearson had finished the first of the series' novel in 2004 before the publication of his co-written book, Peter and the Starcatchers, with Barry. A five-book series was outlined by Pearson. The first book in the series, Disney after Dark, was released August 29, 2005. With Disney After Dark selling well, Hyperion wanted to expand the series to 10 novels, however, Pearson felt he could only stretch out the series to 7 books. With needing to move the story to Disneyland, the story in book 5 jumps to Disney Magic cruise ship which was being repositioned to California.

The fourth book in the series, Power Play, came out in April 2011 and made the New York Times Bestseller Children's Series the week of April 24, 2011. With the last book, Kingdom Keepers VII: The Insider, Pearson crowdsourced some 200 out of 600 pages, with fans voting online for which direction the book would take.

During the tour for the final book in the series, Pearson announced a new sequel trilogy for this fictional world, called The Return.  On March 31, 2015, the first book in the trilogy follow-up series was released. Pearson was thinking of a series called Kingdom Keepers International, taking the main characters away from the parks and going international.

On April 14, 2020, the first three books, which had been rewritten to reflect the updated and more modern aspects of the park. The remaining four updated books are yet to be released but are expected to be published in 2021. Included with the updated version was a preview of the upcoming Kingdom Keepers book, "First Light." It was slated to be released in March of 2021, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was pushed to a later date. Ridley has posted, on his website, that a new story in the series, currently titled Kingdom Keepers Inheritance: The Shimmer, is now set to be released on February 21, 2023. This series appears to take place in the future and focuses on the children of the original Kingdom Keepers, based on the preview given in the updated books.

Publishing
Original series:
 Disney after Dark (August 29, 2005) Disney Editions audiobook (August 1, 2005) Brilliance Audio, read by Gary Littman
Disney at Dawn (August 26, 2008)
Disney in Shadow (April 6, 2010)
Power Play (April 5, 2011) DisneyHyperion, on the New York Times Bestseller Children's Series the week of April 24, 2011
Shell Game (April 3, 2012)
Dark Passage (April 2, 2013)
The Insider (April 1, 2014)

The Fairlies:
 The Syndrome : Finders Keepers, Losers Sleepers A Kingdom Keeper Adventures
 Unforeseen  A Kingdom Keeper Novella

The Return:
 Disney Lands (March 31, 2015)
 Legacy of Secrets
 Disney At Last

The Inheritance:
  The Shimmer (February 21 2023)

Media

Kingdom Keepers Online
On April 6, 2010 Disney released an online game entitled Kingdom Keepers Online. The game is collaborative, as all players control one of five selectable characters through 2,500 levels. Each level is procedurally generated and gameplay is action based.

Kingdom Keepers Insider
On March 24, 2013 Disney and interactive tech company Coliloquy launched Kingdom Keepers Insider, a website and mobile app that enables readers to interact with Pearson and impact how the final book in the series will be written. Users can vote on elements such as potential plot points and may also submit ideas for character dialogue. The site features other elements such as chapter outlines posted by Pearson.

Aborted television series
Kevin Smith revealed on Fatman Beyond that he was brought in by Disney to help develop a potential television series, based on the Kingdom Keepers book series, for Disney+. He added that it would have utilized the same technology used for The Mandalorian to create virtual backgrounds. He later confirmed that it was cancelled because it would have used too many IPs.

References

External links

 Video interview with Ridley Pearson about Kingdom Keepers 3
 Radio interview with Ridley Pearson
 Unforeseen (Kingdom Keepers, #6.5)

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Young adult fantasy novels
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