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New Top Gear Series Overview
Whilst we didn't expect Chris Evans to fall on his sword and resign immediately after the broadcasting of Episode 6 of the first series of the new BBC Top Gear, we are certainly expecting a few changes for the next one.
Will there actually be a next one?
Almost certainly. The whole Top Gear franchise is a big money-spinner (as shown here by 2015 CNN figures) for the BBC, selling the show to around 200 countries worldwide, and viewing figures that have, contrary to popular belief, when taking into consideration repeats and BBC iPlayer views, stayed consistent, and close to the sort of viewing figures that the last series got with its previous presenters.
And you also have to take into consideration that BBC Top Gear was up against the European Championship football for a good few weeks too!
So The Daily Mirror's prediction of a second series looks good, but there will undoubtedly be changes.
And there's plenty of advice out there, both from the Media and from keyboard warrior fans (and now-seemingly ex-fans) on social media.
People like Stuart Heritage in The Guardian who gives a list of changes that he thinks needs doing, including ditching The Stig, adding in some fun and some news, whilst keeping the whole look of the show; Amy Blumson in The Daily Telegraph who loved Matt Le Blanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid, hated Chris Evans, and wondered where the women were in the last episode; and Ben Dowell in The Radio Times who seemed to pine for the Clarkson/May/Hammond days whilst liking some of the new presenters, all seemed prepared to give the show a chance whilst always hinting at a lack of success.
So whose fault is it that Top Gear wasn't 'as successful'?
Firstly, I think we need to define 'as successful'.
If we mean "not as many people criticising the main presenter on social media", then it's not as successful, because like it or not (and I don't), Jeremy Clarkson was popular amongst the viewers of Top Gear (as were Richard Hammond and James May, but Clarkson became the focus of the whole show by his actions and attitude on and off-camera). And following him was always going to be a poisoned chalice - one that Chris Evans took, drank from and choked on until he fell on his own sword yesterday. But his appearance on the show shouldn't be enough for people to turn off (after all it's not like he was on the whole thing), and certainly not enough for people to tweet after his resignation that they would 'start watching the show again now he's gone.' At least those who wanted #Chrexit will be happy.
If we mean "viewing figures", then it's not successful there either, with the last episode drawing less than 2m viewers on the Sunday night when up against Antiques Roadshow and the Euro Championship football between England's conquerors Iceland and France (before iPlayer views and repeats), when the last Clarkson-led one drew in 5.8 million according to ITV News.
If we mean "successful in moving the show on", we can consider this a minor success with looks and style, but a major success with the new presenters, especially Chris Harris and Rory Reid, with Matt Le Blanc a close third.
But overall, maybe the lack of success falls on the BBC itself by not demanding that the show completely re-invent itself. Throughout the series, it failed to shake the monkey of the previous 22 series' off of its back, and with it the presenters from then. The whole show had the feeling of a beloved soap character being played by a different actor (or actress). If the character was a fledgling one, and one that had disappeared for quite a while, it would be acceptable (such as Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street, or Ben Mitchell in Eastenders); but imagine the character of Phil Mitchell or Steve McDonald being played by a different actor overnight!
That's the way that I think many viewers felt, and almost resented Chris Evans for replacing Jeremy Clarkson. Because whatever way you look at it, 'JC' was the face of BBC Top Gear until he started to possibly believe in his own invincibility and discovered that he wasn't as untouchable as he thought. Fans of the show seem to have forgotten the fact that he punched a member of the production staff over a sandwich, and that he was also responsible for many complaints about the show - PC gone mad or not. But then again, he is a blokes' bloke - and viewers (mainly male ABC1 adults of all ages) seem to like that.
What now Chris Evans has gone?
Matt Le Blanc - a success
So who can they blame now? Will the viewers all come flooding back now their hate figure has gone to pastures old?
Matt Le Blanc has proved to be popular with the public, and the chances of him staying have shortened following Evans' departure, and the search for a co-presenter is on - quite why, I have no idea. Can't they just have one main anchor and different segment presenters popping in?
Who it could be is up for speculation, but the bookies' favourites include motorcycle racer Guy Martin, TV chef James Martin, Racing driver Jensen Button, Actors Philip Glenister and Steve Coogan, and TV Presenter Dermot O'Leary. All blokes? Not really. They have also got some decent odds for Jodie Kidd, Suzi Perry and Rebecca Jackson too!
But then, for the dyed-in-the-wool viewers, it may not be good enough; because it's still not Clarkson.
As for the rest of the team that took part in the more recent series, once again there has been a lot of success, and a few failures.
Sabine Schmitz - a success
Readers of this blog will be fully aware of the fact that I believe that both Chris Harris and Rory Reid have been a runaway success on Top Gear, and should be used more. Their down-to-earthness and overall enthusiasm and love for cars is infectious, and emanates unreservedly from the screen.
Matt Le Blanc is popular amongst viewers, although I find him a little stilted and scripted although very likeable.
Sabine Schmitz and Jensen Button, when they have appeared, have been both knowledgeable and entertaining, but not so with Eddie Jordan and The Stig, both of whom have, I feel, run their course.
The show itself
Despite claims to the contrary, the show is all about the personalities presenting, and the chemistry between them; something that was probably missing in this series, possibly due to rumoured backstage tensions.
So once that is sorted out, what about the look of the show and some of the sections within?
Does it still look good stood about with the audience surrounding them? I would have to say it does, despite it still harking back to days of yore.
Do the weekly celebrity interviews still work? It's very hit and miss - and mainly miss. This series possibly only Joshua/Hart from Episode 3 and Davies/Dempsey from Episode 6 really worked (the latter only due to Davies), and Star in a Rally car just doesn't cut the mustard, just as Star in a Reasonably Priced Car failed to do too!
Did the series of films work? The majority did, with the odd failure, and one thing they all did was show the enthusiasm of the presenters for the cars they were driving. Maybe the trip to Venice didn't, and I wasn't convinced with the one to the top of the mountain in South Africa, but at least they tried. I just proved that throwing money at something doesn't necessarily work.
Rory Reid - a success
Back in May, Zoe Williams wrote in The Guardian that much of the old Top Gear was about the "puckish, delinquent" chemistry between Clarkson and his co-presenters, Richard Hammond and James May. "It was no longer really about cars, any more than a war movie is about guns – it wouldn't be fun without the guns, but it's really about comradeship."
And that's what is needed most to get Top Gear back up in the ratings.
That involves:
A Complete Overhaul
No more copying
A new Co-Presenter (if required) with Matt Le Blanc
More use of Reid, Harris, Schmitz and Button
And fun, fun, fun.
And it needs doing sharpish, before Clarkson's new show 'The Grand Tour' debuts on Amazon Prime around October time, with no viewer pressure because of no viewing figures.
So just how did BBC Top Gear do in its first post-Clarkson series?
If you were to believe the media, disastrously. If you were to believe me, a humble writer of blogs on cars and driver of them, it was pretty damn good.
In all honesty I had got tired of the previous presenters and their 'blokes in the pub' pretensions. The show needed new blood away from the arrogance, know-it-all attitude and egotistical smugness disguised as sardonic wit of Jeremy Clarkson.
Sure it had been good once, and for some time too, but I lost interest quite a few series ago as his self-importance started to overshadow the other two, and I thought that the new series here made great strides in laying the ghost of Jeremy.
But maybe the mistakes that were made can be remedied.
Chris Harris - a success
Chris Evans never stood a chance as new presenter because he was already too well-known and had baggage, so it would probably have been best to use a figure from the racing world such as Sabine Schmitz, Jensen Button or even Eddie Irvine to front it up with Matt Le Blanc, leaving Chris to do what he does and loves best: driving around in classic cars.
Keeping The Stig on in hindsight may have been a mistake as it is a link to past glories rather than as continuity, with the same being said of the use of Stars in Cars, albeit this time in a MINI Cooper.
And perhaps the trips abroad may be a little too extravagant for the viewing public, although this is something that 'The Grand Tour' centres around, so maybe not. (We shall see.)
But overall perhaps the BBC were trying to engage a wider audience rather than the one that Top Gear had before - more man-in-the-street than man-in-the-van and man-behind-the-wheel? It worked for me, but it seems to have fallen between two stools, and a fresh pair of eyes looking at the whole Top Gear concept may be on the cards.
I, for one, am looking forward to the next series. I have faith in it.
Come on BBC. Pull it out of the bag!
(All photo images © BBC)
If you have any opinions on the Series, or on Kevin's view of it, feel free to comment below.


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Hong Kong's Newest Generation of Art Spaces
Christie Lee May 20, 2022
Hong Kong has always had its share of homegrown art spaces, from the pioneering Chatham Gallery, which operated between 1962 and 1966, to the artist-run Para Site Art Space, which opened in 1996, to the rise of commercial galleries such as Grotto Fine Art, Hanart TZ, Alisan Fine Arts and 10 Chancery Lane.
The art scene continues to evolve. While the pandemic and political events of the past few years have caused feelings of unease and uncertainty among the art community, that hasn't prevented budding gallerists from setting up new spaces. In the past two years, Hong Kong galleries, including these new art spaces, are making greater effort to show local artists, perhaps due to a desire to tell the story of Hong Kong—the identity of the city and its inhabitant—through art. The pandemic also posed logistical problems, making it harder to transport artworks from overseas artists.
We reached out to three young art spaces to hear what they hope to achieve – and how they plan to navigate the complicated waters of present-day Hong Kong.
'Trunk' by Florence Lam, Hidden Space
'There is no beginning. There's no end' by Ice Wong Kei-suetg
'Wondering at sea' by Tang Kwong-san
'Everyday practice' by Chan Sai-lok – All photos courtesy Hidden Space
Hidden Space: A space to experiment
Hidden Space was set up in 2017 on the 16th floor of an industrial building in Kwai Hing, in the northwestern part of Hong Kong. It came about through a happy accident. The three founders, Kay Mei Ling Beadman, Katie Ho and Isabella Isabella, met while doing their Masters of Fine Art at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University. Ho asked if she could borrow part of Beadman's studio space, which she had bought several years earlier, to create an installation piece. Beadman agreed. That installation turned into a mini exhibition, which prompted to Isabella stage a show in response, with Beadman following suit afterwards. That led the trio to decide to convert part of the studio into a dedicated venue for exhibitions. "We jokingly called it Hidden Space, and it stuck," says Ho.
Since opening, the space has shown works by established artists such as Chan Sai-lok and Mark Chung, as well as upcoming ones including Florence Lam, all of which are created in situ. Hidden Space is described by its founders as proudly non-commercial, which allows artists to engage with the space and their audience without any pressure to sell their works. The space's moda operandi is best showcased through the annual Hidden Space Award, which is given to an artist graduating from the Bachelor of Fine Arts programme run by RMIT University and the Hong Kong Art School. The winner is granted access to the space for eight months, as well as plenty of conversations with the co-founders.
"Winning artists get a solo show but it's almost not the biggest part of it, as we are going to mentor you. We are going to talk about curating, the installation and so on," says Beadman, who works as an art teacher, along with Ng. In many instances, the founders ask the artist to expand the scope of their practice, such as when they suggested that 2019 Hidden Space Award winner Tang Kwong-san work on creating objects – a first for the painter. The result was a thoughtful installation based on the 1978 BBC documentary The Bamboo Curtain, which focuses on illegal immigrants making the deadly swim from mainland China to Hong Kong. Projected through a fish tank onto a small piece of cloth hand-dyed in tea, it reflected on ideas of displacement, the diaspora and identity.
Those questions are even more relevant in today's Hong Kong, when emigration has surged and the socio-political environment has changed so radically from the days when Hidden Space first opened. In the summer of 2020, after the upheaval of the previous year's pro-democracy protests, China's top legislature enacted a new national security law for Hong Kong that prohibits acts of secession, subversion against the Hong Kong and Chinese governments. The law was accompanied by a new security apparatus with wide-ranging powers of enforcement that observers have described as drastically reducing Hong Kong's freedom of expression. What impact does that have on an institution like Hidden Space?
Beadman doesn't directly answer the question, but notes that the very existence of the art space provides the freedom to think – and create. She says there is increasingly "less space, that isn't work, home, or a commercial gallery" for Hongkongers to express themselves, which makes Hidden Space all the more important.
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by Chow chun-fai
Photos courtesy Touch Gallery
Touch Gallery: Unique works
Hong Kong artist-turned-gallerist Enders Wong opened Touch Gallery at the height of the pandemic in November 2020. At that point, he had already been operating his ceramics gallery Touch Ceramics for a year in Tai Kwun, and when the space next to it became available, Wong "immediately" asked the art centre's management if he could open a second gallery dedicated to visual arts.
The two galleries reflect Wong's interests. The artist-turned-gallerist studied both painting and ceramics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. While Touch Ceramics has showcased ceramic pieces by Japanese artists including Tomonari Hashimoto and Ogata Kamio, Touch Gallery is dedicated to showing Hong Kong artists. Many of the artists exhibited in the gallery's first year are teachers or students from Wong's alma mater. It opened with a solo show by artist and educator Kurt Chan before proceeding to exhibitions by emerging artists such as Cheung Sze-lit, as well as established artists such as Chow Chun-fai and Chui Pui-chee, whose painting "Nine Abysses" is currently showing at the gallery.
Nine Abysses by Chui Pui-chee
While Touch's roster of artists might be familiar to frequent gallery-goers, their art won't be, as Wong requests artists to create a series unique to both space and the gallery. "I'd have a chat with every artist, what they'd like to create for the space," he says. The gallery is small, which led Wong Chun-hei—known for large works—to create a series of mini landscapes.
Looking ahead, Wong plans to show works by fresh graduates or young artists at least twice a year. These artists include Miki Lam and Lau Yin-Yeung, which the gallery recently showed in a duo exhibition. Wong decided to put them together because of their strong yet contrasting approaches to life. Lam lives a very fast-paced life, reflected in her art through fuzzy images created from pencils, rulers and a sewing machine. Lau, on the other hand, is a student of Buddhism, and her work features landscapes and clouds that seem as if they are frozen in a particular moment.
'Eccentricity' by Ho Sin-tung, part of The Sun is still here exhibition
'Crush' by Ho Sin-tung – All photos courtesy SC Gallery
'Let's play a game in a sun' by Chan Wai-lap
SC Gallery: Understanding Hong Kong
A student of RMIT University, Sharon Cheung was searching for a studio space when the idea of opening a gallery came about. "I thought, why not open a gallery, where I can show my own works, but also that of other artists," she says. SC Gallery is the fruits of her labour. It opened this March in Wong Chuk Hang with Abnormal States, a show by two Hong Kong artists, Tang Kwong-san and Jeremy Fung. It is now set to open the group exhibition The sunshine is still here on May 19. Cheung already has the full year planned out, with the view to bring some of these artists to the international art stage.
While the gallery business might seem like a departure from Cheung's past experiences, one could argue that she has been working to this moment, with the gallery combining her experience of years working in media and public relations with her natural confidence. Cheung is best known as the reporter who, in 2000, asked former Chinese president Jiang Zemin if former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hua was appointed—foreshadowing Hong Kong's eventual political transformation—to which Jiang retorted, "Too young, too simple, sometimes naive."
After working as a news reporter at iCable and the South China Morning Post, she joined Media Asia, a Hong Kong film production and distribution outfit, before founding her own public relations firm YiJie Communications. It's clear that Media Asia has had a huge impact on Cheung's life. When asked about the goal of her gallery, she says, "I want to tell the stories of this city," and quotes renowned film director Johnnie To, with whom she worked at the production company: "If I fail to even tell the story of where I was born and lived, how do I begin to tell the stories of other places?" he said. "In that regard, I'm quite clear about the gallery's positioning," says Cheung.
So what is Hong Kong's story today? In Cheung's telling, it was a worry-free place "where you'd hear the saying, "horses will continue to run and people will continue to dance." But after the 2019 protests, Hongkongers are thinking a bit more deeply about the city and their own identity. Cheung says art is one avenue where people who want to learn more about Hong Kong-—and what its inhabitants are concerned about—can turn to.
Abnormal States, the gallery's opening show, is a case in point. It explored feelings of estrangement from one's surroundings, such as those produced by Covid restrictions, or the surprise of finding perfectly healthy plants at rubbish collection points, seemingly abandoned by their owners in a rush as they left Hong Kong. The show provided plenty of opportunities for reflection, but no easy answers. "I honestly think there is no more interesting time than now for Hong Kong art," says Cheung.
Nine Abysses by Chui Pui-chee runs at Touch Gallery until May 29, 2022. The sunshine is still here runs at S.C. Gallery from May 19 to June 25, 2022. Hidden Space's next show has yet to be announced.
Christie Lee
A Hong Kong-based journalist who has covered the Asian arts scene for the past seven years, Christie Lee writes about art and literature for Zolima CityMag. She spent her formative years in Canada, where she nurtured her love of the visual and performing arts, TMC movies, indie coffee shops and, naturally, Leonard Cohen. Her writings have appeared in the South China Morning Post, Frieze, Artomity, Peak magazine and Randian. She has a BA in English Literature from McGill University and a MA in Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London.
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The Psoas is a major player in yoga. It's the larger of the two muscles in the Iliopsoas and is attached to the top of the lumbar spine on one end and the femur bone at the other end. From a yoga asana perspective, it's the activating muscle that helps you come into a forward fold. If you enjoy arm – balances which comprises mainly of a forward-folding action, a strong psoas muscle is that part of your deep core that will help keep your legs off the floor. In Shirsasana (Headstand) the ability to gracefully straight – leg raise into the full expression of the headstand originates from the psoas. Conversely, a psoas that is tight will restrict your movement in any posture that involves back-bending such as Dhanurasana or Bow Pose and Urdhva Dhanurasana or Upward Facing Bow Pose.
All these yoga postures aside, the psoas plays a key role as a spinal stabiliser and regulates balance for basic movements such as walking and standing. Dysfunction occurs when the psoas shortens as a result of sedentary lifestyles. Every time we sit the psoas contracts and shortens. It may continue to stay in this shortened disposition even when standing which then induces an opposing pull from the paraspinal muscles of the lower back, resulting in….you guessed it, lower back pain. Are you one of those people who likes sleeping in embryo position? You may want to reconsider changing your sleeping disposition as you're probably not doing your psoas or your King Pigeon any favours.
This is an interesting muscle due to its biaxial characteristic – this means that it crosses two joints; the hip and the knee joint. It is the only one of the four quadricep muscles that does that. We know that this muscle can be problematic for atheletes who engage in forceful movements or explosive actions such as kicking, running and jumping. However the exposure to strain in this muscle is even higher for the "casual" or "social" club player for opposite reasons. Typically this is a person who may not have an active lifestyle but is co-opted through the office to play a social game. Or someone who has been sedentary and not maintained any activity but decides to suddenly pick up a new sport and then voila…at the first tennis social, on an attempt to push-off to take a volley, the muscle reacts badly. In the first case with the athlete, strain can occur due to over-exertion, RSI or excessive impact and in the latter, due to shortened muscles that have to suddenly extend and compensate for new activity. As such whether you are an elite athlete or not, the reasons for maintaining these hip flexors supple and healthy are obvious.
Well, it's hard to get into a discussion about the TFL, the little muscle that lies just in front of the hip joint without also talking about the ilotibial band ( ITB ) – the thick dense tissue that runs down the side of the thigh. Tightness in the ITB and TFL often expresses itself as knee pain, especially on the outer side of the thigh. In yoga, often those with tight ITB externally rotate their feet when stepping up into forward fold from their downdog. If you attempt a scorpion in an inversion such as a handstand or in a forearm stand and find your knees and feet pull apart excessively and you are unable to bring your legs together, a tight ITB most likely has something to do with that. If you attempt Padmasana (Lotus Pose) and experience pain on the outer side of the knee, most likely a tight ITB has something to do with that also. Incidentally, bow – leggedness has been linked with tightness in the ITB. This seems consistent with the runner's syndrome where the feet start to pronate and roll inwards when fatigue sets in, causing the ITB to tense up in order to maintain alignment.
The yoga body is the balanced body. As yoga postures and sequencing require a practitioner to move smoothly and purposefully through a wide range of positions including twists, forward folds, backbends, side bends, both arm and leg balancing, it encourages allover muscular strength and flexibility. Specialist sports and typical weight room training can result in bodies that suffer from particular imbalances due to its very nature. Take a cyclist for example. Cyclists tend to have overdeveloped quadriceps as this particular muscle has to remain active to power the wheel for most of its circular motion. Fitness models on the other hand tend to do a lot of upper core exercises to help emphasise their 6 pack muscles, also known as the rectus abdominus. In fact in yoga, the important muscles are most often the ones overlooked in the gymnasium as they are hidden away and have no superficial appearance value. The psoas, pelvic floor, transverse abdominus are significant muscles in the lower core of the yoga body and so many of the exercises performed in yoga are designed to activate these muscles, thus bringing balance to the entire body.
This month we are focusing on the hip-flexors. In Ashtanga Yoga, strong hip-flexors are needed to execute transitions such as jump throughs and jump backs. Strong hip flexors are pivotal to arm-balances since most arm-balances requires a practitioner to come into forward flexion. Yoga aside, the iliopsoas is a major set of muscles sitting within the pelvic girdle that provide the spine and lower body with stability. When these muscles are weak, posture suffers and can result in both back and joint pain, noticeably in the knees. This is a common problem that can affect many for two reasons – one, because sedentary lifestyles encourage both weak as well as the shortening of the psoas ( sitting down for long periods apparently is enough to cause the psoas to shrink ) and secondly, the iliopsoas is not a muscle that is often targeted in fitness disciplines, as compared to its more visible cousin, the qaudricep (which comprises 4 muscles including the rectus femoris). Additionally bad posture stemming from hip misalignment also frequently affects walking and running gait. Long term lower body joint pain is a consequence and this aside, an inefficient gait obviously has ramifications for athletic performance.
Continuing on this theme, strong hip flexors can of course impact significantly upon athletic performance. Anything that involves jumping, running and kicking – which covers just about every sport demands powerful hip flexors. Additionally pay attention to the iliopsoas since it's the only muscles in this group of muscles that accommodates a knee lift beyond 90 degrees. Imagine the additional power you can add to the kinetic chain if you are able to draw the knee up beyond the level of the hip in the sagittal plane effortlessly when accessing energy from the deep muscles of the body for particular track sports such as hurdles or long jump.
Bearing in mind the need to address muscular imbalances in our bodies due to lifestyle habits, our focus this month on strengthening hip flexors will pay particular attention to the iliopsoas. Collaterally, the other muscles within the hip flexor group will also benefit from our sequencing and drills. Just as we strengthen, our sequencing will include counterposes to encourage lengthening and stretching since what we are always striving for is balance – that tightrope we walk between sukha and sthira – that line where effort and ease, strength and softness meet.
Ewa teaches Hatha Yoga classes on Mondays 6am at Next Generation, Parnell, Fridays 10:30am Level 1 & Sundays 9:30am All Levels at Bodyneed Sports Clinic.


"Spirited Away" is an amazing family movie. The sophisticated design, storytelling, and characterization of this animated feature film all work in the service of a movie that can capture the attention of the entire family. The two-disc DVD release of "Spirited Away" provides many extra features that offer an in-depth look at this animation masterpiece.
Directed by Japanese animation icon Hayao Miyazaki, "Spirited Away" is a fascinating and beautifully rendered adventure about Chihiro, a young girl who finds herself mysteriously trapped in a strange world populated by Japanese gods and spirits. After seeing her parents magically transformed into pigs at an abandoned amusement park, Chihiro finds herself transported to an otherworldly realm, where she is widely distrusted as the only human. In order to escape from the realm and restore her parents, Chihiro embarks on a journey of self discovery by taking a job at bath house resort for spirits.
The movie makes for a unique family film, in that the story contains no conflict between heroes and villains. Apart from a few misunderstandings between characters, there are really no "bad guys" in the film. Instead, the conflict is derived from Chihiro's inner struggle, as she develops from a self-centered brat, into a self-reliant, responsible young lady. This journey is brought to live by Miyazaki's amazing animation and design, which is distinct from anything seen in American animated features.
"Spirited Away" is Japan's highest grossing film of all time, and enjoyed a nearly year-long theatrical run in that country. The American DVD edition is produced by Pixar Films (of "The Incredibles" and "Finding Nemo" fame). Pixar redubbed the original Japanese dialog into English for American audiences, with voice talent that includes Suzan Pleshette, John Ratzenberger, and Daveigh Chase (of "The Ring" and "Donnie Darko"), who provides the voice of Chihiro.


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Extra Info: Mainly related to the Boer wars. Also includes some photographs of HMS Belfast.
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Description: Britain's Small Wars - Forgotten Wars
Extra Info: Details of many of Britain's 'forgotten' conflicts, with details of memorials and stories.
Classification: Army, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records
Title: British Army WWI Pension Records
Link: British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Description: British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Classification: Army, Service Records
Title: British Army WWI Service Records
Link: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Description: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Classification: World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Maps, Information
Title: British History Online
Link: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Description: British History Online
Extra Info: A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Information
Title: British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages
Link: Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages
Description: Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages
Title: British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms
Link: Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms
Description: Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms
Title: British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials
Link: Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials
Description: Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials
Classification: Navy, Information
Title: British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849
Link: British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849
Description: British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849
Extra Info: Also includes appointments to ships.
Classification: Newspapers
Title: British Newspaper Archive
Link: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Description: Explore over 200 years of history - British Newspaper Archive
Extra Info: Access also available via selected subscriptions to Find My Past and Genes Reunited
Classification: Army, Marines
Title: British Regimental Drum Colours in North America 1755-1783
Link: http://www.fifedrum.org/crfd/drums.htm
Description: British Regimental Drum Colours in North America 1755-1783
Extra Info: Details of the British regimental drum colours by regiment.
Classification: Army
Title: British Regiments at the Front: The Story of Their Battle Honours
Link: http://archive.org/details/britishregiments00hoddu...
Description: British Regiments at the Front: The Story of Their Battle Honours, Published 1914
Extra Info: Online book. Includes regimental nicknames and how they came about, battle honours for many regiments.
Classification: Army, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title: British Regiments in Canada
Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~crossroads/genealog...
Description: British Regiments in Canada
Extra Info: The site attempts to identify the dates and deployments of various British military units prior to 1870 within Canada and elsewhere in the western hemisphere. Includes some regimental deserters who stayed in the US and Canada.
Classification: World War II
Title: British Resistance Archive
Link: https://www.staybehinds.com/
Description: GHQ Coleshill - The Official Home of The Auxiliary Unit
Extra Info: The website about the auxiliary unit and their training at Coleshill House which was used to train spies and 5,000 members of the public to be Churchill's auxiliary unit. Includes some personal accounts of training at Coleshill.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour
Title: British War Memorial Project
Link: https://britishwargraves.co.uk/
Description: British War Memorial Project
Extra Info: British War Grave Photographs.
Classification: Discharge / Pension Records, Service Records
Title: Chelsea Pensioners
Description: Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title: COLLETT Family History
Link: http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/
Description: COLLETT Family History
Extra Info: Scroll down to bottom of main page for Collett war fatalities.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title: COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study
Link: http://www.combs-families.org/combs/
Description: COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study
Extra Info: Includes COMBS/COOMBS by conflict.
Classification: World War I
Title: COMLEY One Name Study
Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~andrewmead/genealog...
Description: COMLEY One Name Study
Extra Info: Includes a list of the COMLEY's who served in the military.
Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Link: https://www.cwgc.org
Description: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Classification: Navy, World War I
Title: Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy 1915
Link: https://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk/
Description: Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy 1915
Extra Info: Search by name or vessel.
Classification: Army, Crimean War
Title: Crimean War Research Society
Link: http://cwrs.russianwar.co.uk/
Description: Crimean War Research Society
Extra Info: Honours those that fell in the war, studies the war, from mainstream topics (deaths from disease in the Crimea; the naval confrontation in the Baltic), to little-known aspects of the war (naval actions in the Pacific; possible use of poison gas) and more.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II
Title: DASHPER Family Website
Link: http://www.dashper.net.nz/
Description: DASHPER Family Website
Extra Info: Information on DASHPERs who gave their lives in the wars.
Title: DOBBINS Family Tree
Link: http://www.dobbins.co.uk/familytree/
Description: DOBBINS Family Tree
Extra Info: Click on Documents, then Indexes.
Title: DUGMORE's of the Past
Link: http://www.ancestorsofbirmingham.com/dugmore/dugmo...
Description: DUGMORE's of the Past
Extra Info: Includes a list of DUGMORE's who gave their lives in WWI and WWII.
Title: ELWICK Family History and One Name Study
Link: https://www.elwick.info/
Description: ELWICK Family History and One Name Study
Extra Info: Look under heroes and villains.
Title: England Data from Ancestry
Link: England Data from Ancestry
Description: England Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info: Includes National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918, memorial books from WWI and WWII and more.
Classification: Army, World War I, World War II
Title: Find My Past's The Military Collection
Link: Find My Past's Military, armed forces & conflict
Description: Find My Past's The Military Collection
Extra Info: An extensive military collection to help you to locate your ancestors who served in World War One and World War Two.
Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, Information
Title: Flags of the World
Link: https://www.fotw.info/flags/index.html
Description: Flags of the World
Extra Info: Click on UK, England, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey for district/county flags, ensigns, flags of the armed services and more.
Classification: World War I, Hospitals / Nursing
Title: Friends Ambulance Unit First World War Personnel
Link: https://fau.quaker.org.uk/
Description: Friends Ambulance Unit First World War Personnel
Extra Info: The Friends Ambulance Unit (1914-1919) was a civilian volunteer ambulance service set up by a group of Quakers during World War I. Its members from 1914-1919, both Quaker and non-Quaker, totalled over 1000. Many entries have photographs.
Classification: Maps
Title: Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps
Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/
Description: Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps
Extra Info: Many online maps, some as early as 1550.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War
Title: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/
Description: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Extra Info: The project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland. Use the search to find 'war memorials' for your area.
Classification: Navy, World War II, Other
Title: Global Shark Attack File
Link: http://www.sharkattackfile.net/
Description: Global Shark Attack File
Extra Info: List of shark attacks worldwide, fatal and non fatal, at least one Wren mentioned from an attack in WW2.
Classification: Navy
Title: HALE and HAYTER One Name Study
Link: http://www.ourgenealogy.co.uk/tng/
Description: HALE and HAYTER One Name Study
Extra Info: Includes HALE sea officers of the Royal Navy, look under one name study, other databases.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars
Title: Headington Village Site
Link: http://www.headington.org.uk/
Description: Headington Village Site includes Marston Records
Extra Info: The Boer War Memorial lists the 33 men killed in action and the 109 men who died of disease.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, Pictures / Photographs
Title: Historic Photographs of England
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos...
Description: Historic Photographs of England
Extra Info: Includes images of some war memorials, London Scottish Regiment drill hall, Cowley Barracks, naval ships and more.
Title: LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy
Link: http://www.ozlists.com/allluceys/
Description: LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy
Extra Info: Lists all the LUCY and LUCEY who fell during the first and second world wars.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, Army, Marines, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships
Title: Malta Family History
Description: Malta Family History
Extra Info: An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British subjects in Malta, including details of the military cemeteries and the army chapel school. Also an index of men of the British Fleet in Malta in 1881.
Title: Masonic Great War Project
Link: https://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/
Description: Masonic Great War Project
Extra Info: A searchable database purely on Freemasons who took part in and died in the course of their duty during the Great War of 1914-1918.
Classification: Crimean War, Hospitals / Nursing
Title: Medical Officers of the Crimea
Link: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Indexes/Crimea/
Description: Medical Officers of the Crimea
Title: Midland Railways Records
Link: https://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/King_...
Description: Midland Railways Records
Extra Info: Includes a list of those who joined up in 1914 and those who are listed on the Midland Railway War Memorial.
Title: MILAM Family History and Genealogy Archives
Link: http://www.milam.com/
Description: MILAM Family History and Genealogy Archives
Extra Info: Includes Mileham, Milam, Mylam, Milham, Milum, Millam.
Classification: World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Pictures / Photographs, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information
Title: Military Badges and Military Images
Description: Military Badges and Military Images
Extra Info: An archived copy of the site which is no longer available. May take a little while to load. May not work correctly in all browsers. Also photographs and a diary of Signaller L. D. Richards,Leicestershire Regiment in WWI.
Title: National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records
Description: National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records
Extra Info: Online Merchant Navy indexes and records.
Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Other
Title: National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers
Link: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/
Description: National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979
Extra Info: Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as Ireland's independence, world war one, the cold war, marriage allowances in the Navy and much more.
Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers
Title: Newspapers Online via Google
Link: https://news.google.com/newspapers
Description: Newspapers Online via Google
Extra Info: Many newspapers are being put online. Currently there are only a handful from the UK and Ireland, but this is growing. Many newspapers from USA and Canada that mention British ships and British events.
Classification: Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Newspapers
Title: Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers
Link: https://ncse.ac.uk/index.html
Description: Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers
Extra Info: Includes many articles relating to the wars of the time.
Classification: Boer Wars, Hospitals / Nursing
Title: Nursing in the Boer War
Link: https://boerwarnurses.com/
Description: Nursing in the Boer War - Nurses and Others Who Cared for the Sick and Wounded
Title: Old Maps of England, Scotland and Wales
Link: https://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html#/
Description: Old Maps of England, Scotland and Wales
Extra Info: As well as maps this site also includes a gazetteer of place names.
Classification: World War I, World War II, Newspapers
Title: Online Historical Newspapers
Link: https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/
Description: Online Historical Newspapers
Extra Info: Includes the Daily Mirror and Daily Express from the early 1900's. Subscription site.
Classification: World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Other
Title: Peterborough and The Great War
Link: https://www.peterboroughww1.co.uk/
Description: Peterborough and The Great War
Extra Info: Two visitors' books from the tea stall on Peterborough East Railway Station 1916 and 1917. Servicemen wrote messages, poems and pictures as they stopped on their journey. Search or browse. Some with mini biographies.
Classification: Information, Other
Title: Pillbox Study Group
Link: http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/
Description: Pillbox Study Group
Extra Info: Including details about their camouflage, name, locations and more.
Title: PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs
Link: http://www.john-pinckney.co.uk/family/index.htm
Description: PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs and Variants
Extra Info: Includes PINCKNEY's in WW1, with some biographies.
Classification: Navy, Service Records
Title: PRATLEY One Name Study
Link: http://www.pratley.info/
Description: PRATLEY One Name Study
Extra Info: PRATLEY navy service records.
Title: Project Gutenberg
Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/
Description: Project Gutenberg - Free to Read Books
Extra Info: Online books, free to read.
Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS
Title: RAF History
Link: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/our-histor...
Description: RAF History
Extra Info: Squadron histories, including disbanded squadrons, images of squadron badges and more.
Title: Railway Workers Who Died in World War One
Link: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/research-and-arch...
Description: Railway Workers Who Died in World War One
Extra Info: Scroll down to Fallen Railwaymen Database. List of over 20,000 railway employees who died in World War One. Includes details of the railway company they worked for, their military service and in some cases family information. May take a while to load.
Classification: Marines, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records
Title: RAMSDALE Family Register
Link: http://www.ramsdale.org/
Description: RAMSDALE Family Register
Extra Info: Includes roll of honour and lists of soldiers in medieval England for Ramsdale and variants.
Title: Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War
Link: https://vad.redcross.org.uk/
Description: Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War
Extra Info: Over 90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross at home and overseas during the war. More names still to add.
Classification: World War I, Other
Title: Register of Changes of Names During WWI by Deed Poll and Enrolment
Link: http://archive.org/details/registerofchange00kern
Description: Register of Changes of Names During WWI by Deed Poll and Enrolment
Extra Info: Online book. From the London Gazette. Gives old name, new name, date of change, address and nationality.
Classification: Army, Information, Other
Title: Royal Logistic Corps Digital Library
Link: https://www.rlcarchive.org/
Description: Royal Logistic Corps Digital Library
Extra Info: Subscription / Pay-per-view site.The RLC Digital Library is a searchable archive containing digital images of a number of documents and books held in the Corps Library and also in the Museum.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Marines, World War I
Title: Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920
Link: Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920 from Find My Past
Description: Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1920
Extra Info: Includes the The Jack Clegg memorial database of Royal Naval Division casualties of the Great War.
Classification: World War I, World War II, Hospitals / Nursing, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title: Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses
Link: http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/index.html
Description: Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses
Extra Info: Includes the war diary of the Matron-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force for 1914-1919. Also list of British general hospitals in WWII and nursing rolls from WWII.
Classification: Navy, Army
Title: School - Register of Cheltenham College, 1841-1910
Link: https://archive.org/details/b28037674
Description: Register of Cheltenham College, 1841-1910
Extra Info: Online book. Includes mini biographies of the individuals. With army and navy lists towards the end of the book, with regiments.
Title: School - Register of Dover College, Kent 1871-1910
Link: https://archive.org/details/dovercollegereg00dove
Description: Register of Dover College, Kent 1871-1910
Extra Info: Online book. Includes mini biographies of the individuals, also an army list towards the end of the book.
Classification: Navy, Army, World War I
Title: School - Register of S. Nicholas College, Lancing, Sussex
Link: https://archive.org/details/registerofsnicho00lanc...
Description: School - Register of S. Nicholas College, Lancing, Sussex 1848-1900
Extra Info: Online Book. Includes mini biographies of many of the students. Also has a list those in the Royal Navy and Army.
Classification: Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Muster / Militia Rolls
Title: SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study
Link: http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html
Description: A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families
Extra Info: Scroll down to sources of information, includes war deaths, muster roll details, Boer and Crimean war soldiers for SERCOMBE's.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Service Records
Title: SHERWOOD One Name Study Group
Link: http://www.sherwoodfam.plus.com/
Description: SHERWOOD One Name Study Group
Extra Info: Details of military SHERWOODs.
Title: Ships in UK Ports in the 1881 Census
Link: https://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.ht...
Description: Ships in UK Ports in the 1881 Census
Extra Info: Also includes other on-shore establishments for mariners.
Classification: Army, Museums
Title: Soldiers of Oxfordshire
Link: https://www.sofo.org.uk/
Description: Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Collection
Extra Info: Located in Bicester.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Army, World War I
Title: Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Link: Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Description: Soldiers who Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Extra Info: Includes Officers Died.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title: Soldiers' Memorials Website
Link: https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht...
Description: Soldiers' Memorials Website
Extra Info: Includes some memorials by conflict and some by regiment.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Discharge / Pension Records
Title: STERRY One Name Study
Link: https://www.sterryworldwide.com/
Description: STERRY One Name Study
Extra Info: Includes STERRY deaths of WW1, along with the cemetery details, also STERRY Pensioner records for the British army.
Title: STONER Genealogical Databases
Link: http://www.stoner.org.uk/
Description: STONER Genealogical Databases
Title: STRANGE, STRAINGE and Variants One Name Study
Link: https://yourtotalevent.com/people/Strange/idxpepl....
Description: STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History
Extra Info: Look under miscellany for those who fell in battle.
Title: STURCH One Name Study
Link: https://www.sturch.co.uk/
Description: STURCH One Name Study
Extra Info: Click on history. Includes photographs of the war memorials and roll of honour of Shipston on Stour.
Classification: Other
Title: The Army Children Archive
Link: http://www.archhistory.co.uk/
Description: The Army Children Archive
Extra Info: Information about what it was like to be an army child, includes sections on schooling, healthcare and hospitals.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Muster / Militia Rolls, Information
Title: The Genealogist's Military Records
Description: The Genealogist's Military Records
Extra Info: They currently have 92 Army Lists available ranging from 1661 to 1940 and 28 Navy Lists ranging from 1689 to 1944. Army Lists can contain rank and regiment of officers, details of those stationed abroad and recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Title: The Genealogy of the Cotswolds and Surrounds
Description: The Genealogy of the Cotswolds and Surrounds
Classification: Army, World War I, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps
Title: The Long, Long Trail
Link: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
Description: The Long, Long Trail - The British Army in th First World War
Extra Info: A site with a wealth of information, including war diaries, commanders despatches, details about the regiments and battalions, trench maps, list of prisoner of war camps and much more information.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War I, World War II, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title: The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945
Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20121029171436/http://b...
Description: The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945
Extra Info: Includes selected combat reports, flying log book entries, details of the aircraft and more. This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Ships, Other Transport
Title: The Roll of Honour
Link: http://www.roll-of-honour.com/
Description: The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget
Extra Info: As well as the main rolls of honour the site includes an overview of the Somme, information about tanks and submarines in WWI and much more.
Title: The Ships List Website
Link: http://www.theshipslist.com/
Description: The Ships List Website
Extra Info: Click on fleet lists for details of ships that have been requistioned into military service, were disguised as HM ships or those in foreign service and sunk by HM ships.
Classification: Discharge / Pension Records
Title: The Society of Genealogists (SOG)
Link: https://www.sog.org.uk/
Description: The Society of Genealogists (SOG)
Extra Info: Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Check the catalogue to see what information is available online.
Title: UK National Inventory of War Memorials
Link: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/search?utm_source...
Description: UK National Inventory of War Memorials
Extra Info: This site does not list every person mentioned on the memorials, however it does list individual memorials with details and sometimes photographs.
Title: University - Aberdeen University Roll of Service 1914-1919
Link: https://archive.org/details/rollofserviceing1921un...
Description: Aberdeen University Roll of Service 1914-1919
Extra Info: Online book. This book records the service and staff of staff, graduates, alumni and students during WW1.
Title: University - Durham University - Roll of Service
Link: https://archive.org/details/rollofservice19100univ
Description: University of Durham - Roll of Service 1914-1919
Extra Info: Online book. Staff, graduates and students. List of all those in service and those who gave their lives. Biographies in abbreviated form, but index to abbreviations at front of book.
Title: University - Edinburgh University - Roll of Honour
Link: https://archive.org/details/rollofhonour191400univ...
Description: University of Edinburgh - Roll of Honour 1914-1919
Extra Info: Online book. Includes those fallen, but also a roll of service. Mini biographies and many photographs.
Link: https://archive.org/details/newyear1915rollo1914un...
Description: University of Edinburgh - Roll of Honour 1914
Extra Info: Online book. Includes those fallen, a roll of service, a list of those wounded, staff and students.
Title: University - Manchester University - Roll of Service
Link: http://archive.org/details/manchesteruniver00univr...
Description: Manchester University - Roll of Service for WWI
Extra Info: Online book. Lists all the graduates of Manchester University who served in world war one, including some family and regimental details.
Title: University - Oxford University - Roll of Service
Link: https://archive.org/details/oxforduniversity00univ...
Description: Oxford University - Roll of Service 1914-1919
Extra Info: Online book. Graduates and students, by college. List of all those in service and those who gave their lives. Mini biographies.
Title: University of Glasgow Story
Link: https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/
Description: University of Glasgow Story
Extra Info: Includes all members of the university community who served in WWI, those who served and fell in WWII, many with biographies and more.
Title: University of London - Officers Training Corp - Roll of Service
Link: https://archive.org/details/rollofwarservice00grea
Description: University of London - Officers Training Corp - Roll of Service 1914-1919
Extra Info: Online book. Lists the war service and biography for each name. Also lists the fallen and those who were awarded honours.
Title: University of Sheffield - Roll of Service
Link: https://archive.org/details/rollofservic19100univ
Description: University of Sheffield - Roll of Service 1914-15-16
Extra Info: Online book. Published Jan 1916. Staff, graduates and students who served. Rank and unit for each name.Includes evening students, lab assistants, officer training corp and more.
Title: University of St. Andrews - Roll of Honour and Roll of Service
Link: https://archive.org/details/rollofhonourroll1920un...
Description: University of St. Andrews - Roll of Honour and Roll of Service 1914-1919
Extra Info: Online book. Biographies and photographs of the fallen, biographies for those on the roll of service.
Classification: World War I, World War II, Other
Title: Vickers Machine Gun
Link: http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/
Description: Vickers Machine Gun
Extra Info: The site is about the Vickers Machine Gun and its use around the world in its many variations and forms.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, World War II, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts
Title: Wakefield Family History Sharing Website
Link: http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/index.shtml
Description: Wakefield Family History Sharing Website - Mainly War Memorials
Extra Info: Scroll down the page for many war memorials a WWI roll of honour and more.
Title: War Memorials Online
Link: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/
Description: War Memorials Online - Recording, Conserving and Remembering our war memorials
Extra Info: War Memorials Online is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to upload images of war memorials and log concerns for the conservation of these important community and historical sources for future generations.
Title: Wartime Memories Project - World War One
Link: https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/
Description: Wartime Memories Project - World War One
Extra Info: The aim of this website is to share stories, photographs and documents relating to the Great War of 1914 to 1918. Including location of regiments and battalions, names of those serving and more. More information being added frequently.
Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS, Army, World War II
Title: Wartime Memories Project - World War Two
Link: http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/
Description: Wartime Memories Project - World War Two
Extra Info: The aim of this website is to share stories, photographs and documents relating to the World War Two. Including location of regiments and battalions, names of those serving and more. More information being added frequently.
Title: Waymarking - Interesting Locations
Link: https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx
Description: Waymarking - Interesting Locations
Extra Info: Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search.
Title: WESTAWAY One Name Study
Link: http://westawayfamily.co.uk/
Description: WESTAWAY One Name Study
Extra Info: Includes nationality, regiments and family details for the WESTAWAY heroes.
Classification: Navy, Officers' Records, Service Records
Title: Wills - The National Archives Records - Seamen's Wills
Description: Wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786 - 1882)
Extra Info: Search and download the wills of around 35,000 men who joined the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1882
Title: WOODHURST One Name Study
Link: http://www.effingham91.net/woodhurst/home.html
Description: WOODHURST One Name Study
Title: World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials
Link: https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/
Description: World War 1 Cemeteries and War Memorials
Extra Info: Also includes some World War 2 cemeteries and memorials.
Title: World War 1 Veterans 1914-1918
Link: https://worldwar1veterans.blogspot.com/
Description: World War 1 Veterans 1914-1918 - old soldier memories, interviews and much more.
Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Hospitals / Nursing
Title: World War One - Photographs and Pictures
Link: http://www.ww1photos.com/
Description: World War One - Photographs and Pictures
Extra Info: Includes postcards of WWI, many photographs of the trenches, a special gallery of Gallipoli photographs, animals in war and more. Many free photos, others may be purchased.
Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Pictures / Photographs, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters
Title: WW2 Combined Operations Website
Link: https://www.combinedops.com/
Description: WW2 Combined Operations Website
Extra Info: The Roll of Honour is dedicated to the memory of all those who died in combat or training while serving the Allied cause under the Combined Operations Command in WW2. Lots of information from ship locations, insigia in use, landing craft tanks and more.
Title: YEO Society and One Name Study
Link: http://www.yeosociety.com/
Description: YEO Society and One Name Study
Extra Info: Old site now superseded.
Link: https://yeoonline.net/
Extra Info: New version - work in progress
Title: British Army Museums and Records at Army Museums Ogilby Trust
Link: https://www.armymuseums.org.uk/
Description: British Army Museums and Records at Army Museums Ogilby Trust
Extra Info: Comprehensive list of army museums, including museums without web sites.
Title: GENUKI County Page for Oxfordshire
Link: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/OXF
Classification: Maps, Information, Other
Title: Registration Districts in Oxfordshire
Link: https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/oxf.html
Description: Civil registration districts in Oxfordshire since 1837
Extra Info: Information on the registration districts and their changes over the years.
Title: Wikipedia list of civil parishes in Oxfordshire
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parish...
Description: List of parishes in Oxfordshire provided by Wikipedia.
Extra Info: Information on the parishes with links to information pages about the parishes.
Title: Wikipedia list of places in Oxfordshire
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Ox...
Description: List of places in Oxfordshire provided by Wikipedia.
Extra Info: Information on place names with links to information pages about the place.


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Movember charity again encouraging moustache growing for men's mental health, suicide prevention and prostate, testicular cancer awareness
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Global men's health organization Movember is reminding everyone of its campaign this month.
Now in its 13th year in the U.S., the annual moustache growing campaign encourages "Mo Bros" and "Mo Sisters" across the country, to rally in support of Movember's cause areas — men's mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Mike Fierke, a community ambassador for Movember joined ABC 7 Chicago to talk about it Sunday morning.
Fierke said he participated just to grow a moustache, initially, but he then went through some mental health struggles of his own. He said it reinforced what Movember is all about.
The majority of people can benefit from speaking with a mental health professional or reaching out to friends for help, Feirke said. Movember wants to remove the stigma surrounding the subject.
The year 2020 will be the most important moustache to grow, organizers said. In what has been a tougher year than most, the charity is calling on the community to unite and raise funds that could stop men from dying too young.
RELATED: Health, fitness expert Stephanie Mansour shares tips on how to feel your best after Daylight Savings
"Research conducted by Movember shows us the effects of the pandemic on men's mental health is particularly concerning, and it is still far from over," Movember's U.S. Country Director Mark Hedstrom said. "Job losses, relationship stresses and social isolation are continuing to take a toll. In response, we've been working hard to fast-track digital mental health resources, to address the need."
Every donation adds up. Signing up for Mo-season is also a great way to stay connected within your own social circles, as it's been shown that supporting others can improve your own wellbeing, organizers said.
"With the help of our community, Movember will continue funding research and investing in programs to prevent our fathers, brothers, partners, sons and friends, from dying prematurely," Hedstrom said.
Visit us.movember.com for more information about the campaign.
Crisis support can be found by texting 741741, visiting crisistextline.org or through the National suicide prevention lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
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CalPERS actuary: pension costs unsustainable
The CalPERS chief actuary says pension costs are "unsustainable," and the giant public employee pension system plans to meet with stakeholders to discuss the issue.
So, are the critics right: Do overly generous pensions threaten to eat up too much of state and local government budgets?
An historic stock market crash wiped out a quarter of the CalPERS investment fund last fiscal year. Some experts are forecasting limited investment earnings in the years ahead, making it difficult to replace the losses.
Now "sustainability," a term used in environmental discussions, has become a common label for a big question about public employee pensions: Will the current level of benefits be affordable in the future?
.The question of pension sustainability emerged as a hot topic during a seminar in Sacramento last week sponsored by the Public Retirement Journal.
Ron Seeling, the CalPERS chief actuary, described the process used to "smooth" the rate increases that will be imposed on the 1,500 local government agencies in CalPERS in 2011 in the wake of the stock market crash.
Instead of a rate increase of 4 to 20 percent of pay, the smoothing will reduce the rate hike to a more manageable 0.5 to 2 percent of pay.
"I don't want to sugarcoat anything," Seeling said as he neared the end of his comments. "We are facing decades without significant turnarounds in assets, decades of — what I, my personal words, nobody else's — unsustainable pension costs of between 25 percent of pay for a miscellaneous plan and 40 to 50 percent of pay for a safety plan (police and firefighters) … unsustainable pension costs. We've got to find some other solutions."
Anne Stausboll, the CalPERS chief executive officer, told the seminar that the CalPERS board talked about the "cost and sustainability of pension benefits" the previous week and decided that the system should take a "proactive role" on the issue.
"They asked us to formulate a way to convene our stakeholders — employers, labor, legislators and other stakeholders in our system — to convene everybody and start having a constructive dialogue on sustainability of pension benefits," Stausboll said.
Dwight Stenbakken of the League of California Cities told the seminar that pension benefits are "just unsustainable" in their current form and difficult to defend politically.
"I think it's incumbent upon labor and management to get together and solve this problem before it gets on the ballot," he said.
Public pension advocates worry about a drive to replace the "defined benefit" plan, a guaranteed monthly check for life, with the "defined contribution" 401(k)-style individual investment plan increasingly common in the private sector.
Four years ago Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger briefly backed an initiative proposed by former Assemblyman Keith Richman, R-Northridge, that would have switched all new state and local government hires to a 401(k)-style plan.
But Richman has since called a switch to a 401(k)-style plan "politically" unfeasible. He and the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility have talked about extending retirement ages and capping pension payments at two-thirds of final pay.
(See Calpensions 26 Jan 09: "Pension intiative via internet")
Last June Schwarzenegger, calling current benefits "unsustainable," proposed that pensions for new state hires be rolled back to the formulas used before CalPERS-sponsored legislation, SB 400, enacted a major benefit increase in 1999. (See Calpensions 30 Jun 09: "Arnold: cut retirement benefits for new hires")
The governor dropped an attempt to make his "two-tier" pension reform proposal part of state budget negotiations. But he added pension reform to the list of issues he plans to pursue with legislative leaders later this year.
Schwarzenegger's plan is similar to a proposal made four years ago by a League of Cities task force, which also referred to "dramatic benefit enhancements" made in the late 1990s.
The legislation, SB 400, only increased benefits for state workers. But the same higher benefits are now widespread among local government pension systems.
"The excuse that I've always heard is, "We don't want to adopt these retirement formulas, but I have to because our neighbors adopted it and we have to be competitive in the labor market," said the League of Cities' Stenbakken.
He said eliminating all options and returning to pre-SB 400 retirement formulas for new hires would eliminate the competition between local governments that has increased pension benefits.
"I think this is one of the major mistakes we made with the PERS system," said Stenbakken. "STRS, the State Teachers Retirement System, doesn't have this problem. If you're a teacher in Eureka or you're a teacher in Los Angeles Unified, you get the same pension."
In California, attempts to cut pension benefits are usually two-tier plans, cutting benefits only for new hires. Pensions bargained under labor contracts are said to be protected by court decisions, which allow cuts only if something of equal value is provided.
"In terms of dealing with pension cost currently, I only know of two ways to do it," said Stenbakken. "That's lay people off or reduce salaries."
A retirement actuary, John Bartel, told the seminar that two-tier plans do not save much money, even after several decades. He said costs from the untouchable high-benefit first tier, a vested right protected by contract law, continue to grow.
"Unless that vested right issue changes, and I'm not expecting it will, that second tier is not going to save money," he said.
Bartel said his clients tell him that the main motivation for switching to a two-tier plan tends to be "political in nature," rather than an expectation of significant savings.
"It's because a board member or a council member can stand up and say, "We think there's a lot of bleeding here and we need to stop that bleeding, and we are going to do it on that basis,'" he said. "That's what I'm hearing from my clients."
Labor union officials told the seminar they worry that statewide pension reform legislation might bypass local collective bargaining. They said the Richman group's list of 5,000 pensioners that receive $100,000 or more a year is less than 1 percent of total public employee pensions.
"I actually think it is sustainable," said Terry Brennand of the Service Employees International Union. He said the basic problem is investment losses, not high benefit levels.
"What is sustainable?" said Lou Paulson of the California Professional Firefighters. He said proposals to extend the retirement age for firefighters from 50 to 55 would result in more injuries with advancing age, driving up workers' compensation costs.
Reporter Ed Mendel covered the Capitol in Sacramento for nearly three decades, most recently for the San Diego Union-Tribune. More stories are at https://calpensions.com/ Posted 10 Aug 09
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Art imitating life
Posted by Jay Parker August 17, 2020
The Morning Show is an American drama web television series starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, that premiered on Apple TV+ on November 1, 2019. The series is inspired by Brian Stelter's book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV.
The Morning Show, a popular news and talk morning television show, is thrown into chaos when co-anchor Mitch Kessler is fired amid allegations of sexual harassment. Fellow anchor Alex Levy [female] grows furious at Mitch and the network for keeping her in the dark and later meets with Mitch, who reveals the network plans on replacing her. An investigation is launched by human resources into Mitch's conduct, with most of the crew offering their support to Mitch and denying knowledge of his sexual misconduct.
The Morning Show braces itself for a story from The New York Times on Mitch's behavior leading him to crash the studio and beg his former coworkers to speak on the record in his defense.
What Carell does with Mitch is really interesting in that, as much as his character conjures up Matt Lauer, there are times when you can really see the Michael Scott "Office" character in him: Like Michael, Mitch has no sense of what proper workplace behavior looks like, but in Mitch, that cluelessness is damaging, he's inviting us to see the toxic male connective tissue between a rube of a paper-company boss and a powerful media man abusing his authority for selfish reasons.
Matthew Lauer for those of you who do not remember is a former American television news anchor. He was the co-host of NBC's Today show from 1997 to 2017, and a contributor for Dateline NBC. Following allegations of his inappropriate sexual behavior, Lauer's contract was terminated by NBC in November 2017 after NBC reported receiving "a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace" and added that the network had "reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident".
On June 22, 2020, Aniston revealed in a Variety interview with Lisa Kudrow that the show's development began before the "MeToo" movement, but was ultimately reworked to include and partially focus on it.
There is a scene when one of his victims after Mitch's termination goes into his now empty office and pushes the hidden desk button that closes the front door locking victims in, reliving the trauma of her own abuse. That was alleged to be real from Lauer's office.
There were two pieces of the Morning Show that I want to shine a light on. While in seclusion, licking his wounds and looking for redemption and an ally he invites Martin Short who played Dick Lundry, [a disgraced Hollywood celebrity who he himself was taken down by "MeToo"], over for tennis and comradery. During an alcohol filled conversation Mitch presents this theory that the men taken out in the first wave of "Me Too" like Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby and Kevin Spacey were really bad guys but those like himself taken down in the next wave were actually, victims of the "Me Too" movement. All he could say was that he was a bad husband but that all the sex was consensual. His personal victim's stance otherwise known as denial stayed with him during the show. It was extremely hard to watch. To say the least, he was knee deep in his own bullshit!
The second piece was just how many people on the show and in management turned a blind eye to what was really going on for fifteen years. Money, power, and sex make for strange bedfellows. Mitch was a predator with a lot of charisma and charm. He used niceness as a ploy. Here are classic signs of a perpetrator: control, domination, passive/aggressive, restricting, minimizing, blaming, intimidation, denigration, male privilege, isolation, withholding and coercion and threats. This show portrayed them all. What he never displayed was empathy, remorse, or humility. His character was the personification of the classic Alcoholics Anonymous expression of "self will run riot". And we must not forget that none of his behavior was against the law. If left untreated it will always get worse.
CCOVID19 has thrown a monkey wrench into season two, so we all must wait. More collateral wreckage from this pandemic. As life remains upside down and inside out, we can take a moment to review are own past behaviors. If your self-assessment comes up short to your own ideals you might want to try something new. I am here to talk, no judgement, just talk and remember misery is optional.
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SFCC Theatre Arts to present 'Oedipus'
Sedalia, Missouri – Feb. 18, 2021 – State Fair Community College's Theatre Arts program will present an adaption of "Oedipus" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25-27 and 2 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Thompson O'Sullivan Studio Theatre in Yeater Learning Center. Admission is free.
Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" is a play about truth and fate. Oedipus' fate is determined by the Gods when his life begins. However, because Oedipus does not know the truth about who he really is, he does not accept that his fate is even possible. He lives his life under the assumption he is someone that he is not; therefore, making choices based on the truth he knows. Apollo, the Greek God of prophecy, through his Oracle at Delphi, presents this fate to not only Oedipus' father but also to Oedipus himself. Initially, Oedipus is sent away from his fate and then later in his life, he runs from it.
First performed 2,440 years ago in 429 BC, Sophocles' play feels eerily relevant. Most notably, the people of Thebes are living in the midst of a plague. Aaron Scully, director of "Oedipus," said the decision to produce and direct this play stemmed from that similarity. The use of masks would not seem out of place. Keeping the actors socially distanced would not seem odd. The audience can relate to the people of Thebes and their frustration that the plague will not end. There are questions about truth, and the Theban people are looking to their king, Oedipus, to do something about it.
Director Scully commented that he wanted to show Oedipus' life instead of tell it.
"We felt this would lend itself well to the aesthetic of today's audiences," said Scully. "The pace of the show would quicken and the plot would be episodic, both making the play feel cinematic, yet being careful not to lose the theatricality. The choice was to show moments in Oedipus' life where had he known the truth, he might have taken a different path."
Admission is free; however, donations will be accepted at the door. Seating is first come, first served and limited to about 60 per show to allow for social distancing. Face coverings are required. For special accommodations, email Ryan Mahannah, Theatre Arts program coordinator, at rmahannah@sfccmo.edu.
Please note this show is recommended for audiences 13 years and older because of mature themes and language. Parent discretion is advised.
Oedipus – Aren Goodwin, Warrensburg
Jocasta – Kylie Gaunt, Nixa
Creon – Ben Brewer, Stafford
Lavis – Quincy Wilson, Oak Grove
Tyresius – Kennedy Keele, Sedalia
Polybus – Denver Montgomery, La Monte
Ensemble – Sarah Hensel, Provencal, Lousiana; Johnny Nguyen, Vietnam; Walker Schotte, Versailles; Jenna Speer, Coffeyville, Kansas
Director – Aaron Scully, Warrensburg
Assistant Director – Annie Henson, Clever
Stage Manager – Taylor Ireland. California, Missouri
Assistant Stage Manager – Kya Kampe. Warrensburg
Sound Designer and Sound Board Operator – Allison Hayes, Macon
Light Board Operator – Brianna Harlow, Warrensburg
Props Master – Hayes
Costume and Make Up Design – Henson
Scenic and Run Crew – Faith Ehlers, Otterville
House Manager – Henson
Ushers – Hayes, Harlow


The need for cooperation is particularly intense in the European Union. The citizens of the European Union are often forced to interact with the administrations of other member states other than their own; the administrations of different Member states must cooperate with each other to solve problems of citizens, as well as with the Community institutions for questions concerning common policies. Interoperability is an essential element for cooperation and, in particular, for implementing digital public services.
In this context communautaire interoperability is relevant in general for the realization of the principle of only once (once-only principle) and specifically for areas such as internal market, environment, justice, customs, taxation, health, food safety, European funds, public sector information, electronic identity, standardization TIC, statistical and procurement.
Consequently, the achievement of interoperability between administrations is considered in the European Union as an essential aspect to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the provision of services, while sharing and reuse interoperability solutions that already exist can help contain the multiplication of costs. This important role of interoperability comes up in various Community acts as, among the most recent, the European Framework of interoperability , Tallin Ministerial declaration , Decision ISA ² and Action Plan of electronic administration 2016-2020 among other players.
In particular, the Ministerial declaration of electronic administration of Tallin on 6 October 2017, strengthens the commitment with the principles of Action Plan of electronic administration 2016-2020 and includes among its lines of action those relating to the principle of only once and interoperability by default, to promote, essentially, reuse of data in the primary records, as well as solutions from both the EU ( CEF Telecom and ISA ² ), as the administrations of member states.
Contribute particularly interoperability in the actions of the UE program ISA ² , digital services and infrastructure basic components (building blocks) result of the instrument Telecom CEF as well as other ongoing proceedings as the normalization TIC.
The Program ISA ² (Interoperability Solutions and common frameworks for public administrations, enterprises and European citizens) in the current period 2016-2020, work continues of earlier programmes (one-WAY II, IDABC, ISA) to promote interoperability in the HAT; facilitate cross-border electronic interaction or intersectoral efficient and effective both between the European AA.PP. as between them and businesses and citizens, and contribute to the development of electronic administration more effective, simplified and client-oriented at national, regional and local public administration; promote interoperability solutions to facilitate the implementation of the policies and activities of the union; and facilitate the reuse of interoperability solutions on the part of the European AA.PP..
detection of legislative gaps on interoperability and assessing the implications of the TIC Community legislation.
The main activities on interoperability.
Alignment with the European Framework of interoperability .
For each country prepares a tab based on an analysis of corresponding interoperability framework and activities relating through an analytical model which aims to show the state of the art.
The European Union launched in 2013 ' Connect Europa ' mechanism (Connecting Europe Facility – CEF ) to finance the deployment of infrastructure pan-europeas for interconnection of member states in the fields of energy, transport and telecommunications. The domain of telecommunications, known as Telecom CEF , finances infrastructure development of digital services whose purpose is to enable digital interactions between public authorities citizens and businesses through standardized interaction platforms, cross-border and easy to use.
The infrastructure of digital services that have a more sectoral nature are: access to digital resources of European heritage; services infrastructure for a safer internet; European platform for the interconnection of business registers Europeans; access to public sector information reusable; and online services transboundary interoperable (in areas of justice, social security, etc.).
In addition, certain infrastructure of digital services have the character of ' basic components. These components elementary, are: electronic identification and authentication; electronic delivery of documents; automatic translation; cybersecurity; and electronic invoicing and electronic file.
The European policy of normalization TIC is also a tool for achieving interoperability. Is exercised through the Regulation (HAT) No 1025 / 2012 on European standardisation and platform European Multi-stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation (MSP-ICT) who advises the commission, particularly in relation to the identification of technical specifications that may be referenced in public procurement.


The cool waters of the Housatonic River make Kettletown State Park and Lake Zoar popular recreation destinations.
Kettletown Campground offers 68 sites in both open and wooded settings. Youth Group Camping areas are available to qualifying youth organizations. The group camp areas are generally away from main public use areas, giving group leaders maximum control over their group's camping experience. This program is designed to encourage youths to learn about nature and the camping experience.


Near Normalcy: I'm losing her.
On Monday the Princess started kindergarten.
Can you BELIEVE they're making this baby go to kindergarten??
Look how little she is in front of that big scary building!
She didn't cry. I didn't cry. Seriously. I did not cry. I know. I'm a robot. I might cry now. But I didn't cry then.
After her first day she told me she loved kindergarten, and I asked her if it was the same as preschool or different and she said it was different "except they have the same rug!" and when I asked good different or bad different she said good different and then she said she didn't need me anymore and she was moving into an apartment with her new friends and she'd see me at Thanksgiving unless she decided to go skiing with her motorcycle-riding, musician boyfriend instead. OK I might have imagined some of that. Possibly.
"Mom. I trained my butterfly. Guess what it can do. I trained it...to play dead. And it's doing it right now."
And I breathed a little easier, because there's no way her sophisticated new friends are going to put up with dead butterflies littering their apartment, however well-trained they may be, and maybe she still needs me a little bit after all.