The Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Spa is not the typical resort in the Greater Phoenix area. Not only is it unique and interesting, but I found it to be paradise in the Sonoran Desert! As one of the newest Andaz hotels in the Hyatt chain, I couldn't wait to check it out. Andaz hotels are all unique amongst themselves with each one having a different look and personality. The hotels pay homage to the local areas they are in. The rooms at Andaz hotels are not your "cookie cutter" style hotel room. The Andaz Scottsdale lives up to it's name as being a resort in all aspects of what a resort entails.
The Andaz Scottsdale is located just off Scottsdale Road near Camelback Mountain. Despite it's proximity to a major road, it is secluded enough so that I never heard any road noise. There are 201 casita-style rooms and suites clustered among bungalows throughout the property.
Works from local artists are on display throughout the resort. The open lobby is adorned with unique art. Local works of art are the mainstay in the gift shop, and throughout the property. Each bungalow is designated by a different color shade (as well as a number) to represent a painter's palette.
One of the unique features of this property is an area called the Retreat. It is a cluster of 4 bungalows that can sleep around 20 people total. The area has a private swimming pool only for guests at the Retreat. It is separated from the rest of the property with the perimeter road which encircles the property and the luxurious spa.The area is called the Retreat because it is ideal for company retreats.
The main pool was warm and it was easy for me to find a lounge chair. It was late afternoon so that may have played a part in finding a lounge chair. Despite the heat, it was pleasant and relaxing to lay outside and enjoy the view of Camelback Mountain.
Hyatt's website says Andaz hotels are boutique luxury hotels and I won't disagree with that. For comparison, it is like the Hotel Valley Ho, which is a swanky "Rat Pack-era" hotel. This Andaz is a category 5 hotel – which will set you back 20,000 points or 10,000 points and $125 on a points + cash stay.
Arriving at the Andaz is not the same as checking into a standard hotel. A valet welcomed me, then escorted me to the open lobby. A host promptly greeted me and offered me an iced tea. It was close to 100 degrees outside so I quickly accepted it. We sat down on a couch together while she checked me in on an iPad. They call it an arrival, not a check in. I would go a step further and call it a welcoming – at least I certainly felt that way.
Despite valet parking being included in the $35 resort fee and the resort fee being waived for being a Globalist, I decided to park my car. Parking is along the perimeter road so guests never have to park far from their room.
I was somewhat surprised when I was upgraded to an XL King Room – just two room levels above what I booked. Don't get me wrong – I never expect an upgrade or feel like I deserve one. However, when there are bigger rooms available it makes me wonder why I wasn't upgraded into one of those, per published benefits of being a World of Hyatt Globalist. Hopefully I'll get better upgrades on my future stays.
Nonetheless, I really liked the room I got. It was big and spacious. There was an ample amount of seating but no desk. Personally, I think the absence of a desk is worthwhile as I don't see this as a popular hotel for a business traveler. There are also bedside USB ports which is something I really wish more hotels would do.
The bathroom is quite large as well, particularly the shower. While there is no tub to soak in, the shower is a communal shower with two shower heads. Have fun! 😉 Interestingly, there is only one sink with a seat next to it so two people can still get ready at the same time.
Unique to the XL rooms is an outdoor area off the bathroom. The area is very private and tranquil. I have stayed at the Andaz San Diego (click here for the latest rates) and it is also very "couples friendly" with non-private showers between the bathroom and bedroom, but I'm not sure if it's a theme among the Andaz brand.
There aren't many on-property dining options. The quality makes up the lack of quantity. There is a bar at the pool that serves the typical drinks and food found at a poolside bar. The restaurant, Weft & Warp Art Bar, serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and has a happy hour everyday before dinner.
I decided to get dinner at the restaurant and sat at the bar. There are talented bartenders that will make your favorite craft cocktail. I unexpectedly ended up having several drinks. The dinner menu is fairly extensive with a-la-carte entrées starting at around $25. I was torn between getting the pork chop and flank steak. I'd usually get a steak but the pork chop was recommended to me by several people. It was absolutely delicious!
The restaurant is also where I had my breakfast as there is no Regency Club at the hotel. It was fairly early in the morning so I was able to sit outside and enjoy breakfast with a view of Camelback Mountain. Service was a little slow, but the food and view more than made up for it. The Dirty Hash was amazing!
Cleanliness: Everything was super clean, though this does come with a footnote.
Comfort: The bed was super comfortable. I slept so well, I didn't want to get out of bed when I woke up.
Location: The hotel is right off Scottsdale Rd with a beautiful view of Camelback Mountain. It is minutes to downtown Scottsdale. If you're staying in Scottsdale, then you won't be far from anything you'll need/want to do.
Service: The hotel staff truly made me feel welcome. I don't think I've been treated so nicely at a hotel before – even compared to my stay at Aria or the all-inclusive resort in Cancun. I am knocking one star off because of the service at breakfast.
Overall: I absolutely loved my stay and would love to stay there again. During the Summer, expect weekend rates to be around $150.
Footnote: When I came back to my room after dinner, I found a rather large insect in my room. This is the desert and desert insects would have been more acceptable to me (and I'll just kill those), but this wasn't one of those. I called the Host (front desk). She was very embarrassed. It was absolutely not her fault. I declined an offer to move rooms (it was close to 11PM), and without hesitation she comped my dinner! Not even 5 minutes later, someone was at my door to extricate the insect. My aforementioned opinion of dinner is still my own and this did not affect my opinion.
This is the first Summer the Andaz Scottsdale is open so I think this is part of being a new hotel in the desert and nature not being happy with the intrusion. Hotel management reached out to me, after I departed, about this incident and apologized about it.
What is your tolerance of wildlife when you're on vacation? Leave a comment below.
Looks like a lovely place to stay. I would be all over that breakfast! Hope to see you tomorrow at the next #Flyawayfriday!
Found your blog through Fly Away Friday link-up and so glad I did! Love your photos and I'm so excited to visit Scottsdale (and Sedona). I always love to find new (new to me) travel blogs!
So glad you found my blog as well. Thank you!
The hotel was definitely calming. I'm not always able to relax as quickly as I did when I was there.
How cool! I've never heard of the Andaz collection, but love that they are all unique properties. Everyone loves shopping local, so why shouldn't that apply to hotels as well? Super cool that local artists were involved, and I love the bathroom design!
It is definitely cool that they have a strong relationship with the local artists.
I completely agree about the shower & food.
Breakfast was delicious and nice to be able to sit outside and eat it.
Looks like a nice spacious room, also I wouldn't mind having a dip in that pool, great review !!
The pool was nice and relaxing! Made it easy to cool off from the heat.
The room was super cool & the service was excellent! Only reason I didn't switch was because it was somewhat late and I wanted to go to sleep.
This looks like a really nice property! I really enjoyed my previous trip to Arizona so I will keep this location in mind for when I return.
I agree that it is a nice property! It is at the top of my short list of places to stay at in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area.


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Argentine star Lionel Messi has slammed Barcelona for 'kicking out' Luis Suarez after the Uruguayan completed his move to Laliga rivals Atletico Madrid.
And in an emotional post put out on Instagram, Messi admitted nothing surprises him anymore at Barcelona.
Messi and Suarez became great friends during their time together at the Nou Camp.
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"I was already getting the idea but today I entered the locker room and the news became real.
"How difficult it is going to be not to continue sharing the day to day with you, both on the pitch and outside.
"We will miss them so much. It was many years, many lunches, dinners… many things that will never be forgotten, every day together.
"It will be strange to see you with another shirt and much more to face you.
"You deserved to be praised for what you are: one of the most important players in the club's history, achieving important things both as a group and individually.
"And not to get kicked out like they did. But the truth is that at this point nothing surprises me.
"I wish you all the best in this new challenge. I love you very much, I love you very much. See you soon friend."
Suarez gave a tearful exit interview on Thursday, where he spoke of the move coming as a 'surprise' before thanking Barcelona for their faith in him.
He then made his way to the Barca dressing room to clear out his locker for the final time.
At his last press conference as a Barcelona player, Suarez also revealed how he was told to 'watch out' for Lionel Messi when he joined the Catalans.
Suarez added: "Many people tell you about Messi when you arrive at Barca.
"They say, 'watch out for Leo', he's another striker. [But] many things are invented."
It has been revealed that Suarez will reportedly face a 60 per cent wage drop after joining Atletico Madrid.
Marca reports that Suarez will earn around £8.3million a year with his new club.
That works out at £160,000 a week – he was earning £405,000 a week at the Nou Camp.
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Beis blasts Plante on snow clearing, calls city streets a 'war zone'
Pierrefonds-Roxboro Mayor Jim Beis said his suburban borough puts Montreal's city centre to shame when it comes to snow clearing.
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Pierrefonds-Roxboro Mayor Jim Beis says Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante shouldn't be telling anyone how to go about snow removal operations.
Beis said his suburban borough puts the city centre to shame when it comes to snow clearing.
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"Well, (Plante) can send her team to the West Island and we'll show them how to do it. You can quote that because it's ridiculous."
Beis was reacting to a letter Plante sent out to Montreal's 19 borough mayors last week, calling upon them to do a better job of clearing away the white stuff.
City officials came under criticism after a frigid January blizzard, combined with freezing rain, left city streets and sidewalks caked in ice.
Beis, who called the state of icy downtown streets a "war zone," bristled at Plante's letter.
"It's an insult we would receive something like this when they're only trying to cover up their own misfortunes in the city centre," Beis said.
Plante's letter told the borough mayors said she wouldn't accept inadequate results.
"I'm counting on you to pay particular attention to operations in your respective boroughs. Over the next few days, I want every one of you to be able to show your satisfaction in the work done," Plante wrote. "My expectations are very high and I will not accept, under any pretext, inadequate execution, because the population of Montreal expects, and has a right to expect, high quality services without fail on the entire territory."
Plante later told reporters that she wanted to achieve the same snow-clearing standards in all parts of the city. "It's not about targeting and saying this one is good, this one is bad," she said.
Beis called the mayor's letter "strictly a PR move" to deflect criticism of treacherous road and sidewalk conditions in the city centre.
"We could give them lessons," he added. "Unfortunately the problem is they have no communication with us. They don't reach out.
"What they need to do is get in their car and drive around and see some of their neighbours before they throw out some orders like this.
"It's not only us, it's also the rest of the West Island. As I said on Facebook, the West Island cities can also be used as models because we get it right."
In 2015, Montreal's City Council, then under Mayor Denis Coderre, adopted a snow removal policy that standardized snow removal practices across its territory. Under the policy, snow loading operations are to commence at the same time in all 19 boroughs. The policy also sets out standards on snow clearance, spreading abrasives and snow loading.
Once the signal is given by the city centre to begin operations, ultimately the boroughs are responsible for removing snow and spreading abrasives on streets and sidewalks.
Beis admitted snow removal and de-icing by city crews can be difficult under extreme weather conditions.
"It's not always perfect because of the weather, but we certainly do a better job than some of our counterparts in the centre city. They can spew all kinds of nonsense by saying they have cars and (street) parking and whatever they want. But sidewalks don't have cars."
Beis said he was appalled by the messy road conditions while visiting a friend at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in the east end two weekends ago.
"I have to tell you it was a horror story over there. You couldn't even walk on the sidewalks and you couldn't park anywhere, and this is near a hospital.
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Beis said these treacherous road conditions would be unacceptable to residents of Pierrefonds and Roxboro.
"If I had this in my community, I'd tell you I'd be out tomorrow.
"Like I've said many times, it's not perfect out here, but we know the recipe of what has to get done."
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Artillery - philosophies and competence
There's a saying - Artillery conquers, infantry occupies. The American Maneuver Warfare military reformers of the 80's and 90's used this to describe the French First World War approach, which the American army adopted as it became the French army's apprentice as late-comer to WWI.
The effect of this on American thinking about artillery and air/ground attack is indeed profound. Lethality here, lethality there. It's all about lethality.
The Russians seem to follow it as well.
Those who follow this philosophy have good arguments; there were battles if not entire wars in which indirect fires accounted for about 80% of casualties. The current Russo-Ukrainian War appears to follow this pattern as well.
But there is a different way of thinking. Air power could be thought of as impediment to logistics, and thus to operational agility. An increase of its lethality could even be counter-productive.
Artillery could be thought of as an enabler to battlefield manoeuvres of land forces.
Let's say there's a patch of 100x200 m woodland from which an infantry force of 30...150 personnel (not exactly known) can fire on vehicles in 2 km radius with missiles and call artillery fires onto infantry in the same radius.
The "Artillery conquers, infantry occupies" school of thought would destroy this force by bombarding the entire patch of woodland, thoroughly. They might want to have a bird's view on it, so troops who evaded to open fields could be shot at as well. The defenders may have dug in properly, so a very high density of 155 mm shells of multiple very big bombs such as Mk 84 (914 kg GP bomb) or special thermobaric/fuel air explosive munitions would be needed. The amount of fires would be calculated to destroy the force. Then infantry in IFVs or APCs would drive to the patch of tree stems, dismount, count the bodies and take a few prisoners.
The Maneuverist school of thought would do this very differently. It would execute a very brief but intense bombardment by artillery and/or mortar HE munitions and would rush in with the infantry mere seconds after these "neutralising" fires were lifted. They would assume that the brief but intense bombardment has "neutralised" the defenders. That's a state of shock that goes away within minutes. At most a handful of defenders would open fire on the advancing troops, and they would easily be overwhelmed by direct fires. Almost all defenders would be taken prisoners.
So let's sum up.
Advantages of Maneuvrist approach:
less munitions expended
less firepower needed
less planning required
less killing
smaller calibre artillery and mortars suffice, may even be better
enables rapid advance through deep defences without extreme amount of fire support
Advantages of the "Artillery conquers, infantry occupies" approach:
Your officers don't need to be smart about land warfare.
I mentioned the 80% casualties by indirect fires statistic. This is true and valid, but you can achieve a much better statistic if you have a large competence advantage. Operation Barbarossa caused about 4.5 million personnel losses to the Soviet Union in 1941. Half of these were prisoners of war. The Axis forces could not have defeated that much personnel and could not have advanced that quickly if they had relied on "Artillery conquers, infantry occupies". They did use up the ingredients of this success (competent infantrymen were worn out, logistics vehicles were worn out, strong horses were lost, motorcycles were worn out) in the later years, but the events of 1940 and 1941 show that if you have a big competence advantage and the means to exploit it, you can do much better than the firepower fetishists.
The philosophical difference is between surprise & shock or lethality of fires. It's obvious how laymen and undereducated army officers gravitate towards the latter. It requires much less understanding of what happens and what works in battles. Most superficial knowledge suffices to understand the 'lethality über alles!' approach.
The lethality approach is nevertheless the approach to go with if you lack competence in your officer corps or if you cannot or don't want to advance. If all you can really do is shoot, you shoot - regardless of whether something else would be better if you just could do that as well.
Firepower's lethality fascinates laymen just as much as the Americans (I'm not sure about today's Frenchmen). The focus on lethality should be a fallback position for when you can't do better.
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BTW, the loss of DPICM bomblet munition to the cluster munitions ban doesn't seem to be all that bad when you expect enemies to use overhead cover or if you just want neutralising fires (which works fine with "unitary" HE munitions). Yet the theoretical lethality advantage of DPICM made it the dominant munition in the U.S. Army of the late Cold War (something like 70% of 155 mm rounds were DPICM if my memory of a secondary source serves well).
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KRT 3 December 2022 at 16:03
Lethality thru firepower works if you have all the supplies. The American approach might use this, because they have the logistics and don't have to risk their own skin to solve the problem.
European approaches must make do with less logistics. Are they less loss averse or does their effectiveness degrade, when they aren't allowed to take risks such as in missions beyond alliance territory?
Drones have a potential to degrade the logistics necessary for lethality thru firepower. And automated systems reduce the psychological effects of freezing under artillery fire that reduces combat power.
Any predictions how that will change the warfare you described?
B.Smitty 3 December 2022 at 19:38
I always thought the maneuverist approach was to fix the enemy in their position with fires (direct or indirect), and maneuver to their flanks or rear, negating or minimizing the benefits of the enemy's fixed defenses.
Seems like the "rush in after a short bombardment" approach depends on the (lack of) skill and training of the enemy to reoccupy their positions quickly, or quickly call down their own fires on the advancing friendly forces.
Nowadays, with drones and loitering munitions, we have a new option. 1) We call down fires to fix the enemy and force them to take cover. 2) Then keep a close watch on their positions with drones as friendly forces advance. 3) If any are reoccupied, attack them immediately with small, precise, loitering munitions.
I could see equipping vehicles with little box VLS's of small loitering munitions like the DefendTex Drone40 that could be launched rapidly.
https://www.defendtex.com/wp-content/uploads/D40_V10_Product_DataSheet.pdf
They're only a bit heavier than a 40mm LV grenade.
A swarm of them over the enemy's head, ready to precisely and rapidly attack individual positions, with larger drones providing the eyes, would force the enemy to stay in cover until friendlies were on top of them. Or neutralize positions that are reoccupied. The effect of a Drone40 warhead is probably similar to a grenade or single DPICM munition.
Flank attacks are widely used, even by those who overemphasise fires. I wrote the scenario implying that the position was for all-round defence, so there's no flank. The typical approach would be to assault a 200x100 m patch of woodland on either 100 m edge, equivalent to how you assault villages.
"(...) depends on the (lack of) skill and training (...)"
No, it's meant to exploit the human nature. Men are not combat effective for a brief period after exposure to shock.
There will be a lot more counters to petty multicopters in 10 years than to waves of artillery shells.
"Petty multicopters" don't have to cost much, if any, more than artillery shells.
Their advantage is that they can be used _during_ the assault, where artillery poses too much risk of fratricide. Their small warheads and precision pose far less risk.
I'm sure counters will be developed but, as with all counters, how prevalent they will be is an open question. Can our enemies afford to give counters to every infantry fire team, squad or platoon? How easy is it to counter the counter? For example, jamming can be triangulated and dealt with via fires rather rapidly. How susceptible is the counter to saturation? There are anti-drone drones that are either one-shot or reusable, but they can be overwhelmed by just sending more loitering munitions than they can handle.
I could see a future where every squad assaulting a position could have a drone overhead observing in front of them, controlled by someone in the platoon, and a swarm of loitering munitions ready to pounce on any resistance. The technology exists now. No rocket science required.
You're stuck in the lethality mindset and focus too much on hardware.
Well, I think your description of "Maneuverist" warfare is hopelessly optimistic. Friendly troops rush in in mere seconds after the artillery barrage lifts? They aren't covering the 2km kill zone in that time, even in fast vehicles. Do they try to time their rush and the end of the barrage somehow to let them get closer?
Do they have to breach obstacles and minefields? This is a prepared position, right? That eats a lot of time right there.
Do you have any examples of an successful assault that took place as you said here?
Seems to me you may get a minute or two to START the assault, but completing it before the enemy can offer significant resistance is unlikely.
So yes, give me,
- more selective, indirect firepower,
- controlled and observed by overhead drones,
- that I can continue to use AFTER the artillery has lifted as my soldiers assault THROUGH the objective
- and isn't constrained to the direct fire weapons my infantry brought with them.
I'm focused on this, because it is a brand-new capability and has a chance to change how we fight.
There's no defensive fires to be expected while the neutralising arty still shoots. This includes overhead-protected firing positions. The only question is how long the neutralising effect lasts.
This duration has to be used not for a 2 km dash, but for a dash equivalent to the minimum safety distance from own arty fires. Russians thought this was 300 or 400 m back in 1980's (by accepting occasional accidents). We can probably cut this to 200 m with our more precise dumb fires. 200 m in a tracked APC is seconds.
Obstacles and minefields would be a different issue, and the breaching by fires would merely add ~15 minutes to preparation time if drilled well.
There are plenty examples of successful application of neutralising fires. It's a whole category of artillery fire missions (hence the existence of the term) and its was commonplace in Europe.
If anything here is up for criticism, it's that there are grey zones (how to discern suppressive/neutralising/destroying fires) and uncertainties (how much of what for what duration is needed to gain how long a time window of neutralisation)?
BTW, the U.S.Army's definition of "Neutralization" is
"Neutralization in the context of the computed effects of field artillery fires renders a target ineffective for a short period of time, producing 10-percent casualties or materiel damage.
Neutralization fire is fire delivered to render the target ineffective or unusable.
Neutralize - A tactical mission task that results in rendering enemy personnel or materiel incapable
of interfering with a particular operation. (FM 3-90-1)."
https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN21932_FM_3-09_FINAL_WEB.pdf
The neurological process is not all about the KIA rate though. A man in a foxhole has no body count for his whole company strongpoint. Both are symptoms of the violence input.
Ulenspiegel 5 December 2022 at 20:13
This is an rare article I disagree with. You confuse IMHO tactical and operational level: The high number of Russian POWs in 1941/42 was a result of German success at the OPERATIONAL level. Here it does in principle not make a difference, how the brake-through was achieved at the tactical level.
For a German officer back then the maneuver approach at the tactical level made more sense because it required the same type of thinking as the part after the break-through...
I was contrasting the focus on lethality with an approach that exploits human nature.
An army with a complete emphasis on lethality cannot even switch to operational-level exploits.
There's a lot of grey and even the extremely fire support-rich Americans of 1944 still had Patton, but even his influence didn't change that they needed six months to recapture what the French had lost in six weeks.
"it does in principle not make a difference, how the [breakthrough] was achieved"
The thing is, you don't achieve a breakthrough with complete lethality focus. You're not even supposed to attempt it in that paradigm. That paradigm doesn't strive to make a gazillion of POWs.
Remember the bodycount obsessions of Vietnam & Afghanistan? POWs were taken for interrogation, it wasn't the go-to approach for taking enemies out.
This wasn't just a blog post about different ways to support an assault with fires. It was shining some light on the consequences of different mindsets.
Ulenspiegel 20 December 2022 at 06:52
"The thing is, you don't achieve a breakthrough with complete lethality focus."
No, but even German the WW1 approach in spring 1918 was artillery heavy and worked quite well.
The goal is to achieve an operational success, here manouver is the optimum, the job at the tactical level can in principle be achieved by other approaches too.
I have no issue with your assessment in respect to the US forces, that has tradition and cannot be fixed in a short period of time.
If I may (not trying to make excuses), the Poles and the Dutch and the Belgian and the Brits and the French - none was prepared in 39-40.
The Germans weren't really prepared to go to war, either.
They had a munitions panic after a few weeks of Poland campaign. The army had expanded hastily for six years and spun off (loss of officers!) the air force.
The list of shortcomings and dire issues was long.
War is always a contest between inadequately prepared forces.
But the entire May 1940 campaign was decided almost randomly by a single issue. I think the six months of OP Barbarossa are much more suitable to show the differences between land warfare approaches.
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As I've gotten to know Notion 5 better and better, I'm more and more in love with it. The interface is super clean and (mostly) highly intuitive. As with any system I've used, some things are clearer than others during the course of writing a composition, depending on the scope and nature of the work, and on the occasions I get stuck, if I can't find the answer in a manual somewhere, there's always the Internet and its forums to rummage through for answers. So I've never had a cause to worry in the years of my experience working with Finale, Sibelius, MuseScore, and, now, Notion. Out of all of these, though, purely based on my own preferences and work style, I by-and-far prefer the look and feel (and – oh.em.gee – the sound!) of Notion 5.
Having just completed my first large-ish orchestral composition in a long while, certainly my first of such scores on Notion, and having just finished polishing up each of the twenty individual parts for the work, I thought it might be helpful to share some of the handy work-arounds and tips I'd discovered during the course of it. My biggest excitement is the clean and elegant creation of parts for my doubling musicians (Flute II/Piccolo and Oboe II/English Horn); you can jump to the bottom of the article to view my advice on working with those specific and potentially tricky parts.


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The musical family with the grooviest tour bus returns for a third season of the popular 1970s-era sitcom that captures the exploits of charming widow Shirley Partridge (Shirley Jones) and her five talented children. Among the highlights of this season are Keith (David Cassidy) getting a shot at movie stardom when he's offered the lead in a big Hollywood movie, and Laurie (Susan Dey) defending her good name against bogus theft allegations.
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This massive church is near the main wharf and the government buildings. There is very little tourism here, even though there is a lovely climate and a beautiful lagoon. We saw no large industry. There are many cars and other expensive items, and the inhabitants seem quite well off.


Have you ever received a hefty parking fine for parking in the inner-city suburbs of Brisbane when you had NO idea you had parked in a 2 Hour Zone?
Council is making upwards of $20,000* a week just on our street in Teneriffe alone so there is NO motivation to fix the appalling lack of signs. The poor citizens of Brisbane have to learn about the parking situation the hard way - one parking ticket at a time.
Of course people object to these fines as they are SO unfair, but the council is within it's legal rights to issue the fine and it seems impossible to fight it despite the unfair nature of the lack of signs so people just pay up - by the thousand, every week. Filling the coffers of the council who can't see their way to spend just a small proportion of their takings to provide better signs to communicate their regulations.
Shame on Brisbane City Council for caring so little about the financial impact of your inaction on the law abiding citizens of this town.
Every week 200-300* motorists get a $97 fine in our street in Teneriffe, not because they wantonly break the law but because it is impossible to tell from standing in the street that there is a 2 hour limit on one side. One side of the street is very clearly signed with 2 Hour, No Limit and No Parking signs, the other side has absolutely no signs at all but is covered by signs on main roads kilometres away which state that it's a 2 Hour zone. It is not possible to know about this secret sign unless you happen to spot it whilst navigating 3 lanes of traffic and then link it to where you will ultimately park many kilometres away in a different direction from that you were travelling when/if you saw the sign.
If council doesn't want to stump up the funds for a few new signs indicating the 2 Hour zone every 100 or so metres then they could at least add sticky vinyl lettering to the existing signs stating " 2 Hour Zone Everywhere Unless Signed Otherwise". This would give motorists the information they need to park legally.
Please help make Brisbane City Council accountable for fixing this situation and let them know it's not OK to continue to hide behind the " law" instead of fixing the grossly inadequate signage. Just because it is a large area to sign doesn't mean they shouldn't have to do it. The current situation is just plain unfair.
* In a conversation I had recently with two Parking Officials from Brisbane City Council they said that streets like Harcourt and Kent Streets in Teneriffe they would give 200-300 parking tickets per week. They also agreed that it was not likely that someone driving under the sign on the main road would link that sign to parking in on one of these streets.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S3: New 8 and 9.7-inch tablets to be introduced in latest series?
A new report has claimed that the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 will get a successor by mid-2016. And that successor is the Galaxy Tab S3.
There have been many reports that Samsung is going to release the Galaxy S7 and dominate the market with it this year. However, it seems the company might want to go even further with the introduction of the Tab 3.
One of the countries that Samsung has a very effective Research and Development unit is India and it seems that the company is going to be taking advantage of that. Accordingly, the Galaxy Tab S3 has been listed in two variants by an Indian import-export tracker website called Zauba. It seems that Samsung has sent test models to the country and Zauba is now reporting the report.
According to the report, the listed variants of the Zauba website have the numbers SM-T813 and SM-T719. The SM-T813 reportedly have a 9.7-inch display while the other one, SM-T719 has an 8-inch screen. Another reported have it that the two variants will come with a 4GB of RAM, an improved battery life—compared to the Galaxy Tab S2, and the Exynos 7420 processor.
This is a nice combination as many people will be able to access the phone because of the nice option. In addition, both phones were listed for a price tag above $200 at the time of this writing. When Galaxy Tab S2 was introduced into the market last year, it recorded significant sales for the company and it seems that the company will want to ride on the success of this tablet by bringing something even more powerful for those who have already become fans. Moreover, the annual introduction of new flagships by the company is likely to be repeated this year with the introduction of smartphones like Galaxy S7 and tablets like the Galaxy Tab S3. This means that you should be looking forward to a new flagship from the South Korean smartphone giant.
If you already own the Galaxy Tab S2, this might be a nice upgrade because of the report on increase battery life, higher RAM capacity and a few other improvement over the preceding tablet. And if you are a new user, you simply have to wait to see how the specs of the new Tab will make you want to purchase it.


Today, I visited Maezawa village of Minamiaizu Towm. It has been a warm winter across the country, and the same was in this village. It had only a third of snow compared to the usual winter as local people said.
Photo above shows how it looked like in the village today. Very little snow left facing a spring just coming ahead.
The village features "magariya" which means L-shaped house as you can see in the picture above. This village has 13 of these magariya houses passed down from old times and it was designated as one of the National Preservation Districts of Important Traditional Buildings.
The Tateiwa River (picture above) flows quietly beside the village with its dark emerald-green color.


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Q: How to delete single file in GitHub? I accidentally added and committed a file from my local repo that I do not want added to my GitHub project's repo. Can I delete this file with terminal or can I manually delete it online?

A: From command line you could do following:
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Having just enjoyed "The Beach Café" by Lucy Diamond, I was so happy to see that my Beach Cafe adventure was not yet over when I came across both "Christmas at the Beach Cafe" and "Christmas Gifts at the Beach Cafe"!
I am not a big fan of buying Kindle books. I have a Kindle as I inherited it off my mum when she decided to buy a Kindle touch instead, but I can rarely ever bring myself to buy ebooks, I still much prefer to have the physical book in my hand, and plus, they look great on my book shelf! But I know some books, such as these ones are Kindle only.
My only complaint about the book is that I wanted it to keep going! I didn't want it to be as short as it was.
I loved reading Christmas at the Beach Café. Following on from the Summer at the end of The Beach Café, Christmas arrives at Evie and Ed's beach café. But it isn't just Christmas that arrives… Evie's best friend Amber turns up, Ed's brother turns up and Evie's parents all turn up in time for Christmas. With tempers flaring between Evie and Ed's brother Jake, will Christmas be the cosy holiday that Evie wanted alone with Jake?
How short it was… I want more of Ed and Evie!
All in all, I loved the book. Even through its set at Christmas and I read it in the middle of the summer! Great book, highly recommend!


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Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is one of the most enduring works of the last century, combining words from the Requiem Mass with Wilfred Owen's powerful poetry describing his experience in the First World War trenches. Marking the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, this concert brings together a chorus of 250 singers and full symphony orchestra for a memorable performance in Bristol's Colston Hall.
There will be a collection in aid of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal.


I'm from Poland and working on contract for an Indian company. Having a problem with my just broken tooth I was looking for a help. Dr Acharya's dental clinic was recommended by my Polish friends already visiting the clinic for few years even with their children. After first visit I decided to change my initial plan of temporary treatment to complex fixing of my mouth. It was just first impression of a confidence and good atmosphere there. Since January till August 2016 I have completed almost all really big treatment included root canals, crowns, fillings,regrow sinus (lift procedure)and three implants. After the treatment I'm filling the teeth like my own ones. Reception team was very helpful whenever I needed to change an appointment. The last my crown will be fixed on the implant very soon.
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WATCH: Hamilton and Mercedes officially crowned F1 world champions for 2020
7-time champion Lewis Hamilton
2020 FIA Prize Giving Ceremony highlights
It wasn't the usual glitzy affair, with Covid restrictions in place, but Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have been officially crowned F1 world champions for 2020 during the FIA's virtual Prize-Giving ceremony on Friday evening.
Hamilton won 11 of the 17 races in 2021 to become only the second man in history to win seven world titles, while also surpassing Michael Schumacher's long-standing record of 91 Grand Prix wins.
His winning margin of 124 points over Valtteri Bottas was his biggest title-winning margin ever, despite him missing one race after contracting Covid-19.
WATCH: FIA Prize Giving – A look back at 2020
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Mercedes, meanwhile, won a seventh successive contructors' world title – also a record – as they took 13 wins and 15 pole positions.
As Toto Wolff accepted the constructors' crown, the Silver Arrows' other driver Valtteri Bottas was online to officially be crowned runner-up, while Red Bull's Max Verstappen accepted third place.
Other winners on the night included Kimi Raikkonen, who won 'Action of the year' honours for his brilliant Portuguese Grand Prix start, and AlphaTauri's 2021 driver Yuki Tsunoda, who follows Charles Leclerc and Alex Albon in winning the 'Rookie of the year' award for his third place finish in his debut season of F2.
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Q: Django pasar parametro no funciona espero puedan ayudarme, estoy tratando de hacer una función en la cual pasando el parámetro pueda renderizar diferente template pero no se que es lo que esta fallando si las vistas o las url, alguien me ayuda?
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def hola(request, par):
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    pregunta = Datos_usuario_DB.objects.all().order_by('-id').filter(activo="1")[:15]
    respuesta = Datos_respuesta_DB.objects.all().order_by('-id')[:15]
    preguntarespuesta = zip(pregunta, respuesta)
    #pregunta2 = [{'nombre':'hh'},{'nombre':'hhsss'}]
    plantilla = {'': 'index.html', 'nosotros': 'nosotros.html', 'contacto': 'contacto.html'}
    return render(request, plantilla['%s' % par], {'preguntarespuesta': preguntarespuesta})
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A: Tu url está mal definida. No definiste el nombre de tu parametro en la url. Quizas podés revisar el tutorial. Pero más allá de eso, creo que lo que tu quieres es algo así:
url(r'^(?P<par>[a-z\.-]+)/$', views.hola, name='hola'),


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Christian Grosse founder Kickz
'From our first beginning Kickz has always been an e-tailer'
by Julia Mönnich — September 25, 2018
Just recently, we had a chat with Kickz founder Christian Grosse about how it feels to be owned by Zalando, how basketball and fashion merge and why stores remain important. Here are his answers...
Kickz founder Christian Grosse about…
… Zalando
"Zalando is a complex and extensive tech-driven-company with about 2,000 software engineers. Our assets at Kickz are our close relationship with our brands and clients, our marketing know-how and our buying expertise. Meanwhile our sales volume is growing and has become so huge that it was time to invest in our technical support, for example in new software or stronger Google AdWords. Now, by cooperating with Zalando we keep our skills and we still can do what we do best. In addition it helps us to develop our retail brand in Europe. Besides that, from our first beginning Kickz has always been an e-tailer and with kickz.com we were among the first ones to start an online shop in Germany."
… stores
"Physical stores are touch-points. We aim to show a very focused basketball-inspired assortment. For example in our Hamburg store, we have reduced product by about 30% to be more focused. We don't want to create luna parks or event spaces, in our stores it's all about the product that has to perform. Sure, as a retailer you always want to bring a certain image across, but it doesn't make sense when all stores look the same. That's why we always develop local concepts. The best example is our 25-year-old location in Munich: it's beeing renovated right know, but the typical Bavarian plastering on the wall will remain. Furthermore, we have just reopened our store in Berlin's Torstraße after reconstruction, more makeovers are following. Until 2022 we plan four more openings across Europe."
… fashion
"The so called premium trend has also arrived in the world of basketball–15 years ago the basketball players looked so different than today. Nowadays they wear a Balenciaga cap and the latest Celine bag on the street. The gold chained-red-neck-rapper-look has lost ground in the basketball cosmos, although huge logos are dominating the outfits right now, but these luxury-label-lasting-looks aren't something new. On the contrary: A lot of fashion trends worn in the basketball world even emerged from hiphop and rap culture. But this has changed and the basketball maniacs started to invent their own trends. Meanwhile, it's the brands themselves that look out in the hoods to spot the most authentic kids there. That's pretty smart because this clientele has great buying power and is willing to spend a lot of money for their outfits–and in terms of showing off status symbols it's easier with watches, sneakers or apparel. You can wear that stuff in the club, while an expensive car needs to be parked outside and no one might spot it..."
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"We want to heavily push basketball sneakers, they need to be out there on the streets much more than right now. Because, you know, I am sick of seeing all these knitted running sneakers and modern comfort shoes around!"
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British Government May Jail Those Accused of Causing 'Online Psychological Harm'
By Rick Moran 10:23 AM on November 02, 2021
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The British government is currently debating an "Online Safety Bill" that would make it a crime punishable by two years in jail to cause someone "psychological harm" as a result of online "trolling."
According to The Times, the government will shift the focus from the content of an online message to its effect, creating the crimes of "threatening communications," "knowingly false communication," and "pile-ons."
The new language and crimes will be added to the bill before it's introduced next month.
According to The Times, "Trolls could face two years in prison for sending messages or posting content that causes psychological harm under legislation targeting online hate."
Fox News:
"We are making our laws fit for the digital age," a government spokesman told The Times. "Our comprehensive Online Safety Bill will make tech companies responsible for people's safety and we are carefully considering the Law Commission's recommendations on strengthening criminal offenses."
The move will likely prompt opposition from freedom of speech and civil liberties advocates.
George Orwell would be so proud of his grandchildren.
The bill targets individuals but makes companies responsible for the content that appears on their platforms. That means that online platforms will have a hair-trigger when it comes to pulling any questionable online content.
But last year the Law Commission warned the laws were not fit for purpose, failing to properly criminalize some actions — like cyber-flashing — and over-criminalizing others, meaning freedom of speech was not properly protected.
The Commission's recommendations to reform the law was welcomed by the government, which a year earlier had launched its own proposals for new laws to tackle online harms.
There is one sure-fire solution to fighting this online abusive behavior. It's revolutionary, to be sure, and would not only uphold the right of free speech but eliminate the "psychological harm" caused by vicious posters.
Related: The Morning Briefing: We Followed the Science and Got Punished by Twitter
How about unplugging from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and all other social media sites? That way, the mouth-breathing morons can continue to spout their useless threats, the know-nothings can continue to call you names, and the half-wits can keep making their sick jokes with no psychological harm to anyone.
It's a similar solution to the "problem" of television programs with content not fit for children or coming at the viewer from a point of view they don't agree with. Turn the damn tube off or switch the channel if you don't want to watch it.
In an ideal society, the online community affected by the trolling would enforce standards of courtesy and comportment. The offender would be blackballed, or worse, have their posting privileges suspended. That way, those who want to watch the content can do so with the full knowledge that anyone who may have been offended isn't watching anyway.
Alas, we don't live in an ideal society. We live in a society where people compete to see how mean, rotten, and insensitive they can be to others. We've shown that we're incapable of using our freedom of speech responsibly, right?
Even if that were true — and it isn't — that's no reason to squelch it. In America, it used to be that the thought of regulating speech, much less making any speech illegal, would bring out legions of First Amendment defenders.
Now some Americans will likely look longingly at our British cousins and wonder if the same standard of "psychological harm" could be applied to American internet users. Ten years ago, it would have been unthinkable.
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House GOP Passes Resolution Denouncing Violence Against Pro-Life Facilities, Churches
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(CNSNews.com) — On Wednesday, House Republicans, joined by three Democrats, passed a resolution condemning the more than 100 recent attacks on pro-life organizations, and called on the Biden administration to use its law enforcement powers to protect the rights of pro-life Americans.
The resolution was led by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) and sponsored by 136 House Republicans. It passed in the House, 222 to 209. Three Democrats joined with Republicans in voting "yay": Reps. Vicente Gonzalez 9d-Texas), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), and and Marie Perez (D-Wash.).
After the vote on Jan. 11, Rep. Johnson said, "Since there has been so little accountability for the leaked draft Dobbs opinion and ensuing violence and intimidation against pro-lifers, we are making the position of Congress crystal clear: violence, property damage, threats, and intimidation tactics must be condemned, and these clear violations of federal and state laws must be prosecuted."
House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.)
"I thank Speaker McCarthy and our entire House Republican leadership team for making this resolution one of the first priorities of the 118th Congress," Johnson added.
The resolution states that following the June 24, 2022 decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, "radical anti-life advocates have defaced, vandalized, and caused destruction to over 100 pro-life facilities, groups, and churches." It then lists several dozen cases of anti-life violence, condemns these "recent attacks," and calls upon President Biden to "uphold public safety and to protect the rights of pro-life" groups and churches.
Commenting on the vote, SBA President Marjorie Dannenfelser said, "Pregnancy centers and other life-affirming nonprofits serve women and families and save lives. We thank House Republicans, plus Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Chrissy Houlahan, and Vicente Gonzalez who bucked the party line, for standing with the overwhelming majority of Americans against infanticide and pro-abortion violence."
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) tweeted, "Democrats' position on abortion is so extreme that 209 members voted AGANIST a House Resolution condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches. Shameful."
Lila Rose, founder of LiveAction, tweeted, "The U.S. House has passed a resolution condemning the dozens of violent attacks against churches and pro-life centers. The Department of Justice must do its job and investigate these crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice."
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.) tweeted, "House Republicans just passed a resolution condemning the nationwide wave of violence, property damage, threats, trespassing, and intimidation against pro-life organizations. ONLY THREE Democrats voted to condemn this violence."
March for Life President Jeanne Mancini remarked, "The March for Life is grateful to House Republicans for prioritizing commonsense and compassionate pro-life bills in the new Congress. This includes a resolution that publicly condemns the rash of violent attacks against churches and pro-life organizations which simply exist to support women in need who choose life."
The resolution does not carry any legal weight, but it does express the "sense of Congress" on the issue of violence against pro-life organizations.
To read the resolution, click here. Some of the incidents of anti-life violence are posted below.
Excerpt from congressional resolution. (Screenshot)


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$6.4M Settlement Awarded in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
By Lucy Campbell
New Orleans, LA: A Louisiana jury has awarded $6.4 million to a woman who was diagnosed with asbestos mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos manufactured and sold by Asbestos Corporation Ltd (ACL).
After a seven-day trial, a jury sitting in the Louisiana District Court, Parish of Orleans issued the $6,420,467 verdict in favor of New Orleans resident Mary Morvant. The jury found that Morvant was exposed to raw asbestos fiber supplied by ACL to a local plant owned by Johns-Manville Marrero.
According to the lawsuit, Morvant, a surgical nurse, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October 2012 after being exposed to asbestos fibers through the course of her work. Morvant, a Louisiana resident, brought the asbestos lawsuit against the alleged manufacturers, suppliers, and installers of asbestos products to which she allegedly was exposed. In addition to the Asbestos Corporation Limited, a Canadian asbestos fiber miner and manufacturer, the other named defendants are five Louisiana residents: Eagle, Inc., McCarty Corporation, Taylor-Seidenbach, Reilly-Benton Company, Inc., and Burmaster Land & Development, LLC.
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Tanya Tucker Country 1990 US
album Tanya Tucker - Tennessee Woman mp3 download
Performer: Tanya Tucker
Album: Tennessee Woman
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. The album peaked at on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Tennessee Woman is an album, released in 1990, by American country singer Tanya Tucker. Three singles from Tennessee Woman made the Billboard Top Ten Country singles charts: "Walking Shoes" at and "It Won't Be Me" and the duet with T. Graham Brown, "Don't Go Out" both at Rounding out the hits was the "Oh What It Did to M. The album charted in at in the Country Albums category. Take Another Run" was later a single for co-writer Paul Overstreet from his album Love Is Strong.
For some mysterious reason, Tanya Tucker's Tennessee Woman sounds out of time for its 1990 year of release. Some of this disc has the feel of a late-'70s outlaw recording with those guitars popping all over the place, pianos dropped in all the right spots, and tempos ranging from the hardcore 4/4 two-step to the rock & roll waltz. But that's not a bad thing. Tucker is in great voice here, turning in a deck of fine songs with a couple of real standouts.
Tennessee Woman, 2008. Take Another Run, 03:02. There's a Tennessee Woman, Ben's Song, 03:37. It Won't Be Me, 02:56.
Artists Tanya Tucker Tennessee Woman. Tennessee Woman Tanya Tucker. This album has an average beat per minute of 132 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 84/174 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Tennessee Woman. Tanya Tucker: "Tennessee Woman" CD Liner Notes. v. t. e. Tanya Tucker.
A1 Take Another Run
Written-By – Don Schlitz, Paul Overstreet
A2 Shotgun
Written-By – Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro
A3 As Long As There's A Heartbeat
Written-By – David Powelson
A4 Don't Go Out
Featuring – T. Graham BrownWritten-By – Bill Lloyd , Radney Foster
A5 There's A Tennessee Woman/ Ben's Song
Written-By – Gary Stewart, Tanya Tucker
B1 Goodbye Baby
Written-By – Paul Davis
B2 It Won't Be Me
Written-By – Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro
B3 Your Old Magic
Written-By – Tony Martin , Troy Martin
B4 Walking Shoes
Written-By – Paul Kennerley
B5 Oh What It Did To Me
Written-By – Jerry Crutchfield
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc. – C4-91821
Producer – Jerry Crutchfield
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Payal Rajput thrilled the youth with her boldness in 'RX100' and emerged as the latest sensation in the TFI. This Beauty doesn't shy away from skin show even if it's for a photo shoot. She now poses with an unbuttoned shirt to make the people go crazy once again.
Looking at the face, One could guess that Payal has put on some weight. That's not a good sign for someone who aims for a long career.


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Pisandro e Ippoloco sono due personaggi dellIliade, citati nell'undicesimo libro del poema.

Il mito

Le origini

Pisandro e Ippoloco erano due giovani fratelli troiani, appartenenti a una stirpe importante: il padre Antimaco era uno dei consiglieri di Priamo, e quando Elena venne rapita da Paride egli fu tra coloro che si opposero a una soluzione pacifica tra Achei e Troiani. Antimaco e i suoi figli erano tra l'altro in ottimi rapporti di amicizia con Paride.

La morte

Pisandro e Ippoloco parteciparono alla guerra di Troia con la benedizione del loro padre Antimaco il quale, all'assemblea in cui erano presenti Ulisse e Menelao, aveva convinto il troiano Paride, rapitore della spartana Elena moglie del re greco Menelao, di non restituirla ma anzi di lasciare che la guerra scoppiata avesse pure il suo effetto, convinto com'era che la vittoria fosse sempre dalla parte dei Troiani, a suo giudizio più forti e protetti dagli dei rispetto ai Greci. Pisandro e Ippoloco combatterono insieme sopra un carro fin dall'inizio del conflitto senza mai esporsi al pericolo; ma al decimo anno in una battaglia i due giovani furono assaliti da Agamennone che si rivolse per primo contro Pisandro deciso a colpirlo. Dopo che i due fratelli ebbero rivelato al re la loro natura vile egli, infuriato per l'infausto ricordo del nefasto consigliere Antimaco, colpì Pisandro al petto di lancia facendolo cadere morto al suolo, poi afferrò Ippoloco che era saltato giù dal carro nel tentativo di fuggire e gli tagliò entrambe le braccia con la spada ed infine la testa che fece volare come una trottola girevole lanciata dalle mani di un bambino:

 " Assalse ei dopo
Ippòloco e Pisandro, ambo figliuoli
del bellicoso Antìmaco, di quello
che da Paride compro per molt'oro
e ricchi doni, d'Elena impedìa
il rimando al marito. I figli adunque
di costui colse al varco Agamennóne
sovra un medesmo carro ambo volanti,
e turbati e smarriti; ché pel campo
sfrenaronsi i destrieri, e dalla mano
le scorrevoli briglie eran cadute.
Come lïon fu loro addosso, e quelli
s'inginocchiâr, dal carro supplicando:
 - Lasciane vivi, Atride, e di riscatto
gran pezzo n'otterrai. Molta risplende
nella magion d'Antìmaco ricchezza,
d'oro, di bronzo e lavorato ferro.
Di questo il padre ti darà gran pondo
per la nostra riscossa, ov'egli intenda
vivi i suoi figli nelle navi achee. -
Così piangendo supplicâr con dolci
modi, ma dolce non rispose Atride.
 - Voi d'Antìmaco figli? di colui
che nel troiano parlamento osava
d'Ulisse e Menelao, venuti a Troia
ambasciatori, consigliar la morte?
Pagherete voi dunque ora del padre
l'indegna offesa. - Sì dicendo, immerge
l'asta in petto a Pisandro, e giù dal carro
supin lo stende sul terren. Ciò visto,
balza Ippoloco al suolo, e lui secondo
spaccia l'Atride; coll'acciar gli pota
ambe le mani, e poi la testa, e lungi
come palèo la scaglia a rotolarsi
fra la turba. "

(Omero, Iliade, libro XI, traduzione di Vincenzo Monti)

La testa di Ippoloco fu spiccata dal busto con tal violenza che ruzzolò molto lontano, suscitando il terrore in molti guerrieri troiani, che fuggirono, ma Agamennone ne uccise un gran numero.

Interpretazione dell'episodio

Fra le tante scene belliche del poema, quella che vede come vittime Pisandro e Ippoloco è una delle più conosciute, essendo trattata per parecchi versi, in una sequenza di azioni concitate: lo sbandamento del cocchio, la cattura dei due giovani, le loro inutili preghiere, la rapida uccisione di Pisandro, il tentativo di fuga di Ippoloco stroncato sul nascere e la sua orribile fine.

Iconografia

Una gemma e una ceramica vascolare, entrambe di autore ignoto, raffigurano Agamennone in contemplazione del capo reciso di Ippoloco, collocato su una pasta di vetro: dettaglio che non è in Omero. Gli artisti si sono evidentemente rifatti a qualche fonte letteraria non pervenuta secondo cui Agamennone, ritrovata la testa del giovane troiano, la esibiva come macabro trofeo nella propria tenda insieme al busto, forse anche intenzionato a impedirne la sepoltura; e in tal caso l'anima di Ippoloco non avrebbe potuto raggiungere l'ingresso dell'Ade, come capitava a tutti coloro che restavano senza tomba.

Bibliografia

Fonti

 Omero, Iliade, libro XI.

Voci correlate
 Antimaco
 Agamennone
 Auriga
 Decapitazione

Personaggi dell'Iliade
Partecipanti alla guerra di Troia
Decapitazione
Troiani