Two years ago, "Kings on Ice" was a great success in Romania, Bucharest. I noticed there that the Romanian crowd is amazing – they are passionate, warm and aware of many of the nuances of skating. This year's show was announced last year in November and was quickly sold out. As a result, the show's organizers – Evgeni Plushenko's manager Ari Zakarian, violinist Edvin Marton and the group Amphitrion decided to put together another event for the same day, a matinee-show. This was quickly sold out as well. Cleary, the European shows "Art on Ice" and "Kings on Ice" are very popular despite reports of some other skating shows losing popularity.
The show featured a very variable cast, with several world-famous figure skaters. One of the skaters was Laura Lepistö, who has continued to be great despite her retirement. The show also included creative Japanese skater Fumie Suguri and dazzling Surya Bonaly. Featured at the show were Italian pair skaters Stefania Berton-Ondřej Hotárek along with Russian ice-dancers Ekaterina Bobrova-Dmitri Soloviev. The adagio skaters Fiona Zaldua-Dmitri Sukhanov and ice acrobats Ekaterina Chesna-Alexander Chesna offered variety. Among the men's field were some of the greatest stars – Brian Joubert, Stéphane Lambiel and Evgeni Plushenko. Finally, Edvin Marton performed both solo and with other skaters.
The crowd at Bucharest had the honor of being the first to see Evgeni Plushenko performing after his stellar appearance at the European Championships in Sheffield. After the Euros, the Russian star was forced to take a break due to injuries, as he underwent knee surgery in February. At a press conference held some weeks before the show Plushenko said that he had started skating again quite soon after the surgery. He spoke about his desire to compete and said: "I want to change skaters' way of thinking. They are not required to stop competing if they don't want to." His next ambition is to skate at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games in 2014.
The show was opened with the charming All Stars intro choreographed by Ari Zakarian, where all the performers performed their signature moves to welcome the audience.
"Kings on Ice" has the tradition of opening the show with its biggest star, a tradition rather unusual for skating shows. The show was opened by Evgeni Plushenko with his dramatic short program "Storm". The piece was performed by Edvin Marton and was very fitting for Plushenko. The music was composed by Yanni, a talented self-taught Greek keyboard player and composer. His music evoked anxiety and drama in an awe-inspiring way. It was perfect for Plushenko, who is an extremely forceful and energetic presence on ice. Plushenko's technique was just as strong, with several triple axels, flawless triples and some great triple combinations.
Next was European champion and Worlds medalist Laura Lepistö. It was great to see her skate again and it's a great pity that such a quality skater can no longer be seen at competitions. For "Kings on Ice", she had a new gala program set to "Kill Bill's" soundtrack, with Lepistö herself as the heroine of the movie, wearing a movie-inspired bright yellow dress. She charmed the audience with her great skating quality and artistry. However, her injury didn't allow her to do all jumps and so her program featured mainly double axels and some other doubles.
As in previous gala shows, Lepistö used some theatrical tools during the program. In her second exhibition, she carried a gymnastics-style red ribbon. With the ribbon, she drew intriguing figures around herself and on the ice.
One of the crowd favorites, Italian pair skaters Stefania Berton-Ondřej Hotárek performed at "Kings on Ice". Their performance featured a unique style with some ice-dance elements were combined with a beautiful artistic interpretation. Their programs were created by talented ice dance choreographers Pasquale Camerlengo and Anjelica Krylova. Their first exhibition was to the catchy and memorable "Dirty Dancing", with their performance evoking the pure joy of dancing. In the program, Berton and Hotárek had great chemistry and showed some great quality skating. Their second exhibition number was "Caruso", set to the music of Luciano Pavarotti. This Italian bel canto suited the beautiful Italians well, as their program featured a classical style and a graceful performance.
After Berton-Hotárek, it was time for the appearance of the first king of ice, as Brian Joubert took the stage. For both me and a lot of the crowd, his performance was the largest eye-opener of the night. Joubert has always been known for having strong technique and being a resilient skater. In this show, however he also appeared much attuned to emotion and the senses, giving a captivating performance. The song, " S.O.S. D'un Terrien En Detresse" by Gregory Lemarchal suited him well, while his dramatic performance was awe-inspiring. Joubert's second exhibition "Lord of the Dance" started with the appearance of a mysterious skater wrapped in a mantle. It was a more optimistic program but also featured an intense and powerful interpretation.
The three-time World medalist, Fumie Suguri, is determined to return to competitive skating, despite missing last season. At shows, she has always had very creative and unique programs. Several of her programs also feature a surprise turn, where the music switches to another one of the opposite tone. For example, the music of her first exhibition changed half-way from Chopin's "Nocturne" to more dramatic music played by Edvin Marton. Second, she performed her famous program to Bach's "Air". True to her style, half way through the program the music changed from baroque to rock. Fumie herself cast off her baroque costume in place of a rock chic costume.
Next was Russian ice-dance couple Ekaterina Bobrova-Dmitri Soloviev with their exhibition programs set to "Bittersweet symphony" and the Neapolitan song " Dicitencello vuie" by R. Falvo. Out of the two, Ekaterina Bobrova is extremely graceful and flexible. This lets the pair perform awe-inspiring lifts and draw beautiful patterns to the ice. Both their programs were picturesque and were greatly enjoyed by the Romanian crowd.
Surya Bonaly has been a greatly sought after show skater for some time. This time, she received some of the greatest cheers and was bombarded with flowers by the crowd. Her programs were entertaining and delightful, resembled a cabaret style, contain intriguing dance moves, spins and spirals. The audience was also greatly entertained by her signature back flip.
Adagio pair skaters Fiona Zaldua-Dmitri Sukhanov were greeted in Bucharest with energetic applause. The people greatly admired their performance and observed with bated breath as the pair carried out awe-inspiring elements. Among the elements were lifts with Fiona performing rotating splits in the air or her daredevil element of being suspended on the palm of her partner.
Ekaterina and Alexander Chesna combined intricate circus acrobatics with great quality skating. In their programs, they had elements where they were suspended in the air, while striking complicated poses. Alexander Chesna is a professional circus artist and has graduated with honors from the Kiev State College of Circus and Variety Art. Ekaterina started as a skater and later studied circus arts so as to integrate those techniques with her skating.
After that, only the biggest stars of the shows were left.
Stéphane Lambiel appeared first with the program "Magic Stradivarius", with Edvin Marton on the violin. The original rendition hails back to the year 2003 when Lambiel and Marton first performed it at "Art on Ice". Eight years later "Magic Stradivarius" appears even more exciting and mysterious. Lambiel's second program was "La donna e mobile" from Verdi's "Rigoletto". In this brilliant program, he embodied the duke of Mantua, faithfully portraying the light-hearted nobleman. The program featured a sophisticated choreography with humorous gestures, such as comical court bowing combined with Lambiel's graceful and flawless skating.
The show was closed by Evgeni Plushenko's new long program "El Tango de Roxanne". The performance was again powerful and energetic with brilliant jumps, among them two triple axels. As a token of the crowd's appreciation, a Romanian flag was given to Plushenko.
In response to the audience's enthusiastic cheering, Lambiel and Plushenko gave an encore and were showered with hundreds of flowers.
The festive mood culminated with a grand finale featuring all the skaters. This was met with thunderous applause, as the crowds didn't want the show to end.
After the show Ari Zakarian gave a short interview.
Both shows were a great success and were sold out. Will we see more "Kings on Ice" shows soon?
I have to say, both the skaters and the audience get great satisfaction at the show and skaters love to perform here. I always notice that the audience don't want to leave after the show, they stay and clap and wait for the skaters to grant them an encore. They want to stay for as long as possible and enjoy the show's atmosphere.
However, on the subject of new shows… it's complicated. Evgeni Plushenko is still recovering from a surgery and can't yet train at maximum capacity. Secondly, he is preparing himself for the new season and the Olympic Games and so must reduce his participation in shows. We already agreed to do this show quite a while ago. On the 29 th of April there will be another show – "Champions on Ice" in Rimini, Italy, also with Zhenya. But after that he will start his preparation for the new season.
Of course it is fantastic to have all this great skaters – Plushenko, Lambiel and Joubert here in Bucharest. The show is called "Kings on Ice" and our desire is to show to the audience the best in men's skating in Europe. As a result, it's important we have Europe's biggest names at the show – Plushenko, Lambiel and Joubert, people who have been at the top of European mens' skating for many years. Of course, I would also like to invite Japanese, American and Canadian skaters but for now, that's the cast we have.
It's a great cast in my opinion; very different and with great variety, along with these skating superstars.
I think so too. They are all so positive and the crowd is in awe. After the first show there was a standing ovation for seventeen minutes and after the second, twenty minutes.
Numerous skating fans in Russia and Ukraine are also waiting for the next "Kings on Ice" show.
Of course we want to make one very much as well. However, we need someone at the location to invite us. I know that the fans are waiting and want to see our show. Unfortunately, the fans alone cannot help arrange the show. We are in touch with some local organizers but haven't seen enough interest for the show yet.
I have heard that some fans might be ready to volunteer and help in organizing the show.
Any help is welcome. Our mission is to bring the people the highest level of figure skating and a great show. And we have great skaters. For instance, Plushenko executed eight triple Axels in today's shows. And that, just a short time after the surgery, which again proves his greatness! And the rest of the cast as well: Stéphane Lambiel, Brian Joubert, all our skaters – it's an honour to be an organizer of a show with such great performers.
Can you give the people any sign of whether "Kings on Ice" will continue..?
I can only tell you that a big surprise is coming. Just wait some time to see it!


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GOT Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peaky Blinders Star "Joe Cole" Are Going to Work Together
Written by Elisa Wilson	Posted on January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021 Less than 0 min read
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, renowned for playing the role of Jaime Lannister, and Joe Cole, renowned for playing the role of John Shelby in Peaky Blinders, are going to feature together in the film titled "Against The Ice."
The film titled "Against The Ice" will be a directorial venture of a director named Peter Flinth (from Denmark). According to the announcement made by Netflix, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister, Game of Thrones), who is a Primetime Emmy Award nominee, and Joe Cole (John Shelby, Peaky Blinders), who is a BAFTA award-nominated actor, are going to star in the film. The streaming giant Netflix has announced today that the film "Against The Ice" will arrive on the platform sometime later this year.
The screenplay of the film has been written by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau himself in the company of Joe Derrick based on a novel titled "Two Against the Ice" penned by Ejnar Mikkelsen. The film will be originally relayed in the English language, and it will be produced by the veteran filmmaker "Baltasar Kormakur" under the banner of RVK Studios.
In case you have not heard of RVK Studios, it is a production house based in Iceland. It currently has produced an original show titled "Katla" on Netflix and a show titled "Entrapped," which has been recently announced.
The story is set up in the year 1909. It revolves around an Alabama Expedition of Denmark with Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) at the helm. Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen made an attempt to disprove the claim of the United States government on Greenland. The claim stemmed from the idea that Greenland was a country split into two different areas. The film will explore Mikkelsen's journey as he travels across the ice in the company of an inexperienced yet spirited Iver Iversen (played by Joe Cole), leaving the team in charge of their ship.
There are some spoilers ahead, so read-only if you already have the novel or you want to know more.
The traveling companions do indeed find that Greenland is one island. However, their real battle starts when they make an attempt to return back to their ship. The novel relays that the duo somehow do return back to the ship fighting intense starvation, cold, polar bear, and unfathomable fatigue. However, they start to lose hope upon returning when they find out that their ship has been destroyed and everyone has left.
After that, their battle for survival begins, and their mental capacity to hold breaks down. Starvation, insomnia, and fatigue lead them to lose grip on reality, and with paranoia at the peak, they begin to suspect each other.
All of the above factors make the story about an intense battle for survival.
All in all, the story is truly about friendship and companionship. "Against The Ice" relays the story of the survival of two traveling companions as they help each other in the battle against all odds.
Another former Game of Thrones actor Charles Dance (also renowned for the Netflix series "The Crown"), is a part of the ensemble cast in the company of Heida Reed (known for the series "Poldark").
Source :- https://directorycrew.com/blog/got-star-nikolaj-coster-waldau-and-peaky-blinders-star-joe-cole-are-going-to-work-together/
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This week's example that the world is changing — much too rapidly and, sadly, for the worse — started in Oklahoma.
Newspaper columnist Jenni Carlson criticized Oklahoma State quarterback Bobby Reid, and OSU head coach Mike Gundy used his postgame media conference to defend his player and rebuke Carlson.
Not so long ago, this incident would have remained a local story. When tempers eased, the coach and the columnist and perhaps the quarterback would have sat down for a rational discussion. Apologies might have followed. Maybe in Oklahoma that will still happen. Maybe.
Unfortunately, in our changing world, the minute Gundy opened his mouth in front of live cameras and microphones, this story entered the national scream. I'm not blaming Gundy. He didn't intend this. But we live in a YouTube world now, and that's what happened.
The one good thing this episode presents is an opportunity to discuss some important issues. For one, to what extent should college athletes — men and women in that transitional phase between being teenagers at home and young adults living on their own — be subjected to public criticism? Related to that, what should be the responsibilities of coaches and media, as well as administrators, players and their parents and fans? Also, what's the real purpose of college athletics and how can we get back to it?
The bad thing is, almost nobody is discussing those issues. They're not discussing anything. Everybody is screaming. And pointing fingers. And building bunkers in which anybody who agrees with me 100 percent is welcome and all the rest of you can go to Hades.
It's a national sickness. Our politics are pure poison. We used to be able to turn to sports for relief. But the games are fast losing their fun in the avalanche of vile discourse around them.
On the whole, the relationship between reporters and coaches seldom has been perfect. A reporter is supposed to tell the whole story, the good and the bad. Coaches would rather only the good be told.
By and large, though, they used to work fairly well together. I think a big part of that is because reporters and coaches took time to actually develop relationships. That doesn't mean they became buddies, but they did get to know each other. A reporter might sit down in the coach's office and chat for
an hour, with half or less of the conversation being about the program. Or they might small-talk on a bus trip, or in an airport waiting room, or maybe they would get together for lunch or to play golf.
Daresay, they frequently developed a working level of trust that benefited all parties. A coach could truthfully assess his program, his players, and rely on the reporter to be fair. The reporter knew that as long as he was fair, he could rely on the coach not to lead him astray.
And when conflicts arose, as inevitably conflicts do in any relationship, the coach and reporter had a solid foundation on which to resolve them.
That simply doesn't happen much anymore. Part of the reason, particularly at larger programs, is there are too many reporters to make such one-on-one interaction feasible.
But there's more. Too much is at stake.
Billions of dollars churn through college sports. The old college try is no longer enough. It's not enough for players. Not enough for their coaches. Not enough for the coaches' bosses. Not enough for the fans. Not enough for the media.
The pressure to win now and win big is way too intense.
When things go wrong, fans want to know why. Media ask why. Coaches are reluctant to explain why.
Anything that's not positive becomes a negative. Negatives are distractions. Negatives are dangerous to winning, to the coach's future. Distrust enters, and a protective shell goes up. Protective shells limit information. They're dangerous to getting good stories, to the reporter's future. More distrust.
Meanwhile, the fans are howling. For better players. For more wins. For more information.
They have their own opinions. And they want those opinions heard. They used to boo and argue over a beer at the local bar. Then came talk radio. Then came the Internet.
And now we have a nationwide sports barroom brawl over a story that 10 years ago would have had regional legs at best, that 20 years ago would have resulted in a clear-the-air meeting, that 30 years ago likely would have been written differently, with cooperation from the coach and better understanding from the writer.
This is not the Internet's fault.
It's ours.
The coach is screaming. The media are screaming back. The fans are screaming.
It's like the last voice screaming wins.
And absolutely nothing gets resolved, because nobody is really listening.
is executive sports editor/columnist with the Journal Star. Contact him at kwessler@pjstar.com, or (309) 686-3216.


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Residential Schools is a three-part podcast series created by Historica Canada and hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais. It aims to commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools, and honour the stories of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Survivors, their families, and communities. The series is part of a larger awareness campaign created by Historica Canada and funded by the Government of Canada. Along with the podcast, Historica also offers a video series, an education guide, and several new entries on The Canadian Encyclopedia about the history and legacy of residential schools.
Episode 1: First Nations Experiences
[Read the full episode transcript here.]
When Gordon's Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan shut its doors in 1996, it was the last federally run residential school to close. More than two decades later, the school's legacy continues to be felt by Survivors, their families, and communities. In this episode, University of Manitoba's Dr. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair describes the effects of residential schools on First Nations peoples. Survivors Riley Burns and Ed Bitternose recount their personal experiences at Gordon's. Hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais, this is "Residential Schools: First Nations Experiences."
Special thanks to Survivors Riley Burns and Ed Bitternose. Survivor testimony for this episode was provided by the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Additional resources include University of Regina's Shattering Silence and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report, Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future. (See also Reconciliation in Canada.)
Thanks to our consultants: David Perley, a Wolastoqi scholar from Tobique First Nation and the Director of the Mi'kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre and Brian Maracle (Owennatekha), an author, journalist, and teacher, and a member of the Mohawk First Nation.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports
Final Report: National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Episode 2: Métis Experiences
The Métis are sometimes described as the "forgotten people," particularly when it comes to the residential school experience. In this episode, Dr. Tricia Logan, a Métis historian and researcher at the Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC, describes the complex and nuanced experiences of Métis students within the system. Survivors Linda Blomme, Larry Langille and Louis Bellrose recount their experiences in the residential school system. Hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais, this is "Residential Schools: Métis Experiences."
Special thanks to Survivors Linda Blomme, Larry Langille, and Louis Bellrose. Survivor testimony for this episode was provided by the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Additional resources include University of Regina's Shattering Silence and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report, Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future.
Thanks to our consultants: Guy Freedman, Métis from Flin Flon and president and senior partner of the First Peoples Group, and Larry Chartrand, professor in the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa and co-author of Métis History and Experience and Residential Schools in Canada (2006).
Métis History and Experience and Residential Schools in Canada
Episode 3: Inuit Experiences
In the late 1940s, a Special Joint Committee created by the Government of Canada found that Indian Residential Schools weren't working. Residential schools across the country were ordered to be closed and their students to be transferred to provincial schools. But then, over a decade later, two new residential schools opened in Inuvik, Northwest Territories: Grollier Hall and Stringer Hall. In this episode, Dinjii Zhuh historian Dr. Crystal Gail Fraser, an assistant professor in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Native Studies, explains why the government ignored those recommendations, and what that meant for institutionalized students. Survivors Piita Irniq and Abraham Anghik Ruben give first-hand accounts of life in Northern residential schools. Hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais, this is "Residential Schools: Inuit Experiences."
Special thanks to Survivors Piita Irniq and Abraham Anghik Ruben. Survivor testimony for this episode was provided by the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Additional resources include University of Regina's Shattering Silence and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report, Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future.
Thanks to our consultant, Inuk writer, researcher, and scholar Norma Dunning.
If you or someone you know need immediate support, here are some resources:
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line, 1-866-925-4419
The Hope for Wellness Help Line at 1-855-242-3310 (phone services available in Cree, Ojibway, Inuktitut, French, and English). The Hope for Wellness Help Line also offers online support services at hopeforwellness.ca
Kids Help Phone, 1-800-668-686
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Indigenous Peoples in Canada
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John (Ian) McCallum (13 Oct 1920 – 15 Feb 1995) was a Scottish naval architect. He was the Chief Ship Designer for the  Queen Elizabeth the Second liner, which was built by John Brown & Company where he was also Technical Director. He also became the Chief Ship Surveyor of Lloyd's Register of shipping (1970–81).

McCallum was born on 13 October 1920, to parents Hugh Beith McCallum (Engineer and Old Contemptible) and Agnes Falconer Wood McCallum (née Walker). He was Educated at Allan Glen's School in Glasgow and at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a First Class degree in Naval Architecture.

McCallum was subsequently  apprenticed to John Brown & Co, Clydebank, between 1938 and 1943. He became Junior Lecturer in Naval Architecture at the University of Glasgow during 1943–44. In 1944 he began a long period with Lloyd's Register, first in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1944, Glasgow in 1949 and London in 1953. He was Lloyd's Chief Ship Surveyor from 1970 until his retirement in 1981.

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WWF aims to ensure a world where sustainable food systems conserve biodiversity while ensuring food and nutrition security now and in the future.
To achieve this goal by 2030, WWF is focusing on achieving three closely linked outcomes:
Environmentally sustainable food production – 50% of the area under agriculture and aquaculture is sustainably managed, with no new habitat conversion in all food producing areas;
Reduction of food waste – halve per capita global food waste and reduce post-harvest loss;
Healthy food – 50% of food consumption is in line with WHO/FAO dietary guidelines, in target countries.
The production of food – its distribution, management and waste – threatens wildlife and wild spaces on a massive scale. Today, more than 7 billion people already consume 1,5 times what the Earth's natural resources can supply sustainably. By 2050, with the global population increasing to over 9 billion the demand for food will, with current methods, massively outstrip the Earth's productive capacity.
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In Africa, the current population of 1,2 billion is set to more than double to 2,5 billion by 2050. The need for ever more food will pose huge challenges across a continent where most people rely on food production methods that remain largely traditional – and dependent on reliable rainfall. Water is a key limiting factor in Africa as climate change raises temperatures and alters rainfall patterns. How to achieve a transition to improved and sustainable food production at the speed and scale required, in the face of a changing climate? Studies show that sufficient food can be produced for the increased population using current land area, but this requires major changes from traditional methods.
Addressing the loss of at least one-third of food produced annually due to poor storage, transportation, processing and distribution is a key part of the answer. Protection of the natural areas that regulate water availability such as forests, wetlands and rivers, and other ecosystem services such as soil production, carbon storage and pollinators is another part of the answer.
Perhaps the most fundamental action is in empowering local communities with the skills and knowledge to produce their own food sustainably. Here Africa may have an advantage due to the huge increase in Africa's youth and their willingness to make the changes required for a better, sustainable future. Over half of Africa's population is made up of young people under the age of 18.


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Q: Does using Object.setPrototypeOf() on object initialization affect performance? I have an app which uses a custom defined generic class which always has the properties type and content but can represent a variety of different content types and must define generic methods for each type such as getContent, setContent, etc. To do this, I've defined the generic class as so in one file:
function Block(type) {
    this.type = type;
    this.content = "";

    switch(this.type){
        case "text":
            Object.setPrototypeOf(this, TextBlock);
            break;
        case "picture":
            Object.setPrototypeOf(this, PictureBlock);
            break
    }
}

and the respective prototypes in their own files like so:
// textblock.prototype.js

TextBlock = {

    createLine() {
        //
    },

    setContent() {
        //
    },

    //etc
}

When a new block is created with new Block("text"); the type, content, and prototype methods will be initiated. These prototype methods will only be set once with Object.setPrototypeOf() and will not be changed or reset throughout the execution of the code.
My question is: does using Object.setPrototypeOf() in this way significantly reduce performance? MDN has a warning on their page saying that using this method could have severe performance issues but I was wondering if anyone more knowledgeable on the subject could speak about when the appropriate use for this method would be. It is afterall a standard.

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Bright Lights is een Amerikaanse muziekfilm uit 1930 onder regie van Michael Curtiz met in de hoofdrol Dorothy Mackaill.

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Als de revuester Louanne haar verloving wil aankondigen, komt een groep journalisten met haar praten. Ze vertelt hun over haar jeugd in Engeland en hoe ze uiteindelijk een danseres werd in Afrika. Ze vertelt hoe Wally Dean haar vriend en lijwacht werd. Hij redde haar van een aanranding door de smokkelaar Miguel Parada. Tot op heden beschermt hij haar wanneer ze op tournee is. Miguel heeft Louanne herkent en tracht bij haar te komen. Wally vraagt zijn vriend Connie Lamont om hem tegen te houden.

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Eugene Pennycooke, in Montreal, on November 4th, 2022.
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We recently got back from a three week trip to Brazil for Christmas and New Year's. When I say recently, it was actually a full month ago today. My tan lines are long gone, bathing suits are stowed for warmer days (especially the thong one I bought…just for Brazil!), and I'm back in my winter hibernation mode, big sweaters and leggings all day every day. When I say Brazil I mostly mean Rio de Janeiro and a couple of neighboring spots because Brazil is like, huge.
Anyway, one of the things I was most excited about, which is always the case when I travel, was the food. Sadly, my experience of Brazil was mostly a miss when it came to food, and especially nutrition. It was potatoes next to rice next to beans next to a piece of overcooked and under-seasoned meat. Carbs, carbs and more carbs. I almost peed myself when I found kale on a menu. Now, I'm not saying all Brazilian food is bad, and it certainly could have been a combination of our terrible Portuguese and picking the wrong restaurants, I just was really happy to get back to my own kitchen. Hence the inundation of blog posts.
Did I mention that I accidentally ordered raw meat for dinner one night, and lacking the vocabulary to send it back, endured a 30 minute staring contest with a pile of bloody ground beef? Or the time I was forcibly dragged into a churrascaria and then inundated with a rotation of meat I didn't really want, followed by more meat really I didn't want. Brazil is no place for a recovering vegan, or a health-conscious person of any nature, and by the end of the trip it had me swearing up and down that I'd never eat meat again once I touched American soil. I quickly gave that up in the comfort of my own kitchen, but I certainly won't be running around Houston to track down any Brazilian restaurants anytime soon.
The trip in all was amazing, and there were definitely some food highlights. Among them, tapioca flour fried into the most amazing chips, fresh papaya, passion fruit caipirinhas, fresh coconuts and acai bowls on every street corner. And then there was this dish called Moqueca, which quickly became my go-to at any restaurant that served good fish. I was not about to risk another raw meat ordeal. It was served bubbling hot in these giant bowls that no one human could finish on their own, it was even a stretch for two people. Moqueca is a coconut milk based stew, with white fish, tomatoes, onions and an array of other vegetable players. I also had it once or twice with, get this…banana. They put it in EVERYTHING. I tried banana on pizza once, which actually was kind of great. This recipe represents a loose translation of the dish. Like I said, my Portuguese is horrible and I could have totally missed an ingredient or two…so if you're Brazilian please don't be offended. Also if you're Brazilian, please tell me how your country is not full of overweight diabetic people considering that your diet is carbs on carbs on carbs.
Oh yeah, the recipe. It is best to marinate your fish a few hours ahead, so plan accordingly. If you don't plan accordingly, all is not lost, I promise. Just marinate while you chop up the other ingredients. Choose a firm, white fish like halibut, sea bass or snapper. I used redfish and it worked quite nicely. This dish goes well with, dare I say it, rice. Please use brown rice or even quinoa, for my sake.
First, marinate the fish in the lime juice, half the yellow onion, half the green onion, half the ginger, half the garlic, half the cilantro, a tablespoon of coconut oil and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Set aside for 3-4 hours.
Heat a stock pot or dutch oven over medium and add the other tablespoon of coconut oil. Add the onions and sauté until translucent. Add the bell pepper, ginger, garlic and green onions until softened, then add the bay leaf and remaining cilantro. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil.
Once boiling, add the tomato paste, coconut milk and fish sauce and return to a boil. Next add the diced tomatoes, hearts of palm and the marinating fish, as well as all of the marinade. Lower the heat and cook, covered, 8-10 minutes or until fish is cooked through. Remove the bay leaf and season to taste with cayenne, salt and pepper. Serve with cilantro, green onions and a lime wedge.


When I began this blog, my prayer was to always be completely transparent in my journey towards holiness. I have been, until recently. My transparency became vague because I was in a state of confusion and I didn't want to show how far I stepped off my path, I suppose.
Walking in faith, still being me, and allowing my heart to open towards someone else has been truly the most convicting, amazing, difficult, sin-filled, painful, prayerful time of my walk yet.
I think, I found this to be an oddity on my part, and I guess I thought maybe I needed to scale back a bit. I didn't consciously process that, but in retrospect, I do believe I stopped making David come through Jesus to find me at that point.
A few months later, we became intimate, a few months later I moved to be near to him and he moved in with me.
Conviction came frequently, like when my pastor's wife referred to David and I as married and I didn't correct her.
My friends were worried, speaking truth to me, I never once downplayed it, and I prayed about this sin constantly. I had conviction but I also didn't know what to do about this sin or maybe I just didn't want to have to do anything about it. I decided to lay this at the foot of the cross.
In the process of this, what I can see in the looking back, is that David and I had no chance at all of having a Christ centered relationship (which is what we both claimed we wanted) while we had the door wide open to all the fear, doubt and division that satan could use with us. You cannot build a foundation in Christ while letting satan have a seat on the rock.
David and I began to fall apart. After church one day, conviction was very real and I began to cry. My heart was heavy with the un-holiness of our relationship and David asked me to marry him. I think somewhere, even in that moment, I knew that David wasn't asking me for the reasons my heart desired but because he felt it was the right thing to do.
A recent trip home to Minnesota, I saw my shepherd/pastor's wife at my reunion. Sue was there the night my life changed, July 9, 2010. I spilled my guts to her in the first 2 sentences. "David and I live together and I didn't correct my church friends when they assumed we were married." The next day at church, my pastor prayed with me to do the God honoring thing, to put my relationship back into line with all of God's desires for me.
I came home to find that my relationship had some major cracks in it and we broke up. David moved out, just 2 days after I confessed and prayed. In true swiftness, God took up where I was weak. I begged Him to forgive me. I prayed for an answer.
What has happened since that time is pretty close to miraculous. David and I, both individually, began our relationship back to Christ; David on his own and me on mine. David was humbled and became completely transparent, asked for forgiveness from me and from God, and has began a walk I can see, I can hear, I can lean on. I became grace filled. I have an understanding beyond my own for David; A compassion that can only be God lead. I forgive him and he has forgiven me. We are beginning with a true foundation in Christ. It is a beautiful beginning. It is a blessing in many ways.
This is the need for transparency. For those of us mature, previously married, single in our mid years or beyond, it is easy to justify or to fall into this intimacy. It isn't impossible but it is really, really hard. It isn't about wrong, it is about falling out of the circle of favor and calm, joy and peace that is Christ. It alters the relationship we have with Him.
David has truly become a man after God's own heart, and mine. I have found my eyes filled with the wonder of God from a new place of true need, true humility. We have begun to build a true foundation in Christ. It is so hard to not act on feelings and desires, but when you place them at the foot of the cross with your strong desire to be obedient, He helps you. He makes one strong when the other is weak. Obedience is not easy but it is not the worst thing that we endure. Losing my close relationship with Christ in my sin was painful. Lonely. Sorrow-filled. Scary.
Jesus was tempted in every area of his life, with the same temptations we endure, yet HE never sinned. He has so much empathy towards us, because He knows without Him, without constantly walking with Him, we will lose out to temptation. When we give way to temptation, His worry for us, is that we allow Satan a foothold.
Transparency is essential to a true walk. Confession to my pastor was essential to my soul. I could go to this world and tell them "David and I are intimate and we live together" I will hear from the world "Good for you!". Christians will often tell me I will miss out on the blessings. But I am here to tell you, transparently, satan doesn't sit idly by when you open the door to him. He will use that open door to have his way. Guard your heart! Guard your future from him.
I am now being led by God first and led in obedience by a man I respect, a man that loves God more than he loves me, a man that is willing to leave me, rather than bring sin to my life. He and I have so far to go but we will go this road together. Humbly, seeking wisdom, helping one another stay strong in our journey. We have found a joy together by being truthful, transparent and encouraging of one another with empathy, prayer and gentle kindness.
I am so excited for this next part of the journey, though it hurt so much to get here… but that just makes it even better. Redemption is never easy but it is so amazing.
Philippians 3:13-14 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
1 John 1:9 & 2:1 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness… My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense – Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
Hebrews 4:16 – Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
I have learned so much about my own weakness and sinful nature over the past 6 years. I have never had stronger faith and a deeper desire to please my Father, and still I sin.
During this growing time, I have lost my narrow need for control by needing to define right and wrong, black and white, from judgemental eyes.
I have learned to lay at the foot of the cross, set my sin there and ask God for wisdom and strength, forgiveness for my weakness and gratitude for not taking away my hope.
I have new eyes, His eyes, eyes that have allowed me to love myself even through my sins.
From that love comes love and forgiveness for those that sin against me or other's I care about. If my sin is not meant to harm, why would I persecute other's as if they intended to harm.
This is not to say sin doesn't matter, because it does, because it carries consequence; To myself, or to others, yes, there is always consequence, consequences that can hurt, deeply.
What sin doesn't do is separate me from my salvation; Salvation gained through no doing of my own, only by the sacrifice of one Son to carry my sins on His back, so I may be redeemed. If He was willing to do that for me, and I am willing to accept that, then I MUST choose to grant mercy and share grace with everyone- All- Regardless of the harm they have caused.
Forgiveness doesn't mean we allow them to harm us again, but we carry no un-forgiveness or bitterness in our hearts.
God does this for us, Jesus suffered and died for us, as He died He cried out on behalf of those that harmed Him. "Forgive them Father, they know not what they do." His forbearance is beyond understanding, yet we can pray to have that patience, that wisdom, that acceptance, that love!
When we are betrayed by those we care most about, we can get angry, we can lash out or we can begin the process of healing by forgiving.
If you have faith, you have all you need to weather the hurts in this life. What forgiveness does is it allows your offender to move closer to God, to show mercy is to demonstrate the Love you have received. If we don't show grace, or accept it, we stand in the way of God. If Christ died for us, and we believe that, then it should be without merit that we share the full impact of Grace.
I am not without sin. But.. I am forgiven. And I choose to forgive.