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Aquamanilia
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Figure 2: Contemporary depiction
Besançon BM MS 0054, f. 011v
Psalter c. 1260, Germany
Aquamanilia are figured vessels used for ceremonial and hand cleansing purposes. They are typically cast from a copper alloy. These items were produced in large numbers in Europe from the 12th through 15th century, peaking in the 13th century and finding a place at the tables of nobility and in houses of worship.
Figure 1: Sample by Century
The sample contained on this website from which the following statistics were derived contains 322 aquamanilia. It has been restricted to those from western Europe (the Middle East is also a production center) that were cast in metal (pottery aquamanilia exist) in the medieval period (no reproductions or later period pieces inspired by medieval examples). 298 are independently documented to a region or city, and 257 have at least one documented dimension. All but 8 have been independently dated.
Medium & Method
Aquamanilia are cast via the lost-wax method, where a wax positive is melted away leaving a cavity where the metal is poured. All extant metal aquamanilia are made with some form of copper alloy, often brass or bronze. The most valuable were made from silver. None of these survive today, all probably melted down. Aquamanilia were among the first hollow items to be cast during the medieval period.
Figure 3: Aquamanile Forms
Aquamanile forms are varied but always that of a creature. Animals, particularly those with powerful symbolism, were the most popular. Of these, the lion dominates, composing a full 55% of the sample documented on this website. Next most popular are variations on a horse theme - men riding horses, including knights, and horses alone - 40% of non-lion aquamanilia. The full range and popularity of forms is charted in figure 3. The rarest forms are the mermaid (a single example held at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg) and the Siren (a single example held at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin). The figure excludes lion forms (except those depicting Samson's encounter with a lion) in order to highlight the other forms. The lion form was consistently produced from the 12th through 16th centuries. The 12th century, when the aquamanile was becoming popular, naturally contains the least variation on forms.
Figure 4: Aquamanile Size Distribution
The average (mean) aquamanile size is 28L x 26H x 13W centimeters. The smallest recorded aquamanile is in the form of a lion in Hildesheim and is a mere 16L x 16H. It is damaged and therefore lacks 1-2 centimeters of height. The largest is a massive 38L x 43H centaur in Budapest. Figure 4 shows the size distribution of the aquamanile sample documented on this website. A heuristic derived from the length and height dimensions places each aquamanile into a size category, 0 through 16. The extreme ends are marked by the two aquamanile previously mentioned. Size category 7 contains the mean. Aquamanilia size are approximately normally distributed. The notable exception is a dramatic step up from size category 3 to 4. A hypothesis is that it represents a usability threshold. A useful aquamanile must be able to hold enough water for several hand washings. Size category 4 aquamaniles probably fulfill this requirement. Those smaller are novelties. Likewise, as size grows, the item becomes unwieldy and serves only as a sign of opulence.
Production Centers
Figure 5: Production Centers by Century (%)
Figure 6: Production Center Map
Early aquamanile production of the 12th century took place largely in the Meuse river valley, and drew inspiration from an art style known today as Mosan. The Meuse river stretches from the north of France, through Belgium, and terminates in the river deltas surrounding Rotterdam, finally draining into the English Channel. In the 13th century, aquamanilia were being produced not only in the Meuse river valley, but also in northern Germany, an area that was becoming famous for its metal work. Hildesheim was likely the largest production center in northern Germany. Located in the region, the Brunswick (Braunschweig) Lion, a massive 12th century bronze casting, is a forerunner of a style that was propagated through aquamanilia for the next three centuries. By the 14th century, the prominence of the Meuse river valley production centers had faded, and those in northern Germany and even Scandinavia and England controlled the market. Hans Apengeter, an influential 14th century north German metal caster, is thought to have contributed to aquamanile designs. His followers likely produced many aquamanilia. As the 14th century came to a close, Nuremberg emerged as a production center, creating ever more complicated designs. Finally, production after the late middle ages took place in Brunswick, the very birthplace of medieval German casting. The map, figure 6, depicts all documented production centers. Region boundaries are approximate. There were probably only a few workshops within each region.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, with a newfound interest in things medieval, a number of aquamanilia were produced, some passed off as originals and others explicitly reproductions, even repurposed.
Figure 7: C. W. Fleischmann Catalog Page
The most common copy is based on an original in the form of a lion at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. The museum sold plaster casts of the aquamanile ostensibly for educational purposes sometime after 1850. From these casts, more than 20 different copies in 3 different sizes and with varying functionality were created. A number of the best of these reproductions are in the hands of museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the British Museum in London, and the Museo Lázaro Galdiano in Madrid. The German company Erhard & Söhne, based in southern Germany, produced numerous copies that functioned as oil lamps and lighters. The C. W. Fleischmann company in Munich made copies of five different aquamanilia from the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, and one from the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich, amongst other copies of medieval castings (Figure 7). The Otto Hägemann company in Hanover also made copies of an aquamanile. There is at least one modern original design sometimes seen at auction.
Fakes are a second class of modern aquamanilia. Despite not being medieval, these are mostly held in museum collections and their true natures acknowledged. Among these fakes are aquamanilia in the shape of a head, and four lions, one seated. Both head aquamanilia are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and are believed to be 19th century original designs. A lion held by the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is cast from the original held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Another lion from the Halberstadt Cathedral collection was copied at least twice, one held by the V&A and one passing through an auction house. A third lion from the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum also has two copies, one held by the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt and the other at the National Museum in Prague. Finally, the seated lion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is modern and closely resembles another at the Museen für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. At least a dozen other copies of four other aquamanilia exist, plus modern original designs passed off as medieval.
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OceaNoise2017 worked to foster a dynamic exchange of the latest findings in the field of ocean noise in order to assist in providing ocean users with the best scientific knowledge and technical solutions to address operational and environmental issues.
IAGC's Dr. Robert Gisiner and Ross Compton were invited to present at OceaNoise2017. See details below of their presentations. Please email info@iagc.org to request copies of the actual presentations as available.
Friday, 12 May, Dr. Gisiner concluded his presentations with an invited talk on Mitigation and Monitoring developments. This talk discussed the variety of models that have been developed for assessing the potential effects of sound on marine life and the options for addressing uncertainties regarding unrealistic model outcomes. Dr. Gisiner also provided some options for increasing model realism and discuss the implications for improved tracking of sources of uncertainty.


HCA Midwest Health System, Kansas City's largest healthcare network, has appointed Jackie DeSouza as chief executive officer of Lee's Summit Medical Center. DeSouza will assume responsibility of this acute-care hospital with nearly 300 physicians and 500 employees on Nov. 28, 2011. Lee's Summit Medical Center was recently named one of the nation's top performing hospitals on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the nation's leading accreditor of health care organizations.
Since January 2006, DeSouza has served as chief operating officer of Research Medical Center. During DeSouza's tenure as COO with responsibility for hospital daily operations, Research Medical Center received numerous awards and accreditations including the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus awards for heart failure and stroke and Gold for Heart Care; certification from The Joint Commission as both a Primary Stroke Center and an Advanced Heart Failure Center; certification as a Level I Trauma Center; three-year/full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons; and accreditation as an American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program.
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While the 2014 World Cup is in full swing and everyone seems to be catching the fever, Pipeline Brickell has been embracing futbol for quite some time with members playing in their own soccer league.
Leading the team's formation was Matteo De Lise, an Italian executive who heads design firm Pininfarina in Miami. Through the game of soccer, Matteo is bringing together members from diverse cultural backgrounds who share a passion for the global sport and those who are interested in learning to play it more.
Pipeline has also been broadcasting every World Cup game, bringing the watch party to the office to ensure everyone gets a chance to watch and root on their favorite national teams. Check out here some great photos captured by The Miami Herald.
It was only a year ago when Matteo joined the Pipeline shared workspace to grow Pininfarina's presence in the US market. The design firm designs everything from fast Italian cars like Ferrari to condo towers like 1100 Millecento right here in Brickell.
Matteo says the collaborative environment made it easy for him to reach out to members, as he set out to create the soccer team. "I knew if I started the fire, something would happen."
He was right. Today, the soccer team plays regularly every Wednesday at 444 Brickell Ave., a roof top soccer field where locals play.
Although for the next couple of days, if there is a World Cup game on, they'll watch it at the Pipeline café before throwing on their jerseys and heading out to the field.
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Picture of restored original carburettor model DO76.
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Below is shown the new teflon coated slide on the left.
The back plate of the air cleaner for the two types of carburettor are different in the diameters of the threaded hole, so be aware they are not interchangeable. The two air cleaner backs are available from Stewart Engineering.
Picture shown below, left hand type for old DO76 carburettor. Right hand type for new 624 carburettor.
Picture of Amal 624/4 carburettor.
Picture showing choke cable adjuster blanked off.
The standard spacer for the carburettor to cylinder head is 3/8th inch. I wanted to see if I could get away with a bit more offset. I machined up two new longer head studs and obtained a 3/4 inch spacer. This is about the maximum possible offset with the standard 'teardrop' air cleaner cover without the riders right knee rubbing on the paintwork. I wanted to give the carburettor a longer inlet tract and also to get a bit more cooling air to the carburettor body by moving it out from between the hot exhaust headers.
I decided to see if I could offset the carburettor by one inch for 2014 season. I machined up two new mild steel studs on the Myford lathe which is idea for screwcutting Whitworth and BSF threads. I lengthened the support pillar with a piece od brass rod soft soldered onto the air cleaner end. The only problem I have is the lack of one inch Amal carburettor spacers so for the time being I have used an additional 1/4 inch one to give me the extra length. Initial riding has shown the air cleaner teardrop can just be felt with the right knee if the tank knee rubbers are gripped. Temperature of the carburettor body after a long ride is now cold to the touch so the tickover remains constant. I would think that trickling along in heavy traffic is going to be much improved.
Picture of one inch offset at end of article.
The brass support pillar for the air cleaner cover has to be increased in length to 3.75 inch including any plain and locking washers. This length of support pillar applies to both types of carburettor.


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101. Renamo in Trouble? Splinter Groups Fight Each Other, Leadership Crisis After Fernandes' Death
Above: Two damaged trucks abandoned by the side of the road after a Renamo attack. Photo: Kok Nam.
The Maputo weekly news magazine Tempo published a 13-page analysis of Renamo under the title "Origens do Banditismo Armado", with footnotes, commenting that although the piece did not include much in the way of new facts, it was nevertheless a contribution that deepened understanding of the origins of armed banditry in Mozambique.
Fighting reportedly broke out between Renamo factions in Zambézia, with Gimo Phiri breaking away with his UNAMO group, apparently because of tensions around the dominance of Ndau-speakers in the rebel leadership.
Renamo continued systematically to smuggle precious stones, ivory, and pau-preto out of the country, according to testimony from former fighters who surrendered under the terms of the amnesty.
Obs.: Multiple reports continued to appear of military engagements issued officially by the government in Maputo, as well as counter-claims published in communiqués from Renamo representatives in Lisbon. It is important to realise that the numbers of casualties and surrenders mentioned in these reports are highly unreliable, and should be treated with great caution. Given what is known about the size of the opposing forces, the casualty rates would seem to have likely been unsustainable for any period of time.
Click on the yellow folder image below to download an unsorted zipped archive of documents and press clippings in PDF format concerning the conflict between the Mozambican government and the MNR/Renamo in July 1988.


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Schildbach ist eine Ortschaft und ein Dorf in der Oststeiermark sowie der Hauptort und eine Katastralgemeinde der Gemeinde Hartberg Umgebung im Bezirk Hartberg-Fürstenfeld.

Geografie

Geografische Lage
Der Ort Schildbach liegt im östlichen Teil der Gemeinde Hartberg Umgebung, westlich der Stadtgemeinde Hartberg, wobei das Ortsgebiet von Schildbach mit dem von Hartberg zusammengewachsen ist. Das Gebiet der Katastralgemeinde Schildbach erstreckt sich im Nordwesten bis nach Löffelbach mit dem gleichnamigen Dorf, im Norden und Osten bis zu den nach Hartberg gehörenden Ortsteilen Ring und Grazervorstadt mit den Stadtteilen Steinfeld, Lebing und der Siedlung Neusafenau. Im Südosten reicht Schildbach bis nach Wenireith mit der Streusiedlung Totterfeld und im Südwesten bis nach Siebenbrunn mit dem gleichnamigen Dorf. Im Westen von Schildbach befindet sich die Ortschaft und die Rotte Mitterdombach.

Die Wechselstraße B54 verläuft durch den Hauptort, wo auch das Gemeindeamt liegt.

Im Osten von Schildbach fließt der Schildbach, ein Nebenfluss des Löffelbaches, der auch auf Teilen seines Verlaufes die Grenze der Katastralgemeinde bildet. Im Westen verläuft der Löffelbach durch die Katastralgemeinde. Im Süden und Südwesten der Katastralgemeinde befindet sich der Heidenwald.

Geografische Gliederung

Der Ort Schildbach gehört zur Gemeinde Hartberg Umgebung. Neben dem gleichnamigen Ort und Dorf weist die Statistik Austria auch noch das Gesundheitszentrum sowie das Rasthaus Ring auf dem Gebiet der Katastralgemeinde als statistische Einheit aus.

Geschichte
Die Gegend um den späteren Ort Schildbach befand sich ursprünglich im Besitz der Landesfürsten. Als Markgraf Leopold I. nach 1122 Land in der Oststeiermark an seine Ministeriale vergab um die Kolonisation dieses Gebietes voranzutreiben, behielt er den Besitz um Hartberg und das spätere Schildbach in eigener Hand. Leopold I. ließ auf diesem Gebiet eine Burg errichteten und gründete den Markt Hartberg. Auf dem freien Gebiet westlich des neu geschaffenen Markt wurde vermutlich im dritten Viertel des 12. Jahrhunderts das Dorf Schildbach gegründet. Das Dorfgebiet reichte damals bis an den oberen Lauf des Dombaches und damit bis an die Grenze zu Besitzungen der Stubenberger und später der Neuberger. Zur Zeit der Dorfgründung wurde etwas südlich des Ortes auch eine landesfürstlicher Gutshof, der als Fronhof der Neugründung diente und an dem vermutlich Bewohner Schildbachs Frondienst zu verrichten hatten. Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung des Dorfes erfolgte 1294 als Shilpach. Der Name dürfte sich dabei vom Bachlauf an dem das Dorf gegründet wurde ableiten. Da dieser verschilft war bürgerte sich der Name Schilfbach, später aber auch Haidenbach für das Gewässer ein. Der Ort selbst bestand damals aus einer einzeiligen Häuserreihe mit langen Hausstreifen am rechten Ufer des Baches sowie aus einer am linken Bachufer gelegenen regellos angeordneten Hofgruppe. Die Hofgruppe entstand später als die Häuserreihe oder wurde erst nach einer Zerstörung des Dorfes angelegt.

Das Dorf befand sich bereits kurz nach seiner Gründung nicht mehr im landesfürstlichen Besitz. Schildbach wird aber bereits im 1265 verfassten landesfürstlichen Urbar nicht mehr erwähnt. Der Gutshof sowie das Weingebirge, der spätere Schildberg dürften etwas länger den Landesfürsten gehört haben. Das Weingebirge kam schließlich zur Herrschaft Hartberg. Das Dorf Schildbach wurde grundherrschaftlich von den Landesfürsten zerteilt. Als älteste Teilnehmer treten die Herren von Kranichberg auf. So ist belegt das Siegfried von Kranichberg am 2. September 1294 Otto dem Schrot und dessen Frau Eneit neun Huben Land beim Dorf Schildbach ohne Marchdienst verlieh. Ein kleiner Anteil von Schilbach verblieb bei den Landesfürsten, welche es aber dem 1327 gegründeten Stift Neuberg stifteten. Der Neuberger Abt Simon von Boldersdorf verkaufte 1355 zwei Höfe, eine Mühle sowie eine Hofstatt bei Schildbach an das Stift Vorau. Für das Jahr 1377 ist belegt das Niklas Riegersdorfer 1,5 Huben von den Kranichbergern von Petronell innehatte. Durch die 1383 und 1392 bezeugte Ehe Elsbets von Kranichberg mit Friedrich von Stubenberg dürfte der Ort als Mitgift in den Besitz der Stubenberger gelangt sein. Die Landesfürsten zerteilten schließlich auch den Grund des Gutshofe und es entstanden mit dem Knorrenhof, dem Flanderhof und dem Pichl drei Höfe. Der Knorrenhof war der Haupthof und am längsten landesfürstlicher Besitz. Der Flanderhof ging an die Herren von Kranichberg und der Pichl ging an die Herren von Neuberg. Um 1400 hatte der Ritter Hartnid der Reuter, ein Dienstmann der Kranichberger, das Lehen über alle drei Höfe inne. Außerdem dürften Teile von Schildbach zur Herrschaft Schloss Reitenau, welche die Reuter innehatten, gehört haben. Hartnid und seine Frau Anna verkauften am 15. Juli 1417 den von den Landesfürsten belehnten Knorrenhof, den von den Kranichbergern von Petronell belehnten Flanderhof sowie den von Albrecht von Neuberg belehnten Pichl an die Richter und den Rat der Stadt Hartberg. Als Grenzen für den Grund der drei Höfe wurden die Raine von Dombach, Hartberg, Siebenbrunn und Wenireith genannt.

Das Stift Vorau vertauschte 1329 seinen Besitz in Schildbach mit Niklas Hueter, der Kaplan von Maria Lebing war. In dieser Tauschurkunde finden erstmals Bewohner des Ortes eine namentliche Erwähnung. Das Dorf wurde 1418 bei einem Einfall der Ungarn zerstört. Agnes, die Frau Bernhard Rindscheits und eine Tochter Welchun Reuters verkaufte 1434 ihrer mit Hans Zebinger verheirateten Schwester Elsbeth zwei Höfe bei Schildbach. Im Jahr 1459 wird ein Amt des Niklas Rosner zu Schildbach erwähnt. Dieses Amt war Teil des 1504 aufgestellten Stiftungsgutes für das neu gegründete Stift Pöllau. Das Benefizium von Maria Lebing ging im 16. Jahrhundert zusammen mit dem dazugehörigen Besitz in Schildbach an die Stadtpfarre Hartberg. Im 16. Jahrhundert ließen sich auch wegen eines nahe gelegenen Steinbruches Steinmetze im Ort nieder Die Bewohner dieser Höfe mussten dadurch für den Stadtpfarrer Robotdienste leisten. Das Leibsteuerverzeichnis der Herrschaft Pöllau aus dem Jahr 1527 nennt ein Amt Schildbach, zu dem 16 Untertanen gehörten. Durch einen Türkeneinfall wurde das Dorf 1532 erneut zerstört. Im Jahr 1543 werden in einer Gültschätzung 13 Untertanen, neun Höfe, drei halbe Höfe sowie eine Brandstatt aufgelistet. Das Rauchsteuerregister von 1572 nennt zwölf Untertanen, acht Huben und vier Hofstätten. Aufgrund fehlender Urbare lässt sich der Pöllauer Besitz von zwölf Bauerngründen, drei Keuschen, der Gemeindeschmiede sowie eines Kalkofens in Schildbach erst wieder ab dem Theresianischen Kataster nachweisen. Die Herrschaft Pöllau war der größte Grundherr bei Schildbach und hatte deshalb auch die Ortsgerichtsbarkeit inne. Neben Pöllau hatten auch andere Herrschaften wie Reitenau Grund in Schildbach. Der sechs Gründe umfassende Reitenauer Besitz ging aber am 6. Dezember 1680 durch einen Teilungsvertrag zwischen den beiden Brüdern Georg Andrä und Wolf Friedrich Grafen von Wurmbrand an die Herrschaft Neuhaus. Nur ein Tavernenhaus verblieb bei der Herrschaft Reitenau.

Die Kranichberger von Petronell vergaben neben den Rittern Reuter aber auch ein weiteres Lehen an die Riegersdorfer. So wird 1377 ein Niklas Riegersdorfer genannt, der 1,5 Lehen in Oberschildbach an Hertl von Teuffenbach. In den Urbaren der Teuffenbacher werden um 1420, 1447 und 1466 zwei Höfe bei Schildbach genannt. Ihr Besitz wurde 1532 bei einem Einfall der Türken niedergebrand, von den Teuffenbachern aber wieder aufgebaut und wurde Mittelpunkt ihres Amtes Schildbach. Bei einer 1540 erfolgten Teilung kam das Amt an Andrä von Teuffenbach und verblieb bis 1620 bei der Herrschaft Obermayerhofen. Im Jahr 1620 wurde das Amt Schildbach zusammen mit zwei Höfen, einer Keusche sowie einem Überländgrund von Ludwig Freiherr von Königsberg an Rudolf Freiherrn von Paar verkauft, der es seiner Herrschaft Hartberg unterstellte. Durch die Kuruzen wurden am 7. August 1704 acht Bauernhöfe, eine Keusche sowie die Schmiede bei Schildbach niedergebrannt. Beim Besuch einer Kommission am 20. Juli 1712 waren bis auf zwei Ausnahmen alle abgebrannten Höfe wieder aufgebaut worden und auch alle betroffenen Felder wurden wieder bestellt.

Im Jahr 1682 taten sich insgesamt 26 Gemeindegenossen in Schildbach zusammen und kauften der Herrschaft Hartberg ein Waldstück in der Haiden vom Hofwald ab. Der erworbene Grund wurde allerdings erst 1966 zusammengelegt. In Schildbach gab es auch eine Bauerngemeinschaft, die im Besitz der Haarstube sowie zahlreicher Grundstücke war und der 1880 25 Dorfgenosen angehörten. Bei der Volkszählung von 1770 wurde Schildbach ein Nummerierungsabschnitt der Pfarre Hartberg und dadurch um 1790 eine Steuer- und 1817 eine Katastralgemeinde. Durch die Schaffung der freien Gemeinden im Jahr 1850 wurde aus der bisherigen Katastralgemeinde die eigenständige Ortsgemeinde Schildbach. Der erste Gemeindevorsteher war 1855 Anton Hirschbeck. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entwickelte sich die bisherige Agrargemeinde immer mehr zu einem Standorte für größere Gewerbeunternehmen. So gibt es seit 1958 die Ringbetriebe, die eine Gaststätte, ein Gesundheitszentrum, ein Hotel sowie mehrere Geschäfte umfasst sowie seit 1970 ein Autohaus mit Kfz-Betrieb.

Die Gemeinde Schildbach wurde nach einem Beschluss der steiermärkischen Landesregierung Josef Krainer senior VI vom 3. Dezember 1968 mit Wirkung 1. Jänner 1969 mit den Gemeinden Flattendorf, Löffelbach, Mitterdombach und der Katastralgemeinde Wenireith zur neu geschaffenen Gemeinde Hartberg Umgebung  zusammengelegt. Schildbach ist seitdem der Hauptort dieser Gemeinde, wo sich auch das Gemeindeamt befindet.

Kultur und Tradition

Traditionen und Bräuche
Jedes Jahr findet in Schildbach der Silvesterlauf an Silvester statt, wo man eine Dorfstrecke von ca. 1 km zurücklegen kann. In Schildbach existiert auch noch ein sehr alter Brauch, die Pudelmutter. Ein Mann verkleidet sich als alte Frau und geht einen Tag vor den Heiligen Drei Königen von Haus zu Haus und lässt Naschzeug in das Haus fallen. Die Person besucht einen nur bis zum 12. Lebensjahr. Auch das Weihfeuertragen findet in Schildbach statt. Der Starttreffpunkt ist der Hauptplatz der Stadtpfarrkirche Hartberg, wo das Feuer geweiht wird. Mit dem geweihten Feuer gehen die Kinder von Haus zu Haus, um das geweihte Feuer zu bringen. Man darf bis zur Firmung an diesem Brauch teilnehmen. Um den 1. Jänner gibt es auch die Neujahrgeher, welche von Haus zu Haus gehen und ein Ständchen (bairisch-österreichisch: Gstanzl) vorspielen.

Denkmalgeschützte Objekte in Schildbach

Auf dem Gebiet von Schildbach befindet sich zwei denkmalgeschütztes Objekt. Dabei handelt es sich einerseits um einen spätgotischen Tabernakelpfeiler mit einer Darstellung des Heiligen Florian. Ursprünglich diente der Bildstock als Dorfkreuz und wurde nach eine Brandkatastrophe im Jahr 1845 dem Feuerpatron Florian gewidmet und umgestaltet. Der Bildstock ähnelt einer Säule und hat eine etwas unregelmäßige Form. Die halbkreisförmig abgeschlossenen Nischen im Tabernakelblock dürften aus der Zeit der Renaissance stammen. In ihnen befinden sich drei von Rudolf Huszar im Jahr 1976 in Email ausgeführte Ikonen, welche die Heiligen Martin und Pankratius sowie drei trauernde Frauen zeigen. Der Bildstock hatte bis zu seiner Umwidmung ein Pyramidendach, dieses wurde aber durch eine flache Platte ersetzt auf welcher eine 1,35 Meter hohe Figur des heiligen Florian steht.

Das zweite denkmalgeschützte Objekt ist ein Breitpfeilerbildstock am Ring. Dieser wurde im 17. Jahrhundert als Pestkreuz errichtet. Der Bildstock wurde als Hartberger Breitpfeiler mit Sprenggiebel und einem ziegelgedeckten Satteldach ausgeführt. In seiner südlichen Schauseite befindet sich ein mit Pacher signiertes Fresko der Pöllauer Schutzmantelmadonna. Das Fresko in der Sockelnische zeigt das Fegefeuer während sich in der Giebelnische eine Darstellung des Heiligen Geistes als Taube befindet. Eine Inschrift weist auf eine 1968 erfolgte Renovierung hin. An der westlichen Seite wird der heilige Pankratius dargestellt, während sich an der östlichen Seite eine Darstellung des heiligen Josef und an der Rückwand eine Darstellung des heiligen Josef mit Kind befindet.

Erholung
In der Gemeinde befinden sich ein Hotel/Restaurant, und ein Gesundheits- und Erholungszentrum.

Freiwillige Feuerwehr

Die Gemeinde Schildbach besitzt eine Freiwillige Feuerwehr mit 91 Mitgliedern (davon 70 aktiv, 10 in Ausbildung und 11 Ausschussmitglieder). Die Feuerwehr existiert seit 1922 und betreibt den Löschbereich Schildbach, Wenireith, Totterfeld und Löffelbach. Das alte Rüsthaus wurde 1932 und 1976 vergrößert. Von 1991 bis 1995 wurde ein neues Rüsthaus gebaut. Die Kollegen der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Mitterdombach betreiben den restlichen Löschbereich Siebenbrunn, Mitterdombach und Flattendorf.

Ehemalige Gemeindevorsteher und Bürgermeister

 1855 Anton Hirschbeck
 1857, 1858 Johann Riedenbauer
 1861–1867 Philipp Gruber
 1867 Anton Baumgartner
 1873 Johann Wilfinger
 1876 Anton Baumgartner
 1879 Josef Oswald
 1903–1909 Anton Pack
 1909–1929 Ignaz Wilfinger
 1929–1937 Anton Kaiser
 1938–1940 Josef Wieser
 1947–1960 Anton Kaiser
 1960–1968 Franz Seidl

Literatur

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Webseite hartberg-umgebung.gv.at
 Katastralgemeindenummern (Liste)
 Koordinaten von Schildbach

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Katastralgemeinde im Bezirk Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

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McGregor co-starred with Cosmo, a jack russell, on the set of his movie Beginners. He really bonded with Cosmo, who was a rescue dog himself, which inspired McGregor to adopt a dog of his own. His wife is allergic to dogs, but was able to adopt a poodle-terrier mix that was hypoallergenic. Named Sid, he got him through The Lange Foundation, a Los Angeles non-profit that rescues animals from kill shelters.
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Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor born march 31, 1971 and has an estimated net worth of $45 million. When he was 18 years old he joined Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Just before his graduation in 1993, he won a leading role on a short TV series called Lipstick on Your Collar. His career took off from there, landing other roles in TV and film that year. In 1994, he worked with director Danny Boyle in the film Shallow Grave, winning him a Empire Award. This lead to his breakout performance in Boyle's Trainspotting in 1996.
His first big Hollywood role came playing the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy, with the first film part released in 1999. Some notable films of his from the 2000s include Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman, The Island with Scarlett Johansson, Stay with Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts. Most recently he's starred in T2: Trainspotting 2 and in the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast with Emma Watson. He is also known for his work in theater, humanitarian causes and motorbike journey documentaries.
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As you'll know from your own placement, volunteering is a great way to work directly with those affected by local issues. It's really rewarding to make a difference to the lives of those in your home community as well as those in a community further away.
Volunteering is a chance to help others, develop your own skills, and find out about the issues facing people in the UK. Think about what issues are important to you. Are there any organisations in your community that are working to address these issues?
There are many ways to volunteer in your local community. Posters, village hall notice boards, supermarket notice boards, church notice boards, local social media pages and online searches are all places you might find opportunities near you.
From volunteering at your local youth centre, homeless shelter or soup kitchen to working with your local council or political party, there are so many areas to choose from.
A great place to start are sites like Do-it and vInspired, databases of local volunteering opportunities. All you need to do is enter your postcode or town and it'll show you everything from charity shop assistant roles to looking after ponies and horses at animal rescue centres.
If you can't commit to a set time each week, volunteering at a specific event might be more up your street – how about a Christmas fair or local beach clean. You could even start your own event!
ICS volunteers have worked on many different volunteering projects for their Action at Home.
From supporting young people from disadvantaged background to find jobs to working for a social enterprise offering nutrition services to local schools, supporting hydrotherapy for children with disabilities and raising funds for the Ebola crisis – volunteering is a great way to carry on after ICS.
For Matt, his ICS placement in Burundi gave him the passion to volunteer when he got home, taking up a place volunteering at the refugee camp in Calais before it closed. When he returned home to Watford, London, he joined a local charity helping the homeless. Find out about his experience.
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Outlines the history of literature (including novels, short stories, and memoirs) by African authors in English which are about, or contain significant depictions of non-normative sexuality or gender variance in Africa south of the Sahara. Provides a brief critical assessment of the novels' contributions to the development of African identities. Forwards both original readings of the texts under discussion and provides a new theoretical framework.
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Q: Why are the input and select boxes not filling in their values I have a form, created using nesting, that shows an input with a phone number and a select to select the type of phone number.  Initially, I have a set of values that I am trying to assign on creation of the formGroup.  But while the select boxes get their options, it does not select the predefined value. Nor does the input box receive it's predefined value.
In app.component.ts:57, I am taking my array of predefined values and parsing them individually and calling the addPhoneForm method.
The addPhoneForm method also utilizes the initPhoneForm method.  These, together, create the phone form that can be seen on line 33 of app.component.html.
I think the reason it is not being filled out is because I am also performing the following code within my PhoneDetailComponent constructor:
this.phoneForm = this.formBuilder.group({
    phoneNumber: new FormControl(),
    phoneType: new FormControl()
})

But without that bit of code, I get an error stating that formGroup expects a FormGroup.
Here's the plnkr of what I'm working on. http://plnkr.co/edit/qv1BX7WtpYhw5B92SuoC?p=preview
-- code block --
-- phone-detail.component.ts
export class PhoneDetailComponent {

    phoneTypes: EnumProperty[] = [];
    phoneForm: FormGroup;

    @Input('group')
    @Output() rawChange: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();

    constructor(private phoneTypeService: PhoneTypeService,
                private formBuilder: FormBuilder) {
      this.getPhoneTypes();
      this.phoneForm = this.formBuilder.group({
        phoneNumber: new FormControl(),
        phoneType: new FormControl()
      })
    }

    private getPhoneTypes() {
      this.phoneTypeService.get()
        .then(phoneTypes => {
          this.phoneTypes = phoneTypes;
        })
    }

}

--  app.component.html:31-36

      <phone [group]="updateProfileForm.controls.phones.controls[i]"></phone>

  + Add another phone number

-- app.component.ts (relevant parts only)
export class AppComponent {

  private version: any;
  updateProfileForm: FormGroup;

  phoneNumbers: PhoneModel[] = [
    { phoneNumber: "843-555-5849", type: "sms" },
    { phoneNumber: "756-555-7643", type: "home"},
    { phoneNumber: "395-555-9324", type: "tty" },
    { phoneNumber: "621-555-2690", type: "sms" }
  ]

  private phoneValidator = Validators.compose([
    Validators.minLength(7),
    Validators.maxLength(16),
    Validators.pattern(/^\(?([0-9]{3})\)?[-. ]?([0-9]{3})[-. ]?([0-9]{4})$/) ]);

  constructor(http: Http,
              private formBuilder: FormBuilder) {
    // Display the currently used Material 2 version.
    this.version = http
      .get('https://api.github.com/repos/angular/material2-builds/commits/HEAD')
      .map(res => res.json())

      this.updateProfileForm = this.formBuilder.group({
        personNames: ['', []],
        phones: this.formBuilder.array([])
      });

      console.log("Loading phones");
      this.phoneNumbers.forEach(p => this.addPhoneForm(p));
  }

  private addPhoneForm(p?: PhoneModel) {
    if (!p) {
      p.phoneNumber = "";
      p.type = PHONE_TYPES[0];
    }

    const control = <FormArray>this.updateProfileForm.controls['phones'];
    const phnCtrl = this.initPhoneForm(p);

    console.log(p);

    control.push(phnCtrl);
  }

  private initPhoneForm(phoneModel: PhoneModel) {
    console.log(phoneModel);
    return this.formBuilder.group({
      phoneNumber: [ phoneModel.phoneNumber, this.phoneValidator ],
      phoneType: [ phoneModel.type, [] ]
    });
  }
}

A: I finally figured it out.  First, in the PhoneDetailComponent class, we don't need the FormBuilder. It just confuses things. More especially, the reason it was there was because of a confusing error message that was so helpfully suggesting that I add it.  The problem was not the FormBuilder, but the property mismatches between what I was sending to the PDC class.
The working result is here: http://plnkr.co/edit/qv1BX7WtpYhw5B92SuoC?p=preview
(This demo app also has an md-chip demo going. I have yet to solve the problem which is described in this question: How to set the select element's value of a dynamically created form in angular2)
Here's how the PhoneDetailComponent class is supposed to look:
export class PhoneDetailComponent {

    @Input('group')
    phoneForm: FormGroup;
    phoneTypes: EnumProperty[];

    constructor(private phoneTypeService: PhoneTypeService) {
      this.getTypes();
    }

    getTypes() {
      this.phoneTypeService.get()
        .then(phoneTypes => {
          this.phoneTypes = phoneTypes;
        });
      }
}

Bad me... I didn't post the phone-detail.component.html relevant code.  But I may have had a mistake.  Here's what the html is supposed to look like.  Note that phoneTypes is part of the *ngFor of the option element. I had this correct.  What I may have had wrong were the formControlNames.

        <md-input-container>
            <input mdInput
                   type="text"
                   placeholder="Phone"
                   formControlName="phoneNumber"
                   (rawChange)="rawPhone=$event"
                   [attr.maxlength]="14"
            >
            <md-hint *ngIf="phoneForm.controls['phoneNumber'].hasError('required') && phoneForm.controls['phoneNumber'].touched"
                     class="text-danger">
                Phone number is required
            </md-hint>
            <md-hint *ngIf="phoneForm.controls['phoneNumber'].hasError('minlength') && phoneForm.controls['phoneNumber'].touched"
                    class="text-danger">
                Phone number is to be 10 numbers long
            </md-hint>
        </md-input-container>

        Phone Type
        <select class="form-control" formControlName="phoneType">
            <option *ngFor="let type of phoneTypes"
                    value="{{type.code}}"
                    title="{{type.description}}">
              {{type.name}}
            </option>
        </select>

The app.component.ts file is where I initialize the phone components. Make sure to match the formControlNames to what you set in the group.
  private addPhoneForm(p?: PhoneModel) {
    const control = <FormArray>this.updateProfileForm.controls['phones'];
    const phnCtrl = this.initPhoneForm(p);

    control.push(phnCtrl);
  }

  private initPhoneForm(phoneModel?: PhoneModel) {
    let pModel: PhoneModel = {
      phoneNumber: "",
      type: PHONE_TYPES[0]
    }

    if (phoneModel) {
      pModel = phoneModel;
    }

    return this.formBuilder.group({
      phoneNumber: [ pModel.phoneNumber, this.phoneValidator ],
      phoneType: [ pModel.type ]
    });
  }

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Discussion in 'Vlogs and Podcasts' started by CJ, Feb 20, 2017.
I've been diving into several YouTube channels that cover film theory and technique, from screenwriting to cinematography to general film discussion. I thought I'd just list them out in case anyone is interested.
a month or so ago I provided some Film School links.
@Carl V was it a new thread or a post in an existing thread? I don't seem to find anything either. We did lose 4 days of threads at the beginning of February due to the roll-back.
East Indian & Asian Film styles.
also commented and perhaps book marked it.
I've heard of RLM but haven't seen any of their videos yet. I'll definitely check out the other one. I started finding some of these channels watching movies like Cinema Sins - Everything Wrong With ... but they problem is they don't discriminate between actual bad films and good films that have some tropes or cliches or they sin a movie for having a cliche when its really simply a common story telling method, which is not always the same. I don't need to watch a channel tear apart even the best movies out there.
Which way did he go? Screen movement in film.
First and final shots... this guy has the audacity to be on Vimeo.
Interesting take on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Not as polished as some of the other channels I've mentioned but worth a watch.
I thought 10 Cloverfield Lane was really good and underrated. Warning this video spoils everything in the film.


`As you know, I am a purveyor of some of the best and the worst of music. Sometimes I've found some albums which have clearly been bootlegged. As in, not genuine. Someone with access to a pressing plant thinks they can make a quick quid by doing what is, usually, quite a good job of knocking out a CD or two. Usually they make a decent job of it, and sometimes… well.
The first thing you'll notice is that the sleeve is in the case upside-down. Yeah, that was me. I took it out, and couldn't get back in the normal way. Even the case isn't very good. Firstly, look at that choice of picture. I sincerely doubt ol' Madge would be happy to have that image on the front of an album. I know she's a show off and all that, but it doesn't exactly leave much to the imagination.
So, onto the back of the case. Same photo on the back, but the errors start to become clear. "La Isla Bonnita", for instance, and where on earth is "Los Angelis"?. And from what I can see, there was never a Star Records there.
And finally, the CD. I've saved the best until last. Just look at it. Take it in. Look at the track names.


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JERUSALEM - Iran is building sites to produce precision-guided missiles in Syria and Lebanon, with the aim of using them against Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.
At the start of a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Netanyahu accused Iran of turning Syria into a "base of military entrenchment as part of its declared goal to eradicate Israel."
"It is also building sites to produce precision-guided missiles towards that end, in both Syria and in Lebanon. This is something Israel cannot accept. This is something the UN should not accept," Netanyahu said.


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Q: MediaPlayer start and stop on Android I have a ListView and when I click on a row I play a sound.
If a sound is playing and I click on another row the first one should stop and the second start.
If I don't release the MediaPlayer the application crashes, but this delays the execution of the next sounds.
What I'm doing wrong? This is my code:
public void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);

        if(!isPlaying){
            mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this,soundid[position]);
            mPlayer.start();
            isPlaying = true; // reproducir es true

        }else{

            isPlaying = false;
            mPlayer.stop();
            mPlayer.reset();
            mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this,soundid[position]);
            mPlayer.start();
            isPlaying = true;

        }

        mPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {

            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mPlayer) {
                mPlayer.release();
                isPlaying = false;
            }

        });
    }

A: In this type of implementation you are creating several instances of media player and not releasing them can cause an exception (refer here). I would suggest you to re-use the already existing media player instance. You can accomplish your goals by doing something like this.
public void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
    super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);

    if(!isPlaying){
        mPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
        mPlayer.setDataSource(soundid[position]);
        mPlayer.prepare();
        mPlayer.start();
        isPlaying = true;

    }else{

        isPlaying = false;
        mPlayer.stop();
        mPlayer.reset();
        mPlayer.setDataSource(soundid[position]);
        mPlayer.prepare();
        mPlayer.start();
        isPlaying = true;

    }

    mPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {

        public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mPlayer) {
            mPlayer.release();
            isPlaying = false;
        }

    });
}

A: Why creating the MediaPlayer again?
You can set the file using 'setDataSource'.
See here: android developer website: MediaPlayer
Example here

A: If you do not need to take an action when the play is completed; you may consider to use SoundPool: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/SoundPool.html

A: A cleaner implementation,
public class PlayMedia{
private MediaPlayer mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
Context context;
boolean isPlaying;

PlayMedia(Context c){
    mMediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {

        public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
            mp.release();
            isPlaying = false;
        }
    });
    this.context = c;
}

public boolean stopResetAndPlay(int ResID){
    if(isPlaying){
         isPlaying = false;
         mMediaPlayer.stop();
         mMediaPlayer.reset();
        try {
            AssetFileDescriptor afd = context.getResources().openRawResourceFd(ResID);
            if (afd == null) return false;
            mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(afd);
            afd.close();
            mMediaPlayer.prepare();
        }catch(IOException io){
            Log.i("Playing ", io.getMessage());
            return false;
        }
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When the Contender (or Encore) is fired, the frame stretches within its limits of elasticity, then relaxes when the pressure drops. This leaves the fired case longer from shoulder to head than it was before it was fired. You will never see this with the extractor installed, but shooting the barrel without the extractor will show you clearly what happens when a round is fired.
This additional length must be removed when the case is resized, or it will interfere with lockup and cause misfires and accuracy problems.
Take the barrel off the frame.
Remove the extractor by tapping out the 1/16th roll pin that holds it in.
Drop one of your sized bottleneck cases into the chamber.
The case head should be flush with the end of the barrel. If it isn't, you need to adjust your size die down in small increments until the case head is flush with the end of the barrel or protrudes no more than about .002." If the case head falls below the end of the barrel, you have pushed the shoulder back too far and created headspace. You can rely on "feel" as you run your finger across the end of the barrel and case head, or hold the end of the barrel up to eye level and sight across the end of the barrel to determine that the case head is not sticking out of the end of the barrel. .002" is difficult to see... it is not much.
Now load this case with a full normal load, and shoot it.
When you open the barrel without the extractor installed, the case head will be in the position it was when fired.
Take the barrel off the frame and look at the case head again. It will usually be sticking out of the end of the barrel about .010" or more.
This excess length must be removed. Ie., you have to bump the shoulder back in a full length size die. Neck sizing is out. If you insist on neck sizing or just partially full length sizing and have misfire problems, this is the reason.
Typical barrel to frame gap is normally from 0 to about .004." Some will be up to about .006" or so. To be more precise, close the barrel on feeler gauges to determine exactly what the gap is.
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Failure to understand the above is one of the two main causes for misfires and accounts for a big percentage of the questions I get.
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Cases grow in length when fired in these break open guns. DO NOT TRY TO CRAM THEM BACK IN BY SLAMMING THE BARREL SHUT. It is like trying to drive a square peg into a round hole. Just don't work.


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RWBY The Official Manga Volume 1 Review
darkstorm • 21st July 2020
In a world where monsters known as Grimm walk the planet and terrorise civilians, a hunter or huntress is a dangerous job to aspire to, but ever since she was little, Ruby has had a dream of becoming just that. Due to her exceptional battle skills, she skips a few school years and is able to join Beacon Academy, an elite school where trainees learn to become the greatest hunters and huntresses in the world. Ruby hopes to join the school with little fanfare, just keep her head down and learn the ropes. But with the heiress Weiss Schnee, the distant Blake Belladonna and her larger-than-life older sister Yang Xiao Long – it'll be anything but!
Let's clear up some confusion you may be having before we dive into this volume. There are technically three different manga adaptations for the web-original series RWBY. One is a four-part anthology of centred around the main cast (which I reviewed three out of four books here), there's a one-off volume released back in 2018 which is a collection of stories set around Volumes 1 and 2 of the original show, and then there's this – marketed as 'The OFFICIAL manga' – which tells the story from the very beginning, with the aim to be faithful to the show rather than spawn new stories from the original material.
Volume 1 of the official manga covers the first eight volumes of the web series; despite the episodes themselves being quite short (ranging from 4 to 14 minutes) there are necessary adjustments and cuts to the story here and there to help fit narratively into a new format. But the good news is that most, if not all the important plot beats are all here. We're introduced to Roman Torchwick from the beginning who's interrupted by Ruby during a heist, Ruby meets all the main characters from the show, including Jaune, Ozpin and so on, and we see all the vital battles during the opening ceremony that helps build the teams that we follow to this date in the original show.
The main changes to the story, however, are centered on our heroine, Ruby, both via the narrative and her personality. The original web series did jump from viewpoint to viewpoint of the other characters, so we got to know (for example) Nora and Ren before Ruby was officially introduced to them. In this manga however, it's exclusively Ruby's story, so we don't get an in-depth look into the personalities of anyone outside of her and her main team mates, Blake, Weiss and Yang. This has the unfortunate effect of making the introduction of the others rather underwhelming in comparison; using the Nora and Ren example once again, from the manga exclusively, you get no sense of Ren's stoic nature or Nora's larger-than-life personality. Speaking of personalities, Ruby herself has had a tweak. In the original series she's very perky, positive, not afraid of confrontation but also a little naïve. Here, however, she's much more sombre, introspective and barely speaking to others if she can avoid it. It's an interesting change; whether we'll see a long-term effect, reason or consequence of such a change remains to be seen.
However, lack of comedic tone from our heroine is also carried over to the vibe of the story, making it a more fantasy adventure affair, rather than the original's comedic action tone. Which means that Nora's quick-firing speech and Ren's calmer persona don't get the chuckle they need to help the reader engage with the characters. Weiss' icy personality clashing with Ruby's nature is toned down so now Weiss is more on-board with Ruby's plans earlier on in the story – negating the character development she's due to get later on. Even when the series does try for some comedy, it falls flat, such as Jaune's being sick in his introduction which is done off-screen and yet Ruby's dialogue when she first meets Jaune is still kept in, so that's a punchline with no set-up. Considering how the later volumes get more serious and darker in nature, you can see what the manga is trying to accomplish by making the tone more consistent, but it could be argued that the comedic tone not only makes the darker themes later on hit the audience more devastatingly, but it also help make this (admittedly) not-unique set-up stand out more, because it's the main cast and their unique natures that made us want to stay, not the magic/monster-based world that has been seen many times before.
But what about the combat? The unique choreograph that put the series creator, Monty Oum, on the map in the first place? Obviously, being a book, it's impossible to replicate his exceptional style within a few panels. They certainly try and make the battles feel epic, with lots of close-ups of the blades hitting the enemy, and full panels showing off the massive size of the monsters they have to face, but it doesn't do anything that makes the series' unique combat style translate, or even attempt to make its own style so that it can pay homage to it in some way. It's a shame overall.
The art style itself, however, is a plus. I can't find any other credits to Bunta Kinami's name, but their style is already 100% better than anything done in the anthologies. Their style is not only consistent but is also able to compensate for the limited animation that RWBY had at the start, so there's no blacked-out NPCs in the background, the Beacon Academy building is given a grand style to match its reputation, and Monty Oum's original character designs shine here, as each character is very distinctive from the start.
The official manga adaptation of RWBY is an interesting altered take on the beloved series, but the changes fail to convey what made the original show fun to watch in the first place. This book isn't even a more accessible version of the story, as the original series (at least the first six series) can be watched entirely free on Rooster Teeth's YouTube. The changes made here may pay off in the long run, but right now it's for collectors and/or hardcore RWBY fans only.
You can read the opening 3 chapters for free on VIZ Media's website now.
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2015 International Writing Program Residents Include Saudi, Egyptian Writers
Two Arab authors are among the "thirty to thirty-five" residents who are now arriving for the University of Iowa's prestigious International Writing Program, set for August 22 – November 10:
These are not emerging writers, but rather writers who have already achieved "national recognition" in their home countries.
For Egypt, that's Nael Eltoukhy (@naeleltoukhy). Indeed, he has Egypt-wide recognition, particularly for 2006 (2009) and Women of Karantina (2013). At least one commentator has already foreseen a future Nobel for Eltoukhy, and he was longlisted this year for the first-ever Financial Times 'Emerging Voices' Prize, alongside Elias Khoury. His Women of Karantina is available in vivid, fun translation from Robin Moger (2015).
For Saudi Arabia, it's poet and translator Raed Anis Al-Jishi (@raedaljishi), who has published a novel, seven volumes of poetry in Arabic, and one rather flimsy-feeling collection, Bleeding Gull: Look, Feel, Fly (2014), in English. He's billed, in his IWP bio, as a "feminist and human activist."
Swedish writer Marie Silkeberg will also participate; although she's well-known in Sweden for her own work, to ArabLit readers, she's known for the book she produced with Palestinian-Syrian poet Ghayath al-Madhoun, Til Damaskus, as well as the poetry films the two have made together.
IWP resident writers are expected to "participate in one public reading, as part of one public panel, and at a small number of receptions and other events, and are encouraged to present in the International Literature Today class. Otherwise, the residents' calendars are dominated by unstructured time, to allow for individual work schedules and goals."
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It is often said that 'every night of every year somewhere in the world a Gang Show is playing'. Maybe not quite 100% accurate, but that bold statement is not too far from the truth. The Gang Show has now been part of life in the UK and beyond for nearly 90 years, and its reach is well known and loved but, like everything, it had a beginning.
In the late 1920s a young English man returned from America and got involved in Scouting a s a distraction to his busy and successful career as an actor, producer and choreographer. The young man was Ralph Reader, and he soon found himself involved with the Holborn Rovers.
In early 1932 Ralph was approached by the formidable County Commissioner, Admiral Philpotts, who asked if he would put on a concert to raise money for a swimming pool at the local campsite, Downe. Ralph agreed, with some conditions. His name was not to be associated with the production and it was to be different from any other concert staged by Scouts at that time – it was to be a 'show'. Ralph met his pal Fred Hurll and between them they decided they would have a cast of 100 Scouts from across London, and that Ralph would write all the words and music and produce the show.
All the arrangements were made and on 25th May 1932, Ralph's 29th birthday, the cast were together for the first rehearsal. Ralph made it quite clear to everyone assembled that they were all equal. If someone got a line to say in a sketch or a solo line to sing then they were lucky. There were to be no stars in his show – they were Scouts first and foremost.
The Scala Theatre was booked for a three-night run and the cast began rehearsals. However, one thing that troubled Ralph was what to call the show. It was in a break at a rehearsal that a single phrase changed Scouting and the theatre forever. Ralph was in the Drill Hall while the cast were on a break and he called everyone back in. After a minute or so he said to a youngster, "Is everyone back, son?" and the youngster cheekily replied "Aye, aye Skip – the Gang's all here!" It hit Ralph and he knew that's what the show had to be called. They were a Gang – and so began the Gang Show legend.
Throughout the dress rehearsal the cast were in various costumes, but Ralph had decided to make the point in the last number of the show that everyone should be in their Scout uniform. Ralph watched the finale and realised that everyone was wearing their own troop scarves. He, in a moment of inspiration, turned to the wardrobe mistress and said, 'I want you to go and get material, make it red material, and make 100 new scarves for the opening performance tomorrow night.' And so she did.
On 30th October 1932 'The Gang's All Here' opened to a half empty auditorium. It ran for three performances, but the spirit was sky high and a swimming pool was purchased for Downe. This was a show that was different. There was a pace about it. The music was punchy, the sketches funny and the cast were all Boy Scouts.
Following the success of that first show, and encouraged by Baden-Powell, 'The Gang Comes Back!' appeared at The Scala in 1933. By 1934 people were calling the shows simply 'The Gang Show'. Scouts across the country became aware of this London phenomenon so they got permission to take the format and material to reproduce in their local area. Stoke, Newcastle and Glasgow were all early shows appearing in the mid-1930s. Ralph gave all his material free of charge – an early sign of his generosity.
By 1937 the Gang Show was a regular feature on London's stage and the greatest honour was bestowed upon them when they were invited to appear in the Royal Command Performance, becoming the first amateurs to do so.
This was a special year, as a feature film was released by film producer Herbert Wilcox. The film was loosely based on the creation of the Gang Show and starred Ralph as a showman Boy Scout Leader. The film, which featured the hit routine 'Crest of a Wave' had its world premiere on 13 April 1937 at the Lyceum Theatre in London and was an instant box office hit across the UK.
By 1938 the Gang tried a new direction with a musical play called 'Great Days'. This was a great success but it was decided to return to the revue format in 1939. Sadly, although rehearsals had started it was never performed, as the dark clouds of war were looming.
After war was declared Ralph joined the RAF and soon found a new role in which his spirited character could be best employed. Air Commodore Archie Boyle, Director of Intelligence of the Royal Air Force and an original Gang Show committee member told Ralph to choose 10 Scouts from the Gang Show and form an RAF Gang Show unit. And so began a new chapter of the Gang Show story.
The RAF Gang Show unit soon had airmen lining up to audition for this unique concert party. RAF Gang Shows performed all over the world, entertaining the troops in very difficult circumstances. Names that performed with the RAF Gang Shows include Peter Sellers, Tony Hancock, Dick Emery and there were many more who became famous entertainers and comedians after their war service.
On return to civvy street, Ralph formed Ralph Reader Ltd and toured the country both with the RAF Gang Show and his own productions of various operettas and musicals, packing theatres up and down the country, including many shows at the Edinburgh Empire and King's Theatre. But by the late 1940s Scouting was calling him back and Gang Shows were starting to reappear again across the country.
Ralph decided to bring back the London Gang Show and so the King's Theatre, Hammersmith was booked, and in 1950 The Gang Show returned. It was as though they had never been away!
Throughout the 1950s and 60s the Gang Show flourished, becoming a regular feature on TV schedules. They released records and an album of music from each year's show was published, allowing other Gangs to perform Ralph's great numbers. It was quite amazing that London Scouts mixed quite comfortably with the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Vera Lynn, Max Bygraves and many more stars of the stage and screen.
Gang Shows spread all over the world, with Ralph producing the first American Gang Show in Chicago in 1958. Not long after Chicago there were Gang Shows across the USA then in Australia, with Melbourne and Adelaide putting on shows. Where there were Scouts there were Gang Shows. Even Hong Kong had a Gang Show!
The Gang appeared in two more Royal Variety Performances in the 1960s, proving that even royalty loved the Gang Show spirit. Her Majesty The Queen attended the 40th anniversary production in 1972, which was specially filmed by the BBC.
By 1974, Ralph, now in his 70s, had decided it was time to retire so he announced the 'Farewell London Gang Show' as he wanted to go out on 'the crest of a wave'. The show ran for two weeks at the Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn – and what a show it was. Many of the Edinburgh Gang were there for that special, emotional last performance.
In his retirement Ralph visited Gang Shows up and down the country and occasionally wrote new material. Ralph was a guest in Edinburgh in 1978 and for our 21st show in 1980, and many people still involved with our show remember the great times when Ralph was in Auld Reekie.
In March 1982 Ralph was the guest of honour at a dinner in London to celebrate 50 years of Gang Show. Throughout the evening there were various tributes to Ralph, including one given by our own Harry Dougan. It was at this dinner that many felt they were saying goodbye to Ralph and it was also at this he gave his final address. He thanked all present for a terrific life and he made a wish that the Gang Show spirit would live forever by saying "…I'm going to leave you now with a wish. A wish to everybody who has ever worn a Red Scarf…May all your years, your months, your weeks, your days, even your hours. May every one of your hours find you Riding Along on the Crest of a Wave."
Ralph died just a few weeks later but his legacy is, of course, the Gang Show, and shows continue to be performed all over the world. Edinburgh is proud to be part of this great, great game –We've Got a Lot To Be Thankful For.


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While the Power Rangers movie doesn't release until March 24, 2017, the cast is already finding early success following the film's completion!
Red Ranger Dacre Montgomery was cast today as a series regular on the breakout Netflix Series 'Stranger Things'. He'll play a confident, but edgy older brother who hides a violent, unpredictable nature.
Meanwhile, Yellow Ranger Becky G has already been cast as the lead female in the upcoming movie 'Miles'. 'Miles' is a modern contemporary that will re-vision the Steven Spielberg classic of E.T. Of course Becky also continues to work on her successful signing career alongside names like Pitbull and Yandel.
And last but not least, Pink Ranger Naomi Scott has been long rumored as a finalist for the lead female role in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff based on Hans Solo, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Much like other Hollywood reboots including Marvel, many suspected the young actors of Power Rangers would be able to use the franchise as a springboard to other big projects. And it appears to be playing out exactly that way.
And while our main excitement remains to see these actors portray our beloved teenagers with attitude, we can't help but feel ecstatic for each of them as their life long dreams to become Hollywood actors unfold in front of them.


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Red goes Green for International Day of Happiness #AngryBirdsHappyPlanet
by Mar 20, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 20 0
United Nations names "Red" from the Angry Birds movie as honorary ambassador for Green on the International Day of Happiness!
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Red from the Angry Birds as Honorary Ambassador for Green on the International Day of Happiness and encouraged young people to take action on climate change and make the Angry Birds happy.
The appointment of Red is part of the #AngryBirdsHappyPlanet campaign to help the world body promote the International Day of Happiness, which is observed on March 20 each year, and encourage people to take action against climate change and its impacts.
The International Day of Happiness recognizes that Gross Domestic Product alone cannot measure the wealth and well-being of a country's population and a more inclusive, equitable, balanced and sustainable approach to growth and development is key to being happy.
"The Angry Birds have entertained millions of people around the world – and now they are part of making the world a better place," said Ban, who appointed Red of the Angry Birds as an Honorary Ambassador for Green at a launch event at UN Headquarters in New York.
The campaign, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, the UN Development Programme and UN Foundation, encourages young people to step up their actions to address climate change and ensure a sustainable and happier future for all.
As part of his ambassadorial duties, Red will go on a "virtual world tour" starting on March 21, highlighting various ways to take climate action.
His tour will take him to Paris, where countries adopted an historic agreement to address climate change in December, and will end in New York, where world leaders will sign the Paris Agreement at UN Headquarters on April 22.
After United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named Red as Honorary Ambassador for Green, the campaign was presented to hundreds of young people in the iconic General Assembly Hall of the United Nations.
The presentation included the movie's US stars Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Maya Rudolph as well as producers John Cohen and Catherine Winder, who asked the attendees for their support to make the Angry Birds happy by doing their part to take action against climate change.
They presented the "Help Red Go Green" materials including public service announcements created to support the campaign. By participating in the #AngryBirdsHappyPlanet campaign, individuals can make the Angry Birds happy and "Help Red Go Green" by posting photos and messages to show how they are protecting our planet by recycling, taking public transportation and conserving water, for example.
"We are proud to give Red a reason to go Green. There is no better way to mark the International Day of Happiness than to have our animated ambassador raise awareness about the importance of addressing climate change to create a safer, more sustainable and happier future for all."
"We are incredibly honoured that Red from 'The Angry Birds Movie' has been named as the Honorary Ambassador for Green. While Red may still look angry, we know that he's smiling on the inside. As we say in our 'Help Red Go Green' campaign, nothing makes an angry bird happier than a healthy planet. In partnership with the UN, we are very excited to help raise awareness of critical global issues such as climate change," said John Cohen, producer of "The Angry Birds Movie" and "Despicable Me."
The International Day of Happiness is an important observance to acknowledge that happiness and well-being are universal goals and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives.
This year it focuses on the relationship between having a healthy planet and our happiness
For more information: www.angrybirdshappyplanet.com
by Brent Lindeque
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Brent Lindeque
Brent Lindeque is the founder and man in charge at Good Things Guy.
Recognised as one of the Mail and Guardian's Top 200 Young South African's as well as a Primedia LeadSA Hero, Brent is a change maker, thought leader, radio host, foodie, vlogger, writer and all round good guy.
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