During the last few years, I have been asked many times why I wrote POPE JOAN. I have found that my answer has evolved over time. Initially, my answer tended to be that I wrote it because it's a really interesting story. This may seem to be a facetious answer, but I think any dramatist is always intrigued primarily at the outset by the inherent possibilities of a dramatic situation. Will he or won't he get the girl/guy/inheritence/conviction? There are, of course, lots of highfalutin' responses one can proffer to the above question, but I have found that any time I express such "profound" intentions ("I am writing about the role of women in today's Church," "It is a metaphor for spiritual decline," etc.), I am giving responses that sound "writerly," as opposed to the obvious "It's a cool story."
That said, I have also discovered that the reason I invest four or five years in a piece is that I don't know what the "moral" or the "message" is when I start. Stories that abound with secrets, contradictions, great loves and great hurts captivate me, because in the course of the writing, I discover for myself what the underlying emotional "pull" for me is. And to write music, there must always be an emotional pull. We do not "sing" morals. We sing to express our deepest and most frightening desires.
I have been, for some time, engaged in a rewrite of the play. The objectives were very technical, and all about enhancing the play from a "craft" point of view. But what I have discovered is that, by doing so, I am really clarifying the ideas and images that are important to me.
It is possible, to be sure, to conceive and produce POPE JOAN as a theatrical period piece with those interesting "Catholic things" as exotic "flavor." On a sheerly technical level, that is what the setting and situation provide. However, I see more clearly now that writing this piece was very much a spiritual exercise for me. I wrote this play to understand the role that my faith, both in spirit and form, has played and continues to play in my life.
For point of reference, I was baptized Catholic, but had no active participation in the Church until I was about twelve. During my adolescence and teen years, I steeped myself in the mysticism and amazing lore of the Catholic Church. Like many others, I reached a point where I had to divorce myself from the institution because I could not support its stance on many issues -- women in the church, homosexuality, abortion, etc. I know that I, like so many others who left, have felt the ache of this loss for many years. I believe that the birth of the so-called New Age movement in the late '80s was a direct result of the longing so many of us felt to redefine spirituality -- i.e., our relationship to God -- in a way more in keeping with the very personal religious experience we had as young adults.
So what does all this mean? I think it means that one cannot approach the issues and images raised in POPE JOAN without acknowledging and confronting in some way one's own relationship to spirituality. Whether one believes in God -- or even the rites and rituals of the Church -- it is clear that all the characters in the play do. The central image of the play occurs when Joan, newly crowed as Pope, celebrates Mass and initiates the act of transubstantiation. (One of the central tenets of the Faith, transubstantiation is the act of transformation of the bread and wine into the literal -- not symbolic -- body and blood of Christ.) It is the belief in the reality of this mystical transformation which unites Catholics over and above whatever quarrels they may have with specific pieces of dogma. Men and women have died for the privilege of participating in this act, unchanged for centuries. So long denied to women, the visual presentation of Joan performing the most sacred rite of the Church is not designed to be inflammatory or satirical, but deeply spiritual and deeply sacred. Joan becomes all of us, trying so desperately to "come home" to our faith and joining again with God. That it is revolutionary is not at all and entirely the point.
I used to feel a bit "cool" saying that I didn't believe in transubstantiation, but what I have discovered in this process is that I really do. This was the act that taught me that miracles are a reality, and that they happen every day, approached and asked for with reverence and humility. I could never have become the person I have become without the intervention of God in my life, and personally, I'm not very interested in living in a world without miracles.
The world of my play is contrasts -- sacred and profane, light and dark, male and female, pagan and religious -- which is the struggle each of us wage every day to make some sense of our lives. Whether we acknowledge it or not, that struggle is the essence of spirituality. While I am always grateful for any positive response to the play, be it from Catholics or non-Catholics, the most fulfilling reactions for me have been from those who either still actively participate in the Church as priests, nuns, or lay servers, and from those who, like me, chose to leave. To experience in their words and eyes that moment of coming home again was, as it turned out, the reason I wrote this play. This is expressed most clearly in my song "A Thousand Years From Now," in which Joan visualizes a future where we all are one in faith, giving and receiving the best from each other without judgment or recrimination. I wrote this play hoping against hope that all of us can "come home" again.


Germany - ROE Visual concluded an upbeat Prolight + Sound receiving enthusiast feedback on its showcased products and having major customers confirm their investments in ROE Visual LED panels at the show.
"The Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt always attracts a mix of new and existing customers. We really enjoy meeting our loyal customer base and to be able to interest new customers for our brand, after all our industry is basically all about the people," comments Roelof Bouwman, general manager for ROE Visual Europe.
Presenting new technologies, ROE Visual had both a sneak peek for its new eV4 processor on the stand as well as an HDR solution, presented in cooperation with Brompton Technology. Both products are expected to launch mid-2019.
New staff member Erik Baum, appointed to lead business development in the D A CH region, was warmly welcomed by many visitors, who were acquainted with Erik in his previous job role at VER. "Erik has a wealth of experience and knowledge of the German market, this show proved that it's really good to have him joining our team", continues Bouwman.
Thierry Heldenbergh, managing director for AED Display confirmed an expansion of the AED Display rental fleet with an investment in the Diamond DM2.6 LED panels, thereby further expanding AED's existing stock of ROE Visual LED panels.
Faber Audiovisuals invested in the Diamond DM2.6 LED panels, continuing to broaden their range of ROE Visual LED products for rental purposes, such as their latest investment in the Black Marble LED floor, which was recently utilized for the Montclair fashion show in Italy.
Adlib announced its considerate expansion of their rental fleet, investing in a large batch of the Vanish V8 LED panels.
"With more confirmed investments in the Diamond and Vanish LED products, by companies such as Transition Video, 80six and Entertainment Technology Concepts, ROE Visual is content with how these newest products in its LED panel range have been received in the market. With more products to be introduced, ROE Visual foresees a great year," concludes Bouwman.


Moving into year two of the production of these exceptional cars, it was fairly visible that the Mustang was here to stay. Ever since, it has been omnipresent in the American automotive scene and recognised globally. If you didn't own a Mustang, the chances were that you knew somebody who did.
Mustang was only in its second year of production and was already gaining a healthy following, globally. Around half a million Mustangs were produced in 1965 with only 70,000 of those being the Fastback model.
This 4.7 litre V8 will wake anybody up in the local vicinity. The roar of the engine as it fires up is unmistakable and the rumble as the car cruises along will certainly make people take notice.
During Mustangs inception, Ford banked on the fact that the World War 2 baby boomers were getting their first driver's licences. They needed to create a youth-orientated, inexpensive model that would build a buzz in amongst this generation. With no cable television or internet, Ford paid for advertising space on the three television networks and showcased their incredible new car collection to nearly 30 million viewers.


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When my daughter and I were out for dinner at a restaurant on Grand Cayman, where she was living, we could not figure out which bathroom was meant for us. Usually, it's obvious: the door signs say, "Men" and "Women," or "Male" and "Female." Often, there are just figures, one wearing pants and one wearing a skirt.
But in this case, the figures were hard to figure. Both seemed to be wearing pants. Megan and I waited to see who came out — guys or gals — before we headed in.
More than once, I have ended up in the men's room, usually abroad, because I mistook one bathroom for the other. This happened to my sister, too, when she moved to England some years ago. In a national park, she hurried into what she thought was the ladies room.
"I remember thinking that the graffiti on the wall was quite uncivilized and did not seem like British women," she says. When she walked out of the stall, she suddenly noticed the urinals — and a guy standing at one who said: "You can join me if you want to!"
In the Caymans, our bathroom bewilderment got my husband, daughter, and me talking about other toilet doors. Over the years, I've seen Cowboys and Cowgirls signs. Pictures of top hats and bonnets. "Chicks" and "Roosters."
A few years ago, when she was living in Vietnam, Megan took us to Phu Quoc, an island off the southern coast. The beach bathrooms had a figure dressed in blue on one side of a divider, and a figure dressed in pink on the other. The blue guy was peeking over the top of the divider at the pink girl. Kind of funny, kind of creepy.
At Woodman's of Essex, a great seafood-in-the-rough place on Boston's North Shore, the bathrooms are labeled "gulls" and "buoys." Though if you've had one too many beers with your fried clams, you might not get it.
The bathrooms on the beach on Phu Quoc, an island off the southern coast of Vietnam. Megan Bailey
My personal favorite involves dogs. It was somewhere in the United States, and each bathroom door bore the likeness of a dog on it. One door said, "Pointers" and the other said, "Setters," with the likeness of a German shorthaired pointer for the men's room, and a Irish setter for the women's.
My colleague Ty Burr and his wife were recently driving in Canada, when they came across public restrooms on Route 1 in New Brunswick. Though you could tell which bathroom was which, thanks to the man wearing pants and the woman a dress, the question was: Why were each covering their private parts with their hands? Did they have to go wicked bad, or were they merely modest?
My friend Charlie says that whenever he is baffled by a bathroom sign, he just waits outside to see if men or women come out. But inside one men's room, he recalls, was this sign: "We aim to please. You aim too, please!"
Maybe we shouldn't even start on graffiti inside the bathrooms. I remember one at the Yale Law School, written on the inside of a stall door: "My mother made me a lesbian." Underneath, someone had scrawled: "If I gave her the material, would she make me one too?"
My cousin Jim, who has lived abroad for several years, has ended up in women's bathrooms by mistake of language (Turkey) and illustration (United Arab Emirates). In Turkey, the word for men is "bay," and for women it is "bayan." As Jim was exiting the bathroom, a "covered" woman was entering, and screamed at the sight of him.
"Very embarrassing," he says.
In Abu Dhabi, more recently, Jim was at a hotel where the silhouettes for men and women both had long, flowing headgear and dresses. He had to peer closely before he could figure out which door to enter. (The minuscule beard helped).
I guess we should be grateful there are still separate men's and women's rooms in public places. I cringe at the occasional sight of a "unisex" toilet. No offense, gents, but I've been in your bathrooms — by mistake — and I don't want to go there again. Even if your lines are shorter.
Bella English can be reached at english@globe.com.

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Why is the convenience store chain offering free Slurpees today? A couple of reasons. First of all, today is July 11, or... 7-11. Secondly, the chain is celebrating their 91st birthday, dubbing it "7-Eleven Day" and "Free Slurpee Day." Participating stores are giving away free Slurpees from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., while supplies last.
When you search 7-Eleven locations around the country, you quickly discover the chain consists of 7,895 stores. There are 349 to be found in Colorado. How many in Grand Junction? Zero.
This wasn't always the case. Growing up, we used to go to the 7-Eleven on 1st Street, not far from Sherwood Park. If that location didn't work, you could go to the 7-Eleven at 7th and Patterson, across from St. Mary's. That store had a Donkey Kong machine.
I can't recall how long it's been since we've had a 7-Eleven in town. Sadly, looking back on the early 1980's when the bottom fell out in Grand Junction, I do remember seeing a crowd of 75 people or more standing in line at a 7-Eleven in order to apply for a minimum wage part-time job.
So, where do Grand Junctionites go to get their free Slurpee? Per my calculations, the nearest 7-Eleven store is in Glenwood Springs. Let's crunch some numbers. Is it worth driving 82 miles to get a free Slurpee? My grandpa would have done it. He could have cared less about the Slurpee. The idea of getting something "free" would motivate that guy to do anything. That's right, 82 miles in a Chevy Custom Deluxe full-size pick-up at 9 miles to the gallon, all for a free Slurpee.
Sorry, Grand Junction. No free Slurpee for you. I guess we'll have to fork over the $1.95 or whatever it costs to get the equivalent at the Stop N' Save or Maverick stations.


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On a world where resources are so scarce horses are on the endangered species list, the Sliders find themselves in the overpopulated fusion of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Unable to find anything worth eating, Rembrandt accepts a dinner invitation from a wealthy superfan of his double. The others are pursued through the streets by Logan St. Claire, a brilliant young scientist who detected their incoming wormhole. She offers them her equipment to find their home coordinates in exchange for whatever help Quinn can give on fixing her faulty sliding machine.
Suspicious about the death of his double, Arturo and Wade launch an investigation that points the finger at Logan. They uncover her plans to raid other worlds for their natural resources and uncover security footage of her murdering the other Arturo. Before they can expose her, Wade is abducted and Logan attempts to kill Arturo by sending him through an unstable wormhole. Quinn makes an unpleasant discovery of his own — he and Logan are the same person, just with an x chromosome swapped for a y. Meanwhile, Rembrandt's super fan turns into a super stalker, and thanks to its theft by Logan, the timer's 2 mile radius is expanded out to 400 miles.
Worlds Visited
Shoe World
The only thing known about this world is that Rembrandt bought new boots and a shiny new suit that looks a lot like the one he wore in the Pilot.
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San Angeles
Urbanization has overtaken the West Coast to the point where Los Angeles and San Francisco are boroughs of a 400-mile-long city called San Angeles.
Lotusland
A ganja-filled time can be had by all, mon.
The Sliders land in Sector 47 in the city of San Angeles.
Ethyl gas on this world is $409.10 9/10 per gallon.
Quinn pulls a paper from a San Angeles News newspaper box.
The Sliders are given pamphlets for the San Angeles Transit System. In the bottom left-hand corner a title reads "City of San Angeles." One discernible line reads "local shuttles."
The large video screen in Prototronics' lab reads "Vortex Detected" and "Vortex Integrity Stable."
When Adrian shows Logan the thermal scanner readouts, the title at the top of the screen reads "Thermal Scan Comparisons" and flashes "averaging" below the two body models. When the two bodies overlap one another, it reads "Identical Match" and the figures on the left of the screen are simply numbers and letters designed to let the viewer know that the computer is working hard.
The lithograph inscription on the Crying Man poster reads "Love ya — The Cryin' Man Rembrandt Brown."
Rembrandt gets on train No. 44172 and climbs to the roof above the Coach section.
The plaque under Arturo's medal reads "Maximillian Arturo Congressional Metal for Scientific Excellence."
According to the video screen readout, the co-ordinates of this world are 1GCKED.
At Prototronics, Wade is being held in room 267.
Arturo hates Los Angeles.
The Sliders have enough to order a hot dog from the Geomash vendor, although they don't get it.
Quinn pops a coin into the San Angeles News newspaper box.
Rembrandt doesn't have enough to purchase a train ticket.
"You know, it seems like every world we go to we have trouble with the food." — Rembrandt's observations concerning Geomash, and he's right on the money.
"How very male of you." — Wade's response to the other guys' reactions to Rembrandt's biggest fan.
"Good heavens, a union of Los Angeles and San Francisco. It goes against the laws of nature." — Arturo.
"What was all that about an overweight surcharge?" — Arturo while trying to contemplate the 10-block, $85 cab ride to the Dominion Hotel.
"No need to sound so surprised. I may not be your idea of a shower fantasy, but I do have my admirers." — Arturo to Wade, who acts incredulously that the professor's double was having an affair with Logan St. Clair.
"What dark corner of our soul did you crawl out of?" — Quinn to himself, or herself depending on how you look at the situation.
"I'm so sorry." — Arturo, right before he clocks a Prototronics guard in the mouth.
"Don't ever say that to me again." — Rembrandt to the hotel manager who claims that he's the Cryin' Man's "biggest fan."
Nitpicks/Errors
After the Sliders are given pamphlet maps of San Angeles, we see an over the shoulder shot of what they look like inside and then a head-on shot showing some type of logo on the front of the maps. But if you freeze the frame over Quinn's shoulder, there is nothing on the front of his map when he opens it the first time.
As the Sliders are looking at Logan's readout screen she says that "the one to the right is your wormhole" and the graphic moves counter clockwise to a 6 o'clock position, but in the close up scene of the screen, the vortex graphic begins at an 8 o'clock position and moves counter-clockwise.
As Quinn grabs onto the yellow bar, to stop from being sucked into Logan's vortex, he grabs onto the bar with his right hand, but that hand has a watch on its wrist. In other episodes, Quinn traditionally wears his watch on his left wrist.
The Dominion Hotel seems to be a five-star establishment on this world, yet Wade and Arturo mention nothing of the severely changed surroundings.
Just when the four are about to slide, a public address system announces that the daily power blackout will begin in 15 seconds and last for 15 minutes, however, twice before the blackout has been said to last for 30 minutes.
Neatpicks
The beige Rolls Royce that Monique is driving looks like the same one Arturo would later get behind the wheel of in The Guardian.
Quinn makes a reference to Tundra World when he says "I opened the vortex early on another dimension before the timer reached zero. The early access corrupted the program and erased our home co-ordinates."
Rewind That!
While looking at the gas prices, Quinn mentions that for the price of $410 a gallon, at least they pump it for you, prompting Arturo to remark "That's steep for full service," but in closed captioning, he actually says "At that price they should deliver it to you."
As Quinn, Arturo and Wade are getting into the electric tram cab, there is no dialogue but the closed captioning quotes one of them as saying: "It should only be a short ride to the Dominion."
In a voice-over, Logan apologizes for her guards drawing their guns on the Sliders, on screen, Quinn laments "Ya, you should talk to them about that," but in closed captioning he says "It's okay, forget it."
As Monique moves toward Rembrandt in her wedding gown, just after he's discovered the shrine, the closed captioning dictates that she hum "The Wedding March" while she walks toward Rembrandt for an embrace. In the dialogue, she does not hum.
"It goes against the laws of nature," but somehow, Los Angeles and San Francisco are the end neighborhoods of the megalopolis San Angeles. The coastal city extends through Santa Barbara, Salinas, and San Luis Obispo.
Because so many people are living in such a concentrated area, natural resources aren't exactly in abundance. Congress has placed horses on the endangered species list, and five-minute power brownouts are scheduled every three hours and there's a power blackout every day at 4:00 pm.
Prototronics, a company based in the San Francisco borough of San Angeles, has been working to develop sliding on this planet so that they can utilize the natural resources of parallel Earths. The inventor of the project, Maximillian Arturo, died mysteriously while testing the stability of a Prototronics vortex, a major setback. His assistant, Logan St. Clair, has taken over the development.
Rembrandt Brown is still a top-drawing act and is currently touring Europe. Monique, a huge fan of the Cryin' Man, lives off the wealth of her father, who invented the paperless toilet on this world. They still have paper toilets here but to use it will cost the user at least five dollars.
On this world, Logan's mother, Mrs. Mallory, remarried after her husband, Michael Mallory, died. She married a man named St. Clair and Logan took her step-father's name.
The Inside Slide
Between season two and season three, production moved from Vancouver, British Columbia to Los Angeles, California.
"I guess there was some kind of change in the tax laws that enabled us to make the move [to Los Angeles]," says Tracy Tormé. "The feeling was that the better weather, longer daylight hours and being able to do things on the lot just about offset the financial advantages of doing it in Vancouver."
Production was also moved because of the lengths that Tormé and associates would go to circumvent FOX's notes.
"During the first two seasons, we did the shows we wanted to do subversively," he reveals. "We found ways to ignore the network's notes and stubbornly go in the direction we wanted to go in."
While this may have worked with previous producers such as Jon Povill and Jacob Epstein, the new regime brought in for the third season erased that subversive element, and FOX mandated that the show move so they could keep a closer eye on it.
What ever became of Logan St. Clair? According to the September 1996 TV Guide Fall Preview, Logan was definitely created to be a recurring character/villain. Yet she never appeared in another episode of the series.
"Fox killed Logan because they didn't think she was 'hot' enough," says writer Paul Jackson. "Another smart network move, yes? She was a great character and we had just started to think about her return (obviously she was coming back!) when they told us to forget it.
"We had foreseen as many as two more eps with her: one where she returns and confronts Quinn head on and one where she actually changes her loyalties and dies trying to save 'herself' (Quinn). Sadly, it was never meant to be."
For the record, the staff at Earth Prime all think Zoe is hot.
The recurring character of Elston Diggs was created by Tracy Tormé as one of just many ideas he said he had coming into Season Three. The original concept of the character was to have him as a bartender who blended into whatever kind of lifestyle was evident on any given world. "I think his name originally was Elton Diggs and we had to change it because there was somebody actually living in L.A. with that name," he says. "So he became Elston Diggs, and the idea was to create a sort of chameleon character who was going to appear in this bar that we had as a standing set and he was different on every world."
The futuristic Golden Gate Bridge and the bullet train that travels through it, which gave Rembrandt the ride of his life, was designed, modeled, and animated by Larry Bowman.
While originally intended as the third season opener, this episode was pushed to air second after Rules of the Game.
Rumor has it that the character Logan St. Clair is named after the Sliders production office St. Clare Entertainment.
Guest Stars
Zoe McLellan as Logan St. Clair
Mari Morrow as Monique
Lester Barrie1 as Elston Diggs
Michael Bryan French as Adrian Fayne
Diana Castle as Mrs. Arturo
Co-Starring
Charles Noland as Desk Clerk
Skip Stellrecht as Guard #1
Michael Marich as Guard #2
David L. Nelson as Michael
Warren Sweeney as [Geomash] Vendor
Michael A. Krawic as [Train] Hobo
Kris Iyer as Maitre D'
Gerry del Sol as [Train] Passenger
Monte Perlin2 as Motorcycle Guard
Uncredited:
The actress who plays the disgusted woman in the cab tram as the Sliders escape the motorcycle guards
The actress who plays the blonde hotel bell hop.
Lester Barrie also appears as Diggs in The Dream Masters, Desert Storm, Dragonslide, Murder Most Foul and The Breeder.
Monte Perlin returns as a Kromagg Guard in Genesis.
Written by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
Production # K1801
Network # SL-301
Directed by Richard Compton
Music by Stephen Graziano
Edited by Michael B. Hoggan, A.C.E.
Previously: The Young and the Relentless
Next: Rules of the Game
"Double Cross" is an incredible hour of television that proves Sliders can balance believable antagonists, interesting plot twists, cool character moments, and action adventure when the need arises. If FOX is mandating more running, jumping, and explosions, I can certainly get behind it when this is the end result.
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Logline
On a world that redefines urban sprawl, the Sliders befriend a beautiful woman who has the technology to send them home... but for a price.
Timer Status
Oops! Kiss cold, foggy mornings goodbye — the Sliders are heading for Los Angeles. Thanks to Prototronics, the timer's laser gyro has been swapped with a whispering gallery gyro, extending its radius from two to 400 miles.


Bloc 11 turned one the year that Diesel turned nine. These two stores, to me, are living, breathing creatures that have shaped my life for the past decade. In ten years, we have employed hundreds, served thousands, and hopefully enriched the life of at least one.
Everything significant in my life has come from these stores and the people I have had the good fortune to meet along the way.
This blog is my way of communicating with everyone who helps to make Diesel and Bloc unique places and homes for us all.


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Жерар Кристоф Мишель Дюрок (правильнее Жеро Кристоф Мишель Дюрок, ; , Понт-а-Муссон — , Маркерсдорф) — французский военный и государственный деятель, дипломат, дивизионный генерал (1803 год), герцог (1808 год), участник революционных и наполеоновских войн. Имя генерала выбито на Триумфальной арке в Париже.

Биография

Родился в дворянской семье. С февраля 1789 года кадет военной школы в Понт-а-Муссоне. 1 февраля 1792 года поступил на военную службу сублейтенантом артиллерийской школы в Шалоне. 1 июля получил чин второго лейтенанта 4-го артиллерийского полка. Но уже 22 июля вышел в отставку. В том же году, из-за своего дворянского происхождения, был вынужден эмигрировать, но в следующем году вернулся.

В 1793—1798 годах служил в Итальянской армии. Во время осады Тулона обратил на себя внимание Наполеона Бонапарта и вскоре стал его адъютантом и одним из самых близких к нему людей. Участвовал в Первой Итальянской и Египетской кампаниях Наполеона. С 15 февраля 1798 года командир батальона.  Был ранен во время осады Акры и в сражении при Абукире. Вместе с Наполеоном вернулся во Францию. 17 октября 1799 года назначен первым адъютантом генерала Бонапарта. Участвовал в перевороте 18 брюмера.

27 ноября 1799 года направлен с дипломатической миссией в Дюссельдорф и Берлин. С 14 марта 1800 года командир 3-й конно-егерской бригады. Участвовал во Второй Итальянской кампании, отличился в битве при Маренго. В 1801 в качестве уполномоченного Первого консула посетил прусский, русский, шведский и датский дворы. Везде был очень хорошо принят, особенно благосклонно к нему отнесся русский император Александр I. После возвращения во Францию, за выдающиеся дипломатические заслуги, Наполеон 13 октября того же года присвоил ему чин дивизионного генерала, 20 ноября назначил комендантом дворца Тюильри. После провозглашения империи, 14 июля 1804 года назначен великим офицером, а 2 февраля 1805 года — гранд-маршалом (обер-гофмаршалом) Императорского двора.

Сопровождал императора во время кампаний 1805 и 1806—1807 годов. В начале 1805 года направлен в Берлин, где добился важного для Франции нейтралитета Пруссии. Отличился в сражении при Аустерлице, где после ранения генерала Удино принял командование над гренадерским корпусом. В 1806 году заключил договор с Пруссией, Саксонией и германскими князьями, а в 1807 году подписал перемирие, предшествовавшее Тильзитскому миру.

Осенью 1808 года сопровождал императора на Эрфуртском конгрессе. 18 ноября удостоен титула герцог Фриульский. В 1808—1809 годах участвовал в испанской и австрийской кампаниях. Участвовал в сражениях при Эсслинге, Ваграме и Цнайме. Позже возглавил личную секретную полицию императора.

Сопровождал Наполеона в походе на Россию в 1812 году. В 1813 принимал активнейшее участие в формировании пополнений для армии, руководил воссозданием Императорской гвардии. С 5 апреля того же года стал сенатором.

Убит прямым попаданием ядра через день после сражения при Бауцене у города Маркерсдорф, когда в составе свиты Наполеона наблюдал за арьергардным боем отступающей русско-прусской армии. На поставленном на месте гибели памятнике Наполеон приказал написать:Здесь генерал Дюрок умер на руках своего императора и своего друга.

Похоронен в Доме инвалидов в Париже. Его имя высечено под Триумфальной аркой в Париже.

Когда Наполеон после Ста дней планировал уехать в Англию в качестве частного лица, он выбрал себе фамилию Дюрок.

Воинские звания
 Лейтенант (1 июня 1793 года);
 Капитан (21 ноября 1794 года);
 Полковник штаба (2 июня 1797 года);
 Командир батальон (15 ноября 1798 года);
 Полковник (13 марта 1799 года);
 Бригадный генерал (13 октября 1801 года);
 Дивизионный генерал (27 августа 1803 года).

Титулы

 Герцог Фриульский (; декрет от 19 марта 1808 года, патент подтверждён 14 ноября 1808 года).

Образ в кино
 «» (немой,Германия, 1920) В роли Дюрока актёр
 «» (немой, США, 1925) — актёр
 «» (Франция, 1941) — актёр Тони Мурси
 Наполеон: путь к вершине (Франция, Италия, 1955). В роли Дюрока — актёр
 «Битва при Аустерлице» (Франция, Италия, Югославия, 1960) — актёр
 «» (США, 1937). В роли Дюрока — актёр
 «Марыся и Наполеон» (Польша, 1966) — актёр Игнаций Маховский

Примечания

Ссылки

 Залесский К. А. Наполеоновские войны 1799—1815. Биографический энциклопедический словарь. — М.: АСТ; Астрель, 2003. — ISBN 5-17-016115-8 ; 5-271-05416-0

Французские дивизионные генералы Революционных и Наполеоновских войн
Адъютанты Наполеона
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Великие офицеры империи
Дипломаты Франции
Имена, высеченные под Триумфальной аркой (Париж)
Члены Охранительного сената
Похороненные в соборе Святого Людовика Дома Инвалидов
Участники сражения при Аустерлице
Участники сражения при Лютцене
Участники сражения при Бауцене

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Departure Date: 15th April 2019
With this unique 8 day tour, you will cruise along the River Danube on a luxury 5 star ship. You will take in the wonderful landscape, while enjoying the musical delights of Russell Watson.
Once described as a performer who sings like Pavarotti and entertains the audience like Sinatra, Russell Watson began his career in the unlikely role of a factory worker making nuts and bolts, before entering and winning the local radio talent show that propelled him to stardom. Now the UK's best-selling classical artist, Russell's debut album "The Voice" spent 52 weeks at number one in the UK charts. Having released a further nine albums, Russell has also performed for notable dignitaries including the Queen and Prince Charles.
Now you can discover Russell's story and enjoy an exclusive performance with the man himself, on this brand new eight-day river cruise. Sailing from Budapest, you will discover the delights of the Hungarian capital before venturing on to Vienna via Esztergom, Bratislava, Dürnstein, Melk and Salzburg, before joining Russell in the Austrian capital. The ideal personality with whom to experience the region, which is renowned for its musical heritage, Russell will perform his greatest hits during a delightful private performance aboard the ship in Vienna. You will also have the opportunity to enjoy one-to-one time with the tenor and hear stories from his career during a meet-and-greet event and a CD signing.
With seven nights aboard the MS Thomas Hardy luxury river ship and the chance to explore Linz, this is a special opportunity to enjoy time with one of the UK's favourite recording artists, in one of Europe's most significant musical regions.
Day 1: Arrival in Budapest
Fly to Budapest and transfer to your river ship. Enjoy a welcome dinner aboard after time to explore the ship and its facilities. Overnight cruise to Esztergom.
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Discover Esztergom, one of Hungary's oldest towns, a royal capital during medieval times and today the seat of the country's archbishop. See Esztergom castle, the former seat of the government. Take lunch aboard and discover the towns and villages of Hungary on one river bank and of Slovakia on the other, as you sail onwards to Bratislava. Enjoy a welcome dinner tonight.
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Explore Slovakia's fast-emerging capital city, Bratislava, on a guided tour and discover its beautifully restored Old Town and 17th-century castle. This afternoon cruise into bucolic Lower Austria, home to some of the countrys best wines. Admire the passing scenery as we sail towards Dürnstein during dinner.
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Discover Dürnstein, known for the ice-blue tower of its abbey and the castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in 1192, after being shipwrecked on his return from the crusades. After lunch, visit the remarkable Melk Abbey, which has been a monastic school and monastery since the 11th century. Return to the ship for dinner and sail through the scenic Nibelungengau region, which was immortalised in the music and compositions of Wagner.
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Sometimes the best way to learn about something new is to dive in headfirst.
That's what Tim and Liz Young did when they jumped off the corporate ladder to start a 76-acre sustainable farm in Elbert County. Now, instead of fighting city traffic to buy a frozen slab of bacon trucked thousands of miles to a grocery store, they provide customers throughout Georgia fresh eggs and farm-raised meat.
"We didn't like the fact that we didn't know where our food was coming from," said Tim Young, who owns Nature's Harmony Farm.
Clay Talton, the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension coordinator in Elberton, enjoys learning to farm naturally along with the Youngs. He comes from a traditional agricultural and animal science background. When the Youngs call him with a question, it's his job to think outside the conventional farming box.
From forages to animal care, Talton is a resource for the farm family. He helped Young find poultry litter for fertilizer, develop a forage plan and build up organic matter in his soil.
When Nature's Harmony animals have sore mouth or layer hen problems, Talton helps Young figure out how to treat them without using antibiotics.
It's challenging at times for Talton, who was used to teaching conventional farming methods. "We're just dipping into new ways of sustainable farming," he said.
Sometimes he needs assistance from colleagues like Julia Gaskin, UGA's sustainable agriculture coordinator. She helped him determine how much fertilizer Young's chickens add to the land each day from their manure.
The Youngs' farm is one of many environmental, economic and community sustainable farms popping up across Georgia. For these farms to thrive, they often rely on each other, but, like conventional farms, they also need science-based expertise, Gaskin said.
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People often confuse sustainable agriculture with environmentally-friendly farming.
The Youngs' aim to make a profit from meat and egg sales while trying to mimic nature. To help their profit ratio, Nature's Harmony Farm developed one of the first meat CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) in Georgia earlier this year.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—In January, life-sciences company Arbor Biotechnologies shared a range of developments, including a multiyear strategic research collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the discovery of multiple new type V CRISPR-Cas systems, the latter of which was published in Science. Arbor reported that among the newly discovered systems is Cas12g, now the smallest known RNA-targeting CRISPR enzyme, as well as Cas12h and Cas12i. Cas12g has demonstrated several characteristics that could improve RNA editing, RNA therapeutics and diagnostic detection. In addition, Arbor also expanded its board of directors with the addition of Paul Meister, who is CEO of Liberty Lane Partners and previously held the positions of president of MacAndrews & Forbes Inc., CEO of inVentiv Health (Syneos Health) and chairman of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.


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LACONIA, N.H. — Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been indicted in New Hampshire on a charge of cocaine possession.
New England Patriots' Patrick Chung lifts the trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
A Belknap County grand jury indicted the 32-year-old Chung on Aug. 8. Authorities said Chung knowingly possessed cocaine on June 25 while in Meredith.
Chung's arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 28.
Chung has played for the Patriots for nine of his 10 NFL seasons, winning three Super Bowls.
The Laconia Sun reports town records show that Chung owns a lakeside residence in Meredith.
It wasn't immediately known if Chung has an attorney who can speak on his behalf. The court file doesn't list one.
The Associated Press left a message seeking comment with the Patriots' director of media relations. A voice message for Chung's agent said the mailbox was full.
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On the day of your rhinoplasty surgery, you may be nervous. This is normal. Thankfully, there are a number of steps you can do to ease your concerns and properly prepare yourself for the experience. The most important thing is to follow your surgeon's pre-operative guidelines and voice any concerns you may have.
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Do not drink or eat anything, including water, after midnight the night before your rhinoplasty surgery.
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After your surgery you may feel weak and groggy. This is entirely normal.
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Drink liquids. It is important to stay hydrated as you may not be able to keep solid foods down.
Sleep with your head elevated (above your heart). Use propped pillows to offer your head and back adequate support.
What do I need to do to prepare for the day of surgery?
There are a number of steps you need to take to prepare for surgery. The most important are to stop taking certain medications, stop smoking if you are a smoker, arrange for a ride home from the operating facility and get your prescriptions filled. For a complete list, see our section above on this topic.
Is it possible that I will wake up during surgery?
No, you will be under general anesthesia, so you will not wake up until after the procedure. Although other forms of anesthesia are available for rhinoplasty, most surgeons believe that they are inadvisable and far inferior to general anesthesia. Speak with your surgeon for more information.
Most rhinoplasty procedures take about an hour and a half to two hours. Revision rhinoplasty procedures can take up to four hours.
Can I go home after my rhinoplasty procedure?
You will need to remain at the operating facility for observation for a few hours, but after that a friend or family member can drive you home. Your surgeon will provide you with a list of instructions to follow during your recovery.


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Review of the Dispholidini, with the description of a new genus and species from Tanzania (Serpentes, Colubridae)
D.G. BROADLEY (a1) (a2) and V. WALLACH (a3)
Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Present address: Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, P.O. Box FM 730 Famona, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. email:broadley@telconet.co.zw
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. email: vwallach@oeb.harvard.edu
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2002
The tribe Dispholidini (Bourgeois 1968) is reviewed, paying particular attention to dentition and visceral anatomy. A new genus and species, Xyelodontophis uluguruensis, is described from the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania. All five genera have enlarged rear maxillary teeth. Thrasops seems to be basal, Rhamnophis shows the development of dagger-like teeth tapering from base to tip, then the other three genera appear to radiate, with Xyelodontophis having more derived dagger teeth broadest in the middle, while Dispholidus and Thelotornis seem to have independently developed enlarged grooved rear fangs.
Thrasops schmidti is recognised as a relict evolutionary species. No subspecies of Rhamnophis aethiopissa or Dispholidus typus are recognised, but the population of Dispholidus on Pemba Island probably represents an undescribed species.
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The Commission, as "guardian of the Treaties", ensures that all Member States fulfil the obligations imposed by Community Law. In this respect, infringement procedures play a crucial role in guaranteeing its effectiveness.
Infringement procedures may be initiated, whenever the Commission considers that a Member State has failed to implement EU law or has adopted a legislative measure or administrative practice incompatible with it.
Infringement procedures can be commenced by the sole Commission at its own initiative, following complaints from businesses or on basis of a questioning to the EU Parliament.
Over the past years, several procedures and other legal actions have been undertaken against Italy. However, the situation has considerably improved lately thanks to the commitment of a special Task Force established within the Department for European Policies with the double task of preventing new EU procedures and strengthening national efforts for the settlement of pending litigations.
Where it detects a failure to comply with Community law, the Commission sends a letter of formal notice requesting further information to the country concerned, which must send a detailed reply within 2 months.
The legal action may be taken against any Member State as such, regardless of the infringer being a constitutional organism, a judicial authority, a local body or a private party. Where the Member State fails to respond to the request or where the observations submitted are considered insufficient, the Commission may issue a reasoned opinion where it formally states that the country is breaching the EU law. It also allows the Member State an additional period within which to comply. In case of persisting non-compliance, the Commission refers the matter to the EU Court of Justice under Article 259(2) TFEU.
The pre-litigation phase ends when the Commission officially takes the matter to the Court, which will then deliver a binding judgement.
In case of ascertained breaching of EU law by the Court, national authorities must take action to comply with the Court's judgment and terminate the breach. If they do not so by modifying, withdrawing or introducing a provision, transposing a specific Directive or changing an administrative practice, the Commission may launch a new procedure under Article 260 TFEU. This new legal action must also go through the full pre-litigation and litigation process.
The Lisbon Treaty (1 December 2009) has introduced a reform of the infringement procedure. In particular, the process has been simplified for the cases of misapplication of EU legislation under Article 260(2) TFEU. This means that if a Member State fails to comply with a judgement of the EU Court of Justice in accordance with Article 258 TFEU and does not provide detailed observations in reply to the letter of formal notice, the Commission may ask the Court to impose financial penalties without launching a new infringement procedure.
In its judgement of 12 July 2005 in case C-304/02, Commission vs. French Republic, the Court of Justice of the EU has clarified that the Commission can impose both the lump sum and the daily penalty upon a particularly serious and persistent breach of Community law.
The Lisbon Treaty has also made substantial changes to the financial penalties charged in case of inadequate transposition of EU Directives. For instance, if a Member State fails to communicate such transposition, under Article 260(3) TFEU the Commission may ask the Court to impose financial penalties within the same procedure for non-compliance without initiating new proceedings.
The College of European Commissioners is responsible for the opening, closure or aggravation of an infringement procedure, which are discussed in monthly sessions. The College may decide to close a procedure, when a Member State complies with the Commission's requests or provides it with satisfactory observations.
The closure of an infringement procedure is only stipulated during regular monthly sessions, while a procedure's opening may be decided at any other session the College. For instance, infringement procedures for failure to transpose EU Directives are automatically opened at any of the first College meetings following the deadline for transposition into national law. Once the litigation phase is initiated, the Commission may decide to discontinue the ongoing procedure if it deems that the Member State concerned has rectified the violation of EU law.
 The lump sum is to be paid even if the violation has been rectified in the course of the trial, while the daily penalty is imposed only in case of persisting breach of EU law and is calculated on a daily basis from the date of the Court's judgement.


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Ingreso è nato ad Amburgo da padre filippino, originario della provincia di Cavite, e madre tedesca.

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Club
Nel dicembre 2015 si trasferisce nella United Football League delle Filippine, firmando un contratto con il Ceres.

Nazionale
Pur avendo vestito in passato la maglia delle nazionali giovanili tedesche, nel giugno 2015 ha accettato la convocazione nella nazionale delle , paese di origine del padre, per le partite delle qualificazioni ai Mondiali del 2018 contro il Bahrain e lo Yemen. Rimasto in panchina nella prima partita, ha compiuto il suo debutto il 16 giugno nella vittoria per 2-0 contro lo Yemen, subentrando a Iain Ramsay nell'ultimo minuto di gioco.

Ha segnato la sua prima rete con la maglia degli Azkals il 6 settembre 2016, in occasione dell'amichevole contro il Kirghizistan vinta con il punteggio di 2-1.

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Cronologia presenze e reti in nazionale

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There has always been a difference between albums that are about heartbreak and albums that are actually heartbreaking. The albums about heartbreak are filled with songs that are about lost loves, lost causes, lost people, lost wars, lost moments, and even the artist losing themselves. The songs often leave us indifferent because we know even the most original album about heartbreak has been done before. We know that everyone has problems, we know that everyone gets heartbroken, we know that everyone gets depressed, we know everyone has a unique political stance, and we know that everyone longs for a past that they used to think was so terrible. When an artist makes an album that is simply about heartbreak, our reaction is usually just to shrug and move on to the next album about some sort of unique heartbreak. The only thing that is heartbreaking about albums about heartbreak is that they are so unoriginal that they will never even come close to breaking our hearts.
After a while I just got fed up with music about heartbreak and I wanted something that is so powerful that it was actually going to break my heart. I wanted an album with a story so depressing and detailed that every song is almost like a depressing chapter of a best selling book, I wanted an album with lyrics so well-written, depressing, and catchy that they define every facet of heartbreak while sticking to the authors story, I wanted music that actually matches the mood of the story, and I wanted an album where every song is a special experience that made me cry, smile, and think the darkest of thoughts out loud. After almost a year of searching for this album, I gave up on my dream of listening to an album so powerful that it gave me nightmares. Then one day I decided to listen to The Antlers Hospice.
Hospice is an album that is so powerful that it can actually break your heart. The first reason Hospice is a heartbreaking album is that the album has a great concept and story behind it. A lot of people believe that Hospice is a concept album about a doctor falling in love with a terminally ill patient, some people believe that Hospice is just about a man watching his lover die and not being able to do anything about it, and some other people believe that Hospice was just about a really awful dream. It is possible that all three of these explanations are correct just as it is possible that none of these explanations are correct. I am of the opinion that the exact story behind Hospice doesn't really matter. What matters is that the album has songs that aren't just about breakups, songs that aren't just about depression, and songs that are just about war. The concept of this album takes the listener to dark places that he/she has not been before. It is the story of a man who is losing the thing that matters the most to him and cannot do anything about it, it is the story of a man having to live with the regret of watching the love of his life die, it is the story of a man feeling helpless in what is supposed to be the most helpful place in the world, and it is the story of a man who is losing everything at the sight of a lost heartbeat. While other albums might be about things that are a tad depressing, Hospice revolves around a concept that must people cringe and weep at the thought of. Hospice is a short novel with an inevitable ending, it is a ten song cry for help that only we can hear, and it is something that is so heartbreaking that it is beautiful. Hospice may have a morbid and depressing concept but it is an album for anyone who is heartbroken: each song can be an anthem for a person who just lost a loved one, someone who wants to fall in love, someone who is at war with their emotions, and someone who just wants to sleep. The brilliance of Hospice is that it is based on a concept that is so morbid and suffocating that it ends up being the perfect album for anyone who is struggling with something that is beyond their control.
Just about anyone can have a good idea. What makes the person with a good idea a good writer is being able to put the brilliance of that idea in words. If Hospice just had depressing lyric after depressing lyric then it would just be a dreary ten song experience. One of the reasons that Hospice is such a heartbreaking story is that its narration (its lyrics) are depressing and filled with symbolism. Just about every song on Hospice has a set of brilliant lyrics: on "Kettering" Silbermann mumbles that "I should of quit but instead I took care of you,"on "Sylvia" he screams "Sylvia get your head out of the oven!" on "Atrophy" he whispers "in your dreams I'm a criminal, horrible, sleeping around/while you're awake I'm impossible, constantly letting you down," on "Bear" he sings "we're terrified of one another/and terrified of what that means," on Two he yells that "no one is gonna fix this for us no one can/no one's gonna listen no one understands," on "Shiva" he tells us how "all the machines stopped at once," on "Wake" he screams "don't ever let anyone tell you you deserve that," and on "Epilogue" he sadly sings "but now its not the cancer ward, we're sleeping in the morgue." Considering the concept of Hospice, it may be one of the great lyrical achievements of our time. Silberman's lyrics are sad but never forced, witty but never joking, quoteable yet original, and consistently brilliant in just about every song. The lyrics on Hospice are one of the main things that enables the album to be such a heartbreaking masterpiece.
The music on the album also perfectly matches the concept and the lyrics. The soft and open feel of "Kettering" make you feel like you are about to listen to a very tragic story, the distorted rock feel of "Sylvia" makes you feel like you are listening to someone lose themselves in their situation, the dark piano and distorted vocals of "Atrophy" makes you feel like Silbermann's character is in a "lose-lose" situation, the childish piano and upbeat chorus combines the innocence of new life (childhood) and the darkness of watching someone who is about to lose their life (the patient,) the abrupt whirling sound of "Thirteen" makes it sound like a quick prayer or even a desperate cry for help, the fast acoustics of "Two" make it sound like a premature Eulogy, the looping piano and slow drums of "Shiva" make you feel like the character just wants "it to be over," the piano and ghost like choir on "Wake" make it sound like Silbermann's character is finally ready to open up about all of his misery, and the acoustic harmonies of "Epilogue" make it sound like this whole thing was just a nightmare. How the sound of every song matches the complex story and the loaded lyrics so easily is almost beyond comprehension.
But Hospice itself is an album that has always been beyond my comprehension. It is an album to cry to yet marvel at, it is an album that is heartbreaking yet brilliant, it is an album that has ten great songs that essentially revolve around one struggle, it is an album that is really more of a best selling novel, it is a love story that is really more of a bad dream, and it is one of the only things in a world suffering and strife that can make me weep. Usually we define heartbreak as a lost love, a lost self, a lost feeling, or a lost war. These themes are so played out though that we shrug at their very scent. With Hospice The Antlers prove that you need only one thing to make a heartbreaking album: originality.
1. Prologue
2. Kettering
3. Sylvia
4. Atrophy
5. Bear
6. Thirteen
7. Two
8. Shiva
9. Wake
10. Epilogue
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Carlos Aparicio March 23, 2013 at 2:39 AM
Great review - best one I have read and I have read quite a few. Hospice still haunts me.


God does not say that he is giving grace to man on the basis of man's repentance; He says that he is doing it because man was "deceived" by another; but surely the angels who followed Satan in the war were deceived into thinking that Satan could win, that God was a tyrant, that the Son was promoted for no reason, etc.  They are not "self-deceived."  And, as I said, the issue of repentance is not mentioned in the speech in which God declares that man shall "find grace."  What is mentioned is free will, and the respect thereof.
10<http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-10.htm>Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 11<http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-11.htm>Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 12<http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-12.htm>Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 13<http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-13.htm>When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 14<http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-14.htm>Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 15<http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-15.htm>If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16<http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-16.htm>None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.


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Middlewich Show preview to be held
A COUPLE are opening their Middlewich garden to the public on Saturday, June 12.
Middlewich Show organisers John and Jenny Carver are inviting residents to view their prize garden at 3 King Street, from 2pm.
Last year, more than 100 people visited and helped to raise money for the Middlewich Show, which takes place at the Civic Hall at Civic Way on Saturday, September 11.
There will also be flower arranging demonstrations from 3pm, and games for children.
John, who is chairman of the show, said: "It takes around £1,000 to run the show, so all donations are appreciated.
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Rita Kirstová, rozená Rita Schmidtová (* 21. října 1950 Großgrimma, Sasko-Anhaltsko) je bývalá východoněmecká atletka, trojnásobná halová mistryně Evropy ve skoku do výšky.

Sportovní kariéra
V roce 1968 získala zlatou medaili na evropských halových hrách (od roku 1970 halové mistrovství Evropy) v Madridu. V témže roce reprezentovala poprvé na Letních olympijských hrách, které se konaly v mexickém hlavním městě Ciudad de México. Umístila se zde na pátém místě, když překonala na druhý pokus 178 cm. Na této olympiádě mělo Československo ve finále tři výškařky, když na šestém místě byla Mária Mračnová, čtvrtá Jaroslava Valentová a olympijské zlato získala za 182 cm Miloslava Rezková.

O rok později získala druhé zlato na EHH v Bělehradu a skončila těsně pod stupni vítězů, čtvrtá na mistrovství Evropy v Athénách. Z prvního ročníku halového mistrovství Evropy ve Vídni 1970 si odvezla bronzovou medaili. V roce 1971 na evropském šampionátu v Helsinkách skončila podruhé na čtvrtém místě. V následujícím roce se stala ve francouzském Grenoblu halovou mistryní Evropy, když jako první výškařka v hale překonala hranici 190 cm. Na Letních olympijských hrách v Mnichově 1972 zdolala 185 cm, což ve třiadvacetičlenném finále stačilo na páté místo.

Z halového mistrovství Evropy v Göteborgu 1974 si odvezla stejně jako z Vídně bronz. V témže roce se konalo mistrovství Evropy v Římě, kde překonala laťku ve výšce 189 cm, avšak potřetí za sebou skončila na tomto šampionátu čtvrtá. V roce 1976 reprezentovala na olympiádě v Montrealu, kde však neprošla sítem kvalifikace.

Osobní rekordy
 hala – 192 cm – 17. února 1974, Sofie
 venku – 189 cm – 8. září 1974, Řím

Osobní život
V listopadu roku 1972 se provdala za desetibojaře Joachima Kirsta, který se stal v roce 1969 a 1971 mistrem Evropy. Jeho bratr, výškař Edgar Kirst se mj. v roce 1976 oženil s výškařkou Juttou Krautwurstovou, která na Letních olympijských hrách 1980 v Moskvě získala bronzovou medaili.

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Top 10 waiver wire Week 11 pickups
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Week 11 is in the books, and fantasy owners were treated to another chapter of this unpredictable fantasy season.
C.J. Beathard was the third-highest scoring quarterback on Sunday. Austin Ekeler scored two touchdowns. Dak Prescott failed to eclipse 200 yards passing and didn't throw a touchdown. Antonio Brown logged just three catches. The fickle nature of fantasy football has been on full display in 2017.
Last week, we recommended adding Robert Woods (171 yards and two TDs), Marqise Lee (55 yards and a TD), Jared Goff (355 yards and three TDs) and Robby Anderson (85 yards and a TD). We also recommended Tyler Kroft (one catch for four yards).
Fantasy football is not an exact science, but it's the job of each fantasy owner to digest the information each week and make their best assessment of which players have value going forward. Here are the Top 10 waiver wire pickups for Week 11:
10. Case Keenum
Case Keenum was not remotely on the fantasy radar heading into the 2017 NFL season. In fact, he's probably never been on the fantasy radar at any point in his professional career. There are not many NFL fans outside of the state of Minnesota that knew what team Keenum was even on heading into this season. Well, here we are, and Keenum makes this week's waiver wire pickups list.
The Minnesota quarterback was thrust into the starting role weeks ago with Sam Bradford dealing with knee issues, and he's tightened his grasp on the gig despite Teddy Bridgewater's recent return to the sideline. Head coach Mike Zimmer hasn't fully committed to Keenum as the long-term starter, but the Vikings have won five straight, and coaches are usually reluctant to make a change when the team is racking up victories.
Keenum is not the kind of guy that you really want to start every week, but he's definitely proven serviceable in a pinch. Sunday marked his best performance of the year, as the Houston product torched the Washington Redskins to the tune of 304 yards and four touchdowns. Those are not numbers to expect from Keenum on a weekly basis, but quarterback-needy fantasy owners should consider him. He plays in a pretty conservative offense but also has the potential for big fantasy days, as indicated by Sunday's performance.
Ideally, you'd have Keenum and another quarterback to work with if you're a former Aaron Rodgers or Deshaun Watson owner. Keenum is the kind of QB option to consider in matchups against porous secondaries and weak pass rushes. He has some nice weapons in Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen and Kyle Rudolph, and running back Jerick McKinnon has proven to be a solid pass-catcher out of the backfield.
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On Friday, Oct. 5, after a bitter national debate about men, women along with also sexual assault, the Senate voted to advance the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. which day was also the one-year anniversary of the brand new York Times article which helped topple Harvey Weinstein, igniting a sustained, worldwide storm over men, women along with also abuse. Here's what else happened which day: The latest edition of "A Star can be Born" opened, wowing critics along with also audiences with yet another, more palatable story about men, women, the power of a woman's voice along with also the drama of a man's sacrifice.
which can be the third remake of "A Star can be Born," nevertheless just the latest iteration of a story which Hollywood can't stop telling. In which take, Bradley Cooper stars as Jack, a country-rock musician, along with also Lady Gaga plays Ally, a struggling singer-composer. They meet in a drag club where she's belting out "La Vie en Rose." They spark, along with also soon he's taking her on the road with him, guiding her toward a fame which she eagerly embraces. She soars while he falls, succumbing, at least ostensibly, to his addictions.
Like the three earlier films also titled "A Star can be Born" — along with also like the story's 1932 archetype, "What cost Hollywood?" — which edition ebbs along with also flows with emotions along with also melodrama. along with also, just like the various other "Star" films, which one turns on a mythos which has endured across much of the 20th century along with also into the 21st, one which suggests which female success can be a zero sum game which comes at a man's expense. along with also not just expense, his life: Like the husbands in every "A Star can be Born," Jack kills himself to ensure which his wife can continue to embrace her greatness, which here means her authentic self. Jack dies on the altar of Ally's talent along with also in sacrificing himself becomes an eternally perfect love.
Stories of sacrifice, literal along with also metaphoric, run throughout human history, so of course they have long been reliable cinematic fodder. Melodrama teams with maternal martyrs, nevertheless in which male-dominated industry many sacrifice stories involve men forfeiting their lives for family, war, a wagon train, a hapless village. Sacrifices come in different hues — purgative, nihilistic — nevertheless some of the most memorable involve a greater love in which characters selflessly lay down their lives for others. from the various versions of "A Star can be Born," the husband assumes which victim role, a figure which Cooper — who also directed — exalts by turning a romantic melodrama into a male weepie.
In remake terms, Cooper's edition hews closest to the 1976 "A Star can be Born," which can be largely a valentine to Barbra Streisand starring Barbra Streisand with Kris Kristofferson's bare chest playing backup. Cooper's rather more carefully balanced movie can be mostly about Jack along with also Ally until the idea's mostly about Jack — his pain, attempted recovery, continued suffering along with also culminating moment of grace. from the second half of the movie, the emotions flow through the deep well of his agony. along with also, like the audience, Ally weeps because Jack suffers along with also because she knows (as we know), despite everything, how beautiful he can be, a view the movie sanctions which has a shrewd, devastating final flashback.
At which point, Ally has begun eulogizing Jack in high style, singing his love song in a gown with an orchestra in a scene which feels like a rebuke to her pop celebrity. currently, though, Cooper goes in for the emotional kill, cutting to Jack along with also Ally alone in their woodsy idyll, a paradise which's worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama. Jack can be playing which same song while a teary, adoring Ally stands next to him. The staging conveys a sense of mortal love in exalted communion with divine death. By inserting which flashback mid-eulogy, you understand which which can be how Ally will remember Jack — a martyr washed clean by her love along with also tears — along with also how you, too, are meant to remember him.
All four "Star" movies end from the present on an image of the widow before a crowd. Two of the women identify themselves by their married names ("which can be Mrs. Norman Maine"); Streisand sings one of the husband's songs ("Are you watching me currently?"), the camera holding on her. from the earlier films, the focus can be on the woman, who honors her husband while facing her future alone. By inserting the flashback of Jack along with also Ally at the end of his movie, Cooper reaffirms the primacy of the couple: Jack may be dead, nevertheless he's with Ally forever. the idea's a nice morbidly romantic flourish nevertheless also a glorifying fantasy about Jack given which Ally's talent had insured she moved past him long ago.
which shift through the female survivor to the consecration of the heterosexual couple — along with also of male suffering — can be among Cooper's significant adjustments. along with also why not? the idea's his movie, along with also he'll cry if he wants to. I imagine the shift to the drama of male sacrifice also has to do with contemporary ideas about masculinity (ideally sensitive yet strong) along with also the therapeutic imperative in American cinema which insists characters have not only problems nevertheless also psychological profiles. Jack can't just drink, like the men from the various other films. He drinks for cause: because of his alcoholic father, his complicated relationship with his brother (Sam Elliott) along with also which lost paradise of Jack's own artistic integrity.
In emphasizing male pain, Cooper throws off the narrative balance a bit, although Lady Gaga evens the idea out with the force of her voice. (Also: Ally lives.) Despite these tweaks, Cooper remains surprisingly faithful to the "Star" template, which he doesn't subvert. which's striking because, for all its romanticism, the movie reads as a pessimistic take on heterosexual romantic relationships. Here, lasting equality between a man along with also a woman in love — artists from the same field — isn't just difficult, the idea actually kills the guy. So maybe which's why "A Star can be Born" has been an evergreen fantasy in Hollywood, which has historically shafted women, forfeiting their careers, their lives.
All of the earlier versions of "A Star can be Born" emerged in periods of fraught gender negotiation (then again, when isn't gender fraught?). The prototype, "What cost Hollywood?," was released in 1932, the year which the Depression figure of "the forgotten man" became an emblem of which crisis. Women were accused of stealing jobs through men, one reason perhaps which both "What cost" along with also the 1937 "A Star can be Born," with their ascendant female stars, touched a Depression nerve. The 1954 film was released in a decade of strict gender conformity; the 1976 remake speaks to Streisand's own second-wave feminism. So what can be the inner agenda of a nation from the brand new one?
Cooper's edition wrapped production in June 2017, months before the Weinstein investigations broke. To call the idea a #MeToo movie could be a stretch, although the idea can be self-consciously woke to a point. Early on, Ally stamps her feet while spitting out the word "Men!" (We hear you, sister!) along with also Cooper treats her along with also Jack as equals, at least while she's on tour with him along with also playing with his band. which romantic-artistic union brings them happiness along with also helps Jack flourish. nevertheless everything adjustments after Ally finds a manager, dyes her hair along with also starts churning out her own pop hits, a metamorphosis which he greets in one scene by turning his back on her along with also pouring a drink as she's performing.
can be he jealous, disgusted, depressed, all of the above? Cooper smartly lets you decide along with also then sends Jack spiraling toward oblivion, a downward trajectory which consumes the second half of the movie. which can be where which edition loosened its grip on me — all which male suffering, abusive back story along with also choked-up aggrandizing agony. I wept, of course. I'm a pushover for sob stories, for teary tales of sacrifice along with also broken hearts, even when those stories stir up both intense emotions along with also skepticism about those flooding feelings. So, I sniffled along with also succumbed while also wondering at the epic durability of the spectacle of male sacrifice.
The drama of male sacrifice continues to pump emotion along with also the highest of stakes into some of the most favorite mainstream movies, too, including the "Star Wars" franchise along with also assorted comic-book adaptations. In some, which drama falls along traditional, at times patently retrograde gender lines with men putting their lives on the line — in war, on the frontier, on the street — to protect women along with also children at the home front. ("Star Wars" has recently played with which archetype.) which division has of course long bound women to men, generating them dependent along with also turning them into life's supporting players, gazing out at a world where men make stories along with also history.
the idea's no wonder which the tragic romance from the brand new "A Star can be Born" speaks to so many of us, whether we like the idea or not. The movie invites you to celebrate Ally's triumph along with also mourn Jack's fall, to argue about her agency along with also his authenticity, along with also to take issue with its narrative conventions along with also gender stereotypes all while you're sobbing into your Kleenex. Its contradictions are our contradictions. which's crucial both to the movie's pleasures along with also its power: We recognize its trauma along with also tears because they're so familiar, personal along with also deeply embedded in traditional heterosexual relations, as we are reminded by how successfully the drama of male sacrifice plays even from the era of #MeToo.