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Lead-free avgas STC—a historical preview?
The FAA has granted an STC to GAMI allowing use of its new lead-free avgas formulation in all piston engines. That seems like a slam dunk win for lead-free fuel, something that has eluded general aviation for decades.
But there is at least one precedent of how an STC for a vital piston engine fluid can go wrong.
In the early 1980s the general aviation business was flat on its back. Deliveries of new airplanes had plunged from nearly 18,000 in 1979 to a handful in just two or three years. All the major piston airplane makers went bankrupt, or changed ownership, or both. Add to that interest rates topping 18 percent and one of the deepest recessions in many years, and one can understand how the entire GA industry was on the ropes.
Believe it or not, multi-weight oil was once scorned by the FAA.
Phillips Petroleum was, however, one of a handful of companies still working to improve piston engine flying. In the mid-1970s Phillips created the first successful multi-weight airplane piston engine oil, named Cross Country oil, or X/C for short.
Phillips had pioneered development of a multi-weight oil for diesel engines and determined the same chemical technology that held up to the high lubricating stress of a diesel would also perform in the harsh conditions of an air-cooled piston engine.
Cessna was the first X/C customer for use its newly manufactured airplanes. Often an airplane would be rolled out of the factory and complete its production test flights in one season—hot or cold weather—but not be flown away by the dealer or new owner before the weather changed. That meant the airplane had the wrong oil in the crankcase. Either lightweight oil if it was manufactured in winter, or heavy oil in the summer. The new X/C solved that problem.
Pilots who traveled in their piston airplanes had the same issue. For us in the Northeast, a winter trip to warm southern climes meant departing with lightweight winter oil in the engine that would be running out everywhere like water at the warm destination. X/C was the answer.
The Phillips chemical engineers soon realized that they could make a real anti-wear "package" to add to X/C that would, for the first time in an airplane engine, provide the type of wear protection that makes the 100,000 and many more mile auto engine durability routine.
The key to anti-wear lubrication is microscopic metal particles. Exactly how these bits of metal greatly reduce friction and wear between moving metal parts is beyond me. But those additives scare the bejabbers out of aircraft piston engine traditionalists. The reason for fear is that the minute metallic components of the oil could cling to parts of the combustion chamber where they heat up and cause preignition, which can quickly be fatal to any piston engine.
But Phillips engineers were confident their anti-wear package would not create any threat of preignition, but would, for the first time, actually reduce wear and extend air-cooled piston engine life. The problem was that under standard FAA practice only engine manufacturers can approve lubricants, and fuels for that matter, in their engines. But Continental and Lycoming were almost out of business and they didn't have the staff or resources left to test the new X/C II and approve it. Phillips people told me at the time that they offered to reimburse the engine makes for the necessary testing, but no dice.
It looked like X/C II and its advanced anti-wear had no hope until somebody asked the FAA if it was possible to get an STC to use the oil. Nobody I knew had ever encountered an STC approval for an engine lubricant, but the FAA couldn't come up with a reason for why not. Sound familiar to the recent approval of the GAMI lead-free fuel?
To log the necessary hours in use beyond test cell operation Phillips made an agreement with, as I recall, the University of Illinois. At the time the Illini had a long standing, very active, and well-regarded pilot degree program.
The testing went smoothly, X/C II performed very well, and the FAA granted Phillips an STC to use the oil in essentially all piston engines.
Do you need a new 337 every time you fill up with the new stuff?
Richard Collins immediately switched to X/C II from regular X/C in his Cessna P210 and I did, too, in the Mooney 201 I owned at the time. We both had excellent experience with the oil and it began to grow in popularity among pilots. Thinking back, it now seems odd that we didn't have an STC document from Phillips certifying approval for the use of X/C II in our engines. I really didn't think about.
But an FAA principal operations inspector (POI) in Kansas City did think about it. He demanded that a charter operator under his jurisdiction include the X/C II STC paperwork in their aircraft maintenance records and file a Form 337 as would be done for any modification under STC. That was doable.
What wasn't workable is that this inspector, based on standard practice anytime a modification is performed under STC, required the operator to file a new Form 337 with the FAA at each oil change using X/C II. Get it? Replacing the oil was a new use of the STC. You can guess the next step. Right. A Form 337 every time a quart of X/C II was added between oil changes.
If you've had experience with the FAA you know that what people in Washington say doesn't matter. It really doesn't matter much what the leadership of the FAA Region you're in says. It's the individual FAA inspector you're dealing with that matters. Yes, you can appeal to the FSDO brass, then the Region, and maybe even to Washington about the decision by the inspector in charge of your operation, but good luck with that. And it will take about forever to resolve.
Word of the interpretation of the X/C II oil regulation quickly spread. Charter operators who are under regular and direct inspection by POIs were scared away from the oil. Maintenance shops, who are also regulated by the FAA and FSDO, became cautious about the oil. Of course the whole thing rippled down to individual airplane owners who began to wonder about the approval and how to comply.
FAA headquarters was supportive of X/C II and there was no ban on the oil or retraction of the STC approval. But since oil didn't fit into the traditional way all lubricants had been approved, the entire FAA apparatus couldn't figure out how to interpret rules that just didn't fit approval of a lubricant.
So X/C II, which held real promise for engine life improvement, died. Not because it didn't perform, but because it didn't fit.
What does this experience say about STC approval for avgas? The engine makers haven't approved the new fuel just as they didn't or couldn't approve X/C II. It seems certain any airplane operator who wants to use the new fuel will need to incorporate the STC paperwork into the airplane maintenance records. But will that be enough? The X/C II disaster was a long time ago, but have the FAA rules changed enough?
And what about engine warranties? If you use a fuel not approved by an engine manufacturer does that void the warranty? If the engine has problems do you sue the engine maker or GAMI? As screwed up as our legal system is, it does seem to me that having refused to approve use of something as basic as fuel is a decent defense by the engine maker against liability.
I had forgotten about the X/C II episode until I saw the FAA make a 180-degree turn and issue the blanket STC for all piston engines to use GAMI lead-free avgas. Then it dawned on me: this was simply passive resistance by the FAA. You want an STC for that fuel, you got it. Good luck with that.
Mac McClellan
When people ask Mac McClellan what he does for a living, he replies, "I fly airplanes and write about them. And I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world to have been able to make a career of doing what I love." Mac has been a pilot for more than 45 years, an aviation writer for more than 40 and has been lucky enough to get to fly just about every type of personal and business airplane in production from the 1970s onward. He was on the Flying Magazine staff for 35 years and editor-in-chief for 20 of those years. He has private pilot privileges in single-engine airplanes, commercial pilot in helicopters and ATP in airplanes with more than one engine. He holds several business jet type ratings and has logged more than 10,000 hours. His first airplane was a Cessna 140 and for the past 27 years he has owned a Baron 58 flying it more than 5,000 hours to cover the aviation industry. And now he is a part-time corporate pilot flying a King Air 350.
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TomC says:
I fail to see how the GAMI STC, or the X/C II STC, is any different than the tired 87 octane MOGAS STC stickers currently residing on the wings of our club's 150 and 182 aircraft.
Ron Cohen says:
Taking the lead out of fuel will ultimately prove disastrous for older engines which have rotating valves. The tetraethyl lead additive lubricates the rotating valves. All new automotive engines have non rotating valves with critical seals and clearances.
Gene says:
You are wrong. The fuel has been approved for, I believe, all engines. And quite frankly, if you are flying a relic, go get some lead additive. Why make the rest of the world wait on you stepping up? This happened back in the early 80's for boats too. People just bought a lead additive. You can fly but you can't buy an additive????Get real
I doubt that EPA will allow lead in anything, including additives, since it will still result in pollution outside of the engine itself (which is why all of the fuss over leaded fuels exists in the first place). You'd better buy a lot of additive, and store it in a very secure and secret place, and don't get caught using it!
Lead has never been proven harmful to anyone on the ground or in the air in an aviation application.
D Neuf says:
Just another left-winger bringing our country down with their foolish environmentalism. Truly their religion.
The miniscule amount of lead from a plane flying over every how often? You get real! Get your thumb out of your mouth.
Enough yappin' about this stuff. It's made, it's been approved, now let's get it into every airport selling fuel in the country. As far as I know, all manufacturers have approved it. It's stuff like this that is making America a 3rd world country. With all the advances in technology and medicine, what kind of people are keeping this obvious advancement from happening? The STC fees are ridiculous. If a manufacturer says it's approved, it's approved. So, now we have to pay a fee to repeat it???? Maybe Bi-Den can get the taxpayers to cover that too. This is a joke. People need to step up and demand action or let's fire them all.
Calm down. Did you actually read the whole article? It said that none of the engine manufacturers have approved the fuel. The rest of the article was speculative: not so much about what has or will happen as about what may happen based on something that happened 40 years ago. I'd bet that the real impediment to getting into every airport in the country will be more about FBO's being reluctant to spend the money to make the change unless the FAA or EPA forces them to. Then there's production and transportation issue. All of this takes money and businesses may be reluctant to invest in something with a limited outlook for improved returns unless they're required to do it. I'm not holding my breath.
T-Mex says:
Great idea to fire them all, but it won't ever happen. The ones making the rules are the ones in charge. They're not about to throw away their cushy tax-paid jobs to please you or me.
Guppycaptain says:
It's obviously not just a cushy tax-paid job when they go into Congress and the Senate poor, and are millionaires a few years later.
Mac MCCLELLAN says:
Hi Gene,
The problem is that approval of fuel and lubricants has been left up to the engine manufacturer throughout the history of certification. Makes sense. The engine maker's approval is then adopted by the airframe maker and becomes part of the overall type certificate. Beech, for example, determined the proper torque for a wing bolt, and Continental and Lycoming determined what fuel is appropriate for their engines. Obvious, I think. No FAA skulduggery involved at all.
So far the piston engine makers haven't approved a lead-free avgas for all of their engines, particularly high compression high power models. Not the FAA's fault.
The STC process has been used to certify use of automotive gas (mogas) in many piston engines for decades. It works for those who go the extra mile to find suitable mogas, but it reinforces the fact that FBOs simply can't afford to store and deliver a second type of avgas. Volume is everything, and avgas volume is tiny. That's why avgas is priced so much higher than jet fuel at nearly all FBOs.
My point in recalling the Phillips X/C story is simply to point out how unsatisfactory–not necessarily unsafe or unsuitable–the STC process is for certifying fuel and lubricants in any engine. Is an STC for lead-free fuel better than nothing? Maybe.
Mac Mc
Kenny P. says:
Certainly, until the fuel is widely available, few engine makers will spend the $$ testing the stuff for approval.
Hi Mac:
I appreciate your fine articles over the years. I have some questions come to mind from this one. You refer to XC but then later mention XC II. My recollection is that the original XC had some problems with something (deposits)? It was withdrawn and then XC II was introduced and has been very successful. I use it in my Baron.
Good points, however, about the certification basis and the silo effect regarding FSDO's.
Maybe I have my recollection wrong. Possibly it was XC II that was withdrawn. I remember hearing something about deposits (I don't know if that was real or imagined). No matter I have been successfully using Phillips 20W-50 for many years now.
I recall that the Mobil Oil synthetic oil was a bigger problem and it was approved by all.
FAA approvals work good, until they don't work. In past times, a person could perfectly legally use 115/145 octane fuel in a Cessna 150. I'm here to tell ya that it didn't work that great; way too much lead.
Our uncontrolled legal system and the population that supports it does have a damping effect on the development of new products.
Bob Conard says:
Your comment about flying down to southern climates with lightweight winter oil took me back about 50 years to climbing to altitude in our Beech Queen Air where the climb out would be controlled by cylinder head temperature instead of airspeed.
James T. Kirk says:
It's kinda' sad to read comments blaming Biden for the legal problems impacting every facet of our lives. Are any of you Trump lovers ever going to accept that your love-man tried to overthrow the Government of the USA? Lead-free aviation gas will be the least of your worries under a dictatorship. And, yes, I'm a veteran, an aircraft owner, and Pilot for over 50 years. I think this article should remain politically-free, but if you guys insist on polluting it with politics, Let's go!
It is a shame but politics is in everything now because a certain group gone beyond American fundamentals so it will not go away. As for me I am buying every electric extension cord I can so I can continue to fly X/C with my new electric airplane.
RD Johnson says:
I am so tempted to jump into this head first, but I will hold my breath and count to 10. Time will tell everyone the truth about this, the STCs, approvals, the future of the FAA, the EPA, and Politics. Funny how they are all (how we have allowed them to be) intertwined!
John Entwistle says:
James T Kirk, huh? Another CCP compensated troll.
Greg F. says:
Thanks for the history lesson Mac, I really enjoy your writing. I believe there is significant interest on the part of the engine manufacturers in finding and approving an unleaded fuel for the piston aircraft fleet. The environmental pressure on the entire aviation world to eliminate lead emissions from aircraft is incredible, in fact it threatens the entire industry. Look at the effort and investment being poured into electrification of light aircraft, a solution that will remain over the horizon until energy storage is improved by orders of magnitude. Unleaded fuel will enable the fleet to fly for the next 30 years until a better solution is found.
NickS says:
Who wudda ever thunk it. A 337 required for each fillup? (Ok, so…potentially) :) VERY interesting story, Mac.
Wild_Bill says:
I don't know what the big fuss is all about. The EAA was selling Autogas STC"s for decades with nary a problem. That would have worked fine too, until the whole Ethanol stupidity kicked in. It probably would have been simpler and cheaper to get non-ethanol automotive fuels and just use that original STC. But here we are, Lauding the great advances in Aviation Fuel Science… Nothing really new under the sun.
It is also entirely possible to remove the ethanol from mogas using a very easy process…
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Set in contemporary Mexico, the film presents Amelia as a happy and mischievous little girl. Her wish is to be able to stop time, because she has been diagnosed with leukemia.

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 Zoe Mora as Amelia

 Camila Sodi as Martina
 Erick Elías as Alejandro, Amelia's father
 Laura Flores as Ana, Amelia's mother
 Leonardo de Lozanne as Malaki
 Mario Arvizu as Balzac

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The Angel in the Clock premiered in theaters in Mexico on May 25, 2018.

Reception
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Mexican animated films
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...if we're gonna stay ahead of the weather
This is like part four: written in a lounge area on the University of Utah campus. Just judged some informative speeches, not judging this round. So, it's time to explain what the sticky wet dreams referred to.
First up is sticky. Really, it's stick and it's not that exciting. In fact, having just checked the transcript of the movie, it's not exciting at all. I thought I had a line wrong in the transcript. When Phil describes "the same old schtick" of the Gobbler's Knob bit, he says "the guy comes out with a big stick and raps on the door." I thought I had it wrong--something like the guys comes out and raps on the door with a big stick. Nothing major. But, I want my transcript to be as accurate as possible. The version I shared here has already undergone some changes--well, the changes were made to my annotated copy, anyway. Interestingly, I didn't misplace the stick but I did leave out the and. So, there is something to fix. But, as I already said, nothing exciting.
So, next up is wet, actually weather. It's the line I mentioned two days ago... maybe. I still harbor the secret hope that there's some other awesome or profound line that stood out on that particular viewing and will stand out again. But, anyway, the line:
We better get going if we're gonna stay ahead of the weather.
Larry says it three times, and it's arguably the ultimate detail in the god day diner scene that proves to Rita that Phil isn't lying. I noted, back when I was breaking down the screenplay structure,
Phil Dyer in his Doctor My Script blog suggests that the first few pages of a screenplay should include someone actually stating the theme of the story. He cites When Harry Met Sally when "Billy Crystal tells Meg Ryan that it's not possible for men and women to be just friends because the sex always gets in the way."
I couldn't find that line for Groundhog Day, at least not conclusively. I noted how a couple lines--"I want to spend an extra second in Punxsutawney?" and "She's fun, but not my kind of fun."--have a retrospective irony, as does "Someday somebody will see me interviewing a groundhog and think I don't have a future." But, those don't really tell us the theme of the story. The 17-minute mark moment--Phil proclaiming himself a "celebrity in an emergency" as if that entitles him to special treatment over everyone else--does tell us what the film is going to be about, storywise, but not necessarily thematically. Plus, not in the first 10 minutes, so it doesn't fit Dyer's point.
Neither, of course, does Larry's weather line. But, hearing it without seeing the scene, I heard the line in a different way, and I think it does evoke and invoke a certain theme that runs throughout Groundhog Day. Metaphorically, of course. Consider those days (and I won't link to all of them) that I took the impromptu quotations from speech tournaments and linked them all to the film--and, I've got a page of quotations from yesterday burning a hole in my bag, by the way. If the quotation I had was "We better get going if we're gonna stay ahead of the weather" this is how I would link it to Groundhog Day:
The metaphor is simple. To get going is to make something of life, to do something instead of just lazing around. The weather is all that can get in the way, the hardships that make us not want to get up and get out and do things. I think this is one of the themes to Groundhog Day despite the fact that it would be hard to argue that pre-loop Phil Connors is a) lazy or b) doesn't get up and do things with his life. But, he's stuck in a job he certainly doesn't appreciate, if not outright dislikes. Some people might think that his womanizing means he is "making the most" of his opportunities, but obviously it has left him empty, and leaves him empty within the span of the film as well. This is one of those times I think it's good that part of Rubin's original got left behind. The film only shows us the Phil Connoring of Nancy and Rita. Rubin's original script includes this bit before the Phil Connoring of Tess (later replaced by Rita to give this scene to a main character):
Of the sixty-three eligible women in Punxsutawney, only forty-nine have so far been--accessible. The last few are proving more of a challenge.
This Phil who has accessed 49 women within the time loop does bottom out, of course. But, the narration (this was voiceover, of course) makes the Phil Connoring process into a far more deliberate and potentially heinous thing than it is in the final film. Phil Connoring Nancy just kinda happens, out of nowhere, and we're hardly given time to think about the moral and ethical issues at play. The Phil Connoring of Rita--that's trickier because by then we have a good inkling or two that Phil is interested in Rita on a deeper level than even he realizes. That stare when he first sees Rita, plus saying her name when he's with Nancy--these things are like cinematic shorthand for being in love. In all the days of "date night" I don't think Phil is pursuing love, of course. But, even then, we the audience can see that he wants more on the inside than he is seeking on the outside. He's still operating in his shallows but he's clearly got some depth.
But, I was talking about the metaphor. Phil ultimately learns to make something positive of his life rather than be lazily stuck in his shallows, pursuing women and giving in to hedonistic urges. Giving in may be an active step but that doesn't mean it isn't lazy. It is certainly lazy to take the easy road, and pre-loop Phil and early-loop Phil are definitely taking the easy road. Arguably, his disdain for his Channel 9 Pittsburgh job and his need to claim he's leaving comes from an unconscious recognition that he's already going nowhere. So, the entire film, then, can be taken as Phil learning to get going rather than just be where he is and complain about it. Ironically, he learns to not be stagnant by being stuck in one place.
The weather that he's got to stay ahead of: his own selfishness, the shallow pursuits of modern life--I don't have my Groundhog Day Project binders with me in Utah or I might look to Foley for a good quotation about Phil as representative of modernism--his panic and dismay at being in the loop, and for that matter, his dismay at his pre-loop life. There is no Stephanie in the final film because it's not some ex-girlfriend who is in all of two scenes who has cursed Phil to be trapped in Punxsutawney; it is Phil himself. He has cursed himself and that blizzard that forms the physical trap--that's the weather that, at the time anyway, he cannot get ahead of.
And, taking this metaphor broader to all of our lives, we can only get going by getting ahead of, avoiding, beating all the things that weather us down and keep us from doing something with our lives.
Tomorrow: dreams.
Today's reason to repeat a day forever: to mess with people by always starting in the middle of things I've already got going on.
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Classroom technology also comes with its evils however the good factor is they may be put in check by carefully filtering the type of content that the students view. While you will permit the employment of private computers within the class, you can easily possess the interactive whiteboards and educate with this so the students all learn together and when they're using computers in your own home, their parents and guardians can keep close track of these to make certain that they don't surf the pornographic sites along with other dangerous sites.
If well used and controlled, the combination of technology at school work can really bring or can be viewed as nearly as good than evil particularly if you adopt programs that will permit students to become fully engaged and for the greatest from the subjects they consume class. Great news is the fact that virtually, every subject could be built-into we've got the technology and become seen, felt and heard for more youthful students in grade school. Technology use within class will allow and cause them to become engage all of their senses in mastering. Math, Science, Geography, Grammar, Literature virtually anything could be trained using technology.
For that teacher, it will likely be simpler for him/her to file for subjects and actually, it will likewise be simple to talk about all of them with other same grade teachers even just in other areas around the globe. Learning has not been simpler than with the combination of classroom technology in to the system and when anything, it'll only get simpler as time passes. The very first time, students have found grounds to visit school every day instead of time past once they accustomed to find every need to skip classes.


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Thistle Brown
11:00am – 12:00pm Thursday 14 August, 2014
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Textile designer and fashion editor Thistle Brown
is fresh out of tertiary education and already on his
way to making his mark in the local and
international fashion industry.
Whilst studying fashion and textiles in Auckland he became style assistant for Zara Mirkin and assistant fashion editor for Black Magazine.
Brown is now the co- founder and designer for Flagship which is a creative multidisciplinary design studio, now the Fashion Editor for Black and was recently appointed as women's and menswear designer for Stolen Girlfriends Club.
In 2013, Brown's work featured in American Vogue followed by other publications such as Harpers' Bazaar, Oyster Magazine and I-D Magazine.
Brown's aspirations include "to continue collaborating with people who I admire, to be in a position to travel, and to have a potential cameo on Game of Thrones."


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package org.springframework.context.event;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

/**
 * Event raised when an {@code ApplicationContext} gets started.
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.5
 * @see ContextStoppedEvent
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class ContextStartedEvent extends ApplicationContextEvent {

	/**
	 * Create a new ContextStartedEvent.
	 * @param source the {@code ApplicationContext} that has been started
	 * (must not be {@code null})
	 */
	public ContextStartedEvent(ApplicationContext source) {
		super(source);
	}

}


Sorry for the short delay in getting this out this week, I have been out the country and the Internet wasn't as good as hoped, will be back to Monday evenings as normal next week on.
Been playing very well recently, and came close at last week's final major, and will be keen to finish the season off well having already won on tour earlier in the year. Positive vibes also came flowing out of his post round interview, with Branden saying he is hitting the ball as well as he can remember. He likes this golf course and is sure to go close if his putter can start behaving like the rest of his game.
Performing really well statistically this year, Wes also posts a good record at the 3M championship, with a top ten finish as recently as last years event. His play caught my eye at the recent Senior's Open at Carnoustie, and a performance anything like that will see him go close at nice odds of 33/1.


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Tag Archives: Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4 – Masquerade Dance Party
As Kristen Bell raises concerns about consent and kissing sleeping people, let's examine the many inappropriate sleeping kisses in Sailor Moon!
In a recent interview with Parents Magazine Kristen Bell made some comments about Snow White which have been making headlines. Basically she talked about how, while reading stories to her children, she asks them to think about the implications of certain actions in fairy tales and what they mean. One particular example which is relevant to Sailor Moon, as I'll get to shortly, is Snow White. She asks her children to consider if it's wise to take an apple from a stranger and if it's okay to kiss a sleeping person. Various media outlets picked up on this by saying that she is calling out older Disney films, which is surely helped by the Parents Magazine article headline "Kristen Bell Worries Disney Princesses Teach Her Daughters Bad Lessons". In reality she is specifically speaking to fairy tales in books, many of which happen to have been adapted as Disney films. Though Snow White includes a few questionable life choices the fairy tales of the likes of Hans Christian Andersen or the Brothers Grimm are ancient tales full of gruesome violence as they are products of an older and much more violent period in human history. Modern versions such as the story books we may see in stores and the Disney films we enjoy will often sanitize these to appeal to our modern sensibilities. Kristen Bell is herself the voice of Anna in Frozen, a film which sets itself apart from other Disney films by calling out tropes like marrying someone you just met, the evil queen and acts of true love coming from a newly acquainted love interest. I've probably watched Frozen with my daughter roughly 50 times in the past year so I'll just stop myself from elaborating on my many thoughts on this film and its relation to other Disney classics. So much to say Kristen Bell has the privilege of having worked on a Disney film which questions the status quo of films that came before it and has a number of positive progressive messages.
All of this brings us to Sailor Moon! I've mentioned this time and time again and it always seems to be divisive amongst fans. The idea is that a number of non consensual kisses given to sleeping people in the series are inappropriate due to the sleeping person's inability to give consent. I am aware of the risk of applying a modern lens to an older work as these weren't things I thought of in the 90s but I don't think there's much harm in discussing these. I am certainly not calling to ban or boycott Sailor Moon but instead, as with the conversations Kristen Bell has with her children, use it as a reason to discuss issues.
Ultimately I think it may be a little simple to give a blanket statement like saying kissing someone who is sleeping is wrong. If I kiss my baby daughter or wife while they sleep this isn't the same as kissing a stranger. People generally kiss babies when they are too young to give overt consent, though not on the mouth. There's nothing terribly dangerous about this. That said if I try to kiss my daughter and she says no, I will respect that request and stop. The Snow White example is perhaps not such and open and shut case. It's not that kissing a sleeping person you've never met without consent is okay, however, if there is a good expectation that this will cause the person to be brought out of a comma, one could easily argue that it is morally justifiable. Similarly it may be completely inappropriate to rip a stranger's shirt off because they are attractive however in an emergency situation it is certainly justifiable to touch someone and remove a piece of their clothing in order to perform life saving intervention. An EMT of course shouldn't be groping a patient for sexual gratification or go around kissing people they are treating. The motivation behind these actions are the important distinction here. Most adults appreciate this nuance though children may not, hence the value in talking about the stories and media you share with them.
There are two examples in Sailor Moon where a sleeping person is kissed and, to me, it does not seem appropriate. The first falls into a bit of a grey area because of reincarnation and that is the kiss following the Masquerande in the Dark Kingdom story arc of the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal which also takes place in episode 22 of the original anime, "Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss". In this case Usagi accidentally drinks alcohol thinking it is juice. She passes out drunk after which Tuxedo Mask kisses her. This looks particularly creepy in the original anime as the animation in this particular episode is a bit cheap. The issue here is, as the title of the anime episode title suggests, this is Usagi's first kiss. Had Mamoru and Usagi been in an established relationship in which this kind of exchange was commonplace enough to be considered normal and he kissed her while she slept, this would not have been the same kind of breach of etiquette however in this case no such relationship existed… well not in this lifetime. The complication of course is that Mamoru and Usagi are reincarnated versions of Endymion and Princess Serenity. They had a relationship in the past and are dealing with fragments of memories of that. In the real world if someone used this as a defense for kissing a person who was passed out drunk they would rightfully be chastised for it as reincarnation isn't real however in Sailor Moon it's a real thing so it's a bit more complicated. That Usagi is herself infatuated with Tuxedo Mask doesn't really clear him of any wrongdoing as one can't just assume someone else's feelings though I think this may be why people feel more comfortable about this exchange. The fact that Usagi and Mamoru ultimately do end up in a relationship makes this seem okay in but this logic only works in retrospect. Mamoru and Rei were actually in a relationship at this time, though that infidelity isn't even factoring into my objections to this. If you're not convinced that this is a problem then instead consider if Umino, or anyone else, had found a drunk Usagi and done the same.
This seems to have been a concern for someone at DiC when the original Sailor Moon anime was first dubbed. Episode 22 was heavily edited for a number of reasons, including adding some backwards footage to make it appear as if Serena went back and took the stairs instead of falling off the balcony. In this particular there is no alcoholic punch, Serena never gets drunk and never passes out. The "first kiss" between her and Tuxedo Mask doesn't really take place. The scene is shown but a voice over by Tuxedo Mask states that it's simply his dream. So much to say it's generally considered okay to kiss pretty much anyone in your dream. As a result of this the first on screen kiss for the Sailor Moon English dub takes place in Sailor Moon R right before Rini drops in from the future. This momentous occasion is spoiled by an awkward joke about Darien tasting peanut butter and getting stuck.
Next we have a series of kisses from Sailor Moon S The Movie. These are fresh in my mind having just watched the recently released Blu-Ray release of the film. Many fans would have seen the film in theatres this summer. In this film Luna falls in love with a human. After asking Usagi what a kiss tastes like she takes advantage of Kakeru, the source of her affection, by kissing him while he is asleep. There is no past life relationship between Luna and Kakeru. In fact Kakeru himself has a love interest in Himeko. This isn't cool! Kakeru does not consent to the act and is in no state to do so. The situation is a bit complicated by the fact that Luna is a cat. I have cats and I have been known to kiss them on occasion. Dogs enjoy licking people's faces and this is generally not considered to be some violation or assault, but then dogs are animals without human intelligence. Luna is a cat, yes, but a cat who essentially has a human equivalent mind. As an aside there is very little that resembles consent in the animal kingdom as most sexual interactions are forced. This is more or less true of humans until recent history as well, but we've come a long way and we should all be glad to live in a world where a person's autonomy is respected. This isn't the only kiss in the film as Luna later kisses Kakeru while she is in human form and the two fly around space for a while. Kakeru may believe this surreal experience to be a dream but it is real and Luna doesn't ask if it is okay to kiss him, but he is awake and he doesn't back away. This is probably similar to how a lot of human on human kisses take place so I won't harp on that one too much. In the 90s I don't think anyone would bat an eye at this but in 2018 some people might take issue with such behaviour.
There are a few Snow White style kisses in the series. The first takes place during Sailor Moon R episode 69 "Awaken the Sleeping Beauty: Mamoru's Distress" in which Sailor Moon is very much trapped in a Snow White style sleep which Mamoru wakes her up of with a kiss. Something similar occurs in Sailor Moon R The Movie when Sailor Moon literally dies, again, but can be healed through the nectar of the Kisesian Flower. Mamoru sucks up the nectar and gives it to Sailor Moon in a kiss. In both cases this resembles Snow White in that it is a necessary life saving intervention but, unlike in the story of Snow White, Mamoru and Usagi have an established relationship when this happens.
Snow White style kiss that never quite happened however is the kiss between An and Mamoru in Sailor Moon R episode 56 "Steal a Kiss from Mamoru! An's Project Snow White". In this episode An orchestrates things so that she will play Snow White in a play and get a chance to kiss Mamoru, who is playing Prince Charming. Things don't go as planned however as her attempt to kiss him during rehearsal fails and the play is cut short by an attack by a Cardian summoned by none other than her brother lover.
Finally we have the kiss between Sailor Uranus and Sailor Moon in the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal. This a sort of surprise kiss that Sailor Moon doesn't expect and doesn't have time to consent to one way or another. This in turn opens up the story to all sorts of interesting questions about sexuality which are quite worthwhile but it's something I felt was worth pointing out.
All said I think Kristen Bell's attitude of simply wanting to discuss what she's reading with her children to be completely reasonable. She's hardly arguing that Snow White is responsible for all of the ills of society and banning them in her household but rather finding a way to allow her children to consume media which she might not be totally okay with all while using it as a way to start a conversation about a serious topic. This isn't quite the same attitude that Keira Knightley has, as her recent appearance on Ellen illustrated. She bans certain movies in her house, even some she quite enjoys, such as the Little Mermaid, because she's concerned they might present a negative message. Far be it for me to tell someone else how to raise their kids! If this works for her than so be it. When I watch The Little Mermaid with my daughter I keep in mind the simple lesson this movie teaches. Don't make a deal with a Sea Witch to get something you can get from your daddy for free if you'd just learn to communicate. I don't think Disney is too upset about this either. If it bothers them they can wipe away their tears with some of that Pirates money.
What are your thoughts on this issue? Do you believe some of these kisses are inappropriate? Am I just overreacting and applying a modern lens to a harmless story? Leave a comment with your thoughts.
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The English version of Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4, Masquerade Dance Party, is available now on Hulu
The latest English dubbed episode of Sailor Moon Crystal has been added to Hulu and Neon Alley. This week we get Act 4, Masquerade Dance Party. The Kingdom of D has a very impressive gem and everyone, Tuxedo Mask, the Sailor Guardians, the Dark Kingdom, wants to know if it's the Silver Crystal so they all crash the party and check it out! This version of the dub has decided to refer to Princess D as "The Princess of D", though she is also called Princess D in the episode. The Japanese reference of the name Princess D was likely a reference to Princess Diana, often called Princess Di, who was popular in the media in the early 90s. As her death in 1997 was over 13 years ago the reference is less relevant and so no adapting it certainly makes sense. The original Sailor Moon anime referred to her as Princess Dia, a mix between Princess Di and Princess Diana. The original English dub named her Princess Diamond.
This version of the episode features updated animation used in the Japanese Blu-Ray and DVD home video release. I had mixed feelings about this episode when it first streamed and my feelings haven't really changed. The big moment in this week's episode is when Tuxedo Mask kisses and unconscious, somewhat drunk, Usagi. This isn't cool! A sleeping person can't consent, even when you have an existing relationship in a past life. That excuse sounds absurd here, though we must consider that within the reality of the Sailor Moon mythos, this past life did exist so there some precedent for this kiss. There was a similar scene in episode 22 of the original Sailor Moon anime, Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss, but in the old English dub the dialogue was changed so that it was insinuated this was a dream. Certainly kissing in a dream is hardly the same kind of violation as the rape kiss featured in this episode.
New episodes are released every Friday evening at 9pm Eastern Time, 6pm Pacific Time. Next week is Act 5, Makoto – Sailor Jupiter, we will be introduced to Makoto Kino.
Posted in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (2014)	| Tagged DiC/Cloverway English Dub, Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4 - Masquerade Dance Party, Sailor Moon Crystal English Dub, Sailor Moon Crystal Phase 1 - Dark Kingdom, Sailor Moon episode 22 - Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss	| 3 Replies
Watch the English dubbed version of Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4, Masquerade Dance Party, this Friday December 4th at 9pm Eastern Time
As with every week we will be getting the next English dubbed episode of Sailor Moon Crystal this Friday at about 9pm Eastern Time, 6pm Pacific Time. This week Act 4, Masquerade Dance Party, is added to Hulu and Neon Alley. Usagi abuses of her super powers to crash a posh dance party and has a romantic time with Tuxedo Mask who is also investigating the D Kingdom's prized jewel. Fans of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask's relationship will be happy to see what this episode has in store.
Fans may note similarities between this story and episode 22 of the original Sailor Moon anime, which was based on Act 4 of the manga. Once again we can see how much faster a pace Sailor Moon Crystal is taking as it goes through the 13 Act Dark Kingdom story arc which corresponds to Sailor Moon's 46 episode first season.
Posted in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (2014)	| Tagged Hulu, Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4 - Masquerade Dance Party, Sailor Moon Crystal English Dub, Sailor Moon Crystal Phase 1 - Dark Kingdom	| 3 Replies
Sailor Moon Crystal Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-Ray vol. 2 review
The latest volume of Sailor Moon Crystal was released on Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-Ray on November 12th (Amazon Japan, CD Japan, JList, YesAsia) while the regular edition Blu-Ray (Amazon Japan, CD Japan, YesAsia) and DVD (Amazon Japan, CD Japan, YesAsia) will be released on December 10th. This release, like the first one, only included two episodes. This month we have Act 3, Rei – Sailor Mars, and Act 4, Masquerade Dance Party. To celebrate Sailor Mars's appearance we have Sailor Mercury on the cover and a Sailor Mercury charm included. Each Deluxe Limited Edition set comes in a fancy box with a special book and a charm to add to the charm bracelet which was included with vol. 1. This charm is of Sailor Mercury's transformation pen.
The disk itself is similar to the first one. Episodes are included in HD with great image quality. Some of the scenes which originally had some pretty bad animation have been touched up. The Blu-Ray is region A, which will play in a North American Blu-Ray player, however the audio is in Japanese and there are no English subtitles. An audio commentary is included, also in Japanese, so I don't have any real details on what they talk about!
The box also comes with a special 24 page book. This includes a summary and images for act 3 and 4, interviews with Atsutoshi Umezawa, executive producer for Sailor Moon Crystal, and Hisako Kanemoto, the voice actress for Sailor Mercury, character art for Sailor Mercury and other characters, backgrounds and a special page by Osabu, Fumio Osano, editor of Sailor Moon.
The set is expensive for only including two episodes, but has a lot of cool extras. It may be of interest to collectors but if you're just looking to watch the show, you may want to stick with the free and totally legal streaming version.
Keep reading for more images from this set including photos of all pages of the included book.
Posted in Merchandise, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (2014)	| Tagged Atsutoshi Umezawa, Blu-Ray, Hisako Kanemoto, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon Crystal Act 3 - Rei - Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4 - Masquerade Dance Party	| 2 Replies
Box art for the Sailor Moon Crystal vol. 2 Blu-Ray
The box art for the second volume of the Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Deluxe Limited Edition has been released. This set looks a lot like the first set which we recently reviewed. The episodes included on this disk are act 3, Rei – Sailor Mars, and act 4, Masquerade Dance Party. Sailor Mercury appears on the cover despite first appearing in act 2. We will likely see Sailor Mars on the next set.
This set also includes a charm to go with the charm bracelet included in the volume 1 Blu-Ray box. This charm is of Sailor Mercury's transformation item. Another 24 page colour booklet will be included with this set. The animation will be cleaned up to fix mistakes or awkwardly drawn scenes from the streaming version, and will include audio commentaries. This Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-Ray will be released on November 12th and can be preordered from Amazon Japan, CD Japan, JList and YesAsia. If you are patient, don't care about swag and want to save a bit of money you can wait until December 10th to get the regular edition Blu-Ray (Amazon Japan, CD Japan, YesAsia) or the DVD (Amazon Japan, CD Japan, YesAsia). These is a Japanese release with no English audio or subtitles. The Blu-Ray disk will play in North American region A Blu-Ray players or PlayStation 3s though the DVDs are region 2 which will not play in a North American region 1 DVD player.
Source: The official Sailor Moon site and Moonkitty.net
Posted in Merchandise, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (2014)	| Tagged Blu-Ray, DVD, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon Crystal Act 3 - Rei - Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4 - Masquerade Dance Party, Sailor Moon Crystal Phase 1 - Dark Kingdom	| 2 Replies
Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4, Masquerade Dance Party, Review
Posted on August 17, 2014 by Adam
The 4th episode of Sailor Moon Crystal became available on Saturday August 16th. You can watch it on Crunchyroll, Hulu or Niconico. Act 4, Masquerade Dance Party, has everyone crashing a party put on by the D Kingdom in order to steal their jewels, hoping to find the Silver Crystal. While this is an early story in the manga it is somewhat similar to episode 22 of the Sailor Moon anime, Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss.
The episode largely follows act 4 of the original manga with one major exception, Jadeite is still alive. In the manga Sailor Mars kills Jadeite at the end of act 3 however in the last episode it was unclear if Jadeite actually died during the fight. Indeed Jadeite is still alive which is the biggest change to the story we've seen to date. Perhaps this change will lead to more differences down the line, as all of the Shitennou are still alive at this point leaving things open for different stories. In act 3 Jadeite made comments about how beautiful he thought Sailor Mars was, which may be related to a past and future relationship between the two of them. Manga art from the final Dark Kingdom story shows pairings between the Shintennou and Sailor Guardians during Silver Millennium. Sailor Mercury was with Zoisite, Sailor Mars is with Jadeite, Sailor Jupiter was with Nephrite and Sailor Venus was with Kunzite, a relationship which was also alluded to in the Sailor V manga. This may seem odd to anime fans who have only seen the Shintennou as villains however in the manga they were all friends of Endymion and good people from Earth prior to being corrupted by Queen Metalia. While we've followed the manga closely to date this may not last forever. By act 4 of the live action series we were still following the manga episode by episode but major changes were just around the corner.
Sailor Moon gets a new tiara and attack this week! Her last tiara was destroyed by Sailor Mars as she burned Jadeite and so she gets a new upgraded one and with that has a new attack which she uses to destroy Nephrite's shadow. The attack she uses in the manga is Moon Twilight Flash, seen frequently in the live action series, though the attack is not named in this episode. Strangely enough an image of Sailor Moon using this attack is seen in the newspaper on the morning before she gets her tiara upgrade and is first able to use this attack.
Another fun moment has Umino acting like a total creeper when he reveals a photo of Princess D. Indeed Umino always having images of women at hand when needed is in itself creepy but something about the way he acts and speaks in this scene is particularly funny.
And speaking of creepy, the final scene of the episode needs to be addressed. Sailor Moon, after a long day at the party, passes out. In the manga she does this after consuming alcohol. While unconscious Tuxedo Mask approaches her and kisses her, causing fans to swoon at this romantic moment. She is unconscious and unable to consent to his advances. This behaviour is completely inappropriate. Luckily Luna shows up and comes to Sailor Moon's defence.
Unfortunately we have to wait 3 weeks for the next episode! We've gotten used to seeing shows every two weeks but Sailor Moon Crystal is released on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month, not every two weeks. The next episode will be available on Saturday September 6th. Act 5, Makoto – Sailor Jupiter, will introduce us to Makoto Kino who becomes Sailor Jupiter. We see a shot of her at the end of the episode and more of her during the next episode preview. This again follows the manga schedule with Sailor Jupiter appearing in act 5.
Keep reading for more images from this episode and from the next episode preview.
Posted in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (2014)	| Tagged Jadeite, Kenji Tsukino, Luna, Moon Twilight Flash, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4 - Masquerade Dance Party, Sailor Moon Crystal Phase 1 - Dark Kingdom, Shitennou, Tuxedo Mask, Umino Gurio	| 8 Replies
Watch Act 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal, Masquerade Dance Party, starting August 16th at 6am EST
Set your alarms! The 4th episode of Sailor Moon Crystal, Act 4: Masquerade Dance Party, will be available online streaming starting August 16th at 7pm Japan Standard Time. This is 6am Eastern Standard Time and 3am Pacific Standard Time. You can watch the episode on Crunchyroll, Hulu or Niconico.
This episode has the Sailor Guardians, Tuxedo Mask and the Dark Kingdom crashing a masquerade party in order to investigate a gem which may be the Silver Crystal. Once again we follow a story straight from the manga as was the case for the previous three episodes.
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This book follows the history of video games from the 1950's to the emergence of the Wii. I enjoyed reading about the behind-the-scenes development problems and triumphs and that occurred while I was playing some of the games mentioned in the book. The characters are a who's-who of creators and who-published it of gaming: Miyamota, Will Wright, Blizzard Entertainment, Nintendio, Electronic Arts, RockStar Games, Sega, Sierra Online, Sony, X-Box, Playstation, Mario, Donkey Kong, EverQuest, Tetris, Sims, Grand Theft Auto, Bejeweled, World of Warcraft, and many, many more people, games, and companies.
It was inspiring to read about the people who kept imagining better and more innovative games and the almost insurmountable obstacles they had to overcome to bring their games to the public to play.
Here's a tongue-in-cheek summary of just about every story: developer/programmer has new idea for a game; nobody thinks it will sell or is impossible to develop; developer finds/begs for enough money to create the game; developers run out of money/time; developers show game to someone with deep pockets who now believes in them; game is delivered; hard-core gamers are wow'ed; suits arrive to continue milking the cash cow; original developer leaves company (sometimes with FU money, sometimes not); suits ruin/run-into-the-ground the original idea. Repeat with new players.
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Arts|Remembering a Belle Époque inferno in Paris
Remembering a Belle Époque inferno in Paris
By Mary Blume
PARIS — Each year on May 4, in a stately church within the golden shopping triangle off the Champs-Élysées, a Mass commemorates those who perished in the fire of the Bazar de la Charité in 1897. The few congregants of advanced or middle age are there to remember relations they never knew and after the Mass they gather in the shrine where there are marble urns and busts and plaques and scorched souvenirs - a tombola ticket, a rag doll, the metal frame of a vanished handbag - of that awful day.
On the scale of world catastrophes, the Bazar de la Charité fire was minor and yet it continues to resonate. Nelly de Cray, who leads visits each month to the church and whose great-great-grandmother died in the flames, says foreign tourists have started coming; the leftist newspaper Libération gave the event two full pages on its centenary in 1997; and only last autumn a British historian, Geoffrey Cubitt, published an article on the political and social implications of the fire.
The Bazar de la Charité was from 1885 an early event of the summer season, attended by the cream of Paris society who also ran the booths where objects were sold for the benefit of the poor. Nuns - the papal nuncio always came by to bless the occasion - children, poor relations and servants helped out and the organization was in the genial hands of Baron de Mackau, a portly figure with a little Napoleon III goatee.
For 1897 Mackau rented a vacant lot on the rue Jean Goujon and had a fine temporary building made for the 22 booths and their comely occupants, led by a real catch, the Duchesse d'Alençon, sister of "Sissi," the Empress of Austria. The building, 60 meters long and 19 wide, or 197 feet long and 62 wide, was in pine, with a tarred roof and three steps leading to the platform floor, under which the carpenters chucked scraps.
The interior was charming, with canvas flats painted by a fashionable set designer, fabric covering the ceiling and an amusing gas-filled balloon suspended from its center. The big draw that year, in addition to the society ladies, was a demonstration of that recent invention, the cinema.
Was the building safe, Baron Mackau was asked? Of course, he replied. The men won't be allowed to smoke.
On May 3, the Bazar had a successful dry run in which 4,500 francs were earned. On May 4 the papal nuncio arrived at 3 p.m. and chatted with the Duchesse d'Alençon before departing. Sales were brisk, the women looked lovely in filmy light dresses, the Duchesse d'Alençon handsome in black satin with a long train, her hair dressed with a new, and, as it turned out, highly inflammable lotion.
By 4 p.m. there were 1,600 or 1,700 visitors. Time to start up the cinema camera, which, since there was no electricity, was illuminated by a Molteni ether lamp. The projectionist, unable to see clearly, asked his assistant for more light. The assistant struck a match. An explosion: flames spread across the ceiling, hot tar dropped from the roof onto lawn and chiffon dresses, the entire structure burned so violently and so rapidly that within 10 minutes nothing was left but the dying and the dead.
Eyewitness accounts of the inferno are of a horror that would not be considered printable today - wedding rings annealed to fleshless fingers, melted combs fused to scalps - and the tales of rescue attempts are not always reliable.
Waiting coachmen plunged into the flames to rescue their mistresses, or failed to according to the highly politicized press. Some concierges in the area, which was still fashionably residential, are said to have shut their doors to the pleas and cries; the doors to the Rothschild stable were opened wide. One woman described how she stepped over bodies, not all of them dead, to get out. The Duc d'Alençon escaped; his duchess stayed at her post "almost as if she were awaiting death," someone said.
Paris's most fashionable undertaker was told to supply in haste a large number of pine coffins and then changed them to better quality when he learned who would lie in them. The usual figure of about 125 dead is only an estimate and does not include those who died later. The bodies were for the most part so badly burned that only a scrap of clothing or a ring served for identification, with many tragic errors. The Duchesse d'Alençon, who had been reported safe, was identified by her teeth, leading to the new discipline of forensic dentistry
After the event some 87,000 unidentified objects are said to have been sold to the curious, and Mackau was fined at a public inquiry, as were the two film technicians, who were also sentenced to jail. But still people wondered. Was divine wrath being visited upon the rich? Well then, give medals to the working class heroes who plunged into the fire to help. Was it the fault of socialists or anarchists or Jews (these were the Dreyfus years and the owner of the plot on rue Jean Goujon was Jewish)? What had riven and inflamed the lovely glow of the Belle Époque?
The priest at the well-attended memorial service at Notre Dame on May 8 knew: The cause was God's terrible ire at the newfangled scientific and social ideas of the young Third Republic and the secular notions that would lead to the division of church and state in 1905.
The exterminating angel had struck, claimed the priest, and the victims of the fire had died in expiation of the nation's sins. He suggested that somehow this was a consoling thought.
The church built on the site of the disaster by public subscription is called Notre Dame-de-Consolation. Handsome and restrained in its opulence, it has fallen on hard times and for lack of funds has been turned over to the Italian community in Paris. This year's May 4 commemoration will be held on Monday, May 5, since the Italians need it on Sunday.
In his article for French History magazine, published last September, Geoffrey Cubitt studies Catholic and Republican responses to the fire and their contrasting images of a heroism structured by class and gender. The women became not just Lady Bountifuls but martyrs and warriors like Joan of Arc on her pyre, a way of sidelining the shameful fact that many men at the Bazar had not been very manly.
Amid the furor after the event the most horrifying is that gentlemen on that afternoon used their canes to beat away women and escape the flames. "Cowardice of Paris Men Exhibited in Brutal Form During the Burning of the Charity Bazaar" was The New York Times headline on May 16. The reporter added that the names of the guilty were known and that they would never again be admitted to polite society.
Perhaps. At any rate, polite society kept quiet about it. The book on the fire published by the descendants of the victims on the centenary refers simply to "a polemic about the attitude of men during the fire." But on its list of the dead at the end of the book there are only six males, including a 14-year-old groom and a 5-year-old orphan boy.


Lionel Messi is a mesmerising talent who has continued to astound the world of football ever since assuming his role at the heart of a star-studded Barcelona side in 2004. Overcoming a career-threatening growth hormone deficiency, he has won almost everything there is to win, including an unprecedented four FIFA Ballons d'Or. Luca Caioli draws on numerous exclusive testimonies to tell Messi's story, including his parents and extended family, his coaches, those who have played alongside him and even Messi himself. Messi is a revealing portrait of football's most unassuming superstar, updated to include the dramatic 2013/14 season and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in which his match-winning performances finally began to win over his harshest critics - his fellow countrymen.


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Bookie Sanjeev Chawla loses appeal in UK court, set to be extradited to India for match fixing charges
Alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla will be extradited to India to face charges of match-fixing after he lost a last-ditch appeal attempt in the UK High Court on Thursday.
New Delhi Updated on: January 16, 2020 19:34 IST
UK High Court/File
Alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla will be extradited to India to face charges of match-fixing after he lost a last-ditch appeal attempt in the UK High Court on Thursday. Chawla is wanted in India on charges of cricket match-fixing dating back to 2000. He has been fighting against his extradition on human rights grounds and had sought permission to appeal against an extradition order signed off by the UK government last year.
At the end of a half-day hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Lord Justice David Bean and Justice Clive Lewis concluded that they were "satisfied that permission to appeal should be refused".
Under the India-UK Extradition Treaty, the UK Home Office is now expected to formally certify the court order for Chawla to be extradited to India within 28 days.
Under exceptional circumstances, there is a possibility of moving the UK Supreme Court on a point of law but barrister Mark Summers, representing the Indian government in the case, said that as a matter of law that avenue is not possible after permission has been denied by the High Court.
Chawla's lawyers had tried to establish that their client has a statutory right to appeal against the District Judge's order sent to the UK Home Secretary for a sign off.
That submission was challenged by the UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on behalf of the Indian authorities on the grounds that it is a "disguised attempt" at reopening the entire case.
The two-member High Court panel decided to consider the matter simultaneously as a criminal procedure application on whether to grant permission to reopen the previous appeal.
"Nobody wants this case to go off to another day after all the delay," said Lord Justice Bean.
At that stage Chawla's lawyers referred to a series of fresh evidence documents and images to highlight that their client faced a serious risk of injustice and violence in Delhi's Tihar Jail, where he is to be held pre-trial. They also alleged the potential of violence in police custody, given the coercive treatment of some of Chawla's co-accused in India.
After brief deliberation, the judges ruled in favour of the Indian authorities, saying that the threshold for the case to be reopened for appeal had not been met and that the assurances provided by the Indian government on prison conditions stand.
Former UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid had signed off on a District Judge's order in favour of extradition in February last year, giving the 50-year-old time to seek an appeal against the decision.
Chawla, a key accused in the cricket match-fixing scandal involving former South African captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, was present at the Royal Courts of Justice in London as Lord Justice David Bean and Justice Clive Lewis heard the application.
Following an initial trial, Westminster Magistrates' Court in London had concluded in October 2017 that while Chawla had a prima facie case to answer, his human rights could not be guaranteed in Delhi's Tihar Jail, where he was to be held.
This ruling was challenged in the UK High Court by the CPS, on behalf of the Indian authorities.
In a judgment handed down in the Royal Courts of Justice in London in November 2018, Lord Justice Leggatt and Justice Dingemans upheld the Indian government's appeal and directed the District Judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court to review the order against Chawla and proceed with an extradition order.
The High Court judges accepted the assurances provided by the Indian government that the accused will be accommodated in a cell to be occupied exclusively by him, with proper "safety and security" and complying with the "personal space and hygiene requirements" the court expects.
India had also made further guarantees on medical facilities and protection from intra-prisoner violence in the jail.
In January last year, the magistrates' court issued a fresh order in favour of Chawla's extradition, which was sent to the UK home secretary, who must formally sign off on the order under the India-UK Extradition Treaty.
According to court documents in the case, Chawla is described as a Delhi-born businessman who moved to the UK on a business visa in 1996, where he has been based while making trips back and forth to India.
After his Indian passport was revoked in 2000, he obtained a UK passport in 2005 and is now a British citizen.
In details of the case that emerged in court, Chawla was introduced to Hansie Cronje, the late South African cricket team captain, in January-February 2000.
It was suggested to Cronje, by Chawla and another person, that he could make significant amounts of money if he agreed to lose cricket matches.
Money was paid to Cronje at the time of the pending South African tour to India.
The tour took place in February-March 2000, with Chawla, Cronje and others conspiring to fix cricket matches in exchange for payment. Chawla reportedly played a central role, including direct contact with Cronje.
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Michelle Obama Won't Approve Of Trump's White House Food
By Alexandra Svokos
Donald Trump has been settling in to his new life in the White House as president.
It's been a strange transition for several reasons.
But he's managed to keep one comfort from home: his snacks.
Trump is apparently keeping Lay's potato chips on hand at the White House.
For his first breakfast on Saturday, he apparently had "fresh fruit, pastries and other treats."
All of this sugar and junk food would not please Michelle Obama, who spent eight years campaigning for healthy eating and living.
For someone who spent his adult life in charge of properties, and thus in control of the specifics of his living space, it must be odd to now be living in this historic home.
Trump has made some changes, including making his drapes gold.
Trump talked a bit about his new home in an interview with the New York Times. He said it's "something very special" to know you're staying in the same place where Abraham Lincoln slept. He said,
Knowing all of that, it's different, than, you know, just pure elegance and room size.
This may not be the first time Trump has slept in the same place as a previous president. An unconfirmed dossier said he hired prostitutes to perform a golden shower on a bed where former President Barack Obama slept in Russia.
As of yet, there are no reports (confirmed or otherwise) that Trump is having extra company in the White House bed.
In fact, Trump, by all reports, is quite alone in the White House, aside from staff. His third wife, Melania, and his son Barron are not living full-time in D.C.
Instead, they are staying in New York City as Barron continues school there and travels to the White House on weekends. Trump "demurred" when the Times reporter asked if he was feeling lonely without them.
Despite these troubles, Trump particularly enjoys the phones at the White House. He said,
These are the most beautiful phones I've ever used in my life.
Silver linings, huh?
Citations: It's No Trump Tower, but White House Has 'Beautiful' Phones (New York Times), Lay's potato chips in the White House kitchen, cable news at 6 a.m., Andrew Jackson's portrait in the Oval Office and nights alone in the suite where Lincoln slept: Trump's White House revealed (Daily Mail)


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With social media embedded in their daily tasks and activities, the supporting characters from Gen X and Y will begin adjusting and understanding the difference in perspectives of the said generation. Taki admitted during the press conference that she's getting to know the BAEs much better after their victory from the show Eat Bulaga and is willing to learn more from the veteran actors. Ms. Inah Raymundo was almost in tears sharing her own real experience trying to understand the millenials having kids with similar attitude. The demise of Inah like most mothers from Gen X find this generation truly difficult to reach. Benjie Paras however breezed through the experience with his millenial twins Kobe and Andre playing a cool dad on and off screen. I am excited how Ms. Irma Adlawan will play the serious mom to these millenials and how her character will help redeem the bad image of the generation.
Don't miss TROPS (short for Tropa meaning group buddies in the language of this generation) weekdays 11:30am before Eat Bulaga in GMA Network starting Oct.24. This is one television show bound for trending topics and hashtags on Twitter. More importantly, Trops will shed light to the generation having a hard time understanding millenials.


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ONE OF THE POTENTIAL SUPER-HEROES
When this man ran for the Presidency of the United States, I read his background and accomplishments in detail and concluded that through him we had the greatest potential in history for progress for the United States. He was and is capable of organizing resources to solve problems and to create progress in all major areas - at an unprecedented pace! (I did not agree with some of his party's policies, but I saw clearly that he would "do the will of the people", though he would first attempt to persuade them as to what he believed was right. He would not be a victim or a blamer, but a doer. He would never impose his values on others.)
Unfortunately, he made the mistake of following some pretty bad advice, in my opinion, in his campaign. But that is all in the past.
He was a man who did not really want the Presidency for himself, but he saw no other highly qualified man who would run for it, so he felt it was his duty to step in and run. And he was a duck out of water in the poltical world.
Now it would be appropriate for him to seek to be, in a sense, the CEO For World Progress, not in terms of authority but in terms of function: to organize the resources to bring about the desired improvements in the functioning of the world. This would be where he would seek the high powered indiduals who could create the desired results in the areas of current need for the world (and the U.S., of course).
As part of this, he would have to have some advisors in areas where he is not strong or insightful. And, with his campaign advisors being the exception, I believe he has shown in his business and public life that he can select and recruit such advisors (and implementers!). And he would have to set up a successor plan, so this organization would continue onward into historical accomplishments well into the future.
WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE CAMPAIGN?
Early on it seemed easy to see that he was not addressing the deceptive characterizations about him, as if somehow people would figure that out. But they didn't. And many people on the middle and the right did not show up to vote.
Instead, he stuck to the one theme, in an old fashioned campaigning mode where it is assumed that you just hit the other side's weakness and you'll win. But any marketing person knows that you need to convey the advantages of your product, not just attempt to create a contrast that should be obvious. The contrast was not obvious to any but a few people who actually studied him.
His high competence was seen by few people. The benefits he could give to the U.S. was not at all made clear - as those were very, very sizable.
The advisors failed in Marketing 101. And it was disappointing that he didn't step back and see that or at least seek advice from someone with greater perspective.
Now, the question is whether he will step up and contribute his great expertise and management skills to create a vastly better world. He could, very possibly, create even more good there than he could have created as President (especially given the political obstacles).


Tucked away down a generous courtyard, off the cobbled stones of Church street, Dove Cottage is your home away from home in Whitby.
Located in the heart of the old town this three-bedroom cottage is generous in size, situated over three levels, with two double rooms and a bunk room for the little crabbies in the family. There is a large family bathroom with walk in shower and a spacious lounge perfect for relaxing in at the end of day, whether comparing little trinkets picked up in one of the many gift shops or resting tired legs after a day feeling the sand between your toes.
The kitchen is well equipped and there's even a dishwasher to avoid those after dinner washing up quarrels (although, why eat in when you can sample one of Church Streets award winning restaurants).
Dove Cottage shares a courtyard with Sanders Yards Restaurant. After rolling out of bed it's only a few footsteps and you can be ordering from an extensive boutique breakfast menu. Breakfast can be included in the price of accommodation or paid for supplementary during your stay.
With Whitby Abbey, the 199 steps, sandy beaches, quirky shops, sumptuous cafes and a multitude of restaurants right on your door step, Dove Cottage is all about location, location, location.
Baby sitting service is available with fully qualified DPS accredited nannies, please discuss with a member of staff on during the booking process.
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Address: Sanders Yard, 95 Church St, Whitby, North Yorks, YO22 4BH.


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Tepco official told at news conference that the utility has yet to see tangible results from the operation in the reactor buildings.
According to Tepco, 400 tons of groundwater flow on average into reactor buildings and other areas at the plant per day, causing the buildup of contaminated water. The company has said the operation could lower that amount by up to 100 tons per day.
Two months after the start of the operation, however, there is still no sign that the buildup of contaminated water has been halted. Even so, Kobayashi noted that water levels had dropped by up to 10 centimeters at the point halfway between the reactor buildings and the wells used to pump out groundwater.
A total of 15,828 tons of groundwater was released into the sea between May 21 and July 20.