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The first phase of the rebuilt Playground of Dreams in Columbia Park opened for play Wednesday with the help of a significant contribution by the Tri-City Water Follies Association.
Colin Hastings, President of the non-profit Tri-City Water Follies Association, presented a $75,000 check to help fund the first half of the playground replacement, which appropriately includes a hydroplane toy representative of the Columbia Cup event that has taken place on the nearby river every July for more than 50 years.
"Our mission is not only to put on an epic summer festival, we also are committed to supporting improvements to the shoreline and park," Hastings said. "We are thrilled to donate to the Playground of Dreams so that generations to come can experience such a great regional treasure."
Kennewick Mayor Don Britain acknowledged the community's ongoing commitment to this Tri-Cities landmark, and the vision, participation and support that ensures the legacy of the Playground of Dreams continues for future generations.
"Since its inception in 1999, and rebuild in 2004 after it was burned down, our community has rallied around this playground," Britain said. "When inspectors warned it was nearing the end of its life span, there was no doubt we would unite yet again to replace it. And with financial gifts from organizations like the Tri-City Water Follies, Columbia Center Rotary, Conover Insurance and the Permobil Foundation, we're half-way there."
The announcement jump starts a $482,000 fundraising campaign for the remainder of the 1,600 square foot replacement structure, which the City plans to complete in the spring. In the meantime, Parks and Recreation Commission Chair Hahn praised the Water Follies for their contribution, along with donations by Columbia Center Rotary for an inclusive musical instrument feature, the Permobil Foundation and Conover Insurance.
The new design incorporates iconic elements and new features the community asked for during 2017 open houses and surveys, including the cable bridge, a lighthouse, a Lampson crane, and a hydroplane. Just a few of the new elements planned for Phase 2 include a zip track, a spinning sensory wave seat, and challenging climbing features.
The public also wanted an inclusive playground, Hahn said. First phase components are connected by ramps, and the second phase of the site will be poured with a surface that can be navigated by users with wheelchairs or mobility limitations. Features such as the Columbia Center Rotary Harmony Plaza musical instruments mean kids of various abilities can play side-by-side, and experience structured and unstructured play.
This re-imagined Playground of Dreams is constructed of durable, recyclable materials that will withstand decades of weather and play. During summer, aluminium posts won't burn or feel hot like steel does, and the powder coat finish and rubberized deck coatings help to insulate little hands from the heat. Additional safety considerations include an open concept layout that allows parents and kids to see each other from most vantage points.
The more than 1400 inscribed wood pickets that enclosed the previous playground were removed, and have been made available to those who purchased them as part of the original fundraising campaign. Small pieces and embellishments from the wood playground were salvaged to be incorporated into future projects or returned by request to the volunteers who helped build it.
Now the City is asking the community to once again pitch in and donate to help complete Phase 2 of the rebuilt structure. Major corporate sponsors in addition to generous individuals who see the benefit of the playground are being rallied to help raise $482,000 to complete the rebuild.
As proposed, the cost of all equipment, surface and installation will total nearly $1 million dollars. Of that, to fund this first phase, $325,000 was paid by the city and nearly $180,000 has been pledged by sponsors. Over the next three months, the Parks and Recreation Commission will be campaigning for nearly a half-million dollars to complete the project. Corporate sponsorships ranging from $1,000 to a $500,000 title sponsorship – payable over multiple years –are being sought to expedite the build.
Individuals can support the rebuild by purchasing $10 wristbands, $100 commemorative lapel pins, and $250 "dream medals" that can be inscribed with a name or personal message and will be affixed to the pillars at the playground entrance. They are available for purchase at the Southridge Sports and Events Complex and Kennewick Community Center, and online soon at KennewickRecreation.com.
"The most successful donor-driven projects are those that are jump-started with a significant contribution, typically by a community champion that shares similar objectives and sees the value in giving back," said Parks and Commission Chair Ken Hahn. "The playground rebuild fundraising campaign is no different, and we're thankful for the catalytic investment by the Water Follies."

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Ever since I was young, I was always involved in the arts. I played cello, piano, clarinet, sang and acted in plays. So I guess I always wanted that. I love being able to get into a character and make people feel something. Its that love that has driven me.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being being an actress?
The advantages are being able to shed my skin and step into a characters life. You can truly experience things from a different perspective. It also can be a great deal of fun. Being in the arts typically is.
There are many disadvantages of being an actress. The first is that work is inconsistent at best. Sometimes you go in for dozens and dozens of parts before landing one. Other times you book multiple things at one time and can only accept one of them. Through all of that, you have to maintain your confidence in the face of rejection, maintain humility in the face of success and continue to hone the skills of your craft. The second would be the balance between show and business. Some of the most lucrative things for an actress are things that do not move you artistically. Something incredibly satisfying artistically can be a sacrifice financially for your livelihood. There is a great balance. But these disadvantages don't outweigh the fulfillment.
Your character Trish is the breadwinner and emotional rock of the family. What do you think young women can take away from this role?
To be honest, I don't think there is another character like her on TV. It is important for young women to know they can have all the things they want. It is always harder for women, especially mothers, to get ahead. But I love that Trish shows you can have balance. You can be a supportive wife while still excelling in your career. You can be a mother without it derailing your dreams. She is also stylish and invests private time with her husband. I mean, I want to be like Trish too!
You've played a lot of award-winning and award nominated roles. Out of all the characters, is there one that you identify with the most?
Well I honestly see a little of myself in each role Ive played but Trish is the closest to who I am. I am married mother with a career who supports my husband in his. Some of the bubbly side of my personality came out in Gigi (Are We There Yet) , the small no nonsense part of me came out in Monica (Girlfriends) and the strong supportive part of me came out as Dale Cochran (People Vs OJ Simpson) and Buster (Marshall).
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Yes, well people dont realize I started out as a singer and have a degree in Musical Theatre. My career was Broadway until I started doing more TV and film. So now that its been awhile, I want to revisit music. Ive always loved Standards and my husband is great at coming up with hip versions of classics so I am doing an album called "The New Standard". It has some classics done in a hip way and some original songs in the same venue. In addition, we are doing a new Christmas album.
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Civil society across Europe urge EU Ministers to adopt more stringent climate policy for transport, agriculture, buildings and waste
Today, civil society organisations in 13 countries have sent open letters to their Ministers, urging them to boost ambition of their proposal for the EU's largest climate tool, the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). As EU leaders reaffirmed their full support for the Paris Agreement last week in response to the US retreat, the ESR negotiations are a good litmus test of their commitment.
The letters sent out today are part of a European wide "day of action" where people from all around Europe show that there is an unprecedented consensus behind the need for the EU to increase ambition of its domestic climate policy. The reason for action today is that government representatives are meeting to discuss their position on this key climate proposal in Brussels. They are expected to present progress they have made in the negotiations during the Environment Council in less than two weeks. Ministers will determine whether the regulation safeguards the zero carbon transition or is crippled through weak targets and loopholes.
The ESR covers a whopping 60% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions and sets national binding targets for each Member State to reduce emissions from transport, buildings, waste and agriculture for the period 2021–2030. A well-crafted, ambitious regulation will make a real difference to people's everyday lives. Targeted building insulation programmes lead to healthier and happier homes, and tackling transport emissions will reduce the air pollution blighting European cities. Emissions policies can help struggling farmers reduce costs and generate revenue from their waste materials and new services, and a stronger ESR can support the European circular economy transition, boosting jobs and growth.
However the effectiveness of the instrument is threatened by weak ambition. The overall target is too weak. The emissions level set for the starting point in 2021 is too high (see our infographic published today). And loopholes further water down the weak proposal.
The target of -30% compared to 2005 levels proposed by the European Commission (the EU executive) means the EU aims to reduce its emissions by merely 1% per year over the next 16 years, while in the last five years an annual reduction of almost 2% was achieved. It also means we postpone necessary reductions to much later. To be in line with the EU's commitment to the Paris Agreement, a target of at least 47% for the ESR sectors would need to be adopted.
EU Member States have so far shown little appetite to do their homework and improve the Commission's weak proposal. Instead many countries are trying to weaken it further by asking for existing loopholes to be enlarged or even new ones to be added. This is unacceptable. We heard many EU leaders stating that the EU would be at a forefront of the global fight against climate change last week, when President Trump announced he would withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement. Now it is time to move from statements to action and make the ESR proposal Paris-proof.
The actions today, including the letters to Ministers signed by organisations in 13 countries send a loud and clear signal to EU Ministers: citizens will not accept it if you do not take your commitments to the Paris Agreement seriously.
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Why did Noah release a raven? Why did he later release a dove (Genesis 8)?
Question: "Why did Noah release a raven? Why did he later release a dove (Genesis 8)?"
Answer: Following the Genesis flood, as the ark was resting on Mount Ararat, Noah released a raven and dove from the ark at different times. The goal in sending these birds was to determine if the flood waters had abated enough for Noah and his family to exit the ark.
In Genesis 8:6-7 we read, "At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth." The "40 days" here is after the tops of the mountains were visible (verse 5), over seven months after the flood began. A raven was released and apparently never returned. No reason is provided regarding why a raven was selected rather than another bird. However, a raven can eat carrion and would feed off dead animals in the water. A dove, on the other hand, would return to its point of origin if no land was found.
Noah sent a dove in Genesis 8:8-9: "Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him." The dove returned with no indication that a place had been found to alight.
A week later, in Genesis 8:10-11, Noah sent the dove again: "He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth." Things had begun to grow once again; the earth was becoming more habitable.
Another week passed. Then, in Genesis 8:12, Noah sends out the dove one more time: "Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore." The dove had no need to return to the ark, since it had found a home on land. The ark could soon be emptied, and humanity could begin to establish itself again in the world.
From Genesis 7:11 to 8:14, we know that the flood lasted a total of one year and ten days. The raven and the dove were released over a period of 21 days after the mountaintops became visible (Genesis 8:10-12). The raven served as a first attempt to discover dry land, and the dove became Noah's way of determining when to leave the ark.
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The recent round of violence in May 2021 prompted dozens of Israeli illustrators to create works in memory of the children killed in Gaza and Israel.
The Parents Circle Families Forum collaborated with a group of artists to display the works, physically, as part of Illustration Week 2021. The exhibition was at a Gallery on 43 Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, between 18-27 November 2021.
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If you have lost a family member due to the conflict, and you are also tired of the never ending cycle of loss of life, we would like to see you with us. Together, we will continue to work to prevent further bereavement, to create dialogue, reconciliation and peace.
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The fighting in Gaza, the rocket fire on towns and the violence between Jews and Arabs in Israel and the Territories must stop.
We launched a unique endeavor – The Virtual Peace Square for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Peace.
Every evening, for 5 weeks, we gathered at the Peace Square (on ZOOM and on the PCFF Facebook page) with bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families and guests from diverse disciplines for a conversation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the polarization in Israeli society, relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel and more. The sessions were open to everyone.
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This year we held The Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony for the 16th time. As we do every year, we met in the place where personal memories and longing succeed in overcoming fear and creating a shared act of compassion – thus marking a new path towards a future in which we won't have to live by our sword, and instead, we could look at a better future for all.
The ceremony was watched by close to 250,000 people from Israel, Palestine and around the world.
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The bereaved Palestinian and Israeli members of The Parents Circle – Families Forum will mark this day by planting 10 Olive trees both in the West Bank near Hebron and in Kibbutz Ramat Rahel , near Jerusalem. Each of these trees is dedicated to an Israeli or a Palestinian immediate family member who lost their life in the conflict and whose family belong to the group. Each year we intend to celebrate Tu BeShvat in this way until we can create a forest of reconciliation and peace.
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Halls of Montezuma (Jan. 4, 1951)
Posted on August 29, 2016 by Adam Lounsbery
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Directed by Lewis Milestone
The American public never really loses its appetite for war movies, it just gets full sometimes and needs to take a nap. That was the situation in 1950. After a few impressive World War II movies were released in 1949, like Battleground and Twelve O'Clock High, the only World War II movie I can think of from 1950 that wasn't a comedy, or a postwar drama like Fred Zinnemann's The Men, was Fritz Lang's American Guerrilla in the Philippines.
But the beginning of 1951 saw several war movies hit American movie theaters. Within a month of the premiere of Halls of Montezuma, at least two more war films were released; Operation Pacific, a film about World War II submarine warfare starring John Wayne, and Samuel Fuller's The Steel Helmet, the first film about the Korean War.
No matter which war a film depicts, it's always going to reflect the time when it was made. So while The Steel Helmet might have been the first film to explicitly depict the Korean conflict, the specter of that war hangs over Halls of Montezuma.
Like Battleground and Twelve O'Clock High, Halls of Montezuma is largely about the terrible toll of combat — what used to be called "shell shock" or "battle fatigue" and what is commonly called "PTSD" today.
Halls of Montezuma stars Richard Widmark as Anderson, a former schoolteacher who is now a lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He suffers from crippling psychosomatic migraines, and his only relief comes when he gets another little white pill from Doc (Karl Malden).
When the film begins, Lt. Anderson is tired of death. He led a company of Marines through the bloody battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima, and only seven men in his original command are still alive. (Halls of Montezuma might be meant to depict the battle on Okinawa, but I don't think it's ever directly stated where it takes place.)
Just like Allan Dwan's Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Halls of Montezuma integrates real footage of the war. Unlike Sands of Iwo Jima, the documentary footage in Halls of Montezuma is in color to match the Technicolor of the film, and while it often looks spectacular, it always took me out of the narrative, which is the same problem I had with Sands of Iwo Jima.
For instance, early in the film there's a scene where the Marines are blasting Japanese sniper's nests and pillboxes with tank-mounted flamethrowers. Lt. Anderson gives a command into his radio, "Spray the whole hill, it's lousy with Nips." We see huge arcs of fire hitting a ridge, then real footage of a (presumably Japanese) soldier running, his body on fire. Halls of Montezuma is an impressively staged film, but nothing in it can quite pass for reality when laid side-by-side with documentary footage.
I'm sure that some of my recognition of the fakery of the film is based on the passage of time. In Bosley Crowther's review of Halls of Montezuma in the January 6, 1951, issue of The New York Times, he praised the film's documentary realism and called it "A remarkably real and agonizing demonstration of the horribleness of war, with particular reference to its impact upon the men who have to fight it on the ground." After enough time passes it's easier to see how a movie has been constructed. No matter how "agonizingly real" a film might look at the time of its release, it just won't fool anyone 64 years later.
Lewis Milestone also directed All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), about the First World War, and A Walk in the Sun (1945), about American soldiers fighting in Italy during World War II. Halls of Montezuma is similar in some ways to A Walk in the Sun, including the use of occasional voiceover narration to tell the audience what various characters are thinking.
Halls of Montezuma is an earnest and well-made war movie, but it had too many clichés and inauthentic moments for me to call it a great war movie.
The interior sets look like sets, too many of the exteriors look like Southern California (which they are), the Japanese soldiers don't look Japanese, and too many of the characters seem like "types" rather than real people, like the British interpreter played by Reginald Gardiner or the sadistic and gun-crazy punk "Pretty Boy," played by Skip Homeier.
There are some great performances in Halls of Montezuma, though. Widmark is completely convincing as a battle-weary officer, and Richard Boone (in his first feature film role) is brilliant as Lt. Col. Gilfillan. When he asks combat correspondent Dickerman (Jack Webb) if he can fire an M1 Garand and then sends him out on a mission to take Japanese prisoners, Boone says with resignation, "I suppose I'll be the villain of your great American war novel." It's one of those moments that would seem too "written" coming from another actor, but Boone sells it.
Posted in 1951, January 1951 and tagged 20th Century-Fox, Jack Palance, Jack Webb, Karl Malden, Lewis Milestone, Neville Brand, Reginald Gardiner, Richard Boone, Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner, War Movies, World War II. Bookmark the permalink.
Twelve O'Clock High (Dec. 21, 1949)
Posted on July 13, 2014 by Adam Lounsbery
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Directed by Henry King
In my review of Battleground (1949) last month, I referred to it as "a return to films about World War II that focused on the combat experience."
When I said that, I completely overlooked three studio pictures about air combat in World War II that were released before Battleground — Raoul Walsh's Fighter Squadron (1948), Sam Wood's Command Decision (1948), and Delmer Daves's Task Force (1949).
It just goes to show that you shouldn't make bold pronouncements about films by using words like "first" and "only" unless you've seen every movie ever made, and seeing every movie ever made is impossible.
So I'll take the hit on that inaccuracy.
Anyway, Twelve O'Clock High was the third in a string of high-profile studio pictures about World War II released toward the end of 1949, all of which received several Oscar nominations. (Battleground and Sands of Iwo Jima were the first two.)
Like Sands of Iwo Jima, Twelve O'Clock High features actual combat footage shot during the war, but unlike Sands of Iwo Jima, the footage is used sparingly, only appearing toward the end of the film. For the most part, Twelve O'Clock High is a character-driven drama about men pushed to the limit as they fly one deadly mission after another.
Twelve O'Clock High was directed by Henry King. The screenplay was adapted by Beirne Lay Jr. and Sy Bartlett from their novel of the same name, which was based on their own experiences in World War II. Most of the characters in the book and film are based on real people or are composites of several people.
The film begins in 1949, when Harvey Stovall (Dean Jagger), who spent most of the war as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, has his memory stimulated by a Toby Jug he finds in a London shop. It's identical to the one that used to sit in the officer's club of his old airfield at Archbury. He bicycles out to the site of the airfield, which is now just a field of gently waving grass, and he falls into a reverie.
Twelve O'Clock High details the extreme stress suffered by the members of the 918th Bomb Group, who flew daring daylight precision bombing runs and suffered heavy losses to anti-aircraft fire and to the Luftwaffe. When their commanding officer, Colonel Keith Davenport (Gary Merrill), begins to crack under the strain, he is replaced by Brigadier General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck).
Savage is so hard and unforgiving that for most of the film he doesn't seem quite human. The men loved Colonel Davenport, but the closeness probably affected his leadership. On the other hand, they hate Brigadier General Savage so much that every man in the 918th applies for a transfer. Savage grants their requests, but ties them up with red tape long enough to whip the men into shape, and eventually their feelings change when their bombing runs become more successful and they suffer fewer casualties.
Early in Twelve O'Clock High there is a spectacular sequence in which a B-17 crash-lands. It was pulled off by stunt pilot Paul Mantz, who took off and crash-landed without any assistance. Most of the film, however, is a portrait of combat stress. Even the most stoic characters in the film eventually crack under the pressure. When the actual combat footage is used toward the end of the film, the audience already has a sense of what the pilots and crewmen are experiencing, and how dangerous their missions are.
Twelve O'Clock High is a really good World War II movie, and by all reports an extremely accurate one. I didn't emotionally connect with it the same way I connected with Battleground, but that's just a personal preference. If you have any interest in the air war in Europe, particularly how B-17 bombers were used, then Twelve O'Clock High is a must-see film.
It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Gregory Peck. It won two Oscars: Best Supporting Actor for Dean Jagger and Best Sound Recording.
Posted in 1949, December 1949 and tagged 20th Century-Fox, 22nd Academy Awards, Beirne Lay Jr., Dean Jagger, Gary Merrill, Gregory Peck, Henry King, Paul Mantz, Sy Bartlett, War Movies, World War II. Bookmark the permalink.
Sands of Iwo Jima (Dec. 14, 1949)
Posted on June 21, 2014 by Adam Lounsbery
Directed by Allan Dwan
Republic Pictures
In my recent review of Battleground (1949), I discussed whether or not it should be seen as an "anti-war film." I absolutely don't think that it should be, but I do think that it's a sensitive portrait of the stress and fear that the "battered bastards of Bastogne" experienced during the Battle of the Bulge.
In my review of Battleground I also argued that it was not the first film about World War II to depict soldiers as three-dimensional people who experience fear and doubt, even though plenty of reviews claim that it was. But the depth of the characterizations made Battleground a significant war movie, and the fact that it was the first major war movie released after the end of World War II was significant, too.
However, shortly after the release of Battleground came a movie not about soldiers, but about marines, and it's exactly the kind of movie people are imagining when they call Battleground a "revisionist" war movie or an anti-war film.
I really enjoyed Sands of Iwo Jima, but with its gung-ho attitude towards war, heroism, manhood, and patriotism, it's diametrically opposed to Battleground. Just about the only things the two movies have in common are that they're both about World War II, and both feature Richard Jaeckel in a small role.
Sands of Iwo Jima stars John Wayne as the alcoholic, tough-as-nails leatherneck Sgt. John M. Stryker. As his ass-kicking surname implies, Sgt. Stryker is the kind of non-com who doesn't care if his men like him; he only cares about whipping them into a fighting force that thinks and moves as one man so they can give the Japs hell. During training, one of the marines looks at Stryker and growls, "I don't know which I hate worse, him or the Nips."
John Wayne received his first Oscar nomination for best actor for this film. I've heard that Wayne felt he should have been nominated for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) instead, but I thought his performance in that film was overly affected. His role in Sands of Iwo Jima played much better to his strengths.
The human drama in the film focuses on PFC Peter Conway (John Agar), whose father served under Sgt. Stryker. Conway comes from a family with a long tradition of service in the US Marine Corps, and when Stryker talks, all Conway can hear is his father.
There's humor in Sands of Iwo Jima, but most of it comes in the form of macho posturing. There are the Flynn brothers (played by Richard Jaeckel and William Murphy), two PFCs who can't go a day without getting in a fistfight. And there's a scene where a sailor tries to cut in on Conway's slow dance with a pretty blonde named Allison Bromley (Adele Mara), and he snaps, "Shove off, Mac." (Take that, US Navy! You can give the USMC a ride to the battle, but don't step on their toes, punks.)
But the high point of Sands of Iwo Jima are the elaborate battle scenes, which take place in two sections; first the assault on Tarawa and then the assault on Iwo Jima.
When an officer is showing the men a map of an island that is part of the Tarawa atoll, he says, "Don't ask me how you spell it. You'll have to stick your faces into it, but you don't have to spell it." He goes on to tell them that the Japanese troops are dug in pretty deep. "They'd just as soon die as stick a nickel in a jukebox. But that's all right. Let the other guy die for his country. You live for yours!"
The action is fast and furious, which is appropriate, since this film depicts some of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of World War II.
Sands of Iwo Jima was produced by Republic Pictures, which mostly made lower-budgeted films, so it doesn't have the high production values that MGM brought to Battleground. The battle scenes in Sands of Iwo Jima incorporate a good deal of newsreel footage, which adds some authenticity to the film, but occasionally makes the newly filmed segments look a little fake. The filmmakers did as well as they could. The special effects were by Waldo and Theodore Lydecker, who did fantastic work in numerous Republic serials, and the demolition effects were carried out by the USMC. But the newsreel footage of actual fighting occasionally took me out of the picture by reminding me that most of what I was seeing was a Hollywood recreation.
Not long after Sands of Iwo Jima was released, Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949) hit theaters. It was the third major film about World War II released in 1949, several years after the war had ended. Battleground was significant for being the first, but three makes a pattern, and shows that after a few years of tranquility on the silver screen, audiences were once again hungry for simulated wartime mayhem. (A more cynical view might be that Hollywood was ginning up support for the coming conflict in Korea.)
Posted in 1949, December 1949 and tagged Adele Mara, Allan Dwan, Forrest Tucker, John Agar, John Wayne, Republic Pictures, Richard Jaeckel, Sands of Iwo Jima, War Movies, World War II. Bookmark the permalink.
Battleground (Nov. 9, 1949)
Posted on May 26, 2014 by Adam Lounsbery
Directed by William A. Wellman
A lot of reviews of Battleground claim it was the first World War II movie to portray servicemen as fully human characters who experience fear and doubt, and not just as inspirational patriotic figures.
Whoever thinks this has probably not seen very many World War II movies made between 1941 and 1945. While Americans have never been great at understanding our enemies, we have always been good at exploring the vulnerability, fears, and doubts that our own soldiers experience in combat. Everything from Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) to Lewis Milestone's film version of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) presented nuanced views of men under fire.
During World War II, Hollywood films about the war tended to lionize servicemen and depict America's involvement as vitally necessary, but the better ones, like Mervyn LeRoy's Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) (with script by Dalton Trumbo), were also great human dramas.
I think the most significant antecedents to Battleground were two other films about men in the infantry: The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) and A Walk in the Sun (1945).
A Walk in the Sun was directed by Lewis Milestone, the man who directed All Quiet on the Western Front. It attempts to depict the mind of the American infantryman, through both dialogue and rambling internal monologues (a technique Terrence Malick would later use in The Thin Red Line). In keeping with the POV of the soldiers, the viewer is kept mostly in the dark about the larger significance of the violence, which punctuates the film in terrifying and confusing bursts.
The Story of G.I. Joe starred Burgess Meredith as embedded combat reporter Ernie Pyle and co-starred Robert Mitchum as the commanding officer of Company C, 18th Infantry. It was directed by William A. Wellman, the man who directed Battleground. Just like Battleground, the scenes of violence were swift and brutal, but the focus for most of the film was on the infantrymen themselves, and the boredom, extreme physical discomfort, and drudgery punctuated by fear that everyone who serves in combat experiences. Also like Battleground, most of the extras in The Story of G.I. Joe were actual soldiers who had served in combat.
The big studios dumped most of their existing war movies in theaters not long after V-E Day and V-J Day in 1945, rightly assuming that the public had little interest in war movies once the war was over. In the few years that followed, plenty of movies dealt with veterans' homecomings (The Best Years of Our Lives, released in 1946, was the finest of these films), but I'm hard pressed to think of any American films from this period that directly dealt with the experience of combat. The only one I can think of is Mervyn LeRoy's Homecoming (1948), but all of the fighting in that film was just the backdrop for a passionate and illicit romance between Clark Gable and Lana Turner.
So Battleground was unique in that it was a return to films about World War II that focused on the combat experience. Producer Dore Schary brought the project with him to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer when he left RKO Radio Pictures. It was a passion project for him, and he really had to fight to get it to the screen, since MGM head Louis B. Mayer believed that the public was still tired of war films.
Schary's persistence paid off. His tribute to the "battered bastards of Bastogne" was a huge hit with audiences, and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. (It took home two Oscars, one for Best Story and Screenplay, and one for Best Cinematography, Black & White.)
As I said earlier, Battleground is firmly in the tradition of humanistic portraits of ordinary soldiers like The Story of G.I. Joe and A Walk in the Sun, but it does go further than any films made during World War II depicting how scared many ordinary infantrymen really were, and how strongly they could desire to be far, far away from the fighting.
One character in Battleground is counting the days until he rotates out of the Army, and is furious when he's told that they're surrounded by the Germans, and he's not going anywhere. But typically of the film, he steels his courage and eventually manages to make jokes about how the Germans are committing war crimes by shooting at him, a civilian. Another character has a full set of false teeth, which he loses and then tries to be given medical leave for a few days. (That character is played by Douglas Fowley, who really did lose his teeth in an explosion while serving on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.)
At one point in the film, two soldiers retreat and have to leave behind a wounded man, who hides himself from the Germans by crawling under the wreck of a jeep and covering himself with snow. The film never depicts any of the men's acts as cowardly; they are badly outnumbered, and doing anything else would have been suicide for all of them.
The Oscar-winning screenplay of Battleground was written by Robert Pirosh, who served as a master sergeant with the 35th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Pirosh based his script partly on his own experiences, but the film details the exploits of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, so Lt. Col. Harry Kinnard, who had been the deputy divisional commander of the 101st at Bastogne, served as technical advisor. More than a dozen veterans of the 101st appeared as extras in the film and worked with the actors to ensure accuracy. (The film is relatively accurate except for a plot about German soldiers moving through the lines who are disguised as Allied soldiers, but this can be forgiven in the interest of creating suspense and tension. It is, after all, "only a movie.")
The actors are all great, and many of them had actually served in combat. James Whitmore, who plays Sgt. Kinnie and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role, served in the Marine Corps in World War II. James Arness, who would go on to star in the 20-year run of Gunsmoke on TV, has a small role in the film, and was the most decorated soldier among the cast. (Arness was severely wounded at Anzio, and received the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the World War II Victory Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze battle stars.)
Consequently, Battleground is one of the most authentic World War II movies you will ever see, even though it might not seem that way to a viewer who has been weaned on the bloody CGI horrors of 21st-century war movies. However, if you're conversant in the language of film, and can read what is being written on and off the screen, there's one sequence that's as brutal as anything you'll ever see in a war film. Our heroes are surprised by German troops and in a fast-moving sequence, Ricardo Montalban rips a German soldier's throat out with his teeth, Van Johnson stabs a German soldier to death with his bayonet, and John Hodiak bashes in the skull of a German soldier with the stock of his rifle.
I've read reviews of Battleground that refer to it as an "anti-war film." I don't know if this point of view springs from Steven Spielberg's ridiculous assertion, made around the time that the philosophically incoherent Saving Private Ryan (1998) was released, that "every war movie, good or bad, is an anti-war movie," but it couldn't be further from the truth.
Although very few Hollywood films can simply be called "pro-war" films, a truly "anti-war" film would have to condemn any kind of armed conflict and celebrate pacifism as a viable and noble alternative. A truly "anti-war" film could not depict death and destruction in a highly aestheticized way, like Apocalypse Now (1979). And it could not celebrate the value of brotherhood under fire, as do Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down (2001). No film that celebrates soldiers nobly putting their lives on the line for the greater good can ever be called an "anti-war movie," any more than The Passion of the Christ (2004) can by called an "anti-crucifixion movie."
I'm not condemning Battleground because it's not an anti-war movie. I even thought the short, moving scene in which an Army chaplain explains why he thinks America's involvement in the war is vitally necessary was one of the best bits of the movie.
But today is Memorial Day, and I think it's worth considering, as we honor the sacrifice of people who laid down their lives overseas, that no war movie can ever replicate the experience of combat. No matter how realistic, the viewer is watching from a position of safety. And every war film is a tale told by survivors. The dead no longer have a voice.
Posted in 1949, November 1949 and tagged 101st Airborne, 22nd Academy Awards, George Murphy, James Arness, James Whitmore, John Hodiak, Marshall Thompson, Memorial Day, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Jaeckel, Van Johnson, War Movies, William A. Wellman, World War II. Bookmark the permalink.
I Was a Male War Bride (Aug. 9, 1949)
Posted on February 23, 2014 by Adam Lounsbery
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Here's what I knew about I Was a Male War Bride before I watched it: It's a screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks. It's the only Howard Hawks movie my cinephile friend Oskar doesn't like very much. Cary Grant dresses in drag at the end.
Beyond that, I went in with no preconceptions, and I had a great time. I laughed more at I Was a Male War Bride than any comedy I've watched in the past few months.
I'm sure it's hard for a lot of people not to unfavorably compare I Was a Male War Bride with Howard Hawks's two previous screwball comedies with Cary Grant, Bringing Up Baby (1938) and His Girl Friday (1940). Both films are widely acknowledged classics. Taken on its own merits, though, I think I Was a Male War Bride is great. It's a really funny movie, with a wonderful blend of witty dialogue and physical comedy.
Ann Sheridan plays Catherine Gates, a lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps (WAC), and Cary Grant plays Henri Rochard, a captain in the French Army.
Capt. Rochard is an incorrigible skirt-chaser and Lt. Gates is a hard-nosed officer with a quick wit. When the film begins, they've already been paired on multiple missions, and have the easy romantic-comedy repartee of two bickering people who profess to hate each other but can't get enough of each other.
The opening scene of the film mocks the military's obsessive use of acronyms and initialisms, when Capt. Rochard is so caught up in making sense of abbreviations that he can't decipher the door of the women's lavatory. And the film as a whole mocks the endless layers of bureaucracy and red tape everyone in the military has to contend with.
I Was a Male War Bride is based on the memoirs of the real-life Henri Rochard, a Belgian who married an American Army nurse, which were published under the humorously verbose title I Was an Alien Spouse of Female Military Personnel Enroute to the United States Under Public Law 271 of the Congress.
There's a lot I loved about this film. It's laugh-out-loud funny, with great gags and crisp dialogue that is frequently sexually suggestive, and Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan have wonderful chemistry.
My one problem with the film was that I could never accept Cary Grant as a Frenchman. Cary Grant is one of the all-time great screen stars, but he had two speeds: Comedy and Drama. He never altered his accent and barely ever changed his mannerisms. I wouldn't have had trouble accepting him as a "French" military officer if it wasn't so inextricably linked to the film's plot. The film has a good deal of authenticity. Much of it was shot in Germany, and a lot of the throwaway dialogue is in German, so the fact that Grant doesn't look French, doesn't act French, and never speaks in French is really bizarre.
On the other hand, Cary Grant is perfect for this type of comedy, and I don't think I Was a Male War Bride would have been a better film if his role had been played by Jean Gabin or Jacques François.
The final sequence with Grant in drag didn't play as humorously for me as it probably did when the film first played in theaters. Seeing a popular male star dressed as a woman isn't a novelty anymore, after movies like Tootsie (1982) and The Birdcage (1996). And this certainly wasn't the first movie to feature a man in drag, as anyone who's seen The Devil-Doll (1936) can attest.
The only thing funny about seeing Cary Grant in drag is that you're seeing Cary Grant in drag. He plays a woman the same way he plays a Frenchman, only with a bit more discomfort.
But the scenes of him in drag take up a blessedly short amount of screen time, and didn't diminish the overall good time I had watching this film. It's a great comedy with great stars, and holds up really well. It was also 20th Century-Fox's highest-grossing movie of 1949, and Howard Hawks's third most financially successful film of all time, after Sergeant York (1941) and Red River (1948).
Posted in 1949, August 1949 and tagged 20th Century-Fox, Ann Sheridan, Cary Grant, Comedy, Henri Rochard, Howard Hawks, Marion Marshall, World War II. Bookmark the permalink.
Berlin Express (May 1, 1948)
Jacques Tourneur's crisp thriller Berlin Express presents occupied Germany in miniature. Every nation associated with Allied-occupied Germany is represented by the film's characters — the United States, France, Germany, England, and Russia.
It's filmed in the semi-documentary style that was popular in the late '40s. Europeans speak to each other in their own languages, with no subtitles (there is a voiceover narrator to explain to the viewer what's transpiring), and much of Berlin Express was filmed on location in Paris, Frankfurt, and Berlin. (According to IMDb.com, it was the first Hollywood production in Europe after World War II.)
Berlin Express has stylistic elements of the German "Trümmerfilm" ("rubble film"), like Die Mörder sind unter uns (The Murderers Are Among Us) (1946). The German rubble films used the war-ravaged backdrops that were plentiful in German cities heavily bombed during the war. Berlin Express doesn't have the same gravitas or overwhelming sense of tragedy as the rubble films, but the location footage gives it a sense of authenticity not found in most run-of-the-mill thrillers.
Compared with Jacques Tourneur's previous film, the film noir masterpiece Out of the Past (1947), Berlin Express is a lesser effort, but Tourneur is a pro, and every one of his films that I've seen has been a work of solid craftsmanship.
The MacGuffin in Berlin Express is a note that falls into the hands of the Deuxième Bureau that reads: "21:45 / D / 9850 / Sulzbach." The first part seems to refer to a time of day (9:45 PM), but there are Sulzbachs in every occupied zone of Germany. What's happening? And where will it happen?
Enter a multinational motley crew of characters traveling aboard the Berlin Express. In compartment A is Robert J. Lindley (Robert Ryan), a United States Government Agricultural Expert. In compartment B is Lucienne Mirbeau (Merle Oberon), a secretary from France. In compartment C is Herr Otto Franzen (Fritz Kortner), once a German industrialist, now a dealer in scrap iron. Compartment D is unoccupied, but is being held for a "person of importance." Compartment E is shared by two men, a former British soldier named James Sterling (Robert Coote), and a military aide for the Russian Occupation Authority, Lt. Maxim Kiroshilov (Roman Toporow). In compartment F is Henri Perrot (Charles Korvin), once a member of the French Underground, now a man of commerce. And finally, in compartment G, is Hans Schmidt (Peter von Zerneck), whose occupation is a mystery to the viewer (the whistle of the train covers what the narrator is saying, which is a cute touch).
Of course, this is an espionage thriller, so it should go without saying that not everyone is what they appear to be, and there will be at least one big reveal or switcheroo before the credits roll.
Berlin Express was made during that curious little space in time when World War II was over but the Cold War had not yet kicked into high gear. Its villains may not seem very plausible or consequential to modern viewers, but for my money, a good thriller is a good thriller. The voiceover narration is a little heavy-handed, but for the most part Berlin Express keeps things tight, fast-paced, and properly thrilling.
Posted in 1948, May 1948 and tagged Charles Korvin, Espionage Thrillers, Film Noir, Jacques Tourneur, Merle Oberon, Paul Lukas, RKO Radio Pictures, Robert Ryan, World War II. Bookmark the permalink.


With so many diets available today, it's hard to find one that suits your needs and is still effective at producing results. From all the different diets out there, one of the most interesting is the 500 Calorie Diet.
Intermittent fasting diets like this have been shown to be very effective at helping people to lose weight fast and to keep that weight off.
Having a selection of recipes for tasty, easy 500 calorie meals to hand will definitely help you to stick to the 500 calorie diet plan.
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The 5:2 diet involves eating normally for five days (out of seven days) and greatly limiting your intake the other two days. Typically, on the two days with limited calories, total intake should be around 500 calories.
Even if you are not on a specific low calorie diet, many nutritionists and dietitians think that many small meals over the course of the day are better for your than larger meals.
Control – One thing that everyone on the 500 calorie diet seems to enjoy is the fact that they have a huge amount of control in what they are eating. Even when you are limiting your meals to just 500 calories each, you can select exactly what food you want to put together to add up to the 500 calories.
So if you want to sacrifice an entire meal on that one piece of cheesecake, you can! You just have to stop after that and wait until the next meal to eat again.
Reduced appetite – One cool side effect people have noticed with this tactic is that it seems to train your brain to not like these types of foods anymore. What happens is someone really wants a piece of cheesecake, for example, so they sacrifice their 500 calorie meal just to eat that 500 calorie piece of cheesecake. Since that tiny piece of cheesecake used up all 500 calories, they're left hungry for hours until the next meal.
After doing this a few times, the brain starts to realize this pattern – if I eat this fattening food, I'm going to be left hungry for hours. Once you've created that association in your brain for displeasure and fattening foods, you rarely want to eat them anymore. Losing this desire for those types of fattening foods is vital to having continued success in the future with your weight loss.
Increased metabolism – There's actually multiple health benefits that go along with the diet besides the weight loss aspect. For one, it's absolutely great for your metabolism. Doctors have been recommending for years that we should eat 5 or 6 small meals per day instead of 3 large meals, and that's what happens with the 500 calorie diet. You're breaking down the meals you want into 500 calories each and spacing them out throughout the day, and by doing this your metabolism is constantly going strong.
Nutrition – Another great benefit is how easy it makes it to get the fruits and vegetables you need into your diet. By putting a single serving in each of your meals, you get all the nutrients you need each day and you aren't stuck eating a huge serving of it at one time. With the amount of vitamins and antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables, this can really help to build up your immune system.
Improved sleep – We've also read reports that diets like this are remarkably effective at ensuring you get a full nights rest each night. Most people who eat high calorie meals three times per day end up going to bed with a completely full stomach. Doing this keeps your body active while you're trying to sleep, therefore making it harder to reach a deep sleep and sometimes preventing you from falling asleep in the first place. When you're only eating 500 calorie meals throughout the day, your body is able to digest it quickly. You don't go to bed feeling as full as a blimp and you wake up feeling better than ever. Going into a deep sleep and letting your body repair itself is extremely important for weight loss and various other aspects of health, so if you're having problems with your sleeping patterns this could really help.
When dieting it will make your life a lot easier if you plan out what you are going to eat in advance.
This will mean that you don't have to count calories all day and you always have your next meal to look forward to.
Try having a meal prep day where you make all of the meals for the week beforehand and put them in containers. This ensures that you always have food ready to eat and will discourage you from snacking or ordering take out.
With that in mind we've picked a few easy low calorie meals from across the web that have received a lot of positive reviews.
Those are just a few recipes but you get the idea – you can have an awesome, tasty and filling meal and still keep it under 500 calories too.
If you're on the 500 Calorie Diet you need a selection of tasty meals that are well under 500 calories so that you can stagger your intake.
Fluffy tofu with black beans, corn, and mixed greens. The tofu has a consistency like scrambled eggs, and is high in protein but low in fat. Great for vegetarians and carnivores alike. This recipe is super easy to prepare, all you need is a skillet and some oil and seasoning!
This dish is full of flavor with its dashes of garlic, olive oil and olives. It is also packed with protein and is designed to fill you up. Edamame may take a little while to get used to, but it is a superfood rich with protein.
Starchy potatoes are a great with a side of shoots and vegetables. Most people try to stay away from carbs and starches on a diet, but these are what make you full. A little starch and some carbs never hurt. Season the potatoes with spices instead of sauces or butter. It's healthy and it fills you up. This recipe is great because it is easy to make and take with you!
Protein-packed egg and iron-rich spinach makes for a delicious breakfast. Grease your pan with coconut oil instead of butter or olive oil for a lighter taste. Flavor your omelette with salt and pepper. Since eggs are low in calories, feel free to add additional vegetables as you see fit. This omelette is a quick breakfast and contains easily available ingredients!
This hearty soup will keep you full until dinner, without sacrificing your low calorie diet! Potatoes, leeks, and peas all help give this soup its yummy flavor. The starch in the potatoes keep the soup creamy and flavorful. Soup is easy to take on the go and can be made in bulk, making lunchtime easier!
Salmon is low in calories and rich in healthy fats. Grilled salmon is a healthy alternative, and tastes great. When made on the grill this dish almost doesn't need seasoning. Salmon is easy to prepare and full of Omega 3. Perfect for a healthy, low calorie, and satisfying dinner!
This meal is super juicy and easy to throw together, minimal effort required. The chicken itself is rich with protein and is super filling. The honey mustard merely adds to the flavor, and is perfect when paired with a side of vegetables, such as spinach, green beans, or peas.
You may also want to take a look at our post on Low Calorie Breakfast ideas to get your day off to a great start.
Remember, you'll be able to to prepare many of these meals in advance and freeze them, so you've always got a healthy dinner option to hand.
Once you get into the swing of things with these recipes you really won't even need to worry about a calorie counter anymore, your meals will do all the calorie counting for you.
Worried about cinching your calories down to 500? Here are a few tips for making the most of the low calories meals!
Eat foods that you enjoy – If you hate fish, don't force yourself to consume it! You will dread mealtime and most likely make up for the fact that you ate something you didn't like by overeating the unhealthier foods you do like!
Avoid foods that are particularly calorie dense (foods with a lot of calories) – These foods don't fill you up as much and leave you feeling hungry. Examples of these are sugary things, and carbs like white pasta and bread. Fill your 500 calories with healthy foods that are nutritious and that will fill you up, such as beans and chicken!
Focus on vegetables and protein – Protein comes from a lot of places, so don't be afraid to mix it up! Beans, chicken, lean beef, eggs, fish, yogurt, cottage cheese, and lentils all are excellent sources of protein. Change it up so you don't get bored of eating the same thing all the time.
Be clever with portion size – For example, if you love rice or cheese, you can have a small amount in your diet. Don't deprive yourself of the foods you love, but keep them in moderation!
For more tips on getting through the day on under 500 calories, check out this post.
Part of building a sustainable diet plan is about being able to enjoy the usual pleasures in life, such as a restaurant meal with family or friends.
If your diet can't accommodate this, you are far more likely to become disheartened and give up altogether.
Thankfully there are some very simple steps that you can take that will minimize, or otherwise counterbalance the impact of eating out, many of them similar to the points above about creating your own recipes.
Plan ahead – Look at the menu beforehand and try to limit going to places where there is simply no option of getting something that will fit in with your meal plan. You can also use this time to search for special offers or discounts.
Portion control – You don't have to eat the whole thing. You're in the restaurant to taste nice food and enjoy good company, not to stockpile calories.
Substitute – Swap out your carbs for veg. Don't be afraid to tweak what is on the menu to meet your needs, most restaurants will be happy to do this.
Take care with liquid calories – Alcohol is full of calories, but some drinks are worse than others. Consider opting for Gin and Slimline tonic, or Vodka and diet coke, which will typically contain only around 50 calories. A pint of lager in comparison will contain nearly three times that.
Use your Cheat day – If you can, schedule the meal out for your cheat day, when you'll likely be consuming more calories anyway. Alternatively, consider moving your cheat day for this week to accommodate the meal.
Counterbalance – If you can't schedule your cheat day to coincide with the meal, then consider cutting your calories on other days to balance it out. If you know that your calorie intake will be particularly high on one day, try to cut back either the day before, or the day after. Even if you're not strictly on the 500 Calorie Diet, you can use a simple meal plan from one of the fast days, and you should see your weight correct in no time at all.
Exercise – Despite the steps listed above it is likely that a restaurant meal will involve more calories than you'd normally consume for dinner. It is therefore really important that you get some exercise to offset these additional calories. Eating out in the evening can often disrupt your opportunities to exercise, particularly if you are consuming alcohol. You should try to plan your day to accommodate this, such as by getting up slightly earlier so that you can do a short workout in the morning. This will also give your metabolism a boost, helping you to process the extra calories faster.
These steps will help to ensure that you are able to do the usual things you enjoy while still losing weight.
However, the real key is not to stress about it.
Have a great time, enjoy the nice food and good company, if you're eating right most of the time and you're exercising regularly you may find that you can get away with the occasional restaurant meal without it having any impact at all.
Eating a low calorie diet doesn't mean that you have to compromise taste or that you have to be hungry all the time. Low calorie means that you are taking extra care of what goes into your body, putting in only food that will fill you up and fuel your day.
These are really great meals that will help you to achieve your weight loss goals, without feeling like you're going on hunger strike on a weekly basis.
Your goals are attainable, especially when you put them in perspective.
Restricting calories twice per week is not the end of the world. Just make sure that on the days where your calories are not restricted you don't over-eat or eat a ton of junk food.
Combining this diet with regular exercise will keep you in great shape. Find an activity that you like, whether it be biking, jogging, or jumping on the elliptical. You'll be more likely to stick to it and working out won't feel like a chore.
As always, experiment with these recipes and find the ones you like best, then build them in to your everyday routine, soon you won't even realize that you're limiting your calories and you'll start feeling great.
At very least, grab a few recipes that you really like and put them together next week and try them. Most people are surprised at how full they are after eating a meal with so few calories.
If you have any questions, or want to suggest your own recipes, please get in touch.


Konnichiwa from the Navy Supply Corps Foundation (NSCF) Japan Chapter! As a subsidiary of the NSCF, the Japan Chapter is a non-profit, professional and social organization whose purpose is to engage members in professional development, community involvement, charitable endeavors, and social interaction to further the traditions and values of the Supply Corps heritage. In so doing, the Chapter strives to promote "espirit de corps" and camaraderie among Supply Corps professionals throughout Japan.
In addition to our annual major events such as the Supply Corps Birthday Ball and Golf Tournaments, we usually have an event every month. These include Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka Spring Festival, Yokosuka Friendship Day, Waterfront Socials, Mt. Fuji hike, or even a professional lecture. So, if you have ever "worn the oakleaf" and find yourself in Japan, I encourage you to check out the next upcoming event and get involved with the NSCF. It is a great way to have fun, network, and support worthy causes.
I look forward to seeing you all in the coming months at our events and gatherings!
Please register and become a member of the Navy Supply Corps Association - Japan Chapter website. This will allow us to send you emails about upcoming events as well as allow you to make reservations with the detailer during the OP Roadshow.


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Categories: GCTC, Russia, Star city
Survival lessons in the winter forest
The training of cosmonauts and astronauts on the actions after landing in a wooded area in winter starts in Star City.
According to legend, the descent vehicle landed in the snowy taiga, where there are no living areas nearby.
The task is to spend two days in the forest in conditions, close to those, in which the crew of the "Voskhod-2″ ship (Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyaev) were in March 1965.
The first to start the struggle for survival in low-temperature conditions were candidates to cosmonauts Konstantin Borisov, Oleg Platonov and Sergey Mikayev.
In total, this time in the GCTC will be "winter survival" of seven crews.
All crews, participating in the training sessions, first take theoretical and practical lessons on the tactics of actions after landing of the descent vehicle in extreme conditions, using tools and equipment, available on board of the spacecraft.
Under the terms of the training, cosmonauts and astronauts inside the descent vehicle must take off their spacesuits and change into a set of clothes, available on board, then go out and build several types of shelters, conduct an established radio exchange, provide medical assistance to the injured and interact with the search and rescue forces.
The training is conducted by the GCTC test and training team, which consists of instructors, doctors, psychologists and other specialists.
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Tennis predictions for the French Open 2018 is always a difficult task to do. But we use the same strategy that has worked with all our tips and getting advice from two infamous tennis players we provide tennis tips today and for every day in the biggest competitions.
Our tennis tipsters/advisors are not hiding from publicity. However, this is the way they want to 'play' it. If you want to follow, it depends on your will and mood.
Predictions for the Australian Open is always a difficult task. So, we follow the strategy of increasing bets (when losing) to get profit for one more tennis tournament. The tips come from a former tennis player (don't take us wrong, he never participated in a major competition) who wants to stay anonymous.
Our tennis tipster is not hiding from publicity, neither he is a well-known tennis player. However, he has been a tennis player with great knowledge of the sport and is willing to give his daily tennis tips from the first grand slam of 2019.
The Wimbledon 2018 Championship begins on Monday 2nd July and will last until Sunday 15th July. We will cover it with free tennis predictions. Looking for tennis tips for today?
Both Wimbledon Men's and Women's events look open for a grab this year.
Tennis predictions were never an easy task and neither they are for The Championships of Wimbledon 2018.
Using our staking strategy with increasing amounts when losing and decreasing when winning, we have managed to actually make a profit on the previous big tennis tournaments. We will use it again at Wimbledon 2018.
Just to confirm that too, we are not alone in this grand slam.
It might sound a bit cheeky we have not introduced you yet to our… secret tennis tipster, but he prefers to stay anonymous. He is not hiding from publicity, neither is a well-known tennis player. However, he has been a tennis player with great knowledge of the sport for years, has a tennis coaching diploma and has been consistent with his tennis tips so far.
Firstly, we receive the tennis predictions and read other famous tennis tipsters' opinions.
Secondly, we examine the odds and check if they are a good match to our way of wagering.
Tennis tips for today could be different than tomorrow ones.
If we come from a winning bet then we decrease our stake.
If we come from a losing bet then we increase our stake. However, the odds in tennis usually give us the opportunity to keep the stakes low. This is because a winning bet of higher odds can cover the losses of previous bets without increasing the stake.
ie. We bet on Nadal at odds of 1.90 to win vs Djokovic. Say we bet 10 units (any currency, £, $. €, whatever).
Then say our next bet is Federer to win 3-0 vs Cilic. If the odds are 2.50 or more, then by placing the same bet (10 units) we will have covered he losses from the previous bet and make some profit too. 2.50 x 10 = 25 and 25 – 20 (which is our total bets so far) = +5.
Lucky for you, we suggest a stake along our tennis tips to help you with your selections.
Predictions for the Australian Open is always a difficult task. So, we reached someone we could trust to provide tennis tips.
Our tennis tipster is not hiding from publicity, neither he is a well-known tennis player. However, he has been a tennis player with great knowledge of the sport and is willing to give his daily tennis tips from the first grand slam of 2018.


Set three raspberries, and 1 Tbsp. orange liqueur, in each of two decorative or fluted eight-ounce glasses.
Pour 1/4 cup orange juice and 1/4 cup raspberry cordial into each glass.
Top each glass with sparkling wine. Garnish rim of each glass with a small orange slice, and serve.
Recipes options: For a non-alcoholic drink, omit the orange liqueur and replace with more orange juice or cordial. Replace sparkling wine with sparkling water.
Serve these mimosas with one of the festive brunch dishes you'll find in our recipe collection, such as Lobster Benny, Fromage Frais-stuffed French Toast, or Morning Glory Pancakes.


Despite many of today's photographers never having used one, and most likely feeling they've no need for one with all the technology packed in to modern cameras, there are still plenty of reasons to look at investing in a handheld light meter. So what do they do? Well whilst the advances within the cameras themselves continue to develop in leaps and bounds, the basic premise of the light meter's workings stay essentially the same – to measure the light in a scene to guide you when setting the camera for the image you want. Generally, you pick the ISO you're shooting at, and depending on the individual meter, it will show you the corresponding shutter speeds across the range of aperture settings, that will result in a balanced exposure.
There are 2 kinds of light meter; Reflective and Incedent. Reflective meters are the type that you usually find in your camera, light from the scene is reflected into the meter and exposure values calculated from that – whereas Incedent meters are the type you would see the photographer holding near the model measuring the light directly from within the scene. Incedent meters will give a nice accurate reading as you can take precise readings from a number of areas within the frame, but there are inherent problems in using one in the field. As you want to get as close to your subject as possible with an incedent meter, for landscape and wildlife photographers the problems are obvious.
So why would you want one? Let's face it, you probably don't need one, your new camera lets you point it at any given scene and in full auto mode it takes a perfectly usable image. When shooting manual the in-camera meter readings are fast and reliable – you can even change between spot metering and full frame average metering depending on the situation, so you've got along just fine without one so far. Assuming then that your interest is piqued and you either want to revisit the old days, or just look into your first purchase, what should you look for in a handheld light meter? Whether to choose Reflective or Incedent will be completely down to personal choice but plenty of the modern digital light meters perform both functions such as the Sekonic L-308S Flashmate light meter at around £139 (pictured above).
If you decide to go for something a little older, you can find good examples for between £10 & £20 on ebay. My own light meter of choice is also a Sekonic – a model that stopped production around 1978, but needs no batteries, has no on/off switch and is incredibly easy to use (see picture below).
So don't be afraid of digging around car boot sales, as the old models perform the task in a beautifully simple fashion and whilst buying a light meter may not turn you into a pro overnight, hopefully this serves as a very brief introduction to a piece of equipment that previously have seen a bit daunting. Besides… as a photographer, you're always looking at scenes in your everyday life and thinking, "that's a 125th of a second at f/2.8 if I push it up to ISO800" and being able to refer to that little light meter you've taken to carrying around with you will let you know if you're right… or is that just me?
* The correct term incident metering, which measures the light falling on the subject rather than that reflected by the subject. Reflected light readings are affected by the tonality of the subject.
*Incident metering gives an overall average value from the whole scene.
* Handheld reflected light meters are available; these days they tend to be spot meters with a small angle of acceptance for precise advanced continuous or flash exposure calculations.
* Wedding and wildlife photographers can use a handheld incident meter with ease once they learn some simple techniques and gain an understanding of light and lighting.
Really useful and clear – thank you!


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Двуреченский поселковый совет входит в состав
Двуречанского района Харьковской области
Украины.

Административный центр поселкового совета находится в
пгт Двуречная.

История
Образован в 1943 году.

23 февраля 2023 года здание совета было разрушено российским обстрелом.

Населённые пункты совета

 пгт Двуречная
 с. Западное

Ликвидированные населённые пункты

 село Червоная Долина

Примечания

Местные советы (Двуречанский район)
Двуречная

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This sweet little Giraffe can be personalized for any occasion!
It makes a perfect "new baby gift" when you have it monogrammed or have the baby's birth information stitched on his Tummy, but is also cute for older kids and adults as well!
" Name as you want it stitched", thread colors and any other design elements you would like with your design.
Name and/or information you would like to have embroidered.
A proof will be emailed before the Giraffe is stitched.
Please cotact me with any questions!
Ribbon is included! Ribbon does vary!
This is the 2nd time I have ordered a personalized birth announcement stuffed animal. I absolutley adore both of them so very much! There are so many options for customization and what you see is exactly what you get. It's amazing quality and the stuffed animal is fluffy and perfect for hugging. You are quick to receive your proof template and the turn around time from that to delivery is also very quick! I couldn't be happier with my purchases and would 100% recommend this to every one!!!!
I could not believe how perfect the colors of the embroidery was with the pink and lime green. I can't wait for my daughter to open it on Christmas for my granddaughter.
This is the second birth square gift that I have purchased from SewBiz Custom Embroidery. They make the best gift for new parents. The giraffe was a perfect addition to the jungle nursery. Everyone has been asking where I purchased it, I have made sure to give the web address!!! There's another baby coming in September. I will be back to order another!
Amazing Product & Great Customer Service!
I was so excited when my embroider buddy came in the mail! My son loves it and so do I! It's about the same size as him right now! It turned out even better than I imagined. I have been thinking about getting one for some time now (my son is 9 months old) and I am so glad that I finally did. I had so many people ask me where I got it, and I made sure to give them the web address so they can get one too! :) Great product and super cute idea! I'm excited to show it off for all the years to come. I'm definitely getting another one when I have another baby someday!
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I really wanted one of these for my newborn baby niece as a Christmas present. After having placed my order with a vendor on Etsy and having that vendor cancel my order thus wasting several days in the process, I was afraid I wasn't going to get my Embroidery Buddy in time. I'm so glad now that my order was cancelled because Tamara has more options and fonts to choose from! I had some very specific instructions and she was so kind, patient, and accommodating to what I wanted. Communication was fast and I received my buddy almost 2 weeks before Christmas! Thank you so much!
I bought this stuffed animal for my nephew and was so excited to get it. I was not disappointed. The giraffe is so cute and the embroidery is perfect. It's a perfect size and the extra stitching on the bottom is adorable! I will def buy from this business again!


The regulators can be used with a variety of shielding gases to cover most metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding applications.
The heavy-duty, industrial-grade regulators utilise Miller's exclusive self-centring flowball technology to provide accurate readings even if tipped.
In addition, the devices are built with Sure SeatTM filtered technology, which reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) freeze-up and prevents contamination from entering the seating area for extended seat and regulator life.
The 20 Series Single-Stage Flowmeter Regulators also feature rugged aluminium casing and extra-long flow tubes for accurate full-scale readings within 5%.
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Empowerment Moments Blog: [DAY 7 of 21] "The Journey To Your Restoration ~ The Institution Of Your Blessing"
Have you ever been at a place in your life where you knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that God gave you specific instructions to do something but somehow half way through the journey or the assignment you became discouraged and you felt like giving up? Well, tell you what, if you have answered yes to this question, you are not alone, because I have. As recent as today, I am about to post this article on line, and I began to analyse a particular matter. I even began to question God as to whether or not this twenty-one (21) days assignment that He gave me was making any sense at all. I said, "Father God, countless hours and sleepless nights are spent on it. I can see the crowd, the multitude in the distance and they are gravitating towards specific persons, titles and ministries, yet I see others, myself included, in obscurity as if to say what we have to say makes no sense to them at all." Well I can just imagine you are now agreeing with me, because you too have felt the same way at times.
Well now, as I continued in the conversation with the Lord, His Holy Spirit ministered to my heart and said, "Do not get discouraged, continue to do what I have asked you to do. Don't mind the crowd, many are not hearing me. They are not going so much to hear, they are going after idols. But let the wheat and the tears continue to grow together until the day when I shall separate them." It is only then that my spirit man began to feel a burden lifted that I could now continue this journey of faith. I would even pause right here to say that life in itself is a journey of faith filled with experiences that do not always leave us feeling happy.
The emotions at times gets in the way and if left unchecked could cloud our judgement and our ability to think rationally and to do the things that are most pleasing to God. It is at times like these when doubt, fear and unbelief creeps in and tries to over power the gift of faith. But now we can see that the act of obedience as being so essential to life that it is the key that unlocks and institutes the blessings of God in our lives. This I cannot emphasize enough.
"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
In studying this word, I learned that when God intends some special blessing for His people, He commonly puts a sentence of death upon the blessing itself. And like He did with Joseph and Abraham, and I believe exactly that's what He did with me as I outlined in the beginning of this article, God will give you a word and then He puts you to the test. He tests you to see what you are really made up of. He tests your faithfulness to Him and to see whether or not you are coming after Him for what's in His hands, the blessing/s or you are coming after Him for what's in His heart. (love, purity, holiness, righteousness etc) He establishes scenes and scenarios and even allow road blocks that makes it look like the thing is unattainable, like you will not make the mark.
But like these witnesses that we have before us today, we have got to remember in whom we believe. It is God who quickeneth all things, even those that are dead in trespasses and sins. It is God Himself that our faith must be fastened upon and see Him as the only one who could breathe life into dry bones and make them live. The next thing to remember is how we first believed. Like Abraham, we too first believed against hope, and then afterwards to believe in hope. Let me explain. Hope itself was against Abraham including us also. All the arguments of sense, and reason, and experience, which in cases would usually produce and support hope, were against him. (Gen.15: 4-5) "Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken. (Romans 4: 18) Thirdly, do not dwell on or even have any self consultation about the difficulties themselves. Let faithfulness itself venture on the promise, and in turn let the promise keep the faith.
There is so much more that I would like to share on this matter that time would not permit me to do. But in closing, I would like to share with you that I am a living witness that God who has promised is faithful to deliver. "He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief:" Today we find unbelief at the bottom of staggering at God's promises that some continue to go around in circles, around the same mountain each and every time. But we must never allow "staggering" to be that which causes us to miss out on the institution and the restoration of our blessings. For although God will not reject weak faith, yet strong faith shall be commended and honoured.
Well thank you so much for being a part of this discussion. I pray God's blessings in your life as we continue to do life together and have fellowship one with another.


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I Am The City
When All Is Said And Done
The Way Old Friends Do (Live At Wembley Arena, London, England / 1979)
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