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Ukraine: Foreign fighters sentenced to death in separatist Donbas region — live updates | News | DW
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Separatist court sentences three foreign fighters to death
Zelenskyy says fate of Donbas being decided in Sievierodonetsk
Stoltenberg talks in Berlin called off at short notice
Poland's Duda criticizes Berlin sharply in German interview
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Separatist Donbas court sentences three foreign fighters to death — Russian media
A separatist court in the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" (DNR) has sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan national to death according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, and Brahim Sadun were fighting alongside Ukrainian forces and were detained in Mariupol in April. RIA Novosti reports that the prisoners are to be shot, but did not state when.
According to RIA Novosti, Pinner, Aslin, and Sadun confessed to taking part in a training for "terrorist activities," with Pinner and Sadun also pleading guilty to acts aimed at a violent takeover of the government in DNR.
Four killed in shelling of Sievierodonetsk chemical plant
Serhiy Haidai, the regional governor of Luhansk, said four people were killed during the shelling of the Azot chemical plant in the besieged and heavily contested city of Sievierodonetsk.
Hundreds of civilians are said to be sheltering at the plant as it is being used as an air raid shelter.
The Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk is not being surrounded by Russian forces currently, as occurred at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol weeks ago.
Africa facing dire crisis due to blocked Black Sea ports
Concerns are mounting as Russia's war on Ukraine is blocking Black Sea ports and grain from sailing from those ports.
Theodore Murphy, director of the Africa Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told DW, "About a third of 25 African countries rely on Ukrainian and Russian wheat. And 15 African countries rely up to one half on Russian and Ukrainian wheat for their imports."
He added, "because of the shortages that are being faced by the whole world, due to the ripple effect of what's happening in Ukraine and Russia, prices are rising," and African countries "are faced with a market that has grown much more expensive at the same time as Africa is facing some real financial crushes."
"Something is really wrong with the global system when Africa has 65% of arable land of the world and Africa is importing 80% of its food," Murphy said.
Bettina Rudloff, an agricultural economist at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, told DW that global food security "all depends on how we now handle the transport out of the region" — both out of Ukraine as well as Russia.
Should the international community turn out to be ineffective in working with Russia and Ukraine to unblock ports in the Black Sea, Rudolph said it must "try to really support all alternatives, which could be, in the end, by train or other transport options."
Over 600,000 tons of Ukrainian grain shipped to Romania
Ukraine has shipped 601,115 tons of grain to Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24. The port said Thursday 120,294 more tons were on the way.
From Constanta, over 262,000 tons have already departed for world markets aboard 15 ships, according to Reuters.
The grain is only about 3% of the 20 million tons Ukraine needs to export before the new harvest begins at the end of July to avoid bottlenecks in the system and stave off a global food crisis.
Ukraine's Black Sea ports have been blockaded since the start of the war.
Russia says ruble system for European gas supplies working
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian state-run Interfax news agency that Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Poland will no longer receive Russian gas due to a failure to make payments in rubles as the Russian government has requested.
Peskov said, "Those who receive gas are already receiving it under the new system."
In late March, Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a new payment system in rubles following Western sanctions.
The European Commission does not consider it a violation of sanctions if companies pay Russia in Euros or dollars, as stipulated in the contracts, to a Gazprom account.
UN: Almost 5 million Ukrainian refugees registered in Europe
The UN said that nearly four months after Russia invaded Ukraine, there are almost five million Ukrainian refugees registered in Europe. Since February 24 when Russia launched its invasion,a total of 4,816,923 Ukrainians have registered as refugees across 44 European countries.
The UN's refugee agency, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said, "The Ukraine war has caused one of the largest human displacement crises in the world."
The UN said women and children make up nearly 90% of the refugees, with males between the age of 18 and 60 unable to leave as they have been barred from doing so. In Germany, almost 133,500 Ukrainian students are enrolled in German schools, with 7,900 more students enrolling in just the past week.
The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates more than 8 million people remain internally displaced in Ukraine.
European Commission to provide Ukrainian start-ups with €20 million
The European Commission announced a plan to provide €20 million ($21.4 million) in funding to Ukrainian start-ups, with an allocation of €60,000 per company.
At a press conference in Brussels, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said Russia's invasion had "heavily disrupted existing research and innovation" in Ukraine. She added the funding would support "companies working to innovate solutions, services and products for rebuilding and recovery efforts of Ukraine."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen added, "While fighting Russian military aggression, it is vital for Ukraine to look forward."
A call for proposals from start-ups eligible for the funding is set to open on June 23.
Ukraine says it won back some territory in the Kherson region
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said Ukrainian forces had fought for and won back some territory Russian forces had occupied in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine.
The ministry said Russian forces "suffered losses in manpower and equipment," and had placed landmines as they retreated.
Ukraine says civilian evacuations of Sievierodonetsk not possible
While Ukrainian forces still hold the industrial part and adjacent areas in Sievierodonetsk, Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said the situation there is "difficult but manageable."
Defense lines continue to hold despite Russian attacks. However, Stryuk said that it was no longer possible to evacuate the approximately 10,000 civilians who remain trapped in the city, which is now the primary focus of Russia's military campaign against Ukraine.
Stoltenberg cancels Berlin trip, diagnosed with shingles
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg cancelled his trip to Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz because he has been diagnosed with shingles. Instead of in person talks, he will hold calls remotely with Germany and Romania Thursday and Friday.
Stoltenberg had been scheduled to meet with Scholz and German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht while in Berlin.
Zelenskyy: Millions might starve because of Black Sea blockade
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a televised statement that millions could starve due to Russia's naval blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports.
Zelenskyy warned the world faced a "terrible food crisis," adding Ukraine could not export corn, oil, wheat and other products.
Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the closure of Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Russia charges Ukraine has placed sea mines and Ukraine has responded that if it demines, Russia will attack.
In Ankara Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the food crisis "really a small problem," and claimed Russia would not take advantage should a UN proposal to demine to allow grain deliveries went ahead.
UK provides military update on the state of the war
The UK Ministry of Defense reports, "Fighting continues in the Sieverodonetsk pocket but, in the last 48 hours, Russia's Eastern Group of Forces (EGF) have also likely increased their efforts to advance to the south of Izium."
The UK military update adds that Russian forces near Izium have remained "stalled since April" as "Ukrainian forces made good use of the terrain to slow Russia's advance."
Due to the failed advance on Kyiv, it said that Russian forces "suffered very heavy casualties," and that its forces remain undermanned as a result. The UK assesses Russia hopes to "regain momentum" and attack Sievierodonetsk in order to push further into Donetsk.
Poland's Duda criticizes Germany, talks with Putin
Polish President Andrzej Duda appears in Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper on Thursday. He criticized German economic ties to Russia and said that to the best of his knowledge German tanks designed to replace Soviet-era ones Poland planned to give to Ukraine had not arrived.
Having complained last month that Poland had not received any Leopard 2 tanks, with Germany responding that it had always been clear such deliveries would take time, Duda this time said he had hoped for older Leopard tanks instead in the shorter term.
"As far as I know we've received nothing at all," Duda told Bild. "We gave our tanks away and now we have nothing at all in their place."
He said his government was also in procurement negotiations with the US and South Korea.
Duda also criticized German industry, saying that for a part of it, "what happens to Ukraine or Poland" was of no concern.
"Perhaps German business does not believe that the Russian army could again celebrate a major victory in Berlin and occupy a part of Germany. We in Poland know that that's possible," he said.
Duda also said he was "astonished" by the continued talks with Putin by European leaders like Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.
"These talks achieve nothing. What do they achieve? They only serve to legitimize a person who is responsible for the crimes the Russian military is committing in Ukraine," he said. "Did anybody talk to Adolf Hitler during World War II in this way? Did anybody say that it was important for Adolf Hitler to save face? That we should act in such a way that Adolf Hitler is not humiliated?"
Asked in a recent French interview why he was continuing long discussions with Putin by phone, Macron had said that it was important to maintain contact and also not to humiliate the Russian president. He also said that Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy had asked him to keep calling Putin.
Ukraine confident about EU candidate status
Following two days of talks in Berlin, a Ukrainian official said he is confident that his country will soon be granted EU candidate status.
Regional Development Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov told German news agency dpa that he believes the 27-member bloc will greenlight Ukraine's EU candidate status later in June.
"As we understand it, they won't stand in the way if the EU Commission report is positive," he said.
Chernyshov said he believes Germany will approve the move. He met with German lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Russia could be changing strategy in Sievierodonetsk
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia may be shifting its strategy in the key Donbas city of Sievierodonetsk.
Oleskiy Arestovych said in an online interview that Russia is hitting the city with airstrikes and missiles after ground forces pulled out.
The Ukrainian adviser says the center of the city is now deserted.
"They retreated, our troops retreated, so the artillery hits an empty place. They are hitting hard without any particular success," Arestovych said.
An open market destroyed by a military strike in the battle for Sievierodonetsk
Zelenskyy: 'Fierce battle' underway in key Donbas city
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the city of Sievierodonetsk "remains the epicenter of fighting" in the eastern Donbas region.
"It is a very fierce battle, very difficult, probably one of the hardest in the course of this war," Zelenskyy said in his evening video address.
The Ukrainian leader said Russian troops are suffering losses, adding that the fate of the Donbas could be decided in Sievierodonetsk.
Zelenskyy's comments come after the governor of the eastern Luhansk region said Ukrainian troops may withdraw from Sievierodonetsk amid heavy Russian attacks.
What happened in Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Ankara, with the two diplomats discussing a UN-backed plan to facilitate the passage of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Around 22 million tons of grain are stuck in the ports, exacerbating a global food crisis, particularly in Africa.
Russia has called on Ukraine to de-mine areas near the ports, saying it would not use the corridors to launch new attacks. Both Ukrainian and EU officials have cast doubt on the pledge.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world is on the verge of "unprecedented hunger and destitution" due to the war.
"The war's impact on food security, energy and finance is systemic, severe and speeding up," the UN head said.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, gave a speech to European lawmakers. He praised European Parliament President Roberta Metsola during the address for her visit to Kyiv on April 1 while fighting was raging in the area.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv is launching a system to collect data on Russian war criminals, known as the "Book of Torturers." Zelenskyy also spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by phone about further support for Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk chided former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after she gave an interview defending her Russia policy during her time in power. Melnyk said Merkel offered "not a hint of self-criticism" and called her statements "very regrettable."
Ukraine and Russia exchanged the bodies of 50 soldiers killed in action.
Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai said Ukrainian forces may have to pull out of Sievierodonetsk amid heavy shelling by Russia.
You can revisit our live updates from June 8 here.
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Jimi Hendrix's London (Part One)
By View from the Mirror on August 1, 2014 | 27 Comments
Incredibly, it is almost fifty years since legendary musician, Jimi Hendrix's sublime guitar skills became known to the world.
Born in Seattle, Washington on November 27th 1942, Jimi Hendrix obtained his first guitar- an acoustic model costing a mere $5- when he was fifteen years old.
In 1961 he enlisted in the army where he trained to be a paratrooper.
Jimi Hendrix during his army days
Military life wasn't for Private Hendrix- perhaps most clearly demonstrated when he was caught dozing whilst on duty!
He was discharged in 1962 and, eager to forge a career in music, began touring clubs across the United States.
Over the next few years Jimi perfected his craft but despite his talent, he struggled to make a wage, remaining undiscovered and creatively stifled.
His luck changed in May 1966 whilst playing at the Cheetah club in New York.
Here he was spotted by Linda Keith– girlfriend of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards– who recommended the dazzling guitarist to Chas Chandler– former bassist for The Animals who was looking to establish himself as a manager.
Linda Keith and Chas Chandler
Like Linda, Chas Chandler could see that Jimi Hendrix was indeed a very rare talent… and so decided to whisk him to London which, during the swinging 60s, was the place where Jimi Hendrix would flourish and make his name.
Tragically, it was also the city in which he would lose his life.
In tribute to Jimi Hendrix and to celebrate the exciting announcement that one of his former London homes will soon be opening to the public as a museum, I have compiled a list of some of the most notable London locations associated with the late, great performer…
The Jimi Hendrix Experience posing on Westminster Bridge
11 Gunterstone Road, W14
Jimi Hendrix first arrived in London on 24th September 1966, flying into London Airport (which officially changed its name to 'Heathrow' that same year).
Jimi Hendrix pretending to thumb a lift at Heathrow, 1970
After several years as a struggling musician, Jimi Hendrix had very little to his name. When he boarded the plane in New York his only possessions were a change of clothes, a set of hair curlers, $40 (which he'd borrowed) and of course his beloved guitar.
Upon his arrival in London, Jimi was taken straight from the airport to 11 Gunterstone Road, West Kensington which was the home of British musician, Zoot Money, a major figure on the Soho scene at the time.
11 Gunterstone Road today (inset: Zoot Money)
Whilst at the house, Jimi took part in a jamming session with Zoot's friend, Andy Summers– who would later go on to play with The Police.
Scotch of St James Club, 13 Mason's Yard W1
On the evening of 24th September 1966, Jimi Hendrix played his first ever UK solo gig at the exclusive Scotch of St James club in Mason's Yard; a peaceful courtyard which is now dominated by the White Cube modern art gallery.
Mason's Yard today
A stone's throw from Buckingham Palace, the club was popular with The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, both of whom enjoyed the luxury of their own private tables. The Who and Stevie Wonder also spent time here.
Immediately after his set, Jimi met Kathy Etchingham and the pair embarked upon a two year relationship.
Jimi Hendrix and Kathy Etchingham
The following month, Hendrix returned to Scotch of St James with musicians Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, who together formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience and thus it was here that the trio performed their UK debut.
Jimi, Mitch and Noel…The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Les Cousins Club (now Club 49), 49 Greek Street W1
Originally opened in the 1950s as the 'Skiffle Cellar', Les Cousins (tucked away beneath the Soho Grill) was at the heart of London's folk scene by the 1960s
The Soho Grill, beneath which Les Cousins was located (image: John Martyn.com)
After just a few days in London, Jimi Hendrix and Chas Chandler paid a visit to the club as regular guests, paying their own entry fee.
Blues musician, Alexis Korner was on stage that night and Chas Chandler asked if Jimi could join him on stage for a jamming session… needless to say the crowd were gobsmacked by the young American's flair!
The site today- now known as Club 49 (image: Google)
Westminster Polytechnic (now Westminster University, Regent Campus), Little Titchfield Street
On the evening of 1st October 1966, Cream were playing at this London Polytechnic campus when Jimi Hendrix rather audaciously asked if he could get up and jam with Eric Clapton, the UK's undisputed guitar king.
The site today- now part of the University of Westminster
Jimi's skill and flamboyant style knocked Eric Clapton for six and, once back stage the Cream guitarist had to ask Chas Chandler if the American was 'always that good?'!
Despite their guitar duel, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix became firm friends.
Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, 1967
Cromwellian Club (now gone), 3 Cromwell Road, SW7
Situated directly opposite the Natural History Museum, the Cromwellian Club was rumoured to have started life as an illegal gambling den.
The Cromwellian Club
By the 1960s, 'The Crom' as it was nicknamed had established itself as a popular casino and music venue, witnessing performances from the likes of Georgie Fame, Eric Clapton and a very young Elton John.
Jimi Hendrix played one of his earliest gigs here in October 1966.
Site of the Cromwellian Club today
Bag O' Nails Club, 9 Kingly Street W1
The Jimi Hendrix Experience played a gig at the Bag O'Nails club on 25th November 1966, after which, Jimi remarked, "Britain is really groovy"- not a surprising observation considering the club backs onto the ultra-hip Carnaby Street.
The Bag O' Nails Club today
At another Bag O'Nails gig on 11th January 1967, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were in the audience… it was the first time they'd seen Jimi play live and, naturally, they were entranced.
Later that year, Paul McCartney met his future wife, Linda at the club.
Plaque commemorating the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Bag O'Nails gig
Blaises Club (now gone) 121 Queen's Gate SW7
Located in the basement of the now demolished Imperial Hotel, Blaises (named after the cartoon character, Modesty Blaise) was a cramped, sweaty club which, according to Melody Maker journalist, Chris Welch, was a venue, "where musicians, agents, managers and writers allowed themselves to be deafened whilst imbibing quantities of alcohol."
The forlorn site of the former hotel and club in 2014
Jimi Hendrix appeared here on 21st December 1966 which led to one of first rave reviews: "Jimi has great stage presence and an exceptional guitar technique which involved playing with teeth on occasions and no hands at all on others!" (tricks which he'd learnt from old timers whilst on the US circuit).
Jimi Hendrix playing with his teeth
Pink Floyd were another big name to appear at Blaises and the club can be seen in the cult 1967 film, The Sorcerers (in which Boris Karloff uses hypnosis to seriously mess up one cool cat's mind!)
Please click below to view a clip of the Blaises club in its heyday:
34 Montague Square, W1
During the 1960s, the basement of this rather grand address was leased by Ringo Starr.
34 Montagu Square today
Consequently, the home has numerous connections with The Beatles– the song, 'Eleanor Rigby' was developed here for example and in 1968 the racy cover for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's, Two Virgins album was snapped on the premises.
Jimi Hendrix rented the basement from Ringo between December 1966 and March 1967, moving in with his girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham. Whilst at the address, Jimi composed 'The Wind Cries Mary'.
Unfortunately Ringo had no option but to evict Jimi Hendrix when the guitarist, whilst under the influence of LSD, splashed paint all over the walls…
Jimi Hendrix on the steps of 34 Montagu Square
One of the most iconic photographs of Jimi was taken just across the road on Montagu Place outside the Swedish embassy. Sadly, the original street sign has since been removed.
Jimi Hendrix posing on Montagu Place
The spot where Jimi stood. Montagu Place today… with Jimi's sign sadly gone
Lime Grove Studios (now gone), W12
Between 1940 and 1991, Lime Grove in Shepherd's bush was home to a BBC studio where many classic shows including Top of the Pops, Blue Peter, Doctor Who and a 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's, 1984 (performed live and starring Peter Cushing) were filmed.
Lime Grove's studio floor (image: BBC)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience filmed their first appearance for Top of the Pops here on 29th December 1966 with a performance of 'Hey Joe'. Their next shoot took place on 30th March 1967– and can be viewed below.
Sadly, Lime Grove studios were demolished in 1993 and a modern housing development now occupies the site.
Site of the former Lime Grove studios today (image: Google)
The Upper Cut Club (now gone), 1-39 Woodgrange Road, E7
Out beyond Stratford and past the former 2012 Olympic Park, this is probably the furthest east Jimi Hendrix ever ventured whilst in London!
The former Upper Cut club as it appeared in 1991 (image: E7 Then and Now)
Based in Forest Gate, the Upper Cut Club was in business for just one year between 1966 and 1967. Despite its short span, the club shone bright playing host to such greats as The Who, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Prince Buster, Ben. E. King and Nina Simone.
Otis Redding at the Upper Cut club, 1967
The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Upper Cut on Boxing Day, 1966…and it was here, whilst resting in the club's dressing room, that Jimi penned Purple Haze, one of his most definitive hits.
A simple plaque now marks the site.
Plaque installed by Newham Council (image: E7 Then and Now)
The Speakeasy Club (now gone), 48 Margaret Street, W1
Opened in 1966 a short distance from the bustle of Oxford Circus, the Speakeasy modelled itself on the illegal drinking dens which flourished during the era of American prohibition.
Visitors entered and signed in via a fake undertaker's parlour… and were then permitted to enter the main club through a false wardrobe door! Inside, a menacing portrait of Al Capone loomed over the patrons.
Coffins and fake wardrobes… the Speakeasy's unique entrance… (images: New Musical Express)
This was one of Jimi Hendrix's favourite London clubs and he could often be spotted hanging out with friends here.
Site of the former Speakeasy club today
Jimi's first Speakeasy gig took place in February 1967… and it was here that he cheekily tried to chat up Mick Jagger's then girlfriend, Marianne Faithful!
Jimi Hendrix hanging out at the Speakeasy, 1967
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Droogs About Town: London Locations Featured in 'A Clockwork Orange'
By View from the Mirror on November 21, 2012 | 25 Comments
Released in 1971 and directed by Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange was by far one of the 20th century's most controversial films.
Poster for A Clockwork Orange
Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel of the same name (the title being inspired by the old Cockney phrase "as queer as a clockwork orange'), the story is set in a dystopian London of the near future and centres on Alex DeLarge–a sadistic youth with a passion for Beethoven- who leads his gang of 'droogs' through the city on nightly sprees of ultra-violent mischief.
Alex De Large stares at the camera in the film's iconic opening shot…
After committing murder, Alex is finally locked up… but is soon offered a quick way out when he agrees to act as a guinea pig for the Ludovico Technique; a controversial brain-washing programme designed to suppresses the desire for violence (and something which caused actor Malcolm McDowell great pain and discomfort when it came to portraying these disturbing scenes).
Alex undergoing the Ludovico Technique
In Britain, thanks to high levels of upset whipped up in the press, the film version of A Clockwork Orange gained such an intense notoriety that Stanley Kubrick himself withdrew his work from circulation; a self-imposed ban which remained right up until 2000.
So strict was this embargo that, in 1993 when the Scala Cinema in Kings Cross attempted to screen the film, Warner Brothers took the owners to court; an action which led to the cinema going bust thanks to the immense legal costs involved.
Kings Cross' former Scala Cinema which was forced to close in 1993 following a legal battle related to a screening of 'A Clockwork Orange'. Today, the building is home to a night club.
A 1993 campaign logo made during the Scala's legal battle. The cat refers to the Scala's very own moggy which used to walk across movie-goers during the middle of screenings! (Image: PDX Films)
Considering A Clockwork Orange was filmed entirely around London and the Home Counties (including areas such as Borehamwood, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Elstree, Radlett, Brunel University, Bricket Wood and Wandsworth prison) it's rather ironic that British audiences were forbidden from viewing Kubrick's film for so many years.
Here are some of the film's most prominent London-based scenes:
The Chelsea Drugstore
Whilst Alex's nights are spent committing all manner of horrific acts whilst tanked up on drug-laced milk, his days are rather more civil… devoted to indulging his love of classical music; especially that of the "lovely, lovely Ludwig Van" Beethoven.
In one of the film's scenes, we follow Alex, decked out in his dandiest threads as he peruses his favourite record shop (click below to view):
This scene was filmed in the basement of the Chelsea Drugstore; a modern building fashioned from glass and aluminium which opened on the King's Road in 1968.
The Chelsea Drugstore (Image: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
Open 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, the Chelsea Drugstore was an avant-garde, mini shopping mall, its three floors boasting eateries, boutiques, a record shop, bar, newsagent and chemist.
It also boasted its own 'Flying Squad'… an exclusive team of women clad in purple castsuits who were employed to make unconventional home deliveries on their fleet of motorbikes. Groovy!
Map showing the location of the former Chelsea Drugstore.
The Chelsea Drugstore was also name checked in The Rolling Stone's 1968 hit, You Can't Always Get What You Want." (Speaking of The Stones, Mick Jagger was once earmarked to play Alex DeLarge in an earlier proposed adaptation of Burgess' novel which never came to fruition…)
Although the Chelsea Drugstore ceased trading in 1971, the shops in the basement (as featured in A Clockwork Orange) remained in place until the late 1980s whilst the rest of the building became a wine bar.
Today, the building is occupied by the Chelsea branch of McDonalds.
The building which once housed the Chelsea Drugstore… now a McDonalds. (Image: Google Streetview)
Despite the inclusion of the psychedelic Chelsea Drugstore, A Clockwork Orange is mostly set against a cold, dystopian backdrop; a precedent set in Burgess' original novel as the following excerpt, in which Alex and his gang are evading the police, atmospherically illustrates:
"Just round the next turning was an alley, dark and empty at both ends, and we rested there, panting fast then slower, then breathing like normal. It was like resting between the feet of two terrific and very enormous mountains, these being flatblocks, and in the windows of all the flats you could viddy like blue dancing light. This would be the telly. Tonight was what they called a worldcast, meaning that the same programme was being viddied by everyone in the world that wanted to… and it was all being bounced off the special telly satellites in outer space."
In order to realise Burgess' bleak, futuristic vision Stanley Kubrick turned to the modern, Brutalist architecture which was sprouting across London during the era in which the book and film were created; architecture which, as early as 1962, Anthony Burgess was already predicting would provide fertile ground for many unforeseen social ills.
1962 first edition for 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess
In Burgess' novel, Alex lives in "Municipal Flatblock 18a", a block daubed in obscene graffiti and plagued by vandalism.
To represent this domestic seediness, Kubrick took his film crew to the newly built Thamesmead Estate; a vast, sprawling development near Woolwich in South East London.
Screenshot of the Thamesmead as depicted in A Clockwork Orange…
Built on a former military site, the Thamesmead Estate, which was optimistically promoted as being the "town of the twenty-first century", was built piecemeal between the 1960s and 1980s.
Thamesmead's Binsey Walk, as featured in 'A Clockwork Orange.' (Image: Wikipedia)
One of the film's most famous sequences takes place on Thamesmead's Binsey Walk.
Map depicting location of Binsey Walk.
Walking alongside the man-made Southmere Lake Alex, whose leadership has just been challenged, decides to show his droogs whose really in charge (click below to view):
In recent years, the Thamesmead Estate has been used as a set for the E4 comedy, 'Misfits'.
York Road Roundabout, Wandsworth
Map depicting York Road Roundabout.
One of the most notorious scenes in Kubrick's adaptation takes place at the very beginning of the film and involves a vicious assault on a hapless down and out as he lies drunkenly in a grimy, pedestrian subway.
The scene was filmed in the warren of walkways beneath York Road roundabout, which sits at the southern foot of Wandsworth Bridge.
Typical of the architecture of the time, York Road roundabout was laid out in 1969 and was pretty much brand new when Stanley Kubrick set up his cameras.
Stanley Kubrick with Malcolm McDowell on set below York Road roundabout, 1971 (image: Stanley Kubrick Archive).
Today, the labyrinth beneath the roundabout is just as bleak and unwelcoming as it was some 40 years ago…
The subway today…
Modern Droogs? York Road Roundabout subway, November 2012…
More recently, a large atom-esque sculpture of sorts has been plonked down on the roundabout, becoming something of a local landmark.
York Road roundabout's atom sculpture.
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SCRAP PAPER.
Started by NejinOniwa, February 26, 2009, 09:04:36 pm
Re: SCRAP PAPER.
June 01, 2019, 07:24:04 pm #375
Altair-tan will show up in the next part.
Quote In 2008 at the Vintage Federation, a large farmhouse cooperative where various retired OS-tans live and work together, ZX Spectrum was in their library. She was sitting at a table, and had an open binder with some photographs and news clippings in front of her. She looked like a teenager, about 5 feet tall with long sandy blonde hair in pigtails decorated with multiple hair ties in both of them. Her hair ties were bright red, yellow, magenta, green and cyan. She was wearing a white blouse with an brown vest, a lilac tie, a black pleated skirt decorated with stripes modeled after the ZX Spectrum logo, and wore mismatched boots. The colors clashed, but this was normal for her.
Standing next to her was Windows 2.0, a younger-looking girl a little over 4 feet tall, with pale skin and short black hair that was long at the sides. She wore a long-sleeved blue dress with a white upturned collar, and white trim near the edge of the skirt, with lilac socks and black shoes. She had aqua blue eyes, and her hair was decorated with a white headband adorned with a "2.0" shape for the bow.
Windows 2.0 looked on while ZX Spectrum was arranging some news clippings and photos into the book. She was working on the genealogy book of the former Microsoft-IBM Family and their descendants.
"Oh! That's of Xenix-sama!" Windows 2.0 exclaimed when she saw the photo ZX Spectrum had in her hand.
"This'll be a great addition to your genealogy book! Before finding this one, the only picture I've seen of Xenix was the one in 1.0's picture frame".
"Was it hard to find?"
"The current Windows Family didn't have any public records of her, so I had to rummage through other sources when I also found this!" ZX Spectrum held up a news clipping, and handed it to 2.0, who read it curiously.
"Huh? Who is this Altair-san? She met Xenix-sama, but she never mentioned Altair-san!" She handed the news clipping back to Spectrum and then turned away, feeling sad. "Why would she keep this secret?" She said with her voice trembling a bit.
Windows 1.0 was too far away to hear 2.0, but saw that she was saddened by something and walked over. 1.0 looked to be in her twenties with short green hair, green eyes, and was wearing a patchy outfit with a sleeveless orange top and a yellow skirt with orange dress shoes. She was holding a handkerchief, and offered it in case 2.0 was about to cry.
"I'm sorry that this report mentioning Xenix and Altair was such a shock to you, 2.0. I didn't know that Xenix never told you about her." Spectrum said.
"It's alright. I just needed a moment..."
"Was it unlike her to keep any secrets like this?"
2.0 took a few moments to think about it. "Hmm... Not entirely" she said.
"Were there other times she tried to keep secrets from you? Did she try to keep them from 1.0, PC-DOS, MS-DOS, and OS/2 as well?"
"I knew she could be ruthless. She never showed that side to us and was always nice to us. But it was an open secret to us that she could be ruthless to others."
"I remember something too!" 1.0 said. She sounded excited but then her tone changed to concern before re-enacting what she remembered overhearing from Xenix. "I overheard her yelling at staff members. 'You have to fold the laundry this way...', 'Nine o clock means nine o clock! Not a minute early!'"
2.0 added in "She didn't mean for us to hear this, but when she saw that we heard it, she would say that she wanted what was best for us".
ZX Spectrum was writing notes while 1.0 and 2.0 were talking. "I hope you don't mind I took some notes about this. I'd like to add them in to write a narrative about who she was, and how she shaped the history of your family. Genealogy isn't just about family trees".
"We're happy that you take interest in her. The whole computing world seemed to forget about her after she died" 2.0 said. ZX Spectrum remembered that one of the articles she picked up briefly mentioned Xenix's death. It was one of the only mentions and details were so sparse, as if the bare minimum was written to report it. "It is very sad that she's been forgotten" ZX Spectrum said.
"I'm sorry I don't have any more details I can give you about how Xenix-sama was" 2.0 said.
"That's okay, and what you gave is a good start! We will still find more information on Xenix, and whether the Altair she knew was the same Altair that inspired so many! We just have to search by other means and some good old-fashioned private eye work!" ZX Spectrum cheered up, and added "I know where to try next, and I'll go there tomorrow!"
Connecticut Valley Girl
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June 10, 2019, 10:26:29 am #376
Seeing Spectrum and Windows 1.0 and 2.0 interact is pretty sweet! Does Spectrum have an interest in genealogy in general or is she just helping the early Windows with studying their heritage?
The Answer to All Your Questions...
Thank you! ZX Spectrum-tan is interested in genealogy in general, which extends to her wanting to document it for each of the Vintage Federation members so their histories don't get forgotten. This may be a reference to the World of Spectrum and its thorough efforts to preserve documentation and software.
I have titles for parts 1 and 2 now:
Part 1: Meet the Record Keeper
Part 2: Meet the Re-discoverer of Forgotten Records
And now here's Part 3: The Legend has faded from popular memory, but still lives!
Quote In the outskirts of a town, Altair walked down a quiet street. She looked to be in her late teens and was about 4 and a half feet tall, and wore a long blue and gray dress with puffy sleeves. Her dress collar and lower sleeves were gray, the front was lined with red gems with white stitching below them, and she wore a wide metallic belt with rivets on it.
The sky was overcast with light rain, and the street seemed desolate when no one else could be seen outside. It was out of the way, but there were small businesses that have been there for years with enough customers to sustain them. She entered a small machine shop, and was slightly nervous. A bell jingled when she opened the door.
The shop interior was quite minimalist. There was just one ceiling light, positioned over the shop owner's workstation. It was lit just enough for the shop owner to do her work. On her desk, she had a toolbox, a cash register, phone, Swiss Army knife, radio, flashlight, and some schematics to a device she was building or repairing. The floor of her shop was a shiny dark bluish color. The walls were a matte light grey decorated with some red accents near the top, with a darker metallic gray trim running along the bottom quarter portion. Along near the top of the trim was a glowing neon blue stripe which illuminated the further reaches of the shop.
"Sorry. Uhh? Did I intrude?" Altair asked. "If your shop is closed, I'll come back when it's open!"
The shop owner walked out of the other room, the doorway illuminated mostly by the blue light lining the wall.
"Hello!" The shop owner greeted her, and waved. "It's open. I had to put a finished project storage for a customer who will pick it up tomorrow."
"Hi, could you please fix my calculator?" Altair asked.
"Sure!" The shop owner, MenuetOS, said as she walked to her desk and sat down. She was much taller than Altair, with a height in the upper 5 feet range, and had a slender build. She had a pale complexion with silver eyes, and long wavy red hair that was dark with a gradient that was lighter near the ends. Her fashion sense was futuristic but simple. She wore a metallic blue bodysuit under a simple sleeveless silver dress with a belt, and a couple of garters connected to it to hold up her skirt.
Altair-tan reached into her purse to pull out her calculator, and put it on MenuetOS's desk. It was a large old calculator from the 1970's with a paper roll on it. A few pieces were missing from it, which Altair put on the desk. "I assembled it recently, but my skills aren't as good as they used to be".
MenuetOS looked at it curiously. "I've never seen one of these for myself. I'll fix it, but do you have the schematics for it? That would help a lot."
"I do". Altair dug around a few seconds among the papers in her purse before finding the schematics.
MenuetOS and Altair shared some idle chatter while MenuetOS was studying the schematics.
"I haven't asked this before, but what's it like being part of the Confederation of Independent OS-tans?" Altair asked.
"It's usually not very different from being an unaffiliated wanderer. We live on our own like they do, but we have formal alliances and mutual defense pacts to assist fellow members in need".
"Oh, uhh... any chance I could join?"
"You've survived close to 30 years as a wanderer. Having good survival skills is one of our requirements."
Altair was cheered up by MenuetOS's words, but MenuetOS had some more to say.
"However, candidates must also demonstrate having enough combat skills to assist members in need, should any threat arise".
"I don't have those skills". Altair said as she looked away, discouraged.
MenuetOS had to take a few moments to think of what to say next. "Altair, joining the CIOST isn't completely out of the question. We interview candidates, and all of our members gather to cast our votes on whether to approve them."
"What chance do I have if I can't fight very well?"
"We often approve candidates who show a lot of potential. If you don't have the combat skills for it now, but we notice that you have a lot of potential for them, along with the skills that you have now, you could still be approved, and we can train you."
"Really? Were there any members who were approved that way?"
"I was."
"Oh, I wouldn't have guessed!" Altair responded, taken aback a moment.
"I almost had a hard time getting approved. It took two tries for me. As an OS still in my beta stages, the other members didn't know what to expect, or they thought I'd be too weak to be considered until I reach version 1.0, but they voted in my favor the second time."
"How did they do that? Was it because of your shop?
"I built this a little after I joined them. They were impressed by my skills with building lightweight but powerful weapons, and repairing equipment. If I did this for them, they agreed to help me train for combat, and pay for the startup costs of my shop."
"That's amazing!"
"Thank you! I can help you train in my spare time, but I'll need to see who else will be willing to help before you apply."
MenuetOS's phone rang. "Excuse me, Altair"
She looked at the caller ID and it was from VMS.
"Hello, VMS? Is this an emergency?" MenuetOS asked, with her voice shaking.
Altair was worried about the conversation she was overhearing. The call ended in a few minutes, with a rushed ending. MenuetOS immediately reached for her desk drawer to pull out her ray gun, and dashed towards the door. "I have to close the shop now to help one of my teammates!"
"Oh no!" Altair said when she ran out of the shop. MenuetOS quickly locked the door behind them and began running. "A malicious bootleg OS-tan stole some important technology from my teammate, and she needs help getting it back!" she explained while Altair was running beside her.
"Who's this teammate, if you don't mind me asking now?"
"IMSAI 8080"
Altair gasped and almost stopped in her tracks. MenuetOS stopped and turned for a split second. "You know her?" she asked.
"Yes, but I'll tell you when we meet up again!"
"Okay!" MenuetOS kept running. She ran toward a nearby garage where she kept her hovercraft that she built, and took to the skies to find IMSAI 8080's location.
MenuetOS's plan was to meet IMSAI 8080, who could give her a device that shows the location of the stolen devices, and the culprit. IMSAI 8080 was cautious to put tracking devices on every electronic device she made, and learned to make the trackers small enough to avoid being noticed.
Altair looked towards the sky and saw that MenuetOS was out of sight. She then turned away and ran to a nearby cafe she knew of where she could get a meal cheaply. Thoughts were racing through her head and didn't calm down when she was in the cafe.
"I didn't know that IMSAI 8080 was still alive! She could have practically been my clone, but I didn't like that at all. I made my debut almost a year before she did, but it didn't take long for her to become more popular and powerful, yet she seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth by 1981. And so did I. I'll be surprised if she knows I'm still alive. I wanted to ask MenuetOS if IMSAI 8080 knew if that I was still alive and how she felt about that. I'll ask her that next time we meet"
Altair-tan wants to join the CIOST, and asks her friend MenuetOS-tan if it's possible for her to join, and she recounts her own experiences on how she joined. Based off of how the CIOST operates, I interpret it as having its members vote or or against a candidate who wants to join them, based off of their independence from the largest and most powerful factions, their survival skills, their combat skills, and other skills that can assist the CIOST.
MenuetOS was an OS in its beta stage until it reached version 1.0 in 2015, but consistently had steady progress towards reaching it. At the time this story takes place, MenuetOS-tan is still a beta OS, but was approved for the CIOST because of the skills she already had with building machines and weapons, and her further potential as she progressed towards version 1.0. She was not one to give up.
Part 4: The Rediscoverer's research campaign commences!
Quote from: undefined The next day was mostly quiet at the Vintage Federation.
ZX Spectrum and Acorn MOS were away for most of the day, and returned in the evening. On their way back, they were chatting about where they were. Acorn MOS was carrying some papers. She was shorter than ZX Spectrum, and had short brown hair with a red headband, and asterisk-shaped hair clips. She wore a dark gray vest and skirt with a lighter gray blouse, black leggings and black shoes. Her vest was decorated with a silver Acorn logo pin, and a BBC Micro logo.
ZX Spectrum was amazed finding that Acorn MOS reported on Xenix's retirement and death. "I didn't know that you wrote about Xenix before!"
Acorn MOS felt slightly embarrassed. "It's a pity we had to go over to the news archive to get those articles. I couldn't keep my copies of most of what I wrote when I was a wanderer. If I had my copies of those articles, I would've given them to you as soon as you mentioned that you wanted to write about Xenix!"
"I had to give up a lot when I retired too" ZX Spectrum said, wistfully. She then cheered up. "But let's be glad that your articles were archived!"
"Indeed! Let's be glad too for our remaining followers that archived our programs that otherwise could've been lost!"
They were former rivals now working together on a shared goal.
Acorn MOS opened the door for ZX Spectrum, who had her hands full with stacks of papers.
"We're back from a news archive!" ZX Spectrum said as they both walked into the main room of the Vintage Federation house, where residents would usually gather.
Soon she was greeted by several of the other residents. Coleco Adam approached her with a worried look in her red eyes. She was with messy orange hair, wearing a a beige frilly shirt and knee breeches, with green frills on her shirt sleeves, and a frilly green collar. "Good! You made it back alive!" She exclaimed. She then stepped back. "Are those just papers, no tapes?" She asked.
"Yes. It would've cost more to get copies of their tape recordings. I'll save up for that another time, but thanks for asking!" ZX Spectrum said. Due to Coleco Adam's uncontrollable electromagnetic powers, she has to avoid being near any tapes. This was a difficult adjustment for her when she joined the Vintage Federation not too long ago.
ZX Spectrum's younger but taller, and older-looking sister, Sinclair QL approached. She looked and dressed similarly to ZX Spectrum, but looked to be in her early twenties. Her hair was also a sandy blonde, but in a loose ponytail, and her suit was in darker, non-clashing colors. "Welcome back, sis, and MOS!" she cheered. Their older sister ZX81 was also in the room, but was sitting down. "Welcome back!" she said as she went back to knitting something. Sinclair QL was just visiting and lived on her own, reluctant to retire, but she wanted to check on her older sisters.
"We're going upstairs to the library if you want to see what we've found" Acorn MOS said. In the library, she, ZX Spectrum, and Sinclair QL placed the papers they gathered on a large table, spreading them out and sorting them by chronological order.
While they were arranging the papers, and planning out how to arrange them in the genealogy book for PC-DOS, Windows 1.0 and 2.0, the three of them entered.
"Hi! we found a lot for your genealogy book about Xenix!" ZX Spectrum greeted them. "Do you want to look at these first?" Acorn MOS asked.
"This is amazing!" Windows 2.0 cheered. She began reading the first article on the table.
Remembering how Windows 2.0 reacted to finding out that Xenix kept secrets from her and the rest of her family, ZX Spectrum carefully warned her about some of the articles. "We found some more about Xenix that came as a shock to us. Do you want me to tell you about it now?"
Apple II and Lisa entered a minute later.
"Hey! How's it coming along?" Apple II asked, excited and curious. She was about the same height as Windows 2.0, and long blonde hair in braided pigtails, with red eyes, and was slightly tanned. She was wearing a red and white Edo-era farmer's outfit with brown work boots and a white bandana. Lisa was silently standing besides her. She also had long blonde hair, but her hair was decorated with rainbow Apple logo hairclips and a Lisa logo tiara. Contrasting with Apple II's appearance, Lisa was about a foot taller than her, was very pale, looked to be older. Her eyes were silver eyes, and she usually had a stoic or melancholy expression. She wore a long white sleeveless gown with white opera gloves.
ZX Spectrum turned towards them "It's going well! Micro and I found some more articles about Xenix, and we found some mentioning an Altair!"
Apple II looked surprised. "Altair? Could she be the same Altair that my mother knew?"
"They could be, but I'm looking for some pictures to confirm it. Was the Altair that your mother met the same one credited with the microcomputer revolution?"
"Yeah! That's her!" Apple II remembered seeing Altair in person, but hadn't talked with her very much. Apple II remembered that Altair was more distant towards her since shortly after her debut, but remained friends with Apple I. "She was more distant towards me and may have thought that I was a threat" she then said, her voice lowering.
"I hope that she put that behind. I don't know if she's still alive, but it saddens me that her influence has been almost forgotten"
"No way!" Windows 2.0 exclaimed. "Xenix-sama adopted QDOS-chan before MS-DOS-chan and PC-DOS-chan?" She was excited to find this as another piece of her family history that was forgotten, but then some other thoughts sunk in. "This was in 1980, before MS-DOS-chan and PC-DOS-chan, and they never mentioned QDOS-chan before we met her in the Vintage Federation". She ran out the room to collect her thoughts. "Should I ask them if they knew of QDOS-chan back in the 80's? What to do?"
"Oh no! I forgot that you were going to ask if she wanted to know what the articles were about first!" Apple II worried.
"Yeah, but--" ZX Spectrum said.
"I'm sorry" Apple II said. She turned to the doorway. "I distracted you from that when Altair-san was mentioned. We'll make sure she's alright". She and Lisa left the library.
ZX Spectrum looked down at the papers, and felt sad.
"This is what happens when so many family secrets are kept" Acorn MOS said, trying to assure her. "It wasn't your fault. We can't always guess how someone will react to finding some long-hidden secrets"
ZX Spectrum slumped over. "I'm still sad about it, because I was hoping this would be exciting for her, and bring her a lot of joy"
When walking down a hallway towards the stairs, Windows 2.0's thoughts were still racing.
"Hey" Apple II said, a few feet behind her. Windows 2.0 screamed for a moment. "Sorry, sorry, Apple II-san!" She then apologized, quickly turning her direction towards Apple II. "I have so many thoughts over this" her voice started to tremble.
"Do you want to talk about it? Would that help?"
"The article I read said that MS-DOS-chan and PC-DOS-chan were cloned from QDOS-chan. I knew that QDOS-chan was abandoned before she joined us, but I didn't realize that she could've been abandoned so early in life!"
Apple II stumbled with what to say for a few moments. "Xenix never told you about her?"
"No. MS-DOS-chan and PC-DOS-chan might not have been told about her either".
Apple II seemed slighly confused and worried. The concept of keeping family secrets like that was an unusual one to her. She remembered how back when she was living with the Mac-tans, that she told them stories about Apple I and Apple III, who would've otherwise been forgotten other than their public reputations that would've faded into being urban legends.
Apple II, Lisa and Windows 2.0 walked down the hallway, and down the stairs to the large community room. In the room, they saw a short woman with long grey hair, small glasses, and wearing a stylized doctor's outfit sitting in a chair. She was DR-DOS, mother of the DOS-tans. She was chatting with her younger sister GEM, who was next to her working on necklaces and bracelets fashioned with glass and crystal beads on a small table.
They noticed Apple II, Lisa, and Windows 2.0 walking into the room.
"Hi!" GEM said.
"Hello! How's it going?" DR-DOS said.
"It's going fine! Lisa, GS/OS and I will be bundling herbs we grew, and make batches of caramel apples on the morning before the carnival!" Apple II said. She and Lisa walked over to GEM, and looked at the jewelry she was making. "These are beautiful! Will you be selling them at the carnival?"
"I will!" GEM said. "I'll also be one of the performers!"
While Apple II and GEM chatted about the upcoming carnival, she noticed that Windows 2.0 hadn't moved from her spot, right in the doorway.
"You look worried" DR-DOS said.
"I was... just thinking about something..." Windows 2.0 said.
"You should sit down and relax, you look so tense".
"Hey, 2.0!" QDOS said.
Windows 2.0 sat down in a chair near QDOS, and asked about the machine she was fixing. While talking, she also saw two of the other DOS-tans playing checkers.
"You look happier!" QDOS said.
"I do?" Windows 2.0 asked. Then she realized she was feeling happier.
"Times have changed since then..." she thought. She can't undo the past to stop DR-DOS from ignoring her children or seeing them as her competitors for many years, but the temptation to confront DR-DOS about it subsided. Times have changed and DR-DOS made amends and accept each of her children when she retired.
July 21, 2019, 03:36:59 pm #379
Part 5: The legend's inquiries
This part might not be final. There will be a section added on at the end showing Altair-tan's first attempt at training, but I also considered rewriting the conversation so that NeXTSTEP-tan stays longer and joins it to explain her situation from her perspective.
Quote from: undefined The next day, Altair stopped by MenuetOS's shop to check if it was open. She noticed that the sign on the window with the shop's hours of operation had an asterisk next to the hours. At the bottom of the sign, the asterisk indicated that these were normal hours of operation, but that the shop could be closed during an emergency.
Altair entered the shop and saw MenuetOS at her desk fixing Altair's calculator.
"Hi, Altair!"
"Hey, were you able to track down IMSAI 8080's stolen devices and return them to her?"
"Yes. That bootleg OS-tan that stole from her put up a fight, but I got everything back". MenuetOS recounted the challenges of the fight. It was in a forest with low visibility. The sun was setting, and her night vision goggles weren't working. She could not chase down the culprit in the air. She had to carefully land her hovercraft, then had to run, and rely on her hand-to-hand combat skills to disarm the culprit and seize back the stolen devices.
"Great!" Altair cheered. "So... did you mention me when you spoke with her?" she then asked.
"I didn't know if you wanted me to this time, so when she asked what I had been up to before I went to help her, I just said I was at my shop fixing a calculator for a customer and friend. She seemed curious who that was, but didn't say anything."
"Oh, that's not too bad. Before you left yesterday, I wanted to say that I didn't know that she was still alive, and I wanted to ask if she knew that I was still alive."
The shop bell rang, and another visitor entered. A green-eyed woman who was slightly taller than MenuetOS, and had long black hair in pigtails with 4 colored streaks in red, yellow, green, and magenta, and had goggles on top of her head. She wore dangling cube earrings, and wore a black top with slate blue pants, black boots, and pieces of gray armor.
"Hello" She said.
"Hi, NeXTSTEP!" MenuetOS said to her. "I have your ray gun fixed with a little upgrade! I'll get it for you now!"
MenuetOS walked to the storage room, and brought NeXTSTEP's ray gun to the desk. NeXTSTEP paid, but had a discount for also being a CIOST member. She picked up her ray gun and admired the work done to it. "Thanks! You went the extra mile fixing up the scuffs too!" She said.
"I did that without any extra charge." MenuetOS said. "Please call me if you also need help fixing your tank or battle armor!" She added with more excitement in her voice.
"Sure! I will!" NeXTSTEP said as put her ray gun in her holster, waved and walked out.
"Was she one of your friends?" Altair asked.
"Yes. That was NeXTSTEP. Both times I applied for the CIOST, she voted in my favor. We became friends when she said that I had a lot of potential, and because she sympathized with me having a difficult time getting approved".
"She had a difficult time getting approved?" Altair asked in disbelief.
"Whether she was powerful enough, had enough combat skills, and whether she had other skills that would help the CIOST were never disputed. The difficulty for her was from her ties to the Mac House. She became an honorary member of theirs some years ago, but it was before the CIOST was founded."
"And that would've disqualified her?"
"Usually."
"How did she prove herself? Did you vote for her?"
"Oh no" MenuetOS chuckled. "We hadn't met yet. When I first applied, and when I met her, I noticed that she seemed on-edge around some of them. She gave off this vibe of being tough, but lonely, always having to prove that she's not a sell-out seeking political power."
"That's not it, was it?"
"She told me that before her alliance with the Mac House, she was lonely and frustrated that no one cared about the technology she wanted to share with others that would promote cooperation. There were just a few CIOST members at the time who could vouch for her. One of them was BeOS, her former rival who knew her before she allied with the Mac House."
"Who were the others?"
"I don't remember, but there is something you can take from this. If you don't know many of the other CIOST members, even if some of them are suspicious of you, you could still get in if you have skills we need."
"Hmm..." Altair looked down at the table, pondering what skills she had that could be of use.
While Altair was still thinking about it, MenuetOS was adding the last fixes to the calculator. Altair was still thinking.
"It looks perfect! Thank you!" Altair said when she saw the fixed calculator in front of her, but then she worried.
"It's okay if you can't pay the cost all at once." MenuetOS said.
Altair reached for some money from her purse. "This will cover part of it. It's from a writing commission I had."
"That covers about half of the cost, but I'm not in a hurry for the rest of it."
"That's a relief."
"It's almost closing time. Would you have time to go to the shooting range with me tonight? I have another ray gun and I can teach you how to use it."
"Yes! I want to get started training tonight!"


It's created a buzz that can't be ignored. People are talking about it, discussion programmes are full of it and comedians are already making jokes about it. More importantly, it's also captured the imagination, taking people out of their homes to walk or cycle across cities and search through the countryside.
With the Rio Olympics a few days away at the time of writing, are we talking about the sporting legacy of London 2012? Well no, we're actually referring to the latest interactive internet craze which is Pokémon Go. Initially released on July 6 in the USA, Australia and New Zealand such was the game's instant appeal that further rollouts were delayed until server capacity issues could be rectified. Since then the game's worldwide appeal has seen it breaking App store records with more than a hundred million downloads by the end of July.
So what is it that has given rise to this instant appeal? Is it down to its simplicity or the challenge of the hunt; is it because it suits our urge to explore or is it because of the way in which virtual reality merges seamlessly with the world around us? Whatever the reason, Pokémon Go is a true example of innovation, combining existing technologies and branding in a way that not only captures the imagination but also encourages people to look afresh at the world around them.
In fact, it's a recipe for success which many organisations would love to be able to copy. Not simply in terms of turnover, although that would be useful, but more for the way in which the game enthuses, engages and encourages. If businesses were able to boost employee engagement in the same way, how different would the world of work be?
Just imagine what would happen if our employees bounded into work full of enthusiasm every day. How many problems would be solved, how many genuine and long lasting solutions would be created if our people simply lifted their eyes from the mundane and looked again at the world around them? When people interact then great things can happen. Admittedly, you may get a few problems along the way, but that is what engagement with innovation is all about, learning from mistakes and moving forward. And don't forget that true engagement not only benefit the business/employee relationship, it also boosts customer service and adds to the bottom line.
You may not be able to achieve an overnight transformation; but if you start now, as you roll out your new approach across your organisation you have the chance to create a buzz, to create a level of excitement and engagement which can't be ignored.


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Ultrasonic flowmeters are frequently used in the water industry, but the technology has proved useful in many other areas, from installations on space exploration projects to propulsion measurements for submarines.
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Air wasn't always as light as it is nowadays. When I was a kid, standing upright took real effort, & walking, we felt like Moses parting the Red Sea. The air was a physical presence & our lungs were made of sturdy leather. We had to work for every breath — not like you kids today who can buy cheap bottled air at any gas station. Bones were so dense & muscles so hard from the constant struggle, it was impossible to kill anyone unless you used a lead bullet or sharpened a blade for hours. The sky reached all the way to the ground if there weren't any trees or buildings nearby to prop it up. We took all our holidays by the shore & dove into the water to escape the sky's tyranny, savoring as long as we could the illusion of lightness.


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Q: Does anyone know an iPhone app that replicates the 'Find My iPhone' feature of MobileMe? (Non-Jailbreaking Method)
I'm trying to replicate many of the MobileMe functions using free alternatives, like Google Sync for Contact/Calendar/Email. Storage is being handled by Dropbox as a replacement to iDisk and allows me to delete my important data should it get stolen.
However if someone knows how to ping/email/call my iPhone (3GS) remotely and get a GPS fix I would be interested to hear about it.

A: This depends on whether your iPhone has been jailbroken.
If you are using a non-jailbroken iPhone, I would say you almost certainly would not be getting a 3rd party application to do this because:

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*It would need to run in the background, which is not supported

*Apple would reject all such apps as "duplicating existing functionality"

There are some apps that do this on the basis that relies on social engineering e.g the "thief" opens the application, which then updates tracking data.
If you have a jailbroken iPhone, you may wish to look at:
http://old.findmyi.org/ (new website being developed).

A: Not exactly the same thing, but if you get google latitude u can do it that way

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A foilboard the size of a turtle, really?
We've been part of the foil revolution for several years now, leading today's market by introducing the extruded aluminium mast and CNC fuselages. We tried so many different ideas for kiteboarding hydrofoil and prone surfing hydrofoil in the last several years. Couple months ago I saw Brandon Scheid pulling out of his board bag the smallest foilboard I had ever seen (designed by Peter Mehrohof). I got my hands on the following prototype and spent some time riding this tiny board, figuring out how small kiteboarding hydrofoil could really be? It took a session or 2 to get in-tuned with the board, then it started to feel amazing under my feet.
Although I feel 3' is way to small for average kiteboarders, it gave us tons ideas for future lightweight product development.
How small can a kite foilboard really be?
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For days the American Parachute Infantry had been engaged in combat with the German Army's 6th Parachute Regiment in the vicinity of Carentan. It was now D+7, June 13, 1944. ".what a wonderful sight it was to see those tanks pouring it to the Germans with those heavy 50-caliber machine-guns and just plowing straight from our lines into the German hedgerows with all those fresh infantry soldiers marching along beside the tanks," remembers then LT Richard Winters who commanded Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, "the band of brothers." The scene, which followed, has finally been captured by renowned military artist James Dietz in We Happy Few. Infantry from the National Guard's famed 29th Division, supported by the 2nd Armored Division's "Hell on Wheels," had raced forward to relieve the airborne troops from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions seizing and holding ground since their historic jump on the eve of D-Day. What a joyous occasion it had to be as the American airborne, joined by the grateful French civilians, welcomed the arriving ground troops.


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How Old Is Bryan Randall? Sandra Bullock Boyfriend Age and Net Worth, Are They Getting Married?
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How Old Is Bryan Randall? Sandra Bullock Boyfriend Age Revealed
Bryan Randall Net Worth: How Rich Is He?
Are Bryan And Sandra Getting Married?
How old is Bryan Randall? Learn about Sandra Bullock boyfriend age in this article.
Professionally, Bryan is described as a photographer. Moreover, he is recognized as a former model too.
Currently, he runs his own company named Bryan Randall Photography which is based in Los Angeles, California. Reportedly, he has work experience of over 9 years.
Sandra Bullock's boyfriend Bryan Randall is 55 years old. He will reach 56 years of age on April 10, 2022.
Sandra Bullock calls boyfriend Bryan Randall the 'love of my life' https://t.co/iQjvcVQiMM via @nypost
— Chris 🇺🇸 (@Chris_1791) December 2, 2021
On the other hand, his partner Sandra is 57 years old. Thus, we can confirm that the couples have an age gap of 2 years.
Moving on, Bryan stands at the height of 5 feet and 9 inches. Speaking about Sandra, she is 5 feet and 7 inches tall.
Furthermore, Bryan's biography hasn't been embedded on Wikipedia yet. Nevertheless, we can find his girlfriend's details on the wiki site.
Talking more about Sandra, she is a popular American actress. Here are some of her famous shows – The Blind Side, Ocean's 8, The Proposal, etc.
Reportedly, the duo started dating in 2015. Earlier, Bryan was in a relationship with Paris St. John, the daughter of Kristoff St. John.
Along with his passions in modeling and photography, he has a strong desire to become an actor. Interestingly, he had previously attended Anthony Meindl's acting workshop.
Well, Randall had made the headlines in 2011 after working for Vogue as their high fashion model. The same year, he appeared in Harper Bazaar Singapore.
Bryan Randall: 5 Things About Sandra Bullock's Boyfriend Whom She Calls A 'Saint' https://t.co/DKz94024mg
— ThisSomeBull (@TSBull213) December 2, 2021
Bryan Randall's net worth is estimated to be $2 million. This amount of wealth is nothing compared to Sandra Bullock's worth of $250 million.
Well, Bryan's source of income has been photography and modeling. On the other hand, his girlfriend earns as an actress and producer.
Previously, Sandra's salary was in the thousands. After she came into the spotlight, her earning are measured in millions.
Undoubtedly, Bryan and Sandra have been living a luxurious lifestyle. You can find him on Instagram where he often shares pictures with his partner.
No, Bryan and Sandra aren't getting married anytime soon. The rumors regarding their engagement are just a hoax.
Sandra Bullock rules out marriage to the 'love of my life' Bryan Randall: 'I don't need a paper to be a devoted partner' https://t.co/Ty8W6o1JBd via @Yahoo Wow. Is Bullock foolish enough 2 seek advice on marriage from crazy Jada P. ? God I hope NOT!😉
— Margaret Davis (@MsInformed2017) December 2, 2021
Recently, the actress spoke on Red Table Talk claiming that she doesn't need a paper to be a devoted partner. She spoke about relationships and motherhood in the interview.
Reportedly, Sandra was previously married to Jesse James in 2005. The former couples filed for a divorce in 2010.
Today, she takes care of their three children and is proud to be a mother. Moreover, she was engaged to Tate Donovan and had dated Troy Aikman, Ryan Gosling, and Matthew McConaughey in the past.
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Drab Majesty – Auckland
January 27, 2019 @ 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
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The critically acclaimed DRAB MAJESTY are headed to our darkened shores for the very first time. DRAB MAJESTY is a Los Angeles-based musical project founded by musician Deb Demure (Andrew Clinco) whose music blends classic 80s New Wave and hints of early 4AD with a futuristic originality alongside occult lyrics and themes. Wielding a left-handed guitar, Deb employs a unique style of arpeggiated finger picking, producing vast and organic musical textures reminiscent of Vinny Reilly (Durutti Column) with the anthemic power of Sisters of Mercy and Cocteau Twins. In the last few years Deb has been invited to support bands such as Cold Cave, Psychic TV, Clan of Xymox, The Frozen Autumn, Prayers, and label mates Youth Code and King Dude.
DRAB MAJESTY'S first self release in 2012 was recorded on many living room floors across LA, resulted in a limited-edition cassette of 100 copies titled Unarian Dances, later re-pressed by Lolipop Records. DRAB MAJESTY then signed with Dais Records and put out the debut LP Careless in 2015 . Initially a solo project, DRAB MAJESTY was joined by Mona D in 2016 which led to a stronger stage presence that wowed audiences across the 2016 europe tour with the theatrical performances, androgynous aesthetics and commanding vocals with futuristic and occult lyrics, a style Demure refers to as tragic wave and mid-fi.
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Mahindra Adventure confirms continuation of INRC campaign
The team was unsure about their run in the next few rounds of the INRC, but have now confirmed their participation
The news had spread like wildfire that Team Mahindra Adventure would not be continuing their INRC campaign, which meant not participating in the next three rounds of the championship. The decision came after the incident with Arjuna awardee Gaurav Gill at the Maxperience Rally, Jodhpur – An accident involving Gill's Super XUV300 and a family of three that entered a live stage and lost their lives after colliding with the speeding rally car. What was disheartening was how the incident was handled by rally organisers and the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).
Back at it
A sigh of relief to rally enthusiasts as the management has now revised their decision and have chosen to resume their INRC campaign and also has plans of spreading much-needed awareness about safety in a motorsport event. Both Gaurav Gill and Amittrajit Ghosh will participate in the next three rallies, however, Ghosh would be piloting a Super XUV500 instead of the XUV300.
Decoding Gaurav Gill's Arjuna Award controversy – here
At this years INRC, Team Mahindra Adventure introduced two brand new Super XUV300 rally cars which were driven by Gill and Ghosh. Due to lack of time for testing the new car and setup, the team got off to a slow start but Gill tried his level best to push harder in the opening round. Gill was in great form at the second round in Coimbatore, but due to a technical failure with the car, he was unable to finish the rally. He carried the same form at the Jodhpur rally before the accident. The team is looking to regain some momentum at the next three rounds of the championship
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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris review
An evening of theatrical cabaret celebrating the sultry chansons of Jacques Brel.
Greg Jameson
Belgian singer Jacques Brel has enthralled audiences since the 1950s with his sultry, poetic songs about life, sex, death and everything in between. Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is a celebration of twenty-eight of Brel's best-loved chansons, staged cabaret-style at Charing Cross Theatre.
Once we adjusted to the fact that the show is more of a cabaret than a musical, with individual songs enacted by four actors accompanied live by a five-man band, we were happy to go wherever Brel's music took us. There isn't an overarching story to tell here, but twenty-eight short stories, set on a Parisian-style stage. Although the lyrics have been translated into English (and although Brel was Belgian), there's something unmistakably French and wholly Parisian about the show, and Andrew Keates' production creates and maintains a smoky Gallic atmosphere.
Daniel Boys, Gina Beck, David Burt, Eve Polycarpou. Credit: Scott Rylander.
The major selling point of the show is the music. Established fans of Jacques Brel will relish seeing the imaginative way in which each hit is brought to life by the cast; and the uninitiated may well be converted. All four actors are given moments to shine. The impressive David Burt brings forth tears with Fanette, recalling his lost love; and is delightfully funny in both Jackie, celebrating his status as a hellraiser, and in Funeral Tango, in which he plays a dead man reflecting with witty cynicism at the thoughts of the mourners at his funeral. We enjoyed David Burt's performance enormously – he has a wonderfully expressive face – but we felt that his acting was sometimes better than his singing (which often has a Rex Harrison speak-singing quality). The moment where he married both skills the best was in Amsterdam – the exhilarating conclusion to Act One where the shouted chorus achieves a rousing passion.
David Burt in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Credit: Scott Rylander.
The dynamic of having two older and two younger actors of both sexes works extremely well, allowing songs to be shared between actors. Thus the youngsters Daniel Boys and Gina Beck share If We Only Have Love, and later No Love You're Not Alone, adding a touch of innocence to the proceedings. We've seen Daniel Boys on stage many times before, and he is always accomplished. He relishes the contrasting character guises demanded of him here. Gina Beck is also very fine, and comes into her own with a stirring performance of My Death, which, with added electric guitar, is the closest to a gutsy rock concert rendition of a song in this set.
Eve Polycarpou in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Credit: Scott Rylander.
We strongly enjoyed the performances of all four actors, but special plaudits go to Eve Polycarpou, whose amazingly soulful voice thrilled us all evening. It's a rare and powerful singer who can make every hair on your body stand on end coax your eyes to well up, but Polycarpou achieved this repeatedly. She was especially enchanting with My Childhood, Sons Of, and (playing acoustic guitar) Ne Me Quitte Pas. In these moments, Jacques Brel truly was alive and well, and being channelled by Eve Polycarpou.
David Burt, Eve Polycarpou, Gina Beck, Daniel Boys in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Credit: Scott Rylander.
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is the sort of show where you would do well to sit as close to the stage as possible, because of the intimacy of the songs and the performances. It runs the gamut of emotions from amusing songs like Jackie, Madeleine, Middle Class and Carousel to the heart-wrenching likes of Fanette, Marieke and My Childhood. Invest in a glass of wine, sit back and enjoy. The musicians are note-perfect and the sound level is well-pitched to avoid the music drowning out the singers. The melodies are generally carried by piano and guitar, accompanied by the irresistibly French sound of the accordion.
We arrived at the theatre unsure what to expect. We left the theatre confirmed Jacques Brel aficionados. The songs are hypnotic, and this show brings the songwriter back to life.
In this article:Andrew Keates, Cabaret, Charing Cross Theatre, Daniel Boys, David Burt, Eric Blau, Eve Polycarpou, Gina Beck, Jacques Brel, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Mort Shuman, Musical Theatre