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Have I Got Whos For You (series 12 edition, part five)
Posted on April 3, 2020 by reverend61
I'm on a clock this morning, so there will be as little text as possible. But we start with a deleted scene from 'The War Games'.
Because of her narcolepsy, the Doctor's career as a hula hoop artiste was unfortunately rather brief.
Goblet of Fire, revisited.
Unused publicity still for 'The Timeless Children'.
"Yas! I can't get this hat off!"
"That one. No wait, that one. No, not that one. Look, it was definitely a tree."
"What the hell is she doing here?"
It's fine, Rose; he'll catch you.
Enjoy being at home, if that's where you are. It won't be forever.
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Have I Got Whos For You (Interlude)
Posted on November 15, 2019 by reverend61
All is not well in Planet Who, folks. There is discontent over the absence of a trailer, anticipatiion fatigue over the BBC's continuing refusal to name a date, and a general sense of ambivalence about whether it's going to be any good considering the writers they've got on board for next series. And over in a Viking village, Edgar's let his sneeze get the better of him again.
I spent half an hour yesterday trying to interpolate footage from this year's John Lewis advert into footage of explosions and disintegrating snowmen and the cracking of ice. It did not go well. My heart simply wasn't in it, which is never a good beginning. So I cleaned the bathroom instead. There's no video this week, but at least the house smells fragrant. We've done John Lewis before – more than once – and that comparative post I did back in 2016 really is due a revamp. Maybe next year. Maybe.
There was a pile of good things. Georgia Tennant posted a photo on Instagram of her new baby's induction into the world of Doctor Who, although there was some concern over the episode that she was watching.
"HUNGRY," said one FB user I occasionally interact with, to which the response from me was "Wrong episode."
"Close, though, right?"
"Five years out. So in the grand scheme of things…"
If we're talking series 12, of course, you have to work with what you've got. For example, a few weeks back we became aware of a suspected leaked image from an upcoming sequel to 'Flatline', although there was immediate speculation as to whether or not it was fake.
It's not fake, surely? I mean it's got lighting and everything.
One thing that definitely isn't fake is the Dalek redesign, which was recently spotted on Clifton Suspension Bridge during a closed 'maintenance' slot which was actually booked for the BBC. There was immediate uproar over the apparent redesign, which served no purpose except to highlight the double standards inherent in the assessment of such things, because the Cybermen have been going for almost as long as the Daleks and the new ones are basically unrecognisable, whereas the Daleks have hardly changed at all over the years and the moment they do there's wailing and crying and gnashing of teeth. Maybe that's the whole problem. Perhaps a general evolution would have made the removal of the sink plunger an acceptable thing. Perhaps they've signed up to a twenty-four hour callout service and there's no longer any need to do it themselves.
Anyway, it turns out there's a reason for it.
I've been struggling a little bit with Thomas's school this week, who have been perhaps less than understanding about some of his additional needs, even though they usually do a good job. We have explained to him that while copying out the question before you add the answer does seem rather pointless, you sometimes simply have to toe the line and pick your battles. We live in a system of assessments and targets and indecipherable lingo, and with four kids at four schools it really can be a bit of a minefield.
Anyway, Thomas is basically happy, but I do wish he'd read more. It's Ripley's Believe it or Not or a Beano annual or something in the Big Nate range, and while I'm not a reading snob of any sort there's a wealth of great stuff out there he's missing out on simply because he can't be bothered. Occasionally – just occasionally – you can find something that'll interest him, like we did when we found a Derren Brown book about hypnotism and the power of suggestion. He'd developed something of an interest in the man after regular visits to Thorpe Park this year where we all got rather attached to the Derren Brown ghost train – a ride I'm not allowed to spoil, because they ask you not to. Then this book showed up in a charity shop and he was riveted. It's the sort of thing that makes me shudder, just faintly, because whether it's genuine psychic ability or a simple confidence trick Brown is a piggin' genius and the thought of Thomas going down that road makes me wonder what the consequences would be. It's like giving the supersoldier serum to Red Skull. "No man should have that kind of power."
I was trying to find something for him the other week when I stumbled upon this hideously inappropriate Doctor Who novel. I could still let him read it; the joke would probably sail over his head.
Audiobook available soon from all good streaming services.
Star Wars updates now – and cometh the man, cometh the Mandalorian.
It's not just me, is it? Tell me it's not just me.
I am trying to put my finger on the moment I lost interest in the Star Wars franchise. It might have been the Clone Wars movie. It might actually have been Shadows of the Empire, Lucas' 1997 foray into episode 5.5 territory that tried several approaches, none of which really worked. The book was particularly disastrous. Years down the line and we're bombarded with spin-offs no one asked for and comparatively few people watched and now there's a TV series about a masked bounty hunter who may or may not be Boba Fett (is he Boba Fett? I haven't bothered to find out) and oh look, George Lucas has changed the Greedo death AGAIN. If I'm grouchy about this it's because Disney has announced this week that they're pulling the Lego Star Wars exhibit from Legoland Windsor because for some unfathomable reason the sight of tiny brick men in a dimly-lit walkthrough will be enough to prevent people going to their own Star Wars-themed parks, most of which are in another country. I am one of the few people who objected to Disney buying the thing a few years back – as far as I was concerned they couldn't come up with a bigger mess than Attack of the Clones, and thus far I've been proved right – but this annoys me. Next time I might just take the kids to a museum instead.
I mean honestly.
We conclude with politics, and Kay Burley has an empty chair in her studio.
I had a conversation with Trevor Baxendale about this: he'd said it didn't work for him because the Silence wasn't actually invisible (a mistake many Who fans seem to make when they're making jokes about them online), so surely she'd be able to see it? We were back and forth for a bit, with me explaining myself and the two of us eventually agreeing that the actual concept of the Silence was so vague there is wiggle room. Better yet that we should concentrate on episodes of Doctor Who that actually work. Like 'Heaven Sent', for example, seeing as we seem to be on a bit of a series 9 kick this morning. I had cause to rewatch 'Heaven Sent' this week – for reasons that will become apparent another time – and one thing that strikes me is how meticulously constructed the whole thing is; aside from certain questions about where the first set of dry clothes came from it really hangs together quite well.
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Have I Got Whos For You (Multi-Doctor Special)
Posted on October 29, 2019 by reverend61
I think this'll be the last batch post for a while. We've taken a good chunk out of the meme backlog, and while there are still quite a few to go up, they can stagger in as and when, like drunk students crashing back into halls of residence after a night down the union. At least one of them might involve a traffic cone.
Today's theme – if you hadn't guessed – involves images involving more than one Doctor, which is something I do quite a bit when the ideas come. They do seem to come thick and fast these das, which is an indicator that I have more free time than is strictly healthy, but at least one family member appears to be following in my footsteps. This is both encouraging and slightly alarming. A bit like life, really.
We begin with a couple of Doctors celebrating the summer solstice, which should give you an idea just how long some of these have been hanging around.
Meanwhile, in a nearby playground.
Time Lord songwriter's workshops.
Impromptu lightsaber battles.
Derby walking tours.
Family reunions.
Posted without comment.
"This mirror's brilliant; I look years younger."
So there's this guy I found on Facebook who takes pet photos and one thing sort of led to another.
"Bugger off, David."
Time Lord mid-air collisions.
Edward set this up. Edward is five. I am worried about Edward.
Finally, in the TARDIS…
"Yeah, I'd give it five minutes."
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Papa Louie Pals Presents: The Doctors
Posted on September 5, 2019 by reverend61
I'm the odd one out in our house. I seem to be the only one of the six of us – and yes, that includes Edward – who's never played a Papa Louie game.
"That makes two of us," I can hear many of you say, and who can blame you? For the Papa games – which began life as a Flash-based platform game that spawned a wealth of culinary spin-offs – are fun and popular, but they're not exactly mainstream. It's the sort of private joke that takes too long to explain: this notion of working your way through hundreds of customers who want hot dogs and sandwiches and pizza and…well, you name it, they've covered it. Papa's Wingeria does chicken. Papa's Freezeria deals with all things ice cream. Papa's Donuteria does – look, I'm not going to read out the whole thing. Suffice it to say Flipline have done well out of this little franchise, although my own idea for a spin-off – a toilet maintenance game entitled Papa's Diarrhea – has thus far been met with nothing but a resounding silence.
But I never got into it. I just didn't have the time; there were too many other games to be playing. I was content to sit, lounged in bed or next to Emily on the sofa, while the tinkly music tinkled and my better half tried to get an even spread of tomato paste and cursed when I jogged the bed and made her drop her pancake. We got used to throwing our arms up in the air with a broad grin when evening meals arrived on the table. If you have played any of the games you will appreciate this. If you have not, I'm not about to explain it to you. Perhaps you had to be there, or at least be in the immediate vicinity of someone who was – a role I was (it seemed) more than content to play.
Still. Then they made Papa Louie Pals, which is the subject of today's post. Papa Louie Pals enables you to create more or less anyone you like, from a series of pre-defined style templates, faces and skin tones and outfit variations. The basic humanoid shape is the same for everyone – with minimal adjustments to things like girth and neck length – but all that aside there's a considerable amount of customisation potential, even more so if you're prepared to pay for additional content (I'm not; the new stuff is largely cosmetic).
And of course, I've made an entire set of Doctors.
Actually, I didn't stop at the Doctors. I did the companions as well. But that's content overload so we will deal with them another time. Today, you can have fourteen incarnations of the Doctor, in no particular order, randomly paired according to the way the screen grabbing worked, which led to some interesting if not unpleasant juxtapositions. Some of them are better than others. But I did painstakingly adjust the height of each incarnation so it was more or less accurate. Colour me proud, Jack. Colour me proud.
First up: the War Doctor and the Thirteenth Doctor. I don't think her shoes are quite right, but I'm quite pleased with the hair. (Look very closely and you'll see a bum bag poking out from beneath her coat.)
We'll have the two Bakers next. There's no option for multi-coloured scarves, so I've gone for his Season 18 look, which is reasonably good, although he really ought to be a little more grumpy. The same colours problem occurred when constructing the Sixth Doctor, and what's presented here is about as close as I could manage. There's a little too much red, but you get the idea.
I'm not very happy with the Eighth; his hair is completely wrong but there really was nothing else that fit. There's probably the capacity for creating his 'Night of the Doctor' look, of course – but then you're basically in War Doctor territory, so a distorted 1996 take will have to suffice. Next to him is McCoy; the jumper is off kilter but the hat, at least, is quite good.
These two came out quite well, really, largely because of Troughton's eyes, grin and trousers. The Eleventh Doctor is halfway through the events of 'Flesh and Stone'.
The Twelfth Doctor is a tricky one to do because there are three of him, depending on which series you're watching: of all the contemporary incarnations he's been the one who's arguably changed the most. Next to him is Pertwee, who has the wrong hair, although it's the best I could come up with.
The old man and the Time Lord who lived too long. Tennant was about the easiest one to do, although I do think those trousers ought to be a little darker (and the stripes are a bit, I dunno, deckchair). Still, his hair, like the werewolf Warren Zevon saw at Trader Vic's, is perfect.
I nearly skipped Nine, just to see how people would react, but he was such an easy one I didn't quite have it in me. Davison – with a hat that's a little flatter than I'd like – rounds off the set. Shame there's no celery.
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"Garth. That was a haiku."
Posted on March 21, 2019 by reverend61
This, dear children, is how I've been spending World Poetry Day. Because why not? And yes, a number of Doctors are missing, but I'll write more next year. Probably. You might even get a sonnet.
In the meantime, have fun. And as a footnote, that last one is something that I actually read this week, and is perhaps the best example I can give right now of a fandom that is apparently broken.
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My hat, it has three corners
Posted on April 11, 2018 by reverend61
Please excuse the radio silence in here this last couple of weeks. I'm still trying to get this book finished, and I think it will be worth it. I have set myself a self-imposed deadline (my 40th birthday, which is imminent) for a first draft. It's manageable provided I focus, which means that certain things – like this blog – have rather fallen by the wayside of late.
We do have a few interesting posts coming your way imminently, but I'm still writing for The Doctor Who Companion, including a rather interesting piece on hats that you might want to check out. We arranged it for Wear A Hat Day, which took place at the end of March in aid of brain tumour research. The notion of the Doctor's headgear has been a talking point for years, of course, although lately it's mostly a bunch of tedious memes about fezzes, which are not and have never been in any way cool. Here's the TL:DR version – the Doctor used to wear a hat because everyone else did. It's only later that it became a plot point, rather than a simple fashion accessory.
(I received several comments about this one on Twitter, but the best read "You talk to him." / "No, you talk to him.")
Still, it did give me the opportunity to wonder about the Doctors who generally didn't wear a hat, and how they might have looked if they did.
I think the Eighth works quite well, although it's not quite as settled on his head as I'd like it to be; it looks like he's got a ferret bobbing underneath it. The same applies for Nine, although I do like the idea of the Doctor going to a Guns 'n' Roses concert (this is Guns 'n' Roses in their heyday, not that group of session musicians Axl Rose toured with a couple of years back) and chilling backstage with the band. And if the Twelfth was wearing a white suit, he'd look a little bit like Herr Starr from Preacher.
Twelve's refusal to wear any sort of headgear has often vexed me, because he'd look good in a hat, particularly during his grumpy season.
Yes. Well.
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The Rainbow Connection
Today, boys and girls, you have a choice. You can read this through, or you can skip to the bottom. That's where the video is. I will not hold it against you, and I'll never know you did it. Your time is precious. But do, at least, spare five minutes to watch the Thing At The End, because that's the whole point.
Somewhere in the home counties – I'm thinking Surrey, although it's never clear – in a cheerfully painted house, a fluffy gay hippo is carefully stacking blocks. To his left, there is a weird orange thing that may or may not be extraterrestrial, doing a puzzle. There is a piece missing: in his frustration, he chucks the box in the direction of the hippo, upsetting his tower. "Ooh, Zippy!" complains the hippo, rife with melodrama. "Zat's very naughty! Now I've got to start again!"
"Oh, well, never mind George," says the alien. "You can always make another one."
Stage right, there is a large brown bear reading a comic. "Oh, Zippy," he sighs. "You are careless."
"Yes, well, it's not my fault!" says the alien. "He shouldn't have been building right next to my jigsaw!"
Their greying foster carer – all sensible shirts and white trainers – walks in, carrying a basket of washing that is inexplicably full given that he's the only person in the house who wears any clothes. Scenes like this no longer astound or surprise him the way they once did: he's watched every episode of The Dumping Ground and accepts most of his job is firefighting the squabbles and arguments his young charges have daily. He suspects the alien may have ADHD. He has caught the bear rewiring the electrics once or twice and has asked him not to. The hippo is constantly put upon by his would-be siblings, and the people down the road are always holding impromptu glee clubs in his front room. This, he reflects, was not how he saw his life going when he signed up for this gig.
When we were children, Rainbow was a part of the furniture. It had been around so long that no one gave its murky origins a second thought. There were all manner of questions about the setup in the house – who were these strange anthropomorphic characters and why were they living with this middle-aged storyteller? What did they do for money? And are the frequent fourth wall breaks some sort of indication that they're in some sort of kids' version of Big Brother, mercifully without the sex? But no one really asked. It was just something we accepted. It was, like Doctor Who, more about the situation, and the hijinks that ensued, than anything that might have led to them.
It's strange when you reflect upon how much things have changed. I often read comments on the CBeebies Facebook page about The Tweenies, usually complaining about something obnoxious that Bella is doing. It is inconceivable that a show like that would be made today. Everyone spends all their time arguing. The characters are real, but they're not a good influence, and even though their behaviour usually results in consequences and discipline, that's lost on today's thou-shalt-parent-my-children-for-me audience. While it's hard to pinpoint precisely where it happened, somewhere along the line we lost the concept of dramatic irony.
There was – I swear I'm not making this up – an episode of Rainbow where Rod, Jane and Freddy sang a song that went "A flying saucer / In our garden / It must have come from outer space…". Whereupon Zippy poked his head out of the window and offered them a trip to the stars, which they gleefully accepted, finishing the song along the way. It was, to my mind, the best origin story for Zippy that we've ever had. There is no other explanation for a creature with a zip sewn into its mouth, other than one that evolved on a planet where it's an essential survival feature. Perhaps he was expelled from his home world for being thoroughly obnoxious – it would explain why 'cousin' Zippo is so mind-numbingly placid, at least until that later episode where he develops a bad American accent and starts talking about crisps.
Little moments like this are integral to our understanding of Rainbow. There are episodes where Geoffrey randomly 'has to go out'. We never know where he goes (unless he returns with something plot-related) or why. Sessions at the dole office immediately spring to mind. So too do images of Geoffrey attending a drug deal or hiring himself out as a gigolo. It all depends on the mood I'm in. So you can understand why I'd latch onto the image of Zippy emerging from a wrecked spacecraft and setting up home with a bear and a hippo, which is to all intents and purposes what the song implies. (It also implies, of course, that Rod, Jane and Freddy were actually housed together in some sort of communal living situation, which corroborates many 1980s tabloid rumours.)
Then there's…um. Rainbow cosplay.
I mean, seriously. What the hell is that? It's like Zippy ate him. At least he can still breathe, which is presumably a situation that can be quickly altered with the swipe of a zip at the top. Come to think of it why does this have a working zip anyway, given that its sudden closure by an external party is likely to render the occupant airless and blind in an instant? Is this some sort of gimp outfit you use for fetish games? Does Christian Grey have one? It is only marginally less disturbing than the Rainbow comics which hit the stands back in the 1990s, in which every character looks basically normal except for George, who bears the haunted, blank-eyed stare of a hippo possessed.
(If you enjoy exploring the seedy underbelly of the animals in the house, you would be well-advised to check out World of Crap, who have devoted pages and pages to rewritten Rainbow comics with amusing captions.)
I've dabbled with Rainbow before, of course, in a video that I still quite like, some six years after its creation (not to mention Roy Skelton's death, which upped the hit count considerably). But Zippy's only one part of the trio – and while he's the obvious candidate for voice transposition, that doesn't mean the others don't have potential. Except that George is timid and often stumbles over his words, of course, which makes placing him difficult. That left Bungle, who is usually well-spoken, as well as prone to bouts of pomposity. When it came to finding a Doctor Who character for him to replace, there really was only one choice, and that was Omega.
It's not that I don't like 'The Three Doctors'. I think it's overrated, not to mention structurally problematic – one of those stories that is beloved because it was the first multi-Doctor fusion (and even then, it fails to deliver on its title's promise). The bickering between Pertwee and Troughton is about the best part of the story – although an unexpected highlight occurs when Benton walks into the TARDIS for the first time, and refuses to state the obvious. The Gel guards are quite fun, but this one is perhaps the epitome of the 'Stupid Brigadier' phase, in which U.N.I.T.'s finest devolves into a reactionary simpleton who refuses to accept the evidence of his own eyes.
Then there's Omega, a villain so melodramatic it's impossible to see him as a serious threat. Omega's role in 'The Three Doctors' is to shout. In 'Arc of Infinity', it's to shout some more, and then decompose at the edge of a river, just after bonding with a small child over the sight of an organ grinder. In 'Omega', the 2003 Big Finish audio drama, his role is to convince you that he's the Doctor, which he manages with aplomb. But for the most part it's just a lot of shouting. There must be a reason for all that anger. You almost want Tennant to lean round the door of his chamber, survey Omega's colossally oversized mask and mutter "Compensating for something?"
Still, masks are handy. I use masks a lot, simply because it makes the dubbing much easier. And there's something fun about having a supposedly sinister character rendered ridiculous. In the case of Omega, it only half works. You can make him ridiculous all right; he just isn't very sinister.
When it came to putting this together, I wanted it to feel as close to an actual episode of Rainbow as possible, so I started with the animations. There are two of them, built up in that slow, frame-by-frame style (the sound effects, by the way, are all ripped directly from the show). Originally it was just going to be K-9, but I put the other one in just for the heck of it – the same might be said for the Rod, Jane and Freddy song that shows up later, although that's partly the silliness of Pertwee's slow motion fight with Omega.
The biggest problem was Bungle's voice, which is less consistent than you imagine (unlike Zippy, who always sounds like Zippy). It's perhaps most obvious in the opening scene, in which the changes are obvious. This being a Classic episode, I didn't have the luxury of score-free dialogue, which meant dealing with ambience and the occasional sting from Dudley Simpson (who recently turned 95, if you want another entry to your list of Entertainment Veterans You Hadn't Realised Weren't Dead Yet). As a result it's rather rough around the edges, and I almost like it that way.
Oh, and make sure you watch to the end…
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The inevitable Doctor Who / The Prisoner thing
Posted on October 1, 2017 by reverend61
October, 2011. Emily and I are celebrating our anniversary in Harlech. The bedroom in our B&B is all frills, pink and a myriad fragile-looking ornaments. It is like Dolores Umbridge's study. We go out for Indian food, wander round the castle and watch trashy TV.
Sunday morning the two of us take a hike in the drizzle over to the estuary. In the distance, Portmeirion looms: a picture postcard collection of patchwork models glued to the forest. We make it within throwing distance before the sand becomes too deep, sucking and gurgling. I suggest going back to the car and driving round to the village's entrance, if she wants.
Emily smiles. "No," she says. "I think I like it better this way. It's more authentic." And back we head, pursued by a large balloon.
The Prisoner is one of those shows that entered and left national consciousness without anyone ever really noticing. It was all going so well. Navy striped blazers? Check. The threatening, omnipresent Rover? Check. All this, and the show's best-loved catchphrase: "I am not a number," bellows McGoohan, running across a beach at sunset, "I AM A FREE MAN!". It was the perfect soundbite to stick at the end of a newsgroup post, a middle finger extended eloquently against authority. Even Matthew Corbett was at it. (Sooty does The Prisoner. Wonders will never cease.)
These days everyone just uses the word 'Sheeple' and thinks they're being terribly clever. These days, I'm having to explain what The Prisoner is to a whole new generation – actually two generations if you count my mother, who systematically denies repeatedly saying "I am not a number" when my brother and I were growing up despite my insistence that it was a stock part of conversation (along with "No" and "Were you born in a barn?"). Outside the family circle I'm met with a blank stare whenever I do that 'Be seeing you' thing. Honestly, Star Trek never had these problems.
Perhaps that's part of it. Gene Roddenberry didn't just create a TV show, he created an entire universe and filled it with planets and civilisations. The world of The Prisoner is comparatively small – micro, rather than macroscopic. It has to be: by its very nature the Village needs to be enclosed, and the bulk of Number 6's adventures taking place there, while those that aren't are usually hiding something. ('Living In Harmony' is about the best known example of this, predating the holodeck by a good twenty years and showing that there's very little you can't do with a few cardboard cut-outs, some mild hallucinogenics and a raid on the ITV props department.)
I'm not a big fan of the words 'cult following' – they seem to imply a kind of snobbery in one direction or another – but perhaps that's the most appropriate terminology to explain the programme's mass appeal among its fan base, even after all these years. Certainly there can be few programmes as impenetrable, and few endings as discussed and dissected. The Prisoner was either captivating (no pun intended), or challenging, or just plain weird, depending on the level of commitment you were willing to offer. It was uncompromising television that explained very little and then subverted what you thought you knew.
It's the sort of programme I wish they'd make more often, but that doesn't seem to be the way that the world works now: there is an expectation that every gap should be plugged, every flashback explained, every origin story given flesh. "Worst bit of nerd culture: the need to fill in the blanks," tweeted Gideon Defoe on 21 September. "Ooh, the Kessel Run, sounds evocative, must see it in grindingly prosaic detail."
Doctor Who fans are no better. It's not enough for Turlough to have attended a private school while on the run from the authorities: said school now has to be established (step forward, Nick Briggs) as a school that deals especially with alien children, so we can know how he got there. It's not enough for the Doctor to have left Gallifrey: we need to know why. And it's not enough for the random women standing behind Rassilon to be whomever you'd most like them to be: we have to have fan fiction explaining who they are and how they got there and which of the high council they shagged along the way (because this is fan fiction, and thus Rule #34 applies in abundance).
There is an episode of Sherlock that annoys me immensely, because we get to see not one but three resolutions to the Sherlock Falls From The Roof story. One of them is (probably) the truth, although it's told to us by a madman, which rather tests its narrative reliability. The others are fanwank – quite literally, as one of them seems to rely on a fan suggestion. It is possibly the most meta of all the Sherlock episodes, dealing as it does with the public reactions to the detective and how he interacts with his audience, allowing them to make up the history for him. There is a laziness and smugness about it that is unbecoming. Far better it would have been, surely to have the detective sweep back into Watson's life and refuse to explain anything at all, even to the audience?
But a blank slate is maddening, and perhaps that's the reason that The Prisoner is now called 'obscure' (one unnamed publication, three days ago). The planned origin story for Number Six's arrival mercifully never materialised, and all we had to go on was that iconic opening montage, largely wordless: Patrick McGoohan drives his car, storms angrily in and out of an office and is then rendered unconscious in his London home before waking up on the Welsh coast. (In 1987, twenty years after The Prisoner, ITV launched Knightmare, in which a series of would-be adventurers ventured through an artificially generated dungeon. Every time a fresh room was entered the kid in the over-sized helmet would ask "Where am I?", and watching years later it's almost disappointing that the answer was never "In the village".)
There is a rule about TV: give your programme a historical setting and you instantly sidestep the likelihood of it becoming dated (which is why Dad's Army is frequently repeated while Bless This House is not). The Prisoner sidesteps this by giving the show's location a timeless feel: there are elements of Connery's Bond, and a Beatles track that plays over the final episode, but we could be watching this in any decade. Most of it works. The writing is consistently good, and the show takes risks that you generally don't see in contemporary British TV (episode seven, 'Many Happy Returns', features no almost no spoken dialogue for the first twenty minutes).
If you've never seen The Prisoner I am about to ruin it for you, and I strongly suggest that you drop to the end of the section I'm just about to write, but we need to talk about 'Fall Out'. Not every show is defined by its finale – The Avengers wasn't – but when, in early 1968, Number Six was taken to meet Number One, a nation of jaws dropped. Everything about the programme's closing instalment is baffling – the hooded rabble in the courtroom, the apparent resurrection of Leo McKern, the obfuscating speech by the judge, the song and dance, the jive dude…and fact that Number Six barely utters a word throughout, although on the few occasions that he tries the mob are quick to silence him.
Then there's a huge gunfight and Patrick McGoohan in a gorilla mask, and then that long drive home, with Angelo Muscat closing the door. Roll credits.
There's a legend that says that when the series finale aired, the public backlash was so ferocious that McGoohan had to flee the country to avoid the mob. I still don't know if I believe that, but it makes for a nice story, and the sort of fitting scene that closes a docudrama – rather like Ed Wood driving away with Kathy just after the screening of Plan 9, oblivious to the reaction it presumably received. Certainly 'Fall Out' is one of those stories that remains impenetrable, perhaps the only episode of the series that was. It doesn't help that Alexis Kanner is playing a completely different character to the one he played in 'Living In Harmony', and yes, I know this sort of thing happens in Doctor Who all the time without any explanation, but this was one occasion I really felt we deserved one.
Seriously. God knows what's going on here. I mean, I get the rest. I don't care why Number 6 / John Drake / whoever the hell he was resigned, or what the purpose of the Village really is, but I can at least follow the narratives – even 'A, B and C', which is a head trip best enjoyed under the influence of alcohol, or at least a notepad and biro. But then we get here, and all hell breaks loose. You thought the Twin Peaks finale was weird? You don't know you're born, kid, although right now I'm not entirely sure whether Laura Palmer was either.
Gareth says that it's simply a question of punctuation: when McGoohan asks (every week) about the identity of Number One, he's told "You are Number Six", but if you add a comma it reads "You are, Number Six", which makes a whole lot more sense, or at least as much sense as anything in The Prisoner ever really did. Whether there's a conspiracy, a case of mistaken identity, or whether the whole thing was simply a fugue state in the mind of a delusional man we're never really sure.
[Spoilers more or less end here.]
Perhaps it's better that way. Perhaps giving an answer to a story like this is the quickest way of killing it. That's what happened in Lost – a programme that attempted to explain its own mythology and came apart at the seams as a result, to the extent that no one really talks about it now. Perhaps that's what McGoohan learned during his time on the show: by steadfastly refusing to explain what's going on, you give people something to talk about for the rest of their lives.
That's a lesson that the fans, if not necessarily the writers of Doctor Who will eventually lead to learn as well: it is a children's show, and thus deserves a degree of transparency, but a programme can become consumed by its own mythos and wind up drowning in it. As I write this I am attempting to convince a well-meaning chap in Dakota that when Timothy Dalton spoke about the two dissenters being "like the Weeping Angels", he didn't mean they were actually Weeping Angels, and no, we do not need to know where the Weeping Angels came from. Similarly we don't need to know the Master's backstory. Nor what Rory got up to in the two thousand years he was humping Amy round Europe. Nor about the adventures the Doctor and Martha had while holed up in 1969 (particularly whether or not they had sex, an inexactness which some fans seem unhealthily desperate to have resolved). We watch a show that has a question for a title: questions do not always need to be answered, and not everything needs to be connected.
Maybe that's why I do things like this: if Doctor Who aficionados are obsessed with in-universe continuity, perhaps this is a drive to counter-balance that. It's funny, because if there's one thing The Prisoner really doesn't have, it's a sense of continuity. One clever conceit the show employs is to pit Number Six against a succession of chair-dwelling superiors – everyone has their favourites, and most of them are Leo McKern. It allows for an ever-changing dynamic: you want panicky incompetence, you cast Patrick Cargill ('Hammer Into Anvil'); if it's polite dignity, you cast Anton Rogers. In the background, Muscat lingers and serves tea, leading to speculation that he may be more than simply a butler. The shifting cast reminds me, for obvious reasons, of a certain Other Programme, which led to this.
The new Number Two.
Logically the only possible response is "Who is William Hartnell?". And logically the only possible response to that is "You are Colin Baker." Or, if you want, "You are, Colin Baker." Which is closer to the truth than anyone might care to admit.
Meanwhile, over in the Village, the poor old War Doctor is ruminating.
Now, John Hurt as Number Two. That would have been something.
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Doctor Who: an overview (part one)
Posted on June 13, 2015 by reverend61
If you were reading this the other day, you'll recall me talking about the talk I gave to the church group.
What follows is the script I was using. I mostly stuck to it, with the odd add-lib. I make no apologies for the simplification of certain concepts, or the general lack of detail, because it was all done with a particular audience in mind. I think they enjoyed it; I certainly enjoyed doing it.
The thing is so long I have opted to split it up a bit – so here's part one, which, while not exactly finishing on a cliffhanger, does stop in the middle…
Part two is available here.
He walks in shadow. He arrives swathed in mystery and leaves without a backward glance. He topples empires, overthrows tyrants and helps the lost and helpless. He's nattered with Nero, supped with Shakespeare and played chess with Churchill. He is, to use his own terminology, a mad man with a box. He is the Doctor. And he's been a part of my life, in one way or another, for over thirty years. And this afternoon, I'm going to be telling you all about him.
Now, I'm aware that you've probably all got different levels of familiarity. I suspect some of you probably watched the show years ago, and perhaps you got bored and went on to something else. Perhaps you're familiar with the old days but you have no idea about any of the new Doctors. Perhaps you watch everything you can, rather like me. Or perhaps you've never seen the show before and don't have a clue what it's about, beyond something about a police box and a thing called a Dalek that looks like a gigantic pepper pot. In any event, whether you're a diehard fan or whether you think Davros is a Greek dancer on Britain's Got Talent, I hope you'll find something of interest today.
But I don't want to turn this into a forty-five minute chat about the history of Doctor Who, even though I could easily talk about it for twice that length, because it'd bore you silly. Instead this is going to be something of a whistlestop tour through the show, from its 1963 beginnings all the way up to the present. We'll talk a bit about the Doctor himself and some of the foes he's faced – on and off-screen. Some of this is probably going to be familiar to at least some of you – some of it's going to be new. There's quite a lot of talking from me, but you'll get to see the Doctor in action as well.
So come with me on a journey into the past – as we go back. Way back…to 1963. Harold Macmillan is in Downing Street, the first Bond film has just been released, and the Beatles are about to take over the entire world. And the new Head of Drama at the BBC, a man called Sydney Newman, has commissioned a new children's show about a bunch of time travellers who flit around the universe, meeting important historical figures and generally getting into scrapes. The main characters were to be a dashing young couple, a teenage girl who was good at finding trouble, and an enigmatic middle-aged scientist with a mysterious past. (Is any of this sounding familiar?)
The Doctor was never even intended to be the central character – that's something that changed as time went on – but the creative team wanted someone with gravitas, so they cast William Hartnell, famous for The Army Game. (My dad says there was only ever one Doctor, and William Hartnell was it.) Hartnell was getting tired of typecasting and he jumped at the chance to play something completely different. But if you go back and watch those old episodes again, what strikes you is how unpleasant the First Doctor is. He's untrustworthy, crochety and mean. (Perhaps that's why my Dad likes him. Sorry, that was a joke.)
Here's where we meet him for the first time.
That was the very first episode, which went out on 23rd November 1963 – the day after….what?
It's said that everyone can remember where they were when they heard that Kennedy had been shot. Doctor Who went largely unnoticed, because everyone was watching the news. It didn't make much of an impact at first, and in many ways that didn't come as a surprise to the BBC. Doctor Who is about a man who is and always will be an outsider. It was co-created by a Canadian, its first director was an Indian and the first producer, Verity Lambert, was a young woman in a world dominated by men. And none of them were expected to actually succeed. However, a few weeks later, the show was facing an early cancellation. And then this happened.
I think you all know what that was, don't you? And thanks to the Daleks, Doctor Who hit the big time, as the Doctor met Marco Polo, smugglers, and giant flies. But William Hartnell was getting ill and couldn't keep up with the constant filming pressures – twenty-four episodes a year – so it was decided to replace him with a younger actor.
And in 1966, this happened. After battling the Cybermen, the Doctor collapsed in the TARDIS, and changed into a younger man. Now, in production terms this was a masterstroke. A show that can change its lead actor at any point can go on forever. Every new Doctor's built on what's come before while bringing something of themselves to the part. About the only thing that hasn't changed is the TARDIS – and that, by the way, is only because it's supposed to be camouflaged, blending in with wherever it happens to be, only it got stuck. (The funny thing is that camouflage changes. A police box was a common occurrence in 1963, but you don't see them anymore. When my family and I were driving through Shropshire one afternoon, Josh pointed out of the window at a public phone box and shouted "Hey, look! A red TARDIS!"
The other thing to mention at this point is that regeneration is a bit like giving birth. They used to tell you to do it lying down, but these days there are all sorts of positions. Compare this from 1974 with this from 2008. The Third Doctor's lying down, but when we watched the Eleventh Doctor turn into the Twelfth, my mother asked why the Doctor was standing up, and I told her it was like medical advice; they keep changing it.
So. The Second Doctor was younger, sprightlier, sillier, but still ran around the universe, generally saving the day. But eventually Patrick Troughton left the TARDIS and went on to do other things, and in 1970 Doctor Who switched to colour. Things were a bit different – the Doctor was now stuck on Earth, exiled by the Time Lords, and he worked with a military organisation called UNIT, led by Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart. Eventually the exile was lifted, and Jon Pertwee was replaced by Tom Baker, who is probably the best known of all the Doctors, certainly the most visually iconic – as you will see from the way I'm dressed. Apart from that it was business as usual – Daleks and robots and things coming out of the swamp. Now I wanted to show you something that really summed up the way Doctor Who was in the 1970s, and here it is.
(I made that last year, just for the fun of it. I knew it would come in handy eventually.)
The show had never been more popular, but all good things come to an end, and in the 1980s there was a gradual downward spiral. Stories got sillier, there were some questionable performances, the show lost its Saturday evening slot so nobody watched it, and eventually the new BBC controller had had enough. In 1985 it was suspended, and then it came back, and then it was finally cancelled. Now, it's fair to say that it wasn't the best of times, but there were still great moments, like this one.
Doctor Who was languishing, alone, for years. The fans kept it going, but there was no sign of it on TV. There was an old joke that went "How many Doctor Who fans does it take to change a light bulb? None at all, they just complain and hope it'll come back on." Until 1996, when the BBC brought it back with a full-length movie, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.
There's only one problem with the movie, and that's that it was rubbish. It was made by people who didn't understand the show, for people who had never seen the show, and it was once again binned. But not for long! Because some years later, the BBC decided to bring it back, only this time they did it properly. The new Doctor Who was completely updated: it looked fresh, and modern, but it was still the show we knew and loved. Still, this was aimed at winning a new audience, and for many children – including at least one of mine – this was their very first glimpse of the Doctor.
It's new, but it's instantly recognisable. The dummies that Rose was running from are the Autons, whom the Third Doctor fought many years ago, and which many parents and grandparents would have remembered. They were trying to win over children, but broadly speaking this was definitely geared towards the family.
Since then the show's gone from strength to strength, through four and a half new Doctors (it's a long story, don't ask) and all manner of strange new creatures and enemies. But the central idea is still the same: the Doctor and whichever companion he happens to be with turns up in the TARDIS in the middle of a problem, and then solves the problem, just before moving on to the next one. He's met Charles Dickens and Vincent van Gogh, he's seen the end of the world and travelled to the end of the universe. Doctor Who turned fifty just a couple of years back, and the Doctor doesn't show any signs of slowing down just yet.
But it's funny how we place so much faith in such a mysterious character. It's there in the title – Doctor Who? So let's have a quick look at exactly what we do (and don't) know about the Doctor.
What is it about the Doctor that makes him so fascinating? Well, he's famously non-violent (although if you look at the show, this really isn't the case at all). He'll give his enemies a chance to surrender and change their ways. He doesn't suffer fools and he has no respect for empty authority, but he'll preach about forgiveness. And he overcomes death, and routinely sacrifices himself in order to save humanity. If any of this is sounding a bit familiar, there are lots of arguments about religious interpretations of Doctor Who, although this is something the programme's creators have always denied. "No," they said. "We didn't mean that at all."
Um. Is it just me…?
The other thing about the Doctor is that he very rarely travels alone; he'll usually have at least one or two companions along for the ride. And here are just a few of them.
You will note that most of them are women, and most of them are pretty. I will not deny that this is to give the dads something to look at on a Saturday evening. I will not deny that I am one of those dads.
Please don't tell my wife.
Click here for part two.
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I'm guessing that there wasn't a single person who took my April 1st post seriously. Over on Facebook several people were taken in, including a music teacher, which I count as a personal triumph. Actually a couple of people think it might even be a good idea, which proves that many a true word may be spoken in jest. I simply need to get a Joseph coat from somewhere, and then we can do stuff like this:
Certainly Doctor Who has had its fair share of April Fool gags in the past. Back in 2003, before the new series had been greenlit, a friend of mine convinced her partner that Doctor Who was shortly to return with Caroline Quentin stepping into the TARDIS. (I still maintain that could work, although Tamsin Grieg might be better.) A glance over at Doctor Who TV has found a selection of stories, including one that I actually did myself last year, in a different format (and with no knowledge of theirs). Meanwhile, Kasterborous linked to, among others, a story suggesting a return for RTD, and it says something for my current views on Who that I actually live in hope that this could still happen.
Gareth, meanwhile, sent me a link to this thread on the Big Finish forums.
"Some people," he remarked, "really don't get how to do it, do they?"
"I know," I said. "The mind boggles."
"Aww," he said. "I'm now picturing that as a Second Doctor story, with 'boggles' being a noun – like 'The Brain Weasels'. I wonder what a Boggle is in this sense."
A quick internet search reveals various Dungeons and Dragons links – an alternative spelling of a creature also known as the Bogle. Anyway, if it's a Second Doctor story, it might look a bit like this.
Happy Easter, however you spend it.
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Now it is incredibly sore.
Is gonna linger, linger, linger.
What was my finger doing there?
How did this happen to me? It's so unfair.
Oh what, oh what am I going to do?
She said "You better put my finger on some ice".
But the pain is starting to go away.


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Highlander Partners Acquires Florida-based Window and Door Manufacturer
Dallas, Texas – December 7, 2012 – Highlander Partners, L.P., a Dallas-based private investment firm, today announced the acquisition of Custom Window Systems, Inc. dba Custom Windows & Doors ("CWS" or the "Company"). Founded in 1986, CWS is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of impact-resistant and non-impact windows and doors, as well as porch enclosure products, primarily serving Florida and other coastal markets in the Southeastern United States. CWS offers the most complete vinyl impact-resistant product line in the southeast.
CWS will continue to operate under its existing name and operating structure. Greg Schorr, a Senior Advisor for Highlander, will join CWS as the President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Schorr was formerly the President and COO of the parent company of Simonton Windows. John Cwik, the Company's founder, President and CEO will continue to work with CWS in a consulting and advisory role. In 2006, Mr. Cwik successfully refocused the business on impact-resistant vinyl windows and doors and relocated to a new 250,000 square foot facility in Ocala employing approximately 290 people.
Mr. Schorr commented, "I think this is the perfect time to reenter the window and door industry and I am glad to do it in partnership with Highlander. We see a huge opportunity to capitalize on a rebounding housing market with one of the nation's leading independent designers and manufacturers of windows and doors."
Jeff L. Hull, Highlander's Managing Partner and the new Chairman of CWS, stated, "We are very excited about the opportunity to draw on our collective backgrounds in the window and door industry and leverage our expertise in working with CWS. John and his team did a great job of managing the business through the downturn, and John's forward-looking decision to refocus his operations from aluminum to vinyl windows and doors in 2006 positions the company to capitalize on a long-term market transition to vinyl, which has been driven by energy code changes." Mr. Hull is the former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Companies Inc., one of the largest window and door manufacturers in the United States. Hull added, "We see a rebounding housing market and believe additional acquisition opportunities exist that could further a national window company strategy."
Raymond James served as the exclusive financial advisor to CWS in connection with this transaction. Regions Bank provided senior financing facilities in the transaction.
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Thrill seekers and solitude hunters, for once, can be in harmony at Hatu Valley Homestay — a homestay in Narkanda, Simla. On a clear night, count stars and get a kick out of the cold breeze at this stay.
If wooden rooms with rustic ambience, healthy homemade food (We're talking about the hot paranthas, dal, and chili chutney), and a distant view of nothing but hills sound just about right, this homestay is for you. The spacious rooms come with large beds, a small TV, and comforters. There is a seating area outside the rooms where you can enjoy your cuppa. The location of the homestay is towards the end of the hill and for miles away, you'll find only hills and trees, making the view absolutely surreal and tearjerking.
The food is served inside the home and we were told that they are opening a set of cottages and a cafe on a hill nearby. While there isn't much to explore in the vicinity, you can trek up to Hatu Peak and check out the 360-degree view of the Himalayas. Plus, the stay costs INR 1,200-1,800 per night (Depending on your choice of room).
The location is a little secluded. Although nothing can be done about it, it takes you around 30-40 minutes to reach the closest market or town centre.


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CONGRATULATIONS to Tara & Will. You guys were AMAZING to work with and I'm SO happy for you both!!!
Tara just emailed me the link to her wedding photos and I think they are absolutely stunning!
Hey Chris! I just saw that the wedding pics are up. They are absolutely wonderful. I can't say enough how great a job you did. As I'm sure you could tell, I hate having my picture taken. Thank you for giving me the shove I needed to take all these pics! You really captured some beautiful moments.
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Oh Chris, this (first one) is a wonderful picture!
Beautiful Shots!! I love the shadows of the guys walking! Awesome! Also LOVE that macro shot!
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The proposed industrial policy, currently being prepared by the commerce and industry ministry, may have special provisions for manufacturing in the textile, leather sectors to leverage growth, and focus on spreading out export hubs across the country which are currently getting concentrated in a few states.
It will also tie in existing government initiatives and serve as a focal point for various industry-wise policies. "It will absorb the 2011 national manufacturing policy and focus on technological issues of Industry 4.0, apart from furthering the government's push of the Digital India initiative," a senior Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) official said.
While the government had floated an initial discussion paper on the proposed industrial policy in August 2017, it has not yet released a final draft of the policy in the public domain. The commerce and industry ministry had back then announced this final draft will be put out by January 2018.
"We will follow the due process and release a detailed draft. We are currently weighing the inputs from other ministries and stakeholders," a senior DIPP official said. The initial document focused on the creation of jobs, the promotion of foreign technology transfer, the growth of micro, small, and medium enterprises, and the establishment of a goal to attract $100 billion foreign direct investment annually.
It will also have a special focus for sectors such as apparel and footwear in which India maintains a manufacturing edge, albeit one that is slipping. "Despite India being one of the largest exporters in both sectors, manufacturing jobs in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and several African countries are seeing an increase, while in India we are seeing a slowdown in growth. So, the policy will have special provisions to boost these sectors," a senior DIPP official said.
The $36-billion textile export sector, the third-largest foreign exchange earner for India after petroleum products and gems and jewellery, clocked only 0.75 per cent growth in 2017-18, after a contraction in the past two years. On the other hand, outbound trade of leather articles rose 3.46 per cent to $2.42 billion, recovering from the contraction witnessed in 2016-17. The proposed policy may also act on the suggestion of successive Economic Surveys over the past three years which have repeatedly pointed to a slowdown in low skilled jobs in neighbouring China. India will also aim to seize millions of jobs, lower down the value chain, that are shifting out of China to other developing nations as Beijing makes adjustments to its own industrial policy under the pressure of growing basic wages and greater specialisation in high-end manufacturing, the official added.
The policy is also expected to reaffirm the government's belief in export-led growth and as a result will have an extensive impact on overall trade norms, with ease in trade and diffusion of export hubs among the government's top priorities, a commerce department official pointed out.
Earlier this year, the Economic Survey pointed out that the five states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana account for a whopping 70 per cent of India's exports. "The Centre plans to stop this ghettoisation of exports through incentives as well as channel digital technology to extend exports from rural and traditionally backward areas," he added.
A further push for adopting mandatory domestic procurement norms by the government may also be there in the policy. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry had suggested back in February that state governments should also adopt these norms.
Currently, the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017, that came into effect back in June last year, stipulates that only local suppliers will be eligible for all government goods purchases less than an estimated ~5 million. A further list of 90 items is currently being drawn up to be placed under the mandatory category in preferential procurement.
The current industrial policy was framed back in 1991, the government led by P V Narasimha Rao essentially junked the previous licence raj. But critics have said the policy was hastily prepared at a time when the economy was battling an economic crisis. Back then, large fiscal deficits had a spillover effect on the trade deficit culminating in a serious external payments crisis.


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CHRR, CEDEP ask for govt effort in ending bloodsuckers myths
Face of Malawi > Local Malawi News > CHRR, CEDEP ask for govt effort in ending bloodsuckers myths
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) have asked the government to take a big step in ending issues of bloodsuckers in the country that have caused panic in the country mostly, in the northern districts of Malawi.
In a press statement signed by CHRR Acting Executive Director Michael Kayaitsa and CEDEP Executive Director Gift Trapence, the two organizations condemned the acts of violence due to the myth about bloodsuckers.
The two organizations have noted that people have lost lost their lives and others injured due the myths of bloodsuckers.
"It is disheartening to note that people are being assaulted and some have since been killed including two people who were stoned to death in Nkhotakota," they explained.
They also saw that health workers were attacked in the course of doing their duties in Salima after the health workers were suspected of being blood suckers. Five people were severely assaulted, two vehicles were smashed and one was set on fire.
According to the organizations, the consequences of the rumors on social and health services are immense especially this time around when the country is facing a coronavirus pandemic.
They also noted that the propagation of blood suckers' rumors has a potential to undermine or derail efforts to contain the spread of the virus, which is escalating almost every day.
The organizations therefore asked different ministers , faith based organizations and Malawi Police Service (MPs) to join hands in ending the issue of blood suckers before a lot of people lose their lives.
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Author: Edgar Naitha
Studied journalism at Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ). Currently, an intern at Face of Malawi.
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Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of The Interior Land Management Bureau Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Chevron Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project, California and the Approved Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, 62852-62853 [2010-25724]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Chevron Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project, California and the Approved Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, 62852-62853 [2010-25724]
Download as PDF 62852 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices IOWA WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Henry County La Crosse County Collins—Bond House, 402 S Main St, Salem, 10000869. Reeves, Isaac and Agnes (Bells), House, 209 S. Main St, Salem, 10000871. Wilson, Paton and Hannah, House, 1360 280th St., Salem, 10000870. Edgewood Place Historic District, 2500 block of Edgewood Pl, La Crosse, 10000867. Bureau of Land Management MAINE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Cumberland County National Park Service Engine Company Number Nine Firehouse, 17 Arbor St, Portland, 10000876. MARYLAND [FR Doc. 2010–25754 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–51–P MASSACHUSETTS Barnstable County Spring Hill Historic District, Roughly bounded by MA RTE 6A, Spring Hill Rd, and Discovery Hill Rd., Sandwich, 10000862. NEW JERSEY Cumberland County Millville Army Air Field, General airport landside area N of the airport airside, City of Millville, 10000875. 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Comments may be forwarded by United States Postal Service, to the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., MS 2280, Washington, DC 20240; by all other carriers, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye St., NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written or faxed comments should be submitted by October 28, 2010. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. 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VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 Oct 12, 2010 Jkt 223001 Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Chevron Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project, California and the Approved Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Removal of Listed Property Baltimore Independent City Hebrew Orphan Asylum, 2700 Rayner Ave, Baltimore, 10000868. [CACA–49561 L51010000 FX0000 LVRWB09B3220 LLCAD08000] PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Plan Amendment (PA) to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan for the Chevron Energy Solutions (CES) Lucerne Valley Solar Project located in San Bernardino County, California. The Secretary of the Interior approved the ROD on October 5, 2010 which constitutes the final decision of the Department. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/ Approved PA are available upon request at the BLM's California Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 92553 or via the Internet at http:// www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/energy/ fasttrack.html. For further information contact Greg Thomsen, Project Manager; telephone (951) 697–5237; address 22835 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 92553; e-mail lucernesolar@blm.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Lucerne Valley Solar Project was proposed by CES. The Lucerne Valley Solar Project involves a 422-acre rightof-way (ROW) authorization to construct and operate a 45-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic project which would connect to an existing Southern California Edison 33 kilovolt distribution system. The approved project will include the power generation facility, a new switchyard, control/maintenance building, parking area, and set-back area. A portion of Zircon Road will also be relocated. Pursuant to BLM's CDCA Plan (1980, as amended), sites associated with power generation or transmission not identified in the CDCA Plan will be considered through the plan amendment process. As a result, prior to approval of a ROW grant for the Lucerne Valley Solar Project, the BLM must amend the CDCA Plan to allow a solar SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices generating project on this site. The Approved PA revises the CDCA Plan to allow for the development of the Lucerne Valley Solar Project on 422 acres of land managed by the BLM with other ancillary structures and facilities. The selected alternative (up to 45 MW of generated power) is a combination of Alternative 3, the Proposed Action, and Alternative 4, Modified Site Layout. This combination of alternatives includes all of the features in Alternative 4, with the exception of rerouting some of the surface water drainage to provide additional water to the vegetative screen area. The surface water would follow the natural pathways as identified in Alternative 3. The Final Environmental Impact Statement/Proposed PA was published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2010 (75 FR 49515), initiating a 30-day protest period and concurrent 30-day comment period. Two comment letters and one protest letter were received, considered, and incorporated as appropriate into the ROD/Approved PA. Public comments and protests did not significantly change the decisions in the ROD/ Approved PA. The State of California Governor's consistency review did not identify any inconsistencies between the proposed project and state and local plans, policies or programs. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6. Robert V. Abbey, Director, Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. 2010–25724 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–40–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CACA–47740, LLCAD07000, L51030000.FX0000, LVRAB109AA01] Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Imperial Valley Solar Project and Associated Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Resource Management PlanAmendment, Imperial County, California AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan (the applicable Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the project site and the surrounding areas) located SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 Oct 12, 2010 Jkt 223001 in the California Desert District. The Secretary of the Interior approved the ROD on October 5, 2010, which constitutes the final decision of the Department and makes the Approved Amendment to the CDCA Plan effective immediately. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/ Approved Amendment to the CDCA Plan are available upon request from the Field Manager, El Centro Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1661 S. 4th Street, El Centro, California, 92243 or via the internet at the following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ elcentro/nepa/stirling.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Stobaugh, BLM Project Manager; telephone: (775) 861–6478; mailing address: Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520; or e-mail at Jim_Stobaugh@blm.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Stirling Energy Systems (SES) filed right-of-way (ROW) application CACA–47740 for the proposed SES Solar Two Project. After merging with Tessera Solar, the applicant changed its name to Imperial Valley Solar, LLC, and changed the name of the project to the Imperial Valley Solar LLC (IVS) project. The IVS project is a concentrated solar electrical generating facility using the proprietary SunCatcher technology and facilities. The IVS project site is proposed on approximately 6,360 acres of BLMmanaged lands in Imperial County, California, approximately 4 miles east of the community of Ocotillo, and 14 miles west of the City of El Centro. In addition to the SunCatcher fields site, the project includes an 230 kilovolt electrical transmission line that encumbers approximately 93 acres of public lands from the site to an off-site existing San Diego Gas and Electric substation, a water supply pipeline that encumbers approximately 4 acres of public lands from an off-site water treatment plant to the project site, and a new 230 kilovolt substation, a main services complex, with other ancillary structures and facilities within the project site. The project site is in the California Desert District within the planning boundary of the CDCA Plan, which is the applicable RMP for the project site and the surrounding areas. The CDCA Plan, while recognizing the potential compatibility of solar generation facilities on public lands, requires that all sites associated with power generation or transmission not already identified in that Plan be considered through the BLM's land use plan amendment process. As a result, prior to approval of a ROW grant for the IVS project, the BLM must amend the CDCA PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62853 Plan to allow that solar generating project on that site. The Approved Amendment to the CDCA Plan specifically revises the CDCA Plan to allow for the development of the IVS project on the 6,360 acres of land managed by the BLM with other ancillary structures and facilities. The BLM preferred alternative would result in the placement of approximately 28,360 SunCatchers on the site capable of generating approximately 709 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The 709 MW Alternative was not evaluated in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); it is a modification of the 750 MW project evaluated in the Draft EIS. The 709 MW Alternative was evaluated in the Final EIS. The Notice of Availability of the Final EIS for the IVS project and the proposed CDCA Plan amendment was published in the Federal Register on July 28, 2010 (75 FR 44278). Publication of the Notice of Availability for the Final EIS initiated a 30-day protest period for the proposed amendment to the CDCA Plan. At the close of the protest period on August 27, 2010, 7 timely and complete written protests were received and resolved. Their resolution is summarized in a Protest Resolution Report attached to the ROD. The proposed amendment to the CDCA Plan was not modified as a result of the protest resolution. Simultaneous to the protest period, the Governor of California conducted a 30day consistency review of the proposed CDCA Plan amendment/Final EIS to identify any inconsistencies with the state or local plan, policies, or programs. The California Governor's office did not identify inconsistencies between the proposed amendment to the CDCA Plan/Final EIS and state or local plan, policies, or programs. Because this decision is approved by the Secretary of the Interior, it is not subject to appeal (43 CFR 4.410(a)(3)). Therefore, the decision is effective immediately. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6. Robert V. Abbey, Director, Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. 2010–25723 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–40–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Liquor Control Ordinance AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1
Land Management Bureau
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[CACA-49561 L51010000 FX0000 LVRWB09B3220 LLCAD08000]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Chevron
Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project, California and the
Approved Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Plan Amendment (PA) to the
California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan for the Chevron Energy
Solutions (CES) Lucerne Valley Solar Project located in San Bernardino
County, California. The Secretary of the Interior approved the ROD on
October 5, 2010 which constitutes the final decision of the Department.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/Approved PA are available upon request at
the BLM's California Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de
Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 92553 or via the Internet at
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/energy/fasttrack.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Greg
Thomsen, Project Manager; telephone (951) 697-5237; address 22835 Calle
San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 92553; e-mail
lucernesolar@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lucerne Valley Solar Project was
proposed by CES. The Lucerne Valley Solar Project involves a 422-acre
right-of-way (ROW) authorization to construct and operate a 45-megawatt
(MW) solar photovoltaic project which would connect to an existing
Southern California Edison 33 kilovolt distribution system. The
approved project will include the power generation facility, a new
switchyard, control/maintenance building, parking area, and set-back
area. A portion of Zircon Road will also be relocated.
Pursuant to BLM's CDCA Plan (1980, as amended), sites associated
with power generation or transmission not identified in the CDCA Plan
will be considered through the plan amendment process. As a result,
prior to approval of a ROW grant for the Lucerne Valley Solar Project,
the BLM must amend the CDCA Plan to allow a solar
generating project on this site. The Approved PA revises the CDCA Plan
to allow for the development of the Lucerne Valley Solar Project on 422
acres of land managed by the BLM with other ancillary structures and
facilities. The selected alternative (up to 45 MW of generated power)
is a combination of Alternative 3, the Proposed Action, and Alternative
4, Modified Site Layout. This combination of alternatives includes all
of the features in Alternative 4, with the exception of rerouting some
of the surface water drainage to provide additional water to the
vegetative screen area. The surface water would follow the natural
pathways as identified in Alternative 3.
The Final Environmental Impact Statement/Proposed PA was published
in the Federal Register on August 13, 2010 (75 FR 49515), initiating a
30-day protest period and concurrent 30-day comment period.
Two comment letters and one protest letter were received,
considered, and incorporated as appropriate into the ROD/Approved PA.
Public comments and protests did not significantly change the decisions
in the ROD/Approved PA. The State of California Governor's consistency
review did not identify any inconsistencies between the proposed
project and state and local plans, policies or programs.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Robert V. Abbey,
Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-25724 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]


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Welcome to the blog of the second Health Metrics World Conference. It's not that long since I spoke at the first World Conference. Shortly afterward I was honoured to find myself Chairman of the Health Metrics Board! It's great to join the team and participate in the incredible work achieved via the eCase platform.
As I checked out the feedback from last year's conference it was clear that in your eyes, we'd done a great job.
In this year's conference we want to take things further. In addition to having great speakers from within and outside the industry, I'm also keen that we open ourselves up to your feedback to make sure that this year's conference is even better and meets your needs.
If you knew my background you wouldn't be surprised in the faith I have in using basic internet tools like blogs and other social media to open up processes to anyone with the enthusiasm to contribute. In 2009 I chaired the Government 2.0 Taskforce for the Federal Government which reported on how governments could use the new interactive technologies to improve the way they worked. We documented the way in which organisations could now access the knowledge of those users and others in the community with the enthusiasm to contribute. I argued that 'Our ABC' could do with a good dose of this in this blog post and then ABC CEO invited me to present to ABC staff in Sydney and Melbourne.
So we're starting this blog to get your feedback and contributions. If you were at our last World conference, let us know what you thought we did right and what we could have improved – and how. And whether or not you were there last year, tell us what you want this year. Planning is already well underway, but that doesn't mean we can't take your feedback into account. Do it via the comments section below – and hopefully we'll start a conversation.
One suggestion for improvement from last year's survey of conference delegates stands out. Two thirds of respondents ticked "Make the events more interactive". So we're thinking about how to do that. Again, let us know if you've got ideas.
One thing we want this conference to focus on is the future. There are all kinds of changes coming down the pipe at us. Technology and technological possibilities are changing fast. The internet of things – the use of sensors and mining the data from those sensors for clinically relevant knowledge – is starting to make a difference in our industry. So when you leave the conference, we want you to be better informed about it – in general and in particular, with regard to specific actions you can take, things that are going on and products you can or soon will be able to access.
If you come to the conference, my desire is that you leave aware of plenty of 'rising stars' within the industry – people doing new things, seizing new opportunities in innovative ways, or just people doing an uncommonly great job. People you'll be glad you've heard about, who you might want to stay in touch with after the conference.
So we're thinking of peppering our conference with 'rising stars'. People in our industry who may not be particularly well known, who are doing great things for aged care in Australia and New Zealand which most people haven't heard of yet.
So let us know if you've got any input on any of these things. Tell us how we can improve our conference, how we can amp up its interactivity; what the emerging issues are for you and who are the rising stars of the industry. And if the comments thread below doesn't suit you and you'd prefer to send in a suggestion or other communication, feel free to drop me a line on ngruen@lateraleconomics.com.au.
I hope to see you at the conference. If you see me, please come and say hello.
Nicholas Gruen is the Chair of Health Metrics. He is a policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator, founder of Lateral Economics and Peach Financial, Visiting Professor at Kings College London Policy Institute and Adjunct Professor at UTS Business School.
He chaired The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) from until 2016 and Innovation Australia until 2014. .
Western Sydney University partnering with aged care providers in researching , developing and doing projects using time travelling technology using google earth street view.
Thanks for your response Janice – can you provide some more information in regards to the research project you're referring to and how you'd like it incorporated into the conference?