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Antonín Zápotocký () a fost un lider comunist cehoslovac, ce a îndeplinit funcțiile de prim-ministru (1948-1953) și președinte al Cehoslovaciei (1953-1957).

Biografie
S-a născut în Zákolany, districtul Kladno, Boemia (atunci în Austro-Ungaria, acum în Republica Cehă). Tatăl lui era Ladislav Zápotocký, unul dintre fondatorii Partidului Social Democrat Ceh (ČSSD), împreună cu Josef Boleslav Pecka-Strahovský și Josef Hybeš.

A fost delegat al aripii stângi a ČSSD la cel de-al doilea congres al Cominternului, care a avut loc la Petrograd în perioada 19 iulie – 7 august 1920. Împreună cu Bohumír Šmeral, el a fondat Partidul Comunist din Cehoslovacia (KSČ) care s-a desprins de ČSSD în 1921. El a fost secretar general al KSČ din 1922 până în 1925. În anul 1940 a fost trimis în lagărul de concentrare Sachsenhausen. El a fost eliberat în 1945, dar Țările de Jos au cerut extrădarea sa din cauza suspiciunii că ar fi participat la executarea cetățenilor olandezi.

În perioada 18 iunie - 18 iulie 1946 a fost președinte al Adunării Naționale Constituante.

Zápotocký a devenit prim-ministru al Cehoslovaciei la 15 iunie 1948 în locul lui Klement Gottwald, care a devenit președinte. La 14 martie 1953, la scurt timp după întoarcerea sa de la înmormântarea lui Iosif Stalin, Gottwald a murit, iar în funcția de președinte al Cehoslovaciei i-a succedat primul ministru. Zápotocký a impus un mod mai uman de guvernare, dar a fost supravegheat îndeaproape de către primul secretar stalinist, Antonín Novotny. La o întâlnire organizată la Moscova, i s-a spus lui Zápotocký să adere la "conducerea colectivă", adică să renunțe la putere în favoarea lui Novotný. În 1956, a fost decorat cu Ordinul Karl Marx.

Zápotocký a rămas în funcție până la moartea sa ce a avut loc la Praga în 1957.

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Legături externe
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 H. Gordon Skilling, "The Formation of a Communist Party in Czechoslovakia", American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Oct., 1955), p. 346-358
 H. Gordon Skilling, "The Comintern and Czechoslovak Communism: 1921-1929", American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr., 1960), p. 234-247

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Other Personality Disorders
Many of the symptoms and signs that you describe apply to other personality disorders as well (example: the histrionic personality disorder or the borderline personality disorder). Are we to think that all personality disorders are interrelated?
All personality disorders are interrelated, in my view, at least phenomenologically. We have no Grand Unifying Theory of Psychopathology. We do not know whether there are - and what are - the mechanisms underlying mental disorders. At best, mental health professionals register symptoms (as reported by the patient) and signs (as observed). Then, they group them into syndromes and, more specifically, into disorders. This is descriptive, not explanatory science. Sure, there are a few theories around (psychoanalysis, to mention the most famous) but they all failed miserably at providing a coherent, consistent theoretical framework with predictive powers.
Patients suffering from PDs have many things in common:
Most of them are insistent (except those suffering from the Schizoid or the Avoidant Personality Disorders). They demand treatment on a preferential and privileged basis. They complain about numerous symptoms. They never obey the physician or his treatment recommendations and instructions.
They regard themselves as unique, display a streak of grandiosity and a diminished capacity for empathy (the ability to appreciate and respect the needs and wishes of other people). They regard the physician as inferior to them, alienate him using umpteen techniques and bore him with their never-ending self-preoccupation.
They are manipulative and exploitative because they trust no one and usually cannot love or share. They are socially maladaptive and emotionally unstable.
Most personality disorders start out as problems in personal development which peak during adolescence and then become personality disorders. They stay on as enduring qualities of the individual. Personality disorders are stable and all-pervasive - not episodic. They affect most of the areas of functioning of the patient: his career, his interpersonal relationships, his social functioning.
The patient is not happy, to use an understatement. He is depressed, suffers from auxiliary mood and anxiety disorders. He does not like himself, his character, his (deficient) functioning, or his (crippling) influence on others. But his defences are so strong, that he is aware only of the distress - and not of its reasons to it.
The patient with a personality disorder is vulnerable to and prone to suffer from a host of other psychiatric disturbances. It is as though his psychological immunological system has been disabled by the personality disorder and he falls prey to other variants of mental sickness. So much energy is consumed by the disorder and by its corollaries (example: by obsessions-compulsions), that the patient is rendered defenceless.
Patients with personality disorders are alloplastic in their defences. In other words: they tend to blame the external world for their mishaps. In stressful situations, they try to pre-empt a (real or imaginary) threat, change the rules of the game, introduce new variables, or otherwise influence the external world to conform to their needs. This is as opposed to autoplastic defences exhibited, for instance, by neurotics (who change their internal psychological processes in stressful situations).
The character problems, behavioural deficits and emotional deficiencies and instability encountered by the patient with personality disorder are, mostly, ego-syntonic. This means that the patient does not, on the whole, find his personality traits or behaviour objectionable, unacceptable, disagreeable, or alien to his self. As opposed to that, neurotics are ego-dystonic: they do not like who they are and how they behave on a constant basis.
The personality-disordered are not psychotic. They have no hallucinations, delusions or thought disorders (except those who suffer from a Borderline Personality Disorder and who experience brief psychotic "microepisodes", mostly during treatment). They are also fully oriented, with clear senses (sensorium), good memory and general fund of knowledge.
The Diagnostics and Statistics Manual [American Psychiatric Association. DSM-IV-TR, Washington, 2000] defines "personality" as:
"...enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself ... exhibited in a wide range of important social and personal contexts."
It defines personality disorders as:
A.An enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture. This pattern is manifested in two (or more) of the following areas:
Cognition (i.e., ways of perceiving and interpreting self, other people, and events);
Affectivity (i.e., the range, intensity, lability, and appropriateness of emotional response);
Interpersonal functioning;
Impulse control.
B. The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations.
C. The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D. The pattern is stable and of long duration, and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood.
E. The enduring pattern is not better accounted for as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder.
F. The enduring pattern is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., head trauma).
[American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR, Washington, 2000]
Each personality disorder has its own form of Narcissistic Supply:
HPD (Histrionic PD) - Sex, seduction, flirtation, romance, body;
NPD (Narcissistic PD) - Adulation, admiration;
BPD (Borderline PD) - Presence (they are terrified of abandonment);
AsPD (Antisocial PD) - Money, power, control, fun.
Borderlines, for instance, can be construed as NPDs with an overwhelming fear of abandonment. They are careful not to abuse people. They DO care deeply about not hurting others - but for the selfish motivation of avoiding rejection. Borderlines depend on other people for emotional sustenance. A drug addict is unlikely to pick up a fight with his pusher. But Borderlines also have deficient impulse control, as do Antisocials. Hence their emotional liability, erratic behaviour, and the abuse they do heap on their nearest and dearest.
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rural Educational Empowerment Program (REEP) Liberia says the organization remains focused in creating programs that will better the lives of ordinary Liberians.
Speaking at the official launch of the organization in Gbartala, Yellequelleh District, Bong County recently, REEP CEO, Lawrence Flomo, said the institution also remains committed to bettering the lives of young people.
"In order for us, as a people, to prosper, we need to initiate developments in the way that we want to see ourselves and our children in the future. We have worked over the years to identify challenges hindering our human development as a nation. We understand that the expected developments cannot affect us positively without our participation as beneficiaries," Mr. Flomo said.
He said, having realized the need to serve and provide the opportunity for Liberians across the Country, they have organized ideas for the purpose of helping vulnerable Liberians to acquire vocational and other educational skills through the Rural Educational Empowerment Program (REEP).
According to him, the organization REEP Liberia is not a profit-making organization or a money-making organization but was founded to benefit Liberia and Liberians especially those who are rural dwellers.
Lawrence Flomo at the same time stated that the organization seeks to work with local communities to have safe drinking water through the provision of hand pumps, empower women and girls with vocational and other educational skills such as hairdressing, managing small businesses, agriculture activities amongst other.
"If the citizens of Bong County had not contributed to our education, we couldn't have the ideas we have today," he stressed.
Mr. Flomo, at the same time, called on the government and well-meaning Liberians to help in creating learning and empowerment opportunities for Liberians across the Country.


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Situated in the beachside suburb of Cheltenham, Victoria offers a golfing experience on par with the world's best. The beautifully landscaped course is designed to challenge both the amateur and professional golfer. It is one of the region's tougher courses, with lightning-fast greens and some of the best bunkering in Australia.
The Victoria Golf Club was founded in 1903 by Mr Bill Meader and was initially located at Fishermans Bend in Port Melbourne. The Club moved to its current location in 1927 and the new course was designed by Oscar Damman and Bill Meader with the assistance from the doyen of course architects, Dr Alister MacKenzie.
The Club has an incredible history in world golf and in 1954, perhaps one of the most remarkable feats in world golf occurred. VGC Club Members, Doug Bachli and Peter Thomson set the Club on the world stage when Bachli won the British Amateur Championship and Thomson won the first of his five British Open Championships. Both trophies sat side-by-side on the mantelpiece in the Members Bar. In recognition of this feat, and the contribution of these two great members to the game of golf, the Club named a room in their honour – the Bachli Thomson Room. Club member Geoff Ogilvy has also had recent international success, winning the 2006 US Open.
The clubhouse is regarded as one of the best in Australia and includes 15 twin-share accommodation rooms. The contribution of these houseguests to the 'fabric' of the Club is significant. The hospitality experiences offered by the Club are exceptional and the awe of first-time guests ensures that they become regular visitors to the Club.
As Peter Thomson said, 'Some clubs have a special character that sets them apart. It is not necessarily the quality of the course, or the accommodations of the buildings that distinguishes them. It is more essentially the membership, past, and present, and the file of achievements over such a period of decades that creates such a tradition. Victoria Golf Club is such a club'.
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The course has changed considerably in the last 15 years, under the guidance of Michael Clayton. It is still unmistakably a course featuring all of the design characteristics of a traditional Sandbelt course. These courses typically feature wonderful green complexes with strategic bunkering and the effects of the weather determine the most appropriate line of play.
Typically in tournament play, holes 11 to 16 play a significant role in determining which player will hold the trophy aloft on the final day. Holes 11, 12 and 13 are all par 4s requiring accuracy and placement off the tee followed by an approach shot to the 'right spot' on the green to hopefully allow the player to make a putt. Fourteen is a tricky uphill par 3 requiring the most accurate of tee shot – missing the green will make par unlikely. The 15th is perhaps the most interesting – anything from a driver to a 6-iron – again reaching the green in regulation is essential for par. Sixteen typically plays as one of the hardest holes of all during tournaments and a long iron with careful placement is required to make three. Two par 5s finish the nine – with 18 often the scene of an heroic birdie or even eagle to snatch a victory.
Course Highlight
15TH, PAR 4, 461 METRES
Melbourne is full of really interesting short par 4s and Victoria's 15th hole is one of the best. It is perhaps the most confusing of all the sub 300 metre holes because every time a player steps up to the tee there is a decision to make. The green is drivable for the longest hitters and many can get close to the green. Member Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 U.S Open champion, however cautions that '15 is never a driver'.
The primary hazard of the 15th hole is a string of penal bunkers that line the left side of the fairway and leave players with a horrible length bunker shot that no one is particularly good at.
Steven Leaney won a Victorian Open here in 1996 hitting six irons from the tee, and for any golfer, every club from a middle iron to a driver is a legitimate choice.
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Mourinho has hinted in the past he would welcome a return to the Premier League.
Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola is believed to be another candidate for the role.
Harry Redknapp has insisted Tottenham are on course to finish third, despite a recent slump in form that has seen rivals Arsenal move to within 4 points.
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29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. 30By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days. 31By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had received the spies in peace.
32 And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection. 36Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37They were stoned to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented— 38of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
39 Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
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I've been playing Xenoblade Chronicles X a lot lately and I think it's a great game, though not without its flaws. But that's not what I'm here to talk about today. Today, it's about censorship. There's really no point to anything I have to say. It's just some stuff that crossed my mind, so if you're busy, or looking for a more socially relevant story, feel free to go read something else. But if you came on the internet today, like so many others, to waste time, then please, read on.
Now when a game gets localized here from Japan, I expect there to be a good deal of changes and aspects censored because of this country's outdated puritanical beliefs that the human body is shameful and that seeing any parts of it exposed is a corrupting force.
Typical mother of an 11 year-old boy – "Oh no way! This game has nudity in it. You can't play that. What about this one though? This just has offensive language and mindless violence. That is far less offensive than the body nature gave us"
Anyway…the 2 main things that I discovered they censored are what drove me to write this.
1) During character creation of a female avatar, in the Japanese release, aside from changing their height, you can also adjust their bust size. Why remove this? Why have it in there in the first place for that matter? Well that one I can answer rather easily – It's either fan service or if you're creating an avatar for a game where you have a ton of customization options, why not have a wider range of options you can customize? But in this case, since there are really not too many options for character customization I would say it's purely for fan service. Still though, why remove it? Probably because someone out there would complain that it "gives girls an unrealistic image of what the female form is supposed to look like," or some other BS like that. Whatever. Get over it. It's a video game. It's a fantasy world where people can escape to. If some lonely, "hopeless romantic" gets his or her (let's not discriminate now, women love tits too) jollies by running around an alien planet as a big busted bombshell, then let them have their fantasy.
Japan – that 2nd bar is for the bust size
2) The female characters in the game all have "armor" sets that are basically strips of fabric passing for underwear. One of the main characters in the game, Lin, is a 13 year-old, young girl. In the Japanese version, she, just like the other female characters, has this revealing armor. Her avatar was censored so that when equipping these particular pieces of armor, it would have a more modest appearance. As much as I think that censoring things is stupid, I also think that sexualizing 13 year olds is awful. I don't see the point in censoring something in a video game, but then again I also don't see the point of programming young girls to have sexy clothing unless you're a sick pervert….but #japan
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Two more completed carts ready to roll out. Took me forever to make the label for Donkey Kong. Not that it was hard or anything, I just couldn't land on a design I liked for it. Eventually landed on the classic arcade image and I think it fits rather well.
Adventure Island IV was never released in America. It came out in 1994 for the Japanese Famicom and by that time, the Super Nintendo had already cemented itself as the preeminent system. So this, like many other games that were developed late in the life of the original NES, was never given its fair shake on the American market.
Not sure how to accurately label this one. I would call it Original Donkey Kong, but they already have that for the NES, but it's not an entirely accurate title. So Donkey Kong Pie Factory I suppose would be the best choice, but it makes it sound like an entirely different game. What it is, is the complete arcade version of Donkey Kong with the extra level that was removed from the NES console version.
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Decided that I wanted to make some GBA repros as well. There's a few GBA games that never came out here that I'd like to have a cart for; not too many, but enough to make me interested in the endeavor. What better one to start with than Mother 3.
That being said, they're kind of a pain in the butt to make and I don't think I'd ever really do this in any sizable quantities, unless of course someone has a stock of blank GBA PCBs out there.
So obviously Mother 3 is one of the hot ones, but what's next? Anyone have any suggestions? Anything they know of they'd like to see in cart format? There's a Suikoden card game I was thinking of doing…
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New library to innovate, inspire
Klara Lou, Staff Writer|September 19, 2014
In the past year, the Westminster campus has undergone many massive construction projects, of which the Carlyle Fraser Library is the most notable. Evolving into a modern environment suitable for 21st-century learning, the new library will consist of three floors with the latest technologies and more extensive book and archive collections than ever.
"Even though the Carlyle Fraser Library has expanded several times over the years, we seem to have outgrown our space yet again," said head librarian Liesel Good. "This new library will not only be one of the greatest additions to Westminster, but it will also be the preeminent independent school library in the country."
The main initiative behind the whole renovation is to integrate more multipurpose functionality into a larger space. By focusing on creating more individual study rooms, the construction committee designed the new building layout to specially accommodate the study needs and habits of all students. With a wider variety of different rooms, the new library also incorporates a social aspect, allowing for more effective and efficient usage.
"The new design of the building will ultimately enhance students' ability to learn," said librarian Carly Pansulla. "In addition to more individual study rooms, there will also be larger open study spaces and classrooms available for group collaboration and faculty meetings."
Within the entire facility, there will be full Wi-Fi access and several convenient outlet locations for laptops and other electronic devices. Multiple screen usage with projectors will be available for students to utilize, allowing two or more presentations to run simultaneously or one presentation to project on two monitors in one location. Applications such as Apple TV will also be available to both faculty and students. The IT workroom, also known as the Hub, will be moving into the new library from the downstairs of Pressly as well. With the floors divided by purpose, the new Carlyle Fraser Library will serve as a multifunctional center on campus.
"Once this library is finished, it will not just be a library," said Chris Sanders, the director of the library construction. "It will also be a learning commons and a research commons that will foster students' growth through individual and group study."
The lowest floor will be a place concentrated around the themes of foreign language and global education. Individual classrooms for global courses will be found here. There will also be a "Makers Space" where students can make multiple copies of materials, lay out designs, and work on posters and banners for occasions such as upcoming sports events. Since this floor will be used for interactive group discussions, it will be very active and social.
The second floor, or main floor, will be known as the historic floor. Intended to preserve the beauty of the original library, the interior architectural design will maintain a traditional aspect and value. Bookcases will surround a centralized open space that will serve as the main study room. There will also be a large Christian reading room that will keep important Christian documents and books. That room will also be used as the boardroom for the Board of Trustees. This floor is intended to be a very quiet, formal space for individuals or small groups to focus on concentrated working.
Finally, the top floor will serve as the research commons and home of the archives. Since this floor is a mix between the main floor and lower floor, independent students, groups, and whole classes can all utilize this level.
"In this setup, there will be more open opportunities to access different academic settings," said Sanders. "Casual hangouts with friends will be just as easy to initiate as one-on-one interaction between teacher and student."
One of the biggest renovations of the new library is the upgraded storage space for the school's expansive collection of archives. This top floor will hold documents from 1951 to today and will almost be exclusively dedicated to preserve the archives, an invaluable historical resource. The archives encompass all primary documents related to Westminster, such as paper records, past Lynx yearbooks, photographs, audio and visual material, film, cassettes, and other electronic records.
New additions to the research commons will also include a processing room, a specialized room for cleaning and protecting incoming new records, and a larger reference area where students can come in and work on research projects. Legacy records tracing back to Washington Seminary and the North Avenue Presbyterian School, the two previous schools that merged into Westminster, will also be available for students to use.
"Westminster holds a massive diverse collection of school archives," said librarian Pamela Nye. "These records offer an unfiltered perspective of the past, reflecting the rich history of private school education in Atlanta."
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Longer distance wireless HVL-F32M solution?
Quote Reply Topic: Longer distance wireless HVL-F32M solution?
a few days ago I was setting up for an outdoor portrait of a family group in fairly strong early morning sunlight, that I wanted to do with an 80mm lens, which required setting up the camera at a greater distance from the flash than usual, about 5 to 8 meters, and it didn't work.
When I changed to a wider angle 35mm lens to get the camera closer to the flash it worked fine, so looks like the reason it hadn't gone off before was the inbuilt wireless system was not up to coping with the disance and strong sunlight.
My concern is I don't want to repeat this experience, and finding a solution is not as easy as I thought, since it appears the F32 is designed mostly for prosumer use with less options for connectivity than more up market pro units.
I like the size of the F32 that fits easily in my bag, even if it is not very powerful. What I REALLY like about this particular A7RII + F32M combo is I can reduce the power of the flash via the camera itself that is very useful.
But am not sure what, if any, reliable (affordable) wireless solution I could adopt to be sure next time I try to use this specific flash in strong sunlight at a distance of about 5 meters from the camera it goes off?
So this is really a continuation of a previous discussion.
My guess (so far untested) is that if you need to guard against sunlight interfering with the F32M's operation, you could make a small 'snoot' out of black paper to protect its IR receptor, and make sure to keep the snoot pointed directly toward the camera. Would such a thing really work and be feasible for field use? I dunno.
A higher tech option would be to try Godox's add-on radio transmitter and receiver for the Sony system. But again, I have no experience with that myself.
First port of call would be to check if you had the receiver window pointed back towards you?
Second, do you really need TTL or could you go all manual? A cheapo set of wireless manual only triggers will set you back less than $20, don't take up much room in a bag and won't have a problem with sunlight blocking the IR communication between the camera and flash. Could even use the little FM-20 as another source of light that way.
I just use manual flash and cheap trigger/receiver, a Godox (single receiver) set could cost as little as $70 (plus adapter if you have an older flash).
For non TTL cheap radio trigger will do. You can buy a set like this.
For TTL the godox or the neewer knock off will be the best solution.
Yes, you are spot on Syber!
The previous discussion left me feeling that it was worthwhile to stick with with the F32M and see what I could squeeze out of it in TTL mode rather than just replacing it with another more sophisticted flash, that actually ended up being quite an adequate solution MOST of the time - apart from the specific case I mention in this thread.
Taking that into consideration, maybe I ought to have posted this as a continuation of that thread instead of starting a new thread here?
I also don't know, but even if it did work it would be a bit tricky to try and either carry around or unfold and set up such a snoot - unless it was foolproof (but then if it was fool proof it probably wouldn't work with me).
Thanks for the pointer to this option that I was not aware existed.
Hmmmm, you are right... going all manual could have got me out of the jam in the particular situation I refer to.
BUT it would also have cost me the very useful luxury of being able to use the camera to adjust the flash compensation rather than having to keep walking back and forth like a yo yo between the camera and the flash during the shoot... not easy to explain to whoever is standing in front of you waiting for their photo to be taken.
Taking this into consideration, I am thinking one solution could be to continue using the F32M flash wirelessly in TTL mode that works fine most of the time, AND to add a cheap pair of small manual flash triggers to my kit, so I can at least use the flash in manual mode if/when I run into this specific problem of wanting to use the flash at a longer distance from the camera and/or in brighter sunlight than I normally do, right?
I'd suggest to get a flash and trigger set instead, with what you're describing you still won't be able to adjust the flash remotely. Look into the Godox TT350s flash and their X1Ts or X-ProS transmitters. Here's one deal on eBay that looks to good to be true, they say it's the flash and X1T set but it's priced for what the transmitter alone sells for. But personally I'd go for the XPro trigger, I have both the XIT and XPro and the latter is much more user friendly.
Just tried to attach the F32M to the hotshoe of the Phottix Ares receiver (which I used to fire my old hammerhead flashes and MFDB camera that unfortunately are are too big to travel with) but it doesn't work.
If I understand right this is because the f32M has a Sony multiinterface shoe, as the A7RII also does, whereas the Phottix Ares system has a standard shoe?
Is there a small and not very expensive radio receiver+transmitter set that will enable camera control of flash power for A7RII and HVL-f32M?
Manual only. To control the flash from camera, Godox.
Small and inexpensive = completely dumb trigger with nothing but the capability to fire the flash.
Camera control of flash power = bigger and more expensive.
Today I found this rather remarkable offer (on Amazon Mexico) for a Neewer NW880S Flash,N1T-S Trigger,S-Type Bracket,16x16 inches Softbox,20 Pieces Color Filter for $1384 Mexican Pesos (about US$75) - not much more than the price elsewhere for the N1T-S controller alone, and decided to pull the (pun intended) trigger.
The reviews for this flash seem to be ok.
It seems to support TTL autoflash and a lot of other whizzy features.
It has a standard hotshoe on top of the controller.
The only downside as far as I can see (so far) is that it looks to be quite a bit bigger than the HVL-F32M, some reviews suggest the recycle time may be a bit slow (that I guess depends on how much power you ask it to pump out?), and quality control may not be as good as with OEM Sony products, since among the happy camper reviews there are a few sour grapes accounts of the unit not working as it should).
Let's see if it is too good to be true?
Neewer sells lots of stuff made by other entities but rebranded. What I see there appears to be a rebranded Godox TT685S flash and X1TS controller. Certainly not a bad price for that setup.