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Fantasy Island (2021 TV series)
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by Gene Levitt
Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
Roselyn Sánchez
Kiara Barnes
John Gabriel Rodriquez
Theme music composer
Laurence Rosenthal
Genevieve Vincent
Adam Kane
Anne Clements
Frances Lausell
Mark Grossan
Production location
Sonnel Velázquez
Santiago Benet Mari
Kevin Armstrong
David Michael Maurer
Waldemar Centeno
Raúl Marchand
Pedro Muñiz
Robert Zalkind
Mark J. Goldman
Happier in Hollywood
Gemstone Studios
August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10) –
present (present)
This article is about the American television series that debuted in 2021. For other uses, see Fantasy Island (disambiguation).
Fantasy Island (stylized as FANTASY ISLⱯND[1]) is an American fantasy drama television series created by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain for Fox. It is a sequel to and maintains continuity with the original 1977 series. The series premiered on August 10, 2021, with a preview special, Welcome to the New Fantasy Island, which aired two days before.[2]
In November 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, and a holiday special aired on December 23, 2021.[3][4] The second season premiered on January 2, 2023.[5]
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Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain
Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain are American television screenwriters and producers, mostly working together as partners. They have also written two young adult fiction novels together.
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Fantasy Island is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. Guests were granted so-called "fantasies" on the island for a price.
Roselyn Sánchez as Elena Roarke,[6] a grand niece of Mr. Roarke from the original series
Kiara Barnes as Ruby Akuda,[7] Elena's associate co-host on the island
John Gabriel Rodriquez as Javier[7] (season 2;[8] recurring season 1), the head of transportation on the island and Elena's love interest
Daniel Lugo as Segundo (season 2; co-starring season 1)
Gabriela Z. Hernández as Dr. Gina (season 2; co-starring season 1)
Alexa Mansour as Helene (season 2),[9] Javier's daughter
Bellamy Young as Christine Collins (season 1)[10][11]
Odette Annable as Daphne (season 1)[12][13]
Dave Annable as Zev (season 1)[12][13]
Daphne Zuniga as Margot (season 1)[14][15]
Josie Bissett as Camille (season 1)[14][15]
Laura Leighton as Nettie (season 1)[14][15]
Leslie Jordan as Jasper (season 1)[16]
Rachael Harris as Tara Bendetti (season 2)
Cheryl Hines as Jessica Warren (season 2)
Jasika Nicole as Andi Nevinson (season 2)
Zack Pearlman as Bobo (season 2)
Teri Hatcher as Dolly (season 2)[17]
James Denton as Dutch (season 2)[17]
Andy Richter as Game Show Host (season 2)
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August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
10 August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10) December 23, 2021 (2021-12-23)
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Title [18]
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U.S. viewers
"Welcome to the New Fantasy Island"
Andy Meyers Brian Kahn August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) 0.55[19]
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1 "Hungry Christine / Mel Loves Ruby" Adam Kane Teleplay by : Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10) 101 2.05[20]
2 "His and Hers / The Heartbreak Hotel" Adam Kane Teleplay by : Jane Espenson
Story by : Our Lady J August 17, 2021 (2021-08-17) 102 1.72[21]
3 "Quantum Entanglement" Kimberly McCullough Adria Lang August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) 104 1.60[22]
4 "Once Upon a Time in Havana" Laura Belsey Dailyn Rodriguez August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31) 103 1.58[23]
5 "Twice in a Lifetime" Tara Miele Sono Patel September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07) 105 1.45[24]
6 "The Big Five Oh" Diana Valentine Adria Lang
Story by : Sarah Fain September 12, 2021 (2021-09-12) 107 2.03[25]
7 "The Romance & the Bromance" Laura Belsey Mary Angélica Molina & Adam Belanoff September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14) 106 1.24[26]
8 "Día de los Vivos" Rachel Raimist Adam Fierro September 19, 2021 (2021-09-19) 108 1.71[27]
9 "Welcome to the Snow Globe, Part One" Steven Tsuchida Ben Edlund December 23, 2021 (2021-12-23) 109 1.81[28]
10 "Welcome to the Snow Globe, Part Two" Jude Weng Jane Espenson December 23, 2021 (2021-12-23) 110 1.81[28]
1 "Tara and Jessica's High School Reunion / Cat Lady" Adam Kane Adria Lang January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02) 201 1.70[29]
2 "Hurricane Helene / The Bachelor Party" Adam Kane Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09) 202 1.59[30]
3 "Paymer vs. Paymer" Rachel Raimist Jane Espenson January 16, 2023 (2023-01-16) 203 1.65[31]
4 "Mystery in Miami" Diana Valentine Karine Rosenthal January 23, 2023 (2023-01-23) 204 2.04[32]
5 "The Um" TBA TBA February 6, 2023 (2023-02-06) TBA TBD
6 "Forever & a Day"[33] TBA TBA February 13, 2023 (2023-02-13) TBA TBD
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On December 15, 2020, it was announced that Fox had ordered a contemporary adaptation of Fantasy Island created by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain.[34] On September 8, 2021, it was reported that a second season is in negotiations.[35] On November 4, 2021, Fox renewed the series for a second season.[3]
On April 21, 2021, Kiara Barnes had been cast in a regular role and John Gabriel Rodriquez had been cast in the recurring role.[7] On April 27, 2021, Roselyn Sánchez was added to the cast as Elena Roarke.[6] On May 5, 2021, it was announced that Bellamy Young would make a guest appearance in the show.[10] On June 3, 2021, it was announced that Dave and Odette Annable would make a guest appearance in the show.[12] On July 16, 2021, it was announced that Melrose Place stars Laura Leighton, Josie Bissett and Daphne Zuniga will make special guest appearances in the show.[14]
On November 22, 2021, it was reported that Rodriquez had been promoted to a series regular for the second season.[8] On April 25, 2022, Alexa Mansour had been cast in a recurring role.[9] On January 11, 2023, it was announced that Teri Hatcher and James Denton are set to guest star for an episode.[17]
Filming took place in Puerto Rico.[36]
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Fantasy Island premiered on Fox on August 10, 2021.[6] On May 27, 2021, Fox released the first official trailer for the series.[37] A behind-the-scenes special titled "Welcome to the New Fantasy Island" premiered on August 8, 2021, two days before the premiere.[2] Upon the second season renewal, a two-hour holiday special episode titled "Welcome to the Snow Globe" was also announced. It aired on December 23, 2021.[3][4] The second season premiered on January 2, 2023.[5]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 67% approval rating with an average rating of 6.6/10, based on 12 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Fantasy Island's flights of fancy aren't quite formed enough to make it a must-watch, but viewers looking for beautiful vistas and a bit of mystery could do worse."[38] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 62 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[39]
Viewership and ratings per episode of Fantasy Island
DVR viewers
Total viewers
"Welcome to the New Fantasy Island" August 8, 2021 0.2 0.55[19] 0.0 0.06 0.2 0.61[19]
"Hungry Christine/Mel Loves Ruby" August 10, 2021 0.4 2.05[20] 0.1 1.12 0.5 3.17[40]
"His and Hers/The Heartbreak Hotel" August 17, 2021 0.3 1.72[21] 0.2 1.40 0.5 3.12[41]
"Quantum Entanglement" August 24, 2021 0.3 1.60[22] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"Once Upon a Time in Havana" August 31, 2021 0.3 1.58[23] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"Twice in a Lifetime" September 7, 2021 0.2 1.45[24] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"The Big Five Oh" September 12, 2021 0.5 2.03[25] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"The Romance & the Bromance" September 14, 2021 0.3 1.24[26] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"Día de los Vivos" September 19, 2021 0.3 1.71[27] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"Welcome to the Snow Globe, Part One / Welcome to the Snow Globe, Part Two" December 23, 2021 0.3 1.81[28] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"Tara and Jessica's High School Reunion / Cat Lady" January 2, 2023 0.2 1.70[29] 0.1 0.82 0.3 2.52[42]
"Hurricane Helene / The Bachelor Party" January 9, 2023 0.2 1.59[30] 0.1 1.02 0.3 2.62[43]
"Paymer Vs. Paymer" January 16, 2023 0.2 1.65[31] TBD TBD TBD TBD
"Mystery in Miami" January 23, 2023 0.2 2.04[32] TBD TBD TBD TBD
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Date: April 26, 2019 Posted By:Manuela StefanelliCategory:News
"Tokusatsu" With Silvio Giordano and Shake beat: the party with special effects to close the artistic residence of MaTerre and greet the poets and directors and all participants.
Admission is free, the start at 21.00. We look forward to seeing you at Le Monacelle di Matera.
What does Tokusatsu mean?
Tokusatsu are Japanese films or TV shows that belong to the science fiction genre, as the word itself also indicates, it means "special effects".
Before and during the Second World War, high-level modeling techniques were developed, designed to add realism to the war movies of the time.
After the war, U.S. forces banned the production of war films. The Japanese model makers chose, however, to continue their work in that area, which would then allow them to get the most out of the effects, namely science fiction.
Silvio Giordano (Artist, filmmaker, performer) collected thousands of Tokusatsu films which he then transformed into short animated gifs. The images, between the grotesque and the phantasmagorical, are projected in loops accompanied by a Dj-Set by Shakebeat. Their engaging sets range from the most sought-after beats to the most rhythmic grooves, always creating a feeling with the dance floor.
Silvio Giordano
(Artist, Performer, Filmaker, Creative Director) born in Potenza in 1977. In 2009 he won the Celeste Prize/SectionVideoarte (Milan), in 2009 he collaborated with the project Mammut by the artist Robert Gligorov. In 2010 he won Roma Europa Web Factory Roma. He is selected for the Biennial of Videoart in Korea at the Sungkok Art Museum at the 25th International VideoFormes Manifestation (Clermont ferrant France) He accompanied with his images a Lectio Magistralis del. Prof Umberto Galimberti (Philosopher, Psychologist and Writer) entitled "The body in Western culture" for the festival city of 100 scales. In 2015 he took part in the cultural event "La Milanesiana" conceived and organized by Elisabetta Sgarbi. In 2015 she exhibited at the MUDEC Museum of Contemporary Cultures in Milan for the institutional exhibition THE FUTURE OF ITALY. In 2016 he made the film The Prince of Venusia, about the music and the torments of the madrigalist Gesualdo Da Venosa. 2017. He collaborated with Selvaggia Lucarelli for some art videos on the magazine Rolling Stones. Since 2018 he has been the creative director of FRAMEWORK. Master in Theories and Techniques of Cinema (Potenza)
SHAKE BEAT
The duo Shake Beat formed by Aniello Golluscio and Maurizio Marchese was born from the winning combination of passion and music.
Through numerous projects with Italian clubs and thanks to their decades of experience, exhibit their DJ set throughout Italy boasting collaborations with leading artists on the European scene! Their engaging sets range from the most sought after beats to the most rhythmic grooves, always creating a feeling with the dance floor. Many of their future projects, we will feel beautiful!
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Manuela Stefanelli
Curiosity is the engine that drives me to always improve myself.
I'm a mom and an entrepreneur. I started working as a graphic designer. Today I deal with digital communication, and more. I chose a difficult road, to do business, in Southern Italy, because I want to give my contribution to the change of my land. I love challenges, I like to get involved and experiment with new roles.
RCB is member of CNA Cinema&Audiovisivo Basilicata

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The road might not have been straightforward, but Luke Patience is set to defend his Olympic silver medal in Rio, and will be hoping to go one better.
If there was a prize for living up to your name, Luke Patience should surely win it. He didn't just have to win selection for that precious single 470 berth at the 2016 Olympic Games once, but twice when his crew, Elliot Willis, had to withdraw due to illness. It's a story that would have tested the resolve of the most determined athlete, but one which will surely mean his hunger for Olympic Sailing gold is stronger than ever.
The passionate and proud Scotsman might be small in stature, as befits a 470 helmsmen, but he more than makes up for it in personality. Despite his rocky road to Rio, it would be hard to bet against this dynamic powerhouse winning a medal, even though he will have his work cut out, especially with gold as the ultimate aim.
Luke Patience and Chris Grube (470 Men). Photo Richard Langdon/British Sailing Team.
Luke started his sailing career in Optimists. His father booked him on a week-long Optimist course at the nearby Rhu Marina (just outside Glasgow) and young Luke was hooked from the start. From a young age he enjoyed the competition side of the sport and its tactical side.
Luke worked his way up through the ranks of the Optimist class, winning the Irish nationals and the Eric Twiname trophy as well as doing well in the class Euros and Dutch nationals, where he finished second. He dipped his toe in the world of 29er sailing after Oppies, but found the higher speed dinghies less strategic and switched to the 420.
In the 420 he took the class by storm, after just a year in the class he won the 2003 nationals at Helensburgh in emphatic style, with crew Adam Wagner. When he won that event, at the age of 17, his eyes were already on the Olympics.
He moved into the 470 and was pushed every step of the way before winning selection for the 2012 Games. Sailing with Stuart Bithell, the duo had a great debut at the 2012 Olympic Games netting a silver medal in impressive style (see Olympic Sailing concludes with a rush for silver). After the Games, however, they chose to go their separate ways, Stuart moved to the 49er while Luke teamed up with Elliot Willis, eyes firmly on going one better and snapping up that elusive gold medal in Rio in 2016.
GBR's Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell won the medal race to finish second in the 2012 470 world championship in Perth - photo Richard Langdon/Skandia Team GBR.
Luke Patience and Elliot Willis looked on form to build on the 2012 silver medal. Ranked number two in the world, they were one of the first teams announced for the 2016 Olympic Games in September 2013. They had posted a number of consistently promising results, including second at the 2014 Rio Olympic test event, and winning the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta in January 2015, followed by a second at Princess Sofia and a third at Hyeres.
However, they had a difficult worlds in October 2015 and then came the shock announcement: 32-year-old Elliot Willis was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Suddenly he had a bigger battle on his hands. While he underwent treatment for the life-threatening condition, Luke Patience was left without a crew. Subsequently the pair were de-selected (see 2016 Olympic Sailing Team takes shape) and Luke had to seek selection yet again.
Luke Patience and Elliot Willis. Photo Ocean Images/British Sailing Team.
Determined not to waste the work that himself and Elliot had put in over the preceding three years, Luke teamed up with Chris Grube and the pair threw themselves into winning selection. They managed an impressive fifth at the worlds in February 2016 and their place on the team was finally announced in May 2016.
Chris Grube added "My selection has obviously come out of Elliot's misfortune but we are going to do our best and hopefully get a medal and do Elliot and ourselves proud. It's been a very long road, now it's finally here it is quite surreal. Even though it is something you have been aiming for 10 or more years it's a fantastic opportunity to represent my country at the Olympics, I am very proud to be standing here and able to say that.
"It's a short campaign for us but we are looking to bring back a medal at the end of the day and we need to make sure the processes are in place to achieve that. There are a lot of technical things happening in the background, we need to make sure the boat is moving quickly through the water but also we need to make sure our racing is going well, working well as a team and our communication in the boat is understandable to each other." Read all our medal predictions for the British sailing team for 2016 here.
Read our Olympic Sailing guide, and our guide to the Rio 2016 Olympics.


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The war on drugs led to "a 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities."
— Cory Booker on Sunday, July 10th, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press"
How the war on drugs affected incarceration rates
By Lauren Carroll on Sunday, July 10th, 2016 at 6:27 p.m.
To address racial tensions in the United States, the federal government should invest in law enforcement, said Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., on NBC's Meet the Press July 10. But it has to be the right kind of investment.
"There is a challenge with America where we have invested, unfortunately, in a war on drugs, which has been profoundly painful to our nation, with a 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities," Booker said.
President Richard Nixon launched the war on drugs in the early 1970s, and about 10 years later President Ronald Reagan strengthened the effort. We decided to look into Booker's claim that these stricter drug policies led to a 500 percent increase in incarceration.
We found that the number of people incarcerated for drug-related offenses has increased dramatically in the past 40 years, as has the overall incarcerated population. But it's hard to prove a causal relationship.
Rising incarcerated populations
A spokesman said Booker's statistic comes from the Sentencing Project, a criminal justice reform advocacy organization. It says the current incarcerated population is 2.2 million — including federal prisons, state prisons and local jails — which is a 500 percent growth over the past 40 years.
Experts told us that the Sentencing Project's statistics are credible.
The state and federal prison population grew from 218,466 in 1974 to 1,508,636 in 2014, which is a nearly 600 percent increase. For comparison, the overall United States population has increased just 51 percent since 1974.
The state and federal prison population remained fairly stable through the early 1970s, until the war on drugs began. Since then, it has increased sharply every year, particularly when Reagan expanded the policy effort in the 1980s, until about 2010.
So it seems Booker has his numbers right, but how much of this increase is a direct result of the tougher drug laws? The effort resulted in the Drug Enforcement Administration's establishment, as well as policies such as mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes and new asset forfeiture rules.
It's hard to say exactly how much of the increase can be attributed to these policies because it's difficult to isolate the impact to any one cause, experts told us.
That being said, "a lot of people attribute the increase in incarceration to the war on drugs," said Nancy La Vigne, director of the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center. "While it's much more complicated than that, I suppose most would agree that it was the single biggest driver."
In 1980, about 41,000 people were incarcerated for drug crimes, according to the Sentencing Project. In 2014, that number was about 488,400 — a 1,000 percent increase.
More people are admitted to prisons for drug crimes each year than either violent or property crimes, found Jonathan Rothwell, a senior economist at Gallup. So drug prosecution is a big part of the mass incarceration story, he said.
Rothwell told PolitiFact he thinks some of the increase would have happened regardless, but Booker is right to focus on the drug war.
Others see it differently. John F. Pfaff, a professor at Fordham Law School, has argued that the impact of the war on drugs is greatly exaggerated, finding that drug crime only accounts for about 20 percent of prison growth since 1980.
"In reality, a majority of prison growth has come from locking up violent offenders, and a large majority of those admitted to prison never serve time for a drug charge, at least not as their primary charge," he wrote last year.
But violent crime and seemingly unrelated factors that contributed to the rapid increase in prison population growth can actually be connected to the war on drugs, said Steven Duke, a professor at the Yale Law School. For example, if policies cause the cost of drugs to go up, users might be more prone to steal in order to afford drugs. And black markets can lead to more violent crime, like if a drug deal goes sour and results in a murder.
Effect on minorities and poor people
It is a well-established fact that minorities are overrepresented in the prison population. About 58 percent of all sentenced inmates in 2013 were black or hispanic, yet the two groups make up just about 30 percent of the total population.
Research also suggests that when black and white people engage in the same illegal activity and have the same criminal history, black people are more likely to be arrested, more likely to face tougher charges and more likely to receive longer sentences than whites.
In a 2014 article, Rothwell found that the war on drugs has significantly impacted black people. He found that white people are more likely than black people to sell drugs and about as likely to consume them. Even so, black people are 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for selling drugs and 2.5 times more for drug possession.
The question of how poor people are represented in the prison population, particularly among those incarcerated for drug-related offenses, is a little more elusive. The best data about prisoners' income before their arrest comes from a 2004 government survey.
The Prison Policy Initiative analyzed the survey and "found that incarcerated people had a median annual income of $19,185 prior to incarceration, which is 41 percent less than non-incarcerated people of similar ages."
This would indicate that the incarcerated population is disproportionately poor, but it does not shed light directly on the question of the war on drugs' impact on poorer populations.
Our ruling
Booker said the 40-year war on drugs led to "a 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities."
Booker has his numbers right, looking at incarcerated population growth over the past 40 years. It's hard to conclusively attribute the rapid rise to the war on drugs, but many experts believe that it is a major factor, if not the primary factor.
Minorities are disproportionately represented in the prison population, and some slightly dated research indicates poor people are, as well. Evidence seems to show that black people are more likely to be arrested for drug crime than white people, despite being equally likely to use and less likely to sell drugs.
Even though it's hard to prove a direct causal effect, the evidence seems to back up Booker's claim. Because of that additional context, we rate his claim Mostly True.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2016 at 6:27 p.m.
Researched by: Lauren Carroll
Edited by: Aaron Sharockman
Subjects: Crime
NBC, Meet the Press, July 10, 2016
Sentencing Project, "Criminal Justice Facts," accessed July 10, 2016
Sentencing Project, "Trends in U.S. Corrections," January 2016
Harvard Journal on Legislation, "The War on Drugs and Prison Growth: Limited Importance, and Limited Legislative Options," 2015
Yale Law Faculty Scholarship Series, "Mass Imprisonment, Crime Rates, and the Drug War: A Penological and Humanitarian Disgrace," Winter 2009
Brookings, "How the War on Drugs Damages Black Social Mobility," Sept. 30, 2014
Brookings, "Drug offenders in American prisons: The critical distinction between stock and flow," Nov. 25, 2015
Prison Policy Initiative, "Prisons of Poverty," July 9, 2015
Drug Policy Alliance, "The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Race," February 2016
NPR, "Timeline: America's War on Drugs," April 2, 2007
Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850- 1984," December 1986
Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014," December 2015
PolitiFact, "Hillary Clinton says blacks more likely to be arrested, get longer sentences," Feb. 26, 2016
Email interview, Booker spokesman Jeff Giertz, July 10, 2016
Email interview, Nancy La Vigne, director of the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center, July 10, 2016
Email interview, Gallup senior economist Jonathan Rothwell, July 10, 2016
Email interview, Yale Law professor Steven Duke, July 10, 2016


Motivation & inspiration for women of all avenues. To support one another.
No matter what any one else thinks or says about you God always thinks the best of you!
Speak it, believe it, manifest it.
Situations arise that may shake you and disrupt you, but know that you are never alone. God got you.
Affirming this to yourself not only for 1 Day but everyday helps you to make the best out of every situation because in the end no matter what happens you will know that God got you.
Smile, and remain positive through whatever situation you find yourself in. As stated in Day 9 affirmation, Everything happens for a reason.
I solely believe that everything happens for a reason. With the reason of course being unknow, that is where I let my faith kick in.
There may be a job that you really needed or even may have just wanted and it didn't work out. Have you ever thought that there may be something better in store for you?
When you live your life around the words "Everything happens for a reason", You have to believe in the words you speak, have faith and remain positive. God has a plan for us all, and he doesn't need us to go and get thrown all off track by accepting a job at a printing company when he feels you should be the one creating the items that are in need of printing.
Bottom line, don't let what god does not allow discourage you. You are destined for greatness and nothing less.
Go out, test the waters and find your way, but DONT QUIT, DO NOT GIVE UP. Your journey will lead you right where you need to be. Have faith, stay positive, and know that everything happens for a reason. No matter how bad it may be, there is a reason for the madness.
Today is Day 7 of our Affirmation Challenge.
When situations arise and may not go according to plan, or people may not say what we expect of them, it's ok. Don't allow yourself to let others dictate how you feel about yourself. You are only what God and yourself say you are, and nothing less.
Affirming today that no matter how you think others may feel about you, you are enough, you are worthy, you are loved.
You have control over self ……. No one else.
Good morning my beautiful people!! Today is Day #6 in our Affirmation Challenge. Over the past few days if you have been affirming to yourself everyday then you should feel a sense of positivity., a reassurance that you can do anything.
Stay positive and know that what you are affirming you can do. All you have to do is Speak it, BELIEVE IT, manifest it!


Examination is a test of what one has learnt in the past. It tries to find out the depth of knowledge of the examinee through an organized test. It helps one to recapitulate his depth of knowledge.
It is not always true that by an examination one's actual merit or demerit can be judged, because the system being a screening medium, everything cannot be correctly ascertained from a candidate's answers, just by putting a few selected questions in the test. Success or failure in examinations is known as the common standard of judging one's merit; but how far it is true is matter of doubt.
Examinations can, however, reveal to some extent the amount of industry, application and perseverance that student has undertaken.
Gardening is one of the most interesting hobbies. One's spare time can be spent and enjoyed by gardening. It may be done in a small or big garden, and also on the terrace of a house in a small way. Flowers and fruits are generally grown in a garden but if sufficient space is available, vegetables may also be grown.
Gardening provides pleasure and profit to one who does it. Gardening is one such activity that allows us to spend some time in the lap of nature and learn intersting facts about plants. Many children take up gardening as a hobby during their summer and winter vacations.
f someone feels hungry, he will go out in search of food, and come back with at least some food or some hope to get it. So, whenever there is a necessity for something, man looks for its fulfillment. As man began to be more civilized, his necessity grew more by degrees, and his needs were satisfied with his quest to solve the problems.
Though all inventions are not the direct results of necessity, but by far, most of them are.
Time is the most valuable asset of a person. There is a proverb: 'Time and tide wait for none'.
Time is like money. Once it is spent, it cannot be used again. It is very important to understand the value of time. A person who understands the importance of time gets success in every walks of life.
History gives us the proof of the fact that all successful and prosperous personalities were punctual about time.
So time must be used properly in order to get the maximum benefit out of it.
The secular character of the Indian polity was recognized and confirmed at the time of the inception of the country. The Constitution of India specifically lies down that no citizen of the country shall be discriminated against on the basis of community, caste or creed. It clearly states that all people shall have the freedom to practice the religion of their choice, without any interference from the State. The State shall not uphold any particular religion as its own.
In spite of the several divisive forces at work, India has been successful maintaining its secular character. A round of any city of India will convince one that secularism obtains in the land. One would come across temples, mosques, gurudwaras, and churches, nestling close to each other. People of different communities participate in each other's religious festivals. They partake of the sheer joy that comes out of fellow-feeling and innocent camaraderie. They live together as equal citizens of a free India.
The reason for the country's adopting a secular set-up for the people lies basically in the Indian culture. The Indian culture is, in fact, the composite product of experiences over the centuries on a soil which gave shelter to and nurtured a variety of communities.
No profession is barred to members of any community in India.
Another reason why the Indian Constitution framers decided to go in for secularism was that they wanted India to be a democratic State. The concept of democracy envisages freedom to the citizen in all their activities. So much so, the different types of freedom are made inviolable by having been enshrined in the Constitution under the heading Fundamental Rights. Any other character for the Indian polity other than the secular would have been incompatible with the concept of democracy.
Secularism can be further strengthened by the leaders taking upon themselves to instill feelings of brotherhood and friendliness among their respective communities. They should form peace committees who responsibility should be to see to it that the minor incidents are not misunderstood and do not flare up into riots.
Adult illiteracy is one of the major problems in our country. It is a real handicap in the economic and social development of a democratic country. In a democracy, the success of a government depends on the degree of education the masses have, for it is the masses that elect their representatives who form the government. If the masses are not educated, enlightened and aware of the happenings in their country, then there is every possibility of their being exploited. Therefore, adult literacy is very important to ensure the smooth function of democratic institutions.
For centuries, Indian masses have been steeped in ignorance, poverty and backwardness. They have no time for educating their young ones who join the work force at a tender age. In a country, where 70% of the population depends on agriculture, rural folks consider children, specially male, as helping hands to add to family income. Parents are not anxious to send them to school. In fact, education is considered an obstacle. A farmer's son who earns a degree becomes unfit for farming and rural life. He prefers to live in the city, even if it is a life of abject poverty, squalor and slums. On the contrary, if he gets some training in his own trade, there is a chance of his doing better in life. Therefore, adult literacy programs have to be functional in character. They should be linked with the work and the life of the people so that they serve as a tool for rural development.
Television has proved to be a very effective audio-visual aid in promoting awareness among the uneducated. Programs on family planning, better farming techniques, child welfare, etc. are extremely beneficial and educative. Radio has also been rendering a very useful service to the illiterate masses by designing programs for the enlightenment.
Educational institutions have also started correspondence courses and informal courses which do not require any regular attendance. These are a boon to millions of students who had to discontinue their formal education owing to family constraints, lack of motivation or because of residing in remote areas. These have benefited individuals who look upon education as a life-time activity and may like to refresh their knowledge in an existing discipline or to acquire knowledge in a new area. This concept of distance education is a welcome step towards promoting adult literacy rate. However, correspondence courses should not be confined to preparing students for acquiring university degrees but should also provide education in agriculture, industrial trades and other special courses as would help them to increase production. Provision should be made for libraries in rural areas and for large scale book production at subsidized rates.
A child's primary education begins at home in the lap of the mother. However, it is sad that in our country female education has not been paid attention it deserves. It has to be realized that women plays a vital role in creating a congenial environment for her family which is conducive to the all round development of the children. Female literacy has, therefore, to be given its due place. The government has realized the importance of this and is trying to take steps to educate women. Gandhiji rightly said that if the mother is educated, the entire family is educated.
Government has formulated a comprehensive programme known as National Literacy Mission (NLM) in the field of adult education. This aims at imparting functional literacy to 8 crores illiterates in 15-35 age groups by 1995. There are 513 projects under Rural Functional Literacy projects of Central schemes besides 852 projects under State programs. About 628 voluntary agencies are also playing an important role in this regard. About 6.5 lakhs students are also participating in adult literacy programs. Programs for complete eradication of illiteracy have been taken up in various states. Kerala has taken the lead in the promotion of adult education programme.
Heroic attempts have been made to banish illiteracy, but with no significant results. Slogans like 'Each one, teach one' were coined, but were difficult to implement without public cooperation. The Education Commission had recommended a programme of compulsory national service to promote adult education. College teachers and students were required to make a sort of compulsory social service by spreading literacy during the summer vacation. Entrants to government services were required to make four or five persons literate. But compulsion like these cannot yield the same results as voluntary efforts. On the other hand, students who were not interested in making any personal contribution to this scheme started buying bogus certificates from the village officials.
Spreading literacy among the adults is not an easy task. They lack the drive, motivation and incentives which spur the young to learn. In order to sustain their interest and encourage them to enroll for these programs it is absolutely necessary to give consideration to their interests, timings, etc. Mere teaching of alphabets and arithmetic to the adults is awfully boring. They should be given lectures on what is called socially relevant issues like hygiene, health, general welfare, basic reading and writing skills, crafts, etc. Audio-visual aids should be used. They should be shown film on subjects who interest them. These steps will certainly kindle interest and make their lives happier, richer and healthier. Further for this new class of literates, new types of books will be required. Village library facilities will have to increase. They should be manned by trained library personnel to help and guide the adult students.
There is a need to open night schools especially for low income groups in industrial areas, where workers can resume their education despite being busy. Such steps are bound to produce results. Community television sets should be provided so that workers can get together in the evening and watch the national programs. These will help them to keep themselves up to date on the happenings in the political, social and economic front in the nation.
If we are serious about removing adult illiteracy from our country then it is high time the government machinery and voluntary agencies gear themselves to launch massive literacy drives all over the country. It is a stupendous task, yet not difficult to achieve. If the country has to carry on its march towards progress, then it has to ensure that its ambitious hundred per cent literacy drive meets with success. What other countries have done, India can also achieve. It is a long road, but we must traverse it.


Which of these sports team names is *not* cultural appropriation?
If you guessed A, D and E, you are biased toward Native Americans. The best answer is E, since multiple cultures and tribes from Europe, America and Asia have warriors, although using "warriors" along with native american caricatures is still offensive.
My point? Just because the culture in question is a so called "white" culture doesn't mean that it's symbols can be misappropriated for trivial purposes that they weren't intended. European culture is not monolithic, and many of us are trying to reclaim the pre-christian cultures from the bland hodgepodge that passes for "western" culture.
By the way, if there's so much equal opportunity borging going on in the sports world, why aren't teams names Samurai, Sikh, and other things?
Because Samurai and Sikh and Thuggee and so on and so forth..... they are not part of the US culture from which we draw the names for our sports teams.
Native Americans? AS 'American' Culture as apple pie (Dutch!).
America is the land of many cultures, this much is a fact. I have never seen the Golden State Warriors used with 'Native Amercian' imagry before.
Your question is falacious and misleading as you have clearly laid out that -none- of them, are to your opinion, not appropriation.
Have you considered the large amount of Norse and Sweeds who live in Minnisota? It was settled during a large wave of migration from that area to the forming US. Is it appropriation if the people who can CLAIM that culture name it a thing?
Have you tought aout that?
'Oakland Thugs'. There's a name just waiting to be used.
'cept I think it would really be the Oakland Panthers.
Though the Berkeley Racists would be such a hoot!
If you look around my neighborhood, you'll Sikh's becoming quite a part of American culture. More than half of my apt building and the one next door at least.
But yeah, if a group names the team after themselves, it may be stereotypical still, but slightly different than naming it after someone else. Though generally - despite silly stereoptypes in the portrayals - the naming is meant to be a compliment to what it's named after.
I'll probably always be annoyed though that while I was at Sonoma State, there was vote and 'Cossacks' won. We came here to get away from Cossacks! Again it was probably meant as a regional nod to the pre-American Russian settlements in the area (hence Sebastopol and the Russian River).
Yes, but the ones complaining most bitterly about cultural appropriation, the Native Americans, blithely ignore the cultural appropriation and repurposing of every other group. Because the Irish and Norse are "white" they are therefore somehow a monolithic group with no heritage that isn't free for the taking by anyone - white, black, red, yellow, blue, green or purple.
Years ago, I watched a Mad TV skit where a coalition of Native Americans bought up several pro sports teams and renamed them, so the Washington Redskins became the Washington Rednecks, complete with a buck-toothed, straw-hat wearing bumpkin mascot.
One of the other teams was the Atlanta Braves who got renamed to the "Atlanta Genocidal White Maniacs who Killed our People and Stole our Land".
Gee, wouldn't that be the San Diego Padres?
Evergreen College up in Olympia has the geoducks (pronounced "gooeyducks") for a mascot. The idea of having a local species of clam as a mascot pleases me no end - but then again, I'm from the UOregon, whose mascot is the duck.
I'm definitely not crazy about the Boston Celtics, they not only misappropriated the name - They MisProunounce IT! With a soft c instead of the K sound. Very Annoying!
And I'm also a fan of the San Jose Sharks!
The local community college here goes by the Fighting Aardvarks. I'm sure there's a story there.


My visit to Vaajakoski was for a Veikkausliiga match between Jyväskylän JK and IFK Mariehamn. Harjun stadion, where JJK normally play, was being rebuilt during the first half of the 2010 season.
Since I was not going to South Africa this summer there was room and time to go somewhere else for a football tour. I had never visited Finland before and when I noticed their top division (Veikkausliiga) play during the World Cup the choice was easy. Matches in Finland are spread out and it was possible to do four matches in Veikkausliiga in four days. After going through train and bus timetables I decided for 3 top division games and 1 in Kakkonen (level 3) though. My journey to Finland started with me boarding the 5.20 train from Kristianstad and two hours later I was in Copenhagen. The flight to Helsinki was on time and shortly after noon local time I arrived in Finland for the first time in my life. The first game on this tour was in Jyväskylä. which is 3 h by train north of Helsinki.
Jyväskylä is probably most famous for hosting the Finnish rally every year. Finland have a proud history when it comes to motorsport and many great rally drivers have been successful in the woods around Jyväskylä. The local football team, Jyväskylän JK (JJK) was for the 2009 season for the first time ever promoted to the top tier of Finnish football. Normally they play their matches at Harjun Stadion but since that ground is being upgraded at the moment JJK are temporarily playing in Vaajakoski, 5 km east of Jyväskylä. Vaajakosken keskuskenttä, where Kakkonen club FC Vaajakoski normally play, has an all-seated main stand with a capacity of around 1 200. For FC Vaajakoski games this is the only stand used but with JJK moving in there are temporary stands on the far side and behind one of the goals.


Two people were hospitalized Monday in central North Carolina after being attacked by what is believed to be a coyote.
TV station WXII is reporting the victims were a father and daughter.
The Davie County Sheriff's Office is warning people that the animal is still on the loose. It's the second time this year that a coyote attack has been reported outside a Davie County home.
The sheriff's office posted an animal attack advisory late Monday on Facebook, reporting the two victims were attacked about 3:15 p.m. Monday. The department believes the animal was a coyote, but has not yet confirmed it, says the post.
TV station WXII says the victims were a man and his 7-year-old daughter. The father told the station his daughter was playing on a swing set when she was attacked. He says he was bitten when he ran outside and pulled the animal off of her, WXII reported.
The attack occurred inside the town limits of Mocksville, at 273 East Depot Street, deputies said.
Coyotes roam every one of North Carolina's counties and have become both a nuisance and a danger. The animals have been blamed for killing and injuring pets in the Charlotte region.
In February, a coyote threatened a Huntersville family near Charlotte, and it was later confirmed to be rabid. The family stayed safely in their vehicle and called 911 as the coyote chewed on their car's bumper.
John Schroter's family posted a video of the incident that showed the coyote pacing along a fence near their home and snarling.
Davie County is along the Interstate 40 route, between Statesville and Winston-Salem. In March, another girl was attacked by a coyote in Davie County, near the community of Advance.
Investigators said the girl was followed by the coyote as she walked to the door of her home and attacked as she tried to enter. Her mother was able to stop the attack, but the child suffered minor injuries, said officials.


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Female orgasm is 'down to genes'
A third of women said they never or seldom achieved orgasm
The reason why some women have problems reaching orgasm might be down to their genes, say UK scientists.
By studying 4,000 twins, Keele and London researchers found female orgasm is not all psycho-social as some claim.
This variability might even be beneficial and have evolved to help women find the best male to mate with, they told a Royal Society journal.
Knowing which genes are important could potentially pave the way to drugs to help women orgasm.
There is a biological underlying influence that can't be attributed purely to upbringing, religion or race
Researcher Professor Tim Spector
The findings also suggest that women who orgasm easily may be satisfied with mates who are less skilled in bed.
Professor Tim Spector and colleagues carried out DNA tests on more than 4,000 women aged 19-83, half of whom were identical and half of whom were non-identical twins.
Identical twins share the same DNA, while non-identical twins do not.
The women were also asked to fill out confidential questionnaires about their sexual lives.
Orgasm failure
A third of the women said they never or seldom achieved orgasm, while more than a tenth said they always had an orgasm during intercourse.
More of the women were able to orgasm during masturbation, with 34% always reaching orgasm.
In comparison, studies have shown that men fail to orgasm only 2% of the time during intercourse.
This is interesting but quite simplistic
Gynaecologist Dr Margaret Rees
Overall, orgasm frequency was higher for the identical female twins than the non-identical female twins, which the researchers said suggested there must be some genetic component.
Professor Spector, director of the Twin Research Unit at St Thomas' Hospital in London, said: "We found that between 34 and 45% of the variation in ability to orgasm can be explained by underlying genetic variation.
"There is a biological underlying influence that can't be attributed purely to upbringing, religion or race.
"The fact that it's heritable suggests that evolution has a role."
One theory is that the orgasm promotes fertility. Past research shows women are slightly more likely to orgasm during periods of fertility and that sperm uptake is increased during orgasm.
"The other theory is that orgasm is a male-selection tool," said Professor Spector.
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"If a man is considered powerful enough, strong enough, or thoughtful enough in bed or in the cave, then he's likely to hang around as a long-term partner and be a better bet for bringing up children."
Professor Spector said pinpointing the genes involved would take years because there could be hundreds.
It is possible that their influence is physical, causing variations in the G-spot, or psychological, altering arousal, he said.
Dr Margaret Rees, consultant gynaecologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and expert in female sexual dysfunction, said: "This is interesting but quite simplistic.
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As the world's governments prepare to meet in Nagoya, Japan, to set new targets for halting biodiversity loss, authors from BirdLife International (Nature Seychelles is BirdLife in Seychelles) are among a group of leading conservation scientists and practitioners calling for a fundamental shift in the way we view biodiversity.
In their paper, published in the journal Science, they argue that conservation of biodiversity is essential for the maintenance of vital ecosystem services, and ultimately for human survival. But they make clear that until governments, businesses and individual people begin to take the real value of biodiversity into account in their choices and decisions, the diversity of life on Earth will continue to decline. Despite international commitments and an increase in conservation efforts worldwide, the rate of biodiversity loss has not slowed down. Recent assessments show a continued overall decline in populations of wild species and in the size, connectivity and condition of habitats, with accelerating risk of extinctions, and a steep fall in the benefits that we can rely on biodiversity to provide.
Former BirdLife Chief Executive Dr Mike Rands, Director of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative and lead author of the paper, said: "If we are to make any kind of impact, it is critical that we begin to view biodiversity as a global public good which provides such benefits as clean air and fresh water, and that this view is integrated not just into policies but also into society and individuals' day-to-day decisions."
Dr Rands and his co-authors recognise that biodiversity loss is typically the result of unintended human actions, and therefore raises unique difficulties. "The impacts of a particular action are often distant in space and time. This makes effective regulation difficult, as no single body has jurisdiction over the world's biodiversity."
Citing recent estimates that the economic value of benefits from biodiverse natural ecosystems may be 10-100 the cost of maintaining them, the authors argue that retaining stocks of natural capital should be an integral element of government policy-making. But making the economic value of biodiversity clear will not be enough to bring about a change in behaviour without the support of policies which reward positive action and penalise harm.
Biodiversity should not be considered in isolation as part of a nation's environmental agenda, but must extend across all sectors of government from treasury to defence. "Perverse subsidies" which encourage farming, fishing and forestry activities that damage biodiversity will need to be removed.
The authors stress the need for greater support for conservation efforts in developing countries that are rich in biodiversity, investing in conservation knowledge and expertise, sharing experience, and building strong institutions with links to policy makers and wider society.
The authors acknowledge that changing society and individual behaviour in favour of sustainability and biodiversity conservation presents daunting challenges. Conventional measures of well-being focus on wealth creation and economic growth, often at the expense of biodiversity. Economists and conservationists must work more closely with each other and with policy makers to develop incentives and regulations to shift individuals, governments, businesses and civil society toward more biodiversity-friendly behaviour.
"We have always felt that people should be at the core of our conservation activities. That is why our activities are combined with getting public and society's understanding of biodiversity, its values and the need for its conservation. We show how biodiversity conservation can generate income, be used in education and form a central part of people's wellbeing." Explains Nirmal Shah, Nature Seychelles Chief Executive.
"Because we receive benefits from biodiversity for free, we take it for granted," said Dr Leon Bennun, BirdLife's Director of Science, Policy and Information and a co-author on the paper. "This has to change. In the run-up to Nagoya, as the United Nations General Assembly meets for a special session to discuss biodiversity, this is an especially timely and important message for world leaders to take on board.
Dr Bennun added: "Our paper highlights a gap that often exists in conservation. In between generating sound knowledge and designing innovative responses, we need the right institutions for monitoring and governance, and appropriate changes in social behaviour. As a network of civil society organisations around the world, BirdLife is helping create those institutions. We are working with communities, corporates and governments to bring about crucial changes in attitudes, and to find ways of generating wealth while protecting and restoring nature."
The paper 'Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010' by Rands MRW, Adams WM, Bennun L, Butchart SHM, Clements A, Coomes D, Entwistle A, Hodge I, Kapos V, Scharlemann JPW, Sutherland WJ & Vira B is published in the 10 September 2010 edition of Science.