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Arts and Entertainment 80's Icon Molly Ringwald Jazzes Up Hampton on March 24
80's Icon Molly Ringwald Jazzes Up Hampton on March 24
Long before she was known as the Golden Globe-nominated actress for generation-defining performances in "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink," and "Sixteen Candles," Molly Ringwald was performing with her jazz pianist father and his band. From that day on she never looked back.
Ringwald gives a fresh spin on American Songbook standards and pops classics like nobody else, with a smile and charm that has illuminated hundreds of venues throughout the world. Appearing with her jazz quartet, Ringwald's star-power vocals shine brightly on "Sooner or Later" (from "Dick Tracy"), "Don't You (Forget About Me)," and many more legendary songs.
While most fans are familiar with Ringwald's work in John Hughes' iconic films, her captivating talents have been entertaining audiences since her first professional stage appearance in West Coast premiere of "Annie." She has continued to charm fans through the years with critically acclaimed onstage roles in "Sweet Charity," "Cabaret," "When Harry Met Sally," "How I Learned to Drive," and many others. Musically, Ringwald has played more than 250 concerts worldwide since the release of her debut album "Except Sometimes."
"Beyond her immense talents, one of the reasons I wanted to bring Molly Ringwald to The American Theatre is because she is a terrific role model," said Hampton Arts Artistic Director Richard M. Parison, Jr. " Her work as a film and stage actress, musician, and author proves that anything is possible. Jazz enthusiasts of all ages will appreciate her take on standards as well as the fantastic arrangements of pop songs. She truly is something special."
For more information and a link to tickets, visit:
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a victoria & albert museum membership giveaway.
I'm sure you all know how much I adore the Victoria and Albert Museum, so I'm really darn excited to be hosting this giveaway, as a thank-you for being such lovely readers! I'm offering the chance for one reader to recieve a Standard Membership plus guest (worth a total of seventy six pounds), courtesy of the museum! There are so many benefits to being a member, including being invited to attend previews of new galleries and exhibitions before they open to the public, free unlimited entry into the exhibitions, discount in the gift shop and café, use of the private member's room, the chance to attend exclusive events and the beautiful V&A magazine delivered to your door three times a year. I've been a member for two years now, and I can honestly say that it's the best gift my mum has ever bought me, so I was so happy when she recently renewed my membership for a third year as a birthday present! I've also personally bought a few lovely pieces from the gift shop to compliment the membership.
All you have to do to enter is write a little comment mentioning your favourite museum or exhibition, leaving your email address, and I will randomly select a winner on the 7th of August. For an extra entry you can tweet 'I just entered @jazzabellediary's giveaway to win a year's membership to the @v_and_a! http://bit.ly/qL88nd', and leave a separate comment to say you have done so. This giveaway is only open to my followers who live in the United Kingdom (sorry!), but please only enter if you know you will make the most of this membership! Thank-you. Love, Jazzabelle.
Ah I need to win this! My favourite exhibition was probably the RCA one they had a few years ago, I loved seeing the graduates work and it really inspired me.
I'd say my favourite exhibition would be the Banksy exhibition i saw in Bristol. It was like a massive one cause it is where banksy is from and it was just bloody amazing!!
Funnily enough my favourite exhibition is the first one I ever saw at the V&A - the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibition a couple of years ago. Before the exhibition I'd had a vague idea that I wanted to be involved in fashion but standing there in front of such beautiful, hand stitched to the last detail couture dresses I felt that it was the moment I had arrived at a place where I felt so at home with my surroundings; that is, beautiful clothes.
I adored the Grace Kelly exhibition at the V&A last year and my best friend bought me the book as a present for my 21st birthday. So inspiring!
Oh, this looks absolutely amazing! Thanks to you ad your blog, the V&A is the first thing on my list of places to go that I've never actually been to when I move to London in September!
My favourite exibition is ever changing, it's the Saatchi gallery. I love how everything in there is so different and unthought of. My favourite pieces in there have included the entire basement being filled up with oil and a room full of vintage speakers!
Definitely the Ballet Russes exhibition. It was so inspiring in terms of fashion, art, dance and music. Too much to take in!
I would have to say (truthfully) that the v&a is my favourite museum. I'm just about to move to London and was going to buy a membership anyway, so this would be just peachy!
My favourite exhibition would be either Fashion v Sport from ages ago in 2008 oooooor the more recent Figures and Fictions, contemporary South African photography exhibition. I just can't decide!
Would absolutely LOVE to win more than anything!
What a great giveaway! I won't enter because I live too far away from London to make the most of it.
My favourite museum is The Bowes Museum in County Durham. I recently went to see a Vivienne Westwood shoe exhibition there which was absolutely amazing!
I think my favourite museum is either the V&A, for just being an incredible place to explore with one of the best gift shops ever; or the thinktank museum in Birmingham which I went to with my grandparents when I was little. It's a more sciencey one; and I remember seeing 3D film before they were really 'a thing'.
Favourite exhibition at the V&A was the one we went primarily which was the Tsars one; really interesting as I was studying the revolution at the time.
Fantastic competition. I loved the Russian Ballet exhibition a lot but there are so many good ones to choose from. Oh actually one of my favourites is probably the Shadow Puppets, that was AMAZING!!!
The Science museum is a favourite, naturally!
My favourite museum has got to be the natural history museum. Great giveaway!
It would have to be the 'DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture' at the Tate Liverpool gallery. There's such a great range of sculptures to see and the best part is, there is a light up dance floor (and disco ball!) where you can have a silent disco as well as wonder around the space listening to a playlist of 60s/70s songs, brilliant!
amazing prize Jazmine!! unfortunatley i am a pop geek and LOVED Kylie's costume exhibition - just for all the shoes and sequins!
My favourite exhibition was sonia rykiel in Paris- amazing collection of intarsia jumpers and past collections. Closely followed by the missoni exhibition at the italian museum in London- beautiful graphs and patterns of the famous missoni knits.
What an amazing giveaway! So perfect for you!!
Ooh it's so hard to pick a favorite, deff depends on my mood! I did really enjoy exploring the Chinese ceramic room at the British museum last weekend... so much pretty pottery!
Oh my goodness this is the best giveaway ever, ever, ever! My absolute favourite exhibition was the Ballets Russes one from last year.
Hey. First time reading your blog, you seem fun so I'll RSS it.
Anywhooo, My favourite exhibition this year has been the Bath School of Art & Design Graphic Degree Show.
It's inspirational to see what 3rd years are doing in the country as I'm entering my final year next year. Also great as their work massively incorporated Illustration into Graphic Design, which I'd like to do more.
All the best, tweet you in a bit.
my favourite show (this year, at least) has been Japan At Home at the Geffyre Museum. incredibly educative and interesting considering my love of everything-Japan!
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes was fantastic, i love the V&A and the Tate Modern!
The V&A is definitely a favourite. Absolutely love the cast courts!
Just tweeted under (at)lotusevents - thank you!
The whole metropolis is a living breathing museum and exhibition of architecture, engineering, science, life, and culture.
The Kylie exhibit at the V&A was a lot of fun, also the James Bond / Ian Flemming one at the Imperial War Museum was really well curated!
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I love the dress galleries, especially seeing the transformation from 18th century to 20th century fashion. Also, the Grace Kelley exhibit was amazing and the V&A lates are always absolutely phenomenal.
And a retweet from @seorrick !
I've visited all the London musems numerous times and always been tempted to sneak into those exclusive exhibitions for members haha! I WISH i could have seen the Gilbert & George exhibition in 2007 at the tate! Some of their pieces are SHOCKING! I always used to think of 'art' as dainty, finely hand crafted creations, but i just love how they totally go against the generic pretty painted picture in a pop-art xrated way!
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my fave exhibition was the Kylie Minogue fashion one several years ago. i'm not a kylie fan but it was pretty epic, with mannequins made to her proportions and loadsa mega fans singing to her songs in the galleries!
The V&A museum is hands down my favorite place to wander around! i go there all the time, it's such an inspiring environment. i never miss the Friday Late events!
I adored the Golden Age of Couture exhibition! I remember walking through with my Mum, eager as a beaver, truly in awe of it all!
A couple of years ago I went to the exhibition on Hats at the V&A!! I absolutely loved it!! I am very interested in art and fashion, and the hat exhibiton combined the two!!
I love the V&A and living about half an hour from London, I visit it all the time!!
I really hope I win this give away, would be such a help as I'm an art student and always interested in visiting galleries!
My favourite museum, if it counts as one, is the Tower of London. I just adore the history that seeps from it. I love the stories that the beefeaters tell, never tire of them. My dad used thr threaten to lock me in the tower if I ever misbehaved!
My all time favourite exhibition was the Time Walker exhibition held at the Design Museum a few years ago, it was utterly incredible. The Sally Mann exhibition at the Photographer's gallery last year was also beautiful and the Edward Muybridge exhibition at the Tate Britain was also amazing... I could keep going for quite some time! What a truly lovely giveaway Jaz.
Ooh I've only just seen this...will tweet this in a mo too. I have so many favourite exhibitions! One of the most memorable ones was the Vivienne Westwood retrospective at the V&A about 6/7yrs ago I think! It was the first time I went to London on my own but I just had to see it sobit definitely left an impression. Also really adores Chalayan at the Design museum. All so very swoon worthy!
I've been to the tate modern in london. It was amazing and also free! Awesome!
What an amazing giveaway! My favourite museum is the Sir John Soane museum in Lincoln Inn fields near Holborn! Amazing house- like a labyrinth and so many interesting artefacts from this amazing architect! I also love the Brighton pavillion if that counts- so sumptuous! The National portrait gallery is fab also!


I beg to differ with Asher Tan Shu Jie on whether Raffles Institution should be considered a good school (Elite school may not be a good school; June 20).
RI is an elite school, in every sense of the word, not least because of its stellar academic records, but more because of its legacy of having produced many well-rounded and outstanding individual contributors who make it to the who's who list of diverse arenas in Singapore and beyond.
Former president Benjamin Sheares, editor-at-large Han Fook Kwang, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, playwright Alfian Sa'at and retired diplomat Bilahari Kausikan, to name a few, are giants in a wide range of fields like politics, literary arts, sports, business and public service.
RI has laid a strong foundation for all no matter their background, and dedicates much time to nurturing values and soft skills beyond the classroom. RI also has a proven track record in enabling students to be thinkers, leaders and pioneers through its many extra-curricular programmes.


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Source: Agencies | February 10, 2009, Tuesday | Print Edition
PAKISTANI militants appear to behead a kidnapped Polish engineer in a video delivered to media outlets, underscoring security fears ahead of this week's premier visit by a newly appointed United States envoy.
There have been several attacks on foreigners in Pakistan in recent months as its overall security has deteriorated amid a growing al-Qaida and Taliban-led insurgency. In early February an American UN worker was abducted in the southwestern city of Quetta, purportedly by separatists.
The seven-minute video appears to show the Polish hostage, Piotr Stanczak, being beheaded by three men. A hooded man then addresses the camera, blaming Pakistan for the killing for not agreeing to release Taliban prisoners.
If confirmed, Stanczak's death would apparently be the first killing of a Western hostage in Pakistan since US journalist Daniel Pearl was beheaded in 2002.
Polish security services minister Jacek Cichocki said that in his opinion "that is the Pole and the film is authentic," adding final confirmation would have to wait until diplomatic services receive the body.
Stanczak was surveying oil and gas fields when he was pulled from his car last September by miltants, who killed the three Pakistanis traveling with him near the city of Attock in northwestern Pakistan.
A spokesman for the Taliban said on Saturday that they killed the Polish captive because the government missed a deadline to release 26 prisoners.
US President Barack Obama has made resolving the Afghan war a key focus of his foreign policy, appointing heavyweight diplomat Richard Holbrooke as a special representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan.


2019 is a critical year for the Student Support Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant program under Title IV, Part A of ESSA. Congress has recognized the importance of this program by providing $1.1 billion in federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 and another $1.17 billion in FY 2019 to districts to support safe and healthy schools, a well-rounded curriculum, and the effective use of technology. The federal fiscal year 2018 (FY18) funds are currently in schools for the 2018-19 school year. The federal FY19 funds will be in schools during the 2019-20 school year.
There is strong bipartisan support for this program, but it is still new and there is not a clear understanding of how school leaders are using the funds at the district and/or school level.
Your voice is critical. This national survey builds upon the 2018 survey to tell a story about the use of those funds over time. Congress relies on these stories to understand the benefit to students and to justify continued support for Title IV-A.
The survey takes less than 5 minutes. Thank you for your time and thoughtful participation.
* 1. Are you familiar with the way that your district is investing its share of ESSA Title IV-A funding?
* 2. Did your district receive more or less than $30,000 in Title IV-A for FY2018? (FY2018 aligns with the current 2018-2019 school year). More than $30,000 triggers the needs assessment requirement and the distribution of investments across the grant's three spending categories.
* 3. Consider the needs of your district during THIS SCHOOL YEAR, 2018-2019. In your opinion, how would you rate the importance of the three investment categories during this school year?
* 4. Consider the needs of your district over THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE (assume the next five years). In your opinion, how would you rate the importance of the three investment categories in THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE?
* 5. How is your district using the Title IV-A grant in the current 2018-2019 school year to support WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES? Check all that apply.
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Preventing use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, etc.
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Why did your district transfer?
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* 13. Estimated percentage of enrolled students receiving Free and Reduced Priced Lunch (FRPL)?
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3-way Batrep: Blood Spectres v Necrons v Space Wolves!
We used a scenario that puts a single 3-point objective in the center of the board, represented by a 5″ blast template. Controlling this would be a 3-point victory point. Troop units could also take away a piece of the loot pile, which would be worth 2 points if it could be returned to the player's deployment zone. The loot pile would have D3+1 loot tokens in it, rolled when the first unit got into base contact.
Deployment was quite cramped, with each army starting in a corner of the battlefield. Deployment zones started 2′ from each table corner and went in a triangle shape. Necrons won the deployment roll-off, so chose their zone first, then Space Wolves, then Blood Angels. The Necrons then chose to deploy and move last, the Space Wolves chose to go second, which left the Blood Angels first to deploy and move.
Blood Angels Devastators started on the water tower, giving them line of sight over most of the map. The Assault Marines started on the ground and prepared to use their packs to move forward. Shane also took a Rhino, which he left empty (?) and on his own left flank.
The Long Fangs started in cover inside the crater, with the Grey Hunters just behind cover of the ruined corner of the big red ruins. The colorful stripes on the Razorback and Rhino meant they had to start on the Space Wolves left flank (not really, they're just not glued yet) and the Dreadnought is next to them.
The Necrons started behind plenty of cover from the other armies, with the Lord fully hidden away on his Warscythe chariot, next to the Destroyers. Next to them is another lord running with a group of Warriors, who are taking cover with a Canoptek Spider. In the small ruins are the Scarab Beetles and next to them are the Immortals with their big scary guns.
Nothing else is in range, so let's fire at our fellow humans! The Devastators ping off the Razorback, not even getting a glancing hit.
The Assault Marines jump forward, ready for whatever comes.
The Space Wolves react by moving the Rhino towards the objective, while the Dreadnought walks towards the Assault Marines. The Longfangs take aim on the Devastators on the water tower. The Grey Hunters fire on the Scarab Beetles, taking one of them down a wound.
But the 2 surviving Assault Marines don't, and they jump away, leaving their brethren to contemplate their fate! First Blood (on the Blood Angels) to the Space Wolves!
And the Warscythe chariot makes a Sweeping Attack on the Rhino, ending up behind it! He gets two penetrating hits and one miss, knocking it to a single Hull Point! The penetrating hits not only immobilize the Rhino, but its single weapon is also knocked out of commission.
The Necron Immortals open fire on the Grey Hunters, killing 2 of the 7 members of the squad, and they FAIL their Leadership test, running off the edge of the table! First Blood (for the Space Wolves) to the Necrons!
The Canoptek Spider and the Scarab Beetles then assault the Lone Wolf! Maybe they can't understand the 'Xeno go home' graffiti!
The Destroyers prepare to fire on anything that gets close to the objective!
The Rhino moves flat out again to provide cover for the Assault Marines, who move up further up the street.
The other squad of Assault Marines use their jump jets to get over the river and get .eyes on target'.
The squad of Grey Hunters disembark and move up to grab the first Loot Token! Four loot tokens are rolled, so that leaves 3 loot tokens plus the control of the main objective on the board.
The Dreadnought turns to face the Warscythe. It does absolutely nothing to the chariot, and the Longfangs and Razorback fire all miss as well!
The Warscythe destroys the Dreadnought! Ba-BOOM!
The Warscythe makes a Sweeping Attack on the Grey Hunters, killing a few, then ends its movement next to the loot pile, picking up a loot token – then on its shooting phase it zips off 6″! The Necron Warriors continue through an alleyway towards the town square.
The Scarab Beetles and the Canoptek Spider continue their battle with the Lone Wolf, dropping him to a single wound!
The other squad is close behind!
The Blood Angels manage to kill just one! The Necron Lord uses his Mindshackle Scarabs, though, which helps force the Marines to jump away in frustration and confustion!
…and kill a couple of the Space Wolves! The Wolves hold their nerve and stay in combat!
The Warlord on his chariot skims over the buildings, attacks and misses the Assault Marines on the roof with his Sweeping Attack, and prepares to take aim at the last Blood Angel on the water tower!
The Lone Wolf finally goes down to the Scarab Beetles and Canoptek Spider!
The last complete squad of Assault Marines jump forward and line up, everyone taking shots at the Necron Lord in an attempt to get the First Blood point from the Necrons – that's right, not a single unit of Necrons has been killed yet! Amazingly, the Lord takes NO WOUNDS!
Hoping to get away with 2 loot tokens (4 victory points total), the Assault Marines in the town centre pick up the dropped loot from the Grey Hunter and move out!
Three of the Warriors go down!
The other squad of Assault Marines jump in, doing Hammer of Wrath – the Warriors bolt and run! PILE IN!!
The Razorback takes aim on the Necron Warscythe (behind the white factory to the center left), hoping to take it down once and for all…but miss!
While in the town centre the Warlord arrives and attacks the Blood Angel squad with the loot tokens!
Most of the Assault Marines in the alley are gone now, and the Lord takes on the Sanguinary Priest, mano a mano!
The Razorback is bitten down to 2 Hull Points!
The Canoptek Spider and Warlord proceed to rip the Assault Marines to shreds – now the central objective is denied and the Blood Angels look like they're not going to get any points for loot!
The Long Fangs desperately try an assault on the Scarab Beetles, but are unable to wipe them out!
The Necrons attack and attack some more, and the victory points tell the tale…just one point for the Space Wolves (First Blood on the Blood Angels) but the Necrons had nearly a clean sweep, with at least 4 points!
THOUGHTS ON THE BATTLE from Frank: David got a bit lucky with the Warlord Traits roll that allowed him to treat his Warlord as a Troop, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to pick up the loot tokens he got. He also played it smart going last in a 3-player match, allowing Shane at the other end of the table to antagonize David W and let them get into a shooting match with each other. Then David B got a *big* break by running the Grey Hunters off the board! From then on he had lots of good rolls and no one could knock out his chariot. The Marines knew what they were up against facing each other, but the Necrons were a new foe so they didn't really know how to take care of the chariot zipping across the town and knocking everything out. Shane had a few bad rolls but in my opinion needs more shooty units to combat units like the Necron Lord. David W was boned right from the start, losing most of his troops from a bad Leadership roll. After Turn 1 it seemed like it was just game over for the humans, but maybe a combined effort could have pulled things through for the Marines, you never know.
My Unit of the Match: As an observer, I would have to give this to the empty Rhino, who, unloved and unencumbered, trundled up to get in the way of the Necron Warriors to block their way. The Rhino narrowly edged out the Lone Wolf, who kept the Scarab Beetles and the Canoptek Spider occupied for three turns of combat!
RULES WE MISSED/GOT WRONG: I can't think of any, apart from the alleyway close combat. Not sure if the Warriors getting back up can be walked over or not. Also we should figure out if a close combat is able to fired into by a 3rd player.
Any comments from Shane and The Davids are welcome!
Very interesting game, thoroughly enjoyed it.
At 1000pts I don't think taking Devastators as my heavy choice was a mistake, and having such a densely packed battlefield, the high vantage point allowed me to get a lot of shots off pretty early, unfortunately I didn't get the kills and the Space Wolves did.
If i could have changed anything list-wise based on what I know now, I would have taken melta loaded speeders instead of the Devastators.
One silly mistake I made was leaving one squad visible to the Space Wolf dreadnought first turn. Big waste. Also rolling lots of 1s and 2s all night didn't help me!
Oh, and the Rhino was for the Devastators, had no idea the terrain was going to be so dense so it went solo instead. Ironically it worked out to be the most useful unit.
Anyway, sweet game, cheers dudes!
I had some very good luck with the role for traits and the bulk of the Space Wolves force coming at me from the left leaving by stage right!
I really liked the scenario.
It was actually very even from my point of view. I thought the game was up when the assault marines slammed into my flank. I fully expected the Warrior squad, Destroyers and probably the Lord to be wiped out quickly, with the marines following up into the Immortals. Overwatch was very harsh on Shane and then Lord did alot of damage (plus mindshackle worked again) to save the squads. Not being able to kill the last warrior meant I could re-animate his fallen squad mates. One more kill and the half the squad wouldn't have got back up allowing shane to steam roll that flank.
The chariot was fantastic but at 350 points all up with the overlord he needed to be, but if the marines had managed to pen it early on it wouldn't have been such a thorn in there sides. The armour drops from 13 all round to 11 once it's penned for the first time.
I'm sure as the guys get used to seeing them on the table the necrons will be less effective and my rolling can't be that good all the time!
A great game, very exciting and I was glad to get my first proper battle under my belt.
Just a shame I didn't have better luck – it was always going to be tough losing a quarter of my points so early on and without making much of an impact with them – my first mistake was not using the rune priest's living lightning power before he scarpered!
Man of the match for me was definitely my lone wolf – he can really dish out some punishment and was much tougher than I was expecting, I think he must've shrugged off a couple of dozen wounds from David's scarabs & spider beastie! He may have even lasted a bit longer had I realised he had feel no pain when he finally sucucumbed, will try to take two next time!
The less said about about the treachery shown by our blood angel brethren the better, but you can be sure the sons of Russell will be avenged, mephiston or no mephiston! And I thought it was the dark angels I had to watch out for!
All in all, learned some good lessons and plenty of ideas for changes to my army and really enjoyed the scenario.


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Action 642 – Action Comics Weekly ends
Action Comics Weekly comes to an end with issue 642, a full-length crossover story. Superman, Green Lantern, Nightwing and Deadman are all involved, as well as Guy Gardner.
Elliot S Maggin scripts this tale, which opens with a flashback to the death of Abin Sur, and his selection of Hal Jordan as successor. In this version, we learn that Clark Kent was brought as a possible Lantern, but declined.
The art changes from chapter to chapter. The various creative teams are: Gil Kane, Steve Ditko and Art Thibert, Jim Aparo and John Nyberg, Curt Swan and Ty Templeton, Jim Mooney with Ian Akin and Keith Garvey, and Carmine Infantino and Kevin Nowlan.
Green Lantern is investigating an unusual military installation. The man in charge wants no spying eyes, and shoots Hal right in the chest. Hal lays dying, and his ring summons potential successors. It might summon a doctor as well, but apparently has given up on Hal.
Most of those chosen are not characters we know, have ever seen before, or will ever see again. Clark Kent is brought again, as is Nightwing.
Guy Gardner is selected as well, completely nonsensically. He has removed his ring temporarily, and the story treats this as if it means he is no longer a Green Lantern the second he takes off the ring, despite the mental connection between the ring and its wearer.
Deadman comes to see what all the fuss is about. This is all taking place in a millisecond. Deadman is able to converse somewhat with Hal, which makes sense. Superman can also communicate with Deadman, because he can sense this all happening at great speed. That really doesn't explain why he can see Deadman at this event, but not in normal situations.
You can tell from the way I am picking at it that I did not enjoy this story. There was no likelihood that Hal was going to die, so the story was just pointless. That might have been ok if it were a lot of fun on the road, but it's not. And so these weird errors, just sloppy writing by someone who can, and has done, better, annoy me.
After a lot of "what if this guy became Green Lantern?" Hal revives, and everyone is returned to what they were doing before.
About the only touch I like is the theatre marquee being changed in the final panel, reading Action – closed for renovations.
Action Comics returns in a few months, with an second annual to launch its return to a regular format.
And there is still just enough room on this blog that I can do an entry on the Neil Gaiman Action Comics Weekly story that never was.
Abin Sur
Ian Akin
Kevin Nowlan
Action 605 – Green Lantern enslaved, Deadman under glass, Wild Dog is faking it, Rafael asks questions, and Blackhawk dines with Red Dragon
Deadman does not look happy about being the cover feature for Action 605.
Owsley and Kane are joined by Donald Simpson and Dick Giordano, both doing inks, as the Star Sapphire storyline comes to a sudden end.
We catch up with Hal Jordan, in chains on an alien world.
The Star Sapphire's spree of evil gets gut short when she is taken by the same alien slaver who captured Hal.
Green Lantern's ring returns to him, and between them, Hal and Carol are able to break free and return to Earth. But then Star Sapphire disappears, and Hal has no idea what happened. The reader has no idea what happened. I'm not even sure the writer had any idea what happened, as this never gets directly resolved, and Star Sapphire does not return for years, not until Green Lantern's next book, in the 90s.
Baron, Jurgens and DeZuniga ship Deadman off to Washington DC in this chapter, sealed in the capsule, and visible to all.
Thanks to an easy-to-scare guard, and an unstable platform, Deadman breaks free of his prison.
But instead of getting out of there, he chooses to explore a bit, and finds an intriguing ancient jar, also under glass. A voice in the jar invites him in, and though Deadman refuses, it turns out he doesn't have a choice.
Nope, Wild Dog isn't dead. He's just playing possum to lure the morality murderers closer, before getting up and shooting them.
With these two dead, Layman needs more men for his squad. His background check on Jack Wheeler reveals that he is an ex-marine, so Jack is invited to join the group he has been fighting.
Marty Pasko and Dan Spiegle give the spotlight briefly to Rafael, the son of Carlo, one of the original members of the Secret Six. Mockingbird had been providing a rare serum to keep Rafael alive, back in the day, and so Rafael was one of the very few people who even knew of the Secret Six. Now, with his father dead, he wants to find out what Mockingbird knew, and how much he was involved.
The new team continue with their attack on the head of Technodyne. It goes very well.
At a press conference, they air the tape they made of the terrified boy confessing, and expose the needless deaths the company caused.
Grell, Burchett and Marcos make things look pretty dangerous for Blackhawk as this chapter begins. The Red Dragon has him and Cynthia Hastings at her mercy.
And Andre is still far too busy to be part of the story.
The Red Dragon has heard of Blackhawk, and is intrigued that a famous war hero would so quickly have become a smuggler. He offers to lend his skills to her organization, and the Dragon seem suitably impressed.
Andre Blanc-Dumont
Carol Ferris
Donald Simpson
Action 604 – the murder of Carol Ferris, comic books are evil, becoming a movie monster, getting in the bottle and Andre's busy
Wild Dog gets the cover of Action 604. No comment.
Owsley and Kane put John Stewart on the hot seat in this story. Because he was known as Green Lantern, he is implicated in the damage done by Hal Jordan during his fight with Star Sapphire. As John is trying to explain, Hal's ring suddenly lands on his finger, and puts him into costume.
Carol Ferris has shown up to testify, and John accuses her of killing his wife. It then appears that John suffocates Carol in the middle of the courtroom, before dozens of witnesses. But John knows he is not causing that.
Indeed, Carol is not dead, she just made it look that way, so now the police are after John. What a bitch.
John sends the ring back to find Hal, but maybe shouldn't have done that, as he then gets arrested. On the other hand, Hal in in chains on an alien planet, so he needs it as well.
Collins, Beatty and Nyberg have the morality squad go after a comic book store in this one, blowing it up, and ensuring the hatred of all of the readers.
Wild Dog catches up with them as they attack a truck driver for carrying porn mags, among the many other things in his shipment. Wild Dog gets shot.
He does not die, I'm sorry to say. There is more of his series coming.
The Secret Six go after a teenage tech wizard, the president of Technodyne, in this chapter, by Pasko and Spiegle. A few issues earlier, a small town was wiped out by the acid rain from a technodyne factory.
The boy they are going after lives in a pleasure palace, and is a huge fan of horror films. The "attack" on the boy is also a diversion, as the company's records are raided.
The boy is confronted by the killer from his favourite slasher series, and the Six get the information they need. The new Six. The bodies of the old Six have just been discovered…
Baron, Jurgens and DeZuniga begin this Deadman chapter with a bang, as the spaceship bursts out of the pyramid.
It just keeps flying up into space. Deadman catches up and takes control of the terrified and confused CIA operative inside, but cannot figure out the controls. He puts the man into a trance, and returns to Earth.
That doesn't work so well for him, as the CIA chief has her super-weapon.
Now that she has Deadman bottled, I should probably start calling her by her name, Major Kasaba.
Blackhawk puts his plan into operation thanks to Grell, Burchett, and Marcos. Janos Prohaska and Cynthia Hastings fly into the Red Dragon's territory, and pretend the plane has sprung a leak.
Andre Blanc-Dumont gets brought into the series. Or at least, an effort is made to do so. He'll be back when he is ready.
And we end as Blackhawk meets the Red Dragon.
Action 603 – Green Lantern vs Star Sapphire, the Secret Six learn the rules, Deadman chats with a ghost, Wild Dog joins the group, and Blackhawk accepts the mission
A sombre Blackhawk cover on Action 603.
It's pretty much non-stop action as Owsley and Kane have Hal Jordan catch up to his former lover, and murderer of Katma Tui, Star Sapphire.
When it looks like Hal might win, Carol acts scared and possessed by the evil queen of the Zamarons, but that is just an act, and the story ends with Star Sapphire triumphant.
As the old Secret Six burn in the wreckage of their plane, the new ones gather to find out what happened to their high tech gear, in this Pasko and Spiegle tale.
The deal is that they will perform missions for Mockingbird, and not try to find out who he (or she) is. As long as they do this, their devices will continue to function. They begin their first mission.
But wait, how is Mockingbird giving them orders if Mockingbird was one of the original team, and the original team are dead?
How indeed?
Baron, Jurgens and DeZuniga have a bit of a time out in this chapter. Deadman and Talaoc start fighting, with Talaoc claiming to be a god (the god Talaoc, I betcha).
Deadman insists that Talaoc is a ghost, and with some prompting, he recalls a life before the arrival of, what is clearer to us than to him, an alien spaceship.
Which explains where the weapons come from, and that unusual sound emanating from under the pyramid.
Collins and Beatty continue with Wild Dog, as he learns of the bombed bookstore.
Though he talks about morals and purity, Lyle Layman has no problem cozying up to a widow, one of his followers.
Wild Dog is not sure if the bomber is Layman, or just one of his devotees, so he joins the group as himself, Jack Wheeler.
Grell, Burchett and Marcos lay out the plot in this chapter of the Blackhawk story. There is a stolen cache of gold, lost during the last days of World War II in the far east, and now most likely in the possession of a notorious smuggler and thief, the Red Dragon.
Blackhawk and Cynthia head to the hangar to get his ship. They will pose as rumrunners, aiming to get captured by the Red Dragon, and go from there.
Action 602 – the funeral of Katma Tui, Deadman sees a ghost, Wild Dog and the crusader, the Secret Six get murdered, and Blackhawk checks for tags
Excellent Green Lantern cover on Action 602, though not really related to his story.
Owsley and Kane deal with the consequences of Katma Tui's murder, which John Stewart blames Hal for, indirectly.
Arisia and Kilowog join the two men at Katma's funeral, which gets crashed by a gloating Star Sapphire. She and Hal fight it out.
Baron, Jurgens and DeZuniga continue the Deadman story. The CIA chief is surprised to be able to see Deadman, as surprised as he is to be seen. But she is the one who goes on the attack, with an odd weapon that is able to hurt him.
Hiding inside another person does not help, she can see that as well – perhaps even the way the reader can, with a glowing outline. But the CIA chief also has a spirit inside of her.
And this spirit looks far more suited to the ancient pyramid than anyone else.
Collins, Beatty and Nyberg introduce the villain for this first Wild Dog storyline.
Lyle Layman is leading a conservative crusade, spouting all the usual moralistic garbage as a justification for oppression. And, in this story, for fire-bombing a porn store. He has a devoted following, willing to turn his words into deeds, no matter how violent.
Pasko and Spiegle introduce us further to the new Secret Six. Each one has suffered some debilitating ailment or injury, which prevents them from continuing with their careers. Mockingbird offers them all high tech gear that will overcome these problems.
At the same time, the original group gather for drinks as they await word from Mockingbird, who has a plane trip lined up for them.
The new team head home with their devices, which abruptly stop working. But they are still better off than the original team, who discover their plane has been rigged to crash.
Grell, Burchett and Marcos show almost all there is to Blackhawk as he fights off four men.
After defeating them, he gets down to business with the woman who came to hire him, Cynthia Hastings.
Katma Tui
Kilowog
Action 601 – Green Lantern, Wild Dog, Secret Six, Deadman and Blackhawk begin, and Superman gets two pages
Action becomes Action Comics Weekly with issue 601, running six different features in each issue. It was not as successful as had been hoped. The experiment lasted for less than a year, and the comic returned to it's former format.
Green Lantern was really the mainstay of this weekly book. After the cancellation of the Green Lantern Corps series, Hal moved here, now one of the few people to still bear a Green Lantern ring.
Hal had never managed his alternate identity well, and finds himself sharing John Stewart's apartment. This is made more awkward because John's wife, Katma Tui, and Hal's current girlfriend, Arisia, are also sharing the tiny suite.
As Hal is out one day fighting some criminals, Star Sapphire comes to the Stewart apartment, seeking vengeance. She finds Katma Tui. Close enough. Carol Ferris murders Katma Tui.
Max Collins, Terry Beatty and John Nyberg continue to relate the adventures of their creation, Wild Dog. He had debuted the previous year in his own miniseries.
This series never really worked for me. Wild Dog was a gun-toting vigilante, dressed as though he were a serial killer. The art never really seemed to compliment the series.
The Secret Six get a surprising revival, by Marty Pasko and Dan Speigle. A short-lived spy series from the late 60's, the Secret Six had only appeared in the History of the DC Universe since the cancellation of their book. This strip picks up their lives many years later, aging them all.
The six, very different, people had all been blackmailed into becoming the Secret Six by Mockingbird, who was really one of them. Now, so many years later, Mockingbird has summoned them all again.
Mockingbird also gathers a new group of people. As well, we see some shady doings by the Technodyne Corporation.
The Superman series, by Stern, Swan and Beatty, will likely get the least coverage of the various Action Comics Weekly series in my blog. It is confined to the centre spread in each issue, and done as is it were three newspaper daily strips, though in colour. In the first chapter, Superman comes to help a man who calls for aid.
Mike Baron, Dan Jurgens and Tony DeZuniga begin a really wild and enjoyable Deadman storyline in this issue, in a very low-key way. Set shortly after the events in his recent miniseries, Deadman is feeling sort of lost and aimless.
He winds up poking around an archaeological dig in Central America, which the CIA have taken away from the academics. Deadman is shocked when the head of the CIA operation is able to see him.
By far the best strip to run in this weekly book is the Blackhawk one, by Grell, Burchett and Marcos, continuing in the style of the recent Blackhawk miniseries by Howard Chaykin.
The first installment is spent mostly setting up the post-World War II environment that the adventures will take place in. A woman comes to hire Blackhawk, who is already proving how tough he is by fighting four men from his bathtub.
Action 554 – creating Superman
Wolfman and Kane provide an epilogue of sorts to the Forgotten Heroes story in Action 554 (April 1984).
The story is set on an alien world that kind of resembles Earth, although it is under the domination of some scary other aliens. Two young boys, named Joe and Jerry, very loosely based on Siegel and Shuster, conceive of a noble and powerful hero that could save them from the alien overlords.
They design Superman, and then devote their energies to believing in their created hero.
This belief is enough to pull Superman from the void he vanished into in the previous issue. He defeats the aliens, and then heads back to Earth. The story is dedicated to Siegel and Shuster.
A lot of people really liked this story. It was ok.


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In college recruiting, prospects are bombarded with details from coaches about their program's tradition or its promise of the future.
Texas does the same, and for Westlake seven-footer Will Baker, the Longhorns' past successes with big men, the makeup of the current team, the plan to use his unique skillset and Texas' appeal outside of the gym ultimately led him to commit to his hometown school.
"When it came down to it, Texas was the best fit for me," Baker said Thursday after announcing his decision in a self-produced video. "One reason is (Texas head) coach Shaka Smart is committed to my success as a player, and I feel like I'd be successful there and he'd really utilize my offensive abilities."
Smart and assistant coach Darrin Horn's successes with other players of similar height were part of the past that resonated with Baker. In their first season in Austin, Smart and Horn were able to help Cameron Ridley and Prince Ibeh to their best statistical seasons as Longhorns.
Another Austin big man in Jarrett Allen averaged 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in his only season as a Longhorn before he was selected with the 22nd pick by the Brooklyn Nets in the 2017 draft.
An even larger spotlight was on the post in the Erwin Center last season, when Mohamed Bamba averaged 12.9 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game before he was picked sixth overall by Orlando. Baker noticed all of those successes.
"Texas has a really good past history with developing big guys," Baker said. "That's important to me as well. They have that history, so hopefully I can improve as much as I can like they did their freshman year."
The present might have been the largest determining factor. Baker said Texas not only sold him on his usage, where he'd be able to showcase his perimeter abilities, but also on who he would share the court with.
"I think I really fit in with the team well," Baker said. "Like I said, I'm looking forward to playing with Matt Coleman, too."
Baker described Coleman as a pass-first point guard, and Coleman can likely be credited with an assist in this recruitment. During the preseason's Texas Tip-Off, Coleman walked around the floor of Gregory Gym with a sign that said "#BakeShow – We Want Will." He made sure the Bakers saw it before greeting all those visiting with Will.
Coleman wasn't the only current Longhorn who showed the Bakers appreciation. Effort from the entire staff helped Baker arrive at his burnt orange conclusion. "They not only said that they wanted me, they showed it," Baker said.
Baker's basketball future is extremely bright. He holds a composite five-star rating and is listed as the No. 20 player in the nation in the class of 2019.
His off the court future is bright, too. His self-produced commitment video, which showed him in a burnt orange No. 50 jersey in the Erwin Center, reflects his interest in filmmaking.
Baker said the basketball coaches were able to check all of their boxes on his official visit. On that visit, Texas' film school was able to do the same.
"Basketball coaches said that I'm a top priority, but also the film program," Baker said. "The dean, I met with him, and he expressed how much he wanted me to be a part of the program, which is really cool. They're obviously one of the top film programs in the nation."
All of these factors resonated with Baker. When it was time to decide, Texas had done everything right in order to win out in the end.
"They showed me how much they really wanted me, which was important to me," Baker said. "It cleared the path a little bit in my mind."
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Field Level Media | Posted: Nov. 30, 2021, 11:26 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 1, 2021, 1:40 a.m. | 2 Min Read
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James Johnson hit the tiebreaking free throws with 2.2 seconds remaining as the host Brooklyn Nets blew a 16-point lead, survived a wild fourth quarter and outlasted the New York Knicks for a 112-110 victory in front of a raucous crowd Tuesday night.
The game was tied at 110-110 after New York's Evan Fournier hit a 3-pointer over Bruce Brown with 17 seconds left. Brooklyn used its last timeout to advance the ball, and James Harden inbounded to Kevin Durant.
Durant held the ball for a few seconds, took about five dribbles and moved to his left near midcourt. After encountering a double-team, he passed to Johnson, who was fouled by Mitchell Robinson and then calmly sank the foul shots.
New York had one more chance, but Fournier's 44-foot 3-point try as time expired clanked off the front of the rim.
Johnson's free throws gave Brooklyn its fifth win in six games and capped a final quarter that featured 10 lead changes.
Harden scored 28 of his 34 points in the first half to lead all scorers and Durant scored 11 of his 27 in the fourth quarter. Durant hit two free throws to give Brooklyn a 109-107 lead 27.5 seconds before Fournier's 3-pointer.
Alec Burks led the Knicks with 25 points and Julius Randle added 24 for New York, which shot 48.4 percent. Derrick Rose contributed 16 points and Fournier contributed 13.
Harden scored 15 points as the Nets overcame an eight-point deficit and ended the first quarter with a 33-28 lead. Harden surpassed 20 points with two free throws to give Brooklyn a 43-36 lead with 8:48 left in the half and Brooklyn held a 45-36 lead on a layup by Johnson on its next possession.
The Knicks held a 61-60 lead at intermission after Harden canned a 3-pointer with 3.5 seconds left. Brooklyn scored the first 14 points of the third quarter and held an 84-68 lead on a jumper by Cam Thomas with 4:07 remaining before settling for an 88-84 lead going into the fourth.
The Knicks regained the lead when Immanuel Quickley's 28-foot 3-pointer made it 92-90 with 8:54 left. After three lead changes, the Knicks took a 98-95 lead on Obi Toppin's dunk with 6:29 left.
New York held a 105-103 lead on Burks' open 3-pointer with 2:40 remaining but Patty Mills hit a layup as the shot clock expired and Durant drained an 18-footer with 97 seconds left for a 107-105 lead.
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An EU Commissioner for Migration? The Devil is in the Details
Moving Up or Standing Still? Access to Middle-Skilled Work for Newly Arrived Migrants in the European Union
By Meghan Benton, Susan Fratzke and Madeleine Sumption
The EU's Strategic Guidelines on Migration: Uncontentious Consensus, But Missed Opportunity
Has EU Immigration and Asylum Policy Failed? Can It Ever Succeed?
Strengthening Refugee Protection and Meeting Challenges: The European Union's Next Steps on Asylum
By Madeline Garlick
A Work in Progress: Prospects for Upward Mobility Among New Immigrants in Germany
By Nadia Granato
Migration of Health Workers: The WHO Code of Practice and the Global Economic Crisis
Future EU Policy Development on Immigration and Asylum: Understanding the Challenge
The Changing Mosaic of Mediterranean Migrations
Martin Baldwin-Edwards of Panteion University examines new trends in the long-established phenomenon of migration within the Mediterranean basin.
Greece: A History of Migration
Greece, once known for outward migration, has become a receiver of migrants and a permanent immigrant destination according to Charalambos Kasimis and Chryssa Kassimi.
EU Enlargement and the Limits of Freedom
Joanne van Selm and Eleni Tsokalis of MPI look at the challenges ahead as 10 new states join the European Union.
EU Sees Sharp Drop in Asylum Applications
Countries in the European Union received fewer asylum applications in 2003, according to Veysel Oezcan of the Social Science Research Center Berlin.
Fewer Ethnic Germans Immigrating to Ancestral Homeland
The number of ethnic Germans born abroad who immigrated to their ancestral homeland in 2003 was much lower than the previous year, reports Veysel Oezcan of Humboldt University Berlin.
In the coming weeks, the President-Elect of the European Commission and leaders of the European Union will discuss the new institutional map of the European Union, including new portfolios for the incoming college of Commissioners. Despite the fact that immigration is a critical challenge for the European Union, it has become harder for EU institutions to forge a strong policy. Perhaps as a result of this disconnect, one of the key ideas on the table is to create a Commissioner for Migration.
The global economic crisis and changing migration patterns in Europe bring up questions about how well immigrants are able to find employment and progress into better jobs over time. This overview report caps a series of six country case studies evaluating the employment outcomes for foreign-born workers during their first decade in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The European Council's new strategic guidelines, which set the pathway for future policy development in the area of Justice and Home Affairs in the coming years, seem unfeasibly insulated from today's migration and asylum realities and challenges confronting the European Union. The draft represents a missed opportunity to lead EU heads of state forward on critical issues in this area, MPI Europe's Director writes in this commentary.
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This MPI Europe telebriefing, releasing the brief "Strengthening Refugee Protection and Meeting Challenges: The European Union's Next Steps on Asylum," examines Europe's current reality with respect to migration and asylum and assesses the possibilities for future development of EU immigration policy.
With the European Council meeting in late June 2014 to adopt strategic guidelines on asylum and migration policy, amid strains resulting from Syrian refugee migration and other flows, this MPI Europe policy brief identifies challenges and proposes a forward course. The brief recommends increased engagement by Member States in practical cooperation as a way to strengthen implementation and consolidation of existing EU laws and achieve more consistent asylum decision-making.
This report analyzes the labor market integration of newcomers to Germany, who tend to have different national origins and higher levels of education than earlier waves of migrants. These new immigrants have had varying levels of success in finding employment and transitioning into higher-skilled jobs.
This edited volume from the World Health Organization (WHO), which includes chapters written by MPI researchers, examines country-level responses to the international movement of health-care workers, both before and after adoption of the WHO's Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel.
This MPI Europe policy brief, published with the European Council poised to articulate a new set of long-term objectives and priorities for action on migration and asylum policy, details the immigration and other challenges that policymakers confront and sets out the reasons for increasingly sclerotic policy development.


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O Royal Rumble 2008 foi o 21º evento anual pay-per-view (PPV) de luta livre profissional Royal Rumble produzido pela World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Foi realizado para lutadores das divisões de marca Raw, SmackDown e ECW. O evento aconteceu em 27 de janeiro de 2008, no Madison Square Garden, em Nova York, Nova York. O evento também foi a primeira transmissão pay-per-view da WWE em alta definição. Como tem sido habitual desde 1993, o vencedor do Royal Rumble recebeu uma luta pelo campeonato mundial na WrestleMania daquele ano. Para o evento de 2008, o vencedor recebeu a opção de desafiar o Campeonato da WWE do Raw, o Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos-Pesados do SmackDown ou o Campeonato da ECW na WrestleMania XXIV.

Cinco lutas foram apresentadas no evento. O evento principal foi o Royal Rumble de 2008, que contou com lutadores das três marcas. John Cena do Raw, o trigésimo participante surpresa retornando de uma lesão no músculo peitoral, venceu a luta eliminando por último Triple H do Raw, o vigésimo nono participante. A luta principal no Raw foi Randy Orton contra Jeff Hardy pelo Campeonato da WWE, que Orton venceu para manter o título. A luta principal na marca SmackDown foi Edge contra Rey Mysterio pelo Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos-Pesados, que Edge venceu para manter o título. As lutas em destaque na eliminatória foram Montel Vontavious Porter contra Ric Flair em uma luta de risco de carreira e John "Bradshaw" Layfield contra Chris Jericho.

Produção
O Royal Rumble é um pay-per-view anual (PPV), produzido todo mês de janeiro pela World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) desde 1988. É um dos quatro pay-per-views originais da promoção, junto com WrestleMania, SummerSlam e Survivor Series, apelidado de "Big Four". É nomeado após o combate Royal Rumble, uma batalha real modificada na qual os participantes entram em intervalos cronometrados, em vez de todos começarem no ringue ao mesmo tempo. O evento de 2008 foi o 21º na cronologia do Royal Rumble e estava programado para ser realizado em 27 de janeiro de 2008, no Madison Square Garden, em Nova York, Nova York. Apresentava lutadores das marcas Raw, SmackDown e ECW. Foi também a primeira transmissão pay-per-view da WWE em alta definição.

A luta Royal Rumble geralmente apresenta 30 lutadores. Tradicionalmente, o vencedor da partida ganha uma luta pelo campeonato mundial na WrestleMania daquele ano. Para 2008, o vencedor poderia escolher desafiar o Campeonato da WWE do Raw, o Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos-Pesados do SmackDown ou o Campeonato da ECW na WrestleMania XXIV.

Histórias
O evento consistia em seis lutas, bem como uma luta no pré-show. As lutas resultaram de histórias roteirizadas, onde os lutadores retratavam heróis, vilões ou personagens menos distinguíveis para criar tensão e culminaram em uma luta ou série de lutas. Os resultados foram predeterminados pelos escritores da WWE nas marcas Raw, SmackDown e ECW, com histórias produzidas em seus programas de televisão semanais, Raw, SmackDown e ECW em Sci Fi.

Antes do combate Royal Rumble, várias partidas de qualificação ocorreram no Raw. A primeira partida de qualificação foi na edição de 31 de dezembro de 2007 do Raw, quando Umaga venceu Jim Duggan para ganhar um lugar no Rumble. Snitsky também derrotou Drew McIntyre em um show em White Plains, Nova York para também se qualificar para o Royal Rumble. Triple H foi desqualificado contra Ric Flair após interferência do gerente geral do Raw, William Regal; portanto, ele não tinha mais permissão para competir na partida Royal Rumble, por ordem de Regal. Depois que Triple H destruiu parte do TitanTron inferior no Raw de 14 de janeiro, no entanto, Vince McMahon anunciou que permitiria a Triple H uma segunda chance no Royal Rumble se ele pudesse derrotar seu oponente no Raw de 21 de janeiro. Triple H derrotou Snitsky, Mark Henry e Regal em uma luta para ganhar entrada.

Combates de qualificação para a luta Royal Rumble

 Umaga derrotou Jim Duggan – Raw, 29 de dezembro (exibido em 31 de dezembro)
 Snitsky derrotou Drew McIntyre – Raw house show, 4 de janeiro
 Hardcore Holly derrotou Trevor Murdoch – Raw house show, 5 de janeiro
 John Morrison eThe Miz derrotaram Jimmy Wang Yang e Shannon Moore – SmackDown/ECW house show, 6 de janeiro
 Hornswoggle e Mick Foley derrotaram The Highlanders (Robbie e Rory McAllister) – Raw, 7 de janeiro
 Jamie Noble derrotou Chuck Palumbo – SmackDown, 8 de janeiro exibido em 11 de janeiro)
 Cody Rhodes derrotou William Regal – Raw house show, 11 de janeiro
 Carlito e Santino Marella derrotaram DH Smith e Super Crazy em uma luta de duplas em um show house do Raw, 12 de janeiro
 Shawn Michaels derrotou Trevor Murdoch – Raw, 14 de janeiro
 Triple H derrotou Snitsky, Mark Henry, e William Regal em um Over the Top Rope Gauntlet match – Raw, 21 de janeiro
 CM Punk derrotou Chavo Guerrero – WWE supershow, 26 de janeiro

A principal rivalidade do Raw foi entre o Campeão Intercontinental Jeff Hardy e Randy Orton, com os dois brigando pelo Campeonato da WWE, que era de Orton. Orton manteve o título no Armageddon contra o retorno de Chris Jericho depois de ser desqualificado, quando o então o comentarista do SmackDown John "Bradshaw" Layfield interferiu e deu um chute na cabeça de Jericho. Orton manteve o campeonato, como resultado, devido aos títulos não mudarem de mãos nas desqualificações. Na mesma noite anterior, Jeff Hardy derrotou Triple H para ganhar a oportunidade de enfrentar Orton no Royal Rumble pelo Campeonato da WWE. Na noite seguinte, no Raw de 17 de dezembro de 2007, Hardy juntou-se a Shawn Michaels para derrotar Orton e Mr. Kennedy após Hardy fazer a contagem em Orton. Duas semanas depois, no último Raw de 2007, Hardy e Orton tiveram um confronto cara a cara. Orton parecia pronto para um RKO em Hardy, mas Hardy contra-atacou e deu um Twist of Fate em Orton. Mais tarde naquela noite, durante a luta de Hardy com Santino Marella, Orton apareceu no TitanTron e afirmou que havia chutado o irmão de Jeff, Matt, onde seu apêndice costumava estar, prosseguindo com um chute na cabeça. Na semana seguinte, em uma edição especial "Raw Roulette" do Raw, Hardy manteve seu Campeonato Intercontinental contra Umaga em uma luta em uma jaula de aço após realizar um Whisper in the Wind do topo da jaula. No Raw de 14 de janeiro de 2008, Hardy concordou em enfrentar Orton naquela noite com seu Campeonato Intercontinental em jogo. No entanto, assim que o sinal tocou, Orton imediatamente repreendeu Hardy, sendo desqualificado. Orton tentou dar um RKO em Hardy no chão de concreto do lado de fora, mas Hardy reverteu e os dois começaram a brigar na rampa. Quando Orton parecia pronto para chutar Hardy na cabeça, o Campeão Intercontinental respondeu e derrubou Orton no chão da arena abaixo. Hardy então subiu 30 pés acima no set do Raw, e aplicou um Swanton Bombed no lado do set em Orton abaixo. Na semana seguinte no Raw, Hardy e Orton estavam programados para "apertar as mãos", mas Hardy apertou as mãos de "pessoas que ele respeitava mais do que Orton", como Lilian Garcia, Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross e vários fãs na multidão antes re-entrando no ringue para enfrentar Orton. Um frustrado Orton ordenou que Hardy apertasse a mão dele, mas Hardy executou um Twist of Fate no Campeão da WWE.

A principal rivalidade do SmackDown foi entre Rey Mysterio e Edge com os dois brigando pelo Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos Pesados deste último. Mysterio ganhou um Beat the Clock Challenge na edição de 4 de janeiro de 2008 do SmackDown derrotando Edge em 90 segundos, e garantindo uma oportunidade para o Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos Pesados no Royal Rumble.

A rivalidade entre Chris Jericho e John "Bradshaw" Layfield começou na luta de Jericho pelo Campeonato da WWE contra Randy Orton no Armageddon. Durante a luta, Orton colocou Jericho na mesa de comentaristas do SmackDown e quando Jericho tentou se levantar, ele "empurrou" JBL para fora de seu caminho. Mais tarde na luta, Jericho prendeu Orton em um Walls of Jericho, quando JBL invadiu o ringue e chutou Jericho na cabeça, dando assim a vitória a Jericho por desqualificação e, portanto, Jericho não ganhou o Campeonato da WWE. Isso levou a uma discussão na noite seguinte no Raw, onde Jericho acabou afirmando a JBL, que apareceu via satélite no TitanTron, que ele não era mais um "deus do wrestling", mas uma "reflexão tardia do wrestling". Depois, JBL deu seu discurso de despedida como comentarista do SmackDown em 21 de dezembro de 2007 na transmissão do SmackDown e anunciou seu retorno como um lutador ativo no Raw. JBL fez seu retorno no Raw em 31 de dezembro, entrando em sua limusine pessoal com balões e confetes atirando do teto, e começou a se dirigir à multidão, Jericho rapidamente interrompeu sua promo e os dois brigaram até que os oficiais os separaram. Na semana seguinte, Jericho foi colocado em uma partida de handicap contra Snitsky e JBL, que terminou com JBL atingindo Jericho na cabeça com o sino, resultando em uma desqualificação. Ele então amarrou um fio de cabo em volta do pescoço de Jericho e arrastou Jericho, pelo fio, de perto do ringue até o set do Raw, onde o atacou um pouco mais. Jericho sofreu uma contusão na laringe, queimaduras no pescoço e teve dificuldade para falar por uma semana.

Evento

Antes do evento ir ao ar em pay-per-view, Shannon Moore e Jimmy Wang Yang derrotaram Deuce 'n Domino no pré-show. A primeira luta que foi ao ar foi uma luta sem título "Career Threatening" entre o Campeão dos Estados Unidos Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) e Ric Flair, na qual se Flair perdesse, ele teria que se aposentar do wrestling. No início da luta, Flair começou a trabalhar no braço esquerdo de MVP. Flair tentou obter o figure-four leglock em MVP, mas o MVP o transformou em um small package para uma contagem de dois. MVP executou um running big boot em Flair no canto e foi para a contagem, mas Flair conseguiu colocar o pé na corda quando o árbitro Charles Robinson contou até três. Após a contagem de três, o árbitro não chamou a campainha, pois havia notado a perna de Flair na corda inferior e recomeçou a partida. A partida terminou quando o MVP tentou um Playmaker, mas Flair rebateu com um figure-four leglock, para a qual o MVP acabou desistindo. Assim, Flair ganhou e manteve sua carreira viva.

A segunda luta foi entre John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) e Chris Jericho. A partida começou com Jericho prendendo Layfield no Walls of Jericho. JBL chegou às cordas, no entanto, e deslizou para fora do ringue com Jericho rapidamente o seguindo. JBL estrangulou Jericho com as cordas do ringue e depois o jogou. Jericho se recuperou e puxou JBL para fora do ringue. Quando eles entraram novamente, JBL jogou Jericho no poste do ringue, como resultado, Jericho foi aberto. JBL tentou tirar vantagem dessa situação, mas Jericho ainda lutou. A luta foi para fora do ringue, onde JBL começou a limpar a mesa de locutores da ECW. Jericho pegou uma cadeira de aço e bateu em JBL com ela. O árbitro imediatamente desqualificou Jericho, que ignorou o fato de ter perdido a luta e começou a estrangular JBL com alguns fios perto do ringue, no mesmo processo que JBL fez com Jericho no Raw.

A terceira luta foi pelo Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos Pesados com o campeão Edge enfrentando Rey Mysterio. Durante a luta, Vickie Guerrero se levantou de sua cadeira de rodas, tentando confortar Edge. Mysterio preparou Edge para o 619, e Vickie pulou no caminho, arriscando-se. Edge então se recuperou e atacou Mysterio no ar para o pinfall.

A quarta luta foi entre o Campeão Intercontinental Jeff Hardy e Randy Orton pelo Campeonato da WWE de Orton. No início da partida, Hardy executou um dropkick em Orton, que bateu de cabeça na barricada do lado de fora devido ao impacto. Sabendo que não poderia ganhar o Campeonato da WWE através de uma vitória por contagem, Hardy trouxe o nocauteado Orton para o ringue. Mais tarde, Orton aproveitou a luta, aplicando um body scissors em Hardy, seguido de um estrangulamento. Alguns dos outros destaques principais da partida foram Hardy realizando um Whisper in the Wind em Orton; e, mais tarde, executando um moonsault do top-rope para Orton fora do ringue. Quando Hardy trouxe Orton de volta ao ringue e tentou entregar um Twist of Fate, Orton de repente o reverteu em um RKO e derrotou Hardy para manter seu título da WWE.

Evento principal
O evento principal foi a luta Royal Rumble. As duas primeiros lutadores que começaram foram Shawn Michaels e The Undertaker (que foram os dois últimos lutadores no Royal Rumble do ano anterior), onde permaneceram na partida por pouco mais de 30 minutos. Santino Marella foi o terceiro participante, mas foi rapidamente eliminado por The Undertaker. The Great Khali ficou em quarto lugar, e ele e o Undertaker lutaram pelo controle no ringue, com o Undertaker surpreendentemente eliminando Khali facilmente, o que foi surpreendente considerando o desempenho dominante de Khali no Rumble de 2007, onde ele eliminou mais de um quinto dos lutadores. Durante a partida, Michaels eliminou Shelton Benjamin pela terceira luta real consecutiva. O nono participante, Hornswoggle foi o menor lutador a competir na luta rumble e eliminou outro superstar. Ele permaneceu escondido sob o ringue durante toda a partida. Ele, no entanto, ajudaria a eliminar The Miz, mas mais tarde, depois de tentar interferir novamente, Mark Henry e Big Daddy V agarraram Hornswoggle. Enquanto se preparavam para jogá-lo por cima da corda, Finlay entrou ilegalmente na luta, já que ele ainda não deveria entrar na luta, e acertou Henry e Big Daddy V com um shillelagh. Ele então saiu ao lado de Hornswoggle e mais tarde foi anunciado que Finlay foi desqualificado por usar o shillelagh, e Hornswoggle foi eliminado (deixando a partida com Finlay). A vigésima sexta entrada, Chavo Guerrero, foi o primeiro lutador campeão mundial a competir na luta Royal Rumble desde 1990, quando Hulk Hogan venceu a luta. Triple H, o vigésimo nono participante, dominou ao entrar na luta, eliminando Big Daddy V, Batista, Mick Foley e Kane. Esta foi a décima luta consecutiva de Kane no Royal Rumble, que é um recorde. A virada da luta Royal Rumble veio quando John Cena, que estava originalmente programado para ser afastado com um músculo peitoral rasgado até o final do ano, entrou na luta como o trigésimo participante fazendo seu "retorno triunfante". Ele acabou enfrentando Triple H, já que os dois últimos homens restantes na partida. Triple H tentaria Pedigree em Cena, mas Cena iria contra-atacar no AA que o viu jogar Triple H por cima da corda, vencendo assim a luta Royal Rumble e uma luta pelo Campeonato Mundial na WrestleMania XXIV. Ele estabeleceu um recorde para o menor tempo que o eventual vencedor passou na partida Rumble. Ele passou 8:28 no ringue, superando o recorde de Brock Lesnar de 8:59.

Após o evento
Na noite seguinte no Raw, John Cena disse que não queria esperar até a WrestleMania XXIV para enfrentar Randy Orton. Os dois concordaram em se enfrentar no No Way Out pelo Campeonato da WWE. Na luta, Cena venceu depois que Orton foi intencionalmente desqualificado. Como resultado, Orton manteve o título. No No Way Out, Triple H venceu a luta Elimination Chamber do Raw ao derrotar Jeff Hardy após um Pedigree em uma cadeira de aço, ganhando o direito de enfrentar Randy Orton pelo WWE Championship na WrestleMania XXIV. Na WrestleMania XXIV, Randy Orton manteve o Campeonato da WWE contra Triple H e John Cena em um combate triplo.

Rey Mysterio recebeu uma revanche contra Edge pelo Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos Pesados no No Way Out. Edge derrotou Mysterio, que havia sofrido uma lesão no bíceps antes da luta. The Undertaker também ganhou a Elimination Chamber do SmackDown ao derrotar Batista por último após um Tombstone Piledriver e ganhou o direito de enfrentar Edge na WrestleMania XXIV. The Undertaker ganhou o Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos Pesados de Edge na WrestleMania XXIV via submissão que Undertaker chama de Hell's Gate.

A história de aposentadoria de Ric Flair continuou quando Flair derrotou Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) naquela mesma semana no SmackDown em uma revanche, que ele venceu por desqualificação. Ele então enfrentou Mr. Kennedy no No Way Out, derrotando Kennedy para estender ainda mais sua carreira no wrestling. Na WrestleMania XXIV, Flair perdeu para Shawn Michaels, encerrando a carreira de Flair.

Durante o Draft de 2008, o Campeonato da WWE e o Campeonato Mundial dos Pesos Pesados trocaram de marca.

Resultados

Entradas e eliminações do Royal Rumble

^ Hornswoggle passou a maior parte da luta sob o ringue antes de ser forçado a entrar no ringue por Mark Henry, que então se uniu a Big Daddy V para atacá-lo. Finlay, que deveria ser o próximo participante programado, saiu cedo e atacou os dois com seu shillelagh e foi imediatamente desclassificado. Ele deixou o ringue com Hornswoggle, que saiu pelas cordas e nunca mais voltou.

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Home Cruises Majestic Mekong – Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap Emerald Harmony 2023-04-08
Majestic Mekong – Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap Emerald Harmony departing 8 Apr 2023
Emerald Harmony
Phu My (Ho Chi Minh Ciity) / Siem Reap
Phu My (Ho Chi Minh Ciity) - My Tho - My Tho - Sa Dec - Sa Dec See full itinerary
Location Phu My (Ho Chi Minh Ciity)
Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known by its previous name, Saigon, is the largest and most populous city in Vietnam. According to the 2019 census, Ho Chi Minh City has a population of over 8.9 million within the city proper and over 21 million within its metropolitan area.
Location My Tho
Mỹ Tho is a city in the Tiền Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. It has a population of approximately 169,000 in 2006 and 220,000 in 2012. It is the regional center of economics, education and technology.
Location Sa Dec
Sa Đéc is a Provincial city in Đồng Tháp Province in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. It is a river port and agricultural and industrial trading center. The Sa Đéc economic zone consists of Châu Thành, Lai Vung and Lấp Vò districts. As of January 2018, the city has a population of approximately 202,046.
Location My An Hung
Location Hong Ngu
Hồng Ngự is a provincial city in Đồng Tháp Province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It was separated from Hồng Ngự District in 2008. The town is subdivided into 5 wards: An Bình A, An Bình B, An Lạc, An Lộc and An Thạnh, and 2 communes: Tân Hội, Bình Thạnh.
Location An Long
Location Long Khanh
Location Vietnam/Cambodia border crossing
Location Phnom Penh (Sihanoukville)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia's busy capital, sits at the junction of the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers. It was a hub for both the Khmer Empire and French colonialists. On its walkable riverfront, lined with parks, restaurants and bars, are the ornate Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the National Museum, displaying artifacts from around the country. At the city's heart is the massive, art deco Central Market.
Location Prek'Kdam
The Prek Kdam Bridge is a 981-meter bridge that crosses the Tonle Sap River in the Kandal Province at Ponhea Lueu.
Location Siem Reap
Siem Reap, a resort town in northwestern Cambodia, is the gateway to the ruins of Angkor, the seat of the Khmer kingdom from the 9th–15th centuries. Angkor's vast complex of intricate stone buildings includes preserved Angkor Wat, the main temple, which is pictured on Cambodia's flag. Giant, mysterious faces are carved into the Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom.
08/04/2023 - Phu My (Ho Chi Minh Ciity)
08/04/2023 - My Tho
09/04/2023 - Sa Dec
10/04/2023 - My An Hung
10/04/2023 - Hong Ngu
11/04/2023 - An Long
11/04/2023 - Long Khanh
12/04/2023 - Vietnam/Cambodia border crossing
12/04/2023 - Phnom Penh (Sihanoukville)
14/04/2023 - Prek'Kdam
15/04/2023 - Siem Reap