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Winifred Mary Brancker  (1914–2010) was an English veterinary surgeon, best known as the first woman to become president of the British Veterinary Association since its foundation in 1881.

Biography
Mary Brancker was born in London in 1914, the youngest of three children of Henry Brancker and his wife Winifred Caroline Eaton.  Mary's brother, Flying Officer (Henry) Paul Brancker DFC and Bar, was killed in action in 1942. Their cousin was Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, KCB, AFC.

Veterinary Practice and the British Veterinary Association

After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in 1937 (having been one of the first women to attend), Brancker took on the position of assistant in a Lichfield veterinary practice run by Harry Steele-Bodger. When World War II broke out and bomb damage forced the evacuation of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) from its London headquarters, the BVA was run from then-president Steele-Bodger's practice. During this time, Brancker found herself becoming increasingly involved in the dealings of the BVA. Following Steele-Bodger's untimely death in 1952, Brancker took his place on the BVA council.

Harry Steele-Bodger's veterinary practice was based in Lichfield, Tamworth, and Sutton Coldfield. After his death, his sons Alasdair and Micky, both veterinary surgeons like their father, took over the Lichfield and Tamworth surgeries respectively, and Brancker began practising in her own right in Sutton Coldfield.

In 1967 Mary Brancker became the first (and until 2005, the only) woman to be elected President of the British Veterinary Association and was responsible for directing the practising arm of the veterinary profession during the foot-and-mouth outbreak of 1967/68, for which she was awarded the OBE in 1969. Brancker received many more awards during her long career: in 1977 she was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; in 1996 the University of Stirling, whose Department of Aquaculture she had been instrumental in helping to set up, awarded her the honorary degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv); and in the 2000 New Year Honours she was appointed CBE "for services to Animal Health and Welfare to Women in the Veterinary Profession". The BVA gave her its two highest awards: the Dalrymple–Champneys Cup in 1985 and the Chiron Award in 2005.

In 1972 Brancker published a book detailing her career and experiences, entitled All Creatures Great and Small: Veterinary Surgery as a Career (My Life & My Work). Coincidentally, the book was published on the same day as the James Herriot book of the same name.

After retiring from full-time practice in the 1980s, Brancker continued to pursue her interest in exotic animals – particularly primates – and helped to found the British Veterinary Zoological Society.  Spiders and beetles were an area of particular personal interest, which led to the establishment of the Veterinary Invertebrate Society.

In 1990 Brancker participated in the winding-up of the Society of Women Veterinarians, which she had helped to found in 1941. This was due to the fact that the organisation, formed to promote women vets' interests, was no longer necessary.  By this time the British veterinary profession was already well on its way to replacing the dominance of men with the numerical superiority of women.

In September 2005, the Royal Veterinary College opened Mary Brancker House – a student hall of residence – in Kentish Town, London.

Following her death in 2010, it was revealed that Brancker had left a share of her estate (estimated to be in the region of £40,000) to the Veterinary Benevolent Fund. Then-president of the VBF Lydia Brown described the gift as "typical of [Mary's] kindness and her appreciation of her career."

Twycross Zoo

One local pet shop in Sutton Coldfield whose animals Mary Brancker cared for, run by Molly Badham MBE and Nathalie Evans, later expanded and moved to become Twycross Zoo. Brancker was appointed zoo vet and added the treatment of exotic species, particularly primates and elephants, to her repertoire. She continued as the vet at Twycross until the 1980s, when she became a zoo volunteer.

In July 2007, Twycross Zoo dedicated a new exhibit to Brancker in recognition of her lifetime commitment to both Twycross and animal welfare. The Mary Brancker Waterways and Bornean Longhouse features a walk-through exhibit with waterfowl and Bornean birds and turtles, and educational material which explains how people live in traditional longhouses in Borneo. An enclosure for Scottish wildcats is also included. The official opening of the exhibit by Brian Blessed and the Malaysian High Commissioner, His Excellency Datuk Abd Aziz Mohammed, took place on 24 July 2007. An evaluation in 2008 showed that the exhibit had been a 'hit' with visitors.

To celebrate the centenary of her birth, the independent conservation and wildlife society TZA (Twycross Zoo Association; stylised tza) formally rededicated the Mary Brancker Waterways at the zoo on 17 August 2014. Mary Brancker was a former president of TZA and played an active part in many of the society's activities right up until the end of her life in 2010.

Publications
 All Creatures Great and Small: Veterinary Surgery as a Career (My Life & My Work), 27 October 1972, Educational Explorers. ()

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1914 births
2010 deaths
English veterinarians
British veterinarians
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Fellows of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
People from Sutton Coldfield
Alumni of the Royal Veterinary College


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SPHAIR - talents for the sky is a training platform of the Swiss Air Force that primarily serves as a pre-military selection for parascouts or professional pilots. The portal solution developed by mimacom for SHPAIR can be divided into two parts.
A public section containing the website with information on the training and career of jet/helicopter pilots and parascouts (https://www.sphair.ch).
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After 2K Australia provided plentiful work on the Borderlands and BioShock series in the past, 2K Games has officially confirmed that its Australian branch has officially been shut down and will be closing its doors.
Good news for fans eagerly anticipating the upcoming shooter Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. The game has today gone gold for all platforms.
A new trailer for upcoming shooter Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel has been released and it shows a fair amount of game-play.
Interview: Taking a Look at the Gravity-Defying Absurdity of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
It was said there wouldn't be a Borderlands 3, of course no one mentioned a Borderlands 1.5.


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Designer Christophe de Menil was born in France, and raised in Houston amidst the legendary collection of her parents, John and Dominique de Menil. § At a young age Miss de Menil became well known for wearing the work of renowned designers, including fashion icon Madame Gres. Since her teens, Miss de Menil has also been a steady friend and patron of contemporary artists, architects and designers, including Matisse, Le Corbusier, Barnett Newman, de Kooning, Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Mark di Suvero, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Luis Barragán, Tadao Ando, among many, many others. § Inspired by these outstanding people, Miss de Menil established herself as a notable costume designer, producing work for Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, and Robert Wilson. While collaborating with Wilson she also created jewelry with the extraordinary Claude Lalanne. § Miss de Menil's designs are a distillation of these remarkable collaborations and friendships, and her jewelry and clothing design hold the echoes of an immersion in the great theater costume departments of Europe: Kammerspiele in Munich; National Theater in Rotterdam; Chatelet in Paris; Opera House in Amsterdam, Teatro dell' Opera in Rome, Summer Festival in Gibellina of Sicily. [Megakles Rogakos 08/2006]


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Top 5 Tech Toys Of 2009 And 5 More On The Way
Impact Lab > Great New Product > Top 5 Tech Toys Of 2009 And 5 More On The Way
Great New Product, Internet, New Inventions, Science & Technology News
2008 was a good year for gadgets, and we're hoping that '09 will be just as impressive. We're only a month in so far, but Palm, Dell, Sony and even Amazon have all dropped hints about what the companies have in store. We've collected the five big announcements that have us drooling, as well as five more that we'd like to see happen before 2010.
Five exciting announcements for 2009…
1. Palm Pre
What we know: Palm's future offering is shaping up nicely. It's a multitouch smartphone with a sliding, QWERTY keyboard, gesture controls, 8 gigs of memory, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Palm's flashy new WebOS.
Why we want it: With RIM and Apple setting a stringent pace with the BlackBerry Storm and the iPhone 3G, respectively, Palm's had some catching up to do. It's good to see the company back in the game, and with such a great smartphone to boot.
Look for it: Right now, we expect the Pre to be married with Sprint sometime mid-'09 for around $200.
2. Dell Adamo
What we know: Next to nothing – Dell's not ready to reveal it's ultra-thin, 13-inch beauty just yet. Still, anticipation is high for it to be unveiled as a Macbook Air/netbook contender and, knowing Dell, hopefully cheaper. How will the company shake it up? Blu-ray? HD hook-ups? A high-capacity SSD?
Why we want it: The netbook war is really going to heat up this year, with the Asus Eee PC making them functional and cheap, and the Sony Vaio P making them look good. With the Adamo, we hope it does all of that.
Look for it: When we know more about the Adamo, you will, too.
What we know: However you feel about, Microsoft needs to move on from its oft-maligned Vista operating system, and so far it looks like Windows 7 will be the perfect way to do that.
Why we want it: It sure does looks like Mac OS X, but that's not a bad thing. It's about time Microsoft gave Windows more than just some gloss – with smart features like an improved, multi-tiered Start menu and easy-to-manage tabbed computing that'll have Apple taking notes for a change.
Look for it: You can already pick up the beta, but the full version should be out later this year – in six different flavors, no less.
4. 3D HDTV
What we know: We're still a little cynical about 3D television, especially after those horrid Super Bowl commercials. Hollywood is pushing more and more 3D cinema on us: My Bloody Valentine comes to mind, and James Cameron is going 3D with Avatar.
Why we want it: This one's a little tricky. If 3D HDTV is the way we'll all be watching television in five or ten years, we don't want it to have to fight against HDTV as a format the same way Blu-ray and HD DVD forced consumers into a mutually exclusive choice between one or the other. That's assuming that 3D broadcasts are as inevitable as high def ones were.
Look for it: The sooner the better. If 3D TVs are coming out, hopefully they'll be entering the high end market this year, with cheaper sets in the years to come.
5. Fully Featured Internet TV
What we know: Both set-top boxes and broadcasts are starting to work in some serious Internet functionality. You'll see everything from movies you downloaded (both from a service such as NetFlix or a torrent), to interacting with ads that take you right to the product at the click of a button on your remote.
Why we want it: Televisions tied to the Internet aren't brand-spanking new, but we're looking forward to some solid functionality tying everything together in 2009. Media hubs are nice, no doubt, but it's about time the good ol' TV learned to fend for itself again.
Look for it: All over the place – maybe even on the TV you've got already.
…And 5 awesome tech goodies we want:
1. Sony 27-inch OLED TV
What we know: We saw a distinct lack of OLED TV prototypes at CES 2009 (and more in '08, actually), but we're holding out hope that the nascent display technology will find a solid footing this year. Sony had the strongest showing, teasing CES crowds with exceptionally bright and clear OLED pictures.
Why we want it: From plasma to LCD and then LED, OLED televisions are the next stepping stone for high-def displays. The clarity their screens can offer is unrivaled, though they've been plagued by tiny screen sizes so far. OLED TVs won't really take off until they come in sizes rivaling 40- and 50-inch LCD and plasma displays, and Sony's impressive 27-inch is another step toward them.
2. Amazon Kindle 2
What we know: The jury's still out on Amazon's second-generation Kindle, which will probably be unveiled by the company next week. We're not expecting any fireworks here – better software and an easier-to-use design is what we're most likely to see – but who knows? Maybe Amazon will have something totally amazing up its sleeve.
Why we want it: Really, we'd settle for thinner, more attractive e-readers in general, since we probably won't see color or flexible versions anytime soon. A better infrastructure backing e-readers wouldn't hurt, either; take the marketplaces away from Amazon and Sony and offer us something exterior, with support for serialized publications such as magazines and newspapers (the first of which would suffer without color), and all the books our hearts desire. As an avid reader, I'd just like to see the publishing world move away from paper, regardless.
3. Third-Generation iPhone
What we know: Apple released a new iPhone last year, almost exactly one year after the landmark gadget's launch. If the company wants to stay competitive in the fast-moving cellphone market, there's a decent chance we'll see something new this year as well. Whispers 'round the Net aren't talking about new features per se, but a serious overhaul of the iPhone we know and love.
Why we want it: The iPhone has grown a lot, most notably by the introduction of the App Store. The next iteration of the phone is rumored to have faster processing and stronger support for graphics, which which certainly allow app makers to further advance the unit's uses. And, hey, how about some copy and paste already?
4. Better Android Phones
What we know: Android-enabled phones didn't land with the same bang the iPhone did, but with growing open-source developer support and innovative new handsets, the platform should continue to emerge as a viable competitor. Apple showed computer companies could enter the phone world in a serious way, and Android is attracting the attention of companies like Dell on top of the numerous electronic giants already cranking out headsets.
Why we want it: With the Pre on the way and a new iPhone possibly in the works, we want to see an Android handset that would really make us drool. Google has already proved it can do almost everything and do it well – usually for free for all of us – and, while Apple's mobile OS is tied to just the iPhone and AT&T, Android is on a bunch of different sets on a bevy of different networks, and we like to have a choice.
5. WiMax
What we know: WiMax, GSM and LTE technology are all gaining serious backers in the U.S. – companies such as Intel and carriers such as Sprint, Verizon and AT&T. 2009 seems ripe for a steady growth in 4G infrastructure, with increasing benefits in the years to come.
Why we want it: Upwards of 100-megabit-per-second downloads with room for plenty more – what's not to love? If we're going to live in a world full of streaming media, we need to right technology to keep it going.
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We've put so many batteries (average is 4 a day) through the 5" Flynoceros sköll that today we were getting power cutouts. I found that the XT60 male plug points on the quad had crunched down to the point they were a lose connection to the batteries female.
just saying its something to check.
when we plugged in.. some times the X9D would repeat the "telemetry recovered", "telemetry lost" a couple times... that started yesterday... got worse today and we stopped flying it and went to the cerberus V2 for the last few batteries.
Just another thing to check during "after session" checkups while conditioning batteries and such.
Ha JJ, that is such a great tip for all of us. Great pick up mate. We never stop learning do we?
Much better than having to replace xt60 or in my case xt30 as all I fly now is 3" and love them.
Was just about to buy the mobula 7HD until Randy's issues. Just watch a bit longer before I buy and see if it happens to others.
I need a HD whoop.
I was scratching my head!
My volt meter wasn't showing any issues but during testing I realized how easily the battery plugged in compared to the Cerberus (which has a fairly new plug). BINGO "light bulb over the head" moment.


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REVIEW: 47 RONIN
Keanu Reeves (The Matrix)
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Ko Shibasaki (Shaolin Girl)
Min Tanaka (Gaiji Keisatsu)
Gedde Watanabe (Gremlins 2)
Clyde Kusatsu (Paradise Road)
Togo Igawa (Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist)
In late medieval Japan, Kai is a half-Japanese, half-English outcast who lives in the Akō Domain, which is ruled by the benevolent Lord Asano Naganori. When Kai was young, Asano adopted him as a foundling. Asano's daughter Mika and Kai eventually fall in love, despite Kai being scorned by her father's samurai due to his mixed ancestry. Before a planned visit from Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Asano is visited by the Shogun's master of ceremonies, Lord Kira, who wants to take Akō for himself. Kira enlists the help of a shapeshifting Kitsune named Witch who sends a Kirin to kill Asano in the forest of Ako. Asano's samurai struggle in their battle with the monster so Kai joins in riding an abandoned horse. As the monster charges him, Kai recovers a lost sword that he uses to slay it. Shortly thereafter he spots the Witch disguised in her white fox form with different coloured eyes. Later during the Shogun's visit, Kai sees that one of the Shogun's concubines has the same multi-colored eyes. He tries to warn Asano's principal counselor and samurai, Oishi, that she is the Witch. Later, Kira arranges a duel for the entertainment of the Shogun: Kira's best warrior, the giant Golem Samurai, will battle a warrior of Asano's choosing. However, before the duel begins, the Witch uses her magic to incapacitate Asano's combatant. Kai secretly dons his armor and fights in his stead, but his disguise is revealed and the Shogun orders him severely beaten as punishment. Later that night, Witch uses her magic to make Asano believe that Kira is raping Mika, causing him to attack an unarmed Kira in his delirium. Asano is sentenced to death for attacking a Shogunate official, though the Shogun allows him to die with honor through seppuku. The Shogun then gives Kira both the Akō domain and Mika, although he grants Mika one year to mourn the death of her father before marrying Kira. The Shogun also brands Oishi and his men ronin and forbids them from seeking vengeance for Asano's death. To ensure that the ronin do not interfere with his takeover plans, Kira imprisons Oishi in an outdoor pit to break his spirit. Nearly a year later, Oishi is released by Kira's men. He now knows that Kira is guilty of treachery for using Witch's sorcery to cause Asano's downfall. Oishi reunites with his family and asks his son Chikara to aid him in reuniting the scattered ronin. They learn that Kai has been sold into slavery and Oishi rescues him from the fighting pits of the Dutch colony of Dejima. Kai leads them to the Tengu Forest, a mystical place he escaped from as a child, so that they can find swords for themselves. Kai instructs Oishi to never draw his sword while in the Tengu temple and continues alone to another room to face the Tengu Master, who once trained Kai in their fighting ways. While Kai confronts the Tengu Master in a battle of wills, Oishi watches an illusion of his men being slaughtered by the Tengu, during which he fights the urge to draw his own sword. With Kai and Oishi both successful in their Tengu challenges, the ronin are given Tengu swords. Armed with their new weapons, the ronin plan to attack Kira on his pilgrimage to a shrine where he seeks blessings for his wedding to Mika. However, Kira's procession is a trap and the ronin are ambushed by Kira's forces, led by Witch and her companion Samurai. Several of the ronin are killed, and Witch, thinking they are all dead, takes Oishi's sword and presents it to Kira as a trophy. Witch later taunts Mika with their deaths and attempts to manipulate her into committing suicide from despair. Oishi and Kai (having actually survived the attack) rally the surviving ronin. Oishi, Kai, and half of the ronin infiltrate Kira's castle by disguising themselves as a band of traveling wedding performers loyal to the memory of Lord Asano. With Kira's men distracted during the performance, the remaining ronin scale the castle walls, and the reunited groups start to battle with Kira's men. While Oishi fights Kira, Kai and Mika are attacked by the Witch, who shape-shifts into a dragon. Kai uses his sword and draws on the mystical powers of the Tengu to finally kill her. After gutting him, Oishi emerges with Kira's severed head and Kira's men surrender. After winning the battle, the ronin (including Kai) surrender themselves to Shogunate authority and are sentenced to death as they explicitly violated the Shogun's prohibition on avenging Asano. However, the Shogun finds that they followed the principles of Bushido in their actions and, therefore, restores their honor as samurai. Thus, instead of execution, the ronin are allowed to perform seppuku. They are also given the honor of burial with their master, Lord Asano. The Shogun gives Akō back to Mika, and at the seppuku ceremony, he pardons Oishi's son Chikara so that he may serve Akō and preserve Oishi's bloodline for the country. A closing caption informs the audience of the tradition of paying respect at the graves of the 47 Ronin which continues every year on December 14. 47 Ronins an entertaining fantasy based on the classic Japanese story. Despite the Western behaviors and feelings of the ronin and Mika, the movie is not bad as indicated in many reviews. Actually I have had a nice surprise.
REVIEW: NEW GIRL – SEASON 1
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Rebecca Reid (I Live With Models)
Thomas Lennon (17 Again)
Your desire to watch New Girl is probably predicated by Zooey Deschanel, her cutesy fringe and massive possum eyes but rest assured there is a lot more to this show than that. If you aren't already a Zooey fan please don't let the somewhat annoying portmanteau "Adorkable" put you off seeing this great show.In my opinion the first few episodes of the show's run are a little weak, but as season 1 continues this show goes from strength to strength as the writers seem to be figuring out what works and getting rid of what doesn't. If you have seen the first few episodes on TV and are not sure if this show is for you I would definitely recommend sticking with it as the characters become less cartoonish and more fleshed out. While there are lots of comedies about people in their 20s and early 30s struggling with quarter-life crises, this show find a fresh approach to these issues that both men and women of this age in particular should enjoy. There is lots of cringe-inducing humour and the show benefits from a great deal of physical humour and sight-gags as well as nerdy rapid-fire verbal comedy (which is my favourite!). I would definitely recommend getting this show on DVD, as it is incredibly rewatchable. Not only will you quickly come to really enjoy `hanging-out' with these characters but sometimes the jokes and quips come so quickly you will definitely pick up on jokes you missed during the first watch. The actors are all excellent and are perfectly cast in their different roles bringing a real warmth to the relationships between the main characters. Zooey is excellent as Jess and is a really refreshing comic lead. It is great to see a quirky, laid-back female character as so often actresses in sit-coms are relegated to being the nagging girlfriend/wife or to just commenting on the funny situations the male characters get themselves in to. Not only is Jess a witty character but also her lack of tact and weirdness are frequently sources of humour, as are the gaffs of her three roommates. Schmit is the break out character of the show for me. While in the first episode he comes across as an arrogant, shallow meat-head he quickly becomes more nuanced and sensitive and in my opinion is far and away one of the funniest characters on TV.
REVIEW: BATMAN BEYOND- SEASON 3
Will Friedle (Batman Ninja)
Cree Summer (Bambi II)
George Lazenby (Gettysburg)
Sarah Douglas (Superman I & II)
Parker Stevenson (Baywatch)
Gabrielle Carteris (The Event)
Angie Harmon (Agent Cody Banks)
Nicholas Guest (Trading Places)
Miguel Sandoval (Medium)
Ryan O'Donohue (Toy Story)
Victor Raider-Wexler (Dr. Dolittle 2)
Azura Skye (28 Days)
Shannon Kenny (The Invisible Man)
Peter Mark Richman (Friday The 13th 8)
Stephen Baldwin (Bio-Dome)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Gary Anthony Sturgis (Demise)
Olivia Hussey (Black Christmas)
David Warner (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II)
Malachi Throne (Catch Me If You Can)
Christopher McDonald (Stargate Universe)
Wayne Brady (How I Met Your Mother)
Jodi Benson (Enchanted)
Alexis Denisof (Dollhouse)
Takayo Fischer (War of The Worlds)
Henry Rollins (Wrong Turn 2)
Kurtwood Smith (That 70s Show)
Julie Nathanson (Dallas & Robo)
Keone Young (Crank)
Kerrigan Mahan (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)
Seth Green (Family Guy)
Keith Szarabajka (The Dark Knight)
Sean Marquette (Van Wilder)
Victor Rivers (Hulk)
The episodes in this final release aren't as dark as some of the great shows in the first box, but they're still very exciting. The villains don't have that tragic quality which translated so well from the regular Batman universe, but this lack of atmosphere is made up for with a great sense of adventure and fun. "The Call", for example, is a fantastic two-parter that sees Batman team-up with a future Justice League – it's probably too much to assume that this "Justice League Unlimited" was a conscious forbearer to the actual series, but it's certainly a great cartoon-geek moment. In the episode, Terry McGuiness uproots a villain who conspires to take over the JLU in a suspenseful story that has a great connection to the original comic book origin of the League. But the champion episode of the box – and perhaps the series – is "Out of The Past" (would it surprise you to learn that it's penned by Paul Dini?). Not only does the episode bring back two excellent characters from Bruce Wayne's past, Ra's Al Ghul and Talia, and not only does it do it in a way that resonates with both Batman and Bruce, but it's got, hands down, one of the best tongue-in-cheek moments in the entire DC Animated Universe. It is the stories, and their execution, where the true appeal of these episodes lies. Sure there's a great setting and a great character, but each of these mini sci-fi/fantasy stories is a very fun and exciting peak into a great imaginary world. Sure, one that happens to borrow a lot from the Batman mythology, but it's the show's imaginative qualities that make it a unique world that translates perfectly to the cartoon form. While the traditional episode structure does tend to bore, it also does its job. Furthermore, the imaginative fight scenes – whether they be with a villain who is physically untouchable, or a fight in a giant wind tunnel – will keep your attention long after more kinetic, but ultimately rote new series have lost their appeal. A major sticking point to this set is the lack of a satisfactory conclusion. The series was rather abruptly put to a stop after its checkpoint 52-episode run in 2001. It wasn't until Justice League Unlimited's Season Four finale, "Epilogue", that Batman Beyond was given a proper send-off. But what a send-off it was! After you finish this set it is highly recommended that you seek out the aforementioned episode. While this box's closer, "Unmasked", is a nice story, it's not the series finale that, ironically – yet thankfully – another series would provide. Batman Beyond was born out of a WB executive's desire to cash in on a popular and recognizable franchise. Because of the fantastic people behind the show, what might have been a hollow concept was turned into something fresh, imaginative, and very worthwhile.
Ice-T (Tank Girl)
Stockard Channing (Grease)
Paul Winfield (The Terminator)
Teri Garr (After Hours)
Lindsay Sloane (Sabrina: TTW)
Dan Lauria (The Spirit)
Stephen Collins (Star Trek: TMP)
Wendie Malick (American Housewife)
Ethan Embry (Empire Records)
Stacy Keach (THe Bourne Legacy)
Townsend Coleman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Rider Strong (Cabin Fever)
Daphne Zuniga (Spaceballs)
Miguel Sandoval (Mediam)
Jon Cypher (Masters of The Universe)
Henry Rollins (Feast)
Melissa Disney (Superman vs The Elite)
Chris Mulkey (Cloverfield)
Jeff Bennett (Enchanted)
Shiri Appleby (Roswell)
Tim Curry (IT)
Rachael Leigh Cook (Antitrust)
Vernee Watson (The Kid)
Kathleen Freeman (Innerspace)
Andy Dick (Road Trip)
Gary Cole (Fam)
Kerrigan Mahan (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Chris Demetral (Lois & Clark)
Bill Fagerbakke (How I MEt Your Mother)
Curtis Armstrong (American Dad)
Eli Marienthal (American Pie)
Bill Smitrovich (Ted)
Batman Beyond—Season Two would be ambitious and further expand the adventures of Terry McGinnis, the new Dark Knight of the Gotham City's future, but it would also be quite different from the first season in several ways. For one thing, the creators had killed off Terry arch nemesis Derek Powers (a.k.a. Blight) at the end of season and despite having a cliffhanger ending, the character never returned for season two, or season three for that matter. In fact, the fundamental change between the two seasons was that the network requested more episodes be written around Terry and the kids he interacted with in his high school, instead of focusing on a corporate espionage subplot like in the previous season. The producers did not argue with this as it was more or less the direction they were interested in going too. The network also wanted the show to introduce a stronger female character that could assist Terry in his mission as Batman. That not led to the creation of new supporting character Maxine "Max" Gibson, a beautiful and intelligent girl at Terry's high school who would discover his secret in her first episode and would become one of his allies for the rest of the series. She was always intended to be her own character and not a placeholder for Robin, Batgirl, Alfred or anyone from the classic Batman supporting cast. Most of Terry's teenage peers like Dana Tan, Chelsea Cunningham, Blade Summer and Nelson Nash came back in this season and is some cases got slightly more prominent roles. But there was also at least one more friend of Terry's introduced named Howard Groote, a nerdy comic relief who design was, amusingly, inspired by producer/writer Paul Dini. As for villains this season, many characters like the Jokerz gang, Ten of the Royal Flush Gang, Spellbinder, Willie Watt, Shriek and Curare return for further episodes. But there were also several new villains introduced, though unfortunately many of them were only one-time threats and did not become members of terry's recurring rogues gallery. The three major recurring villains introduced this season were the Stalker, a cybernetically-enhanced big-game hunter who sees Batman as his ultimate prey, the insanely liberal bomber Mad Stan, and the terrorist snake cult known as Kobra). Memorable one-shot villains include gene splicer Dr. Able Cuvier, the A.I. 'ghost' of a former corporate mogul who takes control of the Batsuit, a rat boy named Patrick that kidnaps Dana, the father of one of Terry's friends who becomes a supervillain named Armory, a burly woman named Mom Mayhem and her two sons, a snobby gossip reporter using invisibility technology, and a vigilante named Payback who takes his revenge against tormentors of troubled teenagers too far. Overall, Batman Beyond—Season Two is twice and big as the first season, and just as strong.
REVIEW: BATMAN BEYOND – SEASON 1
Michael Gross (Tremors)
Sherman Howard (Sueprboy)
George Takei (Star Trek)
Shannon Kenny (7th Heaven)
Mari Devon (Digimon)
Pauley Perrette (NCIS)
Linda Hamilton (The Terminator)
Michael Ansara (The Message)
Robert Davi (The Goonies)
Kevin Dunn (Transformers)
Amanda Donohoe (Liar Liar)
Peter Jason (They Live)
Ian Ziering (Sharknado)
Kimmy Robertson (Speed 2)
Barry Dennen (The Dark Crystal)
Victor Raider-Wexler (Minority Report)
Cary Elwes (Saw)
Fifty years after Batman: The Animated Series came to a close, Gotham City is without a protector. Failing health and a chilling act of desperation prompted Bruce Wayne to give up Batman's cape and cowl, and the corporation that had stayed in his family for generations has been wrest from him by a corporate raider named Derek Powers. Never married and abandoned by his sidekicks, the elderly, embittered Wayne lurks inside a sprawling mansion that seems more like a mausoleum than the stately manor of old. Derek Powers is using the remnants of WayneCorp to illegally manufacture an endlessly destructive but extremely profitable nerve gas, a secret that Wayne/Powers employee Warren McGinnis stumbles upon and pays for with his life. His troubled son Terry blames himself for the murder, but a chance encounter with Bruce Wayne results in the theft of a Batman suit brimming with cutting-edge technology and the revelation of the man truly responsible for his father's death. By the time the two-part episode "Rebirth" is over, Bruce Wayne has agreed to guide Terry as the new Batman, and an irradiated Derek Powers is a walking fusion reactor.batman-beyondBatman: The Animated Series, Superman, and Justice League all drew heavily from the established mythos, but Batman Beyond is a largely original creation. Sure, there are quite a few nods to the original series — it's still set in Gotham City, Barbara Gordon has taken the mantle of police commissioner, and there are winks to fans like the Grey Ghost costume in the Batcave. Terry McGinnis is a very different lead character than Bruce Wayne was in Batman: The Animated Series. In the previous series, it seemed more as if Batman was who this man really was and Bruce Wayne was just an occasionally convenient mask for him to wear. Terry is seen out of costume much more frequently than Bruce ever was and feels like more of a fleshed-out character. He has friends, he has family, and he has a life outside of the pointy-eared hood. Gotham City is still teeming with bad guys, but even though Batman has been transplanted to the future, he's not squaring off against Joker II or The Riddler Redux. The rogue's gallery of this futuristic Batman doesn't lift much from the previous animated series or even from the comics. The only familiar faces are Mr. Freeze, The Royal Flush Gang, and, briefly and unrecognizably, Bane. The other villains are original creations with some striking character designs, such as the amorphous corporate saboteur Inque, sound-engineer-with-a-power-suit Shriek, and the hypnotic Spellbound. This season also doesn't rehash the same villains over and over again, with Inque being the only baddie other than Derek Powers' Blight to strike more than once. Several of the supervillains aren't costumed-threats-of-the-week, but ordinary people in extraordinary situations: Willie Watt in "Golem" is a nerdy high schooler who seizes control of a two-story-tall construction robot to exact revenge on the bullies who torment him, and "The Winning Edge" is about high school athletes using steroids yet deftly avoids playing like 'a very special episode of Batman Beyond'. One thing Batman's adversaries, costumed and plainclothes alike, have in common is their origins. Nearly all of the villains in Batman Beyond are born of tragedy or greed, and that gives these episodes more of a resonance than something like The Joker pumping Gotham City with laughing gas for no reason in particular. Another stand-out is "Shriek", pitting Batman against an enemy whose technology enables him to manipulate sound. One of the most inventive sequences in the entire run of the series is set in a car factory where Batman starts setting off every piece of equipment in arm's reach as a distraction. Shriek uses his technology to block out the noise and isolate Batman's movements, resulting in an almost entirely silent battle with no dialogue, few sound effects, and a sparse, subtle score. This first season of Batman Beyond is remarkably consistent, offering perhaps the strongest debut of any DC animated series to date.
Kurtwood Smith (Robocop)
Kristin Bauer van Straten (50 First Dates)
Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2)
Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
John Rhys-Davies (Lord of The Rings)
Eric Roberts (The Finder)
William Smith (Laredo)
David Ogden Stiers (Two Guys and a Girls)
Cathy Cavadini (THe Powerpuff Girls)
Bill Duke (Black Lightning)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
David Naughton (The Gathering)
Stephen Root (Barry)
Udo Kier (Iron Sky)
Jeffrey Jones (Howard The Duck)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Moesha)
Grant Heslov (THe Scorpion King)
Pam Grier (Jackie Brown)
William Morgan Sheppard (Transformers)
Dave Thomas (Coneheads)
Cam Clarke (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Earl Boen (The Terminator)
Richard Moll (Scary Movie 2)
Michael Bell (Transformers: The Movie)
Tom Sizemore (Red Planet)
They're the rockstars of the DC universe and they're a heck of a lot of fun to be around. Giant robot rampaging through the city and Superman alone can't stop it? Insidious villain plotting to invade the world with an army of zombies and the task is too much for Wonder Woman? Puzzling crime-spree that Batman can't – er, wait. Strike that last one. Given enough time, Batman can do just about anything. Even so, when the world is in dire need of saving, it's a job for the Justice League. This series is the culmination of nearly ten years of animation continuity headed up by animation producer Bruce Timm and friends. It's very rare for a consistent creative team to play around in what is essentially the same sandbox for so long. From the writers to the directors to the voice actors – Kevin Conroy has been voicing Batman for over ten years now – Justice League is the spiritual conclusion to the DC animated universe that Batman: The Animated Series helped kick off way back in 1992. The creative team has taken everything they've learned in their previous shows (Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond) and brought it to the next level. Justice League features seven main heroes and a host of villains. If that wasn't enough, in its later seasons the series would expand its roster to include virtually the entire DC comic book universe. Obviously, since the show features the world's greatest superheroes, you've got to come up with some pretty challenging foes for them to face. At the same time you've got to ensure that the characters maintain unique personas and don't step over each other's ground. This is not an easy task, especially when confined to the constraints of a kids' show. The greatest weakness of the first season is the show's inability to keep its characters distinct and interesting at the same time. Sure, it's easy making Batman cool – and it never gets old – but its somewhat more difficult peeling the other characters apart. For example, Superman and Hawkgirl seem to be identical characters in terms of functionality. They both fly, are very strong, and can tear things apart. The only difference is that Hawkgirl uses a mace. The best way to keep characters with overlapping powers interesting is to develop them as individuals. Sadly, the show's first season seems more interested in flashy action than character development. Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and J'onn J'onzz get some great moments, but The Flash, Superman, and Hawkgirl are left out in the cold. My personal pet peeve this season is that Superman gets dumbed down to the point of uselessness. Bruce Timm admits in the extras that they thought having Superman get beaten up so often would make their villains look even scarier. After all, if something can take down Superman it's got to be tough. However, after a while Superman gets beat up so often that the "Super" is sapped out of him. If you see anything electrical it's a guarantee that it will shock ol' Supes and put him out of action. If you're willing to forgive a few missteps (I certainly was) then you've got a real treat in store for yourself. In a wise move by the show's producers, the first season (along with the second) is divided into a series of two-part episodes. This gives the show forty-four minute episodes in which to tell more complicated stories than would be possible in the standard twenty-two minutes. The result is a four disc set packed with high-flying superhero fun. From Injustice For All, where our heroes battle an evil society headed-up by a terminally diagnosed Lex Luthor, to The Enemy Below, where the League team up with Aquaman, this entire boxed set is full of great action and enjoyable comic book storytelling. If you're willing to forgive some unbalanced character development then you'll have a great time with this first season. Justice League is a very entertaining show that any fan of superhero animation should not be without. These guys were the world's first superhero team and they set the template for everyone that came after. They were the best then, and thanks to this show, they're the still the best today.
REVIEW: SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES – VOLUME 3
Tim Daly (Madam Secretary)
Dana Delany (Desperate Housewives)
David Kaufman (Stargate SG.1)
Sharon Lawrence (The Ranch)
Miguel Ferrer (Robocop)
Renée Taylor (The Nanny)
Brad Garrett (Christopher Robin)
Steve Sandor (The Yellow Rose)
Joseph Bologna (Big Daddy)
Bruce Weitz (Half Past Dead)
Victor Brandt (The Batman)
Sherman Howard (Superboy)
Carolyn Seymour (Congo)
Diane Delano (Jeepers Creepers 2)
Andrea Martin (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Diane Michelle (Robotech: The Movie)
William H. Macy (Fargo)
Peter Gallagher (The Gifted)
Mathew Valencia (The New Batman Advntures)
Roddy McDowall (Planet of The Apes)
John Glover (Smallville)
Paul Williams (Smokey and The Bandit)
Henry Silva (Above The Law)
Bob Hastings (The Poseidon Adventure)
Charity James (Space Jam)
Jason Priestley (Tru Calling)
Chad Lowe (Unfaithful)
Melissa Joan Hart (No GOod Nick)
Joely Fisher (The Mask)
Bud Cort (Harold and Maude)
Townsend Coleman (The Tick)
Gilbert Gottfried (Critters: A New Binge)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Carl Lumbly (Supergirl)
Sarah Douglas (Superman 1 & 2)
Michael P. Greco (Bleach)
George Dzundza (Crimson Tide)
Peter Mark Richman (Defenders of The Earth)
Malcolm McDowell (Star Trek: Generations)
David Warner (Tron)
Michael Horse (Roswell)
Superman is everywhere. He's also been everywhere; for nearly seventy years now the character has been inspiring us with his tales of heroism, adventure, and fantasy. Seventy years is a long time and with a character as popular as Superman it equates to a lot of different interpretations. From the original comic books to a radio series to a handful of television shows, it seems that the Last Son of Krypton has done it all. We are very lucky then to have these DVDs, because in all of that time, throughout all the years, the stories found in Superman: The Animated Series are his best. The fifty-four cartoon episodes (spread across three boxed sets) that make up the complete run of Superman: The Animated Series aren't just the best take on the character because they're faithful. Nor is it because they're animated, for all ages, or very imaginative. It's for all of these reasons. And several more. The creative team behind the series has plundered the rich mythology of the character and come up with a fantastic take on each and every piece of the Superman universe. For starters, their Clark Kent and Lois Lane interpretation is spot-on. Clark isn't too much of a goof, nor is he too simple. Similarly, Lois is fiery, funny, and lovely. Seeing the characters come together at the end of Legacy, Part 2 makes for a great cathartic moment. Superman has saved Lois a countless number of times, it is only fitting then that Lois save him when he needs it. The main arc of this season borrows from the comic book universe and brings Darkseid and his homeworld to the forefront. Hinted at earlier in the show, it's in this third volume that the Lord of Apokolips finally gets his payoff – and his payback. In a trio of two-parters, Apokolips… Now!, Little Girl Lost, and Legacy, Superman fights one of his most ruthless foes in a series of episodes that offer some excellent action, drama, and science fiction fun. While these episodes are very faithful to the mythos, we've also got a great selection of original stories that go to prove that with a character like Superman, there is no limit to the stories that you can tell. One of my favorites is Knight Time. When Batman goes missing, Superman pays a visit to Gotham City and tries to find out where his friend has gone. Supes inadvertently ends up masquerading as Batman – dressing up in the Dark Knight's costume and everything! – and teams up with Robin to solve the mystery of the missing Bruce Wayne. Not only is the episode entertaining, but it's also got a great sense of humor. Seeing Superman do his best impersonation of Batman is wonderful – Clark doesn't know which utility pockets contain what, and his attempts at being grim (nodding his head instead of speaking) are great. Watching these shows you get the feeling that it was during this final stretch of episodes that the show's producers were finding new ways of playing with the formula that they had designed, and perfected, with both Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series. Not only do these Superman episodes have a lot of two-parters, but we've also got some great guest-stars; it seems that this show is the precursor to Justice League. We've got heroes, Kyle Rayner from In Brightest Day, and villains, Ra's Al Ghul in The Demon Reborn, and everyone in between – everyone's favorite master of the sea, Aquaman in Fish Story. We also get an expansion of the Superman supporting cast when Supergirl makes a welcome appearance in the Little Girl Lost two-parter. The animation is somewhat more limited when compared to the fancy digital effects that more modern shows exhibit, but the handcrafted style gives the show a wonderful atmosphere. If you pay close attention you'll notice that a lot of effort has gone into the design of the animation – much more so than most animated series. The framing here is frequently packed. Helping flesh out the world are all of the voice actors; everyone from Tim Daly (as Superman/Clark) to Clancy Brown (as Lex Luthor) is perfect in his or her role. The only thing holding the show back, and this is a small point, is the fact that the stories, due to their child-friendly animated nature, are a little more limited than the best television shows tend to be. Even so, you'll be hard pressed to find a better adventure series – animated or live action. In one of the episodes found in this collection, Superman pays his final respects to a recently departed friend. In the graveyard, Superman comes to realize something very important: "In the end, the world didn't really need a Super man. Just a brave one." This show gives us a character who is both brave and super. It gives us a real hero. It gives us Superman… as good as he's ever been.


Image Credit: Garrondo / Wikimedia Commons. This image has been modified.
November was proclaimed National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, in recognition of the five million Americans stricken with the devastating terminal illness, now the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. A new analysis suggests that up to half of these millions of cases may have been preventable through lifestyle changes.
We've known for almost 20 years that compared to long-time vegetarians, those eating meat (including poultry and fish) appear to have three times the risk of developing dementia. Since studies show "even moderately elevated cholesterol increased dementia risk," the cognitive impairment more often seen in those eating meat may be due to atherosclerotic plaque building in the brain's blood vessels, which can cause micro-infarctions or "ministrokes" that can kill off little parts of the brain the way clogged coronary arteries can kill off parts of the heart during a heart attack. A new autopsy study found that those with cholesterol levels over 224 had up to 25 times the odds of having Alzheimer's pathology (neuritic plaques) in their brains compared to those with cholesterol under 224.
New evidence presented in a series of NutritionFacts.org videos this week suggests that this may be only part of the puzzle. Maybe it's not just what vegetarians don't eat, but what they do; the phytonutrients found in plant-based diets have been shown to have a wide range of beneficial effects.
Last Thursday's video-of-the-day Amyloid and Apple Juice featured new research suggesting there are components in apples and ginger root that may protect human nerve cells (in a test-tube at least) from the neurotoxic Alzheimer's plaque protein amyloid Beta. It's one thing to show benefits in a petri dish, though; it's quite another to show benefit in a human population. That came in Friday's video-of-the-day The Nutrition Facts Missing from the Label, in which I profile the class of phytonutrients thought to be responsible for cutting Alzheimer's risk more than 75%. Yesterday's video-of-the-day, Best Fruit Juice, ranked ten common fruit juices for these phenolic phytonutrients (with surprising results!) and today's video Constructing a Cognitive Portfolio suggests that different fruits and vegetables support different cognitive domains of the brain, so both quantity and variety of plant foods may be important for the prevention of dementia.
What if you or a loved one already has Alzheimer's? Tomorrow, in Alzheimer's and Apple Juice I'll feature a pilot study suggesting apple juice can affect the cognitive performance, day-to-day functioning, mood, and behavior of Alzheimer's patients. Thursday in Is Pomegranate Juice That Wonderful? I'll show how food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated health claims, and I'll close out the week with Pink Juice with Green Foam, a recipe for DIY whole food cranberry cocktail with 25 times fewer calories and at least 8 times the phytonutrient content of the retail corn syrup concoction.
I think this week does a good job highlighting the three criteria I use to choose among the thousands of articles I sift through annually to create the hundreds of videos I post every year: interesting, groundbreaking, practical. If you find NutritionFacts.org useful, please help me spread the word by sharing this resource with others.


Chris Milk works with many kinds of digital media, from interactive installations to virtual reality experiences. He makes apps for VR, movies and music videos, and more direct works of art. His focus on the interactive is what makes his works stand out; people who see his installations can actually manipulate what they see. People using his apps can experience worlds or people in a way that is unlike any other.
Milk's works were really cool to work with, and I've actually seen quite a bit of it out in the wild, as well. I'm a big fan of interactive storytelling and art, so it was interesting to look through his works. I had to try not getting sucked in too deep half the time. I'd love to see more works like his floating around.
Marco Brambilla's work mainly consists of video art, complete with hundreds of video clips and a slow, swirling, constant movement throughout each piece. Its soundtracks have just as slow and drawing a movement as the videos. His videos consist of series intended for elevators and large-scale displays like Times Square.
These works were mesmerizing and even a little confusing at times, but throughout watching them, I found myself already wanting to rewatch them, or pause them, just to understand what is happening throughout the constant, fluid motions. So many things are going on at once in any given moment throughout the movies, it's hard to watch it on a flat little screen. This is one of the kinds of work I'd like to see in its entirety, just so I have more time and space to absorb what is coming out of it.
Evan Roth works almost entirely digitally, pulling information from the internet and making it into its own world. From Wikipedia to video, Roth's works show the internet in a more tangible and entertaining way. His works are also primarily online, which makes it much easier to view and understand (and his website is pleasantly comprehensive).
Roth's works were ones where I had to deviate from his website and do some research to understand what I was looking at. I found more interesting pieces that way, such as his driverless Google car video and his Internet Landscapes series. Some of his works, like the car video, are much more entertaining than artistic, while others, like the landscapes series, are more beautiful and interesting. His works overall manage to capture the internet's character fairly well in terms of humor, aesthetic, and intrigue. Roth shows what kinds of things can come out of fostering the internet world.


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Uttarakhand: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami announces repeal of Char Dham Devasthanam Board Management Act
As per the Act, the Chief Minister was the chairman of the board while the Minister for religious affairs was the vice-chairman.
November 30, 2021 1:19:35 pm
The Uttarakhand government had earlier constituted a high-level committee to look into the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami today announced that the BJP government in Uttarakhand has decided to repeal the Char Dham Devasthanam Board Management Act. "We went through the details of the report submitted by the panel headed by Manohar Kant Dhyani. After considering all aspects of the issue our government has decided to withdraw the Act," announced Dhami, putting an end to the two-year-long protest by priests. The Uttarakhand government had earlier constituted a high-level committee to look into the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019. The committee submitted its report to CM Dhami on Sunday.
The Char Dham Devasthanam Board Act, passed in 2019 during the tenure of then CM Trivendra Singh Rawat, brought over 50 temples including the Char Dham under the state government's control through the Char Dham Devasthanam Board, leading to allegations by priests that the government was encroaching upon their rights. Former CM Rawat had constituted the Char Dham Devasthanam Board on January 15, 2020.
As per the Act, the Chief Minister was the chairman of the board while the Minister for religious affairs was the vice-chairman. Two MLAs of Gangotri and Yamunotri constituencies were members as well as the Chief Secretary of the board. A senior IAS officer was the Chief Executive Officer. The board had the powers to frame policies, make decisions with regards to the budget and expenditure, to give directions for the safe custody, prevention and management of funds, valuable securities, jewellery and properties of the temples.
It may be recalled that priests had prevented former CM Rawat from entering the Kedarnath temple premises weeks before the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 5.
Last week, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad had reminded the state government of its November 30 deadline while threatening to launch a protest against the Uttarakhand government.
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6601. TODD C LARSON $3,968,606
6602. Robert E Hull $3,968,342
6603. GEORGE T HICKS $3,968,317
6604. Andrew S. Clark $3,968,305
6605. MOHIT MARRIA $3,968,215
6606. Leonard R Goldberg $3,968,195
6607. LISA R COHN $3,968,070
6608. ANTHONY PARK $3,967,296
6609. Richard N McLellan $3,966,578
6610. GARY MILLERCHIP $3,964,307
6611. MICHAEL T BROOKS $3,964,258
6612. Janice L. Williams $3,963,064
6613. H PHILLIP BENDER $3,959,581
6614. RICHARD BREZSKI $3,957,695
6615. JOSEPH R GROMEK $3,957,471
6616. ROBERT F SHUFORD $3,957,268
6617. KENNETH J BACON $3,956,903
6618. S JOSEPH BRUNO $3,956,700
6619. JEFFREY M ETTINGER $3,956,584
6620. Peter B Oleksiak $3,956,467
6621. ERIC W GERSTENBERG $3,955,653
6622. Robert P Jornayvaz III $3,955,566
6623. Doug Bailey $3,955,177
6624. John J Amore $3,954,565
6625. MARK J FREDERICKS $3,954,014
6626. Robert A Gerard $3,954,001
6627. FRANK E. CELLI $3,953,518
6628. Douglas K Ammerman $3,953,371
6629. DOUGLAS M LANKLER $3,950,492
6630. JAMES C DAY $3,949,121
6631. Dominic J Andreano $3,947,773
6632. Katherine L. Adams $3,947,215
6633. Carrie W. Teffner $3,946,850
6634. Steven J. Romano $3,946,300
6635. Ronald G. Smith $3,945,596
6636. Mark D Carleton $3,945,368
6637. VICTOR M CASINI $3,944,885
6638. ERSKINE B BOWLES $3,941,752
6639. W G CHAMPION MITCHELL $3,941,309
6640. JEFFREY P JULIEN $3,940,510
6641. J STANLEY FREDRICK $3,938,968
6642. Kanuj Malhotra $3,937,893
6643. Dianne B. Ralston $3,937,652
6644. KATHRYN MCCARTHY $3,937,353
6645. Douglas W Politi $3,937,298
6646. HOWARD THOMAS HOGAN JR $3,937,113
6647. CHARLES M KELLEY $3,937,095
6648. BRUCE P NOLOP $3,936,368
6649. Laurence H Midler $3,936,159
6650. Lawrence D Kingsley $3,934,633
6651. Jeff Dunn $3,934,170
6652. KERRY M STEMLER $3,932,156
6653. Peter Wrighton-Smith $3,932,082
6654. DAVID F HALE $3,931,244
6655. Todd E Molz $3,930,262
6656. JOSEPH VASSALLUZZO $3,928,570
6657. Glenn Hedde $3,927,004
6658. David Randich $3,926,490
6659. Christopher M.T. Thompson $3,926,298
6660. HARRY SLOAN $3,925,906
6661. Amanda Ginsberg $3,923,094
6662. RON L FARNSWORTH $3,921,718
6663. KATHRYN JO LINCOLN $3,920,800
6664. JAMES E DALEY $3,920,021
6665. Michael I. Otner $3,919,593
6666. Robert Galvin $3,917,740
6667. Karl R Fails $3,917,559
6668. LARRY M MARK $3,916,561
6669. Scott L Carlton $3,915,004
6670. Pardeep Nijhawan $3,914,644
6671. THOMAS W HORTON $3,914,113
6672. Luca Zaramella $3,913,328
6673. Richard Koo $3,911,694
6674. ROBERT P KELLY $3,911,494
6675. Daniel S Farkas $3,910,064
6676. RODERICK C MCGEARY $3,909,309
6677. DAVID M MINIELLY $3,909,250
6678. Scott Andrew Greenstein $3,909,146
6679. Matthew C. Lucey $3,909,027
6680. Katy Theroux $3,908,363
6681. Heath Byrd $3,906,998
6682. Billy E Goodwin $3,904,590
6683. SANFORD FITCH $3,904,357
6684. MICHAEL J CRITELLI $3,902,956
6685. TERENCE H MATTHEWS $3,902,252
6686. MICHAEL J FITZPATRICK $3,901,772
6687. Lawrence Angelilli $3,901,344
6688. Mark R Scadina $3,900,419
6689. Melanie Susan Cibik $3,899,649
6690. GEOFFREY G MEYERS $3,899,526
6691. FRANK M JAEHNERT $3,899,215
6692. Kevin S. Blair $3,897,265
6693. ANNE L BRAMMAN $3,897,258
6694. RICHARD T CLARK $3,897,203
6695. RICHARD SISKIND $3,896,752
6696. Jon Cheigh $3,896,593
6697. PAUL J NORRIS $3,896,404
6698. J Michael Nauman $3,896,338
6699. MATTO ANDREW H DEL $3,896,244
6700. MARK J RUBASH $3,895,146
6701. JAMES H THOMPSON $3,893,984
6702. ROBERT E CHAPPELL $3,891,738
6703. Stephen Donnarumma $3,891,657
6704. Andrew Jay Sossen $3,891,260
6705. HARVEY WHITE $3,890,261
6706. Wesley D Kremer $3,889,631
6707. Ramin Younessi $3,887,295
6708. VICTOR PENG $3,885,466
6709. Janeen B. Kastner $3,884,293
6710. Paul W Graves $3,883,002
6711. P. Sean Burke $3,882,933
6712. David MH Matthews $3,881,807
6713. Todd Kahn $3,881,104
6714. 22NW, LP $3,880,892
6715. John T. Lewis $3,880,310
6716. KEITH GEESLIN $3,879,708
6717. LORRIE M NORRINGTON $3,879,195
6718. Patricia M Arway $3,878,132
6719. ELIZABETH A ABDOO $3,877,607
6720. David Michael McMiller $3,876,575
6721. G Hunter Haas IV $3,876,416
6722. Ezra Uzi Yemin $3,876,144
6723. Katherine H Ramundo $3,875,522
6724. Elizabeth Rutledge $3,875,119
6725. Daniel R. Tishman $3,874,784
6726. Susan S. Bies $3,873,718
6727. Christine S Wheatley $3,872,411
6728. Norman Miller $3,871,494
6729. Beth W Cooper $3,867,435
6730. J DAVID LETT $3,865,742
6731. ALBERT J MOYER $3,864,244
6732. Lawrence D McRae $3,863,713
6733. WILLIAM D ROGERS $3,863,189
6734. Joseph J Beacom $3,862,208
6735. Michael J. Lyon $3,862,194
6736. RYAN S NAPIERSKI $3,860,478
6737. Thomas Edward Line $3,860,088
6738. J. Keith Elliott $3,859,979
6739. Bradley E Lerman $3,859,936
6740. ROBERT S STEWART $3,858,608
6741. Jeffrey Ryan Stewart $3,856,794
6742. Jeffrey Stafeil $3,856,136
6743. Kenneth E Thompson $3,854,735
6744. Celso L. White $3,854,094
6745. Claire Fraser-Liggett $3,852,283
6746. Hilda Harris Piell $3,851,364
6747. TIMOTHY H DAY $3,850,864
6748. John E Elicker $3,847,172
6749. RAY T CHARLEY $3,844,988
6750. Toby J. Williams $3,844,159
6751. Barbara B. Hulit $3,844,001
6752. Mark A. Clouse $3,843,688
6753. YAEL COSSET $3,843,499
6754. Joseph Edward Sweeney $3,842,354
6755. Sharon Price John $3,841,853
6756. Donald R Parfet $3,841,401
6757. Ryan K Stafford $3,841,077
6758. Myrtle L Jones $3,840,941
6759. Chirantan Jitendra Desai $3,840,668
6760. Thomas K Hoops $3,840,492
6761. Mark J. Yost $3,840,248
6762. MATTHEW J HART $3,839,981
6763. MICHAEL D WEINER $3,839,130
6764. FERNANDO PEREZ-HICKMAN $3,838,822
6765. LARA K SWEENEY $3,838,769
6766. JOHN K WULFF $3,838,285
6767. Anthony E Hull $3,837,500
6768. DANIEL WAYNE JACKSON $3,837,283
6769. CHRISTOPHER E FRENCH $3,837,261
6770. STEVEN R ALTMAN $3,836,907
6771. FRANCES RESHESKE $3,836,594
6772. SANDEEP NAYYAR $3,836,451
6773. Brenton Taylor $3,836,373
6774. Kathleen Alyce Waters $3,834,541
6775. Frank C Orsini $3,834,411
6776. Edward W Gaty $3,834,228
6777. William T Robbins $3,834,072
6778. DAVID W ANSTICE $3,833,900
6779. Caroline M Chambers $3,832,882
6780. JOSEPH R BRONSON $3,832,164
6781. JOEL P FRIEDMAN $3,832,163
6782. LIGHT STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC $3,831,507
6783. STEPHEN S LANIER $3,828,204
6784. ROBERT M HERNANDEZ $3,828,007
6785. ROBERT C CONNOR $3,828,006
6786. Charles N Funk $3,827,998
6787. THOMAS L BEAUDOIN $3,827,281
6788. Kevin C Crosthwaite Jr $3,826,889
6789. Thomas W. Hill $3,826,715
6790. John R Frantz $3,826,154
6791. Daniel N Swisher JR $3,825,888
6792. ALLEN L DITTRICH $3,825,231
6793. Jeff Cashmer $3,824,040
6794. KEVIN T KABAT $3,823,411
6795. Michael E Dubyak $3,823,329
6796. MARK P VERGNANO $3,823,105
6797. John Edward Capps $3,823,046
6798. Adam J. Weiss $3,822,704
6799. Liam Kelly $3,821,956
6800. Anthony Clarke $3,818,601
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Graham John Yost (born September 5, 1959) is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His best-known works are the films Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain and the TV series Justified. In 2002, he created the widely acclaimed, yet short-lived drama series Boomtown.
He has also written for the television series Herman's Head and Band of Brothers. He also created the short-lived NBC drama Raines. Yost teamed up with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow Boomtown writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries The Pacific. As of 2010, Yost is the creator and executive producer of the series Justified, which premiered on FX in March 2010.
Born in Etobicoke, he is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, the longtime host of the public broadcaster TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies. He lives in California with his family.


This image will haunt me, they are owning those lunch lady colours and shoving them right back at you!
I think the most interesting thing about Remco's I Dream of Jeannie line isn't that it was probably a good idea, it was that it was released years after both the original and animated series were long gone from the air waves.
Jeannie's sales were largely due to the power of syndication just like Mego Star Trek and Our Gang, the real merchandising blitz happened after the show was off the air waves.
This is a neat little Rack Toy oddity I found last month, it's a variant on the Fleetwood SGT Fury armored attack set that was issued in the US. I have no idea who "W" is but I assume this is a foreign release, similar card but different toys, that is the joy of the Rack Toy.
While I don't dabble in new toys much, I'd say that it would be irresponsible of me not to discuss this one. As I mentioned earlier in the week on the PS facebook page, Toynami has set up at this week's San Diego Comic Con (perhaps you've heard of it) with revamped versions of the Shogun Warriors particularly a more film accurate Godzilla.
Thanks to my good pal Scott Adams of MegoMuseum fame, we can take a more indepth look at this wonderful display.
Apparently vintage Godzilla is just there for comparison, they are not remaking him.
Not just Godzilla but Machinder Robots as well.
I'm going to need a bigger sand box!
The Action Heroes by Marchon was a charming line of Superhero Knockoffs that were meant to fit in with popular 80s toy lines such as Super Powers or Secret Wars.
While a bit out of my age range, I remember them well and even bought a few to customize into other Super characters.
Finding weird bits of Micronauts merchandise in a catalog is to me, like finding buried treasure. Also note Pajamas featuring some guy called "The Hulk".
From the "Hell and Yes" department, my friends at Bif Bang Pow have announced that they are righting a toy wrong. Like a lot of people my age, I was permanently scarred by the fact that I could never find 3 3/4" Flash Gordon figures to play along side my Star Wars and Black Hole men.
I have it on good authority that these figures will be awesome and while very much embracing the retro vibe, they will also resemble the cast.
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 23, 2014) - After a four year hiatus, Bif Bang Pow! proudly announces a return to Mongo with a new license from King Features Syndicate to release a series of brand-new products and collectibles from the 1980 sci-fi cult-classic film Flash Gordon.
"Bif Bang Pow! is well positioned in the character toys and collectibles market and we are delighted to have a new agreement with them," said Jarred Goro, North American Licensing Manager for King Features. "Flash Gordon and the other classic characters in his world are cultural icons. Bif Bang Pow! crafts quality merchandise with incredible attention to detail. The fans are going to love this new and expanded collection!"
Bif Bang Pow! is thrilled to return to Mongo, working on new Flash Gordon action figures and collectibles to add to its ever-expanding lineup of iconic branded products. Bif Bang Pow! will debut the first-ever line of 3 3/4-inch movie action figures to include Flash Gordon, the dreaded Ming the Merciless, Princess Aura, Prince Barin, Dr. Zarkov, and other popular characters from the film. In addition to new "retro" scale action figures (and possibly even vehicles this go 'round!),Bif Bang Pow! will add prop replicas, journals, tin lunch boxes, drink ware, license plate frames, and more to the Flash Gordon line of collectibles. Merchandise is scheduled to hit the marketplace throughout the term of the license.
"We're excited to be working with King Features Syndicate once again," said Jason Lenzi, co-founder of Bif Bang Pow! "Fans have missed our Flash Gordon products, and have always wished we had taken things further than we were originally able to. Now, with a renewed interest in that colorful cast of characters, thanks to projects like Ted and a brand-new Flash Gordon movie in the works, we believe now is the perfect time to introduce new collectibles to veteran and novice fans alike. It would seem that the rest of the world has finally caught up with us Flash Gordon true believers, and to paraphrase the words of the immortal Queen, 'the continuation is OURS for the making'!"
Scheduled for initial release in early 2015, the entire Flash Gordon movie line will be exclusively distributed through EE Distribution (www.eedistribution.com), a division of Entertainment Earth, Inc., and sold direct to consumers at www.entertainmentearth.com and other fine specialty retailers.
I was so smitten with the larger Shogun Warriors as a kid, that I completely ignored stuff like the Shigcon tank and jet pictured here. I honestly just learned their names tonight.
These vehicles (like the majority of the Shogun Warriors line) were originally toys from a Japanese TV series, these two were from a series called "Daitetsujin 17" which saw VHS release here in the 1980s as "Brain 17".
I never ran into these Chemtoy Fat Albert figures as a kid but if I had, they would have so been mine. I'm not sure why there isn't a Dumb Donald figure staring back at while I type this, what's wrong with me?
It's always the fourth of July in the Henderson bedroom.
It's often forgetten that Fisher Price Adventure People lead the 3 3/4" charge of the 1970s. Their wonderful world was free of violence but just completely captivating.
These were possible the oddest things I spied at last month's Mego Meet show. A set of home made Space:1999 plush figures, nerdy high school art project or a really well meaning Grandmother? We'll never know.
Eyes up here Martin Landau!
This is one of the earliest pieces of Bat merchandise that AHI ever made. One of the more interesting things about the company is you get to watch them go from creating original, crazy artwork for each toy to the less dynamic "style guide" approach of the early 1980s.
All it would take is one brave soul to bring floral embroidery back to the mainstream, i ask you are you strong enough to accept the challenge?
Episode 19 sees Jason and Brian explain their deep affection for toys from the land of the rising sun.
Even though we both grew up in North America, our childhoods were made happier by the imports that did manage to hop across the Pacific leaving us with a thirst for more.
Japanese Toys tries to cover all the bases (but we're going need to do a part 2 sometime) including topics such as Shogun Warriors, Kamen Rider, Microman, Ultraman, Star Blazers, Mecha Kong, Japanese Spider-Man, Eidai Grip, Gerry Anderson, Jason's Tokyo mishaps and Brian's current addiction to Japanese auctions.
Episode 19 will have you finding a proxy bidding service.
PS don't buy us things.
The Japanese Spider-Man figure by Popy we discussed.
The very first episode of Kamen Rider V3 sees his whole family murdered by a villain called Scissors Jaguar.
The Ark diecast ad we discuss on the show that features Jason's beloved Baltan toy.
How Star Wars figures were sold in Japan.
The Captain Scarlet model kits Jason mention.
Denys Fisher Cyborg toys based on Henshin Cyborg.
A website devoted to the Shinsei UFO Commander toys.
The Kamen Rider Henshin suit that keeps Brian up at night.
Drool over the amazing Jumbo Machinders!


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Today's post is relatively simple--I just want to show off a couple of new (to me) polishes today! A chunky rainbowy glitter by Face of Australia, which I'll show you second, and then a really gorgeous shimmery blue.
They are all gorgeous (hello, Chanel Peridot dupe), but nothing unique in terms of duochrome polishes. Only one called out for me to take it home, and ironically it's the least changeable of the lot.
This lovely shimmery midnight-blue/dusty blue/indigo beauty is called Cobalt!
This is two coats of Cobalt, which glided on in a very satisfying kind of way. It's a little bit thin, and the first coat goes on streaky, but a second one totally evens things out and looks beautifully rich and deep. It is fairly glossy even without topcoat, but I noticed in the bottle it looked like it might be a satin-finish (even though I knew it wasn't). To see how it looked both ways, I added Seche Vite topcoat on the index + middle nails and OPI Matte topcoat on the ring and small fingers. I like them both!
This is one of those shades that doesn't always photograph exactly right, but the above photo is pretty spot on. My skin looks a bit funny, but never mind that--the polish is accurate!
I quite like the above photo--you can really see the shift on the shiny nails, and the shadow cast on the matte ones looks like a ruffian!
The formula of the suspension base is perfect. It's thick enough to suspend the glitters evenly, but thin enough to keep things from clumping together. You get a massive amount of pieces with every dip, and application is easy. As with any chunky glitter, you have to do a bit of spreading and placing (or as I call it, the dab-and-disperse), but there's no issues whatsover with doing so.
I decided to have some fun with this one... let's put that matte topcoat on and see how it looks!
I particularly like this effect over the white and blue nails!
Alllllrighty, that's all I have today! Now, I am afraid I must take a blogging hiatus, as I have about ten coats of polish on my nails including a chunky glitter, and therefore it will never ever ever come off and I cannot do any more manicures until these grow out.


that linger in the air.
and wins, for what that's worth.
for the story in my mind. He has his hand on her hip.
burst into flame. The heat was delicate and hungry.
When I sniff deep enough, I still smell of smoke.


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Le pont transbordeur Nicolás Avellaneda (localement, de façon courante : puente transbordador de La Boca ou transbordador del Riachuelo) est un pont transbordeur, sur le , à Buenos Aires, en Argentine.

Situation
Le pont transbordeur a été le premier premier ouvrage pour relier Buenos Aires à ses quartiers périphériques, établis sur la rive sud du fleuve Riachuelo. Il relie l'Avenida La Plata, dans le quartier d'Avellaneda, et l'Avenida Almirante Brown, dans le quartier de La Boca.

Description

L'ouvrage en acier, long de 103 m, est constitué de quatre piles en treillis, supportant un tablier lui-même à poutre en treillis, dont la partie supérieure est en arc. La nacelle comprend une plate-forme de 8 × 12 m et une suspension rigide fixée à un chariot roulant sous le tablier, tiré par des câbles reliés à un treuil électrique.

Dès l'origine, le transbordeur a été conçu pour traverser 30 piétons, 4 voitures à chevaux ou véhicules automobiles, et même des tramways.

Histoire
Le pont transbordeur, inauguré le 31 mai 1914, a fonctionné jusqu'en 1960. Il est doublé par le pont routier Puente Nicolás Avellaneda, situé 100 mètres en aval, construit en 1940, qui a fini par le remplacer totalement en 1960.

Le nom de Nicolás Avellaneda, donné à la fois au pont transbordeur et à son remplaçant, fait référence à un ancien président de l'Argentine, qui a également donné le nom à l'Avellaneda Partido, quartier de Buenos Aires situé sur la rive droite du fleuve.

Le pont a été utilisé depuis son achèvement en 1914 jusqu'en 1960, date à laquelle son exploitation a cessé.

La restauration du pont a été proposée en 1997. Depuis 1999, le pont est classé en tant que Monument historique national.

Les travaux ont été entrepris et le pont a été finalement rouvert au public le 28 septembre 2017, pour la première fois depuis 57 ans. La réouverture officielle a eu lieu en septembre 2020.

Sources

Articles connexes
 Pont transbordeur
 Liste des monuments historiques nationaux de Buenos Aires
 Riachuelo

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This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and the Rap Albums chart in 2012. The Rap Albums chart partly serves as a distillation for rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Chart history

See also
2012 in music
2012 in hip hop music
List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2012 (U.S.)
List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2012

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According to Mawad and van Schoor, everything you see in this film was created live, without any effects added in post-processing. The technique they used is called projection mapping, a process wherein a two- or three-dimensional object is spatially mapped by specialized software. The result allows the projector to cast moving images of light onto irregular surfaces, creating extra dimensions to previously static objects (or in this case, natural objects, as the frog and beetle weren't exactly 'static'). Usually the purview of advertisers, Mawad and van Schoor use it to create a dreamy, almost other-worldly wonderland of glowing mushrooms, twinkling lichen, and luminescent leaves, frogs, and fungus.
As far as gear is concerned, the duo shot with a Canon 5D Mark II using a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 and a Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens. The slider they used for the motion shots was made by Kessler. They used Neat Video for removing the noise (there were a lot of low-level light shots!).


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A Curation of Hope: Some Good News with John Krasinski
K. B. Hoyle
Some Good News | John Krasinski
The world is full of bad news right now. Between writing and publishing this, the number of people infected by the Coronavirus is bound to increase by vast amounts. The healthcare system is facing an unprecedented strain, people are dying alone without comfort from loved ones, the economy is in shambles, unemployment is at record highs, and certainly most everyone reading this hasn't left their homes in weeks. We are steeped in the bad news this pandemic has wrought on us, reminded daily of our frailty, our mortality, and how little control we have over so much we took for granted just a little while ago.
Adding to the unmooring of our daily lives is the disconcerting lag between our outside reality and our entertainment reality. Life as depicted on our screens doesn't match what is going on around us and in our news streams. This disconnect is, however, slowly being filled by people crafting and creating art and cultural works in isolation during our time of quarantine. These works are being subsequently posted online, largely unpolished and only rudimentarily edited—even that which is produced by celebrities.
One such piece of culture that has sprung up recently is a YouTube show by actor John Krasinski (of The Office and Jack Ryan fame) called Some Good News. This show is, Krasinski says in the pilot episode, something he's thought about for a long time. Namely, why isn't there a news show devoted solely to good news? Stuck in his house like the rest of us, he decided to use his time to make that idea a reality. Krasinski posted a call to Twitter on March 25th asking people to respond with, well, some good news!
Because he's a celebrity with over two million followers, the responses came pouring in. He then curated a portion of those responses into segments of a news-style show filmed by himself, in his home, with a hand-drawn and colored sign hanging behind him (his daughters made it, he tells us through the camera). During the show, he swivels back and forth between two cameras to give the feel of newsroom cuts, and he Zooms in guest appearances of celebrity friends and "regular" people with good news to share—people with whom he has connected via his call for good news.
The idea for Some Good News may seem trite, especially during a time when everything is so terrible in the world—when over a million people worldwide are infected with a novel virus and tens of thousands of people are dying. But Krasinski's idea for a news show dedicated to good news is actually just what we need at a time like this. Some Good News is not forced cheerfulness—it is not the YouTube equivalent of "smile, sweetheart!" or "Why so serious?" It does not take the solemnity out of what is happening in the world around us, nor does Krasinski, in it, ask his viewers to set aside their fear, anger, or sadness for cheap smiles and shallow laughs. There are no shortages of cute animal videos on the internet, if that's what you're looking for, and people will always create vapid memes and gifs to distract you from the barrage of death and destruction on your screens. That's not what Krasinski is doing in Some Good News. Rather, he's setting out to inform his audience about the very real good things coming out of this crisis—from cities around the globe cheering their medical workers, to companies transforming their production services into medical production, to personal stories of love and triumph despite social distancing requirements. The show itself, in form, content, style, and function, has an inherent goodness. It is simple, honest, joyful, and true.
Bearing good news does not mean displaying a lack of gravitas for what is happening in the world. Although Krasinski is sometimes silly, and sometimes shares silly content, the ethos of the show respects the tone of our global pandemic. Because what is happening is so serious, Krasinski finds the light in the dark to give us hope. Some Good News is a curation of that hope, and that is a very needed thing right now.
Best of all, in Some Good News, Krasinski uses the privilege he has as a celebrity to do what most of us could never hope to do in our own isolation. Not only does he have the ability to reach a huge audience with his show and his message, but he uses the connections he has to go one step further than just relating good news: he couples good news with good action. In episode two, he gifts a young fan of Hamilton with tickets to New York to see the show that got cancelled on her (whenever this pandemic is all over), and then he rallies Lin Manuel Miranda and members of the original cast to a Zoom call to serenade her with her favorite song.
Because what is happening is so serious, Krasinski finds the light in the dark to give us hope. Some Good News is a curation of that hope, and that is a very needed thing right now.
These sorts of gestures are not small things, especially not right now, and especially when done for children. Acts of kindness, signs of humility, mercy on the weak, displays of joy—these are memories we want our children to also form during the months of the pandemic. They will remember the fear, isolation, sickness, uncertainty, disappointments, and sadness. To encourage light through curations of hope does not diminish the gravity of this historical moment, but rather it helps all of us to have a stronger resolve to fight for life.
John Krasinski sees, as he says on the show, that "no matter how tough life can get, there's always good in the world." What Krasinski is doing in Some Good News is the sort of work that will prove to be life-giving the longer these months of isolation drag on. We're not just battling the virus itself; we're battling despair.
In the epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, Frodo has to destroy the Ring of Power to defeat the Dark Lord Sauron. But the way is too difficult for him, and he very nearly gives up on taking the Ring to Mordor when he loses hope. Frodo, however, has Sam as a companion, and Sam's defining quality is "hope unquenchable." When Frodo asks Sam what they are holding onto, Sam says, "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." The good in our world is worth both holding onto and fighting for, too. Thank you, John Krasinski, for being a Sam for us as we shelter in place. Your show is also some good news.
K. B. Hoyle is an award-winning author, a public speaker, and a former classical educator. She and her husband have four sons who test their sanity on a daily basis. Learn more about her and her books at kbhoyle.com.
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Kyleah Sutherland says:
I recently watched several of his videos on his youtube channel and was really excited to see someone write about this from a Christian perspective as well! I think that John Krasinski's attitude about this situation is one that we should all hope to imitate. I think that during this pandemic, people are either focusing completely on the bad or trying to ignore the devastation that is occurring completely. John Krasinski does not do this and I think that is something very admirable! Thanks for writing this – I really enjoyed reading.
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Q: Having trouble reading AWS config file with python configparser I ran aws configure to set my access key ID and secret access key. Those are now stored in ~/.aws/credentials which looks like:
[default]
aws_access_key_id = ######
aws_secret_access_key = #######

I'm trying to access those keys for a script I'm writing using configparser. This is my code:
import configparser

def main():
    ACCESS_KEY_ID = ''
    ACCESS_SECRET_KEY = ''

    config = configparser.RawConfigParser()

    print (config.read('~/.aws/credentials')) ## []
    print (config.sections())                 ## []
    ACCESS_KEY_ID = config.get('default', 'aws_access_key_id') ##configparser.NoSectionError: No section: 'default'
    print(ACCESS_KEY_ID)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

I run the script using python3 script.py. Any ideas of what's going on here? Seems like configparser just isn't reading/finding the file at all.

A: configparser.read doesn't try to expand the leading tilde '~' in the path to your home directory.
You can provide a relative or absolute path
config.read('/home/me/.aws/credentials')

or use os.path.expanduser1
path = os.path.expanduser('~/aws/credentials')
config.read(path)

or use pathlib.Path.expanduser
path = pathlib.PosixPath('~/.aws/credentials')
config.read(path.expanduser())

1 Improved code from Flair's comment.

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