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Merkel to wrest pandemic restrictions control from federal states
Berlin (Brussels Morning) Germany's federal government will pass new legislation allowing it to impose country-wide coronavirus restrictions, taking away federal states' autonomy on the matter, Reuters reports.
The country's 16 state premiers have reportedly agreed to the new legislation, which would enable the federal government to introduce "a binding and comprehensive emergency brake for districts with incidents of 100 cases per 100,000 people and up", according to a government source. Only after a seven-day incidence rate of below 100 cases per 100,000 residents, would control over coronavirus measures revert back to the individual state.
The most recent country-wide incidence figure was 110.4 cases per 100,000, down from almost 200 in late December, when Germany went from light restrictions to a full lockdown. However, maintaining low figures is a challenge in a country where every federal state has been setting its own pandemic mitigation measures.
Some states have closed their non-essential stores completely, while others have allowed them to remain open as long as their consumers all have a negative COVID-19 test. Some states have introduced nighttime bans on gatherings, while others have allowed restaurants and beer gardens to keep their outdoor seating open for customers.
Nationwide measures
Because a meeting between Merkel and the 16 state premiers, which had been scheduled for Monday, was cancelled in advance, German Health Minister Jens Spahn warned that only nationwide measures can break the current wave of coronavirus infections.
Spahn told journalists there were nearly 4,500 patients in intensive care units all over Germany. "If this continues, it will be too much for our health system", he warned.
Deputy government spokesperson Ulrike Demmer told the press that the planned legislation – an amendment to the Infection Protection Act – was expected by Tuesday. "Germany is in the middle of a third wave, so the federal government and the states have agreed to add to the national legislation", Demmer said.
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I updated Opera to 8.0. Some changes for the better, some not. Blogspot blogs now correctly display both columns (in 7.x, the content appeared on top, the navigation column appeared below).
Google Groups don't work, though. I don't think it's a function of the Opera upgrade, they didn't work in Opera 7.x either. For a long time I managed to get around it by using the old interface, but that link stopped working and now all I can get is the new interface. When you click on a thread, it loads whatever fits on a single screen, then hangs.
So I started using Firefox just for Google Groups. But it's frustrating. I really, really want Z and X to mean Back and Forward. I don't want to go to a different place to do a search. And it doesn't remember sessions! I know I can download extensions, but I don't think I should have to.


Hey guys i have a little problem here that hopefully you guys can shed some light on. a couple days ago after i got home from driving my 7g 1995 galant sports gt tt . i had to help a mate start his truck so being a good go i let him use my battery. Now this where it get interesting once he finished with my battery he decided to put it back in my can and then bang he put the terminals on the wrong way. So yea had to buy a new 100a main fuse. Install the main fuse, turn the key and yes the car started. but now is running rough as guts with crap acceleration cant even feel the twin turbos spooling plus on top of it the rev counter stopped working. Any ideas? Everything is stock and was working perfectly before that little main fuse mishap.


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The Walking Dead's Tom Payne Talks Jesus and Maggie's Plan to 'Fix' Gregory
By Charlie Mason and Dave Nemetz / March 21 2017, 8:24 AM PDT
Courtesy of AMC
The Walking Dead's Jesus and Maggie have known for a while that the day would come when they'd have to "handle" Gregory. But now that the Hilltop's leader has gone so far as to threaten Jesus, the day might just have arrived. "They've recognized that it's a bit more dangerous with him now," Tom Payne told TVLine on the PaleyFest L.A. red carpet Friday. "I mean, he tried to give up Maggie and Sasha before."
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Between that treachery, Gregory's attempt to intimidate Jesus and his overall scuzziness, "I think they've realized that this is something that's not going to get better," said the actor. "So they are thinking about how they can fix their particular predicament."
At the same time, Jesus and Maggie are also planning for the looming war with Negan and the Saviors. Not just the Hilltop but "all of the communities are pretty much figuring out how they're going to attack this problem," Payne noted. "Everyone has the same problem, and the Hilltop has been dealing with that problem a lot longer than Alexandria or these other communities."
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South Korea: Park's exit seen as chance to reset China relations
SEOUL (CNN) -- The dramatic downfall of President Park Geun-hye comes at a time of heightened regional tension over South Korea's deployment of a controversial US missile defense system.
A court upheld Park's impeachment Friday, removing the country's first female President from office and clearing the way for new elections within 60 days.
One of the key issues in those elections will be the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the first parts of which arrived in South Korea last week under an agreement between the US and Park's government. The system could be used to shoot down ballistic missiles aimed at South Korea.
While the US and South Korea argue that THAAD is necessary in the face of continued North Korean provocation, its deployment has harmed relations between Seoul and Beijing, which has always strenuously objected to any rollout of missile defense systems in its backyard.
With Park now out of the picture, questions have again been raised over the future of THAAD ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to the region this week.
"We are saddened to see that the China-(Korea) relationship is in difficulty," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Friday after the verdict against Park.
He called on Seoul to "cease the deployment and remove the obstacles for the sound development of China-(Korea) relations."
With so much at question in the upcoming elections -- parties have yet to even hold primaries to decide their candidates -- the fate of THAAD, as with many pressing political issues, is up in the air.
A spokesman for Park's Liberty Korea Party told CNN it would be announcing its candidate on March 31.
Many of the protesters who spent weeks on the street calling for Park's removal are also opposed to THAAD. At a rally celebrating the impeachment ruling Saturday, balloons could be seen reading "No THAAD! Yes peace!"
At least one potential candidate in the upcoming election has called for the issue to be reassessed.
"If South Korea decides to revoke the THAAD decision, this will set a terrible precedent, which will cause China to believe that it can use its economic influence over South Korea to control Seoul's strategic agenda," Benjamin Lee, an analyst for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, wrote this week.
At a rally protesting Park's impeachment Saturday, concern over the future of THAAD was high.
"The next government must support the security relationship with our friends in the US," protester Kim Jung-hyun, in his 40s, said. "We support THAAD deployment because right now North Korea and China are pointing their missiles at us."
Jason Choi, 36, said he was worried a potential future left-wing government would be too "China friendly."
Pyongyang chimed in Saturday, with North Korea's National Reconciliation Council praising the South Korean people for their "historical victory" in the "destructive end of Park Geun-hye."
"With the flame of justice, South Koreans should embrace the passion and courage that tore down a stronghold of pro-American and pro-Japanese forces," the council said in a statement posted by official news agency KCNA.
China's displeasure over THAAD has been costly for some South Korean companies.
Since South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group agreed to hand over a golf course to the South Korean government to house the THAAD system, at least 23 Lotte Mart stores across China have been shut down by authorities, the company said.
Seoul has accused Beijing of ordering travel agencies to stop selling packages to visit the country. Of the 17 million people who visited South Korea last year, eight million were Chinese, according to data from the Korea Tourism Organization.
According to the Yonhap news agency, more than 70% of duty free shops are dependent on Chinese tourists for the business. A representative for a mid-sized hotel in Myeongdong, a busy shopping district, told CNN that they had received multiple cancellations from Chinese tourists.
In an underground shopping market popular with tourists in central Seoul, few Chinese visitors were visible, and locals agreed that numbers had fallen, even if they were split over the actual effectiveness of the alleged ban.
Hans Kwon, a shopkeeper and member of a union representing businesses in the underground market, said that the numbers of Chinese tourists "decreased dramatically in a short period of time."
He welcomed the drop however, complaining that Chinese shoppers always wanted to haggle over prices.
"It is true many of the shop owners around here saw a drop in sales but most of them are thinking 'I'd rather earn less'," he said.
"Business is business and government is government so if you combine them together, nothing gets solved."
Kwon said he was unwilling to sacrifice national security for business, and would vote for "whoever has a hard line policy towards North Korea."
There were signs as well that Chinese themselves were tired of being used as a diplomatic bargaining chip by their government. A poem shared widely on Chinese social media complains about the pressure to criticize other countries.
"On Monday, I oppose Korea; on Tuesday, Japan; on Wednesday, it's the Americans; on Thursday I oppose the independence of Taiwan; Friday, that of Hong Kong," it reads.
"My life is so wonderful and rich; of everything else, I have no time to think or bitch."
CNN's Stella Ko and Nanlin Fang and journalist Lauren Suk contributed reporting.


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When I found out I freaked and asked her a million questions.
whatever she wants and changes it up 2-3 times a day.
Roberto and Amedeo which is crazy fun.
with my best friend Moya.
Maybe I should move back there and get a summer job at the shop!
I just wanted to send a quick thank you to Miamicdn for posting about these fabulous Mama earrings. Based on your review, I picked up the silvertone. WOW. Amazing. Then I had to have the goldtone….then the glass drops. They are simply one of the best purchases I have ever made here.
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I have purchased RFM Goldtone pieces and want to know how you clean them and do they tarnish or peel?
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We're in this together
In her first column as LSCA President, Helen Brennan calls on chartered accountants from practice, business and the public sector to support each other as tomorrow is set to be even more interesting than today
When I decided that the theme for my year as President of the London Society of Chartered Accountants would be 'Thriving in interesting times', I couldn't have guessed that I would be writing my first president's opinion for London Accountant on the same day that Boris Johnson resigned as Foreign Secretary, only one day after David Davis resigned as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. If times were interesting before yesterday, they look likely to be even more interesting tomorrow!
I continue to believe that, as chartered accountants, we can aim for more than survival over the next year. ICAEW has the potential to play a significant part in this, with the role of the London Society being to facilitate meaningful engagement between individual chartered accountants who live and work in London.
That engagement can be with the ICAEW organisation, but it can also be directly with each other, as fellow chartered accountants. Either way, though, it must serve a purpose and provide real value to the member.
It's easy to slip into using 'bums on seats' as the only measure of whether individuals are engaged with their professional body. It can, however, result in an organisation that is inward-looking, focused on maintaining or increasing attendance at events solely to justify keeping on doing the things we have always done, regardless of the actual value of those activities.
Instead, we should start by asking how chartered accountants benefit from associating with each other. Can we share knowledge of theory and best practice? Can we stand up for each other, and for the profession as a whole when it's right to do so? Can we encourage each other by example and by recognition to maintain the highest standards of professional conduct, including independence and objectivity? Can we look out for each other's health and well-being?
I believe that together, we do all these things and more. We can support each other and the communities we serve. The measure of our success as a district society will be not only whether we can bring people together, but whether those encounters leave each of us feeling supported and empowered in our professional lives, whether in practice, in business or in the public sector. That is why ICAEW and the London Society came to exist in the first place and, in my view, why both have endured.
Helen Brennan is President of the London Society of Chartered Accountants.
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1. Lynne Frederick
Actress | The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Lynne Frederick was a promising and ascending British actress of the 1970s. For ten years she captivated movie goers with her perfect combination of girl next door beauty, an angelic smile, an ethereal charm, and a classic fairy tale princess look that was all put into one gifted package. Although ...
2. Jo Woodcock
Actress | Dorian Gray
Jo Woodcock was born on September 9, 1988 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. She is an actress, known for Dorian Gray (2009), Collision (2009) and Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008).
3. Talulah Riley
Actress | Westworld
Talulah Riley is an English actress. She has appeared in films such as Pride & Prejudice (2005), St. Trinian's (2007), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and Inception (2010).
She made her stage debut in The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic in 2005. Her television credits include episodes of Poirot (...
4. Lindsay Lohan
Actress | The Parent Trap
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City, on 2 July 1986, to Dina Lohan and Michael Lohan. She began her career at age three as a Ford model, and also made appearances in over sixty television commercials, including spots for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O (opposite Bill Cosby). Lohan ...
5. Christina Ricci
Actress | Buffalo '66
Precocious, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s, Christina Ricci was born on February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children of Sarah (Murdoch), a realtor, and Ralph Ricci, a lawyer and therapist. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and ...
6. Sophie Stuckey
Actress | The Woman in Black
Sophie Stuckey was born in March 1991 in Camden, London, England as Sophie Louise Stuckey. She is an actress, known for The Woman in Black (2012), The Dark (2005) and My Life in Ruins (2009).
7. Anya Taylor-Joy
Actress | The Queen's Gambit
Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit (2020), Thomasin in the period horror film The Witch (2015), as Casey Cooke in the horror-thriller Split (2016), and as Lily in the black comedy ...
8. Chloë Grace Moretz
Actress | Kick-Ass
Chloë Grace Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Teri (Duke), a nurse, and McCoy Lee Moretz, a plastic surgeon. She has four brothers, all older, including actor Trevor Duke-Moretz. Her ancestry is mostly German and English.
Chloë's first two appearances were as Violet in two episodes of the ...
9. Katharine Levy
Actress | The Watcher in the Woods
Katharine Levy was born in 1961 in Hampstead, London, England. She is an actress, known for The Watcher in the Woods (1980), A Legacy (1975) and Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981).
10. Hailee Steinfeld
Actress | True Grit
Hailee Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has a brother, Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. Her father is of ...
11. Hayley Orrantia
Actress | The Goldbergs
Hayley Orrantia plays the role of "Erica Goldberg" on the ABC comedy, The Goldbergs (2013). Originally from Highland Village, Texas, she is an actress, singer and songwriter. Hayley began singing professionally at the age of 13 and acting at the age of 14. Prior to "The Goldbergs", she performed in...
12. Claudette Colbert
Actress | It Happened One Night
One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle). The family moved to the United States when she was three. As Claudette ...
13. Angelina Jolie
Actress | Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...
14. Angela Lansbury
Actress | The Manchurian Candidate
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15. Jenny Agutter
Actress | Logan's Run
Jenny Agutter was born on December 20, 1952, in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. The daughter of an army officer, she spent her childhood traveling and living in different countries. Her film career began at the age of 12 in East of Sudan (1964), which was quickly followed by The Magical World of ...
16. Clea DuVall
Actress | The Faculty
Clea DuVall was born in Los Angeles on September 25, 1977, to Rosemary (Hatch) and actor Steph DuVall. DuVall's teenage years presented her with many challenges. Her parents divorced when she was twelve, and, when her mother remarried, DuVall moved out because she did not feel at home in the ...
17. Jemima Rooper
Actress | Lost in Austen
She passed her 9 GCSEs with A* and A grades in between working for several terms away from school on the Famous Five. From there she went to 6th form college where she got 3 grade A levels and an academic prize in the Arts. Her parents are both freelance broadcasters and she has two cousins who are...
18. Emer Kenny
Writer | Harlots
Emer Kenny was born on October 10, 1989 in Haringey, London, England as Emer Gwynne Morganna Kenny. She is an actress and writer, known for Harlots (2017), Father Brown (2013) and Pramface (2012). She has been married to Rick Edwards since May 28, 2016.
19. Allison Scagliotti
Actress | Warehouse 13
Allison Scagliotti was born on September 21, 1990 in Monterey, California, USA as Allison Glenn Scagliotti. She is an actress, known as Claudia Donovan on Warehouse 13 (2009), as Maddie Clifford on Redemption Maddie (2007) and as Sawyer on Read It and Weep (2006). Her most recent television series ...
20. Olivia Williams
Actress | Mantis
Olivia Williams is an actress, known for Mantis (2012), Final Days (2012) and Grey Wolf: Hitler's Escape to Argentina (2012).
21. Claudia Jessie
Actress | Line of Duty
Claudia Jessie is a British actress, born on October 30 in Moseley Birmingham, in the West Midlands. She grew up in London, but moved back to settle in her home town permanently in her early 20's and after finding her agent. She has worked continuously, appearing in a number of television ...
22. Gemma Arterton
Actress | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Gemma Christina Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, where she was raised. She is the daughter of Sally-Anne (Heap), a cleaner, and Barry J. Arterton, a welder. Her mother's cousin is singer-songwriter Eric Goulden.
Her parents divorced when she was age five, and Gemma subsequently lived ...
23. Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Actress | Peaky Blinders
Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 21 November 1987) is a Welsh actress from Newport, Wales. She is known for playing Sketch in Skins, Esme in Peaky Blinders, Sophie in Detectorists and Abi in Loaded.
Aimee-Ffion Edwards was born in Newport, Wales. She attended Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd (Newport Welsh medium ...
24. Carey Mulligan
Actress | Never Let Me Go
Carey Hannah Mulligan is a British actress. She was born May 28, 1985, in Westminster, London, England, to Nano (Booth), a university lecturer, and Stephen Mulligan, a hotel manager. Her mother is from Llandeilo, Wales, and Carey also has Irish and English ancestry.
Her first major appearance was ...
25. Jessica Green
Actress | The Outpost
Jessica Green: Blessed with beauty and striking blue eyes, the 5'9 actress was born in Tasmania, Australia on 11 February 1993. from a young age she expressed interest in the film and television industries appearing in small parts in films such as Peter Pan (Universal Pictures) and Aqua Marine (Fox...
26. Margaret Rutherford
Actress | The V.I.P.s
Rare is the reference to Margaret Rutherford that doesn't characterize her as either jut-chinned, eccentric, or both. The combination of those most mundane of attributes has led some to suggest that she was made for the role of Agatha Christie's indomitable sleuth, Jane Marple, whom Rutherford ...
27. Louise Brooks
Actress | Die Büchse der Pandora
Mary Louise Brooks, also known by her childhood name of Brooksie, was born in the Midwestern town of Cherryvale, Kansas, on November 14, 1906. She began dancing at an early age with the Denishawn Dancers (which was how she left Kansas and went to New York) and then with George White's Scandals ...
28. Alexis Knapp
Actress | Pitch Perfect
Alexis Merizalde Knapp hails from Allegheny in Pennsylvania. She worked as a model before breaking into acting, starting with small roles in Couples Retreat (2009) and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010). She also came to public attention during a high-profile relationship...
29. Sofía Vergara
Actress | Hot Pursuit
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her mother, Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, is a housewife. Her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, provides cattle to the meat industry. She has five siblings. She was educated at a private bilingual Spanish/...
30. Sissy Spacek
Actress | In the Bedroom
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31. Teri Hatcher
Actress | Tomorrow Never Dies
Teri Hatcher is an American actress, writer, presenter, and former NFL cheerleader. She is known for her television roles, portraying Lois Lane on the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997), and as Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004-2012), ...
32. Ann Casson
Actress | Number Seventeen
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33. Rebecca Romijn
Actress | X-Men
Rebecca Alie Romijn was born on November 6, 1972 in Berkeley, California. Her father was Dutch-born and worked as a custom-furniture maker. Her mother was American-born, with Dutch and English ancestry, and was a teacher of English. Rebecca attended Berkeley High School where her nickname was the "...
34. Margot Kidder
Actress | Superman
Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in ...
35. Patricia Velasquez
Actress | The Mummy Returns
Creativity goes beyond canvas, photos, film, and media. It also catalyzes charity, philanthropy, and activism.
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36. Stephanie Beatriz
Actress | Encanto
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37. Kimberley Nixon
Actress | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Kimberley Nixon was born on September 24, 1985 in Bristol, England. She is an actress, known for Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), Wild Child (2008) and Black Death (2010).
38. Anna Faris
Actress | The House Bunny
Anna Kay Faris was born on November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Karen (Bathurst), a special education teacher, and Jack Faris, a sociologist. She was raised in Edmonds, Washington. Her ancestry includes English, German, Scottish, French, Dutch, and Welsh.
Anna started acting very young but ...
39. Emma Ishta
Actress | Stitchers
Emma Ishta is an Australian actress known for Stitchers (2015-2017), I Smile Back (2015), and Manhattan Love Story (2014). She studied as a vocalist at the Queensland Conservatory of Music until her modeling career brought her to Sydney, Paris, London, and eventually New York. She is married to New...
40. Camren Bicondova
Actress | Gotham
Camren Bicondova was born on May 22, 1999 in San Diego, California, USA. Camren is an actress and producer, known for Gotham (2014), Girl House (2014) and Gotham Stories (2016).
41. Floella Benjamin
Actress | Rendition
One of the most famous presenters of Play School (1964) she has recently devoted her life to charity work. As well as sitting on the Board of Governors of Britain's National Film & Television School, she was awarded the OBE by the Queen for services to broadcasting and charity in 2001.
As of 28th ...
42. Chloe Rose
Actress | Teenagers
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Chloe is best known for her breakout role as Katie Matlin on Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001). Following Degrassi, Chloe received acclaim for her performance in Teenagers (2014). She has also starred in feature films, including The Lesser Blessed (2012), ...
43. Jane Russell
Actress | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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44. Martine McCutcheon
Actress | Love Actually
Martine McCutcheon was born Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting on the 14th of May 1976 in Hackney, East London, to Jenny Tomlin (née Jeanette Lilian Ponting) and Thomas Hemmings. She has a younger brother called L.J.
She studied at the renowned Italia Conti stage school in London from the age of 10. ...
45. Riki Lindhome
Actress | The Last House on the Left
Riki Lindhome was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania but grew up primarily in Portville, New York (about 80 miles south of Buffalo). Her first break came when Tim Robbins cast her in his hit play, "Embedded", which played at the Public Theater in New York City, Riverside Studios in London and The ...
46. Olivia DeJonge
Actress | The Visit
Olivia DeJonge was born to Robyn and Rob DeJonge on April 30, 1998, in Melbourne, and is the oldest out of two children. In October 2003 she and her family moved to Perth Western Australia where she commenced school at Presbyterian Ladies College in Peppermint Grove, a riverside suburb of Perth. ...
47. Joyce Grenfell
Actress | Stage Fright
Toothy, oval-faced Britisher Joyce Grenfell with her stark, equine features charmed and humored audiences both here and abroad on radio, stage, film and TV for nearly four decades. Lovingly remembered as a delightfully witty revue artist, monologist and raconteur, she inherited her bold talents ...
48. Sarah Michelle Gellar
Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Emmy Award-winning Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York City, the daughter of Rosellen (Greenfield), who taught at a nursery school, and Arthur Gellar, who worked in the garment industry. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.
Eating in a local restaurant, ...
49. Michelle Trachtenberg
Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.
She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures...
50. Odeya Rush
Actress | Lady Bird
Odeya Rush was born and raised in Haifa, Israel, along with her six brothers. Her first role was Larry David's childhood friend in an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Shortly after that she starred in The Odd Life of Timothy Green. She then went on to do "The Giver" alongside Jeff Bridges and ...
51. Kaley Cuoco
Actress | The Big Bang Theory
Kaley Christine Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, to Layne Ann (Wingate) and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. She is of Italian (father) and German and English (mother) descent. A model and commercial actress from the age of 6, Cuoco's first major role was in the TV movie Quicksand: No Escape ...
52. Jennifer Lawrence
Actress | The Hunger Games
As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. She is also thus far the only person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar.
Jennifer Shrader ...
53. Helen Baxendale
Actress | Anonymous
Helen Baxendale was born on June 7, 1970 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England as Helen Victoria Baxendale. She is an actress and producer, known for Anonymous (2011), Cold Feet (1997) and Cardiac Arrest (1994). She has been married to David L. Williams since 1993. They have three children.
54. Halle Berry
Actress | Catwoman
Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Bedford, Ohio to Judith Ann Hawkins, a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years when she won the Miss Teen All-American ...
55. Bryce Dallas Howard
Actress | Jurassic World
Bryce Dallas Howard was born on March 2, 1981, in Los Angeles, California. She was conceived in Dallas, Texas (the reason for her middle name). Her father, Ron Howard, is a former actor turned Oscar-winning director. Her mother is actress and writer Cheryl Howard (née Alley). Her famous relatives ...
56. Billie Piper
Actress | Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Billie Piper studied at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. She caught the eyes of record producers who were interested in signing a young vocalist when she was the poster girl for the ad campaign of a British pop music magazine, "Smash Hits". She released her first single, "Because We ...
57. Nicole Kidman
Actress | Moulin Rouge!
Elegant Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas.
Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a biochemist and clinical ...
58. Anya Taylor-Joy
59. Jessica Alba
Actress | Fantastic Four
Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen) and Mark David Alba, who served in the US Air Force. Her father is of Mexican descent (including Spanish and Indigenous Mexican roots), and her mother has Danish, Welsh, English, and French ancestry. Her family ...
60. Brittany Murphy
Actress | Just Married
Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti. Her father's ancestry is Italian, and her mother is of Irish and Slovak descent. Her father moved the family back to Edison, New Jersey as a native New...
61. Gabrielle Union
Actress | Bring It On
Gabrielle Union was born on October 29, 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Theresa (Glass), who managed a phone company, and Sylvester E. Union, a military sergeant and business executive. When she was eight, her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended high school. There, ...
62. Lyndsy Fonseca
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca was born in Oakland, California, and was raised first in Alameda and then Moraga, California. Lyndsy competed in the International Modeling & Talent Association, where she was recognized as the second runner-up for "Young Miss Dancer of the Year" and was the first runner-up for...
63. Kim Cattrall
Actress | Sex and the City 2
Kim Victoria Cattrall was born on August 21, 1956 in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England to Gladys Shane (Baugh), a secretary, and Dennis Cattrall, a construction engineer. At the age of three months, her family immigrated to Canada, where a large number of her films have been made. At age 11, she ...
64. Samantha Womack
Actress | Kingsman: The Secret Service
Samantha Womack was born on November 2, 1972 in Brighton, East Sussex, England as Samantha Zoe Janus. She is an actress, known for Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and EastEnders (1985). She has been married to Mark Womack since May 17, 2009. They have two ...
65. Emma Stone
Actress | La La Land
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to Krista Jean Stone (née Yeager), a homemaker & Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO. She is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began acting as a child as a member of the ...
66. Emma Watson
Actress | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to British parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years,...
67. Karen Gillan
Actress | Selfie
Karen Sheila Gillan was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, as the only child of Marie Paterson and husband John Gillan, who is a singer and recording artist. She developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at ...
68. Genelle Williams
Actress | Orphan
Genelle Williams was born on February 18, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Orphan (2009), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006) and The Incredible Hulk (2008).
69. Raegan Revord
Actress | Young Sheldon
A born performer, Raegan Revord can currently be seen on the smash hit CBS comedy Young Sheldon, where she plays fan favorite "Missy Cooper," the sassy and brash twin sister to Sheldon. The show is consistently one of primetime's most watched comedies, and their second season finale was watched by ...
70. Michaela Coel
Actress | Chewing Gum
Michaela was born on October 1st 1987 as Michaela Boakye-Collinson to Ghanaian parents and brought up in Tower Hamlets by her mother, a devout member of the Pentecostal church who instilled her religion into Michaela and her sister - something that she would later draw on for her play 'Chewing Gum ...
71. Anna May Wong
Actress | Daughter of Shanghai
Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American movie star, was born Wong Liu Tsong on January 3, 1905, in Los Angeles, California, to laundryman Wong Sam Sing and his wife, Lee Gon Toy. A third-generation American, she managed to have a substantial acting career during a deeply racist time when the ...
72. Meagan Martin
Self | American Ninja Warrior Junior
Meagan Martin is known for her work on American Ninja Warrior Junior (2018), American Ninja Warrior (2009) and American Ninja Warrior: Celebrity Edition (2017).
73. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Actress | Autómata
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen was born on January 16, 1982 in Hillerød, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Automata (2014), In Order of Disappearance (2014) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015).
74. Katherine Heigl
Actress | One for the Money
Katherine Marie Heigl was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington, D.C., to Nancy Heigl (née Engelhardt), a personnel manager, and Paul Heigl, an accountant and executive. Her father is of German/Swiss-German and Irish descent, and her mother is of German ancestry. A short time after her birth, the...
75. Denise Richards
Actress | The World Is Not Enough
Denise Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, the older of two daughters of Joni Lee, who owned a coffee shop, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer. She has German, French-Canadian, Irish, English, and Welsh ancestry. She grew up in the Chicago area, until the family relocated to Oceanside...
76. Kirsten Zien
Actress | Elektra
Kirsten Prout was born in Vancouver, Canada. Meeting with success at an early age, she worked locally in Vancouver, guest-starring on shows such as First Wave (1998), Stargate SG-1 (1997), Cold Squad (1998) and The Dead Zone (2002). Her first sizable break in film came in 2005, when she landed the ...
77. Jennifer Garner
Actress | Alias
Jennifer Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television series Alias (2001), has come a long way from her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her mother Patricia Ann (née English), a retired English teacher, and her father, William John ...
78. Miranda Cosgrove
Actress | Despicable Me 2
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove was born May 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, to Christina (Casey) and Tom Cosgrove, who owns a dry-cleaning business. She was discovered at a young age singing and dancing around a table in a restaurant, where an agent saw her talent and quickly signed her. Miranda's ...
79. Amanda Seyfried
Actress | Les Misérables
Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking ...
80. Amanda Bynes
Actress | Hairspray
Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children of Lynn (Organ), a dental assistant, and Richard Bynes, a dentist. Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. ...
81. Jolene Blalock
Actress | Enterprise
Jolene Blalock was born and raised in San Diego, California. At age 16, she left home to pursue a modeling career in Europe and Asia. It was on a 1998 trip back to the United States that Blalock was compelled to flex her untested acting skills, and after a few commercial appearances and some ...
82. Joely Richardson
Actress | Nip/Tuck
For Joely, the theatre must be in her genes. Born in Marylebone, London, England, she is the daughter of director Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave, granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of Lynn Redgrave, and sister of Natasha Richardson, all actors. Former husband Tim ...
83. Jane Levy
Actress | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Jane Levy was born on 29 December 1989. She was born in California, USA. Jane attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California. While in school, she was on the hip hop dancing team and was captain of the soccer team. During that time, she also appeared in Community Theater ...
84. Natalie Alyn Lind
Actress | Big Sky
Natalie Alyn Lind, the oldest of the three Lind sisters, all working actresses, grew up surrounded by the entertainment industry. Her mother is also an actress who starred in feature films and on several TV series including the hit drama "One Tree Hill". Natalie booked her first guest role at 4 ...
85. Lucy Boynton
Actress | Sing Street
Lucy Boynton (born 17 January 1994) is an American-English actress. She made her film debut with a leading role in Miss Potter (2006). Boynton starred in Copperhead (2013), Sing Street (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Boynton was born in New York City and ...
86. Vanessa Kirby
Actress | The Crown
Vanessa Kirby is an English stage, TV, and film actress. From 2016 to 2018, Kirby portrayed Princess Margaret in Peter Morgan's Netflix series The Crown, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series in 2018. She starred as Estella in the BBC ...
87. Jennifer Love Hewitt
Actress | I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jennifer Love Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, to Patricia Mae (Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician. She has English, Italian, French, Scottish, and German ancestry. She got her first name from her older brother Todd Daniel Hewitt (b. November 8, ...
88. Kirsten Dunst
Actress | Spider-Man
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, ...
89. Sally Geeson
Actress | Carry on Abroad
Petite, raven haired (now blonde) and fresh faced, Sally Geeson is best remembered for her role in the television series Bless This House (1971) playing the part of Sally Abbott, opposite Sidney James and Diana Coupland.
She was perfectly cast in the 1972 Carry On caper, Carry on Abroad (1972), ...
90. Sheridan Smith
Actress | Cilla
Sheridan Smith was born on 25 June 1981 and grew up in Epworth. While Sheridan was growing up, her parents, Colin and Marilyn, performed as a Country and Western duo called The Daltons and it wasn't long before Sheridan got into it. She was dancing from the age of 4 and singing with her parents ...
91. Gabrielle Evans
Producer | Magic Max
Gabrielle is a member of PGA and the founder of Silver Lining Pictures, a motion picture company. The family film, Magic Max' won the 2020 'Best Family Film, 'Magic Max" at the Canadian International Family & Faith Festival. Silver Lining Pictures produces a series of diversified films aimed at the...
92. Ornella Muti
Actress | Flash Gordon
Ornella Muti was born on March 9, 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy as Francesca Romana Rivelli. She is known for her work on Flash Gordon (1980), Oscar (1991) and The Most Beautiful Wife (1970). She was previously married to Federico Fachinetti and Alessio Orano.
93. Ariana Grande
Soundtrack | Don't Look Up
Ariana Grande was born Ariana Grande-Butera on June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande, a chief executive officer for Hose-McCann Communications & Edward Butera, a graphic designer, photographer, artist and Ibi Designs Inc. owner/founder. She starred in the 2008 musical, 13 before ...
94. Julie Ege
Actress | On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Julie Ege was born on November 12, 1943 in Sandnes, Norway as Julie Dzuli. She was an actress, known for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Not Now Darling (1973) and Rentadick (1972). She was married to Alf Kruger-Monsen and Erland Skatten. She died on April 29, 2008 in Oslo, Norway.
95. Tessa Ferrer
Actress | Insidious: The Last Key
Tessa Ferrer was born on March 30, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Tessa Rose Ferrer. She is an actress and producer, known for Insidious: The Last Key (2018), Excision (2008) and The Passing Parade (2018).
96. Freema Agyeman
Actress | Doctor Who
Freema Agyeman was born on March 20, 1979 in London, England as Frema Agyeman. She is an actress, known for Doctor Who (2005), Law & Order: UK (2009) and Sense8 (2015).
97. Caroline Langrishe
Actress | Lovejoy
Caroline trained at Elmhurst Ballet School, and started working in film, theatre and television from the age of 17. She is probably best known for her roles as running characters: Charlotte Cavendish in 'Lovejoy', Georgina Channing in 'Judge John Deed' and Marilyn Fox in 'Casualty'. Caroline was ...
98. Kate Beckinsale
Actress | Underworld: Evolution
Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her ...
99. Lindsay Wagner
Actress | The Bionic Woman
Lindsay Wagner makes little distinction between her life as an actress, advocate, mother or author. What unites these various parts is a commitment through her work and her personal life to exploring and advancing human potential.
Lindsay first came to prominence in the critically-acclaimed role of ...
100. Pauley Perrette
Actress | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Pauley Perrette is known to millions around the world as Abby Sciuto, the brilliant but offbeat forensic scientist on CBS's NCIS (2003), the #1-rated drama in the world. Her additional credits include appearances on such shows as Almost Famous (2000), The Ring (2002), 24 (2001), CSI: Crime Scene ...
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MacBain & Boyd Publishers invites articles for a scholarly anthology about post-recessionary narratives in global film and television, titled Reliving the Crash: Global Recession Narratives in Film and Television. Under a new editorship (Dr. Lauren J. DeCarvalho, The University of Denver), the projected release date is April 2020.
Deadline: September 27, 2019
DEADLINE EXTENDED: ICMS 2020: Orientations: Intersections of Queer, Trans, Ace, and Beyond
Zachary Engledow
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 15th
Sponsored by the BABEL Working Group and Co-Sponsored by the Society for the Study of Homosexuality in the Middle Ages.
International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 7-10 2020
Special Issue on the short fiction of A. S. Byatt
Journal of the Short Story in English/ JSSE 78
Journal of the Short Story in English/ JSSE 78 (Spring 2022)
Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 June 2020
World-Building: Tolkien, His Precursors and Legacies
Fantasy Research Hub, School of Critical Studies, Univ. of Glasgow
Call for Papers:"Medieval World-Building: Tolkien, His Precursors and Legacies"
sponsored by the Fantasy Research Hub, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow,
55th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 7-10, 2020) Kalamazoo, Michigan
ChLA 2020 International Panel on Korean Children's Literature
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - 9:35am
Children's Literature Association International Committee
The International Committee of the Children's Literature Association is planning a special focus panel on Korean children's literature, to be presented at the 47th Children's Literature Association Conference. This conference will be held in Bellevue, Washington, and hosted by the University of Washington from June 18 through 20, 2020.
The Next Act: Approaches to the Problem of the Theatre Canon in Undergraduate Education
Lindsey Mantoan / Linfield College
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Co-Editors: Lindsey Mantoan, Matthew Moore, and Angela Farr Schiller
Canonicity is not only a list of texts, but a way of thinking about what the texts signify.
- Randy Laist
"The Self-Deconstructing Canon:
Teaching the Survey Course Without Perpetuating Hegemony."
Currents in Teaching and Learning Vol. 1 No. 2 (2009): 51
Multicultural Shakespeare: Shakespeare, Blackface, and Performance
ACMRS
Special Issue of Multicultural Shakespeare: Shakespeare, Blackface, and Performance: A Global Exploration,
Ed. Coen Heijes and Ayanna Thompson.
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2020
PUBLICATION: AUTUMN 2020
More details here: https://acmrs.asu.edu/multiculturalshakespeare?fbclid=IwAR2JU0ixuEQhi0MG...
James Baldwin Review Volume 6
James Baldwin Review
James Baldwin Review (JBR), an annual peer-reviewed journal, is seeking submissions for its sixth volume. An Open Access online publication, James Baldwin Review brings together a wide array of peer-reviewed critical essays and creative non-fiction on the life, writings, and legacies of James Baldwin. JBR publishes essays that invigorate scholarship on James Baldwin, catalyse explorations of the literary, political, and cultural influence of Baldwin's writing and political activism, and deepen our understanding and appreciation of this complex and luminary figure.
Collections, Curation, and Collectors: An Exploration of Gathering
Bowling Green State University/Popular Culture Scholars Association
The Ray Browne Conference for Popular Culture Studies
March 6th and 7th 2020
Pallister Conference Room, Jerome Library
It might be observed that scholars who investigate popular culture often explore collections, curation, and collectors. In such explorations, popular culture scholars make visible the stories bound to material objects, the common interpretant of communities, and the negotiations of individuals.
PCA Conference: Latin Americans and Latinos - Identity Issues and Cultural Stereotypes (Philadelphia, PA, April 15-18, 2020)
Raul Rosales Herrera - Popular Culture Association
Popular Culture Association (PCA) National Conference
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel
Subject Area: Latin Americans & Latinos - Identity Issues & Cultural Stereotypes
SCMS 2020 CFP: Animism and the Spirits of Media
Grant Bollmer, NC State University
CALL FOR PANELISTS: SCMS 2020, DENVER, CO, APRIL 1-5
CALL FOR PAPERS: After 'Emancipation': The legacies, afterlives and continuation of slavery.
After 'Emancipation': The legacies, afterlives and continuation of slavery.
University of Nottingham, 21-23 June 2020.
The University of Nottingham's Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS) is a multidisciplinary centre which pursues research on both historical and contemporary slavery and forced labour in all parts of the globe and through all periods.
BAKEA 2019 6th INTERNATIONAL WESTERN CULTURAL AND LITERARY STUDIES SYMPOSIUM
Cultural, geographical, political, social, emotional, linguistic, and economic borders, among others, define and determine different aspects of our identities, cultures, and social lives along with literatures and arts. In a world charmed by 'globalization', interdisciplinary studies in humanities and social sciences has thrown further lights on the definitions, conceptualizations, roles and functions of borders. They are understood not only in terms of limits, restrictions, and divisions but also in terms of opportunities, possibilities, and reconstructions.
8th International Conference on e-Democracy: Safeguarding Democracy and Human Rights in the Digital Age
Scientific Council for the Information Society
The ever-evolving digital age is becoming more intelligent and the future internet is shaping up. Technologies supporting the digital transformation, such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things, blockchain technologies, and robotics are developing in unprecedented rhythms. A new digital environment emerges, promising a lot, but also raising concerns about democracy itself and individual rights and freedoms.
The 21st-century Disaster Film: Now It Gets Real
Rebecca Romanow/Northeast Modern Language Association


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Most publishers and writers want to see reviews of current or recently released books. There is nothing wrong with that, and all fans should read the new stuff coming out. But in this column I intend to showcase older works. The past is a treasure trove of books that are important to the genre, and there are also simply fun novels that I believe deserve new readers. Some of these will be currently available today from living writers. The duel-edged miracle of electronic publishing makes it easy to bring old stuff back to life, and I will encourage you to purchase them in this way. Writers gotta eat and pay bills like the rest of us. Other times the items I talk about here will be long out of print and can be found at the secondary markets.
I plan to focus on titles that were published in or prior to the 1980s. These are the years I cut my horror-reading teeth in, and I read dozens and dozens of great, near great, and not-so-great horror and suspense books back then.
My first choice is Night Things by Thomas F. Monteleone. Anyone who knows anything is well aware that Tom has, as a writer, editor, publisher, and journalist, been a monument of quality. His standard is simply excellence. But way back in 1980 he was just getting his feet wet in the genre. Having already made a mark in the science fiction field, Monteleone set his sights on darker subject matter. Night Things is his debut horror novel.
I read Night Things a few years after its publication, and I was ready for it. I had piledriven through everything Stephen King had published up until that point. I was blown away by Peter Straub's If You Could See Me Now, Ghost Story, Shadowland, and Floating Dragon. I was reading Charles L. Grant. James Herbert. Ramsey Campbell. I had been a fan of Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson since the early seventies.
I was head over heels in love with horror, and that passion was only going to increase for the next several years. I saw every movie I could manage to see. I was reading just about everything. It was, and continues to be, a very happy addiction.
I knew who Thomas F. Monteleone was. Oh yes. My memory was firm. I grew up a voracious science fiction reader, and I read Tom's very first published novel at the ripe old age of fourteen. It was Seeds of Change, and the book was the first in an ill-conceived and short-lived series of non-related novels called Laser Books.
I liked Seeds of Change, even if I can't remembered a damned thing about the book today. I've spoken to Tom about it, and he doesn't appear to have what you'd call the fondest memories of it. Hey, we've all got to start somewhere.
So, yeah, I remembered the Thomas F. Monteleone byline, and whilst I was browsing through a wonderful used bookstore called The Bookworm sometime in nineteen eighty-four, I saw it on the spine of a paperback in the horror section. The book was, of course, Night Things. I bought it at the customary half cover price, and took it home with me. Or at least it was what I called home at the time.
An aside: God, how I miss The Bookworm. I spend nearly all my extra cash in that place. I did buy new books sometimes, but I was fairly poor in those days. The Bookworm appeared one day in my neighborhood, and it was a godsend to a reading fanatic such as myself.
I read Night Things, and a whole bunch of other horror novels, while I was living on a small boat that was docked at a marina near where I worked. It was a inglorious existence, but the rent was free, and I could take showers for a couple of bucks at the local bait shop.
I am hard-pressed today to think of a better place to read horror fiction than on a small craft on the water. It didn't help matters that I was asked to stay there because thieves had been robbing boats in the area. Try reading Janes Herbert's The Rats on a tiny deadrise workboat when seeing large, hungry rodents around the bulkhead was a common occurrence.
The night I read Night Things was very cold and very windy. Perfect conditions for a horror story. I wasn't freezing, but I wasn't exactly toasty either. I had a little propane stove that got it up to fifty degrees or so. I actually enjoy that temperature.
I reread Night Things for this article, and the conditions were slightly different. For one, I am somewhat more sophisticated as a reader. I'm not as easy to please, and I am not as easily swayed by a simple story. For another, while it was very cold again, this time I was between flannel sheets and beside the woman I love.
I am happy to say that I did enjoy Night Things this time around, and I do recommend those who love a good horror yarn to find a copy.
It was a simpler time. A time when evil children and Indian burial grounds ruled the roost. And a hell of a lot of horror was set in rural areas. There was a kind of loose formula to this sort of thing. A family leaves the big bad city and moves to a small town. This was usually after some sort of tragedy, or maybe just overall urban weariness and a misfortune. A miscarriage was not uncommon. The hapless family is trying to set root in the small town, but this plan gets waylaid by some form of ancient evil. Imagine Donald Pleasance dragging out the word…eeevilll.
Horror underwent some changes by the mid-eighties. It went downtown, and became heavily influenced by rock music, midnight/grindhouse/drive-in movies, and a lot of marijuana. It was the splatterpunk era and any of us welcomed it with open arms. I know that I did. Small town horror became too quaint. We wanted hip characters, blood, entrails, drugs. And we got 'em.
Horror became more intense as the nineties roared past. Transgressive fiction became the norm, and horror not only went to the city, but it also took readers to brothels, bathrooms, dens of subversion, torture chambers. I liked some of that stuff for a little while, but enough very quickly became enough.
It was enough to make me crave the good old comfortable small towns again.
Sure, horror should not be too comfortable, and I don't want all the things I read and watch go too easily on my sensibilities, but damned if I don't enjoy a good small town horror story now and again. I don't even mind hoary old Indian Burial Grounds.
Which brings me back to Night Things. Yes, the formula is in full force in this novel. You got your broken family—widowed father and son—a small southeastern desert town, a new love life for the guy, and you won't be too surprised that early on in the book a construction crew uncovers a spooky burial ground. And you know that mysterious deaths begin to occur in the town. Could the burial site be…gulp…cursed?
Night Things is a fun book, and it was written back when the clichés were, well, if not exactly fresh, then at least not too stale yet.
I don't think anyone would call Night Things the best novel that Tom Monteleone has ever written. His later thrillers are masterfully constructed. But even back then, when he and I were still somewhat naive, he knew how to tell a story. Night Things moves along at a brisk pace, it has multiple third person viewpoints, and it delivers a nice amount of tension, suspense, and solid scares.
Sad to say, Night Things has never been released as a hardcover. Back then a writer could make a decent living doing paperback originals, and it was no shame to publish in that arena. Now every half-baked rush job horror novel seems to get a deluxe treatment. If I had my own imprint, I'd consider doing a nice edition of Night Things. It's surely no classic, but it's a genuine relic from the days when modern horror was being forged. And it was written by an acknowledged master of the genre.
I recently asked Tom a few questions about the conception of Night Things, and he told me that he decided to do the small town horror novel in bright sunlight and not dreary New England; he copied King's formula of multiple POV; he took the Indian burial ground cliché and turned it inside out.
If this sounds like your kind of horror, a spooky, atmospheric trip back into the genre's past, I urge you to locate a copy. It's available as a trade paperback and an e-book, with an introduction by Bob Booth.
Yes, yes, yes. I've read Night Things as well. Loved it, it has lasting imagery, characters trapped in that cop car?!? Wow.
P.S. Please review The Dead by Mark Rogers next, Published in 1989. End of the world apocalyptic novel with a garish dayglo cover.
Troy, thanks for reading! My next few columns are either completed or in progress, but I'll definitely keep the Rogers book in mind. Good suggestion!
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Q: Urllib3 session (persist settings between requests) I wrote a Python script which makes several https requests one after the other by following redirections (its purpose is to login to AWS Cognito via a load balancer):
import requests

session = requests.session()

response = session.get(
    f'https://<initial_url>',
    allow_redirects=False,
    verify=False,
)

response = session.get(
    response.headers["Location"],
    allow_redirects=False,
    verify=False,
)

response = session.post(
    response.headers["Location"],
    allow_redirects=False,
    verify=False,
    data={
        "_csrf": session.cookies["XSRF-TOKEN"],
        "username": <user>,
        "password": <password>,
    },
)

This works as expected. I would like to use the urllib3 library instead of requests and I transformed the script as follows:
import urllib3

http = urllib3.PoolManager(cert_reqs="CERT_NONE")

response = session.request(
    "GET",
    f'https://<initial_url>',
    redirect=False,
    retries=False,
)

response = session.request(
    "GET",
    response.headers["Location"],
    redirect=False,
    retries=False,
)

csrf=<get the XSRF-TOKEN cookie from response.headers["Set-Cookie"]>

fields = {
        "_csrf": csrf,
        "username": <user>,
        "password": <password>,
    }
response = session.request(
    "POST",
    response.headers["Location"],
    redirect=False,
    retries=False,
    fields=fields,
)

The GET requests work and the redirects are as expected, but the POST does not (I get an error from Cognito). Based on the documentation
https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/quickstart/
and
https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide.html
I understand that the equivalent of requests/data is urllib3/fields, as both are used to form-encode data
In the first version of the code, I created a new requests.session() object before the POST request and used it for that and I got the same error as in the urrlib3 case, which led me to believe that urllib3.PoolManager() does not provide a session like requests.session() and that each request is made separately, which makes the POST request fail. Does anyone know if there is a way to have a session in urrlib3 ? I could not find anything in the documentation

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1982 Ice Hockey World Championships
(Redirected from 1982 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships)
The 1982 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Finland from the 15 April to the 29 April. The games were played in Helsinki and Tampere. Eight teams took part, and each played each other once. The four best teams then played each other once more. This was the 48th World Championships, and also the 59th European Championships of ice hockey. The Soviet Union became World Champions for the 18th time, and also won their 21st European Championship.
Venue(s)
2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Soviet Union (18th title)
Fourth place
249 (7.32 per match)
193,224 (5,683 per match)
Scoring leader(s)
Wayne Gretzky 14 points
The tournament is notable since Canada, reinforced by Wayne Gretzky, would have won the silver if the Soviet team had won against Czechoslovakia in the final game. However, the teams tied the game 0–0.[1][2] Gretzky did score more points than any other player in the tournament (14), in his only appearance at the World Championships, but the Soviet Union's Viktor Shalimov was selected as the "Best Forward" of the tournament.[1]
Other notable events include: The Czechoslovaks lost to West Germany for the first time in forty-five years.[1] The Italians, by beating the Americans, became the first promoted team since the tournament expanded to eight, to survive relegation.[1] And they did so using seventeen Italian Canadians.[1]
World Championship Group A (Finland)Edit
First RoundEdit
GF – GA
Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 48–16 14
Czechoslovakia 7 4 1 2 33–14 9
Sweden 7 3 3 1 24–22 9
Canada 7 3 2 2 32–22 8
Finland 7 3 1 3 21–31 7
West Germany 7 2 1 4 19–30 5
Italy 7 1 1 5 20–44 3
United States 7 0 1 6 21–39 1
The United States was relegated to Group B.
15 April Canada
15 April West Germany
15 April Soviet Union
15 April Sweden
16 April Czechoslovakia
16 April Italy
16 April Finland
Final RoundEdit
Points difference
Soviet Union 10 9 1 0 58–20 19
Czechoslovakia 10 5 2 3 38–20 12
Canada 10 5 2 3 46–30 12
Sweden 10 3 3 4 26–35 9
World Championship Group B (Austria)Edit
Played in Klagenfurt March 18–27. Like the finals of Group A, Group B ended with controversy. After the Chinese had defeated the Dutch (relegating them), only a tie between Romania and Switzerland would offer China relegation. The "scandalous parody game" ended in a three all tie, with Romania having three head-to-head points, Switzerland two, and China one.[1]
East Germany 7 6 1 0 48–25 13
Austria 7 4 1 2 33–26 9
Poland 7 4 1 2 42–23 9
Norway 7 3 0 4 24–43 6
Romania 7 2 1 4 27–30 5
Switzerland 7 1 3 3 20–27 5
China 7 2 1 4 32–47 5
Netherlands 7 2 0 5 22–27 4
East Germany was promoted to Group A, and both China and the Netherlands were relegated.
18 March East Germany
18 March Switzerland
18 March Romania
18 March Austria
20 March Poland
21 March China
23 March Netherlands
23 March Norway
World Championship Group C (Spain)Edit
Played in Jaca March 19–28.
Japan 7 7 0 0 70–14 14
Yugoslavia 7 5 0 2 59–22 10
Denmark 7 4 1 2 35–20 9
France 7 4 0 3 47–30 8
Hungary 7 4 0 3 43–29 8
Bulgaria 7 2 1 4 29–30 5
Spain 7 1 0 6 26–50 2
South Korea 7 0 0 7 13–127 0
Both Japan and Yugoslavia were promoted to Group B.
19 March Japan
19 March France
19 March Denmark
19 March Spain
21 March Bulgaria
22 March Hungary
23 March Yugoslavia
RankingEdit
1982 IIHF World Championship Winners
18th title
Tournament AwardsEdit
Best players selected by the directorate:
Best Goaltender:
Jiří Králík
Best Defenceman:
Viacheslav Fetisov
Best Forward:
Viktor Shalimov
Media All-Star Team:
Goaltender:
Defence:
Viacheslav Fetisov,
Alexei Kasatonov
Bill Barber,
Wayne Gretzky,
Sergei Makarov
Final standingsEdit
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
European championships final standingsEdit
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:
Scoring leadersEdit
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Wayne Gretzky 6 8 14 8 F
Viktor Shalimov 8 5 13 4 F
Sergei Makarov 6 7 13 8 F
Sergei Kapustin 3 9 12 8 F
Igor Larionov 4 6 10 2 F
Bill Barber 8 1 9 18 F
Jiri Lala 6 3 9 8 F
Vladimir Golikov 4 5 9 6 F
Sergei Shepelev 6 2 8 6 F
Jindrich Kokrment 5 3 8 8 F
CitationsEdit
^ a b c d e f Summary
^ Duplacey page 507
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 149.
See also: World Juniors
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Chassignieu ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ) im Département Isère in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; sie gehört administrativ zum Arrondissement La Tour-du-Pin und ist Teil des Kantons Le Grand-Lemps (bis 2015: Kanton Virieu).

Geografie
Chassignieu befindet sich etwa 60 Kilometer ostsüdöstlich von Lyon. Der Bourbre begrenzt die Gemeinde im Nordwesten. Umgeben wird Chassignieu von den Nachbargemeinden Le Passage im Norden, Valencogne im Süden und Osten sowie Chélieu im Westen und Nordwesten.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, 1894 erbaut
 Schloss Bellegarde, seit 1996 Monument historique

Weblinks

Ort in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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With May being pretty much a wash-out I've had to resort to getting my tan out of a bottle recently and over the last few weeks I have been trialling a number of different fake-tans and bringing you the results.
The Vita Liberata pHenomenal 2-3 Self Tan Mousse (125ml, £37.50)* promises a longest lasting, super-fast drying natural tan that lasts up to 4 times longer than regular self-tans. Containing Odour Remove™, pHenO2 technology and a Moisture Lock system it offers an odourless tan that adjusts to your unique skin pH for the perfect colour, fades evenly and nourishes the skin. The ingredients list also boasts an impressive and exhaustive line-up of organic, natural botanicals including Aloe, Cucumber, Witch Hazel, Bladderwrack, Pomegranate, Papaya, Raspberry, Lychee, Licorice, Grape and Gingo Biloba. Phew!
The mousse formula is light as a feather and easy to apply, and the guide colour shows exactly where you've applied it (so no excuse for streaks or missing a bit) plus gives you an instant bronze glow! Unlike some fake tans this one is completely odourless and the mousse dries super quickly so you can dress pretty much straight after application, great if you're running late and don't have time to hang around.
The tan you get is a lovely golden bronze colour (see picture above); noticable but natural looking and without that orange tone some self-tanners are known for. You can apply this with your hands, although I'd definitely recommend getting a mitt for application as it avoids getting your palms tanned, and also I find helps blend the tan so you get a seemless, smooth finish! To get the longest lasting tan possible it is recommended you apply the self tan 3 times, allowing each application to develop over at least 6 hours.
Although it's quite pricey Vita Liberata is the ideal tanner for special occasions as it doesn't leave behind that characteristic fake-tan odour and the colour is amazingly natural. If you're getting married (or attending a wedding) and know you're going to be getting lots of hugs and kisses off friends and family, by tanning with this product you aren't going to give the game away that your tan is anything but the real deal! I won't say anything if you don't!
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From her early work as a midwife to leading an Australian delegation to the United Nations, Patricia Giles dedicated her life to creating a better world for women.
The former WA senator died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia.
She is survived by four daughters and four grandchildren.
Ms Giles was a leader of the women's rights movement, a trade unionist and a founding member and inaugural convenor of the Women's Electoral Lobby in WA in 1973. The first woman on the executive of the WA Trades and Labor Council, she was elected as an ALP senator in 1980 and held the position until 1993.
She led a number of international delegations, was inaugural president of the World Women Parliamentarians for Peace and for a time chaired the UN Global Commission on Women's Health.
In 2010, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.
The Patricia Giles Centre in Joondalup, a not-for-profit service for women and children fleeing domestic violence, was established in her name.
Daughter Anne Giles said her mother had an extraordinary ability to get people together to achieve things without a lot of fuss.
She had been particularly proud of her midwifery, her international work, the Joondalup refuge and chairing a Senate inquiry into nursing homes and private hospitals. "That inquiry really revolutionised that sector. What we see now, there is a direct line," Anne Giles said.
WA Education Minister Sue Ellery said Ms Giles had been a generous mentor to many young women interested in politics.
"Her work as a senator took her from helping establish women's refuges in the northern suburbs, to supporting the Women's Peace camp in Canberra, to leading Australia's delegation to the United Nations," Ms Ellery said.


the diagnosis "narcissistic personality disorder" is derived from the greek mythological character "narcissus."
he was a hunter who was popular for his extremely good looks and notorious for his arrogance. one day, he saw his reflection in the water and not realizing that it was merely a reflection of himself, he fell in love with that person he thought was in the water. he was so enamored by the reflection that he became fixated with it and refused to leave until he died. other versions of the myth say that the gods transformed him into the flower which now bears his name.
NPD is a personality disorder which means that it is not treatable or curable by medications. people with NPD are genetically wired to be the arrogant way they are. because they actually enjoy their narcissism, they are resistant to change. in the first place, they'll not even think that there's anything wrong with them, and it is more likely for them to think that everyone else is the problem or at fault.
1. since narcissists have an overwhelming desire to be admired, just feed their ego with what whatever compliment or adulation they want to hear. and while at it, just try to act sincere as you give the compliments.
2. in placing himself or herself on a pedestal, the narcissist will need to belittle, demean, or ignore you. the narcissist needs to put you down to put himself or herself up. so just ACT belittled, demeaned, or ignored. remember though that you are simply acting or faking it- you don't have to believe the inferiority which the narcissist wants you to feel or think about yourself.
3. being in a relationship with a narcissist requires that you be a martyr of sorts. it is you who will need to adjust to the narcissist. to expect the narcissist to meet your emotional needs will only frustrate you. don't rely on the narcissist to be sensitive to how you feel; because of their self-centeredness, they most likely never will.
4. love yourself despite how mean the narcissist treats you. your self-worth and happiness should never be dependent on a narcissist. make sure you take care of yourself and nurture yourself through other people and activities that emotionally recharge you.
5. narcissists are very sensitive to criticism. if you need to confront them, just express your feelings and focus on their hurtful behaviors without making the narcissist feel that you are judging him or her. don't expect though for the narcissist to change.
6. and lastly, when you can't tolerate it any longer, you always have the option to jump ship! you shouldn't even have entered into a relationship with a person with NPD in the first place!