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Apollo was the god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and attributes such as a wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver of arrows, raven, and lyre.
Residence: Mount Olympus
Symbols: Lyre, laurel wreath, python, raven, swan, bow and arrows
Parents: Zeus and Leto
Siblings: Aeacus, Angelos, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Ilithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses and the Moirae
Children: Asclepius, Aristaeus, Corybantes, Hymenaeus, Ialemus, Apollonis, Borysthenis, Cephisso, Agreus, Amphiaraus, Amphissus, Amphithemis, Anius, Apis, Arabus, Centaurus, Ceos, Chaeron, Chios, Chariclo, Chrysorrhoas, Coronus,Cycnus, Cydon, Delphus, Dorus, Dryops, Eleuther, Epidaurus, Eriopis, Erymanthus, Eurydice, Hector, Iamus, Idmon, Ileus, Ismenus, Laodocus, Lapithus, Linus, Linus of Thrace, Lycomedes, Lycorus, Marathus, Melaneus, Melite, Miletus, Mopsus, Naxos, Oaxes, Oncius, Orpheus, Tenes, Troilus, Parthenos, Phagrus, Phemonoe, Philammon, Phylacides, Phylander, Polypoetes, Syrus, Tenerus, Trophonius and Zeuxippus
Roman equivalent: Apollo
Apollo Belvedere, c. 120–140 AD. Vatican Museum.
When Zeus' wife Hera discovered that Leto was impregnanted by Zeus, she banned Leto from giving birth on terra firma. In her wanderings, Leto sought shelter on many lands, only to be rejected by them. Finally, she saw Delos, a floating island, which was neither a real island nor a mainland. It is said that Apollo, still in Leto's womb, had informed his mother about Delos to put an end to her suffering. Leto, when welcomed by Delos, gave birth there, clinging to a palm tree.
Leto holding Apollo, by Lazar Widmann
When Apollo was born clutching a golden sword, the swans circled Delos seven times and the nymphs sang in delight. Soon after he was born, he was washed clean by the goddesses and was covered in a white garment, with golden bands fastened around him. Since Leto was unable to feed the newborn, Themis, the goddess of divine law, fed him the nectar. Upon tasting the divine food, Apollo broke free of the bands fastened onto him and declared that he would be the master of lyre and archery, and interpret the will of Zeus to humankind.
Leto with Apollo and Artemis, by Francesco Pozzi
Apollo's birth fixed the floating Delos to the earth. Leto was accepted by the people of Delos and she promised them that her son would be always favorable towards the city. According to some, Apollo secured Delos to the bottom of the ocean after some time. This island later became sacred to Apollo.
Python was sent by Hera to hunt down Leto and had attacked her. To avenge the trouble given to his mother, the young Apollo, with his bow and arrows that he had received from Hephaestus, went in search of Python and killed it in the sacred cave at Delphi with his arrows.
Admetus
King Admetus was the king of Pherae who was known for his hospitality. When Apollo was exiled from Mount Olympus for killing Python, he served as a herdsman under Admetus. Apollo is said to have shared a romantic relationship with Admetus during his stay of nine years. After his servitude was over, Apollo went back to Mount Olympus as a god.
Because Admetus treated Apollo well, in return, the god conferred great benefits on him. Apollo's mere presence is said to have made the cows give birth to twins. Out of love and gratitude, Apollo helped Admetus win Alcestis, the daughter of King Pelias. He was present during their wedding. When Admetus angered the goddess Artemis by neglecting to make her offerings, Apollo came to Admetus' rescue and calmed his sister. Much later, Apollo convinced or tricked the Fates into letting Admetus live past his time.
Some years later, when Zeus struck down Apollo's son Asclepius with a lightning bolt for resurrecting the dead, Apollo in revenge killed the Cyclops, who had fashioned the bolt for Zeus. Apollo would have been banished to Tartarus forever for this, but his mother Leto intervened, and reminding Zeus of their old love, pleaded him not to kill their son. Zeus obliged and sentenced Apollo to one year of hard labour once again under Admetus.
Niobe was the queen of Thebes and wife of Amphion. She displayed hubris when she boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children, seven male and seven female, while Leto had only two. She further mocked Apollo's effeminate appearance and Artemis' manly appearance. Leto, insulted by this, told her children to punish Niobe. Accordingly, Apollo killed Niobe's sons, and Artemis her daughters. Apollo and Artemis used poisoned arrows to kill them, though according to some versions of the myth, among the Niobids, Chloris and her brother Amyclas were not killed because they prayed to Leto. Amphion, at the sight of his dead sons, either killed himself or was killed by Apollo after swearing revenge.
Niobe's children are killed by Apollo and Diana by Pierre-Charles Jombert.
A devastated Niobe fled to Mount Sipylos in Asia Minor and turned into stone as she wept. Her tears formed the river Achelous. Zeus had turned all the people of Thebes to stone and so no one buried the Niobids until the ninth day after their death, when the gods themselves entombed them.
When Chloris married and had children, Apollo granted her son Nestor the years he had taken away from the Niobids. Hence, Nestor was able to live for 3 generations.
Walls of Troy
Poseidon and Apollo, having offended Zeus by their rebellion in Hera's scheme, were temporarily stripped of their divine authority and sent to serve King Laomedon of Troy. He had them build huge walls around the city and promised to reward them well, a promise he then refused to fulfill. In vengeance, Poseidon sent a sea monster to attack Troy. The monster was later killed by Heracles.
Contest with Pan
Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo and to challenge Apollo, the god of music. The mountain-god Tmolus was chosen to umpire. Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, who happened to be present. Then Apollo struck the strings of his lyre. It was so beautiful that Tmolus at once awarded the victory to Apollo, and everyone were pleased with the judgement. Only Midas dissented and questioned the justice of the award. Apollo would not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer, and caused them to become the ears of a donkey.
Competition between Apollo and Pan (c. 1677) by Jacob Jordaens.
Contest with Marsyas
Marsyas was a satyr who was punished by Apollo for his hubris. He had found an aulos on the ground, tossed away after being invented by Athena because it made her cheeks puffy. Athena had also placed a curse upon the instrument, that whoever would pick it up would be severely punished. When Marsyas played the flute, everyone became frenzied with joy. This led Marsyas to think that he was better than Apollo, and he challenged the god to a musical contest. The contest was judged by the Muses, or the nymphs of Nysa. Athena was also present to witness the contest.
Marsyas receiving Apollo's punishment, İstanbul Archaeology Museum.
After they each had performed, both were deemed equal by the Nysiads. But in the next round, Apollo played and sang with his melodious voice at the same time. Marsyas argued against this, saying that Apollo would have an advantage and accused Apollo of cheating. But Apollo replied that since Marsyas played the flute, which needed air blown from the throat, it was almost the same as singing, and that either they both should get an equal chance to combine their skills or none of them should use their mouths at all. The nymphs decided that Apollo's arguement was just. Apollo again played his lyre and sang at the same time, mesmerising the audience. Marsyas could not do this. Apollo was declared the winner and angered with Marsyas' haughtiness and his accusation, he decided to flay the satyr.
Daphne was a nymph, who scorned Apollo's advances and ran away from him. When Apollo chased her in order to persuade her, she beg for help from Gaia and was changed into a laurel tree. According to one version, the chase was brought about by Eros, who hit Apollo with golden arrow of love and Daphne with leaden arrow of hatred. The myth explains the origin of the laurel and connection of Apollo with the laurel and its leaves, which his priestess employed at Delphi. The leaves became the symbol of victory and laurel wreaths were given to the victors of the Pythian games.
Apollo and Daphne by Bernini in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.
Hyacinthus was one of Apollo's male lovers. He was a Spartan prince, beautiful and athletic. The pair were practicing throwing the discus when a discus thrown by Apollo was blown off course by the jealous Zephyrus and struck Hyacinthus in the head, killing him instantly. Apollo is said to be filled with grief: out of Hyacinthus' blood and mixed with his tears, Apollo created a flower named after him as a memorial to his death.
Death of Hyacinth, by Alexander Kiselyov.
Another male lover was Cyparissus, a descendant of Heracles. Apollo gave him a tame deer as a companion but Cyparissus accidentally killed it with a javelin as it lay asleep in the undergrowth. Cyparissus was so saddened by its death that he asked Apollo to let his tears fall forever. Apollo granted the request by turning him into the Cypress named after him, which was said to be a sad tree because the sap forms droplets like tears on the trunk.
Apollo and Cyparissus, by Jean-Pierre Granger (1779–1840).
Apollo seated with lyre. Porphyry and marble, 2nd c. AD. Farnese collection, Naples, Italy.
Apollo of the "Mantoua type", marble Roman copy after a 5th c. BC Greek original attributed to Polykleitos, Louvre.
The Louvre Apollo Sauroctonos, Roman copy after Praxiteles, 360 BC.
Paris putting on his armour as Apollo watches him. Attic red-figure kantharos, 425 – 420 BC.


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The Amelungsburg is a  high hill in the Lippe Uplands in central Germany, in the municipality of Dörentrup in the district of Lippe.

The Amelungsburg is believed to be the observation hill (Warthberg) belonging to the Piepenkopf rampart system located on its south-southwestern spur. Investigations into the charred remains (Brandfunde) at the site of the settlement with its double-embankment have been dated to 250 B.C. and can thus be presumed to have belonged to the La Tène culture. The settlement was not rebuilt.

At the southwestern foot of the Amelungsburg today is a still easily recognised, roughly 2-metre-high section of the ramparts with a 1.5-metre-deep ditch. It is suspected that this advanced rampart used to guard the road system.

In order to beat looters, the refuge castle has been investigated. Excavations on the plateau of the Amelungsburg unearthed about 300 individual items. In a number of spots there were both single and multiple hordes of goods.

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"The official media market is small and it is more and more under the influence of few big companies," said Mikuláš Peksa.
In an exclusive interview with European Interest, Czech Pirate Party MP Mikuláš Peksa explains why his country's controversial prime minister must be held accountable – at the very least for not being able to distinguish between his personal interests and that of an entire nation.
From the crumbling Czech welfare state to Russia's influence and the threat of fake news, the 32-year-old politician outlines the course being charted by his Pirate Party on all the issues. He is also quick to note why the Czech Pirate Party is different from Pirate parties in other European countries.
European Interest: Mr. Peksa, your Pirate Party – and you personally – are in direct confrontation with PM Andrej Babiš. Accused of mishandling European subsidies, Babis has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing on the part of his companies. On what grounds do you believe he is guilty?
Mikuláš Peksa: As far as I know, I have never stated he is guilty or that he has been sentenced for any crime. He is criminally prosecuted – that's true and publicly very well-known information both in Czech and the rest of Europe. For some reason, Mr. Babiš believes that the simple repeating of such information could harm Czech national interest. I fear he has a problem to distinguish Czech national interests from his personal interests. Still, these are two different things.
As you stressed in a recent statement, the fact that the prime minister is being prosecuted for misappropriation of European subsidies is not just a problem for Czechs, but for all European taxpayers. While this would lead to the isolation of Babiš and his political party, not all Czech political parties share your convictions. Some parties are even negotiating with Babis about the formation of a coalition government. How do you explain this?
Let's be specific. The parties negotiating with Mr. Babiš are Communists and Social Democrats. This is the first time a Communist party can be part of the ruling coalition and they are hungry for power. Babiš promised them well-paid positions in state-owned enterprises. So they simply betrayed whatever they were saying about Marxism and they joined the most powerful capitalist in the country. As for the Social Democrats, their story is similar. The party has huge debts, there are internal struggles and they are afraid of another election. Joining Babiš is an easy way out, for now, but it will hurt them badly in the long run.
A few weeks ago, Nato officials said the Czech Republic is seriously exposed to the influence of Russia. In your opinion, how serious are the 'fake news' threats on the Czech democracy?
Huge. People are not used to verify their information sources. Whatever information is provided, if it is scandalous enough or it fits nicely to their world-view, they will share it. Disinformation sharing is like an infection. Unfortunately, politicians often believe that some sort of 'information quarantine' could solve the problem. But no quarantine is tight enough forever and the feeling of censorship makes the disinformation even more viral. We need some sort of 'vaccination' – people should be taught how to distinguish between correct and concocted information.
In the other Visegrad countries, the media are being targeted, threatened both unofficially and legally. Do you think media freedom is in a danger in the Czech Republic?
I must admit it – yes, I think so. The official media market is small and it is more and more under the influence of few big companies. Babiš' enterprises are the most visible ones, but there are also others. A normal journalist has to impose some sort of auto-censorship on himself or face consequences. Who would like to make one's employer angry, when there are only three or four alternatives? It is hard to find a good job in this industry and people do not want to challenge the system.
As the European Commission is proposing new political criteria for the allocation of structural funds, the Visegrad countries may become the biggest losers. Do you think the new criteria are unfair?
It does not work Commission vs. the V4 countries. There are big companies who receive a lot from the structural funds – such as the prime minister's personal business. On the other hand, there are small companies, freelancers and others who live from their own labour. They are feeling more and more squeezed by administrative pressure coming from the government. And the Commission works absolutely in their interests when proposing measurements to protect the rule of law. A rule-less system is advantageous for the powerful, not for common people.
The Czech welfare state is considered one of the most effective in Europe. Do you see this statistical reality reflected in social cohesion?
For the majority, it somehow works. But there are minorities excluded from society. Poor people who are drowning in debts. There are private bailiffs responsible for enforcing repayment of debt in Czech. They often act like a mafia, earning much more compared to the original debt. There are also people who live from renting crumbling flats for high prices. The state pays for the tenants when they are poor, thus keeping this business running. When you get caught by these ruthless people you quickly became prisoner in some ghetto somewhere on the periphery of society. There are a lot of such places with no future for the occupants, especially in the borderlands.
Would you describe the Pirate movement as being "coherent"? For instance, do you see yourselves as Icelandic Pirates, whose main political allies are on the left?
We have lots in common. We all strive for freedom of information, human rights, privacy etc. And we ignore the old terms 'left-wing' and 'right-wing'. How can you, for instance, compare Icelandic and Czech society? The term 'left-wing' has very different meaning in the context of 40 years of communist rule in Czech. When speaking about Icelandic left, you do not usually speak about people who worked for communist secret police. There are also many rich local businessmen in Czech social democracy, who participate in politics in order to promote their enterprise activities. So Pirates are similar all over the world, but societies differ.


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Britain's Boris Johnson Is In Intensive Care Unit Due To COVID-19
Published April 7, 2020 at 5:02 AM EDT
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent the night in a London hospital in the intensive care unit. He has COVID-19, and his condition has declined in the past few days. Johnson's government is already playing catch-up in dealing with the virus. It has killed nearly 5,400 people in the U.K. NPR's Frank Langfitt is following this story, and he joins us now from outside of London. Hi, Frank.
FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: Hi, Noel.
KING: How is Boris Johnson doing?
LANGFITT: Well, he - what we understand is he's been in the ICU since yesterday evening. This all happened - and he's had this since late last month; went into a sudden decline on Sunday, went across the river to St. Thomas' Hospital from No. 10 Downing Street, was put in the ICU as a precaution. Michael Gove - he runs the U.K.'s Cabinet Office - he was on the radio here this morning talking to LBC. It's talk radio here in London. And this is the most recent update we have on the prime minister.
MICHAEL GOVE: He's not on a ventilator, no. The prime minister has received some oxygen support, and he's kept under, of course, close supervision.
LANGFITT: I know most COVID-19 patients here go on a ventilator within 24 hours. But No. 10 Downing Street is just not giving us any other details right now. Johnson, by nature - we've talked about this before - he's a sort of upbeat kind of national cheerleader. He's inclined to minimize challenges. And even after he was admitted to the hospital yesterday, he was tweeting that he was in good spirits and sort of rallying the troops here in the United Kingdom to fight the coronavirus.
KING: Which is - which tracks with how Johnson normally behaves.
LANGFITT: Yeah.
KING: But now he's in the ICU, which is where you go to heal. So who is running the government there?
LANGFITT: Well, that's a great question. The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has taken over some duties and is working with the cabinet. And Raab was asked about this yesterday at a press conference - and this was even before the prime minister was in the ICU - and this is what Raab had to say.
DOMINIC RAAB: The prime minister asked me as first secretary to deputize for him when necessary in driving forward the government's plans to defeat coronavirus.
LANGFITT: Of course, this does raise a basic political question, which is, you know, how can you run the government here, involving this incredible crisis, from an ICU bed? Reporters at the press conference really pushed Raab on this, but they didn't get really clear answers. And I think that's going to be one of the questions today that the government's going to have to address, is exactly who's doing what and what role, if any, is Boris Johnson playing in the daily running of this government.
KING: Let me pull back a little and ask you how the U.K. is doing overall in fighting the virus.
LANGFITT: Well, definitely, as you were pointing out in the beginning of this, behind the curve. You know, initially, Boris Johnson downplayed this, and there was talk and thoughts in the government that this might just - the coronavirus might infect the majority of the population. There was even a mention a number of times of herd immunity and the possible strategy to isolate the elderly and the vulnerable. I think now the government vehemently denies that was ever a strategy. But as it became clear that that could lead to a huge death toll, there was a move to a lockdown.
The problem right now, though, Noel, is the government doesn't have the testing capacity it needs. Only 250,000 tests so far, roughly, in a population of more than 66 million. And then many people are concerned that the lockdown could go on for a long time because the government won't be able to really be able to track this virus very well and be very concerned about a rebound if they let people out of their homes.
KING: So with respect to the testing, some of the same problems we're seeing in the United States.
LANGFITT: Very familiar.
KING: NPR's Frank Langfitt joining us from outside of London. Frank, thanks so much.
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Wealden's MP Nus Ghani joined small businesses in Mayfield to celebrate Small Business Saturday. December 1st was Small Business Saturday 2018, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to 'shop local' and support small businesses in their communities.
East Sussex MPs have welcomed £12.28 million in new funding to support paramedics to get on the road faster.
Wealden MP Nus Ghani took part in a celebration of the centenary of women getting the vote for the first time in Westminster, by inviting a hard-working Wealden councillor up to Parliament for #AskHerToStand day.
Caught red-handed operating an unlicensed 'taxi' ... A Wealden man has been fined a total of £1,650 by Hastings Magistrates, and received six penalty points, for operating his own unlicensed 'taxi' service.
Wealden council's successful Drive to Digital programme has been shortlisted for the 2019 Local Government Chronicle Awards. These annual awards recognise Councils that provide the best examples of Local Government innovation and service delivery.
Two new dementia initiatives are being launched in Wealden helping to improve levels of care and support.


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The project involved the construction of a new two-level basement plant building known as the Central Thermal Plant (CTP). The purpose of the CTP is to generate hot and chilled water for the Central Park precinct, whilst generating its own electricity with a natural gas fired engine.
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Azerbaijan eyes to greatly increase gas production
Azerbaijan plans to increase gas production to 47.6 billion cubic meters in 2025, Elshad Nassirov, vice president for marketing and investments of Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR, said in an interview with S&P Global Platts, Trend reports.
Azerbaijan's gas output is set to increase by around 20 percent this year, he said.
Last year the country produced 30.49 billion cubic meters of gas, according to SOCAR figures, he added.
Nassirov said gas output will rise to 38 billion cubic meters in 2023 and to 47.6 billion cubic meters in 2025. Gas output at Shah Deniz 2 is set to reach 17 billion cubic meters by 2021, he noted.
These forecasts may increase as projects such as Shafag-Asiman, currently in the exploration stage, are developed, he added.
The contract for the development of the Shah Deniz offshore field was signed on June 4, 1996.
The proved reserves of the field reach 1.2 trillion cubic meters of gas and 240 million tons of condensate.
Share distribution among the parties to the agreement: BP (operator) -28.8 percent, AzSD – 10 percent, SGC Upstream – 6.7 percent, Petronas – 15.5 percent, Lukoil – 10 percent, NICO – 10 percent and TPAO -19 percent.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of the Treasury issued new guidance on Nov. 29, allowing states to move their insurance markets away from what they called the "one-size-fits-all" rules and regulations imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) and increase choice and competition within their insurance markets.
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The fund could be paid for through the tax credits in Obamacare, through a small business health tax credit, or by collecting individual or employer contributions.


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9 Canceled TV shows that you should still add to your watch-list.
Everyone hates when a new good show gets canceled. Sometimes the fans can resurrect a show on a different service and breathe a second chance life for the fans. Here is a list of 9 shows that were, in my mind, cancelled too soon and are still worth a watch.
Beyond(2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATyS06nJvf0
Holden Matthews wakes up from a 12-year coma and discovers that he now has supernatural abilities, ones that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Now that he is out of his coma, Holden wants to figure out what happened to him during the past dozen years and how to live in a world that has changed significantly while he was in his coma. However, perhaps the biggest question of all is why it happened to him beyond this Earth's timeline in the hereafter. As Holden tries to adjust to adulthood, a mysterious woman named Willa warns him not to trust the people around him.
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvW8SYF-Ty0
Joel and Sheila Hammond are everyday suburban real estate agents in Santa Clarita, California.[10] The couple face a series of obstacles when Sheila undergoes a metamorphosis, becomes undead and starts craving human flesh. As Joel and the family try to help Sheila through her metamorphosis, they have to deal with neighbors and cultural norms, and get to the bottom of a potentially mythological mystery.
GLOW (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnKEoXbBTEw
In Los Angeles in 1985, Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress, auditions along with many other women in a fledgling professional wrestling promotion called the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW). Traditionally minded in her approach to acting and highly idealistic, she clashes with GLOW's director Sam Sylvia due to his cynical demeanor and often unconventional work style. She discovers early on that he has employed her former best friend, retired soap opera actress Debbie Eagan to star in the show. Ruth and Debbie had fallen out with one another after Ruth had an affair with her husband, Mark, who she then divorced. The tension between the two women promises either to make or break the developing show.
Project Blue Book (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CZKPavOtE
In this conspiratorial Sci-Fi thriller set some time after WWII and loosely based on the US government's real life Project Blue Book, Captain Michael Quinn and Dr. Allen Hynek are tasked by the US Air Force to investigate reports of UFOs and debunk them, or at least come up with rational explanations for them. While Quinn, a smooth and tough military type, doesn't care about anything other than doing the job he was given, at first, the more skeptical Hynek quickly becomes convinced that some kind of deadly conspiracy is afoot. Meanwhile, as Cold War paranoia spreads among the population, a charismatic blonde with an agenda of her own befriends Hynek's lonely wife.
Sense8 (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKpKAlbJ7BQ
The story of Sense8 begins when the psychic connection of eight strangers of a variety of walks of life from different parts of the world is "birthed" by a woman called Angelica, who kills herself to avoid capture by a man called "Whispers". The eight discover they now form a cluster of "sensates": human beings who are mentally and emotionally linked, can sense and communicate with one another, and can share their knowledge, language and skills.
Timeless (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXTjc41Tj_I
When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier and an engineer are tasked with capturing the culprit. They soon learn that the thief plans to rewrite American history, and that each of them has a connection to his plan as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine's development.
His Dark Materials (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APduGe1eLVI
His Dark Materials is set in a multi-world reality, with the action moving from one world to another. The series is based on Philip Pullman's trilogy of the same name. It begins in an alternative world where all humans' souls manifest as animal companions called daemons. The series follows the life of a young girl named Lyra who is an orphan living with the scholars at Jordan College, Oxford, in a world governed by the Magisterium, a religious and political body. Lyra discovers a dangerous secret that involves Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter, and is the subject of a witches prophecy that she will change the world. In her search for a missing friend, Lyra also uncovers a series of kidnappings and its link to a mysterious substance called Dust, which leads her on a journey of epic proportions and ultimately to other worlds. The witches' prophecy also links Lyra's destiny to Will, a teenager from our world, who is himself being pursued by mysterious figures connected to his vanished father.
Lost in Space (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSih-z7ucxQ
Set 30 years in the future, colonization in space is now a reality, and the Robinson family is among those tested and selected to make a new life for themselves in a better world. But when the new colonists find themselves abruptly torn off course en route to their new home they must forge new alliances and work together to survive in a dangerous alien environment, light-years from their original destination. Stranded along with the Robinson's are two outsiders who find themselves thrown together by circumstance and a mutual knack for deception. The charismatic Dr. Smith is a master manipulator with an inscrutable end game. And the roguish, but charming Don West is a highly-skilled, blue collar contractor, who had no intention of joining the colony, let alone crash landing on a lost planet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hAXVqrljbs
After a money laundering scheme for a Mexican drug cartel goes wrong, financial advisor Martin "Marty" Byrde proposes to make amends by offering to set up a bigger laundering operation in the Lake of the Ozarks region of central Missouri. Marty suddenly relocates his family from the Chicago suburb of Naperville to the remote summer resort community of Osage Beach, Missouri. When the Byrdes arrive in Missouri, they become entangled with local criminals, including the Langmore and Snell families, and later the Kansas City Mafia.
Some of these shows were canceled for lack of viewers or budgets that are too expensive. In some cases the networks are completing the story arcs, and finalizing the series. In all cases I think the shows were good, and could have continued and canceled way too soon. Maybe some will get a second chance on the big screens but in all cases, would be interested in your thoughts. Did you like any of these shows? Would you want them to continue? I think my biggest disappointment was the canceling of Lost in Space. I thought this show was a great re-imagining of the show. I will miss that one the most from this list.


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Q: render components conditionally after unsuccessful results my previous question led me here and after being able to access and use musixmatch API successfully, I now see that not all the songs have lyrics
so I'm getting the songs but they are some songs that don't have their lyrics published yet and I want to handle this error
I first set the lyrics to setLyrics, then check if its undefined and use a spinner to load and then disappear when the fetch returns results
return trackInfo ===undefined||lyrics===undefined ||Object.keys(trackInfo).length===0
       ||Object.keys(lyrics).length===0 ?
       <Spinner/>:<Songlyrics/>

but what if the resource never comes because it doesn't exist, the spinner just keeps loading indefinitely, I want the spinner to load for a few seconds but if there are no lyrics for a particular song, render a component that tells the user that the resource isn't available and reroute to the home page
I have tried using a setTimeout but now even if the lyric is available I'm still rerouted which tells me I'm missing something, I also need to figure out a way to render the noLyrics message component
    return trackInfo ===undefined||lyrics===undefined ||Object.keys(trackInfo).length===0 ||Object.keys(lyrics).length===0 ?
         <>
          <Spinner/>
          setTimeout(()=>{
            navigate('/')
},6000)
         </>
:<Songlyrics/>

can someone help me?
for more context
function Lyrics() {
    const [lyrics,setLyrics]=useState('')
    const [loading,setLoading]=useState(false)

    const navigate =useNavigate()
    // get request for lyrics by id
    useEffect(()=>{
         setLoading(true)
      fetch('getting lyrics')
      .then(res=>res.json())
      .then(data=>{
            // setLyric to the lyric body
             setLoading(false)
            setLyrics(data.message.body.lyrics.lyrics_body)
        })

    },[])

  return loading ? <Spinner/>:
  (trackInfo ===undefined||lyrics===undefined ||Object.keys(trackInfo).length===0 ||Object.keys(lyrics).length===0?<DoesNotExist/>
  :
  (
    <component/>
  )
)

}

A: How do you determine from your state data whether the value is missing because it's still loading or whether the value is missing because it doesn't exist?  That would be the condition to check.
If there's currently no way to infer that information, add a state value for it.  For example, you could have something like:
const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);

And in your markup:
{
  isLoading ? <Spinner/> :
  (/* the rest of your logic, conditionally determining if the value exists or not */)
}

Then you'd simply update isLoading when starting or completing any given API call for that operation.  If there are multiple simultaneous calls, you'd need multiple values.  (Maybe a state value for each, maybe an array of which calls are currently loading, that's really up to you.)
However you design it, overall the main point is that currently you have two states:

*

*Value exists

*Value doesn't exist

But you need three states:

*

*Value exists

*Value doesn't exist because it's still being fetched

*Value doesn't exist after completing the fetch

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It seems that Spring has finally sprung! so to celebrate we're running a competition on our Facebook page to win one of our pretty blue butterfly shaped magnetic notice boards and a set of three butterfly fridge magnets.
This 'Life Beyond the Fridge' blog post is about my design for a veggie plot. A bit scruffy now but hoping it'll be as colourful as the illustration by summer!


The creamy sesame seed paste is a versatile ingredient in condiments, sauces, dressings and even sweets.
Some tiny cheesecakes I made for a friend's party.
As food blogs go, Anime Foodie is deliciously unique, devoted entirely to animated edibles.
My long search for a saté sauce that replicates the perfect balance of Indonesian street food is over.
Muscovado vs brown sugar: what's the difference?
A recipe I've been working on for a long time is nearly complete. And then, dear reader, it will be yours.
A staple in Korean kitchens, this chilli paste is sweet rather than fiery. How to find it and how to use it.
My favourite spice mix is not only delicious, it also has quite a history. Plus: 5 easy ways to use it.
On the way to being soupified.
I talk about using a little springform cake pan in a some of my recipes, and here it is.


This morning I had a small birding accident. I didn't hurt myself – or anyone or anything else. This week the forecast is for severe hot weather after a prolonged period of mild weather, so I decided before breakfast that our bird baths should be replenished every morning. The resident birds sure appreciate the fresh water every day.
I filled a handy bucket from the rainwater tap – I prefer to treat them to rainwater rather than tap water – and trundled outside into the garden. As I carried the very full bucket of water I stepped off the veranda and… disaster! The cheap plastic bucket shattered into about a dozen pieces and water splashed all over my shoes, socks, and legs. The bucket – what was left of it – was immediately thrown in the rubbish bin and another one fetched and filled from the tap over the laundry tub. This time the water reached its destination without further incident.
My efforts were rewarded about an hour later. While reading the paper at the table in our sun room two birds flew in to have a drink and a bath. One was a Mallee Ringneck and the other an Eastern Rosella (see photo above) Strangely, these two birds have been seen together in our garden on many occasions over the last few years. Eastern rosellas are not common in this area.


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Skyping with mas just now..
i'm so excited and can't wait for my King to buy a laptop and skyping with him!
p/s: i'm cleaning the house.. so skang nak sambung mengemas.. letihnyer!!!


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Meet the new director of ASU's Institute for Humanities Research
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Nicole Anderson says societal problems such as racial discrimination and climate change can be eased by the humanities
COVID-19 has impacted lives across the globe in a variety of ways. Some have lost loved ones, others have lost their jobs or their homes, and many suffered isolation from friends and family. In Nicole Anderson's case, it meant staying eight months in Australia before claiming her new job at Arizona State University.
Anderson, the new director at ASU's Institute for Humanities Research (IHR), safely arrived on U.S. soil in March and is about four weeks into her new job, ready to resume her life and career.
She's also ready to share her experience and wealth of knowledge with the ASU community. Anderson's research interests are interdisciplinary and span fields such as cultural theory and practice, art theory, posthumanism, animal and environmental studies, ethics, bioculture, biopolitics, poststructuralism and continental philosophy.
ASU News spoke to Anderson about the past year, what the future might bring and how she can help students understand the importance of the humanities.
Question: You were originally supposed to arrive at ASU about a year ago, but the pandemic struck. What was the past year like for you?
Answer: It has been a challenging year for everyone everywhere in different ways. For me, over the last year my aim was to keep those around me in Sydney, as head of a large school/department, as well as myself — amidst uncertainty around obtaining a visa, challenging government travel restrictions and cancelled flights — focused, motivated and forward-looking. That was helped by the fact that I felt incredibly fortunate and privileged to have the support of ASU in general and in particular my colleagues Dean Jeffrey Cohen and Ron Broglio, associate director of IHR, as well as the patience of the wonderful IHR staff. The empathy and generosity extended to me during this past year is testament to the strong leadership and values of ASU. I look forward to repaying that incredible generosity.
Q: Why are the humanities critical right now in 2021?
A: One way I tried to explain the humanities to my inquisitive young nephew once was to tell him it concerns the way we think about ourselves. I even gave him the idea that if we ever colonize Mars, he could think of the humanities as providing diverse tools — philosophy, history, politics, literature, art, media and so on — to represent, communicate, transform, shape or create the new world we might live in (Mars) and understand the world (Earth) we came from and the history of human endeavor; in other words, our story. What is critical is how and for what purpose we tell those stories.
For this reason, I believe that the problems we face today — such as climate change denial; sexual, gender and racial discrimination; poverty; and the role of technology to name but a few — are not merely technical and economical in nature, but have to do with what and how human beings are taught to value and how they go about interpreting their world. To change values and perspectives it is not enough to present facts: Cimate science denial is an example. What makes the humanities critical right now is that it can provide a narrative that includes ethical and social justice rhetoric and stories around these issues that the general public can understand and that presents another interpretation or view of the world, with which they can interact. Part of what the humanities can do is turn the facts into the compelling stories that need to be told and influence and change the way people view the world.
Q: How can the humanities create just, ethical and sustainable worlds?
A: As we all know in the past few years there has been increasing public skepticism around "facts" and with that an escalation of tensions in many areas of thought. The humanities provides the visual, oral and digital communication skills about who we are and where we are going, and through the myriad forms of story can continue to shape the cultural, social, political and ethical imagination in socially just and inclusive ways. How the humanities can do this is through research and translating that research into our teaching. It comes down to how we collaborate with each other as well as the sciences and industry here, now, today. It is about the relevance of what is learnt in the classroom and in our research and the way we connect, convey or communicate that to students and/or the general public, so that better more thoughtful approaches to issues can be embraced.
Q: Tell me briefly what it is that the Institute for Humanities Research does and what is the scope of its work?
A: The IHR exists to facilitate research in all its varied forms. It supports research projects, it increasingly enables internal and external grants and fellowships that bring visibility to the university, and it puts on events that address the issues we are facing today in order to inspire and generate ideas and further interdisciplinary collaborations. A distinctly modern initiative is working with the sciences because they are impacting our lives more dramatically every day.
Q: What do you hope you will bring to the institute and how will it change or evolve?
A: The IHR has increased research and grown an inspiring program of events — see the newsletters — due to a range of previous directors, including the amazing work of founding director Sally Kitch and Cora Fox. More recently this is particularly due to the strong leadership of both Elizabeth Langland and Ron Broglio. Also the work that has been done by IHR staff: Elizabeth Grumbach, Lauren Whitby, Celina Osuna, Barbara Dente and Sarah Moser, has been incredibly professional and outstanding. My aim is not to come in and simply change things for the sake of it, but to respect their legacy by building on the work they have done and in consultation with them, the faculty and the university.
So it is for these reasons that as director of IHR I would want to continue to promote and support the various ways that humanities research already fosters an understanding of how humans continue to shape, traditions, customs and cultures; foster the values of dignity, agency and equity; and continue to situate the institute as the facilitator in inter- and cross-disciplinary research collaborations; making ASU greater than the sum of its parts. In and through all of this, at the same time the IHR could develop as a provider or facilitator of significant and innovative contributions and solutions to industry, government, community and the real-world problems of our times, and to increasingly engage and involve all ASU students and faculty.
Q: What's the best thing you think you'll like about ASU and living in the States?
A: ASU represents the best of the United States in enabling opportunities and possibilities to contribute to effecting positive and socially just changes for a better world for all. Also the inter- and cross-disciplinary work that is allowed to happen at ASU is incredibly exciting because it is empowering and innovative.
Top photo: Nicole Anderson is the new director of ASU's Institute for Humanities Research. She earned her PhD from the University of Sydney. She recently served as the head/dean of a large interdisciplinary department (Media-Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature) at a leading university in NSW, Australia. Anderson is the co-founder and chief editor of the journal Derrida Today, published by Edinburgh University Press, and the founder and executive director of the Derrida Today Conferences. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News
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At the age of 15, after meeting at Interlochen Arts Camp, Moira Cue became pen pals with 56 year old painter Robert Barnes—Duchamp's last studio assistant. In a letter, Barnes (to paraphrase) advised Cue to think of all of the artists in the world as a series of dots, and to think of herself as the last in in a long line of a series of dots; [to know] …that every painter, every painting, related to every other. The idea was critically important. Two of Ms. Cue's earliest, important mentors were Professor Larry Junkins of the University of Wisconsin, and Bob Eland of MHS, who essentially enabled her to begin studio practice while still in her teens.
Ms. Cue's noted teachers and peers at her alma matter, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, include contemporaries as diverse as Trevor Paglen, Tiffany Holmes, Katherine Bernhardt, Wafaa Bilal, Eduardo Kac, Rashid Johnson, Saya Woolfalk, and many others.
Since her years at SAIC, she has met, interviewed, and corresponded with artists including Lluís Barba, Ed Moses, Julian Schnabel, Jane Szabo, Tao Dong Dong, and Brian Andrew Whiteley, to name a few.
Ms. Cue is an ardent student of art history. Her mature work "relates" to a voluminous collection of other paintings, in the manner in which Barnes described.
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ATLANTA – After backstopping the Johnnies to a win over the defending national championships, St. John's senior netminder Ryan Nelson was named Pearl's MCLA Division II Goalie of the Week for the period ending April 7.
No. 6 North Dakota State visited the Gagliardi Dome on Saturday afternoon with the seventh-ranked Johnnies looking for their third ranked win of the campaign. Thanks to Nelson, they got it.
The Mahtomedi, Minn., product turned away 23 Bison shots (74.2 sv%) in St. John's 12-8 victory. Nelson also chipped in with four caused turnovers.
For his efforts in earning the Pearl's Performance of the Week, Nelson will receive a prize package from Guardian Pearl, a ball that lasts longer than the rest and never greases. Guardian Pearl is the proud partner of the MCLA.
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The Bulldogs downed conference rival St. Thomas, 11-4, thanks to a 19-save performance in net by Nastrom.
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Supreme Court takes on Google-Oracle copyright…
Supreme Court takes on Google-Oracle copyright fight
At stake: Fair use of open-source code, plus Oracle wants $9 billion from Google
A person costumed as the Android operating system mascot stands at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, April 25, 2013. Google's use of Java in Android is at the heart of Oracle vs. Google, which the Supreme Court on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, agreed to take on. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
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PUBLISHED: November 15, 2019 at 1:35 p.m. | UPDATED: November 16, 2019 at 5:37 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will referee a high-profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. Oracle says it wants nearly $9 billion from Google.
The case stems from Google's development of its hugely popular Android operating system by using Oracle's Java programming language.
A federal appeals court found that Google unfairly used Java without paying for it, the second appellate ruling in Oracle's favor. A trial court has yet to assess damages.
The justices agreed to review the appeals court ruling, and arguments are expected early next year.
The first Android phone went on sale in 2008 and Google says more than 2 billion mobile devices now use Android.
The dispute stretches back to 2010, when Oracle filed suit over Google's use of 11,500 lines of Java code. In the first of two trials, a federal judge ruled that so-called "application programming interfaces" (APIs) weren't protected by copyright.
After the appeals court overturned that ruling, a jury found in a second trial that Google had made "fair use" of the programming code.
"There is nothing fair about taking a copyrighted work verbatim and using it for the same purpose and function as the original in a competing platform," Judge Kathleen O'Malley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit wrote in a decision siding with Oracle.
Microsoft was among many parties that urged the Supreme Court to upend the appeals court ruling. The Trump administration, responding to a request from the court for its views, said the justices should stay out of the case.
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Google senior vice president Kent Walker said the company is pleased the court will hear the case. "Developers should be able to create applications across platforms and not be locked into one company's software," Walker said.
Associated Press writer Rachel Lerman contributed to this report from San Francisco.
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Movie Review: "Project X"
Written by Pam-Marie Gx February 23, 2012
Rated R for Raunchy.
Project X (which is set to be officially released on March 2nd, 2012) is loosely based on the true story of a house party gone crazy, as well as referencing the later interview with the kid responsible. In the movie, it all starts when two friends, JB and Costa (played by Jonathan Daniel Brown and Oliver Cooper), decide the time has come to remove the shackles of loserdom by throwing the most epic party of all time for their friend Thomas (Thomas Mann).
Now, the basic premise of the movie is that the friends are recording the events for posterity's sake, giving a reason behind having the entire movie shot with a hand-cam. Only twice does the film show the man behind the camera, giving the audience a bit of a feeling of actually being at this party. However, anyone suffering from motion sickness might want to pop a Gravol before heading into the theatre, as the constant shaking of the camera can be somewhat nausea-inducing.
Every once in a while they move from the main hand-cam to other cameras, especially the cell-phone cameras of the two "security personnel" and, later, the camera on the various police vehicles. The cell camera close-ups, mixed with the previously mentioned Jitter Cam, give the movie a bit of a terrible Blair Witch Project vibe. Basically, the cinematography is really quite annoying and poorly done.
Getting past the cinematography, however, we have a movie based entirely around one event. Now, we know these guys are apparently losers, as they are picked on by one of the jocks and they keep calling themselves losers, but we don't get a ton of character development beyond that. Basically, Costa is a jackass, and the other two put up with him for some unknown reason, and there's a girl, named Kirby, who was once part of their group, but got ditched in favour of the previously mentioned jackass. They aren't entirely clear on the why or how that happened, but Thomas seems to have a thing for her. In other words: "Hey look! Typical high school drama!"
As the movie progresses, we see various moments of awkward teenage-ness between Thomas and Kirby, even as Costa convinces Thomas that he doesn't really want Kirby as hot popular girl is ready for a good time, or something. Honestly, the plot mostly consists of teenagers (if they can still be called that, since they are all technically 18 and legal adults) being dumb teenagers, and most of the humour relies on the audience noticing this.
All of that being said, there are a few things the movie does quite well. First, of course, is the party itself. This is a movie that promises delinquency and gratuitous nudity and delivers. The number of topless girl-on-girl make-outs might be expected in your average porn, and there is enough violence and swearing to more than justify the "R" rating the movie has. The target audience is clearly the 18-25 bracket, and people in that age range will likely appreciate the drunken crazy shenanigans that occur.
The other thing Project X excels at is making the audience feel more and more anxious as the night continues. Instead of going from quiet gathering to instant chaos, the entropy builds slowly over time, with some small lulls that almost make it seem like things might calm down or end reasonably. Those brief breathing pauses only help to up the tension when things do go horribly horribly wrong.
Overall, Project X is chaotic and interesting, but not exactly good. Some of the plot points don't really make that much sense, and are clearly only added to make the chaos more chaotic. The timing for some events is too convenient to maintain realism, and the conclusion is a bit cheesy and predictable when compared to the rest of the movie. Some of the gags are clever and entertaining, while others are overdone and annoying.
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It's 4th of July and here in Seattle there's been people letting off fireworks in the dead of night for about three days now. Oh, the joy.
Me, I'm not a fan of publicly available fireworks. I much prefer the local authorities to put on a show and leave it in the hands of (presumably) professionals. You usually get a more impressive display and a lower injury rate. I was unfortunately once witness to a bottle rocket's bottle tipping just before take off and firing the rocket into a crowd of spectators and I've never really felt the same way about fireworks ever again.
Goblins + (Fire and/or Explosions) = Hilarity!
Goblins with burning rock projectiles = Fun!
Goblins with pillar of fiery doom = Comedy gold.
Pyrostatic Pillar, which had the working title of Bug Zapper.
Whether they're having a ball raining incendiaries down upon their enemies or running for their lives, nothing goes better with hot flaming death than a whole bunch of goblins. It's true. I looked it up.
And finally, please try not to stab anyone's eye out with a sparkler! Unless it's an actual goblin, then that's probably okay. Probably. Just remember, if you feel like picking a fight with a goblin, you better be ready to fight a dozen more. At least.
While searching through a drawer of old sketches I found this oddity on a piece of tracing paper (a common method of transferring a sketch to art board). The image is odd because it's substantially more of the figure than was seen in the final card image.
I suspect this is because I drew the whole figure and then placed the image within the boundaries of the card image, repositioning it until I got a balance of dynamism and seeing as much of the figure as possible.
I can't help but hear "HULK SMASH!" when I see it.


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In today's modern free flowing game it is becoming increasingly difficult to pin point the best players and say where their best positions are. Formation graphics that flash on the opening moments of a televised game are made to look like just a colorful roster as players begin appearing in different areas as to what the graphic states. If we look at the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich's starting XIs you will see players look just as comfortable in one area of the field as another. The reason for this is the game today demands that players are well versed in playing under pressure all over the pitch. That they are able to receive with both feet, with and without space to play. The game is increasingly moving away from traditional pigeon holed players and into a more universal flowing game of dynamic interchanging movements between players. The team that is best able to manipulate their opponents through their movement patterns and then control the space when they do not have possession through structured defending are those that are coming out on top.
Two of today's leading label-less attackers. 9s, 10s, False 9s?
How does this relate to youth soccer though? Well as coach's it is important that we are always coaching the principles of the game to our players. Whether it is a small segment or a larger idea, we are trying to prepare our players for the next stage of the game, slowly increasing the realism as they increase in age and quality. The final form of the game is as mentioned this highly interchangeable game in which players are no longer fixed to positions. Getting to this stage from our humble youth sides can seem quite far removed as players enter the game for a love of either scoring, assisting, saving, defending. Rarely will you find a young player who is unsure about what they love about playing (ask me and it was assisting every single time!) But there are small things we can do as of right now to prepare our players for this uncomfortable modern arena and the first thing to understand is we must start as early as possible.
Players need to experience different parts of the pitch and the different associated actions as soon as possible to fully appreciate the depths of the game. There shouldn't be any positional specialization. Goalkeepers? Go and try and dribble past one instead! Strikers? Try and prevent a goal scoring opportunity! No young player especially in the foundation years should be playing in one set position. Playing across the field needs to be something that is done with every player as fairly as possible. But of course, there will be resistance.
The player and even the parents may question why you are placing the unmovable central defender in a more unfamiliar central midfield role, exposing the player's weaknesses and subtracting a strength from the team. The thing to remember is to be consistent in your messages as to why your pushing players to try new positions. It is for the player's long-term development, not the short-term satisfaction of people's egos. You're giving them more on the pitch tools, giving them a wider range of on the pitch experiences, allowing them to experience what it is like on the other side of the fence. Ultimately, the benefits of successful positional diversification will help lead them towards success and longevity in the game. Yes, the team may suffer as a result but the player will take huge gains in their tactical understanding. Of course the idea is to see this effect multiplied across the team. In doing so, the problem of having player's playing out of position starts to become less apparent as the player's competency improves over time.
Getting buy-in is huge and it is not easy. Even after selling the vision to the player, reluctance may still be there with some and confidence will naturally be low as mistakes are made at a more frequent rate than before. This is where it becomes important to meet them half way. Make the arrangement temporary and keep the pressure low. Minimize any knee jerk judgement of the players and the team and be completely patient and supportive. It is important to stick to this over a number of weeks and months and treat every positional move as a separate project. Every player will adapt differently and thus a calm coach to oversee the transformation is essential. It is key to make sure parents, teammates are equally supportive too. Openly acknowledging that failure will happen and that you are accepting of it is something that needs to be addressed from the start. Their success in a certain position should not be tied to their opportunity. Allow them to fail and get plenty of repetition.
An effective way of measuring the success of a player's positional move is by setting some targets. Their performances can be guided by giving them game and session related targets influenced by their position's key performance indicators. The expectation of these targets will need to be carefully agreed upon to be more achievable rather than overly challenging, particularly when starting out. Using targets will also help educate the player as to what are the expectations of their new role.
But most importantly, it is important that they have a level of trust and confidence first. This is done by allowing them to experience success in their more comfortable, preferred and natural position first. Positional moves can be made based on their individual needs. One example may be a striker that relies on their pace and needs to develop combination play. A move into a deep lying central midfield position where they become the axis of the team may be well suited as they will be forced to work on their awareness, first touch and passing range.
Regardless of where the player is moved, the reasons for any move must always be centered around the player's needs. It's always about them. It must be relevant to their own development and not just a thing that is done.