Francesco Saraceno | Last week the Council decided that Spain and Portugal's recent efforts to reduce deficit were not enough. This lead to the two countries being fined, the first time this happens since the inception of the euro.
The fine will be symbolic, given the current macroeconomic situation, since mposing a further burden on the public finances of these two any country would be crazy.
Yet, the decision is in my opinion enraging. First, for political reasons: Our world is crumbling. The level of confidence in political elites is at record low levels, and as the Brexit case shows, this fuels disintegration forces. It is hard not to see a link between these processes and, in Europe, the dismal political and economic performances we managed to put together in the last decade (you are free pick your example, I will pick the refugee crisis (mis) management, and the austerity-induced double-dip recession).
What is even more enraging, is that not only this effort was not recognized as remarkable by EU authorities. But what is more, it was harmful for these economies (and for the Eurozone at large).
In the following table I have put side by side the output gaps and fiscal impulse, the best measure of discretionary policy changes. I have highlighted in green all the years in which the fiscal stance was countercyclical, meaning that a negative (positive) output gap triggered a more expansionary (contractionary) fiscal stance. And in red cases in which the fiscal stance was procyclical, i.e. in which it made matters worse.
The reader will judge by himself. Just two remarks linked to the fines put in place. First, the Portuguese fiscal contraction of 2015-2016 is procyclical, as the output gap was and still is negative. On the other hand, Spain has increased its structural deficit, but it had excellent reasons to do so.
Lot's of red, isn't it? Faced with a structural growth deficit, the EMU at large, as well as Spain and Portugal, has had an excessively restrictive fiscal stance. I know, no real big news here.
To summarize, the decision to fine Portugal and Spain is politically ill-timed and clumsy. And it is economically unwarranted. And yet, here we are, discussing it. My generation grew up thinking that When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around. In Brussels, no matter how bad things get, it is business as usual.


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Cette liste de personnages présente les personnages de la série de films Pirates des Caraïbes.

Personnages principaux

Jack Sparrow

Interprété par Johnny Depp (VF : Bruno Choël) et vu dans toute la saga : Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3 Pirates des Caraïbes 4 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5 (Personnage principal).

Jack Sparrow est un capitaine et un pirate dans la mer des Caraïbes. Buvant du rhum et séduisant des femmes tout en cherchant des trésors surnaturels. Il sait être touchant, voilà pourquoi, il échappe souvent au pire. Seule Elizabeth Swann réussira à se faire respecter de lui, et ils développeront une relation de haine et de complicité. Tout au long des cinq films, de catastrophe en catastrophe, Jack trouvera, à chaque fois, le moyen d'échapper à des situations totalement loufoques. Échappant même à la mort... Enfin échappant de l'antre de Davy Jones. Sa pièce de huit est une pièce avec des pierres qu'il attache à son bandana.

Hector Barbossa

Interprété par Geoffrey Rush et visible dans toute la saga : Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3, Pirates des Caraïbes 4 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

Dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Barbossa est l'ancien second de Jack Sparrow, à bord du Black Pearl. Il est l'un des pirates touchés par la malédiction. Jack Sparrow réussit à conjurer la malédiction et à tuer Barbossa.

Dans Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Jack Sparrow est envoyé dans l'antre de Davy Jones mais ses amis (William Turner et Elizabeth Swann) comptent le sauver. Pour cela, ils devront aller jusqu'au bout du monde et même au-delà. Ils auront besoin d'un guide et pour cela Hector Barbossa, ressuscité par Calypso, une sorcière aux pouvoirs divins, apparaît dix secondes avant la fin.

Dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3, Barbossa aide Elizabeth Swann et William Turner à faire revenir Jack Sparrow du royaume des morts (l'antre de Davy Jones) et les aide à se battre contre la Compagnie des Indes pour la liberté des pirates sur l'océan. Il abandonne ensuite Jack Sparrow sur Tortuga, persuade l'équipage du Black Pearl de venir avec lui à la recherche de la fontaine de jouvence.

Dans Pirates des Caraïbes 4, Barbossa n'est plus un pirate, il devient corsaire et est au service de la couronne. Il a pour mission de suivre Jack Sparrow, captif à bord du Queen Anne's Revenge qui se dirige vers la Fontaine de Jouvence. Mais en réalité, il chercherait à se venger de Barbe Noire qui lui a pris sa jambe ainsi que le Pearl lors d'une bataille. À la fin du film, il parvient à prendre possession du Queen Anne's Revenge.

Dans le Pirates des Caraïbes 5, il retrouve sa fille et embarque comme au bon vieux temps sur le navire de Jack Sparrow, et a le même but que Jack, trouver le Trident de Poséidon. À la fin du film, il meurt en se sacrifiant et en tuant le capitaine Armando Salazar, juste après avoir découvert que Carina, qui les accompagne depuis le début du film, est en fait sa fille.

Joshamee Gibbs
Interprété par Kevin McNally et vu dans toute la saga : Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3, Pirates des Caraïbes 4 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

Il apparait comme étant au service de Norrington au début du premier film, mais il se révèle être un pirate chevronné, connaissant bien la plupart des histoires et légendes les concernant. Il est le sous-chef de Jack Sparrow. Il aide Jack aussi dans Pirates des Caraïbes : Le Secret du coffre maudit et se lie d'amitié avec Elizabeth Swann. Il raconte à Will les aventures de Jack dans la trilogie.

Elizabeth Swann
Interprétée par Keira Knightley et vue dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

C'est la fille du gouverneur Swann et elle est passionnée par les pirates depuis son plus jeune âge. Dans le , elle est la jeune fille en détresse, devant épouser James Norrington. Mais elle rencontre Will Turner et en tombe amoureuse. Dans le , elle devient pirate pour retrouver son amour, William Turner, qu'elle n'a pu épouser, à cause de Cutler Beckett (de la Compagnie des Indes) qui a interrompu leur mariage. Dans le 3e film, elle est la seule femme pirate du film avec Dame Ching (seigneur pirate). Elle devient même capitaine et seigneur des pirates de Singapour à la mort de Sao Feng qui l'a élue. À la fin elle est aussi élue Roi des pirates par la confrérie des pirates, avec l'aide de Jack Sparrow. Par ailleurs, elle sait très bien se battre à l'épée et est une figure forte du film, poussant les autres à se battre pour leur cause. Elle finit par épouser William Turner à la fin du film et a un enfant de lui nommé Henry Turner.

William Turner

Interprété par Orlando Bloom et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

Il est forgeron, et devient pirate à la rencontre de Jack Sparrow, malgré sa haine envers les pirates. Il développe une histoire d'amour compliquée avec Elizabeth et une amitié mélangée de trahison et de confiance avec Jack Sparrow. Un peu naïf au début, il s'affermit au fur et à mesure et devient un personnage fort et qui sait quelles sont ses convictions. Ses batailles contres ses ennemis et ceux de Jack Sparrow l'enrichissent et le rendent plus résistant. À la fin du troisième film il devient capitaine du Hollandais volant grâce à Jack Sparrow qui le sauve ainsi d'une mort certaine. Il réussit ainsi à libérer également son père, prisonnier du bateau, qui pensait pourtant que son fils ne reviendrait jamais pour lui maintenant qu'il avait Elizabeth. Il est contraint a passer dix ans en mer afin de pouvoir redescendre pendant une journée sur terre retrouver son fils et son épouse. Il sera libéré de la malédiction à la fin du 5e film.

Autres personnages majeurs

Davy Jones

Interprété par Bill Nighy et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3 (et une silhouette dans la scène post-générique de Pirates des Caraïbes 5)

Il s'agit d'un nom propre en usage depuis le milieu du  pour désigner l'Esprit de la Mer. Par ailleurs, l'expression «  » signifie « être mort en mer ».

Dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Davy Jones est un pirate qui est tombé amoureux d'une femme, Calypso, la déesse des Mers. Cette dernière lui confia une mission, escorter les âmes perdues en mer dans l'antre de Davy Jones pendant 10 ans contre une journée sur terre pour retrouver celle qui l'aime, et ce pour l'éternité. Il fit ceci et revint au bout de 10 ans. Mais cette dernière n'était pas au rendez vous, car il était dans sa nature d'être infidèle et ne pouvant supporter sa tristesse, il s'arracha le cœur et le mit dans un coffre, qui fut enterré sur l'île des quatre vents. Davy Jones refusa alors de continuer son travail et une terrible malédiction vint s'abattre sur lui et son équipage : ils furent transformés en créatures du monde abyssal et il fut séparé en deux esprits, l'un d'eux fut le Kraken et l'autre le capitaine du Hollandais volant. Le Hollandais volant aussi fut touché par cette malédiction et devint un vaisseau organique capable de plonger sous l'eau. Le navire ne peut vivre sans capitaine, c'est pour cela qu'il doit avoir un capitaine dont le cœur se trouve dans un coffre.  Quiconque tue le capitaine devient à son tour capitaine. Pour se venger, Davy Jones révéla à la Confrérie des Pirates le moyen d'emprisonner Calypso dans un corps humain pour qu'elle ne déclenche plus de tempêtes. Il finira tué par Will Turner et Jack Sparrow qui transpercent son cœur. William Turner deviendra après le capitaine du Hollandais volant.

Cutler Beckett

Interprété par Tom Hollander et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Il est au sommet de la Compagnie anglaise des Indes orientales après la démission de James Norrington qui a abandonné ses fonctions, ayant échoué à arrêter Jack Sparrow. Il apparaît au début du , avec 3 ordres d'exécution : Un au nom d'Elisabeth, un au nom de William et le troisième au nom de Norrington. Son véritable objectif est en fait d'obtenir le compas de Jack Sparrow. De nature fourbe, hypocrite et avide de pouvoir, il désire plus que tout détruire la piraterie et devenir le maître du monde. Il complote d'abord pour s'emparer de Port Royal. Et pour parvenir à ses fins, il n'hésite pas à recourir au surnaturel comme le cœur de Davy Jones pour l'obliger à être sous ses ordres. Par décret, il condamne sans jugement toute personne accusée de piraterie ou de complicité avec les pirates dans le monde entier à la potence au début du . Il sera tué sur son vaisseau-amiral, l'Endeavour, alors canonné par les deux vaisseaux pirates, le Black Pearl et le Hollandais volant mené par Will, à la fin de "Pirates des Caraïbes 3".

Angelica

Interprétée par Penélope Cruz (VF : Ethel Houbiers) et vue dans Pirates des Caraïbes 4

Au début du film, Angelica se fait passer pour Jack Sparrow et cherche des marins pour partir à la recherche de la Fontaine de Jouvence, car son père, Edward Teach, est menacé par une malédiction qu'il ne peut rompre qu'en buvant l'eau de la Fontaine de Jouvence. Mais avant son départ elle rencontre Jack Sparrow, qu'elle avait jadis connu dans un couvent, et qui est indigné du fait que quelqu'un ait volé son identité. Après un duel entre les deux pirates, Angelica emporte Jack (qui est dans un état d'inconscience) sur le navire de Barbe-Noire, le Queen Anne's revenge, qui a besoin de son aide pour trouver la Fontaine. Une fois arrivés à destination, Barbe-Noire et Angelica sont mortellement blessés par Hector Barbossa. Barbe-Noire, démontrant ainsi  ne rien éprouver pour sa fille qui pourtant l'aime plus que sa propre vie, demande à celle-ci de se sacrifier pour lui en buvant du calice d'argent que Jack a rempli avec de l'eau de la Fontaine. Elle accepte, mais Jack échange les calices et donne à Angelica celui avec la larme de Syrena, qui est la clé de vie. Ainsi, Barbe-Noire meurt et Angelica est sauvée. À la fin du film, Jack Sparrow abandonne Angelica, qui lui en veut terriblement, sur une île déserte. Après le générique de fin du film, Angelica ramasse la poupée de Jack qui a été ramenée par le courant.

Barbe Noire
Interprété par Ian McShane (VF : Bernard Thiphaine) et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 4.

Le légendaire et redoutable capitaine Edward Teach est plus connu sous le nom de Barbe-Noire, la terreur des pirates. Ce dernier possède un navire, le Queen Anne's Revenge, « commandé » par le sabre de Barbe-Noire et utilisant le terrible feu grégeois, faisant du vaisseau un véritable engin de guerre. Il cherchera la fontaine de jouvence en enrôlant de force Jack Sparrow. Arrivé à destination, il sera mortellement blessé et empoisonné avec sa fille Angelica par Barbossa qui se venge d'avoir été autrefois attaqué par Barbe Noire. Jack Sparrow achèvera ce dernier avec l'eau de la fontaine et en donnant l'eau avec la larme de sirène à Angelica. De ce fait, Barbe Noire meurt dissous par les eaux de la fontaine.

Armando Salazar

Interprété par Javier Bardem et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

Le Capitaine Armando Salazar est un navigateur Espagnol et chasseur de pirates surnommé "El matador del mar". Il est le plus puissant ennemi et la pire crainte auquel les pirates ont été confrontés. Il s'acharne à les exterminer par vengeance après que plusieurs d'entre eux aient tué son père et son grand-père, morts en luttant contre la piraterie. Il tombe sur Jack Sparrow (à l'époque jeune second d'un capitaine pirate) qui réussit à piéger et enfermer le Capitaine Salazar ainsi que tout son équipage et son navire dans le triangle des Bermudes et dans une malédiction. Il devient donc avec son équipage, un fantôme commandant un navire fantôme, incapable de marcher sur la terre ferme. Délivré du Triangle des Bermudes lorsque Jack se débarrasse de son compas pour payer une bouteille de rhum, il cherche Jack pour se venger. Extrêmement antisocial et misanthrope, il tue sans distinction toute personne croisant son chemin. Il laisse toutefois un survivant sur lors de ses assauts pour tout raconter mais que pour les terroriser ou pour parvenir à ses fins. Parmi ces survivants, figure Henry Turner. Il est libéré de la malédiction avec son équipage et son navire grâce au trident de Poséïdon qu'il dérobe à la fin du film en possédant le corps d'Henry Turner, mais ce dernier détruit le Trident pour sauver in extremis Jack. Mais ne renonçant pas à tuer Jack, Henry et Carina, il abandonne tout son équipage à la mort, mais il est tué pour de bon par Hector Barbossa lorsqu'il grimpait le long de la chaîne de l'ancre du Black Pearl.

Salazar est sans nul doute le personnage le plus dangereux et le plus malfaisant de l'univers Pirates des Caraïbes en raison de ses pouvoirs (immortalité, marche sur l'eau, contrôle de créatures à ses ordres…), de ses capacités et de sa personnalité (agressif, cruel, impitoyable, meurtrier, exterminateur…). Et sa dangerosité est renforcée par son apparente intention à vouloir tuer tout le monde. De ces faits, Jack Sparrow n'a pour choix que de fuir; Barbossa lui-même est terrifié en entendant le nom de Salazar. Il pense même livrer Jack à Salazar avant de s'enfuir aussi.

Carina Smyth

Interprétée par Kaya Scodelario et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

Carina Smyth ou Barbossa est une orpheline astronome considérée comme une sorcière, ce qui lui vaut d'être pourchassée. Son but est de trouver le Trident de Poséidon grâce à la carte qu'aucun homme ne peut lire et qui lui a été léguée par son père lors de son abandon. Avant sa mise à mort, elle est libérée par Henry Turner qui a besoin d'elle pour trouver le Trident et délivrer son père de la malédiction du Hollandais volant. Elle va ensuite faire équipe avec Jack Sparrow et Henry et mettre cap sur l'île alors qu'ils sont poursuivis par Salazar et son équipage. Son esprit scientifique est d'ailleurs troublé quand elle reconnait que la Mort est vraiment à leurs trousses. Elle finit de déchiffrer la carte et ils trouvent le Trident qui sera par la suite détruit par Henry pour sauver Jack. Lors de la remontée sur le bateau, elle se rend compte qu'elle est la fille d'Hector Barbossa alors qu'il se sacrifie pour eux. Elle change son nom alors pour Carina Barbossa.  À la fin du film, elle est avec Henry.

Henry Turner
Interprété par Brenton Thwaites et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5 (1ère apparition dans la scène post-générique de Pirates des Caraïbes 3).

Henry Turner est le fils d'Elizabeth Swann et de William Turner. Il engage Jack Sparrow, son équipage et Carina Smyth dans une expédition (à laquelle se joindront plus tard Barbossa et ses pirates) dans le but de trouver le Trident de Poséidon pour libérer son père de la malédiction du Hollandais volant. Par la même occasion, il aide Jack Sparrow à échapper à Salazar. Quand il retrouve le trident, il le détruit  et libère son père puis vient l'attendre à terre avec Carina Smyth et sa mère Elisabeth Swann.

Personnages récurrents

James Norrington

Interprété par Jack Davenport et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Dans La Malédiction du Black Pearl, il est commodore et fiancé à Elizabeth Swann.

Dans Le Secret du Coffre Maudit, il tente et réussit à récupérer le cœur de Davy Jones, pour le compte de Lord Cutler Beckett et pour récupérer son titre de commodore, perdu à cause d'une tempête survenue alors qu'il poursuivait Jack Sparrow.

Dans Jusqu'au Bout du Monde, devenu amiral pour Beckett, il choisit son camp en laissant Elizabeth s'échapper du Hollandais volant avec son équipage, en coupant la corde pour les sauver. Bill Turner dit Bill Le Bottier le surprend et le tue.

Bill Turner

Interprété par Stellan Skarsgård et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Bill Turner de son surnom Bill le Bottier est le père de William Turner. On apprend dans le premier film lorsque Barbossa révèle la malédiction à Elizabeth Swann qu'il faisait partie de l'équipage du Black Pearl (Perle Noire en version québécoise) et avait soutenu Jack lors de la mutinerie. Il a été engagé par Davy Jones alors qu'il était au fond de l'océan, attaché à un canon. Il a quitté sa famille lorsque Will avait 4 ans pour travailler dans la Piraterie.
Il laissera un souvenir (une pièce du trésor maudit) à son fils dont les pirates du Black Pearl voudront s'emparer à tout prix.

Cotton

Interprété par David Bailie et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Cotton aide Jack à récupérer le Pearl, puis fait partie de son équipage. Il ne parle pas car il a eu la langue coupée son perroquet s'exprime pour lui. Il reste sur le Pearl quand Barbossa le reprend à Jack à la fin du troisième film.

Marty

Interprété par Martin Klebba et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

Pirate nain fidèle au camp de Jack Sparrow et Barbossa, lors du conflit contre Cutler Beckett et ses sbires.

Maccus

Interprété par Dermot Keaney et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Pirate à tête de requin marteau et second de Davy Jones .

Mercer

Interprété par David Schofield et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Supposé Bras Droit de Lord Cutler Beckett. Il mènera plusieurs missions pour le compte de la Compagnie des Indes à partir de l'épisode 2. Il prend le commandement du Hollandais volant à la place de James Norrington, tué par Bill Turner. Il mourra ensuite, étouffé par les tentacules de Davy Jones, lors du gigantesque maelström à la fin du troisième opus. C'est un personnage sans aucun scrupule, froid et déplaisant.

Mullroy et Murtogg

Interprétés respectivement par Angus Barnett et Giles New et vus dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 3 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

Soldats de la marine Royale. Distraits, maladroits et comiques, ils sont toujours en train de discuter pour un oui ou pour un non. Ils deviennent tous deux pirates sur le Black Pearl après la mort de Beckett. Dans le 5e film, ils sont devenus des officiers de Barbossa. Après que Barbossa s'est sacrifié en tuant Salazar, ils restent sur le Black Pearl, sous le commandement de Jack Sparrow.

Pintel

Interprété par Lee Arenberg et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Il apparaît dans le premier film, a participé à la mutinerie contre Jack et fait donc partie de l'équipage de Barbossa, puis de Jack. Petit, chauve et comique, il est inséparable du jeune Ragetti. A tendance à appeler Elisabeth "poupée" et Tia Dalma "Mme Poisson", il ne réfléchit pas beaucoup avant d'agir (spécule sur la prononciation du nom Kraken, se demande dans le troisième film ce qui se passerait si on jetait un boulet sur les âmes errantes des tués en mer...). Il fait finalement partie de l'équipage de Barbossa, un peu à regret, quand celui-ci reprend le Pearl à la fin du troisième film.

Ragetti

Interprété par Mackenzie Crook et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Détenteur de la pièce de huit du seigneur pirate Barbossa (son œil de bois). Inséparable de Pintel et personnage comique récurrent dans les trois films, présent dans l'équipage de Jack après celui de Barbossa.

Nous pouvons voir, à partir de l'épisode 2, que Ragetti devient très croyant car il a perdu l'immortalité et cherche donc à racheter son âme et celle de Pintel.
Il tombe aussi amoureux de la mystérieuse Tia Dalma. Lui et Pintel se font toujours renverser par une vague quand ils arrivent sur une cote en chaloupe.
Son amitié entre Pintel et lui dans la piraterie n'a d'égal que l'amitié entre Murtogg et Mullroy dans la Marine Royale.

Scrum

Interprété par Stephen Graham et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 4 et Pirates des Caraïbes 5.

C'est un pirate du Queen Anne's Revenge. Plus tard membre de l'équipage de Jack, il l'aidera dans sa quête.

Théodore Groves

Interprété par Greg Ellis et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 3 et Pirates des Caraïbes 4.

C'est un lieutenant de la Royal Navy admirant Jack Sparrow. Il est abattu par les espagnols dans le quatrième opus.

Tia Dalma / Calypso

Interprétée par Naomie Harris et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Elle est une femme tumultueuse, mystérieuse, étrange et parfois même effrayante. Prophétesse, elle mêle charme et macabre dans un comportement à la fois séducteur et mystique. Parfois froide, elle sait également être douce. Il est difficile de savoir quels intérêts elle sert, mais elle aspire à retrouver son statut de déesse et de châtier les coupables, car sa cruauté est, comme elle le dit, "sans limite". Tia exerce une fascination très forte sur certains personnages, ainsi que sur son ancien amour Davy Jones. Très puissante, elle ramena Hector Barbossa d'entre les morts et aida à ramener de l'antre de Davy Jones le capitaine Jack Sparrow pour qui elle a une certaine attirance. Calypso a été enfermée dans le corps de Tia Dalma lors du  Tribunal de la confrérie, qui la libérera à la fin du troisième volet.

Weatherby Swann

Interprété par Jonathan Pryce et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Père d'Elizabeth Swann. Il était gouverneur de Port-Royal. Dans le premier film, il veut que sa fille épouse le commodore Norrington mais il accepte tout de même la relation entre Will et Elizabeth. Lord Cutler Beckett le tue dans le troisième opus.

Personnages secondaires

Ammand le Corsaire

Interprété par Ghassan Massoud et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Seigneur des pirates de la Mer Noire. Sa pièce de huit lors de la confrérie des pirates est un gobelet à cognac.

Anamaria

Interprété par Zoë Saldana et dans Pirates des Caraïbes.

Une pirate dont Jack Sparrow a volé le navire avant les événements de La Malédiction du Black Pearl et qui a rejoint son équipage après avoir réquisitionné l'Intercepteur afin de se faire rembourser sa dette par Jack.

Bollard

Interprété par Danny Kirrane et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5

Pirate aux ordres de Jack Sparrow. Peu enclin (comme ses camarades) à lui obéir à cause des échecs de ce dernier, il décidera plus tard de l'aider face à Salazar et l'acceptera comme capitaine sur le Black Pearl.

Dame Ching

Interprétée par Takayo Fischer et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3

Femme seigneur des pirates de l'Océan Pacifique. Calme et réfléchie, c'est l'une des seule pirates à approuver la nomination d'Elizabeth Swann en tant que Roi des pirates. Sa pièce de huit est une paire de lunettes.

François Chevalet

Interprété par Marcel Iures et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3

Capitaine français, seigneur des pirates de la Méditerranée. Apparait en tout point comme le gentilhomme français, élégant et se battant avec classe. Sa pièce de huit est une Dame de Pique.

Jocard

Interprété par Hakeem Kae-Kazim et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3

Avant de devenir le seigneur de l'océan Atlantique, Jocard était esclave et travaillait dans les champs de coton. Sa pièce de huit lors de la confrérie des pirates est un coupeur de tabac.

Sao Feng
Interprété par Chow Yun-fat et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Seigneur des pirates de Singapour. Ancien capitaine de l'Impératrice, il sera tué lors de l'attaque du Hollandais volant sur son bateau. Juste avant de mourir, il fera Elisabeth Swann, capitaine à sa place pensant qu'elle était Calypso. Sa pièce de huit est un collier avec un jade (pierre orientale) qu'il offre à Elisabeth Swann avant de mourir.

Jib

Interprété par Adam Brown et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5

Pirate membre de l'équipage de Jack Sparrow. Peu enclin à lui obéir en raison des échecs de son capitaine et que celui-ci soit la principale cible de Salazar. Mais il décidera plus tard d'aider Jack face à Salazar puis l'acceptera de le servir (comme ses camarades) à bord du Black Pearl.

Gillette

Interprété par Damian O'Hare et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes et Pirates des Caraïbes 4.

C'est un lieutenant de la Royal Navy. Il est tué par Barbe Noire.

Giselle

Interprétée par Vanessa Branch et vue dans: Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2 et Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Femme de joie, elle veut à tout prix gifler Jack Sparrow (pour ses actions que l'on qualifiera de « mauvaises »), de même que sa meilleure amie Scarlette. Elle porte une robe et de longs cheveux blonds coiffés en chignon. À la fin du troisième volet, elle sort avec Jack (et Scarlette) et dès que Jack Sparrow lui a montré le Black Pearl (volé par Barbossa) et qu'elle ne voit qu'une barque, Sparrow visiblement énervé de la nouvelle mutinerie de Barbossa, dit la vérité (sur ce qu'il a dit pour leur montrer son « grand navire »), piquée au vif, elle et Scarlette giflent Jack, puis elles s'en vont avec Gibbs (qui leur raconte l'histoire des tortues de mer) après que celui-ci a parlé à Jack.

Scarlette

Interprétée par Lauren Maher et vue dans: Pirates des Caraïbes, Pirates des Caraïbes 2, Pirates des Caraïbes 3.

Femme de joie, voulant à tout prix gifler Jack Sparrow (pour ses actions que l'on qualifiera de mauvaises) avec sa meilleure amie Giselle. Elle porte une robe et des cheveux rouges. À la fin du 3 elle sort avec Jack (et Giselle) et dès que Jack Sparrow lui a montré le Blackpearl (volé par Barbossa) et qu'elle ne voit qu'une barque, Sparrow visiblement énervé de la nouvelle mutinerie de Hector Jack dit la vérité. Piquée au vif, elle et Giselle giflent Jack et s'en va avec Gibbs après que celui-ci a parlé à Jack.

John Scarfield

Interprété par David Wenham et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5

Lieutenant de la Royal Navy et chef des forces britanniques de Saint-Martin. Cruel, tyrannique mais peu attentif, il veut tuer Jack Sparrow, Henry Turner et Carina Smyth et veut aussi s'emparer du Trident de Poséidon. Il est tué avec tout son équipage par Salazar alors qu'il était sur le point d'attaquer le Black Pearl vers la fin du 5e film.

Shansa

Interprété par Golshifteh Farahani et vue dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5

Sorcière libéré par Barbossa à Saint-Martin. Elle inflige des maléfices aux ennemis et rivaux de ce dernier, ce qui explique les échecs de Jack Sparrow au début du film. Plus tard, elle prévient Barbossa de la terrible menace de Salazar et que Jack Sparrow est en danger.

Sri Sumbhajee

Interprété par Marshall Manesh et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3

Seigneur des Pirates de l'Océan Indien. Supposé eunuque, il a une voix tellement aigüe, qu'il fait appel à un bras-droit pour parler à sa place. Sa pièce de huit est une petite tabatière en forme de corne.

Edward Teague Sparrow

Interprété par Keith Richards et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3 et Pirates des Caraïbes 4.

Il est le père de Jack Sparrow. Sa femme est morte et il la garde sous forme de tête réduite qu'il traîne partout avec lui, qu'il a ensuite confié à son fils après la  de la Confrérie des Pirates. Il est le gardien des clés du Code des Pirates.

Maddox

Interprété par Delroy Atkinson et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 5

Pirate noir aux ordres de Jack Sparrow. Comme Gibbs, Scrum, Marty, Jib et Bollard, il est réticent à suivre Jack Sparrow à cause de ses échecs et qu'il soit la principale cible de Salazar. Mais il change d'avis et décide, comme ses camarades, de l'aider face à Salazar puis l'accepte comme capitaine sur le Black Pearl.

Villanueva

Interprété par Sergio Calderón et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 3

Seigneur des Pirates de la Mer Adriatique. Il est espagnol et aurait croisé la route du français Chevallet plusieurs fois. Sa pièce de huit est un goulot de bouteille cassée.

Philip Swift

Interprété par Sam Claflin et vu dans Pirates des Caraïbes 4

Amoureux de Syrena , il sera blessé pour obtenir ses larmes et la sauvera de Barbe Noire qui la retenait pour ses larmes. Finalement, Syrena emmènera Philip au fond de la mer pour le sauver.

Syrena
Interprétée par Astrid Berges-Frisbey et vu dans Pirate des Caraïbes 4.

C'est une sirène capturée par l'équipage de Barbe Noire, mais elle est protégée et puis libérée par le missionnaire Philip, qui est amoureux d'elle et qu'elle aime en retour.

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Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include Paramount on Parade (co-director, 1930), Something to Sing About (1937) with James Cagney, and the first two "Road" pictures Road to Singapore (1940) and Road to Zanzibar (1941). His two best-known songs are "I Remember You" and "Tangerine", both with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and both featured in Schertzinger's final film, The Fleet's In (1942).

Life and career
Schertzinger was born in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, the child of musical parents of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, and attracted attention as a violin prodigy at the age of four.

As a child of eight, he appeared as a violinist with several orchestras, including the Victor Herbert Orchestra and the John Philip Sousa band. In his teens, he attended the Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia, and gave violin performances while touring America and Europe.

Schertzinger studied music at the University of Brussels. He continued to distinguish himself as a concert violinist, and then as a symphony conductor. He also worked as a songwriter, adding three songs with lyrics by producer Oliver Morosco to L. Frank Baum and Louis F. Gottschalk's musical, The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1914).

His first brush with the film industry came in 1916, when Thomas Ince commissioned him to compose the orchestral accompaniment for his great silent film Civilization. Remaining under Ince's employment, Schertzinger became principal director of the popular Charles Ray films, establishing a rapport with the mercurial Ray that few of the star's other collaborators would ever achieve.

After the introduction of sound, Schertzinger continued to direct films but also began to compose songs for them, and in some instances writing scripts or producing as well. Although closely associated with Paramount Pictures, Schertzinger actually spent the 1930s as a freelancer.

Some of his best films, such as One Night of Love (1934) and The Mikado (1939) exploited his vast knowledge of the world of music. His songwriting collaborators during this period also included Gus Kahn, Johnny Burke and Frank Loesser.

Schertzinger married Julia E. Nicklin, to whom he remained married until his death. They had two daughters, Patricia and Paula.

Death
Schertzinger died unexpectedly from a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 53, having just finished work on The Fleet's In (1942). He had directed 89 films, and had composed music for more than 50 films. He was buried in Forest Lawn's Glendale location.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame contains a star for Schertzinger at 1611 Vine Street.

In his home town of Mahanoy City, an official marker from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission indicates the location of the Schertzinger homestead and jewelry store where Schertzinger grew up. The marker reads:

 Violin prodigy who performed with John Philip Sousa and later became a film director and composer. He pioneered the use of original film music for films, and his film 'One Night of Love' won best musical score and sound recording Oscars in 1934. He composed the pop standard 'Tangerine.' Among many films he directed were two of the Hope and Crosby 'Road' movies. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His childhood home was here.

Schertzinger's two best-known songs, "I Remember You" and "Tangerine", continue to appear in the soundtracks of new films.

Schertzinger also appears as a recurring character in the Epic Short Story The Organ of Love.

Filmography
The following information comes from the Internet Movie Database. All listed films were directed by Schertzinger, unless otherwise noted.

 The Conqueror (1916) (composer only)
 Civilization (1916) (composer only)
 The Pinch Hitter (1917)
 The Millionaire Vagrant (1917)
 The Clodhopper (1917)
 Sudden Jim (1917)
 The Son of His Father (1917)
 His Mother's Boy (1917)
 The Hired Man (1918)
 The Family Skeleton (1918)
 Playing the Game (1918)
 His Own Home Town (1918)
 The Claws of the Hun (1918)
 A Nine O'Clock Town (1918) (also story)
 Coals of Fire (1918)
 Quicksand (1918)
 String Beans  (1918)
 Hard Boiled (1919)
 Extravagance (1919)
 The Sheriff's Son (1919)
 The Homebreaker (1919)
 The Lady of Red Butte (1919)
 When Doctors Disagree (1919)
 Other Men's Wives (1919)
 Upstairs (1919)
 The Peace of Roaring River (1919) (unconfirmed)
 Jinx (1919) with Mabel Normand
 Pinto (1920) (also writer)
 The Blooming Angel (1920)
 The Slim Princess (1920)
 What Happened to Rosa (1920)
 The Concert (1921)
 Made in Heaven (1921)
 Beating the Game (1921)
 Head Over Heels (1922)
 The Bootlegger's Daughter (1922)
 Mr. Barnes of New York (1922)
 The Kingdom Within (1922)
 Dollar Devils (1923)
 Refuge (1923)
 The Lonely Road (1923)
 The Man Next Door (1923)
 The Scarlet Lily (1923)
 Long Live the King (1923)
 The Man Life Passed By (1923) (also writer)
 Chastity (1923)
 A Boy of Flanders (1924)
 Bread (1924)
 Flaming Love (1925)
 Man and Maid (1925)

 The Wheel (1925)
 Thunder Mountain (1925)
 The Golden Strain (1925)
 Siberia (1926)
 The Lily (1926)
 The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)
 Stage Madness (1927)
 The Heart of Salome (1927)
 The Secret Studio (1927)
 The Showdown (1928)
 Forgotten Faces (1928)
 Outcast (1928) (composer only)
 Redskin (1929)
 Nothing But the Truth (1929)
 The Wheel of Life (1929)
 Fashions in Love (1929) (also composer)
 The Laughing Lady (1929)
 The Love Parade (1929) (composer only)
 Betrayal (1929) (story only)
 The Climax (1930) (composer only)
 Shadow of the Law (1930) (composer only, uncredited)
 Paramount on Parade (1930) (co-directed)
 Safety in Numbers (1930)
 Heads Up (1930) (also composer)
 The Woman Between (1931)
 Caught Plastered (1931) (composer only)
 Friends and Lovers (1931) (also composer)
 Strange Justice (1932) (also composer)
 Uptown New York (1932)
 The Constant Woman (1933) (also producer)
 Cocktail Hour (1933) (also producer)
 My Woman (1933) (also composer)
 Beloved (1934) (also composer)
 One Night of Love (1934) (Academy Award nomination for Best Direction)
 Let's Live Tonight (1935)
 Love Me Forever (1935) (also writer, composer)
 The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) (composer only, uncredited)
 The Return of Peter Grimm (1935) (uncredited)
 Don't Gamble with Love (1936) (composer only)
 The Music Goes 'Round (1936) (also composer)
 You May Be Next (1936) (composer only, uncredited)
 The Devil's Playground (1937) (composer only, uncredited)
 Something to Sing About (1937) (also writer, producer, composer)
 The Mikado (1939)
 Road to Singapore (1940)
 Rhythm on the River (1940) (also composer)
 Road to Zanzibar (1941)
 Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)
 Birth of the Blues (1941)
 The Fleet's In (1942)

Discography
Unless otherwise noted, the following information comes from the Internet Movie Database.

 "Marcheta" (1913)
 "My Wonderful Dream Girl" (1913) (lyrics by Oliver Morosco from L. Frank Baum's The Tik-Tok Man of Oz)
"There's a Mate in this Big World for You" (1913) (lyrics by Oliver Morosco from L. Frank Baum's The Tik-Tok Man of Oz)
"Oh! Take Me" (1913) (lyrics by Oliver Morosco from L. Frank Baum's The Tik-Tok Man of Oz)
 "Another Kiss" (1927)
 "Gotta Be Good" (1928)
 "Dream Lover" (1929) (lyrics by Clifford Grey)
 "Paris Stay the Same" (1929) (lyrics by Clifford Grey)
 "Delphine" (1929) (lyrics by Leo Robin)
 "I Still Believe In You" (1929) (lyrics by Leo Robin)
 "You're My Melody of Love" (1931)
 "I'm That Way About You" (1931)
 "Close to Me" (1931)
 "Listen Heart of Mine" (1933)
 "One Night of Love" (1934) (lyrics by Gus Kahn)
 "Love Me Forever" (1934) (lyrics by Gus Kahn)
 "Right or Wrong" (1937)
 "Out of the Blue" (1937)
 "Any Old Love" (1937)
 "Loving You" (1937)

 "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore" (1940)
 "Captain Custard" (1940) (lyrics by Johnny Burke)
 "(The Moon and the) Willow Tree" (1940) (lyrics by Johnny Burke)
 "I Don't Cry Anymore" (1940) (lyrics by Johnny Burke)
 "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By" (1941) (with Frank Loesser)
 "Kiss the Boys Goodbye"  (1941) (with Frank Loesser)
 "Sand in My Shoes" (1941) (with Frank Loesser)
 "Find Yourself a Melody" (1941) (with Frank Loesser)
 "My Start" (1941) (with Frank Loesser)
 "I Remember You" (1941) (lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
 "Tangerine" (1941) (lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
 "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry" (1941) (lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
 "Not Mine" (1941) (lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
 "The Fleet's In" (1941) (lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
 "When You Hear The Time Signal" (1941) (lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
 "If You Build A Better Mousetrap" (1941) (lyrics by Johnny Mercer)

Images
 Publicity photo of Victor Schertzinger, circa 1930

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CHARITY STEER: The outstanding Blonde Aquitaine that will to be auctioned in aid of Youngcare. MERINGANDAN butchers Wayne and Belinda Hess and family are supportingtoday'sYoungcare Ribs andRed luncheon in Brisbane by donating a pure Blonde Aquitaine steer that will to be auctioned in aidof the celebratedcharity for young people with high needs.
Thedonation has been supported by Maclagan Meats which hasprocessed the steer and Daryl's Transport which transported the carcaseto Hesslands Butchery at Meringandan.
Wayne and the Hesslands Butchery team will cut up the steer to the purchaser's individual requirements.
The steer from the Hess'sWaite-A-Wyle Blonde D Aquitaine stud was selected on its high yield, lean tender beef and most of all eating quality.
Hesslands Butchery is well known acrossthe Darling Downs for its quality meat and high level of service customers both in the store, private cut ups and many restaurants supplied from their store during the past 12 years.
The Hess family show both stud cattle and led steers at local shows and at the Ekka. This year the family has a major success with a half-brother to the charitysteer.It was named the reserve champion at Beef 2015 in Rockhamptonunder the expert eye of Terry Nolan fromNolans Meats.
Belinda was also one of the organisers of the RNA Youngcare charity steer competition from 2007 to 2010.
"The steerrepresents a greatopportunity to purchase a quality product and make change to quality of life to many young Australians living with high care needs," Wayne said.
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Bumper chickpea crop quality clipped
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BUMPY ROAD: Rain at the end of the week will set the fortunes of the chickpea crop in the North West of the state.
THE North West's huge chickpea crop could suffer significant downgrades if forecast rain for the end of this week eventuates.
Some crops have already been hit hard by hail damage but the impact from rain won't be realised until headers roll through paddocks.
Penagcon agronomist Drew Penberthy, Bellata, said cropswere downgraded each time it rained.
Harvest was stopped in his area which received more than 100 millimetres in November, with rain on almost every other day.
Mr Penberthy said the precipitation could create brittle seeds and affect colour which would downgrade crops that already had yield estimates lowered due to last month's hot weather.
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Country club fails in quest for a saviour
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THE embattledMount Beauty Country Club is unlikely to reopen after an unsuccessful search for a new operator.
The venue, Mount Beauty'sonly poker machines site,has been shut and in administration since July.
Doors set to stay shut: The Mount Beauty Country Club is not expected to reopen following financial woes which saw it stop trading earlier this year.
The club's administrator Chris Chamberlain said there was an $800,000 black hole with creditors largely linked to the Victorian Government and the operation of the 19 poker machines.
"It's not looking rosy as we speak," Mr Chamberlain said.
"It's highly unlikely at this stage (it will reopen).
"I think time has moved on –one of the big imposts was that the number of pokies didn't make it a sustainable and viable operation."
Mr Chamberlain said an oversupply of poker machines in Victoria meant there was little value in their licences.
"They're not worth a great deal, you would be lucky to get $2000 a licence," he said.
Mr Chamberlain said he was hoping to sell the site after having received inquiries and was considering holding an auction.
"I would be pushing to try to have it wrapped up by the end of the year," he said.
The closure has hit theMount Beauty Bowls Club which has been unable to use its rink for pennant games this season due tono access to the country club.
Club secretary Bob Joyner said the 32 members were continuing to practice at the rink twice a week but were fearful about their fate.
He said two members had already moved to Tawonga Bowls Club because of the uncertainty at Mount Beauty.
Mr Joyner said the club was hopeful there would be a new buyer with whom it could negotiate an arrangement to continue.
A shed at the club contains$30,000 worth of machinery which is used forthe bowlers.
Kiewa Valley-based Alpine Shire councillor Peter Roper said the fate of the bowling club was generating more interest than the prospect of Mount Beauty being left without poker machines.
Mr Chamberlain said the club's 700 members had been kept informed of his progress in administering the business, but there had largely been a "very quiet" reaction.
Local produce is nothing to wine about
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COME ON DOWN: Michelle Kerr, co-ordinator of Wines of Bathurst, invites everyone to come down to the library forecourt today to try some of the delicious local foods and wine on offer in the region. 111215pwine
To celebrate new vintages, awards and a great year, Wines of Bathurst are today hosting a Wine by the Book – Taste of Bathurst food and wine gathering at the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and library forecourt.
A selection of producers representing local food and wine groups will be there with their wares from 10am-2pm.
Wines of Bathurst has invited Rotary Bathurst to add an additional element for the winetasting crowd by offering chicken kebabs and gluten free sausages.
Wines of Bathurst co-ordinator Michelle Kerr said there will be something for everyone, including the driver, with 2 Green Bottles offering a great non-alcoholic beer for sale.
"Wines of Bathurst are again spearheading an initiative to increase awareness; think, search, buy, gift, share local," Ms Kerr said.
"Inland centres are in an unique position since the abundance of handmade, boutique product produced and accepted into the community is ever increasing.
"To promote a 'buy local' mentality is crucial for a tighter sense of community pride. People know the product they are supporting is from within a 50-kilometre radius.
"Wines of Bathurst would love to see more local licensed premises integrate and highlight local wines, by glass and bottle, and essentially take up the initiative and 'take a local home for dinner'," Ms Kerr said.
The Wines of Bathurst brand is at its strongest with a record turnout for the recent National Cool Climate Wine Show public tasting night.
Local vineyards and winemakers also turned wine into gold medals at recent national and state wine awards.
$100M contract for Riverstone business
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LEADING THE PACK: Brolton Group managing director Ben Lynch at his workshop in Riverstone. Photo: Geoff Jones.
A $100 million business deal has put Riverstone based company Brolton Group on the map, beating international competition for the contract to expand and upgrade Hanson's Bass Point Quarry.
Brolton Group is a multi-disciplined engineering solutions provider lead by Ben Lynch who grew his business out of his workshop in Riverstone.
The $100 million expansion will allow Hanson to increase production of aggregate supplies for the construction industryfrom 1.5 million tofour million tonnesper year.
It is also the largest contract Mr Lynch has won, which is expected to generate 150 new jobs throughout the course of the project.
"The new facility will provide a considerable increase in terms of process efficiency and throughput," Mr Lynch said.
With 70 people employed at the existing facility, the increase in production will see a number of new jobs.
"A project of this magnitude provides a huge opportunity for Australians in terms of employment opportunities," Mr Lynch said.
"Selecting a local business will not only aid in boosting the local economy throughout the duration of the project, it will see more permanent opportunities arise."
Since opening in 2002, Brolton Group has grown to a team of 50 staff and now also has offices in Brisbane and Perth.
Police release footage of Tolland servo hold-up
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Police release footage of Tolland servo hold-up Composite image of two men police wish to speak with in regards to an armed robbery on a Tolland service station earlier this week.
TweetFacebookA second man then approaches the doors, ushering in an attendant who was outside cleaning windows.
The second man, who is clad in light pants, a dark zip-up hoodie with blue cuffs and zips andcarries a backpack, has covered the lower half of his face with a dark cloth. He also has on a snapback hat, with a bright pattern on the brim,underneath his hood.
One of the men was armed with a firearm and the other with a knife, police said.
The attendant was threatened by the assailants, who made off with cash, cigarettes and drinks. It is unknown if they left in a vehicle or on foot.
HOLD UP: Police have released CCTV footage of two people who could aid in the investigation of a Tolland service station hold-up earlier this week
The attendant was uninjured in the incident.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page.
The power of US college football
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In this September 21, 2013 photo, Missouri's Michael Sam (52) sings the school song after Missouri defeated Indiana in an NCAA college football game in Bloomington (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) Concerned Student 1950, led by University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, second from right, speaks following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (AP Photo by Sarah Bell/Missourian)
University of Missouri system President Tim Wolfe announces his resignation from office.
Pressure on former University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe to resign was coming from all sides, but the pressure that mattered the most came from the Tigers, the University of Missouri football team. When 30 African-Americans players, announced their refusal to play another game until Wolfe resigned, the clock began ticking.
When the players' white coach, Gary Pinkel, announced his full support for the boycott, Wolfe was finished. That Pinkel would risk his job to support his players over the administration that hired him, indicates how powerful the tide against Wolfe had become. While the protesters on Carnahan Quad have drawn most of the media attention, its the simple act of refusing to play a game that made the difference. In the University of Missouri football team, BlackLivesMatter found their most powerful ally to date.
College football is big business in the United States. In 2012 the top ten college football programs generated revenues of $800 million. The national championship game in January of this year attracted 27 million viewers, making it the most-watched program in the history of cable television. ESPN paid colleges $7.3 billion for the broadcast rights to their football games, with competing networks CBS, NBC and Fox also writing big checks to show college games. Football is also big business at the University of Missouri, where it generated over $14 million in 2014 alone.
While an outsider might think a college football coach would be no threat to a university president, consider that Wolfe's salary was $459,000. Gary Pinkel's salary is over $4 million. Indeed the only people in this business who don't make any money are the players.
While this was not the first time college athletes have protested against their schools, this particular protest was distinguished by the swift and complete surrender of its target. The reason for such a quick and total victory is that this protest posted a serious and immediate economic threat to the university.
The University of Missouri Tigers are scheduled to host the Brigham Young Cougars on Saturday and will pay the Cougars a $250,000 visitor's fee. In return, the University of Missouri earns significantly more than that in sales of tickets, concessions and apparel bought at the game.
If the game had to be cancelled, Mizzou, as the University of Missouri is often called, would owe Brigham Young a fee of $1 million. That $750,000 difference, when added to the revenue lost by all those unsold tickets, concessions and apparel, made the need for Wolfe to step aside, apart from any ethical considerations, an economic imperative.
For the players, concern for the health of African-American Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, who began a hunger strike until Wolfe resigned, was crucial. For the success of the movement to remove Wolfe as university president, the football team was crucial. Shari Gaston, a 20-year-old linguistics student at the University of Missouri, told The Daily Beast she was pleased and surprised at how quickly the protesters had won — and she knew who to credit for the victory.
"It's sad to say, but when the football team said that we're standing with (Butler) on this. It's amazing, because they knew that if they were to stop doing anything then change would start happening immediately. Football is Mizzou."
Locals will unite against DV
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Inspire change: Kooralbyn's Sharon Turner is behind inaugural Beaudesert event Inspire, which is to raise money and awareness against domestic and family violence.RAISING awareness and funds to stem domestic violence is the point of a new Beaudesert community event.
Live comedy and music eventInspirewill go from 2pm to 6pm November 28 at The Centre in Beaudesert.
Kooralbyn mother-of-twoSharon Turner, herself a survivor of domestic violence, is organising Inspire.
Ms Turner, 44, who is studying social work at university, wants to help the community make a difference.
Money will go to Beaudesert family and youth support service the Mununjali Jymbi Centre and anti domestic violence campaign groupWhite Ribbon.
Ms Turner said the issue was everyone's business and it was up to society to make a change.
"Everybody knows somebody who's in a domestically violent relationship, if not directly themselves within their network," she said.
"Ultimately I don't want my kids and their kids to have to deal with domestic and family violence, and as a society we can change it."
Inspire will includeperformances from comedians Chris Begg and Steven J Whiteley and musician Andy Crilly andMs Turner will give a short talk about recognising the warning signs of domestic violence.
Trivia, prizesand a mini auction will also be part of the event, which is open to people 18 and older.
Tickets are $20 per person or $30 for two people.
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BOWLS: Woods wins consistency singles
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This week only six social players along with the finals of the consistency singles played between Rosalie Woods and Barbara Lincoln.
A very closely fought game with Rosalie coming out the winner. Congratulations Rosalie.
Next Tuesday will be the President's team versus the Secretary's team.
It was decided that everyone take something along to participate in a shared lunch as bowls draws to a close for 2015.
Our Christmas party this year, combined with the presentation of trophies for 2015, will be held on December 1 at the bowling club. Midday for a 12.30pm lunch.
The same format as last year when an extra $5 for raffle tickets was paid in lieu of exchanging gifts.
Starting date for bowls in 2016 is Tuesday February 2 and as from that date we hope to play both Tuesdays and Saturday mornings in order that we may entice some of the working women to take up bowls and who are unable to play on Tuesdays.
Morning tea girls for next Tuesday Pat Young and Beverley Shields.
Local generosity comes to the fore
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1990 VISITORS: League legends Les Davidson and Paul Sironen with local league fans Chris Brown and Brendon Savage. lm111415siro
GUEST of honour at the Lithgow Tradies Golf Day was Balmain, New South Wales and Australian second rower Paul Sironen who also acted as master of ceremonies for the auction at the Lithgow Golf Club.
It is not the first time that the big forward has visited Lithgow, but has visited various charities and clinics over the years in the district.
Back in 1990, Sironen, Souths' Les Davidson and Mark Ellison along with Balmain and later Group 10 rep James Grant made up the coaching panel at a rugby league clinic held at the Newnes Recreation Camp.
A lot of today's NRL league players take time out of their busy schedules to be involved with clinics and also visit hospitals and attend charities.
Lithgow has always been known as extremely generous and this was shown again when sponsors for the Tradies Golf Day gave their support.
All money raised will be presented to the Lithgow Community Transport who do such a great job ferrying cancer sufferers and their family back and forth for treatment.
Sponsors for the golf day were CFMEU, Frank Capomolla Concrete and Excavations, MI Formwork and Concrete, Ron Evans Painting, Joe Inzitari Electrical, GB Building, GBH Building, Dean Horton Building, Carpet One Lithgow, Stramit, Lithgow Workmens Club, Tree View Estate, LJ Hooker Lithgow, Grand Central Hotel, Harvey Norman Lithgow, Dobsoni Building, Mark Water Plumbing, Panthers Leagues Club Bathurst, Centennial Coal, Gracey Earthmoving, Inzitari Road House, Bunnings, Tradelink, TLE, Dulux, Hanson Concrete, GoodEarth, Timberfix, Franks Tanks, Eves Creations, Zig Zag Motel, Lithgow City Holden, Mark O'Toole Electrical, Stihl, Sports Power Lithgow, Mountain Stone Design, Lithgow Landscape and Produce and Bianca Villa.
Longest serving Booral worker clocks up 50 years
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Booral's Wayne Blows has clocked up 50 years of service on Great Lakes Council.While some people struggle to last a few years in any one job, Wayne Blows has clocked up 50.
The Great Lakes Council employee started working for the then Stroud Council when he was only 15.
His parents were running a dairy farm on the family property at Booral but were doing it tough, so Wayne left school to help them.
"They couldn't afford to pay me so I looked around for a job and could get an immediate start on council," the 67-year-old said.
"I would go to work and help out when I got home and on weekends.
"I started at Tea Gardens with a napping hammer breaking up rocks on the road.
"I then went to Hawks Nest where there were only two streets in the town, the rest were gravel.
"Workers camped on site during the week and went home on weekends.
"Stroud Shire was really big back then before the main office was built in Forster and I worked all over the place.
"One of my jobs was to build bush fences at Lighthouse Beach.
"I was told it would be a two-week job but I was there for 18 months."
Wayne said it was quite back-breaking working but there have been so many changes over the years to make it better.
"There were no backhoes, you had to dig the roads up with picks and maddocks. And that was before jackhammers were made.
"We had to load the gravel trucks with shovels, there were no loaders back then.
"I've seen hundreds of workers come and go . . . Some have been great but I've seen a few scoundrels too."
Wayne came very close to giving up work in 2011 when his wife Alison passed away from cancer.
"We had been together for a long, long time and I felt really lonely . . .It was hard coming home to an empty house.
"I thought if I gave up work it would be even worse, so decided to keep going.
"I am contemplating retirement in March next year when the pool closes.
"I look after the pool during the summer months and I wouldn't let them down so would see the season out.
"It's not definite yet, but that's what I am thinking about."
Wayne is the longest serving employee of Great Lakes Council.
Former council executive in mayoral race
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REDLAND City Mayor Karen Williams finally has an opponent for the March 19 election.
Redland Bay father of two Greg Underwood, 61, has decided to run for the city's top position.
Mr Underwood was Redland council's general manager for planning from 2005 to 2011.
He was also the city's chief executive for four months in 2010 a temporary "fill-in" role but did not want the position full time and was happy to return to the Strategic Planning department.
Former general manager at Redland City Council Greg Underwood will run for mayor at the March 19 election.
He moved to the state government planning department after the council restructured andhis contract was not renewed.
His anti political donation stance will force him to fund his own campaign which he said he launched in an effort to "return balance" to decisions made about development applications.
The catalyst for him to leap the divide from bureaucracy and join the political fray was an October council decision to relax rules protecting koala trees on a block of land at Muller Street, Redland Bay.
The decision made way for a higher-density residential sub-division.
"I've had a lot of people talk to me over the past 12 months regarding decision making saying they weren't happy with the decisions that they thought they were loaded to go with the developer rather than the community interest," he said.
"I met with council officers and Julie (Talty) on that issue and they really just didn't want to know about putting conditions on the development.
"As someone who has been putting conditions on development for 40 years, you always try to get the best outcome for the community by putting reasonable conditions on.
"The development needed to go ahead but they just didn't seem prepared to get the best community outcome and that's been voiced to me in the past over other decisions."
If elected, Mr Underwood said he would work to ensure vested interest groups – whether greenies or developers – got balanced not favourable treatment.
He said it was unfair on ratepayers that the mayor was not in the chambers during debate or voting for many important decisions due to conflict of interest after accepting donations.
Reticent about making promises, Mr Underwood said if elected, his first actions would be to review the 2017-18 budget and then scrutinise any changes made to the new planning scheme.
"I'm concerned about what the new planning scheme might bring with this council and they are considering this at the moment," he said.
"I'm not against development, I just think we need to be tailoring development into the right locations and not just arbitrarily saying all urban residential development is good because it's not for Redlands."
A vocal advocate for the Toondah Harbour project, Mr Underwood said he had played a role in getting the city to buy some of the foreshore land to safeguard it for public use.
He said the only urban development outside the current planning scheme that he would support was a technology or learning precinct.
He said he would have liked to have seen all blocks at Shoreline larger than 600sqm for the 4000-dwelling project.
"I'm not in favour of expanding the urban footprint for housing but I am realistic about previous approvals," he said.
"If, for example, Shoreline is not approved, I will work with the council and the developer to moderate the design and, in particular the medium/high density aspects and small-lot content east of serpentine Road," he said.
Cr Williams, a first-term mayor, won the 2012 election in a landslide, defeating her opponent Melva Hobson with a 20 per cent margin.
Cr Williams congratulated Mr Underwood for standing for mayor and urged him to discuss his plans withresidents.
"My administration has delivered the firstsurplus operating budgets in over 15 years while at the same time delivering the lowest rate increases in south-east Queensland, abolishing tip fees, reducing debt and working to deliver landmark, job creating projects like Toondah Harbour and Weinam Creek.
"We've done all these things while ensuring council is open and accountable to Redland residents.
Seafood hit by climate change, study finds
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The higher up the food chain, the more likely fish will do poorly under climate change, Photo: CSIRO Marine ResearchMajor new 'floodgate' of ice opensA global marine food chain collapse due to greenhouse gas emissions could hit many popular eating fish, an Australian study has found.
Warmer waters, coupled with ocean acidification, mean that the higher a fish is up the food chain, the more imperilled it would be.
"They will need more food, but less food will be available – and these are the fish that we like to eat," said University of Adelaide marine ecologist Ivan Nagelkerken.
"There will be a species collapse from the top of the food chain down."
The oceans have taken up about one third of all the world's increased carbon dioxide emissions since 1750, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
In the upper 75 metres of the ocean, the global average temperature has warmed by 0.11 degree celsius per decade over the past 40 years, the IPCC says.
Meanwhile the World Meteorological Organisation says carbon dioxide input is increasing ocean acidity at a rate unprecedented in 300 million years – amounting tofour kilograms of carbon dioxide per day, per person.
Tuna catches may be fewer under climate change. Photo: CSIRO Marine Research
Associate Professor Nagelkerken's analysis, published on Tuesday in theProceedings of the National Academy of Science, draws together the results of 632 experiments on the direction and magnitude of ecological change forced by greenhouse gases.
The work, with fellow University of Adelaide marine ecologist Sean Connell, is aimed at filling a knowledge gap on how climate change will more broadly affect the marine environment.
Associate Professor Nagelkerken found that only the smallest plankton was likely to benefit from warmer waters.
Ocean acidification meant secondary production of zooplankton and smaller fish would not follow plankton's food gains.Instead warmer waters would raise these fishes' metabolism, the rate at which they burn calories, and therefore increase their demand for food.
the costs of this mis-match would rise up the food chain, with much less food available for carnivores such as the tuna, sharks and gropers upon which industrial fishing relies,Associate ProfessorNagelkerken said.
The analysis also showed that species limited to specific habitats, such as corals, oysters and mussels, would be able to deal only poorly with climate change.
"The future simplification of our oceans has profound consequences for our current way of life, particularly for coastal populations and those that rely on oceans for food and trade," he said.
One way to help manage the problem was to limit other stressors on marine life.
"If we reduce over-fishing we provide potential opportunities for species to better cope with climate change," he said.
Around 61 per cent of wild fish stocks are "fully fished" and 29 per cent "over-fished", according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Just 10 per cent are under-fished, the organisation's 2014 World Fisheries report said.
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The English Premier League almost got an openly gay footballer today. Unfortunately, newly out of the closet Thomas Hitzlsperger – who has played for Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton, as well as representing the German national team – retired from the game in August 2013.
Still, Hitzlsperger's announcement, in the German newspaper Die Zeit, was a welcome surprise. He said he wants to "advance the discussion about pro athletes being gay":
He said homosexuality was mostly "simply ignored" in professional football, as many players refused to talk about the topic. Certainly, no other German footballer of his caliber has ever spoken so openly about being gay.
The comments have predictably caused a minor frenzy in the press, with tabloids and broadsheets alike leaping to cover the story, as well as the Liverpool Echo and TV outlets like the BBC, CNN and Sky Sports News. As with Tom Daley last month, a sportsman coming out is still big news, but the time will come when it genuinely is a non-issue. Personally, I'm more fascinated by the fact, revealed on his Wikipedia page, that he speaks English with "an unusual Brummie-German hybrid accent".
The footballing world still doesn't seem to quite know how to deal with the gay footballers issue. The FA, never particularly brilliant on diversity issues at the best of times, recently managed to appoint a man who thinks homosexuality is "detestable" to their equality board. Meanwhile, we are all looking forward to the 2022 World Cup, to be held in a country where Hitzlsperger (and Anton Hysén, and Robbie Rogers, and me) would face up to three years in jail. Hopefully, Hitzlsperger's announcement will help to focus minds on the issue.
Generally, however, the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive, with the great and the good and Joey Barton of the footballing world taking to Twitter to express their support.
Brave and right decision. Respect, Thomas Hitzlsperger. His outing is a important sign in our time. pic.twitter.com/c69Oml2Ocp
— Lukas-Podolski.com (@Podolski10) January 8, 2014
Looking forward to interviewing Thomas Hitzlsperger for Football Focus this week. A man, hopefully, paving the way for others to follow.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) January 8, 2014
Thomas Hitzlsperger has shown a lot of courage today. Sad times when people have to wait till they retire from their chosen profession…
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) January 8, 2014
…before the feel other people will judge them solely on who the human being is. Shame on all of us as a society.
Saying something nice on Twitter is totally different from the bantz-filled dressing room, but I hope other closeted footballers (we know they're out there) will be encouraged by the response.
I do have one regret over this whole thing; one which my friend Scott shares:
@hampo there was a fit homo football player running around Liverpool for a year and WE MISSED IT.
— Scottieboy (@merseytart) January 8, 2014
But that's a minor quibble. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Herr Hitzlsperger!


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We had the pleasure and honour once again to collaborate with Tom and his team on their yearly project for Milan Design week, which was to be hosted at the Rotonda Della Besana in Milan, Italy. First thing Monday morning we load two long wheel base vans with sound and light hire equipment and hit the road for Milan. With a technical four crew we took shifts for the eighteen hour drive across France, over the alps and into Italy.
We arrived Tuesday afternoon, checked in to our accommodation and stopped by Tom Dixons 'The Restaurant'. For Milan Design Week 2016 Tom Dixon collaborated with Caesarstone to create an immersive restaurant featuring a series of four sculptural kitchens. The kitchens took inspiration from the four classic elements; earth, fire, wind and water. The venue was Rotonda Della Besana, a cruciform Baroque building, lending itself perfectly to divide the four kitchens. Each kitchen cooked one course and featured the smells, furnishing and illumination of Tom Dixon products.
ACE Bros supplied four elements of the live music equipment hire industry; backline, lighting, sound system and technical crew. Our lighting hire selection for the after-party stage made use of a mixture of Chauvet fixtures; these included Chauvet Intimidator 150 Spot LED Moving head lights, Chauvet ColourPIX-M's (moving LED pixel battens) and Chauvet Strike 324 strobe lights. Haze atomospherics to help enhance the light show produced by Chauvet Hurricane Haze 2D machine.
We knew in advance that we have limited install time as the Restaurant was open to the public all day and closed for a couple of hours to allow for a quick turnaround, sound check and opening the doors for the evening party. The lighting rig was designed and addressed in London to aid a rapid install time and maximise sound check for the live act.
Backline hire comprised of Fender guitar amps, Ashdown bass amp and a Roland electronic drum kit. As we do with all our hire equipment we fully tested and serviced each item before departure to ensure there were no issues on the day or during the gig. Our stock of drum kits for hire as well as guitar amps and bass amps are listed our website, so if you are in need of backline hire for your band, gig or tour do please get in touch.
Tom Dixon has been using various metals and finishes in his design so for the sound system hire we brought along the perfectly suited Flare Audio X3 aluminium 3-way loudspeaker. The X3A speakers were paired with the Q18 subwoofers and powered by the worlds finest and highly trusted Lab Gruppen amplifiers. Control over the microphones and inputs was provided by an Allen & Heath Qu24 digital mixing console and an IPad with the Qu software app, which allowed us to mix audio from the ideal position and not have any trailing audio leads or mixing consoles in the middle of an energetic crowd. In total this package offers supreme audio quality in a very compact footprint without detracting from the well designed interior display. If you are considering a sound system hire then contact us if you would like to experience the sound system used on this event.
The guests at Tom Dixon's after party enjoyed live music from the 'designers by day, rockstars by night' band 'Rough' with a special guest appearance from Wallpaper magazine Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers on guitar supported. Eran Kendler provided the guitar chops, Steph Hannah on keys and sharing vocal duties with front woman Billie Ray Martin. One of Toms close friends Paul Pethick keep everyone in time on the drums. 'Rough' played in front of 500 cheering guests who engaged with every track creating a beautiful party atmosphere. We were stoked with the reception and satisfied all our hard work paid off.
At the stroke of midnight the live music was over but the DJ kept the proceedings going till the early hours of Wednesday morning. The Rotonda Della Besana provided a fantastic setting for the after-party, dancing amongst the Tom Dixon furniture made it feel like an epic house party with Johnnie Walker as the elixir that helped raise the roof and experience at this classic venue. On events like this, you do wish it could keep on going with the added bonus of not having to de-rig!
Nonetheless, the event concluded, it was a Wednesday morning after all and we suspect people still had to return to work in a few hours, where as our gig was not quite over. de-rig commenced, we loaded the vans, grabbed a bite to eat before the sun came up, caught a few sleep and then hit the road for London where another immersive experience inspired by Japanese art was awaiting us….
Thank you to Tom and everyone involved for having us back for another Milan design week extravaganza. The bar has been raised and we are excited to see what Milan Design week 2017 holds!
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A Patriotic Send-Off The regimental flag of the 13th Massachusetts. Wikimedia Commons.
Prince A. Dunton was born in 1841 to Betsy E. Dunton and George W. Dunton. There is no evidence that he had any siblings or close relatives beyond his parents. Prior to the war, Prince followed in the footsteps of his father and became a shoemaker. At the age of 20, Prince A. Dunton enlisted as a Private in the 13th Massachusetts Infantry regiment on July 19th , 1861. Before his death at the battle of Gettysburg, Prince would be promoted to Corporal. Individually, he had relatively little impact on the battle that would ultimately take his life. There are no records of any particularly notable deeds he accomplished in battle. He was a perfectly average soldier, just one of thousands united to fight a war for the preservation of their country.
On April 15th 1861, a telegram from Lincoln's War Department asked Massachusetts Governor John Andrew to assemble twenty regiments to join the Union Army in putting down the southern rebellion. People across the state rapidly enlisted, with one individual noting, "As if by magic, the entire character of the State was changed: from a peaceful, industrious community, it became a camp of armed men ; and the hum of labor gave place to the notes of fife and drum." The citizens of Massachusetts were, in many cases, excited for the upcoming war. In his History of Massachusetts in the Civil War, William Schouler describes the attitude of Boston towards the war: "It is impossible to overstate the excitement which pervaded the entire community through this eventful week. The railroad depots were surrounded with crowds of people; and the companies, as they arrived, were received with cheers of grateful welcome." Determined to treat their departing soldiers like heroes of old, "Banners were suspended, as if by preconcerted arrangement. The American flag spread its folds to the breeze acroes [sic] streets, from the masts of vessels in the harbor, from the cupola of the State House, the City Hall, in front of private dwellings; and men and boys carried miniature flags in their hands or on their hats." Even in decidedly non-military settings, the war enthralled the public. "In the streets, on 'Change and sidewalk, in private mansion and in public hotel, no topic was discussed but the approaching war, the arrival and departure of the troops, and measures best adapted for their comfort and welfare," one Bostonian recalled. Everyone was anxious to do something, to find some way to be useful. Young men, wishing to raise new companies and proffer services, pressed into the offices of the Governor and the Adjutant-General.
It is likely that Prince A. Dunton was swept up in this patriotic furor when he enlisted. He was assigned to Company H, under the command of Captain William L. Clark. The regiment saw combat for the first time at the Second Battle of Bull Run, suffering 193 casualties: 19 killed, 108 wounded, and 66 missing. After the battle, the regiment was incorporated into General Hooker's corps. Hooker commanded them during the battle of Antietam where they suffered a further 139 casualties– 15 dead, 120 wounded, and 4 missing. They then saw battle again at Fredericksburg, suffering only three dead and 11 wounded. Before the battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was reorganized into the First Brigade, under the command of General Gabriel R. Paul.
The Official Report of the 13th Massachusetts Regiment describes the first day of combat in great detail. N. W. Batchelder notes that they "marched at 6 a. m. After proceeding about 4 miles, heard cannonading in front, our cavalry and flying artillery having engaged the advance of the enemy. We rapidly neared the firing, and General Paul notified the brigade that they were immediately going into an engagement." Though they arrived late into the battle, the men quickly joined the beleaguered First Corps north of town.
"We left the road, and moved out to the front of Gettysburg, and soon came under the fire of the enemy," wrote Batchelder. "The enemy so far outnumbering us, our brigade was sent into action by regiments, and with so great an interval between my regiment and the one on my left that we were not able to properly support each other. My regiment was on the extreme right flank of the division and the edge of the woods in which the action commenced."
Once there, Batchelder continued, "A steady fire was kept up by the men for upward of an hour. After which they led a charge and took 132 prisoners, 7 of whom were officers. The total loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners in the day's battle was 189."
Prince A Dunton was among those injured on the first day's fighting. At the end of the day, Dunton was found trampled and shot in the foot and thigh. He would spend the next week in a hospital before dying on July 8th, 1863.
Standing with the Union I Corps 13th Massachusetts Volunteer Monument at Gettysburg. Wikimedia Commons.
A Son Who Did Not Come Home 1877 plaque from the Soldiers's and Sailors' Monument on Boston Commons. Wikimedia Commons.
After Prince A. Dunton's death, the 13th regiment continued on without him. The war was too large to stop for the death of any one person. His regiment would fight for another two days before joining the Union army's pursuit of the retreating Confederates. They would not see another major battle for the rest of the war; however, when their enlistment was up, some re-enlisted in the 39th Massachusetts. A monument was dedicated to the 13th Massachusetts on September 25th, 1885. It features a soldier from the regiment looking out over their forward-most position along Oak Ridge during the first day of the battle. There is little evidence that the dedication produced any significant fanfare, which could be a consequence of the small overall impact the regiment had on the first day of the battle.
Unfortunately, little information exists about the impact that Prince's death had on his friends and family. It is known that Dunton had no wife or children at his time of death, limiting the number of dependents he left behind. As a result, the only record of the aftermath of Dunton's death is a file of records related to his pension. His pension was claimed by his parents, Betsy and George Dunton. They filed separately and claimed it for years after their son's death. Betsy Dunton continued to claim the pension into the 1880s until her rather sudden death. On May 26th 1886, the Department of the Interior's Pension Office sent an agent to find Betsy and determine if she had died or remarried. This agent was provided with a last known address, dating from June 1883. He responded a couple of days later, revealing that he had confirmed that Betsy died on August 29th, 1883. George left a few more records behind, most of which involve moving around Maine. The last written record of George Dunton was a claim he made to the pension in July 1884. However, all that this claim reveals about him was that he lived in Maine, as opposed to Massachusetts, where his son was enlisted during the war, and that he outlived both his son and his wife.
Overall, Prince A. Dunton's life may have had a small impact on the war and his community, but that was the case for most soldiers. Very few soldiers had a large impact individually; it was only together that they managed to accomplish any great feats. While history has not preserved any records of the accomplishments of Dunton, we know that he and the 13th Massachusetts were part of a massive united effort to preserve the United States of America that no one would have been able to accomplish on their own.
Schouler, William. A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War. Dutton, 1868. Google Books.
Bowen, James Lorenzo. Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865. C. W. Bryan & Company, 1889. Google Books.
Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers Who Served in the 13th Massachusetts regiment. National Archives, Washington D. C.
"13th Massachusetts" Stone Sentinels. Accessed March 31, 2017. http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/massachusetts/13th-massachusetts/.
"Official Report of the 13th Massachusetts." Stone Sentinels. Accessed March 31, 2017. http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/massachusetts/13th-massachusetts/official-report-of-the-13th-massachusetts/.
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Nlyte's partnership with the IBM Watson IoT group is an exemplar precedent underlining rapid expansion of data center infrastructure market. Recently inked, through this deal, the companies intend to leverage maximum potential of advanced analytics and AI in its data centers. Speaking of the strategic agreement, one of the spokesperson of Nlyte has been quoted saying that the complexity, scalability, and optimization of modern data centers demand the requirement of advanced analytic solution integration. Reportedly, Nlyte is amalgamating its patent NEO (Nlyte Energy Optimizer) with IBM Watson's advanced AI abilities in a quest to provide data centers with new heights of operational comprehensiveness. This alliance, as per experts' opinion, has surely strengthened Nlyte's stance in data center infrastructure market that pegged a valuation of USD 40 billion in 2017.
A stringent regulatory framework speaks volume and has much to contribute in data center infrastructure industry augmentation. With cyber-attacks becoming a global concern, various regulatory bodies have mandated guidelines to identify and continuously monitor potential vulnerabilities in digital infrastructure. Companies partaking in data center infrastructure market therefore, now are extremely particular to develop solutions that are completely in compliance with regulatory standards. In this regard, recently Nlyte Software made its way to headlines, for receiving the much awaited approval for its DCIM solution from the Department of Homeland Security.
Allegedly, the latest approval makes the America data center infrastructure industry giant to become the first DCIM solution provider in the United States that has strictly adhered to all the conditions mentioned in the Phase 1 of CDM program (Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation) of the federal government. For the records, the U.S. federal government rolled out this aforementioned CDM Program few years back, in a bid to ensure integrity and security of hardware as well software assets of the nation. Not to mention, with increasing adoption of these regulations, U.S. data center infrastructure industry is certain to carve a profitable roadmap over the ensuing years.
Citing yet another instance where governmental initiative has given a substantial boost to regional data center infrastructure market, the Northern Territory of Australia that has released its Budget for the year 2018-2019, has allocated a sum of AU$18.38 million to support initiatives that are under the Department of Corporate and Information Services. Reportedly, as a part of the scheme, the government has a plan to increase its number of physical servers and number of fully managed servers by 16 and 100 respectively in this financial year. With such enormous project in the pipeline, regional data center infrastructure market players are sure to gain monetary benefits in securing Australia's data center network.
Speaking of the regional aspect, it is prudent to mention that Asia Pacific is at the vanguard of data center infrastructure industry. In fact, Asia Pacific market is forecast to witness nearly 14% CAGR over 2018-2024. The growth can be primarily attributed to the increased penetration of digital technologies among consumers as well as businesses across this belt. Rapid industrialization along with robust growth in outsourcing activities especially in countries like India and China have led to a subsequent increase in organizational data traffic. In a bid to accommodate this huge traffic, companies are increasingly investing in new facilities, thereby proliferating APAC data center infrastructure industry.
Despite these growth opportunities, data center infrastructure market is still facing a challenge of bridging complex web of interconnections with a data center network. Nonetheless, with the advent of optimized workflow procedures, adoption of real-time monitoring system, and enhanced tools, the aforementioned stumbling block is likely to get overcome within a short span. Furthermore, the lure of big data analytics and extensive proliferation of cloud technologies would leave a complementary influence on data center infrastructure industry space. In terms of commercialization, the business space is forecast to exceed a massive valuation of USD 90 billion by 2024.
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Publications Post Magazine 2008 April 1, 2008 HIGHER LEARNING: THE CENTRE FOR DIGITAL MEDIA
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Issue: April 1, 2008
HIGHER LEARNING: THE CENTRE FOR DIGITAL MEDIA
VANCOUVER, BC — The Centre for Digital Media opened at the Great Northern Way Campus (GNWC) in Vancouver last fall and is currently instructing its inaugural class through its Masters of Digital Media Program.
The GNWC (www.gnwc.ca) is a collaborative university campus environment that draws on resources from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and British Columbia Institute of Technology. As such, those who complete the 20-month Masters of Digital Media Program receive a Graduate Degree that bears the seals of all four academic partners.
Dr. Gerri Sinclair is the executive director at the Centre for Digital Media, a government-funded institution that grew out of lobbying efforts by local digital media successes — such as Rainmaker and Electronic Arts — looking to attract top quality talent to the region, which claims to have more game developers per capita than anywhere else on the planet. Two years ago, the government awarded the school a one-time economic development investment of $40.5 million dollars to get its start. But unlike other schools where tools are the focus, Sinclair says the Centre for Digital Media's purpose is to develop talent that can eventually step into leadership and management roles in an industry that is changing dramatically as a result of the Internet, the convergence of mobile, user generated content and everything going digital.
"We assume that our students are already expert in their chosen field or core discipline," says Sinclair. "We do not see ourselves as technology trainers in that sense. We provide a technology infrastructure. We have an amazing rendering farm and a high- speed network, and students are given a state-of-the-art laptop. We have HD cameras and surround sound capabilities. Our whole facility is built in a multi-modal jack in/jack out capability where AV, the network and projection is pervasive."
The inaugural class is made up of 21 students, some from as far away as India and China. That student body, says Sinclair, will grow to 35 with the next class when it comes to session in December 2008.
Students come from a multi-disciplinary range of expertise, Sinclair notes. Approximately 40 percent have an art background and another 40 come from the tech side. The remaining 20 percent come from business or any other number of disciplines.
"We've put a lot of emphasis on teamwork, collaboration, project management, business development, and we give them a lot of real-world experience, as well as a number of intensive courses, mostly project-based, team-based courses,"explains Sinclair.
In the first semester, students take a "Foundations" course in digital media that covers subjects such as social media marketing, Web design, videogames, theme parks, post production, television, digital films and interactive TV. The class also looks at career possibilities, as well as the business and management of digital media. It is instructed by Electronic Arts' Tom Frisina, a former head of partner publishing at EA, who brings in a range of people from the company to talk about careers within the game industry.
Other courses include "The Visual Story," which provides an interdisciplinary grounding in historical, theoretical and applied issues related to storytelling for digital media productions; "Building Virtual Worlds," where students learn about building immersive 2D and 3D environments; and "Improvising Story and Character," in which techniques of improvisational acting are used to develop collaborative and creative skills.
Paid internships are available after the first semester. During the second year, students study "Foundations of Game Design" and participate in team projects.
HOT DESIGN WORKSHOP
Recently, the Centre for Digital Media partnered with Autodesk and EA to develop a two-day "hot design/pre-pro" workshop that was offered to students in January, right before they began their second semester. Glenn Entis, senior VP at EA, and Auto-desk fellow Tom Wujec developed the curriculum and taught the workshop, which was designed to help visualize workflows and cut down on time wasted during development. Students were taught not to get tied down or to formalize or rigidify ideas too quickly, which could lead to costly problems down the road.
The Centre for Digital Media is not a resident campus, but students do have 24/7 access since their intense course structure often leads to long nights working on projects. "The students are so ambitious and really want to put a dent in the digital universe," notes Sinclair, "and they want to push the envelope as far as they can."
Once students complete the graduate program, the school can help them with placement — it has dozens of affiliate partners, such as NBC Universal, Microsoft, Propaganda Games, Radical Entertainment, Relic Entertainment and Reach Games, to name a few, and Sinclair says they are seeing interest from abroad as well.
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