Does it pay to be the bad guy in sport? This is a question that sports marketing professionals often wrestle with and it is particularly appropriate to boxing, where fighters rely on grabbing the public's attention in order to secure themselves a payday.
This weekend sees the most anticipated fight of the year take place inside Wembley Stadium, home of UCFB Wembley, when Britain's Anthony Joshua takes on Wladimir Klitschko for three world heavyweight belts in front of 90,000 people.
In my former life working in sports agencies, I was fortunate to work with a range of characters in the world of boxing, including Klitschko briefly when he toured the UK to promote his bout against David Haye. These two were a fascinating contrast in personality; Klitschko, the respected, understated champion versus Haye, the headline-grabbing, brash Londoner seeking his belts.
The way that the business of boxing is set up means that individual fighters have much more scope to influence their income positively or negatively than, for example, a professional in a team sport whose main income is usually a set annual salary. The public interest in any given fight directly translates to money in a boxer's pocket via TV viewership and ticket sales, so promotion is a fundamental part of any top boxer's career.
So which of the these types of media personality – let's simplify them to 'good guy' and 'bad guy' – should an athlete take on in order to fulfil their financial potential in boxing, and perhaps wider sport? The answer is not so simple.
Klitschko could in no way be described as a bad guy. He is almost the antithesis of a stereotypical boxer. An incredibly smart and articulate man, the Ukrainian, who usually calls Germany home, speaks four languages. Aside from being a master of 'the sweet science', he earned his PhD in Sport Science in 2001. He enjoys chess and has long been committed to humanitarian causes, lending support to UNESCO over the years and vocally supporting his older brother and former boxing champ Vitali in his political career. He was a pleasure to work with, friendly and respectful at all times.
Unfortunately – and his mild, measured manner may have contributed to this – Klitschko has often been criticised for being 'boring'. His boxing style didn't do him many favours in the popularity stakes either – a fairly calculated, technical boxer, he would slowly grind opponents down with his rock hard jab, usually winning an unspectacular fight in the latter rounds.
Despite his enormous success in the ring (Olympic champion, long-time world heavyweight champion), he never won over mainstream sports fans outside Germany and Ukraine, especially in the key hunting ground of the United States. After some interest from US pay per view TV early in his career, he was largely forgotten between 2008 and 2015, when he didn't fight in the USA at all.
In terms of marketing himself, did Klitschko's good, uncontroversial nature lead him to miss out on millions? Could he have been a superstar who transcended sport globally? Did he not 'play the game' right?
The answers to the above are 1. Probably 2. Possibly 3. This depends on your perspective and values.
What's important to Wladimir Klitschko is not necessarily the same as what is important to many other sports superstars. He and his brother have long run their own promotional company, K2 Promotions, with a firm and dependable businessman as their chief dealmaker, Bernd Bonte. They never cared for a loud 'hype machine' type promoter. In fact, after visiting legendary but controversial promoter Don King at his house early in his career, Klitschko was immediately put off by his gut instinct that King was untrustworthy. He has done things his own way and built a successful business.
As good as a polar opposite in terms of media persona is David Haye. His occasional antics in the press should not be confused for ignorance though – this man is no mug. With my agency working alongside him to promote a few of his fights, I admired his media savviness. If he wasn't born a natural talker, he sure learned the craft well.
He is wise to the risks of boxing. He always made public his intentions in the sport to win world titles, secure himself financially and then retire when he was 30 (he would later come out of retirement).
He knew that he needed to make a big splash both in the ring and in the media in order to rise quickly through the ranks and fight the biggest fighters, for the biggest payday. He was often a marketer's dream to work with.
I credit Haye's promotional – and troublemaking – skills with securing him a Klitschko world title fight sooner than many thought he deserved one.
After first signing on the dotted line in 2009, Haye proceeded to wear a t-shirt depicting him holding both Klitschko brothers' decapitated heads at one of their pre-fight press conferences. Klitschko called it "unspeakable," but the fight immediately became must-see TV in Germany and in the UK.
As his career has gone on and Haye has suffered a few setbacks along the way in the ring, he has kept up his vocal nature and stirred much controversy along the way. Despite some negative backlash, many would suggest that Haye's ability to consistently sell out arenas and generate large TV audiences against sometimes mediocre opponents is down to his gift of the gab.
So nice guys finish last financially?
David Haye – let's call him the bad guy in this context, but don't forget he donated almost £100,000 to coma victim Nick Blackwell – has probably exceeded what would be expected financially from someone with a similar boxing CV. A mixture of his outgoing and occasionally menacing personality, marketing brain, ability to play on the public's emotions and undoubted business savvy has got him there.
Many 'nicer' world champions don't earn nearly what he has to date. Joe Calzaghe, the slightly shy and softly-spoken but highly accomplished British boxing great who finished his career undefeated at 42-0, proved hugely frustrating for his globally recognised promoter, Frank Warren, to sell. The Welsh warrior arguably secured less than a handful of top-notch fights, all in the final years of his career, often because the big names of boxing did not see him as a good 'payday'.
But where does Anthony Joshua fit in? The 27 year old has certainly captured the British public's admiration and is possibly en route to global stardom after only 18 fights and less than five years as a pro. He and his team have carefully portrayed him – and he is widely acknowledged – as being a good guy, living a relatively humble life with his mother after overcoming a few indiscretions in his youth. He recently gave his first boxing coach a car as a thank you present. Being marketed as a nice guy has not stunted his income so far. He will make at least £15m from his Wembley megafight with Klitschko, and he has 13 sponsors bringing in further millions. Marketing website The Drum outlined how he could become boxing's first billionaire.
It remains to be seen whether Joshua secures the world's attention over his career, but all signs are positive with both Showtime and HBO showing this one in the USA, quite a rare feat.
The bottom line is that there are options for a boxer when approaching how they wish to promote and portray themselves in their career, depending on their priorities. Whilst there are many nuances to a person's personality, a fundamental fact is that generating headlines is an integral component of your job description if you wish to succeed financially in this sport. Success in the ring will lead to some of that, and having an understanding of marketing and media yourself or through a talented team around you will do the rest.
Although not the richest or most famous man in boxing, I am sure that when Wladimir Klitschko decides to hang up his gloves, he will be able to sleep easily knowing that he did everything in his own dignified way. And let's be frank, he is not a poor man – 'Dr. Steelhammer' has featured on Forbes' 100 Highest Paid Athletes list and has exciting career options ahead of him upon retirement.


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Q: Laravel 5.1 installing from composer issue - Permission Denied I can install laravel 5.0 with composer without any issue. But when I try to install laravel 5.1, I get permission denied.
This is what I get if I run:
composer create-project laravel/laravel MyProjectName

Installing laravel/laravel (v5.1.4)
  - Installing laravel/laravel (v5.1.4)
    Loading from cache

Created project in schoollege
> php -r "copy('.env.example', '.env');"
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev)
  - Installing vlucas/phpdotenv (v1.1.1)
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  - Installing symfony/var-dumper (v2.7.3)
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  [ErrorException]
  copy(/home/myusername/.composer/cache/files/symfony/dom-crawler/9dabece63182e95c42b06967a0d929a5df78bc35.zip): failed to open stream: Permission denied

create-project [-s|--stability="..."] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--repository-url="..."] [--dev] [--no-dev] [--no-plugins] [--no-custom-installers] [--no-scripts] [--no-progress] [--keep-vcs] [--no-install] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [package] [directory] [version]

I am doing this inside /var/www/html folder. The /var/www folder is already listed in www-data group and www-data has the permission drwxrwxr-x
Solutions I tried but none of the them worked:

*

*composer clearcache

*composer create-project laravel/laravel MyProjectName 5.1

*composer self-update

What could be the possible issue ?
P.S: I am using LAMP on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64 bit architecture.

A: When you run artisan command, you are not running as www-data user, but as your user instead. If your user is not root, you should execute this command as sudo, or with su www-data, OR (better yet) you can add your username to www-data group, like this:
sudo useradd -g www-data youruser

Hope it helps. ;)

A: My proble was similar like you ......
copy(/home/user_name/.composer/cache/files/vlucas/phpdotenv/ failed to open stream: Permission denied in laravel
I think we faced this problem for directory permission of /home/user_name/.composer
After running below command, I able to create my project successfully ..
sudo chown -R user_name /home/user_name/.composer/

A: I have faced the same problem on mac, run the following commands:

*

*sudo composer clearcache

*composer dump-autoload

*run all other commands you want

A: Since composer was already halfway through at the point of 'permission denied', you will need to clear cache before following Rafael's instruction:
php artisan cache:clear
composer dump-autoload

(from https://stackoverflow.com/a/24369509/1627732)
and then do:
sudo useradd -g www-data yourusername

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Q: Terminal Services 2003 Require accounts logging in to have a password I am required to look after a Terminal Services 2003 machine.  Occasionally company staff will create a new Active Directory user with no password and grant that user permission to login to the Terminal Services machine.  This machine is exposed to the internet on port 3389.
How can I tell Terminal Services to reject login if the user account's password is blank?


Complex applications have a lot of components and controls and if you document them all with context-sensitive topics this means you need to create a lot of topics. This can be a very tedious task and it's also easy to make mistakes, because it means entering hundreds of context numbers and topic IDs that may not have very descriptive names.
Help+Manual can do all this work for you with the help of map files, which are simple text files containing lists of the topic IDs and help context numbers to be used for documenting the controls in the program. These files can be provided by the programmers (they can be generated by most modern programming languages). They have a standard format and syntax and Help+Manual can use them both to apply missing help context numbers to existing topics and to generate missing topics with the necessary IDs and help context numbers.
1.Obtain the map file from the programmers and make sure that it only contains the topics you want to use.
Plain text popup topics used in HTML Help must have context numbers so make sure you include context numbers in your map file! This is required by the Microsoft HTML Help API for popups and if your popup topics do not have help context numbers they will not be exported to the internal popup text file in the CHM.
This deletes ALL context numbers in the current project and replaces them with the numbers from the map file.
This only replaces the context numbers for topics with matching IDs. All other topics are left unchanged.
When you import a map file any topic IDs in the file that don't exist in your project will be listed in red in the Context Tool editing box. When you click on OK the tool will ask you if you want to create topic files for these IDs.
If you say yes the files will be created in the Topic Files section, without TOC entries. If you want to create TOC entries for the new topics you must do this manually.


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Following a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning album can be a daunting task for any artist. Kelly Clarkson's path to releasing her latest CD, "My December," has been especially torturous.
First there was word that record mogul Clive Davis, who overseas her record label, RCA, didn't like the direction of the upcoming album. Then reports buzzed about a feud between the two over control of it. Her first single, "Never Again," had a respectable but unremarkable run on the charts. Soon, her manager was gone and she canceled her upcoming tour due to slow ticket sales.
While Clarkson has gotten plenty of publicity, it's doubtful it's the kind of media campaign the 25-year-old intended. But industry watchers say it's doubtful, too, that the turmoil will lead to the industry's dreaded f-word — flop.
Sean Ross, who tracks the radio industry for Edison Media Research, said that so far the only problem Clarkson's faced is not achieving a No. 1 single out of the gate.
"It's sort of extraordinary to me that this much judgment has been passed before everyone has heard the album, which I think to some extent is going to color how people see the album," he said.
"It could affect sales a little bit in the first few weeks and when the record first comes out," said M. Tye Comer, editorial director for AOL Music, which this week premiered a live performance by Clarkson on its site. "(But) I think at the end of the day she's going to come out on top."
The former "American Idol" has had success ever since she released her first album, 2003's "Thankful," which sold more than 1 million copies. But the multiplatinum "Breakaway" cemented her status as a bona fide artist outside of "Idol," with critically acclaimed smashes like the brush-off anthem "Since U Been Gone" and the melancholy ballad "Because of You," which she co-wrote.
"My December," on which Clarkson co-wrote every track, takes an even more brooding tone, with angry rock sounds and bitter ballads. The album, out Tuesday, has garnered mainly positive notices (however, her record label declined to make advance copies available for review by The Associated Press).
But alarms were sounded when the first single, the driving "Never Again," only reached No. 9 on Billboard's top 100 singles chart and lingered in the top 20 only a few weeks.
Tom Poleman, senior vice president of programming at Clear Channel New York, said of the single: "Probably the best word is disappointing. She has been such a huge part of pop music over the last several years — she really helped revitalize the format. We were eagerly anticipating the song, but unfortunately it hasn't done as nearly as well as previous singles."
Poleman said research shows fans just didn't connect with "Never Again."
"When I see that, I see fans who like her as a person but so far they haven't heard the songs that they were hoping for," said Poleman, who is also operations manager at the top-40 radio station Z100 in New York City.
Yet, on the Internet, reaction appears to have been positive. It is still among the top 10 most popular downloaded songs on iTunes, while AOL said viewers rated both "Never Again" and the new single, "Sober," around 9.5 out of 10.
"The reaction from our audience has been fantastic," said Comer. "I think people are really loving the new songs."
"It is still a hit, which then raises the question of what is a hit record," said Ross. "If a hit record is only what radio plays, then (the song by) Corinne Bailey Rae wasn't a hit record but it was a very successful sales story."
Ross noted the difficulty of trying to recapture an album sensation — Gwen Stefani's latest record, "The Sweet Escape," hasn't matched the success of her solo debut, 2004's "Love. Angel. Music. Baby."
He also pointed out that the first single off Stefani's multiplatinum first album, "Rich Girl," was a moderate success, and was followed up by the monster hit "Hollaback Girl."
Neither Clarkson nor representatives for RCA would comment to the AP. But a source familiar with the recording of "My December," who requested anonymity so as to not further inflame the controversy, called reports of dissension between both sides "overblown" and said that friction between an artist and a label is a normal part of the creative process.
The source acknowledged that the label was concerned when Clarkson insisted on writing the album with her own people instead of someone like Max Martin, responsible for "Since U Been Gone" and hits by Britney Spears and 'N Sync, among others.
"It wasn't a question of certain songs making the record, it was a question of 'do you have the hit songs required to compete in the marketplace,'" the source said.
The source added that the label would have pushed back the album but Clarkson was "wedded" to it coming out this week. Shortly before its release, she and manager Jeff Kwatinetz parted ways, and she canceled an arena tour because sales were low.
Despite the stumbles, the source emphasized that the label is still supporting the album: "The label is behind the artist, and will always be behind the artist. ... (They've) always stood behind Kelly."
Poleman said fans are behind Clarkson, too — but she needs to provide the same kind of magic that "Since U Been Gone" or "Behind These Hazel Eyes" had.
"I think that the audience likes her and they are rooting for her, I think the radio stations are rooting for her," he said. "But the songs need to back it up."


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Review: An unlikely friendship in a mixed bag of a film
Tom Long
"The Other Side of Hope" is a decidedly odd duck of a film.
It's a serious look at the trials of refugees. It's a slapstick work of deadpan humor. It's a surreal, almost Lynchian bare-bones existential work at the same time that it's an amateur-hour exercise in stiff drama. It pauses here and there to showcase blues musicians in Finland. That's right, blues musicians in Finland. Who know there was such a thing?
The people in Finland, assumedly. That's where "The Other Side of Hope" takes place. The film follows two storylines that eventually intersect. In storyline A, we have Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a refugee from Syria who stowed away on a ship destined for Finland. Upon arrival he goes to the authorities, seeking asylum.
In storyline B, there's Wikstrom (Sakari Kuosmanen), a Finnish traveling salesman who decides to cash in his life and buy a restaurant, despite knowing nothing about restaurants. The place he buys serves meals like sardines and boiled potatoes. Yum.
The restaurant comes with its own somewhat bizarre staff and a limited number of customers. Wikstrom tries to improve things by turning it into a sushi place. Then he brings in live music. All of this is played for fun, though nobody in Finland seems given to smiling.
At the same time Khaled is having a rough go of it. The Finnish government decides Syria isn't a dangerous enough place — even while violence in Syria is on the nightly news — so Khaled will have to be sent back. Khaled disagrees with this assessment and makes a run for it. But life on the streets is dangerous; skinheads lurk everywhere.
Eventually Khaled and Wikstrom meet. And a kind of new family of misfits is born.
Writer-director Aki Kaurismaki has a herky-jerky style that cuts suddenly from scene to scene, from humor to drama, from subtle to broad. Some scenes look like they were staged by a high school drama class, at times the production design and lighting are stunningly stark. It's often difficult to tell whether the talent pool in Finland is perilously shallow or Kaurismaki just wants things to feel and look so awkward.
At the same time, "The Other Side of Hope" is dealing with matters of import — dislocation, both personal and physical, the persistence of hope, the need for change. Its oddball perspective and pacing work as its charm. And the Finnish blues musicians are actually pretty good.
Tom Long is a longtime culture critic.
'The Other Side of Hope'

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Q: Rollup + Typescript output JS file per component I'm creating a reusable component library with React, TypeScript and Rollup.
Bundling this library into a single output file index.js works great. But, there are no .js output files generated for my individual components.
However, I'm trying to ensure I can use specific imports in my TypeScript projects.
E.g: import { ComponentA } from "my-components/lib/ComponentA;
This would then ensure my other components are not included when bundling my project afterwards.
So my question is: how can I configure Rollup so that all components are output as well into separate component output files?
My file structure looks like:
src
│ index.ts
└─components
  │ index.ts
  ├─ComponentA
  │   index.ts
  │   ComponentA.tsx
  └─ComponentB
      index.ts
      ComponentB.tsx

My rollup config is:
import commonjs from "@rollup/plugin-commonjs";
import resolve from "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve";
import external from "rollup-plugin-peer-deps-external";
import typescript from "rollup-plugin-typescript2";

export default {
  input: "src/index.ts",
  output: [
    {
      file: pkg.main,
      format: "cjs",
      exports: "named",
      sourcemap: true
    },
    {
      file: pkg.module,
      format: "es",
      exports: "named",
      sourcemap: true
    }
  ],
  plugins: [
    external(),
    resolve({
      browser: true
    }),
    typescript({
      rollupCommonJSResolveHack: true,
      exclude: "**/__tests__/**",
      clean: true
    }),
    commonjs({
      include: ["node_modules/**"],
      exclude: ["**/*.stories.js"],
      namedExports: {
        "node_modules/react/react.js": [
          "Children",
          "Component",
          "PropTypes",
          "createElement"
        ],
        "node_modules/react-dom/index.js": ["render"]
      }
    })
  ]
};

Which outputs to:
lib
│ index.d.ts
│ index.es.js
│ index.es.js.map
│ index.js
│ index.js.map
└─components
  │ index.d.ts
  ├─ComponentA
  │   index.d.ts
  │   ComponentA.d.ts
  └─ComponentB
      index.d.ts
      ComponentB.d.ts

What I want to achieve is that in the output (lib) folder there are for example also ComponentA.js and ComponentB.js files.

A: try adding flag preserveModule
export default {
  ...
  preserveModules: true,
  ...
}

It should work, a demonstration repo for this: https://github.com/daleyjem/rollup-preserve-modules


Ipsos announced yesterday the acquisition of 75% of the share capital of Indica Research with an option to acquire the remaining shares in the future.
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June 20 2022: 8 miles, 3.8 miles official BST, 2.2 miles unofficial BST. Trailforks log
Today we had an oddly chilly Juneteenth holiday, so we decided to head over to Herriman to begin a detour episode to explore the progress on a "west side" Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Herriman and Salt Lake County have big plans to build the BST over here, and while it is a daunting task, there has been some progress.
Fortunately, I had a great chat with the Herriman Parks and Rec staff a week ago, so I had a pretty good idea of their plans. Currently, there is only a 1.5 mile stretch of trail actually called the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in the west end, but there are several other existing official trails that will form part of the BST once it is complete. As in cities such as Draper, Lehi, and Salt Lake City, Herriman has a strong policy of acquiring undevelopable land from property owners hoping to build with higher density in the valley, now totaling over 2,500 acres. It doesn't look like much on a map, but this city preserve is remarkably wild, a great place to hike or bike, if a little dryer than the other side of the valley.
The southeastern corner of Herriman is still undeveloped private property, so the trail will have to wait here until development expands. Eventually, the BST could extend from here to the Mountain View Highway, following it through Camp Williams to reach Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain (although neither of these cities have plans for a BST yet). Above the Juniper Ridge neighborhood is a good stretch of relatively level trail that is perfectly suited as BST.
However, west of this the residential development goes high into Hidden Canyon, forcing the trail to climb up several switchbacks. The residents of this gated community have complained about the possibility of a trail in their backyards (a common concern), but the city has a plan to build the trail along a high route that is out of their immediate view. We decided to go for an adventure and bushwhack along this planned corridor. Parts of it were an easy hike, but some patches of dense oak were pretty brutal; I would not suggest anyone trying to follow us! However, it is a very promising route for the trail, and I hope they can connect this gap soon.
The western half of our hike was along a complete, well-worn trail. To stay as close to the neighborhoods as possible while remaining on city property, the trail has some significant descents and climbs, but in general it was an enjoyable trail, if rather rocky. Good work Herriman!
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Shell signs gas concession agreement in Oman's Saih Rawl field
Created: Wednesday, 22 December 2021 06:39
Shell Integrated Gas Oman and its partners OQ and Marsa Liquefied Natural Gas LLC have signed a concession agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals on behalf of the government of Oman to develop and produce natural gas from Block 10 of the Saih Rawl gas field
Additionally, the parties signed a separate gas sales agreement for gas produced from the block. The two agreements follow an interim upstream agreement signed in February 2019.
"These agreements represent a major step for Shell and for our relationship with Oman. They generate value and strengthen our Integrated Gas business, which we need to deliver the energy Oman and the world need today. And we are looking at how Shell can help Oman with developing low-carbon energy in the future," said Wael Sawan, Shell Integrated Gas, renewables and energy solutions director.
The concession agreement establishes Shell as the operator of Block 10, holding a 53.45% working interest, with OQ and Marsa Liquefied Natural Gas holding 13.36% and 33.19% respectively. For the initial phase, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is building the infrastructure for the project, including the main pipeline to the Saih Rawl gas processing facility, on behalf of the Block 10 venture partners. The venture will drill and hook up wells to maintain the production beyond the initial phase. The block is expected to reach production of 0.5 bscf per day. Start up is expected within the next two years.
In addition, Shell and Energy Development Oman (EDO) signed an agreement to process the natural gas from Block 10 in EDO's Saih Rawl facility.
Also, in parallel to the development of Block 10, Shell will develop options for a separate downstream gas project in which Shell could produce and sell low-carbon products and support the development of hydrogen in Oman.


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Vacation rental metasearch service HomeToGo has caught the eye of Insight Venture Partners - winning a $20 million Series B round.
The Germany-based company has also wooed interest from DN Capital and Acton Capital Partners.
Both DN and Acton were involved in HomeToGo's Series A round, alongside other unnamed angel investors, to the tune of Euro 6 million.
The company says the $20 million raise will be used to grow the business in international markets and develop the two-year-old brand's technology.
Since January 1014 (TLabs here), HomeToGo has launched in nine European countries (including home territory Germany, as well as France, Poland, Italy, Spain and the UK), and is now also operating in the US.
It claims to feature some six million vacation rental offers, with nearly four million "instantly bookable" on the product source's website.
Partner providers include HomeAway, VRBO, HouseTrip, FlipKey and Booking.com.
The company faces competition from the likes of AllTheRooms and Tripping, which itself has now raised some $21 million in funding, most recently a $16 million round in July 2015 from Steadfast Venture Capital.
Insight Venture Partners has previously invested in Trivago, Despegar, BlaBlaCar, CarTrawler and LivingSocial.


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Every Major Announcement and Trailer from Disney at the 2022 Summer TCAs
By Zach Johnson
We're certainly not hurting for good TV!
For three days, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club attended the Summer TCA Virtual Press Tour to discover what the future of linear and streaming looks like for The Walt Disney Company. Between all the announcements and presentations, the future looks brighter than ever. Read on to learn more about Andor, Atlanta, The Come Up, Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory, Growing Up, grown-ish, Hair Tales, ReasonableDoubt, Reboot, Reservation Dogs, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, among other series.
FX and Freeform presented on Tuesday, followed by Disney+, Disney Branded Television, National Geographic, and Walt Disney Studios on Wednesday. Hulu Originals and Onyx Collective closed on Thursday. Below is a chronological recap of the Summer TCA presentations, as well as some additional announcements.
FX's new limited series The Patient will premiere Tuesday, August 30, exclusively on Hulu. A psychological thriller from the minds of The Americans' Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Patient follows a therapist, Alan Strauss (Steve Carell), who is held prisoner by a patient, Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson), who reveals himself to be a serial killer. Sam has an unusual therapeutic demand for Alan: Curb his homicidal urges. To survive, Alan must get inside Sam's disturbed mind and stop him from killing again.
FX's award-winning comedy series Atlanta will return for its fourth and final season with a special two-episode premiere on Thursday, September 15, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX (streaming the next day on Hulu). The 10-episode season finds Earn (Donald Glover), Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles" (Brian Tyree Henry), "Darius" (LaKeith Stanfield), and Van (Zazie Beetz) back in their hometown. The question is: Did Atlanta change or did they?
The second season of FX's Reservation Dogs debuted Wednesday with two episodes on Hulu; new episodes will be released every Wednesday. The half-hour comedy follows the exploits of Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Bear Smallhill (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), and Cheese (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. Reflecting on the success of its acclaimed first season, Reservation Dogs co-creator and showrunner Sterlin Harjo said, "I thought people would like it, but it struck a chord that I didn't know it would strike… It was like this boomerang that was sent out to the universe, and it's been coming back to us. For that, I am very grateful."
FX also announced it has ordered The Veil, a limited series thriller exclusively for Hulu from Steven Knight, starring Emmy® Award winner Elisabeth Moss. The gripping thriller will explore the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.
Freeform announced the cast and premiere date for The Come Up, the first of three unscripted series it will release this year. The Come Up offers a glimpse into the wildest feelings and vibrant moments that define coming-of-age in a post-pandemic New York. The series follows six young disruptors—Taofeek Abijako, Fernando Casablancas, Ben Hard, Claude Shwartz, Ebon Trower, and Sophia Wilson—as they follow their dreams and pursue love and art on their own terms. The Come Up will premiere Tuesday, September 13, with four episodes airing back to back. After that, two episodes will air each week. All episodes will be available to stream on Hulu the following day.
The hit comedy series grown-ish is currently in its fifth season, airing Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT (streaming the next day on Hulu). black-ish star Marcus Scribner has joined the cast, reprising his role as Junior as he embarks on his own journey to being "grown." And just like her character, Zoey, grown-ish star Yara Shahidi is now a college graduate. "It's worked together, and it's been a hand-in-hand thing that's made me appreciate acting, entertainment, and academia," she said. "And I'm forever going to be a nerd."
In addition, Freeform announced it has renewed Good Trouble for a fifth season.
Fall premiere dates were unveiled for several series, including Disney Branded Television's Growing Up and The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Season 2; National Geographic's Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregoryand Super/Natural; and Dancing with the Stars Season 31. Ahead of its Disney+ Day premiere, Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory was renewed for a second season, which is currently filming, and a new premiere date for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law from Marvel Studios was also announced.
Created by Brie Larson and Culture.House, Growing Up is an innovative hybrid docu-series that explores the challenges, triumphs, and complexities of adolescence through compelling coming-of-age stories. Speaking about the idea behind Growing Up, Larson said, "I realized that I was living with shame about who I was, and I was noticing how I was presenting myself in the world… shielding certain parts of myself and living in fear—and I was like, if I'm feeling this way, other people must feel this way." The series uses narrative, experimental, and documentary filmmaking to follow one casted individual, ages 18-22, as they tell their story. They represent a wide range of lived experiences, giving audiences emotionally powerful narratives that offer an engaging look at teenage-hood and the diverse social, familial, and internal obstacles young people face on their path to self-discovery and acceptance. All 10 episodes of Growing Up will be available to stream on Wednesday, September 8, to celebrate Disney+ Day.
Another Disney+ Day debut will be Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory. The face of a new generation of aspirational adventurers and natural history filmmakers, National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory takes viewers on epic and nail-biting journeys that push into the most spectacular and secretive corners of our wild world. Armed with leading-edge film technology, Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory breaks the mold of traditional natural history programming by telling extraordinary, real-life animal stories and taking viewers along for every beat of the action. For weeks at a time, Gregory immerses himself into the animals' lives to capture the untold stories of iconic creatures living in some of the harshest environments on our planet. Watch in awe as Gregory braves the icy worlds of Antarctica in search of the biggest gathering of whales ever filmed and comes face-to-face with specialist buffalo-hunting lions in Zambia. In this multipart adventure series, Gregory takes viewers on an ambitious odyssey across the globe, showcasing the natural world at a time when it faces its greatest challenges.
The 12-episode series Andor takes place before the events of the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Debuting Wednesday, September 21, with three episodes, Andor will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor's journey to discover the difference he can make in an era filled with danger, deception, and intrigue. During Wednesday's presentation, actor Diego Luna and creator and showrunner Tony Gilroy said Andor will have two seasons set over a five-year period. "We are covering one year in our first 12 episodes that we've completed," Gilroy said. "We are going to do another 12 episodes starting this November."
Marvel Studios announced Thursday, August 18, will be the new premiere date for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and new episodes will stream every Thursday thereafter. The comedy series follows Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), an attorney specializing in superhuman-oriented legal cases who must navigate the complicated life of a single, 30-something who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk. The series will feature multiple cameos from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil. "Charlie is amazing" and "does some great work," said Maslany. "The tone of our show is so different [from Daredevil], and to see his character in the tone of She-Hulk is really fun." Echoing that point, director and executive producer Kat Coiro added, "Charlie and Tatiana have such great chemistry."
Executive produced by James Cameron and narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Super/Natural will premiere Wednesday, September 21. The series will utilize the latest scientific innovations and filmmaking technology to reveal the secret powers and super-senses of the world's most extraordinary animals. See and hear beyond normal human perception to experience the natural world just as a specific species gets to do.
Disney+ also announced that Season 31 of Dancing with the Stars will premiere on Monday, September 19. The ballroom competition will be hosted by Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro and judged by Len Goodman, Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli. In addition, Disney+ revealed Season 2 of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers will debut on Wednesday, September 28. After winning back the Mighty Ducks name last year, the team and their coach, Alex Morrow (Lauren Graham), hit the road to attend an intense summer hockey institute in California run by a charming yet hardcore former NHL player, Colin Cole (Josh Duhamel). It's a place for kids to excel at hockey—without having to worry about school. As the Ducks try to survive in this super-competitive environment, they're faced with the question: Can you win summer?
Reboot, an eight-episode comedy series, will premiere Tuesday, September 20, with two episodes. It hails from Steven Levitan, the Emmy Award-winning co-creator of Modern Family, and stars Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville, Paul Reiser, Rachel Bloom, Calum Worthy, and Krista Marie Yu. Hulu reboots an early 2000s family sitcom, forcing its dysfunctional cast back together. Now, they must deal with their unresolved issues in today's fast-changing world. This will be addressed in the writers room, over which Reiser's character presides. "I know a lot of people in comedy think the pendulum has swung too far, being politically correct and woke and all that," Levitan said. "We are all so afraid. People are so ready to cancel somebody with one perceived misstep. I find that a fascinating time we are in. We are all trying to manage the 'what can you say, what can't you say, what's wrong with that, how is that offensive' [conundrum]. The whole interesting part is how sacred a writers room needs to be. People need the freedom to explore and say things." According to Levitan, this aspect of Reboot "reflects the time we live in—and, more to the point, the times we work in."
Premiering Wednesday, September 7, with three episodes, Tell Me Lies follows a tumultuous but intoxicating relationship as it unfolds over the course of eight years. When Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) meet at college, they begin a seemingly normal relationship. But they quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them. "The first year of college is a chance for everyone to reinvent and find themselves," Van Patten said. "And that's exactly what they're doing. They don't know themselves, and so they feel like they're finding themselves in each other." White, however, hopes viewers don't "romanticize" the couple's relationship, saying, "It's about the negative effects of what happens when people get attached this way."
Inspired by the life and stand-up of star and co-creator Chris Estrada, This Fool is an irreverent, cinematic half-hour comedy set in working class South Los Angeles. The show centers around Julio Lopez, a 30-year-old who still lives at home, has been dating his girlfriend on and off since high school, and finds any excuse to avoid dealing with his own problems. Julio works at Hugs Not Thugs, a gang rehabilitation non-profit, where he butts heads with his older cousin, Luis, an ex-gang member who just got out of prison and moved in with Julio and his family. This Fool premieres Friday, August 12.
Premiering Thursday, August 25, on Hulu, the limited series Mike will chronicle the dynamic and controversial life of boxing icon Mike Tyson, played by Trevante Rhodes. In doing so, the series will also examine class and race in America, fame, misogyny, the wealth divide, the promise of the American Dream, and, ultimately, society's role in shaping Tyson's narrative. "Redemption was never the goal of this story," showrunner Karin Gist explained. "We want to challenge what people think they know about him."
Hulu Originals also announced two additions to its slate of original programming, including series orders for Devil in the White City, starring Keanu Reeves, and The Other Black Girl, which hails from Onyx Collective. Devil in the White City, based on Erik Larson's bestselling book, follows Dr. H. H. Holmes, a serial killer and the man behind the "Murder Castle" during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and Daniel H. Burnham, a demanding but brilliant architect who races to make his mark on the world. The Other Black Girl tells the story of Nella, an editorial assistant who is tired of being the only Black girl at her company and welcomes the arrival of new hire Hazel. But as Hazel's star starts to rise, Nella realizes something sinister is going on at the company.
Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne, which explores the world of human sexuality through Cara Delevingne, will premiere on November 18, with all episodes released at once. And, as previously announced, The D'Amelio Show Season 2 will debut September 28.
Conceptualized by Michaela angela Davis and hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross, each episode of The Hair Talesdocu-series will connect the personal tales of phenomenal Black women to broader societal and historic themes. The stories shared in the series will offer an honest and layered look into the complex culture of Black hair and, ultimately, Black women's identity, beauty, cultural and social contributions, and humanity. The Hair Tales will debut with the first two episodes on Hulu and OWN, with two episodes releasing weekly on Hulu and one episode releasing weekly on OWN.
Reasonable Doubt, premiering Tuesday, September 27, on Hulu, is a sexy legal drama that centers on Jax Stewart (Emayatzy Corinealdi), a high-powered criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles dealing with past traumas, a failing marriage, motherhood, and a murder case… all while trying to keep her life together. "A lot of times when you have legal dramas, you're focused on the work and the profession, and there's a little bit of personal," executive producer Raamla Mohamed said. "But I think what separates the show for me is that it's about a woman who's balancing all the things that women have to balance: her career, her friendships, her marriage, her kids. It's all those things that, as women, we have to coordinate and figure out. I think the great thing about it is that you get to see her have a really full life. And sometimes she wins in one part of her life, and then sometimes she wins in another part—just like all women do."
ABC Signature extended its deal with Yara Shahidi and her 7th Sun Production Company to include a partnership with Onyx Collective. Along with her business partner and mother, Keri Shahidi, she will continue to develop and produce scripted and alternative television projects for cable, streaming, and broadcast as a part of their exclusive deal. The Shahidis join an extensive roster of prolific creatives bringing their thoughtful narratives to Onyx Collective, including Ryan Coogler, Destin Daniel Cretton, Prentice Penny, Natasha Rothwell, and, most recently, Erika Green Swafford.
Just before its presentations, Onyx Collective also announced three upcoming series. First, the true crime docu-series Ring of Fire: The Life of Annie Mae Aquash (working title) will examine the extraordinary life of Annie Mae Aquash and unravel the decades-old mystery behind her murder. A Mi'kmaq woman from Nova Scotia, Canada, Aquash was a mother, a teacher, and a revolutionary who fought for Indigenous rights and whose death went unsolved for almost 30 years, becoming one of Indian Country's most infamous cases. Set between the sweeping landscape of American politics in the volatile 1970s and the present‐day quest for answers led by her daughter, this is a shocking story of murder, intrigue, love, and betrayal that contextualizes her case within the current epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Second, rapper and car collector Swizz Beatz will visit car-loving destinations in The Untitled Swizz Beatz Project to examine the area's distinctive car culture and bring together two otherwise disparate car clubs over a shared love of all things automotive. He'll also share an appreciation for what it's like to beat the odds through sheer drive.
Third, Searching for Soul Food will follow celebrity chef Alisa Reynolds as she discovers what soul food looks like around the world. Along the way, she will explore the stories, people, and traditions of each place she visits, bringing her own flavor right along with her. The international journey will find Reynolds exploring the culinary worlds of Mississippi, Oklahoma, Appalachia, South Africa, Italy, Jamaica, Peru, and Los Angeles.


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Opposition Group Promises Attacks Following Sanctions on Eritrea for Support of Terrorism
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 1
By: Andrew McGregor
January 7, 2010 08:45 PM Age: 13 years
The Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama (DMLEK) celebrates their 14th anniversary
Tensions continue to rise in the volatile Horn of Africa as Eritrean insurgent groups promise a new wave of political violence following the imposition of UN sanctions against Eritrea for its alleged support of terrorism in the region. Eritrea is strategically located on the Red Sea, sharing borders with Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. A former Italian colony, Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia in 1962, sparking a long and bitter struggle for independence that concluded in 1991 with the expulsion of Ethiopian forces. According to the 1997 constitution, Eritrea is supposed to be a parliamentary democracy with an elected president, but the constitution has not been implemented and elections have never been held. In practice, Eritrea is a one party state, ruled by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) under President Isaias Afewerki, an Orthodox Christian and former leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). Afewerki has been the nation's sole president since 1993.
The Security Council Sanctions
The text of the December 23 Security Council resolution accuses Eritrea of "efforts to destabilize or overthrow" the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia. The resolution also calls on Eritrea to withdraw its troops from the border with Djibouti, where they are deployed to pressure Djibouti in a longstanding territorial dispute, calling their deployment "a threat to international security." Resolution 1907 was approved with 13 votes in favor, one vote against (Libya), and one abstention (China). The sanctions provide for travel restrictions for Eritrean political and military leaders, the freezing of Eritrean assets abroad and an arms embargo on Eritrea. An earlier Security Council resolution, no. 1862, followed fighting between Eritrean and Djiboutian forces in June 2008 and called on Asmara to withdraw its forces from the disputed region along the border, but no action was taken by Eritrean military forces to comply.
The new resolution was drafted by the Ugandan government. Uganda is the main source of troops for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which is now nearly the only armed support of consequence for the TFG. Isaac Musumba, the Ugandan Minister for Regional Cooperation, said Eritrea "provided sanctuary to international criminals. It is a rogue state" (New Vision [Kampala], December 29).
According to Dr. Ilmi Ahmad Du'alem, the UN envoy to Somalia, the sanctions were based "on proof that Eritrea supports terrorism… Eritrea supports [terrorist groups opposed to the Somali government]. Arms, material and moral support to these groups are delivered through Eritrea. Eritrea is the headquarters, and most of the [Somali] opposition is still in Eritrea… There were resolutions before the current one, warning Eritrea to end these actions" (Radio HornAfrik, December 29, 2009).
Eritrea's Role in Somalia
Islamist opposition group Hizb al-Islam (composed largely of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia led by Shaykh Hassan Dahir Aweys), a former partner of al-Shabaab, condemned the sanctions, noting that while other countries were intervening in Somalia, no sanctions had been imposed on them (Mareeg.com., December 24, 2009).
An Ethiopian government spokesman suggested the "international delinquent state of Eritrea" was "promoting and abetting terrorist forces in the region." A statement from the Eritrean Foreign Ministry described the resolution as a "brazen act" based neither "on fact nor on the provisions of international law. It constitutes a travesty of justice and amplifies the dangers inherent in a unipolar world." The statement identified Britain, the United States and Uganda as the principal forces behind the resolution:
"It must be stressed that the accusations against Eritrea for involvement in Somalia have never been substantiated or verified… Indeed, how can Eritrea provide logistical support to armed groups in Somalia when it does not have a contiguous border with that country? Eritrea has neither the political will nor the financial clout to bankroll armed groups in Somalia… The United States has simply employed its preponderant influence to ram through unjustifiable sanctions against a small country" (Shabait.com, December 23, 2009).
The Eritrean ambassador to the UN, Araya Desta, said, "The Security Council has decided to impose sanctions on Eritrea based on fabricated lies, mainly concocted by the Ethiopian regime and the US administration" (New Vision [Kampala], December 28).
Strangely enough, the sanctions imposed on Eritrea for supporting al-Shabaab came after senior Shabaab member Shaykh Mukhtar Robow "Abu Mansur" issued a threat to Asmara in October, saying Eritrea opposed the implementation of Shari'a law in Somalia because its leaders were not Muslims. The shaykh added that the non-Muslim regime was ruling the Muslim majority in Eritrea by force (AllPuntland.com, October 31, 2009). It is difficult to assess the reasoning behind this threat, though there are several possibilities:
• Eritrea has ended its support to al-Shabaab in favor of rival Islamist group Hizb al-Islam.
• Al-Shabaab may be doing a favor to the Eritrean regime by publicly denouncing it before the sanctions proposal could be introduced at the UN Security Council.
• The threat may be yet another in a series of self-defeating moves by the increasingly fanatic Shabaab movement.
Eritrea's envoy to the United Nations described the allegations of military support for groups fighting in Somalia as "lies and propaganda," indicating that it is archrival Ethiopia that is responsible for fueling the conflict in Somalia, as well as causing instability in the region by occupying lands belonging to its neighbors, including Eritrea (Dayniile, December 20; AllPuntland, December 2, 2009).
Eritrea's Armed Opposition Threatens the Regime
One of the many Eritrean opposition groups saw an opening in the UNSC sanctions. Cornelius Osman, leader of the Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama (DMLEK) said, "This is a good opportunity for us. We are preparing our military forces to launch more attacks. We are inside Eritrea and will hit selected targets and institutions." The DMLEK chief added that the freeze on foreign assets and travel ban on Eritrean political and military leaders would isolate the regime and "deter it from receiving the hundreds of millions of dollars it gets" annually from the Eritrean diaspora (AFP, December 29, 2009).
DMLEK is a member of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA), an opposition umbrella group based in Ethiopia. The movement, based on the Kunama people, was formed after Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1991.The Kunama are a Nilotic people related to the Nilotic tribes of South Sudan, but in Eritrea they represent only 2% of the population. The Kunama live near the Ethiopian border between the Gash and Setit rivers, an area that has placed them between opposing Eritrean and Ethiopian forces. Another even smaller Nilotic group known as the Nara has formed its own opposition movement – the Eritrean Democratic Resistance Movement Gash-Setit, under Ismael Nada.
DMLEK has claimed a number of small attacks against Eritrean government forces or facilities. Some sense of the scale of these attacks can be gained from examining DMLEK statements:
• In November 2007, DMLEK forces attacked a military outpost at Melezanai, claiming to have killed 15 soldiers and wounding five others. An administrative office at Shambaco was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade (DMLEK Military communiqué, November 8, 2007).
• In January 2008, DMLEK claimed to have destroyed the government's agricultural office in the town of Binbilina along with goods stored in a warehouse. In the same operation, a water truck and tanker were set ablaze in the town of Barentu (Walta Information Center, January 30, 2008).
• In March 2009, DMLEK claimed to have destroyed a military hospital in the southwest region of Gash-Barka with RPGs, hand grenades and small arms (Sudan Tribune, March 23, 2009).
A North American-based Kunama group has undertaken a campaign to depose Cornelios Osman as the movement's leader. The group accuses Osman of "kidnapping, imprisoning, torturing and killing a lot of innocent, educated and knowledgeable Kunama" and acting as an agent of the Eritrean government. They claim many Kunama fighters have deserted the organization. [1] Osman addressed the accusations in a Paltalk discussion with members of the Eritrean diaspora. While he did not deny the extra-judicial killings, he identified the victims as "rogue elements" working for the PFDJ regime to sabotage the Kunama movement (Awate.com, November 8, 2009).
The Armed Opposition
There are strong regional, religious, cultural and linguistic divisions in Eritrea. This situation is reflected in the many national and diaspora opposition groups. The Eritrean regime is dominated by members of the Tigrinya ethnic group, who form 50% of the population in Eritrea. Most Tigrinya are Christians, though a minority are Muslims. Many of the opposition groups are based on ethnic minorities that feel excluded from the Eritrean power structure, such as the Afar, the Kunama and the Nara. Regardless of the extent of their military activities, all such opposition groups are termed "terrorists" by the Asmara regime. Most opposition groups oppose what they regard as the "Tigrinyiazation" of the country as well as the nationalization of lands traditionally held by ethnic minority groups.
The large number of opposition groups has so far prevented the emergence of an effective armed opposition to the Asmara regime, but lately this problem has been addressed by the formation of three larger coalitions (Gedab News/Awate.com, February 25, 2007). Last June, DMLEK joined the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) to form the Democratic Front of Eritrean Nationalities (DFEN). At the conclusion of a two-day congress, DFEN declared its intention to work under the umbrella of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) and called on all of Eritrea's armed opposition groups to coordinate their efforts. The new alliance also called on Eritrea's Tigrinya to turn against the regime (Gedab News/Awate.com, June 19, 2009). The three main opposition coalitions are preparing a unity conference in Addis Ababa with the intention of forming a single armed opposition front with the aid of Ethiopian authorities (Nharnet, December 25, 2009; Sudan Tribune, December 30, 2009).
Eritrea maintains a massive defense establishment at considerable cost. Universal conscription of both men and women is used to provide the numbers that the government feels necessary to maintain in expectation of a further conflict with Ethiopia. Nevertheless, conscription is unpopular and desertion is common. DMLEK maintains that the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) have been "weakened by the economic and political crisis in the country as well as internal resistance" and are fleeing to neighboring countries whenever they get the chance (Walta Information Center, November 21, 2007). There are roughly 180,000 Eritrean refugees living in Sudan, which occasionally sends some asylum seekers back to Eritrea (Sudan Tribune, September 25, 2008).
Opponents of the government make regular efforts to tie the regime to Iran and its alleged support for terrorism in an effort to depict Eritrea as a regional threat (see Terrorism Monitor, April 3, 2009). Typical of this is a recent and unconfirmed story carried on an Arabic-language opposition website that described the offloading of a weapons cargo from an Iranian ship in the port of Massawa under the supervision of representatives of al-Shabaab, the Houthist rebels of northern Yemen and an unnamed Djiboutian insurgent group (Adoulis, December 24). Such efforts are likely to increase as the opposition seeks international support beyond the usual support it receives from Addis Ababa.
For the moment, none of the Eritrean insurgent groups or coalitions appear strong enough to topple the PFDJ government, which has built a strong security structure to ensure its survival. If the opposition succeeds in forming a single front, it may receive military and financial support from the many enemies of the Eritrean government. An outbreak of political violence and even civil war in Eritrea has the potential to drag in Eritrea's neighbors (particularly Ethiopia) and further inflame the conflict in Somalia and the low-level Afar insurgency in Djibouti, the site of a major American military base.
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Doyle William "Bill" Dewbre, Jr.
Doyle William (Bill) Dewbre, Jr. passed away from heart failure October 18, 2019 at his residence in Argent Court Assisted Living, Brenham, TX. His beloved wife, Nancy, was at his side.
Bill was born in Birmingham, AL, September 2, 1931 to Bertie Nadine Brown and Doyle William Dewbre, Sr., and was raised in Memphis, TN. He graduated from Central High School where he met Nancy Bonds. He was a member of the Naval Air Reserve in Millington, TN, where he served as a flight radioman for eight years. He was a Master Electrician.
He married Nancy Jane Bonds June 23, 1952 in Memphis, where they raised three children (Jan, Bill, Beth). The family moved to Etta, MS, in 1970 where he opened his own electrical contracting business. He retired in 1996. In 2005, Bill and Nancy moved to New Albany, MS. After Bill suffered a heart attack in 2018, they moved to Brenham, TX.
Bill was a long-serving deacon at Philadelphia Baptist Church, and served as President of the first community water system in the Philadelphia community. He was an avid golfer his entire life.
Bill is survived by his wife of sixty-seven years, Nancy Bonds Dewbre; his son Bill Dewbre and daughter Jan Marie Milz; his grandchildren Lily Jo Ayers, Lisa Jo Milz, Sheli Marie Evans, and Ian Arthur Milz; his great-grandchildren Don, Allie and Jordan; and his sister, Doris DeWees. His daughter Beth Nadine Smith and two infant newborns Russel William and Robert Sterling preceded him in death.
The immediate family will celebrate Bill's life with a private memorial. Plans for an open memorial will be announced.
The family is grateful for the calls and messages of love and support. Thank you so very much for all your sweet thoughts and continued prayers.
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The 217th Infantry Division () was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II. It later became the Division Group 217. It is also listed as the 217th Volksgrenadier Division.

Operational history
The 217th Infantry Division, part of the third Aufstellungswelle, was initially formed on 17 August 1939 as a training division in Wehrkreis I (East Prussia) in Allenstein. The division was upgraded to a full division on the day of German mobilization, 26 August 1939. It initially consisted of the Infantry Regiments 311, 346 and 389, as well as Artillery Regiment 217.

At the beginning of the Invasion of Poland that started on 1 September 1939, the 217th Infantry Division served in the reserve of Georg von Küchler's 3rd Army under Fedor von Bock's Army Group North. It did not see heavy combat in the Poland campaign. After the conclusion of the campaign, the division was transferred to XXXV Army Corps on the border to the Soviet-occupied part of Poland.

During the Battle of France 1940, the 217th Infantry Division was part of the OKH reserve, but again did not see significant action. In June 1940, the division was transferred to the I Army Corps under 4th Army. In July, the 217th was moved to the XXVI Army Corps under 18th Army, where it remained until April 1941. After a brief stay at II Army Corps in May 1941, it was transferred to XXVI Corps, where it would remain until early August.

The division was transferred eastwards to its home in East Prussia in July 1940. After that, it participated in the German invasion of the Soviet Union as part of XXVI Corps under Army Group North. It was mainly involved in coastal defense duties in the Baltic. At that time, under 18th Army, at times under XXVI Corps or under XXXXII Army Corps. Subsequently, it took part in the siege of the Red Army's Oranienbaum Bridgehead from October 1941 to April 1942. After that, it joined the Siege of Leningrad in May 1942 and fought there until February 1943. From March 1943 onwards, it held a sector near Volkhov until July 1943. In fall 1943, the 217th Division suffered severe casualties in the Kiev area.

It was downgraded to become Division Group 217 of Corps Detachment C on 2 November 1943. The Division Group 217 was destroyed at Brody in July 1944.

Noteworthy Individuals

 Richard Baltzer, divisional commander starting 26 August 1939.
 Friedrich Bayer, divisional commander starting 15 April 1942.
 Otto Lasch, divisional commander starting 27 September 1942.
 Walter Poppe, divisional commander starting October 1943.
 Lothar Freutel, commander of Artillery Regiment 217 from March 1941 to January 1943, later in service with the 156th Reserve Division and 290th Infantry Division.

References

Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II
Military units and formations established in 1939
Military units and formations disestablished in 1944