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Andrew P. Weston, Guardian Angels Interview
Today, I'm pleased to announce a special guest, Andrew P. Weston, author of Guardian Angels. He agreed to do an interview with Book Babe. *Due to a few miscommunications, the giveaway was removed from this post. However, it still exists. I'm just waiting for the code again. Those of you who entered are still entered. The rafflecopter is still running, even though it is not currently on Book Babe. Very confusing morning. Thank you.*
The beginning of the book takes readers to incidents all over the world. Islands, Alaska, New York. This makes me wonder how much you've traveled and where to? What's the most exotic place you've traveled to?
The most exotic place has to be the jungles of South America. I had to visit there a few times because of the specialist roles I fulfilled in one of my previous occupations.
I found the place fascinating. I've always had an affinity to 'nature' and animals etc, and the more you understand about such environments and the things that naturally live there, well, the less they freak you out.
It's amazing to be prowling along, and come across cobwebs as big as a house, with butterflies the size of dinner plates captured in them (Or birds!) ha ha. Or to hear the throaty growl of a panther that's watching you – and giving you a lesson in what 'true stealth' is all about.
And the trees and the flowers! What an incredible variety.
Imagine you have one of the powers of your heroes. Which would you choose?
Teleportation! I think any emergency service worker (and those in the military) would find that power irresistible. The ability to go anywhere, at just a moment's notice. Wow!
A bit of oneself always goes into a book. Which character has more of your traits?
Difficult! I put parts of myself into Adam, the Overlord. Andrew – his Shadow Lord, and Victoria, the Lord Inquisitor. There are also aspects of my personality in Lei Yeung & Luigi Espasito.
I did this so I could easily identify with the reactions they would have under different circumstances.
I'll leave it to you to try and guess which parts!
What was the hardest scene to write?
The prologue. This was my first attempt at writing, and I wanted to get the initial invitation/impact right! It sets the tone for the entire book. So, I'm pleased with how it eventually turned out.
How was the editing process for you? Was it a learning experience? Some actually like edits, the more comments, the more progress authors feel they make. Some pull their hair out. Which are you?
Well, I have no hair to pull out (ta-dah!) So, I enjoyed the editing process. I'm new, and I've been conditioned by a lifetime's experience. So, when more experienced writers/editors offer their sound advice and criticism, well, only a fool would turn it down! I'm very fortunate. Pagan Writers Press is a very small, select and close-knit family. I've been helped tremendously. I've got some great ideas and concepts floating about in my head, and they are helping my skill level catch up to match!
What movie stars would you cast for a movie of this book?
The Overlord – Vin Diesel
Andrew – Karl Urban
Victoria – Angelina Jolie/Penelope cruz
Naomi Cruiz – Eliza Dushku
Lei Yeung – George Takei
Luigi Espasito – still thinking about that, Leonardo De Caprio?
Did you have a picture nearby for inspiration as you wrote this? Did you listen to a special soundtrack?
No – it was all a product of my warped and fragile mind.
What's in your writing future?
I have a series or two I'm planning to develop, News about them are on my site/blog.
But I think the most important thing is to keep doing my best to improve my craft. It returns the trust and 'risk' my publishers put in me – as a new boy – and it will ensure my work continues to grow, and bring enjoyment to those who read the books.
At the moment, I still think I'm 'playing'. I won't feel comfortable until I can throw everything else aside and concentrate all my efforts into writing full time. (With time out for the films and sequels of course) – see you on the red carpet! I'll be wearing Giorgio Armani dahling!
Please tell us something about your own career in law enforcement. Did you put anything you have experienced or seen in the novel?
I served in the military for nine years, followed by twenty-three years in the Police Service. During that time, I lost count of the incidents I had to deal with where someone's life was changed forever by unexpected tragedy!
Life is a very fragile thing, and "out of the blue" such things can strike when people least expect it, bringing untold calamity and suffering.
Attending those incidents often used to make me think, "What would have happened if we had got here sooner? Or if we had the resources or training to undo all this suffering and damage? What would it be like to have the technology and training to not only anticipate such accidents and disasters, but prevent them happening in the first place?
That's how the Guardian concept was born.
The one accident that inspired me to actually put my thoughts together into a more structured form involved the death of a young boy on his way home at the end of a school day.
Rush hour traffic is dangerous at the best of times. When you add in the factor of a little boy with little appreciation of the hazards involved, well…you can guess what happened.
The scene was horrendous, as were the terrible sobs of the woman driving the vehicle he ran out in front of. She was a mother herself, and her anguish was heart rending, even though there was nothing she could have done to avoid him.
That's why the opening chapter of Guardian Angels involves a young boy stepping out into the path of a truck. It describes what ALL the Emergency Service personnel there that day wish could have happened, had someone like a Guardian Angel been there to help.
Thanks for the interview Tara. Great questions. I really enjoyed being here.
Really enjoyed having you, Andy, and for those of you whose interest was no doubt piqued by his answers, here is more about the book:
In a series of terrifying events, otherworldly beings intervene to save innocent lives. The world community reacts with relief as they realize that angels may in fact exist, and they are diligently protecting us.
But there are those who would seek to stop what they feel is a threat against their livelihoods. How far will some go to battle the Guardians? Is the fairy tale over before it even begins?
Guardian Angels is a powerful and compelling story about the catalyst that has the power to unite society in the hope for a better future. The spark of hope is fragile—can it last?
Pagan Writers Press
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Luigi decided to toast himself and his accomplishments again. Finding his glass empty, he rang the bell for a top up, and continued to gloat, firmly believing he was beyond accountability.
When the door to the study opened a few minutes later and Gianni, the housekeeper, came in with his favorite Black Pearl Louis XIII cognac on a silver tray, he insisted the old servant stay with him and drink to his success. "Come, Gianni, stay, celebrate with me. Good times should be shared with trusted friends."
The gesture wasn't missed by Gianni. At fifty-five thousand dollars a bottle, the cognac was one of the most expensive in the world, and he quickly poured a generous helping into two glasses. As he handed one to his boss, he paused momentarily to savor the bouquet of the blended flowers, fruits, spices, and the deep amber color of the aromatic liquid. "You're looking particularly pleased with yourself today, young Sir. Good news?"
"It's the very best of news, Gianni, and one that appears to be maturing with age." He replied without looking away from the screens.
The old housekeeper tossed down his drink in one and shuffled to stand deferentially behind his employer. He listened as yet more reports of the suffering caused by the missile detonations were announced. "That mess doesn't look like there's much to be happy about, Sir. Surely that doesn't please you, does it?"
"Aah, Gianni, sometimes, when you need to make a point, you have to catch your enemy's attention," Luigi replied. "You have to ensure they not only respect you, but fear you. I'm pleased because I've done just that. Wouldn't you agree, my old friend?"
When no reply was forthcoming, Luigi naturally assumed the old housekeeper must have been unable to hear his question. Turning in his seat, he felt a peculiar throbbing, tingling sensation in his teeth and sinuses. "I said 'wouldn't you agr . . . .'"
Luigi's voice choked off in his throat as he caught sight of Gianni's eyes. The distinctive, familiar, lazy old eyes of his long-time employee seemed to be undergoing some kind of metamorphosis. Gone was the semi-vacant, un-focused faraway look he always seemed to display as he pottered about. Instead, Luigi was looking into the hardest, most piercing eyes he had ever seen, eyes that seemed to glow with an inner furnace to match the cold look of rage chiseled onto his face.
The shock made him drop his glass onto the carpet, spilling about three thousand dollars worth of the deep amber nectar.
Transfixed he watched as Gianni's body straightened, grew, and bulked out. As the years fell away from his face, he realized without a doubt that he was going to fully shoulder the burdens his choices had wrought.
Before him stood his own personal living nightmare made flesh, dressed from head to toe in black. Instantly he felt the fire rising within him, straining for release.
The Guardian stepped forward, making the barest of gestures with his finger as he did so, and Luigi found himself lifted into the air by some unseen force. He was held motionless, helpless as a puppet awaiting the commands of his master.
Nodding at the screens, the Guardian spoke. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Andrew, Guardian Lord of Shadow Operations. Did you seriously think you'd get away with something like this?"
Luigi stared defiantly back, fighting to overcome his shock at the Guardian's presence, and surprised at the lack of access to his ability. "Do what you want, asshole, at least the world sees you as the frauds I knew you were!" he hissed.
"Do what I want? I'd love to, but unfortunately my boss won't let me."
Luigi stared impotently back at his nemesis as he strolled closer. Once he was standing in front of him, the Shadow Lord said, "As for exposing us as frauds? Well, I really don't know why you would think that. We never said or intimated we could be everywhere at once. The world's a sad enough place as it is without you adding to it. All we are doing is trying to help people avoid as much heartbreak as possible."
Andrew pointed to the repeat bulletins on the screens. "So, once the world finds out that all this was the deliberate act of some sick and twisted psycho who didn't care how many suffered, just so long as he could score some points, how do you think they'll react to you, Luigi?"
The point struck home. Luigi struggled in an attempt to slap the Guardian across the face, to do something to help vent the building fury inside him.
Helpless, he continued stewing as the Guardian moved so close he was able to whisper in his ear. "And when they find out about your abilities, can you even begin to imagine how they'll react to that? You worthless, spineless, pathetic little man. I really wish they'd let me play with you before we throw you to the wolves."
"F*ck off, asshole, you don't scare me."
"Scare you?" Andrew smiled wickedly. "Oh no, Luigi, that's not my job. That's hers!"
The Guardian gestured behind Luigi at the same moment he let go with his telekinesis. Although Luigi only dropped about a foot, he crumpled to the floor, becoming acutely aware that the strange throbbing in his teeth was even more pronounced than before.
Turning, Luigi was met with a vision of such barely contained power and fury that he immediately soiled his pants.
Andrew squatted beside him. "Allow me to introduce you to the head of our investigations branch. This is Victoria, our Lord Inquisitor, and she's very pleased to meet you after all the suffering you've caused."
Victoria stood in front of the TV screens, wreathed in a visible static discharge that blew the circuits of all the electrical equipment in the office and made the hairs on Luigi's arms and head stand on end. Her eyes, so similar to those of the Shadow Lord, intensified in luminosity and turned from grey to white hot. Luigi shielded his eyes and cowered on the floor in his own excrement.
What a fool I am. He thought.
In reply to his thoughts, the Shadow Lord said, "Yes Luigi, what a murderous, cowardly fool of a man you are. I think the whole world will agree when they find out, eh?"
About Andrew:
If you had the power to make a difference…would you?
Andrew P Weston was born in the city of Birmingham, UK and grew up in the towns of Bearwood and Edgbaston, eventually attending Holly Lodge Grammar School for Boy's where he was School Captain and Head Boy.
He was an active sportsperson for the school, college and a variety of rugby, martial art, swimming and athletics teams throughout the city.
On graduation in 1977 he joined the Royal Marines fulfilling a number of roles both in the UK and abroad.
In 1985 he became a police officer with the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, and served in a variety of uniformed and plain clothed departments until his retirement in 2008.
Over those years, he wrote and illustrated a selection of private books for his children regarding the life of a tiny kitten, called, "The Adventures of Willy Whiskers", gained further qualifications in Law and Religious Studies, was an active member of Mensa and continued to be an active sportsperson, providing lessons free of charge to local communities.
An unfortunate accident received on duty meant Andrew had to retire early from the police force, but after moving to the sunny Greek island of Kos to speed up his recuperation, he was at last able to devote time to the "Guardian Concept" he had developed over his years in the military and police.
When not writing, Andrew enjoys Greek dancing and language lessons, being told what to do by his wife, Annette, and hunting shadows in the dark.
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When the Williams sisters (who are five in total) were young, they were moved to Compton, California. There, they sometimes had to dodge bullets while practicing tennis at local public courts. Their father Richard used to take all five of his daughters to the courts in hopes that someday at least one of them would reach sporting glory and move them into a better place.
Venus as a young girl became one of California's top young tennis players, and she and her sister Serena shared the top seed as California's best young players for a long time.
Venus turned professional in the 1990s and went on to have a very lucrative tennis career. She has garnered many important championships, including a Gold medal at the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000, the Fed Cup, the 1999 French Open doubles (with sister Serena as her partner), the Oklahoma City Tennis championship, the Italian Open, the Hamburg Open, the Wimbledon championship, and the US Open.
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This dynamic played out in Norway as well, which Germany invaded and occupied from 1940 to 1945. Women who fraternized with German soldiers and bore their children faced severe hardships after the war, as did their kids.
Many lurid tales describing their ordeals appeared more than a decade ago in conjunction with an unsuccessful lawsuit brought by half-German children who had been victims of discrimination by the Norwegian state. Anyone schooled in Holocaust revisionism will immediately recognize some of the stories freely retailed by the media as tall tales, and others as questionable or exaggerated. Nevertheless, real hatred was directed against these women and children.
One Norwegian-German war child was Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, a member of the spectacularly successful 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA, which has sold 380 million records worldwide—more than any other band except the Beatles.
Though Lyngstad grew up in Sweden and is a Swedish citizen, she was the only non- (ethnic) Swede in the group.
An only child, Lyngstad was born out of wedlock in Bjørkåsen, a small village near Narvik in far northern Norway, on November 15, 1945, to a 19-year-old Norwegian mother, Synni Lyngstad (1926-1947), and a 26-year-old married sergeant in the Wehrmacht, Alfred Haase (1919-2009), just after the end of World War II. Narvik was an important strategic center for the Germans in Norway.
Haase returned to Germany in 1945 and resumed his life with his German wife and family. As a result of inquiries made by her mother Synni, Frida believed her father had drowned at sea.
Norway's hostile postwar environment made life difficult for Synni and her widowed mother (Frida's maternal grandmother), Arntine "Agny" Lyngstad, in the small northern village. There was also danger that the Norwegian government might seize the child and remove her from the family, just as governments occasionally do today when White parents are deemed to be Politically Incorrect.
Therefore, when Frida was a year old her grandmother fled with the baby to Sweden. After working in southern Norway for a short time, Synni joined her mother and infant daughter. However, she died of kidney failure shortly after, in 1947 at age twenty-one. Thereafter Anni-Frid was raised by her grandmother, a seamstress, in the small town of Torshälla, Sweden.
Her grandmother maintained close contact with the Norwegian half of the family, especially Frida's uncle and four aunts, and Lyngstad recalls summer holidays spent with them at her birthplace. At age sixteen Frida applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship.
Pre-ABBA, with first husband Ragnar Fredriksson, daughter Ann Lise-Lotte (1967-1998), and son Hans Ragnar (b. 1963) in 1967. Frida off-loaded the kids onto her husband and grandmother, and later foster parents, in order to pursue her singing career.
All four members of Abba had busy music careers before they met . . . Anni-Frid Lyngstad was known as the "songbird of Eskilstuna" [near Torshälla], her hometown, and recorded a bunch of singles for EMI. Agnetha Fältskog had a Swedish No. 1 aged 17 and released the first of five pre-Abba albums in 1968. Benny Andersson was in the Hep Stars, "the most famous rock group in Sweden" in the mid-Sixties. Björn Ulvaeus was in the Hootenanny Singers, a folk combo who had a 1963 hit with "Jag Väntar Vid Min Mila", an adaptation of an old Swedish poem . . .
Each of the women married one of the men: Frida married Benny Andersson (the one with the beard) and Agnetha Fältskog (the blonde) married Björn Ulvaeus. Both marriages ultimately ended in divorce.
The name ABBA was adopted after their manager began referring to the quartet by the initial letters of their first names: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Agnetha Fältskog. The group's breakthrough came when they won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with their hit song "Waterloo" in April 1974.
The two men wrote the group's songs and the women usually performed lead vocals and were prominently featured in stage, video, and television performances. ABBA was also a pioneer in producing music videos. Almost all of ABBA's videos were directed by Lasse Hallström, who subsequently became an internationally famous feature film director and screenwriter.
After a decade of enormous success, ABBA disbanded in 1982.
In 1992 Lyngstad married her long-time boyfriend, Heinrich Ruzzo, Prince Reuss of Plauen, a Prince of the former House of Reuss, which ruled the principalities of Reuss, now in modern Germany, for nearly 800 years. The two had been living together in the prince's castle at Fribourg near Berne, Switzerland since 1986.
A landscape architect born in Lucerne, the prince's Swiss-German father was a member of the German nobility, while his Swedish mother belonged to the Swedish nobility.
During his education in Sweden the prince became friends with King Carl Gustaf, and he and Frida later spent winter holidays with Carl and his wife, Queen Silvia. Queen Silvia is half-German and half "Brazilian." It may be Mestizo Brazilian, because even the royal couple's daughter, Crown Princess Victoria, in line to become the next monarch of Sweden, has an indeterminate phenotype despite being three-quarters European. But, as is often the case these days, Silvia's genealogy would have to be investigated to know for sure.
The prince died from cancer in Stockholm in 1999, age 49.
Since 2008 Frida has lived on an estate in Switzerland with Englishman Henry Smith, a British peer who in 2012 became the 5th Viscount Hambleden. Lyngstad owns several homes in England: one in Newcastle upon Tyne, another in London, and a third, shared home in the Yorkshire Dales. She retains her German title of Princess, and is worth an estimated $80 million.
In 1977, at the height of ABBA's worldwide fame, the German teen magazine Bravo published details of Lyngstad's background, including the names of her father and mother. The article came to the attention of Lyngstad's German half-brother, Peter Haase, who asked his father if he had been stationed near Narvik during the war. A few months later, Bravo arranged a meeting between the singer and her father in Stockholm.
You can also see two photos of Haase when he was young by clicking on the JPGs of a magazine article here (one shows him with his German bride), as well as several when he was 58. Those pages are reproductions of a 1977 article from the Dutch fan magazine Pop Foto.
For those unfamiliar with ABBA, or who know the group but would like to refresh their recollection of Frida, here is a typically brisk, upbeat song called "So Long" (1974). The performance is from a Swedish television special, Made in Sweden for Export (SVT2, 1975).


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Brad Pitt Is Naive About Jennifer Aniston Hysteria
Brad Pitt Would Like To Stay "Blissfully Naïve" When It Comes To Jennifer Aniston
Kathryn Lindsay
Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images.
While the world may be talking about Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's enthusiastic SAGs reunion, Pitt isn't listening. Or rather, he told Entertainment Tonight that he's "blissfully naive" about all the gossip that's ensued about him and his ex-wife since the award show. Are they still in love? Back together? Dropping a music collab? (That one's my suggestion). However, nothing we say on Twitter is going to make a difference, because Pitt says he's not reading the headlines.
Fifteen years have passed since the split, which went down after five years of marriage. However, tabloids have never quite let it go, so Pitt has had a lot of experience not listening to what people say about their relationship.
"I don't know," he told the outlet. "I'm blissfully naïve and I'm gonna stay that way."
While he may be staying tight-lipped, that's more than Aniston has given us. She hasn't remarked on the fan fervor, but it's possible her Friends co-star, Courteney Cox, has. Someone on Twitter spotted her liking a tweet that claimed Aniston and Pitt were still in love.
"They still love each other, no doubt," the tweet, which was in reply to a photo of Pitt watching Aniston win her SAG award, said, and Cox seems to have given it a heart of approval.
They still love each other, no doubt.
— Asher Wambold (@WamboldAsher) January 20, 2020
Brad Pitt, if you're listening, blink once if you and Aniston are getting back together, and twice if you need to be rescued from this madness.
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ARGENTINA: National cup
Def. de Pronunciamiento vs Crucero del Norte Live Score and Live Stream
Kick-off at 00:30 on Wednesday, January 22
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Def. de Pronunciamiento haven't lost in their previous 6 home matches.
Def. de Pronunciamiento have conceded a goal in their previous 4 matches.
Def. de Pronunciamiento played Crucero del Norte at the National cup of Argentina on January 22. The match kicked off 00:30 UTC. Crucero del Norte won 1-2.
ScoreBat is covering Def. de Pronunciamiento vs Crucero del Norte in real time, providing the live stream and live score of the match, team line-ups, full match stats, live match commentary and video highlights. You can watch Def. de Pronunciamiento vs Crucero del Norte live stream here on ScoreBat. Live streaming will begin when the match is about to kick off. We cover all matches of Argentina National cup in real time and provide live streaming whenever possible.* https://www.scorebat.com/crucero-del-norte-vs-def-de-pronunciamiento-live-stream/
Def. de Pronunciamiento have won Crucero del Norte in their previous match, while Crucero del Norte have lost to Def. de Pronunciamiento in their previous match.
Friday - National cup
Def. de Pronunciamiento and Crucero del Norte have met once in their recent history. Def. de Pronunciamiento won that match.
Goals and video highlights of the match between Def. de Pronunciamiento and Crucero del Norte are being added in real time. We are adding the videos of the goals usually minutes after the actual event on the field. So when Def. de Pronunciamiento or Crucero del Norte score you will be able to watch the goal a couple of minutes later on this page. Full highlights of the match between Def. de Pronunciamiento and Crucero del Norte include all the goals and other remarkable moments from the match. We will try to have different highlights from Def. de Pronunciamiento vs Crucero del Norte with commentary in English, Russian, Portugese etc. We do not host any video file as all of the videos are discovered by our crawler on other websites like youtube or streamable. If you think the video infriges your copyright please contact the website which hosts it.
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San Jose are playing Guarani A at the Qualifying rounds of Copa Libertadores on January 22. The match kicked off 22:15 UTC. It's the second half and the score is 0 - 0.
Colo Colo2 - 1Universidad de ChileFull TimeFT
Colo Colo played Universidad de Chile at the National cup of Chile on January 22. The match kicked off 21:30 UTC. Colo Colo won 2-1.
Limon0 - 2CS HeredianoFull TimeFT
Limon played CS Herediano at the Clausura of Costa Rica on January 22. The match kicked off 21:00 UTC. CS Herediano won 0-2.
Universidad de Costa Rica1 - 2LD AlajuelenseFull TimeFT
Universidad de Costa Rica played LD Alajuelense at the Clausura of Costa Rica on January 22. The match kicked off 21:00 UTC. LD Alajuelense won 1-2.
Once Municipal2 - 1Municipal LimenoFull TimeFT
Once Municipal played Municipal Limeno at the Clausura of El Salvador on January 22. The match kicked off 21:00 UTC. Once Municipal won 2-1.
Jocoro0 - 0Isidro MetapanFull TimeFT
Jocoro played Isidro Metapan at the Clausura of El Salvador on January 22. The match kicked off 21:15 UTC and ended in a draw 0 - 0.
El Vencedor1 - 0ChalatenangoFull TimeFT
El Vencedor played Chalatenango at the Clausura of El Salvador on January 22. The match kicked off 21:30 UTC. El Vencedor won 1-0.
Inter de Limeira are playing Guarani at the Paulista A1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:15 UTC. It's the second half and Guarani is winning 0-3.
Ituano are playing Palmeiras at the Paulista A1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:15 UTC. It's the second half and Palmeiras is winning 0-2.
Gremio0 - 1Caxias40'
Gremio are playing Caxias at the Gaucho 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and Caxias is winning 0-1.
Pelotas0 - 0Novo Hamburgo40'
Pelotas are playing Novo Hamburgo at the Gaucho 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Ypiranga Erechim0 - 0Sao Luiz37'
Ypiranga Erechim are playing Sao Luiz at the Gaucho 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Tupynambas0 - 0Tombense35'
Tupynambas are playing Tombense at the Mineiro 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
America MG0 - 0Caldense9'
America MG are playing Caldense at the Mineiro 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Vitoria0 - 0Jacobina50'
Vitoria are playing Jacobina at the Baiano 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:30 UTC. It's the second half and the score is 0 - 0.
Alagoinhas1 - 1Fluminense de Feira6'
Alagoinhas are playing Fluminense de Feira at the Baiano 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 1 - 1.
Bahia de Feira1 - 0AD Atlanta9'
Bahia de Feira are playing AD Atlanta at the Baiano 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and Bahia de Feira is winning 1-0.
Vitoria da Conquista0 - 0Jacuipense9'
Vitoria da Conquista are playing Jacuipense at the Baiano 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Londrina0 - 0Cianorte PR46'
Londrina are playing Cianorte PR at the Paranaense 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:30 UTC. It's the second half and the score is 0 - 0.
Atletico PE0 - 0PSTC39'
Atletico PE are playing PSTC at the Paranaense 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Cascavel0 - 0Operario PR39'
Cascavel are playing Operario PR at the Paranaense 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
TCW0 - 0Uniao PR39'
TCW are playing Uniao PR at the Paranaense 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Criciuma are playing Concordia AC at the Catarinense 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:00 UTC. It's the second half and the score is 1 - 1.
Anapolis0 - 0Vila Nova11'
Anapolis are playing Vila Nova at the Goiano 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
CRAC0 - 0Goianesia7'
CRAC are playing Goianesia at the Goiano 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Goiania0 - 0Ipora7'
Goiania are playing Ipora at the Goiano 1 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Barbalha0 - 0Atletico Cearense38'
Barbalha are playing Atletico Cearense at the Cearense 1, First Round of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
ASSU0 - 1Forca e Luz42'
ASSU are playing Forca e Luz at the Potiguar of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and Forca e Luz is winning 0-1.
America RN2 - 3ABC Natal39'
America RN are playing ABC Natal at the Potiguar of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and ABC Natal is winning 2-3.
Potiguar Mossoro1 - 0Palmeira39'
Potiguar Mossoro are playing Palmeira at the Potiguar of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and Potiguar Mossoro is winning 1-0.
Atletico Cajazeirense0 - 0Nacional de Patos24'
Atletico Cajazeirense are playing Nacional de Patos at the Paraibano of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:15 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Treze0 - 0CSP21'
Treze are playing CSP at the Paraibano of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:15 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
CEO0 - 0CSA38'
CEO are playing CSA at the Alagoano of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Osasco Audax are playing Taubate at the Paulista A2 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:00 UTC. It's the second half and the score is 1 - 1.
Sertaozinho are playing Portuguesa Santista at the Paulista A2 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:00 UTC. It's the second half and Sertaozinho is winning 2-1.
Penapolense2 - 0Sao CaetanoHalf TimeHT
Penapolense are playing Sao Caetano at the Paulista A2 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 22:30 UTC. It's half time and Penapolense is winning 2-0.
Sao Bernardo0 - 0Sao Bento36'
Sao Bernardo are playing Sao Bento at the Paulista A2 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Portuguesa0 - 0XV de Piracicaba10'
Portuguesa are playing XV de Piracicaba at the Paulista A2 of Brasil on January 22. The match kicked off 23:30 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.
Paraguay U-230 - 0Bolivia U-2339'
Paraguay U-23 are playing Bolivia U-23 at the South America Qualification of Olympic Games on January 22. The match kicked off 23:00 UTC. It's the first half and the score is 0 - 0.


Vegan food and treats, books, beauty products and kombucha from over a dozen vendors, fun presentations and demos, and drop-in yoga classes all day!
Author and activist Jasmin Singer, executive director of Our Hen House, will present stories from her recent memoir and sign copies of the book.
Vegan fermentation demo with Jessica Childs, co-founder of Kombucha Brooklyn and author of Fermentation and Home Brewing. Jessica will be presenting some fermentation methods and signing copies of her latest book!
Vegan cheese "whiz" Rachel Klein of Miss Rachel's Pantry in Philadelphia will demonstrate some methods for making delicious, artisanal vegan cheeses that stand alone!
Drop-in yoga classes with Ashtanga Yoga teacher Maury Jackson of Community Yoga will be taking place throughout the day! Bring your yoga mat to participate!
Jiva Jam yoga class – Animal Mukti: an exploration of animal poses with Derek Pashupa Goodwin.
Tickets: $15/advance, $20/door (tickets will be limited so buy yours today!). Members are eligible for 10% off of the ticket price!
Jasmin Singer is the author of the memoir, Always Too Much and Never Enough (Penguin Random House Berkley; 2016), which documents her journey to find herself through juicing, veganism, and love, as she went from fat to thin and from feeding her emotions to feeding her soul. Jasmin was named a 2016 "40 Under 40" by The Advocate Magazine and a 2015 "Eco-Preneur" by Go Magazine. The Our Hen House podcast – which Jasmin co-hosts – has been honored twice by the coveted Webby Awards.
In addition to co-hosting Our Hen House, now in its seventh year, Jasmin is the host of the Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, can be seen in the award-winning documentaries Vegucated and The Ghosts In Our Machine, and has also appeared on the Dr. Oz Show and HuffPo Live. She has contributed to several anthologies (including Defiant Daughters, Running Eating Thinking, and Circles of Compassion), and is a contributing writer for VegNews Magazine. When she's not traveling around giving book talks or presenting workshops on veganism and activism, Jasmin spends her downtime at home in New York City. Follow Jasmin on Twitter: @ourhenhouse @jasmin_singer, and visit jasminsinger.com for updates.
Jessica Childs, co-founder of Kombucha Brooklyn, is the author of the book Kombucha!: The Amazing Probiotic Tea that Cleanses, Heals, Energizes, and Detoxifies, and her latest, Fermentation and Home Brewing. People everywhere are rejecting industrial food to produce their own—and fermentation is at the zenith of this movement. It is slow food at its slowest; optimizes nutritional health; and confers unique flavors and textures.
A long-time vegan with a deep affection for nourishing, comforting foods, Chef-Owner Rachel Klein of Miss Rachel's Pantry serves exceptional kosher, vegan fare in a variety of inventive ways. Her weekly 12-seat communal dinners regularly sell out, bringing a rotating group of food lovers to her BYOB table at 1938 Chadwick Street for a six-course dinner; in the same space, she hosts a weekend market, with everything from house-baked vegan pastries to fresh-cut local wildflowers. She also offers a weekly home meals program, with a new menu each week for pick-up or delivery, and regularly hosts private events and cooking classes; Miss Rachel's Pantry also caters private events and weddings for up to 175 guests.
Maury Jackson is a certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher with 16 years of teaching experience.
Derek Pashupa Goodwin is a Jivamukti Yoga teacher who completed his training in 2011. He has been living in NYC and working at the Jivamukti Yoga Center in Union Square as website editor since 2012. His is loved for his unique playlists, solid sequences, and Thai massage inspired assists. He is the organizer of Jiva Jam! He is know for his photography of farm animals and yogis.


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Demon Slayer|The New Meta of Shonen
Okay, so I've seen this series being talked about by many people in this space and on YouTube recently. I knew this series was special but it didn't hit me until an episode or two ago what makes it so special comparably to the other Shonen series. I thought I would talk about why I'm such a huge fan of this series. I initially gave my first impression on the series when episode one aired, Check that out as well if you would like to hear my initial thoughts and get more of a description of what this series is about.
There are many great things about Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba but what makes it so great is where it stands against its cohorts in the Shonen space. There is a formula that has lived on with the Shonen anime/manga series for many years and we have seen it go through changes as times have changed. Some people would once say that Shonen Anime would be synonymous with long drown out battles and fillers but series like My Hero Academia and Demon Slayer are showing that those times are coming to an end.
Some would argue that it's mostly because these series aren't being animated by what I like to call the "Shonen Factory", Studio Pierrot. I say it's part of it but it's mainly because the stories that have been unravelling in the manga just handle this shonen formula better. Studios like Ufotable and Bones can bring these stories to life without the need for fillers and bring this new level animation that hasn't been seen in some time. I would say that mangaka like Kohei Horikoshi and Koyoharu Gotōge have learned much from those who came before them and refined this Shonen formula to be what we see today.
I'm also a big fan of these other anime studios that have been deciding to break up a season, versus 50 episode seasons. I swear I'm not trying to pick on Studio Pierrot… but it's true. The love, care and attention that A1 gave Promised Neverland, Bones gave My Hero Academia and Ufotable is giving Demon Slayer seems necessary. I understand that the anime industry has to deal with supply and demand but where do we cut the line with quality over quantity? Sorry, this is kind of rant, back on topic…
Demon Slayer is a series that is not only stellar visual performance but also a place where great character design, fun interactions and well-paced development live. Nezuko is constantly talked about on my twitter feed and for good reason, the girl is so damn cute. Tanjirou is very analytical, surprisingly funny and has a strong sense of justice. It's hard not to see similarities with him and Deku but he was able to break out of his shadow quite quickly in my opinion. Muzan Kibutsuji also had a great introduction, like @rokutsu told us recently, he is very similar and looks a little like Kira from JoJo Part 4. The sense of dread that he brings to anyone looking to cross his patch and the sense of him only looking to enjoy his life and end those who get in his way. Quite an interesting connection.
I look forward to more Demon Slayer in the future. I know that we are looking at a 2 cour season so we are only scratching the surface of all the questions we currently have. If you are currently looking for something to scratch that Shonen itch, I strongly recommend this show. Well… until Dr. Stone comes out.
Hope you guys have a good weekend! Look forward to talking to you guys about the new episode!
2 Replies to "Demon Slayer|The New Meta of Shonen"
Goatius says:
I generally avoid shonen for all the reasons you described about the older paradigm (poor Studio Pierrot 😂😂😂). I think I'll give Demon Slayer a try 👍🏽
I feel you man! I hope to see more series break the original shonen mold. Let me know what you think of Demon Slayer!
Boba Chat| Mental Health Awareness Month — Self-Care, Lessons, and Gratitude


Under Swiss Protection – Jewish Eyewitness Accounts from Wartime Budapest. Carl Lutz's diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest is the topic of this book of 400 pages. Written by Agnes Hirschi (Stepdaughter of Carl Lutz) and Charlotte Schalliè (Associate Professor in Germanic Studies at UVic). The book covers 36 stories/testimonies of survivors, which includes the one of Agnes Hirschi as well. "The man who changed my life" is her story.
As an expert on passports and their history, protection letters/passes were always included in my research. I own and have seen many such documents from righteous diplomats, not only those issued by Carls Lutz but also such from Born, Langlet, Rotta, Wallenberg etc. The interested document collector will learn about these documents more in detail, which indeed was a "life-saving paper" in German occupied Budapest in 1944.
The chapter "Context and Milestones of the Rescue Activities of Carl Lutz and His Team" gives a comprehensive overview of neutral powers involved in issuing protective documents in Budapest, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Holy See, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. Turkey had also a legation in Budapest, but played only a minor role. It had no safe houses, for instance.
David Gur, born Endre Gròsz joined Hashomer Hatzair Zionist Youth Movement in Budapest. He was recruited to the "Workshop team". His testimony is most interesting as we learn about the underground production of forged documents in more details.
Above statement is absolutely correct. That a Swiss diplomat in a foreign country, occupied by Nazi Germany takes a stand for humanity by risking his own life, not once but several times was outstanding brave! Michael Vertes was then eight years old and then known as Miklos Weisz. "I did not personally meet Carl Lutz, but I was a beneficiary of his rescue efforts and I am forever grateful to him".
Some of the survivors still have their protection letter and so does Michael.
Tier and his wife received a spot in the basement at Lutz's residence in Jan 1945 – where around 30 people were staying at the time. The Tiers remained there until the liberation of Buda in mid-Feb 1945.
If you want to learn more about Carl Lutz and those he saved with his rescue actions from 1942 to 1944 by issuing protection letters/passes and establishing several safe houses for those in need, then I truly recommend you this book which is also available in a Kindle version.
Lutz drew the document up on his own initiative, which was legally and diplomatically on shaky grounds, they stated – on the letter head of the Swiss Embassy in Budapest and carrying its stamp (but no signature) – that the bearer stands under the protection of the Swiss Confederation for a later departure for Palestine. These personalized Letters of Protection were carried by its bearers and presented in case of controls and raids. In such situations this document was of live saving importance. The Swiss Letter of Protection was later copied by other countries and individuals and became immediately some of the most desired documents in the Hungarian capital, a straw to cling to for survival. Nowadays these documents are rare to find.
Each person was registered twice, in the above Letter of Protection and then in this Collective Passport – an invention by Lutz for which he will later reprimanded by his superiors in Bern. Collective passports are thick binders, each containing the personal information and photos of one thousand persons. When eight of this binders are full and thus the number of 8000, as agreed upon with the Nazis, is reached, Lutz and his co-workers simply start over with another binder number 1. Two Collective Passports are in the Swiss Federal Archive.
From 1942 onward, Lutz and his staff, about 20 strong, issued 300 to 400 protective passports to US and British citizens, both Jews and non-Jews, and subsequently distributed 1000 such papers to Yugoslav citizens. Very rare to find nowadays!
Comment: Researching this topic for 15+ years I never saw a protective passport issued to Yugoslav citizen myself, but I had/have 2-3 of US and British citizens.
Thank you for your expert opinion and superb feedback! – I can hardly wait to read this book!
of my stepfather Carl Lutz. I am very grateful you made this publication!


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These certainly well made enough, sturdy material and strong but still reasonably need stitching. Cosmetically the only slight downside is a little fraying on the edges of the velcro - pull off the lose threads and that is soon sorted.
The dimensions given in the description are incorrect - the length of this bag is actually a little over 210mm with the flap closed. This is a good thing in that it allows devices to be inserted that otherwise wouldn't fit - my Aspire PockeX goes in with length to spare for example. A Kangertech Evod Mega goes in whole too (no need to remove the tank from the battery), but after allowing additional length for the plug in the bag that's about your limit in terms of length. Both are relatively fat units and when the bag is new they will need a little persuading to go in, since it is initially a snug fit. However, after a few uses the material soon "remembers" the shape it has to adopt to accommodate them and that passes.
No, I've never had any issues with exploding or igniting batteries, but for the price of this it is a no brainer simply for that additional piece of mind. I've just bought another couple for this very reason - I've had one on at my bedside where I usually charge, but decided I want additional bags for when charging at my desk at work for example. For £3 why not?
For the price, was surprised at how well made this product is. Hopefully my battery wont ever catch fire to know if it actually works but its definitely given me peace of mind and i use it all the time now.
This is an excellent product. I have recommended this to all my family and friends who use the ecigs. I use the charging bag all the time now, as a safety precaution. Well worth it for peace of mind.
I read comments about the usefulness of this product and realised what a good idea it was so decided to buy one. Anytime I need to charge my battery whilst being either away from the house or, indeed, overnight, I use the Lipo Guard Safety Changing Bag and can relax in the knowlege that my product and property is protected against any problems related to charging, heat, fire etc. Excellent product.


Breaking news and multimedia about Major League Baseball.
Former All-Stars teamed with cricket standouts for a home run derby in Hyde Park in an effort to pave the way for major league games in Britain.
Who Gets to Call the Game?
You don't need to be a former player — or a particular gender — to analyze baseball.
Baseball's Too Slow. Here's How You Fix It.
The average game last season took three hours. We invited our reporters and readers to propose solutions. Some of them took the assignment seriously.
Omar Minaya, the former Mets general manager, sees parallels between elite baseball and basketball talent development, and baseball's continuing loss of that talent.
Some statistical feats have gone the way of flannel uniforms. A look at a game in transition.
In the crowds and on the field, there's plenty of flair in the W.B.C. At M.L.B. games, by contrast, the atmosphere has a manufactured feel.
Only four aspiring major leaguers attended the M.L.B. draft, but a few considered it a platform to attract more African-American players to the sport.
The Japanese, meticulous in their approach to baseball, recycling and reuse, have figured out how to make good use of splintered bats.
The sport celebrates Robinson every year, but with few blacks and Latinos in management, it has resisted the changes he hoped for.


Dan: "Look pensive." So, now do I need a thought to match? Maybe not, but you know me. I've totally got one. What if we stopped competing with each other and started competing with ourselves? Instead of having her abs, or her success, what if we focused on being the best version of ourselves, no matter what that looked like? I KNOW women who are smarter. I KNOW women who are in better shape. I KNOW women who thrive in areas that I don't. And THESE are the women I surround myself with because if you're the smartest, most dedicated, most successful lady in the room... You're absolutely in the wrong room. Bring your strengths, learn from others, and be open to change, and THAT'S when your superpower will shine, and THAT'S when you'll thrive. Being exceptional is different than being perfect.
—> 8 years and three classes later. We have tackled IA, IO, and IW together. Never did I think she and I would become such amazing friends but I couldn't do life without her. Thanks for being one of my bests and always being along for the ride with my crazy ideas. Love youuuuuu Steen.


The new "Associate Membership Plan" from Exclusive Resorts provides 10 nights of usage.
This plan has "Introductory pricing" until 31 December 2007 and also suggests significant discounts may be available through 1 December 2007. The current pricing together with a comparison to Exclusives 15 day Affiliate plan is shown in the table below.
The plan has an initial membership fee of $129,000, which is 80% refundable and annual dues of $12,900. The effective cost per night is in the range $1,900 to $2,500 depending on how you prefer to make the calculation (see our earlier cost per night article for discussions).
Several of the clubs offer 14 or 15 night membership plans, which we compared earlier this year. This new plan from Exclusive mirrors the structure of some of these other plans, in that the membership plans with smaller numbers of days typically offer a shorter booking window for both Advanced Reservations and Space Available Reservations. This new "Associate" plan from Exclusive also has no access during holiday times, so for instance you couldn't book a vacation over New Years, even in a space available (short term) window.
The cost per night for these plans are also higher than for plans with more nights. Having said all that, they can make a lot of sense for folks who don't travel a lot, or who want to try out a club. If you join on one of these plans ask about the options for future upgrades to a plan with a larger number of nights - your travel plans may vary down the road and it's good to know what your options are up front.


Established in the year 2006 we, Lovely Interior Services, are counted among one of the enviable organizations, which is engaged in manufacturing and trading a commendable range of Floor Carpet, Window Blinds, Decorative Films, False Ceiling, PVC Flooring and many more.. The range offered by us is demanded in the market for their features like alluring appearance, sophisticated design, fine finish, high tearing strength, lightweight and durability. To manufacture these products, we make use of modern tools and machines, which are installed at our vast infrastructure facility. Before final dispatch, these products undergo various quality checks to ensure flawlessness. In addition, these products are delivered on-time at the customers' premises to ensure maximum client approval. We are also Service Provider of Aluminium Fabrication Services.


Continuity corrections have historically been used to make adjustments to the p-value when a continuous distribution approximates a discrete distribution. Yates correction for the Pearson chi-square (X2) test is probably the most well-known continuity correction. In some cases, the continuity correction may adjust the p-value too far, and the test then becomes overly conservative.
Modern computing power makes such corrections unnecessary, as exact tests that use the discrete distributions are available for moderate and in many cases even large sample sizes. Hirji (Hirji 2005) , states "An applied statistician today, in our view, may regard such corrections as interesting historical curiosities."


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Now I have to search for Elapsed from this text file. If Elapsed is present print something, and if it is not present print some other quote.
What i have tried is:

for line in inputFile:
    if 'Elapsed' in line:
        print 'Present'
    if 'Elapsed' not in line:
        print 'Not present'

But this gives not present for nearly all the lines except for the one in which the required string is present.
Is there any way by which I can check for presence and absence and print only once??

A: If you want the check to be performed for the entire file and not line by line you can do it like this:
lines_in_file = open(inputFile).readlines()
test = 'Present' if any('Elapsed' in line for line in lines_in_file) else 'Not present'
print(test)

You can read more about any here. Also note that any is lazy meaning that it does not have to go through the whole lines_in_file container. It will exit as soon as its predicate ('Elapsed' in line in this case) evaluates to True.

A: When you loop through the file line by line, the following statements will be executed for every line. What you want is some code that can basically say
if "Elapsed" in file:
    print("Present")
else:
    print("Not present")

Since in python the read() function reads in the file as a literal string, new line characters and all, you can implement this code as the following:
file = open("filepath.txt") #this is your file's path
text = file.read()
if "Elapsed" in text:
    print("Present")
else:
    print("Not present")

This saves you the trouble of looping over the file.

A: Did you know that loops can have an else clause?
for line in inputFile:
    if 'Elapsed' in line:
        print 'Present'
        break
else:
    print 'Not present'

This will let you know if Elapsed appears at least once in your file, which is what i understand you want to achieve
The else clause will only be called if the loop is allowed to complete, that is if "Elapsed" isn't in your file

A: This should work:
present = False
    for line in inputFile:
        if 'Elapsed' in line:
            present = True
            break
if present:
    print 'Present'
else:
    print 'Not present'

A: Unless the file is very long, you can just read the entire file content into a string and test it.
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> 'Elapsed' in Path('filename.txt').read_text()
True

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Einar Englund voltooide zijn enige Vioolconcert in 1981.

De opdracht voor dit werk kwam van de Vereniging van Finse Symfonieorkesten (Suomen sinfoniaorkesterit ry). Daarin zijn niet alleen de grote symfonieorkesten vertegenwoordigd, maar ook de kleinere, die niet altijd een volledige symfonische bezetting tot hun beschikking hebben. Dat had bijvoorbeeld tot gevolg dat een harp ontbreekt in de orkestratie. Lang niet elk Fins orkest had een dergelijk muziekinstrument in haar instrumentarium. Door te schrijven voor de vereniging was wel een aantal uitvoeringen gegarandeerd. Het eerste orkest dat zich aan het werk mocht laven was het Tampere Filharmonia onder leiding van Paavo Rautio met als solist Kaija Saarikettu.

Englund kwam voor een concerto uit 1981 met een lyrisch en melodisch vioolconcert. Ook is de indeling gelijk aan een klassiek concerto (snel-langzaam-snel):
 Allegro molto moderato
 Adagio ma non troppo
 Allegro giocoso
Het geheel is gebouwd rond een vijfnotencyclus Gis, Fis, G, D en E. Englund liet zich voor dit concert inspireren door de natuur op Gotland, waar hij aan deze compositie werkte. In het werk is de muzikale invloed van Dmitri Sjostakovitsj hoorbaar, zoals in meerdere werken van Englund.

Orkestratie:
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2 hoorns
pauken
violen, altviolen, celli, contrabassen

 Englund
Compositie voltooid in 1981

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McDonnell won't disavow Robertson's Islam remarks
CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
CEDAR CREEK, Texas (CNN) - Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell on Wednesday would not disavow Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson's recent claim that Islam is not a religion, but "a violent political system."
McDonnell, though, stressed that he reached out to Muslims and visited mosques in Virginia throughout the governor's race and will continue to do so when he takes office in January.
Muslim groups have called on McDonnell to condemn the remark because Robertson is a longtime political benefactor of the Republican, who won a blowout victory in this year's closely-watched gubernatorial election.
McDonnell attended law school at CBN University (now Regent University), founded by Robertson, and has accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the televangelist along with appearing on his show, "The 700 Club."
"I've got probably 15,000 donors to the campaign and I can't stand and defend or support every comment that any donor might make," McDonnell said in response to a question from CNN at the Republican Governors Association annual meeting near Austin. "I think people are entitled under the First Amendment to express whatever opinions that they may have, but I can only say that as governor of Virginia, I intend to have an inclusive administration where we bring people across the political and religious system to help us govern."
Robertson made the comments on his show on November 9 after the shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas. The suspected gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, is a Muslim who was critical of U.S. military activity in Iraq and Afghanistan
"Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system," Robertson said. "It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim."
When asked if he believes Islam is "a violent political system," McDonnell said no, but he did not condemn Robertson.
"I think that there are people in various religions that do some violent things and they should be judged according to their acts," he explained. "But I have believed that there are people of all the great religions, that can be enormously helpful in our multicultural Virginia to help them to benefit us in the state."
Filed under: Bob McDonnell • Extra • Pat Robertson
Michael Chefalo
This is the type of attitude that enrages people and creates the atmosphere enabling radicals to get traction in communities. Evidently, the hatred from the Holy Wars of centuries ago is still kept alive in the name of religion...
November 19, 2009 08:22 am at 8:22 am |
Kevin in Ohio
ENOUGH with the Political Correctness! It has just cost us 13 lives. The TRUTH is that Islam is NOT a Religion....it is a Cult just like Naziism. There. I'm not "PC", but I'm not afraid to verbalize the truth.
Maybe Mr. McDonnell should refresh his memory on the history of the organized Christian church (see Spanish Inquisition, Venetian Inquisiton, Salem Witch Trials, etc.) and he'll see that the same definition could be applied to Christianity.
S.B. Stein E.B. NJ
McDonnell did as best as he could with moving farther from Robertson's statement. McDonnell has to keep Robertson and his group happy so that he doesn't lose their support. If he angered them, he could find much of his support gone despite their shared agenda.
No surprise. McDonnell and Robertson are both racists. Why should they try to cover it up?
George W Bush = Worst President Ever
McDonnell won't disavow his own writings, why would anyone expect him to disavow divisiveness and hate?
Yet, the same people hled then Sen. Obama to different standard regarding Rev. Wright (I am not condoning Rev. Wright's actions). Robertson has insulted Americans who are of the Muslim faith. There are fantics and extremists in every relegion. Some of these fantics have taken violent actions in their beliefs. It is not isolated to Muslims.
muslims deserve it
and will continue to deserve it until they can police themselves
VA took a major step back in electing this man ... so not a surprise when he chooses not to denounce the statements made by someone who also has no clue.
Obama = WORST president EVER
I guess if it's good enough for Obama and Rev. Wright....
A lot of people are being reminded of what republican leadership really means.
newbit
To some extent, I think politicians should be able to distance themselves from those who donate to their campaign (even their religious leaders) without explicitly condemning them. I can't help but think, though, that if Pat Robertson were Jeremiah Wright, this would be an entirely different story.
Having a Thm Degree myself...I've got to tell you...Pat Robertson's political and theological opinions are essentially meaningless. Islam is not a religion? Not only wrong, but absurb. It appears Mr. McDonnell is too busy worshiping at the church of the almighty dollar–hence he won't make waves with Mr. Robertson.
Soporifix
Asking a politician to "condemn" the remarks of a major contributor, no matter how stupid or bigoted those remarks might be, is like asking a pig to bite the farmer who's feeding it slop.
maurice estevez
Unfortunately the Rev. Robertson is one of those people that cater and pander to those hateful, violent and intolerant fringe of socitey. It's also unfortunate that Gov elelct Mc Donnell wouldn't say this and refuse futher funding from these types of groups.
MissyW
Islam is as much a religion as any other. And in its true form is based on purity and love like any other. However, like any other, it can be taken and twisted to a point of barely being recognizable by some of its "followers" who then commit atrocities in the name of religion. This has been done for centuries by every religion in varying degrees.
Its nothing new.
Mark G OH
Well, if Governor-elect McDonnell and Mr. Robertson feel so strongly that Islam is not an actual religion but "a violent political system", then the Christian right led by Mr. Robertson should be considered America's Al-qaeda since it is just as dangerous to the fabric of society, and just as heavy involved in the political system albeit as non-profits.
Ed Tallahassee
Robertson was over the line, and McDonnell has no control over what his contributors say, but I think that McDonnell should have at least tried a little hard to distance himself from the comments.
Everyone knows Robertson is a crack-pot who can't help but make outrageous and ill-informed remarks every so often. But McDonnel's very apparent duplicity evidences a not unexpected quantity of hypocrisy in the GOP soul.
Suck up the Muslim community when you think you need their help in your political fight, and then sit on your hands when they are condemned in some ill-informed global generalization? Isn't it just so typical of the Repugnants? We have seen this movie before!
Matt in DC
One again, it proves that Virginians will regret their decision of having elected this fundamentalist to office. It's dissapointing that minorities and young people (those who have the most to lose with his win) did not show up at the voting booths. VA will be back in the stone age in no time with McDonnell as gov (the true American Taliban), and Robertson will be pulling the strings. Watch how Robertson causes get priority and all the sweet deals. Besides, Robertson calling another religion a "violent political system"?? What do you think your version of Christinaity is Mr Robertson? Not exactly peace and love. Both are wrong and Americans should reject and change both systems.
Frozone
Wow a bigoted Republican. What next? A cold day in Alaska?
Rick Charles
I don't care what the liberal media thinks. We are already in a crusade against the muslins. The Vir gov is just giving actions to what we already know. Fundamentalists unite ! against democrats and the rest of the world. I am disappointed that Sara didn't agree w Pat as well.
Another half-truth title for the ticker....
Yes McDonnell didn't disavow Robertson's remarks, but he did say the remarks are not consistent with how he plans to run Virginia's government. Until McDonnell *acts* differently, this is a tempest in a teapot.
If politicians where responsible for every statement made by crackpot their donors, then *all* politicians would be disqualified for public office. I don't think this is McDonnell's problem, just as I don't think Rev. Wright is Obama's problem.
A conservative wignut for a govenor – congrats Virginia!
Don't worry, be happy, he can't be as bad as a Pat Robertson – oops!
Spoke too soon
It should be fairly obvious though, that followers of Islam tend to be more violent and less diplomatic in their political differences with peaceful societies. Ignorance breeds discontent and discontent breeds violence.


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Gerhard Fittkau (* 11. Mai 1912 in Tollnigk, Kreis Heilsberg (Ermland); † 6. März 2004 in Essen-Werden) war ein deutscher katholischer Theologe, Dogmatiker, Buchautor und Publizist.

Jugend und Bildung
Gerhard Fittkau war der älteste Sohn des Dorflehrers Hugo Fittkau und hatte sieben Geschwister; ein jüngerer Brüder war Ernst Josef Fittkau (1927–2012). Er besuchte das Progymnasium in Rößel, absolvierte das Abitur mit der besten Note und studierte Christliche Theologie und Philosophie im Pontificium Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum de Urbe in Rom, an der Universität Innsbruck, der Universität in Freiburg im Üechtland (Schweiz) und am Lyceum Hosianum in Braunsberg. Während des Studiums in Innsbruck wurde er im Jahr 1930 Mitglied im Verband der Wissenschaftlichen Katholischen Studentenvereine Unitas. Er war Ende 1933 in einer Heilanstalt in Arosa (Schweiz). Die Priesterweihe empfing er im März 1937 durch den Bischof von Ermland Maximilian Kaller in Frauenburg. Er betreute als Spiritual im Jahr 1939 das Karmelitinnenkloster in Pawelwitz-Wendelborn (heute Wrocław-Pawłowice) bei Breslau. Im Jahr 1944 absolvierte er ein Zusatzstudium in Breslau und promovierte an der Universität Breslau zum Doctor theologiae mit der Dissertation Der Begriff des Mysteriums bei Johannes Chrysostomos. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Begriff Kultmysteriums in der Lehre des Odo Casels. Neben Deutsch, Kirchenlatein und Griechisch lernte er auch Französisch und Englisch.

Leben und Wirken
Zuerst wirkte er als Bischofssekretär des Bischofs von Ermland Maximilian Kaller in Allenstein. Er wurde von der Gestapo in Frauenburg verhört und ihm wurde wegen der Veröffentlichung und Vervielfältigung von Hirtenbriefen die Schreibmaschine konfisziert. Nach mehreren Verhören durch die Gestapo in Königsberg wurde er aus dem Ermland als Staatsfeind ausgewiesen. Er fand 1939 Zuflucht im Karmelitinnenkloster in Pawelwitz-Wandelborn bei Breslau und war dort als Hausgeistlicher tätig.

Am 8. September 1944 wurde er zum Pfarrer der Mariä Geburt-Kirchengemeinde in Süßenberg (heute Jarandowo) im Kreis Heilsberg bestellt. Nach dem Rückzug der Wehrmacht kam am 3. Februar 1945 die Rote Armee, dann die NKWD-Miliz in das Dorf.

Verschleppung 1945
Als Folge der Ostpreußischen Offensive wurde Ermland im Frühjahr 1945 von der Roten Armee eingenommen und in Süßenberg eine Kommandantur eingeführt. Gerhard Fittkau wurde mit anderen Gefangenen registriert, für zwei Wochen in den Kellern in Heilsberg eingesperrt und von NKWD-Kommissaren verhört. Einige Tage später wurden sie auf Lastwagen verladen und in das Strafgefängnis in Bartenstein transportiert, danach in das Gebäude der Strafanstalt in Insterburg.

Am 6. März 1945 ging es mit der Eisenbahn in einem Viehwaggon gen Osten durch Wilna, Minsk, Smolensk, Moskau, Gorki, Kotlas in einen Gulag Kolonne sieben an den Flüssen Ischma und Petschora in der Taiga. Mit der Erlaubnis des Politruks Hellwig und mit dem mitgenommenen Schott (Messbuch) organisierte Gerhard Fittkau am 1. April 1945 eine Osterandacht für die Verschleppten in der Lagerbaracke.

Am 25. Mai 1945 wurde er in das Genesungslager Workuta hinter dem nördlichen Polarkreis verlegt. Der Pellagra und Entkräftigung wegen wurde er Mitte August 1945 aus dem Lager Workuta entlassen. Mit einem Güterzug durch die Ischmabrücke, Kotlas, Gorki, Moskau, Orscha, Minsk, Brest und den Süden der Volksrepublik Polen kam er nach 28 Tagen in Frankfurt an der Oder in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone an.

Deutschland 1945–1948
Am 24. September 1945 ging es weiter nach Berlin-Köpenick in das Gertraudenhospital (Berlin) der ermländischen Katharinenschwestern. Seine Deportation, Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen 1944–1945 schrieb er, als Zeitzeuge, in dem autobiografischen Buch Mein 33. Jahr nieder. Das Buch erschien zuerst in fünf Auflagen in New York und wurde weltweit in zwölf Sprachen übersetzt und vielmals aufgelegt.

Am 7. Oktober 1945 stellte ihm der Kaplan Wolski den Brief seiner Mutter zu, die mit ihrem Ehemann nach der Flucht aus Ermland im Osnabrücker Land ankam. Einige Wochen später setzte er sich nachts auf einen leeren Kohlenzug, der in die Britische Besatzungszone rollte und begegnete seinen Eltern und Bischof Maximilian Kaller, dessen letzter Sekretär er seit Mitte 1946 und gleichzeitig Mitarbeiter im Päpstlichen Sonderamt für heimatvertriebene Deutsche wurde. Nach dem Tod Bischofs Kaller am 7. Juli 1947 in Frankfurt am Main verblieb Gerhard Fittkau in seiner Wohnung, um die notwendigen Nachlassangelegenheiten zu regeln. Anschließend übernahm er die Betreuung der Landsleute aus Ermland besonders der Mitglieder der Süßenberger Mariä-Geburt-Kirchengemeinde.

Im Herbst 1948 wurde er Generalsekretär des Bonifatiuswerks in Paderborn und im Februar 1949 reiste er als Direktor der American St. Boniface Society nach New York aus. Von dort aus organisierte er eine umfassende Diasporahilfe.

Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Im Jahr 1953 wurde Gerhard Fittkau von Papst Pius XII. zum Päpstlichen Geheimkämmerer und im Jahr 1956 zum Päpstlichen Hausprälaten ernannt. Am 28. Dezember 1956 ernannte ihn der Kapitularvikar Arthur Kather zum Diözesankonsultor und zum Konsistorialrat mit dem Titel Domherr.

1960 kehrte er aus den Vereinigten Staaten zurück und siedelte sich im Bistum Essen an. Bischof Franz Hengsbach ernannte ihn 1961 zum Synodalexaminator und 1962 zum Professor für Dogmatik am neugegründeten Priesterseminar in Essen-Werden. Die Entpflichtung erfolgte zum 31. Oktober 1983. Im Jahr 1961 war Fittkau eines der Gründungsmitglieder des Rundfunkrats des Kurzwellensenders Deutsche Welle in Köln. Während des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils 1962–1965 in Rom war er als Leiter und Sprecher der deutschen Presseabteilung des Konzilpresseamtes im Einsatz.

In der Zeit 17. Juli bis 2. August 1976 unternahm Fittkau eine Reise in die Volksrepublik Polen, um mit der dortigen Bistumsverwaltung in Olsztyn, Warmia eine dauerhafte Verbindung aufzunehmen. Papst Johannes Paul II. ernannte ihn im Jahr 1982 zum Apostolischen Protonotar. Der polnische Erzbischof Edmund Piszcz berief Gerhard Fittkau am Pfingstfest 1989 als ersten deutschen Geistlichen zum Ehrendomherren an der polnischen Kathedrale Mariä Himmelfahrt und St. Andreas des Erzbistums Warmia in Frombork. Als Papst Johannes Paul II. im Sommer 1991 nach Olsztyn zu Besuch kam, war Fittkau als einer der Konzelebranten bei der feierlichen Papstmesse am 6. Juni dabei.
Er lebte bis zum Lebensende in Essen-Werden.

Schriften (Auswahl)

Monographien
 Der Begriff des Mysteriums bei Johannes Chrysostomos. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Begriff des "Kultmysteriums" in der Lehre Odo Casels. (Promotionsschrift Breslau 1944). Peter Hanstein Verlag, Bonn 1953.
 Mein 33. Jahr. Kösel-Verlag, München 1957. (Zweite Auflage).
 My thirty-third year – A priest's experience in a Russian work camp. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York 1958.
 Mein dreiunddreißigstes Jahr. Wort und Werk, Köln-Müngersdorf 1978, ISBN 3-8050-0067-7.
 Il mio trentatreesimo anno. Rizzoli, Milano 1959.
 A decima quinta estação. Ed. Vozes, Petrópolis 1962.
 A mis trienta y tres años. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona 1963.
 Mój trzydziesty trzeci rok życia. Warmińskie Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne, Olsztyn 1994, ISBN 83-86-503-08-4.
 Moj trydcat'tretij god. Svitovyd, Kiev 1994.
 Mij trydcjat'tretij rik. Volhyns'ka Oblasna Drukarija, Luc'k 2008.
 mit Egon von Petersdorff: Daemonen am Werk. Christiana-Verlag, Stein am Rhein 1982, ISBN 3-7171-0816-6.
 mit Aloysius Lemke (Hrsg.): Die Süßenberger Kirmes. 8. September Mariä Geburt anläßlich des 80. Geburtstags unseres Heimatpfarrers Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fittkau am 11. Mai 1992. Selbstverlag Lemke-Poschmann-Werr, Kevelaer 1992.
 mit Irmgard Fides Behrendt, Hermann Multhaupt: Zerrissen ist das Netz … und wir sind frei. Tänzerin in Ostpreußen – Ordensfrau in Brasilien. Bonifatius Druck Buch Verlag, Paderborn 1995, ISBN 3-87088-863-6.
 mit Bernhard Poschmann: Die Lehre von der Kirche, geschichtlich beleuchtet und dogmatisch dargelegt. Schmitt, Siegburg 2000, ISBN 3-87710-251-4.

Aufsätze
 Bericht über die Amtsführung des verstorbenen päpstlichen Sonderbeauftragten Maximilian Kaller, Bischof von Ermland, über seine Wünsche an die Fuldaer Bischofskonferenz 1947. Brief vom 10. August 1947 an den Kardinal Joseph Frings.
 Excelsa fidelitas. Zum Gedächtnis des Diaspora-Bischofs Maximilian Kaller. Priester-Jahrheft des Bonifatiusvereins 1948, Paderborn 1948, S. 19–23.
 Zehn Jahre Katholische Aktion im Bistum Ermland 1929–1939. Ein Bericht aus dem Jahre 1939 von Gerhard Fittkau. Zeitschrift für die Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ermlands (ZGAE), Band 33, Münster 1969, S. 219–302.
 Noch einmal: Feldbischof Franz Justus Rarkowski. In: Kirchenzeitung für das Bistum Aachen. 2. Februar 1969, Nr. 5, 12/13.
 Zwei kritische Berichte über die 4. Plenarversammlung des "Pastoralkonzils der niederländischen Kirchenprovinz" in Noordwijkerhout vom 9.–12. April 1969. Für die Übersetzung aus dem Niederländischen, die Anmerkungen und für die Herausgabe verantwortlich: Gerhard Fittkau, Essen-Werden 1969. In: Hubert van Dijk: Schein und Wirklichkeit.
 Stellungnahme junger Ordenleute. Zur Vorlage "Die Religiosen" der 5. Plenarversammlung des niederländischen Pastoralkonzils in Noordwijkerhout (4.–7. Januar 1970). Tiergarten 21, 1970.
 Eine üble Sache. Stellungnahme von Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fittkau zu dem "Kommentar des Bisdom Roermond vom 5. Oktober 1971 zu seinem Artikel "Die Neue Kirche" in der Sicht eines holländischen Bischofskandidaten, erschienen in der Beilage "Theologisches" der "Offertenzeitung für die katholische Geistlichkeit". Abensberg, Sept. 1971, S. 263–265.
 Kaller, Maximilian. In: Erwin Gatz (Hrsg.): Die Bischöfe der deutschsprachigen Länder 1785/1803 bis 1945. Ein biographisches Lexikon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4, S. 357–361.
 Verschleppung nach Rußland. In Herbert Reinoß (Hrsg.): Letzte Tage in Ostpreußen. Erinnerungen an Flucht und Vertreibung. Langen Müller Verlag, München 1986, ISBN 3-7844-1996-8, S. 277–279.

Literatur

 Alfred Penkert: Ermland in der Zerstreuung. Bischof-Maximilian-Kaller-Stiftung e. V., Münster 2000, S. 16–170.
 Der Fels, 35 (4/2004), S. 124. (PDF; 475 kB).
 Alfred Penkert: Höhere Mächte haben entschieden. Lit Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1227-0, S. 29.
 Gerhard Fittkau: Mein 33. Jahr. Erinnerungen eines ostpreußischen Pfarrers. Meinen Pfarrkindern in Süßenberg und meinen Landsleuten aus dem Ermland. Josef Kral Verlag, Abensberg 2003, ISBN 3-931491-02-1.

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Einzelnachweise

Dogmatiker
Römisch-katholischer Theologe (20. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Geistlicher (20. Jahrhundert)
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes 1. Klasse
Absolvent der Universität Breslau
Päpstlicher Geheimkämmerer
Person (Deutsche Welle)
Domherr (Frauenburg)
Autor
Korporierter im UV
Häftling im Gulag
Person (Ermland)
Person des Christentums (Essen)
Deutscher
Geboren 1912
Gestorben 2004
Mann