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Tom Sizemore in 2010
Thomas Edward Sizemore, Jr.
(1961-11-29) November 29, 1961 (age 57)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Actor, producer
Maeve Quinlan
(m. 1996; div. 1999)
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (born November 29, 1961)[1] is an American film and television actor and producer. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Red Planet (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), and for voicing Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He also played Anthony Sinclair in the revival television series Twin Peaks (2017).
3.1 Child sexual abuse allegations
3.2 Substance abuse and legal problems
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
4.3 Video games
Early life and education[edit]
Sizemore was born in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Judith (née Schannault), was a member of the city of Detroit ombudsman staff, and his father, Thomas Edward Sizemore, Sr., was a lawyer and philosophy professor. He was raised Roman Catholic.[2][3]
Sizemore has stated that his maternal grandfather was of French and Native American ancestry.[4] He attended Michigan State University for one year, as well as Wayne State University. Sizemore earned a master's degree in theatre from Temple University in 1986.[citation needed] He subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.[citation needed]
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One of Sizemore's earliest film appearances was in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Other early roles included Lock Up (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Point Break (1991), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Strange Days (1995). Sizemore starred in the independent drama film Love Is Like That (1993) with actress and model Pamela Gidley and had a supporting role in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp (1994) as Bat Masterson. For his performance in Heart and Souls (1993), he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.[5]
A succession of well-received supporting parts followed, notably including his portrayal of Michael Cheritto in the heist film Heat (1995). Sizemore's first major leading role was as Vincent D'Agosta in The Relic (1997). Sizemore had a recurring role on the television series China Beach (1988-1991) as an enlisted man named Vinnie who was in love with Dana Delany's character. Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in many films, notably Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Bringing Out the Dead (1999) and Witness Protection (1999). Saving Private Ryan (1998) has proven to be his most commercially successful project to date, bringing in $217,000,000 at the box office.[6]
In the early 2000s, Sizemore appeared in actions films such as Pearl Harbor (2001), starring Ben Affleck, and Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001). He had a voice role as Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Sizemore starred in Ticker (2001), an action film directed by Albert Pyun, with Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper. He also starred in the well-reviewed but short-lived television drama series Robbery Homicide Division (2001); it was cancelled midway through its first season. He appeared prominently in the Mel Gibson-produced Paparazzi (2004) and played an undercover cop in Swindle (2006), opposite Sherilyn Fenn.
That same year, he starred in The Genius Club (2006), playing a terrorist who taunts seven geniuses into solving the world's problems in one night. He went on to a leading role in the action/thriller film Splinter (2006) with Edward James Olmos. The next year, television network VH1 aired a six-episode reality TV series called Shooting Sizemore (2007), depicting the actor's life as he struggled to regain his career in the midst of battling long-standing addictions to methamphetamine and heroin.[7] The series also covered an ongoing legal appeal of his conviction for an assault of former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.[8] In the same year, the actor starred in the Indie drama film Oranges (2007) with Tom Arnold and Jill Hennessy, which was directed by Syrian director and producer Joseph Merhi.
Sizemore performed in two films that screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Red (2008) and American Son (2008). He was highly prolific that year, starring in The Last Lullaby (2008), The Flyboys (2008) with Stephen Baldwin, action film Stiletto (2008) with Tom Berenger and Michael Biehn, drama film Toxic (2008) with Costas Mandylor, and the Canadian drama A Broken Life (2008) with Ving Rhames.
He went on to appear in five episodes of the television series Crash (2008–2009) with Dennis Hopper and the comedy film Super Capers (2009). Sizemore starred in the indie horror film Murder 101 (2014) and co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio in the comedy-drama film Chlorine (2013).[9] Sizemore starred alongside martial arts actor Mark Dacascos in the action movie Shadows in Paradise (2010), followed by an appearance as a trucker in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Sizemore appeared alongside the Insane Clown Posse in the comedy film Big Money Rustlas (2010) and the drama 513 with Michael Madsen. Sizemore has roles in the films Suing the Devil (2011) and White Knight (2011), as well as the adventure film The Age of Reason (2014). He saw a career resurgence when he was cast as a series regular in the USA Network action program Shooter (2016–), starring Ryan Phillippe. He went on to receive positive notices for the drama thriller Calico Skies (2016).[10][11] In 2017, he appeared as insurance agent Anthony Sinclair in David Lynch's revival miniseries Twin Peaks,[12] and portrayed FBI Agent Bill Sullivan in the drama film Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House.[13]
Sizemore fronted the Hollywood rock band Day 8. Formed in 2002, the band recorded a four-song EP produced and recorded by Bradley Dujmovic and former Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mike Doling. Originally called "The Bystanders", the group included guitarist and co-writer Rod Castro, Alan Muffterson, Tyrone Tomke and Michael Taylor.[citation needed]
Sizemore married actress Maeve Quinlan in 1996, but divorced in 1999 because of issues associated with his drug problems. In 2010, Sizemore appeared as a patient/castmember on VH1's third season of Celebrity Rehab.[14]
In July 2005, Sizemore became a father when Janelle McIntire gave birth to twins.[15] On October 19, 2005, Vivid Entertainment released The Tom Sizemore Sex Scandal, a sex tape featuring Sizemore and multiple women.[16] In the video, Sizemore claimed to have had sex with Paris Hilton, an allegation that she later denied, claiming it was a ploy by Sizemore to increase sales.[17]
Child sexual abuse allegations[edit]
In November 2017, it was revealed by The Hollywood Reporter that Sizemore had been kicked off the set of the film Born Killers in 2003 for allegedly sexually molesting an 11-year-old actress when the film was in production near Salt Lake City, Utah.[18] Sizemore denied any wrongdoing, and was allowed back on the film set after the Salt Lake County prosecutor's office decided against going forward with the case "due to witness and evidence problems."[19] In May 2018, the now 26-year-old actress filed a lawsuit against Sizemore, claiming that his alleged abuse caused longstanding emotional problems and seeking at least $3 million. A statement from Sizemore's publicist again denied the abuse, noting that nothing amiss was reported by a Born Killers staff member whose duty was supervising child actors on set.[20]
Substance abuse and legal problems[edit]
Sizemore, who has battled drug addiction since he was 15,[21] was convicted in 2003 of assault and battery against his girlfriend, the former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss.[22] Sizemore was then sentenced to seven months in jail and four months in drug treatment for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation on March 25, 2005.[23] Sizemore was caught attempting to fake the urine test using a Whizzinator.[24][25][26] Fleiss' restraining order against him had lapsed by the time they appeared together in the third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010.[27]
On May 8, 2007, while still on probation for a previous drug conviction, Sizemore was arrested outside the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Bakersfield, California for possession of methamphetamine.[28]
In 2013, Sizemore appeared on an episode of the talk show Dr. Phil, titled "Explosive Relationships", where he discussed his rise to stardom and the subsequent fallout after his years of struggling with substance abuse and run ins with law enforcement, as well as his relationship with Heidi Fleiss. Season 11 Episode 138 aired on April 18th 2013. [29]
In early 2014, a recording emerged of Sizemore alleging that former girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley had an affair with Bill Clinton in 1998.[30] Under threat of legal action, Sizemore admitted that the allegation was false. He elaborated that the recording was made without his knowledge during a time when he was battling substance abuse.[31]
Sizemore had been approached to appear in the first season of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, but declined. He met with Drew Pinsky about appearing in the second season, sitting in Pinsky's office for two hours, as Pinsky recounted, "sweating and completely high on drugs, talking a million miles an hour, acting like he was going to do it then deciding he didn't want to." Sizemore ultimately decided to appear in the show's third season, but did not appear in the season premiere. Because Heidi Fleiss was also in treatment on the show that season, both she and Sizemore had to consent to appear together. The season premiered in January 2010, with Sizemore's arrival at the clinic chronicled in the third episode, and his reunion with Fleiss was amicable.[27] By the season's end, Fleiss lashed out at Sizemore at their graduation ceremony, taunting him that "the thought of being with [him] would turn women gay."
In February 2017, Sizemore pleaded no contest to two charges of domestic abuse for assaulting his girlfriend, for which he was sentenced to 36 months summary probation, as well as 30 days of community service, as well as being forced to complete a year-long domestic violence program, to abide by two protective orders associated with the charges, and was also ordered to pay various fees. The deal was made by Sizemore to avoid spending 210 days in jail.[32]
On January 5, 2019, Sizemore was arrested for misdemeanor drug possession of "various illegal narcotics" in Burbank, California.[33]
Filmography[edit]
1989 Lock Up Dallas
Rude Awakening Ian
Penn & Teller Get Killed 2nd Mugger Cameo
Born on the Fourth of July Vet – Villa Dulce
1990 A Matter of Degrees Zeno Stefanos
Blue Steel Wool Cap
1991 Flight of the Intruder Boxman
Guilty by Suspicion Ray Karlin
Point Break DEA Agent Deets Uncredited
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Chance Wilder
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie Eddie Hale
1992 Love Is Like That Lenny
Passenger 57 Sly Delvecchio
1993 Watch It Danny
Heart and Souls Milo Peck Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
True Romance Cody Nicholson
Striking Distance Danny Detillo
1994 Wyatt Earp Bat Masterson
Natural Born Killers Detective Jack Scagnetti
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress DeWitt Albright
Strange Days Max Peltier
Heat Michael Cheritto
1997 The Relic Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta
1998 Saving Private Ryan Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath Online Film Critics Society Award – Best Ensemble Cast Performance
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Drama
Enemy of the State Paulie Pintero Uncredited
1999 The Florentine Teddy
The Match Buffalo
Bringing Out the Dead Tom Wolls
Play It to the Bone Joe Domino
2000 Get Carter Les Fletcher Voice only
Uncredited
Red Planet Dr. Quinn Burchenal
2001 Pearl Harbor Sgt. Earl Sistern
Ticker Detective Ray Nettles
Black Hawk Down Colonel Danny McKnight Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award – Best Acting Ensemble
2002 Swindle Seth George
Welcome to America Zach
Big Trouble Snake Dupree
2003 Dreamcatcher Owen
Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself
2004 Paparazzi Rex Harper
2005 No Rules Kain Diamond
The Nickel Children Freedo
Piggy Banks Dad
2006 Bottom Feeder Vince Stoker
Zyzzyx Road Joey
Ring Around the Rosie Pierce
Shut Up and Shoot! Himself
Splinter Detective Cunningham
The Genius Club Armand
2007 White Air Steve
Furnace Frank Miller
Protecting the King Ronnie
Oranges Burt
2008 A Broken Life Max
American Son Dale
Red Mr. McCormack
The Flyboys Angelo Esposito
The Last Lullaby Price
Stiletto Large Bills
Toxic Van Sant
2009 The Grind Chuck
Commute God
Good God Bad Dog Ezra Mann
Super Capers Roger Cheatem
Corrado Paolo
Double Duty Craig
21 and a Wake-Up Jack Breedlau
2010 Shadows in Paradise Colonel Bunker
Big Money Rustlas Himself Cameo
Chlorine Ernie
513 Glen
2011 Black Gold Detective Brandano
Cross Detective Nitti
Suing the Devil Tony Anzaldo
Cellmates Leroy Lowe
Right Angle Lucky
Morella Father Murray
Cousin Sarah Lloyd
El Cartel de los Sapos DEA Agent Sam Mathews
2012 Slumber Party Slaughter Tom Kingsford Slasher film
2013 Remnants General Vincent Tate
Company of Heroes Lt. Dean Ransom
Five Hour Friends Timothy Bonner
Paranormal Movie Himself
Before I Sleep Rand
2014 Reach Me Frank
SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines Ricks Video
Auteur Himself
Murder 101 FBI Agent Ridley
2015 The Intruders Howard Markby Direct-to-DVD
Laugh Killer Laugh Orphanage Headmaster
Flashes Mark Hume
SWAT: Unit 877 aka 24 hours Damian White Direct-to-DVD
2016 USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage McWhorter
Crossing Point Pedro
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich Master Sergeant O'Malley
Traded Lavoie
2017 Durant's Never Closes Jack Durant
Radical CIA Agent McKitrick
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House FBI Agent Bill Sullivan
Blue Line Detective Broza
The Getter Moe Cadillac
House Rules Detective Jake Dawson
Charlie Charlie Richard Gates
Atomica Zek
2018 The Immortal Wars Bloodshed
2019 Hell Girl Jebidiha
1989 Gideon Oliver Paul Slocum Episode: "Sleep Well, Professor Oliver"
1989–1990 China Beach Sgt. Vinnie Ventresca, The Dog Man 6 episodes
1992 An American Story Jesse Meadows TV movie
1998 Witness to the Mob John Gotti TV movie
1999 Witness Protection Bobby Batton TV movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2002 Sins of the Father Tom Cherry TV movie
Justice League Metamorpho (Voice) 2 episodes
2002–2003 Robbery Homicide Division Lieutenant Sam Cole 13 episodes
2004 Hustle Pete Rose TV movie
2004–2006 Dr. Vegas Vic Moore 6 episodes
2007 Superstorm Katzenberg 3 episodes
2008 CSI: Miami Kurt Rossi Episode: "Down to the Wire"
2008–2009 Crash Detective Adrian Cooper 5 episodes
2009 P Lo's House Himself TV movie
Southland Timmy Davis Episode: "See the Woman"
2010 Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Himself Whole season
Sober House Himself Unknown
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Truck Driver Episode: "The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods"
2011–2012 Hawaii Five-0 Captain Vince Fryer 5 episodes
2012 Exit Strategy Jonathan Marks TV movie
2012–2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lewis Hoda 2 episodes
2014 Dark Haul (aka Monster Truck) Knicks TV movie
2014–2015 The Red Road Jack Kopus 7 episodes
2016 Lucifer Hank Cutter Episode: "Favorite Son"
2016–2017 Shooter Hugh Meachum 6 episodes
2017 Twin Peaks Anthony Sinclair 6 episodes
Video games[edit]
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Sonny Forelli
2006 24: The Game Sid Wilson
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The Public Relations Institute of Ireland has awarded the honour of Life Fellowship to well-known public relations consultant, Nigel Heneghan, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession and the PRII.
Life Fellowship is the highest honour that the PRII can bestow on a member and requires approval at the Institute's Annual General Meeting.
Uniquely, Nigel's father, Pat Heneghan, was also awarded a PRII Life Fellowship in 2005. The ceremony last night was attended by colleagues from Heneghan PR, family members and peers from the profession. The presentation was made by Padraig McKeon, FPRII, President, PRII.
Nigel Heneghan is Managing Director of Heneghan PR which provides strategic communications counsel to leading national and international bodies and is widely recognised as one of the country's foremost corporate communications advisers.
Before joining Heneghan PR in 1990 as a founder director, he worked in London and the Middle East. Nigel is a former president of PRII and a former Chairman of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA). He is a Government-appointed member of Social Innovation Fund Ireland and of the Compliance Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
Nigel served as President of PRII in 1998 and 1999 and his father Pat was president in 1972.
(L to R) Pat and Nigel Heneghan both FPRII (Life).

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c ROUTINE:              instr
c
c DESCRIPTION:          Returns .TRUE. if a command file was specified
c                       on the BLOT command line, indicating
c                       that instructions are to be read from that file.
c                       Returns .FALSE. if no file was specified on the
c                       BLOT command line, indicating
c                       that instructions are to be read interactively.
c
c AUTHOR:               John H. Glick
c                       Sandia-2017 National Laboratories
c                       Division 1511
c
c DATE:                 December 20, 1988
c
c TYPE OF SUBPROGRAM:   logical function
c
c USEAGE:               instr()
c
c PARAMETERS:           none
c
c CALLS:                exname ( SUPES )
c
c GLOBAL VARIABLES REFERENCED:   none
c
c CALLING ROUTINE(S):   getins (BLOT)
c
c SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES:  none
c
c ======================================================================
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c
      logical function instr()

c
c **********************************************************************
c
c        declarations
c
      integer symnum
c          the number of the system command symbol defining if a
c          command file was specified.
      character*12 name
c          string that holds the value of the
c          symbol associated with the symnum
c          = "YES" if a file was specified
c            in the P4 field of the TRINITY
c            command line, indicating that
c            instructions are to be read
c            from that file
c          = "NO" otherwise.
      integer ln
c          length of the string stored in name
c
c **********************************************************************
c
c        data statements
c
      data symnum / 4 /
c **********************************************************************
c **********************************************************************
c

c
c           get symbol from operating system
c
      call exname ( -symnum, name, ln )

c
c           print symbol for debugging purposes
c
c     print *, 'name = ',name,' ln = ',ln
c
      if ( name(1:ln) .eq. 'YES' ) then
         instr = .TRUE.
      else
         instr = .FALSE.
      endif

      return
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"The boquet is fragrant and bursting with fruit notes. It shows clean aromas of apples, pears and citrus, accompanied by hints of wisteria. Crisp, clean and delicate with fine bubbles on the palate. Intense flavors of apples and peaches lead to a pleasant finish with lingering fruit and floral notes. Enjoy Ruffino Prosecco on its own or mix it into a favorite cocktail. It's also delicious served with pizza, fish, shellfish, or white meat dishes."


"A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor."
Gaming (video games in particular) has been my top pastime ever since I can remember, starting out on Commodore 64 and early consoles (Sega MegaDrive/Genesis, etc) all the way up to today on PC. As a natural result of this hobby and an intrest in creating things, I've also been into modding for games, Doom (the original) especially. Ever since discovering map editors for it I've been involved in modding it in some way.
Here you can find a bunch of gaming-related things I've either created or been involved in over the years.


Magic Kingdom may just be the Most Magical Place on Earth because of it's world class attractions and theming. But one of the things Magic Kingdom is lacking is a variety of vegan options. Today we're heading there to check out one of Magic Kingdoms newest vegan treats at Sunshine Tree Terrace in Adventureland.
Sunshine Tree Terrace, located next to Skipper Canteen, is known for it's Citrus Swirl, which is not vegan. Recently Disney changed things up and removed the Citrus Swirl and replaced it with the Orange Cream which featured Dole Orange and vanilla soft serve. Of course chaos ensued and the people demanded their Citrus Swirl and Disney quickly re-added it to the menu.
Luckily with this quick change back they kept the Orange Cream! Now you're probably thinking, why is that a good thing? Well the Citrus Swirl is not vegan, and the Orange Cream is not either unless you order it as just Orange! Since it is Dole soft serve it is vegan!
You can order both the Orange Cream Float, which is in an orange soda, or just the soft serve with no float.
The soft serve was great, it was a sweet orange and not sour at all. The orange soda was interesting, I would have preferred something not carbonated as when you get to the bottom of the soft serve it turns into a weird carbonated slushy. Also this thing was huge. Easily something you can split with someone else.
We're so happy they brought back the orange soft serve, years and years ago Aloha Isle used to carry both Pineapple and Orange soft serve. We just wish you could still get the pineapple juice in the float!
I just stopped by this weekend and they informed me that their ice cream is "non-dairy" but they can't call it vegan because it has some sort of animal fat in it. Yuck!
The orange dole soft serve is vegan, we have the ingredients in a photo. They may have been confusing it with the vanilla, which is not vegan.


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import 'reflect-metadata';

import {ElementRef, QueryList, ΔsetComponentScope as setComponentScope} from '@angular/core';
import {Injectable} from '@angular/core/src/di/injectable';
import {setCurrentInjector, Δinject} from '@angular/core/src/di/injector_compatibility';
import {ΔInjectorDef, ΔdefineInjectable} from '@angular/core/src/di/interface/defs';
import {ivyEnabled} from '@angular/core/src/ivy_switch';
import {ContentChild, ContentChildren, ViewChild, ViewChildren} from '@angular/core/src/metadata/di';
import {Component, Directive, HostBinding, HostListener, Input, Output, Pipe} from '@angular/core/src/metadata/directives';
import {NgModule, NgModuleDef} from '@angular/core/src/metadata/ng_module';
import {ComponentDef, PipeDef} from '@angular/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition';

ivyEnabled && describe('render3 jit', () => {
  let injector: any;
  beforeAll(() => { injector = setCurrentInjector(null); });

  afterAll(() => { setCurrentInjector(injector); });

  it('compiles a component', () => {
    @Component({
      template: 'test',
      selector: 'test-cmp',
    })
    class SomeCmp {
    }
    const SomeCmpAny = SomeCmp as any;

    expect(SomeCmpAny.ngComponentDef).toBeDefined();
    expect(SomeCmpAny.ngComponentDef.factory() instanceof SomeCmp).toBe(true);
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with a type provider', () => {
    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root'})
    class Service {
    }
    const ServiceAny = Service as any;

    expect(ServiceAny.ngInjectableDef).toBeDefined();
    expect(ServiceAny.ngInjectableDef.providedIn).toBe('root');
    expect(Δinject(Service) instanceof Service).toBe(true);
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with a useValue provider', () => {
    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useValue: 'test'})
    class Service {
    }

    expect(Δinject(Service)).toBe('test');
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with a useExisting provider', () => {
    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useValue: 'test'})
    class Existing {
    }

    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useExisting: Existing})
    class Service {
    }

    expect(Δinject(Service)).toBe('test');
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with a useFactory provider, without deps', () => {

    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useFactory: () => 'test'})
    class Service {
    }

    expect(Δinject(Service)).toBe('test');
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with a useFactory provider, with deps', () => {
    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useValue: 'test'})
    class Existing {
    }

    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useFactory: (existing: any) => existing, deps: [Existing]})
    class Service {
    }

    expect(Δinject(Service)).toBe('test');
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with a useClass provider, with deps', () => {
    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useValue: 'test'})
    class Existing {
    }

    class Other {
      constructor(public value: any) {}
    }

    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useClass: Other, deps: [Existing]})
    class Service {
      get value(): any { return null; }
    }
    const ServiceAny = Service as any;

    expect(Δinject(Service).value).toBe('test');
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with a useClass provider, without deps', () => {
    let _value = 1;
    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root'})
    class Existing {
      readonly value = _value++;
    }

    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root', useClass: Existing})
    class Service {
      get value(): number { return 0; }
    }

    expect(Δinject(Existing).value).toBe(1);
    const injected = Δinject(Service);
    expect(injected instanceof Existing).toBe(true);
    expect(injected.value).toBe(2);
  });

  it('compiles an injectable with an inherited constructor', () => {
    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root'})
    class Dep {
    }

    @Injectable()
    class Base {
      constructor(readonly dep: Dep) {}
    }

    @Injectable({providedIn: 'root'})
    class Child extends Base {
    }

    expect(Δinject(Child).dep instanceof Dep).toBe(true);
  });

  it('compiles a module to a definition', () => {
    @Component({
      template: 'foo',
      selector: 'foo',
    })
    class Cmp {
    }

    @NgModule({
      declarations: [Cmp],
    })
    class Module {
    }

    const moduleDef: NgModuleDef<Module> = (Module as any).ngModuleDef;
    expect(moduleDef).toBeDefined();
    if (!Array.isArray(moduleDef.declarations)) {
      return fail('Expected an array');
    }
    expect(moduleDef.declarations.length).toBe(1);
    expect(moduleDef.declarations[0]).toBe(Cmp);
  });

  it('compiles a module to an ngInjectorDef with the providers', () => {
    class Token {
      static ngInjectableDef = ΔdefineInjectable({
        providedIn: 'root',
        factory: () => 'default',
      });
    }

    @NgModule({
      providers: [{provide: Token, useValue: 'test'}],
    })
    class Module {
      constructor(public token: Token) {}
    }

    const injectorDef: ΔInjectorDef<Module> = (Module as any).ngInjectorDef;
    const instance = injectorDef.factory();

    // Since the instance was created outside of an injector using the module, the
    // injection will use the default provider, not the provider from the module.
    expect(instance.token).toBe('default');

    expect(injectorDef.providers).toEqual([{provide: Token, useValue: 'test'}]);
  });

  it('patches a module onto the component', () => {
    @Component({
      template: 'foo',
      selector: 'foo',
    })
    class Cmp {
    }
    const cmpDef: ComponentDef<Cmp> = (Cmp as any).ngComponentDef;

    expect(cmpDef.directiveDefs).toBeNull();

    @NgModule({
      declarations: [Cmp],
    })
    class Module {
    }

    const moduleDef: NgModuleDef<Module> = (Module as any).ngModuleDef;
    // directive defs are still null, since no directives were in that component
    expect(cmpDef.directiveDefs).toBeNull();
  });

  it('should add hostbindings and hostlisteners', () => {
    @Component({
      template: 'foo',
      selector: 'foo',
      host: {
        '[class.red]': 'isRed',
        '(click)': 'onClick()',
      },
    })
    class Cmp {
      @HostBinding('class.green')
      green: boolean = false;

      @HostListener('change', ['$event'])
      onChange(event: any): void {}
    }

    const cmpDef = (Cmp as any).ngComponentDef as ComponentDef<Cmp>;

    expect(cmpDef.hostBindings).toBeDefined();
    expect(cmpDef.hostBindings !.length).toBe(3);
  });

  it('should compile @Pipes without errors', () => {
    @Pipe({name: 'test-pipe', pure: false})
    class P {
    }

    const pipeDef = (P as any).ngPipeDef as PipeDef<P>;
    expect(pipeDef.name).toBe('test-pipe');
    expect(pipeDef.pure).toBe(false, 'pipe should not be pure');
    expect(pipeDef.factory(null) instanceof P)
        .toBe(true, 'factory() should create an instance of the pipe');
  });

  it('should default @Pipe to pure: true', () => {
    @Pipe({name: 'test-pipe'})
    class P {
    }

    const pipeDef = (P as any).ngPipeDef as PipeDef<P>;
    expect(pipeDef.pure).toBe(true, 'pipe should be pure');
  });

  it('should add @Input properties to a component', () => {
    @Component({
      selector: 'input-comp',
      template: 'test',
    })
    class InputComp {
      @Input('publicName') privateName = 'name1';
    }

    const InputCompAny = InputComp as any;
    expect(InputCompAny.ngComponentDef.inputs).toEqual({publicName: 'privateName'});
    expect(InputCompAny.ngComponentDef.declaredInputs).toEqual({publicName: 'privateName'});
  });

  it('should add @Input properties to a directive', () => {
    @Directive({
      selector: '[dir]',
    })
    class InputDir {
      @Input('publicName') privateName = 'name1';
    }

    const InputDirAny = InputDir as any;
    expect(InputDirAny.ngDirectiveDef.inputs).toEqual({publicName: 'privateName'});
    expect(InputDirAny.ngDirectiveDef.declaredInputs).toEqual({publicName: 'privateName'});
  });

  it('should compile ContentChildren query with string predicate on a directive', () => {
    @Directive({selector: '[test]'})
    class TestDirective {
      @ContentChildren('foo') foos: QueryList<ElementRef>|undefined;
    }

    expect((TestDirective as any).ngDirectiveDef.contentQueries).not.toBeNull();
  });

  it('should compile ContentChild query with string predicate on a directive', () => {
    @Directive({selector: '[test]'})
    class TestDirective {
      @ContentChild('foo') foo: ElementRef|undefined;
    }

    expect((TestDirective as any).ngDirectiveDef.contentQueries).not.toBeNull();
  });

  it('should compile ContentChildren query with type predicate on a directive', () => {
    class SomeDir {}

    @Directive({selector: '[test]'})
    class TestDirective {
      @ContentChildren(SomeDir) dirs: QueryList<SomeDir>|undefined;
    }

    expect((TestDirective as any).ngDirectiveDef.contentQueries).not.toBeNull();
  });

  it('should compile ContentChild query with type predicate on a directive', () => {
    class SomeDir {}

    @Directive({selector: '[test]'})
    class TestDirective {
      @ContentChild(SomeDir) dir: SomeDir|undefined;
    }

    expect((TestDirective as any).ngDirectiveDef.contentQueries).not.toBeNull();
  });

  it('should compile ViewChild query on a component', () => {
    @Component({selector: 'test', template: ''})
    class TestComponent {
      @ViewChild('foo') foo: ElementRef|undefined;
    }

    expect((TestComponent as any).ngComponentDef.foo).not.toBeNull();
  });

  it('should compile ViewChildren query on a component', () => {
    @Component({selector: 'test', template: ''})
    class TestComponent {
      @ViewChildren('foo') foos: QueryList<ElementRef>|undefined;
    }

    expect((TestComponent as any).ngComponentDef.viewQuery).not.toBeNull();
  });
});

it('ensure at least one spec exists', () => {});


I was watching the Sunday evening news when a report came on about a helicopter crash in England in which five people died. As I listened to the report, I felt a sense of sadness for those that died as they died suddenly and unprepared to meet our Lord.
Immediately, after I said the prayer, I heard three loud knocks in my living room which made me jump a little.
I offered the souls in my evening prayers. I know how a soul needs deliverance, it does not matter what religion or who they are, I know they all need to go to the Light to our Lord Jesus.
The next morning, at five o'clock, while I was saying my prayers, a gentleman suddenly appeared in my room.
The man looked young and beautiful, and he was smiling. He was wearing a formal black suit and white shirt.
Smiling, I responded, "Oh, everybody knows about me, it is embarrassing." He smiled back as I said this.
I had such a good feeling about him. He was such a serene person. I felt that he did not go to a deep Purgatory. He must be somewhere in the middle.
It was only later that I heard in the news that the man that visited me was the owner of the Leicester City Football Club. They said he was a very charitable man and did many good deeds.
People mean well when a tragedy occurs, and they offer flowers and light candles for the deceased. However, the most important thing to do is to guide the soul to our Lord. Candles and flowers are not enough. We need to offer prayers and Holy Masses for the deceased and in this way guide the souls to our Lord Jesus. The souls are waiting for this from us.
The man stayed a while and talked to me and then he just vanished.
When I went to Holy Mass, I offered all five of the crash victims to our Lord. I did not see the other four people. Each soul goes on a different path depending on the life they lead while on earth.
Lord Jesus, have mercy on them.
While I was travelling by train to the city, on my way to Holy Mass, it started to rain very gently. I could see little droplets of rain falling on the train window. The droplets were in the shape of tears, one after the other.
At that moment our Blessed Mother appeared. She was wearing a white dress with a blue sash around her waist. A short white veil covered her head.
Blessed Mother, pray for us.
As I stepped off the train I made my way to the church to attend Holy Mass.
At the Holy Mass, after the distribution of Holy Communion, I was kneeling in prayer. As I raised my head, and looked towards the Altar, I watched how the remaining Holy Hosts were being placed back into the Ciborium.
The priest then sat down, and a lady took the Ciborium, placed it back in the Tabernacle, and walked away without genuflecting.
Our Lord then said to me, "The lady had no right to touch Me and carry Me back to the Tabernacle. That is not her job. So much pride is everywhere now in my churches, so much irreverence, and sacrilege. That offends Me greatly. Pray that things will change soon, for the better." Our Lord was very sad as He lamented to me.
That is what our Lord desires because events will start to unfold and people will start to panic. But if they are close to our Lord, it will be much easier to bear all of this. Our Lord has repeated this warning to me for the past three days so it must be very urgent.
During my morning prayers, I had a vision of two beautiful saints, both of them women. Next to them stood another a holy person, dressed as a priest.
I started to worry and wonder who will be this priest or priests and bishop that will interrogate me.
The priest standing next to the two women never spoke, he only listened. His demeanour was very serious.
Later that day I attended Holy Mass, and I offered up what the two saintly women told me that morning.
A few weeks ago I was visited by these same two saintly women, and I received the same warning about being interrogated.
During my morning prayers, our Lord appeared.
As our Lord was telling me this, a vision appeared. In the vision, I could see what looked like a city with many tall buildings. I did not recognise the city. In particular, I could see a white-coloured apartment building. Water was gushing through its second level. It was gushing with such force that it smashed through the windows on the other side of the building. The water was moving with such fury.
I could feel the immense sadness of our Lord that people remain so defiant and continue to ignore His call.
Lord, have mercy on us. Please spare us and protect us, and I pray that people will change.
I attended Holy Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral in Parramatta.


Ohhh that actually helps with the matchup! Thanks!
Also damn I will ENJOY writing her!
@The_Mad_Fox @The_Twi1ight_Prince Still far from done, but here's a little preview just to make sure… this is how they should makes their deal, right?
"What kind of commotion is this? Who are you?" She asked to the intruder. The other girl made a hiccup and lifted her gourd.
Zi Qing frowned. It's an odd offer, but nonetheless, interesting. Seeing that it might benefit her, the witch general agrees.
Any idea on how to makes them fight? As we knows it, none of them would fight anyone without a good reason, and I can't find a good reason as for yet.
Just give Dong Zhou a dragon flute so he hypnotizes TF out of one of them. Boom perfect excuse.
Maybe something to do with Gwyn's illusions? Like he sees her fighting soldiers when she's using her illusions to create the appearance of more dragons?
Nice idea! I'll consider this and I'll try to makes a scenario revolving on it.
The wind brushed the grasses and leaves in this cloudy afternoon. The sun is about to set down, the sunset has taken over the edge of the horizon, colorize the sky in gold. The rest remain blue, yet amber that rise high is reminiscent of fireflies. The land is burning, so does the houses within the conflagration. Civilians rush away, carrying only what they could save. Warriors died in the flame, and footstep heard through the fire. A man clad in prestigious blue war gears walk past the destroyed city, with a flaming sword in his hand. He's infamous for his merciless pursuit of dominance, the warlord they called as the "hero of chaos" and leader of Wei, Cao Cao, the holder of the Vermilion Bird.
He look around in disappointment… In his eyes there's lament for the fallen. He hoped that soon this will end, that no more life need to end by his blade… However until he unite the land under his hands, he cannot rest, as he believes that only a true hero among men worthy to unite the world. It shall be him, or Liu Bei. No one else.
Today, yet another city fallen to Wei, by the flame of chaos. It's necessary to seize as much advantage as possible before the big battle. If these towns must burn to ensure victory, for the greater good, then shall be it.
A beautiful voice speaks from nowhere. Almost impossible to tell the speaker's age, as the melodious voice shift into scratchy at its tail, as if her age bumps around.
"I shall not disappoint you that entrust me with this divine task. I shall conquer the land, and I'll makes sure so." Cao Cao regained his confidence and his sword raised, then comes a resounding cheer from the distance, as the army of Wei marches again.
Then, she felt dread coming from where the sun goes. From the distance, a single man stride against the army of Wei. His hair is white and sways through his neck, as the wind whispers from his back. His violet eyes radiates fearsome ferocity of a tiger, befitting of the black stripe streaking down from his left eye. His pale skins is contrast to his tight, black sleeveless shirt, ended with white wool fingerless gloves, a war-designed snowy white leather skirt, then the black follows again with his pants and boots. There's no weapons carried, merely a golden dagger.
He's Syn, the Shadow of Death, the one last child of the Golden Dagger, archenemy of Shard the Vermilion from the Red Hand. In an unexpected twist, his journey of vengeance brought him to this land, and under pretense of familial bonds, he choose to serve Wu, in respect of Sun Quan that he believes to be the strongest of the four leaders. Now, to prove his capability, he took the job of a mercenary, of the assassin.
His mission? Assassinate Cao Cao, or at least, his precious adviser.
Cao Cao look to his loyal subordinate. His men are not coward, they're strong and isn't outnumbered either. Whoever this man is, he's not an ordinary warrior, and not to be underestimated. A cautious step required, and so he consult with his great vizier again.
Through the smokes and the flames behind the warlord, a woman in white cloak, hidden under a mask of golden rose that covers her upper face, that extend further higher into what seems intended to be a halo. No one knows her true identity, however her allegiance engraves her as the Wise Woman of Wei, the Heavenly Woman of the West.
Cao Cao nodded and smiled. He turn to Xiahou Dun with eyes of certainty. There's no doubt spoken, not even once.
And so the steed marches again, this time along with the entire squad, leaving only Cao Cao that stand in the way of this unknown threat.
"Brave and well spoken, I approve. Now, allow me to assist your battle, as how it should be." The wise one step forward and gazing at the figure down the hill.
Ironically, that's probably the most well-written scene on the entire writing so far, because it's the only one that I written on phone. Anything else written on my computer, which mean, they're distracted by my online game, that has taken the majority of my free time.
Not bad at all lol.
when does this battle actually begin?


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Francis William Fellowes Lukis, dit Frank Lukis, né le  à Balingup et mort le  à Melbourne, est un haut commandant de la Force aérienne royale australienne (Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF). Vétéran de la Première Guerre mondiale, il participe pour la première fois aux combats en tant que soldat de la première force impériale australienne lors de la bataille des Dardanelles. En 1917, il est transféré dans l'Australian Flying Corps et vole avec le No. 1 Squadron au Moyen-Orient, où il reçoit deux citations militaires. Ayant intégré l'Australian Air Corps après la guerre, il est transféré en 1921 dans la RAAF, récemment établie. En 1925, il devient le premier commandant du No. 3 Squadron nouvellement reformé à RAAF Station Richmond (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud).

Frank Lukis dirige ensuite le No. 1 Squadron au début des années 1930, et est promu  en 1938. Nommé officier de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique la même année, il est responsable de la RAAF Station à Laverton (État de Victoria) pendant les premières années de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il occupe ensuite des postes de haut commandement dans le théâtre du Pacifique Sud-Ouest, notamment dans la zone Nord (plus tard zone Nord-Est), pour laquelle il est nommé Commandeur de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique, et dans le No. 9 Operational Group (plus tard Northern Command). Frank Lukis siège également à l'Air Board, l'organe de contrôle de la RAAF, en tant qu. Après sa retraite de l'armée de l'air en 1946, il devient directeur de l'Australian National Airways et participe activement aux associations d'anciens combattants. Il meurt en 1966 à l'âge de soixante-neuf ans.

Jeunesse et Première Guerre mondiale

Frank William Fellowes Lukis nait le  à Balingup, en Australie-Occidentale. Il est le fils de l'éleveur bovin William Fellowes Lukis et de sa femme Jean, née Campbell. Il fait ses études à la Hale School située à Perth, et travaille ensuite dans la ferme familiale. En , il s'engage dans la première force impériale australienne au sein du 10th Light Horse Regiment, le seul régiment de ce type créé en Australie-Occidentale.

Il part de Fremantle à bord du A47 Mashobra le  avec le grade de caporal, et participe aux combats de Gallipoli puis d'Égypte. À Gallipoli, son régiment prend part à la bataille du Nek et de la colline 60, avant d'être retiré en décembre et redéployé en Égypte. Là, il prend part à la campagne contre l'Empire ottoman dans le Sinaï, notamment à la bataille de Romani.

Frank Lukis est engagé comme  en  et promu  en décembre. Le , il est transféré vers l'Australian Flying Corps (AFC) et est affecté au No. 1 Squadron (également connu jusqu'en 1918 sous le nom de No. 67 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps), opérant au Sinaï et en Palestine. Il effectue des missions de reconnaissance en tant qu'observateur dans des Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 d'avril à . En , il termine sa formation de pilote et commence à effectuer des sorties de chasse et d'attaque au sol à bord de Bristol Fighter. Il reçoit deux citations militaires pour services distingués avec l'AFC au Moyen-Orient, la première fois le  et la seconde le . Frank Lukis termine la guerre comme chef d'escadrille avec le grade temporaire de , et rentre en Australie le .

Entre-deux-guerres

Avec la dissolution de l'AFC après la guerre, Frank Lukis rejoint l'éphémère Australian Air Corps au début de l'année 1920. Il est transféré vers la nouvellement formée Royal Australian Air Force en mars de l'année suivante. Avec le grade de  ( honoraire), il est l'un des vingt et un officiers de l'effectif initial de l'armée de l'air australienne lors de sa formation, et devient populairement connu sous le nom de « Luke ». En , il arpente la route aérienne entre Perth et Port Augusta, en Australie-Méridionale. Il prend également part à l'une des premières démonstrations aériennes publiques du service embryonnaire en mai de la même année, lorsque lui et un autre aviateur pilotent des Airco DH.9 dans des combats aériens simulés avec quatre Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 pendant le  (spectacle aérien de Nouvelles-Galles du Sud) à Victoria Park, à Sydney. Le , il épouse Florence St Aubyn Allen à l'église anglicane de St Mary, dans la banlieue ouest de Perth ; le couple aura deux fils. L'année précédente, Frank Lukis est témoin au mariage du  Frank McNamara, le seul récipiendaire de la Croix de Victoria dans l'AFC pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.

Le No. 3 Squadron est reformé à RAAF Point Cook le , avec Frank Lukis comme commandant (CO). Au cours de la semaine suivante, avec des DH.9 et des S.E.5, l'unité s'établit à la toute nouvelle base de l'armée de l'air, la RAAF Station Richmond, en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud. Prévenu d'une inspection prochaine par le chef d'état-major de la Force aérienne, le  Richard Williams, Frank Lukis a la prévoyance de mettre en place un programme d'embellissement rapide de la base, en organisant la livraison de plantes en pot et d'arbustes. Richard Williams, notoirement pointilleux, conclut l'inspection en se déclarant . Pendant toute la durée de son affectation en tant que commandant du No. 3 Squadron, Frank assume également les fonctions de commandant de la base. Il est promu  le  et passe le commandement du squadron au  Harry Cobby le . Il occupe le poste de commandant du No. 1 Squadron de 1930 à 1934, interrompu en 1931 par une affectation en Grande-Bretagne pour suivre les cours du RAF Staff College à Andover. Élevé au grade de , il est placé à la tête du No. 1 Aircraft Depot à RAAF Station Laverton en 1936. Il prend le commandement No. 1 Flying Training School de Point Cook de  à , et est nommé officier de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique dans le cadre des  de 1938, puis promu  en juillet de la même année.

Seconde Guerre mondiale

Commandant de RAAF Station Laverton depuis , Frank Lukis est nommé  par intérim et affecté le  à Townsville, dans le Queensland, en tant que premier  de la zone Nord. Décrit par le  Lewis H. Brereton, commandant de l'US Far East Air Force, comme  et qui est très , Frank Lukis est chargé de la défense aérienne de la côte nord de l'Australie. Sa tâche est compliquée par un équipement loin des standards de l'époque et de plus en faible quantité, n'ayant comme seuls chasseurs des CAC Wirraway. En , la zone Nord est divisée en une zone Nord-Ouest et une zone Nord-Est, Frank Lukis restant responsable de cette dernière en tant qu' temporaire. Le mois suivant, il avertit le commandement supérieur du mauvais état de préparation et du faible moral des troupes de l'armée australienne basées à Port Moresby, en Nouvelle-Guinée, en raison du manque de couverture aérienne et du manque apparent d'intérêt des échelons gouvernementaux. En mars, dix-sept P-40 Kittyhawk du No. 75 Squadron RAAF, nouvellement formé sous le commandement de la zone Nord-Est, sont déployés ; l'unité se distinguera bientôt dans la .

À la fin du mois d', les forces de Frank Lukis se composent de trois escadrons (polyvalent, de transport et de chasse) à Townsville, d'un escadron polyvalent à RAAF Station Amberley, dans le sud du Queensland, et de quatre escadrons (trois polyvalents et un de chasse) à Port Moresby. Affecté au quartier général de la RAAF à Melbourne, en tant qu, il transmet le commandement de la zone Nord-Est au  (plus tard ) Harry Cobby le . Le , Frank Lukis est nommé Commandeur de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique pour le  dont il a fait preuve dans la zone Nord-Est. En tant qu', il occupe un siège au Air Board, l'organe de contrôle de la RAAF, présidé par le . À ce poste, il se heurte au  Clare Stevenson, dirigeante de la Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, au sujet des plans visant à réduire le nombre d'officiers féminins dans les rôles techniques. Clare Stevenson est obligée de s'excuser auprès de Frank Lukis pour être passée outre le  afin d'exprimer son opposition au projet ; néanmoins, les réductions de ces postes n'ont pas eu lieu.

En , Frank Lukis prend en charge le No. 9 Operational Group (OG ), la principale formation mobile de la RAAF dans le Pacifique à l'époque, après que son commandant, l , soit licencié par le , l George Jones en raison d'allégations de mauvaise discipline et de mauvais moral. Le changement de direction consterne le commandement de la zone du Pacifique Sud-Ouest dirigée par les États-Unis, dont les officiers supérieurs, le  George Kenney et le  , ne tiennent pas Frank Lukis en aussi haute estime que son prédécesseur. Au cours des deux mois suivants, le No. 9 OG soutient l'invasion alliée de la Nouvelle-Bretagne. Le , Frank Lukis monte une opération avec une force de soixante-treize avions comprenant des bombardiers légers Bristol Beaufort et des chasseurs Kittyhawk et Spitfire, ce qui en fait la plus grande frappe entreprise par les Australiens à cette date. Cependant, elle ne rencontre aucune opposition et Frank Lukis fait part à Whitehead de ses inquiétudes quant au rôle de « nettoyage » qui lui a été assigné et qui empêche ses pilotes de chasse de s'engager dans des combats aériens.

Au fur et à mesure que le conflit du Pacifique se déplace vers le nord, les tâches opérationnelles du No. 9 OG diminuent et la formation est alors connue dans la RAAF sous le nom de « groupe non opérationnel ». Lorsqu'on lui ordonne de transférer l'une de ses escadres, la No. 73 Wing, vers les îles de l'Amirauté pour escorter des convois à la fin février, Frank Lukis se plaint directement à George Kenney que c'est un gaspillage de ressources, mais sa plainte est rejetée. Le reste du No. 9 OG devient une force de garnison en Nouvelle-Guinée et est renommé Northern Command le  pour mieux refléter ce nouveau statut ; son rôle original de frappe mobile est repris par le No. 10 Operationnal Group (devenu plus tard lAustralian First Tactical Air Force). Frank Lukis est à nouveau pressenti pour le poste d lorsque le titulaire, l par intérim Adrian Cole, est démis de ses fonctions à la suite d'accusations d'ivresse lors d'une réunion du quartier général de la RAAF en . Frank Lukis reste cependant en charge du Northern Command. Au moins d'avril, il prend le commandement du No. 2 Training Group à Melbourne, poste qu'il occupe jusqu'à la fin de la guerre du Pacifique.

Après la guerre
Frank Lukis prend sa dernière affectation à la RAAF, en tant qu de la zone Est, en . Avec la fin des hostilités, il est sommairement mis à la retraite avec un certain nombre d'autres commandants supérieurs et d'anciens combattants de la Première Guerre mondiale, apparemment pour faire place à l'avancement d'officiers plus jeunes et tout aussi capables. Selon l'historien de la RAAF Alan Stephens, lAir Board a estimé que Frank Lukis . Il est officiellement libéré le . Employé par l (ANA) après avoir quitté l'armée de l'air, il devient directeur de l'aérodrome d'Essendon, à Melbourne. Il prend en charge le bureau de la compagnie aérienne à Canberra en 1952, avant de rejoindre une société de courtage en 1957, l'année où ANA fusionne avec  pour devenir Ansett-ANA. Actif dans les organisations d'anciens combattants, il est président de l de Victoria en 1947-48, et participe à la fondation du  de Canberra en 1954. Frank Lukis meurt à Melbourne d'un cancer le , et est incinéré.

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Militaire australien de la Première Guerre mondiale
Officier de la Royal Australian Air Force
Aviateur australien de la Première Guerre mondiale
Aviateur australien de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Élève de la Hale School
Membre de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique
Naissance à Balingup
Naissance en juillet 1896
Décès à 69 ans
Décès en février 1966
Décès à Melbourne
Mort d'un cancer en Australie
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FIRE > Resources > Worst Colleges for Free Speech
Worst Colleges for Free Speech
Every year since 2011, FIRE has published a list of the worst colleges for free speech in America. As always, each year's "worst of the worst" list is presented in no particular order, and they include both public and private institutions. Public colleges and universities are bound by the First Amendment; the private colleges on these lists, though not required by the Constitution to protect student and faculty speech rights, explicitly promise to do so.
Starting in 2018, FIRE also began awarding a Lifetime Censorship Award as part of these annual lists. This "honor" goes to the one college or university that is so frequently discussed as a contender for our annual worst colleges for free speech list that it deserves special recognition. DePaul University was the inaugural recipient in 2018. Lifetime Censorship Awards are not given out every year — only in those years where there is a worthy recipient.
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The entire region of Southern Laos is beautiful and must rank as one of the last great pristine travel destinations in Southeast Asia. Four Thousand Islands and Champasak come to mind when one thinks of organizing a trip to this part of Laos – but the hill tribes of the Bolaven Plateau are truly worth making the journey through Salavan, Paksong, Sekong, and Attapeu. Most people go to southern Laos to experience some of the most beautiful waterfalls in Southeast Asia, or the Angkor-period ruins at Wat Pho. I have done this before, and these places are well worth visiting.
Posing wiith one of the few remaining Brao tribal women in Attapeu province.
However, there is another lesser known side to southern Laos, and that is seeking out the remaining authentic tribal peoples. To be sure, this is no easy task. But I was determined to see what I could find out about the unique hill tribes that populate the area. They are off the beaten track, rare to connect with and very interesting each in their own unique way. With Pakse as my starting and ending point, I visited the Bolaven Plateau. It was a grand adventure, one I will never forget and one I highly recommend to those interested in an authentic experience.
First I visited Salavan, which was approximately three hours by car from Pakse. Many of the roads were dirt, and the farther I went along, the rougher the conditions became. Salavan Province borders Vietnam, and my goal was to get as close to the border as possible — the reason being that's where the most interesting villages are located. This is one of the most isolated parts in all of Laos and the mountain scenery was spectacular.
There are several pretty waterfalls on the way at Tad Lo but my destination was the tribal area of Ta Oi. (I should mention that this was one of the most heavily bombed areas during the 1960's and 1970's. There is still a great deal of UXO in the surrounding region as one might well suspect). Not many people realize that the Ta Oi were once a part of the Khmer Empire. They are considered to be good soldiers, and during the Vietnam War they fought on behalf of North Vietnam. The villagers here were not wearing traditional clothing. Yet in all the villages I visited the locals commented that I was the first westerner they had ever seen.
I was the first foreigner these Ta Oi children had ever seen, and you could see it on their faces!
The Ta Oi had strong feelings about the French colonizers, whom they called "Ya," meaning "an incarnation of powerful spirits in human form." As animists they believe that spirits are present in all things: animal, human and the material Earth. Territorial deities and ancestral spirits are a big part of their religion.
Paksong is in the heart of the Bolaven Plateau and is the coffee capital of Laos, which is the fifth largest export in country. The Bolaven Plateau was home to the very first coffee plantations set up by the French in Indochine. The major species that were grown include Robusta, Liberica and Arabica, the latter of which is found as far away as the Philippines and even Cuba. The high elevation and red earthy ground provide a rich incubator for growing coffee. Arabica is grown in the largest quantity. The Bolaven Plateau is also famous for its stunning waterfalls including Tad Lao and Tad Fane. At Tad Fane, twin waterfalls rise 200 meters into the jungles of Dong Hua Sao.
The comfortable Sinouk resort in Paksong.
I stayed at a basic, but extremely pleasant guesthouse called the Sinouk Resort. This was to be my base to visit a little known Katu tribal outpost. The Katu are also known as the "Katang." This was a rather large village, but as in the previous case, the locals were not used to seeing foreigners.
A teenage Katu girl weaving.
I had come across an animist village, and there was a very interesting community house in the center that featured numerous carved statues. We had a chat with the village elder in this house, and learned about the various Katu customs. We were told that during their New Year they have a large festival where many buffalos are sacrificed. If someone falls ill, they believe in using a Shaman to cure them.
Many Katu women wear the backs of watches as earrings.
Many of the women had large silver earrings that on close inspection turned out to actually be the backs of watches! A man and woman showed us the traditional Katu clothing, which was a rare sight for a foreigner to witness. Longhouses are in decline for the Katang, who are more likely to have a smaller house with a fireplace. They once practiced polygamy, but these days monogamy is returning. The most interesting part of their culture is the animism. They are especially fearful of offending the "rice spirit" and if that happens, a white buffalo will have to be sacrificed.
Kata tribe wearing their traditional clothes — which are usually only worn for festivals.
Their festivals and sacrifices could be a Blog of their own – wedding feasts are particularly interesting as are the "spirit gates" at the entrance to the villages that are supposed to keep out the bad spirits.
From Paksong, we set off into even more rugged territory, again towards the Vietnam border and into Sekong province. This was a hot and dusty place and we had to cross the river in our car on a makeshift car ferry. On the other side, the road conditions were even worse – several vehicles were stuck in the mud and we waited approximately an hour to get through. The ensuing roads were zigzagged with some treacherous drops off the side. It was also rainy season, so our driver was clearly afraid to continue. We pushed him on, but eventually he refused to go any further.
An Alak house with its distinctive roof.
With our planned mission aborted, we talked to the locals and learned of an Alak village in the area. The Alak are also animist people who boast an Austroasiatic background. The most distinctive feature of the Alak are their houses. Each village might have between a dozen and sixty houses. A communal house will be in the center and the other houses will be in a circular pattern around it. Their houses are about four feet off the ground and are built on stilts. We met a friendly Alak woman who was holding a huge bamboo pipe, while carrying her baby. The Alak are known for their weaving and they also sacrifice buffalos during their annual festival. Usually each village has a shaman and they are called upon to heal the sick.
Alak woman smoking bamboo pipe.
There are about 17,000 Alak in southern Laos..They are a matriarchal society and women lead the family in terms of finances and other areas. The Alak are also into animism and chickens, buffalo and other animals will be sacrificed to placate offending spirits. Strangely, pigs may be considered sacred to certain members of an Alak clan and they won't be eaten – ever. So in effect these animals can either be sacrificed or they are not allowed to be touched at all, depending on the clan, the person and the agenda at hand.
We drove three hours from Sekong to Attapeu. This was further to the south and also hugging the Vietnamese border. It was clear that most of the investment in this area is from Vietnam as we saw many Vietnamese logging trucks and construction sites.
Brao woman with tattooed face and large ivory earrings.
One of the main reasons for undertaking this trip was to follow up on a photograph I had seen on the Internet of a woman from the Brao minority group. She was wearing traditional clothing and had very large ivory earrings, as well as a tattooed face. Armed with this image, I set out on my mission to "find the woman in the photograph." Not her literally per se, but someone like her. It wasn't easy to find this woman, but our contacts in the area are very good, and we actually went to the home of the same woman I had seen. To me, this was quite a feat! She was authentic to be sure, but the experience felt a bit contrived as we were clearly there to photographic this woman's unique facial tattoos and earrings. She was extremely friendly and was happy to pose for us, however, so this was a highlight of the trip for me.
We had a government tourism minder with us on this part of the trip, and he wanted to keep us contained to this one house. Minder or not, I saw a woman across the way, also dressed in traditional clothing, and I was determined to go over and meet her whether he protested or not. We joined the woman at her house and had a nice conversation about her life and the customs of the Brao people. At this point I really felt as though I was experiencing something quite unique. As many times is the case, I was lucky enough to see things few others get to witness. After this meeting with the Brao we headed down the road and had some of the best and most fiery Som Tam that I'd ever tried and then began the long drive back to Pakse.
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Patrick is the president of the NC Rural Center. He is a product of our state's public schools, including Piney Creek Elementary School in Piney Creek and Alleghany High School in Sparta. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1987 and from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1990.
After law school, Patrick worked briefly for Congressman Steve Neal before becoming the first executive director of the Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce in his hometown of Sparta. From 1992-1999, Patrick served as director of the chamber and as the lead economic developer for the county, successfully recruiting two new industries to the county that were the top new investments in the entire state in 1994 and 1998.
Toward the end of Patrick's chamber tenure, a collaborative effort led by the Alleghany Chamber resulted in the New River being named one of 14 American Heritage Rivers in the United States by President Bill Clinton in July of 1998. Nine months later, Patrick left the chamber to become the first executive director of a startup nonprofit, New River Community Partners, the lead organization responsible for coordinating and leading the basin-wide implementation of a sustainable economic development plan encompassing three northwestern North Carolina counties, 11 southwestern Virginia counties, and seven southern West Virginia counties.
In 2000, Patrick was elected to the Alleghany County Board of Commissioners. In 2003, Patrick, still director of New River Community Partners was simultaneously named executive director of the Blue Ridge Business Development Center, a revitalization project in Sparta that was an initiative of New River Community Partners. The project involved the renovation of an abandoned textile plant—the place his mother had worked for 42 years—into a state-of- the-art technology and education center focused on transitioning the region's old manufacturing economy to a new more diversified economic base for northwestern North Carolina.
In March of 2006, Patrick lost his father, a retired school teacher. He then made the difficult decision to leave his home county in October of 2006 to become vice president of programs for the North Carolina Rural Center. As a graduate of the Center's Rural Economic Development Institute and a member of the Center's board of directors from 1997 to 2000, Patrick already had a long history with–and connection to–the NC Rural Center.
In 2013, he was named president of the NC Rural Center and led the organization through a major transition, repositioning the Center into a new era of work and community engagement but still focused on the singular mission to serve the people and places of rural North Carolina.


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Archaeology Southwest Stands with the Antiquities Act
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Archaeology Southwest Stands with the Antiquities ...
Statement by Archaeology Southwest President and CEO William Doelle
(April 26, 2017)—Archaeology Southwest denounces today's executive order by President Trump, which requires the Department of the Interior to review national monument designations since 1996 that are greater than 100,000 acres or determined to be lacking in adequate public consultation.
Although the review, if done in good faith, would almost certainly reveal broad support for our national monuments, Trump's statement claimed abuses that he will correct.
Given that context, we view this order as an unconscionable attack on our nation's public lands and waters. It assails the fundamentally American concept of preserving culturally and naturally rich places for the benefit and enjoyment of all Americans.
First and foremost, from our perspective as Preservation Archaeologists, this is an astonishing act of disrespect toward American Indian Tribes, to their history on this continent since time immemorial, to their sacred sites, and to their sovereignty. This move disparages the idea that all Americans' stories on the landscape, and especially those of America's indigenous peoples, should be recognized, protected, and celebrated in our public lands.
Second, this is an act of profound contempt toward the Antiquities Act of 1906, to its visionary legacy for preserving and protecting the lands and stories that make our country great, and to the very concepts that the Act asserts—that there is broad public interest in the places and artifacts that tell our human story, that these deserve protection, and that, in addition to scientific value, there is value in interpreting these places and their meaning for humankind. For these very reasons, there has been more than a century of bipartisan support for the Antiquities Act: eight Republican and eight Democrat presidents have protected America's natural and cultural heritage with the Act since President Theodore Roosevelt signed it into law. Landscape-scale protection has occurred throughout the history of the Act.
Third, this executive order disregards Americans' overwhelming support for public lands and waters and for national parks. A Hart Research poll conducted for the Center for American Progress in 2014 showed that 90% of voters supported presidential proposals to protect some public lands and waters as parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness. A Conservation in the West poll undertaken by Colorado College this year showed that, among Western voters, 80% favored keeping protections for existing monuments. Some of this support is rooted in the documented economic benefits national parks and monuments and other kinds of public lands provide to surrounding communities. In the American West, these benefits often accrue to rural communities.
Bears Ears. Image by R. E. Burrillo
Moreover, the Obama administration's national monument designations were community-driven initiatives—significantly, including tribal communities—informed by intensive public meetings and robust stakeholder outreach. America's national monuments and the plans guiding their management are based on well-documented facts about the cultural and natural resources under the monument's protection. Today, Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva stated, "As we saw with the widely covered planning process for Bears Ears National Monument, national monuments are established after years of close federal consultation with multiple local stakeholders. They are the product of careful consideration and extraordinary scientific and historical analysis." We can affirm from our direct involvement that this is the case for Bears Ears.
Finally, there are more than 150 monuments that protect America's heritage for future generations. No president has attempted to revoke a predecessor's monument designation, even when there had been some public disagreement over the designation. No president has the legal authority to eliminate or significantly alter a national park or national monument—on this, natural resources law scholars agree. Furthermore, designations under the Antiquities Act, including some now under review, have already survived legal challenges.
Be assured that Archaeology Southwest is fully and actively committed to defending the Antiquities Act and our national monuments as originally designated. Specifically, we will continue to work with a coalition of sovereign tribal nations, stakeholders, and supporters who share our deep respect for the sacred Native American sites and cultural landscapes in Western national monuments. By fighting for enduring protection for our public lands, and our national monuments in particular, we respect the lives of those who came before, their descendants, and ourselves as Americans.
About Archaeology Southwest
Archaeology Southwest is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Tucson, Arizona, that explores and protects the places of our past across the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest. For three decades, Archaeology Southwest has fostered meaningful connections to the past and respectfully safeguarded its irreplaceable resources. Learn more at www.archaeologysouthwest.org.
Read our letter to Secretary Zinke dated March 3, 2017, here (opens as a PDF).
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RED BOX | THEO BERTRAM
Stressed and sleep deprived, campaign teams go slowly insane
Theo Bertram
Monday November 18 2019, 12.01am, The Times
Campaigns attract a certain kind of professional machismo. Take Isaac Levido, the 35-year-old who is leading the election in Conservative headquarters. Mr Levido is one of Lynton Crosby's lieutenants and has worked on previous campaigns in the UK in 2015 and 2017.
Mr Levido recently demonstrated his prowess for hard work when he led the campaign for the Australian federal elections, telling journalists that he would begin pinging his "tactics and media" WhatsApp group at 5:30am, ahead of the first meeting of the day at 7am, and working through to 11.30pm.
Gloriously, he has ramped things up a notch for this campaign. The first daily campaign meeting now starts at 5.40am, not 7am. But why stop there? Surely, the next step is to push