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Map the Gap: autonomous gap crossing survey
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DASA is launching a new competition to develop a semi-autonomous reconnaissance and survey system to help troops safely and stealthily advance into enemy territory over water.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a competition to develop a semi-autonomous reconnaissance and survey system to help troops safely and stealthily advance into enemy territory over water.
The military need to be able to cross obstacles such as rivers, streams, bogs and other so-called 'wet gaps'. Currently, the only way of identifying suitable crossing points is to send Royal Engineer reconnaissance troops to survey both banks of the river – exposing them to danger which also risks compromising the operation by signalling interest in that location to the enemy.
DASA, on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), is seeking ideas from industry and academia to create a new remote system capable of surveying potential crossing sites by gathering data on both sides of the water.
We are open to any novel or innovative solution to this challenge.
Our vision is to ultimately remove personnel from these dangerous tasks with a remote system that allows more crossing locations to be surveyed, increasing the choices available to commanders and giving an opportunity to surprise the enemy.
We are looking for collaborative bids from the brightest and the best of industry and academia to create an innovative and unique capability.
The Map the Gap: Autonomous Gap Crossing Survey competition will have an initial £1.2m available in funding for Phase 1 with an additional £2.5m anticipated for further development in Phase 2.
DASA expects to fund three to four bids during Phase 1.
The competition will formally launch in February 2020 when full details and requirements will be released.
DASA and Dstl will be hosting a launch event in London on the 4th February 2020 where potential bidders can hear more about the competition, have 1-to-1 sessions with the project team, meet Army Engineers, and meet with other potential bidders with the view of partnering.
You can register to attend the launch event on Eventbrite.
For those who cannot attend the launch event, DASA and the project team will be holding a dial in event and 15 minute 1-to-1 sessions on 13 February 2020. Please register for these on Eventbrite:
Register for the dial in event on Eventbrite
Register for the 1-to-1 sessions on Eventbrite
Successful bidders will trial their systems with the British Army over a period of several weeks prior to the launch of Phase 2.
DASA finds and funds exploitable technology to give Her Majesty's Armed Forces and UK security a strategic advantage over adversaries while supporting the nation's prosperity.
DASA works with scientists from Dstl, academia, and industry to rapidly develop these new technologies.
Channel website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Original article link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/map-the-gap-autonomous-gap-crossing-survey
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace discusses European and wider security challenges with German counterpart
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer discuss European and wider international security.
Revolutionary Artificial Intelligence warship contracts announced
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced the first wave of £4 million funding.
Cybersecurity in aviation: a regulator's perspective
To counter threats of cyber-attack on military systems, the MAA is equipping the Regulated Community with cybersecurity regulation to protect critical systems.
MoD lit in rainbow colours to celebrate LGB personnel
To mark 20 years since the landmark ruling allowing military personnel to serve as openly lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB), buildings across Defence have been lit in celebration.
Defence leaders to join forces at 2020 Space Conference
Leaders from government, industry and academia will join forces at the Defence Space 2020 conference in London on 20-21 May.
Gareth Wilson awarded Queen's Police Medal in New Year Honours
MDP Deputy Chief Constable, Gareth Wilson, lately Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary, has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal for 'Distinguished Service' in the New Year Honours.
Defence Secretary Oral Statement: Update on security situation in the Middle East
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace yesterday detailed the UK's response to events in Iraq.
Ministry of Defence donates 14000 meals to UK charities
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New pledges for the Armed Forces announced in Queen's Speech
The Queen's Speech prioritises both veterans and service personnel with a promise to further incorporate the Armed Forces Covenant in law.
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After the cell phone revolution, now it is the turn of IP phones. They are rapidly becoming a part of our daily life and Xtend's latest product encompasses this technology too. Xtend Voice logger for VoIP Lines is a software based voice logger that snoops on TCP/IP networks to log the audio carried on VoIP connections.
Xtend provides support for the VoIP protocols SIP, H.323, CISCO Skinny besides Skype and also blends well in an IP-based PBX. The user friendly web interface provided with the software, assists the user to specify conditions and generate appropriate reports according to his/her requirements.
Just like the other models of Xtend Voice Logger, IP model is a passive logger that does not tamper with the voice quality or the signalling system. Again, no change is required in the existing system configuration to install this model of the logging system.


The APC is comprised of a set list of skills — or competencies — set out by each of the Society's Professional. In order to become Chartered within one of these Professional, a candidate must attain these competencies to the required level. The competencies are a mix of interpersonal, business and technical skills. Use the links below for guidance on getting started. Alternatively, please contact Stella Foley at medi-kids.info or (01) 6445519.
The Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) is typically a period of structured on-the-job training and assessment. Read more about it in this overview.
The objective of the APC is to ensure that candidates have the ability to put their knowledge and understanding into practice to meet the expectations of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland competency requirements and professional standards.
Confused by all the acronymns? Try this short guide to APC terminology.
To become a Chartered Surveyor, you must have an accredited qualification and undertake the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) a structured period of on the job training and assessment.
Details of the APC Final Assessment, including when to apply, critical analysis advice and interview advice.
Pathway Guides are a supplementary resource aimed at providing guidance to APC trainees, counselors and assessors on the main competencies of each of the pathways.
These guides help candidates prepare for the commitment and responsibility that go with training for the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC).
If you change employer during the course of your Assessment of Professional Competence, you must notify the Society.
Candidates undertaking the APC can transfer membership between RICS and the MediKids while continuing to record APC experience, uninterrupted.


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COLLADA (for COLLAborative Design Activity) is an interchange file format for interactive 3D applications. It is managed by the nonprofit technology consortium, the Khronos Group, and has been adopted by ISO as a publicly available specification, ISO/PAS 17506.

COLLADA defines an open standard XML schema for exchanging digital assets among various graphics software applications that might otherwise store their assets in incompatible file formats. COLLADA documents that describe digital assets are XML files, usually identified with a .dae (digital asset exchange) filename extension.

History
Originally created at Sony Computer Entertainment by Rémi Arnaud and Mark C. Barnes, it has since become the property of the Khronos Group, a member-funded industry consortium, which now shares the copyright with Sony. The COLLADA schema and specification are freely available from the Khronos Group. The COLLADA DOM uses the SCEA Shared Source License 1.0.

Several graphics companies collaborated with Sony from COLLADA's beginnings to create a tool that would be useful to the widest possible audience, and COLLADA continues to evolve through the efforts of Khronos contributors. Early collaborators included Alias Systems Corporation, Criterion Software, Autodesk, Inc., and Avid Technology. Dozens of commercial game studios and game engines have adopted the standard.

In March 2011, Khronos released the COLLADA Conformance Test Suite (CTS). The suite allows applications that import and export COLLADA to test against a large suite of examples, ensuring that they conform properly to the specification. In July 2012, the CTS software was released on GitHub, allowing for community contributions.

ISO/PAS 17506:2012 Industrial automation systems and integration -- COLLADA digital asset schema specification for 3D visualization of industrial data was published in July 2012.

Software tools
COLLADA was originally intended as an intermediate format for transporting data from one digital content creation (DCC) tool to another application. Applications exist to support the usage of several DCCs, including:

Game engines
Originally intended as an interchange format, many game engines now support COLLADA, including:

Applications
Some games and 3D applications have started to support COLLADA:

Libraries
There are several libraries available to read and write COLLADA files under programmatic control:
 COLLADA DOM (C++) - The COLLADA DOM is generated at compile-time from the COLLADA schema. It provides a low-level interface that eliminates the need for hand-written parsing routines, but is limited to reading and writing only one version of COLLADA, making it difficult to upgrade as new versions are released.
 FCollada (C++) - A utility library available from Feeling Software. In contrast to the COLLADA DOM, Feeling Software's FCollada provides a higher-level interface. FCollada is used in ColladaMaya, ColladaMax, and several commercial game engines. The development of the open source part was discontinued by Feeling Software in 2008. The company continues to support its paying customers and licenses with improved versions of its software.
 OpenCOLLADA (C++) - The OpenCOLLADA project provides plugins for 3ds Max and Maya and the sources of utility libraries which were developed for the plugins.
 pycollada  (Python) - A Python module for creating, editing and loading COLLADA. The library allows the application to load a COLLADA file and interact with it as a Python object. In addition, it supports creating a COLLADA Python object from scratch, as well as in-place editing.
 Scene Kit (Objective-C) - An Objective-C framework introduced in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion that allows reading, high-level manipulation and display of COLLADA scenes.
 GLGE (JavaScript) - a JavaScript library presenting COLLADA files in a web browser using WebGL.
 Three.js (JavaScript) - a 3D Javascript library capable of loading COLLADA files in a web browser.
 StormEngineC (JavaScript) - Javascript 3D graphics library with option of loading COLLADA files.

Physics
As of version 1.4, physics support was added to the COLLADA standard. The goal is to allow content creators to define various physical attributes in visual scenes. For example, one can define surface material properties such as friction. Furthermore, content creators can define the physical attributes for the objects in the scene. This is done by defining the rigid bodies that should be linked to the visual representations. More features include support for ragdolls, collision volumes, physical constraints between physical objects, and global physical properties such as gravitation.

Physics middleware products that support this standard include Bullet Physics Library, Open Dynamics Engine, PAL and NVIDIA's PhysX. These products support by reading the abstract found in the COLLADA file and transferring it into a form that the middleware can support and represent in a physical simulation. This also enables different middleware and tools to exchange physics data in a standardized manner.

The Physics Abstraction Layer provides support for COLLADA Physics to multiple physics engines that do not natively provide COLLADA support including JigLib, OpenTissue, Tokamak physics engine and True Axis. PAL also provides support for COLLADA to physics engines that also feature a native interface.

Versions
 1.0: October 2004
 1.2: February 2005
 1.3: June 2005
 1.4.0: January 2006; added features such as character skinning and morph targets, rigid body dynamics, support for OpenGL ES materials, and shader effects for multiple shading languages including the Cg programming language, GLSL, and HLSL. First release through Khronos.
 1.4.1: July 2006; primarily a patch release.
 1.5.0: August 2008; added kinematics and B-rep as well as some FX redesign and OpenGL ES support. Formalised as ISO/PAS 17506:2012.

See also
 glTF (Graphics Library Transmission Format)
 FBX (Filmbox)
 List of vector graphics markup languages
 Open Game Engine Exchange (OpenGEX)
 Universal Scene Description (USD)
 Universal 3D (U3D)
 VRML
 WebGL
 X3D (Extensible 3D Graphics)

References

External links

 COLLADA DOM
 OpenCOLLADA Project
 pycollada
 The Open-Asset-Importer-Lib (ASSIMP)
 GLC-Player
 Media Grid News / "Create Once, Experience Everywhere" 3D/VR Format Unveiled for Immersive Education / Cross-platform Open File Format Enables "Create Once, Experience Everywhere" 3D/VR Content

2004 software
3D graphics file formats
3D graphics software
CAD file formats
Graphics standards
XML-based standards

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The art for National Competitive Exhibition 2019 was juried by Chad Hughes from the Chapel Hill-Durham area. To learn more about Chad and see his work, visit his website at www.chadhughesart.com.
Exhibition opportunities in rural areas tend to fall upon the shoulders of the local arts councils. Through solos shows, group shows and juried shows, arts councils give emerging artists, as well as professional artists the chance to show their works to the public. Throughout the years I have entered many juried shows, I never assume what the juror might be looking for as they jury the show. There are times I am invited to participate and times I am not. Occasionally I am asked to be the juror. I never take the job of looking at artwork and determining its suitability in a show lightly.
I was told approximately 175 pieces were entered into this exhibition. As I looked at all the pieces presented I tried to weigh my initial impression with a more studied approach. Some pieces stood out immediately, why? Was it the color, composition, drawing or handling of the media that drew my attention? I would weigh these concepts as I tried to put together a cohesive yet inclusive group of work. There are many well constructed and beautifully painted works submitted. Many times I looked for the possibility that the artist took a chance, pushed themselves or surprised me with a solution.


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Een reflexief persoonlijk voornaamwoord is de Latijnse benaming voor een wederkerend voornaamwoord. Dat wil zeggen:
de persoon die door het reflexivum aangeduid wordt is ook het onderwerp van de hoofdzin

 Me in speculo vidi - 'Ik zag me(zelf) in de spiegel.
 Te in speculo vidisti - 'Jij zag je(zelf) in de spiegel.

In de tweede zin is het onderwerp 'jij'. En jij ziet 'je(zelf)' in de spiegel. 'Je' slaat dus terug op 'jij', dat het onderwerp van de zin is. In de eerste zin is het precies hetzelfde

Se in de accusativus cum infinitivo
In de accusativus cum infinitivo (ACI):
 Puer dicit se semper audire - De jongen zegt dat hij altijd luistert
 Puer dicit eum semper audire - De jongen zegt dat hij altijd luistert

In de eerste zin is se wederkerend. In de tweede zin kan eum niet wederkerend zijn. Se en eum betekenen allebei 'hij'.

In de eerste zin is se dus wederkerend, dat wil zeggen dat se terugslaat op het onderwerp van de zin. In dit geval is dat puer. Vertaald is het dan: "De jongen zegt dat hij(zelf) altijd luistert".

In de tweede zin is eum niet wederkerend, maar gewoon acc. van is (lijdend voorwerp van hij). Dat betekent dus dat eum niet terugslaat op het onderwerp, puer, maar op iets anders. Vertaald dus als: "De jongen zegt dat hij(een ander) altijd luistert".

Als er namen in de zin staan, wordt het iets duidelijker. De eerste zin is dan:
 "Peter zegt dat hij altijd luistert."

En de tweede zin:
 "Floris zegt dat Peter altijd luistert."

Zie ook
 Wederkerend voornaamwoord

Trivia
In sommige talen, zoals Spaans, maar ook in bepaalde Nederlandse dialecten wordt het reflexief persoonlijk voornaamwoord in constructies gebruikt die voor de Nederlandstalige niet als reflexief worden ervaren (vaak passieve betekenis).

Voorbeelden (Spaans):
 Se vende (wordt verkocht, men verkoopt)
 Se busca (wordt gezocht, men zoekt)

Voornaamwoord in het Latijn


Dual Redundancy: TV Review: Weeds 08x03: "See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die"
TV Review: Weeds 08x03: "See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die"
The following article may contain plot spoilers. Reader discretion advised.
ML- It's the final countdown of Weeds episodes, the end of a long, dangerous journey by the Botwin clan, and we get an episode full of roller derby and Mae Whitman (Parenthood, Ann from Arrested Development) blowing an albino. Is it too much to ask for a little Weed?
I have to give the writers credit for keeping the pace of random, hilarious dialogue up over these 8 seasons, especially in regards to Andy. Justin Kirk never got any Emmy love for this show, which is unnerving, as he brought his A-game tonight apologizing for a forged Raquel Welch signature. But the storyline in which this dialogue exists doesn't stack up.
Seeing Nancy actually try to help someone who wronged her was another big development in her growth towards an "After Botwin", but the end result was about the same as her usual vindictive ways: his life was ruined. Tim goes off to jail, another casualty of Hurricane Nancy's reign of terror throughout the country (and Mexico).
But everything else in the episode was lacking for me. Doug's business story lines are always a drag on this show, and though it looks as though they'll be transitioning to something else now that he transferred lots of Vehement money to a Wilson/Tillerman "non profit", he still feels like a vestigial structure of the show's past, kept around solely because he's a desperate actor with a semi-big name. He ruined what could have been a perfectly peaceful Steve Martin banjo cover of "Little Boxes", too.
The roller derby stuff with Andy was there to get the girls to hate him and turn back to bloodthirsty dad Scott, but it felt so unnecessary. The twins began attacking Andy by destroying his shoes in the oven, so immature Andy retaliated by cutting off the Dread Menace's red dread. This lead to a moderately funny slap fight with Scott that was enhanced by some seriously funny heckling from the twins. Scott's vent was extremely uncomfortable and slightly unbelievable, as he ranted on about how he never wanted twins and, when he saw the sonogram, hoped for an abortion and a new boat instead. No dad would talk like that in front of his kids, but it did get them to side with Andy, the whole purpose of the ridiculous B-story.
Mae Whitman was pretty hilarious as Tula, Tim's girlfriend with some severe issues of her own, and another vessel for some out of this world dialogue. I'd like to see her return, but with so few episodes left in the series, I'd much rather they devote time to important plot lines and character progression.
Speaking of character progression, it was great to see Shane as a cop, and even greater when Nancy was so caught up with Tim that she didn't realize her son's accomplishments. He didn't use the gun he got from Tula to shoot Tim, he tested it against the shells. She was so focused on the darkness she had brought to that boy's life that she didn't notice the shining presence Shane had become, at least in part under her guidance.
One last thing- the title was taken from Tim's line regarding someday Nancy's bullet repositioning in her brain, and her seeing blue, smelling cheese and dying. I know I haven't seen past the first season of The Sopranos but I have a blanket knowledge of just about everything TV, so this made my foreshadowing sense tingle in the same way Sopranos mentioned RANDOM SOPRANOS SPOILER ALERT everything going black and not hearing anything at the moment of death. Will we end with things seeming great for Nancy, then the screen going blue?


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Der Menhir de la Lande des Bouillons (auch Menhir des Bouillons genannt) liegt als Zierde in Dolmenmanier auf Tragsteinen, in einem Kreisverkehr des "Boulevard Jean Charcot" im Osten von Janzé im Département Ille-et-Vilaine in der Bretagne in Frankreich.

Der ursprüngliche Standort lag am Rande des alten Weges nach Saulnières, südwestlich der Stadt, wo er einer der Meilensteine war.

Der durch Erosion unbeeinträchtigte Menhir hat eine Länge von 2,6 m, und ist an der Basis 1,2 m breit und 0,5 m dick und war im Inventar von Pierre-Roland Giot (1919–2002): "Bretagne Megalith", obwohl seine Form stimmig ist, als ungewiss eingestuft.

Südwestlich von Janzé steht der Menhir La Pierre des Fées.

Siehe auch
 Menhire der Bretagne

Literatur
 Jacques Briard: Die Megalithen der Bretagne. Aus dem Französischen von Arnold Jacobshagen, Gisserot, Paris 1991.

Weblinks
 Beschreibung (franz.) und Bilder
 Beschreibung (engl.) und Bilder

Bouillons
Menhir
Megalithanlage im Département Ille-et-Vilaine
Archäologischer Fundplatz in Europa


Oba Abedina Durosimi, the Osolu of Irewe Kingdom in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, has said the failed second term bid of Akinwunmi Ambode, outgoing Governor of Lagos State, was the handiwork of traditional rulers and not Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a series of political intrigues leading to the emergence of the APC governorship candidate for Lagos State, Ambode eventually lost the governorship ticket to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who later emerged governor-elect of the state.
According to the traditional ruler, Tinubu, unlike Ambode, is a team player who seeks the advice of traditional rulers and makes them feel part of the process, when any decision that affects the people is about to be made.
Durosimi said one of the reasons traditional rulers opposed Ambode's second term bid was because he concentrated major developments in his Epe hometown.
He accused Ambode of undermining the Lagos master plan and questioned how a governor can abandon other areas and concentrate development in one area.
Speaking in an interview with The Sun newspaper, published on Wednesday, he said: "Tinubu influences people; he does not force or intimidate people to do his wish. He has regards for traditional institutions in Lagos State. For instance, before any law is passed in Lagos State, they must bring it to the council of Obas which I'm a member for our assessment before it is taken to the state House of Assembly and the executive for final approval.
"The people were against Ambode, because he concentrated development in Epe area where he comes from. Ambode undermined the Lagos State master plan. We Obas opposed Ambode's second bid not Tinubu.
How can the governor abandon other areas and concentrate development in one area? That was why we said we didn't want him to continue."


Cosmetics vs. Cosmeceuticals: Know the Difference!
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Skincare products affect the skin in different ways. The gap between ingredients of cosmetics and pharmaceutical grade is bridged when a proven and safe blend of cosmeceutical ingredients are formulated in desired delivery systems. These ingredients offer desired outcomes by reaching the various layers of the skin and actually changing the way skin works for an overall improvement in skin health and complexion.
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Happy Birthday, Fumbly! Hope it's a great one!
happy birthday (though a day late)!
Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!!! I was turning 40 while out of town, or else I'd have replied sooner!


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Bao'an County, formerly named Xin'an County, was a historical county in South China. It roughly follows the administrative boundaries of modern-day Hong Kong and the city of Shenzhen. For most of its history, the administrative center of the county was in Nantou.

History
During the Three Kingdoms, the later Bao'an County, along with Dongguan and Boluo counties, formed a single large district with the name Boluo ().

In 331, the Eastern Jin Dynasty established Bao'an County, one of six counties under Dōngguān () Prefecture. This prefecture's area included modern Shenzhen and Dongguan. In the second year of the Zhide of Suzong under the Tang Dynasty (757 AD), Dōngguān was renamed to Dōngguǎn ().

In the 27th year of Hongwu Emperor's (1368–1399, founder of the Ming dynasty) reign, Hongwu appointed an officer with the title Shou-yu-suo () to protect the local population from robbers and vagabonds which increasingly infested the district.

In 1573, the first year of the reign of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Xin'an County (sometimes referred to as district) was established as a separate administrative division of Guangzhou Prefecture. The area was then separated from the old Dongguan County due to military reasons.

Under the Qing Dynasty, Xin'an County was one of the fourteen districts under the department of Guangdong. During the Great Clearance (1661–1669), most of Xin'an County was affected by the coastal evacuation. However Xin'an ceased to be a separate administrative county by the 5th year of Kangxi (1666), and the areas not affected by the evacuation were temporarily absorbed into the adjoining Dongguan County until the lift of the ban in 1669. From 1842 to 1898, 1055.61 km2 out of 3076 km2 of Xin'an County was ceded to the United Kingdom to form Hong Kong.

Population
According to the 1819 edition of the Gazetteer of Xin'an County, the population of Xin'an County was about 18,000 people in 1642, just prior to the collapse of the Ming dynasty, and the total population was about 4,000 by 1672, three years after the reoccupation of the area at the end of the Great Clearance.

Cession of Hong Kong

The area commonly referred to as Hong Kong was successively ceded or leased from the county to Britain in 1842, 1860 and 1898 under the Treaty of Nanking (Hong Kong Island), Convention of Peking (Kowloon), and Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory (New Territories).

Republic of China era
After the founding of the Republic of China in 1913, the name of Xin'an was changed back to Bao'an.

People's Republic of China era

In 1953, Shenzhen replaced Nantou as the administrative centre, due to the increasing prominence of the town as the southern terminus of the Chinese section of the Kowloon–Canton Railway.

In 1979, Bao'an County was renamed Shenzhen City after the name of its county town since 1953, and the southern part of Shenzhen became a Special Economic Zone a year later. A diminished Bao'an County remained in the new city of Shenzhen outside the SEZ until 1992, when it was replaced by the Bao'an and the Longgang districts.

See also

 History of Hong Kong under Imperial China
 Gazetteer of Xin'an County

References

Citations

Sources

 Mr. Krone (1859). A Notice of the Sanon District, Transactions, Vol. 6, pp. 71–105, Hong Kong (1859).

Further reading

  - Published online on 21 October 2010.

Former counties of China
County-level divisions of Guangdong
History of Hong Kong
History of Shenzhen
Dongguan
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4th-century BC establishments in China
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1970s disestablishments in Hong Kong
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India Is Privatising and Here's Why You Should Be Concerned
Shashank Sekuri
Since India's Independence India had largely been until 1991 a closed and a regulated economy functioning on the socialist welfare state model with very little in the way of open markets. The nation's growth rate compared to other capitalist countries was very less. Under this system all the necessities of all individuals were generally fulfilled by the state and the private sector was miniscule.
This meant that due to the regulated nature of the market and the state monopoly over goods, their production and their distribution, the entire system was hugely inefficient as the price of the goods was determined not by the market forces of demand and supply, but rather by the mandate of the state. Due to such gross inefficiencies as well as corruption and black marketizing most of these commitments made by the government to provide better living standards for the people failed and the entire system could not provide even the basic which was guaranteed to it.
It was therefore, in 1991 after an economic crisis that the government decided to provide a greater share to the private sector in the economy. Earlier almost no sector was open for the private players to do business in, but today almost everything has been liberalised. The government has even gone as far as disinvesting its stake in many business entities to turn them from state owned to private sector undertaking.
Historically, it has always been the case that all societies and lands have always followed a liberal, open and a free market type of system. Such a system has been in use since time immemorial. It was either due to the general lack of a state authority or weak state control over its subjects which meant that prevention or restriction of the free markets and the trade routes was very difficult and could not be maintained for long durations. This meant that the state did not actively restrict or interfere with the business dealings of people. The state's job from Rome to the Mauryan empire was to create a sense of safety, security, dispute resolution and justice as well as, specifically in the case of the Mauryan Empire, anti-monopoly laws.
This meant that the free market was considered to be the normalcy and many states such as France and Britain and other European countries strictly followed the Laissez-faire economic system where the governments made no direct or indirect interference in the economic affairs of the country. It is defined as 'an economic theory from the 18th century that opposed any government intervention in business affairs. The driving principle behind laissez-faire, a French term that translates to "leave alone" (literally, "let you do"), is that the less the government is involved in the economy, the better off business will be, and by extension, society as a whole.'
Today in India the private sector has the liberty to do business all across the spectrum all the restrictions on owning and running private enterprises were lifted and the requirement to get licences from the government also known as the license Raj was abolished. Foreign Direct Investment or FDI was allowed into India and other foreign companies could invest and set up shop as well as production facilities in India.
Due to this liberalisation and disinvestment the private sector has contributed to the economy and over the years improved it in ways the state-run socialist system could never have been able to. On top of this the GDP growth of the nation increased dramatically after 1991 from an average of 4% per annum to more than 7% per annum since the reforms and this will privatize and disinvest entities continues even today.
Recently the government merged 10 PSUs and banks together which were performing badly due to a large number of NPAs as well as corruption in the system, but the move to privatise any of these banks has caused significant concern for the government due to the backlash it has faced from the employees as well as the people who oppose the privatisation.
This is not the only case as in many cases the government's attempts to privatise were stopped by the people and the employees who feared they would be removed from their jobs if they were sent off into the private sector and its competitive environment. Similarly other entities like Air India and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and their employee unions have spoken up against the privatisation of these industries.
Air India in spite of being a large airline with the best routes and aircraft available has not been able to make even a penny of profit and has been in loss for a long time. The airline is overstaffed and is marred by delays inefficiencies as well as bad services, as such it doesn't have a good reputation in India as an airline. This is now planned to be 100% privatised by the government which might lead to many staff being fired and removed.
There is a similar case in OFB where the workers fear that the privatisation of the firm, which is inefficient, badly run, unable to generate profits and fails to produce quality equipment, will lead to many of them being removed from their jobs by the company once it privatises to reduce cost.
It is clear that India is trying its best to privatise its state run, inefficient and badly managed public sector companies and at the same time is facing hurdles from the trade unions and the employees who fear exploitation at the hands of their capitalist bosses.
At the same time the government was seemingly calling for the privatisation of those few profitable PSUs such as LIC. This move has also been met with sharp opposition against the decision to privatise by the employees. The government has of course made it clear now in the Lok Sabha that LIC will actually not be privatised but rather the Initial Public Offering (IPO) will bring in transparency into the system.
Whatever the case maybe it certainly is important to make the economy more friendly for the private sector and India, albeit slowly, is steadily trying to convert PSUs in to private undertakings but not without its own share of problems.

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Q: Show that there is a random variable with the given characteristic function Here is an old qual problem that has me bamboozled.  Any hints or solutions would be appreciated

Here's my thoughts: The given characteristic function looks very similar to the characteristic function of a poisson distribution. And if you integrate it over the first measure given in the hint, then you get the characteristic function of a poisson distribution.  But then how do you use this fact to extend to a general $
mu$?  it's also not clear to me what the significance of the other two special cases are in the hint.
Source: https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/990/docs/Fall_2012/20123_507a.pdf

A: If $\mu$ is a finite measure then you can prove the result as follows: let $r=\mu (0,\infty)$ and $\lambda = \frac {\mu} r$. Let $\{X_i\}$ be i.i.d. with distribution $\lambda$ and N be Poisson with parameter r, independent of $\{X_i\}$ . An easy calculation (involving conditioning on N) show that $\phi$ is the characteristic function of $X_1+X_2+...+X_N$. For the general case you can use the continuity theorem for characteristic functions: the hypothesis implies that the restriction $\mu _n$ of $\mu$ to $(1/n,\infty$) is a finite measure. The characteristic function of $\mu_n$ converges to $\phi$ pointwise and $\phi$ is continuous by a simple application of Dominated Convergence Theorem. I am sorry that I didn't use the hints, but the result is standard and my proof is also standard.

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lftp ist ein freier und konsolenbasierter FTP-Client für Unix und unixoide Betriebssysteme wie Linux. Er gehört zu den umfangreichsten seiner Art. Autor und Initiator ist Alexander Lukyanov.

Neben FTP unterstützt das Programm die Protokolle FXP, HTTP, FISH, SFTP, HTTPS, FTPS und BitTorrent. Zusätzlich unterstützt lftp eine Fülle von Funktionen, darunter rekursives Spiegeln von Verzeichnisbäumen, Verwalten von Bookmarks, mehreren simultanen Sitzungen zu verschiedenen Servern in einer Shell (durch sogenannte "slots"), Zeitplanung von Transfers, Befehlswarteschlangen und ein Anpassen der nutzbaren Bandbreite.

Besonders hebt sich der Client durch die Bash-ähnliche Shell hervor, mit der man nicht nur effizient interaktiv arbeiten, sondern lftp auch durch Skripte interaktiv steuern kann. Sie kann optional über globale oder benutzerspezifische Konfigurationsdateien angepasst werden. Unter anderem sind Aliase, Skripte und ein benutzerdefinierter Prompt möglich.

Innerhalb der Shell dienen vorangestellte Ausrufezeichen als Escape-Symbole, d. h., sie werden nicht mit der lftp-Shell, sondern mit der Benutzer-Shell, von der lftp gestartet wurde, ausgeführt und somit lokal abgearbeitet. ls innerhalb von lftp bewirkt also ein Listing des FTP-Verzeichnisses, !ls hingegen, dass der Inhalt des lokalen Verzeichnisses angezeigt wird. Das Mischen beider Betriebsarten in Skripten oder Warteschlangen ermöglicht sehr komplexe automatisierte Transfervorgänge.

Zum Lieferumfang von lftp gehört auch noch lftpget, mit dem Dateien direkt heruntergeladen werden können.

Beispiele
lftp -u BENUTZERNAME,KENNWORT -p 22 -c "cd ORDNERXY && put DATEIXY" sftp://SERVERADRESSE

Erklärung: Der Parameter "-u" übergibt den Benutzernamen, mit dem man sich am entfernten Server anmelden möchte. Das Kennwort wird nach einem Komma angehängt. Sonderzeichen im Kennwort müssen mit \ markiert werden.

Der Parameter "-p" gibt den Port an, auf dem der Remoteserver erreichbar ist. Dies anzugeben ist nur nötig, wenn der Remoteport vom Standard abweicht. Da SFTP-Server standardmäßig auf Port 22 lauschen, ist die Angabe "-p 22" im oben genannten Beispiel nicht nötig, da lftp auch ohne diese Angabe zum Port 22 am SFTP-Server verbinden würde.

Nach dem Parameter "-c" können Befehle spezifiziert werden, die lftp ausführt und sich danach beendet. Im Beispiel oben wechselt das Programm in das Verzeichnis ORDNERXY (durch den Befehl "cd ORDNERXY") und führt danach (was durch die "&&" angegeben wird) den Befehl "put DATEIXY" aus, der die lokale Datei "DATEIXY" auf den entfernten Server kopiert. Im Beispiel oben verbindet sich lftp zu einem SFTP-Server, was durch das sftp:// vor "SERVERADRESSE" angegeben wird.

Im Gegensatz zu Parameter "-c" können nach dem Parameter "-e" Befehle spezifiziert werden, die lftp ausführt und sich danach nicht (!) beendet.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website (englisch)
 LFTP for Windows. (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Freie Dateitransfer-Software
Download-Manager
FTP-Client
Freie FTP-Software
Freie BitTorrent-Software
Linux-Software
MacOS-Software
Unix-Software
BSD-Software


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namespace interface {

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};

}

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Tutorial #4: Arpeggios, Duty Modulation & Auto Echo!
Tutorial #4: Arpeggios, Duty Modulation & Auto Echo!
This will be the last one for a little while – I don't have time to do any more at the moment. This one is a juicy one though so should keep you busy.
Same setup as before, here's a .sav file of where you should end up when you've done the tutorial (depending on how much experimenting you've done).
Once again, start where we left off in Part 2 by either following that tutorial or loading up the .sav file from Part 2.
Move over to the Pitch Table and scroll down to index 0A (which should be "empty" i.e. 00 F0, if you've followed along properly). We're going to add some entries to give us a minor triad chord.
Next we'll use these "chords" in a Pattern but first a little discussion.
I guess this will be easier and more useful if I explain it in comparisson to LSDJ. Even though LSDJ has a table system too, I notice it also has a "chord" command which gives you a quick and simple method of putting arpeggio chords into your patterns (or whatever the LSDJ equivalent of that is - I still haven't really got around to having a proper go with it yet!). NTRQ doesn't have the luxury of multiple command/effect columns (in LSDJ you have the effect letter "A" etc and the full 8 bits of the value byte with which to represent the data for that effect, where NTRQ only has the 8 bits of the command byte to represent both the type of effect/command AND the required data) so we have to be a little more creative to achieve a similar result.
What we've set up in the Pitch Table therefore would be the equivalent of doing LSDJ chord commands with "37" and "58". The way to use them is just a little more abstract.
Another issue with only having one command/effect column is: what happens if we need an Instrument and a Pitch Table (to play the arpeggio) command on the same tick/step? Well, short answer is: you can't! There are a couple of ways around this though. One way would be to define a new Instrument for each chord "shape" you need in your song then set the Pitch Table parameter in each Instrument to point to the correct Pitch Table area for that chord. Problem is, this is wasteful of Instruments if you need a lot of chord types and also means having to tweak each Instrument separately if you want to adjust another aspect of the sound of the chord Instrument. The other way, which I'm going to go through in this tutorial, is to set up your base sound in the Instrument and use Pitch Table commands in the Pattern to switch chords, mimicking how you might do it with LSDJ. Which method you choose will depend on your song setup, number of Instrument etc.
The problem remains though that we need to set an initial Instrument command in the Pattern and, if we need to play an arpeggiated note on the same tick/step, it gets awkward. Two ways to solve this. One, you'd have a "blank" Pattern at the start of your song, for example, that sets up the Instrument number before you need to use it. Another way, which is what I'm going to show you, is to set up your chord Instrument with a Pitch Table setting so that when you want to change the chord shape you can use a Pitch Table command in the Pattern but when you want the original chord shape you just put the Instrument command in again to recall the orignal setting. Simple, eh?
I'll have to assume you know what "duty" means in the context of NES audio. If not, have a read on the internet, there's plenty of information out there.
Currently the Instrument we've created is using a duty setting (DT) of "00" in the Instrument Table. This is pointing to index 00 of the Duty table (DTAB). As with other stuff you can jump to the correct line of the Duty Table from the Instrument Table by putting the cursor on the DT parameter, holding SELECT and tapping RIGHT (there's a list of all these context shortcuts in the manual).
A full explanation of all the features of the Duty Table are too much for this tutorial (it's in the manual!) but we'll go through a simple setup to get you started with the basics.
then to change the duty for the Instrument you'd put either 00, 01, 02 or 03 in the DT parameter. Simple!
So, we can set a single duty value for our chord Instrument and while it sounds a bit nicer, it would be better to get some duty modulation in and make it sound a lot richer.
then set the DT parameter of the Instrument to "04".
Have a play around with the "82" and "02" in the Duty Table to see how it affects the sound. For the "wait" value, don't go over "1F" (maximum values would be 1F, 5F, 9F and DF for duty 00,40,80 and C0 respectively). If you go over that, NTRQ will treat the values a bit differently and you might wonder what's going on (though you don't need to wonder because it's in the manual).
notice that the second line ends in 05 and not 04. This causes NTRQ to play the note with a duty of "80" for 3 ticks then change to "00" and hold until a new note is played.
Again, if Instrument 04 is still highlighted in the Instrument Table you can set the Aux (AU) parameter quickly and simply by holding A then tapping B. However you achieve it, you need to have "43" in the AU parameter of Instrument 04. OK?
What we've done there is to switch the echo on with a delay of 03 ticks ("B0" = echo off). I should say that because we've got a tricky little setup in the Pitch Table (our "swing" groove) that not all of the echo speeds work that well but try changing the B3 to, say, B1. For a "straight" 4/4-type of groove, B5 works really well. Practical limit on this is about "B7" but it does depend on the speed of your song (and a bunch of other stuff). You can read "why?" in the manual.
The other number, "21" controls how the echo decays. "2" means that 2 is initially subtracted from the amplitude of the note when the echo is fed back into the "signal" (therefore sets the initial echo volume relative to the volume of the actual notes). The "1" means for every feedback cycle, 1 is subtracted from the echo amplitude until it reaches 0. So by varying these numbers you can get quite a different sound. A value of "61" would mean a much quieter echo. Something like "26" would give a loud echo with a fast feedback decay (i.e not many "reflections"). Something like "40" would be a quietish echo but one that never decays to 0. As I said, it's quite a creative tool.
While the Song is still playing, try adding some more notes to the Pattern (Track B). Actually, first, go to step 0E of the Pattern and put "60" in the command column. This turns off the arpeggio temporarily.
Something else to play with while the Song is still going is the Gate value for Instrument 04. The Gate value influences the character of the echo effect because NTRQ only feeds the echo signal back into the Track when there are no notes playing or when a note is in the Release phase of the ADSR. It's all explained in the manual but for now, try a Gate setting of 01 or up to 08 to see how it changes the effect.
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Intermezzo di rime è una raccolta di poesie pubblicata da Gabriele D'Annunzio nel 1884.

D'Annunzio abbandona la "metrica barbara" carducciana e si cimenta in altre forme metriche più chiuse e tradizionali. La sperimentazione caratteristica della poesia dannunziana è presente sia nei temi sia nella forma di queste poesie che presentano figure di donne degradate, amori lascivi e spinte scene di sesso. Intermezzo di rime è riconducibile al "periodo romano" dannunziano ed infatti così come Canto novo rifletteva la vita abruzzese di D'Annunzio, così "Intermezzo di rime" ne testimonia la frequentazione degli ambienti della più moderna società romana, ricercatrice di temi piccanti e soprattutto più aperta agli sperimentalismi della poesia decadente.

Raccolte poetiche di Gabriele D'Annunzio


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STEPHEN W. De LACY
Newspaper Man- Santa Clara County, 1870's
Bio-Pen Pictures
SURNAMES: HASKELL
Stephen W. De Lacy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3, 1843. Here he learned the trades of ship carpentering and steam engineering. In 1863 he removed to New York City, and in the summer of that year sailed via Panama for California, arriving in San Francisco ,July 2. Proceeding at once to Santa Clara County, where his parents resided, he first settled in Almaden township, and remained for two years in the employ of the company then managing the celebrated quicksilver mines. He then removed to the city of San Jose, and went into the business of contracting and building, which he followed for several years. In 1870 he entered the ranks of journalism, as a reporter with the San Jose Daily Independent, and shortly, in conjunction with his brother, Hugh A. De Lacy (see his bio below), started the San Jose Weekly Reporter. In 1872 he joined the Daily Record at Pioche, Nevada, remaining as its city editor for nearly a year. Returning to San Jose in 1873, he became the city editor of the Daily Evening Patriot, and continued in the position when the name of that paper was changed to Herald. Resigning in 1879, Mr. De Lacy began the publication of the Daily Morning Times, believing that the field was good for an independent newspaper. In that enterprise he was associated with J. G. Murdoch, formerly foreman of the Herald; the editorial department being intrusted [sic] to F. B. Murdoch, a veteran journalist, formerly proprietor of the Patriot, who subsequently became a partner in the newspaper. The firm name was Times Publishing Company. Their first issue was on July 15, 1879, and the paper was favorably received. On the first of January, 1880, Mr. De Lacy became sole proprietor by purchase of the interests of his partners. From that time the success of the Times was remarkable. The aim of the owner and manger was to present a paper which, in its treatment of local events, should be equally readable and reliable; in general, the implacable foe of wrong, the inflexible champion of right, and at all events independent in opinion, and fearless in its expression beyond the possibility of clique, faction, or sinister interest to influence. In the realization of that ideal, his success was decisive and permanent. But at the height of success, Mr. De Lacy conceived the idea that a daily newspaper founded and conducted on the principles of the Times would flourish in San Francisco. Accordingly, on the sixth of September, 1883, he sold to C. M. Shortridge, proprietor of the San Jose Mercury, his entire interest in the Times, binding himself not to resume journalism in San Jose for three years.
On the sixteenth of February, 1884, in connection with James H. Barry, a popular printer of San Francisco, Mr. De Lacy began, under what seemed favorable auspices, the publication of the Daily Evening Star. Its principle was—in the expressive phrase of the day—"anti-boss, anti-monopoly." But powerful enemies and journalistic rivalry, and especially the spurious fidelity of the industrial classes, in whose interest the paper was conducted, proved too much for the enterprise. On the nineteenth of June, 1884, having lost heavily, the Star Company suspended, promptly discharging all its obligations to a penny. Mr. De Lacy returned to San Jose and engaged in various business. On the sixth of September, 1886, upon the expiration of his bond, he pluckily re-issued the Daily Morning Times, meeting with great success in the enterprise of re-establishing it, conducting it upon its original plane, and pushing it up to its former position as a generous advocate of the rights of the people.
Mr. De Lacy married, September 10, 1875, Clara J., daughter of J. W. Haskell, and has five children: Edith Viola, Walter Haskell, Stephen Percival, Edward Ralph Merlin, and Clara Estelle De Lacy.
Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.
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H. A. De LACY
The City Item/Evening News
The City Item was established by H. A. De Lacy, in 1883. Its name was changed, in 1885, to the Evening News, which name it still bears.
The projector of the journal, Mr. H. A. De Lacy, was born in New Orleans, September 23, 1845. He came to California in 1862, and went to work at the New Almaden mines as engineer. In 1865 he came to San Jose and engaged in the business of carpenter and builder for several years. In 1870 he was appointed deputy sheriff, where he developed great skill as a detective officer. After his term expired as deputy sheriff, he was appointed on the police force of San Jose, and was afterward elected constable of the township. In 1872 he published the Reporter, but discontinued it in order to devote his whole time to his professional duties. But he had developed a taste for journalism that could not be wiped out, and in 1883 he established the City Item, intending to make it small and do all the work himself. However, it met with such success that he was compelled to enlarge it and secure assistance in his work. Mr. C. W. Williams, a young man of great business ability, was taken in as a partner and assumed the business management of the enterprise, Mr. De Lacy confining himself entirely to the editorial department. This was a strong combination, and its effect was immediately apparent. The business rapidly increased, and the paper has been enlarged no less than six times during the five years of its existence. In 1885 the name was changed to the Evening News, which name it now bears.
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Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks
Dramatic Rescues and Fantastic Wrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic
James D. Charlet
More than 6,000 ships have met their doom in the waters along the North Carolina coast, weaving a rich history of tragedy, drama and heroics along these picturesque beaches. Men have lost their lives and fortunes, and heroes have been made where the combination of mixing currents, treacherous coastline and shifting underwater sandbars spells disaster for even the most seasoned sailor. These are the stories of daring rescues, tragic failures, enduring mysteries, buried treasure, and fascinating legend.
978-1-4930-3590-8 • Hardback • February 2020 • $35.00 • (£20.95)
Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), History / United States / State & Local / General, History / Maritime History & Piracy
James D. Charlet leads tours, educational programs, and speaking engagements and contributes to local and national media with articles on Outer Banks and nautical history. James taught North Carolina history for 24 years and worked with the Wright Brothers National Memorial. He has been involved with the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum for the past 21 years and was the Site Manager of the Historic Site for 10 years.
Along North Carolina's coastline is a land barrier known as the Outer Banks. For many years people who have lived there pursued the dangerous profession of commercial fishing. Others flock to the Outer Banks to enjoy the beautiful beaches.
There is great beauty on the Outer Banks, but sailors know the other reputation of the region: "The Graveyard of the Atlantic." The sea floor on and near the Banks are strewn with shipwrecks along with hundreds of deaths. All of this eventually led the United States government to seek ways to try to stop the carnage. One of the ways would eventually become the U.S. Coast Guard. The history of the Banks is replete with tales of heroism, and death. James D. Charlet has gathered a very good selection of some of these events. Those who are interested in the sea and dramatic sea rescues will find much of interest in Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic Rescues and Fantastic Wrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
— Dennis L. Noble
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It showed me that, as much as I thought I knew about the history of the Outer Banks, there is a lot more that I didn't know.
James Charlet has written an extraordinary account of the shipwrecks along the Outer Banks. From the earliest settlers through Blackbeard, colonial America and into the 21st century, he has captured the essence of why the Outer Banks is known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
— Chris Wright, BMCM, USCG (ret); Surfman 309
If you have ever experienced James Charlet relating the history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and tales of heroic rescues by the Chicamacomico Station, you know you are in for a treat. I have watched as James held his audiences spellbound, from small children to older adults, and this book does not disappoint. He does a masterful job weaving the history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service (now the U.S. Coast Guard), explaining why the Outer Banks of North Carolina are the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," and recounting seemingly impossible rescues of passengers and crews of unfortunate ships foundering off the coast.
In addition, the author explains nautical terms to landlubbers so that we can better appreciate and understand what actually happened. He also relates how certain wrecks impacted the history of the United States, such as the loss of the SS Central America adversely affecting the fragile economy and political climate of the time. James Charlet has written a masterpiece that not only preserves the heroism of the brave surfmen of the U.S. Life-Saving Stations but reveals little-known maritime history.
A MUST read for all persons serving in the U.S. Coast Guard!
— Martha Jackson, Chief Curator, Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources
James Charlet is one of America's finest storytellers today. With experience as a historian, manager of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, and a lifelong student of maritime legends, there is no better subject for him than the true stories of nightmarish shipwrecks along the notoriously dangerous North Carolina Coast. Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks offers in-depth looks at some of the most famous shipwrecks to date and what caused them. He puts the reader right there on board the distressed ship or in the life-saving surfboat with the angels in oil coats struggling to rescue their fellow mariners. Well illustrated and peppered with fascinating behind-the-scenes explanations, this book is hard to put down.
— Cheryl Shelton-Roberts
Keeper James methodically reveals his passion about the Lifesaving Service. I was amazed by his knowledge on this important piece of American History, and his diligent attention to the details. The 1918 rescue of the SS Mirlo's crew in Chapter 3 stirred my excitement and almost brought me to tears. Such heroics exceed my imagination. Hat's off to a master storyteller!
This history deserves to be told and retold. America is in need of heroes to spur each of us to go above and beyond what we think we can accomplish. These ordinary men from the Outer Banks of North Carolina performed superhuman feats of courage, exemplifying the true meaning of the "golden rule." I would like to have known some of them on a personal level, across the table over a cup of hot coffee on a cold and windy day. They are simply inspiring!
— Lewis C. Forrest, Chair, The Friends of the Outer Banks History Center


Alissa York, David Bergen and Jordan Scott were also among the recipients. Seven prizes, recognising a wide range of categories and totalling more than $260,000, were given out.
B.C. author Kathy Page has won the $50,000 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for her novel Dear Evelyn, "a timeless page-turning masterpiece," according to the jury, that tells the story of an English couple's tumultuous 70-year-long marriage.
Page's novel won over Rawi Hage's Beirut Hellfire Society, Esi Edugyan's Washington Black, Jen Neale's Land Mammals and Sea Creatures and Craig Davidson's The Saturday Night Ghost Club.
The win was announced at the Writers' Trust of Canada's annual awards ceremony in Toronto, where over $260,000 worth of prizes were given out to Canadian writers.
Elizabeth Hay was another of the evening's big winners, taking home the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for All Things Consoled. The memoir describes Hay's experiences caring for her aging parents. The jury called it a "loving, exacting memoir" that offers readers "a masterclass in observation."
The other finalists were Terese Marie Mailhot for her memoir Heart Berries, Will Aitken for Antigone Undone, Judi Rever for In Praise of Blood and Lindsay Wong for The Woo-Woo.
Four additional writers each received $25,000 prizes honouring their body of work.
Christopher Paul Curtis won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, which is awarded annually to children's book author their body of work.
David Bergen was recognized with the Matt Cohen Award, which is given to a writer who has dedicated their entire professional career to writing, in celebration of their entire body of work.
Alissa York received the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award, which recognizes a mid-career writer for both their body of work so far and the expectation of future work.
Jordan Scott was awarded the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize, which is given annually to a mid-career poet who has "mastered the art of poetry."
Finally, Shashi Bhat won the $10,000 Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for her short story Mute.
Keep reading to learn more about each winner.
Dear Evelyn tells the story of a wartime romance in England that leads to a long and troubled marriage. The novel was inspired by letters the author's father sent to his wife while serving in the Second World War.
"What initially begins as a familiar wartime love story morphs into a startling tale of time's impact on love and family, as well as one's complex search for personal meaning and truth. By integrating themes that are universally understood by readers and skillfully crafting endearing characters that surprise and delight, Page has created a poignant literary work of art," said the jury, comprised of Ann Y.K. Choi, Mireille Silcoff and Robert Wiersema, in a press release.
All Things Consoled documents the decline of Elizabeth Hay's formidable parents — her mother Jean, a financially prudent painter and her father Gordon, a schoolteacher with an short fuse. As the Hays age and their eldest daughter takes on the role of primary caregiver, old resentments rise to the surface, eventually giving way to greater understanding.
"Elizabeth Hay's prose elevates this ordinary rite of passage — the death of one's parents — to something rare and poetic. All Things Consoled becomes, itself, a consolation for anyone despairing at the loose ends that parents leave behind," said the jury, comprised of Michael Harris, Donna Bailey Nurse and Joel Yanofsky, in a press release.
Christopher Paul Curtis is an American-Canadian writer, whose previous honours include the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Award and TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. His latest book, The Journey of Little Charlie, was a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award and is currently on the shortlist for the National Book Award in the U.S.
"Working against the sense of resolution that seems so obligatory in a lot of writing for children, his novels refuse easy redemptive arcs — bearing witness, instead, to the emotional and behavioural afterlife of love, tragedy and violence," said the jury, comprised of Deirdre Baker, Glen Huser and Kyo Maclear, in a press release.
David Bergen is a novelist from Winnipeg, Man. In 2005, his novel The Time in Between won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He was subsequently shortlisted for the Giller Prize for The Matter with Morris in 2010. His novel The Age of Hope was defended by Ron MacLean on Canada Reads in 2013.
"In novel after novel, David Bergen has explored some of the most important issues of his time, from such internal questions as what duties children owe their parents — to the eternal ones, such as what does a society owe its citizens," the jury, comprised of Patsy Aldana, Graeme Gibson, Wayne Grady and Don Oravec said in a press release.
Alissa York is a writer based in Toronto, Ont. Her work includes the novels Effigy, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2007, Mercy, Fauna and, most recently, The Naturalist.
"From the bogs of Manitoba to the rivers of the Amazon rainforest, from the wilderness of Utah to the ravines of Toronto, York's characters live lives entwined with natural wonders that are as complex, varied, dark and beautiful as human experience itself," said the jury, comprised of Devon Code, Billie Livingston and Tessa McWatt, in a press release.
Jordan Scott is a poet from Comox Valley, B.C. His books include Silt, Blert and Night & Ox. His work has been translated into Slovenian, French and Portuguese. Scott is the consulting editor at The Elephants, a Canadian indie press.
"Jordan Scott savours and vies not solely with the materiality of language, but languages' subjective materiality. For Scott, each context and uttering body manifests an original materiality: the precision of nature, anatomy, the names of friends, the contours of British Columbia or Poland, the daily ritualized cycles of parenthood and the cosmos," said the jury, comprised of Wayde Compton, Sylvia Legris and Moez Surani, in a press release.
Mute, a short story by Shashi Bhat, has won the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. The $10,000 prize goes to the best work of short fiction by an emerging writer published in a Canadian literary magazine. Bhat is also the author of the novel The Family Took Shape.
"In Shashi Bhat's Mute, rooms open into other rooms, and each one is furnished with an inventory of meticulous detail, right down to the roaches scuttling across the floor and the narrator who puts on heels to rise above them. It is a story about fear and loneliness, failed connections and existential questions, as well as a darkly funny take on academia, literary snobbery and popular culture. This is a story where sentences sparkle, each one laying down the path toward a perfect and most unsettling conclusion," said the jury, comprised of Sharon Bala, Kerry Clare and Zoey Leigh Peterson, in a press release.


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Since Apple TV+ was a late entrant to the streaming melee, you might not think there's much worth watching, but think again. The service has lots of great new shows, and it keeps getting better. Here are the ones we think are worth watching right now. Keep in mind the TV-MA rating: Not all of these shows are child-friendly.
The Problem With Jon Stewart (2021): Most Glorious Return of a Talk Show Legend
Genre: Talk Show
Starring: Jon Stewart
Created By: Jon Stewart
TV Rating: TV-MA
Number of Seasons: 2
The only real problem with Jon Stewart is that he's been absent from our TVs for way too long. Finally, he's back with a new talk show that combines comedy with political commentary. Every episode is a deep dive into a pertinent issue facing America today.
Famous for his days hosting The Daily Show, Stewart has been an outspoken advocate for 9/11 frontline workers. He's now signed to a multi-year deal, so expect The Problem With Jon Stewart to stick around for a few seasons.
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Bad Sisters (2022): Darkest Comedy About Family and Murder
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Brian Gleeson,Anne-Marie Duff, Claes Bang
Created By: Brett Baer, Dave Finkel, Sharon Horgan
The Garvey sisters have a reputation for being tough, but are any of them capable of murder? That's what everyone wants to know after the abusive husband of their friend Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) turns up dead.
Bad Sisters is an Irish comedy based on a Belgian show called Clan. The story unfolds as a mystery, so it's best to go in without any preconceived notions of what's going to happen.
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Black Bird (2022): Based on the True Story of an FBI Informant
Starring: Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear
Created By: Dennis Lehane
Facing a decade in prison for illegal firearms charges, Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) agrees to work with the FBI in exchange for a lesser sentence. Immediately, Keene is sent undercover to find the victims of a suspected serial killer.
Believe it or not, Jimmy Keene is a real person, and the show is based on his 2010 autobiography In with the Devil. With just six episodes, Black Bird is easy to binge during a long weekend.
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Severance (2022): Strangest Satire of21st Century Corporate America
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Starring: Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Dichen Lachman
Created By: Dan Erickson
The employees at Lumon Industries all have something in common: Every day, their memories of the outside world are erased when they arrive to work. The system works perfectly, until it doesn't, which causes loyal worker Mark (Adam Scott) to question everything.
A twisted spin on shows like The Office, Severance satirizes the darker side of corporate workplace culture.
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The Mosquito Coast (2021): Wildest Run-for-the-Border Family Adventure
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Justin Theroux, Melissa George, Gabriel Bateman
Created By: Paul Theroux
Have you ever wanted to drop everything and move far, far away? Allie Fox (Justin Theroux) decides to do just that when he finds himself on the wrong end of government agents. Determined to live off-grid in a houseboat in Honduras, he smuggles his wife Margot (Melissa George) and their kids across the southern border.
Inspired by the 1981 book of the same name, The Mosquito Coast tells an original story set in modern-day North and Central America. The star of the show, Justin Theroux, is the nephew of Paul Theroux, the author of the original book.
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Slow Horses (2022): Best British Spy Thriller Based on a Book Series
Apple TV +
Starring: Chris Reilly, Gary Oldman, Rosalind Eleazar
Created By: Graham Yost
What happens to British spies who make embarrassing mistakes? They get sent to Slough House, an administrative limbo under the watchful eye of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), the world's most miserable manager.
Based on a series of books by Mick Herron's novels, Slow Horses has the premise of a typical workplace comedy, but it quickly gets more exciting as the agents are tasked with more serious matters.
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Shantaram (2022): A Gangster Story Based on Real Life
Apple TV Plus +
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Fayssal Bazzi, Sujaya Dasgupta
Created By: Eric Warren Singer, Steve Lightfoot
After breaking out of prison in Australia, bank robber Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam) flees to India in hopes of starting a new life, but he soon finds himself in the criminal underbelly of Bombay.
Shantaram is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by real-life bank robber Gregory David Roberts. Set in the 1980s, it's a fun throwback to gangster movies of that era.
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Echo 3 (2022): Best Bilingual International Action Thriller
Starring: Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, Jessica Ann Collins
Created By: Mark Boal
When American scientist Amber Chesborough (Jessica Ann Collins) disappears in Columbia, her father Bambi (Luke Evans) and her husband Prince (Michiel Huisman) use their military training to go on a rescue mission.
Filmed in English and Spanish, Echo 3 is an emotionally explosive war drama that explores the complex history of U.S. secret operations in Latin America.
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Acapulco (2021): Funniest Bilingual Rags-to-Riches Comedy
Starring: Enrique Arrizon, Fernando Carsa, Damián Alcázar
Created By: Eduardo Cisneros, Jason Shuman, Austin Winsberg
TV Rating: TV-14
Today, Máximo (Eugenio Derbez) is a wealthy man, but growing up poor in the resort town of Acapulco wasn't easy. Set in both the present day and the 1980s, Acapulco is an unlikely rags-to-riches story about a man who went from pool boy to self-made millionaire.
Enrique Arrizon plays the young Máximo with all the charm of a teenage telenovela heartthrob. Acapulco features both Spanish and English dialogue, but there are subtitles for viewers who aren't bilingual.
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Central Park (2020): Best Animated Musical Sitcom for Adults
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical
Starring: Tituss Burgess, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad
Created By: Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, Nora Smith
Park manager Owen Tillerman (Leslie Odom Jr.) works and lives happily with his family in Edendale Castle (based on the real Belvedere Castle) in Central Park, New York. However, their happy existence is threatened when a wealthy real estate developer wants to turn their home into condominiums.
While the title may sound like a knock-off of South Park, Central Park is quite the opposite. The show is aimed at older audiences, but it's not at all vulgar or violent. The plot centers around hot-button issues like gentrification, but it's not preachy. All in all, Central Park is a fun sitcom that teens and adults can enjoy together.
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Five Days at Memorial (2022): Remembering the Heroes of Hurricane Katrina
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Cornelius Smith Jr.
Created By: Carlton Cuse, John Ridley
During one of the most catastrophic storms in American history, the New Orleans Memorial Medical Center operated for five days without power. Five Days at Memorial tells the true story of the doctors and nurses who weathered the storm.
This miniseries, as well as the book it was based on, addresses the difficult decisions doctors must make during disasters. More than anything, it's a testament to the bravery of frontline workers.
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For All Mankind (2019): Best Alternate History Show About the Cold War
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Starring: Noah Harpster, Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman
Created By: Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert
The space race culminated in 1969 with the moon landing of Apollo 11, but what if the Soviet Union had landed there first? For All Mankind posits that America wouldn't take the "L" and move on. In an alternate version of history, the space race continues with some unexpected outcomes.
The series uses a mix of fictional and real-life characters, like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, to create a plausible alternate past, present, and future. The first few episodes start with a sputter, but the ride gets back as it goes on. Stay strapped in for a new season in 2021.
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Pachinko (2022): An International, Cross-Generational, and Multi-Lingual Epic
Starring: Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Min-Ho, Minha Kim
Created By: Min Jin Lee
Pachinko is a mini-series based on the New York Times best-selling book of the same name. Across four generations, a Korean family moves from country to country in search of a better life.
With dialogue in Korean, Japanese, and English, Pachinko is a truly international series that celebrates immigration and diversity.
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Prehistoric Planet (2022): A Blast From the Past Like You've Never Seen Before
Starring: David Attenborough
Created By: BBC
TV Rating: TV-PG
The same animation studio that produced Disney's remakes of The Jungle Book and The Lion King has recreated Late Cretaceous Earth, bringing audiences the most realistic look ever at the titans who ruled our Earth for millennia. With an original score by Hans Zimmer, Prehistoric Planet is much more impressive than the latest Jurrasic World movie.
Narrated by David Attenborough, this five-part series uses the latest research on dinosaurs to build upon BBC's previous series Planet Dinosaur (2011) and Walking with Dinosaurs (1999).
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The Big Conn (2022): Baddest Social Security Scandal of the Last Century
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Starring: Ella Frazee, Jackson Janowicz
Created By: James Lee Hernandez, Brian Lazarte
Meet Mr. Eric C. Conn, the infamous Kentucky lawyer who stole half a billion dollars through Social Security fraud. As bad as that sounds, he couldn't have done it without the help of compliant judges and doctors.
These days, true crime stories are a dime-a-dozen, but this one is a classic. Fans of watching white-collar criminals get busted won't be disappointed with The Big Conn.
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Tehran (2020): Most Suspenseful International Spy Story
Starring: Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shervin Alenabi
Created By: Dana Eden, Maor Kohn, Omri Shenhar
Undercover hacker Tamar (Niv Sultan) returns to her home country to sabotage a nuclear program. However, when plans go awry, she's tasked with an even more dangerous mission.
One of Apple TV's most acclaimed original shows, Tehran is finally back with a second season. In 2021, Tehran became the first Israeli TV show to win the prestigious International Emmy Award for best drama.
Watch 'Tehran'
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022): Most Mind-Bending Mystery Series
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Dominique Fishback, Walton Goggins
Created By: Walter Mosley
At 91 years old, Ptolemy Grey (Samuel L. Jackson) becomes the caretaker of a teenage girl, Robyn (Dominique Fishback). As his dementia worsens, the teen helps Ptolemy regain his memory and uncover the truth behind his nephew's death.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is based on a novel by Walter Mosley, who also directs the show.
Watch 'The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey'
Loot (2022): Too Much Money, Too Few Problems
Starring: Maya Rudolph, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Joel Kim Booster
Created By: Liz Flahive, Alan Lang
Molly (Maya Rudolph) is recently divorced, but don't feel too bad for her. Now, her biggest problem is deciding how to spend the $87 billion she got from her ex-husband.
Maya Rudolph makes Loot worth watching thanks to her impeccable comedic timing. More than an excuse to make fun of rich people, the show actually has a positive message about the importance of giving back.
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WeCrashed (2022): The Story of the World's Most Explosive Power Couple
Genre: Biography, Drama
Starring: Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway, O-T Fagbenle
Created By: Lee Eisenberg, Drew Crevello
WeWork co-founders Adam (Jared Leto) and Rebekah Neuman (Anne Hathaway) turned their co-working concept into a billion-dollar brand, but it all crashed and burned dramatically, just like their relationship.
Leto and Hathaway are captivating in their roles as a real-life power couple. The less you know about the true story behind WeCrashed, the more shocked you'll be by the twist and turns.
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Suspicion (2022): Most Twisted International Criminal Conspiracy
Starring: Elizabeth Henstridge, Elyes Gabel, Kunal Nayyar
Created By: Maria Feldman, Amit Cohen
The son of American business mogul Katherine Newman (Uma Thurman) mysteriously goes missing from a New York hotel. Meanwhile, five British tourists return home from the U.S. only to find out that they are the prime suspects.
Suspicion is an adaptation of an Israeli TV show called False Flag. New episodes air every Friday.
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The Afterparty (2022): Best Genre-Bending Murder Mystery
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Starring: Genevieve Angelson, Everly Carganilla, Tiya Sircar
Created By: Christopher Miller
When a high school reunion turns into a crime scene, everyone in attendance is a possible culprit. To clear their names, each guest gives their account of what happened in the style of various movie genres.
You may be surprised that this murder mystery was written by Christopher Miller, creator of The Lego Movie. Afterparty debuted with a three-episode premiere and will be followed by one new episode each Friday.
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Harriet the Spy (2021): Best Reboot of a Beloved Children's Character
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Beanie Feldstein, Jane Lynch
Created By: Will McRobb
TV Rating: TV-G
Harriet the Spy brings the beloved children's book series to the 21st century. Young Harriet (Beanie Feldstein), an aspiring writer with unyielding curiosity, often finds herself in over her head.
The animation designs are inspired by the illustrations of the original books, but the show has a distinctly modern feel that fits in nicely with Apple's lineup of kid's shows. There's even a bit of humor for adults, but there's nothing inappropriate for kids.
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Foundation (2021): Most Ambitious Adaptation of a Sci-Fi Book Series
Starring: Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell
Created By: Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov's best-selling book series has been adapted into a big-budget Apple TV Plus exclusive. While it takes some liberties with the story in the books, Foundation is a satisfying space opera that spans across the galaxy. Led by mathematician Hari Seldon (Jared Harris), a team of renegades must work together to prevent the collapse of an empire.
With its galactic empires and clones, Foundation has obvious parallels with Star Wars, but the books predate the famous film franchise by several decades. In fact, George Lucas could have very well been inspired by Asimov.
Watch 'Foundation'
The Morning Show (2020): Best Morning TV Drama
Starring: Jennifer Anniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell
Created By: Jay Carson, Kerry Ehrin
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of a morning news show? The Morning Show gives a good, if somewhat dramatized, look. As one of the first shows released on Apple TV+, The Morning Show is a hit with the perfect balance of drama, rage, and self-indulgence while also tackling some heavy issues close to home for those of us in the audience.
Mich (Steve Carell) is a former morning anchor trying to get his job back. Alex (Jennifer Anniston) and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) are sometimes friends and sometimes enemies battling a sexist establishment as they try to save a morning news show.
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Schmigadoon! (2021): Best Tribute to the Golden Age of Musicals
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Starring: Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Fred Armisen
Created By: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul
Did you know that writer, actor, and comedian Keegan-Michael Key is also a fabulous singer? Now the whole world knows thanks to HBO Max's musical series Schmigadoon! Trapped in a town that's trapped in a real-life musical, Josh (Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) have no choice but to join in the fun.
Schmigadoon! is a musical for people who love musicals—it pays respect to beloved mid-century stage shows. In fact, the story is inspired by the 1947 musical and 1954 film Brigadoon.
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Ted Lasso (2020): Best British-American Sports Comedy
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sports
Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brendan Hunt
Created By: Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence
Americans and Brits may speak the same language, but there are some irreconcilable linguistic differences. American Football coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) finds this out the hard way when he agrees to coach a football team in London, only to learn that it's an entirely different sport.
You may recognize the titular character from a series of NBC shorts promoting the network's coverage of the Premier League. Jason Sudeikis's portrayal of the lovably aloof coach captured the hearts of sports fans, and now he has his own show entering its second season.
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Shining Girls (2022): Best Murder Mystery Book Series Adaptation
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Wagner Moura, Jamie Bell
Created By: Silka Luisa
Journalist and assault survivor Kirby Mazrachi (Elisabeth Moss) just wants to forget the past, but it comes back to haunt her when the attack is connected with a new murder case.
It's best to go in blind since Shining Girls takes some surprising turns. Just be warned that it gets pretty intense, so you might not want to binge it all in one sitting.
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Trying (2020): Best Sitcom for Future Parents
Starring: Rafe Spall, Esther Smith, Ophelia Lovibond
Created By: Andy Wolton
Like a lot of couples, Jason (Rafe Spall) and Nikki (Esther Smith) want to be good parents. Unable to conceive on their own, they plan to adopt, which turns out to be a pretty involved process. Unsure of their own parenting skills, how will the couple convince strangers that they are capable of raising a child?
Trying is a great show to watch for expecting couples or anyone who might want to be a parent one day. It accurately represents the legal complexities of adoption and the emotional rollercoaster that comes with preparing for a kid. That said, Trying is a comedy first and foremost, so it's more likely to make you laugh than cry.
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Servant (2019): Best Paranormal Thriller From a Hollywood Director
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Rupert Grint
Created By: Tony Basgallop
Leanne (Nell Tiger Free) is thrilled when she lands a cushy gig as a live-in nanny, but there's a catch: She's actually taking care of a doll that the mother (Lauren Ambrose) believes is her deceased infant son. It's a concept that's been tried before with movies like The Boy and The Truth About Emanuel, but Servant brings enough to the table to stand on its own.
While M. Night Shyamalan didn't direct or write any of the episodes, many scenes look like they could come from a Shyamalan film. Episodes are short and reveal only enough to keep you watching.
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The Snoopy Show (2021): Cutest Kid's Show Based on a Classic Cartoon
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Starring: Ethan Pugiotto, Terry McGurrin, Rob Tinkler
Created By: Rob Boutilier, Mark Evestaff, Alex Galatis
Charlie Brown is the de facto leader of the Peanuts gang, but everyone knows who's the real star of the crew. Snoopy has been entertaining kids for decades, and thanks to Apple Plus, today's generation can get acquainted with the world's coolest beagle.
If you or your kids like The Snoopy Show, check out Snoopy in Space, another Apple Plus original. If you have kids, these series can act as a gateway to old classics like A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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