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Antelope Fire at Antelope Creek Ranch
On the first day of August 2021, we spent the weekend celebrating Mike Michalak's birthday with most of our family. Mike's two grandsons, his oldest son, and his daughter-in-law were in town, and they had hit the links and enjoyed some wonderful golf, fun, and food. Mike had turned 75 on Saturday, and we were all in a celebratory mood and feeling happy about life.
The Antelope Fire
Fast forward to Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. when we heard about the Antelope Fire, a new fire that had just started near Antelope Creek Ranch (ACR). Living in California and being used to fires constantly springing up everywhere, this new blaze didn't seem like a particularly big deal. We didn't even talk about the fire until I arrived at work on Monday morning and Pat Pendergast mentioned it and had the CalFire map on his computer screen. Still, with the Tennant Fire having threatened that area of California and the ranch just a few weeks prior, and with fires in our area of the world becoming commonplace the past several years (Carr Fire, Camp Fire, Herz Fire, Delta Fire, etc.), we went about our day, like we typically do, with the assumption that CalFire or the National Forest Service would take care of it.
That Monday we had campers showing up to Antelope Creek Ranch to start a week of FishCamp™. We weren't concerned to keep the camp going, as the fire hadn't grown and was still miles from the property. The FishCampers and their parents arrived for drop-off around noon. But only hours later, in early afternoon, we received an evacuation warning, and we took action. We had our camp counselors quietly and efficiently load up every child and their belongings and bring them back to Redding to be picked up by their parents. Our view at the time was, "better safe than sorry."
By Tuesday morning not much had changed, and we were still monitoring the maps and watching. With bombers dowsing the fire from Klamath Falls, a CalFire team positioned nearby, and our friend Anne (who works for CalFire) keeping us apprised of the activity, it was just another day at the shop. The day progressed with little change, except that more firefighters were being called in to gird the structures and the town of Tennant. The town is tiny yet there were several homes and buildings they were trying to protect. As Tuesday proceeded, the winds began to escalate and cause the fire to grow rapidly. The CalFire crew at this time had moved onto Antelope Creek Ranch and took a position at our FishCamp™ area to combat and protect the ranch. They were also trying to stop the northeast movement of the fire.
On Wednesday all hell broke loose. Mike Michalak had started his day with a text from Sig, the ranch caretaker and manager, asking Mike to bring some supplies and the compressor for the fire truck. Sig had already used the fire truck to foam all the walls of the buildings and was planning on hitting them again if necessary. But two hours into his drive to the ranch, Mike received a call from Sig that he and CalFire had had to evacuate the property after being chased off by the fire. Grabbing everything he could reach at a moment's notice, Sig jumped in his truck and raced down the gravel road as the fire was crowning through the trees all around them. Sig later recounted that he was driving 40 mph off the property, and the fire was overtaking them. Mike met up with Sig at the Highway 97 and Tennant Rd intersection, where Sig informed him that he thought everything was lost – a total devastation of the property and all the buildings destroyed. They proceeded to drive to Mount Shasta so they could talk and gather themselves. One can only imagine what was going through their minds on that one-hour drive.
Thursday morning we all woke up with heavy hearts. The thought of losing Antelope Creek Ranch was devastating to our family and TFS staff, not to mention the owners, Mike and Bertha Michalak. I met with the staff at the shop on Thursday morning to discuss how we would answer questions and move forward. The message was simple and true: We still didn't know exactly what had occurred on the property, and until someone was physically able to see it, we decided against speculating or saying anything more. Bryan Quick and Chris King jumped into action, moving a three-day school from ACR to Oasis Springs Lodge and calling those anglers who were supposed to come to the ranch the following week. There was a lot to be done in a short time, and the team got it done.
Thursday evening I got a call from Mike after he had gotten word of what had occurred on the property, thanks to a family friend. The friend had asked his co-worker, a CHP officer, to visit the property and take a look. Mike, who hadn't slept a wink and was in a state of despondency, got a phone call from his friend with the report, and he also received some photos the officer had taken while on the property. This was the first news we had received since the evacuation on Wednesday afternoon and fearing the lodge was a total loss.
While Mike was on the phone with his friend from the CHP, he heard wonderful news. The majority of the ranch had survived! Not only were buildings still standing, but the sprinkler system was working, and the officer heard the generator running. It should be noted that this was the first day after the fire had rushed through the ranch. The smoke was unbelievably thick, so you couldn't see much, and several stumps were still on fire and smoking.
Mike and Bertha Michalak were notified late Thursday afternoon that they could be escorted onto the property Friday morning for two hours. Of course they jumped at the opportunity. Who wouldn't? They were on the road from Redding at 5 a.m. that morning and were ready to see for themselves what had been reported, and they picked up Sig on the way. As they drove down smoke-filled Tennant Road (12 miles from Highway 97), the eerie feeling of loss and devastation was on their minds. Yet, they all had a spark of hope in their hearts.
As they pulled up to the entrance of the property, they noticed the mailboxes lying on the ground, as their posts had been burned out from beneath them. But the rock wall with the ranch's name stood strong and proud. The gate was open, as CalFire had been on the property with their water trucks and fire team.
Immediately they noticed that homes adjacent to their property were no longer standing. Sadly for the neighbors, the fire had been devastating. Imagine that as your first view once you drive onto the property … it certainly didn't give Mike and Bertha a lot of hope for their own buildings and structures.
It was an eerie and smoky drive up the gravel road toward the ranch house, but overall, the trees looked healthy and mostly unscathed, with only some scarring on the tops and bottoms. Many of the trees seemed largely untouched and unphased.
They experienced a surge of relief when they approached the ranch house, as it stood like a beacon of light with not a single burn mark. The grass was as green as it has always been, the Adirondack chairs still reclined in the lawn area by the fire pit, and cornhole boards were still stacked on the patio steps. Even the table umbrella was up without a mark, and flowers bloomed brightly in the driveway roundabout planter. It was an amazing feeling, giving Mike and Bertha an enormous sense of relief. The home had been spared!
The next stop was the guest suites and staff quarters. Taking a deep breath and jumping back into the truck, they headed up the driveway to turn south toward the shop and guest suites. Again, to their surprise, they could see all the guest suites, including the wood fencing, standing unharmed. Unbelievable! The shop, or what was left from the planned demolition, was also standing with no harm. The picnic area outside the guest suites was in perfect condition. This area has wood picnic table as well as wood chips, and amazingly it was all spared from the carnage.
They then headed to the FishCamp™ area of the property, which is down a short drive from the guest suites. The first sighting there was of a single FishCamp™ tent still standing. The white, canvas tent stood proudly among the trees. The other five tents had burned to the ground, damaging the platform structures as well as melting the tent poles. Per Mike, "The tents got so hot that the metal poles turned into spaghetti noodles." Continuing up the path, the FishCamp™ cookhouse, appearing in the smoke, was also standing. Not a scratch or mark on it. How incredibly fortunate, Mike and Bertha said to each other. They couldn't believe that this building was still in one piece.
They were running short of time for their two hours of inspection; there was still so much to put eyes on and not enough time left to see it all. They needed to head to Sig's place, which overlooked the upper lake. Unfortunately, when they came around the corner, they saw the first major devastation on the property. Sig's house had burned completely, and the roof had collapsed on the remaining ash. But fortunately, Sig got most of his personal belongings out before being evacuated, although he did lose some family memorabilia that can never be replaced as well as all the furniture and clothing. Sig is an avid cyclist, and luckily most of his bikes were in a culvert on the property that went unharmed. However, one of his best bikes was inside his home and didn't make it through. The beautiful wooden deck that wrapped around the home was gone, but surprisingly two barbecues and two Adirondack chairs survived.
The last stop they made that day was at the historic red barn on the other side of the stream. If you've ever been to ACR you'll remember this little barn. It had a lot of significance as the oldest building on the property. The more than 100-year-old structure and its contents had been turned to ashes. It is sad to think that we will never have another casting lesson in front of that barn. It was picturesque to say the least, and family members had taken pictures there for their Christmas Cards and personal use. Unfortunately, this barn can never be replaced.
By this time the Michalaks had to leave the property, as they had exhausted their two-hour window. Talk about an emotional roller coaster – thinking that everything was lost, then seeing pictures and hearing that some things still survived, to finally setting foot on the property to see the damage with their own eyes.
Saturday came with much optimism and thoughts of reopening the ranch and getting back to having fun at this outdoor fun center. Mike and Bertha got a call that day letting them know they could go back on Sunday, as the property was no longer in threat. Since there was still very little power and fires continue to linger, they couldn't stay the night, but at least they could spend the entire day there.
Mike and Bertha, along with their long-time friend Bert, got in the truck early Sunday morning and headed back to ACR, again stopping in Mount Shasta to pick up Sig. Bert, a retired heavy equipment operator who has done work at the ranch in the past, was invited along to check out the heavy equipment and, if necessary, run it to clear roads.
This was a happy yet somber day. With more time on the ranch the team was able to see the entire property and evaluate what damage was truly done. All the equipment and vehicles, which Sig had parked in the meadow, were in perfect condition. The only loss was a tractor that had been inadvertently left in a forested patch. The bridge by the historic barn had been burned to the ground. They made it past this point and headed to the air strip. (Most guests to Antelope Creek Ranch have never been out to this part of the property.) Once arriving they found the vehicles on the runway were in perfect order, as were the fuel tanks. But the same could not be said of the hanger. It was burned badly and everything inside was a total loss. The maelstrom swept quickly through the largest, most heavily wooded and well-established parts of our ranch like a massive, controlled burn, leaving in its wake charred tree trunks and a denuded forest floor. Some distant and seldom-visited portions of woods on the ranch were completely destroyed.
So, what is the plan for Antelope Creek Ranch? The plan is simple: We will be open for business again in the spring of 2022 (opening is generally around May 10). ACR will be back, with a bit of a facelift, and better than it was. That's Mike's promise to each and every guest. Although there are tough times ahead and a lot of work to be done, he and Bertha are eager to get started on the cleanup and rebuilding.
The ash should spark an abundance of spring wildflowers, and we expect our meadows to explode with lush growth this next spring and summer. We're going to dedicate the remainder of the summer and fall to restoring the beauty of Antelope Creek Ranch, implementing an aggressive re-planting of the forest where necessary and finalizing some lake enhancement and stream restoration. The ranch house and guest suite complex look just as beautiful as they ever have, and with the "bad" will come new improvements. Mike said, "I feel like the Phoenix rising from the ashes and can't wait to make it even better. When we open next May, guests can expect to encounter an Antelope Creek Ranch more beautiful than ever and the same superb fishing and lodge experience that's built an incomparable reputation among discriminating fly anglers."
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Rasslin' Rants – Royal Rumble 2013
Finally…The Rock has come back to part time wrestling!
Hello and welcome to another edition of Rasslin' Rants. So yeah, the Road to WrestleMania is officially underway with this past Sunday's Royal Rumble PPV. I want to get this out of the way and say this show wasn't very good. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Royal Rumble (abbreviated RR for this article), it's a 30-man over the top rope battle royal where the winner gets a WWE or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania. Seems like a good idea in theory, creating new main event people in the process, but that's not always the case. Sometimes, WWE uses this as an extremely lazy way of rehashing something from the past. Such is the case for this event. Anyways, here's what I thought of the show.
Match #1 – Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight Championship -Alberto Del Rio (c.) vs. Big Show
-I'm actually enjoying Del Rio as a face. He's not bland now that he shows some energy. And along with his new persona, he's also added some new moves to his arsenal. He now uses some lucha libre style moves along with his aggressive ground and pound for an interesting combination.
-World Heavyweight Championship jerking the curtain a PPV…not sure how I feel about this.
-Before they go out, Del Rio and his announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, run into Bret "The Hitman" Hart. They tell each other they are their countries' equivalent of each other. As an added bonus, Bret goes into his pocket and pulls out his signature sunglasses and puts them on Ricardo's face. Nice nostalgic moment, since Ricardo probably grew up watching Bret and wanted to be the lucky kid to receive Hitman's shades.
-The match itself was alright. A few harsh bumps here and there. Del Rio locks in the Cross Arm Breaker while Ricardo duct tapes Big Show's legs to the bottom rope, incapacitating him so he's unable to get up for a ten count. Same finish as John Cena/Batista a few years back. Lesson learned – tables, ladders, stairs, chairs and Singapore canes don't have anything on duct tape.
The most dangerous weapon in professional wrestling.
Match #2 – WWE Tag Team Championship – Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) (c.) vs. Team Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes)
-Cody Rhodes looks like a young Burt Reynolds with that mustache.
Not sure if Cody Rhodes or Burt Reynolds…or Tom Selleck.
-Alright tag team match. Would have been better if it were the opener.
-Daniel Bryan locks in the Yes/No Lock for the win.
Match #3 – 30-Man Royal Rumble Match
-We're only an HOUR into a THREE hour show, and the titular match is on going into the second hour.
-My pick to win – Dolph Ziggler.
-Surprise entrants/mark out moments – Chris Jericho, Goldust and The Godfather.
-When it came down the final three of Sheamus, Ryback and John Cena, I had a feeling where this was going, and I lost interest.
-Final two of Ryback and Cena. It hurt me deep down to actually cheer for the oaf known as Ryback.
-Cena wins…setting up for the long rumored Cena/Rock rematch at WrestleMania. Whoopdie doo!
Re-enacting Saturday Night Fever, Cena?
-Backstage with The Rock. Cuts a promo which includes something about his mother overcoming cancer and how she's in the crowd tonight…I have a bad feeling about this.
Match #4 – WWE Championship – CM Punk (c.) vs. The Rock
-Only FOUR matches on this card?! There was no random Divas match to toss in somewhere before the main event?
-We only have about an hour left on the show, and WWE is really making this a drawn out match. Why do I sense some BS finish at the conclusion?
-Okay match considering Rock hasn't been in the ring since WrestleMania 28.
-Botch moment – Rock goes to Rock Bottom Punk through the Spanish announce table (if it's shown on television, there's a pretty good chance someone is going through it), table gives out from under them and they collapse with it.
-Lights go out and Rock gets dropped through the English/main announce table. Punk rolls Rock back into the ring, gets a three count.
-Vince McMahon comes out and says due to outside interference from The Shield (even though we never see them), he's stripping Punk of the title. Rock opens his mouth and requests a restart…shit.
-Punk goes for a GTS, Rock counters, hits a spinebuster, hits the Peoples' Elbow for the win…FUCK!
-Back to being in the background for Punk, and for those of you who can see that this is more transparent than a Victoria's Secret camisole, WWE is doing a Cena/Rock rematch at WrestleMania…this time it's for the WWE Championship.
-Also means we get to listen to Cena and Rock vociferate nonsensically on who can offend GLAAD the fastest with their petulant insults.
What did I think of this show? I don't know what was worse a FOUR MATCH SHOW on the beginning of the road to their biggest show of the year, or the fact that the outcomes to the match were clearer than a fresh pane of glass. Had I paid money for this, I would have been PISSED. I don't even want to know how it would feel to have paid for tickets to this event.
I understand that the titular match on the RR card is supposed to be over an hour long, they could have given us an extra match to beef up the card. I didn't completely hate this show, Ricardo getting Hitman's shades along with the return of Chris Jericho, Goldust and The Godfather were all moments I enjoyed. The outcomes of the RR and WWE Championship matches, along with the weak card, left a really bitter taste in my mouth.
For those of you who don't know, my girlfriend and I will be attending WrestleMania 29 in April. I wasn't looking forward to another match between Cena and Rock. I felt their match last year was a bit lackluster for the hype that was generated well over a year in advance. With Rock winning last year, I'm predicting Cena will win the second match (and the WWE Championship unfortunately), setting up for the final/rubber match at WrestleMania 30. As much as I dread another Cena/Rock match, I will still enjoy the event. Let's hope in the time between now and April 7, WWE builds some quality matches for The Grandest Stage of Them All!
I hope you enjoyed another edition of Rasslin' Rants, I'm Jon The Hipster Panda. Until next time dear reader!
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1 thought on "Rasslin' Rants – Royal Rumble 2013"
Rick S January 31, 2013 at 8:59 pm
I agree with almost everything you said — only differing in that I am a bit more pro-Ryberg than you are.
Very (VERY!) upset that punk lost to Dwayne at RR.
The Rock has redefined the term "Spot Monkey".
With him, it has taken on the meaning of only appearing when promises of Big Money, Big Movie Promotions, and Big Championships are in the offing.
The thought of Cena and Rock waving their tallywackers at one another on RAW for the next 2+ months makes me consider just quitting the whole misbegotten mess stronger every day.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 2, 2018- The Connecticut Open, a women's professional tennis tournament, that is part of the US Open series, announced plans today to step up its charity mission by partnering with new tournament sponsors to create initiatives that give back to the local community. A long-term goal of the WTA Premier event that takes place August 17-25 has been to leverage the excitement of world-class women's tennis to raise millions of dollars for those in need in New Haven and surrounding communities.
The tournament, a not-for-profit organization, will continue to focus on women, youth and military causes. 2017 highlights include raising more than $15,000 for breast cancer research at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven, assisting the Connecticut Food Bank in providing more than 16,000 meals, partnering with Yale University to raise more than $1.3 million for Yale-based community programs, and collecting 915 pounds of shoes to be refurbished and distributed across the world as part of Soles4Souls.
The Connecticut Open fundraises for Breast Cancer research at Smilow Cancer Hospital in several ways and has raised more than $125,000 since 2011. 100% of all funds raised are earmarked for the Lion Heart Fund at Smilow Breast Center which funds international cutting-edge research to find a cure for breast cancer. Tournament sponsors, partners and Board Members make donations for Smilow Cancer Hospital. Fans can also make donations via http://lionheart.everydayhero.do/.
This year's inaugural Connecticut Open Beer Fest, to be held on Saturday, August 25th, will donate a portion of ticket proceeds to Smilow, while new Silver sponsor, Stewart's All-American Restaurants, will be donating 50 per cent of every dollar raised from selling their famous Root Beer Floats. Lastly, on Friday, August 24, spectators may visit the new Cornerstone Sponsor Connecticut Magazine/Hearst Media Group booth and contribute directly to Smilow's Lion Heart Fund. Donors may also opt to have their photographs taken, which could appear on ConnecticutMag.com, NHRegister.com and associated publication sites.
Connecticut Open partners with Platinum Sponsor ShopRite around its Partners in Caring Food Drive, an initiative to help fight hunger. Fans are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item all week long and the collected items will be donated to the Connecticut Food Bank. Connecticut Food Bank ambassadors will also be throughout the grounds accepting monetary donations to help raise funds.
Connecticut Open sponsor Bombas Socks is generously donating 500 pairs of socks to two Connecticut Homeless Shelters; Interval House Hartford and Columbus House. Interval House is the largest domestic violence agency in the state of Connecticut. Columbus House is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has been providing solutions to homelessness since 1982.
The Connecticut Open, in conjunction with partners ASD Fitness, Chapel Haven and Clifford Beers Clinic celebrates Autism Awareness Day on Wednesday, August 22 in order to raise awareness around Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It will be a fun-filled afternoon featuring arts and crafts, adaptive tennis, interactive fitness clinics with complimentary food and drink available in an air-conditioned sensory-friendly area overlooking Stadium Court.
The Connecticut Open Summer Reading Program is part of the tournament's efforts to support area youth. Students who read 5 books over the summer will receive a free ticket to any day session at the tournament, including Kids Day on Sunday, August 19 and Family Day (featuring the women's semifinal at 3 p.m.) on August 24. Registration forms were distributed at 150 public libraries across the state and are available at the Connecticut Open Box Office.
New Haven Youth Tennis & Education (New HYTEs) was created in 2004 as a partnership among the Connecticut Open, New Haven Parks & Rec, New Haven Public Schools, Yale Athletics and the US Tennis Association. The mission of New HYTEs is to enrich the lives and positively affect the futures of New Haven's economically disadvantaged youth through a program that incorporates life skills curriculum and academic supports, and promotes both character building and the health benefits of participation in athletics through tennis.
In addition to playing host to year-round tennis, education and mentoring programs (TEaM), New HYTEs youth participate in tournament activities such as the Draw Ceremony, Opening Night Ceremony as well as serving as ballpersons.
• FINAL 4 (the last four sessions including Thursday night's quarterfinal and men's legends, Friday's semifinals and men's legends and Saturday's finals).


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Khaleej Journal
Free Meals offered by Dubai based Pakistani restaurateur to support the needy
By Naimal Nadeem
With daily wagers losing their sources of income, the prospect of providing their families is limiting for many amid the spread of Covid-19. But many are also stepping up in these testing times to support the needy in their communities. One such individual is a Dubai restauranteur, Shahbaz Qureshi, who said that the staff of all his four restaurants have been busy cooking food and transporting them to the needy since Wednesday when the UAE rolled out its 'Stay Home, Stay Safe' campaign.
Qureshi is the owner of Hazara Group who run the casual dining restaurants across International City said, "So far we have reached out to over 350 people across Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman. Most of these were workers or job seekers who had come on visit but are now stuck because of flight suspensions".
Qureshi is originally from Abbottabad in the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about 120km north of Pakistan's capital Islamabad. Qureshi told that as soon as the word of "Free meals" spread, they started getting calls from all across of people who were in need.
He also told that we himself is responsible and strictly practicing social distancing along with his entire staff and highest level of hygiene while preparing the meals.
"As a conscientious restaurateur in Dubai, the notion of cleanliness and sanitation is ingrained in us as is the importance of social distancing," he said.
His menu is limited but the focus remains on the quantity. "The focus is on quantity, not variety," said Qureshi.
With phones ringing off the hook, Qureshi has developed some rules to qualify a truly needy person from a poser.
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25 Reasons Why All Law Students Should Participate in the Jessup Competition
IraRyk-Lakhman30 September 2016
By: Asaf Lubin (JSD candidate, Yale Law School and Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellow with Privacy International) and Ira Ryk-Lakhman (PhD student and teaching fellow, UCL).
Us and Jessup: Asaf and Ira participated in Jessup as competitors for the same team (2010/11); we coached several teams (Asaf, Yale and Hebrew University teams in 2012 and 2015 respectively; Ira, UCL for 2014-16); Asaf also served as the Israeli national administrator of the Jessup in 2014, and he is the author of the 2016 Jessup problem; we both have been judging national and international Jessup rounds for some years.
September 12, 2016 marked a long anticipated day that will forever change the law school experience for scores of students worldwide. With no exaggeration, it was a day when thousands of law students, practitioners, and academics all looked to one place: the website of the International Law Student Association (ILSA). This is because it was the day ILSA, who organizes the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, released the 2016/17 Jessup problem, also known as the Compromis.
For readers who have been living under a rock, a quick recap of the competition might be in order. The Jessup Competition, often addressed by this mononym, much like Plato or Madonna, is actually named after former ICJ judge (1960-1969), diplomat, and scholar, Philip Caryl Jessup. The competition offers a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries as it unfolds in a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Very few people know that Jessup actually first originated as a friendly advocacy competition between the American JD and foreign LLM students at Harvard Law School in 1960. The competition then expended to other American schools in 1963, eventually opening its doors to foreign teams in 1968. Today more than 550 law schools worldwide participate in the Jessup, representing more than 87 countries. Each team is comprised of between 2-5 participants, with flocks more faculty, practitioners, and alumni providing additional support. These tireless FoJs (Friends of the Jessup) as they are called, take the roles of coaches, advisors, judges, and administrators, and truly are the heart of what makes the Jessup a community. The authors of this post wish to clarify, at this time, that they are lucky enough to be part of this community, and while biased, consider it to be one of their most prized achievements.
Jessup has truly become a brand in and of itself, and the mere title of a "Jessup competitor" probably gleams more about a person than what may be learned from just going over his or her CV. Nonetheless, as the new academic year just welcomed thousands of new law students, many of whom have probably never heard of the Jessup, we thought it would be useful to provide a more extended explanation as to why we feel everyone should get involved with the Jessup at some point in his or her legal education or later career. This is especially important for us to share, given the concern many students have raised in the past, that Jessup involves an exorbitant commitment of time, and might be difficult to do while maintaining good standing in one's general law school course work. We thus developed this list which we call the "25 Reasons Why All Law Students Should Participate in the Jessup Competition" and we hope that by the end of it, you too will become Jessup enthusiasts.
Starting from the Compromis. Each year the Jessup problem puts forth cutting edge, avant-garde and mostly unresolved legal challenges to its participants. More often than not, the legal questions presented by the Jessup case involve issues that had never been adjudicated by the ICJ. In certain scenarios, the case precedes the actual adjudication of an innovative and largely contested legal issue. In other times, it gives an opportunity to test out what such adjudication might look like, surrounding issues that due to their political volatility, might never find their way to the halls of the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
To illustrate, recent Jessup cases addressed competing sovereignty claims over islands (2009/10), the legality of targeted killings and limitations on the right to wear religious head-scarves (2010/11), recognition of governments and the protection of cultural heritage sites in times of war (2011/2012), the legal status of climate refugees (2012/2013), use of force in the EEZ and the status of artificial islands (2013/2014), the contested annexation of territory à la the Crimean peninsula (2014/15), and the international law surrounding espionage and low level cyber-attacks (2015/16). This year is no exception as it remains as topical, focusing on such issues as illicit transfer of cultural property, transboundary aquifers, the law surrounding the right to water, and what happens when arguable violations of this right generate refugee outflows.
The Jessup case normally comprises several interwoven fields of international law, thus allowing participants to broaden their knowledge and research and familiarize themselves with materials that very well may not be taught in their law faculties or offered as part of their regular curriculum. Previous Jessup problems presented a complex mix of sub-fields of international law including admissibility, standing, and jurisdiction issues before international fora; the treatment of evidence and questions of burden of proof at the ICJ; the interrelationship between international human rights law and international humanitarian law; investment law; environmental law; the law of the sea; international criminal law; treaty law; state responsibility; and many, many, many more.
Thus, Jessup is not just a good practice for properly analyzing and applying lex lata sources and well-established principles and rules; it rather requires participants to apply public international law theories to real life fact patterns. It forces a large number of talented scholars to tackle head-on politically charged issues through legal reasoning. In that regard Jessup plays its own unique role in further developing international law, through the cultivation of a legal discourse where one was perhaps missing. Many participants and faculty rely on their experiences and research during the Jessup year to then produce notes, articles, and blog posts, that further broaden the academic literature surrounding the topics covered in the case. Indeed if you fact-check us, you would find that many doctrinal contributions originated during or developed subsequently to Jessup.
Jessup is all about the research, with students spending months painstakingly perfecting their written briefs, mastering old case studies, and new legal theories. There is absolutely nothing quite like the Jessup, in terms of allowing students to develop their legal research and analytical skills. The Jessup Bench Memorandum (an addendum, never shared with participants, which provides judges with a basic core "check-list" of the legal answers to the case) often reflects just a mere fraction of the knowledge and research conducted by the participants. In fact, the Bench Memorandum doesn't begin to touch the surface of what students come up with in their independent research. Judges are often amazed at the level of in-depth analysis and archival work that certain teams produce. Accordingly, Jessup offers knowledge that no classroom experience, in any taught degree, is ever capable of guaranteeing.
The Competition is built so as to enable participants to dedicate a substantive amount of time for such autodidactic research. From the moment the case was released on September 12th, until 13 January 2017, when the written memorials will be due (and thereafter until the regional and national rounds), teams and competitors will work thoroughly and mostly independently on mastering the law. You will discover by the end of the Jessup that you have learned incredibly more about the law, from researching it on your own and teaching it to your colleagues, than you would ever do from reading another textbook in a black-letter class.
Importantly, because Jessup is the most prestigious international law moot court competition today, it truly is the best place to study public international law. Where else will you learn how to identify a customary rule, or carefully interpret and parcel together treaty provisions? Where else will you be called to memorize entire sections of the U.N. Charter, or cite minority opinions of ICJ judges? In fact, Jessup is the only place where students are called to examine the lax lata in view of the lex feranda, to engage both the law as it stands with the law as it ought to be. Students are called to apply not only black letter law but also advocate for a position based on policy considerations and their extrinsic rationales. A Jessup competitor thus learns not only to think like a lawyer, but to think like a policy maker – taking into account the ramifications of his argument on the public world order. The student thus learns how to plead for a State, and not just a client.
The result is that students participating in the Jessup become some of the more well-versed scholars on the law in their respected research area. Trust us, if you compete in the Jessup this year, there will be very few people on the planet that will know the law and practice surrounding UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger or the Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, better than you will come April. Sounds hard to believe? Try it and see for yourself.
It often happened, in fact, that government ministries sought to reach out to Jessup students precisely due to their newfound expertise. The authors of this blog can attest to this. Following our completion of the Jessup, with the case that year involving the IHL obligation to investigate and compensate for violations, we were approached by a Commission of Inquiry which was working in Israel on drafting a report surrounding the same exact issues. Jessup fiction and real-life events intertwined once more, and we as former participants were better off for it.
Of course, working for the Government is not the only venue by which participants can put their Jessup research into good use. Many Jessup participants have proceeded to engage with the legal issues posed by the Compromis as LLM, PhD, and JSD students, writing their master's thesis and dissertations on the very questions they have encountered in the long months of the Jessup. Others proceeded to practice international law in various prestigious law firms or international organizations and some became academics who research international law. And there are those who have done all the above.
The structure of the Competition requires each team to submit very detailed written arguments (the Memorials) for both the Applicant and Respondent. These written briefs are limited in terms of their space, given strict word count requirements, as well as in terms of their timeframe, with students being required to submit them by early January. It is the nature of the Jessup that each issue can be argued a hundred different ways, yet a written memorial only allows for so many words, and so teams debate each other in an attempt to sharpen their briefs and reach an agreed upon structure. Accordingly, law students have the opportunity to practice some of the most important lawyering skills – meeting deadlines, developing concise legal writing, and choosing between various authorities and legal arguments.
To be sure, these briefs are worth 3 round points (out of a maximum 9), and on many occasions can determine the faith of a round. Notably, technical mistakes, in terms of style and structure, can result in penalties, forcing students to be extremely diligent in their drafting and editing. Law students thus learn the importance of the written pleadings, by putting an emphasis not only on substance, but also on procedural requirements.
At the regional, national, and international rounds, students are required to develop a 45 minutes oral presentation of their claims. Teams are asked to argue their issues in a crisp, structured, and persuasive manner, while citing authorities for each of their points. You can wake up any past Jessup participant in the middle of the night and he will be able to read to you, out of memory, not only the opening and closing of his oral argument but also the wording of Article 38 of the ICJ Statute. And as the old saying goes – "the paper does not refuse the ink" (but an oral argument at the Jessup might). Indeed, once teams delve into their briefs and commence preparations for the oral rounds, they quickly identify the weaker points of their argumentation and come up with ways to sharpen their contentions. Thus, while many moots emphasize advocacy, debating, or writing skills, Jessup stresses all and more while teaching participants the fine arts of litigation.
In fact, there is no other international moot that teaches students the difficult skills of oral advocacy. Teams are required to make their legal claims under strict time restrictions (with a bailiff raising time cards and imposing the time limitations), while answering questions being fired at them by feisty benches of Jessup judges (in fact, it is a trademark of Jessup, which the authors of this post are proud to have in common). Students learn how to eloquently answer legal questions, how to roadmap their arguments, and how to properly address the Court.
Jessup is not only about law and legal pleadings; it is also about tactics and strategy which are very much embedded in litigation work. Competitors learn how to politely correct a Judge who got a fact wrong (and when for strategic reasons choose not to correct him). They learn when it is better to take a question and address it on the spot, or when to ask the bench to hold with you as you are "just getting there." Students learn when to skip an issue, or concede a point, and how to quickly bounce between alternative arguments. More importantly they learn how to read a bench of judges and develop tools to get the bench to empathize with them as advocates. All in all, Jessup offers participants the opportunity to master an expanded list of priceless oratory skills, which are useful for law students both during their studies and in their later practice.
To win the Jessup it is not enough to just 'know the law and facts and apply the former to the latter in an accurate way'. After all, law is not an exact science, and the work of trial attorneys is different than that of a laboratory technician or a mathematician. Indeed scientists rely on postulations and previous theories. Jessup competitors, on the contrary, often have little-to-nothing to go on. Put differently, a team may discover that no exact specific case ever touched upon the issue they're researching, and that no particular treaty administers the remedy sought after, and that merely a handful of papers were ever written on their question (and even they don't agree on a single point). And yet… it is in this vacuum that best legal analysis develops. The fact that there is not enough black-letter law on many of the Jessup issues, forces students to rely heavily on legal rationales and policy considerations to support their claims. Participants are pressured to learn how to derive rules from divergent cases and how to distinguish authorities by their unique particularities. Students in the process draw inspiration from historical examples, academic theories, general principles of law, the values of the international community, the writings of legal philosophers, and the memoires of international jurists and scholars. This kind of creative critical thinking is absolutely invaluable.
The Championship Round Judges (2015/16)
As any litigator will tell you, even more important than the legal rationales, is an overarching narrative that the advocate is trying to get across to the Judges. Jessup participants learn that in order to argue their case effectively, they must also learn how to convincingly frame the factual-matrix. Participants in the Jessup become story-tellers and truly develop the skills of weaving facts and law to form a persuading account backed by proper legal authorities. This type of skill is extremely useful for anyone who later engages in public speaking, legal or otherwise.
The final element of the oral rounds is the rebuttal and surrebuttal. Most teams would agree that this is the hardest piece to master. No one rebuttal is like the other, and respondent teams get between one and three minutes to figure out how to rebut the rebuttal as they are literally listening to it for the very first time. You may call it "thinking on your feet", we consider it to be the epitome of legal advocacy; and the winner takes it all. The authors of this post have seen many rounds that were won solely on the basis of a powerful rebuttal or surrebuttal.
You can't do Jessup alone. There is a reason why the Jessup rules do not permit a one-man-show whereby a single team-member comprises of the team. In fact, even teams of two members are extremely rear. Most times teams will be composed of four and five members, forcing students to work together. Whether you're good at it or not, you are required to learn how to be "a team player", as a successful Jessup team is as good as its weakest link. Teams eat together, sleep together, research together, argue together, strategize together, fight together, and make up together. The number of romantic relationships that were launched thanks to the Jessup is matched only by the number of romantic relationships that ended as a result of it. Whether you may like them on a given day or not, as a participant in Jessup, you will soon learn that your best friends from law school are those who have shared Jessup with you. Two examples come to mind: there is the case of the two members that literally became one (Grigory Vaypan & Aleksandra Ivlieva, who got married shortly after they won the Jessup together); and there is the case of the two Jessup authors who became three, giving birth to their child, who was born, of course, during the international rounds. Overall Jessup is a bit like Nokia, connecting people, in various aspects.
But to achieve success, it is not only about working with your cohort of people. Jessup also stands for continuously opening doors for new members and new interactions. First, Jessup will help you to get to know your colleagues, from your own law school. The Competition is open to law students (JD and LLB) as well as to graduate and post graduate law students (LLM, MSL, PhD, and JSD), as long as the specific competitor in question has not engaged in legal practice (see 2017 rules on eligibility). Thus, a team may well comprise a combination of JD, LLM, and PhD students who do not study together, or a team of law students from different years at the same law school. In many respects "seniority" in law school, does not play a role in Jessup; for example a first-year law student may very well do better than an LLM candidate.
Second, Jessup continuously expands its arms to include new teams from different parts of the world. This particularly concerns areas of the world where there might not exist sufficient opportunities for legal writing and research. Last year involved teams from such a diverse list of countries as Afghanistan, Palestine, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Macau, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, and Gambia, just to name a few.
The competition not only brings teams and universities from all over the world to the same place, it actually brings people together. It is in the Jessup international rounds where you may see teams from two States who do not share diplomatic relations, or even may not recognize each other, working side by side in a pleasant open and friendly all-welcoming environment. For some teams, Jessup may be the first time they left their home town, their country, or met someone who speaks a different language. Awards such as the "spirit of the Jessup" which was created in 1996 "to recognize the Team that best exemplifies the Jessup spirit of camaraderie, academic excellence, competitiveness, and appreciation of fellow competitors," and is selected by a vote of the Teams participating at the international rounds – has been a visible way of acknowledging the competition's commitment to these values. To learn more about the tolerance and acceptance Jessup stands for and witness the battle of some Jessup teams at the international rounds, we urge you to watch "All Rise", an award winning documentary filmed during the 2013/14 Jessup rounds. We guarantee that the trailer alone is enough to make you want to watch the rest, let alone participate in the competition for yourself.
More so, as a truly international competition, the state of origin of the competitors is truly hidden from the Judges and ILSA tries to promote an equality of arms amongst teams, who obviously come from different jurisdictions and have diverging levels of access to academic resources. As Judges in the competition, both authors of this post can attest that we never really know who argues before us. We sometime attempt to guess based on accents or certain court mannerisms, but we know that we are doomed to fail. Similarly, all teams are subjected to the same rules and deadlines. All of them receive the Comprimis at the same date and submit their written memorials by exactly the same time. They are all privy to certain batches of resources provided by the compromis authors to assist researching teams, and may be further assisted by ILSA in cases where their library has limited resources available. They engage the same legal questions, are prohibited from sharing or discussing their research with other teams, and are called to abide by the same rules of anonymity (see rule 2.17 of the rules of the competition). It is thus not surprising, that non-English speaking countries hold some of the more impressive track-records in Jessup, and one can only turn to last year's champions, the team members of the Universidad de Buenos Aires of Argentina.
Jessup World Cup Champions: Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Due to the diverse nature of the competition, Jessup also offers a unique chance to interact and network with law students, practitioners, and academics from all over the world. In other words, Jessup enables law students to meet their future colleagues and learn from them about possible career and educational paths and opportunities. The most incredible thing at the Jessup is to see a participant engaging in a conversation with the very scholars whom they have cited in their briefs. Let's just say that a full blown international law nerdapalooza soon ensues.
The fact that Jessup has been sponsored by some of the biggest law firms in the world (Shearman & Sterling and White & Case to name a few) as well as by top Chambers and practices in each of the various participating jurisdictions, who seek to recruit successful participants – is highly indicative of the skills required for the competition and its perceived status.
If your law school days are long behind you, and you did not participate in the Jessup when you could, please don't get disheartned – that absolutely does not mean that you can't get involved now. Every year ILSA looks for new members to join its ranks as advisors, coaches, administrators, volunteers, memorial graders, Compromis authors, and round judges. You will grow through the process, learning the materials with the students you coach or advise and shaping the future of the international legal profession. In fact, one of the authors of this post changed her career completely after judging the DC international rounds. Careful now, Jessup makes you rethink things.
Combined together Jessup helps form a community of international legal scholars who share a vision for the world and an interest in its further development. This group of exceptional individuals, whom you gain the privilege of calling your colleagues, friends, mentors, and drinking buddies, all continue on to do incredible work worldwide.
Jessup has a history that spans nearly 60 years, which means that thousands of highly qualified lawyers and academics are amongst its alumni. It is thus not surprising that many current and former judges and justices on national and international instances have been involved in Jessup. It is also not surprising that some of the leading partners at law firms and other leading practitioners competed in Jessup at one point or another. Similarly you will find former Jessup participants as politicians and businesspeople, and in your law school at least one of your lecturers (probably your favorite one) will too hold fond memories of his or her Jessup glory days.
So please get involved with the Jessup, find out whether your school already has an established team and see what you need to do to join it ranks. If it doesn't – start one on your own with the assistance of ILSA. If you are already a lawyer or scholar, get involved with the competition as a coach, advisor, judge, or administrator. This competition can only grow on the basis of the commitment, dedication, and hard work of those who support it and its values. It falls on all of us to do just that.
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Contrary to ordinary liqueurs, nalewkas are usually aged.
Most of the nalewkas have their proper names derived either from the main ingredient or the name of the traditional place of manufacture. The recipes for nalewkas were at times kept in secret by some of the szlachta families and were only given away to the senior children upon the death of the father.
The colour of coffee-made nalewka after 3 years of aging, half of the time in a wooden barrel.
Among the common main ingredients are haw (głogówka), lily-of-the-valley (konwaliówkaall parts of this plant are poisonous do not use), Cornus alba (dereniówka), black currant (smorodina), juniper (jałowcówka), ginger (imbirówka), green Persian walnut (orzechówka), cherries (wiśniówka), wormwood (piołunówka), anise (anyżówka), apricots (morelówka) and many more. Among the nalewkas are also mixtures of alcohol with other liquids, such as honey-based krupnik, coffee-based kawówka, and porterówka made of Porter beer.


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Belief: One God or Many?
Monotheism Iconoclasm (destroying icons) Malevolent beings/spirits Polytheism?
How? Who? What? When? Where?
Though Hinduism concedes the existence of several gods or deities, it accepts only one God, the Supreme. All these myriad popular deities are the diverse manifestations of one God. The formless God assumes various forms in order to fulfill the desires of His devotees Every one has he freedom to worship any form of God and His formless aspect. aspect.
Who am I? Atman Eternal and boundless, not physical Atman survives through physical existence.
An Ultimate Reality How is Brahman similar to Abrahamanic God Almighty? How is it different?
God is One only, One without a second. His nature is Sat-chit-ananda i.e. eternal Sat-chitExistence-ConsciousnessExistence-Consciousness-Bliss. He is the Creator of this universe. He creates it by His power out of Himself, sustains it and then withdraws it into Himself, once its purpose is over. This process goes on forever, in a cyclical order.


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Real-Life Places Your Favorite Marvel Characters Are From
Visit the destinations where iconic Marvel superheroes (and villains) were born.
Unlike the DC Comic-sphere, where heroes and villains come from fictional places like Metropolis and Gotham City, the Marvel Comics Universe features characters who could have been born right next door to you.
Your favorite Avengers, X-Men and space captains have earthly origins. Discover which character is from your neck of the woods, or plan a visit to these cool cities where your favorite Marvel superheroes are from.
Wolverine: Alberta, Canada
Wolverine is one of the most beloved X-Men (before trolls come a-knocking, the X-Men are part of the Marvel Comics Universe, if not its cinematic one).
The powerful mutant with retractable claws (portrayed in film by Hugh Jackman) was originally born James Howlett in Alberta, Canada, ostensibly to wealthy farm owners.
He adopted the name "Logan" when he discovered he was actually the product of an affair between his mother and the family's groundskeeper, Thomas Logan.
Best Things to Do in Alberta
Alberta isn't just Wolverine's home. The Canadian province also touts more than 600 lakes and the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Outdoor lovers rank Banff National Park as thebest national park in Canada. Glacier-fed Lake Louise is one of the most beautiful places you'll ever see.
In honor of their hometown (anti)hero, Albertans have long pushed for building a Wolverine statue in the province's capital city of Edmonton. Alas, that dream has yet to become reality.
Captain America: Brooklyn, New York
Genetically built to be the strongest man on Earth (giving even spacemen like Thor a run for their money), Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, is Brooklyn born and raised.
You may recall him making note of this in the 2011 film "Captain America: First Avenger," in which he remarks, "I'm just a kid from Brooklyn." And in "Captain America: Civil War," he sweetly bonds with Spider-Man (whom you'll see further down) over their shared, proud New York roots.
Best Things to Do in Brooklyn
The Borough of Brooklyn is as hot as Steve's portrayer, Chris Evans. It touts high-rise hotels and scores of restaurants offering a more hipster side to New York, with sterling views of the Manhattan skyline to boot.
You can also visit the Captain himself in the city, if not in the flesh. In 2016, in honor of the superhero's 75th anniversary, Marvel unveiled a 13-foot, bronze statue of Captain America in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
The statue was later moved to Sunset Park in South Brooklyn, where you can still see it today.
Hulk: Dayton, Ohio
The scientist Bruce Banner became The Hulk during the testing of a gamma bomb that filled his body with radiation, causing him to transform into a rage-filled green beast when angry. But before he adopted his aggressive alter ego, he was just a kid from the American heartland of Ohio.
Interestingly, two other comic-book characters hail from the humble town of Dayton, as well, though they're not nearly as well-known as The Hulk. Tommy Glass, from the "American Vampire" series, and Black Alice, who uses her powers to fight drug dealers in Dayton, also call the city home.
Best Things to Do in Dayton
You may not want to see the "Big Guy" (played by Mark Ruffalo) angry, but you can and should enjoy his hometown of Dayton.
Nestled between Columbus and Cincinnati, Dayton is home to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Carillon Historical Park, the Dayton Art Institute and the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.
Plenty of things to take in that don't involve gamma rays.
Phoenix: Hudson Valley, New York
One of the most beloved and complicated characters in the X-Men franchise is Jean Grey, a mutant who turns into the fantastically powerful, morally conflicted "Dark Phoenix" after returning from death and transforming like the mythical bird.
Jean's childhood was spent in upstate New York and the Hudson Valley. In the (widely panned) film "Dark Phoenix" — starring Sophie Turner (aka Sansa Stark in "Game of Thrones") — Jean visits Red Hook, New York, depicted in the film as her childhood home.
Best Things to Do in Hudson Valley
But dark as Phoenix's story is, we can't help but envy a childhood in the gorgeous Hudson Valley.
Here, a combination of foliage-rich parks and ski mountains mix with historical sites like the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, which shows the home of both the former president and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Nick Fury: Huntsville, Alabama
When sharing his story with Captain Marvel in her eponymous movie, the Avengers' team leader Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, revealed he's from Huntsville, Alabama.
In response to Fury's admission on film that he's from Huntsville, Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks recently produced a video cheekily inviting the hero to visit.
"We have more defense technology than Iron Man," he said. "Our missiles are more precise than Hawkeye's aim. Our rockets reach for the stars and soar further than Captain Marvel. Our support for national security is stronger than the vibranium in Captain America's shield and Black Panther's suit."
Best Things to Do in Huntsville, Alabama
This small town in northern Alabama is famously home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, where you can not only learn about America's space history, but experience non-gravity flight.
It also houses Redstone Arsenal, a key developer of rocket and missile technology.
Iron Man: Long Island, New York
All the way back in 2008, the "Avengers" movie franchise got its start with the introduction of playboy millionaire and brilliant engineer Tony Stark, who became Iron Man after saving his own life with the help of a high-powered suit he designed.
Played by Robert Downey Jr., the character went on to serve a crucial role in the recent "Avengers: End Game" film, creating time travel to beat Thanos.
Before he became an antihero-turned-superhero, Tony called Long Island home.
Best Things to Do in Long Island
The destination is best known for housing the Hamptons, the über-chic playground for the rich, where beaches, seafood and charming villages make for a quaint getaway on summer weekends.
Professor X: New York City, New York
Charles Francis Xavier is known not only for his telepathic and psionic powers, but for his moral integrity and leadership. These qualities help him become the leader of the X-Men, as well as its Westchester-based academy. He is a definite fan favorite of the comic canon.
But before ascending the ranks, Xavier was just a boy born in Manhattan to wealthy parents. In film, Patrick Stewart plays the older Xavier, while James McAvoy plays his younger self.
We definitely see younger Xavier enjoy the city more, but we're sure older Xavier enjoyed a night in at the theater as much as anyone else.
Best Things to Do in New York City
We could fill your head with places to see and do in New York City, where theater, dining and attractions are world-renowned.
The city is also an excellent place for superhero fans to explore, as it includes a number of filming sites from Marvel movies.
Magneto: Nuremberg, Germany
The Bavarian city of Nuremberg is charming, but it also has a dark chapter in its history. In the 1930s and '40s, the city was a Nazi stronghold.
This darkness plays a key role in the origin story of X-Men's Magneto. Born Max Eisenhardt in Nuremberg, he fled with his German-Jewish family to Warsaw, Poland, as the Nazi campaign against Jews escalated.
The film "X-Men: First Class" shows how the backdrop of Nazism shaped Magneto's powers and worldview.
Best Things to Do in Nuremberg
You can learn more about this dark chapter in history at various World War II-era sites across the city. Nuremberg is also the city where post-war crime trials were held and many Nazis convicted.
But the German city is not just defined by its most terrible moment. You can complement historical tours with walking around the medieval buildings of the old town.
If you visit during winter, make sure to go to the world-renowned Christmas market, which dates back hundreds of years.
Deadpool: Regina, Canada
Ryan Reynolds worked hard to bring "Deadpool" to the big screen. When the R-rated superhero finally debuted in 2016, Reynolds not only played the starring role, neé Wade Wilson, but cowrote the screenplay.
Maybe the actor felt connected to the character because they both hail from Canada. But while Reynolds is from Vancouver, Deadpool was born in Regina, a city in the remote province of Saskatchewan, nestled in the middle of the country.
Best Things to Do in Regina
Regina, with just over 228,000 residents, is a lakeside charmer filled with museums and outdoor activities.
Just don't go expecting to find anything related to Deadpool. In 2016, fans put together a petition to erect a statue of the character in Regina. The city's mayor responded on Facebook with a single word: "Nope."
Star-Lord: St. Charles, Missouri
Peter Quill, who prefers to go by the name "Star-Lord," may reside in outer space as the ostensible captain of "The Milano" ship (named after his childhood crush, Alyssa Milano), but he's an Earth-born American, through and through.
The character was born in St. Charles, Missouri, in 1980 to a human mother and a celestial father. One could argue his Midwest charm is what makes him such a popular figure in Marvel comic books and films.
Best Things to Do in St. Charles
Located outside of St. Louis, St. Charles is home to the Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri Botanical Garden and other Missouri River-based attractions that make it a worthy stop when not guarding the galaxy.
Spider-Man: Queens, New York
Raised by his aunt in Forest Hills, Peter Parker is a humble high school student who becomes a superhero after inheriting the powers of a radioactive spider.
Forest Hills is located in Queens, one of New York's least appreciated boroughs, but it serves to drive home how much of a regular kid Peter was before becoming Spider-Man.
Best Thing to Do in Queens
Forest Hills is mostly just a residential neighborhood, but it's right next to Flushing Meadows, where the U.S. Open tennis tournament is held and the Mets call home at Citi Field stadium.
You can also visit the Queens Botanical Garden or, in the summer, spend time at Rockaway Beach.
Marvel megafans should head to Ingram St., where Peter and his aunt live in the comic.
Black Widow: Volgograd, Russia
The Russian-born Black Widow sacrificed herself in "Avengers: End Game." As one of the original Avengers, Black Widow may be the toughest — albeit not the most powerful — female Marvel character.
But before her career as an Avenger and a spy, Natasha Romanova spent her childhood in Volograd, formerly Stalingrad.
Best Things to Do in Volgograd
If Scarlett Johansson (the actress portraying Black Widow) were to show you around Volograd, she could take you to tranquil Lake Elton and the Central Station, an architectural marvel of a railway station, among other sights.
This is the city where the World War II Battle of Stalingrad, the first major loss for the Germans during the war, took place. Fittingly, it is also home to a massive memorial complex commemorating the battle, featuring the iconic Motherland Calls sculpture.


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Ivanka Trump says she stays above the fray, will absorb blows from haters
Published June 29, 2018 White HouseFOXBusiness
Ivanka Trump: I have chosen not to get into the fray
Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump on the heated political climate.
When comedian Samantha Bee hurled insults at Ivanka Trump during an episode of "Full Frontal" in June, she incited outrage and furor that crossed the political aisle, with many urging TBS, the Time Warner channel that's now part of AT&T, to cancel her show.
But the president's daughter and close adviser stayed silent on the issue and the extreme vulgarity used to describe a photograph she'd shared on social media.
"I have chosen, and I made a conscientious decision a long time ago, that I was not going to get into the fray," she said during an interview with FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo on Friday. "That means I will absorb the blows that come my way. It is important to me to focus on the task at hand."
Bee -- along with other celebrities -- criticized the first daughter for sharing what they said was a tone deaf photo of her with her child, even amid reports that the Office of Refugee Resettlement lost track of 1,500 immigrant children in the last three months of 2017. But Bee took it a step further, calling her a "feckless c---."
The comedian, and TBS, later apologized for the comment. Trump, however, said she tries to stay focused on moving forward with her own goals and helping shape policies for America, including expanded paid family leave.
"I never allow myself to forget the extraordinary privilege I have to serve this country," she said.