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Best bunk decor. Spider-Man and Minions. Sweet morning moment. #gypsyboy
Little Magnus will turn 3 December 6 and will probably be driving and graduating high school the next time you think about him.
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Justin Bijlow, né le  à Rotterdam aux Pays-Bas, est un footballeur néerlandais qui évolue au poste de gardien de but au Feyenoord Rotterdam.

Biographie

Feyenoord Rotterdam
Né à Rotterdam aux Pays-Bas, Justin Bijlow est formé par l'un des clubs de sa ville natale, le Feyenoord Rotterdam. Le 13 août 2017, il joue son premier match en professionnel, lors d'une rencontre d'Eredivisie face au FC Twente. Rencontre remportée par son équipe sur le score de deux buts à un.

Il commence la saison 2018-2019 comme titulaire dans le but du Feyenoord lors de la Supercoupe des Pays-Bas, où Feyenoord sort vainqueur. Le 25 octobre 2018, il prolonge son contrat avec son club formateur jusqu'en juin 2023.

En 2019, sa progression est freinée par les blessures, notamment une fracture d'un métatarsien en , qui le tient éloigné des terrains jusqu'à la fin de la saison, puis une blessure au coude.

C'est à la suite du départ de Kenneth Vermeer, l'habituel titulaire dans le but de Feyenoord, que Bijlow est propulsé numéro un par son entraîneur Dick Advocaat.

En sélection nationale
Avec les moins de 17 ans, il participe au championnat d'Europe des moins de 17 ans en 2014. Lors de cette compétition organisée à Malte, il doit se contenter du banc des remplaçants. Les Pays-Bas s'inclinent en finale face à l'Angleterre après une séance de tirs au but. L'année suivante, il dispute de nouveau le championnat d'Europe des moins de 17 ans, qui se déroule en Bulgarie. Il est cette fois-ci titulaire et joue les trois matchs de son équipe. Avec un bilan de trois nuls, les Néerlandais ne parviennent pas à dépasser le premier tour du tournoi.

Avec les moins de 19 ans, il dispute le championnat d'Europe des moins de 19 ans en 2017. Lors de cette compétition organisée en Géorgie, il est titulaire et officie même comme capitaine. Les Néerlandais s'inclinent en demi-finale face au Portugal.

Le , Justin Bijlow joue son premier match avec l'équipe des Pays-Bas espoirs face à la Lettonie. Il est titularisé et son équipe s'impose par trois buts à zéro.

Vu comme l'avenir de la sélection Oranje au poste de gardien de but, notamment par Dick Advocaat, Bijlow est pressenti en  pour intégrer prochainement la sélection nationale A dirigée par Ronald Koeman. En septembre 2020, certains observateurs s'interrogent sur sa non sélection avec l'équipe A au vu de ses performances en club.

Avec les espoirs, Bijlow participe au championnat d'Europe espoirs en 2021. Si Kjell Scherpen est titularisé lors de la phase de groupe, c'est Bijlow qui garde les buts néerlandais lors de la phase à élimination direct, contre la France en quarts de finale (victoire 2-1 des Pays-Bas) et lors de la demi-finale perdue face à l'Allemagne (1-2 score final).

Bijlow honore finalement sa première sélection avec l'équipe nationale des Pays-Bas le  contre la Norvège. Il est titularisé dans les buts des Oranje et les deux équipes se neutralisent (1-1).

Le , il est sélectionné par Louis van Gaal pour participer à la Coupe du monde 2022.

Statistiques

Palmarès

Notes et références

Liens externes

Footballeur international néerlandais
Gardien de but du Feyenoord Rotterdam
Naissance en janvier 1998
Naissance à Rotterdam

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Someone help me out, I want a cooler avatar than the squirrel.
Not sure what URL you are trying. You can always just download it, put it in your avatars folder, and select it.


WinForwarder is a Windows Service that will collect windows information and forwards to a log collection server in JSON format.
WinForwarder is a Windows Service that will collect selected windows information from a machine and forwards that informatoin to a log collection server in JSON format.
Currently this is primarily designed for use with Logstash / RabbitMQ and is sending events over TCP / UDP in JSON format but I am hoping to extend the functionality for other logging services.
If you use Kibana / Elasticsearch / LogStash / RabbitMQ for your log collection and reporting system then this can help you collect the data you need from your Windows Servers.


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Q: How to plot location dots on a country map in r? I searched already a lot for my specific problem but could not find a solution. Although, I think it is quite easy to solve, but I am new to r.

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*What i want to do: I would like to plot a map of India held in black and white. And I want to plot all the places I visited with dots and the corresponding name. I managed to do all that with the code below.

*My problem: How can I write the code in a simpler way for plotting the visited places? I don't want to create all the variables like visit.x and visit.y. Further, I would have to write for every place the code for geom_point and geom_text. When I tried to plot more than one place at once with e.g.
visited <- c("New Delhi", "Rishikesh")

then I got the error message "Aesthetics must be either length 1 or the same as the data".

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*My question: How can I just store all the visited places in one variable and plot it in one run? Like that I just need one line for geom_point and not for every place I want to plot.
#Load required packages
library(maps)
library(ggmap)
library(ggplot2)

#Dataframe with country relevant information
map <- fortify(map(fill = T, plot = F, region = "India"))

#Places I want to mark on the map
visited <- c("New Delhi")
visited2 <- c("Rishikesh")
visited3 <- c("Agra")

#Extracting long / lat of the places
visit.x <- geocode(visited)$lon
visit.y <- geocode(visited)$lat
visit.x2 <- geocode(visited2)$lon
visit.y2 <- geocode(visited2)$lat
visit.x3 <- geocode(visited3)$lon
visit.y3 <- geocode(visited3)$lat

#Defining font
font = c("Courier")
font.size = 3

#Specifing the look of the map with ggplot2
map_india <- ggplot(data = map, aes(x = long, y = lat, group = group)) +
    geom_polygon(fill = "white") +
    geom_path(colour = "black") +
    theme(panel.background = element_rect(fill = "#000000"),
          panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
          panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
          axis.ticks = element_blank(),
          axis.text.y = element_blank(),
          axis.text.x = element_blank(),
          axis.title.x = element_blank(),
          axis.title.y = element_blank())

#Plotting the places I want on the map with labels
map_india <- map_india +
    geom_point(aes(x = visit.x, y = visit.y)) +
    geom_text(data = NULL, x = visit.x - 1, y = visit.y + 0.2, label = "New Delhi", size = font.size, family = font) +
    geom_point(aes(x = visit.x2, y = visit.y2)) +
    geom_text(data = NULL, x = visit.x2 - 1, y = visit.y2 + 0.2, label = "Rishikesh", size = font.size, family = font) +
    geom_point(aes(x = visit.x3, y = visit.y3)) +
    geom_text(data = NULL, x = visit.x3, y = visit.y3 + 0.5, label = "Agra", size = font.size, family = font) +
    coord_fixed(0.8)

#Creating pdf
pdf("India.pdf", height = 11.69, width = 16.53)
print(map_india)
dev.off()

A: As @hrbrmstr suggested in the comment above, ggplot2 is designed to work with data.frames, so it works best to keep your data in one throughout. Doing so actually simplifies the code a lot, too:
library(tidyverse)    # for ggplot2 and `%>%`
library(ggmap)
library(ggrepel)    # for geom_text_repel, though adjust overlaps manually if you prefer

cities <- data_frame(city = c("New Delhi", "Rishikesh", "Agra")) %>%    # start data.frame
        mutate_geocode(city)    # use ggmap function to add lon/lat columns

cities
#> # A tibble: 3 × 3
#>        city      lon      lat
#>       <chr>    <dbl>    <dbl>
#> 1 New Delhi 77.20902 28.61394
#> 2 Rishikesh 78.26761 30.08693
#> 3      Agra 78.00807 27.17667

box <- geocode('India', output = 'more')    # get lon/lat for bounding box

box
#>        lon      lat    type     loctype address   north    south     east
#> 1 78.96288 20.59368 country approximate   india 35.5087 6.753516 97.39556
#>       west country
#> 1 68.16289   India

get_stamenmap(bbox = c(left = box$west,    # get background tiles, set bounding box
                       bottom = box$south,
                       right = box$east,
                       top = box$north),
              maptype = 'toner-background',    # set map style
              zoom = 5) %>%
    ggmap(extent = 'device') +    # note switch from %>% to + as moves to ggplot
    geom_point(aes(x = lon, y = lat), data = cities) +    # add points
    geom_text_repel(aes(x = lon, y = lat, label = city), data = cities)    # add labels

Adjust as you like.

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Do Science and Religion Have to be At Odds?
By Guy Sayles
There is something in us – something sacred, I believe – which recoils from the idea that the universe is its own explanation, that our existence here is a happy but meaningless stroke of cosmic luck, and that there is no Artist, no Designer and no Life-Giver behind, beyond and within everything that exists.
We long to trust that there is fullness rushing into every emptiness, light streaming into all darkness and love flowing into all indifference.
Some people fear that modern science has issued orders that, if we complied with them, would shutter the sanctuaries, empty the choir lofts, disassemble the pipe organs, suppress anthems of praise and silence hymns of gratitude.
We worry that modern science means Rodney Dangerfield was right when he said: "When I hold a shell to my ear, I get a busy signal."
We have the impression that contemporary physics and biology have blown the whistle on God-talk and God-song, ruling them out of bounds.
Headlines don't help. The media frames the issues between science and religion the way the media frames every issue as an either-or decision.
Either "secular" or "sacred;" "science" or "religion;" "evolution" or "creation;" "Darwin" or "Genesis." These confuse more than they clarify.
Most scientists and most theologians think the oversimplification of such either-or posturing is just plain silly.
To be sure, some scientists, as John Haught puts it in "Deeper than Darwin," have leapt from "'Darwin got it right' to 'Darwin tells the whole story.'"
There are a few who have made that leap, but not most.
Similarly, there are some theologians who have covered their eyes, stuck their fingers in their ears and refused to learn anything at all from modern science.
They've insisted on a wooden, literal reading of Genesis and demanded that those who follow them believe that the earth was created about 6,000 years ago, in seven 24-hour days, complete with rocks and fossils that appear to be millions, even billions of years older than their reading of the Bible allows them to be.
Again, not many theologians take this ludicrous view, but a few do.
It is the few scientists and theologians on both extremes who scream at each other on camera and wrestle with each other over curriculum in the public schools.
Most theologians and most scientists know that know that all the screaming is not only useless, but also unnecessary.
The fact that the universe has come to know itself in the consciousness of human beings; that the cosmos can be studied in the first place; that it reveals its secrets to the devoted research and careful thinking of scientists and mathematicians; that the mathematics by which physicists describe the universe is characterized not just by utility but by beauty; that conditions developed in the universe which allowed human life to emerge and flourish; and that that there are predictable patterns and reliable laws to nature all suggest that the Mind of God, and not merely random chance, is at play.
Physicist Stephen Hawking asked: "What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?"
There is nothing in appropriately humble, adventurous science to keep the answer to Hawking's question from being "God."
Maybe God breathes fire into the equations, as God breathes life into creation.
Here's what I believe: God makes a universe for the equations to describe, just as God invites us to sing and shout praise in response.
Guy Sayles is pastor of First Baptist Church of Asheville, N.C. A version of this column first appeared on his blog, From the Intersection, and is used with permission.
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Why's Your Church Program Breaking Down? Science!
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Confidence in Church, Organized Religion Continues to Dip

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"Synthesis of Co3O4/Carbon composite nanowires and their electrochemica" by Peng Zhang, Zaiping Guo et al.
Zhang, P., Guo, Z., Huang, Y., Jia, D. Liu, H. K. (2011). Synthesis of Co3O4/Carbon composite nanowires and their electrochemical properties. Journal of Power Sources, 196 (16), 6987-6991.
Porous nanowires of Co3O4/Carbon composite have been synthesized by using a simple and inexpensive electrospinning technique. The as-prepared materials were investigated by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The electrochemical properties of the composite have been characterized using cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic methods. The results show a remarkably improved electrochemical performance in term of reversible capacity, rate capability, and cycling performance.


Le Gothic provides a valuable corrective to the idea that Gothic fiction is mainly an Anglo-American phenomenon. Charting numerous influences and appropriations that took place between Europe and America between the late eighteenth and the twentieth centuries, it shows how Gothic writing flourished by crossing national and linguistic boundaries. It traces the importance of revolutionary Paris in the evolution of Gothic and explores cross-channel fertilizations and transatlantic exchanges in film and literature. Opening up new contexts, the contributors offer fresh perspectives on the work of Rousseau, de Sade, Charles Brockden Brown, James Hogg, Victor Hugo, Gaston Leroux, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Huysmans, Machen, T.S. Eliot, Henry James, Elizabeth Bowen, Pierrette Fleutiaux and Angela Carter, while considering Gothic writing in relation to Modernism and modernisation; the city; translation; gender; religion and postcolonialism.


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ARRT (von , deutsch Antenne mit einstellbarer Stromverteilung) ist eine Antennenbauform einer Reusenantenne. Sie besteht aus einem selbststrahlenden Sendemast mit darum befindlicher, gespeister Reuse.

Der Antennentyp wird bei Großsenderanlagen für Langwelle und Mittelwelle angewendet, vor allem in Russland, Bulgarien und Albanien. Auch der Mittelwellensender Burg besaß eine solche Antenne.

Eine ARRT-Antenne besteht aus einer vertikalen Reuse, die koaxial um einen geerdeten oder gegen Erde isolierten Sendemast montiert ist welcher zugleich als tragende Element dient. Bei elektrisch isolierten Sendemast können die Reuse und der Mast individuell gespeist werden, was zum Aufbau einer wirksamen schwundmindernden Antenne genutzt werden kann.

Literatur
 Grigori Sacharowitsch Aisenberg: Антенна-мачта с регулируемым распределением тока. In: Elektrosviaz, 1940, 9, 28–39.
 Sergei Pawlowitsch Beloussow: Экспериментальные исследования антенн с регулируемым распределением тока типа АРРТ. In: Elektrosviaz, 1970, 6, 52–58.
 Ders.: Средневолновые антенны с регулируемым распределением тока. Sviaz, Moskau 1974.

Lineare Antenne
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The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's association football championship contested by women's national teams and organised by FIFA. The tournament will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and is scheduled to take place from 20 July to 20 August 2023; it will be the first FIFA Women's World Cup to have more than one host nation, and also the first senior World Cup for either sex to be held across multiple confederations, as Australia is in the Asian Confederation while New Zealand is in the Oceanian Confederation. In addition, this tournament will be the first to feature the expanded format of 32 teams from the previous 24, replicating the same format used for the men's World Cup from 1998 to 2022. The opening match will be contested between New Zealand and Norway at Eden Park, Auckland on 20 July 2023. The final will take place on 20 August 2023 at Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia. The United States are the defending champions, having won the previous two tournaments.

Host selection

Bidding began for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on 19 February 2019. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 15 March, and provide the completed bidding registration by 16 April. However, FIFA revised the bidding timeline as the tournament expanded to 32 teams on 31 July. Other member associations interested in hosting the tournament now had until 16 August to submit a declaration of interest, while the completed bidding registration of new member associations and re-confirmation of prior bidders was due by 2 September.

Nine countries initially indicated interest in hosting the events: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, South Korea (with interest in a joint bid with North Korea), New Zealand and South Africa. Belgium expressed interest in hosting the tournament following the new deadline but later dropped out, as did Bolivia, in September 2019. Australia and New Zealand later announced they would merge their bids in a joint submission. Brazil, Colombia, and Japan joined them in submitting their bid books to FIFA by 13 December. However, both Brazil and Japan later withdrew their bids in June 2020 before the final voting.

On 25 June 2020, Australia and New Zealand won the bid to host the Women's World Cup. The decision came after a vote by the FIFA Council, with the winning bid earning 22 votes, while Colombia earned 13. Neither country had previously hosted a senior FIFA tournament. This will be the first Women's World Cup to be hosted in multiple countries, and only the second World Cup tournament to do so, following the 2002 FIFA World Cup, held in Japan and South Korea. It is also the first FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first senior FIFA tournament to be held in Oceania, and the first FIFA tournament to be hosted across multiple confederations (with Australia in the AFC and New Zealand in the OFC). Australia is the second association from the AFC to host the Women's World Cup, after China in both 1991 and 2007.

Format
In July 2019, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed an expansion of the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams, starting with the 2023 edition, and doubling the tournament's prize money. The proposal came following the success of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the prior edition of the tournament in 2015, which after increasing from 16 to 24 teams set an attendance record for all FIFA competitions besides the men's FIFA World Cup. Expanding the tournament to allow eight additional participating teams gave more member associations a greater opportunity to qualify for the final tournament. This fostered the growing reach and professionalisation of the women's game.

On 31 July, the FIFA Council unanimously decided to expand the tournament to 32 teams, featuring eight groups of four.

The tournament opens with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to a knockout tournament starting with a round of 16 teams. The number of games played overall increases from 52 to 64. The tournament replicates the format of the men's FIFA World Cup used between 1998 to 2022.

Teams

Qualification

FIFA's confederations organised their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of UEFA which organised its own qualifying competition. Australia and New Zealand, as co-hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving the remaining 207 FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. Australia competed at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, whilst New Zealand did not enter the OFC Women's Nations Cup the same year. The reigning Women's World Cup champions United States competed in qualification through the CONCACAF W Championship as normal.

The Chadian and Pakistani football associations were suspended by FIFA, thus excluding them from entering qualifications. Rwanda, Sudan, DR Congo and São Tomé and Príncipe entered qualification but withdrew later. Kenya withdrew before the second round of qualifiers. North Korea and Turkmenistan withdrew from the Women's Asian Cup qualifiers due to safety concerns and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Iraq withdrew after the AFC draw. Due to the uncertainty of women's sport after the Taliban takeover of the country, Afghanistan withdrew from qualification. Due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks in their squads, Women's Asian Cup hosts India withdrew from qualification. American Samoa withdrew due to continuing difficulties related to the pandemic. Russia were disqualified from competing due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The allocation of slots for each confederation was confirmed by the FIFA Council on 25 December 2020. The slots for the two host nations were taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations.
AFC (Asia): 6 slots (including co-hosts Australia)
CAF (Africa): 4 slots
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
CONMEBOL (South America): 3 slots
OFC (Oceania): 1 slot (including co-hosts New Zealand)
UEFA (Europe): 11 slots
Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots

A ten-team play-off tournament will decide the final three spots at the Women's World Cup. The play-off slot allocation is as follows:
AFC (Asia): 2 slots
CAF (Africa): 2 slots
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 2 slots
CONMEBOL (South America): 2 slots
OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
UEFA (Europe): 1 slot

Of the 32 nations qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 20 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2019. Haiti, Morocco, Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Vietnam and Zambia will be making their debuts at the FIFA Women's World Cup. This World Cup will be the first ever FIFA tournament the Philippines have taken part in. This is Panama's, Portugal's and Vietnam's first ever FIFA women's competition, having only taken part in various FIFA men's tournaments. Zambia made history as the first landlocked country in Africa to qualify for a World Cup for either sex. Morocco became the first-ever Arab country to qualify for the Women's World Cup, while the Republic of Ireland marked their first-ever debut at any senior women's tournament. Denmark made their first appearance in 16 years after missing three consecutive tournaments, their last appearance being in 2007. Costa Rica, Colombia and Switzerland returned to the tournament after missing the previous one in 2019. Italy qualified for two consecutive women's World Cups for the first time in their history, after three sporadic appearances in 1991, 1999 and 2019.

Thailand, Cameroon, Chile, and Scotland, all of whom qualified for the 2019 Women's World Cup, did not qualify for the 2023 tournament. Iceland was the highest ranked team in the FIFA Women's World Rankings that failed to qualify, ranked 16th. Zambia were the lowest ranked team to qualify, ranked 81st.

AFC (6)
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CAF (4)
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CONCACAF (6)

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CONMEBOL (3)

OFC (1)
  (co-hosts)

UEFA (12)

  (debut)
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Draw

The final draw took place at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on 22 October 2022 at 19:30 NZDT (UTC+13), prior to the completion of qualification. The three winners of the inter-confederation play-off were not known at the time of the draw.

Retired American international and 2-time Women's World Cup champion Carli Lloyd and CNN International sports presenter Amanda Davies conducted the draw. Each confederation had a retired international representing them as a draw assistant: Maia Jackman of New Zealand for the OFC and Julie Dolan of Australia for the AFC alongside men's internationals Ian Wright of England for UEFA, Alexi Lalas of the United States for CONCACAF, Geremi of Cameroon for the CAF and 2002 World Cup winner Gilberto Silva of Brazil for CONMEBOL. Snowboarding Olympic gold medalist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand and 4-time swimming Olympic gold medalist Cate Campbell of Australia also assisted the draw.

For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of 13 October 2022. Pot one contained both co-hosts New Zealand and Australia (both automatically placed in positions A1 and B1, respectively) along with the best six teams. Pot two contained the next best eight teams, with the next best eight teams being allocated into the following pot (pot three). Pot four contained the lowest ranked teams, along with the placeholders for the three inter-confederation play-off winners. With the exception of UEFA, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn in the same group. However, since each inter-confederation play-off group contained multiple confederations, the placeholders were identified by the seeded teams in their respective play-off pathways to avoid any draw constraints. The draw started with pot one and ended with pot four, with the team selected being allocated to the first available group alphabetically. Pot 1 teams were automatically drawn to position 1 of each group, with the following positions drawn for the remaining pots. The pots for the draws are shown below.

Venues
Australia and New Zealand proposed 13 possible venues across 12 host cities for the tournament in the bid book submitted to FIFA, suggesting a minimum of 10 stadiums be used—five in each country. The original proposal of the joint bid would have seen the venues be divided into three main travel hubs: South Hub containing Perth, Adelaide, Launceston and Melbourne, East Hub containing Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne and Launceston, and New Zealand Hub containing Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The Sydney Football Stadium was the only new stadium within the bid that is undergoing a major renovation, replacing the old football stadium on the same site.

The bid evaluation was released on 10 June 2020 by FIFA, which noted that the majority of the stadiums listed in the bid meet FIFA's hosting requirements with capacity, aside from Adelaide and Auckland which didn't meet the minimum requirements capacity wise for stages of the competition proposed for. Most stadiums featured in the bid are planned to have minor renovations with new floodlighting, pitch renovations and gender-neutral changing rooms in time for the tournament.

On 31 March 2021, FIFA announced the final host city and venue selections. Five cities and six stadiums will be used in Australia, and four cities and stadiums in New Zealand. From the proposed venues, Newcastle and Launceston were not selected in Australia, and Christchurch was omitted in New Zealand. Eden Park in Auckland will host the opening game, with Stadium Australia in Sydney to host the 2023 Women's World Cup final match. As a part of the branding, all cities will use native names (Indigenous Australian and Māori in New Zealand) alongside their English names in an effort to "reconcile and respect the original owners of the land."

Eden Park, Auckland will host New Zealand's opening match, and Stadium Australia, Sydney will host Australia's opening match (both group stages). Lang Park, Brisbane will host the 3rd place match on 19 August; and Stadium Australia, Sydney will host the final which will be held on 20 August.

Team base camps

Base camps will be used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the Women's World Cup tournament. FIFA announced the hotels and training sites for the 29 qualified participating nations on December 11, 2022, with the remaining 3 qualified teams selecting their base camps after the Play-off Tournament.

Schedule

The match schedule was announced by FIFA on 1 December 2021 without kick-off times. The opening match of the tournament, featuring co-hosts New Zealand, will be played on 20 July 2023 at Eden Park. Whilst the inaugural match in Australia, was set to take place on the same day at Sydney Football Stadium. Later, the schedule was tweaked by moving the Australia vs Republic of Ireland to the Sydney Olympic Stadium. The group stage fixtures will be split between the co-hosts with each hosting four groups. The third-place match will be played at Lang Park on 19 August 2023, with the final to be played at Stadium Australia on 20 August 2023.

The group stage fixtures for each group will be allocated to the following host country:

 Groups A, C, E, G: New Zealand (Auckland, Dunedin, Hamilton, Wellington)
 Groups B, D, F, H: Australia (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney)

The final kick-off times were confirmed on 24 October 2022, two days after the draw, in order to "optimise the specific match details for the benefit of supporters, teams and the media". On 31 January 2023, it was confirmed that Australia vs Republic of Ireland had been moved from Sydney Football Stadium to the larger Sydney Olympic Stadium due to strong ticketing demand.

Officiating

In January 2023, the FIFA Referees Committee announced the list of 33 referees, 55 assistant referees, and 19 video assistant referees for the tournament.

For the first time in the FIFA Women's World Cup, six female video assistant referees were also appointed.

Group stage
Competing countries were divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group will play one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If the score was still level after extra time, the winners will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Marketing

Branding
The official emblem was jointly designed by Toronto-based studio Public Address and Los Angeles-based Works Creative Agency and unveiled on 28 October 2021 during a live show. The emblem features a football encircled by 32 coloured squares, reflecting the expanded field of the tournament, and the natural terrains of the two host nations. The overall branding of the tournament will feature designs reflecting the host nations' Indigenous peoples, created by Australian artist Chern'ee Sutton and Maori artist Fiona Collis. Furthermore, the tournament's branding will also incorporate the native names of all host cities. Alongside the emblem, the official slogan of the tournament, "Beyond Greatness", reflects FIFA's goal for the event to further expand the prominence of women's football, was also revealed. The names of the host cities in their native names (Indigenous Australian and Māori in New Zealand) were used as part of the official branding.

Broadcasting rights

Unlike previous editions, this is the first Women's World Cup to be commercialized as a standalone product rather than being packaged alongside the Men's World Cup. FIFA stated that they have had "huge interest" and are expecting more regional partners to sign on. FIFA are also aiming to reach a global audience of 2 billion, up from 1.12 billion at the previous edition in France.

In October 2022, FIFA rejected multiple bids from various public and private broadcasters for significantly underpriced bids, urging broadcasters to be paying what the women's game deserves. Romy Gai, FIFA's Chief Business Officer, called on broadcasters to seize the "opportunity" provided by the women's game, further saying that these bids did not reflect the popularity of women's football, noting the record viewership figures of the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Gianni Infantino later expressed his disappointment during a FIFA Council meeting towards broadcasters offering "100 times less" compared to the men's tournament, claiming that the women's game is exponentially growing with similar viewership figures to the World Cup, and wished that the market be willing to consider a more appropriate value of the broadcast rights for the tournament.

Sponsorship

Symbols

Mascot
The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on 19 October 2022. The mascot's name is Tazuni, which is a portmanteau of the Tasman Sea and 'Unity'. It represents a little penguin (Eudyptula minor), endemic to New Zealand, FIFA incorrectly stated this penguin (E. minor) was endemic in Australia, where a closely related species (Eudyptula novaehollandiae) was described as a new and distinct in 2016.

Music
On 28 October 2021 same day as the official emblem and slogan unveiling, British DJ and music producer Kelly Lee Owens released "Unity" as the theme song for the event.

Controversies

Russian participation
On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency initially handed Russia a four-year ban from all major sporting events, after the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) was found non-compliant for handing over manipulated laboratory data to investigators. However, the Russian national team could have still entered qualification, as the ban only applies to the final tournament to decide the world champions. The WADA ruling allowed athletes who were not involved in doping or the coverup to compete; however, a team representing Russia that uses the Russian flag and anthem cannot participate under the WADA decision. The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld WADA's ban but reduced it to two years. The CAS ruling also allowed the name "Russia" to be displayed on uniforms if the words "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" have equal prominence. Had Russia qualified for the tournament, its female players would have been able to use their country's name, flag or anthem at the Women's World Cup, unlike their male counterparts, as the ban expired on 16 December 2022.

However, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced a number of sanctions impacting Russia's participation in international football on 27 February 2022. Russia was prohibited from hosting international competitions, and the national team had been ordered to play all home matches behind closed doors in neutral countries. Under these sanctions, Russia would not be allowed to compete under the country's name, flag, or national anthem; similarly to the Russian athletes' participation in events such as the Olympics, the team would compete under the abbreviation of their national federation, the Russian Football Union ("RFU"), rather than "Russia". The women's team had remained largely unaffected with participation in qualifications albeit suspended "until further notice". On 2 May, UEFA announced further sanctions regarding the ongoing suspension, ruling the women's team ineligible to compete further in the UEFA qualifiers. Consequently, this led to Denmark's automatic qualification to the Women's World Cup, as a result of the suspension.

Saudi Arabia tourism sponsorship
On 1 February 2023, FIFA announced that Visit Saudi, the tourism board of Saudi Arabia, will be potentially one of the main sponsors of the tournament. FIFA opted to sign the quota sale contract without consulting any instance of the two host countries. Shortly after the announcement, the Organizing Committee asked the entity for clarification on how this advertisement and the partnership would work. Human Rights Watch said the decision showed disregard for how Saudi Arabia treats women. The decision was called sportswashing by human rights campaigns. Notable women's players such as Alex Morgan, Emma Hayes, Becky Sauerbrunn and Megan Rapinoe, also denounced the deal and urged FIFA not to sign it. In March 2023, Football Australia and New Zealand Football  publicly opposed the potential sponsorship. In March 2023, FIFA announced they would drop the sponsorship deal.

References

External links

Australia-New Zealand 2023 bid website

FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments
FIFA Women's World Cup, 2023
International women's association football competitions hosted by Australia
International women's association football competitions hosted by New Zealand
FIFA
2023 in New Zealand women's sport
2023–24 in Australian women's soccer

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Why Can't Women Do It?
December 1, 2011 · Critical Outlook, Scholarly Article
sharmashyam
A book review and reflection on Julie Des Jardines's The Madam Curie Complex
Sewa Bhattarai
If women really are talented and can do anything that men can, why are there few famous women philosophers, scientists, writers, musicians, and politicians? Why have women been unable to achieve anything notable in history? Are women really oppressed or are they making much ado about nothing? Underlying these questions continuously thrown at women is the assumption that opportunities are available equally to men and women, but women are just not capable enough to utilize them. This issue of women's inability to break the glass ceiling seems striking to education in general and ELT in particular, because growing up I have heard these limitations resonate in the experience of every female teacher in Nepal (my mother and several aunts being among them). Though teaching is a popular occupation with women, very few women are found in positions of leadership. The widely adopted explanation for this phenomenon is that women can only do women's work: housekeeping, cooking and raising babies. In this post, I first share a review of the book "The Madam Curie Complex" by Julie Jardines, who completely overturns this traditional view. I then ask readers to consider how the situation compares to the field of Nepalese academia.
Jardines has researched and listed a number of limitations faced by women in science. Interestingly, those limitations sound eerily familiar to any woman in higher education, and even more so in societies like Nepal. Jardines begins the book by tracing the image of science right from the foundations of Western thought. The earliest philosophers like Aristotle and Plato declared that men are objective and analytical, while women are feelers and sentimental beings. Other rational thinkers also Descartes followed in the tradition and perfected this image. The field of science, as a result, has come to be seen as very virile and physical. In the post- World War II era, following the success of atom bomb, scientific victories were treated like military or sports victories. Male scientists, including Albert Einstein, became a prominent part of art and culture, featuring in superhero movies. Already, the well was poisoned against women who wanted to become scientists. How did the definition of science as male affect women scientist?
Madame Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist of all. After radium was discovered, the French academia lobbied to have the prize given only to her husband, just because Marie curie was a woman. Even though she had started the work on radium before her husband Pierre joined the team, and she was the team leader even after her husband joined. Her husband insisted to the Committee that his wife was the driving force in the research before the committee relented and awarded the prize to the couple. Even so, at the award ceremony the prize giver quoted the biblical story of Adam and Eve "God saw that man was alone and sent him a helpmeet."
Such condescending attitudes awaited all women who wanted to pursue a career in science. Jardines lists the case of a woman whose examiner did not come to take her oral exam and said he had been sleeping, though it was 2 pm. Women who graduated in the traditionally male fields did not find employment. Like many other women, Ellen Swallow Richards took on menial job as a janitor and sweepers just to be a fly on the wall and learn about her subject anyhow. A talented woman like Rosalyn Yalow who later went on to win the Nobel prize in physiology had to take stenography courses because no one would employ her.Due to anti nepotism policies active in those days, only one of the spouses was employed by an organization. Unsurprisingly, it was mostly the male half of the couple who was employed, even if he was less qualified than his wife. Marie Curie's husband was appointed a professor at university while she was not. And after the death of Pierre, she was allowed to take over his post, but not as a full professor that he was, only as an assistant professor. Laura Fermi, the wife of Enrico Fermi was herself a fully qualified scientist before she gave up her career to pave the way for her illustrious husband.
Besides the sneering attitudes of the top people in the field, women also faced many practical day to day problems. There were no often no women's bathrooms in the buildings. Women were often barred from attending public lectures because there were no female seats. Men bonded over nights out at bars and made work related decisions while socializing, which women were not allowed to attend.
And what was happening to these women's home lives as they struggled inthe professional arena? Today, Madame Curie is remembered as a motherly figure who had nothing on her mind but to discover a cure for cancer through radium. But the reality was far from it, Madam Curie had no interest in curing cancer, but instead was a very passionate scientist. This image of a motherly, caring woman was created for the sake of publicity so that more women could identify with her and fund her to get more radium. The slightest departure from this image could be disastrous: when Marie Curie won her second Nobel Prize, it did not make much news because the newspapers were busy writing about her alleged affairs. These allegations destroyed her reputation; in contrast, the affairs of Albert Einstein were treated indulgently by the press.
Other women scientists also struggled to maintain such an image, without which they were shunned by the larger society. Even though they were scientists, they were expected to fulfill all the duties of a mother. Rosaline Gilbraith was said to sew buttons, make lunch, and attend all the school plays for her children, while Rosalyn Yalow lived only one mile away from her laboratory so that she could walk there after she had put her children to sleep. Even Marie Curie's otherwise supportive husband left the childcare to Marie and his father. Jardines quotes Charlotte Whitton who famously said that "a woman has to work twice as hard to be thought half as good as a man."
And if any woman, despite these hardships, managed to climb the ladders of her professional career, she would face the biggest roadblock of all: the Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prize is awarded to at most three people at a time. Rosalind Franklin unluckily happened to be the fourth partner in the team that won the prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA . Naturally, she was the one axed from the team, even though it was her photograph that provided conclusive evidence of the structure.
For a woman, it was not enough to be talented to be recognized. They also had to be patronized by the men in the field. Exceptionally talented women like Lisa Meitner, whose work contributed to building the atom bomb, ended up losing out on the prize. Meitner's partner of thirty years Otto Hahn received the prize alone. As a consequence, Jardines calls the life of Maria Mayer charmed, even though she had taught without pay for most of her life as no one would give her work. Mayer won the Nobel prize for her work. Her husband was a physicist and she socialized with other respected physicists like Enrico Fermi. In contrast, talented women like Eleanor Lamson, Florence Sabin and Williamina Fleming, who had no defending husbands like Pierre Curie, were employed in subordinate positions while the credit for their work was taken by their male superiors. Jardines acknowledges that Nobel Prize discrimination sometimes happens to men too. However, the ratio of discrimination towards deserving women is much higher than the same for their male counterparts.
Many of these problems do not exist any longer. We have laws in place that bar discrimination, and many people have begun to concede that women can be successful in scientific careers. Many (not all, but many) men are willing to help out in the house and coordinate double careers. Thankfully, women can usually find bathrooms at workplace. And yet, the ratio of women in science remains low. A typical engineering class contains about 10% of girls. Girls are even rarer to find in pure science subjects like pure math or physics.
Many of the social glitches that dogged these earlier women still continue to pester today's women in all fields of career. Jardines writes that once at a conference, a humorous picture of a bikini clad woman was displayed, and the men present burst out in raunchy jokes. How is a woman to handle a misogynist joke? Should she laugh along and hurt her feelings? Or should she express her feelings and jeopardize her career?Most of the socializing takes place in the evenings over drinks. In Nepal, most women still do not stay out late and drink. Work ideas are shared and camaraderie is built over the socialization, out of which most women are shut off.
In conclusion, this book gives an insight into the systematic exclusion of women from science. Jardines explains why it was so hard for them to make inroads into science and proves that the absence of women in science is not a factor of their genetic makeup. In fact, these insights are helpful for women in any field to realize the limitations facing them, and to gradually face these challenges. Hopefully, as time passes and more and more women enter all kinds of subjects, the path will be easier for future women.
As stated above, teaching is a popular career for women, maybe because it falls in the traditionally feminine fields of caring and nurturing children. Today there may even be more female teachers than male teachers in Nepal. But it would be laughable to say that a Nepalese woman can move ahead in her career as well as her male counterparts just by the dint of her talent and hard work. First, the gender hierarchy that prevails in the Nepalese culture as a whole largely shapes the roles that men and women play within the academia: men are expected to, want to, and quite often have the privileges to take relatively superior roles like that of administrators and supervisors compared to women. Second, the burden of work that women have at home doesn't allow them to invest nearly as much time, to gain as much academic/professional expertise, and to aspire as much as men at work. Third, women who do desire and get into leadership positions are not given the same respect by men simply because they are not men. Fourth, when women are elected or invited to take on roles with authority and leadership, men tend to see their very entry into the position as representation. It would be rare for men to see the entry of a woman into the scene as a privilege for the men to have a female colleague who can add new perspectives and strengths to the institution/organization and its mission. I could go on, but I will leave it there and ask you to add your own perspectives on the issue. I hope you will join the discussion and point out issues that you have observed or experienced in Nepal.
Which of the situations described in the review above have you seen happen in Nepal? Does a particular example resonate with your or one of your colleague's professional experience in the academia? How far have we come from, say, 30 years ago in terms of women leading or shaping the field of education? I would be delighted to read comments from the NELTA community about this subject.
NeltaChoutari, December 2011 « Nelta Choutari linked to this post.
govinda bhattarai
How could you acquire such a force, clarity and power of expression
You read quite possessive and wonderful in the review
Mother read early morning and me now
I guess I must take an untrodden path
in order to rectify the past
thank you, buwa
i wish every person's awareness were increased of the limitations facing women 🙂
Dinesh Thapa
I think the Ideas here are presented honestly and innocently, however it seems that the history and the society are so complex to interptrete that a singular perspective can virtually do nothing other than unearth only a tiny facet of the reality. We can also argue that the females were not under male domination historically, and to put it through a cultural perspective, it is the male being that was and is the most suppressed, dominated and ostracised. It is evident from the cultural practices of worshipping 'female gods'- goddess symbolic of wealth, knowledge, bravery, and so on. Not only that, any religious offering to be made to these deities are the 'male victims'- that a male goat is to be cut, not a female one; that a male cock is to be sacrificed, not a female hen; that male persons fought to protect the land and were butchered at the war fronts, but females stayed massaging at home; that the whole of a village still contains only a single 'he buffalo/ he goat/ ox', but tens/ hundreds of 'she buffaloes/ goats/ cows'; that people feast hardly with 'she- goat and other she- animals' but they plan of celebrations along with the birth of any 'he- animal'. There are many other cases to prove the suffering of the masculinity. A husband, even if he is a doctorate one does accept a wife even if she is illerate. The husband becomes caring for her. But the reverse of this situation is hardly imaginable. What I believe, therefore, is in the individual specialities and the uniqueness of the male- female relationship among different people of different locations at different points of time. I do not think one specific case can be generalized to all, be it the case of 'The Madam Curie, or 'Indira Gandhi' or anybody else. Each case is different as each child is, and each case should be interpreted and understood differently.
Shyam Sharma
Dineshji,
I find your response to this post intriguing, to say the least (and this is my personal response to your comment, not a defense of the author). I agree with you that the author's critique of men's domination of the world of science (and her review of the book) constitute an interpretation of history from a feminist perspective, and that may be a "part" of the reality, as you say. But I fail to understand how "females were not under male domination 'historically'"—and my focus is on "history" as opposed to myths, symbolisms, and mere semantics. I am assuming that you did read the entry carefully, and I am surprised that you are responding to a review of concrete historical examples with a bunch of mythical and symbolic points that make me wonder if you are saying what you say in a tongue in cheek manner, as a half-joke. But if you are not joking, from what "cultural perspective" are males "most suppressed, dominated and ostracized"? (assuming that you agree that culture includes reality of a society's lived experience and not just symbolic acts and abstract ideas).
I also agree that the Hindu-patriarchal society/culture must be given credit for "worshipping 'female gods'- goddess symbolic of wealth, knowledge, bravery, and so on," but do you really think that sacrificing male goats and buffalos constitutes domination of men by women? This is one of the reasons why I thought you are just having fun with words rather than responding seriously to the ideas of a female scholar who knows what she's talking about when you use the idea that men's sacrifice in war ("to protect the land" etc) as a "logical" response to the author's argument that male dominated societies have consistently failed to give women the opportunities in the field of science and, when women do somehow make the same contribution, again fail to give the same respect for the contribution. If you read the book that is reviewed, or just read the examples in the review, isn't it clear that these are historical facts, and the point of the conversation is how as societies we can solve the problem and strive for a more equal world? Is it even a matter of debate that we need to discuss the original issue of the blog post that it is time for societies like ours to increase the role and contribution of fellow women scholars in the field of education, as well as science and technology? Do you really doubt that men and women get the same opportunities and rewards for their work? I think it would be quite insensitive, for instance, to say that our mothers' and sisters' work—of bringing up children, of managing the home, of sacrificing their lives for others—gets the same rewards in society, or by the same token to say that men do not have privilege over women in the social, political, and scientific domains. In other words, I think it is insensitive to respond to an intellectual commentary on human gender roles with examples and analogies of buffalos and cocks and hens and cows and goats—seriously.
I also further agree with you that men "suffer" and have unique roles in societies, including taking more burdens in many areas of life. But I don't think the author is out to denigrate men's positive role. I was most shocked by how you go on to suggest that it is a favor when a doctorate husband still "accepts" his wife even if she is illiterate. Jeez, colleague, what a worldview! It's good that you added that "the husband becomes caring for her"—but why not? Are you suggesting that the husband could stop caring for the wife when he gets his doctorate, when in reality, most of the times, the husbands get to do their doctorates with the support and sacrifice of their wives?
Finally, whether and to what extent men dominate women depends on individual men-women relationships—to a great extent (and often the reverse may be true). But I don't think that that's the point of the review, and of the book. The book and its review are about societies, their actual histories, stark realities/facts represented in the concrete examples. It is one thing to question the authenticity of the examples, but quite another to go on a tangent like that and analogize those things with animal sacrifice and so on. I don't think that any "one case" is generalized, because the individual story of Curie is indeed presented as one example (albeit a major one). But the point behind the story—that of the phenomenon of male-dominated societies' attempt to not recognize women's contribution even when they do make it—is the point of the review, isn't it? I wished you gave a concrete human example to make the conversation less embarrassing that it could seem in front of the world.
Again, I have no fish to fry in terms of whose idea I agree with and whose I disagree with; I just happen to be on one side of the debate–and I shard the above with the hope that we can get to read other colleagues' responses. I look forward to reading other responses.
Shristy
So the question then should not be why cant women do it but it should rather be why have women not been able to do it? It is mostly the cultural and social factors that play a greater role. And we cannot point to only one because it is so embedded in the way we were brought up. I have not seen a boy play with bhadakuti and a barbie doll and learning how to dress that girl up, and its hard to find girls play with action figures as well. Its not just at the higher level that women are not given a chance but from the beginning we are taught what is to be done and what not. So, its difficult to distinguish where it starts from. And also we should take into notice that pregnancy is what effects a girls body not a guys and she needs to make decision with regard to her career when it comes to marriage. Patriarchy prohibits a woman to be as free as a man. No matter how much we say that i wont let this happen to me, we are bound to fall into the trap because it is hard to find a way out. But there is a vast difference between what used to be in the past and what is now, but there are some obstacles that women still need to overcome. If a guy agrees to come live with your parents once you marry him, like its a given that you are suppose to leave your house to go live with him, that will be the day when there is absolute equality and i dont see that day coming in cear future.
Dinesh ji, let me address your points one by one
1. there are as many male gods as female gods, so the existence of female gods is no proof of males being dominated.
2. Let us limit our discussion to human subjects, shall we? As Shyam suggested, the issue of animal sacrifice is not just tangential but simply ridiculous in this context.
3. Females don't stay "massaging" at home. They run the household, bring up the babies, take care of the old, do the farming and take care of the cattle, and at the end of the day are treated condescendingly by the likes of you.
4. The rules regarding he/she goats are made by men (all religious scholars who made these rules are men). Why am I even addressing this point? This is ludicrous.
5. The question of imbalance in marriage is sorely in the disfavor of women, An educated woman cannot get any husband who accepts her. Hence, women are often forced to leave their education to get married in certain communities. A man doesn't need to accept an illiterate wife, nobody forces him to, but most men do so because they think such women are subservient.
6. I have quoted Madam Curie the most because she is the most recognizable figure in science. If you read the blog, you would see that I have named many female scientists, many more were listed in the book, and many, many, more are struggling in real life. I meet these women everyday and you would too if you didn't live in a self made mythological bubble.
@ Shristy, I think the title is a rhetorical question which means something like "it's not that women can't do it, but 'why' they can't"… and/or an echo question implying "Are you asking 'Why can't women do it?'"
Dinesh Ji,
I would first advise you to have a better grip on the English language before commenting. It is perhaps your rather limited knowledge of the finer nuances of the language that have prevented you from understanding the context that the author is writing in. After reading your comment, I would like to ask you, are you even a real person? With at least some knowledge of your surroundings and the social scenario? Or do you enjoy making these kinds of outlandish observations just for the sake of stirring up trouble? As Shyam Sir said, my opinion is based entirely on your comment and not as a defense of the writer. However, if this is all the opposition you can muster, let me tell you that it is an entirely baseless and ludicrous one, as has already been logically shown by the writer herself.
Rekha Ojha
bhoowan
Wanna copy ur Buwa's comment ..simply no words- " Sewa
Lekhnath Pathak
I have watched Sewa and Richa growing up with cutting-edge razor-sharp academic brilliance. And the brilliance is radiated so powerfully in the lines above. I am not here just to praise these powerfully upcoming female writers in Nepali academia but to add on to the perspective presented by Sewa. The men-women debate is not new, it's rather eternal. The society has erred on not acknowledging the most important contribution made by a woman as a mother, or a sister or a wife or a colleague. In fact, the most important of her work at home, without which we can't imagine what life would be like has not been even acknowledged as work at all. It is the work done by a woman at home alone that fuels the work of the men or women outside.
The Old Testament refers to the Judeo-Christian hoax. We all are told that Eve was created from the left rib of Adam. This quite easily goes on to make woman the second sex! But there is another, not so much heard of story of Genesis. The Old Testament refers to Judith, the counter part of Adam, who was created of the same clay as Adam was. She wanted to have equal status as Adam and when it didn't work out, she said adieu to the Garden of Eden and left. She portrayed as an evil in Bible. Such kinds of tricks have always been there.
However, in modern times, feminist movements and sensitization on women's issues have contributed in putting women almost at par with men, at times even above par. With women of younger generation becoming more and more assertive of women's issues, I have no qualms about saying that we are now entering into the era of women.
To understand what a woman must have been going through in a man's world, it would do good to understand of Khasi society in Meghalaya of India. It's a matriarchal society and it's a woman who marries a man and takes him to her house, with the youngest daughter being the most powerful of all, who inherits parental property and takes care of the parents. The groom, plays with the broom on the floor, does the wash ups and baby-sitting whereas his Wife (or would you like to call her 'husband'?) goes about managing the business or teaching in the college. There the men are fighting for 'men-empowerment'! This is, however, only one case in isolation. But it is an interesting case.
Paradigm is shifting in modern times. The age when men was powerful was the age that required more of brutal energy when economy was based on the use of brutal force be it farming, mining or industries. But the modern age is the age of service-economy be it hospitality, banking, IT or academics which is mainly women's domain and comes easily to them and women are doing better in these fields than men. And obviously women are ruling and doing better jobs.
After such a long time, after the launching of neltachoutari, to have the first write up by a woman and such a powerful one has added value to this platform.
Nc n great…vote 4 u.


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brilliantfool
Ugh Adhesive Duck vs Earworm is just cruel, Adhesive Duck is my fav Sheldon/Penny episode ever... Obviously Earworm is my fav episode in the whole series, so ; ) But I wish we didn't have to choose between them!
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If anyone is wondering.. He was wearing the same shirt from ear worm when he proposed. And yes a screamed like I did ear worm.. No, One is no "Okay" I will post the report here as well.. I
Guys sorry to spam this here.. But I'm so excited I got to meet her again! she remember me from last year and she was just the sweetest! She greeted me with a hug again, walked us down tot he corner,
20 minutes ago, brilliantfool said:
Opening night vs Prom next round, I can see a lot of people struggling to pick that round.
15 minutes ago, Jonny83 said:
Opening night vs Prom next round,
That's hard, which is probably what Amy said to Sheldon, when they were in bed.
8 hours ago, mirs1 said:
Well, in the "real" world it doesn't make any sense, but maybe in "TBBT world" (to quote Molaro...) the writers can take some poetic license and find a way to make Sheldon's love life part of the movie (the documentary's title is "For the love of Spock", maybe that's the trick...) even if, of course, it is not nor it should\could be in the "real" documentary. Anyway, I guess we'll find out soon enough, the movie's premiere is at the beginning of September, of course TBBT will be late for it (the first episode is on September 19), but for being of any use to advertise the documentary I think it will be part of one of the very early episodes; moreover, Molaro seemed to me pretty sure about the documentary as a plot for TBBT, it didn't seem just an idea floating around in the writers room, which suggests me that the writers are already working on the script of the episode featuring it.
All they have to do is put up screen saying, ' THREE WEEKS EARLIER 'and then fast forward to the present day.
mirs1
8 minutes ago, joyceraye said:
That's not what I meant. The purpose of mentioning the movie is (also) to advertise it for their audience to watch it. If they mention the documentary in a December episode (let's say) it won't be in theaters any more, that's why I think it will be featured in an early episode. They will catch up in real time as long as the first part of the season goes by, to update Bernie's pregnancy, so it's reasonable that by Episode 2 or 3 they are in September.
Edited August 7, 2016 by mirs1
Top Ten Shamy Moments
Ok, here is some background on this. The point system I used, was just making the the top selection (the number one moment), for each list worth 10 points. The second was worth 9 points, the third worth 8, etc. To break ties, I used another system (basically the Gran Prix (F1) point system). This give more points to those ranked higher. There were two ties on the Lenny list, none on the Shamy list.
Some specifics about the lists. There were 14 entries for Shamy, 12 for Lenny. For Lenny, there were three different scenes that tied with two votes for the number one moment (the other six lists had different moments as their number one). For Shamy, for the top scene, there were five votes for the number one moment. Another scene had two votes for the top moment, and there were seven other scenes that got one vote for the top moment.
Looking at total individual votes, for Shamy, (with 14 votes remember) there were two scenes tied with 12 total votes, neither one finished at number one. Number one had 11 votes. for Lenny (with 12 votes remember) there were two scenes with 11 votes, one of which was the number one moment.
I'll have the number 10 moment up in a few minutes.
The number 10 moment is from 8.20 The Fortification Implementation:
Sheldon and Amy negotiate a sleepover in the blanket fort
This moment earned four total votes, one each for third, seventh, eighth, and tenth. This gave it 16 points, putting it in tenth.
Nice moment between them, with Amy trying to have a bit of fun to cheer up a Sheldon once again feeling left out. But Amy was probably the winner in that she managed to coax Sheldon into having a boy/girl sleepover and temporarily bending the rigid RA. My favorite part of that scene was probably when Amy revealed she had some stuff packed away in case a stay over happened and the fact she has more than one stashed in 4A. If the writers have any sense they have got to make a reference to this again in the future.
Edited August 7, 2016 by Jonny83
Thank you so much, @Tensor! <3
My favorite part of that scene was probably when Amy revealed she had some stuff packed away in case a stay over happened and the fact she has more than one stashed in 4A.
Just the way Sheldon looks at her is priceless:
If the writers have any sense they have got to make a reference to this again in the future.
I'm hoping to see the day that Sheldon cleans out a drawer for her to stash her overnight items in. <3
Which begs the question, when did they last wash the slip cover on that chair?
On 7/8/2016 at 10:15 AM, mirs1 said:
I can suspend my disbelief but not that much because to me the poetic license the writers would have to take for this would be quite silly and sloppy. As you said though we'll find out soon enough.
19 hours ago, April said:
The joke in the episode was that all of it would be in the documentary but then again that could just be WW trolling a bit and, as said before, in universe they could have Adam Nimoy edit the part to tailor it for the story they want to tell.
Realistically, I'd think the parts that might be most interesting for the documentary would be Sheldon recounting how emulating Spock helped him coping with the childhood bullying and how the signed napkin is one of his most treasured possessions. The emotional outburst I can easily see being cut (or at least I would cut it if I had to edit it for a documentary). The other things in the box including ring could still be in it as well (I'd cut after Sheldon presents the ring and before Penny's "WHAT?!?"). But again, that's just how I'd do it.
I can easily imagine a story where the Spockumentary's release is announced and Sheldon tries to find out what parts of his interview are in it. And depending on that (with outburst? without outburst but with ring? without outburst and without ring?) he'd be reacting accordingly. Maybe he's worried what Amy might think. Maybe he tries to bargain with Adam to keep certain parts out. Or maybe he uses the opportunity to plan something special...? Either way though I can see a scene with the gang at some special screening and when his part comes up Sheldon excuses himself much to Amy's surprise. Depending on what path they go down it could be that Amy then sees his interview part and realises what's going on so she goes outside and finds Sheldon and they have a nice heart-to-heart talk. Alternatively if Sheldon has something planned the screening could pause as the part where he shows the ring into the camera and then comes out with the ring in hand and proposes. It would be a bit over the top for Sheldon but maybe he'd think Amy would love such a big hippie dippy proposal or something. Plus, the show hasn't had a big proposal like that (the others were fairly private affairs) so maybe the writers would find a fun way to do it like that???
Idk, just throwing out some ideas...
The way I see it this could go three ways: 1) Depending on what will be included in the documentary, he'll have a conversation about it with Amy, 2) He'll use the documentary to plan a proposal or 3) No one is going to utter a word about Sheldon or this incident.
ETA: I don't expect the whole footage to be edited out, just the parts with Sheldon's outburst. The rest where he talks about emulating Spock as a child could make for a nice conversation with Amy.
Edited August 8, 2016 by Judith
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19 hours ago, Tensor said:
this is so fuN!!!
6 hours ago, Judith said:
Exactly. Either way though I'd think there's a lot of potential for a great Shamy story that'll bring them closer in some way. So I'm not particularly worried about the outcome cause I can only see good things coming from this.
And I'm also not worried about how they handle it. I do think that in the past and even more so in S9 the writers have proven that they handle those Shamy moments with a lot of care. So even if the story gets a bit of a dramatic turn in some form I'm sure they'll write it as a tender moment between the two like they did with so many other scenes.
3 minutes ago, kerrycec03 said:
Right? Let's spend the wait until the first TR with shamelessly gushing over our favourite Shamy moments. ;D
They're to gosh darn cute!! <3
The number 9 moment is from 5.12 The Shiny Trinket Maneuver:
Sheldon gives Amy the Tiara.
This moment earned four total votes, one as the number one moment, and one each for third, sixth, and tenth. This gave it 24 points, putting it in ninth.
ETA: for those who want to know, I'm aiming to have the new moment up around noon, EST (say 11 AM to 1 PM. I might not always hit that, but that's what I'll be looking at.
Great moment and one of my all time favorites on the show. Mayim was absolutely brilliant in this scene, the comedic delivery and timing was superb.
When will we next see the Tiara I wonder? Lenny's re-do? Her own wedding? It's one of the truly iconic items on this show for me.
7 minutes ago, Jonny83 said:
I can't believe it's been more than two seasons since we saw the tiara, I miss Amy's look on her face when she has it on!!! She wore it as a maid of honour for Howardette's wedding, so I think it's more than possible she wears it again for Lenny's redo. It's a given, she will wear it for hew own wedding, since it's a gift from Sheldon. Anyway, a tiara is not too much for Amy!
I crack up laughing and get a smile on my face every time I see it from the moment Amy says to Sheldon "We both know that is your Koala face".
2 hours ago, Jonny83 said:
I vote Amy lends the tiara to Penny and/or Mary for 'something borrowed'.
Kathy2611
25 minutes ago, joyceraye said:
Hell No!! Just....No! And if I see that, I will be tossing tables all over the f**king place!
Susana Alcira
No!!!!! Tiara is ONLY AMY´S!!!!! Only Amy can use it!!!
Edited August 8, 2016 by Susana Alcira
I wanted to include both Blanket fort and the Tiara moments in my top 10 but couldn't, Im happy they made it into overall top10 regardless!! Esp the tiara <3 Not only cute/adorable but so hilarious!
I love how Penny was so happy for Amy as well
Blanket fort is still super cute, but after s9 where Shelon is this Sheldon 2.0 I kinda don't feel anymore Sheldon not objecting to a sleepover is as monumental as it used to feel a year ago...
45 minutes ago, Susana Alcira said:
So it's like Thor's Hammer.
1 hour ago, Susana Alcira said:
my feelings exactly!!
34 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said:
YES!! Only Amy's!
Tiara means SHAMY. Period!


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Five protesters from the group 'Protect Karangahake' have been arrested protesting mining on Mount Karangahake.
Five members of a protest against gold mining in the Karangahake Gorge area have been arrested and charged with trespassing.
Holly Dove, of the Protect Karangahake group, said the protesters had removed their tents and ended their demonstration under orders from the police.
One of the five, speaking in a video filmed in the back of a police car and broadcast by the group, said they were being taken to Paeroa.
Dove told the Herald the remaining protesters had switched tactics and were gathering people's signatures in the gorge area for an anti-mining petition.
The group said earlier in a statement that 12 members opposed to gold mining on Department of Conservation land in the Karangahake area took over a mining site that DoC had closed to the public last year for the company New Talisman Gold Mines.
Former Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty was among the 12 who set up camp near the mouth of an old mine shaft in the vicinity of prospecting activities by the company.
"We are here today to make a stand for the conservation estate and to protect our wild and precious places," said protester and Karangahake resident Lucy Aitken-Read.
Dove said the company's prospecting area was near the Dubbo Track.
Protesters, including five who were arrested, were forced by police to leave a gold prospecting site in the Karangahake Gorge area.
The group wants a halt ordered for mining activities in the Karangahake conservation estate.
The locally-based action group's protest was on a portion of public road closed by DoC to allow vehicles to access the company's site.
In a written statement sent to the Bay of Plenty Times Weekend before the arrests, group spokesman Duncan Shearer said: "We're here today to make a stand for the conservation estate."
The occupation was also to highlight a "huge contradiction" in the Government's policy that allows "destructive industrialisation of land" set aside for conservation purposes.
"If that means we're arrested then we hope it raises awareness of this issue," he said.
Shearer said he and other protesters wanted the Environment and Conservation ministers to honour their pre-election pledges that the land would be protected.
"We are also appealing to New Zealand First to see the threat we face as our community benefits from the tourism generated by this beautiful place, and all those local incomes that will be put at risk by a mining company that will do little for our local economy."
Dove said the issue at stake was "too important" to leave to backroom deals by politicians.
"This land has been set aside for everyone to enjoy, to protect important species, a place for quiet contemplation and amazing bush walks - stop the gold mining - it has no place here now," Dove said.


Although the idea of hindsight is frequently associated with the biases, distortions, and outright lies of memory--as in the infamous "20-20" scenario or the conviction that one "knew it all along"--Mark Freeman maintains that this process of looking backward over the terrain of the past can also serve as a profound source of insight, understanding, and self-knowledge.
Hindsight is also intimately connected to what Freeman calls narrative reflection: Through the distance conferred by time, we can look back on past experiences and see them anew, as episodes in an evolving story. As important as "being in the now" and "living in the moment" are, it is no less important to pause at times and, by looking backward, seek to discern those aspects of experience that might otherwise escape our notice. Far from necessarily leading to deception and lies, therefore, hindsight can lead to wisdom and indeed truth--of a sort, Freeman contends, that is only available in retrospect.
In addition to serving as a central site of self-knowledge, hindsight plays an integral role in the process of moral growth. For, through hindsight, there emerges the opportunity not only to see the possible errors of our ways but to transcend them and thereby to move on to better ways of being in the world. Drawing on psychology, philosophy, literature, and personal experience, this wide-ranging volume offers an insightful and engaging exploration of the role of hindsight both in discerning the personal past and in deepening moral life.


That incredible Paris light in the Place des Vosges. All photos by me (or Mr. SMC).
Where does a person even begin when writing a Paris travel guide? I mean, there are entire books about this. How can I possibly sum it up in one story? So, I've taken a different approach. I'm assuming you can find the Eiffel Tower without my help, and that you know a day trip to Versailles is a must if you haven't done it before. Instead, I'm taking you on a tour of my Paris. The restaurants I love, the shops I go back to again and again, the sites that are maybe just a bit off the path. Even if Paris isn't on your horizon, I hope this will give you just the 'virtual vacation' you need today. And when you finally book that dream trip, I'm hoping perhaps you'll take this list along and we can be travel buddies. Enjoy!
This entry was posted in travel and tagged artus hotel, cos, gerard darel, marais, palais royal, paris, pavillon de la reine, rue de grenelle, st germain, stone paris on 21 May, 2014 by shoppingsmycardio.
It's here, friends! The big fat European vacation I've had on my bucket list for…oh, eight years and change…is finally on the horizon, and I am positively giddy. Two glorious weeks (and change) in Florence and Paris. It's a good thing I have this face waiting for me at home, or I might expatriate while no one's looking.
While I'm away, you won't be lonely – I have some extremely stylish guests stopping by to share their idea of a dream day in Europe, and I'll be popping in with envy-inducing travel snaps (if you're not already following me on Instagram, now's the time!).
This entry was posted in travel and tagged europe, florence, france, paris, travel on 27 March, 2014 by shoppingsmycardio.
This month's Must Reads are almost all of the coffee table variety…and I'm cheating a bit because two of them aren't even out for a few weeks. But they're lovely enough that you're going to want to pre-order. Take my word for it.
I'm in the mood for Paris, as I almost always am. This month, I was lucky enough to find two utterly charming literary specimens to whisk us off to the Left Bank – at a price infinitely more reasonable than a first-class Air France ticket. Both are sketchbooks, both are entirely transporting, and I suspect that the contents of at least one will end up deconstructed and framed somewhere in my house.
This entry was posted in must reads and tagged andre leon talley, little black dress, paris, paris line by line, paris sketchbook, summerset abbey on 26 March, 2013 by shoppingsmycardio.
It's all about resolutions this week at SMC. But not the kind that make you feel sad and lazy because you skipped the gym only 6 days into the new year. I'm talking about the kind of resolution that you get excited about! The kind you can't lose! The kind that's totally, totally worth keeping.
This year, I'm resolving to save for a true worthy splurge. I'm still narrowing the field, but leaning heavily toward a Chanel bag for myself (don't panic – consignment is just fine by me). Or a trip to Paris (with my new Chanel bag…).
Saving, as opposed to hemorrhaging money every time Sigerson Morrison shows up on Gilt Groupe, can be a tricky business. Especially once you get a hefty chunk of change in the bank – all of a sudden, that $200 Inhabit cardigan on super sale at The Outnet feels like a steal. So, to help me keep my resolution, I've scoured the interwebs for photos of my dream bag, made myself a little inspiration board, and will be printing it (on actual paper), and hanging it somewhere within easy view of my computer screen.
This way, whenever temptation comes calling, I'll have an immediate reminder of the greater good – and, hopefully, at least allow myself a moment to prioritize.
Now, does this mean I'm squirreling away every spare cent until my goal is reached? Or that I'm not spending a dime on other purchases until it happens? Of course not. Deprivation is not a virtue in my book. Telling myself I can't have anything only makes me want everything. This applies in shopping, in diets, even in life.
But it means I'm going to take a breath before I type in those credit card numbers. It means I'm going to look at those gorgeous photos of my dream bag, and decide if the purchase in question is worth setting me back on my goal just a bit. To put it in Buddhist parlance, I'm hoping to be a bit more mindful. And if this splurge takes two (or ten) years to make, I'll be just fine. Chanel, however lovely, is not an emergency.
So, here's a fun question: If you resolved to save for a worthy splurge, what would it be?
This entry was posted in fashion, myself and i, travel, worthy splurge and tagged chanel, paris on 4 January, 2012 by shoppingsmycardio.
it's getting to that time of year when i'm restless, and just desperate for a vacation. but, times being what they are, i'm relegated to daydreaming about fabulous locations. for me, it's not so much about the sightseeing (though i do that too). it's about the shopping (duh), the food, and the people-watching….just relaxing and "being" in a city. if you're the same, you're going to love taschen's paris.
this is quite possibly my favorite "picture book" of the year (though i know it's only march). it's essentially the perfect marriage of a coffee table book about a city and a guidebook – you get the best of both. rather than the traditional travel book about cathedrals and museums, taschen's paris is devoted to three things: hotels, restaurants and shopping. the book is broken down into those three categories, and is piled high with gorgeous photos of the best in each group. it's exactly what i wish every guidebook could be…though it's definitely not portable. you get photos of rooms, lobbies and salons in the best hotels in paris. you'll see fantastic plates of food and the most perfect sidewalk cafes for people-watching. and the shopping section…le sigh! you'll get photos of every stunning flagship store in paris (hermes, louis vuitton, etc), but you'll also find out about the little hidden gems – sometimes so hidden, they don't even have a storefront!
if you're craving a vacation, but paris isn't in your budget this month, taschen's paris will get you as close as you can get without boarding a flight. splurge on a box of macarons (the next best thing to sitting in the laduree tea salon), brew a lovely cup of tea, and curl up in your favorite chair with this book. you'll be transported, i can promise you that.
leaf through some of the amazing photos at taschen's website (warning – you'll become a fast addict to the rest of taschen's publications!), or at amazon. and stay tuned…i predict more wanderlust ahead!
This entry was posted in must reads, travel and tagged paris, taschen on 23 March, 2009 by shoppingsmycardio.


Supermarkets are facing new calls from council leaders to cut the amount of packaging on their goods which cannot be easily recycled. The Local Government Association says excessive packaging of food items by supermarkets is undermining householders' efforts to recycle and pushing up council tax bills.
The LGA has produced its third survey of food packaging and found that in a typical shopping basket almost 40 per cent of packaging could not be recycled easily. It estimates that this is contributing to the 1.8 billion pounds councils will spend on landfill tax between 2008 and 2011. The study was commissioned from the British Market Research Bureau. It found that Waitrose had the heaviest packaging, Lidl had the lowest level of packaging that could be easily recycled while Sainsbury's was best with 67 per cent of its packaging being recyclable.
Getting rid of unnecessary packaging would cut costs and could lead to lower prices at the tills, she said. "When packaging is sent to landfill, it's expensive for taxpayers and damaging for the environment. Supermarkets need to up their game so it's easier for people to do their bit to help the environment," she added.
The LGA argues that supermarkets should pay towards recycling services so that more packaging can be recycled at an affordable price which will help keep council tax down.


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