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HomeLifeRelationshipChip Gaines of 'Fixer Upper' Fame Gives Relationship Advice Based on His 16-Year Marriage to Joanna
Chip Gaines of 'Fixer Upper' Fame Gives Relationship Advice Based on His 16-Year Marriage to Joanna
March 12, 2020 | by Stephen Thompson
"Fixer Upper" host, Chip Gaines, recently talked about his 16-year marriage to partner, Joanna Gaines, saying he believes anybody can have it.
In a brand new episode of "In the Room," former "Fixer Upper" host, Chip Gaines and his wife, Joanna, opened up about their marriage of 16 years.
When host, Jason Kennedy asked the couple what they would say to people who want what they have, Chip revealed that he believed anybody could have what they have.
Joanna and Chip Gaines at the TIME 100 Gala Cocktails at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2019 in New York City. | Photo: Getty Images
Chip also added that once a person starts experimenting with the idea of loving someone else more than they love themselves, a successful marriage could happen.
Describing himself, Chip stated that he was an arrogant, self-centered freak who was naturally not built for marriage. He also added that when his friends were getting married at 21, he thought that was crazy.
Despite Chip believing he wasn't built for marriage, the Fixer Upper host had no doubt that he was ready to settle down after seeing Joanna for the first time.
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In a recent interview with PopSugar, Chip explained that he first saw Joanna in a family picture that her dad put behind the counter at his shop. He said:
"I knew I'd marry her one day just by the picture on the wall."
Chip and Joanna met officially in 2001 when she was working at her father's shop. Recalling their first meeting, Joana said she and Chip ended up talking for 30 minutes that day and that the next day, he called to ask her out.
The couple dated for two years and went on to get married in 2003. They share five children; Drake, Duke, Ella, Emmie, and Crew.
Joanna and Chip hosted Fixer Upper together for five years between 2013 and 2018.
Although Chip and Joanna have been married for 16 years, the two lovebirds never stop sharing love notes on social media.
On May 31, 2019, Joanna took to Instagram to celebrate their wedding anniversary. In celebration of father's day last year, the author took time out to celebrate her father.
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In an Instagram post, Joanna wished her daddy a happy father's day, pointing out the years she spent working in his tire shop and how much she had learned from him.
She also celebrated her husband, Chip, describing him as the bravest, most reliable, loving man their children knew. She added that all of their children look up to him and that he leads them so well.
Joanna and Chip hosted "Fixer Upper" together for five years between 2013 and 2018. The two sweethearts are said to be expected to launch their TV network soon.
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This information was printed in the 1978 St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 11, number 2, pages 79–83.
A group of pioneer families received eighty acres of land from the U.S. government to establish a mission church. In August of 1832, the members built a new church and school and established a cemetery at Geyer Road and Monroe Avenue.
In 1853, they sold five acres of the land to be used as a right of way by the new railroad being built in what would become the city of Kirkwood. To be more centrally located to the growing city, the parish built a new stone church and rectory in 1867–68 located on Main Street (now Argonne Drive). The old church site is now part of St. Peter Cemetery. The parish moved their parochial school in 1907 to Main St. (Argonne) and Clay.
They remodeled the exterior of the church and the school in 1922 and the interior of the church again in 1942.
The growing parish built their third and current church in 1951–52 on West Argonne Drive. They completed renovations to the interior of the new church from 2001–2003 and added a gathering space in the front entrance area.
St. Peter has a cemetery located at 520 West Monroe Avenue in Kirkwood.
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The Nicaraguan regime's recent actions to strip legal status from non-governmental organizations, including groups monitoring human rights, reveal President Ortega's and Vice President Murillo's continued contempt for human rights in their own country. Their efforts to harass, threaten, and repress independent media will not succeed in hiding the systematic oppression of the Nicaraguan people.
Ortega and Murillo continue to degrade their country's institutions in a desperate bid to hold on to power. Arbitrary and anti-democratic measures further discredit the Ortega regime in the eyes of Nicaraguans and the world. The United States continues to stand with the people of Nicaragua in their quest to restore democracy through early, free and fair elections.
Pursuant to the Executive Order signed by President Trump on November 27, the United States will hold accountable those responsible for the abuses taking place in Nicaragua, including any individuals complicit with the regime. We urge the international community to join us condemning these actions and take concrete measures to impose additional costs for the regime's anti-democratic behavior.


Since the new modern translations have taken over the Laodicean Church Age, there is not one record of a real revival breaking out while the King James Bible was being preached. Oh, there are thrills and chills as some of the Mega Church gurus have their high powered chat sessions they call Bible teaching. But, the old fashioned revival where people spontaneously start repenting of sin?????
It is still the King James Bible that exposes sin the the human heart, and it is the KJV that the world's journalists quote. From revival to crass editorial, there is no escape from a real Bible that demands authority and gets it.
The following is not for African American alone-- it is for the people of the whole world. And, brother Ramey's first point of seven points is startling. I have never seen this in print before, AND it is 100% true. In fact, I contend that the reason these flake preachers flee the KJV for the NIV is because they do NOT want to really deal with sin. A revival might break out, and these Mega Church gurus need revival more than anyone else. They are dead beats.
WHICH BIBLE VERSION IS RIGHT FOR ME?
My personal preference is the KJV. I believe in and stand with its use. When one wants to BE the best, they should SELECT the best! One who is serious about having an effective ministry AND walk with Christ would be advised to get a KJV Bible, a dictionary, and dig through the Word themselves.
In my earlier Christian days I used weaker versions. The Living Bible, the Good News Bible, and the NIV. I have passed out tracts in the NASB and the NKJV, and reviewed Christian books that have used other bible versions as a base. However, when I got saved, the scales fell off my eyes to the KJV"and I"ve not looked back!
Have you noticed that many weak and marginal Christians gravitate to the weaker translations? The KJV, when it is DAILY studied, DAILY searched and DAILY heeded WORKS like RAID: It Stops Satan COLD!
King James of England authorized the translation of the available scriptures of his day into a Bible that the common person could read. A host of scholars and experts took some four years to painstakingly go over the Greek and Hebrew texts. They avoided attempts by the Roman Catholic church to "water down" the gospel. ALL put their lives on the line to get the job done. In 1611, the world was introduced to the King James Version. It stood alone as THE biblical standard for more than 260 years" well before the first "popular translation" (RSV) arrived in 1881!
Some might think that this is a small point, but whenever the Scripture states, "Thus Saith the Lord"" it does something to the spirit of the believer. It is written in the same King"s English language used by Shakespeare. One KNOWS what happens when you try to "modernize" the Bard. The same can be said for attempts to tamper with the KJV! Translations that have come since the KJV lose something when they use modern terminology.
Our fore parents had it right when they INSISTED to be taught how to read out of the bible, rather than out of "just another reading book". THIS is why our fore parents were wise beyond their years! The KJV helps one properly reverence God, and God blesses with wisdom and understanding BEYOND normal education standards.
"It"s not the anvil that wears out; it"s the hammers that do!" Critics of the KJV are often-- over the course of time-- silenced by the Lord Himself! Tis the KJV that is the anvil!
The KJV is NOT a "white man"s bible". It is the Word of God, inspired and breathed on by His Holy Spirit and bought and paid for by the birth, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Accept NO substitutes!
Circuit Rider of the funky electronic frontier!
The NIV has 64,000 fewer words than the King James Bible.
BUT, DO YOU READ IT?


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Broken Rites Australia - researching the Catholic cover-up
Black Collar Crime
Current Court Cases
The church accepts an altar boy's complaint about Fr Ray Whitehouse
After action by Broken Rites Australia, the Melbourne Catholic archdiocese has accepted a complaint from a former altar boy ("Stephen") who served under Father Raymond Whitehouse at St Peter's parish, Bentleigh East (in Melbourne's south-east) in 1974.
The complaint was that Whitehouse sexually assaulted Stephen (then aged eleven) after the late-morning Mass on several Sundays. The sexual assaults occurred in the sacristy — the room (not far from the altar) where vestments and sacred vessels were stored.
Whitehouse allegedly intimidated the boy into remaining silent about the sexual abuse. And the boy's strict parents were "loyal" Catholics who did not want to hear any negative story (or "lies", as they called it) about a priest. So the boy remained silent and (he says) became a grumpy teenager. This disrupted his relationship with his parents, making him the "black sheep" of the family and alienating him from all authority. Subsequently, he had many behavioural and relationship problems, extending into his adult years.
Broken Rites research
Raymond William Whitehouse was born about 1945. He was ordained a priest for the Melbourne archdiocese on 19 May 1973. He served as assistant priest in parishes at: East Bentleigh (in the mid-1970s); Essendon (late 1970s and early '80s); Dandenong, Bennettswood and Deepdene (1980s); and as Parish Priest in charge at Lilydale from January 1989 until his early retirement in February 1998, aged 53.
Fr Ray Whitehouse was a friend of three other priests in Victoria — Fr Graham Redfern, Fr Raymond Deal and Fr John Leslie Treacy — each of whom became the subject of a complaint from a young male.
Since 1993, Broken Rites Australia has been researching the cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Too often, the church supported the offending clergy while ignoring the victims. For example, Broken Rites has shown how the church shielded the criminal priest Father Gerald Ridsdale for 32 years without reporting his crimes to the police. Finally, in 1993, some Father Ridsdale victims contacted the police. These victims also contacted the newly-formed Broken Rites.
This photo demonstrates why Broken Rites was needed. In the photo, Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale (left, in sunglasses and hat) walks to court, accompanied by his support person (a bishop), when Father Ridsdale was pleading guilty to his first batch of criminal charges in May 1993. But no bishop accompanied the victims, who felt deserted by the church leaders. Therefore, since 1993, Broken Rites research has supported many of the Catholic Church's victims, as shown on this website. Read More

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are measurements of anything that travels in waves, like SOUND, LIGHT, WATER or BRAINWAVES. Synchronized electrical pulses from the neurons communicating with each other produce brainwaves. Brainwaves are divided into bandwidths to describe their functions but are best thought of as a continuous spectrum of consciousness from slow, loud and functional, like a drumbeat, to fast, subtle, like a high pitched flute and complex. Brainwaves change with your consciousness, the THOUGHTS you hold about you, others, your intentions and experiences.
COLORS the speed of light and the colors produced, remains constant, as frequency goes up, wavelength must go down. Therefore violet has the highest frequency, shortest wavelength and carries the most energy. Red has the lowest frequency, and longest wavelength, twice what violet has, of the visible colors.
INFRASOUND is sometimes referred to as low-frequency sound and is sound lower than 20 Hz or cycles per second, the "normal" limit of human hearing. But is experienced in the form of pure vibrations affecting humans emotionally, mentally, and physically by vibrating internal organs. Not much amplitude is needed to produce negative effects in the human body and mind, and even mild infrasound exposure requires several hours, or days, to recover from. Dark Ones use extremely low frequency (ELF) waves along with man made nanoparticles to support and enhance negativity and fear in humans. Some studies indicate ELF waves increase cancer risk, cardiovascular, brain, behavior, hormonal and immune system changes.
In Europe, and elsewhere the Light ones use ELF to develop very effective healing systems.
The Department of Defense uses the same basic information the health field does to develop weapons to attack human health. In documents written and compiled by the United States Air Force they use these weapons for mind control, inducing heart attacks, causing electronic failures and creating computer malfunctions. These weapons are talked of in International Red Cross documents and other press reports. A CBS – 60 Minutes broadcast on February 11, 1996 said ELF wave systems effects included disorientation and "flu-like symptoms".
The Navy Times called ELF wave systems the most feared and controversial weapons of the modern age. The United States Army has developed "Revolution in Military Affairs" (RMA) to change public opinion about these weapons. They have given the information and weapons to the United States Justice Department to use in domestic police actions. Electromagnetic Frequency Weapons or EMF can control biological and or mental functions in victims. Portals to the central nervous system can be manipulated to create visual images, project voices into the mind, create pain, alter mood, cause stress, confuse and depress people. They are being used in Britain's inner cities. Microwave weapons similar to microwave ovens have been used since the 1980s, on inner city council estates.
These weapons transmit extremely low frequency (ELF) signals that MIMIC and ENTRAIN natural brain waves. Those close to the microwave transmitters cannot think clearly, become depressed and apathetic. Agencies like the Pentagon, CIA and NSA use them to monitor people, manipulate their minds, harm, and at times kill them. The electronic harassment technologies, which cannot be seen with normal vision and travel over thousands of miles. Used by international organizations and technologies such as lasers, radio frequency energy beams, holography, electromagnetic radiation, radio waves, sound waves, satellites, radar, miniature electronic robots and smart dust etc.
For the past 40 years, the US military has conducted experiments on the earth's atmosphere. One weapon in the arsenal of the US military is Planet Earth itself with weather control, is promising to be one of the worst destructive weapons by the year 2025. Dr. Bertell talks about how engineered earthquakes and tornadoes could wreak havoc on populations and nations, creating storms and torrential rains over an area. According to her book, electromagnetic weapons have the ability to transmit explosive and other effects such as earthquake induction across intercontinental distances to any selected target site on the globe with force levels equivalent to major nuclear explosions.
All electromagnetism is created as a direct result of sound collisions. SOUND is always the precursor to electromagnetic growth, injury, repair and defense in the biology. Healing responses, calm and peacefulness can be stimulated by the application of electromagnetism to the affected body part. It can be experienced while swimming among dolphin and whale families who are creating infrasound harmony. The invisible realm can also create fields of calm and peacefulness to prevent a fearful reaction in the human without any devices.
Non-biological sources of infrasound include thunder, air turbulence, volcanoes, earthquakes, jet engines, waves and ocean vessels. Infrasound waves hug the ground, travel for long distances without losing strength, and are unstoppable. Some animals use infrasound to stun or paralyze prey. Infrasound can be used non-aggressively as a safety measure to let you know you are trespassing in unsafe areas.


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Neptune's Inferno
The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
By: James D. Hornfischer
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Categories: History, Military
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Told from the point of view of the men who waged this steel-shattering battle, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors captures Navy pilots attacking enemy battleships with makeshift weapons and sacrificial valor, a veteran commander improvising tactics never taught in Annapolis, and young crews from across America rising to an impossible challenge.
Excellent book slightly let down by the reader.
By Andrew on 05-02-10
The Fleet at Flood Tide
America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Narrated by: Pete Larkin
One of America's preeminent military historians, James D. Hornfischer has written his most expansive and ambitious book to date. Drawing on new primary sources and personal accounts of Americans and Japanese alike, here is a thrilling narrative of the climactic end stage of the Pacific War, focusing on the US invasion of the Mariana Islands in June 1944 and the momentous events that it triggered.
Good but not his best, its should have been 2 or even 3 books.
By Zatoichisan on 10-11-16
Japanese Destroyer Captain
Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles Seen Through Japanese Eyes
By: Captain Tameichi Hara
This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the Unsinkable Captain.
Good Men In A Bad War
By S. Morris on 18-06-16
The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
By: Craig L. Symonds
Narrated by: James Lurie
There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk and their grip on the Pacific had been loosened forever. In this absolutely riveting account of a key moment in the history of World War II, one of America's leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds, paints an unforgettable portrait of ingenuity, courage, and sacrifice.
By Dubliner on 26-06-20
Ship of Ghosts
The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of of Her Survivors
Narrated by: Mark Cashman
Renowned as FDR's favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. But the men of the Houston fought back with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, willpower, and the undying faith that their country would prevail.
An Epic Tale
By Stephen on 08-02-11
Blazing Star, Setting Sun
The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942-March 1943
By: Jeffrey Cox
Narrated by: Lance C Fuller
By the end of February 1944, thanks to hard-fought and costly American victories in the first and second naval battles of Guadalcanal, the battle of Empress Augusta Bay and the battle of Cape St George, the Japanese would no longer hold the materiel or skilled manpower advantage. From this point on, although the war was still a long way from being won, the American star was unquestionably on the ascendant, slowly, but surely, edging Japanese imperialism towards its sunset.
Brilliant account of Guadalcanal Battle land & sea
By EJ on 13-07-20
Tank Action
An Armoured Troop Commander's War 1944-45
By: Captain David Render, Stuart Tootal
Narrated by: Roger Davis
In 1944, David Render was a 19-year-old second lieutenant fresh from Sandhurst when he was sent to France. Joining the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry five days after the D-Day landings, the combat-hardened men he was sent to command did not expect him to last long. However, in the following weeks of ferocious fighting in which more than 90 per cent of his fellow tank commanders became casualties, his ability to emerge unscathed from countless combat engagements earned him the nickname of the 'Inevitable Mr Render'.
A vivid recollection of war by a young officer
By Iolis on 28-09-19
Hunt the Bismarck
The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship
By: Angus Konstam
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Bismarck entered service in the summer of 1940. She was well-armed, with eight 15-inch guns as well as a powerful array of lighter weapons, while her armored protection earned her the reputation of being unsinkable. This claim was finally put to the test in May 1941, when she sortied into the Atlantic and fought the legendary battle of the Denmark Strait, destroying HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy. Bismarck was now loose in the North Atlantic.
Grand & Inspiring.
The Battle of the Atlantic
How the Allies Won the War
By: Jonathan Dimbleby
Narrated by: Jonathan Dimbleby
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Battle of the Atlantic, written and read by Jonathan Dimbleby. The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked - crucial to victory in the Second World War. If the German U-boats had prevailed, the maritime artery across the Atlantic would have been severed. Mass hunger would have consumed Britain, and the Allied armies would have been prevented from joining in the invasion of Europe.
Brilliant but faulty editing
By Paul J Day on 29-01-16
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa
The Last Great Battle of the Second World War
By: Saul David
Narrated by: William Roberts, Saul David - introduction
For 83 blood-soaked days, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. When it was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific. In Okinawa, the death toll included thousands of civilians lost to mass suicide, convinced by Japanese propaganda that they would otherwise be raped and murdered by the enemy. On the US side, David argues that the horror of the battle ultimately determined President Truman's choice to use atomic bombs in August 1945.
Download the book in parts
By Mr. M. S. Cranmer on 06-04-20
The War in the West: Volume 1
A New History: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941
By: James Holland
Are you ready for the truth about World War Two? In the first of an extraordinary three-volume account of the war on land, in the air and at sea, James Holland not only reveals the truth behind the familiar legends of the Second World War but he also unveils those lesser known events which were to have the greatest significance. The first book to consider the economic, political and social as well as the military aspects of World War Two, this is a unique retelling of a monumental event in all its terrible and majestic glory.
The first of a projected three-volume study
Thunder Below!
The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
By: Eugene B. Fluckey
Narrated by: Corey Snow
Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey.
This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen.
By Craig on 10-12-13
Harrier 809
Britain's Legendary Jump Jet and the Untold Story of the Falklands War
By: Rowland White
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
When the Falkland Islands were invaded by Argentina in April 1982, Britain's immediate response was to send a task force. But behind the pomp and bravado of its departure, a sober reality lurked. A mere 20 Sea Harriers operating from two aircraft carriers would take on the might of the Argentine air force, some 200 planes strong. The MOD estimated that within four days and against such formidable air power, half the harriers would likely be lost. To reinforce that meagre force, and in just three weeks, the Navy formed, trained and equipped a brand new squadron from scratch.
By Mark Owen on 30-10-20
The Battle that Doomed Japan in World War II
By: James H. Hallas
Narrated by: Tim Dixon
The story of the Battle of Saipan has it all. Marines at war: on Pacific beaches, in hellish volcanic landscapes in places like Purple Heart Ridge, Death Valley, and Hell's Pocket, under a commander known as "Howlin' Mad." Naval combat: carriers battling carriers from afar, fighters downing Japanese aircraft, submarines sinking carriers. Marine-army rivalry. Fanatical Japanese defense and resistance. A turning point of the Pacific War. James Hallas reconstructs the full panorama of Saipan in a way that no recent chronicler of the battle has done.
Midnight in the Pacific
Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War
By: Joseph Wheelan
Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle and utilizing vivid accounts written by the combatants at Guadalcanal, along with marine corps and army archives and oral histories, Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history.
By J on 05-01-19
Burma '44
The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
Narrated by: Al Murray
In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers and other base troops, stiffened by a few dogged Yorkshiremen and a handful of tank crews, managed to hold out against some of the finest infantry in the Japanese Army and then defeat them in what was one of the most astonishing battles of the Second World War. What became known as the Defence of the Admin Box, fought amongst the paddy fields and jungle of Northern Arakan over a 15-day period, turned the battle for Burma.
Little known story of the Battle of the Admin Box
The Battle of Britain
'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer of 1940. He was right. The Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in the history of the Second World War. Had Britain's defences collapsed, Hitler would have dominated all of Europe and been able to turn his full attention east to the Soviet Union. The German invasion of France and the Low Countries in May 1940 was unlike any the world had ever seen. It hit with a force and aggression that no-one could counter and in just a few short weeks, all in their way crumbled.
Not the usual Battle of Britain narrative.
By Ian David Williamson on 20-05-20
By: C.S. Forester
It's 1942. America have just joined the war. Greyhound, an international convoy of 37 allied ships, is in operation. As Captain Ernest Krause leads his first command of a US destroyer, the convoy ploughs through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas. All the while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats. Grappling with his newfound superiority and haunting self-doubt in 48 hours of desperate peril, Captain Krause's hopeless mission is doomed to fail. But armed with extraordinary courage and grit, hope may just be on the horizon.
Great story great narration
By Mr B F Hambling on 12-12-20
With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts, James D. Hornfischer created essential and enduring narratives about America's World War II Navy, works of unique immediacy distinguished by rich portraits of ordinary men in extremis and exclusive new information. Now he does the same for the deadliest, most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war: Guadalcanal.
Neptune's Inferno is at once the most epic and the most intimate account ever written of the contest for control of the seaways of the Solomon Islands, America's first concerted offensive against the Imperial Japanese juggernaut and the true turning point of the Pacific conflict. This grim, protracted campaign has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy's sacrifice - three sailors died at sea for every man lost ashore - Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships in the narrow, deadly waters of "Ironbottom Sound." Here, in brilliant cinematic detail, are the seven major naval actions that began in August of 1942, a time when the war seemed unwinnable and America fought on a shoestring, with the outcome always in doubt. But at Guadalcanal the U.S. proved it had the implacable will to match the Imperial war machine blow for violent blow.
Working from new interviews with survivors, unpublished eyewitness accounts, and newly available documents, Hornfischer paints a vivid picture of the officers and enlisted men who took on the Japanese in America's hour of need.
©2011 James D. Hornfischer (P)2011 Random House Audio
"With the publication of Neptune's Inferno, a masterpiece of 20th century naval history, it's time to declare James Hornfischer a national treasure, a member of the distinguished band of brothers - Stephen Ambrose, Shelby Foote, Ken Burns, Spielberg and Hanks - whose sacred mission has been vital to America's journey, preserving the stories of our fathers and grandfathers for future generations, before those stories fade forever out of our consciousness into the shadows of time."(Bob Shacochis, National Book Award winner, author of The Immaculate Invasion)
"Hornfischer has produced an account that is visceral, yet technical; sweeping, yet personal. It's a terrific read, and an important new addition to the literature on this most important naval campaign in the Pacific." (Jonathan Parshall, co-author of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway)
"Hornfischer's accounts of naval combat in the Pacific are simply the best in the business." (Ian W. Toll, author of Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy)
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What listeners say about Neptune's Inferno
fantastic book
brilliant book great to listen to it can't wait to get on the next one
Michael Bassingthwaighte
Great for professional and interested alike!
As a military professional this is a book with many lessons! Not just for the Navy but for all services. It gives a fair account of the actions of commanders of both sides which draws many leadership and command lessons out. It is also well researched and well written which makes it a good read/listen for anyone with an interest in military history.
A very good listen
Extremely powerful and well written, exceptionally hard hitting at times. I would definitely recommend it.
How the US Navy fought for Guadalcanal
James Hornfischer has produced a brilliant account of the World War II US Navy in the Pacific theatre.
Moving back in time from the subject of his previous book 'The Last Stand of the Tin-can Sailors', Hornfischer on this occasion deals with how the US Navy fought for, and almost lost, the campaign for the Solomon Islands.
Hornfischer explains events at the strategic, tactical and individual level and, even if the lack of maps (the one big drawback of the audiobook version) is keenly felt in places, the writing is clear and the story easy to follow. He is also careful to explain the thoughts and motivations of the Japanese military as well as the reasons for their initial successes and subsequent failure to hold the island.
Although Guadalcanal is often seen as a marine corps affair (e.g. HBO's 'The Pacific'), Hornfischer's book made me realise just how much the ground troops relied on the navy and the sometimes severe consequences which resulted when they weren't present. He also successfully makes the case for the importance of the 'black shoe' navy, whose big guns, and bigger ships, have traditionally been regarded as an obsolescent when compared to the more celebrated carrier arm.
Robertson Dean's reading is impeccable (although his slightly stentorian style takes a little getting used to if you haven't heard one of his readings before) even if a few RAN warships have to suffer the American pronunciation of their names.
Really recommended if you are interested in WWII or naval history.
Rick B
Fantastic account of one of the largest but little appreciated (at least in the UK) Naval actions of WW2. The narrator is however very monotone, which some may find difficult going.
Robert B
Desperate battles, well told
What was one of the most memorable moments of Neptune's Inferno?
The moments of the first battle
Have you listened to any of Robertson Dean's other performances before? How does this one compare?
Dean did an excellent job. He is the right narrator for this book. Spot on.
For anyone that has a passing interest in naval history you must get this book. This was a pivotal moment in the Pacific. Not many people know about these battles and Hornfischer does an excellent job of telling them. This was where the navy blees more than the army or marines did. These were cutthroat battles at ranges that were pointblank. Two admirals were killed in combat during them. This is the battle where Halsey did his best work of the war.
Hornfischer does it again.
Just like The Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors, Hornfischer draws me into a sometimes chaotic battle, and this one far greater in scope and length than the previous, giving me just enough detail without losing the big picture. His descriptions aren't cumbersome or tedious but paint an epic of heroes, monstrous destructive machines and the struggles of men just like you and I. I've read several books on the Guadalcanal Campaign and Neptune's Inferno with ease, reveals the desperate situation the USA as well as the USN grappled with in the Summer of 1942. He made me yearn to hear more of the plight of the Marines and Cactus Airforce but gave enough to round out the telling and still stay focused. Perhaps in another book?
Jordan McGowen
Think you know all about the Pacific Theater ?
I'll bet you a wooden nickel you will know more about the Pacific Theater in World War II after you read this one. It's a great story, well told. Hornfischer does an outstanding job of laying out the facts and lets the facts speak for themselves. Robert Dean does his usual fine job as well reading the story.
I was surprised at how close a thing it really was. There is no doubt in my mind now that had the Japanese been more confident and willing to go belly to belly after the initial sparing matches the US forces might easily have been kicked off Guadalcanal, allowing the Japanese to focus on the campaigns to the south and thus prolonging the war.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of the battles surrounding the "Iron Bottom Sound".
The WWII Pacific Theater Explodes In My Lazy Chair
The book was engaging . . . no, riveting! I'd wager most Americans have heard of Guadalcanal. I know I had, I saw The Guadalcanal Diary, my father notched 10 war patrols aboard the submarine USS Sailfish in the Pacific, however he was not near iron bottom sound during the epic battle. This exceptional offering was as if I was hearing about this island for the first time.
For me, ANY book is better than a movie on the same subject. Also, a history book needs to be crafted very carefully so as to not end up dry. Hornfischer made it come alive! I enjoy detail, but others may not. Inferno was rich in detail as well as an honest effort to cover all aspects of the battle even when unsettling or negative. I had been mistaken, or had forgotten, that this was more than a Marine show. The Navy suffered immense losses and bad luck there, and also resounding success and good fortune. I found myself in awe of the graphic descriptions of naval battle in all its horrific action. I was shocked at the errors in tactics that caused some of the US losses. I was equally thrilled with the equally brilliant changes on the fly by some commanders which went against all previous schooling in surface warfare.
I found myself being taught history without knowing it was happening. The author remained fluid and readable from beginning to end, which I feel is very rare in this genre. Most lose ends were tied up at the end in a very satisfying manor. Hornfischer's word pictures were so vivid that I would have to stop the audio at times to let them play in my mind for a few minutes.
If you wish to learn more about Tom Brokaw's Greatest Generation, this epic book will satisfy! Be brave as this story may not be for the faint of heart. I found myself saying "unbelievable" under my breath many times. I choose not to give up much story detail here, but rather to convince anyone who might be considering Neptune's Inferno to buckle up and immerse yourself in a very meaningful book!
five stars for military history buffs
The challenge for a writer of popular military history is to show both the forest and the trees (and occasionally even the moss, daisies and thistles) without ending up with a tedious mishmash. Hornfischer succeeds brilliantly. He establishes a fairly extensive and comprehensible overview and refreshes it regularly and effectively. At the same time he provides us with a wealth of human detail and tour de force descriptive writing which brings harrowing moments to vivid, even excruciating, life. As a result we witness the battles in a way which even the participants could not in that we observe with a much more comprehensive understanding of what we are seeing. It is like watching a game played out on a chessboard during which we watch the shocking details of the death of every sacrificed pawn or knight.
I particularly like the way the author gives individuals at all levels their due while never glossing over their human errors and frailties.
The narration is understated and sure handed. A fitting match for the style and subject matter of the book.
I found it particularly useful to refer to online maps and alternative descriptions of the battles in questions as I listened to this book. Just a suggestion.
One Not to Miss!
As a very interested WWll Hobbyist this Book was a true eye opener. This is the 1st Book I have ever seen that portrayed the valliant actions of our Sailors in "Ship Surface action & I have read many WWll Books. Any WWll History buff would do no better than yo give this Book a listen. Great reading helps do justice to the subject matter. I had always believed Ship Surface actions to have been trumped by Fast Carriers. I was sure wrong. As an exMarine I tip my hat to the author, the reader & escecially the Sailors, Brave Men all! Don't miss this one! John T. Wagner, Ohio
Joel Langenfeld
Exceptional History by a Gifted Writer
I'm a history buff chose titles based on what I find interesting at the time. I hadn't spent a lot of time on the naval war in the Pacific, after Coral Sea/Midway. From a distance, everything just looks inevitable. This title was chosen by my book club, and they found a real winner.
Inevitable is clearly in the eye of the beholder. Hornfischer makes a compelling case that the Imperial Navy still had a lot of arrows to loose, and the USN was still had a lot of catching up to do in its forced transition from a peacetime navy to the dominant force on the water it would become.
This would make a fine history on its own, but Hornfischer's writing is a real treat as well. I'd read his writing if the history of 1960's macrame were the topic.
BikeMeister
Compelling Discussion of the "Real" Turning Point
Hornfischer is one of the best naval writers of our time. In Neptune's Inferno he discusses the naval battle for Guadalcanal as the real turning point of the Pacific war-- rather than Midway. He thoroughly discusses U.S. Marine Corps mythology disparaging the Navy's abandonment of Marine forces on Guadalcanal-- mythology which is partially true due to Naval strategy, pre-determined and agreed to before the landing was ever made. He also thoroughly examines the subsequent decision by the Navy to commit everything to the overall success of the operation leading to a 3:1 casualty ratio, Navy to Marine Corps, which ultimately led to the defeat of the Japanese.
A must-read for WWII buffs
Hornfischer answers the question that Guadalcanal Marines have been asking since 1942: "Where was the Navy?"
While compelling and interesting (to me), Hornfischer is so thourough that at times it can be a little overwhelming. I love that kind of detail, and count Hornfischer as one of my favorite history authors, but it can take some slogging to get through it all, as he doesn't want to leave anyone out of the narrative.
Mark Butterman
Perspectives Abound
James Hornfischer has a wonderful ability to weave together and describe the strategic picture at the highest level, the tactical forces at work in a particular engagement, and the details of a particular sailor's experience. It makes listening to his work engaging at all levels. He is a fine writer.


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Excuse My Religion While It Slips into Something More Comfortable
By Larry Moffitt
I was speaking with the minister of a very large Christian church in Houston. We were in his office discussing the enigmatic lightning rod personality that is Reverend Moon, who was still living and quite active. He asked me by whose authority was Reverend Moon ordained a minister? A legitimate question. I replied, "Jesus spoke to him on Easter morning in 1935 when he was fifteen, and gave him his mission. So I guess that was his ordination."
The minister's back stiffened. He glared, making fists in his pockets. "Jesus did not speak to Reverend Moon!"
"I see," I said. "I have to wonder how you could possibly know that." I spoke evenly and without a hint of disrespect. If it's audacious for me to believe that Jesus actually spoke to him, isn't it also audacious for someone living on this side of the veil to be confident about what Jesus does to fill his time on the other side? Does he putter in the garden? Write music? Continue to guide people's spiritual lives? I should have followed up with these questions because at least he knew what Jesus does not do: He does not speak to people.
"Well, God also spoke to him," I added helpfully.
Surely this would clinch it because God has gone on the public record many times. I mentioned as examples, Noah, Moses and John the Baptist, in whose honor this minister's church was named. It's well-documented phenomena, so surely it would be easy for him to accept that God can speak to people if he wants to. But alas…
"God doesn't do that anymore," he said, slamming the door on the conversation.
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Mega-Cities and the Globalization of Religions
By Ronald Brown
At the dawn of the 21st century, the mega-city is rapidly becoming the stage for the transition of local religions to the status of global religions. Once relegated to the margins of world religions, migration to the world mega-cities has catapulted them to the status of world religions.
This article analyzes the five stages in the globalization of religions and applies them to the Unification Movement in the context of developments in Caribbean culture. The stages are: religions in the mega-city; the role of the media globalizing religions; the establishment of a formal clergy; the institutionalization of religions; and, religions and academia.
Religions in the mega-cities
United Nations statistics show that over half of the world's population resided in cities over one million in population as of 2007 and urbanites are predicted to comprise 70% of the world's population by 2050. These statistics include rural residents fleeing poverty to cities in their own country as well as mega-cities in other countries.
Among these new urbanites are some 60 million settlers from the Caribbean islands. This demographic reality has a double effect on the migrants. Firstly, Caribbean people are being transformed from residents of isolated islands into global urbanites. The majority are uneducated poor rural farmers fleeing poverty, landlord oppression, and semi-slave factory work. They establish urban ghettos in their new mega-city home and seek to recreate a semblance of their island homelands.
Secondly, in this often hostile mega-city environment, the migrants cling to the religions, cultures, and traditions of their island homelands. Isolated, fearful, and often persecuted, they construct ethnic neighborhoods. Often the citizens of their new homelands are intrigued by these exotic newcomers, visit their neighborhoods, and attend their religious observances. Suddenly, a local island cult is a global reality.
The Unification Movement was founded by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon in Seoul, South Korea, in 1954.
Oscar-Winning Films that Address Racism
By Kathy Winings
Three very different films released in 2018 address racism from unique perspectives. Two are based on real events and the third is an adaptation of a James Baldwin novel. Each film also won at least one Oscar at February's Academy Awards.
Set in the early 1970s, "If Beale Street Could Talk" is a quintessential Baldwin story about poverty, race, family, and love. The film is directed by Barry Jenkins, director of the 2017 Best Picture Oscar winner, "Moonlight." Regina King received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her strong portrayal of the mother of the story's young heroine, Tish.
Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Stephen James) are a young black couple living in Harlem who fall in love and find themselves expecting their first baby. But Baldwin's complex story doesn't end there. At a time when a young couple awaiting their first child should be excited and anxiously preparing for the birth, the realities of one's identity mars that anticipation.
As fate would have it, Fonny is wrongly arrested for the alleged rape of a young Puerto Rican woman. A white policeman known for his racist attitudes makes the arrest. While Fonny is lingering in jail awaiting trial, Tish, her mother and sister try to fight for Fonny's freedom but it is an uphill battle. For one, the Puerto Rican woman who was brutally raped is not to be found. Second, the one witness, a young African American who can verify that Fonny was nowhere near where the scene of the rape, is also arrested on questionable charges. As a result, Fonny remains in prison while hoping for a quick resolution of his case — a fairly standard experience for black men in Harlem of that time.
Baldwin was gifted in portraying the challenges of the American working class black family struggling to survive, economically and emotionally, recognizing how tenuous life could be when you were black and fighting a system bent on ensuring you did not succeed. It is clear that fighting racism and racist attitudes is an uphill battle for Tish and Fonny. Young black men knew if they were arrested for crimes they did not commit, they could linger in prison for years with some even dying there at worst or learning destructive lifestyles at best. The longer Fonny is incarcerated, the more he begins to accept the inevitable. Tish, though, is relentless.


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Why Burnley may yet prove to be the kingmakers in all this; and why all leave might be cancelled Wales way…
18th April 2011 By Rick Waghorn 4 Comments
It's almost a legal obligation amongst our types to put our heads way above the parapet and sagely predict just what will transpire over the course of the next four games.
Like we know…
So what follows is best read with a large pinch of salt; and, in many senses, is more about what could happen, rather than what will.
I guess if there's anyone out there who is desperate to know just what might unfold between now and the end of May is South Wales Police, for whom all Bank Holiday leave may yet be cancelled if it ends up a Swansea-Cardiff play-off final at Wembley.
A two-legged play-off semi-final affair if one finishes fourth and the other fifth could also prove a lively affair as those two tribes go to war.
In fact, under certain scenarios that prospect might be gathering momentum with every passing game.
For me, the team to watch right now – over and above the obvious, aka Reading – is Burnley, who play host to Middlesbrough tomorrow night having just thrown a large spanner into Swansea's works at the weekend.
Three points from their game in hand will leave the Clarets bang on the edge of that play-off pack and on the back of two, successive home wins, the wind might be firmly in their sails going into the final round of matches.
They travel to Derby on the Saturday; play host to Portsmouth on Easter Monday.
If any team appears to have long ago packed up their old kit bags for the season, it is Pompey.
It is why the trip to Fratton Park shouldn't hold too many fears for Paul Lambert's men.
Back to Burnley. On Saturday, April 30, they travel to Leeds United for what may well prove the sixth-place decider.
For the winner of that game will then be firmly in the box seat going into the final day of the season. Particularly if your final game of the season is at home. And not away to the league leaders who will be in full, title party mode that afternoon.
So if Leeds really fancy being in the top six, they need to bury Burnley that Saturday. Away at QPR isn't one Simon Grayson would have asked for on that final day.
Nor, I strongly suspect, would Dave Jones have thanked the Football League fixture computer for where the Bluebirds will be heading come May 7.
To Turf Moor. To Burnley (a).
Which, for me, is why Burnley are the key to unlocking this. Win tomorrow night against a careless Boro side and they will sniff sixth spot. Derby aren't up to much, Portsmouth struggle to give a toss and that just leaves Leeds (a) and Cardiff (h). Which will, in turn, do so much to determine the fortune of those two clubs.
All of which just leaves us to ponder the fates of Swansea, Reading and, of course, the Canaries.
Swansea don't travel well, but I can't see them slipping up at Fratton Park. Just as I can't Norwich.
They then have to play host to Ipswich who – in fairness – do travel well. And then travel to Millwall. If the Lions are anywhere near the mix, that's a nasty little one to throw in at the end. Even if Sheffield United at home on the final afternoon is something of a gimmee.
So within that mix – and given they dropped a clanger at the weekend – I think that second spot will just elude the Swans. Put them down for fifth.
And so to the runaway train that is Reading. If it is all about timing your run to the line to perfection, then the Royals record of 27 points from the last 27 is something else entirely.
The question, therefore, is whether anyone left in their path can stop them in their tracks. The best bet would be Leeds on Friday night. After that Sheffield United (h), Coventry City (a) and Derby (h) wouldn't appear to pose too many problems to a side in such a rich vein of form.
The Law of Averages is probably the one thing that is not in their favour. Nine wins from nine is a fabulous run at any time of the season – let alone at the business end. But do the footballing gods extend their favour to 13 out of 13? Really?
Maybe. But it would be wholly extraordinary if they did. And, in fairness, if Reading do win the last 13 games of the season, then it would be hard to begrudge them their success.
If Norwich slip in a draw in their final four games, then goal difference could see the Royals nick it.
I don't see Norwich dropping points at home; nor would I fear Portsmouth (a). Town away is a different matter; it – as ever – remains in the lap of the derby gods.
But my money would see a busy week for South Wales' finest as those two face each other in the play-off semis. Burnley could yet nick sixth and there's little more than a wafer between Norwich and Reading for that second automatic spot.
But, heh, what do I know…
Filed Under: Column, Rick Waghorn
flecky76 says
Agree about Burnley. With the fixtures Cardiff have left I don't think they will pickup more than 7.
As you say, Reading is our biggest problem, which is why their game at Leeds on Friday is huge. Fail to win that one and, win lose or draw against Ipswich, I think we will finish ahead of them! Here's hoping!!
Simon (Burnley) says
19th April 2011 at 10:18 am
I really hope you are right!!
Andrew Gillie says
You can go mad trying to think through all the possibilities. OTBC
John Davy says
21st April 2011 at 12:39 pm
Do you have any kind of a steer on what is likley to happen to QPR with this enquiry into illegal player deals???


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LEE BRENNAN JOINS THE CAST OF
FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL
FROM TUESDAY 19 APRIL TO SATURDAY 18 JUNE 2016
911 and The Big Reunion star Lee Brennan will make his musical theatre debut when he joins the cast of Footloose: The Musical, playing the role of Willard from Tuesday 19 April to Saturday 18 June 2016. Lee will join the UK tour for dates in Oxford, Weston Super Mare, Wimbledon, Liverpool, Belfast, Derry, Torquay and Glasgow.
Lee Brennan is widely recognised as one third of multi-million selling pop group 911. One of the biggest pop acts of the 90's, 911 were one of only five acts in the decade to achieve ten consecutive UK Top Ten Hit Singles, selling over 10 million records around the world and touring the UK four times. Lee returned to 911 in 2013, when the band reformed for ITV's smash hit series The Big Reunion. An arena tour followed, where they played to over 200,000 fans alongside acts including Five and Blue.
Lee said today: "I am unbelievably excited about joining the amazing cast of Footloose! It has always been a dream of mine to perform in a musical and I cannot wait to get started in my role as Willard. I loved the film and have seen the current stage version and it blew me away!"
As previously announced, Gareth Gates will continue in the role of Willard until 16 April, returning to the show from 20 June 2016.
Based on the 1984 screen sensation starring Kevin Bacon, Footloose: The Musical tells the story of city boy Ren, who has to move to a rural backwater in America where dancing is banned. All hell breaks out as Ren breaks loose and soon has the whole town up on its feet. Featuring classic 80s hits including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let's Hear it for the Boy and the unforgettable title track, Footloose: The Musical is set to take the world by storm once again in this brand new production, bursting with youthful spirit, dazzling dance and electrifying music.
When the film was released in 1984, it became the highest-grossing February release in US film history. The soundtrack album ended the year-long reign of Michael Jackson's Thriller at number one and went on to top album charts all over the world, eventually selling in excess of 17 million copies. Footloose was nominated for a Golden Globe, and both the title song and Let's Hear It for the Boy received Academy Award nominations. Footloose: The Musical first opened on Broadway in 1998 where it ran for 709 performances, with a London production following in 2006, opening at the Novello Theatre following a UK Tour.
The cast also features Luke Baker (American Idiot, Sunny Afternoon) as Ren, Maureen Nolan (The Nolans, Blood Brothers) as Vi Moore, Hannah Price as Ariel Moore, Nigel Lister as Reverend Shaw Moore, Nicky Swift as Ethel McCormack, Joanna Sawyer as Rusty, Matthew Tomlinson as Chuck, Natasha Brown as Wendy-Jo, Miracle Chance as Urleen, Thomas Cotran as Jeter and Scott Haining as Bickie. The cast also includes Lauren Storer, Natalie Morton-Graham, Luke Thornton and Alex Marshall.
Footloose: The Musical has music by Tom Snow and lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and is adapted for the stage by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. It is based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford. It is directed by Racky Plews (American Idiot, West End) with choreography by Matthew Cole, design by Sara Perks and musical supervision by Mark Crossland. It is produced by David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree for Sell A Door Theatre Company, Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Jason Haigh-Ellery and Stephen McGill Productions. It is presented by arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe.
www.footloose-musical.com
@FootlooseTour
2016 UK TOUR
Monday 8 – Saturday 13 February 2016
DARTFORD Orchard Theatre
Box Office www.orchardtheatre.co.uk | 01322 220000
With Gareth Gates as Willard
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 February 2016
EDINBURGH Festival Theatre
Box Office www.edtheatres.com | 0131 529 6000
Monday 22 – Saturday 27 February 2016
LOWESTOFT Marina Theatre
Box Office www.marinatheatre.co.uk | 01502 533200
Monday 29 February – Saturday 5 March 2016
CARDIFF New Theatre
Box Office www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk | 029 2087 8889
Monday 14 – Saturday 19 March 2016
MANCHESTER Palace Theatre
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/palace-theatre-manchester | 0161 245 6600
CARLISLE Sands Theatre
Box Office www.thesandscentre.co.uk | 01228 633766
Monday 28 March – Saturday 2 April 2016
PORTSMOUTH King's Theatre
Box Office www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk | 023 9282 8282
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 April 2016
BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion Theatre
Box Office www.bournemouthpavilion.co.uk | 0844 576 3000
Tuesday 19- Saturday 23 April 2016
OXFORD New Theatre
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-theatre-oxford | 0844 871 3020
With Lee Brennan as Willard
Monday 25 – Saturday 30 April 2016
WESTON-SUPER-MARE Playhouse
Box Office www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/theplayhouse | 01934 645544
Monday 2 – Saturday 7 May 2016
WIMBLEDON New Theatre
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-wimbledon-theatre | 020 8545 7900
Monday 9 – Saturday 14 May 2016
LIVERPOOL Empire
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire | 0151 702 7320
Monday 23 – Saturday 28 May 2016
BELFAST Opera House
Box Office www.goh.co.uk | 028 9024 1919
Tuesday 31 May – Saturday 4 June 2016
DERRY Millennium Forum
Box Office www.millenniumforum.co.uk | 028 7126 4455
Monday 6 – Saturday 11 June 2016
TORQUAY Princess Theatre
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/princess-theatre-torquay | 0844 871 3023
Monday 13 – Saturday 18 June 2016
GLASGOW King's Theatre
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre | 0844 871 7648
ABERDEEN His Majesty's Theatre
Box Office www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/venues/his-majestys-theatre | 01224 641122
Monday 27 June – Saturday 2 July 2016
BRADFORD Alhambra Theatre
Box Office www.bradford-theatres.co.uk | 01274 432000
Monday 4 – Saturday 9 July 2016
BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-alexandra-theatre-birmingham | 0844 871 3011
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 July 2016
NEWCASTLE Opera House
Box Office www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk | 0191 243 1171
Monday 18 – Saturday 23 July 2016
WOKING New Victoria Theatre
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre | 0844 871 7645
BRIGHTON Theatre Royal
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-brighton | 0844 871 7627
Monday 1 August – Saturday 6 August 2016
BRISTOL Hippodrome
Box Office www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome | 0844 871 3012
Monday 15 – Saturday 27 August 2016
ABERYSTWYTH Arts Centre
Box Office www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk | 01970 62 32 32
Monday 19 – Saturday 24 September 2016
BLACKPOOL Opera House
Box Office www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk | 0844 856 1111
Monday 3 – Saturday 8 October 2016
IPSWICH Regent Theatre
Box Office 01473 433100


Today we take a look at the Antec SP1 speaker, does it live up to Antecs high standards or does it fall short.
I have the latest themes of the famous Siberia V2 headset, this headset has been recognised by many to be very capable and perfect for gamers.
For review we have a pair of MM70i's targetted at being an all in one solution complete with high quality audio they should be perfect for any a commuter.
In my hands is the brand new Momentum On Ear Headphones by Sennhesier, are they worth the money? Read on for more.
Here for review today, is a set of SteelSeries Flux In-Ear Headphones, are they up to the task? Read on for more..


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Isaac's face was constantly changing as he listened to Arthur and Luce alternately.
"So… you mean Grandpa is in charge of serving guests?"
"Although my eyes are not very good, my knowledge is much more useful in explaining medicines to customers and in identifying which medicines are suitable for their symptoms."
"Lucette, do you make medicine for your grandfather?"
"I also decided to help with making medicine and making recipes that Grandpa Arthur knows into manuals. We also review recipes together."
"I'll have to keep an eye on the herbs!"
Arthur, with a very excited expression on his face, with a wand, headed towards the garden.
Isaac's gaze, who was watching Arthur's back, reached Luce.
Luce, who was looking at Arthur with a complex and subtle expression similar to his own, smiled slightly when their eyes met.
"It reminds me of the lord of the place where I was."
"Who were you?"
"You're a musician. But I've never seen him play an instrument or compose, so I guess it's just that. Do you still have good ears, seeing that the assistant's hum is out of synch?" Look, just that much."
"But one day, I saw Yeongju playing the piano. He was very talented. But before I thought about his skills, I thought he looked so very happy. That's when I realized. People love doing things. It's so lively when you do it. Just because you're older, or because you've been out of your hands for a long time, doesn't mean that your passion doesn't fade. It's just buried for a while."
It's too obvious, isn't it? Luce, who added, continued to speak softly.
"Yesterday Mr. Isaac said that. Grandpa was full of energy. Maybe it was because of the joy of being able to meet guests after a long time."
"Yes, I did."
"Isaac was right. My grandfather went to the night market to see people who got better with his medicine. But apart from that, I thought that I needed another way to put the pride and passion I had worked for for 40 years. "
"Since then, I've been working as a pharmacist for over 40 years! Even though I've been through the dark ages, I've never given up on pharmacology until the end!"
Recalling what Arthur had said, Luce nodded.
"So I thought that if I could make a well-organized manual with the same name as Arthur's Pharmacology Recipes, you would like it."
'Looking at the Dark Ages you talked about, you must have gone through something similar to Mrs. Plum. This is probably the reason why he opened a flower garden instead of opening a drug store with his name on the front, unlike other drug stores that seem to have been recently opened. But now the times are changing.'
I thought that creating a manual would help relieve Arthur's trauma.
"Right now, if the recipe exists only in Grandpa Arthur's head as a sense or memory, I think he will be more proud because he can get the actual manual.
Isaac, who had not been able to think about the manual because of the worries and concerns about Arthur's health, wiggled his hands.
Luce looked at him for a moment as he rattled his teacup, then smiled and sat down.
"And I need Isaac's help to make the manual."
"...my help? I only know the very basics of pharmacology that I heard from my grandfather. How to make a cold medicine or antipyretic medicine."
"Not only about pharmacology, you know about plants. Because you run a flower garden."
Isaac blinked. Luce waved the lily of the valley leaves.
"It's good to distinguish leaves that are similar in shape and size, such as lavender and lily of the valley leaf, by texture or vein. Grandpa Arthur knew this, but he didn't want to admit that his eyesight was getting worse, so he tried to judge with his eyes. From now on, I will also review the recipe, and since I have to rely a little more on touch, I want to attach a leaf as a sample to the manual. I can memorize it by touch. That's why."
"Ahh……."
"Could it be possible to stuff or coat the leaves so they don't wither?"
"Yes, you can use percarbonate. It leaves veins and texture."
"Wow, that's great!"
'Isaac seems like a soft-hearted person, so he might be ashamed of himself. Because he was worried about his grandfather in his own way and prevented him from paying attention to drugs. You'll be happy to know that there's something you can do for your grandfather.'
It was just as Luce thought.
Isaac's face, which had been complicated all along, slowly loosened up as he explained how to make a stuffed leaf.
It was something I had heard from Mrs. Plum, but Luce responded to his explanation with all her heart.
Isaac, who had been explaining the method for a while, stopped talking.
He looked down at Luce and bowed his head.
"…Thank you. I'm serious."
"No, I'm grateful. If it weren't for Grandpa Arthur and Mr. Isaac, I would have found a dorm here at the most, and I would have been apprentice outside the capital, right?"
"Don't say that, Mr. Lucete is a welcome person wherever he goes."
"Oh, Isaac, you're making a big mistake right now!"
The corners of Isaac's eyes, who had smiled together at Luce's generosity, soon became moist.
Luce, who is not particularly immune to crying from others, clapped her hands.
"Well, shall we say thanks to each other then?"
That was then.
"Isaac-! Why are you pouring water here?!"
"Oh, you can't go there!"
Luce burst into laughter as she ran after Isaac filled with tears.
Although it was not intentional, it felt like I had a good boss and friend.
"brother."
"why."
"Stop sighing at the table."
"Why don't you take a breather. Right, Luce?"
"If Dominic hadn't said it, I would have said the same thing in three seconds, Dietrich oppa. I'm going out!"
"...everyone is so..."
Dietrich, who was eating bread while pretending to cry, collapsed on the table.
Dominic, who made a full impression, shook his head as if tired of it.
"If you're going to frown like that, can't you tell the professor that you won't be able to do it, and ask him to remove me?"
"no!"
"Hyung, you really like to read books. At the very least, what is so difficult about doing research while reading history books?"
"Are you tired."
"It's hard! ...Hey, if you have a younger brother, what do you do? Luce is the best. Maybe you know my heart so well?"
"Yeah, that's it."
Luce, who had been listening to a graduate student's life reflections rather than having a meal, nodded her head.
Dietrich, who was rubbing his lips, grabbed Luce's hand. He seemed determined to make a complaint.
'Didn't I say Dietrich was going to cry?'
'Did I know it would be this bad? However, they said that we should have dinner together. Ugh, I'm tired of this man doing this. Then why did you agree to the dinner invitation, saying that you would cry?'
'There is such a thing.'
'Tell me to take my hand off you.'
'You tell me.'
'If I tell you, you won't hold onto me again and complain!'
'Are you saying that I should listen to the complaint and let go of my hand?'
The lines between Dominic's brows, who were talking with his eyes, deepened, but Dietrich didn't care at all.
In the end, Luce put down the spoon in the hope of grabbing me and stroking Dietrich's shoulder.
"It's very hard, bro?"
"Yeah. There are too many things to investigate, too many data to cross-verify, and the comments are written in a strange way, so the day goes by to check if they are correct, and I'm going to borrow a book as a reference. ."
Luce, who was listening to Dietrich thinking that it would be great to have a PDF file and a Control F for Dietrich, asked worriedly.
"What kind of investigation did your brother say this time?"
"Ugh, it's an investigation into the imperial court."
Of course, Luce knew what he was investigating.
Because that's why she accepted Dietrich's dinner invitation.
"Uh. This time, you're going to start collecting data about the imperial court."
"What is your brother doing there?"
"Exploring the footsteps of collateral and recognizing and organizing the value they have at the present time."
He couldn't ask right away because of the headache at the time, but Luce didn't forget what he said as he flowed.
'If you investigate the branch line, you will be able to find out about the line line as well. Then you will be able to understand for sure about this damn 《Vladin Empire Cruelty》!'
Luce coughed and took a deep breath.
"Yeah, Lucy."
And I shut my eyes tight.
"Can I help you?"
There was silence on the table for a moment.
"...Lucette, are you crazy...?"
Before Dominic could even finish speaking, Dietrich got up to his feet.
"Really? Luce, really? Are you really going to help me?"
"Uh, I'm not as adept and meticulous as my brother is, but can you help me with organizing the data?"
"Are you crazy-?"
"Ha, but there are many materials that are restricted to outsiders..."
"Hyung, why are you laughing so hard?!"
"Oppa too, do I look like someone who talks about restricted access?"
"It's not like that..."
Luce, who saw Dominic, who was astonished once, and Dietrich, who was full of anticipation even though he said he couldn't say it, pushed up the corners of his lips that did not rise.
"I'll keep it a secret. I'm helping my brother, but what's difficult about keeping it a secret?"
"Lucy."
"...Did I say I love you?"
"I don't think you did, but you don't have to, brother."
"Hey, you madman!"
It seemed that somehow he had stepped into the tragedy, but it was unavoidable.
Luce, who struggled to turn away from Dominic, who scrawled his brother's back, and Dietrich, whose eyes were twinkling, whether his brother was hitting or rolling, pressed his temples on the stinging temple. My head hurts already.


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text: The origins of the office of Justice of the Peace extend back to the Middle Ages in England, where the King commissioned knights to preserve peace in unruly areas. Responsible for ensuring that the law was upheld, these knights were known as "keepers of the peace." When the American colonies were founded by the British in the 17th century, one of the first offices established was that of the Justice of the Peace, or magistrate, to establish and maintain order among the colonists. The colonial Justice was a person of recognized standing who exercised both criminal and civil jurisdiction, as well as local executive and administrative powers. In Texas during the days of the Republic, the Justice of the Peace was an integral part of the county government, as both an important judicial officer and an influential political officer. In fact, the chief governing body of the county was the county board, which, up until 1845, was composed of the Chief Justice and elective Justices of the Peace. After 1845, the Justices were replaced by four elective Commissioners on the county board, or as it is known today, the Commissioners Court. Just prior to the Travis County's formation in 1840, Chief Justice James W. Smith mapped out four militia beats, each assigned to a militia unit to patrol. These four beats would come to be called precincts, and they were served by Travis County's first Justices of the Peace: D. Laughlin, B.F. Johnson, S.J. Whatley, and W.Y. Wood. Precincts were changed often in those early days, both in number and in name. In accordance with the 1836 Texas Constitution, a "convenient number" of Justices of the Peace were elected to help keep the peace, and this number varied from year to year. In 1855, Travis County had as many as ten different precincts. For a brief time in the 1850s, the precincts were referred to by geographical name rather than by number, such as "Austin Precinct," "Onion Creek Precinct," and "Webberville Precinct." Throughout the years, changes to the Texas Constitution altered the terms and requirements of the Justice of the Peace office, and precincts were adjusted accordingly by the Commissioners Court. In 1936, there were six Justice of the Peace precincts, an arrangement that would stand for nearly 40 years. As the population in Austin grew, however, the precincts were becoming more and more disproportionate, with urban precincts having a much higher percentage of the population than the rural precincts. In 1973, the Commissioners Court took steps to remedy the disparity by redistricting all of the precincts. Precinct 1, the smallest of the precincts (serving a mere 502 persons), was abolished, and the county was redrawn into five new precincts in order to equalize the populations contained within. Downtown Austin, which had previously been located in Precinct 3, the largest of the precincts and served by two Justices of the Peace, was placed into the new Precinct 5. The geographic size of Precinct 5 was reduced so that it could be served by a single Justice of the Peace, and the remaining four precincts were increased in size to balance out the population distribution. This arrangement of five Justice of the Peace precincts has prevailed to the present day. Today, the Justice of the Peace is the legal jurisdiction closest to the average citizen and is elected by the qualified voters of the precinct. Justices of the Peace handle both civil and criminal cases, including small claims court, justice court, and administrative hearings. In practical terms, these are lawsuits over debts, evictions, car accidents, unlawful towing, and property. Their criminal workload involves disposing of misdemeanor cases punishable by fine only, such as traffic citations and issuance of bad check. Other duties of the Justice of the Peace include issuing warrants for search and arrest, setting bonds, conducting preliminary hearings, presiding over peace bond hearings, administering oaths, and performing marriages. Since the creation of the Medical Examiner's Office in 1977, Travis County Justices of the Peace no longer perform inquests. Travis County Justice of the Peace Precinct 6 was abolished in 1973.


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PROSPERO, the "gray" sorcerer
prospero is the main character, the play's protagonist, of "The Tempest", a comedy written and idealized solely by William Shakespeare in 1610. prosperous as well as father of miranda and duke of milan, he is also a sorcerer. He can be identified as "a gray sorcerer" based on the beliefs of the time. in the time of shakespeare, 16th-17th century, magic was classified into white magic and black magic. The first was used to do good, for example to cure diseases, the second was intended to harm and practiced by witches.
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In case you didn't know, LinkedIn has over 500 million global users with roughly 138 million of them being in the United States alone. Over the last few years, LinkedIn has continued to sophisticate their platform, working on their talent search features and InMail capabilities to make finding and connecting with people easier. With the number and variety of professionals in one place and the ability to make connections, it is no surprise that LinkedIn is the number one place for businesses and recruiters to seek out top talent.
As someone that frequently dives into the depths of talent searches in LinkedIn, I can't tell you how frustrating it is when I see young professionals with vague profiles. I believe your LinkedIn page should be a showcase for your personal brand that tells the professional world: this is what I have done, and this is why I am awesome. However, more often than not, what I find is a list of previous job titles and their corresponding dates.
That isn't much to go on for anyone trying to determine if you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities sought out by a recruiter. Your chance at your dream job could have just skimmed your vague profile and moved on to the next person.
Below are three simple ways to step up your LinkedIn profile and why they are important.
A lot of job titles today, especially in the digital world, are completely ambiguous. From industry to industry and even company to company, the same job title could hold an entirely different meaning as to what you do.
For example, we are currently looking for an SEO Manager, which to us means they will be managing a team of SEO Analysts. I could look at people from five different companies with that same title and each person will have totally different sets of responsibilities. One person will be equivalent to our entry-level analyst while another will be a copywriter. If you change the title to SEO Director, it could be anything from an analyst level to a VP of digital strategy.
With such ambiguity as to what a title actually means, you need to go beyond your title and spell out what you actually do. By adding more details, you show the professional world your brand of expertise and could open yourself up to new opportunities you didn't know were out there. Even if you don't want to make a change right now, you will be more likely to make new connections that could help out down the line when you do want to try something new.
LinkedIn can be so much more than a digital copy of your resume; this is where you have the space to brag about yourself or showcase your accomplishments. Besides just having extra room to write a bio or go into details about past positions, you can also highlight various forms of media that you want to draw attention to.
On my personal profile, I use the media linking feature in two different areas of my page to showcase posts that make me proud. The first is in my bio, where I link to blog posts where my advice and thoughts on HR have been featured. The second is under each position I have held in my company, I link to blog posts I wrote on a variety of subjects.
From what I have seen looking at hundreds of profiles on LinkedIn, one of the most underutilized features is the "Recommendations" section. This section allows people to write personal recommendations and feedback on another individual's page. Whenever I look at someone's page, I always look to see if they have any recommendations, and if they have received feedback, I make note of it.
To be clear, I never knock someone for not having any recommendations; I don't have any on my profile, and I take what is said with a grain of salt. However, the information in this section can provide some outside perspective about you as a professional that could highlight to others what makes you a strong candidate. As I see it, the two best ways to get recommendations are to give sincere and thoughtful recommendations about others and to simply ask.
Just remember, your LinkedIn profile is a representation of your professional self, so make sure you are putting your best self out there. Even if you aren't looking for your next career step right at this moment, you should start building your professional brand and connections now because you never know where it will get you in the future.
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Administrators Could Be Liable Under Patients' Bill of Rights
The Senate version would leave previous state and federal rulings against HMOs intact. Medical directors ignoring external-review boards can be sued.
Edward T. Waters
The recent passage in the Senate of the Patients' Bill of Rights means patients are closer than ever before to being able to sue health plans and their employees. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide patient protections to all privately insured managed care enrollees. The bill's counterpart (with slight modifications) in the House of Representatives, the Ganske-Dingell-Norwood bill, was at press time being debated, along with a competing bill sponsored by Kentucky Republican Ernie Fletcher, MD. President Bush threatened to veto the Senate bill and Ganske-Dingell-Norwood as they are written.
All of this gives rise to a vigorous debate about patients' rights.
The Patients' Bill of Rights establishes numerous rights of patient access specialists, pharmaceuticals, and emergency care. It also gives patients the right to appeal, to an external review panel, medical decisions made by their health plans. Importantly, the bill imposes liability on plans and their employees that fail to follow the decision of an external review panel.
Individual liability
What does the Patients' Bill of Rights say about personal liability for health plan employees? The bill is clear that any individual who is in the position of making medical or benefits decisions on behalf of a health plan — for example, a medical director or pharmacy director — may be held liable for those decisions under specific circumstances.
If the health plan fails to follow the determination of an external-review panel, the person who has the authority to authorize the benefit but refuses to do so may be liable for a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per day, from the date on which the external-review panel sent its determination to the health plan.
Moreover, in cases where there is a pattern of repeated refusal to follow the determinations of an external-review board, individuals with authority to authorize benefits may be held liable for 25 percent of the aggregate value of the benefits that were withheld or $500,000, whichever is less.
Court rulings left unchanged
From the perspective of plan decision makers, what is critical may be precisely what remains unsaid. The bill states that nothing in it "shall be construed as altering or eliminating any cause of action or legal rights or remedies of ... enrollees under state or federal law (including ... [ERISA]), including the right to file judicial actions to enforce rights." This means that any previous decisions by state and federal courts are left unchanged, should the Patients' Bill of Rights become law.
Why is this so important? It is clear that the law regarding medical directors' and pharmacy directors' liability for decisions on behalf of a managed care organization is in flux. For example, last year, the Supreme Court tackled the issue of managed care organization liability in the landmark case Pegram v. Herdrich.
In Pegram, the Supreme Court addressed the narrow issue of whether fiduciary duty claims premised on the existence of physicians' financial incentive arrangements were properly brought under ERISA — and held that they were not.
Following the Pegram decision, a number of plaintiffs have brought suit in federal and state courts, attempting to test the limits of Pegram's protections and establish new ways to reach into the pockets of managed care organizations, their employees, or contractors.
For example, a recent federal case, Pryzbowski v. U.S. Healthcare, used Pegram as a precedent — holding that an MCO's administrative decisions to delay a treatment to the plaintiff were pre-empted by ERISA and subsequently dismissed.
As these cases continue to wend their way through the courts, the full implications of Pegram remain unclear. What is clear, however, is that courts and state legislatures are struggling to decide whether — and to what extent — to hold managed care organizations and their employees accountable for the decisions they make.
The result is a significant variation from state to state as to whether medical directors and others in a position to make eligibility and treatment decisions can be held liable for those decisions. While some states may have protections in place for MCOs or their employees, this is not uniformly true. In fact, state law may, in certain cases, impose far greater liability on employees than would be incurred under ERISA, which limits damages.
In short, the fact that the proposed Patients' Bill of Rights does not alter existing decisions against MCOs or their agents may have far greater implications for individual liability than the penalty clauses associated with external-review decisions.
The bill misses the opportunity to resolve, on a uniform basis, the issue of whether medical directors and others can be held liable for eligibility and treatment decisions.
Of course, because the bill has not been signed, changes are certain to occur as the legislative process proceeds. Yet, given the Pegram decision and those that are sure to follow, there is likely to be future litigation over the decisions made by health plans, regardless of what happens in Washington.
Edward T. Waters is a partner in the Washington law firm of Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell, & Bank. The firm has a significant health care practice representing a broad range of managed care plans, integrated service delivery networks, and community-based providers.


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DHX Media eyes online kids' games
TORONTO -- Canadian DHX Media on Thursday said it has kid's online gaming on its mind, and is betting CAN$2 million ($1.95 million) on Montreal-based games developer Tribal Nova to profit from them.
By AP, Etan Vlessing
TORONTO — Canadian DHX Media on Thursday said it has kid's online gaming on its mind, and is betting CAN$2 million ($1.95 million) on Montreal-based games developer Tribal Nova to profit from them.
Halifax-based DHX said it has acquired a 16.77% "strategic investment" in privately-held Tribal Nova as part of an all-cash deal.
The move comes as DHX expands into online games geared to young adults and kids developed by Tribal Nova co-founders and CEOs Guillaume Aniorte and Pierre Le Lann.
Tribal Nova specializes in developing online games and VOD broadband channels for children ages three to 12 years.
The Canadian producer recently launched its first broadband channels in France and Canada in partnership with Orange and AOL/Neuf Cegetel.
Tribal Nova also developed a spin-off online game for the animated series "Magi-Nation" on Kids' WB! for Canadian cartoon producer Cookie Jar Entertainment, which is now in beta-testing.
It has already developed games based on TV cartoon characters that include "Caillou," "Toopy and Binoo," "Totally Spies" and "Di Gata Defenders."
DHX, formerly known as The Halifax Film Company, is best known for kids series such as "Bo on the Go," "Lunar Jim," "Franny's Feet" and "The Save-Ums."
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